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Student News
A Message from the Chair
Dear History Majors:
Registration season has begun. Hopefully you have all managed to get the classes you want, or at least the classes you need. One thing I would advise you all at this stage to consider is that if there is a class that you even think you might want to take in the fall enroll for it now! Given the current fiscal environment the CAS Dean's Office is going to be very proactive in cancelling classes that fail to make minimum enrollments (exactly what constitutes minimum enrollment tends to be a bit of a moving goal post). The best way to preserve your options for the fall is to ensure that all upper division history courses are well enrolled. Waiting until the week before classes start will be too late, the Dean's office will most likely have already cancelled under enrolled courses by that time. So please act now.
Good luck on finals. All the best to our graduating Seniors. Hope everyone has a fine summer.
See you in the fall!
-Paul Dunscomb
[posted 14 April 2015]
Phi Alpha Theta Third Alaska State Conference
UAA students and the public are invited to the third Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society Alaska State Conference March 26-28. The March 26 public lecture and March 27 panel presentations are free and open to all to attend. The luncheon keynote presentation is by invitation but there is a limited number of tickets available, on a first-come, first-served basis, to UAA, UAF, and UAS students upon registration for the conference.
Please click here for the full conference schedule.
Phi Alpha Theta Third Alaska State Conference to Open with Special Public Lecture
Phi Alpha Theta and the UAA Department of History are pleased to welcome Prof. Brian Feltman of Georgia Southern University as the Keynote Speaker to the Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society Third Alaska State Conference, which will take place March 26-28, 2015.
On Thursday, March 26th Prof. Feltman will give a special public lecture at the UAA Bookstore, entitled "Confronting the Stigma of Surrender: Soldierly Virtue, Manhood, and German Prisoners of War during the Great War, 1914-1919." More than 8 million soldiers surrendered on the battlefields of World War I, but historians have only recently recognized the prisoner of war's significance to the history of the conflict. Examining the experiences of approximately 130,000 German prisoners held in the United Kingdom, this lecture examines the relationship between idealized notions of military masculinity and the stigmatization of prisoners of war. It analyzes their attempts to redeem themselves in the camps of the UK while also considering captivity's impact on former prisoners' postwar lives. Appreciating the stigma of surrender is essential to understanding both the combat and captivity
experiences. By drawing attention to the shame of surrender, this lecture seeks to deepen our
understanding of not only what it meant to be a prisoner of
war, but also what it meant to
be a man at war.
[posted 19 March 2015]
Chair's Message to History Majors
Despite my background as an East Asian historian I can neither confirm nor deny that "May you live in interesting times" is an ancient Chinese curse. But as history majors you should all be able to appreciate why it's meant as a curse and not a blessing. Certainly we are now facing some most interesting times in Alaska and at UAA, since the new governor's budget is going to require UA to absorb a budget cut of between 5%-8% for the 2015-2016 academic year.
What can you do to help during the crisis? If you want to take action there are definitely things that you can do. Talking to your legislators and the Board of Regents is one. In fact, since what we in the faculty try to tell them tends to get filtered out, students (and constituents) can be the most effective advocates for UAA. If you'd rather not strong arm your legislators, you can at least bore your friends and colleagues by constantly telling them how great UAA and the department of history is and what it contributes to the community. This is an area where we tend to be at a disadvantage compared to UAF and UAS since, despite the fact that we're the sixth or seventh largest employer in Anchorage, we're kind of hidden in the weeds in the big city. But Anchorage is a college town. The more folks here are aware of that, the more (hopefully) they'll value UAA.
One last thing you can do to help the department is that when registration for the fall semester comes around register for classes! Especially register for upper division history classes. Even if you're still undecided about whether you really want to take this course or that course, register anyway. Making sure upper division courses meet the enrollment minimums is the only way to ensure that you'll actually have a choice to make when the semester begins. So register early and often when the time comes.
We've also got things to look forward to this semester. I hope all of you will at least consider submitting a sample of your work from 2014 to the Student Showcase. History majors do well here and it's a chance for you to take the credit you got for your work and turn it into glory (both personal and programmatic). And even if you're not planning to present during the Phi Alpha Theta Alaska Conference, March 26-27, we hope you'll turn out to support your friends and fellow majors and get a taste of what it means to "do" history for a living.
This is the first time I've tried to address all of you history majors but I think it's good for you to hear from me from time to time and I plan to make this a regular practice. I just don't know what I should call these future updates. I don't want to give them a pedestrian name like "From the Chair's Office" or something like that. Help me out, here. Give me some ideas. In Japan the chair of the department (gakubu) is called the buchō (部長). Maybe we can do something with that?
I hope all of you have a great semester.
Take care.
Paul Dunscomb
Phi Alpha Theta Issues CFP for Spring Student Conference
The UAA Department of History and the Alpha Beta Gamma Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta extend a call for papers for its Alaska Conference, March 26-27. The Conference welcomes paper proposals on any aspect of history.
Call Paper Timetable: Timely submission of the papers is critical to the success for both the students and the conference. The procedures and timetable below will apply to all submissions.
PAT Jeopardy Night
Join Phi Alpha Theta for History Jeopardy
night! The UAA Chapter of PAT will be playing history-themed Jeopardy
from 5:15-7:15pm next Wednesday (11/19) in SSB 223. Pizza and drinks
will be served! (Professor Ball would appreciate a rough headcount for
the purposes of buying pizza. If you plan to attend, let her know by
Wednesday at noon.) For any questions about the organization or its events, contact PAT Chapter President Kailyn Vaughan.
PAT Planning Meeting for Haunted Halloween Fun Night
Phi Alpha Theta is hosting a meeting to discuss the
coming Haunted Halloween Fun Night put on by the UAA Club Council on October 25th. Phi Alpha Theta will be
participating for the first time this year and hopes to brainstorm ideas for booth activities and determine who will staff the booth. We will also be planning a
movie night in November. If you have a suggestion for
a film, please bring it up at the meeting. We will have
some snacks and drinks. All history majors and minors are welcome to attend!
This planning meeting will be held this coming
Wednesday, October 15 at 4:00 to 5:00pm in the History Department. If you have questions, contact PAT President Kailyn Vaughan.
PAT Game Night
The Alpha Beta Gamma Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta (the National History Honors Society) invites history faculty, history majors, and history minors to come party like it's 1624! The chapter is having its first meeting of the year and a Trivial Pursuit Game Night on Wednesday, October 1st from 4:00-6:00pm in SSB 258. All are welcome (but Prof. Ball would appreciate your RSVP to get a headcount for the purposes of supplying food and drink)! Come for a study break and leave with new friendships with other history enthusiasts, bragging rights, and glory!
At the very beginning of the meeting, PAT will be holding officer
elections for this year. If you currently hold an office and want to
keep it or if you are interested in running for office for the first
time, contact PAT faculty advisor Ray Ball.
Nominations (including self-nominations) will be accepted until noon on
September 30. Officers must be PAT members. Questions about office or
the PAT Chapter Constitution can be directed to Chapter President Kailyn
Vaughan (email@example.com).
History Fall Tuition Waivers
The UAA Department of History congratulates majors Kailyn Vaughan and Hannah Sorensen. Both have received tuition waivers for the current semester based on the strength of their academic achievements and on their essays on the topic of why history matters.
2014 Alaska Cold War Conference
Thanks to the generosity of the
Alaska Historical Commission, complimentary tickets are available to UAA students for the Cold War Conference Keynote Address on Thursday
evening, September 4th. Sergei Khrushchev, son of Soviet Premier during
much of the Cold War Nikita Khrushchev, will present "Cold Warriors:
Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Khrushchev" at UAA's Wendy Williamson
Auditorium at 7:30 PM. Tickets are complimentary, but advance registration is required through the conference's website.
History BA Andrew Lessig Accepts Offer From Syracuse Law
Andrew Lessig, who graduated with Honors in History from UAA in May of 2014, has been accepted to Syracuse University's College of Law. He writes:
The History Department congratulates Andrew on his scholarship and wishes him the best of luck in his future educational pursuits at Syracuse!
[posted 26 August 2014]


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Leaves from the Garden of Eden by Howard Schwartz
Kosher Demons
Leaves from the Garden of Eden:
One Hundred Classic Jewish Tales
by Howard Schwartz
Oxford. 544 pp. $34.95
Collections of Jewish tales, of which Howard Schwartz, a professor of English literature at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, has published several, have been around for a long time. Excluding classical rabbinic texts like the Talmud and the Midrash, in which many imaginative yarns can be found alongside stories of a more exegetical or historical nature, the earliest such anthology goes back to the 11th century. Compiled in Judeo-Arabic by Rabbi Nissim Gaon of Kairouan, it circulated widely in Hebrew translation under the title Hib-bur Yafeh me'ha-Yeshu'ah, "A Pleasant Treatise On Deliverance." Its stories were mostly taken from earlier texts, were generally associated with famous rabbis, and had a clear homiletic or moral message. Since at least some were written down from Nissim's memory, his own inventions sometimes crept into them.
Thus, for example, Nissim retells the talmudic story of Nahum of Gamzo, a saintly but horribly disfigured man—"blind in both eyes, stumped in both hands, and crippled in both legs," according to the tractate of Ta'anit, which then explains how he came to be that way: he once cursed his own body for reacting too slowly to the plea of a hungry beggar who died of starvation, and his powers were such that his curses came true. So covered was Nahum with sores, according to Ta'anit, that "the legs of his bed stood in four basins of water to prevent ants from crawling over him."
In Nissim Gaon's version, by contrast, the purpose of the water is to keep Nahum chilled and uncomfortable even when asleep. A seemingly minor detail, this nevertheless makes a difference. Ta'anit's Nahum has had enough suffering and wants to avoid more, thus suggesting that (despite the brave face he puts on for his disciples) he regrets having cursed himself so impetuously, while in Hibbur Yafeh he seeks to make his punishment greater.
Stories change in being told and retold, and because Jewish tales have a longer written history than do their counterparts in other languages, they are an excellent illustration of this. Moreover, as old written stories were recycled, new, previously oral ones were put into writing. Generally, they made their literary debut not in anthologies but in books devoted to specific subjects or historical figures.
Thus, for instance, one of the most wonderful stories in Leaves from the Garden of Eden first appeared in writing in a 16th-century volume called Shivhei Ha-Ari or "The Praises of the Ari." (Schwartz annotates the sources of each of his stories as part of the critical apparatus that he provides for the reader.) This is a volume of hagiographic tales about the legendary kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Ashkenazi Luria (1534-1572), the Ari or "lion" of Safed in Palestine. In the story, a young man is out walking with two friends when they spy a finger sticking out of the ground. One of them jokingly dares the others to put a ring on it and proclaim "Thou art sanctified to me" as at a Jewish wedding, and the young man takes up the challenge, only to see, to his horror, the finger vanish into the earth with his ring on it.
The young man goes home, gets over his shock, and eventually betroths a bride. Yet as the two are standing beneath the wedding canopy, a woman appears and demands the cancellation of the ceremony because the groom is already married to her; she is the female demon whose finger he put a ring on and she has now come to claim him for herself. The case is brought before the Ari, who cannot deny that the demon has justice on her side, since she has been legally wed before the necessary two witnesses. The only solution is for him to compel her to accept a divorce from the young man so that he can take a human being for his wife.
Like traditional tales everywhere, Jewish tales often deal with the supernatural; what is unique about them is that the supernatural in them is Jewish, too. Although their demons are the enemies of human beings, they are no less religiously observant and are often sympathetically portrayed. In another well-known story in Leaves from the Garden of Eden, "The Demon Princess," a young man is again wed to a demon, the beautiful daughter of Ashmodai, king of the devils; this time, however, the wedding takes place in the demons' own land, in which the commandments of the Law are kept as scrupulously as in any Orthodox community on earth.
Indeed, this young man, who already had a human wife and fell into Ashmodai's kingdom from the wings of a giant bird on which he escaped the desert island where he had been stranded by a shipwreck, is awarded the king's daughter on account of his talmudic erudition. Yet when "The Demon Princess" ends unhappily—after following her husband back to the human world, which she has given him permission to visit, the princess kills him with a farewell kiss when he refuses to return with her to the land of the demons—we feel more for her than we do for him.
"Supernatural Tales" are one of four categories into which Schwartz has divided Leaves from the Garden of Eden, the other three being "Fairy Tales," "Folktales," and "Mystical Tales." The boundaries between them, however, are not always sharp.
Jewish folklore does not have fairies, and several of Schwartz's "fairy tales" have the same kinds of demons in them as do the "supernatural tales." Such, for instance, is a "fairy tale" entitled "The Boy Israel and the Witch," taken from the 19th-century Shivhei ha-Besht or "Praises of the Baal Shem Tov," which was modeled on the Shivhei ha-Ari. One of Schwartz's "folktales," an oral narrative recorded in Israel from a Turkish Jew, ends with the magically born daughter of a poor woman marrying a prince and living happily ever after, just as in a fairy tale. And a "mystical tale" from an oral source in America, which tells how the Lubavitcher rebbe convinces a Jew not to divorce his wife by showing him in a vision what his future would be like if he did, could just as well be labeled a folktale.
A more salient distinction might be between written tales and transcribed oral tales, which comprise about a fifth of the stories in Leaves from the Garden of Eden and are usually simpler and more naive. Yet here too the lines are not clear-cut, because an oral tale partially ceases to be an oral tale the moment it is put into writing. At the very least, it undergoes stylistic editing, since no storyteller consistently speaks in grammatical or complete sentences. Often, it will have been reworked more extensively and turned into a literary text. This is what happened at some point in their history with most of the stories in Leaves from the Garden of Eden.
What Schwartz's own policy has been with the oral tales selected by him from the compilations of folklorists, I do not know. Judging by how he has handled the written tales, however, I suspect that he has taken considerable liberties, for his treatment of such texts is very free. This can be seen at a glance by comparing the opening lines of his version of "The Finger" with that in Shivhei ha-Ari.
First, Shivhei ha-Ari:
Once, in the holy city of Safed, may it quickly be settled and built [by Jews], some young men went for a walk in a field. And as they walked, they sat down to rest, and when they did, they saw a finger poking up and down through the ground.
Now, Leaves from the Garden of Eden:
One night long ago, in the city of Safed, three young men went out for a walk. Reuven, the eldest, was to be married the next day to a beautiful and wealthy maiden, and his companions laughed and joked and teased their friend. The moon was full that night, and the young men decided to leave the beaten path and walk in the thick forest that surrounded the city.
The moonlight illumined even the darkest parts of the forest, and they passed through it fearlessly. At last they reached the riverbank and rested on large rocks near the shore, while they watched the river below. Here they continued to make merry, for they felt as if they were intoxicated.
It was during this time that one of them noticed something strange nearby. It was an object the size of a finger that stuck out of the earth. They got up to examine it, assuming it was a root. But when they came closer, they saw to their amazement that it was indeed a finger that emerged there.
Quite apart from the fact that Safed has no river, Schwartz has generously embellished the text as he has seen fit, just as he has done with other stories.
On the face of it, there is nothing intrinsically illegitimate about this. The prose of Shivhei ha-Ari, as of most of the medieval and post-medieval texts from which Jewish tales can be culled, is undistinguished: simple but not artful, direct but not forceful. There is no aesthetic sacrilege in trying to improve on it.
And yet though tales like "The Finger" and "The Demon Princess" have none of the literary brilliance of many of the stories in the Talmud and Midrash, let alone in the Bible, they do share something in common with them. Their terseness, paucity of detail, avoidance of adjectives and adverbs, and bareness of syntax are equally characteristic of older Jewish narratives. When we are told that "Once in the city of Safed some young men went for a walk in a field, and as they walked they sat down to rest, and when they did, they saw a finger," we are in a linguistic environment not far removed from that of "And Cain talked with Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him." What did Cain say to Abel? What happened when they were in the field? We do not know. If we want more information, we have to supply it ourselves. The Bible creates the need for midrash, and midrash creates the need for more midrash.
Like the biblical and talmudic story, the later Jewish tale, at its best, is minimalistic, foregrounding its characters and their actions against a barely existent background. Its moon is a spotlight falling on an otherwise dark stage; its "thick forest" remains in shadow. The stark contrast between the seen and the unseen provides its true suspense. If there is an age-old tradition of Jewish storytelling, it is this.
Embellishments like Howard Schwartz's are not in the spirit of this tradition. In his introduction and critical notes to Leaves from the Garden of Eden, Schwartz has some cogent things to say about the content of Jewish tales and "the Jewish mythical imagination." There is indeed such an imagination and its defining mark, as in "The Demon Princess," is that while its Jews may live in a gentile world, this world is part of a Jewish universe. But of the form of Jewish tales, Schwartz says nothing. One wishes he had reproduced it more faithfully.

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Westfield Recreation Department
August 1, 2013 Summer Swimming at the Welch Field Pool Session 2 *June 24 thru August 9 * Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays 6:45-8:10 a.m. Early Bird Adult Lap Swim 8:20-9:05 a.m. Deep Water Aerobics 9:10-9:50 a. more »»
Chautauqua Lake Central School honor/merit rolls
July 25, 2013 Chautauqua Lake Central School District has announced its honor roll students for the fourth quarter of the 2012-13 school year. more »»
Conservationists to Speak at Conservancy Annual Meeting
July 25, 2013 Webb's Captains Table in Mayville will be the location for the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy's annual meeting and dinner celebration to be held on Sunday, July 28th. more »»
Live at the Met Summer Encore Series at Opera House presents 'Turandot'
July 25, 2013 FREDONIA — The 1891 Fredonia Opera House will screen Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot" as part of its Live at the Met Summer Encore Series of operas on Thursday, July 25, at 7 p.. more »»
Westfield Recreation Department
July 25, 2013 Summer Swimming at the Welch Field Pool Session 2 *June 24 thru August 9 * Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays 6:45-8:10 a.m. Early Bird Adult Lap Swim 8:20-9:05 a.m. Deep Water Aerobics 9:10-9:50 a.m. more »»
Machinist training offered at JCC
July 25, 2013 New York state residents who have been unemployed long-term may have the opportunity to participate in a new advanced manufacturing training program. more »»
Chamber Corner
July 25, 2013 By Todd Tranum President and CEO of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce & Executive Director of the Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier The turnout for a state Public Service... more »»
Teaching with technology at JCC
July 25, 2013 A new Teaching with Technology series, designed for those who want to learn how to integrate technology into the classroom, will be conducted August 12-16 at Jamestown Community College's North... more »»
Week six at Chautauqua Institution is themed 'Crime and Punishment'
July 25, 2013 CHAUTAUQUA —Week Six examines the U.S. criminal justice system—what works, what doesn't, how effective it is and how it compares to others around the world. more »»
Dale Sandberg, ERA Team VP Real Estate, raises $1,200 for ALS
July 25, 2013 CHAUTAUQUA — Always willing to support a worthy cause, Dale Sandberg, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson of ERA Team VP Real Estate recently raised $1,200 along with Scott Kelemen of Wells Fargo, to... more »»
Local church now accepting clothing donations
July 25, 2013 Lakeshore Assembly of God Church, at 252 E. Main Street, in Westfield, is now hosting the Westfield location of the St. Pauly's clothing drop-off shed. more »»
Southwestern convention activities
July 25, 2013 Time is drawing near for the Southwestern Association of Volunteer Firemen's (SwAVF) annual convention. more »»
Christmas in July at the Thrifty?Kitty
July 25, 2013 Although no one is quite sure how the marketing idea came about, almost everyone has heard of "Christmas In July" sales and celebrations. more »»
Year-end Rotary students of the month
July 18, 2013 The school year has ended and many students from the Westfield/Mayville Rotary Club area will be earning paychecks from summer employment. more »»
Clymer announces fourth quarter honor/merit rolls
July 18, 2013 Honor and Merit Rolls for the fourth marking period for the 2012-13 school year for Clymer Central School. Merit Roll = 84.5% - 89.49%; Honor Roll = 89.5% - 100%. *Denotes 95% average or better. more »»
Book Sale Raises Money for Library
July 18, 2013 Patterson Library in Westfield will hold its Annual Used Book Sale on July 18, 19, & 20. This year the sale will take place in the Patterson Reading Room, open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, 9 a.. more »»
Arts Alliance Members Show Work at Patterson Library
July 18, 2013 Patterson Library's Octagon Gallery will exhibit "North Shore Arts Alliance Member Show 2013" from July 12 to August 5, 2013. more »»
4-H to host regional events at county fair
July 18, 2013 JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK (July 10, 2013) — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County 4-H Youth Development Program will host regional judging contests during the 132nd Annual Chautauqua County... more »»
Westfield recreation calendar
July 18, 2013 The Village of Westfield Recreation Department is pleased to announce the upcoming "Concerts in Moore Park" summer series. Held Wednesday evenings, the performances run from 7-8:30 p.m. more »»
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 24th Annual Gelatin Splash raises $115,000
July 18, 2013 The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 24th Annual Gelatin Splash held in June at Banchetti by Rizzo's raised $115,000 for the Western & Central New York Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. more »»
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From a Polish Country House Kitchen's Twice-Cooked Wild Mushrooms
During foraging season, mushrooms appear on the Polish table in many forms. They can be sauteed, pickled, and simmered into soups. These Twice-Cooked Wild Mushrooms present a unique technique: the 'shrooms are first boiled basically to smithereens. Once totally tender, they take a trip to a skillet with butter, onions, and dill to become even more silky smooth before being finished with sour cream. More


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Indiana House Democrats choose Pelath as leader
Pledges to provide a true, alternative vision for state
INDIANAPOLIS - Two days after an Election Day shellacking that saw Democrats lose nine seats in the Indiana House of Representatives, Democratic legislators selected Rep. Scott Pelath of Michigan City as their new minority leader.
He was chosen just months after the mid-campaign ouster of Rep. B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, who for the last decade had served as House speaker when Democrats were in charge and minority leader when Republicans held the majority.
Pelath's selection was an effort to turn the page from years of Bauer's battles with outgoing Gov. Mitch Daniels and current House Speaker Brian Bosma — in part out of necessity since Republicans now hold a 69-seat supermajority in the chamber.
"We are going to learn to work better. We are going to learn to provide a true, alternative vision for how this state should be led," Pelath said.
"We are going to critique the majority party when we think they're wrong, but when we think they're right, we're going to be prepared to help. And mostly, we're going to work every day to form a new governing coalition in this state."
He said a key focus will be developing policy proposals for Democrats to advance. That would be a departure from Bauer, who harshly critiqued Republicans but was criticized for failing to offer his own party's vision.
In 2011, Bauer led House Democrats on a five-week trip to Urbana, Ill., as they boycotted majority Republicans' efforts. In 2012, he led the caucus to skip nine days in what became a rolling boycott.
"It's not about the exercise of power. It's about doing the hard work of convincing the people of a better direction," Pelath said. "It's about doing the basics: messaging, educating, setting a clear alternative. A priority of mine for the caucus is policy development."
In a statement, Bosma, the Republican speaker from Indianapolis, congratulated Pelath.
"Scott is an honorable and thoughtful legislator, and I pledge to keep the lines of communication open and do my best to make him and his leadership team effective leaders of their caucus," Bosma said.
"I have consistently said that we will work with the willing, and work around those who are not. Even with a supermajority — this remains true."
Democrats hold just 31 of the 100 House seats, and Republicans controlled last year's redistricting process, but as for whether Democrats can climb out of their minority status, the No. 2 House Democrat, Rep. Linda Lawson of Hammond, said they started working on the 2014 election Tuesday night.
Asked whether they expect the new Republican supermajority to overreach, Lawson answered:
"We hope."
"That's a dream," the No. 3 House Democrat, caucus chair Vanessa Summers of Indianapolis, offered.
"Speaker Bosma's going to have many of his own challenges, and when the people grant you a mandate, overreach is always a danger," Pelath said. "It'll be our duty to remind the public when we think they're doing that."
The House Democrats' decision on a caucus leader was the only one that included any suspense.
House Republicans opted to keep Bosma as speaker. It's a role he's had since they assumed majority status in 2010 and which he held previously in 2005 and 2006, when Republicans were also in the majority.
In the Senate, where the GOP holds 37 out of 50 seats, Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, kept his role.
Senate Democrats, who lost Minority Leader Vi Simpson, D-Ellettsville, because she was the losing candidate for lieutenant governor, promoted her second-in-command, Sen. Tim Lanane, D-Anderson.
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I am on my 3rd preg and concerned about emerging symptoms. First preg was undiagnosed preeclamp, I believe, high bp with over 100 lbs of weight gain,(17 lbs within 3 days in my 40th week), delivered by c-section in 41st week bcs of breech. My healthcare was pitiful at best. 2nd preg went well, uneventful, elective c-sec at 38 wks. I am now in my 27th week and within in one month I have gained 22 lbs and feel horrid, my bp on last visit was only 140/70, the nurse said not significant and no protein in urine, but swelling is significant to me. I did not see the doctor this visit, but I am worried bcs of the massive wt gain and am not sure what to look for, or whether to press my doctor on this bcs she was not my dr. with my first preg.
Stacy, 32 yrs
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critique my position please :)
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Looking for a critique on my position and on my horse. I have such a bad problem looking down and I really need to fix that. I know about the no helmet and no shoes but, I had sandals on and before I took them off well my leg and foot were terrible...
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Before I took my flip flops off :shock:
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after i took them off.
Your Feet Are Too Far Back And Your seat is a little too far foward. Your Elbows are too far foward And Your Hands Dont have a angle too them like they are expose to.
Thanks.... I am trying to work on that....
Sit more back, you lean forward just a bit too much. :wink: Sit tall with your shoulders pulled back and try to act as if you were the proudest rider ever. :D Look up more, (but that will also happen more naturally if you sit up strait). Lift your hands a little more over the horses neck (they're just a tad low) and bend your elbows more and bring them a little closer to you (not too much but enough to have more rein contact). There should be a strait line from the reins to your elbows. Imagine your lower arm is the extension of your reins.
Besides all that, you seem to be nicely soft and relaxed on the horse's horses back. :D Hope this helped.
Oh Horselife you posted right before me. Darn I take too long to write. :/
I find riding with boots is actually easier, your foot (well mine anyway lol) sits where it's ment to, it does slip a bit.
When you dont have boots on you grip with your toes which is what it looks like your doing, so the stirrup sits to far forward.
I have only ridden with at shoes at the beach though.
Also from the pictures your hands are turned out the wrong way, like your driving a motorbike, turn them up so your thumb is in top.
Your leaning forward, you have to sit back on your tailbone and stay on it. Bring your bum more under yourself, it looks like your about to slid off the other side lol
Your arms are to far forward but if you correct your seat they may just come on it's self.
thanks it did help. I have a big problem with my position in my riding. I am working on fixing it though
Haha Its ok. You explained better than me Hidalgo. Oh and like Hildago said about the straight line. you want a straight line from you shoulders too elbow too feet
I am definitely going to be fixing my hands starting tomorrow, I never noticed them until it was pointed out. thank you.
No problemo. :) Your little mistakes will quickly improve since they are somewhat almost all related to each other. When you sit up straighter your head will naturally look up more, you will also then be able to feel how forward you arms are and pull them back more, and etc etc etc... :)
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Isoetes biafrana has been assessed as Vulnerable (Cheek et al. 2000) because only a small fraction of the original rain forest still exists around Lake Oku in Cameroon and this is threatened by increased grazing by goats in the lake's crater, which increases soil erosion around the lake and may cover the gravel bottom, preventing Isoetes biafranum from becoming established since it does not root in mud-bottomed lakes.
Grazing of livestock and forest clearance need to be stopped, and a thorough survey of population sizes of Isoetes biafranum should be undertaken around the perimeter of the lake.
Several hundred plants were recorded in Lake Oku, below the Baptist Rest House, in November 1996, but there is no record of the number of individuals found in Lake Moka on Bioko. Due to its very restricted range and number of locations, and the threats known to occur in the range of Isoetes biafrana, this species has been assigned the category of Vulnerable under criterion D2.


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Henson has been a coach for the Sunkist Kids Club since 2007, and was named head coach in 2011.
Oct. 23, 2013
-by Amanda Nusbaum, Mizzou Staff Writer
A large majority of high school athletes don't make it to the college level in their sport. An even smaller majority actually pursue their sport at the professional or Olympic level. For wrestlers, the numbers are especially small, as the market for wrestlers has grown increasingly smaller, with the Olympic level in particular losing almost half of its weight classes within the past 10 years. For some wrestlers straight out of college, pursuing their Olympic dreams can be a lonely battle. Currently on the rise, however, is a way to train with other wrestlers - all following similar dreams - while creating that valued team environment that is lost after college.
This past weekend, former Tiger grappler Nick Marable, who along with teammate Dom Bradley is pursuing a professional career, participated in the inaugural Tour ACW event, a unique tournament that will help them take the next step towards fulfilling their professional wrestling dreams.
The Tour ACW, sponsored by the Association of Career Wrestlers, is giving wrestlers an opportunity to wrestle competitively as post-collegians. And for Marable, it was too good of an opportunity to turn down.
"It's a new style of wrestling with no time limits. Instead of a 6-7 minute match, they could go a lot faster or much longer. It was a good experience, though, and there were a lot of good athletes there."
Marable actually ended up wrestling a total of 41 minutes by the end of the day, including two 16-minute matches, to win the title in the 170-pound weight class. He received a $2,500 check for taking first, but the Tour ACW is hoping to expand the payouts to the top four wrestlers in each weight class during their next event, set to take place in April.
Marable and Bradley currently wrestle at such events sponsored by both the Missouri Wrestling Foundation and Sunkist Kids Club. The University of Missouri's wrestling facilities hold a regional Olympic Training Center (MWF) where elite wrestlers, like Nick and Dom, are able to train under the head coach for the Sunkist Organization, former Olympian and current head assistant coach at Mizzou, Sammie Henson. The Sunkist Organization has been around approximately 30 years; Henson himself was part of the club.
"I'm the head Sunkist coach, so it's positive for them to be coached by someone who has been to the Olympics and who has coached Olympians," Henson said of Marable and Bradley. "They're still around Missouri Wrestling, too, which is good for both sides. We have the No. 2 recruiting class in the country right now also, and those guys have dreams just like Nick and Dom. We're one of the few programs in the country that have the next level after college available right here."
"Coach Henson's wrestling style is similar to mine," Marable points out of his coach, "which has improved my technique significantly."
Henson also knows just how great it is for Nick and Dom to train here around the other guys. The MWF allows them to keep the team aspect of wrestling that they would normally lose going elsewhere after graduation.
"When I came back here after graduation, I was the only one training here," Henson recalls. "I was training myself and doing it all alone because I didn't really have a coach. The coaches' main focus is college wrestling. It's miserable having to do it by yourself."
Being sponsored by MWF and Sunkist has allowed Marable to solely focus on improving his wrestling. The funding makes it possible for him to travel overseas to compete, further preparing him for his chance to compete for the United States of America in the 2016 Olympics.
"Dom was the US Open National Champion this year. Nick happens to be in a weight class where you've got a world and Olympic champion (Jordan Burroughs) and also four-time national champion, Kyle Dake. It's a tough weight class. But also, he's become a better coach being around (Mizzou). I take him to camps and such, too. As he's become a better coach, he's most certainly become a better wrestler."
While Marable is incredibly appreciative of everything the coaches and Mizzou Wrestling have done for him, Henson recognizes the improvements he's seen of Nick and Dom, and says that as the program grows, they'll add more wrestlers, strengthening the team aspect of it all. For now, prepping them for their upcoming events is what Henson is focusing on in his Sunkist role. Nick will head to the New York Athletic Club Holiday International Open on November 10, and Dom will join him in Minnesota in December. International competitions overseas will kick off in the beginning of 2014.
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Announcing the release of my true-crime book, THE ASCENSION OF JERRY: Murder, Hitmen and The Making of L.A. Muckraker Jerry Schneiderman (Vireo/Rare Bird Books)Sunday, March 25th, 2012
Bumbling hitmen. Burning corpses. A threatened son. Life in hiding. Jerry Schneiderman's orderly world evaporated when his business partner was executed by an assassin in 1979 Los Angeles, and the buzzard-eyed ringleader came for him. Though the killers behind the murder-for-hire corporation were nabbed, the trauma annihilated Jerry's family and strip-mined his trust. Recovery only came years later with Jerry's improbable rebirth as a prank-loving activist who defended the weak by milking his scars.
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* "Jacobs delivers a seductive tour of an L.A. rife with murder-for-hire plots, political corruption and sociopathic schemes. Against this backdrop the young Schneiderman comes of age, to ultimately emerge as the last man standing. A terrific book – I couldn't put it down! — Stephen Jay Schwartz, L.A. Times bestselling author of Boulevard and Beat.
* "Chip Jacobs' chops as an accomplished newspaperman are on brilliant display in The Ascension of Jerry, a delightfully off-kilter true-crime tale of a hero (sorta) who is neither especially loathsome nor lovable … maybe just lucky to get out alive. Jacobs' prose is intimate, darkly funny, and crisp as he follows the twisted path that leads SoCal businessman Jerry Schneiderman through a series of weird events – including crossing paths with some dumb-ass hitmen and some burning corpses – only to emerge as a merry prankster with a jones for social activism. (If you haven't yet deduced that this book is not your Mama's supermarket true-crime trash, then you're doing it wrong. But here's the thing: Jacobs' ear for a good story is pitch perfect, and he tells it with all the smoggy pastel colors of post-noir LA. The Ascension of Jerry isn't an old song in a new key, but an entirely new song about crime, fear, and a weird kind of redemption that could only happen in the general vicinity of Hollywood. Jacobs is a genuine writer, not a wannabe scribbler. He knows what makes us keep turning pages. So for those few true-crime readers who like their mayhem served up in a sumptuous story, seek this one out." — Ron Franscell, celebrated true-crime author.
* a "wildly unpredictable mix of darkly humorous and highly dangerous events"— "Killer Prose: With The Ascension of Jerry, Writer Chip Jacobs Reveals his Wildest Tale Yet "- Pasadena Weekly, March 23, 2012 (Note: the "murder corporation" referenced in this article was located near but not in the old Bullocks department store in Pasadena).
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1 Cucumber chopped
1-2 Bunches green onions with tops chopped
1-2 lemons Juiced
2 Bunches fresh parsley finely chopped
1-2 Tablespoon minced garlic
Mint for garnish add more if you want it in the salad
Sea salt to taste
Olive oil optional
Normally they put Bulgar wheat in this salad but I can't find it in my area. It makes this salad very healthy.
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Microwave lemons 20 seconds to get the juices soft.
Let set for a few minutes to cool off.
You need to be careful when you cut into the lemons because they can squirt juice out. They need to cool slightly.
Juice the lemon with a small hand juicer as shown or just squeeze the juice out.
Place the juice in a cup.
Combine all the vegetables in a bowl and mix well.
Add to taste the lemon juice and garlic. You may add a little olive oil if you like.
Mix well.
There's some great tips and tricks there, the salad is similar to something I do as a "Couscous" salad, and I see no reason why you shouldn't use another grain if you wish. Bulgar Wheat, Couscous, Rice, even PASTA would probably work in a similar way, just cook it separately and allow to cool before adding the vegetables and seasoning. It's also really portable, and easy to keep for a day or two, (if you can resist the temptation to eat it) so it's great for garden parties, barbecues and picnics.
FWIW, if you don't have to follow Sharia or Kosha or other dietary constraints, I add a little bit of chopped up "Pepperami" (a kind of mini salami) but any cooked meat could add a little difference to this dish. It doesn't HAVE to be traditional
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PIKEVILLE – The Central Appalachian Institute for Research and Development recently welcomed Melanie Stevens to its staff, as marketing and development officer.
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Upland Chronicles: A tribute to Winfred Ownby
I met Winfred Ownby for the first time on Jan. 12, 2008. He walked up to me after the conclusion of a program I presented about Uncle Lem Ownby at Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge. He was clad in bibbed overalls and walking with a cane. I was startled, at first glance, at his remarkable resemblance to Lem Ownby, who had passed on 25 years earlier.
"Uncle Lem was my great-uncle," he said. "I sure wish you'd write a book about him." Although I had completed a good deal of research about Lem Ownby, who was the last resident to live within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a life-lessee agreement, Winfred shared some stories about his great-uncle I had never heard.
My conversation with Winfred that day was brief. However, I realized he possessed a wealth of information on a subject in which I was very interested. Winfred was a grandson of Lem's oldest brother Dave. Therefore, Winfred's father Stephen was only four years younger than Lem. So, Winfred grew up at Elkmont surrounded by the big Ownby clan that included his great-uncle Lem Ownby, who was only 31 years older than Winfred.
Born at Elkmont on Dec. 17, 1920, Winfred Stephen Ownby was one of six children of Stephen and Eva Cook Ownby. His parents lived in the cabin now known as the Avent cabin, which was given to them as a wedding gift from Eva's father Sam Cook, from the time they married on Oct. 10, 1914 until they sold the property to Frank and Mayna Avent in 1918.
Winfred was born two years later in another house not far from there. His siblings were Iva (Franklin), Albert, Roy, Grace (Trentham), and Henry. He grew up working on his father's farm and hunting in the surrounding woods with his male relatives. As a young man he worked for the CCC before serving in the U.S. Army during World War ll.
He served in the 7th armored division in the European Theater. Winfred earned several commendations, including two Purple Hearts and two certificates of merit while serving in the army. After the war ended he returned to Sevier County but soon left the area in search of a good job.
In 1950 Winfred joined Ironworkers Local 451 which encompasses three counties in Delaware and two counties in Pennsylvania. As an ironworker he traveled throughout the country working on various bridges and buildings.
He was working on the Delaware Memorial Bridge linking New Castle, Delaware and Pennsville, New Jersey when he met his future wife, a nurse named Dorothy Scott. They married on Winfred's 40th birthday, Dec. 17, 1960. Winfred and Dorothy raised their three children, Joan (Parkinson), Winfred Stephen, Jr. and Connie (McCarter), in Delaware.
Winfred and Dorothy moved to Sevierville in 1986 when Winfred retired. Sadly, Dorothy died in 1995 at age 67. Winfred chose to live out the remainder of his days in the house they purchased on New Era Road.
I saw Winfred again on June 25, 2011, during an open house at the newly renovated Appalachians Clubhouse at Elkmont. As soon as he saw me, Winfred asked "When are you going to write that book about Uncle Lem?" "I'll get around to it one of these days," I replied. "Well, you better not wait too much longer, or there won't be anyone left that remembers him," he added.
Several other people had suggested that I write a book about Lem Ownby. I finally got serious about writing the long-promised book in 2013, five years after Winfred had first mentioned the idea to me.
Once I signed an agreement with the History Press to write "Elkmont's Uncle Lem Ownby: Sage of the Smokies," I called Winfred Ownby and told him I was ready to begin the project and would need his help.
"Come over anytime you want to, I'll be glad to tell you everything I know about my Uncle Lem," he said. Over the hot months of June and July I sat down with Winfred several times. By this time he was 92 and almost blind, but his memory was as sharp as ever. He was gracious to invite me into his home, provide photographs and share colorful reminisces about his great-uncle. In fact, some of the stories he shared and a few photographs from his personal collection could not have been found elsewhere.
When the book was completed and published, no one was more excited than Winfred Ownby. He attended the book signing Oct. 12 at Valley View Baptist Church in Wear's Valley, where he enjoyed receiving a copy of the book and visiting with old friends.
Two months later, Winfred Ownby was gone. He died on his 93rd birthday, Dec. 17, 2013. Remarkably, he was born (in 1920), married (in 1960), and died (in 2013) on Dec. 17. With full military honors conducted by the American Legion Post 104, he was laid to rest beside Dorothy in the Levi Trentham Cemetery at Elkmont.
He loved to tell stories about his kinfolk and growing up in the Smoky Mountains, but Winfred was modest when it came to talking about his own accomplishments. However, I came to realize he had quite an interesting life himself.
Often, after someone who has lived a long, interesting life has died, we regret we did not take the time to ask more questions before it was too late. I am grateful I did not miss my opportunity to talk to Winfred Ownby. Farewell Winfred, may you rest in peace.
Carroll McMahan is the Special Projects Facilitator for the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce and serves as Sevier County Historian.
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Police said a Rutland man claimed to be fleeing his ex-girlfriend when he allegedly led police on a high-speed chase through a residential neighborhood while carrying a felony amount of marijuana.
Brandon E. Davis, 30, is facing up to four years in prison after pleading innocent Monday in Rutland criminal court to felony marijuana possession and a misdemeanor charge of attempting to elude police.
On July 22, according to an affidavit filed with the court, Sgt. Christopher Barber with the Rutland City Police Department saw Davis drive east through the intersection of Main and Terrill streets at a high rate of speed.
Affidavits state Barber turned on his lights and chased Davis, who did not pull over but instead led Barber on a roughly half-mile pursuit along East, Lafayette and East Center streets, with speeds in excess of 50 mph.
Barber found Davis parked in a driveway on Bellevue Avenue.
I asked Davis about the incident and he stated he was trying to lose his ex-girlfriend, Barber wrote in his affidavit. Davis further advised that he then saw me and freaked out.
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folk dance, generally, a type of dance that is a vernacular, usually recreational, expression of a past or present culture. The term folk dance was accepted until the mid-20th century, when this and other categories of dance were questioned and their distinctions became subject to debate.
For the purposes of this article, the designation folk dance will be used for convenience, without the extended discussion of terms that a more scholarly treatment would require. It is important, however, to examine other ways to write and think about the types of dances that might be characterized as traditional. It is also essential to note that people in many non-Western cultures do not themselves describe any activity as dance in the way that English speakers do. This article examines possible ways to look at and define folk dance, how various groups might conceive of their dances, and how the study of folk dance was born and developed. See also dance, for a general treatment of dance as an art form. For further treatment of the folk arts, see folk music; folklore; folk literature; folk art.
Defining folk dance
What makes a dance a folk dance?
Logically speaking, the adjective folk should modify the noun dance to indicate a certain kind of dance and dancing and perhaps the style or some other distinguishing feature of the dance or performance. It should also imply who the performers are. However, the term folk dance, which has been in common use since the late 19th century, along with its parent term folklore, which was coined in 1846, is not as descriptive or uncontroversial as it might seem. Much of the problem lies in the attitudes and purposes of early scholars and their audience.
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