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Oklahoma State QB commitment Mason Rudolph bumped up to a four-star prospect on Rivals
Despite eye-popping numbers in an area known recently for producing Division I talent, Oklahoma State quarterback commitment Mason Rudolph has been a bit overshadowed during the recruiting process, holding a three-star ranking by Rivals and Scout.
That changed this week, when Rudolph was bumped up to a four-star prospect on Rivals and moved into the service's top 250 overall prospects at No. 196.
Rudolph completed 72 percent of his passes as a senior and accounted for 80 total touchdowns while leading Rock Hill (S.C.) Northwestern to a Class 4A Division II state championship and a No. 7 national ranking in USA Today's final high school poll. He has already enrolled at OSU and is expected to compete right away for the starting job vacated by Clint Chelf.
When asked about Rudolph flying under the recruiting radar, Northwestern coach Kyle Richardson attributed it to Rudolph not being interested in the camp scene and also having to fight the "system quarterback" stigma. The system Rudolph ran at Northwestern, the Air Raid spread, will be the same one he runs at OSU.
Rudolph is still rated a three-star prospect by Scout.
Broken Arrow linebacker Gyasi Akem (No. 157) and Houston Alief Taylor receiver Keenan Brown (No. 221) are the other Cowboy commitments in the Rivals 250. Two of OSU's biggest remaining targets — Jenks safety Steven Parker and John Curtis (River Ridge, La.) linebacker Kenny Young — are rated 53rd and 95th, respectively.


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Whether you're big or little, learning about opposites has never been more fun — or funny — than with this winning board book.
Ladies are big, but ladybugs are little. Amiably illustrated in a bright, graphic style, Leslie Patricelli's spirited board book, Big Little, stars an obliging, bald, and very expressive toddler who acts out each pair of opposites with comically dramatic effect.
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Love Me Tender
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|Genre: Romance, Western
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Summary:Set at the end of the Civil War, Presley marries his brother's girlfriend believing all three of his brothers have died in battle. Things start moving when the three boys return home.


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Flying C Farms is located in Central Texas on a ranch owned by the family since 1952. The area is rich in minerals and is known for producing good frames in livestock. Our goal is to produce superior 100% full blood Wagyu breeding stock.
This year, 2014, marks the tenth generation of Wagyu cattle born on the ranch. Being third generation cattle owners and having had experience with other breeds of cattle, we have found the Wagyu to be very easy and pleasurable to work with.The wagyu breed is known to calve easily and that has been our experience. Our cattle are given no hormones nor are electric prods used.
We strive to handle our wagyu cattle in a way that causes the least stress, yielding a calm and docile animal.
To produce the highest quality Wagyu breeding stock, Flying C conducts DNA testing available to predict the predisposition of the animal for the qualities of marbling and tenderness. GeneSTAR results are shown on this site.
Wagyu Semen is collected at Elgin Breeding Services in Elgin, Texas. Straws of Wagyu semen can be directly shipped both nationally and internationally.Wagyu Embryos are produced nearby at Agrimark Genetics in Kingsbury, TX.Wagyu Embryos can also be shipped both nationally and internationally.
- Flying C Farm's genetics has won several carcass shows in Victoria Texas which has been the showcase for Wagyu quality for years
- A Flying C bull sired the 2010 European cross group of heifers at San Antonio Stock Show
- Flying C bulls have produced 85% prime over Brangus cattle over the last 2 years
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Gary King is appealing a court ruling that terminally ill patients can seek a physician's help in dying.
King tells the Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/1cUERBb ) that one of the problems with District Judge Jan Nash's January ruling is that it doesn't apply statewide.
King also says he wants to protect the assisted suicide law. That law classifies helping with suicide as a felony.
The case centers on Aja Riggs, a Santa Fe resident who was diagnosed with an aggressive uterine cancer. Her cancer is in remission, but doctors expect it to return.
. Nash ruled that terminally ill patients have the right to aid in dying, and that "such deaths are not considered 'suicide' under the assisted suicide law.


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|110 S. Interocean Ave. Discover a century of history in one of Holyoke's oldest buildings
|Written by Darci Tomky
Witnessing over a century of hustle and bustle in Holyoke's downtown, the building located at 110 S. Interocean Ave. has one of the oldest histories in Holyoke. Housing everything from hardware stores to the post office, it has accumulated its share of Holyoke memories standing just south of the intersection of Highways 6 and 385 or Denver St. and Interocean Ave.
"Things have changed over the years—lots," said Nora Deaver who currently owns the building with her husband Steve. No one will argue that Holyoke's main street certainly has come a long way since the town's early days in the late 19th Century.
According to Those Were the Days..., a history of Phillips County, the original structure was built in the 1880s and was much smaller than the present-day building. What we know as 110 S. Interocean Ave. today was initially two separate buildings. Deane Anderson, former owner of the building, said the north half of the structure was constructed in 1912.
A variety of businesses occupied the building in its early history. One of the first owners, Dr. F.M. Smith, bought the building in 1907 and used it for a drug store for some time. It then sold in 1918. Those Were the Days... reports, "During the next 11 years it housed several businesses, including a clothing store, second hand store, restaurant and bowling alley." A later owner of the building, Ralph Anderson, set pins in the bowling alley as a boy.
Holyoke's Post Office
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Holyoke's history wouldn't be quite complete without mention of the United States Post Office which also makes the list of occupants of 110 S. Interocean Ave.
According to the history of Phillips County Post Offices compiled by Doris Scott, Holyoke's Post Office was established in 1887. From its first location at 207 W. Denver St., it moved to 110 S. Interocean in the early 1900s.
The Post Office operated from the north building which is the northeast section of present-day Deaver Hardware Hank.
Nora Deaver of Deaver Hardware Hank noted the Post Office had a skylight as well as a tin ceiling that can still be found under the ceiling there today.
Postmasters around this time period included F.M. Smith, appointed in 1911; W.A. White, 1914; Cecil M. Richardson, 1922; Dwight L. Willis, 1926; and Ralph Anderson, 1929.
Initially, the Post Office Department fell under the Treasury Department in the United States. From 1829 to the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, postmasters were political appointments. According to the Phillips County Post Office history, the person selected was usually an active politician in his community and was often the central committee chairman of either the Democratic or Republican party. Therefore, when national politics changed, so did the postmasters.
The third and fourth locations of the Holyoke Post Office were the buildings known as the "Big Brick Drugstore" and the "Kelly Building" (the former Phillips County State Bank). They were located on either side of present-day Scheunemann's, and the original structures have both burned down. Before moving to the present-day location, the Post Office was in the building which now houses Colver and Killin's law office.
Gambles store established
After serving as postmaster, Ralph Anderson took on a significant career change. On May 22, 1934 he opened the Gambles store at 110 S. Interocean Ave. in the former Post Office building.
Ralph's original Gambles store was only a 25 by 40 foot structure in the northeast part of present-day Deaver Hardware Hank. According to an article in the May 17, 1934 Holyoke Enterprise, the interior of the building was remodeled for the new business.
The next week the paper reported, "The store deals mainly in light hardware, automobile supplies, radios and radio supplies, paints and electric refrigerators and washers. There are over 800 of these stores in the middle west."
Ralph had read about Gambles in a magazine and decided to pursue the business venture, starting out with only $1,000. An article in the March 24, 1983 Enterprise reports Anderson's Gambles store was the first in Colorado and was very successful for being established in the depression years.
The first Gambles store advertisement promoted refrigerators as low as $79.50, toilet paper at 10 for 39¢ and gallon paint for $2.69.
Having grown up in the store, Ralph's son Deane said Gambles brings back many memories. He remembers going to Sterling with his father in their Model A and trailer to pick up merchandise. Among many jobs at the store, Deane worked there at age 9, sweeping the floors for 50 cents a week.
Years after establishing the Gambles store, the Andersons also bought the building to the south and expanded the business. Deane said when the store first opened, Hester's Dry Goods occupied the southern part.
The north part of the store was rented from Will Heginbotham, and Deane recalls negotiations with him about knocking out a door between the two buildings. He knew what it would take to win over Heginbotham—money. After Deane convinced him it would save money since only one employee would be able to watch both buildings instead of two people, they constructed a door to connect the north and south sides of the store.
Other structural changes later on included additions to the west of the original structures. Removing part of the wall in the rear then allowed for more room for merchandise. A brick wall was added to the front of the north part, matching the south building as much as possible.
Ralph was not the only family member to work in the Post Office as his wife Hazel served as a clerk there from 1929-1947. (Their sons Dale and Deane would later work at the Post Office as well.) Hazel joined Ralph at Gambles in 1948. For the next 10 years she took care of the north side of the store selling dry goods, toys and clothing as well as hats sent by consignment from New York.
Anderson's legacy continues
On Jan. 1, 1958 Deane and his wife Bijie bought the business from Deane's parents. Ralph and Hazel semi-retired after operating the store for over 20 years.
According to the Dec. 26, 1957 Enterprise issue, Ralph and Hazel continued to oversee the "north store" (dry goods), but it adopted a new name—Andersons.
In the 1983 article, Deane described Gambles as a "general store" which features "hardware items, furniture, appliances, garden tools, auto accessories, bicycles, toys and housewares." He said, "We try to be everything to everybody and to satisfy people's needs."
Deane started out with only $2,000, and had to come up with some big money-making ideas in a hurry when his first order came to $5,000. Having worked in the store for many years as a youth, Deane was already well accustomed to salesmen techniques. This new challenge was fun and exciting for Deane and would be the first of many promotions for the store.
How to Beat the Pants off Your Competition is a book Deane has written to feature over 100 promotion ideas for small businesses, all of which he tried out in his own store. Deane started compiling his out-of-the-box campaigns for the book in the '80s and finished after selling the store a few years later. He said, "I have had to weather the storms of competition, recession and declining population. Without these promotions, I might not be in business today."
One promotion was having customers guess the weight of "Chester the Pig" kept in a freezer at the store. Of course word got out around town, and everyone flocked to the store to see the over-sized pig. Deane thought the best part was watching women scream when they opened the freezer.
"Free Diamond!" was the name of another of Deane's promotions.As many as 450 customers came to the store for a chance to find a diamond frozen in one of 1,100 ice cubes. It worked perfectly for Deane as customers browsed the sale items while waiting for their ice cubes to melt.
Other promotions involved using photos of the Andersons' baby girl Elisa as well as dropping ping pong balls from an airplane onto mainstreet.
A monumental change came for the Andersons in 1982 when the Gambles company took out bankruptcy and folded. At this point, Deane and Bijie decided to switch to United Hardware Company (Hardware Hank Stores), which is a member owned cooperative. Interocean Avenue's longstanding Gambles name changed to Anderson Hardware.
Even though the store is always changing, some things remain consistent. Ever noticed the massive elk head towering over merchandise on the south wall of the store? For almost 50 years, this trophy animal has been a unique enhancement to the store's decor. Deane said his cousin Gerald Millage shot the elk in 1961 and even made the headlines in The Denver Post.
Deavers buy hardware store
The Anderson family tradition came to a close on March 2, 1991 when Deane and Bijie turned over the business to new owners Steve and Nora Deaver. In its 18th year, Deaver Hardware Hank is still a strong asset to Holyoke today.
With a grand opening event April 25-27, 1991, Deavers started business with a bang. Newspaper advertisements boasted hard-to-beat sales and grand opening prizes including enough paint to paint your house, a free VCR and free baseball caps.
Nora said they continued to do much of the same business ventures the Andersons had started. An Enterprise article noted in the first year of ownership, the Deavers added trees, bedding plants and baby chickens to their inventory. Lawn and garden season is still one of the most important times of year for Deaver Hardware Hank.
Everything from lawnmowers and patio chairs to flowers and bicycles are displayed on the sidewalk outside the store, inviting customers to check out the rows of merchandise within the building.
While much of the inventory stays the same, the Deavers are always trying out new ideas to provide Holyoke with a variety of services that aren't available elsewhere in town. Notably, within the last four years, they branched out to areas including locksmith services, repair on electric scooters and E-bay assistance through consignment.
"Always gotta change something—you get bored if you don't," said Nora.
Grandma's New To You is Steve and Nora's latest endeavor. New and used antiques and collectibles are now displayed in the northeast section of the store.
Deaver Hardware Hank is much more than just another hardware store, and it will continue to evolve through time. Every year the store adds another handful of memories to the collection that makes up the extensive history of the unforgettable building at 110 S. Interocean Ave.


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On this night I decided it was time to try and make a sketch of this winter gem. I have made a few crude sketches in the past and know this is a tough target to capture as it appears in the eyepiece. I started by sketching the stars and lightly outlining the bright parts of the nebula with a 2H pencil. After much erasing and repositioning of stars I shaded in the bright to faint nebula gradually until it looked to be a reasonable match to the eyepiece view. After two and a half hours I consider the sketch finished. Averted vision helped with the outer faint regions.
It was a slow process but a fun challenge at the same time.
Date and Time: 2-15-2009, 1:10-3:20 UT
Scope: 10†f/5.7 Dobsonian. 21mm Hyperion eyepiece 69x
8â€x12†white CCP sketching paper, 2H, B, 2B graphite pencils, blending stump, erasers, scanned and inverted, contrast and brightness were slightly adjusted at the scanner
Temperature: -3 °C (26 °F), calm
Seeing: very good Pickering 8/10
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Feb. 21, 2007
BERKELEY, Calif. - Below are quotes from Cal head coach Joanne Boyle's Feb. 20 press conference previewing the USC and UCLA games.
Opening Statement
"We're happy to be back home after a long trip to Oregon. We're getting prepared for this weekend. USC is our main focus for us right now. They start five seniors. They're in a situation where they know that this is the most important game for them. With five seniors, they know they're fighting for tournament spots. For us, we're tied with them for seeding. We're going to talk to the kids today about that being their focus. They have to come in here and win this game. For us, this has to be about this is your home floor. You want to protect it. We want to finish third. We have to take care of business on Thursday, and nothing else matters at that point."
On winning the Oregon State game
"Bev's (Smith, Oregon coach) team is playing great right now. They've won five of their last seven. They've turned the corner and are playing with tons of confidence. Dev (Hampton) was trying to carry us. We didn't do a whole lot other than that. We were out of sorts and didn't fight for anything in that game. Against Oregon State, they understood the importance of not lingering with things that happen in a game like Oregon. We got past it and had a much better practice and shootaround. Oregon State is in every game. So, it wasn't a surprise when people said, `You won in double overtime, what happened?' We won in double overtime just like everyone else is competing with that team. They're playing good basketball for the number of people that they have and the youth that they have. I felt we fought really hard and played smart down the stretch in that game."
On the importance of the preparation of winning a double-overtime game
"We've been working on a lot of game situations, close games down the stretch, one-on-one situations, two-for-one situations. We've been trying to do that in practice. We got to do that a couple of days before Oregon State. The kids were confident and in a rhythm with that. That helped us. We did a lot of that kind of stuff yesterday. All you can do is practice putting the ball in people's hands that you want, and hopefully you get a good shot at things. The goal is to prepare your kids as best you can for moments like that."
On losing the national ranking for the first time this year this week
"It doesn't change who we are, and it doesn't affect us as long as we take care of business on Thursday. It's human nature to be geared on things like that (rankings). It doesn't change our RPI. It doesn't affect us in that way, and those are the things that are most important. If we sit and wonder about (rankings), then we're going to stumble on Thursday. If we take care of business this weekend, then we'll get people noticing the wins after this weekend."
On whether there was a drop in intensity after the Stanford win
"At Oregon State, the team got the message that there are no complacent games that you can have here. The minute you take a night off is the chance for you to go from third to fourth and have to play a team you don't want to play in the Pac-10 Tournament. We have two games left this weekend, the most important one being on Thursday. Coming off the Oregon State game, I thought we had a lot of confidence. I liked what I saw in that game with our toughness. That's what's going to win us these games on Thursday and Saturday."
On being in better NCAA Tournament shape coming into the final week this season compared to last year at this time
"You say that, but it's not really. The (NCAA) committee is going to look at your last 10 games. This is our last weekend. We're at 20 (wins), but 20 doesn't guarantee you anything if you don't finish the season strong. You can work as hard as you want, and your last weekend can blow up in your face. The committee looks for that. The seedings for the Pac-10 Tournament...do you want to be third or do you want to be fourth, and who are you playing at third vs. fourth? Positioning matters. I don't think we're in any way close to Stanford and Arizona State in terms of saying it's a done deal. Nothing is done when you have to finish your season as strong as you possible can."


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stark contrast to the record-low returns of the past several
years, certificate of deposit yields are on the rise and savers
are rejoicing. Over much of the past year, week in and week
out, CD yields have been on an upward track. Thanks to Alan
Greenspan and the Federal Open Market Committee's intention
of raising interest rates further, there promise to be many
more such weeks to come.
The improvement in CD yields has been slow, but it has been
consistent. Over time, this has produced some nice effects
for CD investors as yields on CDs with maturities of one year
and less have more than doubled since March 2004. The average
one-year CD yield that was 1.1 percent last March is now 2.39
percent. The same is true of the six-month CD, which stood
at 0.93 percent last March and now stands at 2.0 percent.
Investors can tack an additional percentage point of yield
onto their returns, while maintaining FDIC insurance protection,
by investing in the highest-yielding
CDs available nationwide.
Look at the average five-year CD yield as an example. On
June 30, 2004, the average yield was 3.6 percent, having climbed
from 2.89 percent in March. But the average yield is just
3.62 percent now, with improvement having ground to a halt
even as the Fed has continually raised interest rates. Why?
The five-year Treasury yield that was 3.81 percent on June
30 when the Fed raised interest rates for the first time fell
to 3.71 percent by mid-February.
The two-year and three-year CD yields have fared slightly
better. The average two-year CD yield increased from 1.62
percent in March 2004 to 2.3 percent by the first rate hike
on June 30, continuing to climb to 2.83 percent now. The average
three-year CD yield also increased sharply between March and
June 2004, from 2.12 percent to 2.82 percent. But from June
until November, the average yield was essentially flat, inching
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Treasuries that increased from 2.85 percent to 3.76 percent
in the same time frame.
A complete rebound in long-term CD yields is dependent upon
intermediate and long-term Treasury yields rising from what
appear to be unreasonably low levels. During Alan Greenspan's
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implying that even the Fed Chairman is mystified as to why.
The rate of economic expansion and repeated Fed rate hikes
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Welcome aboard! There are a lot of folks here learning to draw maps to support their writing, you'll fit right in. Ask away
Might as well register. Besides, I have a few questions. Might as well ask for help with them.
Though I have done a lot of stuff with Adobe products and Maya and a few of its cousins, I have never really put much thought into cartography. I really am amazed at what seems to be a huge cartography following as well as many useful programs. During the last few days of my lurking I have binged on Campaign Cartography 3, watching tutorial videos and tried to learn the program and anything else I could learn about cartography. Yesterday alone I must have spent about 12 hours strait on it.
As far as what I think about CC3 so far, I really like the potential of what a finished map can look like and all the tools available to build it, but drawbacks I see are that, one, even with a fast computer the program can sometimes operate at a snails pace, and two, the navigation controls as I understand them so far are not as nice as they should be. I think that every program that can zoom should let you use the middle mouse wheel button to do so and a hot key pan tool should be available as well (similar to Photoshop's hand tool). The last drawback is that you can't set custom hot keys, not that I see anyway and you have to use your mouse to do all the work.
My interest in cartography comes from my interest in writing. There are some fantasy stories I want to write, but I am having trouble trying to imagine in my head how things are happening. I believe if I could create maps of the areas in question that I wouldn't have so many idea disruptions and could continue on with my work more frequently.
Well, I guess that is the end of my introduction. Now for those questions...
Welcome aboard! There are a lot of folks here learning to draw maps to support their writing, you'll fit right in. Ask away
Hi Sam, welcome to the guild. Neonknight is our resident expert on CC3 - so if you have questions for that, just put CC3 in the subject line ... there is also a thread inhere for suggestions for CC3+ so I'd add to that also
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VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS) is a 277-bed facility serving more than 85,000 unique Veterans and 880,000 outpatient Veteran visits each year in Oregon and Southwest Washington. VAPORHCS consists of the main tertiary care medical center overlooking the city of Portland, the Vancouver Campus in Vancouver, Wash., and ten outpatient clinics across Central and Northwest Oregon. PVAMC provides a full continuum of inpatient, outpatient, long-term, and emergent care. VAPORHCS is proud to host 12 national-level Centers of Excellence leading research efforts from mental illness to Parkinson's, Epilepsy to auditory research, and others. VAPORHCS is connected to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) both physically and through partnerships in shared research endeavors, the training of healthcare professionals, and the use of shared staff including scientists, clinician-educators, and clinician-researchers.
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IMPACTS...Sustained west/northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with occasional gusts to over 50 mph. Power outages, downed trees, and downed powerlines can be expected. Blowing dust may lower visibilities and driving will be difficult...especially high profile vehicles. Minor wind damage can be expected. Humidities below 20% will lead to a high fire danger. Any fire that gets started will spread very quickly. Grass fires have already been reported.
TIMING...Damaging wind gusts will continue through 7pm. Winds will slowly start to decrease after the sun goes down although winds of 20-30 mph are still expected until midnight. Wind directions will become more Northwest as the night progresses. With strong winds expected through the late evening hours...the high fire danger will continue through 7pm as well...diminishing by late evening as humidities increase.
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- Importing mail (from Thunderbird). I created the TGZ files and imported them. Every import creates the exported mails in my mailbox + some empty mails I have to delete any time. Why?
- Importing of contacts. Absolutely impossible. I have a big contact outlook 2007 archive on a pc, I exported it in CSV (Dos). When I try to import I obtain empty contacts on Zimbra where only the "note" fiels can be seen. Can't the import be made more simple?
I don't want to leave Zimbra, finding it a beautiful software, but I cannot survive and work without my contacts!
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Whitney Renee Finney, 23, of Rehoboth Beach, departed this life Monday, May 26, 2014, at Christiana Hospital in Newark. Born in Lewes, she was the daughter of Terrance F. Collins Sr. and Tabitha Benson, both of Rehoboth.
She was employed by Food Lion in Rehoboth as a cashier. Whitney attended Holy Ghost & Fire Pentecostal Church in Coolspring.
In addition to her parents, she will be lovingly remembered by three sisters, Shakkia Collins of Berlin, Md., Danielle Cottingham of Millsboro and Teshaela Green of Salisbury, Md.; six brothers, Maurice Finney, Joey Finney, Desmond Sheppard, all of Rehoboth, Terrance Collins Jr., Kiante Collins, both of Camden, N.J., and Jordan Foreman of Baltimore, Md.; her maternal grandmother, Letitia Sturgis of Rehoboth; her paternal grandparents, Lillian Bowden and Charles Collins, both of Salisbury; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.
Whitney will lie in repose Saturday, June 7, from 11 a.m to noon, at St. John 2nd Baptist Church located on 26602 Mt. Joy Road in Millsboro. The funeral service will begin at noon. Interment will follow at Peoples Memorial Park located on Route 1 in Lewes. A ministry of comfort and dignity is being provided by Lewis N. Watson Funeral Home, P.A. in Salisbury.


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Hello everyone! I've been an AOM reader for awhile now, hoping to get some insight on a life decision. I've been planning on starting grad school this fall but, without going into to many details, things haven't worked out as favorably as I had imagined financially. I've played with the idea of doing some traveling abroad for a few months and coming back to grad school next year. I've got friends in Europe and have been wanting to do a big trip for awhile.
My first instinct is that I should just stick it out in grad school and prove that I belong there, take out loans and try to pick up some funding. But by going to grad school, I feel like I could be missing out on a pretty spectacular opportunity. And I hate to miss a good opportunity. On the other hand, traveling may just be considered a form of running away from my problems, I'd like to avoid that.
I realize you don't have all the details of my situation, but In the spirit of manliness, what do you think is the right decision here?
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It depends. Do you really, really, really love what you'll be going to grad school for? So much that you are willing to take on potentially crippling debt to start classes right away? Enough that you'll pass on what sounds like a cool (and if you have friends to stay with, likely affordable) trip? Do you know the professors you'd be studying with, at least by reputation? Are you willing to sink large sums of money into hanging around them and learning from them?
I don't know the exact amount you'll be taking out in loans, but they'll still be there, waiting to be taken on, when you get back. Unless you are absolutely chomping at the bit to start grad school, put it off and have some fun, don't go into deep dept, and see if you can get funding for the next year.
Not sure what you are studying, but in my case it was business. I completed my BS and was being pressured by my mother to go for the MBA immediately. I was tired of school, so I decided to go into the work force. I did a variety of jobs and also opened a small business. I went back to get my MBA after I turned 40. The class had a lot of folks right out of undergrad, and I could tell that they were missing a LOT of what was being discussed. I felt like I got a quite a lot from it because I had experience.
Not all fields of study will be like that, but consider getting some time in your field under your belt before continuing on the Master's degree.
Almost same here, went back for my MBA at 36, I'll get it in May at 38. I see the same things with the much younger students in the classes.
Definitely depends on the field. If you are in a science field then you should continue immediately upon receiving your Bachelor's. In a Business field then you should consider getting some experience prior to starting an MBA. If in Fine Arts then maybe some experience (it doesn't really matter). Teaching, then yes, immediately (you kind of have to for this from what I understand).
You could take a short trip, 2 months or so, over the summer between your undergrad and starting grad school.
My three main regrets from my undergrad time in college was as follows.
What are you going to grand school for? If it is finances you have to be careful with the advice you get. If you have a 3.5 GPA and are in an engineering / science degree you can afford to get loans to a greater degree. If you are a 3.0+ and engineering / science. You still may want to take loans. If you are not 3.0 or in an degree that pays well. You need to be very careful about debt.
If you don't have a 3.0 you might as well not be in the program whatever it is.
Also look up what your career income is and use the bottom 25% as your expected income. I know that seem harsh but we are running SAFE numbers not EXPECTED or HOPED for numbers.
You should stick it out but you need to be careful. As to taking the summer to grow in life, I would recommend that also at the right time (summer). Manliness is about knowing your own character and being well versed in life and social interaction. It is also about knowing when to throwdown and when to walk away for a while.
Another way to examine the question is to build out two blueprints (search the site about it) and see which works the best. But run the numbers.
All of this careful thought and planning is manly.
For the most part, if you don't go to school now ... you'll probably never go back. Life happens. You'll find a girl. You'll get a job. You'll settle down. You'll have a kid. Its difficult to go back to school once you're used to living on a full-time income.
I don't see the value in taking a break from life to wander around for a year. Particularly if you're wandering around broke. Same problems will be waiting for you when, and if, you make it back. Personally, I'd rather be a year further along in my life than to waste time wandering around finding myself.
You're doing it backward. Earn your keep, build your life, find your better half ... then travel.
That's what I told my 17 y/o son about college; almost word-for-word. We've recruited our daughter in talking to him about college. He's kind of in drift mode because he's not sure what course of study he wants to take. I told him to take general education classes and maybe a couple of courses that seem interesting to find out what he wants to take as a major.
I would recommend doing this at a low cost state college or community college. I often tell people unsure about what they want for the future to hold off on college because college is an extremely expensive way to find yourself.
I agree with your comment about wondering around broke for a year.
However once you have your life partner and a career it is harder to take off for the a few months.
My wife and I have talked about Europe for over 9 years. Life seems to keep having other priorities.
It is why I posted a split the difference idea. Touring in the summer.
Little bit of my life.
I joined the military right out of highschool and spent 14 years on active duty with a year break between enlistments when I worked as a computer tech for a small business. I was in a technical field and could have gotten another job afterward but I knew it wouldn't pay very much. I started college full time at 33 majoring in physics with minors in math and computer science. Because I didn't get the GI Bill (I was a betweener) so I got loans as well as other financial aid so I could concentrate on my studies. In my last undergraduate year I figured that I wouldn't be going on for my PHD as I would be fairly old when I earned it (reality check there). However, although I could have gotten a job as a programmer I knew I didn't want to be the slob in the cubicle I wanted to be the slob managing the slob in the cubicle; so I entered the MBA program. I graduated with my BS at 39 and my MBA at 41. BUT, I was lucky in a way; I wasn't married, had no children and no other debts. Basically life didn't get in the way; but, I know of so many others who's life took a bit of a different course; they married young, had children, and got into debt, or had other obligations that precluded them from going to college or continuing their education. Not that it can't be done but it is way, way harder to do once life sets in and obligations start piling up.
Some good points being made out there. Its interesting hearing peoples' personal stories and I think valid arguments have been made for both sides.
As for me, I'm in engineering. I'm viewing grad school as more of a not 'if' but 'when' proposition. I can defer my enrollment for a semester and not have to go through the application process again. To get into the areas I want to work in, a technical masters degree is basically an entry requirement. My concern is that by taking a semester off, I may be putting myself in a worse situation largely due to timing of funding cycles. But there's also a chance something could come up in the spring that's not available now. Its always the uncertainty that kills me. I'd be comfortable taking out loans to cover a semester, maybe two, but not so much after that if nothing else comes up.
My mother went from kindergarten to MD without skipping a single semester. She did spend a couple summers in Europe.
My father left a graduate program he didn't like to lead Bible studies, met my mother, went back to graduate school, but remains ABD. He went on one of Mom's trips to Europe.
One of my life regrets is going straight from kindergarten to JD without skipping a single semester. Significant work experience would have made me a better job candidate as a new lawyer, and a better law student.
I think my family is typical of the anecdata you'll get: For every story of someone who took time off from school and never quite got back on track, you'll hear a story of someone who regrets not taking some opportunities that only exist for the young.
I wouldn't pursue a teaching degree unless someone else is paying for it. The prudence of loans for a professional degree depends on the program. If you've been accepted to a small program with an obvious mentor, his upcoming retirement might influence your decision. It would be a bummer to time off and later find that time off means someone else will step in as your dissertation adviser. Honestly, "prove that I belong there" and "pick up some funding" sound like someone not ready for grad school, but my family tend to be over-achievers.


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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 2:00 PM
When the new Ohio Teacher Evaluation System, OTES, was presented to the Ohio State Board of Education a few weeks ago, board member Mary Rose Oakar became concerned. Half of the new evaluations must be based on student performance, things like standardized test scores and a measure of how much students learn, known as "value-added." Oakar worried about the accuracy of the system. After all, she said, most people – including principals and the teachers getting evaluated - don't understand what value-added means.
Education folks borrowed the term "value-added" from the business world. Basically, it means the amount of value added to a good or service in each stage of production. For example, if a company makes bicycles, at one stage they add the wheels. In that stage the "value added" would be the (very important) wheels on the bicycle.
Similarly, the Ohio Department of Education tries to measure just how much value is added to student learning in a given year.
In practice, it's a tool education officials use to determine if students learned something, even though they may have done poorly on a given exam.
In Ohio, school districts and charter schools' value-added scores are used as one of the metrics in the state report cards. The value added sctores will also play a big role in new teacher evaluations.
But measuring how much value is added to student growth is tricky.
Basically, value-added measures compare the mean of student scores for a year to the mean of those same students' scores in the same subject the previous year. For example, researchers collect as many fourth grade math test scores as possible and compare them to the same students' math tests taken in the third grade.
Matt Cohen, the chief research officer at the Ohio Department of Education says in order to get an accurate idea of how much a student learned, the department needs a lot of consistent data from many tests over a long period of time. But in reality, the department has "a limited amount of info on students," since students aren't tested every day in every subject. The more tests that are available for a given school or grade, the more accurate the value-added score for that group. And you need just as much data from the previous year in order to compare the two tests results.
On top of that, Cohen says "people tend to ascribe a whole lot more precision to these assessments" than is really possible. He says all scores have a margin of error; "maybe (students) had a bad day, maybe they guessed well on a couple of things," which means the scores used to calculate value-added are from the beginning imperfect.
This is the real tough part of creating a value-added measure: trying to account for all the gaps and mistakes in the raw data.
That's why value-added scores are translated onto a plus or minus scale of two points.
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Cohen says a zero on the scale means, "you're progressing just fine, thank you, and that's good." Basically, a zero means that school's students learned one year's worth of material in a given year.
Anything above a zero means that a school "significantly exceeded" expectations by teaching its students more than a year's worth of material. Anything below a zero means students at that school did not gain a year's worth of knowledge.
Cohen says the Department of Education isn't concerned about the schools that land in the middle of the range. It's the outliers, the really high and very low performing schools, that catch the department's attention. Getting a high value-added score can help bump public school districts up in their report card ratings, while scoring low may earn them a low grade.
Although Cohen says getting a zero is "just fine," he adds that for many districts, it's really not enough. If students are behind grade level on standardized test scores for that year, having added only a year's worth of knowledge may not be cutting it. For example, a third grader who scores like a second grader on a standardized math test may have learned a year's worth of math, but should really be learning more than that to catch up to where he or she is supposed to be according to state expectations.
Cohen says people often ask him if their students gained more than a year's worth of knowledge. His answer: "Based on two tests? You've got to be kidding. So we make the most of the limited amount of the data we have and based on that it's a very precise system and it tells us what it tells us. "
Now Cohen and his team are working out how value-added measures will be incorporated into the new teacher evaluation system. That's a daunting task, since value-added is likely to play a big role in the future of hiring, firing and promoting Ohio's teachers.


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Mobile Diamond Rush is interesting and fascinating arcade-puzzle game. The small cheery mole travels through the dungeons and collects diamonds. Along 19 engaging level you are going to fight with amusing monsters throwing stones down on them, to lay the road to underground treasures and to look for valuable surprises.
Original game world, comfortable controls, high-quality graphics and animation characterize this game.
A little bit about the life of our hero. How did his absorbing journey started? This wonder of nature called Krotikus, he is young, and as all the youthes lived a light-hearted life. He would have continued his careless life, if he hadn't met the charming Swede. And he liked her so much, that decided to endow her richly with all the treasures of the world. Since he was poor, he had to set out in search of treasures. His way was long, until he found dungeons with ancient diamonds. Here starts his adventure. He does not know yet that to get out of the labyrinth, it is necessary to collect all the diamonds.
Help the main hero of the game - the small mole Krotikus - to collect the diamonds, fight with funny monsters, and stay safe and sound. Using the advantages of the landscape drop the stones on monsters to annihilate them.
Each level of the game is a vast dungeon with a door (which leads to the next level). When you collect al the diamonds at the current level, the door opens - hurry to meet new adventures!
In addition to diamonds you can look for surprises: additional time, additional life, freezing of the monsters for 20 seconds.
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In the menu item "Options" you can adjust sound volume, switch on or off the vibroalarm effects. Selecting the item "New Game" in the main menu, you choose the level of game complexity(three levels) and the game starts!
On the game screen you will find the following elements:
- The time (in seconds) left to complete your mission: collect all the diamonds,
- The quantity of diamonds that you have collected, and the quantity of all diamonds located on the current map.
- The number of lives(tries) left. You can find a new life in a surprise.
At first, probably, you have to look around. Pressing the left soft button you will switch the exploration mode on. Now pressing left, right, up and down you can study the map: find the location of diamonds, surprises and the exit to next level.
Remember that in the exploration mode the game is not paused: the time ticks, you can be squashed by a stone, the monsters are not going to stand on ceremony with you.
If you need to get to the main menu just press the right soft button.
After seeing how the land lies, press the right soft button again and you will return to the game mode, you task now - is to collect the diamonds. To take the diamond just walk on the square where it is situated, the diamond will disappear, and the quantity of collected diamonds will increase by one.
Remember that the door leading to the next level will open if and only if you collect all the diamonds at the current level.
Beside the diamonds you can also collect the surprises. The surprises can be of several types:
- additional life,
- extra timeÿ(20 seconds),
- freezing all the monsters for 20 seconds.
On your way of explorer you will meet different monsters - underground keepers. Judging from their's appearance they are harmless, it seems that they move so slowly, that could hardly be dangerous for our hero. However it is enough to touch them and a disgraceful death will strike you.
On no account calling we upon to kill these beasts, nevertheless we will inform you how to do it: just push the stone or let it fall on the monster, and it will never stand on your way.
When you find the last diamond, you will here the sound and the door leading to the next level will open. Go to the door! New worlds, new adventures and countless treasures are waiting for you!
All finished levels will be accessible through the main menu item "Load Game".
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|Hōtarō Oreki is a high school boy who always acts very passively with his life. One day, he enters the "Koten Bu" (Classic Literature Club; Classics Club for short) at the request of his older sister, Tomoe Oreki.
There he meets Eru Chitanda, with his friends Satoshi Fukube and Mayaka Ibara joining also. Eru is a calm and beautiful girl but she turns into an embodiment of curiosity once she says, "I can't stop thinking about it" (Watashi, Kininarimasu). Satoshi is Hōtarō's smiling friend with fantastic memory, who never attempts to make any conclusions. Mayaka is a short girl and childhood friend of Hōtarō, strict on everyone, even herself.
They begin to investigate a case that occurred 45 years ago. Hints of the mystery are buried in an old collection of works of the former members of Classics Club. The collection is titled "Hyouka".
Hōtarō Oreki (折木 奉太郎 Oreki Hōtarō) is the main protagonist of the series. Oreki is a high school boy, who always acts passively. One day, he enters the Classic Literature Club upon his older sister's request.
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Loku Putha
Author: Jayakody Seneviratne
Publisher: Dayawansa Jayakody & Co., Colombo 10.
199 p.p. Price 250
Review: Prof. Nandasena Ratnapala
FICTION: This is said to be the 50th novel by Jayakody
Seneviratne. I have had the opportunity to read the majority of his
novels. I have yet to see a better story teller than him in the field of
modern Sinhalese fiction.
AUTHOR: Jayakody Seneviratne
He says that this book is written for the young readers. We do not
have a rich juvenile literature and a novel of this type catering
particularly to the young is indeed a felt need of the time.
As a novel for the young, 'Loku Putha' has all the ingredients to
call it such a novel. There is the spirit of adventure.
How a young man looks at life away from the traditional view of his
father is carefully portrayed.
The love for the family centered on the adoring mother carries the
story with a rear pace. The incidents are related in quick succession,
but with a rippling effect as that of verdant stream flowing down.The
institution of the family is portrayed in a way that shows its
importance especially to the rural young in the family we have in Sri
The mother is the central figure. Every action in the family emanates
from the mother, centered round her.
In this story, when the mother is suffering from an illness, the
entire family feels it. The elder son, Bandu who is the central figure
in this novel feels it most.
The elder son's character (Loku Putha) is carefully constructed. We
see how much he loves his mother and sister and brothers. His love for
the animals is another trait that most young people do possess.
It is this love which make him risk himself in freeing the young
animal. The way he frees the animal from the man (a butcher) who bought
the animal from his father, is full of adventure.
His pursuit of the man on a bicycle and eventual cutting of the rope
which bound the animal and rescuing it, is full of adventurers. The
young people would relish it.
Two other aspects of his young adventurous life are seen when he ran
away from home and when he rescues his sister. He ran away from home
because his father caned him and twisted his ear round.
Bandu went away from home and found a job in a rattan shop. His
genius was observed by the rattan shop owner who exploited him to the
full. Bandu had the flair to turn out different items such as tables and
This shows the young, about their own talents and the striving that
one needs to engage into reap the best out of life with such talents.
Bandu rescues his sister from a rich house to which she was given as
a servant charted by a close relative.
This normally happens in the village where children are often given
to slavery with the help of middleman who are sometimes one's own kith
and kin.
Bandu goes to the house, conceives of a plan and with the connivance
of the sister rescues her. She climbs the wall round the house.
She is able to undertake this daring adventure because of Bandu's
planning, guidance and spirit of adventure.
He helps her to buy a sewing machine and also finds her a place in
the town with the help of the father where she could carry on her
Although the love of the mother is explicit in the village, a father
rarely shows his emotions. Austin, the father is a strict man. But as
his character is portrayed we see the affection for his children hidden
in the strict facade he puts forth. According to him, Bandu need not
have taken the bold step to flee from the house when he was punished by
Having learned about son's whereabouts, Austin immediately goes in
search of him without delay. This shows his love for the son.
Jayakody Seneviratne's 'Loku Putha' is a novel I cannot forget. It is
woven in simple fabric with a lively style carved out from colloquial
and classical Sinhala.
This style I believe cannot be easily imitated. I am reminded of the
great sociologist C. Wright who states that from the decades he strived
to perfect his style.
I think Seneviratne would have devoted his lifetime to develop this
singular style. My thanks to Dayawansa Jayakody for publishing this
novel and his other books. It is a singular contribution to Sinhala
The confessions of a conscripted teacher
Author: Thilaka Vivekanandhan Wijeyaratnam
55/1, Vivekananda Road, Colombo 6
124 PP Price not mentioned
Review: Shyamala Devi Karunakharan
TEACHING: The Confession of a Conscripted Teacher is the
latest release of Mrs. Thilaka Vivekanandhan Wijeyaratnam depicting
precisely how she embarked as a teacher and its subsequent influence on
her life.
She has very efficiently presented her professional life giving a
full account of a life-long teacher, using an absolute sense of humour
with a lot of amusing events.
She starts off with her father's wish to see her become a teacher,
who according to her has threatened and forced her to accept the
teaching profession which she had acknowledged much against her will.
Then comes her first appointment at Kegalle Balika Vidyalaya and her
unforgettable hostel life with her fellow teachers.
Thilaka has been an appealing teacher and has enjoyed every bit of
time spent with her colleagues. She very confidently remembers their
names and some interesting incidents.
She had been very attached to her colleagues at Balika and she
decided to resign the post here and join Badulla Vishakha Vidyalaya
along with a few others to support her colleague who got a Principal's
post there.
It is indeed a treat to read how she had enjoyed her youthful days -
dismissive of the future, free from all responsibilities savouring the
authentic pleasure of that belated age which any person would love to
recollect quite often in their lives.
Spending her Sundays at Dunhinda Falls with her friends joyfully with
the caretaker and some incidents she has mentioned are very interesting.
In three months she moved to Nuwara Eliya to take up the post at Good
Shepherd Convent. Here too she became popular among students for
initiating the junior and senior interact clubs.
In three and a half years she was transferred to Matale Pakia
Vidyalaya over a dispute with the then government's take over of the
school. Here she served for eight months.
After her marriage from there she managed to get a transfer to
Mulliawalai Maha Vidyalayam, Mullaitivu in order to join her husband who
worked in Mullaitivu. In a year she moved to Mullaitivu Maha Vidyalayam
where according to her she lived with an extinct tribe, so serious
minded people.
She managed there for five years and moved to Vavuniya Tamil Maha
Vidyalayam. This was the longest period she had served in a school. Here
she had to face a lot of problems and challenges which she successfully
withstood with her husband being the biggest solace for her.
He had been a pillar of strength to her right throughout.
In addition to teaching science subjects and English she has been the
disciplined teacher and teacher in-charge of prefects.
She retired in 1983.
After a short interval in 1985 when she was 50 years she tried and
got a job at Aminiya School, Maldives, although her age did not fit
their criteria. Here she mentions about different types of students with
different problems and attitudes and how tactfully she tackled them.
These explanations deserve to go on record for others to follow.
After her husband's demise and the subsequent difficulty in her life
she returned to Colombo and joined Hindu Ladies College in 1993. After a
walkout from the school over a dispute with the principal over salary
issue she spent two years working in a computer firm and then in a law
firm which did not please her as teaching did. However she continued
giving tuition classes at home.
In 2004 she rejoined Hindu Ladies after a short stint. Before winding
up the book she gives a full account of all the principals she has
worked under and acknowledges that her first principal Mrs. Udalagama at
Kegalle Balika Vidyalaya remains the best.
There are some worthy tips on students' behaviour and hints on
reacting to them politely, which I think are highly comprehensive and
refined. She released the book on July 30, along with the Tamil version.
Thilaka completed her B.Sc at Madras Christian College, and obtained
her Diploma in Education from the Open University of Sri Lanka.
Apart from teaching Science and English, being equally fluent in
Tamil she has composed over 25 Tamil ballet dance dramas which were
staged in Colombo. She is a playwright too.
Proudly concluding her fifty years of teaching life she defines her
profession as a "Learning Process" which has no end and admits that she
highly enjoyed the time spent with the teenagers. The books are
available at 55/1 Vivekananda Road, Colombo 6.
Hunnasgirikande Raja Maligawa
Author: Gunaratne Ekanayake
Review: Somapala Arandara
FICTION: Armed with a copy of Gunaratne Ekanayake's latest
novel, or rather a novelette, "Hunnasgirikande Raja Maligawa" (The Royal
Palace on Mount Hunnasgiri), I was going through his Foreword when my
attention was drawn to a naive remark he had made. He reiterates the
need to get children into the habit of reading books.
Thereby they can be saved from the perils of their various worlds of
illusion and their scant affection to their elders. This remark reminded
me of Sir Francis Bacon's immortal words: "Studies serve for delight,
for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in
privateness and retiring, for ornament, is in discourse, and for
ability, is in the judgement and disposition of business."
Gunaratne Ekanayake questions why most of the present-day parents do
not encourage their children to read books whilst spending lavishly on
artificial food items, toys and posh clothing. Providing children with a
small library will bring them peace of mind who are otherwise lost in
destructive pursuits.
When one comes under the magic spell of an interesting and
adventurous story in one's childhood, there emerges supreme happiness.
To recapture those precious moments of indulgence is sufficient
justification for the renewal of the acquaintance.
Where children's stories are concerned there comes a long line of
authors like, only to name a few, R. L. Stevenson (Treasure Island),
Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe), Enid Blyton (Famous Five), Montgomery
(Anne of the Green Gable), J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter), W. A. de Silva
(Lakshmi Hewat Nonasena Rajiniya), Martin Wickremasinghe (Madol Doova),
Munidasa Cumaratunga (Kiyawana Nuwana) and Sybil Wettasinghe who links
the recent past and the present with her creations.
After writing romantic stories for youngsters like "Yapanaya Tawamat
Atayi" and "Usawiya Nihandayi". Gunaratne Ekanayake enters the world of
children, the early teenagers, with his latest work of adventure, "Hunnasgirikande
Raja Maligawa."
The critical eye of middle age is apt to discover that the idols of
youth have feet of common clay. The plot of Ekanayake's book, if there
is a plot, is very simple. But behind this simplicity lies the subtle
craft of the story - teller. Ekanayake's merit lies in the fact that he
has a knack of merging his own individuality reflected in a fictitious
creative work.
Children's stories must necessarily contain adventure and pleasure.
And Ekanayake's novel amply does justice to that aspect. Kiriella and
the party depart on a top from Colombo to Kandy. From there, they travel
to the foot of Hunnasgiri hill. 'After that, they start walking up the
hill clearing their path infested with bushes. To their support, a guide
is hired.
Close to the top of the hill, on a landing which seems to be the
ruined site of an old royal house, the children get lost inside a
network of underground tunnels which seemed to have been occupied by a
former king. The whole of the night is full of search operations. And
there's high tension, fear, curiosity and hopefulness among the parties
The writer's choice of the setting for action is commendable. Whoever
has climbed that hill knows how fitting an environment it is for a set
of inquisitive minds. Moreover, Hunnasgirikanda possesses a mystic and
awe-inspiring haughtiness which Nature has bestowed on it. Ekanayake's
novel is good for light reading for adolescents, too.
Rata Sanwardanayata Liyu Lipi
Letters written for the development of the country
Author: S.H. Perera
pp. 272, Price - Rs. 375
Review:Sarathchandra Jayakody
Former Senior Editor, Sinhala Encyclopaedia
ECONOMY: Development has been defined at present according to
the criteria of each different country. However, for a Third World
country like Sri Lanka where there are gene differences, ancient living
cultures etc., there should be new means of application for the
development. On such a criteria the so-called developed nation will come
second to most of the Third World countries.
If we could discard most of the examples given by the West and take
those that are useful for our country as a single unit, then we should
be able to direct our country towards development. The development of a
country is not merely to work on a target, but to administer that
country for the sole benefit of all the living creatures.
The book by S. H. Perera written with his experience gathered for
more than 15 years on environment, administration health etc., is a
compendium that would be useful for those administrators who find it
difficult to know what should be done, and for the general public who
too are baffled by such difficulties.
However, the collection of letters by the author will awaken both the
public and the administrators from their deep slumber to learn how a
country has been put into such a situation of chaos in the past as well
as in the present.
It is useless to utter the same old record of "We have no funds, no
technological know-how." We should get examples of such developed
peaceful states like Switzerland and Singapore which are smaller than
Sri Lanka and listen to what is stated by scholars through their
writings as in the case of the present book.
The brief style followed by S. H. Perera in his writings should be an
example to those pundits who write at length.
The introduction to this book by Prof. J. B. Disanayaka also mentions
that fact. He emphasizes that his book will provide lessons to both the
administrators and the ordinary people.
Furthermore, the professor says that the efforts of the author to
improve the status of the Sri Lankan people will bear fruits.
The book is printed in a good finish and is price marked moderately.
COLOMBO: Four new books will be launched at the Rev. Fr.
Ernest Poruthota felicitation ceremony to be held at the BMICH Committee
Room B on August 31.
The four books are Susantha Tissera's Cinemave Saha Madhayaye Apekama,
Vijith Rohan's Sevayata, Fr. Ernest Poruthota's Gihiya and Maximus Roy's
Poru Piya Upahara.
Felicitation: Rev. Fr. Ernest Poruthota
Fr. Poruthota who celebrates his 75th birthday is well known for his
immence contribution to Catholic literature, Catholic liturgy. Young
Christian Student Movement, Young Christian Workers' Movement and the
The salutation song has been written by Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne with
music composed by Rohana Weerasinghe. This will be sung by Ivor Dennis
and Lata Walpola at the ceremony. Rev. Fr. Jayalath Balagalla, Director
of the Christian Studies at the National Education Institute, Maharagama
and Superior Dominican Fathers, Sri Lanka, will deliver the introductory
The Keynote address will be delivered by Tissa Abeysekara on "The
Christian Contribution to National Culture and the Role of Rev. Fr.
Ernest Poruthota". A short video documentary directed by Sudath
Mahadivulweva will be screened.
The Bank of Ceylon is the main sponsor for the felicitation programme.
Rediscovering Christ in Asia
Author: Bishop Kenneth Fernando, ISPCK, Delhi 2005
Review: Rev. Dalston Forbes OMI.
RELIGION:Bishop Kenneth Fernando, retired Bishop of the
Anglican Church, Colombo, has written a book he always dreamed of
writing in the evening of his life. It is entitled "Rediscovering Christ
in Asia", and is published by the ISPCK, India in Delhi, 2005.
The Foreword is written by Lord George Carey, former Archbishop of
The purpose of the book as the author says in the Preface is to make
understandable Christian belief to Sri Lankans, especially those of
other faiths like Buddhism and Hinduism.
To cite his words: "How can I present what I have studied and know
about the Christian faith to friends of other faiths in ways that will
be intelligible and non-threatening to them, in categories that are
familiar to them". (p.X1.) Bishop Kenneth has gone through the major
doctrines of Christian belief, God the Creator, Sacred History, who is
Jesus, His Doctrine, Death and Resurrection of Christ and the Eucharist.
The language is clear and lucid and not technical. The type is large
and easily readable. The footnotes could have been more plentiful;
sometimes references to published books are not full and complete.
The author asks himself why Christianity has failed to spread in Asia
and comes to the conclusion that this is a problem of communication.
European thought forms and language were imported into Asia and not
adapted to the local cultural mind-sets and context. As he writes: "I
believe that if we learn to communicate more effectively and more
ironically we will be heard better and be treated with less suspicion".
A good example is found in the study of the idea of Sacrifice. The
author cites a dialogue between Kutadhantha and Buddha on what is the
best sacrifice in the Digha Nikaya. Sacrifice is not the offering of
thousands of animals, nor of one's ancestral wealth. It's to take the
Buddha and the Truth as one's guide with a trusting heart.
It is to take upon oneself the Five Precepts and to live according to
the Four Noble Tuths (p.88) The ethical aspect is what gives value to
sacrifice and here we join the love and self-oblation of Jesus upon the
Cross. This is a fine work, the result of 40 years ministry of
discovering Christ in Asia.
Those of us who know Bishop Kenneth, will discover his familiar
accents in this book. We thank him and his wife, Chitra, for this
testament that he leaves to his Anglican flock and his friends in the
Churches and even outside.
Janakavi Adyayanaya
COLOMBO: Kalasoori Norman Siripala's latest book Janakavi
Adyayanaya will be launched at the Dayawansa Jayakody Book Exhibition
Hall, Ven. S. Mahinda Mawatha, Colombo 10 on September 5 at 10 a.m.
He is the author of several other books such as Sinhala Janakaviye
Samaja Darshanaya, Janakavi Aashritha Janakatha, Govigedara Janakavi,
Sabaragamu Janakaviye Samaja Muhunuvara, Sinhala Theravili Pada and
Janakaviya Saha Jana Diviya.
LAUNCH: Mrs. Angela Fernando's book titled Winds of Culture
was launched in Colombo recently.
Winds of Culture is about life, living, overcoming problems and
attaining a sense of fulfilment.
The book is available at Lake House Bookshop, Colombo.
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Rivals has a list of recruits who could potentially have to enroll at prep school, or junior college (Tyrik Rollison, Greg Reid for example). Gallon is on the list. Any substance to this, or will he be fine? Not sure if anyone has heard one way or another.
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In an effort to try to bring back some decent intelligent discussion to bike forums in general - serious poll/ question.
It has become apparent around here that our local road season is from March through the first week of June or so. After that the pros invade the area and we have Tour of Americas Dairyland, Glencoe, Prairie State series, etc.
The local level races stop essentially. Then cyclocross races have been starting in mid August. They go through December.
Racers seem to have responded in kind. Train hard from Jan on. Race the crap out of everything through May. Get their asses handed to them in June. Call it burnout and start riding their cross bikes....then on to cross.
Just seems like we have a "quarter season" of road anymore.
Road licenses are down in volume. Attendance is steady at best at my events. Down at most others.
Are you guys seeing the same things in other parts of the country? Thoughts? Discussion?


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