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Some pressure water district to restore their flow
By NATALIE MARTIN
About a month ago, Dave Willingham turned on his water and noticed something different. The water pressure, which was previously fine at his home on Quartermaster Drive, was "absolutely terrible," he said.
Suddenly, Willingham said, he and his wife couldn't use water in more than one part of their home without seeing it reduced to a little more than a trickle.
"You can't flush the toilet when someone is in the shower," he said. "This is not survivable."
Willingham, who co-owns the Vashon Pharmacy, was thinking of calling a plumber when he learned his neighbor down the hill was experiencing the same thing. The two soon discovered that they were among a small but unknown number of Water District 19 customers who lost water pressure as an unexpected result of a recent district project.
A few District 19 customers are now upset and looking for answers, including Willingham's neighbor, Tom Trigg. Trigg, who has been most vocal about the issue, is trying to find others affected and says he may pursue legal action if his water pressure isn't restored.
"All Dave and I want is what we had before," Trigg said. "We don't need more."
Water District 19 officials, on the other hand, say they're just as surprised as their customers to learn of the problem and they're now trying to address it.
Jeff Lakin, the district's general manager, said engineers are working to adjust a system of new pressure-reducing valves that was recently activated. They hope most people will see their water pressure improve, he said. However it's also likely that some will have to learn to live with lower pressure than they had before or replace their own water pipes to get better pressure, as the district believes all are being provided more than the minimum amount of water pressure required already.
"We're basically telling them be patient. We're still working," Lakin said.
He said the water district, which has received a handful of complaints so far, is also asking customers who are affected to call the district office so they can better understand the scope of the problem.
"We're really frustrated about it ourselves," said Richard Bard, chair of the District 19 board. "I don't think we knew how much tuning was going to be required after installation, and that's what is ongoing."
The water pressure issue stems from a District 19 project that has been in the works for some time. For decades, customers on the outskirts of the district's service area and in low-elevation spots, particularly on the beach, have complained of very high water pressure. Some homes had between 80 and 120 psi (pounds per square inch) of pressure, which is above the recommended amount for homes and can cause leaks as well as exacerbate existing leaks. Customers complained of ongoing leaks at their homes, said Bob Powell, another District 19 board member, while others paid to install their own pressure reducers to fix the problem. The district also saw the high pressure cause leaks in its own pipes.
"It was a regular thing for someone to have a leak in their service line outside their house or a leak in their house and have damage," Powell said.
In 2013, the water district began a $240,000 project to install five pressure-reducing valve stations throughout its system. While the valves have been in the ground for some time, they were only activated in the last couple of months, prompting calls from customers who noticed a sudden change in their water pressure.
One call came from Joe English, who lives just north of Burton. He recently installed pressure-reducing faucets on his garden hoses, only to see a trickle of water come out when his wife tried to water their plants. Inside the house, his shower has less water, the toilet takes longer to fill, and there's not much pressure in the kitchen sink.
"I'm a little upset," English said. "I'd like to see another 20 pounds come back. … Admittedly it's just a nuisance, other than the expense of changing out those hose bibs."
Islander Kathy Wheaton, however, says the issue is more than a nuisance for her. After going back and forth with the district for some time about what she calls increasingly poor water pressure at her nursery near town, Kathy's Corner, Wheaton said she was dismayed to lose water pressure at her home as well. It now takes 20 minutes to fill her washing machine, she said, and showering is "like pouring a bottle of water over your head."
In addition, Wheaton said she and her husband couldn't plant the large garden they normally do each spring, a garden that provided produce for the couple as well as their nursery employees.
Wheaton says she's complained to District 19, and she's heard from nursery customers who also saw their water pressure drop.
"They just don't know the source of the issues," she said.
Officials with Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR) learned of the problem and contacted District 19 after a recent training exercise. When VIFR crews pulled water from a fire hydrant at Dockton Park, at least one nearby home completely lost water pressure, said Chief Hank Lipe.
Low water pressure is a concern, Lipe said, because VIFR uses District 19 fire hydrants to fight fires as well as to fill water tenders to take to fires. He said he is also worried that some home sprinkler systems may not function with low water pressure.
Lipe contacted District 19 and was assured the problem is being addressed, he said, but he followed up with a formal letter on Friday as well.
"This unfortunate development is very concerning to me. ... I have the utmost confidence that restoring water pressure to acceptable levels throughout the District 19 distribution system is of your highest priority," Lipe wrote in his letter to Lakin.
Tom Trigg is also concerned, but said he isn't feeling as confident that District 19 will address the situation.
Water pressure at his house on Quartermaster Drive is now much worse than before, said Trigg, who owns Trigg Insurance. He's especially concerned that his sprinkler system may not work and that insurance rates could be affected. District 19 has explained the situation to him, but he said he's unhappy they aren't able to tell him if his pressure will improve and how much.
Trigg placed an ad in this week's newspaper asking others who are affected to contact him as well as District 19 officials.
"I want to get feedback from District 19 customers," he said. "If this is system-wide, I think we need to do something, hire an attorney and see if there's legal recourse to force the district to provide the pressure instead of expand the system to more customers."
Lakin said that shortly after the pressure-reducing valves were activated, District 19 realized that some homes around Quartermaster Harbor, Ellisport and Morgan Hill had seen large decreases in pressure. There was also inadequate water flow to fire hydrants in the Ellisport area. That problem was soon fixed, and Lakin said all fire hydrants in the district's service area have adequate water supply.
Powell, the District 19 board member, said that of greatest concern now is that in some areas when fire hydrants are in use, surrounding homes will see water pressure drop to below 20 psi. While most hydrants are rarely used, the district is required by law to provide customers with at least 30 psi at all times. Engineers hired to design the system are now taking a second look, and adjustments will be made to assure that homes have at least 30 psi even when hydrants are in use.
Those adjustments are expected to even out pressure throughout the system, Powell said, however it's possible some may still have less pressure than before. Everyone will be provided with at least 30 psi, which is at the low end of water pressure for homes. Willingham, for instance, recently had his pressure tested and had 35 psi, he said.
Powell added that people who are still unhappy with their water pressure after the system is adjusted may consider replacing their own water pipes that connect with District 19's system. Older, corroded pipes may have been fine in a high-pressure situation, but now could exacerbate low water pressure. He also said he expects the water district's board, which just learned about the problem about a week ago, will keep track of what District 19 hears from its customers.
"If the district gets a lot of complaining about pressure, then we'll certainly be discussing it on an ongoing basis," he said.
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MARQUETTE - A proposed downstate bridge - dubbed the New International Trade Crossing - that would offer commuters another option in their travels between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario has become a topic of much debate leading up to the November election, even spurring a proposal to ban building any international bridges without a statewide vote first.
Mickey Blashfield, director of The People Should Decide Ballot Committee, which was largely behind the proposal and backed by Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun, said the proposal gives Upper Peninsula residents a chance to vote down the new crossing in favor of other, more necessary bridge updates.
Blashfield is also head of government relations for Moroun's Detroit International Bridge Company.
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Canadian Consul General from Detroit Roy Norton speaks to a group at Northern Michigan University. (Journal photo by Jackie Stark)
"The real question U.P. residents ought to ask is why they want to risk paying for a bridge in Detroit that's not needed when there are other priorities that certainly should be done," Blashfield said. "I would think folks in this area would be more concerned about improvements and enhancements at the international bridge at the Soo."
Proposal 6 asks voters to amend the state constitution to "require the approval of a majority of voters at a statewide election and in each municipality where 'new international bridges or tunnels for motor vehicles' are to be located before the State of Michigan may expend state funds or resources for acquiring land, designing, soliciting bids for, constructing, financing, or promoting new international bridges or tunnels."
However, some argue the law is too vague and could stop all construction of new bridges and maintenance on old ones, as it defines "new international bridges or tunnels for motor vehicles" as "any bridge or tunnel which is not open to the public and serving traffic as of Jan. 1, 2012."
The amendment could be read in such a way as to require a statewide referendum on any construction or maintenance of existing bridges in the state.
Gov. Rick Snyder has been a vocal proponent of the new bridge and has brokered a deal with the Canadian government that has Canada paying for the entire project.
According to Canadian Consul General in Detroit, Roy Norton, Canada would collect tolls from the new bridge until it was reimbursed for the cost. Then, all revenue from the tolls would be split 50/50 with Michigan. He estimated that after roughly 45 years, Canada would earn back the cost of the bridge, and Michigan would begin realizing approximately $50 million in revenue annually.
Currently, the Ambassador Bridge is the only bridge in the Detroit area connecting the two countries, with the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel the only other crossing there.
Norton spoke about the proposed new bridge during a speech on the history of Canadian-American relations Thursday evening at Northern Michigan University as a part of the Sonderegger Symposium.
Norton said, with one-quarter of all trade between the United States and Canada traveling across the Ambassador Bridge, it would be devastating to both countries were the bridge to shut down with no alternative crossing in place.
"Our worst fear, and we (Canadians) frankly think with your automotive industry, their worst fear, should be at some point, the 83-year-old bridge built to last 50 years is found no longer to be operational and then we are all in a calamitous situation," Norton said. "We can, as a public policy alternative, sort of cross our fingers and hope for eternal life for the Ambassador Bridge."
According to statistics Norton cited, more than 230,000 Michigan jobs depend on trade with Canada, including 1,600 in Marquette County, 750 in Delta County and 13,000 across Michigan's 1st Congressional District.
Because Michigan intends to use a $550 million Canadian contribution as the state match on other Federal-aid highway projects - which would total more than $2 billion - the new crossing must comply with the Federal Highway Administration Buy America requirements, which requires any roads built with federal money to use steel from American companies only.
Michigan has applied for a waiver from that requirement.
Since Canada is footing the whole bill for the bridge, Norton said it was only fair to allow Canada to buy the steel it wants to use.
"It's the only way possible to proceed, since Canada is paying for the bridge and receiving full liability, obviously we could not have accepted - Canadian taxpayers could not have accepted - that we pay and have no opportunity to participate in the construction of the bridge," Norton said. "The contracts will go to the best qualified, lowest cost bidder, and that might be American or it might be Canadian, and there'll no doubt be some of each."
Blashfield said the waiver is another reason for Americans to oppose the new bridge.
"The request for a waiver to the Buy American provision that would allow foreign steel, foreign jobs, to be used in the building of this supposed half-Michigan bridge, that's a stark contrast to the economic development potential for the bridge, because it would certainly be allowed for foreign steel to be used for that, if the waiver were granted," Blashfield said.
Jackie Stark can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 242.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Surprising as it might be, the Charlotte Bobcats are a team the Cavaliers are trying to emulate.
Well, for one quality above all others: Right now, the Bobcats are a playoff team.
True, Charlotte is just 27-33, but in the Eastern Conference, that's good for a No. 7 seed in the playoffs.
The turnaround from last season's 21-61 has come in coach Steve Clifford's first season, and Cavaliers coach Mike Brown, for one, isn't too surprised.
"They have a nice team if you think about it," Brown said. "And then they haven't had to go through much change throughout the year. They've been pretty consistent with their approach, with their team."
The Bobcats also have given the Cavaliers fits this season, topping them twice during the regular season and also during two preseason meetings.
"They have a lot of different types of pieces that have been able to attack us the right way," Brown said. "[Michael Kidd-]Gilchrist has hurt us slashing, [Gerald] Henderson has hurt us on the post, Kemba [Walker] has hurt us at pick-and-roll, Josh [McRoberts] has done a great job spreading us out and hurting us at pick and roll."
And both losses to the Bobcats came when they were without leading scorer Al Jefferson, who is averaging 20.9 points per game.
The Cavaliers will face Charlotte and Jefferson without Anderson Varejao, who will miss his 12th straight game with a sore back.
Cavaliers vs. Bobcats
Probable starting lineups: Cavs -- F Luol Deng, F Tristan Thompson, C Spencer Hawes, G Jarrett Jack, G Kyrie Irving. Bobcats -- F Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, F Josh McRoberts, C Al Jefferson, G Gary Neal, G Kemba Walker.
Injuries: Cavs -- Anderson Varejao (back), C.J. Miles (sprained left ankle), Carrick Felix (left knee stress fracture) are out. Bobcats – Brendan Haywood (stress fracture, left foot) and Jeffery Taylor (ruptured right Achilles tendon) are out. Gerald Henderson (right calf strain) is day-to-day.
Officials: Ken Mauer, Curtis Blair, Tre Maddox.
Up next for Cavs: vs. New York on Saturday at The Q.


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MOBILE, Alabama – The Cole Bros. Circus is scheduled to perform in Mobile starting Oct. 10, but the company is bringing a lot of baggage with it - including a recent $15,000 fine for animal cruelty.
The Florida-based circus was cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for employing handlers who were improperly trained for contact with tigers and elephants and failing to provide "adequate" veterinary care to two underweight elephants, among other charges.
In April, the USDA fined the group $15,000 for violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
In a complaint filed by the USDA in 2010, the agency said the circus used physical abuse to control at least one elephant, identified as "Boo." The complaint said a handler "used an ankus [also known as an elephant hook] to hit and jab at Boo," to get her to perform for crowds.
Evidence against Cole Bros. included video released by PETA of an elephant under the circus's care being hit repeatedly with a bullhook by one of its handlers.
Cole Bros. Circus was founded in 1884.
According to PETA, the company has faced issues ranging from inadequate animal enclosures to animal abuse allegations since 1983.
The circus is scheduled to perform two to three times per day at the Hank Aaron Stadium parking lot on Bolling Brothers Boulevard from Wednesday Oct. 10 to Sunday Oct. 14.


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Wednesday, The List asked NJ.com members to list their top five Jersey Shore boardwalk foods. We got over 30 responses, thanks everyone. There was strong sentiment for boardwalk sausage and peppers as well as boardwalk fries. Among the favorite places mentioned, White House subs in Atlantic City got three Shore shout outs. So did Mack & Manco's pizza in Ocean City,
Some of the best comments from our users:
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You People!! Thanks!! Now I have the craving for foods that my doctor will smack me if I ate! However, all things being equal...I have to give the nod to a Sausage and Peppers Sandwich from the Beachcomber in [Seaside Heights]. Salty air, boardwalk smell, and the smell of a greasy sandwich is like the song of the siren to drag you in!Keep your Jersey Shore boardwalk suggestions coming, and be sure to check The List later today for a new entry.


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My third UK-based Aussie is none other than Briony Whitehouse. For those who work up in Westminster, you may know her as a senior political advisor. For those of you familiar with the London fashion scene, she's the divine Miss B from A Girl, A Style – a blog where she shares her secret dreamworld. And it's delicious.
Please, Miss B, tell us where are you from? A pretty leafy suburb in Adelaide, South Australia (I've still never found anywhere with nicer vineyards or whiter beaches).
Where do you live now? Cambridge, England. It's my happy place of cobbled streets, ancient colleges and preppy students, grassy river banks and bike rides through country lanes.
Why did you come to the UK? Partly, to make the most of my British passport and see what life in England could be like. But mostly, for new opportunities, adventures, European travels and to see life from another perspective.
What to you miss most about Australia? The obvious things (my friends and family there), but also silly little things: endless summers and being able to waft about in white sundresses for months on end (but not the associated heat exhaustion and sunburn); Haighs chocolates, proper gelato, coffee, mangoes and juice bars; the relaxed, healthy and happy lifestyle; my favourite shops and Australian designers.
How often do you get back? So far I've only been back once, but I think I'll aim to return for a holiday every two years (sadly, it's a little too far to fly very often), but I'll constantly drift there in my daydreams on grey, rainy English mornings.
What are your plans for Australia Day this year? I think a dose of St Tropez tan and some bright pink lipstick to make me feel more sunny will be a good start, followed by some of my favourite Australian tunes on the way to work (Kylie, The Temper Trap, Angus and Julia Stone). In the evening I'll make a pavlova (it wouldn't be Australia Day in my book without one) and have a drink with a few of my fellow expats in Cambridge (I promise you'll never find me within a 100 meter radius of a Walkabout…). I've also just been sent some Cherry Ripes and Tim Tams by a dear friend back home (brown paper packages in the mail are the way to my heart) which I'll happily work my way through.
Visit Briony at her blog A Girl, A Style.
All images courtesy of Briony Whitehouse.
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No lawmakers spoke in support of Gov. Bobby Jindal's veto of a bill to extend a 4-cent tax on cigarettes, not even the 11 members who changed their original position to sustain it.
The lawmakers who did speak before attempting to override Gov. Jindal's veto of House Bill 591 offered strong reasons for their colleagues to stand up for the legislation that they had passed by a wide margin.
They pointed out that ending the tax, which has been in effect since 2000, will create more smokers and higher health care costs. The bill, which would have made the tax permanent, also dedicated it to health care programs so this veto will mean less money for that purpose. That's not just a loss of the $12 million per year generated by the tax, but the $38 million in federal money that it would draw.
"I realize the governor had the right to veto the bill,'' said Rep. Harold Ritchie, who authored House Bill 591. "We have the right and responsibility to override that veto,'' he said.
Unfortunately, 11 legislators did not fulfill that responsibility but switched sides to uphold the governor. They are Robert Billiot, D-Westwego; Steve Carter, R-Baton Rouge; Bubba Chaney, R-Rayville, Jim Fannin, D-Jonesboro; Hunter Greene, R-Baton Rouge; Frank Hoffman, R-West Monroe; Kay Katz, R-Shreveport; Nancy Landry, R-Lafayette; Tom McVea, R-Jackson; Joel Robideaux, I-Lafayette; and Tom Wilmott, R-Kenner.
Their switch meant that the House couldn't muster the two-thirds majority needed for an override.
Gov. Jindal has argued vehemently that this measure is a new tax and that passing it would violate his commitment not to raise taxes.
But smart taxpayers, and the lawmakers who represent them shouldn't be deceived. "He's giving a 10 percent tax break to the 20 percent of people who smoke and cost us millions of dollars each year in health care that the rest of us have to pay for,'' Rep. Ritchie said.
While House rules would allow another vote before final adjournment, that's unlikely to happen. But since the tax doesn't expire until July 2012, lawmakers can try again in a future session, and they should do so.


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Hengelo, July 30, 2010. Hitman Pro offers her users to immediately protect their computers against the high risk LNK security vulnerability.
At this very moment, cyber criminals are actively exploiting the vulnerability on the internet. The software problem is easily exploited when you browse to a folder containing a malicious shortcut. This way the vulnerability can be used to distribute a virus on ex. a CD-ROM or USB flash disk that you opened with Windows Explorer.
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Co-owner and chef Michael Lenhart displayed a large ad for his painting service in the front window of his storefront eatery, suggesting his attention might not be only on the food and service we hoped for.
We were welcomed only by a sign saying "seat yourselves." Unfortunately, two other couples tried to do that in a seating area with a pine bench-like arrangement that broke under them. Maybe there's a rule: "When a restaurant critic visits, some disaster will happen."
On a recent Thursday evening, owner Michael and his wife, Georgia, stayed mostly in the kitchen, leaving the front to a crew of friendly but unsupervised young women in jeans.
An owner in the dining room might have noticed the one who wiped the top of the table but left a french fry on the floor. Or the one who was oblivious to her salad cart blocking a customer's return to her seat. Or the one who seemed to have a soda glass attached to one hand, while our request for water was ignored.
The salad cart, not listed on the menu, can be a visual treat in upscale restaurants where a server creates a show with a table-side Caesar's salad.
In Michael's version, a utility cart is wheeled to the table with an elongated box with five or six compartments for tomatoes, onions, carrots, cheese, etc., and the diner is asked to choose. But this is above seated diners' eye-levels, more weird than appetizing and introducing the Great Mystery of the Salad Dressing.
The server told us all dressings are commercial except for house dressing. When we asked what it is, she said, "I can't tell you. It's sort of a family secret." Okay. We don't want the recipe. We just want to know what we'll be eating. Georgia was sent for, but there was no compromising. We ordered honey mustard and never saw her again, nor did Michael ever appear.
The limited dinner menu offers appetizers ($5.99 to $7.99) and entrees ($9.99 for a ham dinner to $14.99 for a steak dinner). Drinks in plastic tumblers are $1.50. There was no soup du jour that evening, but we were told tomato soup is always served.
A "Man vs. Mike's Food" menu-page challenges diners to eat enormous servings of food, and the "Leaning Tower of Sausage Burger" includes two meatloaf burgers, sausage patties, cheese, onions and peppers on a bun ($22.99, with fries, drink and dessert).
We started with an appetizer of six deep-fried breaded shrimp ($6.99) with a bowl of familiar cocktail sauce and a plastic basket with four seasoned strips of warm bread.
Plates of large, hot entree portions replaced salad bowls, and a familiar fried haddock fillet ($9.99) was served with good cole slaw and too many ordinary french fries.
Chicken Parmesan ($11.99) was overwhelming. A dish covered with penne pasta in a mild sauce of seasoned tomato bits had a small side with a sauteed piece of chicken breast, pounded to about one-quarter inch, far from traditional versions of this Italian favorite.
We selected desserts from a large basket filled with "little cakes" (90 cents each). Small rectangles from a variety of homemade cakes were tightly wrapped in plastic and identified on top by black markers. We carried coconut and pistachio cake-bites back to our table and, without plates, unwrapped the packages on the bare table.
The ambitious Lenharts have been aiming for home-cooked food, small prices, large portions and high quality for more than five months. Perhaps they'll soon add diners' comfort, pleasure and taste, too.


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Healthy vs Unhealthy Relationships
A strong dating relationship is based on equality and respect, not power and control.
Being in a HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP Means:
- Loving and taking care of yourself, before and while in a relationship.
- Respecting individuality, embracing differences, and allowing each person to "be themselves."
- Doing things with friends and family and having activities independent of each other.
- Discussing things, allowing for differences of opinion, and compromising equally.
- Expressing and listening to each other's feelings, needs, and desires.
- Trusting and being honest with yourself and each other.
- Respecting each other's need for privacy.
- Sharing sexual histories and sexual health status with a partner.
- Practicing safer sex methods.
- Respecting sexual boundaries and being able to say no to sex.
- Resolving conflicts in a rational peaceful, and mutually agreed upon way.
- There is room for positive growth and you learn more about each other as you develop and mature.
When one person in a relationship repeatedly scares, hurts, or puts down the other person, it is abuse.
If you are in an UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP:
- You care for and focus on another person only and neglect yourself or you focus only on yourself and neglect the other person.
- You feel pressure to change to meet the other person's standards, you are afraid to disagree, or your ideas are criticized. Or, you pressure the other person to meet your standards and criticize his/her ideas.
- One of you has to justify what you do, where you go, and who you see.
- One of you makes all the decisions and controls everything without listening to the other's input.
- One of you feels unheard and is unable to communicate what you want.
- You lie to each other and find yourself making excuses for the other person or to them.
- You don't have any personal space and have to share everything with the other person.
- Your partner keeps his/her sexual history a secret or hides a sexually transmitted infection from you or you do not disclose your history to your partner.
- You feel scared of asking your partner to use protection or s/he has refused your requests for safer sex. Or, you refuse to use safer sex methods after your partner has requested or you make your partner feel scared.
- Your partner has forced you to have sex or you have had sex when you don't really want to. Or, you have forced or coerced your partner to have sex.
- One of you yells and hits, shoves or throws things at the other in an argument.
- You feel stifled, trapped, and stagnant. You are unable to escape the pressures of the relationship.
The information supplied by this website is not to be considered legal or medical advice. The website is strictly for informational purposes only.


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Devon is around a 9-month-old Scottish Terrier.
She was picked up as a stray in the city of Easton and has recently been spayed.
Devon is great with other dogs, kids and even cats.
If you would like to adopt Devon please contact the Center for Animal Health and Welfare in Easton.


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Will Work for Free.
That is no news for film people. Especially for DPs like myself. Even when you do some good work. Or especially when you do some good work.
A while back I collected all those little ads looking for cinematographers, having no pay for us and asking kindly to bring our gear along as well. I found eight in one week. – "Oh and we have great food!"
Maybe I got to add here that I am living of very very very small budget productions. So low and no budget, you ought to invent a new word for it! How do you like Micro-Budget?!
A little later, after I passed the pitch of disliking being exploited for nothing and asking others to join me on the ride, I met Elizabeth from Will Work for Free. Just before I went off with a good friend of mine to the Burning Ice festival, announcing in 2011 "rehearsals for a changing world" (images here). Being all for social change, including questioning of values, economy, paid and unpaid work, this festival shook my mind.
I think I would consider working for free now more often, despite the fact I am neither rich nor making millions.
Elizabeth from Will Work for Free invited me kindly to do a guest post for her. So if you wanna read all about what twisted my mind, head over at Will Work for Free and have a read about my experiences @Burning Ice #4.
January 29, 2011 04:23
I like the idea of "open source" media projects, there are interesting possibilites and those committed to a project can make money or benefit collaterally but ideas on Open Video need to be mapped out in such a way, like with the Will Work for Free idea, that gives media the opportunity to form a new practice in a new industry. The tangled web of traditional modus operandi is stifling and giving its best shot at forcing a square peg into a round hole. We've got opportunities for a revived milieu in media making but it wont come together until all ideas achieve some sort of syndication.


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UPDATE 4-Apple to host Oct. 23 event, iPad mini expected
UPDATE 4-Apple to host Oct. 23 event, iPad mini expected
News from Reuters:
* Smaller tablet would be new segment for Apple
* 7-8 inch screen, seen to compete with Kindle, Nexus
By Poornima Gupta
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Apple Inc will host an event on Oct. 23, said a source familiar with the plan, in what is expected to be the unveiling of a smaller iPad to venture into a market staked out well in advance by rivals Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc.
Speculation has swirled for months that Apple was planning a smaller, less expensive version of its popular iPad to take on cheaper competing devices, a move that analysts say may hurt its margins but prevent its arch-rivals from dominating an increasingly important computing segment.
The consumer device giant is gearing up to unveil a new product at a major Oct. 23 event, said the source who declined to be named, days before Microsoft Corp unveils Windows 8 and its new Surface tablet on Oct. 26.
The source did not specify what the product would be. An Apple spokesman declined to comment. continues on Reuters
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Samsung 10″ Nexus Tablet Won't Be Seen Until "First Half of Next Year"
News from Droid Life:
Google is planning on making a splash in the next few months with their Nexus program. We all know about the Nexus phones that are supposed to be dropping soon, but we are pretty certain that Samsung has a tablet up their sleeve to add to the Nexus portfolio. CNET is reporting that the two companies are working towards a 10″ Nexus tablet to follow up the wildly popular Nexus 7.
We've heard before that the display will be pushing a 2560×1600 resolution, which equals 299 ppi and is more than any other tablet out there right now. Unfortunately, it sounds as if we can't expect this tablet anytime before "the first half of next year," which is a pretty big timefra…………… continues on Droid Life
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First of all, many apologies for all the typos in a letter I wrote recently. The title of the letter before it was changed at publication was, "To Merge Or Not To Merge." With that title, the first line about Shakespeare actually made sense.
The piece was typed with precision, and grammatically correct. However, with my tendency to be "old school," and my desire to give the Post Office some much needed business, I put the letter in an envelope and dropped it in this big blue box. Which I guess meant that it had to be retyped "on site" and not one to point fingers, but things headed south after that.
So with much needed forgiveness from my close-knit group of friends down at the P.O., I have now gone electronic.
With that bit of shameless housekeeping out of the way, let me ask this. Can we all just relax a little on this global warming thing? Or climate change? Whichever we are calling it this week. I'm all for a cleaner planet; who isn't? And yes the Earth could use a quick "once over." A little spit and polish, maybe some vacuuming, tighten up a few of those pesky loose planks before somebody gets hurt. But take it easy, soon enough, someone will think of a cleaner way to make the world spin. Until then, we'll be fine.
I don't like pollution and littering. My car gets 37 MPG. We're big on conservation. People who are too lazy to walk to the nearest trash can disgust me as much as anyone. We should all do our part, but come on, can everything be a result of global warming? If it rains for three days followed by two sunny days some folks get really concerned. I call it weather and thank the good Lord for all five days.
"Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high." So Ian Tyson wrote. It wasn't a song about climate change.
At times like this I remember the words from my departed old friend William Watson of Nashville, Tenn., "Everything gonna be okay."
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - It happens every year in the NFL draft. Fans all around the country latch on to one guy, or a handful of guys, and they are willing to "bang the drum" for them. I, just like so many of you, am guilty of this.
In 2010, I carried the flag for Rolando McClain. I even praised the Raiders for making a brilliant and safe pick. I thought McClain was the next great middle linebacker when, in actuality, he is far from that. McClain is now out of the league.
That same year I felt that TCU's Daryl Washington wasn't getting enough run and he could end up being the steal of the draft. So far so good there as long as he stays out of trouble.
Another guy I was bullish on was North Carolina's Robert Quinn, even though he hadn't played organized football for a year. It looks like Quinn is on the fast track to stardom.
But then there was Aaron Curry, who was considered a safe prospect by so many, including myself. He was a complete flop.
It's just a natural feeling around draft time to become enamored with players. Some will be hits. Others will be misses.
The following is a list of guys I have taken a liking to - more so than other experts around the country. These are the guys I am willing to go to bat for. Some may be first round picks. Others later in the draft. Either way, I feel like I need to stand up for them because they are in the Fedor fraternity. They have officially become "My Guys."
DE: Marcus Smith, Louisville
The former high school quarterback was not highly sought after. When he arrived at Louisville, the coaches made the decision to switch him to the defensive side of the ball, and it turned out to be the right move. The Cardinals' Defensive MVP and Conference Player of the Year in 2013 finished with 18.5 tackles for loss and 14.5 sacks in his final season at Louisville. Smith is fast, explosive and athletic. He also has active hands to get around the edge. While he needs to get stronger and work on his pass-rushing moves, Smith could turn into a sack specialist at the next level as long as he and the coaches are willing to put in the time.
DT: Will Sutton, Arizona State
Coming into this season, there was a lot of excitement surrounding Sutton as he was coming off a year where he finished with 64 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, 13 sacks and three forced fumbles. Whether he did it on his own or the coaches asked, Sutton added weight this past off-season, which took away some of his burst and effected his balance. Hopefully it's a mistake that he learned from. Even though he can be overaggressive and has a bit of a history of laziness, which he admitted in 2010, Sutton uses his hands well and understands proper leverage. In a talented class, Sutton jumps out to me every time I watch him play.
OLB: Ryan Shazier, Ohio State
Despite Ohio State's defense being incredibly disappointing in 2013, Shazier emerged as one of the best defensive players in the conference. He led the Buckeyes in tackles (143) and tackles for loss (22.5), while also showing pass-rushing prowess with six sacks. Some may overlook the playmaker because of his size – he played at less than 230 pounds. But he has rare speed and athleticism for the position. He can also pack a punch. Shazier arrives near the ball with bad intentions, making big plays when the Buckeyes needed them.
There's no question that he will need to bulk up at the next level. But Shazier is a football player, the kind of guy who impacts the game every time he steps on the field. Inside. Outside. 4-3 defense. 3-4. It doesn't matter. He's a Top 20 player in this year's class and some team would be foolish to let him slide on Thursday night. He's the rare linebacker who has the tools to do everything – blitz, stop the run and cover.
ILB: Christian Jones, Florida State
Overshadowed by Florida State's explosive offense and talented individual defenders, Jones' best asset is his versatility. He played strong side early in his career, and then switched to weak side before finishing his career in the middle of the FSU defense this past season.
An athletic 'backer with the speed to run with tight ends and matchup with running backs out of the backfield is something that many teams are looking for. He has a propensity to get hung up on blocks, but the tall, athletic linebacker is very good in space, closing in a hurry, and rarely missing tackles – he missed two in 2013.
CB: Jason Verrett, TCU
Size (5-9) and a history of injuries are the only concerns with Verrett. Those two things should not define him as a football player. Verrett showed the tools of a shutdown corner at TCU, overcoming his size limitations thanks to excellent instincts, athleticism and leaping ability. He's short, not small. Tough, feisty, tenacious and physical, Verrett is also smart, with an ability to read and react quickly and get into position to make plays. It's tough to find a cornerback in this year's class that looked better on tape. Pound-for-pound, Verrett is one of the best defensive players in the class.
S: Jemea Thomas, Georgia Tech
Thomas came out of high school with experience playing safety and running back. The plan for the Yellow Jackets was to keep him on offense. However, his freshman year, Thomas was moved to safety, and served as a backup to Morgan Burnett.
Knowing that playing time would be tough to come by, he redshirted in 2010, and then came back in 2011. A starter for the last two years, the hard-hitting Thomas played both cornerback and safety, finishing as the Yellow Jackets' leading tackler in 2013. At 5-9, Thomas doesn't have great size, but he plays bigger, and is incredibly tough. Willing to support in the run game and unafraid to lay out receivers in the secondary, Thomas is an enforcer in the backend, but also has the athleticism, foot speed and instincts skills to help in coverage. The versatile defensive back is a relentless player, and his tank will be completely empty when the final whistle blows. Some team will have to figure out whether he's a cornerback or a safety. My suggestion: put him in anywhere in the secondary, and watch as he makes plays.


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|Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Iris Davis
The curriculum unit can be taught to all students in the school during their music enrichment classes. It is composed of several lessons that include the traditional music subject matter, supplemented by new and fresh parameters taken directly from research and resources of the seminar.
This unit appeals to the elementary school age student between first and fifth grade, and is an abounding learning experience for children of all races, religions, and cultures. The students that will benefit the most from the contents and the method of this unit are those who need to learn about the importance of respect for those they live and work with from day to day. This unit is a pride builder, yielding confidence to each by addressing some ideas about the people who inhabit the United States and how they are culturally accepted into society.
Through music, students can be taught to deal with the tensions and contradictions in our present society, and bring about solutions to problems. Learning about culture will open doors for them; at the same time the experience yields a sense of worth.
Students find out about their background and gain the knowledge of important historical facts by studying the origin of the major individual cultures presently existing in the United States. The lessons yield facts about their background which aid them in understanding their ethnic background and those of people they come in contact with on a daily basis. Knowledge of the cultures that help to make up North American society will allow students to develop confidence and help them to grow to their full potential.
After taking into consideration the above, students take a deeper look into the more recent past and work their way up to the present day situation placing emphasis on the more practical aspects that deal with their concerns and needs in the future.
A comparison of the history of the mainstream cultures is made by examining facts about how this country got started. Students discuss the map of Mexico, South America and North America pointing out the travels of the Spaniards, Africans, and other Europeans to the New World. Then we'll follow the history of the establishment of their colonies. Africans from the African west coast are discussed in accordance with the plantations of the Atlantic coast along with the role played by Spain and Portugal in their transportation efforts towards slavery.
Students become aware of an account of the Europeans expedition from the Iberian Peninsula to the New World and their need to put the lowland Indians to work.
Music of the cultures play a great role in characterizing each ethnic group to its fullest extent, giving a sense of the cultural scenario behind each. In order to understand the ways of these people we must look into the special effects that help to make a culture come to life. In this case we start with African music and compare it to Latin dance beats, jazz, spirituals, gospel blues, etc., as well as authentic American Indian dance, while the lessons focus on the values and generalizations of the music and its use of language and openness toward politics. Emphasis may be placed on the popular forms, religion, and its social role, tradition and innovation.
Students will discuss and experiment with Black Dialect to show that the dialect of Black Americans was probably the result of creolized form of English, at one time spoken on southern plantations by Black slaves. This account will give students a brief history of the Black dialects. Pidgin English served the purpose of a lingua franca when African slaves produced children, because there was no one African language which those children could use with their peer group. Since the abolishment of slavery the number of blacks who speak standard English has increased greatly. A majority of blacks still speak a "radically nonstandard" English which has been maintained as an identifiable characteristic of their ancestral English.
A comparison of Afro-American, Latin-American, and the European culture will show the significance of language and dialect in society, school, and home by putting emphasis on some rules of the grammar of formal and informal language styles in English. Language change begins with major historical events that affects the development of the human species in general. The planned lesson involves illustrations of examples of language changes and consequently variations, namely Pidgin, and Creole.
Exposure to individual races and their mixtures that help to make up the society in which we live, reveals the contrast between the patterns of race in the Americas and aid students in understanding the differences in the races and where they originated. Emphasis is placed on the American Indian as the back bone of Mesoamerica.
The Conquest of the New World is discussed to help students understand the slave system of the fifteenth century with a closer look into the involvement of other races and their influences on the slave trade. We look at the slave trade of the Indians and Africans by the Spanish and Portuguese: the groups that were transported to Brazil, slave expeditions from the Caribbean Islands and the effect the slave institution had on the Indians. Next we follow the history of the change in slavery in the middle of the sixteenth century.
The need for understanding today's society and how it is supposed to work for everyone involved, how they can make it work for themselves and where they fit into the scheme of the mainstream culture, exposes students to their rights to education, religion, private life, and civil rights and duties in the United States. Students can discuss some of the existing religions in the United States, with mention of Catholics, Protestant, and the Jewish Faith and the implication of the Constitution. Students must also focus attention upon education as a means of advancement in society.
Ultimately, it is my hope that this curriculum unit will help to bridge the gap between the groups in the school as well as in the community at large, and that new information and resources available will make it possible to bring students closer together. Academically speaking, students will have a better opportunity to succeed and build for the future.
The lesson opens with a discussion of American Culture in the United States of America. A blackboard and white chalk must be available to write down all the answers (even if it is a silly one). However, an eraser will be needed later on in the lesson.
I. Locate pull down maps of North America, South America, Africa, and Europe if possible. Supply students with desk copies of similar maps and one small box of crayons. II. Have students color code desk copies for future use. Point out North America, South America, Africa, and Europe. III. Have students turn maps face down on the desk. Now split the class into two teams. Have one person from each team approach the map. Take a desk and lay one pencil on top. Explain that the student must grab the pencil first and be ready with the correct answer within 3 seconds and must point it out on the map. Call out the names of countries located earlier on the maps. Students who do not answer in time will cause their team to forfeit a point and cannot answer again until the next round. However, the opposing team automatically is allowed to answer and will receive one point for each correct answer. Incorrect answers do not count. Each student may take only one turn. IV. Have the students listen Latin American, African, and Amerindian music noting the similarities and distinctness of style. Choose one or two students to demonstrate dance steps that may go along with each.
1. Pull down class maps of North America, South America, Africa, and Europe. 2. Desktop copies of maps mentioned above. 3. Small boxes of crayons (one per student). 4. Audio tape player. 5. Audio tapes of Latin American, African, and Amerindian music.
I. Before the lesson begins, on the blackboard write down these vocabulary words. It would be to the advantage of the students if these words are copied out and given to them either one class ahead or in the beginning of class.
When the Europeans came to the New World (North America) American Indians lived in villages, and communities that Europeans called "tribes." Some were hunters; other were agriculturists and lived off the land. They depended upon the labor of women for planting, weeding and harvesting. Men cleared and burned the underbrush which is the process known as "slash-and-burn." "Shifting" or "fire" agriculture is known to have been used by the Mayan. They devoted time to hunting and fishing during the rest of the year.
II. Have students say the words one time before beginning the discussion. Have them tell what they already know about each one. Reinforce their knowledge with the facts.
Racial and cultural mixtures have always happened in history, but after Columbus' enterprise, mixture became a clear consequence of the European profit-making undertaking. The New World was richly endowed with fertile soils, a wide range of climates, and reserves of precious metals. "The Conquest of Mexico" was the capture of native labor (Harris 1964, 11).
Europeans found it impossible to put the lowland Indians to work, except under a system of direct slavery. They were put to work on the production of plantation crops to produce agriculture, industrial and mineral products for the benefit of their invaders (Harris 1964, 12).
III. Have students take out the maps from lesson one and trace the expedition of the Spanish along the coasts of Mexico and North and South America and the Caribbean Islands. Discuss as you go.
The Spanish thought the lowland Indians were good for slave labor and justified the forced labor by claiming them as heathens and cannibals. During the last days of the fifteenth century and the first decades of the sixteenth century slave expeditions came to the Caribbean Islands and along the coasts of Mexico and North and South America (Harris 1964, 12).
In the Caribbean the native slavery was doomed because of the cruelty and harshness of it. Added to this, there was a relatively small population (1,000,000±), in comparison with populations on the continent. They died by the thousands while in labor. Many committed suicide, while others disappeared into the forests. The Indians lacked immunity against Europeans and African diseases such as measles, smallpox and respiratory infections. By the end of the seventeenth century, practically the entire Indian population of the Caribbean had been wiped out. As the supply of lowland Indian slaves diminished, the Portuguese and lowland Spanish colonists took Africans for their labor force (Harris 1964, 13).
IV. Bring into class Indian headbands and choose several students to act out the next part. Headbands can be made from construction paper and can even have a feather or two attached. Play authentic Indian music in order to give this factual story flavor. Also, use a "Tom-Tom" drum or any other drum you may have available and allow students to take turns drumming. This will add a sense of drama and rhythm.
1. Blackboard and chalk. 2. Copies of the vocabulary for students to keep. 3. Maps from lesson one. 4. Indian headbands made of construction paper. 5. Tape player. 6. Authentic Indian music on tape. 7. "Tom-Tom" drum or other Indian type rhythm instruments.
Have students view a video cassette of authentic African music. Approximate viewing time is 22 minutes.
Music of Africa: OUR MUSICAL HERITAGE SERIES
Focuses on West African music, with special focus on the music of Ghana. m e chief musical instruments of Africa are rattles, bells, and drums. The sounds of these instruments are blended with the human voice to create a distinctive musical style. The music forms not only pleasing sounds but also develops a narrative form as well. In discovering music, we explore the fundamentals of basic musical categories with emphasis on both the technique and instruments as well as the music itself.
Let's pick up where lesson two left off. Remember that the Indians of the Caribbean Islands were dying because of the diseases and hard labor from slavery. Because the Indians were not able to keep the plantation going a different type of people was needed to grow the crops. But in the early part of the sixteenth century the cost of transporting slaves across the Atlantic was greater than the profits. This changed toward the middle of the century. The Spanish and Portuguese were aware that Africa held a human treasure. Sugar cane planting had begun in Brazil. With chocolate and the spread of the coffee-drinking habit in Europe, the consumption of sugar had skyrocketed. By the end of the sixteenth century sugar had become the most valuable commodity in international trade (Harris 1964, 13).
The Blacks from Africa became important. They could adapt to slavery conditions on the tropical lowland plantations because of the ability to withstand the intense heat and humidity of the tropics, and specially because of the immunity to disease.
Groups brought over were those such as Yoruba, Dahomey, Ashanti, Ife, Oyro and Congo. Africans had been pre-adapted by their cultural experience to cope with the demands of regular field labor. Also, the Blacks had probably acquired immunities to certain common European diseases over centuries of indirect contact with North Africa and Europe. They were a safer investment (Harris 1964, 14).
I. Introduce these African nations to the students by writing the names on the blackboard. Have students repeat the names several times. Call attention to the rhythmic syllables. Now split the class into six groups if possible. Each group need only have a few students to be successful. Give each group the name of a nation. Have students stick to the group they are chosen for. This will give them a realistic sense of belonging. Have them say the names of each nation in turn as they are pointed to on the board. II. After students become familiar with their own nation name play a game. Each nation must say its name in rhythm as it is pointed to on the board. The tempo of the beat is left to the discretion of the pointer. Any group that makes a sound out of turn must sit on the floor Indian style until the game ends and may only join in again when the game starts over. This simple game can be played several times in succession. The names of the nations are listed below.
III. Play authentic African music and give each nation approximately 2 to 3 minutes to come up with their own movement. Have each share their creation one at a time.
1. Blackboard and chalk. 2. Authentic African music. 3. Tape player.
Slavery was legally recognized in Spain and Portugal. Blacks lived in the newly opened territories on the African west coast, and had traditionally been employed as domestic servants. In the sixteenth century plantations were based on slaves, mainly black, in the islands off the Atlantic coast. As a result, slaves, and also the plantation as a enterprise, were transferred to the New World. A long chain of plantations soon covered the Atlantic coastal areas of the New World from North America south to Brazil.
I. Write these vocabulary words on the Blackboard. Slavery Spain 16th century Portugal domestic servant plantations decades II. Pull down maps, locate and discuss islands off the Atlantic coast. Point out Spain and Portugal. Then identify North America and Brazil.
In the nineteenth century, the English were forbidden to engage in slave trading (1807). Because of this slavery faced eventual doom, but was not extinguished for another two decades in Cuba and for thirty-eight years in Brazil. During the 1850's slavery was abolished in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Slavery began to disappear in Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Central America, and Chile (Morner 1967, 124).
Here are some terms that are used to describe what is called the pure races in America: Amerindians, Polynesians, Australians, Asiatic, Indians, Europeans, and Africans.
Physical and mental features are ways to define human beings. People come in many shapes, sizes and colors. Apart from twins no two humans are exactly alike. Culture provides the system of rules for the society: the language and other forms of communication, ideas, and beliefs.
Why People Are Different Colors is a book by Julian Muy that concerns itself with facing the controversy of today's world on the topic of race. How many races are there? Scientist do not agree on a number but have subdivided mankind into at least 60 racial populations. Different types of human beings do exist though.
Sharing this story with the students will help them to understand the reason why people are of many different colors and was written in hopes of helping them achieve a genuine sense of brotherhood.
I. Discuss the front cover of Why People Are Different Colors with the students. Ask several of them to describe the physical features of themselves. Read the book allowing students to ask questions on the spot. Revamp at the ending to reinforce the main idea. II. Add a song here.
1. Why People Are Different Colors by Julian Muy (can be found in the New Haven Public Library in the children's section).
Even though African languages survived for some time, Africans captured and brought to the New World were forced to learn English. They had to establish communication with the groups into which they were thrown. Africans had many languages and not one was predominant over the other which helped to spread the pidgin language as a lingua franca. Here's what happened. When the African slaves had their children there was no one African language which those children could use with their peer group. Even though the mothers and fathers spoke African languages and taught them to their kids, the children could only speak English together to communicate because of the wide variation of African lingo. Most times Africans were put together on the plantations with Africans who spoke a different dialect. As a result the children would use a common language, which in many cases was what is called Pidgin English (Wilson 1978, 147).
Each group of Blacks developed a specific language, religion, music, and folklore. For example: West Indians are very British. They were the subjects of the British. New Orleans Blacks are very French because at one time it was a French territory. As a comparison these two groups are both Black, both speak English, but do not speak with the same dialect due to cultural differences. In the United States there is a difference between Blacks from the North and Blacks from the South (Haskins-Butts 1973, 28).
Now this brings us to the racial mixtures that developed because of the slave trade. In New Orleans, groups of slaves were brought to the French territory of Louisiana. They took on the French Language but did not speak it well because the French were prejudiced in thinking that Blacks weren't capable of speaking their language because of its complexity, and would not take the time to teach the Blacks to speak French properly. However, the slaves had a need to communicate so that they could plan a successful escape. And so arose the Creole. Creole pertains to the partly white, French or Spanish, and partly African and West Indian people.
On the first glance the visitor senses Mexico City's diverse characteristics such as skyscrapers, colonial churches, and Aztec ruins, the sound of mariachi bands, contemporary nightclub rhythms, and gourmet restaurants, street vendors who peddle tacos.
Students will join the native families for a stroll in Chapultepec Park, see the elegant international boutiques that line the avenues of the Zona Rosa, and traditional Mexican handicrafts on the open market.
Mexico City remains intriguing, and exciting as we get the story of the Aztec capital and see how it came to reach its present state of sophistication.
This video cassette includes a feature on Mexico City and runs. It is about 40 minutes long.
I. Have students view a video tape of Mexico to get an idea of how it was long ago and how it has developed over the years. MEXICO CITY by Travelview International.
Folk music: A creation of spiritual feeling. It started on the plantation which was far from theaters, music halls, and other entertainment and was for Whites only anyway.
Popular music: For a long time Black pop was only listened to by the Black community, but then the recording business began to boom around World War II. Black music became a very popular American music. Listeners loved to hear anyone Black or anyone White singing in the Black style.
Jazz: It is called contemporary classical jazz and came from the spiritual and folklore form and is universally known (Haskins-Butt 1973, 61).
It was music and songs that prompted the Black slaves to communication which has made a fine history for them in rhythm and music.
In Mali, special training was required to be a musician. Instruments played were strings, wind and percussion instruments and the voice, of course. By creating their own style of music the slaves acquired a certain individualism and a survival of group activity. Slaves used what they knew to create work songs to deal with the strenuous work in the cotton fields. While working, their hands and feet were busy so they had to adapt the rhythms and music to their voices. That is how the call-response form began. Each man developed a cry which singled him out among the others. These songs helped the slaves join together and to stay strong in the face of overt suppression.
The White slave masters encouraged slave's work songs. They believed that it helped slaves work more efficiently. They were fascinated by the dances and rhythmic songs, but later learned that the beat of the drums was also a source of communication for the slaves. The drum code was well known by all slaves just as Morse Code became common knowledge in the military world.
The drums made from hallowed-out logs or nail kegs had skin stretched tightly over one end. But these drums were outlawed because the White masters feared it as a tool for escape. Slaves adopted a new rhythm because of this. It was done by tapping the heal of the shoe on a wooden floor. What is amazing is that the foot barely leaves the floor but releases the sound of real drums. The slaves retained their drums despite the master's rule.
Slaves had various types of songs for specific times and events. To mention a few: mood songs, taunt songs, and chants. These songs were more successful in helping to deceive the masters because they were felt to be too emotional to be taken seriously.
Religious services were forbidden the slaves. Once again White masters thought it a tool for planning escapes when slaves just wanted to continue to praise just as they had done in Africa to regenerate the soul. Out of Christianity another style of music was created: spirituals.
The spiritual "Deep River" was used to announce a meeting at the river:
Slaves on the other side would answer back with song to plan the meeting time.
- "Deep River
- My home is over Jordan, Yes
- Deep River, Lord
- I want to cross over into camp ground!'
The time was in the morning and on the west side of the river (Haskins-Butts 1973, 69).
- "Let us break bread together on our knees
- Let us break bread together on our knees
- When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun
- Oh Lord, have mercy on me"
NOTE: No materials necessary.
I. Have students make up a call and response song of their own. Divide the class into two sections. Choose a subject for the song. It may be helpful if the first line is supplied to get them started. II. Have students act out the song they just composed. See if they would like to add to it or change something to fit proper actions. This is one form of folklore and the telling of a story through song.
Chalo Nitka Festival is celebrated on the first Saturday in March. Activities include athletic contests, nation dances, and the crowning of a princess.
North Americans have developed organized cultural activities, such as concerts and other musical events. It started in New England where the Worcester Music Festival, in Massachusetts, has been an annual event since 1858. The festival is held in the Memorial Auditorium during the last week in October, and includes five concerts featuring symphonies and choruses.
Community festivals where created to draw publicity for communities, namely in honor of Philadelphia's English heritage. Two well known festivals are: Mummer's Parade and Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
The exact date of Mardi Gras is determined by the date of Easter. Celebrations began at Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans is known as the king of the Mardi Gras cities. Private masked balls are held in the Municipal Auditorium during what is called Carnival Season. Before Easter, Christians are supposed to have their last fling before behaving for forty days of penitence. Parade floats are made of colorful paper and flowers. Spectators wear costumes and masks. Those riding on the floats toss beads of every size and color along with fruit, fresh bread, coins and sweets.
In Puerto Rico emphasis is placed on San Juan Bautista Festival around St. John's Day in June when again Christians are supposed to enjoy themselves, then behave for forty days.
- I. Have students bring in colorful beads, costumes, and masks from home ahead of time. Halloween costumes are fine and add flavor to the Mardi Gras setting. Take a few minutes to dress up. Put on a carnival recording, and have a small parade. Allow students to visit other classes, and ask them to join in the fun.
- II. Mardi Gras or San Juan Bautista Festival can be done on a larger scale with some preparation. Chicken wire works best for stuffing crepe paper into the holes to make colorful decorations. Parade around the whole school.
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Blount, Jr., Roy. Not Exactly What I Had in Mind. Boston, New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1985.
Bromhead, Peter. Life in Modern America. London: Longman Group Limited, 1977.
Bullins, Ed, editor. New Plays from the Black Theatre. New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1972.
Dixon, Bob. Catching Them Young 1: Sex, Race and Class in Children's Fiction. London: Pluto Press, 1977.
Fernández, José B. Alvar Núńez Cabeza de Vaca: the Forgotten Chronicler. Miami: Ediciones Universal, 1975.
Haskins, Jim and Hugh F. Butts, M.D. The Psychology of Black Language. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1973.
Hayakawa, S.I. Language in thought and Action. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1964.
Hellerman, M. Kasey. żQué me Cuenta? New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1977.
Kuper, Jessica. Race and Race Relations. London: Batsford Academic and Educational LTD, 1984.
Meyer, Robert Jr. Festivals: US and Canada. New York: Ives Washburn, Inc., 1967.
Wilson N., Amos. The Developmental Psychology of the Black Child. New York: African Research Publications, 1978.
Wšlfflin, Heinrich. Classical Art: an Introduction to the Italian Renaissance. London, New York: Phaidon, 1968.
Music of Africa. OUR MUSICAL HERITAGE SERIES, Concord Video, Hollywood, California, 1987.
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Carpenter, Allen. Far-Flung America. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1979.
Farouhar, Margaret C. The Indians of Mexico. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.
Hughes, Langston. The First Book of Africa. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1967.
Khalfan, Zulf M. and Mohamed Amin. We Live in Kenya. New York: Bookwright Press, 1984.
May, Julian. Why People Are Different Colors. New York: Holiday House, 1971.
McKenna, Nancy Durrell. A Zulu Family. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 1986.
Musgrove, Margaret. Ashantf to Zulu: African traditions. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1976.
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Tomcheck, Ann Heinrichs. The Hopi. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1987.
Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 1989.
David, Jay and Catherine J. Green. Black Roots: An Anthology. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1971.
Davidson, Basil. A Guide to African History. New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1965.
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. United States: Penguin Books Ltd, 1986.
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Hintz, Marlin. Enchantment of the World Ghana. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1987.
Johnson, Gerald W. America Is Born. U. S.: William Morrow and Company, 1959.
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Well, here we are: The first Monday of 2010.
As you may have heard, some of the rules of commuting have changed since the headlights of 2009 faded into the night.
Has anyone been dinged with driving and using a handheld cell phone in Oregon yet?
On Saturday, a day after Oregon's new ban on talking and texting with handheld cell phones became law, I played a game with the kids as we ran errands in the car.
"Watch for people breaking the cell phone law," I told them. Whoever spots the most violators, I said, wins.
"What do we win?" asked 10-year-old Eleanor.
I figured that "bragging rights" wasn't a good thing to award a grade schooler. I imagined her throwing around that term on the playground and didn't like the "Sopranos Jr." image it conjured up. I also envisioned her running some sort of seedy card or dice game, something with the word "Monty" in it, under the slide before I stammered, "Um, well, you just win, sweetheart."
Great. There goes the motivation, I thought.
But the girls remained vigilant. After about 10 minutes, nothing. For whatever reason, be it the new law or new year's resolutions, motorists were showing restraint.
Then Eleanor spotted the driver of an SUV texting on eastbound Interstate 84 near 82nd Avenue. "He has Washington plates," she said. "Does that count?"
Yes it does.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, TriMet closed Fareless Square (the long-running no-fare area for buses and trains) and opened the Free Rail Zone (no more free bus rides) between downtown and the Lloyd Center Mall. If you're caught on a bus without fare in the zone, you now face a $175 fine.
Loads of bus riders are raising cain. But blogger and TriMet rider Aaron Jorbin is breaking from the angry mob. In "Goodbye, Fareless Square," Jorbin makes a case for the change's benefits for riders.
Among them, fare inspectors can now focus on the MAX, where there is a big fare evasion problem, and downtown buses likely will do a better job of running on time.
Oh, and one more thing: If you're driving downtown Portland today, don't forget that the cost of an overtime parking ticket jumped from $26 to $40 on Sunday. (Other parking fines increased in late November).
If you need help keeping track of the time left on the meter (or, in downtown, the receipt), may I suggest a mobile app like ParkingPal for the iPhone.
Sure, it costs a buck. But that's 39 less than a ticket.
-- Joseph Rose, Twitter: pdxcommute


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Alive was founded by Colette Murphy with only one thing in mind: to make life better through the supply of simple and affordable health and well-being products that really work! Our first product is French Green Clay, a centuries old healing tool previously unavailable, in it's purest form, in South Africa. This product has so many beneficial uses and we hope that you enjoy it.
Alive is dedicated to finding and supplying only the best products which are ethically produced from around our globe and look forward to continually bringing you some new and exciting ways to better your health naturally.
I grew up in a time where convenience and highly processed foods became popular and whilst my peers had refrigerators filled with processed cheeses and frozen pre-cooked TV dinners, the home in which I lived contained ingredients that were a far cry different. My mother was taught at a very young age about the benefits of healthy living from a nutritionist in Switzerland. We had a permanent supply of fresh sprouts growing on the kitchens windowsill and a pot of fresh Thyme Tea on the counter. She pressed juices instead of pouring them from a carton and cooked meals that my friends were completely unfamiliar with. 'What are lentils' they would ask? I was also brought up with homeopathic remedies over allopathic medicines. At the time I did not know the value of such an education, but grew to understand the importance of her knowledge and have since applied it in my adult life, now passing it on to my own children and others interested. I deem myself privileged to have had such an upbringing and also inherited a thirst for knowledge on the benefits nature can provide. At this point in my life I find myself acutely aware of the fact that people are finally pulling away from allopathic intervention and leaning toward natural cures and prevention.
In light of my upbringing it makes sense that my professional career took a path of offering natural products to the general public of South Africa, understanding the importance of educating as many people as I can possibly reach with the knowledge I inherited and gain on a daily basis. I seek new information daily and delight in the fact that we seem to be living in a time of awareness that the world needs to move away from chemical process and toward natural remedy – and fast. I allow myself time on a daily basis to do research and gain more information than I had the day before. The natural world is revealing its wonders more so now than in recent centuries and I celebrate the fact that, of this, I will always be a student and teacher, passing on the knowledge I gain.
My business began with offering French Green Clay to the South African market. This too was a product that I grew up with. My mother used it on her children, on herself and on our animals. I took it for granted as one of those things in our 'alternative medical cabinet' that fixed just about everything and was always available when needed. Much later on, having moved far away from my mother and finding myself trying to find it in local health shops or pharmacies in South Africa, I realized that this miraculous clay I knew so well was something I could no longer take for granted, for it was impossible to find. Many similar types of clay were available but none which held such strength as the clay from the mines in France that I was familiar with, and so it was at this point that I knew I needed to import it into South Africa and share its beauty with my fellow South Africans. It was no easy task at first to teach people about the benefits of such a product. Those accustomed to cures in the form of pills with unpronounceable names is acceptable and followed blindly, but to believe that mud can contain trace elements and minerals that are essential to our wellbeing and that it is able to work as a natural anti-bacterial, anti-septic, and analgesic to name just a few of its benefits, was rather difficult for most to accept – even though time and scientific case studies support these claims. Alas, the effort to share this information and get people to give it a try finally proved successful and I so enjoy hearing peoples success stories when they use the clay.
My company Alive Products is at a point of strength to expand. Within the next few months I wish to align myself with another like-minded company and bring an array of products to the South African market that are ethically manufactured, organic and serve to cure and prevent dis-ease and dis-comfort. With the right knowledge and pure organic products easily available we will be able to live healthier lives and then go on to further educate our youth of this exciting turn back in time toward nature and hopefully turn our backs completely, in the nearest future possible, on harmful processed & modified products / medicines that have been fed to us to make us ill instead of better. We are all capable of becoming this better future by having the right products available to us with the right unveiled & unadulterated information at our fingertips. My personal mission with my company Alive Products is to facilitate this process and allow everyone the wonderful gift of feeling ALIVE with what I bring and offer.


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Giants head coach Tom Coughlin is using a 2008 loss to Browns as motivation for this week's game, Jenny Ventras of the New Jersey Star-Ledger reports. In this video from NJ.com, Coughlin says "don't be misled by Cleveland's record, they are a good young team".
In another video, the New York Post's Paul Schwartz reports that the banged-up Giants will try to overcome their tough Sunday night loss to the Eagles with a win against the Browns at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.


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One killed in Barbour County accident
Training class deals with meth abuse
A training class in Elkins Thursday offered community members information about the problem of methamphetamine manufacturing and abuse.
The Harrison County Family Resource Network presented the training session at the Woodford Memorial United Methodist Church to a diverse crowd of around 30 people.
Elizabeth Shahan, executive director of Project SUCCESS Prevention Services, covered everything from the history of the drug, its ingredients and its affect on the body and the environment to how it is manufactured and how to recognize a meth lab. She also offered prevention strategies and addiction support and recovery.
Methamphetamine use grew significantly in 2012 across the U.S.,with a major increase in the Mountain State. West Virginia saw a higher-than-the-national-average percentage of meth users across the board, but particularly between the ages of 18-25. West Virginia also had a higher-age adjusted rate for non-prescription drug overdoses than the national average.
Originally synthesized in Germany from ephedrine, methamphetamine was used as a medicine to treat many different symptoms, and eventually was used primarily to cure depression and congestion. It was a vital ingredient in many nasal sprays, and was used to treat narcolepsy.
During World War II, the drug's uses were found to be volatile among both Axis and Allied troops and the U.S. began manufacturing it after the war. The drug was in Benzedrine and Dexedrine, which were used by everyone from college students staying up to study for exams to truck drivers on a long haul to housewives who were suffering from depression.
In 1970, the Controlled Substance Act was passed, restricting legal production of the drug, leading to illegal labs manufacturing and selling the drug. Illegal use of meth spread wildly in the 1990s, until the Comprehensive Meth Control Act was passed in 1996, eventually leading West Virginia to pass tougher legislation, causing over-the-counter cold medicine to be under closer observation.
Shahan explained that meth was a completely homemade drug that was not based on any plants – only chemicals – and recipes are readily available online. Many of the ingredients are extremely poisonous or flammable and include substances such as ephedrine, lithium metal (found in batteries), ammonia, gasoline, kerosene, rubbing alcohol, ether, gun cleaner, red phosphorus (used in fireworks), iodine, muriatic acid, table and rock salt and sodium hydroxate.
Shahan outlined the various types of clandestine meth labs, including small, mobile labs that can be contained in anything from a backpack or trunk with all of the ingredients, or hunting shelters and motels rooms.
She also gave the audience several warning signs to identify a meth lab that could potentially be in their neighborhood, including looking out for strong odors such as battery acid, nail polish remover, cat urine and ammonia, as well as blacked-out windows in the building in question, many different visitors coming to the property – particularly at night – and excessive amounts of trash around the property.
Meth causes damage to the environment, including toxic byproducts that create sludge, chemical fires and contamination. People exposed to meth or its byproducts can be poisoned by inhaling the substances or can be burned by the chemicals. Also, due to the volatile nature of the ingredients, explosions or ignited fires can cause severe burns to the body.
Meth users suffer side effects such as insomnia, memory loss, depression and paranoia, are prone to violence and psychotic behavior, and can be subject to convulsions and rapid or irregular heart rate. Just cooking the drug can cause nausea, vomiting, respiratory disorders, loss of appetite, strong body odor and rotten teeth.
"There have been an increase in reports of people cooking meth in hotel rooms," Shahan said. "Hotel staff do not necessarily know about the activity or may not know how to correctly decontaminate the materials. My advice is that if you find anything that looks suspicious – stains on the carpet, yellowish stains on sinks and tubs or white residue – don't touch it and report it. And absolutely do not use coffee pots in the rooms, as they are (sometimes) used to cook meth."
The drug is very addictive, Shahan said. Meth is relatively easy to find and buy, and is less expensive than other drugs. It can be eaten, smoked, snorted or injected and all forms of it are extremely addictive and cause severe physical problems.
One local woman who attended the presentation said that her experience with addiction resulted in her losing her job.
"I abused pain pills to help me get back to functioning in my daily life," the woman said, addressing all those present.
"People need to understand that addiction is real. It affects real flesh and blood people, people you wouldn't expect it to affect."
Rebecca Vance, director of the Family Resource Network, expressed her appreciation for all who attended the presentation.
"I'm so impressed by the amount of people taking an interest in this issue," Vance said. "It's great that people want to learn something and are actively trying to make a difference."
Shahan agreed.
"I'm surprised," she said. "It's been a while since we've had such a large group that was so attentive and that provided such diverse perspectives. People tend to walk around ignorant of the fact that this is a reality, that drugs affect all people, every race and socioeconomic class.
"People think that it doesn't affect them. But it does. And it's nice to see people come out and acknowledge this issue as a part of a community. It is only as a community that we will be able to create a solution."
For more information on all of the services of the Randolph County Family Resource Network, go to www.refract.org.
Contact Chad Clem by e-mail at email@example.com.


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