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Right Wing RulesJuly 21st, 2009 at 9:47 pm by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Republican Scott Schneider's election tonight to replace Teresa Lubbers in the seat she vacated in the state Senate is a victory for the far right.
He joins a growing list of right wingers to replace moderate Republicans in the state Senate in recent years. Mike Delph took over for Murray Clark, Greg Walker took over for Bob Garton, Brent Waltz replaced Larry Borst… you get the idea.
The Republicans hold a 33-to-17 majority in the Senate and will lose it, in all likliehood, only if they become too extreme. They are headed that direction.

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Forwarding that link on now to friends who will definitely appreciate it. Nice work there, Sherlock Browncoat! :)
App Store Drops Link to Browse "All Free Apps," TiPb Tries Valiantly to Bring it Back
TUAW (nice redesign, guys!) notices that the iTunes App Store no longer has a link on the lefthand side to browse all free apps. The best we have now is the Top 100 Free Apps over on the right. TUAW is hopeful that Apple will bring back the link to browse all them free apps, and indeed, so are we. Even stores that traditionally only sold for-pay mobile apps like the Mobihand store sister-site WMExperts have seen the writing on the wall and added a link for free apps.
Fear not, though, loyal TiPb Readers.
We have the link to browse all 90 pages of free apps, over 1850 apps in total, right here. Go on, browse those free apps, don't let the man keep you down. Browse all Apps
Update: Turns out that you can, in fact, stop the signal. The "Browse all free apps" listing linked above contains, well, a lot of apps that ain't free. Could it be that Apple got sick and tired of developers listing their apps as free to move up the top apps chain, then switching to for-pay to bring in the cash? Our best guess: Apple must not have a good, automatic way to categorize "free," so they took the above link down to tweak the store.
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App Store Drops Link to Browse "All Free Apps," TiPb Tries Valiantly to Bring it Back
Awesome! App Store has been Dieter0wnd!
not so much with the forwarding there, Ritchie, turns out I was had.
I noticed that this had gone a few days ago. More annoying, sorting new apps by release date doesn't seem to work properly now. Previously, updates for free apps would appear but that feature seems to have been removed as well. Whatever they've done, it's now just a mess!
Cool. Maybe they can implement a feature to not browse lite apps. I hate those with a passion. It clutters things.
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Then click power search
Dont change anything just leave the search box blank but tick the check box that says search only for free apps.
Finally browse through pages of free apps:D


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James Conaway's remarkable bestseller delves into the heart of California's lush and verdant Napa Valley, also known as America's Eden. Long the source of succulent grapes and singular wines, this region is also the setting for the remarkable true saga of the personalities behind the winemaking empires. This is the story of Gallos and Mondavis, of fortunes made and lost, of dynasties and destinies.
In this delightful, full-bodied social history, James Conaway charts the rise of a new aristocracy and, in so doing, chronicles the collective ripening of the American dream. More than a wine audiobook, Napa is a must-listen for anyone interested in our country's obsession with money, land, power, and prestige.
©2002 James Conaway; (P)2009 Audible, Inc.
"Narrator John Morgan remains animated and engaged. He doesn't create character voices, but listeners will find scant need for them to identify the sources of quotes. His pace suits the enjoyable stories of locals struggling to survive and migrant laborers seeking a better life. The Spanish, French, and Italian vocabulary of enology taxes him a little but doesn't spoil his excellent performance." (AudioFile)
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The general overview of the changes in the Napa Valley into the Napa Valley we know today.
It wasn't really necessary in this book since he's narrating, not acting the parts.
No, it was just good backstory and overview to the Napa Valley from sleepy little farming valley to internationally acclaimed wine-producing region, including the players who helped to make it that way.
I've been visiting the Napa Valley regularly since 1983 and am familiar with many of the players in this book and the events being shared here. Unfortunately, the narrator doesn't seem to be from the area, nor familiar with wine, and he constantly mangles the pronunciation of literally almost everything, even nearby towns like Vacaville, famous wines like Petrus, the mansion at Spring Mountain Vineyards (Miravalle, which is pronounced Mihir-uh-vye-ay but that he mangles as Mihr-uh-valle), and so on, even among the famous names that most anyone knows. It's both funny and distracting, but overall the story makes up for it.
"History of the people and issues that built Napa"
If audio works for your commute or your walk, this one is very well done.
James Conaway tells the story of the people and issues that built Napa.
John Morgan delivers the story with perfection!
Tensions between growers and developers, owners and politicians, and locals are all told in vivid detail. Consider the debate about how many grapes are needed to name a wine from Napa ... 75%. Interested tensions in development and preservation of vinyards.
Brings the issues and successes of the area to life.
"Very interesting story of the progress of Napa"
I am getting ready to visit Napa again and wanted to become more familiar with the history of Napa, including the cast of characters. I wasn't disappointed. By the way, I think John Morgan is probably the best narrator I have listened to, after listening to numerous books. Sorry Mr. Brick, I have a new favorite.
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Mathias Trabandt
Global Modeling Studies Section
- Ph.D., Economics (Dr. rer. pol.), Humboldt University Berlin, 2007
- M.Sc., Economics (Dipl. Vw.), Humboldt University Berlin, 2001
Current Research Topics
- Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Labor Markets
- International Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics
Fields of Interest
Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- 2014 - present
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- 2012 - 2014
Deutsche Bundesbank (Research visit)
- 2011
European Central Bank
- 2009 - 2011
Sveriges Riksbank
- 2006 - 2008
- Christiano, Lawrence J., Martin S. Eichenbaum, and Mathias Trabandt (Forthcoming). "Understanding the Great Recession," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics.
- Smets, Frank, and Mathias Trabandt (2014). "Sovereign Debt Overhang and Monetary Policy," in Mohanty, Deepak ed., Monetary Policy, Sovereign Debt and Financial Stability: The New Trilemma. India: Cambridge University Press, pp. 332-363.
- Trabandt, Mathias, and Harald Uhlig (2014). "How do Laffer Curves Differ Across Countries?" in Alesina, A., F. Giavazzi eds., Fiscal Policy After the Financial Crisis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 211-249.
- Coenen, Gunter, Roland Straub, and Mathias Trabandt (2013). "Gauging the Effects of Fiscal Stimulus Packages in the Euro Area," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 367-386.
- Coenen, Gunter, Roland Straub, and Mathias Trabandt (2012). "Fiscal Policy and the Great Recession in the Euro Area," American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 2012, vol. 102, no. 3, pp. 71-76.
- Coenen, Gunter, Christopher J. Erceg, Charles Freedman, Davide Furceri, Michael Kumhof, Ren Lalonde, Douglas Laxton, et al. (2012). "Effects of Fiscal Stimulus in Structural Models," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 22-68.
- Christiano, Lawrence J., Mathias Trabandt, and Karl Walentin (2011). "DSGE Models for Monetary Policy Analysis," in Friedman, Benjamin M., Michael Woodford eds., 2011 Handbook of Monetary Economics, 3A. Netherlands: North Holland, pp. 285-367.
- Christiano, Lawrence J., Mathias Trabandt, and Karl Walentin (2011). "Introducing Financial Frictions and Unemployment into a Small Open Economy Model," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 1999-2041.
- Trabandt, Mathias, and Harald Uhlig (2011). "The Laffer Curve Revisited," Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 305-327.
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- Allergy (1)
- Asthma (1)
- Neurotransmitter (1)
- Expression of VPAC1 in a murine model of allergic asthma (2013)
- Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) is a putative neurotransmitter of the inhibitory non-adrenergic non-cholinergic nervous system and influences the mammalian airway function in various ways. Hence known for bronchodilatory, immunomodulatory and mucus secretion modulating effects by interacting with the VIP receptors VPAC1 and VPAC2, it is discussed to be a promising target for pharmaceutical intervention in common diseases such as COPD and bronchial asthma. Here we examined the expression and transcriptional regulation of VPAC1 in the lungs of allergic mice using an ovalbumin (OVA) -induced model of allergic asthma. Mice were sensitized to OVA and challenged with an OVA aerosol. In parallel a control group was sham sensitized with saline. VPAC1 expression was examined using RT-PCR and real time-PCR studies were performed to quantify gene transcription. VPAC1 mRNA expression was detected in all samples of OVA-sensitized and challenged animals and control tissues. Further realtime analysis did not show significant differences at the transcriptional level. Although the present studies did not indicate a major transcriptional regulation of VPAC1 in states of allergic airway inflammation, immunomodulatory effects of VPAC1 might still be present due to regulations at the translational level.
- Analysis of airway secretions in a model of sulfur dioxide induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (2006)
- Hypersecretion and chronic phlegm are major symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but animal models of COPD with a defined functional hypersecretion have not been established so far. To identify an animal model of combined morphological signs of airway inflammation and functional hypersecretion, rats were continuously exposed to different levels of sulfur dioxide (SO2, 5 ppm, 10 ppm, 20 ppm, 40 ppm, 80 ppm) for 3 (short-term) or 20–25 (long-term) days. Histology revealed a dose-dependent increase in edema formation and inflammatory cell infiltration in short-term-exposed animals. The submucosal edema was replaced by fibrosis after long-term-exposure. The basal secretory activity was only significantly increased in the 20 ppm group. Also, stimulated secretion was significantly increased only after exposure to 20 ppm. BrdU-assays and AgNOR-analysis demonstrated cellular metaplasia and glandular hypertrophy rather than hyperplasia as the underlying morphological correlate of the hypersecretion. In summary, SO2-exposure can lead to characteristic airway remodeling and changes in mucus secretion in rats. As only long-term exposure to 20 ppm leads to a combination of hypersecretion and airway inflammation, only this mode of exposure should be used to mimic human COPD. Concentrations less or higher than 20 ppm or short term exposure do not induce the respiratory symptom of hypersecretion. The present model may be used to characterize the effects of new compounds on mucus secretion in the background of experimental COPD.
- Does type of hospital ownership influence physicians' daily work schedules? : An observational real-time study in German hospital departments (2009)
- Background: During the last two decades the German hospital sector has been engaged in a constant process of transformation. One obvious sign of this is the growing amount of hospital privatization. To date, most research studies have focused on the effects of privatization regarding financial outcomes and quality of care, leaving important organizational issues unexplored. Yet little attention has been devoted to the effects of privatization on physicians' working routines. The aim of this observational real-time study is to deliver exact data about physicians' work at hospitals of different ownership. By analysing working hours, further impacts of hospital privatization can be assessed and areas of improvement identified. Methods: Observations were made by shadowing 100 physicians working in private, for-profit or non-profit as well as public hospital departments individually during whole weekday shifts in urban German settings. A total of 300 days of observations were conducted. All working activities were recorded, accurate to the second, by using a mobile personal computer. Results: Results have shown significant differences in physicians' working activities, depending on hospital ownership, concerning working hours and time spent on direct and indirect patient care. Conclusion: This is the first real-time analysis on differences in work activities depending on hospital ownership. The study provides an objective insight into physicians' daily work routines at hospitals of different ownership, with additional information on effects of hospital privatization.
- Berlin's medical students' smoking habits, knowledge about smoking and attitudes toward smoking cessation counseling (2010)
- Background: Diseases associated with smoking are a foremost cause of premature death in the world, both in developed and developing countries. Eliminating smoking can do more to improve health and prolong life than any other measure in the field of preventive medicine. Today's medical students will play a prominent role in future efforts to prevent and control tobacco use. Methods: A cross-sectional, self-administered, anonymous survey of fifth-year medical students in Berlin, Germany was conducted in November 2007. The study explored the prevalence of smoking among medical students. We assessed their current knowledge regarding tobacco dependence and the effectiveness of smoking cessation methods. Students' perceived competence to counsel smokers and promote smoking cessation treatments was also explored. Analyses were based on responses from 258 students (86.6% response rate). Results: One quarter of the medical students surveyed were current smokers. The smoking rate was 22.1% among women, 32.4% among men. Students underestimated smoking-related mortality and the negative effect of smoking on longevity. A considerable number of subjects erroneously assumed that nicotine causes coronary artery disease. Students' overall knowledge of the effectiveness of smoking cessation methods was inadequate. Only one third of the students indicated that they felt qualified to counsel patients about tobacco dependence. Conclusions: This study reveals serious deficiencies in knowledge and counseling skills among medical students in our sample. The curriculum of every medical school should include a tobacco module. Thus, by providing comprehensive training in nicotine dependence interventions to medical students, smokers will have access to the professional expertise they need to quit smoking.
- Development and evaluation of a computer-based medical work assessment programme (2008)
- Background: There are several ways to conduct a job task analysis in medical work environments including pencil-paper observations, interviews and questionnaires. However these methods implicate bias problems such as high inter-individual deviations and risks of misjudgement. Computer-based observation helps to reduce these problems. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the development process of a computer-based job task analysis instrument for real-time observations to quantify the job tasks performed by physicians working in different medical settings. In addition reliability and validity data of this instrument will be demonstrated. Methods: This instrument was developed in consequential steps. First, lists comprising tasks performed by physicians in different care settings were classified. Afterwards content validity of task lists was proved. After establishing the final task categories, computer software was programmed and implemented in a mobile personal computer. At least inter-observer reliability was evaluated. Two trained observers recorded simultaneously tasks of the same physician. Results: Content validity of the task lists was confirmed by observations and experienced specialists of each medical area. Development process of the job task analysis instrument was completed successfully. Simultaneous records showed adequate interrater reliability. Conclusion: Initial results of this analysis supported the validity and reliability of this developed method for assessing physicians' working routines as well as organizational context factors. Based on results using this method, possible improvements for health professionals' work organisation can be identified.


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BY CK Lam
Heeding my friend's advice, I headed out to Kareem Pasembur Rojak stall. This little pasembur stall opening on the side of Union Street in Penang is constantly packed at lunch hour, with a line of people from the surrounding offices.
The man behind the stall is Abdul Kareem Yusoof.
Pasembur, a favorite snack for many, is a dish with deep-fried and boiled ingredients served along with a vegetable portion of fresh cucumber, turnip and bean sprouts.
You can choose from a menu with everything from fishball, crabstick, crab, fish, sotong, hardboiled egg, fish cake, potatoes, beancurd, and many types of deep-fried fritters – cucur udang, cucur kacang, cucur Kupaai and cucur udang garing.
Kareem is very generous with the portion of the fritters. My favorite choice is the prawn fritters or commonly known as cucur udang. Following close is the cucur kacang, especially addictive topped with plenty of roasted peanuts.
Many types of cucur (deep-fried fritters)
Cucur udang
The ingredients are priced from RM0.50 onwards and do expect to pay more, depending on the size and type of ingredient.
The chosen ingredients are cut into bite-size and topped with blanched bean sprouts, strips of fresh cucumber and turnip before drizzled with sweet and spicy peanut sauce.
Kareem's version of this popular snack is quite unique with its homemade sauce which is dramatically less reddish in colour and has a well balance mixture of spices. The bright orangey sauce is delicious and its creamy texture coats the ingredients well.
Take-aways are also available with the sauce and ingredients wrapped separately but I much prefer taking a seat and enjoy the plate of pasembur with teh tarik (milk tea) from the neighbouring stall.
Pasembor alongside beverages and nasi lemak
Do check out this pasembur stall when you are around the area. Business hours are from late morning till teatime.
Kareem Pasembur Rojak
Union Street (behind Standard Chartered Bank)
10200 Penang
Closed on Sunday
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Free of charge and ready to kick Google Docs' butt.
Microsoft has unleashed Office Web Apps, to bring Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote to the cloud hoping to apply its desktop dominance and ease Google Docs and OpenOffice into oblivion.
The free web applications are available to use now for anyone with a Windows Live account, after a months of beta testing on the SkyDrive platform brought positive feedback from users.
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- Windows 7 review
- Microsoft considering Office for iPad
- Apple to add iWork for iPhone 4
- Best Windows 7 laptops
Visiting office.live.com lets you create new documents, spreadsheets and presentations without having the desktop program installed on your computer, or even paying for it.
As well as seeking to knock Google Docs off its perch, Microsoft has also added a live document collaboration tool, called OneNote, to rival Google Wave and allow users to work within the same document in real time.
Account holders will get an meaty storage space of 25GB, which should keep you going for a while with most word docs coming in below 50KB.
Link: Office Web Apps (via TechRadar)


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March 12, 2013
Panthers QB Cecil Lester had seven total TDs in Saturday's season-opening win against the Swashbucklers.
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Panthers QB Lester receives PIFL Offensive Player of the Week honors
After throwing five touchdowns and running for two more in Saturday's season opener, Panthers QB Cecil Lester is honored by the PIFL.
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To the Editor:
In " 'Amistad' and the Abuse of History" [February] Gary Rosen goes too far. It is easy to dismiss historical films as bad history, and reviewers invariably condemn them for distorting and oversimplifying the past. Amistad makes a ready target. Why, one asks, does the film fabricate a black abolitionist when a real-life figure—a fugitive slave and Yale-educated minister named J.W.C. Pennington—was readily available? Why does the film show Martin Van Buren replacing the District Court judge, when no such incident took place? And why does the film place the phrase "make us free" in an adult's mouth, when the actual words were written by an eleven-year-old Mende boy named Kale in a poignant and powerful letter to John Quincy Adams? Sometimes real life is more interesting than a screenwriter's imaginings.
Nevertheless, despite some important distortions and omissions, Amistad does what films can do and history texts cannot: it brings the past to life. In a society as contemptuous of the past as ours, it is a much greater feat to resurrect the truly "lost world" of antebellum America, to bring long-forgotten historical figures back to life, and to remind viewers that this country carries a historical burden that does not disappear simply because it is evaded and ignored. "A deft piece of movie-making . . . persuasive in its evocation of period ambience" (Mr. Rosen's phrases) should not be dismissed lightly.
The Amistad trial was a critical incident in American history because it showed abolitionists new ways to fight against slavery: by dramatizing the illegal means by which Africans were enslaved and the federal government's complicity in slavery. Steven Spielberg's Amistad makes these essential points in dramatic and moving fashion.
Lesley S. Herrmann
Gilder Lehrman Institute
of American History
New York City
Steven Mintz
University of Houston
Houston, Texas
To the Editor:
Gary Rosen raises many good points about how Amistad's screenplay bowed to political correctness and bent the truth in doing so, but he overlooks a larger truth: neither I nor any of my white, well-educated friends, reasonably knowledgeable in the history of our country, had ever heard of the incident.
Although not as significant in our national history as the Dred Scott decision or the Missouri Compromise, the Amistad affair was notable in several respects: it involved a foreign power and issues of national sovereignty; it was intertwined with congressional and presidential politics; and it was argued in front of the Supreme Court by an ex-President (surely rare in our history). But most important of all, it was an instance of a revolt by blacks against their enslavement, and should be as great a source of pride to black Americans as the tales of Jewish partisans who fought the Nazis in the forests of Eastern Europe are to Jews.
The omission of any mention of the incident from most histories and textbooks lends credence to the claims of American blacks that important parts of their history have been overlooked.
Robert L. Blumberg
La Jolla, California
To the Editor:
Gary Rosen is right that Steven Spielberg's Amistad is permeated by liberal racial stereotypes of African-Americans. He seems to be unaware, however, that this ideology—far from being a sign of current multicultural political correctness—has deep historical roots, going back to the antebellum period and even earlier. Mr. Rosen ought to consult Wylie Sypher's Guinea's Captive Kings (1942), which begins with a chapter on the irrepressible Aphra Behn's Oroonoko; Or the Royal Slave (1688). Not only is Steven Spielberg's Cinqué in this tradition of noir noble savagery, so, too, with a Christianized inflection, is Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom.
Mr. Rosen's belief that abolitionism was immune from 19th-century racial romanticization of blacks because it was a pristine offshoot of 18th-century natural-rights philosophy is as naive and unhistorical as any of Steven Spielberg's notions.
Harold Brackman
San Diego, California
To the Editor:
Despite the dramatic spectacle presented in the Spielberg film of ex-President John Quincy Adams appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court as an advocate for a group of black prisoners, the Amistad case itself is relatively unimportant as a legal precedent, and it is not surprising that it was virtually ignored for many years. It is no landmark on the road to emancipation.
The legal issue as the Court saw it turned on a technicality or loophole keyed to the question of whether the prisoners were captured into slavery in Africa or were born into slavery in Cuba. The importance of the case rests not upon that technical loophole but upon what it reveals about legal strategy in cases involving highly-charged public issues.
Though he appeared as co-counsel only when the case finally reached the Supreme Court, Adams is nevertheless portrayed in the film as the central legal figure. Actually, Roger Baldwin, later Connecticut's governor and senator, was the legal strategist of the abolitionists behind the Amistad case. But in the film he is caricatured and his role is minimized.
Baldwin's argument was two-pronged, covering both the high ground about the institution of slavery itself and the technical point about the prisoners' origin. The brief is filled with ideas presaging the arguments made but rejected in the Dred Scott case years later; and its reliance on the constitutional illegitimacy of slavery, based on the principles of the American Revolution and particularly the Declaration of Independence, resonates in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Baldwin's extraordinary argument was printed in full in the Supreme Court report of the case whereas Adams's argument was omitted, for reasons made clear in the following note of the Court's official reporter, which was buried deep in the Supreme Court record of the case:
It was the purpose of [this] reporter to insert the able and interesting argument of Mr. Adams for the African appellees; and publication . . . has been postponed in the hope of obtaining it . . . It has not been received. As many of the points presented by Mr. Adams in the discussion of the case were not considered by the Court essential to its decision, and were not taken notice of in the opinion of the Court, delivered by Mr. Justice Story the necessary omission of the argument is submitted to with less regret.
Justice Story in a later, exofficio private comment, as Gary Rosen points out in his article, characterized Adams's argument as "extraordinary . . . for its power, for its bitter sarcasm," but "dealing with topics far beyond the record and points of discussion."
Thus, the Amistad case was won on a technicality, instead of lost on high principles. Litigants, pundits, and social idealists in cases involving charged public issues want to win on only the highest and purest idealistic grounds. The goal of skilled lawyers, on the other hand, is to win on any ground—technical or substantive. Winning is the categorical imperative. Progress is made through a series of small steps, a grand strategy Thurgood Marshall, for example, pursued a century later and used so successfully in breaking down segregation. The social objective follows as a result.
Was Baldwin, in winning the Amistad case on a technical loophole, portending Marshall's strategy?
Maurice Rosenfield
Chicago, Illinois
To the Editor:
In connection with Gary Rosen's article, the following brief reference from The Growth of the American Republic by Samuel Eliot Morison and Henry Steele Commager, might be of interest: "The 'ironic epilogue' [to the Amistad case] is that Cinqué, once back home, set himself up as a slave trader."
Edith J. Martin
Scarsdale, New York
To the Editor:
When my February COMMENTARY arrived, I turned straight to Gary Rosen's article on Amistad. It is a badly needed correction of the sort of Spielbergian dishonesty and liberal masochism that is offensive to the truth. Point by point, Mr. Rosen ticks off the mischievous fibs that spoil what, on its own, might genuinely have been a "helluva story."
Daniel M. Crabb
El Centro, California
To the Editor:
This is to congratulate Gary Rosen on his Amistad piece. These days, history is abused far too often. Our young people are susceptible to the siren call of Hollywood "histories" in part because they rarely read serious material and then later get scrambled versions in revisionist courses in college. It is an ongoing battle, but Mr. Rosen is standing his ground well. Keep it up!
Neil Troost
Tampa, Florida
Gary Rosen writes:
Lesley S. Herrmann and Steven Mintz have a curious idea of what it means for a movie to "bring the past to life." Is persuasive "period ambience" really all they demand? More fundamental, I would think, is whether the events depicted actually took place and are presented in a historically plausible way. On both counts, Steven Spielberg's Amistad fails, and for reasons that spring directly from the prevailing political orthodoxies of Hollywood.
Of particular note, as I argued, is the movie's self-conscious effort to exaggerate the role played by blacks in the case and to denigrate the evangelical Christianity of the white abolitionists who in fact secured the release of the Amistad captives. One of Mrs. Herrmann and Mr. Mintz's points is especially revealing in this regard: they are unbothered by the movie's invention of the black abolitionist Theodore Joadson because, as they see it, he is just a stand-in for the real-life black abolitionist J.W.C. Pennington.
But the Reverend Pennington, unlike the fictional Joadson, played no part in the legal defense of the captives, and became deeply involved with them only after he saw that they could help fulfill his plan for, as he put it, "carrying the Gospel to Africa," a continent whose inhabitants he described as "the heathen." In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in the case, Pennington joined other black ministers in founding the Union Missionary Society, thus making it possible for the freed Amistad captives to continue their instruction in Christianity and English upon returning to Africa. In this endeavor, I might add, Pennington was joined by the white abolitionist Lewis Tappan, whom Spielberg's Joadson repudiates as a racist. In sum, and contrary to the view of Mrs. Herrmann and Mr. Mintz, J.W.C. Pennington's Christian fervor made him precisely the sort of person whom Spielberg intended to exclude from the racial and religious universe of Amistad.
Mrs. Herrmann and Mr. Mintz are willing to forgive such distortions because the film, they say, has brought to light a "critical" episode in our history. Robert L. Blumberg agrees, noting that despite the obvious importance of the Amistad affair, even "reasonably knowledgeable" persons like himself had never before heard of it. But let us not get carried away. The reason that so few people previously knew about Cinqué and his hapless shipmates is that their ordeal, for all its drama, constitutes little more than a footnote in antebellum history.
As Maurice Rosenfield ably explains in his letter, the Supreme Court decided the case on a technicality, setting no legal precedent of any consequence. Moreover, since the circumstances surrounding the Amistad affair were so extraordinary, it did not even give abolitionists "new ways to fight slavery," as Mrs. Herrmann and Mr. Mintz grandly claim. In the end, its prime effect was to give a slight stir to the pot of North-South tensions.
The real interest of the Amistad affair lies not in its historical impact, which was slight, but in what it can tell us about resistance to slavery in the turbulent years leading up to the Civil War. Most obviously, of course, the case shows that some Africans fought ferociously against their own enslavement; this is the side of the story at which Spielberg excels. No less important, however, the Amistad affair allows us to see why some Americans devoted themselves so single-mindedly to the anti-slavery cause. Their inspiration, as I discussed in my article, was a mix of two quintessentially American creeds: militant, reformminded Protestantism, on the one hand, and the egalitarian principles of the Declaration of Independence, on the other. In Amistad, to his discredit, Spielberg casts aspersions on the former and makes a politically-correct hash of the latter.
Harold Brackman is no doubt right to detect an element of racial romanticism in the abolitionists; I never said otherwise. But he is mistaken to find in this a forerunner of Spielberg's celebration of all things African. For the abolitionists, "noir noble savagery" was a state of innocence, rendering blacks more perfectly open to the truths of reason and revelation. Spielberg, by contrast, assigns equal value to the customs and beliefs of Africa; in the film, Cinqué and his ancestral spirits walk arm-in-arm with John Quincy Adams and the American founders.
In this mendacious retelling, the Amistad affair becomes a tale of multicultural collaboration, and thus a predictable reflection of the present rather than a meaningful window on the past.
Like many of the conservative critics who wrote about the film, Edith J. Martin believes she has found the surest sign of Spielberg's political agenda: his suppression of the fact that Cinqué trafficked in slaves upon his return to Africa. Her source is Samuel Eliot Morison, who made this claim not only in the book she cites but also in his Oxford History of the American People. "Ironic" though this epilogue may be, however, there is simply no evidence to support it; Morison apparently relied on the unsubstantiated work of another historian.
In fact, we know regrettably little about the Amistad captives after their homecoming. Though some remained for a time at the mission their escorts established in Sierra Leone, most hurried back to their kinsmen. There is one notable exception: the young African woman formerly called Margru, who took the name Sarah Kinson. After a few years of missionary work, Kinson returned to the United States and enrolled at Oberlin College, consummating the wishes of those who, in their evangelical zeal, had worked to free her first from her chains and then from her ignorance.
My thanks to Daniel M. Crabb and Neil Troost for their kind words.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The University of New Mexico women's basketball team improved to 8-5 on the season by defeating New Mexico Highlands University 78-35, before 9390 fans at The Pit. These two teams have not met since Dec. 10, 1994 when UNM won 89-82. UNM leads the series 5-2.
The Lobos attempted 28 shots from beyond the arc, which ties for 7th in school history. UNM dropped 10 of those 28 attempts for a 35.7 percent shooting average from 3-point land.
The Lobos were led by freshman guard Julie Briody's 14 points. Briody also chipped in 6 of 7 from the free throw line. Fellow freshman guard Fatima Maddox scored a career-high 13 points during her team high 24 minutes of play.
The Lobos were up by sixteen points at the intermission (30-14) before a dominating second half. The second half proved to be a difficult one for the Cowgirls who managed to score only five points in the last seven minutes of the contest. The Lobos scored 23 points off of 22 turnovers.
The Lobos will begin conference play Saturday Jan. 17 with a trip to Colorado Springs for a match up with the Air Force Academy. Tip off is set for 2 p.m.
UNM will remain on the road playing BYU and Utah before returning home to The Pit on Jan. 29 to host the San Diego Aztecs. This will be the first time since the 1981-1982 season that the Lobos will open conference play with three consecutive road games. The Lobos finished 5-5 in the High Country Conference that season.


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The St. Louis tionol now spans three days and takes in fiddlers, pipers, penny-whistlers, flutists, guitarists, harpists, bodhran players and dancers. Invited teachers and performers include John Skelton, Hilari Farrington, Mark Stone, Ged Foley and legendary singer Aine Meenaghan. Workshops are held during the days, and jam sessions -- and pint-sharing -- at McGurk's in Soulard go far into the night. Naturally, on its own terms, the festival has come to represent the soul of the oral tradition: the furthering of musical and cultural forms in an organic community.
"One of our teachers this year will be Isaac Alderson, a freshman in college from Chicago," Mullins says, "and he's been coming to the festival for all five years. He's going to play with two other young students who are becoming teachers. To me, it's a perfect example of what the idea is all about: to keep the music alive and bring teachers in who know the history and can pass it on. And here are these three kids who've got it and in part learned it at the festival. They're great musicians, and they're carrying it on."
Those who have never been to a Celtic musical gathering will find the closest analogue in the more performance-oriented bluegrass festivals, which, like a tionol, have kept a popular art form from disappearing completely. "In the '60s and '70s, it was even difficult to find a set of uilleann pipes," Mullins says. "I shouldn't say they had died out, but it was very difficult. There were very few people playing them, and in the last 20 years, there's been a real resurgence.
"Bluegrass and old-time music is similar in that respect," Mullins continues. "That music has its roots in Irish and Scottish music, which came over here in the 18th and 19th century, which got morphed into what we call old-timey music. The way it was handed down, it was such an oral tradition. We don't have a culture that does this every day. It's not our daily or weekly entertainment. It's not what we live with day in and day out. Where this all came from, the people who were playing it originally would play their pipes or other instruments pretty much every day, so people grew up with it and knew it. It's more than just a one-on-one thing. It's designed to bring a community together. We got very lucky, stumbling into the format that we did."
The festival culminates in a Saturday-evening concert at the Sheldon; even that more formal performance is loose enough to retain communal vitality. "At the concert, we try to create a session atmosphere," Mullins explains. "I try to encourage the musicians not to play as solo artists but to sit down and figure out a couple of tunes together, do different numbers onstage in sort of a family atmosphere. There are some great dancers in St. Louis as well, and we have them come and dance at the concert. It's dance music, ultimately. If I could set up a bar and make the stage into a pub or maybe an old Irish kitchen, I would. The festival as a whole is a very laid-back, low-key thing. There's a lot of time to sit around and talk to people, to try new instruments and pick up new techniques. No matter who it is, whether it's Paddy Keenan or Michael Cooney, you can just sit down and have a pint and talk and play music."
One of those musicians and teachers, with whom you can share a Guinness or swap a story, is Kevin Burke, a fiddler who grew up in the East End of London and then spent his youth moving back and forth between England and Ireland, where he learned the rare, ornate, effusive style of fiddling associated with County Sligo. "It's hard to describe," Burke says. "It's a bit like trying to describe an accent. If someone wants to know about the Missouri accent, it's recognizable when you're familiar with it but hard to describe to someone who hasn't heard it. But I'll give it a shot. In the north of Ireland, the music tends to be close to Scottish music, quite rhythmic and staccato. As you move farther south, you get to County Clare, and the music is quite languid. It swoops a lot. It sways rather than stomps -- I'll probably get shot for saying all this. Sligo is halfway between the two. To some people, it has the best of both worlds; to others, it falls between the two schools."
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West Virginia baseball games are different this year. An aura of energy has encompassed the team since the season began in February and when one walks into Hawley Field, it's hard to miss this feeling. Junior center fielder Bobby Boyd has some insight into the season's atmosphere.
"The fans have brought a different feeling into the ballpark this season," said Boyd. "They have done a great job of energizing our team during games".
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"I noticed a slight change last year," explained Fox. "We have always had a great base of support, but over the last two seasons the community has grown".
These guys are onto something. The program had some of its largest crowds since Randy Mazey has taken over the program. In fact, 12 of the 15 best-attended games in school history have occurred in the last two seasons. Sophomore left-handed pitcher Ross Vance said the energy in the park these days is something off which he feeds.
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The players have identified another factor contributing to the buzz, and it is located on the hillside above Hawley Field just across the Monongahela River.
"With the new field next year, eyes have turned toward us," said Boyd. "All of the guys on the team are really excited for the move."
This weekend's series against Texas is the last time Mountaineer baseball will be played at Hawley Field. Next year the club will make its highly anticipated move to a new park located at the University Town Centre. The new facility will bring with it a plethora of improvements.
"The biggest addition is having everything we need in one central location," explained Boyd. "The new facility in itself will progress the program."
Construction on the field is just getting started, but it has already impacted West Virginia's ability to recruit. Junior right-handed pitcher Michael Bennett saw the opportunity to pitch in the new park as one of the reasons he transferred to WVU.
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A native of Bandon, Ore., Bennett is a testament to this fact. The numbers also support his statement. Six of the Mountaineers' 2015 recruits are from the state of Texas. The class ranks No. 48 in the country, according to Perfect Game, and is the highest a West Virginia class has ever been ranked.
The team is eager to play ball in its new home but the players also understand the responsibilities of being the last group to play at Hawley Field this seasons.
"Playing here (Hawley Field) has been great," articulated Fox. "We are excited to move but understand the history of Hawley."
Fox's classmate Boyd agrees.
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on 8/6/2012 3:12:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I suffer from combination skin plus I'm also acne prone and have highly sensitive skin. I bought this because I read some reviews and deemed it to be pretty good and was also $8 at Walmart and $2 cheaper than Nuetrogena. Oh boy was I wrong. When I first used this foundation I was put off about how how oily and gross it felt on my skin. It was also June and humid so I figured it probably felt gross because the humidity. I stuck to it for about 3 more weeks. After 3 weeks I went from maybe having 5-6 pimples to having my face look like zitzilla. I had cystic acne and extremely clogged pores. It was some of the worse acne I had in awhile. Im still battling the clogged pores 2 months later. It also made my skin really oily and just gross feeling and felt cakey. I also realized it wasn't oil free. I'm giving this the extra star because it did provide good coverage. I immedietly switched back to my Nuetrogena Skin Clearing Foundation and saw immediete improvement in my skins health. I will spend the extra $2 because I dont want to look like a zit monster again...
on 7/28/2012 11:55:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I have used this foundation for years. Great color match, staying power, looked natural, got compliments on my skin ... awesome foundation for me. I was happy to see they re-packaged it into a bottle with a pump ... even better. However the formula in my opinion is NOT the same. The color is off (seems a bit darker), it's thicker, and didn't look natural at all. I put this on and I immediately wanted to wash my face! It felt so tacky and gross! I gave it a go anyway and half way through the day it was gone. My mother-in-law (who has no problem expressing her opinion by the way lol) asked me what was wrong with my face ... so I know it wasn't just me! So now I am on the search for a new foundation :(
on 7/24/2012 11:35:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I am a teenager, and have been dealing with acne for years now. I have tried many different foundations to help conceal and possibly clear, and this one proved to be one of the worst. It contains acne healing medicine, which I think actually irritated my sensitive, acne-prone skin more than it already was. I do NOT recommend this product at all for people with acne-prone or sensitive skin. Steer clear!
on 7/23/2012 1:10:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Blond, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Blue
This product contains salicylic acid that is supposed to clear existing acne and prevent breakouts. I bought the shade neutral- a light/medium shade and was disappointed to find that it had an orange undertone, not neutral at all! I like the pump application because it's hygienic and one or two pumps will cover your face. I thought the coverage was terrible and I had a hard time blending it in completely because it dries with a powder finish. Ugh! My face looked splotchy and orange upon application and the foundation was very irritating to my sensitive, acne-prone skin. After I washed it off, my skin was peeling and very red. Sometimes, this is a side effect of salicylic acid, so I continued to use the product for about a month after that to see if side effects improved, but no luck. It also broke my skin out in tiny whiteheads after a week of use--yuck!! I can't believe I used this as long as I did because it is torture for ones skin! Poor coverage and very drying, I would avoid this at all costs.
on 7/19/2012 7:20:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This foundation would've been great for me...if they had my shade. I couldn't find a match. I originally got Sand 600, but I looked more pale than the rest of me. I tried to work with this foundation for a week or two and I'm pretty sure it didn't break me out, but I finally gave up. However, when I went to exchange for a darker shade, they all looked too light and much better suited for people with pink undertones, which I am not. I then decided to try TLC even though I hadn't read any reviews, but it is now my drugstore HG.
In the time I used it though, this is my experience:
I used a brush to apply and it seemed to be buildable. It also dried to a powdery texture so you didn't really need powder after. That's probably why it works better for oilier skin types. I only touched up once throughout the entire day when I used this. Overall, I did like this foundation, but I couldn't find a shade match.
on 7/19/2012 2:23:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
What a disappointment. I thought this would be the perfect foundation because its directed towards oily- acne probe skin. Instead it GAVE me more zits! It was heavy on my skin but barely covered a single thing on my face. I found the colour selection to suck too. It was either light with a pinky colour or to orange. The only thing I liked about this product was the pump! But that wouldnt make me repurchase this! Never again.
on 7/8/2012 11:09:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Other, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
i used the shade neutrel and found this foundation too light for my NW35 skintone. I don't like the shade selection as their all pretty much for lighter skin tones. i used this for a week and instead of clearing up my skin, it made me breakout like crazy. i found this foundation really liquidy too. In terms of coverage, it gave me light to medium coverage. Now i'm going to need a new foundation to cover up my new acne scars...great...
on 7/8/2012 10:36:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Oily, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
I used to have lots of acne but now i dnt but left with lots of scarrs behind. There was some sale going on so i picked up both the almay Tlc foundation and this one to try. I love the Tlc much more than this one. I dont really care what the clear complexion claims to do with the blemishes. As for the foundation itself, looks heavier, was not lasting long as 8hrs. I still give it 4lippie cause i think for the price that we pay for, the quality of the foundation is quite nice, its just that i will defo recommend TLC better than this one if u are thinking about to try almay foundations for oily skin.
on 7/8/2012 5:25:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This product started my moderate acne. Kind of ironic. I stopped using makeup on my face all together because it traumatized my skin so much.
on 7/6/2012 2:28:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Blue
Great product. Makes my skin look flawless and smooth. I used to use Maybelline's dream matte mousse, but now that I found this product, I probably wont ever go back to it!! I'm pretty darn sure that it has cleared up my face, because my skin hasn't been this clear in a while. Im really glad my mom recommended this foundation for me.
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MINNEAPOLIS - It might not be as expensive to renovate the Target Center as earlier projections suggested.
When officials announced plans last year to fix up the 22-year-old Minneapolis building, the price tag was $150 million. When a Target Center "implementation committee" was created this summer, the cost was estimated at $135 million.
Now city officials say the working cost is $100 million.
Jeremy Hanson Willis is the city's lead staffer on the project. He tells the Minneapolis Star Tribune city officials have been actively looking for ways to bring costs down.
For example, officials began asking whether it was absolutely necessary to spend $25 million to redo the building's outer "skin."
Renovation costs will be split between the city and private tenants such as the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Embers return to Henderson for holiday concert
North Carolina band, The Embers, have scheduled a return engagement in Henderson on Friday. This family sit-down concert will take place at the Vance-Granville Community College civic center at 7 p.m.
A limited number of tickets are still on sale at the chamber office, located at 414 South Garnett St., Henderson. Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and below.
CenturyLink will serve as the presenting sponsor; other major sponsors include Platinum Sponsors Progress Energy and P&G Pet Care, Gold Sponsors Maria Parham Medical Center and Walmart Distribution Center No. 6091 and Silver Sponsor Satterwhite Point Marina. Media sponsors for the event include The Daily Dispatch, US 98.3 and WIZS (AM 1450).
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By Jeremy from USA on 2011-09-27 22:07:59Things I liked:Consistency of pellet
Things I would have changed:Fragility of pellet. LOTS of bent skirts, due to their fragile design. probably 25% of them.
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Saturday, July 28
•7 a.m.-11 a.m.- Annual Yard Sale at New Hope Pregnancy Care. If you have items to donate to the yard sale, we cannot accept them until July 25 due to lack of space.
Friday, August 3
•5 p.m.-The 1st Annual Boonville Football Festival will be held at Boonville Elementary School. There will be inflatables, a cruise-in, food (hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, nachos ,snow cones, cotton candy, popcorn, homemade desserts ). Dustin York & The Risky Bizzness Band will be performing. Come out and join us for some family fun! For more information contact Shannon Steelman, Cell (366)-469-7065
August 4
•7 a.m.-Church Yard Sale at Flat Rock Baptist Church. All profits go to the boys scouts.
•8 a.m.-5 p.m.-"The Civil War in the Yadkin Valley" is the theme for the 2012 Yadkin Valley History and Genealogy Fair and Conference. It will be at the Iredell County Agricultural Resource Center, 444 Bristol Road, Statesville, NC 28677. The purpose of the event is to collect new, unpublished information on what our Yadkin Valley ancestors did during the Civil War in the fifteen counties of the Yadkin Valley. Pre-Registration is $15 and $20 at the door. It includes lunch, 2012 membership in the Yadkin Valley Historical Association, and an exhibit table, while they last. For a registration form, log onto rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncyadvha/ or "Yadkin Valley Historical Association" and mail to Cathy Boyer, PO Box 12636, Winston-Salem, NC 27117-2636. Make checks payable to YVHA. •11 a.m.-3 p.m.- the Oasis Shriners will sponsor a pork barbecue fundraiser. At the Yadkin Plaza shopping center at Lowes Food parking lot. Take out only. All profits will go to support the 22 shriners hospitals for children and burn centers. Thank you for your support.
Monday, August 6
•5 p.m.-West Yadkin School would like to invite parents to a Parent Meeting/Open house at the following times: Preschool- 5 p.m.-classrooms, Kindergarten 5 p.m.- MPR then on to individual classrooms, Grades 1-2, 5:30 p.m. Classrooms, Grades 3-4, 6 p.m. Classrooms, Grade 5, 6:30 p.m.-Classrooms, Grade 6, 6:30 p.m.-MPR then on to individual classroom. Friday, August 17
•4 p.m.-6 p.m.-Hands of Hope Medical Clinic BBQ Fundraiser Tiptons BBQ, slaw, beans, roll, and dessert . Lunch Delivery Available to Yadkin County Businesses 11am-1pm ,Plate pick up from 4-6pm at Yadkinville United Methodist Church ,$8.00 per plate Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 336-692-5043 for tickets
•6:30 p.m.-East Bend Happy Quilters Guild, Meets 2nd Tuesday of each month at East Bend Senior Center. For more information call (336)699-3970.
•10 a.m.-The Yadkin River Quilters meet at the Yadkin Senior Center every Tuesday.
•4 p.m.-6:30 p.m.- p.m.-Yadkin Farmers Market,open every Tuesday Evenings and Saturday morning from 8-12 in Yadkinville! Off US 601 North Take a right on Tennessee Rd. beside the Yadkinville Community Park. The Yadkin Farmers Market will be on the left behind the park. Selling fresh in season produce, plants, honey, baked goods, homemade crafts, eggs, goat dairy products, molasses, herbs, flowers, etc.
If you are in need of clothing for your family members we would like to invite you to visit the Courtney Clothing Closet located in Building C of Courtney Baptist Church. The church is located at 3341 Courtney Church Road. The church is South of Yadkinville off Hwy 601 just pass the Yadkin Valley Telephone offices on Courtney Huntsville Road, then right onto Courtney Church Rd. The hours are Wednesdays 2-4p.m. and Thursdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information call the church at (336)463-2681
• A fall men's softball league is being planned at Lone Hickory. If you are interested in putting a team in the league, please call 336-463-2761 as soon as possible.
•We are searching for old photos of Lone Hickory July 4th celebration or other events held at Lone Hickory (ball tournaments, donkey ball game, etc.) If you have photos we can borrow, please call (336)463-2449 or 463-2439 as soon as possible. Photos will be scanned and returned to you.
•6 p.m.-Yadkin Civitan presents Music In the Park at Yadkinville Community Park ~ North State Street/Hwy 601. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets for a family night out with great music! No Alcohol and No Coolers, Aug 4 Rain Jacket ~ Oldies , Aug 25 Enon Boys ~ Gospel , Sept 8 Porch Dog Revival ~ Bluegrass. Food available by Yadkin Civitan. In case of rain, concerts will be moved to Yadkinville Elementary School. Free!!
• 10:30 a.m.—Preschool storytime for ages 2-5 will be held at the Boonville Community Public Library every Thursday. This will consist of stories, songs, and crafts. For more information, call 367-7737. All of our libraries of the NWRL System has access of Ancestry.com for the year of 2012. Patrons can research the web through our libraries for the year. The Boonville Community Public Library is a branch of thirteen libraries of the Northwestern Regional Library System.
•6:30 p.m.-Every Thursday of each week we hold a program called TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) weight loss program. Each program has special tips and techniques to help benefit losing those unwanted pounds. Meeting at your local Boonville Community Public Library. Any Questions please call 336-367-7737
•8 a.m.-New Horizons Adults Day Services is taking donations for their thrift shop, 1917 Old Hwy 421 W. Yadkinville. For more information call 677-1385
•6 p.m.-Bingo every Tuesday at the Yadkin Moose Lodge. ATTENTION: Effectively immediately! Monthly distributions of USDA Commodity Foods will no longer be distributed at the Moose Lodge in Yadkinville. They will now be distributed on an on-going basis through "partner agencies" of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest N.C. Families needing food assistance will need to contact one of the following agencies: Divino Redentor Catholic Church, 209 Lon Ave. Boonville, 336-367-7067, Tri-County Christian Ministries, 440 W. Main St, Jonesville, 336-526-1089, Yadkin Christian Ministries, 121 W. Elm St. Yadkinville, 336-677-3080, Yadkin Christian Ministries, East Bend, 336-699-4544.
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Pensacola's Patriotic Spirit Lands It A Spot On ConventionSouth's Top Ten Best List
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Pensacola's Patriotic Spirit Lands It A Spot On ConventionSouth's Top Ten Best List
By: Kelly Woodard
ConventionSouth Magazine, the leading resource for meeting planners who book all types of events, conventions, conferences and group travel in the south, has named Pensacola to the 2014 Top Ten list of the "South's Five-Star Destinations for Military & Public Service Groups."
According to a press release, the chosen cities made the list based on their "all-American patriotic spirit, appreciation discounts, patriotic festivals and attractions, and local public-service organizations such as veteran legions and law enforcement fraternal orders."
Visit Pensacola's Operations Manager and retired command sergeant major in the United States Army, Larry Orvis, works closely with military outlets here along the gulf coast to plan reunions, concerts, and other various gatherings for military personnel and their families. Orvis believes that Pensacola's deep military roots and patriotic attractions played a major role in Pensacola being awarded a spot in the list.
In a written statement on Tuesday, Orvis said, "Places like the National Naval Aviation Museum, Veteran's Memorial Park, our historic district and a welcoming community make the Pensacola Bay Area a perfect reunion location for our military heroes."
In addition to the actual locations Pensacola has to offer for military and public service groups, Orvis said that events like the upcoming Blue Angels airshow and homecoming show have helped boost Pensacola's appeal to the magazine. "Even if you aren't personally involved in the military, it's hard not to feel its influence on our community," he said.
Lieutenant General Duane D. Thiessen, USMC (Ret) President and CEO of the National Aviation Museum Foundation added, "Pensacola has always been a harmony of local citizens, local businesses, and the military in the perfect setting. It would be hard to beat our beaches, our weather, and the cohesive society, which we all enjoy in Pensacola. If you are Military stationed in Pensacola, if you live in Pensacola, if you work in Pensacola, or if you are just passing through….you are blessed."
Based in Gulf Shores, Ala., ConventionSouth Magazine is the leading meeting planning resource and is circulated to more than 18,000 meeting professionals located across the country that book meetings held within the South.
For more information about the Pensacola Bay Area or to request a 2014 Visitor Guide, call Visit Pensacola at (800) 874-1234 or (850) 434-1234. You can also view the guide online at VisitPensacola.com.


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Annie Cardinaux, SCSB Project Coordinator
Annie joins the Simons Center for the Social Brain with a multifaceted background in nonprofit administration, program coordination, and autism. Most recently, at The May Center for Child Development, she worked directly with adolescents with autism and other developmental disabilities, where her responsibilities as an ABA Instructor included conducting assessments, adapting curricula, collecting and evaluating behavioral data, and coordinating with clients families. Annie has also worked in schools and as an ABA home therapist. Prior to joining the field of autism research and special needs education, she served as a program coordinator and educator for several Boston-based environmental nonprofits, training teachers, volunteers, and community members to implement ecology-focused curricula in science classrooms throughout the Boston Public School system. Annie recently completed a graduate certificate degree in Applied Behavior Analysis at Antioch University New England.
As Project Coordinator at the Simons Center for the Social Brain, Annie coordinates the centers events, communications, and the funding application process for seed grants and postdoctoral fellowships, as well as various other administrative duties to support the daily operations of the center. She is responsible for organizing the Colloquium Series, Lunch Series, and other special events. Finally, she serves as the contact for potential research participants and supports the ongoing autism-related human subject studies in several labs at MIT.


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The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Bryan N. Taylor, 20, of Milford, Ohio, died April 6 after being shot by an Iraqi Army soldier on a coalition base near Al Qaim, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The incident is currently under investigation.
Cpl. Richard P. Waller, 22, of Fort Worth, Texas, died April 7 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
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COLUMBIA CITY — Officials at Whitley County Consolidated Schools have been crunching numbers since last year, trying to ensure the teacher-to-student ratio is manageable in each classroom.
Superintendent Dr. Patricia O'Connor presented to the corporation's Board of School Trustees on Monday a report on classroom size for all five elementary schools, the middle school and high school.
"We studied this issue last year, conducting three months of research," O'Connor said.
O'Connor said a class size taskforce was created to study the issue.
Following the research, O'Connor said the class size recommendations were made to the school board.
According to O'Connor, the classroom sizes were created based on projections made before the announcement that Indiana schools would feel the sting of the slumping economy which resulted in decreases in funding at schools statewide in 2010.
"Of course this was all based on a normal year, not a year where we had budget cuts," O'Connor said.
The superintendent said the taskforce geared the smallest classroom sizes for those at the elementary schools.
"The research said we'd need smaller numbers at the lower grades and as (the students) get older, class sizes could be larger. But, this was not a normal year," she said.
"I was able to get most of the classes within the targets."
The hit to pocketbooks around the state created challenges in school districts throughout the Hoosier state. However, O'Connor said, public schools still had to conduct business.
Last year, the corporation cut a media specialist at the primary and middle school level.
"We tried to make cuts as far away from the classroom as possible," O'Connor said.
"I think we must try to keep our eyes on class size and not overload any subject or any grade level if we can help it.
"I think our classroom sizes, when you compare them to other districts, are probably at optimal levels."
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