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Change to VHIEP will reduce feesJanuary 30,2014Change to VHIEP
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Families that use the states 529 college savings plan will soon be able to save just a little bit more.
The 14,000 account holders with the Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan (VHIEP) will see a reduction in the amount of fees they have to pay under the program. The change is projected to save account holders approximately $100,000 annually.
Nearly every state offers some sort of 529 college savings plan, which is named after the provision in the IRS tax code that allows states to offer tax incentives to save for college. Vermont provides a nonrefundable tax credit of 10 percent of the first $2,500 contributed per beneficiary, per year.
VHIEP, which began in 1999, has $225 million in assets. To date, 3,470 students have used more than $78 million from VHEIP accounts to pay for education or training after high school.
In 2012, $36 million was invested into VHEIP, with about $1.8 million realized in tax credits.
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Born: 13 December 1925
Birthplace: West Plains, Missouri
Best known as: Star of TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show
Dick Van Dyke is best known for his successful TV series The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-66) and Diagnosis Murder (1993-2001). A song-and-dance man who got his start in radio, Dick Van Dyke was a hit in both the Broadway and Hollywood versions of the musical Bye Bye Birdie (1960 and 1963), and co-starred in the popular Walt Disney film Mary Poppins (1964). For The Dick Van Dyke Show, Van Dyke won three consecutive Emmys and secured his place in the history of American television (Mary Tyler Moore played his wife). Known mostly for light comedy in films and on TV, Dick Van Dyke has also proven himself a capable dramatic actor in The Comic (1969, later known as Billy Bright) and The Morning After (1974). His other films include Fitzwilly (1967), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968, based on the book by Ian Fleming), Dick Tracy (1990) and Night at the Museum (2006, starring Ben Stiller). He published a memoir, My Lucky Life, in 2011.
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Dick Van Dyke was married to the former Margerie Willett from 1948 until their divorce in 1984 (including a separation for the last years of the marriage). They had four children: Chris, Barry, Carrie Beth, and Stacy… Dick Van Dyke also had a long romantic relationship with Michelle Triola Marvin, previously known for her unsuccessful 1970s palimony suit against actor Lee Marvin; Van Dyke and Triola dated and lived together, but never married, from 1976 until her death in 2009… He then married makeup artist Arlene Silver on 29 February 2012. He was 86 at the time, she was 40… The Dick Van Dyke Show was set in New Rochelle, New York; Van Dyke and Moore's characters were Rob and Laura Petrie.
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St. Patrick's Day was originally a religious holiday honoring Saint Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century. St. Patrick's Day has since turned into a celebration of all things Irish. Here's a look at Irish-American heritage across the nation.
The first St. Patrick's Parade was held on March 17, 1762 in New York City. In 1995, Congress proclaimed March as Irish-American Heritage Month and the president issued a proclamation commemorating the occasion each year.
The population of South Bend, Ind., home to the Fighting Irish of the University of Notre Dame is 100,003, of which, 10.4 percent claim Irish ancestry.
Source: 2012 American Community Survey
The percentage of the Boston metropolitan area population that claims Irish ancestry is 24.1. It is one of the highest percentages for the top 50 metro areas by population. Boston is home to the Celtics.
Source: 2012 American Community Survey
The population of New Rochelle, N.Y., is 78,390 of which 8.4 percent claim Irish ancestry. New Rochelle is home to the Gaels of Iona University.
Moraga, Calif., home St. Mary's College of California, has a population of 16,167 and 15.5 percent claim Irish ancestry.
Sources: 2012 American Community Survey
Over 34 million U.S. residents claimed in Irish ancestry in 2012. That's more than seven times the population of Ireland, which has a population of 4.6 million. Nationwide, Irish is the second most frequently reported ancestry, trailing German.
22.6 percent of Massachusetts population claims Irish ancestry, which is among the highest in the nation. New York has 2.5 million people reporting Irish ancestry, which is among the most of any state.
Of 2012's naturalized citizens, 153,248 were people with Irish ancestry.
The median age of those claiming Irish ancestry is 39.2, which is higher than U.S. residents as a whole at 37.4 years.
People of Irish ancestry, 25 or older, who had a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.2 percent. Additionally, 93.4 percent of Irish-American in this age bracket have at least a high school diploma.
Median income for households headed by an Irish-American is $59,220. It's higher than $51,371 for all households. Additionally, only 7.4 percent of family households of Irish ancestry were in poverty, which is lower than the rate of 11.8 percent for all Americans.
The percentage of employed civilian Irish-Americans 16 or older who worked in management, professional and related occupations is 41.1. In addition, 25.9 percent worked in sales and office occupations. Work in service occupations came in at 15.9 percent while 9.3 percent reported working in production, transportation and material moving occupations; and 7.7 percent in natural resources, construction and maintenance occupations.
68.9 householders of Irish ancestry own the home which they live in and the remainder rent. For the nation as a whole, home ownership rate is 63.9 percent.
Sixteen places in the United States share the name of Ireland's capital, Dublin. The most recent population for Dublin, Calif., was 47,156.
Other places with Irish influence include: Emerald Isle in North Carolina, the township of Irishtown, Ill., several places or townships in South Carolina, Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are named Clover, and seven places are named Shamrock.
Source: 2012 Population Estimates
In 2012, the U.S. produced 25.9 billion pounds of beef. Corned beef is a traditional St. Patrick's Day dish.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
The value of potted florist chrysanthemum sales at wholesale in 2012 was $21.5 million for operations with sales of $100,000 or more. Lime green chrysanthemums are often requested for St. Patrick's Day celebrations.
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Meeting Monday evening to decide what actions to take following three rare public grievance meetings by employees and former employees, the board voted to back the administration's wishes. But, one decision was a tie; all three votes resulted in abstentions.
In the first case, on whether to uphold the firing of former nursing director Eloisa Garcia, Trustee DeeDee Bernal moved to have the college pay off the rest of Garcia's contract, from March 25 when she was dismissed.
At issue was days Garcia took off from college to work at a local clinic to fulfill the requirements to keep her family nurse practitioner (FNP) license. While she was paid by the clinic, she also was paid by the CBC. When the college ordered her to pay the salaries she was paid for the two days a month, she refused. CBC terminated her; she filed a breach of contract grievance.
Trustee Jeff Massengill, who also voted with Bernal, noted that throughout the exchange of emails between Garcia and CBC President Dr. Beatriz Espinoza, the college referred to the days off as professional development while Garcia called them FNP time.
"We were never on the same page," Massengill said. "I think that is unfortunate. That lack of communication is the germ that grew into this whole issue."
"I think we should make that terminology painstakingly clear in the future," said Board Chairman Carroll Lohse.
"Noted," Espinoza replied.
Massengill then seconded Bernal's motion; Trustee Bryce Carillo voted with Bernal and Massingill.
The vote would have been 4-3 in favor of the administration except Trustee Victor Gomez abstained.
In the second case, involving an instructor whose full-time contract was not renewed because the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges review committee determined that although she had been teaching a certain series of health classes, she only was qualified to teach a single course in medical terminology.
The vote would have been unanimous to back the administration's decision except Massengill abstained.
In the third case, the board would have voted unanimously in favor of the administration concerning an incident of unprofessional conduct but Carrillo abstained.
Throughout the board's discussion of the three cases, questions by Bernal and Massengill dominated the discussion.
Bill Clough is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 122, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Vt. lawmakers pass plate reader restrictions
Vermont lawmakers this week approved a bill to regulate for the first time police use of automatic license plate readers and require law enforcement to dispose of the potentially sensitive information after 18 months.
The measure, which Gov. Peter Shumlin said he is likely to sign, represented a compromise measure between civil liberties advocates, who worry that plate readers could give police information about innocent citizens whereabouts, and law enforcement, who say it is a potentially a valuable tool in crime fighting.
License plate readers are a new tool, Shumlin said in an interview. Its an important tool to make law enforcement better, but the privacy concerns are real and justified, and I think the law found a good compromise.
More than 30 law enforcement agencies across the state have deployed the readers in recent years, including police in Rutland, Hartford and Springfield, and the sheriffs departments in Windsor and Orange counties. Readers can scan thousands of license plates an hour, allowing police to pinpoint location of drivers and check if cars are associated with arrest warrants. The information captured by plate readers is sent to the Vermont Fusion Center in Williston, which is overseen by the Vermont State Police. The federal government also has access to the data.
New Hampshire has forbidden police from using plate readers.
Police, who introduced the devices without legislative approval and little public notice in 2008, keep the data for four years, and resisted calls to significantly cut that retention period. They argue the readers can allow them to track suspect vehicles with ease.
For example, the Hartford police and other agencies deployed plate readers along the Vermont border during the manhunt for suspected Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in case he evaded a police dragnet and fled to Vermont.
The Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has asked for data to be eliminated in 30 days, saying police could easily abuse the system to gather comprehensive information about the whereabouts of citizens. But Vermont ACLU Executive Director Allen Gilbert said he was comfortable with the compromise.
Its pretty clear there are some people out there who are (worried) about (plate readers) and big data generally, Gilbert said. They dont like the idea that government is collecting all this information about people and their movements and then storing it.
It was only after the ACLU, along with its state chapters, filed a request for law enforcement records around the country last year that the scope of the plate readers data collection became apparent.
I think 18 months is reasonable and I think its important that there are oversights, Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn said in an interview. At the end of the day ... its a good balance. Eighteen months is fair.
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Halve your dose and increase your water intake
im 4 days though my cycle of Super DMZ 3 & recently started feeling so lazy/tired like i have no energy left of me
why would this be?
Halve your dose and increase your water intake
TheCaptn' is not a registered proctologist. His post are for his amusement only. Please seek proper medical advice if symptoms persist.
Sometimes PHs can make you feel like that..
Steroids do as well. Superdrol and anadrol are well known for it
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Hmm, I'm 4 days into my Super DMZ 3.0 stack and I'm feeling tired too. Not really low on energy, but I'm out like a light when I lay down.
Like some other guys have said, reduce your dose a bit. Cycle support MAY help. It seems to for some guys, but not for others. Remember, Super DMZ 3.0 is a VERY strong steroid product, containing a full 30 mg of some of the strongest AAS available, per cap. In contrast, many steroids only contain 5 mg or 10 mg per cap...and are much weaker per mg. In addition, different steroids effect people in different ways. For example, SD caused lethargy in some people, but others felt great when taking it. It really just depends on how YOU respond.
I can't speak for the OP, but I'll stick with the standard dosage for know. I'm not feeling lethargic at this point, in fact I feel pretty good. I'm just out right away as soon as my head hits the pillow at night.
If your piss isn't clear your water intake is too low. Stay well hydrated brother.
how strong is this dmz shit? is it stronger then anadrol ?
Its strong. I wanted to run it for 4 weeks but couldn't. 21 days for me. Felt pretty lethargic by the end of week 2, which was very similar to moderately/high dosed M1T.
Gains are similar to pre-ban M1T as well. It filled me out and it made me stronger. I would highly recommend using a hefty dose of T with it...which i wasn't. Only trt dosages.
Stay very hydrated as previously stated, stick with 1 cap a day, run NAC, and carb load like a mofo. Keep it on the short side as well, 3 weeks. An extra cup of coffee or two pre-workout wouldn't hurt either.
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S2h ran it and said 1cap was equal to 1 cap of anadrol 50mg
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I don't think you should be asking how strong it is. You should be asking "how toxic is it?"how strong is this dmz shit? is it stronger then anadrol ?
Yea I felt like death at two weeks in.All orals have that effect on me except winny but then my joints get fucked up.Win loose situation.
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The toxicity of orals is greatly exaggerated. They are considered a low-risk drugs from a toxicity standpoint, according to the medical commubnity. Taking 2 caps of DMZ daily--the recommended dose--is far from being too much for the liver to handle. How many guys do you know who have died from liver failure? There have only been about a dozen reported cases in the medical literature, despite millions of people having used these drugs, some to the point of extreme abuse, over the last 80 years. There is only one reason for this--oral steroids are not nearly as toxic as some believe.
When cycle support is added to these products, such as Advanced Cycle Support, liver stress is even further reduced. Public bloodwork has been posted by individuals running Methadrol (very similar to DMZ 3.0 in terms of toxicity) and the results showed liver enzymes which were still within the normal range after a full 30 days cycle at the recommended dosage. In my case, liver enzymes rise only slightly when using ACS.
Just checking in here. I'm at 1 week on the full stack as recommended by IML and I'm feeling great and progressing well in the gym. I check my blood pressure today since I thought I read somewhere that increased BP could be a side effect. Well it was 110/80. That is normal for me. So far so good...
The use of 4andro and epiandro negated the lethargic effect for me on superdmz3.0. But op, I'd go with the aforementioned increased water intake and half dose.
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Um… Okay, So Did You Want a Cookie?
Tony LaRussa will be back at the Cardinals' helm in 2011.
No, really.
I'm happy about that. I'm just as happy about that as I am happy that I still have all my teeth. And believe me, I like having all my teeth.
But I think I'm in the majority of Cardinals fans who really is over the glamour (if you can call it that) associated with Tony LaRussa. Is he a fantastic manager? Indeed. Is he one of the best ever in the history of the game? You bet. But… Mr. LaRussa, what on earth have you done for me lately?
Not that much. Unless, of course, you consider alienating our number one prospect doing something productive.
Look, y'all, it is not my intent to get all privileged and Yankeefied here, to whine about continued success and be an annoying voice of nag; because I know what it feels like to lose. I'm not seeing this for something it's not. But let's face it: a team that features both Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday in the lineup and Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright in the starting rotation, must be in the playoffs.
2011 is an all-in year for the Cards. They better throw every dollar, every asset, every rosin bag in to winning the whole damn thing.
Anything less will be a complete failure — and probably the last of TLR's tenure with St. Louis.
Believe that.
Go ahead. Hate me. I don't care. Just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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You almost sound as if your feeling a little left out, kind of like a Yankee fan when things aren't all about them… look on the bright side, it'll be Christmas soon… or Halloween…
Hmmm. A bit spoiled, are we?
I predict you'd better get ready for the excitement inherent with either Jonathan Broxton or Jonathan Papelbon as your closer; La Russa's La Russa—-he'll do what he does. The team will win.
Peter — I AM feeling left out, dude. I want my World Series and I want it NOW!
Prince — Yeah, trying to avoid that description, but we Redbird fans are spoiled. Not as much as Yankee land, but we are.
I wasn't surprised when Tony was re-signed. He and the Cardinals are like a married couple that stays together for the sake of the kids.
That's a good way of putting it, Jane. That's a good way of putting it. *Sigh*
LaRussa stays on – a good thing, indeed!
Quade beats out Ryno for the Cuuhbbies' job – Sorry, Ryno, you didn't win the division in Des Moines. Next excuse?
And, yes, you'll get your World Series – and your cake. They simply need to focus on the prize as they always had and to augment its core with serious plugs in the gaps from 2010.
– Randy
Randy — That's the problem. TLR & Co. haven't been able to fill the gaps…. HOW LONG MUST WE KEEP RYAN FRANKLIN? Seriously.
Always thought the love train ran deep and solid under the great arch for LaRussa.
But I do understand the lost love and the bit of humbling that can be brought on by finally knowing the truth.
LaRussa will be there until he wants to fade to black…or in this case take off his red and white's.
Could be worse, LaRussa could be getting a little extra loving on the side from his old flame…O-town.
Rays Renegade
RR — O-Town? The band? From the 90s? LOL.


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December 7, 2011 —
The building that for generations housed Heinle's General Store is getting a makeover, and already has been enlarged to what seems like twice its former size. The building has been purchased by Nick and Laura Santana, who also own the complex of shops known as the Narrowsburg Mews.
According to Diana Chiques, who is now managing Narrowsburg Roasters, which has also been purchased by the Santanas, plans for the Heinle's spot include a gas station, a convenience store, an ice cream parlor and a bakery. She added, "And we're hoping to open a restaurant with a bar." She said the owners are hoping to have everything up and running this spring.
Also, she said there are changes planned for Roasters. The name will soon change to Coffee Creations, and it will feature an expanded menu. Chiques said the shop will be closed for a week or so in January so it can be remodeled. She said additional Coffee Creations in other locations may also be opened.
Will Geisler, the former proprietor of Roasters, said he will be serving as the baker when the Heinle's facility opens. He said it's still early in the planning process, but he will be providing baked goods to Coffee Creations and perhaps other places as well as selling them in the bakery, which will be part of a larger market that may include a deli and perhaps a kitchen for catering.


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Students recognized at 'I Am Grand Valley' reception
Posted on January 31, 2013
More than 800 students who were nominated for "I Am Grand Valley" awards were recognized at a reception January 30 during Campus Leadership Week.
Faculty and staff members nominated students who display and employ strong leadership skills on campus. This year marks the campaign's 10th anniversary. It is celebrated year-round on the first Wednesday of every month when students are asked to wear their "I Am Grand Valley" T-shirts.
Campus Leadership Week continues through February 1. View a schedule of events at www.gvsu.edu/leadership.


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Imprinted Fashion Caps: a Part of Our Culture
In recent years, headwear has gained increased popularity as not only a practical piece of apparel but also a reliable fashion accessory. Hats, such as customized fashion caps, serve as a way for people of all ages to express themselves and define their personal sense of style. As headwear enthusiasts often say, every hat has a story, and for years people wearing customized fashion caps have been proving just that. From the outlandish to the more mundane, customized fashion caps are an instant attention grabber in just about any social setting. Creating headgear has changed over the past seventeen centuries so much so that the act of making customized fashion caps has come to be regarded as a highly creative and expressive form of art. Liverpool native, Stephen Jones, for example, realized in the late 1970's that the appeal of a hat is multipurpose and began to create customized fashion caps for a wide range of well known clientele. In the 1980's, Jones opened his first millinery salon and everyone from Lady Diana to Marilyn Manson began to rely on him for his signature customized fashion caps. Twenty-five years later, Jones is still regarded as a highly talented and revered artist in the industry of customized fashion caps and continues to prove that headgear is useful in our everyday lives and can indeed appeal to a wide range of audiences.
Branded Fashion Caps Appeal to Everyone
Customized fashion caps are a testament to the evolution of headwear, which makes them an innovative and useful item to rely on to help maximize brand exposure. Customized fashion caps appeal to just about any target demographic and are not necessarily gender specific, which automatically increases their level of usability. The Headwear Association is one of the oldest associations in the hat industry and was created in order to promote hats and headwear, recognize outstanding retail efforts, and foster continued relationships in the hat trade industry. In addition to associations and artists (as mentioned above) who recognize the importance of hats, companies and organizations can also gain from the many uses customized fashion caps provide for their line of business.
Customized Fashion Caps to Help Meet Marketing Needs
Customized fashion caps are available in a wide range of styles to help a company or organization enhance any marketing campaign. Whether your preference is an air mesh custom cap, an outback hat, or a custom knit hat, you are guaranteed to find a way to make customized fashion caps work for all your marketing needs. Customized fashion caps can be distributed to current and potential employees and clients to highlight your logo and ensure maximum exposure. Additionally, promotional safety caps are imaginative and unique corporate gifts that will make a stylish statement for your brand and attract new customers. Customized fashion caps have long been a part of our culture and continue to prove their usefulness and appeal to all types of people. So, no matter what the occasion, customized fashion caps are a great way to impress recipients while still effectively promoting a company or organizations brand.


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Monticello's Slam Allen: Soulworking Man
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MONTICELLO, NY — In 1926, composer Ray Henderson sat with lyricists Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown to pen what was destined to be a classic: "The Birth of the Blues," which went on to be a major hit for Cab Calloway, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. among others.
Another birth of the blues took place here in Sullivan County, when Slam Allen was born in Monticello, just before the area became famous for the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969. I caught up with Allen, now 44, in between European bookings for a cup of coffee in his hometown, as he prepared for a night of music at the Dancing Cat Saloon (www.dancingcatsaloon.com) in Bethel.
"My father was a musician and in fact, was playing a gig the night I was born," Allen said. His dad and uncles, known as The Allen Brothers, were a great influence on the youngster, and he claims that as early as five, he knew where his destiny would take him.
"Family has always been at the heart of it" he continued, "and my musical heritage comes from them. When I finally picked up a guitar at the age of 13, I knew I was home." Allen is soft-spoken off stage, but when the lights come up, it's showtime, and Allen takes the audience along with him for the ride. "That's just how I am," he said. "When I am on stage, it's not just my playground, it's the people's show as well.
"I think of my musical adventure as a journey, and I hope that I can take the audience with me as I continue to explore the musical heritage of the jazz & blues world that has been careening around the globe since the early 1900s. I like to think that I see things as they are and not through rose colored glasses. This journey is not just one of my musical roots, but a deeper, spiritual path that I have been on since I can remember."
Allen spends up to six months a year touring Europe with Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) as one of the headliners for their newest flagship, The Epic, alongside world class entertainment "Blue Man Group" and "Cirque Dreams."
Having just returned from South America, Allen enthused about the audiences he encounters with his band, all over the world. "Many of these folks don't speak English at all," he said, "but music is truly the international language—and when I see grown men cry, with a hand to their heart, I feel fulfilled and grateful that I can share this experience with people from all walks of life." Allen's love of entertaining shines through in everything he does and when he took the stage at the Cat last week, I was in the house.


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WORCESTER Ernest W. Colby, 70, of Hampshire Hill Road, Worcester, died May 22, 2013, near his home in Worcester.
He was born in Northfield, Vt., on March 17, 1943, the son of Ernest and Lodema (Austin) Colby. He attended Montpelier grade schools and high school.
Ernie worked for many years with Buzz Emmons at Vermont Expert Tree Service and later with Asplundh Tree Service of Vermont and Bombardier in Barre Town. He most enjoyed hunting and fishing and being on his land on Hampshire Hill with family and many friends.
He is survived by his wife, Gloria, whom he married in 2005; daughter, Cherie Jarvis and her husband, William, of Morrisville, Vt.; a son, West L. Colby and his wife, Laura, of Tenn.; five grandchildren, Will Jarvis, Joshua Jarvis and Alana McLane, Lyden L. Colby and Tyler J. Colby; three great-grandchildren, Caleb Jarvis and Alexa Dyland, and Aiden Colby; stepson, Donald Pierce Jr. and his companion, Lori May, of Middlesex; three stepdaughters, Karen Kerin of Middlesex, Lisa Forbes and her husband, Mike, of Worcester and Patricia ONeill of Worcester; seven step-grandchildren, Jillian and Allison Pierce, Lucy and Zoey Kerin, Trevor and Jennifer Forbes, and Katelynn ONeill.
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#102344 - 05/01/03 10:45 PM Grammar: is or are?
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I am a non-native speaker of English, and I would appreciate if anyone could be so kind as to answer a quick grammar question that I have. Please, read the sentence below:
One of my favorite hobbies is/are soap operas.
My question is, should the sentence read 'is' or 'are'? I am very unsure about this particular example. I would also very much like to have an explanation to why 'is' or 'are' should be applied. Thanks for any help you can provide!
#102345 - 05/01/03 11:26 PM Re: Grammar: is or are?
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I would use 'is' to agree with 'one', which is the subject.
Welcome to the madhouse, hani. If you've been lurking here for any length of time and observing our antics, you will know that we rarely give a straightforward answer that everyone agrees on.
#102346 - 05/01/03 11:50 PM Re: Grammar: is or are?
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Thank you so much for your warm welcome and help!! It is much appreciated! I signed up only a few hours ago. This seems to be a great place! Thanks again for your help!
#102347 - 05/02/03 02:38 AM Re: Grammar: is or are?
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" . . . you will know that we rarely give a straightforward answer that everyone agrees on."
I agree, Bingley... ;-)
As regards the original sentence, Heni, I think you could also rephrase it to say, "One of my hobbies is watching soap operas (or acting in... :-))," thus creating some distance between 'is' and 'soap operas' which could have been the reason for the sentence sounding odd in the first place. Of course, as has been pointed out and explained succinctly, the original sentence is quite correct.
I'm not sure if I can take the liberty of welcoming you yet, being a stranger just like you... I'm still struggling to get a grasp of things that go about here, but believe me, it's quirky, fun and at more ocassions than one would expect -- enlightening too!!
#102348 - 05/02/03 06:47 AM Re: Grammar: is or are?
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Good advice from anchita (who is perfectly within her rights to welcome anyone to this madhouse). The gerund watching would normally be understood in the original sentence and can be left out in colloquial speech. If it is indeed acting in soap operas that is one of your hobbies, heni, then it would be best to state that explicitly. For purposes of understanding the grammar, just know that the gerund is understood.
#102349 - 05/02/03 07:47 AM Re: Grammar: is or are?
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following up on what Faldage said, the one of the basic rules of english is "every sentence must have a noun and verb" - which, because this english, then gets fudged*! since "Go!" or "Stop!" (verbs only!) are valid--
the answer is in Go and Stop- the subject is implied.. you are speaking to the the person you want to go or stop, and they are implied subject.
In your example, "One of my favoite hobbies is soap operas" the part of the verb is implied! since the object (soap operas) are not tangible things, the implication is, you must have some way of accessing them.. (that is you watch them on television) since they are only available by watching, we use the gerund form of the verb, watching -- and is watching, (a verb phrase) is the verb.
with many hobbies, the gerund would just pop in..
my hobby is skating
my hobby is running
my hobby is swimming
my hobby is bikeridding
my hobby is ......ing
"implied" verbs are all to frequent when dealing with english, a language that claims to require one in every valid sentence!
One way i deal with verb/subject agreement, when i am unsure -- is to "recast" the sentence (and in another thread, someone just gave the proper rhetorical term.) by recasting, i mean move the words around and rewrite the sentence..
Of my hobbies, the favorite one is/are.. and in this form of the sentence it is much clearer that favorite one is the subject, not hobbies.! if you added watching or acting in, to the is, it would make the sentence even clearer.
an other hobby that might generate the same problem could be oil or watercolor painting
(One of my favorite hobbies is watercolors.. (the implied verb is painting but you could also use creating.)
always remember the revolutionary chant of the americans
"No taxation without representation!" (and the verb there is? Implied!-- this is what the chanters want -- but they leave off, and imply both the subject and the verb the "I Want" part!)
*fudge/d is an american slang term for breaking rules...
if one is not total truthful, or cheats, or break rules, they can be fudging-- "i fudged on my taxes, and didn't include all the cash i earned working weekends."
"i fudged a bit on test, i heard the morning class complaining about the essay question on XXX, and during lunch, i reread that chapter" or classically, " i fudged a bit on my age.. there is no reason for them to know i am over XX!"_________________________
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#102350 - 05/02/03 08:31 AM Re: Grammar: is or are?
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we rarely give a straightforward answer that everyone agrees on.
Well, I am immediately going to disagree with Bingley (!) and say that his answer is unequivocally correct. I would like to add my welcome, also, heni. oftroy, also known as Helen (how could we help it?), gave you some good examples. I can only add that the verb must agree with the subject, and in your sentence, the word 'one' is the subject. One is. Many are. If you, for example, wanted to list your hobbies, you would put, "My hobbies are: reading, bicycling, and (watching, as Helen said, is implied) soap operas".
You could also recast your sentence as: "I have many hobbies; one of them is soap operas". Hmm--in a way, this is similar to your sentence; you wrote 'hobbies is', and I wrote 'them is'. To me, mine makes it clearer that the verb should be singular to go with 'one'; however, I am belatedly realizing that it may not be clearer to a non-native English speaker. Oops!
However, let me congratulate you on your acquisition of the language; to have gotten so far as to question this--a topic we have had disagreements about, ourselves--shows a great understanding.
#102351 - 05/02/03 10:31 AM Re: Grammar: is or are?
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Re:I have many hobbies; one of them is soap operas". Hmm--in a way, this is similar to your sentence; you wrote 'hobbies is', and I wrote 'them is'.
Yes, recasting the sentence can change thing! in your recast, Jackie, you changed the object! I have many hobbies; one of them refers to object hobbies, it is really "one of the(m) hobbies"=(one hobby)which clearly is singular and takes is as the verb.
simplifed--I have hobbies. (subject: i verb: have object: hobbies,and in the second half of the sentence, (subject: one, dependant clause*: (of them (implied: hobbies)-(with one being the subject, and of them a dependant clause)a singular noun again!) verb: is (singular verb form) object: soap operas!
the meaning of the dependant clause "depends on" the object in the first sentence (or in this case,first clause of the sentence)
sometimes- a collective plural object is treated like a singluar:
Oils is a singluar object for the verb phrase Oil painting(watercolors works the same way)
soap opera's is a singular object for watching soap opera's
you could perhaps also use "wild mushrooms" for collecting wild mushrooms" (My hobby is wild mushrooms=my hobby is collecting wild mushrooms)
what helps me recast, is i learned to diagram sentences, (everyone who knows what i mean raise their hand, yes, i see my dear Mr Bingley, and Faldage, and twuwm, and puzzled looks on everyone elses faces asking "What is diagraming?"- so i can "see" dependent clause, and prepositional phrases very clearly!
it is a fairly common error in spoken english (and all too often in written english), to have a dependant clause too far away from the object it is referring to. (the rule is, a dependant clause refer back to the last noun/object.) many of us make that common mistake here, and frequently!(me include!) and almost every time, it becomes a source of humor. (we had one example recently-- i'll see if i can find it.)
The reason it is common here, is, most of the post are in a written form of spoken english, not in proper written english..
an example, Yes is proper (formal) answer for the affirmative, but when english speakers speak, they rarely say "Yes" but say yeah, or sure or OK oryup... words you will commonly find here!(like "yeah, but")_________________________
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#102352 - 05/02/03 06:31 PM Re: Grammar: is or are?
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#102353 - 05/02/03 06:39 PM Proper Chopped Liver????
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...most of the post are in a written form of spoken english, not in proper written english..
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Districts who are participating in the PBA component of the field test should be receiving materials this week. For the computer-based test, this just consists of manuals and any paper accommodations. These should be arriving today (if you haven't already received them). For the paper-based test, this should contain all materials necessary for testing. All of these materials are being shipped to the district, not the schools. Each box will be labeled with the school's RCDTS code. For questions about additional orders, call the PARCC Support Center at 888-493-9888. A few FAQs on shipping have been included below.
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"Matt's Safe School Law," adopted in 2011, requires school districts to have a bullying prevention policy, but is silent on the growing problem of cyber bullying. Senate Bill 74, sponsored by Sen. Glenn Anderson, D-Westland, would require districts to also address cyber bullying.
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We seem to be getting a lot of stale idle connections on our Postgres server. All these connections are coming from our SQL Server and the pgoledb driver and appear to happen randomly over time as scheduled jobs run.
This appears to be happening with different scheduled tasks but there is one daily task that appears to trigger the scenario every time it runs. This particular SQL Server Stored Procedure uses the following syntax:
SELECT ... FROM OPENQUERY(BBI, 'SELECT .. FROM xxxx')
SELECT ... FROM OPENQUERY(BBI, 'SELECT .. FROM xxxx')
INSERT INTO [bbi].[db].[schema].[table] ...
DELETE FROM [bbi].[db].[schema].[table]
INSERT INTO [bbi].[db].[schema].[table] ...
EXEC('UPDATE table SET ... WHERE ...') AT BBI
This created 2 new Postgres connections, both of which were left as idle connections and one of which looks to be idle in a transaction as it has an xact_start timestamp (but has no table locks).
Looking at the PGNP Profiler log I see that it starts 10 Transactions but only lists 9 Commits. I can provide the full log output if required.
PGNP Version: 22.214.171.1245
SQL Server : 2008 SP2 (10.0.5500.0) x64
SQL OS: Windows 2008 (NT 6.0 6002)
Postgres Version: 8.4.2
Postgres OS: Ubuntu 8
The Linked Server (BBI) is configured as:
* Collation Compatible : False
* Data Access : True
* RPC : True
* RPC Out : True
* Use Remote Collation : True
* Collation Name :
* Connection TImeout : 300
* Query Timeout : 300
* Distributor : False
* Publisher : False
* Subscriber : False
* Lazy Schema Validation : False
* Enable Promotion of Distributed Transactions : True
PGNP is configured as:
* Dynamic Parameter : Enabled
* Nested Queries : Enabled
* Level Zero Only : Disabled
* Allow Inprocess : Enabled
* Non Transacted Updates : Disabled
* Index as Access Path : Disabled
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Over the last few decades, we've seen a rapid migration toward urban centers, a trend that is only expected to increase in years to come. I don't have the statistics on hand, so I can't throw out the big numbers (can anyone help me out here?), but most demographers agree that the human future is a metropolitan future. This trend has had big impacts on the physical structure of our cities, as more people require more housing, more services, and create a larger economy.
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PREPARE TO BE BEWITCHED Thaisa Frank's short fiction has been captivating readers for decades, even before the publication of her highly regarded and widely translated novel Heidegger's Glasses. Now Frank has collected 61 old and new stories in Enchantment: New and Selected Stories, published this week by Berkeley's Counterpoint Press. As Booklist puts it:"The title of this collection hints at its contents — delectable stories with touches of the surreal as well as many plot twists and surprises. From short-short story to novella, each narrative demonstrates mastery of the genre." Frank will be reading from Enchantment at Mrs. Dalloway's on College Avenue at 7:30 pm on Friday, July 13.
A SALUTE WOODY GUTHRIE In 1988, Peter Glazer, the chair of UC Berkeley's Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, wrote a musical based on the life and songs of Woody Guthrie. Almost 25 years later, Woody Guthrie's American Song has been performed hundreds of times, on stages from Seattle to New York. Glazer himself has directed the award-winning play 25 times and his latest interpretation is playing at the Freight & Salvage Coffee House until July 22. On Saturday, July 14, the 100th anniversary of Guthrie's birth, Glazer and the cast from the musical will hold an open house from 1 to 5 pm and perform some classics like "This Land is Your Land." There will also be a discussion of Guthrie with Glazer. The Freight is also displaying the first public exhibit of The Kids Write to Woody . . . Woody Writes Back, letters Woody Guthrie wrote in the summer of 1955 when he was bed-ridden with Huntington's Disease at Brooklyn State Hospital. A few dozen children attending a summer camp outside St. Louis had sent post cards to Guthrie, and he answered each one individually. … Continue reading »
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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA -- I bought a car from a eBay seller Miracle Autosport with a 100% feedback. The car was listed as straight and stunning and when I received the car it was wrecked on the quarter panel and had bad road rash. I complained to eBay and was told there was nothing that can be done. They told me that is what the feedback is for, your experience.
The seller ignored all my emails to fix their misrepresented car. I left a negative feedback and the seller went through eBay (net neutral which is supposed to be a final resolution and both parties have to live with) to get the feedback removed and they lost because I had all the documents to backup my claim and the feedback was reinstated and the seller was going to pay for the repairs only to get me to remove my negative feedback when eBay sent me a policy violation saying my feedback would be removed.
It didn't say why so I called and complained 4 times and I put an email violation in against the seller for trying to pay me by putting money in my pocket to remove the negative feedback which is a policy violation and I heard nothing back from eBay on any of my complaints.
So now the seller has a 100% feedback rating and still selling misrepresented cars on eBay with eBay's blessings knowing they are ripping off the buyers. If you give them a negative feedback eBay will remove it without any investigation or explanation as to why they removed your feedback. You can only talk with a foreigner when you call eBay and they will not put you through to someone in the states.
On eBay's website there is highlighted areas for both the buyer and seller to click on and complain but the only one that works is for the seller against a buyer. I have been a member with eBay since 2002 with a 100% feedback but I have closed my account when eBay done this to me and I tell others of my experience and that they are on their own if a seller rips them off on eBay. EBay ignores their own policies. There are other sites I can buy from now and eBay will never be one of them.
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA -- Do not ever get an account on eBay unless you want to be held hostage the rest of your life. I have tried for over 6 months to close my account which has been inactive for years and they refuse to close it. They have lied to me and said they would close but never do. Their online close account request says I can't close account because it has already been scheduled to be closed but this has been going on for years. I have called and even sent certified letter to close account and they still won't close it.
KENTUCKY -- I am warning everyone, do NOT be a seller on EBAY. It is for buying/scamming only. If you sell on eBay, scammers will buy from you and report item never arrived, or some other baloney, and eBay will ALWAYS refund the buyers' money. Does NOT matter what the circumstance, sellers are the loser on the item, postage, and even final value fees.
Yep, greedy eBay still makes you, the seller, PAY. You PAY, and PAY, and PAY. I don't see how any seller can make ANY profit at all. It's a totally loaded game. So, if you want free, expensive items, concert/sports tickets, or valuable items, just get on eBay, buy; and then claim you never received item. Don't worry if you signed for delivery, or any other situation, eBay will side with the buyer.
EBay decides that because people use my computer (never been on my site but used same IP address), they claim I am connected to other accounts, I have never been connected to or owned another account, my credit is excellent. But eBay decides to punish me, this is like a bank saying, "Oh your brother who lives in another states owes money so we are going to punish your account and credit even though you have an excellent account."
EBay says this is legal and in agreement, I'm 100% sure I did not agree to be punished for someone else's account, eBay need to be sued for this overreaching authority. They also are always changing you fees saying they made a mistake and charge you more, this happens a lot.
Ebay took seller's side after I received a wrong item and the seller stopped talking to me. People who picked up the phone (supposedly supervisors) didn't speak English and were from overseas. Other supervisor talked as a robot, didn't care what I was saying, only concern about the script he was reading. Very frustrating experience.
USA, CALIFORNIA -- Yes, once again, eBay is choosing to rip off the seller by charging for auctions in which there are no sales. I, for one, will not open another auction until you have returned to asking for payment after each sale, as opposed to charging for non-selling auctions, as well as completed sales.
It is completely unnecessary to do it this current way, as opposed to charging a little more on each completed sale, if that is truly what the company needs to do; however, my strong suspicion is your main officers are greedy for extra profit, even though they make more & more money simply through product price inflation, which gives eBay and PayPal increased dollars in fees. I simply don't understand these boneheaded moves.
I can guarantee you, eBay & PayPal already know how unpopular a decision you have made, based on what your selling customers are telling you & the way they are walking away, by slowly pulling product off your shelves, & taking their business somewhere else, as each auction becomes no more, due to this barbaric double-dip charging.
I am so ticked off at your executives right now, whereas, I was essentially moderately happy with eBay & PayPal, your pseudo 'spin-off' company, where, combined, you make 15%+ profit on each sale. Sure you charged a little too much, but at least we could measure our profit & loss on each sale, as opposed to getting ripped off before we even sell an item.
I hope you don't draw out the inevitable move back to sanity for months & months; that would be foolhardy. In the meantime, I'll move my sales to Etsy, where we have a much better deal, albeit less of a buyer base - & perhaps we will b able to build up Etsy & other sites to make the 'playing field' a little more even... but still, I would hate to see eBay to be so greedy & foolish that the company stumbles its way down the path of self-destruction, like such companies as Blockbuster, for instance, who stood in the dark, completely clueless as to what was going on around them. That would be a shame for all of us, eBay & PayPal, included.
CLARKSVILLE, TN -- After being a seller for over a year, I can completely and truthfully say eBay is more than completely unfair to sellers. I have a 100% feedback score, yet I still have all these problems. Yes I have my fair share of buyers with great communication, fast payments, and no problems at all. However, here recently I have dealt with such HORRIBLE customers. Customers that do not read the items listing or description, then open a case on me, and demand their money back. Buyers that know they are not buying a brand new item, yet when they get it expected it to be absolutely brand new.
I just recently had a case opened up on me because the buyer did not read the listing, yet continued to bid on the item over and over. The buyer had the item for over two weeks before they "all the sudden" wanted their money back. They then argue with me via emails over the eBay rules and regulations that are clearly stated, saying I was the one wrong. A case is then opened up on me and of course eBay sided with this absurd buyer. Clearly the buyer NOT reading the listing was MY fault. The buyer then waited another week to even mail the item back to me. I then never received my final cost fees back or listing fees, as I haven't in the other few cases I had to refund.
It is obnoxious that the buyers go through so much to offer items on eBay, then in the end the buyers are the ones that get screwed. One particular buyer that did not read my products description and listing thoroughly and cussed and fussed with me for what seemed like days, demanding their money back, broke my product in the process, ended up with their money back and me a useless product that I can't even resale. This is also a buyer that could not even make legible sentences, that it literally took me several times reading over their horrid emails to make sense of it.
Now this person has been suspended and kicked off eBay because I'm sure they were doing the same thing to several other people. I know not all buyers are outstanding, just as all sellers are not. With all this trouble, stress, and money I have lost over eBay not protecting their sellers I will not be selling on eBay much longer. It's about a joke of a company.
NY, NEW YORK -- I needed some "no smoking" stickers to place on the front door of my rental properties. I went to a local place and they want $5-20 per sign. So I checked on eBay and found some for $3 each. I purchased 10. The seller had a good rating, over 90,000 transactions, so I figured he was sound.
A couple of weeks later I get a package from Sam's Club. Inside are 10 stickers that say "store hours". Wrong item. So I contact the seller through EBay. The seller says, according to eBay's rules, I am to pay the postage and return the items to a different address (not back to Sam's Club). I emailed them back saying, "this problem was not created by me, the seller shipped the wrong item, the seller should fix the problem and pay the shipping. It is his error." Then they email me a link to print a label to ship the 10 pieces of paper back. Great, except I do not have a printer.
I again email the seller suggesting he either send me the product I ordered and throw in a return label or just mail me a return label. I never heard from the seller again. Big effort on his part to fix his mistake. So I took it up with eBay. And I won! They emailed me a link to print out a label to send the product back for a full refund (when I escalated the case, I told them I did not have a printer).
Finally, I got someone on the phone at eBay. They said eBay does not have a printer either and that I would have to waste my time, gas and money driving the several miles into town to find a place (library was their suggestion) and drag in my tower computer to have the label printed so I can return the item for a refund.
Now maybe I am just a little old fashion, but where I come from if you screw something up, you make it right. Where I come from the customer is always right. Not at eBay. At eBay if the seller screws up, it is the buyer's responsibility to fix the problem. Nice!
You can have all the "great" reviews in the world, you can have the highest customer rating ever recorded. But you only get one chance to screw me over eBay/Paypal. Never again will I make that mistake! Now is anyone interested in some "Store Hours" signs, I have 10 for sale, cheap!
After 300 transactions on eBay with 100% positive feedback I tried to contact eBay customer service with a problem. I soon discovered they try to make it as hard as possible to contact them. In fact, it took over 1 hour of wading through their garbage pile of questions and 30 minutes on hold, listening to their commercials, to reach a representative.
NOW GET THIS. THEY JUST REFUSED TO CLOSE MY ACCOUNT. The representative informed me they would not close my account for 180 days even though I had no transactions pending. He told me the reason they do this is they hope the customers will change their minds. I guess your customer service sucks that bad that's the only way they can hold on to their customers. I had to go to PayPal to get my money back and it only took about 1 minute to get in touch with PayPal. Is this even legal for eBay to just refuse to close someone's account?
Ebay does whatever Ebay wants to do when you leave customer support in the hands some some ignorant non-English speaking, rude females! I have had a complaint twice, yet I cannot explain a thing when I am speaking to these idiot women Ebay hires who barely understand English PLUS have little knowledge to understand much of anything going on at Ebay! They can only understand ONE concept at a time and hardly that little bit of information! I felt like I was talking to a foreigner who was 3-years old! I won't do business with Ebay again, either with buying OR selling!


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Franklyn N. Linton Sr.July 03,2013
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WEST NEWTON, Mass. Franklyn Nelson Linton Sr., age 93, of West Newton, Mass., formerly of Corinth and Barre, Vt., died June 25, 2013.
Born in Corinth, Vt., July 16, 1919, son of George H. and Beatrice (Miles) Linton, he attended grade school in Corinth, high school at Thetford Academy, MIT during World War II, and completed his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts at Syracuse University.
Frank married Cecile Tullar, of West Fairlee, Vt., on Aug. 9, 1942, whom he loved and cared for until her passing in 2002.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, then taught and coached high school in New York and Vermont, before joining the Vermont Agency of Transportation, from which he retired after more than 30 years of service.
Frank was a longtime member of the Grange, a trustee and elder of Barres First Presbyterian Church, a member of the American Legion, and served on several committees in Barre Town.
He loved and played a variety of sports, coached youth teams into his 70s, worked out at the YMCA to the age of 93, and was a passionate sports fan, especially of the Boston Red Sox. He enjoyed nature, especially deer hunting and summers at his camp on Lake Groton, where he knew each loon and taught many children the joys of fishing. He was an avid reader and a numbers whiz, easily recalling birthdays, phone numbers and sports stats even in his later years.
Frank greatly enjoyed meeting people and socializing with friends and relatives, but most of all he loved children, and they universally loved him. He adored his grandchildren, great-grandson, nieces and nephews, and delighted in spending many hours watching them play sports and perform in dance and theater.
He enjoyed travel and exploration, took his family on a six-week camping trip across the country, and he and Cecile visited each of Vermonts 251 towns and traveled around Argentina with their exchange student son, Carlos. They also welcomed their exchange daughter, Esther, from Singapore, into their home.
Frank is survived by his son Franklyn Linton Jr., his son Phillip Linton and his wife, Leslie, and his daughter, Cynthia Linton; grandchildren, Erika Linton Groff, Katie Fedigan-Linton, Alex Linton and Patrick Fedigan; great-grandson, Bridger Groff; and sisters Hazel Lewis, Margaret Varney and Lucille Aja. He was preceded in death by his brother, Fenton, and his sister Helen McLam.
Frank Linton was the purest, kindest, most loving man that anyone could hope to have as a father, grandfather, brother, husband, relative or friend. He was the best of the best, and he is dearly missed by all who were fortunate enough to know him.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lewis-Linton-Tullar-Varney Scholarship Fund, Thetford Academy, P.O. Box 190, Thetford, VT 05074.
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- Title
- 'Joy': memorialisation and the limits of tolerance
- Author(s)
- Frances, Raelene; Kimber, Julie
- Abstract
- While there are a growing number of 'counter-hegemonic' monuments in Australia, the numerous workers' memorials commemorating heroic male figures---coalminers, truck drivers, timber workers and wharf labourers---retain the exclusionary characteristic of traditional or 'institutional' memorialising. Many such memorials nourish a masculinist, albeit working class, vision of Australia's nation building efforts, while commemoration of the lives of women---beyond 'the exceptional'---is rare in the public sphere. This article examines one such rarity: the statue of 'Joy' commemorating the lives of women who worked as prostitutes in the 'red light' district of East Sydney, an urban environment then in the later stages of gentrification. 'Joy' is a memorial resembling the more recent tradition of 'new genre' public art; art that 'seeks to disrupt prevailing conceptions of the city'. When the larger-than-life cement, marble dust and steel statue took up her position on the street in East Sydney, New South Wales, it elicited widespread controversy. It is these different responses that are the subject of this article. They provide a snapshot of late-twentieth century Sydney views on prostitution and history.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Public History Review, Vol. 15 (2008), pp. 77-91
- Publication year
- 2008
- FOR Code(s)
- 160699 Political Science not elsewhere classified; 2103 Historical Studies
- Keyword(s)
- Attitudes; Australia; East Sydney; Gentrification; History; Memorials; Prostitution; Public art; Red light districts; Sculpture; Sex workers; Social history; Sydney
- Publisher
- University of Technology Sydney
- 1833-4989
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- Copyright © 2008 UTSePress and the authors. Published version of this paper reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
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