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Other harmful effects stemming from divorce can affect a child more than the absence of a father, writes Michael Flood.
There is an epidemic of fatherlessness in Australia. Close to a million children live in one-parent families, mostly headed by mothers. That's one in six children. After divorce, more than one-third of children do not see their fathers, and one in six has contact only during the day. Next year's election could be fought on these and other "family" issues. But is fatherlessness as destructive as some say it is?
The National Fatherhood Forum manifesto claims that "fatherlessness and family breakdown are the major social problems of our society". Steve Biddulph, in his best-selling book Raising Boys, writes that boys with absent fathers are more likely to be violent, do poorly in schools, and join gangs.
Even the Prime Minister, John Howard, has joined this chorus. Announcing the inquiry into child custody arrangements after divorce, he said that "one of the regrettable features of society at the present time is that far too many young boys are growing up without proper male role models".
Fathers are important to the wellbeing of children and families, and supporting fathers' positive involvement is a worthy goal. Practically every player in the fatherhood debates agrees, and research backs it up. But beyond this, the public debates have been dominated by simplistic and often inaccurate ideas about fatherlessness.
It is not the presence of a father, but the quality of parenting and family relationships, which makes the most difference to children's wellbeing. Conflict-ridden and unhappy relationships are damaging to children, in both "intact" marriages and between separated parents. If their parents are constantly in conflict, children are actually better off if their parents divorce.
Simply trying to make sure there's a father in every family won't do much for children. The research on two-parent families finds that it is not the presence of fathers that is critical for children's well-being, but the extent to which fathers engage in "authoritative" parenting. This is when fathers (or mothers) provide encouragement and support and offer non-coercive rule-setting and monitoring.
The same holds for kids in single-mother families. Contact with fathers is not by itself a good predictor of their wellbeing, and the most consistent predictor again is fathers' positive parenting. It's true children raised in two-parent families do better than children from single-parent families, whether you compare school results or psychological adjustment. But neither divorce nor fatherlessness by itself determines children's wellbeing. Most of the harmful effects divorce appears to inflict on children do not come from subsequent fatherlessness. They come from the stress and hostility that too often precede a divorce and the economic decline which often follows it.
Single mothers may find it hard to buy books and computers for their children, and their jobs are more poorly paid and insecure than men's. In other countries where government policy gives single-parent families more support, children's outcomes are better.
Three-quarters of children in Australia from divorced families show no resulting negative effects. About 25 per cent of children in divorced and remarried families, and 10 per cent of children in non-divorced families, show behavioural problems. While children often find their parents' divorce to be very painful, they cope and nearly all go on to become competent adults.
Most fathers do their best to support their families, whether through parenting or paid work. But a minority of fathers, and mothers, are in no position to provide quality parenting and their presence in families will do more harm than good.
A study of 1100 families in England and Wales found that one in seven fathers is involved in crime, fighting, or other anti-social and irresponsible behaviour. When these fathers resided with their children, the children were twice as likely to develop severe behaviour problems and clinically significant conduct disorders.
Fathers dealing with drug abuse, violence, mental health, and marginalisation must be supported, but not at the expense of children, women or families.
Fathers' positive involvement in families after divorce is being hindered, but not by selfish mothers, nor by the Family Court. Fathers face the same obstacles to involvement they did before divorce: the excessive demands of family-hostile workplaces, the economic disadvantages of involved parenting (which many mothers already suffer), and policy barriers to shared care.
If we are to enhance fathers' roles in families, we'll need a more sophisticated grasp of the causes and consequences of fatherlessness, and a commitment to tackling the real obstacles to involved fathering.
Dr Michael Flood is a research fellow with the Australia Institute.
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The portions were generous, but the last meal for a flock of Whitefish pigeons came at a steep price. After ingesting feed laced with the controversial chemical Avitrol, around 400 of the birds dropped dead. Most fell from the roof of the train depot in Whitefish, where employees of ECOLAB Pest Elimination Services "policed up the birds," says Jill Evans, depot caretaker. Others were picked up by scavenging crows, which flew away with, and then dined upon the pigeon carcasses.
Some of the poisoned pigeons made one last flight across town to a city park on the banks of the Whitefish River, a regular watering hole. Once there, fewer than a dozen flopped around in vain, trying to vomit out the poison corn they'd just ingested. Later that night, a passerby addressed the Whitefish City Council, recalling for them what she'd witnessed down by the river. "These pigeons were suffering. The scene was so disturbing," she said.
As director of the Stumptown Historical Society, Evans has battled pigeons at the depot for years. After spending upwards of $20,000 trying to protect the beautifully restored building from the pigeons' constant soiling, the historical society was at wit's end when it called ECOLAB. Pigeons carry 30-some-odd diseases, a representative from ECOLAB told them. It was time for Avitrol.
The whole operation was supposed to be discrete. There were to be no survivors, no backlash and no heartbreaking scenes like the one drawn for the city council.
ECOLAB assured Evans the birds would experience "a quick, merciful death within minutes."
When that didn't happen, news got out and Evans' cell phone started to ring.
"After all of this happened, I got 42 phone calls," says Evans. "Six of them were negative."
The rest came from rail workers who have long suffered respiratory ailments they blame on ever-growing piles of pigeon waste. A collective hallelujah echoed across the depot, where specialized needle strips and piano wire had failed to shoo the pigeons.
"This isn't something we're ashamed of," says Evans. "It's a legal chemical."
The FDA and the EPA have approved Avitrol for use against pigeons, but the chemical isn't welcome in places with flocks much larger than the one mostly eradicated from the Whitefish depot (at last report, two pigeons remain).
In New York City, a state law forbids the chemical's use because Avitrol has been linked to the deaths of other animals, including red tailed hawks, that feed on pigeons in the city. ECOLAB insists the chemical is not passed up the food chain.
That's a claim that Kate Geranios, executive director of the Missoula Humane Society, doesn't buy. She says pigeon problems can be solved by using intense sound waves and other methods that don't introduce poison to the environment.
"You could be hitting a target that's an endangered species," says Geranios. "It's just a bad idea all the way around."
In Flathead County, there is no official policy regarding Avitrol. But in Missoula, the office of animal control advocates against its use.
Once, when a new building was being constructed in downtown, says Elaine Sehnert at Missoula County Animal Control, the building's owners were asked to care for a flock of sparrows nesting inside. The owners had to close off a portion of the building to let concrete dry and that blocked the sparrows' exit. So while they nested, the building's owners brought the birds food and water.
Sehnert also recalls how she and her co-workers handled a pigeon problem back in Texas, where she used to work in an old courthouse. "We put rubber snakes out on the window sill," says Sehnert. "And we never saw those pigeons again."


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Been back in hospital visiting again.
Nearby there was another old lady being admitted.
"Religion"? She was asked. "Sorry Love"? "What religion are you"? "Oh Religion", she confirmed. "I'm too old really to be bothered with all that"!
She made me chuckle then think, like a Shavian play.
What is "religion"?
There will be those who know the answer to that far better than me…isn't there?
One of my "youngsters" once told a new comer to the family, "We don't believe in God, we believe in people".
Profound I thought.
I was brought up in a Christian culture:Church with Scouts, hymns and prayers at school.
Never did learn the words to Jerusalem by heart.
Nationally only 2% of Christians attend Church regularly, it's about 5% locally.
But is attending Church religiously, observing a religion?
There's a great programme on BBC2 at the moment about the Prophet Muhammad, presented by Rageh Omaar, charting the life of the Prophet Muhammad.
It often parallels where Christianity and Islam overlap.
Of course, many of our community locally are followers of Islam and attend mosque to worship very regularly.
We have Hindus locally too, some Jews, and some Humanists. Many of our Christians follow with Catholic, "non conformist" views.
I think we still have a Quakers Friends Meeting Place.
So, lots of different Faiths and none.
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>>Freenode IRC #Teenchat
>User <TonySimmons> has joined the chat
Tony Simmons, a boy of age fourteen, had recently been looking into a new life for himself. School was awful; he was being bullied and harassed by the boys and girls of his secondary community. He was never quite right enough for them there. He wasn't preppy, he wasn't nerdy, and he certainly wasn't a jock. He was just there and alone inside of his enclosed forest-side home.
<JaneRockwell>: Hi TonySimmons! How are you today?
*JaneRockwell waves hello to TonySimmons
<TonySimmons>: Call me Tony, please. How's it going?
<MarcusJones>: hey tony how r u? pm me
Tony clicked on Marcus Jones's name in the side listing of users. It opened up a chat window in a new screen, and Tony said 'hi'. After a moment of waiting, Marcus signs into the private chat and begins typing messages.
<MarcusJones>: asl
<TonySimmons>: 14, Male, California
He knew where this was headed. He'd been asked things like this before by men and sometimes women.
<MarcusJones>: kool! im 14 male and in cali 2! where do u live?
<TonySimmons>: I don't reveal things like that to total strangers.
<MarcusJones>: come on dude we'll be good frends. i can brng over my ps2
Tony signed off of the private message account and went back to the main chatroom. Even there the man known as MarcusJones was taunting him, asking him to tell him where he lived. Despite being kicked from the chatroom a few times, he kept coming back. Eventually, he gave up, though Tony couldn't help but feel worried that he could somehow trace his IP address.
<TonySimmons>: look, I'll talk to you if you stop asking me where I live. Okay?
<MarcusJones>: fine. but u shuld come over to my house someday. we can play some games and stuff. are you straight/gay/bi?
TonySimmons has left the chat.
His parents left that night for dinner. They told him they loved him and left the house, leaving he and his baby brother alone. Within moments, the babysitter arrived and knocked on the door. Tony gladly let the tall blonde girl inside.
"Where is the baby?" she asks.
"Upstairs in his room, Jolene," Tony said with a sigh. He hated having a babysitter at fourteen years old. It sucked to be him. Jolene, the babysitter, left upstairs to feed the baby, while Tony went back to his computer to check his facebook and his email account.
He logged in and looked around in his facebook statuses. He answered a few messages and checked a few notifications. Then he went onto his email account to find that he had two new messages from someone known as MarcusJones.
Perhaps firstname.lastname@example.com was not a very good username after all.
hey bro i found ur email we shuld play sometime
He blocked his email account instantly. He did not want him to talk to him at all, frankly. He went on to his facebook and talked to someone he was friends with in real life. They proceeded to talk about a video game when he got a friend request. Marcus Jones had requested to be his friend.At least now he could see what this mysterious man looked like. He clicked the image to see a random picture of some horrific design.
If it were his actual picture is yet to be known to him. He denied the friend request. Shortly after the denial, he managed to find three messages from the same man.
hey dude cum on
we can play all day and all nite on my ps2 or we culd bounce on my trampoline
come on plz we have 2 meet up!
He replied in a short and simple message, "If you send me one more message, I'm reporting you to the police for harassment. Leave me alone."
Five minutes after sending, he did not receive a message back. He assumed he had gotten rid of him. Tony backed up from the computer monitor and looked over to his mirror by his bedside. He rubbed his hands through his curly orange hair and looked back up. He turned around from his freckle filled face to his facebook, where he saw another message had come through from him.
"i have tuns of thngs 2 play wit. see u soon hopefully"
Tony shut down his computer and thought of telling his babysitter about the experience. But was it worth it? She could come up with some bizarre story to tell his parents. "Oh, Tony was talking to some guy on the internet and gave him his address. He should be grounded."
Tony ignored the message and went downstairs to get something to eat from the kitchen. He opened up the fridge and grabbed some Orange Juice from the top shelf. He brought it out and looked up to a cabinet. He opened it and took a small glass, and then sat it down on the table. Beside him was a sliding glass door in which gave access to the garden.
Several lights illuminated the garden area. He could barely make out a black figure standing there. It had on a hooded robe and wielded what looked like a wrench. Tony blinked, and it was gone. He sighed and continued on pouring his juice, passing it off as paranoia.
He put the Orange Juice back inside of the refrigerator, and backed up. He grabbed his glass and took it upstairs. "Jolene? Where are you?"
"I'm reading the baby a story. What are you still doing up at ten at night?" Jolene asks, looking out of the upstairs nursery.
"I don't normally sleep until twelve," he says to her, entering his small room.
"Oh. I thought they said it was nine. Oh well, slipped my mind I guess!" Jolene sarcastically says, turning back to her storybook.
Tony walks into his room and sits down at his computer screen.
i can see ur face. its so handsum and cute.
His eyes widened. He exited the page and stood up. He walks over to his window and peeks outside to find the garden was empty. He blinked, and it remained completely empty. Tony, now slightly worried, backed up from the window and exited his room. He contemplated, and decided again not to tell Jolene. It was probably a combination of Paranoia and fright from someone finding his home who he only had just met.
Tony walks down the stairs to put his glass of juice into the sink and wash it out. He had lost all feeling for something to drink. He began to wash out the glass in the sink as the figure again appeared from the corner of his eye. This time, however, it was hitting the wrench up against his palm. He was walking towards the glass door when he turned around to see it was only a mirage.
The baby began to cry, which startled him. He gasped and looked up to the ceiling, grabbing his chest for a moment and then sighing to himself. He walks upstairs to the room and looked inside, and saw Jolene was still trying to comfort the child in her arms by singing it a lullaby.
He walks into his room and looks down at his monitor, and then notices that a tab had been opened again on his computer.
i can see ur face. its so handsum and cute.
is the baby ok? i hope i didnt upset it.
And then, the horror began to unravel right before his own eyes.
"Jolene! Someone just messaged me on Facebook saying they could see my face and that they can hear the baby!"
"Probably your neighbor. Ignore them!"
"...It...it isn't my neighbor! Someone met me on this website and found my Facebook. I'm nervous, Jolene!"
And this is when the power turned off. All lights in the home went off, and Tony gasped. He sat down on his bed, and Jolene came in to see if he was okay. She sighed, and went down the stairs to find the power box inside of the closet.
She walks over near the front door and opens up the closet door. She flicks a lever up, and the power flickers back on. She turns back around and screams as the wrench smacks her in her cheek. She shrieks and collapses over, then turns back to see a robed figure holding the wrench. It bends down and proceeds to bash her forehead with the wrench.
She begins to cry, holding her bleeding head as the figure stands up. He looks around, and puts the wrench to his side. "Tony Simmons! I cannot wait to play with you. I have so many toys that we can use. Come give your 'daddy' a hug."
Tony ducks underneath his bed and closes his eyes. He was being stalked. How could be escape this home with someone lurking in the shadows? Jolene's wails of pain sound through the house, setting the baby's crying back to full scale.
"Maybe the baby can play with us too. That's my favorite age."
Tony remains hidden until the stalker appears from the doorway. It looks inside and laughs. He leaves, and then exits the front door of the home, setting off their burglar alarm.
He returns with a hammer in the right and a fire poker in the left. He smashes the alarm with the hammer, disabling it, and proceeds up the stairs with the fire poker. He enters Tony's room and brandishes the fire poker. "Is this too small for you? I sure hope not."
Tony looks out and sees his feet inching closer and closer to the bed. "Let's play 'Monsters', eh? I know you have a toy," the figure giggles while aiming the fire poker down at the bed. Tony shrieks and rolls out, tripping the malevolent stalker. He trips forward, stabbing the fire poker through the bed. Tony wiggles his way to his feet and dashes outside to the hallway. He races into the nursery and hides inside of the closet.
The Pedophile enters the room. "It wasn't wise to do that. I'm afraid we can't play monsters now, can we?" he says. He exits the room and walks downstairs, where he finds Jolene unconscious on the ground and the power box wide open. He smashes the hammer onto it, knocking out electricity in the home permanently.
The Pedophile creeps up the stairs and searches through a drawer in Tony's room. He reaches inside of one and pulls out an emergency camping lighter and lights it. "It's awfully dark, Tony. We should brighten the room up. We'll need it for the play date."
He enters the nursery and giggles at the crying baby in the crib. He smiles and lifts it into his arms. "Hush little baby. Your face is so handsome and cute. I love you."
Tony hides behind some clothes and panics. What if he hurts the baby?
The Pedophile lays it down and laughs. The baby is happily asleep. He raises his hammer and smiles. Tony dashes from the closet. "No!" he screams. He shoves him over, and shoves his fist onto the Pedophile's nose. He screams, dropping the hammer.
In turn, Tony lifts up the hood to the stalker's face. There is nothing but a white mask, with an elongated beak resembling a plague doctor of the medieval days.
The Pedophile screams, knocking Tony off of him. Was that real, or was it all of a child's imagination? The Pedophile lifts the hammer up, and swings it down, smashing Tony's index and middle fingers. Tony screams, and flips over. He kicks the Pedophile's leg, knocking him back into a wall.
And from the doorway comes Jolene with a kitchen knife. She sinks the blade into the Pedophile's chest, and yanks it back out. He lay there, bleeding and on his side. Jolene races in and grabs the baby, and reaches down for Tony. She grabs his arm and the three leave the room in a rapid hurry.
They manage to make it downstairs when the Pedophile emerges from his idle movements. He runs down the stairs to the living room with the fire poker, and swings it rapidly at Jolene who by then is already at the front door. "I just wanted to play with the kids! I just wanted to play! I just wanted to play!"
Jolene kicks him, knocking him back. He regains his composure and tosses the fire poker straight at her. It stabs her through the chest, only slightly, making her drop the child in her arms. Tony is able to catch it before it could hit the floor. "Go! Just go!" Jolene orders. Tony takes the baby and leaves the house while Jolene stays and fights.
The Pedophile proceeds to bash her head in with the retrieved fire poker from her chest. He leaves her to die as he exits the home, following Tony through the woods nearby.
"I only want to play!" a demonic voice calls into the woods. Tony is ducking by a log with the baby, hoping it will remain quiet. Tony lifts himself up and proceeds running through the woods until he can find someone to call for help.
"It'll be fun if you play this game in shorts!"
Tony races through with the child in hand, tripping over rocks and yet still regaining his composure after every trip-up. The voice races through his mind, faking voices and footsteps around him; I just want to play! I just want to play! 'I just want to play! 'I just want to play! 'I just want to play! 'I just want to play!
Tony manages to trip over a log and drop the baby. It rolls over and cries from a broken arm. Such a fall could have killed it, or even worse from its developing bones and tissue.
"Tony!" the Pedophile calls out. Tony manages to lift himself up, but is pulled back down by the pursuer who managed to catch up to him. He aims the fire poker right at his rectum and proceeds to slowly pull him back.
"Please god stop!" Tony screams out as he reaches for the log he tripped over just to pull himself away.
"This is my favorite part of the game."
"Get...get off of me!"
Saliva begin dripping from the stalker's mouth onto Tony's pants. Tony manages to grab onto a rock, and flips over to his side only slightly. The fire poker rips into his pants just as Tony tosses the stone at his stalker's head. He rips the fire poker out and grabs his cheek. Tony lifts himself up and dives over the log.
"Come back, now! We almost played together--wasn't it fun!?"
Jolene, still inside of the home and bleeding, manages to crawl her way to her feet. She steps into the streets, making her way forward into the woods.
Tony, with the broken child in hand, makes his way to a large tree and hides behind it. The Pedophile lurks around, smiling and giggling like a menacing clown. In minutes, he finds the two behind the tree. Tony slides off, dropping the baby off on a flat rock.
Tony braves himself and tackles the Pedophile. He knocks him down and begins holding his hand with the fire poker in it back. "I'm not gonna' let you do this to me!"
"We can have so much fun! Please just let me play with you!"
"Stay away! Stay away! Stay away!"
The Pedophile knocks Tony back, and stands up. He laughs and pulls the fire poker into the air.
In one final laugh, he is knocked to the ground by Jolene's stone to his face.
Blood dripping from her eye, she maneuvers her way over to the stalker and leans down with the stone in hand. She hits him one more time, and then lifts up away from the marauder.
She takes Tony and the baby down to the nearest town for aid; the family safe of harm.
He twitched, and looked up from his ominous slumber. He lifts himself up, dropping the fire poker. He lifts up to see them walk away and down through a slope of twigs and rocks. "Someday, Tony,"
"We will play."
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User <JonahMitchell> has joined the chat
<JonahMitchell>: Hello everyone! How are we tonight?
<CarlJames>: Good! How are you, Jonah? Is it alright if I call you that?
<MarcusJones>: hey bro. pm me. id like to get 2 no u.
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THE councillor at the centre of the Lendal Bridge closure has been removed as York's transport chief.
City of York Council leader James Alexander has announced a reshuffle, making David Levene cabinet member for transport and Dave Merrett member for environmental services, planning and sustainability.
Cllr Merrett came under fire over the trial closure of Lendal Bridge, which has been abandoned.
He was also in the hotseat earlier this week when it was revealed a new cycle route from Haxby to Clifton Moor has increased in cost to £1.3 million.
Cllr Alexander said: "I have always ensured all members of the cabinet had responsibilities that made best use of their talents and efforts as required.
"Cllr Dave Merrett will gain the opportunity to focus further attention on environmental issues, in which he has exceptional knowledge and experience".
Cllr Merrett said: "I have contributed over many years to transport in this city and tried to meet the growing challenges of a growing city head on. However, building a new consensus on transport needs a new face.
"There is an intense period ahead delivering the Local Plan and I welcome the support Cllr Alexander has shown me in asking me to turn my efforts to new challenges in environmental services, planning and sustainability - especially with regards to improving recycling."
Lib Dem Cllr Ann Reid, who had called for Cllr Merrett to resign, said: "I do think residents of York will see Dave Merrett moving away from transport as a good thing."
Green leader Andy D'Agorne said: "I am not surprised that Dave Merrett is moving from transport but I have no confidence that any other Labour cabinet member will address the congestion issue."
The reshuffle also sees Cllr Tracey Simpson-Laing take up the new portfolio of Homes and Safer Communities, replacing Cllr Linsay Cunningham-Cross on North Yorkshire's Police and Crime Panel.
Cllr Cunningham Cross takes the new portfolio of Health and Community Engagement and will chair the Health and Wellbeing Board.
Cllr Alexander said the changes would allow him to show how important Labour believe tackling crime and antisocial behaviour is.
He said: "We will focus on York's local elections standing on our record to stop a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition taking control of the council."


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How the Marquis of Reading met David Lloyd George, former Prime Minister of Great Britain in a linguistic encounter was related by the Marquis at a public meeting here recently.
The Marquis stated that once, at a dinner, Mr. Lloyd George addressed him in Welsh. Without having understood the former Prime Minister, the Marquis responded immediately in what the audience believed to be Welsh also. What he was actually speaking, however, was Hebrew.
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Government schools in and around Ranchi are finally getting their infrastructure in place thanks to the Right to Education Act, and students could not be happier.
At a middle school in Ranchis Karamtoli Chowk near Bariatu, the children cannot stop gushing about the new boundary wall and toilets.
Now we have new toilets and boundary walls, squealed Sunita Toppo, a Class VIII student. Explaining why these two new additions were so important, Sangeeta Kumari of Class VI said: When there were no walls, stray animals would enter the school premises and graze freely, stopping us from venturing out during lunch break. And the clean toilet is a luxury we could only dream about.
Other students too expressed their happiness with the new infrastructure courtesy the state HRD department, which has directed all district superintendents of education (DSE) to construct boundary walls, toilets and repair classrooms and kitchens as stipulated by the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
The picture is bleak in Jharkhand. Most state-run schools do not have adequate number of classrooms, separate toilets for girls, blackboards, drinking water supply and electricity.
However, in Ranchi district, with 2,578 primary and middle schools spread over urban and rural pockets, construction work in schools are going on at a steady pace.
At the school in Karamtoli Chowk, masons are busy putting up a seven-and-a-half-feet wall. Work is expected to be completed in the next 15 days. There are 409 students in the school enrolled in classes I to VIII.
Similar work is going on in 600 state-run primary and middle schools in the district in the first phase, which ends in June. The remaining schools will be taken up in the second phase.
District superintended of education (DSE) Jayant Mishra said top priority was being given to schools which were located on the roadside, as well as those which lacked basic facilities like proper classooms, toilets and kitchen sheds.
According to officials, funds allocated for different schools vary between Rs 2.3 lakh and Rs 5.6 lakh, depending on the nature and extent of work required.
We have allocated funds according to the requirements of each school. It is up to the school to use the money judiciously, the DSE said.
Principal of the Karamtoli Chowk school S. Prasad said the institution was allocated Rs 2.4 lakh.
Ajay Kumar, principal of a middle school in Nagri, said with the Rs 1.98 lakh that the school was allotted initially, a toilet was built and classrooms repaired. With the next allocation, the boundary wall would be built.


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Andrew Sullivan, who is Catholic himself and disagrees with many of the church's position, points to a new survey of American Catholics that finds that most of them simply don't recognize the authority of the church on most issues.
Large majorities say that a person can be a good Catholic without going to church every Sunday (78 percent), without obeying the church hierarchy's teaching on birth control (78 percent), without their marriage being approved by the church (72 percent), and without obeying the church hierarchy's teaching on divorce and remarriage (69 percent).
This is not surprising at all. Catholics don't behave any differently on these issues than any other group, despite the church's stern teachings on them. They also don't believe much in doctrines like transubstantiation. I suspect they remain Catholic mostly out of habit and kinship. It's what they are used to, it's what they think they're supposed to do. But they don't really believe most of it. And I suspect the same is true of most Protestants as well.


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I just wanted to update everyone on what is going on with my music. I have been writing for a little under two years for my next project. It could have went a few directions, but out of the three or four ways I could go, one has steadily been there. The others have blown away like superfluous chaff, unneeded. I've learned a lot about the writing process and about myself in the midst of the process. Sometimes you have to get rid of all of the scum that rises from your soul, (past experiences, toxic relationships,) in order to get to the gold. That is what I feel has happened with my writing in the past couple of years.
Gig-wise, I have either been very happy with my gigs or very annoyed by them. There are cities, as well as venues, that I really don't want to play ever again. And then there are the places that surprise me by how much I love them. There have been both this year, making things a tiny bit roller-coaster-y, but each experience has definitely taught me different things about performing and how to deal with messy situations when they come up.
This year I'm doing another lighter load of gigs. I have some things that I want to get done at our farm. I also want to take time to write some more. We also have a lot of ballet classes to take our girls to.
All-in-all, I'm thankful for many things… family, love, & people who believe in me even when I don't believe in myself, a home, two vehicles, etc. The list goes on.
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Peak water consumption - Interview with Lester Brown
Interview with Lester Brown
The Chernobyl of the oil industry
Blog: "A few weeks ago, one of BPs extraction platforms exploded and now oil is seeping out into the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, Countries all over Europe are busy failing. What on earth is happening to this world of ours?"
Lester Brown: "We dont know what went wrong. What we do know, however, is that BP was drilling in an area where the water is more than a mile deep and the oil reserves are under another half mile of rock. Therefore, the oil in the reserve is under extreme pressure. This raises two questions. Did something simply go wrong, or was the pressure in this reserve simply too high for our current technology to control? If the latter is true, this raises a red flag with regard to deep-water offshore drilling operations, simply because we dont know what conditions we will encounter. Perhaps, notwithstanding the fact that our deep-sea drilling technology has worked well in the past, it may be inadequate in terms of managing any new problems arising from extreme conditions. Someone has said this could very well be the oil industrys equivalent of Chernobyl, at least as regards deep-sea drilling operations, because if this oil spillage were to continue for months, the environmental and financial damage that it would cause would be enormous. The interesting thing in terms of the national economy is that this event is going to push up the GDP of the Gulf of Mexico region because everyone is going to be so busy trying to sort out this problem. But then it will decrease once again, given that this latest event is bound to negatively affect the local economies, as well as the local beaches, marine fauna, fishing industry and local businesses.
We have probably reached the technological limits as regards being able to extract oil relatively easily from the remaining reserves. These oil spillages are busy changing public opinion. Given that we know that we will soon have to find some sort of alternative to crude oil, why are we taking such risks simply to extract what little crude oil still remains in the reserves? I think that this is going to change the way in which we see the future of crude oil and all the other fossil fuels.
It is interesting to note that the values that lead to our excessive utilisation of natural resources are the very same values that lead to our excessive utilisation of financial resources. That same kind of excessive utilisation that exceeds the capacity of our credit system. We have seen this in the United States, with the huge levels of debt of the American credit system. It has now gone down a bit, but Americans continue to be totally unconcerned about the future. This leads to economic problems and environmental problems, and the overlapping of the two sets of problems due to over-consumption of natural resources.
The biggest problem facing the world today is the economic growth of the past fifty years it has virtually quadrupled and the consequent increase in the consumption of natural resources, which has increased far beyond sustainable levels. Agriculture is decreasing, fish catches are crashing, underground water reserves are declining, land is being eroded and savannahs are turning to desert. We are slowly, perhaps not so slowly and surely destroying the natural support systems. No population can survive once their natural support systems have been destroyed.
I asked myself, how will this excessive consumption hurt us. My forecast is that it will translate into a food availability crisis, price increases and an increase in political instability, as well as an increasing number of Countries going bankrupt. The overall number of Countries that are in the process of failing Countries whose Governments are unable to guarantee personal safety or security of food supplies is busy increasing. This raises an awkward question: how many Countries have to fail before our entire civilisation as we know it fails? We dont yet know the answer to that question. We have never before experienced anything like this.
The ignorance of the economists
The question is: what can we do about it and what is the price we will have to pay if we dont?. Indeed, if we dont do something about it then its all over! Our civilisation will not continue to survive if we carry on with business as usual. We have to make some major changes, like cutting CO2 emissions, stabilising population growth, eradicating poverty, which is closely linked to the stabilisation of demographic expansion, and re-establishing agriculture, fishing, water reserves, in other words, our natural support systems. The problem is that were dealing with a complex set of issues and government leaders are in many cases taking advice from the economists. There are many things that economists are particularly good at, but there are also a number of things that they dont do very well at all. Economists dont understand the concept of sustainable yield limits of natural systems. Economics simply cannot fathom this concept. There is nothing in economic theory that can explain why Canadas cod-fishing industry collapsed, or why the glaciers of the high plateaus of Tibet and the Himalayas are busy melting. Economics cannot explain why the polar ice-cap is busy melting in Greenland and why sea levels are rising. The economists have somehow become detached from the real world. They are isolated from reality by a body of economic theory. They are trying to discover the best way of making minor adjustments in order to adapt the system to explain what is actually going on, however, economic theory fails in its attempt to explain the basic relationships that exist between the global economy and the natural support systems. I have realised that the economists that advise Obama, or for that matter the Secretary General of the UN, the World Bank or the President of the EU, have no idea whatsoever of what is happening to this world of ours and dont understand the urgency of, for example, the need to restructure the world energy supply markets.
Economics is also unable to explain the phenomenon that we call climate change. For example, the melting of the ice cap in the far northern Atlantic could lead to flooding in the rice paddies located in the Asian river deltas, thereby drastically reducing the size of the rice harvest in those regions. Unless they study these phenomena, they wont immediately realise that the melting of Greenlands glaciers poses a very real threat to rice cultivation in Asia, which is where half of the worlds population lives. This is the kind of complexity that we have to be able to deal with. The economists simply dont have the right tools to develop appropriate policies.
Half of the worlds population lives in Countries where the underground water levels are dropping. These include three of the worlds major grain producing Countries, namely China, India and the United States. But the same thing is also happening in a number of smaller Countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Pakistan, Mexico and others. By pumping water out of the underground water reserves at a faster rate than nature is able to replenish these reserves, we are merely feeding a food-production bubble. In essence, we are artificially increasing food production at the expense of our water supply.
The water peak
Once we have exhausted our water supplies, we will be obliged to reduce our pumping rate to match the rate of natural replenishment. These are not merely theories or discussion topics. This is reality. We have created some huge food-production bubbles that will burst sooner or later and I dont think that the world is ready for this. It seems to me that there are certain irrigation zones in the United States Areas where water utilisation peak has already been reached and water supplies are now busy dropping. The same must certainly also be true in India. The same could very well be true in China, although we cannot be sure of this, as well as in a number of other smaller Countries such as Saudi Arabia, Syria and Mexico. What this means, in essence, is that we have probably reached peak water extraction levels and peak oil extraction levels at the same time. Many people talk about the peak oil extraction level, but very few people ever mention the peak water extraction level. However, I think that we have reached that point right here and now and I believe that I have some very convincing arguments in this regard. Once we have truly reached peak water extraction levels, the world as we know it will be very different to the one that existed prior to reaching peak extraction levels. During the course of our lifetime, our use of water for irrigation purposes will undoubtedly decrease. We face living in a very different world, one that we could never even have imagined. The same is obviously true in the case of crude oil. During the course of our lifetime, crude-oil extract has continued to increase, but now its declining. Its going to be a very different world indeed.
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Yesterday was another one of those strange days when a few streaming media news items all hit at about the same time. I often wonder if there's a super-secret government agency pulling the strings of the streaming industry...
OK probably not, so let's cover what happened.
First up, Epix arrived on the Playstation 3, with a promise to come to the Playstation Vita in the near future as well. While the app is free, Epix is a subscription streaming service that you have to purchase through your cable provider. There's a 14-day free trial available to all, though, and Playstation Plus subscribers are supposed to get a free movie every week even if they're aren't subscribed. Another nice PS+ perk I guess.
Next up, Time Warner launched Warner Archive Instant. As the name suggests, this service offers older content, but at a modern price: $9.99/month (though a two week free trial is available). At this time your viewing options are limited to a personal computer or a Roku device, though I'm sure we'll see apps coming soon.
I'm really conflicted about Warner Archive Instant. On the one hand it's kind of neat that I can watch Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan and the Amazons or Bob Denver in Gilligan's Island whenever I want. I'm just not sure $10/month is the right price for such a service. $5 sounds closer to the mark.
Last up is news that for once, content is moving against the normal grain. Netflix's House of Cards series is making the jump from streaming to physical media. A Blu-ray version has popped up on Amazon for pre-order ($52.99, shipping June 11th, 2013).
Speaking of Netflix, have you seen the werewolf transformation video from the upcoming Netflix Original Series Hemlock Grove? Warning: it's pretty graphic and gory and definitely NSFW::
Hemlock Grove arrives on April 19th.
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EMU's Miller honored as Teacher of the Year by Michigan Chapter of the ASTA
YPSILANTI — When Kevin Miller was a boy, he had his heart set on playing the trumpet. His father, a music teacher, told him he was going to play the violin.
So, strings it was.
After more than 30 years teaching music in higher education and public schools, Miller has been recognized for his contributions. The Michigan Chapter of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) honored Miller with its "Teacher of the Year" award at its luncheon, which took place in conjunction with the Michigan Music Conference, in Grand Rapids Jan. 22-24. Miller was one of three nominees for the award.
"I didn't find out about it until it was announced at the luncheon meeting. I didn't realize how much it would affect me to get this award," Miller said of the framed plaque he received. "This is my 31st year teaching. It's a real validation of what I've been trying to do over the years."
Miller started his career as an orchestra director and string teacher in Battle Creek Public Schools in 1977. In 1980, he moved to the Chelsea Public Schools, where he had the same titles. Miller then became orchestra director at York Community High School in Elgin, Ill., in 1982, where he remained until coming to EMU in 1991.
Miller received his master's degree in music from the University of Michigan and his bachelor's degree in music from Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
While Miller, at the urging of his father, started out on the violin, he later moved to viola as a high school freshman. But, at some point during high school, Miller came to enjoy the sound of the orchestra most. Today, Miller directs EMU's Symphony Orchestra.
"I spoke about my father, who taught elementary strings in Detroit Public schools for 30 years. I had him as my teacher for two of those years. He was a big influence on me to become a music teacher," Miller said of comments he made at the luncheon. "Also, my high school orchestra director, Russ Reed, was a huge influence."
Reed later became orchestra director at EMU from 1979-1991, a position Miller took over
after Reed retired.
Miller is a member of the Conductor's Guild, American Symphony Orchestra League, American String Teachers Association and the Music Educators National Conference.Eastern Michigan University is a public, comprehensive university that offers programs in the arts, sciences and professions. EMU prepares students with the intellectual skills and practical experiences to succeed in their careers and lives, and to be better citizens.
Eastern Michigan University is a public, comprehensive university that offers programs in the arts, sciences and professions. EMU prepares students with the intellectual skills and practical experiences to succeed in their career and lives, and to be better citizens.
Editor's Note: Looking for an expert source for a story? Check out EMU's Eastern Experts online at www.emich.edu/univcomm/easternexperts.
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The treatment described is divided into three overlapping phases: behavior change, identifying binge triggers, and relapse prevention. The main focus of the program is the normalization of eating. Patients use self-monitoring forms to track their eating habits on a daily basis while they work toward establishing a pattern of 3 meals and 2 snacks per day eaten at regular intervals. Once a regular pattern of eating has been established, patients move on to recognizing and eliminating their triggers for binging and purging. CBT techniques like problem-solving and cognitive restructuring help patients deal with negative mood states, faulty interpersonal interactions, and errors in thinking. The final phase of treatment consists of a review of the positive changes that have occurred during treatment, as well as a discussion of any residual problems and ways to handle setbacks or lapses. Homework exercises are assigned at each session and play an important role in keeping patients motivated throughout the duration of treatment.
This newly revised and updated Therapist Guide includes expanded information regarding weight and shape concerns and an entirely new chapter on adapting the treatment for use as a time-limited, therapist-assisted self-help program. Complete with step-by-step instructions for delivering the treatment, this guide is an indispensable resource that no clinician can do without.


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To play my way through life making friends, having fun, and learning....stuff.
Well I guess it's for you to find out in the end! But a few things are - I find myself very often addicted to t.v. shows, songs and facebook. I love to travel, drink tea, play pool and dye my hair. Also if I walk past a dog in the street, I must pat it.
I don't take myself too seriously, and meeting new people, drinking beer and having fun are major priorities!
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I've done a lot of couchsurfing, hosting and being hosted by some awesome people.
Travelling, netball, philosophy, dogs, anything miniature, leggings, shiny things, learning...out of the classroom, and crazy food.
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Books: The Outsiders, All the Harry Potters (I'm only human) and anything short enough to read in a day. (Or for James anything short enough to read in half an hour)
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Couchsurfing in a house of 10 for my birthday in Serbia- being sung happy birthday in different languages and experimenting with homemade rakia!
Countries I've Visited
Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fiji, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam
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Flint scrapers are common artifacts that are represented in all of the archaeological assemblages found in Oklahoma. They were used chiefly for the preparation of hides and skins for clothing or bedding but were also used for the working of wood, bone, or other softer materials.
Scrapers were typically made from flakes without modification except to produce a scraping edge. A number of flakes were removed from the end or side of the flake to produce a thick wide-angled scraping edge. This thickened edge provided greater strength to the scraper bit and was less likely to damage the surface of the skin. Edge wear is very characteristic of scrapers and they must be occasionally resharpened in order to serve effectively. Consequently, scrapers became shorter and shorter in length with continued usage and resharpening. In fact, many of the scrapers found on sites were probably thrown away as they were no longer functional. Many of the scrapers found are large enough that they could have been held in the hand and used without any mounting. It seems probable, however, that most of them were mounted in a short wooden or bone handle. The finding of such mounted specimens, however, is extremely rare.
Scrapers are commonly divided into two broad types -- end scrapers and side scrapers, depending upon which portion of the flake was used to form the scraping edge. The end scrapers are typically spoon-shaped with one flat surface from the original flake, and the other a convex surface with the edge trimming at one end. Sometimes the convex surface has been more carefully shaped, possibly to facilitate some form of mounting.
Broken bifaces were sometimes trimmed and utilized as scrapers, and broken projectile points may have been trimmed to produce a scraper from the salvaged fragment. The side scraper was also made on a flake, but the side was used and this produced a longer and usually straighter scraping edge. The side scrapers are more variable in form and were probably hand held rather than having been mounted.
Scrapers vary considerably in size but most of them range between 20 mm and 60 mm although both smaller and larger examples are common.
One characteristic of the early Paleo-Indian type scrapers is the presence of small graver spurs (Figure 6a) which occur at one or both sides of the scraping edge. These do not always occur, but the presence of the graver spur is typical of the older type of scraper.
A type identified as a hafted scraper is also found. These were usually made from broken projectile points (Figure 6i-j). The hafted scraper is commonly associated with the Woodland periods in Oklahoma.
Scrapers are found
in all of the archaeological assemblages in Oklahoma and are especially
plentiful at sites where bison hunting played an important role in the


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Here's a nifty little deal. Online retailer Veda (part of Armour Home Electronics) is selling its remaining Audica MPS-1 desktop speaker systems for just £99, a big saving on its original price of £249.
We gave the MPS-1 system five stars when we originally reviewed it back in June 2006, and although it's now discontinued, it's still a great little system. It can be used with all portable or desktop media players and computers.
The system comprises two polished aluminium speakers and a black aluminium-cased digital amplifier, supplied with an aluminium remote control.
Power output is a claimed 2 x 25W, and each speaker is fitted with two 5cm drive units.
You can also buy the Audica MPS-1 at Richer Sounds and Amazon. But stocks are limited as manufacturing of the MPS-1 has now ceased. So if you want one, you'll have to be quick.


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Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I want to commend the bipartisan leadership on this committee, Chairman Lucas and the ranking member, Mr. Peterson, for the hard work they have done and the leadership they've provided.
We are faced with sort of a dilemma here. The right thing for us to do, that we should be doing right now, that we should have been doing 2 or 3 days ago, was dealing with the 5-year extension of the farm bill. That is exactly what we need to be doing. It gives consistency. It will give uniformity to our very vital food industry. I might add, Mr. Speaker, that it is needed very desperately at this time.
But at the same time, we are faced with a very serious drought situation that is pummeling our country, the likes of which we haven't seen in over 60 years. So the immediate and responsible thing for us to do is to respond to this drought crisis and pass this bill immediately and then resolve that the first order of business we will do when we return is take up the 5-year farm bill.
Might I add that while we have this disaster facing us, which is the drought, we have another, and that is the food issue in this country, especially the issue of the SNAP program, what we refer to as the food stamp program, if we do not come together with a good conference committee report that looks at this issue with the necessity that the problem presents.
Under the current bill on the House side passed by the Agriculture Committee, according to CBO, there will be over 300,000 children who will go without food. There will be 155,000 veterans who will go without food, and nearly 200,000 of our seniors. What I'm saying is we have not just a drought crisis, which we are going to respond to today, but we have got to come back and deal with this other crisis as we work to put together a very effective 5-year farm bill.
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CALDWELL -- The 25th annual Soakum Festival opened Saturday with sunny skies at the Noble County Fairgrounds. The festival is a celebration of frontier life in the early 1800s and will continue today, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Heritage Park is full of demonstrators dressed in period clothing selling their wares. Visitors wander along the paths, while the air around them is heavy with the smell of food being cooked over open fires. Frontier herbal remedies, straw hat making, meat smoking, spinning and weaving, beekeeping, shiitake mushrooming, muzzle loading and apple butter making are just a few of the demonstrations teaching attendees about primitive life.
Events lined up for today include church service at 10 a.m. with Bill Pickenpaugh. A horseshoe pitching contest will take place at 1 p.m. with registration at 12:30 p.m. at the pool. Herb McConnell, who recently wrote a play about Soakum, will be telling stories of the Soakum Valley at 3 p.m. There will be musical entertainment throughout the day.
As well as the demonstrators, there are arts and crafts vendors selling all hand crafted goods. Homemade ice cream, kettle corn, soup beans and corn bread, chili and beef and noodles is a small sampling of the food that is available.
Admission to the festival is $3. Quilt Daze 13, sponsored by the Townsquare Quiltlovers Guild, is also being held in the Floral Hall. Admission to the quilt show is $2.
The Soakum Festival is under the auspices of the Noble County Historical Society and is supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council. Soakum Park features transplanted and restored Crooked Tree one-room schoolhouse, Bethel Church, log cabin and covered bridge. For additional information about the festival visit the web site www.soakumfestival.com.


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Stockton Beach, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia. Great beach for Surfing, Sandboarding, 4X4 driving the dunes. Just so pretty.
The Pemberton area in Western Australia is best known for its spectacular forests of karri and other native trees. But rising suddenly out of this forest - and slowly creeping inland - is an expanse of big sand dunes on the move. These are the Yeagarup Dunes, the largest land-locked mobile dune system in the southern hemisphere.
Huacachina is built around a small natural lake in the desert. Called the "Oasis of America," it serves as a resort for local families from the nearby city of Ica, and increasingly as an attraction for tourists drawn by the sports of sandboarding and taking dune buggy rides on sand dunes that stretch several hundred feet high.
An old telegraph station in the Eucla Basin now being overtaken by sand dunes
An old telegraph station in the Eucla Basin now being overtaken by sand dunes
Huacachina desert oasis in background
Central Ica , a cathedral
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Its a cathedral in Ica...
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In Huacachina. Also post sand boarding and dune buggying
Its in Peru, don´t you know.
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James Crouse: Man About Caltrans
EEO Associate seems to be everywhere but be sure to catch him while you can.
Equal Employment Opportunity Associate James Crouse is known to most District 7 employees either through his work as Title VII representative for Maintenance, his Sexual Harassment trainings, or as primary coordinator for Bring Your Child to Work Day.
"I'm a pretty visible guy," Crouse said. On a given day, he might sit in on an interview panel (more than 70 days last year, but this year hiring is down) or he might be dealing with an issue out in the field or in the office. This is in addition to his role as a primary District trainer and child wrangler (one day a year but preparations for Bring you Child to Work Day take months). "It's kind of a hectic day to organize," Crouse said of the event. "I've always been really lucky to have great committees to help."
Crouse's background is an unusual hybrid that has made him uniquely qualified for his current position. He began state service as a peace officer with the Public Utilities Commission. "Everything short of the gun," as he said. Then he worked for the Fair Employment and Housing Commission, where he became skilled in various aspects of civil rights. He has been with Caltrans since 2001.
"It's a different sort of job in that you don't have a particular project that you work on," he said. "It's more nebulous and the results aren't really measurable." Crouse's most satisfying moments come when he's leading a training session and his audience is fully engaged with him. The fact that the District 7 workforce is comprised of people from so many different cultural backgrounds is a welcome challenge, he added.
As of mid-November, however, Crouse will face a different type of challenge. He is retiring. What will he miss most? "There are some great folks here and a lot of people I really like," he said. "I'll have to learn how to manage that void."
But for the foreseeable future, Crouse will be quite occupied – building his house on forty acres of land he purchased in Santa Fe, New Mexico. That should be nothing compared to Bring Your Child to Work Day.


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Quiches are ultimate vegetarian food – they're protein-rich and can be improvised with all manner of tasty veggie ingredients, from feta, butternut, caramelised onion, sundried tomato, to grated courgette, fried mushroom and blue cheese.
My boyfriend's mum, Wendy, whom I get a lot of delicious veggie recipes from, makes this delicious and easy leek quiche often. It's very leeky, which I love. I like it served with a bit of strongish wholegrain mustard and some balsamic-dressed peppery rocket.
Makes one large quiche
500 g leeks, sliced finely
170 g mature cheddar, grated
5 large free range eggs
700 ml milk
140 g flour
85 g butter
To make the pastry, mix the flour and butter together to form breadcrumbs. Add cold water until a dough is formed. Roll out the dough to make a circle big enough for the quiche dish you're using. Push into a greased tart dish.
To make the filling, whisk together eggs and milk and season with black pepper. Add grated cheese and leeks. Pour into the pastry and bake at 180C for one hour.


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The Stamford Bridge club had a £17.5m bid for Roma's Brazilian star Emerson rejected on Tuesday.
And Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri may now decide to pursue Van Bommel, who would be a cheaper alternative.
"The ambitions of Chelsea, as I see them, are looking great," said Van Bommel.
"However, I will speak with them only after the clubs have reached an agreement.
"And even then I first want to look around in London and at the Chelsea stadium.
"But their ambitions sound good. Chelsea at last want to make a real effort to win the championship and they want to have a serious role in the Champions League too," he told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
Van Bommel's representative Karel Jansen revealed that the player was pleased to be linked with Chelsea and could be set to leave Holland.
"It's just a rumour, but it's quite a pleasant rumour for Mark," Jansen told this website.
"He has always been clear that when he leaves PSV it will be for a top club in Europe, and Chelsea come into that category.
"He is the right age to leave, he is a permanent player in the Dutch national side and he has played a lot of Champions League football.
"But if clubs cannot agree on a price, it will also be no problem for Mark to stay at PSV," Jansen added.
PSV are understood to be looking for a fee of £10m for Van Bommel, capped 15 times by his country.
Meanwhile, Real Mallorca president Mateu Alemany has played down reports linking his
club's star player Samuel Eto'o with a £15m move to Chelsea.
Chelsea have reportedly put in a major offer for the Cameroon international,
who has been the subject of intense transfer speculation with Valencia and Barcelona also tracking him.
"The only people who are in a hurry are the clubs who want to sign Eto'o,"
Alemany told El Diario de Mallorca.
"Nobody can say he is a discovery after all he has done and our philosophy is
that no player should leave the club."


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BritWeek2010 Recap
BritWeek Events
BritWeek2010 included film, TV, music, sport, theatre, retail, fashion, art, food, design and business events, and a charity gala.
* Art & Design
* Brits Give Back
* Business Innovation Awards
* Celebrity Soccer Match
* Champagne Launch Reception
* Entertainment
* Fashion
* Film & TV Summit
* Gala Dinner with Sir Richard Branson
* Young Entrepreneurs... Luncheon
* More Events Around Town
Art & Design Events were held throughout Los Angeles
Brits Gave Back through art and design with special events for underprivileged children
Simon Cowell was presented with a special award by BritWeek President Nigel Lythgoe at the BritWeek UKTI Business Innovation Awards.
BritNight with the LA Galaxy Celebrity Soccer Match at Home Depot Center
Concerts, Screenings & Theatre...
Genlux BritWeek Designer of the Year Award and Fashion Show at Smashbox Studios
Zandra Rhodes at Neiman Marcus
BritWeek Film & TV Summit at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
Sir Richard Branson and David Archuleta with members of the BritWeek Board, and Sir Richard Branson with British Consul General Dame Barbara Hay
at the Gala Dinner.
Young Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the Face of the World Luncheon at Soho House
Stores all over town participated in BritWalk
The LAX Gateway Pylons (Los Angeles' International Airport's legendary light towers that illuminate the night with millions of colors) glowed red, white and blue from April 17th to April 24th in honor of BritWeek!
BritWeek was prominently displayed on Madame Tussaud's Jumbotron on the iconic stretch of Hollywood Boulevard alongside the Kodak Theatre and the stars' footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
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In only its fourth year, BritWeek was bigger and better than ever in 2010. Thousands of people attended dozens of events in and around Los Angeles, and for the first time BritWeek also had a program of events in San Francisco. New additions to the BritWeek repertoire included interior design, with a very successful program at the Pacific Design Center on April 28th, and the first ever BritWeek UKTI Business Innovation Awards, where three companies were recognized as leading Innovators in Design, Technology and Customer Services. Our fine art program was more extensive than ever, and once again we had highly successful film and TV, sports, music and fashion events, and numerous British stores and brands participated in our BritWalks in Orange County, Greater Los Angeles and San Francisco. We thank all who supported BritWeek2010, especially our sponsors.
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Event Highlights
BritWeek2010 had a strong focus on Art and Design.
The BritWeek Group Art Show was held across several galleries stretching from downtown to Venice.
Exhibitions represented a range of genres and styles and featured works by British artists Emma Ferreira, Tobias Keene, David Hockney, Gordon House, Marcos Lutyens, Patrick Procktor, Pete Stern & Joe Tilson.
Cutting edge and traditional British designs were showcased at two separate events at the Pacific Design Center, the premiere west coast facility for luxury interior design products.
The daylong Salute to British Design, co-sponsored by the Pacific Design Center and Luxe Magazine, featured a Leading British Designers Keynote Panel with world-renowned designers Nina Campbell, Peter Dunham, Kathryn M. Ireland and Martyn Lawrence-Bullard; book signings; British couture; high tea and the opening reception for portraitist Sacha Newley. Jaguar's newest models were also on display.
The British Design Invasion panel discussion examined the many ways British designs have influenced the World market.
Christopher Farr, at the spearhead of contemporary rug design for over twenty years, is credited with revolutionizing the industry and creating a brand new art form. The gallery held an Afternoon Tea especially for BritWeek.
BritWeek was honored to introduce a truly rewarding Mother's Day Children's Art Event
that allowed children who are underprivileged or have special needs the unique experience of interacting and painting with professional artists at Rivera & Rivera Gallery in downtown Los Angeles.
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The first-ever BritWeek UKTI Business Innovation Awards, celebrating the diverse UK-California business community, was held on May 4th at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles. Awards recognizing outstanding innovations in Design, Technology and Service Provision for companies with joint US-UK operations were presented respectively to wind technology experts Clipper Windpower, communications innovator Ribbit and global solar powerhouse G24 Innovations (G24i).
British television icon and American Idol judge Simon Cowell was honored with a special recognition award for his contributions to television and entertainment in the US and UK. The Awards Dinner received global attention and was attended by senior executives from a diversity of businesses with operations in California and the UK, as well as community leaders and other dignitaries. Read more
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The third annual BritNight with the LA Galaxy Celebrity Soccer Match at Home Depot Center preceded an exciting Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake rematch of last year's MLS Western Conference Final. The Celebrity Game, organized by Julian Stone, featured renowned broadcasters, former professional soccer players, leading musicians, actors and personalities, including Vinnie Jones, Michael Sheen, Mark "Rhino" Smith, Freddie Stroma and many more. Player Roster
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was among the many dignitaries and celebrities who helped kick-off BritWeek during the Champagne Launch Reception at the British Consul General's Residence.
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ENTERTAINMENT: Concerts • Screenings • Theatre
BritWeek featured concerts with top British performing artists, including legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck, internationally renowned musician Peter Gabriel and multi-award-winning writer/comedian Ricky Gervais. British films were highlighted in the Newport Beach and San Francisco International Film Festivals, and BritWeek also included the LA Premieres of two acclaimed films: A Shine Of Rainbows and Beyond the Pole. The riotous Broadway tour of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps at the Ahmanson Theatre was also part of BritWeek.
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Fashion events included a Zandra Rhodes personal appearance at Neiman Marcus, and the Genlux BritWeek Designer of the Year Award & Fashion Show at Smashbox Studios.
E! stars Cat Sadler (Mistress of Ceremonies) and Ashlan Gorse (Live Auctioneer) were front and center at the fashion show, which paid homage to the brilliance of the late Alexander McQueen with a retrospective of his work, including items that had never been seen before on the runway! So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley presented the coveted Designer of the Year Award to Matthew Williamson, whose signature feminine lines, geometric patterns and bold use of color illuminated the runway. The sold-out evening, which was attended by celebrities and British royalty alike, benefited Dress For Success, a non-profit organization that provides disadvantaged women with professional attire, a network of support and career development tools.
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Academy Award® winning actor Helen Mirren and more than two dozen entertainment industry leaders addressed participants at the daylong BritWeek Film & TV Summit (in Association with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles, presented by Hilton Hotels and sponsored by Variety). The sold out event explored the challenges and opportunities from both creative and business perspectives in the two most globally successful filmmaking clusters in the world: Britain and Hollywood. Panelists discussed Filmmaking, Financing and Dealmaking, TV Scripted & Unscripted, Next Generation Film & TV Production, and Digital Content, Distribution & Monetization.
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In addition to emphasizing the significant trade and investment relationship between the UK and California, BritWeek offers critical support to important charities. This year, BritWeek was pleased to support the efforts of Save the Children and Virgin Unite. Sir Richard Branson was guest of honor at the star-studded BritWeek Gala Dinner at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, which featured a live performance by David Archuleta and raised funds and awareness for these extraordinary causes. Victoria Beckham, Morgan Freeman, Patricia Heaton, Jeff Lynne, Helen Mirren, June Sarpong, Michael Sheen and Maria Shriver were among the celebrity guests. Click here to read about the Gala Dinner.
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As a prelude to the Young Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the Face of the World Conference in September 2010, an exclusive Luncheon took place on May 4th at Soho House in West Hollywood. The interactive Round Table Luncheon addressed the subject of "Doing Business in a Global Economy" with specific reference to the UK, US, China, India and Central and South America, and was attended by 50 leaders in the business and diplomatic communities. Learn more
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British brands exemplifying UK fashion and lifestyle are widely represented across California. For the third year, dozens of establishments featuring these exciting and original brands unite via BritWalk. Support British companies and go on your own BritWalk throughout the year! Click here to visit the Fashion & Lifestyle section to download a printable map for Los Angeles, or click here for BritWalk San Francisco.
Pub Events
British pubs are not just a home away from home for expatriates, but also a part of LA's vibrant social life. British pubs got into the BritWeek spirit all over the Southland, with specials, darts tournaments and band nights. Click here for a list of great SoCal locals.
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The situation in Alabama has returned to normal, as of May 6.
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) recommend that persons traveling south from Tennessee into Alabama fill their vehicles with gas.
There may be limited availability of fuel near the border due to electrical outages or low supplies at retail gas stations around the disaster areas.
Widespread power outages and destruction from Wednesday's storms have rendered many Alabama fuel stations incapacitated.
Additional information will be posted online at TEMA's website, www.tnema.org, or AEMA's website, http://ema.alabama.gov/, as it is available.


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Deborah Jackson received a science degree from the University of Ottawa in 1986, graduated from The Writing School in Ottawa in 2001, and is the author of several critically acclaimed science fiction and historical fiction novels. She gives school presentations throughout North America as well as developing and teaching writing courses at the Shenkman Arts Centre. Deborah is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Her novels include: Ice Tomb, an adult science fiction thriller and the Time Meddlers series for children, ages 9 – 14: Time Meddlers, Time Meddlers Undercover and Time Meddlers on the Nile. Articles about Deborah and reviews of her books have appeared in The Ottawa Citizen, MORE Magazine, RT BOOKclub Magazine, Canadian Teacher Magazine, SF Site, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine and many more.
Review by:
Sarah (Workaday Reads)
on Feb. 19, 2013 :
This book had a little bit of everything from volcanos, a trip to the moon, a trip to Antarctica, Atlantean myth, romance and disappearing scientists. It seems like a wide variety, but it does tie together to form a cohesive story. Not exactly plausible, particularly the later part of the book, but it is certainly entertaining.
There were scientific explanations provided for everything that happened along the way. While this makes sense since the story has all scientist characters, it was a bit much at times. The full details did not need to be laid out every time; it just didn't enhance the story.
The romance of the story was exciting, and a welcome break from all the science. The tension between Erica and Allen was great. They seemed to toe the fine line between attraction and hatred very well. David, Erica's ex-boyfriend, who plays an active role in the book, was not one of my favourite characters. He was a stuck-up jerk who lied and cheated his way through life. It was impossible for me to like him, no matter how much he "seemed" to want to change. It just didn't feel genuine given his past behaviour.
Overall, this was a exciting, conspiracy based story that sometimes delved a little beyond plausible. It contained some interesting mythology and theories, and it was fun to see everyone reacted to the intense action.
(reviewed 8 months after purchase)
Review by:
Faye Hicks
on July 31, 2012 :
This story grabbed my interest right from the start - it's fast paced and interesting, and I had a hard time putting it down. I especially liked the main character, Erica. She's not particularly likable, but that just made her more realistic and interesting to me. I especially liked the way author Deborah Jackson captured the competitive (and often ruthless) nature of the academic world. I live and work in that world every day and the events in this book were entirely believable to me. Also, the science seemed well researched and credible. The storyline was really unique and the ending was unexpected - something that always appeals to me.
Read the full review on "Have you read this?" at http://indiepicks.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/book-review-ice-tomb/
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Finding D-Link® Wireless Router's WEP Key
What are the different ways to find the WEP key for D-Link Wireless Router?
WEP is the short form for Wired Equivalent Privacy or Wireless Encryption Protocol which is an encryption algorithm used by IEEE 802.11 wireless systems to secure a connected network. A WEP system enables a group of computers or devices in a local network to communicate securely and send/receive encoded messages. Wireless networks communicate using radio technology and therefore, they are more likely to be interfered or snooped compared to wired networks. Most of the high-end routers and wireless devices use the WEP key encryption to secure the wireless network between different devices. The WEP key is of different encryption levels. The 64-bit encryption system uses a 10-digit key, 128 bit a 26-digit key, and 256 bit a 46-digit key. The security of the network increases as the encryption level increases and users are therefore advised that they set a higher encryption for maximizing security.
Discussed below are some points that will help users find the WEP key for D-Link Wireless Router:
- Connect router
- Open router homepage
- Wireless security
Connect router
Users who are attempting to find the WEP key for their D-Link Wireless Router should first connect the router to their system through an Ethernet cable. Even though the router has wireless support, the configuration in this case should be accessed through a regular Ethernet port connection. This should be done in order to access the homepage or the configuration page of the D-Link Wireless Router. Users will require username and password to access the router home page.
Open router homepage
Users should open the default browser in their system after they connect the D-Link Wireless Router and enter 192.168.1.1 in the address bar. The browser will then request for a username and password. Users should enter the username and password as custom or the default one i.e. 'admin'. The configuration page of the D-Link Wireless Router will now be displayed on screen and users can access and manage the required options from this menu.
After accessing the homepage of the D-Link Wireless Router, users will be provided with navigation options in the left pane of the window. Users should select the Wireless security menu from the available options. The WEP key will be displayed in this menu and users can note it down if required. In case the WEP key is not displayed in the menu, users should try accessing the same page from another computer that is already connected to the router. This will help find the WEP key for the D-Link Wireless Router.
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Boren Awards PowerPoint Presentation Available
There is a new resource available on the Boren Campus Representative Resources section of the Boren Awards website. Campus representatives and contacts can now download three PowerPoint presentations. The Boren Awards presentation covers the details of the Boren Scholarships and Fellowships. In addition, there are separate Boren Scholarships and Fellowships presentations, which cover the respective programs.
Although the applications deadlines are quickly approaching – January 29 for the Boren Fellowships and February 11 for the Boren Scholarships – we hope that you will be able to use these presentations for any last-minute January meetings you may be planning. In addition, please remember that the other campus representative resources are also useful for both staff and students.
Boren Awards staff are available to answer any questions about either program. Please contact us at 800-618-NSEP or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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We cannot go on as we are at the moment. Everyone from scientists to politicians agrees that a crisis is looming over our energy sources.
Yet because there are no easy answers, and little political advantage to be gained, it barely featured in the election.
It is accepted that coal and oil power stations are problematic. Supplies will not go on for ever, and they cause much global warming.
Gas has not lived up to the hopes of a few years ago - so attention is now focused on two very different options: renewable and nuclear energy.
The government has ordered various energy reviews, but not everyone is waiting.
New age man
John Pontin is a Bristol businessman who is so concerned about climate change that he has radically changed the way he lives.
In the future, he believes, we will all have to be green.
"I want to be a 2050 man as soon as possible," he says. "I started here in the home by making all the changes, taking out the old gas boilers and so forth.
"I cannot think of another thing I can do to make a difference."
On his roof are photo-voltaic tiles, which generate electricity. Nearby are solar tubes which heat up his water.
And in a corner of his garage is a boiler which burns wood pellets. Even the car parked nearby is eco-friendly: it runs on chip-fat oil.
He wants to encourage wider change too, so has invested money in wind power.
Renewables the future?
The West only has one turbine so far, at Nympsfield in the Cotswolds.
It faced fierce local opposition, as have plans for a wind farm close to Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station in Somerset.
But John Pontin is in no doubt: "With Hinkley the waste streams alone are going to be around for thousands of years.
"With renewables after 20 or 30 years, with other technologies coming in, the sites can be dismantled, moved on, cleared up and we will not know they have been there."
Experts disagree
However there are experts who disagree. Malcolm Grimston is an energy scientist; he is positive about wind power - but adamant it is not the answer.
The amount of energy the world needs is forecast to double in the next few decades - and he believes only nuclear can meet that demand without disastrous global warming.
He accepts radioactive waste needs careful storage, but insists major accidents are in fact rare.
"They have actually been extraordinarily safe; there was the single incident at Chernobyl in 1986 that hurt people who were off site at the time," he says.
"The new generation of stations which are now being designed should take safety one stage further."
But there is one thing they both agree on. The politicians must act now - both to cut the greenhouse gases caused by oil and coal, and to decide what will replace them.
Politics Show
Politics Show West wants to hear from you.
Watch the programme, and let us know what you think. That is the Politics Show, Sunday 18 September 2005 at 12.00pm.
Join David Garmston on Politics Show West on BBC One at Noon.
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Community Beer Company's deference to classic, old world European lagers manifests as our year round offering Community Lager. A true lager, this beer takes about five to six weeks to make from the day we mill the malt to finished, sparkling clear beer. This all malt, Vienna-style lager begins with our own crystal clear water – run through our state of the art filtration system – which is treated to mimic the waters of Bavaria, before being mashed with the finest malts from one of the oldest German maltsters. Using traditional techniques, we craft this lager's wort in our four vessel brewhouse, transferring it to our fermenters to settle in for the long haul that all true lagers must undergo. Our European lager strain ferments very cold and slow, leaving a crisp, clean, highly quaffable, light copper colored beer. While most of our beers are unfiltered, we feel it is vitally important to filter this delicate beer, allowing the drinker to appreciate the clean, subtle complexities of a truly world-class lager.
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It's almost midnight, you have the bio test in the morning, and this is the last concept you need to understand. You have read the same words describing cell respiration over and over again and just can't make any sense of them. Of course, you may have played Zelda a little too long. What if you could just talk it out, look at it in a different way, and ask a few questions about it? Do you know that you can? You can "talk," or rather chat, with a live person on the web. Maryland AskUsNow! is a reference service that you can log onto from the Cecil County Public Library's website, or any Maryland library's website, no matter what time of day (or night) it is…24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
All you need to do is go to the "Using Your Library" menu tab across the top of the CCPL'S website, and click on "Ask a Librarian" or click here. This site will have all you need to know about the service, including privacy issues. The fun stuff page even has links that you may find helpful.
When you log on, you can be anonymous or even make up a name if you want. An e-mail is not necessary, but it may prove to be helpful to access all the information that was given to you during your chat. A transcript is sent to you after the session has ended. And, if the librarian cannot find the answer within the session or finds more links after you've logged off, those are sent to you automatically.
The cool thing is that you may be chatting with someone from Idaho or Oregon or Montana–or even the UK! Besides librarians, you may be chatting with reference staff from one of the many universities that monitor the service. So, if you have a complicated math problem, someone from Cal Tech may pick up your question. An important tip: when you type in your question, be sure to be specific. For example, if its high school level physics, college level bio, middle school math or an elementary school science fair project, be sure to mention that in your initial question. This way, the person who picks up your question will be the best one to give you the fastest answer!
Anyone with a question, no matter the subject, can get answers. It's certainly not limited to students. For example, legal questions are often asked. If the chat librarian is unable to find the answer, the question will be referred to the Maryland State Law Library's Reference Staff. They do not chat live, but any question that is referred to them is answered promptly by e-mail.
If you haven't used this service, try it! AskUsNow! is always available, and Cecil County Public Library's staff monitors 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. every Wednesday!
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AskUsNow is really great. I used it once to help my mom find the value of a really, really rare plate from Germany, and the librarian was even able to help me find where she could purchase another plate within the same series (also really hard to find!). Great service.
Posted February 23rd, 2010
I've tried a few of the other online reference services and AskUsNow is easily the best.
Posted February 24th, 2010
The AskUsNow staff really knows their stuff–and it's not cheating on your homework to ask for help from a professional!
Lewis George
Posted February 24th, 2010
CCPL's AskUsNow is an invaluable resource to people who are looking for information via the Internet and need the flexibility of 24/7 access. My compliments and congratulations to CCPL for providing this opportunity to its customers.
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Posted February 25th, 2010
Suzy, thanks for your informative blog posting. You described the service beautifully! I'm delighted to be part of Maryland AskUsNow! and it's people like you and the CCPL team who make it what it is – GREAT!
Posted February 26th, 2010
Wow! I didn't know all this about AskUsNow! What a great service! Just one more example of how the library takes care of our community's needs.
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I love the Ask Us Know Service! Thanks for helping me out…


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In Passing
We would like to pay honor to some of our notable members who have recently passed away. This is a work in progress as time allows so it will be added to from time to time. If you have information on players who maye have passed away and have ties in the past to Spokane hockey, please email us with information.
Spokane Oldtimers Mission Statement
The Spokane Old-timers Hockey Association is a benevolent organization whose mission is to support and promote the game of ice hockey and to assist individuals and charitable organizations of the Inland Northwest through fellowship and fundraising activities.
USA Hockey Registration
Required for everyone skating with the Spokane Oldtimers Hockey Association.
Oldtimers Scholarships
In order to apply you need to fill out the following information and submit it to the Spokane Oldtimers along with a personal letter that tells us why you would be a worthy candidate for our consideration. Return to: PO Box 48742 Spokane, WA. 99228-8742 e-mail, or bring with you when you make a presentation.
For best consideration we suggest the candidate requesting funds make a personal appearance before our grants and scholarships committee. Please e-mail for further information as we are restructuring our current process.
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