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Aquino: Time to honor all Edsa participants-A A +A
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
CEBU CITY -- There are more heroes to recognize apart from those in the traditional ceremonies to mark the anniversary of the People Power Revolution. And there is much work ahead, for which the spirit of People Power will be needed.
President Benigno Aquino III made these points on Tuesday, when he broke away from the traditional celebration of the 1986 revolution by spending the day in Cebu and Leyte.
"The uprising of the people against a dictatorial regime happened in the entire country, like Cebu and Davao, and not just in Metro Manila," Aquino said.
On his fourth EDSA celebration as President, Aquino said he wanted to speak up against those who wish to revise history by saying the revolution happened only in Metro Manila.
Supporting Cory
When he addressed the crowd in front of the Cebu Capitol yesterday morning, President Aquino recalled how his mother, Corazon, came to Cebu after the snap elections of 1986 to campaign for civil disobedience, because Ferdinand Marcos had cheated to keep Corazon from taking power.
On February 22, 1986, Corazon was in Cebu when civilian crowds began to gather on EDSA to demand that Marcos step down. Among those who kept her company was former Cebu City congresswoman Nancy Cuenco and former assemblywoman Nenita Cortes-Daluz.
Aquino thanked the Cebuanos for caring for and supporting his mother every time she was in Cebu.
"As early as 1983, buong-buo sa loob ng mga Cebuanos kung ano ang tama o mali. Kaya sa huling yugto or huling kabanata ng kasaysayan, puwede nating masasabi na ang unang yugto ay nag-umpisa sa Cebu (As early as 1983, the Cebuanos showed they new what was wrong or right. In the reckoning of history's final chapter, we can say that the revolution also started in Cebu)," Aquino said.
It was in 1983 that Aquino's father, the former senator Benigno Aquino Jr., came home from exile but was assassinated on the tarmac of the Manila airport. That event made Corazon a central figure, around whom critics of the Marcos dictatorship gathered.
President Aquino also said the 28th anniversary of the People Power Revolution was also held in different disaster-stricken provinces to show the need for unity and solidarity, in the wake of calamities like Yolanda.
Yellow shirts
When the typhoon struck last November 8, it left more than 6,200 persons dead and damaged or destroyed around one million homes. It also flattened P39 billion worth of crops and public infrastructure.
The police estimated that some 35,000 persons turned up to watch the celebrations outside the Capitol grounds. (This figure is unconfirmed.)
The spectators, many of them clad in yellow shirts, filled parts of Osmeña Boulevard leading to the Capitol.
Senior Supt. Noli Romana, director of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said that at least 250 police personnel were sent to the area, including those from Regional Public Safety Battalion.
The crowd witnessed the "salubongan" or reenactment of the meeting in 1986 between civilian protesters to the Marcos regime and the military troops that had been sent to stop them.
"Cooperative naman sila (They were cooperative)," Romana said of the crowd. Yellow confetti drifted from above and at one point, a yellow ribbon made of several balloons was released.
About 50 members of different groups held a protest outside the Fuente Osmeña circle in time for the President's visit. These groups included Bayan Muna, Kabataan party-list, ACT Teachers Partylist, farmers and drivers.
They held posters and placards against the abuse of congressional pork barrel funds and the recently upheld Cybercrime Prevention Law.
"Wala namang problema (There was no problem)," Romana said.
President Aquino, in his speech, pointed out that although he celebrated the People Power anniversary in Cebu, there were activities in Metro Manila where the leading figures in 1986 celebrated with the People Power Commission.
"The struggle did not only happen in Edsa but also in Cebu, Davao and many areas. For me, after 28 years, it's time to recognize the participants from all other places in the country," Aquino said.
The EDSA People Power Commission (EPPC) planned to highlight modern-day Filipinos working together for the recovery and continued development of the country.
The EPPC, headed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr., came up with the theme "Kapit-Bisig Tungo sa Pagbangon" (Hand-in-Hand Toward Recovery).
Although it was a regular workday, there were no classes nationwide in celebration of the anniversary.
The suspension of classes was also one reason traffic did not build up in areas affected by the celebration, said Joy Tumulak of the Cebu City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) office.
When the ceremony ended at 10 a.m., Tumulak said, Llorente St. and Maria Cristina St. were immediately reopened to traffic. After the stage outside the Capitol was dismantled, all other routes were also reopened to traffic at 1:30 p.m.
Tumulak said that nearly 100 Citom personnel were fielded for the activity.
At the protest near Fuente, Andrea Heno brought along her six grandchildren, the youngest only three years old. She said they arrived at dawn and stayed in the middle of the street, bearing the heat of the sun, just to express their disapproval of the Aquino administration.
"Anad na ni akong mga apo sa kainit (My grandchildren arre used to bearing the heat)," added Heno.
At one point, Director Romana offered bread to the militant groups, but they refused.
"I am concerned about these children na pinasasali sa ganitong (who were made to join this) activity. Kaya I offered some tinapay but they refused. Wala tayong magagawa (There's nothing we can do)," said Romana.
He said the police anticipated a big number of protesters, so they prepared a security force at least five layers deep, "with armor shields just in case." (Sun.Star Cebu)
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on February 27, 2014.
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Men's Lacrosse Signs Seven During Early Signing Period
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA-University of Virginia men's lacrosse coach Dom Starsia has announced that seven student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to play lacrosse at UVa beginning in the 2001-02 academic year.
The signees are: Jonathon Christmas (Ardmore, Pa./Lower Merion), Jack deVilliers (Lutherville, Md./St. Paul's), Brendan Gill (Lutherville, Md./St. Paul's), Hunter Kass (Rye, N.Y./St. Mark's (Mass.)), Jared Little (Black River, N.Y./Carthage), Matt Paquet (Demarest, N.J./Avon Old Farms (Conn.)) and Joe Yevoli (Massapequa, N.Y./St. Anthony's).
Christmas is a 5-9, 175-pound midfielder/attackman from Ardmore, Pa. He is a two-time high school All-American and was the player of the year in Pennsylvania last spring.
DeVilliers is a 5-11, 185-pound midfielder from Lutherville, Md. He was a first-team Baltimore All-Metro last spring and was selected a Bay State All-Star. He won 70 percent of his faceoffs, while scoring 19 goals and adding 18 assists as a junior in 2000.
Gill is a 5-11, 175-pound attackman from Lutherville, Md. He is the brother of current UVa All-American Conor Gill and a high school teammate of deVilliers. The younger Gill was a second-team All-Baltimore City/County selection last spring and was also a Bay State All-Star.
Kass is a 6-2, 190-pound midfielder attending St. Mark's School in Southborough, Mass. He was an all-league choice in lacrosse in the spring. He is also a standout soccer and hockey player.
Little is a 6-1, 195-pound midfielder from Black River, N.Y. He scored 124 points last season as a junior and had a big game in the New York state finals with five goals and four assists. He played on the Central New York team in the Empire Games this past summer.
Paquet is a 6-5, 210-pound defenseman who attends Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Conn. He helped key a defense that allowed an average of 5.9 goals per game last spring. He is also a defensive end and tight end on the football team this fall and was named player of the game in the win over Phillips Exeter.
Yevoli is a 6-0, 175-pound attackman from Massapequa, N.Y. He is a two-time Long Island Empire Games selection, as well as a two-time All-Catholic league choice and led his team in scoring last season.
"It occurs, periodically, on an athletic team that a class or group of players comes to define a program during the course of its career," said Starsia. "This class of 2005 may have such an opportunity. We anticipate signing two more athletes this spring to complete our class and give us a group with talent and personality. Virginia lacrosse fans will enjoy getting to know these young men."
It Will Be A Merry Christmas For UVA and its 2005 Class
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Originally posted on Celtics Town | Last updated 10/19/12
Christmas was waived to make room for Leandro Barbosa, cutting short Christmas' underdog story.On Tuesday, word trickled down the internet newswire (read: Twitter) that Dionte Christmas and Jamar Smith were both waived by the Celtics. This came as a surprise. Although Christmas was far from guaranteed a spot, he seemed likely to make the team as an end-of-the-bench player, someone who would make up 1:45 second long handshakes with all of the starters that would draw the Celtics early delay-of-game warnings. The shock was lessened when we learned Wednesday that the cuts had taken place to make way for Leandro Barbosa, a very solid, defensible basketball decision. But solid basketball decisions don't necessarily make for solid basketball narratives.Jamar Smith? Bummer. Sorry man. He never really had a chance after the Celtics acquired Darko Milicic, taking up a roster spot that could have been reserved for a younger player. Although I'm sure everyone wishes Smith the best, no Twitter tears were shed on his behalf.Christmas, however, was dfferent. He was immediately likable, in part because of his feel-good story (trying to fulfill a lifelong dream of playing in the NBA) and in part because everybody on the team seemed to like him. But most of all, he was likable because he's an underdog with a real chance, and we LOVE cheering for underdogs.Let me start here: I don't feel like we can't call Christmas a Cinderella story. Jay disagrees with me, and there's a good chance he's right, because he usually is, but I think the Cinderella narrative is overused. In sports, true Cinderella stories are incredibly rare. To accomplish the full narrative, the protagonist (underdog team) has to go through a series of seemingly lucky coincidences and end up champions, the ultimate feel-good ending. That's where most sports narratives get tripped up: an unrealistic, improbable, completely happy ending.When was the last time an NCAA Cinderella team actually won the championship? Butler came close twice and lost. George Mason made it to the Final Four. VCU did as well. But in all of those cases, any semblance of true Cinderella narrative was erased as soon as the team lost. If the prince found Cinderella after all of her pumpkin-riding, dancing and shoe-losing and he decided "Erm, this is awkward, but you looked better at night, and I'm not interested anymore, sorry," it would be a thousand times more crushing than if she had just stayed oppressed with her evil stepsisters.Dionte Christmas never could have been a Cinderella story. For him to achieve the ultimate happy ending, he would have to, essentially, become the best player in the NBA. After all, becoming a benchwarmer for an NBA team isn't exactly equivalent to marrying a prince (I would assume, having done neither). But Christmas didn't need to become the best player for this story to end happily, he just needed to make the team. So strike the fairy tale narrative, and we'll stick to that of the underdog.But this is also problematic. Hollywood underdogs, for the most part, share one thing in common: they only have one chance to pull off the biggest upset of their lives. Eminem better not mess up that final rap battle, or he's never going to get another chance. The Titans better win every single game or Denzel Washington is going to get fired. Even Average Joe's Gym better win or Vince Vaughn won't own a gym anymore.Dionte Christmas was an underdog. He came into Summer League a long shot to make the final roster, but he played so well that the Celtics had little choice but to invite him to training camp, despite the glut of shooting guards already in place. In the process, he built a small legion of dedicated Celtics fans who really wanted to see him succeed. The underdog narrative was looking good.Then Tuesday, with one fell swoop from the C's front office, the whole story came to a screeching halt. Christmas was waived, relegating him to the uncertain purgatory that awaits every post-waiver NBA hopeful. He can be picked up by another NBA team, and several people have speculated that the Celtics cut him early so that another team could have a chance to sign him. He can also go overseas, where he would make plenty of money and get much more playing time than he would in the NBA. But for fans of basketball narrative, Christmas' story is now frustratingly open-ended. We don't know what will happen next.We've been taught that underdog stories aren't supposed to be open-ended. They are supposed to be open and shut, brought to a conclusion in dramatic fashion. They aren't supposed to be dropped halfway through.But there IS an ending here, within the seemingly open-ended conclusion. Perhaps it's not as happy or satisfying as Remember the Titans or 8 Mile, but it's also not as sad as the failed Cinderella narrative. Christmas won't play for the Celtics, but he could still play for an NBA team. Heck, he could still play overseas and live happily in Italy or Spain or (gasp) France, making tons of money. Those would be happy endings too, right? Where would you rather live, Detroit (for example) making a metric ton of money or Barcelona making slightly-less-but-still-a-metric ton of money?Real-life underdog stories are never open and shut, whether they have the idyllic ending fans crave (Christmas making the team) or the less idyllic ending (Christmas having to weigh his options). Waiving Christmas and signing Barbosa were the right decisions by the Celtics, even if I'm bummed about them. But as a fan, I don't get to write the narrative. I just witness the results. And in the meantime, while I wait for those results, all I can do is cheer for Christmas to end up somewhere good, wherever that may be.Good luck, Dionte.Follow Tom on Twitter: @Tom_NBA.
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When someone gets lost in the woods — or when a convict escapes from prison — finding them among the vast expanse of trees and other features can be a daunting task. Often search parties literally walk in lines just a few feet apart to scour the terrain for evidence. But perhaps there's an easier way to find signs of life. When cNet editor James Kim and his family went missing last week somewhere in Oregon, Matt Haughey had an idea about how to find them:
I've seen some pretty amazing stuff come out of MetaFilter, when people collaborate on a real world problem. Then it hit me. There are only 5 or 6 major roads to the coast, and they're not that long. Why not run a surveillance plane 500′-1000′ feet above each of the roads, going slow enough that it takes maybe 20-30 minutes to follow the roads to the ocean. If the camera view could capture 100-200′ north and south of the road, you could probably film all 5 or 6 major roads in a single clear day like today.
If each recording is say 30 minutes long for a road, split it into 10 equal parts, 3 minutes long, and upload all of them to youtube. Ask viewers to leave comments pointing out when they see anything strange. The Kims were in a silver Saab wagon, so it's probably something that can be seen from above. In total, there'd be 50 or 60 short clips and in a matter of hours you could have millions of people closely scan then and start pointing out the things worth looking into on the ground. If everyone says there's a silver glint in the trees on video #6 from the highway 18 group, at 1:55 in, you could send a police unit out to investigate.
Kim's wife and children were located, safe but snowbound in an isolated Oregon canyon, by a helicopter using thermal imaging equipment. Kim is still missing. Perhaps with thousands of eyes going over the data from aerial surveillance, he could have been found.
A separate but related problem: how to monitor the same forest for signs of a forest fire. A report in ScienceDaily covers one approach:
A forest ranger helicopter flies over a forest, scattering sensors that can relay temperature data to the ranger station. To ensure minimal environmental impact with maximum robustness, the sensors are very simple: they are basically tiny, sturdy thermometers. After the sensors are scattered, they might be moved further by winds, rains, rivers, or even animals. Is there a way to take the local information sent by the sensor network and turn it into global information about the existence and location of fires in the forest? In particular, without knowing the exact locations of the sensors, can one nevertheless glean information about the coverage area of the sensor network?
It turns out, using mathematical modeling, they may be able to. This technology, too, might be applied in a search for missing persons.
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- Religious belief might help people manage their response to terrorism
- Chris Chatham discusses the problematic concept of "Executive Function"
- Seed's own Maggie Wittlin reports on recent research linking autism to broken mirror neuron systems
- The newest ScienceBlogger, Omni Brain. Coincidentally, Greta met Steve at Psychonomics because their posters happened to be placed right next to each other. Now our blogs are right next to each other, too! Welcome, OmniBrain!


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Justin Moore will wrap his headlining Off the Beaten Path Tour on Saturday. He has been on tour since November and plans to take a couple of weeks off before playing some bigger fairs and festivals this summer. He's scaling back his touring schedule for the remainder of the year, playing closer to 100 shows instead of 150 or more as he has in previous years.
"We're not gonna do as many of the county fairs, and things that we've done in the past, simply because my girls are getting older and I wanna spend as much time at home as I can with them," he said. "Fortunately, country radio has given us a lot of hit records so we can be a little more picky about what we play. All the stuff we played in the past has been a blast, and it's been the reason why we're where we are, but I think there's something to be said for not over diluting an area."
During his down time, Justin and his wife Kate will likely spent some time at the beach house they bought in Destin, Florida last year. They will also welcome their third child this summer. Justin's latest single, "Lettin' The Night Roll," is climbing the charts.


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Hail to the Cabbies: 9 Awesome TV Taxi Drivers
by Ryan McKee, posted Aug 27th 2010 3:04PM
This week, a boozed-up bigot slashed Muslim cab driver Ahmed Sharif in New York City. TV Squad despises hate crimes of any kind, but especially those that happen in our backyard against our taxi-driving friends.
We love cab drivers. How else could we make it across Manhattan with minutes to spare so we're home in time to watch some primetime television? In honor of Sharif's bravery -- and cab drivers everywhere -- here are our nine favorite TV cabbies. We would happily be frightened by their wild driving anytime.
9. Angry Cabbie from 'Seinfeld'
In the series' first two-part episode, entitled 'The Boyfriend,' Jerry is obsessed with Keith Hernandez, Keith is obsessed with Elaine, George is obsessed with backseat driving and we're obsessed with the cabbie who kicks George out -- twice. Embedding is disabled on the video, but click on picture to watch it on YouTube.
8. Alex from 'Entourage'
This season, Dania Ramirez plays the worst (and sexiest) driver working for Turtle's new escort/car service. While we would probably never make it to the airport on time, at least we'd have fun getting there.
7. Antonio V. Scarpacci from 'Wings'
Before Tony Shalhoub became Monk, he perfected his portrayal of this hopelessly romantic, small-town airport cabbie. Despite the fact we almost never saw him drive a cab, we would love to sit in the back seat and listen to his deadpan humor.
6. Larry David from 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'
Before David helped create 'Seinfeld, he held a series of menial jobs that included cabbie and limo driver. In 'Curb's' sixth season, he feels sorry for Charlie the Limo Driver because he's walked in his shoes before, and invites him into a party. Unfortunately, Charlie gets drunk and can't drive. Larry agrees to cover him and take John McEnroe to the airport. Embedding's disabled, but you can check out the hilarity on YouTube.
5. Jimmy the Cab Driver from the '90s MTV promos
Donal Logue has gone on to become a respected actor in both television and film, but we still love him best as the greasy, rambling Jimmy the Cab Driver. While riding from Bronx to Brooklyn with him could get annoying, a short hop across town would be hilarious.
4. Ranjit from 'How I Met Your Mother'
While we are always very nice to cabbies, none of them ever want to join us for beers like Ranjit (Marshall Manesh) does with the cast in the pilot episode. He's so friendly that he pops up and helps the gang out every season.
3. Todd Phillips from 'Taxicab Confessions'
Before Todd Phillips became a mega-director with 'The Hangover,' he posed as a taxi driver for HBO. Hidden cameras recorded the conversations of his passengers, who would then sign a waiver to allow the show to broadcast the intimate details they spilled about their lives while in transit. Wonder what Phillips would think of our secrets.
2. Ben Bailey from 'Cash Cab'
Those who don't dream of stepping in the 'Cash Cab' are those who have never watched this game show on wheels. Stand-up comic/licensed cab driver Ben Bailey randomly picks up unsuspecting passengers looking for a ride, and suddenly they're in a quiz show with instant cash prizes. You even get a free ride to your destination ... as long as you don't get three questions wrong.
1. Alex, Elaine, Tony and Reverend Jim from 'Taxi'
'Taxi' is the sitcom that really launched the careers of Judd Hirsch, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza and Christopher Lloyd. We'll forgive them for Danza ... just kidding. Here we watch Reverend Jim taking his driving test, a true rite of passage for any cabbie. The comedy still holds up.


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Speak out for North Cascades grizzly bear restoration!
Feb 23, 2015
Comments needed to support the active recovery of an endangered Northwest native
WILD NW #241: North Cascades Grizzly Bear Public Comments
Comments needed to support the active recovery of an endangered Northwest native
The National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) are conducting a public planning process (Environmental Impact Study or EIS) for restoring a healthy grizzly bear population in Washington's North Cascades Ecosystem.
Only a few grizzly bears remain in the transboundary North Cascades. These endangered Northwest natives need your support today if we are going to conserve and restore them for future generations!
Please visit https://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?documentID=64266 to submit a comment supporting grizzly bear restoration in the North Cascades.
The current public comment period ends on March 26th, 2015.
Comments may also be submitted by regular mail or hand delivery at:
Superintendent's Office
North Cascades National Park Service Complex
810 State Route 20
Sedro Woolley, WA 98284.
Grizzly bears have been an important part of the North Cascades Ecosystem for thousands of years. They play a vital role for the health of the environment and other wildlife species, figure prominently in regional Native American and First Nations' cultures, and contribute to the richness of our natural heritage in the Pacific Northwest. Now is the time to restore a healthy grizzly bear population in the North Cascades!
Additional talking points to include in your comments:
- I strongly support the recovery of the North Cascades grizzly bear and commend the NPS, USFWS and WDFW for moving forward with the restoration of this important native species.
- The recovery coordinating agencies should take into full consideration the ecological, biological, cultural, spiritual and economic importance of grizzly bears to the Pacific Northwest.
- As the only Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone on the west coast (or outside the greater Rocky Mountains) restoring a healthy North Cascades grizzly bear population is important to the resilience of the species in general, particularly in light of climate change.
- Quality habitat still exists for grizzly bears in the North Cascades Ecosystem. Thus, we have an ethical and legal obligation to restore a healthy grizzly bear population to the North Cascades.
- There is strong public support for grizzly bear recovery in the North Cascades that transcends geographic and demographic lines. Washingtonians support healthy wild ecosystems with all the native species present when habitat and ecological conditions allow.
- I want to see the best available science used to identify and implement active strategies to restore a viable population of grizzly bears in the North Cascades Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone. Therefore, the EIS must include alternatives to add a modest number of grizzly bears to the North Cascades Ecosystem under the guidance of local communities, a strategy that has been used successfully in Montana's Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystem.
Public open houses on the Grizzly Bear Restoration EIS will also be held on:
- Tuesday, March 3rd in Winthrop from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Red Barn Upper Meeting Room
- Wednesday, March 4th in Okanogan from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Okanogan PUD Meeting Room
- Thursday, March 5th in Wenatchee from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Chelan County PUD Auditorium
- Monday, March 9th in Cle Elum from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Putnam Centennial Center Meeting Rm
- Tuesday, March 10th in Seattle from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Seattle Pacific University Bertona Classroom 1
- Wednesday, March 11th in Bellingham from 5-7:30 p.m. in the Bellingham Central Library Lecture Rm
We'll be hosting special pre-meeting "happy hours" to help brief supporters on the facts about North Cascades grizzly bear restoration. Visit our North Cascades Grizzly Bear Facebook page to learn the locations of these happy hours and join our Facebook events for each open house.
Want to help show your support online? Use the hashtag #SavetheCascadesGrizzly or follow and share our pages on Twitter @CascadesGrizzly or Instagram @CascadesGrizzly
Want to write a Letter to the Editor or an Opinion Editorial in your local newspaper supporting grizzly bear restoration? Contact Chase Gunnell, communications manager, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Why do we Need Grizzly Bears in the North Cascades?
- Grizzly bears are culturally and spiritually significant to First Nations throughout the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Grizzlies are seen as teachers, guides and symbols of strength and wisdom to indigenous peoples. They are a regional icon and a key part of our natural heritage.
- Grizzly bears are considered an "umbrella" species, and they play an important role for healthy ecosystems. Habitat that supports grizzly bears also supports hundreds of other plants and animals and human needs like clean water, healthy forests and quality outdoor opportunities.
- Grizzly bears have been part of the Pacific Northwest landscape for thousands of years. We have an ethical and legal obligation to restore this native species. Grizzly bear recovery in the North Cascades is an important part of national efforts to restore endangered animals where suitable habitat still exists.
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- With nearly 10,000 square miles stretching from I-90 north to the Canadian border and anchored by North Cascades National Park, the designated North Cascades Grizzly Bear Recovery Area is one of largest blocks of wild federal land remaining in the lower 48 states. But it is isolated from viable grizzly bear populations in other parts of the U.S. and Canada.
- Research indicates this wilderness landscape has quality habitat capable of supporting a self-sustaining grizzly bear population. A few grizzly bears have recently been sighted in the Canadian part of the ecosystem, but no grizzly bears have been sighted in the United States portion for several years.
- Given the low number of existing grizzly bears, their very slow reproductive rate and other constraints, the North Cascades grizzly bear population is considered the most at-risk grizzly bear population in the United States today. With so few grizzly bears left in the North Cascades, biologists believe they may soon disappear entirely from the area if recovery actions aren't taken.
Want even more information? Visit our webpage www.conservationnw.org/northcascadesgrizzly for our full backgrounder on North Cascades grizzly bear recovery, suggested public talking points, links to more information and a Frequently Asked Questions list from the government agencies leading the recovery process. Thank you for your support of this historic recovery process!


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PAWTUCKET — When he was a young boy, Joshua Bryant would always be excited to go to the Rhode Island National Guard air shows at Quonset Point to see the Thunderbirds, and on one rare occasion, the Blue Angels. Now, the 35-year-old Pawtucket native and U.S. Marines Staff Sergeant gets to relive that excitement regularly—and from a different vantage point--as part of the elite Blue Angels Team.
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Bryant added that at a recent air show in Lynchburg, Virginia, the crowd cheered the ground crew as appreciatively as they did the pilots. "Usually, the pilots get all the glory. It was good for the crew to hear the applause, too," he noted. He said he was impressed at the way the small southern town welcomed the Blue Angels team. "Everyone was stopping us and taking pictures," he said. "There was an 'awe' factor," which felt nice."
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This seems to be the appropriate thread to ask this question--I have two pear trees and a lot of unripe pears that had to be picked. I want to make pear butter out of them but wondered if they have to be ripe. I need to use the unripe pears right away for various reasons. Does anyone have experience with unripe pears? I know they'll ripen eventually but I don't want to wait.
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The U.S. Government Compiles a Bibliography
by Daniel Pipes
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[N.B.: WT title: "An apology posing as a bibliography: An official book list discounts Islam's menacing side."]
At this moment of sequester and belt-tightening, the U.S. government has delivered a reading list on Islam.
As one of the taxpayers who unwittingly contributed to this project as well as the compiler of my own bibliography on Islam and the Middle East, I take interest in the 25 books NEH selected for glory, spreading them around the country.
NEH's list and mine do share minor commonalities: for example, one author (the Moroccan writer Fatima Mernissi) and one series (the Very Short Introductions series issued by Oxford University Press).
But our purposes could not be more different: whereas I help readers understand why Muslims fill 30 out of 32 slots on the most wanted terrorists list and how Islamism came to be the main vehicle of barbarism in the world today, the endowment's list shields the reader's eyes from all this unpleasantness. Where I provide background to the headlines, NEH ignores them and pretends all is well with Islam, as is the federal government's wont.
I seek to answer burning questions: Who was Muhammad? What is the historical impact of Islam? When is warfare jihad? Why did Islamism arise? How does tribal culture influence political life? Where can one locate signs of hope for Islam to moderate? In contrast, the NEH list offers a smattering of this and that – poetry, personal accounts, antiquities, architecture, religion and history, original texts, and a smidgeon of current events, preferably presented fictionally. For example, In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar, tells about a boy growing up in Qaddafi's Libya.
My books are personal selections based on decades in the field; theirs is a mish-mash brokered by a committee of four standard-issue academics (Leila Golestaneh Austin, Giancarlo Casale, Frederick Denny, and Kambiz GhaneaBassiri) and one don't-rock-the-boat journalist (Deborah Amos).
The NEH bibliography reminds one of the Middle East Studies Association's annual meetings, which often avoid interesting or important topics in favor of such obscure feminist issues as "Problematizing 'Women's Place' in the Multiple Borderzones of Gender and Ethnic Politics in Turkey" and "The Turkish Women's Union and the Politics of Women's Rights in Turkey, 1929-1935."
As these titles suggest, today's scholars have a strange tendency to focus in on questions no one is asking, as do many of the NEH books. Anthony Shadid recounts in House of Stone: a Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East his efforts to restore an ancestral home in Lebanon; Kamila Shamsie's Broken Verses: a Novel tells the story of a television journalist in Karachi.
As taxpayer and as specialist, I condemn the NEH list. Far from presenting "new and diverse perspectives," it offers the usual academic obfuscation mixed with Islamist triumphalism. It reminds us that of the many things governments should not do, one of them is to compile bibliographies.
May 23, 2013 addenda: (1) To protest this bibliography, here is the address for Building Bridges: email@example.com
(2) Here is the complete list of books from the NEH list:
May 30, 2013 update: The program is indeed turning up around the country. From a press release published in Bainbridge, Georgia:
June 18, 2013 update: Another grant, this one also for $4,500 from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association, to Eastern Illinois University's Booth Library to host "Lets Talk About It: Muslim Journeys."
July 18, 2013 update: And now the Dearborn Public Library received $3,500 from NEH and ALA for a five-part reading and discussion series, "Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys, Connected Histories." Isabella Rowan, project director and librarian at Henry Ford Centennial Library, commented:
July 22, 2013 update:The University of Redlands in California has announced its "Muslim Journeys" events. It's got the usual verbiage ("Learn more about the peoples, places, histories, faith, and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the globe"), with one difference: the second of three speakers is Ameena Mirza Qazi; the ad does not give her affiliation but she is deputy executive director and staff attorney at the Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations ("She handles legal cases and provides legal advice to community members on civil rights issues"). So, (1) the U.S. government is legitimating a CAIR apparatchik and (2) the taxpayer is funding her.
Aug. 5, 2013 update: The Reporter-Herald of Loveland, Colorado, provides a purple-prose account ("opportunity to escape from the heat of summer and cool off with the wonders of the Islamic world and its art") of the Muslim Journeys offering at the public library.
More reports on "Muslim Journey" sessions:
Comment: As a taxpayer, I am especially thrilled to have had a chance to help sponsor Nooruddeen.
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