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Home is any four walls that enclose the right person.
– Helen Rowland
Walls enclose us, exclude us
Keep us in, keep us out
Give testimony, bear witness
I was here.
My dark hands!
Break through the wall!
Find my dream!
Help me to shatter this darkness,
To smash this night,
To break this shadow
Into a thousand lights of sun,
Into a thousand whirling dreams
Of sun!
– Langston Hughes
Celebration at the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany
"There are four kinds of people in the world…
Those who build walls.
Those who protect walls.
Those who breach walls.
And those who tear down walls.
Much of life is discovering who you are.
― P.S. Baber, Cassie Draws the Universe
"OK" indicates that landmines have been cleared
One of the most ancient forms of folk art is the handprint, a decorative mark that
I have photographed on walls in many parts of the world. In this house the
wood-panelled walls are covered with a series of roughly applied impressions of family members' handprints.
Walls are the publishers of the poor.
– Eduardo Galeano
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls …
– Paul Simon
Every wall is a door.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
…Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn't
love a wall …
– Robert Frost
A world without walls is the only sustainable world. . . .
If the world is dominated by people who believe that their races,
their religions, their ethnic differences are the most important factors,
then a huge number of people will perish in this century.
– President Bill Clinton
Steve McCurry at the Great Wall of China near Beijing, China
Oeksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark – Ongoing
Gallery N, Seoul Arts Centre, Seoul, South Korea – Opening on September 12th, 2012
Leica Photokina, Hall 1, Cologne, Germany – September 18, 2012
Centro Municipal de Arte Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – October 6th, 2012
Plazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy – October 17, 2012
Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles – November 15, 2012
Kunstmuseum-Wolfsburg, Germany – January 19, 2013
Chris Beetles Gallery, London, U.K. – January 2013
Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland – June 1, 2013


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When 'making camp' involves rolling out your sleeping bag and promptly passing out after an exhausting day on the trail, add some weather and insect protection with the Outdoor Research Highland Bivy. This lightweight sack features waterproof breathable Pertex shell fabric as well as a mesh panel opening for full ventilation.
- Single-wall bivy design saves weight by eliminating the need for a tent canopy and fly; ideal for three-season climbing and trekking applications
- Ultralight Pertex Shield fabric features a waterproof breathable PU membrane and DWR coating for severe weather protection
- Waterproof floor protects your bag from wet surfaces and features an antimicrobial coating to combat funk
- Taped seams prevent water and melting snow from sneaking in through the fabric joints
- No-see-um netting at opening increases ventilation without letting critters in
- Single overhead Derlin pole creates a vaulted canopy over your head
- Sleeping pad straps keep you from shifting off your mat
- Multiple stake and guy loops secure the bivy in rough weather conditions
- Small internal mesh pocket holds your contact case or small essentials
- Reviews
What do you think about this product?
Have questions about this product?
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- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I was not a impressed with this Bivy as I had thought I was going to be. I just not a tough as I had hoped. Don't get me wrong it a good Bivy but I should have bought the Advanced one.
OR Highland Bivy
I would recommend this bivy to anyone, and esp. for the price. As has been mentioned, condensation seems to be an annoyance...but such is the case with any waterproof membrane that sits only inches from the body. On windy nights, I'd recommend rigging something to keep the body of the bivy from flapping around alot. While free-standing, it has kept me up more than one night when the bag repeatedly slapped me in the face with gusts of wind. Asides from these minor items, this bivy is pretty awesome and takes up little space in the pack, which is of course the point! OR has a solid product in the Highland Bivy!
Bivy Fits in Inflatable Kayak
Not much to review, because I actually haven't used it on a trip yet.
I just wanted to say that this bivy with hoop fits great in my NRS Bandit Inflatable Kayak (single).
Flyin solo
This bag is great for the price. Could use some upgrades in the future, or you can go for the more pricey upgraded models. I am pleased. 5'11, 185, fits fine. Like the thermarest straps and pole providing room.
OR Highland biv and E Wing tarp
Tongariro NZ
Good kit, but needs a little improv.
I bought this and finally had a chance to give it a test while camping at Solar Fest this weekend. Generally I am happy with it. It's super light weight, affordable, it took me less than three minutes to set it up, and just as little time to pack it up when it came time to roll out.
As others have mentioned, the Pertex barrier is indeed waterproof...both ways. The plus side of that is that if it rains, you're dry...from the outside. But condensation is a mild annoyance. I tried both zipping the shell completely -- which lead to condensation from my breath and sweat -- and leaving the bug mesh open -- which lead to atmospheric condensation when the dew settled. I say it was a mild annoyance because I was also using a Marmot 40 degree minimalist bag, which easily absorbed, wicked and dried the condensation before it ever reached my skin. In summer conditions this makes it only a problem if you are unfortunate enough to roll over in the middle of the night and touch the bivy, as it's a bit like being brushed with a cold, dead fish.
I do suspect, though, that in winter that condensation might be a problem as any sort of moisture could lead to compromising, dangerous loss of temperature.
My only other negative on this one is that if you're looking to keep the bug net open but the flap unzipped, there's no easy built in mechanism to keep the flap from falling over the bug net. I fixed this on the fly by applying some sticky velcro to the bag on the area over the hoop, and on the flap. That works for drying it out during the day, and at night...if you don't mind that whole dew condensation thing. A better solution for sleeping was to zip the bug net, then stand my Koppen trekking pole -- at it's shortest height -- at the head of the bag. After the bug net was sealed I was able to hook the flap over the pole, giving some shelter above the bug net. You could also set up a tarp vestibule using the same concept, but since there's a built-in solution why go the extra mile?
Please don't get me wrong...this is actually a good bivy. I had read that the condensation issue was a given and bought this knowing that. The fixes above were super simple. Down the road I may upgrade and get a different one-man camping solution, but this isn't a bad start. And when I do upgrade this will go into my bike pack, as it's a handy piece of kit to have as a back up solution.
I use this bivy with a MSR E Wing tarp which gives different options. If it is really bad i just use my biv and mattress and just climb in with my gear on sheltered from the wind and rain/snow/hail and warmer. If it is not raining/snowing/hailing i use my sleeping bag as well.
If it is only moderatley windy I use my tarp pegged out low to keep my head covered and this lets me keep my gear moderately dry and minimises condensation.
If it is pleasant I mount the tarp high using trees or walking poles and this gives a lot more room than a tent and uses a lot smaller footprint so there are a lot more camping spots. I can stand and cook under it while keeping dry.
I also have a solo tent, the whole top of the inner from 5" up is mesh and have had about a cup of condensation in this. it is a 2-3 season tent so lots of ventilation.
So if i am going off trail the biv and tarp by far the best option, on trail tent bcause you will have nice flat areas to camp and the tent gives a little privacy.
Both weights are identical if you dont count walking poles which I take anyway.
As a note two of us on an alpine hike used the e wing as shelter and slept in our bivy bags. I love it, i would much rather look at the sky than a tent wall.
Bivy Sack Overview - Outdoor Research
Nathan walks through the different bivy sacks from Outdoor Research.
Use in rain is challenging
This bivy is waterproof. However there are a couple things to keep in mind:
1) If you expect ANY rain, be sure to understand that without modification this will not keep you dry.
2) If you expect to be able to sleep with the hood down, be prepared to be damp from condensation in the morning.
I've used this for 60 days in Maine but ended up carrying a lightweight, very small tarp in addition. I set up the tarp and made sure the head of my bivy was underneath. Then, when it rained I could have the hood open, which eliminated condensation and sheltered me 100% from the rain. It also gave me a nice dry place to change, store gear, etc.
overall it's great for a bivy!
Can you describe which kind of tarp you created for this bivy bag?
High and Dry
I took this bivy with me into the White Mountains in New Hampshire instead of a tent this winter. I was happy to shed the extra pounds of a tent. This bag kept me dry and added a little extra insulation during the cold evening. Having the stake loops to tie me down when the wind kicked up was really great. I also like the inside straps that kept my mat in place so I didn't have to wrestle with my bag all night. The only small complaint I have is the zipper system. Make sure you go before you get climb in! Getting out is more like molasses in January than greased lightening.
Is the high land any less waterproof than...
Is the high land any less waterproof than the advanced version ?
The floor of the bivys are identical but with 3 layer Gore-Tex on the main body, the advanced version will handle precipitation better.
I had some massive condensation build up...
I had some massive condensation build up in the rain while using this bivy, even with the zip open about 12" (twice the recommended amount). I've never had experience with Pertex before and assume that Pertex just isn't very breathable? Has anyone used one of the Goretex bivys? How does the breathability compare? Thanks for any responses!
Hey, Sam you might try moving the zipper opening closer to you face or turning on you side to get a little more air push out. Also if you got to hot over dressed or to much bag for that night could have been part of you problem.
I cant tell if this thing is free standing...
I cant tell if this thing is free standing or not, is that even a pole? It could be a wire or something...I don't know, a little help on this please.
Yes!there is a shock corded Delrin pole that holds it up. GREAT bivy for the money!
does pertex keep you dry or is it just...
does pertex keep you dry or is it just waterproof?
Pertex Shield DS is the material the shell is made out of, and it is a waterproof laminate that the Pertex corporation has come out with in the past few years. It isn't super breathable, but it should keep you dry.
Pertex Shield is great. It's waterproof and breathable, but there are indeed other "more breathable" membranes out there. Still, this is a good one, especially for the price!

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Ahoy! It's here again – International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Started in 1995 by two Oregon friends as an inside joke, the "holiday" gained national recognition in 2002 when it caught the attention of syndicated humor columnist Dave Barry. It is "celebrated" by seadogs and scurvy mates everywhere on Sept. 19.
While it's mostly an unofficial holiday, it has gotten some street cred in at least one state: state of Michigan even voted to officially recognize the holiday, although the gesture is largely symbolic.
Those who dare to venture into the unchartered territory of their local Krispy Kreme can be rewarded with free donuts for talking or dressing like a pirate. The national chain has upped the ante by rewarding those in costume with a free dozen.
PHOTOS: Celebrities who look like pirates
Enjoy our Top 10 pirate jokes and check out the holiday's official website to get your very own pirate name, an English to pirate translator, and more.
Top 10 pirate jokes
How much did it cost for the pirate to get his ears pierced?
It cost a buccaneer!
What's a pirate's favorite fast food place?
Why couldn't the little pirate go see the horror movie?
It was rated Arrrr!
What kind of grades did the pirate get in school?
High C's!
What did the pirate say when his wooden leg got stuck in the freezer?
Shiver me timbers!
Where does a one-legged pirate go for breakfast?
What's a pirate's favorite drink?
Arrrr-C Cola!
Who cleans a pirate's house?
A mermaid!
Did you hear about Apple's new pirate technology?
It's called the iPatch!
What is a pirate's favorite branch of the Armed Services?
The Arrrrrrrmy … nope it's the Navy, he's a pirate!


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Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Rafael Nadal is back in the Madrid Masters
final for the fifth time after a straight-set victory over fellow Spaniard
Pablo Andujar in the first of Saturday's semifinals.
Nadal, the fifth seed and two-time champ at the Magic Box, needed just 77
minutes to dispose of Andujar in a 6-0, 6-4 rout. He won this title in 2005
and 2010, while finishing as the runner-up 2009 and 2011.
The former world No. 1 will face the winner of Saturday night's semifinal
between Tomas Berdych and Stanislas Wawrinka on Sunday.
Nadal captured the first set Saturday in a mere 27 minutes, winning all but
nine of the 34 points played. Andujar settled down and won the first game of
the second set, then held a 4-3 lead before Nadal won the final three games.
Sunday will mark the seventh final in as many events this year for Nadal, who
didn't make his 2013 debut until February after recovering from a knee injury.
He is 4-2 in finals this year, winning in Sao Paolo, Acapulco, Indian Wells
and Barcelona. His losses came against unheralded Horacio Zeballos in the Vina
Del Mar final and Novak Djokovic in the Monte Carlo title match.
Djokovic was ousted in the second round this week, while other top seeds --
former Madrid champions Roger Federer and Andy Murray -- were also eliminated
before the weekend.
Nadal has a record of 30-2 overall this year and on Sunday will try for his
54th career title. A victory Sunday will also give him 40 career clay titles,
matching Thomas Muster for the second-most in ATP history. Guillermo Vilas
tops the list with 45 titles on the slow surface.
Neither of Nadal's two potential final opponents has had much success against
the 11-time Grand Slam champion. Berdych is 3-13 with 12 straight losses
against Nadal, while Wawrinka has never won in eight all-time matchups.
Wawrinka is coming off a clay-court title last week in Portugal.
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is anybody actually working on it with talent? i mean if they knew how to do it i'm sure it wouldn't take long.. and it would be released already. i don't really care, i sort of think we've got enough now.. if you have to have the new games to play buy another ps3 to play them on or upgrade to ofw.. simple really!! i don't want psn on cfw.. theres too many cheats on there now... that's my opinion.
while i myself find it somewhat amusing inside (being honest) i still feel bad also and want to help..


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Gathright Leaps…
For any of you who missed Monday night's game, you have to check out Joey Gathright's RBI leap over the pitcher. In fact, even those of you who caught the Royals 10-9 victory over the Dodgers should check out this video of Gath hurdling down the baseline again. Enjoy!
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I hope the Royals realize how exciting this guy is to watch for the fans at the beginning of the season, rather in the middle of the season this year.


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Hey guys! For the last two years I have hunted GMU 371, took a week long scouting trip last summer, did not come up with any bucks but saw some pretty good bulls. We were looking from 10-12,000....We were fortunate enough to get two bucks this season, but nothing to write home about. I was wondering if anyone could give me some info on where to concentrate my efforts or any spots to avoid. Any information is greatly appreciated!! Feel free to PM me as well!
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We have a custom smtp server that checks several limits
before allowing a user to send an email, this checks is done
based on the user that authenticated on the smtp "smtp-auth"
I would like to force all email sent from the Webmail to go through
this smtp, I found the "MTA webmail" in the server configuration page
with that I can redirect the webmail users to my smtp server, but the
webmail DO NOT authenticate the user.
Any idea on how to do that or implement this?
I looked at the
maybe I could change the Transport.send(mm) to do an authenticated send
but I am still missing the user password to authenticate
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BALTIMORE, Md., (WUSA) -- Maryland will ban the sale of crib bumpers starting in June of 2013.
The Department of Health determined that pads provide no benefits and, in fact, that in many cases they are dangerous.
It's something the 9 News consumer team first told the public about more than a year ago.
Doctors say a baby can stop breathing if they turn into the pad, and cannot turn over or they get their little head trapped between the mattress and the pad.
The message is babies are safest when they sleep alone, on their backs and in a crib without a bumper.


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Timberlake Lodge
The Chippewa Flowage has 15,000 acres of water and nearly 2,000 acres of islands. You can fish for musky, walleye, northern pike, crappie, bluegill and sunfish in a beautiful wilderness setting. While you are fishing, you may see majestic bald eagles, blue herons, and loons, as well as many other kinds of wildlife.
Timberlake Lodge is located on the south shore of Chief Lake of the Chippewa Flowage, approximately 18 miles southeast of Hayward, Wisconsin.
The grounds are level with no hills to climb or steps to walk to get to the dock or the beach. There is a community fire bowl available for use of the guests. We have a concrete boat launching ramp with ample dock space.
A sandy beach and a gently sloping swimming area make it safe for children and easy for parents to watch their children. The large floating dock is well-lit and ideal for night fishing.
The full housekeeping cabins are fully equipped with all the dishes, pots and pans, coffee pots, and toaster. All of the bed linens are also supplied. You will need to bring towels. Cribs and high chairs are available upon request. Each cabin has a picnic table and a grill.
Each cabin rental comes with a 14-foot aluminum boat. Motors are available to rent if needed. A pontoon and a paddle boat also can be rented. Fishing licenses and live bait are sold on the premises. Timberlake Lodge is an official weighing station.
The main lodge houses the office, a full liquor bar, games, and a pool table. Pizza is served in the bar. Candy, soda, snacks, and ice cream are also available.
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I'm thinking of hunting whitetails in the Madison River/Ruby River areas next year (provided I can draw a license). I've looked over the land owner patterns and it is a little spotty as far as public land goes, especially the lower areas that would hold whitetails. There is some Block Mgmt areas that could provide some decent access. I'm guess I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with hunting whitetails in this area and if they had access issues?
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This evening I bumped into this magnificent video, 'Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS': Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km.
Meanwhile on the surface: sometimes I feel like I'm hovering in this urban space of ours, zooming in on the little things that we, more often than not, pass by on a regular basis, without noticing. Like this scene: a mom trying to put her gloves on with her teeth, while riding home with her child.
She figured she could manage the last stretch by rubbing her hand over her upper leg.
She couldn't, so she finished the job the way she started.
Life's little observations. Precious.


text: Del Oro High School's football program had a banner signing day for athletes moving on to Division I football programs as four Golden Eagles took part in inking letter of intents earlier this month to play at four-year universities on scholarships. The Del Oro athletes are Jason Heath, University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Ryan Otten, San Jose State University; Jack Reynoso, University of Nevada, and Hunter Pahl. The quartet helped Del Oro capture two straight Sierra Foothill League championships.


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Friday, February 18, 2011
* DIY Barbie Cardboard Box House
18 comments:
- Krafty Kat said...
This brings back so many memories for me. Barbies were my favorite and I always built my own little houses from whatever I had laying around. Building and decorating were always the best part of playing to me. I always wanted that dream house but it was so fun using my imagination. Fantastic job on all the perfect little details!
- February 18, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- nikki said...
Amazing what you were able to create, it looks like a store bought barbie house :) great idea :)
by the way, i love ur blog :) i read it ALL because I just couldnt stop :) hehe
Best wishes to your lovely family
- February 18, 2011 at 11:32 AM
- April said...
Um, can I come play? I, too, have delved into your archives, reading for more time than I care to admit. This is one of my favorite fun places on the web.
- February 18, 2011 at 11:57 AM
- Kimbo West @ a girl and a glue gun said...
i linked to this on my facebook! amazing!
- February 18, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- Laura @ Laura's Crafty Life said...
Barbies were my favorite thing to play with. I can't wait until my daughter is big enough for Barbies. I had a whole built in shelf in my closet that was my Barbie house when I was little. I love your craftiness with the office boxes!
- February 18, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Lisa said...
You did an amazing job on those! My favourite part of Barbies was always in the getting ready: setting up the world, selecting the outfits, the names... This would have been right up my alley. Thanks for sharing!
- February 18, 2011 at 6:57 PM
- Melissa Taylor said...
I love it! I think I'd like more of the set up than the playing - that was always my favorite part.
- February 18, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Jessica said...
This is a really cute idea! We have tons of copy paper boxes!! Looks like when Peanut is older, we will have a great project on our hands! However, she will also be getting my old Barbie house too!! :o)
- February 18, 2011 at 9:51 PM
- Art Project Girl said...
Awww What an amazing mommy you are! Looks like you both have so much fun together. I want to come over. But I'll have just as much fun browsing your blog!
- February 18, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- Mindy said...
Wow you have a VERY creative family! I LOVE these! I never had Barbie dolls growing up,(even though I wanted some!) I was too busy playing outside I guess!! I love your Ideas so much! Thanks for sharing!
- February 21, 2011 at 3:50 PM
- GianneCurry said...
I ADORE this idea!! I did a much simpler thing as a kid with carpet samples---though I don't even know if they give out big pieces anymore!!
- February 22, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- gypsy said...
MaryLea, This barbie project brought back wonderful memories of doll houses made with cardboard boxes when I was little. I used to decorate the walls with drawn frames and art cut up from magazines. My younger daughter has a barbie city of shoe boxes but hasn't decorated the walls so this project and your photographs will give us some inspiration. Thanks!!!
- February 25, 2011 at 8:23 PM
- Jillian said...
We went right to work adding rooms for Little M's pet shop people! Great fun.
- April 28, 2011 at 10:44 PM
Can you please tell me how you created the printables you used for the walls?
- November 7, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
I just did Google Image searches to find whatever I was looking for!
- November 7, 2011 at 7:31 PM
I am really wanting to make a homemade barbie house for my daughters too. Where did you get all the furniture? Is is store bought? I've seen other houses with odds and ends (thrift store finds and such) but your little sets seems to match so well! Thanks!
- December 9, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
Most of my Barbie furniture is stuff I saved from my own childhood for my daughters. The rest are bits of odds and ends that are mostly store bought over the years.
- December 9, 2011 at 3:44 PM
- Tami said...
Just stopping by to let you know that I've featured your craft on Family Fun Crafts! You can see it here:
If you have other kid friendly crafts, I'd love it if you would submit them. :) If you would like to display a
featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above.
- March 7, 2012 at 9:20 PM
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London 2012 - Chad le Clos of South Africa holds up the 100m butterfly silver medal earned earned in a dead heat with Evgeny Korotyshikin of the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, Michael Phelps of the USA makes history by being the first ever to win three consecutive golds in three Olympics in this event.
London 2012 - Michael Phelps, in the 100m butterfly final, spots the finishing wall and catches a glimpse of the end of his decorated Olympic career.
London 2012 - Michael Phelps of the United States finishes his race and his individual event career with a gold medal in the 100m butterfly.


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By Mike Bush
St. Louis (KSDK) - In the juvenile division of St. Louis Family Court, Judge Jimmie Edwards rules with not with a heavy hand, but a heavy heart.
These are kids that are committing offenses at 11 and 12-years-old," said Judge Edwards.
When you've been a judge for almost two decades, you get a pretty good idea of how these kids end up in his courtroom.
"There are three pathways to criminality," said Judge Edwards. "If there is a lack of adult supervision, too much idle time, and economic constraints."
Judge Jimmie Edwards knows all about those pathways. A product of the failed urban housing project Pruitt-Igoe, he says it was his mother's example that kept him out of trouble.
"She made sure that we understood how important it was to help each other," he said. "And how important it was to help others."
With that example and with hard work, Edwards went from the streets of St. Louis to the halls of St. Louis University School of Law.
"You knew Jimmie was going to be something. You know, gonna be successful," said his longtime friend, Darryl Jones
"He always had this vision," adds another friend, former St. Louis Mayor Freeman Bosley, Jr. "We'd be ready to go out and have some drinks. He'd say I'm not going, I'm going to be a judge."
Seeing children break the law can sometimes break your heart, and Judge Edwards quickly realized that in most cases it didn't make sense to lock them up and throw away the key.
"Why? Because like most states, in fact like all states in America, Missouri has the same rule. Once a child turns a certain age you must return that child back to the community," said Judge Edwards.
That's when Judge Edwards came up with the idea for St. Louis' first of its kind, second chance.
Innovative Concept Academy; a school for at risk kids from 10 to 18-years-old.
"We only take children that have committed type one offenses, the most serious offenses that would require expulsion," explains Judge Edwards.
In partnership with MERS Goodwill, St. Louis Public Schools, and the juvenile court, Judge Edwards opened the Academy inside the shuttered Blewett Middle School in 2009. The way he figured it, the public would be better off, if instead of learning how to load an assault weapon, these kids were learning about math, science and history.
"I believe it is more important to modify children now as opposed to manage their behavior later," he said.
Just a year ago, 17-year-old Deyon Smith spent far less time in school than he did in trouble.
"I got caught, mixed up in some bad stuff. Some marijuana, drugs and stuff like that," said Smith.
But individual attention, enhanced security and the ever present Judge Edwards has helped steer Smith and many of these kids in a new direction.
"He's now gone from the back end of incarceration to the front end of prevention. And that's what this whole school is about," said Bosley.
Smith said he wants to go to college, something he didn't really consider until he came to this school.
As far as the school's future is concerned, bigger and better is not the focus. For Judge Edwards, it's one day and one student at a time.
"I say just simply give me an effort better today than you gave me yesterday and I'll applaud it," he said.
One veteran judge who believes when it comes to setting kids straight, there may be no better teacher than a good example.


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Video: Navy Yard shooter was hearing voices
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The criminal investigation into the Washington Navy Yard shootings continues. There is new information into how the 34-year-old civilian contractor with a history of mental health issues was able to gain a valid pass onto the secure facility.
Officials say Aaron Alexis had been seeking help for mental health issues. Last month, he called police in Newport, Rhode Island and said he was hearing voices and that people were stalking him.
He was also receiving treatment through the Veterans Administration.
We have learned that Aaron Alexis first gained his security clearance after joining the Navy in 2008. That security clearance was good for a decade, we're told, even though he was discharged from the Navy for insubordination and even though Navy officials were told just last month that Alexis was hearing voices.
His contract employer says he has some questions, too. His employer relied on the Navy's background check before hiring Alexis, the man police say walked into the Navy Yard on Monday with a shotgun.
After the 30-minute rampage, 12 innocent lives were lost. They were civilian employees ranging in age from 46 to 73. John Johnson, also known as JJ, was the oldest victim from Derwood, Md. His wife said they last spoke on the phone at 7:30 Monday morning. At 8:20 everything changed.
"My husband was a wonderful, wonderful man. He was always happy, always positive, loved the world, loved life, loved his faith and just proud to be an American. We were going to retire soon and he loved his job. He wanted to keep working because he just loved it, loved all the people he worked with, never met a stranger in his life. I'm still in shock. Thank God for the support of all of his family. He would be very proud of all of them. That's really pretty much all I can say," said Judy Johnson.
For Judy Johnson, there are some very difficult days ahead. The Navy Yard is open Wednesday morning but it is not business as usual there. Mission essential personnel will stop at the security check point before gaining access into the complex. We're also told that parking lots and garages will be open at 9:00 a.m. for those folks who evacuated Monday.


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Africa | A 30-year split over Western Sahara has divided Europe, Africa, and now Congress and U.S. Christians. Who cares who controls the desert? Al-Qaeda, for one. How should Christians, and the United States, respond to movements that claim popular support but provide havens for killers?
DAKHLA, Western Sahara- Nomads die hard. Atop the new houses of Dakhla, where some in these parts might save the flat roof for a meal outdoors and a satellite dish, the nomads reserve rooftops as urban pasture for sheep and goats. "You can find people in Dakhla who can't spend one week in town. They always go for a few days with cattle to the desert. It's a habit," said Mohamed Salah Tamek, Morocco's governor of the province.
In sandy tracts within view of the ocean, the Moroccan government is building hundreds of houses for refugees returning from a conflict that began 30 years ago and hasn't ended. Those who take up residence in the city yearn to roam the desert on occasion to find food and water for their cattle, to sleep on a dark expanse under the stars, and to eat meat with onions under a tent.
Preserving old lifestyles in a land riddled with contemporary conflict is at least part pipe dream. Western Sahara is the largest "non-self-governing territory" in the world, according to the UN, largely because UN intervention since a 1991 ceasefire has failed to resolve the battle for control between Morocco and an Algerian-linked independence movement.
Both are seriously Islamic based, yet each side recently has looked to U.S. Christians for support-both as a conduit to the Bush administration and in recognition of the tenacity of U.S. evangelicals when it comes to confronting the problems of Sudan, Nigeria, poverty, or AIDS in Africa. In the end, growing U.S. interest in resolving an intractable, Israel/Palestinian-type conflict is more likely to arrive because the global war on terrorism is knocking at Western Sahara's door.
At the Saharan doorstep the desert climbs from the Atlantic in jagged cliffs of sand and doesn't stop until it reaches the Red Sea 3,000 miles away. Cool winds prevail, surprisingly. On Dakhla's coast the temperature never rises above 80 degrees and never drops below freezing. The political temperature, on the other hand, holds steady and searing.
Even now up to 90,000 Sahwaris, as the Saharan residents are known, linger in refugee camps in southern Algeria. The number represents perhaps one-third of Western Sahara's population-all displaced, captured, or born in the camps following intermittent battles since 1975 that involve Algeria, Morocco, and other neighbors. All sides committed atrocities during the war, but Morocco has more quickly accounted for the missing and dead, releasing POWs within the first years of ceasefire. The Polisario Front, a remnant Marxist revolutionary group claiming to represent independence for the Sahwaris, only last year released the final 408 Moroccan POWs. It continues to block UN monitors and aid workers from Algerian desert camps where thousands of Sahwaris reportedly languish.
Decades of fighting over Western Sahara have ripped apart family life and community. The nomads may be wanderers, but their tribes traditionally are close knit. Nearly everyone on the street knows someone in the camps. Tamek has a nephew and two cousins he barely remembers currently living there.
Meanwhile, unwelcome visitors are showing up in this far reach of the Sahara. Seven months ago security forces arrested Mohamad Said Adjhiri south of Dakhla at Guerguerat on a recruiting mission for al-Qaeda in Iraq.
He now sits in a jail outside Rabat, but no one believes that's the end of the terrorism problem. Two months ago military forces in Tamek's province arrested about two dozen Pakistanis and Indians traveling overland. "It's not just the illegal immigration," Tamek told WORLD, "but, my God, what can be behind it? How can poor people come from India and Pakistan, take the desert and land in Sahara?"
Evidenced by Mumbai's July 11 train bombings, al-Qaeda shows growing talent for cross-border, remote-control attacks. Stable and moderately Islamic countries like Morocco, particularly when bordered by chaos, know they are on its radar.
Counterterrorism units, jujutsu-like, now spend more time and money than ever tracking al-Qaeda infiltration in the Pan-Sahel region, which includes northwest and central Africa. Forbidding topography, porous borders, and rank revolutionaries like the Polisario who specialize in arms trading and smuggling make a potent breeding ground for the new al-Qaeda: "leaderless terrorists" like Assem Hammoud, the 31-year-old Lebanese arrested this month in a plot to blow up Manhattan's Holland Tunnel, a plot that spanned six countries on three continents. So the Pentagon doubled counterterrorism programs in the Sahel: from $16 million last year to $31 million this year. Expect it to reach $100 million by 2008.
U.S. special forces and other small, expeditionary units are engaged even at this moment in joint exercises and training across north Africa and the Sahara because Algeria's extreme militant Salafists represent "the modern experience with Al-Qaeda," according to U.S. European Command's Rear Admiral Hamlin Tallent,-"a mobile, self-sustaining and worldwide but loosely connected group of wily, desert-hardened militants."
Tamek told WORLD, "The serious thing about Polisario is that without anchored ideology it is most dangerous. And the most dangerous ideology in the world is the Islamist ideology. You can teach it overnight." He has arrested militants bearing arms purchased from the Polisario Front. He regularly confiscates European food sacks on sale in Dakhla markets meant for the refugees in Algeria's Polisario-run camps. "These people are used to a kind of burglary, to trafficking, smuggling aid, and selling their arms," Tamek said. "I'm not saying that the Polisario are terrorists now, but they are flirting with the devil."
For all that, the Polisario is reaping support in Congress not only from sympathizers like Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.); it also has backing among Capitol Hill's Christian right and conservative human rights activists, including Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.). Both gave statements at a hearing hosted by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), chairman of the House International Relations Committee, endorsing the Polisario quest for self-determination in Western Sahara.
Suzanne Scholte, president of the Defense Forum Foundation and a prominent advocate for human rights and religious freedom in North Korea, chairs the U.S.-Western Sahara Foundation. She works closely with the Polisario, helping to organize trips for congressional staff, human rights and Christian groups to Algeria's Tindouf area, where the refugee camps are located. Scholte told WORLD, "Morocco is trying to say that the refugee camps are prisons. That is absolutely untrue. In fact there is intentional outreach among believers in the camps and incredible blessings as a result of the Christians in the refugee camps."
That may be true but hard to verify with the Polisario blocking the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and independent aid groups from the camps. UNHCR has never been allowed to conduct a census, leading Moroccans to charge that the Sahwaris are more hostages than refugees.
In 2004 testimony before the UN, Scholte said Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara "has forced 170,000 refugees to remain in refugee camps unable to return to their homeland." She told WORLD the current Polisario numbers are between 165,000-175,000 refugees in the camps. She said reports of the Polisario sending children from the camps to Cuba for reeducation and forced labor are just rumors. "The Polisario sent students to Cuba for medical training," she said.
Returning refugees and POWs freed from the Polisario, along with aid workers who have managed to visit Tindouf, tell a different story. The most reliable estimates show 90,000 refugees and thousands of children sent to Cuba for reeducation and forced labor.
Abdullah Lamani, 51, said he was among 120 civilians taken by the Polisario and detained as POWs. That was 25 years ago. Released last year after "8,400 days" in the Tindouf camps, he said, "We were treated the same as military, tortured, but we had no training to withstand this."
Lamani worked in a depot south of Tindouf, he said, where a central pharmacy collected medicine and shipped it in trucks to Mauritania. In 2001, he began to see food aid diverted in the same way: flour from Canada and Germany, milk powder from Oxfam, and supplies from the European aid groups ECHO and CEE. POWs poured the supplies into white bags with no insignias and loaded them onto trucks to be taken by night, also to Mauritania. "Even crutches were sent on," he said. Meanwhile, a Christian group arrived with English-Arabic Bibles and sunglasses in about 1999, Lamani remembers. He saw the gifts but does not know who gave them. "They never let them see us," he said.
Aid groups, including the U.S. Committee for Refugees, say there are four camps in the desolate Tindouf military zone. But Lamani told WORLD he believes there are 22 camps, many with little more than holes in the ground or mud-brick houses. Lamani drew a map for WORLD of the camps, citing distances from Tindouf's military airstrip and its lone road. While the Polisario usually ferries Red Cross workers and other visitors to a camp about 12 miles from the airstrip, some camps-including a "12 October Center" that prisoners and refugees say is known for torture-are easily 50 miles from the airstrip.
Mohammed Khmamouché, a medical doctor, said the Polisario forced POWs to give blood. He and two other doctors extracted blood from other prisoners-all prisoners at least once a year, prisoners with rare blood types up to six times a year. "We had no choice. They were led to the infirmary and forced to give blood. We were forced to take it." Medicine at the infirmary, he said, "was very rare." He knew Polisario leaders sent away medical supplies to sell on black markets. "We had people with diabetes who were dying, TB was fatal because people had to work when they were weak and ill. As a doctor I felt helpless and demoralized."
The Polisario captured more than 2,000 Moroccan POWs. Lamani was among the final surviving 408 released last summer, 15 years after the ceasefire. His freedom followed diplomatic intervention from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a former POW in Vietnam, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Richard Lugar (R-Ind.). Lugar shuttled between Rabat and Algiers last August before reaching an agreement on their release between Moroccan King Mohammed VI and Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) data and an unusual satellite survey suggest about 90,000 refugees still remain in the camps (although POWs say they eyeballed far fewer). ICRC and other monitors for years charged that the Polisario inflates camp population figures to receive excess aid to sell on black markets.
UNHCR reluctantly investigated the charges in 2004. A confidential report by its inspector-general's office issued last year said the allegations did not fall within its jurisdiction since "there were no allegations of misconduct by UNHCR staff." The report concluded by calling for registration of the Tindouf refugees, something the Polisario won't allow. At that time the European Commission ordered a satellite imagery report to count the Tindouf refugee population. It pegged the numbers at 91,000.
Saadani Ma Oulainie tells one of their stories. At age five she said she saw her father tortured in the camps. At 9, the Polisario put her on an Algerian military charter, along with several hundred other children, and flew her to Cuba. "The Polisario separated families as a tool. It was a way to keep parents in the camps, waiting for our return," Oulainie said.
At Cuba's Isle of Youth, where many other Africans were escorted, a delegation met Oulainie and other Sahwaris, and gave them a huge cake, she said, before issuing uniforms and sending them to work in sugar cane and citrus fields. She attended school every day, worked, learned Cuban anthems and dances, and learned about "evil America," she said. She received a Cuban diploma but did not return to Tindouf for 15 years. By then her father had died and her mother had been released from the camps. With help, she escaped in a truck full of aid bound for Mauritania and eventually found her mother in Casablanca.
If the numbers talk, the stories scream. Recognizing this, the Moroccan government has sponsored several refugees, including Oulainie, to travel to the United States. They met in 2005 and again last March with pastors, church groups, and members of Congress. The National Clergy Council along with Cuban-American Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, both Republicans from Florida, lent support along the way. The National Clergy Council plans a similar tour again next month.
It's hard to see how the competing presentations of Western Sahara can help negotiate its future. But both sides see U.S. intervention as the next hope after failing to carry out a referendum or achieve a negotiated settlement under UN mandate. And Sahwaris once aligned with the Polisario are less uneasy than before with Moroccan occupation as they see roads, houses, and businesses coming into remote areas. Dakhla has ATMs and an international hotel. It also has fresh vegetables, thanks to a European hydroponics operation that has begun growing produce in the desert.
Tamek champions the new developments but is a veteran convert. The Moroccan governor was one of the Polisario Front's earliest revolutionaries. Born in "the desert somewhere," he suffered like other Sahwaris under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco while Spain clung to Western Sahara for two decades after it won independence in 1956. At that time authoritarian rulers aligned with the West pitted themselves against Marxist revolutionaries who swore allegiance to Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and Moscow. Morocco's King Hassan II, isolated and hardened, dissolved parliament, jailed and tortured political opponents.
Outside the palace walls in Rabat, university students like Tamek invented or joined reactionary movements. A self-described "leftist revolutionary committed to the overthrow of the monarchy," Tamek helped form early ranks Polisario. Hassan's police arrested him in 1977 and he spent five years in jail-"a very tough experience, and one I would like to have gone through without suffering. It was so great that good things came out of it," he said.
After prison and completing his studies (including a brief time at the University of Delaware), Tamek switched allegiance to Morocco's constitutional monarchy, and eventually won a post in the government, including a recent stint as Morocco's ambassador to Norway. Today he said he believes Western Sahara's future lies in integration with, and not full independence from, the Moroccan government. "Morocco amputated from Western Sahara will not be a state at all, it will disappear," he said. A Polisario-dominated Western Sahara would in effect choke Morocco between Algeria and the Atlantic. "Our only breathing side is the Sahara," he said. And as long as Western Sahara remains a political no-man's land, anyone can take advantage of it.


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|Clevenger graduates
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Brittany Clevenger of Holyoke graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley on Friday, May 10 with a Master of Arts degree in special education.
She graduated from Flagler High School in 2003 and received her bachelor's degree from UNC in 2008. Clevenger will be teaching second grade at Julesburg Elementary School.
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What I would like to do is create a Linux "mirror" of our current windows server. Login and file sharing is taken care of using Fedora directory service, Samba and Rsync. I would like to use Zimbra as an exchange replacement. (This setup is partly for backup, partly for future migration). Two questions:
1. Is it possible to authenticate Zimbra with Fedora directory service? (FDS contains windows sync to keep it up to date with Active directory)
2. What would be the best way to keep Zimbra and exchange in sync? I was looking into using imap and Mailsync. Has anyone any experience with something like this?


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Looks like cool elk country. I would like to hear more. What general area (like what side of what state), how many elk you saw, any harvests or close calls, etc.
My Wyoming elk hunt:
2010 was my first time elk hunting. We went on a scouting trip in late July and also showed up a few days before season. It was far and away the best hunting trip I have ever been on. Here are some pics of our trips.
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Looks like cool elk country. I would like to hear more. What general area (like what side of what state), how many elk you saw, any harvests or close calls, etc.
Our base camp
Sunrise from camp
A broke up 6x6 using a wallow the night before season
The wallow
The creek that ran through camp
We had perfect weather while we were there
This is what our elk country looks like right now!
Very nice pictures!
beautiful pictures
After years of planning and days of scouting opening day was finally here. That evening my partner was sick and had to stay closer to camp, so I headed in solo. I had planned to sit at the wallow that I had spotted the broken 6 at, but 45 minutes into the sit I had 2 other hunters show up. So off I went another mile in to get away from the pressure. It was getting late and there was no action going on so I gave out a cow call and had an immediate answer, then another and another. I wasn't sure if it was other hunters bugling or the real thing. Soon they were closing the distance to me almost like it was a race. I ran across the meadow to set up on the one that sounded like he was going to arrive first. I got to the hill in time to see tines coming over. I was expecting a raghorn because he had such a screachy sound compared to the other two, but more and more tines just kept coming. I knew right away that he was a shooter. I couldn't believe it, I had called in 3 bulls! I was waiting at full draw as he came down the hill. He stopped behind the pine tree and bugled at the other bull standing 100 yards behind me. It felt like forever waiting for him to step out from behind the tree, when he did his vitals covered all my pins. The arrow zipped right through and I could here the gurgling as he ran away and crashed on the other side of the hill. I was so excited that I ran over the hill to see him and he stood back up. I guessed him to be about 50 yards and released another arrow almost hitting him in the same spot as the first one. He dropped again and it was all over. When I walked over to him I couldn't believe how big they are compared to the whitetails I hunt.
Here is the hill he came over:
How he laid:
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After a couple pictures I headed back to camp to meet up with my buddy. He had went out and tried hunting around camp, so he got back right after dark. When he walked into camp I told him "I am sorry, I know you are sick but we have some work ahead of us". After a little story telling and a quick bite to eat we headed back up the mountain. Once we got close we could hear one of the the other bulls still bugling in the area. He didn't want to leave and was still mad as hell. After some high fives we took some more pictures and got to work. Three different times while we were deboning my elk, the other one came in and would "bark" at us. It was a late night but we finally made it off the mountain with heavy packs. We came back in the next morning for the last load.
This is where the work begins:
We had to walk by a trail cam I had hung on the first wallow which made for a cool pic. Notice the time on the picture and we still had a mile to go to camp. The hike out was tough, for as sick as my buddy was he was still a hell of a packmule.
My buddy ended up hurting his knee. He gutted it out 6 more days of bowhunting on a torn miniscus, before it locked up on him. So with no choice we headed home and prepared for an October return. I got to repay him on the second day of gun season, with a bum knee he was able to take this bull almost 2 miles in from the trailhead. This time I was his packmule!
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Congressman King Holds Townhall Meeting
King Answers Questions At Townhall Meeting
(Le Mars) -- Congressman Steve King held an hour-long townhall meeting before 50-plus people Monday morning at the Le Mars Convention Center. King answered a variety of questions ranging from the farm bill, to windmill energy tax credits, to retirement working age. The position of gun control was asked of the Congressman, and his thoughts of Muslim infiltration in our colleges and universities. But a question from eleven year old Garrett Gorczynski of Oyens who asked the five-term Congressman when will the troops be coming home from Afghanistan brought silence to the group, and made King swallow hard before answering. Gorczynski has an older brother stationed in Afghanistan, and he was holding a small American flag while asking the question.
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King says perhaps the only way to get a balanced budget is if it comes from the states as an amendment to the constitution, and he challenges Iowa to lead the nation on such ambitious plan.
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TALLAHASSSEE, Florida (AP) - The number of confirmed fungal meningitis cases in Florida continues to grow.
Florida health officials announced Friday that there are now 17 confirmed cases in the state connected to the use of contaminated steroids used for back pain.
There are four new confirmed cases. Three of the people suffering from fungal meningitis are from Marion County and the other person is from Escambia County.
The state reported earlier this week that three people have died as a result of the fungal meningitis outbreak. Nationwide the death toll has risen to 20 people.
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"We know we're definitely always going to be in it," Blount said. "Today we just didn't make the plays."
Tomlinson and Mask made big plays beginning with Baldwin's opening series. Each had a run of at least 30 yards, and Tomlinson's 39-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter stood up as the game-winning touchdown. He burst through the heart of the Oceanside defense and raced untouched into the end zone, capping a brief three-play drive that covered more yards (58) than time on the clock (56 seconds).
After Oceanside broke through the Baldwin defense on senior Shane Saucier's 10-yard touchdown run, Mask helped the Bruins answer with a 2-yard scoring run on the next drive. Baldwin marched 60 yards in eight plays on the drive, highlighted by senior Jonathon Robinson's twisting 11-yard run down to the Sailors' 5. Grabbed in the backfield, Robinson fought through the initial tackle and spun through a defender inside the 10 before finally getting pulled down.
Hylton turned a simple 3-yard slant route into a 51-yard touchdown in the second quarter, making his way across the entire field before cutting down the Baldwin sideline.
Tomlinson opened the scoring by following an army of blockers into the end on a 3-yard run in the second quarter, capping a 97-yard drive that began when the Bruins turned in a goal-line stand on Oceanside's second possession.
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Salter was due to face UFC veteran David Loiseau, but "The Crow" was not cleared by the Montreal Athletic Commission, as earlier reported by The Canadian Press.
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