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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – If I had perused the roster for the Nike All-America Camp very closely before I started watching the event's games Thursday afternoon, and been asked to forecast who I believed would be considered the best half-dozen players in the camp by the time it wrapped up Saturday night, I would probably have chosen thusly, in alphabetical order:
Jerryd Bayless, Kevin Durant, Spencer Hawes, Tywon Lawson, Kyle Singler and Brandan Wright.
And, after the camp's final 2½ days worth of action, that hypothetical list would have held up pretty well.
Only Singler would have been missing from that list and that's because the 6-foot-8 junior-to-be from South Medford High in Medford, Ore., suffered a torn meniscus in Wednesday night workouts and missed the final three days of play.
Taking his place in that Dandy Half-Dozen, post-camp list is another member of the Class of 2007, 6-3 guard Derrick Rose (Chicago, Ill, Simeon).
Rose wasn't the best 11th grade guard in the camp – that honor clearly belonged to the 6-3 Bayless (Phoenix, Ariz., Saint Mary's), despite his less-than-sparkling performance in one of the two all-star games that were played Saturday night at IUPUI.
But, with a few exceptions (the play of Durant, Hawes, Lawson, Vernon Macklin and Raymar Morgan, most notably), the less said about those two "all-star" games the better. They quickly deteriorated into over-handling, jack-up-bad-shots and don't-guard affairs.
One of the games' coaches or a camp administrator should have called a halt to the proceedings and the players should have been reminded – gently or otherwise – that the camp had featured some marvelous basketball all week and that the half-hearted efforts to play hard and unselfishly wouldn't be tolerated.
Oh well. Let me climb off that soap box and get back to unveiling my choices for the 30 best players in the camp . . .
Bayless was clearly the best and most consistent performer in the camp (prior to the all-star games, that is) and is the choice here for Most Outstanding Player honors.
Durant is No. 2 on our list but only because he played just Friday night and Saturday while fulfilling summer school obligations the rest of the week.
I don't think I'm going to find enough candidates in Las Vegas in a couple of weeks to keep Durant (Rockville, Md., Montrose Christian), Hawes (Seattle, Wash., Seattle Prep), Wright (Brentwood, Tenn., Brentwood Academy) and Lawson (Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill Academy) off my national Class of 2006 Top 10 list.
And I can only wish that my long-term financial future was as secure as are the chances that Bayless and Rose will be in my Class of 2007 Top 10.
So, without further adieu (other than to say congratulations to camp director Sherman Dillard and his most capable staff for doing a marvelous job on all aspects of the camp), here's a look at the Nike All-America Camp Top 30 – at least as it looks to be from my perspective:
Class of 2006
*Kevin Durant (6-9, Rockville, Md., Montrose Christian). University of Texas Coach Rick Barnes can only thank David Stern and the NBA's ban of fresh-out-of-high school talent for helping to get this Durant into a Longhorns' uniform, even if it's just for a single season. Offensively, there isn't much he can't do with the ball in his hands.
*Spencer Hawes (6-11, Seattle, Wash., Seattle Prep). For the second year in a row the best senior prospect in the western United States is going to be a student at Seattle Prep. Or have you already forgotten where Martell Webster graduated from high school last month?
*Brandan Wright (6-10, Brentwood, Tenn., Brentwood Academy). He's not nearly the polished offensive player that either Durant or Hawes is right now. But, other than Greg Oden, he's the best rebounding and shot-blocking member of the Class of 2006.
*Tywon Lawson (5-11, Mouth of Wilson, Va., Oak Hill Academy). He's oh-so-quick-and-fast and nearly impossible to check, 1-on-1, despite possessing an average, at best, jump shot. Come to think of it, that sounds like a pretty good description of Raymond Felton before he checked into the University of North Carolina.
*Sherron Collins (5-10, Chicago, Ill., Crane Tech). He's every bit as quick and fast as Lawson but didn't do quite as effective a job as did Lawson when the pace slowed down a bit.
*Duke Crews (6-7, Hampton, Va., Bethel). He was the most aggressive rebounder in the camp and finished in traffic as well as anyone in the camp not named Durant, Hawes or Wright.
*Marcus Johnson (6-2, Cleveland, Ohio, St. Vincent St. Mary). He seemed to get better every time I checked him out, either in full-court or 3-on-3 action. Do you remember that other pretty good player out of St. Vincent St. Mary recently? Here's a hint: his last name is James.
*Raymar Morgan (6-8, Canton, Ohio, McKinley). Tom Izzo of Michigan State was the most high profile coach in attendance Saturday night for the all-star games and I've a hunch that this guy is the biggest reason why.
*Jason Bohannon (6-3, Marion, Ia., Linn-Mar). Here's a player I was rather naïve about before the camp. The Iowa schools have to be a bit more than just mildly distressed about his leaving the state to become a University of Wisconsin Badger in 2006-07.
*Obi Muonelo (6-4, Edmond, Okl., Emond Santa Fe). He forced the action (translated: he was hunting a few too many shots) Friday and Saturday but it's easy to understand why Oklahoma and assorted other hoops powers are in pursuit.
*Michael Washington (6-9, Houston, Texas, Heritage Christian). It's been more than a day and a half but the right-to-left crossover and then resounding dunk over Spencer Hawes by the future University of Arkansas player still resonates.
*Edgar Sosa (6-2, New York City Rice). If he were in a Louisville uniform in 2005-06 instead of the following season I'd have a pretty good idea who Rick Pitino's next playmaker is going to be.
*Ramar Smith (6-2, Detroit, Mich., Renaissance). He's much more a "scorer" than a "shooter" right now, or so it appeared. He doesn't have much difficulty beating defenders off the dribble or to the glass, though.
*Patrick Christopher (6-4, Compton, Calif., Dominguez). He wasn't a high volume jump shooter in the camp but he sure was a high-volume jump shot-maker. The Mayfair (Lakewood, Calif.) transfer will team with Super Soph Brandon Jennings to form one of the nation's best prep backcourts next season.
*L.D. Williams (6-4, Montverde, Fla., Montverde Academy). He's committed to Wake Forest and it didn't take long to realize why Skip Prosser and his staff probably wanted to get that one out of the way, ASAP. He was one of the camp's most-underrated performers.
*Landon Milbourne (6-5, Alpharetta, Ga., St. Francis). You can call him a "big guard" or "small forward" but the slender lefty is going to get some "big" minutes for Maryland, maybe as soon as during his 2006-07 freshman season.
*Jon Kreft (7-0, Parkland, Fla., Stoneman Douglas). Florida State got a commitment from this sturdy center prospect more than a year ago. He's not an overwhelming shot blocker but he's a dependable rebounder and knows more than just a thing or two about offensive play in the low post., as well.
*DeShawn Sims (6-7, Detroit, Mich., Martin Luther King). He's strong (about 230 pounds) and possesses enough touch and range on his jump shot to punish defenders who give him too much leeway on the perimeter.
Brian Carlwell (6-11, Maywood, Ill., Proviso East). The big (261 pounds) lefty is lacking in low-post polish but could be pushing for All-Big Ten honors at Illinois by his sophomore season.
*Jon Scheyer (6-4, Northbrook, Ill., Glenbrook North). He still needs to work on driving past defenders who close out hard on his jump shot. But he appeared a lot more comfortable than he did in San Diego at the USA Basketball Youth Festival last month. Knocking in shots will do that for you, I suppose.
*Vernon Macklin (6-8, Portsmouth, Va., I.C. Norcom). He doesn't have a multitude of ways to score but you'd better box him out and not let him catch the ball within six feet of the rim or he'll dunk over you.
*Jerome Dyson (6-3, Rockville, Md., Proctor Academy). He can shoot it deep or get to the rim and dunk it, which are a couple of pretty good offensive skills to have in one's arsenal.
Class of 2007
*Jerryd Bayless (6-3, Phoenix, Ariz., Saint Mary's). He couldn't find his jump shot and didn't pass the ball as willingly in his all-star game as he did the rest of the week. But the talent gap between he and O.J. Mayo isn't as wide as most probably assume it is.
*Derrick Rose (6-3, Chicago, Ill., Simeon). This was my first chance to watch him play. My thought: He is definitely worthy of all of the hyperbole.
*Mike Holmes (6-7, Bishopville, S.C., Lower Richland). Here's another guy I had never heard of prior to getting into Indianapolis on Thursday afternoon. Be it inside the lane or 15 or 16 feet from the rim, he got a lot of stuff accomplished every time I watched.
*Gary Johnson (6-6, Houston, Texas, Aldine). Right now he's more undersized power forward than anything else. But that's not a criticism at all because there wasn't a more efficient scorer inside the lane (well, other than Hawes, Wright or Durant, that is).
*Durrell Summers (6-4, Detroit St. Martin de Porres). Lock him onto your list of the five best shooting guards in the national junior class right now.
*Chace Stanback (6-6, Los Angeles, Calif., Fairfax). How did this guy not get selected to be among the 48 players to participate in the all-star games?
*Ganai Lawal (6-7, Riverdale, Ga., Riverdale). Here's another junior who deserved to be an all-star selection. He was the Most Outstanding Prospect at the Pangos All-America Camp in Cypress, Calif., last month.
Class of 2008
*Tyreke Evans (6-4, Chester, Pa., American Christian). It's getting late so I'll settle for an apt one-word description: scorer.
Frank Burlison, elected to the USBWA Hall of Fame in April, is Scout.com's National Basketball Expert and also covers basketball for the Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram. He can be reached at email@example.com. Read more of Burlison's pieces at www.frankhoops.com

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OFF THE WALL = Structural Adornment is visual dialog of contemporary artists through objects within parameters of the structural material that surrounds and defines the object's physical limits of space . This catalog was published in conjunction with the OFF THE WALL Exhibition in the African Art Room of the Wellington B. Gray Gallery at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. This exhibition was a part of the 4th Annual ECU Metals Symposium Material Topics "Making Marks" exhibitions.
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- Category Arts & Photography
6×9 in, 15×23 cm
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- Publish Date Jun 15, 2013
- Tags jewelry, design, objects, dialog, exhibition, ecu, 2013, contemporary, modern, photography, offthewall, structural, adornment, taralocklear, robertebendorf
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Tara Locklear graduated from East Carolina University attaining her BFA in Metal Design. Material investigations coupled with perceived value of wearable objects are driving forces in her work. Inspired by mid-century adornment, her designs are comprised of industrial and re-purposed elements resulting in a visual dialog of interpretive modern costume jewelry. . Her work has been shown in Costume Costume Part II an Invitational Opulent Project exhibition at Sienna Gallery in Boston, MA, Hot Under the Collar, a SNAG Juried Exhibition at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts in Scottsdale, AZ and Ferrous, a Crafthaus and Velvet da Vinci Juried exhibition at Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco, CA and 18kt Gallery in Toronto, Canada. She exhibited and was co-curator of Monochrome Noir at Velvet da Vinci in San Francisco, California. Tara currently resides in Raleigh, NC where she works as a studio jewelry artist.
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TOP STORY > >Landfill promoted as wildlife habitat, source for energy
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Proving that one mans trash is anothers bird sanctuary, Waste Management Inc. and Audubon Arkansas announced Tuesday that they were undertaking a unique partnership to help cleanup the headwaters of the Bayou Meto watershed.
Waste Managements Two Pine Landfill in Jacksonville began tapping the methane gas created in the landfill and burning it in giant generators to provide low-cost electricity to 4,500 North Little Rock homes.
The methane gas, which would otherwise escape into the atmosphere to create ozone, instead replaces tons of coal to generate that electricity.
On hand to celebrate the partnership and as well as the alternative energy produced at the landfill were Gov. Mike Beebe, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Cong. Vic Snyder, Sherwood Mayor Virginia Hillman, Jacksonville Mayor Tommy Swaim and others.
The whole country can take a lesson from this partnership, said Beebe. Its a testimony to the people of Arkansas and can be a model to lead the nation.
He said that some might expect a pit fight between Waste Management and Audubon, but that the cooperation was inspiring.
He said their bird and management program was a step in making the world safer and cleaner.
Ken Smith has dedicated his life to making sure these things happen, Lincoln said, referring the state director of Arkansas
We celebrate this first-of-a-kind partnership, she added.
The generators produce 5 megawatts of electricity to power some homes in North Little Rock.
Nationally, Waste Manage-ment produces enough electricity to power 400,000 homes and offset the burning of 200 million tons of coal, a company spokesman said.
The existing landfill is about at its capacity, and Waste Management is preparing about 150 acres across Hwy. 440 for future use, but all of it will eventually be incorporated into the bird and wildlife habitat, according to Smith.
He said the park and habitat will total about 500 acres and will include grasses that can be harvested and sold to make ethanol, marshes to help clean and filter storm-water runoff, trails, overlooks and eventually a nature center just yards from the generators turning methane into electricity.
Its all pretty neat stuff, said Smith, but the real importance to Audubon is that Two Pine and Jacksonville are in the headwaters of Bayou Meto.
He said that other than cleaning up the dioxin spilled from the old Vertac chemical plant, little thought had been given to conservation of the watershed.
Downstream is the largest public waterfowl shooting grounds in the United States, 20,000 acres in the Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area, Smith said.


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Oceans 2025 at a glance
Link to selected Oceans 2025 highlights,
published on-line 25/10/2010.
Oceans 2025 addresses nine major science themes:
Climate, ocean circulation and sea level
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Continental margins and the deep ocean
Next generation ocean prediction systems
Integration of sustained observations in the marine environment
Sustained observations include the Marine Mammal and Continuous Plankton Recorder surveys.
Oceans 2025 supports three national facilities:
British Oceanographic Data Centre
Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level


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RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has urged ministers to offer firms cash incentives to build in Blackburn, Pendle, and Burnley instead of on green fields in his constituency.
The Tory backbencher won a promise his proposal to exempt housing developments and renovation in urban areas from 20 per cent VAT would be taken to Chancellor George Osborne.
Mr Evans used the summer adjournment debate in the House of Commons to make his plea for action to protect rural areas from house building.
He said: "I live and represent an area in the Ribble Valley that is under siege from developers."
Mr Evans gave Commons deputy leader Tom Brake a list of towns and village facing the threat of being swamped by new houses, including: Clitheroe, 1,040 more; Waddow, 275; Langho, 900; Chipping, 50; Sabden, 200; Barrow, 200 and Longridge, 1,700 new homes.
Mr Evans called for measures to give residents and councillors views more weight when government inspectors consider appeals by developers against refusal of planning permission.
The MP said: "We need to look at other areas, such as around Ribble Valley – Pendle, Burnley and Blackburn – where money could be spent on regeneration, which is far better than building on greenfield sites.
"We should look at charging no VAT on regeneration of housing stock to bring it back into use. We need more protection for areas that are struggling. There should be no presumption in favour of building."
Commons deputy leader Tom Brake said: "You said it was important to consider the issue of VAT on housing renovation. That is an idea which, although not government policy, I have some sympathy with."


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This article was published 6/12/2013 (1329 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Winnipeg's main drags and collector routes are all plowed and now city crews are tackling back lanes, areas prone to drifting snow as well as some sidewalks.
A residential plow isn't planned for the weekend but the city will monitor weather conditions and reassess Monday morning. In the meantime, homeowners can call 311 and request a plow if drifting has made their street impassible.
Plowing of sidewalks on main routes, bus routes and collector streets is underway and will continue throughout the weekend. Then crews will start working on residential sidewalks later in the week.
Sanding trucks are continuing to work around-the-clock to address icy conditions and improve traction.
About 300 loaders, graders and sanders are on the streets.


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Jesse Dylan
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Jesse Byron Dylan (born January 6, 1966) is an American film director, and the founder, CEO and creative director of the media production company Wondros. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,[1] and TED,[2] and the founder of Lybba, a non-profit devoted to the benefits of community, data and technology in healthcare. He is the son and brother of singer-songwriters Bob Dylan and Jakob Dylan, respectively.
|Jesse Dylan
|Jesse Byron Dylan
January 6, 1966
New York City, New York, U.S.
|Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|Alma mater
|New York University
|Years active
|Known for
|Videography, Film
|Susan Traylor
|Bob Dylan
Sara Dylan
|Jakob Dylan (brother)
Personal lifeEdit
Dylan was born in New York City, and is the eldest son of musician Bob Dylan and Sara Lownds Dylan. His siblings include Anna Lea (b. July 11, 1967), Samuel Isaac Abraham (b. July 30, 1968), and Jakob Luke (b. December 9, 1969).[citation needed] In addition, his father adopted Sara's daughter from a prior marriage, Maria Lownds (b. October 21, 1961). Bob and Sara Dylan divorced when Jesse was 11 years old.[citation needed]
Dylan attended New York University film school[3] and began his career directing music videos for clients including Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, Lita Ford, Public Image Limited, and Lenny Kravitz.[4]
Dylan is married and has two children, Pablo and Feury Mae (Mae Mae).[5]
Dylan co-founded Wondros, a full-service production company which specializes in translating complex business and prosocial ideas into simple media messages. Wondros clients include a mix of organizations, corporations, and individuals.[citation needed]
At Wondros, Dylan and the rest of the collective of storytellers focus on exploring and explaining innovative projects and people. A film for The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which explains the Large Hadron Collider, led to Fast Company naming Dylan one of the Most Creative People of 2010.[3]
He has co-created media projects for a diverse group of organizations, including Bono's non-profit ONE, the (RED) campaign fighting AIDS in Africa, the Council On Foreign Relations, The Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time Project, and a short film exploring innovation at Harvard Medical School for the CATALYST project.
"Yes We Can"Edit
In 2008, he directed the will.i.am Emmy Award winning music video "Yes We Can," inspired by Barack Obama's campaign for president.[6] The film was created in three days, and featured over 30 celebrity supporters singing then-Candidate Barack Obama's New Hampshire Primary concession speech. Originally posted on YouTube, "Yes We Can" received over 26 million views just days after its release.[citation needed] In 2012, AdAge recognized "Yes We Can" as one of the most influential political ads of all time.[7]
Other workEdit
His feature film directorial work consists of comedies such as Kicking and Screaming, starring Will Ferrell and Robert Duvall, and American Wedding. Other feature-length projects include the documentary Crips and Bloods: Made in America, which explores the culture of gangs and systemic violence in South Los Angeles. He produced the film for director Stacy Peralta who premiered it at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Dylan also produced and directed an original television series, "CONversations with Ricky Jay," which was built around sleight of hand artist Ricky Jay.[8]
In 2007, Dylan launched Lybba, a non-profit organization focused on the open source healthcare movement. The project, according to Fast Company, "combines the latest verified medical data with social networking to allow patients and health-care professionals to make informed decisions."[3] The self-professed goal of the project: "to create an online central repository of medical information."[9] Since their foundation, Lybba has worked with such partners as the Collaborative Chronic Care Network (C3N), And Early Development Systems Initiative (EDSI).[10]
Dylan is a fellow at Science Commons and is a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Dylan is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and TED.[citation needed]
- ^ Cfr.org
- ^ Apbspeakers.com
- ^ a b c Fast Company, 100 Most Creative People In 2010, Fastcompany.com. Accessed Feb 7, 2011.
- ^ Public Knowledge, Publicknowledge.org. Accessed Feb 7, 2011.
- ^ Welcome To California, A Film By Susan Traylor, Track16.com. Accessed Feb 7, 2011.
- ^ Harvard Berkman Center event, Cyber.law.harvard.edu. Accessed Feb 7, 2011.
- ^ Adage.com
- ^ Fast Company, Most Creative People In Business In 2010, Speaker bio, Mostcreativepeople.com. Accessed Feb 7, 2011.
- ^ Jesse Dylan, Bob Dylan's Son, Invigorates Open Source Health Care With Lybba, Sept 14, 2010, Acrossad.org. Accessed Feb 7, 2011.
- ^ Lybba.org
External linksEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jesse Dylan.
- Wondros
- Lybba
- article in The Wall Street Journal
- Jesse Dylan/Lybba article on Marketwatch.com
- article[permanent dead link] on Air Mozilla
- article on Creative Commons Fellowship
- Jesse Dylan on IMDb


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Veteran pot trafficker faces push for long prison term
Andre Sumpter of Cheektowaga, who authorities say has been an active marijuana dealer for the past decade, pleaded guilty Friday to first- and second-degree criminal possession of marijuana and weapons charges for his two arrests in June 2012 in Buffalo that led to the seizure of more than 34 pounds of marijuana, $2,300 cash and a loaded .38-caliber revolver, Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III
Sumpter, who was remanded to jail by Erie County Judge Thomas P. Franczyk pending his March 6 sentencing as a two-time violent felony offender, had been able to post $100,000 cash bail two years ago and immediately resumed his pot business when he got out, Sedita said.
Sedita said his office will push to have him sentenced to the maximum-allowable 20 years in prison.
Sumpter was arrested last February during a police raid on a Courtland Avenue drug house at which more 700 bags of marijuana and $5,100 in cash and what police described as an emaciated pit bull locked in a crate were recovered, Sedita said.
Sumpter pleaded guilty to the highest charges he would have faced after a trial.
Sedita also noted the gun plea marked Sumpter's third local conviction for illegal possession of a handgun, dating back to 2003.


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Police seek suspect in South Union shooting
State police in Uniontown are asking the public for information about the shooting of a teenager late Tuesday outside a public housing development in South Union Township.
Police said the 17-year-old from New Salem, Menallen Township, was shot in the left leg. He was treated at Uniontown Hospital, then flown to UPMC Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. The wound is not life-threatening, police said.
Police said the shooting occurred about 10:24 a.m. Tuesday outside an apartment at 25 Snyder Terrace. The victim's identity was not disclosed.
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Has anyone formed an obsession for the old children's series? Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift, Bobbsey Twins, Trixie Belden, Happy Hollisters, Boxcar Children, etc.
As a kid, I read most of these, some that had belonged to my own mom. Now I can't seem to stop collecting them....I'm working on a complete collection of each but I have a long way to go.
I love the old series, too. Am currently working on getting a full set of The Five Little Peppers series on e-bay; a long term-process -- looking for a particular edition, have to pass if the price goes too high, etc.
Also am trying to complete the set of Andrew Lang's Fairy Tales. (The Red Book of . . . , The Blue Book of . . . , etc.)
Does anyone know of a series of a family with three children, and the name of the oldest boy was Augustus and the name of the middle girl was Gloriana? The parents had a thing about Roman history, or something. They had various adventures, but the only one I can remember is: they were spending time in the desert, and their father showed them how to beat thirst by sucking on a pebble. (Vague, I know.)
mrlibrarian, have fun with your collecting! It's so satisfying when you score a new one!
Your description sounds vaguely familiar. Were the parents college professors?
Yes, it seems to me like they were.
(Are you almost able to say it's on the tip of your tongue?)
Yes, it is on the tip of my tongue. I think I remember reading one of them way way way back. Was it an older series, say from the 50's or thereabouts?
Yes, again. I read them in the early sixties.
(Thanks for thinking about it! It's been over a year that I've been trying to remember what they might be called.)
Yes, I love the Boxcar Children, Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, and Trixie Belden. I never read the Happy Hollisters. I also loved Cherry Ames, which were my mother's books-I believe that they were written in the 50s. There were two other books, whose author I don't remember, that I absolutely loved. Summer Pony and Winter Pony They were full and filled the void of the girl who wanted a horse. I had the whole Trixie Belden series (thru 34 I think) and Nancy Drew thru 94 I think. Loved to read, always had a nose in a book. I miss being able to lounge on the couch all day caught up in a book. One day,when my kiddos are older!
Any other Beverly Gray fans?
I love the Betsy Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace.
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Did you ever find this? I'd like to know what they were called?
There is a reference book that lists series of children's books. I don't have it here at home with me, but a couple of years I was looking through it (page by page to get reminders of books I had loved) and I rediscovered the Beanie Malone series. There is a publisher who has recently reprinted all those and several other series.
I always loved Cherry Ames and Sue Barton books (although I knew even then I was too squeamish to be a nurse). I also have a few Nancy Drews, a Honey Bunch (from the 20's or 30's), I also have a Janet Lennon book (she goes to a dude ranch) somewhere, and the first of a series about a girl going to New York to be an actress (Julie? Susan? Can't remember.)
#12 - I had forgotten Cherry Ames! After I exhausted the Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys and Bobsey Twins at my grammar school library, I read all the Cherry Ames. I thought I would like to be a doctor or a nurse until I went with my aunt, who was a pediatric surgeon, on her rounds. Much too much sadness and gore for me. I sure admire those who can do it though.
I think the teenaged actress series might have been Peggy Lane. (I found one at a garage sale last week!!)
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I'm a complete old-series addict but UK authors rather than American ones! In fact, out of all the authors mentioned above, I've only read Sue Barton and Nancy Drew and that was a long time ago.
My personal favourites are Elinor M. Brent-Dyer and Elsie J Oxenham who both wrote enormous series to collect! Saying that I also collect hundreds of other series authors too - Geoffrey Trease, Noel Streatfeild, K. M. Peyton....
(I'm sorry if not all my touchstones work - I'm new to this and I can't figure out how to change which author they relate to!)
DD1 is about five books into Walter R. Brooks Freddy the Pig series and loving it.
Just remembered one nobody's mentioned. The Milly Molly Mandy books. I loved the maps in the end pages!
Love Trixie Belden and read most of the boxcar children. One of my favorites is Honey Bunch or Honey Bunch and Norman. I hardly ever see them at the used book stores but when I do I always grab them.
#15 Jennie_103 - To change the author in touchstones, click on "others" beside the author's name. Then scroll down the list until you find the correct one and click on it. Sometimes they don't give an "other" option though. It's not the end of the world. :)
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the complete Lang series has been reprinted by Dover Press. They are also on line. Every one of them. I
When I was a child in the Southeast, we did not live near a library and so my only books were those given to me by older relatives. They included the Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue series, The Bobbsey Twins, The Little Colonel books and a series of biographies for children - all the books of the latter came with an orange cover. There was also a series featuring a little girl named Honeybunch.
I was a complete bookworm as a kid, known by all the librarians because I checked out huge stacks of books every single week! Some of my favorites were Nancy Drew, Boxcar Children, Babysitters Club, the Betsy-Tacy series, Trixie Belden (if I ever have a daughter, it's going to be hard not to name her Beatrix so I can call her Trixie, haha!), Gone-away Lake, Encyclopedia Brown, the McGurk series by E.W. Hildick, the Mandie series by Lois Gladys Leppard, the Little House on the Prairie books, Girl of the Limberlost, and the Bobbsey Twins. I'd LOVE to have complete sets of all of these, for my own nostalgic enjoyment and in the hopes that I one day have children who want to read them.
When I was a kid I read a story about an unhappy girl or maybe and unhappy group of children. One of the kids, a girl I believe falls down a well where she meets a lovely older woman who befriends her. I believe a bunch of unhappy children wind up down the well. I know my memory is vague but is anyone familar with this story?
Glad someone finally mentioned Encyclopedia Brown. Those were my favorites as a youngster.
I also loved The Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R Brinley.
I recently bought all the books from both series and started to read them to my five-year-old son; he loves them and for me it really brings back some warm childhood memories.
Yes! I loved Beverly Gray. I didn't think there were any readers left.
What about Judy Bolton? Now, there was a detective; she seemed a bit more sophisticated than Nancy Drew.
When I was little I was so jealous of my cousin who had the entire Sweet Pickles set. I remember the art in those books was just fascinating to me.
Hi Children's Lit. enthusiasts. I have a favorite collection (not so much a series) called The Dandelion Library. They were two classic stories in one book, upside down from one another. My favorite was "Johnny Crow's Garden." Anyone else old enough to remember these?
I don't know it, but you have peaked my interest. I'll put it on my holiday list.
Anyone see the "new" Nancy Drew series books? Why would they ruin a perfectly good series?
I have not seen it, what is different? I think there is a new movie coming out.
Nancy Drew has been revamped and "updated" more often than a 4-door Chevy. What have they done now??
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I like this Nancy the best. The movie combines the old with the new very well. It ridicules the parts of the language that todays girls mock when forced to read something "old." She is more innocent in the movie then the books to me anyway. She was always so grown up in her thoughts.
Now that I wrote that I see that we really don't know her thoughts in the movie. Wish we did.
It is very up-to-date. BTW I loved your comparison to revamping a Chevy.
I loved the Boxcar children series!! I've collected the first 5 or so originals from EBAY. I would have to say they are the reason for my love of books!! Also, the Little House books...when they originally came out....wow...what an adventure I went on with the Ingalls family!!
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I love Beverly Gray! Her books were so much more realistic than the Nancy Drew books. If nothing else, Beverly actually ages and progresses as a character, and she isn't so saccharine/perfect as Nancy.
Did anybody read the Freddy the Pig series? They were written in the 20s and 30s, and my Dad loved them as a boy, so I read them and loved them too. I also read every single one of the Cherry Ames, Happy Hollisters, Boxcar children and Laura Ingalls books. Also the Beverly Cleary Ramona books. I also remember some Cherry Ames-type series about a stewardess in training who then becomes a real stewardess and solves mysteries, but I can't remember the name of it (anyone?). Never did get into Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.
This is soooo embarrassing, anyway, there is a website. An official Cherry Ames website www.netwrx1.com/CherryAmes. Or you can just google it.
I looked at the book list and only saw Flight Nurse, but that was for taking care of soldiers, not commercial stewardess. I do have my fav story and I have it as an original edition! Anyway, there was a time and place for them.
I have the five little pepper series if you are interested.
I have the five little pepper series if you are interested.
Another series I still love is L.M. Montgomery's Anne books. I'm slowly collecting all the books by her in the format I remember, which were published by Angus & Robertson in hardback in the 60s and 70s. It was always a joy to receive one of those for Christmas or my birthday. My favourite one is Rilla of Ingleside.
I also really love Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-kind family. I can still recall the clever way the mother got the girls to clean and dust, and the absolute horror all the girls felt when a precious library book was damaged accidentally.
Herge's Tintin series of two dozen comic books is great for children of all ages. Marvellously illustrated, the stories are exciting and educational too.
Tove Jansson's Moomin series is 50 years old, and has a magical feel that children really respond to. I have never been all that keen on them myself, but the Beatrix Potter books - The Tale of Peter Rabbit, etc - are a century old and still very popular with kids. Roger Hargreaves' Mr Men books from the 1960s - Mr Happy, etc - can be fun for small children and seem to be making a comeback. Or how about Mary Norton's The Borrowers 1950s/60s series? One series I used to love was the Rupert books, by various authors. I believe they began in the 1920s and, besides the strip in a UK newspaper, a Rupert Annual has been published every year since then.
>2 redthaws: Hey Redthaws - Coming late to your thread, but is the series you're trying to find Le Grand Henderson's Augustus books? it features 11yo Augustus, his sister Glorianna and little brother Jupiter - e.g. Augustus and the Desert, Augustus and the river, Augustus saves a ship, etc?
When I was little my grandmother lived with us. Everynight my sister and I would cuddle upt to grandma in bed and she would read to us. One of the first thing she read to us was The Bobbsey Twin books. She also read us The Five Little Peppers. A few years ago I bought the first three books of the Bobbsey Twin books thinking my daughter would enjoy having them read to her. We didn't get past the first book for some reason. Part of the problem may have been the Victorian setting. I had to explain a lot of things. She is now old enough to read them herself if she gets the urge. Her older sister blackmailed her into reading the first Harry Potter book and now she is hooked on them.
Hello, I just joined Library Thing.
I wouldn't say that I'm obsessed with old children's series, but there is one I'm particularly interested in, and that is the Power Boys mysteries by Mel Lyle, published by Whitman Publishers between 1964 and 1967. I never went to a public library until I was out of high school and there were no local book stores, so children's books came from the Scholastic Book Club through school, or Whitman books bought in the toy department of the old discount stores.
I'm not sure why my sister and I got Power Boys books instead of some of the series meant for girls. Perhaps my father bought them for us at Christmas time and he thought they were more interesting sounding then some other books available. (He also bought us a lot of the Whitman books based on TV shows.) I've had three of the books since childhood, and purchased the other three within the past decade.
I have a few books from older series, but this is the only complete series I own. I live in a one room apartment and have to limit what I own, so a six volume set is do-able in my little place.
Does anyone know where I can get information on the old Whitman book series? I'm trying to do some research on author Mel Lyle, to learn (among other things) whether that was his real name, or a name assigned by the publisher. There are lots of websites and information available on the better-known book series, but poor old Whitman books gets left out of the reference books.
I'm kind of new to this, and I know I"m a little late here, but I LOVED Betsy-Tacy and it's nice to know I'm not the only one!
Yes yes yes I'm OBSESSED! I collect Bobbsey Twins, Cherry Ames, Louisa May Alcott, The Wizard of Oz books, Honey Bunch, and something called The Motion Picture Chums series. It's fun! There's a place not too far from me that sells all used books and has a massive selection of childrens books. Needless to say, they get a lot of my money!
I'm embarrasingly keen on collecting children's horse series. I like the Silver Brumby series by Elyne Mitchell and the Brumby series by Mary Elwyn Patchett. I also love all those pony books by Jill Ferguson, and the Pullein-Thompson sisters. I have decided to collect all the old pony books I can find on eBay for my own pleasure :-)
Yay 47 pony books RULE! I have been re-collecting all my old ones although the Black Stallion ones end very oddly and i had to get rid of them!
# 49 the last book, whose title escapes me, ends with the End Of The World - literally - a phone ringing in an empty cabin, the Stallion rearing in fright in the middle of an earthquake... I think Farley REALLY didn't want to write any more and thought this was the way to do it but it was really upsetting reading that as an adult, let alone if I'd got it as a child!!
#50 - that sounds very odd indeed! I must admit that I only liked properly the first Black Stallion book and The Black Stallion's Filly. Are any of the others worth reading?
The book is apparently The Black Stallion Legend. "The black stallion helps save an Indian tribe during a time of disaster, thereby fulfilling an ancient prophecy."
No wonder I hadn't heard of it --- this one was published about 25 years after I'd last read one of the books. :-)
Reviews on Amazon make it sound quite interesting, with comments on the ending ranging from "heartwarming" to "horrifying."
I see this is an old message but I just had to chime in - I love old series! I have collected many. Some I had when I was young and some I've discovered later. Many I've read and many on my to read pile. Some of my favorites are Judy Bolton, Trixie Belden, Little House on the Prairie, Janet Lambert, Bobbsey Twins, Rosamond du Jardin, Ramona, and many more! Would love to hear from other fans of series books especially girls books from the 40's-60's.
The Boxcar Children series uses un-edited grammar and old time words, that I think makes the series VERY special and unique. Please enjoy!! :-)
Author was born in 1890 or 1899, I don't remember which one.
Zowie #39, I loved those stories. I always despised Rachel and wanted Marilla to soften up, but it turned out alright in the end. I really enjoyed Rilla of Ingleside... But there was one story I was particularly fond of in an anthology I think... something about a boy playing a fiddle for a man who was dying and then music was horrible at first and then turned out to be beautiful in the end??? Augh, it was a looong time ago when I read these, but they are super books
I am looking for the Augustus series, too. It was in the late 40's that those books were read to our 6th grade class everyday after lunch. I loved them. Let me know if you know the author...I can't find this series anywhere.
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I've never got into an old book series, even though I've read books that are in series. I am getting into The Wizard of Oz sereis though.
I think The Wizard of Oz is wonderful. It has a great set up, dreams, witches, crystal ball, and those flying monkeys. Then when Glinda asks Dorothy "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" Oh, I could go on and on. It's like the perfect therapy session. teehee
Anyone else read The Abbey Girls series? I used to read my Mum's old copies when I stayed with my Grandparents. I'd love to know how many books were in the series. I read 8 or so, and they were completely out of chronological order - the first one I read was Jandy Mac Comes Back. I loved reading the later stories, when all the girls grew up and had babies; you could just tell how much fun Elsie with all the names!
My mom still has a couple of her children's books: Bambi and Little Women. Great stories!
I realize these messages are a few years old, but I'm actually selling a large collection (28 books) of Honey Bunch, possible first editions, on ebay. Here's the link to my collection, if you're interested! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320621064436&ssPageNa...
Summer Pony and Winter Pony were by Jean Slaughter Doty who wrote a number of books about girls and horses, all well worth seeking out!
If you remember your actress books being in the same picture cover format as the Nancy Drews, but with a bright pink spine, they're the Peggy Lane books by Virginia Hughes. First in the series was Peggy Finds the Theater.
There was another series, by Helen Dore Boylston, who also authored the Sue Barton books, the actress protagonist was Carol Lane. First in this series was called Carol Goes Backstage in the US, retitled Carol Goes On Stage in the UK. The short series (only four books) is more mature and nuanced than the Peggy Lane series, and well worth seeking out. They're recently back in print in paperback from Image Cascade publishing.
I loved several of the series listed above including Hardy Boys, Trixie Belden, and Nancy Drew. A few of series I think are missing are the Babar books about a world traveling elephant, The Littles and the books about Madeline. I also liked Tom Swift and Miss Pickerell. One series I remember reading and would like to collect again is the Cowboy Sam books. I have several recent series including Animal Ark, Guardians of Ga'hoole, and Series of Unfortunate Events. I could probably list a 25 or 30 more if I had room or time each deserving of a place in this list.
>67 stined:
Picture book series like Babar and Madeline usually appeal to a different audience, in general, than those who like Tom Swift and Nancy Drew. Of course there are people like yourself who grew up with all of them and they are part of what some people call a "Golden Shelf". However, when talking about "series books," the chapter books are usually what is meant.
I think a new thread here on "picture book series" could elicit a lot of responses.
James Keeline
The Golden Shelf. What a wonderful phrase. I've never heard it before, but that will be my next Collection.
I remember how Augustus and his family managed to get out of an arroyo just in time before it filled with water!
Didn't they travel about in a bus?
Just lucky I saw t his! That series was Augustus and it had at least 6 books that I know of: Augustus and Desert, Augustus and the River, Augustus and the Mountain, Augusuts and the Navy, Augustus Hits the Road, and more. The author's name was Le Grand. Hard to find, but Amazon has a few of these books.
I found a big slew of Three Investigators books in a charity shop last week, and so have ended up with two duplicates: The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow (1980 impression, sticker on the front, fair copy, I'd say) and The Fiery Eye (1992 ed., ex-library copy). Both have my name and the date written neatly in ink inside the front cover. I'm happy to send these to any collector if you'd like them!
#72 LyzzyBee,
The Three Investigators is a fun series. I have these volumes. From your description, I wonder if perhaps these are paperback copies? All 43 originally came out in hardcover from Random House. Volumes 31-43 are routinely seen as former library copies though 1-30 can usually be found in non-library copies without much difficulty. I do have some of the 31-43 that I would like to upgrade to very good (8/10) or fine (10/10) non-library hardcovers.
I trust you will find a home for your copies of these two books.
Yes, I love them - I never really liked any of the other series, either. I remembered them from my dim and distant youth, but only the name "Jupiter Jones". Thank goodness for the Internet and the ability to search for such treasures!
These are indeed pb. I have never found hb here. But also I had never found more than one at a time until I wandered into a particular charity shop on our high street and found the motherlode - 27 including two duos of the later Crime Busters books. I have a couple of trilogies that I would like to update into individual volumes - unfortunately I only managed to replace 2 out of 3 in one of them. I don't like the way they don't include consecutive stories, but I pick the books up where I can!
finding the motherlode ... ahhh, I have been away from the thrifts too long. Tomorrow!!
It was SO EXCITING! And I was meant to be buying secret santa stuff for someone else at the time ... (I did do that, too!)
A series missing here is the Meg Duncan mysteries -- Meg and the Disappearing Diamonds for example. There are only 6 but they were some of my favorites as a kid.
I was a huge Nancy Drew fan but seem to have missed large swaths of the rest of these. I'll have to check some of them out!
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Meg Duncan (and Robin Kane for that matter) have certain things in common with the Trixie Belden series. Often a person who likes one of them likes the others. Schoolgirl Shamuses is a hard book to find because it was a small series collector oriented press but it has some interesting info about all of the Trixie Belden-related series.
Dear Group,
Some time ago, on another Group, I started a thread to mention I had decided to re-read the books I loved as a child.
enid blyton - Famous 5, Secret 7, faraway tree etc.
w.e.Johns - "Biggles"
Hugh Lofting - "Dr. Doolittle"
Well, in that thread I mentioned something like..."...I closed the books after a few pages, prefering to keep my golden glow memory of the works..."
Except for Dr. Doolittle. He was still readible by an adult. I hope to one day get a complete set of Hardbacks. I peruse ebay etc. looking for reasonably priced copies. This is a long term project. ie. 'no hurry' :-)
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"...I closed the books after a few pages, prefering to keep my golden glow memory of the works..."
What you describe here is similar to what we heard Eoin Colfer, the author of the Artemis Fowl books, describing as a "Golden Shelf" at a signing. These are items experienced during a formative period of youth which are appreciated beyond rational logic. The books, songs, television programs, movies, etc. on one's "Golden Shelf" are still revered beyond criticism despite the fact that if one encountered them for the first time as an adult that they would not hold any special attraction.
Related to this is how well you remember an item from youth. A song may stick in your head but the plot and rhetoric of a book may be lost to your memory. Hence, reading it again may be like seeing it again.
Standards for what makes for good reading (or good anything) changes with maturity and with social pressures. Something that was thrown in for comedic filler in one period is seen as harmful in a later period and can be painful or shameful to read.
Most of these works for young people were not written with any specific malice in mind. More often it is not with the sensitivity that we expect today. They are not products of today, however. They are products of their time and when reading them, it is often useful to recall this. That doesn't mean that when reading them you might pause and say, "I can't believe s/he wrote that!"
The second Dr. Doolittle book, Voyages, received a Newbery award for its writing. As such, it remains in print when the others are allowed to remain unavailable. The most recent hardcover editions in the U.S. were from the 1970s about the time that Puddleby came out, I believe. They are pictorial covers, much like what Grosset & Dunlap used for its popular series books at the time (Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, etc.). I don't know the late reprint situation in the U.K.
Thanks for your interesting observations, James.
I didn't know that Lofting had won a 'Newbery'.
I will have to get a bio. on Lofting. Any suggestions?
On your point about dated/scorned/attitudes... besides 'Biggles',
I remember a quote, taken totally out of context, which raised great 'hilarity' in the '70's
"Noddy woke up feeling a little queer..."
Just found this posting; I have discovered the Beverly Gray College Mystery Series today in a vintage antique store. I purchased 3 oldies and have two more old ones. Never heard of them before, but am looking forward to reading them.
Many readers consider the Beverly Gray series to be an interesting one. Clair (Clarissa Mabel) Blank was still in high school when she wrote the first volumes and sold them to A.L. Burt. The publisher would only issue the books if she wrote four of them to get the series started (called a "breeder set" by some collectors). The "College" part of the series name was dropped soon after the fourth volume.
Some fans of the series have taken trips together to try to recreate some of the voyages mentioned in the books. A broader version of this group has a periodical called Susabella's Passengers.
1. Beverly Gray, Freshman (1934)
2. Beverly Gray, Sophomore (1934)
3. Beverly Gray, Junior (1934)
4. Beverly Gray, Senior (1934)
5. Beverly Gray's Career (1935)
* Beverly Gray at the World's Fair (1935)
6. Beverly Gray on a World Cruise (1936)
7. Beverly Gray in the Orient (1937)
8. Beverly Gray on a Treasure Hunt (1938)
9. Beverly Gray's Return (1939)
10. Beverly Gray, Reporter (1940)
11. Beverly Gray's Romance (1941)
12. Beverly Gray's Quest (1942)
13. Beverly Gray's Problem (1943)
14. Beverly Gray's Adventure (1944)
15. Beverly Gray's Challenge (1945)
16. Beverly Gray's Journey (1946)
17. Beverly Gray's Assignment (1947)
18. Beverly Gray's Mystery (1948)
19. Beverly Gray's Vacation (1949)
20. Beverly Gray's Fortune (1950)
21. Beverly Gray's Secret (1951)
22. Beverly Gray's Island Mystery (1952)
23. Beverly Gray's Discovery (1953)
24. Beverly Gray's Scoop (1954)
25. Beverly Gray's Surprise (1955)
Beverly Gray at the World's Fair was only initially published by A.L. Burt in the 1930s at a high price. It was dropped from the series when it moved to Grosset & Dunlap and had greater sales. A reprint from Applewood Books was issued but even this is hard to find because only about 100 were sold to collectors who generally keep them.
Yes, I have such an obsession myself. I wonder what my deal is--what is driving the obsession. I think it is tied to generating my own creative ideas and not just an obsession in itself. It feels more like a healthy preoccupation rather than harmful motivations, if you know what I mean.
I just found the adorable Georgie and Georgie and the Noisy Ghost in a local used bookstore for $2.00 and $1.50, respectively. Such a great find. They're old and faded and written in, and yet so bright and beautiful (and very appropriate for the month of October!).
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PM won´t hesitate to move up elections (JERUSALEM POST) By LAHAV HARKOV, JEREMY SHARON 04/30/12)
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he will decide in the coming weeks when the next national election will take place.
He spoke as coalition partners Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman, Shas chairman Eli Yishai and United Torah Judaism chairman Yaacov Litzman expressed readiness to force an early election over the Tal Law and exemptions from IDF service for haredim (ultra- Orthodox).
Sources from the Likud ministers meeting on Sunday morning said the prime minister explained that he has not made a decision yet, and plans to discuss the possibility of an early election with the leaders of coalition parties.
This government has been successful for three years because of its unity and continuity, Netanyahu said. As we move toward the budgetary process [for 2013], we will not continue [as a coalition] if there are blackmail proposals.
The prime minister then reiterated that he would not be blackmailed into undermining his governments achievements.
Elections must be held a minimum of 94 days after they are declared, and the leading party after an early vote would need time to form a coalition and the 2013 state budget has to be passed by the beginning of next year. Therefore, many have predicted an election will be held in September or October, though no source close to Netanyahu confirmed the date.
At a Likud central committee meeting on Sunday night, where it was decided that the Likud convention will be held next Sunday, opinions were split between the MKs and ministers present as to when an early election would take place right before or soon after this falls High Holy Days. Only Welfare and Social Services Minister Moshe Kahlon insisted that the election will happen as planned, in October 2013.
Government Services Minister Michael Eitan echoed Netanyahus concern about the budget, saying that an election atmosphere will lead to proposals pandering to the voter that will have a high economic price.
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, however, pointed out that the Tal Law is the more immediate issue on the governments agenda, as it expires in August.
The Tal Law has to do with all sectors in society, and there are severe disagreements on the issue, Rivlin said. My estimation is that the prime minister will prefer to make decisions after elections.
According to Rivlin, calling an early election is not a political trick; rather it is a way to answer questions that will affect all Israelis.
Earlier on Sunday, Netanyahu discussed the Tal Law, telling leaders of protest movements Camp Sucker and Common Denominator that he would go to elections if necessary, in order to pass a law that would include mandatory national service for all.
Netanyahu said that new legislation which will replace the Tal Law, the legal framework that allows haredi yeshiva students to indefinitely defer military service will create a sea change in the share of the military service burden.
Netanyahu told the protest leaders that the Tal Law would be replaced with a more equitable and just law, the Prime Ministers Office said.
According to the office, the prime minister said that changes will include the expansion of frameworks alongside budgetary increases, but that the reforms need to be carried out without pitting different sectors of the population against each other.
He specified that new legislation would include national service for Israeli Arabs.
This is an historic opportunity to pass such a law, because the majority in Knesset and among the public favors it, Boaz Nol, one of the leaders of the Common Denominator activism group, told The Jerusalem Post. In our opinion, anyone who votes against this proposal doesnt belong in the Knesset.
Liberman repeated his threat that his partys 15 MKs would leave the coalition if his alternative to the Tal Law, which will be brought to the Knesset on May 9, does not pass.
Yisrael Beytenu was a responsible and faithful partner in the coalition, he wrote on his Facebook wall. Our patience has ended; promises must be kept. We fulfilled our obligations to the coalition; now the coalition must fulfill its obligations to us and to our voters.
The foreign minister said that he did not want early elections, but that he was not afraid of them, and would put his voters interests above coalition stability.
Defense Minister and Independence chairman Ehud Barak took advantage of the flurry of political statements on the replacement of the Tal Law to promote his bill, which also mandates obligatory national service for all.
The proposal, whose details were announced by Independence earlier this year, would provide financial incentives for IDF service and sets a quota of 400 yeshiva students who would be able to continue study without performing national service.
Meanwhile, haredi parties said they were ready to fight the Tal Laws replacements and go to elections.
Speaking to the press before Sundays cabinet meeting, Yishai said that his Shas party, which has 11 MKs, was ready for elections and that they have no problem if the prime minister and foreign minister want to go to the polls.
The election campaign began more than a year ago on the backs of the haredim and it is haunted by hatred of haredim, Yishai said.
According to Yishais spokesman, the party has yet to decide what it would like to see in legislation to replace the Tal Law.
Litzman referred to politicians recent comments on the Tal Law as cheap populism, but said nevertheless that his UTJ party, which has five MKs, was well prepared for elections.
He also emphasized that every coalition party signed the coalition agreement, which included the arrangements made for yeshiva students to defer military service, even those who all of a sudden are demanding that haredim be drafted.
Underlining the importance of Torah study to his partys constituency, Litzman averred that representatives of the haredim will not abandon their [efforts to maintain the formal arrangements whereby] anyone who wants to learn Torah will be able to do so.
The deputy health minister compared the situation to that of the Migron outpost in Samaria, in which the government and the settlers reached a compromise. (© 1995-2011, The Jerusalem Post 04/30/12)
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March was the bloodiest month in Syria's two-year-old conflict with more than 6,000 documented deaths – one third of them civilians – according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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