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CONCERNS have been raised that more could have been done to prevent the death of a young Taunton woman, after an inquest was told she had been ill for four weeks before she was admitted to hospital.
An inquest last week heard 24-yearold Natalie Hunter was severely dehydrated and had not eaten or been to the toilet for four weeks by the time she arrived at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital.
Doctors believe she may have suffered a septic shock but were unable to find out what caused it.
Giving evidence at the inquest in Taunton last Thursday, Natalie's mother, Deborah, said her daughter had been suffering from flu-like symptoms and hadn't eaten for four weeks prior to going into hospital.
She also told the inquest Natalie was severely autistic, with very limited speech, so would have struggled to explain what was wrong with her.
Mrs Hunter said: "The first week she was ill she hadn't eaten all week, which was very unusual for her.
"She was still drinking plenty and watching her DVDs but I called the doctor because I was concerned.
"But they said that they wouldn't come out and that it was normal if someone had the flu for them not to eat."
Natalie's parents continued to call her doctors at St James Medical Centre into the second and third week of her being unwell.
She still had not eaten and was drinking less.
Mrs Hunter said: "I kept trying to tempt her into eating but I couldn't.
"She would usually drink milk with her breakfast but all she was drinking was lemonade ... she would just spit everything else out.
"Dr Martin came out to see her and told us she was fine and was not dehydrated.
"But she was only drinking a few tumblers of liquid and I had to use a syringe to get her to drink.
"She had not been out of bed for a few days and we were given a chair by the doctors to get her out of bed."
Natalie's parents were also concerned that she had not been to the toilet.
The court heard how she had problems going to the toilet when she was younger but had overcome these problems in recent years.
After four weeks of no improvement, Natalie was finally admitted to Musgrove Park Hospital on February 18.
Mrs Hunter added: "I feel like noone was listening to us or our concerns.
"Natalie couldn't speak for herself and explain what was wrong.
"If she wasn't autistic she would have been able to say how she felt."
Dr Richard Gibbs from Musgrove Park Hospital told the inquest: "Natalie was extremely unwell when she was admitted.
"We decided to operate to get rid of the build-up of faeces.
"We operated late that evening – the build-up was large because she hadn't been for so long."
But her condition continued to deteriorate and Natalie died the following day.
Dr Gibbs explained they believed Natalie was suffering from septic shock but that they couldn't find the cause.
West Somerset Coroner Michael Rose said: "I am confident that once Natalie was admitted to hospital, they did everything they could there to try and help her, but sadly, her condition was irreversible.
"What concerns me is that perhaps more could have been done before and maybe her symptoms were overlooked because family members had had the flu.
"I will be speaking to a medical advisor and asking for Natalie's doctors to give evidence."
The inquest was adjourned to November/December of this year.
A spokesman for St James Medical Centre told the County Gazette it would not be appropriate to comment at this stage.


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The rising fortunes of an industry that a few years ago was being dismissed as almost dead on its feet by some was highlighted late last year, when
Packer has never discussed his Ten investment publicly. But he has told friends and colleagues it was prompted by the unexpected success of the free-to-air networks' digital channels, the bright outlook for the free-to-air TV sector over the next few years, and Ten's peculiar problems such as sagging earnings margins and a flawed online strategy.
Although the revenue and earnings of most TV companies move in line with the cyclical advertising market, they are strong cash generators and can produce fat profit margins.
The proposed merger of pay TV companies Foxtel and
One measure of the TV industry's resilience is its share of media advertising expenditure. Citigroup estimates that despite the rise of the internet and other "new" media, TV's share of ad revenue will rise from 31 per cent in 2008 to 32 per cent this year.
The internet's share is estimated to have climbed from 14 per cent to 20 per cent over the same period, while the combined share of newspapers and magazines has dropped from 43 to 35 per cent.
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At some point, perception will surely catch up with reality when we consider Kia and Hyundai. Or, to put this another way, what do Kia and Hyundai need to do to get more respect? Make better cars?
Well, J.D. Power and Associates' 2014 Initial Quality Study (IQS) ranked Hyundai fourth over all while Kia finished seventh, one point behind Toyota and Chevrolet and ahead of BMW, Honda, Audi and Mercedes-Benz. The combined ratings of Hyundai and Kia put Hyundai Motor Co. atop the IQS for the first time.
Among individual models, Hyundai Motor won five segment awards: Hyundai Accent; Hyundai Elantra; Hyundai Genesis; Kia Cadenza; and Kia Sportage (tie). Separately, Consumer Reports says the 2012-2013 Elantra is the best used small car (tied with the Subaru Impreza).
An Automotive News analysis of U.S. safety recalls shows Kia and Hyundai are small-time here. From 1990 through September 2013, neither ranked in the top 10 for recalls. General Motors topped that list and, at No. 6 was Toyota, with Honda No. 5. During that time, Ford recalled 106 million vehicles, GM 88 million, and Toyota 30 million. Hyundai recalled just 9 million.
Hyundai and Kia are also building cars that owners actually love, not merely endure because they got a good deal. In J.D. Power's latest APEAL study, a snapshot of owner joy, both score above average among non-premium brands. The Accent was the most APEALing small car, the Kia Optima and Hyundai Sonata were runners-up in mid-size cars and Kia's Soul was tops among compact multipurpose vehicles. The Hyundai Veloster and Kia Cadenza also were runners-up in their categories.
So if you buy a Kia or a Hyundai, you have good reason to think it will be durable, reliable and generally problem-free. You also might find yourself smitten by the design, performance, comfort, road manners and technology in any number of Kia and Hyundai models.
So why haven't you taken some for a spin?
Here's why: neither brand is particularly well regarded. I routinely run into people who are astounded to learn that, for instance, the all-new Soul is so well turned-out, so quiet at highway speeds, and that it has such a good sound system. "This is a Kia? Really? I never knew," I hear time and again.
That's anecdotal stuff. More scientific studies from well-respected organizations reflect my everyday experiences, though. Kia and Hyundai are ranked 15th and 16th in CR's brand rankings, miles behind Lexus and Acura, Audi, Subaru and Toyota. Both have average reliability, says CR, but both are building "well-rounded, functional models that rapidly improve with every redesign." These two are on the upswing.
Still, Millward Brown's BrandZ ranking of automotive brands has Hyundai at No. 10 and that's the best of the two South Koreans. Toyota's brand is worth seven times more than Hyundai's. Meantime, Interbrand ranks Hyundai No. 7 among automotive brands, Kia at No. 11. Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Honda are the leaders, even though Honda and Toyota combined recalled nearly 60 million vehicles from 1990 to 2013.
I have asked the top Kia and Hyundai bosses about their frustrations, about how tough it is to sway the public. How do they move the needle among consumers who think of their brands as strictly second-tier? Mostly, I get a shoulder shrug that says: "We can only do what we're doing – continue to build good, reliable, modern and attractive cars – and eventually our image issues will improve."
I believe we're closer to a point where perceptions are going to catch up with reality. Younger buyers coming into the market are far less brand loyal than their parents. For millennials, the field of choices is wide open. At this rate, I can imagine a day when a Kia or a Hyundai will boast serious snob appeal. It's not so far away.
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This article was published 16/4/2014 (1195 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Dean Harder's commentary Grain, trains and autocrats (April 15) was a useful backgrounder on the value of the former Canadian Wheat Board in planning logistics of grain movement and accountability by the railways in accomplishing this.
Also lost with the demise of the CWB is the idea of fairness, as exemplified by the former quota system that gave all farmers access to market when grain was moving, as well as pricing, which was averaged over the course of the crop year.
Today, we are left with a mad scramble to deliver seed when space becomes available on a first-come, first-serve basis, which makes the farmer a competitor with his neighbour, and in the end devalues the process by creating winners and losers in a market the farmer has no control over.


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|Sir Dirk McQuickly OBE
29 March 1943
Years Active:
Associated Acts:
The Rutles, Punk Floyd, Things, Michael Jackson, Rihanna
Martini (1970-)
Sir Dirk McQuickly; OBE (born March 29, 1943) is an English singer, bassist, pianist and founding member of The Rutles. He was called "the cute Rutle" and was the only Rutle not to complain about Rutlemania.
He also had a popular career in the 1970s with Punk Floyd, and a solo career in the following years.
In 1972, Punk Floyd decided to go on a spontaneous tour of British primary schools. They were very quickly arrested for supplying small children with acid. Dirk was quoted as saying 'We saw lots of children and 5 of them grew up illegal'.
Dirk McQuickly toured with The Punk Floyd until the early 80s, before turning to a solo career. A short-lived friendship and collaboration with former child star/director Ron Howard soured after Howard bought the rights to all of The Rutles' movies, and in 2002, Dirk's troubles only worsened following his re-marriage to a headless mannequin.
In 2013, in his first appearance in 8 years, Dirk McQucikly bought out the surviving members of Spinal Tap for an encore of his show in Seattle's W.C. Fields.
Discography Edit
- McQuickly
- Spam
- Wild Life at the Gates of Dawn
- Red Sauce Speedway
- Banned on the Run
- Venus and Marbles
- Floyd At The Speed of Punk
- Animals Town
- McQuickly II
- The Pros and Cons of Broad Street
- On The Ground
- Raspberries, Fields, Tractors, Deserts
- Dirk is Live
- Flaming Thai
- Flushes
- Ron Nasty Run
- Rutland Sound Collage
- I'm Out Of Ideas
- Hectic Accidents
- Dew
With Punk Floyd:
- White Dopes on Punk (1970)
- Wild Life at the Gates of Dawn (1971)
- A Shitload of Secrets (1972)
- The Dirk Side of the Moon (1973)
- Red Sauce Speedway (1973)
- Banned on the Run (1973)
- Venus and Marbles (1975)
- Floyd At The Speed Of Punk (1976)
- Pulse over America (1976)
- Comatose (1977)
- Animal's Town (1978)
- Wish You Were The Egg (1979)
- The Floor (1979)
- Punkpan (2001)
- The Endless Spliff (2014)


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Her greatest joy is her two sons, Joe and Pete, and lovely daughters-in-law, Katie and Nikki. Donna and her husband, Terry, provide accommodations and staff assistance to their three cats, Max, Jack, and Skittles, and a kiddie pool and ear scratches to one sunny golden retriever, Brandy. All the quilts in her house are lovingly pre-furred.
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#WeWant a KK Old Fashioned, coconut water and kitty Vans
Welcome to #WeWant, a weekly selection of the stuff OnMilwaukee editors and staffers love.
As you may have noticed, I am a little obsessed about creating the perfect key chain. My latest addition in the Gerber Dime Micro Tool that, when folded, is smaller than my two other key fobs. But when opened, this sturdy little tool ably performs 10 different tasks. It sports a steel pliers, wire cutters, fine-edged blade, spring-loaded scissors, flathead screwdriver, tweezers and file, and a unique blade to score plastic packaging. And of course, it has a bottle opener you can use even when the tool is closed. I find the tools a little hard to open, although I expect they will loosen over time, and I haven't figured out how to get the tweezers out yet. But this matte black EDC tool is really a steal at $16. It's earned a permanent place on my ever-evolving key chain. –Andy Tarnoff
Imbibe it: Old Fashioned at Cutting Room Bar in the Public Market
The Cutting Room Bar is tucked away at the Milwaukee Public Market, and is part of Nehring's Family Market. The KK Old Fashioned is my favorite cocktail on the menu with real Italian cherries muddled up with the locally made Great Lakes Distillery whiskey. Stop in at this intimate bar soon and try one yourself. –Carolynn Buser
Read it: Electa Quinney: Stockbridge Teacher," by Karyn Saemann
The latest installment in Wisconsin Historical Society Press' great series of Sconnie biographies for young readers is the story of Electa Quinney, who in 1828 became the state's first public school teacher when she arrived at work in the log schoolhouse near what is today Kaukauna. Quinney was a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans and taught the children of her fellow tribe members as well as the children of local white settlers and missionaries. The book offers a glimpse into an interesting intersection of Native history, the settlement of Wisconsin, immigration and education, while also providing insight into the way of life among pioneers "out west." –Bobby Tanzilo
Drink it: Cocoade Pure Premium Coconut Water
I seriously can't get enough of coconut water. Nature's sports drink, this stuff is packed with potassium and electrolytes, and is barely sweet at all. It is, however, pretty expensive. Not all coconut water tastes great, so when I find a relatively cheap but delicious brand, I buy a lot of it. Recently, I came across the Cocoade brand on Amazon. It's a little sweeter than some others, but it has only one ingredient – young coconut water – and at $18 for 12-pack of 16.5-ounce cans, it's the cheapest brand I could find. That's half the price of some other brands out there. Presumably because its low price, Cocoade is not always in stock, but when it is, I recommend buying as much as you can. It's a much, much better alternative to Gatorade. You're going to love it. –Andy Tarnoff
Wear 'em: Cat Vans
My 10-year-old son, who has been pretending to be a cat on and off for about six months, is a Vans' wearer. So, naturally, he really, really wants these. Hence, I recommend these kitty kicks on his behalf. If you, like, me, generally conjure images of checkerboard prints, skaters and stoners when you think of Vans then perhaps these will remind you the iconic '80s shoes are still popular and with more styles than ever. Meow. –Molly Snyder
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Dominic Sokolosky joined the bank full time in 1997 after 14 years practicing business and bank law. He has served as a Director since 1988. He holds a Business Administration degree, with minors in Economics and Finance, from Oklahoma State University, and was the outstanding graduate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
When he isn't bogged down with excessive regulation and compliance matters, he enjoys client interaction, particularly working with churches. Dee has served as a church elder, trustee, treasurer, and Sunday School teacher. He enjoys traveling with his wife and family, and watching OSU sports.
Dennis joined First Bank of Owasso in 1994 and has been Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer since 2002. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1994 with a Business Administration (Finance) degree, and he earned his MBA from OSU in 2000. Dennis completed the Graduate School of Banking at LSU in 2003, and he maintains continuing training and education, all of which help him serve clients both in churches and ministry and in small businesses with expertise and innovation. Dennis has served on the bank's Board of Directors for over 10 years.
His greatest joys in life are his wife Liz and their three boys. Dennis and Liz are active at Rejoice Church in Owasso, and when not cheering on their sons' youth sports and school activities, they enjoy the outdoors, golf, travel, working in the yard, and of course, OSU football and basketball.
Brant was born and raised in the Tulsa-Owasso area, and is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. He was hired by the bank in 1995 as a lending officer, and currently serves as Vice President of Commercial Lending, specializing in construction and real estate lending. He serves as Chairman on the Rogers County RWD #3 Board of Directors, and he has also served on the Owasso FFA Board. He stays busy with his local real-estate investments, as well as by working on his family's ranch. Brant and his wife of 17 years have three children, and he is an avid hunter and part-time fisherman.
Scott joined First Bank of Owasso in 2003 after earning a degree in Finance from Northeastern State University. He worked as a teller and new accounts representative before coming to the loan department. He currently is a commercial loan officer specializing in church lending and real estate lending. Scott and his wife are actively involved in their church. He enjoys hunting and fishing.
Matt was hired in 2001, and his primary responsibilities are with commercial lending, including financing under the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) programs. The SBA programs utilized include the 7(a), 504, Express, and Patriot Express programs, and includes all phases of the process from packaging and submission of the application to SBA to the closing of the loan. Matt enjoys traveling, OSU sports, and working outdoors.
Nick joined the bank in 2013 and serves as a loan officer, working primarily with business owners and churches. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with degrees in Finance and Economics, and holds a Masters in Business Administration. Born and raised in Owasso, Nick continues to live here with his wife. He enjoys attending OSU football games, golfing and fishing.
Cain joined the bank in 2013 and serves as a commercial loan officer, working primarily with business owners and real estate investors. He graduated from Northeastern State University with a degree in Finance, and is currently pursuing a Masters in Accounting and Financial Analysis. Cain resides in Broken Arrow with his wife, Maranda. They enjoy trips to the movie theater, golfing and traveling.
Ellen joined First Bank of Owasso in 1992 and serves in the area of Consumer and Real Estate Lending. She has over 26 years of banking experience. She has worked in consumer lending, real estate and mortgage lending and served as a branch manager. Ellen is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. She and her husband have two sons. Ellen and her family enjoy playing golf, hiking and traveling to the mountains.
Mary joined the bank in 2004, and serves in the area of Mortgage Lending. With over 20 years of banking experience, including over 10 years in mortgage lending, Mary brings the kind of knowledge and experience clients are looking for when they are considering the purchase or refinance of a home. Mary and her husband have lived in Owasso for 25 years and have one son. Mary enjoys photography, gardening, boating and spending time with her family. She is an active member of Central Baptist Church.


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It's a good day for Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. It can boast that the three finalists for
the Indiana Supreme Court hold degrees from the school.
Six of the nine semi-finalists earned J.D.s from there. Considering we have four law schools in the state, and countless other law schools around the country, that's a fact worth bragging about. The school even mentions it on the front page of their website.
That means all but one of the justices will have received their legal education in-state. Whoever is selected will replace Justice Theodore Boehm, who graduated from Harvard Law School. Justice Brent Dickson graduated from IU-Indy, Justice Rucker is a graduate of Valparaiso University School of Law, and Justice Frank Sullivan received his J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington.
That leaves only Chief Justice Randall Shepard as having an out-of-state law degree. He graduated from Yale Law School.
Taking a quick look around at neighboring Supreme Courts, only Ohio has more in-state graduates. Based on their bios, all seven Ohio justices were educated there. Illinois and Michigan each have two out of their seven justices with out-of-state law degrees.
Interesting fact about the seven Wisconsin justices: their chief justice earned her J.D. from Indiana University and one justice has his from the University of Notre Dame law school. Another justice there has an undergraduate degree from DePauw University. That's quite an Indiana connection on Wisconsin's Supreme Court.


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Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP), one of the largest processors of electronic securities transactions for brokerages, suffered a computer crash last Friday that temporarily left customers of at least two companies unable to get online updates showing the cost of the trades they were making.
One of the affected brokerages, New York-based Quick & Reilly Inc., said its customers also couldn't get automatic confirmations of their trades as they were processed by ADP's system. That forced Quick & Reilly to keep staffers working through the weekend to manually issue confirmations and billing information to customers.
Officials at Roseland, N.J.-based ADP, which claims to process 25% of the online stock trades in North America, didn't return several phone calls today seeking comment on the incident. But both Quick & Reilly and TD Waterhouse Group Inc. in New York said their brokerage clients were hit by problems with a system that caused ADP to lose its ability to match buy and sell orders to the appropriate transactions.
The crash of the so-called order match system didn't affect the ability of investors to make trades, said Quick & Reilly spokesman Charles Salmans. And, he added, the problem was corrected after the stock markets closed, when ADP began redirecting incoming trades to a backup system.
But before that happened, Salmans said, users of Quick & Reilly's Web site couldn't receive automatic online updates showing the status and cost of their trades. About 25,000 of Quick & Reilly's 1.3 million online customers enter electronic transactions each day, according to Salmans.
For Friday's trades, all of the confirmations are having to be prepared manually by Quick & Reilly's staff -- a process that still hadn't been completed earlier today. About 10% of the customers who processed online trades Friday had yet to receive their confirmations despite the company's work over the weekend, Salmans said.
Melissa Gitter, a spokeswoman for TD Waterhouse, said that brokerage's online clients were able to receive confirmations of their Friday trades via the Web but couldn't get information on the cost of the transactions. However, all of the trades "were executed in a timely fashion" despite the problems, she said.
ADP's trading systems were once again operating normally today, Gitter added. She noted that ADP "is probably the biggest back-office [transaction processing] provider on the street." For example, ADP's Web site says that the company processes an average of more than 1.2 million online trades daily for its brokerage clients.
One Quick & Reilly customer, who asked to remain anonymous, today said the problems left him unnerved when he was unable to confirm his trading activities on Friday.
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The John Campbell papers were purchased from Mrs. Breustedt on February 25, 1958.
John Campbell Personal Papers, c. 1810-c.1910, MS 329, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
The John Campbell papers comprise two Hollinger boxes of documents and one of letters.
The box containing letters is divided into four categories: (1) letters from Anson Jones to John Campbell, 1845-1850; (2) letters either to or from James Campbell, 1833-1863; (3) a folder containing letters exchanged within the Campbell family, 1832-1906; and (4) three folders containing letters either to or from John Campbell, written to or received from correspondents outside the family circle, 1832-1906.
The small, six item, collection of letters from Dr. Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, to John Campbell all relate to personal business arrangements which existed between the two men. Public affairs, either of Texas or of the United States, are nowhere mentioned except implicitly in that some of the construction work in which Campbell was involved was to be carried out on public buildings in Washington-on-the Brazos. The final letter of 8 July 1850 particularly reveals the personal nature of this correspondence.
The thirty (30) item James Campbell sub-collection, spanning the years 1833-1863, is of note on two accounts. First, many items in this group are written to John Campbell from his brother or nephew (the precise nature of this relationship remains unknown) James Campbell in Ireland, during the period from the 1830's to the 1850's. A recurring theme of this correspondence is the possibility of James following in his relative's wake and immigrating to America. Eventually he did, and a second reason to note this group of letters is for the ones from the American Civil War. It is not known when James Campbell arrived in the United States but it is certain that he did so in time to participate in the war of 1861-65. James Campbell fought as a Confederate soldier in Company D of the 4th Texas Regiment in John Bell Hood's famous brigade. His numerous letters to his wife in Seguin from the battle lines make illuminating reading. The final letter to Mrs. Martha Campbell is dated 28 May 1863 although it is not known whether or not James Campbell survived the conflict.
The third sub-division of the John Campbell collection, letters exchanged within the family group, comprises some sixty-six (66) items.
Most, but by no means all, of these letters are addressed to John Campbell of Seguin, Texas, and they come, most notably from, a brother, Rev. J. N(eal) Campbell in New York and later Canada; Campbell's relatives in Ireland, including Joseph, Daniel, Patrick (nephews) and Mable (niece) Friel; Thomas Campbell, John's father; John Campbell's brother or nephew (it may be that John had both a nephew and a brother each named James); and, a letter from John Campbell's wife Conzuela (?), There are many other pieces in this folder from many disparate branches of the Campbell clan. Usually they relate to mundane affairs of health or the weather, crop prices or the frequency of correspondence, but often the subject of immigration is broached, usually as John Campbell exhorts his family to come to Texas.
This sub-collection covers the long period from 1832-1906, although John Campbell was almost certainly dead by this latter date, given his probable birth-date of 1809 or 1810.
Finally the three folders of John Campbell correspondence, (1) 1832-1855; (2) 1856-1879; (3) 1880-1906, comprise altogether some 108 pieces. There are letters either to or from Campbell from outside the family and they cover a wide range of topics usually relating to Campbell's farming business in Seguin, Texas. Some are personal missives from friends and acquaintances, some are official letters or circulars about the payment of taxes and land assessment; there is even a begging letter from an old family friend in Ireland who had heard of Campbell's good fortune in Texas. For the greater part, however, these letters pertain to business and financial aspects of John Campbell's life after settling in Texas as a farmer, such as the buying and selling of land, livestock, provisions, lending and borrowing money, legal problems of wills and deeds, and keeping farm accounts.
The Documents are divided chronologically into three periods: (1) up to 1846; (2) 1847-1865; (3) 1866-1910. There are also three additional, separate folders containing some records of the Campbell farm accounts (7 items); a folder of empty envelopes (dating across the period and may match some of the correspondence) and postal cards (53 items); and a small folder of Confederate money bills (12 items). The document collection consists of bills, agreements, promissory notes, receipts, official forms and notices, tax dockets, and various types of accounts and financial records. Also included is a book of songs dated 1836.
Little is known of John Campbell. He was an Irish immigrant who left Ireland probably sometime in the late 1920's, spent some years exploring the Caribbean and South America, and eventually settled in the United States in the 1930's. He lived in New York, but eventually and permanently moved to Texas, first in Austin then Seguin. In Seguin he began farming and prospered. He was too old to fight in the American Civil War, probably being born around 1809-1810, and was officially exempted from military duties. When he died is not known. Neither he nor any of the Campbells was educated to a high level and, given this, the volume of correspondence is perhaps surprising. John Campbell's urgings to his family to follow him to the United States and prosperity did not go unheeded. He received numerous letters from his ecclesiastical brother in New York and Canada; his relative James came to Texas; and, another branch of the family settled in San Antonio. It is not known how many other Campbells emigrated from Ireland to America.
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As the campaign trail heats up, candidates and their volunteers are breaking local ordinances by placing political signs on public property.
Newton County and Covington's sign ordinances don't regulate content, but do prohibit political campaign signs from being placed on public rights-of-way, within 100 feet of an intersection and, in Covington's case, closer than 10 feet to a road.
Both ordinances state that anyone desiring to place a campaign sign on another person's property must obtain that owner's permission.
"Most signs like these are placed by citizen volunteers, not professional sign companies that should know better," said former County Planning Director Marian Eisenberg in a June 15 e-mail.
Eisenberg and Covington Code Enforcement Officer Brett Reed said their offices frequently run sweeps where they will pass through an area and remove any violating signs. The county will give candidates a courtesy call when signs are removed, but Covington waits for the candidates to contact them. In both cases, the signs are held in case candidates want to retrieve them.
"For the smaller elections they may contact and say they heard you sweeped through an area and took their signs. When they come pick it up we tell them the ordinance," Reed said Friday.
There are no penalties issued for illegal sign placement, namely because it's difficult to prove who
placed a sign.
"One of the hardest things to prove in a court is — did that candidate sign put that sign out. Who is responsible? The candidate can be held responsible, but there again you're dealing with some of the legal aspects. At this junction, we just pick them up," Reed said.
Reed said he had removed around 25 signs so far this election season from public rights-of-way; Eisenberg said she did not have an estimate.
Reed said there were not any particular trouble areas in the city, but Eisenberg said most illegally placed signs were being found on Salem, Smith Store, Mt. Zion and Gum Creek roads because of the Board of Commissioners race in District 2.


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The Good Samaritan
Kirsten Malcolm Berry Watercolor on paper 2006
But a Samaritan while travelling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. (Luke 10:33,34)
Berry's piece focuses on the moment of healing, when the Samaritan binds the wounds of the man who is robbed, beaten, and left for dead. She illustrates the lavish expenditure on the part of the Samaritan, who unsparingly pours ointments upon the wounds of a man who hated him and his kind. The text of the parable, in the original Greek, surrounds the vessels. The very words of Christ seem to encircle this healing action.


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Finance Ministers Meet to Make Good On Eurozone Improvement Promises
The euro began the week trading at 1.3326 on Monday morning at 8:15 GMT. The currency fell under pressure as European Finance Ministers prepared to meet and tackle policy issues and continue the region's ongoing recovery.
Their meeting will focus primarily on how to use the region's European Stability Mechanism, a 500 billion euro fund, to provide help for struggling banks. A main concern for the ministers is how to handle previous bank bailouts which were routed through individual governments. The Ministers will also decide how to handle legacy assets, or loans already reported on the bank's balance sheet that could cause problems in the future.
In 2012, EU leaders announced the region would shift to a centralized banking system, where the European Central Bank would oversee eurozone banks. This structure would allow for direct bailouts and a way to channel funds to struggling banks without passing through individual governments. Though the EU is working to finish the legislation for the reorganization, the new structure won't be enacted until March 2014 unless an emergency forces a faster implementation. Under the new system, countries that seek aid from the ESM will be required to submit to ECB oversight.
According to Blomberg, the ministers will also be discussing whether or not to require countries who request aid to take on some risk of the bank's rescue. Many believe that the country's government should take a 5 to 15 percent stake in the bank.
Although Cyprus has asked for a bailout, that request for aid isn't expected to be resolved at this meeting as the Ministers have said they would wait until after the country's elections in February. Cyprus is expected to have sufficient funding through March, and many believe a bailout agreement will be made at the end of that month.
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I have had two septoplasty surgies. I had one back in 2007. I didn't notice any major changes. About 8 months ago I started getting frequent bad sinus infections. So I went to a new ENT (proir doc had moved out of state). This doc told me my septum was deviated further back. So I had another surgery and turbinate reduction.
It's been about a month. The doc said I have a small nose (inside). I still don't notice much of a difference. :(
- pros: as of now I haven't had any sinus infections
- cons: still cannot breathe well
- Did it to correct deviated septum.I know my nose is still healing, but could there possibly be another reason as to why I'm not breathing well??? Please help.


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Lessebo Bruk takeover of DP maker Vida Paper in Sweden finalized, ownership structure changed
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The newly formed company Lessebo Bruk has wrapped up the takeover of the bankrupt pulp and paper producer Vida Paper, with a mill in Lessebo, southern Sweden. The ownership change took place yesterday.
In early November last year, Vida Paper applied for reconstruction after its creditor bank terminated the firm's loans and credits and froze its bank accounts. The company had to file for bankruptcy on December 12. In mid-January, three Norwegians set up Lessebo Bruk, which was to take over Vida Paper on February 1. This was later pushed back to February 18.
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Industry to face waste crackdown
TOUGH recycling laws that would force manufacturers to stem the flow of millions of tonnes of plastic bags, computers and mobile phones going to landfill may come into force as early as February.
The NSW Government yesterday told the Herald it had accepted recommendations from a panel of government, industry and recycling experts to regulate industries that had failed to meet voluntary waste targets.
Sydney's waste problems were highlighted three days ago in the Government's planning blueprint, which said the city sent 1.1 tonnes of waste per person to landfill every year, placing its residents among the worst waste producers in the world.
The computer industry was among those criticised by the panel, in its case for failing to tackle up to 5000 tonnes of computer waste going to landfill in NSW every year.
The industry now faces regulation if it does not commit to a fully funded industry scheme to reuse or recycle computers by February.
The panel also said that if retailers did not halve by the end of the year the number of lightweight plastic carry bags they issued government should regulate to make it happen. Degradable plastic bags were not an acceptable alternative, it said.
The Government has extended that deadline to February.
The mobile phone industry would have to lift its recycling performance significantly by April to avoid regulations, while other products, including televisions, tyres, packaging, cigarettes and paints could be regulated later if their waste recovery did not improve.
Sydney's waste problem is expected to worsen as the Government tries to squeeze 1.1 million residents and 500,000 jobs into a few key areas over the next 25 years.
However, the Government has set some ambitious targets to counter the growing pile of rubbish, such as targeting resource recovery of 66 per cent by local councils by 2014 and 63 per cent in commerce and industry.
"Sydney needs to change the way it manages waste," the Government said in its metropolitan strategy.
"The alternative is that Sydneysiders will have to pay more to dispose of their waste as the locations of landfill sites become more remote … more needs to be done to reduce the production of waste to make sure materials that can be reused are sorted out of the waste stream and to increase our efforts in source recovery and recycling."
Environmentalists say that what they call extended producer responsibility - where producers take back goods they have manufactured at the end of their life cycle - means less waste goes into landfill.
The threat of substantial regulation reflected the enormous waste that was occurring, said the director of the Total Environment Centre, Jeff Angel. The centre was represented on the expert panel.
"We are happy to keep working with government and business to find the best regulatory solutions, but the wishy-washy proposals from some sectors have clearly been rejected," he said.
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Minutes No. 3 1998-99
Wednesday, February 24, 1999
I. CALL TO ORDER AND ATTENDANCE: The James Madison University Council met on Wednesday, February 24, 1999, at 4:00 p.m. in Taylor 306, with Dr. Linwood Rose, President, presiding.
PRESENT: Mr. Ralph Alberico, Dr. Dorothy Boyd-Rush, Mr. Blair Brown, Dr. Teresa Gonzalez (representing Dr. Doug Brown), Dr. James Couch, Ms. Amy Edwards, Mr. Tim Emry, Dr. Linda Halpern, Dr. Arthur Hamilton, Dr. Archer Harris, Mr. Geoff Polglase, Dr. Robert Reid, Dr. Charles Reynolds, Dr. Robert Scott, Dr. Mark Warner, and Dr. Richard Whitman.
ABSENT: Dr. Jerry Benson, Dr. Barbara Castello, Dr. Joan Frederick, Dr. Elizabeth Garbrah-Aidoo, Dr. John Gilje, Dr. Matthew Gilley, Mr. Charles King, Mr. Collin Lee, Dr. Dorn Peterson, and Ms. Cammie Weston.
Graduate Council:
Dr. Dorothy Boyd-Rush, Chairperson, presented the following report:
The Graduate Council met two times (December and January) since the last University Council meeting. The following actions may be reported.
A. Eight faculty members were given graduate faculty status.
B. Several course changes were approved in Art and Art History, Communication Sciences and Disorders, History and Kinesiology. Course designators for the MBA program were changed so that "MBA" will be reflected for all MBA courses.
C. The following Program Changes were approved:
1. Kinesiology submitted changes based on recommendations from Academic Program Review of Spring 1997. The program is being expanded in the area of sport, recreation and leisure studies. The Sports Studies concentration will be offered within the existing degree program.
2. Hearing Disorders reorganized program content to better prepare students for clinical experiences. This reorganization will bridge gap between didactic information gained the first year and clinical experiences obtained during summers, creating integration between the two.
3. History will offer an MA (without thesis) option to accommodate students who are not interested in the existing MAT, as well as those interested Public History offerings. Program length will remain 30 graduate credits for either track, but MA (with thesis) requires 18 graduate hours @ 600-level while MA (without thesis) requires 24 graduate hours @ 600-level.
4. Health Sciences based changes on the new national Standards for the Preparation of Graduate-Level Health Educators that will also provide more necessary structure to benefit both faculty and students. The revised program includes a core of courses designed to address the standards as well as offer a directed research option in addition to the current thesis and non-thesis options.
D. The School of Education discontinued the School Library Media and Media Services program and the minor in Educational Media and drop all LSEM courses. This action is being taken due to reallocation of faculty resources to other programs.
Commission on Student Services:
Dr. Mark Warner, chairperson, reported that the Commission on Student Services met on Friday, January 29, 1999.
Dr. Warner provided to the Commission an update on the Alcohol and Drug Parental Notification Plan and the Student Relations Week activities.
Commission on Community:
Dr. Mark Warner, chairperson, presented the following report. The Commission met on Friday, January 22, 1999
At the January meeting, we discussed the Dolley Madison Award, which has historically been given at Founder's Day. The Commission membership decided not to give the award this year, but rather to spend the time revisiting the process, selection criteria and award timing. The purpose of these efforts will be to enhance the prestige of the award.
The Commission members were also given a set of questions to which to respond dealing with "community" from a variety of viewpoints.
Dr. Archer Harris, Speaker of the Faculty Senate, presented the following report:
Senate Constitution Amendment
A motion to recommend to the faculty a change in the Senate Constitution was passed by the Senate. The vote on amending the constitution by the full faculty will be held shortly. The proposed amendment is to change Article VII of the Senate constitution as follows.
Article VII, Amendments and enabling act:
Section 1. This constitution, or any future amendments, shall become effective when approved by:
A. A vote of two-thirds of the faculty who vote provided that more than one-half of the total faculty have participated in the voting process.
B. The president of the university
C. The Board of Visitors
Article VII, Amendments and enabling act:
Section 1. This constitution, or any future amendments, shall become effective when approved by:
A. A vote of two-thirds of the full-time faculty who vote provided that more than one-half of the total full-time faculty have participated in the voting process, OR if less than one-half of the full-time faculty vote, a vote of one-third of the total full-time faculty.
B. The president of the university
C. The Board of Visitors
Mr. Tim Emry, SGA President, presented the following report:
This semester, SGA has gotten off to a quick start and I am optimistic that this year will go strong through our last meeting in April. Here is a brief rundown of the pertinent activities that we have been involved in.
A. The Legislative Action Committee led a lobbying trip to Richmond on Feb. 18. The group lobbied on behalf of JMU on pending state legislation. Most of their lobbying was focused on procuring more funding for JMU. They are also lobbied on issues of tuition costs and other bills of direct concern to students.
B. The Academic Affairs Committee is working on bills to address issues of freshman and major advising, library, and faculty resources. The bills are still in their drafting stages, but should be introduced and passed in the coming weeks. The committee hopes to present some of their proposals to Centennial Commission so that they could incorporate them in some of the Commissions recommendations.
C. The Student Services Committee has started the Police Relations Panel up again. The first meeting was held Feb. 17. They plan on holding two more meeting this year for the panel. With recent events, there is renewed student interest in getting the panel going again. There was solid attendance and enthusiasm at the first meeting and my hope is that it can continue.
D. The Senate passed a resolution on Feb. 16 stating that is supports the Center for Counseling and Student Development in their effort to obtain more staff psychologists.
E. Special Advisory allocated SGA $365,090 to distribute to Front-End Budgeted Organizations for FY 1999-2000. This was the exact amount requested by SGA Treasurer Andy Oh. We are thankful for the full allocation and plan to see it distributed responsibly come April.
F. Finally, Mr. Emry made the motion to include the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday as a University Holiday beginning with the 2000-2001 academic calendar. The motion was seconded by Mr. Brown. A motion was also made to table the motion until the next meeting, April 15, 1999. Prior to that meeting, Mr. Emry will provide information to all members regarding recommendations/suggestions on how to implement this holiday into the calendar.
Mr. Blair Brown, Honor Council President, presented the following information:
A. The Honor Council received statistics regarding the effectiveness of the new Honor System. The statistics accounted for all cases of alleged academic misconduct during the fall semester of 1998. The results were as follows:
B. The Honor Council is in the final stages of preparing its budget to Academic Affairs. President Blair Brown submitted a proposed budget for review February 5, 1999.
C. The Honor Council executive committee received applications for new representatives on Friday, January 29, 1999. We accepted eight new applicants and are pleased to have them as members of the Honor Council.
D. The Honor Council has finalized membership in the Center for Academic Integrity. The Center is a national organization for different colleges and universities that utilize honor systems. Through membership, we will have access to statistics regarding effectiveness of honor codes, and access to other, various informative materials.
E. Honor Awareness Week has been scheduled for March 29 to April 2. We have planned to be on the commons those days and are also planning an Honor Council forum to discuss issues regarding the general effectiveness of the Code. This is a week in which we hope to continue to assist the JMU community in its involvement of our Honor System.
Ms. Amy Edwards, UPB Executive Chair, presented the following information
UPB has undergone considerable changes recently. The executive council has been restructured for the 1999-2000 year. This new system allows all programmers and support staff to be on an equal level instead of our former hierarchy. We hope this will create a new dynamic of dedication and satisfaction. We were all very excited to pass these changes and look forward to the several new positions that were created. The following are the positions for 1999-2000. (* indicates new positions)
Executive Director
Director of Finance
Director of Membership
Director of Cinematic Events
Director of Musical Events
Director of Comedy/Novelty
Director of Issues and Cultural Awareness
Director of Hospitality*
Director of Technical Services
Director of Marketing and P.R.
Director of Media Relations
Director of Multimedia and Graphics Design*
Director of Print Advertising*
Director of Special Advertising*
You may notice the specific nature of each job title. We are dedicated to providing students with job skills applicable to the real world experiences they'll encounter after they leave JMU. All jobs are tailored to giving such training to students.
We are currently involved in the election process for next year. We received a positive amount of interest in our positions and have created a screening committee to narrow the applicants to a reasonable amount for interviews. We will announce our new board March 1 for the beginning of co-term training month.
We began this semester with another sell out concert at the convocation center. The Butsa Rhymes show proved to be a fantastic evening of entertainment. UPB is responsible for transforming the convocation basketball court to a full concert production area. We were all glad to have the event on a Saturday so we didn't have to run back and forth from classes. We invite all of you to view a quicktime photo of what we do to make this transformation happen on our webpage jmu.edu/orgs/upb.
There has been a lot of hype and enthusiasm surrounding the preview month of UPB T.V. Unfortunately, this successful idea with Campus Life will not become a reality. The office of Residence life is unable to increase their budget to allow the $30,000 a year it would cost to provide this service to JMU residents. We have tried shifting money and juggling other ideas to see if we could still make it possible. At this time we have no viable options. If you have any suggestions or input as to how we can continue this well received service, please do not hesitate to contact me or the UPB coordinator, Chris Stup. (stupcm, x7892)
Upcoming UPB events are as follows:
March 20 Robert Bradley's Black Water Surprise
April 12 Jim Bruer, Saturday Night Live comedian
UPB has several co-sponsorship events also coming up this semester:
WXJM radio station has their Mid Atlantic College Radio Conference coming April 9-11. We are supporting them financially with this outstanding project. M.A.C.R.oC.k will have bands coming from all around the east coast to perform in several venues around Harrisonburg.
Annually we help Alpha Kappa Lambda put on their cancer fundraiser Lambardigras. This event will be Saturday, April 17 on Godwin Field. The bands Everything, Pat McGee, Virginia Coalition, and Sev will be performing.
A new addition to our spring line up is a co-sponsorship with Delta Delta Delta to put on a field festival. Our comedy & novelty committee will provide fun games to accent the event. This event will be held on Godwin Field Saturday afternoon, April 10.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:25 p.m.
Linwood H. Rose, President
Donna E. Burch, Secretary


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Indigenous Science Network
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NEWS and VIEWS
NEWS and VIEWS
Harvest Party Ceremony in Indonesian Traditional Community: Seren Taun Ceremony in Kampong Gede Kasepuhan Ciptagelar Sukabumi
Ely Djulia, Indonesia
This was a beautiful morning. Sun shine, fresh climate, welcome all the people who came from around traditional kampong and from outside. People with traditional clothes were very busy to prepare ceremony. Some still service many guest to have breakfast in big traditional house. Some photographers take appropriate position to have best shoot from many sides of the field. Others crowded people were standing around the field to have best looking at ceremony.
Ciptagelar people, one of traditional communities in West Java Province, located on one hill of Mount Halimun approximately 1200m upon the sea, keep adhering to forefathers in their way of life. This is a new resident since 2001 settled by almost 556 of selected people. Previously they stayed in Ciptarasa to then move to Ciptagelar, as the centre of holding traditional ceremonies, according to their forefathers' divine inspiration. While the rest of people still stay in Ciptarasa that become a tourist village. (cipta means to create, rasa means to feel)
One of their loyalties is cultivating local rice once a year. After cultivating rice for almost 6 months begin with seedling, cultivate, harvest, drying, taking into rice barn, it was time for a special ceremony to celebrate harvesting called "Seren Taun Ceremony", a kind of harvest party. All people located on traditional unity come together to celebrate and to thank God. Many guests also come from cities particularly those who concern about agriculture and believe system of traditional life. All the phases of traditional farming are demonstrated in this ceremony, and are made lively with some traditional art and music performances. Totally it takes almost a week.
This ceremony begin with bringing bunches of dried rice from lantayan (a place where rice are hang and dried for almost 40 days) by using rengkong (made of bamboo). Many traditional musics made of bamboo called angklung accompany ranks of people who bring bunches of rice, walking slowly following rhythm lead into the front of leuit si jimat (communal rice barn which can save almost 7000 bunches of rice). After collecting all bunches of rice, three people sing a mantera accompanied by traditional music instrument called kecapi. Then the leader of traditional community Kampung Gede Kaepuhan Ciptagelar called Abah Anom and his wife begin with taking rice into communal rice barn followed by others. This called "Ngadiukeun" ceremony (make rice seat in rice barn ). Thousands people and guest respectfully watch this ritual ceremony.
Crowds of people wanting to look at the ceremony
Ranks of people bring bunches of rice by using rengkong
The communal rice barn is ready for ceremony
Boys taking part in the ceremony
To all people The leader presents some life wisdom concerning how to live in harmonious way both with each others and to the nature. Even in any condition like lack of water and difficult to get food, it is important to help each other for security food. Every family has rice barn filled with previous crop so that it has never empty. There are approximately 5000 rice barns here, that all centered on the communal rice barn. Each family contribute two bunches of rice every time there is a harvest party. Buncir leuit loba duit (full barn rice, much money) is one of their philosophy. It is their philosophy to always harvest successfully and work hard for money. It was prohibited for each people to sell their rice, and all people obey this rule. They should get money from others works. It also means that the result of harvest is not only for fulfil their needs just a moment, but also for their next generation. From the communal rice barn it can be taken bunches of rice to help each other every time there is thanksgiving or condolence. So there almost have never got starvation.
main phase of the ceremony, bunches of rice
Ciptagelar people have ecological wisdom. They know the right time when they should cultivate and harvest. They don't cultivate rice in dry season until rainy season. They also know when insect come to the field. For them, every living and unliving things have a right time to live on earth, so it is not wise to live with disturbing each other. That's way their farming almost have never been disturbed by plant diseases because they have right time to harvest before insect come, before May as example. Beside after harvesting they make irrigated field take rest, for 2 months not be planted by rice, but planted by plants as second crops instead. This rotation way of planting is possible for soil nutrition rotation so the soil get new fertile. They use fertilizer but not pesticides. There are no less than 146 varieties of local rice here. They classify rice based on their morphology and growth. The origin of increasing varieties happen naturally.
Each phase of managing irrigated and nonirrigated field is accompanied by prayer, that all hope in order for plant to grow well such as strong root, green leaf, strong stalk and filled grain.. They perceive rice as bridegroom, while farmer as bride. So they treat rice as careful as they can. For them planting means to marry Nyi Pohaci (the myth name for rice) with earth.
They perceive rice to be protected and conserved by treating it traditionally. But they don't perceive rice as an object to worship. Because as Moslem they believe that there is only God who create everything to worship. To avoid people from breaking traditional rules, parents remind their children of its consequences. The leader also inform their people that there always a consequences for any breaking rules. Then people choose and decide which they prefer to. They believe to experience consequences by themselves. This make people realize to avoid forefathers' punishment.
Previously they haven't informed this traditional farming to others people. But know every people who come here can openly get this information, so they called their kampong as ciptagelar (cipta means to create, gelar means to exhibit).
TWO Kuku-Thaypan Elders, George Musgrave (Snr) and Tommy George (Snr), were awarded doctorates from James Cook University in May. George Musgrave and Tommy George are the only two surviving Elders of the Kuku-Thaypan clan with traditional knowledge and a fluency in the Kuku-Thaypan language.
This was recently reported in Savanna Views, the newsletter of the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Savannas Management; for the complete report visit http://savanna.cdu.edu.au/publications/savanna_links31/elders_doctorates.html
Garma Festival 2005
For a report on the Garma Festival held in August, visit http://www.abc.net.au/nt/stories/s1435561.htm.
Indigenous Technology
Scientific developments in the last 50 years have show a trend towards holistic studies of the universe, also medicine has been looking towards prevention rather than cure. Both approaches have been shown to relate to indigenous approaches to knowledge and to health. That is, in the prime of western scientific and medical development, we are finding that indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing are highly relevant.
The area of technology also needs such a refocus. Technology is the implementation of our science and also our health knowledge. In the Pitjanjatjara lands, there has been development of Health Technologies that relate technology, environment and culture to find health solutions. Also in other Technology Centres around Australia there has been efforts to design and install technology that is useable, maintainable and installable by the loca community. This involves a holistic approach to consultation, design, development and training.
In Sydney we are looking at indigenous technology from two approaches. Firstly, the exiting technology developed by indigenous people incorporates many aspect that are also used in western technology, but are handled differently, or are only recently introduced. Examples are the aerodynamics of the boomerang which incorporate complicated concepts which are now taught through mathematics and endless exercises. In Australian Indigenous culture this was taught by example, and avoided students' being put in a situation where they may err. Also, the use of roles that is now so important in team work is an established part of indigenous communities, through 'skins'.
Secondly the increasing need for creativity in technology for Australia to maintain a world presence, we need to include the skills of all our people. In the area of ICT where innovation is still new and the level of understanding still at a basic stage, it seem ideal to bring in indigenous people from near the start and up to speed at an early stage, rather than when the area is already developed.
We hope to be setting up a network of Indigenous Technology workers and engineers soon. This will be associated with the existing Indigenous Science Network and we hope we can support each other, as western science has supported and lead the development of western technology.
Cat Kutay
University of New South Wales
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Te Kotahitanga
This research project sought to investigate how Year 9 and 10 Maori student achievement in mainstream schools could be improved. Russell Bishop, the leader of the research team, is from the University of Waikato in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The report can be downloaded as a PDF file.
A new Indigenous magazine is hitting the roads and dirt tracks: Kantri Laif (spelt in Kriol and pronounced coun-tree life). The twice-yearly publication covers Indigenous land and sea management in the Kimberley, Northern Territory, Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York and Torres Strait.
The magazine is produced by the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance. Lisa Binge, Kantri Laif coordinator, said the aim of the magazine is to communicate land management activities and share ideas with other communities across northern Australia.
"Kantri Laif shows that people are on country, looking after it and undertaking important projects," said Lisa. "Indigenous land and sea managers and ranger groups want to know what other mobs are doing on country. Government organisations have also shown interest in the publication and are asking to be added to the mailing list for future issues."
The first issue covered a six-day walk along the edge of the Great Sandy Desert by the Kurungal people, which was held to help introduce young people to country. It also featured a message from Prof. Henry Reynolds, the Kimberley Regional Fire Management project, cane toad impacts on Elcho Island off Darwin, the Daluk Women's Conference and much more!
You can download Kantri Laif as a PDF through the publications link at http://savanna.cdu.edu.au/publications/kantri_laif.html.
Cultural Studies of Science Education
This new journal is being published by Springer and for more information you can visit www.springeronline.com/prod/j/1871-1502.
RESOURCE GUIDE - Resources for
teaching math and science to American Indian students (from Tribal College
Journal, USA)
Natural Heritage: The journal of the Natural Heritage Trust (Australia)
"This edition of Natural Heritage highlights how Indigenous communities are using cultural values and traditional knowledge to contribute towards natural resource management. Their profound understanding and respect of the land provides an opportunity for traditional knowledge and modern practices to work together." (Foreword)
You can visit the various stories in Issue 24 or download it as a PDF file by going to http://www.nht.gov.au/publications/journal/nht24/index.
Recent papers
Lewthwaite, B.E. (2005). "It's more than knowing the science". A
case study in elementary science curriculum review. Canadian Journal of
Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. 5(2), 170-186.
This research exercise, based on the initial stage of a school-wide science curriculum improvement project, explores the factors influencing science program delivery in a multicultural, predominantly Aboriginal, elementary school in Northwestern Canada. Using a validated science program delivery evaluation tool, the Science Curriculum Implementation Questionnaire (SCIQ), as a foundation for data collection, staff discussion and collaborative decision-making, a school embarks on a self-review process to, first of all, identify factors influencing science program delivery and, secondly, identify strategies for improvement of science delivery. Implications of this self-review process on science program delivery improvement are discussed, especially within the context of the adequacy of teacher pedagogical content knowledge within a multicultural context. As well, recognizing the limitations of the SCIQ within the context of study, modifications to the SCIQ are also presented.
A conference we missed
The Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society have just held their conference. You can visit their website at http://www.casts.ca/. One objective of CASTS is to encourage Aboriginal people to strive for successful careers in S&T and to assist by providing information, inspiration, and support on their path (Website). The American equivalent is AISES - The American Indian Science & Engineering Association at http://www.aises.org/.
ANZCIES 2005 Annual Conference
Annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society. "Questioning 'Best Practice' in Education: Benefits and Disadvantages, Debates and Dilemmas" 2-4 December 2005, Coffs Harbour NSW Australia http://www.anzcies.org/ANZCIES2005.html
Hawaii International Conference on Education
6-9 January 2006: Hawaii International Conference on Education, Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel, Oahu, http://www.hiceducation.org/
The Multiple Faces of Agency: Innovative Strategies for Effecting Change in Urban School Contexts
Institute on Science Education Research at the Hawaii International Conference on Education. Co-Sponsored by the Center for Equity and Biliteracy Education Research (CEBER), San Diego State University.
Dear Colleagues: I would like to invite you to attend an Institute on Science Education Research to be held as part of the Hawaii International Conference on Education on Jan, 07, 2006. More information on the institute and the institute leaders is provided below. If you plan to attend, I'd appreciate it if you sent me an e-mail so that I could keep you better informed. We look forward to seeing you there, Alberto Rodriguez
INSTITUTE LOCATION AND DATE: Hawaii International Conference on Education, Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel, Oahu, Jan. 07, 2006. (Note the overall conference runs from Friday, Jan 06 through Monday, Jan. 09).
Following a full-day institute format, we will engage participants in an in-depth exploration of current research focusing on agency. Agency is defined here as the voice (or "speaking consciousness," Bakhtin, 1981) that an individual uses to accommodate into or resist against established norms within specific communities of practice. Therefore, six papers will be presented by the institute leaders to highlight innovative strategies for enhancing the participation and achievement of students in urban classrooms. Time is being allocated for discussants' critiques of each paper and for significant audience participation. While the main curriculum area framing these projects is science, the findings and insights gathered from these studies should inform the work of those interested in effecting change in collaboration with teachers and their students across curriculum areas and grade levels.
I believe that education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. (Dewey, 1897)
Various theoretical frameworks inform the work of the
institute leaders, but they all have one thing in common. Namely, they perceive
learning as a social enterprise that is shaped by the stakeholders who breathe
meaning into it. The institute leaders are also interested in exploring more
effective ways to enhance the participation and achievement of all students in
science. While the calls for educational reform are abundant, it is evident that
more empirical work is needed to illuminate the complexity of factors that
prevent teachers from using more student-centered, culturally relevant and
inquiry-based approaches to teaching. Similarly, more empirical research is
needed to illuminate the sociocultural, historical and institutional codes that
may obstruct or facilitate students learning for understanding in urban school
In response, the participants in this institute make agency a central construct in their research work. Agency is defined here as the voice (or "speaking consciousness," Bakhtin, 1981) that an individual uses to accommodate into or resist against established norms within specific communities of practice. The individual's culture of course plays key roles in this process, as our learned cultural norms provide certain guideposts that help us navigate the established expectations imposed by the prevailing culture.
Therefore, the research work that will be presented at this institute moves beyond rhetorical notions of good intentions and generalizations about the need for change in our schools. The institute leaders are actively engaged with experienced teachers, pre-service teachers, and/or students in the common pursuit of what accounts as meaningful learning and what is responsive and relevant teaching.
Paper #1: Students Acting as Change Agents in Culturally Diverse Classrooms
Alberto J. Rodriguez, San Diego State University
Cathy Zozakiewicz, San Diego State University
Randy Yerrick, San Diego State University
Paper #2: Expanding Collective Agency in Urban
Science Classrooms
Kenneth Tobin, City University of New York
Paper #3: Putting Pathos into Science Education
Wolff-Michael Roth, University of Victoria (Canada)
Paper #4: Connecting Traditional Ecological
Knowledge and Western Science: The Role of Native Hawaiian Teachers in
Sustainability Science
Pauline W. U. Chinn, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Paper# 5: Standards-Based Science for English
Learners: Translating Good Intentions into Professional Development Materials
Jerome Shaw, University of California Santa Cruz
Paper #6: Urban Girls' Science Practices and Agency
Angela Calabrese Barton, Teachers College Columbia University
Okhee Lee, University of Miami
Elizabeth Moje, University of Michigan
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Hotel information: http://www.hiceducation.org/hotel_edu.htm
Registration information: http://www.hiceducation.org/reg_edu.htm
The aim of the conference will be to bring together researchers in Ethnomathematics from around the world to discuss recent developments and future directions. The conference is hosted by the Department of Mathematics, The University of Auckland and the organisers are Bill Barton and Berlane Martins. The conference will open on the evening of Sunday 12th February, 2006 and will close on the afternoon of Thursday 16th February, 2006. The conference will be held in Langham Hotel Auckland, close to the university in central Auckland. Budget accommodation will be available.
To be sent notices of the conference, please email your expression of interest to: Berlane Martins, or visit http://www.math.auckland.ac.nz/Events/2006/ICEM-3/.
Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association Conference 2006
We are pleased to inform you that APERA 2006, the Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association Conference 2006 http://www.ied.edu.hk/apera2006 will be held in Hong Kong from 28 to 30 November 2006. The Conference is organised by Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association, Hong Kong Institute of Education and Hong Kong Education Research Association in partnership with 6 universities and 6 international organizations. The conference aims to contribute to vision creation, knowledge advancement, and policy-making in such a way that reform efforts and education practices for students' future in the new century can be rationalized, substantively and instrumentally in different parts of the world.
The theme of the conference is "Educational Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era of Globalization: The Asia Pacific Perspectives and Beyond". The conference provides opportunities for critical conversations and further inquiries on the conference themes by jointly exploring and discussing on the following issues among educators, scholars and policy-makers from the Region and other parts of the world:
1. Access and equity
in education
2. Application of information technology in education
3. Teacher education and educational changes
4. Changes in language education and medium of instruction
5. Issues in early childhood education and basic education
6. Educational reform and national development
7. Expansion and restructuring of higher education
8. Life long learning, adult learning, and professional training
9. Reforms in curriculum, pedagogy and assessments
10. Leadership and professional development
11. Management of reforms in school education
12. Marketization and privatization in education
13. Reforms in vocational/ technical education
14. Linking research with policy and practice
Educators, researchers, policy-makers and those interested are warmly welcome to attend this conference and submit proposals for presentations to the Conference Secretariat by 30 June 2006. For the detail, please refer to the web-site: http://www.ied.edu.hk/apera2006. For further enquiries, please contact the Conference Secretariat:
Asia Pacific Centre for
Educational Leadership and School Quality
The Hong Kong Institute of Education
10 Lo Ping Road
Tai Po
New Territories
Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2948 8504
Fax: (852) 2948 7697
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
This is mostly a summary of upcoming conferences. More details may have been given above or in previous bulletins. A web-based contact is usually included.
November 2005
27 November - 1 December: World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Aotearoa New Zealand http://www.wipce2005.com
December 2005
2-4 December 2005: ANZCIES 2005 Annual Conference: "Questioning 'Best Practice' in Education: Benefits and Disadvantages, Debates and Dilemmas", Coffs Harbour NSW Australia http://www.anzcies.org/ANZCIES2005.html (Oct05)
6-8 December 2005: International conference on Maths and Science Education, SEAMEO RECSAM, Penang (Malaysia). http://www.recsam.edu.my/cosmed. (June 05)
January 2006
6-9 January: Hawaii International Conference on Education, Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel, Oahu, Hawaii. http://www.hiceducation.org/
7 January: The Multiple Faces of Agency: Innovative Strategies for Effecting Change in Urban School Contexts. Institute on Science Education Research at the Hawaii International Conference on Education. mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com (Oct05)
22-25 January 2006: NZ Association of Environmental Education biennial conference - Turning Point - "Taka huri haere mai te wa" which will be held in Auckland. www.conferences.auckland.ac.nz (June05)
February 2006
12-16 February 2006: Third International Conference on Ethnomathematics, Auckland Aotearoa New Zealand. To be sent notices of the conference, please email your expression of interest to: Berlane Martins, or visit http://www.math.auckland.ac.nz/Events/2006/ICEM-3/. (Oct05)
April 2006
3-6 April: National Association for Research in Science Teaching annual meeting, San Francisco, (http://www.narst.org)
7-11 April: American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, (www.aera.net)
July 2006
5-8 July 2006: Australasian Science Education Research Association conference, Canberra ACT. http://www.canberra.edu.au/asera2006/ (August05)
9-13 July 2006: CONASTA55: Conference of the Australian Science Teachers Association, http://www.sasta.asn.au/conasta55. (August05)
November 2006
28-30 November 2006: APERA 2006, the Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association Conference 2006 http://www.ied.edu.hk/apera2006, Hong Kong. (Oct05)
April 2007
14-17 April: National Association for Research in Science Teaching annual meeting, New Orleans, (http://www.narst.org) (probably somewhere else)
July 2007
8-12 July: World Conference on Science and Technology Education (ICASE/CONASTA56), Perth WA. http://www.WorldSTE2007.asn.au (August05)
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CENTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- A candlelight gathering in front of his old high school celebrated the life of a southern Ohio teen killed in a car accident over the weekend.
Family and friends held vigil in front of Centerville High School near Dayton Sunday night to remember Mitchell Haber. The 19-year-old and a friend were involved in a crash early Sunday morning.
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Facebook is filled with posts about Steve Jobs again, as the eagerly anticipated biography of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs hit bookstore shelves today.
Facebook posts the late Apple co-founder, along with Walter Isaacson's biography entitled Steve Jobs, were going up on Facebook at a rate of at least once a minute, increasing in frequency as the day progresses.
One popular (re-)share on the site an audio recording from Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson, which was posted on the CBS "60 Minutes" website.
In the recording, Jobs is heard praising Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg:
I admire Mark Zuckerberg. I only know him a little bit, but I admire him for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that, a lot.
It's not surprising that the book release is generating such Facebook traffic.
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In a statement released on Wednesday, the Socialist Party of Ontario Steering Committee announced that a convention to establish a Socialist Party of Ontario will take place from May 27 to May 29 in Toronto.
The Ginger Group, comprised of NDP and non-NDP members, formed two years ago "to find new ways to influence the political discourse within Ontario and to reintroduce left-wing and Socialist ideals."
Since then, the Ginger Group concluded that the NDP is no longer "suitable" to represent left-wing movements within the parliamentary process.
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FixNation is an extraordinarily well-oiled cat fixing machine! They manage to spay and neuter thousands of animals in any given month, making the process for the caregivers and trappers seemless. They are the most organized, clean, and professional clinics I have ever seen. I have taken a couple litters of kittens I've fostered to them for spays and neuters and the process was phenomenal. They have great knowledge and expertise in veterinary medicine. All the kittens exhibited no side effects to the anesthesia and were remarkably active after their surgeries. I have used other clinics for TNR and foster cats and saw a marked difference in post-op behavior and condition of the cats. Sometimes I wonder if the other places are not as diligent in making sure the cats aren't getting too much anesthesia. Anyway, I am happy to work with FixNation and look forward to many more spays and neuters for kitties I find in the street that need my help.
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