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His Santa Monica home, says architect Frank Gehry, looks like "something that arrived in a packing crate that's been only partly torn away." But that's just what the master of "Cheapscape" architecture intended. Freely mixing modern design and unconventional building materials, Gehry, 49, has stirred up a controversy among his peers and the public. "I try to rid myself of the burden of culture," he explains. "I'm looking for new ways to approach the work." His goal, Gehry sums up, is a new "no-rules architecture," a creative revolution in which "there is no ugly or pretty, no right or wrong."
Perhaps his major statements are the $4.5 million Concord (Calif.) Pavilion, an outdoor amphitheater, and the $60 million Santa Monica Place, an enclosed mall two city blocks long, but Gehry's cause célèbre is his own $160,000 converted bungalow. The architect outraged his middle-class Santa Monica neighborhood by spending $60,000 to enlarge the existing pink-shingled eight-room house, surrounding it with a one-and-a-half-story corrugated metal jacket. "It's antisocial," says a neighbor. "It spoils the view from my picture window," complains another. Some residents tried unsuccessfully to have the house condemned as a violation of local building codes. Even Gehry admits a certain uneasiness about living in the house at first: "It was more surreal than I thought it would be." But those who don't regard his home as an eyesore are intrigued. On Halloween Gehry noticed the parents of trick-or-treaters standing in front, looking curiously at his dream house, so he invited them in for a tour.
The unconventional interior seems like a house within a house—which is exactly what it is, since Gehry left three of the four original exterior walls standing. (One was removed to enlarge the living room.) "I became obsessed with keeping the integrity of the original house," he explains, "but I wanted to build some more space into it." As a result, the old windows and doors now open to an expanded dining area, a kitchen with poured asphalt floor (so it can be hosed down) and a laundry room.
It took about two months for Gehry, his handsome Panamanian-born second wife, Berta, and their 2-year-old son, Alejandro, to become accustomed to the new design. "There's so much going on visually I discover something new every day," says Berta. The house remains largely unfurnished. "We find ourselves looking for something suitable," Berta notes, "and not being able to decide." But the Gehrys insist they're comfortable.
A Toronto-born graduate of USC who studied urban planning at Harvard, Gehry started his own architectural firm in Santa Monica in 1962. Within five years he found his designs veering away from conventional architectural boundaries, and his more hidebound clients took their business elsewhere. "Then I began to realize I was doing something somebody else wasn't, and I got pretty excited," Gehry grins. It was the birth of Cheapscape. His new designs debuted in 1972 at Blooming-dale's in the form of furniture made of heavy-duty cardboard. The purpose then as now was to use inexpensive material in an unconventional way.
In designing buildings, Gehry says that he has taken Cheapscape a step further by "responding to the times by looking for ways to build less expensively." His bid for the Santa Monica Place was one of the lowest. Although the project is a joint venture with two development firms, the building complex displays Gehry's unmistakable style with such touches as vinyl-coated chain link on one of the two parking structures. When the Place is completed in August 1980 the "steel mesh," as he calls it, will be bathed in light, creating the effect of a theatrical scrim at night.
The architectural community has mixed reactions to Gehry's "no rules" breakthrough. Philip Johnson, the grand old (72) man of contemporary architecture, calls Gehry one of today's most innovative designers: "He's a great experimenter with pop materials. Gehry goes farthest out in inventing new shapes." Some colleagues feel that Gehry's work is "unrefined" or "controversial for controversy's sake." Observes Pete Walker, chairman of Harvard's landscape architecture department: "Frank's always been willing to step into what appear to be outlandish projects to prove a point, but actually he's playing with new ideas. Every single one of his buildings has stretched the imagination a little."
Renegade Frank Gehry Has Torn Up His House—and the Book of Architecture
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Pasta Bolognese
Ragu Alla Bolognese is a rich and creamy tomato-based sauce, typically made with a variety of meats, heavy cream, wine and beef broth.
I was surprised how easy a task it was to translate this dish to a lighter meatless version.
As with many recipes that contain meat, it is actually the supporting "cast members" — the dry white wine, nutmeg, sweet carrots, celery and red onion — that give dishes like my Bolognese sauce its distinctive and deliciously familiar flavor.
Serves 4
1 medium red onion
1 medium carrot
1 large stalk celery
1-12 oz. package vegetarian ground beef style crumbles
3-4 slices chopped vegetarian bacon (optional)
1 lb. fresh or canned tomatoes (look for a smooth crushed tomato)
4 T. margarine
2 T. olive oil
1/2 to 3/4 c. good quality dry white wine
Salt and pepper
1/4 t. fresh grated nutmeg
1 cup "beef" flavored vegetarian stock
1/2-3/4 c. unsweetened soy milk
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To make preparation easier, use a food processor and process onion, carrot, and celery until very finely chopped.
Heat the margarine and oil in a heavy pan. When the oils are just warm add the vegetables and saute for 5 minutes. Add "beef" and "bacon" and continue sauteing for another 10 minutes stirring every so often.
Add the wine and cook for 5 minutes, then add the tomatoes. Simmer mixture for 15 minutes before adding the nutmeg and broth. Continue cooking for about another 20 minutes.
Taste the sauce to be sure all ingredients are well blended and season with salt and pepper. Lower the heat, add the soy milk, and continue cooking on very low for another 10-15 minutes. Keep the heat low, so the bottom doesn't burn.
At this point, when the sauce is done, prepare the pasta. (I don't recommend egg-based pasta because this sauce is too robust.) When the pasta is al dente, add the pasta to the sauce and combine and cook over very low heat for a few minutes.
Top off each serving with another drizzle of fruity olive oil and a sprinkle of freshly grated parmesan cheese.
Note: With a little imagination and the inclusion of modern soy products, converting any meat-based family favorites is easier than ever. "Ground beef" style vegetable protein crumbles add consistency, texture, and nutrients, while eliminating fat and cholesterol.
Love the show!!! And I love the recipes I've tried. I am wondering how I can get the recipes that are on the show - I love the Chickpea Pasta sauce and the Walnut Fettucini recipe but I can't find them on the website. Are they in the book? Any help you can provide would be most appreciated! Blessings!!
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Re: Salmon River, Oswego County, NY 10/3-6
2009/10/27 19:58
From West Chester
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i was down there on the same weekend. my first trip up there. we stayed at Stoney's Campground... a big mistake. that place is like a Pirate town from a movie... drinking, shooting, stabbing, fighting and general debauchery. all in good fun of course. we actually had a good time but i enjoy a little more peace and quiet.
the fishing wasn't very good for us. not really knowing the lay of the land, we were down there with all the snaggers trying to get whatever fish survive the lead gauntlet to take a fly. it wasn't happening. i'd like to go up again next year and approach it a little differently. for one thing, i'll head upstream where the fresher fish are.
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Re: Salmon River, Oswego County, NY 10/3-6
2007/1/2 11:55
From Bozeman
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You mix "up" and "down" pretty freely. My girlfriend was born on long island and does the same thing. Any chance you were?
Just making sure- The fresher fish are downstream. The DSR is the way to go early in the season, IMO. PM me, and I can give you what info I have. I usually fish the same run every year, with plenty of fresh fish and elbow room. Perhaps we can meet up if we do the same weekend next year.
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Re: Salmon River, Oswego County, NY 10/3-6
2009/10/27 19:58
From West Chester
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haha... whoops.. i'm not from long island... just mixed up.
i'll look you up next year for some of that info. i'd love to try again. it was a bummer going all the way up there and getting skunked. i guess thats always the risk you run, but i definitely didn't know much about the area a knew my chances were slim of just blindly figuring things out. one thing that took me by surprise was the whole snagging thing. i went in with an unrealistic expectation that all these people were catching fish on the fly. i obviously didn't do my homework. i didn't see a single fish hooked in the mouth out of maybe two dozen i saw caught. i'm not judging anyone... just not what i was expecting and not what i was into. i just got alot of casting practice and not a nibble.
a couple hours before we headed home i was chatting with an old-timer at the campground who told me he's been catching them on the fly for 25 years and gave me some pointers i wished i'd have had at the begining of the trip.
there's always next year!
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Re: Salmon River, Oswego County, NY 10/3-6
2006/9/10 16:07
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It's a slow curve, but once you get the hang of it you definitely can find biters. Once you get up in the Stoney's area it's hard to find them, though.
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I'd like to say that my obsession with Tron started with test footage for Tron: Legacy that debuted at Comic-Con three years ago. (For some reason, that seems vaguely reasonable for an otherwise well-adjusted film critic/ entertainment journalist.) But the truth is that I have been a fan of Tron since some time in the early 1980s, when its oversized white Disney clamshell box stared back at me from a video-store shelf, promising a weird, unforgettable journey behind (and beyond) the screen of my favorite video games. Perhaps needless to say, a chance encounter with Tron creator Steven Lisberger via a mutual friend – a year or so before the follow-up was announced – ranked high among my favorite moments of personal fandom, at least until I was able to go to the actual set of Legacy and interview him at length.
Cinematical was offered the chance to speak with Lisberger again at this year's Comic-Con, and I was only too happy to take that particular assignment. In addition to talking about his role as "the Obi Wan" of Tron: Legacy, the talented Tron creator reflected on the opportunities and repercussions of creating this digital world, and most excitingly, revealed one particular part of the original he is happy to see more fully realized in its forthcoming follow-up.
Cinematical: One of the things you said at the Comic-con panel was that when you made the original Tron, you were able to be a dreamer without having to worry about the ramifications of that dream. Tron: Legacy obviously deals with that to a certain extent, but when do you feel like a creator has to start considering the ramifications of what they create, if ever?
Steven Lisberger: There are many levels here that all speak to the same problem, which is that we're all users now, but the goal is to stay a user and not become a program. And now that we know who we are, we've taken control from the MCP and how does one make the most of being a user? I think the trick is you don't want to treat other people as just information; I think the system breaks down if users don't treat other users like users - if they [don't] make that transition to saying, you know, romance is really messy. Wouldn't it be more convenient if I could just point and click? That gets into this idea that if you're going to be developing a doppelganger to the real world in cyberspace, it can't be an end to itself. You can't just tunnel away from reality indefinitely.
The goal has to be kept in mind that if you're going to create a simulation of this world, at least make it something that is going to shed light on this world, so that what you learn there you can apply here to close the loop. If it all becomes an end to itself, then not only does one treat people like information, but then one treats the world like information, and the world isn't just information. Whether it's love or the Gulfstream, it's a mystery, and more and more I think we're getting this feeling like, wow, some of this stuff is going to stay a mystery, and we're not sure whether we like that. So we're like, let's go into cyberspace where everything is finite; it's maybe confusing at times but it is at the end finite. It's not infinite, and we have to avoid it being an end to itself. Technology has to come back and be something that we use for a more enlightened purpose than just making more technology.
Cinematical: Since this follow-up was itself going to push the envelop technologically, what sort of discussions were there to make sure that the technology and the conceptual complexity of Tron: Legacy did not overwhelm the characters, the story or the emotional content of the film?
Lisberger: Sean Bailey has been masterful about orchestrating this, and I'd like to say that Sean puts elements together better than The Last Airbender did. That's a joke (laughs). He's been very in touch with the human component of this and the cast is masterful at conveying these things, and Joe has been really in touch with all of that. We've been really aware from the beginning that the heart of this movie had to be in the right place, and I think that it is, and I think that story is such a good metaphor – what do you do when you find out your dad was Obi Wan, not Darth Vader? That has its own challenges. And the basic mechanism for these stories and the process is always the same – whoever gives the most wins.
And the villains in life and in Hollywood movies, they're trying to take, and the heroes are trying to give. And if the heroes can give one more time than the villain can take, he wins. When I worked on this film, you worry that you're not going to be able to give enough, that you're going to get exhausted in the giving category, and as long as you feel you can keep giving, you know you're in the win column. I think of this Obi Wan role that I'm doing, I think it's been really rewarding. I'm there for them to push off against, I'm there as a sounding board, I'm there for them to sort of break glass in case of emergency, and it's closer actually to the role I actually envisioned myself being in all of those years ago. I don't really relate to the hired-gun director who rides into town with a black hat on a black horse, directs and then leaves. I really like more of the studio environment, the more collaborative process, and I think it's better suited to me.
Cinematical: As they're wrapping me, were there any things that conceptually or technically from the original movie that you wanted to, if not correct, then take the opportunity to more fully realize in Tron: Legacy?
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NAGPUR: Dr.Yuhanon Mar Chrysostomos, Metropolitan of Niranam, laid the foundation stone for the Boy's hostel at Prerana Special School, Nagpur, Madhya Pradesh. Prerana Special School is a mission project of St. Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary (STOTS), Nagpur for the differently-abled children. Geevarghese Mar Coorilos, Metropolitan of Bombay and Chairman of Governing Board, STOTS Nagpur, also graced the occasion. The proposed hostel building includes dormitory, kitchen, and a dining hall etc. and the estimated cost of the new hostel building is Rs.40 Lakhs.
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I am not sure if this is true for France, but I have always had a suspicion that it is:
One reason I could conceive of for a country to decide to sanction and control the rankings for practitioners of foreign martial arts would be if public facilities and perhaps funding is made available to people for practicing martial arts. You might not want someone with a black belt from a belt mill to come in and say "okay, I am going to start using the gymnasium over there with the sprung floor to teach my students, I will need a couple of two-hour blocks a week." And whatever else they might demand, I am an American so my imagination does not serve me very well here.
But the point is, IF (and not sure if this is the picture in France, but I think it is something like it) the people decided to set aside a bunch of public funds for facilities for martial arts instruction, there would have to be some kind of official vetting process for people who were going to teach there. And maybe you'd want to do that INSIDE the martial arts system you were trying to support as opposed to externally.
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Your Body's Center of Movement - The foundation of our bodies and our yoga practice lies at our feet. In order to incorporate both physical and energetic foundations, we must examine our body's center of energy, movement and balance which begins near the psoas muscle -- the pair of deep muscles extending from the sides of the spine to the femur that are activated in postures like forward bending (paschimottanasana) and Boat pose; and lengthened in poses like Warrior I and Bow.
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The psoas gets a lot of attention, and for good reason. Roughly triangular in shape, the top of the psoas attaches along five vertebral bodies starting at the last thoracic vertebrae (T12) and continues to attach to each vertebral body, usually terminating at the next to last Lumbar vertebrae (L4). This completes one side of the triangle. From the ends of this side, we create two more sides that slowly come together and attach at that spot on the femur.
Because the psoas is triangular, the different portions of the triangle can have different effects on the spine, and therefore the body. Usually when we describe a muscle and the action that it does we talk about the bone that it makes move, in this case, the femur. The psoas insertion is on the femur. Movements happen at joints, so whichever joint is crossed by the psoas has the potential to be moved by this muscle. With the spine stabilized, as it mostly is, the psoas makes us perform flexion at the hip joint as in a forward bend. What happens if we stabilize the femur? Can the psoas then move the spine? You bet, and at this point we've reversed the origin and insertion.
If we stabilize the femur, the upper half of the triangle has the potential to pull the spine down and forward as it attaches to the last thoracic vertebrae. The lower half of the psoas pulls mostly on the lumbars and therefore pulls them down and forward, which would make the pelvis, tip forward and down. This sometimes shows up as a sway back. If you stand up and tilt your pelvis down and forward you'll probably feel how short your low back gets. Back pain anyone?
How does the psoas show up in our yoga practice? Probably the most powerful place is in back bending in all variations such as Cobra, Bow, and Camel where we lengthen and open the front of our bodies, and important action that reverses most of what we do all day: sitting, driving, working on the computing etc. A tight psoas, along with other muscles makes back bends very difficult. When back bending, it's often a good idea to tuck your tailbone (the opposite of the action described above). This will give length to your lower back. Yoga is about creating length in your body; find it wherever you can in your poses.
Aside from back bending, the psoas muscles are commonly used in forward bends to pull you down and forward. All too often people rely on their arms to pull them forward. Because the psoas also helps regulate balance, it is used in every standing posture to stabilize the upper and lower half of the body. Our center of gravity is roughly at the top of our sacrum, and psoas just happens to pass on both sides of this sacred bone so it helps regulate balance around our center of gravity, which is where movement comes from.
Chakras, Bandhas and Fred Astaire
If you look at the space between the top and the bottom of the psoas, you will find some interesting pieces of yogic anatomy. Within its' span are the lowest three chakras which control our instincts for survival, sexual energy and power. If you incorporate bandhas (internal energetic valves) into your practice you'll find the mula and udhiyana bandhas within the realm of the psoas.
If you come from this place, both physically and energetically, you will have an amazing practice. An example of someone who moved from this space is Fred Astaire who gingerly floated a few inches above the ground as he danced. His movement originated from his psoas. I doubt that he was consciously aware of it, but his movements emanated from his psoas to his toes and fingertips. I'm sure he didn't know it but he also utilized the bandhas and the energy to move his body. Just like any of the great yogis teaching out there now, Astaire mastered this area of his body and called on it regularly for strength and energy.
Using The Psoas In Sun Salutes
Let's do a sun salutation paying special attention to our psoas. With your weight evenly balanced on both feet, become aware of the space near the level of your navel. Imagine finding length from your psoas as your spine lifts from your center. Every time you inhale, feel yourself getting longer from your psoas and spine. Do your first sun salutation very slowly and imagine every movement growing and blossoming from this area of your body. After you've done a few Sun Salutations, find your way into Warrior I. Sink into your legs and feel how grounded you are. From that very grounded and strong foundation lift your torso out and up through your psoas; your arms are reaching from your psoas, your spine and head growing longer from -- yes you got it -- your psoas.
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The goal of Wilson's quest is to find out what happened to his daughter, an answer he expects to find from the mouth of Valentine (Peter Fonda), a music producer with whom she was involved. Basically, he kicks a lot of ass until he gets close enough to Valentine to ask him. Wilson finds assistance from Ed (Luis Guzman) and Elaine (Lesley Ann Warren) in his quest.
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Analysis and interpretation of the data: K.V. Rhodes, N. Levinthal, R.M. Frankel, E. Prenoveau, W. Levinson.
Drafting of the article: K.V. Rhodes, R.M. Frankel, N. Levinthal, E. Prenoveau.
Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: K.V. Rhodes, R.M. Frankel, N. Levinthal, W. Levinson.
Final approval of the article: K.V. Rhodes, R.M. Frankel, J. Bailey, W. Levinson.
Provision of study materials or patients: K.V. Rhodes.
Obtaining of funding: K.V. Rhodes, W. Levinson.
Administrative, technical, or logistic support: K.V. Rhodes, E. Prenoveau, J. Bailey.
Collection and assembly of data: K.V. Rhodes, R.M. Frankel, E. Prenoveau, J. Bailey.
From June 2001 to December 2002, we conducted a randomized, controlled trial of a self-administered computer-based health risk assessment tool, which generated health recommendations for patients and alerted physicians to a variety of potential health risks, including domestic violence. The trial took place at 2 socioeconomically diverse emergency departments: an urban academic medical center that serves a predominately publicly insured, inner-city, African-American population, and a suburban community hospital that serves a predominately privately insured, white population. Inclusion criteria were sequential female patients 18 to 65 years of age who were triaged as medically nonemergent and could give consent. The emergency providers (40 attending physicians, 46 residents, and 4 nurse practitioners) involved in the study were aware that the intent was to increase detection of domestic violence. Before the start of data collection, providers received a 1-hour lecture and a 30-minute video and instruction guide about assessing safety and documenting and providing referrals related to domestic violence (9).
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Wife abuse, along with its resultant negative health consequences, is becoming increasingly recognized as a pervasive public health problem within both developed and developing countries, including India.1 The prevalence of wife abuse within India vary widely (from about 20% to 75%, with differences in study methods being at least in part responsible for the diverse estimates) 2-3 Numerous factors operating at various levels play important roles in the aetiology of such violence. One such level is the "˜macrosystem', defined as the set of commonly accepted cultural values, beliefs, and practices that permeate a society; yet another level is that of the "˜individual', defined as personality factors and events that occur within a person's lifetime that help to shape an individual's responses to situations and stresses. All countries and societies, including India, have macrosystem-level norms embedded in the culture that may exacerbate gender-based violence. Traditional rigid gender roles are one such cultural norm within various areas of India that may increase the likelihood of violence against women. These roles are defined in such a manner that sons are more likely than daughters to be of benefit to their parents, both financially and in other ways. For example, in northern India, many women marry since, traditionally, there are few lifestyle options for women outside of marriage.4 At the time of marriage, the bride is expected to bring a "˜dowry' (i.e. a gift of cash or possessions from her natal family) into the family of her husband; thus, the groom's parents gain wealth while the bride's parents lose wealth.5 Although dowry demands have been outlawed by the Indian government, these laws are seldom enforced and the practice of dowry is still widespread.6 In recent years, the amount of dowry deemed appropriate has increased dramatically in some areas, so that the bride's family is not always able to provide a dowry large enough to satisfy the groom's family. In this situation, the groom's family may make additional, and repeated, dowry demands. Not meeting such demands places the bride at risk of "˜dowry death'; either due to homicide (i.e. the bride is killed by the groom and/or his family) or suicide (i.e. the bride kills herself to escape the constant harassment by the groom and his family).7 If such a dowry death occurs, the young widower is free to remarry and to obtain another dowry, further enhancing his family's wealth. Moreover, after marriage and throughout adulthood, traditional gender roles within India assure that sons continue to be more valuable than daughters to their parents. For example, the husband and his wife traditionally reside with the husband's parents, enabling the younger generation to care for the older generation as they age. In contrast, a married daughter traditionally resides with her husband's parents in a home that is often far from her own parents; thus, there may be few opportunities for married women to visit their parents, let alone to assure their well-being. Given that sons are greater assets to their parents than daughters, it is not surprising that many Indian couples prefer to have male children. Unfortunately, this strong preference for sons has been implicated as underlying both female infanticide (i.e. the killing of female infants by their parents), a relatively common practice within India in the past, and more recently, female feticide (i.e. the selective abortion of female fetuses based on amniocentesis findings).8-10 In light of these aforementioned cultural practices, it is not surprising that every Indian census has registered more males than females in the population, especially in the more traditional northern states. Furthermore, the primary factor implicated for this sex difference in the population is the higher death rate (from infancy through young adulthood) of females compared to males. Other macrosystem-level cultural norms within India that have been implicated as enhancing gender-based violence are attitudes concerning male superiority to women and male domination of women. These are well described within a famous Indian text (namely, Manusmriti or Manu's code), in which it is written that females must be subservient to males throughout their lifetimes: in childhood, to their fathers; in young adulthood, to their husbands; and in old age (and presuming the deaths of their husbands), to their sons.6 Women are viewed as living almost exclusively for the males in their lives,7 with one of the most dramatic cultural practices illustrating this attitude being the practice of sati""self-immolation of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre.11 Although sati has been declared illegal by the Indian government, there have been a few contemporary cases reported. Furthermore, the widows involved in these recent sati cases have been viewed by the populace at large with reverence, and, in one situation, the funeral pyre was later turned into a religious shrine.12 This cultural attitude concerning male superiority is so strong that many in India believe that husbands are entitled to control their wives, even by means of physical chastisement.13 For example, in recent research conducted within northern India, the majority of study participants (including males and females, and Muslims and Hindus) reported that husbands were justified in beating wives who were disobedient of their husbands' wishes.14
1 World Bank. Investing in Health: World Development Report. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993
2. Martin SL, Tsui AO, Maitra K, Marinshaw R. Domestic violence in northern India. Am J Epidemiol 1999;150:417""26
3. Martin SL, Kilgallen B, Tsui AO, Maitra K, Singh KK, Kupper LL. Sexual behaviors and reproductive health outcomes: Associations with wife abuse in India. JAMA 1999;282:1967""72
4. Miller BD. Wife beating in India: Variations on a theme. In: Counts DA, Brown JK, Campbell JC (eds). To Have and To Hit: Cultural Perspectives on Wife Beating. 2nd Edn. Urbana IL: University of Illinois Press, 1999, pp. 203""15
5. Ulrich YC. Cross-cultural perspective on violence against women. Response (Nursing Network on Violence Against Women) 1989;12:21""23
6. Vaz L, Kanekar S. Predicted and recommended behavior of a woman as a function of her inferred helplessness in the dowry and wife-beating predicaments. J Appl Soc Psychol 1990;20:751""70
7. Bordewich FM. Dowry murders: A bride whose family can't reward the groom may pay with her life. Atlantic Monthly 1986,July:21""27
8. Ramanamma A, Bambawale U. The mania for sons: An analysis of social values in South Asia. Soc Sci Med 1980;14B:107""10.
9. Jeffery R, Jeffery P, Lyon A. Female infanticide and amniocentesis. Soc Sci Med 1984:19:1207""12.
10. Sudha S, Rajan SI. Female demographic disadvantage in India 1981"" 1991: Sex selective abortions and female infanticide. Development and Change: Special Issue on Gendered Poverty and Well-being 1999;30:585""618.
11. Freed RS, Freed SA. Beliefs and practices resulting in female deaths and fewer females than males in India. Population and Environment: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 1989;10:144""61.
12. Baxi U. The Crisis of the Indian legal system: Alternatives in Development: Law. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, 1982.
13. Jejeebhoy SJ, Cook RJ. State accountability for wife-beating: the Indian challenge. Lancet 1997;349:110""12
14. Jejeebhoy SJ. Associations between wife-beating and fetal and infant death: Impressions from a survey in rural India. Stud Fam Plann 1998; 29:300""08
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First, bravo to Bob Kellar ("Kellar draws a crowd"). It is myopic and narrow to think that every time Kellar or anyone one else with a job title speaks, he or she speaks on behalf of the city or their employer.
That aside, the circus surrounding the controversy is very telling.
There was the front-page photo of a man claiming to be Carlos Alvarez. He is not a resident of the Santa Clarita Valley yet carried a professionally made sign calling for Bob Kellar to be fired (as a City Council member) for being a racist.
While Alvarez did not answer the questions he was asked about his residency status, legal or illegal, undoubtedly his time would be better spent solving the many problems of the city of his claimed residence: Los Angeles.
Kellar has been very clear about wanting our country to have secured borders, laws obeyed with legal immigration and has pointed out that the costs of illegal immigration have greatly hastened bankrupting our state. He calls it taking a "stand for America."
To malign him as a racist for his merely wanting laws to be obeyed along with calling for the sanctity of our borders and our hard earned taxpayer dollars is vile and worse than stupid. That kind of lunacy makes many of us "racists."
If Kellar sneaked into Alvarez's home without permission and took up residency there, do you think Alvarez would scream "illegal entry" and demand laws be enforced, or would Kellar get to stay, at will, as merely an undocumented resident?
Secondly, David Bunjac's letter to the editor ("Missing the immigration point," Jan. 27) laid the blame of illegal immigration at the feet of the businesses who hire the same. While that point is not to be dismissed, the true, largest culprit is our "government." That is, all levels of governments that readily supply unquestioned, open-ended dollars for food stamps, legal aid, health care, housing, cash payments and education.
It's a guarantee that if these takers were properly vetted and the free-for-all resources timely and thoroughly dried up, the vast majority of illegal immigration would cease quite quickly.
Tragically, patriots became racists when the illegitimacies of progressives and the undeserving were exposed by those who love and are devoted to their country and want their borders secure. Let's start small with a solid "stand for America" beginning right here in Santa Clarita.


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Vision and Hearing Testing is going on in the library today, so I have a chance to get some new books processed! We have received two shipments from Junior Library Guild and as usual, the books look extremely interesting. Watch the shelves for these titles!
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater – the sequel to Shiver – werewolves and romance, gotta love it!
Blade: out of the shadows by Tim Bowler – second book in the Blade series – violence and mayhem on the mean streets of London
The view from the top by Hillary Frank – a disastrous summer of love and friendship for six recent high school graduates
The space between trees by Katie Williams – a haunting thriller about a dead body in the woods
The enemy by Charlie Higson – teens fight for survival after the adults turn into zombies
The Grimm legacy by Polly Shulman – high school student Elizabeth gets a job at an unusual "library" and discovers that magical items are being stolen from the collection
Worldshaker by Richard Harland – steampunk adventure on a ship as large as a city
First strike by Jack Higgins with Justin Richards – the further adventures of spy kids Rich and Jade Chase
Fire will fall by Carol Plum-Ucci – bioterrorism, supernatural events, spies and teenage drama in New Jersey
The cardturner: a novel about a king, a queen, and a joker by Louis Sachar – a new novel from the author of Holes, about a boy who discovers the meaning of his own life while playing bridge with his elderly great-uncle


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Stetson is the defending A-Sun champions and was selected to win the regular season and tournament titles this year in the preseason poll of league coaches.


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In the July 22nd "What's on your mind?" section of the newspaper, Ms. Cofer suggests that landlords need to help pay their tenants' water bill....
My water and sewer is included in my rent. Problem solved.
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"Texas I believe locally, the price for upgrades to the two WSA treatment plants to be in compliance with new regulations is at least $110 million."--GysgtUSMC
Hum!! I wonder if something could have been worked out to only spend the money to built only one of the water treatment plants and save taxpayers money while selling some of the less treated water to the gas companies to be used for fracking?
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Water bills should be treated like other utilities. If having no water makes the place unfit for human habitation—well, that's the idea. If any utility is not paid for, it should be turned off after appropriate warnings.
And if your not paying the rent, get out; you're trespassing.
Also, I like my landlords to be pretty wealthy.
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That was a fairly high water bill Ms. Cofer had. It makes me wonder how many people are living in her apartment and are they all supposed to be living there?
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There is no enforceable action other than eviction. The water bill stays with the landlord. Maybe the landlords should -l do a flexible rent agreement. Do a base rent and increase the rent to the amount of the water bill divided by 3 over the 3 month cycle.
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CitizenX said what I was going to say, so read that.
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Rob, don't be silly. Can't we also pay for education, insurance, cell phones, food, transportation and the debt's of State and Fed spending?
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Texas I believe locally, the price for upgrades to the two WSA treatment plants to be in compliance with new regulations is at least $110 million.
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I am sorry but I too have to agree with the letter. I am a renter and I can tell you first hand it's very hard to find a decent apartment at an affordable rent. I don't have a lot, I have enough just not alot. My wife and I have found an affordable situation but what makes it hard is other tenants who don't pay their bills or who stiff landlords on rent. It results in higher rent costs. There was a time when landlords covered utility costs but as they've risen over the years and as tenants have abused it significantly that has understandably changed.
People get too many handouts as it is that us taxpayers have to pay for. They deserve less.
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Since part of the fixed fee is going to Chesapeake Bay cleanup, what are they really doing with this money?
Is one of the political parties laundering money through this organization??
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Ms Cofer sure has a pretty smile, though. I'm not a landlord, but with that smile and assuming all else good, I'd help her. Not as a habit, but this one time, why not?
Because it won't be the last time.
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As far as this letter, I agree. If you sign a rental agreement that states you are responsible, then live up to that responsibility. There are religious and other charitable organizations in this area if you need help, but don't feel property owners or government should be there to take care of your responsibilities.
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I agree that the tenant ought to be held accountable. But since they aren't, and they know that, if I were a landlord I'd be doing something to insulate myself from the cost of being stuck.
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Citizenx I agree. Rental property is no different than any other business venture. Water/sewer used to be relatively cheap so property owners often included these utilities with the rent. Due to the Chesapeake Bay cleanup initiative, this is no longer the case. State and federal regulations have made it necessary for the water authority to raise it's rates to a much higher level in order to pay for the multi million dollar improvements in order to be in compliance. Like any other business, landlords can no longer eat this cost and it has been passed to the tenants, who actually use this service. The problem lies because the water authority never changed it's policy holding the landlord responsible, instead of the actual user when the lease states they are responsible.
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I totally agree with the letter writer. Conserve water and electricity if you want to lower your bills but why on earth would a tenant expect the landlord to help with their utility bills???? (Unless, of course, the bill is high because of a problem with the home such as an undetectable leak, faulty wiring, etc.)
If the lease says the tenant is responsible for utilities, why would it even occur to that tenant to think of the landlord helping pay the bills??
I am not a landlord nor a renter, but who is going to help me pay my utility bills if they are high??
The suggestion that a landlord help pay a tenants utility bills when that is not the agreement is just ludicrous and so typical of the entitlement mentality so prevalent in today's society.
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A lot of my friends and loved ones are part of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and many of them are struggling with PYM's recently formulated policy requiring that attenders at PYM youth events be housed and use the bathroom with their "biological gender." PYM's policy can be read here. The policy about activities with "intimate aspects, such as sleeping room assignments, using bathrooms and changing clothes" is not in keeping with the spirit of inclusiveness the Education Standing Committee is explicitly striving for. A number of my friends are also considering responding in writing to the policy, and many will also be part of the conversation about this policy at PYM's upcoming annual sessions. Some of my friends are finding this policy very painful, and some are quite angry about it. It has been helpful to us to share our thoughts and what we've written, so I am posting the letter I sent to the committee earlier this evening. I did not feel angered or hurt by the policy, perhaps because I am confident that as trans Friends and their loved ones and allies share their Light, the policy will not stand as it is written for long.
To the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Education Standing Committee:
Dear Friends,
I recently read your policy on welcoming trans youth. I was struck by the clear desire to welcome and support trans youth, and by the committee's humility in recognizing that they are in need of further Light. In that spirit, I am responding to your invitation to write although I am not a part of PYM; I am a Quaker who lives in Michigan. However, I am also the parent of a 6-year-old who was assigned female at birth but socially transitioned to living full-time as a boy at age 4, and I wanted to introduce you to him as an example of the kind of trans youth you might someday find joining you at PYM youth events.
Our son has been at every FGC Summer Gathering since he was born, for the last two years attending as a boy. Although there are people who remember him from before his transition, most people who encounter him at FGC are not aware that he was assigned female. My oldest son, who is 12, has friends at the Gathering whom he has known since toddlerhood. When our six-year-old reaches that age, so will he, and most of his friends will know him only as a boy. Imagine the confusion and discomfort that would be caused if, in that setting, he were expected to room with girls and use the bathroom with them. It would be painful for him, and disorienting to adults and children alike who know him as a boy. It would be little different than asking my oldest son, assigned male at birth and affirmed male in his gender identification, to room with a girl when he reaches high school age, and use the girls' bathroom.
The thing that trans youth of all ages need most from us is affirmation of their chosen gender, and any act that undermines their sense of themselves can be painful and damaging. Many people without experience of trans youth have concerns about bathroom use, but I have had the opportunity to meet a number of other parents of trans kids of all ages, and have heard of very few problems when schools and camps have allowed young people to make their own decisions about which bathrooms they are most comfortable using. For instance, I know a ten-year-old girl, assigned male at birth, who changes in the girls' locker room of her public school, and has done so over a long period of time without incident. This kind of support is tremendously important to trans and gender-nonconforming kids, and it carries very little risk.
I'd like to offer you three resources as well. TransHealth is a free conference that takes place every May or June at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The conference has been invaluable for our family; it is where I have had opportunities to meet other families, as well as to hear from doctors and therapists who work extensively with trans youth. You mentioned that some adults would be educating themselves about trans issues; I encourage Friends to review next year's conference program when it becomes available and attend any sessions that seem useful (and perhaps one or two that seem challenging).
It might also be useful for you to know that the right to use facilities consistent with a person's affirmed gender is afforded civil rights protection in some places. You can find a comprehensive list here. Colorado's Division of Civil Rights recently ruled that the state's anti-discrimination laws, which prohibit discrimination against transgendered people, apply to a first-grader whose school had not been allowing her to use the girls' bathroom. The decision included the opinion that asking the girl to "disregard her identity while performing one of the most essential human functions constitutes severe and pervasive treatment, and creates an environment that is objectively and subjectively hostile, intimidating or offensive" (quoted in a New York Times article about the case.).
Finally, an article about my son's gender development will appear in the August issue of Friends Journal. Trans and gender nonconforming kids follow all kinds of paths; this is just the story of his so far, but you may find it interesting.
I will be holding you in the Light as you continue your work.
Su Penn