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It was probably Layne Bryant and the knife shop!
And I don't shop, I buy!
Most likely, the truth!
It's a possibility, unless she has a good reason, such as BabyTaz stated.
Then it would be okay!
What's wrong with the knife shop?
I'd go in a knife shop.
I'd probably go into one for my husband. He LOVES knives. But it's not really my thing.
I'd look for a knife for him, or my son-in-laws, though! They all like knives!
Imelda = my MOTHER!!!
When we lose her at the mall, we always know we can find her in the shoe department. She has at least two or three pair of shoes in every color you can imagine.
She should have a small foot like me; I'm lucky if I can find the BASIC colors in my size! I love pretty shoes, but I hate to shop for them, because most stores do NOT carry my size!
My hubby is lucky...I pay the bills, so I know what our financial needs are, so I'm very careful when it comes to "going shopping".
I NEVER go crazy with a credit card! It just means higher cc payments when the bill comes in, IF you can't pay the bill in full! (FIRST OPTION!)
Would you be willing to trade Sarah? The poor kid is 11 wearing size 9 1/2. She never really got a chance to wear all the cool "tween" style shoes. Finding dress shoes that are appropriate for her age is tough!
Bless her heart!
I can wear children's shoes. But I don't like Barbie and Butterflies on my shoes, anymore!
I wear a 4 1/2 in ladies shoes. You have to go to the VERY expensive shoe stores to find those shoes. Those stores are also hard to find. This summer I bought a pair of girls shoes but realized the arch doesn't hit my foot right. Since I broke my foot a few years ago, I can't tolerate that!
I feel for Sarah! Tell her, if she's lucky like me, her foot will shrink.
Although, the biggest my foot ever was was a size five. So, that was and still is not the easiest size to find still. Just a tad bit easier than 4 or 4 and 1/2!
My foot SHRUNK when I had children. No one else I know says that happened to them. They all say their feet got bigger. Not me, mine got smaller.
My 2 daughters feet passed mine when they were in the second grade!
I truly wish I could say that about the rest of my body! It was VERY tiny before children. Now I have to work very hard at that! Still trying to keep that baby fat away....I won't say how OLD my babies are now!
I wear a size 9 shoe.
Often tough to find men's shoes in my size. They seem to start at 10 these days.
I just wish I could find mens size 13-16 cotton socks in black. They are as rare as hens teeth it seems.
Mr. HE
Keeping it OT...
A shopping trip is best done with tactical cover. Pay cash for everything so it is hard to trace back to you. Wear a large full brim hat pulled down low. Sunglasses are a must. Wear loose fitting oversized clothes that hide your build and weight. If you are tall wear thick boots so you look really tall. If you are buying guns and ammo at Wal-mart you should make your way through the grocery section, housewares, gardening and automotive before entering the sporting goods section. This tends to confuse the enemy and makes following you on camera much harder.
Once you have made the selection pay CASH, this is very important. By now buddy #1 should be at the corner of the main aisle going past the sporting goods section. He can give you the "all clear" with a very slight nod of the head or by touching the pocket clip on his folding knife.
Make your way directly down the main aisle with your purchase. Keep a sharp lookout on the side aisles as everyone is a potential ambush point. As you go past the wimmins lingerie section you MUST fight the temptation to take a peak at the latest styles; it will distract your concentration at this critical point in the operation. The wimmins underwear section is put there as a test, lesser men fail all the time at this very spot. The big problem is that it is also a prime ambush section, so you have to look a little bit, just to be safe, very tricky.
Now that you have made it to the doors you need a brief distraction so the door nazi won't notice you. An older friend, a veteran of Wal-mart tactical incursions, is needed here. Tous should drop his cane at just the right moment while you walk purposefully, but not too fast, out the door.
Your watcher from the main aisle should be right behind you and walk quickly to a covering position on your left flank. Tous should by now be on your right flank, one row of cars over. Use SUV's, trucks, curbs, anything out there to your advantage. Move straight out and then make a sharp 90° turn towards your transportation device.
Pick a route out of the parking lot that keeps you moving; don't get bogged down by a line of cars trying to get out onto the main drag. The best way out might be around the back, or it might be over the curb between the flowering pear tree and mexican orange bush, you might even consider the small slope with the lawn and going right over the cactus; just keep moving! But don't have everyone take the exact same way out, which makes it way too obvious where you exited. You should remember to obscure your plates too so they can't get you later.
Once on the road make your way back to your house by an indirect route with lots of turns. Several stops are a good idea too, get gas, get ice at another gas station, stop to check the air in your tires at a third, this makes tailing you very expensive and frustrating. A local agency will give up by the third stop and the feds will give up and assign a satellite to you alone. You can't normally buy a satellite at wal-mart.
Mr. HE
I could get two of my feet in them socks.
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A recent story by Don Bauder (Too Much Conflict, Too Much Interest) had me looking at a lawsuit against THE CITY, where I found mention that THE CITY was informed of PLAINTIFF'S discussions with HUD.
From the lawsuit: "32. In addition to Plaintiff's cooperation in the investigation of LiMandri, THE CITY had knowledge that Plaintiff had cooperated with the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs ("HUD"). HUD's Office of the Inspector General was conducting an in-depth audit of THE CITY with regard to THE CITY's past management of HUD funds."
This made my ears perk up, much like Kathy Griffin's on-stage depiction of Scooby-Doo going "Huh?"
Earlier I had done a few blogs on Carolyn Smith and the Southeasern Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) being the collateral target of a HUD audit. I wondered if these two audits were one and the same.
For anyone who is curious, the direct link is http://www.hud.gov/offices/oig/reports/files/ig0991005.pdf for the Inspector General's audit entitled "The City of San Diego, California Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance with HUD Requirements When Funding the City's Redevelopment Agency Projects".
One really eye-popping recommendation in the above audit (p. 2) is as follows: "Execute written interagency agreements and loan agreements with the [Redevelopment] Agency for outstanding loans totaling more than $139 million."
Interagency agreements refers to agreements between the Redevelopment Agency AKA San Diego City Council and the separate regional agencies such as SEDC.
Now, try as I'd like, I can't find anybody who will tell me what's going on with reaching those loan agreements; Beth Murray for the City of San Diego is either on vacation or just not returning emails.
If the money is actually paid back, it could eliminate the mayor's reported $77 million budget shortfall that we happen to be living through right now. Or not. Either way, it would clean up the books of the various redevelopment agencies in the hopes of avoiding another HUD IG audit.
I wonder how many full-time firefighters and police officers could have been kept on the payroll instead of getting laid off in the difference between $77 million and $139 million...

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Man, I can't fly this thing
I got the humble bee (Also known as the Honey Bee & E sky) in today from Helihobby/ I knew that I wouldn't be doing tricks are even hovering, but all I can make it do is lift up to the right. It really sucks. I was thinking of getting a flight sim because I can't find any good beginner books/DVD's on helis.
Anyone have any suggestions? Are sims worth it? If so which do you guys use? Are there any books or videos out there that can help out this beginner? Thank you for any help you can give.
Welcome to the world of rc-heli's!
Just about any sim will give you stick time without repair costs. And it is the stick time that will make you proficient at flying. When I started out flying fixed-wing glow powered planes (25 years in the past), an experienced modeller told me that the more fuel I burned, the better I would be as a pilot. The same holds true for electric. The more you fly the better you will become.
Can you give us more details of your lift off problem. Most well trimmed heli's will go left on take-off so it sounds like a trim problem, rather than a fault with the heli.
Most of all, keep trying. Improvements in heli setup and your flying ability will go hand in hand. As you get better at flying you'll be able to set the heli up better which in turn will help your flying.......
These things are not easy to fly, but perseverance will see your "flights" get longer and longer. Stick with it. The thrill when your ability and the heli's match up is brilliant! All of sudden you'll realise you're actually flying!
I did a sim for 2 months time. Then I ordered an aerohawk.
I charged aerohawk battery and scooted it around on teh ground to get used to the controls, after 3 minutes of that I hovered it in the air till the pack died and landed
Sims help A LOT
hands down flying these are the hardest/yet most rewarding of any rc to date... i started about 6 - 7 weeks ago, as a sponsored rc car driver and needed a change of pace... flew 3d foamy planes, then bought a aerohawk....
most important advice i have is you are going to wreck it! not once, twice, but a lot! except that fact.... it makes it a lot easier to push on...
get training gear if you don't already have them, they will not only make it easier to feel out the controls on the ground but also slow the effect of the head controls....
to be honest, i don't really think the Real Flight sim i bought has helped me at all. well maybe a little but nothing compared to the real thing....
this forum has more info, and interactive help than any book you will read... like the newbie PDF guide, there is a ton of info everywhere here....
welcome aboard... hang in there... keep wrecking...LOL... before you know it you will lefts side in, right side in then thinking this is the coolest thing I have ever done!!!!!!!
- jeff -
My vote goes to Piccofly. It is a simulator made just for micro helis and it is what I used. Clearly it worked perfectly.
Bite the bullet! sims both software or mechanical driven are not as effective as learning with the actual thing.
My recommendation is that you find someone in your area that has flown helis and see if they can set up the heli for you and show you how to fly it. If you don't posses it already, grow some patience, and persistance you'll need it.
Local hobby shops are good places to start with, purchase product from them so they can assist you. You can read all you want but what is actually going to get you fast results is direct practice with a tough and stable heli you can train with without having to resort for replacement parts often.
If you lived near my area I would suggest you look into the MIA Bumble Bee Ver 2.0, I would show you how to set it up and fly in a few sittings and you would be on your own quickly.
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FMS is absolutely enough for hovering and figure 8. The honey bee should come with a SIM cable. Use PPJoy and FMS to practice. its free!
if you want to learn some complicated 3D action, go for XTR / Realflight G2. Think of it after you master the basic skills!!
I think FMS is pretty good too. PPjoy and a homemade interface works a treat. I can fly around reasonably well in FMS, and I flew my Shogun in wind the other day and my reactions were pretty much spot on. I think the real problem is not knowing which way to push the joysticks, and FMS teaches you that quite well. I would like a more realistic sim (like Reflex), but FMS is pretty damn good for its price
If you want to try FMS free here is the link with some spiffy helis.
Free FMS SIM, and MIA Micro and Sub Micro Heli Model Files
I and welcome to the forum. I cant fly yet becaus I need a reciever and dont have the money to buy one right now. But if you want to learn how to fly read..... this it tells you step by step what to do and I found it wery helpfull. I dont have a sim so I cant say what its like but I`m sure that it will help.
I've been doing the Aerohawk 'dance' for some months now and one thing that I believe I've learned is that set-up is 90% of the success mixture when you first start out.
When you first start to fly (in most cases) your TX skills are very rudimentary... your brain is not wired to tweak the right stick the right way in response to the heli doing something - so you have to think, and that take time, too much time. Flight sims help with this because they show you which stick does what... my problem was that I find FMS (which came with my Aerohawk) pretty 'unsatisfying' compared to actually trying to fly (and crashing of course). Compare and contrast how you feel when you manage to hover in a flight sim and when you manage to hover the real deal and you'll see what I mean. Incidentally, FMS (Flying Model Simulator) is a free download - no charge whatsoever - so I would suggest that you take a look at it even if you decide to spend money on something more 'professional' later. As freeware goes it's a fine piece of software.
Now back to the setup comment. I believe that none of these (low cost) micro helis are identical out of the box. Some folks are lucky and get one that is trimmed and balanced... others do not. It sounds like yours is not - my Aerohawk was not.
As a novice an unbalanced / untrimmed heli = instant crashes. You just do not have the skills to correct the major deviations which occur just after takeoff - so you crash and break stuff.
Balance and trim is everything when you're starting out. I don't suppose that this is any different when you're experienced, however, the big difference (for me) is that I have to curb my desire to get out and try to fly and make sure that I check trim and balance. This is particularly frustrating when flights are short because of limited skills...
So, read the forums. look into everything that discusses balancing and triming your heli - and spend the time working through doing it. It's frustrating 'cos you want to fly, but it will help immensely.
- Make sure that the heli is balanced front / back and left / right. On a straight heli this should only be affected by the battery position. Use the flybar as a pivot point to check whetehr the front is lighter / hevier than the back and whether the heli is balanced side to side (you'll need to twist the rotors through 90 degrees obviously to test side to side).
- Once you've powered up, check that the swashplate is level. If not, and it's visibly 'out' then you may need to power off, and adjust the posiiton of the arms on the servos. You can try to 'trim' the swashplate flat but in my (limited) experience there is not enough adjustment in the cheap TX that they give you. I ended up making new connector rod wires for my Aerohawk as I could NOT get the swash to be level after power up. This made an enormous difference to my success.
Next up is adjusting the gyro and mixer settings... Documented elsewhere in the forum.
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Amar'e Stoudemire and Kenyon Martin have much different schedules than the Knicks.
Mike Woodson said each veteran will be given a schedule indicating which games they will play in this month. Stoudemire, who had knee surgery during the summer, was off Sunday night. Martin, coming off an ankle injury suffered last season, played against the Timberwolves.
Woodson said if there are a couple of days between games, he has "the right to play both of them.'' Even though the Knicks haven't played since Thursday, Stoudemire was held out, but he's expected to play Tuesday night against Charlotte.
For the time being, Stoudemire and Martin are able to play only 10 minutes per game. This makes it difficult for them to get into a rhythm, especially Stoudemire, who has been a scorer his whole career.
"It's tough for both of them,'' Woodson said. "My hands are tied, too. When the medical people release these guys and say that their minutes are ready to go up, then I'll be the first one to give them more minutes, but right now I can't do it.''
When asked about the Stoudemire plan, Carmelo Anthony said: "I think he understands it. He decided to agree to that situation, whatever that situation was. He's prepared for that. I think he's prepared for that.
"When he's out there, when we need him, he's a big part of this team. That's a no-brainer. That's clear as day that he's a big part of this team and whatever we do, he's going to be a big part of that.''
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J.R. Smith served the third game of his five-game suspension. Woodson said when Smith, who had offseason knee surgery, makes his debut Sunday against the Spurs, he shouldn't be too limited.
"I don't think I'll burn him where I'm playing him 30-plus minutes a night,'' Woodson said. "I'm going to try to get him to about 25, 30 minutes if I can.''
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Anthony had high praise for Syracuse product and 76ers rookie guard Michael Carter-Williams, who's averaging 20.7 points, 9.0 assists and 4.3 steals through three games. "I always liked him,'' Anthony said. "I've been telling people all along whoever gets him was going to get a steal.''


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While Pence wasn't in the lineup, manager Brad Mills didn't want to call it an off-day.
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Cape May Seashore Lines
|Reporting mark
|Cape May County and Atlantic County, New Jersey
|Dates of operation
|Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
|Track gauge
|4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
|27 miles (43 km)
|Tuckahoe, New Jersey
Cape May Seashore Lines (reporting mark CMSL) is a short line railroad in southern New Jersey. It offers two excursion services; a 30-mile round trip between Richland and Tuckahoe, and a 14-mile round trip between Rio Grande, Cold Spring Village, and Cape May City. The track is owned by New Jersey Transit and leased to CMSL. Connections are provided with Conrail's Beesley's Point Secondary, owned jointly by CSX and Norfolk Southern, at the north end in Tuckahoe. Tony Macrie has been president of CMSL since he formed the railroad in 1984. The CMSL website has a statement regarding the suspension of Cape May service due to damage done by theft: "Customer Notice: Rio Grande – Cape May City service is suspended due to the high volume theft of track material; specifically, tie plates and track spikes, along with the destruction of crossties, over a considerable distance of the Cape May Branch. These unconscionable and heinous acts of vandalism have caused extensive damage to the track structure, rendering the rail line impassable by any type of train movement. The Seashore Lines is actively exploring solutions to remediate this situation of ruinous proportions."
CMSL operates both freight trains and excursion trains.
Predecessor lines[edit]
The line to Cape May was built in 1863 by the Tuckahoe and Cape May Railroad, and operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway's Atlantic City Railroad and later Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL). At one time, the rail line that both excursions travel on was known as "The Steel Speedway To The Shore." Eventually it became part of Conrail, which ended passenger service on the line in 1981, ended freight service on October 10, 1983 and sold the line to New Jersey Transit as their Cape May Branch.[1]
Establishment of CMSL[edit]
CMSL was founded by Tony Macrie (CEO) in January 1984. Regular train service between Cape May Court House and Cold Spring Village began in 1996. Service was extended in Cape May City in 1999 after repairs to the swing bridge crossing the Cape May Canal were completed.[2]
In 2005, mechanical issues with the Cape May Canal swing bridge prevented trains from entering the city of Cape May. Although the bridge was repaired a year later, a severe storm in April 2007 damaged the tracks and left locomotives stranded in Tuckahoe. After a series of minor setbacks, passenger train service between Rio Grande and Cape May City resumed on August 17, 2010.[2]
New Jersey Seashore Lines[edit]
New Jersey Seashore Lines (NJSL) is a subsidiary of Cape May Seashore Lines. New Jersey Seashore Lines was created by Cape May Seashore Lines in conjunction with the Clayton Sand Co. in Wall, NJ. Seashore Lines operates on 13 miles of rehabilitated track between Lakehurst and the Woodmansie section of Woodland Township, where Clayton operates a sand mine. New Jersey Seashore Lines will operate the rail service to transport sand and gravel from Clayton and serve the needs of any other customers that might need rail service along the line. The line was once owned by the Central Railroad of New Jersey and was once part of the route of the famed Blue Comet.[3]
2012 vandalism and loss of service[edit]
On March 1, 2012, the Seashore Lines received a telephone call from the New Jersey State Police, advising them that theft of track material had occurred on their Cape May Branch, in an area between Woodbine and Dennisville. This is CMSL's main line between Tuckahoe and Cape May City. The investigating trooper informed them that several individuals associated with the theft had been arrested and charged with indictable offenses. Arrested on Monday, March 5, were a father and son team from the Villas section of Lower Township, New Jersey, along with a third individual from Rio Grande. The trooper also mentioned that the investigation was continuing, with the possibility of filing charges against additional individuals.[4]
Several days later, Macrie and two Seashore Lines employees conducted a detailed, thorough track inspection of the entire area of the theft, which consisted primarily of the removal of tie plates and spikes, referred to as OTM (Other Track Material) in the rail industry. The inspection was performed via track car and hi-rail truck, and by walking the track. Their inspection concluded that the area of the theft encompassed approximately 6,800 linear feet of their main line. The actual theft of the OTM represented 75 percent of the total amount of tie plates and spikes in that particular section of track. In their actions to remove the tie plates and spikes, the perpetrators also damaged and destroyed numerous cross ties.[citation needed]
Excursion trains did not run during the summer of 2012 due to the damage from the vandalism.[5] The company offered rides to the public on speeder vehicles along several miles of track at the Cape May City end of the line. Macrie had stated that CMSL planned to have train service restored in 2013. As of June 2017, service to Cape May has not resumed.[6]
The CMSL owns and leases a diverse roster of equipment:
- Two EMD GP38's, leased from GATX, one of which is ex. PRSL no. 2011;
- restored Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) EMD GP9 #7000;
- restored Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) GP7 #1523;
- Norfolk Southern (NS) GP38-3 #5803 (Engine was leased during the 2014 Christmas season);
- Eight of the 12 original PRSL Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDC). Two of which are restored and in operating condition (M-407, 410). The remaining six are currently unrestored (M-402, 405, 408, 409, 411, 413);
- two unrestored Boston and Maine Railroad RDC's
- New York Central Railroad passenger car 37;
- several United Railroad Historical Society coaches;
- restored Long Island Rail Road lounge car;
- several unrestored un-numbered PRR P70 coaches, including the last two surviving PRSL P70 coaches;
- two cabooses;
- an RS3m, formerly Pennsylvania Railroad 8481, owned by CMSL and wearing faded Conrail blue
- Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) observation car, "Tempel", used on the famed train "The Blue Comet", and wearing Comet colors of blue and cream.
See also[edit]
- ^ sjrails.com "History of Trains to the Shore." Cape May Seashore Lines Page. Accessed 2012-11-05.
- ^ a b Degener, Richard (2010-08-18). "Seashore Line resumes train service to Cape May as tourist attraction". Press of Atlantic City. Pleasantville, NJ.
- ^ Larsen, Erik (2016-12-09). "'Blue Comet' line being restored in Ocean County". Asbury Park Press. Manchester, NJ.
- ^ Degener, Richard (2012-03-21). "3 arrested in thefts of metal pieces used to fasten railroad track to ties". Press of Atlantic City.
- ^ Degener, Richard (2012-07-20). "Van Drew investigation shows Cape May Seashore Lines didn't misuse funds, but the future of train uncertain". Press of Atlantic City.
- ^ Degener, Richard (2012-08-26). "Former railroad maintenance cars, or 'speeders,' offer scenic tours of Cape May marshland, rail history". Press of Atlantic City.
- Fichter, Jack (2007-10-30). "County Rail System? Adocates: $27 Million Needed". Cape May County Herald. Rio Grande, NJ.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cape May Seashore Lines.
- Cape May Seashore Lines - Official site
- CMSL photos at Octrainguy.com


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prostitution, secular, female
Madeleine M. Henry
The prostitution of women (broadly defined here as the exchange of a female's sexual service, with or without her consent, for some other resource) may have arisen in Greece/Hellas out of contact with earlier Near Eastern manifestations both "sacred" and secular. The Greek terms porneion ("brothel") and pornē ("whore") are related to pernēmi ("to sell"), as is the Latin term meretrix ("courtesan"). The exchange of sexual service for the economic benefits conferred by marriage is remarked upon by Hesiod (
Works and Days
373–375). In both Hellas and Rome, prostitution was considered to be as necessary an institution as the institutions of marriage, concubinage (see
prostitution, secular, male
D. M. Halperin
Nicholas Purcell
Quinctius Atta, Titus
Peter G. M. Brown
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Amy Richlin
Greeks, Romans, and their neighbours have left multiple definitions of sexual norms; all differed radically from those of the modern West in taking puberty as the onset of sexual life and in incorporating slavery. Scholars have contested the degree to which modern sexual categories existed in antiquity (see
sexual representation, visual
John R. Clarke
This article treats visual representations of sex between human beings, hypersexual humans and demigods, and phalli in terms of their meanings for ancient Greeks and Romans and their viewing contexts. Building on the research of scholars holding that contemporary concepts of sexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality have no bearing on ancient attitudes and can only lead to anachronistic judgements if applied to the ancient world, the aim is to combine the evidence of classical texts with that of visual representations to determine the meanings of so-called erotica for ancient viewers. Many portrayals deemed pornographic by modern standards constituted proper decoration, whether they appear in the frescoed interiors of Roman houses or on drinking vessels, mirrors, and gemstones. Artists also created hypersexual creatures such as pygmies, Priapus, and Hermaphroditus primarily as apotropaia; representations of the phallus and of phallic deities installed on the streets and in the shops of cities had a similar apotropaic function.
Soranus, of Ephesus, physician
Helen King
He wrote around twenty books, their subjects including a wide range of medical topics (e.g. On Hygiene, On Acute and Chronic Diseases), medical biography, commentaries and discussions of grammar and etymology. Those surviving in Greek are sections and fragments of On Signs of Fractures and On Bandages—these may both belong to the same lost work, On the Art of Surgery—and Gynaecology. The latter gives valuable information on *gynaecology and obstetrics in the Roman empire, and is divided into
Soranus shared the theoretical standpoint of the Methodists (see


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A Broken Childhood
Schefner, Maria. "A Broken Childhood." Volk auf dem Weg, November 2011, 27.
Translation from the original German-language text to American English is provided by Alex Herzog, Boulder, CO. Editing by Dr. Nancy A. Herzog.
It's been seventy years, but she continues to experience the same bad dream over and over. It's about the bombing attack on the train in which she and her mother and her brother Waldi are being deported to Siberia. Mother is dragging both children further away from the train, everything is in flames, and everyone around her is moaning and shouting, and it is raining heavily. Waldi gets stuck in the mud, and mother drags him out of his boot because she can't free him any other way, and he'll have to move along on one bare foot. Everything is wet and cold, and he is freezing and crying. Katya looks around. She can still see the small boot and wants to get it back for him, but mother quickly pulls her toward herself, presses her down to the ground with her pregnant stomach, and the final thing Katya can still see is the explosion, exactly at the place where the small boot was still sticking in the mud. Deafening noise, flames reaching high into the sky, a curiously sour smell, Waldi's wide open eyes, Mama's heavy stomach – everything has happened so fast, she can hardly breathe, she wants to cry out, but she simply can't get enough air, and suddenly everything is gone.
Then she finds herself floating in the blue sky that seems to be crisscrossed with sunrays. The stillness is so intense that her ears are humming, and the air seems unbelievably clean, in fact, as clean as she had never experienced it. She breathes it in, she literally drinks this air that tastes so exquisite. And then she hears a voice, at first from afar, but coming closer and closer: "Katya, my child, wake up!" Mama, it must be Mama! Katya is glad and she wants to say how she loves to breathe in this pure air, and she wants to share it with Mama so that she, too, her dearest Mama, can experience it as well! And Waldi, too. Where are they, why are they hiding from her, why can't she see them way up high? "Come here," she wants to say. But her lips seem frozen shut, they do not want to move, and then someone shakes her strongly, and the air at once becomes wet and dusty again, heavy, sour, and still she can hear Mama's voice very clearly. Mama is crying and shouts out so loudly that Katya cannot bear it. She wants to comfort Mama and she opens her eyes. Mama presses her close to herself and is crying bitterly! "Why? Mama, what's the matter with you?" asks Katya with astonishment. But her voice sounds so weak she can hardly hear herself. She is getting dizzy, and she wants to sleep. And somehow, deeply within herself, she longs for the bright, blue sky, for the sweet, pure air, for the breadth and height she had never experienced before. But not without Mama! Not without Waldi, who has lost his little boot and is standing in the mud with one bare foot, is shivering with the cold and is crying quietly as if to say, "Katya, stay here, I need you. With whom can I play and laugh if you're gone?" And Katya smiles at him, and then Mama as well. She pats Mama's back with her small hand and whispers, "Don't cry, everything is fine, and Papa will surely come back to us soon, right, Mama?" And Mama sighs deeply: "Yes, my dear, smart little girl. It's true, the war will soon be over, and we'll all get together again, and everything will be good. Now go to sleep. Sleep!" Katya closes her eyes, feels the warmth of Mama's body and of her hands caressing her tenderly and rocking her gently. She falls asleep. She smiles. Everything will be fine.
It's been seventy years. They survived it all, everything—Siberia, the war, and the NKVD surveillance. She found Papa again or, rather, Mama found him or, rather, what was left of him. With her own hands she took him home, saying "He's as light as a straw. But they got him back on his feet. It took a while, but they managed it. They got their life back, and their parents, even though part of everything had been torn away--her childhood, for example, that of Waldi, and that of so many children of the war. Well, childhood is the kind of thing that can't just wait until the war is over.
And how about exile? It, too, is finally gone. As a mere five-year-old, you lose your little boot in the mud, and right before your eyes it is blown smack into the air. But you do grow up, and so does your little sister. It's simply her first memory, the very first one of her entire life. And throughout her life, that memory comes to haunt her as a nightmare, again and again. For seventy years now, even now when not only her parents, but Waldi, too, are no longer alive. But she also knows where they are now, namely, in that bright blue sky threaded throughout with sunrays, there where she once had floated. Then, too, she has fulfilled her most audacious dream of living in Germany, for years by now. She has a home again. She is happy. For everyone. The only thing missing for her, is Waldi's little boot. Everyone has his or her own milestone marking a broken childhood.
Our appreciation is extended to Alex Herzog for translating and to Dr. Nancy A. Herzog for editing the article.


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Is it ok if I have a bit more, please? – JD, going back for his third helping
Perfect for those chilly, dark evenings, this vegetarian cottage pie uses Quorn or soya mince, plenty of veg and a thick gravy for the filling, then it's all covered with velvety mash, topped off with a herby cheese crust and baked til it's golden and bubbly. Yum!
Here's what to do. Should feed a family of four with leftovers.
- 850-1kg potatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium white onion (about 200g)
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 medium courgette (about 200g)
- 3 medium carrots (about 200g)
- 300g Quorn or soya mince
- 50ml red wine
- 2 tins chopped tomatoes
- 150-20ml whole milk
- 250g mature cheese
- a little butter for greasing
- 100g dried white breadcrumbs
- 1/2 tbsp dried mixed herbs
- 60g gravy granules (one that's suitable for vegetarians)
- 600ml boiling water
- seasoning to taste
- Peel and quarter the potatoes and put them on to boil in plenty of salted water. They should take 15-20 minutes
- Warm the oil in a large pan over medium heat and fry the onions and garlic until soft
- Add the carrots and fry for a minute, then add the courgette and fry for a further minute
- Add the Quorn and fry until heated through, then turn off the heat, add the wine and boil off until the liquid has all gone
- Add the tomatoes and heat through, then make up the gravy (60g gravy to 600ml boiling water) and add to the pan, bring to the boil then simmer with the lid off until it thickens down to a rich, thick gravy, stirring occasionally
- When the potatoes are cooked through, drain, return to their pan and mash until very smooth, then beat in the milk and add a little pepper, if liked. Grate in 200g of the cheese and stir through, then cover and set aside
- When the mince filling is ready, season to taste then grease your dish and pour the filling into it
- Top the filling carefully and evenly with the mashed potato, aiming to avoid leaving any holes
- In a small bowl, finely grate the remaining cheese and stir together with the breadcrumbs and herbs, then sprinkle the mixture evenly over the top of the mash
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until golden brown on top and bubbling at the edges
We serve ours with plenty of greens and sweetcorn for extra veggie goodness. Enjoy!


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The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil is a few hours away. But not everybody in the country is happy about the greatest football show on earth coming to town.
Ugly scenes broke out in Sao Paulo, a few miles away from the stadium which will host the opening game between Brazil and Croatia.
The protest which has gone on for some time now reached a boiling point on Thursday afternoon as CNN's Sao Paulo producer Barbara Arvanitidis suffered a broken arm.
The protesters who were demonstrating against the money spent by the government on the 2014 FIFA World Cup while many in Brazil still live in poverty were trying on Thursday to cut off a key avenue leading to the Corinthians Arena.
Brazilian police did their best to disperse the demonstrators of about 200 using fired noise bombs in the process.
Piers Scholfield of BBC reports at least two injured journalists as riot is expected to grow before Brazil take on Croatia at 5pm Brazil local time [8pm Ghana time].
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Photos of Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz, and Bronx Wentz in NYC
Ashlee and Bronx Walk Manhattan Before Pete Flies to France
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz put their weekday routines aside yesterday to take a bundled up Bronx for a walk in NYC. Pete was soon off to catch a flight to France, where he tweeted about the jet lag he felt before recuperating enough to express his love for the country. The Wentz family is down to their last weeks in the Big Apple, since Ashlee's run in Chicago is due to wrap up on Feb. 7. It's been a couple months for the trio with frequent visits from the whole Simpson clan, but soon it will be onto the next exciting project for Ashlee, Pete, and Bronx.
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Members Reflect on Recent Trip to Cuba
Cuba Values 'We' Over 'I': By Cristina Bordes
The trip to Cuba was amazing and indescribable. It is such a rich culture and a complex social experiment filled with paradoxes. It has left me with a lot to think about and reflect on. My favorite day was in Regla with the young group of Afro-Cuban hip-hop artists. The block party was filled with heart, community, and creativity. There is so much music and art in Cuba. It highlighted for me how busy life has become, leaving a lack of time for creativity and connection.
A dinner conversation with one of our guests also stands out. She was discussing Cuba's successes and failures. One of its successes she felt is a cultural value based in "we" rather than "I". I've been thinking about that concept a lot lately, in terms of how we solve world problems such as global warming and many of the other potential crises we face. How do we move as a culture and a species to a place where we consider the wellness of the whole over individual gain? How do we create a healthy balance between the two? Being there also highlighted for me the successes and failures of our own government and the ways that we have gotten out of balance.
It seems like our policies and systems, whether capitalist or socialist, can only be as good we are. So how do we evolve? On a lighter note, I loved travelling with this wonderful group of women, am so grateful for the opportunities WDN has brought into my life, and I love, love, love, that Cuban coffee!
An Aging Society and Lack of Opportunity for Young People: By Josie Hadden
When we arrived our first night in Cuba at our hotel in Trinidad, I was conscious that the plaza on which the hotel was located was almost empty of people. In fact, it seemed I saw few people anywhere. As we explored Trinidad the next day I was again struck by how few people there seemed to be on the streets, aside from the occasional group of tourists. We moved on to Havana and even there it just didn't have the crowded city feel I had expected.
During our visit, we learned that Cuba has lost a lot of its population as people left when they could to escape the rigid dictatorship and restrictive economy under Fidel Castro. Further, the Cuban birth rate is only 1.4 babies per couple, below the replacement rate, with the result that the Cuban population is aging. The economy is mostly in quite bad condition. Cuba has a very high literacy rate. Younger people who enjoy free education through graduate school or specialized training graduate to a situation where there are few jobs for them. Many leave at the first opportunity that is available.
Now, under Raul Castro, there are signs of an opening up of the economy. He has made it possible for some to start small entrepreneurial businesses, while at the same time introducing the idea of paying taxes. Start-up capital is not readily available, so often it is remittances from relatives living off the island in Florida and other areas that are the source of funds. A young woman we met had just received a license to open a clothing store. Getting the license was the key first step, so she did not yet have a developed plan for how she would proceed.
Medicine and general healthcare are strong. There is a small and growing pharmaceutical industry. Cigars are exported. Sugar cane is grown especially for the ethanol market in Brazil. The biomass from the cane is used for energy generation. Most of the food for the population is imported. We did see some small organic food farms. We were told that all food grown on the island is organic, because they cannot afford to import fertilizers.
Up until the time the USSR broke up, they had supported Cuba. When that support stopped, Cuba entered its "special period" of 10+ years when life was extremely difficult. Now the economic situation is better, as Cuba receives oil from Venezuela in exchange for medical personnel and supplies from Cuba. Where Fidel is an ideologue, Raul Castro is seen as a pragmatist, which seems to bode well for Cuba. However, Raul is 82 and there is no generally understood succession plan in place.
And, of course, there is the whole topic of US and Cuban relations with the embargo as the elephant in the room as well as each side holding prisoners of the other and no trade or other resolution as yet.
A Trip With Meaning: By Carolyn Schuham
Imagine a trip where everything you do has meaning.
Where you meet and interact with amazing people in every walk of life, from the heads of government agencies to hip hoppers, artists, dancers, and important bloggers. From Mariela Castro Espin, the head of the National Center for Sex Education, to the Bishop's representative.
Where you are exquisitely taken care of by incredibly knowledgeable and competent guides, and, oh yes, delicious food and good hotels. Then imagine sharing all that with a group of women that share your values, humor and sense of fun. You have just imagined our trip to Cuba.
A Lesson From Trinidad: By Anonymous
Trinidad is a colonial city – – a UNESCO "world heritage" site.
Our guide, Nancy Benitz, walked us through the narrow streets to plazas where museums, churches, and government agencies are located. Nancy is a local architect, historian, and restoration specialist. She notes that her agency is underfunded. The city faces infrastructure needs that the 2% tax share allocated to restoration efforts cannot begin to cover. The opening of the Cuban economy to independent, individual entrepreneurs has restricted tax cash flow from small, room-to-let hotels and paladar restaurants in people's homes. These Cuban-owned enterprises are now exempt from taxes, diminishing the State's flow of revenue from tourism dollars here.
In the plaza and on the streets, I feel tugs at my arm – beggars? A woman strokes her arm at us. We later learn this is a request for soap. Only, the "ask" is an opening bid to negotiate for products and money. Several women offer hand-made jewelry, strung sets of seeds. An older woman offers me an out-of-print $3 bill with a picture of Che Guevara on it. A younger woman with two small children waits near an art gallery, half-heartedly approaching tourists. Later in the evening, barkers entreat us to eat at their paladar.
A few of us spent an hour of our free time at the Museum of the Bandits, which chronicles the Revolution and the counterinsurgents that fought against it here in Trinidad. Students became the standing army. The museum displays a piece of US airplane wreckage, a photo hall of revolutionary martyrs, and a hammock which says to us, "Che slept here." After our final tour guide explains the displays in her room, she offers us needle-worked textiles for sale. She is a government employee in a state-run museum. "I have to support myself," she says.
Cuba's economy is a form of market socialism, with new reforms allowing even more self-employment through private enterprise. There are many reasons for this liberalization:
- To legitimize an underground economy that already exists;
- To blunt the unemployment effect of State downsizing; and,
- To provide an outlet for a well-educated but under-utilized population.
If private entrepreneurs pay for their annual licenses, they still will be entitled to a pension and maternity benefits. Free health care, education, and basic food rations are provided to all Cuban citizens.
The question is, can Cuba continue its march towards free markets and retain its revolutionary ideals?
Cuba Trip Was Life-Changing: By Carla Kleefeld
Thank you for WDN's collaboration with The Center For Democracy In the Americas! The trip was a life-changing and wonderfully rich adventure. It is time to reunite with Cuba. I love the Cuban people and the 'grand experiment' that Cuba is. Cuba's ideals lead the country vs. its' politics.
All Cubans have access to free health care and education, no matter the circumstances. Sex change operations are fully paid for. They celebrate a National Week against Homophobia led by the President's daughter, who is a vocal advocate for gay rights. Abortions are performed in hospitals because Cubans know it is a health issue, not a religious one. All women receive 18 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and no child goes hungry or homeless. They are working on applying a gender lens to all classes and ages in school.
I found myself thinking…so, THIS is Socialism??
Every Cuban person knows what is happening in their country. They know what they have shared together historically, politically, socially, and economically…they have endured together and many have chosen to stay in Cuba. Cubans don't spend their time on cell phones and computers; they spend their time together in the streets. Several generations live together. There is an integrated sense of community, solidarity, independence and fierceness of will.
One night we came back to our hotel room and found towels artfully shaped into a couple sitting on the bed with a cigar and hat. Art and music are immersed in all things everywhere, day and night….
And, despite how badly (and unjustly) the US has treated Cuba for over 50 years, Cubans are gracious, generous, open and intelligent.
Viva Cuba! Let's end the illegal US. Embargo!
Cuba Hasn't Let Me Go: By Cynthia McCague
They say that if you spend a week in Cuba, you want to write a book; spend a month, you write an article–and after a year, you write a postcard! What they mean is that the more you know, the more confusing and contradictory everything seems. It's a country that has brought literacy and medical care to everyone. Where we could go anywhere and talk to anybody.
But at the same time, Cuba is a country that still imports 80% of the food, (since until recently there's not been a focused program to increase agriculture). Cubans mostly have no access to the internet and only can use email at work, and until a change next month, travel outside the country had to be approved by the government and one's employer. Many people make less than $20 a month, but taxi drivers who earn tourist tips are living a very comfortable life. So much cognitive dissonance. So many wonderful people. The week with all my new best friends from WDN was simply unbelievable.
The WDN team and Center for Democracy in the Americas put together a full itinerary, filled with interesting meetings about the status of women, wonderful music and artists. Cuba hasn't let me go, days after our return — I'm planning two more trips next year. And I am looking forward to WDN's next trip. I will sign up to go with these INCREDIBLE women – any time, anywhere.
Trip Sparks Memories, Ideas for Future Journeys: By Elaine Reuben
Two recollections bracket my memories of WDN/CDA's Cuba journey: first, attending a bar mitzvah at Beth Shalom in Havana with Lisa Ndecky Llanos after we'd delivered medicines for the pharmacy there: a sweet experience and one not prepared for our group but to which we were welcome as visitors.
And second, the time on the bus, which presented special opportunities to get to know each other. This, my third trip to Cuba, included flashes of memory and recognition of places previously visited as well as moments of noticing changes; all the rich presentations from those who spoke to us and regret there was not enough time fully to process what we were learning — or just to wander and explore. A week later I feel still full of "Cuba" and unfinished with her joys and issues, telling stories touristic and political to those who ask and some who don't, pondering my next trip.
A City Frozen in Time: By Jean Karotkin
What a great group of women to be immersed in Cuba with. Our schedules were filled with lots of insight into the political issues as well as the cultural gifts of Cuba. Never a boring moment, and even when we had time to ourselves, we never hesitated in wanting to explore on our own. Cuba is so three-dimensional. Although the city is in such disrepair, with buildings decaying both inside and out, the architecture will overwhelm you with its historical beauty. People live amongst the ruins with such dignity and perseverance. What appears to be decay on the exterior of residences, one walks inside to find great joy, warmth and love especially amongst the families we visited. Life continues despite the overwhelming obstacles. I could go on about this city frozen in time, but will allow others from my group to share their thoughts as well.
A Time for Deeper Connections: By Lenore Hanisch
When I think back through the week, the clearest moments were the opportunities to eat w/other WDN members in a small group situation. Each of these moments were special because they were organic and offered a chance for conversation at a table where we could all see and hear each other. Since many of our meals happened at very large tables (not a criticism; just fact), this made these small group moments intimate…a place for getting to know each other, reflecting about our experiences and discussing topics relevant to the trip. My hope for having these kinds of moments is one of the major reasons I signed up for going to Cuba…I really wanted an opportunity to interact w/other members in our community in a way that lent itself to getting to know another WDN members through experiential learning. And, while I get a lot of that on the WDN board, I haven't had much of a chance (due to my own constraints) to do that with other parts of WDN's membership. Thank you WDN & CDA; learning in Cuba with other WDN members rocked! Below are two of my favorite small-group moments from this trip.
A group of us ate dinner with Sarah Stephens and Peter Kornbluh at a paladar in Old Havana. Over the AMAZING chickpea appetizer and Cuban paella that we shared, we were able to ask Sara and Peter A LOT of questions regarding our briefing by two family members of the Cuban Five earlier that afternoon. This intense discussion added more angles and facets to an already complex scenario, especially since some of us at the table, like myself, had no idea about the Cuban Five before this trip. And, it gave us the opportunity to bounce ideas off of Sara and Peter and each other for possibilities on how to incorporate our new understanding into action beyond WDN's Cuba visit.
This small group learning lottery was something each of us at the table referred to constantly in the following four days of the trip as we attempted to share it with other WDNers and piece together the many facets of Cuba into something we could digest. Mulling and mining the conversation for connected pieces included relating it at our impromptu meeting with Mary Murray of NBC at the Havana Airport just before the last of us flew at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2nd. This felt especially apt since NBC had focused on the Cuban Five and the connection to the three-year anniversary of Alan Gross' detainment in Cuba just the day before. Knowing more of Cuba and the Cuban Five from the perspectives of Sara and Peter, along w/the other WDNers at my table and then having a completely separate add-on conversation with Mary, well, I'd call that priceless kismet.
The other small group conversational gem with guest was dinner at L'Atelier. We ate with Gail Reed of MEDICC where we delved into the Cuban health system, a topic that we hadn't explored in depth until that point. We covered everything from living in Cuba during the special period with a health care lens, since Gail lived in Cuba during that time, to how low-income students from abroad can receive a very affordable medical degree in Cuba to become a doctor. Questions about how an integrated wellness system in Cuba operates and how one accesses care at the appropriate point-of-entry in an entirely free system were hot topics on the table. Reed shared a funny story of being "caught" by a family doctor when leaving a neurology appointment for headaches when the symptoms were clearly about stress, which the primary care doctor would have diagnosed due to a work/life balance series of questions and extensive patient history.
How to go about assisting hurricane-affected Santiago was passionately explored and we intently listened to how ¡Salud!, the documentary, has more to teach us about Cuba. To be able to be introduced to the Cuban health care system by a journalist who's covered Cuba from social and economic angles for two decades in a small WDN cohort was the kind of unique knowledge acquisition typical of this trip thanks to our organizational values and the experience of CDA.
Reflections on Past, Present & future: By Susie Richardson
Cuba is a deeply complex place. The past, the present and the future seem to battle for one's attention.
In Trinidad, the restored colonial architecture of the main plaza sparkles with the pastel beauty of the past. A young man was selling homemade pastries from a tray, his "private enterprise" and search for foreign currency that could make his future bright. A 69 year-old man sat on a bench bemoaning that fact that he didn't have the $7 he needed to replace his almost sole-less shoes. He saw no future.
I wandered a few blocks beyond the square, and the cobblestone streets and lovely buildings gave way to dirt roads and dilapidated homes. Surprisingly, I could see sturdy furniture and occasional televisions through the open doorways.
Cuban government resources and salaries are inadequate. And yet foreign currency and tourist oriented jobs are creating opportunity for some. The developing class separation is likely to create yet another Cuban conundrum.
The Impact of One Artist's Scultpure: By Ellen Bush
There are many reasons why I am so grateful we started our trip in Cienfuegos and Trinidad.
For the purposes of this shared reflection I will focus on one.
The studio of Yami Martinez is located in a unique, a corner location in an old historic building in downtown Trinidad. Her door faces the historic stone steps that lead up to the area where live music is enjoyed nightly. I was captivated by her "coffee maker"' theme as a metaphor for expressing the experiences of women in her culture. In the few minutes we had to talk with her I learned that she lives in a poor barrio and has many struggles in her personal life, especially around gender equality.
Several days later, I spotted a large "coffee maker" sculpture at the door of the mezzanine dining room in the big modern hotel in Havana. It seemed it had to be one of Yami's creations. I was so grateful that I knew the work in its context.
If I had only seen the sculpture in the hotel it would have only been an interesting decoration for the doorway of the modern dining room.
This example can serve as a metaphor for the whole experience of going to Cuba. In relation to a culture about whom many conclusions are made out of context, hearing from the Cuban Americans in Miami, and then crossing the very small area of water to the island, to see and hear the people in their home context, becomes really important.
I continue to struggle with how to share the experience in my community. People ask questions that I still cannot answer. I feel overwhelmed with the bizarre quality of the U.S.-Cuba official situation. Yet, the auspices of "People-to-People" travel is also a metaphor, for this is how change will happen. I plan to continue my interest in promoting an educational DVD through CDA and fostering communication with Sandra about her dream to connect with other Caribbean groups working on race issues.
Thanks to all who made the trip not only possible!
Cuba is A Country of Contradiction: By Margery Goldman
Cuba – such a country of contradiction. On the one hand you can walk into the courtyard of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education, headed by Raul Castro's daughter Mariela, and ride a "penis" (see photo below) and on the other – well, they are on the U.S. Terrorism list. Is the U.S. really that afraid of someone else's penis?
I mean we are long past the Cold War, and Cuba presents no military threat to the US, so what are we so terrified of? Could it be their coordinated national program for sex education – you know they are distributing condoms to everyone. Maybe it's the fact that they now have not just a day, but an entire month dedicated to fighting homophobia. Or maybe, just maybe what really terrifies us is that this country, just 90 miles off our shores has abortion that is free and legal. And they cannot imagine why it would be any other way.
Cuba is not perfect – far from it – and in its current still very restrictive economic and political state, most of us would not choose to live there. But many of their programs, at least in the view from the top – in health education, family planning, gender violence, tolerance for sexual difference, the advancement of women, and of course the basic human right of health care for all – these put us to shame.
As early as 1964, Cuba's National Institute of Family Planning worked to educate the entire population and assure access to condoms, counseling and safe, free abortions. Womens' rights- though still not fully realized, were a goal of the Revolution, and a key component of solidarity.
Said Fidel on Aug 23, 2005,
"Ni las palabras, ni los homenges pueden reflejar en su justa dimension la grandeza de la mujer cubana ganada a fuerza del su ejemplo incomparable."
Which means, Neither words nor homage can reflect justly the greatness of Cuban women that has been earned with the strength of their incomparable example.
Recognizing the full power of women, acknowledging women's rights to control their own bodies, paying homage to their greatness…now that's something to be terrified of.


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The Harding Theatre opened on April 8, 1926 with Colleen Moore in "Irene", a second-run attraction. It was built by Samuel H. Levin with the Reid Brothers as architects. As a link in the Levin chain of neighboorhood theaters known as San Francisco Theatres, Inc. it served as a neighborhood film house until it closed in 1970.
In the intervening years it has been a venue for The Lamplighters, a Gilbert and Sullivan group, and, more recently, as a church, which moved out in 2004.
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I live around the corner from this location. I walk by this theater every day and I would love for it to be a neighborhood theater. I'd never leave. When it was a church I used to sneak a peak in and see the chairs and stage.
It's all boarded up and, thankfully, the doorway was shut off from people sleeping in it.
This is one of those theaters where I'd love to see retro-programming and fun midnight films like they do at the CASTRO and CLAY theaters. Some day, maybe.
The struggle to save The Harding Theatre continues into its fourth year. The latest plan of the developer would restore some of the auditorium but would eliminate the stage and replace it with eight condos and eight parking spots at the rear of the theatre. The front would also be altered. This proposal is being challanged in a hearing on August 27th 2008.
Here are several photos of the exterior and interior lobby and auditorium when it still functioned as a movie theatre
Just came across this today:
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Scroll down to the end of this article to read about a 94 year old woman's memories of the Harding.
On November 13, 2008, all seven members of the San Francisco Planning Commission unanimously approved an appeal by The Friends of 1800 historical preservation group regarding a developer's plans to demolish the back portion of the Harding Theater to build condominiums and make substantial modifications to the remainder. The next day, the developer announced his intention to sell the building.
For more info see: http://savetheharding.blogspot.com/
-and-Friends of 1800 site mentioned above.
This was also used as a performance hall for rock concerts. The Grateful Dead played here on November 6 and 7, 1971.
It is now being worked on to bring It open again as a bar/club with arcade games.
I walked by the Harding this morning on my way to the Divisadero Farmer's Market. I noticed several planning dept notices on the boarded over entrance that seemed to indicate (from terrywade's July 18 post) that indeed work is going on inside. This is all I could find online regarding this project;
Did some digging on the SF Planning Dept site and this came up for 616 Divisadero:
Description: 616 Divisadero Street – Emporium SF – Entertainment Commission – Place of Entertainment, Mechanical Amusement Device and Billiard Parlor — Other Entertainment use is permitted in the Divisadero Street NCT per Planning Code Section 746.48. Amusement Game Arcade use requires Conditional Use authorization per Planning Code Section 746.69B. Conditional Use authorization granted by Planning Commission Motion No. 19512.
A permit and conditional use permit were approved June 7, 2016.
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Arrested: Mark A. Villarreal, 27, Meridian
Charges: Aggravated Battery (F)
Boise Police received a report of an aggravated battery that had taken place on the 2500 block of South Stanley Street Sunday night, March 10th, at approximately 9:40 p.m. The victim tells police the suspect, who had been trespassed from his property earlier that day, struck him with a car as he was standing near the mailbox. The victim was injured in the incident. Officers located in the vehicle a block from the residence. The victim was transported to a local hospital with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries at the time. After a detailed investigation into the incident the suspect was transported to the Ada County Jail and booked on the above listed charges.
Arrested: Eben T. Wasserman, 40, Boise
Boise Police responded to a report of a battery in progress at a residence on the 6000 block of West Elkhorn Avenue Friday, March 8th, at approximately 11:30 a.m. Witnesses tell police the suspect, who is well known to the victim, attacked the victim in his front yard as part of an ongoing dispute between the two men. At one point, witnesses say the suspect struck the victim in the head with the victim's cane causing cuts. The suspect and the victim were still at the residence when officers arrived. After a detailed investigation the suspect was transported to the Ada County Jail and booked on the above listed charges.
Arrested: Shawn D. Mcfarlane, 44, Boise
Charges: Rape (F)
Boise Police arrested the suspect Friday, March 8th, after a detailed investigation into allegations of illegal sexual contact that took place on March 2nd of this year. The victim, a juvenile under the age of 17, tells detectives the conduct took place at a Boise business. The suspect is known to the victim and officers have no reason at this time to believe other victims are involved. The investigation into this case continues. No further information is available. Further inquires into this case should be directed to the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
18-6101. (2) Rape defined. Rape is defined as the penetration, however slight, of the oral, anal or vaginal opening with the perpetrator's penis accomplished with a female under any one (1) of the following circumstances: (2)Where the female is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age and the perpetrator is three (3) years or more older than the female.
The victim (and/or family) in this case is receiving support assistance through the Boise Police Department Victim Services Unit. To learn more about Victim Services log onto www.boisepolice.org and click on Crime Victim Services.
Arrested: Gabriel G. Mata, 34, Boise
Charges: 3 counts of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Meth)(F), 2 counts of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Marijuana)(F)
Arrested: Lester M. Ortiz-Lopez, 23, Boise
Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver (Meth)(F), Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Marijuana)(F)
Boise Police Narcotics Detectives arrested Gabriel Mata and Lester Ortiz-Lopez Saturday, March 9th, as part of an ongoing investigation into the trafficking of meth and marijuana. Detectives have evidence that indicates the suspects were involved in the sale of illegal substances on more than one occasion over the last six months. The arrest comes after a detailed investigation by Boise Police Narcotics Detectives. Further inquiry into this case should be directed to the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
About BANDIT: The Boise Police BANDIT Task Force investigates illegal drug sales and trafficking, as well as gambling and prostitution. Detectives with B.A.N.D.I.T. (Boise Area Narcotics and Drug Interdiction Task Force), are commissioned to protect the community from illegal activity.
Arrested: Lyjah W. Armstrong, 18, Boise
Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver (Meth)(F), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (m), Warrant for Petit Larceny (m), Warrant for Failure to Appear (m)
Arrested: Patricia L. Cochran, 24, Boise
Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance (Meth)(F), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (m)
Boise Police on patrol early Sunday morning, March 10th, at approximately 1:00 a.m. observed a vehicle fail to stop at a stop sign and conducted a traffic stop near West Fairview Avenue and North Cole Road. As officers contacted the occupants, a Boise Police K-9 alerted on the vehicle indicating the likely presence of drugs. Officers recovered numerous items of drug paraphernalia including pipes and hypodermic needles from the vehicle and suspect's persons. Officers also located 7 baggies of Meth. During the investigation officers determined that Lyjah Armstrong had two warrants for his arrest on Petit Larceny and Failure to Appear charges. The suspects were booked at the Ada County Jail on the above listed charges.
Warrant Arrested: Monique E. Barnard, 20, Boise
Warrant Charges: Robbery (F)
The suspect was taken into custody on an outstanding felony warrant for Robbery yesterday.
The arrest warrant stems from an ongoing investigation into a report of a robbery that took place at a residence in the North End in February of this year. During a confrontation the victim tells police his phone and a small amount of cash by were taken from him by force. Evidence indicates the suspect was involved in the incident. That investigative information was forwarded to the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney's Office and resulted in the felony warrant. Further inquiries into this case should be directed to the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Arrested: Romero D. Soliz, 19, Boise
Charges: Burglary (F), Minor in Possession of Alcohol (m), Resisting and Obstructing (m)
Boise Police responded to a report of a theft at a convenience store on the 700 block of North Garden Street Friday evening, March 8th, at approximately 7:30 p.m. Employees tell police the suspect, who appeared to be intoxicated at the time, selected two twelve packs of beer and two bottles of liquor before running out of the store. Officers caught the suspect after a short foot pursuit in the back yard of a residence. The suspect was transported to the Ada County Jail and booked on the above listed charges.
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