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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories, Oscar Wilde
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Oscar Wilde
(Born Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde) Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, short-story writer, poet, and critic.
The following entry presents criticism on Wilde's short fiction collection Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891) from 1891 through 2003. See also Oscar Wilde Drama Criticism.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of four of Wilde's short stories: "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime," "The Sphinx without a Secret," "The Canterville Ghost," and "A Model Millionaire." Originally published in various London magazines in 1887, the pieces were eventually collected and published in book form in 1891. In these stories, generally described as social satires, Wilde parodied what he considered American naïveté as well as the cultural and social snobbery associated with the British aristocracy. Critics praise Wilde's literary achievement with these stories—particularly "The Canterville Ghost" and "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime"—but note the relative neglect of his short fiction in light of the notoriety of his dramas and his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).
Plot and Major Characters
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories includes four of Wilde's well-regarded short stories, all of which had been published independently in London periodicals in 1887. In the best-known story of the volume, "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime," which was originally published in The Court and Society Review, Wilde explores the concepts of fate, duty, and love. Engaged to the lovely and privileged Sybil Merton, Lord Arthur Savile is disturbed when a palm reader informs him that he will commit murder before his marriage. At first rejecting the idea, he eventually becomes convinced that he will have to kill someone before he can marry his beloved. After a few abortive attempts, he encounters the palm reader on an evening walk and throws him into the Thames, thereby fulfilling the fateful prophecy. Years later, Sybil learns that the palm reader was an imposter, but doesn't inform her blissful husband for fear of upsetting him. "The Sphinx without a Secret," first published under the title "Lady Alroy" in The Court and Society Review in 1887, relates the story of Lord Gerald Murchison and his tragic love affair with the mysterious Lady Alroy. Considered one of Wilde's most successful tales, "The Canterville Ghost" was also published in The Court and Society Review in 1887. When a wealthy, pragmatic American family moves into a haunted English castle, they refuse to believe in the increasingly indignant ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville even as evidence mounts and sightings become more frequent and dramatic. Humiliated, the ghost becomes frustrated by his inability to frighten the Otis family. Eventually, fifteen-year-old Virginia Otis becomes sympathetic to the ghost and resolves to help him attain peace. Her generosity leads to her spiritual enlightenment and financial reward. Initially published in The World, the final story in the collection, "A Model Millionaire," concerns the generosity of a good-hearted, poor man named Hughie Erskine. When Hughie encounters a disheveled artist's model, he offers him money—only to discover that the man is a millionaire. The next day, he receives an envelope with ten thousand dollars from the millionaire, which allows Hughie to marry his fiancée.
Major Themes
Critics view the stories of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories as social satires that skewer the humorous differences between different cultures and social strata—particularly aspects of both American and English culture. Duty is a key thematic concern in the stories, illustrated by the character of the ghost in "The Canterville Ghost" and Lord Arthur Savile in "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime." A few critics have linked Wilde's homosexuality with the theme of societal obligation and self-awareness found in "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" and the motif of masks and divided selves in "The Canterville Ghost." In that vein, the role of Outsider in the four stories has been another area of critical discussion. As with Wilde's other work, reviewers note his emphasis on sensuous detail and the sense of beauty's restorative power in the stories of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories. It has been asserted that Wilde utilized the stories to explore his evolving theory of performance: specifically, the audience's role in the various phases of the artist's performance.
Critical Reception
Upon the publication of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories, critical response to the volume was mixed. Reviewers cited the stories as amusing, but also simplistic and melodramatic in nature. Since the appearance of the collection, critics have favored two stories—"The Canterville Ghost" and "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime"—and have focused their attention on these pieces, which are thought to evince Wilde's fascination with the supernatural and the dark side of human nature. Commentators assert that the stories incorporate some of Wilde's defining themes and anticipate the ideas he would later explore in his critical essays. Contemporary critics consider Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories to be a volume of humorous, appealing stories and a noteworthy stage in Wilde's literary development.
Principal Works
The Happy Prince, and Other Tales 1888
A House of Pomegranates 1891
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories 1891
The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde 1993
Complete Shorter Fiction of Oscar Wilde 1998
Vera; or, The Nihilists: A Drama in Four Acts (drama) 1880
Poems (poetry) 1881
The Duchess of Padua: A Tragedy of the XVI Century (drama) 1883; also published as The Duchess of Padua: A Play by Oscar Wilde, 1908
Intentions (essays) 1891
The Picture of Dorian Gray (novel) 1891
Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman (drama) 1892
Salomé: Drame en un acte [Salome: A Tragedy in One Act] (drama) 1893
A Woman of No Importance (drama) 1893
The Sphinx (drama) 1894
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People (drama) 1895
The Soul of Man under Socialism (essay) 1895
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (poetry) 1898
An Ideal Husband (drama) 1899
The Portrait of W. H. (criticism) 1901
*De Profundis (letter) 1905
The First Collected Edition of the Works of Oscar Wilde. 15 vols. (poetry, essays, short stories, novel, dramas, and criticism) 1908-1922
The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde (letters) 2000
*This work was not published in its entirety until 1949.
W. B. Yeats (review date 1891)
SOURCE: Yeats, W. B. "Oscar Wilde's Last Book." In Uncollected Prose by W. B. Yeats, edited by John P. Frayne, pp. 202-05. New York: Columbia University Press, 1970.
[In the following review, which was originally published in 1891, Yeats provides a mixed assessment of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories.]
This review of Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories, London, 1891, appeared in United Ireland, September 26, 1891.
From the beginning of their acquaintance, Yeats regarded Oscar Wilde more highly as a wit and figure of legend than as an author. He met Wilde at the soirées of William Ernest Henley, one of the first magazine editors to print Yeats's poetry. Wilde was kind to him, invited Yeats to his home for Christmas dinner (probably in 1889), and had Yeats tell fairy tales to Wilde's son, whom Yeats thoroughly frightened by mentioning a giant. Burdened by a sense of his provincial awkwardness, Yeats was awed by the splendor of Wilde's personality and ménage, but in retrospect Yeats thought Wilde's address contained too much artifice.
Before their meeting, Wilde had reviewed Yeats's book of fairy tales for Woman's World (February, 1889), and he had helped the reception of Yeats's first volume, The Wanderings of Oisin, with two reviews (Woman's World, March, 1889, and Pall Mall Gazette, July 12, 1889). He was kind to Yeats's poems although he found "strange crudities and irritating conceits" in them.
Neither this review nor Yeats's later review of Wilde's drama A Woman of No Importance was wholly favorable. Although not conspicuously stained by Ibsenism, Wilde's dramas lacked that poetry which Yeats most loved in the theater, and his somewhat negative reaction to "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" may have been caused by Wilde's satire on palmistry.
Yeats thought that the true basis for Wilde's fame lay in his willingness to stay in England and face judicial vengeance and public disgrace. In A Vision, Yeats placed Wilde in the nineteenth phase of the moon, that of the assertive man, a phase which marked the beginnings of "the artificial, the abstract, the fragmentary, and the dramatic" (A Vision, London, 1937, New York, 1956, p. 148).
We have the irresponsible Irishman in life, and would gladly get rid of him. We have him now in literature and in the things of the mind, and are compelled perforce to see that there is a good deal to be said for him. The men I described to you the other day under the heading, "A Reckless Century,"1 thought they might drink, dice, and shoot each other to their hearts' content, if they did but do it gaily and gallantly, and here now is Mr. Oscar Wilde, who does not care what strange opinions he defends or what time-honoured virtue he makes laughter of, provided he does it cleverly. Many were injured by the escapades of the rakes and duellists, but no man is likely to be the worse for Mr. Wilde's shower of paradox. We are not likely to poison any one because he writes with appreciation of Wainwright2—art critic and poisoner—nor have I heard that there has been any increased mortality among deans because the good young hero of his last book tries to blow up one with an infernal machine; but upon the other hand we are likely enough to gain something of brightness and refinement from the deft and witty pages in which he sets forth these matters.
"Beer, bible, and the seven deadly virtues have made England what she is," wrote Mr. Wilde once; and a part of the Nemesis that has fallen upon her is a complete inability to understand anything he says. We should not find him so unintelligible—for much about him is Irish of the Irish. I see in his life and works an extravagant Celtic crusade against Anglo-Saxon stupidity. "I labour under a perpetual fear of not being misunderstood," he wrote, a short time since, and from behind this barrier of misunderstanding he peppers John Bull with his pea-shooter of wit, content to know there are some few who laugh with him. There is scarcely an eminent man in London who has not one of...
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Richard Butler Glaenzer (essay date 1927)
SOURCE: Glaenzer, Richard Butler. Introduction to The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Portrait of Mr. W. H. and Other Stories, pp. ix-xviii. New York: Wm. H. Wise & Company, 1927.
[In the following essay, Glaenzer delineates the defining characteristics of the stories in Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories and contends that Wilde's short stories are overshadowed by his dramas.]
Oscar Wilde was a multiplex personality, and nowhere is this driven home so forcibly as in his so-called short stories; for such, in the accepted sense, they are not. While they possess plot, development, motivation of a sort, somehow they...
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Donald H. Ericksen (essay date 1977)
SOURCE: Ericksen, Donald H. "The Stories." In Oscar Wilde, pp. 53-9. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977.
[In the following excerpt, Ericksen surveys the major themes of the stories of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories and asserts that Wilde's stories provide valuable insight into the development of his fiction and drama.]
Oscar Wilde loved to tell stories. Hesketh Pearson, Wilde's biographer, tells of how dozens of tales would occur to him during the course of conversations, over a drink at parties, while watching a painter at work, or at any odd time.1 But the effort to write them down was irksome to Wilde so that his three volumes of...
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Philip K. Cohen (essay date 1978)
SOURCE: Cohen, Philip K. "Marriages and Murders: 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost.'" In The Moral Vision of Oscar Wilde, pp. 53-70. Rutherford, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1978.
[In the following essay, Cohen maintains that "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" and "The Canterville Ghost" are stories that anticipate Wilde's fairy tales and "embody, if only in embryonic form, some of the ideas he would develop fully in his most important essays."]
Wilde temporarily abandoned the drama in favor of the short story. His first productions in this mode were "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" (1887) and "The Canterville...
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Isobel Murray (essay date 1979)
SOURCE: Murray, Isobel. Introduction to The Complete Shorter Fiction of Oscar Wilde, edited by Isobel Murray, pp. 1-9. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1979.
[In the following excerpt, Murray discusses the appeal of Wilde's stories "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" and "The Canterville Ghost."]
Oscar Wilde's fairy-tales and stories have been translated into nearly every language, and have sold in their millions. They have been dramatized, made into films for cinema and television, adapted for radio and long-playing records. They have been transformed into cartoon films, made into children's opera, into ballets, into mime plays. Above all, the reading public...
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Lydia Reineck Wilburn (essay date winter 1987)
SOURCE: Wilburn, Lydia Reineck. "Oscar Wilde's 'The Canterville Ghost': The Power of an Audience." Papers on Language and Literature 23, no. 1 (winter 1987): 41-55.
[In the following essay, Wilburn contends that Wilde utilized his stories, particularly "The Canterville Ghost," to "work through problems involving the audience's power over different phases of the artist's performance."]
Although Wilde's short story collection Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories has enjoyed some critical attention, most of the discussion has focused on the comic and moral content of the stories, especially the relationship between the criminal and the...
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Mariano Baselga (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: Baselga, Mariano. "Oscar Wilde and the Semantic Mechanisms of Humour: The Satire of Social Habits." In Rediscovering Oscar Wilde, edited by C. George Sandulescu, pp. 13-20. Gerrards Cross, England: Colin Smythe, 1994.
[In the following essay, Baselga analyzes the humor in "The Canterville Ghost" and Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest.]
When we talk about humour in literature, the name of Oscar Wilde often comes up. And this is true not only for any reader or spectator of his brilliant comedies but also for scholars and specialists in humour by itself, that is, those who try to explain what provokes laughing or smiling. A peculiar writer...
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Leonara R. Villegas (essay date autumn 1997)
SOURCE: Villegas, Leonara R. "Approaching an Irony of Difference: The Self as an Outsider in the Short Stories of Oscar Wilde." Les Cahiers de la Nouvelle/Journal of the Short Story in English, no. 29 (autumn 1997): 59-66.
[In the following essay, Villegas considers the role of the Outsider in Wilde's short fiction.]
In the short stories of Oscar Wilde, compassion underscores the experiences of the characters. The complexity of their emotional awakenings is such that they anticipate a modernist connotation of the word, as illustrated by Milan Kundera in The Unbearable Lightness of Being. As a synthetic emotion, the implications of compassion are...
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Patrick M. Horan (essay date 1997)
SOURCE: Horan, Patrick M. "1888-1891: Wilde's Stories, Fairy Tales, and Novel: The Nature of Love." In The Importance of Being Paradoxical: Maternal Presence in the Works of Oscar Wilde, pp. 75-92. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1997.
[In the following essay, Horan finds a connection between the portrayal of love in Wilde's short stories and the author's own romantic experiences.]
I can not think otherwise than in stories.
—Wilde to Andre Gide
Speranza and Sir William were active in the Irish literary revival; naturally, the...
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Josephine M. Guy (essay date June 1998)
SOURCE: Guy, Josephine M. "An Allusion in Oscar Wilde's 'The Canterville Ghost'." Notes and Queries 243 (N.S. 45), no. 2 (June 1998): 224-26.
[In the following essay, Guy investigates Wilde's allusion to the obscure late nineteenth-century materialist philosophy known as Hylo-Idealism in his story "The Canterville Ghost."]
In Notes and Queries in 1978, Philip E. Smith drew attention to an obscure late nineteenth-century materialist philosophy called Hylo-Idealism. Its main proponents were the slightly less obscure poet, Constance Naden (who coined the term), and her friend and mentor, Dr. Robert Lewins.1 In attempting to argue for the...
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Linda Dryden (essay date 2003)
SOURCE: Dryden, Linda. "Oscar Wilde: Gothic Ironies and Terrible Dualities." In The Modern Gothic and Literary Doubles: Stevenson, Wilde and Wells, pp. 110-14. Hampshire, England: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003.
[In the following excerpt, Dryden explores Wilde's synthesis of social satire and the Gothic conventions in "The Canterville Ghost" and "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime."]
A horror one dare not express.
—Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan
In The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde wrote a tale that synthesized Gothic conventions like the magic picture, duality and physical...
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Further Reading
Braybrooke, Patrick. "The Short Story Writer." In Oscar Wilde: A Study, pp. 69-83. London: Braithwaite & Miller Ltd., 1930.
Considers the appeal of "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" and "The Model Millionaire."
Fluck, Edward J. "About the Book." In Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: A Study in Duty by Oscar Wilde, pp. 93-9. Emmaus, Pa.: Story Classics, 1954.
Discusses Wilde's revision of "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime," contending that the story "affords an interesting example of the way in which Wilde polished his work."
McCormack, Jerusha. "Impressions of an Irish...
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Apple Analysts Should Ashamed of Themselves This Morning
In that article, I concisely described what's happening with Apple (AAPL) , from the lunacy of Monday's analyst downgrades to a review of the rational and logical near- and long-term sentiment.
And, here we are, Tuesday morning after the chaos. As I write this, AAPL is up in the pre-market at an ask of $524.35.
These hacks managed to, on the basis of nothing but their concerted speculation, knock AAPL below $500 in Monday's pre-market session. In 9:30 to 4:00 trading, it opened at $508.93, dipped as low as $501.23, traded as high as $520 and closed at $518.83.
TheStreet's Doug Kass was correct: Apple is a trading sardine , not a long-term play.
But that's just for the time being.
It doesn't matter what AAPL trades for when you read this. In the bigger picture, it doesn't make much difference how it traded on Monday. But let's flesh that out so we get a picture of what's going on here.
The SEC needs to step in and review how Wall Street analyst hacks do their jobs. Like I said Monday:
You mean to tell me that each of these guys, suddenly, spotted this weak trend in iPhone and iPad sales and just so happened to lower estimates and price targets at the same time, on the same morning. Give me a freaking break! Do they think we're total idiots?
This is absurd. Absolutely absurd. These guys need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
These guys are dangerous. When you read me, it's implied: I have an opinion. I work 16 hours a day doing what I need to do to inform that opinion. But, at the end of the day, it's an opinion, not a recommendation. You take my perspective on the market and react to it -- love it, hate it, whatever -- and hopefully use it as one part of your due diligence process on companies and stocks.
That's pretty straightforward.
These guys who, all at once, after months of extreme bullishness, come out with reduced estimates and lower price targets on the basis of "checks" they apparently did, on whimpers of "demand" problems for iPhone and iPad deserve your wrath!
People sold AAPL Monday morning. Scared long-term investors ran, only to see the stock finish way off of its lows. That's the short-term damage these guys cause.
Of course, some nimble souls traded on this and made serious cash, but you cannot expect that from a vast majority of investors who are just trying to save a buck for their retirement. You cannot blame them for reacting with emotion and selling on the word of a gaggle of greasy and fickle Wall Street analysts.

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Mrs. Flinger: A work in progress
UPDATE TO Mrs. Flinger October 16, 2015
Because the Universe has a wicked sense of humor, after this delcaration, my blog threw up all over my last upgrade.
So I'm starting over using Craft. Turning 40 and kid entering Jr High next year, sometimes it's just time for a change. These archives will still exist in the way the last child goes off to college and their room is the same for 20 years, but it's just time to move forward.
Memories Jan 08, 2009
Some memories can change: They are as fluid as their outcome and depend heavily on it. They can sway to the right or left with the brush of feather, a second of change, one tiny instant of uncertainty.
Thankfully for us, our memory is a good one.
Looking back through some old photos of the children, I came across some of Buddy's days in the Nicu. Buddy (formerly Baby O, see notes) was born nearly a month early. This isn't extreme by any standard and he was strong and fought for air. Literally. The nurses in the Nicu loved and cared for him while he learned to breath on his own and we watched from a rocking chair holding his tiny hand and snuggling his oxygen-masked tiny face.
We knew he would be ok. Of course we knew. But in those moments, those times of uncertainty, where a brush of a feather to fate could make the outcome something unavoidably horrible, we held our breath and pictured him toddlering about, giggling, laughing, running.
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Sassy Pound Cake
- 6 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature (1 1/2 sticks)
- 3 cups superfine granulated sugar
- 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 orange, zested
- 1/2 cup pureed fresh mango
- 2 tablespoons tequila
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons rum
- 1 teaspoon orange oil
- Nonstick spray with starch (recommended: Baker's Joy)
- Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixer fitter with a paddle attachment, beat the butter until it is smooth. With the mixer set to the lowest speed, slowly add the sugar and vanilla seeds. Beat until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
Add the eggs to the mixer 1 at a time, scraping down the sides when necessary. Set aside.
Whisk together the flour, cayenne, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda in large prep bowl. In another prep bowl, whisk together the sour cream, orange zest, mango puree, tequila, vanilla extract, rum, and orange oil.
At lowest speed, in 3 to 5 additions, alternately add the flour mix and sour cream mix.
After all of the ingredients are in the mixer bowl, stop the mixer, scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix at medium to high speed for 20 to 30 seconds.
Spray a 9 cup bundt pan with nonstick spray with starch. Pour the batter to 3/4 of the way up the pan. Bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes. Test for doneness with wooden skewer once the top of cake doesn't jiggle. Remove the cake from the oven when the skewer comes out clean.
Let the cake rest and cool in the pan for 15 to 20 minutes. Turn the cake onto a cooling wire rack and remove from the pan. Allow the cake to cool completely.
Dust with confectioners' sugar and enjoy!
Recipe courtesy of Warren Brown, 2005
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Debra Bowen has just published the latest voter registration numbers for California, and they continue to reflect the Demcratic Party surge that has been ongoing for most of this year. As of Oct. 20, the Democrats are now back up to 44.4 percent of the electorate, and the Republicans have sunk to just 31.4 percent. Decline to states now make up 19.9 percent of the voters.
Since 2004, California has added a net of about 750,000 voters. During that time Democrats have added 563,000, or 8 percent, and decline to states have grown by 519,000, or 18 percent. Republican registration has declined by 317,000, or 5.5 percent.


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But To Be A Wanderer, Victorious Are We
Unique chant from League One Bolton Wanderers who visit former manager Sam Allardyce's Crystal Palace in the FA Cup. 1 day ago
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For Immediate Release
February 27, 2012
Eva Lee and Paula Lynn Obanana Win Silver in Women's Doubles at 2012 Austrian International Badminton Challenge
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Eva Lee (Orange, Calif.) and Paula Lynn Obanana (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn./Mountain View, Calif.) notched another impressive performance in Europe on their road to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England winning the silver medal and gaining valuable Olympic qualifying points at the 2012 Austrian International Badminton Challenge in Wien, Austria just outside of Vienna, Austria. In November 2011, the pair won gold at the Norwegian International 2011 Badminton Championships.
In the Austrian International, Lee and Obanana posted victories over teams from England, Russia, and Japan before falling in the championships match to Malaysia's Hui Ern Ng and Hui Lin Ng, the same team that eliminated Team USA's Iris Wang (Arcadia, Calif.) and Rena Wang (Arcadia, Calif.). in the second round.
Iris Wang also teamed with Phillip Chew (Orange, Calif.) to advance to the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event. In the men's doubles event, Chew played with Sattawat Pongnairat (Orange, Calif.), but they dropped their first round match to a mixed team from Australia and Malaysia. Pongnairat also dropped his opening round match in the men's singles event. The Wang sisters both competed in the women's singles event along with Karyn Cecilia Velez (North Hills, Calif.), but all three fell in the first round.
For complete brackets and results from the 2012 Austrian International Badminton Challenge please visit: http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=FF3BC7D0-D2CB-4EF2-90FB-E6A839CAF417.
The USA Badminton athletes listed above, along with others are currently on a worldwide tour in the midst of the 2012 Olympic qualifying season which began on May 1, 2011 and concludes on April 30, 2012. Participation in the Olympic Games is solely determined by an athlete's international ranking. Five badminton events will be contested at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England; men's doubles, women's doubles, men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles.
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Strip-till is a system in which residue-free strips of soil are tilled ahead of planting using a knife apparatus such as a fertilizer injection shank. The strips are approximately 6 inches wide or about 1/3 the row width and 4 to 8 inches deep. These strips are cleared of residue and tilled for warming and drying purposes either before or during the planting operation. Fertilizer is often incorporated at time of strip tillage for better seed placement. The seeds are planted directly into the strip of loosened soil
Where soil moisture conditions are suitable, strip-till creates narrow-width tilled strips, traditionally in the fall, to increase early spring soil moisture evaporation and increase soil temperature in the top 2 inches.
Strip-till systems provide many benefits:
Strip-till is normally used as a component of a resource management system. It should be used in conjunction with crop rotation, nutrient management, pest management, various structures and buffer practices needed to address natural resource concerns and the landowner's objectives identified during the planning process. A strip till system is most beneficial in areas with cooler, poorly drained soils.
For assistance in planning and establishing a st rip-till systems on your farm contact your Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office. For more job sheets and conservation information visit the NRCS website at www.ia.nrcs.usda.gov.
Strip tillage creates an environment favorable for rapid seed germination and growth while providing excellent residue management and erosion control. Other potential advantages from strip tillage compared to no-till include optimum fertilizer placement for plant uptake, reduce compaction in the seed zone, warmer seed bed, earlier planting, ideal soil moisture and structure for seed-to-soil contact, rapid and more extensive early root growth, reduced disease pressure to the small seedling, greater early season plant growth, and reduced losses of nutrients (primarily P) in surface runoff water due to subsurface banding of fertilizers.
Possible disadvantages to consider include: Cost of pre-plant operation; Strips may dry too much, crust or erode without residue; Potential for nitrogen fertilizer losses.
In the fall, fertilizer injection knives, fluted coulters, or other tool attachments are used to create residue-free strips and tilled zones that are approximately 6 inches wide and 4 to 8 inches deep and 3 to 4 inch mounds. In the spring, seeds are planted directly in the same strips. Fertilizers may be incorporated while tilling these strips.
Main components of strip-tillage equipment can include but are not limited to anhydrous ammonia applicator knives or other subsurface fertilizer injection systems, rototillers, in-row chisels, row cleaners, double discs and planters equipped with fluted coulters.
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This knife is designed to till an area about 6 to 8 inches wide when operated at an 8-inch depth. Specially designed, wider knives that may be parabolically shaped - sometimes called mole knives - are more aggressive than most traditional anhydrous ammonia knives. This style of knife can till a somewhat wider area and lift soil, which aids mound formation.
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The Longest Day
Blazing Heat and competition at California's 2009 Western States 100
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I'm not sure where this story begins. Does it begin the first week of January, when I returned to running after a three-month injury layoff, feeling like the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run was a death sentence hanging over my head—a race that I had no hope of getting back in good shape for?
Does it begin after a disappointing eighth-place run at April's American River 50-miler, when, for the next two weeks, I felt like I was struggling through oatmeal on every run? I was mopey, depressed and convinced that I was no longer an elite ultrarunner (if ever, truly, I was). I even told a friend that I would be happy if WS 100 was canceled again this year, as it was in 2008 (due to forest fires) so I wouldn't have to go through the motions.
Does it begin just after that low point, when I hit an eight-week training groove that took me all the way to taper time, during which I knocked out 850 miles running and 850 miles on the bike, topping out with a week where I ran 146 miles and rode 90?
Does it begin at Squaw Valley, California, when the gun went off at 5 a.m. on June 27 and 400 athletes went hooting and hollering up the hill in the pre-dawn twilight (only for the whole lead pack to promptly take a wrong turn, led by two former race champions)?


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Ed Chamberlin: Masterstroke's Arc
Ed Chamberlin reflects on the Ryder Cup and looks ahead to the Arc and the weekend's Premier League action.
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Sport doesn't get much better than that.
The Ryder Cup never fails to deliver and Sunday night was magical television from start to finish. It was a race against time to get back from Villa Park to our London hotel in time to witness the 'Miracle at Medinah' but we made it to enjoy one of the great finishes to a sporting event that you will ever see. My goodness we have been spoilt in 2012.
The Ryder Cup was also one of the most amazing in-running betting events of all time.
USA were 1/9 to with Sky Bet at the start of the Sunday singles and traded as short as 1/33 during the final day, with Europe reaching 16/1 at one point.
After Europe had defied the odds and Martin Kaymer had sunk the putt to retain the Ryder Cup, European supporters were unfazed by the result of the final match between Francesco Molinari and Tiger Woods.
However, bookmakers up and down the land would have been looking on in horror as Woods missed that short putt to hand Europe overall victory.
The tie was trading at 1/6 as Woods stood over that putt to win his match and said afterwards that he was thinking "hey, let's get this over with". Bookmakers and punters won't have been thinking that.
Sky Bet estimate Tiger missing that four footer cost them over half a million pounds and it must have hit layers across the board for around ten million.
"Molinari's victory was also bad news for a handful of backers of the tie at 10/1, which would have been a 'skinner' for the bookies. In contrast, it had me punching the air a la Ian Poulter as it was good news for us having tipped up a final scoreline of 14.5 - 13.5."
The credit for that must go to the boys in the golf department at Sky Bet HQ who told me on my visit to the office last week that five of the previous ten Ryder Cups had finished with that score.
I was also talked in to tipping up Ian Poulter at 7/1 to be Europe's top scorer, who was sensational and never in doubt to land that bet, and Dustin Johnson at 9/1 who tied as America's top scorer.
Three out of three - a successful and thrilling week.
Roll on Gleneagles 2014.
This is one of my favourites meetings of the year. Arc weekend in Paris is different class and where I spent my stag weekend many years ago, followed by many pilgrimages back to the French capital on the first Sunday in October!
The French put on a day like this like no other country with Longchamp a sea of music, colour and fashion, mixed with a feast of Group One races, which creates a unique and special atmosphere. Our Champions Day at Ascot is a vast improvement on the soul-less old one at Newmarket but still not a patch on Arc Day.
The big race itself - the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - has taken hit after hit over the last week with leading contenders Danedream, Nathaniel and sadly Snow Fairy, who I had backed to win the race prior to her Irish Champion Stakes victory, all having to drop out.
However, the race got a shot in the arm when 2,000 Guineas and Derby winner Camelot was given the green light to run on Wednesday with Frankie Dettori on board adding even more stardust. He was immediately promoted to near the head of the market by Sky Bet but I think he's hard to fancy.
"Camelot was built up as a superstar in the lead-up to the St Leger and excuses were made for him after his defeat at Doncaster and Joseph O'Brien took some stick. My theory is that the horse is just not that good."
The Derby he won is certainly set to go down as one of the worst of all time.
The one I like is the horse Andre Fabre trains for Goldolphin - Masterstroke. He won the Group Two Grand Prix de Deauville last time out, which is not the most high profile of trials but Fabre loves to use it as a prep race for his three-year-old contenders.
The last three he has won with at Deauville have gone on to be placed in the Arc. This horse has a load to find on form but his trainer is THE master of this race and I know he's quietly confident about Masterstroke's chance.
An each-way bet at 9/1, in what is a below par renewal of the great race, could be a masterstroke.
Elsewhere on the card I hope Mayson runs a big race for Richard Fahey in the Abbaye on what promises to be an informative and spectacular day's racing.
Sky Bet's Premier League title odds: 13/8 Man City, 2/1 Man United, 3/1 Chelsea, 11/1 Arsenal, 40/1 Tottenham, 50/1 Liverpool, 66/1 Everton, 400/1 Newcastle
We are only six games in to the season yet the title favourites have 'flip-flopped' again. Manchester City are back at the top of the market after digging out a great result at Fulham, while Chelsea shortened further after de-railing Arsenal's good start.
"I said last week that I was amazed to see Manchester United promoted to favouritism and they came unstuck at home to Tottenham - a result that had been coming with the poor way that United had been playing early in the season."
Gary Neville did a superb analysis on his old club's defensive problems on the Monday Night Football and it almost cost them again at Cluj on Tuesday night.
However, just like last week when it was dangerous to get over-excited about United, now there is no need to panic or jump to conclusions. There is plenty of time for Sir Alex Ferguson to put things right and they are still major contenders, as always, in the title race.
What a test Manchester United (10/11 to win with Sky Bet) face in our second game on Super Sunday as one of the last places you'd want to go after a bad defeat at home is Newcastle United (14/5).
The home side will be licking their lips after the 3-0 win here in January - their first win in 20 meetings with United - and they now go in search of their first back-to-back League victories against the Red Devils since 1972.
With the Van Persie/Rooney partnership starting to thrive and Newcastle attacking flair bound to test United's defensive frailty, we should be in for a thriller.
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Before that we have Southampton (17/10) against Fulham (6/4) live from St Mary's.
These two sides meet for the first time in seven years but history points to Southampton as they are unbeaten in the last 17 League meetings at home, winning 12 and Fulham's only win in 27 League visits to Southampton came 77 years ago, 2-1 in an old Division Two game at The Dell in October 1935 - the year Fred Perry won Wimbledon title, the board game 'Monopoly' was launched by the Parker Brothers and Elvis Presley was born.
Southampton have looked decent going forward at home but the key questions are whether Saints' porous defence can hold out and if Fulham's win at Wigan was a flash in the pan or proof that they can win on the road. I hope you can join us from 1300 BST on Sky Sports 1HD.
Other things to bear in mind this weekend: Liverpool have never lost a top-flight game at home to Stoke (49 meetings, 39 wins). Swansea and Reading last met in the 2011 Championship play-off final at Wembley - Swansea were promoted to the Premier League after a 4-2 win, thanks to a hat-trick from Scott Sinclair. Revenge on the cards? Sunderland were the only side not to lose to Manchester City in the Premier League last season. Sunderland won 1-0 at home and drew 3-3 away
As well as the successful bets on the Ryder Cup last week, Stoke beat Swansea 2-0 for us at 15/2. I will be able to thank and congratulate Peter Coates and Tony Pulis who will be at an LMA Conference at St George's Park on Thursday.
I'm really looking forward to seeing the spectacular new facility, which will now be home to all 24 England teams, and to interviewing the four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson, who is a guest speaker at the event. I shall report back!
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President Barack Obama says he's now found savings that will pay almost all the costs of a massive overhaul of America's health care system.
Obama on Saturday is announcing an additional $313 billion in new proposed savings that he says would bring the total funding available for his top-priority health insurance reform to nearly $950 billion over 10 years.
White House officials insisted the new savings were rock-solid, but also acknowledged they had yet to settle on a specific mechanism to achieve lower prescription drug costs that make up nearly one-quarter of the new savings.
Any honest accounting must prepare for the fact that health care reform will require additional costs in the short term in order to reduce spending in the long term, Obama says in his weekly radio and Internet address. Today, I am announcing an additional $313 billion in savings that will rein in unnecessary spending, and increase efficiency and the quality of care.
The new proposals from Obama came as the drive for health care reform reaches a pivotal juncture in Congress. On Monday, the Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to receive Congressional Budget Office estimates on a slew of health-care options. On Wednesday, the committee is expected to unveil proposed legislation.
In advance of those milestones, the White House was moving aggressively to counter public criticism that funding plans for the health reform effort are unrealistic, particularly in the face of an expected 10-year pricetag of $1 trillion or more. Some analysts have faulted the White House for being overly optimistic about savings and tone-deaf to which tax-raising proposals are likely to fly in Congress.
In his address Saturday, Obama refers to a 10-year total of more than $600 billion in savings for health care. However, he does not explain in his latest comments that, under his revised budget released last month, $326 billion of that amount would come from tax hikes on Americans making over $250,000 a year, loophole closers, and higher fees for some government services.
In a conference call with reporters Friday, Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag said the latest announcement signaled that the White House had met its obligation to identify funding sources for a broad-based effort to make health insurance more affordable and more widely available.
We are making good on this promise to fully finance health care reform over the next decade, Orszag declared.
The bulk of the new $313 billion in savings would come from cutting or reducing the growth of payments to hospitals, medical equipment manufacturers and laboratories though the major cuts don't target doctors, Orszag said.
Over the next decade, $110 billion is slated to come from reducing reimbursements to take account of what Orszag described as the ability of providers to improve their efficiency. Health care services should be able to achieve and do achieve productivity improvements over time, he said. According to a fact sheet released by the White House, future increases in such Medicare payments would be reduced based on an assumption that health care providers achieve half the productivity increases seen elsewhere in the economy. The budget official said the reductions would take place even if providers failed to garner the projected efficiencies.
Another $106 billion would come from cuts in so-called disproportionate share payments the federal government makes to hospitals with large numbers of uninsured patients. As the ranks of uninsured decline under health reform, those payments become less necessary, Orszag said.
About $75 billion is slated to come from lower payments for prescription drugs. However, Orszag said the White House was in discussions with stakeholders over the best way of achieving that $75 billion.
Notwithstanding that ambiguity, Orszag asserted that the White House had put forward $950 billion in budgetary offsets that could be use to fund health reform. He called the proposals "hard" and "scoreable," meaning that they were sufficiently certain and specific to pass muster with CBO officials who formally tally the cost of budget items.
Asked about the discrepancy, Orszag said, Theres been continuous skepticism that we will come forward with detail .The detail on the $75 billion for prescription drugs will be forthcoming in the very near future and I will rest my reputation as a former CBO director on the fact that there are multiple ways in which those savings can be achieved and we are committed to achieving that level of savings in this package.
There were signs that the announcement of the additional $313 billion of savings may have been rushed. In addition to the vagueness about the $75 billion in lower drug costs, the White Houses health care reform coordinator, Nancy-Ann DeParle, did not join a conference call with reporters to announce the new proposals. Her presence had been advertised in advance, but a spokesman said she was in another meeting and could not participate.
The cuts and savings are likely to engender warnings from providers that de-facto rationing will occur as patients in some areas find themselves unable to find providers willing to perform lab tests, X-rays and the like, due to the lower reimbursement rates.
Hospitals are also likely to protest that the disproportionate share payments, which are targeted for cuts of 75 percent, are vital to maintaining hospitals in costly urban centers, and to keeping teaching hospitals viable.
It is unlikely to be an exact match on a hospital-by-hospital basis but what we believe will occur is that the remaining DSH payments that will still exist can be better targeted to the hospitals most in need, Orszag said.
Some people still call this 'free' health care. It is not free. The people who work and pay taxes pay for this.
It amazes me that people think that in America, Land of the Free, it is okay to force me to pay for other people's insurance.
Yes, I am on a roll here. lol
Another point, National healthcare, ie Government controlled healthcare, also means that the Government has a hand in deciding who qualifies for what type of healthcare and when.
For instance, In the US 93% of people who are diagnosed with diabetes see a doctor for it within 6 months whether they have insurance or not. In the UK, 43-46% see a doctor withing 6 months. That is 6 months worth of damage to your body.
And take something like a hip replacement. In the UK a 30 year old will get in to surgery before a 80 year old meemaw. The government don't usually take in to account things like - does that 80 year old live alone? Does she have someone to help take care of her? Cook for her? shop for her? A 30 year old can survive and get by much better than an 80 year old (usually).
Wait times?
How many MRI's do you think the average person gets in a lifetime?
Talk about the US needing to learn from other countries!
You also just can't compare to the UK.
We're the only industrialized country without health care,
doesn't that bother you?
and America is by far not top notch.
Look up polls, mortality rates, etc...
Just that one, for instance, by the World Health Org ranks us 37th.
(this one was done in 2000, but has it changed much in America?,
and it was just an example)
Ask Dave how long it took him to get one.
If you have a condition requiring an MRI then it is USUALLY something where getting it in a timely manner would most certainly make a difference. That is why I chose it as an example. But the same is true with ALL medical equipment. Under National health care programs equipment is one of the first things cut.
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Barry N. Resh, age 49, of Richland Township, passed away on Monday, August 19, 2013.
Born November 29, 1963 in Warren, he was the son of Robert and Frances (Flick) Resh.
Barry was an engineer with the RA Hiller Company for many years prior to working at Westinghouse for the last 4 ? years. He also taught adult education at CCAC.
Barry was a proud Eagle Scout, who appreciated the outdoors. He liked mountain biking and keeping in shape. He was someone who thoroughly enjoyed life.
He is survived by his wife, Jane (McGartland) Resh; his son, Matthew Resh; his daughter, Kayla Resh, all of Richland Township; his brother, Gary (Tammy) Resh, of St. Louis, MO and his sister, Gale (Jack) Lindell, of Warren, PA.
Barry's family will welcome friends from 28P.M. on Friday, August 23 at the King Funeral Home & Cremation Services, LLC, 2841 Woodland Circle in Allison Park.
A Mass of Christian Burial will held be at 11A.M. on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at the Sts. John and Paul Catholic Parish, 2586 Wexford Bayne Road in Sewickley, with Father Joseph R. McCaffrey officiating.
He will be laid to rest at the Hampton Cemetery in Allison Park.
If desired, memorial donations may be made in his honor in support of the Variety The Children's Charity, Three Penn Center West, Suite 229, Pittsburgh, PA 15276.
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About the Author: Daniel Clune serves as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science (OES).
Not many people know that the State Department maintains the official U.S. registry of objects launched into outer space, oversees implementation of the 1998 Intergovernmental Agreement on the International Space Station, and provides support to NASA for a network of overseas emergency landing sites for the Space Shuttle. Ken Hodgkins, Director of the Office of Space and Advanced Technology in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, was honored by the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) with the International Cooperation Award for his many contributions to international civil space cooperation.
Ken and his dedicated team work to advance international cooperation in outer space on a daily basis. They have primary responsibility for U.S. representation to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). UNCOPUOS has recently served as a vital forum for U.S. efforts to develop new international guidelines on such emerging issues as minimizing the generation of orbital debris, ensuring safe space operations and promoting sustainable access to space. Ken's staff is currently coordinating a broad diplomatic effort to encourage acceptance of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as a worldwide standard for satellite-based navigation.
AIAA is one of the leading associations for those who work in the aerospace profession, and is known within the profession as the forum for innovation, technical excellence, and global leadership. Since 1988, AIAA has presented annually its prestigious International Cooperation Award to the person who has demonstrated personal and long-term commitment to the encouragement of international cooperation among individuals or organizations within the world-wide aerospace community.
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12 November 2008
Prayers and peace be upon our Master Mohammed.
My brother, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz,
Your Majesties, Your Highnesses, Your Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Peace, God's mercy and blessings be upon you,
The most appropriate way to begin my speech would be to cite the words of God Almighty:
Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation, and reason with them in the better way. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who go aright.
(An-Nahl 16:125)
I would like to convey my deep gratitude and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz for convening this important international conference with the objective of strengthening dialogue among faiths, cultures and civilisations. This dialogue is conducted on a solid basis. It disavows extremism and isolation. It is pursued in a spirit of tolerance and acceptance of the Other. Its goal is to maximise the common ground among adherents of these religions and civilisations and to advance the mutual recognition of the role of each religion and culture in enriching human civilisation through the ages.
His Majesty King Abdullah began this process by breaking down barriers between religions, first with his landmark meeting with His Holiness the Pope and then by convening the Mecca and Madrid conferences.
The dialogue he launched continues today with the convening of this international conference that brings together the adherents of different faiths in order to forge understanding and tolerance among them.
The respect and appreciation Saudi Arabia enjoys, especially in the Muslim world, enables it to lead this dialogue, and will facilitate its success, at a time when Islam is being subjected to injustice and accusations arising from ignorance about our religion. Islam calls for moderation and tolerance, and eschews extremism, violence and bigotry.
Since many of the participants and observers in this meeting are non-Arabic speakers, please allow me to continue in English.[End Arabic Translation]
My friends,
In our time, we are urgently called to the way of peace. Throughout the world, understanding and trust among peoples of different faiths and cultures have been eroded. This is especially apparent among adherents of the three monotheistic faiths - more than half of the global population. Misinformation and stereotypes - created by a few - are increasingly shaping perceptions of the Other … creating fears, suspicions, and even hatred.
To reverse the tide of resentment and fear, communication is vital. There must be a new and global dialogue among people of different faiths and civilizations. Such a dialogue is essential, to reveal the commonalities that unite humanity. But it does more. It teaches people to respect their differences. It opens eyes and hearts to the beauty of diversity. It helps disentangle fact from fiction. And it exposes the fraudulence of extremist teachings.
In Jordan, we have made inter-faith dialogue and understanding a priority. The Amman Message is an explanation of the true nature of Islam, and a call to peaceful coexistence among all human beings. It has been supported by more than 500 of the world's leading Muslim scholars from all eight schools of Islamic jurisprudence. It has been endorsed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, representing Muslim countries the world over.
Jordan is proud to continue this work, including support for other global initiatives. One such is "A Common Word", an overture from Muslim scholars to their Christian counterparts, declaring the common ground between Christianity and Islam.
In all this work, we seek to advance a global dialogue, one that can help redirect the course of our future, away from hostilities and towards peace. This Summit shows that support for such dialogue has become a priority at the highest levels. Now, together, we must make it our common task to move the discussion forward: out of the conference rooms; and into the world's homes, schools, offices, and lives.
Your Majesties, Your Excellencies,
It is impossible to talk about interfaith harmony, especially between East and West, without also discussing conflict resolution in the Middle East.
The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is the core conflict in our region. It is a political conflict, and it demands a just, negotiated solution ... one that brings statehood and freedom for Palestinians and security and more regional acceptance for Israel. For with every day that justice is denied to Palestinians; with every day that the occupation prevents a positive future; the regional and global impact has grown. Resentment and frustration are felt throughout the region, and indeed, throughout the world. Millions of people, especially young people, question whether the West means what it says about equality, respect and universal justice. Meanwhile, extremists - Muslim, Christian and Jewish - are thriving on the doubts and divisions.
My friends,
I can think of no more effective way to ease East-West and inter-faith tensions than to end this divisive conflict with a peace based on our deep, shared values: justice; respect for international law; and the right of all people to live in dignity.
As we move forward with tangible solutions to this and other regional conflicts, we must also make tangible strides in communication. That means a sustainable, institutional effort to spread tolerance and acceptance through practical initiatives across the globe.
Youth are vital to success. I hope that from this Summit, we will launch student exchanges and joint university projects, to bring young people together, and show them that what humanity has in common is far greater than what separates us.
I also hope we can encourage leadership from the world's media, large and small. No group is in a better position to get the truth out, on every continent: that people of different faiths can live in peace and harmony ... that when we do, we are more equipped to face the challenges … that only together, will we realize the prosperous future all of us seek.
Your Majesty King Abdullah,
Dear Friends,
This milestone gathering is not the end, but the beginning, of our journey. Your participation has helped us make a giant step forward on the path to global peace and acceptance. It is now up to all of us to walk the path that takes us to our goal.
Dialogue among civilizations is not a luxury. It is a necessity. Indeed, it is a duty that we must all fulfil, if we are to end the growing tensions that threaten global stability.
Today, everywhere in the world - the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia - people of faith and goodwill are coming together.
I pledge to you all, that Jordan will be by your side, a full partner, in every step of the way. Let us together, dare to shape a new future, a future free from injustice, free from hatred, free from cultural misconceptions.
God bless you, and reward your efforts.
Thank you.
Peace, God's mercy and blessings be upon you.


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2012: A year of great change for Minot
While it seems like an overused phrase, 2012 was truly one for the record books while also being a year of great change in Minot. With the ongoing flood recovery efforts and the energy impact due to the oil boom, our region has been through a lot in 2012.
Before I get too far, I want to thank all the many volunteers, businesses, friends, neighbors and even complete strangers who have helped the Magic City continue recovering from the 2011 Mouse River flood. You have proved to be a resilient, caring, resourceful, compassionate people willing to help when times are tough. As well, a pat on the back to all those who are working to manage the growth and change coming at us from every direction.
Flood Recovery
As I look back on 2012 I see a lot of key points to highlight when it comes to flood recovery. All intersection signals and street lights were repaired, the dead loops and main portions of the Mouse River were cleaned of garbage and flood debris was hauled away from homes – more than 56,500 tons! According to the city assessor's office, 80 percent of the homes with main-floor flood damage are now habitable; and a report released this summer showed 97 percent of businesses affected by the flood remain open one year later. In many ways our community made great strides in 2012.
State assistance from the November 2011 special legislative session allowed for direct loans through the Bank of North Dakota, housing rehab and citizen retention grant dollars from the North Dakota Adjutant General's Office through the Souris Valley Long Term Recovery committee, millions through the State Water Commission for voluntary property acquisitions and infrastructure grants from the North Dakota Department of Trust Lands. We have much to be thankful for when it comes to state support toward key flood recovery initiatives.
We will need more support from our state to continue this process. A request is in the governor's budget for $61 million from the 2013 Legislature that would make a second round of voluntary property acquisitions a reality. These acquisitions would be made to homes within the footprint of the enhanced flood protection plan. The process of formulating guidelines, policies and procedures related to this round of acquisitions is currently under way.
An enhanced flood protection plan, with levees and floodwalls designed up to the flood of record, was adopted in April 2012 by the Minot City Council. Leadership continues with efforts to secure as much federal and state assistance as possible to help build this project. This is a long-term endeavor which will need a large portion of the $820 million price tag to be paid for locally. Input from residents on how they would like to assist with paying for more flood protection is very important.
Minot residents received hundreds of millions in grants and low-interest loans from the federal government over the past 18 months. As well, the city has laid out an action plan for flood recovery that uses $67.5 million in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery funds. Input from residents and the approval of city council has laid out a plan that includes $14 million for rehab/reconstruction of flooded homes, an expansion of the city landfill, acquisition of empty flooded properties to develop affordable housing, new northern sewer and water lines that make it possible for those who were flooded and do not wish to return to the valley to have more choices on where to live, a fire station on the east side of town and other key projects.
As of the end of 2012 the number of Ward County residents living in FEMA temporary housing units shrank from nearly 2,000 families or individuals down to under 600. A lot of work is still left to be done to ensure all who are interested in a permanent housing solution as a result of having been flooded have a fair chance to find that housing. Conversations continue that would allow a portion of those least able to pay high rents or least able to afford a house get a chance to buy their FEMA temporary housing unit and keep it out on site, just off 55th Street.
In mid-December, the city council decided unanimously to not push forward with the Advisory Base Flood Elevation that would have changed the floodplain in the valley. And while the floodplain, as determined by the federal government, will likely still change in the next three to five years, not implementing this now will allow the community to continue healing without the burden of a new floodplain and more restrictive construction regulations.
And while there is much good, much progress to recognize, we can't let up – we must finish the job; we must do all that is possible to help those who are helping themselves get back into permanent housing. I, and the city, remain dedicated to our long-term flood recovery and the stability that will bring to our neighborhoods and families.
Energy-related growth
Recovering from the 2011 Mouse River flood isn't the only thing to be remembered from 2012, our region's reaction to and impact from the ongoing energy boom remains high on the list. With the greater Minot population likely at more than 50,000 (compared to a 2010 Census count of 40,888) our city is experiencing real and significant development pains.
Airport services are booming, with plans and funding on its way to support a terminal three times the size of the current facility. Enplanements over the last couple of years have grown from around 65,000/year to over 220,000/ year. The governor's budget request shows $60 million targeted for oil-impacted airports to address growth challenges – the Minot International Airport would need to receive a minimum of $25 million of this to ensure the expansion can be completed by the middle of 2015.
Growth on North Hill, the northeast side of Minot and the south side of town continues to exceed even the boldest of predictions. Everything from new grocery stores to large neighborhoods to small businesses opening up has been the talk of 2012 and will, no doubt, continue into the New Year. Upcoming improvements to downtown Minot thanks to likely EDA disaster grant funds, city funding and private investments totaling more than $100 million are due to a combination of factors and should continue to strengthen the heart of our city. The hotel sector of our economy experienced a boom in 2012 as at least 10 new hotels opened their doors, adding nearly 800 rooms in just 12 months.
The number of oil or energy-related businesses and employees calling the Magic City home is on the rise. In 2010 the city tracked 15 new businesses with around 500 employees. Today, more than 50 companies proudly employ nearly 3,000 people.
A quick look at annual statistics in building permits shows a huge jump in recent years, largely attributable to the energy boom. Let's compare the past couple of years: for total building permits issued by the city; 2010 was a record-setting year with $100 million, and 2011 doubled that record as Minot permitted $204.5 million in construction. 2012 will shatter the record, as we issued over $300 million in residential and business building permits. $600 million in just three years! That's what a city of our size, experiencing modest three percent growth, would normally see in 10 to 12 years.
In response to our city's increasing needs, staffing within city personnel will grow in 2013 by 10 percent. Minot's police force, firemen and support staff in areas like public works, engineering and city planning will get a boost from additional personnel to better serve the city; 31.5 new positions will be added in 2013.
Given Minot's growth, the extreme level of stress on water, sewer, roads, landfill and all other city functions is no surprise. The governor's budget for 2013-2015 includes a $214 million statewide funding request for oil-impacted needs in the western part of the state, just like what we are experiencing. The city is requesting at least $15 million of these Oil & Gas Impact Grant Funds to assist our community so the cost of this dramatic growth isn't supported solely by utility rates and property taxes.
Running a city of 50,000 people isn't just about the roads, garbage collection or keeping up with incredible growth – it's also about maintaining a high quality of life. While our public schools and park system are run by other professionals and elected leaders, I would be remiss not to mention some of what 2012 meant to them. Like all of us, the Minot Public Schools and the Minot Park District are bouncing back from the flood as fast as can be expected and managing growth as well as can be expected. With assistance from FEMA, the state of North Dakota, the city's community facilities sales tax fund and thousands of volunteers, our parks, schools and all those many things that make us who we truly are continue to improve. 2012 programs such as the "Weekend of Hope: Return to Oak Park" first anniversary commemoration, Stars of Hope and the Minot air show "Soaring over the Souris" are great efforts to not only maintain, but improve the quality of life in Minot.
Thanks for all you do to help the Magic City be what it is today. We are likely to continue seeing change in many ways in our community. Please know that your elected leaders and city staff will continue to work hard to do everything possible in flood recovery, oil impact and all other areas of need. Happy New Year!
(Zimbelman is mayor of Minot)


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Where are you, Marshall Dillon?Posted Friday, February 12, 2010, at 11:20 AM
My family was living in Dexter during those years, and we all gathered in front of the old black and white television on Saturday night - prime time - to watch James Arness step out into the dusty streets of Dodge and face another dark, evil gunslinger, bent on murder and chaos. Someone was always riding in to "take over Dodge" and run it in their own sadistic fashion. The townspeople always looked out from behind the curtains in upstairs windows.
Back in the fifties, everyone - young and old - loved Marshall Dillon (who was pretty darned HOT, by any standards), but it wasn't until we were grown that we realized just how wonderful he was.
In those years, life was rosy - our parents were young and energetic and (more importantly) together. My two younger brothers strapped on toy guns and raced around our big yard, pretending to be cowboys. It was a good life.
In my mother's waning years, she sat in her recliner in the living room, watching 5 a.m. reruns of "Gunsmoke." When I visited with her and my sister, I woke up to the sound of six-shooters and that familiar theme song, echoing down the hall. No matter how many times she had seen the episodes, she never tired of watching Marshall Dillon fight the bad guys and give Miss Kitty that LOOK from under the brim of his hat.
James Arness cut such a larger-than-life figure in that iconic role that I'm not sure anyone has ever quite measured up to it. I don't think he had any flaws. If he did, they just weren't mentioned. I don't believe that his mysterious feelings for Miss Kitty could be considered a "weakness," though plenty of the bad guys tried to use them against him. How often was she kidnapped, terrorized, held captive and humiliated - and she always looked her tormenters in the face, with painted eyes and strategically-place beauty mark, and gave them that "Go-to-hell" glare?
When the marshall saved Kitty, there was none of the tears and drama that we see these days. I don't remember them ever even hugging when he rescued her from wild Indians or those horrible, horrible men who roamed the West during that time. It was all very reserved and civilized. He would just nod at her and tip his big hat - and that meant.......Oh, wow, girls - What DID it mean? "I'll meet you out back of the saloon at midnight tonight"? "Keep the door unlocked, Kitty - I'll be there in a couple of hours"?
If that's what the LOOK meant, we never knew. Ah, the mystery!
I believe that the series was ahead of its time. In an era when we were watching "I Love Lucy," the "Hit Parade," "Leave it to Beaver," and Cisco Kid, Gunsmoke was more than a shoot-'em-up western. Sometimes the realism was a little hard to watch, especially in the early episodes before Marshall Dillon was too big to be challenged. Some pretty bad characters roamed the West back then. Bad things happened to innocent people for no reason. Sometimes Matt could stop it, and sometimes he was just too late to do more than bury the dead.
Well, here's to the old days - and the old heroes! Thanks for the memories, Marshall Dillon! I'll see you in my dreams!
From the dusty streets of Advance, this is your rural reporter Madeline, looking for another hero.
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Hard to believe you said that "Go to hell stare",haha,,even Matt never said that and never any such word around his Miss Kitty. Ah, those were the days, when innocence meant something.
Thanks for the memories.
-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Fri, Feb 12, 2010, at 12:41 PM
Ooooh...this makes me want to watch Gunsmoke reruns. I might just have the time to do that with more snow headed my way!
-- Posted by fun2teach on Fri, Feb 12, 2010, at 1:00 PM
Haha, Madeline is getting a little daring, isn't she?? How could someone who grew up in that era say the big H word??
Oh, my, just thinking about Marshall Dillon stepping out into the streets, placing his feet in that determined stance, and squinting at a gunslinger makes me weak in the knees!! What a man!!!
The other characters were such a complement for Matt. There was Festus (my favorite) with his folksy sayings and quarrelsome attitude --- yet, when push came to shove, he was a handy man with a gun - and Matt could count on him. Remember how he called the marshall "Matthew"? Everyone else called him "Matt," or "Marshall," but with Festus, it was always "Matthew."
That was back in the day when there were real WRITERS who could develop character and write convincing dialogue.
I may get on Amazon.com and order some "Gunsmoke" DVDs.
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Feb 12, 2010, at 2:02 PM
Don't forget how we all tried to walk like Chester! (a skip and a hop, was it?) At our house, we argued over who got to take his/her bath first. The first one would get the best TV-viewing seat for Gunsmoke and Have Gun Will Travel. At least my brother and I argued. I don't remember ever arguing with my sister about ANYTHING! Not even Matt Dillon!
-- Posted by GONENOW on Sun, Feb 14, 2010, at 12:52 PM
Hahaha! Of course not! She never argued with anyone, did she? I hope she's gotten a little more cantankerous in her old age!!! Hehehe!
We never tried to walk like Chester - my brothers were too busy gunning each other down with their six-shooters. Of course, they each had TWO strapped to their hips!
Looking back, I can see how cute they must have been, but you could sure never convince me of that at the time!
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Feb 14, 2010, at 1:36 PM
Isn't it funny how years ago all the little boys had guns, holsters, bullets, rope and now you can't carry a finger nail file!!!! I believe firmly, those were the good old days. Gonenow, did you ever get to take that bath??????? Just kidding.
-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Sun, Feb 14, 2010, at 3:46 PM
So silly for parents to get all bent outta shape if their children play with toy guns. As if that makes them criminals! It's MAKE-BELIEVE! Kids know the difference!
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Feb 14, 2010, at 5:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJsjup72W... copy and paste that link into your browser and get a real treat. This is a 4 part interview of Mr. Arness from 2008.His mind is as good now as it was 50 years ago. enjoy
-- Posted by XDEXTERRESI on Sun, Feb 14, 2010, at 11:02 PM
ooops sorry its a 5 part interview. Also some of Fess Parker and Harry Morgan and Chester!!!!
-- Posted by XDEXTERRESI on Sun, Feb 14, 2010, at 11:05 PM
Oooooh, I can't get youtube on dial-up! Would love to see that interview.
-- Posted by goat lady on Mon, Feb 15, 2010, at 11:19 AM
gl, is there any way you can see it at work, if you're still working? I watched, it's great.
-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Mon, Feb 15, 2010, at 11:40 AM
Yes, I'm going in later today. I'll check it out then. All this frozen precipitation really puts a crimp in my work schedule. I'm doing a lot of it from home.
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Feb 16, 2010, at 7:33 AM
Jim Arness had a brother - what was his name? - He was on another popular show - not a western....I can't remember his name. They looked a lot alike, only the brother was blonde.
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Feb 16, 2010, at 7:35 AM
If you google "Gunsmoke," you'll also find pics of the old radio show cast. Also can't remember the "fat man" (Conrad?) who played the marshall on radio. He had a great voice, but he wasn't physically powerful like Arness, so he didn't get the TV role.
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Feb 16, 2010, at 7:39 AM
Good Morning GL, the brothers name is Peter Graves and he was in Mission Impossible.....As a child I loved to play Gunsmoke and have Marshall Dillon "rescue me" from the bad guys. I never saw the appeal of "Miss Kitty" personally, but that is another story...:-)
-- Posted by cheers4dhs on Tue, Feb 16, 2010, at 11:06 AM
Ah, yes, that's it! Why could I not remember that?
He still didn't flip my switch like the marshall did, though. There's just something about a rugged man with a big hat, a gun, a badge, and a horse!
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Feb 18, 2010, at 6:12 PM
Oh yes, Mom was crazy about Matt Dillon. I think she spent her life looking for a man to take care of her the way Matt Dillon could. Actually, I think he ruined women of the age for any real life man. No one could compete with that image.
She was also crazy about "The Waltons". She sat and watched them over and over. Particularly the earlier episodes.
During those last few years of her life, she was more comfortable in the past. The present was too painful and too complicated. Much better to watch Matt Dillon and the Walton family and retreat to safe, warm, fuzzy memories.
You're right, Madeline. We didn't appreciate the true value of Marshall Dillon until we were older. Yes, he was HOT. I don't remember thinking that when we watched him the first time around. Of course, back then I thought HOT was just sticking my finger in a pot of molten fudge in the pan.
-- Posted by mokath52 on Sat, Feb 20, 2010, at 9:30 AM
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Madeline (Giles) DeJournett is the Advance writer for the North Stoddard Countian. A retired high school English/history teacher, she spent 32 years teaching in 5 schools in Missouri and Alaska. These days, she lives quietly with a menagerie of wild and domestic animals on 52 secluded acres in the remote Tillman hills south of Advance. She graduated from Dexter High School in 1960 and Southeast Missouri State in 1964. She can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Wordless Wednesday- The house in Beverly, Massachusetts
This photo is from 1965. It's me (the big sister), my sister (the baby), and my Mom on a winter day in Beverly, Massachusetts. I can tell it was taken right on the sidewalk by the front door of our house on Dearborn Avenue. This was the house my great-grandparents moved into when they came from England in 1915, my grandparents were married there on Thanksgiving Day 1926, and my Dad grew up there with his brothers. I lived in this same house until I was about 8 years old. Four generations!
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