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The SWA Group is notable for its attempt to flatten the management pyramid.
By Morris Newman
Landscape architecture firms generally come in one of two
forms. "Boutique" firms, on one hand, offer designers plenty of work, if not
always the most interesting kind. Large firms, on the other hand, often have
exciting and important projects but do not always allow junior landscape
architects to stretch their wings. (Those limitations can be especially true
when the boss is a famed designer, often with an equally famous ego, who
insists on putting his or her signature on every project in the office.)
Principals at SWA, a Sausalito, California-based firm,
however, claim they have created a third model: a firm big enough to attract
interesting work, with offices small enough to allow junior staff to gain
experience in a wide range of work, rise through the ranks, and best of all, do
some design work.
Located amid the hills and bayfront breezes of Sausalito
immediately north of the Golden Gate Bridge, SWA's home office is within
earshot of the ferry boats that shuttle many of the staff between Marin County
and the northern tip of San Francisco. The office itself is a simple, shedlike
building that cofounder Peter Walker, FASLA, helped design in the 1970s. If
well lit, the office is otherwise unprepossessing; the company's chief
executive officer, Bill Callaway, FASLA, works in a spacious but otherwise
ordinary-looking office, his desk piled high with construction documents and
the walls filled with presentation boards, like the office of any other working
landscape architect.
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Federal Way cop gets his 15 minutes
Federal Way police officer Kelly Smith achieved minor-league fame on television's "The Shield" and decided Hollywood was not the place for him.
Smith packed his belongings and moved to California last year. While waiting to be hired on as a police officer there, he tried his luck at acting. This was not intended to be a career choice, but rather a way to make a quick buck before starting his police job. Smith's minor, non-speaking role debuted on the series finale of the FX Network's law enforcement drama series Nov. 25.
In a brief shot, lasting approximately five seconds, Smith can be seen in the episode working as a federal agent.
With bricks of cocaine held in each hand, he waves the confiscated goods. The appearance was short and easy, Smith said.
When extras are needed for shows, casting agencies are often called. Smith showed up to open casting calls last year and waited while industry personnel documented his physical attributes then photographed him.
"They need thousands and thousands of people everyday to be extras," Smith said.
He was filmed as an extra in about four episodes of various television series. He is uncertain if his character was edited out of the other episodes he filmed for or if he will again be featured on television.
For "The Shield" producers, Smith embodied their vision of a federal agent. He got a call and reported for a day in front of the cameras. He received free food, a minimal wage and bragging rights for his appearance.
"How many times can you say you've been on actual TV?," he said.
The episode was shot in October 2007. Though Smith's part was brief, it was filmed several times and took nearly an hour to complete each time. Being on set lent itself to a run-in or two with Hollywood folks. Smith met Emmy winner Michael Chiklis, who stars in the show's lead role as Detective Vic Mackey. Chiklis did not pass on pearls of wisdom or lasting words however.
"He was too high on his Hollywood horse," Smith said.
Smith remains humble about the experience. He watched his performance, but did not watch the whole episode. He had not viewed the show before appearing in it and has no desire to pursue acting.
"It's by far not an easy job for everyone involved in that industry," Smith said. "Those guys work crazy hours."
Smith has since moved back to Federal Way to resume his job as an officer here. His brief brush with fame has turned into a little something to smile about and pass on at the police department.
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quote gobi1972The same thing happened with me and FF7.My first game I tried was FF7 but I didn't know how to play so give up. Actually, didn't want to try RPG at all after that. It was FF8 that changed my mind and the first game which I finished on PS1.
quote ResistanceFailureFF8 World was very much like our own, so it was easy for me to get used to it. I learn things and how to configure the characters and the junction system quite easily from there.The same thing happened with me and FF7.
I gave up on it after around 40 mins of playing and then a few weeks later a friend told me how awesome it was. so I gave it a second chance...it became one of my most favourite games.


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The Lancers combined to win six events in the boys and girls fields.
Bethany Evankovich was a two-time winner, taking the 200 meters in 26.19 seconds and the 400 in 59.05. Vicky Evankovich captured the 800 with a time of 2:31.87, and Morgan Price won the 3,200 in 11:49.31.
On the boys side, Ryan Goff, Lukas Hallett, Greg Nutter and Grant Shields teamed up to win the 3,200 relay in 8:46.22. Brett Farley and Ryan Horn finished first and second, respectively, in the pole vault. Farley cleared 13 feet, while Horn cleared 12-6 and beat Redbank Valley's Kyle Schrecengost in a jump-off.
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Diverging Perceptions of Palestinian Youth for the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Husam Alsousi, MA student in Conflict Studies
Baha'i Award Seminar
Thursday, February 27
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In this seminar, the winner of the 2013 Baha'i Award for the Study of Peace and Conflict will be presented with his award, and will discuss his thesis research on youth perspectives of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
The Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ottawa sponsors the Bahá'í Award for the Study of Peace and Conflict at Saint Paul University. The award is granted on an annual basis to a deserving full-time student entering their second year in the Master of Arts program in Conflict Studies at Saint Paul University. The Award recognizes academic excellence and a personal and professional commitment to understanding the root causes of conflict and the promotion of nonviolent conflict resolution.
The seminar will take place in English, but the audience will be able to ask questions in French.
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It's a chicken-or-egg conundrum not easily solvable. There's little doubt the Mountaineers would perform far better if the team could settle on a signal caller and thus begin to progress with additional game experience and snaps. Clearly, Paul Millard isn't the choice, because he remains a reserve despite being by far the healthiest of the trio, which also includes expected Texas Tech starter Clint Trickett and back-up Ford Childress. Millard's lack of playing time indicates a certain talent and execution level must be reached.
But once that is satisfied, does the chemistry begin to develop with time, or are there situations – and perhaps this is the issue for West Virginia – in which the blending of abilities and in-game feel between players (call it chemistry, if you'd like) is such that all the time won't necessarily make the dynamic between the two ever exist at a truly exceptional level? And can, against all logic, chemistry actually develop in spite of a somewhat limited time playing together? In other words, do some player-player relationships simply have "it" while other's do not?
Consider: When Denver drafted quarterback Jay Cutler and receiver Brandon Marshall prior to the 2007 season, the duo immediately had an uncanny ability to understand and coexist. The Cutler-Marshall combination racked up consecutive 1,000-yard QB-to-WR seasons their first two years in the league despite being extremely young players, and Cutler actually targeted Marshall a NFL-high 179 times in 2008 – a single-season high for QB-WR attempts in the NFL from 2008-12. When Cutler left to become a Chicago Bear, none of his receivers ever matched the productivity he enjoyed with Marshall despite being solid, if not marquee, players like Johnny Knox and Devin Hester.
In 2012, the Cutler-Marshall connection reunited in Chicago, and Cutler hit Marshall for more than 1,500 passing yards just one season after Knox led the Bears with just 727 in 2011. And this season, Cutler's quarterback rating (95.2) is the best of his career, he's on pace for the best yardage (4.374) and touchdown (32) totals of his career, and Marshall is again on pace to surpass the 1,000-yard mark. That, in a place, as one-time Bear wideout Muhsin Muhammad once famously quipped, is "where receivers go to die."
There's a chemistry between the two that's undeniable, and this is with a receiver who has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and a perceivably moody quarterback who has been beaten up behind horrid lines for the last three seasons. Yet, despite far more time with Knox, he and Cutler never truly jelled as he and Marshall did.
"You gotta have chemistry," WVU receivers coach Lonnie Galloway said. "Look at the (NFL's Denver) Broncos and what they do (currently). It's that trust that you are going to be in the right spot and to throw it up so that he has confidence in you to go get it. You gotta have chemistry with the quarterback on timing of the route and knowing you will be in that spot. That's the way you want it. The ball should be in the air before you turn around to catch it anyway. It's not just Paul or Ford or Clint throwing to one guy. They all get in there. If you're open, you're open. Get the ball." Yet the question that remains is if, even with more time, West Virginia has the kind of quarterbacks and receivers that will lock in like Geno Smith and Stedman Bailey – or at least at a serviceable level. It's a legit worry, because Galloway said he isn't sure the player shuffling is solely responsible for the lack of chemistry.
"They all throw and get reps, and we do a lot of reps on air and all the quarterbacks are throwing to the guys," Galloway said. "It's one of those things where I tell them, catch the ball, no matter who is throwing it. Whoever is throwing it, catch it. But (the quarterbacks) do have to feel your speed and know how much air to put under it and how far out in front to throw it so you can run under it and get it. If the ball is thrown out, obviously, you've gotta reach out and catch it. If it's in traffic, go up and get it.
"We are trying to get the best four or five, whoever it may be," Galloway continued. "Ronnie (Carswell) and Kevin (White) can stretch the field and make plays. Right now, they are the guys who we are counting on. We play five, six, seven guys. But it's one of those things where if you can stretch the field, it opens things underneath. Baylor game, we had some chances downfield. Some we made, some we didn't make. It was one of those things where is people are going to play you a certain way, you have to be able to take advantage of it. The biggest thing is putting the ball in play. That's the biggest emphasis: Put the ball in play."
Galloway said the quarterbacks and receivers, much like the rest of the team, did benefit from the open week. Trickett and Childress are, at the least, more healed than they were, yet Trickett especially didn't get many added chances at developing the C-word as he took the off time to heal his shoulder. And even with his better mobility aiding a struggling offensive front, the receivers still have not adjusted effectively to his passes, which have more zip and less air than that of Millard and are on a more level plain when delivered deep than Childress.
The easy answer is that it's going to take time and reps and snaps – most assuredly the former. But it reads here that might not be all it takes; it might be a case where the truly in-depth level of passer-catcher enjoyed by Smith and Bailey, or Marc Bulger and Shawn Foreman, never materializes this season. It might not have to be to that degree for West Virginia to gain bowl eligibility, but it must be better than what it has been. The initial step to getting to that point? It might be as arguable as picking which, indeed, will come first.


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A Bird Feeding Garden
This is the second of two blogs featuring RSPB Mersehead by Juliet Robertson. A trained primary school teacher and former head teacher, Juliet Robertson is one of Scotland's leading education consultants in the field of outdoor learning. She is passionate about enabling schools and early years...
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It's that time of year again when we ask you to clean out your feeders, make some bird cake and generally have a great time learning about the nature in your school grounds this winter. By participating in Big Schools' Birdwatch 2014 and preparing your grounds for some feathered visitors...
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Which new online initiative has been reported on in Wired , in New Scientist , and in The Irish Times ? What cutting-edge new website was featured on BBC Radio Scotland's Out of Doors and has been a featured video segment with AOL on ? Why it's the RSPB partnership project - Blogging Birds...
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Amazing facts about ordinary birds
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Blackbird - Blackbirds only started appearing in urban gardens in the 1830's. Up until this time they lived in woods or heathland. Bluetit - Baby blue tits are very hungry little birds, their parents have to collect around 1000 small insects a day to feed them. Chaffinch - Chaffinches...
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Edinburgh Phoenix has left the nest!
Scotland's newest RSPB Youth Group has just launched in spectacular style, so for a peek at the kind of brilliance and opportunity our groups attract please read on for an account written by a brand new Phoenix - Annie, aged 16. Edinburgh Phoenix Diary, 27th May 2012 The temperatures were...
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Guest Wildlife Explorer Group Blog: The SkyeLarks Birdwatch Experience
Jenny Grant, Main Leader for the RSPB's SkyeLarks Wildlife Explorer Group on the Isle of Skye, tells us about the groups' experience doing their Big Garden Birdwatch in partnership with a local care home. After making sure all the feeders were topped up for the birds at Home Farm Care...
5 Feb 2013
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Feed the Birds Day recipes
Faye Strange
Are you prepared for feed the birds day ? Have you made any bird cakes with your children? It's not too late if you haven't - we received this recipe from one of our young people who is taking part in the Wildlife Action Awards which you could use: Nutty Cupcakes Recipe One box of animal...
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Sarah Newton
If your class or group enjoyed counting birds for the Big Schools Birdwatch try extending their learning and interest even further by finding out about bird behaviour and bird song. This months RSPB WildSquare survey is all about listening out for common (and easily recognisable) bird song and bird calls...
3 Feb 2012
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What's That Bird?
Big Schools Birdwatch is now well underway, but if you feel that you need a bit more help getting prepared for your birdwatch, why not have a look at these video quizzes that we've prepared to test your bird knowledge. The videos were created with the involvement of a local school and one of...
22 Jan 2013
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How is your Big Schools' Birdwatch going?
Faye Strange
We're half way through the Birdwatch now, and it's been our most exciting one so far! As well as lots of people getting involved, and registering for our resource packs, we've had an amazing amount of media coverage. We've been on the Alan Titchmarsh show, and were also featured on Newsround...
23 Jan 2012
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Happy Big Schools' Birdwatch 2012!
Faye Strange
Happy New Year everyone! I should think you'll be nice and relaxed after the Christmas holidays, and looking for something to really get your students or group exited about. Well, look no further! Big Schools' Birdwatch 2012 is nearly upon us at last, and the good news is that there is...
3 Jan 2012
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Faye Strange
So it's the last week before the Christmas Holidays, and many of you will be breathing a sigh of relief and looking forward to a well deserved break. But until that time arrives, I suspect many of you will be enjoying your students' enthusiasm for Christmas and doing lots of festive activities...
12 Dec 2011
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Birds of Prey fly into a school near you!
Faye Strange
Well, I've mentioned already that there are some new projects in the pipeline, and here's one of them! The Save birds of prey appeal is currently being rolled out to schools and Wildlife Explorer clubs, and is free for anybody interested to use with their classes, clubs or groups. If...
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Glasgow's schoolchildren have been celebrating Scotland's amazing wildlife with an art competition organised by RSPB Scotland. Drawings, painting and sculptures were created as part of the RSPB's annual Big Schools' Birdwatch (which this year runs from 16-30 January) and all...
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RSPB Scotland's "Christmas Tweats" goes down a storm
Last week RSPB Scotland hosted "Christmas Tweats", a well-attended CPD (continuous professional development) event at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The event focused on how teachers and their classes can get school grounds wildlife-friendly ready for Christmas. Teachers enjoyed...
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New school year, new plans...?
Faye Strange
Here in the Youth and Education team we are working really hard on some brilliant new resources which will be coming your way throughout the year (more updates to follow!). However, we already have a wealth of existing resources that you may or may not know about, so please have a look if you haven't...
12 Sep 2011
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Anna Keen
As Schools Project Officer, based in the Birmingham Office, it's always encouraging when I hear from schools in the West Midlands about the fantastic things they have been inspired to do to help wildlife. It only takes a simple activity like a bird or bug survey to open children's eyes to the...
6 Oct 2011
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Big Schools' Birdwatch is back!
Faye Strange
It's that time of year again! We've just opened our Big Schools' Birdwatch 2012 web pages for you to have a look at, and to register for next year's event. What is Big Schools' Birdwatch? I'm sure many of you visiting this blog may not have heard of the Big Schools'...
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It's here! You might have seen Houghton Primary School and the RSPB on ITV Daybreak this morning taking part in Big Schools' Birdwatch. We hope this will be one of thousands of school taking part in our 10th birthday celebrations over the coming fortnight. You can watch Houghton Primary...
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Have you planned any tree-planting for National Tree Week which runs from 26 November to 4 December? If you have planned something, tell us about it! We'd love to hear about what you'll be doing! If you haven't thought about it, then I urge you to think about how you could get involved at...
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We'd love to hear what you are planning for your Big Schools' Birdwatch in January. The event is fast approaching now, and we're sending lots of packs out to schools who have registered. If you haven't registered yet, you can do so here . Maybe your class is going to build a bird...
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Happy Birthday, Copy Machine! Happy Birthday, Copy Machine!
Hide captionThis was the first image created with xerography — on Oct. 22, 1938, in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens.Xerox
Hide captionThe Xerox copier model 914 seen at a trade show in 1959Xerox
Hide captionA September 1959 advertisement for the Xerox 914Xerox
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Hide captionChester Carlson demonstrates his original copying process in 1963.Xerox
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Copy machines can be found in every office, and most of us take them for granted. But 75 years ago, the technology that underpins the modern photocopier was used for the first time in a small apartment in Queens.
Inventor Chester Carlson used static electricity created with a handkerchief, light and dry powder to make the first copy on Oct. 22, 1938.
The copier didn't get on to the market until 1959, more than 20 years later. When it did, the Xerox machine prompted a dramatic change in the workplace.
The first commercial model, the Xerox 914, was bulky and cumbersome. It weighed nearly 650 pounds. It was the size of about two washing machines and was prone to spontaneous combustion.
But even literally going up in flames wasn't enough to kill the product. In fact, it was in high demand.
"There was a distinct need for simple copying like this, and it just took off," says Ray Brewer, historical archivist for Xerox Corp. "We sold thousands of these machines, and the demand was such that we were manufacturing them in large quantities."
Brewer says the popularity of Xerox technology abroad inspired more clandestine uses for the copier. Some machines actually had miniature cameras built into them during the Cold War for the purpose of spying on other countries.
Back at home, the copier was proving to be a godsend for secretaries. One Xerox commercial features a female secretary saying:
"I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs by just turning a knob and pushing a button. Anything he can see I can copy in black and white on ordinary paper. I can make seven copies a minute. ... Sometimes my boss asks me which is the original, and sometimes, I don't know."
Author and historian Lynn Peril says the machines had to have been "fabulously liberating."
"Oh my God, you didn't have to work with all the lousy carbon paper," she says. "You could just take it and put it on this glass surface and press a button and you've got as many copies as you wanted."
The beauty of the technology, Peril says, was that it saved time for office workers without making their workplace role obsolete.
Angele Boyd is a business analyst at the International Data Corp. She says copier technology created a more democratic information system.
"Until then, you needed to go to a press or you needed to go to a third party external print shop to produce that kind of quality output," she says.
The core technology in the copier, later transferred to printers and scanners, has remained the same since the 1930s.
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was one of pop music's true originals: A brilliant and innovative composer, her songs found greater commercial success in the hands of other performers, but her own records -- intricate, haunting works highlighting her singularly powerful vocal phrasing, evocative lyrics, and alchemical fusion of gospel, soul, folk, and jazz structures -- remain her definitive artistic legacy.
The daughter of a jazz trumpeter, she was born
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issued her first LP,
More Than a New Discovery
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the Fifth Dimension
scored with "Wedding Bell Blues" and "Blowin' Away,"
Barbra Streisand
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
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In 1967,
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Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
. While the album earned vast critical acclaim, she again found commercial success not with her own recordings, but with covers of
's songs, as
the Fifth Dimension
reached the charts with renditions of "Stoned Soul Picnic" and "Sweet Blindness," while "Eli's Comin'" became a major hit for
Three Dog Night
New York Tendaberry
, released in 1969, fared better thanks to the strong word of mouth now trailing her work; the record's "Time and Love" and "Save the Country" soon emerged as two of her most well-regarded and popular songs. With 1970's
Christmas and the Beads of Sweat
, she continued her exploration of soul music, enlisting Muscle Shoals staples like
Barry Beckett
Roger Hawkins
, and
Eddie Hinton
; "Beads of Sweat" also featured guitar work from
Duane Allman
Gonna Take a Miracle
, recorded with
and the production team of
Gamble & Huff
, marked a dramatic left turn in 1971;
's lone album of non-original material, it featured her tributes to Motown ("Jimmy Mack," "Nowhere to Run"), doo wop ("The Bells," "Spanish Harlem"), and the girl group era ("I Met Him on a Sunday").
At the age of 24,
announced her retirement; she married, severed her industry connections, and moved to a small community in New England. However, the marriage ended in divorce, and in 1976 she resurfaced with
; a subsequent tour yielded the 1977 live set
Season of Lights
. However, the long layoff derailed whatever chart momentum her music had accrued, and after the dismal sales of 1978's
, she again retreated from the music business.
finally returned from her self-imposed exile in 1984 with
Mother's Spiritual
, her music had grown more reserved and introspective; as the title indicated, her own motherhood provided considerable inspiration for her new work, as did her rustic New England lifestyle. While she did not make any overt declarations of retirement,
waited another five years before issuing her next LP,
Live at the Bottom Line
, recorded at the legendary New York club;
Walk the Dog & Light the Light
, her first collection of new material in nearly a decade, followed in 1993. Four years later,
died of ovarian cancer, on April 8, 1997. A posthumous album,
Angel in the Dark
, was issued in 2001, and several additional live recordings also surfaced.
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Indio city council member "Sam" Torres officially suspended his proposed tax ballot initiative on Coachella Fest.
That the draft measure would have imposed a 5 percent to 10 percent tax on admissions to entertainment events of more than 2,500 people in Indio.
The city council declined to consider the tax on June 6. Torres had vowed to petition to get it on the November ballot.
Goldenvoice President Paul Tollett told the Associated Press that would mean a $4 million to $6 million tax.
Tollett says if the tax is approved, 2013 would be the last year for Coachella and Stagecoach in Indio, take a hiatus in 2014 and bring back the festival at a different venue in 2015.
In a statement on Thursday afternoon, Torres said, "the potential for the music festivals to move out of the city exists, and if this should occur it would negatively impact the region; I cannot in good conscience allow this to happen no matter how dire the city's circumstances."
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Car Free Day on LI
The 1st Annual Car Free Day LI will be coming to Long Island on September 20, 2013! Car Free Day is an international event celebrated every September in which people are encouraged to get around without cars and instead ride a train, bus or bicycle, carpool, walk or telecommute. Car Free Day is celebrated in over 1,500 cities in 40 countries around the world. Car Free Day LI will be celebrated in different ways with the common goal of taking cars off the road. Using cars less by taking advantage of alternative transportation modes will build awareness of Long Island's transportation options, reduce traffic, conserve energy, reduce harmful emissions, reduce parking problems and save money!
To help your company join in the celebration, a Car Free Day LI Toolkit is available at www.carfreedayli.com. The Toolkit includes celebration ideas, flyer, poster, stickers, logo and sample promotional email and intranet copy . You can use these tools to build interest and excitement among your employees and encourage them to pledge at the Car Free Day LI website to be car free or car-lite thatday. Once they pledge, they'll automatically be entered for a chance to win great prizes!
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GRINNELL — Newton's Cardinal baseball squad split its final Little Hawkeye Conference doubleheader of the season on Thursday. The Cardinals notched a 10-1 win in the opener against the Grinnell Tigers, but were shut out in the nightcap, 5-0.
The Cardinals finish at 10-11 for fifth in the conference. They take a 12-18 overall record into tonight's non-conference home game against Saydel. First pitch is at 7:30 p.m. at Woodland Park.
Newton ends the season with three home games starting with Saydel then South Tama on Tuesday and Boone on Wednesday.
The Cardinals open Iowa Class 4A Substate 7 action July 18. They play Ankeny Centennial in a first-round game at 7 p.m. at Northview Middle School in Ankeny.
On Thursday, Derek Wrage worked five innings on the mound for the win for the Cardinals. He gave up one run on two hits and two walks. Wrage struck out eight Tigers. Jordan Travis threw two scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking one out.
Newton produced two runs in the first inning after Chandler Sturtz and Tyler Wood reached on back-to-back errors. Evan Shimon had an RBI single and Travis brought in a run on a fielder's choice.
Michael Barr and Jeff Stanton each had a single and Bryce Tish was safe on another error to load the bases for the Cardinals in the second inning. Sturtz singled and two runs crossed the plate. Wrage's base hit plated another run.
Leading 5-0, the Cardinals scored two runs in the third. Two more runs went on the scoreboard for Newton in the fifth when Wood hit a two-run home run over the left field fence with Sturtz on base.
Grinnell scored its run in the bottom of the fifth. Newton got that run back in the seventh for the final 10-1 margin.
Travis and Sturtz each had two singles. Wood homered. Barr, Shimon, Jake Bennett and Wrage had a single apiece.
The Cardinal offense was limited to five singles in the second game. The Tigers scored single runs in the first and second innings and tacked on three more runs in the third.
Wood had two singles. Wrage, Shimon and Connor Gholson each had one base hit. The Cardinals stranded seven base runners in the game.
Sturtz took the pitching loss. He went three innings and allowed five runs on seven hits and struck out one. Travis pitched three innings and struck out two.


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Active And Passive Vocabulary In Language Learning
What is active and passive vocabulary? A learner's passive vocabulary is the words that they understand but don't use yet. Active vocabulary, on the other hand, is the words that learners understand and use in speaking or writing.
When learning a language, should we focus more on developing an ability to speak or on building up our understanding of the language? This is a common question language learners ask, especially at the beginning of their language learning journey. Here are my views.
It is impossible to be fluent if you can't understand. The native speaker with whom you're going to speak is always going to have a bigger vocabulary than you, so your understanding needs to be of a higher level than your speaking. What's more, in any language, even our own, we usually spend more time listening than we do speaking. You've got to understand what people are saying around you.
What do they often do in classrooms? They encourage people to speak, and speak correctly right from the beginning. But beginner learners have no context, no familiarity with the language. It just becomes a matter of rote cramming of information that is relatively meaningless.
I read recently that anything we cram or learn against the grain is only going to stay in our short-term memory. Things that we acquire through longer term and enjoyable engagement will stay with us longer. That is why a language-learning method that is based on lots of listening and reading – I know I'm a bit repetitious on this – will ensure longer term retention of the language. You're going to be able to revive and refresh those languages more easily if you leave the language for a while. A couple of weeks of listening and reading, and perhaps speaking a bit, and it comes back stronger than ever before. It's in there soundly because it's built up based on this very large passive vocabulary.
I recently watched a TED talk by linguist Conor McDonough Quinn. In it he said things that I consider to be simply untrue. He said the biggest obstacle people have in language learning is their fear of not being able to speak. He proposed that the way around that is to learn fewer words, just a few key words and then speak. But if you do that, you won't understand much, and that's an even worse situation. To me, the biggest fear I have is not understanding what people are saying to me.
Of course there's no question that when you speak you are going to struggle and stumble. It's embarrassing, you can't say what you want. All of those things are true. If, however, you at least understand what the person is saying, if you have a large passive vocabulary, you're going to feel more comfortable and more confident. This gives you more time to think, and reduces the pressure on you, so that you can try to use, try to activate, some of your passive vocabulary. This passive vocabulary will be activated once you start to speak more. At some point you have to speak, and speak a lot. However, it is amazing how much you can learn just through a very consistent program of listening and reading. Eventually, however, you have to activate it through lots of speaking.
In the initial stage of your listening and reading program, it's important to listen to the same limited material over and over because you can't even, at first, tell where one word ends and the next word begins. You have to allow your brain to get used to the language. However, in my case, after a month or two, I listen less often to the same material. I tend to do more extensive reading and listening, moving on to new material sooner, because I want to cover lots of vocabulary.
In the LingQ reader, which is where I do most of new language reading, it's possible to deal with texts that have 30-40% unknown words. This enables me to engage with difficult material, listening and reading, with the goal of building up my passive vocabulary. That's why at LingQ the easiest and most useful thing to measure is the learner's passive vocabulary.
How many words can you more or less recognize when you see them or hear them in a given context? Even if you are helped by the context, it still counts because all of these words you're going to see again and again. If they matter to you, if they're important, they'll come up again and again. If you are listening and reading in an extensive way, they'll keep coming up. You'll see them in different contexts and you'll gradually get a better sense of what they mean.
You don't have to nail down a word or phrase the first time you encounter it. When you are ready to speak, and as you speak more and more, the vocabulary will activate naturally. The idea that, as you start into a language, you're going focus on trying to speak the language, to me is simply nonsense from a language-learning efficiency point of view. It may be what people want to do. Perhaps that is so. But then most people are not that successful at language learning. Maybe it is because the can speak but don't understand very well. This makes it difficult to have a meaningful conversation.
It is true, however, that different people have different reasons for wanting to learn a language. Some people simply want to be able to say hello and give the impression that they speak the language. If that is the case, then to focus on a few key sentences and phrases is probably quite useful. However, if the goal is to be able to participate comfortably in conversations, or understand what people are saying around you in the workplace, if the goal is to gain that kind of comprehension, then you have to focus on your passive vocabulary.
I'm not saying you have to know every word in the dictionary, but you need a substantial vocabulary, and it doesn't matter whether you only count words as word families or whether you count every occurrence of the word the way we do at LingQ. It's arbitrary. I have compared pursuing passive vocabulary to dogs pursuing the mechanical rabbit in dog races. It's something that you pursue as a measurable goal, in order to build up that familiarity with the language through massive listening and reading.
There are people who read very well and can't speak well. But people who read well and understand well when listening are eventually going to be able to speak well. If they don't speak well yet, it's because they haven't spoken enough. But if they decide to go and speak with that kind of a grasp of the language based on passive vocabulary, they will very quickly become good active users of the language.
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Ed Wall knew that his team felt overwhelmed. Even if they are the best high-school players in their county, the Suburban One League American/Continental all-stars aren't used to playing on a big-league field.
Enveloped by the 43,647 blue seats at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday morning, Wall's players reached for pitches out of the zone. They swung too hard. They just looked different, Wall said.
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Four more bills spurred by the Jerry Sandusky and Roman Catholic clergy child sexual abuse scandals are now law in Pennsylvania.
Gov. Tom Corbett signed the bills Tuesday during a visit to the Ambler Area YMCA in Montgomery County.
The Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance, which trains people to recognize and report suspected child abuse, said the bills contain provisions that are critical to improving how abuse is reported to authorities.
The bills expand the list of people who are required to tell authorities about their suspicion of abuse and increase the penalties for failing to report it.
"We can stop future acts of abuse," Corbett said. "Today, we all stand together to say 'no' to crimes against our children."
The bills stemmed from recommendations produced 13 months ago by a panel of experts created by Corbett and lawmakers.
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Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1907.
To the Editor:
—In The Journal, May 11, 1907, page 1642, you give a brief synopsis of a paper by Häberlin, in which he describes a method of making an artificial vagina by the use of a piece of intestine. As I had described precisely this same method in Annals of Surgery, September, 1904, I at once wrote to Dr. Häberlin, and also to the journal in which his article appeared, calling attention to my undoubted priority. (Before making my contribution I had had an expert go through the library of the Surgeon's General's office, and he had assured me that my suggestion was entirely unique.) Dr. Häberlin at once replied to my communication, acknowledging my priority, but refusing absolutely to correct the impression which his article had given as to his originality, while thus far, the journal, the Centralblatt für Gynäkologie, has made no
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To the Honbl Judge of the St. LouisCircuit Court CircuitCircuit Court
CourtCircuit Court
The petition of ElsaElsa Hicks HicksElsa Hicks a mulatto
girl about twenty three years of age, respect-
fully represents to your honour that she was
born in the State of VirginiaState of Virginia and was owned
by oneJames MitchellJames Mitchell , who acquired her by
marriage with one Mrs Burnell and has
continued to hold her as a slave since that
time; That said MitchellMitchell about the year eig-teen hundred and thirty fourremoved from
said State of VirginiaState of Virginia to the Territory of Wis-
consin taking along with him your petitio-
ner as a Slave where he held your petitioner
as a slave for the period of six years cont-
rary to the Ordinance of seventeen hundred and eighty seven passed by the Congress of the Un-
ited States, that about the year eighteen hun-dred and forty one, your petitioner was broug-
ht to the City of St. LouisSt Louis State of MissouriMissouri
and hired out by said MitchellMitchell that one
PatrickPatrick JJ McSherry . McSherryJ McSherry now holds your petitioner
as a slave. your petitioner therefore prays to
be permitted by your honor to sue as a poor
person in your honbl Court on the Chancery
side thereof in behalf of her freedom and
she will ever pray
Jas. Daugherty
State of MissouriMissouri
County of St. LouisCounty of St Louis
Your petitioner [ ElizaEliza ] Hicks
being duly sworn upon her oath says that
the matter and things set forth in the
knowledge and behalf
B. ThomasJustice of the Peace, Elsa her
xHicks mark
on reading and considering the foregoing pet-
ition and being satisfied that the said petition
contains sufficient matter to authorise the
commencement of a suit by the said Elsa
for her freedom; It is ordered that the said ElsaElsa Hicks HicksElsa Hicks be allowed to sue upon her said
Petition as a poor person and that she have
reasonable liberty to attend her counsel at
the St Louis Circuit CourtCircuit Court and that she be
not subjected to any severity on account
of the application to institute her said suit
for freedom and that she be not removed
without the jurisdiction of the Court and
that James Daugherty be assigned her as
sAlex Hamilton,Judge of the St. Louis Circuit CourtCircuit Court 8th Judicial Circt
Honbl. Alex. Hamilton.
PatrickPatrick JJ McSherry . McSherryJ McSherry
In the St Louis Circuit CourtCircuit Court
November Term 1847
Elsa HicksElsa Hicks complains of PatrickPatrick JJ McSherry
McSherryJ McSherry of a plea of trespass for false im-
prisonment. For thatwhereinheretofore to
wit on the first day of September in the year eighteen hundred and forty seven the
said defendant with force and arms at the
the City and CountyCounty of St Louis ofCounty of St Louis St LouisCounty of St Louis then and there
made an assault upon the said Elsa HicksElsa Hicks
to wit; at the he and then and there beat
bruised and otherwise ill treated her the
said Elsa HicksElsa Hicks and then and there impr-
isoned her the
said Elsa HicksElsa Hicks and detained
her the said Elsa HicksElsa Hicks in prison without
any reasonable cause whatsoever for a long
time to wit, for the space of ten days last
part contrary to the law and against the
will of the said plaintiff further avers
that before the grievances above mentioned
were committed she was and still is a
free person of colour and that the said
defendant did then and there and still
[ hold ] her inslavery therefore she
Jas Daugherty
County Of St. LouisSt Louis, Ss.
The State of MissouriMissouri,
To the Sheriff of St. Louis County, Greeting:
We command you To Summon PatrickPatrick S. Mc
Sherry if he be found in Your County
that he be and appear before the Judge of our Circuit CourtCircuit Court , on the first day of the next term thereof, to be
held at the City of St. LouisCity of St Louis, within and for the County of St. LouisCounty of St Louis, on the third Mon-day of November next, then and there to answer unto Elsa HicksElsa Hicks
of her petition for freedom this day filed
to the damage of said plaintiff
dollars: And have you then there this writ.
with the seal thereof hereto affixed, at office, in the
city of St. LouisSt Louis, this Twenty Ninth day ofOctober in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-seven
Jn. RulandJohn RulandClerk.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.
Witness my hand and seal, at St. LouisSt Louis, this day of 184
Executed this writ in St Louis County on the
30th day of October 1847by offering to read it and
the declaration to PatrickPatrick McSherryMcSherry the within
named defendent which he refused
to hear
Samuel ConwaySamuel Conway SheriffBy Geog. Stevens
DeputyService $ 1.00
St Louis CircuitCircuit Court CourtCircuit Court November Term 1847
PatrickPatrick J. McSherry
Pet. for Freedom
J Daugherty Att
Jn RulandJohn Ruland ,Clerk
Jury fund $2
Wrk 1
due $3
plea on lease 18p59 to 18 p70 Mo
Colt to dismissed 18 p 171 Shff ordered to him and plff 18 p 171
dismiss 28 p 176 and 18 p 202 on order slavery Elsa HicksElsa Hicks from confinement &c
18. p 342.condi 19 page 231Nov 1850 for want of
protection 20 p 226Dec 23rd 1850
PatrickPatrick J. McSherry.
In the St. Louis Circuit CourtCircuit Court,
November Term 1847
And the defendant comes
and defends the demand of the plaintiff
E. C.. BlackburnBlackburnfor
P. J. McSherry
Elsa HicksElsa Hicks .
Jn. RulandJohn Ruland
E. C BlackburnBlackburn atty
Patric McSherry Defendant
Motion to to dismiss
Jn. RulandJohn Ruland clerk
Suit for freedom in the
St. Louis Circuit CourtCircuit Court.
of February 1848
Now at this day appear Elsa ElizaEliza
Mitchell James Mitchell & Blair Mitchellunder
twenty one years of age by Lewis Burwell
next friend who claim to be the owners of the said mulatto woman Elsa HicksElsa Hicks
and move the court, to dismiss this suit for the
following reasons
1st There is no lawful Defendant to the cause.
2nd - Said suit was instituted and is prosecuted
by collusion between said Plaintiff and De-
fendant for the purpose of enabling said
petitionerdefendant to acquire an apparent right
to freedom to the annoyance & prejudice of
the real owners.
3. Said McSherryMcSherry never claimed saidslave
Plaintiff to be his slave never set up any pre-
tension of title to her, never withheld her
liberty from her, but her residence with him was
free and voluntary, and he has been selected
as a sham defendant, in order that judg-
ment of liberation might be obtained as
aganist him, without any serious resistance.
4.Before, at and since the institution of
said suit said McSherryMcSherry against the will of
the owners of said Plaintiff has entertained
and harbored her, has encouraged her in re-
maining as a fugitive, has at all times disclaim-
ed any claim of title to or ownership of said
plaintiff, and expressed his opinion that she was
free and has recently sworn to the same thing
and under such circumstances it would be a
-dant and Plaintiff are both eager and
anxious that the same judgment may be ren-
-dered, the Defandant at the same time hav-
-ing no claim to or interest in the property.
5 The affidavit of the Plaintiff that she was
held in slavery by PatrickPatrick McSherryMcSherry , on the
strength of which affidavit she obtained
permission to bring this suit was false
and groundless.
6. Said Defandant McSherryMcSherry has taken
no efficient measures to defend said
suit, he did not insist on her giving se-
-curity for costs nor did he make application to
have her hired out during the pen-
dency of the suit; but has ever since permitted
her to remain [ freely ] and voluntarily at his
own house, with her consent.
Garland Alexander & Wells
To the Judge of the CircuitCircuit Court CourtCircuit Court of St. Louis County in the
State ofMissouri MissouriMissouri
I SamuelSamuel Conway ConwaySamuel Conway Sheriff of said county respect
-fully state that under an order of said courtI have
the possession of a mulatto woman namedElsa HicksElsa Hicks
alias Alice and her infant child-, which mulatto wom
-an & child are now confined in the jail of said county
that I am informed that said mulatto woman has
now in said court a petition for her freedom
in which she is the petitioner against one PatrickPatrick
McSherryMcSherry defendant. I state that saidwoman &
child came to my possession on the day of
February last. & that she has remained in jail even since
that time. that the order of said court by virture
of which I took & have the possession of said mulatto
woman & child requires that I hire her out to the
best advantage from time to time during the
pendency of said suit with PatrickPatrick McSherryMcSherry & take
bond from the hirer payable to the StateMissouri ofMissouri MissouriMissouri
&c conditioned for the payment of the hirer give the said
woman reasonableliberty of attending her counsel
& the court &c. I state that I have tried
to hire said woman out on the terms prescribed in
said order. that I have not been able to
hire her at all on said condition, & that I think
there is very little probability that, I shall be able
to dispose of said woman & child on the terms prescribed.
I state that since said woman & child
have been confined in jail the health of hath of
them appears to have become impaired. the woman
has reduced in flesh & looks badly, that from
the best information I can get there is no
the next fall Term of this court and that if she
shall remain in jail [ til ] said suit is the
consequences will probably very serious to her health
& to that of her child & may be fatal to one or both
of them. I state that I am informed & believe that
there is no security given in said suit for the costs
of her keeping in jail. & that if her suit shall dis
-missed I know of no responsible party who will
be liable for the expence of keeping her in jail.
I state that I went to the jail on yesterday and
conversed with said woman & told her that I was
unable to get a house for her under the circumstances
& that she would probably remain in jail so long as
She kept her suit pending against McSherryMcSherry . She denied
that she had sued McSherryMcSherry . I told her her petition
against McSherryMcSherry signed by herself was on file in
said circuit court. She declared that if it were
so It had never been read so to her, she said
that McSherryMcSherry had never held or attempeted to hold
her in slavery. & that she never had authorized a
suit against him. But that she hadintended
to sue a Mr MitchellMitchell , I therefore pray that
If I am required to perform further duties & to
further expences with said negro. that the court will
cause some security to be given for my costs &
expences & trouble so required. Or if it shall
appear to the court that. Said petitioner does not
desire. the of said suit against said
McSherryMcSherry . that I may be discharged from further
duties in relation to her.
Saml. ConwaySheriff St. Louis County
Order 18.p 342.
[ ElizaEliza ] Hicks
Jn. RulandJohn Ruland clk
State ofMissouri MissouriMissouri
St Louis County
I Joseph B Wells State, that from
papers now in my possession I believe that the Mulatto
woman. Elsie Hicks now in jail in said County
plaintiff to a suit for her freedom now pending insaid
court the circuit court of said county against PatrickPatrick
McSherryMcSherry defendant & her infant child are the property of
four minor children namely Elen Elza Mitchell, Edward Blair
Mitchell, Charles Samuel Mitchell and James Burwell Mitchell
that I am informed and believe that all said persons are
Minors under fourteen years of age. and in capable in law of
taking care of their estates, that they at present reside in the
state of VirginiaVirginia. that I believe neither of them have a
Guardian curator in the state of MissouriMissouri, I state
that I heard the said Elsie declare that she never authorized the
said suit against McSherryMcSherry . I state that I have been informed
& believe that the said Else has been harboured
in the city of St LouisSt Louis. for a considerable length of time, so
that the friends of her Owners have been unable to get the
possession or [ controll ] of her, that I surely believe that if
the said Elsie shall be discharged & released from custody
while there is an order of said court prohibiting her remov
-al from said county there will be strong reasons to appre
-hend that she may again be taken & harboured by
persons with abolitionism & that her ownersand
those who may be disposed to take care of their interests
may again be unable to find or get her. I state that Joseph
Neal informed me. that on the 10th when there was
some probability that said Else would be released from custody
OneRev.Joseph Tabour. who has been strongly suspected of
being an abolitionist. Came to the state of the said Neal
& tried to hire the said Neal to take said Elsie in the event
that she should be discharged in a carriage. & convey her
to the house of him the said Tabour, I state that after
I got this information from said Neal. I Enquired of
with the negro or how he was connected with the controv
-ersey about her he said Tabour had nothing to do with
the matter in any way I state that I have seen
enough to satisfy me. that to turn said Elsie loose
again while said prohibitory order is in force. would
be to [ hazzard ] & the rights of her owners to all
the unfortuante influences that abolitionists may
exert upon slave property. On this of a
slave country. I state that I believe there are in
disguise in this community. as
as can be found disgracing that name & I submit to the
court whether the property in question. assuming it to
be the property of infants should by the act of the
court be exposed. to such injury as may result to
it by placing it in the search of those whose &
induce them to disrespect & to prostrate so
for as they can all rights to such property-
Joseph B Wells AttyFor Owners
of said slave
Elsey Hicks.
FiledJune 12 1848
Jn. RulandJohn Ruland clk
The Court being satisfied upon proofs, that the
Sheriff has hitherto been and is still unable
to hire out the petitioner under the order
of the Court heretofore made for that
purpose, and it appearing furthermore, that the said petitioner and her infant
child are in confinement in the jail of
this County, and that their contin-
uance in such confinement will be
highly prejudicial to their health, it is
ordered that the former order of theCourt directing the sheriff to take
care said petitioner and her child
into his custody for the purpose of
hiring out be so far reconsidered
as tothe said petitioner and
her child be released from con-
finement in the said County
And it further appearing to the Court, that
and parties other than said De-
fendant. minor and non=residents,
who claim title to the said petitioner,
her who from peculiar circumstances,
to the Court, and under the advice of
their counsel, decline and are un-
willing to make themselves parties to
said suit, Believing that such a cause
would be prejudicial to their rights;
in view of its promises, the County a=
ttention respectfully requested
to receive the said petitioner and her
child into the known as
the County pain,â until the determination
of the said suit, her labor in the
mean=time to be applied towards
her support; And the Sherrif of this
County is hearby ordered to carry this
order into effect.
Suit for Freedom
It is ordered by the court
that Lewis Burnwell enter into a recogniz
-ance to the state of MissouriMissouri in the sum
of $1000.00 dollars with sufficient
security conditions that he will not
remove the Petitioner in this cause out
of the jurisdiction of this court
It appearing to the satisf
-action of the court that Lewis Burnwell
has failed to enter into the recognizance
which he was ordered to enter into in
this cause. It is ordered that the sheriff
take the said petitioner into his possession &
hire her out to the best advantage
from time to time during the pending
of this suit & that he take bond from the
hirer payable to the state of MissouriMissouri in the sum of $500 dollars with good
security that the will not remove
said petitioner out of the jurisdiction of
this court that he will pay the hire to
the sheriff & return the petitioner at the
expiration of the term for which she
is hired or as loan as this action is ended.
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Much folk music undoubtedly draws inspiration from the natural world – Roxy Music: South Downs, Andy Roberts: The Raven, Bert Jansch: Blues for a Green Earth to name but a few.
But now two folk musicians from Brighton have decided to organise a folk event to raise vital funds towards the RSPB's Giving Nature a Home campaign.
Emma Morton and Heather Minor are the duo who have planned and organised the Hollow Tree Fundraiser, which will be taking place at the centrally located St. Luke's Church in Hanover, Brighton on 27th July 6.30 pm – 10 pm.
Emma Mortonsaid: "As folk musicians ourselves, we wanted to put on a fundraiser for the RSPB our love for this genre of music and our passion for the natural world.
"Brighton is home to some brilliant alternative folk artists, and as there is such a strong link between folk music and nature, we felt this would be an ideal way to bring in funds whilst enjoying some special music."
Acts include local artist Mary Hampton, who said: "Supporting the RSPB is a wonderful way of amplifying the inspirational, but ever-quieter concert of wildlife sounds which we hear in the world around us every day, and of demonstrating a deep appreciation for its fascinating and varied performers. I'm very excited to be part of this event."
Mary's music has been described as, 'songs of unnerving delicacy, elemental and acoustic simplicity...potent and enchanting'
Sticking with wildlife theme, the other two acts are '21 Crows' and 'Do you Feel what I feel Deer' all in the peaceful setting of St Luke's church.
There will also be giant games, a raffle, snacks, cakes and refreshments available on the night. Tickets are £10 with all proceeds going to the RSPB. Tickets can be purchased online at Eventbrite, at Resident (01273 606312) or on the door. www.facebook.com/hollowtreefundraiser
The RSPB launched their new campaign Giving Nature a Home last month, urging individuals and families from East Sussex and across the nation to act for nature in their own gardens.
The campaign comes after 25 wildlife organisations, including the RSPB, released the groundbreaking State of Nature report, which revealed that 60 per cent of the wildlife species studied has declined over recent decades.
Many garden favourites were among the creatures shown to be in serious trouble including starlings, hedgehogs, some butterflies and ladybirds. All are in danger of further declines unless more is done to provide better habitats.
The Giving Nature a Home website will give everyone access to expert advice about helping nature in any outside space– whether it's a huge garden or a small planting tub on a balcony – at rspb.org.uk/homes
By visiting this website people can get their free Giving Nature a Home starter guide, help populate a map by telling the charity when and where they've given nature a home, and share pictures, tips and ideas with others. You can also find out more about what the RSPB is doing to give nature a home in the wider countryside.


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November 30, 2012, 12:59 PM
Looked at 1 today at the gun shop. If you have one; tell me what you think of them.
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November 30, 2012, 03:59 PM
Ran one in 3 gun for awhile. It was ok, but not nearly as reliable as a Benelli.
November 30, 2012, 04:37 PM
What model?
I have a 912, 712 and a 20 ga 48 AL. Never so much as a hiccup out of any of them (that wasn't my fault). I have forgetten to turn the piston around in the 912 a few times. It doesn't like light loads like that. But when it's right, it'll cycle 7/8 oz loads.
I'm wanting to get a 720 and another 48 AL in 28 ga.
November 30, 2012, 04:37 PM
I suppose it depends on the Franchi being discussed - are we talking about 48AL's, I-12s, double guns, or something else?
November 30, 2012, 08:26 PM
I have two, both stack barrel 20ga. I think they are as good as or better than anything at their price point. Fit and finish are not the same as a Kohler or Perrazi, but there are a lot less numbers after the $.
November 30, 2012, 10:14 PM
Sorry guys; didn't look at a model number :uhoh: It was a 12 guage semi auto camo model. Not looking for a 3 gun or anything, just a shotgun to have.
November 30, 2012, 11:07 PM
If it's an I12, then IIRC it's a Benelli M1 in plain clothing.
November 30, 2012, 11:17 PM
The one I had was a Franchi 612.
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November 30, 2012, 11:18 PM
Wife's got a 720 youth. Runs fine, goes bang every time and cycles trap loads without a hiccup. No complaints.
December 1, 2012, 12:59 AM
Had an old 20 Franchi, it just shot and shot, very reliable with any load, swing and handling were good. Kick was a little strong but you could carry one all day. Ended up selling to a buddy, when I had my eye on a Berretta 390 12. Love the 390, but should have never sold the 20.
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HIGH POINT, N.C. - The High Point University men's lacrosse team will play a challenging schedule in its second season. The Panthers will play their first season as part of the Atlantic Sun Conference and face a tough non-conference slate that includes defending the NCAA champion Duke.
"We are very fortunate to have great programs coming to Vert Stadium this season, including Duke and North Carolina," said head coach Jon Torpey. "Anytime you can play the defending national champion at home it is a great thing for the program. I am very excited to play our first season in the Atlantic Sun. The chance to win a conference championship and advance to the NCAA tournament gives the team an extra something to work toward."
HPU will play a five-game Atlantic Sun schedule beginning with a home contest against Jacksonville on March 1. The Panthers will also face league opponents VMI (March 8) and Mercer (March 22) at home. High Point will travel to Furman (March 29) and Richmond (April 12) for ASun games.
The Panthers will start the season with road games at Delaware (Feb. 1) and Towson (Feb. 8). HPU beat Towson last year for the first win in program history. The Tigers went on to advance to the NCAA tournament.
High Point will have rematches with several more of last year's opponents, including Saint Joseph's, Michigan, UMBC, Duke, North Carolina and Drexel. The Panthers will wrap up the season with a three-game home stand against Duke (April 16), UNC (April 18) and Drexel (April 26).
The Atlantic Sun Tournament will be held on May 1-3. The location of the tournament is still being decided.
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For most of us, the haunting image of Joseph Patrick Kennedy is one of an aged man of wealth, his face skewed by a stroke, propped up helplessly in an armchair, wearing a silk bed jacket opened to reveal a designer white shirt and tie.
That image is from the 1960s, a decade at first a deliriously triumphant one for the father of the young president. Then later, it was a decade of intense tragedy, a debilitating stroke, and the assassination of two sons at a time when Kennedy could only express his grief through tears and a single repeated word: "No!"
Despite the drama, the dark Hollywood gloominess of this scene, there is something missing. Something our parents would have recognized immediately. Something passing years and events have shrouded.
What's missing from this portrait is the real Joe Kennedy, the Irish-Catholic fighter, the self-made Wall Street millionaire, the movie mogul, the outspoken critic of presidents and kings, the consummate showman, the "opinionated, volatile, argumentative, driven" Joe Kennedy.
That is the Kennedy historian David Nasaw brings to life in his latest biography, "The Patriarch." Nasaw has described himself as an academic historian. In this book, even more so than in his biographies of Andrew Carnegie and William Randolph Hearst, he has produced a biography which, despite its length and thoroughness, is bursting with popular appeal.
There is international intrigue, Hollywood whispering, the all-American family, religion, politics, success and tragedy. But never despair.
The life of Joe Kennedy has it all. And while Nasaw succumbs to the natural tendency to grow fond of the subject he is studying – almost living with – for several years, the author manages to present Kennedy with all his ugly warts.
Nasaw doesn't excuse this tough Irishman for his foul mouth, his poor judgment of geopolitics, his personal hypocrisy, or his anti-Semitic ravings. The author simply attempts to explain how these characteristics flow from the DNA of this exciting and charismatic human being.
This is a huge book about a long and event-filled life. Most of its 800-plus pages turn quickly. But the riveting years, the years in which the reader sees a powerful man fall from grace, a young man grow prematurely old, are the London years.
It is during this two-and-a-half-year span at Grosvenor Square, plus a few years on either side, that the great American success story begins to show signs of weakness, cracks in its foundation.
It is during the buildup to and the first years of war in Europe that the Joe Kennedy story takes on the tone of a Shakespearean tragedy.
The hero, through his own insatiable appetite and overwhelming ambition, sets in motion the events that will lead to his eventual downfall. And once set in motion, the events overtake the man.
In this case, Kennedy, one of Franklin Roosevelt's go-to guys, the financial wizard named "one of the six most chic men on the planet," the man who never fails, schemes to oust and replace Roosevelt insider Henry Morgenthau as Treasury secretary. When that fails, he asks for, and then demands, the president name him U.S. ambassador to the Court of St. James.
After all, the president owes him a favor. Who raised all that money for the campaign? Who delivered the Catholic vote for Roosevelt? Who introduced the president to the future pope? Who sends stone crabs and live lobsters to the White House?
By now, those around Roosevelt recognized Kennedy as a user of men. But compared to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Kennedy was a piker.
Against all advice, Roosevelt sent Kennedy to London as U.S. ambassador – he's "too dangerous to have him here." Kennedy's closest friends cautioned he was ill-prepared to serve as ambassador to England, privately adding his rough personality disqualified him from being ambassador to anywhere.
For the first time, Joe Kennedy was in waters over his head, and the mistakes began to compound.
Kennedy chose to hang his hat on Neville Chamberlain. Even after Chamberlain realized trusting the word of Adolf Hitler at Munich was a horrific blunder, Kennedy insisted Roosevelt should negotiate a peace accord with Hitler.
When Roosevelt tried to convince a wary public he was neutral, word leaked out that Kennedy had opened backroom channels to the war-mongering Winston Churchill.
Then, while the president was trying to find a way to aid the British, Kennedy was telling anyone who'd listen that the Brits were losers. The day the London Blitz began, a friend quoted Kennedy as saying: "I'll bet five to one, any sum, Hitler will be in Buckingham Palace in two weeks."
While the president toiled to convince Congress and the American people that the U.S. needed to become the arsenal for freedom, Kennedy told the press: "As far as the Untied States goes, we ought to mind our own business."
Kennedy was clearly out of touch. After Kristallnacht, the young Joe Kennedy Jr. wrote in his diary: [The Ambassador] is alarmed that the country should get so worried up by the [Nazi] treatment of Jews."
By now, the president was not only ignoring Kennedy's incessant advice, he was circumventing his ambassador, embarrassing and infuriating him by keeping him in the dark on U.S. plans. At one point, Kennedy complained bitterly he had to learn what Roosevelt was doing by asking Churchill.
After only 30 months as ambassador, Roosevelt's Brain Trust had grown to despise Kennedy, and a once-adoring American public had soured on their hero.
In exploding one of many Kennedy myths, Nasaw argues that Kennedy was neither a Nazi appeaser nor a fascist sympathizer, but that he was dedicated to keeping the U.S. out of war to save free market capitalism which he was certain would not survive a war.
Roosevelt saw it another way. He told an adviser Kennedy was "thoroughly obsessed" with saving his self-made fortune so he could pass it on to his children.
By the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and brought the U.S. into the world war, Kennedy was a man who hurt himself every time he talked, but he could not keep himself from talking, whether to national radio audiences or to Congress. So in a pout, he retired from public life and returned to the avocation he found so easy: Making money.
Over the next quarter century, Kennedy's decline would spread from his public life to his treasured family life. He would lose three of his four sons, one to war and two to assassins. After a failed operation, his oldest daughter would be confined for life, unable to speak, in a home for the mentally retarded. His second daughter would lose her British royal husband to war, and would die in a civilian airplane crash with a new boyfriend.
And in his final years, Joe Kennedy would be confined to a chair, unable to speak but still fully cognizant of the days his son Jack was president, his son Bobby was seeking the presidency; the days further back when a president sought his help; when movie starlets answered his call; when archbishops did his bidding, and when the king of England came down to Victoria Station to welcome him to London.
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
By David Nasaw
Penguin Press
868 pages, $40
Edward Cuddihy is a retired Buffalo News managing editor.


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Flory Jagoda with Susan Gaeta, Howard Bass, and Tina Chancey, performs traditional Sephardic music from the former Yugoslavia and other parts of the world at the Library of Congress, 2007. videorecording | videorecording ; 52 min | Homegrown Concert Series. (Source). March 21, 2007. (Date). Videorecording (Form).
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i sort of eased myself in by eating as close to primal during the week, but still eating like crap on the weekends. then, one day, i just decided to go all in and that worked for me. i had done the low carb thing before though, so it was an easy switch. i think baby steps might be easier for some people who are used to eating a lot of sugar and grains and things and want to learn as they go.
figuring out which way is easier is largely a personal matter. i had developed some strong will power when it came to food, so i could easily change my diet. but it seems like it would be easier to slowly eliminate the bad foods and work in the good ones.


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'If the doom metal of Khanate is the ideal soundtrack to the 21st Century Odinists' hanging upon the tree of Yggdrasil, then the vegetal music of Slomo is the unfolding, nurturing, ever-becoming ur-ooze that titanically irrigates the roots of that sacred tree. Slomo restores our timeless beginnings and fulfills the Ginnungagap -- motherfuckers.' --Julian Cope. "The Creep by Slomo is one full length track packaged in a deluxe Important Records gatefold cardboard jacket printed on both sides with two custom inserts by Slomo. The Creep was originally released on Julian Cope's Fuck Off And Di label in a limited edition of 100 which sold out instantly. Since, it's quickly gained massive underground status after being propped up by the likes of Sunn O))) and The Wire."
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