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After making national headlines over the summer by leaving his young son in a hot car, causing the child to die from heat stroke, on Thursday morning Justin Ross Harris appeared in a Marietta, Georgia courtroom and learned of the charges he will be facing. Among the eight charges he received are malice murder and two counts of felony murder.
The other five counts include cruelty to children in the first degree, cruelty to children in the second degree, criminal attempt to commit felony exploitation of children, and two counts of dissemination of harmful material to minors. CNN notes that the murder charges carry a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Harris, 33, was arrested on June 18 after leaving work and returning to his car and finding that his 22-month-old son Cooper had passed away after sitting in the car for several hours. Temperatures are said to have reached 90 degrees that day. Harris was reportedly supposed to drop off Cooper at daycare before work but says he forgot and claims the death was an accident. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Prosecutors, meanwhile, suspect premeditation and are arguing that Harris wanted to live "a childless life." According to ABC News, a search warrant has revealed that Harris researched the topic of child deaths inside cars on the Internet, as well as "what temperature it needs to be for that to occur." Police say Harris explained that he had done the searches because he was "fearful that this could happen." Harris' wife, Leanna Harris, also made statements about researching car deaths and though she has not been charged with a crime, she has hired a separate attorney.
Other allegations against Harris include the accusation that he was sexting with multiple women, including one minor, during the workday while Cooper was still in the car. Those allegations are what led to the two counts of dissemination of harmful materials.
A news conference in which Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds will discuss details of the case is scheduled for 3 p.m. local time on Thursday. Harris has been held without bond since being arrested in June.


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Welcome to the February 2010 edition of "Jud's New England Journal," the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire.
To most of us, the month of February means Washington's birthday (celebrated this year on the 15th, although he was born on the 22nd), Valentine's Day (the 14th) and Lincoln's birthday (the 12th), which isn't observed much. Oh, and, of course, there's Groundhog Day. But it's also the month that, for some reason I could never fathom, we here at Yankee Magazine receive the most questions from readers. Here are three that come to mind …
1. "What is the shortest distance between Rhode Island and New York as the crow flies?" We published that question, and a series of answers ensued. It was, of course, a trick question, because the answer was "no distance." "Picture a seagull floating out in Long Island Sound," the final letter read. "His head could be in Rhode Island while his wings are in Connecticut and his tail in New York."
2. "Why is a ship always called 'she'?" We used a letter from Oakton, Virginia, as our answer to that question, even though it might have been a tad sexist. The writer quoted something titled "A Man and His Ship," saying, "There's always a great deal of bustle about her. There's usually a group of men around … She takes a lot of paint to keep her looking good. It's not the initial expense that breaks you but rather the upkeep. She's all decked out. It takes a good man to handle her right. She shows her topsides, but always hides her bottom." (Well, these days I might take out the word "always.")
3. "Can you tell us your favorite swop that's been published in Yankee?" Well, we could have answered that question with any one of many "favorites." But since it was February, cold and snowy as usual, we chose the following from Massachusetts: "Will swop handmade size 5 champagne-colored wedding dress with appliqued lace and chiffon skirt, and size 51/2 keepsake 17-karat diamond ring, for a wood-and-coal-burning stove."
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Another member of the Greatest Generation who worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" at Cleveland's Bomber Plant during World War II passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Evelyn was the youngest daughter born to Marie and Frank Kobylak in Dillonvale, Ohio, on May 15, 1921.
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Her parents and siblings, Erma, Edward, Tillie and Blanche preceded her in death.
Evelyn worked at Sears and Roebuck as a Divisional Manager for over 18 years. In 1961, Evelyn helped establish the Hinckley Girls Baseball League and coached the Championship Team – the Pedal Pushers. Evelyn was President of the Hinckley Organic Garden Club for eight and a 1/2 years. Evelyn loved to line dance and she and Leon were known for their ballroom dancing, traveling throughout the world and returning to their beautiful homestead in Hinckley, where Evelyn's beautiful roses, day lilies and countless other flowers were always on display.
Visitation will be at Waite & Sons Funeral Home, 3300 Center Road, Brunswick from 6 to 8 P.M., Friday, July 18, 2014 with a Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 11 A.M. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, 1088 Ridge Road, Hinckley. Entombment will be at Rose Hill Burial Park in Akron.
Memorial donations may be made to the Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, where she and Leon were members or to the Czechoslovak Society of America (CSA) former Clark Lodge, now known as the Cleveland Chapter No. 219, where Evelyn was a member for over 70 years to help carry on the rich Czech traditions and especially their delicious foods which Evelyn was known for, to the Ceska Sin Sokol Hall, 4314 Clark Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44109.


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Linda L. Cage, 60, of Stuttgart passed away Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013.
Linda was born May 5, 1953, in Brinkley to Arlin V. and Joy Fowler Warren. She was employed as a floor manager at Drummond Printing and attended Grand Avenue United Methodist Church. Linda's hobbies included deer hunting and trout fishing.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Ricky Warren.
Survivors are her husband, Larry Cage; two sons, Scott Cage, of Stuttgart and Rick Cage (Maxi), of Casscoe; her grandson, Collin Cage; and one brother, Gary Warren, of Brinkley.
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I got a couple of CGI's that perform long-running operations and send output every 15 seconds. As soon as the browser closes the connection, the CGI (and its descendants) should be properly killed instead of lingering around my system and keeping valuable Apache slots occupied.
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Lost in the bigger headlines of the 2010 World Cup and British Open winner Louis Oosthuizen, runner Caster Semenya is also turning in success on the track perfecting South African sports trifecta Sunday.
Caster Semenya won her second 800 meter run in Finland Sunday since returning from a near year-long absence from the sport after her gender came into question. She made her official comeback July 15 after the IAAF cleared her to compete as a women just eight days prior.
Caster Semenya is the reigning 800 meter world champion. The IAAF, thankfully, has not released the details of her gender testing.
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As the global middle class grows, so does demand for the scarce elements used to make our cell phones and other gadgets. Alex King and his team at the Critical Materials Institute use science to steer us away from a supply chain shortage of critical materials called "rare earth metals". In ancient civilizations, running out of bronze gave rise to the use of inferior iron, and the collapse of empires. King's work seeks to shorten and mitigate the problems associated with such a scarcity.
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Hi! My name is Angel Zeus #246330 COTD 1/14/13!
I am Domestic Shorthair from Minneapolis, MN
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Age: 5 years old
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Education: Caught someone's eye on the web that got him out of an animal control in Iowa/ a kill-shelter. Our rescue group agreed to take him, when mom said she would provide the foster home. Barney Here--- Wow! You would not believe how Zeus is bouncing around in Joy! He hurried down to have breakfast, only to find a pile of greetings, toys and treats and that Beautiful Shiney Badge on his CC page!! Party, Party!! He shouts--- invite all our friends! Thank you, thank you dear CC furrends for my COTD!! Mom is trying so hard to tell him, you have to eat a healthy breakfast first. Will he do it? Not today--- a kid in a candy shop has nothing on our Zeus! Thank you so much CC furrends, this is what Life is all about! What more can we say? Just a few words on the importance of friendship and support. Mom got us on CC a bit over four years ago. At first, she wasn't sure what to expect, but very quickly we were welcomed to CC and began making furrends. After a year, we were still on, had gotten a couple COTD awards, without even asking to run, and had been asked to join MHL--mouse hockey. That was a natural for us, though mom protested a bit, saying she knew nothing about hockey. Our dogs joined DC and, at that time, we even had a couple rescued rats on SAC. Mom remembers one day hearing Dr. Phil saying, "How can anyone get on the computer for hours and pretend to be their cat or dog? Well, we want to answer that for you Dr. Phil! It is the most natural and normal thing in the world! We join together in a community of love, caring and respect for all. We support each other through our ups and downs in life, through our common interests in a safe environment. There have been a few mistakes, we are never purrfect, but we are a strong community, because our hearts are pure and we care for one another. There, I have got on my soapbox, though I want to know, why a soapbox? Why not a catfood box or crate of cans? This blog may be a bit shorter than usual, but it is Zeus's day to celebrate and celebrate we will! No live blogging, mom has to go help her cousin Janet, who is studying for her State Boards, which she is taking next week to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. You might remember that is her cousin that lost her dad from Alzheimer's a year ago, just before Thanksgiving. So come Party on our pages, share and enjoy all the treats and toys to be had! Love to all--- Barney, Zeus, Handy Andy, Molly Jean, Hefty and mom, Judi.
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My pet peeves: not everyone wants to play!
What I love about my owners: She saved my life and gives unconditional love.
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Gas hydrates are a well-known problem in the oil and gas industry and cost millions of dollars in production and transmission pipelines. In the oil and gas industry, gas hydrates are a serious problem in production and gas-transmission pipelines because they plug pipelines and process equipment. By applying heat, insulating the pipelines, and using chemical additives as inhibitors, we can keep the operating conditions out of the hydrate-formation region.
To prevent this problem, it is important to predict the temperature and pressure under which gas hydrates will form.
1- Using the GPA graphs. One of the graphs is provided below
Figure 1: Water content of natural gas. Source: reproduction courtesy Gas Processors Association
2- Use the Aspen hysys, Olga, .. softwares to calculate the hydrate temperature: HYSYS has a utility for hydrate formation temperature prediction for the corresponding gas composition, pressure & temperature.
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Nationwide: Busch ran the Combos scheme on his No. 18 Toyota in Phoenix. He has never lost while running the Combos car, which was a stat he wished to keep. He started on the outside of row one to pole-sitter Carl Edwards so he wouldn't have to go far to get the checkered flag. He took the lead on lap one and pretty much stayed there the entire race. He ran in to some trouble on a late-race restart and was black-flagged when he jumped the restart, losing the lead to Brad Keselowski. With seven laps to go he was 10th, with five to go he was second and eventually he took the checkered flag for the 32nd time in his Nationwide career.
Cup: Busch started 17th and led 113 laps. He made his way to the front slowly and was in the top 10 for most of the day. On lap 296 he finally took the lead away from Jimmie Johnson who had been leading for 113 laps. On lap 372, with six laps left, a caution came out. When most of the other drivers took two tires, Busch took four, causing him to come out of the pits eighth. He never recovered and finished the race in the same place.
The older Busch had a hard day in the desert. He started 19th and on lap 15, after getting loose and getting into Kasey Kahne he was then hit by Denny Hamlin. He spent much of the next several laps on Pit Road. He finished in 35th place, 12 laps down.
Gaughan started the race almost in the middle of the pack, in 20th place. He made his way through the pack slowly. On lap 50 he had already made his way up to 6th place. He stayed in the top 15 the entire race and crossed the finish line fourth, his best finish this season.


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Don, while there are some utilities that can help you with #2 (including a Resource Kit tool called CConnect), the architecture of SMB networking is such that it's generally not practical to do this. Remember, users can still use domain resources without logging on. They can power up a PC without a network connection, then connect to the network, and directly access resources. If the computer isn't domain-joined, then Windows will prompt them for a user ID and password--which is used to authenticate directly to the destination resource.
Please help me understand what potential security risks you are looking to address with your two requirements. And for #1, how would this information be useful to a user? What action could they take with this knowledge, other than perhaps to be afraid of things they really can't control?
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I have been searching for a soultion that has been vexxing my Security
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Minister of Defense Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, who is currently on an official visit to the United States, paid a get-acquainted visit today to the Office of the Saudi Military Attaché in Washington, D.C. Upon arrival, he was welcomed by the Military Attaché to the United States and Canada, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Al-Qahtani. Brig. Gen. Al-Qahtani lauded Prince Salman's concern for members of the Saudi Armed Forces.
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Dear citizens of Williston:
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, marks the seventh anniversary of one of our country's worst tragedies. In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses of our firefighters, police officers and citizens at the World Trade Center. Sadly, those flags have all but disappeared. Our patriotism has pulled us through some tough times and it should not take another attack on our country to fire us up again.
You could not have commented any better in your news commentary published August 28th. Levy County residents have given up on government leaders in Levy County. Yes, they do attend meetings and express thier frustrations over tax increases but they know that in primary and general elections thier vote would be an exercise in futility and they stay home.
The Levy County Commission is doing the end-of-year money shuffle as some departments have some cash on hand to help other departments strapped for cash.
In its regular meting Tuesday morning, the commissioners approved moving money around to help six departments that were short of funds.
The commission took cash from the following funds and departments:
General Revenue, $180,561
Emergency Medical Services, $276,843
Fire, $204,512
Drug Task Force, $17,612
Capital Projects, $542,157
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Mayor R. Gerald Hethcoat presented the first Student of the Month awards of the academic year at the City Council meeting on Sept. 2.
Access to the Walgreens parking lot will be improved in the next few weeks, but the closure of the Noble Avenue and Northwest Main Street intersection is permanent.
At Tuesday night's meeting, Debbie Reilly, the manager of the Williston Walgreens store, asked Williston's City Council for better access to the store. She said that the closure of Northwest Main Street had made it difficult to access the store directly. Those driving east on Noble Avenue must turn at either Northwest 1st Street or onto Main Street, then access Northwest Main from Northwest 1st Avenue.
The Levy County Commission was taken aback to learn in a budget workshop that the new radio system used by law enforcement and emergency responders will be expensive to maintain.
During a workshop for county constitutional officers Tuesday afternoon, commissioners were told the county's 332 hand-held and mobile units, which already cost $14.95 each per month in user fees are almost out of warranty and an extended warranty will cost $175 per unit per year. That's $58,100 per year on top of the $59,560.80 in user fees.
Clothing giveaway
There will be a free clothing giveaway at the Raleigh Church of God by Faith, 7891 N.E. Highway 41, on Sept. 6. There will also be free hot dogs.
For information call 528-3132.
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The Williston High School Flag Team will hold a barbecue lunch on Saturday, Sept. 6 in front of Williston City Hall.
Tickets are $8 and include barbecued chicken, potato salad, baked beans and dessert.
All proceeds go to the flag team.
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Friday, September 5
* SHARE Sign Up 1-3 p.m. Cornerstone Assembly of God. Contact Elsie Neal, 528-5709.
* Fish Fry Meal, 6 p.m., Holy Family Church, Williston.
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* Friends of the Williston Library, Book Fair, 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Community Center in the the City Hall Complex.
Monday, September 8
* AA Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Thompson Hall at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church.
* Lions Club 7:30 p.m., Lions Club 401 S.E. Sixth Ave.
* Levy Veterans Support Group, 7 p.m., Williston City Hall.
The usual suspects triumphed at Monday's karaoke contest held at AMVETS Post 88 in Bronson, though the menu of music on tap was long and deep.
It took a three-way sing-off to crown Carissa Fields of Chiefland, with her letter-perfect rendition of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On." Bronson's Reginald Stacy placed second with his tiebreak song of "Purple Rain," by Prince, and Samantha Beckham was third with Martina McBride's "Independence Day."
Last Saturday was the day for Levy County residents to "Stuff the Bus," providing school supplies for local teachers to help their students. From the left, Lydia Bridges, her daughter Maycie, and Margie Zanders of Williston Middle School accepted donations at Hitchcock's in Williston.
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The Canadiens dropped a 2-0 decision to the Ottawa Senators last night and goaltender Brian Elliott looked like an all-star, turning aside 29 Montreal shots for his fourth shutout of the season.
Jaroslav Halak kept the Canadiens in the game until 8:17 the third period when Erik Karlsson scored a power-play goal on a shot from the blue line. Karlsson also earned an assist on the Senators' first goal by Peter Regin.
It was the second loss in a row for the Canadiens and it allowed Ottawa, which finished the season with a 5-1 record against Montreal, to take sole possession of fifth place in the Eastern Conference with 81 points, two more than the Canadiens and the idle Philadelphia Flyers.
It also left the door ajar for some of the teams chasing the Habs in the Eastern Conference standings. The Canadiens are three points ahead of eighth-place Boston, but the Bruins have two games in hand. And the gap between Montreal and the ninth-place Atlanta Thrashers remains four points, but the Thrashers enjoy a game in hand.
The first period was a tight-checking affair with the Senators taking a 1-0 lead despite being outshot 6-5.
Regin put the Senators on the board at 10:15 when he redirected Karlsson's shot from the faceoff circle to the left of Halak. The goal came after the Canadiens were held off the scoresheet on a pair of power plays, managing only one shot on goal.
The Senators thought they had another goal with a shade over eight minutes remaining in the period. The slumping Alex Kovalev - he hasn't scored since before the Olympic break - tried to jam the puck past Halak at the corner of the net. Referee Gord Dwyer signalled no goal and a video review upheld the decision on the ice.
Halak also had to face a 3-on-1 break late in the opening period, but Mike Fisher elected to keep the puck on the left wing and Halak made an easy stop.
The Canadiens missed a chance to tie the score early in the second period. Hal Gill's shot from the point glanced off Elliott's shoulder and hit a post.
The Canadiens had the only power play in the second period and came up empty again. In fact, Halak had to make a stop on Daniel Alfredsson when Ottawa had a shorthanded, two-on-one break and he also made a save when Anton Volchenkov had a breakaway coming out of the penalty box.
The Canadiens lost winger Travis Moen late in the second period when he collided with Matt Cullen and one of Cullen's skates cut Moen across the forehead.
Last night's game was the first in a series of four games in six nights. The Canadiens are in Buffalo tomorrow night and they return to the Bell Centre for games Thursday against Florida and Saturday against New Jersey.


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Genetically modified foods have been around for years, but most Americans have no idea if they are eating them. The Food and Drug Administration says they don't need to be labeled, so the state of Vermont has moved forward on its own. On May 8, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed legislation making the state the first to require labeling of GMOs _ technically genetically modified organisms. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File) FILE - This Jan. 14, 2014 file photo shows House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. A spokesman for Cantor says he'll block a vote next week on legislation giving a path to citizenship to people living here illegally who serve in the military. Friday's announcement from Cantor comes after a Republican congressman from California announced plans to try to bring the measure to a vote as an amendment to the annual defense bill. (AP Photo/J. 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Even the food police say they are safe. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a well-known critic of food companies and artificial and unhealthy ingredients in foods, has not opposed genetically modified foods, on the basis that there's no evidence they are harmful. The benefits There are clear benefits for the agricultural industry. For example, crops that are engineered to ward off pests or to tolerate herbicides. Also, companies such as Monsanto that produce modified seeds say their technologies will be needed to feed a rising world population as they engineer crops to adapt to certain climates and terrains. So far, most modified foods have been grown to resist chemicals, pests or disease. But advocates envision engineering crops to make them more nutritious as well. Food animals have been engineered to be bred to be free of diseases, be cleaner in their environments or grow more efficiently, though none has yet been approved in the United States. 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Illya turned much more serious this time. He really seemed to think only he alone had the power to stop the mage. He seemed too confident in his abilities and simply seemed to think none of them stood a chance against the mage.
"You underestimate us greatly. And if you think the Federation is simply going to overlook this situation then you're wrong. This was the purpose that Division Nine was put together. We've faced much more dangerous opponents than this, you'd think we would be S rank mages if we just sat on our asses all day? No, and of course, if you are to unleash the limiter in your device you need authorization from the Council. And you can only get that through Commander Carrington. This Multiverse has been in peril countless of times and we've always been there to stop it. I won't be looked down upon by a cadet, you may think of this as arrogance but it actually is not. It's a wake up call to you, if you think you can handle this alone and just go and rush in, it only proves how truly unprepared you really are", Illya said and continued to walk away to the cafeteria. "And don't forget, this is the military too, just because we're a family it doesn't mean we tolerate insubordination. Remember that before you go off doing something you'll regret later. And about Akira, I just gave a suggestion. You should give people a chance, everyone has problems of their own. Akira has a problem that's not his fault, his case is a form of a curse in a way just like you, and if Shana was able to forgive him without knowing about his curse, then why can't you?"
Illya did not wait for an answer, she simply went away inside the cafeteria. She wasn't one to scold others, but she felt that Kai's arrogance had to be adressed with a much firmer tone. She generally leaves that kind of speech to Juno but she felt she had to say it now.
Shana nodded at Akira and then looked at Sergeant Yamamoto.
"Nice to meet you Sergeant", Shana said as she saluted him and then turned to Akira. "We will find a way to cure you of whatever is causing this. Don't worry, no one is gonna get killed."
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The Buffalo Colored Musicians Club is the only remaining African American club its located at 145 Broadway in Buffalo NY. It's a historical preservation site which promotes historical research and the preservation of jazz in Buffalo with its newly added museum. The club had a huge impact on the city because the music brought people of all racial backgrounds together during the Jazz era. Some of the world's greatest jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald just to name a few have been known to frequent there.
The Colored Musician Club was started by local African American musicians during segregation many of its member chose to organize to have a venue for performing, meeting and practicing. Most of the union were mainly white and black musician were not allowed to join union alongside of thier white counterparts so they organized independently forming local 533, American Federation of Musicians.
Since its incorporation in May of 1935, the Colored Musician's Club has remained a venue rich in history and culture Thus the club represents a living monument to the significance of jazz and to civil rights in Buffalo. Still standing, it today features live jazz Monday through Thursday and on Sundays. The club also hosts the annual Queen City Jazz Festival.
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Having received its Act of Incorporation in 1935; designation as a historical landmark in 1979; and designation as a historical preservation site in 1999, the Colored Musicians Club has a very rich and significant history. Located in the same building, the CMC Museum is a multimedia archive where the visitors can view and interact with artifacts that represent the long history of the club. Parts of the CMC collection can also be made be available to scholars and researchers.


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College Hockey:Bowdoin adds former BU captain Lorms as new women's assistant coach
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Is it possible to perform a connected sum of two Riemannian Manifolds or Orbifolds while keeping curvature bounded from below? More explicitly, If $M_1$ and $M_2$ are two Riemannian manifolds (or orbifolds) of (sectional or Ricci) curvature bounded from below, is it possible to obtain a Riemannian metric in $M_1\#M_2$ that also has curvature bounded below?
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It is possible to take the connected sum of manifolds of dimension at least 3 of positive scalar curvature, and get a metric of positive scalar curvature, by the work of Gromov and Lawson,
Gromov, Mikhael; Lawson, H. Blaine, Jr. Positive scalar curvature and the Dirac operator on complete Riemannian manifolds. Inst. Hautes Études Sci. Publ. Math. No. 58 (1983), 83–196 (1984).
For sectional and Ricci curvature this is not possible. Of course, you get some lower bound even in these cases by compactness. If you have other conditions in mind you need to make your question more specific (and in particular scale-invariant).


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|El Salvador: FMLN Mayor Assassinated in Usulután
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Wilber Moises Funes, mayor of Alegria, Usulután, was assassinated on January 9 while visiting community projects in the Las Casistas area of his municipality.
A member of the FMLN opposition party, Funes was shot along with municipal staff member Zulma Rivera. Rivera was killed immediately, while Funes died in transit to a hospital in Santiago de Maria. Wilber Funes, one of the youngest mayors in the country, was dedicated to creating projects for the benefit of the poorest communities in his area while defending the interest of public services still owned by the municipality. The FMLN and civil society organizations denounced the killing and demanded that Salvadoran Attorney General Felix Garrid Safie authorize an immediate, independent, and objective investigation into the assassinations.
Incidentally, Funes' government in Alegria was the victim of a privatization scheme following its election in 2006. Immediately before leaving office, the preceding municipal administration, from the right-wing ARENA party, handed over the Laguna Alegria Natural Park to a community development association called ADESCAM. The privatization of this valuable resource was part of a broader ARENA strategy to leave newly-elected FMLN municipal governments without the resources to function. (See previous CISPES update at www.cispes.org)
Furthermore, the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) recently ruled that right-wing PCN party member Julio Moreno Niños may continue serving on the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). The ruling comes almost three years after the FMLN presented an unconstitutionality claim against Moreno's position on the TSE. According to 2004 election results, the position should have belonged to two smaller parties, the CDU (now known as CD) and the Christian Democrat Party (PDC). However, the right-wing bloc once again maneuvered so that a PCN member would sit on the TSE, leaving 3 out of 5 votes in the TSE to the right wing. The FMLN will appeal this case to international court, as it illustrates what FMLN deputy Jorge Jimenez calls the "macabre alliance of the right wing and the Supreme Court of Justice."
Meanwhile, ARENA is struggling to select its candidate for the 2009 presidential elections. After months of changing dates and putting forth a long list of possible candidates, ARENA president Antonio Saca announced this week that the official date of inscription for those interested in competing for the presidential candidacy will be January 21. ARENA's most talked about presidential possibilities, businessman Roberto Murray Meza, Security Minister Rene Figueroa, and Water Administration president Cesar Funes, all declined this week to participate in the race for the nomination. Some members of ARENA insist the process should be sped up, given the advantage the FMLN has gained since selecting its presidential ticket last year.


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What, Why, When, Where
November 2002
by Jon Fidler, journalist, member of Kibbutz Beit Ha'emek
It is almost a century since a small group of young Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe, inspired by Zionist and socialist ideals, set up the first kvutza ("group" in Hebrew, renamed kibbutz, "community" when membership grew) on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
They viewed the kvutza as a closely-knit, egalitarian community, based on common ownership of the means of production and consumption, where all, conferring together, made decisions by majority vote and bore responsibility for all.
Despite economic setbacks and a waning ideology, the kibbutz movement has since become the world's largest communitarian movement.
Some 117,300 people live in 268 kibbutzim across Israel, from the Golan Heights in the north to the Red Sea in the south. Membership ranges from less than 100, in a few cases, to more than 1000 in a number of kibbutzim, most having several hundred members. About 80% of the kibbutzim were founded before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
Although each kibbutz is socially and economically an autonomous unit, a number of national federations provide coordination of activities as well as some services. At the beginning of the new millennium, the two largest national federations, the United Kibbutz Movement and the Kibbutz Artzi Movement amalgamated and became The Kibbutzim Movement, to which over 90% of the kibbutzim belong. Some 6% of kibbutzim are affiliated with the Kibbutz Dati (religious kibbutz) and there are two national-ultra-orthodox kibbutzim, which belong to Poalei Agudat Yisrael.
Most kibbutzim are similarly laid out, with communal facilities such as dining hall, auditorium, offices and library at the center, ringed by members' homes and gardens, with sports and educational facilities beyond these, and industrial buildings and agricultural land on the perimeter.
"... a voluntary collective community, mainly agricultural, in which there is no private wealth and which is responsible for all the needs of its members and their families."
(Encyclopedia Judaica, 1969)
"... an organization for settlement which maintains a collective society of members organized on the basis of general ownership of possessions. Its aims are self-labor, equality and cooperation in all areas of production, consumption and education."
(Legal definition in the Cooperative Societies Register)
In 1909 a group of young pioneers, who drained swamps near Hadera and lived as a collective community, decided to establish an independent farm owned by its worker-members at Deganya, forming the first 'kvutza'. Other groups followed suit and by World War II there were over 30 such communities in Palestine.
These "founding fathers" had immigrated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries mainly from Russia and were imbued with the ideals of socialism and the spirit of the period which led to the Russian Revolution. They also believed in a Zionism based on the return to the Land of Israel and the tilling of its earth. They believed that this would lead to the creation of a new Jewish identity; it also expressed their political goal of establishing Jewish settlements in Palestine.
These first settlements regarded themselves as enlarged families and kept membership small. In 1913/14, for example, Deganya had only 28 members. They were poor, life was harsh and work centered on agriculture, which required draining swamps, removing rocks from hills and transforming parts of the desert into fertile farmland. They also had to cope with extreme heat, malaria and food-related illnesses.
Social life revolved around the dining room, where people would meet, eat and talk. Decisions were made by direct democracy. In discussions, which often continued late into the night, members would decide how to allocate the following day's work, guard duties, kitchen chores and other tasks, as well as debate problems and make decisions.
During the '20s and '30s, the settlements' society of singles changed to one in which families were formed, leading to the establishment of schools and children's houses. Small industries began to appear, mainly as extensions of agriculture, and these soon became profitable enterprises. The kibbutzim emerged, aiming to become large, self-sufficient communities, combining agriculture with industry.
The '30s also witnessed the beginnings of a religious kibbutz movement, which - in contrast to its secular predecessors - saw the ideals of the movement, including equality, mutual help and building the Land, as a realization of the Jewish way of life.
By 1948, with the establishment of the State of Israel, the kibbutzim had not only succeeded in creating a unique society, they had also been instrumental in many aspects of the struggle towards the creation of the State and in its early development: they had assumed key functions in settlement of outlying areas and along the country's future borders, immigrant absorption, defense and agricultural development. Once these functions were taken over by the government, the interaction between the kibbutzim and society at large diminished; it has never stopped completely, but is marginal today.
The first decades after the establishment of the State, despite some ups and downs, showed accelerated growth of the kibbutzim, both demographic and economic. Third and fourth generation kibbutzniks were born, creating large family groupings. Living standards increased - in fact, in the 1960s they rose more rapidly than in the country as a whole. Over a period of some 75 years the kibbutz population grew continuously; since 1990, however, it has been slowly declining and the average age has been increasing. The process has been accelerated by the growing tendency of youngsters to leave.
(Yad Tabenkin, Facts and Figures, 2001)
The Crisis of the Eighties and Nineties
In the 1980s, triple-digit inflation and exorbitant interest rates caused near economic ruin for many kibbutz factories (along with their non-kibbutz counterparts) and for the communities they supported. Kibbutz debts with banks rose dramatically as inflation rocketed, peaking (at 450%) in 1984. This macro-instability caused great problems for the kibbutzim as they had borrowed heavily to develop industry and to change their internal structure. By 1985, one-third of the kibbutzim were in financial difficulties.
The government, banks and kibbutz federations hammered out two major agreements for canceling and restructuring kibbutz debts. The price was heavy: some kibbutzim had to sell agricultural land to pay off debts; others had to slash operating costs, find new sources of income and raise productivity. Often this required cutbacks in spending on basics like food, non-essential medical care, education and travel, as well as abandoning certain long-held ideological beliefs, particularly in the realm of equality.
Global and national factors also influenced kibbutz thinking: ideologically, the collapse of the USSR played a part; members spent more time traveling abroad and were exposed to new technologies of global communication; cable or satellite TV found its way into many kibbutz homes; and the use of computers and the internet, at work and at home, spread rapidly.
The result of all these factors was an unparalleled wave of soul searching, re-examination of basic principles and values, and change. All these developments continue today.
Kibbutz economy was based entirely on agriculture at first; later, on agriculture plus industry.
Kibbutz economy was based entirely on agriculture at first; later, on agriculture plus industry.
Kibbutz agriculture is still significant in a national context, but its relative internal importance has shrunk. Today, only about 15 percent of members work in agriculture.
Industry's contribution has stabilized. In recent years, the number of members working off the kibbutz in white-collar professions has grown.
Also, increasing numbers of kibbutzim run commercial services, such as laundries, restaurants, kindergarten facilities and swimming pools. They have become centers for commercial tourism, weekend shopping and recreation.
Kibbutz agriculture is still significant in a national context, but its relative internal importance has shrunk. Today, only about 15 percent of members work in agriculture.
Industry's contribution has stabilized. In recent years, the number of members working off the kibbutz in white-collar professions has grown.
Also, increasing numbers of kibbutzim run commercial services, such as laundries, restaurants, kindergarten facilities and swimming pools. They have become centers for commercial tourism, weekend shopping and recreation.
For several decades kibbutzim strove for individual equality, based on the idea "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." The kibbutz provided a complete spectrum of services to its members, ranging from toothpaste to housing and from honeymoons to financial aid for dependents living outside. In return, new members were expected to transfer all their assets, other than personal effects, to the kibbutz.
Total equality, as an absolute principle, is almost extinct. Kibbutzim generally strive to minimize inequality in terms of communal services offered to members, e.g. food, health care and education. But there is little control over the main sources of inequality: members' private income, such as rent from urban apartments, or money inherited.
Wages and Income
Members received a monthly allowance (depending on family size), no matter what work they did. Allocations were made for spending solely on specific items like clothing, newspapers and holidays. (see BASIC NEEDS below)
A small but growing number of kibbutzim has already adopted a differential wage system, until recently considered heresy.
The new proposals usually set minimum wages, but higher pay for veteran members and those with responsible jobs, or for off-kibbutz work with high salaries. Members' budgets have been expanded, allowing more consumer choice, e.g. cooking at home or subsidized meals in the dining hall. In other models, members pay the kibbutz a basic tax to cover services, maintenance and social welfare.
A small but growing number of kibbutzim has already adopted a differential wage system, until recently considered heresy.
The new proposals usually set minimum wages, but higher pay for veteran members and those with responsible jobs, or for off-kibbutz work with high salaries. Members' budgets have been expanded, allowing more consumer choice, e.g. cooking at home or subsidized meals in the dining hall. In other models, members pay the kibbutz a basic tax to cover services, maintenance and social welfare.
In the workplace: do-it-yourself; refrain from employing hired labor! Under a system of "rotation," branch managers were elected for a fixed tenure, then replaced; they were considered on a par with workers, though in charge of work schedules. The only off-kibbutz work permitted was in the kibbutz movement.
In general, members now have a right of refusal as far as workplaces in the kibbutz are concerned. They may work off the kibbutz and there is no limitation on hired - even imported - labor. At present, members make up only 38 percent of the kibbutz industries' workforce. "Rotation" is almost extinct and managers are often hired employees.
Basic Needs
The practice of mutual responsibility and aid within the community: taking care of all the basic needs of the individual, including employment, housing, food, clothing, transport, health care, education.
These principles remain largely intact, though substantially reduced in scope. Kibbutz contribution towards bills for food, energy, clothing, transport, housing-maintenance, extra-curricular education and certain non-essential medical expenses is defined, with members paying for those in excess.
Self-management, epitomized by the members' general meeting, which decided major issues, and directly elected committees and office bearers.
Self-management, epitomized by the members' general meeting, which decided major issues, and directly elected committees and office bearers.
Many kibbutzim still hold general meetings. But direct participation democracy has been replaced by representative bodies and ballot voting.
Communal Ownership
Common ownership of all assets and common control over the means of production. Important decisions concerning branches were taken by the general meeting in which all members could participate.
All kibbutz assets are still communally owned. But involvement by members in managing the means of production has been substantially reduced. This is an inevitable result of industrial expansion and the growing number of joint ventures in manufacturing, farming and tourism with private companies. Other factors are the increasing number of non-kibbutz members appointed as directors and managers of factories.
Family life
As part of the ideology of communal education, children were brought up in children's houses with sleeping quarters, play and study rooms. Parents spent time with their children only after work.
Since the 1970s, kibbutz life has become "family-centered" with all children raised by their parents and living at home.
Social and Cultural Life
In the pre-state days, when kibbutzim were smaller, social and cultural life was characterized by togetherness and being "one big family." This found expression in the high involvement of members in planning, organizing and carrying out activities, which ranged from campfires and nature walks to choirs and folk dancing. Each kibbutz appointed a cultural director to plan and coordinate events. The secular kibbutzim adapted the ceremonies for Jewish holidays to suit their beliefs, especially those with an agricultural aspect, e.g. Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. After the establishment of the State, celebration of Independence Day and observance of Memorial Day and Holocaust Remembrance Day were added to the calendar.
With the advent of cable and satellite television, videos and personal computers, entertainment has become more home- and family-centered.
Parallel to this trend, several regional councils now provide a wide spectrum of organized entertainment for both kibbutzim and other communities under their jurisdiction. In general, the secular kibbutzim continue to celebrate Jewish festivals together. Weddings and bar- and bat-mitzvahs have become more family-oriented, with only selected guests invited. This is due partly to the decline in the feeling of "togetherness" and partly to the diminishing contribution of the kibbutz to the cost of such events.
With the advent of cable and satellite television, videos and personal computers, entertainment has become more home- and family-centered.
Parallel to this trend, several regional councils now provide a wide spectrum of organized entertainment for both kibbutzim and other communities under their jurisdiction. In general, the secular kibbutzim continue to celebrate Jewish festivals together. Weddings and bar- and bat-mitzvahs have become more family-oriented, with only selected guests invited. This is due partly to the decline in the feeling of "togetherness" and partly to the diminishing contribution of the kibbutz to the cost of such events.
The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company
The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company was established in 1970 and developed into one of Israel's most prominent dance companies. Its founder, Yehudit Arnon, established a dance center at Kibbutz Ga'aton and then founded KCDC, drawing talent from the various kibbutz movements. The ensemble appears abroad regularly and has achieved worldwide acclaim. It has developed close connections with international choreographers, but is widely identified with the works of its artistic director, Rami Be'er, born and raised in Kibbutz Ga'aton. KCDC was also a pioneer in introducing children to the world of dance, with special programs for schools.
The Kibbutz Orchestra
Also established in 1970, the Kibbutz Orchestra consists of 40 musicians. It performs over one hundred concerts a year, including a concert series for subscribers, youth concerts, the bi-annual Musica Sacra Festival in Nazareth and regular appearances with the kibbutz choirs and well-known choirs from abroad. The Kibbutz Orchestra also performs fully staged operas with singers from Israel and abroad and hosts famous foreign conductors and soloists. The orchestra gives regular overseas performances and has recorded works by Haydn, Vivaldi and Israeli composers.
Kibbutz Population
Geographical Distribution
Number of Kibbutzim
Source: Yad Tabenkin, Research and Documentation Center of the United Kibbutz Movement
Kibbutz Factory Employment
Kibbutz industry's share in Israel's industry amounts to 8% in sales, 8.6% in exports, 4% in investments and 8% in industrial employment.
Some 356 kibbutz-sited factories and 11 kibbutz-owned cooperatives produce metal products, electronics, plastic and rubber, processed food, optics and glassware, textile and leather goods, medicines and chemicals, office supplies, building materials, toys, jewelry and musical instruments.
Sales in 2000 totaled about $4 billion, including $1.3 billion in exports. The leading branches are plastic and rubber (37% of total sales and 45% of exports), food (17.5% of total sales) and metal and machinery (15.3% of total sales). The kibbutz industries export 36% of their products. The leading exports of the kibbutz industries are plastic and rubber (59% of national export) and food (41.7% of national export).
Fast Forward
As the first decade of the new millennium advances, the kibbutz landscape is undergoing massive and rapid change. From the outset, kibbutzim were never homogeneous clones and differed widely depending, inter alia, on the ethnic background of their founders, their political beliefs and their economic success. In the 1990s, though, many kibbutzim changed beyond recognition. Now there is a growing division between 'rich' and 'poor' kibbutzim, and 'rich' and 'poor' members within certain kibbutzim. There is also a growing gap between kibbutzim that still try to adhere to the old principles - often the wealthier, economically-independent ones - and those that don't.
With the implementation of the last, vast debt cancellation agreements signed with the government and the banks, some still-unprofitable kibbutzim will have to make major adjustments to survive. Others, surrounded by and intermingling with the residents of adjacent new housing estates built on former kibbutz land, may also face an identity crisis. In many cases the new neighbors are sons and daughters of the kibbutz members, who wish to live nearby without the constraints of kibbutz society, and who will enjoy a much higher standard of living.
In general, though, it seems that most kibbutzim will survive the storms, continuing to represent a unique lifestyle based on a blend of ideology and pragmatism as well as a reminder of a dream that underwent a metamorphosis.
One facet that has endured the ups and downs of kibbutz history is the volunteer program. Every year thousands of young people from abroad come to work in kibbutzim as volunteers. In return they receive a token payment, full board, accommodation and use of the kibbutz facilities, including swimming pools and discotheques. The program has advantages for everyone: for the kibbutz, availability of seasonal workers and economic savings; for the volunteer, a unique opportunity to experience an unusual lifestyle and a base for touring the country.
The Future of the Kibbutz...
"The economic future of most kibbutzim... is questionable at best. Agriculture is not profitable and relevant enough to attract young people. On the whole, kibbutz industries... cannot generate enough profit to 'keep' a kibbutz. Attaining economic and social viability necessitates a drastic reappraisal of the kibbutz as a communal and economic entity."
(Freddy Kahana, kibbutz architect, planner and researcher)
"It seems as though each kibbutz will eventually find its own blend of the old and the new..."
(kibbutz historian Henry Near)
"Kibbutzim have entered a period of fragmentation. Some are introducing wages and prices... (There is) a feeling that the end of collective living is near."
(David Bailey, sociologist, University of Birmingham)
"... Kibbutzim are involved in a complex process of change and adaptation to the new Western/Israeli social, economic and cultural realities ... They are crystallizing a new vision which will express in 21st century terms the idea of human existence as a social reality..."
(Kibbutz Cabri internet home page)
Useful Contacts in Israel:
Kibbutz Industries Association,
8 Shaul HaMelech Blvd.,
Tel Aviv 61400
Tel: 972-3-6955413
Fax: 972-3-6951464
Website: www.kia.co.il
E-mail: email@example.com
Kibbutzim in Israel
Volunteer Program:
Kibbutz Program Center
18 Frishman St.,
Tel Aviv 61030
Tel: 972-3-5278874 or 5246154
Fax: 972-3-5239966
Website: www.kibbutz.org.il
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com