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Merry Christmas to everyone who reads my column each week. Oh, and Merry Christmas to those that don't, too. I will just have to tell them all in person I guess.
I was sitting watching the snow fall and you know how it is hard for me to do anything when the snow falls, so instead I was thinking about Christmas past.
This season I don't really have any wants or needs for under the Christmas tree. When I was six though, they introduced a doll that talked when you pulled her string. My sister and I wanted one really bad. My sister's name is Cathy and so she wanted the Chatty Cathy model. I would have settled for the smaller Chatty Baby.
My parents hid the packages that had them in so we had opened all our presents and thought that Santa had forgotten our requests. Then, out of nowhere two more presents appeared. We were ecstatic.
A few years later when I was about 10, a monster snowstorm blanketed Iowa on Christmas Eve. The kids were all in the kitchen decorating sugar cookies when the lights went out. We finished by candlelight. We spent more time laughing than fighting about who was using too much green frosting.
We sang carols until late and then everyone balled up in blankets to keep warm and went to sleep. The power came on late Christmas morning and the world was blanketed in glistening white and almost unearthly quiet.
By the time I was 18, I spent my first Christmas away from family while sitting in a barracks in Orlando, Fla. during boot camp. Many of us cried a bit and then we headed to the PX to make phone calls home.
There was the Christmas many years later, when I took my girls to the Children's Christmas Mass on Christmas Eve. The church was packed and the kids were invited to sit up at the altar with the priest as he said Mass.
I was jammed up in the balcony. I was touched by the angelic look on all the children's faces when suddenly I watched in horror as one of my girls hauled off and popped the other on the side of the head. The other relatiated and I was sure a full sibling brawl was about to take place in front of God and everyone. Luckily a quick look from the priest stopped it and all was well again.
Each Christmas has its special memories for me. I have a desire that for all of you there is a few moments in your hectic lives, that you can have some peace and joy. I hope life's tragedies will take a day off and each of you will make a new and happy memory.
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It seems a moot point to put the town or county through a special election when the results will be the same as an election in November, said Supervisor Randall A. Schell.
An informal opinion issued Monday by the state attorney generals office showed one of the towns two judge posts, which was incorrectly left off last falls ballot, should be filled only through a special election called by the governor. And, even if such an election were to be held, the new justices four-year term would not begin until Jan. 1, the same as one selected through the regular election cycle.
Although we are advised that the failure to include the position on the ballot in this case was inadvertent, such mistakes might become more frequent and even deliberate if the result were to give the town board the power to fill the vacancy by appointment instead of election, wrote Kathryn Sheingold, assistant solicitor general in charge of opinions at the state office.
While finding no direct precedent for this case, Ms. Sheingold suggested an appointment could be made if the vacancy occurred because of a death or resignation, but not for a failure to elect.
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The attorney generals letter affirmed the stance the Lewis County Board of Elections has taken, he said.
The towns attorney, Raymond A. Meier, also met with an attorney at the state Board of Elections last week and received the same opinion, Mr. Schell said.
County election officials in March noticed Republican Judge John J. Youngs, who was appointed to the post in January 2004 and ran unopposed in the November elections of 2004 and 2008, should have run for another four-year term in November. Town officials had left the post off their offices to be filled list submitted to county election officials last year, and the omission was not noticed then.
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In an unusual action during the Watauga Board of Education meeting Monday night, newly elected Board member, Barbara Kinsey, came to the podium to share a prepared statement with the audience, saying "All of us have begun to hear rumors, receive emails, letters, have telephone conversations,
and direct one-to-one conversations with Watauga County educators and citizens. These communications concerning problems or perceived problems—every single one of us had promised that transparency would be a major priority if we were elected. I am here then to bring all these issues to light and to let all of you know who have corresponded with us that we hear you."
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A rendering of the private dining room for Avenue5, the fine-dining restaurant replacing McCabe's Irish Pub & Grill on Fifth Avenue South in downtown Naples.
The Cider Press Cafe, a vegetarian and vegan restaurant, is targeted to open in mid-January in Piper's Crossing, where Airport-Pulling meets Immokalee Road in North Naples.
Cavo, a major restaurant/lounge project under construction at Mercato, is targeted to open in late April by Rocky Patel, who also operates the adjacent Burn cigar lounge, background, in the North Naples center.
Rendering of Flo's Clam Shack in Naples created by eMERGE design LLC of Naples. A two-story facade will be added this year to the old Pizza Hut, left, on U.S. 41 in Naples to create a New England-style eatery.
HaVen Gastro Lounge is targeted to open after season in the former space of Johnny Rockets at Bell Tower Shops. The new South Beach-inspired restaurant and bar has wrap-around video walls.
Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern is projected to open in mid-April in Mercato. The Ohio-based chain's first Florida location will be in a 4,300-square-foot space located between Bravo! Cucina Italiana, left, and The Counter in the North Naples center.
The second area location of Bokamper's Sports Bar & Grill is opening soon at the former home of Hemingway's Island Grill in Coconut Point.
Chef Charles Mereday plans to open Alto, his second local restaurant and a new jazz club, on Feb. 7 at 492 Bayfront Place in Naples.
French Folies family restaurant is targeted to open at the end of January or the beginning of February in the Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt in North Naples.
345 Caffe Italiano sandwich/coffee shop plans to open in February or March in a new space across Strada Place from The Counter burger bar and the Piazza at Mercato in North Naples.
Tavern West is moving into the former home of Big Al's City Grill, 8004 Trail Blvd., off U.S. 41 North in North Naples.
Araya Sushi Asian Grill is coming soon to Uptown Center in the former space of Dunkin' Donuts, which recently moved to another location off Immokalee Road.
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Collier County's first Jamba Juice is planned to open in the old Kentucky Fried Chicken location at 3091 U.S. 41 E., on the corner of Andrew Drive in East Naples.
Martin Fierro Argentine Steakhouse is preparing to open in January between Moravela's Pizza and the Comcast office in Marquesa Plaza, 13040 Livingston Road.
Al Carbon Peruvian Rotisserie Chicken and Bakery is set to open soon in the former space of Martin Fierro Steakhouse in Radio Road Plaza, 6002 Radio Road, East Naples.
The Crust, a thin-crust pizzeria, salad and subs restaurant, is planned for the first quarter of the year in the former longtime Pad Thai Restaurant location near LA Fitness in The Pavilion shopping center in North Naples.
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Culver's, which opened its first Florida location, above, in fall 2013 in North Naples, plans to open second locations in both Collier and south Lee counties this year. The Wisconsin-based restaurant chain is opening a south Fort Myers location on U.S. 41 north of College Parkway this spring. In mid or late 2014, Culver's also is opening an East Naples location on U.S. 41 East next to the Fifth Third Bank near Shops at Eagle Creek.
Checkers drive-in off Pine Ridge Road in North Naples is targeted to reopen March 1 after closing Dec. 2 because of an early morning electrical fire.
Burger 21, which opened its first area location (above) in December in Gulf Coast Town Center, is looking for a North Naples site to open in October.
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Saladworks is planning to open its second Naples-area location about March 1. The restaurant franchise of made-to-order entrée salads, wraps, soups and sandwiches hopes to start construction in January in a space between Beall's and Target in Pine Ridge Crossing shopping center on the southwest corner of Airport-Pulling and Pine Ridge roads.
Citrola's Grill & Pizzeria is set to open its third Lee County location at the end of January in the former Starz Pizzeria location on McGregor Boulevard in south Fort Myers. Pictured is Citrola's on College Parkway in south Fort Myers.
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The second Inca's Kitchen is planned for early 2014 in The Pavilion shopping center space of the former China Pavilion, which closed three years ago after operating for more than 25 years.
Joey D's Italian Restaurant & Bar has postponed opening its third area location until after season in the former location of Augustina's A Taste of Chicago on the southeast corner of Davis Boulevard and Airport-Pulling Road in East Naples.
DeRomo's Gourmet Market & Restaurant is now shooting to open in March in The Promenade at Bonita Bay in Bonita Springs. The nearly 18,000-square-foot business will occupy adjacent units vacated by Silver Spoon Cafe, Starbucks and other former businesses at The Promenade, located on U.S. 41 at South Bay Drive.
China Chef is coming in 2014 to Carillon Place, the shopping center on the southwest corner of Airport-Pulling and Pine Ridge roads.
Co-owners Flemming and Gitte Madsen are seen July 30, 2013, at Delicious Raw Juice Bar in downtown Naples. The couple is opening a second area location this year for their all-natural juice drinks and smoothies in the Target-anchored Pine Ridge Crossing shopping center in North Naples.
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The vacant outparcel just west of Wendy's, upper right, in Green Tree Center off Immokalee Road, seen in background, soon will be the home of Taco Bell in North Naples.
Expect news soon about a national restaurant chain opening in the former longtime Perkins Restaurant & Bakery location that closed nearly two years ago in Park Shore Plaza on U.S. 41 North in Naples.


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I am the One, the all and the only. I live in the Pendleton as surely as I live everywhere. I am the Pendleton's history and its destiny. The building is my place of conception, my monument, my killing ground. . . .
The Pendleton stands on the summit of Shadow Hill at the highest point of an old heartland city, a Gilded Age palace built in the late 1800s as a tycoon's dream home. Almost from the beginning, its grandeur has been scarred by episodes of madness, suicide, mass murder, and whispers of things far worse. But since its rechristening in the 1970s as a luxury apartment building, the Pendleton has been at peace. For its fortunate residents—among them a successful songwriter and her young son, a disgraced ex-senator, a widowed attorney, and a driven money manager—the Pendleton's magnificent quarters are a sanctuary, its dark past all but forgotten.
But now inexplicable shadows caper across walls, security cameras relay impossible images, phantom voices mutter in strange tongues, not-quite-human figures lurk in the basement, elevators plunge into unknown depths. With each passing hour, a terrifying certainty grows: Whatever drove the Pendleton's past occupants to their unspeakable fates is at work again. Soon, all those within its boundaries will be engulfed by a dark tide from which few have escaped.
Dean Koontz transcends all expectations as he takes readers on a gripping journey to a place where nightmare visions become real—and where a group of singular individuals hold the key to humanity's destiny. Welcome to 77 Shadow Street.
"An old building, constructed on Native American hallowed ground and with a history of violence, becomes prey to the supernatural in this disappointing horror novel from bestseller Koontz (What the Night Knows). The Pendleton, a Gilded Age mansion in an unnamed 'heartland city,' has been transformed into an upscale apartment building. After almost four decades of tranquility, one night in 2011 sees the property's terrifying past return as several tenants encounter bizarre phenomena. An elevator bearing a corrupt former U.S. senator descends 30 floors below the surface to levels that do not exist. A soldier turned money manager has his nocturnal laps around the pool interrupted by an attack from a menacing creature. A maid sees Satan in the pantry of an apartment she works in. The aggregation of disturbing incidents sets the proper mood, but the tension peters out by the halfway point. Underdeveloped characters don't help. Readers seeking well-done haunted building horrors would be better served by Michael Koryta's So Cold the River. (Dec.)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Frequently Asked Questions and Specific Policy Applicable to the Service:
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New Vincent Ward exhibition
He may be one of our most celebrated filmmakers but Vincent Ward is also an accomplished fine artist, as an exhibition opening next month in New Plymouth will amply demonstrate.
Ward, whose film's like Vigil and River Queen have become defining works in New Zealand's film canon, will have a series of still images on display at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery opening in December.
The exhibition, entitled 'Breath – the fleeting intensity of life', marks the first time Ward's images have been surveyed in the context of an art museum, mixing photography, painting and digital imaging.
The displayed works are concerned with themes of metamorphosis, light, darkness and immersive experience conveyed through otherworldly landscapes and transcendent states.
"I am working to find an alchemical marriage somewhere between the worlds of motion, film and painting," says Ward.
The exhibition will run from December 10, 2011 to February 26, 2012 at the gallery on the corner of Queen and King Street; admission is free.
Curated by Rhana Devenport, the exhibition will also be accompanied by a publication of the works with a commissioned essay by writer and playwright Louis Nowra.
Check the Govett-Brewster website for further details.
Image: Embryo 2011 © Vincent Ward


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commandlinefu.com is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again.
Delete that bloated snippets file you've been using and share your personal repository with the world. That way others can gain from your CLI wisdom and you from theirs too. All commands can be commented on, discussed and voted up or down.
If you have a new feature suggestion or find a bug, please get in touch via http://commandlinefu.uservoice.com/
You can sign-in using OpenID credentials, or register a traditional username and password.
First-time OpenID users will be automatically assigned a username which can be changed after signing in.
Every new command is wrapped in a tweet and posted to Twitter. Following the stream is a great way of staying abreast of the latest commands. For the more discerning, there are Twitter accounts for commands that get a minimum of 3 and 10 votes - that way only the great commands get tweeted.
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Site originally by David Winterbottom (user root).
Makes any files in the current directory (and any sub-directories) group-readable.
Using the "! -perm /g=r" limits the number of files to only those that do not already have this property
Using "+" on the end of the -exec body tells find to build the entire command by appending all matching files before execution, so invokes chmod once only, not once per file.
Useful if you have to put together multiple files into one and they are scattered across subdirectories. For example: You need to combine all .sql files into one .sql file that would be sent to DBAs as a batch script.
You do get a warning if you create a file by the same extension as the ones your searching for.
find . -type f -name *.sql -exec cat {} > BatchFile.txt \;
Obviously, you can replace 'man' command with any command in this command line to do useful things. I just want to mention that there is a way to list all the commands which you can execute directly without giving fullpath.
Normally all important commands will be placed in your PATH directories. This commandline uses that variable to get commands. Works in Ubuntu, will work in all 'manpage' configured *nix systems.
Here the pattern is '*.jar', you could pass in any pattern.
Another, maybe nicer way to do this is
You could replace sed with tr
"find . -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 755"
thanks masterofdisaster
This one-liner will the *delete* without any further confirmation all 100% duplicates but one based on their md5 hash in the current directory tree (i.e including files in its subdirectories).
Good for cleaning up collections of mp3 files or pictures of your dog|cat|kids|wife being present in gazillion incarnations on hd.
md5sum can be substituted with sha1sum without problems.
The actual filename is not taken into account-just the hash is used.
Whatever sort thinks is the first filename is kept.
It is assumed that the filename does not contain 0x00.
As per the good suggestion in the first comment, this one does a hard link instead:
find . -xdev -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum | sort | perl -ne 'chomp; $ph=$h; ($h,$f)=split(/\s+/,$_,2); if ($h ne $ph) { $k = $f; } else { unlink($f); link($k, $f); }'
If you don't want to delete them, but just want to list them, do
find -L /path -type l
If you want to delete them with confirmation first, do
find -L /path -type l -exec rm -i {} +
Using the -L flag follows symlinks, so the -type l test only returns true if the link can't be followed, or is a symlink to another broken symlink.
added alias in ~/.bashrc
alias lf='find ./* -ctime -1 | xargs ls -ltr --color'
Finds all corrupted jpeg files in current directory and its subdirectories. Displays the error or warning found.
The jpeginfo is part of the jpeginfo package in debian.
Should you wish to only get corrupted filenames, use cut to extract them :
find ./ -name *jpg -exec jpeginfo -c {} \; | grep -E "WARNING|ERROR" | cut -d " " -f 1
Works in Ubuntu, I hope it will work on all Linux machines. For Unixes, tail should be capable of handling more than one file with '-f' option.
This command line simply take log files which are text files, and not ending with a number, and it will continuously monitor those files.
Putting one alias in .profile will be more useful.
In the example, uid 0 is root. foo:foo are the user:group you want to make owner and group. '.' is the "current directory and below." -print0 and -0 indicate that filenames and directories "are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace."
This uses Bash's "process substitution" feature to compare (using diff) the output of two different process pipelines.
The "find" command can be annoying when used inside of a Subversion (or CVS) working directory. Obviously, you can combine this with other predicates and commands to create a more elaborate pipeline:
find /var/svn -type f -not \( -name .svn -prune \) -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum
Note: You can use my "dont-go-there.sh" script to wrap the "find" command and do this automatically at http://forwardlateral.com/blog/2006/02/27/dont-go-there/
Deletes empty directories and prints an error if directory is not empty.
Change ~/tmp to the destination directory, such as your mounted media. Change -n20 to whatever number of files to copy. It should quit when media is full. I use this to put my most recently downloaded podcasts onto my phone.


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|23 Bavarian Village Units Temporarily Condemned
The Boone Planning and Inspections department has labeled 23 apartments at Bavarian Village as unfit for human habitation, that following flooding last week. Boone town inspector David Little said that he posted the signs yesterday after finding the 23 apartments with mostly drywall damage,
some electrical damage, and he said that some carpet replacement was already underway. He said that the management was responding to the situation and would be seeking permits to do the repairs today, but he was not sure just what arrangements management made with the occupants of the apartments. A friend of residents there reported that residents were unhappy paying rent for damaged apartments, and had few options for alternative living arrangements.
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Out of Stock Product Number: 32028
Like the Patagonian Massif, the logo is prone to occasional shifts and changes. The colorful Line Logo T-Shirt sloughs convention with bold lines rendered by artist Aaron Draplin. Organic cotton (100%) fabric has a soft hand; PVC- and phthalate-free inks are easier on the environment. Taped shoulder seams for no-chafe comfort under a pack.
* This product does not qualify for shipping to all countries.
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Cole has missed almost four weeks of school. This news shocks his mother and leads her to a hasty road trip out of Detroit to take Cole to his father. Cole has never met his father, nor has he ever met a horse and cowboys. From the book jacket - "Inspired by the real-life inner-city horsemen of Philadelphia and Brooklyn, Ghetto Cowboy is a timeless urban western about learning to stand up for what's right – the Cowboy Way."
G. Neri writes with an honest style that will grip readers from the start. I read this aloud with my 7th grader and we both felt just as compelled to follow Cole's journey to the end of the book. The ties that bind family together are universal, and believing in something or someone helps us all grow.
Take a look at this and all of Greg Neri's work. Then meet the author on Thursday, October 1 at 5:00 pm at the Powell Branch Library.
Though it certainly doesn't seem like it, spring - and the end of ice, snow, and freezing temperatures - is around the corner! Enjoy the warmer days and make good on your New Year's resolution to get fit by running. The Kalamazoo area is host to several races this spring: Kal-Haven Trail Run (April 5), Consumers Sunburst Run/Walk (April 26), Kalamazoo Marathon (May 4), Girls on the Run (May 22), and Kalamazoo Klassic (June 14). If you're interested in running a race, you can join a local training group through the Kalamazoo Area Runners or Gazelle Sports to keep you on track. And don't forget to check out the library's collection of resources on running!
Runner's World magazine - The most popular running periodical, available in print at KPL and as a digital magazine download through the library's Zinio portal.
The Beginning Runner's Handbook by Ian MacNeill - This is a great starter manual that provides basic information on the science and psychology of exercise, choosing shoes and clothing, technique and form, safety and injury prevention, as well as a 13 week training program with stretches and exercises.
Complete Book of Running by Runner's World - This thorough guide covers everything from nutrition to cross training, and includes a marathon training program.
The Little Red Book of Running by Scott Douglas - This small book contains 250 tips for running further, faster, safer, and more frequently.
Proceeds from the Consumers Sunburst Run are donated to the Oshtemo Friends of the Parks, which in turn helps support Oshtemo Library's Movies Under the Stars summer movie series at Oshtemo Township Park.
Recently, I've come across some fascinating non-fiction books for kids. I've just finished Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone.
Full of wonderful photos, this book tells the story of the men who served in the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion out of Fort Benning, Georgia. These soldiers became America's first black paratroopers and author Tanya Lee Stone uses their story to explore the role of African Americans in the military. This is a great addition to the literature of World War II.
Tanya Lee Stone also wrote Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream, another book that sheds light on a little-known aspect of American history.
Last week the application to be a Book Giver on World Book Night became available! What is World Book Night? It's an "annual celebration dedicated to spreading the love of reading, person to person." Book Givers give out 20 copies of a book they love to adults and teens who may not have access to reading materials.
The folks behind World Book Night also revealed the titles that will be given out by tens of thousands of people in their communities on April 23, 2014. The list of titles includes some of my favorites, like Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.
The deadline to apply to be a Book Giver is January 5, 2014. Apply here. Kalamazoo Public Library will again serve as a pick up site for Book Givers.
Cassia Reyes lives in a peaceful, carefully planned Society where citizens are sorted into occupations and matched with their mates by government officials who use statistical modeling and drugs to ensure the perfect lives for their people. Cassia has no real needs- food, shelter, schooling, and even death are tightly controlled: a planned 80-year lifespan limitation may seem a little cold, but everything is done by the Officials for the good of the people. When Cassia is Matched with her childhood friend Xander, everything appears to be going exactly according to the Society's plans, but when the face of Ky (an "Aberration", prohibited from the same rights as normal citizens) briefly appears on Cassia's screen in error, the perfection of the Society begins to unravel. While there may be an unavoidable comparison to the Hunger Games (female protagonist who has to choose between the love of two boys, oppressive government and society), the similarities are only surface-level. Matched is thoughtful, less action-oriented, and has more in common with A Brave New World, 1984 or The Giver. The story continues in two sequels, and the scope of the conflict between the Society's ideals and the desire of humans to make their own choices widens.Want to know more? Meet author Ally Condie on Thursday, November 7th, 6:30 PM at Central library!
You may have heard that Walter Dean Myers is visiting Kalamazoo for a two-day event next week. We are so very honored and excited to have the chance to meet this wonderful author and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature! It's a very special opportunity for the Kalamazoo community and I hope many will join us. Myers will join us for a "Meet the Author" evening on Tuesday, August 6 at 6 pm at Central Library and on Wednesday, August 7 at 3 pm at Powell Branch Library. For more information, on the Walter Dean Myers visits, please see our website here.
My favorite Walter Dean Myers book is Looking Like Me. In the book, Jeremy talks about all the people that he is either in relationship to others or because of skills, abilities, and interests. I love this book because the poetry is quite wonderful and Christopher Myers' collage illustrations are colorful and engaging. But I also love it because when I read it to kids we talk about all the things that they are. Runners, writers, artists, dancers, readers, players, swimmers, etc. We are all, each of us, so many wonderful things and we can take on a new persona with each new skill we learn. Our potential is limitless! So tell me, what are you? I'm a reader, writer, and hiker to name a few.
A Stronger Kinship is a story about a small town that decided to be fully integrated 100 years before most of the country was integrated. Fully integrated--think about that. At the same time when our nation was fighting a war over race-based human bondage, African Americans in Covert owned property, were elected to powerful political positions, send their children to the same schools as the white kids, conducted business together, were friends, went to the same churches, read the same books from the same library. Covert started on the right foot and never looked back.
Covert was a diamond in the rough, a city on a hill, a promised land for people of color. But this only makes sense if we have historical perspective. Living in the northern states as an African American (or Native American) was no picnic. The author quotes an editorial from the Illinois State Journal, 1862, which captures the feeling of many African Americans after Emancipation:
"The truth is, the nigger [sic] is an unpopular institution in the free states. Even those who are unwilling to rob them of all the rights of humanity, and are willing to let them have a spot on earth on whcih to live and to labor and to enjoy the fruits of their toil, do not care to be brought into close contact with them" (quoted on pg. 45).
"The truth is, the nigger [sic] is an unpopular institution in the free states. Even those who are unwilling to rob them of all the rights of humanity, and are willing to let them have a spot on earth on whcih to live and to labor and to enjoy the fruits of their toil, do not care to be brought into close contact with them" (quoted on pg. 45).
If you learned in school that slavery and discrimination were "southern" problems that the "north" fixed in the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation (as I did), then you might wonder why Covert is so special. Sadly, that history is as glossy as when people say the war was about "states rights." The truth is that slavery existed in the northern states too. A book from our reference collection says:
"a British census taken in 1782 counted 179 slaves among the 2,191 people living along both shores of the Detroit River. In 1796, 31 adult black slaves and 16 black children, presumably the children of slaves, lived in the Township of Detroit among a 'free white' population of 238. The actual number of slaves was probably higher becasue many families in Michigan owned Indians as slaves..." (The History of Michigan Law, p. 20).
"a British census taken in 1782 counted 179 slaves among the 2,191 people living along both shores of the Detroit River. In 1796, 31 adult black slaves and 16 black children, presumably the children of slaves, lived in the Township of Detroit among a 'free white' population of 238. The actual number of slaves was probably higher becasue many families in Michigan owned Indians as slaves..." (The History of Michigan Law, p. 20).
Even when the Northwest Ordinance banned slavery in 1787, it still existed in practice. Also, I think the ban was repealed in 1807 for ten years (because the Indiana Territories wanted white slave holders to move into their territory for economic reasons). And this is to say nothing about other forms of discrimination that existed in myriad forms at various times. As depressing as it is, slaves were freed only to find out they were not free.
So what was the secret of Covert? Why did Covert happen? Here is the beauty and the thesis of the book. There is no secret. The author, who is coming to KPL to speak by the way, says it best:
"Why did Covert happen? Although it may be the first question that comes to mind, it may not be the most powerful one. The question Covert should raise is, why not? Our puzzlement over Covert reveals a hidden assumption that racism is the norm, that unfairness and injustice are the natural patterns that the nation falls into if given half a chance. That assumption is not surprising, given the horrific and sorrow-filled history of race relations in this country, but Covert reminds us that that terrible history was a choice. That choice may have been made by millions of whites over many decades, but it was a choice, not a given" (208).
"Why did Covert happen? Although it may be the first question that comes to mind, it may not be the most powerful one. The question Covert should raise is, why not? Our puzzlement over Covert reveals a hidden assumption that racism is the norm, that unfairness and injustice are the natural patterns that the nation falls into if given half a chance. That assumption is not surprising, given the horrific and sorrow-filled history of race relations in this country, but Covert reminds us that that terrible history was a choice. That choice may have been made by millions of whites over many decades, but it was a choice, not a given" (208).
It's the story of ordinary people making ordinary decisions. Perhaps they seem extraordinary because "we have such an impoverished sense of the capabilities of ordinary people" (Charles Payne, quoted on pg. 201). It's easy to wallow in the depression of history and throw your arms up. What's your view of human nature? What do you think of yourself? And as you think about these questions, people are doing acts of kindness. We cannot take anything away from the amazing men and women in this book--they were giants.
During this busy holiday season, parents and other adults are scrambling about in search of the perfect gift for their children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces. Well, look no further!
Consider a gift that will entertain and educate kids of all ages and bring your family closer together. Give the gift that keeps on giving - the gift of reading! Reading with a child/children and encouraging them to read independently are two of the most significant things an adult can do to influence a youngster's life.
Of course, good books make wonderful gifts. Kids naturally enjoy the magic that a book brings as they go over the story and illustrations, (many times, often more than once), practice their reading skills and perhaps learn something new in the process. Magazine subscriptions also make great recurring reading presents.
But maybe the best option for a reading themed gift is to bring a child to the Kalamazoo Public Library sometime during their holiday break. If you time it right, you can attend one of many programs planned for children. Then you can sign up the little guys for their own library cards, which come complete with plastic carrying cases and lanyards. And even though it is free of charge, the amount of pride and joy you'll see in the little ones' faces when first presented with it, will form a pleasurable, lasting memory for all gift givers.
Once armed with the card, the child has the entire library's collection at his or her disposal. They can choose their own books, audiobooks, magazines, CDs, and DVDs. Of course, librarians are always on hand to aid your young ones in the selection process, helping to match the child with books covering their particular interests, and on their reading level as well. Best of all, this process can be repeated again and again. Just return the items and pick out new ones as many times as you like. Truly the best gift of all. And one that will keep on giving for a lifetime!
I have a plan for Tuesday, November 15, 2011. That plan is to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever! It's time to start the countdown.
Follow the countdown along with me and other Wimpy Kid fans as we await the fate of Greg Heffley in the 6th installment of the best selling series. What school property does he damage? And if he doesn't damage it, who does? Is Rowley involved? What is his punishment? Does his family get snowed in over the Winter break? Less than one month until we all find out!
Share your predictions that day, play Wimpy Kid games, eat sugar and create your own diary at the Wimpy Kid Release Party at the Oshtemo Branch Library on Tuesday, November 15, from 6 pm to 7 pm. Wimpy Kid fans of all ages are welcome! Say hi to me while you're there and let me know if you had enough Wimpy Kid Fever to tune in to the Countdown too!
I was doing my morning stretches and listening to NPR, when the news came on. I remember the feel of that September day—sunny, blue skies, warm with no humidity – just like the weather in New York City. I know whom I called, what we said, what I did the rest of that day. And I remember which books I read over the years, to help me make sense of the event. We each have our own memories of September 11, 2001. KPL has many books and movies that express individual experiences of that day, fictionalized accounts, analytical perspectives. Here are some to consider, as we commemorate the tenth anniversary:
Before & After stories from New York. Thomas Beller, editor(Many authors tell stories of New York City, before and after the attacks. This anthology includes local author Bryan Charles' moving account of the agonizingly long descent down a Tower staircase, after the attack.) Reluctant Hero : a 9/11 Survivor Speaks Out about that Unthinkable Day, What he's Learned, How he's Struggled, and What no one should ever Forget , by Michael Benfante. (Benfante's experience of the descent included stopping at the 68th floor to offer help to a woman in a wheelchair. He and a co-worker carried her down 68 flights to safety, emerging minutes before the building exploded. The media turned Benfante into an instant hero, but in the years following, he wrestled with private anguish, depression and alcoholism.) 9-11 : Emergency Relief , Chris Pitzer, editor. (Several graphic novelists joined together to chronicle their experiences of the day. I didn't own a TV on 9/11, so unlike many others, I didn't view thousands of devastating images of the attacks and their aftermath. This book made 9-11 'real' for me, somehow.)
Arab in AmericaEl Rassi, Toufic. (El Rassi's semi-autobiographical graphic novel gave an honest account of life in the United States growing up as an Arab-American, post 9/11.)
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Neptune was first sighted in 1846, although there has always been some confusion about who actually discovered it. From the behaviour of the orbit of Uranus, it was known that another planet existed outside the orbit of Uranus and two mathematicians, the English John Adams and the French Urbain Le Verrier, both predicted the correct position where it would be found. The planet was named after Poseidon-Neptune, god of the sea.
The synchronicity
The mid-nineteenth century saw the emergence of mass movements of a humanitarian nature and the development of organisations concerned with the institutionalised care of the masses. To some extent this movement can be seen as a reaction to the suffering caused by the radical advances occurring at the time of the discovery of Uranus. There began to be a new collective awareness that, for example, people should not be allowed to just die on the streets. The welfare of the poor became a matter of public concern, and hospitals and 'poor houses' for the needy were set up. Slavery was abolished in the US in 1861, the same year that the bond labour of the serfs in Russia came to an end, and mining legislation was introduced in the UK. The rise of socialism led to the formation of trades unions and workers cooperatives, and in 1848 Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto was published. We could say that Uranus and Neptune symbolise right wing and left wing ends of the political spectrum.
Towards the end of the nineteenth century there was a remarkable growth of interest in the occult and in spiritualism, and all over Europe people were holding séances, conjuring disembodied entities, table-rapping, manifesting ectoplasm and goodness knows what else. Naturally, many of these phenomena were deliberate illusions and tricks, which is appropriate to our theme, since Neptune rules prevailing fashions, dreams, fantasies, illusions and deception. On the other hand, Neptune's function is to dissolve the boundaries between our ordinary lives and other realms of existence. The theosophical movement established by Madame Blavatsky was only one example of the growing resistance to the rationalism and materialism of the previous century. Two major features of the theosophical movement were the telepathic communications of a mystical Tibetan brotherhood working for the salvation of humanity, and the search for the new avatar or saviour who was presumed to be living somewhere in India.
Although Neptune and Pluto were unknown as planets in the 17th century, this alchemical image, from Escalier des sages (1689) by Barent Coenders van Helpen, portrays Neptune (right, with Pluto on the left) representing the watery darkness of the primordial substance. Jupiter appears in the form of a swan, bringing the whiteness to the tincture which heralds the advent of the Sun; the horses of the solar chariot are already in sight.
This was also the time of the Californian and Australian gold rushes, in which thousands of people were gripped by the collective dream of amassing great personal wealth. Wherever Neptune is involved, it is the dream and the fantasy which has us in its grip, rather than the actual reality. The gold rushes subsided on a tide of disillusionment almost as quickly as they had emerged, leaving a trail of ghost towns in their wake. The music and art of the nineteenth century tends to be fluid, romantic and dreamy. If you think of the music of Debussy and Chopin, the art of Fragonard, Constable and Turner and the poetry of Wordsworth, you can easily conjure up the atmosphere of this period.
Neptune rules everything that is atmospherically powerful but physically invisible or intangible, such as the steam which was increasingly being used to generate power for industry and transport, and the gas which began to be used for lighting. New drugs were being discovered and anaesthetics were being introduced to reduce pain. As a general rule we could say that Neptune's function is to take our pain away, by whatever means. Neptune rules religion. It is the anaesthetic which relieves the pain of separation and isolation. As Neptune rules the sea, its colours are soft greens and blues. It rules plants that live in or by the water, all marine life, fish and fishmongers. It rules people who create illusions, such as photographers, film-makers, dancers and actors and film-makers. In the mundane world, Neptune rules hospitals, prisons and breweries, oil and floods, drugs, poisons, biological weapons and alcohol.
Audience: What about psychics and mediums and people who do divination? Presumably these are Neptunian things, but are they really channelling information from other worlds?
Clare: This is an interesting question. How do we know if they have just lost the plot or if they are truly in touch with some kind of higher level of knowledge and wisdom?
Audience: But what is the answer? How can you recognise the difference?
Clare: I think that it is very, very hard to answer that. Neptune teaches us that there are parallel realities and other worlds, and who is to say which of the worlds is real? Where Neptune is concerned, we cannot judge which of us are mad and deluded, and which of us are sane. The point about Neptune is that the truth is whatever you want it to be. There is no doubt that the world is full of charlatans and confidence tricksters, people whose whole living is based upon creating false illusions. On the other hand, the world is full of beauty and meaning and experiences of the divine which can inspire extraordinary devotion and acts of tremendous compassion and kindness.
Neptune in the birth chart
Neptune is the principle of devotion, transcendence, refinement, redemption, surrender, enchantment, glamour, longing, disillusionment, chaos, deception and escapism. In the birth chart, Neptune describes how and where we long to merge with and dissolve into something greater than ourselves. Neptune is where we give ourselves away and where we refuse to acknowledge boundaries. It also describes where we are likely to be unrealistic, unfocused and evasive, where we deceive ourselves and others, where we can end up feeling betrayed and disillusioned.
Neptune's urge is deeply religious and mystical. It is our capacity for unconditional and joyful devotion, compassion and empathy, our ability to give of ourselves without wanting anything in return. It is where we have access to magical worlds of perfect enchantment, and where we can become channels for the expression of overwhelming beauty and divine ideals. Neptune connects us to the sublime. Think of composers such as Mozart or Bach, whose music poured through them and gives people immense joy. Neptune can describe our service to mankind, for the benefit of the collective. Without Neptune in our charts we would have to live without our fantasies or dreams, which would, of course, be unthinkable.
Audience: Did you say that Neptune rules drugs and alcohol?
Clare: That's right. Addictions are a way of escaping from the hard edges of the world.
Audience: So we can never find satisfaction where Neptune is?
Clare: I think we can find satisfaction provided we don't want anything for ourselves. Neptune describes a genuine connection to something greater than us, but if we try to benefit personally from this connection, then we will never feel satisfied because we always want more. This is the basis of addictions, because the more we have the more we want, and we are always unsatisfied. This is where Neptune can be literally self-destructive.
Audience: So it is an unfulfilled hunger.
Clare: Exactly, to the extent that we want something for ourselves and to the extent that the ego has an agenda. But if we can find the right relationship to this planet, its more destructive expressions of inflation, dissatisfaction and addiction to our own suffering, do not have to become a feature in our lives.
Audience: Isn't it dangerous to have no boundaries?
Clare: There is an understandable fear that we will lose ourselves altogether if we give of ourselves unconditionally. But this is the ego's fear. Provided we have a strong, well-developed personal container, or ego structure, then we will not be overwhelmed by the forces of the outer planets because we have a choice. There is all the difference between Neptune living us, and us living Neptune, if you see what I mean. If we actually make a personal choice to devote ourselves unconditionally to something, then we don't have to be drowned or dissolved, used, abused and burned out. It is the ability to choose which means that Neptune doesn't have to drain the life force out of us.
Audience: So if you really know your chart and you have a good sense of who you are, then you are able to give where Neptune is.
Clare: Yes. Let's go back to basics. If we can fulfil our own basic needs (Moon) satisfied, if we know our own minds (Mercury), if we are basically fulfilled and having some fun (Venus), if we have the ability to assert and defend ourselves when necessary (Mars), and engage fully and successfully with the world around us (Jupiter and Saturn), then we will have developed a good, strong ego-structure which protects us from being taken over by the collective forces symbolised by the outer planets.
Audience: But it can be incredibly difficult just to develop a good enough ego.
Clare: That's right, and I think that it is our major task, as psychological astrologers, to work on redeeming and empowering the seven traditional planets in our own charts and in the charts of our clients. The outer planets can take care of themselves. For example, it is a hopeless task to try and get our personal gratification through Neptune. But we can certainly get this through Venus. And we will always be vulnerable to being overwhelmed by collective forces until we have consciously integrated Saturn, which will keep us safe on a personal level.
Audience: So until then, you are not really equipped to handle the outer planets.
Clare: At the end of the day we are all muddling along, trying to make the best of our lives and, using an astrological approach, learning to take responsibility for ourselves so that we can make a positive difference in our own lives and in the lives of others. But I think it is true to say that, since the discovery of Uranus, the old rules and certainties have started to break down. People's lives are no longer defined or safely contained within church, state and family in the way they used to be. Society used to be a container for the individual, but we now have to become our own containers. We have become so collective tonight that we are in danger of losing ourselves, which is something that always happens when Neptune is evoked. Things get clearer and easier to manage when we put Neptune into the birth chart and link it to the other planets. Then we can begin to get a handle on the way Neptune is likely to express itself in an individual's life, which can have a wide range of expression all the way from an immense sensitivity to beauty and perfection, to spirituality, to addiction and self destructiveness. We need to ground Neptune into a birth chart in order to make progress with it.
Aspects to Neptune
Sally has a Neptune-Sun aspect, so we would anticipate that her father (Sun) was in some sense elusive, out of reach, physically or psychologically absent (Neptune). This can set up a longing (Neptune) for the father (Sun), an unrealistic idealisation (Neptune) of the masculine (Sun), and unrealistic expectations (Neptune) of herself (Sun). Unless she has a strong enough ego, Sally may be prone to confusion and evasiveness, a lack of personal boundaries and a refusal to commit (Neptune). She may find that she is constantly exhausted and overwhelmed (Neptune) by the demands of the world and of others. Ultimately, however, she is a sensitive, gentle and compassionate soul (Neptune) who can find fulfilment and joy (Sun) by channelling her talents and natural capacity for empathy into creative artistic expression or by devoting herself to the needs of others.
David's Neptune makes aspects to Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. The Neptune-Mercury aspect describes a poetic and imaginative (Neptune) mind (Mercury). To the extent that Neptune is in control, he may find it difficult to concentrate (Neptune) or to think clearly (Mercury), preferring to live in a fantasy world of his own making. His thinking process (Mercury) may be confused and chaotic (Neptune), and he may become evasive or deceitful (Neptune) in order to avoid having to face up to the truth. He may even deliberately manipulate others by spinning illusions and fantasies (Neptune) and making promises (Mercury) which he has no intention of honouring. On the other hand, if he has a strong enough sense of identity, this contact is extremely imaginative and poetic. David could be a wonderful storyteller (Mercury), musician or artist (Neptune) with the gift to inspire people by taking them into magical worlds of fantasy.
Neptune-Venus can indicate an unfulfilled longing for or addiction (Neptune) to love (Venus) which is never satisfied. If Neptune is in control, David could be evasive and deceitful (Neptune) in relationships (Venus), unable to feel fulfilled and always thirsty for and longing for something or someone more perfect (Neptune). He will be unable to relate realistically (Venus) to himself or to others and could become addicted to his own suffering (Neptune). With a good enough ego structure, this contact is immensely gifted and artistic (Venus), and David will have a heightened appreciation (Neptune) of beauty and peace (Venus), the ability to touch the divine (Neptune) and to serve with unconditional devotion (Neptune) and joy (Venus).
Neptune-Mars can describe the ideal or illusion or fantasy (Neptune) of strength and potency (Mars). Unless there is a relatively well-formed ego structure and a well developed personal Mars, David may feel extremely vulnerable and weak (Neptune), afraid of being attacked (Mars), easily intimidated and unable to stand up for or defend himself. The positive expression of Neptune Mars is the ability to use his energy (Mars) with sensitivity and subtlety (Neptune), to navigate the waters (Neptune) in a skilful and effective way (Mars). The combination of sensitivity (Neptune) and focus (Mars) can be immensely effective, and is often found on the charts of racing yachtsmen, artists or dancers.
A Neptune-Saturn aspect brings together two very different principles, since Saturn describes boundaries, containment and practical reality, and Neptune has no boundaries, is uncontained and not of this world. As long as the ego structure remains diffuse and unformed (Neptune), Neptune is likely to undermine and dissolve (Neptune) any sense of safety or containment (Saturn), and overwhelm the ego (Saturn) with unrealistic dreams and expectations (Neptune). Working positively together, Saturn can turn the highest principles and values of Neptune into reality, give shape and form (Saturn) to the divine (Neptune), enable an individual to work (Saturn) for and serve the greater good (Neptune) and to ground (Saturn) their dreams and ideals (Neptune) so that they can be made manifest in the world (Saturn).
"Mapping the Psyche"First published 2005 by the CPA Press, BCM Box 1815, London WC1N 3XX, United Kingdom, www.cpalondon.com.
Copyright ©2005 by Clare Martin.
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Please note: Mapping the Psyche, vol. I, is currently out of print.


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Driver faces attempted murder charges
EUGENE, Ore. - A man accused of intentionally hitting a dogwalker with a truck turned himself in just after noon Monday. He faces attempted murder and other charges.
The Eugene Police Department had been looking for Francisco Ochoa, 32, since the crash Wednesday, March 14.
He surrendered to police at the Federal Building in Eugene on Monday, March 19.
Police booked Ochoa on charges of attempted murder, hit and run, aggravated animal abuse and assault.
Police told KVAL News after the crash that investigators believe Ochoa intentionally drove up on the curb near Gay Street and the male pedestrian and his dog.
The dog died at the scene. The victim was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend with non-life threatening injuries.