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A time of sabbatical study is rarely available for a working bishop. I had such a time for four months at the end of 2009 and used the Princeton Seminary libraries while I was a scholar at the Center of Theological Inquiry. The library at Princeton is one of the very best I have used in terms of depth, range, and accessibility. It is truly a resource for the church in the world and I wholeheartedly support the project to extend it and make it even more accessible.
— The Right Reverend N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham, England
I am constantly amazed to discover what we have at the Seminary library—even books that we cannot find elsewhere and books outside the field of Christian theology. Our collection is certainly as broad and deep as any theological library that I have used in the United States and Europe.
— Choon-Leong Seow, Henry Snyder Gehman Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature, Princeton Theological Seminary
The astonishing breadth and depth of the Seminary's library collection amazed me when I arrived on campus as a new teacher some forty years ago, and I continue to marvel at the privilege of working with these ever expanding resources and our gifted library staff. As Director of the Seminary's Ph.D. program for over two decades, I heard again and again from prospective doctoral students in all fields that the excellence of our library was second only to the excellence of our faculty in their reasons for wanting to study here. Not just prospective students, but scholars from across the globe are drawn to our collection, and we all are enriched by their presence among us. Our new building will provide an even more welcoming space for learning, and its flexible preparedness for future technologies will enable the Seminary to expand its historic service to the global church. I hope you will join me as you are able in generous support of the Bicentennial Campaign.
— Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, William Albright Eisenberger Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis, Princeton Theological Seminary
Rare books can hold remarkable discoveries. In the 1990s, I was preparing a facsimile reprint of the first printing of the Gloss ordinaria, the standard Bible commentary used from the twelfth through the sixteenth century. I'd seen copies of this precious work in European libraries when I discovered that Special Collections at the Seminary had a copy formerly owned by Vitus Priefer (1560–1632) of Eichstätt in Bavaria, and Princeton University's library held another. One feature of the Seminary's copy struck me immediately: The lower margin of the unusually long first sheet had a finely executed coat-of-arms and was folded over. I've
not seen that before. Comparing the Seminary's copy with the one in Princeton University's library alerted me to a remarkable fact never before noted: the printer had repeated the (manual) typesetting of the entire first volume at least once—probably when the first run had been sold out and there was still demand for more copies
—Karlfried Froehlich, B.B. Warfield Professor of Ecclesiastical History Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminar
One of the things I cherish about the library's collection for both teaching and for research is the access it provides to a wealth of resources for interpreting scripture. In my teaching, I love to expose students to the variety of biblical interpretation, both historical and contemporary, so they can see how context, including their own, affects interpretation. Moreover, they can also see how profound readings of scripture come from diverse contexts—whether it is the 11th-century Jewish scholar Rashi's exquisite reading of the Tower of Babel, or a group of low-income women in Botswana who are empowered to cooperative action by the story of the women in Exodus 2. The library is an unparalleled treasure for anyone who considers herself a student of scripture.
— Jacqueline Lapsley, associate professor of Old Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary
PTS library Special Collections has been extremely helpful for my research on Latin American Christianities. Since the presidency of John Alexander Mackay, it has been a repository of a splendid diversity of Latin American ecclesiastical and theological materials. In this specific academic area, it is unique in the entire community of American theological libraries, an exceptional source for scholarly explorations in a field that has been a preferential object of study at Princeton Theological Seminary.
— Luis Rivera-Pagán, Henry Winters Luce Professor of Ecumenics and Mission Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary
Speer Library is one of the best libraries in the world for theology and adjacent fields. The resources of books, journals, and other tools available seem to be unlimited. Friendly librarians of high expertise are around if you need help. Whenever I stay in Princeton a visit at Speer Library is a must. If I were to choose where to spend the rest of my life I would go with Speer library. Beyond Eden a truly existing paradise for scholars.
— Professor Dr. h.c. Hermann Spieckermann, Old Testament, Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany
One reason we attract superior students and visiting scholars from around the globe is our library. It is a magnet. One can settle in here as a scholar or a serious student of Christianity. I particularly revel in the electronic resources that we have. I go to the library almost daily, even though I may not be physically in its buildings. It is essential that our resources remain world class to support the quality of research and teaching that we require. Although electronic access to information will remain salient in the future, we also need the printed page. Holding a book in one's hand brings the power of the written word to fruition in a way that the screen cannot. Our resources deserve and require accommodation that invites the intellectually aroused to enter the presence of the great minds who have created history and who shape our present world. Each time I walk the shelves I sigh at how little of their riches I will be able to taste. I am indeed fortunate to live but one block from the library so that I can fetch books at a moment's notice for my research. They need to be physically protected and graciously accessible. I have pledged what I can to the Bicentennial campaign. I do hope that you will also.
—Ellen T. Charry , Margaret W. Harmon Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary
Two anecdotes prove my long-held suspicion that the PTS' libraries are exceptional. From 1962 to 1984 I was at Duke University and repeatedly found that a book I needed to study before completing a publication on Christian origins was housed at PTS. The book was sent to me within one week. In January of 2006, I was studying and lecturing in Jerusalem but had previously arranged for a leading scholar in the Hebrew University (Jerusalem's elite university) to study some publications only available here in our libraries. He left me a note: "Jim, you need not work so hard in Jerusalem. I found incredible riches here in your library."
— James H. Charlesworth, George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature, and Director and Editor of the PTS Dead Sea Scrolls Project, Princeton Theological Seminary
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— The Reverend Alf Halvorson, PTS Class of 1990, Pastor and Head of Staff of the First Presbyterian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
"From pamphlets and printed materials from some of the most remote areas where Ameridian and Afro-based languages are spoken to the most recent academic and church publications in the colonial languages of Spanish and Portuguese, the PTS library gives the user a window into the history, life, and character of religions, and particularly Latin American and Caribbean Christianities. A unique treasure to be explored and used!"
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Community helps soup kitchen after thrift store burglary
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Eugene Riddle knows firsthand how Christian missionary Frank Rothe and the soup kitchen he started helps the St. Johnsbury community.Video Transcript
SHANAHAN. A LOCAL CHARITY HIT BY THEIVES.... NEARLY FORCED TO SHUT DOWN, THE CULPRIT STILL ON THE LOOSE. BUT TONIGHT THE STORY OF THE ST. JOHNSBURY COMMUNITY WHO RALLIED TO SAVE THEIR SOUP KITCHEN. NEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S VANESSA MISCHIANGA JOINS US LIVE WITH THIS CRIME BEAT REPORT, VANESSA? THROUGH THE GOODNESS OF NEIGHBORS, VOLUNTEERS AT A ST. JOHNSBURY SOUP KITCHEN DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CLOSING AFTER A BURGLARY.... BUT THEY ARE ARE STILL PUZZLED AS TO HOW TO HAPPENED, AND WHY ANYONE WOULD TAKE FROM THEIR CHARITY. eugene riddle he would give any body anything EUGENE RIDDLE KNOWS FIRST HAND HOW CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY FRANK ROTHE AND THE SOUP KITCHEN HE STARTED HELPS THE SAINT JOHNSBURY COMMUNITY... frank has been very thoughtful, he took me in when I was homeless back in 2010 RIDDLE IS NOW ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE MUSTARD SEED SOUP KITCHEN. WHEN THE THRIFT STORE ACROSS THE STREET THAT FUNDS THE KICTCHEN WAS BURGLARIZED ROTHE AND THE OTHER VOLUNTEERSWER E SHOCKED ... frank rothe yeah it's a little disappointing that some one would steal from a soup kitchen dorothy ferland it was scary to think someone would do such a thing THE burglary HAPPENED SOMETIME BETWEEN LAST FRIDAY AND SUNDAY... THE CONNECT WITH KIDS THRIFT STORE IS NOT OPEN WEEKENDS. WHEN WORKERS CAME IN LAST MONDAY, THEY DISCOVERED 300 DOLLARS MEANT FOR THE SOUP KITCHEN WAS GONE. HOW IT HAPPENED, HOWEVER, IS A MYSTERY stand up the door was found unlocked but the worker in charge of locking up said she locked the front door. There were no signs of breaking and entering. Some volunteers believe someone was hiding inside, but that remains under investigation dorothy nobody really knows what happened, all we know the money was taken THE THEFT LED THE MUSTARD SEED STAFF TO FEAR THE KITCHEN WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE.. dorothy connect with kids does supply our food, and rent and lights, so it wouldve been a possibilty... But the good lord didn't want this place to go under! BUT LOCAL CHURCHES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME TO THE RESCUE. MORE THAN 300 DOLLARS WAS RAISED FOR THE KITCHEN. dorothy it was so nice to see them give something back THE MUSTARD SEED WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE SERVING ITS 800 MONTHLY CLIENTS. BUT AS POLICE TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME ROTHE AND HIS VOLUNTEERS ARE ASKING ...WHY? ROTHE everything we do is an expression of our faith in christ, to think someone would take from you... I never thought it could happen RIGHT NOW, THE ST. JOHNSBURY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE CASE. THEY'VE TAKING ACCOUNTS OF SHOP WORKERS, BUT ARE LOOKING FOR LEADS. THE DEPARTMENT URGES ANYONE WILL INFORMATION TO GIVE THEM A CALL. LIVE FROM THE UPPER VALLEY NEWSROOM CONTINUING ON
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At Parker Cottage, we take the word 'breakfast' just as seriously as the word 'bed' in 'bed and breakfast'. Our breakfast never stands still: it's constantly evolving and full of new ideas, tastes and flavours. See our TripAdvisor reviews for what our past guests thought of it.
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Rockefeller, Rahall reintroduce prescription drug bill
February 16, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Legislation to prevent prescription drug abuse has been re-introduced in the Senate and House by West Virginia congressmen. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W....
No amount of legislation will prevent people from abusing medicine if that is what they want to do. Not to mention, doctors and pharmacies have no way of policing people once they leave their premises. Something needs done, but they are tring to focus on the wrong end of the problem.
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The proplem is not the dr or pharmacys it is the d--- as-- that just want to get high the biggest problem i have noticed are the ones that our tax money pays for them to stay home not work and this does not apply to all with a medical card or what ever some people must have help and deserve the help what i cant stand to see are my tax dollars paying there rent buy there food sleep allday wont work and the goverment doesnt care and when some one does need some medication for something you fell like a drug addict to get what you must have to be able to work with what ever your problem may be to pay for the ones that can work but wont then they sale there medicine they dont need in the first place and if they do they sell it any way i work every day cant afford medical ins but make shure the ones that have no proplems have every thing free and this is not aimed at those who cant help it go and buy suddafed you feel like a crimanal p-ss me off
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I know they mean well,but it won't help.There is really no way to keep a person from ODing if they want to.
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Bottomless Pours at Chateau Margaux
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Here in Bordeaux, two words inspire more reverence than any others: First Growth. Thanks to the 1855 classification system, there are only five First Growths (Lafite, Latour, Haut Brion, and Margaux, with Mouton added to the group in 1973), and they are widely considered to produce the finest wines from the Left Bank. We were lucky to taste all five on Monday, an excellent exercise that shed some light on the possibilities of the top end of the 2011 vintage. For many, including myself, the First Growth that inspires the most passion, even reverence, is Chateau Margaux, so it was with great anticipation that I looked forward to dining there that evening.


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FREMONT -- Police are warning Fremont residents, particularly members of the South Asian Indian community, to be wary of scammers claiming to seek money for the IRS.
At least three Fremont residents fell victim to the telephone scam between Saturday and Thursday, and several other instances have been reported, police said.
Authorities also say the profile of the victims suggests that members of the South Asian Indian community may be the scammers' primary targets.
The scammers, who consistently call from a 202 area code and claim to be IRS representatives, tell their victims they owe $9,000 to the IRS and that their visa or passport will be revoked if they don't pay up, police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques said. The caller then instructs the victims to get a "Greencard" money order, which can be obtained at stores like Walmart and allows individuals to deposit money on a special card, then asks for the code number on the back of the card to access the preloaded funds.
At least three victims have sent money to the scammers, Bosques said, and at least two of them sent the full $9,000 in $500 increments, the maximum allowed on the card. In at least one case, the scammers called a victim pretending to be with the Sheriff's Office, and told them they would be arrested if they did not hand over the funds.
"They're very sophisticated," said Bosques, noting that the scammers in one case utilized technology to disguise their phone number as that of a government entity. "In the case where the suspect pretended to be with the Sheriff's Office, the victim called back the number and it went to the Fremont courthouse."
Bosques added that the callers are using scare tactics that show they are familiar with the South Asian Indian community.
"The whole message about this is that these scams continue to get more and more sophisticated," said Bosques, who cited the growing number of scams, from a recent PG&E hoax to the "snake scam," where a woman posed as a city employee searching for poisonous snakes in order to enter and burglarize victims' homes. "And when something doesn't work, they'll try something else. The IRS scam is what's going on right now."
Police say the scammers' demands fit a similar profile to a scheme reported in mid June, when callers claiming to be with PG&E scammed the Country Way Restaurant out of $500 dollars after telling them to get a "Money Pak" to pay to keep their power on. And when that scam stopped working, Bosques said, the IRS claim became the scam du jour.
Authorities say they are not aware of any company or agency that demands payment via this type of money order, nor do they have the practice of dispatching officers to arrest people who have an outstanding financial debt with the IRS. Residents are advised to contact the department if they receive this type of call, and are reminded to never send money to companies or persons without verifying its accuracy.
In many cases, an Internet search of the phone number will yield clues as to its accuracy, Bosques said, acknowledging the exception of the number routing back to the Fremont courthouse.
"In most of the reported cases, if you Google the number, it does come back as being a scam number reported by previous victims," said Bosques, who notes it is also a good idea to call a verified company phone number found on an official bill, statement, or website to verify any outstanding debt. "Many of these calls are placed over VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) services and are difficult to trace after a crime has occurred."
Anyone with information about the IRS hoax, or any other suspected scam, may contact Fremont police at 510-790-6900.
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The New Hampshire: Approaching student deaths as student-journalists
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NEW BEDFORD — Fifty feet of copper drain pipe was stolen from the back of St. Lawrence's Church, according to police and church officials.
The copper drain pipe stretched from the roof of the County Street church to the ground, Detective Capt. Steven Vicente, head of the Major Crimes Unit, said today.
He said the thieves stole the drain pipe, but the braces remain attached to the building. The theft was on the Summer Street side of the church.
Suzanne Sullivan, president of St. Vincent de Paul Society at the church, said the theft was recent, but church officials aren't sure exactly when it occurred.
She said the drain pipe was the second theft in recent months from the church. She said this summer thieves stole four or five 8-foot sections of wrought iron fencing that were braced against the church on the north side.
"It's unfortunate that people are stealing from churches. It's very sad," she said.
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Independence, MO (KCTV) -- A dog abandoned by his owners two months ago in a house now needs a forever home after nearly dying.
The staff at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Independence, Mo. have named the 1 1/2-year-old shepherd mix Chance.
The dog was found recently in a house with a few empty bags of food. The dog was severely malnourished and afraid of human contact.
Heartbreakingly, there was a large hole dug in the sheet rock that Chance had dug as he tried in vain to escape.
Neighbors told shelter staffers that the homeowners had moved out two months earlier and no one had been there since then.
Chance has been receiving medical care and love since he was rescued. He was neutered in preparation for being ready for adoption.
Contact the SPCA to learn more about adopting Chance and other animals in need of a loving home.
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Pet left alone for two months after family moved out
Independence, MO (KCTV) -- A dog abandoned by his owners two months ago in a house now needs a forever home after nearly dying.
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mzehe916 wrote: Why did Murs get arrested?
Quote: Murs said Sage had been arrested in New Mexico
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Sage Francis wrote: A middle aged white dude sitting back stage as far as I can remember.
poopsnack wrote: Felt is a really great guy.
Sage Francis wrote: Ah, the person who wrote this isn't who I thought it was. nevermind.
Sage Francis wrote: Ali's main DJ (BK One) had to bounce from the tour due to his fiance being hurt by the bridge collapse in Minneapolis when we were there (she is alive and healing well.) Ant took over for BK One and the set didn't seem to suffer at all. Ali's performance is like a montage of great hip-hop performance styles (a la KRS, PE)
Stepping to the stage after the crowd just got done doing 40 minutes of hip-hop calisthenics was difficult because...shit...people are tired. haha. Ali rips. It took a while for me to figure out what was best for me to do after a set like that. I gotta tip my hat to him and that challenge.


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The main events - the demolition derby and fireworks - weren't until evening, but dozens of people spent their Fourth of July afternoon at the Washington County Fairgrounds.
"I've been racing a lot and jumping," 6-year-old Hailey Hendershot of Marietta said as she took a break from the inflatable obstacle courses and bounce houses in the junior fair building.
"I've been jumping and running," added her cousin, Timber Butler, also 6, from Cameron, W.Va.
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Lower Salem resident Jennifer Stafford, right, looks with admiration at the custom 2011 Mustang brought to the Washington County Fairgrounds Thursday by Calhoun County, W.Va., resident Clay Rader, left.
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Draven Stacy, 5, of Fleming, disembarks from an inflatable slide Thursday in the junior fair building at the Washington County Fairgrounds.
When asked who won the most races, both girls had the same answer - "Me!"
Dark clouds that promised rain but seldom delivered led the inflatables to be set up inside and likely also lowered interest in a new addition to the fairgrounds' Independence Day activities, a car show. Only four vehicles were set up at the multipurpose building, but the owners still enjoyed chatting about their vehicles with whoever happened by.
Marietta resident Larry Caseman, 78, said the idea for a car show at the fairgrounds on the Fourth is great, but the weather and the fact that Thursday's event was the first probably contributed to the low turnout.
"But you've got to start somewhere," he said.
Lower Salem resident Damian Sayres, 21, said he could see it becoming more of a draw in the future.
"If there's more cars and stuff, I've got a feeling quite a bit of people will be showing up," he said.
Sayres' fiancee Jennifer Stafford, 20, was enamored with the custom blue 2011 Mustang that Calhoun County, W.Va., resident Clay Rader brought to the fairgrounds. When someone jokingly asked Rader if he was also going to enter it in the evening's demolition derby, she leapt to the car's defense.
"I would never want to see a nice car like that in the derby," she said. "I would cry."
Rader has had the car for about a year, adding a custom paint job of a large cobra added to both sides, along with numerous modifications. He wouldn't even dream of entering it in the derby.
"Unless somebody wrecks it, I'll probably keep it 'til I die," he said.
Friends Matt Erb, 21, of Marietta, and Jacob Hughes, 22, of Beverly, had older cars with less intricate paint jobs ready to smash in the derby. The friends admitted that if push came to shove, they wouldn't hesitate to deliver some punishment to each other's vehicles.
"It's all about fun," Erb said. "Where else can you go and tear cars up? Hit as hard as you want and go as fast as you want?"
Because the holiday fell in the middle of the week this year, there was no carnival set up. But that didn't earn any complaints from the children rushing from one inflatable attraction to another in the junior fair building.
One of those was Draven Stacy, 5, of Fleming, whose parents, Dennis and Elizabeth, came early to let him play and "wear him out," Dennis Stacy, 44, laughed.
"It seems kind of really relaxed this year," said Elizabeth Stacy, 31. "But he'll play on these for hours."
Fair board President Paul Barth said the early afternoon turnout was lower than he'd hoped, but the numbers would swell as the derby approached.


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St. James Parish Council passes budget
Published: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 7:56 a.m.
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CONVENT — The St. James Parish Council has approved a proposed $64.1 million budget for its 2013 fiscal year despite one councilman's concerns over spending parish funds for an expanded mosquito control program.
"Nuisance mosquito (control), it's really a waste of money," Parish Council Chairman Jimmy Brazan said during a public hearing prior to Wednesday's council meeting.
Brazan said during a public hearing prior to Wednesday's council meeting the money should be directed toward more important issues, such as flood control and a parish-wide sewage program.
In this year's budget, the parish provided $101,000 from its general fund for mosquito control.
The 2013 budget calls for the parish to apply most of the $225,000 in savings from its new solid waste contracts to fund a parish-wide mosquito control program. The program would utilize three employees and chemical spraying from a pickup at a cost of $308,000.
The parish will fund the program with a proposed monthly charge of $1.50 added to utility bills that would bring in $98,000 in annual revenue, parish officials have said.
Ultimately, Brazan agreed to support the proposed budget, including the money for the mosquito program but said he would work to see that the allocation doesn't get spent unless residents prove they want it.
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BEAUMONT, Texas – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi softball team's bats ignited for a combined 16 hits en route to their second consecutive Southland series victory today over Lamar (19-20, 12-7 SLC) in a conference doubleheader at Ford Park.
Freshman Liz Carter recorded a one-hit shutout to power the Islanders (12-30, 7-12 SLC) to a 3-0 victory in the first game, while senior Valerie Perez went a perfect 3-for-3 with five RBIs, including a three-run home run in the seventh to lift the Islanders to a 8-4 victory in the second game.
The Islanders and Lady Cardinals will wrap the series on Saturday, April 19, at 2 p.m.
For the latest information, follow Islanders Softball on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersSball) and Facebook (Islanders Softball).
The Islanders came out strong in the opening frame to take a 2-0 lead with a pair of hits. Hayley Galloway led off the frame with a walk before scoring on a RBI double by Brittney Morse to right center. After a fly out and ground out, Mickayla Cochran ripped an infield single to plate Morse for the second run of the game.
In the bottom of the first, Lamar's Casey Cromwell hit a double to right field. After back-to-back walks and a fielder's choice, the Islanders escaped the bases loaded jam to end the threat.
The Islanders maintained the lead with Carter setting down eight consecutive Lady Cardinals in the third through sixth frames.
A&M - Corpus Christi tacked on another run in the top of the sixth on a pair of Lady Cardinals' errors. With two outs, Cochran landed on third after consecutive errors by Lamar. J.J. Jackson followed with a walk before Cochran scored on a passed ball.
Carter and the Islanders' defense only allowed five base runners and outhit the Lady Cardinals 4-1.
Galloway, Morse, Cochran and Mackinzee Griebel all chipped in one hit apiece while Morse and Cochran collected a RBI.
Carter (9-16) secured the win for the Islanders. The freshman held Lamar to just one hit while striking out four and walking four in seven innings.
Tina Schultz (8-10) suffered the loss for the Lady Cardinals. She allowed four hits, three runs, two of them earned, while walking two and striking out three in seven innings.
After a scoreless first two innings, the Islanders jumped on board first with a run on three hits in the top of the third. Cassie Carroll led off the frame with a single through the left side before Dani Tefft reached on an infield single. Galloway then loaded the bases on a fielder's choice before Perez hit a sacrifice fly to center field to plate Carroll and give the Islanders a 1-0 lead.
Lamar answered back with three runs on four hits in the bottom of the third to push ahead 3-1. Brynn Baca hit a triple down the left field line and scored on a RBI single by Julianne Viator. Jenna Holland followed with a single to center field before Stephanie Meeuwsen reached on an Islanders' error to plate Viator. Cromwell then hit a sacrifice fly to right field to plate Holland and give the Lady Cardinals a 3-0 lead. The Islanders pulled out of the jam with runners on second and third after Carter retired the next two batters.
The Islanders pulled within one in the top of the fourth with a run on three hits. With one out, Cochran drilled a single through the left side before picking up her sixth stolen base of the season. Jackson followed suit with a single to left field before Griebel reached on a RBI bunt single to score Cochran.
Lamar extended their lead to 4-2 in the bottom of the fourth after Viator hit a RBI single through the right side to plate Kellen Gomez, who reached on an Islanders' error.
A&M - Corpus Christi scored a run in each of the fifth and sixth frames to rally back and knot the game at 4-4. In the fifth, Perez nailed a RBI single to left field to plate Galloway, who led off the frame with a double to left center. The Islanders then evened the game in the sixth after Carroll cranked a solo home run with two outs over the center field wall. It marked her first home run of the season and her third in her career.
With the game tied at 4-4, the Islanders rallied in the top of the seventh with four runs to clinch the victory. Galloway started the rally after she reached second on consecutive fielding errors by the Lady Cardinals. Morse followed with an infield single before Perez stepped to the plate. The senior blasted her fifth home run of the season over the center field wall to push the Islanders ahead, 7-4. After a ground out, Cochran reached on a walk before scoring on a fielding error at third on a Carroll at-bat to give the Islanders an 8-4 lead.
Carter relieved Katie Blanar in the top of the seventh, and retired the final two Lady Cardinals after a one-out single to end the game.
Blanar (2-3) registered the win for the Islanders in the circle. The freshman came in for Constance Brandenburg in the top of the sixth and didn't allow a hit or a run. Brandenburg received her 13th start in the Islanders' circle and allowed six hits, four runs, just one of them earned while walking two in five innings.
For the Lady Cardinals, Lauren Dannelley (3-1) took the loss in the circle. She allowed three hits and four runs, two of them earned, while walking one in one inning.


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Definition of neocolonialism in English:
The use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies.
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Brent Anderson, 61, of Granite Falls, died Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Granite Falls.
A private memorial services is planned.
Brent Earl Anderson was born July 4, 1951, in Wells, Minnesota, the son of Earl and Helena Anderson. He attended school in Wells and graduated from the Minnesota State-Mankato.
Brent earned his living as a trim carpenter and his specialty was stairways. He was an avid Minnesota Gopher fan and enjoyed gardening, reading and politics. He was a great help to many people and will be greatly missed. After knowing Jackie Blue for 39 years, they were wed on June 4, 2011.
He is survived by his wife Jackie; stepson Ben (Kris) Rosaasen of Prior Lake; Dr. Dawn (Edward) Bruner of Tustin, California; Denise (Mike) Anderson of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Bradley (Linda) Anderson of Austin, Texas; Beth (Doug) Hackbarth of Victoria; Alex (Tracy) Blue, James Blue, Laurie (Ron) Pooler all of Granite Falls and many nieces and nephews.
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2010-11 (FRESHMAN): Played in just five tournaments due to injury … tied for 24th in the WorldLink North Texas Classic, shooting 15 over … also took part in the Bob Hurley Auto ORU Shootout and the Dale McNamara Invitational in the fall before missing the remainder of the season due to injury … returned to action at the Baylor Spring Invitational … took part in the Southland Championship, finishing 35th, but improved in every round of the event.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for Matt Hoover at McNeil High School … was her team's top golfer, earning first team all-district recognition … took first place twice, winning at the Concan Invitational and the Leslie Lane Memorial … also earned second place at the Victoria Tournament and Judson Invitational … earned fifth at district tournament … team finished second in district and advanced to regionals, finishing sixth … finished seventh at high school district tournament as a junior … is the only player in school history to have a hole-in-one … earned academic all-district honors all four seasons … also played basketball as a freshman.
PERSONAL: Lindsay Marie Biehler was born on April 10, 1992, in Austin, Texas … daughter of Sherry and Jim Biehler … has one sister, Kelsey … intends to major in mechanical engineering.


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8 tips for hiring a personal trainer
|Carol Richter, left, works with personal trainer Michael Anders, December 03, 2012, at Shape Up Fitness & Wellness Consulting in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Davie Hinshaw/Charlotte Observer/MCT)
"If you're in need of a personal trainer, it's probably because permanent changes are overdue and need to start happening immediately," says Taylor Carpenter, with TaylorCarpenter Personal Training in Charlotte, N.C.
A personal trainer can fill several vital roles - tailoring a workout regimen to your needs, making sure your form and technique are good. Perhaps the biggest advantage: a personal trainer provides accountability.
Dennis McGarry of Charlotte succeeded with the business he started 32 years ago but could never duplicate that success with exercise and health. "Unfortunately, while I am extremely disciplined in my business endeavors I just couldn't do the same in a fitness and diet effort," he said.
Easing into retirement a year ago at age 67, overweight and out of shape, he enlisted the aid of Jonathan Avalos with Shape Up Fitness and Wellness Consulting.
"While I am still overweight, my fitness has improved dramatically," says McGarry. "I still have a ways to go . but I've come a long way in just one year."
Wouldn't mind sounding like McGarry a year from now? Here's some advice, from personal trainers and those who employ them, on how to hire a trainer of your own.
1. Qualifications. A trainer with a four-year degree in a related field is preferable. "A person with an actual degree in exercise science or physiology carries a better understanding of how the body works, how muscles work," says Melanie Dean with Gateway to Health & Performance in Cary, N.C., who holds a master's of science. Look for personal training certifications; especially look for certifications that require continuing education, which helps keep a trainer current on trends and research.
2. Experience. While formal education is important, experience with clients is vital as well. Ask to speak with a couple of clients for references.
3. Area of focus. Some trainers focus on specific clients. If, for instance, a trainer specializes in helping high-performing athletes tweak their performance and you simply want to lose some weight and increase your mobility, maybe it's not a good fit.
4. Curiosity. During your interview, the trainer should ask you more questions than you ask the trainer. "A big part of the process is listening to where they are right now, what limitations there are, what their goals are .," says Dean.
Knee issues forced Pamela Bennett of Charlotte to abandon her long-standing martial arts practice. She'd fallen out of shape but wasn't a fitness novice. She was skeptical when she first met Michael Anders, a personal trainer and owner of Shape Up, because she wasn't sure he'd pay attention to her goals.
"I needed someone to listen to me and work with the goals I wanted to achieve, not try to define goals for me," says Bennett. That was seven years ago; she continues to work with Anders.
"You should feel a comfort level immediately," says Jessica Bottesch with Empower Personal Training in Durham. "Are they taking my goals seriously and not just prescribing a cookie-cutter program?"
5. Commitment. Most trainers suggest working with a trainer two to three times a week, at least initially. This is especially true if one of your problems has been motivation. The frequent visits can help establish a routine. Once you fall into that routine, you can cut back your visits.
6. Team player? Because healthy living isn't simply about working out in the gym, check to see if the trainer works with and will refer you to other health care professionals. If you're diabetic, for instance, the trainer should bring in a nutritionist or dietician to consult. If you have muscular dystrophy or fibromyalgia, you might want a masseuse. "A good trainer should have no problem crossing over lines," says Dean.
7. Cost. The trainers we spoke with said to avoid anyone who requires a long-term commitment. "I work on a month-to-month basis with a 30-day money-back guarantee," says Anders. Most personal trainers charge by the session.
A one-hour session in a gym will run $45-$65. (Less experienced trainers may charge less.) A trainer with a related degree will run more, perhaps: $60-$65. And if the trainer comes to you, expect to pay $60-$100 or more.
8. Flexibility. "Maybe you don't need three times a week," says Empower's Bottesch. "Maybe once a week or even once a month is good. The trainer should be willing to show you things you can do on your own." Another option: group fitness. "It's not quite the same tailored approach, but it is a much lower price point and you still have access to a trainer."
Here's a quick guide to some of the more prominent personal trainer certifications, including format of courses and recertification requirements.
American Council on Exercise (ACE). Nonprofit, online and live workshops, recertification required every two years with 20 hours of credits. www.acefitness.org
American College on Sports Medicine (ACSM). Nonprofit, online and live workshops, recertification required every three years with 45 hours of credits. www.acsm.org/
National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). For-profit, online and live workshops, recertification required every two years with 20 hours of credits. www.nasm.org
National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Nonprofit, self-study through workbooks and CDs, recertification requirements vary. http://nsca.com
Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). For-profit, online and life workshops, recertification required every two years with 15 hours of credit. www.afaa.com
American Fitness Professionals & Associates (AFPA). For-profit, online study, recertification required every two years with 16 hours. www.afpafitness.com
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Longtime East County residents used to complain bitterly about the shortage of good places to eat around here. That started changing about two decades ago with a huge population influx and the restaurants that followed them. People who eat out a lot are the big benefactors.
There now is a wide variety of food choices, everything from American, European, Asian and south of the border. Locals were queried at random about where they dine out to get good food at a reasonable price.
"Mac's Old House is an oldie. It's been in Antioch for ages and still is the area's best bargain," said Oakley's Ted Medina. "I usually have a steak or prime rib and my wife has a fish dish. We share our food and get stuffed at dinner for about $20."
Sydnie Carr of Antioch likes Rubio's in Brentwood. "Their fish tacos are fresh and excellent," she said. "If you go on Tuesdays after 2 o'clock they cost only $1.50. My mom and dad love the place too, even if it is a little noisy."
Vic Stewart's is more upscale, but Diana Robles of Discovery Bay still thinks it's a bargain. "I go for lobster and steak or catfish," she said. Their food is outstanding. I love the carrot dish that's soaked in Jack Daniels. A good dinner for two costs about $40."
"Lone Tree Thai is inexpensive and a great lunch," said Martine Nunez of Brentwood. "I really go for their red curry dish. You get a lot of food for under $10."
One of the newer restaurants, BJ's, is the choice of Brentwood's Jessica Twomey. "Its family style atmosphere brings us there every week. You can't beat their gluten-free pizza. As a second choice I'd list the Asian Cafe in Brentwood. It's the area's best Asian food."
"In-N-Out Burger on Lone Tree Way is tops for a quick, light, healthy and very inexpensive lunch," said Evan Kocher of Oakley. "Everything is fresh. The burger patty comes with lettuce, onions, and a big slice of tomato. Lunch for two with Cokes comes to less than $9."
Rick Stevens of Oakley has been a fan of Pittsburg's New Mecca Cafe for the past 45 years. "The dish of the house is Chilaquiles. I've eaten there almost every week since I was a child," he said. "Also, the owner does a lot of good things for the community. My second choice is the Red Caboose in Antioch. You get lots of food at a low price, and they have good two-for-one dinners."
For breakfast, Nicole Coccimiglio of Oakley picks Lumpy's Diner. "The food is excellent, priced well, and it's a very pleasant atmosphere," she said. "I love their biscuits and gravy and the crispy hash browns. Our family of four eats to our fill for less than $25."
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It is a new year and that means it is time for a few resolutions. I am not going to bore you with the 'lose weight', 'ride more', 'train harder', 'win the Tour de France' and all those other cliche and mundane resolutions. These are big, earth shattering, life changing, global planet resolutions/wishes.
-buy a clue for the UCI. Every year I do this, but every year the UCI seems to lose it. I just don't understand how the governing body of our sport can continue to make such bonehead moves as dumping the individual pursuit from the Olympics.
-get a peace pipe for Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador. Enough already. The Tour was finished five months ago and you haven't ridden together, or against, each other since. Here's an idea. Let your legs do the talking.
-find Floyd Landis a team. OK. The big rumour is that Floyd is going to Rock Racing and that is probably true, but let's give him one more chance to put the events of 2006 behind him and get back to rocking it on the bike.
-get the World Road Championships moved back to late August/early September. The titles shouldn't go to riders who don't have anything better to do in October.
-push for the USA to have a national tour like the Tour de France. This may seem to be a bit provincial, but let's lose the Tour of Georgia, Tour of Missouri and Tour of Utah and just let the awesome Tour of California become, like the Dallas Cowboys, America's Tour.
-get women's cycling some more credibility. While the men's ranks are loaded with depth, women's racing really suffers from depth of field. We need to attract more quality female riders to the sport which will make those victories both much more deserving and also exciting.
-get more cycling on TV. It is great that NBC Universal Sports has stepped in to pick up the slack as Versus seems to want to focus more on getting more high profile sports, but both of these channels are now owned by cable giant Comcast. We need to get cycling on the four major networks so we can all watch and not have to become tools of the Comcast empire.


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1. Another day, another revision; Exercising in the park; Pinakbet and cherry pie: 23:06
I sent off another revision today, and I think I'll be ready to send a copy of my thesis to my reviewers by tomorrow. Life is good. It's really nice just blasting through a set of editing tasks... =)
We ran to Park Lithuania again. My breathing was a little bit better than yesterday, although I still hit my target heart rate quickly. W helped me do reverse chin-ups again, although I did only four this time. We did lots of other exercises, though. I definitely have to work on those leapfrogs.
He told me that he was glad I could keep up with him. I laughed. Keep up? For some definition of "keep up," perhaps. He still runs circles around me. ;) But he's glad that I don't mind exercising. I know it's good for me, and with him around, it's a fun social kind of thing. Tomorrow I may even go to trapeze class.
After exercise, we made pinakbet—this time with bagoong alamang! He made me laugh by saying "bagoong" and "ampalaya" over and over again. The pinakbet was wonderful. This time, I leached some of the bitterness from the ampalaya (bitter melon) by soaking it in salted water. The dish turned out wonderfully, and we have two more servings in the fridge. Mmm mm! Next Filipino craving: beef tapa. Oh, I'd love to figure out how to make tapsilog...
I'm finishing off the last crumbs of cherry pie on my plate. I'd stayed away from it all week because I thought cherry pie would be too sweet and because I had stocked up on fresh fruits instead. W assured me that cherry pie was made from sour cherries, though. As with all things food-related, he was right: cherry pie's yummy. Mmmm mmm.
And we watched another episode of Fawlty Towers, too. John Cleese is hilarious!
In addition to exercising, cooking a good meal, and cleaning up afterwards, I've also skimmed three and a half books (in just one evening, too), looked at Christmas flights to the Philippines, written a blog entry on my Booksnake blog, drafted an entry for the next day, and written this entry. And yet I still feel that there's plenty of time to do so many things. Ah, I know—I have some sewing books coming in over the next few days, and I'm sure to get fun projects out of that. And I still haven't done my Chinese writing lesson for today...
Life is good. Life is very good.
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David Irving, Hitler and Holocaust Denial: Electronic Edition, by Richard J. EvansTable of Contents
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(3) Dresden and Holocaust Denial
1. Even as a young writer Irving seems to have used his manipulations of the evidence on the bombing of Dresden to peddle an as then relatively inarticulate and 'soft' form of 'revisionism'. Irving has variously claimed that his interest in Dresden was first awakened by 1) reading an article in the German magazine Stern in March 1960 or 2) conversing with fellow workers whilst employed at a steel mill in Mülheim. In April 1961 he placed adverts in British and American newspapers to trace the surviving air personnel. William Kimber was one of the people to answer his advertisement and subsequently became his publisher.222
2. That Kimber's relationship with Irving was an uneasy one is borne out by the documents. Kimber wrote to Irving on 3 April 1963, after his legal advisers had suggested he check the proofs for 'certain allegedly historical statements'. Once they had started, wrote Kimber,
it became abundantly clear that the first proofs were riddled with falsifications of the historical facts. The picture painted by these falsifications led to the inescapable conclusion that your book could be interpreted as the work of a propagandist for Nazism who had not scrupled to distort many facts and omit numerous others in order to vilify the British War Government and in particular Winston Churchill.... I have no doubt that it was a scoop for the Germans to find an Englishman prepared to concoct a mixture of fact and fiction which would vindicate or extenuate Nazi actions (because of course there is an extensive movement trying to achieve this aim in Germany and elsewhere) and at the same time to denigrate English leaders.223
3. Irving stiffly denied this and argued that in Germany he had been accused of being a lackey of British Air Command and that now Kimber was branding him a Nazi propagandist.224
4. According to Irving Kimber then instituted a number of textual changes against his wishes. He altered chapter headings, softened criticism of Churchill and Harris, and erased the more 'harrowing' details of the attack; all testimony to Kimber's 'sincerely held belief that, after all, perhaps the Germans had merely been repaid, with interest in their own coin.'225 Although Irving told his readers in 1995 that it was 'several years before I noticed these little modifications' we have documents to the contrary. In the same letter of April 1963 Kimber had written to Irving informing him that after 'intensive work' by the office staff checking and changing the proofs 'we now believe the book to be cleansed of its somewhat evil undercurrents'. Later in April Irving berated Kimber for changing some of the historical sections in the book.226
5. Irving wrote to Kimber in 1963 that the crime of World War Two was not genocide but 'innocentocide' (sic), the killing of civilians, and that therefore the Eastern and Western powers were equally guilty in his eyes as the Germans and the Japanese. For him Dresden was a crime.227 Nowhere in the earlier editions though was there an explicit effort to draw the parallel, but the whole tenor of the argument was unmistakably in this direction. In his own notes Irving commented on his discovery of TB 47 that put the death-roll at 202,040 that the document, if authentic, showed that the Dresden death-roll 'was well over the combined death-rolls of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Tokyo.'228
6. Instead, Irving allowed others to draw this obvious conclusion and then somewhat disingenuously congratulated them on their independence of mind. Thus he wrote to Sydney Silverman MP, who had reviewed the book in Tribune: 'I am not someone who holds political views similar to your own, but I really must congratulate you - in spite of this - for having stuck your neck out so firmly and unmistakably by drawing a parallel between the Nazis' atrocities and what happened in Dresden; this is something I myself did not claim in my book'.229 This may be literally the truth, but as we have already seen with reference to his presentation of the history of the bombing raid on Pforzheim, there can be no doubt that Irving actually did, and does, believe in a parallel of this kind between Allied bombing raids, of which Dresden was the most famous, and Nazi war crimes.
7. In 1995 the 'innocenticide' refrain was repeated. In answer to the rhetorical question if there is a parallel between Dresden and Auschwitz Irving replied: 'To my mind both teach one lesson: that the real crime of war and peace alike is not Genocide - with its implicit requirement that posterity reserve its sympathy and condolences for a chosen race - but Innocenticide. It was not the Jewishness of the victims that made Auschwitz a crime; but their innocence.'230 There is of course no implication in the concept of genocide that posterity should reserve its sympathy and condolences for a 'chosen race' - this is purely Irving's invention, for the concept can apply, and has been applied, to many other victims of genocide besides the Jews.
8. Whilst to his readership Irving has always maintained a more balanced tone, in his public speaking Irving's opinions have become increasingly strident. Despite his frequent rhetoric against the propagating of other myths in history, especially the 'myth' of the Holocaust, and despite his earlier pronouncements to the contrary, Irving is proud of his own role in keeping alive the very real legend of the Dresden death roll.231 At a speech in South Africa in 1986 he told his audience:
I realised that I was being told [about Dresden] of what we would now call a Holocaust I suppose, of which we English at that time, 1961, knew absolutely nothing at all. Of course now everybody talks about Dresden in the same breath as they talk about Auschwitz and Hiroshima. That's my achievement ladies and gentlemen. I'm a little bit proud when I look at the newspapers every 15th or 14th of February, when the anniversary comes and they mention Dresden, because until my book was published on that subject the outside world had never heard of what happened in Dresden when 100,000 people were killed in one night by an RAF and American air force air raid on one undefended German town at the end of the war.232
9. In Ontario in 1991 Irving told his audience:
...Germany, a country that should be grateful to me, the Englishman who first revealed to the outside world what we British and Americans did to Dresden, where we killed over 100,000 people, burned them alive in three hours in one night in February 1945. Nobody outside Germany knew about it until my book The Destruction of Dresden was published. The country which should have given me every medal I suppose." [Applause]233
10. It would seem to be more than coincidence that Irving, his mind perhaps constrained by a convenient symmetry, has stubbornly maintained a false figure of 100,000 deaths in Dresden in the face of all evidence to the contrary, while at the same time he has manipulated his figure of deaths at Auschwitz down to a similar number. In a television documentary screened on 28 November 1991 Irving made the comparison explicit in the following interchange:
Interviewer: "So what's the point in quibbling about the exact number of Jews that were killed by Hitler?
Irving: "Exact numbers are important. Look at Auschwitz. About 100,000 people died in Auschwitz. Most of them died of epidemics, as we now know, from code breaking. So even if we're generous and say one quarter of them, 25,000, were killed by hanging or shooting. 25,000 is a crime, that's true. 25,000 innocent people executed by one means or another. But we killed that many people burning them alive in one night, not in three years, in a city like Pforzheim. We killed five times that number in Dresden in one night.
Interviewer: "So we're as bad as that?
Irving: "I've pleaded for equality in the writing of history. Not just truth but also equality.
Interviewer: "So lining up Jews in pits and machine gunning them was as bad as bombing Dresden?
Irving: "I see very little difference.234
11. In addition Irving's utterances connecting Dresden and Auschwitz have become increasingly bizarre. Launching the 'Leuchter Report' in 1989 he told journalists:
Obviously if the gas chamber now turns out to have been phoney then we have to try and explain what happened to the figures. Now, one possible reason is the large number that turned up in the state of Palestine, what's now the state of Israel. The Jews that were in Israel didn't come from nowhere. Another part of them, when Auschwitz was liberated were set out on the roads to be shipped westward where they ended up in cities like Dresden. I don't have to tell you what happened in Dresden three weeks after Auschwitz was evacuated by the Germans. There were one million refugees in the streets of Dresden at the time that we burned Dresden to the ground, killing anything between 100,000 and 250,000 of them. Large numbers of people on the streets in Europe that winter also suffered normal deaths of exposure and starvation epidemic. I'm offering to you alternative solutions to where the people went.235
12. Irving repeated this explanation in a 1993 promotional video intended for Australia:
Many concentration camps as the Russians approached were evacuated and set out on the long cold march through the European winter of December 44, January 1945 to the West. The concentration camp inmates arrived in Berlin or in Leipzig or in Dresden just in time for the RAF bombers to set fire to those cities. In Dresden million-and-a-half people camping out in the streets on the night of February 13, 1945. Nobody knows who they were. Refugees, concentration camp prisoners, citizens of Dresden itself. After the bombers retired, 45 minutes later another wave came, and at then at noon on February 14 the American air force joined in. Over 130,000 people died in that particular air raid The same kind of raids took place on Leipzig, Berlin, Cottbus: refugee centres up and down the centre of Germany. Nobody knows how many Jews died in those air raids, nobody knows how many Jews died on the roads of hunger or starvation or just sheer cold.236
13. The so-called death marches took place in the closing months of the war as the Nazi authorities cleared concentration camps and ghettos in the East in the face of the victorious Red Army. Between 17 and 23 January 1945 some 60,000 prisoners of Auschwitz were evacuated, mainly on foot. Many of them died of cold, physical exhaustion, thirst and hunger, or were beaten or shot to death on their way to other concentration camps within the Reich. There is no evidence that those prisoners forcibly evacuated from Auschwitz passed through Dresden, and although Dresden had its own prisoner-of-war camps, it would seem incredible that the deporting authorities would have quartered thousands of starving and emaciated Jews in the historic heart of Dresden. The suggestion that the Allies were somehow responsible for killing Auschwitz prisoners in Dresden in what were their last agonising weeks of suffering is completely fantastic.
222. Doc. 1340, Obituary for William Kimber by Irving, 1 May 1991, published in The Daily Telegraph.
223. Doc. 1866.
224. Doc. 143. Doc. 140 is presumably the list of extracts from Und Deutschlands Stadte starben nicht to prove to Kimber that he was not biased in his censures.
225. Focal Point, edn., preface.
226. Focal Point, edn., p. xiv; doc. 1866, Kimber to Irving, 3 April 1963; doc. 143, Irving to William Kimber, 25 April 1963.
227. Doc. 143, Irving to William Kimber, 4 April 1963.
228. DJ 10, New information on death toll in Allied air raids on Dresden, 1945, introduction, dated November 1964.
229. Doc. 147, Irving to Sydney Silverman, 2 June 1963.
230. Focal Point, edn., viii.
231. For instance hi claim to The Times on 7 July 1966 that he had 'no interest in promoting or perpetuating false legends' See doc. 180, Irving to The Times, 7 July 1966.
232. Videotape 175, David Irving, 'A return to honesty and truth in history,' Elangani Hotel, Durban, South Africa, 5 March 1986.
233. Videotape 190, Irving at Bayerischer Hof, Milton, Ontario, 5 October 1991.
234. Videotape 226, unedited material from the "This Week" programme, 28 November 1991.
235. Videotape 184, 'Leuchter Report press conference,' London [?], 23 June 1989. Titles read: 'The Truth at Last, Six Million Lies, Focal Point Video'.
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Wednesday's letters: Something wrong
Published: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 5:48 p.m.
To the editor: So, the Republicans in the North Carolina Legislature propose requiring background checks for all recipients of welfare benefits, but they oppose background checks for gun purchasers at gun shows or those buying guns over the Internet. In addition, Rep. Mark Meadows and both of our senators have not supported expanding background checks in order to include gun purchases that are currently exempted.
So, we will do background checks on the poor, but felons and the insane will still be able to buy guns without background checks in North Carolina if they avoid licensed gun dealers?
Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture?
Duane Johnson
Danger of meat
To the editor: The new link between meat consumption and heart disease, discovered by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic, is just the latest evidence linking meat consumption to killer diseases that cripple, then kill, 1.3 million Americans annually. Hazens study showed that carnitine, an amino acid contained in all meat products, is a major factor in heart disease.
Similarly, an Oxford University study of nearly 45,000 adults in last Januarys American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that vegetarians were 32 percent less likely to suffer from heart disease than people who ate meat and fish. A Harvard University study of 37,698 men and 83,644 women, in last Aprils Archives of Internal Medicine, concluded that meat consumption raises the risk of total, heart and cancer mortality.
We have sacrificed the lives of 10,000 American personnel and trillions of dollars in waging two wars to avenge the deaths of 2,900 Americans in the 9/11 attacks. When will we wage a bloodless, low-cost war on the killer meat-based diet, potentially responsible for as many as 1.3 million American deaths annually?
In the meantime, we have the power to raise our own life expectancy by adopting a meat-free diet. An Internet search provides ample resources.
Brett Rykers
Playing politics
To the editor: Our country is so far in debt it may never recover, yet the president would prefer that you focus on other things that are distracting and divisive.
We have adult homosexuals on both sides of the family and even in the families of in-laws. All are well educated, respected and loved. Sparky Halls recent column indicates there may be a genetic component, and its very possible science could prove that to be true.
When our youngest child was born 48 years ago, he was called a Mongoloid idiot and considered both a blessing and a curse. The cause of Down Syndrome is an extra chromosome. We believe God does not make mistakes, but people do.
Lets pray this country doesnt go down the drain while immorality exists in playing politics.
Eileen Sheehan
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Scenes From the First OTN Developer Day for Cloud Application Developers
By Gene Eun-Oracle on Feb 13, 2013
The day included service overview presentations by Oracle Cloud product managers, but the bulk of the time was spent doing hands-on exercises with the Java Cloud Service and Database Cloud Service. All in all, it was a great event and we look forward to running more OTN Developer Days for Cloud Application Developers in the future. Stay tuned. In the meantime, here's a couple of pictures from the event...enjoy!
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Stella Martin, 88, of Tecumseh, passed away Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Tecumseh.
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Dhaya Lakshminarayanan had two degrees from MIT and a job as a venture capitalist at eBay (EBAY) founder Pierre Omidyar's investment firm.
But what she really wanted to do was stand-up comedy. So the San Franciscan chucked the world of tech investing and started hitting open-mic nights.
Take my term sheets, please!
Four years later, Lakshminarayanan is increasingly reaping the fruits of that decision. She'll appear this month in New York's She-Devil Comedy Festival. And she recently was the last comic standing in a nationwide competition run by webcasting provider ON24; for her trouble, she took home $10,000.
Still, people ask, what do her parents think? Lakshminarayanan has gotten the question so often that she's worked it into her routine.
"Of course my parents know," she tells audiences. "It's not like I'm doing anything wrong -- like dating a white guy."
In an interview, Lakshminarayanan expresses frustration with "the misconception that Indian parents want their kids to all be doctors and engineers."
Then again, her father is a retired physics professor, and her mom's a software engineer. Her brother just finished a Ph.D. in neuroscience at Yale.
Not even a teensy bit of parental pressure?
"They've been 100 percent supportive," she said. "Because I've found a way to make my life, and my form of comedy really reflects who I am."
By that, she means she works plenty of business jargon and nerd-speak into her act. Like her take on the heavenly reward that supposedly awaited the Sept. 11 hijackers: "72 virgins? That sounds like orientation week at Google (GOOG)."
And Lakshminarayanan has plenty of experience defying people's expectations.
Her father's career took the family to Birmingham, Ala., where she did most of her growing up -- and where, she says, puzzled folks sometimes would ask if she was black. ("Yes," she'd answer, "Lakshminarayanan is an old plantation name.")
After graduation from MIT, she headed to the Bay Area, working first as a management consultant, then landing at Omidyar Network. There, she made investments in microfinance lenders and other companies that could provide both a financial and a social return.
"It was a place that really allowed me to feel that I was making a difference," she said. "But I wanted to do something creative and express myself. I didn't want to have any regrets."
So, one night in spring 2008, she stepped to the mic in a cramped, now-defunct club in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. At the time, she didn't think of it as a career move.
But, she says now, being a stand-up comedian is a lot like being an entrepreneur. "It's pretty bare-bones -- just you and the microphone. And if you fail, you've got nobody to blame but yourself."
Her admirers say it's all the more remarkable that she's succeeding in a male-dominated field. Of course, after MIT and the world of finance, Lakshminarayanan is used to it.
"For a long time, people didn't think women were funny, so they felt like they had to do demeaning 'These are my boobs' jokes," said Heather Barbieri, owner of Sunnyvale's Rooster T. Feathers comedy club, where Lakshminarayanan appears several times a year.
"I love that Dhaya doesn't fall back on any crutch like that," Barbieri added. "She's writing smart stuff that's really relatable."
Lakshminarayanan, for the record, does more than stand-up, calling herself a "comedian and storyteller." She's hosted an Emmy-winning quiz show on Boston's flagship PBS station. She also has a recurring gig on NPR's "Snap Judgment," a storytelling showcase produced in Oakland and syndicated nationally.
"It's very difficult to make a narrative work onstage -- to be funny, poignant and sad all in the space of seven minutes," said the show's producer and host, Glynn Washington. "She makes it work, and it's a rare skill."
Washington also likes how Lakshminarayanan weaves her family's immigrant experience into her art -- like the story of how her notoriously cheap father inadvertently joined a cult for the free vegetarian food. Depending on the audience, she occasionally busts out a few jokes in Tamil, and she laces her landscape with characters like a gangsta-rap yogi.
To help pay the bills, Lakshminarayanan runs a one-woman consulting practice aimed at helping companies and political candidates shape their communications. One such gig is working with a startup that's developing a "virtual assistant" akin to Apple's (AAPL) Siri.
"They said, 'We want you to make this device sassy and sarcastic,' " Lakshminarayanan said.
The dual jobs reflects a performer's reality. "Stand-up as an art form has been suffering because of the business model," she said. People are often wary about committing to a two-drink minimum for a comic they've never heard of.
Too, she said, incidents like "Seinfeld" actor Michael Richards' onstage, slur-filled meltdown turn off potential clubgoers. "People are starting to brace themselves when they go into a comedy club, wondering, 'Is somebody going to pick on me?' "
Lakshminarayanan believes that's why her brand of sunny, quirky -- and, doggone it, nerdy -- comedy has "the potential for opening a huge market. Anybody who knows venture capitalists know we like to take risks and do things differently."
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.
Dhaya Lakshminarayanan
Lives: San Francisco
Grew up: Birmingham, Ala.
Age: Thirtysomething
Single?: Yes
First name pronounced: "Dye-yah"
Last name pronounced: "Lock-shmee-nara-yannan''
Billing: "Short. Female. Funny. Brown."
Upcoming performances
Here are some upcoming chances to catch Dhaya Lakshminarayanan's
comedy act:
Tuesday: Presidential Debates + Comedy Show, Washington Inn, Oakland
Oct. 22: Presidential Debates + Comedy Show, Washington Inn, Oakland
Nov. 4: DemoCrazy Now!, Stage Werx, San Francisco
For full schedule and
selected video clips, visit www.dhayacomedy.com
A sampler platter
"Um, I love American food. Go bread!"
"Fine, there are jobs there. Probably yours."
"I want to design a commercial where I take a sip of beer, and all of a sudden my boss pays me the same amount as a man."


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St. Vincent takes tiny steps onstage, each stride measuring just a few inches, almost like a ballerina moving along on her tiptoes.
Yet, make no mistake, this singer-songwriter-guitarist is poised to make a giant leap forward in her career.
St. Vincent, whose real name is Annie Clark, has long nurtured a healthy cultlike following in the indie-music world. With the recent release of her self-titled fourth solo album, however, she's now on the brink of becoming a full-fledged star.
The 31-year-old Oklahoma native, who was raised in Texas, certainly acted the part during her enjoyable show on Saturday at the Fox Theater in Oakland. She commanded the attention of the packed crowd throughout her roughly 100-minute performance, exuding equal amounts star power and artistic merit.
Opening the show with the twisting, hissing "Rattlesnake," which also kicks off the new album, St. Vincent proceeded to take fans on a ride that was as much performance art as it was concert. Her body jerked about in wild, chaotic fashion, as if she had no say in the matter. Strobe lights were perfectly timed to amplify her abrupt motions, making St. Vincent seem like a character in an old flip book or antiquated cartoon reel.
It was a variation on the "robot" dance, done in a way that somehow connected cold and calculated with alluring and unpredictable. That shouldn't surprise anyone who knows St. Vincent, an artist who thrives on contradictions.
And she's grown so much as a performer in the last few years, which makes perfect sense since she spent a considerable amount of time hanging out with David Byrne, one of the greatest performance artists in rock history. The duo put out "Love this Giant" in 2012, and toured extensively in support of the album. It seems safe to say that St. Vincent took very good notes while with Byrne.
She seemed to grow more powerful and confident as the night progressed, perhaps bolstered by the crowd's willingness to go in whatever direction St. Vincent saw fit. Backed by a three-piece band, St. Vincent crooned Bjork-like ballads -- none better than the new album's striking "I Prefer Your Love" -- and she rocked like Led Zeppelin.
It's the latter that truly separates St. Vincent from her contemporaries. She's the rare guitar hero in a genre that, generally, avoids fret-board fireworks. Thankfully, St. Vincent doesn't tow that line.
She handles an amazing array of styles on the guitar, going from the feedback-drenched fury of Neil Young to the screeching cheetah runs of Tom Morello to the brute force of Thurston Moore. And she does it all so well. Perhaps guitar heroics are just in her blood -- she is, after all, the niece of acclaimed guitarist Tuck Andress (of Tuck and Patti fame).
She excelled in just about every aspect of her game on Saturday -- the sole exception being, arguably, her forced and nonsensical between-song banter.
Still, St. Vincent has much going for her right now, and seems destined to become a much bigger star.
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