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The largest numbers of illiterate people are found in KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and the Eastern Cape.
Volunteer teaching is one of the most popular forms of voluntourism worldwide.
The Bulungula Incubator (BI) is a NGO non-profit community development project along the Eastern Cape Wild Coast. In this rural location, remoteness, poverty, and illiteracy have severely affected the children of Nquileni villages' early learning opportunities. Ensuring access to quality education for pre-school children aged three to six years is the main priority of the Jujurha Early Learning Centre, which includes after school care, a library and primary school learner interventions. Volunteer teacher opportunities at BI are on a needs basis determined by the local community. For this reason, and because you'll be working within a vulnerable community and with small children, applicants are pre-skills matched, screened thoroughly, and long-term volunteers are preferred.
In Port Elizabeth, retired schoolteachers can volunteer to teach as part of Calabash Tour's education volunteer programme. Calabash's Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA) accredited programme focuses on the structured transfer of skills, to build local teaching capacity within the community. Calabash Tours has used their volunteer programme to develop travel philanthropy models, in conjunction with the Calabash Trust. The result has been the development of school libraries, nutrition support in schools and pre-schools, and educational resources for schools.
Volunteer Africa 32° South's (VA32) volunteer programme works with six peri-urban schools in the Cintsa area of the Eastern Cape. They build networked IT labs and facilitate computer literacy for students, helping them gain vital hands-on computer skills. The goal of the FTTSA accredited programme is to develop information technology infrastructure and resources in the schools, and build skills-capacity among the teachers. Volunteers need only basic computer literacy (an educational background is preferred), as you'll work fully supervised by postgraduate students from Nuremberg University, teaching the children computer skills. VA32 also collaborates with an Eco-schools programme that teaches learners environmental awareness via computer applications.
Teaching English reading, writing and conversational English, as well as basic adult literacy and numeracy are other educational volunteerism options.
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Most organisations will organise transfers from the closest airports.
Best time to visit
Educational voluntours may be subject to South African school and university terms. Check with the individual tour operator.
Length of stay
Calabash Tours and Volunteer Africa 32 South require minimum one month stay. Due to the remoteness of their location and the basic living conditions, Bulungula prefers volunteers to stay from three months to one year.
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Computer science major Jada Hawkins is the co-founder of Athena Digital Design.
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Welcome to Liverpool Public Library
1972 Library HistoryOur circulation in 1966 was 67, 830. In 1972 it was 146, 836 and in 1999 it was 519, 191. Librarians in 1972 responded annually to 1600 reference questions; in 1975 it was 2843 and in 1999 it was 35, 383.
According to Wilhma's diary of April 1972 we provided a Dial-A-Story on the telephone. Fay Golden, Children's librarian, taped the stories herself.
In May we began to use an actual form for the recording of statistical data.
The $80,204 budget was approved by the voters 1493 to 918 on June 14. Sharon Fulmer was elected to the Board.
July 8 was the date for the Library's first Art in the Park. About one thousand persons attended and we collected a whopping eighty two dollars and sixty cents! There were fifty booths and four tables of crafts and art works.
On September 30, 1972 the Humane Society brought a puppy to the library for adoption. Wilhma noted that it marked the first time that the library had a live pet. One month later the Humane Society brought us a cat. There is no mention in her diary of how the two got along!
In November the Library and the Liverpool School District office upstairs were robbed twice. At the second robbery, on November 25, thieves took $36.99 in fines money, $10.00 in copier money and the $5.00 "starting change money." The safe was ruined permanently and all the keys were stolen for the second time.
The following week, on December 4, Robert Audley, one of the trustees, installed a burglar alarm in the director's office. I wonder how that cost compared to the almost eighteen thousand dollar security and fire alarm system we installed in 1999? The School District office also boarded up the back delivery door.


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The leading edge of market finance is of little concern for most average investors.
They buy, they hold and they hope their investment grows over time to a size that can provide enough money for retirement.
Yet increasingly, the public is becoming aware of the relatively unseen world of investing that is both a boon and bane for all investors, and it's changing the investing world forever -- for better and for worse.
Few have heard of the term high-frequency trading, which generally involves small firms run using big, fast silicon brains to trade large amounts of securities, often buying, holding and selling them within seconds, thousands of times a day.
This high-volume, high-frequency strategy can result in big profits off microscopic differences in pricing on investments bought and sold on exchanges.
For the most part, this supercomputer-driven form of investing involves very secretive strategies based on complex mathematical algorithms that allow high-frequency trades to hum along without drawing much attention.
Yet when these systems are alleged to cause trouble, such as in the 2010 Flash Crash that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average drop 1,000 points in minutes, they come to the attention of the investing public and legislators who demand tighter regulation and fairer play.
Despite the concerns, high-frequency trading has made the world a better place to trade, says one of the leading academic experts on the subject, in town recently to speak to members of Winnipeg's CFA Society, an organization of investment analysts.
"I think there's a general feeling that high-frequency trading is inherently bad or unethical, or that the people involved are unethical," says Dr. Ben Van Vliet, an assistant professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Stuart School of Business in Chicago.
But this is largely a misconception, says Van Vliet, who has worked in the high-frequency trading industry.
"High-frequency traders actually provide a valuable service for every investor," he says.
"They make for tight spreads and deep liquid markets, so that when individual investors want to buy and sell, they can do so at minimal cost."
Bid-ask spreads -- the difference between what a buyer wants to pay and what a seller is willing to accept as payment -- have become much tighter as a result of high-frequency trading. Furthermore, because more trades are occurring, it's likely easier for investors to sell or buy a security much more quickly.
"When I was a broker, we had spreads a dollar wide," Van Vliet says about his work in the 1990s.
"Now, spreads are pennies wide, and that's due to automation and high-frequency traders."
Yet despite its upside, high-frequency trading isn't without its profound problems, he says. To be blunt, its players lack a code of ethics or standards that apply to many industries that are equally as technical, complex and important.
Even stock analysts, financial planners and advisers have rules by which they have to play the game, but the individuals building high-speed computers that use highly secretive trading formulas lack those standards.
Yet it's not just high-frequency trading that isn't standardized. It just happens to be the red flag calling for the need for automated-investing standards, Van Vliet says. Our entire financial system is now run by computers. In fact, you practically can't do anything financial without involving electronics.
And unlike the aerospace industry, for example, no set of clear, universal standards exists to ensure the computers and the people building and using them in the investment world are behaving as they should.
"We've gone from what used to be a face-to-face business to an engineered industry, and quantification and automation have led to this machine perspective of finance, and yet we've got a bit ahead of ourselves because no new norms have been developed," he says.
At the moment, regulators and the industry are moving in "fits and starts" trying to rein in this complex new world, but it's a work in progress.
"We're moving from what has traditionally been more of a gambling culture to now more of an engineering culture," Van Vliet says.
But unlike civil engineering, there are no standards that stipulate how a bridge should be built.
"If you build bridges, the standard is to test your bridge. Why? Because it's your ethical obligation to the people who will use the bridge," Van Vliet says. "The ethics are implicit in the standards."
The current lack of rules for financial automation has led to all sorts of problems in the last few years, creating an atmosphere of "blamelessness," where those who come from the investment side, often heading these firms using increasingly engineered strategies, can claim they didn't really know what was going on when something goes wrong.
In some ways, this is understandable. More often than not, the individuals helping develop high-frequency trading programs are highly specialized.
Often referred to as quants, their discipline of study -- quantitative mathematics -- is a complex area of study that initially attracted some of the world's most talented physicists.
"Because there's so much in common between physics and financial math, in large part, originally quantitative analysis started by borrowing quants from physics because physics doesn't pay, so you had all these PhDs with nothing to do, and Wall Street used their same mathematics in finance to try and make money," he says.
This led to the explosion of automated finance over the last 15 years, with high-frequency trading as the frontier of computers' ability to seek out profits like never before.
"They're basically using mathematical models that originally dealt with the movements of very small particles and applying them to the movement of very small price movements," Van Vliet says.
While the advent of the big brains, with the help of even bigger silicon brains, turning their scientific gaze toward finance has largely made investment better for all, this area of growth needs standards so "planes don't crash and hurt people."
Van Vliet says the aim is for industry to develop a set of standards similar to the self-regulating international standard of ISO (International Standards Organization), used for engineering, health care, agriculture and other industries, which also involve complex processes.
As a member of working group AT 9000, he is teaming up with government, industry players and other parties to develop a new set of standards that will not only standardize high-frequency trading but all automation in investment finance.
"One of the things we're trying to say is that there needs to be a kind of profession of automated trading, like an engineering discipline, because we really do live in an engineered world of automated finance without any engineering standards, and therefore without any engineering ethics," he says.
"We're still in the barnstorming days of automated trading."
It's similar to the early days of aerospace when hotshot pilots who flew planes through barns and walked down wings eventually became airline pilots. The days of stunt-piloting in finance must end, too, Van Vliet says.
"What we're trying to say is, 'You don't get to fly upside down anymore for a pretty good reason -- there are other people aboard the plane.' "


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COUNCILLOR Peter Webb was elected the Mayor of Upton upon Severn for a second term this week.
At the council's Annual Meeting, councillors voted unanimously to Cllr Webb to remain in the position for another term.
Mayor Webb said: " After a rather tense day of not knowing what would happen I was overwhelmed to be re-elected. My year was filled with memory evoking events.
"During last year we saved the Library from closure and by now have a fully fledged Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Apart from a watching brief, our job is done and I wish the trustees well in their efforts on behalf of the community.
"I look forward to a constructive, hard working year for my community with the occasional flashes of really memorable and enjoyable moments".
Cllr Mike Ostick stepped down as deputy mayor, and after a vote within the Town Council, Cllr Tim Dance stepped into the position.
Cllr Dance and Cllr Les Roberts were nominated to stand for the position, with Cllr Dance winning the election by seven votes to five.
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Why is cricket referred to as a gentleman's game? When you think of the phrase so often used to describe the sport, the image that crops up is of mild-mannered men in white flannels with their shirts tucked in and their hair parted neatly. Maybe a pat on the back, a gentle handshake or a shared joke while walking back to the pavilion with opponents at the end of a session. A game that supposedly segregates the classy from the crude, the boorish from the benign.
Cricket is often regarded as unique compared to other sports because aside from the laws of the game, players are expected to abide by the 'spirit of the game'. So what constitutes this intangible spirit?
Walking when you know you've knicked a delivery even if the umpire hasn't pronounced you out, not claiming a catch that was grassed, abstaining from an lbw appeal when you know there was an inside edge, refraining from abuse of an opponent are just some of actions used to describe cricket's indefinable attribute.
Common agreement seems to be that the term was associated with the game since the time English aristocrats began playing it. They determined that the game would be played in 'a gentlemanly manner'. The term immediately lends itself to nostalgia and the reminiscing of a time when things moved at a slower pace and the world was captured in black and white. But with phases like bodyline, was the sport ever really genial?
The concept of 'spirit of the game' is one that has always lent itself to heavy debate what with it having no exact defining line. There have been several instances when the term has clashed with the defined rules of the sport.
One such instance took place last year when MS Dhoni decided to recall Ian Bell who was run out when he wandered off the crease. The Indian team was entitled to appeal and they deliberately decided to. It was only upon a request from the English coach and skipper that they reconsidered during the tea break. The decision received mixed reviews, with the English press hailing Dhoni as a hero while many others back home felt that run-out was ethical and Bell had only himself to blame. So was Dhoni's decision aimed at winning brownie points or was it the right thing to do?
What about when 'being a gentleman' clashes with the correct decision being made?
When Mumbai Indians Harbhajan Singh and Munaf Patel wagged their fingers and bullied the umpire into going in for a television review on Monday, the game's spirit was trampled upon. The act was deemed as deplorable by many despite the fact that Sangakkara was actually out and the behaviour of the duo had contributed to arriving at the right decision.
Were they wrong in doing whatever they could to win? After all, some would say playing to win is one of the most important aspects of playing in the spirit of the game. Something that match-fixers and spot-fixers have been penalised and condoned for disgracing.
Where they erred was in not only questioning the decision of an umpire, but using their aggression to influence him to change his mind. Umpires are fallible and there was no doubt in this case that a TV replay would have helped. However the fielding stride is expected to take such human errors in their stride the very same way a batsmen is not expected to show dissent even if he is incorrectly given out. Moreover, for a country that has by and large opposed the Decision Review System, it did come across as paradoxical.
The bigger fallout of such an incident was that it sets a precedent for the future. A future which by early indications will be one with very few gentlemen. All the young kids glued to their TV sets during that IPL game now unfortunately know that the penalty for using intimidation on the cricket field is a mere warning. It's no surprise then that the next generation's heroes are the aggressive young guns who don't think twice before using their clout or showing the middle finger.
Can the authorities step in and take a stringent stand that could act as a deterrent? The game's well wishers would surely hope so, for otherwise 'it's just not cricket'.
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A FEMALE police officer fell on rocks and broke her hand while investigating what police believe to be a hoax telephone call.
Searches are continuing today for missing man John Allen, 76, of Preston, who was last seen entering Ravenglass estuary on Monday.
Police revealed that they received a report at around 9.50am today that a body had been spotted at Beach Road, St Bees.
But after investigating the area, nothing was found and they now believe this to be a hoax phone call.
The call was made from a public phone box in St Bees, said police.
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Inspector Mark Wear said: "We are shocked and saddened that someone has wasted the time and resources of those searching for Mr Allen by making a hoax phone call.
"We ask that only people with credible information contact us in order to not detract from an active missing person search.
"On top of the wasted time and resources a female officer fell on rocks on the beach and broken bones in her hand whilst searching. She was treated by paramedics at the scene and was taken to hospital.
"The family of Mr Allen have been advised that this was a hoax call and we are continuing to search for their loved one."
Mr Allen is described as 5ft 8", of slim build and is bald. He was wearing a green fleece, green suede trousers and walking boots.
Underwater searches have been taking place since Mr Allen went missing. Mountain rescuers, coastguard, Cumbria Fire and Rescue, Cumbria Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) officers, the National Police Air Service and police have all be involved.
Insp. Wear added: "We appeal for anyone with information on the person who made this hoax call as we would like to speak to them about the incident and the consequences of making such a call. Anyone with any information can contact Police on 101 quoting log number 54 of the April 30."
Anyone with any genuine information that can assist in finding Mr Allen is asked to contact Cumbria Police on 101 and ask for the duty sergeant at Whitehaven Police Station quoting log number 59 of April 28.


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AMERICAN Clark Montgomery delivered a sparkling dressage performance to lead the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials heading into Saturday's critical cross-country phase.
Montgomery posted a score of 33.3 penalties aboard Loughan Glen to move ahead of long-time leader and 2010 Badminton champion Paul Tapner, the AUstralian based near Highworth.
"He felt amazing," said 32-year-old Montgomery, who would become the first American winner of Badminton since David O'Connor 17 years ago if he triumphs this weekend.
"I knew he could do it, and it was just a case of whether he was going to give it me or not."
Sussex-based Francis Whittington, who was among Thursday's dressage starters, remains the highest-placed British rider in third spot, but a veritable who's who of eventing have formed a queue behind him.
British star and world number one William Fox-Pitt is equal-seventh aboard his previous four-star winner Parklane Hawk, while New Zealand's former double Olympic individual champion Mark Todd, based at Badgerstown near Marlborough, has two horses - NZB Campino and Leonidas II - in the top 10.
Todd's fellow New Zealander Andrew Nicholson, based near Marlborough and the rider Fox-Pitt recently replaced as world rankings leader, posted the same dressage score of 41.0 as his fierce British rival on Nereo.
And Sweden's Sara Algotsson Ostholt, who was pipped to individual gold at London 2012 by German Michael Jung, is on 40.5 with Reality 39, suggesting a thrilling day's cross-country action lies ahead across the Badminton parkland.
Weather conditions are forecast to be poor, which points to soft going and a stamina-sapping challenge, especially for the later starters.
Organisers on Friday removed part of a potentially-troublesome logs complex at 18, a three-part challenge that had been questioned by many riders on early inspection of the course.
"I hate fence 18 with a passion! I am not sure that he (course designer Guiseppe Della Chiesa) has got that right," Olympic medallist and 2009 European individual champion Tina Cook said, before the change was made.
But Cook, 23rd overnight with De Novo News, added: "I think the course is super.
"My complaint has been that over the last few years it's lacked variety, and Guiseppe has added that.
"It is bigger and wider, very much a Badminton course. Badminton is always a step up from everything else, but this year it's a massive step up from three-star level.
"They've done everything they can with the ground, and it's got great grass cover. You've got to be brave and bold and keep pushing, and it is those riders that will do well."


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As part of its Fall 2012 Guest Lecture Series, the Children's Physical Developmental Clinic is featuring a lecture "Posture and its Effect on Balance and Sport," on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 8 to 9 a.m. in Room 120 of the Center for Science & Mathematics. Terry Giove, PTR, director of rehabilitation at Hallmark Health System in Melrose, will be the speaker. For more information, visit http://www.bridgew.edu/CPDC/guest.cfm.


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hi there, im new to the forums.
i have recently been caught up with the anime and manga. From my understanding, handseals are used to focus chakra to a certain part of the body. Once experienced with a certain jutsu, less or none handseals are needed to perform the certain jutsu. So why is it in episode 84 sasuke performs chidori with no handseals, yet in around episode 134, before naruto and sasuke have a rasengan vs chidori, sasuke performs handseals to create chidori.
Furthermore, ive never seen itachi perform handseals to create the shadow clone jutsu, yet in manga chapter 387 page 08, sasuke says 'fuck, how did he have time to perform the handseals for the shadow clone jutsu'.
im a bit confused now. can any1 help me? and refer to episodes/ manga chapters. many thanks
- With the exception of a couple basic jutsu, some hand seals are always required. Whether or not they're actually shown is a different story. The manga rarely shows hand seals (or at least all of them) and, although I haven't seen the anime, Sasuke probably just did the hand seals offscreen in episode 84. ~SnapperTo 18:45, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
- Both manga and anime cuts out the handseal on a regular basis. I guess the real world reason is to save some time, while in the series it might is possible that the seals just help the user keep his mind focused. Real life ninja was known for using kuji-in to keep focus, so they might do the same in Naruto. Jacce | Talk 18:48, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
it just doesnt fit then, in the anime, sasuke starts talking to itachi, then 2 secs l8er his left hand fills with chidori and sauske says a few more words, then attacks. there was also a really long jutsu called water style water dragon jutsu done by zabuza which i think has 44 seals. so im thinking why didnt they cut that out?
also which other basic techniques dont always require handseals? im gettin a lil confused, they are done to focus/guide chakra right?
- I've never seen hand seals used for the Body Flicker Technique, but that's the only example I can remember. Hand seals were more common at the start of the series, hence why there was the one 44-seal jutsu. They see a dramatic drop in use after the Land of Waves. ~SnapperTo 21:16, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
hey ive asked on other sites and some think that they make it easier for the jutsu to be performed. If they are in actual battle, then to perform a jutsu with concentration of controlling chakra to a certain point, and fighting an enemy will be difficult at the same time. So hhandsigns may help focus the chakra better,even though the person has enough experience and perform the jutsu without handseals on their own, it may not mean that they are fully experience with this jutsu to do it in battle with no handsigns. i dunno what do you think? Are there any chapters which can support this?
remember, Itachi had one of his hands in his akatsuki cloak. Herhaps he could do one handed seals, like haku.
- This isn't the place for speculation. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:31 (UTC)


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Céline Spring 2012
Somewhere beyond the thickets and forests of themes, inspirations, narratives, and performance pressures that so many designers get caught up in, there exists another plane populated by the very few, rare individuals who only care about building a wardrobe for women. Phoebe Philo is the first amongst those, the wardrobe mistress-in-chief to the swaths of devotees who formed an elegant, cream blouse and black trousered mob outside the Céline show in Paris on Sunday.
What the Philophiles saw was the next reductionist installment of what the designer articulated as her study of "strength, proportion, and a woman's form." When a journalist tried to prompt Philo into naming an influence (like the car interior symbolism she mentioned last season), the designer politely balked, "No, there's nothing particular this season." She'd rather we just clear our minds and get on with looking at the clothes.
This season, she is mostly dealing with putting together a way to wear a slightly different shoulder volume, abstracted peplums (she called them "basques"), looser, cropped pants, pleated skirts, and lots and lots of shirts. She set about it with an almost militaristic strictness, starting with an opening coat with patch pockets and curvi-form sleeves pulled in with an extra-wide belt, and walking on heavy suede platforms with an echo of the belt forming an ankle-strap. These looks were followed by a few shirt dresses, some cinched in the same way, cut with a wider, mannish sleeve and schoolboy turn-down collars.
But it was the midsection of the show that had the Céline-faithful taking personal shopping notes. Philo is one of the designers leading the move away from dresses and into separates, but she does this by giving "piece-dressing" a crisp, unmessy clarity which will do duty in quite formal circumstances. Her work on shirts (plain at the front and flying into pleats in back), her continuation of her hit sweaters of last season (now with an abstract cream and orange graphic print), and her finely pleated leather skirts had the audience on the edges of their seats. Frankly, there's no need to put any abstract intellectual spin on that—it's the work of a woman working for women, who simply gets it.


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Hei men, i'm looking for a Naruto Music, i checked all the OST, but i have not found this song.. so i wanna ask if someone can help me... At the episode 105 (16.15 minute), classic Naruto no shippuden, someone knows this song? thanks..—This unsigned comment was made by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) .
- The song's name is Avenger. -White Flash-(Talk)- 11:19, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
i cant find this song from season 1 episode 26 12 mins into ot
Plz help
Can someone please put Romaji lyrics for Shippuden ending 25 (I Can Hear)?-Jkphantom9 (talk) 19:41, May 1, 2013 (UTC)jkphantom9Jkphantom9 (talk) 19:41, May 1, 2013 (UTC)
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The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board today released the latest campaign finance reports covering the 2010 elections. Here is a quick look at how much Rochester area legislative candidates raised and spent on the race.
A couple of interesting things to note. Former DFL Rep. Andy Welti of Plainview outspent his GOP opponent Rep. Mike Benson by nearly $15,700. But it is important to keep in mind that plenty of money outside the campaigns flowed into that race in the final days. The challenge is getting a real sense of where all that money came from and how much was spent.
Also GOP Sen. Carla Nelson raised more than $69,000 beating out former DFL Sen. Ann Lynch, who raised nearly $56,500. But they both spent roughly $65,000 on the race. Similar to the Benson/Welti race, this race also attracted plenty of dollars from around the state.
Here are the fundraising totals for Rochester area legislative candidates.
Senate District 29
Greg French, DFL-Byron
Total receipts: $14,937
Total expenditures: $14,932
*David Senjem, R-Rochester
Total receipts: $44,468
Total expenditures: $41,193
House District 29A
*Duane Quam, R-Byron
Total receipts: $22,108
Total expenditures: $19,853
Doug Wunderlich, DFL-Mantorville
Total receipts: $12,374
Total expenditures: $13,610 (includes $1,000 loan)
House District 29B
*Kim Norton, DFL-Rochester
Total receipts: $30,464
Total expenditures: $33,856
Mike Rolih, R-Rochester
Total receipts: $24,883
Total expenditures: $24,339
Senate District 30
Ann Lynch, DFL-Rochester
Total receipts: $56,464
Total expenditures: $65,008
*Carla Nelson, R-Rochester
Total receipts: $69,113
Total expenditures: $65,996
House District 30A
*Tina Liebling, DFL-Rochester
Total receipts: $27, 483
Total expenditures: $32,262
Charlie O'Connell
UPDATE: O'Connell turned in his report by the deadline but it was not posted online until today.
Total receipts: $100
Total expenditures: $3,038 with funding coming from O'Connell.
House District 30B
*Mike Benson, R-Rochester
Total receipts: $22,491
Total expenditures: $22,939
Andy Welti, DFL-Plainview
Total receipts: $25,129
Total expenditures: $38,627
* Winner of the 2010 election


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Youngest child of Jeremiah Chamberlain (1707-1778) and Margery Hamilton (1716-1795), of York Co., PA. In about 1775, Martha married Benjamin Beatty, who served as an ensign in the Revolution. Martha and Benjamin were the parents of 10 children: Margery; Hamilton; John; Jameson; Samuel; Ann; Mary; Martha; Elizabeth; and Susan. The Beattys moved to Westmoreland Co., in western PA, where Martha lived the rest of her life.
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Phi Kappa Tau Wins Fraternity Statue Division
February 6, 2009—
Phi Kappa Tau brought home the gold in Michigan Tech's 2009 Winter Carnival statue competition, nabbing first place among the University's highly competitive fraternities.
Their creation, "Aliens Come from Far Away, the Men in Black Save the Day," captures an icy scene from the "Men in Black" movie: our heroes zapping large-scale alien creatures in the New York City Bridge and Tunnel Authority. The display is located in front of their house, 1209 West Quincy St. in Hancock. The spacey creation captures this year's Winter Carnival theme, "An Icy Place Gets a Blast From Space."
Second-place winner Delta Sigma Phi wowed with a frosty depiction of characters from the show "Futurama." Their creation, entitled "At Work with Fry and Bender in a Frozen Urban Splendor," is located in front of the fraternity house, 1421 Woodland Road, near Wadsworth Hall.
Coming in third in the fraternity division was Tau Kappa Epsilon with their frosty creation, "Fifty Years in Space Frozen in Place." The display, laden with rocket ships, airplanes, and men on the moon, can be seen near Michigan Tech's Administration Building.
In the women's group division, Alpha Sigma Tau grabbed first-place honors for their icy diorama, "Houghton Should Start an Investigation on this Front Yard Space Invasion." Visit the sorority house at 916 College Ave. to witness the front yard under siege by extraterrestrials.
Second-place honors went to Delta Phi Epsilon for their Buzz Lightyear rendition, "To Michigan Tech and Beyond." Coming in third was Delta Zeta's interplanetary courtroom scene "Two Robots Fight For What is Right in a Gloomy Place in Outer Space."
The top statue-builders in other categories:
Student Organizations: Army ROTC, first; Air Force ROTC, second; Inter-Christian Council, third.
Residence Halls: The Summit, first; Mama's Boys, second; The Northern Alliance, third.
One-Nighter University Housing: Bastille, first; 4D, second; Asphodel Fields and Atlantis, third.
One-Nighter Off-Campus: Lutheran Student Movement, first; Concordia Student Ministries, second; Boy Scout Troop 208, third.
One-Nighter On-Campus: VPA Nightclub, first; Computer Science Learning Community/Daddy's Girls, second; Mu Beta Psi, third.
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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Alternative Compatible HP Toner Cartridges as a Cost-Efficient OptionNovember 9, 2012 No Comments
It would be impossible for one not to be acquainted with the iconic name "Hewlett-Packard" or "HP" in the printing industry. As Xerox became synonymous to the word "copier" so does Hewlett-Packard became a reciprocal word for "printers". That's why it isn't questionable to why most printer users pick the brand-name "HP" when buying a printing machine […]Tags: compatible hp toners, cost-efficient alternative, hp toner cartridges, printer consumables, Printing Tips, save money on printer suppliesFeatures, Laser Toner Cartridges, Printing Tips, Tonerboss Tips


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Before the sun set and candles could be lit, a vigil protesting state budget cuts to hospice care turned into a celebration Wednesday night.
State Sen. Fred Mills Jr., R-St. Martinville, delivered the news that the cuts will be averted, allowing Medicaid patients to receive end-of-life care.
"Y'all give yourselves a round of applause and the hospice patients a round of applause. Y'all made this happen," he told a group of people gathered on the front steps of the State Capitol.
The Jindal administration scraped together $1.1 million in unspent federal grant dollars to continue providing hospice services to dying patients beyond the Feb. 1 cutoff date.
The decision, a reversal of a cut Gov. Bobby Jindal made as part of mid-year budget reductions, came a week ahead of a legislative meeting to review and possibly reject the cut. Jindal's cut also caught the attention of national media.
State Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein said the Jindal administration will revamp the program this spring, keeping the parts that work well.


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ADAM Ferrier bagged his first try of the season but was still left feeling frustrated as Southend suffered a 27-21 defeat at high-flying Canterbury.
The Seasiders matched their hosts for most of an evenly-contested National Two South clash.
But the Kent club edged clear in the closing stages and that disappointed Ferrier.
"Saturday's game was very frustrating to say the least," said the prop forward.
"We had a tough time at the scrums but we showed good shape in defence and unfortunately on a few occasions didn't finish off try-scoring opportunities, which against a side like Canterbury is criminal.
"It's obviously still encouraging to be matching teams at the top of the table but we beat them at home at the beginning of the season so it's a bit sour losing to them in the second game.
"But, even though we lost, we have taken a lot of positives from the game and this week we're going to work on the negatives to beat Hartpury."
Southend, who remain fifth in the table, went in front after just nine minutes when Mark Billings teed up winger Tom Gannon to score and Brad Burr added the conversion.
Burr almost created a second with a neat chip over the defence but Danny Cleare knocked on with the line open and it was not until the last 10 minutes of the half that Canterbury fully rediscovered themselves, with the pack taking a leading role.
Pressure won a penalty, the catch and drive from the lineout was decisive and Brook Cowan was the man who got the touchdown.
With Tom Best's conversion it was 7-7 at the break, but Canterbury went in front at the start of the second half when young fly half Guy Hilton split the defence to touch down.
Best missed the conversion but soon added a penalty.
However, Southend hit back with scrum-half Lee Sandberg – who was making his last appearance for the club – racing through the back of a line-out to score. Burr's conversion cut Canterbury's lead to just a point.
But the hosts responded within three minutes as Grant Kay started and ended a move which brought his side's third try as Southend fumbled the scrum half's kick and Aiden Moss swooped before providing the killer pass.
However, Ferrier then charged over and Burr's conversion put the Seasiders narrowly in front but Southend were unable to stay in front as Canterbury completed a classic catch and drive from a line-out which led to Cowan touching down.
Bent added the conversion and that was enough to see the home side come out on top.


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Amazon Monkey Lady
Can you speak monkey? Well if you hang out with them long enough you're bound to pick up a few words. After more than thirty years in the Amazon, Dr. Sara Bennett can talk some monkey, which, with a little encouragement on my part, she demonstrated for me one sweltering morning on Mocagua Island in…


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BOCA RATON, Fla. (March 17, 2012) - On a day when runs were tough to come by, senior pitcher Hope Bitzer stepped up to fill the void, turning in a complete game one-hitter to lead the Tars to a 4-0 victory Saturday afternoon over the Fighting Knights of Lynn University.
Both teams got off to a slow start as both traded zeros the first two full innings with Rollins notching just one hit to the Knights' zero.
It wasn't until the top of the third when the Tars' would finally break through to take the 1-0 lead thanks to a RBI single by Monica Meadows. The Meadows single to left scored junior Aimee Halpin, her team leading 23rd run scored, after Halpin had reached on a walk two batters prior.
After Bitzer retired the Knights in order in their half of the third, Rollins would add another run in the fourth. Senior Lawna Hunter led off the inning with a single through the left side of the infield. She would advance to second on a passed ball and then stole third, bringing up freshman Nicole Ankrom with Hunter on third and one out.
Ankrom would send the 2-2 pitch from Knights pitcher Missy Montgomery through the hole between short and third to plate Hunter, pushing the score to 2-0.
Lynn would once again go down 1-2-3 in bottom of the fourth to bring the Tars to bat in the fifth with the 2-3-4 batters set to hit and a two run cushion.
Sophomore Veronica Alred would draw a walk to lead off the inning with Meadows following with a line drive single up the middle, her second hit of the day, advancing Alred to second.
Rollins would then load the bases courtesy of a Knights error allowing Bitzer to reach, bringing up Hunter with nobody out.
With the count even at two balls and two strikes, Hunter drove the Montgomery delivery to the wall in right center, scoring Alred and Meadows.
The four run lead would prove to be more than enough for Bitzer (11-2) as she didn't surrender a hit until the seventh, a lead off single to Lauren Garceau, to cruise to the complete game win. Along with the one hit, Bitzer allowed two walks while striking out nine in her ninth complete game of the year.
Montgomery (1-8) took the loss, giving up four runs, three earned, on seven hits in five full innings of work.
Rollins will look to continue their success in the SSC tomorrow, Mar. 18th, in a double header with Lynn to finish up a three game series. First pitch is scheduled for 1 pm with game two to follow at approximately 3 pm. Fans can follow all the action live on the Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com.
*Notes: Meadows extended her hit streak to six games, raising her average to a team leading .393


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May I, as a fellow woman and mother, say that I think there might be one million ladies in serious need of a date night out there? One million moms lodge their complaint about the Ragú commercial by saying it's... harmful to children. Like, WTFBBQ are they even thinking here?
This entire ad not only makes someone lose their appetite, but Ragu is also being irresponsible in their new campaign. Instead of being helpful, it is harmful to children in the name of so-called humor. The Ragu commercial is inappropriate and tacky. The commercial has aired during the Olympics when families are likely watching.
Lets talk about targeting. This ad is clearly targeted at the parents. The ones who make a crapload of pasta for their carb-hungry kids, the ultimate comfort food that will send them to bed with full bellies and smiles on their faces. It's not an ad suggesting that the parent join in, in fact the entire campaign only shows Ragú as eaten by children. It's the Uh-oh-spagetti-O's for the middle-school crowd. And the ad aired at eight o'clock during the olympics. (yes, at eight at night). Now, your precious child who needs shielding from this sort of thing should not be watching TV at eight o'clock, regardless of what is on it. If you're letting them stay up late to catch a specific olympic event that is important to you all as a family unit, be prepared that you have to distract them when the ads come on. Possession trailer aired at 9 during the Olympics and that's far worse than the cheerie joke in the Ragú ad which kids who are to young to get it won't even notice, unlike the trailer with the demons crawling out of a child's mouth. IMHO, YMMV and so on.


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Security Council: Statement by Ambassador Berger on Women, Peace and Security
(Statement as delivered by Ambassador Berger in an Open Debate of the Security Council on Women, Peace and Security)
"Mr President,
The fact that this is already the second open debate on sexual violence in conflict within three months clearly shows the importance the Security Council attaches to this issue. And this is not without reason: in most of the ongoing conflicts, be it in Syria, Mali or elsewhere, sexual violence occurs on a daily basis and is even used as a weapon of war. I therefore thank Great Britain for organizing this debate - and especially Minister Hague for his personal commitment. But I also congratulate the US for having so ably negotiated the resolution which was adopted today. We also commend the leadership of the Secretary General and the Special Representative Zainab Bangura and thank them as well as Jane Anywar (NGO) for their briefings today. A special thanks also goes to Ms Jolie for her active support and awareness raising for this issue. Germany aligns itself with the statement delivered by the European Union but I would also like to add some remarks in my national capacity.
Mr President,
We welcome the focus of today's debate on addressing accountability and the fight against impunity. Let me be clear: Our ultimate goal has to be - first and foremost - the prevention of sexual violence in conflict. In cases where acts of sexual violence have already occurred it is indispensable that perpetrators are immediately brought to justice and survivors receive adequate support and redress. Only effective criminal prosecution during and after conflict will lead to an equally effective preventive system that can help to create long-term peace.
Let me stress some important points and give you some practical examples:
First: It cannot be stressed enough that part of an effective prevention of sexual violence is an equal involvement of women. Not only the consideration of their special needs, but also the participation in all stages of decision-making processes is essential. This also applies to programmes for "Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)" as well as "Security Sector Reform (SSR)" and Transitional Justice. In this regard Germany has supported inter alia a regional project at the Horn of Africa to empower women, helping them to gain access to political and economical decision-making processes.
Second: When Sexual violence constitutes a crime against humanity, a war crime or even genocide, it has to be subject to punishment and has to be excluded from amnesty provisions. Whenever States are not willing or capable of fulfilling their responsibility of prosecuting perpetrators accordingly, the international community must react in order to prevent a culture of impunity, as it was also recently stressed by the G8 in London. Regional justice mechanisms and the ICC can also play an important role. We also welcome the work of the Team of Experts in SRSG Bangura's office in this regard. The German "Center for International Peace Operations" (ZIF) offers special pre-deployment courses to establish the rule of law which emphasize the need of prosecuting sexual violence and raise awareness for gender-based violence.
Third: Appropriate medical and psychosocial support for survivors of sexual violence, including access to sexual reproductive health services, as well as access to justice and reparations are fundamental prerequisites for an effective reintegration of women into their respective societies. Germany has, for example, funded several medical council centers in Congo where women can receive medical and psychological support as well as emergency HIV post-exposure prophylaxis. We also support transitional justice mechanisms such as truth and reconciliation committees and the dialogue between these and women's rights organizations.
Lastly, our full support is needed for those who are essential to the fight against the scourge of sexual violence, such as human rights defenders, doctors and journalists, who are at special risk themselves.
Let me end by stressing that the Security Council has a role to play in monitoring the commitments made by parties to conflict. In this regard it can and should do more to hold perpetrator accountable. Without having to create a new mechanism it could already now make use of the tools at hand, for example, by reacting to cases of sexual violence in a certain country with Security Council Press Statements; by writing specific letters to concerned governments or by referring specific cases more frequently to the Sanctions Committees and – as a last resort – to the ICC.
Thank you, Mr. President."


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Joe D. Freeland Jr
February 25, 1944 — From Italy over Austria flying to Germany
February 25th 1944 my Uncle Joe Dunn Freeland Jr and the crew were on a mission from southern Italy over Austria to bomb the Messerschmit plane factory in Germany.
The bomb group of around 176 planes was attacked by around 250 German fighter planes. Their B-17 Bomber of the 99th Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force was attacked by 4 German fighters, attacking 2 at a time.
The pilot broke formation and did a near 360 degree turn but the fighters hit the plane to the extent it exploded knocking my Uncle Joe Jr, his friend Lonnie Denning & engineer Harris unconcious.
Joe Jr and Lonnie were injured before the explosion, Joe Jr was the belly ball turret gunner which was hit while fighting. Per the bombadier my uncle had shot down numerous fighters that day.
Sgt Harris came to just in time to save his life but he didnt have time to throw my uncle Joe Jr or Lonnie bot KIA approximately 12:10 PM on 02/25/1944.
That week was what the bomber pilots were calling Big Week, due to rumors something big was going to happen, 02/25/44 was the last day of big week.
Rickey A Freeland nephew of Joe D Freeland Jr


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This recipe from Wendyinkk with some modifications.
I don't have strawberries in hand but made a huge portion of candied kumquats the other day.
Maybe next time will try it with strawberries.
With the candied kumquats , the buns smells really good and awesomely delicious.
Dough :
250 gm plain flour (I used high protein flour)
40 gm sugar
1/4 tsp salt
40 gm butter
1 egg
120 gm milk
1 tsp instant yeast
Crumble :
40 gm flour
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
30 gm cold butter
30 gm sugar
Topping :
200 gm strawberries( I used candied kumquats )
more milk for brushing
Sugar Drizzle :
Icing sugar + water(add enough wateruntilit's pipeable)
( I used my left over pastry cream)
Combine ingredients for dough and knead til smooth.
Cover and proof til double.
Make 12 portions, form each portion into a patty about 1 cm thick.
Proof for 30 minutes.
Make crumble by rubbing all the ingredients together. Keep chilled.
Preheat oven at 180 C.
Press proofed dough pieces with a glass( flour the base) and make a dent.
Place candied kumquats /strawberries in the dent.
Brush with milk and sprinkle crumble.
Bake for 15 minutes on middle rack or until golden .
Pipe sugar dizzle over if preffered.
Before baking......
After baking.....
Piped some pastry cream, or some sugar drizzle......


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16 Healthy Smoothie Recipesby Dana Angelo White in Healthy Recipes, March 30, 2013
From breakfast to dessert, smoothies are a quick, please-everyone solution; they require little prep (just toss everything in a blender and press a button) and are completely customizable. To make smoothie prep even easier, keep your freezer stocked with frozen fruit.
Smoothie Smarts
These deliciously frosty drinks can be sipped for a snack or a meal. Pay attention to portion sizes and higher-calorie ingredients (like frozen yogurt or nut butter) to make sure you don't overdo it. A snack-sized smoothie should be about 150-200 calories, and to make your smoothie a healthful meal, shoot for more protein and 350-450 calories (and less sugary ingredients).
See Healthy Swaps for smoothies
Start the day with any of these fruit-filled drinks.
Orange-Banana Smoothie (above)
Honeydew-Almond Smoothie
Ginger-Peach Green Tea Smoothie
Melon Smoothies
Pineapple Mama Smoothie
Blueberry Blast Smoothie
Post Workout
Protein-packed smoothies are your best option after exercise, they'll also give you a boost of fluid and electrolytes — give those muscles what they crave.
Silken Smoothie
Tropical Fruit Smoothie
Peanut Butter Split Smoothie
Coconut Water Smoothie With Mango, Banana and Strawberries
Spa Cucumber Smoothie
Sweet Treats
A little something for the sweet tooth – these blends keep it sweet, but healthy.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
Peach Pie Smoothie
Vanilla Bean Coconut Yogurt Smoothie
Banilla Shake
Vietnamese Coffee Smoothie
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The Oklahoma inventory of cattle on feed for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled 345 thousand head on January 1, 2013, unchanged from the previous month but down 8 percent from January 1, 2012.
Placements during December were 52,000, up 16 percent from one year ago. Marketings of fed cattle during December were 49,000 head, down 6 percent from the same month last year. Other disappearance during December totaled 3,000 head.


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created April 23, 2010 · complexity basic · author Alain b · version 7.0
This tip shows how to launch batch jobs and view the results in a manner that is close to interactive. Where I work, supercomputers users and Linux cluster users launch, from their PC, execution prepared files (jobs) by commands such as
qsub or
llsubmit. They then have to wait for a listing file to come back with results. Every listing file is generally named
some_name.oNNNN (
NNNN is a unique number). This process is referred to as batch mode and was common many years before PCs were developed.
You may want to have those two operations, job launching and listing viewing, as simple and close as possible, to perform what I name "close to interactively".
Here is the method I propose for Linux users. Open two Vim or gvim windows, the left one for job launching and the right one for listing editing. Extensions to vimrc are given afterwards.
Job launchingEdit
Prepare a self-launching script, with such a canvas:
JOB=some_filename cat > $JOB <<EOF ... job part as complex as needed ... EOF qsub $JOB rm $JOB
When ready to launch, press the F7 key. Occasionally you may see the NNNN unique number displayed and remember it.
Listing editingEdit
When you know the listing file has been returned, press F12 to edit the most recent file of a good pattern. You may choose explicitly a pattern or keep the precedent one (* by default, use *.o* if you want to restrict only to listing type files). If no more recent file is at disposal, F12 will simply keep the current file active. You may notice that the listings unique numbers are never explicitly used here.
The F7 and F12 keys may be used with success very quickly one after the other, depending on the normal delay of listing returns. You may cycle in this process doing changes in the job preparation as necessary. Obviously the method is more suitable for small tests than for big jobs execution.
Since job preparation file and listing files look often very similar, I propose to make listings read-only files, by default.
To remember keys to be used. I have chosen F12 key because it's the last one (more recent), and I propose F7 because this key is a bit dangerous and so is hidden among the other keys. Ctrl-E: E like execute. Ctrl-^ can be used to switch to the previous (alternate) file.
Additions to vimrcEdit
" Prevents, by default, modification of listing files. autocmd BufReadPre *.o[0-9]* set ro " F7: Execute current file after saving and doing chmod +x " Ctrl-E: same thing with output displayed in an xterm (scrollable) window map <F7> :w<Bar>:!(chmod +x %; %)<CR> map <C-E> :w<Bar>:!chmod +x %; xterm -title "out %" -fg orange -bg darkblue -geometry 80x43 -fn 9x15bold -hold -e %<CR> " F12: Edit most recent file of a given pattern map <F12> :exec EditMostRecentFile()<CR> if !exists("recent") let recent = " " | " By default, space equals * endif function! EditMostRecentFile() let g:pattern = input("EditMostRecentFile. Pattern of files ? (".g:recent." )") if g:pattern != "" let g:recent = g:pattern endif let shell_cmd = "ls -t ".g:recent."| head -1" exec "e ".system(shell_cmd) endfunction
Launching and editing parts may be used independently for whatever you want.
While using gvim for job launching, by construction, gvim will let you see only the last part of output produced at execution. So use Ctrl-E key instead of F7 one to have scroll enabled on displayed output; kill the xterm window when you want.
Windows users may have to change the shell_cmd definition in order to have complete use of the method.


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Topic: Wanna go for a walk......
Ok, lets go then.
Sir Ranulph Fiennes' 'coldest journey' begins
"Sir Ranulph Fiennes is leading a team of five other explorers in a quest to achieve a feat no other human has managed - to walk across Antarctica in the near permanent darkness and super low temperatures of winter."
And we're off......
"The expedition will see the explorer lead a group of five others across Antarctica in the near permanent darkness with temperatures dropping to -80C."
How does that grab ya?????
Orderly queue please!


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Holocaust History Museum
Moshe Safdie
Jerusalem, Israel
Situated on a hillside overlooking Jerusalem's Ein Kerem Valley, the new Holocaust History Museum is the culmination of a 10-year redevelopment project of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority.
The Holocaust History Museum, the most essential component of
Safdie's 800,000-square-foot project, replaces Yad Vashem's
existing Historical Museum, and serves as the complex's new
The building is bursting out toward the north...a volcanic eruption of light and life./Moshe Safdie
Most of the Museum's concrete and glass "main body" is hidden
within the Mount of Remembrance, on which the Yad Vashem campus is
situated, allowing little more than its 500 feet elongated, angular
spine to convey a sense of its true scale.
At one end of the spine, closest to the Museum's entrance and to the Visitors Center, a large triangular prism cantilevers outward over the valley floor, seemingly floating into space.
At the opposite end, the museum's low-slung, slender walls burst
forth from the hillside to form the curved pair of wings that mark
the Museum's exit.
A network of galleries, illuminated through the central skylight
60 feet above, are located along the Museum's partially submerged
central walkway.
The galleries, hidden from view when entering the museum,
present the Holocaust chapter by chapter, along its historical and
thematic course, as visitors proceed along the walkway.
At the end of the historical narrative the "Hall of Names" forms the final, dramatic display space.
The 30 feet high conical structure, open to the sky, houses the
personal records of millions of Jewish Holocaust victims. A
reciprocal cone, dug out of the natural bedrock, honors those
victims whose names will never be known.
The new cultural, educational, and scholarly institution reaffirms Yad Vashem's status as an important international center of Holocaust research and remembrance.
The Masterplan greatly expands Yad Vashem's permanent and
temporary exhibition space and accommodates the campus' growing
Safdie's contributions to the revitalization program includes the new Holocaust History Museum, Holocaust Art Museum, Exhibition Pavilion, Visual Center, Learning Center, Synagogue, Visitors Center, parking area and enhanced group access.
Safdie also designed the Children's Memorial from 1987 and the Memorial to the Deportees from 1995.
Facts about Holocaust History Museum
Total area:
807,300 ft2 (75,000 m2)
Moshe Safdie and Associates, Inc.
Last updated: December 19, 2013
See also
Studios by the Sea
Modernism Rediscovered
Santiago Calatrava Artworks
Shigeru Ban
Starck by Starck


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The 'Hole in the head' skull
Collecting fossils can sometimes be tricky and it is best if you can identify what you are excavating before youattempt to dig it out to avoid damage - but even the experts can get it wrong sometimes.
In 1980 a combined American Museum of Natural History/ Australian Museum field trip went to Lord Howe Island to collect fossils of the extinct horned tortoise, Meiolania platyceps, from beach rock on the island. Storms had washed large amounts of sand away from Neds Beach, uncovering the beach rock and exposing Meiolania bones. At low tide it was decided that some of these bones would be excavated using an electric drill.
The exposed bones were identified as a shoulder girdle by the world expert on Meiolania, who shall remain nameless. An Australian Museum staff member cut the block containing the bones from its surrounds using a series of drill holes. Since it was known what was being excavated, the holes were carefully positioned to miss the partly obscured bones. To everyone's surprise and consternation, when the block was removed, it was found that it was not a shoulder girdle at all, but a fine skull of Meiolania with a neat 2 cm hole drilled right through it.
This skull is now commonly referred to as the 'hole in the head skull' and will forever be a source of embarrassment for those who know how the hole got here.
Robert Jones , Palaeontology
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Imagine a Hoodie
Added Sep 28, 2012
by Julia Morley
Pittsburgh, Penn...
My boyfriend has this T-Shirt that has the word imagine on it with a little heart over the "i." It's one of those things that's so simple, but somehow resonates with me, so I wanted to incorporate the idea into something of my own.
Everyone associates the word "imagine" with the John Lennon song, right? I hope so, because it's one of my favorite songs ever.
The pattern was Burda 8042, and what a wonderful pattern! This is the kind of hoodie you never want to take off. The only modification I made was to lengthen the sleeves by 3 inches (I have the wingspan of a chimpanzee). It's made with a spandex-jersey blend I got on clearance at Spotlight in New Zealand when I was visiting my parents.
The applique was the most time consuming part and I backed it with white interfacing which I should have made slightly smaller than the applique itself because now it peeks out on the edges. I can live with that, though.
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Sep 28, 2012, 07.13 PMby noelia45
I simply love it!!
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Great colour and a very nice hoodie
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Alex Silvagni's Friday nightmare against Taylor Walker has had an unfortunate post-script, with the Fremantle defender offered a one-match suspension that would keep him out of the Claremont side for this weekend's WAFL grand final.
Silvagni, making only his fifth AFL appearance of the season in the semi-final loss to the Crows, was soundly beaten by Walker, who kicked five goals in a match-turning performance.
Silvagni was also cited today by the Match Review Panel, which assessed a "headbutt" on Jared Petrenko during the third quarter as being intentional conduct, low impact and high contact.
The incident was categorised as a level three offence, drawing a two-match suspension, which can be reduced to a single game with an early guilty plea.
If Silvagi takes the plea, it would rule him out of Sunday's WAFL grand final between Claremont and East Fremantle.
Silvagni would also miss the opening match of Fremantle's home-and-away season in 2013.
Fremantle has until midday Tuesday to decide whether to challenge Silvagni's suspension.
In other MRP news, contact between Fremantle's Hayden Ballantyne and Adelaide's Luke Thompson was also assessed.
Ballantyne's second-quarter bump was deemed not to constitute forceful high contact.


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By Varietal
Summers spent on my grandparents farm in New Jersey are the inspiration for my deliciously decadent local yolkal burger.
Living only 15 minutes from Kennett Square, the "mushroom capital of the world", I have been able to experiment with many different varieties of mushrooms.
This burger is one we make often! Venison can be a tough meat to grill as with it being naturally leaner, can dry out more quickly.
This recipe comes blends my Wisconsin and Slovak heritages. The bratwurst is cooked in the traditional Wisconsin way – boiled in beer and onions.
My family loves the old Italian favorite-Sausage and peppers, but grilling sausage can be very messy, and rather hazardous.
The torta is the second greatest sandwich on the face of the earth.


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Poland is home to a remarkably vibrant and under-appreciated candy culture. Brands like E. Wedel and Wawel are a key part of Poland's national identity, and the confections they produce are as iconic there as anything produced by Hershey's or Cadbury. While Polish candy doesn't enjoy tremendously widespread availability in the United States, it can be readily found in specialty stores, especially in ethnic enclaves.
Słodycze Wedel in Greenpoint, home to one of New York's largest Polish communities (43.6% of residents claimed Polish ancestry in the 2010 census), is the candy store which the neighborhood deserves. Since opening about 15 years ago, Słodycze Wedel, which translates simply to "Candy Wedel," has become not just a necessary Polish candy shop, but one of Brooklyn's best candy shops period, especially if you're a chocolate lover.
Most of Słodycze Wedel's stock is chocolate—chocolate bars, individually wrapped chocolates and truffles, chocolates with liquor, and gift boxes (much of it on the dark side)—but there's also a selection of fruit candies, krówki, chałwa, and other Polish snacks.
The candy is remarkably inexpensive, with loose chocolates selling for about $7.99/lb, several chocolate bars for under $1, and some boxes for as little as $5. If you'd like to see what we saw and ate there, check out the slideshow above.
About the author: Ben Jay is a Serious Eats contributor, photographer, carnivore, beer and whisky drinker, and music nerd. He spent the duration of the Sochi Olympics watching curling and listening to t.A.T.u. in lieu of sleep. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram.


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Sunflower Showdown Comes to Ahearn
Sunflower Showdown Comes to Ahearn
Nov. 6, 2012
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Dillons Sunflower Showdown returns to Manhattan as the No. 17 K-State Wildcats prepare to host the No. 23 Kansas Jayhawks at Ahearn Field House. With the season coming down to the final weeks positioning in the conference standings is getting tight and the Wildcats trail KU by one game. First serve is set for 7 p.m. from Ahearn Field House with the Wildcats looking to get a win after falling on the road in Lawrence earlier. The match will be broadcast on FOX Sports Midwest by K-StateHD.TV.
K-State is currently tied for third place in the conference and a win would put the Wildcats in a tie for second place with KU and Iowa State with four matches to play. In their first meeting with KU, the Jayhawks were able to defeat the Wildcats in four sets. It marked the first time in the long history of the series that both teams were ranked when the Sunflower Showdown was played.
Wednesday's match will pit some of the best middle blockers and setters in the nation against each other. The combination of senior Alex Muff and junior Kaitlynn Pelger has been hot lately for the Wildcats up the middle. Pelger continues to be one of the best attackers in the conference and one of only four middle blockers in the nation to play all six rotations. Muff has been more efficient on offense during conference play to rank fifth in hitting percentage. Pelger and Muff will be up against KU's Caroline Jarmoc, who ranks 14th in the nation in hitting percentage and 28th in blocks.
The top two setters in the Big 12 will be on the court in Ahearn with K-State's Caitlyn Donahue ranking seventh in assists in the NCAA this year. Erin McNorton ranks sixth for KU as both are leading two of the top offenses in the country this year. Both make significant contributions on defense as well with each posting eight double-doubles on the year.
This edition of the Dillons Sunflower Showdown also will be 90's Night as the K-State Fan Experience and Sales Office continues its decade themed promotions this season. The first 250 students at the match will receive a free decade themed gift. Fans are encouraged to dress in their best 90's garb and similar to other decade nights, music from the 90's will be played throughout the night.
On the Tube
Wednesday's match will be broadcast on FOX Sports Midwest by K-StateHD.TV. The match will still be available online for K-StateHD.TV subscribers allowing fans without FOX Sports Midwest or outside its viewing area to watch the match. Brian Smoller and Liz Wegner will host the pregame, intermission and postgame coverage and the broadcast will use the audio play by play from 1350 KMAN's broadcast with Rob Voelker.
On the Airwaves
Wednesday's match will be aired on 1350 KMAN with Rob Voelker calling the action. Pregame coverage begins at 6:30 p.m.
Friday's match can be heard online at kstatesports.com with Rob Voelker's call of the action. Live stats will be available at kstatesports.com and kuathletics.com provided by CBS GameTracker. The FOX Sports Midwest broadcast produced by K-StateHD.TV will also be available for K-StateHD.TV subscribers.
The Series
K-State leads the all-time series at 62-42-1 after dropping the last meeting in Lawrence earlier this season. That marked the first time both the Wildcats and Jayhawks were ranked when they played each other in the history of the series. Head Coach Suzie Fritz is 18-5 against KU and the Wildcats lead the series during the Big 12 era 28-5.
The Coaches
Kansas State: Suzie Fritz (Florida Atlantic '94) is in her 12th year as head coach of the Wildcats she is the winningest coach in the program's history with 237 wins and has taken the team to eight NCAA Tournaments, including three runs to the Regional Semifinals.
Kansas: Ray Bechard (Fort Hays State '80) is in his 15th year leading the Jayhawks. He has the team looking for a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since back-to-back-back trips from 2003 through 2005.
Scouting the Jayhawks
With 20 wins on the season and the No. 10 RPI in the latest rankings, the Jayhawks are poised to make their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005. Kansas went to three straight tournaments before ending that run in the 2006 season. They enter Wednesday's contest ranked No. 23 in the AVCA Coaches Poll and in a tie for second place with Iowa State in the Big 12 Conference standings.
Kansas is led by middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc. The junior is averaging 3.59 kills and hitting an efficient .393 on te year. Her numbers are only slightly lower in conference play at 3.23 kills and .379 hitting. In the first match against K-State this season, Jarmoc shined with 11 kills and 12 blocks to held KU snap a four-match losing streak to the Wildcats. Her .379 percentage ranks second in the Big 12.
Outside hitter Sara McClinton also is a force for the Jayhawks posting 3.05 kills in conference action. She tallied 19 in the win over K-State while hitting .545 for the match.
The Jayhawks spread their offense around as three different players rank among the top 10 in the Big 12 in kills during conference play. Jarmoc ranks sixth with McClinton eight. Junior outside hitter Catherine Carmichael from Manhattan stands ninth averaging 2.90 in conference matches.
That distribution is due to setter Erin McNorton. She is averaging 11.27 assists in conference play and 11.90 overall. She ranks sixth in the NCAA in assists so far this season, just ahead of K-State's Caitlyn Donahue. With McNorton's guidance KU ranks 27th in the nation in kills and 59th in hitting percentage.
Defensively, KU is led by junior libero Brianne Riley. She is posting 4.80 digs in conference play to rank second.
In their last match, the Jayhawks fell on the road to the Baylor Lady Bears. KU fell in four sets to bring its road conference record to 3-3. The first set was all Baylor with the Bears winning 25-10 and holding KU to a negative hitting percentage. After that, all three other sets were decided by the minimum of two points with the second and third sets going to extra points.
Catching Up with the 'Cats
The Wildcats are 7-4 in Big 12 Conference play with five matches left on the schedule. K-State is currently in a tie for third place with Oklahoma. Kansas and Iowa State are each one game ahead in the standings at 8-3. K-State dropped one home match to then-No. 9 Texas during the first half of conference play. The Wildcats are still to host TCU and Oklahoma.
Last week, the Wildcats only had one contest falling on the road in a tightly fought match at No. 7 Texas. The Longhorns and Wildcats battled closely in the second and third sets before Texas was able to push away late and get the victory.
Middle blockers Kaitlynn Pelger and Alex Muff continued providing a strong amount of offense for the Wildcats against Texas, but the block of the Longhorns was too much to overcome on the outside. Pelger and Muff combined for 23 of K-State's 41 kills. Muff hit .455 for the match to keep her hot streak going and Pelger also was efficient at .286.
K-State hit .207 for the match, one of the highest hitting percentages surrendered this year by the Longhorns. It marked just the seventh time this year the Longhorns have allowed a team to hit .200 or higher. Texas was able to counter K-State's offense with an even more efficient one hitting .352 and seeing three players reach double digits in kills.
The Wildcats have a strong defense at the net with senior middle blocker Alex Muff ranking third in the conference in blocks at 1.39 overall and 1.24 in league action. K-State is averaging 2.32 blocks in Big12 play, trailing Texas and KU. At 2.60 per set, the Wildcats are ranked 39th in the nation in blocking.
Despite the loss to No. 7 Texas, the Wildcats are still ranked among the top teams in the country in the polls and have the stats to back it up. The Wildcats are 23rd in the NCAA in assists per set in the NCAA's latest statistics report on Monday averaging 13.31. With senior setter Caitlyn Donahue directing the offense the team is also ranked21st in the NCAA in hitting percentage at .261 and 40th in kills averaging 14.05.
The Wildcats are posting those strong numbers thanks to a number of individuals having great seasons for the team. Donahue ranks seventh in the NCAA in assists (11.84) and in league play leads the conference by a wide margin. She also has eight double-doubles on the year. Muff is one of the best blockers in K-State history and is showing it by ranking 22nd in the nation this season at 1.39 per set. Pelger is 45th in points while standing just outside the top 50 in kills and hitting percentage.
Round and Round
Middle blockers rarely play all six rotations in volleyball, especially now with additional substitutions allowed this season. That puts K-State's Kaitlynn Pelger in a select group as she is playing all six rotations for a second year in a row for the Wildcats.
Pelger is among four middle blockers playing all the way around at the NCAA Division I level this year joining Madeline Westman of UNLV, Xitlali Herrera from UTEP play all six rotations and Michigan's Jennifer Cross, who recently became a six rotation player for the Wolverines.
Pelger is averaging 3.77 kills per set and has increased her defensive production on the back row to average 2.78 digs this year. The junior has tallied seven double-doubles on the year with six of them coming by way of kills and digs.
Hot Hand
Senior middle blocker Alex Muff has been one of the top blockers in the Big 12 Conference her entire career, and now she is adding more offense to her numbers in her final year to give the Wildcats another consistent weapon to go to in conference play thanks to her newfound firepower at the net. Muff is averaging 2.53 kills per set in conference play this season, adding nearly a full kill per set more than her three previous years in league play. She also is hitting .340 to lead the team in that category and rank fifth in the conference.
Muff has posted10 or more kills in six of the last seven matches and hit .368 over that span. Before this season, she had only nine matches with 10 or more kills. She posted 10 kills and hit .353 against the No. 9 Texas Longhorns to start the hot streak and followed it with 10 kills on a .400 clip at TCU the next week. She also had six blocks at TCU. Against Kansas, Muff again had 10 kills. This weekend at Texas, Muff hit .455 with 11 kills.
Three weeks ago, Muff posted a new career-high 17 kills in a win over Texas Tech. Her .593 hitting percentage also ranks fourth in school history for a five-set match. After her career day, Muff had only six kills at West Virginia but backed that up with 10 kills and four blocks against Baylor.
Defensively over the last seven matches, Muff has averaged 1.24 blocks. She now ranks third in the league in that category with 1.24 in conference matches overall.
For her career, Muff ranks seventh in school history in block assists with 390 and is poised to move into the fop five soon. She has now posted three straight seasons with at least 100 total blocks.
K-State Ranked No. 17
The Wildcats dropped one spot to No. 17 in this week's AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll after falling on the road at No. 7 Texas and thanks to a number of upsets above the Wildcats in the rankings. Four teams in the Top 10 all lost to unranked opponents over the weekend. In addition, two other teams in the Top 15 lost causing a number of teams to slide down in the Top 25 this week.
After the best start in school history at 12-0, K-State climbed to No. 11 seven weeks ago and still remain among the top teams in the country. The No. 11 ranking was the highest the Wildcats had been ranked since being No. 11 on Nov. 26, 2007.
Four Big 12 teams remain ranked, as Texas benefited the most from the Top 10 losses. With their strong play recently and only three losses on the year, the Longhorns now stand at No. 3. After a loss at Baylor on Saturday, the Kansas Jayhawks dropped three spots for the second straight week down to No. 23. The Iowa State Cyclones moved up one to No. 20.
A number of K-State's nonconference foes are among the top teams as well. Minnesota and Dayton are still ranked with the Golden Gophers holding onto No. 10 and Dayton climbed to No. 12 thanks to the losss ahead of the Flyers. The Wildcats defeated both the Gophers and the Flyers. After cracking the Top 25 two weeks ago, St. Mary's drops out this week but makes room for a different K-State opponent. The Creighton Bluejays are ranked No. 25 this week, marking the first time in school history the team is ranked. St. Mary's is still listed among the teams also receiving votes and are essentially No. 29.
Winning Formula
The NCAA released its updated RPI rankings on Monday, and the computers continue to love the K-State Wildcats. With a 20-4 record entering this week the Wildcats moved up to No. 11 in the latest RPI report. Similar to basketball, the NCAA selection committee uses RPI as a major factor in determining at-large bids and seeding for the NCAA Tournament. The selection committee only seeds the top 16 teams for the postseason, with regional sites hosted at Purdue, Texas, Cal and in Omaha this year. The first two rounds of the tournament are played at 16 campus sites to be determined by the committee.
Eight of K-State's opponents are in the Top 40 of the RPI, including three in the top 10 in Texas (3), Minnesota (6) and Kansas (10).
Elite Company
K-State's football team is a perfect 9-0 and ranked No. 3 following a victory over Oklahoma State this weekend. With K-State's No. 17-ranked volleyball team at 20-4, the Wildcats join 10 other schools that can boast the same accomplishment so far with their football and volleyball teams ranked.
The Wildcats are joined by fellow Big 12 school Texas to have football and volleyball both ranked with the Longhorns' football team moving to No. 17 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 19 by the AP. The Pac-12 has four schools on the list as UCLA football continues to move up the polls this week. Oregon is the only school with both teams in the Top 10. Oregon is No. 2 in both football polls and No. 4 in volleyball.
Cleaning Up
K-State currently stands at 20-4, but the way the Wildcats have been winning is just as impressive. A total of 15 of those victories have been 3-0 sweeps of their opponents. That total already far surpasses last year's eight sweeps and is among the most in the nation. Western Kentucky leads the nation with 21 sweeps and K-State opponent Dayton is second with 17 after this weekend's action. Three teams are just ahead of K-State with 16 sweeps in No. 3 Texas, No. 14 BYU and unranked Towson. Four other teams are now tied with K-State with 15 sweeps.
Some of the top programs in the nation are on this list with the Wildcats at 15 sweeps, including No. 2 Penn State, No. 4 Oregon and No. 8 USC. One Top 10 team trails K-State in the category with 14 sweeps in No. 5 Washington.
The 3-0 sweeps have come against strong competition as well, including then-No. 22 Iowa State. The Wildcats swept Creighton on the Bluejays' home court while the team was receiving votes in the poll. K-State swept 2011 NCAA Tournament teams Missouri State and Tulsa, as well as then-No. 20 Dayton. Some opponents K-State swept earlier in the season have responded with signature wins as well. Oregon State defeated No. 2 Penn State in five sets, and Syracuse bested No. 23 Iowa State on the Cyclones' home floor, and St. Mary's has defeated three ranked opponents in then-No. 18 Pepperdine, No. 11 BYU and No. 13 San Diego.
Packed with Purple
K-State fans have traditionally made Ahearn Field House one of the greatest venues and atmospheres in the Big 12 Conference. In 2011, fans packed Ahearn with purple averaging more than 1,500 per match and ranked No. 20 in the nation. The 2012 season as been even better with the Wildcats ranked No. 20 in this week's NCAA attendance report after playing on the road, averaging more than 1,800 per match after.
More than 3,000 fans packed the stands four weeks ago as the Wildcats played host to No. 9 Texas. It marked the first crowd to crack the 3,000 mark since posting two such attendance marks during 2010.
This season started off strong with more than 2,700 fans in attendance for the season opener against UC Irvine and following the match Suzie Fritz again praised the fans and said K-State is one of the best atmospheres to play in all the country. For the final match of opening weekend more than 1,500 faithful came out to watch a come-from-behind victory over Oregon State to average 1,755 for the three matches at the Varney's Invitational.
Conference play has seen some of the largest crowds of the season at Ahearn Field House. In the conference home opener 1,912 fans came to Ahearn Field House to welcome West Virginia to the Big 12 Conference. Then against No. 22 Iowa State, fans filled the stands with 2,060 at Ahearn. With an attendance of 3,044 against Texas and 2,943 against Baylor for Homecoming, K-State fans are averaging more than 2,200 strong during Big 12 matches.
This year more renovations have been done to Ahearn Field House to enhance the atmosphere. The entire balcony seating area has been painted purple and white. The railings have all been converted from cream to white and the bleachers are now K-State Purple instead of brown. Along with the seating renovations and Powercat banner installed over the previous two years, Ahearn Field House is now truly home to the Purple and the White. A new media center has been installed as well for journalists to cover matches for their respective media outlets.
Redesigned banners have been hung in Ahearn as well replacing the older ones. The traditional style banners commemorate the winning tradition at K-State, displaying all 13 NCAA Tournament banners, All-Americans and the 2003 Big 12 Championship.


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Really, that's the only word for it. The North Korean cinema – if you can call it that – is utterly, totally warped.
As Helier Cheung of the BBC reports, "in Hollywood, North Korea is a favourite movie villain. But few know that the communist country has its own film industry, which serves as both a propaganda machine for the state and a passion project for late leader Kim Jong-il. Kim Jong-il was a massive movie buff who ensured the film industry had ample funding during the 1970s and 1980s. However, he was reportedly unhappy with the quality of films produced by his countrymen. He ordered the abduction of South Korean Shin Sang-ok in 1978, and forced the director to make films for his regime. Shin's ex-wife, actress Choi Eun-hee, was also kidnapped.
Shin's expertise as a director enabled him to make films with better entertainment and production values.'Shin was able to use old fashioned formulas of North Korean propaganda, and turn them into great movies,' Johannes Schonherr, author of North Korean Cinema: A History, says. 'He changed the quality of North Korean cinema… other North Korean films also became better under his influence.'
Popular movies by Shin included Runaway, an action film that ends in a train exploding, and Pulgasari, a North Korean monster movie inspired by Japan's Godzilla. Shin and Choi escaped during a business trip in Vienna in 1986. Pulgasari had just been completed at that time, and Kim Jong-il did not want to admit that it had been directed by Shin, so all the credit was given to Shin's co-director, Mr Schonherr says. Shin continued his filmmaking career in the US and South Korea until his death in 2006.
Many North Korean actors are said to be schooled at the Pyongyang University of Cinematic and Dramatic Arts.But as propaganda tools, many North Korean films also required foreign characters, especially Americans, to play the villains. 'If [North Korea] needed foreigners to appear in a film, they would ask [foreigners] already living there,' says Mr Schonherr. 'Pretty much everyone – foreign students, professors and sports trainers – could be asked. And people didn't usually say no.'
Some of the most well-known Americans were Charles Jenkins, Larry Abshier, Jerry Parish and James Dresnok, who all defected during the Korean war. All four starred as evil capitalists in a propaganda film series called Nameless Heroes in 1978. Charles Jenkins later said that he had been forced to act in the films, and going to North Korea was 'the stupidest thing' he had ever done."
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Question for the Money Doctors
Question submitted on Nov 14, 2013.
QuestionI recently received a death benefit check from fegli because of my dads death. in his will it is noted that each my brother and i split any remaining monies unless otherwise noted. my brother did not claim his half of the check from fegli and it was awarded to myself. he was sent two letters from fegli and many emails from me. am i legally allowed to keep the whole check i was mailed becauseof my claim.
FEGLI is the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance coverage. The key rule of thumb is that any legal document should be reviewed by an attorney. A will is a legal document. I can give some perspective. The answer as to whom has rights to the life insurance proceeds depends upon the beneficiary designation. If the beneficiary designation identifies only you on the FEGLI proceeds, my hunch is that you are probably entitlted to keep the proceeds. If you received it as the trustee of the estate, then, it should be allocated based on the stipulations of the governing document, which in this case may be the will. If there are more than one beneficiary, it gets more complicated. If all beneficiaries are alive, beneficiaries have a right to the percentage that they have been identified on the beneficiary designation form. If one has passed, you look to contingent beneficiaries, which are who is to receive the proceeds if one of the beneficiaries have pre-deceased the insured. If there is no contingent beneficiary, the remaining beneficiaries may be entitled a recomputed share. Complicating matters, specific contingent beneficiaries may not be named. This is also true of the beneficiary designation. Sometimes a "box" is checked to signify all living children at the time of death. To be sure, you will want to have an attorney review the documents you have to ensure that you are handling your father''s estate properly.
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FURTHER to the awful threat of
large-scale housing development at
Goodworth Clatford (which you
kindly gave some air with my
Skyline letter a few weeks ago) I
now find we face a possible double
whammy in prospect to ruin our
peace and tranquillity – namely
By chance I happened to pick up a
leaflet from an organisation called
'Frack Free Solent' which has a map
clearly showing Goodworth Clatford
and a large area of Stockbridge with
disastrous potential for planning
requests in the pipeline – pun intended.
What concerns me most is the position
of the Parish Council in this
respect as no mention of this threat in
the recent Parish circular. We already
suffer a huge solar farm nearby (which
can be seen from Danebury and probably
space) which must have got through
with Parish and Test Valley acquiescence.
Perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps the
Parish Council are aware of this
appalling new threat to the village.
However, I am not aware of any fighting
fund or action group having been
established, and I would just like to ask
if not why not?
As Churchill would have said,
"Action this day".
Any possible threat of 'Fracking' at
Goodworth Clatford, Fullerton or
Stockbridge needs to be smashed
sharpish, before the whole area falls
under such a potential blight.
C Somers-Cocks,
Goodworth Clatford.


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