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London (CNN) -- Amid the massive global interest in the release of Amanda Knox's memoir, which depicts the events surrounding the brutal murder of her flatmate in Italy in 2007, it has been easy to overlook the victim, British exchange student Meredith Kercher.
And while Knox -- who was convicted of murdering Kercher in Perugia and spent four years in prison before being released on appeal in 2012 -- made the media rounds to promote her memoir, Kercher's sister said the family was not interested in reading the book.
READ: Knox says 'I'm afraid to go back' to Italy
"We are not interested in this book just like so many others about the case and we will not read it," Stephanie Kercher said in a statement. "I have no doubts that on the other side there is a story of pain and loss and enormous mistrust but in the end it is also one of hope and the opportunity to live life. Something Meredith will never have and something we can never share with her. Meredith is the victim in this tragic case."
Despite the focus on Knox's seemingly endless travails -- an Italian jury overturned her conviction in 2011 but an appeals court overturned her acquittal earlier this year -- the victim's family and friends remain determined to keep Meredith's memory alive.
"I want people to remember Meredith for the good times she had in Perugia, not just the horrible ending," said Natalie Hayward, who got to know Kercher before her death.
"She was very generous and open and had a very big heart. She was a very fulfilled human being. She was happy and talked about her family all the time. She had lived life to the full. That gives me a great deal of comfort."
Kercher was just 21 when she was killed in 2007 in the villa she rented with Knox in the central Italian university town of Perugia. Her body was found semi-naked and her throat had been slashed.
Kercher was a third-year student at the University of Leeds focusing on European Studies when she got the chance to live in Perugia for a year to study European Politics and Italian.
She worked at Gatwick Airport, near her home in Coulsdon, a dormitory town south of London, to raise money for the trip.
Her father John told the Daily Telegraph: "She fought so hard to get out there. There were quite a few setbacks but she was determined to go and kept persisting and eventually got what she wanted."
Her family later described how she was "excited at the prospect of spending the year studying there to improve her language skills, make new friends and immerse herself in the culture. She was pursuing her dream."
She moved into a shared apartment with Knox but tensions mounted between the two young women, according to Hayward, who met Kercher in September 2007.
Hayward told the Sunday Telegraph in 2011 that Kercher, known to her friends as "Mez," became "frustrated" by Knox's refusal to do cleaning and was unhappy that her flatmate kept a sex toy on open display in a bathroom cabinet.
Kercher, the youngest of four children, had a good sense of humor, according to her family, and "a sense of the ridiculous." While growing up she was interested in poetry, gymnastics and ballet.
The Kercher family has largely avoided the media, but her India-born mother Arline gave an interview to Italian television show Porta a Porta in September 2011 in which she described Meredith's love of life.
She said her daughter was a "very loving child, a very sweet girl." She said: "She was always ready to help you. I will never, ever forget her."
Her father, a freelance journalist who is planning to write a book about Meredith, described her as a "beautiful, intelligent and caring girl whom everyone loved" in a story for the Daily Mail newspaper.
"I hope our telling the world about the enchanting, generous, kind person that Meredith was can help those whose lives she touched," he wrote. "I also hope this book might help to keep Meredith's case in the spotlight, and, in some small way, to keep alive the hope that we might yet know the truth about her death."
Kercher's family welcomed the news in March that the Italian supreme court judges that Knox, along with former co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito, should stand trial again.
Speaking from the family home in Coulsdon, south of London, Stephanie Kercher said: "We welcome the news in the sense that we hope to find the answers. We are never going to be happy about any outcome because we have still lost Meredith but we obviously support the decision and hope to get answers from it.
"There are still so many unanswered questions, all we have ever wanted to do is do what we can for Meredith and to find out the truth of what happened that night.
"Rudy Guede's conviction was on the basis that there was more than one person there so that is something that needs to be looked into."
John Kercher wrote about the moment he learned the British student killed in Perugia was his daughter. He'd spoken to her the day before.
"I drop the phone," he wrote in Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper. "I don't believe it and think there must be a mistake. But I know it's probably true. I can't cry. I'm numb with shock."
He also told about hearing that some of Meredith's friends planned to lay flowers at her old school after her death.
Expecting just a few, he and Arline arrived to find more than 70 people, some having come from around the country. "It's unbelievably touching," John Kercher recalled. A trust fund has since been set up to support the Kercher family's fight for justice.
"Meredith is not only a terrible loss to her family and friends, she is also a huge loss to the world," he said.
Richard Ottaway, the member of parliament for Coulsden, was taken aback by Meredith's funeral at Croydon Minster. "It was packed and overflowing," he told CNN. "It was quite clear Meredith was a popular girl ... so many friends there. It was the perhaps moving service I have ever been to."
The priest who took the service described how Meredith's parents dealt with that emotionally charged day. "They were very, very courageous," said Canon Colin Boswell, vicar of Croydon. "They had great dignity and calm sort of dignity which they maintained right up until now."
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An Open Letter to NetCentrics and the David Allen Company
Earlier today, someone, or several people, from NetCentrics (or working through their network) began "stuffing the ballot box" of the DA GTD Outlook Add-In poll on my website. Despite some rudimentary controls to prevent this multiple voting, skewing the results is not difficult for someone who knows a little about how these things work. Obviously, tampered-with results are of little use to the rest of us. Consequently, I have removed the poll from my site.
Apparently I offended or annoyed Netcentrics by including this poll on my site. This certainly was not my intention, and I genuinely apologize if I did so.
In my business, we try to collect all the feedback, both positive and negative, that we can from customers, competitors and the entire marketplace. We use all the information that we gather to establish benchmarks from which we can improve. We find it both complimentary and beneficial when third parties help us and our customers evaluate our product and service offerings. I'm sorry that the poll on my site wasn't useful in that way.
I have never intended, with my website, to compete or undermine the efforts of David Allen, his colleagues, or his business partners. Quite the opposite, I have tried to encourage the use of the GTD philosophy and methods. Over the years, GTD has helped me greatly. The website is simply a means to pass along to others some of the implementation nuances that I have found most useful, and to stimulate thought about the myriad of possible approaches.
In the future, I'll try to avoid episodes like that of today by starting to focus less on one particular product or productivity scheme alone. A somewhat broader look at Outlook as a personal productivity tool will likely ruffle fewer feathers and expand the usefulness of my site to its visitors.
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So there I was planning to go to the gig on the Tuesday in London as well. At 5.15pm I get a call from my wife to say our house had been broken into and we had been burgled! So we lost a couple of things that mattered and a lot of stuff that doesn't. End of the day is the night before I went to a most magnificent gig that had the hairs on the back of my neck (well I don't have many left on my head) standing on end for 2 hours. Mixed week but the first CC gig in the UK since Hyde Park still…
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We are so excited to take our 5 year old son to his first concert. He's a HUGE fan and can't wait to sing along with Adam on his favorite songs, Einstien, Long December and Yellow Taxi. I call that some pretty great taste in music for a little munchkin! OC Fair - here we come!!!
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1st time seen Crows live, Apollo a small venue standing only downstairs. Has to be one of the best gigs I've been to in years.
Lads......... you need to tour the UK more! please!
Good night Liz
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Words cannot express how amazing your set was last night at Manchester, Apollo!
I cannot believe its been 5 years since I last saw you guys... you totally create a magical connection with your fans. The anticipation before you came on stage for me was intense and although I love everything you do, Sullivan Street has special meaning to me. Somehow I felt your set was planned with me in mind, but I'm sure others felt that way too.
Adam, you are truly gifted with words that…
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Just found out I may have 2 x VIP Package tickets available due to friends wife going into labour. Anyone interested please let me know ASAP.
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Once again my summer Crows fix will be satisfied with the acquisition of tickets for both shows in New Jersey. The Count Basie Theater in Red Bank was a great show a couple of years ago with Augustana, and I expect this years to be the same.
I haven't been a fan of Crows shows at the Borgata, but I can't miss an…
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Finally managed to get tickets to see you at the 02 academy on Friday 19th April, OMG...you guy's are even better live than your C.D's, totally amazing, i'm still bouncing off the walls 5 day's later. Can't possibly Thank you enough for such fantastic showmanship.
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has anyone got the set list from Bristol 20th april?
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To start this one off today, I should tell you guys I talk to a very dear friend on my way to work every morning. I also refer to her as my "soul-cat". Anyway, sometimes we talk all morning and have nothing but pointless conversation. This morning, however, was different. She asked me this question... "What is the difference between being alive and truly living?" I paused for second....and then a few more seconds. My inititial answer was....."wow, Steph, I don't know if I know the answer to…
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Wow! Not sure what more to add. Don't leave it so long next time guys
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Sixth Counting Crows concert I've been to and yet again, you surpassed yourselves. Adam you are a true legend not only with your music,voice, lyrics but the way you raise the profile of mental illness. I'm sure the majority of people who consider themselves well, would wish to have even 100th of your talent. I know I would. Thank you for an amazing concert. Come back to Bristol soon please, we've missed you.
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I hate the part of the morning where I have to get out of bed and participate in real life!
On another note, The weather is absoloutely beautiful here in Tx! Can I just pretend like I don't have a job and go home and lay out alll day in the sunshine?!?!?
Oh and btw.....it is Earth Day! So happy Earth Day peeps! Let's all continue to do our part!
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The end of a fantastic day watching Adam, Charlie, Dan and the rest of the band at the Colston Hall, Bristol. We were fortunate enough to get meet and greet tickets, and we were not disappointed. We saw 20 minutes of the guys soundcheck followed by some photo and signing.
Not only are the guys one of the tightest bands around (the professionalism at the soundcheck needs to be seen to be believed) but they are friendly and very accessable.
Thanks chaps can't wait till…
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Sorry , that I have not noticed your music for the last years.
But last week, when I was zapping through the TV channnels, I have seen your video of 'round here/raining in Baltimore' from your 'August and everything' tour live at town hall, and it blows my mind.
It was one of the best things I've heard forever. So emotional, so pure music, it is absolut fantastic.
I hope to see you live in Germany in the near future.
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The GreyBird Foundation was established because we believe America is a dream in which the thoughts and needs of each and every person matter. Unfortunately, people feel small as the world expands and they forget that they ARE America.
So we find the people down the street from you who are trying to do their part to help and we try and help THEM. Get involved with the idea of being involved people. After all, it's your town, your country, your world, and no one will ever make as much of a difference as you can just by waking up and being a part of it.
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In complete contrast to Laidlaw, Ireland fly-half Paddy Jackson enjoyed a difficult debut, missing three kicks at goal before he was replaced.
For Scotland, having defeated Italy in the previous match, their hopes of clinching the RBS 6 Nations title remain very much alive after a first Championship victory over Ireland at Murrayfield in 12 years.
Despite Jackson's inaccuracy from the tee, Ireland were very much in the ascendancy in the first half but for all their knocking on the Scotland door, they could only take a three-point lead in with them at the interval.
Debutant centre Luke Marshall enjoyed a first cap to remember, making two superb line breaks but Scotland's scrambled defence kept Ireland out.
On six minutes Ireland got their first sniff of the try-line but Rob Kearney's grubber kick didn't find a way through the Scotland line and a minute later 21-year-old Marshall made his first blistering run.
Bypassing Ruaridh Jackson, Marshall scythed through and picked out Keith Earls on the left but with Brian O'Driscoll on the outside, the wing couldn't find the pass.
Ireland showed their intent by turning down a kickable penalty to kick for the corner but that backfired somewhat when Jim Hamilton stole the lineout ball.
Ireland kept coming however and Marshall made another break, this time on the right, only for his pass, which looked forward, to be knocked on by Craig Gilroy on ten minutes.
Scotland then found themselves down to 14 men on 16 minutes when prop Ryan Grant was sent to sin bin after bringing down Conor Murray who had taken a quick penalty but had not travelled ten metres.
Debutant fly-half Jackson shanked his first effort at goal on the international stage however before Scotland embarked on their first real attack, only for Johnnie Beattie's pass to Matt Scott to go forward.
Then it was Earls' turn to split the Scotland defence but he failed to see the supporting O'Driscoll inside and the Munster man was forced inside by Stuart Hogg and Sean Maitland.
Scotland were clinging on but were aided by Ireland's misfiring lineout as the score remained 0-0 despite ireland's dominance.
On 33 minutes an Irish driving maul was brought down by Scotland and again Ireland turned down the three points and kicked for the corner.
But while they won another lineout, they could not force their way through and settled for a kick at goal after Kelly Brown was pinged for not releasing, this time 21-year-old Jackson notching his first points on the senior international stage.
Scotland, despite being outplayed for the opening 39 minutes, were then given a chance to level things up on the stroke of half-time but Hogg, whose range is longer than regular kicker Laidlaw, just fell short from 50 metres.
The second half started with more of the same - Ireland maintaining their policy of keeping the ball in hand with Scotland again on the back foot.
And on 44 minutes they finally made the breakthrough. Bulldozing flanker Sean O'Brien made the break and after a few more phases that saw Kearney and O'Driscoll both go close, Gilroy spun his way over the line after he was fed by Murray. Jackson struck the near upright with his kick from the right, ensuring Ireland led 8-0.
Scotland then earned themselves a foothold in the match by winning a penalty in the Ireland 22 and Laidlaw made no mistake to get the hosts on the board.
Soon after Jackson drifted another penalty wide and when Scotland's powerful scrum earned another penalty in front of the posts, Laidlaw brought his side to within just two points on 59 minutes.
Buoyant, Scotland began enjoying some possession in the Ireland 22 and Beattie fell just short of the try-line when bursting through from the rolling maul.
Scotland had already been awarded the penalty however and when Laidlaw's speculative high kick into the in-goal area did not result in a try, the scrum-half booted his side into a 9-8 lead from the tee.
That prompted Declan Kidney to introduce Ronan O'Gara for his 128th cap and he showed all his nous when chipping ahead, but fellow replacement Luke Fitzgerald couldn't gather the ball.
However a moment of madness from O'Gara, who was wayward with a cross-field kick deep in his own 22, eventually saw Scotland win the penalty and Laidlaw give his side a four-point gap.
Ireland then won a penalty deep in the Scotland half and kicked for the corner with three minutes remaining and despite numerous phases just short of the visitors' line, Kearney ran into his own man and the chance was gone.
Scotland Score Card | |||||
Name | Tries | Conv | Pen | Drop | Pts |
Greig Laidlaw | 4 | 12 | |||
Total | 4 | 12 |
Ireland Score Card | |||||
Name | Tries | Conv | Pen | Drop | Pts |
Craig Gilroy | 1 | 5 | |||
Paddy Jackson | 1 | 3 | |||
Total | 1 | 1 | 8 |


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Go Overboard Celebrating Christmas
Go Overboard Celebrating Christmas
God Rest Ye Merry: Why Christmas is the Foundation for Everything
Wilson, Douglas
Canon Press
November 20, 2012
154 pp., $16.00
Socrates once famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living. In a similar vein, the unexamined holiday is not worth celebrating. Whenever we do anything on autopilot, it is not surprising that at some point we forget where we are going, or what we were supposed to be doing. And when we are just cruising in a mindless tradition, it is a short time before sin takes over.
And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. (Is. 25:6–8)
As the prophet Isaiah prophesies the coming of the new covenant, he does so with the image of a glorious feast. The feast is prepared by the Lord of hosts Himself (v. 6). What kind of feast is it? He prepares a feast of fat things, he prepares a feast of aged wines, of meat full of marrow fat, and then some more aged wines. This is the picture we are given of the gospel—not a glass of room-temperature water and a cracker. Right alongside this feast, in conjunction with it, He will remove the covering that kept us all in darkness for all those centuries. He will take away the veil over the nations (v. 7). The resurrection will come—and we have the down payment of that in the resurrection of Jesus—and death will be swallowed up in victory. The Lord will wipe away every tear, and all things will then be put right (v. 8). As those who have accepted this gospel, we have accepted that all of this has now been established in principle, and as we live it out in true evangelical faith, we proclaim this good news. But there must be continuity between what we are saying and how we are living. And by this, I mean much more than that our words should be true and our behavior good. I mean that our words should sound like good news and our lives should smell like good news.
Celebrate the 'Stuff'
Some of you have heard that the Puritans hated Christmas, that they were the original scrooges and grinches. But this, as is often the case, is grossly unfair to them. One of the Scottish commissioners to the Westminster Assembly, George Gillespie, a staunch opponent of the church year being used to bind the conscience, said this: "The keeping of some festival days is set up instead of the thankful commemoration of God's inestimable benefits, howbeit the festivity of Christmas have hitherto served more to Bachanalian lasciviousness than to the remembrance of the birth of Christ." In other words, a person might object to pepper spraying fellow shoppers on Black Friday without rejecting the blessing of Thanksgiving. He can object to a Mardi Gras orgy without objecting to the celebration of Christ's resurrection. He can turn away from a drunken office party without denying the Incarnation. And there was, for the Puritans, the matter of compulsion also.
Remember the words of C. S. Lewis here:
There is no understanding the period of the Reformation in England until we have grasped the fact that the quarrel between the Puritans and the Papists was not primarily a quarrel between rigorism and indulgence, and that, in so far as it was, the rigorism was on the Roman side. On many questions, and specially in their view of the marriage bed, the Puritans were the indulgent party; if we may without disrespect so use the name of a great Roman Catholic, a great writer, and a great man, they were much more Chestertonian than their adversaries.
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Steve Skeete
I am with Mr. Wilson on this. Whenever some believers experience the slightest bit of pleasure, it seems as though they must stop and check to make sure that they are not sinning. Too many church people today seem to believe that pleasure and enjoyment must be disassociated from anything spiritual. As if God has not truly 'given us all things to enjoy'. So every year at Christmas time more and more refuse to celebrate not so much because of theological reasons but because at Christmas others 'shop too much, spend too much, eat too much and drink too much. It would be hilarious if it were not so sad, that there are persons who cannot enjoy themselves a little, because some enjoy themselves too much. A godliness that knows no delights? A godliness of such gravity that nothing can cause it to 'begin to make merry'? I am confident that the Christian faith is made of sturdier more robust stuff than that.
Adam Richardson
Well said. Our family has celebrated Advent for years and what a huge blessing! We do it with candles and beauty, songs and stories, OT gospel sightings (aka Jesse tree) and yes - Lego and princess advent calendars that offer a new surprise each night - in sum our kids love advent. The battle some Puritans fought has moved fronts, and there are fewer tender consciences in this area. Yes there are still pitfalls, but welcome to the fallen world! For a season, the joy we have in all the goodness of God to us has a name - Christmas spirit - time to celebrate!
Michael Constantine
Thanks for bringing a holy smile to this face! I have often felt as you do about celebration, but you wrote about it with great charm. GK and CS would approve, I am sure, as would all of us who have discovered that grace not only saves us, but makes us glad we are saved. Glory to God in the Highest!


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Montana's Yugo sapphires are a little known American treasure. The cornflower blue stones are only found in remote portions of Montana and are prized for their deep color. Jewelry pieces made using these stones will be auctioned off to benefit Montana's Special Olympics program in an upcoming event. The pieces include a bolo tie worn by Montana's Governor Brian Schweitzer as well as a variety of rings, earrings and pendants. An online auction has already begun and the highest online bid will be the opening bid on items at a live auction as part of the Montana Sports Legends Dinner and Auction on October 3.
The auction item shown above includes a trillion cut Yogo sapphire that is over one carat along with matching earrings featuring sapphires and diamonds set in yellow and white gold. The lot has a total value of $24,000. Online bidding ends September 30.


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The 2nd Annual Animal Rescue 5K/1K Fun Run Dog Trot will return to Cherokee County on Sept. 1.
Proceeds from the run, hosted by Green Pets America and Zone 5 Events, will benefit Green Pets America Humane Society, which shelters some of the animals at Top Tails Pet Center in Towne Lake.
The race route begins and ends at Hopewell Baptist Church at 75 Ridge Road in Canton.
Registration before Aug. 24 is $20. Participants wishing to register after Aug. 24 through race day will pay $25. Registration on race day will start at 6:30 a.m.
"Phantom runners," or those who want to purchase a T-shirt without participating, can also pay $20.
The 1K will start at 8 a.m. and the 5K will begin at 8:30 a.m.
"It's a great experience and I encourage participants to bring along their dogs," Race Director Bill Monahan said. "Dogs can participate in the 5K race as well, which is something new this year."
For those not interested in running, Monahan said there will be an opportunity for people to adopt pets.
Monahan said about a dozen dogs will be available for adoption. At last year's event, about half a dozen dogs found new homes and families.
Monahan said the race raised $8,000 and about 300 people participated in the festivities.
Founded in 2010 by Monahan's father, Steve Monahan, Green Pets America is a Canton-based animal rescue nonprofit organization that rehabilitates and finds shelters for homeless pets in Cherokee and surrounding counties.
Green Pets Executive Director Kristen Butler said the organization tries to reduce the number of euthanizations by placing animals in loving homes.
Each week, dogs and cats are taken to Green Pets America's 20-acre campus where the organization rehabilitates them.
"We take all kinds of dogs, not just purebreds or puppies," Butler said. "Every animal needs an opportunity to belong in a loving, carefree environment which they call home."
Donations to the organization help cover the cost to rescue, vaccinate, feed, house, spay or neuter, microchip and re-socialize each animal rescued from shelters that practice euthanization.
Along with money, GPA also accepts donated crates, collars, leashes, blankets and dog toys.
"The biggest thing we need and could really use besides money is foster homes," Butler said. "We could collect large amounts of money, but if we don't have a place for them to go then we are out of luck."
After the dogs are rehabilitated, they are placed into volunteer homes or at Top Tails Pet Center in Towne Lake.
Butler added dogs are constantly rotating in and out of Top Tails, noting no dog stays there for more than five or six days.
The drive to collect much-needed revenue comes at an hard time as many people continue to weather an uncertain economy. As the economy has taken a plunge over the last few years, the number of homeless animals have spiked.
"We have more dogs than ever because of the recession and the economy," Butler said. "People are failing to realize how badly the recession is affecting dogs. So many people are losing their jobs and being forced to move in with family or into apartments. The problem is they can't take their dogs with them."
Both Butler and Monahan hope the community comes out in full support of their efforts.
"It's very good for the dogs to experience a variety of people coming in and loving on them," Butler said. "It allows them to reestablish a sense of trust and sociability."


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In 1854, The Sisters of St. Joseph, a congregation of St. Joseph that traces its roots back to the 17th century in France, arrived in Buffalo. Organized as confraternities of mercy, they inspired ordinary women who lived among the people to missions of mercy and healing. The St. Joseph Orphan Boys Asylum was built in Lackawanna in 1857 and the St. Joseph Protectory in 1864. The Sisters of St. Joseph staffed these organizations and welcomed Father Nelson Baker when he came to Lackawanna in 1876.
Despite original protests against the need for a hospital, Dr. M.A. Sullivan (a Baker Boy) and the Sisters convinced Father Baker to build a facility that was completed in 1919. The hospital expanded over the years to include a school of nursing, four additional buildings and many other healthcare services. The Our Lady of Victory (OLV) Hospital and the Sisters of St. Joseph provided compassionate and high quality care to the residents of Lackawanna and the surrounding area for 80 years.
In December of 1999, Catholic Health merged inpatient Emergency and Surgical Services at Our Lady of Victory Hospital with Mercy Hospital following a comprehensive study of the two facilities. The hospital campuses are less than two miles apart.
Until 2004, the OLV facility provided community health services including Laboratory, X-Ray, Community Education, and Ambulatory Surgery. During that time, Catholic Health dedicated time and attention to create the vision to find the best use for the OLV campus, its buildings, and the community. It was determined that a multi-level care and living community for low and moderate income seniors would, given the aging population of Western New York, serve the community consistent with our Mission and Core Values.
The decision to close OLV Hospital presented an opportunity to reinvigorate and transform the former hospital into a multi-dimensional, multi-service, and multi-disciplinary facility serving seniors and their families. In 2003, the Catholic Health Board of Directors approved a new vision for OLV to transform the building into an attractive and unique senior neighborhood. This facility would reflect a national trend toward less institutional and more neighborly settings, offering a spectrum of services and amenities to seniors of all ages and conditions. As such, the Our Lady of Victory Renaissance Corporation was formed as a 501 (c)3 and received the only remaining assets from the former Our Lady of Victory Hospital Corporation of Lackawanna: the buildings.
Many ideas were considered, and it was determined that the final plans should reflect innovative and cutting-edge trends towards senior care, incorporating Green House Project concepts.
The OLV Senior Neighborhood concept was enthusiastically received by local business, political and civic leaders. The project focused not only on the reuse of the building, but the preservation of the two architecturally significant buildings that were constructed under Father Baker's direction in 1919 and 1929.
Additionally, the senior neighborhood is an economic development initiative for the City of Lackawanna; the campus employs over 235 people (in addition to the hundreds of jobs created during construction). The building and its planned Gas Light Park enhance the attractiveness and popularity of two immediately adjacent landmarks: Our Lady of Victory Basilica and the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, a Frederick Law Olmstead park.
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In accordance with the plans mentioned here recently, we made a very full day trip out of cycling along the Hamilton - Brantford - Cambridge Rail-Trail all the way to Cambridge and back.
We had planned to head out at 6am but had a hard time getting up, firstly, and then noticed that, even at 6:30am, it was still quite dark and foggy. Aside from a little light shed on the trail where there is a little break in the foliage in the urban portion, the trail has no lighting. Add fog to that and we decided that the more sane thing to do would be to leave an hour later.
The air, though already somewhat heavy with humidity, was nevertheless still somewhat cool as we made our way from Hamilton's downtown to the starting point of the Hamilton - Brantford Trail on Ewen Rd about a half block south of Maint St W.
The first portion of this trail to the Trail Centre, and a little beyond, we'd done before. In fact, in July of 1996, shortly after getting married and, as it turns out, only a matter of months before the trail was completed all the way to Brantford, we rented a couple of bicycles and took the trail as far as it then went, taking rural roads the remaining distance into the city. Once there, we stayed at a nice little Bed and Breakfast on the Grand River for a couple of nights. But that was 14 years ago and not part of this story...
The portion from here through Dundas to Jerseyville was very nicely surfaced with finely crushed rock. It made for a smooth ride through beautiful territory, with a nice little break to grab a snack or fill up our water bottles, for free, at the Dundas Valley Conservation Area Trail Centre, built, in period style, at the site of an old railway station.
At the Trail Centre there is also a little tourist office and snack store, as well as, to the right of this picture, a little wildlife observation and teaching garden.
The signage -- wooden posts marking kilometres travelled, signs and benches with dedication plates naming donors who have purchased a kilometre or more of the trail (there are still some kilometres available), and signs indicating intended uses of the trail or marking roads crossed along the way -- was very good from Hamilton to Jerseyville. Though the signage from Jerseyville to Brantford continued to be decent, there were increasingly large sections of trail that were little more than doubletrack, making for a rougher ride. But much of that was made up for by the natural beauty surrounding it.
Getting into Brantford was easy, but the signage in and through Brantford is poor. It is not at all straightforward, for those not familiar with the city, to find their way from where they enter Brantford to where the trail continues to Paris and Cambridge. The trail will get you to Brantford, but if you don't know where you're going, it won't get you quickly across and onward to Paris. We did not see, for example, when we entered the city, that the trail continued as the Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway/Trans Canada Trail (there is another Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway) in a loop below and around downtown Brantford. We probably got onto the non-Trans Canada pathway, indicated by a broken red line on the map, which took us straight into Mohawk Park. Even on the map, however, now that we have completed the trip, it is difficult to see exactly what is what and where. It's all very frustrating!
Though, with our basic knowledge of downtown Brantford and the location of SC Johnson, we managed to find our way back to the Gordon Glaves pathway and the SC Johnson Trail, we did get somewhat lost on the way back. The Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway/Trans Canada Trail itself was actually quite nice, once we'd found it, taking us through the Waterworks Park, past the Wilkes Dam and Brant Park Conservation area, and through the Blue Circle Section. The latter is comprised of former mining lands now being rehabilitated. There were some gorgeous wildflower fields, but punishing grades, thankfully rather short, in the Blue Circle Section.
Route 1: Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway/Trans Canada Trail Loop
- at Locks Rd/Mohawk St, cross street and turn left onto Gordon Glaves Memorial/Trans Canada Trail
- follow trail as it loops below Mohawk Lake and through Bellview Park (you will cross Birkett Ln, Erie Ave, and River Rd/Birkett Ln)
- at River Rd, as it runs along the river, cross street and continue to follow the trail north (you will pass by Rivergreen Park, cross the Brantford Southern Access Rd/B.S.A.R., pass Earl Haig Park, under Colborne St W, through Waterworks Park, past the Wilkes Dam)
- just before Hardy Rd, turn left to follow the Blue Circle Section (you will encounter some steep grades in this section)
- at Masters Ln, with Hardy Rd to the right, veer left onto the SC Johnson Trail (you will loop around below the SC Johnson distribution centre before crossing Hwy 403/Chedoke Expy and head towards Paris)
The Brantford to Paris trail felt quite short at only 11 km. The trail opened up onto a small road, leaving us somewhat confused as to how to proceed. Whether there were signs to turn right onto Curtis Ave or not, once there we saw a sign warning trail users of a busy lighted intersection. That intersection was Ontario King's Hwy 2/Dundas St E. Once through the intersection, we saw a Fire Station on the northwest corner followed by the Paris Museum & Historical Society. Almost immediately after the museum, we found the Paris - Cambridge Trail.
The Paris - Cambridge Trail was also rougher than the Hamilton to Jerseyville section, some of it also doubletrack, but the scenery was gorgeous. We passed through some of the densest forest, much of it following the Grand River, and past a lookout with a breathtaking view of the river in both directions and the limestone supports of an old abandoned bridge.
Partly because of the roughness of the trail, and partly because we were getting quite hungry, the Paris to Cambridge portion seemed quite long. We greeted the final information kiosk and 77 km marker with some excitement, as you can tell below.
After lunch and some relaxation, about 3pm, we left for home. Were it not for the confusion in Brantford where, on our return trip, we got ourselves a bit lost, we would have made it back to Hamilton before dark. As it was, we had to race with the sun for Hamilton. We lost. The last four or five kilometres were done completely in the dark. Good thing we had our headlights to light our way, as there are no lights along the trail.
The ride home, though a little rushed, was quite eventful. We spotted a couple of Great Blue Herons between Cambridge and Paris, a total of six deer, of which one was clearly a juvenile and one was a baby with one of its parents. For that one, we made sure to use our bells to scare them away before we got too close to avoid an unpleasant confrontation with an unhappy parent. Though nice to see, none of the deer and cottontail rabbits we encountered posed long enough for a photo. Neither did the fox that ran across the trail between the Dundas Conservation Area and West Hamilton, glancing back furtively to make sure it got across well ahead of us. Jihan was not too happy about missing out on the fox sighting...
(if you look closely, you can see one of the Great Blue Herons just to the left of the island tip)
Once back in Hamilton, we took a slight detour into Westdale for a relaxing reward at Second Cup. They are the only coffee shop in Hamilton, as far as we know, and the only Second Cup location of which we are aware, that carry vegan baked sweets.
In total, from home to Cambridge and back home, we cycled 179 km (about 111 miles), completing not only a metric century and a half, but also an imperial century. It was the longest ride we have ever undertaken in one day. Aside from some heat rash, I was hardly even sore. Tired, from a long eventful day, but not stiff or aching.
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Osho,Where does educating the subconsciousness conflict or harmonise with Tao, as it implies discipline with self-effort from an external expression?
Tao knows nothing of discipline. Tao is anarchic, spontaneous, effortless. All disciplines are unnatural – they have to be. Nature needs no discipline, it is sufficient unto itself. Trees and rivers and animals and stars – they don't know anything of discipline. Discipline is man-created, man-made, and because of discipline man becomes split. One part starts manipulating the other part, then a rift is created. The mind tries to manipulate the body, and the body tries to manipulate the mind in subtle ways, or at least tries to sabotage it. This conflict creates confusion: all conflict is confusion. Because of conflict the fusion cannot happen: you cannot be one, you cannot be fused in one, hence confusion. And the ultimate result can only be schizophrenia. You go on fighting and fighting, and by and by you are no longer one individual, you become many – at least two, and if worse happens, then many – then you become a crowd. And when you are not one, you cannot be happy.
Happiness is a function of unity. Happiness is the music that happens when you are in unison, when everything fits together, when everything harmonizes, when there is no conflict not even a trace of it, when you are an orchestra not a crowd…. Nobody is trying to manipulate, nobody is trying to become the master, nobody is trying to exploit, oppress…the whole being is overflowing with joy.
Tao is spontaneity, it is not discipline, hence Tao is the ultimate in religion – no religion touches that peak. The moment a religion starts becoming a discipline, it has already fallen very low.
There are three stages of a religion. Just like there is childhood, youth and old age in the life of a man or a woman, so there are three stages in the life of a religion. When religion is born – the childhood of religion, when a master is alive, fresh, and the energy is flowing from the source and the fragrance is coming, when Buddha is alive or Lao Tzu is alive or Jesus is alive – then religion has its first, virgin, innocent state: the childhood. It is as fresh as the dewdrops in the morning, fresh as the roseflower, fresh as the stars, innocent; it knows no discipline, it knows only spontaneity.
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Official pre-launch of the International Year of Chemistry 2011. An event held in Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow on January 18th brought together women chemists from 37 countries using modern communication tools; each country/region will arrange its own event(s) and individual breakfasts will be linked together by SKYPE/video, and by using Twitter. In addition to networking, the aim is to celebrate the pivotal role of Marie Curie in chemistry, and to reflect on the current landscape for women chemists.
Strathclyde Research Staff Induction Programme
Practice No. 1272
Last modified: 21/06/2011 11:37:57
Institution: University of Strathclyde
Following consultation at the Research Staff Forum in March 2011 a programme has been devised and is scheduled to run for the first time in September 2011. The programme exists as a one day event, but it is envisaged that following the initial event in September online content will be developed to make the Induction Programme available to researchers who need it, when they need it.
Practice No. 1256
Last modified: 17/06/2011 10:47:12
Institution: University of Strathclyde
GRADnews is a monthly e-newsletter aimed at postgraduate research students within the university and features information on a wealth of internal and external career-development related opportunities available to the community.
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