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Dear Editor;
A recent editorial urged the creation of the City Council District for the Rockaways. As a Councilperson who would have no problem serving the entire community, I wish to respond. Although the editorial was thought provoking it missed two points that argue for two separate seats.
Point one: two Council people arguing for the well being of our community are better that one. In the Council you need 26 votes to pass an item, and two Council people can work the aisles better than one. Point two: two Council members can serve on more Committees than one. I have been blessed to chair the Economic Development Committee, and serve on the Transportation, Consumer Affairs, Fire and Criminal Justice Services, and Women's Issues Committees. Yet my equally worthy City Council colleague, Joseph Addabbo, chairs the Parks and Recreation Committee and serves on the Governmental Relations, Contracts, and State and Federal Legislation Committees. Count them, nine important Committees. Which four are you willing to surrender?
A better argument should be that better cooperation between the City Council persons should result in a better-served community. I am pleased to say that Council Member Addabbo and myself are working in harmony to insure that our joint constituents are well served.
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Age doesn't have to be a barrier to fun, safe and successful small and big-game hunts in Colorado.
Since 1995 the state has offered low-cost hunting and fishing licenses to youths ages 16 and younger, and those affordable rates continue this year for interested resident and non-resident youth hunters and anglers.
All children 16 years old and younger can purchase small game hunting licenses for $1. The cost of the license includes a search and rescue fee. There is no minimum age for the license provided the applicant meets all hunter safety and education requirements, including completion of a hunter education course and possession of a valid hunter safety/education card.
All youth hunters must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older. The adult mentor also must have a hunter safety/education card if he or she was born on or after Jan. 1, 1949.
Under the provisions of the youth small-game hunting license, children can take full bag and possession limits of small game.
Eligible youth hunters are permitted to acquire a full-priced small game hunting license that allows them to hunt without an adult mentor. The state Division of Wildlife, however, encourages all children to hunt with experienced adults.
For children looking to bag larger animals such as elk, deer and antelope, a youth big-game hunting license can be purchased for $10 for state residents and $100 for nonresidents. The discounted big-game licenses apply only to deer, elk and pronghorn antelope hunting, and the hunter must specify which big-game animal they plan to hunt.
As with the youth small game hunting licenses, the big-game hunting licenses can only be purchased by children who meet the state's hunter safety and education requirements. Unlike the small game hunting licenses, only children ages 12 to 15 years old can purchase the big-game license. Children ages 11 and younger aren't allowed to hunt big game in the state, and youths 16 years and older are required to purchase a full-priced big-game license.
The DOW has implemented several programs geared specifically for young hunters. The DOW's Hunter Outreach Program includes youth big-game hunting opportunities across the state. Similar hunting programs are available for small game such as waterfowl, dove and pheasants. For more information visit the DOW online at http://wildlife.state.co.us.
There are several hunting areas in the state set aside specifically for youth hunting, including areas in Routt and Moffat counties.
The State Trust Lands and State Wildlife Areas provide youth hunters and their mentors the opportunity to hunt a variety of game, such as deer, elk, rabbit, pheasant, turkey, sharp-tailed grouse, waterfowl and dove. Different regulations apply in these areas, and the DOW recommends hunters check with property managers and brochures for more information.
Coal Bank Gulch, located in Game Management Unit 441, is about 2.5 miles north of Hayden. The 879-acre State Trust Land is open from Sept. 1 through Feb. 28. Elk, deer and sharp-tailed grouse are among the hunting opportunities. However, hunting is only allowed with archery, muzzleloaders and rim-fire rifles.
For more information on Coal Bank Gulch, call 870-2197.
The 460-acre Fly Gulch area is north of Steamboat Springs off Routt County Road 129. Like Coal Bank Gulch, the Fly Gulch area is open from Sept. 1 through Feb. 28. Deer, elk and various small game are prevalent in the area. The property can only be accessed by foot or horseback. For more information call 870-2197.
In Moffat County, the Oxbow State Trust Land area is 17 miles northwest of Maybell. The 640-acre property is open from Aug. 15 through Feb. 28. Hunting opportunities include deer, elk, antelope, waterfowl, dove, rabbit and prairie dog. For more information, call 824-3046. n

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A bases loaded single from Sean Burroughs with nobody out tied the game at 2-2. Adam Eaton had setup the situation when he laid down a bunt with Khalil Greene on first and Ramon Hernandez on second, both on from consecutive singles. Eaton dropped a perfect bunt down and Milwaukee pitcher Doug Davis chose to not even throw the ball to first base.
Mark Loretta followed Eaton's lead and dropped a bunt on the third base side that Davis threw away down the first base line and the error brought Eaton around, 3-2 Padres. It was ruled a single for Loretta, but no RBI. Brian Giles followed with a sacrifice fly to left that scored Burroughs. Loretta tried to make it to third on the play but was thrown out by Geoff Jenkins. The troubling part, Phil Nevin doubled right after that.
The Brewers scored two runs in the first when Scott Podsednik opened the game with a single, Craig Counsell walked, Jenkins singled in Podsednik and Lyle Overbay hit a sacrifice fly.
Eaton went six innings and gave up two runs on three hits and a walk while striking out five. He got his first win since April 13, going 0-6 with three no decisions in between wins.
Ramon Hernandez hit a one out homer to the deepest part of the field in the fourth inning. Podsednik leaped up against the wall and at first appeared to catch the ball but came down empty. Hernandez now has six homers on the season.
Keith Ginter got one back for the Brewers in the seventh with a homer that was without debate, landing in the upper level of left field.
Phil Nevin, who missed a homer by a foot earlier in the game, hit a three run homer in the bottom of the seventh to extend the Padres lead to 8-3.
Jon Knott went 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout in his first start as a Major Leaguer. He has yet to have a hit in five at bats this year.
Sean Burroughs extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a base hit.
The Padres had singled 16 straight times in the series before Nevin's double in the third.
The Padres won the season series 4-2, going 2-1 in Milwaukee and at Petco Park.
The Padres will have a travel day on Monday before meeting the Boston Red Sox. David Wells is 10-10 in his career at Fenway Park and 14-20 with a 4.96 ERA against the Red Sox overall. Wells last pitched May 16, when he allowed three runs in a 4-2 loss to the Cubs.
"David Wells makes us a better rotation," manager Bruce Bochy said. "It's going to be good to have him back."
Jake Peavy will throw for the first time Tuesday in Boston, a soft-toss session that will be followed by a more strenuous exercise if he feels no discomfort.
The Padres will make the first overall selection in tomorrow's First-Year Player Draft, scheduled to begin at 10:00 am PST. This will mark the fifth time in franchise history that the Friars will have the number one pick, having previously selected at the top of the draft in 1970 (Mike Ivie), 1972 (Dave Roberts), 1974 (Bill Almon) and most recently in 1988 (Andy Benes)...the selection rotation is determined by the club's reverse order of finish in their respective leagues, at the close of the previous season. The draft will have 50 rounds and will conclude after all 30 teams have passed on a selection or after all 50 rounds have been completed.
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Where does one begin? Pat and Cliff Dean, the ultimate con artists of their generation. Pat do you really think you are going to get away with what is going on in Florida? You sweep into Florida on your broomstick and take Larry to the VA? You are dumb.
Cliff what happened to the $100,000 check Larry got from the VA? Did you pocket it? I used to laugh at you when you would call Aunt Helen and pretend to care about her so you could get her estate. Boy, you really pulled the wool over Pat's eyes all these years. You barely worked and yet you have lived off her and her family's money. Pat he's not that goodlooking.
The things I know about the Deans, but its not fit for this venue. How would you like it if I contacted Mike, Rick and Patrick's places of work and wrote nasty things. I have all the time in the world to do it since I can't get a job after the lies you have told about me. You will pay for this.
Now let's see, my mother had to get a lawyer to get back the money you stole and your crooked lawyer. You owe my mother some dough.
One more letter from you old man and your going to be floating down the Chesapeake along with the three duds.
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I wonder when Smith said people lose their license to transference that Ms Eva lost her license putting her sister in a Marchman Act. Maybe she can put that in the black sorority, right Eileen. Because now I know who is talking and the movies that are being made because of this disgusting university.
Only an idiot would sign up for the military and get their parts blown off. You people feed off of the vulnerable.
The VA wanted to give my Uncle a glaucoma operation and he didn't have glaucoma. The VA is dump that experiments on the vulnerable.
Barry University is a boiler room. I hope nobody signs up for your university after the way I was treated.
You see, Ken, social work is a psysdo profession for people who would love to be cops but probably couldn't pass a physical for it. I have never seen so many fat stupid people in one room.
I'm still waiting for somebody to say something smart, but it will be a cold day in hell when that happens. All I know is, that ever since I graduated that boiler room, the police have been following me for NO GOOD REASON, but to harass me.
Now Ric said he had a brother at Sysco and I got harassed by a Syso rep at my store, which I had to close down. He said it was a terminal degree and that he was going to seminar for suicide, even though the guy was gonna retire. It was a subliminal death message. These peoople are sick and not only that they are ugly. Go to Mexico and taste Eileen you sick old man.
Wait, let me go schedule my tennis appointment and be late to meet the intern. Paula go get some radiation and what was that, they burnt them to a crisp in the 80s.
I know exactly what you people were doing. Why do I have the cops following me? You are worried I will do something to your stupid arses, well don't. You are not worth doing anything to.
Some of this was coming from Jersey. There is no question when I see 64 on most of the numbers...to my apartment in California, to Larry's phone number, to my mothers cell phone.
86 the 64 and the STATE can go f*** themselves. This isn't about lifestyle, its about a perpetual hate crime since New Jersey, where my phone was tapped.
Why don't you get another degree Gray; its a straight line when you don't play games with student's lives.
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NFF says too early to sell Telstra
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The National Farmers' Federation said today it was still too early for the government to sell its remaining stake in Telstra as not enough had been done to protect rural services.
NFF president Peter Corish said only around half of the recommendations of an inquiry into regional telecommunications services had so far been implemented.
"The regional telecommunications inquiry that was completed in 2003 made 36 recommendations which, if implemented, would provide, broadly, equivalency between rural telecommunications in rural Australia and urban Australia," he told ABC radio.
"So far, only about half of those recommendations have been fully implemented.
"We are concerned that the rest of those recommendations are implemented as soon as possible."
Corish said services had improved but was non-committal about the chances of completing the sale in 2006, as has been suggested.
The NFF would be receiving further updates on the situation, he said, and the development of Telstra Countrywide as a distinct unit within the telecoms giant had helped.
The government has named guarantees on rural services as a pre-condition for completing the sale.
The government had promised to speed up the necessary improvements, he said.
"But still we see service and installations times, particularly in remote areas, are woefully inadequate.
"There's still some significant way to go yet," he said, citing broadband availability in rural Australia as "very limited".


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Petition Call on coalition government to deliver effective solutions to irresponsible dog ownership
We call on the coalition government to bring forward a government Bill in the Queen's Speech in 2012 that: consolidates and updates legislation concerning dog control; gives greater flexibility and discretion to enforcers and the courts; improves public safety and animal welfare; includes a genuine preventative effect; updates some offences; and reduces the costs of enforcement. In particular we believe: the scope of legislation must be extended to cover all places, both public and private; all dogs should be permanently identified; legislation must focus on the owner's actions or omissions rather than the type of dog; amendments must be made to ensure better canine welfare with a clear strategy to regularly review and ultimately phase out breed specific legislation; sufficient funding streams are essential for effective enforcement at a local level; and education and engagement should go hand in hand with any changes in the law to encourage more responsible dog ownership.
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No. 7 USC Tops No. 1 Stanford, 5-1
USC finishes its season this weekend.
May 12, 1998
STANFORD, Calif. -
Junior Mike Penney (Laguna Niguel, CA/Santa Margarita HS) threw a complete game eight-hitter to lead No. 7 USC (39-14 overall, 21-9 in the Six-Pac) to a 5-1 win over host Stanford (41-10-1, 22-8) on Monday night at Sunken Diamond.
The Cardinal had clinched the Pacific-10 Conference Southern Division title on Saturday afternoon, but the Trojans responded to win the final two games of the series. It is the first in 1998 Stanford has lost a series, and dropped back-to-back games. The Southern Division champion Cardinal visit Northern Division champion Washington this weekend in the best-of-three Pac-10 Championship Series for the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. The teams will meet on Thursday at 3 p.m., Friday at 1 p.m. and Saturday at noon, if necessary, at Husky Ballpark. USC finishes its regular season this weekend at Portland State (Thurs. & Fri. 7 p.m., Sat. 1 p.m.).
Stanford took a 1-0 lead on Monday thanks to a solo homer by John Gall (Portola Valley, CA/St. Francis HS) in the bottoof the first, but was held in check by Penney the rest of the way. The Trojan right-hander allowed just the one earned run while walking two and striking out a career-high nine.
USC then took the lead for good in the top of the second on an RBI single by Jason Lane (Sebastapool, CA/Santa Rosa JC) and a sacrifice fly from Jeremy Freitas (Hanford, CA/Fresno City CC). The Trojans later added one in the fourth and two in the sixth to pull away.


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Childhood dreams of becoming a 'princess' turned into reality for 23 year old Chatsworth Estate resident, Emma Coleman. Fueled by endless hours of enchanting bedtime stories as a child, Emma had always dreamed of wearing a fairytale dress, meeting her very own Prince Charming and getting married in a magical place.
Unbeknown to Emma, her dreams were finally to be realised. Fast forward 20 years and Emma's own Cinderella story has become a reality. Working in a local bar Emma met her Prince Charming in the form of Chatsworth House Collections Steward and estate resident, Henry Coleman.
Emma said: "Our eyes met whilst I was working in the bar, although it wasn't really love at first sight we were really good friends to start with and our love has grown from there. Two years later Henry asked me to marry him. I thought he was acting really strangely one evening and couldn't understand why; it wasn't until he knelt down on one knee in our lounge that I realised my dream wedding could soon become a reality and that in front of me was my own Prince Charming in the form of Henry!"
The couple got to work on the wedding planning straight away, busily organising every last little detail. The sticking point was the wedding venue, however. The couple trawled the dales of Derbyshire looking for that magical place and were left disappointed that none of the venues they visited lived up to Emma's childhood dreams. A heartfelt last search on the internet unearthed East Lodge in Rowsley.
"I couldn't believe it, being so close to where we lived. I was surprised to have missed this wonderful place," said Emma. The couple visited East Lodge that very day and were immediately impressed by the welcoming warmth of its staff and the fairytale façade, with its long sweeping drive and rolling landscaped gardens.
"The team at East Lodge were fantastic; they answered all our questions, offered advice and put our minds at rest. We knew straight away that this was our perfect wedding venue, plus we would have it to ourselves; we didn't have to share our day with any other bride and groom," continued Emma.
Henry's mother and father, Butler to the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, along with Emma's parents visited East Lodge the following weekend and gave their seal of approval.
The couple opted for one of East Lodge's exemplary wedding packages, which made the hotel exclusively theirs from Friday afternoon until Sunday morning. Guests were welcomed with a delightful Derbyshire Cream Tea and treated to superb buffet on the evening of their first night at the hotel. For Henry and Emma, the Saturday began with a relaxed atmosphere with Emma happy in the knowledge that all of the minute detail she had asked for was being so expertly implemented by the team at East Lodge. The cream and gold theme Emma had chosen, ran seamlessly throughout the decorations, the table centres, flowers and even the wedding favours.
Emma said: "East Lodge was even able to organise a special Guinness bar at the evening reception, for our many Irish guests, which made them feel really special."
Following their wedding at Edensor Church on the Chatsworth Estate, Emma and Henry chose to have photographs taken in the grounds of East Lodge.
"We couldn't have planned the day any better, every little detail was catered for and I can't praise East Lodge highly enough for their dedication and professionalism that made our day perfect - just as I had imagined and dreamed of for many years," concluded Emma.
East Lodge is owned by the Hardman family and has picked up a number of important accolades in recent years; East Lodge has again achieved the coveted AA "Inspectors' Choice" accolade with three red stars for 2009/10, placing it within the top 150 hotels in the UK. East Lodge was named "Small Hotel of the Year 2008/09" at the East Midlands Tourism awards, and then went on to become a silver Winner as "Hotel of the Year 2009/10" at the national finals - renowned as the tourism Oscars. In 2007/08 East Lodge was named "Derbyshire Restaurant of the Year" and also scooped the Condé Nast Johansens "Most excellent service" & "Readers choice" awards.
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This afternoon WIKILEAKS released the first batch of an estimated 250,000 State Department cables -- an event that has had official Washington, and the diplomatic missions of half the civilized world, shaking in its boots.
If this were Mean Girls, this would be the scene where pages from the Burn Book start showing up all over school. Except instead of "Trang Pak is a grotsky little byotch," these pages reveal what we really think of those corrupt little bastards running Afghanistan, and also that China's global war with Google was launched by a senior Chinese politboro member who Googled himself and found stuff he didn't like.
In short: this is going to be the most amazing reading material of the year on the internets, but it's going to be as much Inside Track as it is Pentagon Papers.
And John Kerry is right in the middle of it.
Well -- sort of. In typical Kerry fashion, he's probably the most boring guy in the entire leak. But he makes a cameo thanks to a cable in which, as the Guardian describes, "Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the amir of Qatar, tells Senator John Kerry,
chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, that the US must do
everything in its power to find a lasting solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He suggests the best way is to reach out
to Syria and insists Iran cannot be trusted."
On the scale of zero to "Amber D'Allesio made out with a hot dog," this is around a 0.5, especially when measured against cables alleging a special relationship between Berlusconi and Putin, or a plan by South Korea to buy off China in the event of a North Korean meltdown.
But anyway, he's still our Senator and this is the biggest pwn in the media world, so here you go: from Wikileaks, via the Guardian, the entire text of the John Kerry cable . . .
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 10:47C O N F I D E N T I A L DOHA 000070SIPDISEO 12958 DECL: 02/13/2020TAGS PREL, KWBG, KPAL, IR, QASUBJECT: SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S AMIRClassified By: Ambassador Joseph E. LeBaron, for reasons 1.4 (b, d).--------------(C) KEY POINTS---------------- The Amir of Qatar urged the U.S. in his February 14 meeting with Senator John Kerry (D-MA) to do everything in its power to find a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Amir said the best way to begin is by moving first on the Syrian track.-- In Qatar's view, now is the time to reach out to Damascus. The Syrian Government can help Arab extremists make tough choices, but only if the U.S., whose involvement is essential, demonstrates to Syria early on a willingness to address the return of the Golan Heights and supports Turkey's mediation efforts between Israel and Syria.-- According to the Amir, Hamas will accept the 1967 border with Israel, but will not say it publicly so as to lose popular Palestinian support.-- The Egyptians' goal, according to the Amir, is to stay in the game and maintain their relationship with the U.S., which is built around brokering regional peace, for as long as possible.-- The Amir recommended that the U.S. and Qatar establish a small bilateral committee to discuss how to advance regional peace. Qatar can help move Hamas, because Qatar does not "play in their internal politics." That does not mean Qatar shares Hamas' ideology, stressed the Amir.-- On Iran, the Amir said President Ahmadinejad is strong because he is uncorrupted. The Amir also advised the U.S. to continue ts efforts to open a dialogue with the Iranian ladership.End Key Points.1. (C) Senator Joh Kerry (D-MA), the Chairman of the Senate Foreig Relations Committee(SFRC), joined by Ambassador,P/E Chief, and SFRC staff member Dr. Jonah Blank met February 14 with the Amir of Qatar, Hamad bn Khalifa Al Thani. The meeting took place at Waba Palace, the residence of the Amir, and the Amir began the meeting by pointing out that the comfortable chairs on which the U.S. party was seated were made in Syria.------------------------------IMPORTANCE OF THE SYRIAN TRACK------------------------------2. (C) This opening led Senator Kerry to remark that he had held great discussions with Syria's President, Bashar Al-Asad, when he met him in Damascus some months ago. The Amir said President Asad is committed to "big change," but Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri's death and complications resulting from Syria's alleged involvement in it had brought about "complications" for Asad. The Amir added that "Bashar is still young and can grow."3. (C) Senator Kerry said he took away from his visit to Damascus that Asad wants change. The Amir added that the Syrian President also wants peace with Israel and that the arrival of a U.S. Ambassador in Damascus would help in this regard. Senator Kerry said he had wanted a U.S. Ambassador in Syria a year ago, but agreed that the naming of an Ambassador is a positive development.4. (C) The Amir cautioned that the Syrians will not accept everything the U.S. proposes, stressing that the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights continues and that the return of this land to Syria is paramount for Damascus. The Amir observed that the "Syrians have lost confidence in the U.S. and that the Israelis now have the upper hand in the region because of the support of the United States." The Israeli leaders need to represent the people of Israel, who themselves do not trust Arabs. The Amir said this is understandable and "we can't blame them" because the Israelis have been "under threat" for a long time.5. (C) What has changed, continued the Amir, is that Arabs "for sure" now want two states -- Israel and Palestine. When you consider that many in the region perceive that Hizballah drove Israel out of Lebanon and Hamas kicked them (at least initially) out "of the small piece of land called Gaza," it is actually surprising that the Israelis still want peace. The region, however, is still "far away" from peace, concluded the Amir.6. (C) Senator Kerry responded that in his long experience with the region, it was not unusual for people to take positions adverse to their own interests. Yasser Arafat went from living as a terrorist in Tunisia to signing an agreement with Israel on the White House lawn. The transformation of Arafat is an example of how actors in the region need to take risks if we are to move forward in advancing regional peace. Turning the conversation back to Syria, Chairman Kerry pointed out that Syria's facilitation of arms to Hizballah and its turning a blind eye to missile upgrades in Lebanon do not represent risk-taking in the promotion of peace.7. (C) The Amir pointed out that any progress toward regional peace had come about due to American involvement. He implied that it would take U.S. intervention on the Syrian-Israeli track to address these issues and asked Senator Kerry what he would have Damascus do.8. (C) The Chairman responded that President Asad needs to make a bolder move and take risks. He observed that if the Syrian President wants peace and economic development for his country, he needs to be more statesman-like, which would in turn help Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu engage him.9. (C) The Amir agreed with Senator Kerry's assessment of Asad's aims and said he is ready for peace, but asked if the Israelis are ready. Would Israel accept to resume Turkey's mediation between Syria and Israel? Would the U.S. play a role in advancing the Syria track?10. (C) If we can get Abu Mazen back to the negotiating table, we can engage on border issues -- including Israel's borders with Syria, advised Senator Kerry. Abu Mazen right now is not strong enough, though, to make necessary compromises with Israel because the Palestinian people have wanted him to stick to his guns on a settlement freeze and the Goldstone Report. The Chairman added that Netanyahu also needs to compromise and work the return of the Golan Heights into a formula for peace.11. (C) The Amir encouraged the U.S. to work the Golan Heights issue first. He stressed that Syrians are very different from Iranians in "mentality," and said the Syrians turned to Iran for support only because they had nowhere else to go. Now is the time, the Amir told Senator Kerry, to reach out to Damascus.-------------------------PARAMETERS FOR DISCUSSION-------------------------12. (C) Senator Kerry responded that the U.S. is prepared to play a strong role in bringing about peace in the region. President Obama, said the Chairman, understands that he personally must engage and do so strongly. The Senator told the Amir that in his speech to the U.S.-Islamic Forum the previous evening, the Senator had focused on former President Clinton's parameters for peace and the 2002 Arab League peace initiative. Now, said the Senator, is the time to put those back on the table and resume talking, with the U.S. acting as a legitimate agent of peace. Chairman Kerry told the Amir he is convinced that we can see great progress in the coming year by moving swiftly from proximity talks, to direct talks between the parties and ending with final status discussions.13. (C) To be successful, continued Senator Kerry, we must begin by agreeing at the outset the amount of land each side (Israelis and Palestinians) will obtain in the end and use that understanding to draw the borders. If both sides make good compromises, we can address the settlement issues in the context of giving something up so that the borders, when drawn, contain the agreed-upon amounts of land for both sides. The Amir agreed with the Senator's assessment and complimented President Obama for being the first U.S. President to take on the Middle East conflict in the first year of his term.14. (C) Continuing the presentation of his ideas on the parameters of peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Senator Kerry noted that one of the biggest problems for Israel is the potential return of 5-6 million Palestinian refugees. The parties broached the return issue in discussions at Taba and agreed that the right of Palestinian return would be subject to later negotiation, pointed out the Chairman. If we can proceed from that point on the right of return, the Senator believes there is an "artful way" to frame the negotiations on borders, land swaps, and Jerusalem as a shared capital. 15. (C) Any negotiation has its limits, added Senator Kerry, and we know for the Palestinians that control of Al-Aqsa mosque and the establishment of some kind of capital for the Palestinians in East Jerusalem are not negotiable. For the Israelis, the Senator continued, Israel's character as a Jewish state is not open for negotiation. The non-militarization of an eventual Palestinian state and its borders can nonetheless be resolved through negotiation.16. (C) The Amir underscored that Abu Mazen needs Arab support to make the above happen. Hamas "for sure," he said, will accept the 1967 border but will not say it publicly so as to lose popular Palestinian support.---------------------------DEALING WITH THE EXTREMISTS---------------------------17. (C) Senator Kerry told the Amir he knew Qatar could help the U.S. but asked how we deal with those who advocate violence. The Amir said the short answer is to work the Syrian track, which means pushing for Israel's return of the Golan Heights to Syria. The Amir said return of the Golan is important not just to Syria but also to Hizballah and Iran. The U.S. must bear in mind that Misha'al, a leader of Hamas based in Damascus, has drawn the conclusion that the Oslo accords were bad for Arafat. He lost the support of his own people and died living under Israeli siege. The Syrians can help Misha'al and others make tough choices, but only if the U.S. demonstrates to Syria early on a willingness to address the Golan. Senator Kerry responded that the U.S. would accept a legitimate discussion of the Golan Heights.18. (C) What is more, said the Amir, the U.S. needs to support Turkey's mediation between Israel and Syria. It is important that the U.S. encourage Israel to understand that that resolving the status of the Golan Heights is very important to the United States.19. (C) Senator Kerry asked the Amir if Hamas is under pressure given the circumstances in Gaza. The Amir answered by saying that Hamas needs Iranian support. He added that the biggest misconception in the region is that the Syrians, who host Hamas leaders in Damascus, go to Iran because they like the Iranians. This is wrong. Syria goes to those who will not shun them.-------------ROLE OF EGYPT-------------20. (C) Returning to the pressure Hamas is facing, Senator Kerry observed that economic development in the West Bank is taking place, but not in Gaza. The Palestinian reconciliation that would make possible developmental assistance in Gaza has not happened. The Egyptians have not delivered, said Senator Kerry.21. (C) The Amir said the Egyptians' goal is to stay in the game and maintain their relationship with the U.S., which is built around brokering Middle East peace, for as long as possible. According to the Amir, Fatah and Hamas agreed on a memorandum of understanding, but the Egyptians wanted it changed. The Amir remarked that he has a feeling he knows which capital (Cairo) is the source of reports that Gaza is under pressure. He said the economic pressure in Gaza on families is not what it was. He offered as an example that Qatar Charity recently offered a family in Gaza 500 USD, but the family declined the gift saying its members had enough to get by and suggested another family that was in more dire need of assistance. The Amir said the notion that a family would turn down money is new.22. (C) The Amir told Senator Kerry that everyone knows "Egypt has a problem with the Muslim Brotherhood. Okay, we understand. But Egypt should not expect the world to take external actions that would help it internally."23. (C) Asked his advice for President Obama, the Amir recommended the establishment of a small U.S.-Qatar committee to discuss how to proceed. Qatar is close to Hamas, emphasized the Amir, because "we don't play in their internal politics." That does not mean we share their ideology or do not disagree with them. "I can remember many arguments with them (Hamas) on the 1967 border with Israel." The Amir noted that he had mediated with Hamas previously at the U.S. request, namely when he urged Hamas at the previous Administration's request to participate in Palestinian elections.24. (C) Returning to the leadership of Hamas, Senator Kerry asked the Amir for his insights into how the leadership, with leaders sitting in both Gaza and Syria, makes decisions. The Amir said the impression that Misha'al sits in Damascus and others take orders from him is wrong. Several key players within Hamas are involved in decisions. They have differences over policy, but "the bottom line is that they all want the Palestinians to take their rights from Israel."----IRAN----25. (C) Senator Kerry observed that the international community is moving toward imposing additional economic sanctions on Iran. Understanding and respecting that Qatar needs to balance its relationships with regional powers, including Iran, the Chairman asked the Amir for his perspective on where we are going on Iran.26. (C) The Amir answered by affirming that his first obligation is to defend the interests of Qatar. Due to the natural gas field Iran shares with Qatar, Qatar will not "provoke a fight" with Iran. He added that in the history of the two countries, "Iran has not bothered us." That said, the Amir noted that Iran is an important country in the Middle East. He faulted the U.S. for "making the mistake of speaking up for protesters" after the disputed Iranian presidential elections.27. (C) The Iranian regime is strong, continued the Amir, because President Ahmadinejad is uncorrupted. "That is the secret to his success." Khatami is also not corrupted, but as a reformer he is in a weak position. Rafsanjani, on the other hand, is corrupt.28. (C) Senator Kerry lamented that every communication the current Administration has attempted to the Government of Iran has gone back channel and been met with no response. There have been non-U.S. initiatives, too. Again, no success. The Chairman observed that the Iranians are scared to talk. The Supreme Ayatollah had met with Russian President Putin, but seems not inclined to meet with other political leaders. Our instinct is that we need to find a way to talk to him.29. (C) Your instinct is right, replied the Amir. The U.S. needs to talk directly with senior Iranian officials. The Amir then asked, "What if I talk to the Iranian President. What would you have me say?"30. (C) Senator Kerry responded, "The U.S. seeks serious discussion and sought to create a new foundation for a relationship based on Iran's non-confrontational compliance with IAEA requirements and other mutual interests." Those interests include dealing with drug-running, the Taliban, and illicit trade. The Chairman told the Amir he feared that Iran still thinks it is dealing with the 1953 America that tried to overthrow the Iranian government.31. (C) The Amir responded that you cannot blame them for having that attitude, and Senator Kerry agreed, adding that the U.S. has a very different posture in the post-Cold War world of today. Iran has ambitions; I know this from other regional leaders, said the Senator. These are the first words that come out of their mouths.32. (C) Iran wants to be a "big power," agreed the Amir, but what sort? He reminded Senator Kerry the U.S. should not forget that Iranians are Persian and the U.S. needs to approach them in that framework.33. (C) Senator Kerry stressed that the U.S. "would love to have that dialogue." The U.S. respects Iranian civilization -- talent, art, culture, etc. It is crazy to continue on this collision course. The region needs schools and jobs, emphasized the Chairman, not another war. The Amir agreed that "demographics are a big worry." Not just for the countries in the region but for the U.S. too.34. (C) Many scientific and technological transformations are underway, noted the Senator, "but Iran misinterprets the road to being a great power and the degree to which the international community is concerned about Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons." We are at a "fork in the road," and Iran must choose between confrontation or building partnerships. If the latter, we can open up new opportunities for cooperation in the sciences, technology, education, robotics, energy and other ongoing transformations.35. (C) Going back to the speech he had delivered in Doha the previous evening, Senator Kerry told the Amir that 17 former U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense had come out in favor of eliminating nuclear weapons. Every stop closer to realizing that goal is a sign of progress, but "no one believes Iranian nukes get us closer to that goal."36. (C) Senator Kerry reported that leaders of regional Arab countries tell me they want nuclear weapons if the Iranians have them. The Amir responded that he did not believe they were serious, but are saying this to put additional pressure on Iran.37. (C) The Chairman noted that the disputed Iranian presidential elections may have derailed U.S. efforts to have serious dialogue with Tehran. The Amir agreed, offering that the Israelis are also using Iran's quest for nuclear weapons as a diversion from settling matters with the Palestinians. The historical backdrop of Arab-Persian relations does not help, the Amir added.--------------FINAL THOUGHTS--------------38. (C) The Amir advised the U.S. to continue trying to open a dialogue with the Iranian leadership. He also told Senator Kerry the U.S. needs to tell the Israelis they are causing the U.S. to lose the hearts and minds of Muslims. There was a time, such as during the Suez Canal crisis, when the Arabs loved the Americans and disliked the British and French, he said.39. (C) Senator Kerry asked the Amir how the U.S. goes about changing its reputation. The Amir said first and foremost the U.S. must do everything in its power to find a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the best way to begin is by moving first on the Syrian track.40. (C) The Chairman of the SFRC said he expects a genuine effort by the President this year on an agreement and expressed his hope that Iranian issues would not complicate matters. The Amir agreed, adding that China likes the distraction for the U.S. as its forces fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.41. (C) Senator Kerry concurred, noting that China is lending the U.S. money and expanding its influence at U.S. expense. He added that he ran against President George W. Bush saying the war with Iraq was the wrong war in the wrong place and time.42. (C) The Amir closed the meeting by offering that based on 30 years of experience with the Iranians, they will give you 100 words. Trust only one of the 100.43. (U) CODEL Kerry has cleared this message.


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Baker Towersby Jennifer Haigh
BAKER TOWERS is an intimate exploration of love and family set in a western
Jennifer Haigh, "the next great American author" (Fort Worth Star Telegram) whose debut novel Mrs. Kimble was compared to The Hours (Washington Post Book World)...returns with BAKER TOWERS, a family saga set in coal mining Bakerton, PA during the industrial boom following WWII.
BAKER TOWERS is an intimate exploration of love and family set in a western Pennsylvania coal town in the years following World War II. Bakerton is a town of company houses and church festivals, union squabbles and firemen's parades. Its ball club leads the coal company leagues. Its neighborhoods are Little Italy, Swedetown and Polish Hill.
For the five Novak children, the forties are a decade of tragedy, excitement and stunning change. George comes home from the war determined to leave Bakerton behind and finds the task impossible. Dorothy is a fragile beauty hooked on romance. Brilliant Joyce holds the family together, bitterly aware of the life she might have had elsewhere, while her brother Sandy sails through life on looks and charm. At the center of it all is Lucy, the volatile baby, devouring the family's attention and developing a bottomless appetite for love.
BAKER TOWERS is both a family saga and a love letter to our industrial past, to the men and women known as the Greatest Generation; to the vibrant small-town life of America's Rust Belt when it was still shiny and new.
Editorial Reviews
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Product Details
- 9780060509422
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date:
- 12/27/2005
- Series:
- P.S. Series
- Edition description:
- Reprint
- Pages:
- 368
- Product dimensions:
- 5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.82(d)
- Age Range:
- 14 - 18 Years
Read an Excerpt
Softly the snow falls. In the blue morning light a train winds through the
hills. The engine pulls a passenger car, brightly lit. Then a dozen blind coal
cars, rumbling dark.
Six mornings a week the train runs westward from Altoona to Pittsburgh, a distance of a hundred miles. The route is indirect, tortuous; the earth is buckled, swollen with what lies beneath. Here and there, the lights of a town: rows of company houses, narrow and square; a main street of commercial buildings, quickly and cheaply built. Brakes screech; the train huffs to a stop. Cars are added. In the passenger compartment, a soldier on furlough clasps his duffel bag, shivers and waits. The whistle blows. Wheezing, the engine leaves the station, slowed by the extra tons of coal.
The train crosses an iron bridge, the black water of the Susquehanna. Lights cluster in the next valley. The town, Bakerton, is already awake. Coal cars thunder down the mountain. The valley is filled with sound.
The valley is deep and sharply featured. Church steeples and mine tipples grow inside it like crystals. At bottom is the town's most famous landmark, known locally as the Towers, two looming piles of mine waste. They are forty feet high and growing, graceful slopes of loose coal and sulfurous dirt. The Towers give off an odor like struck matches. On windy days they glow soft orange, like the embers of a campfire. Scrap coal, spontaneously combusting; a million bits of coal bursting into flame.
Bakerton is Saxon County's boomtown. Like the Towers, it is alive with coal. A life that started in the 1880s, when two English brothers, Chester and Elias Baker, broke ground on Baker One. Attracted by handbills, immigrants came: English and Irish, then Italians and Hungarians; then Poles and Slovaks and Ukrainians and Croats, the "Slavish," as they were collectively known. With each new wave the town shifted to make room. Another church was constructed. A new cluster of company houses appeared at the edge of town. The work-mine work-was backbreaking, dangerous and bleak; but at Baker Brothers the union was tolerated. By the standards of the time the pay was generous, the housing affordable and clean.
The mines were not named for Bakerton; Bakerton was named for the mines. This is an important distinction. It explains the order of things.
Chester Baker was the town's first mayor. During his term Bakerton acquired the first streetcar line in the county, the first public water supply. Its electric street lamps were purchased from Baker's own pocket. Figure the cost of maintaining them for fifty years, he wrote to the town bosses, and I will pay you the sum in advance. After twenty years Baker ceded his office, but the bosses continued to meet at his house, a rambling yellow-brick mansion on Indian Hill. A hospital was built, the construction crew paid from a fund Baker had established. He wouldn't let the building be named for him. At his direction, it was called Miners' Hospital.
The hospital was constructed in brick; so were the stores, the dress factory, the churches, the grammar school. After the Commercial Hotel burned to the ground in 1909, an ordinance was passed, urging merchants to "make every effort to fabricate their establishments of brick." To a traveler arriving on the morning train-by now an expert on Pennsylvania coal towns-the hat shop and dry-goods store, the pharmacy and mercantile, seem built to last. Their brick facades suggest order, prosperity, permanence.
ON THE SEVENTEENTH of January 1944, a motorcar idled at the railroad crossing, waiting for the train to pass. In the passenger seat was an elderly undertaker of Sicilian descent, named Antonio Bernardi. At the wheel was his great-nephew Gennaro, a handsome, curly-haired youth known in the pool halls as Jerry. Between them sat a blond-haired boy of eight. The car, a black Packard, had been waxed that morning. The old man peered anxiously through the windshield, at the snowflakes melting on the hood.
"These Slavish," he said, as if only a Pole would drop dead in the middle of winter and expect to be buried in a snowstorm.
The train passed, whistle blowing. The Packard crossed the tracks and climbed a steep road lined with company houses, a part of town known as Polish Hill. The road was loose and rocky; the coarse stones, called red dog, came from bony piles on the outskirts of town. Black smoke rose from the chimneys; in the backyards were outhouses, coal heaps, clotheslines stretched between posts. Here and there, miners' overalls hung out to dry, frozen stiff in the January wind.
"These Slavish," Bernardi said again. "They live like animali." At one time, his own brothers had lived in company houses, but the family had improved itself. His nephews owned property, houses filled with modern comforts: telephones and flush toilets, gas stoves and carpeted floors.
"Papa," said Jerry, glancing at the boy; but the child seemed not to hear. He stared out the window wide-eyed, having never ridden in a car before. His name was Sandy Novak; he'd come knocking at Bernardi's back door an hour before-breathless, his nose dripping. His mother had sent him running all the way from Polish Hill, to tell Bernardi to come and get his father.
The car climbed the slope, engine racing. Briefly the tires slid on the ice. At the top of the hill Jerry braked.
"Well?" said the old man to the boy. "Where do you live?"
"Back there," said Sandy Novak. "We passed it."
Bernardi exhaled loudly. "Cristo. Now we got to turn around."
Jerry turned the car in the middle of the road.
"Pay attention this time," Bernardi told the boy. "We don't got all day." In fact he'd buried nobody that week, but he believed in staying available. Past opportunities-fires, rockfalls, the number five collapse-had arisen without warning. Somewhere in Bakerton a miner was dying. Only Bernardi could deliver him to God.
The Bernardis handled funerals at the five Catholic churches in town. A man named Hiram Stoner had a similar arrangement with the Protestants. When Bernardi's black Packard was spotted, the town knew a Catholic had died; Stoner's Ford meant a dead Episcopalian, Lutheran or Methodist. For years Bernardi had transported his customers in a wagon pulled by two horses. During the flu of '18 he'd moved three bodies at a time. Recently, conceding to modernity, he'd bought the Packard; now, when a Catholic died, a Bernardi nephew would be called upon to drive. Jerry was the last remaining; the others had been sent to England and northern Africa. The old man worried that Jerry, too, would be drafted. Then he'd have no one left to drive the hearse.
"There it is," the boy said, pointing. "That's my house."
Jerry slowed. The house was mean and narrow like the others, but a front porch had been added, painted green and white. One window, draped with lace curtains, held a porcelain statue of the Madonna. In the other window hung a single blue star.
"Who's the soldier?" said Jerry.
"My brother Georgie," said Sandy, then added what his father always said. "He's in the South Pacific."
They climbed the porch stairs, stamping snow from their shoes. A woman opened the door. Her dark hair was loose, her mouth full. A baby slept against her shoulder. She was beautiful, but not young-at least forty, if Bernardi had to guess. He was like a timberman who could guess the age of a tree before counting the rings inside. He had rarely been wrong.
She let them inside. Her eyelids were puffy, her eyes rimmed with red. She inhaled sharply, a moist, slurry sound.
Bernardi offered his hand. He'd expected the usual Slavish type: pale and round-faced, a long braid wrapped around her head so that she resembled a fancy pastry. This one was dark-eyed, olive-skinned. He glanced down at her bare feet. Italian, he realized with a shock. His mother and sisters had never worn shoes in the house.
"My dear lady," he said. "My condolences for your loss."
"Come in." She had an ample figure, heavy in the bosom and hip. The type Bernardi-an old bachelor, a window-shopper who'd looked but had never bought-had always liked.
She led them through a tidy parlor-polished pine floor, a braided rug at the center. A delicious aroma came from the kitchen. Not the usual Slavish smell, the sour stink of cooked cabbage.
"This way," said the widow. "He's in the cellar."
They descended a narrow staircase-the widow first, then Jerry and Bernardi. The dank basement smelled of soap, onions and coal. The widow switched on the light, a single bare bulb in the ceiling. A man lay on the cement floor-fair-haired, with a handlebar mustache. A silver medal on a chain around his neck: Saint Anne, protectress of miners. His hair was wet, his eyes already closed.
"He just come home from the mines," said the widow, her voice breaking. "He was washing up. I wonder how come he take so long."
Bernardi knelt on the cold floor. The man was tall and broad-shouldered. His shirt was damp; the color had already left his face. Bernardi touched his throat, feeling for a pulse.
"It's no point," said the woman. "The priest already come."
Bernardi grasped the man's legs, leaving Jerry the heavier top half. Together they hefted the body up the stairs. Bernardi was sixty-four that spring, but his work had kept him strong. He guessed the man weighed two hundred pounds, heavy even for a Slavish.
They carried the body out the front door and laid it in the rear of the car. The boy watched from the porch. A moment later the widow appeared, still holding the baby. She had put on shoes. She handed Bernardi a dark suit on a hanger.
"He wore it when we got married," she said. "I hope it still fits." Bernardi took the suit. "We'll bring him back tonight. How about you get a couple neighbors to help us? He'll be heavier with the casket."
The widow nodded. In her arms the baby stirred. Bernardi smiled stiffly. He found infants tedious; he preferred them silent and unconscious, like this one. "A little angel," he said. "What's her name?"
"Lucy." The widow stared over his shoulder at the car. "Dio mio. I can't believe it."
"Iddio la benedica."
They stood there a moment, their heads bowed. Gently Bernardi patted her shoulder. He was an old man; by his own count he'd buried more than a thousand bodies; he had glimpsed the darkest truths, the final secrets. Still, life held surprises. Here was a thing he had never witnessed, an Italian wife on Polish Hill.
THAT MORNING, the feast of Saint Anthony, Rose Novak had gone to church. For years the daily mass had been poorly attended, but now the churches were crowded with women. The choir, heavy on sopranos, had doubled in size. Wives stood in line to light a candle; mothers knelt at the communion rail in silent prayer. Since her son Georgie was drafted Rose had scarcely missed a mass. Each morning her eldest daughter, Dorothy, cooked the family breakfast, minded the baby, and woke Sandy and Joyce for school.
Rose glanced at her watch; again the old priest had overslept. She reached into her pocket for her rosary. Good morning, Georgie, she thought, crossing herself. Buongiorno, bello. In the past year, the form of her prayers had changed: instead of asking God for His protection, she now prayed directly to her son. This did not strike her as blasphemous. If God could hear her prayers, it was just as easy to imagine that Georgie heard them, too. He seemed as far away as God; her husband had shown her the islands on the globe. She imagined Georgie's submarine smaller than a pinprick, an aquatic worm in the fathomless blue.
Stanley had wanted him to enlist. "We owe it to America," he said, as if throwing Georgie's life away would make them all more American. Stanley had fought in the last war and returned with all his limbs. He'd forgotten the others-his cousins, Rose's older brother-who hadn't been so lucky.
Rose had resisted-quietly at first, then loudly, without restraint. Georgie was a serious young man, a musician. He'd taught himself the clarinet and saxophone; since the age of five he'd played the violin. Besides that, he was delicate: as a child he'd had pneumonia, and later diphtheria. Both times he had nearly died. If America wanted his precious life, then America would have to call him. Rose would not let Stanley hand him over on a plate.
For a time she had her way. Georgie graduated high school and went to work at Baker One. He blew his saxophone in a dance band that played the VFW dances Friday nights. When the draft notice came, Stanley had seemed almost glad. Rose called him a brute, a braggart-willing to risk Georgie's life so he'd have something to boast about in the beer gardens. At the time she believed it. The next morning she found him gathering eggs in the henhouse, weeping like a baby.
He was strict with the children, with Georgie especially. Only English was to be spoken at home; when Rose lapsed into Italian with her mother or sisters, Stanley glared at her with silent scorn. Yet late at night, once the children were in bed, he tuned the radio to a Polish station from Pittsburgh and listened until it was time for work.
She left the warmth of the church and walked home through a stiff wind, wisps of snow swirling around her ankles, hovering above the sidewalk like steam or spirits. The sky had begun to lighten; the frozen ground was still bare. Good for the miners, loading the night's coal onto railroad cars; good for the children, who walked two miles each way to school.
At Polish Hill the sidewalk ended. She continued along the rocky path, hugging her coat around her, a fierce wind at her back. Ahead, a group of miners trudged up the hill with their empty dinner buckets, cupping cigarettes in their grimy hands. They joked loudly in Polish and English: deep voices, phlegmy laughter. Like Stanley they'd worked Hoot Owl, midnight to eight; since the war had started the mines never stopped. Rose picked out her neighbor Andy Yurkovich, the bad-tempered father of two-year-old twins. He had a young Hungarian wife; by noon her nerves would be shattered, trying to keep the babies quiet so Andy could sleep.
Rose climbed the stairs to the porch. The house was warm inside; someone had stoked the furnace. She left her shoes at the door. Dorothy sat at the kitchen table chewing her fingernails. The baby sat calmly in her lap, mouthing a saltine cracker.
"Sorry I'm late. That Polish priest, he need an alarm clock." Rose reached for the baby. "Did she behave herself?" she asked in Italian.
"She was an angel," Dorothy answered in English. "Daddy's home," she added in a whisper. She reached for her boots and glanced at the mirror that hung beside the door. Her hair looked flattened on one side. An odd rash had appeared on her cheek. She would be nineteen that spring.
"Put on some lipstick," Rose suggested.
"No time," Dorothy called over her shoulder.
In the distance the factory whistle blew. Through the kitchen window Rose watched Dorothy hurry down the hill, the hem of her dress peeking beneath her coat. People said they looked alike, and their features-the dark eyes, the full mouth-were indeed similar. In her high school graduation photo, taken the previous spring, Dorothy was as stunning as any movie actress. In actual life she was less attractive. Tall and round-shouldered, with no bosom to speak of; no matter how Rose hemmed them, Dorothy's skirts dipped an inch lower on the left side. Help existed: corsets, cosmetics, the innocent adornments most girls discovered at puberty and used faithfully until death. Dorothy either didn't know about them or didn't care. She still hadn't mastered the art of setting her hair, a skill other girls seemed to possess intuitively.
She sewed sleeves at the Bakerton Dress Company, a low brick building at the other end of town. Each morning Rose watched the neighborhood women tramp there like a civilian army. A few even wore trousers, their hair tied back with kerchiefs. What precisely they did inside the factory, Rose understood only vaguely. The noise was deafening, Dorothy said; the floor manager made her nervous, watching her every minute. After seven months she still hadn't made production. Rose worried, said nothing. For an unmarried woman, the factory was the only employer in town. If Dorothy were fired she'd be forced to leave, take the train to New York City and find work as a housemaid or cook. Several girls from the neighborhood had done this-quit school at fourteen to become live-in maids for wealthy Jews. The Jews owned stores and drove cars; they needed Polish-speaking maids to wash their many sets of dishes. A few Bakerton girls had even settled there, found city husbands; but for Dorothy this seemed unlikely. Her Polish was sketchy, thanks to Stanley's rules. And she was terrified of men. At church, in the street, she would not meet their eyes.
Rose laid the baby down. Every morning she carried the heavy cradle downstairs to the kitchen, the warmest room in the house. From upstairs came the sounds of an argument, the younger children getting ready for school.
She went into the parlor and stood at the foot of the stairs. "Joyce!" she called. "Sandy!"
Her younger daughter appeared on the stairs, dressed in a skirt and blouse.
"Where's your brother?"
"He isn't ready." Joyce ran a hand through her fine hair, blond like her father's; she'd inherited the color but not the abundance. "I woke him once but he went back to sleep."
"Sandy!" Rose called.
He came rumbling down the stairs: shirt unbuttoned, socks in hand, hair sticking in all directions.
"See?" Joyce demanded. She was six years older, a sophomore in high school. "I have a test first period. I can't wait around all day."
Sandy sat heavily on the steps and turned his attention to his socks. "I'm not a baby," he grumbled. "I can walk to school by myself." He was a good-humored child, not prone to sulking, but he would not take criticism from Joyce. His whole life she had mothered him, praised him, flirted with him. Her scorn was intolerable.
Joyce swiped at his hair, a stubborn cowlick that refused to lie flat. "Well, you're not going anywhere looking like that."
He shrugged her hand away.
"Suit yourself," she said, reddening. "Go to school looking like a bum. Makes no difference to me."
"You go ahead," Rose told Joyce. "I take him." He couldn't be trusted to walk alone. The last time she'd let him he'd arrived an hour late, having stopped to play with a stray dog.
He followed her into the kitchen. Of all her children he was the most beautiful, with the same pale blue eyes as his father. He had come into the world with a full head of hair, a silvery halo of blond. They'd named him Alexander, for his grandfather; it was Joyce who shortened the name to Sandy. As a toddler, she'd been desperately attached to a doll she'd named after herself; after her brother was born she transferred her affections to Sandy. "My baby!" she'd cry, outraged, when Rose bathed or nursed him. In her mind, Sandy was hers entirely.
Rose scooped the last of the oatmeal into a bowl and poured the boy a cup of coffee. Each morning she made a huge potful, mixed in sugar and cream so that the whole family drank it the same way. In the distance the fire whistle blew, a low whine that rose in pitch, then welled up out of the valley like a mechanical scream.
"What is it?" Sandy asked. "What happened?"
"I don't know." Rose stared out the window at the number three tipple rising in the distance. She scanned the horizon for smoke. The whistle could mean any number of disasters: a cave-in, an underground fire. At least once a year a miner was killed in an explosion or injured in a rockfall. Just that summer, a neighbor had lost a leg when an underground roof collapsed. She crossed herself, grateful for the noise in the basement, her husband safe at home. This time at least, he had escaped.
She filled a heavy iron pot with water and placed it on the stove. A basket of laundry sat in the corner, but the dirty linens would have to wait; she always washed Stanley's miners first. Over the years she'd developed a system. First she took the coveralls outdoors and shook out the loose dirt; then she rinsed them in cold water in the basement sink. When the water ran clean, she scrubbed the coveralls on a washboard with Octagon soap, working in the lather with a stiff brush. Then she carried the clothes upstairs and boiled them on the stove. The process took half an hour, including soak time, and she hadn't yet started. She was keeping the stove free for Stanley's breakfast.
"Finish your cereal," she told Sandy. "I go see about your father."
She found him lying on the floor, his face half shaven. The cuffs of his trousers were wet. This confused her a moment; then she saw that the sink had overflowed. He had dropped the soap and razor. The drain was blocked with a sliver of soap.
Meet the Author
Jennifer Haigh is the author of the short-story collection News from Heaven and four critically acclaimed novels: Faith, The Condition, Baker Towers, and Mrs. Kimble. Her books have won both the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction and the PEN/L.L. Winship Award for work by a New England writer. Her short fiction has been published widely, in The Atlantic, Granta, The Best American Short Stories, and many other places. She lives in Boston.
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- Boston, Massachusetts
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- October 16, 1968
- Place of Birth:
- Barnesboro, Pennsylvania
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- B.A., Dickinson College, 1990; M.F.A., Iowa Writers' Workshop, 2002
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From the opening pages the reader is transported back to a time when life revolved around the family. Haigh's portrayal of the Novak family is filled with perceptions of real life which can be challenging and bitter-sweet. Women were supposed to raise children and their ambitions for anything greater were usually frowned upon. I liked all the characters because each one of them had their moments and their heartaches. She does an excellent job of keeping multiple story-lines running toward the end which is the sign of a talented writer.
I found this book hard to put down. It transported me to a different time in american history. Tragic and realistic, i will definitely read more fron this writer.
I love this book! The old neighborhoods, ethnic foods, small town feel all ring so true. I can see my aunts, mother and grandmother(s) in this book, sweet, sad satisfying read.
Coming from a small town and one-time mining town, I found myself completely enamored with BAKER TOWERS, and those little idiosyncrasies that define small town life: the unwillingness to escape, the focus on comfort and the familiar, the constantly churning gossip mill, the quaint downtown, the neat little streets, and the emphasis on family. Had this been the only endearing part of the novel, it still would have been a worthwhile read. But Jennifer Haigh offers her readers so much more. She takes an intricate look at the Novak family and their five children, and she tackles issues like love and loss, success and failure, and greed and generosity with a stealth pen and attention to detail. It is her attention to detail that really brings out the hearts and souls of these characters, transforming them from what in many cases could have been static characters to giving them multi-dimensional appeal. Like Bakerton, Georgie, Dorothy, Joyce, Lucy, and Sandy are defined by more than the twin stacks of mine waste that come to represent the town. While all five children have grown up within the walls of the Novak household, each proves as unique as snowflakes and as fragile in many respects as the morning dew. It's this fragility that brings fullness and richness to the characters, and the lives of those they interact with. And ultimately it defines the pull of home, whether they reach out and grab it, or do whatever they can to run from it. That is the true definition of small town life, and it's a message that resonates throughout this novel's pages. Robert Downs Author of Falling Immortality: Casey Holden, Private Investigator
This is the first of Haigh's books that I've read and I definitely want more. Didn't want this book to end. Each chapter leaves you wanting more and you get it. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes an historical saga.
I loved 'Mrs. Kimble' and looked forward to reading this novel. I was sorely disappointed. I found it depressing. I disagree with the reviewers who said the charcters were fleshed out. I thought they were two-dimensionable. And the author has a habit of making a sweeping statement at the beginning of the chapter and then not following through. Some of the characters appear and then pop up later with little or no explanation of where they have been. This is an ok book and a good escape read but that's probably giving it more praise than it deserves
I did not realize that this was the start of a series when I purchased the book. I'm not sure if I will continue reading the others or not. It was well written and the characters, of course a about a dysfunctional family, were interesting. The books was written from the viewpoint of some of the characters, but at least she kept it to a reasonable number of people so that they could be better developed rather than trying to do all of them. It was a good, relaxing type read.
Characters were always to vague to really care about. It seemed like the plot never really went anywhere.
great characters, but tragic
Jennifer Haigh has a nice style about her. I intend to read all of her books.
The characters come alive from the very beginning. Brings to life a slice of American history.


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Semifinalists for the 2014 James Beard Foundation Awards Restaurant and Chef Awards include five from Hawaii.
Of 30 contenders, MW Honolulu, located in the former KGMB-TV building on Kapiolani Blvd., was nominated in the Best New Restaurant category, and co-owner Michelle Karr-Ueoka was nominated among 20 candidates for Outstanding Pastry Chef.
Honolulu's two Rising Star Chef of the Year candidates among 25 semifinalists, are Chris Kajioka of Vintage Cave and Andrew Le of The Pig and the Lady.
Ed Kenney, chef-owner of Town, has been named a semifinalist for Best Chef: West, and is among 20 nominees including well-known TV chefs Ludo Lefebvre, chef-owner of Trois Mec in Los Angeles, Tyler Florence of Wayfare Tavern in San Francisco and Michael Chiarello of Bottega in Yountville, Calif.,
The Best Chef category is broken out into 10 regional segments.
A short list of finalists will likely be announced in March, and the annual James Beard Award winners will be announced in May.


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Tony Pulis finally shed his frown but only after watching his Stoke team enjoy a night free of contentious moments. They did manage to squander a two-goal lead, instead, though before Dean Whitehead scored his first Premier League goal for 85 games with five minutes left to secure the club's first points in more than a month.
Ricardo Fuller marked his first start since the second week of the season by playing a part in all three goals, the first scored by Robert Huth, the second a cracker from his own left foot.
But Birmingham hit back with two in two minutes before Whitehead had the last word, poking home his first top-flight goal since April 2008 after Matthew Etherington's low cross had deflected to him off Scott Dann.
Stoke manager Pulis feels his team are consistently dealt rough justice by the law enforcers on the field, and the irony of Mark Clattenburg's appointment last night – his first appearance since allowing Nani's controversial goal for Manchester United against Tottenham last month – was not lost on him.
But he clearly accepts that four Premier League defeats in a row cannot be blamed entirely on bad decisions and the line-up he put out was shaped to revert to what Stoke do best.
Marc Wilson, Jon Walters and Tuncay Sanli were all jettisoned. Back came Fuller, fully recovered now from a dislocated shoulder, as well as Rory Delap, recalled after a three-game absence as the long throw came back into play, and Birmingham found themselves subjected to a ferocious first-half bombardment from which they were lucky to escape only a goal down. Alex McLeish was disappointed that Birmingham's comeback (Fahey volleyed past Begovic after picking up Danny Higginbotham's sliced clearance before Jerome glanced home a header from Seb Larsson's cross) came to naught. "It was a brilliant comeback but losing to a soft goal made it bittersweet," McLeish said.
Pulis's relief was palpable. "I thought we'd blown it but my lads are very resilient and never give up," he said. "We needed that win."
Stoke City (4-4-2): Begovic; Huth, Faye, Higginbotham, Collins; Pennant (Whelan, 72), Delap, Whitehead, Etherington (Wilson, 90); Jones, Fuller (Walters, 90). Substitutes not used Sorensen (gk), Gudjohnsen, Tuncay, Wilkinson.
Birmingham City (4-4-2): Foster; Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell; Larsson, Ferguson, Gardner, Beausejour (Fahey, 60); Jerome, Zigic. Substitutes not used Doyle (gk), Bowyer, Phillips, Derbyshire, Parnaby, Hleb.
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Netanyahu to UN: Have you no shame?
posted at 2:55 pm on September 24, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Benjamin Netanyahu invokes Pastor Martin Niemoller, at least subtly, in his otherwise explicit condemnation of the United Nations for giving Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a spot on the agenda at Turtle Bay this week. The Israeli Prime Minister hails the nations that had the "moral clarity" to walk out of the room when Ahmadinejad spoke, which thankfully included the United States as well as Canada. After that, though, Netanyahu spoke as directly as one will ever hear in diplomatic circles:
He's completely correct, of course. The UN was created with dictators like Ahmadinejad and the regime using him as a mouthpiece in mind — but not to have as an honored guest. The UN was meant to stop regimes like the one in Tehran from talking genocide openly, not to host luminaries of lunacy like the dimunitive Iranian.
It's a disgrace, especially since it's clear that the UN has no shame at all.
Update: Sammy Benoit has more approving thoughts on the speech.
Here's most of the rest of the speech, which is powerful indeed (Update: The entire speech is below now):
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He's America's golden boy, so when a photo of Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Michael Phelps smoking a marijuana pipe turned up in UK newspaper News Of the World over the weekend, everyone was pretty shocked.
In a statement released by his marketing agency, Phelps said, "I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment."
He's made quite a name for himself, rising from his Disney beginnings to become one of the most sought-after young actors in the industry. And last night Zac Efron was mingling with Hollywood's studliest at the GQ Men of the Year party.
The "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" hunk arrived at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles looking slick in an all-black ensemble as he posed for the paparazzi before heading inside.
It was yet another remarkable and memorable year of performances, comedy, and fashion as the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards took over Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California tonight (September 7).
He's currently the biggest name in sports, following his 8 gold medal wins at the 2008 Summer Olympics. And this morning Michael Phelps paid a visit to the CBS Early Show.
Sporting a casual blue half-zip warm-up shirt and a pair of jeans, Phelps charmed the crowd outside the General Motors Building in New York City, posing for pictures and signing autographs.
With the Olympics taking over the world's attention, athletes like Michael Phelps and Stephanie Rice have been thrust into the world of super celebrity.
Stephanie was greeted with a pair of commemorative yellow underwear as she arrived back in her native Sydney, Australia earlier today (August 26), having brought home three gold medals.
He's the stud of the 2008 Olympic Summer Games, and Michael Phelps is on top of the world. But that doesn't mean he wants the media prying into his personal life.
The 8-Gold-Medal-winning swimmer (who will grace the next cover of Sports Illustrated) has been linked to both Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard and model Lily Donaldson, but he's not talking about which lady has his heart.
It's been quite a ride for USA Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps so far in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. And he's already being called the greatest Olympian of all time.
Earlier today (August 13) the 23-year-old took two more gold medals (his 10th and 11th of his Olympic career) for the 200-meter butterfly and 800-meter freestyle relay.


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The Art of Public Speaking HTML version
These all realized their strongest desires. The law is universal. Desire greatly, and you shall achieve; sacrifice
much, and you shall obtain.
Stanton Davis Kirkham has beautifully expressed this thought: "You may be keeping accounts, and presently
you shall walk out of the door that has for so long seemed to you the barrier of your ideals, and shall find
yourself before an audience--the pen still behind your ear, the ink stains on your fingers--and then and there
shall pour out the torrent of your inspiration. You may be driving sheep, and you shall wander to the
city--bucolic and open-mouthed; shall wander under the intrepid guidance of the spirit into the studio of the
master, and after a time he shall say, 'I have nothing more to teach you.' And now you have become the
master, who did so recently dream of great things while driving sheep. You shall lay down the saw and the
plane to take upon yourself the regeneration of the world."
1. What, in your own words, is personality?
2. How does personality in a speaker affect you as a listener?
3. In what ways does personality show itself in a speaker?
4. Deliver a short speech on "The Power of Will in the Public Speaker."
5. Deliver a short address based on any sentence you choose from this chapter.


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Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Integrating Technology, Monitoring and Regulation
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Bisher € 187,99
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April 2007
BeschreibungThis book is the first systematic presentation of the technical, legal, and economic forces that must coalesce to realize carbon dioxide capture and geologic sequestration as a viable CO2 reduction strategy. It synthesizes key engineering data and explains the technological and legal conditions that must be in place for carbon sequestration to be realized.
InhaltsverzeichnisChapter 1: Carbon Capture and Sequestration in Context: Technology, Regulation, and Social Acceptance. Part I: Technical Overview for Carbon Capture and Sequestration. Chapter 2: Technologies: Separation and Capture. Chapter 3: Modeling to Understand and Simulate Physico-chemical Processes of CO2 Geological Storage. Chapter 4: Monitoring Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide. Chapter 5: Risks Assessment and Management for Geological Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide. Part II: Bridging Technology and Public Policy. Chapter 6: Migration Mechanisms and Potential Impacts of CO2 Leakage and Seepage. Chapter 7: Calculating the Costs of Electric Sector Carbon Mitigation. Chapter 8: Geological Sequestration under Current U.S. Regulations. Chapter 9: Initial Public Perceptions of Deep Geological and Oceanic Disposal of Carbon Dioxide. Chapter 10: Siting Geologic Sequestration. Chapter 11: Property Interests and Liability of Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage
PortraitElizabeth J. Wilson, Energy and Environmental Policy and Law, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, USA. David Gerard, Executive Director of the Center for the Study & Improvement of Regulation in the Department of Engineering & Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.
Pressestimmen"The strengths of the present volume are its US focus, its expertise in regulation, and its cradle-to-grave approach." (Chemistry World, November 2007)
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
Erscheinungsdatum: April 2007
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Enrollment and Retention Management > Enrollment And Retention Management News
Univeritas, the award-winning alumni magazine of Saint Louis University, is distributed to more than 121,000 alumni, parents and benefactors around the world. The magazine includes campus news, feature stories, alumni profiles and class notes.
Online Transfer Articulation
The Office of the Registrar in collaboration with the office of Enrollment Management Information Systems (EMIS) has finalized a new and improved website for articulating transfer credits. The new website provides benefits to many different audiences. Incoming students are now able to input their current college or university's classes and immediately see an unofficial transfer articulation for transferring classes to Saint Louis University. Community college advisors will be able to help students with determining class schedules allowing transfer students to have better access and the ability to choose an optimal choice of class schedule.
SLU faculty and staff can now answer potential student's questions more easily and quickly. Having the ability to have information readily available will improve the service that the students need to make an educated choice when they are ready to transfer to Saint Louis University.


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Friends Of Animals is a private, non profit (501C) organization serving Miller County and the surrounding areas. We are funded entirely by sales at the Thrift Shoppe, memberships and donations. We were established and incorporated in 1974. We offer a spay/neuter program established in the name of Maxine Baird, a pet food pantry, a memorial wall to honor our "Best Friends" who have passed away, cans for critters, foster family care and emergency medical funding. Our goal is to construct and operate an animal shelter to service Miller county and the surrounding areas. Please join us on Facebook at Friends of Animals - Eldon for updates and all our happenings.
Friends of Animals Humane Society will be celebrating their 40 year anniversary in May 2014. This is a huge milestone in our group..and we have certainly come a long way since the beginning. We are grateful to those that had the foresight to organize and begin the task of helping the many animals in the area. While we are not always in the news, we are ALWAYS in motion taking care of the animals we have awaiting adoptions, or those many important calls in need. The numbers continue to grow, and we continue to make a difference. Those involved are completely committed and will be dedicated to the cause. We can't do this alone. Please call or come by our Thrift Shoppe for more information or questions. We are tax deductible; any donations can be used for tax purposes. THIS IS A COMMUNITY PROJECT, TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF SO MANY ANIMALS. LET'S MAKE OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE!
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Hi everyone,
I've just submitted my first site template, but I am really not sure if I did that correctly.
Here is what I find confusing:
1) There is a blog post with help file template (in html and txt format), and I wrote detailed help file to make it easy for the buyer. But on this page http://themeforest.net/upload/help?type=site-templates it says:
All Files Must Contain a Help File: All items sold on ThemeForest must contain documentation explaining how to customize, install and use the item.
What does it mean? Do I have to make a help file even for a 'body.png' ? Even if I explained in html help file what is it used for? I've downloaded some themes which do not have these files.
2) Upload form – description field doesn't have any instructions about allowed HTML tags, altough I see some themes have descriptions in html. How do I add, for example, a list?
3) Upload form – where do I upload preview image (one shown on mouseouver) ? There is theme preview:
ZIP file of images (png/jpg) w/ optional text descriptions for display on the site
Images? Not a image? What text?
4) Upload form -
Theme ONLY : Theme files ONLY without help, etc. This will be used for live previews at a later stage
Does this mean Envato will host theme live preview? So far I have seen previews hosted only on author's websites…
5) Upload form – 'JPEG – 80×80px Thumbnail'? But I've seen themes with PNG thumbnail?6) Upload form – usability issues:
- when form is not accepted, dropdowns 'forget' selection
- tags section is horrible, 15 across all categories should be calculated via javascript
Sorry if I missed something, I really looked around trying to find answers to these questions, but no luck.
Still confused
1. Basically it means that you have to include help file in every uploaded file, even PSD template, a script or whatever. Just stick to what you did.
2. You can use standard HTML markup in the description field, like H2-H6 headers, uls, ols, strong, em etc.
3. The preview image is created automatically from the first file in screenshots.zip (in alpabetical order), so it's best to make the first file your preview image and name it like "01_my_theme_lorem_ipsum".
4. As for now theme must be hosted on your own server, this is just for future possible improvements of ThemeForest. Maybe in the future there will be live preview hosted on Envato servers.
5. I'm not sure about that. I've just uploaded a theme with 80×80 thumbnail in .png format so we will see if it works once it gets approved.
6. There's not much I can do with it…
Hope this helps, good luck with uploading your themes!
Glad I wasn't the only one with issues on the description field, but once I knew I could use html tags I started to make my descriptions alot funkier – plud don't forget you can edit these once the file is accepted without the need for approval.
As for help files, the template in here should detail what you nee dbut in the case of a HTML file you need to describe things like the structure of the code e..g headers, content, wrappers etc. You also need to list if you have used any javaScript files in your theme and what they are for etc.
I've had issues with documentatoin e.g how much is too much, but in the end I stop beating myself up about it and used the following golden rule:
"If I gave this file to my boss, could he understand it" lol.
That doesn't mean you have to help the buyer install it on their server or do step by step instructions, but more how they can change the text in the header sectoin of your theme, or where the footer styling is etc.
Hope that helps – I dunno about the thumbnails, I stick to JPG 's usually.
Thanks for clarification guys.
So I've definitely made errors with submission…
plus don't forget you can edit these once the file is accepted without the need for approval.
That's what happened to me… I have also contacted support and told them they didn't updated the descriptions after I sent the update to approval
When the pages have images and links in the description area are they linking to there own websites to link those images to or can you work it the same as the description html files that people create and link to images in those files. (In that situation you would not know were theme forest are going to locate the files so the links might not work).
^ This is a 2 years old thread
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