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An article under your March 22 Briefs column had the following headline:
"Cuba hikes salaries for doctors, nurses."
Because 1 have two relatives who are senior medical students at MUSC, I read the article with interest and saved it to show them. I feel strongly that the article deserves comment and criticism.
It began: "Cuba is giving its hundreds of thousands of medical workers raises that in some cases exceed 100 per cent, official media on the island announced Friday, though pay remains much lower than what medical professionals earn elsewhere."
The next paragraph quoted the Communist Party daily newspaper Gamma: "Cuba expects to take in $8.2 billion this year for the tens of thousands of medical workers it sends to care for the poor in countries such as Venezuela and Brazil."
The real facts emerge in the last paragraph, after the reader thinks the story is already told. The third paragraph of the article gave a sample of the pay hikes, which take effect June 1: "At the high-end, doctors with two specialties will see their salary go from the equivalent of $26 a month to $67, while an entry-level nurse will make $25, up from $13."
I feel the article is pure propaganda from Communist Cuba. It should have received comment from your editors at the time, but it is still not too late. I hope you will give it some space on the editorial page.
Dorothy M. Anderson
New Street
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I am a 51-year-old male. Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. A week later my 9-year-old golden retriever was diagnosed with lung cancer.
I was a smoker until recently. As adults and as humans we get to make choices and decisions that for the most part affect only us.
While for many years I disregarded the news stories and research indicating that second-hand smoke is harmful to both people and animals, today I can no longer ignore the facts.
I will accept any consequences that my behaviors have on my health.
But if these behaviors could have caused my dog's suffering and affected her life span and quality of life, well, if so I would have failed pet ownership 101.
I learned today that the cancer affecting my girl is not caused by environmental agents. Even so it was the possibility that I contributed to her sickness that instigated this letter.
When we bring a pet into our lives it is our responsibility to do all we can to give them a long, full and happy life.
My hope is that anyone reading this, pet owner or not, will do a little research on the effects of second-hand smoke. It truly could save a life.
Alex Andrews
Highway 17 N
Mount Pleasant
Tree talk
SCDOT should investigate the trees in the median of the southern part of I-95 in South Carolina. There appear to be just as many as on the dangerous section of I-26, and they are closer to the road.
The shoulders of the road slope toward the median, also. There must be some reason the I-95 trees do not attract cars like the I-26 trees. If speed is a factor in the I-26 crashes, it certainly doesn't apply on I-95.
Wayne Wicker
North Hermitage Road
Religious dogma
Evangelical Christians claim that they believe in the separation of church and state and whine about being under attack by the liberal media and advocates for gay rights. However, they don't practice what they preach.
The S.C. Legislature penalized the College of Charleston $52,000 and the University of South Carolina $17,000 because they assigned two books with gay and lesbian themes for incoming freshmen.
A conservative Christian organization, Palmetto Family Council, instigated this travesty through the efforts of Rep. Garry Smith, R-Simpsonville. Evangelical opposition to abortion, gay rights and same- sex marriage is based upon their religious beliefs. No one questions their right to believe what they will.
It is mind-boggling, however, that they are able to use the state Legislature to impose their religious beliefs on secular state colleges and universities. That is the direct opposite of the separation of church and state.
In South Carolina we don't have a lot of which to be proud. We are ranked 11th nationally in teen pregnancies.
We are ranked number one nationally in men killing women. We are ranked 43rd in health care by the American Health Foundation. We are ranked seventh nationally for obesity.
We can be proud, however, of our state colleges, universities and technical schools. If the Legislature continues to capitulate to the Christian right's agenda, academic freedom, which is essential to the legitimacy of our institutions of higher learning, will be irreparably damaged.
Tom Greene
Attorney at Law
Segar Street
Johns Island
Take the money
Kudos to a recent letter writer for his enlightened thoughts about South Carolina accepting federal dollars. He was right on target.
How can it be that one source of federal dollars (military) is any different from accepting education or health care dollars?
Who is on the receiving end seems to make a big difference. Heaven help the poor child whose education or health might be improved.
Jan H. O'Loughlin
Marvin Avenue
Ominous pattern
On March 12, 1938, Hitler annexed Austria. Then later that year he took control of the Sudetenland. The world did nothing.
See any similarities here with another ruthless dictator? Ignore history and be bound to repeat it.
Robert Weitzel
Brenda Weitzel
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The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) is seeking to hire a Research Fellow for a one year term (possibly renewable for a second year), beginning in August 2014, to undertake independent research on intellectual property and other technology law issues under the supervision of BCLT faculty. Because the funding for this fellowship is being provided by Microsoft Corp., the Research Fellow hired will be known as the "Microsoft Research Fellow."
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Megan, wonderful report. I was curious to see your diary. I am now doing something similar. Keeping protein down also keeps calories down. That will be something new for me.[/QUOTE]
I believe the only dairy I'm doing is HWC (LOTS) in my coffee in the morning and cream cheese. I think this helps me make it through lunch. And then the cream cheese is really only at the end of the day. I'm starting an herb cleanse today on the suggestion of a friend of ours that's does colonics. I'm not doing the colonics part but some of what she said about residual gluten and grains made sense so we'll see how we do on this for the 3-5 days that it lasts. We are able to eat normally during the cleanse so we'll see.
I'm hoping to drop the cream cheese during/after the cleanse because I really don't think it's good for ME. I've recently found out that my brother (we're built just about exactly the same) has a dairy intolerance and so does my son. Kinda makes sense that I might have one too. The cream cheese really helps with my fat at the end of the day so I've been mixing it with nut butters and coconut oil and just trying to keep it low.
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In 2012, the county saw "an uptick" in activity, he said. Housing starts were up 7 percent, the county decreased its debt ratio, and more businesses located in the county.
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The history of Nintendo in one awesome video
Jan 24th - A fan's homage to Nintendo, from the Game & Watch to the Wii U.
Nintendo tops consumer electronics experience chart
Jan 24th - With the Wii U, Wii, and 3DS, Nintendo tops the chart when it comes to customer satisfaction.
Awesome Wii U Miiverse drawings
Jan 24th - We've collected some of the most awesome drawings found on Wii U's Miiverse.
Brand new Pikmin 3 screenshots
Jan 24th - Brand new screenshots from the upcoming Wii U strategy game.
New trailer for Lego City: Undercover for Wii U
Jan 24th - A new trailer for Lego City: Undercover is now available from Nintendo.
Wii U Virtual Console: how it works
Jan 24th - A close look at the first Virtual Console game released for Wii U, as well as the features and options that support it.
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Jan 24th - A new trailer for the crowd-controlled super hero game, The Wonderful 101 is available.
Nintendo Direct goes behind the scenes with Bayonetta 2 for Wii U
Jan 24th - Nintendo Direct takes fans on a behind the scenes tour of the development of Bayonetta 2 for the Wii U.
Zelda Wind Waker Wii U screenshots
Jan 23rd - Screenshots from the latest Nintendo Direct show us Zelda Wind Waker in more detail.
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Miiverse is going mobile soon
Jan 23rd - Nintendo plans on making Miiverse an open web-based service.
New Yoshi game announced for Wii U
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Photo Flash: First Look at Dr. Seuss' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS at Children's Theatre Company
The stage adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (GRINCH) has become familiar to past generations of CTC's audiences since its premiere in 1994. GRINCH has become a CTC favorite because like all of Dr. Seuss' work, it continues to be relevant to everyone. "CTC has long been attracted to the work of Dr. Seuss not only because of its brilliant imagery and delightful wordplay but also because his stories call us to be our best selves, to be generous, to be tolerant, and to celebrate the hugeness of the human heart," says Peter Brosius, CTC's artistic director. This production will be the first time Brosius directs GRINCH.
This season the role of the Grinch falls on CTC Company member Reed Sigmund. This will be Sigmund's first time playing the iconic Grinch, and for a self-described "Ultimate Who", it will be quite the challenge. Sigmund exclaims, "I love Christmas. I love the food. I love the tunes. I love the movies. I love the lights. I love the decorations. I love the traditions. I love the way it makes me feel. I can't help it. I am filled with a combination of elation, excitement, and pure fear. Whether it's the Grinch, the Cowardly Lion, or Ernie from Sesame Street, these roles carry a strong sense of expectation from an audience. They are beloved characters with amazing histories and I never want to disappoint those people who cherish these figures as much as I do."
CTC managing director Tim Jennings explains, "The story of a character moving away from the trappings of material things toward understanding the power of personal experiences makes a perfect play, and the very act of attending the theatre is participating in that shared, joyful experience with your community. Revisiting a beloved story and seeing a book come to life on stage is a hugely compelling reason to attend theatre as a family, not only because of what you see on stage, but also because you can see it through the eyes of your children."
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas runs now through December 30 on the UnitedHealth Group Stage. As part of CTC's commitment to programming for ages two through eighteen, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas is recommended for pre-K and up. Tickets are on sale now starting at $10. Affordable subscription packages are also available. For more information visit us online at childrenstheatre.org or call the Ticket Office at 612.874.0400.
Children's Theatre Company (CTC) is the first theatre for young people to win the coveted Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater (2003). Founded in 1965, CTC serves more than 300,000 people annually and is one of the 20 largest theater companies in the nation. The company is noted for defining worldwide standards for youth theatre with an innovative mix of classic tales, celebrated international productions and challenging new work.
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Think you know your left from right, in the debate over 21st century biopolitics? When it comes to biotechnology, think again. Stem cells, embryo research and synthetic biology are just a few of the issues that will force strange new political alliances
Book by Jonathan Moreno discusses the intersection of science and politics in American life and how the future of this so-called biopolitics will affect all of us.
Book from Jonathan Moreno gives the first ever systematic overview of brain research and national security.
Book from Jonathan Moreno presents the first comprehensive history of the use of human subjects in atomic, biological, and chemical warfare experiments from World War II to the 21st century.
Jonathan Moreno explains in Slate how antiterrorism efforts have included a great deal of neuroscience research.
Jonathan Moreno expresses concern over losing out to Asian competitors on stem cell research as a result of the recent U.S. court decision barring federal funding.
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The Obama administration has instituted a far more rigorous ethics review for stem cells than was in place before, writes Jonathan D. Moreno.
The Obama administration's budget for 2011 will be remembered by economic and science historians as a turning point for our nation in the 21st century, writes Jonathan D. Moreno.
Jonathan Moreno applauds President Obama's intended pick for NIH director: Dr. Francis Collins, a researcher and leader who embraces science and ethics.
The National Institutes of Health released final guidelines today for federally funded stem cell research that will help put the United States back at the forefront of scientific research and innovation, writes Jonathan Moreno.
Comparative effectiveness research will help people make better health choices, write Ruth Faden and Jonathan D. Moreno in the Baltimore Sun.
An essential guide to science policy from Jonathan Moreno and Rick Weiss.
Predictably, President Obama has run into some political pushback on last week's executive order. The complaints have arisen primarily over two issues, neither of which is substantial and both of which deserve to be countered.
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"In priestly formation the challenge is to minister to young men discerning the ministerial priesthood in ways that will open them to the identity that will become theirs through sacred orders. It is a journey of deep and continued conversion to Christ. Formation must challenge them to be open to receive the wisdom that comes from above – and be transformed by it. "
Parents' Weekend 2016: September 24th and 25th
Parents' Weekend is a very special event for the seminarians and everybody in the house. This tradition has been celebrated for many decades and is held once a year, in the fall. The seminarians welcome their parents for two days, which are filled with many activities. Parents have the opportunity to get better acquainted with our premises and everyone at St. John Vianney College Seminary. We cordially invite our special guests "The Parents" to take part in the many exciting events which are planned by the seminarians themselves.
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St. John Vianney College Seminary Magazine staff is proud to announce our new bi-annual Spring 2016 edition of our house Magazine. We invite you to get acquainted with our house and your seminarians.
We invite you to browse our magazine; in this edition read the following articles:
- A Merciful Shepherd, a reflection on God's mercy from Bishop Robert Lynch, Diocese of St. Petersburg
- Your seminarians provide a witness to how God called them, in this edition:
- Donald Amodeo, Diocese of St. Petersburg
- Alexander Sanchez, Diocese of St. Augustine
- Alexander Pince, Diocese of Venice
- Rashad Mortimer, Archdiocese of Nassau
- Richard Graham, Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
- Leo Siqueira, Archdiocese of Miami
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December Winter Weather
- 01.11.10: Governor Kaine Requests Federal Assistance for Recovery from December's Severe Winter Storm [Governor's Office]
- 12.28.09 State agencies continue response efforts in southwest Virginia
- 12.23.09 State agencies continue response efforts in southwestern Virginia
- 12.22.09 State agencies assist southwestern Virginia with water, food, generators
- 12.21.09 State and local agencies continue response efforts in southwestern Virginia
- 12.19.09 State and local agencies work to assist stranded motorists
- 12.18.09 VDH Offers Suggestions To Prevent Injuries After Winter Storm [Virginia Department of Health]
- 12.18.09 Be Aware Of Warning Signs of Heart Attack During Winter Storm Cleanup [Virginia Department of Health]
- 12.18.09 Health Officials Warn Of Carbon Monoxide Dangers During Winter Storm Cleanup [Virginia Department of Health]
- 12.18.09 Governor Kaine Declares State Of Emergency ~ Authorizes state agencies to respond to anticipated winter storm ~ [Governor's Office]
Miscellaneous Releases
- 12.18.09 Federal And State Funds Help Restore Public Infrastructure
- 12.17.09 Ready Virginia encourages citizens to Resolve to Be Ready in 2010
- 12.15.09 Disaster Assistance Briefings Set For Local Governments And Some Non-Profits
- 11.23.09 Surry Power Station Will Test Early Warning Sirens Dec. 9
- 11.09.09 North Anna Power Station Will Test Warning Sirens Nov. 18
- 09.25.09 Emergency response software earns governor's efficiency award
- 09.03.09 Telephone survey seeks to gauge Hampton Roads residents' preparedness
- 08.31.09 North Anna Power Station Exercise Tests Security Procedures
- 08.27.09 Surry Power Station Will Test Early Warning Sirens Sept. 9
- 08.10.09 North Anna Power Station Will Test Warning Sirens Aug. 19
- 08.06.09 Camille brought changes to emergency management ~ 40th anniversary approaches for Virginia's worst natural disaster~
- 08.05.09 Do you remember Camille? Send your memories to VDEM for posting on special Web page
- 07.30.09 Surry Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise Set for Aug. 4
- 07.21.09 New and improved Virginia Hurricane Guide now available
- 07.14.09 Greensville County uses homeland security funds to provide evacuation shelter
- 05.28.09 Surry Power Station Will Test Early Warning Sirens June 10
- 05.27.09 Hurricane Season Is Approaching. Is Your Pet Ready? [Virginia State Animal Response Team]
- 05.22.09 Governor Kaine recognizes hurricane preparedness week ~Encourages Virginians to prepare for emergencies, take advantage of Sales Tax Holiday May 25-31 ~ [Governor's Office]
- 05.14.09 Get ready now for hurricane and flood season
- 05.14.09 Alístese ahora para la época de huracanes e inundaciones
- 05.11.09 North Anna Power Station Will Test Early Warning Sirens May 20
- 02.23.09 Surry Power Station Will Test Early Warning Sirens March 11
- 02.23.09 Practicing for Tornadoes Saves Lives - Participate in Virginia's Statewide Tornado Drill March 17
- 02.17.09 VEMC features national, state reporters who covered 2007 Virginia Tech tragedy
- 02.09.09 North Anna Power Station Will Test Early Warning Sirens Feb.18
- 01.21.10 Disaster Information Available at Local Home Depots [Joint Field Office - 34kb PDF]
- 12.10.09 Governor Kaine Announces Federal Disaster Assistance for State and Local Governments [Governor's Office]
- 12.09.09 Although temporary on-site loan centers are closing, applications are still being accepted
- 11.27.09 SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Virginia Residents Affected by the Severe Nor'easter [SBA]
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What materials did you use? This skirt was hand sewn from 4 men's T-shirts, upholstery thread, and chop beads.
What are you most proud of? I went on a trip and arrived without any clothes. I was unable to find a reasonably priced skirt on short notice, so I sewed this from 4 men's T-shirts in my hotel room that evening. I did the embellishment after i got back from the trip. It is a work in progress, as i plan to add more embellishment to it.
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Why is the expression "pain in my ass?" so popular? Or, when among mixed company, "pain in my neck?" For me, I think, "pain in my foot" is much more descriptive of real pain. Until two weeks ago, I didn't think much about podiatrists. I figured they treated the occasional hangnail, bunion or plantar fashyoudon'tthinki'mgoingtospellthat – but now my appreciation level and respect has officially gone up to "high". After a second visit to the doctor, and another series of a "cocktail of injections", things seem to be dramatically better. "Seem" is the key word, since I feel like at any time my foot can go back to hurting…a lot. But for now I am laying off of it, doubling up on my anti-inflammatory medicine (since all this really came down to was inflammation around the two main ligaments) and admiring all of the footwear that I can't wear. Which really begs the question: how do women do it? I mean these shoes – they look so good but they must feel so bad. The two weeks I've spent not wearing my heels (just kidding) – actually being confined to either my sneaker which was retrofitted with a special pad or my school shoe which has an insert – has been a little annoying. I'm no Imelda Marcos, but there are more than a few pair of shoes in my closet getting lonely. Another reason I hope this gets better. Spring is just around the corner.


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance will take on the role of high school history teacher for a short time Thursday.
Vance, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, will serve Thursday as a guest teacher at G.W. Carver High School during Teach For America Week.
Teach for America Week in Alabama, which begins today and ends April 10, enlists community leaders in support of the movement to expand educational opportunity. "These volunteers serve as guest teachers in the classrooms of Teach For America corps members, inspiring students with dynamic lessons that connect their curriculum to real life," according to a statement from Teach for America.
Vance will teach at Carver between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday. She will lead an 11th grade lesson co-created with Teach for America teacher Wyatt Smith, according to Danielle Montoya, communications director for Teach For America. The lesson is part of a unit on the Civil Rights Movement and the role of the Warren Court as a spearhead for change in American attitudes toward unequal treatment of minorities, she stated.
Smith had been among 15 Teach for America teachers in Birmingham schools initially laid off last year. All of that program's teachers were reinstated, Montoya stated.
This past summer Wyatt raised over $30,000 to take six of his students to Beijing where they attended the Global China Connection Asia Summit, Montoya stated in an email. This year Smith has 10 students enrolled in twice-weekly Mandarin classes with an instructor from UAB and is raising $50K for a trip, she stated.
Teach For America works in partnership with communities to expand educational opportunity for children facing the challenges of poverty, according to the statement from the group.
Teach for America, founded in 1990, is a national corps of top college graduates in all academic majors who commit to teaching for two years in underfunded schools. About 90 percent of the teachers don't have education degrees and instead teach under alternate certification. They take boot-camp-like training during the summer before they teach.
More than 10,000 corps members are teaching in 46 urban and rural regions across the country, while nearly 28,000 alumni work across sectors to ensure that all children have access to an excellent education.
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on October 21, 2012 - 12:01 AM
OLCOTT – A U.S. Postal Service consolidation plan, affecting 13,000 of the nation's 32,000 post offices, is beginning to have an impact in Niagara County.
Four county postal locations – Appleton, Barker, Olcott and Model City – are on the list of facilities targeted for possible reduced hours or closure.
The Postal Service already has sent letters to customers of the Barker and Olcott post offices, offering them a say in what happens at their local mail location.
The letters include surveys with four options for the future of the post offices. The letters say that office hours will be reduced unless at least 60 percent of respondents vote for another option.
But Postal Service spokesman David Walton said those other options likely will lead to the closure of those post offices.
The choices in the survey are:
• Keeping the post office open with reduced hours.
• Expanding roadside mail delivery services.
• Opening a post office inside a local business.
• Closing the facility and moving post office box service to another existing post office.
The last three choices all include "conducting a discontinuance study."
"That means they would close the office," Walton said.
For the post offices in Olcott and Model City, which don't offer roadside service now, a vote in favor of that increased convenience would be a death knell.
In Barker and Appleton, which have some motor routes, the impact on customers' existing habits would be less, but to use other postal services such as mailing packages, residents would have to drive to another post office.
Facilities such as Newfane, Middleport and Gasport are a few miles away.
Walton said the plan is to hold a public meeting after residents have time to return the surveys. The survey results will be announced at the meeting, and Walton said that after public comment is considered, the Postal Service will make its decision on the office's future a week later.
Any changes would take effect 30 days after that.
The first local meeting is in Barker, at 6 p.m. Nov. 1 in the Barker Central High School auditorium, 1628 Quaker Road.
The Olcott meeting is set for 6 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Olcott Fire Company Hall, 1691 Lockport-Olcott Road.
Model City's meeting is slated for 5:30 p.m. Nov. 27 in the Lewiston Public Library, 305 S. Eighth St.
Appleton's meeting isn't scheduled yet.
Walton said the Postal Service, which projects a net loss of $14 billion this year, is being hurt by increasing use of electronic mail and bill-paying, along with a legal requirement that it prefund retirees' health benefits.
"That's what's really killing us," Walton said.
In a national survey conducted for the Postal Service in February, 54 percent of respondents preferred reductions in window hours at post offices to any of the other choices.
Offering postal services inside a local business was the second choice at 20 percent; closing the post office and moving box services to another office drew 15 percent support; and 11 percent voted for more home delivery services.
Joseph Bailey, an Olcott resident, said that cutting back window hours from eight to six hours per day, as the Postal Service's letter proposes, is based on an incorrect assumption.
He said the Olcott post office isn't open eight hours now.
A worker at the post office confirmed that the Olcott window hours are 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 to 5 p.m. weekdays, for a total of six hours, 15 minutes.
In Barker, the counter is open from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m. weekdays.
Appleton is open for sales from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. In Model City, the desk operates from 9 a.m. to noon and 1:15 to 5 p.m.
The Postal Service regards all four offices as being open eight hours a day, however. Its plan calls for Appleton and Model City to be cut to four hours a day, with Olcott and Barker being trimmed to six hours.
Bailey said it would be a serious inconvenience if the Olcott post office is closed. "You've got quite a few older people who live here," he said.
As for offering postal services in a store, which Walton referred to as a "village post office," Bailey says that's unrealistic for Olcott.
"There's not one [store] here. We've got bars and restaurants. We can't even buy a gallon of milk in this hamlet," Bailey said.
The Postal Service is supposed to be self-supporting, but Congress controls whether post offices are to be closed or whether mail delivery is to be reduced from six days a week to five, as the Postal Service wants.
It proposed the small-town cutbacks in May, after a plan to close 3,700 post offices was dropped under congressional pressure.
The Postal Service also planned to close 252 mail processing centers, including one on William Street in Buffalo, but in May it announced that William Street will stay open for at least three more years.
"We got such a pushback when we tried to close 3,700 post offices, and we heard the people loud and clear. They didn't want us to close their local post offices, so we are trying to reduce costs at our small, low-volume post offices," Walton said.
"We have to become lean in order to survive. We have 32,000 post offices and 26,000 of them don't bring in enough revenue to cover their expenses. I can't think of any other business that would stay in business under those conditions."
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A Polk County school was put on lockdown Friday after a threatening comment was posted on Facebook.
Bartow Elementary Academy, located at 590 South Wilson Ave., was locked down after school officials notified the Bartow Police Department of a threat made on the popular social media website, Facebook.
"The Facebook post indicated some threat of violence to the school or persons at the school," said Sgt. David Wyant, police spokesman.
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Today was a good day for Bruce but not a great day. In the first workout he was right with the lead dogs for 4 out of 5 rounds. He said he felt good and thought he was moving at 80%. On round 5 his run started to flag and he struggled through the overhead squats, finally finishing in 11th place. For event 2 Bruce started off with a strategy of doing 10-5-5 on the 20 HSPU's. He said he felt great at 10 so he forged ahead all the way to # 14. With one no rep he was at 13 with just 7 to go and only a minute or so down. We've all been to the place Bruce went next. It took nearly 6 minutes to get his next 7 HSPU's. His judge was no-repping him for hand placement and he made somewhere around 20 attempts to finally wrap up the HSPU's and move on to the sled. Coming in Bruce's goal was to make the final 12 so he could compete all 3 days. Right now he's in 14th and is on the edge of qualifying, he needs to have a good Wednesday.
Tiffany will be doing 2 events today. The first consists of 10 rounds of a 50m swim immediately followed by 3 muscle-ups. The second is a half-marathon row. That's right….13.1 miles! The first 2K of the row is scored as it's own event and then it's on to the grind.
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Today we speak with Dr. Jeffrey Hopkins, Professor Emeritus of Tibetan & Buddhist Studies at University of Virgina. Dr. Hopkins is a prolific translator–with 40 books translated in his career–and a committed meditation practitioner.
In this episode we ask him to share some of the details of his early practice. He shares with us his experience doing sky meditations and dark retreats, all of which he did before being exposed to Tibetan Buddhism. He also shares some of the details of his meeting the Dalai Lama and working with him on translating some of his books to English, as well as being his translator.
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The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Jenna Saga #1)by Mary E. Pearson
Who is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn't remember her life. Or does she? And are the memories really hers? This fascinating novel represents a stunning new direction for acclaimed author Mary Pearson. Set in a near future America, it takes readers on an unforgettable journey through questions of bio-medical ethics and the nature of humanity.
David V. Godby Mary E. Pearson
So what do you do when your biology field trip takes a little detour -- to heaven? If you're David James, the class clown, you demand an audience with God and challenge him to a debate. The prize? A ticket back to life. But David doesn't have a clue how a debate actually works, and so he teams up with Marie, a nerdy classmate who happens to be president of the 'Speech and Debate Club'. Their efforts seem thwarted at every step, but David sticks it out with Marie and wonders, Will a goof-off have what it takes to beat God?
Fox Foreverby Mary E. Pearson
Locke Jenkins has some catching up to do. After spending 260 years as a disembodied mind in a little black box, he has a perfect new body. But before he can move on with his unexpected new life, he'll have to return the Favor he accepted from the shadowy resistance group known as the Network. Locke must infiltrate the home of a government official by gaining the trust of his daughter, seventeen-year-old Raine, and he soon finds himself pulled deep into the world of the resistance--and into Raine's life. InFox Forever, Mary E. Pearson brings the story she began inThe Adoration of Jenna Fox and continued inThe Fox Inheritance to a breathtaking conclusion as Locke discovers that being truly human requires much more than flesh and blood.
The Fox Inheritance (Jenna Saga #2)by Mary E. Pearson
Once there were three. Three friends who loved each other - Jenna, Locke, and Kara. And after a terrible accident destroyed their bodies, their three minds were kept alive, spinning in a digital netherworld. Even in that disembodied nightmare, they were still together. At least at first. When Jenna disappeared, Locke and Kara had to go on without her. Decades passed, and then centuries. Two-hundred-and-sixty years later, they have been released at last. Given new, perfect bodies, Locke and Kara awaken to a world they know nothing about, where everyone they once knew and loved is long dead. Everyone except Jenna Fox.
The Heart of Betrayal (The Remnant Chronicles Book Two)by Mary E. Pearson
Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Princess Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape--and even less of being together--as the foundations of Lia's deeply-held beliefs crumble beneath her while she wrestles with her upbringing, her gift, and her very sense of self to make powerful choices that affect her country, her people, and her own destiny.
The Kiss of Deception (Book One The Remnant Chronicles)by Mary E. Pearson
On the morning of her wedding, Princess Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive--and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets--even as she finds herself falling in love.
The Miles Betweenby Mary E. Pearson
Seventeen-year-old Destiny keeps a painful childhood secret all to herself until she and three classmates from her exclusive boarding school take off on an unauthorized road trip in search of "one fair day."
A Room on Lorelei Streetby Mary E. Pearson
To escape a miserable existence taking care of her alcoholic mother, seventeen-year-old Zoe rents a room from an eccentric woman, but her earnings as a waitress after school are minimal and she must go to extremes to cover expenses.
Scribbler of Dreamsby Mary E. Pearson
From the back cover: Seventeen-year-old Kaitlin Malone was born to hate the Crutchfields. The hatred her family has harbored for generations is the one thing she can count on--and the very thing she believes will sustain her now that her father has been imprisoned for murdering Robert Crutchfield. But then Kaitlin stumbles on a rare opportunity to walk in the "enemies' shoes" and what she discovers rocks the foundation of her entire world.
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Former Death Row Inmate to Speak Feb. 8 at Penn State York
Imagine life as you know it changing forever and you're slated to die. Former death row inmate Ray Krone will share his experience of being falsely accused and jailed during a program on Friday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at Penn State York's Pullo Family Performing Arts Center. The program, sponsored by the Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) Club, is free when participants bring one canned or nonperishable food item to the event. The donations will benefit the New Hope Ministries of Dover, PA, a charity Krone supports.
A former Boy Scout and Air Force sergeant, Krone thought the death penalty was for the monsters of the world but in 1991 found himself on Arizona's death row for a murder he did not commit. In 2002, DNA evidence exonerated this Dover native and he was released after spending 10 years in prison.
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- January 11, 2010
INFRASTRUCTURE - it will be the mantra of the decade to come. Politicians' speech notes bubbling with promises to build it, buy it, or, in the peculiar case of Queensland, sell it.
The road toll will also spawn endless pontification by our elected leaders, which we will be able to watch on television monitors in airport lounges as we wait for delayed flights after shuffling through full body scanners and having our hand luggage searched.
There is, however, a partial solution to these woes, one that would happily fall within the "nation building" philosophy so beloved by our leaders, one that would be as successful as it would be popular.
The Chinese know it and are building them all over the country, the Americans are playing catch-up and spending billions to get a program in place, while the Europeans and Japanese have appreciated their worth for decades. They are high-speed trains. Australia is crying out for a service linking Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne although, given that we are incapable of building a light rail link between Queen St and West End, it would be a brave soul who would dream of boarding a train in Brisbane and arriving at Sydney's Central Station five hours later.
Instead, we will be forced to endure the killing fields of the Pacific and Hume highways and the crush, frustrations, inefficiencies and pure discomfort that now so often attend air travel.
It would be a grand and challenging scheme but one that other countries have accepted as essential to their continuing prosperity and economic development.
So why not us?
Last month, China opened a high-speed rail line between Wuhan and Guangzhou. It travels for 1068km, roughly the distance between Brisbane and Sydney, and was built over four years at a cost of about $16 billion. The train has been timed at 394km/h but at more moderate operational speeds, the journey takes four hours.
Over the next three years, China will build 42 high-speed passenger lines covering 13,000km and at the end of the year will open the jewel in the crown, a 1318km line between Beijing and Shanghai which will cut the journey time from 14 hours to five.
A few months ago, I boarded a train in Madrid, Spain, and two hours and 40 minutes later alighted in Barcelona, having covered 620km.
Sitting in my pre-booked first-class seat sipping a glass of local wine as the Spanish countryside rolled by, I glanced up at the digital speedometer in the cabin which sat stubbornly at 299kmh before finally clicking over to 300km/h and staying there.
There was no queuing, no cab rides to distant airports. Just a short trip to the station, where I walked on board, put my suitcase in a rack where it was accessible during the journey and then settled back and enjoyed the scenery.
There are now 13 countries running high-speed rail networks and 11 more with programs under development.
As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd lectures the electorate on climate change, he would do well to note data released by the International Rail Union, which represents train operators, showing that high-speed trains are 550 per cent more energy-efficient than planes, 430 per cent more efficient than cars and 300 per cent more so than buses. Also, planes emit 425 per cent more CO2 and cars 350 per cent more.
The IRU also points out that there are significant social advantages, such as fewer road accidents and less air and noise pollution.
High-speed trains are not an innovation. They've been running in Japan for 45 years and France for 30 years. But successive Australian governments have looked the other way, a blinkered approach surely applauded in the boardrooms of trucking and airline companies.
Philippe Mellier, the head of Alstom Transport, which is one of the world's leading train manufacturers, says high-speed trains are the way of the future.
"The fundamentals are going to stay for the long term – energy security, the environment and the need to contain the (economic) crisis," Mellier says.
"It is big money – billions and for long periods – and it is highly political. The person taking the decision to buy is often a politician with an electoral mandate lasting, at best, five years and who will never cut the ribbon on the new train.
"You need political courage to say I am going to invest billions and I am not going to benefit politically from the result."
Virgin's Richard Branson is interested in operating a high-speed train and the chairman of Fiat is an investor in the latest generation of the French AGV train.
"You have talented and shrewd businesspeople coming into rail, on the one hand from the airline industry and on the other hand, from the car industry. This is a strong signal," Mellier says.
It is a signal that has been seen and acknowledged by much of the developed world but one which in Australia, with its petty-minded premiers and "next election" federal leaders, is destined to be ignored.
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That's what happened to Kim Kardashian this weekend when ash from the Icelandic volcano canceled her flight to Monaco – after her beauty team called the "glam squad" – had already left ahead of her on another flight.
"I guess no Monaco :-(" she Tweeted, trying to make the best of the situation. "Better safe than sorry! Just glad the airlines are being extra careful, hope everyone is safe traveling!"
The now-grounded Kardashian says, "Gym time baby! Time to get back on track!"
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MARTINSBURG - The Martinsburg High School Class of 1958 will hold its annual picnic at 9 a.m. June 23, 2012, at the Marlowe Ruritan Hall. Class members are to bring a covered dish, hor d'oeuvres, salad or snack food to share. The committee is providing hot dogs, fried chicken, desserts, drinks and paper products. Cost is $10 per person payable to Nancy Whittington, 701 S. Raleigh St., Martinsburg.
Class of 92 seeks classmates
HEDGESVILLE - Hedgesville High School Class of 1992 will hold its 20-year reunion Sept. 14-16. For more information, email hhs1992reunion20@comcast .net or ask to join the class Facebook page, Hedgesville High Class of 1992.
We are looking for the following people: Adams, Jonathan; Balash, Christy; Barrick, Rhonda; Bell, Rebecca; Blaise, Isaac; Blizzard, Sarah; Brannon, Teresa; Branstetter, Adena; Browning, Robert; Clark, Douglas; Cloud, Jay; Cobb, Timmy; Cole, Jonathan; Cole, Richard; Daley, George; Deoudes, Marina; Downin, Lori; Dugan, John; Eaton, Jessie; Estep, Micah; Fear, Gerald; Fox, Brad; Frye, Brad; Garlich, Jennifer; Gray, Ruth Ann; Gregory, Derek; Harper, James; Hemmersla, Jill; Henry, Jason; Hinkle, Brian; Holliday, JR; Hubbard, Mistina; Huffman, Fredrick; James, Eric; Jenkins, Angela; Jennings, Robert; Keesecker, Joy; Kierstead, Aileen; Kilmer, Kevin; Kovack, Christopher; Lamp, Jennifer; Lanham, Mark; Laureigh, Richard; Legagneux, Marie; Lynch, Missy; Malatt, Brian; Martirano, Therese; McGowan, Christopher; McKinney, Michele; Miller, Jason; Mitchell, Tara; Mueller, Erin; Myers, Ricky; Nimphius, Dianna; Nolan, Freddy; Norris, Carolyn; Painter, Sean; Patrick, Theresa; Paugh, Ian; Pernbro, Jenny; Pittsnogle, Brad; Pitzer, Megan; Presgraves, Anthony; Quinn, Robert; Riner, Rebecca; Rinker, Mitch; Rittershofer, Scott; Rockwell, Jason; Rogers, Sheila; Runkles, Farren; Ruppenthal, Charles; Ruth, Kathryn; Selfridge, Elizabeth; Selfridge, Scott; Shirley, Elizabeth; Sims, Daniel; Soult, Lee; Springer, Joseph; Stanley, Jennifer; Stephens, David; Stilwell, Tisha; Tabler, Sandra; Taylor, Stephen; Tobias, Daniela; Waitkus, Shawn; Ware, Catina; Ware, Jason; Ware, John; Wasson, Jennifer; Ways, Shannon; Willman, Andrew; Wilson, Marshall; Wilson, Paul; and Wise, Robert.
MHS 25th year reunion
INWOOD - The Musselman High Class of 1988 will hold its 25th reunion in August 2013. If your address has changed or if you have never been to one of the events, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with your mailing address. More information will be forthcoming.
MHS Class of 1947
MARTINSBURG - The Martinsburg High School Class of 1947 will meet for lunch and a business meeting at 12:30 p.m. June 20 at Hoss's Steak House, on Edwin Miller Blvd. All classmates are welcome.


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American exports had a lower value than English imports
other than fighting for religious tolerance what causes did the Quakers believe in?
Reform movements associated with women's rights, abolition, and temperance.
what enabled the growth of independent colonial governments in North America?
It was difficult to rule from a distance
why did the New England colonies rely heavily on trade from income?
A cold climate and poor soil made farming unprofitable
which geographic feature formed a natural boundary for the Proclamation line of 1763?
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the port of New Orleans was an important trade center on the Mississippi river
Puritans moving from England to North America during the 1620's and 1630's was known as what?
Great Migration
the Magna Carta and the English Bill of rights were both important in establishing the foundations of what? foundation
Representative government
what effect did the Enlightenment have on English colonies in the 1700's?
Colonists read about and discussed new ideas
why did William Penn establish Pennsylvania?
He wanted to make a safe place for the Quakers to practice their religion
for what three reasons were the southern colonies good for growing cash crops?
Good soil, plenty of rainfall, warm year-round temperatures
Great Britain benefiting financially from raw materials in the colonies describes what economic principal?
why did Industry develop in the North while the South remained agricultural?
The geography in the North was not good for growing cash crops
how did European migration to North America affect Native Americans during the 1700's and 1800's?
Native Americans lost tremendous amounts of land
what caused a dramatic increase in slave labor in the southern colonies after 1650?
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Twenty-eight years ago, Connie Carpenter-Phinney struck gold in the first Olympic road cycling race, at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Even more impressive than the victory is the athletic background of Carpenter, who made her Olympic debut at age 14 as a speedskater in 1972. Before switching gears to cycling, where she would go on to podium at road world championships and set world records on the track, Carpenter also showed her prowess on the water, where she rowed for the University of California at Berkeley. Today, Carpenter lives in Boulder, Colo., with her incredibly talented athletic family. She leads cycling tours, explores her creative talents by painting and advocates for women's cycling. Carpenter sat down with espnW's Kathryn Bertine to share her memories from '84 and her insights on the U.S. Olympic team, and to explain why we should expect more from women's cycling.
Kathryn Bertine: For our readers who are new to cycling, what's the most challenging part of a women's road race?
Connie Carpenter-Phinney: Bike racing is a difficult sport on all levels -- it's technical, tactical and physically challenging. But I think the hardest part for a new cyclist is riding in close proximity to another cyclist -- especially at speed. It requires practice, quick reflexes and trust.
KB: Many professional cycling races have fields of up to 200 competitors, but the Olympic road race has just 67, with countries having only one to four representatives. How do race tactics differ for the Olympics?
CCP: First of all, the Olympics are once every four years -- so the pressure is on. Generally speaking, all of the top [professional] riders are there, but they are on smaller [national] teams due to space limitation in the Olympics. Because the teams are smaller, some riders who traditionally come from weaker teams might have more of a shot, as they are not so outnumbered. But in general, it's a championship bike race and the favorites will play up -- and play to win.
KB: Women's road cycling debuted in the 1984 Olympics, and you have the honor of being the sport's first gold medalist. Twenty-eight years have passed since you won in Los Angeles. How has women's cycling changed for the better?
CCP: Let me start by saying that women's cycling has improved but not nearly to the degree that the men's side of the sport has improved over the last three decades. I was considered an amateur in my day, but probably was supported at a higher level than two-thirds of the current professional female peloton. Simply put, the sport lacks funding. I don't know what comes first, the funding and sponsors or the TV and media exposure, but they feed on each other. The Olympics fortunately allows women's cycling to really shine on a world stage, which definitely gives the sport more of both, at least every four years.
As for what's changed for the better, women's cycling has a more organized race system, with World Cups, etc., but I was just at the women's Giro [the Giro Donne in Italy, held earlier in July], and there were precious few spectators. One thing I had during my career was that most races in the U.S. were concurrent with men's events, which meant bigger crowds and more exposure, which equates to more sponsors. That is clearly lacking at the moment.
KB: So women's cycling is still critically in need of media exposure and sponsor partnerships. How do we improve this?
CCP: I have tried to push that any new men's race have a women's race [in conjunction], but it tends to fall on deaf ears and no one really wants to risk it.
KB: Risk what, exactly?
CCP: The risk is financial -- it costs more to include a professional women's race. Organizers of big professional men's races might have a women's race "on the side," but almost never concurrently with the men. It's a huge loss for the women, and in my opinion not that big of a risk for the race. The absolute best event in my career was the Red Zinger/Coors Classic [in Colorado]. We raced just before the men every day. The crowds were large and the fan base was huge for the women and the men. Look at tennis -- women's tennis is slower and it's shorter in duration, but definitely no less interesting to watch.
KB: Despite the hurdles women's cycling still has to overcome, the love of the sport, high level of competition and overall sense of achievement seem to keep the participants of our sport motivated. Share with us the memories that stand out today from your Olympic win in '84.
CCP: We raced the first day of the Olympics and the streets of Mission Viejo were 5 to10 deep with spectators. I have never seen that at an American race -- not before and not since then, in terms of the sheer quantity of people lining one course for a full day of racing. Men's and women's races were on the same day. The noise was deafening.
KB: You came to cycling via speedskating, where you were the youngest U.S. member of the 1972 Olympic team at just 14 -- finishing an impressive seventh place in the 1,500 meters. After that, you had a career as a collegiate rower at Cal-Berkeley. From a physical and mental standpoint, how do speedskating, rowing and cycling relate to each other?
CCP: I was not actually the youngest -- there were two of us who were 14! And I rowed in sort of an intermission, or a break from cycling. Speedskating, rowing and cycling are all big-money sports -- tongue-in-cheek -- but seriously, they are pretty much the hardest sports you can undertake. Maybe add cross-country skiing to the list. Painful, hard and beautiful sports.
KB: You grew up playing sports both before and after Title IX went into effect. However, speedskating and cycling were, and often still are, not recognized as collegiate sports, not to mention these are two sports that are known for being male-dominated. Did Title IX have any direct effect on you?
CCP: Title IX only affected me on the University of California crew. It gave us more funding, but more than likely at the expense of one of the men's sports. Isn't it too bad we have to legislate equality? Why can't we just expect it? I speedskated because it is one of the few sports that is truly equal with the boys/men, and therefore provided me a much-needed outlet when I was a kid growing up in Wisconsin. But cycling is a male-dominated sport with historical roots that do not include women. This has caused the sport to suffer and the perception of women in the sport to suffer. We should expect more.
KB: Are you specifically referring to expectations at the grassroots or collegiate level?
CCP: On a cultural level! In this era of equality we should simply expect more at every level. More women would have the chance to try cycling as a sport, not just as a form of transportation or recreation.
KB: You have a special relationship with Evelyn Stevens, the still-new-to-road-cycling-but-dominating-the-peloton phenom who will represent the U.S. at the Olympics this summer. Tell us a bit about your friendship as a mentor, and what we can look for in Stevens as she toes the line in London.
CCP: Evie was introduced to me three years ago via telephone and email by a client friend in New York City who happened to be one of her bosses [Stevens worked as a Wall Street analyst before finding her calling as an elite cyclist]. I never would have guessed that Evie would be the stellar cyclist that she is, given her background, nor would I have expected her to become such a close friend. I enjoy being her ally and supporter. She's had a great season, and yes, she could medal in London.
KB: Our 2012 U.S. Olympic team boasts four talented women: Kristin Armstrong, Amber Neben, Evelyn Stevens and Shelley Olds. Together they have amassed one Olympic gold medal, three world championship titles, multiple national titles and countless major European tour-stage victories. Can you give us the scoop on the strengths of each rider, and what to watch for in London?
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KB: New followers of cycling may not know that you are part of a cycling dynasty. Your husband, Davis Phinney, is an Olympic bronze medalist and your son, Taylor, an accomplished pro rider with BMC, will represent the U.S. this summer for his second trip to the Games at just 22. Your daughter, Kelsey, is a national-class junior Nordic ski racer. What on earth is a normal day like for a family of champions?
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Kitchen: table and 4 chairs, electric hob, fridge, electric kettle, microwave oven, pots, plates and cutlery
Living room: sofa, TV and coffee table
Bedroom: double bed, wardrobe
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Everything was perfect! The appartment is comfortable and clean and it has a great view. The owners are really kind. I recommend it for your stay in Warsaw
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The location of the apartment is ok, it is within 30 min walks to the important places and it feels safe. Supermarket is close by. In the evening it is a bit noisy. The kitchen has no ventilation and very hot in the Summer.
The apartment has no ac and in the Summer ac is a must for this apartment.
What we missed beside the ac was a place to put the kitchen towel in the kitchen and a holder for the toiletpaper
Perfect location, city center (for us) in walking distance. Well connected by public transport. Clean and very efficient appartement, bedroom looks at quiet court yard. Absolutely to recommend for younger couples / families (staircases up to second floor).
Great flat.
Beautiful flat In the very heart of Warsaw, it's difficult to find parking places around this place and if you find one during the week its necessary to pay for it (Parking-meter 08:00 -18:00), Saturday and Sunday for free.
Also beware of a 100Euro (400PLN) CASH caution that is not mentioned on Wimdu.
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-Old Building.
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We had wonderful days in this beautiful apartment in Podwale Street in the heart of Warsaw!
The apartment is cozy, very comfortable and is in a beautiful backyard. We can only recommend it!
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Spent last summer almost a week in this apartment. Really nice apartment. modern and luxurious. Situated in the southern part of Warsaw near a forest so really quiet. Mind only the private hospital on the otherside of the street so sometimes at night a ambulance would pass by. The appliances all good, comfortable beds and sofa, a balcony you can play volleyball on (sooooo big) and above all: everything was clean and neat.
All necessary shops are really next door. Connection to the city centre via bus and metro. We travelled to the old city, from door to the metrostation ("ratusz") it took us 20 mins, so it was approx 3 times faster than by car.
There's a parking lot in the private underground garage. Mind that tall cars could have a problem when carrying a roof box due to the low ceiling in this garage. Like we did :)
Service by P&O was simply great, and if there was anything (in our case a bathroomcloset door was not great) just a simple phonecall and they were very helpfull.
Next time we need an apartment we probably willl end up again in this one.
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The results are posted
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March 5, 2003, 08:22 PM
Wow, another brutal mutilation of the competition by Miculek. That's ugly.
Lowest overall time there belongs to a confirmed IPSC guy, does it not? GO TJ !
March 5, 2003, 11:26 PM
Jarret did post the low overall but, number one, Sevigny had a fluke of a DQ and, number two, the SO on stage three let Jarret get away without giging him for use of cover. He took 6 targets from the inside out thus exposing himself to threat targets that were not neutralized. It should have been a three second procedural but the SO didn't call it. Would that have made a difference? I doubt it since jarret trashed two stages and still posted the best time. However if Dave haden't DQed it would have been a diferent story.
Navy joe
March 6, 2003, 02:20 AM
Looking at the stage times Sevigny did post, I think it would have been a good horserace between the two. Too bad he dropped his gun.
March 6, 2003, 10:36 AM
Is there anywhere I could see some stage drawings of this match? I'm always on the lookout for interesting stages for our local matches, so any compilation of interesting IPSC/IDPA/USPSA stages would be a good thing to have.
March 9, 2003, 11:17 AM
If you call or e mail Peggy Cowell at S&W, I'll bet she'd mail you a course booklet. email@example.com. If that doesn't work, call their toll free number.
March 9, 2003, 11:35 AM
Many thanks :-) In the process now.
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On Having a Genius
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I'll say it (write it!) again: ALL writing is creative.
One more time . . . All writing is creative.
As a professional writer proficient in many genres, I'm always puzzled when my students draw what seem to me to be arbitrary distinctions between what we call "creative" writing (poetry, fiction, drama, and the various forms of creative nonfiction) and writing for an academic audience (say, writing a research paper.)
While I have much evidence (and ten years of teaching all kinds of writing at the college level) to ground this claim, I want to focus today on just one: the first stage of the writing process– INVENTION.
Invention, I tell my students, is the most mysterious part of the writing process. One day you don't have an idea for a novel, an essay, a blog entry. And then, suddenly, you do.
Sometimes the idea comes from "out of the blue" (usually while you are doing some sort of left-brain activity like driving or showering– the rational, analytical, judgemental part of your brain is occupied, so your creative, irrational right brain is free to express its presence to you, often in the form of thoughts like, "eating an avocado is like consuming a green sunset.")
Sometimes you have to sit down with a blank screen (or a lump of clay, or a blank canvas) and just put down words (or start molding, or making brush strokes) until something, anything, comes.
Sometimes something happens to you that is so powerful or transformative that you just want to write about it.
Sometimes there is an assignment or a life experience that demands we create– using a deadline and a grade to add extra impetus.
And other times there is just an urge, a nameless desire, to CREATE. To write our life story. To pick up a camera. To paint a wall in our house a green we'd previously never considered.
At any rate, at multiple points in our life, at one point, there was nothing. And then . . . SOMETHING. It's a miracle, every time. A woman is not pregnant, and then, suddenly, her body is filled with another life. A student sits down at midnight to write an essay and then, hours later, there are words on the page . . . typed, double spaced, formatted using MLA conventions . . . . A poet walks in his garden softly reciting lines that come to him like music.
In my English classes, whether writing or literature, I introduce my claim that all writing is creative by asking my students these questions sometime during the first week:
What does it mean to be creative? Where does creativity come from? Are we born with a certain amount of creativity (a finite amount), or is creativity something that can be nurtured? Developed? Do you consider yourself to be a creative person? If so, why? If not . . . WHY NOT?
After having my students freewrite (usually about ten minutes) in response to these questions, I then show them this Ted Talk, given by Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat, Pray, Love fame), every quarter. In it, Gilbert describes her tremendous anxiety about writing the "dangerously anticipated," as she puts it, follow-up to the "freakish success" of her best selling memoir.
Whether we have written a best-seller or not, I think we can all relate to that feeling of fear when it comes to a creative project. Any woman who has had a child will tell you that along with great excitement and wonder comes at least a smidgen of fear.
Sometimes that anxiety pops up as we write an e-mail at work. Sometimes it comes while we are drafting a blog entry. Composing a song. Sculpting. Painting. Taking pictures of a wedding.
I believe that anxiety has many roots, but one of the largest is that tension of INVENTION– where we don't know how we will get from NOTHING (blank page, blank canvas, lump of clay) to SOMETHING.
Invention is not rational. It can't be explained using science and reason. It is not reliable (although there are ways to train yourself to trust the process and access that moment more effectively.)
To help us cope with that anxiety, Gilbert offers us a new way (that is actually an old way) to revise our thinking about living a creative life. To do so, she revisits the classical understanding of creativity. From ancient Greece, Gilbert invokes the daemon. And from ancient Rome, she recalls the genius.
Gilbert points out that the way we have thought about creativity changed about 400 years ago. After the Renaissance, she says, "We had this big idea," and that Big Idea was to put the human in the center of the universe. In addition to the multiple shifts that scientific fact created (sort of like throwing a stone into a pond) we started referring to great artists of all kinds as BEING a genius, versus HAVING a genius. Of this difference, Gilbert has a striking image: "It's like asking someone to swallow the sun," she says (Note that about the same time we discovered, scientifically, that the solar system revolved around the sun, rather than the earth.)
To talk of HAVING a genius versus BEING a genius is an admittedly subtle language shift, and Gilbert gives a few stories to illustrate its power, using the poet Ruth Stone, the singer Tom Waits, and an allegorical dancer.
At the end of the talk, Gilbert says "I believe that this is true, and I believe that we must teach it."
I believe that what she says in this talk is true too– so much that I ever since the first time I watched it (about three years ago now), I have shown it to every writing and literature course I have taught.
While Gilbert's points in this Ted Talk may seem, at first, to our post-Englightenment, rational, scientific, left-brain dominant minds ONLY to apply to creative writing (and even then this talk of creatures living in our walls may seem a bit suspect), my students in literature classes (namely Shakespeare and World Literature Renaissance to Enlightenment) find her points immensely relevant to their study.
What's even more significant is that this quarter, as my students write their first essay– a synthesis essay making an argument about work in the shifting landscape of the 21st century– they find Gilbert's points reassuring, thought-provoking, and helpful as they play with their first attempts at writing for the highly specialized ("Picky!" one of my students exclaimed today in a conference) for an academic audience.
I'd encourage all of you, this week, to not only watch the video (it's about twenty minutes), but to ask yourself this question: if I start thinking of myself as HAVING a genius (rather than BEING a genius, which is by definition a pretty exclusive club), how might your approach to ANY creative act change?


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