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A child of the 1970s, David Kramer pulls from that formative decade, re-crafting its lifestyle advertisements and distinctive interior design into paintings, drawings, and installations both nostalgic and ironic. His compositions resemble the advertisements that, as he claims (with the tongue-in-cheek humor that shapes his output), modeled his future: "I felt certain that my future would look a lot like what I was looking at in those ads. […] I am still hoping to grow up and get my hands on those things." Text is central to Kramer's work. He overlays what he calls "one-liners" onto his images, revealing the falsity of the idealized vision they present and the disillusionment of adulthood. In Plan (2011), the phrase, "In case of emergency…plan B and C," frames a still life of whiskey and cigarettes, motifs that appear in many of his works.
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Madonna & Jesus: sidestage kissing
Madonna took Jesus and her kids Lourdes and Rocco to the Jay-Z Wireless Festival performance in Hyde Park yesterday. At one point she and Jesus were spotted sharing a tender moment followed by a kiss. What she should be doing is taking notes. From an artist who is producing music that we'll remember.
Because lately the Madge's material has been lacking. And since she's signed a longterm deal with Live Nation, there will be more, there will probably be more soon, in your face, and while I don't mind Madonna in my face, I just wish Madonna would get in my face with some good tracks. It was the True Blue anniversary the other day and I posted about it. Click here if you missed. I certainly miss. Those days. When every Madonna song captured the zeitgeist, WAS the zeitgeist. Perhaps that belongs to Lola now.
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First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver a commencement address this year at an assembly of public high schools in Topeka, Kansas, to mark the 60th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Brown vs. Board of Education, the White House announced on Thursday.
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Álex Nogueras, From His Seat at the Center of Madrid's Art World
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On the subject of his own practice, multimedia and installation artist Michael Lin once explained: "I'm not an expressionist. I'm trying to bring about a collective work." Many of his major works have involved the creation or transformation of a collective or public space. These include a bed he placed inside the Helsinki's Kiasma Museum for visitors to use; the coffee shop he opened in the Palais de Tokyo in Paris; and the skateboard ramp he erected inside MoMA PS1. He is also known to produce collaborative pieces with other artists, organizations, and art students. Lin's aesthetic is heavily influenced by the decorative arts, and both traditional and vernacular Chinese imagery; a number of his installations make use of prints inspired by retro duvet covers the artist found in Shanghai.
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COLUMBIA, Tenn. -- Rainey Gaffin hit a bases-loaded walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh to lift No. 3 Tennessee past Middle Tennessee 9-8 on Tuesday in a chilly inaugural Mid-State Classic at Ridley Park.
The temperature dropped rapidly as the sun went down and the wind kicked up in Columbia. The wind chill dipped below 40 degrees as the game progressed into the later innings. The official attendance of the Mid-State Classic was 3,000 as fans packed stands down the first base line and third base line and beyond the outfield fences.
Tennessee (25-3) scored two in the second, two in the third, three in the fourth inning. Middle Tennessee State scored two runs in the top of the fourth off a home run by Laura Dukes. The Blue Raiders (6-23) made a strong run late in the game, climbing to within 7-5 in the top of the sixth when Nina Dever hit a three-run homer down the left field line. In the top of the seventh, MTSU crept to within 7-6 on an RBI single to right by Samantha Nieves and then pulled ahead 8-7 on a two-run hit by Dever to left. Annie Aldrete hit a leadoff homer in the top of the seventh to tie the game at 8-8 before Gaffin came through with the game-winning single through the left side.
The win gives Tennessee 79 consecutive wins against in-state opponents and 74 consecutive under the direction of Ralph Weekly and Karen Weekly. The Lady Vols are now 108-3 all-time against teams from the state of Tennessee.
Gaffin was a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored. Madison Shipman and Lexi Overstreet each had two RBI in the win. Melissa Davin scored two runs and 10 different Lady Vols recorded a hit in the game.
Ellen Renfroe improved to 16-0 on the year. She struck out seven and allowed eight runs over seven innings. The win marked Renfroe's 14th complete game of the season.
Caitlin McClure started the game and pitched three innings with four earned runs allowed. Jordyn Fisherback (3-8) took the loss after allowing five runs over 3.1 relief frames.
Tennessee took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second. With two outs, Taylor Koenig hit an RBI single to center field to plate Hannah Akamine. Gaffin followed with an RBI single to left center to score Haley Tobler.
UT's lead grew to 4-0 in the bottom of the third. With two outs and the bases loaded, Lexi Overstreet hit an two-RBI single through the right side to double Tennessee's lead.
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The Lady Vols poured on three runs in the bottom of the fourth to push their lead to 7-2. With one out and runners on second and third, Davin reached base on an error at first base and Gaffin scored from third base. Shipman followed with a two-run double launched to right field.
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MTSU pulled ahead 8-7 in the top of the seventh to seize control of the game late. With one out and two on, Nieves hit an RBI single to left field to bring the Blue Raiders to within one run. After Renfroe rung up MTSU's top hitter Kayla Toney swinging, Dukes drew an intentional walk to load the bases with two outs. Dever followed with a two-run double to left field to give MTSU the lead.
In the bottom of the seventh, Aldrete sent an 0-1 pitch over the wall in center field to even the game at 8-8. Two batters later, Overstreet reached on an error by the first baseman. Tobler followed with a single through the left side and Alley Perkins entered to pinch run for Overstreet on second. Cheyanne Tarango pinch hit for Koenig and knocked a single through the left side to load the bases. Hannah Devotie pinch ran for Tarango at first base. With a 2-1 count, Gaffin fired a single through the left side to score Perkins from third base and lift the Lady Vols past a surging MTSU team.


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Falsely Arrested Woman Told She Should Thank The Police For Realizing Their Error
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And, now, the police responsible have added insult to injury.
After the woman sued the police over this, she was told that that she should thank the police for realizing their mistake. I'm not joking:
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With MotoGP returning to Mugello for the Italian GP, the San Carlo Gresini Honda team is reverting back to its customary white livery scheme, a decision made by both Fausto Gresini and the Simoncelli family. Hoping to invoke some memories of Marco Simoncelli lapping around that famous Italian track, Gresini Racing's time of mourning for its fallen Italian rider appears to be over as it retires its all-black livery, and has painted Alvaro Bautista's Honda RC213V in the team's customary all-while livery for this weekend.
Talking to some friends the other day, who had recently watched Mark Neale's latest MotoGP documentary Fastest, it was clear to me that the loss of SuperSic still runs deep with fans and the GP paddock alike. Gearing up for the 2012 MotoGP season, it would appear to be a done-deal that Rossi will use his Simoncelli Tribute helmet at least one or more times next season, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Italian included a special tribute to SuperSic on his bike somewhere (along with his dogs of course).
While it will take sometime for the wounds of his passing to heal with his closest friends and family, the efforts to immortalize Marco Simoncelli have progressed well so far in this off-season. After the untimely death of Marco, it was announced that the non-profit Marco Simoncelli Foundation would be created to honor the lovable MotoGP racer. At the time, details of the organization, and its mission were vague, but now with its official formation, details about the charity are starting to come together.


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I'm pretty certain the headlock would work!
Actually, I have to come clean. She did ask me this evening when I got in from work if I wanted her to make me a pie. (she saw my earlier post.) I knew she was tired and had a stressful day at work and would have to run to the grocery store to get the ingredients. I'm not a very big dessert eater anyhow so I told her not to worry with one this evening. I know that after she goes to the store later this week she'll come home and surprise me with one. Except I guess since I just posted this it will no longer be a surprise.
"Here's an idea! Don't worry about sports and run the ****ing country!!!" - PsychoWard to Obama
mmm i love peanut pie!! that sounds good and easy!!!
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Out There, And Too Far Beyond
Vineyard Theatre scores with material that risks going off the beam; the Scottish have less success
By CHRISTOPHER BYRNE
Sometimes quirky workswhen a unique perspective or series of perceptions come together to create a show that, if not perfect, gets a lot of credit for being out there, for breaking a few rules and taking a chance. In the case of People Are Wrong, the story is Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House meets E.T., and it probably pays not to look too closely or the cracks in the narrative become glaringly apparent.
However, the show is fresh, inventive and colorful with a company thats talented and appealing, and when you dig right down the story is satirical grab-bag that pokes fun primarily at city dwellers in the country and ego-driven leaders.
The book is by Julia Greenberg and Robin Goldwasser and it follows the travails of Russ and Terri who have bought a home in upstate New York and are trying to do some renovations in time to hold their wedding in the garden. They hook up with Xanthus, a landscaper who happens to come from another galaxy and uses the gardening project as an excuse to build a runway for his ship to return to his original planet. Thats pretty much all the plot there is, but Greenberg and Goldwasser have a skewed and ironic sense of humor that generates some real belly laughsas in defining the third dimension as Olive Garden and Applebees. Its a balance of highbrow intellect and low humor that makes this show.
The score is by John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants, and he also appears as Russ. Flansburgh has a keen ear for the pop idiom (as evidenced by some recent Play-Doh commercials for which he wrote the jingle) and a way of pushing the harmonics just slightly beyond what might be expected to keep the songs interesting and oddly tuneful.
The cast is full of strong performers who hit just the right pitch of ironic detachment throughout, and who have the technical proficiency to make it work. In particular, Goldwasser as Joyce, the Agway manager, is a terrific singer and a powerful performerparticularly when she has to be the voice of doom and reveal the plots tabloid-esque secret. Also terrific are Flansburgh, Chris Anderson as Chainsaw Dick and Erin Hill as Terri. Less impressive is David Driver as Xanthus who never really seems like the charismatic type who can create a cult.
The production is a joint venture between the Vineyard and the Target Margin Theatre. The latters vision is to offer work that diverges from reality. In People Are Wrong, they have succeeded, and if you can join them in letting go of a strict adherence to form, you will be entertained, even if you cant always put your finger on why this show works.
Carol Tambor may also qualify for the term quirky. For the past several decades, she has regularly been attending the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and she has been so impressed by some of the theater there that she raised money to start a foundation and import the best of the festival for New York audiences. All very well and noble until you realize that its what Tambor personally thinks is best that makes the cut and if these shows really are the best, I would suggest saving the airfare and avoiding Edinburgh in August.
Of the two shows recently presented on a double bill as The Best of Edinburgh, only one, Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters, has any merit at all. Playwright and performer Russell Barr created a bleak and moody portrait of the life of a transvestite in Glasgow. It is a grim tale and at times seems to lose its way, but Barr brings a level of honesty and availability to the role that lays bare the deep-seated, nearly pathological, anger, pain and destructiveness of the unnamed young man who is the subject and center of the piece. The piece was performed in dim light, and the character, at times almost inaudible, quite literally seems to pull himself together only enough to talk to the audience and then slowly but inexorably unravels. As the young man winds down, the story tends to fall apart, too, and while emotional truth survives through the unhappy ending, the audience seems to get left behind as the depression of the character takes off.
RosebudThe Lives of Orson Welles is, on the other hand, a more traditionally structured monologue. Christian McKay bears quite a resemblance to the young Orson Welles, and he evolves into the older Welles with a facility that is completely impressive. He is a fine performer, which is fortunate because hes been given a wretched play to work with.
Playwright Mark Jenkins has put together a series of vignettes from Welles life but he does no digging for character or motivation. He delves about as deeply into his subject matter as the Up Close and Personal segments of the Miss Universe pageantall highlights and plasticand the result is nearly unspeakably boring. McKays impersonation cant compensate for the shallowness of the script and the irrelevance of the subject matter. Who cares about Orson Welles? And why should we? This is a play that starts with nothing to say and goes downhill from there. In the lobby afterward, one woman turned to a friend and said with a sigh, I am so glad I told my husband to stay home. More to the point, this homageand Tambor herselfshould have stayed home, as it were.
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The existing structure replaced a framed trestle bridge erected here in 1891 or 1892 by the Franklin and Tilton Railroad. This unusual bridge, built by the Bridge and Building Department of the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1896, appears to be the only deck-covered railroad bridge left in the United States. It was named Sulphite because of the large amounts of sulfur transported over the rail lines for use by the giant pulp and paper mills not far from the bridge. It is also known as the Upside Down Covered Bridge because the railroad track crosses over the top of the structure rather than running through its center. Service over the line was suspended in 1973. The bridge sides are boarded over with 7/8" siding and the ends are closed. There was a fire inside the bridge on October 27, 1980 that is believed to have been arson.
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One-half mile east of Franklin Falls and south of U.S. Route 3 over the Winnipesaukee River on the Boston and Maine Railroad line.
Pratt truss. The truss is 180'0" long with clear spans of 52'6", 65'6" and 58'0". The west approach is 31' long and east approach is 23' long. This results in an overall length of 231'0". The deck is timber and the rails rest on top of the trusses. This section of rail line has been abandoned.
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An urgent call went out for quick action to prevent a full-blown crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa today as leading figures in the fight against hunger met for an emergency meeting at WFP's Rome headquarters.
ROME -- Rapid, coordinated action is needed in the Sahel region of West Africa where more than 8 million people need food assistance, said a joint statement released Wednesday after UN agency heads gathered governments from donor nations and affected countries at WFP's Rome headquarters.
Heads of UN agencies, representatives of affected governments, and major donors stressed that now is the time for action in the Sahel – the region stretching from Senegal in the west to Chad in east-central Africa. See map | Download fact sheet
WFP and partners are launching a regional response to reach more than 8 million people with food assistance. WFP is purchasing food stocks and deploying specialized teams to the region in advance of the peak hunger season to ensure that food is available to the most vulnerable – especially women and children. The total cost of the Sahel response is estimated at US$ 808 million.
"We're having an emergency meeting in order to avoid a full-blown emergency," said WFP executive Director Josette Sheeran.
"This is a time when it's not yet too late. We know what needs to be done and we have the lessons learned from the Horn of Africa. We can't prevent drought, but we can prevent famine," she added.
Many areas of the Sahel are currently grappling with severe drought, with the result that millions of the region's inhabitants are facing hunger for the third time in recent years. Read more
The quick recurrence of droughts means that people have had little time to recover. Savings are exhausted and livestock herds have not been replenished.
Leaders at the Rome meeting called for a combination of emergency relief and longer term actions aimed at addressing root causes and building resilience in communities living in areas affected by chronic drought.
"We need to act now and we need to act together to meet immediate needs in a way which helps build longterm resilience," said the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos.
President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, one of the most affected countries in the Sahel region, welcomed the Rome meeting, saying in a message: "It demonstrates that the humanitarian community is always there to help the Sahel region, in its search for a solution."
The action plan agreed at the meeting includes the following steps (read the statement):
• Support short-term responses to hunger and nutrition developed by Sahel nations
• Target emergency assistance at mothers and young children at risk of malnutrition
• Deploy cash and voucher programmes to help strengthen local markets
• Support efforts by governments in the Sahel to address structural causes of hunger
• Integrate disaster risk reduction and conflict prevention into regional responses
• Respond to population displacement provoked by conflict in Mali (with effects in neighbouring countries)
• Mobilise funds needed for the humanitarian and development response.
Attending the meeting were the leadership of these organisations: the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the UN Development Programme (UNDP),the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department, joined by senior representatives from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) , representatives of the African Union (AU), Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), the International Council Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), and a broad representation of donor governments, as well as WFP board members.


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MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court convicted two Russian opposition activists and sentenced them to 4 ½ years in prison Thursday for their role in organizing protests a day before President Vladimir Putin's inauguration in May 2012.
Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev were sentenced for organizing mass riots and colluding to commit a crime. They both pleaded not guilty in a trial that has dragged on since October 2012, when they were detained and put under house arrest. Prosecutors requested had eight years in prison for each.
Since Putin's return to the presidency in 2012, when hundreds of thousands protested the vote in the streets of Moscow, the government has cracked down with a slew of laws restricting protests and curbing activity of non-governmental organizations. One law increases the fine for taking part in unsanctioned protests 150 fold to 300,000 rubles (nearly $9,000), close to the average annual salary. More recent legislation has upped the penalties for those who are detained more than once at an unsanctioned protest.
With a rising approval rating at home, there has been little domestic dissent as prominent opposition activists are prosecuted in court and quietly put out of the public eye. Russia's leading opposition figure, anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny, has been under house arrest, barred from receiving visitors or communicating on social media, since February pending another trial.
Udaltsov and Razvozzhayev were detained after a Kremlin-controlled TV station aired a documentary containing footage allegedly showing them meeting with a foreign politician to discuss funding for protests against Putin. Udaltsov, who was one of the top leaders of the street protest movement in 2012, all but disappeared from public view after being put under house arrest almost two years ago.
The two were convicted for their role as organizers of a May 2012 demonstration where clashes broke out after police restricted access to a square where the protesters had permission to gather.
The resulting trial — dubbed the "Bolotnaya Affair," after the name of the square — has involved charges against 32 people, 11 of whom have been convicted and sentenced to prison or house arrest. Most of those sentenced were not active or prominent members of the opposition movement, and some said during the trial that the May 2012 protest was their first.
Jim Heintz in Moscow contributed to this report.


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The Walrus Says
We were looking for a Mother's Day item for the column, so we asked Cathryn Jamieson if she had any ideas. After all, at her salon she comes in contact with a lot of island mothers. Without hesitation she replied, "Karen Rafanelli. She is one of the best mothers I know," she said.
Karen is no stranger to us. It seems as though she is always taking our grandson Tom somewhere
along with her 16-year-old son, John, a close friend of Tom. On more than one occasion, reaching Tom on his cell phone to inquire about his location he replied he was having dinner with the Rafanellis. And, when he moved briefly to Connecticut it was Karen who gave his going away party.
That is just some of one family's experiences with Karen. When we asked Cathryn if she could be more explicit about why she thinks Karen is one of the best mothers she knows, she replied that Karen is "fair, honest, reality-based, intuitive, compassionate, an understanding, disciplinarian, forgiving, giving of time to all who need her, funny, revealing, faithful, devoted, and spiritual. She fills all the shoes and deserves a vacation." Now, that's pretty explicit.
Outside her family there is probably no one who knows Karen better than co-worker Isabel Jepson. "Karen Rafanelli is the mom everyone would love to have. I know because I see her interactions with her family every week. On Saturday mornings, Karen and I share 'salon time' having nails and hair done but mostly we just love to catch up on our week and share family stories. Karen's are always about her children. Even as she sits talking to me the cell phone rests at her elbow and she cheerfully takes calls directing her sons' events throughout the weekend, including driving one to a sporting event, the other to a friend's house.
"This is the all-American family as we would all like to have it, with the heart being Karen, who never stops giving. She goes through all the drama that families do and never stops smiling. If someone needs to get to a sporting event, she is there, a school social or dance she's there. If there is an event at school and they need a parent to be involved you can believe that not only is she involved, but she will probably run it. She is passionate about her children's education and makes sure they get the very best there is and that they do the very best they can do.
"Karen opens her heart and home to the community wherever she sees a need. She makes that gathering even more special by including the sale of jewelry for poverty stricken women. Graduations, birthdays, showers, it is all at Karen's house and you can be sure there is always a crowd of kids.
"Karen is family to all of us and we know if we need to we can call on her in a minute for help. I feel blessed to have her in my life."
Karen moved to the island 18 years ago when she and her husband, Tony, were married. He is a whole separate story when it comes to community involvement. She met him at Raytheon where they both worked, she as a corporate travel agent. When John arrived, she stayed home and four years later their second son, Matt, now 12, showed up. She remained home with him until he went to kindergarten. Both boys are adopted.
She has been employed at the Jamestown School for the past six years and is currently working with kindergarteners. "They are keeping me young," she said.
Along the way, Karen has been a member of the PTO board for "it seems like forever." Next year will be her last as Matt will be moving on to high school. "I will not have any kids in the Jamestown school. That is very sad." She is also on the School Improvement and Health and Wellness Committees.
After a close friend died at 38 years old of breast cancer, Karen was active in Relay for Life. She also adopted, as a member of Children Friends and Service, a couple in their 80s who lived in the Pemberton Apartments. The couple had no family here, so she would take them shopping when she went shopping. "There we were, two kids under 6 and two people over 80. It was an all day adventure." They were also invited to the Rafanellis for Christmas. They have since passed away.
Actually, there are two mothers in the Raffanelli home. Three years ago she teamed up with her mother, Juliette Moura, and bought a house together. "My mother has always been very active, so I guess that is where I get it from. She is an avid concertgoer and took us to see the Rolling Stones two years ago. She has seen Rod Stewart and Michel Buble a few times."
So how are the two mothers going to spend Sunday? "On the basketball court, John's playing in a tournament," Karen said. When we expressed surprise that the tournament was being played on Mother's Day, she quipped, "Fathers run it."
Maybe they'll at least play some rock 'n roll music for your mom.
BankNewport, at the suggestion of David Pritchard, took on a Hawaiian accent Friday when the staff, including VP Mike Devito, showed up for work with colorful island shirts, from the other island.
The bank was handing out free popcorn, but no coconuts.
And, there's a new look in Jamestown Wine & Spirits. Owner Ilesh Patel has opened up the wall connecting to Video Showcase, combining the two businesses. There is even a new line of attractive Jamestown sweatshirts. Check it out.
Jim West is back in town from his Florida digs and is looking great. The 93-year-old World War II vet said he's looking forward to the Memorial Day parade.
Kurt Nelson is looking for photographs of the Edsel that in the 60s was used as a taxi on the island. About a year and a half ago he purchased the 1959 vehicle and was told at that time by several people of the history of the Edsel.
"I'm in the process of refurbishing the car. I wouldn't call it a restoration as I'm not completely disassembling it and such, but it will be in running condition hopefully this summer. I am going to have the body repaired and painted so it will look nice too. Perhaps at a later date I will do a complete restoration but, for now I just want to get it on the road."
So, if you have a photo in your attic archives you can reach him at 423-1161.
*** Our thanks to Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic, who for the past three years plus has contributed to this column the weekly Pet Tip of the Week and never missed a deadline.
He is no longer weekly, but will return from time to time with his words of wisdom about the animal world.
Kudos to Sarah and Craig Richardson of Beavertail Road and Fran and George Boyer from Whale Rock Road for their donations to the Rocket 'Hogs. Times awasting folks, The 4th is coming up quickly; get those checks in to the Fireworks Fund, Box 1776, Jamestown 02835.
The Shadow knows, says Gloria Conley of Elizabeth City, NC, Chris Smyth of Louisville, KY, and Larry Lewis to our question last week, Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Gloria added, "Just saw the movie on TCM a couple of weeks ago. The Shadow was a crime fighter early super hero, who seemed to turn up everywhere there were shenanigans going on."
Great job, guys, now tell us the name of the actor who did the radio show and the Shadow's name when he wasn't being the Shadow.
We must confess we could not remember the name of the song, only the line "Get out of here with that boom, boom, boom before I call a cop" that kept running through my head. We don't think that Gloria Conley knows it either, but she knows that Phil Harris sang it and some of its story.
Larry Lewis bailed us out. "These lyrics are part of a tune called 'The Thing' about a man who discovers a mysterious box floating near a beach. He tries to show various people its contents but they all tell him to get out and, to this day, this poor sap's stuck with the box, even upon reaching the Pearly Gates, where even Saint Peter tells him to go to, um, that other place. We never do learn exactly what 'the thing' inside was. It was recorded by Phil Harris in 1950 and became a #1 hit. Go figure.
"Why, did something wash up at Mackerel Cove?"
Children's Librarian Rowena Burke reports that she has a new, excellent book written by a dog. "First Dog: Unleashed in the Montana Capital" is supposedly written by Jessica Solberg, but it was actually written by Jag, the border collie, the runt of an eightpuppy litter born in Whitefish, Montana, who goes on to become First Dog to Governor Brian Schweitzer. Written for children ages 6 to 9, Jag has quite a tale to tell and there is also plenty of information on state government presented in a very understandable format. See Jag's picture at http://governor.mt.gov/
A Snapple cap moment: If you put all the streets in New York City in a straight line, they would stretch to Japan.
Happy Mother's Day to all who qualify!
*** Be true!
Call in your stuff for this column to 423-0383 or 829-2760. You can e-mail us at jtnwalrus@ hotmail.com or drop your items off at the Jamestown Press office.


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The Colorado Rockies are inviting 24 non-roster players to spring camp next week, including seven pitchers with Major League Baseball experience. The full list includes P's Tyler Anderson, Miguel Batista, Chad Bettis, Manuel Corpas, Parker Frazier, Daniel Houston, Logan Kensing, Jeff Manship, Mike McClendon, Nicholas Schmidt, Erick Threets and Chris Volstad; OF's Kent Matthes, Corey Dickerson, and Kyle Parker; INF's Nolan Arenado, Tommy Manzella, Matt McBride, Ben Paulsen and Henry Wrigley; and C's Yorvit Torrealba, Gustavo Molina, Lars Davis and Jose Gonzalez.
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The Colorado Rockies assigned Ps Stephen Dodson, Joe Gardner, Mike Ekstrom, Chad Bettis, Dustin Molleken and Edwar Cabrera, Cs Lars Davis and Matt McBride, INFs Thomas Field and Ben Paulsen and OFs Jamie Hoffmann and Kent Matthes to minor league camp Thursday, March 15.
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Thomas Harding, of Rockies.MLB.com, reports the Colorado Rockies signed C Lars Davis, the team's 2007 third-round draft pick. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Waves of Hope in a Beach Town
UNION BEACH, N.J.—Residents along the flattened ocean front of this working-class borough took their first steps toward rebuilding Friday, after a three-day stretch of waiting for help, picking through debris and trying to stay warm in powerless homes.
Since the storm, Carol Gallopo, 53 years old, and nearly a dozen members of her extended family—ages 4 to 85—have been huddled on the second story of the least damaged house they own here. At night, she has curled up with a black lab named Bailey for an extra blast of heat.
"We're going to rebuild," said Ms. Gallopo of her extended Italian-American family, which is normally spread out among five homes—all clustered closely enough to be within reach of the storm surge.
"We're together every Sunday for spaghetti dinner, and we'll do it together," she said.
Ms. Gallopo, a nurse who coordinates an anesthesia unit, used a plastic wagon to fetch hot food delivered to the nearest accessible street corner by a doctor at her hospital who lives outside the flood zone.
"We're just doing what we can," she said.
Sandy Hits East Coast
Before and After Sandy: Aerial Views
Satellite images taken before and after the arrival of the Sandy superstorm along the East Coast show damage to houses, businesses, roads, and beaches.
Photos: The New York City Commute
Panorama: Darkness and Light on the Williamsburg Bridge
Photos: Hoboken, After the Storm
More than 200 homes in Union Beach—population 6,200—were destroyed by megastorm Sandy, said Mayor Paul Smith, with perhaps five times as many flooded with seawater. While the battered fate of iconic amusement parks and reshaped beach-resort towns has drawn widespread attention since the storm, the toll on blue-collar enclaves scattered along the New Jersey coast has been largely overlooked.
"Those are amusements, and they're fun," said Mr. Smith as he walked past bare concrete footprints and mountains of debris. "These are working people's homes."
For the Gallopo family and others like them, Friday marked the beginning of the bureaucratic necessities of remaking their damaged homes.
Mr. Smith has restricted access to beach-front areas, barring those whose homes have been leveled from stepping foot in the hardest-hit zones.
"We don't want people to get hurt sifting through ruins," the mayor explained.
Residents were only just becoming aware of the status of their homes Friday as engineers undertook the first surveys of the wreckage.
"I don't know who will stay and rebuild and who will just say, 'The hell with this,' " said Michael Herriott, the emergency coordinator for Union Beach.
Federal Emergency Management Agency personnel also came to town Friday, inspecting two of the Gallopos' homes and others ravaged by floods. Town engineers told Ms. Gallopo her house was condemned, and they allowed her inside briefly so she could clear out personal belongings that survived the storm.
But closure would have to wait. She said insurance adjusters wouldn't arrive until Nov. 14, more than two weeks after the storm.
The beach-front home of 60-year-old John Seth Sochacki III—with its view of Manhattan across the Raritan Bay—was among those worn down to its foundations by the surging ocean waters. His mother-in-law's storm-proofed house next door was still standing.
Mr. Sochacki, a designer at an electrical-equipment manufacturer, said he looked forward to "starting fresh." He had already started picking out new plans for a rebuilt foundation, with a grid-like design of concrete highlighted on FEMA's website as his early favorite.
"That's just dust in this world," Mr. Sochacki said of the remnants of his wrecked home, from which he had salvaged two bronze and marble sculptures. Most of his family's records and belongings are gone, he said.
Along the beach-front streets, orange stickers dotted the still-standing homes that suffered structural damage and would be torn down. The sea had taken jagged bites out of one of the town's oldest homes and cleaved the end unit from a newer condominium building.
Most residents in the badly damaged parts of town said they remained hopeful. Many had finished the grim task of shoveling their belongings into the streets and had started thinking about pulling out dry wall and filing insurance claims.
"Without a doubt we are rebuilding," said John Cieszkiewicz, 42. "We have one of the best views around," he said, gesturing above the imploded homes of his neighbors to the Raritan Bay and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge beyond.
Down the coast in nearby Keansburg, N.J., Tommy Steinmel was also bracing to start over. The 41-year-old road worker said he had spent the days since the storm demolishing much of the town and clearing the roads of debris.
His home and possessions were still soaked in seawater on Friday afternoon. As he surveyed his small beach-front apartment, filled with mud and a warped flooring, he picked through wet clothes and electronics.
"At least everything is replaceable," said Mr. Steinmel, grabbing a pair of sea-soaked work boots from the coffee table and wondering aloud if they'd be wearable once dry.
Mr. Steinmel has taken up temporary residence with his girlfriend in a town that remained unscathed. He said the storm made him glad he was a renter and didn't own his home.
"If I have to take a pension loan to start over, I will," Mr. Steinmel said. "If I can salvage my clothes and TV…" He trailed off into a string of profanities.
On Saturday, he said, his landlord would be in town, and workers would begin gutting the house.
Before then, however, he would have a last chance to save whatever might still be used.
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Largest Study of Epilepsy Patients Ever Conducted Reveals New and Surprising Genetic Risk Factors
NYU Langone Medical Center represents leading enroller among 27 medical centers
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Newswise — NEW YORK, August 11 – Neurologists and epilepsy researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center were among scientists who have 329 random genetic mutations associated with two of the most severe forms of epilepsy, according to a paper published today in Nature. Though well-known that many forms of epilepsy are strongly influenced by genetics, there has been relatively little progress in identifying the genetic differences that contribute to most forms of epilepsy. This study sheds light on why some with an elevated risk for epilepsy never get the disease and why certain medications work better for some patients than others.
"For generations we have been treating most forms of generalized epilepsies with no idea what causes the disease. Now, for the first time, we have identified clear genetic risk factors in patients with severe epilepsy," says study co-author Ruben Kuzniecky, MD, professor of neurology at NYU Langone Medical Center, where he serves as co-director of the NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and director of epilepsy research.
The findings are the first to emerge from the largest investigation into the genetics of epilepsy ever conducted. The study, known as the "Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project" (EPGP) and representing a consortium of 27 medical centers from around the world, is led by Dr. Kuzniecky and Daniel Lowenstein, MD, professor and vice chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and director of the UCSF Epilepsy Center. Since 2007, when the project began, its team of several hundred physicians and staff has collected blood samples and clinical information from more than 4,000 patients with epilepsy and their family members. NYU Langone contributed data for 430 patients, representing the largest enroller in the study. The researchers expect the project's unprecedented dataset to yield results for several years to come.
"This project is one of the most ambitious undertakings in our field," Dr. Kuzniecky says. "It won't be long before it leads to genetic tools that will help us diagnose patients more accurately and tailor treatments specific to their form of epilepsy."
The goal of the project is to find molecular targets that will transform the way epilepsy, a neurological condition characterized by abnormal electrical activity in the brain that causes chronic seizures, is diagnosed and treated. One of the most common neurological disorders, epilepsy affects 1-2 in 100 people worldwide. For most forms of epilepsy, the cause is unknown, but scientists believe genetics play an important role. The risk of epilepsy among people who have parents or siblings with the disorder is about 4 to 8 percent, whereas the risk in the general population is 1 to 2 percent. Yet scientists have discovered only a handful of genes linked to rare forms of epilepsy in only a small number of people.
For more common types of epilepsy, including the two investigated in this study—infantile spasms and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome—the condition is thought to arise from a combination of inherited mutations and random mutations that occur after birth, called de novo mutations. Identifying these de novo mutations is critical to understanding why some people with a family risk of the disease never develop it, while others do, and why certain medications are more effective in some patients than others.
In the study, partly funded through a $15 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, researchers sequenced DNA extracted from the blood samples of 149 children with infantile spasms, or West Syndrome, a type of seizure associated with severe developmental problems that often affects infants between 4 to 8 months old, and 115 patients with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, characterized by seizures in childhood that do not respond to therapy and also cause severe developmental problems. The researchers also analyzed the DNA of parents who do not have the disease, allowing them to isolate genetic mutations in children with epilepsy that arise at or during birth.
The study analysis revealed de novo (random) mutations on nine specific genes with four mutations being completely new ones never before associated with epilepsy. "We found that each mutation carries substantial risk for these forms of epilepsy," says Dr. Kuzniecky. "It's clear that rare individual mutations in different genes converge on specific biological pathways, suggesting a clear direction for personalized therapy and drug development."
Why certain genes are more vulnerable to mutations than others, and why people develop different forms of epilepsy, remains unknown. "Two people could have the same mutation, but express it differently clinically," explains Dr. Kuzniecky. "But we know that the disease follows certain patterns." The mutations were also found to overlap with autism spectrum disorder and severe developmental disorders, suggesting that the disorders may share common molecular miscues.
In addition to Dr. Kuzniecky, NYU Langone contributors to the study include Orrin Devinsky, MD, professor of neurology, psychiatry and neurosurgery and co-director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (CEC); Jacqueline French, MD, professor of neurology and director of translational research and clinical trials at the CEC; Dr Judith Bluvstein, assistant Professor of Neurology and Director for the Dravet's Center at NYU.; and Sabrina Cristofaro, RN who directed the clinical phenotyping for the entire EPGP consortium. NYU Langone is one of the world's leading institutions involved in epilepsy research and the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center is among the largest epilepsy centers in the United States and is designated a Level 4 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC). The EPGP study planning phase was partially funded by FACES-NYU.
About NYU Langone Medical Center NYU Langone Medical Center—a world-class, patient-centered, integrated, academic medical center—is one of the nation's premier destinations for excellence in patient care, biomedical research, and medical education. Located in the heart of Manhattan, NYU Langone is composed of Tisch Hospital, its flagship acute care facility; the Hospital for Joint Diseases, a dedicated inpatient orthopaedic hospital; Hassenfeld Pediatric Center, a comprehensive pediatric hospital supporting a full array of children's health services; Rusk Rehabilitation, the #1 rehab program in New York since U.S. News & World Report began its hospital rankings in 1989; and a growing ambulatory care network with locations throughout Manhattan, the outer boroughs, and the tri-state area, bringing services directly to where its patients live and work. An integral part of NYU Langone, NYU School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich the lives of countless people since 1841. NYU Langone's tri-fold mission to serve, teach, and discover is achieved 365 days a year. For more information, go to http://www.NYULMC.org


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Audre Lorde Legacy Festival
(SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY) Associated Students Productions in collaboration with the Sonoma State University Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, the English Department, the Department of Women & Gender Studies, the HUB, and the German Club present the Audre Lorde Festival on Thursday, September 27. A book reading and discussion of Ika Hügel-Marshall's autobiography Invisible Woman: Growing Up Black in Germany will take place from 12PM-1PM in Schulz 3001. Hügel-Marshall received the Audre Lorde Literary Award in 1996 to complete her autobiography. A screening and discussion of Dagmar Schultz's new documentary of Audre Lorde- the Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 will take place in Ives 101 (Warren Auditorium) at 7PM.
Audre Lorde's incisive, often-angry, but always brilliant writings and speeches defined and inspired the US-American feminist, lesbian, African-American, and Women-of-Color movements of the 1970s and 1980s. Dagmar Schultz and Ika Hügel-Marshall, friends of the late Audre Lorde, will be doing a bi-lingual reading, in both German and English, from Hügel-Marshall's book Invisible Woman: Growing Up Black in Germany from 12PM-1PM in Schulz 3001. A dialogue based on the reading will follow.
Audre Lorde - the Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 documents an untold chapter of Lorde's life: her influence on the German political and cultural scene during a decade of profound social change, and it will be screened at 7:00PM in Ives 101. The film explores the importance of Lorde's legacy as she encouraged Afro-Germans who, at that time, had no name or space to make themselves visible within a culture that, until then, had kept them isolated and silent. It chronicles Lorde's empowerment of Afro-German women to write and to publish, as she challenged white women to acknowledge the significance of their white privilege and to deal with difference in constructive ways. Previously unreleased archive material and present-day interviews explore the lasting influence of Lorde's ideas on Germany and the impact of her work and personality. For the first time, Dagmar Schultz's personal archival video and audio recordings reveal a significant part of the private Audre Lorde as well as her agenda to rouse Afro-Germans to recognize each other. A discussion will follow the film led by Audre Lorde's colleagues and friends, Dagmar Schultz and Ika Hügel-Marshall. This will be followed by a reception with refreshments hosted at the HUB in the Student Union.
2012 marks the 20 year anniversary of Audre Lorde's death.
This event was brought to you by Associated Students Productions in collaboration with the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, the English Department, the Department of Women & Gender Studies, the HUB, and the German Club at Sonoma State University. For more information on this and other events, please call (707) 664-2382 or visit www.facebook.com/sonomastateasp/events.


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Joyce's Happy Union of Old and New
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- What makes your small kitchen so cool:
- I measured it twice to be sure it was "small." It seems much larger. It's a happy union of 2013 function and 1909 charm.
- Describe a challenge you've overcome or a smart resource you've found for your kitchen.:
- Ever see a kitchen with an 8' wall and a 10' ceiling? My 1978 condo conversion kitchen had metal cabinets (orange inside!) and stainless countertops. It was long on storage, short on work space, and very short on charm. My 1909 dining room had coffered ceiling, leaded glass windows, a fireplace. And a white plywood wall. Taking down the wall meant losing the upper kitchen cabinets, but gave me a chance to expand the counters and to create a beautiful functional room. The new cabinets match the antique woodwork; the countertops match the fireplace and are 32" wide, giving me extra work space, The washer and dryer, which made the room seem even smaller, were moved out of the kitchen, and the space where the hookups had been is now a broom closet.
- What's your favorite meal to cook here?:
- I enjoy my kitchen no matter what I cook, but I don't just cook there! The countertops give me plenty of room to wrap packages, repot geraniums, and iron curtains. I even assembled a chest of drawers.


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The Qur'an reveals in many verses that even those who live among believers and display a similar moral character may act quite differently when confronted with hardship. Many people can put up with some hardship in an otherwise comfortable environment, but they may not show this moral quality when hardship occurs. In any case, only those people who have strong belief can really trust in Allah, remain committed to Him, and struggle to overcome their difficulties.
Some individuals ignore this fact, feeling that it is enough to do a few good deeds in the midst of their prosperity. However, in times of hardship, they avoid such self-sacrifice on the pretext of having done some good deeds already. They present these deeds as proof that they have the spirit of self-sacrifice described in the Qur'an. Such people also claim that they are not responsible for dealing with other people's problems when they have to deal with their own difficulties. They think that someone else should assume this responsibility.
But such thinking has nothing to do with the Qur'an's moral teaching, for Allah has made people responsible for living a good moral life. Therefore, everyone is responsible for making a life-long commitment to self-sacrifice and for remaining patient, trusting, sincere, honest, loyal, and faithful at all times: "Wealth and children are the embellishment of the life of this world. But in your Lord's sight, right actions that are lasting bring a better reward and are a better basis for hope" (Surat al-Kahf: 46). The self-sacrifice described in the Qur'an is something undertaken willingly by those who are patient even when their own interests are thwarted and they are put at risk.
The Qur'an tells us that the self-sacrifice of those believers who are experiencing difficulties is not the same as the efforts made by those who are in the midst of secure prosperity. People in need and those dealing with their own problems, and yet who still give generously of what they have, have far more value in His sight:
And how is it with you that you do not give in the way of Allah, when the inheritance of the heavens and Earth belongs to Allah? Those of you who gave and fought before the victory are not the same as those who gave and fought afterwards. They are higher in rank. But to each of them Allah has promised the best. Allah is aware of what you do. (Surat al-Hadid: 10)
In another verse, Allah reveals the real reason why people with weak belief are reluctant to engage in self-sacrifice in difficult times: "If it had been a case of easy gains and a short journey, they would have followed you. But the distance was too great for them…" (Surat at-Tawba: 42). These people live and work in harmony with sincere believers in times of comfort and prosperity, but are discouraged when hardships come.
But because they fear and respect Allah, sincere believers show courage and determination even in times of hardship. Their zeal to win Allah's favor never falters. In fact, such apparently difficult situations actually become easy for believers who view them through the eyes of belief. They live trusting in the knowledge that Allah will help all sincere believers who are committed to practicing the Qur'an's moral teachings and winning His favor regardless of any worldly benefit.
Believers who are aware of this reality must continue to practice self-sacrifice in times of hardship. However, Allah says that certain people are exempt from this responsibility: "Nothing is held against the weak and the sick, nor against those who find nothing to spend, provided that they are true to Allah and His messenger. There is no way open against good-doers. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful" (Surat at-Tawba: 91). Those who fear and respect Allah in their conscience and know this truth do not shirk their duty to pursue their own interests. For the Qur'an gives us some examples from the time of our Prophet (saas), revealing that no excuse for doing so is valid:
There are only grounds [of complaint] against those who ask you for permission to stay when they are rich. They were pleased to be among those who were left behind. Allah has sealed up their hearts, so they do not know. (Surat at-Tawba: 93)
They will make excuses to you when you return to them. Say: "Do not make excuses, [for] we will not believe you. Allah has already informed us about you. Allah will see your actions, as will His messenger. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, and He will inform you of what you did." (Surat at-Tawba: 94)
These people try to persuade those around them that their attitudes are quite reasonable. But in reality, they are only attempting to quiet their own conscience. Sometimes they use the excuse of having family or business responsibilities to give the impression that they are not in a position to sacrifice for others. However, they know that their excuses are invalid. In addition, they are aware that everything in this life is transitory and that only Allah is eternal; He is the One to Whom everything will finally return. Allah knows their real intention: "We know those of you who have gone ahead and those who are still to come" (Surat al-Hijr: 24). In spite of this, they still prefer to satisfy their lower self rather than to win Allah's favor. They fall into the serious error of thinking that it is to their advantage to protect their own interests, whereas their real advantage is to seek His approval, for only He, the Lord of the worlds, can protect and bestow blessings upon them, and ensure their security, contentment, and ease.
Those who have a selfish moral character will find themselves belittled both in this world and in Hereafter. In fact, the Qur'an proclaims about those who avoid self-sacrifice:
If Allah returns you to a group of them and they ask you for permission to go out, say: "You will never go out with me, nor will you ever fight an enemy with me. You were happy to stay behind the first time, so stay behind with those who are left behind." (Surat at-Tawba: 83)
In addition, those who claim to believe and yet choose their own interests over earning Allah's approval will experience great sorrow in the Hereafter. But if they consider these truths and live as best as they can according to the Qur'an's moral teachings, they can hope to be saved from this eternal sorrow.2009-06-28 17:33:18


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Older News » Education tax refundLast updated 10:56 AM on 15 September 2011
8 June 2011
With the financial year almost over, now is the time to start collating your receipts from education expenses to take advantage of a federal government tax initiative.
The Education Tax Refund (ETR) gives parents and caregivers a 50% refund on a range of primary and secondary school education expenses.
For the 2010-2011 financial year you may be eligible for the following:
Primary school child
You can claim a maximum of $794 for each of your primary school children and receive a maximum refund of $397 per primary school child.
Secondary school student
You can claim a maximum of $1,588 for each of your secondary school children and receive a maximum refund of $794 per secondary school child.
Items you can claim
You can claim the cost of buying, establishing, repairing and maintaining any of the following items:
- home computers and laptops
- computer-related equipment, such as printers, USB flash drives and disability aids to assist in the use of computer equipment for students with special needs
- computer repairs
- home internet connections
- computer software for educational use
- school textbooks and other printed learning material, including prescribed textbooks, associated learning materials, study guides and stationery
- prescribed trade tools for secondary school trade courses
Items you can't claim
The types of items you can't claim include:
- school uniform expenses (though uniforms purchased after 1 July 2011 will be claimable in the 2011-12 financial year)
- school fees
- sporting equipment
- musical instruments
See the Education Tax Refund website for a full list of items you can't claim.
You can claim the ETR if you have eligible education expenses and receive Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A for the child that the expenses relate to.
You may also claim the ETR if you don't receive FTB Part A because your child receives certain payments or allowances, including:
- Youth Allowance
- Disability Support Pension
- ABSTUDY Living Allowance
- the Veterans' Children Education Scheme
- Student Financial Supplement Scheme
- the scheme to provide education and training under s258 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
For more information, including details of how you can claim the refund, visit the Education Tax Refund website


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Three to Receive UW Honorary Degrees
The University of Wyoming will confer its highest award, the honorary doctoral degree, upon three individuals who will be recognized during UW commencement ceremonies May 5.
They are longtime Thermopolis teacher and civic leader Karl Allen; Sheridan native Donna Diers, a national leader in nursing education, research and health policy; and Casper native and network news correspondent Pete Williams.
Annually, UW faculty, alumni and current or former trustees are eligible to nominate for honorary degrees individuals who make notable contributions to the health, education or general welfare of Wyoming residents. Submissions are referred to a joint committee, headed by UW President Tom Buchanan, and nominees who receive votes from two-thirds of the committee are recommended for approval.
Former Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, state Supreme Court Justice Barton Voigt and a number of other Wyoming judicial and government officials credit Allen with instilling in them an understanding of their rights and obligations as citizens of the state and nation.
Allen taught civics, American history, contemporary problems and other courses as a teacher at Hot Springs County High School for 36 years after graduating from the University of Montana. He was named Wyoming Teacher of the Year in 1969 and the Horatio Alger National Educator of the Year in 1992.
"I am but one example of how Mr. Allen, in a relatively brief time period, had a positive impact on a teenager that has endured well beyond the few years that I spent in high school," wrote Sweetwater County Circuit Judge Daniel Forgey, a UW College of Law and political science graduate. "I am confident that, if you surveyed Mr. Allen's former students and constituents, you would hear many similar anecdotes. Mr. Allen's yeoman-like efforts in this regard cultivated a multitude of successful and productive citizens, and his efforts will continue to manifest themselves in Wyoming, and elsewhere, for generations to come."
Allen practiced what he preached, serving as a member of the Wyoming National Guard for 23 years, in numerous civic organizations, as mayor and town council member in Thermopolis, and as a Hot Springs County commissioner.
Diers is widely recognized as a leader in nursing practice, education, research, and national and international health policy. Following her undergraduate education at the University of Denver, she started an immensely successful career in the School of Nursing at Yale University, starting as an instructor in 1964 and serving as dean for 13 years.
In 1979, Diers wrote "Research in Nursing Practice," the first book on clinical nursing research, and is credited with more than 120 publications. Her publications over the last decade have focused predominantly on helping nurses use information technology and administrative data to enhance nursing services.
Diers has received some of the most prestigious awards and honors in nursing, including the American Academy of Nursing's highest honor, the Living Legends designation. She joined a select group of about 75 nursing leaders who have had a tremendous influence on health care.
Mary Burman, dean of UW's Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, met Diers while a graduate student at the University of Michigan. She describes Diers' book as "one of the best textbooks on clinical nursing research."
"It gave me great pride in my home state to have a national nursing leader such as Dr. Diers, who also grew up in Wyoming," Burman says. "I was in awe when I met her. She took a personal interest in me and has been a source of inspiration for what folks from Wyoming can accomplish."
Williams, NBC News' senior justice correspondent at the U.S. Supreme Court, is known as a fierce defender of press freedom.
He moved to Washington, D.C., in 1986 to join the staff of Congressman Dick Cheney as a legislative assistant and press secretary. In 1989, when Cheney was named Secretary of Defense, Williams was appointed assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. He later served as Pentagon spokesman during the Persian Gulf War.
Williams has covered the Justice Department and the U.S. Supreme Court for NBC News since 1993. He has covered major news stories such as the Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen spy cases; the Unabomber investigation; the Oklahoma City and Summer Olympics bombings; the Bill Clinton impeachment hearings; the legal wrangling over the 2000 Florida election results; and the U.S. government's hearing on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
"Mr. Williams is known and trusted by Americans as a highly respected journalist, a tireless champion of the First Amendment, and the face of reporting on some of the most difficult and complicated justice and national security cases in the past two decades," says Anne Alexander, UW International Programs director.
Williams graduated from Stanford University (1974) and worked until 1985 as a reporter. He later worked as news director at KTWO Radio and Television.
He is a three-time Emmy award nominee, has received a national news Emmy award and is a recipient of an Edward R. Murrow Award.


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A student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC) is a committee made up of student-athletes assembled to provide insight on their experience. The SAAC also offers input on the rules, regulations and policies that affect student-athletes' lives on NCAA member institution campuses.
NCAA legislation mandates that all member institutions have SAACs on their respective campuses. Further, NCAA legislation requires that all member conferences have SAACs.
Mission Statement
The purpose of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (MEAC SAAC) is to foster a unified forum, which provides equal and representative dialogue from MEAC student-athletes relating to NCAA and Conference legislation as well as other issues that affect their welfare. Further, this committee would strive to maintain a positive environment that cultivates a healthy relationship between the athletic administrators and the student-athletes. The Committee is dedicated to maintaining a positive commitment to support and value diversity and equity among student-athletes.
The MEAC Student-Athletes Advisory Committee (MEAC/SAAC) shall consist of 26 members (two from each member institution) and two (2) ex-officio members (the MEAC NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory representative and a Conference Representative). The committee will have liaison each from the Director of Athletics, Senior Woman Administrators Committees and a direct line of communication to the Faculty Athletics Representatives as appropriate.
Membership Requirement
MEAC institutions may nominate any student-athletes who practices or competes (except non/partial qualifiers, who will not be eligible to serve on the MEAC/SAAC during the first year of residence at the member instruction) in a varsity, NCAA sponsored sport to serve as the institution's SAAC representative to the conference.
♦ Review and/or make recommendations on potential or proposed legislation to be discussed at the NCAA Annual Convention. Review MEAC regulations (current and proposed) related to student-athlete welfare;
♦ Review academic and sports issues (e.g., championships, missed class time, awards, community outreach, marketing and promotion of sports);
♦ Discuss student-athlete topics with institutional committees, athletics administration and non-athletic advisors.
SAAC Resources
2015-16 SAAC Teleconference Schedule
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NAPERVILLE, Ill. (Blugolds.com) - The 17th-ranked UW-Eau Claire football team fell for the first time this season, 20-6 to 11th-ranked North Central College (Ill.) at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium today.
The Blugolds (2-1) and Cardinals (3-0) played back and forth in the first quarter and the teams remained scoreless after the opening period. The Blugolds made a big stop on North Central's opening drive. After the Cardinals were down to the Blugolds' 12 yard line, Dan Kinsella (Jr.-Stevens Point, Wis./SPASH/Univ. of Minn.) forced a fumble and the Blugolds recovered to stop the driving Cardinals.
In the second quarter, North Central drove 68 yards to score a touchdown and after the extra point it was 7-0. The Cardinals scored on a field goal with 15 seconds left to go before the end of the half to make it 10-0.
The Blugolds had trouble in the first half as they never got out of their own territory and finished with just 79 yards of total offense in the half.
Despite opening the game slow, the Blugolds got themselves on the board with 1:10 left in the third quarter after a Brandon Raciborski (Sr.-Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial) field goal (30 yards) to cut the Cardinal lead to seven. North Central answered on its next drive, however, to make push its lead to 14.
On the Blugolds' very next possession, a fumble by Joel Sweeney (Fr.-Tomah, Wis.) gave the ball back to North Central and the Cardinals kicked an 18-yard field goal to make the score 20-3. Raciborski answered with a 23-yard field goal for the Blugolds two possessions later but the Blugolds would get no closer. The drive that set up the final field goal was started after Kinsella returned a fumble 63 yards to the North Central 12 yard line. The fumble return was the fourth-longest in school history.
Eau Claire had a tough day all the way around, accumulating just 186 yards of total offense. Blugold quarterback Austin Neu (So.-Iron Ridge, Wis./Hustisford) was sacked five times and finished with 173 passing yards (20-for-31) while throwing one interception. North Central shut down the Blugolds on the ground as they finished with just 13 yards. Sweeney led the rushing game with 28 yards but Neu had minus 16. David Goodman (Jr.-Neenah, Wis.) led the receivers with 74 yards on eight catches.
On defense, Andy Neumann (Jr.-Germantown, Wis.) and Rick Drews (So.-Stratford, Wis.) led the Blugolds with six tackles each, with both coming away with four solos and two assists. Nate Johnson (So.-Madison, Wis./LaFollette) had one sack while Chad Samuelson (Jr.-St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) and Kinsella each forced a fumble.
One bright spot for the Blugolds was the fact they only allowed North Central to score 20 points. The last time the Cardinals scored 20 or fewer points was the opening game in 2009 (Ohio Northern 28, North Central 19). The Blugolds also held the Cardinals to 354 yards of total offense, North Central's lowest total since October 31, 2009.
The Blugolds will try to get back on track next weekend when they are back at Carson Park for Homecoming. Eau Claire will face UW-Stevens Point at 1 p.m. The Blugolds have won their last six homecoming games and eight of the last nine.


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Reading 2: Confederate POW Burials
Camp Chase cemetery had a key role in the development of the federal government's policy on marking Confederate graves. Immediately following the war, Ohio governors took notice of the poor condition of the cemetery. In 1879, the federal government took over the title to the cemetery;¹ however, the care of the cemetery continued to be poor. Ohio governors through the 1870s and 1880s continued to champion for proper care and attention for the cemetery, which sits less than six miles from the Ohio Statehouse.
When several of Ohio's politicians became involved in national politics, they continued to pursue the Camp Chase cemetery cause. Presidents William McKinley and Rutherford B. Hayes, and U.S. Senator Joseph B. Foraker all lobbied for proper care and marking of Confederate graves located in northern cemeteries.
1. Correspondence relative to "Confederate Prisoners of War," buried in the vicinity of the late Military Prisons in the State of Ohio:
To His Excellency Jacob D. Cox, Governor of Ohio:
SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I have attended to your instructions, directing me to procure, as an appendix to lists of the Union dead, lists of the Confederate prisoners of war buried in the State.
You will find the lists in the accompanying "Book of the Confederate Dead," with plats of the several cemeteries, showing the location of each grave--the numbers of the graves corresponding to the numbers in the lists.
There are 2,307 Confederate officers and soldiers buried in the State. Of these, 1,977 are buried in the Confederate cemetery at Camp Chase, near Columbus--93 in the city cemetery, southeast of Columbus--31 in the soldiers' cemetery at Camp Dennison, and 206 in the Confederate cemetery at Johnson's Island, near Sandusky.
A substantial board fence surrounds the cemetery at Camp Chase and the graves are well protected. Head-boards have been placed at the graves, properly inscribed, with numbers upon them corresponding to the numbers in the lists… …Many of the headboards in the Confederate cemeteries in the State are now in process of decay. I presume the U.S. Government will make some provision with reference to these cemeteries, for protection, renewal of headboards, &c. If not, I would recommend that it be done by the State. It is a simple matter of humanity.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Ohio State Soldier's Home
Columbus, O., Dec. 12, 1866.²
2. Excerpt from the annual message of the Governor of Ohio to the 67th General Assembly, January 4, 1887.
The confederate cemetery near Columbus.... The title to it is in the United States, and that Government should care for these graves; but it seems to have overlooked them. The fence that encloses the lot is in a dilapidated condition, and the entire burial place is overgrown with weeds and thistles and briars. It is recommended that unless the United States Government can be induced to do so, an appropriation be made to rebuild the fence and clean up the grounds and put them in orderly repair and condition.
The same should be done for the last resting place of about 200 Confederate dead who are buried on Johnson's Island. The hatred and detestation that all loyal people must and should ever entertain for the destructive political doctrines that these men fought for ought not to stand in the way of either a cordial feeling toward the living who have abandoned such heresies, or a proper regard and Christian respect for the graves of the dead who, although wrong, yet heroically and valorously contended for the convictions they entertained...³
3. In his autobiography, Notes of a Busy Life (1916), Senator Foraker states:
…While I was Governor, I recommended in my Message to the General assembly of Ohio that provisions be made for the proper care of the graves of Confederate soldiers buried at Camp Chase, near Columbus, and on Johnson's Island, in Lake Erie, near Sandusky, and how, in pursuance of my recommendation, suitable provision therefore was made.
It was probably this fact that prompted the respective organizations of ex-Confederate soldiers to request me to introduce a bill in the 57th Congress making an appropriation to pay for suitably marking graves of Confederate soldiers who had died in Northern prisons and hospitals during the Civil War and who had not been buried at the places where they died. The bill was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and there favorably considered. I made an extended report January 22, 1903, Number 2589, 57th Congress, Second Session, showing the number of graves to be marked, where located probable cost, etc. The bill did not pass in that Congress, but I re-introduced it in the 58th Congress, where it again failed, and then re-introduced it in the 59th Congress, which finally passed it….4
The 59th Congress passed Public Law 38 approved March 9, 1906. This bill states: "An Act to provide for the appropriate marking of the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederate army and navy who died in Northern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died, and for other purposes."
Questions for Reading 2
1. During the war and immediately afterwards, the families of Confederate soldiers tried to recover the remains of lost troops. Why do you think the creation of the "Book of Confederate Dead" may have been important to relatives of those who fought in the war?
2. Why do you think Tolford stated that marking and caring for the Confederate graves is "a simple matter of humanity?"
3. How did Governor Foraker describe the condition of the cemetery? Why does he make this appeal even though he knew these soldiers were fighting against the Union and for something in which he did not believe?
4. Why do you think it took over 40 years for the U.S. Congress to provide grave markers for Confederate soldiers that died in Union prisons?
5. Why do you think ex-Confederate soldiers requested that Foraker introduce a bill for suitable grave markers instead of a politician from a southern state?
6. How did Governor Foraker's experience with Camp Chase shape his views in the U.S. Senate on the issue of Confederate POW graves?
¹ Executive Documents: Annual Reports for 1886 67th General Assembly of the State of Ohio Part II, (Columbus, Oh: The Westbote Company, State Printers Columbus, 1887), 485.


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Cabarrus NCGenWeb has moved to this software platform, and various pages and data sets have been rearranged. The menu above has sub-pages, which will appear when you mouse over the main menu. You can also find a list of pages in the right-hand side bar.
Cabarrus County is located in the south central section of the state, bordered by the North Carolina counties of Stanly, Union, Mecklenburg, Iredell, and Rowan.
The county was formed in 1792 from part of Mecklenburg County. It was named in honor of Stephen Cabarrus of Edenton, who was a member of the North Carolina State Legislature several times, and Speaker of the House of Commons four times. In 1795 an act was passed naming commissioners to erect a courthouse on the land of Samuel Huie (Hughey) which had already been selected as a proper place for the county seat. They were ordered to lay out the town of Concord, which was incorporated in 1806.
Cabarrus County was created in 1792 from Mecklenburg County.
Mecklenburg County was created in 1763 from Anson County.
Anson County was created in 1750 from Bladen County.
Bladen County was created in 1734 from New Hanover County.
New Hanover County was created in 1729 from Craven County.
Craven County was created in 1705 from Bath County.
North Carolina County Formation
In colonial times, and even later, county boundaries were not always well-defined in frontier areas. Also, new piedmont counties were being created rapidly during the 1700's, and county lines changed again and again during this process. Families sometimes lived very close to another county and may have gone there for various reasons. It is good genealogical practice to check records in the neighboring counties for your families.
While European settlers were not in the Cabarrus area before the middle 1700's, it is still interesting to know the "administrative ancestry" of the area. And it is good to remember that European settlers were not the first human beings to live here.
A Historical Perspective of Cabarrus County
A series of YouTube videos are available on the internet, with retired Judge Clarence Horton as the host. The link given will take you to the playlist. There is a total of 22 videos, on these subjects: Episode One, Stephen Cabarrus, Historical Cabarrus, Historical Markers I, Historical Markers II, Churches, Lutheran Churches, Reformed Churches, Reed Gold Mine, Brumley Mine, The Phifer Family, Bost Mill, George Washington, Stonewall Jackson, Textiles Part I, Textiles Part II, Textiles Part III, Warren Coleman, African Spirituals, County Fair, Pancho Villa, Detention Center.


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