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Lesson Plan
Writing With Writers for Grades 9-12
- Grades: 9–12
- Unit Plan:
Students in grades 9-12 should use the Writing with Writers program to improve writing skills in any or all of the above mentioned genres. Students will read examples, brainstorm, work in groups, write, edit, and rewrite their work before submitting it for online publication
Depending on the topic, you can use the Writing with Writers program to promote cross-curricular activities. For example, you can use Biography writing to incorporate history or speech writing to incorporate civics.
Students will:
- Identify unique characteristics of different writing genres
- Follow the writing process for different genres to create original writing
- Use web technology to post original writing online
- Demonstrate understanding of different genres by responding to questions
- Understand how to review and revise their own writing
- Review and present constructive criticism to peer writing
- Learn to think critically and objectively about their reading
- Learn to review and revise their own writing
- Produce written work to show evidence of knowledge of the different genres
Set Up and Prepare
- All the articles in the Writing with Writers project are formatted to be read online or printed. Depending on the availability of classroom computers and time, you may wish to print these articles for individual reading at home or in class.
- The Writing with Writers project is meant as a skill building exercise that should be done individually. However, students can work collaboratively in leveled reading groups, joint brainstorming sessions, and peer reviews of their written works before submitting it for teacher assessment and online publication.
- If a computer is available for each student, students can work on their own. Hand out the URLs or write them on the board so students will have a guide through the activity.
- If you are working in a lab, set up the computers to be on the desired Web site as students walk into class. If there are fewer computers than students, group the students by reading level. Assign each student a role: a "driver" who navigates the web, a timer who keeps the group on task, and a note taker. If there are more than three students per computer, you can add roles like a team leader, a team reporter, etc. Students can work through the steps together this way and then write their poem, book review, news article, etc. off line and enter this written piece into the publishing element individually.
- If you are working in a learning station in your classroom, break out your class into different groups. Have rotating groups working on the computer(s), reading printed background information, reading examples of the genre, writing their pieces, reading each other's work, and editing their work.
Project Introduction (1 Day)
Introduce the Writing with Writers component with a class discussion on the genre.
For Biography: Write the definition of biography on the chalkboard: "A written account of someone's life." Ask students to discuss what this means. Have students name some titles that they know and the defining aspects of the biography, for example principal figure, influences, important dates, significant events, and valuable contributions. Explain to students that they will be writing biographies of specific people. Depending on your curriculum, you may want to have a list of people for students to write about, or you can have students pick their own person - from a U.S. President, to a famous sports star, or a family member.
For Descriptive Writing: Introduce students to the descriptive writing unit by asking them what kind of writing requires the use of descriptive writing. Encourage them to think about letter writing, stories, magazine articles, journals, and even email. Prompt them further to talk about why good descriptions make writing better and more interesting. Explain to students that they will be writing their own piece of descriptive prose. Depending on your curriculum, you may want to assign a specific kind of descriptive writing like a journal or letter, or you may allow students to pick their own format.
For Myth Writing: Introduce the word "myth" to the class, and ask students to offer definitions of the term. Then, encourage students to brainstorm myths that they may know. Have volunteers write examples on the chalkboard.
Poetry Writing with Karla Kuskin: Invite students to discuss what they know about poetry. Go through a book of well-known poems with students, and read some favorites aloud. Have students discuss poems that they know. Ask: How are poems different from stories?
News Writing: Hand students prints of Scholastic News's daily story and ask them to read it and sum up the main points. As a class, discuss the news and how the article is written. Tell students that they will be writing their own news story.
Speech Writing: Ask students to give examples of times that they might have to give a speech - for example, a class project or during show and tell. Think of other times people may have to make speeches - for work, when running for political office, etc. Explain to students that they will be writing and recording their own speech for this project.
Writing a Book Review: Take a poll by a show of hands on how many students have read a book. Then ask, how many student have told someone about the book they read. Pick on one hand, and ask that student to give a short summary of the book he or she is reading. Ask students if the summary made them want to read the book. Explain to students that this is called a "book review" and that each of them is going to write a book review of their own.
Following the Steps (1-2 Days)
Divide students into same-level reading groups to read through the first steps of the unit. If you have limited computer access, print out a copy of the steps for individual students to read.
Author Biography
After the introductory discussion, you may choose to hand out the author's biography for individual students to read. Discuss why students think it is important to find out about the author of a book they are reading.
Following the Step-by-Step Writing Process (2-3 Days)
Each Writing with Writers component gives a step-by-step program for writing their separate genres. Divide students into same-level reading groups to read these steps online. If you have limited computer access, print out a copy of the steps for individual students to read. See below for individual project tips.
For Biography, News, Book Review, and Speech Writing
As each group of students complete the steps, hand each a copy of the 5Ws Graphic Organizer to gather information on their subjects. Encourage students to brainstorm their biography subjects, news article, or speech topics within their group as they fill in their organizers separately.
For Descriptive, Myth, and Poetry Writing
For students writing descriptive pieces and poems, hand them a copy of the Observation Chart and instruct them to write descriptive words that work for their descriptive piece or for their poem.
Write Your Own (4-5 Days)
Allow students time to go over the steps and add to their graphic organizers. You may want to collect the filled out graphic organizers to review and make suggestions before handing them back to students.
Direct students to write their own example of the chosen genre. Give them time to write and also remind them to review any appropriate editing steps so they can re-write. This process should be done in a word processing document that can be saved.
Editing and Review (1 Day)
When students are done with their drafts, have them exchange papers with a peer for comments. Partners can write their comments on the draft itself. Then have students follow the revision checklist as they revise their writing.
Revision Checklist:
1. Review the author's tips and check to make sure you've used as many as possible.
2. Read your peer's comments. Remember, you do not have to include all of the comments in your final draft.
3. Read your piece with an objective eye. Does it make sense? Does it flow well?
4. Does it meet each requirement in the Writing Rubric?
5. Check for spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes.
Publish Online (1-2 Days)
Once they've completed their revision, have students follow directions to publish their work online. Encourage students to use the Preview option to proofread their pieces one more time before submitting. Students can print this preview to hand in for teacher assessment or they can print their word document. They should also hand in their completed graphic organizer.
Once students have submitted their essays, wrap up the lesson with a group discussion.
Discussion Questions
- What are the most important lessons you might learn from the way this person lived?
- An older person or mentor is important in shaping the lives of others. How is this true of the person in the biography you wrote?
- What do you think it means to be a hero? Was your person a "hero"? Explain.
Descriptive Writing
- What are some words you learned that are good descriptive words?
- What is the difference between descriptive writing and just writing a story?
- How does observing our daily lives help in writing good descriptions?
- Why do people write myths?
- Why did you pick the natural phenomenon for your myth?
- How did your daily observations help in writing your myth?
Poetry Writing with Karla Kuskin
- What kinds of poems do you like? How has those poems effected your own poetry?
- Why should you make observations of your daily life help in writing poems?
- What were some of the difficulties in editing and re-writing a poem?
News Writing
- How did you get your idea for your news story?
- Why do you need to ask a lot of questions to write a good news story?
- Can you think of news articles that are not "fair"? Why is it hard to be objective as a reporter?
Speech Writing
- How are some of the ways that you can get your audience's attention when writing a speech?
- What are some of the differences you found in writing a speech compared to writing an essay?
Writing a Book Review
- When you edited your peer's book review, did it make you want to read that book? Why?
- How did you write your review without telling everything about the book?
Supporting All Learners
This project aids students in meeting national standards in several curriculum areas.
Reading/Language Arts
- Unifying concepts and processes in Science: Systems, order, and organization. Understands basic features of the Earth (1).
- Knows the general structure and functions of cells in organisms (6)
- International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts (1).
- Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes (4).
- Students enjoy a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing-process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes (5).
- Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts (6).
- Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g., print and nonprint texts, artifacts, people) to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience (7).
- Students use a variety of technological and informational resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge (8).
- Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles (9).
- Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities (11).
- Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of the information) (12).
Social Studies
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
- People, Places, and Environments (Students study the lives of people, the places in which they live, and the environment that surrounds them.)
- Individual Development and Identity (Students study how personal identity is shaped by one's culture, by groups, and by institutional influences.)
Technology Foundation Standards for Students:
- use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity
- use technology tools to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences
- use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences
- use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources
Assess Students
Formal Assessment Ideas
Each of the Writing with Writers components has a formal assessment with the student writing. Make sure students either preview and print a copy before submitting their work online or use a word processing document to print a copy for teacher assessment. See the appropriate rubrics below.
Informal Assessment Ideas
Create a Certificate of Achievement for each student's completion of a Writing with Writer's components.
- Biography Writing Certificate of Achievement
- Descriptive Writing Certificate of Achievement
- Folktale Writing Certificate of Achievement
- Mystery Writing Certificate of Achievement
- Myth Writing Certificate of Achievement
- News Writing Certificate of Achievement
- Poetry Writing Certificate of Achievement
- Speech Writing Certificate of Achievement
- Writing a Book Review Certificate of Achievement
This Certificate gives the student a feeling of achievement especially since all submitted material must be approved by Scholastic and is not immediately published.
Writing Rubric
Use the writing rubrics to assess your students' writing skills. These rubric can also serve as models for a modified version that might include your state's writing standards.
- Biography Writing Rubric Graded 9-12
- Descriptive Writing Rubric Grades 9-12
- Myth Writing Rubric Grades 9-12
- News Writing Rubric Grades 9-12
- Speech Writing Rubric Grades 9-12
- Poetry Writing with Karla Kuskin Rubric
- Book Review Writing Rubric Grades 9-12
- Subjects:Social Studies, Assessment, Cooperation and Teamwork, Content Area Reading, Literature, Reading Comprehension, Literature Appreciation, Vocabulary, Writing, Proofreading, Revision, Descriptive Essay, Journal Writing, Letter Writing, Poetry Writing, Writing Process, Computers, Educational Technology, Teaching with Technology
- Skills:Reading Comprehension, Biographies, Online Sources, Periodicals, Social Studies, Vocabulary, Descriptive Writing, Poetry Writing
- Duration:8 Class Periods


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Last Monday, I joined students and young professionals at a day-long conference at the Department of State to discuss the security challenges we all face in the 21st Century.
The 3rd Annual Generation Prague Conference highlighted the agenda and accomplishments that have followed President Obama's 2009 Prague speech where he outlined the United States' commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons have been with us for more than sixty-five years. Getting to "zero" will not occur overnight. Moving the Prague Agenda forward will only be possible if a new generation of leaders embraces this nuclear security challenge as an opportunity.
Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Rose Gottemoeller, participated in a panel with Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Thomas Countryman, and Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro. The three principals discussed how they serve to make the United States and its allies safer and more secure. It will be up to future leaders in our generation to continue the ultimate pursuit and eventual success incrementally through treaty and non-treaty frameworks. Our parents grew up during the height of the Cold War where nuclear fall-out shelters were commonplace in their schools and basements. Conversely, those attending the conference, like me, were infants during Cold War. Even so, our generation will bear the legacy costs stemming from the decades-long nuclear arms race.
Aiding us in the pursuit of further nuclear arms reductions are innovations of the information age. For example, iPads could be used to aid the verification and implementation of arms control. Much like a smart system installed in a home, inspections could be undertaken without an inspector having to travel to a nuclear site under safeguards. I'm excited to see how the next generation will develop new mechanisms and mediums to advance arms control and international security policy. By applying 21st century statecraft tools and open source technology to advance arms control by potentially verifying state compliance with treaty obligations, our generation is well-positioned to overcome the obstacles that have effectively stood in the way of "a world free of nuclear weapons."
The Generation Prague Conference was just one piece to a larger effort that calls on the abilities of people all around the world to build a security environment that makes disarmament possible. As someone who was just beginning his professional career when President Obama spoke in Prague, I'm excited to have an chance to work on policy this summer that will get us just a little closer to what Sam Nunn coined, "the mountaintop: a world free of nuclear weapons."
Ashim in India writes:
There are many facets of nuclear proliferation. All of them have to be acknowledged and addressed for solution. Existence of nuclear arms with nuclear states is itself an issue. Cost of R&D, cost of producing and maintening them and finally disposing them off in safe and secure manner are all critical.
Then there are states who are driven by their threat perceptions to have their own nuclear arms programme as an adjunct to their nuclear power generation programme, which necessarily generates fissile material and therefore it makes sense that they use it for arms production so long as - importantly - there are not alternate security umbrella to give them cover from their threat perceptions, which may or may not be real.
In this situation it would be both prudent and practical to have an arrangement in which nuclear power states get together and offer nuclear arms security services to non nuclear power states, who seek it by deplying adequate deterrant capabilities in later's territory under joint command of supplier and beneficiary states under a well thought out system of checks and balances.
Needless to say, beneficiary have to either pay for getting such protection in cash or kind or some other form of consideration. The arrangement must provide for unconditional right of beneficiary to ask supplier to leave it's territory and terminate the arrangement.
This proposal would add some additional value to arms stockpile and it would also give a whole new meaning to the efforts for non-proliferation as a campaign, which can be easily be interpreted as attempts by nuclear haves to retain their advantages as nuclear arms power over nuclear have nots.
The proposal would create better environment for realisation of non proliferation goals ultimately and can be sold in as much as it creates a win win situation for both haves and have nots. But haves have to take the lead and have to show as much resilience in their approach as possible as they go about selling the idea. One would like to believe that Asia - more specifically - South Asian nations can benefit immensely from it or similar alternate ideas. Later others nations else where can follow.
Artin in New York City writes:
A very well-written article. It really is up to the coming generation of leaders to further nuclear arms control.
It would be great if a major paper like the New York Times or WSJ covered this.
Ashim in India writes:
If ipads can be used for detecting nuclear arms, i am sure similar smart gadgets are available for detecting all kinds explosives and they should be shared with countries across the world. Why is not that shared without commercial or minimal commercial interest?
Robert in Washington, D.C writes:
A great post from a great American.
W.W. writes:
Yes to military intervention on Syria and Iran
Un securicy cuncil failure has caused more than 1200 children death - if a child who should be free from any corruption of any kind from religion to finance does not justify an international military intervention for the sake of corrupted interest than we got a world wide problem
Un has lost any sort of legitimacy and what it is happening in syria may occurr in any part of the globe
shame on america shame on russia shame on china shame on uk shame france

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11/18/2012 (4 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
Here, then, is the proof of St. John's experience in the words of Aidan Nichols: "Let us take the most repellent human situations and see what comes of them if we approach them as the hidden presence and invitation of the love of God."┬Ā The "pure" experiences such as these, epitomized in Catholic mystics such as St. John of the Cross, suggest that God is real.
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
11/18/2012 (4 years ago)
Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: existence of God, proofs of God, mysticism, St. John of the Cross, Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - Our series on the converging and convincing proofs of God have, in the main, started from our experience of God's creation--whether it be our desire, our sense of truth, the contingency of being--and extrapolated "upwards," as it were, to come to the conclusion that a transcendent God exists.┬Ā Our observation of creation gave birth to the thought of a transcendent God's existence as a most reasonable explanation for created phenomena.┬Ā This sort of reasoning takes us to faith's threshold.┬Ā
In one instance, in St. Anselm's famous if controversial ontological argument, we went a slightly different way.┬Ā The thought of God as that than which nothing greater can be conceived gave birth to the thought of transcendent God's existence and hence suggested its reality outside the mind.
In this particular article, we are not going to go from the things that are made or from thoughts of the mind; rather, we are going to start from what some have called the pati divina, the suffering of things divine, or, in a word, mysticism.┬Ā It is a sort of gray area between pure thought and experience of the created world.
Mysticism should not be confused with emotionalism or what Msgr. Knox famously called enthusiasm in the book with that name.┬Ā Nor should mysticism by confused with religious experience in general.┬Ā It is something different than emotionalism or enthusiasm or religious experience.┬Ā It is also something other than mystical phenomena: visions, locutions, levitation, bilocation, or even miracles.
The mysticism we have in mind is the apex of religious experience, to the point where it is almost a religious experience of another kind altogether: it is experienced as a form of an encounter, even a union, with God.┬Ā Many of us are unfamiliar with this intense form of religious experience, though we perhaps achieve a slight feel of it in ordinary religious experiences, as, for example, we experience pathos at the sight of a crucifix or emotion at the recital of a prayer.┬Ā But what we're talking about is of another order entirely.
We might take as a working definition of mysticism Fr. Frederick Copleston's definition in his famous debate with the agnostic Bertrand Russell.┬Ā Mysticism is "a loving, but unclear, awareness of some object which irresistibly seems to the experiencer as something transcending the self, something transcending all the normal objects of experience, something which cannot be pictured or conceptualized, but of the reality of which doubt is impossible--at least during the experience."
Our guide in this dichosa ventura, this blessed venture, of mysticism will be St. John of the Cross, the Doctor Mysticus or Mystical Doctor of the Church.┬Ā The mystical experiences he had, and of which he wrote in his various poems and commentary on them, is the kind of mystical experience that Copleston defined as "pure," since the experience resulted in a tremendously dynamic and constructive response of love and human perfection which indicates its veridicity.┬Ā St. John of the Cross's character is, moreover, one of unimpeachable purity and integrity, and he exhibited complete normalcy and sanity, despite intense suffering externally and internally, as a result of these encounters.
Now, there are extreme limitations in relying on religious experience, including the mystical experience, to prove that God exists, and these limitations seriously constrain the value of this proof.┬Ā But these limits do not entirely nullify the proof.┬Ā Perhaps the limitations make it, in the words of Fr. Copleston, not a "strict proof of the existence of God."┬Ā Instead, in light of these limits, the best we can do is to propose God's existence as the "best explanation" of the mystical phenomena in the "pure" sense.┬Ā It is a soft proof because of its limitations.
We might list some of the limitations.┬Ā
First of all, not every religious or even mystical experience is sound, much less orthodox.┬Ā Obviously, the religious experience of men and women do not all point the same way or to the same truth.┬Ā There is, for example, the great divide between East and West, where mystic phenomena is one between non-Being and Being.┬Ā We also need to sort out the religious crank, the possessed, the deluded, or those who suffer from hallucinations or psychological abnormalities.┬Ā
Another problem is that mysticism is notoriously subjective.┬Ā One may sensibly object: what's in the mind of the mystic does not translate to what is reality, and it is a mistake to go from an internal state to an external reality.┬Ā Against this we might argue that, though subjective in the sense of witnessed only within, the Church's mystics obviously experience something, an intense experience of the presence and union with the transcendent God himself, and we may consider this experience--despite the dangers of confusing such authentic experience with emotionalism or a misguided enthusiasm or even insanity--as a basis beginning a reasonable inquiry into whether God exists.┬Ā
The reason for this is that the experience is a subjective experience about something objective, the transcendent Object.┬Ā It may be reasonable for a blind man to believe what someone with eyes tells him about the world he sees, if he believes that the other person has eyes.
A third objection is that it is most difficult, perhaps impossible, to have a common perception of this mystical experience.┬Ā Mystical experience is not something like a loaf of bread, something which is outside of us, and the concept of which and the language to identity that concept, is shared in common.┬Ā And yet, by trying to imagine ourselves in the mystic's place, we might sufficiently understand the subjective state of mystic confronting the transcendent Object identified as God.┬Ā The experience is not altogether foreign. It is a human experience of the divine.
A fourth problem arises from the inexpressible nature of the experience.┬Ā The mundane loaf of bread is not ineffable, but isn't the mystic's experience by definition ineffable?┬Ā Yet we see that despite the ineffable nature of the experience, mystics can describe their experience.┬Ā So it is not that one can say absolutely nothing about God or the mystical encounter with Him, but rather that one can say nothing absolutely about God and that mystical encounter.
Another difficulty is that we must willing to scrap the empirical reason used in the physical, biological, psychological, and empirical sciences and rely on a broader illative sense or what the medieval theologians called intellectus.┬Ā If we insist on attributing mystical experiences to chemical effluvia in the brain, or self-induced hypnotic states, or a "God gene," or some such natural explanation, similar to what Henry James did in his famous Varieties of Religious Experience, this proof will yield nothing at all.┬Ā
We have to be willing to expand our way of thinking beyond that of the materialistic Horatio and least accept the possibility that "there are more things in heaven and earth . . . than are dreamt of in your philosophy," as Shakespeare put in the mouth of Hamlet.
Finally, how can a mystic's experience be evidence of God if the mystic, at least if a Catholic mystic is at issue, already believes in the reality of God?┬Ā In other words, the mystic's faith cannot be the basis of reasonable evidence because the experience is already informed and interpreted by faith, and so is not a naked experience.┬Ā
But this last problem can be surmounted by what Aidan Nichols in his A Grammar of Consent calls "two moves."┬Ā The first is to recognize that the mystic's experience is, to some degree, autonomous or in "creative rupture" with the religious tradition, and so give rise to and "additional experience."┬Ā This "additional experience" of the mystic can provide a basis and demand a response even from those who do not (yet) believe.
When it comes to this "proof," the believer is at an advantage apologetically.┬Ā A mystic, such as St. John of the Cross, will have an "additional experience" of God's existence.┬Ā There is no analogous experience available to an agnostic or an atheist.┬Ā An agnostic or atheist can never point to a mystical experience of God's nonexistence as a real object that draws him into an intense love and bliss.┬Ā
Importantly, St. John of the Cross's mystical encounter with God was something that seemed completely unattached to his external world and his internal world, wherein all evidence indicated God's absence.┬Ā All external evidence of God's existence, of God's providence, was absent to St. John when he was imprisoned in the darkness of a dank, foul, dark 6 X 10 foot prison cell in Toledo, suffering from dysentery, lice, and under the threat of being executed.┬Ā Internally, St. John of the Cross suffered from a tremendous dryness.┬Ā Emotionally, he felt the emptiness of nada, nothingness.┬Ā For him it was dark within and dark without.
It was in these absolutely unconducive circumstances, suffering the want of any and all external and internal support, that St. John found the superlative invitation of divine love," el divino extremo, the "divine extreme."┬Ā God alone!┬Ā Solo Dios basta!
Aqu├®sta me gu─Åaba
m├Īs cierta que la luz del mediod├Ła,
adonde me esperaba
quien yo bien me sab├Ła,
en parte donde nadie parec├Ła
It lit and let me through
More certain that the light of noonday clear
To where One waited near
Whose presence well I knew,
There where no other presence might appear.
Here, then, is the proof of St. John's experience in the words of Aidan Nichols: "Let us take the most repellent human situations and see what comes of them if we approach them as the hidden presence and invitation of the love of God."┬Ā The "pure" experiences such as these suggest that God is real.
St. John of the Cross did just this, and "the triumphant survival of his humanity through a personal holocaust," as Aidan Nichols describes it, bore fruit in his poetry and prose, and especially in that poem, "The Dark Night."┬Ā "The existence of that poem, written in that place," is itself theistic evidence," suggests Nichols.
More contemporaneously, St. Maximilian Kolbe did a similar thing, and "the triumphant survival of his humanity through a personal (and even more literal) holocaust" bore fruit when he never doubted God amid the horrors of Auschwitz, and willingly exchanged his life for one of his fellow prisoners--a father with a wife and children--in an act of great love.┬Ā The self-giving of St. Maximilian Kolbe, in that horrible and repellent place, is also theistic evidence.
Even more modernly, Fran├¦ois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, Archbishop of Saigon (later Cardinal), who was detained for thirteen years amid the horrors of a Vietnamese re-education camp, nine of which were in solitary confinement, nevertheless remained unshakenly convinced in God.┬Ā
As Pope Benedict XVI, who mentioned him in the encyclical Spe Salvi, stated: "During thirteen years in jail, in a situation of seemingly utter hopelessness, the fact that he could listen and speak to God became for him an increasing power of hope, which enabled him, after his release, to become for people all over the world a witness of hope--to that great hope which does not wane even in the nights of solitude."┬Ā Yes, the dedication of Nguyen Van Thuan and his witness to God is also theistic evidence.
In the likes of these "pure" experiences, when God is experienced in the most unlikely and repellent places and without semblance of internal psychological or emotional support--and the Catholic Church has a plethora of them to which it can point since its altars are full of saints and they multiply each and every day--that we find theistic evidence.
All of these "pure" experiences have their source at the Cross, where a Jew who claimed to be God, was scourged, nailed to a cross, and abandoned--so it seemed--by both God and man.┬Ā And yet, here at Calvary, in the most implausible of circumstances, when God seemed to all most distant--Eloi, eloi, lama sabacthtani, My God, my God why have you abandoned me--that the Lord's glory and the Lord's love revealed itself in the most invisibly true and pure and most intense way, like the hottest of flames.
For the penitent thief, Jesus Christ on the Cross was theistic evidence.┬Ā Jesus! God! If we could have the penitent thief's spiritual eyes!┬Ā
The existence of the Christ's Sacrifice on the Cross, lifted in the place of Golgotha, the place of the skull, and repeated bloodlessly on Catholic altars, is itself theistic evidence.┬Ā Its veracity is mercifully confirmed in the Resurrection, as perhaps the Cross would have been too much naked reality for man to believe true without it being clothed and confirmed by the historical miracle of Christ's Resurrection.
This sort of proof converts.┬Ā St. Teresa de Jes├║s (also known as St. Teresa of ├üvila) was another mystic soul with these "pure" experiences, and she, like her Carmelite reforming cohort, St. John of the Cross, wrote about her mystical ascent to God and her encounter with Him.
The moment that the Jewess intellectual Edith Stein read about the mystical experiences of St. Teresa in the latter's Autobiography (which she happened to read quite by "accident") she knew that God as described by St. Teresa existed.┬Ā
As Aidan Nichols summarized Edith Stein's thought process in his A Spirituality for the Twenty-First Century, Edith Stein concluded: "If Teresa is real, then God is real."┬Ā
We can say the same for all "pure" souls: "If St. John of the Cross is real, then God is real."┬Ā "If St. Maximilian Kolbe is real, then God is real."┬Ā "If the Servant of God Nguyen Van Thuan is real, then God is real."┬Ā Beginning with St. Dismas, the penitent thief, and on and on . . . .
All these "pure" souls recognized the Truth made Flesh, loved Him, and made Him the driving force of their lives.┬Ā It is this which gives them their superlative attractiveness, resulted in oustanding integrity, and which makes them proofs of the existence of the God to whom they gave themselves with such abandon in the circumstances of seeming abandonment: If Jesus is real, then God is real.┬Ā
Andrew M. Greenwell is an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas, practicing in Corpus Christi, Texas.┬Ā He is married with three children.┬Ā He maintains a blog entirely devoted to the natural law called Lex Christianorum.┬Ā You can contact Andrew at email@example.com.
By Fr. James Farfaglia
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I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. HYTHE, KENT, UK (Catholic Online) - I didn't steal any cookies mommy! says a little boy whose mother asked him if he was hungry, wiping the ... continue reading
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It is not accidental that the Bible, from beginning to the end, uses marriage as a metaphor and a symbol to reveal the plan of God for the whole human race. Marriage was God's plan from the beginning as we see in the first book of Genesis. Throughout the Old ... continue reading
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"A sower went out to sow. And, as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for ... continue reading
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On the Solemnity of the Feast of Christ the King, the Sunday which marks both the end of the Church Year and the end of the Year of Faith, inaugurated by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Pope Francis greeted thousands of the faithful and presided over Holy Mass and the ... continue reading
By Father Randy Sly
Becoming a House of Prayer is the best discipline we can take on. St. Ephraem of Syria states that Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy ... continue reading
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If this day you only knew what makes for peace- but now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you; they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides. They will smash you to the ground and your ... continue reading


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When you change your Google Voice number, your original number will remain active on your account for 90 days. Google Voice users who have paid to change their Google Voice number, signed up for Sprint Integration, or have paid to port their mobile number to Google Voice are eligible to keep both their old and new numbers on their account.
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Eight of Osborne's chapter's 16 members participated in her challenge, taking five ASI safety courses. So she flew to Frederick last week with her former flight instructor, Tim O'Neil, and presented ASI with a check for $40. "I'd like to see 100 percent chapter participation next year and make this challenge an annual thing," she said.
Osborne would also like to see more Ninety-Nines chapters take up the challenge, or even donate to ASI. "If we can get more people talking about ASI products, more will be invested in safety," she said. "It's a focus on air safety and that's a win-win for everyone."
I'm a student pilot, so I decided to take up Osborne's challenge, completing four courses: "Say It Right," "Runway Safety," "Airspace for Everyone," and "Do the Right Thing: Decision Making for Pilots." And I was happy to write a $50 check to the foundation. For a complete list of ASI offerings, click here.
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Although HP has not released a single new webOS-based product since it acquired Palm earlier this year, the company also dropped plans to release anything based on Google Android operating system. Moreover, it is unlikely to ever do that, said the former head of Palm, who now heads an HP's business unit.
"HP voted with its pocketbook. It's all about focus," said Jon Rubinstein, the head of HP's Palm division that is primarily responsible for webOS software development and webOS based hardware products, said in an interview with the Financial Times.
HP is on track to release a slate-type system running webOS (code-named Hurricane) early next year, as well as a Microsoft Windows-based tablet that will ship sooner. After the acquisition of Palm HP abandoned a project to launch a smartphone and a tablet based on Google Android, according to Mr. Rubinstein.
When originally announcing the completion of the Palm take over HP said that it planned to release smartphones, slate PCs and netbooks featuring webOS. Later on the company downplayed the importance of smartphones and indicated interest in putting webOS onto a variety of connected devices, including printers.
At present HP's Palm division is working on the webOS 2.0, which will probably sport new functionality, improved interface as well as will better suit nice types of devices that HP may be planning.
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Through Classmates.com yearbook archive I found this photo of Gerald in his junior year. That's the last year he attended public high school. I still haven't had any luck finding pictures of Linda. I'm not sure that she finished high school so it may be a little difficult. Nothing in the papers so far, either.
Annville-Cleona High School Junior
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USA Volleyball's Magazine Arriving in Mailboxes
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 4, 2013) – The Winter 2012-13 issue of VolleyballUSA, the official magazine of USA Volleyball, will reach subscriber mailboxes by the end of this week with topics including expansion of the USAV Girls' Junior National Championships, maintaining the health of your shoulder and the cover story on past U.S. Olympic Men's and Women's Volleyball Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon.
The issue is now also available digitally to subscribers and via the iTunes App Store using the username and password found on the print version's mailing label. To access the digital issue via the Internet, visit http://content.yudu.com/A21i3o/USAVballWinter201213/resources/index.htm.
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The Winter 2012-13 issue, which includes 64 pages for the printed edition with eight additional digital-only pages, includes articles on USA Volleyball's team and individual postseason awards, a parent's role in advising during the recruiting process, review of the 2012 women's collegiate volleyball season, a preview of the 2013 men's collegiate volleyball season and separate conversations with Jake Gibb and Caitlyn Racich. USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal uses his CEO Message column to discuss coaching our coaches and leadership.
Further, the issue contains a compelling column by junior columnist Emily Podschweit, along with a CAP II article on promoting, respecting and nurturing a love for the sport of volleyball. Other article features include Karch Kiraly's recurring blog, sections on who made the USA Volleyball holiday camps both in indoor and beach, nutrition tips and the On the Radar section highlighting USA Volleyball High Performance pipeline athletes.
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A collection of stories from individuals with disabilities, families, friends, and disability service providers in Tennessee
Showing stories 1 - 5 of 5
Results related to: Student interview of self-advocate / 36 to 59 years
"'I'm a people person,' Michael says as he looks over to his long-time friend Jonathan and smiles, 'but I have to have assistance.'
"He is most worried about being able to retire comfortably, because the extra cost of having a disability is not quite covered by the support he receives from the state alone."
"My goal was to move here, to Nashville, and become totally independent."
"The secret to true inner peace is to focus on the needs of others."
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Ron Carter Talks Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, And The Value Of A Good Chair
June 2, 2016. Posted by Josh Landes.Add new comment | Filed under: bass, bassist, eric dolphy, gary walker, Interviews, mccoy tyner, miles davis, ron carter, SummerStage
Jazz legend Ron Carter sat down - in his beloved hand-carved chair - to talk with Gary Walker about playing with icons like Miles Davis and Eric Dolphy, the aura an artist can imbue in his craft, and the story of how he acquired the bass he's been playing since 1960, all in advance of "The Legends Honor McCoy" concert at Central Park.
Great Live Moments - Jim Hall
April 2, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: band members, ben riley, bill evans, bill frisell, compositions, duets, embodiment, guitarist jim, guitarists, harvie, jazz forum, jazz guitarist, jim hall, jim hall trio, john scofield, Listening Post, Live Music, living jazz, pat metheny, ron carter, sonny rollins, wbgo
Guitarist Jim Hall is the embodiment of what makes jazz special. First of all, there's something so absolutely honest about his music. If you need proof that Hall is the greatest living jazz guitarist, ask Pat Metheny. Or Bill Frisell. Or John Scofield. They will tell you that Jim Hall is their guy. I suspect musicians admire Jim for many of the reasons that we do. Chiefly, Hall's asset is his ability to listen to the other band members. Just imagine all those Jim Hall duets with Bill Evans, Ron Carter, or any number of guitarists, not to mention his ensemble playing with Sonny Rollins... "Down From Antigua" is one of Jim Hall's trademark compositions. As many times as I've heard this tune, it still sounds fresh.
WBGO recorded the Jim Hall Trio at The Jazz Forum, February 5, 1983.
They are:
Jim Hall, guitar
Harvie Swartz - bass
Ben Riley - drums
February 11, 2008. Posted by Stevan Smith.Add new comment | Filed under: amazon, buggin out, death row records, east coast hip hop, explicit lyrics, g funk, gangsta music, hip hop albums, infamous date rape, james brown, jazz, jazzy sound, Listening Post, low end theory, music lovers, music world, rap promoter, ron carter, show business, tribe called quest, vibe, vibes and stuff, Video
What's going on all!
Welcome to my blog series "DIGGIN' THE CLASSICS"! When new releases in the music world get slow, we all tend to dig into our collections for some vintage pleasure. Join me for my weekly (or whenever I feel like it) quest for soundtrack satisfaction. This is a blog for music lovers! "Walk With Me".
This edition celebrates: A Tribe Called Quest- The Low End Theory (1991)
Tracklisting (Contains Explicit Lyrics):
- Excursions
- Buggin' Out
- Rap Promoter
- Butter
- Verses From the Abstract
- Show Business
- Vibes and Stuff
- The Infamous Date Rape
- Check the Rhime
- Everything is Fair
- Jazz (We've Got)
- Skypager
- What?
- Scenario
This is one of my all-time favorite hip-hop albums. Arguably the best album by Tribe, this project contained a very "jazzy sound" (East Coast hip-hop was James Brown sample crazy before this). This was a very different vibe from the G-Funk gangsta music made popular by Death Row Records at the time.
While I was going through the credits, I noticed that Ron Carter played the bass on track #5 "Verses from the Abstract". Being that I said this is one of my favorite hip hop albums of all time (and I know every lyric), I never noticed that Q-Tip shouts out Ron Carter at the end of the song...."Thanks a lot Ron Carter; on the bass is my man Ron Carter on the bass..". Hey, what can I say...I was caught up in the music.
As far as "jazz rap" goes, The Low End Theory was the bench mark. Though the album contained mostly samples of jazz music, it was the presentation of the package. From the "abstract/poetic" lyrics of Q-Tip, to the more direct delivery of Phife (in his prime I'd might add), this album is as smooth as butter. At the time of it's release, The Low End Theory was named a "5 mic" classic by The Source Magazine.
This release was also responsible for shining a light on the "not yet solo" talents of Busta Rhymes. The song goes down in history as one of hip hop's best "posse cuts."
This album is made classic by it's pure production excellence and it's varied subject matter.
Exhibit A, B, C,.....and so on:
ranked #154 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
ranked #32 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s"
One of the Top 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (The Source)
One of the 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century (Vibe magazine)
Here's the video for "We've Got the Jazz":
A classic example of how Jazz & Hip-Hop can co-exist.
Ed Thigpen at 77
December 28, 2007. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: Birthdays, drummer, drummers, ed thigpen, education conference, educator, happy birthday, herbie hancock, humanitarian award, Jazz Education, kenny burrell, Listening Post, mouthpiece, nola, oscar peterson trio, percussion, retrospect, rhythm, ron carter, trumpeter clark terry, tympani, verve
Drummer Ed Thigpen has lived in Denmark since the early 70s, but we haven't forgotten him stateside. Especially given the recent death of Oscar Peterson. Thigpen recorded more than 50 records as a member of the Oscar Peterson Trio, but not very many as a leader.
In 1966, though, he made a record for Verve called OUT OF THE STORM. Not a lot of music here, and Thigpen doesn't solo much, but it's still worth checking out. At the time, Thigpen had recently left the Oscar Peterson trio. Trumpeter Clark Terry adds some mouthpiece-only solos for an nice effect. Thigpen plays tuned drums that sound like tympani at times. Kenny Burrell, Herbie Hancock, and Ron Carter round out the date. Give it a listen.
The last time I saw Ed Thigpen, he was teaching kids at a percussion clinic in New Orleans. As you can imagine, there were a symphony of drummers in attendance (which, in retrospect, is pretty easy for a rhythm town like NOLA). It was just around the time that he won a Humanitarian Award at the International Association for Jazz Education conference.
That seems fitting. He's a beautiful cat, and a tremendous educator. And for the record, he's a hell of a wire brush player.
Happy Birthday, Ed Thigpen.


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I know that I am not alone in my problem Finding a pot to perfectly complement Yancha.
For heavily roasted teas I will sacrafice high notes for the excellent mouthfeel provided by my Luni Bian Hu.
which looks way sexier after having lot of yancha poured from it.
For light to medium roasted yancha I was sacrificing mouth-feel to keep the high notes. With a 90s hong ni pot which preserved high notes but it did the mouthfeel would suffer for it. This was not the happiest of compromises, but it was passable. Unfortunately this week the most slight of tea table mishaps ended up with my pot missing a handle leaving a hole in the side.
I am now looking for a good yancha pot I know this is as if not more rare than good yancha. Just curious what people more experienced in the art of Yixing pairing have choosen to mate there Yancha with.


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I like that in the 2011 game, the one with Vargas and Wedge in the "1984" uniforms, they're wearing sansabelt knickers, thus enabling the appearance of additional stripes.
I like that in the 2011 game, the one with Vargas and Wedge in the "1984" uniforms, they're wearing sansabelt knickers, thus enabling the appearance of additional stripes.
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Anyone have any vintage Mariner memorabilia? Contact Kevin Martinez and let him know you want to see the Mariners' original colors again. Bring back the Trident!
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Brandon League has never worn a better uniform than the Seattle Mariners' 1981-1986 uniform!
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Seattle Mariners 1981-1986 cap by American Needle. New Era's contract with MLB expires after the 2014 season.
Seattle Mariners: Back to the Future!
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Bring back the pullover jerseys and sansabelt knickers!
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v-neck pullover jerseys and sansabelt knickers! Jack Perconte in the best Seattle Mariners uniform!
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Gaylord Perry won his 300th game in 1982 wearing the Seattle Mariners' best uniform, 1981-1986!
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The Mariners' 1985-1986 road jersey. A game worn Dave Henderson jersey. Looks great!
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Kevin Martinez Seattle Mariners Vice President of Marketing:
This is what's wanted. This is what's needed. Act now and make it happen! The Mariners, well all teams, but especially the Seattle Mariners, need to adopt the pullover jersey and sansabelt pants as the official on-field game uniform. The sport needs this, the fans have responded, and they want to see it as well. Buttons and belts simply don't belong on the baseball diamond, that is undeniable.
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Just go with something like the fun '85-'86 uniforms and be true to that great era, v-neck pullovers and striped sansabelt pants. The Mariners would be unique looking and the best dressed team in the sport. Was that game on July 1, 2011 a sneak preview of things to come?
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To Kevin Martinez; VP of Marketing,
The '80s Night' promotion that was held on July 1, 2011 was a huge success. The Mariners looked great in the "'84" uniforms. They looked so good that it people I've come across believe that it should be their permanent uniforms, well the look specifically from the '85 and '86 seasons. Those uniforms looked both contemporary and retro at the same time! The time is now to make the switch.
Every Breathing Seattle Mariners Fan
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The fans want the old logo, colors and uniforms back. I'm sure John Ellis will understand.
The Seattle Mariners' 1981-1986 home uniforms were great. The Seattle Mariners 1985 & 1986 road uniforms were great too! Class personified.
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The fact that the Seattle Mariners' brilliant 1981-1986 uniforms makes certain people hot and bothered convinces me it's very important that the Mariners switch back to their old uniforms and logo permanently! The opposing views are priceless. Non-Mariners fans are jealous of what could and should be, just as I predicted!
Please replace the current NATO-looking compass rose logo with the logo and wordmark we all know and love...
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Alvin Davis in the classic Seattle Mariners 1981-1986 cap and Seattle Mariners 1981-1986 BP jersey on his 1987 Topps card! An example of what once was and what could be again! Unique brand identity for the Seattle Mariners!
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The Seattle Mariners looked great from 1981-1986, especially 1985 & 1986!
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The script that Mariners fans want to see again.
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I said elsewhere that the Warriors are going to wear jerseys with sleeves. Okay, I'm not sure about that, no other team's doing it. Another thing no other team is doing in baseball is outfitting their team in athletic wear. The Mariners can and should do just that. Bring their 1981-1986 uniforms out of retirement! The timing is perfect to do just that! After the Felix press conference, it would be great to hear and see that the Mariners are setting trends and blazing trails by wearing their best uniforms in team history, which in turn would be the best in the game.
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Let's say the Mariners announced tomorrow that they're changing their uniforms and without saying so, the new uniforms would be the uniforms they wore from 1981-1986. The average Mariner fan wouldn't know they're from the '80s, they would see them as new, unique and different and much better suited in the HD era. Let's not kid ourselves, these uniforms haven't been worn apart from a game in 2011, for 27 years., so not many people would identify them with the Argyros era. Compared with the Mariners current uniforms which are dull, generic, dark, tired and convey a false aura of being "traditional" with the awful piping down the front of the jersey and side of the pants, they would be seen as fresh and new. Quite frankly, apart from signing Felix to a new contract, bringing back their 1981-1986 uniforms is the best move the Mariners can make. It really needs to happen.
Why fit in when you were born to stand out? - Dr. Seuss
It's time for the Mariners to stand out.


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JPS Looks To Close Budget Gap
Expenditure increases and revenue decreases have left the Jamestown Board of Education with a $4.6 million budget gap to close.
During Tuesday's meeting of the Jamestown Board of Education, Daniel Kathman, school superintendent, mapped out strategies to hopefully bring the 2013-14 budget into the black.
The school system is facing a cutback in state aid to the tune of $3,882,190, as well as an expenditure increase – mostly due to the rising cost of employee benefits, totaling $935,435.
Kathman introduced a series of proposed strategies which, along with some good fortune, should help to close the budget deficit.
"We're hoping to (close the gap) by tapping into our rainy day fund a little more than we'd like to," said Kathman. "We've had a separate debt service reserve fund that we've built up for these kinds of circumstances specifically. We're recommending to the board that we tap that fund completely to help resolve the gap. There's some savings we can realize, also, by simply delaying for a few months our borrowing for the next round of capital projects and purchasing of new school busses. By simply delaying (to borrow) after July 1, we can postpone some of those debt payments until the following year when we have an expectation that the needed revenue will be there."
The first of the proposed strategies is to increase the appropriated fund balance by $500,000, bringing it up to $3,275,000 from the usual $2,775,000. This increase needs to pass a vote, however Kathman said he is confident the board will approve the increase.
The second proposed strategy is to exhaust a debt service reserve fund of $1,552,924. Finally, the third strategy discussed was to postpone borrowing an amount of $586,000 until after July 1. Kathman believes that, at that point, the necessary revenue will be available to satisfy that debt.
If all three strategies are pursued, the board is still left with a gap of roughly $1.9 million. However, Kathman is optimistic, as the New York state budget negotiations have left $50 million worth of performance grants, $75 million worth of reform grants, and a one-year-only $203 million fiscal stabilization fund on the table. While no one on the board is certain how the state will use this money, Kathman said it would be "very nice" if the school was granted an additional $1.9 million in aid.
"It's been a complete emotional roller-coaster ride," said Kathman. "Two weeks ago, it looked like we were not going to get any additional money. However, that has changed, and we're encouraged that there will be some additional revenues – hopefully a lot. We've narrowed our gap down to $1.9 million, so it would be absolutely lovely if we got a $1.9 million increase. The only smart thing to do, knowing that Albany will decide early on the budget is to wait for that, then we can be very precise about what other strategies we recommend."
The public hearing for the Jamestown budget will be held on May 14 at Persell school, with the vote occurring on May 21.


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Debates of Oct. 27th, 1999
House of Commons Hansard #12 of the 36th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was treaty.
- Anthony Toldo Sr.
- West Central Pelleting
- Women's History Month
- Buffett Taylor Chair
- Air Transportation
- Impaired Driving
- National Marine Day
- The Environment
- Incontinence Awareness Month
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Canadian Neutron Facility
- National Marine Day
- Mirabel Airport
- Convention On The Rights Of The Child
- Fisheries
- Agriculture
- Taxation
- Air Transportation
- Homelessness
- Airline Industry
- Employment Insurance
- Agriculture
- Homelessness
- Agriculture
- Genetically Modified Foods
- Health
- Nisga'A Treaty
- Agriculture
- Homelessness
- East Timor
- Apec Inquiry
- Plutonium Imports
- Banking
- Fisheries
- The Environment
- Fisheries
- Human Resources Development Canada
- Presence In Gallery
- Point Of Order
- Municipal Grants Act
- Cape Breton Development Corporation Divestiture Authorization And Dissolution Act
- Employment Insurance Act
- Criminal Code
- Bankruptcy And Insolvency Act
- Employment Insurance Act
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Motions For Papers
- Nisga'A Final Agreement Act
2 p.m.
The Speaker
As is our practice on Wednesday we will now sing O Canada.
Anthony Toldo Sr.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Rick Limoges Windsor—St. Clair, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform the House that one our community's leading citizens, Mr. Anthony Toldo Sr., is being invested with the Order of Ontario on Monday, November 1, 1999.
Mr. Toldo is a philanthropist and industrialist who has made an enormous contribution to Windsor and Tecumseh. Over the years he has made many generous donations, the most notable of which was $1 million to the Windsor Regional Cancer Centre.
Tony Toldo is an example of the Canadian dream. He arrived in Canada as a poor young boy from Italy in 1934 and through hard work and determination built a business empire that employs over 1,100 people in three countries.
Tony Toldo represents the very best of what makes Windsor, Tecumseh and Canada such great places to live. I want to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Tony Toldo on being named to the Order of Ontario, an honour that is well deserved.
West Central Pelleting
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Gerry Ritz Battlefords—Lloydminster, SK
Mr. Speaker, in the great western tradition of private enterprise and finding opportunities, the West Central Pelleting company of Wilkie, Saskatchewan has built itself into a successful, value-added operation.
Five hundred shareholders, consisting of retired and active farmers, small business people and other citizens, raised $2.2 million to start this operation. The company takes in screenings. That is the plant material left over after the grain has been cleaned and processed. Though screenings have long been known to have nutritional value as animal feed, they have usually been shipped elsewhere, along with the employment opportunities.
West Central Pelleting uses nutritional consultants to provide its growing customer base with made-to-order feed products. According to Bonnie Stephenson of Grainews , "West Central has met its first year goal of 20,000 metric tonnes of production and has just completed an expansion that has tripled its storage capacity". There are 15 employees there now and I predict a lot more jobs to come as prairie people apply their know-how and determination to succeed.
Congratulations, West Central Pelleting.
Women's History Month
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Jacques Saada Brossard—La Prairie, QC
Mr. Speaker, October is women's history month. In this Année de la Francophonie, which is particularly exciting in Quebec, I would like to pay special tribute to those women who fought for the right to vote for women in Quebec.
In 1907, Marie Gérin-Lajoie and Caroline Beïque founded the Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste to promote women's civil and political rights. They called for a reform of the civil code at the time and demanded a commission of inquiry be set up to examine women's rights.
In 1922, still not having obtained the right to vote, Marie Gérin-Lajoie went to Quebec City with a group of women in order to lobby the premier. In the following years, Idola St-Jean and Thérèse Casgrain took over. After a number of years of vigorous efforts, women in Quebec finally obtained the right to vote on April 25, 1940.
Since then, because of the profound convictions of these activists, a number of Quebec women have been elected to the National Assembly of Quebec and to the House of Commons. Despite that, however, the men to women ratio is far from representative of Canada's total population.
Buffett Taylor Chair
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Judi Longfield Whitby—Ajax, ON
Mr. Speaker, a near fatal heart attack and a family member's personal brush with breast cancer has prompted my constituent, Mr. Ed Buffett, president and CEO of Buffett Taylor and Associates Ltd., to donate $1 million to McMaster University for a research chair in breast cancer.
The Buffett Taylor Chair in Breast Cancer Research will conduct independent research and clinical trials in breast cancer, evaluate the use of innovative methods to improve communication between physicians and women with breast cancer, and research methods to improve clinical practice guidelines to enhance the care of women who have the disease.
Buffett Taylor and Associates is a leading Canadian consulting firm that specializes in employee health benefits and worksite wellness, and Mr. Buffett, a member of McMaster's board of governors, is the chairman of the Wellness Council of Canada.
As a direct result of his action, many lives could be saved. I am proud to represent Mr. Ed Buffett, a Whitby resident, in parliament.
Air Transportation
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Guy St-Julien Abitibi, QC
Mr. Speaker, First Air, the third largest regularly scheduled air carrier in Canada and its Inuit owned parent corporation Makivik oppose the merger of Air Canada and Canadian International Airlines proposed by Onex.
The president of First Air, Bob Davis, is asking the Minister of Transport to oppose any agreement that does not guarantee specifically the interests of northern consumers and of the aviation industry in the north, the positions of First Air employees, Air Inuit and the investments of the Inuit in the compensation funds set up under the terms of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.
According to the president of Makivik, Pita Aatami, "the federal government is legally and morally bound to protect the interests of the Inuit covered by the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, who might be affected by a reorganization of the aviation industry in Canada".
Impaired Driving
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Grant Hill Macleod, AB
Mr. Speaker, two people in Quebec were killed by Sylvain Boies, who was under the influence of alcohol and driving a stolen vehicle.
We know that Mr. Boies will be eligible for parole after serving only one-third of his sentence, and also that he will serve that sentence in comfort in the leisure and recreation centres the federal government calls prisons.
It is urgent for the federal government to introduce the legislation called for by the Standing Committee on Justice to allow life imprisonment for impaired driving leading to someone's death.
National Marine Day
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Stan Dromisky Thunder Bay—Atikokan, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure today to welcome Canada's major marine carriers, shippers and port organizations to Ottawa to participate in the inaugural National Marine Day.
For the first time in its long history, port and marine communities across Canada are meeting in the nation's capital to speak with one strong voice.
There are few places in this great country that are not touched by the movement of products by ships. From Vancouver to Corner Brook, Ungava Bay to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway, Canadians continue to rely on this competitive and efficient community of industries which links Canada with the global marketplace.
Through ports across this country, such as found in my own community of Thunder Bay, the marine industry is responsible for moving more than half of Canada's international cargo trade while providing direct and indirect employment to tens of thousands of Canadians.
I call upon all members and all Canadians to join with me in celebrating not only our nation's great marine past, but also its vibrant and exciting future.
The Environment
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Pierrette Venne Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to announce a Canadian first. On October 5, the city of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville launched a textile recovery operation.
The people of Saint-Bruno can make use of a "Textilosac", a blue transparent plastic clothing bag, for clothing, shoes, curtains and other textiles they wish to dispose of.
They can then drop their bags off at a number of designated organizations, or pick-up can be arranged by calling the Centre de récupération et de recylage du Montréal métropolitain, located in Saint-Hubert.
Use of the these textile bags reduces the amount of solid waste that has to go to landfill, because the textiles are recovered and recycled. This is a great plus for the environment, since we are told that each Quebecer produces approximately 23 kilograms of recyclable textiles yearly.
Congratulations to Robert Larue, CEO of the Centre de récupération et de recyclage du Montréal métropolitain, who set up this project.
Incontinence Awareness Month
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in this House to speak on behalf of more than 1.5 million Canadians, men and women of all ages, who suffer from incontinence. It is time to bring incontinence out of the closet.
The foundation is the only national non-profit organization defending the interests of the incontinent. It has designated November as incontinence awareness month.
Today, in anticipation of Incontinence Awareness Month, I will be tabling a petition calling on the Parliament of Canada to officially declare November as Incontinence Awareness Month.
I also invite all members of this House to take a few minutes out of their busy schedules this afternoon to visit with some of the volunteers of the Canadian Continence Foundation in Room 256S, Centre Block, and to sign their guest book.
Aboriginal Affairs
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Philip Mayfield Cariboo—Chilcotin, BC
Mr. Speaker, the public accounts of Canada were tabled yesterday. There we find some $200 billion—that is $200,000 million—in specific aboriginal claims that the federal government will have to deal with.
Considering that government revenues for the year are only about $147 billion, what does the government plan to do with these enormous demands on the treasury?
Last week it was $5 billion to pay for work of equal value and this week it is $200 billion for aboriginal claims.
There is not enough money in Canada for the government to pay out these demands. Where does the buck stop?
Grassroots aboriginal people have been largely excluded from the government payout loop. Why will the government not listen to aboriginal people who need the money and give them individual property rights and the money they need to take their place on an equal footing with all Canadians?
There is not enough money in Canada to pay the $200 billion. There has to be a better way that all Canadians can live with.
Canadian Neutron Facility
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Hec Clouthier Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is with a great sense of duty and purpose that I rise today to speak on behalf of the proposed Canadian neutron facility.
For the past year I have been passionately pursuing, propounding and, plainly put, just pitching the multitudinous merits of the new facility at Chalk River which would serve all Canadians.
The Canadian Neutron Facility will be a world class neutron beam laboratory. It will provide essential materials research for both industries and universities. It will also help advance our multibillion dollar CANDU reactor technology. Not only will our bright, young brilliant Canadian minds stay here to work and do research, the facility will attract scientists and researchers from around the world.
Mr. Speaker, perhaps the distinguished students we have visiting today from France will one day be working at Chalk River, in the marvellous region of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke.
National Marine Day
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Gordon Earle Halifax West, NS
Mr. Speaker, today is National Marine Day, a day of pride and hope for major carriers, shippers and port organizations.
Canada's marine trade touches many aspects of our development and future. Our ports move over half of Canada's international cargo trade. However, National Marine Day is a day of great shame and disgrace for a Liberal government which does not seem able to see beyond the city of Ottawa, much less to our coasts. The Liberal government could be brave and creative and it could bring us in line with advantages held by marine industries and workers in other countries.
The Liberal government could move forward with a valid national shipbuilding policy. We are a maritime nation with the skilled workers to do the job and the business would bring Canada's shipbuilding industry proudly into the new millennium. Handouts are not the issue; sound policy is.
The Liberal government could ensure that the proper links exist between CN Rail and our ports. The government could take action to recognize the importance of our major Canadian ports, including Halifax, Churchill, Vancouver and Thunder Bay. It could recognize and take action to support the importance of Halifax as a major container port.
Mirabel Airport
Statements By Members
October 27th, 1999 / 2:10 p.m.
Monique Guay Laurentides, QC
Mr. Speaker, on October 21, the Government of Quebec announced that it had passed legislation to create a Montreal international trade zone development corporation at Mirabel.
In the words of Quebec's deputy premier: "This corporation will make it possible for the Government of Quebec to finally do something about the tragic mistakes made by the federal government in the Mirabel airport saga".
The Government of Quebec's budget includes assistance for site investment, business operations, training and recruitment, and bringing in foreign specialists, as well as support for free trade operations, for a period of ten years.
Yet the federal government, which is to blame for the disastrous decision to transfer international flights, is taking its time doing anything about the renewal of Mirabel airport. The Bloc Quebecois is therefore calling on the government to announce aid measures similar to those announced by the Government of Quebec.
Convention On The Rights Of The Child
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Bernard Patry Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Mr. Speaker, Canada is proud to have signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly in 1989.
This innovative treaty recognizes the needs of children and affirms their right to live and develop within our society.
UNICEF Week is the perfect opportunity to announce that Canada's children will have a voice in the first national vote to mark the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
On November 19, UNICEF Canada and Elections Canada invite Canadians under 18 years of age to head for the polls and cast their vote for the particular right of the ten on the ballot that in their view is the most important.
I appeal to my colleagues to renew our support for the UNICEF campaign.


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June 25, 2011 - December 7, 2014
Special Exhibit
Picturing Science
This exhibition features more than 20 sets of large-format images that showcase the wide range of research being conducted at the Museum as well as how various optical tools are used in scientific studies.
Through January 5, 2014
Special Exhibit
Whales: Giants of the Deep
Whales: Giants of the Deep brings visitors closer than ever to some of the mightiest, most massive, and mysterious mammals on Earth.
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September 23, 2013 - November 3, 2013
After Hours Programs
Registration Closed
Seminars on Science - Fall Session I 2013 Course Offering
Available online graduate courses for educators for the Fall Session I 2013 offering of Seminars on Science.
Thursday, October 17, 2013−Sunday, January 12, 2014
Special Exhibit
A:shiwi A:wan Ulohnanne: The Zuni World
For a limited time, see modern Zuni paintings depicting ancestral sites throughout the Colorado Plateau.
Through September 13, 2015
Special Exhibit
Free With Museum Admission
Natural Histories
Inspired by the 2012 book Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library, this exhibition will include reproductions from more than 20 rare and beautifully illustrated scientific works, dating from the 16th to the early 20th century.
October 20, 27, and November 3
Family and Childrens Programs
Sold Out
Astrofavorites: The NASA Training Missions (Pre-K and K)
In this workshop students will train to go on space walks, conduct experiments on a space station, and experience the thrill of space travel.
October 20, October 27, and November 3
Student Programs
Sold Out
Frogs! (Grades 1 and 2)
Discover the remarkable adaptations frogs have developed, from vivid colors to protective poisons, and go behind-the-scenes of the Museum's exhibition of live frogs.
October 20, 27, and November 3
Family and Childrens Programs
Frogs! (Pre-K and K)
Discover the remarkable adaptations frogs have developed, from vivid colors to protective poisons, and go behind-the-scenes of the Museum's exhibition of live frogs.
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Members Only Programs
Sold Out
Members Only
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Members, join us for an in-depth tour of the Museum's dioramas.


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I've got two seats in the upper level Pound (Sec 318, about halfway back) for half the season, including all three division opponents. Games available:
Bengals - 9/11
Jaguars - 11/20
Ravens - 12/4
Steelers - 1/1
Also have 8/12 Packers exhibition available.
No price breaks for STH's, so I've got face value of tix ($45 ea) in them, so $90 per game.
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Paul Mitchell School staff takes part in 'Women Build' event in Manistique
MANISTIQUE – Habitat for Humanity HiawathaLand hosted its Third Annual Women Build event in mid-May in Manistique. The project is sponsored by Lowes, which provides a $5,000 grant to work on these projects each year.
There were approximately 33 volunteers during the morning hours and the Building Trades students from Manistique High School came in the afternoon, as well, for a total of at least 50 volunteers for the day. The volunteers included eight women who came over from Paul Mitchell, the School in Escanaba to lend a helping hand. The Building Trades students continued the project by replacing the roof, painting and hanging shutters, and adding additional insulation in the home.
Will Barker of Wausau Homes and Barker Construction in Manistique, volunteered his time as the onsite Construction Supervisor for the day. He taught and supervised the crew that was replacing windows and doors. Andrea Wedegartner also volunteered as a landscaping supervisor that day. She was Habitat's Volunteer of the Year last year.
Big Boy of Manistique provided burgers and fries for lunch for all the volunteers.
The family being served this year consists of a single mom with two pre-school-aged children. The mother works and goes to school. She is in the process of completing her accounting degree through Bay de Noc Community College. Kelli Beaudry, a foster-care worker at the Department of Human Services, was the guest speaker for the day. She spoke of the importance of having a happy and healthy home and the affect that has on children growing up in that home.
The Women Build event is one that requires that 70 percent of the workforce on the job site that day is women. It is designed to empower women and families and is a great opportunity to learn about home maintenance, proper and safe tool use, etc.
Habitat for Humanity HiawathaLand serves Alger, Schoolcraft, Delta, Luce, and West Mackinac Counties.
For more information about this event or other events going on throughout the summer, volunteering, or becoming a Habitat family, visit www.hiawathalandhabitat.com, check out the group's Facebook page at Habitat for Humanity HiawathaLand, or call (906) 341-7437.


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New Graduate Student Orientations
Friday, August 10, 2012
The School of Graduate Studies is pleased to host two new student orientations providing general information about the resouces in place at SCSU for graduate students. SGS orientations will complement your program orientation and help you get your graduate education off to a good start.
Online and Distance Student Orientation, Thursday, August 16, 6:00 pm. For more information click here.
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Acer Group, the world's third largest supplier of personal computers, is the first company to openly express interest towards Nvidia Ion platform aimed at low-cost systems running Intel Atom processor. Still, no actual plans have been confirmed.
"We always work with all partners and look at their solutions. […] The benefits of Nvidia Ion are great including the ability to playback high-def content. You will see us looking at this technology much closer in our second half [of the year] products," said Sumit Agnihotry, Acer's vice president of product marketing, in an interview with Laptomag.com web-site.
The launch of Nvidia's Ion platform for Intel Atom central processing units (CPUs) was not supported either by an actual product launch or an open commitment to use Nvidia's GeForce 9-series core-logic sets inside Atom-based netbooks or nettops. However, a month after the announcement chief executive officer of the company said in an interview that all the system makers were designing products based on the Ion platform that consists on Intel Atom processor and Nvidia GeForce 9400M core-logic.
Nvidia Ion enables DirectX 10, hardware-accelerated high-definition vide playback as well as some other advantages over currently available Intel Atom-based platforms. However, Nvidia's solution consumes more power and is more expensive compared to Intel's platform, which is a reason why it has not gained much popularity. Another reason for lackluster welcome of Nvidia Ion are strategic partnerships between Intel and makers of netbooks or nettops.
"Our partnership with Intel has been from the beginning and we initiated this segment together so we will continue to be a strategic partner with them on the netbook," said Mr. Sumit.
Nvidia GeForce 9400M is a single-chip core-logic with DirectX 10-compatible GeForce 9-class graphics processor inside that also supports dual-channel DDR3 memory, PCI Express 2.0 x16 and x4 links, Serial ATA, USB, Gigabit Ethernet and so on. As all modern Nvidia GeForce integrated graphics processors, the novelty features hardware-accelerated high-definition video decoding and post-processing as well as supports various outputs, such as dual-link DVI-I, D-Sub, DisplayPort or HDMI.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (593 votes).
In short: Lots of lovely mud, to much road in placesDate of review: November 13, 2007
In short: Don't wear your best shoes!! Date of review: November 13, 2007
In short: I'll be back, and back, and back, and back, and back, and back, and back...Date of review: November 13, 2007
In short: I haven't laughed so much for agesIn full: What a great way to spend a Sunday morning. The Remembrance day section was very well done.. very moving and respectfulThe race itself was perfect- challenging yes- but not overwheleming... and so much laughterand supportThe whole race seems so work like clockwork - which is a real tribute to all the hard work put in behind the scenes- thank you everyone.Date of review: November 13, 2007
In short: As always, brilliant! Back next year.In full: I didn't get a PB but I know a few who did. How????? Movingly observed silence, shame on the critic who questioned the appropriatness of it. Laughed from start to finish and almost drowned in the mud. But have worn my tee shirt with pride since. Please open entries now.Date of review: November 12, 2007
In short: one word: fantasticDate of review: November 12, 2007
In short: Muddy Mildred! It just gets better!!In full: The race starts on a sombre note. the last post never fails to move you. Then on to the dirty business! Girls in lycra mud wrestling! (one of those being my wife!) What more do you want on a Sunday morning?? Great scenery, great fellow runners, great marshals, great everything! My only complaint same as last year... No Champers in the hot tubs!!! Will be back next year!! ps. Can we have black shirts next year pls?Date of review: November 12, 2007
In short: Now my 4th slog. 3 by myself, one with the wife. Fantastic event once again. It rained just before the race and then it stopped to glorious sunshine. This is the best race in the UK bar noneDate of review: November 12, 2007
In short: brill race excellent marshalls and loads of mudDate of review: November 12, 2007
In short: Sumptuous Sodbury SlurryIn full: I'm privileged to call this my local race. Will do this each year until I can run no longer. Less mud than last year but still need to get some proper off-road shoes rather than - As Formula one would call it - intermediates. Can't add anything else to everyone elses review (Although disappointed someone has managed to knock it down to 99% !!!!) GloriousDate of review: November 12, 2007
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Springfield mourns loss of Potter, Jensen
SPRINGFIELD – The deaths of two rural Springfield men last weekend continue to resonate in and around south central Minnesota.
The Brown County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from Dennis Potter at about 1:40 p.m. Saturday. Units responded to a residence on 410th Avenue, northwest of Springfield, where the bodies of Nathan Scott Potter, 30, and Adam Lloyd Philip Jensen, 23, were found unresponsive inside the home, according to a sheriff's office news release.
One of the men was found in an upstairs hallway, the other on a couch in the family room, according to sheriff's office. The deaths appear to have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.
The Springfield Fire Department ventilated the house Saturday afternoon, according to Brown County Sheriff's Office Investigator Leah Krenz. Autopsy results from the Mayo Health Care System, Mankato and a sheriff's office investigation are ongoing.
"The community was shocked at the loss. We're trying to get our arms around it and deal with it. … We haven't had a tragedy like this before," said Springfield City Administrator Mac Tilberg. "We'll have work hard to get through this, drawing on everyone's strength. Both young men were well respected here. It's been tough on everyone, including the fire department and the city. Nathan was a volunteer firefighter. Our thoughts are with the families."
The men shared passions for farming, football and the outdoors.
Pursuing a degree in ag-business and animal nutrition at South Dakota State University, Jensen worked as an intern at Christensen Farms. He also worked at St. John Lutheran Home and Runnings.
Elected to the 2014 Minnesota Pork Board several weeks ago in Mankato, Potter was president of the Brown County Pork Producers. He studied at Ridgewater College and worked for Potter Family Farms. He was featured in the Minnesota Farm Guide (MFG) several times.
In a story in the February 13, 2013 edition of the MFG, Potter, who produced his own feed on the family farm, described how he updated 45 (pig) feed rations for 2013, making about 8,000 pounds of feed daily with dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), corn, soybean meal, lysine and other ingredients.
The Potters independently raise about 2,000 wean-to-finish pigs and grow about 620 acres of corn and soybeans.
Carbon monoxide
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), carbon monoxide exposure can be prevented by:
Annually servicing heating units, water heaters and any other gas, oil or coal burning appliances by qualified technicians.
Installing battery-operated or battery back-up carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in the home. Batteries should be checked or replaced in fall and spring. If detectors sound, immediately leave the home and call 911.
Seek prompt medical attention if CO poisoning is suspected. Symptoms are feeling dizzy, light-headed, or nauseous. Open doors and windows.
Replace or repair the source of a leak and thoroughly ventilate the residence.
Don't use a generator, charcoal grill, camp stove, or other gasoline or charcoal-burning device inside your home, basement, or garage or near a window.
Don't run a motor vehicle in a garage attached to your residence, even if the garage door is open.
Don't burn anything in a stove or fireplace that isn't vented.
Don't heat a residence with a gas oven.
For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/co/guidelines.htm
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