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After a four-year, sometimes contentious absence, the 41st Annual Dance for Mother Earth Powwow will return to the Crisler Center on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor this April. The contest pow wow, one of the largest university pow wows in the country, is held to honor Mother Earth for what she provides her people and highlights the beauty and vibrancy of American Indian traditions. According to a 2011 USAToday.com article, the annual Ann Arbor pow wow is one of the "10 great places to be wowed by American Indian culture."
Ann Arbor has been kicking off pow wow season in grand style for decades with intertribal dancing, popular contests, dancers in bright regalia, drums from around the country and tiny tot exhibitions to delight both kids and adults alike. However, trouble began to take shape in 2008—although an estimated 8,000 people attended that year's pow wow, there were 1,300 seats roped off and deliberately kept empty. This was a symbolic protest, with the empty seats representing the remains of 1,600 tribal ancestors and 16,000 funerary objects kept in storage by the university. Those empty seats were part of a peaceful, subtle and educational protest organized by the Native Graduate Student Caucus.
The following year, amid much controversy and media attention, the pow wow was moved off-campus. According to Native American Student Association co-chair Forrest Cox, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, a senior graduating this year from the university's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy with a minor in Native American studies, there was more than one reason for that move. The university was remodeling the event space at the Crisler Center in 2009, which essentially squeezed out the student-run event. The more publicized reason for the relocation, Cox says, was the ongoing protest of the university's refusal to repatriate ancestral remains and artifacts.
Tensions eased considerably in 2010 however, as the school started the slow process of returning artifacts and remains to tribes in Michigan who claimed them for reburial. "The University of Michigan is making good progress in meeting both the letter and the spirit of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. In July of 2013, we will complete the full re-inventory of our collections of human remains and funerary objects from sites in Michigan and we have already been working with a variety of tribes to transfer them under [act] guidelines," David R. Lampe, executive director for strategic communications at Michigan's Office of the Vice President for Research, said in late February.
Last year's pow wow was not far from the Crisler Center, which was undergoing some major renovations, at Pioneer High School—the closest place to campus that could comfortably handle the more than 2,500 people who packed the gymnasium. This year Cox is anticipating a crowd of about 5,000 to pack the Crisler Center for the pow wow's homecoming.
Although Cox was not a student when the pow wow was originally moved off-campus, his commitment to seeing it return to campus comes from a picture hanging on the wall in the student union where he eats lunch each day. "Along a wall over some booths across from the eatery are pictures of Hillary Clinton and Michigan alum James Earl Jones—and among those famous faces is a picture of the Ann Arbor pow wow, of a traditional woman dancer during grand entry, showing her regalia, with other dancers behind her," says Cox."I always looked at that picture and said we had to bring the pow wow back."
Members of the student association worked hard to bring the pow wow back. Isa Gaillard, a sophomore with Cherokee heritage, says he is looking forward to celebrating the pow wow's return to campus in part because it will be his first pow wow.
Cox and Gaillard say the Native student association has worked hard the past three years to build a diverse group of people who care about the success of the pow wow. "In the student association there are folks interested in Native issues who have no relationship with being Native and there are also folks who have delved deep into their respective tribal culture," says Cox. "There is a very broad and interesting intertribal mix of people on campus and that is shown in the intertribal setting of the pow wow as well." He says that before the pow wow moved off campus four years ago, there was a community drum, and he would like to see that started back up.
"This pow wow is more than just the campus community," he explains. "It's the Ann Arbor community and it's also the Detroit, Saginaw and southern Michigan pow wow, even reaching out into Canada and throughout the Midwest. It is the students committed to putting on the pow wow and answering e-mails and going to weekly meetings and meeting with groups to get people in the community and on campus inspired to help out in different capacities. It's building those ties and creating friendships; it's been a drive by the student association with more friends and support behind us each year."
Cox says that with the university's support and the student association's fund-raising efforts they have enough money to give good prize money for the competition events this year.
"The members of the Native American Student Association at the University of Michigan are both thrilled and humbled by the opportunities that are brought forth in the returning of the Dance for Mother Earth Powwow back to campus. We hope to honor the intertribal diversity that is the essence of this pow wow, while striving to sustain a strong Native American heritage on campus and throughout the greater Ann Arbor area," Gaillard says.
The Dance for Mother Earth Powwow is being held April 6 and 7 at the Crisler Center on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. For more information, click here.


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Mayoress of Warminster Sue Burrow hopes her two handmade embroideries will inspire a bidding war to raise money for Royal British Legion and the research department of the Alzheimer's Society.
The embroideries, entitled Time and Memory, are Mrs Burrow's contribution to her partner Cllr Rob Fryer's Mayor's Fund and went on display at Warminster Library last week.
The Royal British Legion and the research department of the Alzheimer's Society are Cllr Fryer's chosen charities and Mrs Burrow's latest creations are inspired by the two causes.
Warminster Town Council are organising the sale of the embroideries, with verbal or telephone bids accepted for each one up until the closing date for purchase on April 20.
Mrs Burrow, 59, who works as a primary school supply teacher, said: "I have been doing embroideries since I was in my 20s and wanted to do something for Rob's chosen charities.
"I used each of the causes as inspiration for the embroideries, with Time for the Royal Brit-ish Legion and Memory for the Alzheimer's Society.
"They each took about a month to complete and I was delighted with the way they turned out – I hope the new owners will also enjoy them. I have already had a bid of £125 for Time, but the more money they can raise for the charities the better."
Once the bidding for the embroideries closes on April 20, the highest bids will be combined and then split equally between the two charities.
Anyone interested in placing a bid should contact Warminster Town Council on 01985 214847.

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A three-year-old North Platte boy started crying while looking at his grandmother Wednesday afternoon, a definite sign of life after he nearly drowned two days earlier.
Schroeder, the victim of a drowning just east of North Platte, was unresponsive Monday evening when he arrived at Great Plains Regional Medical Center.
An emergency team was able to resuscitate him and he was rushed to Denver Childrens Hospital by helicopter in a medically induced coma. His body was full of water and his organs were barely working. He was put on a ventilator.
Minute by minute, he fought for his life, boosted by thousands of prayers, organized through a Facebook page, Prayers for Landon." Soon after the page was created, more than 1,000 people were connected.
One of the most poignant prayers said in part: When you have healed our little boy we ask that you put him back into his vessel here on earth! We haven't had enough time to be with Landon and we believe this is not your doing and that's why we beg of you to heal this little boy that we love and care for so much!
More than 2,400 people were praying for Landon as of Tuesday night, according to the number of likes on the Facebook page.
By 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, he had moved his arms and legs, opened his eyes briefly and appeared to be in pain signs that he was coming around.
On Wednesday morning, family members reported that Landon had cried and followed an object with his eye.
By noon Wednesday, the number of Facebook likes surpassed 3,000. Several people posted on the page to say other prayer groups were engaged.
"Keep praying! It's working so well!" his family said Thursday morning.
The boy went fishing with his stepfather Trevor Perry around noon Monday in a pond east of the Newberry Road/U.S. 30 overpass that crosses the railroad tracks, Lincoln County Sheriff Jerome Kramer said.
A sheriff's spokesman said Perry, 28, told investigators that they went fishing just north of the railroad tracks. The two fished through the afternoon. The drowning happened around 5:30 p.m., Kramer said.
According to the sheriff's spokesman, Landon apparently stepped away from the fishing area and made it into the water. Perry told investigators that Landon had not been in the water for long.
Perry said as soon as he noticed Landon in the water, he rushed him home, and then to Great Plains Regional Medical Center. He was unresponsive when he arrived, the hospital staff told the sheriff's office.
The sheriff was contacted around 7 p.m.
Kramer said the drowning is under investigation.
We need to match some of the evidence with the story, he said late Tuesday. I dont have the answers that satisfy me at this time.
Investigators said they have been working with both Perry and Landons mother, who was not present at the time of the drowning, to put the pieces of the investigation together.
As of Wednesday, no criminal charges had been filed, the spokesman said. But Landon was improving.
The support has been overwhelming and I know I can speak for this entire family when I say thank you, Landons stepmother Ashley Barraclough posted around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday. Words can not describe how amazing every single one of you are!
The family set up an account for donations that can be accessed through Facebook. To see it, click HERE.
A fundraising coed softball tournament will be held at Cody Park Saturday May 18, with raffles, food and ball games. The tournament will begin at 9 a.m., with the first pitch at 10 a.m.
The team fee is $100. Donated merchandise and gift certificates will be raffled.
You can volunteer to help publicize and organize the tournament, post signs, etc.
To participate, contact Brook Baker @ 308-660-5112 or Jacqueline Deacon at 308-539-7911.
Landon's father Billy Nichelson posted this prayer on the Facebook page, which was sent by his cousin and "sums up how we feel," Nichelson said.
"Dear Heavenly Father, we ask you that you take Landon into your hands and wrap him in your healing arms! When you have healed our little boy we ask that you put him back into his vessel here on earth! We haven't had enough time to be with Landon and we believe this is not your doing and that's why we beg of you to heal this little boy that we love and care for so much! He was full of life and love! So we ask dear lord, that you will heal Landon. So we can have more time with this precious little boy! We love you lord. In your name we pray dear lord, amen!"
This report is updated regularly.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
A Great Weekend
On Sunday while Allan had his training meetings, I went to regular church meetings with the ladies. The topic for the talks at Sacrament Meeting was worship. The speakers were great, but I want to tell you about one of the talks. It was given by a member of the Temple Presidency. I just want to tell you about one of the things he said in his talk that really hit me. He talked about the commandments. He said that all the commandments have to do with relationships: Relationships with God, with others and with ourselves. He then asked a funny question: How many of the commandments are about how others treat you? And, many of us laughed--OBVIOUSLY NOT ONE!!! They are all about how we treat others. That is our test. The Lord wants us to give our gift of love to everyone.
His talk just wanted me to learn to love others more. It is very easy for me to love people I like, but I need to learn to love everyone. One of my DIL's told me that I have expectations. (I know she was trying to be helpful, but it hurt, and I'm trying to let that go) It was probably something I needed to hear. I know it is a challenge for me (and for them). I'm working on it--I am striving to be a better person and let people be themselves and love them no matter what they do in relationship to WHAT I THINK THEY SHOULD DO ; )
We sometimes think when we go to Church we hear the same thing over and over again, but if we really listen we will hear just what we need to hear. I know I did.
BTW, I mentioned the beautiful weather on Saturday--Sunday, not so beautiful. This is what they had to do to our plane before take-off. (We were sitting quite forward of the wing, and this is the best I could do from that little window) It wasn't all that cold, but the pilot still wanted to do it. (I'm happy when they do anything to make the flight safe ; ) The thing that surprised me was I didn't know the de-icing stuff was orange--it's usually too cold to see it)
Sidenote: Regarding Elder Rob's birthday: Many months ago I had the mother of a missionary send me an e-mail asking if I would order a pizza for her son who was serving here. (We ended up talking on the phone and she explained that she had called around and no one would take her credit card) I ordered the pizza for her. So I decided I wanted to order a pizza for Elder Rob. After several phone calls, I found a place that would deliver. The only problem they closed at 9:00 pm. Friday night about 8:45 Idaho time, I get a phone call from this sweet delivery girl who said the apartment was dark and she asked if I knew what time they would be in. I told her I did not. She said she would wait around until 9:00 and if they didn't get there, what did I want her to do. I asked her if anyone else was home at one of the other apartments. She said they were all dark. I told her to just leave it at the front door--if he got it great, if not, oh well ; ) A couple of minutes until 9 she calls me back and said they got there and she gave it to him. I thought it was so sweet of her to go to so much trouble.
In his e-mail Monday he said they really enjoyed the pizza ; )
As well, I received a note on FB on Monday from one of the young girls in an outlying branch in our Stake. She said she and her sister walked into her sister's YSA Ward in Blackfoot and there was Elder Rob. They were able to wish him a happy belated birthday. (He thought it was so cool that he got to see them)
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- Heffalump said...
I need to work on loving everyone too. I have a very hard time trusting people, and generally find it easy to think the worst. Thanks for making me think today!
- April 18, 2012 at 10:04 AM
- Natalie said...
You always have great messages for us. I'm so glad you posted the tidbit from that talk. It must have been really good. I think we all need to work on loving everyone. It's hard sometimes to let people do what they think is best, but that is what we have to do. Otherwise, who's plan is it if we force them?
I do not like to travel in bad weather. It's kinda scary when the planes have to be de-iced. I always worry that it will ice right up again. Glad you are safe.
I thought it was such a great idea have pizza sent over to Elder Rob. I would never have thought of that. Good thinking!!!!!!!
When are you coming my way?
- April 18, 2012 at 12:06 PM
- Garden of Egan said...
Great lesson. Thank you for sharing it.
- April 18, 2012 at 4:26 PM
- Heidi said...
I have TONS to work on mom--you are doing great! You are always setting great goals and always loving and reaching out to others. Thank you for your great example!
- April 18, 2012 at 5:58 PM
- Sheri said...
That is something I have a hard time with too!! Great insight as usual. Thank you for sharing!!
- April 18, 2012 at 9:23 PM
- ShEiLa said...
Such a sweet thought to have pizza delivered.
I can hardly believe that it's almost time for him to come home... wow! where does the time go?
- April 19, 2012 at 1:56 PM
- Carrot Jello said...
I had pizza delivered to my husband when he was on his mission.
First I sent fortune cookies with a message (when put together) said, "Confucius say be home Tuesday night at 9:00"
That's when I had them deliver it.
- April 20, 2012 at 10:47 AM
- kierste said...
I love the idea of sending pizza to your elder!!! Fabulous idea!
I always love your insights...and appreciate you sharing them!
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Fifty years ago a young girl opened a cardboard box in her basement. Long forgotten, the box contained her fathers World War II uniform, vintage photos, semaphore flags and other World War II keepsakes.
Mohrman conducted extensive research to write about the family from 1930-47.
The result is the newly-released Four Blue Stars in the Window.
Mohrman will sign copies of the book on downtown from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at A to Z Books. Its a amazing but not-all-rosy family story of enduring spirit in the face of extreme hardships, Mohrman said.
The three-and-a-half-year project sped to completion when Mohrman retired in 2011 after teaching English as a Second Language and Spanish for 33 years. She taught in most every North Platte school building.
The book is a gritty story that Nebraskans can relate to -- hard-scrabble life in Oakdale, Neb. (pop. 851) along the banks of the meandering Elkhorn River, about 20 miles from Norfolk. Chriss Eymann, a newly arrived Swiss immigrant, and wife, Hattie Mae, raised 10 children on the Dust Bowlravaged plains and depths of the Great Depression during the 1930s.
But their greatest sacrifice was ahead of them, when they were caught up in the greatest conflict the world had ever known. They sent four sons off to war in the South Pacific and Europe. The family gathered around the Philco radio awaiting news and bittersweet homecomings.
The mothers flag with its four blue stars on a white field proudly displayed the familys precious contribution to the war effort, Mohrman said. Yet no one could have foreseen the emotional toll that the book traces in detail with vintage photos from 1930-47.
There is anguish, danger and everlasting hope with surprising family news that brings the story full circle, Mohrman said.
Mohrman will appear on Nebraska Educational Television in coming weeks, reading an excerpt from her book during a program about the Dust Bowl called Dust Covered Dreams. And, she recently spoke at the Durham Museum, the former Union Station railroad terminal in Omaha.
In mid-October, she spoke at a youth summit at the Durham to students from Bellevue West and Millard South high schools as part of a video conference with acclaimed film director Ken Burns, whose film on the Dust Bowl was broadcast in November on the Public Broadcasting System.
I feel very fortunate, Mohrman said. Things have fallen into place with this book.
Mohrman attended Nebraska Wesleyan University where Nebraska Poet Laureate William Kloefkorn was her teacher. She has a masters degree in education from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
From Four Blue Stars
As a youth in the 1960s, I learned more of scandalous family activities. Finally, as an adult, the complete truths were laid bare, and I learned the stories of worry, sorrow, divorce, war, abandonment, and shame. After 50 years, it amazed me that I could still walk directly to any of the family graves, although if asked to give directions to a stranger I would be hard pressed to give an explanation of their whereabouts.
A torrent of emotions overtook me. It was not until I lost a cousin, an uncle, and a parent to this cemetery that I truly understood the meaning behind this day I had celebrated all of my life. Laying down my store-bought bouquets, I offered up a tiny prayer that my father would forgive my inability to grow the bountiful blossoms he did.
Walking thoughtfully, I stood beside a grave marked only by a flat gray headstone. Beneath the shadow of the pine tree I knelt and placed the colorful cluster of spring flowers near the stone.
My eyes rested on the name etched there: Chriss Eymann. As I read the name and numbers carved in stone, I felt a cold shudder of regret. A crisp ripple of pain passed through me because after all this time, and the circumstances of his death, I was still unable to speak outloud the words written there.
Chriss Eymann was my grandfather. Next to his marker lies the headstone of his devoted wife, my grandmother Hattie Mae Eymann. I lingered there briefly, turned, and moved purposefully to the other plots nearby leaving both footprints in the mud and my other floral tributes near ornate headstones.
For a few minutes my thoughts turned to the children that Chriss and Hattie Mae brought into the world. The five boys and five girls were, at the same time, both a delight and a handful.
This World War II generation of my family was one of the few who were not careless with their youth. By necessity, the brothers (my father among them) chose deliberately how to spend their hours, cautiously doling out their precious time among the required toil of farm work, games of baseball and basketball, swimming in the Elkhorn River, hunting, school work, and the inevitable pursuit of the opposite sex.
Their rite of passage proved to be the sad and troublesome game of war planned by leaders but acted on by youths who knew the exact cost of sacrifice they were called upon to make. And this, as with so many other facets of their lives, was governed by the chance of being born, raised, and coming of age in the most trying of times this nation had to offer
Tarawa, Leyte, Iwo Jima, Okinawa. How quickly these words became part of their everyday life. Each day became a torture with new fears and worries as my grandparents waited for word of their sons. The victories came, but too slowly, and even then were marked by the count of bodies washed up on those foreign shores.
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CONWAY, Ark. (AP) - State and local officials are planning a celebration of the opening of Arkansas' first bi-fueling station offering both compressed natural gas and gasoline.
Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday plans to join Conway Mayor Tab Townsell and Conway Area Chamber of Commerce President Brad Lacy to mark the opening of the Satterfield Fuels station. The grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony marks a 2-year process to build Conway's first CNG fueling station. The site also contains a traditional fueling station, meaning that vehicles that use both gasoline and CNG will be able to fuel up at the facility.
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Former Houston director of basketball operations Michael Young is suing the university to get out of what he calls a no-work job that violates NCAA rules, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Young may be seeking the ruling so that his son, Joseph, who recently transferred from Houston to Oregon following his father's reassignment in the athletic program, can be ruled immediately eligible and play in the upcoming 2013-14 campaign.
"So that Michael will not be part of a fraud for one second," attorney Reginald McKamie told the newspaper. "We want the contract rescinded from the outset so there is no doubt in anybody's mind that Michael has not engaged in any fraud of the NCAA rules or defrauding Texas taxpayers of any money."
Michael Young told the newspaper that a Houston athletics official told him his contract would be in place for as long as son was enrolled at the school, and his job would require him to do community relations work from home. Young had been the school's director of basketball operation prior to being reassigned this past May. Young was also asked to remove all his belongings from his on-campus office, but he did sign his contract May 30, the day his prior deal ran out. Shortly afterward, he began having second thoughts about his new role and has not accepted payment from the school on his new pact that pays him over $64,000 annually.
Taking the new job might be a violation of NCAA rules and make Joseph Young permanently ineligible at Houston because of bylaw 11.4.2, which states, "In men's basketball, during a two-year period before a prospective student-athlete's anticipated enrollment and a two-year period after the prospective student-athlete's actual enrollment, an institution shall not employ (or enter into a contract for future employment with) an individual associated with the prospective student-athlete in any athletics department noncoaching staff position or in a strength and conditioning staff position."
Getting a new contract and a new position would seem to be an NCAA violation. But if that argument somehow fails, having a court rescind the contract would help Young get his son immediately eligible at Oregon. No matter what, one of the scenarios has to happen so that Young can show he and his family incurred financial hardship.
As for Oregon, getting Joseph Young immediately eligible would mean adding a player who averaged 18.0 points a game into their lineup.
The University of Houston says "practice is to not comment on pending litigation, however, the University is looking forward to vigorously defending its actions," the school said in a statement to the Chronicle.


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New Asia Society Museum exhibition of Iranian art receives rave review from the New York Times' Holland Cotter.
Art critic Holland Cotter calls major exhibition of 17th century Chinese paintings "compelling" and a "highlight of this year's Asia Week New York."
Lauded by Holland Cotter in the New York Times, a new group exhibition encompasses 22 artists and collectives from the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
On the eve of its final weeks, Asia Society Museum's exhibition Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs 1983-1993 enjoys a major publicity boost today with a lengthy review in the New York Times, which calls it "a wrap-around installation that puts you in the middle of the social and political action."
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Jack White trades turkeys for tracks as part of Thanksgiving food drive
Rocker Jack White has come up with a novel way of making sure Nashville natives get well fed this Thanksgiving by offering up exclusive tracks to people bearing gifts. The former White Stripes star and his partners at Third Man Records are offering free music in return for donations of turkeys and canned goods for the poor.
Announcing the food drive on his label's website, White posts, "This time of year it's always important to remember those in less fortunate situations than ourselves, and Third Man is no exception.
"For many reasons we absolutely love our neighborhood. From day one, everyone in our corner of Nashville has been extremely welcoming and hospitable to us, as well as tolerant of our many crazy schemes, long lines, late night shows, weekend block orientated functions…"
All donations will be handed to staff at the Nashville Rescue Mission, who host an annual Thanksgiving banquet.


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In my copious free time not taken up by a dozen other projects, I've been working on Module::Build::TestReporter to make version 1.0 available before Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook comes out. (I still have yet to bundle Test::Kwalitee.)
After the first release, Stig Brautaset pointed out that there's a bootstrapping problem for people who want to use MBTR. It depends on a few non-core modules, but if you're using Module::Build::TestReporter for your distribution, it won't load without those dependencies -- and you want to mark the build dependencies in your Build.PL file. (You also need to ship MBTR with your distribution, but I can't do much besides document that fact.)
The approach I chose was to attempt to load the necessary modules, trapping any errors. If something failed, I install a different constructor that adds the necessary files to the
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Testing that logic was a bit of fun, too. Sometimes I wonder if we test module writers test our test modules just to make us less smug.
It's a developer test module (like the POD coverage tests) that evaluates a distribution with several of the Kwalitee metrics. I find it pretty handy during
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Former basketball great Wilt Chamberlain once said: "Nobody roots for Goliath." As it relates to sports, I suspect Chamberlain is correct.
Goliath is expected to win, so there is a natural inclination to be on the side of the underdog (David). We cling to the slender hope that David will somehow persevere.
While there is an understandable commitment to support the underdog in sports, the rule does not seem to translate as neatly into corporate America.
The sad news that Hostess Brands, the company that gave us childhood treats such as Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Cup Cakes, recently announced it would shut its doors, effective immediately.
The CEO of Hostess said in a statement: "We deeply regret the necessity of the decision, but we do not have the financial resources to weather an extended nationwide strike."
Beyond the sadness derived from nostalgia (it has been at least 25 years since I consumed my last Twinkie), 18,000 jobs would also be part of the collateral damage.
Many have suggested the blame for Hostess' demise was the greedy, selfish and myopic Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union. It was the union that represented thousands of striking Hostess Brand workers who refused to accept a new contract that would slash their salaries as well as their retirement benefits, but would have allowed Hostess to continue its operations.
How could the union be so stupid as to cut off its nose to maintain its principles?
Hostess, in the public conversation, became another example of the noble and virtuous Goliath being brought down by the malevolent David, who is so blinded by gluttony he would rather risk self-destruction than compromise.
If that was indeed the correct narrative, I too might be inclined to root for Goliath, but there is more to the story.
Since the 1980s, Hostess has been sold at least three times. In the process it has accumulated debt, while ridding itself of profitable assets. Moreover, the company filed for bankruptcy in 2004 and 2011.
Contrary to the Goliath narrative, David had taken a stand, refusing to budge — a stand that factored the dignity of the workers. The workers of Hostess, who on average earn less than $20 per hour, would not make another sacrifice for the good of the company.
Kenneth Johnson, who'd worked for Hostess for 23 years, told Reuters: "I'd rather go work somewhere else or draw unemployment" than take another pay cut from Hostess, which he said had lowered his salary, with overtime, to $35,000 last year from about $45,000 five years ago.
But Hostess Brands planned to ask the bankruptcy judge for approval to pay $1.75 million in executive bonuses — ranging from $7,400 to $130,500 to 19 executives. The company's position is that the bonuses are below market rates.
Last year when the company entered bankruptcy protection, Hostess raised the CEO's salary from $750,000 to $2.55 million. This hardly sounds like a company standing on the moral high ground of collective sacrifice.
Then Goliath's (I mean Hostess') next move was to painfully announce that it must shut down because the workers won't take one for the team.
But it's not just Hostess; the victim has been systematically transformed into the victimizer. That understandable commitment to support the underdog in sports is not applicable in corporate America.
We're rooting for Goliath; it's the default choice. If the workers are abused, it is merely the unintended consequence of doing business.
Goliath is the one who receives the benefit of the doubt before the facts tell a different story. Too bad Chamberlain did not live long enough to see that he would be proven wrong — dreadfully wrong.
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'And how do you know that he is a member of the Ts. K. [Central Committee]?' I asked.
'It can be seen by his cloths', they said, 'he is wearing the "plarina", and a regular person does not wear "plarina".'
My response was that I was prepared to meet this member of the Ts. K. of the Bund in a public debate on Zionism.
When my friends heard that, they breathed easier. And they: Yitsick the Baker of the 'General Zionists' [a centrist Zionist Party], and Rachel Toiveh Leas, who was leaning, then, to the 'Poalei Tsiyon' [the Workers of Zion a leftist Zionist Party], met with the officials of the Bund in town, and they agreed to hold a public debate on Zionism. The place was the Ezrat Nashim [women's section] of the Tailors' Synagogue.
The news of the public debate spread rapidly in the town. One evening, in the
Fall of 1907, the Ezrat Nashim of the Tailors' Synagogue was filled with the
young people of the town, and some older people too. As was usual in those
days, we placed a guard by the door, just to be cautious. When the meeting came
to order, the doors were closed and the debate started. By unanimous consent we
selected as the Chair the head of the Rakov branch of the Bund; a non-local
man, a carpenter by trade, and an honest and sympathetic person, whom I trusted
to conduct the debate objectively. The first speaker was the
"Tsekist". As soon as he uttered the first sentences I was convinced
that he was not a member of the Ts. K. His posture, and his manner of speech,
showed him to be a mediocre speaker and a run-of-the-mill propagandist. His
whole argument was based on one point, which was worn out even in those days:
"The mere fact that Herzl, the Chairman of the Zionist Movement, was a
bourgeois, disqualified him, and his Zionist Movement, to lead the
|Electoral Committee to the Zionist Convention of 1933
In the chaos that ensued, some of the hot heads, on both sides, flashed their
guns. The sight of the pistols caused a panic, and many rushed outside, even
jumping off the windows. It was a miracle that the Rakov's public debate on
Zionism ended without bloodshed.
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When he was thirteen years old, he was chosen by the rabbi of Rakov to be the husband of his daughter, and after the betrothal he was sent to study in the Volozhin Yeshiva. In spite of his young age he was considered one of its best students, and for many years after he had left Volozhin they still mentioned his name. He studied in Volozhin for two years, and when he reached the age of eighteen he wed the daughter of the rabbi of Rakov, and she bore him a daughter. His wife died at a young age, and after her death he went to Minsk and studied there diligently and with great zeal. He was much respected in that city, which was full of scholars and learned.
In the Summer of 5647 [1887], he married Fridle, the daughter of Rabbi Zalman Smachyah Troib (the son of the rabbi R. Avraham Shimon Troib), the rabbi of Keidan, settled there, and devoted himself to Torah studies, day and night. In his studies he concentrated on the Gemara and the Rambam [Maimonides], and did not devote much time to the study of later Rabbinical authorities. He had his own method of study the elucidation of the plain meaning of the text, and he had novel explanations of passages in the Gemara and Rambam; he was not deterred from even correcting the version of the Rambam when that seemed to him to be appropriate. He used to write his novel ideas on the pages of the Sha"S [Talmud book] (this book was burnt, later, in the great fire of Tlazh in 5648 [1888], so that only few of his innovations remained in writing). Throughout his stay in Keidan, he was much beloved by the town people for the pleasantness of his manners, and for the way dealt with ordinary folks. He was not a born orator, but the talks he delivered from time to time to the town people, on subjects of Torah [Jewish law] and Musar [ethics], emanated from a pure heart, filled with the awe of Heaven, and penetrated the hearts of the listeners, who drank his words thirstily. He was musical, and on the Festivals, when people gathered at the home of his father-in-law, the town rabbi, he sang holy songs which roused the hearts of the listeners, and conveyed to them the 'words of the Torah' and the 'awe of Heaven'.
He was of poetic soul. Among other writings, he also left a notebook of poetry, in Hebrew, written in the 'flowery' style of that generation. But even through the veil of the flowery language, one can recognize a raging poetic soul. In the introduction to this collection of poems he wrote: "I was zealous for the holy tongue my heart was overflowing for only few understand the language of their fathers, in which they praise God and in my zeal I took a pen and ink and girded myself to do battle for this ancient language, dead, worn with age, to revive it, to turn it into a living language, a spoken language. More than that a language for poetry and high level of meditations." But more than anything else, he loved the Torah, which he always studied diligently, even during the most difficult moments of his life. At one time, when his wife was dangerously ill, he was devoting himself to the study of the Torah. When asked how he could study in such a situation, he answered by quoting the Scriptures [Psalms 119;92]: "Were it not that Your Torah delighted me, I would have been lost in my misery"
The greatest Torah scholars of his time respected and esteemed him. Especially strong were the bonds of love between him and the rabbi R. Ya'akov David Rydba"z of blessed memory (the author of the famous commentary of the Jerusalem Talmud). He went to visit him often, when he lived nearby in the town of Volkovishk, and was in constant correspondence with him. He was also in touch with the Exalted R. Yits'hak Elhanan, ZTs"L [may the memory of the just be blessed], and would visit him often in Kovna.
The "Rakov Prodigy" passed away in Keidan at a young age, apparently from a sun stroke, when he was about thirty-five years old. It was a hot summer day, and he had gone to bathe in the river, and was found lifeless some time later. His sudden death, on the fourteenth day of Sivan, 5649 [June 1889], shocked all who knew and admired him.
His son was born after his death, and was named after his father: Avraham
Eliyahu. And with the passage of time he, too, became known as a great Torah
scholar. He was one of the choice student of the Lithuanian yeshivas, and in
his later years was one of the heads of the "Hildsheimer" Beit
Midrash [house of study], and one of the spiritual leaders of the German
Orthodox Jewry.
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I was still young of age, when I observed the fact that Rakov had many scholars and learned men. Some of them were local, born in Rakov; others, married the daughters of the town, and later became known as great scholars.
I knew all of them personally. But before I tell their story, I should say a few words about the Rakov scholars of the previous generations. Even in my youth I heard many stories and tales about them. They told about the rabbi R. Avraham Moshe z"l, he who sat on the throne of the rabbinate in Rakov for 53 years, until two or three years before the First World War broke out, that he was but a young man when he was appointed as the Town Rabbi. But he had the privileges of his family: his father-in-law, R. Hayimke, was the Town Rabbi, and his father was R. Yitsale Yivnitser. And there were among the learned in the own who objected to his appointment. Some of them viewed themselves as greater Torah scholars, and more knowledgeable, than the young rabbi, and therefore criticized every step he made. Foe example, they spread the backbiting rumor that he was not very familiar with the precise laws of the lulav [palm branch] shaking on Succoth, or beating of the willow branches on "Hosha'ana Rabbah" [the last day of Succoth], and other such nonsense anything, just to throw mud at his reputation. This kind of gossip stopped only after several years, in which he studied the Torah day and night, and with his diligence, which was without limit, penetrated the depths of the Halachah [Jewish law]. Only then was he recognized as brilliant and deeply learned, and his opponents were forced to say Amen [agree to his appointment].
The Rakov Rabbinate was always considered, by the Jewish world, as one of the more honorific positions. Early on, the rabbi of the [Minsk] district used to dwell there. One of these rabbis was mentioned by Graetz in his Jewish history book, namely, the famous rabbi R. Rephael Hamburger, who was in the front of the fight against the Reform movement, which started in Germany at the time of [Moses] Mendelson. He started his rabbinic career as the District Rabbi in Rakov.
Another one of the District Rabbis, by the name of R. Shmuel HaLevi, lived and passed away in Rakov, and they erected a tent on his grave. (By the way, the only one in the Rakov cemetery.) This rabbi left behind a book of responsa, which was kept in one of the cases in the Old Synagogue under lock and key, as a valuable possession and a great treasure. The key to this bookcase was in the hands of R. Yoseph the Slaughterer, and whoever wanted to peruse the book had to turn to R. Yoseph and return the key that same day.
In my time, and it seems, even earlier, Rakov had a "collective", where excellent students would gather, from far and near, to study Torah. And here is the list of the town and villages of origin of these students, as far as I can recall: Volozhin, Trab, Mertz, Molodetshna, Krasna, Yiliye, Ozlani, Ivanitz, Volma, Laffitz, Minsk, Kaltsek, Haslevitz, Malostovski, Byalistok, and more.
Among the students were distinguished scholars, who later served as heads of yeshivas. One of them was R. Nahum of Vitshinova, so named because he came to the "collective" from a village by that name. He was a great scholar and a splendid head-of-yeshiva. Among other subjects, he used to teach his students the innovative commentary on the RaMBam of R. Hayim of Brisk. Later on, he migrated to Eretz Israel, served as the rabbi of one of the settlements, and passed away there.
The young man from Malastowska was sitting bent, studying Gemara (main part of the Talmud) eighteen hours in a day, that is why he was nickenamed "The assidiuous student from Malastowska."
R. Meir Levin. He married one of the daughters of the town, settled there, was integrated into the community, and over the years became one of its leaders. During the First World War, he was a member of the War Refugees Committee, and was known for his dedication and his organizational skills.
Moshe, the son of R. Yohanan of Solomyanka. One of the more excellent of the group, knowledgeable in the Sha"S [the six volumes of the Talmud], diligent, and of a sharp mind. When I met him in New York in 1924, he already held an important rabbinic position there, and was known as Dr. Moshe Ram. He came to Eretz Israel in 1931, and bought an orange grove near Rehovot. From there he moved to Johannesburg, South Africa, wrote a book of responsa, and also translated the Siddur [prayer book] to a foreign language.
R. Avraham, the rabbi of Yorberg, and R. Avraham Ely, the "Rakov Prodigy", the two son-in-laws of R. Avraham Moshe, the rabbi of Rakov. I heard a lot about both of them from my elders, who had known them intimately. I myself was aware of the sharpness of mind of R. Avraham, in the Old Synagogue, when I encountered the books of the RaMBaM, and found the margins of all five volumes strewn with clear tiny letters, the comments of R. Avraham on the RaMBaM.
The second son-in-law of our rabbi, R. Avraham Ely, was the son of a poor family in Rakov. He did not have the means to pay for a private tutor, and therefore was sent to the public heder. One day, the melamed [teacher] overheard the boy Avraham Elynke boasting that he could recite the "Ashrei" prayer backwards: starting with "Haleluyah" [the last word], and ending with "Ashrei yoshvei beitecha" [the first three words]. And how great was the surprise of the teacher and the other students, when they observed him doing it without missing even one word. His wonderful memory was astonishing, and before long it was the talk of the town. When the story reached the Town Rabbi, he called the boy, examined him, and recognized his great talents. Since then, the rabbi undertook the responsibility for his education. Years later, he became famous throughout the world of Torah scholars as the "Rakov Prodigy", married the rabbi's daughter, and after her death, married a second time, to the daughter of the rabbi of Keidan, in the District of Kovna. One summer day, he went to bathe in the river, was hit by a sunstroke, and lost his life. His death caused much sorrow throughout the Diaspora. (See the earlier section, devoted to him.)
R. Yoseph of Cologne. He used to spend most of his time, as an 'ascetic', away from home. He also had the reputation of being very knowledgeable in the Talmud and later halachic authorities, of being observant to the extreme, and of being in awe of Heaven. It was told about him, that when he was lying down in bed at night, he would cover his beard with a bag, lest even one hair of his beard would fall down to the ground. As was mentioned before, he spent most of his time away from home. But even when he returned home to his family in Rakov, he would close himself in a small room, isolated from the external world, and immerse himself in the study of the Torah.
R. Hirsh, the son-in-law of Israel Ely. He looked like majestic Rabbi, his face covered with a nice beard, black as tar, and his all appearance proclaimed: honor and respect! He would always wear a wide-brimmed hat, as befitting an honored rabbi, scrupulous in his choice of clothes, and very meticulous. Most of the year he would be somewhere in the Ukraine, teaching Torah as the head of the yeshiva of one of the towns there, and would come home only for the Holidays.
R. Shlomo Yidel, the son-in-law of the potter. He was nicknamed "der Leimener Rav" because he was the son-in-law of the potter. He was one of the more distinguished scholars of the town. He received a pottery factory as his dowry, but spent most of his time in the 'beit midrash' [house of study], studying assiduously. The young students would turn to him for explanation of any difficult portion of the Talmud. I chanced to meet him in America, in 1924, where he served as a rabbi and slaughterer in one of the New Jersey communities.
R. Leib of Dubroi. A very special figure of a Talmudic scholar. He had the looks of a patriarch, with dreamy blue eyes, and the appearance of a saint. He was committed to his studies, and would go over the whole Talmud every five or six years. In his daily life he was a simple, folksy, man, a typical "horopshnik" (a laborer). I would never forget how amazed we, the children, were when we saw him one foggy morning near his house, wearing a workman's clothes, and working on paving his own piece of the road. We could not reconcile the rabbinical appearance, the long, overflowing, beard, the yarmulke [skull cap], with the hammer and clothing of a physical laborer, engaged physical dirty work.
But R. Leib of Dubroi, a simple man and a scholar rolled into one, was fulfilling, literally, the rabbinical injunction [Pirkei Avot, the Sayings of the Fathers]: "Love labor, and shy away from the Rabbinate." When necessary, he would construct his own furniture, chop wood, fix the stove at home, and if pressed, knew how to repair watches, and perform other such tasks.
R. Shabtai Shapira, the son-in-law of R. Sander. He was an imposing figure, inspiring respect. A born scholar and aristocrat. The scion of an important family, his father was R. Re'uven of Renenburg, who was well known in the world of the rabbinate. R. Shabtai had a textile agency, and had business and trade dealings with the industrialists of Lodz. He spent most of his days traveling, crisscrossing the length and breadth of Russia. He would come home only for the Sabbaths and the holidays, or when business was slow. But, wherever he was, at home or on the road, he did not cease studying. He was one of those who frequented the home of the the rabbi R. Ely Hayim, the rabbi of Lodz. In Rakov, he was considered a learned man and a Talmudic scholar, and parents were honored when R. Shabtai examined their sons in the Talmud. More than once he discussed with me this or that portion of the Talmud, whatever I was studying. At that time, he shed the appearance of a businessman and dived into the sea of Talmudic scholarship. His tall and bright forehead would glisten, his eyes would shine, and his whole appearance would light up with enthusiasm.
R. Shmaya Rosenthal. A personality of many hues. In addition to his deep
knowledge of the Talmud and later commentaries, he was learned in the general
subjects; a grammarian, well-versed in the Bible, and familiar with the
extensive Jewish philosophical literature of R. Se'adya Gaon, the
RaMBaM, the RaMHaL, and others. He did not turn his Talmudic knowledge into a
source of income [literally: did not make his Torah into a working tool
see Pirkei Avot], but made a respectable living from his large general store,
located in the center of town. He was known as an astute man, and of easygoing
manners, and therefore was asked often to arbitrate disputes. Troubled people
would come to him to talk about their worries or whatever distressed them, and
he would welcome them, listen, give advice, and lighten the load of their heavy
He appointed R. Aryeh Dardak, his son-in-law and the first husband of his daughter Haya Mina, as the acting head of the yeshiva. R. Aryeh was known by the appellation "the Prodigy of Tschernik" after his place of birth. He had a phenomenal memory. And it happened, that he was once with the famous author Y. L. Cantor, the editor of "HaYom" the first Hebrew daily in Russia. R. Aryeh, who was then but twenty years old, amazed him [Cantor] with his extensive knowledge of the Sha"S and later commentaries, and by his ability to cite the page of every saying and ruling in the Gmara. More than that, he knew the whole tractate of "Teharot" [cleanliness] by heart. When Dr. Cantor asked him why, to what purpose, he went to all this trouble, R. Aryeh answered that if, by chance, he would come to a place where no Talmudic book could be found, he would study the tractate "Teharot" from memory.
R. Aryeh excelled in his ability to elucidate, and even the most difficult topics in the Talmud were explained by him so clearly, and in such simple terms, that they were understood by all.
Years later, when he moved to Minsk, he was appointed to a teaching position in the rabbinate there, and some time later he was given the responsibility for the "heder" of R. Issar.
This was not an ordinary heder, for the purpose of teaching children. The students were adults who had not had the opportunity to study in their youth, working people: masons, plasterers, teamsters, smiths, cobblers, and so on. They would get up at the crack of dawn, sit around the tables at the synagogue, and listen to their rabbi deliver a lesson on the Mishnah. Some outstanding students graduated from this "heder", and it happened more than once, when for some reason R. Issar could not attend, that one of the students would take his place, and would expertly explain a chapter of the Mishnah. Before his death, R. Issar expressed his wish and desire that R. Aryeh would succeed him as the head of the heder.
It is interesting, that this place of learning continued to function even under the rule of the Bolsheviks, until R. Aryeh passed away. May his memory be blessed.
R. Leib, the son-in-law of the slaughterer R. Yoseph. One of the scholars of
Rakov, who had a great influence on the education of the young generation of
the town. He founded the society of "Tiferet Bahurim" [the glory of
young men], where he gathered those young men who desired to deepen their
knowledge of Jewish subjects. He taught the Bible, and excelled as a
commentator and lecturer, spicing his talks with Talmudic stories. He came from
the village of Tschernik, near brezin, in the Minsk District. Actually, he
served as the deputy-rabbi of the town. In the evenings he would teach a
portion of the Mishnah, or give a lesson in the Talmud to a choice audience of
learned men. He was the regular "ba'al kore" [the reader of the Torah
scroll during services] in the beit ha'midrash, and at times he would go up to
the Bimah [pulpit] and deliver the sermon to the congregation. Years later, he
was called to Voronzh, a large Russian city, to serve as the mashgi'ach
[kashrut supervisor] for a large sausage factory.
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As far as I can find from my searches on the internet, this deck is around 100 or more years old. I think it may be from Austria, though I am not sure, it was a popular style deck in a few countries in that area such as Hungary and Germany. From what I can tell..I think these are Austrian. There is a logo with a horse that says at the top: Schutzmarke and then underneath that it says: Ferd Piatnik & Sohne Wein 6434. There is no tax stamp..does anyone know what a tax stamp is? I do know that a tax stamp can help to date the deck. Also, the deck has some cards that are rather faded and dirty with what I imagine to be 100 year old grime. I think I will clean them as it doesn't appear to take the ink away from the surface when I scrape it. Many other cards in the deck are in much better shape with no dirt. All of the cards have a yellow-ish tone to them, which I believe is from age. Does anyone have any more information on this deck?


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jaboc83 wrote:JR wrote:... What did you think of the extras?
I didn't spend much time in them. They were neat, but I'm not sure that they added much value for me. I really like the extras that you find in the MSDGC videos [Top Drives, Top Putts, Bloopers] and it would be really cool if you could get some interviews or other non-golfing footage of the players. I have no idea if any of that stuff is reasonable, but that's something I would find very cool in an Bonus Feature section.JR wrote:...Look for us because we will release more better than Youtube videos this year as hard copies and probably for digital downloading as well. And we are filming some more events this year.
I very much look forward to it. I love the way you followed a single group shot for shot. That's the most frustrating thing I found watching other videos is that they skip over a whole lot of shots and jump between cards which can be confusing if you don't know the players really well.
Have you watched Avery Jenkins filmed by two slow motion cameras simultaneously from two angles? For learning throwing form and comparing to yourself. The other players from single angles are great contrast for comparison. You can learn a lot by watching top players. We have done quick interviews of some players and they should be included in future releases. We wanted to let more people know more players. Especially European players getting better recognized all over the world. Americans are better known all around. So far we haven't done any in depth interviews except one that is half way there. Check out:
On the channel lcgm8 at Youtube we have two shorter segments of Finnish players being interviewed during Finnish Open 2010. There are many more shorter introductory interviews from The Scandinavian Open 2010 that are as of yet unreleased. Then there's this goody:
So rest assured we have talked to many players in front of cameras and interviews are coming up.


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WA Labor says Colin Barnett has had "his pants pulled down" by a gloomy ratings outlook for the state, even as the West Australian premier said he was happy to take on more debt to pay for big projects.
As attention turned to the funding of a swag of election promises WA's political leaders have made over the past two weeks, ratings agency Moody's Investors Service reaffirmed its negative ratings outlook for the state.
This followed its warning in December that high debt levels were putting the state's AAA credit rating at risk.
Warning the state would only regain a stable ratings outlook once the Liberal-led government narrowed the widening gap between income and debt, shadow treasurer Ben Wyatt said Mr Barnett now needed to outline his future spending and savings plans.
But Mr Barnett said he intended to pay for his $1.8 billion light rail project and a near $2 billion airport rail line out of borrowing and budget surpluses.
"There will be growth in state debt, but it is in control. We have a AAA credit rating, and we are in good shape," Mr Barnett said.
"To build major capital projects it is sensible that you finance them through borrowings. A generation cannot pay for major projects in one year.
"They will be funded through budget surpluses and through borrowings - we always keep a tight rein on infrastructure."
Mr Wyatt, whose Labor Party has promised to find $4 billion in savings to pay for its Metronet rail scheme, said Mr Barnett's borrowings would leave future generations in trouble.
"The (borrowing) avenue is not available to WA because Colin Barnett has maxed out the credit card," Mr Wyatt said.
"Moody's has highlighted that Colin Barnett's economic management has been abysmal.
"Moody's has pulled his pants down on his borrowing capacity, so now West Australians need to know how he will be paying for billions of dollars in election commitments."
As the two WA leaders geared up for Tuesday's TV debate, police said they were happy with the government, but nurses were not so pleased.
At a mass rally, the state's nurses voted to start closing one in five beds in West Australian hospitals to press for higher pay and fewer menial tasks.
Police, however, voiced their approval of a Liberal plan to invest money in cutting red tape in the justice system and funding courts to sit seven days a week.
Attorney-General Michael Mischin said $3.6 million would be spent over four years to pay for the equivalent of two magistrates, along with associated court staff, on weekends and evenings.
"Policing is a 24/7 job and other agencies should be available to support police. Magistrates should also work shifts so that babysitting by officers is minimised and the magistrates will get to see offenders in real time, in the same light as police," said WAPU president George Tilbury.
Labor's John Quigley said the idea was "half-baked".
Labor also flagged a plan to establish a marine technology park at Henderson, south of Perth.


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After decades of playing runner up to corn, soybeans and cotton when it came to private investment in research, wheat appears to be coming into its own. Major companies are hard at work developing new wheat varieties, including renewed interest in hybrid wheat. Universities, state wheat producer associations, wheat processors and seed companies are creating new entities to expand access to new technologies. And new technologies themselves are creating new opportunities for developing superior lines of wheat.
"Private sector interest in wheat has really picked up, and it's about time," said Ernie Minton, associate director of research,
Kansas State University (KSU) Research and Extension. "State wheat growers groups and land grant universities have been doing the heavy lifting for wheat research and development. While wheat yields have grown, their increase has lagged behind corn and soybean yield gains. At the same time, improved crop genetics has allowed those crops to extend into what has traditionally been wheat country."
Given that backdrop, why are Syngenta, Bayer, Pioneer and others investing in wheat research as never before? One reason is that demand for wheat is projected to increase by 60 percent by 2050. Another is that new technologies, such as the doubled haploid process, reduce the time and cost of developing new varieties. Cost effective hybrid seed may now be possible. Growers will get hybrid vigor, and seed producers will know that one year's crop can't be used as seed the following year. Just as with corn, producers will have to return to the commercial well, guaranteeing wheat genetics companies a return on investment.
That return on investment is key to the new interest. Although winter wheat producers in the East have shown a willingness to buy seed each year, a tendency to brown bag seed in the Great Plains and upper Great Plains states has limited seed company interest. In the case of DuPont Pioneer, the result has been continued introduction of new and better varieties in the eastern U.S. When the company withdrew from the Great Plains states, it turned germplasm over to university breeders. Development of a large-scale wheat hybridization method has the company back in the research phase of developing hybrid wheat for the Great Plains states and, like its competitors, back at the door of the land grant universities.
"We are the repositories of wheat germplasm for our states," said Minton. "You can't go to land grant universities in the Corn Belt for wheat germplasm that works in the Great Plains."
Bayer Crop Science recently announced a major collaboration with KSU. The company is also working with the University of Nebraska, South Dakota State University, North Dakota State University, Texas A&M and Texas Tech. "These universities have a great deal of capabilities," said Rick Turner, global head, wheat and oil seeds, Bayer CropScience. "It is win-win when you collaborate with them."
For Bayer, wheat is already a major portion of its business. The company is already the world's largest input supplier to wheat producers, and now sees a major opportunity developing for wheat seed. It is one that Turner noted should not be exclusive to Bayer.
"Wheat is a huge crop with huge opportunities, and more investment in the crop benefits everyone," said Turner. "We tend to look at it as a single crop, but there are many different dimensions to it and reasons to grow it. Some use it for grazing and grain, while others produce durum for a committed contract export customer. Both growers are interested in productivity gains, but the term means different things to them.
That's what makes it interesting."
Wheat germplasm itself is part of the research problem. Wheat is a massively complex genome, many times more complex than the human genome. While other crops and animals have been genetically sequenced, only pieces of the wheat genome have been cracked.
"Wheat is a hexaploid with six sets of chromosomes versus two sets for humans," said Minton. "More parts of the sequence are becoming available all the time, but more remains to be done."
Breeders aren't waiting for gene sequencing to be completed. They are already making use of new breeding tools and what has been learned. KSU, home to the Wheat Genetics Resource Center wheat gene bank, is a center of this activity. It is also the lead academic institution for the first National Science Foundation industry/ university cooperative research center devoted to an agricultural crop. When the NSF awarded a seed grant to start the center, at least three industry partners were required to join and offer financial support—10 companies signed on.
The research center will largely be housed at the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center (KWIC), a major hub of industry/ grower/university collaboration. Funded largely by the Kansas wheat producers' check-off funds, the 40,000 sq. ft. KWIC includes 15,000 sq. ft. of wheat breeding laboratories, a 10,000 sq. ft. greenhouse complex and 15,000 sq. ft. of office space.
Heartland Plant Innovations (HPI), a Kansas wheat initiative was the first tenant. It is HPI's advanced Breeding Service Unit that developed a doubled haploid laboratory. Doubled haploids are genetically pure plant lines that can be tested and selected for specific characteristics. Where conventional breeding would require about six generations, a doubled haploid line can be created in a single generation, reducing variety development time from 12 years to five.
"Heartland is primarily owned by the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, but private companies like Monsanto, Pioneer, General Mills, Kellogg and others are investors in the company," said Minton. "Academic partners include KSU as well as the University of Kansas. From a land grant university standpoint, we don't each have to duplicate the technology at each of our campuses when we can access it through HPI."
Advancements in the technology and understanding of the genome have made hybridization more economical. This in turn lowers the price-point for growers while offering them substantial benefits. The first hybrids to market will be non-GM and designed to deliver hybrid vigor and performance with huge short and long term benefits such as have been seen with other crops.
Turner predicts that hybridization could transform wheat as improved breeding transformed soybeans.
"Soybeans used to be a safety crop, very different from what they are today," explained Turner. "For most market segments, wheat today is a safety crop. I envision the same thing happening to it as happened to soybeans."
Although the new tools speed the breeding process and increase confidence that the right selection is being made, Turner said a new variety still requires about seven years to reach commercial status. The process is a balance of phenotypic and genotypic selection, he added.
Minton predicted the first hybrid wheat is still 10 to 12 years away. He insisted that no one is talking about herbicide resistance or other GM traits. "All the traits going into hybrid wheat are wheat sourced," he said. "We think we can get where we want to go with yield improvements with the wheat genetic resources available, including wild relatives of wheat with traits from ancient sources that can be incorporated."
This is not to say that a roadmap to hybrid wheat is yet in place.
"There are still some traits that have to be realized that are not trivial technical roadblocks," he said. "However, if we can get the yield boost that came with hybrid corn, that would be a big breakthrough."


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Engineering giant Dyson has unveiled the latest invention in its stable - a tap that will dry your hands as well as wash them.
Research and design for the Airblade Tap was carried out at the firm's factory in Malmesbury and it was seven years in development, but the company is going to build the device at its new plant in Singapore, said company founder Sir James Dyson.
The new product builds on the firm's success with its existing standalone cold air hand dryers, but is more expensive at £1,000.
The firm's founder, Sir James Dyson, said that the device offered long-term savings over hot air dryers and towels.
However, one expert said its appeal might be limited until its cost fell.
The machine consists of a unit placed underneath the sink containing a motor, an air filter and sound-silencing equipment; a pipe that carriers the water, electrics and air to the tap; and a stainless steel head unit from which the water flows and unheated air jets out at 430mph (692 km/h).
Infrared sensors detect where the user's hands are - if placed under the tap's centre water comes out, if under its sides the air nozzles are triggered.
The firm said that the technology was protected by 110 granted patents with another 100 pending.
Dyson's existing Airblade range - launched in 2006 - has proved a money spinner for the firm. It said that to date the hand dryers had been installed in more than 250,000 locations worldwide.
The firm said that its latest motor had taken more than 100 engineers over £26.9m to develop. It uses an electromagnetic field, rather than carbon brushes, to accelerate from standstill to up to 100,000 revolutions per minute within 0.7 seconds. That was about four times the number of revolutions per minute that motors its size typically produced, said Sir James.
Software run off a built-in computer chip then makes about 6,000 adjustments a second to maintain optimum efficiency, and the unit is mounted on springs to prevent vibrations being passed on to the rest of the equipment.
The motor is guaranteed to last for five years, and the firm estimates over its lifetime it should be able to pump the equivalent amount of air needed to fill 26 million party balloons.
Companies such as Hyco, Warner Howard and Airdri make much cheaper hand dryers - with basic units selling for between £50 and £80. But Sir James said his latest product offered advantages in the long run.
"If you had a hot air hand dryer you would have five times the [running] cost, and if you had paper towels you'd have 15 times the cost," said Sir James.
"So actually although the initial cost is expensive it saves you money and you use a lot less energy with it."
He added that his firm would initially target the device at restaurants, hotels, airports and sports stadia, but added that he thought it ultimately "ought to be in everybody's house" as it was more hygienic than using and re-using hand towels.


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New York -- Target announced that it is expanding ongoing remodeling efforts to its stores in the Detroit area. Along with a much greater emphasis on grocery and fresh foods, the new layout include reinventions in several other departments such as beauty, home, shoes and baby.
Target's remodeled stores will include approximately 10,000 sq. ft. dedicated to fresh food, including a curated assortment of fresh produce, fresh packaged meat and pre-packaged baked goods, in addition to dry and frozen offerings.
"We've heard from our guests that they want more fresh food options in the convenience of their local Target store," said Annette Miller, SVP grocery, Target. "We're excited to unveil a new, one-stop shopping experience and believe this significant investment underscores our commitment to the Detroit community."
Target is also remodeling locations in several other markets across the country including Cleveland, San Antonio and Las Vegas.


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The new Doral in raging wind looked a lot like an old U.S. Open on Friday.
Matt Kuchar played out of the rough to tap-in range for birdie on No. 18 for a 2-over 74 that allowed him to join an exclusive group at the Cadillac Championship in Doral, Fla. — one of only four survivors under par.
The Blue Monster gobbled up everybody.
Dustin Johnson bogeyed three of his last six holes for a 74. Patrick Reed struggled to a 75. Hunter Mahan atoned for a triple bogey with a 4-iron into 5 feet for eagle on the eighth hole, giving him a 74.
They joined Kuchar atop the leader board at 1-under 143.
"I felt stressed all day, because I knew every shot had 'big penalty' written all over it," Mahan said. "There wasn't an easy shot out there."
Only three players broke par in the second round. No one shot in the 60s. The average score was a fraction under 76.
"I don't think I've played in conditions this difficult in the U.S.," Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland said after a 71 that left him a shot behind. "It's an Open Championship day. … It was hard out there — really, really hard."
Rory McIlroy (74), Francesco Molinari (75) and Jamie Donaldson (70) also were at even-par 144.
Tiger Woods hit three balls in the water and scraped out a 73, thanks in part to a 92-foot birdie putt on the par-3 fourth hole. Phil Mickelson made back-to-back double bogeys, and then laid down at the fourth tee during a long wait. He got up, hit into the water and made another double bogey. He shot 75.
Both were still in the mix, only six shots behind.
Fist pumps for birdies were replaced by players stretching out their arm to take a penalty drop from the water — 113 balls in the water, which is everywhere on the course that Gil Hanse redesigned under the direction of new owner Donald Trump.
"The setup is horrendous," Webb Simpson said after a second-round 78.
Henrik Stenson prefaced his comments by saying, "How do you say something you might regret the rest of your life?"
So he didn't.
Stenson, part of the Nos. 1-2-3 grouping from the world ranking, had a 76 and joined Woods at 5-over 149. Masters champion Adam Scott, the other member of that illustrious trio, had a 73 and was at 4-over 148.
Stenson was walking off the 15th green Friday morning while finishing up the rain-delayed first round. Spotting some reporters, he said, "Are you having fun watching? Because it's sure as hell not any fun to be playing."
And this World Golf Championship tournament is wide open.
"We've all got a shot at it now," Woods said.
PGA: James Driscoll shot a 9-under 63 to take a one-stroke lead at the Puerto Rico Open in Rio Grande. He was at 12-under 132. Playing in gusting winds at Trump International, Chesson Hadley was second after a 65. John Daly was 1 under after a 69.


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Hi all,
This used to be a non-issue but now it is.
I've been working security at nightclubs/festivals/events etc. for many years as a second job for extra income. I am now querying whether it is Right Livelihood. Perhaps some of you may be surprised that this issue didn't arise earlier. It did, and was justified/rationalised. Now the inquiry has become more searching and infused with more conviction.
The nature of the work involves dealing the effects of (rather than dealing in) intoxicants. The manifestation of the work sometimes necessitates the use of force on people. For the purposes of this post I consider force as ANY touching of someone, rather than any sort of shoving, compliance holds etc.
Before discovering the dhamma, there were occasions when the intention behind the use of force was to assert ego or to alleviate feelings of anger towards someone who had wronged/disrespected me as security. Power-tripping of sorts. There was too much 'me' in the job. Fortunately this force never resulted in serious injury to anyone, and this phase didn't last and was quite a while back.
A combination of having the unacceptability of this approach made clear and realising it for myself led to the intention of using force now being only where necessary to prevent harm to myself, the person on whom the force was being used, others, property or when it was necessary to effect compliance and reasonable verbal efforts had failed. Only then, it's the minimal and appropriate amount necessary to effect something such as a separation of groups, an ejection from the venue or to prevent harmful or obstructive actions from continuing. The nature of the use of force is always specific to the circumstances and to a large extent cannot be prescribed for every possible situation.
I am dealing with actions or speech borne of minds affected by the intoxicants. Those so affected usually have impaired perception, awareness and judgment - from my perspective, of course, which is subjective. So when I'm preventing a guy getting off the floor because he's sustained a head injury, needs to remain in position and medical assistance is on the way, but is high on drugs so doesn't realise it and is trying to get up and insists he's fine, I have no problem with using appropriate force in this situation, for example. Where I have to grab someone who has run past a restricted area and it's really not safe for them to be there, maybe that's a greyer area.
But it's important to ensure that my own perception awareness and judgment are not poisoned by the kilesas - in every aspect of life, but maybe more so when I'm using force or directly intervening in the affairs of others in this context, almost on their behalf, since they'll suffer due to my own kilesas. Here my practice has helped immensely. When an intention arises which is not wholesome and may result in use of force, I can check it and restrain myself. There will always be grey areas, of course, and cultivation of patience and compassion is probably one of the best things someone in this industry can do to do their job well. Unfortunately there are still situations that REALLY do test you.
Now, even if I never laid a hand on someone, would this role be 'Right Livelihood' by virtue of involvement with an industry/scene that involves the sale of alcohol? The drug situation is such that people will procure drugs outside the venue and effect them into their system before arrival (or whilst in the venue - whereupon they are immediately removed and the drugs confiscated and destroyed). I appreciate the paradox between taking a hard line on one intoxicant and not another, but that's the nature of the proscription of some intoxicants and not others, and its resultant effect on licensing conditions, of which I am paid in part to ensure compliance with.
I am not selling alcohol nor condoning consumption of intoxicants. I am, however, monitoring people who are doing so or have done so and intervening where necessary to prevent harm, even if that means using force. Some have medical emergencies as a result which require urgent attention. The industry is such that if they didn't do it here, they'd do it somewhere else, and I'm at least trying to mitigate the harmful effects on those people and others, and protect those who are not adversely affected and wish to enjoy themselves.
So is this a black and white issue, with a yes or no? Should I consider exiting the industry entirely?
Thoughts appreciated!