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How, in a nation brimming with crops and surrounded on all sides by teeming seas, could the Irish people have starved in their millions in the middle of the 19th century?
The answer, according to noted Irish historian Tim Pat Coogan, is as unsettling as it is direct.
The biggest contributing factor to the Great Irish Hunger was that because of conquest, Ireland was a dependency with no government of its own between 1845 and 1852. It's a dangerous and isolating scenario that Coogan suggests may be playing out still.
"As I wrote The Famine Plot I got an increasingly bad feeling. The reason that most of what occurred during the famine happened to the Irish was because we didn't have a government," he told the Irish Voice during a phone interview last week, not long after his highly publicized visa battle with the U.S. Embassy in Dublin was settled.
"We're back to that now. We have lost our sovereignty and are depending on doles from Brussels, the IMF and so on. And we're back to unemployment, emigration and suicide – and of course, to learned helplessness."
That last condition, which arises from the long-term legacy of colonization and from the despair of never being able to master your own fate, has characterized so much of the Irish response to political and social challenges since the great hunger, Coogan contends.
For decades now Coogan, 77, one of Ireland's most prominent historians and the former editor of The Irish Press, has studied the impact and consequences of the Great Hunger on the nation, and his research has now led to his new work The Famine Plot, his hard-hitting exploration of the most traumatic event in Irish history.
Perhaps the first and most remarkable thing about the legacy of the Great Hunger is the silence that immediately followed it. For almost a 100 years Irish historians and Irish officialdom were reluctant to address it because they were leery of its enormous emotive and political power.
Interestingly, Coogan was himself prevented from undertaking his own U.S. book tour to promote The Famine Plot due to being twice refused a visa by the American Embassy in Dublin last month. On his personal website he spoke of his unease over the unprecedented decision.
"Somebody, somewhere it appears did not want me to visit the United States to publicize my book on the Famine. It was suggested to me that some securicrats in the U.S. Embassy had decided to do a good turn for their buddies in the British 'spookdom' by blocking my attempts to enter the United States on a book tour," he said.
If this is true then the Great Hunger (and British officialdom's response to it) has lost none of its power to unnerve. But how can you really postpone an honest telling of how upward of two million Irish people died without that being an insult to their dignity as people?
"I had been applying fruitlessly for a visa since September but inexplicably had two separate visa waivers turned down and finally after much unhelpful gobbledygook from the U.S. Embassy, had to apply for a non-immigrant visa," Coogan explains.
At 77, now an undisputed elder statesman, it's baffling that he could be considered a security risk.
If it turns out to be true that the British exerted political pressure on the U.S. to block or at least postpone Coogan's book tour, they needn't have worried. Coogan is at pains to point out it in his book that it was not the British public who were responsible for the Great Hunger.
Instead he lays the blame at British officialdom and the often absentee land owning classes which pursued a reckless or opportunistic course of action that exacerbated or exploited conditions on the ground.
For decades, Coogan contends, both British and Irish historians skirted the question of where to lay blame. He also knows why.
"I used to argue a lot about it because of the revisionist historians. It was as if they wanted us to consider the Famine as a sort of 19th century precursor to the Scarsdale Diet (a low fat, low calorie weight loss diet) and not a famine," he said.
Eyewitnesses of the period like Earl Gray, the then colonial secretary, were in no doubt where the buck stopped.
"We have a military occupation of Ireland," he told the House of Lords in March 1846, "but in no other sense can it be said to be governed. It (is) occupied by troops, not governed like England."
It was apparent to Coogan that this central fact, Britain's misgoverning of an otherwise ignored and dependent colony, was the lynchpin of the crisis.
"But I found that the angle that's given in most of the studies, is that academics will try to break it down into those who favor the nationalist cause and those who favor – I'm not quite sure who the other side are meant to be.
"The nationalists have been portrayed as ravening nuts compared with the measure gentlemen who take the Scarsdale approach. It's a kind of colonial cringe that happens, derived from the fact that most historians until recently were trained in England. They had their eyes on their careers, too, of course."


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A Minneapolis man is accused of killing his neighbor over whether he could have another drink.
Thirty-four-year-old Rick Martinez is charged with second-degree murder.
The medical examiner has not yet identified the victim. The man died Saturday night, a few hours after he was stabbed in his apartment.
The complaint says the victim's two roommates told police they and the victim had been drinking with Martinez, who lived across the hall. One witness said the victim and Martinez had argued about whether Martinez could get more to drink.
The complaint says Martinez left the room, then returned and stabbed the victim. The suspect was arrested Sunday after he returned to the building and was detained by neighbors.
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Three people were sitting in a parked car in the 1100 block of South American Street near East Jefferson Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. when they saw four men wearing dark hooded sweatshirts walking toward them in the middle of the street, police said. The men began shooting at the victims as they drove away, officers said.
The driver lost control of the car and crashed into a tree one block away near South American and East Anderson streets, police said. Fearing they would be shot, the victims left the vehicle and ran away, authorities said.
Officers located all three occupants of the vehicle and determined no one had been shot, police said.
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5 miles on the treadmill, 1% incline, in 45:49 (9:10 mile pace).
Dark Horse
I'm a dark horse, running on a dark race course.
Good run DH!
6 miles in 56:03, 9:21 miles. Temp was 88F, but windy got to see a couple dust devils Canada geese were oddly clumped today, got to dodge inbetween the buggers today (always get to dodge their turds...)
Ray, good run by you.
Also, nice pic. As you know, I use a horse's head for my pic. Some people probably think I should use a different part of the horse for my pic.
Dark Horse
I'm a dark horse, running on a dark race course.
Nice running you two. I rode 8 miles on the mtn bike this morning in 39:15. A little while ago I did a series of floor exercises, push-ups, sit-ups, etc.
I didn't use the walking sticks, but did break them out and dust 'em off. D.H., the idea behind the walking sticks is to get an upper body workout, emphasizing push-off with the arms and shoulders but NOT driving with the legs.
We're forecast for rain tomorrow, but if it holds off long enough I'll give the walking sticks a try. If they don't work, I'll put 'em in storage with my running shoes...lol
I've got a buddy here who loves Canada Geese. He owns a farm and boards horses for people, among other things. When a flock of geese spend the day in his fields, it means LOTS of free fertilizer...lol
Enjoy life, this ain't a rehearsal...
Nice run for you all. Got tied up in a meeting and spent time with daughter, so did not get a run in.
Really need to get a long run in this weekend as per half training. I did 20 total last week (with an 8) and want to hit at least 20 this week, with a 10 miler sometime over the weekend. The long runs are key for me in getting ready for a half.
88 degrees sounds pretty good Ray!
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Yeah, Mike, Ray is living the life, isn't he?
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Jeff Filkovski has resigned as the head football coach of Marietta College, Director of Athletics Larry Hiser announced Wednesday.
Filkovski spent five years as the head man for the Pioneers, leading his teams to an overall record of 10-40 during his tenure.
"I appreciate the opportunity to have been the football coach at Marietta College the past five years," Filkovski said. "There was some good, as well as some bad. I cared about the program, the college and most of all those players."
Filkovski's coaching career at Marietta did include several highlights, including leading the Pios to an upset of No. 7-ranked Otterbein, 25-22, on a last second touchdown pass in 2009.
Coach 'Ski, as many call him, also saw 18 of his players selected to All-OAC teams over the past five seasons. Filkovski was well-respected by his players and developed good relationships with many of them, including Adam Tate and Dan Starr, who were each assistant coaches for Marietta this fall.
"Marietta College would like to thank Coach Filkovski for his dedication to Pioneer football over the past five years," Hiser said. "We appreciate the work he did building a program that contributed to many campus initiatives. We wish him well in his future endeavors."
Filkovski's early coaching career included being offensive coordinator for Heidelberg and NFL Europe's Cologne Centurions.
He played collegiately for Allegheny College, where he started at quarterback and led the team to Division III National Championship in 1990.
Filkovski said his overall time at Marietta College was enjoyable.
"Through the years, all the way back to that first team, I got to coach a lot of good players," Filkovski said.
"The coaches became my comrades. Every week you're trying to put something together.
"Football is a battle, and I learned a ton."
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It has a mag pouch in a good spot. If I had no other choice I would get it.
- Gotta have oneIf you go into the field simply carrying your pistol in your hand, you're asking for damage to your weapon. Additionally, if you carry a pistol as a sidearm for a larger weapon, such as an assault rifle or sniper rifle, you need a place to stash it. The spare magazine holster can be used for another magazine or a UTG speed loader, and let's face it, the thing just looks great. Rare is the occasion that we left-handers are able to find a holster that works, having to place a right-handed holster across the back, or using a shoulder mounted draw. This solves your problem with a quick-draw snap closure, as well as the buckle for when you have more time to whip it out, so to speak. I recommend one for anyone who's getting started, so as to get a feel for how tactical gear can work with you, not just on you.
- leftys rule!It's a very good leg holster. Its small, not bulky at all, 9 inch long pistols fit perfectly, and there is a pouch for an extra clip too. The huge clamp that hooks on to your belt is very useful and should be used at all times during skirmishes because the whole holster can slip off your pants while you are running so be prepared to wear a belt with this thing.
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JMU Class of '84 Celebrates Homecoming with events, class challenge
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Cohen Center
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Making gray days brighter
Betty Cinquegrana ('64) says she wants to give today's students the solid start her Madison Experience provided her.
Realizing your dreams
Hillcrest Scholarships unleash honors students full potential and vault them into promising futures.
JMU Alumni Chapter Challenge
It's a form of grassroots philanthropy, and it goes by a number of titles: crowd funding, peer-to-peer, the ground game. It is a major way to raise funds and awareness for a cause. And it's arrived at a JMU alumni chapter near you.
Florence, Italy
President Alger traveled to Florence, Italy to meet with faculty members and students involved in the study abroad program.
Presenting the Madison Vision Series
The Madison Vision Series will bring scholars, thinkers and leaders of all kinds to campus for lively explorations of issues facing our contemporary society.
New fund created for JMU donors to support university innovation
James Madison University is seeking support for an innovative micro-incubator program to launch viable startup companies with products invented by JMU faculty, staff and students.
We did it!
Madison's future just got a whole lot brighter thanks to donors, many of whom had their gifts to the Madison Vision Fund matched by the JMU Alumni Association.
'It means the world to me'
Stephanie Rose Guilman thanks donors to Madison Forever Scholarships
Abingdon guests discussed citizenship and ethics, particularly the new university initiative, which we are calling the Madison Collaborative: Ethical Reasoning and Action.
Alumni support making the Vision a reality
Alumni often say JMU made a big difference in their lives. Larry ('82) and Barbara ('81) Caudle say that's why they're involved in shaping Madison's future and why they want others to join them.
New York City
At this event one of the major themes that alumni brought up was the real-world importance of working in teams and how they were able to hone those skills at JMU.
College of Education EAC
These educators represent the heart of our JMU mission. They take us back to our roots and help us to think about our central role as educators of the next generations of students.
It was interesting to hear about the importance of the international aspects of our education at a time when we're preparing students for a global economy.
Student Success
Faculty and student apprentices of the Learning Centers increase the learning and caring capacity of the Madison Experience.
The Tampa event made it clear that faculty-student interaction is a time-tested hallmark of the Madison Experiencestudents get to know faculty and have one-on-one conversations that can change lives.
At the Baltimore event, we heard about faculty members who changed the course of somebody's life because they took the time to get to know them, to listen to their hopes and dreams, and to spend time with them.
The D.C. "Why Madison?" event was a great conversation with JMU alumni and parents who are very involved in politics, the government and several different sectors of the economy.
Diversity Council
Discussion at this listening tour event focused on issues of diversity, access, and inclusion, and how they relate to JMU's core educational mission.
Madison Society Breakfast
A cross-section of JMU students from a wide spectrum of classes, places and majors across campus offer their insights on "Why Madison?"
Leadership U
Leadership U reflects what JMU does best in terms of the student experience. These students are the leaders of our student organizations across campus. They took a Saturdayall dayto think and reflect about leadership.
Student Athlete Advisory Council and Business Students
January was chockful of "Why Madison?" events with student groups. President Alger met with the Student-Athlete Advisory Council and a few days later, a group of business students. Both groups were terrifically engaged and involved.
Student Ambassadors
These students talked about the quality of the JMU faculty and the fact that the faculty who come here want to teach. And they recognize and value their professors.
Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach alumni talked about Madison's supportive educational environment. At JMU, we think all students can succeed, we want them to, and we work hard to make success happen.
College of Science and Mathematics
President Alger meets with a college experiencing the dramatic surge in growth associated with the recent nationwide emphasis in the STEM fields.
2013 January "Why Madison?" Update
We have held 33 "Why Madison?" receptions and meetings, both on and off campus, to come together and reflect collectively on our hopes, dreams and aspirations for JMU.
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Madison is known for the arts, and the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts is a drawing card in the recruitment of students and faculty members.
Graduate School
JMU's top-notch programs show a commitment to quality: We are not adding programs just for the sake of growing, but we are selective and responsive to the needs of the marketplace.
Pat ('92) and Emmitt Smith opened up their home for the "Why Madison?" Listening Tour for Texas alumni who came from Dallas, Austin, Houston and points in between.
College of Health and Behavioral Studies
Fast-growing enrollment in this college's programs highlights the crucial juncture where JMU finds itself today.
Duke Club Board of Directors
These alumni say that athletics should not be separate from the university's academic life, but should be very much a part of the educational experience at JMU.
Research and Public Service
This opportunity to interact with RPS, a vital societal interface for JMU, produced a quite productive interchange.
Faculty Senate
Faculty representatives provide President Alger with their insights on Madison's strengths and challenges.
College of Integrated Science and Engineering
President Alger hears from an innovative and connected group of faculty who structure curriculum that encourages students to apply science and technology to solve human problems.
Liberal Arts Alumni
Alumni and faculty shared the lifelong benefits a liberal arts education provides for our alumni.
Being with Madison alumni and parents in Philadelphia, at the site of the Constitutional Convention at which James Madison was the key player, was a treat.
Libraries and Educational Technologies
This group had specific insights to share as to where some of the university's best engagement opportunities might be.
CoB Executive Advisory Council
Many of these business alumni said they got reengaged with JMU when they had the opportunity to come back to campus and re-experience the energy that exists only on this campus.
College of Business Leadership Council
College of Business faculty has not been afraid to dream big or put in the extra time and effort to make plans work.
Outreach and Engagement
This group is helping JMU to reach some of the true outposts of Virginia that are underserved in terms of education and economic development.
College of Education
A deeply engaged, collaborative and holistic faculty say they prepare future teachers they would want to teach their own children.
Honors Advisory Council
Dedicated alumni groups like the HAC help envision and build an even stronger future.
Faculty Emeriti Association
Retired faculty members offered strong opinions on the live classroom environment at JMU.
Huffman Hall
JMU might seem like a large place to new students, but they soon realize and appreciate it's a very welcoming community.
Students Go MAD for Madison
A 7% alumni giving rate? JMU students (future alumni) are looking to change that reality.
College of Business Alumnus Challenges Class of 2013
Don Rainey ('82) challenged the College of Business class of 2013 to be brave. The first step is to give back to the university so that others who follow them can continue to be brave.
President's Message March 13
The presidential inauguration is about all of us.
Steve and Dee Dee Leeolou ('78), staunch supporters of JMU, hosted an involved and engaged group of alumni at the listening tour event in Charlotte, N.C.
Say 'Yes' to the Madison Forever Vision Fund
It's time to put JMU on the national stage. How can you help? The Madison Forever Vision Fund.
Parents Council
Parents say that their students often refer to JMU as home, and that really says something.
Class of 1984 completes $1 million campaign
A fundraising campaign that began with a 25th reunion celebration in 2009 concluded on Homecoming weekend 2012, as the Class of 1984 presented a $1 million check to JMU.
Office of International Programs and Academic Programs
Visits with the Office of International Programs and the Office of Academic Programs were a fount of information and ideas for us to study.
University Studies and College of Arts and Letters
President Alger meets with University Studies and the College of Arts and Letters department heads, coordinators and faculty advisory committees
Parents Council
Parents say that their students often refer to JMU as home, and that really says something.
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay area alumni expressed a real longing to be engaged in Madison.
Portola Valley
Our "Why Madison?" reception was a real treat for all of us in Portola Valley, Calif., at the home of 1982 alumnus Paul Holland, who has built what is being called "the greenest house in America."
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Ala. – Secretary of State Beth Chapman has announced that the State of Alabama
will again use a live election night reporting system statewide during the
November 6th general election. The system will collect election results from
all 67 counties and make them available on the web the moment they are entered
on election night by the local Probate Judges.
election night reporting system, or ENR, takes vote totals directly from each
county and displays them in a usable format on the internet. Once the results
are posted to the web, they will be displayed using maps and graphics to show
vote totals, percentages and other important information to the public. The
system is a continuation of Chapman's initiative to bring the Secretary of
State's office into the 21st century by using new technology to better serve
the citizens of Alabama and provide maximum transparency in the elections
process. Additionally, for the first time, the ENR site has been optimized for
viewing from mobile devices as another way of providing accessibility to
are excited to continue service to the citizens of Alabama," said Chapman.
"This is just one of the many ways my office promotes fair and honest
elections: through transparency and access to valuable election information.
Alabamians will be able to see democracy in action as it unfolds before their
eyes in a state of the art way."
election night reporting system, which is live now, can be accessed at www.AlabamaElectionResults.com.


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With sadness and with profound
sympathy to Barbara, Robyn, William and Dayle, I write to let you know that my
distinguished and much-loved predecessor, Dr Thomas W. Gillespie died last
night, November 5, 2011, after a brief and sudden illness. He was 83.
In everything he did, Tom
Gillespie understood his life as a gift and as a calling. Tom Gillespie was born on July 18, 1928, in Los Angeles, California,
and grew up attending the Vermont Avenue Presbyterian Church in that city. From
1946–1947 he served in the US Marine Corps, where he was prompted by a chaplain
to consider a calling to become a minister. On July 31, 1953, he married
Barbara A. Lugenbill, who came to Princeton with him for his senior year in
seminary. In 1954, Tom graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary and
returned to California, where he was ordained by the Presbytery of Los Angeles
and was called to plant a new church at Garden Grove. He served with
distinction and energy there from 1954–1966, and Tom and Barbara's children,
Robyn, William, and Dayle, were born during the Garden Grove years.
1966 Tom was called to be pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in
Burlingame, near San Francisco, a position he held until 1983. Under his
leadership, 16 people from the congregation (8 men and 8 women) were called
into ministry. In 1971 Tom earned a Ph.D. in New Testament from Claremont
Graduate School. Then, in 1983 Thomas
Gillespie was called as Princeton Theological Seminary's fifth president in
succession to Dr. James I. McCord. He was inaugurated in March 1984, an
occasion at which, by coincidence, Thomas F. Torrance was one of those invited
to give a lecture.
has been rightly said that the
story of his presidency is a story of building and development—of
relationships, of academic scholarship, of campus facilities, of a worshiping
community, of a worldwide network of ministry. During Tom's tenure, Princeton
Seminary entered a new century, celebrated a growing and enriching diversity in
its students and faculty, mourned and ministered to a nation's national tragedy
on 9/11, and contributed to theological scholarship worldwide and to the
mission of the international church. As the Seminary's leader, Tom Gillespie
did not carry this responsibility alone. He had the valued support, prayers,
ideas, and thinking of a wide community of scholars, students, donors, and
alumni/ae, of his wife, Barbara, and his three children, and of the wider
church. He had staunch friends and colleagues and the remarkable Donna Kline as
his Assistant. Most important, he would constantly say that he had Jesus Christ
as his cornerstone, and he accomplished his work to the honor and glory of God.
Members of the faculty remember
him as one who steadfastly understood the seminary as being in service to the
church. Faculty members and colleagues from those days invariably begin their
assessment of Tom's presidency by praising his excellence as a pastor. In times
of personal difficulty, his sympathetic understanding and pastoral care were
always extended helpfully, compassionately, and abundantly. All who were recipients
of that grace were grateful for his pastoral care and will remember him with
Tom Gillespie's legacy at the Seminary
is multifaceted and deep. During his tenure, which overlapped with the longest
peace time expansion of the U.S. economy, Princeton enjoyed many years of
financial prosperity. With vision, Tom boldly undertook and completed the
renovation of many of our historic buildings, including a major restoration of
Miller Chapel. Several new buildings were built, including the Luce Library,
Scheide and Templeton Halls, and the Witherspoon Apartments. Erdman Hall was completely redesigned and
renovated to be a state-of-the-art continuing education center. A multi-story
parking structure was also completed.
Tom Gillespie was an innovator
at every level. In a bold step, he changed the location of the faculty meetings
from the Board Room in Speer Library (where the seating had been arranged by
rank) to the Main Lounge of the Mackay Campus Center (with uniform seating for
everyone regardless of rank). He greatly expanded the agenda of the general
faculty meetings and limited that of the faculty senate and council solely to
faculty appointments and promotions. He supported codifying the many customary
governance practises into a revised faculty manual. Perhaps most importantly, he increased the
size and diversity of the faculty.
Professor Geddes Hanson was the
only African American on the faculty when Tom Gillespie was appointed in 1983.
Two years later, in 1985, Peter Paris became the first African American
appointed to the faculty under his leadership, and the first occupant of the
Elmer G. Homrighausen Chair in Christian Social Ethics. Soon after, Tom Gillespie
supported the initiative to establish an official liaison between the Seminary
and the Afro-American Studies Program at Princeton University.
Tom Gillespie's presidency Dr. Hanson was promoted to become the Charlotte W.
Newcombe Professor of Congregational Ministry. Dr. Brian Blount was appointed and promoted
with tenure through the ranks to full professor in New Testament, and
similarly, Dr. Cleophus LaRue joined the faculty and was promoted with tenure
to become the Francis Landey Patton Associate Professor of Homiletics. The
total number of African Americans on the faculty increased from one to four
during Tom Gillespie's administration.
Under Tom Gillespie's
leadership the Asian presence on the faculty was expanded and strengthened.
Professor Sang Hyun Lee, the first Asian faculty member (appointed to the
faculty under former president James I. McCord) was tenured and promoted
through the ranks to become the first occupant of the Kyung-Chik Han Chair in
Systematic Theology. That chair, partly funded by the Young Nak Presbyterian
Church in Seoul, Korea, is the first chair at an American seminary to honor an
Asian church leader. In 1987, Dr. Choon-Leong Seow, now the Henry Snyder Gehman
Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature, joined the faculty as
assistant professor and was promoted through the ranks with tenure. In 2001, Dr
Eunny Patricia Lee, in Old Testament, became the first Korean woman to receive
a full-time appointment to this faculty.
In 2002, Professor Luis
Rivera-Pagán, a native of Puerto Rico, became the first Latino appointment to
the faculty as professor of ecumenics and mission, and under Tom Gillespie's
leadership a significant partnership with Pew Charitable Trusts and Lilly
Endowment Inc. developed to provide a campus office for the Hispanic
Theological Initiative, a national initiative to support and train Ph.D.-level
Hispanic/Latino(a) scholars and teachers.
In 1991 the South African J.
Wentzel van Huyssteen joined the faculty as the first occupant of the James I.
McCord Chair in Theology and Science.
When Tom Gillespie arrived in
1983, Princeton's faculty included only three women. Dr. Freda A. Gardner,
professor of Christian education emerita and director of the School of
Christian Education emerita, had joined her male colleagues in 1961. The first
woman tenured by the board after recommendation by the president and the
faculty, she was promoted to full professor during Tom Gillespie's presidency.
Similarly, Dr. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld had joined the faculty in 1972 as assistant
professor in Old Testament literature and exegesis. In Tom Gillespie's second
year as president, he appointed her to be the director of the Ph.D. Studies
Program, which her administration strengthened greatly.
The third woman on the faculty
at the time of Tom Gillespie's arrival was Dr. Kathleen Elizabeth McVey who,
under his leadership, was promoted through the ranks to become the Joseph Ross
Stevenson Professor of Church History. One other woman scholar, Elizabeth
Gordon Edwards, taught generations of Princeton seminarians Greek and New
Testament exegesis as assistant professor of New Testament.
Though appointed by
then-president McCord as the first woman to join the faculty at the rank of
full professor and the first occupant of the Hazel Thompson McCord Chair in
Historical Theology, Dr. Jane Dempsey Douglass arrived at PTS in 1985.
Subsequently, she became president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
and brought much distinction to the seminary.
Three women joined the faculty
during Tom Gillespie's presidency at the rank of associate professor, being later
promoted to full professorships. Abigail Rian Evans was promoted to become the
Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Practical Theology and academic coordinator
of field education; Beverly Roberts Gaventa became the Helen H.P. Manson
Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis; and Dr. Elsie Anne McKee was
appointed as the Archibald Alexander Professor of Reformation Studies and the
History of Worship.
Dr. Ellen Charry, the then Margaret
W. Harmon Associate Professor of Systematic Theology; Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean, the
then associate professor of youth, church, and culture and director of the
Tennent School of Christian Education; Dr. Nancy Duff, associate professor of
theological ethics; Dr. Nancy Lammers Gross, the Arthur Sarell Rudd Associate
Professor of Speech Communication in Ministry; and Dr. Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger,
then an associate professor of pastoral theology were all appointed during Tom
Gillespie's tenure as president. More
recently, Dr. Sally Ann Brown joined the faculty as an assistant professor of
preaching and worship and Dr. Jacqueline Lapsley as an assistant professor of
Old Testament. Both have subsequently been promoted. In sum, eleven women joined Princeton
Seminary's faculty under Tom Gillespie's presidency.
Tom Gillespie did more than
anyone to strengthen and benefit the faculty with the provision of regular
sabbaticals, funds for research, travel to academic and professional
conferences, and other types of institutional assistance, not the least of
which was provision for student research assistants.
In addition to his support for
the Center of Theological Inquiry, of which he long served as Chair of the
Board, he established the Karl Barth Center which is located in the Special
Collections Department of the Henry Luce III Library. Characteristically and
generously, Tom Gillespie has publicly supported the project for the new
was a great supporter of the Abraham Kuyper program. Around 1995, with Rimmer
de Vries, he started thinking about commemorating Kuyper's lectures on
Calvinism held at PTS in 1898. He enthusiastically supported plans for the 1998
conference. It turned out to be the largest conference held during his
presidency at PTS as over 400 people from all over the world came for the
celebration. The suggestion at the conference to establish an annual Kuyper
Prize was quickly welcomed and made into a significant event. He supported the
purchase of George Puchinger's huge book collection which contained much
material on neo-calvinism. Another memorable event was when the Kuyper Prize
was extended to Prime Minister Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands. On that
same day Tom quickly agreed to the proposal to establish a chair in Reformed
Theology and Public Life featuring neo-calvinism.
Tom Gillespie's presidency
enabled the Seminary community to gain greater awareness of the importance of
doing ministry in a global context. He supported international field education
placements and internships in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and the
In 1986, the Seminary's
alumni/ae provided a generous gift to establish a chair in World Christianity
named in honor of the third president, Dr. John A. Mackay. The chair provided
the opportunity for the appointment of a distinguished international visiting
scholar from outside North America and Western Europe to enhance the Seminary's
exposure to and interaction with new voices and issues in the global church.
Tom Gillespie also changed and
benefited the Board of Trustees. The changes were most evident in committees,
in which recommendations that previously would only have been heard and
approved were seriously, and not uncritically, discussed. A consequence was
that trustees felt a growing sense of responsibility and involvement in the
Seminary's mission. These changes were inspired by Tom Gillespie's openness and
desire for participation, and by his conviction that the Seminary and its staff
needed to be genuinely accountable to a group that embodied the institution's
Presbyterian identity and was committed to its growth and well being.
These were enormous challenges,
often led courageously against the prevailing culture. Tom Gillespie acted always
with generosity and grace. He was sustained by his family, was constantly with his
beloved Barbara, and was always devoted to his Lord.
At the time of his retirement Tom said, ''It
was not an easy job. It could be draining. But I leave with a heart full of
gratitude.'' We in turn thank God for such a man, such a life and such an inspiration.
We send heartfelt sympathy to Barbara, Robyn, William and Dayle.
R Torrance
of Princeton Theological Seminary and Professor of Patristics
November 2011
is anticipated that the Memorial Service will be on Monday, November 14, in
Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton. There will be a reception at the
Seminary after the Memorial Service. I will send an update subsequently about
the time. The Gillespie family will designate a scholarship to which gifts may
be given in honor of Tom Gillespie. I will update you on details.
The memorial service for President Gillespie will be held at Nassau
Presbyterian Church in Princeton on Monday, November 14, 2011, at 1:00
p.m., followed by a reception in the Main Lounge of the Mackay Campus
Center on the Seminary's main campus. Parking at the Seminary will be
limited. There will be a private burial preceding the memorial service. Donations
marked "The President Thomas W. Gillespie Scholarship Fund" may be sent
to Princeton Seminary's Department of Seminary Relations, 64 Mercer
Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, in honor of President Gillespie.
Online donations can be made as well. Click here to give online. On the donation page under the "other" category, enter "Gillespie Scholarship" and the amount of your gift. A celebration of President Gillespie's life is being planned for a future date. Click here for directions to Nassau Presbyterian Church.Click here for directions to Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Cathy Messenger has long understood that the best way to teach kids science is to show them what the discipline's complicated formulas and physics are good for.
So when the Los Gatos High School chemistry teacher heard there was private grant money available to launch the sort of advanced research class that she'd been thinking about for years, she jumped at it. Now she presides over a classroom of 21 students working on everything from sending water samples to space to reversing benzene contamination of soil with phanerochaete chrysosporium.
Yes, phanerochaete chrysosporium.
"You learn the content and it means something," Messenger says of her class where students were recently typing on laptops, mixing solutions and discussing findings with each other. "It's about the experience. When do you retain information the most? When you've learned something that you have to immediately put to use."
I first heard from Messenger about her Advanced Science Research class last summer. I had just written about the Google (GOOG) Science Fair and said that I intended to write more columns about ideas that can help spark students' interest in science, technology, engineering and math. It turns out that Sabera Talukder, one of the Google finalists, had taken Messenger's class last year, the first year she offered it.
Messenger told me that Talukder came up with a low-cost way to purify water in developing countries when Talukder's passion and curiosity intersected with the mentoring and resources provided in the advanced research class. And it all made so much sense to me. Silicon Valley employers and educators for years have been worrying about where the next generation of technologists is coming from. Students -- especially girls -- seem to fall away from math, science and technical fields in middle school and high school. By college, the brightest are headed for business, finance, Wall Street and the big bucks.
But maybe a high school course in which kids think for themselves, push themselves and confront real-world problems, is the sort of thing that can flip a switch.
"I feel just so lucky to have this class," says Talukder, 16, who's back this year working on prototypes of her purification system, which she hopes to deploy in Bangladesh this winter. "It's given me a sense of purpose: How can I affect and how can I change the world?"
And as Talukder struggles with raising money to build her prototypes, it's given her a real-world lesson on how difficult it can be to bring about change.
"Actually, I found out that the hardest thing about science is not the research," she says. "It's implementing it."
The research class seems like a no-brainer, but in a world where standardize tests rule and school budgets are stretched to the breaking point, such elective classes are something of a luxury. The work Messenger's students are doing doesn't directly line up with test questions. And projects that involve growing plants on the ocean's surface, testing the toxicity of cadmium chloride and analyzing water's properties in microgravity cost money.
Messenger, a biochemist who worked for years in medical diagnostics research, is resourceful. She's recruited her husband, an electrical engineer, and another parent, who is a mechanical engineer, to help mentor students. The grant she landed provides funding for up to three more years, including $5,000 a year for supplies. (It also comes with the condition that the donor remain anonymous.) And Messenger has joined with Valley Christian Schools on a project to send a team experiment to the International Space Station in March.
It's a shame that innovative programs like Messenger's are so random and so fragile. Teachers and schools need to get lucky; to find a grant here, a volunteer mentor there. And when the current grant expires, Messenger isn't quite sure how she will pay to continue the class.
"It's always been my passion," she says of the research-based class. "It's part of why I became a teacher."
And clearly the passion is contagious. In Messenger's class one recent afternoon, students talked about the practical implications of their research. Andrea Kibel, a junior, is exploring the idea of growing food on the oceans' surface. She says she was inspired by similar projects launched on inland lakes.
"There is so much ocean surface available compared to fresh water," she says.
Sophomore Eugenia Huang has embraced the independent nature of the research class. A few weeks into the school year, she switched her focus from pyrolysis (heating biowaste to create fuel) to working on benzene with phanerochaete chrysosporium, a white fungus. The fuel idea, she explains, would have required purchasing a $12,000 furnace or building one that would burn at 800 degrees.
"We were just afraid that it would blow up," she says.
But the discovery by doing, or even discovering what you can't yet do, is part of the joy of science -- a joy that seems to be warmly embraced by the researchers in Cathy Messenger's classroom.
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On May 20, the U.S. Dept. of Labor won a consent order and judgement in which four trustees of a Portage, Indiana, union agreed to repay nearly $500,000 to the pension plan they ran. The trustees, Andre Joseph, Raymond Sierra, David Lynch and Edward Rentz, resigned from the pension and welfare plan of Local 1969 of the Intl. Longshoremen's Assn, and are permanently barred by the order from serving on any benefit plan. Yet all four still serve as officials and agents of either the local or intl. unions."The trustees violated one of the most fundamental rules of ERISA, [The Employment Retirement Income Security Act] that assets of employee benefit plans may be used only to pay benefits and legitimate plan expenses," said Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao.
The Dep't of Labor filed suit May 24 against the trustees and service providers of the pension, welfare and off-season supplement plans of Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n Local 1969 in Portage, Ind., for violations of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. DOL alleges the trustees authorized multi-million dollar payments to parties-in-interest in connection with two Nev. real estate deals. Named in the suit were trustees Andre Joseph, Raymond Sierra, David Lynch, and Edward Rentz as well as Michael A. Daher, sole owner and investment advisor with Leader in Marketing Fulfillment, Inc. (LMF) and John Sherwood Dunsmoor who had power of attorney over the pension plan account.


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Hi all,
Anyone know of a good program to convert 1080p WMV HD files (or other formats) to VOB?
Reason I ask this is VOB never stutters while streaming, however my WMV files do, which I think is due to it being transcoded on the fly.
On a side note, I thought WMVs are supported by PS3? It comes up as unsupported data on my PS3, however. Sucks....


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Medico-economic Evaluation Comparing Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Performed by Helical Tomotherapy and Dynamic Arc Therapy in Prostate, Cervical and Anal Canal Cancers
The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified January 2011 by Centre René Gauducheau.
Recruitment status was Recruiting
Recruitment status was Recruiting
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The aim of the study is a medico-economic evaluation to estimate a cost differential between three modalities of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for cancers of the prostate, cervix and anal canal with pelvic lymph node irradiation : treatment with helical Tomotherapy and dynamic arc therapy using two different technologies: RapidArc or VMAT.
Prostate Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Anal Canal Cancers
Radiation: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
|Official Title:
|Medico-economic Evaluation Comparing Conformal Radiotherapy With Intensity Modulation (IMRT) Performed by, Helical Tomotherapy (Hi Art) and Dynamic Arc Therapy (RapidArc, VMAT) in Cancers With Pelvic Lymph Node Irradiation (Prostate, Cervix, Anal Canal)
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: prostate cancer
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Further study details as provided by Centre René Gauducheau:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Medico-economic study : medical cost differential between 3 ways of Radiotherapy by IMRT (helical tomotherapy and dynamic arc therapy : RapidArc and VMAT). [ Time Frame: 2 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Costs of the devices, maintenance costs ; personnel costs directly related to the medical therapeutic procedure (physicians, medical physicists, dosimetry, technicians).
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Others economic criteria [ Time Frame: 2 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- the estimation of the cost differential by individualizing the preparation phase and phase radiation
- the analysis of the possible impact of learning in helical tomotherapy and dynamic arc therapy with VMAT and RapidArc measured on direct costs (depending on the age of implantation and equipment)
- clinical response and safety of the treatment by radiotherapy [ Time Frame: 18 Months (cervix and canal anal) or 36 months (prostate) ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Assess the skin and mucosal toxicity (acute, delayed) : CTCAEv3
- Assess the prognostic factors of onset of toxicity
- Assess oncological results
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|March 2011
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|March 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- WHO performance index ≤ 2
- Age > 18 years
- histologically proven carcinoma: Anal canal cancer locally advanced (> 4 cm and / or N1 to N3) under irradiation on pelvic and inguinal lymph nodes with concurrent chemotherapy. The boost with brachytherapy are accepted Prostate cancer with pelvic lymph nodes and radiation or hormone therapy Cervical Cancer under a purely medical treatment involving irradiation on pelvic lymph nodes and primary tumor with concurrent chemotherapy without surgery. The Boost by external radiotherapy or brachytherapy are accepted.
- The investigator must ensure that the patient has not expressed its opposition to participate in this study. The signing of a consent form is optional;
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of invasive cancer other than basal cell carcinomas.
- Indication of re-irradiation
- para-aortic radiotherapy associated with pelvic irradiation.
- post-operative radiotherapy.
- geographical distance
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|Contact: Michel Resbeut, MD
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|Sub-Investigator: Agnes Richard- Tallet, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Naji Salem, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Gonzague Casabianca, MD
|Assistance publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille
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|Marseille, France, 13385
|Contact: Didier Cowen, MD
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|Centre Val d'Aurelle
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|Montpellier, France, 34298
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|Sub-Investigator: Véronique Beckendorf, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Claire Brunaud, MD
|Institut Curie
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|Paris, France, 75013
|Contact: Campitelli, MD
|Principal Investigator: Campitelli, MD
|Sub-Investigator: De LA ROCHEFORDIERE., MD
|Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
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|Paris, France, 75015
|Contact: Philippe Giraud, MD
|Principal Investigator: Philippe Giraud, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Martin Housset, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Catherine Durdux, MD
|Centre René Gauducheau
|Saint Herblain, France
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|Strasbourg, France, 67065
|Contact: Georges Noel, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Christian Borel, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Marius Pop, MD
|Institut Claudius Regaud
|Not yet recruiting
|Toulouse, France, 31000
|Contact: Jean-Marc Bachaud, MD
|Principal Investigator: Jean-Marc Bachaud, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Martine Delannes, MD
|Groupe Oncorad
|Not yet recruiting
|Toulouse, France, 31300
|Contact: Denis Franck, MD
|Principal Investigator: Denis Franck, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Igor Latorzeff, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Philippe Dudouet, MD
Sponsors and Collaborators
Centre René Gauducheau
More Information
Keywords provided by Centre René Gauducheau:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 29, 2016
|Responsible Party:
|Mme Scotet-Cérato,, Centre René Gauducheau
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01325961 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 28, 2011
|Last Updated:
|March 29, 2011
|Health Authority:
|France : French Health Products Safety Agency (AFSSAPS)
Keywords provided by Centre René Gauducheau:
prostate, cervical and anal canal cancers with pelvic lymph node irradiation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Anus Neoplasms
Uterine Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Uterine Cervical Diseases
Uterine Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Rectal Neoplasms
Colorectal Neoplasms
Intestinal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Rectal Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 29, 2016


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At Parker Cottage Guest House, we are passionate about the people of this country and their development. We show our commitment in several ways:
* We are not only involved as sponsors in several social upliftment projects but we personally manage and have founded some of them too. (Community Engagement)
* As far as possible, we only buy our produce and services from local disadvantaged entrepreneurs (Business & Economic Development)
* We take the development of our own staff very seriously and focus on developing the skills of staff from disadvantaged areas to increase their earning potential. (Staffing and employment)
* We employ more staff than we actually need to spread employment and access to a better life for as many families as possible. (Staffing and employment)
Community Engagement
At Parker, our staff are actively involved in several community projects. Some of these we support financially and some of these we work in ourselves. One of our most visible projects is our support of The Haven Nightshelter. The shelter has 'passports', small pieces of plastic which allow homeless individuals free entry to the shelter where they receive a meal, a bed and a shower. Every guest at Parker Cottage gets a 'passport' to hand out to whoever they feel is in need of it. In this way, our guests themselves become actively involved in social upliftment even when they are on holiday.
School Scholarships
Parker sponsors a scholarship at St Pauls Primary in the Bo Kaap, the same school that Phil, one of the owners here, volunteers in every week. The scholarships are anonymous and aimed at learners who have high potential but limited financial resources. They cover fees, uniforms, transport and some books.
School Support
Phil volunteers at a local primary school in the Bo Kaap, an economically depressed area of the inner city in Cape Town, for a couple of hours a week. His focus is on increasing the literacy of the Grade 2 learners from other African countries or parts of South Africa in support lessons he designs for them to compliment their existing curriculum.
Business & Economic Development
We aim to use the purchasing power of Parker Cottage to support businesses from less affluent areas and owned by historically disadvantaged families and individuals. In this regard, we:
* Buy all our electrical goods from Transignal, a 100% Black owned company in Cape Town.
* Buy all our envelopes from a project for HIV/AIDS affected people in Philippi. These are hand made envelopes we sell in our shop.
* Actively buying Eastern Cape products to decorate the guesthouse and for our shop (for example, a set of five wood prints from an art student at Rhodes University Grahamstown.)
* Using Eastern Cape labour and skills in the Western Cape. For example, our caretaker, Donovan Jonkers is born and bred from the Eastern Cape.
* Buy a lot of our furniture and decorative items from Funky Junk, a Port Alfred (Eastern Cape) based antique shop.
* Buy all our fruit and veg from Pappi and his sons (see picture on the left!) who deal in organic produce from local farms.
* Buying the cut flowers for the guesthouse from local street vendors, not chain stores
* Supporting local farms and shops in the way we purchase breakfast supplies, particuarly cheese, cold meat, bread and dairy products.
Wherever possible, we use supplies from local entrepreneurs and actively seek links with small organic suppliers, particularly from previously disadvantaged backgrounds. Typical examples are:
We only buy our flowers from local street sellers not from chain stores
As often as possible, our fruit is delivered daily by local tradesmen from the Woodstock community. The majority of this produce is organically grown.
We buy our soaps and shampoos from Jade and Ecoco, two small Cape Town based companies employing previously unemployed women to manufacture environmentally friendly products made from local plants and trees.
City Tours
We have a great relationship with Walk In Africa, a company offering walking tours of central Cape Town and elsewhere in Africa. You can find out more about them at www.walkinafrica.com.
Other Tours and Transfers
We have our own driver at Parker Cottage, Chris Hannival, who grew up in District Six (an area of Cape Town that was bulldozed under apartheid) and now runs his own transport company, of which Parker Cottage is the major client. Chris is now able to offer work to a further two drivers as a result of his affiliation with us who are all, like him, historically disadvantaged individuals.
Staffing and employment
Our permanent staff at Parker Cottage both benefit from at least 50% more than the minimum wage for the industry and many much more than that. Our temporary staff also receive at least 25% higher wages than the minimum wage for the industry. We also guarantee our permanent staff 12 month contracts at 100% salaries, which is unusual in seasonal locations like Cape Town
Our staff are actively encouraged to try their hand at new areas of the business, such as stock taking, linen control and so on. Our aim is to turn our cleaners into maids into housekeepers into managers with staff who work for them. When we find staff have strength in a particular area, we organise more training and build on their success.
Local businesses
We encourage our guests to walk to local restaurants and to spend locally. Particular links we've made are with:
Miller's Thumb
A small family owned and operated restaurant less than two minutes walk from Parker Cottage, using fish caught by local fisherman.
Camissa Tours www.gocamissa.co.za
A small tour operator specialising in the township tour market with a particular focus on walking through the township, not driving through. Samantha and Khonaye guide you through the area they actually live in.
Hoerikwaggo Trail
With a local tour operator, we actively promote 2, 5 and 7 day hikes across Table Mountain staying in lodges built from alien vegetation and supporting conservation efforts in the peninsula's National Parks.
Downhill Adventures
We've made a link with this activity tour operator who specialise in cycling, abseiling and other natural environment activities in the Western Cape
On visiting Cape Town and wanting great accommodation, staying at Parker Cottage in Tamboerskloof is a must. It is closely situated to the famed V&A Waterfront, the gateway to visiting Robben Island, one of Cape Town's most well know tourist attractions.


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People watching the state of Colorado's register to vote television ads might recognize a familiar face.
Jordan Doll, who grew up in Eagle but now lives in Denver, is the featured actor. The ads feature the very funny Doll as an on-the-street interviewer encouraging people to register to vote. He wades out into a river to take his message to a group of rafters, jogs alongside a school track team and talks to farm workers in the field.
Doll's knack for comedy in the ads got some favorable mention in the Denver Post's editorial page.
And to think he made his acting debut in the Eagle Valley Middle School production of "The Ransom of Red Chief."
Doll's parents are Buddy and Claire Doll, and his grandmother is Starr Doll of Eagle. Expect to see a lot of this local on television in the weeks before the election.
The Eagle County Ambulance District and the Eagle County Healthy Aging Services will present their eighth annual Senior Health Fair on Friday, Sept. 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards.
This Senior Health Fair focuses on the health needs of older adults with a variety of exams including vision and hearing screenings, foot and balance screenings, skin cancer exams, flu shots (with Medicare card) and a memory baseline exam. Dietitians will be on hand to discuss lab results and paramedics will check glucose, blood pressure and oxygen levels as well as performing CPR and AED (automatic external defibrillator) demonstrations. New this year is a Lunch and Learn lecture, titled "How to live to be 100," presented by Dr. Jeffery Wallace, followed by a healthy lunch with a $5 donation.
"We all know health care can be expensive and hard to come by for seniors. This is a great way for seniors to gain access to a variety of providers they need," said Cathy Dulac, clinical coordinator with the Eagle County Ambulance District. "The Senior Health Fair gives our older population the opportunity to focus on their individual health care needs with free screenings and information on aging and wellness. We want to try to catch any health issues in the early stages. Eagle County Ambulance District exists to serve the health needs of our area and this is one way we can proactively help our seniors."
Please call Dulac at (970) 926-5270 or Pat Nolan at (970) 328-8831 with any questions or needs regarding the Senior Health Fair.
The next Alive @ 25 class is planned Friday, Sept. 14, at the Colorado Department of Transportation/Colorado State Patrol building in Glenwood Springs. Class begins promptly at 4:30 p.m.
Alive at 25 is a 41⁄2 hour driver awareness program sponsored by the Colorado State Patrol Family Foundation (501c3 nonprofit). This single-class program has proven to be the most effective driver awareness class in the United States and it demonstrates a substantially lower percentage of teen deaths compared to those who did not take this class or took another class.
The cost is $39 for those taking the class to attain their drivers permit. Those who are required to attend due to courts or other authorities have a $79 tuition. This National Safety Council multimedia class is designed specifically for those drivers (or soon to be drivers) between the ages of 14 through 24.
The program is taught by current or retired Colorado State Patrol Troopers. Successful completion of this program will result in the immediate issuance of a National Safety Council Certificate, eligibility to get a driver's permit six months early, waiver of the required six hours of behind-the-wheel practice with a commercial instructor, and a possible reduction in liability insurance. For further information, to sign up, or make a tuition payment, go to www.aliveat25.us or call (866) 605-3900.
As Vail celebrates many milestones this year, the Eagle River Watershed Council is celebrating the 18th year of the Eagle River Clean Up.
The inaugural cleanup was organized by the first Trout Unlimited chapter before the watershed council was established. There were two tents and 24 volunteers, half of which were Vail Resorts ski patrollers with radios and trucks. There was a silent auction, which included a season ski pass and raised a total of $400. Since then, the Eagle River Cleanup has become a fall tradition for many environmentally minded families, groups and companies. Vail Resorts is still involved today.
Join nearly 500 volunteers in caring for our beautiful rivers in the 18th Annual Eagle River Clean Up on Saturday, Sept. 29. This popular countywide event is organized by the Eagle River Watershed Council, presented by Vail Resorts Echo, sponsored by many local businesses and supported by volunteers from Red Cliff to Dotsero to East Vail.
Teams will begin work at 9 a.m. and clean nearly 78 miles of river. Following the cleanup, volunteers and their families are invited to Broken Arrow at Arrowhead from noon to 2 p.m. for a lively barbecue hosted by Beaver Creek Mountain Dining, served by the Arrowhead Alpine Club, with music from The Turntable Review, beer from Crazy Mountain Brewing Co., and gifts for the entire family.
Organizers are looking for volunteers and teams to expand this year. Call the ERWC office at (970) 827-5406 or email email@example.com to confirm a segment or receive a new location. Volunteers meet on the river at assigned locations on the day of the event, so they must pre-register in order to know where they are needed.
• Don't forget to pick up tickets to An Evening with Sandra Dallas. The Colorado author will be speaking at a fund-raiser for the Eagle County Historical Society on Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Brush Creek Pavilion. For more information contact Kathy Heicher at (970) 328-7104.
• An Oktoberfest celebration is planned at the Lundgren Theater Park in Gypsum Saturday, Sept. 29, from 11 to 6 p.m. Festivities will include a 5K fun run/walk, games, vendors and live music with libations by Bonfire Brewing. Mark your calendars.


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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
May 04, 2011
DOE-Supported New Mexico Hydropower Project Begins Operation
The Abiquiu Low-Flow Turbine Hydropower Project in New Mexico has added a low-flow, more efficient turbine that has begun operations.
The Abiquiu Low-Flow Turbine Hydropower Project in northern New Mexico, which is the first completed hydropower project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, started operations on April 21. The project received a $4.5 million Recovery Act grant from DOE's Wind and Water Power Program that was leveraged with $4.5 million from the private sector. The low-flow turbine will increase renewable energy generation capacity by 22% at the Abiquiu Hydroelectric Facility, boosting its output from 13.8 megawatts (MW) to 16.8 MW. The new turbine will produce enough energy to power 1,100 homes annually and will supply clean energy to Los Alamos County, including DOE's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The 3-MW turbine-generator was installed by the Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities at the Abiquiu facility on the Rio Chama River in New Mexico. DOE's Wind and Water Power Program works to improve the performance, lower the costs, and accelerate the deployment of innovative wind and water power technologies. See the DOE press release.


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Class Rings
The University has contracted with Jostens to make class rings available for purchase by CBU Students.
Rings can be ordered online at www.jostens.com. However, discounts are offered to students when rings are ordered directly from the representative during campus visits.
In addition to GRADFEST!, Jostens will also be on campus at the following times:
- Tuesday, March 19 from 12pm - 2pm
- Wednesday, March 20 from 4pm - 7pm
- Thursday, March 21 from 12pm - 2pm
- Wedneday, April 24 from 12pm - 8 pm
- Thursday, April 25 from 12pm - 8 pm
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