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On July 9, 2011, the three Charleston Jungian Analysts are teaming up to present an evening on fairy tales as psychic narratives titled "Once upon a time and nowhere in particular." Fairy tales developed as road maps for life's journeys , dealing with major life transitions and other profound times of turmoil and challenge in life, where we need all the help we can get. The tales help us with difficult life situations that most of us don't have the conscious resources to handle. Those who have come this way before have left us a record of what they learned in the form of fairy tales.
James Hillman writes, "As analysts become more literate, we may become less literal, stuck in the case without a vision of its soul." The study of folk tales and myths helps deepen our understanding our clients' narratives and helps turn a case history into a "healing fiction."
Jung states explicitly that fairy tales as well as myths are collectively elaborated fragments of some inner processes which are alike in all respect with what he called the individuation process. Fairy tales represent archetypes in their simplest and most concise form. These archetypal images give us marvelous clues to understanding the processes going on in the collective psyche.
The presentation will begin with an overview of the history and psychology of fairy tales and will be followed by two in-depth analyses of fairy tales from a clinical perspective. These will be the examination of tale of Rumplestiltskin and the tale of Bluebeard for their respective lessons and clinical insights.
Dr. Alvaro Giraldo is a Jungian analyst, psychiatrist, and clinical professor on the faculty of MUSC. Dr. Sharon Martin in a Jungian analyst in private practice and a Psychosocial Nurse Practitioner, while Dr. John R. Johnson is a Jungian analyst and supervising psychologist for the C.G. Jung Institute in New York City.
Please join us at Gage Hall, next to the Unitarian Church at 4 Archdale Street, Charleston. Doors open at 4:30 PM and the presentation starts at 5 PM. There will be light refreshments. The cost is $10 for CJS members, $20 for non-members, $15 for students. CEUs are available. Further information is available on our website: www.charlestonjungsociety.org or call (843) 819-1585


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Miguel Cabrera was standing smack on the third base bag, arms folded — not hitting, not running, not even moving much as he eased through infield practice in Jupiter, Fla., in spring 2003 — when Jack McKeon first saw him and let sputter two magic baseball words: "Can't miss."
Baseball men like himself, McKeon acknowledged Wednesday, normally hold those words secreted in a deep vault with a skull and bones warning: Don't open until you're absolutely sure, and even then, beware.
"You know, you just know," McKeon said. "I knew."
On Wednesday, as the 2012 regular season came to a close, Cabrera completed one of the rarest achievements in sports — baseball's Triple Crown. The Detroit Tigers third baseman capped a spectacular campaign in which he led the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBI.
Even in a time when a hitter's performance can be dissected and evaluated against a lineup of nouveau metrics — from OPS to WAR to RAR — Cabrera's accomplishment is historic.
A 29-year-old Venezuelan in his 10th big-league season, Cabrera is now positioned atop the game alongside others who are part of baseball's Mount Rushmore — including Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby (twice), Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams (twice) and Mickey Mantle.
Since 1901, only 11 major-leaguers have won the Triple Crown. And it is necessary to go back several baseball generations to find the last, Carl Yastrzemski, in 1967.
Cabrera did it playing his home games at Comerica Park, a stadium with imposing dimensions that usually deprive sluggers of home runs — 402 feet to left field and 422 to dead center. And he was consistent, with batting averages from April through September of .298, .331, .311, .344, .357 and .308. He had no fewer than 20 RBI and no more than 27 in any month.
To get to this point, Cabrera has apparently had to make a shift in his personal life. Three years ago, he was questioned by police after an argument with his wife, an incident, he later said, that prompted him to enter a substance abuse program for drinking. And during spring training in 2011, Cabrera was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
His Tigers teammates recently nominated him for the Roberto Clemente award, given to players who have shown model behavior on and off the field, and when the Tigers clinched their AL Central title the other night, reports indicated that Cabrera stayed clear of the champagne flowing in the clubhouse celebration.
Wednesday, many around baseball who groomed him along the way offered their "I knew him when" stories.
That he played half his games in such a large ballpark in Detroit made the accomplishment even more remarkable, said Joe Girardi, who managed him in 2006 when both were with the Florida Marlins.
"If I were to say there's one thing that would've kept him from winning a Triple Crown, I think it would have been hitting home runs, because of that ballpark," Girardi said. "The average and the RBIs are not a surprise to me. He's a great hitter."
Curtis Haug, the general manager of the Kane County Cougars, which in 2001 was the Marlins' single-A club, said he was struck back then by Cabrera's physique, 6-4 and big-shouldered, which he likened to Cal Ripken.
Like Ripken, Cabrera came up a shortstop. He played in an infield alongside other future All-Stars Josh Willingham and Adrian Gonzalez. At 18, he was already showing himself to be a shaky fielder, but he had a powerful throwing arm, Haug said.
Cabrera's swing was somewhat "inside-out" then, Haug said, but Cabrera soon learned the benefits of pulling the ball with command.
Two years later, McKeon got his first look at him at the Marlins' training camp. He called his son, then in the front office with the Colorado Rockies, and told him, "Do whatever you have to do. You have to trade for this kid I just saw."
McKeon, now 81, grew up in South Amboy, where he began assembling and managing teams when he was 14. His pedigree as a shrewd judge of talent was established over decades of spotting scores of potential stars.
He was merely a fan that day in 2003 watching from the stands. Weeks later, the Marlins plucked McKeon from retirement to straighten out a team that was slumping badly. From the moment he was offered the job, said McKeon, he thought about bringing up Cabrera, who had begun the year in Double A ball. When an opening in the Marlins' outfield appeared, and with his offense stalled, McKeon said he made the move.
"It was a situation where we needed another bat," said McKeon. "Everybody around me was saying how he never played the outfield, but I said, 'Let's do it now.'"
In Cabrera's first major league game, at 20 and still baby-faced, he made out in his first four turns at the plate before winning the game with a 10th-inning home run. Within weeks he was the Marlins' cleanup hitter, and he had a memorable at-bat against the Yankees' Roger Clemens in the 2003 World Series. Clemens knocked him off the plate, and later in the at-bat, Cabrera homered. The Marlins went on to win the championship.
"When you see something like that, from a kid, not letting anyone throw him off," said McKeon, "that stays with you."
Staff writer Jeff Bradley contributed to this report.
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On the final day of its fiscal year, the Department of Defense announced 95 separate defense contracts Monday, worth $5.526 billion in total. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN ) won three of them, worth more than $266 million, namely:
- $230 million: A contract modification exercising an option to continue having Raytheon operate and sustain the Missile Defense Agency's X-Band radar system from Oct. 1, 2013 through Sept. 30 2014.
- $29.5 million: A new firm-fixed-price contract to design, manufacture, and install equipment needed to set up a maintenance facility to support the AN/APY-10 radar system used by Boeing's new P-8A Poseidon sub-hunting aircraft. Work on this contract should be complete by March 31, 2016, but the contract does provide for optional extensions which, if exercised, could lengthen its duration and increase its total value past $39 million.
- A not-to-exceed $7.2 million contract modification to produce hardware upgrades for the Navy's Dual Band Radar (DBR) and Common Array Power Systems, required to implement DBR power system interface modifications aboard the new nuclear aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). This work should be completed by March 2015.


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Watch: TV On The Radio on a magic carpet ride in 'Caffeinated Consciousness'
TV On The Radio want to take you on a magic carpet ride.
In their latest music video, the Brooklyn rockers take at least some advantage of a green screen and the Dancing Guy from your local cable access late-night sked and jumble it up with a bunch of their friends, one of whom is a video editor with a free weekend. "Caffeinate Consciousness" is mostly the former and barely the latter; it plays like an inside joke grafted in the early '90s.
But the dude at 0:37 is pretty much my favorite thing ever.
The track's from "Nine Types of Light," out earlier this year. Two of those tracks have gotten a remix breakdown for iTunes, including the aforementioned spazz fest and "Will Do." Mylo and Das Racist have at 'em, check out samples here.
Meanwhile, TVOTR is currently on tour, and are hitting up Virgin Mobile FreeFest and Austin City Limits.
Here are TV On The Radio's tour dates:
07/20/11 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
07/21/11 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
07/22/11 Troutdale, OR McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater
07/23/11 Seattle, WA Capitol Hill Festival Grounds *Appearing at "Capitol Hill Block Party"
08/27/11 Kansas City, MO The Crossroads
08/28/11 St. Louis, MO Central Field @ Forest Park *Appearing at "LouFest"
08/30/11 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
08/31/11 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
09/01/11 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
09/02/11 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
09/06/11 Boston, MA Bank Of America Pavilion
09/08/11 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront
09/09/11 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for Performing Arts
09/10/11 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion Appearing at "Virgin Mobile FreeFest" / Patti Smith
09/12/11 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
09/13/11 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
09/14/11 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
09/16/11 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
09/17/11 Austin, TX Zilker Park *Appearing at "Austin City Limits Music Festival" / Stevie Wonder
09/18/11 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
09/20/11 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
09/21/11 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
09/23/11 Las Vegas, NV The Cosmopolitan
09/24/11 San Diego, CA SDSU Open Air Theatre
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Jericho Trail home of three day conference
Youth from Lowcountry congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) began a three-day Pioneer Youth Conference Trek on the Jericho Trail in the Francis Marion Forest on April 4 at 7:15 a.m, at the Eccles Church.
They pulled handcarts and faced numerous reenactments of hardships faced by pioneers during their historic trek from Illinois to the great Salt Lake Valley, beginning in 1846.
They were driven from their homes by mobs and an extermination order issued by the governor of Missouri.
The trek emulated the 10 companies of handcart pioneers who walked the 1,300 miles from Iowa City to Salt Lake City, pulling and pushing all that they owned.
Of the total of 2,962 handcart immigrants, about 250 died along the way.
Pennye Hallam of Mount Pleasant, trek chair, has organized the treks each four years since 1997.
She says "The vision from the beginning was to help kids think beyond themselves and gain a greater appreciation of their heritage, family and church.
They need to understand what hardships their ancestors endured, being driven from their homes, from abundance and security, and struggling to find a new life.
On trek, they withdraw from the physical comforts of home - there's no phone service on the trail - and face physical and personal challenges that build character and testimony."
Carl Smith served with his wife Tess as "Ma" and "Pa" to about a dozen youth.
He described additional goals of the experience as developing greater self-knowledge and self-esteem, deeper friendships and understanding of the importance of the family unit.
Pulling handcarts, a human-powered wagon, is one of the most important parts of the trek, according to Hallam.
The original fully-loaded handcart could hold around 500 pounds of provisions and supplies, 17 pounds for adult and 10 pounds for each child. Frequently even this amount became onerous, and belongings were abandoned all along the trial.
"Pulling over the 19 mile trail gives them the opportunity to experience physical hardship firsthand, thereby coming to appreciate the struggles of their pioneer ancestors. The handcart helps them recognize their limitations and at the same time what they can accomplish as an individual and as a team.
They form bonds with others that last for many years after trek is over".
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Dozens of people braved the bitter cold Tuesday night to honor a Racine woman killed last week.
According to police, 44-year-old Lucinda White was shot in the head several times on 6th Street in downtown Racine.
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GRAND RAPIDS – It's unlikely art lovers will see artwork in the Grand River at ArtPrize 2011.
The deadline for submitting proposals passed Monday without any firm entries, according to Jose Reyna, fiscal services manager for the City of Grand Rapids.
Two proposals were submitted for works to be installed near the river, and a third was offered that would use the river as ancillary part of an installation, none of which need approval from the state Department of Natural Resources for the exhibition opening Sept. 21.
Early deadlines were set to allow time for state application and public hearings, if needed.
"At this point, it looks like we won't have anything to place in the river," said Jose Reyna, fiscal services manager for the City of Grand Rapids.
In 2009, two of the Top 10 prize winners – "Grand Dance" by David Lubbers, and "Nessie on the Grand," by the Nessie Project Team – were located in the Grand River near the Blue Pedestrian Bridge, which was a venue itself.
Lubbers' kinetic sculpture took fourth place, and the mythical aquatic creature fashioned by Thomas Birks, David Valdisseri, Joachim Jenson and Richard App was awarded sixth place in the competition, a popular vote, among 37,264 registered voters in the competition founded by Rick DeVos.
In 2010, artists from both of those teams submitted proposals for the river, but both withdrew them.
"It's a beautiful venue, but it poses serious logistical problems, not just the permitting," Reyna said.
ArtPrize venue registration opened March 14 and continues through April 14. Some 72 venues have signed up so far, but organizers say another dozen are in the process of being approved.
Artist registration opening April 18 for the competition offering $450,000 in prize money awarded by the public voting online or via text message.
Reyna said he's fielded two more proposals involving the Grand River – one from an artist based in Germany. But both are continent on the artists securing funding.
"They've done other installations in rivers, so they know what they're doing. But the costs are substantial, so they're looking for sponsors," he said.
Neither of the two appear to pose an environmental threat, so it's remains possible one of them could still use the Grand River if the funding comes through soon. But time is running short.
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Patrick McGrath is the author of seven novels and two volumes of short stories. British by birth and upbringing, he left for North America as a young man and has never returned to live in Britain permanently. Much of his earlier fiction is set in an England of the recent past, a landscape and society viewed through a Gothic lens. He acknowledges that early in his career his intention was to breathe new life into the Gothic by parodying its conventions in such a way as to recast its perpetual concern with transgression and decay. Although the most powerful literary influence on his early work was Edgar Allan Poe, he also recognizes the role of his background in shaping him as a writer. The son of the medical superintendent of Broadmoor (…
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Romans 8:35 "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?"
Christian values and beliefs are constantly being tested and tried in the society we live, on a daily basis. The rapacious greed to amass wealth beyond ones' need has delivered a blow to the Christian faith and value system.
Jesus asked his disciples to leave all possessions and follow Him. Later He sends them to the corners of the world to spread his message of love for one another and asked others to take up His cross, a cross of pain and suffering. The message to love one's own neighbor has changed now days 'to keep up with the present media idol, to emulate his style, own his brand possessions and if possible to outsmart him in the list of things you own'. The value of material possessions are deemed as 'net worth' and are prized more than the spiritual worthiness. Material possessions offer more prestige in the eyes of the world as well. The materialistic world beckons and by no fault the multitude is drawn toward it, namely, the need to expand beyond the means and the necessities. Thus, large homes with outlandish decorations, expensive cars, designer dresses and accessories have become the fashion of the day and increasingly becoming the model to emulate. It, in consequence, forces people to consume more. To live the dreams out the system provides the means also to buy them. Thus self worth and point systems are introduced to assess a person's credit worthiness and allow them to borrow more and follow the massive debt trap that swallowed this nation and brought us to the brink of destruction. The real spiritual worthiness of a Christian and his values are constantly forgotten in this loudly proclaimed 'One Nation under God' country that is richly bestowed with the potential to enrich the world both spiritually and materialistically.
We find ourselves in a culture that defines our relationships and actions primarily through a 'prism of consumption'. Consumption has assembled a value judgment for everyone based on the goods we purchase. One's identity is now constructed by the clothes you wear, the vehicle you drive, and the rich friends- of Wall Street fame you associate with. Consumerism has become the alternative symbol of identification to the Christian gospel. It is no longer merely an economic system; consumerism has become the American worldview – the framework through which we interpret everything else, including God, the gospel and Church. Jesus Christ is relegated to a lower status- from Lord to a label – where money has become the Lord supreme. To live as a Christian no longer carries an expectation of obedience and good works, but rather the perpetual consumption of Christian merchandise and experiences – music, books, t-shirts, conferences, Christian symbols richly adorned in jewelry. Thus the pastor has become the embodiment of a salesperson and evangelism the key market strategy. Thus mega churches and cities are being built that can trump constructions of other denominations and religions which are being heralded on a daily basis. The recent attempt to build a mosque near the old world trade center has created much furor. The proposed Hindu version of mega temple with multiplex cinema in Disney style has raised many eyebrows. The ordinary Christian is indoctrinated so much that this prevailing world view has mostly been accepted without questioning its authority or historical validity.
Consumerism in itself is not to be shunned as it helps to nurture the body where the spirit itself resides; the Jewish tradition always welcomed riches foods and occasions of grandeur but never supported amassing wealth through
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In preparation for next month's World Championships in Kazan, Russia, the Australian Swimming Team held Grand Prix in Townsville.
Daily wraps from Australian Swimming Championships9 April 2015
SWIMMING: The Australian Championships are being held in Sydney with the new breed of stars like Emma McKeon sharing the spotlight with triple Olympian Grant Hackett. Swimmers are chasing World Championship selection as a big step on their way to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
McKeons to make splash at nationals2 April 2015
Siblings Emma and David McKeon will look to set the benchmark at this week's national swimming titles in Sydney.
Swimming sprinters share podium in Glasgow28 July 2014
Australian sprinters James Magnussen, Cameron McEvoy and Tommaso D'Orsogna have produced a clean sweep of the men's 100m freestyle at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Golden night and relay world record in Glasgow25 July 2014
COMM GAMES SWIMMING: Australia's 4x100m freestyle relay team of Bronte Campbell, Melanie Schlanger, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell have broken the world record
Australian Swim Trials: As it happened6 April 2014
SWIMMING: Updates from the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane which also acted as selection trials for the 2014 Pan Pacs and Commonwealth Games.
Australian Swim Team set for Glasgow glow6 April 2014
SWIMMING: The Australian Swim Team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been announced, tonight following a week of world class action at the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane.
Unveiling of London 2012 Olympian's Names at the Illawarra Olympic Tribute Wall6 June 2013
NSWOC: The names of ten Olympians from the 2012 Australian Olympic Team were added to the Illawarra Olympic Wall at a ceremony in Wollongong's Lang Park today.
Talent pool deepens in Adelaide28 April 2013
SWIMMING: Gold Coast swimmer Thomas Fraser-Holmes produced an electric final 50 metres to highlight the increasing depth in Australian swimming and win his third straight men's 200m freestyle title at the 2013 Swimming Championships tonight in Adelaide.
Fast times book first Barcelona spots27 April 2013
SWIMMING: David McKeon and Bronte Barratt have become the first Australians to book their place at this year's FINA World Championships, with convincing wins on the first night of finals at the 2013 Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide.
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You can't get very far into Douglas County without coming across geographic information systems, whether it's maintaining the land base for the assessor's office, tracking the progression of a wildland fire, or providing maps to searchers looking for a lost hiker.
It's just the tip of what the division does under the supervision of Eric Schmidt and his four colleagues.
Schmidt calls himself a "geo-geek," somebody who is enthusiastic about geography and the technology that creates maps and analysis using diverse sets of data.
While Schmidt is comfortable with terminology like "spatial data," "pictometry" and "thematic mapping," he is attuned to members of the public who might not be.
Part of the division's mission is "bringing GIS to non-GIS users," Schmidt said in a recent interview.
"More people are starting to see the spatial data world as not only helpful, but lucrative. Everybody's jumped on it, is open to it or interested in it," he said. "It also pushes us, which is very good. We need to be more than a map shop."
Schmidt, and his team - Chad Foster, Leah Montoya, Andrew Thorup and John Max - serve not only Douglas County, but are under contract with Carson City, Storey and Lyon counties.
"Most of what we do is digital and ethereal," Schmidt said. "The strength is based on teamwork and technology which is pretty heavy duty. We have a good mix of specialized education and training."
When Douglas County updated its website, Schmidt made sure that GIS services were only clicks away from users. Every menu selection includes an option for maps and GIS.
"Let's give people access to get their questions answered quickly," Schmidt said.
Plans call for classes and workshops to bring the public up to speed with what's available from GIS and how to use it.
"We're training internal departments on use of applications," he said. "By doing that, we're also training ourselves how to train. We're going to use our staff as guinea pigs. Eventually we'll be training the public. We want people to use this. If people don't use this, it's pointless."
Schmidt joined the division on April 1, 2010. Within a year, he was working on plans for Douglas GIS to contract with Storey and Lyon counties and Carson City to provide geographic information systems.
"GIS lends itself to a regional approach," Schmidt said.
Schmidt has assigned a team member to each jurisdiction.
"If it's a matter of public safety or an emergency disaster, we will support them to whatever extent they need," he said.
That requires cross-training.
"No one person is solely in charge of anything," he said. "I am a big believer in overlapping and cross-training. If one person learns something, they have to teach it to at least two people."
Schmidt said he won't tolerate "siloing," which he described as someone believing a certain area is theirs exclusively.
"It's a philosophy of, 'this is what I do - me, me, me'. I am a huge advocate of cooperation and collaboration," Schmidt said.
Schmidt solicited comments from out-of-county clients for an evaluation at the July meeting of Douglas County commissioners.
The division earned high praise.
"I feel you have always taken prompt care of the concerns I bring to you, and have always delivered with professionalism and attentiveness," said Holly Villines, Lyon County senior draftsperson. "I am so pleased that our data sharing system has worked so well. It has allowed me to continue with the daily mapping responsibilities unabated, while you can also work with the information to compile your GIS requests."
Lyon County Manager Jeff Page said there were concerns a year ago by commissioners and department heads about control and access.
"This quad-county venture in GIS should be considered a best practices approach to shared services," Page wrote to the Douglas board. "Today we have a better product and accountability of our departments and the time and products they receive from Douglas County GIS."
Similar sentiments were expressed by officials from Storey County and Carson City.
Schmidt said he is grateful to former Douglas County Assessor Barbara Byington and his GIS predecessor Dawn Patterson for creating the department years ago.
"If it wasn't for them, we would not be where we are today," he said. "I am keenly aware of that."
Schmidt has been engaged in professional mapping services since he graduated from college in 1991.
"I started out as a pen and ink cartographer, drawing maps," Schmidt said.
Fast-forward 21 years.
"If your idea of mapping is using a fold-out road map or an open atlas, it's like taking a hunter-gatherer into Raley's," he said of the technology.
Schmidt said he has no immediate plans to expand the division.
"We'll keep doing what we're doing. We want to continue to deepen the data and people's access. We've been through a lot of change in the last few years," Schmidt said.
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REEDSVILLE - The Sentinel's third annual Juniata Valley Home and Garden Show will be held April 4 and 5 at the Mifflin County Youth Park building in Reedsville.
The event will open at noon on April 4 and will feature special presentations and chances to win prizes, along with some 40 home and garden exhibitors and food vendors
Admission will be $2 (children under 16, free) and parking will be free at the show.
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Vali Heist, a certified professional organizer, will present a workshop on 'Home Organization,' at 1:30 p.m. on April 4, the first of the two-day Juniata Valley Home and Garden Show at the Youth Park in Reedsville. She is the author of 'Organize This! Practical Tips, Green Ideas, and Ruminations About Your CRAP,' and owns a professional organizing business near Reading.
Hours are: noon to 8 p.m. on April 4 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 5.
The first 200 people through the door on April 4 may sign up to win a two-night lodging and dinner package at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, valued at more than $500. Stop at The Sentinel table to register.
Everyone who enters the show will receive a goodie bag sponsored by MCS Bank, and will be eligible to win the grand prize of a Simplicity Lawn Mower from Ron's Market, and two tickets to the upcoming sold-out Ringo Starr concert in Williamsport.
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* What: Juniata Valley Home and Garden Show
* When: Noon-8 p.m., April 4; 10 a.m.-5 p.m., April 5
* Where: Mifflin County Youth Park building, Reedsville.
Family Design-A-Home contest
New this year is the Family Design-A-Home contest, in which participants construct a mini-house, such as a dollhouse, a birdhouse or any kind of house, out of any material, from Legos to popsicle sticks and more.
Mini-houses may be entered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 3, or from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on April 4. They should be picked up at the end of the show on April 5.
The mini-houses will be displayed on tables, and judged by a special panel of experts. Winners will receive a family package of goodies from Miller Cinemas.
Flower sale
Also new this year will be the Mifflin County Garden Club spring flower sale. The club will have an assortment of spring and Easter flowers, cold weather vegetable plants, curly and pussy willow branches for starting and indoor decorating, and red twigs, along with handouts on spring plants and flowers.
Special presentations
Several special presentations are scheduled to take place during the show, including:
April 4
1:30 p.m. - "Embrace Your Space and Cut Down on Clutter" by Vali Heist, a certified professional organizer and the owner of The Clutter Crew, a professional organizing business, in Mohnton, near Reading in Berks County. She is the author of "Organize This! Practical Tips, Green Ideas, and Ruminations About Your CRAP," and she writes a monthly column for the Reading Eagle.
5:30 p.m. - Appearance by Ike the Spike from the State College Spikes.
6 p.m. - "Repurposing" by Jeannie Bush, of Bushmen at Home Garden Center and Gift Shop in Lewistown.
April 5
1 p.m. - "Water Gardening" by Roger Sears, owner of Songbird Ponds in Hanover.
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Skip to comments.Ontario Human Rights Commission: Everything Is Racism
Posted on 06/30/2005 10:31:52 AM PDT by Alexander Rubin
The Ontario Human Rights Commission has issued a new racism policy stressing the evils of subtle and systemic forms of discrimination.
It says discrimination may be detected "in organizational and government policies, practices, and procedures and 'normal ways of doing things'" as well as in overt acts of bigotry.
"It is time organizations and institutions acknowledge the reality of racism" It says such practices "may directly or indirectly, consciously or unwittingly, promote, sustain, or entrench" advantages for some people over others.
It also says racist behaviour cannot be hidden from trained observers.
"Individual acts themselves may be ambiguous or explained away, but when viewed as part of the larger picture and with an appropriate understanding of how racial discrimination takes place, may lead to an inference that racial discrimination was a factor in the treatment an individual received."
The new document, titled Policy and Guidelines on Racism and Racial Discrimination, is not binding on judges or human rights tribunal members but represents the commission's current interpretation of the Ontario Human Rights Code.
"It is time organizations and institutions acknowledge the reality of racism," Chief Commissioner Keith Norton said in a statement announcing it on Tuesday. They should "be prepared to act against subtle and sometimes subconscious prejudices and stereotypes that too often result in discrimination," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
Here's the rest of the article.
The new policy says the following types of treatment may indicate racial discrimination in work situations:
Exclusion from formal or informal networks.
Denial of mentoring or developmental opportunities such as secondments and training that was made available to others.
Differential management practices such as excessive monitoring and documentation or deviation from written policies or standard practices.
Disproportionate blame for an incident.
Assignment to less desirable positions or job duties.
Treating normal differences of opinion as confrontational or insubordinate.
Characterizing normal communication as rude or aggressive.
Penalizing a person for failing to get along with someone else, e.g. a co-worker or manager, when one of the reasons for the tension is racially discriminatory attitudes or behaviour of the co-worker or manager.
It retires the term "minority group" in favour of "racialized persons," a category that goes beyond skin colour and ethnic background.
"Racialization extends to people in general but also to specific traits and attributes, which are connected in some way to racialized people and are deemed to be 'abnormal' and of less worth,'" it says. "Individuals may have prejudices related to various racialized characteristics."
Those characteristics may include name, accent or manner of speech, clothing and grooming, diet, beliefs and practices, leisure preferences, places of origin and citizenship, it says.
HUMANS: the imperfect beings, damn.
Oh, my, no. Nor would witches be hidden from trained witch-finders. Of course, both sets of charlatans have a vested economic interest in finding racism or witches respectively, regardless of whether either one actually exists.
My thoughts exactly. On the other hand, I could use a career change, maybe I should apply to be a "trained observer". If they don't hire me they're racist scum, and if they do hire me then the Rev. Al and Jesse better stay the heck out of canuckistan!
(there are some posters on FR that better watch it too. I'm starting my lists...)
Its Bush's fault.
Chillingly Orwellian....
Some people don't like me and now I know why, they are racists. And all along I thought it was just me. Now I really feel better.
As a result, these kooks establish more racist policies, ensuring that white skined people are excluded from consideration of any government program. Racism is healthy and strong among these anti- racist kooks. Rather than treating all people equaly, and letting those with the best ability succeed, they catagorize, sort and opress based on ethnic origin.
Trudeaupian Canada is striving to become the East Germany of the 21st Century.
And doing one H*ll of a good job of it!
It articles like this that make anarchism attractive to think about...
I was think Orwellian totalitarianism myself. With an appreciate sense of the absurdist tyranny and a complete unwillingness to do anything about it.
The typestyle of this post, "Arial", very racist. As we all know, Arial is a little white mermaid princess who lives under the sea with other white mermaids and no "mermaids of color".
Or mermaids of a different sexual orientation. Flouder and Sebastian were actually lovers, but did Disney show that? Noooooo. Jerks.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Not necessarily. Some of us conservatives are heading for the lifeboats. Any more bunks on the USS Reagan? Eventually, we will build our own Canada. Canada as it used to be and should be again.
It's no different in Canada, specifically eastern Canada, pointedly Ontario, than it is here. The left demonise the conservative right. In fact, there hardly is a difference between NY, LA, and Toronto and other cities in that area, they are highy populated areas of leftwing moonbats; anti religion, anti capitolist, marxists.
We conservatives in North America have to stick together, borders don't matter. Because the moonbats in Canada are in power, and have been for over 12 years now, they provide good insight of what will happen to this country if they were ever to sieze power again. Canada is self destructing quickly, it's only a matter of time now that it breaks apart.
See also this Canadian FR like sister site:
IN OTHER WORDS: It is time for all organizations and institutions to admit they are guilty of all racial policies and practices, as we " THE ANOITED" choose to define them.
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Las Fallas – Festival in Valencia
In March Valencia is home to one of Spain's largest celebrations called the Falles, which is a traditional celebration commemorating Saint Joseph. The celebration lasts for 5 days and 5 nights, and is a perfect reason for a vacation. From March 15th-19th the streets and small neighborhoods of Valencia will be filled with people of all ages throwing fireworks and noisemakers into the streets to celebrate the culture and history of Valencia. Known to Spaniards as Las Fallas, there are 6 main events that make up the popular festival that cannot be missed! La Despertà and La Mascletà are events that occur in Valencia's neighborhoods and are large displays of fireworks, firecrackers and musical celebration. La Despertà happens at 8:00 am but if you are not a morning person La Mascletà is the larger celebration at 2:00 pm.
La Plantà is an event that happens on the first day of Las Fallas and marks the start of the festival. Neighborhood leaders, also known as the Casal Faller, produce a structure known as a Falla, which is eventually burnt down at the end of the festival. A good way to see the Falla's and the neighborhoods is through a walking tour around the city. A walking tour will also show you where the fourth event of Las Fallas is, the L'Ofrena Floral, which is the floral offering given to Saint Mary by the Casal Fallas. This event occurs on March 17th and 18th and is a larger event than described because by the end of March 18th Saint Mary is beautifully covered in flowers and floral arrangements.
If the firework displays at 8:00 am and 2:00 pm are not enough for you, Els Castells and La Nit del Foc, the night of fire, are nighttime fireworks displays at the old riverbed in Valencia. They occur on the first four nights of Las Falles and each display gets progressively grander. If your looking for something to do in between the multiple fireworks displays, bike and tapas tours are an excellent way to learn about the culture and history of Valencia.
All of these events and information will get you ready and excited for the final event of Falles, which is held around midnight on March 19th, La Cremà. The Falles that were constructed by each neighborhood are burnt in a huge bonfire to symbolize the end of winter and beginning of spring. This tradition started in the Middle Ages when artisans disposed of their winter wood by burning them to celebrate the spring equinox. This ritual evolved over the years into Las Fallas, which is now one of Spain's largest celebrations. So hurry up & book your trip, celebrate the coming of spring with the people and community of Valencia.


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The CBU (cluster bomb unit) 26, which was widely used in Laos, is an anti-personnel fragmentation bomb that consists of a large bombshell holding 670 tennis ball-sized bomblets, each of which contain 300 metal fragments. If all the bomblets detonate, some 200,000 steel fragments will be propelled over an area the size of several football fields, creating a deadly killing zone.
During its wars in Indochina, the U.S. dropped enormous amounts of cluster bombs. A B-52 bomber fitted with two Hayes dispensers could drop 25,000 bomblets on a single bombing run. It's estimated that some 90 million CBU-26 bomblets were dropped on Laos (and the CBU-26 is just one of 12 different kinds of cluster bombs that have been recovered there to date).
Cluster bomblets become less stable - and more dangerous - as time passes. In Laos, nearly every day people are still being killed from bombs dropped 30 years ago. With an estimated 10 million (or more) unexploded cluster bombs, it could be many decades - or even centuries - until the killing is over.
There are many different kinds of cluster bombs. The WDU-4, used in Indochina, contained 6,000 barbed metal darts which were released overhead. Eyewitness accounts tell of the WDU-4 literally nailing people to the ground. The CBU- 41 has bomblets filled with naplam, the CBU-89 disperses mines, and the Honest John carries 368 bomblets filled with sarin nerve gas. The CBU-87, widely used by the U.S. during the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, and the war in Afghanistan, has three kill mechanisms: anti-personnel (for people), anti-armor (for tanks), and incendiary (setting the target area on fire). The B1 bomber can carry enough cluster bombs to turn an area the size of 350 football fields into a killing zone.
The Consequences
Wherever they been used - Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Ethiopia, Chechnya, and Afghanistan, unexploded cluster bombs have created problems for civilians:
Their current use in Afghanistan is helping to focus the world's attention on cluster bombs. Many feel that their impact on civilians is unacceptable and a breach of international humanitarian law. More than 50 international organizations, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Mennonite Central Committee, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the International Committee to Ban Landmines have called for a moratorium on cluster bomb use. And, in spite of the fact that cluster bombs are one of the favorite and most deadly weapons in the U.S. and NATO arsenals, on December 13, 2001 the European Parliament passed a resolution calling for an immediate global moratorium on their use to be followed by an outright ban.


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theartsdesk in Toronto: Luminato Hosts Wainwright and Malkovich
The Canadian festival could be more illuminating
"Did you know he's across the street?"
"No way? Really?"
Yes way. Really. But if the big fan a block away hasn't a clue, I would argue that a festival like Luminato still has marketing work to do. From the very first brainstorming sessions in 2003, organisers envisioned a festival that was city-wide and multi-disciplinary. The 2010 version has boasted more than 150 events, most of which were free, over 10 days in June. Total budget: $12 million, including $2.5 million in federal recession stimulus. (John Malkovich in The Infernal Comedy pictured below.)
Several Luminato commissions have been well received in other cities, including the Monty Python oratorio Not the Messiah and Nevermore, a Poe-inspired theatre piece scheduled to run in London and New York next summer. Another commission, Norman, has been performed on four continents. Which is great. But trying to explain that Norman is a dance/multimedia work by an experimental theatre company from Montreal about Canadian National Film Board founder Norman McLaren does get a bit unwieldy. More succinctly: hard-to-define works have become Luminato's hallmark. Or as CEO Janice Price is fond of saying, "We want to be about the intersection."
On opening night, festival goers' choices included a one-man music and theatre piece starring Malkovich, the world premiere of a chamber oratorio about AIDS, and an evening of post-modern Australian dance theatre. Day one found me cabbing directly from the AIDS requiem to an after-party sponsored by Giorgio Armani. Inside the glowing white tent, black-clad, swarthy-looking men passed out samples of pricey cologne. No rugged Mounties here. So why would a high-end Italian designer sponsor a Canadian arts festival?
Armani is one of 30 brands owned by L'Oréal, a makeup conglomerate with a significant Canadian presence. In 2007, the company signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement. Very generous, but confusing for uninitiated locals. Each marketing poster, ad or brochure features a female face of indeterminate race, with Luminato scrolled across the top and L'Oréal across the bottom. Unless you read the fine print - "Festival of the Arts+Creativity" - it's easy to mistake Luminato for a new line of foundation.
The word Luminato is a construct of marketing etymology. "We needed a name," Price said. "We did not want to be the Toronto Festival of the Arts." That moniker could be confused with a little September shindig called the Toronto Film Festival. In research studies, the name Luminato scored big with all demographic groups. Older concert-goers thought it sounded classy and Italian, younger folks thought it was hip. Most importantly to Torontans, it included the all-important suffix "-to".
When it comes to artistic planning, Price and her creative team must please a tricky triumvirate. The festival is Toronto's first, Canada's second, and the world's third. Yet there were no North American models for city-based multidisciplinary arts festivals. From day one, Luminato's leaders sought out help from overseas, including Graham Sheffield, the Barbican's artistic director. Price proudly calls Manchester a sister festival, and the two artistic teams continue to scheme. When the Metropolitan Opera scrapped plans to stage an opera by indie torch singer Rufus Wainwright, the Manchester Festival and Luminato stepped in as co-commissioners.
Wainwright has dual Canadian-American citizenship, and in Toronto last week, one couldn't help but sense a bit patriotic gloating. If America rejected Rufus, well then, Canada would welcome his opera with open arms. The opening night for Prima Donna attracted a slew of Canadian celebrities, relatives from the vast Wainwright-McGarrigle clan and drag queens dressed as the opera's protagonist.
In this third iteration, Prima Donna had a pared-down set and two strategically cast Canadian baritones. Janis Kelly was still valiantly filling the role of fading soprano Régine Saint Laurent, but here she gets a few extra laughs. Chuckles petered across the Elgin Theatre when Saint Laurent affirmed that she is originally from Quebec - not unlike the opera's composer. And her name? Not a marketing tie-in for Yves Saint Laurent (another L'Oréal brand) but an allusion to the mighty river east of Montreal. A post-performance toast gave Wainwright a chance to applaud his hosts and pooh-pooh the Met. "Opera is a very fickle thing," he said. And coming from such a diva of a pop singer, that was saying something.
Prima Donna enjoyed a four-night run at the Elgin, a 1914 vaudeville palace deemed a National Historic Site in Canada. It's well restored and impeccably maintained. A few blocks away, century-old Massey Hall moulders. It's hard to believe this decrepit-looking venue for rock bands was once home to a Toronto Symphony conducted by Seiji Osawa. Hard to believe, that is, until you hear a period ensemble like the Vienna Academy Orchestra, directed by Martin Haselböck, fill the same space with cleanly articulated music.
Watch Wainwright talk about Prima Donna on Canadian TV
Canada is the 11th country to host The Infernal Comedy, an evening-length work for John Malkovich, orchestra and two sopranos (Bernarda Bobro and Marie Arnet). It travels to the Barbican next year for its first UK showing, and is the sort of event that draws a diverse, curious crowd. As the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterwegger, Malkovich was appropriately unsettling. He greeted the audience with charm and humour, then launched into his life story: how the child of an Austrian woman and an American soldier spent 15 years in prison for murder, wrote several books, got freed for good intellectual behaviour and then proceeded to kill 11 prostitutes. Each monologue was punctuated by an aria or orchestral interlude. For example, after Malkovich mock-strangled one compliant soprano with a bright red brassiere, the other came forward to sing Ah, perfida, Beethoven's ode to a woman scorned in love. How touching.
Perhaps the only people listening to music and having fun during Luminato's opening weekend were those who didn't pay a penny. Free outdoor concerts abounded, and the festival didn't skimp on booking fees. The likes of Béla Fleck and Salif Keita drew thousands to public parks. But back indoors, doom and gloom without a headlining movie star proved a tougher sell. The world premiere of Dark Star Requiem less than half-filled the new 1,100-seat Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory.
Dark Star, a fascinating, complex project by Tapestry New Opera, paired Newfoundland composer Andrew Staniland with poet and activist Jill Battson. Their 14-movement oratorio traces the spread of the AIDS virus from forests of the Congo through the 1980s urban party scene and back to Africa again. Staniland had Toronto's finest forces at his disposal, including four soloists, two percussionists, the 20-member Elmer Isler Singers and the Gryphon Trio.
Koerner Hall is one of about a dozen new buildings that have bulked up Toronto's arts infrastructure in the past decade. The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts opened in 2006 with a Ring cycle. It doubles as home to Canada's national ballet. For Luminato, the ballet company contributed a terrific triple bill featuring a cheery new ballet by Jorma Elo, Jerome Robbins's classic Baryshnikov vehicle The Dreamer and, for a little musical theatre crossover, Robbins's West Side Story Suite.
The festival's alternative opening weekend dance offering, Australia's Chunky Move, was actually equal parts drama, movement and live synthesised sound. It sold well, but artistic director Gideon Obarzanek said he was a bit disappointed to be slapped with a "dance" label. His show, Two Faced Bastard (pictured above) was performed black-box style with audiences sitting on both sides of a curtain. There was different theatrical action on each stage. "If I were someone who came to expecting see dance, and I sat on the side where two actors sit talking about the dance show happening on the other side of the curtain, I'd be disappointed," Obarzanek grumbled.
He has a point. Over the course of my six days in Toronto, I heard people complain that Luminato doesn't have enough (a) classical music, (b) theatre and (c) dance. The thing is that the festival has plenty of all three; you're just getting multiple art forms for the price of one. If that's not OK, well, plenty of other festivals are selling tickets.
- Luminato closes today in Toronto, Ontario. Next year's festival dates are 10-19 June 2011.
- Find Rufus Wainwright on Amazon
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Botanist, arborist, and Professor of Botany at the University of Massachusetts Amherst when it was known as Massachusetts Agricultural College. Includes notes on experiments in botany; drawings depicting original apparatus; typed and handwritten reports; clippings and reprints; lecture notes; correspondence; students' papers and an herbarium; typed and handwritten autobiographical notes, including reflections on Massachusetts Agricultural College and comments on Emily Dickinson (1830-1886); genealogies; memorabilia; photographs; scrapbooks of printed botanical illustrations; notes, clippings, and correspondence on psychic phenomena; and materials reflecting administrative and official duties.
The collection is open for research.
The papers of George Edward Stone document his activities as Professor of Botany and Head of the Botany Department at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, his work as a professional botanist and arborist, and his personal interests. Papers include correspondence, lecture notes, reports, notes on experiments, drawings depicting original apparatus, scrapbooks of printed botanical illustrations, students' papers, genealogies, memorabilia, and photographs, together with autobiographical notes, including reflections on Massachusetts Agricultural College and on Emily Dickinson, and correspondence, notes and clippings on psychic phenomena.
This collection is organized into six series:
Processed by Charlotte Truesdale, 1975.
Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Cite as: George Edward Stone Papers (RG 40/11 Stone). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Energy Efficient Cities initiative [EECi]
The Energy Efficient Cities initiative [EECi] is a cross-disciplinary research project at the University of Cambridge. The EECi aims to strengthen the UK's capacity to address energy demand reduction and environmental impact in cities, by research in building and transport technologies, district power systems, and urban planning. The EECi was originally funded by a £2.9 million EPSRC Science and Innovation Award spanning 2007 to early 2014.
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Venture Isles client, Personal Flight Systems (PFS), holds one of the most coveted patents in novel science, the patent for manned and unmanned electronic flight. Now, you can buy it. US Patent 7,182,295 for personal flight and system using ion electric air propulsion which is considered a clean technology that has none of the carbon emissions or volatile fuels involved with combustion engines. The advantage of ion propulsion is efficiency. The founder of the company developed an improved way to use new electrically charged, polarized, proprietary alloys to create thrust to lift small, ultralight aircraft commonly referred to as Personal Ultralight Vehicles (PAVs) without the need for a propeller, jet, balloon or rockets. Additionally, it's innovations in beaming targeted, focused electrical energy from ground to air makes this patent critical for commercialization by Boeing, Intel, Raytheon, and other tech integrators.
Benefits Summary
Improvements over related patented technologies include: o A novel method for beaming focused electrical power o Using the beamed power in a AC to DC conversion device o The use of beamed electricity to provide power for UAV's o Materials used to make the lifting media--using polarized metals so ions will jump off more efficiently o Greatly improved lifting material uses thin film with embedded polarized metals. The result is an extremly long propulsion ribbon wound into disks, providing far more lift than other ion propulsion designs. o Creating an optomized ionized atmospheric field around the craft o The design of the antenna that receives the beamed energy and how the energy is processed more
Development Summary
PFV is now seeking to commercialize applications of the technology and to build working prototypes that incorporate refinements and new capabilities. Near-term objectives are to better understand and optimize the technology product applications. The proposed studies will focus further up the efficiency curve to a region where new gains can be achieved. Previous investigations have focused on other areas because air does not typically conduct electricity at low frequencies. New investigations will focus on using a series of dissimilar-atmosphere conditioners to assist a flight vehicle to operate in low frequency regions, where far more thrust can be achieved with the same energy input. 1) Phase I Development Modeling Investigations: 1. Optimize shielding previously developed by TEAM X1 needed to reduce electromagnetic-interference between the flight vehicle and nearby electrical-equipment. 2. Investigate how to improve on earlier attempts to vary energy to sections of the energy plate to achieve pitch, roll and yaw 3. Investigate how to direct energy flow from a positive corona wire to the lower ion plate so the collision-effect is maximized to achieve the greatest thrust 2) Phase II Development A Phase II will build prototypes according to design specifications. It may use a ground-based power distribution tower to inductively supply power to the inductive transformers in a new prototype and a panel that uses layers of parallel and layered series of ion plate arrays. A building project will also investigate the trade-offs in optimizing ion collision effects, including effects due to: a) the surface area of the plates; b) the voltage differential between the plates; c) the proximity of the plates to each other; d) the material mass between the plates; and 6) the dielectric capacity between the plates; as well as some other factors. more
IP Summary
This technology is supported by 1 US patent. The most recent year of issue is 2007. more


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Robert F. and Gweneth A. Sting of Bay City will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday with a family dinner at Kathleen's Restaurant.
The former Gweneth Gale and her husband were married May 28, 1949, in St. Joseph Church, Saginaw, by the Rev. Harold Bolton.
The couple has six children: Sandra Jacobs, Robert Sting and Colleen Mauch, all of Bay City, Patricia Kilborn of Kawkawlin, James Sting of Standish and Cherie Smith of Midland. They also have 19 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Robert is a retired manager from Sherwin -Williams Paint. Gweneth is retired from J.C. Penney.


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Patient rooms for CNY Children's Hospital unveiled
SYRACUSE, N.Y.- The final design and layout specifications of the patient rooms in the Central New York Children's Hospital are complete and replicas of what the rooms will look like once the projected is completed are now open.
The replica of the pediatric patient room and an intensive care unit room are built and furnished according to the final design specifications for the hospital's vertical expansion. Included in this representation is a hospital corridor complete with caregiver workstation.
The final design of the rooms comes from months of discussions not only with hospital staff, but also with patients and parents, many of who have spent days and weeks in a hospital room. Building the room replicas enabled staff members to see how their ideas were being implemented in the room designs.
The most significant difference from the current patient room is size. The new room is 85 square feet larger and contains only one patient bed, as all rooms are private. The new room comes complete with pullout sofa for overnight family stays, a workstation for computer, private bath and a sink suitable for bathing infants.
Currently, the hospital has invited contractors to bid on the project. A contractor will be awarded following state review of the bid probably in mid-October of early November. The Central New York Children's Hospital will occupy the top two floors of the six-story expansion at University Hospital. Construction is expected to start early next year.
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Pupils 'ignored' in new Irish syllabus
Pól Ó Muirí
Gaelscoileanna, the national co-ordinating body for schools teaching through the medium of Irish, is concerned that an amended Leaving Certificate syllabus for Irish published last week ignores the needs of pupils with a high standard of Irish. In a statement, the group say that "the substantial reduction in the literature course and the increased marks awarded for the oral exam will have a huge impact on the pupils' standard of Irish. Ultimately, these changes will mean that pupils from Gaelcholáistí, or indeed capable pupils in English-medium schools will not be suitably challenged by the new Leaving Certificate Irish syllabus. A high standard of Irish in the Gaelcholáistí is necessary in order for students to tackle other subjects studied at Leaving Certificate level through the medium of Irish. Without the correct level of Irish, they would be forced to undertake other subjects through the medium of English".
The group's CEO, Bláthnaid ní Ghréacháin, said that they were "very unhappy" that a circular proposing "sweeping changes for Irish as a subject at Leaving Certificate level was published without consultation with partners and schools. We're also dissatisfied with the lack of notice given to schools, making it more difficult for them to make the necessary preparations. There will be huge implications for schools and there is a danger that pupils will not be able to attain the high standard of Irish which is currently being achieved. This will result in a shortage of people with a high standard of Irish available to work in professions which demand this, for example, teaching. If the teaching of the language is not made sufficiently challenging, it won't develop, in terms of literature, journalism etc. This would be disastrous for training colleges and for the future of the Irish language."
The group want the new Minister for Education, Mary Coughlan, to guarantee an extra Irish subject at Honours Leaving Certificate level to tackle the challenges in written Irish. This, they believe, would provide pupils with a high standard of Irish and a chance to develop their language skills and a proper understanding of Irish literature.
The Irish Times has contacted the Department of Education about the statement from Gaelscoileanna. A spokeswoman from the Department said that they would reply as soon as possible. The response will be posted when it comes.


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Moments after telling reporters that he was probably a couple of weeks away from running again, defensive end Brandon Graham, smiling, broke into a trot.
In a three-piece navy suit, no less.
Graham, arriving at a charitable gala last week hosted by teammate DeSean Jackson, wanted to show that things weren't so bad, despite the knee injury that soured his rookie season with the Eagles and has left him rehabilitating without team supervision during the NFL lockout.
For Graham, the 13th overall pick in the 2010 draft, this offseason should be a crucial one. Players typically make some of their greatest progress from year one in the NFL to year two.


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You will explore the Latin American mosaic in all its dimensions through Hispanic studies, history, government, sociology, women's studies and anthropology. If you want an immersion in a Latin American culture, the faculty will help you find a program abroad.
She's only a sophomore but Maggie Joyce '16 already has lined up a course of study and experiences that support an interest that traces back to high school – Latin America. She's mapped out a major, applied to study in Argentina and secured a summer internship at a think tank that deals with Latin American and U.S. policy.More >>
Gregory Jabaut '05 studied Spanish at Hamilton College and delved into Latin American studies, then followed that interest to the State University of New York, Albany, where he earned a master's degree in Latin American literature. From there, he got a job teaching Spanish at a school in Albany, became assistant head and then moved into a position as assistant director of international programs at Siena College.More >>
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I was honored to have the opportunity to participate in the Civicus "Amplifying Marginalised And Muted Voices" virtual consultation on June 20th. Here is the prepared text of my remarks about Occupy and Patriarchy and a description of the consultation follows. The other presenters were Ennie Chipembere of Action Aid, Patrick Anderson of the Forest Peoples' Programme in Indonesia. The consultation was moderated by Ciana-Marie Pegus of Civicus. When the podcast becomes available I will post the link.
Thank you for inviting me to join you today.
In the remarks that I am sharing with you, I will primarily be discussing the Occupy movement in the United States, but with the understanding that this movement for social and economic change takes place in the much broader global context.
The Occupy Patriarchy.org website of which I am the primary author, was begun last October as a forum for fostering a feminist informed discussion of the Occupy agenda and has focused on 2 key issues–sexism and misogyny within Occupy and secondly, why feminist analysis is so crucial to achieving the goals of the Occupy movement.
When the Occupy Patriarchy website ramped up, the intention was to really focus on that second point, but it didn't take very long to realize that we weren't going to be able to do that until we addressed the very problematic atmosphere of misogyny that was being reported at Occupy camps in numerous locations both in the U.S. and other countries.
Report after report started surfacing about sexist power dynamics, of women being harassed, shouted down, sexually assaulted and raped. The sheer number of reports made it all too clear that these weren't isolated incidents but rather something that was happening systemically throughout the Occupy movement.
The thing that nails me about that is my sense of déjà vu because what we've seen at Occupy is a lot like what led me to start the Feminist Peace Network eleven years ago and I'd like to briefly share that history with you because I think it is important background for the discussion of patriarchy in the Occupy context.
Back in late 2001, as the U.S. was getting ready to invade Afghanistan, I was concerned about President Bush's use of the plight of Afghan women as part of his call to war, because prior to 9/11, we had almost completely ignored their problems. And I was also concerned about the gender-specific impacts of war and felt that there was a need for a feminist pacifist presence in the peace movement.
It was also quite clear that the mainstream of the anti-war movement that was ramping up then was for the most part, dismissive of those issues and when I brought them up, I was told that I was off-topic and divisive and that those issues could be addressed later. I began to feel uncomfortable in those discussions and felt there needed to be a space where those issues could be discussed in a supportive atmosphere. And thus was born the Feminist Peace Network. Unfortunately, within the context of the Occupy movement, feminists have once again been hearing those conversation stoppers.
The misogynist blowback experienced at Occupy is also disturbingly reminiscent of what women in what we refer to as Second Wave Feminism experienced in the 60's and 70's.
In fact feminist icon Robin Morgan, who wrote the seminal book, "Sisterhood is Powerful", wrote to tell me how thrilled she was to see a website like Occupy Patriarchy and how livid she was to see all this happening again. I interviewed her at length about this and you can find a link to that interview on both the Feminist Peace Network and Occupy Patriarchy websites. Morgan also pointed to the global context of misogyny in Occupy, something that I think is crucial to understand.
As we all know, women played a pivotal role in the Arab Spring, which preceded Occupy. But what we have seen since has been discouraging, with women protesters in Egypt for example being arrested, beaten and forced to undergo virginity tests, and with very little progress in women's rights and in some cases very blatant statements from those who have stepped in to take over the power void to the effect that women's rights are most definitely not on the agenda.
Nor have women's human rights been an integral part of the Occupy movement. In retrospect, looking back to 2001 when I formed FPN, it was probably pretty naïve that I thought the peace movement would be concerned about the impact militarism would have on women's lives. But ever the optimist, in 2011, I really was excited because I felt sure the Occupy movement in the U.S. would be concerned with things like the Equal Rights Amendment, equal pay, childcare and so on.
But it quickly became apparent that not only were these issues not a de facto part of the Occupy agenda, when women tried to bring them up, or for that matter tried to speak up about anything, they were hearing the same reaction that feminists have heard time and time again.
And here we get to the crux of the problem which is that like too many progressive movements before, women's rights and agency have not been seen as an integral part of the Occupy movement and all too often, women have been seen as sexy eye candy, not significant participants in the movement.
Clearly, if Occupy, as it goes forward, wants to really change the world, it will have to have a zero tolerance for misogyny and violence against women and for that matter, violence against anyone. But as the articulation of that vision develops, we also need to look at what feminism brings to Occupy and why it is so crucial for the success of the movement.
It seems to me to be beyond obvious that if you want true structural economic reform, issues like equal pay, access to childcare, paid maternity leave, etc. have to be an integral part of the Occupy agenda because women are half of the world's population and without those things, we are not able to participate fully in society.
We also need to address sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking.
Occupy needs to not only call out predatory banks, but also be very clear that the people who were hit the worst by subprime mortgages were poor women of color and it will take women longer to pay off student loans if they are earning less than men. Economic and social decisions almost always have a gendered impact and addressing that needs to always be a part of our work for social change.
And we absolutely must work to get the Equal Rights Amendment through, as well as implementation of the U.S.'s new National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security and it is well past time to insist that the U.S. Senate ratify CEDAW, the Convention On The Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
We need to confront the fact that women make up the overwhelming majority of people living in poverty and do the overwhelming majority of unpaid work on which everyone's lives depend.
And most definitely, we need to put an end once and for all to the horrendous assault on our reproductive rights.
For any real, substantive change for the better to occur, it is critical that issues such as these be addressed.
It bears remembering that feminism has in fact been addressing these issues for a long time. We know what is at stake and we bring that expertise and experience to the table. Institutions such as Wall Street are manifestations of the far deeper and greater problem of patriarchy, which depends in large measure on the exploitation, disempowerment, and subjugation of women. For any real economic and social justice to be gained for the 99 percent, those issues certainly need to be addressed.
It is encouraging that there will be a Feminist General Assembly on July 1rst when the Occupy National General Assembly is held in Philadelphia, the symbolic birthplace of American democracy. As the Occupy movement continues, I think that there is a real opportunity to develop a broader commitment from progressives to work on issues such as those that I have discussed here from the understanding of a feminist lens.
But that opportunity will not be easily realized and must be predicated on the understanding that Wall Street is a manifestation of the problems we face, not the root cause, and real change must also include confronting misogyny in the movement itself.
That concludes my remarks and I look forward to your questions and comments. I also encourage you to visit occupypatriarchy.org and feministpeacenetwork.org and to join in our Facebook discussion. Thank you!
A virtual consultation hosted by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Wednesday 20 June, 2012 at 1 pm UTC/GMT
The work of organised civil society sometimes serves to reinforce existing paradigms of power and of exclusion. Global alliances such as CIVICUS must live their values by practicing and promoting diversity within our organisations, networks and programmatic work. As a platform organisation, CIVICUS needs to facilitate access for muted voices in order to ensure just processes and decisions, particularly in the global arena to ensure the inclusion of traditionally excluded, exploited, and marginalised groups. The challenge lies in moving beyond shallow, box-ticking approaches and towards forming legitimate partnerships with marginalised groups and mainstreaming their issues and concerns into our core work.
Join us as we explore how can CIVICUS increase access for muted voices locally, regionally and globally and how CSOs can form genuine partnerships marginalised groups.
This webinar will feature presentations on:
Patriarchy and the Occupy Movement – Lucinda Marshall, Director, Feminist Peace Network
Gender mainstreaming – Beyond box-ticking – Ennie Chipembre, Acting Country Representative, Action Aid South Africa
The role of international solidarity and a global alliance in amplifying marginalised and muted voices – CIVICUS staff member
The session is expected to last for 90 minutes. 50 minutes will be dedicated to an open discussion during which you are invited to share your experiences and perspectives.
Click here to register.
Space is limited so mark your calendar and register now!
If you have any further questions about the webinar, please contact Ciana-Marie Pegus (email@example.com).
7 Responses to "CIVICUS Webinar Presentation On Patriarchy And The Occupy Movement (Updated)"
I am very interested in this topic, however, I can barely read the page. Please don't use white text on a black background. It is very hard to read. It creates unnecessary, painful eyestrain.
Could you tell me, are these 'Occupy Patriarchy' protestors (http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8700407), linked to your 'Occupy Patriarchy' website?
Thanks for the reply. It is a group called 'Oakland Occupy Patriarchy', who protested outside an anti-child-sex-trafficking conference in Oakland, California.
I'm glad you don't seem to be connected to them, but this is all over the internet, it might be worth making some kind of statement.
[…] * This 'Oakland Occupy Patriarchy' doesn't seem to be the same as 'Occupy Patriarchy', I've been asking questions in the comments under the most recent post. […]


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There's no shortage of Louisiana natives and residents in reality TV schedules these days, thanks in part to the tax credit program developed in 2002. That cultural prevalence, the New York Times reported May 15, begs the question: "How many interesting people here are left?"
With a number of shows about a smorgasbord of personalities — from "Cajun Pawn Stars" to "Billy the Exterminator" to "Swamp People" and "Duck Dynasty" — the state has already offered up a collection of characters any reality TV producer might clamor for. One of the next of these to hit TV screens will be former La. Gov. Edwin Edwards and his wife, Trina, when their show, "The Governor's Wife," premiers on A&E this summer.
"There is … a general agreement that Louisiana is just more interesting than other places, with an ideal mix of Deep South exotica and regular folk accessibility," writes New York Times reporter Campbell Robertson. "And Louisianans just like to talk."
Shaun Sanghani, who created "The Governor's Wife," told The New York Times he believes Louisiana love in reality TV will eventually come to an end, but what do you think?
Do you think there are untapped sources of reality TV fodder in Louisiana? Or are you tired of having the state characterized in these various ways for national audiences?


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Have you tried coconut oil? People on this forum have wildly different reactions to it. Some folks get diarrhea, while others (myself included) consider it practically a miracle food. Here are a couple of (admittedly biased) links:
If you try it, make sure to get high quality, not something processed with a bunch of chemicals. I get mine on-line from Tropical Traditions, but lots of people here swear by Nutiva.


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HARLEYVILLE When Gabriele Montuori read in Fridays newspaper that Berkeley County School District spelling bee champion Hayley Durant studied for five hours the day before her competition, he took it as a challenge.
I have studied five hours a day for the last week or so, said Gabriele, a Harleyville Elementary School fifth-grader, who spelled crescent correctly Wednesday to claim the Dorchester District 4 title. Before that I was only studying two hours a day.
It paid off. Gabriele, 10 and a triplet, said none of the words given to him at the competition rattled him much. Words of Dutch origin often throw him off, he said, and his favorite words are Italian.
Im just very proud of him and Im looking forward to the next phase, said his mother, Brenda Montuori. Hell have to study harder.
The runner-up was Orlando Cadena of Clay Hill Elementary School, who was disqualified after misspelling gorgeous.
Gabriele and Orlando will advance to Spellbound!, the Lowcountrys regional spelling bee, which is sponsored by The Post and Courier.
The competition will be at 7 p.m. March 6 at Charleston Southern University and will include 50 finalists.
The winner of Spellbound! will get an all-expenses-paid trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 26 through June 1 in Washington, D.C.


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It's official! Using their song lyrics and blog, the Spice Girls bid a final farewell Wednesday to cap the conclusion of their successful reunion tour.
"Our time is up ... we've come to the end of the road ... there are tears of both sadness and joy. Look how far we've come!," the group wrote on their Web site. "Yes, our reunion tour is proof that dreams do come true."
The letter to fans on the Spice blog was signed with love from Emma [Bunton], Geri [Halliwell], Mel B [Brown], Melanie C [Chisolm] and Victoria [Beckham] after concluding a song best summed up their feelings:
"Goodbye my friend, it's not the end ... So glad we made it, time will never ever change it ... "
The Spice Girls, who last year reunited for the first time since 1998 and completed shows in Europe and the U.S., closed their tour with a show in Toronto Tuesday night. They were originally scheduled to go to Australia and South America, but family obligations and an already overextended timeline wouldn't allow for it.
As for whether the Spice Girls are done for good or just taking another break, the ladies write, "We look to the future with hope and imagination and let Girl Power live on through all of you as it will continue in us and the future generations to come."
Spice Girls Say Final Farewell
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Effie Marie Chapman, 63, a resident of 4-H Road, Philippi, died Monday evening, Jan. 23, 2012, at her home, following an extended illness.
She was born Dec. 17, 1948, at Philippi, a daughter of the late Kent Taylor Evans Jr. and the late Elizabeth Amanda Corley Evans.
On Aug. 16, 1967, in Ft. Foote, Md., she was married to Joseph Dean Chapman, who survives at their 4-H Road home.
Also surviving are one son, Joseph Dean Chapman Jr. of Emmaus, Pa.; four sisters, Jane Ann Weese of Philippi, Judy Fay Marsh of Belington, Mary Ann Lake of Hillsboro, Ohio, and Janet Lynn Auvil of Wilmington, N.C.; and one brother, Bruce Allen Evans of Philippi.
She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Christina Ellen Chapman; and by two brothers, Robert Taylor Evans and Thomas Kent Evans.
Mrs. Chapman was a seamstress and was a former employee of Reidbord Brothers Manufacturing. She was a member of the Silent Grove Church and Philippi Chapter 41 Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed collecting Longaberger.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, from Schoonover-Stemple Funeral Chapel, 609 Crim Ave. in Belington. Pastor Bryan Headley will officiate and interment will follow in Barbour Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 until 9 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., the funeral hour, on Saturday.
The family requests memorials in the form of contributions to the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center or the Rosenbaum Family House, both in Morgantown or the local Relay for Life. Schoonover-Stemple Funeral Chapel was entrusted with the arrangements.


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Verdi was just starting to be Verdi when I due Foscari was first performed. But this was also his period of intensive work, which he dubbed "his galley-slave years". This sixth opera was his most dramatic to date. Contemporary critics noted that the characters all had their own idiom and voiced their own passions. The tale, taken from Lord Byron's play of the same title, relates how the dying Doge of Venice is faced with the choice between his political duties and his love for his son, who is accused of murder. Reasons of State versus fatherly love. Verdi wrote the work for La Fenice in Venice but the theatre management, under pressure from the censors, considered it unsuitable because it uncovered political intrigues in the city's own political underbelly and some of the leading figures, such as the Foscari family itself, still wielded influence there. So the premiere was transferred to Rome.
Opera in three acts. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on Lord Byron's novel The Two Foscari. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. Premiered on 3 November 1844 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. First performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 12 May 1847. Last staged at the Liceu on 13 November 1977.
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