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With the arrival of St. Patrick's Day on Monday, March 17, spring can't be far behind (or so we hope!). Salute the Old Country, this weekend and next, at one of the lively celebrations nearby and enjoy a parade or two.
"St. Patrick's Day is the feast of the patron saint of Ireland, a celebration of the faith, heritage and culture of the Irish and Irish-Americans" said John O'Connell, the grand marshal of one of Nassau County's St. Patrick's Day parades, in Glen Cove, on March 23.
"Patrick was born in Scotland in about the year 385," O'Connell said, "taken as a slave to then-pagan Ireland when he was 14, escaped when he was 20, became a priest, was ordained a bishop and sent back to Ireland in March of 433 to preach the Gospel and convert the tribal Celts to Christianity. He died in Ireland on March 17 in about the year 461.
"His life of faith in Christ, perseverance, strength, kindness and hope is an inspiration to Irish Catholics and their descendants everywhere," O'Connell said, "and the reason we celebrate his feast day.
"While corned beef and cabbage, bagpipes and drums, buttered soda bread, step dancing and glorious parades of proud marchers are some of the manifestations of those celebrations of faith, Irish heritage and culture, St. Patrick is the true essence of the day."
Share some Irish spirit at Hofstra University's annual Irish Festival at the Mack Sports Center on Hofstra's North Campus in Hempstead, on Sunday, March, 16, 11 a.m-5 p.m. The popular family event offers music and entertainment, and fun for the kids, as well as Irish cuisine to sample and Irish merchandise for sale.
The Black Velvet Band kicks things off at 11:30 a.m., featuring traditional Irish music performed by Jimmy Walsh, Jimmy Lavin and Mickey Peare. The Tommy Mulvihill Band follows, at 1 p.m., playing crowding-pleasing favorites, with the Hirten Family Irish Dancers closing out the day, at 3:45 p.m. For the kids, Katie's Puppets will keep the younger set entertained with a comedy/puppet show and craft activities. Admission is $7, $5 for seniors; children under 12 are free. For more information, contact 463-6582 or www.hofstra/edu/festivals.
And be sure to bring some Patrick's Day into your home. Irish Soda Bread is a tasty quick bread that everyone enjoys and is quite easy to make.
Irish Soda Bread
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons caraway seed
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup raisins or currants
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350° F. Lightly grease 9-inch round cake pan.
Mix flour, sugar, caraway seed, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in large bowl. Stir in raisins. Mix buttermilk, eggs and vanilla in medium bowl; stir into dry ingredients. Spread in prepared pan.
Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
Makes 16 servings. Serve with hot tea and organic jam, Irish stew, traditional Irish cabbage dishes, or enjoy on its own!
Irish Soda Bread Muffins
Try this twist on the traditional version.
1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups currants (first choice) or raisins
1/2 to 2 teaspoons caraway seeds, to taste
1 large egg
1 cup buttermilk, yogurt, or sour cream
6 tablespoons butter, melted; or 1/3 cup vegetable oil
Sparkling white sugar
Preheat oven to 400° F. Lightly grease a standard muffin pan; or line with papers, and grease the papers.
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, currants or raisins, and caraway seeds.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk (or equivalent) and melted butter (or equivalent).
Quickly and gently combine the dry and wet ingredients (this won't take more than a few stirs with a bowl scraper or large spoon). As soon as everything is evenly moistened, quit; further stirring will cause the muffins to be tough.
Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, filling the cups about 3/4 full; the stiff batter will look mounded in the cups. Top with sparkling white sugar, if desired.
Bake the muffins for 20 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove them from the oven. Tip the muffins in the pan, so their bottoms don't get soggy. Wait 5 minutes, then transfer the muffins to a rack to cool. Serve them plain, or with butter and/or jam.
Everyone loves a parade: A St. Patrick's Day tradition
It's been said that Irish descendants in the U.S. put on a noisier and bigger St. Patrick's Day celebration than their brethren in Ireland! And while the many events surrounding the holiday are enjoyable for all, the parade remains the focus of the celebration.
It's time to show off some green, enjoy a green bagel perhaps, and find a parade. Whether you get on the train and head into Manhattan or stay local, these parades are sure to bring out the Irish in everyone.
New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade
The granddaddy of them all, Manhattan's parade is more than a tradition. The grandest of parades, it has been marching up 5th Avenue for 253 consecutive years. The 2014 edition marches, clan by clan, from 44th to 79th Streets, on Monday, March 17, finishing about 2 or 3 p.m. Millions line the streets annually to see the some 150,000 marchers in this lively, boisterous
The parade begins at 8.30 a.m. with mass in St Patrick's Cathedral, a traditional Catholic service to bless the parade. Walkers congregate at 44th Street and move off at about 11 a.m., led by the "Fighting 69" (an Irish infantry division which dates back to the American War of Independence), followed by the Grand Marshall John (Jack) T. Aher, business manager and financial secretary of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 30, and a member of Molloy College's Board of Trustees.
The best viewing spots are at the north end of the parade route. To avoid the crowds that pack the sidewalks below 59th Street, go anywhere north of 66th Street and Fifth Avenue to watch the action unfold. For a good view, try sitting on the upper steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For more information, visit www.nycstpatricksparade.org.
Rockville Centre Parade
Now in its 18th year, Rockville Centre's St. Patrick's Day parade brings out south shore residents for a joyous homage to Irish traditions. The Rockville Centre Parade Committee's motto, "The Parade That Cares and Shares, " reflects its commitment to not just only celebrating the community's Irish heritage, but giving back. This year, the parade will raise funds for New Ground, the Angelman Syndrome Foundation and the Nassau County Feis Committee.
With Grand Marshal Sean O'Rourke, a longtime Rockville Centre resident and president of Coast-Line International Distributors Ltd, at the helm, the parade steps off at noon, on Saturday, March 22, at the corner of Maple Avenue and North Long Beach Road. As reported in last week's Herald, the parade route has changed this year due to construction on Maple Avenue. This year's parade will head north off Maple Avenue to Grand Avenue, before turning south to finish on Washington Street, just past St. Agnes Cathedral — its traditional end point. For more information on the Rockville Centre parade, visit www.rvcstpatrick.com.
Glen Cove Parade
The 26th St. Patrick's Day parade, sponsored by the Glen Cove Hibernians, has grown to be the largest annual parade in Glen Cove and a civic celebration eagerly awaited by the region's Irish community each year. It is regarded as one of the most colorful in the country, featuring a large number of pipe bands, marching bands and other attractions. This year's festivities are held Sunday, March 23, at 1 p.m.
The heart of the parade, as always, is its exciting mix of marching groups who participate in this jubuliant event. A true community celebration, antique cars, motorcycles, twirlers, Scouts, Irish Dance Academies, and costumed performers, along with fire and police units, also take part. The parade forms behind the Finley Middle School on Forest Avenue. Led by Grand Marshal John O'Connell, Executive Editor of Herald Community Newspapers, it moves from the designated formation areas around Finley Middle School, weaving through the streets of the city, ending at St. Patrick's Church, which is located at the corner of Glen Street and Pearsall Avenue.
If the weather cooperates, two to three thousand spectators are expected. For more information, visit www.glencoveirishparade.org.


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Post publication comments and reviews
All comments are in date order. The first four are the spontaneous reactions of some CMI staff globally. After that, unsolicited reader comments. To submit yours for consideration, click the 'comment' button just below; only your first name and initial will be used if published.
Calvin Smith, Canada, October 2011
Great piece of work Carl… I really liked the style in which you wrote, modern and elegant at the same time.
Lita Cosner, USA, November 2011
I just wanted to congratulate you … on One Human Family…. There's not many books I think are important enough to get copies for friends, family, etc, but I've bought 2 copies so far with plans to purchase more for Christmas gifts…. It has a 'transparency' and a frankness about it, but with sensitivity--your writing style really lends itself to the subject matter…. I could go on, but I think you get the idea: 'two enthusiastic thumbs up!'
Dr Jonathan Sarfati, USA, November 2011
As the last overall reviewer … I can confirm the book is a masterpiece; a great advance on previous works on races, by including vital topics like slavery; apartheid; and race relations in [the USA] …; cultural history; economic history and how the most productive economies have a Christian underpinning. It avoids the twin problems of non-judgmentalism (too many Christians haven't read John 7:24) about past evils, and political correctness that blames the west for everything.
Philip Bell, UK, November 2011
Here's what I wrote in a public comment—and as you know, I'm not given to exaggeration:
"Over the years, in order to stay up-to-date with my own public talks and lectures on the subject, I have read numerous books and articles on racial prejudice, human evolution and biblical anthropology—but 'One Human Family' has to be the best all-round treatment of the subject I've encountered for twenty years—fascinating and compelling."
Mrs Louise Bevin, USA, December 2013
Dear CMI:
Carl Wieland's book is a gem. It is so comprehensive in that he presents basic ideas and then develops them, revealing clearly how an underlying false premise (i.e. evolution) spreads like a virus to a culture that can end up infecting even the 'church'!
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A book like Dr Wieland's would have been a wonderful gift to me at age 18, a serious kind of person—who then, in addition to the biology major, got involved in civil rights. Maybe "political change" would be the answer I thought. Well, no..... The Lord is the answer, His WORD a precious gift.
Sid G., USA, January 1970
Last week I finished reading your wonderful new book… I have a bad habit of reading multiple books at one time, so … I was already reading a few other related works.
Your book, Carl, was so good, I put the others down until I was done with yours. I kept making notes in the margins stimulated by the numerous, vital subjects you addressed. You covered so many of the concepts and conclusions addressed in the other books I was reading, yet you were able to tie them together into a coherent, cohesive unit centered around the truth of God's Word.
… your book was a major benefit in tying together my own thoughts on so many related subjects (biblical epistemology, race vs. culture, capitalism/communism vs. sin nature, true racism vs. "crying wolf", unequal people with equal value, the real root of single-mom families… I could sit here and write many pages of specific praise and thanks. …
As a 30 year Christian family counselor and science teacher, I found your distinction between culture and race to be equally as effective as the genetic evidence to combat true racism. …
Take care and know that we are grateful for all that you have done for our lives and for so many others.
Rae L-J, January 1970
[My husband] Nigel & I have really been encouraged by your new book Carl. Nigel, who is not a regular book reader, is devouring One Human Family, and said that it makes simple sense of a lot of things he has found it difficult to get his head around previously. And this means, of course, that he is able to more confidently share this info with all the people he works with (whether they like it or not! :-)
Lyle L., January 1970
Wow! …
Immediately gets the reader's attention… stays that way to the very end-nothing boring in this book!! Page after page of interesting and important facts of history, science, culture, etc. … should be in every library on the planet. Thank you CMI/Dr Wieland.
Mike C., NZ, January 1970
Dear Carl
This is just a brief note of sincere appreciation for the huge effort, inspiration and passion you have put into One Human Family.
I have just finished it and have been so incredibly blessed, educated and challenged. You so succinctly cover many important topics, yet with a frankness and style that makes it so very easy to read-and yet so hard to put down!
As I got to know you even better through your personal anecdotes, I realised how absolutely ideal you are as the author for such a book. Your own family background and experiences provide powerful backing over and over again for the topics you cover. I also really like the layout and format of the book. The highlighted features are eye-catching, interesting and educational, linking to the main body of the text in a very relevant manner.
I have ordered a number and will be prayerfully giving them away to key people who I know will be greatly impacted by the material covered by your book. It is so timely, 'spot-on' and greatly needed in such a day as this!
Nerida A., USA, January 1970
A great book. Very easy to read!
Coosie H., USA, January 1970
It is so fascinating and easy to read. It changes the way you think
Dr Peter L., January 1970
Carl, I read your book a little while ago, and I thought it was fantastic—a really important contribution to the Christian/Creation cause.
Russell G., Australia, January 1970
As a missionary in the central Australian region, One Human Family is a book that reaffirms that I am my brother's keeper. In the mix of cultures, excess alcohol consumption and supply, I have found this book to be a supportive resource.
Noel Y., Australia, January 1970
Thank you so much for this book (One Human Family). Whilst it is a scolarly and complete work, it is also easy to read and nicely segmented for the man in the street. My wife and I truly believe, as your book has shown, that the answer to the world's problems today can be unearthed by digging in the Bible. Reading your book can turn the lights on for Christians and non-Christians alike. Thank you for spending your life working on problems like this. People won't know many of these facts, figures and attitudes unless they read it in a book like this. God bless you and CMI worldwide.
Peter S., Australia, January 1970
I have found One Human Family to be one of the best books I have read in a long time. Carl Wieland draws on a life-time of having thought through and seen first-hand the effects of rejecting the Bible's plain explanation of who we are, where we came from and why there are (what appear to be) different races of humans. He masterfully shows that many "non-white" government-sanctioned atrocities in the Middle East, Asia and Africa that would never be tolerated in the West, are due to an underlying, unspoken racist assumption that people in those parts of the world wouldn't know any better. He also shows that it is only those countries with a truly Biblical (rather than simply "Christian") heritage are the ones with an underlying expectation of peace, safety and prosperity.
This is not like so many great books where the author writes about something about which they are knowledgable, passionate but personally detached. This is one of the rare books where the author "pours out his heart", based on his lifetime of creation ministry. I consider this book to be a "must-read" for anyone needing to better understand the dynamics behind racism, and how it plays out in the world we live in.
Susan W., United States, January 1970
Thank you for a great book! I really appreciate the format, with the short "feature" sections and colorful graphics breaking up the chapters. It helped make the information easy to read, especially for those not trained in science. I found my non-science inclined daughter going back to the book over and over, as I had done, digesting information in managable chunks. I was greatly touched by your discussion of Australian racial history, which I have previously been unaware of. You and your staff are planting great seeds for increased understanding of the whole Gospel. God bless you in your work!
Warwick A., Australia, January 1970
Congratulations Carl. I expected your book to be good but it wasn't, it was truly excellent, a wonderful challenging, enlightening experience from beginning to end.
Approaching Australia Day you reminded me starkly how racist beliefs inspired by evolutionary notions gave those looking for an excuse a solid foundation for writing our Aboriginal brothers and sisters off as nought but sub-human leftovers of human evolution. How different would those days have been and again how different would be the situation today if the Australian Christian church had trusted God's word and (with Wilberforce in mind) publically stood firm, rejecting man's shallow constantly changing 'scientific' opinions. "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" Genesis 1:27.
RAY M., New Zealand, January 1970
Demolishes racist theory in the first place and secondly for me, it explains why "Bible believing" Christians supported racism during the pre modern slavery time.
Patrick P., South Africa, January 1970
A book that every South African should read especially at this time of so much racial discussion from our Parliament to University Campuses. All peoples would benefit greatly. The only answer to this enormous problem.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 15 (UPI) -- Luke Scott bashed a go-ahead, two-run homer and Tampa Bay's bullpen overcame an injury to starter Alex Cobb to post a 5-3 victory over Kansas City.
After spotting the Royals an early 2-1 lead, the Rays came back in the third.
Ben Zobrist notched a two-out single off Kansas City's Jeremy Guthrie and Scott followed by lining a 2-2 pitch over the fence in right-center field, putting Tampa Bay ahead to stay.
The Rays later added to their lead on solo shots by Matt Joyce and Evan Longoria en route to their first win in three games against the Royals.
Alex Torres (2-0), the first of four Rays relievers, notched the victory with 1 2/3 scoreless frames after starter Alex Cobb was hit in the head by a line drive of the bat of Eric Hosmer in the fifth inning.
Cobb was taken off the field on a stretcher and later diagnosed with a mild concussion.
Jake McGee and Joel Peralta each blanked Kansas City for an inning and Fernando Rodney racked up his 14th save.
Guthrie (7-4) was touched for five runs (four earned) on eight hits over seven full frames.
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If you're still looking for an amazing Halloween disguise, I've got some great last-minute ideas that'll have your friends impressed no matter what kind of party you're going to. These 15 ideas range from the lovely to the downright creepy, and almost all of them require nothing but a face painting kit. So read through for some instant inspiration.


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Speaking of settings, let's take a moment and consider hazardous settings and situations. What about when you need to profile, or when you never should have left home at all?
There is a small population of evildoers in the church congregation, although we are all hypocrites to an extent. Otherwise Christ wouldn't have to defend us on a daily basis. But the hardened criminal would stand out in the average Sunday School crowd. It is not too hazardous.
However, at 3 A.M., in the alley behind the nightclub, where the aroma of pot circles ominously around you, and the hypo crunches beneath your shoe, it may be a good time to profile vigorously. It might also be time to ask yourself what the heck you are doing there at that time of night. Good grief!
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Holiday celebrations are planned from Casar to Earl and Kings Mountain to Lattimore.
HOLIDAY EVENTS (Nov. 29-Dec. 14)
Happy hour kicks off 'Handmade for the Holidays'
The Cleveland County Arts Council hosts �Holiday Happy Hour� from 5:30-7:30 p.m. tonight at the Arts Center, 111 S. Washington St., Shelby. This kickoff to �Handmade for the Holidays,� gift show features holiday treats made by Arts Council volunteers, beverages, raffle drawings for artwork, useful and timely holiday demonstrations and a chance to start your holiday shopping. Demonstrations include: Elegant Bows and Unique Gift Tags with Emily McGeorge and Rachel Cotton Smith; 16-point Holiday Star with Tika Tucker; Festive Holiday Treats with Cathy Noell; and Bookmarks Made Easy with Lorene Lovell.Returning again this year is the Christmas Wreath Silent Auction.
Ten artisan decorated wreaths will go to the highest bidders. Tickets are $10 and include a raffle entry for door prizes. Plus, the first 50 people to arrive will receive a free handmade gift. Tickets for the Dec. 1, Holiday Home Tour are $15 but save $5 if purchased in combination with Happy Hour tickets. More than 40 local artists will have their one-of-a-kind works available, including pottery, table runners, jewelry, wire angel pins and ornaments, organic soaps and lotions, greeting and note cards, aprons, pillow cases, handbags, baskets, small paintings, pet leash holders, cakes, salsa and jams, lamps and shades, and artisan decorated wreaths. Handmade for the Holidays Gift Show officially opens to the public at 9 a.m., Nov. 30. Shoppers are welcome Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., and Fridays 9 a.m. � 7:30 p.m. For more information call 704-484-2787 or visit www.ccartscouncil.org.
Save on tickets to the Arts Council's home tour
Cleveland County Arts Council�s Third Annual Holiday Home Tour will be from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $15, but save $5 if purchased in combination with Happy Hour tickets (by Thursday). Six homes will be featured on the tour, showcasing a variety of interior design, architecture and holiday decor.
Tickets are $15 at the Arts Center, 111 S. Washington St., Shelby, by phone in advance or at the homes the day of the tour. A hand decorated artisan wreath will be raffled off to a tour attendee.
For more information call 704-484-2787 or visit www.ccartscouncil.org.
Burns Middle hosts holiday bazaar
Burns Middle School is having a holiday bazaar on Friday from 3 to 7 p.m.
The vendor booth fee is $25.
All proceeds from the bazaar will benefit Burns Middle School�s Parent-Teacher Organization.
For more information, contact Ronda Branch at 704-538-6736.
Visit with Santa at Broad River Greenway
Santa Claus is coming to Phifer Cabin at the Broad River Greenway on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.
Refreshments will be available and a child-friendly craft will be made.
Meet at Phifer Cabin and bring your camera for pictures with Santa.
Fallston Womans Club hosts tour of homes
Fallston's annual Tour of Homes will be 5-8 p.m. Saturday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $7 at the Fallston Womans Club, 4908 Fallston Road. Refreshments will also be served at the club. Homes on the tour are Charles and Ann Baker, which includes the Baker Buffalo Creek Vineyard and Winery and the home of Jason and Susanne West.
Choral Society presents Christmas concert The Cleveland County Choral Society will have its Christmas concert 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, West Dixon Boulevard, Shelby.
The program includes traditional carols and music from three movies: White Christmas medley; Believe from The Polar Express and Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone.
Admission is $5.
Rutherford Theatre participates in Bostic event
The Rutherford Community Theatre will perform its Christmas production, �A Hillbilly Christmas Carol,� by LeRoma Eshbach Greth, on Saturday as part of The Bostic Lincoln Center�s celebration, �A Bostic Christmas Event.�
The play will open the festival at 3 p.m. in the Fire Station house adjacent to the center located at 112 Depot Street. Festivities include an open house showcasing a recent special acquisition by The Bostic Lincoln Center, musical programs, prizes, refreshments and a �Visit with Santa.�
Cost for the play is by donation only. For more information, contact Lydia Clontz, Bostic Lincoln Center President and Museum Executive Director at 828-245-9800.
Ornament Crafting with the �Rag Bag�
Mauney Memorial Library, 100 S. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain, is sponsoring a free program for adults on ornament making. Joanne Fisher of the Rag Bag in Shelby will lead the program at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, and 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the community room.
Space is limited; sign up at the main service desk or call 704-739-2371 and select option 3.
Hospitals host tree lighting ceremonies
The hospital auxiliaries at Cleveland Regional Medical Center and Kings Mountain Hospital will sponsor annual tree lighting ceremonies to raise money for auxiliary projects.
Cleveland Regional's tree lighting for the Tree of Hope will be in the lobby at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4, and Kings Mountain's tree lighting for the Tree of Love will be at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the lobby.
The auxiliaries provide items used for patient comfort and family support as well as make donations to Hospice in Kings Mountain and other agencies.
At each hospital, individuals may purchase an angel to place on the tree in memory or in honor of someone for $10.
For more information, call Ginger Norman, volunteer services manager for Cleveland Regional and King Mountain Hospital, at 980-487-3889.
Lattimore hosts Christmas celebration
The Lattimore Historical Museum is sponsoring Christmas in Lattimore at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 8. The street in front of the Depot Cafe will be closed off for the celebration.
Activities include a tractor show, fudge shop, bake sale, quilt raffle and cake walks. DJ Jackson Martin will provide music for square dancing and shagging in the street. Santa and Mrs. Claus will visit and area church singing groups will perform. Proceeds from the activities will benefit the new museum. The Depot Cafe will also be open.
Neal Center hosts volunteer brunch
The Neal Senior Center of Shelby will host its volunteer Christmas brunch at 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 7.
Participants are encouraged to bring a favorite holiday dish.
If you are a Senior Center volunteer or would like to be one, you may sign up to attend this event at the front desk.
For more information, contact volunteer coordinator Lori Livingston at 704-482-3488 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com .
Southern Arts Society hosts new fundraiser
�Get Mugged at SASI�, a brand new fundraiser at the Southern Arts Society in Kings Mountain, will be held on Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The fundraiser is an opportunity to purchase a handmade mug by a local potter.
Tickets are $15 and include one mug, Christmas cookies, and coffee, cider or hot chocolate.
Tickets may be purchased in advance to ensure that you get a mug, as mugs are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
For more information, contact Bernice Chappell at 704-739-5723.
Neal Center sponsors Christmas party for adults 55 and older
The Neal Senior Center's Christmas party for adults 55 and older will be from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. on Dec. 13 at the center in Shelby.
Coffee and juice will be served along with other treats.
Activities include games and special entertainment.
The �jolly old elf� will visit and Mrs. Claus might also visit.
Door prizes will be provided and each participant will receive a small gift.
All nursing homes, assisted living homes, group homes and church groups for senior adults are encouraged to attend.
All volunteers, Council on Aging members and participants are welcome to attend, but must pre-register by 5 p.m. Dec. 7.
Pre-registration may be completed by calling 704-482-3488, sending a fax to 704-481-0151, or emailing email@example.com.
Neal Center sponsors annual Christmas feast
The annual Christmas feast at Neal Senior Center of Shelby will be at 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 20.
The meal costs $7.50 and includes turkey, dressing, coleslaw, green beans, yams, biscuit, dessert and a beverage.
The Kitchen Table Dining Room will be closed for regular daily dining.
Takeouts will be available but must be picked up by 11 a.m. in the Twisted Spoon (formerly the Coffee Shop).
Each individual will need to specify at the time of purchase as to whether their meal will be dine-in or takeout.
Tickets are available through Dec. 13.
Guest Speaker for the feast will be the Rev. Wayne Allen of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Shelby.
Special music will be provided by the Crest High School Orchestra under the direction of Peter Strickland and a Christmas poem written by Keith Morrow will be recited by Betty McEntire.
Tickets may be purchased from Mary Hamrick, secretary.
For more information, call 704-482-3488 or email firstname.lastname@example.com .
Casar Christmas parade will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9. Line up will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Casar Elementary School. Entry fee is a donation of non-perishable food items. To enter or for more information, call Melody Roberts at 704-481-1593 or Myra Douglass at 704-538-0896.
Earl's Christmas parade will be 3 p.m. Dec. 2. Call 704-709-9627 or visit www.TownOfEarl.org.
Fallston's Christmas parade will be held on Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. Line-up for the parade is at 2:30 p.m. at Fallston Elementary School. For more information, contact Mitzi Ramsey at 704-538-0775 or Judy Searcy at 704-692-6099.
The town of Grover announces its Christmas parade for Dec. 1 at 11 a.m. There is no entry fee to participate in the parade. The deadline to enter is Nov. 12. For more information, contact Anna Hughes at 704-730-9221 or e-mail email@example.com.
The Kings Mountain Christmas parade is 3 p.m. Dec. 1. For more information, call 704-734-0333 or visit www.CityOfKM.com.
Kingstown's Christmas Parade will be 1 p.m. Dec. 8. Call 704-480-6523 for more information.
The Shelby Christmas Parade will be held at 3 p.m. Dec. 16. The parade starts at the intersection of Lafayette and Sumter Street and ends at the intersection of Lafayette and Gardner Street. Registration to participate in the parade is Nov. 12 through Dec. 3. Applications can be found at www.uptownshelby.org or at the Uptown Shelby Association�s office. For more information, call the Uptown Shelby Association at 704-484-3100, or visit www.uptownshelby.org or www.facebook.com/uptownshelby .
The Polkville Christmas Parade will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1. Line-up begins at 2:30 p.m. No fee required. To enter call Kim B. Swink at 704-538-3668. Leave a message if no answer.
Santa�s House and Toyland in uptown Shelby will be open every Friday night from 5 to 9 p.m. through Dec. 14. Santa�s House is located on the court square and Toyland is located across from the court square, at 107 West Warren Street. Both are sponsored by the First National Bank. Parents are invited to bring their children to Santa�s house for a personal conversation with Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Also beginning on Nov. 23 are horse drawn carriage rides in uptown Shelby. The rides will be available Friday nights until Dec. 21 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cost to ride is $10 for adults and $5 for children under the age of 9. For more information, call the Uptown Shelby Association at 704-484-3100, or visit www.uptownshelby.org or www.facebook.com/uptownshelby .
Join the Kings Mountain Historical Museum, 100 E. Mountain St. Kings Mountain, this holiday season for the following events:
- The �Toys, Games and Trains� exhibit will begin at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum on Nov. 17. Hours for the exhibit will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and extended hours will be offered on Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. The exhibit features a model railroad display by the Piedmont �S� Gaugers, as well as antique toys and games from the museum�s permanent collection.
- Dec. 1, Christmas celebration with demonstrations by t he 38th N.C. Regiment and Civil War re-enactors. Spinning demonstrations will be led by Lynn Eskridge and Victoria Johannson. In addition, Linda Bell will instruct visitors on Scherenschnitte, the historic German art of paper-cutting. After the City of Kings Mountain�s annual Christmas parade the Museum will re-open from 5:30-8:30 p.m. for candlelight tours of the Robert Barber House. The Toys, Games & Trains exhibit and model railway will be open for visitors as well.
- Dec. 15, Santa and helpers will be visiting the museum from 1-3 p.m. Gift ideas, such as Old Salem Cookies and Cheese Stars are available in the Museum shop.
Kings Mountain Historical Museum is open Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. The cost of admission is free, however donations are appreciated. All donations go toward supporting the museum�s mission of informing the public of the history of the City of Kings Mountain and surrounding areas by preserving and exhibiting the 19th and early 20th century collection.
For more information, call 704-739-1019.
Luminaries will be lit throughout the Shelby court square on Dec. 14 to honor or remember loved ones. Each luminary costs $5 and proceeds go to the Christmas Light Fund. Registration forms will be delivered in November�s City of Shelby utility bills and are also available at the Uptown Shelby Association�s office located at 211 S. Trade Street, Shelby. For more information, call the Uptown Shelby Association at 704-484-3100, or visit www.uptownshelby.org or www.facebook.com/uptownshelby.
Polar Express pulling into Mauney Library
Mauney Memorial Library, 100 S. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain, will host a Polar Express Program from 5-6 p.m. Dec. 17 in the community room.
Wear pajamas and join the library staff for a holiday snack, music, activities and a reading of The Polar Express.
The movie will be shown at 6 p.m. Pick up a �ticket� in the children�s department before Dec. 17. Space is limited.
For more information, call 704-739-2371 and select option 2.
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New volleyball tracking system trialled in Montreux
Lausanne, Switzerland, May 30, 2014 – Following the pledge of President Dr. Ary S. Graça F° to innovate the sport of volleyball, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) is currently trialing a Volleyball Tracking System, which provides real-time data and statistics, at the Montreux Volley Masters 2014, taking place in the Swiss lakeside city until Sunday.
The tool provides statistics on movement, the speed of the players and the ball, in addition to the strike angle, with all the information available to view online.
Developed by the start‐up Playfulvision, this new tool, which was already tested at the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship Zurich 2014, is set to be used in all international volleyball competitions following a contract signed with the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) in April.
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"This sort of technology will help us grow the sport of volleyball, make it more accessible for the public and provide greater detailed information for TV and more importantly coaches of our sport," President Graça said. "Anything which can help present our sport in a more dynamic way has to be encouraged and we are looking forward to seeing this sort of technology in full use at our World Championships later this year.
This innovation is based on three algorithms developed at the Computer Vision Laboratory. While players can always be located on the screen via an overlay with the colour of their jersey and number, the challenge was to achieve this recognition continuously, even when players are in groups and hidden behind others.
In Montreux, the start‐up aims to demonstrate the range of possibilities of this system to the FIVB before it is used more extensively at the World Championships this summer. The tracking of results with an IPad will also be developed specifically for this occasion.
The Montreux Volley Masters is an invitational tournament, officially recognised by the FIVB, which gathers the best women's teams in the world.
The 29th edition of the Montreux Volley Masters will take place from May 27 to June 1. Pool A comprises Brazil (WR 1, current Olympic Champion, 2013 World Grand Prix title holder and winner of the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup), China (WR 5), Russia (WR 6) and Switzerland (host).
Pool B is composed of USA (WR 2), Japan (WR 3), Dominican Republic (WR 8) and Germany (WR 9).


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Jeffrey Howard's Principles of Good Practice for Service-Learning Pedagogy, is among the most widely accepted and adopted documents addressing service-learning practice. The principles were originally published in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. They include the following:
Principle 1: Academic Credit is for Learning, Not for Service
This first principle speaks to those who puzzle over how to assess students' service in the community, or what weight to assign community involvement in final grades.
In traditional courses, academic credit and grades are assigned based on students' demonstration of academic learning as measured by the instructor. It is no different in service-learning courses. While in traditional courses we assess students' learning from traditional course resources, e.g., textbooks, class discussions, library research, etc., in service-learning courses we evaluate students' learning from traditional resources, from the community service, and from the blending of the two.
So, academic credit is not awarded for doing service or for the quality of the service, but rather for the student's demonstration of academic and civic learning.
Principle 2: Do Not Compromise Academic Rigor
Since there is a widespread perception in academic circles that community service is a "soft" learning resource, there may be a temptation to compromise the academic rigor in a service-learning course.
Labeling community service as a "soft" learning stimulus reflects a gross misperception. The perceived "soft" service component actually raises the learning challenge in a course. Service-learning students must not only master academic material as in traditional courses, but also learn how to learn from unstructured and ill-structured community experiences and merge that learning with the learning from other course resources. Furthermore, while in traditional courses students must satisfy only academic learning objectives, in service-learning courses students must satisfy both academic and civic learning objectives. All of this makes for challenging intellectual work, commensurate with rigorous academic standards.
Principle 3: Establish Learning Objectives
It is a service-learning maxim that one cannot develop a quality service-learning course without first setting very explicit learning objectives. This principle is foundational to service-learning, and serves as the focus of sections four and five of this workbook.
While establishing learning objectives for students is a standard to which all courses are accountable, in fact, it is especially necessary and advantageous to establish learning objectives in service-learning courses. The addition of the community as a learning context multiplies the learning possibilities (see pp. 26-29). To sort out those of greatest priority, as well as to leverage the bounty of learning opportunities offered by community service experiences, deliberate planning of course academic andcivic learning objectives is required.
Principle 4: Establish Criteria for the Selection of Service Placements
Requiring students to serve in anycommunity-based organization as part of a service-learning course is tantamount to requiring students to read anybook as part of a traditional course.
Faculty who deliberately establish criteria for selecting community service placements will find students are able to extract more relevant learning from their respective service experiences, and are more likely to meet course learning objectives.
We recommend four criteria for selecting service placements:
- Circumscribe the range of acceptable service placements around the content of the course (e.g., for a course on homelessness, homeless shelters and soup kitchens are learning-appropriate placements, but serving in a hospice is not).
- Limit specific service activities and contexts to those with the potential to meet course-relevant academic and civic learning objectives (e.g., filing papers in a warehouse, while of service to a school district, will offer little to stimulate either academic or civic learning in a course on elementary school education).
- Correlate the required duration of service with its role in the realization of academic and civic learning objectives (e.g., one two-hour shift at a hospital will do little to contribute to academic or civic learning in a course on institutional health care).
- Assign community projects that meet real needs in the community as determined by the community.
Principle 5: Provide Educationally-Sound Learning Strategies to Harvest Community Learning and Realize Course Learning Objectives
Requiring service-learning students to merely record their service activities and hours as their journal assignment is tantamount to requiring students in an engineering course to log their activities and hours in the lab.
Learning in any course is realized by an appropriate mix and level of learning strategies and assignments that correspond with the learning objectives for the course. Given that, in service-learning courses, we want to utilize students' service experiences in part to achieve academic and civic course learning objectives, learning strategies must be employed that support learning from service experiences and enable its use toward meeting course learning objectives.
Learning interventions that promote critical reflection, analysis, and application of service experiences enable learning. To make certain that service does not underachieve in its role as an instrument of learning, careful thought must be given to learning activities that encourage the integration of experiential and academic learning. These activities include classroom discussions, presentations, and journal and paper assignments that support analysis of service experiences in the context of the course academic and civic learning objectives. Of course, clarity about course learning objectives is a prerequisite for identifying educationally-sound learning strategies.
Principle 6: Prepare Students for Learning from the Community
Most students lack experience with both extracting and making meaning from experience and in merging it with other academic and civic course learning strategies. Therefore, even an exemplary reflection journal assignment will yield, without sufficient support, uneven responses.
Faculty can provide: (1) learning supports such as opportunities to acquire skills for gleaning the learning from the service context (e.g., participant-observer skills), and/or (2) examples of how to successfully complete assignments (e.g., making past exemplary student papers and reflection journals available to current students to peruse). Menlo (1993) identifies four competencies to accentuate student learning from the community: reflective listening, seeking feedback, acuity in observation, and mindfulness in thinking.
Principle 7: Minimize the Distinction Between the Students' Community Learning Role and Classroom Learning Role
Classrooms and communities are very different learning contexts. Each requires students to assume a different learner role. Generally, classrooms provide a high level of teacher direction, with students expected to assume mostly a passive learner role. In contrast, service communities usually provide a low level of teaching direction, with students expected to assume mostly an active learner role. Alternating between the passive learner role in the classroom and the active learner role in the community may challenge and even impede student learning. The solution is to shape the learning environments so that students assume similar learner roles in both contexts.
While one solution is to intervene so that the service community provides a high level of teaching direction, we recommend, for several reasons, re-norming the traditional classroom toward one that values students as active learners. First, active learning is consistent with active civic participation that service-learning seeks to foster. Second, students bring information from the community to the classroom that can be utilized on behalf of others' learning. Finally, we know from recent research in the field of cognitive science that students develop deeper understanding of course material if they have an opportunity to actively construct knowledge (Eyler & Giles, 1999).
Principle 8: Rethink the Faculty Instructional Role
If faculty encourage students' active learning in the classroom, what would be a concomitant and consistent change in one's teaching role?
Commensurate with the preceding principle's recommendation for an active student learning posture, this principle advocates that service-learning teachers, too, rethink their roles. An instructor role that would be most compatible with an active student role shifts away from a singular reliance on transmission of knowledge and toward mixed pedagogical methods that include learning facilitation and guidance. Exclusive or even primary use of traditional instructional models, e.g., a banking model (Freire, 1970), interferes with the promise of learning in service-learning courses.
To re-shape one's classroom role to capitalize on the learning bounty in service-learning, faculty will find Howard's (1998) model of "Transforming the Classroom" helpful. This four-stage model begins with the traditional classroom in which students are passive, teachers are directive, and all conform to the learned rules of the classroom. In the second stage, the instructor begins to re-socialize herself toward a more facilitative role; but the students, socialized for many years to be passive learners, are slow to change to a more active mode. In the third stage, with the perseverance of the instructor, the students begin to develop and acquire the skills and propensities to be active in the classroom. Frequently, during this phase, faculty will become concerned that learning is not as rich and rigorous as when they are using the more popular lecture format, and may regress to a more directive posture. Over time homeostasis is established, and the instructor and the students achieve an environment in which mixed pedagogical methods lead to students who are active learners, instructors fluent in multiple teaching methods, and strong academic and civic learning outcomes.
Principle 9: Be Prepared for Variation in, and for Some Loss of Control With, Student Learning Outcomes
For those faculty who value homogeneity in student learning outcomes, as well as control of the learning environment, service-learning may not be a good fit.
In college courses, learning strategies largely determine student outcomes, and this is true in service-learning courses, too. However, in traditional courses, the learning strategies (i.e., lectures, labs, and readings) are constant for all enrolled students and under the watchful eye of the faculty member. In service-learning courses, given variability in service experiences and their influential role in student learning, one can anticipate greater heterogeneity in student learning outcomes and compromises to faculty control. Even when service-learning students are exposed to the same presentations and the same readings, instructors can expect that classroom discussions will be less predictable and the content of student papers/ projects less homogeneous than in courses without a service assignment. As an instructor, are you prepared for greater heterogeneity in student learning outcomes and some degree of loss in control over student learning stimuli?
Principle 10: Maximize the Community Responsibility Orientation of the Course
This principle is for those who think that civic learning can only spring from the community service component of a course.
One of the necessary conditions of a service-learning course is purposeful civic learning. Designing classroom norms and learning strategies that not only enhance academic learning but also encourage civic learning are essential to purposeful civic learning. While most traditional courses are organized for private learning that advances the individual student, service-learning instructors should consider employing learning strategies that will complement and reinforce the civic lessons from the community experience. For example, efforts to convert from individual to group assignments, and from instructor-only to instructor and student review of student assignments, re-norms the teaching-learning process to be consistent with the civic orientation of service-learning.


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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Harold John Crowe - Indiana - 1899-1971
"Pop" Crowe (this is what everyone in the family called him) was born on 15 Sep 1899 in Cannelton, Perry County, Indiana, to Charles C. and Ida Mae (Gray) Crow. His family bounced around in rented homes to Perry County (1900 Census), Spencer County (1910 Census), and Posey County (1920 Census).
On 31 Dec 1917, he traveled roughly 50 miles to Princeton (Gibson County), Indiana, and enlisted in the Army National Guard and presumably served in France during World War I. I don't know yet when he was discharged, but he is listed with his family on the 1920 Census at 502 Third Street, Mt. Vernon, Indiana.
He finally put down some roots in Indianapolis (Marion County) in September 1920, when he married Lucile Francis Stiker (1900-1969), daughter of Eugene F. and Jeannette C. (Heerdink) Stiker. They lived at 1637 Raymond Street in Indianapolis on the 1930 Census. Unfortunately, the house has since been demolished, as it appears as a grassy lot on GoogleMaps. They had four children between November 1921 and December 1926, the third being my grandmother.
In 1936, Pop Crowe filled out his SS-5 to receive his social security number. I finally received a copy of it in the mail the other day. At that time, he was living at 2435 S. State Street, Indianapolis. He was working for Continental Baking Company (Wonder Bread Bakery) at 339 E. Market Street, Indianapolis. Apparently, the bakery building has since made way for a parking lot. I sent an inquiry to the company (now Interstate Brands) to see if they might have an old photo of the bakery.
In 1939, he went to work for General Motors in the Allison Division as an engine inspector and retired from there 25 years later in 1964. He passed away on 19 Sep 1971, at the age of 72, from respiratory and cardiac arrest resulting from a cerebral vascular accident (stroke). He also was diabetic. At the time of his death, he lived at 35 W. Pleasant Run Parkway South, Indianapolis. His son, Harold Jr. ("Bud") was the informant on his death certificate, as "Mom" Crowe had predeceased him in 1969. I received the funeral records from G. H. Hermann Funeral Home in Indianapolis showing that Pop Crowe is buried in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Indianapolis.
Obviously, this is not his entire story, and I have many holes to fill. At least I have a solid framework to fill in at this point. I plan to get my mom and her siblings to provide some stories of Mom and Pop Crowe (so if they are reading this - get busy!).
Part of my attempt to fill in some gaps in the history is to locate the Indiana state census records, along with obituaries for both Pop and Mom Crowe. I am also trying to obtain his military service record, but it looks like I may have to get my grandmother to request it, since I'm not considered "immediate family." I am also going to see if Wonder Bread still has employee records from 1936. I'm curious to find out what position he held there. I should probably get some church records (if any exist) and check for probate records too. If anyone has any other ideas, I look forward to hearing them.
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I know this isn't his entire story but judging from what you shared, your great grandfather had a full life! Also, you made great use of Google Map as a tool for telling his story.
Thanks for sharing!
- May 15, 2011 at 7:22 PM
You've made so much progress from thinking he was abducted by aliens!
It would be so neat if you could get a photo of that bakery...
- May 17, 2011 at 9:21 PM
- Jenny Lanctot said...
Keonna, thanks for your comment! I hope to have more to tell after I get his service records, etc. Keep an eye out ... it can only get better! :)
Dee, I actually heard back from the bakery and unfortunately they do not have any photos or anything from that far back. What a disappointment. I'm going to keep looking around though ... there's got to be a site that has historic photos of old buildings or something, right?
- May 19, 2011 at 3:42 PM
- BCrowe said...
Hello. My name is Ben Crowe and Harold "Bud" Crowe was my grandfather! I would love if you could share some of the information that you have found on the Crowe side as I am looking to provide our children with some information about the family lineage.
Ben Crowe
- March 17, 2016 at 4:19 PM


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The Colorful Lives of the Outer Planets
Atmospheric features on Uranus and Neptune are revealed in images taken with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The observations were taken in August 2003.
The top row reveals Uranus and Neptune in natural colors, showing the planets as they would appear if we could see them through a telescope. The images are made of exposures taken with filters sensitive to red, green, and blue light. In the bottom images, astronomers used different color filters to detect features we can't see. The photographs demonstrate that, by using certain types of color filters, astronomers can extract more information about a celestial object than our eyes normally can see.
At first glance, the top row of images makes the planets appear like twins. But the bottom row reveals that Uranus and Neptune are two different worlds. Uranus's rotational axis, for example, is tilted almost 90 degrees to Neptune's axis. The south poles of Uranus and Neptune are at the left and bottom, respectively. Both are tilted slightly toward Earth. Uranus also displays more contrast between both hemispheres. This may be caused by its extreme seasons.
Both planets display a banding structure of clouds and hazes aligned parallel to the equator. Additionally, a few discrete cloud features appear bright orange or red. The color is due to methane absorption in the red part of the spectrum. Methane is third in abundance in the atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune after hydrogen and helium, which are both transparent. Colors in the bands correspond to variations in the altitude and thickness of hazes and clouds. The colors allow scientists to measure the altitudes of clouds from far away.
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A Culture of Sacrifice
It was October 25, 2007, and the moon shone brightly over the rugged terrain of eastern Afghanistan. Elements of 1st Platoon, B Company (173rd Airborne Brigade), walked cautiously back to their outpost after completing their assigned mission. But unknown to …Read More
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David Temples has served as a platoon commander with both infantry and reconnaissance units in the U. S. Marine Corps. He now serves as a pastor at Westwood Presbyterian Church in Dothan, Alabama.


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Of course, every day is bad sex day on the Internet. But today's bad sex is actually enjoyable, and it arrives via the respected Literary Review of London and its Bad Sex in Fiction Award. Call it coitus ridiculous. It's sex that's so bad as to be laughable, in a delightfully literary kind of way.
Eight authors were named finalists for the Bad Sex in Fiction award Tuesday. All the buzz is that J.K. Rowling didn't make the cut. Rowling's "The Literary Vacancy" was a favorite to walk away with the award, in part for a passage in which a vulva and Santa Claus manage to squeeze themselves into the same sentence.
Instead the committee went back to at least one old favorite, nominating previous winner Tom Wolfe for his novel, "Back to Blood," which includes the crashing metaphors in this description of an allegedly aroused woman: "the flood in her loins washed morals, despair and all other abstract assessments away in a cloud of some sort of divine cologne of his."
The Brits are very excited that an editor for the scandal-plagued BBC has been nominated. Paul Mason could earn that distinction for a tortured paragraph in his novel "Red Earth" that describes a feat of tantric sex involving an overweight businessman, a botanical description of female genitalia, and a man panting out the words "global market."
The other finalists for "the most dreaded literary prize in Britain" are "The Yips" by Nicola Barker, "The Adventuress" by Nicholas Coleridge, "Infrared" by Nancy Huston, "Noughties" by Ben Masters, "The Quiddity of Will Self" by Sam Mills and "The Divine Comedy" by Craig Raine. The Literary Review is sending out more deliciously bad passages in its Twitter feed with the tag #LRBadSex2012.
My favorite tweet so far: "'More, more,' he cried out. 'Next time you will discipline me dressed as a nun. I have the garments in a cupboard.'"


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The 61st Grand National Roadster Show
The Drive-In
When the Grand National Roadster Show moved to Pomona there were some skeptics. One of the concerns was the venue-at the Fairplex the cars would have to be spread over a number of buildings rather than housed in one, but that has led to one of the unique features of this show: the Drive-In. On Saturday and Sunday the areas between the buildings are filled with street rods, customs, muscle cars, and trucks.
Open to pre-'73 vehicles, participants get entry into the show, a dash plaque, goodie bag, and the best parking on the grounds. Awards are given away each day, including a pair of plaques from Street Rodder.
With great weather, a cool collection of cars, lots of vendors, and good music by live bands, this year's GNRS Drive-In was like going to a rod run and having a car show break out. And there wasn't a skeptic on the grounds.


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I am proud to be kicking off fundraising for my first feature-length documentary project, "Underdogs," which follows a public school in Newhall, CA (outside of Los Angeles) over what should be a monumental school year this year.
The school is considered a classic "school of poverty." It should be failing, like so many other schools with similar demographics, but the students, staff and administrators at McGrath Elementary School have created a culture of success. This year they want to do the unthinkable -- have 90% of their students score as proficient or advanced on the state's standardized tests. The 6th graders at the school set this goal. And, they're inviting President Obama to go to the movies with them next year if they achieve this goal.
The students are at the heart of the film. I'm enjoying getting to know them through the editing process and am proud of the filming that Ramon is doing on the project and of the teaching he is doing, as he is teaching filmmaking to students at the school.
Ramon and I are very proud of this project and are working very hard, but we need your help. Every dollar counts! Go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/657589189/underdogs-the-story-of-a-successful-public-school-0 to find out how you can help, what you can gain for supporting the project -- AND TO SEE A 7 MINUTE VIDEO EXCERPT FROM THE FILM.


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Evaluating squeegee materials for quality and performance on press is one of the keys to successful screen printing. This article describes material formulations, essential vocabulary, and criteria for making effective comparisons.
By James Elliot
Many in the screen-printing industry assume that a squeegee is a squeegee is a squeegee. Printers' lack of knowledge or concern about squeegees is tragically ironic, given how critical squeegees are to the successful application of the process. Even those who pay attention seldom invest the same effort in educating themselves about squeegees as they do for mesh, ink, or emulsion.
Yes, there are marked similarities among squeegees. But even if we limit the discussion to polyurethane squeegees, the scope of available formulations and the resulting balances of performance and cost can be extreme. The printer's goal is to find which of those balances fits his definition of value. Getting a better handle (yes, the pun is intended) on reaching that goal requires knowledge about the different formulation groups, key terminology, and important criteria for practical evaluation. A good place to start is with the development of squeegee materials.
Material evolution
Probably 95%, or more, of printing squeegees used today are of some form of polyurethane, or urethane for short. Many materials can be squeegees, but the first popular choice was rubber. The term squeegee rubber is still used even though squeegee urethane or even squeegee blade would be more accurate. Natural rubber was used first, but rationing and material shortages during World War II spurred both the need for and development of synthetic alternatives to many materials—rubber among them. One of the new materials was polyurethane, which was developed by Bayer in Germany. However, some time would pass before polyurethane gained acceptance for use as squeegees.
The shift in the US gravitated toward materials that bore more resemblance to natural rubbers, which also remained in use once supplies were restored. These products seemed more familiar and were of lower cost, which seemed appropriate because screen printing was still a fairly crude process with very few technical performance demands. Next, ink systems began to evolve, using increasingly aggressive solvents and resins. Since that time, the performance needs for squeegees have continued to be influenced by developments in inks.
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By Blogger March 10, 2011
It's getting to be about that time of year again. It's finally starting to warm up here in the south and I feel like I'm almost done with my hibernating phases of the year. Unfortunately, it's also about that time to start dun-dun-dun...Spring Cleaning! (pause for effect) I know, but it doesn't have be as terrible as we all make it out to be. So lets channel our inner Monica Gellar's and get to it!


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"Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimming'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'."
The song was from the 1960s and Bob Dylan, who is widely noted as the most acclaimed and influential songwriter of the past half century, was talking about the changes rocking the country during that era of protests, demonstrations, love-ins and generation gaps. He was right on target, saying in his music of the day what political and social analysts would discuss for the next few decades in retrospect.
"Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
Dylan, who the Associated Press recently wrote "brought rock from the streets to the lecture hall," received an honorary Pulitzer Prize last week for what the Pulitzer judges called his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."
The break through for rock 'n roll was substantial. The AP noted that "the Pulitzer judges, who have long favored classical music, and, more recently, jazz, awarded an art form once dismissed as barbaric, even subversive."
Middlebury and Weybridge selectmen were right to reject the state's plan to close the Pulp Mill Bridge for up to a year for renovations before the town's proposed Cross Street Bridge was built. The state's plan would leave the town with just the Battell Bridge on Main Street to cross the Otter Creek — a move that would cripple the downtown's retail district and frustrate residents who already face traffic jams there several times throughout each day.
It's as if the town's shortage of bridges across the Otter Creek has been lost on the state transportation agency, even though the town has been pressing its need for a second span for more than 50 years and has been hard at work on the Cross Street Bridge for the past several years.
Let's hope the selectboard's message to do the work on the Pulp Mill Bridge after the Cross Street Bridge is in use is taken to heart and honored.
As important is that the work on the Pulp Mill Bridge is dictated by common sense, not sabotaged by misguided — though well-intended — strictures. In this case, the Vermont Historic Covered Bridge Committee must sign off on any improvements or changes to the bridge, which is being renovated at a cost of over $2 million. The current bridge has structural design flaws, according to at least one expert, that should be corrected as part of the renovation. The state's plan, however, preserves those design flaws (thus weakening the bridge) in order to maintain its historical integrity. Such stupidity, if the alleged flaws would weaken the bridge, would make a mockery of the state's historical preservation efforts.
A proposal to correct the flaws and construct a nearby educational exhibit detailing the original architecture — and the design flaw that was corrected — is a reasonable suggestion (see story Page 1A) that we also hope will be honored.
On Tuesday, Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, held a well-publicized hearing with five of the nation's top oil executives. The theme: Explain why the nation's taxpayers should extend $18 billion in tax subsidies to an industry whose top five companies posted profits of $123 billion last year.
The obvious answer: Cut the subsidies and make it effective as soon as possible. Then, extend those subsidies to the alternative fuel industry and increase the nation's conservation efforts.
That is the very least Congress should do to right the wrongs promoted and passed by a Republican Congress and President Bush since he came to office. The Republican Congress and Bush not only have been in bed with the oil companies since 2000, the excesses border on the obscene. Hence, Exxon-Mobil's vice-chairman was testifying before the committee why it seemed reasonable that its former executive was given a $350 million salary and retirement package — an amount, as the senator from Missouri noted, that translates to $958,904 per day. When the average American is struggling to afford a tank of gasoline and oil companies are pulling in record profits, just how — the Democratic congressman asked — should he explain to his constituents why they are being taxed to pay for $18 billion in oil industry subsidies?
J. Stephen Simon, senior vice president for Exxon, did his best to explain the excess, but it was abundantly clear that greed has tarnished the oil industry as much as the hydro-carbons the industry produces.
The move Tuesday by Democratic House Speaker Gaye Symington to abandon plans to close a loophole on a capital gains tax exemption initially proposed by Republican Gov. James Douglas turns state politics on its head. Since when do Democrats fail to close a tax loophole to the wealthy for potential gain to the common good?
Yet, that's what happened.
Not that there would not have been difficulties proceeding with the proposal. The Democratic Legislature and Gov. Douglas had disagreements over how to spend the estimated $21.4 million annually. Douglas wanted to give the windfall to middle income Vermonters as well as to the very rich. Democrats wanted to split the amount three ways: $4.2 million for targeted property tax relief; $8 million for the highway and bridge program and $7 million to pay off a portion of the $55 million the state owes on school construction projects (the latter two of which would also indirectly lower local property taxes for most Vermonters.)
Because Douglas objected to spending the money for the common good (as detailed above — no new programs, just meeting existing obligations of the state) and because he would be denied the possible campaign claims of saying he had reduced income taxes, a political battle was looming on the horizon. Both sides of the political aisle saw it coming and the decision to bail was greeted by sighs of relief from both parties.
Interestingly, the administration was relieved because it meant Democrats wouldn't spend the money — even if the expenses had already been committed or, go figure, were for property tax relief. (Why Douglas would support income tax relief, but not property tax relief is unclear.) Many Democrats, on the other hand, were relieved because of the future economic uncertainty and the very real possibility that legislators might need to tap that ready source of income in the near future for critical needs.
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