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The Nike+ iPod® Sensor Receiver Sport Kit will team up your shoes and iPod® nano 2nd generation or newer for a new twist on working out.
Comments: It works good for tracking, but the battery life has been disappointing. Bought this set up about a 6 weeks ago and the sensor already quit. I use my shoes only for running, and I've only logged about 50 miles on it. It was after this I became pretty down on the whole thing. Found out you
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Comments: I was weary of buying this product at first because I do not own any Nike shoes. I found a way to hook it to my Mizuno running shoes and it works wonderfully!
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Comments: This is a really awesome tool for running. As another poster stated, it automatically uploads you training details to the nike website (and not just the nike+ site, also Nike running training log). The down side is that if you run in a lot of moisture (heavy fog) the sensor and receiver seem to lose sync a lot. Perhaps I just need to buy a new one as my battery on the sensor is low already (10 months old).
From: Travis, Frederick, MD, US
Comments: This really helps you stay motivated. The Nikeplus.com website is also great. When you plug in your iPod Nano to your computer it automatically downloads your runs to the Nike Website. The run is detailed and graphed out to let you get a visual on your peaks and bottoms of your run. In addition while you are running it will give you updates on how fast your current pace is and how close you are to the goal you set. There are probably 2 downsides to this device. First, the Nike Sensor that tracks how far and fast you are running is powered by a non-replaceable battery. A new sensor cost about 20 bucks. I am not sure how long the sensor works, I have only had mine for a few weeks. The other downside is the sensor only works with the iPod Nano and not any other iPods.
From: Travis, Cedar Park, TX, USA
Comments: This system works great. Easy to use and very motivating.
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The truth about Prop 37
- Just a simple label—like in 61 other countries, indicating if our food has been genetically engineered
- Put on the ballot by a million Californians just like you
- Enables us to make an informed choice about what foods are right for our families
- Supported by consumers, farmers, nurses, doctors and a broad coalition
Stay up to date - read our latest press release here or take a look at our newest blog post. Donate to inform voters about Prop 37. Find your polling place to vote today!
Seralini and Science: an Open Letter
A new paper by the French group of Gilles-Eric Seralini describes harmful effects on rats fed diets containing genetically modified maize (variety NK603), with and without the herbicide Roundup, as well as Roundup alone. This peer-reviewed study (Seralini et al., 2012), has been criticized by some scientists whose views have been widely reported in the popular press (Carmen, 2012; Mestel, 2012; Revkin, 2012; Worstall, 2012). Seralini et al. (2012) extends the work of other studies demonstrating toxicity and/or endocrine-based impacts of Roundup (Gaivão et al., 2012; Kelly et al., 2010; Paganelli et al., 2010; Romano et al., 2012), as reviewed by Antoniou et al. (2010).
The Seralini publication, and resultant media attention, raise the profile of fundamental challenges faced by science in a world increasingly dominated by corporate influence. These challenges are important for all of science but are rarely discussed in scientific venues.
Proposition 37: In some circles, GMO stands for 'God Moves Over'
MERCURY NEWS, by Dana Hull, October 5, 2012
In the battle over Proposition 37, the statewide ballot initiative that would require California to label genetically engineered foods, GMO typically refers to "genetically modified organisms."
But in some religious circles, GMO stands for "God Moves Over."
Proposition 37 enjoys endorsements from groups such as the Sierra Club, the California Nurses Association, the United Farm Workers and the Organic Consumers Association. But many religious and faith-based organizations are coming out in support of the measure because genetically engineered food clashes with religious beliefs, from keeping kosher to being stewards of God's creation.
No on 37 Forced to Pull TV Ad After Misrepresenting Stanford University
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In a blistering admission of their own lack of credibility, the opponents of California's GMO labeling measure yanked down and re-shot their first television ad after they were caught misrepresenting Stanford University in the ad, according to the Los Angeles Times. The ad identified Henry Miller as a doctor at Stanford University, without disclosing that Miller actually serves as a researcher at the Hoover Institute, a right-wing think tank at Stanford.
The ad violated Stanford's policy that prohibits consultants from using the university's name for political purposes. Stanford officials also insisted that the ad be reshot to remove the vaulted university buildings in the background, according to the LA Times. Millions of California voters had already seen the ad, which has been running hourly in major television markets across the state.
"The scandal over the Henry Miller ad is proof positive of the lack of credibility and lack of integrity of the No on 37 campaign, which is at this very moment unleashing a $35 million ad campaign of lies on the voters of California," said Stacy Malkan, spokesperson for the Yes on 37 California Right to Know campaign.
Awesome Yes on 37 Chalk Art in Oakland
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Spotted: awesome chalk art project at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland. Who's handiwork is this? Whoever you are, you rock! We don't know quite what's going on with that tomato in the second photo, but then isn't that the whole point about GMOs?
BREAKING: Massive Tumors in Rats Fed GMO Corn in First Ever Long-Term Study
For Immediate Release: September 19, 2012
Contact: Stacy Malkan, 510-542-9224, firstname.lastname@example.com
Oakland: Genetically engineered corn was linked to mammary tumors, kidney and liver damage and other serious illnesses in the first ever peer-reviewed, long-term animal study of these foods. The findings were published today in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology.
Read the study here: http://research.sustainablefoodtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Final-Paper.pdf
While numerous 90-day studies have already linked GMO foods to allergies and other health problems, today's publication marks the first-ever long term animal study on the health effects of the most common type of genetically engineered corn, and comes as California voters consider the Proposition 37 Right to Know initiative to label genetically engineered foods
GMOs: Let's Label Em
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NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 15, By MARK BITTMAN
IT'S not an exaggeration to say that almost everyone wants to see the labeling of genetically engineered materials contained in their food products. And on Nov. 6, in what's unquestionably among the most important non-national votes this year, Californians will have the opportunity to make that happen — at least in theory — by weighing in on Proposition 37.
Prop 37's language is clear on two points: it would require "labeling on raw or processed food offered for sale to consumers if made from plants or animals with genetic material changed in specified ways." And it would prohibit marketing "such food, or other processed food, as 'natural.' " (For now, let's ignore the vast implications of the phrase "or other processed food," lest we become overexcited, except to say that the literal interpretation of that sentence has the processed food manufacturers' collective hair on fire.)
Moms Rise Up! Why I Protested GMO Sweet Corn at Walmart in Sacramento
Join a million more for the right to know what we eat. Sign up to make history today!
By Susan Lang
I confess I am a bit of a reluctant activist. As a stay-at-home mother of two young boys, I never saw myself planning rallies at the local Walmart. But I also never intended to feed my kids food grown from seeds that were genetically engineered in a lab to either contain insecticide, or to survive and absorb toxic herbicides.
Like all parents, I want the best for my kids. That's why I have educated myself, and learned firsthand the effects of a healthy diet on my family. Through research, I've come to the conclusion that GMOs don't fit into my idea of a healthy diet. The concerns raised by independent animals studies and the lack of long-term testing for these brand-new foods convinced me that GMOs don't have a place on my dinner table.
I've tried to avoid GMOs, but it's not easy! I can't always afford organic, and sometimes you just don't know if a food has genetically engineered ingredients, so you guess or make assumptions that may or may not be correct. And then there are the birthday parties, the school functions, the family dinners, holidays and soccer games -- all the times I am not the one feeding my children.
It became clear to me: it's not enough for just me to be educated about GMOs -- everyone I know, everyone who has children, everyone who eats has a right to know about genetically engineered food. Everyone should have the right to decide if they want to buy GMOs or say, "No thanks."
But the more people I talk to, the more it becomes clear that many people do not know about genetically engineered food at all, or are operating under misconceptions such as, "They label those, don't they?" Or, "All foods are genetically modified, right?" Each time I hear a comment like this, I am more sure than ever that Californians need to know this truth: Everyday they are feeding their children unlabeled genetically engineered food grown from patented seeds that could only be created in a lab.
What better place to bring this issue to voters and shoppers than Walmart? Walmart has just started selling unlabeled Bt sweet corn created in a lab by Monsanto. That means Walmart's corn on the cob has been engineered so that it has insecticide inside of it – not just on it, in it.
Official Yes on 37 Store
Welcome to the official Proposition 37 store.
The purchase of these products will directly assist California's movement to label genetically engineered food. California Right To Know is a people's movement, so we've made the prices in this store affordable so that you can buy in bulk and share the information with your community. We are extremely happy to have your support for Prop 37 and look forward to covering California with "Yes on 37," merchandise!
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Nestle: Consumers should decide about genetically modified foods - but not in California!
Join a million more for the right to know what we eat. Sign up to make history today!
Is there no end to the credibility problems of the No on 37 campaign? Yesterday we reported that Monsanto, the largest backer of efforts to defeat California's GMO labeling measure, ran ads in Europe promoting the benefits of GMO labeling. Now here comes a fresh insult to California from the Swiss-based food conglomerate Nestle.
Nestle has donated $1.16 million to oppose GMO labels in California, yet a top Nestle executive just went on record saying that consumers should be the ones to decide about genetically modified foods. "We have a very simple way of looking at GM: listen to what the consumer wants. If they don't want it in products, you don't put it in them," said Hans Jor, corporate head of sustainable agriculture at Nestle, according to Food Production Daily.
Jor also said that genetically modified food is unnecessary to feed the world and the food industry would reap more benefits from using resources more sustainably and employing other techniques. Nestle should listen to Hans Jor, and to their millions of consumers in California who want to know if their food was genetically engineered in a Monsanto lab.
Vote Yes on 37 for our right to know what's in our food!
Monsanto promotes GMO labeling in Europe; yet spends millions to fight it in California
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Monsanto is spending $4.2 million to fight California's Proposition 37, which would require labeling of genetically engineered foods. Yet the company gave its "full backing" to the same type of labeling in Europe, according to a series of ads first reported by the San Jose Mercury News.
The ads, which ran in London in the late 1990s, highlight Monsanto's credibility problem and reveal that Monsanto agrees with the key arguments that Yes on 37 supporters are using to advocate for GMO labeling here in California – namely, that consumers have a right to know what we're buying and eating.
"Food labelling. It has Monsanto's full backing," begins Monsanto's potato ad that ran in The Guardian newspaper in 1998 and 1999. "Before you buy a potato or any other food, you may want to know whether it's the product of biotechnology."
We agree! The ad continues, "Recently you may have noticed a label appearing on some of the food in your supermarket. This is to inform you about the use of biotechnology in food. Monsanto fully supports UK food manufacturers and retailers in their introduction of these labels. We believe you should be aware of all the facts before making a purchase."

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While the menu does tend to vary between countries, the basic menu board in the USA can be found below.
Basic menu board in San Antonio, Texas (and should be applicable to most US locations):
- 1/4 Pound Plus All-Beef Hot Dog or Polish Sausage And 20 oz. Soda (with refill)
- Chicken Bake
- Slice of Pizza (combo, cheese, or pepperoni)
- Whole 18″ Pizza (combo, cheese, or pepperoni
- Hot Turkey and Provolone Sandwich
- Berry Smoothie
- Latté or Mocha Freeze
I haven't had the time to add the prices to this page yet, sorry!
If you have pictures of your local Costco Food Court Menu, please send them to me! I'll be able to list whatever interstate or international variations there are much easier.


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If one wishes to know the geography of D-Day the always great Perry-Castaneda map library has a collection of D-Day maps, so does Canada History, and the BBC has some more general World War II maps.
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I have been summoned to a meeting of the Select Board in my sleepy little Western Mass suburb to weigh in on a proposal to hold a town sponsored 10th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 tragedy. The problem, according to the town leader who summoned me, is that the organizers of the event are all members of the Republican Town Committee who have apparently planned the event with a transparently partisan motive and list of dignitaries.
I have never been one to quibble about political motives on the assumption that they are always present and are not prima facie evidence for the denial of public sponsorship. I successfully challenged Organizers of an annual festival on the Town Green who tried to exclude "political" exhibitors and signage on the theory that a town festival over the Memorial Day weekend was no place for politics. Indeed, the decisions that led to the deaths of America's military heroes are and will always be political, to say nothing of the fact that our "politics" and the "way of life" of which they all understood themselves as defenders are inseparable.
Given my general attitude on this, I expect my position on the proposed 9/11 commemoration to be welcoming of "politics." Of course, what this means is welcoming of "the conflict for influence" that is politics, not the uncontested celebration and/or apparent official condoning of only one of the political perspectives in conflict. If members of the community, regardless of party, would like our remembrance to be MORE than communal mourning; if they want it to have a contemplative and intellectually stimulating impact, then I would heartily endorse the inclusion of conflicting view points on the meaning and implications of this epochal tragedy.
If, on the other hand, the organizers are hopeful for an opportunity to use the tragedy to impart an uncontested political interpretation of 9/11, then I must oppose public sponsorship of the event until it is modified in ways that insulate the town from association with a narrow partisan view point.
Given the results of recent research, which I've highlighted elsewhere, in which patriotic imagery as simple as the American flag itself has been shown to encourage people to adopt more conservative political outlooks, it seems to me that the town's Republican committee need not try to stack the deck or exclude other view points at such an affair. They may well have an inescapable advantage in this type of thing. If this is so, I would encourage my Democratic brethren to acquiesce to it and not to find fault with publicly sponsored patriotism unless the partisan content is both clear and unchallenged.


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Skip to comments.Military Celebrities: Who do/did you know? (VANITY)
Posted on 05/11/2012 5:01:45 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
In an off line conversation with my FReeper lady friend, floralamiss, she mentioned to me that Joe Dimaggio had been her father's PT instructor during WWII. I indicated that my dad had served with Lt. George Steinbrenner at Lockbourne AFB in the 50's. When I was an ROTC Cadet, I did my advanced camp at Ft. Bragg, and then went on CTLT in Germany with Shawn Mullins.
Just curious how many other FReepers got to meet/know/serve with folks that later achieved some degree of fame (or notoriety) while in the military. Thought it might be a fun conversation topic for a Friday evening....
I ran into a guy who's sister baby sat The Cowsills when they were calves.....
Well, when my dad was a young guy in the Marines, he drove Chesty Puller around. He had a few stories to tell about those days.
I went through basic at Lackland with Joe McCooey.
That sumbitch talked in his sleep all night long.
I also worked with Robin Hamilton at Plattsburgh AFB.
As close as I can get is that I worked for a fellow that was in the film Operation Petticoat with Cary Grant.
Larry Gilliand.
He was a bubblehead like me and he had one scene in the film.
He called in the air raid from the sail during the topside luau.
He is listed 2nd to last in the film credits LOL
That's cool...When I was in 10th Grade, I was a member of my high school speech/debate club. We participated in a "Mock UN" and our school drew Grenada. This was the year right after the invasion, and our forensics coach, had a young Major named John Abizaid come give us a presentation on the miitary/politics of the island. He had participated in the invasion. Years later, he was my division commander at First ID.
My dad gassed up Glenn Miller's plane before its last flight.
Neat, lol. I also had a friend a few years ahead of me in ROTC, who had gone to Valley Forge Military Academy for high school. He was there for the filming of "Taps" and met a number of the brat pack. Said most of them were sh!theads.
Wow...Interesting. I'm also from Jimmy Stewart's hometown (who of course later played Glenn Miller).
Larry said Grant was the same off screen as on screen.
He said the guy was genuine.
Good to hear. I think a lot of that generation probably were. It's hard for me to watch movies after I've found out the protagonist is a dirt bag in real life.
Nah, it was those deviled eggs.....
Edward Babe Gomez
My father flew the hump over Burma.
I served in the Army Security Agency in Japan with country crooner Don Williams when stardom, the Grand Ol' Opry, C&W Entertainer of the Year, etc. were only a wild dream in his heart. But he made it. BIGTIME!
I know Chesty Puller's son in law.
My father-in-law was a lieutenant in the navy in WWII. First on the Arizona in Pearl but later in the Atlantic. His aide was Craig Claibourne, the late New York Times food critic.
Just looked up and read his citation. Did you serve with him in Korea?
Ive met my share of celebrity ****heads and my share of nice guy celebs but none if them in the military.
I met Tom Selleck while I was in the military in HI
He was a nice guy.
I met Wilt Chamberlain, he was a megaJerk.
Ive been fishing with Ernie Shavers and he's a nice guy.
Grew up with Boom Boom Mancini and he's a nice guy but not the same anymore
I met Alvin York's grandson in Korea :-)
My dad was an acquaintance of CDR Lloyd Bucher.
Forgot his name, but I had as a student the B52 BombNav who fired the first cruise missile on Bagdad in 1991.
Funny. Ernie Shavers always SEEMED like a nice guy to me. Could never say why.
On YouTube, there's a "Vice Travel Guide to North Korea". A ballsy Canadian got access to the DPRK and part of his tour was to the Pueblo. Sad, sad story.
Well he was a nice guy.
He was training at Blackie Gennaro's Stables just down the road and on the other end of the woods behind my parents home when I was a kid.
I spent the afternoon fishing with him and his Nephew at a pond back in the woods.
It was just the 3 of us.
I enjoyed it.
I'd go fishin with George Foreman too LOL
George Foreman grills my dinner almost every night!
General George Patton's son was the graduation speaker for my Armor Officer Basic Course at Fort Knox. Since Patton is my forever more hero military commander, it was awesome to sit for a few minutes in the presence of his son.
Excellent! LOL
I went to AOBC in '91. Creighton Abrams' grandson was one of our SGL's.
I had the privilege of meeting and being interviewed by Admiral Hyman Rickover. Following the interview, I worked in the Naval Reactors organization for 8 years prior to my retirement from the Navy. An amazing experience.
I don't know his name, he is long since retired now, but my mother told the story of how she changed the diapers of a future Commandant of the Marine Corps back when my dad was a young lieutenant.
Like many stories from our parents, the details are gone and so are our parents. It wasn't until my father was in ill health in his late 70s that he told me details of his time in the South Pacific (grunt), Korea (first command) and Viet Nam (adviser in the early Kennedy days, before the SHTF).
The trash ruling this country now wouldn't be fit to lick the bottom of his shoes after he walked through manure, IMO. I'm glad he's not here to see what is being done to the country his comrades died for.
Bud Day, Jeremiah Denton, Roy Hoffman, John O'Neill, Paul Galanti.
My dad went to Pennsylvania Military College (now Widener) at the same time Grace Kellys older brother, Jack, was there and, yes, he got to meet her, but long before she was famous.
I can only imagine...What a combination of both technological innovation in the greater context of the whole geo-political backdrop of the cold war.
That's quite a line up. Incredible men, each and every one.
A real character and a legend.
My dad was in basic training with Billy Martin the Yankees manager during Korean War.
My stepfather was in flight school with Ted Williams during WWII...
No. I cheated a little. I never met him. I knew his relatives many many years ago. It still chokes me up to think about his story as they told it to me.
He is best known for having more traps than any other pilot in Naval History, but is also an aviation photographer of note. I think he is now the president of Sun N' Fun (For you aviation enthusiasts out there)
He was a great guy. Treated us lowly plane captains like men, not serfs. Was respectful, and conscientious. He did his walk arounds with a fine tooth comb, really paid attention. My overriding memory of him was as a LT wearing a bright orange flight suit, something he was entitled to do after one of the many programs he was involved in, I forget what it was.
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Captain John Lites Leenhouts was born in Bryan, Texas and has resided in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Utah, and Illinois. After graduating from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1973, John entered the Navy as an Aviation Reserve Officer Candidate Program. He was commissioned as an Ensign in March 1974 and was designated a Naval Aviator on August 22, 1975 at NAS Kingsville, Texas.
Following flight training, John reported to VA-174 for A-7B training and then to VA-46 for duty. During his first tour he completed three deployments aboard the carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), and the initial shakedown of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69). He became the First Fleet Landing Signal Officer (LSO) to cross-train in the F-14 and fly it concurrently with the A-7. Captain Leenhouts returned to the Hellrazers of VA-174 as an instructor pilot and LSO. In January 1982, he joined Carrier Air Wing One as the Staff Landing Signal Officer, flying the A-7E with VA-72 and the F-14A with VF-102 aboard the USS America (CV-66).
Upon completion of an accident-free CAG Landing Signal Officer tour, Captain Leenhouts was selected to be the Naval Air Atlantic Fleet Landing Signal Officer from December 1983 until December 1985. As an Operational Readiness Evaluator, he flew with every East Coast Fighter and Light Attack squadron from every carrier in the Second Fleet. Returning to sea duty, Captain Leenhouts was assigned a second tour with VA-46 as a department head, again deploying on the USS America and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. In August 1988, Captain Leenhouts surpassed 3000 Corsair hours and achieved 1000 arrested landings as a Lieutenant Commander. Following duties on the Light Attack Wing One readiness staff, he was assigned as Attack Squadron 72 Executive Officer in June 1989, deploying to the Red Sea aboard the USS Kennedy in support of Operation Desert Shield.
Commander Leenhouts flying the above A-7 led the first strike from the USS Kennedy on January 17, 1991 at 2:00A.M. in the opening minutes of the first war against Iraq. During Operation Desert Storm, Commander Leenhouts accumulated over 100 combat hours in 24 missions leading strikes into Iraq and Kuwait. After the war Commander Leenhouts reported to Strike Fighter Squadron 136 in December 1991 as Executive Officer. He assumed command of the Knighthawks in March 1993. Following his command tour, Captain Leenhouts attended the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base graduating in 1995. He then became Deputy Director of Operations for the Joint Task Force Southwest Asia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from August through December 1995. In February 1996 he reported to Battle Force Seventh Fleet in Yokosuka, Japan, as the Operations Officer and deployed to the Far East aboard the USS Independence (CV-62). Captain Leenhouts returned to the United States in February 1997 and assumed command of Strike-Fighter Wing, Atlantic in April 1997.
With 10 major deployments to his credit, Captain Leenhouts has logged over 8000 hours piloting more than 35 different types of military, antique, and civilian aircraft. He has become the all time leading Carrier Aviator, having accumulated 1645 traps on 16 different aircraft carriers. Additionally, Captain Leenhouts has exceeded 10,000 aerial photographs with many of his images published worldwide. His awards include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat V (two awards), Meritorious Service Medal, Individual Air Medal with Combat V (four awards), two Strike Flight Air Medals with Combat V, Joint Service Commendation Medal. Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V (two awards). Captain Leenhouts retired n January 2001 after twenty-eight years of adventurous sea service.
Ah. I almost forgot. I also served with CDR. McCain when he was the CO of VA-174 in Cecil Field back in 1976.
I guess I didn't want to put that down here, it isn't a resume enhancer on Free Republic.
I was in the USAF from 1970 to 1974, and as far as I can recall I served with no one who became famous. But, I served with several who were INFAMOUS.
That is completely cool.
Ridgeway was one hell of a man. A hell of a man.
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Lesson Plan
Discussion Guide for The Boy Who Dared
Explore the characters, plot, setting, English and German vocabulary, and World War II, related to the book by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
- Grades: 6–8, 9–12
About this book
About the Book
Just as the Nazis are rising to power, Helmuth Hübener, a German schoolboy, is caught up in all the swashbuckling bravado of his time. The handsome storm-trooper uniforms, the shiny jackboots and armbands, the rousing patriotism — all serve to draw him into this bright new world full of promise and hope.
In the beginning, Helmuth's patriotism is unwavering. But every day the rights of people all over Germany are diminishing. Jews are threatened and their businesses are being destroyed, the truth has been censored, and danger lurks everywhere. Anybody can turn on you. The world has turned upside down: Patriotism means denouncing others, love means to hate, and speaking out means treason. Silence becomes everyone's guilty secret. How much longer can Helmuth keep silent?
Told in flashback with breathtaking suspense, Newbery Honor Book author Susan Campbell Bartoletti magnificently explores the life of a heroic German youth who dared to stand up against the Nazis.
About the Author
Susan Campbell Bartoletti encountered Helmuth Hübener's amazing story while writing Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow. She was so moved by his heroic actions that she wanted to flesh out his story into a fictional form. She also wanted to provide a dramatic meditation on the meaning of his short life that raises questions about moral courage, nationalism, and individual responsibility.
Ms. Bartoletti is the author of many award-winning books for young people, including Black Potatoes: the Story of the Great Irish Famine and Growing Up in Coal Country. She lives near Scranton, Pennsylvania, with her husband. They have two grown children.
Also by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
- A Newbery Honor Book
- A Sibert Honor Book
- An Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book
- A Sydney Taylor Notable Book
- Parents' Gold Choice Award
- IRA Notable Book for a Global Society
- CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
A word about this author guide: When speaking in schools to students, I am often asked, "Where do you get your ideas?" And, "How do you write a story?" I wrote this guide to provide additional teaching materials to connect the story with history and the political climate of the times. But I also wanted to share a bit of my writing process to inform budding new writers -- and to help readers of all levels maximize their reading experience.
For more information about me and my work, you can look at my website.
For me, a story begins with setting. Setting reveals a great deal about my characters: for instance, it determines how they look, dress, act, and even how they talk. When I begin a book, I need to know at least two dimensions of setting -- where and when the story takes place.
But wait! Did you notice I said two dimensions? Are you wondering how many dimensions there are in story setting? According to Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History of Time, there are four. (In his book, he explains story time in terms of the four coordinates of an event.)
The four dimensions of story time, or setting are:
1. When the story takes place.
2. Where the story takes place.
3. How much time the story covers from beginning to end.
4. Level or degree of conflict in which the story's struggle occurs. This dimension will be explained a bit more thoroughly below.
Using the first two dimensions, I will show you how my story was created.
Understanding the Third Reich
In order to write The Boy Who Dared, I had to understand a great deal about the time period during which the story takes place - those terrible twelve years known as the Third Reich. I found it helpful to understand the following historical terms and people (listed below). How did I learn about them? I looked them up. I read. I researched.
If you look at the bibliography in Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow, you will see the sources of my exhaustive research. I read each and every one of those books - and took copious notes. But you should be able to do some pretty good research with a dictionary, an encyclopedia, and perhaps a Web site or two.
Below you will see a list of basic vocabulary and terms to know. It might help readers to look up unfamiliar vocabulary and terms, in order to have a better understanding of the story. Readers will find that a dictionary will offer definitions of some basic terms, such as boycott and warmonger. Other terms can be defined or identified using the Internet or select print sources.
I found the following websites helpful:
United States Holocaust Memorial
"The Hitler Youth: Complete History in Five Chapters"
An excellent print source is Christian Zentner and Freidemann Bedürftig's Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Vol. I-II. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1991.
And for those teachers who like to build classroom libraries, I recommend Barbara Rogasky's book, Smoke and Ashes (Holiday House); Jim Giblin's The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler (Clarion 2003); and my own Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow (Scholastic 2005).
Vocabulary and Terms to Know
Great War
Karl May
Communists (see below)
Adolf Hitler
Treaty of Versailles
Storm Trooper (SA)
Weimar Republic
Star of David
Extraordinary Radio Law
Paul von Hindenburg
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Heinrich Mann
Hitler Youth
black market
Heinrich Mann
German Words to Know
It took me a good two years to research Hitler Youth. And while I do not speak German, as I researched, I managed to learn enough words to work my way through the German archives and to loosely translate. For publication purposes, I worked with several wonderful translators.
Most of the following German words and terms in this novel are defined within the text. Look for textual clues to define the following words. You can find German pronunciation guides on the Internet. Please note that the page numbers are from the hardcover version of this novel.
Here is a basic pronunciation guide. (Note: Much of German is pronounced the same as English, but there are some German sounds that are different. Some require you to form your mouth in ways unfamiliar to English.)
CH -- This sound is made by placing your mouth in position to pronounce the letter "Y" and whispering the word "he". (Depending on which region you are from, this can also be pronounced in a more guttural way - by making the sound you make when clearing your throat as though there is a popcorn kernel caught there.)
For the ü sound, form your lips as though you are going to whistle and then say a long e sound
Pf= pf
R- the letter R is often rolled
Final E is pronounced "eh"
When two vowels are together, pronounce the second one. (I always remind myself that the second vowel does the talking.)
Oma- OH-mah (9)
Opa (9)OH-pa
Guten Tag (12) GOO-t'n TAHG
Reich (12) Rych (rhymes with Pie)
Heil (12) Hile (rhymes with Kyle)
Jungvolk (13) YOONG-fohlk
Judenfrei (13) YOOD'N-fry
Mutti (4) MOO-tee
kuchen (18) KOO-chen )
Bitte (18) BI-teh (short i)
Ach, nay (18) ACH, nay )
Nein (18) NINE
verboten (18) FER-bow-ten
Reichspost (19) Rychs-pohst
Herr (28) HAIR
pfennig (30) PFEH-nig
Juden Laden (31) YOO-d'n LAH-d'n
Rottenführer (39) RAH-ten-fyeh-rer
Volksempünger (39) FOLK-sem-pung-air
Lebensraum (40) LAY-b'n-zrahwm
Oberbau (41) O-ber-bow
Ach, ja (52) ACH
Kameradschsft (53) KAH-mair-rahd-shahft
HJ-Streifendienst (56) SHTRY-f'n-deenst
Gestapo (56) GEH-shtah-po
Luftwaffe (83) LOOFT-vaff-eh
Schutzhaftgefangener (100) SHUTZ-haft-geh-fahng'n-ner
Geist und Tat (108) GYST UNT TAHT
Achtung (114) ACH-toong
Characters in the Novel
After I know my story's setting, I need a cast of characters. As I write and get to know each one, I ask myself: What does this character want or fear more than anything? That helps me to develop the character's storyline. I call this character motivation.
As you think about each of the characters listed below, ask yourself that question. Remember that what a character wants more than anything may change or evolve as the story progresses.
Below is a list of characters from the book. From this list, choose a character and create an acrostic poem out of their name. Try to choose words that reflect what he or she wants or fears.
Choose one character from the list below and follow their development through the book. How do they change from beginning to end? What are their flaws? What are their strengths? How do their characters dictate or influence the action in the story?
Helmuth (Guddat) Hübener
Gerhard Kunkel
Hans Kunkel
Mutti (Emma)
Hugo Hübener
Karl-Heinz Schnibbe
Rudi Wobbe
Heinrich Worbs
Gerhard Düwer
Heinrich Mohns
Werner Kranz
Books are built with chapters. Chapters are built out of scenes. Scenes are built from events.
In order to have a scene, something - an event - must happen. It might be something physical. It might be something emotional. It might be something out of the character's control. But some event - some change - must take place. (This is what creates story tension and makes a reader want to turn the page.)
A plot contains several pivotal or key scenes - major scenes in which a character faces a choice that causes the scene to pivot or turn in some way. In a pivotal scene, the character makes a decision that alters the direction of the story. The most effective pivotal scenes portray decisions that grow out of a character's personal value system, not out of a plotting necessity.
(If you want to learn more about creating pivotal scenes, I recommend Syd Field's Screenplay and Robert McKee's Story.)
Writers are often told to begin a story at the moment that's different from the one before. This is called an inciting incident, a scene incident that propels the action of the story. (This scene is also the fourth dimension of setting mentioned above: the story's position in the level or degree of conflict.)
A writer must make choices. For example, I could have begun this book at the moment that Helmuth's half-brother Gerhard comes home with the shortwave radio. I tried that. It didn't work. Beginning the story at that moment didn't help me understand how Helmuth became the sort of teenager who would resist the Nazis. It didn't help me understand his family and the circumstances that helped shape him.
Using Reader's Theater to Dramatize Pivotal Scenes
The following scenes reflect Helmuth's growth throughout the story. Reader's Theater can be an effective way to present literature in a dramatic form within the classroom. It requires no stage sets, costumes, or props. All you need is a student to act as a narrator and student(s) to perform the character roles.
You can learn more about Reader's Theater at the following sites:
Below you will find suggestions for scenes that lend themselves well to Reader's Theater. After a dramatization, ask your students: What value is at stake? What is Helmuth's truth? What choice does Helmuth face? What are his options? What does he choose? You may wish to ask students to quick-write their responses.
(Please note that the pages numbers are from the hardcover copy of The Boy Who Dared. Paperback page numbers will differ.)
Helmuth's silence:
Pages 34-37. Helmuth worries that the Nazis might ban his favorite books.
Pages 45-50. In order to get a good grade, Helmuth must write an essay that will meet his teacher's approval.
Helmuth begins to speak out:
Pages 79-81. It's Mutti's wedding day. Helmuth doesn't want to spoil her day, but when Hugo makes a remark about defeatists, Helmuth can't stay quiet.
Pages 84-86. A Hitler Youth patrol criticizes Helmuth for singing an American song. Helmuth defends his right to sing.
Pages 90-94. Gerhard comes home and brings an illegal shortwave radio. Helmuth and Gerhard argue about the war. Helmuth is tempted by the radio.
Pages 109-110. Helmuth has been reading forbidden books. He shares his reading with Rudi.
Helmuth acts:
Pages 117-121. Helmuth and Karl listen to an illegal BBC London broadcast.
Pages 122-127. Helmuth, Karl, and Rudi make a pact.
Pages 131-134. Helmuth recognizes Brother Worbs on the street and discovers what the Nazis did to him.
Pages 142-145. The Gestapo interrogate Helmuth.
Pages 160-163. Helmuth stands up to the judges.
Understanding Propaganda
Propaganda is the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person. Propaganda can also be ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause.
During the years of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler appointed Joseph Goebbels as Minister of Propaganda. It was Goebbel's job to spread ideas, information, and even rumors for the purpose of helping the Nazi cause. Goebbels achieved this in many ways, including in the education of young people. (You can learn more about the Nazis' system of education in my book, Hitler Youth, Chapter Three.)
Helmuth experiences Nazi propaganda. One important example is the scene on pages 27-30, in which his teacher Herr Zeiger rants to the class that the Jews are trying to bring about Germany's downfall. Herr Zeiger uses bits and pieces of fact in order to spread rumors about the Jews.
In this scene, there's more than meets the eye. On the surface - the textual level or the literal work of the words and sentences - the scene says one thing. But the subtext - the meaning beneath the text, or the meaning that comes from reading between the lines, - says another thing.
For instance, in this scene, Herr Zeiger says that the Jews want to bring about the downfall of Germany. As your students read this scene, ask them what is Herr Zeiger's true purpose? What does he want to achieve? Why does he (and the Nazis) want to make people fear the Jews and make them suspicious of Jews? How do the Nazis use Jews as a scapegoat? How does Herr Zeiger appeal to the students' emotions?
Missing Scenes
What's left out is as important — or more important — that what's included. For example, on page 148 Helmuth is transported to Berlin with Karl, Rudi, and Gerhard Düwer. Although they are not allowed to speak to one another, much is said through their eyes and facial expressions. Ask your students: What might the boys have said to one another? What do you think Helmuth would have wanted to say to each of them? Write your own scene.
Music and Rhythm
The Nazis were masters of mass psychology, but they weren't the first to exploit the power of music. For centuries, armies have long recognized the power of drumming to replicate the human heartbeat. Drumming can put marching soldiers into a trance-like state. It can increase the heart rate and blood flow, and thus prepare soldiers physiologically for battle.
Introduce students listen to marching songs and discuss their effect. You may want to discuss the following with your students:
Page 21. "They stir his blood, call him to duty, make his legs long to run away from the table, away from the radio, and run down to the inner city to join the marchers."
Page 98. "Helmuth hates the drums, hates how they quicken his blood, how they belie his true feelings and try to convince him that war is good."
Music plays a part in my writing, too.
The poet Ruth Stone once said that if she cannot find the music of what she wants to say, the poem won't come.
When I write, I, too, must find the music. I try to capture the breath of the story - the cadence, the rhythm of the narration and of each character's voice. Every character has his or her own personal rhythm and personal style of speaking. I try to capture these in my writing.
Often I listen to music as I write. I play a CD over and over. During the writing and researching of this book, I listened to Brahms's Ein deutches Requiem, or German Requiem. A requiem is a mass to honor the dead, but Brahms wrote this masterpiece as a "mass for humanity." He intended for it to give comfort to the living.
The German Requiem opens with the line "Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted." It ends with the lines: "Blessed are the dead, which die in the Lord, from henceforth. Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." I thought Brahms's German Requiem fit Helmuth, and it inspired me during the writing of Helmuth's story.
You can read more about the German Requiem and even listen to it here: http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Ein_deutsches_Requiem,_Op._45_(Johannes_Brahms)
Have your students listen to the music of the Requiem. Have them discuss how the music makes them feel. What does it make them think of? How does this music connect to Helmuth and his story?
The Legacy of World War II
World War II lasted six years and involved more than 56 nations. It left 53 million people dead. This number includes soldiers, mostly young men in their late teens and early twenties; civilians like Helmuth's mother and grandparents; and 11 million Holocaust victims. Millions more were crippled physically. Others suffered emotionally from combat experiences, whether as soldiers on the front lines or as survivors in bombed-out cities. The war's toll on humanity was staggering.
What caused such a war? What forces were at work? How was something so cataclysmic able to overcome the world?
There is no one reason for World War II, although most historians point to the harsh terms imposed upon Germany by the Treaty of Versailles. These terms created a climate of despair and caused many Germans to look toward a leader who promised to build a greater Germany and to end unemployment, inflation, and poverty. That leader was Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party.
A War Over Ideology
Historian Stephen Ambrose tells us that World War II was fought over political ideology or belief. The three main contenders, he says, were Fascism, Communism, and Democracy.
Fascism. The philosophy of fascism holds that the state is the supreme unit and that the individual is subordinate to the interest of the state, the party, or society as a whole. The individual has no rights that the state is bound to respect. An individual's freedom, property, and even life are privileges that the state can take away if the welfare of the state requires it. For example, consider the way that the Nazi government took away the freedoms of the German people - and even Helmuth's life, when the court decided that the state needed to be protected from an individual like Helmuth.
Fascism is often considered a totalitarian state. In a totalitarian state, a dictator or dictatorial caucus controls the public and private lives and actions of every individual and every enterprise. Both fascist and totalitarian states often rely on brutal force, but a totalitarian state uses terror to alter and subdue the population. For example, the Gestapo used fear to subdue the German people, and the Nazi concentration camps were an attempt to alter the population by eliminating Jews and other "undesirable" peoples.
What countries in the world today are under fascist rule?
Communism. Communism is marked by a one-party dictatorship in which the state owns all factories, mines, railways, banks, and farms. In theory, it's the vanguard of the working class. In the aftermath of World War I, many working-class Germans saw hope in the promises of communism as a way to end inflation, unemployment, and poverty.
What countries in the world today are under communist rule?
Democracy. Democracy describes a government in which the supreme political authority rests with the people, usually through elected representatives. In the United States, this is called a representative democracy. The government's power is shared three ways: the executive, legislature, and judicial branches. The three-branch system is intended to prevent any one branch - or any one person -- from gaining too much power.
The United States president takes an oath to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." Preserving democracy is the president's most important job of the president's term in office. The United States Constitution sets out the principles, structures, and processes of the American government. It is also the body of laws that guarantees the basic rights and freedoms of the American people. It is important for American citizens to always be vigilant that our freedom is preserved.
Germany today. Today, the Federal Republic of Germany is a thriving democracy with a federation of sixteen states. The first nineteen articles of its constitution — its Basic Law -- guarantee the inalienable rights of every German citizen. These rights include, among others, the protection of human dignity; freedom of faith, expression, assembly, association, and movement; parental rights; privacy; and the sanctity of the home. All Germans have the right to resist any person seeking to abolish the constitutional order, should no other remedy be possible. Article 102 of Germany's Basic Law, reads, simply: "The death penalty is abolished."
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Little Red River Park is seen last week, around the time it closed due to water troubles.
Despite pumping and other flood mitigation efforts, Little Red River Park remains too moist to fully re-open this weekend.
Instead, civic crews are looking at a partial re-opening of the parkŌĆÖs north end, with a caution for people to remain careful in its current mucky state.
ŌĆ£Basically, the groundŌĆÖs really saturated out there. The roads are in very difficult shape,ŌĆØ community services director Jody Boulet summarized.
ŌĆ£Some areas may look fine, and then getting in there and getting some activity and traffic in there, itŌĆÖs not.ŌĆØ
Preventing vehicles from getting stuck and mitigating early-season damage to the park, the parkŌĆÖs eastern Highway 55 access will remain closed until further notice, with that stretch of park leading up to and including the Cosmopolitan Lodge remaining inaccessible.
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ŌĆ£People can certainly continue on to that area and access some of the walking trails,ŌĆØ he said, adding that walking may be the best approach when it comes to area roads.
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The Loner: Trail Of Blood
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- In the West, he had legendary shoes to fill. Now the Loner is about to face his deadliest challenge yet. . .
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- In the West, he had legendary shoes to fill. Now the Loner is about to face his deadliest challenge yet. . . Bravery Is In The BloodThe son of legendary gunman Frank Morgan, Conrad Browning goes by the name Kid Morgan--the Loner--and forged a growing reputation of his own. But in the midst of a fight for his life, the Kid discovered that he too was a father: of twins he'd never met. Now, the Kid heads back east to pierce a mystery guarded by murderous criminals for hire. Why is his ex-fianc e hiding his children from him? And why is this secret worth killing to keep? The answers lead the Kid back to a small Kansas town and a tale of cruelty, greed and power--the kind of story his father always knew how to end: with courage and a gun. . .
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- 9780786027781
- Publisher:
- Kensington
- Date of Addition:
- 10/11/13
- Copyright Date:
- 2011
- Copyrighted By:
- J. A. Johnstone
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Westerns, Mystery and Thrillers, Literature and Fiction
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First played by the ancient Greeks, this sport was made fashionable again by the Italians in the 16th Century. They gave it the name "boccia". Because the sport can be played by people suffering from cerebral paralysis, it was adapted and adopted by the Paralympic Games in Barcelona in 1992.It is a game involving precision and strategy which consists of trying to place balls as near as possible to a target. It can be played individually or in teams.
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Commuter Transport Engineering Investments (CTE) and Faiveley Transport are pleased to announce that they have formed a partnership to create a local company that will design, manufacture and sell rail equipment for railway applications in South Africa. This new Company secures the localisation for Faiveley Transport products in South Africa.
"Joining forces with CTE to create Kopano South Africa is a major step forward for our Group and a commitment to building our presence in this growing market", said Thierry Barel, Chairman and CEO, Faiveley Transport.
About Faiveley Transport
Faiveley Transport is a leading supplier for rolling stock equipment. The Group has been accompanying car builders, operators and railway maintenance providers for over 90 years. Their comprehensive range of products and systems is the widest on the market and includes air conditioning, passenger access systems, platform doors and gates, braking systems, couplers, passenger information and services.
These products and systems are organised into four activities – Brakes & Safety, Access & Information, Energy & Comfort and Services guaranteeing a high level of security, comfort and availability.
Faiveley Transport currently covers six market segments; high & very high speed trains, locomotives, passenger vehicles, metro, tramways and freight wagons.
The Group's sales reached €988M in 2012/13. Faiveley Transport employs more than 5,400 people in 25 countries.
About CTE Investments
CTE Investments was established in 1999 by Patricia Norris with the primary aim of refurbishing commuter rail coaches. Since then, the company has enjoyed considerable growth and success in the rail new build and refurbishment industry in South Africa.
The CTE organisation provides innovative rail transport solutions to South Africa and selected export markets. These solutions are produced at their three manufacturing sites in Nigel (UCW), Touws River and Pietermaritzburg. CTE has over time developed and continued to improve its capabilities to deliver complex rolling stock projects and has through these capabilities successfully offered the following services to its customers:
· Complex rolling stock system integration
· Design and manufacture of new rolling stock
· Refurbishment and upgrade (modernisation) of existing rolling stock – life extensions
· General overhauls
· Field service support
The Partnership
The partnership between Faiveley Transport, recognised globally as a quality supplier of rolling stock components and systems, and CTE, an established role player in the South African rail industry provides for an offering of localised products and services which are based on superior manufacturing and performance criteria.
As a combined group CTE and Faiveley Transport will support the South African Authorities goal to:
· develop a modern railway industry by developing local capabilities in the local supply chain;
· create jobs: more than 1400 jobs will be created in South Africa;
· develop skills through a multi-million Rand investment;
· bring modern railway industrial & manufacturing processes to South Africa;
· develop a preferential procurement strategy that will support black empowerment in their supply chain;
· meet socio-economic development obligations by spending millions in related projects;
· support employment equity with specific attention to women and young people.
Commuter Transport Engineering Investments and Faiveley Transport would like to invite the you to attend the official launch of the new company, Kopano South Africa.
Venue: Africa Rail Exhibition,
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and CD Projekt RED have announced the release date for the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. You'll be able to jump in to one of the best PC role playing games of last year on April 17. In The Witcher 2, players get to step in to the shoes of Geralt, a professional monster slayer who was framed for assassinating the King of Temeria.
The Xbox 360 version of the game isn't a straight port from the PC version. Rather, it was adapted for the console experience and will feature significant enhancements from the original version. The 360 version includes more than three hours of new content, gameplay and story elements. It also marks the first appearance of The Witcher series on a console.
I have to say that when I first played The Witcher 2 on my PC I was blown away by how absolutely beautiful the world looked. If you've seen pictures from the 360 version of the game you can probably attest that it is definitely one of the best looking console games yet. But on top of the stunning graphics, The Witcher 2 offers an amazing gameplay and story experience.
With that in mind, will you be picking up The Witcher 2 for the Xbox 360, or do you already have the PC version of the game?


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TSO in Pittsburgh at the Consol Energy. Call soon, you don't want to miss out on this one
Operates: Dec 27 2016
Tour Length: 1 Day
Departs From: Columbiana, OH * Salem, OH * Alliance, OH * Canton, OH * Akron, OH
Adult - $128.00
Tour Description:
Trans-Siberian Orchestra is coming to Pittsburgh to perform, back by popular demand, "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" for their Winter Tour.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a rock orchestra founded in 1996. The band's musical style incorporates progressive rock, symphonic metal, and heavy metal, with influences from classical music. Trans-Siberian Orchestra has recorded and performed renditions of traditional Christmas songs, which are among their most popular works. They are also known for their elaborate concerts, complete with a full light show and dozens of pyrotechnics that are synchronized with the actual performance - outstanding! Their Winter tour is an unbelievable, high-energy evening that will bring you to your feet in thunderous applause - we've seen it before and can't wait to go again!
This year's show, back by popular demand, is the "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve", which TSO will take to many cities across North America to perform.
Based on TSO's multi-platinum DVD and long running PBS fundraiser, the story follows the journey of a young runaway who, on Christmas Eve, breaks into an abandoned vaudeville theater seeking shelter from the cold, and the ghostly visions she experiences from that concert hall's past. The Ghosts of Christmas Eve features such lasting crowd-pleasers as "Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24," "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful," "Good King Joy," "Christmas Canon," "Music Box Blues," "Promises To Keep," and "This Christmas Day."
TSO creator, lyricist and composer Paul O'Neill says, ˜The Ghosts of Christmas Eve brings me back to TSO's beginnings. We recorded this TV show before TSO had ever toured and it was almost like our first show. It was filmed in a majestic old theatre in Jersey City and we got to work with the legendary Ossie Davis, Jewel and Michael Crawford. There was a magic we captured and I think that's why it was so successful as a fundraiser for PBS. The special features some of the best songs from our catalog at the time. We want to keep the spirit of the story alive and weave it together to encompass the best of the Christmas Trilogy that fans of all three stories can enjoy. The band always gets excited when they get to do something new and now that we are finished up with Letters From The Labyrinth there is going to be lots of new music and twists for our fans on this tour.
The string section often includes local musicians at each town they perform in. The list of songs has not been officially released yet, but usually their shows are divided into two halves: The first consisting of the story and songs of Christmas, the second a mix of songs from their albums plus a few miscellaneous others to round out the evening. The finale is like nothing you've ever seen before - absolutely awesome!!
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Gad-About Tours Inc. reserves the right to cancel any tour that has not reached a minimum number of reservations. We reserve the right to change tour prices and itinerary. Tours are prepared up to a year in advance and may be impacted by circumstances that arise which are beyond our control. We reserve the right to cancel or refuse service to anyone, in our sole discretion. We always avoid changes and cancellations if at all possible, as we realize the inconvenience to you, our valued customer.
All of our tours are by late-model, deluxe wide-body motorcoach. They are equipped with air-conditioning, reclining seats, public address system, VCR, and emergency restrooms. Our intent is for all tours to be professionally escorted for your convenience. Upon occasion, in order to avoid canceling a trip with a low passenger count, our driver may serve both positions of driver and escort, and all are professionally trained to do so.
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It was a hard-fought game between the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat with plenty of bodies hitting the floor throughout. Who would have thought that the most interesting psuedo-injury would be LeBron James jamming a few fingers on his right hand.
With the Pacers doing everything possible to grab two points midway through the third quarter, LeBron and Chris Bosh blocked a pair of shots to keep them from doing just that.
Roy Hibbert would eventually score, and LeBron would walk away from the play in pain—a double-whammy.
As Miami's ensuing offensive possession fell into shambles, the Indiana defense seemingly forgot about LeBron standing on the weak side of the floor, grimacing his hand all the while.
Did the Pacers just stop playing defense? What was that?— SBNation NBA (@SBNationNBA) May 23, 2013
Once the defense opened up enough, LeBron simply sprinted to the rim, grabbed the pass from Udonis Haslem and threw down an powerful dunk with the left hand rather than the aching right.
That's why we've got two of 'em.
LeBron should only take left-handed shots the rest of this series.
— Marcel Mutoni (@marcel_mutoni) May 23, 2013
In a solid game throughout, LeBron's dunk was part of a long back-and-forth between the two teams on their way to an overtime thriller.
Hopefully every game between these two teams is as exciting as Game 1.


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PITTSBURGH - Demand for dark chocolate is so sweet that Giant Eagle here is cross-merchandising the candy in its wine department, a first for the chain. Giant Eagle is placing Hershey and Ghirardelli dark chocolates near its red wines to appeal to consumers who are aware of the health benefits - and food pairing opportunities - of chocolate and wine. While dark chocolate has always performed well at Giant Eagle, sales growth is now in the double digits, said Tim Tackett, Giant Eagle's ...
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Analysts are projecting Eldorado Gold Corporation (NYSE:EGO) to grow at an accelerated rate over the next five years. Sell-side analysts are looking for the company to grow 108.57% over the next year and 47.20% over the next five years.
EPS measures what each share is worth and also indicates how much money their sharehoders would gain if the company was to pay out all of its profits. Earnings Per Share is computed by dividing the total profit by its total shares. If a company's profit is $800 million and there are 40 million shares, then the EPS is $20. EPS is a great way to compare and contrast companies from the same industry. When a company shows a steady rising earnings trend, this indicates that the firm will have an advantage over companies with a more volatile earnings trend. Eldorado Gold Corporation's trailing 12- months EPS is -1.70. Last year, their EPS growth was 250.00% and their EPS growth over the past five years was -48.90%.
Let's start off by taking a look at how the stock has been performing recently. Over the past twelve months, Eldorado Gold Corporation (NYSE:EGO)'s stock was -6.40%. Last week, it was 1.46%, -21.91% over the last quarter, and -34.43% for the past half-year.
Over the past 50 days, Eldorado Gold Corporation stock was -37.56% off of the high and 6.69% removed from the low. Their 52-Week High and Low are noted here. -47.48% (High), 44.92%, (Low).
Eldorado Gold Corporation (NYSE:EGO)'s performance this year to date is -6.40%. The stock has performed 1.46% over the last seven days, -16.52% over the last thirty, and -21.91% over the last three months. Over the last six months, Eldorado Gold Corporation's stock has been -34.43% and -6.40% for the year.
Wall Street analysts are have a consensus analyst recommendation of 2.10 on the stock. This is based on a 1-5 scale where 1 represents a Strong Buy and 5 a Strong Sell. Brokerages covering the name have a $5.44 on the stock.
The advice provided on this website is general advice only. It has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on this advice you should consider the appropriateness of the advice, having regard to your own objectives, financial situation and needs. Where quoted, past performance is not indicative of future performance.


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Question by : HELP WITH ENERGY AND POWER?
1. The energy we get from the sun is considered to be a ________ resource.
2. An insolation meter is used to measure solar energy available in what unit?
A. Watts
B. Lumens
C. Btu/ft2/hr
D. Foot-candles
3. Which solar energy collection system requires an external power source to function properly?
4. What is the use of natural means to collect and distribute heat without pumps or circulating fans known as?
B.Active solar collection
C.Passive solar collection
5. Which loop solar collection system uses domestic hot water that feeds directly through the collector?
A.Open loop system
B.Closed loop system
C.Passive loop system
D.Active loop system
6. Which loop solar collection system uses a collective medium to collect the heat and transfer it to water or air for end use?
A.Open loop system
B.Closed loop system
C.Passive loop system
D.Active loop system
7. Which type of solar energy collector of those listed is best suited to collect heat for residential use?
A. A point-focusing collector
B. A flat-plate collector
C. A photovoltaic cell array
D. Individual photovoltaic cells
8. The _____ in a flat-plate collector is responsible for converting visible light energy into infrared energy:
A. glass covering
B. water tubes
C. absorber plate
D. transfer medium (liquid or gas)
9. Flat-plate collectors trap heat based on which of the following principles?
A.Shorter light waves get longer when converted to heat.
B.Longer light waves get shorter when converted to heat.
C.Heat can be converted to light.
D.Wavelengths stay the same when light is converted to heat.
10. Which type of active solar energy collector is stationary and does NOT need to track the sun?
A. Flat-plate collector
B. Linear concentrating parabolic collector
C. Compound parabolic collector
D. Azimuth path collector
11. Which of the following is a passive solar collection technique?
A. Direct gain
B. Indirect gain
C. Isolated gain
D. All of the above
12. A Trombe wall is used in solar technology to do what?
A. Only collect heat
B. Only store heat
C. Collect and store heat
D. Collect, store, and distribute heat
13. Eutectic salts can be used to do which of the following?
A.Track solar energy
B.Measure solar energy
C.Produce electricity
D.Store heat
14. The ___________ is a term used to describe the direct conversion of sunlight to electricity.
A.Photographic induction
B.Piezoelectric effect
D.Photoelectric effect
15. Solar energy is used for:
A. Structural heating
B. Structural cooling
C. Generation of large-scale electricity
D. All of the above
16. A passive solar home typically makes use of which method of heat movement to circulate air throughout the home?
17. What refers to the altitude of the sun in the sky?
A. Azimuth path
B. Zenith path
C. Linear-concentrating angle
D. All of the above
18. A measure of the resistivity to heat flow that is used to compare the heat loss allowed by various types of insulation and other construction materials is known as ________________.
B.Insulation comparison
C.Heat change
D.Thermal value
19. A freezing unit used in solar heating is known as __________________.
A. Condensing unit
B. Coolant collector
C. Freezer distribution unit
D. Evaporator
20. A semiconductive material that emits free electrons when exposed to light is known as ______________.
A.batteriesC. a capacitor
B.a photovoltaic cellD. a thermal transistor
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Sydney Opera House
From October 2015, the light rail construction scheme along George Street will impact journeys to the Sydney CBD. It is important to plan ahead and allow additional travel time. Please visit Transport for NSW for more information and consider using journey planning apps on your smartphone or tablet devices.
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He was born in Goliad to Rafael and Adela Cervantes Cano.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Eufemia C. Cano; daughters, Herminia (Ricardo) Perez and Guadalupe (Israel) Baldez; sons, Geronimo Cano Jr. (Annette), Rafael Cano (Victoria) and Elmo Cano (Carolyn); sister, Maria Weishiemer; brother, Teofilo Ramirez; 17 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren
Cano is preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Sarita Garza, Juanita Camacho and Estafanita Flores; brother, Domingo Cano; great-grandchildren, Kade Alexander Chavez, Dominic Cruz Guerra and Baby Cano.
A Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2 at Goliad Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral Services will be held at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Goliad on Monday, Feb. 3 at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Flores Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Carlos Perez, Ramon Perez, Israel Baldez II, Paul Cano, Elmo Cano Jr. and Josh Cano.
Honorary pallbearers will be Isaac Chavez, Rick Perez Jr., Ricardo Perez, Israel Baldez, Jon Perez and Teofilo Ramirez.


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MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. is a privately held corporation that owns and manages the MERS® System and all other MERS® products. Users of the MERS® System include thousands of lenders, servicers, sub-servicers, investors and government institutions. The MERS® System is a national electronic database that tracks changes in mortgage servicing rights and beneficial ownership interests in loans secured by residential real estate. MERSCORP Holdings also owns subsidiary Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), which serves as mortgagee in the land records for loans registered on the MERS® System. MERS is a nominee for the lender and subsequent buyers ("beneficial owners") of a mortgage loan and serves as a common agent for the mortgage industry. MERSCORP Holdings employs a dedicated team of professionals with diverse backgrounds from mortgage banking to systems integration.
MERSCORP Holdings Employee Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with Roth 401(k) option
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Here is a new update of a chart that illustrates the total return performance of the S&P 500 since the Tech Bubble closing high on March 24, 2000. The chart shows the value of $1000 invested in the index, including dividends, but excluding any taxes or fees, as of May 20th. I've also included the real value using the Consumer Price Index for the inflation adjustment.
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I calculated on the returns based on the daily price and daily dividends interpolated from the quarterly dividends as reported by Standard & Poor's. Thus the $1,070 nominal and $809 real values are the hypothetical returns excluding any taxes or fees.
For the sake of comparison and to validate the calculation method, we can compare the nominal return in the chart above to Vanguard's 500 Index Investor Fund (MUTF:VFINX), which has had a return of $1,057. Over the same timeframe The SPY ETF has returned $1,044.
We're now over eleven years beyond the S&P 500 2000 high. This little charting exercise gives credence to the frequent reference to a "lost decade" for investors. It also offers support for the wisdom of diversification across asset classes.


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Erie County, NY – County Clerk Chris Jacobs is expanding his effort to protect the privacy rights of Erie County Pistol Permit holders by trying to force the shutdown of what he calls an "illegal website" that reveals the identities and addresses of hundreds of thousands of pistol permit holders in New York State, including many Erie County residents.
"My office will be spending a lot of time and resources processing the over 25,000 'opt-out' forms of Erie County pistol permit holders to respect their right to privacy, yet we still have this other website that makes some of these very records available for the public to see. We believe this is a violation of state law and we hope that Google will voluntarily pull the plug on this website," says Clerk Jacobs.
The website Jacobs is targeting was formerly known as www.whospackingny.com. Although now defunct, Google (as well as other search engine sites- MSN, Yahoo and AOL) continues to maintain and allow public access to the "whospackingny" databases of hundreds of thousands of pistol permit records through a mirrored website.
In a letter to Google requesting that they voluntarily take down the website, Jacobs states "The Databases unlawfully assemble and disseminate the names and home addresses of New York pistol permit holders, in violation of those citizens' privacy rights and New York Law."
Jacobs states that this database was provided to "whospackingny" by the New York State Police several years ago after receiving a Freedom of Information Request (FOIL). The new gun law in New York, The SAFE ACT, now expressly prohibits such FOIL requests of the State's Gun Registry. Therefore, if "whosepackingny" made such a request today it would be in violation of the Safe Act. Jacobs argues that each time the website refreshes, it's akin to posting it for the first time and therefore is a violation of the NY SAFE Act.
County Clerk Jacobs also asserts that posting the names of pistol permit holders who have filed the new "opt-out" forms are clearly infringing on their wishes and rights to privacy.
Jacobs will be discussing this issue with Clerks throughout the State of New York. "I know most of my fellow Clerks, like me, take seriously their responsibility as stewards of these records." Jacobs believes there is a high likelihood of a unified legal action with all the Clerks throughout the State of New York if Google does not voluntarily take the website down.
"While investigating this website's information we have identified over 9,000 Erie County pistol permit holders residential information listed," added County Clerk Jacobs. "This is unacceptable and I believe completely undermines the privacy provision put forth in the NY SAFE Act."
Erie County has over 60,000 pistol permits. Several thousand Erie County pistol permit holders are currently listed on the website. Over 25,000 Erie County pistol permit holders have filed "opt-out" forms with the Erie County Clerk to have their pistol records protected from FOIL requests. To obtain an Erie County "opt-out" form permit holders can go to www.erie.gov/optout.


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Rapper Tone Loc Collapses While Performing In Iowa
Hip hop star Tone Loc allegedly suffered a seizure while performing over the weekend, cutting short a concert in Iowa.
He collapsed in front of a full crowd while singing on the Court Avenue bridge in Des Moines during the city's Bridge Bash on Saturday. According to TMZ.com, the star's entourage rushed to his aid, and promoters immediately shut down the concert.
Tone Loc refused to go to the hospital following the incident, and the paramedics didn't press the issue.
The 47-year-old "Wild Things" star, real name Anthony Smith, has suffered health problems in recent years. In June, he collapsed from exhaustion on stage. In August, he had a seizure while watching a comedy show; however, his manager blamed it on food poisoning.
Tone Loc was massively popular in the 80s and 90s, even receiving two Grammy awards. He has also appeared in several films, including "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Heat." He has also made guest appearances on several TV shows.