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Do you remember what it was like to cram for a test in high school or college? You made sure that everything you could possibly need to know was fresh in your mind so you would be ready to answer any question that might be thrown at you. Then, at some point after the test, all or most of that knowledge slowly faded from memory.
Don't let that happen with what you've learned over the last 4 years about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Knowing how to walk alongside those with PTSD will come in handy as WMU shifts its focus for Project HELP to refugees beginning with the 2018–19 church year.
PTSD can occur after someone goes through a traumatic event like combat, assault, or disaster. Refugees have been forced to flee their home country because of persecution, natural disaster, war, or violence. But the trauma doesn't necessarily stop for refugees once they make it to their asylum country or their resettlement country. They are often forced to confront isolation, hostility, violence, and racism. In refugee camps, they often encounter overcrowding, rampant infectious diseases, and primitive living conditions.
Just as all military veterans, domestic violence victims, and natural disaster survivors don't develop PTSD, not all refugees develop it either. Some adjust well to not being able to go home. But with 22.5 million refugees in the world today, it is likely that many will suffer "significant psychological distress as a result of their exposure to traumatic events and the hardships associated with life as a refugee."1
In 2017, nearly 25,000 refugees were resettled to the United States. According to the UN Refugee Agency, resettlement to the US is traditionally offered to the "most vulnerable" refugees, including women and children, the elderly, survivors of violence and torture, and those with critical medical needs. It is estimated that up to 25 percent of refugees entering the US have PTSD.
One of the most healing resources for someone who suffers from PTSD is community. For refugees, too, community is key to helping them integrate into society. Of course, being in community is one of the core functions of the church.
As you may have done to minister to those with PTSD, form a care team in your church to assist refugees who have been resettled in your area. Create a loving community around them and a safe place to share. Listen (without commentary) if they want to talk about why they became refugees, the country they left behind, or what they are doing now. Show compassion as they grieve the loss of home, family, friends, jobs, and all things familiar. Bear their burdens. Most importantly, offer love. Guide them to the healing love and peace of the Savior, as many refugees do not know Him.
Not everyone lives in a state that resettles refugees, but everyone can support them. Consider these ideas to get you started:
Kathleen Penton is an assistant editor with WMU.


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Start of the residential project located in the neighborhood of Valdebebas (Madrid).
In phase of construction, this building will be equipped with the latest technical advances and technology applied to architecture.
Among some of their characteristics we can cite the following:
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The Bulletin
West Virginia Head Start Programs to Implement Practice-Based Coaching
Karen Browning, Director Coalfield CAP
March 2015
In their efforts to continually support teachers' ability to effect positive child outcomes, the National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning (NCQTL) has adopted a coaching model known as"Practice-Based Coaching" (PBC). This model focuses on three (3) components that programs will implement in a variety of ways, depending upon the nature of the program's needs (1. planning goals and action steps; 2. engaging in focused observation; 3. reflecting on and sharing feedback about teaching practices). PBC is described by NCQTL as "a cyclical process for supporting teachers' use of effective teaching practices that lead to positive outcomes for children." In preparation for implementation of this coaching model, NCQTL has scheduled training events for programs interested in participating.
Head Start Programs were contacted by their T/TA Specialists to determine interest and ability to attend training events. Four(4) West Virginia Head Start Programs attended the Practice-Based Coaching Leadership Academy in February 2015. Leadership Teams attending included: Central WV Community Action Head Start, Coalfield CAP, Inc. Head Start, Monroe County BOE Head Start, and North Central Community Action Head Start. Team members included the Head Start Director, Managers, Teachers, and BOE partners (pre-k coordinators). Teams participated in training that ultimately culminated in each program's Coaching PATH (plan for implementation of the coaching model).
The second phase of the training involved coaches from each program attending a "Practice-Based Coaches Training" where the Coaching Teams participated in activities to equip them with the necessary tools to enhance their abilities to coach staff.
More information about Practice-Based Coaching can be accessed through the Early Childhood Knowledge and Learning Center (ECKLC) website, or by contacting your Program's T/TA Specialist.


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I watched The Wolf of Wall Street (uncensored version) last weekend. Everyone was going on about it because it's directed by Martin Scorcese, but I think Leonardo Di Caprio should get major props for carrying it off. The man can act, and doesn't let his beautiful face get in the way. Though I suspect his beautiful face did help me get through the movie.
From the outset, I had to suspend my feminist sensibility or my eyes might just have rolled into the back of my head and prevented me from seeing ever again. The film is basically a frat boy's wet dream. Before I watched the film, I heard people talking about the high jinx portrayed in a tone that was reaching for disapproval but was tinged with admiration.
The other reaction people seemed to be awaiting was shock. But I was not shocked. The money business is essentially a venal one, so why would the aspirations of those in the business not be towards other venal things?
Also, I've interacted with investment bankers. I don't believe that they're all flinging dwarves for entertainment but I do believe a number of them (not all) are running on coke and that the use of escort services was a perk some enjoyed until the collapse of Lehman Brothers brought the party to an end. I think some of the worst sexism has been bled out of banking industry at least, but I can't say the same for the hedge funds and other investment firms. So yeah, not shocked. Though it was interesting to watch how heady those heady days were. And what the dreams of men are made of.
Because these are not women's dreams. Jordan Belfort's firm had just a few women, and they strove to be as male as possible, under their twinsets and pearls, which I suppose was the only way they could survive. However, I doubt most women would have chosen the kind of entertainment Belfort provided had they had an array of options available.
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For me, the most telling moment was when Belfort tried to bribe an FBI officer. He could not comprehend someone who could not be bought. And this is a the difference between us and them. For some of us, money isn't everything, some things cannot be bought.
I won't say I'm indifferent to money. But I actually think I have enough money. If you tried to offer me even a lot of money to break the law, I wouldn't do it. I might break the law for other reasons but not money. I don't condemn people who are desperate who break the law. I have no tolerance for people who are obsessed with more more more. Unfortunately, the latter breed is more common.
Then I read Walter Percy's The Moviegoer. The protagonist is a stock broker but he's also on what he calls The Search, which is what it sounds like – the search for meaning. He says something interesting about money: ""Beauty is a whore. I like money better"
Money is a good counterpoise to Beauty. Beauty, the quest of beauty alone, is a whoredom. Ten years ago I pursued beauty and gave no thought to money. I listened to the lovely tunes of Mahler and felt a sickness in my very soul. Now I pursue money and on the whole feel better.
Maybe that's what's wrong with me then. I tattooed beauty on my back instead of money.


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Help Yourself To Happiness
Everybody, everywhere seeks happiness, it's true,
But finding it and keeping it seem difficult to do.
Difficult because we think that happiness is found
Only in places where wealth and fame abound.
And so we go on searching in palaces of pleasure
Seeking recognition and monetary treasure,
Unaware that happiness is just a state of mind
Within the reach of everyone who takes time to be kind.
For in making others happy we will be happy, too.
For the happiness you give away returns to shine on you.
The Words to Say I Love You
I was there, yet you did not see Me
The times you did cry
I wrapped you in My loving arms
And wiped the tears from your eyes
Every prayer - I heard, and answered
Every cry for help - I came
I cast down all your enemies
And brought them all to shame
You are My beloved son
Whom I have set free
I removed your chains of darkness
Because you believed in Me
God Speaks
So when I looked at those flowers,
I was looking at God
For they bloomed in His sun
And grew in His sod.
And each lovely flower was
A "voice from above"
That whispered a message of
Kindness and Love
For I feel in my heart,
And I know you do, too
That God speaks to us all through
The kind things we do
And when I looked at those flowers
I couldn't help but feel
That they brought heaven neare
And made God so very real.
God Garden
God looked around his garden
And found an empty place,
He then looked down upon the earth
And saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful
He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering
He knew you were in pain.
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb.
So he closed your weary eyelids
And whispered, 'Peace be Thine'.
It broke our hearts to lose you
But you didn't go alone,
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home
Three Things I Pray
Oh, dear Lord, three things I pray
That you give me more serenity,
Wisdom, and love along the way.
Blessed Lord Jesus, three things I pray
For mental stability, physical strength,
And spiritual guidance so I will not stray.
Loving Lord Jesus, three things I pray
That I will take time to smell the roses,
Touch someone's heart, and feel their
Love and heartaches along the way.
Kind Lord Jesus, three things I pray
To see your beauty, hear your songs,
And speak of goodness along the way.
Holy Lord Jesus, three things I pray
That I will worship the Father, Son,
And Holy Spirit each and every
Day, so I will not stray.
Merciful Lord Jesus, three things I pray
I will always take your mercy, grace, and
Love each and every day.
By: Ann Huckabee (c)
My Parents
My parents taught me well, when I was a child.
My parents taught me well, to live and not be wild.
My parents took me to sunday school, when I was a child.
My parents bought me a bible and I read it for a while.
I had a bible in my hand, when I was a child,
And put it aside when I grew into a man.
I sailed my own way and didn't listen to God's plan.
I sinned every day and threw my bible in the sand.
I turned my back on God, family and friends.
I turned on my parents and found no peace within.
My repentance came at last as my mother and daddy prayed.
My repentance came at last as my friend prayed, every day.
I asked God for forgiveness, his mercy and his grace.
I thanked God for his love and thanked Jesus for taking my place.
By: Ann Huckabee (c)
The Thrill Of Trusting God!
Oh, the thrill of trusting God,
to meet our every need
to no longer live in fear
or follow where it may lead.
Oh, how great is the faith,
of the one who doesn't doubt
who stands on the promise
God will figure all things out.
Oh, how great is His delight,
when we give to Him our strife
to place in our Master's hand
complete control of our life.
Oh, how wonderful is the way,
which is paved in sound belief
Jesus is the soul's provider
for everlasting peace and relief.
Oh, the thrill of trusting God,
in everything by prayer
to give to Him our every need
casting onto Him ~ each care!
By: Deborah Ann Belka
3 Crosses
by Reece B. Sherman
3 crosses on a skull shaped hill
Crucifixion was a cruel way to kill
2 were thieves and deserved what they got
One was innocent and he did not
He saw the crowd who were witnesses to his death
He prayed for their forgiveness with his dying breath
The crowd mocked him as he hung up there
They cried "save yourself" but they didn't care
The thieves on either side joined in with the crowd
"Save yourself and us" they cried out loud
Then one of the thieves looked at the man beside him
And the hatred in his heart began to dim
He realized this was the Lord who was hanging there
And although he was dying he felt no despair
"Remember me when you enter your kingdom today"
"You will join me in paradise" he heard the Lord say
He turned to the other thief and said "Don't you see
This man doesn't deserve to die like you and me"
The other thief was not convinced and kept mocking the Lord
But the first thief was convinced of his reward
3 men on 3 crosses hung there that day
One looked to the Lord and found the way
One looked at himself and was filled with hate
While one knew that in his hands was mankind's fate
If we were there that day would we join with the crowd
And be bloodthirsty and cry insults out loud
Or would we see what one thief saw
The Lord suffering and dying as we stare in awe
We have a choice in which way we see
Just as we have a choice in who we will be
Would we seek the Lord's forgiveness or would we deride
Which thief would we be, You and I must decide
SHOW US THE WAY By: Reece B. Sherman
God when we feel discouraged
And dread the drudge of the day...
When life is overwhelming
And we feel we've lost our way Help us to know your presence
And that you are always near
And because you are present and powerful
There is nothing we need to fear
Life has a way of dragging us down
But you will lift us up
Life Smakes us feel empty inside
But you will fill our cup
Help us to remember your promise
That you will never leave us alone
The darkness cannot overcome
The light your Son has shone
So give us peace and purpose
And lean on you each day
Because if we are attentive
You will show us the way
I praise You Lord Jesus,
I praise Your name
since I met You . . .
I'm just not the same.
You opened the door,
invited me in . . .
now I am washed
cleansed from my sin.
You took this offender,
showed me my shame
then You forgave me
wiped away the blame.
Now I am whole,
now I am complete
oh, how I know . . .
we were meant to meet.
I praise You Lord Jesus,
I praise Your name
it's because of Your grace
I am just not the same!
By: Deborah Ann Belka
John 3:16
by Reece B. Sherman
If you have looked throughout the Bible
I believe the greatest verse you've seen
I think you'll agree with me
That verse is John 3:16
Some say it is the Gospel in a nutshell
It tells you the most significant thing God has done
When he wanted to show the extent of his love
He sent his one and only Son
He didn't send new rules and regulations
No, that was not his plan
Instead he sent his Son in the flesh
The divine Son became a man
It tells us that he loved the whole world
Not just the people who live good lives
But it was in a world full of sin
In which his Son arrives
And John 3:16 promises us eternal life
It tells us that this is what we will receive
Not because we follow all the right rules
But it is because we believe
God so loved the world
That he sent his only begotten Son
This is what John 3:16
Tells us that God has done
The Lord knows that we have missed the mark
We have let him down time after time
Our sins put him on the cross
That is history's greatest crime
But God still loves us
And John 3:16 tells us to what extent
He loved us so much
That his only Son he sent
So, read the Bible
I hope you read it every day
But I don't think you'll find a greater message
Than what John 3:16 seeks to convey
One day the heavens,
will begin to sing . . .
their praises to God
along with every living thing.
One day every nation,
and all the people of
will worship their Creator
for His mercy, grace and love.
One day all the sheep,
will sing jubilantly their praise
to God their Father
for the Son He did raise.
One day the meek and needy,
will stand with the poor
and sing their praises
to God on heaven's shore.
One day everything,
moving or breathing . . .
to Jesus their Lord and Savior
will forever their praises sing!
Revelation 5:13
"And every creature
which is in heaven,
and on the earth,
and under the earth,
and such as are in the sea,
and all that are in them,
heard I saying, Blessing,
and honour, and glory,
and power, be unto him
that sitteth upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb
for ever and ever."
Copyright 2017
Deborah Ann Belka


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Danish crown prince suffers spinal injury in trampolining mishap
Crown Prince Frederik has fractured his cervical spine while trampolining at a private event and had to cancel his participation today in an official event for Danish Olympic athletes.
Denmark's royal household says the 48-year-old heir to the throne will wear a cervical collar for the next 12 weeks.
Court spokeswoman Lene Balleby said the accident would not make him cancel other ceremonial duties.
Frederik, the oldest son of Danish monarch Queen Margrethe, holds no political power. An avid sportsman, he is a member of the International Olympic Committee. The father of four is married to Tasmanian woman Mary Donaldson.
The royal family is hugely popular in Denmark and the monarchy enjoys widespread support.
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Cuomo picks up endorsement as he and Nixon tout support for abortion rights
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon, his rival for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination , continued to argue over pro-choice credentials Wednesday in the wake of President Donald Trump's nomination of a new judge to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Cuomo held two more campaign-style rallies Wednesday, including one in Farmingdale. The incumbent also picked up the endorsement of Planned Parenthood.
"We need an experienced leader who will fight to protect New Yorkers from federal attacks on our rights and values – and that leader is Andrew Cuomo," Robin Chappelle Golston, chairwoman of Planned Parenthood's New York political-action committee, said in a statement.
Cuomo has held at least five rallies this week, contending the Supreme Court could soon overturn the landmark abortion-rights decision, Roe v. Wade. He's asked the Republican-led state Senate to return to Albany to pass a bill codifying Roe v. Wade into state law, though his action was seen more as a campaign gesture since the GOP has said it doesn't plan on returning.
Nixon, meanwhile, has held her own rallies, criticizing Cuomo for tacitly supporting a power-sharing agreement between Senate Republicans and breakaway Democrats that has kept the GOP in charge of the chamber. Tuesday in Union Square, Nixon held up a wire clothes hanger, told supporters that her mother once had an illegal abortion and said the court shouldn't turn back the clock on a woman's right to choose, according to reports.
Nixon allies noted that, in June, she received the endorsement from a competing abortion-rights group, #VoteProChoice.


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The shooting of a gamekeeper at Knowsley Hall in the early Victorian period led to five poachers being sentenced to death, although only one of them ended up on the gallows.
At around 430am on 10th November 1843 watchers on the Knowsley Hall estate became aware of ten men and a dog looking for game and Richard Kenyon, the gamekeeper was summoned. After shouting out to the men he was shot in the stomach and overpowered. He managed to retreat to safety while the group of ten dispersed, some towards St Helens and some to Liverpool. Kenyon, whose bowels were hanging out when he got home, died four days later
John Shaw, a known poacher had a dog and was formerly a gamekeeper at Knowsley, was soon arrested at his home in Eldon Street, Vauxhall, after watchers told police they believed they had heard his voice. On 15th November, the day after Kenyon died, he appeared at Kirkdale Sessions House and was committed for trial.
The evidence against Shaw was flimsy at best, as although witnesses said they had seen him in Huyton the evening before the shooting, others saw him in Scotland Road after midnight. It was also acknowledged he hadn't fired the fatal shot so a £100 reward and the promise of a Queen's Pardon was offered for anyone with further information on the crime. This led to John's 19 year old son Nathan, who lived with him in Eldon Street, coming forward and indicating that he was involved, not John.
He claimed that some of the men set out from London Road and joined up with others at Old Swan and Eccleston. John Shaw, Nathan said, met them at Old Swan but went back to Liverpool as the others went towards Prescot. In all there were ten men, two of them with guns and he said it was John Roberts who fired the fatal shot.
When Roberts was arrested, police found gun caps in his cellar. James Hunt was apprehended on 19th November and was in possession of a poachers net. Thomas Jacques and Joseph Rimmer were rounded up and Henry Fillingham was found sleeping in a barn in St Helens under some straw. The other four men - John Webster, William Webster, Henry Robinson and Thomas Tither - remained at large, while Nathan Shaw was not charged.
At the trial Nathan Shaw repeated what he had told the police, and witnesses confirmed that they had seen him and other Defendants walking back towards Liverpool. Watchers identified the men on trial, a pawnbroker told how John Roberts had lodged the gun with him in a false name, while a surgeon told how Kenyon's death was directly as a result of the gunshot wound. The defence was quite straight forward. They dismissed the evidence of Nathan, claiming it was being given purely out of greed and the desire to get his father off a serious charge. They also said that he watchers evidence was unreliable, as they had mistakenly believed John Shaw was there and it had been shown that he wasn't. The Defence then made the mistake of calling two relatives of Jacques to try and prove an alibi, but they contradicted each other which only made the Prosecution case stronger.
In summing up, the judge said that if the jury were satisfied Roberts had shot to cause injury then it was murder and if they believed the fellow defendants had agreed using a gun was necessary then they were guilty as well. The jury deliberated for forty minutes and found all the defendants guilty, but gave a strong recommendation for mercy. The female relatives in court were so upset that they had to be removed before sentencing was passed.
Direct appeals were made by the relatives of he condemned men to Lord Derby, who refused to show sympathy. However the Home Secretary commuted the sentences on all of them to transportation for life except Roberts, who was to be hanged in public at Kirkdale on 20th January 1844. He claimed in the condemned cell that he had shot out of fear and also somewhat worse for wear through drink.
Around 30,000 turned out for the execution, which included a number of Roberts' female relatives who were shrieking as he took to the scaffold. Before the bolt was drawn he gave a short speech to the crowd, shouting 'Good People, never let yourselves be entangled with the devil nor go into bad company. Farewell.' After Roberts fell to his death, the hangman was pelted with stones by some of the crowd. Of the four men who evaded capture, three were never found but Robinson handed himself in in December 1846, having been in the army with the 48th Regiment of Foot. He was also sentenced to death, commuted to transportation for life.


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It's Chengwin, half chicken, half penguin. I really don't know what to say... sometimes you stumble into something on the web that was purely accidental. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle. Check out the story of lineage for this Chicken meets skunk, meets Nixon, meets penguin. Randomness.
Their tagline for logo'd cafe press T's..."The Chengwin store - it's like a fruit stand, but with t'shirts."
*I apologize in advance for wasting your time on this, but it's pretty funny actually.


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It's Finally Spring!!
Middle Age
Trying Out the Camera on my New Phone
Rainy Fall Day Out My Back Door
Another new favorite razor – 1960's Schick Injector Adjustable
Might be Fun to Live on a Houseboat…What Do You Think?
When It's Finally Warm Again…!
Nice Vespa
March 21, 2012
So to catch up…
On Monday evening, I went to my cello lesson. My teacher is very patient…he knows that I'm not purposefully hurting his ears!
Last night, Joe and I went to Tang Soo Do class. (Another patient teacher!) He showed us some wrestling things, in addition to a good warm up, and working on our forms and one-steps. He keeps things interesting by teaching us things from a lot of different martial arts: jiu-jitsu, krav maga, escrima, bo staffs…we did some tai chi last week.
This evening, I practiced cello, and now I'm checking in with you.
Thanks for all the nice comments and likes!
I'm staring at a pile of paper next to the laptop here, trying to forget that I still need to do the stupid taxes. Blah…
March 18, 2012
Good sermon and music at chruch this morning. Check out 100X Church if you're ever in Huntsville…http://100xchurch.com/
We went to an Indian restaurant for lunch after church. The buffet was really good!
My son, Joe, and I played frisbee after lunch…fun!
My son, Paul, and I went to a Huntsville Symphony Orchestra chamber music concert this afternoon. Paul's bass teacher, and my cello teacher were both playing. It was fantastic!
I'll never be able to play like that…oh well, I'm about to go practice anyway. See you guys tomorrow!
March 17, 2012
Happy St. Patrick's Day! It was a beautiful sunny day. The boys and I raked leaves and cut grass this morning. I practiced cello for a while earlier (see picture below)…need to do some more.
I also need to order a couple of Tang Soo Do books, that show the forms and one-steps. I can't remember things from one class to the next. That's the downside of martial arts for the "more seasoned"!


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WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It's fun and simple, you just have to answer the three W's: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you'll read next? You can also join by answering and linking your blog post back on Sam's post.
What I'm currently reading:
I started reading Henchgirl the other day and so far I'm enjoying it. Dakota is a likeable character! 🙂
Love and Other Foreign Words this one I'm trying to focus on since I tend to open it then close it the moment I pick it up. Ugh!
What I recently finished:
I haven't written my review of The Distance Between Us but I promised myself to write one before the week ends. Tsk. But it was cute and lighthearted nonetheless.
Another Colleen Hoover book, Maybe Not was sexy, funny, and somewhat heartbreaking. As expected from an author like her because Colleen Hoover never disappoints! I love her, btw! 🙂
What I'll read next:
I picked up Run, Girl, Run by Alex Franklin two weeks ago but didn't get to read much since I had put aside reading for some reason. So it's next on my tbr along with the first book on Study series, Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder and The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion.
That's it for my WWW. Happy Wednesday! 🙂


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cEvery year, I'm told, the San Antonio Living History Association reenacts the battle on Alamo Plaza. This year they did it three times. I caught all of the second and the end of the third. Here's the story in pictures, followed by 5 minutes of furious video action.
General Santa Anna (at center) conducts the Mexican council of war. The Texian rebels, he says, will receive no quarter.
Col. Travis (white coat), Davy (coonskin cap) and the men discuss their dilemma. Juan Seguin is at right. I think Jim Bowie has already taken sick.
Travis sends Jim Bonham to Goliad for help.
Bonham is back (just behind Davy). There will be no help from Goliad.
The men decide to stay and fight. The crowd is asked if they'll stay too. They will.
The Mexican cannon roars. The battle is on. The New Orleans Greys prepare a reply.
Davy lessens the odds. He's deadly at 600 yards.
The attack comes at the north wall. The men fire...
...then step back to reload, as others take their place.
The north wall is breached and the defenders slain. (Fallen men bow their heads and rest on their weapons.)
Davy dies fighting. The last of the defenders are killed.
The Mexicans have won, but don't feel like celebrating.
And finally, the spirits of the defenders come alive to lead the crowd in the battle cry, "Remember the Alamo!"
Now, for you brave souls who stayed and fought to the end, here's the battle at the north wall (including the death of gallant Col. Travis) as captured by my pocket-size video camera. You may click on the four arrows at lower right to view the action FULL SCREEN.
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The old man with frail lungs and
shattered arms begged my father for
love and money. He recounted the
time he'd discovered my father
drowning in a small river by
the hill: how he was close to
drawing his last breath.
My father remembered the
despair. He remembered the
slow motion of time.
The man, coughing, holding his
throbbing chest, whispered:
It is your turn now to save me.
My time is running out and
I might need a few pennies to
keep living, keep breathing.
My father smiled, like he knew
exactly the price of air; he
rummaged through his pouch of
wealth and handed the man with
frail lungs and shattered arms
his last tokens of
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Last week, the Unearthing Detroit team was lucky enough to have high school students from MichBio join us in the archaeology lab here at Old Main. These students who are excelling in the sciences came from high schools all over eastern Michigan. This Wayne State University-wide event, hosted by the Office of the Vice President of Research , allowed these students to explore the different science departments across campus. Here in Old Main, our team demonstrated the laboratory techniques of archaeology.
We hosted three artifact stations (animal bones, pottery, and medicine bottles) where students and supervisors were invited to investigate different types of biology and health-related research in historical archaeology. Students then attended an Anthropology Q&A session next door at our library hosted by Dr. Yuson Jung and Anthropology Learning Community leaders Athena Zissis and Aaron Okkonen.
At the first station in the lab, Unearthing Detroit team member Sarah Beste guided visitors through faunal analysis. This is the identification of animal bones recovered from excavations. Faunal analysis allows archaeologists to not only determine what types of meat was being consumed in the area, but also to view the cut marks of butchers and their apprentices.
Next, Dr. Krysta Ryzewski and I showed off glass medicinal and storage bottles that are over 100 years old. By comparing bottles recovered from the Renaissance Center, Roosevelt Park and even a few from sites in New England, students were able to research the health concerns of the area and late 19th-century time period. We then discussed the components of many nineteenth-century medicines and how they led to the formation of regulatory systems like the Federal Drug Administration.
At the final station, students were assisted by Samantha Malette and our Grosscup Anthropology Museum partner, Brenna Moloney, in the techniques of pottery analysis. Students used tools such as calipers and rim diameter charts to determine the size of a vessel from just a small sherd. Sam and Brenna also explained the scale drawings archaeologist produce to estimate vessel shapes and forms from small pottery sherds .
We were all very excited to share the awesome things archaeologists can learn from artifacts with such an enthusiastic audience of students. From exploring what people used as medicine to what they ate for dinner, it is always fun to reexamine the everyday lives of those who lived in past cities. We will be opening up these stations again for Noel Night on December 5th, 2014 and look forward to sharing our findings with even more community members then.


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Settlement Update –September 1, 2010:
The Honda and Acura Rear Brake Pad Class Action is now final. The Effective Date
is August 30, 2010.
Claims received by the Settlement Administrator are now being processed. Reimbursement
checks and deficiency notices will begin going out by mail on September 9. Claims
will be processed within 10 days of receipt, except for those repairs using non-Honda
or non-Acura parts.
Notice of Honda and Acura Rear Brake Pad Settlement
If you received this Notice by mail, or if you are a current or former owner
or lessee of one of the Honda or Acura
vehicles listed in section 6 below, you could get cash reimbursements for brake
pad replacements up to:
$125 for replacements using original Honda Rear Brake Pads,
$150 for a replacement using improved Honda Rear Brake Pads.
A federal court authorized this Notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
Basic Information
Who Is In The Settlement?
Settlement Benefits - What You Get
Excluding Yourself From The Settlement
The Lawyers Representing You
Supporting Or Objecting To The Settlement
Fairness Hearing
If You Do Nothing
Additional Information
You have, or someone in your family has, been identified as a current or former
owner or lessee of a 2008-2010 Honda Accord or a 2009-2010 Acura TSX.
A class action lawsuit is pending in the United States District Court for the Central
District of California known as Browne et al. v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.,
Case No. CV 09-06750 MMM (DTBx). Judge Margaret Morrow, who is overseeing this case,
authorized this Notice. You have a right to know about the class action lawsuit
and proposed Settlement. As a Class Member you have various options that you may
exercise before the Court decides whether to approve the Settlement. If the Court
approves the Settlement, and after appeals are resolved, if any, Honda will make
payments pursuant to the Settlement to Class Members that submit timely and valid
This Notice explains the lawsuit, the Settlement, your legal rights, the available
benefits, who is eligible for them, and how to get them.
Back to Index
This lawsuit is about the Rear Braking System in the "Class Vehicles," namely, the
2008-2009 Honda Accords and 2009 Acura TSXs, as well as a small number of the 2010
model year Accords and some Acura TSXs listed by the last six numbers of the VIN
number at www.accordsettlement.com
and www.GirardGibbs.com/HondaBrakes.asp.
The Plaintiffs allege the Rear Brake Pads in the Class Vehicles wear out prematurely.
The Plaintiffs argue the premature Rear Brake Pad wear is due to a defect and that
Honda should have covered premature Rear Brake Pad wear and should have disclosed
the defect in the Rear Braking System at the time of sale. Honda denies there is
a defect or that it did anything wrong.
You can read the Class Action Complaint at www.GirardGibbs.com/HondaBrakes.asp.
In a class action lawsuit, one or more persons called "Class Representatives" sue
on behalf of other people who have similar claims. All of these people together
are called a "Class" or "Class Members." The Class Representatives - and all Class
Members like them - are called the Plaintiffs. The company they sued (in this case
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. ("Honda")) is called the Defendant. The lawyers who
represent the Class are called "Class Counsel." In a class action lawsuit, all factual
questions and legal issues are resolved for everyone in the Class - except for those
people who choose to exclude themselves from the Class.
The Court did not decide in favor of Plaintiffs or Defendant. Instead, both sides
agreed to a Settlement. That way, they avoid the cost of a trial, and the people
affected will get compensation quickly. The Class Representatives and Class Counsel
think the Settlement is best for everyone who has owned or leased a Class Vehicle.
Honda's investigation and research concerning the cause of premature Rear Brake
Pad wear has not identified any safety concern. Similarly, Class Counsel's investigation
and research of the premature Rear Brake Pad wear issue has not identified a safety
The Class includes all residents of the United States, including the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam, who are current or former owners
or lessees of a Class Vehicle. Class Vehicles include the following:
If you are still not sure whether you are included, you can get free help at www.GirardGibbs.com/HondaBrakes.asp, or by writing Class
Counsel at the addresses listed in question 20, below.
All Class Members are eligible to get CASH REIMBURSEMENTS if:
Class Members can get cash reimbursements for two types of Rear Brake
Pad repairs/replacements.
To get paid, you have to do 4 things:
The Claim Form is enclosed with this Notice. The Effective Date, along with
additional Claim Forms will be posted at www.GirardGibbs.com/HondaBrakes.asp or
Your receipt (or other documentation) must show (1) the amount paid
by you or on your behalf; (2) the date on which the repair was obtained (or the
date the repair was paid for); (3) that rear brake parts were repaired and/or replaced;
(4) the VIN of the vehicle repaired; and (5) the part number of the brake pads used
in the repair. To ensure the validity of your Claim(s), it is best to submit your
original repair receipts.
If you fail to mail in the Claim Form and supporting documents by the required deadline(s),
you will not get paid. Sending in a Claim Form late or without documentation will
be the same as doing nothing (see question 25).
The Court will hold a fairness hearing on July 26, 2010 to decide whether to approve
the Settlement as fair, reasonable, and adequate. If Judge Morrow approves the Settlement,
there may be appeals which may delay the conclusion of the case. It is always uncertain
whether these appeals can be resolved, and resolving them can take time, perhaps
more than a year. Information about the progress of the case will be available at:
or www.accordsettlement.com.
Unless you exclude yourself, you are staying in the Class, and that means that you
can't sue, continue to sue, or be part of any other lawsuit against Honda about
the same legal issues in this case. It also means that all of the Court's orders
will apply to you and legally bind you.
To exclude yourself from the Settlement, you must send a letter by U.S. mail saying
that you want to be excluded from Browne et al. v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.,
Case No. CV 09-06750 MMM (DTBx). Be sure to include your full name, address, telephone
number, signature, model year and VIN of your Class Vehicle(s), and the approximate
date(s) of purchase or lease. You must mail your exclusion request postmarked no
later than July 5, 2010, to:
c/o Exclusion Request
P.O. Box 2322
Faribault, MN 55021-9022
You cannot exclude yourself on the phone or by e-mail. If you submit your request
to be excluded by U.S. mail, you will not get any Settlement payment and you cannot
object to the Settlement. You will not be legally bound by anything that happens
in this lawsuit.
No, not for the same legal claims at issue here.
No. If you exclude yourself from the Class you won't get any money or benefits from
this Settlement. If you exclude yourself, you should not submit a Claim Form to
ask for money from the class action Settlement. You cannot do both.
The Court has decided that the law firms Girard Gibbs LLP of San Francisco, California,
and Berk Law PLLC of Washington, D.C. are qualified to represent you and all Class
Members. Together these law firms are called "Class Counsel." They are experienced
in handling similar cases against other automotive manufacturers. More information
about these law firms, their practices, and their lawyers' experience is available
at www.GirardGibbs.com
and www.berklawdc.com.
You do not need to hire your own lawyer because Class Counsel is working on your
behalf. If you want your own lawyer, you may hire one at your own cost.
Class Counsel has not received any fees or reimbursement for any of the expenses
associated with this case and will ask the Court for an award of attorneys' fees
and expenses that does not exceed $2 million. In addition, Class Counsel will ask
that the Court award each of the Class Representatives a $1,000 service award in
recognition of their efforts on behalf of the Class. Any fees, expenses or incentive
awards that Class Counsel request must be approved by the Court. Class Counsel will
request that their fees and expenses, and the incentive awards, be paid directly
by Honda, which means they will not reduce the recovery to you and other members
of the Class.
If you are a Class Member, you can tell the Court you like the Settlement and it
should be approved, or that you object to the Settlement if you do not like
a part of it. The Court will consider all comments from Class Members.
To object, you must send a letter saying that you are commenting on the Settlement
in Browne et al. v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. CV 09-06750
MMM (DTBx), and you must include your full name, current address, telephone number,
model year and VIN of your Class Vehicle(s), your factual and legal grounds for
objecting, any documents supporting your objection, and your signature. Any Class
Member objecting to the Settlement must provide a detailed list of any other objections
submitted by the objector, or the objector's counsel, to any class action settlements
submitted in any court in the previous five (5) years. If the Class Member or his
or her counsel has not objected to any other class action settlement in any court
in the United States in the previous five (5) years, he, she or it shall affirmatively
so state in the written materials provided with the objection. If you intend to
appear at the fairness hearing through counsel, your comment must also state the
identity of all attorneys representing you who will appear at the fairness hearing.
Be sure to send your objection to the three different places set forth below such
that it is received no later than July 5, 2010:
If you file an objection, Class Counsel or Counsel for Honda are allowed to notice
and take your deposition consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure at
an agreed-upon location before the fairness hearing, and to seek any documentary
evidence or other tangible things that are relevant to the objection. Failure by
an objector to comply with discovery requests may result in the Court striking said
objector's objection and otherwise denying that person the opportunity to make an
objection or be further heard. The Court reserves the right to tax the costs of
any such discovery to the objector or the objector's counsel should the Court determine
that the objection is frivolous or is made for an improper purpose.
If you do not submit a written comment on the proposed Settlement or the application
of Class Counsel for Incentive Awards, attorneys' fees and expenses in accordance
with the deadline and procedure set forth above, you will waive your right to be
heard at the fairness hearing and to appeal from any order or judgment of the Court
concerning the matter.
Objecting is simply telling the Court that you do not like something about the Settlement.
You can object only if you stay in the Class. Excluding yourself is telling the
Court that you do not want to be part of the Class. If you exclude yourself, you
have no basis to object because the case no longer affects you.
The Court will hold a fairness hearing at 10:00 a.m. on July 26, 2010, in Courtroom
780, Western Division, Roybal Federal Building, United States District Court for
the Central District of California, 255 East Temple Street, Los Angeles, California
90012. At this hearing the Court will consider whether the Settlement is fair, reasonable,
and adequate. If there are objections, the Court will consider them. Judge Morrow
may listen to people who have asked to speak at the hearing. The Court may also
decide how much to pay Class Counsel or whether to approve incentive awards. After
the hearing, the Court will decide whether to approve the Settlement. We do not
know how long it will take for the Court to make its decision.
No; Class Counsel will answer questions Judge Morrow may have, but you are welcome
to come at your own expense. If you send an objection, you do not have to come to
Court to talk about it. As long as you sent your written objection such that it
is received on time, the Court will consider it. You may also pay your own lawyer
to attend, but it is not necessary.
If you do not exclude yourself, you may ask the Court's permission to speak at the
hearing concerning the proposed Settlement or the application of Class Counsel for
attorneys' fees and expenses. To do so, you must send in a letter saying that it
is your notice of your intention to appear at the fairness hearing in Browne et al.
v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Case No. CV 09-06750 MMM (DTBx). The
letter must state the position you intend to present at the hearing, state the identities
of all attorneys who will represent you (if any), and must include your full name,
current address, telephone number, model year and VIN of your Class Vehicle(s),
and your signature. You must send your notice to the Clerk of the Court, Class Counsel,
and Defense Counsel at the three addresses listed under question 20 above, such
that it is received no later than July 5, 2010. You may combine this notice
and your comment (described under question 20) in a single letter. You cannot speak
at the hearing if you excluded yourself.
If you do nothing, you'll get no money from this Settlement. But, unless you exclude
yourself, you won't be able to start a lawsuit, continue with a lawsuit, or be part
of any other lawsuit against Honda about the legal issues in this case, ever again.
Visit the website
www.GirardGibbs.com/HondaBrakes.asp or
www.accordsettlement.com, where you can find extra Claim Forms, information
on the litigation and Settlement, and documents such as the Class Action Complaint filed by the Plaintiffs.
Updates regarding the case will be available at www.GirardGibbs.com/HondaBrakes.asp.
You may also call Class Counsel at 1-866-981-4800 or write them at:
P.O. Box 2322
Faribault, MN 55021-9022


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When you run a fitness center, your patrons rely on you to help them stay healthy. But with hotspots for germs and bacteria throughout your facility, guaranteeing the health of your members demands the best fitness center cleaning and disinfection service. With JAN-PRO of Tampa, your fitness center's cleaning and sanitation services are never a concern.
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"Thousands of people in our community do not have access to affordable health care — many of them are working but cannot reach their full potential due to untreated illnesses. Others are too sick to obtain and maintain employment. Care Free serves as a powerful economic development engine in our region. By improving the health and wellness of the workforce, we empower people to support themselves and their families to the best of their abilities."
— Farhan Bhatti, M.D., CEO of Care Free Medical
Join Care Free Medical Inc for our annual breakfast fundraiser:
Winter Symposium on Healthcare
Monday December 2nd at 8 AM
With special guest Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin
This event is free to attend but space is limited to those who RSVP — Click here to RSVP online and for additional information please contact Amber Moe at firstname.lastname@example.com or (517)887-5922 ext. 224.
When you attend, donate or sponsor an event you are making a real difference in someone's life. It's easy to get involved today!
Local celebrities put on their dancing shoes to benefit Care Free Medical & Dental during its 10th Annual "Dancing with the Local Stars" on Friday, May 10, 2019.
Purchase tickets Meet the 2019 Dancers Event Information
Special thanks to our 2018 cast of celebrity dancers:
A special thank you to our participating dance instructors as well:
Josephine Auchterlonie
Center for Social Dance
Stephane Awuro
Spartan Dance & Fitness Center
Gage Clark
Our Dance Studio
Glenn Douglas Packard
Institute of Dancers website:
ML Edmonson
Center for Social Dance
Bryan Grochowski
Salsa Capital/The Stomp
Jim McEwan
Greater Lansing Academy of Dance's website: http://greaterlansingballet.com/index.html
The 2017 cast of celebrity dancers were:
Ben Bakken, Vice President of Commercial Banking at Mercantile Bank
Nick Eyde, Principal, The Eyde Company
Renee Morgan Freeman, Office Manager & Personal Assistant to Mayor Virg Bernero
Camille Jensen, Chief Nursing Officer at McLaren Greater Lansing
Sara Lurie, Chief Executive Officer, CMHI-CEI
Dr. Susan Maples, DDS, Dentist, Author, Educator
Matthew Ryan Smith, Owner of Matthew Ryan Salon
The celebrities rehearse for 8-12 weeks prior to the gala fundraiser with a local professional dance instructor who serves as their partner. The evening will include a live auction, strolling dinner, and desserts.
2017 Dance instructors:
Brianna Benvenuti, Center for Social Dance
Gage Clark, Our Dance Studio
Santos Gutierrez
Jim McEwan, Greater Lansing Academy of Dance
Darin Patmon, Center for Social Dance
Tiffany Russell, Spartan Dance Center
Shelley Thomas, Platinum Dance Academy
Click here to view photos from the event!
Please join Care Free Medical and special guests including Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin for a discussion about health policy on both the state and national level. All profits from this event go to Care Free Medical, a Lansing Nonprofit that provides quality primary care to those in our area who would otherwise go without.
The event is free to attend, however Care Free will be collecting donations. The event includes a light breakfast. Space is limited to those who RSVP at this link or to email@example.com Additional sponsors and speakers will be announced leading up to the event.
Available Sponsorship Opportunities:
Platinum Sponsorship – $5,000
Exclusive level
Reserved table for eight by the stage
Logo on signage around entrance and venue
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Recognition in Care Free's Annual Newsletter
Presenting Sponsorship – $3,500
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Ability to promote relevant marketing material at Event
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Gold Sponsorship – $1,000
Logo on signage around venue
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Two tickets to Dancing with the Local Stars 2020
Silver Sponsorship – $500
Listed as sponsor on tables at event
Listed as event sponsor on marketing materials
Recognition in Care Free's Annual Newsletter
Bronze Sponsorship – $300
Listed as sponsor on tables at event
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We offer many ways for you to participate in fulfilling our mission.
You can make a monetary donation, a donation of equipment, materials or supplies, or donate your talents and time.
Our clinic is able to operate due to the generosity of private donations, corporate giving and grants to support our services. The donations for the operations of the clinic are overseen by the Board of Directors.
There are several ways you can make a difference in the delivery of health care in our community. You can donate by:
• Cash
• Check
• Credit Card
• Automatic Bank Withdrawals
• PayPal
This can be in the form of:
• General donation
• Event Sponsorship
• In "memoriam" for an individual
• In "honor" of an individual
• Monthly donations (Please call us to obtain further information)
Many businesses are committed to helping support their community. These businesses are sensitive to the community needs and fund non-profit organizations, whose mission they support, to help that organization fulfill their goals.
We have developed many relationships in the past and are currently developing many more business sponsorships and/or partnerships. These affiliations will assist with providing needed care. Supporting an organization that provides services to those in need will foster the true sense of community involvement for your business. We would love to have your business become involved in this venture.
Please contact us for a tour of our clinic and to meet with a representative.
Care Free Medical hosts its 3rd Annual Charity Golf Outing on Friday, September 7th, 2018. Registration begins at 9am with a shot gun start at 10am. Get signed up today to reserve your spot.
To participate in this year's golf outing, sponsorships, or for more information contact Emma Helvey at firstname.lastname@example.com
Last year with the help of sponsors and participants, the Care Free Golf Outing was able to raise over $15,000. It is because of events like this that Care Free Medical can continue to provide health care services to the underinsured and uninsured members of our community.
We look forward to having fun and continuing to raise money to support our clinic at this year's outing!
Woodside Golf Course
14400 Wood Rd
Lansing MI 48906
$200 per person
$800 per foursome
In addition, there are tangible tax benefits from donating. Care Free is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and your donation is tax deductible as allowed through current tax legislation. We also have a charitable solicitation license and a charitable trust which may help you with your future tax planning. Please consult your tax adviser for details.
Medical Visits
We have provided over 60,000 visits to the uninsured or under-insured in our community. We have done this with dedicated staff, volunteers, and generous supporters.
For questions or additional information:
517-887-5922 ext. 224
Care Free Medical 1100 W. Saginaw St, Suite 5, Lansing, MI 48915
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Baby Chicks Have Arrived
Diane Croy
Friday, February 16, 2018
Mr. Melcher's 8th graders are raising a chicken, rooster and now their baby chicks! So far, three chicks have hatched and more are on the way. Mama chicken is cool and collected about the whole situation, but students and staff are ecstatic! Skyler Roberts, Kaylee Deloach, and Lauren Riner are responsible for taking care of the chicks, feeding them, and monitoring the progress. The chicks will stay in a brooder for two to three months. Students will be expanding the chicken pen to make room for the new arrivals when they are ready to progress to a new environment. #WeAreRHMS


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August 14, 2009 at 1:53 am 1 comment
The Blog-entry: "How Starbucks might kill freelancing – or the other way around" inspired me to set coffeeshops in a larger frame and constitute a coffeeshopcentric-worldimage, just as some other guys did in a different way (whose names I forgot).
Anyway: Let' start with that well-known Globalization-everywhere thesis: Just as people are travelling more, national and cultural borders erode, goods are shipped from any place to your house, so is a working place not a local place anymore. And it doesn't need to be: communication is possible via phone, blackberry, skype, mail, (corporate-) wikis, video-conferences. Information isn't even anymore local on your notebook's harddrive: Data is stored and edited on servers around the world — cloud computing, driven by Google-Documents, for example.
Skimming several centuries: Agriculture, Industry, Service, and now the Information age. And information is not bound to any place, they are in, with and between people, not in shabby offices.
And now you have the decision to work where?
Yes, in a coffeeshop.
Coffeeshops are cosy, nicely decorated, and if not so, they draw at least interesting people. The TAZ-Café in Berlin with the proximity of the editorial office is a good example for that: Cool, self-considered-"somehow"-left-wing people are just sitting around. With or without notebook. People, definitely with notebook, are what you meet in St. Oberholz, also in Berlin (picture says everything). The most important thing is, that there is a current influx of people. And W-Lan.
Starbucks is out! It is extremely expensive. But they probably were the first with reliable W-Lan-connection, years ago. I think that Starbucks today draws rather established businessmen- and women. And tourists.
But working in a café is nothing new, although the hippy trendy terms "coffeeshop" and "freelancing" suggest so. Also, this is not a new phenomenon of the information age.
Philosopher Jürgen Habermas wrote in" The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere" that coffee-houses are a sign of a new openess, bringing forth enlightnment. This characterizes the 18th century — No W-LAN and Starbucks around, can you imagine that?
Around the same time (18th cent.) the Tatler-Magazine (still existing today in a modern form) even had categories such as White's chocolate-house (for gallantry, pleasure, entertainment) and Will's coffee-house (poetry). Of course, the 18th century allowed only elitist groups to be in the coffee-houses that often.
Coffehouses, not yet coffeeshops were basically places for an exchange of ideas. A social place, that constantly remind us of the world outside, and isn't this important for a constant flow of ideas? On the other hand, you are observed and need to look at least a bit busy. Seeing and to be seen! I guess this was extremely important for intellectuals and writers: Influence — giving and taking — and self-positioning among elitist circles. Networking and Self-marketing, as we call it today.
Let's jump to newer times: Harry Potter was written in The Elephant House I once visited in Edinburgh. As I remember from a JK Rowling documentation, she just flet from her massive problems at home. This is the escapist-notion of coffee-houses: fleeing from problems, being among coffee-drinking, chatting people with the illusion that live goes on in a coffee-drinking-way.
So, would we have great literature such as Harry Potter or older books, whithout Coffee-houses? Or the other way around, are there coffee-houses because of creatives like JK Rowling? The HerrHorn.com Blog asks, what was first, the person or the institution:
"I'm wondering how it actually happened that freelancing is now so closely associated with coffee shops? Was it coffee shops first and suddenly everyone thought, "Oh, brilliant… let me freelance, now that I can hang out at this coffee shop all day and night". Or was it freelancers first until one morning over a cup of coffee some business school graduate thought "Oh, brilliant… all those freelancers want to hang out at a coffee shop all day and night". Hen and egg thingy, I guess."
My answer: If we translate freelancers with free-thinkers and coffeeshops with coffee-houses there is a clear answer: Free-thinking within the enlightnment period allowed for coffee-houses. People just wanted to have an exchange with other people and not to read alone in their bedroom. Thoughts kindle things, not reverse. Coffee-houses then promoted free-thinking further and further. A transformation of the public sphere, speaking in the terms of Habermas ,was taking place.
In the W-LAN-coffeeshop-era there is no barrier anymore to communicate worldwide. Interestingly people seem to feel isolated in their rooms, even though facebook, skype and twitter allow for a communication overdose. No, people still want to got to coffeehouses or special Webmeetings (I blogged about Webmonday Hannover or SocialBar for example.) Being physically at a communicative place and being simultaneously virtual around the world; this needs training, otherwise it is extremely exhausting, as I myself figured out when doing everything but fulfilling nothing.
"Wir nennen es Arbeit" (We are calling it work) describes how the digital Bohème challenges a new formulation of what work actually is. The French term "Bohème" also stresses the fact, that this "class" of people was and is still a minority that live excentrically and financially insecure.
Working with the absolute need of W-LAN in coffeeshops is just the consequence of the extremely flexible We-are-calling-it-work in connection with the instant possibility of real-life as well as virtual communication. This new Bohème also hopes to find new projects to work on and to connect worldwide. Or to rephrase an old slogan "Bohèmians unite!"
To come to a point: Freelancing and coffeshops with W-LAN are a great supplementation. Coffeeshops will search for the audience of the creative class, this is just a free-market mechanism. Otherwise competitors will attract the creative class.
Dear HerrHorn.com, there is no reason to think that freelancing will die without coffee-shops with W-LAN (As this WallStreetJournal story suggests). And yes, I think the consequences of a — however improbable — dying of coffeehouses with W-LAN would be extremely severe in a creative and cultural sense.
Entry filed under: Uncategorized. Tags: Coffee-Shops, freelancing, Globalization, Habermas, Intellektueller, JK Rowling, Philosophy, Politik, Sense, SocialBar, Starbucks, Twitter, Web 2.0, Wir nennen es Arbeit.
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1. wilfried | August 15, 2009 at 6:41 am
The freelancer in the coffeshop has – of course – a long tradition which began – of course – somewhere in the mist of times gone by. In the dim beginnings of this story coffeeshops were – of course – not called "coffeeshops" but, maybe, "café" or "Kafffeehaus" or something else. The last few hundred years of mankind writing in "coffeeshops" is told in Hermann Kesten, Dichter im Café. It is great fun to read – if you like books written in German, of course. Otherwise, leave your notebook at home, take "Dichter im Caafé" and a dictionary, go to a coffeeshop and start reading …Reply
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IAR calls on Lady Gaga and other stars to stop using wild animals as props
International Animal Rescue is calling on celebrity figures to stop using wild animals as props. IAR's statement follows reports that Lady Gaga was bitten by a slow loris on the set of her latest music video. The star had apparently planned to use the loris in a scene of the shoot but, according to gigwise.com, it was "fired from the set in disgrace" following the incident. A baby kangaroo and an exotic goat had also been brought to the set but the California State Parks Department had vetoed their use.
Alan Knight OBE, Chief Executive of IAR, says: "The slow loris is a small, shy, nocturnal primate. It spends daylight hours sleeping in the shady branches of the rainforest and becomes active at night when it hunts for insects and other small prey. This poor creature must have been terrified by the noise and lights of the studio and reacted as it would in the wild to the presence of a predator – by taking a bite at it.
"It is inappropriate and cruel to place a wild animal of any kind in completely alien surroundings where it feels frightened and threatened and is also subjected to significant physical discomfort.
"The Javan slow loris is one of the 25 most endangered primates in the world. The illegal trade in slow lorises has been fuelled by video clips of pet lorises posted on the internet and is pushing wild populations ever closer to extinction. A high profile figure like Lady Gaga could use her status to promote animal welfare and conservation issues, rather than using an endangered species as nothing more than a prop in her act.
"Instead she could be telling the world about the cruelty of the illegal wildlife trade in Indonesia: slow lorises have their teeth cut out by market traders to make them easier to handle. As a result more than half of them die an agonising death from infection or septicaemia before they are sold on."
Last September pop star Rihanna caused an outcry among animal activists by taking a photo of herself with a slow loris in Thailand and posting it on Instagram. Her picture resulted in the arrest of the two wildlife traders in possession of the loris, although this clearly had not been the star's intention when she posted it.
Alan Knight concludes: "We're calling on celebrities to "drop the props" if they're thinking of using wildlife in their acts. There is nothing cool or clever about exploiting wild animals in this way and genuine talent doesn't need to use or abuse animals to be successful."


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After chicken giant Nando's launched legal action against a small restaurant it believed had lifted the chain's branding, Grid Law founder David Walker helps business owners protect themselves against similar claims of trademark infringement.
How many times have we seen news stories about a small business being "bullied" into rebranding by a much larger rival? Far too often!
It happened again recently when the owner of Reading restaurant Fernando's claimed that Nando's was threatening to sue him for trademark infringement.
We saw pictures of him stood outside his shop, saying how frustrated he was. He went on to say that he had invested every penny he had into starting the restaurant and the cost of rebranding could force him to close.
This is a real shame, because situations like this are entirely preventable. If, as a small business owner, you find yourself in this situation, what should you do?
First, you have to act quickly. If you're in the wrong, this will limit the damage and potentially the compensation you may end up having to pay. If you've done nothing wrong, then you need to nip this in the bud before any damage is done to your brand.
So, in this case, is Fernando's in the wrong? Are they being bullied into rebranding by Nando's?
The legal position
Trademarks protect brands. When you register a trademark, the law gives you the exclusive right to use that trademark in relation to the products and services you have registered it for.
If another business uses a brand that is identical or confusingly similar to the registered trademark, they are said to be infringing the brand owner's intellectual property rights. This gives the brand owner the right to stop them. They can force the infringer to rebrand and also claim compensation for the losses that they have incurred (if they can prove, for example, they have lost sales).
Alternatively, they can claim an account of profits. That is the amount of money the infringer has made from copying the brand or trading off the back of brand owner's reputation. Small business owners often claim this is unfair.
They suggest that the larger business is obviously "threatened" by them and claim that they're not really doing any harm so should be allowed to continue. But that's not their decision to make.
Businesses invest a great deal of money into building their brands and customer loyalty. The law protects this investment by allowing brand owners to register trademarks. The trademark owner then has a choice about what they want to do. It's entirely up to them if they want to stop someone else from building a business off the back of their reputation.
We saw the two extremes of this in another recent case when a convenience store was forced to change its name from "Singhsbury's". Sainsbury's took a strict view and asked them to rebrand. When they changed the name to "Morrisinghs", Morrisons said they didn't mind and wished them well.
Just because a small business has been threatened with trademark infringement, it doesn't mean that they have to immediately rebrand. If we look at the Nando's versus Fernando's case, the name is not an identical copy.
This means that Nando's has to prove that customers are likely to be confused between the two restaurants or think that there's an association between them.
As a Nando's regular, I wouldn't be confused by the two if it was just the name that was being used.
However, in this case, it seems like other trademarks or elements of the Nando's brand were also being used, so this strengthens the case against Fernando's.
Family-run coffee company takes on Coca-Cola in trademark dispute
A family business in Devon could face a big re-branding bill after fizzy drinks giant Coca-Cola threatened it with legal action if the owners don't change its name.
If Fernando's really wanted to use that name, they should have made an extra effort to ensure all other aspects of the brand were easily distinguishable from those of Nando's. This would mean there was less chance of confusion and they would have a much stronger defence against claims of trademark infringement.
When it comes to trademark infringement claims (or any legal dispute for that matter), prevention is always better than cure.
This means that small business owners should take care before naming their new business, products or services. For guidance on creating a new brand, please take a look at my previous article, Overcoming branding issues for a new business.
When you have an idea for a new brand, the first thing you should do is carry out a search for any pre-existing brands that are likely to cause a problem.
The owner of Fernando's claims that the inspiration for the name was a TV game show. However, with trademarks the inspiration for the name is irrelevant. The law looks at the brand itself, not the inspiration behind it.
Searching existing trademarks
The first place to search is the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). They have a database of all existing UK trademarks. It's free to search and you can look for trademarks consisting of words, logos or both.
You can also search by trademark owners. This is a really useful feature because if you know of an existing business operating in the same area as you, you can find out what trademarks they own and steer clear of them.
If the IPO search is clear, you should then carry out a general Google search to see if anything else is found. This is important because there may be unregistered trademarks with a strong reputation that wouldn't be found on the IPO database.
Unregistered trademarks have less protection but if they have a strong reputation, the brand owner can still defend their rights and take legal action for passing off.
If you do find a brand that's identical or similar to the one you wanted to use, don't despair. You may still be able to use it and I explain more about this in my previous article, How two identical brands can co-exist.
If both searches are clear, you can then develop your own distinct brand and protect it by registering it as a trademark.
Even if you decide you don't want to register your brand as a trademark, I highly recommend you at least consider it. By thinking through the process and carrying out the searches you're likely to develop a far stronger brand, and also dramatically reduce your risk of being sued for infringing someone else's trademark.
If you decide to use a similar brand to an already existing one, do so with extreme caution. The more famous the brand, the greater their strength will be in forcing you to rebrand. You may receive a quick PR win if they threaten you with trademark infringement and you accuse them of bullying, but it's likely to cost you far more in the long term.
If you have made a genuine effort to create your own brand and you think the threats of trademark infringement are purely speculative, don't be afraid to fight back. It's an offence to make unjustified threats of trademark infringement and this could give you the right to sue them!
As always, if you have any questions about protecting or defending your brand, please feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll happily answer them for you.
Catch up on David's recent articles covering all things legal for small business:
- Comparative advertising: Three dos and don'ts for a legal campaign
- Are statements made during contract negotiations legally binding?
- How to deal with fake business reviews that seek to damage your reputation
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La Traviata: Rating * * * * *
Eugene Onegin: Rating *
After a few drab months on the London operatic stage, "Regietheater" has hit with a vengeance. But the contrasting fortunes of Verdi's La traviata at English National Opera and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at Covent Garden underline the fact that "directors' opera" is only as good as the director.
In his belated British debut, that great man of German theatre Peter Konwitschny lays bare the emotional truths of Verdi's opera, while – putting on his first work at Covent Garden – the Royal Opera's Kasper Holten plays naively with Tchaikovsky's masterpiece.
Dramatically taut, Konwitschny's telescoped Traviata – some cuts to the score mean the show runs without an interval – occupies an almost empty stage, enclosed in a series of heavy red curtains (designed by Johannes Leiacker). But even the drapes run out by the time we reach Violetta's death scene, and she finally dissolves into the blackness at the back of the stage.
By contrast, Holten clutters the haunting simplicity of Onegin with a dumbshow that is more dumb than show. His theme is memory, and the work is presented as a flashback for the middle-aged Tatyana and Onegin, who missed their chance for love. A Young Tatyana and Young Onegin get in the way of every scene, looking like frustrated ballet dancers, but at least the "memory doors" of Mia Stensgaard's set are beautifully lit by Wolfgang Göbbel.
Spinning diamantine coloratura, Corinne Winters' hypnotic Violetta leads an excellent ENO cast. Ben Johnson's bookish Alfredo is freshly sung, Anthony Michaels-Moore is a hard-bitten Germont, and the whole cast is supported by Michael Hofstetter's propulsive conducting.
Alas, Onegin is both dramatically incontinent and musically incoherent. Robin Ticciati delivers a passionless, bumpy ride over Tchaikovsky, Krassimira Stoyanova is a coarse Tatyana and Simon Keenlyside's psychotic Onegin sounds rough. Pavol Breslik's rather ordinary Lensky shines in this company.
'La traviata', to Mar 3; 'Eugene Onegin', to Feb 20