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You will visit: East Coast, including Surfers Paradise, Noosa, Fraser Island, Langmorn Station, The Whitsundays & Cairns
Get down on the farm, enjoy the idyllic island life, smile at the crocodiles, snorkel the Whitsundays, dive the Great Barrier Reef, and then dance the night away in Cairns. This extravaganza shows you all that 'Down Under' has to offer!
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Meet up with the other Contiki Travellers and your Trip Manager in legendary Surfers Paradise. It's the Gold Coast's party hot spot and home to some of the best surfing beaches in the world.
Get to know your group and Contiki crew on a fun night out by joining in an optional Cabaret dinner followed by included entry into one of Surfers Paradise's best clubs. With loads of restaurants and buzzing nightlife, there's something for everybody.
- Stay at a resort located right by the beach
- Nightclub entry
- Dracula's Cabaret Restaurant A$95
With a free day, hang out among the bronzed bodies, bikini babes and surfer dudes on the golden sands. Check out what Surfers is most famous for, the three kilometers of gorgeous natural beaches. Kick back and spot some locals showing off their talents in the waves.
If you want to get amongst the action there's so much happening in Surfers Paradise you are spoilt for choice. You could head up into the Hinterland Mountains on a 4WD trip or visit South Stradbroke Island on a kayaking safari.
Our hotel is only a short walk from both the beach and downtown Surfers Paradise so you could also hit the shops – Surfers has some great places to shop and a huge outlet mall for bargains, so get some tips from your Trip Manager on where's best to head.
- Relax on some of Australia's most famous beaches on the Gold Coast
- Tandem Skydiving from A$345
- Southern Cross 4WD night tour AU$ 105
As we make our way up the coast, we make a stop in Brisbane to see what this city is all about. You'll get a feel for the capital of Queensland's laid-back atmosphere when we have a look around town.
Noosa is up next. It's a trendy beach resort town. You could take a stroll through the shops or sunbathe and swim at the beach before we check into our resort.
- See the Brisbane River, South Bank & visit Queen Street Mall
- See the Glass House Mountains
- Visit the picturesque seaside town & beach of Noosa
This morning on our included full day 4WD tour, we make our way north to Fraser Island, a slice of paradise. This UNESCO World Heritage-listed site is the largest sand island in the world and is 800,000 years old. Packed with around 40 freshwater lakes, lush rainforests and diverse wildlife, Fraser Island lives up to its amazing reputation.
You'll meet your Local Guide in the morning and be shown some of the island's best spots and hidden treasures, taking you through the island's sand dunes, rainforests & freshwater lakes. Our Local Guide will show you some of the island's best spots and hidden treasures, such as Lake McKenzie – make sure you keep your camera handy – this is one of Australia's most beautiful regions. Tonight, go local and enjoy a taste of Aussie life as we head to the surf club for our included dinner overlooking the beach. Later, if you want to take it up a level, head out into the town & explore Noosa by night.
- Take a locally guided 4WD trip across Fraser Island & indulge in a delicious lunch
- Stay on the world's largest sand island, a UNESCO World Heritage site
- Drive along Australia's only sand highway
- Stay in an eco-village & enjoy the resort facilities
- Dine beachside at Noosa Surf Club & meet a lifesaver
Today we continue inland to an authentic country homestead, right in the heart of Queensland's cattle country.
We'll stop in the country town Childers, where you'll have the option to visit a local winery & exotic fruit orchard for a tour & tastings.
During our time at Langmorn, a working cattle station, you'll experience a taste of real Aussie country life. The owners will show you around the enormous property in a behind-the-scenes look at daily life on the farm. Taste local hospitality tonight as your welcoming hosts pile your table high with a hearty roast beef and vegetables (like you've never tasted before) followed by an indulgent homemade decadent dessert.
Later, have a go at whip cracking an authentic leather stock whip under night lights before heading back inside for traditional Aussie bush dancing. Have some fun and a giggle with some evening karaoke. See if you can spot the 'Southern Cross' amongst a chandelier of stars, a constellation only visible in the southern hemisphere & featured on the Australian flag.
- Stop in Childers, a small country town, known for its heritage & farming history
- Check out the farm & animals on a hay wagon ride, then try whip cracking!
- Meet the cattle station owners
- Aussie Outback experience: Langmorn Station Special Stopover
Today we drive to Airlie Beach, gateway to the Whitsundays Islands and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park to board our sailing yacht.
Enjoy two nights sailing the stunning Whitsunday islands with your friends. Swim, snorkel, or laze your way around the 74 islands of this tropical paradise, where you will pass the lush tropical islands, snorkel the many spectacular coral reefs, laze on the world's best beaches and personally meet an extravagant array of sea life. You can help the crew & learn how to grind the winches & hoist the sails, or just relax and top up your tan in the sun.
Please note: Accommodation on board the yacht is multi-share only.
- Visit the vibrant seaside town of Airlie Beach
- Relax on the famous white sands of Whitehaven Beach
Today we head deeper into the tropics of Australia when we hit Townsville for some free time. Check out the colonial buildings and get a feel for its maritime past as we drive along the esplanade and into town where you can grab some lunch.
Tonight we head out to a local restaurant for dinner where you have the opportunity to try kangaroo, amongst other delicious Australian delicacies. In your free time, walk around the buzzing night markets. It's the perfect place for shopping and with everything from fun, kitsch treasures to local crafts like boomerangs and didgeridoos.
- Townsville city orientation
- See Magnetic Island
- Pass Hinchinbrook Island - Australia's largest island national park
- Pass through Tully, home to Australia's best whitewater rafting
Wake up to the warm waters of Cairns. There's a chance to experience the Great Barrier Reef on an optional day trip. Put on your snorkel gear or try an optional introduction to scuba diving and check out colourful fish, turtles, vivid coral and the incredible clear waters.
Later, hit the seaside esplanade back in Cairns, sit down with a coffee and people watch. For your last night with the group, there's a chance to head down to a local hot-spot for dinner and a dance if you're up for it.
- Scuba Diving (in addition to Outer Barrier Reef Cruise) from A$60 (cerified dive); from A$115 (introductory dive)
- Outer Barrier Reef Cruise from A$170
Feed your your inner adrenaline junkie or relax? It's your choice with another free day to do what you're into.
Feed your inner adrenaline junkie or relax? It's your choice with another free day to do what you're into. Say a final farewell to your new friends as your trip ends at 5pm.
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Take the time to be thankful this holiday season. Don't get so caught up in planning that you forget to enjoy your holiday. You're supposed to be celebrating with friends and family, so keep it simple.
- Calculate the time of your guests' arrival so your food is done and you can enjoy the party. The last thing you want to be is running around stirring pots and heating up rolls when you could and should be welcoming guests and catching up.
- Choose appetizers that are easy to restock and to eat. You want people to mix and mingle, and overly complicated and drippy foods can hinder conversations.
- Add a touch of elegance. How about a table-side coffee preparation in a French Press? The French Press is a more elegant way to brew your coffee. It relies on the "steeping method," in which the coffee grounds are completely infused with hot water, extracting the flavor. You simply add hot water, let it steep and press down the plunger. This method results in a heavier-bodied coffee. Also, consider sippable holiday treats like the new Community Bread Pudding , or traditional seasonal favorites like Community Bananas Foster and Pecan Praline flavored coffees.
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At Time Inc. The John Huey Era Is Coming To An End
By Keach Hagey
John Huey, the editor-in-chief of Time Inc. and thus the name at the top of the masthead of the biggest magazine group in the country, is leaving at the end of the year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Martha Nelson, who as Time Inc.'s editorial director occupies the number two editorial position in the company, is expected to succeed him, according to a person familiar with the matter. No official announcement has been released, but The New York Post's Keith Kelly reported on Wednesday that the moves were likely.
Mr. Huey has perhaps cued the exit music at the right time. Newsweek, the longtime rival of Time Inc.'s namesake magazine, recently announced plans to give up on print altogether. And Time Inc., as the largest player in a struggling industry, with about 130 titles, continues to face a daunting financial outlook as its core business of print advertising loses ground to the web. Publishing revenues in the Time Warner subsidiary were down 6.2% in the first nine months of the year.
Mr. Huey's contract ran out in April, but he agreed to stay on through the end of the year to help ease the transition of the company's new CEO, Laura Lang, who arrived in January, according to a person familiar with the matter. He has accepted a position as a Shorenstein Fellowship at Harvard's Kennedy School.
He had been in the job — once described by the writer Kurt Andersen as having "papal luster" for having only six holders since the company's founding in 1922 — since 2006.
His exit will give a little more breathing room to the newly-arrived Ms. Lang, whose background is in digital advertising and who has taken a cautious approach to putting her stamp on the company so far. As one person familiar with the matter put it, "he's been the most powerful person there for a long time — and that includes any CEO."
Mr. Huey, 64, began his career as a reporter, joining the Wall Street Journal in 1975. There he worked under Norman Pearlstine, who he would later inherit the editor-in-chief title from at Time Inc. Mr. Huey rose at the Journal to become the editor of Wall Street Journal Europe, and then joined Time Inc.'s Fortune magazine in 1988.
In 1995, after Mr. Pearlstine had moved to the top Time Inc. editorial job, Mr. Huey was named managing editor of Fortune. It was there that he became famous as a turnaround artist, taking a magazine that Mr. Pearlstine once described as "in competition with the Harvard Business Review to see which one could be duller" and turning it into an editorial and financial success.
"I think John is, of his generation, maybe best in class, particularly when it came to turning around a magazine like Fortune, which was a huge behemoth with a great brand name, but was struggling," said Andy Lack, the CEO of Bloomberg's multimedia group and a longtime friend of Mr. Huey's. "John Huey made Fortune about as good a business magazine as ever was."
He rose to become editorial director of the company in 2001.
"What surprised people, I think, more than anything about John, is that he was a very shrewd manager, and he navigated the complex corporate nuttiness that comes with the role that he played," Mr. Lack said.
By the time he got the top job, the magazine business was at the start of a period of painful contraction, but people who know Mr. Huey said he was surprisingly good at navigating the rounds of cuts it required. "John is probably better at managing in tough times than anybody I ever met," said one person familiar with the matter.
After former Time Inc. CEO Jack Griffin was forced out after just five months last year, Mr. Huey formed part of a "troika" of top executives who ran the company while it searched for a replacement.
More tough times are on the horizon. Another round of "a fair number of layoffs" is expected "sometime in the next month or two," according to a person familiar with the matter.
Even after Mr. Huey goes, his mark will long be on the company. He lured Rick Stengel, the managing editor of Time Magazine, back to the company from a nonprofit, and recently pushed for the hiring of Todd Larsen, the former president of Dow Jones and grandson of Time Inc. president Roy Larsen, as head of the business group that includes Time magazine.
Mr. Larsen has his work cut out for him. Time's ad pages were down 19% in the first half of the year, according to the Publishers Information Bureau. But Mr. Huey is optimistic about his prospects, according to a person familiar with the matter. "He feels that if anyone can figure out those news titles, it's going to be [Mr. Larsen]."


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Yet another hotel is bought
Published: Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 8:19 p.m.
ELLENTON - Another hotel in the region has changed hands.
Jalaram LLC, a Bradenton company, bought the 63-room GuestHouse Inn at 4915 17th St. E. in Ellenton for $1.27 million, records show.
Supertel Ltd Partnership, a Norfolk, Neb., company managed by Kelly Walters, was the seller. Walters' company paid $1.34 million for the 16-year-old hotel in November 2002.
Jalaram is a Bradenton company managed by Nilesh and Tarun Patel.
Earlier in March, a Fort Myers company bought a 62-room hotel off Clark Road for $2.5 million, a 23 percent discount from its boom-time price, records show.
Shree Sainath Hospitality LLC, managed by Pratima Patel, bought the Days Inn at 5774 Clark Road near Interstate 75 from a company owned by Richard S. Bradshaw, records show.
That company paid $3.25 million for the 32,600- square-foot building in August 2005, records show. It later ceded the property to a lender after losing a $2.7 million foreclosure judgment.
Shree Sainath financed its purchase with a $1.76 million loan from First Community Bank of Southwest Florida.
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Stacey Steers is an American artist of the first rank. Her animated films are composed of thousands of individual, handmade works on paper, whether collages or individually painted drawings. Her process is both labor-intensive and intuitive. She spends several years creating artwork for each film—typically eight distinct, unique images for every second of animation. Over time, these images become a formal record of an ongoing and obsessive engagement with an original idea, through all its transformations.
Steers's animations emerge from creation myths (Watunna), dreams (Totem), memories (Phantom Canyon), and allegory (Night Hunter). As the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum wrote: "Fantastical, whimsical and fairy tale-like, these works address issues of gender, identity, warfare and violence, drawing us in with their prettiness, and challenging us with their toughness."
Her films have screened at festivals and museums worldwide, including Sundance, Telluride, Denver, New Directors/New Films in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the ClampArt in New York, and the Galerie Anita Beckers in Frankfurt, Germany.
Recently she has begun expanding her work to include installations that reflect on and bring focus to the films by placing production elements and/or film loops in a new context. Her work has been installed at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Denver Art Museum, and the Hamburger Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Germany, among others. Steers is a recipient of major grants from Creative Capital and the American Film Institute. She has been an artist fellow at Harvard University, the MacDowell Colony, the Sacatar Foundation, Ucross Foundation, the Liguria Study Center, and Yaddo. She lives and works in Boulder.
Following the screening of a package of her films, anchored by her seminal new work Night Hunter, Steers will be presented with the 2012 Stan Brakhage Vision Award.
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Across the years, Paris has been a hothouse for the development of the arts, commerce, politics, and culture. Edward Rutherfurd, whose sprawling novels charting the history of a place follow in the steps of the late James Michener, now chronicles the centuries-old story of the "City of Light." Five fictional families and their ever changing fortunes serve to illustrate the vibrant story of Paris, from Roman times to the student rebellion of 1968.
Throughout her impressive body of work, as both a poet and memoirist, Maya Angelou has kept her mother, Vivian Baxter, in the background. She now brings her center stage in "Mom & Me & Mom," (921.000) to reveal the influence she had on Angelou's life. Having left her 3-year-old daughter and older son in the care of their grandmother, Vivian had learned enough about life to take the children back ten years later to raise by herself. The relationship between the fiercely independent Baxter and the headstrong Angelou was to remain a work in progress for many years to come.
Science writer Mary Roach announced her fascination with weird topics when she published her first book, "Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers," in 2003. Since then she has cheerfully written on the afterlife, sex, and life in space. Continuing in that vein, she now looks into the digestive track — from one end to the other — in her fun and informative new book, "Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal" (612.300).
It has been a while since Jill McCorkle has graced us with one of her fine novels. "Life After Life" is her latest — one the critics feel is well worth the wait. Her setting is Pine Haven Retirement Facility in Fulton, N.C., where the residents somewhat contentedly live out their days supported by a staff caught up in the muddle of their own lives. Each one has his or her say, from Joanna the hospice worker to Stanley, who pretends to have dementia in order to keep his son away.
When he was hired by Forbes Traveler to visit and review the most luxurious hotels in the world, Bob Harris enjoyed the best Dubai and Singapore had to offer. The downside for him was seeing the hardscrabble lives of the workers who built those pleasure palaces. When he learned of an organization that makes microloans — as low as $25 — to poverty-stricken workers so they could start their own businesses, he donated his entire Forbes salary. He then traveled far and wide to see what changes his loans made. He tells of his journey in "The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds one $25 Kiva Loan at a Time" (332.000).
When 17-year-old Molly — all piercings, tattoos, and Goth make-up — commits a minor infraction in her small hometown on the coast of Maine, she is assigned to help 91-year-old Vivian, a wealthy widow, clean out her attic. It turns out the two of them have a lot in common — Molly's unsettled life in foster care is very much like Vivian's childhood after her parents died and she was sent to the Midwest and an uncertain future on the "Orphan Train." Christina Baker Kline has fashioned a compelling and enchanting novel out of a little known episode in American history.
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David Irving, Hitler and Holocaust Denial: Electronic Edition, by Richard J. EvansTable of Contents
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1. This detailed investigation has made clear that David Irving is wrong to claim with absolute certainty that the document in question was dictated by Franz Schlegelberger in Spring 1942. As has been shown, this is merely one of several possible interpretations, and the note may in fact date from July 1941. Irving is utterly misleading when he argues that the document 'is incompatible with the notion that Hitler had ordered an urgent liquidation programme' and shows that Hitler 'ordered "No Final Solution"'.48 If one accepts that the note dates from Spring 1942, an examination of the historical context makes clear that the 'present discussions' to which the document refers, were most probably the discussions taking place in the spring of 1942 about divorce proceedings for Jews in 'mixed marriages' and measures against 'half-Jews'. These discussions took place under the general heading 'Final Solution of the Jewish Question' (Endlösung der Judenfrage). In this context, the overwhelming likelihood is that Lammers's reference to views Hitler had expressed in the past that the solution of the 'Jewish question' be postponed until after the war was over, referred only to the fate of 'half-Jews' and Jews in 'mixed marriages'. The fate of 'full Jews', by contrast, had already been decided upon in principle. Yet, until the position of the borderline categories was finally clarified, the 'Jewish Question' as many Nazis understood it could not be regarded as completely solved. Lammers's reference to a possible surprise intervention from another agency was probably meant to reassure Schlegelberger that more radical officials in other party or state positions who, as we have seen, favoured a more drastic solution, would not be allowed to resolve the issue without Schlegelberger's considerations being taken into account.
2. The absurdity of Irving's claims regarding the document can be demonstrated in two other ways. First, if the term 'final solution' was really understood to mean, in each and every context in which it was used by the Nazis, the total physical extermination of the Jews in Europe, as Irving implies, then the document immediately would make clear that Hitler did know about the plan to exterminate Europe's Jews, even if he did want it postponed until after the war. Surely Irving would not want this implication to be drawn from the document in question; the inference would run counter to everything he has previously argued about Hitler, and indeed he does not draw it here.
3. Secondly, the actions of the Ministry of Justice regarding the Jews from spring 1942 onwards are absolutely incompatible with Irving's claim that Ministry officials had received an order from Hitler which stated '"No Final Solution"', or in other words, no killing of Jews. On 16 April 1942, only six days after Schlegelberger's presumed meeting with Lammers, the Ministry of Justice issued a directive to all Chief State Prosecutors in Germany stating that the Ministry supported the 'evacuation' to the East of the Jewish inmates of all German penal institutions. On this date, regional judicial authorities were instructed by the Ministry that 'the implementation of a prison sentence against Jews who are to be evacuated is to be discontinued after a requisition by the state police authority'. In such cases, the prisoners were to be directly handed over to the Gestapo. The same principle was applied to Jewish prisoners awaiting trial on remand, 'unless', the Ministry added in a revealing phrase, 'it is expected that they will be sentenced to death', showing that judicial officials clearly understood that 'evacuation' was a synonym for 'execution'.49
4. All the remaining Jews in state penal institutions were handed over to the police (together with other selected 'asocial' state prisoners) after a meeting between Himmler and the new Minister of Justice, Otto-Georg Thierack, on 18 September 1942 'for annhihilation through labour'. More than 1,000 Jewish prisoners were transported straight to Auschwitz following this agreement.50 Finally, on 13 October 1942, Thierack wrote to Martin Bormann to inform Bormann of his plans that in future the judicial courts would no longer prosecute any offences by Jews, as well as other 'racial aliens' (Russians, Poles and Sinti and Roma). Instead, such offenders should be left to the SS and police. Thierack explained his motives with reference to the fact that
The judicial system can only contribute in small measure to exterminating members of this race...There is no sense either in conserving such persons for years on end in German prisons and penitentiaries....On the contary it is my belief that substantially better results can be achieved by delivering such persons to the police, who can then take their measures free of the threat of legal prosecution.51
5. Thus, the Ministry of Justice since 1942 was actively involved in the extermination of Jews. Whatever Schlegelberger had come away with from his meeting with Lammers, it was clearly not the impression that it was Hitler's wish that the Jews were not to be exterminated. Schlegelberger also did not mention any such wish in his testimony at the Nuremberg trials.52 In contrast, the Ministry of Justice made apparently no further policy advances regarding 'half-Jews' after the meeting between Lammers and Schlegelberger. Thus, Thierack agreed in October 1942 that the issue of the 'half-Jews' should be left alone until the end of the war.53
6. Irving is well aware that the historical context of the document in question ('Schlegelberger memorandum') is most likely to have been the discussions regarding 'mixed marriages' and 'half-Jews' in spring 1942. He has even accepted this himself.54 He knows the documents which support this conclusion. The fact that he continues to mislead the public with his claim that the document proves that Hitler 'ordered "No Final Solution"' is testament to his obsessive belief in Hitler's innocence which, here as in so many other instances, has led him to misrepresent a documentary source in the interest of a historically untenable argument.
7. Peter Hoffmann, a leading specialist on the history of the German resistance, noted in 1989, when Irving repeated his account of the Schlegelberger memorandum in his biography of Hermann Göring:
Mr. Irving knows that this is part of a file regarding the legal status and definition of German Jews of mixed parentage and those married to non-Jewish partners.... Apparently, 11 years after the West German historian Eberhard Jäckel first showed and explained the document to him, Mr. Irving is still too pleased with its possibilities to see that it defeats his purpose. By publishing it as "proof" that Hitler did not want the Jews murdered, Mr. Irving accepts the term "solution of the Jewish question" as meaning mass murder, and he accepts Hitler's knowledge of the program. Had he taken it at its discernible face value, he would have avoided the logical trap. Further, he put himself in the position of accepting second-hand evidence on Hitler's wishes in the matter, so that he cannot convincingly contrive to exclude the mass of available secondhand evidence contradicting his interpretation.55
8. Ten years previously, after first demolishing Irving's interpretation of the document, Jäckel had written that Irving knew full well how limited its significance was. 'But he only ever sees and collects what fits his story, and even now he will not let himself be dissuaded from understanding what he wants to by the phrase 'postponement of the Jewish question.' Jäckel predicted that Irving would soon repeat it in his books once more. That he would still be repeating it so many years after it had been disproved, would come therefore as no surprise to him.56 This supposedly key document in Irving's arsenal of alleged documentary proof of Hitler's lack of culpability for the extermination of the Jews has long been regarded by professional historians as nothing of the kind.
48. Irving, Hitler's War (1991 ed.), p. 18; David Irving press release, 6.3.1978, Third Supplemental Discovery List by Irving.
49. BA Berlin, R 22/1238, Bl. 286: Der Reichsminister der Justiz an den Oberreichsanwalt beim Volksgerichtshof, die OLG Präsidenten, die Generalstaatsanwälte, 16.4.1942.
50. BA R 22/4062, Bl. 35a-37: Besprechung mit Reichsführer SS Himmler am 18.9.1942 in seinem Feldquartier. For the implementation of this agreement, see N. Wachsmann, '"Annihilation through Labour". The Killing of State Prisoners in the 'Third Reich'', Journal of Modern History (forthcoming 1999).
51. BA Berlin, 99 US 2 FC, 585, Microfilm 22933, Bl.287: Thierack an Bormann, 13.10.1942; ND NG-558: 'die Justiz nur in kleinen (sic!) Umfange dazu beitragen kann, Angehoerige dieses Volkstums auszurotten...Es hat auch keinen Sinn, solche Personen Jahre hindurch in deutschen Gefaegnissen und Zuchthaeusern zu konservieren...Dagegen glaube ich, dass durch die Auslieferung solcher Personen an die Polizei, die sodann frei von gesetzlichen Straftatbestaenden ihre Massnahmen treffen kann, wesentlich bessere Ergebnisse erzielt werden.'
52. Interrogation of Franz Schegelberger, IMT, Vol. XX, pp. 300-301.
53. BA Berlin, R 22/4062: Thierack Vermerk über eine Besprechung mit Goebbels, 26.10.1942; cited in J. Noakes, 'Nazi Policy towards German-Jewish "Mischlinge"', Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook, 34 (1989), pp. 291-354, here p. 347.
54. Irving, Hitler's War (1991 ed.), p.464.
55. Peter Hoffmann, 'Hitler's Good right Arm', The New York Times, 28 May 1989.
56. Eberhard Jäckel, 'Der Zettel', also 'Noch einmal: Irving, Hitler und der Judenmord', in Marthesheimer and Frevel (eds.) Im Kreuzfeuer, pp. 163-66.
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Mr. Obama said, however, he will refuse to accept any approach that "isn't balanced."
Meanwhile U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said any deal to avert a plunge over the so-called fiscal cliff should include lower tax rates, eliminating special interest loopholes and revising the tax code.
Mr. Obama said in his first public comments since the election that Congress should pass a bill that would prevent Bush-era tax cuts from expiring for all but the wealthiest Americans.
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There are hundreds of digital compact cameras on the market, with advanced, superzoom and rugged camera options all being available, which makes finding the right one quite tricky.
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There's plenty to like about the Sony RX100 Mark II, from its small, pocketable size to its excellent image quality.
We're most pleased about the improvement to low light performance, which is significantly better than its predecessor, thanks to that new backlit sensor.
Putting aside our disappointment about there still not being a touchscreen, we're still a little bugged by the functions that can't be shot in raw format, leading to some pretty tedious menu diving. Still, if you predominantly shoot in JPEG only, this shouldn't be too much of an issue for you.
Fuji X100S
Price: $1,300
Specs: 16.3MP APS-C format CMOS II sensor, EXR Processor II, Full HD video
Fuji's replacement to its popular FinePix X100 compact camera draws on user feedback to make improvements. The Fuji FinePix X100S uses the same sized sensor (APS-C) but it's an X-Trans CMOS II device with a resolution of 16.3 million pixels with the 6 x 6 RGGB filter array pattern seen on the Fuji X-Pro1's sensor. There's also a new EXR Processor II.
We liked the retro design and control arrangement of the Fuji X100 and this continues with the X100S. The hybrid viewfinder, which can be switched between optical and electronic operation, gives the camera an advantage over most compact cameras which only allow images to be composed on an LCD screen.
Its image quality is also very good and on a par with some SLRs, so shots have sharp detail and natural color.
Although it's a little bulky, the X100S is one of our favorite compact cameras.
Fuji X20
Price: $600
Specs: 12MP X-Trans CMOS II sensor, 6 x 6 RGGB filter array pattern, 7.1-28.4mm f/2-2.8 lens
The Fuji X10 was our favorite high-end compact camera of 2012, and combining it with the same sensor design as one of our favorite compact system cameras - the Fuji X-Pro1 - bodes very well.
Fuji says it's made 50 improvements on the X10 for the X20, including a new 2/3-inch X-Trans CMOS II sensor with 12 million effective pixels and a 6 x 6 RGGB filter array pattern, which combines with an EXR Processor II. The Fuji X20 also boasts a hybrid AF system and a Digital Trans Panel in the viewfinder.
Canon Powershot G1 X
Price: $700
Specs: Large 14.3MP CMOS sensor, 4x optical zoom, 1080p HD video, swivel LCD screen
Although the zoom range is limited when compared to other Canon G-series cameras, the trump card of the Canon G1 X is its unusually large sensor. A larger sensor has more surface area to receive light, improving image quality at high sensitivities and boosting dynamic range. Interestingly, Canon has opted to stick with the 4:3 aspect ratio, rather than 3:2 as most APS-C sensors are, even though the sensor in the G1 X is roughly the same height as APS-C format.
In order to make the most of what the sensor can offer, Canon has equipped the G1 X with the latest Digic 5 processor, which promises better control over noise at high ISO sensitivities, faster operation and smoother 1080p video recording.
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Price: $1,097
Specs: 16.2Mp APS-C format CMOS sensor, 28mm (equivalent) f/2.8 lens, 3-inch 921,000-dot LCD
Nikon has given the Coolpix A the same 16.2-million-pixel sensor as the Nikon D7000, but it has left off the anti-aliasing (low-pass) filter to allow it to record sharper details in-camera.
Aimed at serious photographers, the Coolpix A has advanced exposure modes such as aperture priority, shutter priority and manual as well as fully automatic and scene options.
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- Jan 21:
- Castilleja traffic mess: Palo Alto neighbors revolt over exclusive high school's decision
- Dec 24:
- Castilleja: Palo Alto's response to enrollment reduction plan under review
- Aug 20:
- Embattled Palo Alto private school releases conformance report
- Aug 19:
- Herhold: Castilleja School should make peace with its Palo Alto neighbors
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- Palo Alto private school stands firm on enrollment numbers
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- Private school in Palo Alto in trouble for over-enrollment
Castilleja, a private school for girls in Palo Alto, has agreed to speed up its plans to reduce enrollment at the city's request. But it isn't abandoning hope that it will ultimately be allowed to exceed a cap put in place in 2000.
In a Jan. 20 memo to Advance Planning Manager Steven Turner, Head of School Nanci Kauffman guaranteed that enrollment will shrink from 448 students to 444 in the coming academic year. She said the school, which costs $38,200 per year to attend, typically sheds two to four students annually.
"Attrition, however, is inherently unpredictable and out of our control," Kauffman wrote in the memo. "Therefore, to ensure accountability, we propose a guaranteed reduction of four students for the upcoming 2014-15 academic year, yielding a maximum enrollment of 444 girls."
Last summer, the city found Castilleja in violation of a 2000 conditional use permit that caps enrollment at 415 students. Based on average daily attendance -- a figure derived by subtracting average daily absences from total enrollment -- the school has been out of compliance since 2010-11. Total enrollment, however, has exceeded 415 students since 2004-05.
The city slapped the school with a $236,000 fine and ordered it to file enrollment reduction and transportation demand management plans.
The two sides have since communicated through a series of memos, with the city recently asking Castilleja to move more quickly to slash enrollment after Kauffman suggested waiting until December 2014 to see if its transportation demand management plan succeeds in reducing impacts to the level of 385 students, the number that were enrolled in 2000.
Meanwhile, a loosely organized group of two dozen neighbors has called on the city to be firm with the school and return enrollment to the previously approved cap by the 2015-16 academic year.
In her Jan. 20 memo, Kauffman indicated that she wants to avoid cutting enrollment beyond the four students and said Castilleja will apply for a new conditional use permit if the transportation demand management plan is successful. Otherwise, she said the school will reduce enrollment by six to eight students per year, returning to 415 by the 2018-19 academic year.
The transportation demand management plan, which includes shuttles to Woodside and Los Altos, is already in place and appears to be working, said Kauffman, adding that some neighbors have told her as much.
"The shuttles, as well as increased education and monitoring, have played a large role in improving the flow of traffic and reducing the demand for parking," Kauffman wrote in the memo.
According to the school's traffic consultant, Nelson Nygaard, the plan should reduce peak morning trips from 511 in 2000, when 385 students were enrolled, to 456. The school would have to enroll 494 students to reach 511 trips again.
Leif King, a resident of Emerson Street, counts himself among those who are pleased with Castilleja's response.
"They're clearly working hard to reduce the affect on the community," he said. "This year's traffic has been much better than last year's."
At a community meeting last summer to discuss enrollment, neighbors shared stories of their driveways being blocked by parents waiting to pick children up from the school at 1310 Bryant St.
Kellogg Avenue resident Stan Shore, a spokesman for the two dozen neighbors who want more immediate action, also acknowledged that it is easier these days to park and drive through the area.
"But the question now is what guarantees are there that this will continue in the future?" he wrote in an email to The Daily News.
In a Jan. 30 letter, Shore called on Turner to force Castilleja to reduce its enrollment to 415 students by the 2015-16 academic year. He also said the school should not be allowed to apply for a new conditional use permit until it has proven it can adhere to the existing permit.
"Five consecutive years of compliance is a very small price to pay considering the school has been out of compliance for 11 years," he wrote. "No special treatment for Castilleja or any other business entity. I and the neighbors play by the rules and Castilleja should play by the rules."
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While in the process of packing for a week-long family excursion to the Club Med resort in Ixtapa, Mexico, with all our kids and grandkids to celebrate Paulette's 70th, I was working up a discussion topic for this week's column that would cause us to reflect on an area of the Village that we pass through on a daily basis but haven't spent much time discussing in recent years.
I'm referring to that ragtag riparian habitat adjacent to the dirt parking lot that occupies the entry to our village.
There are two major infrastructure projects left to complete in the Village. Obviously, completion of our commercial and resort core centered in and around Base Village is one of those projects; however, we are at the mercy of Related as to how and when that one progresses. Other than a few carrots and sticks that the town can hold out to Related, there is not a lot that we can do to influence its plans and timetable at this point. That is particularly in light of our town attorney's oft repeated admonition to our town staff and council not to take any preemptive or aggressive action for fear of the town becoming liable for significant penalties to Related based on his reading of a court case involving a development project in Mammoth, Calif.
As to the completion of this project, we'll just have to wait until the folks at Related are good and ready to open their kimono. But as to the second, we are in total control and only have ourselves to deal with.
Over the years we have spent millions of dollars from Highway 82 all the way up to our entryway to preserve and beautify the ride up to our little piece of paradise. Millions of dollars were spent to acquire and preserve the pristine nature of the Droste and Seven Star properties, to underground unsightly powerlines and hide the electric substation behind an attractive façade at the entrance to our town cemetery, to build a 3-mile bike path, a state-of-the-art recreation center, baseball and soccer fields, tennis courts, a skateboard park and a transportation and information center along with the revamped and beautified golf course at the Snowmass Club.
All of this work and money were expended, but the project has never been complete. What we now have is a beautiful ride up from Highway 82 that ends with an ugly entryway adjacent to the Brush Creek/Highline Road roundabout.
There are no outside forces or developers that we are waiting on for the completion of the entryway. It's just us who need to move expeditiously to complete the work. For some reason, the town has been dragging its feet on this item for many years. There's no lack of creative ideas for the redevelopment of this area. Several citizens, and even an architect or two, already have created concepts that incorporate a functional and attractive entryway including a multi-use arena for summer, fall and winter programming and events, along with completed landscaping that would cap off the beautification of our town entrance.
And best of all, there should be no excuse for not proceeding expeditiously because there is plenty of seed money available for planning as part of the Holy Cross Community Enhancement Fund, which has been sitting in the town's bank account for some time and will, by the end of this year, total $729,831 with about $85,000 added to the pot each year by Holy Cross Energy. Holy Cross has put specific limits on how this money can be used, but completion of our entryway clearly comes within the terms of permitted uses of those funds.
If you're as disgusted as I am every time you enter the Village with the unsavory view of the incomplete entrance, let our elected representatives know you want them to move forward on completing this project without further delay. They should appoint a task force of interested parties and begin the brainstorming right away.
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SEATTLE -- With a roster depleted by call-ups, suspensions and injuries, San Jose couldn't keep up with the top team in the Western Conference on Saturday night.
The Earthquakes fell behind early and struggled to generate scoring chances during a 1-0 loss to Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field in front of an announced crowd of 49,746, the largest in the MLS this season.
"Obviously we're disappointed to lose," San Jose coach Mark Watson said. "I was proud of our guys tonight, though. I thought they performed pretty well. We were chasing the game from early on but a lot of positives in the performance."
San Jose (2-4-4) dressed just 16 players and remained winless on the road after the loss to the FC Sounders (8-3-1).
Obafemi Martins scored the only goal of the game in the eighth minute with a left-footed chip shot that sailed over the head of goalkeeper Jon Busch and landed just inside the far post.
"You've got to tip your hat to him," Busch said. "That's a big-time finish from that angle. There's nothing you can do. It doesn't matter who you are or where you play, that's a good goal."
Playing without leading scorers Chris Wondolowski (USMNT call-up) and Victor Bernardez (suspension), the Quakes were held scoreless for the fourth time this season. It didn't help that San Jose, which didn't get a shot on goal until the 90th minute, was also missing offensive threats Shea Salinas (suspension) — he has a team-high four assists — and Alan Gordon (injury).
With key players missing, forward Billy Schuler made his first MLS start, while Shaun Francis made his first start on the back line since March 22.
"We have a bunch of players away, suspended and injured, and it gives guys opportunities," Watson said. "They get a chance to show what they can do and there were some good performances tonight."
Trailing by a goal in the second half, Busch tried to keep the Quakes in the game, making a diving save on a shot from Lamar Neagle in the 58th minute. The veteran keeper added another impressive save in the 65th minute, turning away another shot from Neagle.
Busch finished the game with five saves, four in the second half.
"We knew coming into it, especially on the road, that they were going to get their chances," Busch said. "My job is to make saves and keep us in the game. I did my job."
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Published: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 3:13 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 3:13 p.m.
The Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter will hold its Home for the Holidays annual campaign to find pets foster homes from 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 15.
Animals available for fostering can be taken home that day or as late as Dec. 21. The program allows people to see if a pet fits well with their family. The pet can be returned Jan. 3.
The deposit fee is $15 for a male cat, $25 for a female cat, $30 for a male dog and $35 for a female dog.
The fees serve as the adoption fees if the family decides to keep the animal. If the family decides otherwise, the fee will be returned when the animal is returned to the shelter.
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Suzette started working for the University in April 2009, as a Program Assistant for the Center for Athletic Academic Services (CAAS). The same year she was hired by the Athletics Department as a Senior Secretary and then was promoted to a Business Support Specialist, the last position she held prior to her current position as the Executive Assistant for the Director of Athletics.
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Massachusetts State Immunization Requirements
All incoming New England Law | Boston students must provide certification of certain immunizations by August 1, 2016. Please send all required documents to:
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Full-Time Students must provide certification of certain immunizations as a condition of registration per Massachusetts state law (M.G.L. ch. 76, §15C).
International Students (full time or part time) attending an institution of higher education in Massachusetts while on a student (F-1) or other visa (including a student attending or visiting classes or programs as part of a formal academic visitation or exchange program) must also submit the immunization form.
Please contact your physician or your undergraduate health center to obtain this certification. It must:
- Be a form or letter signed and dated by the physician or designee.
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Let's just get one thing out of the way before I continue with this post. I am braid-challenged.(That's braid, not brain... although there are some who might argue that I'm both.) So when I first looked at this week's Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge recipe, I felt a little nervous. Challah, a Jewish specialty, is traditionally made as a braided loaf, and I was forced to step outside of my comfort zone when it came to the shaping stage of this recipe. Fortunately, I found a resource to ease my troubled mind.
I managed to pull this one off, but I can clearly see that I need more practice with braiding. When I first pulled my loaves out of the oven the first thought that came to my mind was, "Mommy, Mommy, my pigtails are too tight!" I think I must have stretched the dough as I was working it because the braids just looked pulled and strained.


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A Tribute to Gampy
This is a loving tribute by Jeanette Dakessian about her father. She is the mother of a 10-year-old son with autism, and her father was a huge part of her son's life.
I have a 10 year old , mostly nonverbal, son who has autism. He was so attached to my dad, who he called grampy for many years, until my dad passed away last November from lung cancer.
My dad would come to my house three times a week to meet Tyler's van at my house and bring him to daycare because I worked full time, and he was retired. He would get my daughter off the bus as well. Grampy gave Tyler cookies every day for snack and Tyler loved that! He was always very excited when grampy was waiting for him at the house. He would say "Gampy!!!!" anytime he saw a red truck, which is what my dad drove.
My dad would stop at my house multiple times a week to see the kids. Tyler would run into his bedroom to get his small photo album, come back out into the living room, and grab grampys arm pulling him over to the couch. Then he would take his arm and pull it over his shoulders so grampy was hugging him!
Then he would point at pictures of our family and look at Grampy, in the eyes, which he often has a difficult time doing, and say who ever or whatever was in the picture. For example…tree, ball, bus, Dee Dee(my sister) Di Di(my other sister), and so forth.
My dad would take his baseball hat and put it on backwards because Tyler would look at him and say, "uh oh!!" Then he would take it off my dad and put it back on the right way. It was their special thing, and oh so cute!
Tyler would not take anyone else's hand and pull them to the couch. Only his Grampy. He loved him a lot and my dad loved him right back.
I brought Tyler to the wake last year and Tyler looked at him and said "night night!" He does not understand death and it was bittersweet. It has been a year since my father passed, and to this day, he still says " Gampy," when he sees a red truck. He will jump up and down and look so excited thinking "Gampy is back to see me." It is sad to see that Tyler is disappointed when its not him, but he is so blessed to have had Gampy in his life.
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December 3, 2010 at 11:28 am
OMG!!!! My dad passed away when my son Jacob (also 10) was about 16 months old. We didn't know at that time that he was special needs. He died of lung cancer and was also retired. I can only imagine how they would have gotten along. He would do silly things like go fishing in the fish tank with his other grandsons that were older. I think he would have been amazing with jake like your dad with your son. Thanks for sharing…this brought tears to my eyes!
December 3, 2010 at 12:53 pm
It is very refreshing to hear of a grandfaher ,who took such care of his grandchildren!i AM GLAD YOUR SON HAS BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES.i wish more grandparents would decide to help in lives of our extraspecial children!thanks for sharing your story!


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CITY OF NEWBURGH — St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital announced Thursday that it will trim about 40 positions to help offset a projected operating loss.
Only nine employees — less than 1 percent of the total workforce — actually will be laid off, the hospital said. The other positions are currently vacant.
The hospital is projecting a $5.3 million operating loss this year.
In announcing the staffing reductions, president and CEO Allan Atzrott cited several examples of declining revenue and rising costs.
Like all hospitals, he said, St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital has seen significant reductions in both federal and state reimbursement for services. Also, the industry is shifting to a greater emphasis on outpatient treatment, resulting in fewer inpatients and thus less revenue.
"We need to adapt our staffing levels to respond" to those changes, Atzrott said.
Meanwhile, contractual expenses such as increases in pension costs for unionized employees in recent years also have contributed to the projected deficit, the hospital said.
Atzrott said all departments at the hospital, which has campuses in Newburgh and Cornwall, have spent the past few months looking for ways to reduce expenses and operate more efficiently, and those efforts will continue.
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Kdenlive 0.7.4 Released, Makes it Easy to Try
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Although released a few weeks ago, the new Kdenlive 0.7.4 version is progressing nicely. The current release notes list the following updates:
- Compatibility with the new 0.4.x versions of MLT
- Rendering jobs now start one after another instead of all together
- Rewritten DVD wizard, allowing for chapters, several buttons in menu and easy preview
- Start of a transcoding feature, allowing to easily convert a clip in another format
- Long list of bug fixes.
Not only are the Kdenlive team providing the usual packages for different Linux flavours (Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Mandriva, OpenSUSE), they're making it very easy for a wider range of users to try the software. The following downloads are also available:
- FreeBSD Ports
- Macports for Max OS X
- Kdenlive DVD and USB Live installation
- Virtualbox Disk Images
We're not aware of any other FOSS non-linear video editing tool that makes it so easy for new users to test and try the software.
Categories: Kdenlive, Video KDEnlive, NLE, Non-Linear Video Editor


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hi there ! posted this on general support forum with no replies,
sorry for double posting, but maybe someone here knows the answer...
Hello !
I couldn't find how to change the #--TRANSCODE--# folder name...
{naming it Subtitles would make it easier for anonymous dummies that will use the system}
Does anyone knows how it could be done, any xml file or file to recompile ?


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Today in History: March 23
The Art of Cooking
Cakes in Bakery, Schrafft's, Madison Avenue and 58th Street, New York City,
Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc., photographer, January 30, 1948.
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America
Born on March 23, 1857, Bostonian Fannie Merritt Farmer significantly influenced the way Americans cook. By standardizing measurements in her recipes, Farmer guaranteed her readers reliable results. The Fannie Farmer Cookbook became a classic kitchen text. Now in its thirteenth edition, the cookbook remains a popular home cooking reference.
While a young woman, Farmer enrolled in the Boston Cooking School. After graduating in 1889, she became assistant director of the school. Within five years Farmer was at the helm, and, in 1896, she published the first edition of the Boston Cooking School Cookbook, today known as Fannie Farmer Cookbook.
Preparing and eating food is an essential part of our culture. In American Life Histories, 1936-1940, many interviewees discuss memorable recipes, meals, and foodways. Mary Anne Meehan, an American of Irish descent, made her living as a cook. She recalled the foodways of her youth:
I always was cooking. I can't remember when I didn't know how. My mother was a corking cook. She could boil a ten-penny nail and make it taste good. I took after her. I could make cakes, light as a feather and I was a master hand at pie crusts. My tart shells would melt in your mouth; if I do say it myself. Everybody made jelly then and tarts was a favorite dessert. You never see a tart nowadays.
"Mary Anne Meehan," Brookfield, Massachusetts, June 10, 1939.
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940
Kitchen Utensils and Spices, between 1941 and 1945.
AMerica from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935, 1945
To learn more about cooking in America:
- Search on cooking, recipe, or baking in American Life Histories: Manuscrtips from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 to find more descriptions of edible delights. "Italian Feed," an interview with Mari Tomasi, will be among the results.
- Search the collection Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982 on cooking to find a variety of colorful materials. View, for example, the video "On Cooking Mountain Oysters" or to listen to the audio "Comparing German and American Foodways."
- Search on the term cookbook in Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920 to find a variety of cook books from that era. See, for example, Sloan's Cook Book and Advice to Housekeepers and the Cow Brand Soda Cook Book and Facts Worth Knowing.
- Household items were among the consumer goods advertised in short films shown before a main feature in movie theaters. In Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929, view the film advertisement for "Onward Flour."
- Find out more about cooking and other household-related topics through the Science Subject Guide: Home Economics compiled by the Library's Science Reference Services. For example, view the Web cast "The History of Household Technology" which describes the evolution in technology of such items as washing machines, irons, and stoves, and their impact on women's work in the home.
- The Imagination section of the online exhibition American Treasures of the Library of Congress contains several cookbooks and recipes, including the First American Cookbook and the 1892 New York Cookbook. Locate these and other treasures under the heading "Domestic Arts."


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- Sep 3:
- Los Gatos football: New coach, veteran talent this fall
- Sep 2:
- Mitty football: Defense is the key for Monarchs in the tough WCAL race
- Valley Christian football: Led by its star tailback, the sky is the limit
- Prospect football: Last year's Plan B becomes this year's Plan A
- Westmont football: Goal is the same as always for Warriors--compete for league title
- Santa Clara Valley is--and has always been--a hotbed for QBs
- St. Francis football: Familiar name back as Calcagno steps in as head coach
- Harker football: Veteran receivers, a young QB keys to the season
- Saratoga football: Division's 'big 4'? Lugo thinks it's the 'big 5'
- Monta Vista football: Matadors may be small in numbers and size, but big on talent
- King's Academy football: Talented junior class the key for Knights' in their bid to rebound
- Cattolico leaves a legacy on the football field, and on report cards
- High school football preview: Players to watch
The 2012 season for the Bellarmine Prep football team was one played a little on the edge.
The Bells pulled out a handful of tight games in the waning seconds--at least five by their head coach's count--but came up literally an inch short in their playoff finale.
That inch is still on the mind of head coach Mike Janda.
"It was disappointing that we didn't finish that game the way we wanted," Janda said. "I've looked at that tape, and it's still something that is so close to call whether or not we got the inch we needed or not. We won five to six games last year in the final minute, and sometimes seconds, of the game. That finally caught up with us."
Bellarmine went 11-2 overall and a perfect 7-0 in West Catholic Athletic League play in 2012. The Bells won two playoff games in the always stacked Central Coast Section Open Division before falling 13-10 to league foe St. Ignatius in the title game.
While 2012 marked another banner year for the perennial section football power, the Bells returning senior quarterback K.J. Carta-Samuels didn't relax during the off-season.
Instead, he earned an invite to one of the premier quarterback camps in the county, the Elite 11 Camp, during which he got to compete side by side with some of the top high school quarterbacks in the country.
ESPN NFL analyst Trent Dilfer commented last month on MaxPreps.com about Carta-Samuels, who is No. 11 in the Elite 11 quarterback rankings.
"I don't know if I've trained a kid more trainable than K.J. Carta-Samuels," said Dilfer, who played quarterback for five NFL teams, including the San Francisco 49ers. "I told him, 'A, B and C are real issues, and if you don't fix them, this will be a long process for you.' Now we're looking 2½ months later and it's unbelievable. ... On a scale of 1 to 5, he's a 6 in competitive temperament. Trainability, he'd be a 6 there again."
Carta-Samuels (6-foot-3, 220 pounds) is committed to Vanderbilt University, the same school his brother Austyn played for last fall after transferring from the University of Wyoming in 2011.
K.J., who won 11 games during his first year as the starting quarterback for the Bells, has gained 15 pounds of muscle this year, adding plenty of strength to his growing frame.
The added bulk for the unquestioned leader of the offense is welcomed by a coaching staff needing to break in a stable of brand-new running backs, offensive linemen and wide receivers to aid Carta-Samuels' efforts this fall.
"He's going to have to be an important leader for our team and senior class," Janda said. "We lost a lot of quality seniors to graduation. He's (K.J.) also going to be counted on to make a lot of plays in our offense.
"We need to throw the ball more this year than we did last season. Our problem with that is that we don't have a lot of experience coming back at the receiver position. We're going to have to develop that position along with several other spots as we go."
Gavin Lynam (6-foot-1, 190), Austin Changras (5-foot-10, 175) and Eli Marshall (6-foot-1, 180) will be tasked with the bulk of the running back load at the wingback positions, needing to replace workhorse senior back Kenneth Olugbode by a committee approach.
Only two starters return on the offensive line: Kyle Ebertin (6-foot-2, 245) will start at center and senior Joe Castignani (6-foot-1, 215) returns at tackle.
Junior Curt Calomeni (5-foot-8, 185) will start at fullback and will also start at linebacker for the Bells.
Plenty of new faces will enter the starting lineup of the defensive side of the ball this year, but one spot that will have some familiar faces will be linebacker.
Calomeni, Changras and Castignani all will be back to form a nice linebacking corps in the middle of a young defensive group.
Ebertin is the lone returner on the defensive line, lining up at nose tackle.
The secondary will all be brand new.
With a home-and-home series with De La Salle now complete, Bellarmine opens the 2013 season against another stingy opponent, El Cerrito.
"El Cerrito only lost one game last season also. We go from De La Salle to these guys to open the year. There's really not much difference in my opinion. [El Cerrito has] a very good football team that will give us a great test right off the bat."
As far as the WCAL league is concerned, Janda pointed to Valley Christian as the school with the most key returners, but was quick to mention that the league has become so tough year to year that every week will continue to be a grind.
Bellarmine opens league play on Oct. 4 against Serra at San Jose City College.
Key Players
K.J. Carta-Samuels (6-3, 220), Sr., QB
Gavin Lynam (6-1, 190), Sr., WB
Kyle Ebertin (6-2, 245), Sr., C/NT
Austin Changras (5-10, 175), Sr., WB/LB
Eli Marshall (6-1, 180), Sr., WB
Joe Castignani (6-1, 215), Sr., OT/LB
Curt Calomeni (5-8, 185), Jr., FB/LB
Sept. 7, El Cerrito (at De Anza College), 7 p.m.
Sept. 13, at San Leandro, 7 p.m.
Sept. 20, at Piedmont Hills, 7 p.m.
Oct. 4, Serra (at San Jose City College) , 7 p.m.*
Oct. 11, at St. Francis , 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 25, Valley Christian (at San Jose City College), 7 p.m.*
Nov. 1, @ Sacred Heart Cathedral, 1 p.m.*
Nov. 8, Archbishop Mitty (at San Jose City College), 7 p.m.*
Nov. 16, at Archbishop Riordan, 1 p.m.*
* Denotes West Catholic Athletic League game


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22 Feb DWS Studies 'Restorative Practices' for Conflict Resolution
DWS Studies 'Restorative Practices' for Conflict Resolution
A group of 20 teachers, staff and parents gathered for a day-long Saturday workshop to learn how to incorporate "restorative practices" at The Denver Waldorf School.
"The use of restorative practices is a highly effective response to social conflict in schools," said Deb Witzel of the Longmont Community Justice Partnership, who led the workshop.
Tougher than traditional discipline focused on punishment, expulsion or school-suspension, restorative practices, used around the world, can foster a school climate of respect, responsibility and healthy communication, Witzel said.
In restorative practices, teachers, staff and students learn to resolve social conflict issues collaboratively, and students learn to take responsibility for their actions.
The philosophy is based on the concept that people respond best when you do things with them and not to them or for them, Witzel said. These processes prevent the harm to the community caused by kicking children out of school, or permanently labeling children as "bullies" and "victims."
People from every sphere of The Denver Waldorf School community came to the workshop on Saturday, January 19th, included representatives from the leadership team, the faculty, the college of teachers, the administration and parent council. Leigh Rhysling, Director of Enrollment at The Denver Waldorf School, coordinated the in-service day.
Restorative actions give students responsibilities to heal the emotional impact on others who have been affected by social conflict, Witzel said.
"In a restorative response to social conflict, children who have harmed others are held accountable by being directly confronted by the emotional harm they have caused," Witzel said. They are also required to play an active role in repairing the harm that has been done, she said.
Using a tool called a "connection circle," the group learned that restorative practices are meant to empower those who have been harmed, by means of supported face-to-face meetings with those who have harmed them. The connection circle also includes everyone who has been affected by an incident.
Key to the success of the connection circle, is everyone speaking their truth with "I" statements, listening with an open heart, and keeping confidential what is disclosed in the circle. A special speaking "stick" or object, allows the person holding the object the space to speak their truth, without interruption. The object is passed around the circle so that every voice is heard.
Witzel told the group an inspiring story of how restorative practices can lead to community healing.
The father of a boy who was seriously injured by another boy met with the so-called "bully" and his mother. Initially intent on punishment and restitution, through the connection circle, the father learned that the boy had been struggling without a father present in his home, that his mother worked many jobs, and that he was left to watch wrestling for hours alone. When he tried a wrestling move on the playground, he broke the neck of his classmate. The father of the injured boy volunteered to direct the other boy's energy on his football team.
Witzel said Waldorf schools, which put an emphasis on acknowledging the inherent worth of every child, tend to grasp the healing powers of the connection circle faster than other schools.
The goal is to have these healthy communications tools in place well before any incident rises to the level of "bullying."
The 5 R's of Restorative Practices
Beverly B. Title, Ph.D. – Longmont Community Justice Partnership
Respect is the key ingredient that holds the container for all Restorative Practices, and it is what keeps the process safe.
For Restorative Practices to be effective, personal responsibility must be taken. Everyone needs to accept responsibility for his or her own behavior and this begins with the offender.
The restorative approach is to repair the harm that was done to the fullest extent possible, recognizing that harm may extend beyond anyone's capacity for repair. It is through taking responsibility for one's own behavior and making repair that persons may regain or strengthen their self-respect.
Relationships may be mended through the willingness to be accountable for one's actions and to make repair of harms done. Restorative practices recognize that when a harm occurs, individuals and communities have been violated.
For the restorative process to be complete, the offender and any others who may have felt alienated, must be accepted back into the community. This reintegration process is the final step in achieving wholeness.
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Larke agrees to step down
He'll no longer be running Richmond County's schools. Dr. Charles Larke has agreed to step down, then retire after 40 years of working in the Richmond County school system.
Larke and board members agreed to amended terms in a new contract last night. Larke will step down as superintendent next month and work as a consultant for interim superintendent James Thompson until March.
Dr. Larke has served as superintendent for over ten years, but he says he's glad to put it all behind him.
"I am really excited, I am happy, I'm relieved," Larke said after the meeting. "I think I'll sleep real good tonight and I'm just excited to have this behind me."
"He's still a friend, he'll always be a friend," said board member Ken Echols. "It's just that we didn't agree on several issues about how the school system's run. But I think the healing has begun and we'll move forward now."
The board will meet Tuesday to discuss the nationwide search for a new superintendent.
One man eliminated as suspect in motel murder
Richmond County deputies have ruled out one man as a suspect in a murder at the Red Carpet Inn.
Antwon Rogers turned himself in Wednesday night. He was a person of interest in the case, but after questioning, deputies eliminated him as a suspect.
Eddie Lee Freeman is still being held for questioning, and deputies are still looking for Byron Elliard to question him as a witness.
The sheriff's department found Terrance Moore murdered at the motel early Tuesday morning. They believe the crime was drug related.
Construction leads to downtown lane closures
Construction will close lanes on Gordon Highway in downtown Augusta.
Starting today, the inside lanes for both directions will close from Walton Way to the South Carolina state line.
The closures will last about a month.
Residency challenges costing taxpayers
Residency challenges have become a big money problem for Augusta's electoral process lately, with three challenges filed this election year.
The Board of Elections has had to ask the city administrator for additional funds to help pay for the challenge process.
Once a challenge is filed, a special called meeting is held to determine the validity.
If valid, a hearing date is set and then a hearing takes place.
The most recent hearing was for former commissioner Keith Brown, who they found was ineligible to run for election. After hearing the board's findings, Brown stepped down.
Other challenges filed are against mayoral candidates Ronnie Few and current mayor Deke Copenhaver.
A hearing date for Few is set for September 21.
A date for a special called meeting regarding Mayor Copenhaver's residency is not set yet.
Coming Up
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Monday, we'll show you the latest prosthetic technology researchers are using.
That's on News 12 This Morning starting at 5:30.