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Barker College
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|Barker College[1]
Latin: Honor Non Honores
Seek Honour above Rewards
|Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
|33°42′40″S 151°6′1″E / 33.71111°S 151.10028°ECoordinates: 33°42′40″S 151°6′1″E / 33.71111°S 151.10028°E
|Independent, Private Selective, Single-sex (K-9), Co-educational (10-12), Day and Boarding
|1890 by Reverend Henry Plume[2]
|Deputy Headmaster
|Mrs. Susan (Sue) Field[1]
|Mr. Phillip Heath[1]
|Revd. Jeffrey (Jeff) Ware[1]
|~2,300 520 [Girls] 1,780 [Boys](K-12)[3]
|Red, Blue and Gold
|"Balanced Learning in a Caring Environment"[4]
Barker College is an Independent Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1890 by the Reverend Henry Plume at Kurrajong Heights, Barker is an all-boys school from Kindergarten to Year 9, and co-educational from Years 10 to 12. The college currently caters for approximately 2000 students,[3] including 60 boarders from Years 10 to 12.[5]
Barker is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference,[6] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[7] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[8] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[5] the Independent Schools Association (ISA),[9] and is a founding member of the Combined Associated Schools (CAS).[9]
- 1 History
- 2 Headmasters
- 3 Motto
- 4 Campus
- 5 House system
- 6 Co-curricular activities
- 7 Alumni
- 8 See also
- 9 References
- 10 External links
Barker College was founded in early 1890 by an Anglican priest, the Reverend Henry Plume, at Kurrajong Heights in the Blue Mountains with five pupils. It was named for Plume's mentor and friend, the Right Reverend Frederic Barker, the second Bishop of Sydney. The College moved to its present site in Hornsby early in 1896, and in 1919 its ownership transferred to the Church of England.[10]
1975 saw the introduction of the co-educational collegiate senior school for students in Years 11 and 12, with the enrolment of 59 female students. In 2000, Year 10 also became part of the senior School, and girls now usually enter the school at Year 10 level.[10] Today there are 450 girls enrolled at Barker.[5]
|1890 – 1905
|Reverend Henry Plume
|1905 – 1929
|William Carter
|1929 – 1932
|Arthur Thorold
|1933 – 1957
|William Leslie
|1958 – 1963
|John Dewes
|1963 – 1986
|Trevor McCaskill
|1986 – 1995
|Neil Tucker
|1996 – 2013
|Dr. Roderic Kefford
|2014 –
|Phillip Heath
The school motto, Honor, non Honores, is derived from the Latin term to mean "Honour, not rewards". This replaced a previous motto, "I Take, but I Surrender", adopted for the school by Henry Plume in 1875 from the armorial achievement of one of his friends, Robert Fowler, Lord Mayor of Sydney. The motto was changed in 1895, when the school moved from Kurrajong to Hornsby.
Barker College is situated on a 44-hectare campus in suburban Hornsby,[11] 25 kilometres to the north of Sydney (with additional facilities located in the Blue Mountains and Barrington River).[12] The Junior School, shares the campus with the Middle and Senior schools.[11]
The current facilities of the school include:
- A library; An Information Technology Centre; The McCaskill Music Centre, containing private tuition studios, classrooms, a recording studio, and a recital hall;
- Three Drama performance spaces, including four rehearsal rooms, Three Drama Theatre with raked seating, and the School Hall;
- The Centenary Design Centre with provision for individual studios and whole-class teaching in Design & Technology and Visual Arts;
- The Barker Foundation Science Centre, containing ten teaching laboratories, four individual student laboratories and a 106-seat lecture theatre;
- Boarding houses Carter (Boys) and Plume (Girls);
- Sporting fields, together with Tennis and Basketball courts, and an artificial surface for Hockey, Soccer, Netball, Athletics, Basketball, Volleyball and other games;
- A gymnasium, equipped with weights and resistance training equipment, and an adjoining indoor Aquatic Centre.[11]
- The Kurrajong Building, equipped with 23 classrooms, 12 smaller group learning spaces, and 2 theatres which seat 302 and 215 respectively. This building is often used for Drama, English, and Christian Studies Lessons, encompassing Years 7-12 in this space.
- A recently refurbished junior campus, featuring an enrichment centre and library, a media centre, and an art and ceramics centre.
House system[edit]
As with most Australian schools, Barker College utilises a house system for students in years K-9.
- Middle school houses
- Andrew (black) - Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat: 'Fortune follows the brave'.
- Boyce (light blue) - Aspiro: 'Simply Aspire'.
- Butters (grey) - Diriget Deus: 'God will direct'. The house animal is a cow.
- Holt (green) - Is Fidelis Vincit: 'Faith brings luck'. The house animal is a sheep.
- Pain (white) - Vive Et Vivat: 'Live and let live'.
- Wade (dark blue) - Labor In Unum: 'Work together'.
- Wailes (pale yellow) - Per Laborem Ad Victoriam: 'From hard work comes victory'.
- Wilson (maroon) - Deus Est Meum Scutum: 'God is my Shield'. The house animal is a dragon.
- Junior school houses
The houses are named after explorers of Australia and Antarctica:
Co-curricular activities[edit]
The school conducts many extracurricular activities, including the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, cadets, drama and musical performances, choirs and bands, chess, debating, mock trials, public speaking, mountain biking, skiing, equestrianism, and formerly bred its own cattle for competition in the Sydney Royal Easter Show (the agriculture club was disbanded in 2007).[citation needed]
Cadet unit[edit]
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Founded in 1900 [13] the Barker College Cadet Unit (BCCU) is one of Australia's oldest cadet units.[citation needed] The unit consists of five companies and two wings made up of those in school years 9 (C Coy and E Coy), 10 (B COY), one company of female members (D COY) and one Adventure training patrol, A Coy for Year 10 and 11 boys and girls. A Pioneer Wing also provides services for the unit through camp preparation, basic construction and logistics as well as instruction in related skills such as abseiling and pyrotechnics. The Pioneer wing started originally as the cadet band. But over the years they started building the obstacle courses and doing other tasks as well. Andrew Smith then decided to change the band into the "Pioneer Wing", serving the same sort of role as the pioneer wing in the real army.
The Headquarters Wing is the smallest group in the unit and is responsible for the logistics and administration of the unit. Each company participates in all three "Biv's" (weekend camps) which are held at various locations including Holsworthy Army base, Glenworth Valley and Myuna Bay. At the end of the cadets year all members of the unit attend the week long 'Annual Camp', held at the Australian Army Barracks at Singleton.
Due to the school's refusal to disband the unit during the Defence Department's public relations disaster related to the Vietnam War, the unit is now one of the few in Australia to receive only 'limited support' from the Department.[citation needed] The school does however utilise the services of volunteers, typically previous members as well as the school's teachers, to assist with events such as the camps.
After a lack of members in the late 1970s, the cadet marching band (renamed the Barker College Cadet Marching Band) was fully revived, with the drafting of all school cadets who could play a suitable instrument, in 1999 and participated in its first ANZAC Day Parade in 2000. They have since participated in all Anzac day marches until present. The conductor Peter Walmsley wrote a song to be added to the bands repertoire. The Band Major of 2008/2009 (Sutton) also wrote a piece to be added to the repertoire. The Marching band is made of conscripted musicians who are in the unit, and the Drum corps is made up of voluntary drummers in the cadet unit. In 2014, the Barker College Cadet Marching Band was disbanded to make way for the newly formed Barker College Marching Band. The reason for this decision was the need to create an ensemble that can support Cadet functions, and also support other events to promote the entire college in significant community events.
Echo company was introduced in 2008 as a way of coping with the increase of male year 9 enlistments. There are 3 Echo company Platoons, and 3 Charlie Company Platoons.
Old Barker Association[edit]
Alumni of Barker may elect to join the school's alumni association, the Old Barker Association (OBA). The Old Barker Association (OBA) was formed in 1908, and was originally known as the 'Barker College Old Boys Union'. The OBA provides a link between Barker College and its past students, with in excess of 7,500 members.[14] Some notable Barker alumni include:
Notable alumni[edit]
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Media, entertainment and the arts[edit]
- David Astle - Cryptic crossword compiler: "DA"
- Andrew Bevis - London West End actor
- Rob Canning - Host, Channel 10 Sports Tonight
- Mike Carlton - Former 2UE radio presenter
- Simon Fieldhouse - Artist
- Jarod Green - Founder, The Handsomity Institute and director/creator of the TV series Beached Az
- Chris Lilley - Comedian and actor, creator of TV series We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year, Summer Heights High, and Angry Boys
- Nick Littlemore - Producer and musician, as a member of Pnau and Empire Of The Sun (band)
- Sam Littlemore - Producer and musician, otherwise known as Sam La More and Tonite Only
- Phillip Noyce - Film director
- James West - Journalist, Executive Producer of Hack on Triple J
- Brian Wilshire - (1957–1961) 2GB radio announcer since 1979.
Politics, public service and the law[edit]
- Mitch Fifield - Liberal Senator for Victoria
- Peter Garrett - former Midnight Oil lead singer; environmentalist; Labor member for Kingsford-Smith, federal Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth
- Rob Oakeshott - independent Member for Lyne
- Philip Ruddock - Liberal Member for Berowra and former federal immigration minister, attorney-general
Science, medicine and technology[edit]
- Douglas Armati - writer, researcher and consultant with management expertise in the protection of digital intellectual property
- Chris Heyde - Statistician, fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
- Andrew Tridgell - Creator of and contributor to the Samba software file server for linking Windows clients and Unix file server systems, and co-inventor of the rsync algorithm
- Jeff Waugh - Software developer
- Alex Blackwell- Australian and NSW women's cricketer
- Kate Blackwell- Australian and NSW women's cricketer
- Jamie Brazier - Papua New Guinean cricketer[15]
- Adrian Buchan - World Champion Surfer
- Brendon Cook - international race car driver
- Ben Darwin - former Wallaby
- Sue Fear - mountaineer, first Australian woman to climb Mount Everest, died in 2006 while climbing
- Richard Harry - former Wallaby
- Alyssa Healy- Australian and NSW woman's cricketer
- Mitchell Pearce - current Sydney Roosters and NSW State of Origin halfback.
- Hugh Pyle - Melbourne Rebels lock
- Cameron Shepherd - former NSW Waratahs, Western Force and Wallaby fullback
- Lisa Sthalekar - Australian and NSW women's cricketer
- Peter Taylor - former Australian Test and limited-overs cricketer
- Ben Whittaker - Western Force Rugby Union player
- Nigel Nutt - Australian Commonwealth Fencer
See also[edit]
- List of non-government schools in New South Wales
- List of boarding schools
- Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition
- ^ a b c d http://www.barker.nsw.edu.au
- ^ a b "Barker College". New South Wales. School Choice. 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-23.[dead link]
- ^ a b c "Annual Report 2006" (PDF). About Barker. Barker College. 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-23.[dead link]
- ^ "Home". Barker College: An Anglican School. Barker College. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ a b c "Barker College". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ "International Members". HMC Schools. The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
- ^ "AHISA Schools". New South Wales. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. January 2008. Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ "JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members". New South Wales Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ a b "Sport". Co-Curricular. Barker College. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-23.[dead link]
- ^ a b "History of Barker College". About Barker. Barker College. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ a b c "Barker Now". About Barker. Barker College. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ "Aims and Objectives". Vision and Values. Barker College. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "All About Us". Old Barker Association. Barker College. Retrieved 2008-01-21.[dead link]
- ^ "Jamie Brazier". Other Countries / Players. Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
External links[edit]
- Independent Schools Association (Australia)
- Educational institutions established in 1890
- Schools in Sydney
- Boarding schools in New South Wales
- Anglican schools in Australia
- Private schools in New South Wales
- Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
- Combined Associated Schools
- Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools
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Should be a nice weekend and I can get caught up!
The days just seem to be flying by... I was reminded by a friend over lunch yesterday that, for those of who have had cancer, time has a different meaning than for other people... friends like her are reminding me to use my time wisely, and only on things that really matter to me... I am working on being mindful every single day.
Today's game plan looks a bit like yesterday's - treadmill workout, walk with the dog (aiming for a total of 60 minutes of exercise today), eat 1500 calories or less, do three conference calls, and finish 4 work projects that are on my desk.
Getting to it!
Well today I have 5 conference calls, and am planning to do treadmill workout followed by a long walk with the dog in between all of those. No outside meetings gives me some freedom to get everything in - and maybe some extra.
So far have completed a good breakfast, had the pest exterminator here for the monthly visit, and have caught up on all email & small work items.
On to another day of eating within calorie range and exercise!
Well it's day 3 of making different choices about time, and it feels good. Didn't go to an event last night because I didn't want to, and that felt right. Staying home was great. So far today I've gotten in a workout, and plotted a couple of work things to do today, and have read the Sunday papers, and continued to put the household in order.
Don't know about walking the dog, it's raining and may not stop until after dark tonight.
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And as for weaving historical nuggets into a storyline, I'd recommend T. V. Bulpin or Max du Preez any day. Mr Binckes allows just too many incongruities to slip through to remain believable. My favourite is when the hero, Rauch, cracks his whip before cutting a man's testicles with it in the small, dingy room of his whore.
Now, I know about whips a bit, for until his death, my uncle Stoffel's hobby was to fix ox wagons at his working museum in Lydenburg, called De Wagensrust.
He had a smithy and a leatherworks that plaited the various whips used by wagon drivers. People came from far to learn how to crack the long whip — myself included.
Hence my LOL when Binckes had Rauchie cracking his whip behind him … in a small room … with his back to the wall. Not possible Mr Binckes, even with the shortest of sweepies.
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*laughs* You do make for a pretty convincing sheep. You're just lucky that neither I nor my pet wolf happen to be particularly hungry at the moment.*drops voice to a whisper* You see, I'm kind of a...werewolf.*lowers hood so you can see the grey furry ears underneath and grins wickedly at you* Goldilocks wouldn't be much of an improvement. Still pretty edible-looking.
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From the infinitive 'to sible' (pronounced 'sibble'), meaning to perform some form of sexual act with another persons brother or sister (preferably younger for greater novelty value...though not TOO much younger). For clarity in use, the given example would mean that to sible 'her', would be to sleep with 'her' sibling.
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Bank Of Marin Bancorp Reports Record Annual Earnings Of $15.6 Million
Bank of Marin Bancorp ("Bancorp", NASDAQ: BMRC) announces 2011 annual earnings of $15.6 million, an increase of $2.0 million, or 14.8%, from $13.6 million a year ago. Earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2011 totaled $2.89 on a diluted basis, up $0.34 from $2.55 in the prior year. 2011 earnings include the impact of the FDIC 1-assisted acquisition of certain assets and the assumption of certain liabilities of the former Charter Oak Bank on February 18, 2011 (the "Acquisition").
Earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011 totaled $3.4 million compared to $3.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. Diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2011 totaled $0.63 compared to $0.73 in the fourth quarter of 2010.
"We are pleased to report record earnings and strong loan growth this year driven by our Napa and San Francisco markets," said Russell A. Colombo, Chief Executive Officer. "In this environment, we are encouraged by the lending relationships we are building in new and core markets, which should position us well for future growth."
Bancorp also provides the following highlights on its operating and financial performance for the year and fourth quarter of 2011:
- Fourth-quarter 2011 earnings include a pre-tax $683 thousand write-off of the Napa core deposit intangible asset (included in other expense), primarily due to a significant decline in alternative funding costs since the Acquisition. This write-off reduced diluted earnings per share by 7 cents in the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011.
- Fourth-quarter 2011 earnings reflect a $2.5 million provision for loan losses, an increase of $1.5 million from the same quarter a year ago. The increase primarily represents the provision for loan losses on acquired loans, as well as an increase in general reserves related to loan growth.
- Total loans grew $89.8 million, or 9.5% in 2011, primarily due to the loans acquired in Napa and growth in the San Francisco market. In the fourth quarter loans grew $38.5 million, or 3.9%, primarily in the Marin and San Francisco markets.
- Total deposits grew $187.2 million, or 18.4%, over a year ago, with non-interest bearing deposits growing $77.4 million or 27.4%. Non-interest bearing deposits totaled 29.9% of deposits at December 31, 2011, compared to 27.8% at December 31, 2010.
- Credit quality remains solid with non-performing loans at 1.16% of total loans, down from 1.37% a year ago. The loan loss reserve as a percentage of non-performing loans totaled 122% at December 31 st, compared to 96% a year ago.
- On January 19, 2012, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share. The cash dividend is payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 1, 2012 and will be payable on February 10, 2012.
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Arguably the single most important advancement in fisheries technology is the replacement of natural, easily degraded fiber ropes and twines with cheap, durable, and lightweight synthetic ropes and twines (Kristjonsson, 1959). Historically, hemp, cotton, jute, sisal, manila, silk, and linen were the primary natural fibers used to make fishing gear (Uchida, 1985; Brainard et al., 2000). They were treated with a wide variety of dyes, tars, and preservatives to retard their rate of degradation in the marine environment. Nevertheless, their failure, replacement, and repair rates were very high. These strength and durability limitations were major factors that limited catch sizes in many fisheries. Advances in polymer chemistry and production technology in the post–World War II period led to the manufacture of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide (nylon), and other synthetic fibers which have all but replaced the natural fibers used in fishing gear. Worldwide, these advances greatly contributed to the vast growth in fish and shellfish harvesting capacity and also set the stage for resource management challenges that are yet to be fully and effectively addressed by governments and industry. While achieving sustainable fisheries is still the primary challenge of management authorities, another result of this technological revolution that has largely been overlooked is the effect of the loss or discard of these persistent materials into the marine ecosystem. The same properties that make these new materials effective as fishing gear also make them particularly problematic as marine debris. Unlike their natural predecessors, the new materials can last for years or decades in the marine environment. They are largely impervious to biodegradation; they are resistant to chemicals, light, and abrasion; and because many of these synthetic fibers are buoyant, they can be transported long distances by ocean currents.
With the entry into force of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL) Annex V and its implementation via domestic laws in the late 1980s, the at-sea discharge of plastics and other synthetic polymers, including fishing gear, was prohibited. This change from long-standing ship disposal practices, coupled with concurrent rising public awareness of synthetic materials–based marine debris (e.g., Manheim, 1986; Adler, 1987; O'Hara et al., 1988; Toufexis, 1988), increased focus on the problems associated with fishing gear lost or discarded into the marine environment. DFG is of particular concern because the use of synthetic materials has made fishing gear more durable and because it can continue to entrap, entangle, and retain marine organisms after it has been lost or discarded.
The committee defines fishing gear as any device or equipment or parts thereof, except vessels, used in the catching, attracting, gathering,


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My partner has a red about 1 inch thick discolored band right below the head of his penis and onto the shaft. It is all the way around. I know that the genitals have discoloration, especially where a circumcision was performed, but have not seen it that red on a white male(usually brownish). Curious on if it is normal before we are intimate?
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Dr. Vivek Chail
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Thanks for writing in.
The red band below the head of the penis could very commonly be normal.
If there is no associated symptom and any feature of inflammation, it is unlikely that diease is present.
If you are very worried, please request your partner to see a doctor. If that takes time, you could go ahead getting intimate with your partner wearing a condom till then.
Hope this helps.
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The red band below the head of the penis could very commonly be normal.
If there is no associated symptom and any feature of inflammation, it is unlikely that diease is present.
If you are very worried, please request your partner to see a doctor. If that takes time, you could go ahead getting intimate with your partner wearing a condom till then.
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Kashmir Honeymoon Tour
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- Type:
- Adventure
- Price from:
- 839 GBP /person
- Phone:
- 0091 98291 53949
- Fax:
- 0091 0141 2622098
- Payment Types:
- Cash
- Credit Card
- Cheque
- Travellers cheque
- Paypal
- Wire Transfer
- Duration:
- 6 days
- Location Start:
- Srinagar
- Location Finish:
- Srinagar
- We Speak:
- German, English, Hindi
Last updated: 07/15/2007
Kashmir is a magic land of silvery streams, sparkling fresh water lakes, land of pine and deodar forests, green meadows and grassy slopes. It is the land of bewitching beauty and exotic fruits, flower
Day 1
In the morning arrive at Srinagar airport or railway station. Srinagar has been described by some visitors as the Venice of the East. A unique charm of Srinagar is its 1300 or more houseboats, the floating little hotels on the edge of the Dal Lake. Upon arrival you will be met by representative and transferred to the deluxe house boat on Dal Lake. In the afternoon you can enjoy the Shikara ride on Dal Lake and also visit floating gardens.
Day 2
Today after having breakfast we drive to visit the famous Mughal gardens in Srinagar which are Nishat Bagh (the garden of Pleasure) and Shalimar Bagh (abode of love). These gardens are situated on the banks of Dal lake. Nishat Bagh is the larger of the two gardens and has an impressive plantation of Chenar trees on its highest terrace. Both the gardens are built on a symmetrical plan of central waterways with fountains dividing a series of gardened terraces.
Day 3
The day is free for shopping and for other individual activities.
Day 4
Srinagar - Pahalgam (about 97 km)
In the morning after breakfast drive to Pahalgam. On the way we pass through pine forest and also visit the saffron fields. Pahalgam is the popular hill resort of the Kashmir valley. Pahalgam is situated at a height of 7,200 feet. The flora and fauna is good and the scenery in Pahalgam is captivating. It is from Pahalgam that the pilgrims often take a Amarnath Yatra. In Pahalgam one can have a walk to Baisaren, which is about 2 km from Pahalgam. A small village, set in pine and fir forest is pleasing and offers good view.
Day 5
Pahalgam - Gulmarg
In the morning after having breakfast drive to Gulmarg, the meadow of flowers. The route from Pahalgam to Gulmarg is fascinating. During the British Raj, Gulmarg hosted the Britishers and Europeans and as such they created a European hill resort and named it Gulmarg. In Gulmarg you would be able to find European surroundings and 18-hole Golf Course. After having lunch at Gulamarg, enjoy the pony ride from Gulmarg to Khilanmarg. Khilanmarg is the spot for skiing in winters. We will reach Khilanmarg on pony. In Khilanmarg we will enjoy the views of the Kashmir valley and the Himalayan range. In Gulmarg one can have a walk through the green meadows with the snow covered mountains all around. (If this trip is during winters then you can also enjoy the Skiing and other adventure sports here)
Day 6
Gulmarg - Srinagar (about 60 km)
After having breakfast we drive back to Srinagar. Transfer to airport or railway station for the onwards journey.
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Travis said an unidentified driver was traveling south on Startown Road when he probably fell asleep at the wheel and ran his car off the road.
The car flipped upside down and landed on the right shoulder.
The driver was trapped momentarily before emergency personnel arrived on the scene. The driver was taken to Catawba Valley Medical Center in stable condition.
The Maiden man accused of killing and depriving numerous beagle dogs pleaded guilty Friday to five counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals.
Billy Roy Hewitt, 63, of Maiden, will pay a $100 fine and $1,000 restitution fee to Catawba County after pleading guilty to "willfully and intentionally" killing three dogs and depriving two others.
In March, animal control officers served a search warrant at Hewitt's home after neighbors reported foul smells and dead dogs in the Maiden man's yard. Officers reported finding about 100 dog carcasses on Hewitt's property during the search.
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As a federal law and state-mandated statute, each voting district with more than one area has to revisit its maps after each 10-year census.
Owen "Pete" Percy Wagner, 88, of Conover, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011, at his residence. The Wagner family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Conover.
Carl Eric Pittman, 47, of Granite Falls, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011. Mackie-High Funeral Home serving the family of Carl Eric Pittman.
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Firefighters worked for about 30 minutes to bring the fire under control. Several firefighters entered the building to try and salvage uniforms, computers, trophies and other equipment while their colleagues were trying to extinguish the fire.
One person was killed and another injured in a morning collision that closed Old Conover-Startown Road for several hours Friday.
Although the Balls Creek Campmeeting is a month away, "tent" owners are beginning to prepare for the 158th year of the historic campmeeting.
The wooden shacks, called tents, are cleaned, painted and aired out in anticipation of Sunday, Aug. 14, opening day for the annual campmeeting.
Campmeeting will commence with the 7:30 p.m. service and will close with the 7:30 p.m. service on Sunday, Aug. 28.
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Down 2-1 in the fourth inning, Hickory scored six runs in three innings on Thursday to defeat Caldwell County, 7-2, in game four of a best-of-five series.Post 48 (19-9) advances to the Area IV championship series.
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Post 48 (19-9) struck first in the bottom of the second inning. With two outs, Hoyle and Null doubled on back-to-back innings to put Post 48 ahead 1-0 after one inning.
Despite reports that the new N.C. 16 would be completed within days, the bypass may not be finished for at least two more weeks, transportation officials said Thursday.
Construction crews have been working on the bypass since 2008. The new highway will decrease travel time to Charlotte and runs from south of Tower Road in Denver to Gaston County.
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The woman, accused of the 2010 murder of her 10-year-old disabled stepdaughter, did not speak as her judge, defense attorney and state prosecution discussed an arraignment and possible change of venue for her case.
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I believe our country has reached a tipping point. I see a future of full employment at good jobs that are well paid. I see a functional Congress that does right for the people who elect them. I see the finest infrastructure in the world with public transportation second to none. I see schools where our children happily learn the skills they need to follow their dreams. I see families able to live on one income as we did in the "good old days." I see all Americans sharing in the bounty of a $16 trillion gross national product. I see a flourishing country where humility and kindness have replaced arrogance and greed. Am I an impractical dreamer? I don't think so. Here is why.
History, like a pendulum, swings back and forth. Around 1900, robber barons ruled the land. They had immense wealth, while children labored 10 -12 hour days in sweat shops, and men and women could barely make a living. Gambling on the stock market with easy credit in the 1920's led to the stock market crash and the Great Depression and another war. Sound familiar? Then, after the war, our country put in place legislation that controlled greed, prevented monopolies, provided social security, minimum wages, and a progressive income tax and slowly a strong middleclass emerged. If we had kept these reforms in place the average family today would be earning about $100,000.
But starting in the 1980's we began to undo those reforms and now we have the same income distribution as Mexico, Brazil, and Russia, billionaires raking in huge profits from globalization, the New Industrial Revolution, and people all over the world working in sweatshops while Americans go without jobs.
Well, the pendulum is beginning to swing back. Americans are waking up to the fact that we don't want billionaires dictating our politics, our elections, and our laws. I hate to say it but billionaire Warren Buffett was right, "this is class warfare, our class is winning, but we shouldn't be." The Koch brother billionaires set up and financed the Tea Party movement and convinced loyal Americans that the problem is the poor when in reality the problem is the super rich who think they can buy everyone and everything.
We want true free enterprise and democracy, but those two horses have left the barn. They are shackled and being hauled away in a trailer along with your pension funds, your savings, your businesses, your elections, and your jobs. Whatever happened to competition? It's been replaced by consolidation and the destruction of antitrust laws. If you have a business today, you are hamstrung by being forced to sell to or buy from a handful of big corporations. As a consumer you take what a few providers offer whether you like it or not.
As I said, we have reached a tipping point. Incumbents are becoming an endangered species. It's time for new blood in Washington. I can understand why loyal Americans have come to fear
their government, because it's being taken over by huge multi-national corporations. Ron Paul was right, corporatism is one short step before Fascism. Look at Homeland Security and the NSA
(National Security Agency); whose security? And whose money feeds them and their corporate allies? Yours and mine. How did we get talked into spending trillions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan,
when our national debt is so large?
Why didn't the military/industrial/security complex raise our taxes to pay for their wars? Because if they put it on our national credit card, we wouldn't complain so much and the banks could make even more money. If we want gun control, let's start by taking the very expensive guns away from Blackwater and their friends. We live in a culture of violence and greed while talking about God and religion. Who would Jesus bomb?
I need your help. Let's send a message on November 4th, 2014. We are going to stop sending millionaires to Congress. Half of them are already millionaires and the other half want to join them in
their exclusive club. Mr. Rooney may be Tea Party but he is carrying water for the billionaires who are ruling and ruining our country. We have to fight back before it's too late.
Please join me.
The Health Crisis
The U.S. spends more on health care than any other industrialized nation and we get worse results. About 18% of GNP goes to health care. That is nearly $3 trillion or the equivalent of our whole federal budget. Insurance companies have a term called MLR for medical loss ratio. That is the amount of their collected premiums that they have to pay to doctors and hospitals. They used to operated with a 60-70% MLR until Obama Care made them spend 80% or their premiums on their customers. Medicare by comparison spends 95% of their collections on services to the elderly. If we had Medicare for All we would save 15% of about $3 trillion or $450 billion each year. This would be a good place to start, plus it would relieve our business community of having to provide health insurance which in turn would greatly improve the economy and the income and productivity of all Americans.
The Economy
Rebuild the middle-class and move the poor up to the middle-class by a series of measures similar to how Americans accomplished this after the last great depression:
1. Raise the tax rate on the top 1% from the current 23% to 46%.
This will raise $450 Billion/ year that could hire 11.3 million people at $40,000/year and end unemployment.
2. Tax capital gains as regular income and implement a financial transaction tax to discourage day trading.
3. Tax money held in off-shore accounts to bring it home to be used productively to hire Americans.
4. Properly fund public education at all levels to produce a productive and prosperous work force.
5. Incentivize the spread of worker owned and operated businesses.
6. Restrict the spread between upper managment and entry level worker pay to reasonalbe multiples. Currently, CEO's make over 400 times what their average workers make.
7. Break up monopolies and introduce and enforce restraint of trade laws. Bring true democracy and competition to the economy.
8. Encourage small and medium size businesses by passing a Medicare for All Bill that will spread the costs of health care more widely and properly fund alternative medicine.
9. Develop the world's best public transportation systems and ecourage public bike/walk programs.
10. Expand libraries reach, penetration, and programs throughout the country. Improve our infrastruture and public facilities.
11. Incentivize massive investment in alternative wind, solar, and other alternative energy systems and tax traditional power production and use to recover their true costs to the public including wars.
12. Audit the Defense Department and security agencies and scale back the military/industrial/security complex.
13. Strengthen the union movement and its protections for the middle-class.
14. Create a fair process for foreclosures insuring that banks produce legitimate documents to the courts and the rights of the homeowner are protected. Steamline restructuring of loans to current interest rates and valuations.
Election and Lobbying Reform
Introduce legislation that would institute TV and radio broadcasters' on our public airwaves to provide reasonable allotments of free airtime for candidates for public office. This would eliminate the need for most campaign funding and therefore greatly reduce the influence of money in the political process. Public airwaves should serve the public interest.
About 50% of Senators and Representatives are millionaires and end up working on "K Street" as lobbyist at 15 times their previous salaries. Introduce legislation to stop the revolving doors. Also enforce rules against insider trading by Congress.
Introduce term limits, and limits on the size of contributions to campaigns. Repeal the Citizen's United decision by amendment if necessary. Corporations are not people and money is not speech
Debt and Balanced Budget
There has been a concerted effort by the power brokers in Washington and New York to convince the average voter that we are sinking in red ink. They do this to frighten us into legislation that cuts government programs and weaken government regulations that could affect their operations. The truth is that this country makes $17 trillion each year (GNP) and our debt of $17 trillion is large but not overwhelming. It would be like a person earning $170,000 salary and carrying a $170,000 mortgage on a house worth $650,000 (our national wealth has been estimated at $65 trillion. At a time when so many are un-employed or under-employed, we need government investment in our country that will put people back to work, even if it results in a temporary unbalanced budget. We must grow out of our current situation. There are plenty of projects to focus on: infrastructure improvements, energy network for green power sources such as wind, solar, small hydro-generating plants, wave action generators, hydrogen fuel research, efficient rail transportation, bridges, dams and levies that broke in New Orleans, 125 year old gas pipes that leaked in NYC, etc.
"What we don't need is another war which cost us over $3 trillion and creates nothing but hatred and destruction even though it makes a few rich. The only public expenditures the military/industrial/surveillance complex seems to like is war, also generated by raising fears. And war should only be entered by declaration of the US Congress."
The Environment
Our precious planet is being raped by the greed of multi-national companies, especially in the developing world where governmental controls were bargained away by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund insisting on Friedmanite policies from the Chicago School of Economics. For this dismal history see Naomi Klein's book, The Shock Doctrine or the documentary based on the book.
Locally, the Florida economy depends on the quality of the water in our rivers and beaches. We know how much nitrogen and phosphates create algae blooms that ruin our rivers and cause smelly red tide and dead fish on our beaches. We must reduce phosphate pollution and we know how. It is a political question as to who will pay. Continuing to use a narrative definition of phosphate pollution is just burying our heads in the sand. Let's figure the cost of cleanup and determine a fair way to share those costs and get on with it before our tourist economy fails and living in Florida is no longer a blessing.
We must insist on energy alternatives that protect our water and air and combat global warming. We must also insist on healthy foods untainted by GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and support organic farmers. Buy organic. Watch the documentary Forks Over Knives and visit their web site. Think globally and eat locally. Support your local food coops and farm stands. Plant victory gardens. The environment inside our bodies is as important as the environment outside it. Avoid sugar and soft drinks, eat vegetables and fruit and healthy grains.
Right to Life
If you must have a label, call me moderate pro-life. I say that because I would never encourage abortion, but the final decision has to belong to the woman herself. As the father of three adoptive children, I believe this is a more positive alternative to abortion, especially since there are so many couples wanting and waiting to adopt. But our focus must be on preventing unwanted pregnancy, and the surest way is abstinence. There are very few benefits to sex before or outside of marriage as many people are beginning to discover.
I must also add that this emotional issue has been cynically used to build a political base for foolish foreign policy initiatives that have violated the lives of many full-grown adults. The right to life community has to consider more than unwanted fetuses, it must also consider the death and destruction rained down by policies of "shock and awe" and the millions of dead, injured, and homeless left in its wake. Prolife must consider the quality of life of all citizens including the poor, sick, and elderly and war casualties which in modern warfare is greater among non-combatants. A society will be judged on how it treats its most vulnerable.
On Sexual Orientations
"... I think it would be helpful if we would not be so obsessed with sexuality considered in the light of human anatomy. The psychological aspect of femininity and masculinity are far more important identities. And it is clear that everyone is a mixture of these two elements including the Godhead. How people are equipped physiologically need not always match their stronger psychological identity. Most of us would be androgynous physiologically if that were possible. We should not stand in judgment of the creation (which any biologist will tell us has huge variations in that regard), the Creator, or each other on this issue." Page 45 of How To Get To Heaven According To Teachings Of Jesus, by Will Bronson DMin. Published 2009 available from Amazon in paperback or eBook as How to Fly to Heaven. Also available from author
An article by Will Bronson published in September 2011 called Tears for Gomes. http://99brattle.blogspot.com/2011/09/tears-for-peter-gomes.html
Also please watch an interesting documentary called "For the Bible Tells Me So," about five couples with gay or lesbian children and their experiences. May be viewed free at this site: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/for-the-bible-tells-me-so/ Also, for a careful analysis of Biblical texts see The Chapter on Homosexuality in Peter Gomes excellent "The Good Book, Reading the Bible With Mind and Heart.
For a more complete statement of the theological basis of my political philosophy see my book: "How to Get to Heaven According to Teachings of Jesus" or as an ebook: "How to Fly to Heaven" available at www.Amazon.com or from the author.
2nd Amendment
Bill of Rights – 2nd Amendment: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
I believe all citizens, except felons and the mentally ill, have the right to bear arms. The 2nd amendment was written at a time when our country had just overcome occupation by England. The greatest violence against citizens has not been caused by legally armed citizens, but by governments like Germany, USSR, China, Cambodia and many others preying on their unarmed populations. The Founders understood this. Like the founders of our republic, I consider the 2nd Amendment to be second only to the first amendment guaranteeing the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly.
The founders saw the militia as a means of protecting Americans from the over-reaching threats of the British Crown which had been their own government.
Heart to Heart with Men, from Will Bronson,
Candidate for US Congress, Fl 17
My Dear Brothers, Fathers, and Sons,
On the campaign trail, I have seen and felt your pain. And pain sometimes leads to anger and frustration. Many of you believe your pain comes from the government, a government that spends too much, taxes too much, interferes with your life too much, and now wants to take your guns so you don't hurt somebody.
Some men, who are having trouble providing for their families in today's economy, feel a particular pain tinged with shame and guilt. And when it is not their fault that they are laid off, or downsized, it easily turns to anger. So who is at fault?
I would argue that the answer is not simple and it is not who you might suspect. I grew up the son of a father who worked very hard to start his own business. And he succeeded, and my brother ran it and now his son. We were lucky, but my father would say there wasn't much luck involved, mostly hard work. He built it himself.
I have the highest respect for all the hardworking men and women in this country who built companies that paid workers, paid taxes, and supported families, including their own. My father was one of them. And he hated FDR.
He graduated from college during the depression in 1929. The country was in even worse shape than it is today. But they all survived and built the strongest economy and middle class the world has ever seen. As a tool and die maker he wasn't drafted in WWII but trained snipers in our basement for the war effort, my dad having been a champion marksman himself.
I grew up with guns and hunting and spent many happy days in the woods as an Eagle Scout.
But there is a cancer on our free enterprise system. It's called monopoly, and it's not new. In the old days we had anti-trust laws, and restraint of trade regulations, and tariffs to control them. We encouraged unions so the working man wouldn't be crushed by the billionaires. If a person made over $2 million, he was taxed on additional income at the rate of 70-90%. The average CEO made maybe 10 to 20 times that of the average worker. Now the average executive of a Fortune 500 company makes 325 times that of his workers. He makes more on his first day at work than all his underlings make working all year long. Greed has come to dominate Wall Street and Washington. Big money has bought both sides of the aisle and are buying elections as we speak. Four hundred of the richest Americans own more than 60% of the country, 187 million poor and working poor, and middle-class. Warren Buffet famously said: "This is class warfare. Our class is winning but we shouldn't be. I shouldn't be paying a lower tax rate than my secretary."
What is their agenda? More money. They have a habit, an addictive habit. A lot is never enough. What is their agenda for you? To be squeezed. If you are supplying one of the huge trading companies like Walmart, you are being squeezed. If you are competing with dollar an hour wages in China or India, you are being squeezed. If you and your wife are trying to support your family with two minimum wage jobs, you are being squeezed.
We are being killed by "friendly fire." Today's free enterprise system is off the rails, while monopolies have turned rogue. It is no longer about competition. It is about greed, and if you look closely at it, you will find that greed is the source of your pain. Markets and suppliers are shrinking to a handful in every industry. We now have 5 huge "too big to fail" banks where we used to have hundreds of reasonably sized banks. We have about 5 media companies. We have a few companies that provide the all parts for all the auto manufacturers. And if you buy one of the hundreds of labels of beers available at Publix that make you think free enterprise is alive and well, your money ends up with either of two megaliths, Anheuser Busch or the South African Breweries. Wealth inequality in America has risen to a level on a par with Cambodia, Philippines, Jamaica, and Uganda.
My friends, the world is not what it seems. Beware of big money and don't buy the line that the government is your enemy. Yes, they make many mistakes, but the monopolies want to get government out of their way, or alternatively, get them to feed them tax dollars and sweet no bid contracts like Halliburton and Blackwater that made a killing off the wars, at the expense of our GIs.
I'm really sorry it has come to this. But the lions are out of the cage and they are eating us alive. And they are not self-regulating.
Having been a Republican, I see that my former party has sold out lock, stock, and barrel to the monopolists. So have many Democrats, but I feel that at least there is a chance we could put together enough votes to put the lions back in their cages, so we can get our country and our liberties back. There is no liberty when you don't know where your next dollar is coming from.
I need your vote. Please.
Will Bronson
Democratic Candidate for US Congress - FL 17
For more information call Will Bronson at 239 940 6080 or write at email@example.com or PO Box 1507, Lehigh Acres, FL


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Legislators who are leaving the corporate front group ALEC deserve applause.
The USDA proposes to increase line speed in poultry plants, but the debate is only about food safety. What about the workers?
The key to making America safer is not to increase military spending but rather to do the exact opposite.
In the 1990s, targeted killing was highly controversial. Today, the practice is barely questioned. What happened in between?
Her firm, SKD Knickerbocker, sells its perceived access to the White House, while lobbying for corporate tax breaks and for-profit colleges.
It's now the only governing institution that understands the depths of the economic crisis.
Explaining the "magic" of private equity in eight simple steps.
What we lost in Iraq and Washington between 2009 and 2012.
How the intelligence community is creating a new American world.
Instead of actually working to solve problems, the GOP is pursuing an ideological agenda that is nothing less than legislative malpractice.
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