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Firefighters are waiting
What a great idea, naming a lake somewhere north of Flin Flon for Jonathan Toews after bringing the Stanley Cup to Winnipeg!
"It's to honour his contribution to hockey, at the Olympics and the Stanley Cup," Premier Greg Selinger explained.
Several years ago, on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2007, Harold Lessard and Tom Nichols, two captains from the Winnipeg Fire Department lost their lives in a flash-over while fighting a fire in St. Boniface.
Several of us retired firefighters looked into having a street in St. Boniface named after them to honour their sacrifice, but gave up after learning how many hurdles had to be jumped and how much red tape needed to be cut.
Mr. Premier, how about naming a lake after these two heroes?
How does Lake Lessard-Nichol or Nichol-Lessard Lake sound?
While winning the Stanley Cup for an American city is quite a feat, and winning a gold medal for Canada in a Canadian city not named Winnipeg and winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP in the playoffs to boot only increases the honour, how about the fact that the above-mentioned heroes gave up their lives in doing their jobs? Should this not also be worth recognition? You think?
L.D. (Larry) Klassen
A mother's anger
While it is commendable that Jonathan Toews has accomplished so much in his short life thus far, I feel it is a travesty he has had a lake named after him, a community centre named after him and has been presented the key to the City of Winnipeg in just six short weeks. Our son, Cpl. Michael James Alexander Seggie, was killed in action on 3 Sept. 2, 2008. He was 21 years old.
Thus far, there has been no lake named after him, despite a program that is in place to name lakes after military personnel killed in action. When the parent of a friend of Mike's inquired about naming a facility after him, he was told it takes money to do that. Who paid for the Jonathan Toews community naming?
We find the practice of politicians fawning over an NHL star demeaning and insulting to not only the memory of our son, but also over 100,000 Canadians who gave their lives in two World Wars, Korea, peacekeeping missions and Afghanistan. These people paid the ultimate price for our freedoms.
Winning a Stanley Cup may be a major accomplishment, but it pales when compared to the hardships our troops suffer in Afghanistan. Toews will never have to face the Taliban, nor will he ever have to watch every step he takes for fear of being hit with an IED. He will never have to be on the wrong end of a Taliban ambush. The hardest thing Toews has had to face thus far is Chris Pronger and the entire corps of defencemen in the NHL.
Yes, he is deserving of his recognition, but in due time. We are still waiting for a lake to be named after our son and it will soon be two years since his death. As well as two other Manitobans -- James Arnal, who died two years ago, and Lane Watkins, who lost his life three years ago. Why is it taking so long for their recognition, when Toews had his day in six short weeks?
Shirley Seggie
Toews made no sacrifice
As a hockey fan, player, and a proud Manitoban, I was certainly impressed with Jonathan Toews' gold medal and Stanley Cup victories this year. However, after the recent events and announcements on behalf of our city and province last weekend, that excitement has since burned off.
In 1947, the province of Manitoba began naming geographical features after members of our Armed Forces who lost their lives while on active service. Since then, over 4,200 lakes, islands, bays and other features have been named after Manitoba's war dead who valiantly gave their lives in sacrifice for our country. I hardly feel that Toews has given a sacrifice of such depth and volume that would deserve having a 63-year-old tradition broken in his honour.
Jenn Rands
Critics overreacting
Re: Betrayal of war heroes (July 10), by letter writer Barry Hadfield. It really is a bit off the wall to suggest that naming a lake after Jonathan Toews is a demeaning insult to Manitoba's war dead.
Hadfield is obviously not aware of the fact that of Manitoba's 100,000 lakes, only 4,200 or so honour war casualties. In fact, not only lakes but other geographic locations bear their names and their stories are capsulized in the book A Place of Honour.
Barry Hadfield may be interested in a few examples of Manitoba lakes not named in memory of war casualties:
-- Young Lake, southwest of Flin Flon, named in 1957 after W.J. Young, a mining promoter from The Pas.
-- Woods Lake, northwest of Bissett, named after a trapper who built a birchbark shelter in the area.
-- Whitlock Lake, northeast of Lac Du Bonnet, named in 1921 after a university professor.
-- Vini Lake, west of Swan Lake, named after former conservation officer J.B. Norman (nickname Vini).
-- Talbot Lak, southeast of Brereton Lake, named after an engineer who worked in the area.
-- Dow Lake (Moen Lake), southeast of Kississing Lake, named after soldier Roy H. Dow of Moosehorn/Bethany and Art Moen, a local firefighter.
Jonathan Toews is not the first athlete to be honoured with the naming of a memorial lake. Many well-known names are found among the 4,200 plus Manitoba war dead: Jeff Nicklin of the Blue Bombers; Harold German, an excellent all-around athlete from Pilot Mound; Herman Jonasson, a pitcher from Baldur; George Dean, shortstop with the Pine Falls Rovers; Mike Moroz, who played for the Transcona Trojans and his brother Michael, with the Winnipeg Monarchs hockey team.
Floyd Williston
Athletes are not heroes
Heroes are not athletes, actors or entertainers. As the former chairman of the Manitoba Sports Federation and former commanding officer of the Fort Garry Horse, I find it distressing and disappointing that our media continues to use the term heroes in describing the accomplishments of athletes, actors or entertainers. This is a misuse of the term and diminishes the value and achievement of real heroes.
The true definition of the word hero is one who risks his or her life in an effort to save another life.
The achievements of athletes and actors are worthy and should be recognized. But do not confuse celebrity or stardom with heroic achievement. Great effort to achieve a high standard of professionalism are the goals of athletes and actors.
The men and women in our Armed Forces, our coast guard, our police and firefighters are in occupations that put them at risk on a regular basis, but they are not heroes until they place themselves in harm's way.
The 150 members of the Canadian Armed Forces who died in Afghanistan are heroes. They risked their lives in the cause of freedom and paid the ultimate price. They are true heroes. There is no other word other than hero in our language that describes their efforts. Please do not diminish their sacrifice.
I have worked with of many of our athletes and soldiers, they all are worthy of their efforts. Do not confuse the singular dedication of their contribution to society and to our nation.
Gary Solar
Others more deserving
I am a sports fan and watch all the NHL hockey that I can. But on the subject of Jonathan Toews, it is astonishing that the province, let alone the City of Winnipeg, would honour a young man the way that they have Toews. There are people who have achieved more and have been given nothing for their efforts.
When the premier said "it was the appropriate thing to do," his standards must be low if all a person has to do is win a sports trophy to have a lake and a community centre named after him and also be given the key to the City of Winnipeg.
This is not to take away from his achievements and, yes, he deserves to be congratulated. But is this not going overboard? If you wear the tuxedo to the rehearsal, then what do you wear at the wedding? I am surprised that it has not been mentioned that he has been nominated for the Order of Manitoba or the Order of Canada. He has been given everything just short of this by the province.
For those who are deserving of recognition for their service and outstanding contribution to your community, province and country, you will all have to take a back seat. It seems that your efforts were not as good as winning a sports trophy. I realize the people who made the decision to give all of this to Toews had their reasoning, but their standards must be low as to what a person needs to achieve to get all these accolades. People who have died for this country, so that we all can enjoy the freedom we have, have not be given any of this.
Bill thompson
Hockey adds no value
Naming a northern lake after a hockey player sure satisfies the ego of the sport jocks in this city. No, he did not find a cure for cancer or save anyone's life or spend his life helping the poor and downtrodden.
How sad that we as a society honour a hockey player and tend to forget police officers, firefighters and paramedics who put their lives on the line every day, the soldiers who have given their lives for the freedom we enjoy, the doctors and nurses who perform miracles in the hospitals on a daily basis, the teachers, writers and daycare workers who have such a great impact on our children. I for one would like to pick a doctor, a police officer or a firefighter and put them on the podium, name streets and lakes after them. Wake up, people; hockey does not add any great value to our lives. Banging a rubber puck around on the ice for millions of dollars in pay does not qualify one as a hero.
Rescind the honour
While Jonathan Toews is an outstanding hockey player, he is just that -- a hockey player! Nothing more, nothing less. I am not taking away anything from his skills or abilities, but can you please tell me what he has done to make this country a safe place for Canadians to live?
My uncle died in the Second World War and a lake up north was named after him for his ultimate sacrifice. He and many other wonderful men gave their lives so that Canada can be what it is today.
I am absolutely disgusted that Jonathan Toews was even mentioned in the same breath as these brave men (and now women). Sorry Jonathan, I have nothing against you -- I just feel that this is a dishonour to the men who fought for the freedom of Canada.
I truly wish this would be reconsidered.
Sonia Feakes
Criteria ignored
I was dismayed yesterday to hear of the naming of a lake in northern Manitoba after Jonathan Toews. This is not meant with any disrespect to the talented young hockey player. However, I think that if you were to look at the rules for geographic naming in the country in general, and Manitoba specifically, you will find that this act goes against all accepted standards.
These rules have evolved over time with the specific purpose of assuring that place names are applied with appropriate forethought and care. Naming a lake after Toews lessens the honour for those who have met the criteria through lifelong contributions to the cultural legacy of the province or those who have lost their lives in its defence. As a Canadian I am concerned that the established rules are being blatantly ignored. Were aboriginal elders whose people have traditional ties to the area consulted to see if the lake already had a name?
I urge you to give this decision sober second thought.
Merrily K. Aubrey
Centreville, N.S.


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It's possible we're just overcome with the spirit of giving, but the Weather Column has a couple of special holiday treats for you this weekend.
Your first treat is a magical holiday poem we composed ourselves minutes after returning from a trip to New Mexico, which, surprisingly, is a lot (bad word) warmer than Winnipeg. It goes like this:
Twas 10 days before Christmas
And all through the city
Drivers were freaking out
Because the roads were so ... um ... slippery!
Is that a heart-warming holiday poem, or what? OK, never mind. Let's move on to your second special treat, which is the news that, with a little help from Environment Canada, we have arranged to give everyone a little break from the recent bone-chilling, soul-destroying deep freeze.
Get ready to put on your Bermuda shorts and Tie-dye T-shirts because the weather office wants you to know that today will be partly sunny with a glorious high of -6 C, which is a whole four degrees warmer than the normal high of -10 C at this chaotic but festive time of year.
So get outside and bask in those tropical conditions, because the rest of the week looks less jolly, starting with Sunday, wherein you can expect a mix of sun and clouds and a high of only -11 C. It's kind of downhill from there, but, if you can hold on until Thursday, the forecast calls for a sunny day without any clouds at all.
Now let's take a moment to discuss festive things for you to do this weekend. Ha ha ha, just kidding. You need to get off the couch, hop in the car and finish the rest of your Christmas shopping, don't you? Make sure to bring a giant novelty candy cane to ward off the rest of the holiday shoppers, who have been driven insane by the fact Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer has been playing on a loop in every mall since before Halloween.
For everyone who finished their shopping early -- and I'm talking to both of you -- there's lots of cool stuff to do. For starters, head to the Atomic Centre, 167 Logan Ave., from 6 p.m. today to 6 p.m. Sunday and join the volunteer mechanics taking part in Cycle of Giving, a 24-hour kids' bike-building marathon hoping to put together over 200 bicycles for local children in need. Get more info at thewrench.ca.
Or slip and slide down to the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre at 445 King St. today from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to lend a hand packing and delivering hampers for their 10th annual Christmas Hamper Drive
If you haven't had your fill of Christmas lights yet, check out the light display from the tiny train cars of the Assiniboine Valley Railway. Call 204-837-1305 for more info. Then dash through the snow to Canad Inns Winter Wonderland at Red River Exhibition Park, where you can drive through 29 themed areas featuring more than a million sparkly lights along a 2.5-kilometre route of holiday joy. Tickets are $15 at the gate and $10 in advance at any Canad Inns location.
Speaking of kids, you can drag them to centre court at The Forks today and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. to burn off some of that excess festive energy making their own holiday crafts.
Whatever you do, quit griping about the weather and acting like a Grinch or I will be forced to take drastic action in the form of writing another (very bad word) holiday poem.

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Winnipeggers were part of a court battle being waged in Quebec this week in a fight to return jobs to Manitoba.
Tony Didoshak, general chairman of the Winnipeg-based International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), said he testified in an ongoing hearing in Quebec Superior Court which began earlier this week. Didoshak said a court battle is being waged between Air Canada and the provinces of Quebec and Manitoba to force Air Canada to reopen bases that closed last year. Approximately 400 unionized jobs were lost after the Aveos airframe maintenance base in Winnipeg shut down in March 2012, he said.
Most of those jobs were in aerospace, such as aircraft technicians and mechanics.
Both provinces are claiming Air Canada has violated the Air Canada Public Participation Act, he said.
"Since the closure of Aveos in Winnipeg, we're down to 16 aircraft mechanics," said Didoshak.
"In my opinion, and obviously in the province of Manitoba's opinion, that does not an overhaul base make."
The Act means Air Canada should maintain overhaul facilities in Dorval, Mississauga and Winnipeg, he said, instead of outsourcing the jobs to places outside Canada.
Didoshak said he's hopeful the court will rule in favour of bringing the jobs back to the province.
"We're hoping that the court will rule that the Air Canada is in violation of the Public Participation Act, and that jobs will be reinstated in Manitoba and Quebec," he said.
Another Winnipegger, Mike Maskell, an aircraft maintenance engineer with more than two decades experience at the maintenance facility, said he also testified in Quebec.
"We feel that there's been an injustice done here to us, that people deserve a better outcome to having been thrown to the street in such a drastic fashion, and Air Canada needs to kind of step up and say, 'Yes, we do need to have our work performed, we do need to have it performed in Canada,'" said Maskell.
"And there's a willing workforce right here, there's a hangar environment that could be brought up to speed in short order and revitalized again, and bring these jobs back to Manitoba."
Aveos began after Air Canada spun off its technical services division in 2007, and did most of the repair and heavy maintenance work on its planes, according to Winnipeg Free Press archives.
It was closing its Canadian operations because it was no longer getting sufficient work from Air Canada, according to earlier reports.
The hearings are continuing in Montreal, and a ruling is anticipated in the next six months.
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Voting in the Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner election has got off to a "very, very slow" start, with many residents saying they oppose the change or simply haven't been given enough information to make an informed choice.
Polling stations opened at 7am today and will stay open until 10pm to give residents their chance to select one of the six candidates jostling to be elected for a four-year term to oversee the work of Surrey Police and hold them to account.
The elected post will replace the Surrey Police Authority, which has been made up of councillors and independent members, and the candidates jostling for election are Kevin Hurley (Independent), Peter Williams (Independent), Julie Iles (Conservative), Nick O' Shea (Lib Dem), Robert Shatwell (UKIP) and Robert Evans (Labour).
But a presiding officer at the polling station in The Epsom Playhouse, in Ashley Avenue, in Epsom town centre at 11am today, said hardly anyone had voted so far.
He said: "It's been very, very slow. There have been less than 10 people voting per hour."
Just 11 people came to the polling station to vote during a 40 minute period, between 11.10am and 11.50am.
When asked whether they would be voting in the election, people in the town centre said the candidates had not been well-publicised and that they did not agree with the role of a police and crime commissioner in principle.
One Leatherhead resident said: "I'm not voting, I've got no interest in it. It's costing millions to do it. It's ridiculous.
"We don't mind or care about policing as long as we are policed. Everyone I know and speak to is the same. I'd be surprised if anyone does come out and vote. I think the police are fine as they are."
Pam Plumtree said: "I haven't taken an interest in it whatsoever. Nobody's knocked on the door, I've seen nothing about it anywhere at all.
"I don't know where or how to vote and I've always voted in the past."
A Cheam couple, who always vote in elections, said they would not be voting as they do not believe they can make an informed decision.
They said: "We've not had any notification at all, just polling cards. We don't know who the candidates are so there's no point in voting. There will not be a high turnout, it's been mishandled."
Arthur Neal, from Epsom, said the police, not a politician, should be in charge of running Surrey Police.
He said: "I've voted, but I can't see the point in it.
"I was a postal vote and when I posted it I had no idea who I was voting for. There was no information about the candidates until the next week in the Epsom Guardian. I doubt there will be a high turnout.
"You should let the police get on with what they're doing. Why interfere? It's only going to be another politician running it. Police should be run by the police. I voted for an ex-policeman."
Another resident agreed: "I've voted, because I've always voted, but I chose to deliberately avoid voting for a politician. I don't think the turnout will be high.
"Nobody knows who, why, what, and I can't see a reason for it. It's a total waste of money."
An Ashtead resident added: "I think the police should run themselves - they know what they are doing. Someone who comes in with ideas doesn't necessarily know how those ideas can run through.
"I'm not voting. They're cutting back policeman - we need policeman out and about not somebody in an office getting a large sum of money, not knowing what they are doing."
Sonia Bedley-Moore, from Walton-on-the-Hill, said: "I am voting today so I'll search online to take a look at the candidates before I go in. I haven't had much information about the candidates.
"I don't think there'll be a high turnout - it's an unusual day to have it. Everyone's thinking about Christmas, not voting."
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THEY WANTED TO BRING quality no-fuss dining to Lorne, not reinvent the wheel but, on Christmas Day in 2006, when young dynamos Robert Lowther, then 22, and Brett Graham, 23, opened pint-size Pizza Pizza, they unconsciously shaped a new era of dining that would rejuvenate the popular coastal town.
Recently returned from overseas jaunts, the duo had expected to land summer jobs, as they always had, at one of the many eateries that serviced the 30,000-odd holidaymakers who flock to Lorne each summer.
Instead, armed with a $15,000 credit-card limit and sharing a Saab 900 prone to overheating, Lowther and Graham signed a lease on a quaint weatherboard shopfront, bought a second-hand pizza oven and opened Pizza Pizza.
"I can't remember that first summer, it was so full on," Lowther says, grinning.
"We'd stay back until midnight washing dishes, just hoping someone would come in and order another pizza."
And come they did.
With help from their families, and any friends willing to roll up their sleeves and top semolina-dusted pizza bases for a couple of hours, the pair's first foray into business was a triumph.
In six months they had made enough money to pack down Pizza Pizza, close for winter, and scour the globe for business ideas to bring back to their home town.
"We wanted to open another shop that was really easy, really quick and really good," Lowther says. "That's what people want when they're on holidays."
Seated outside their second, much larger, Lorne venture, The Bottle of Milk, the business partners exude a boyish eagerness that belies their innate business savvy.
The pair grew up working in Lorne's golden era of dining, the '90s, when the main drag hummed with hectic restaurants, including Chris's, Reifs, Marks and Kosta's Taverna. Graham's first job, scooping ice-cream at the games parlour, and Lowther's, making pastries at the Ozone Eatery, provided an introduction to the frenetic pace of Lorne summers.
"When I was 16, it felt like Lorne was really foodie," Graham reminisces.
He left Lorne to study economics and politics at uni before joining Lowther, who had worked in a string of restaurants during a backpacking adventure throughout Europe. When they returned to Lorne in 2005, the town had changed.
"We went out to get some food one evening and there was nothing open," Graham says.
"It felt like the town had given up."
Their second business, The Bottle of Milk, opened during schoolies week in 2008.
A hip cafe championing gourmet burgers, it proved to be a mid-tier eatery the town needed.
Now, The Bottle of Milk goes through about 50 kilograms of beef mince and 10 kilograms of coffee a day during summer.
Observing the pair's success, Graham's younger brother, Aaron, 23, and his mate Matt Griffiths, 28, bought Moons Espresso Bar in 2009. The pair saw scope for improvement at Moons, already a popular cafe with a reputation for towering pides and fresh juices.
"We were working together at Pizza Pizza when, mid-shift, Matt turned around and asked if I wanted to buy Moons with him," Aaron says with a smile.
When the opportunity arose to go into business himself at the age of 20, he didn't hesitate.
The young owners reinstated breakfasts, recharged the space with a youthful beachside vibe and reopened Moons on Melbourne Cup weekend.
"We had to open on Cup weekend because we had nothing. We needed money," Griffiths says. "It was scary but I had seen a gap when Brett and Rob opened the shop [Pizza Pizza] and knew as long as what we were serving was good, people would flock."
He was right. Lowther, Griffiths and the Graham brothers have forged a strong alliance that has kickstarted Lorne's dining scene.
During the January peak, it's not uncommon to see one of the boys in Lorne's main street, delivering a carton of soy milk or box of bacon borrowed from the other.
On their busiest day to date, the duo churned out 800 coffees with one person on the machine.
In their second summer, the pair identified a lack of family-friendly eateries open at night.
Calling on the skills of breakfast chef Kyall Holmer, another Lorne local, they collated a Mexican menu
and, as the sun set on another summer day, they swapped the signage, menus and drinks list so Moons Espresso Bar could morph into Butchy's Mexican. "It went really well, considering the weirdness of it all," Griffiths says.
"It confused people being a cafe during the day and a Mexican restaurant at night but it was a good way to do it because it gave us the confidence to know a Mexican restaurant would work."
The success of Butchy's Mexican persuaded Holmer, 24, who had studied graphic design, dabbled in landscaping and worked in numerous kitchens, to focus on hospitality.
In early 2012, when a small shopfront became available just off Lorne's main drag, Griffiths and Aaron offered Holmer a business partnership in a Mexican restaurant.
Holmer's father and brother pitched in, gutting the shop and fitting out the space with wooden booths and striking panel work. Mexican Republic opened in November and was an instant success.
Weeks into his first unrelenting summer as a Lorne restaurateur, he's looking relaxed. "I'm just going to take it as it comes," Holmer says.
"I'm in a pretty sweet place anyway, so it's not too brutal. At the end of it all, I can go for a swim."
They're quick to sweep aside any suggestion they've charted a new course for Lorne's dining scene, instead switching the focus to the town's future.
"It's getting busier and busier," Graham says, "and there's definitely room to grow."
Holmer, the newest recruit to Lorne's hospitality fray, agrees.
"You take risks in life. You only live once," he says.
"Besides, you can't hate going to work if it's fun, chilled and always pumpin'."
Something to satisfy the munchies
The Bottle of Milk, 52 Mountjoy Parade, Lorne
Phone: 5289 2005
TRY: The B.O.M burger (pictured). Aleaning tower of beef, bacon, cheese, tangy mayonnaise, beetroot, onion and lettuce, all sandwiched in a sourdough bun. The perfect surfer's snack.
Mexican Republic, 1A Grove Road, Lorne
Phone: 5289 1686
TRY: The tostaditas. Cracking bite-size corn chips heaped with shredded pork, jalapenos, pickled onion and cheese, or chorizo and mushrooms, or prawns and chilli.
Moons Espresso Bar, 108 Mountjoy Parade, Lorne
Phone: 5289 1149
TRY: The Pest pide. Toasted Turkish pide stuffed with leg ham ribbons, Roma tomatoes, bocconcini and basil pesto.
Pizza Pizza, 2B Mountjoy Parade, Lorne
Phone: 5289 1007
TRY: Bingo Bango pizza. Crisp base smeared with napoli and topped with spicy salami, pancetta, fresh chilli, olives and caramelised onion.


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From the remote marshes of San Jose Island to the pristine flats of the Upper Laguna Madre and the famed trout rocks of Baffin Bay, the Corpus Christi area offers a level of fishing that Texas Gulf Coast anglers either want to boast loudly about or perhaps quietly keep to themselves. The Coastal Bend is known for its acres of shallow bays, all of them isolated from the Gulf of Mexico by a series of narrow barrier islands. The region supports four separate bay systems: The San Antonio Bay system, the Aransas Bay system, the Corpus Christi Bay system and the Upper Laguna Madre. Each has unique qualities, but all of these bays are prolific fisheries.
The most popular sport fishes include speckled trout, redfish, black drum, flounder and sheepshead. Secondary species include gafftop catfish, croaker, whiting, pompano and a list of other non-game species available to anglers who use artificial and natural baits. Corpus Christi's many top-notch fishing guides can help you find and identify any type of catch you're looking for.


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Sunday, June 22, 2014
Latino & Latin American Culture and Community
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Saturday, June 7, 2014
Argentina's Crónicas: Walsh, Pron, and a Nation's Past That Is Still Present
By Rebecca DeWald (Glasgow Review of Books)| Posted Sat., June 7 , 2014, 11:56 a.m. ET.
Patricio Pron's My Fathers' Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain is the polar opposite of Rodolfo Walsh's Operation Massacre: introverted, with emotionally rather factually depicted characters, personal rather than journalistic account of someone else's story. Both are believable immersions in the country's tragic history. Read more here.
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Rodolfo Walsh's 'Operation Massacre': Argentina's Ghosts Turn Alive In Translation
By Stephen Phelan | Posted at HNY on Sat., June 7 , 2014, 11:25 a.m. ET
Rodolfo Walsh was a rare man of words and action: a masterful chess player, an award-winning fiction author turned investigative reporter, an intellectual who took up the arms against his country's military dictatorship and paid the ultimate price for it. Read more at the Boston Review.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Maya Angelou Dies at 86
By Hispanic New York | Posted Sunday, June 1 , 2014, 8:32 a.m. ET
Poet, author, actor, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, whose 1969 memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings inspired generations of Black Americans and oppressed minorities all over the world, died last Wednesday at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Read more at The New York Times and El Diario. Watch video here.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Spanish-language Publishing World Shifts Center
By Claudio Iván Remeseira Follow @HispanicNewYork | Posted Sun., May 25, 2014, at 11:45 a.m.ET.
With the purchase of the Spanish company Santillana by Penguin Random House (PRH), the global printing giant created last year by the merger of Bertelsmann and Pearson Group's book division, the Spanish-language publishing world becomes more concentrated than ever-especially in Latin America, the largest market for Spanish-language authors.
|Coming Soon to a Bookstore (?) Near You.
A few key points:
- This purchase was a news foretold. Santillana's previous owner, Prisa Group (owner also of the Spanish daily El País) is in deep financial trouble and had already announced that was selling its publishing division (It will retain Santillana's highly profitable educational imprint, though). Nevertheless, it makes momentous news because of the significance of Santillana's literary catalog.
- Through the acquisition of this catalog, PRH owns now the bulk of the 1960s Latin American boom, including Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortázar, and Carlos Fuentes, as well as the work of Jorge Luis Borges, several Cervantes Awards (Juan Marsé, Jorge Edwards, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Sergio Pitol) and several Spanish National Literary Awards, such as Javier Cercas an Javier Marías. The list of Spanish-language bestsellers includes also Isabel Allende, Laura Esquivel, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, and Quino, among many others.
- This has a cultural as well as a business implication: most Spanish-language literature is no longer published by companies from Spanish-language countries. Globalization has come full circle.
- The only Spanish-language publishing giant standing is Grupo Planeta. But its reach will be mostly restricted to Spain.
- This also marks the end of the decades-long Spain-centric character of the Spanish-language publishing industry. Whether the shift from peninsular dominance to the dominance of a multinational corporation will be good or bad for Latin American writers remains to be seen. In the U.S., PRH will hopefully roll out the marketing and publicity investment that the Spaniard management was reluctant to make in order to consolidate and expand the local Spanish-language literary market.
- Compared to the multi billion-dollar deals taking place every day in the information technology market, the amount of the Santillana purchase (72 million Euro) is a sobering reminder of the shrinking power of the print book industry. Spaniard executives were also very slow to react to the ebook and the digital revolution, which is something that will very likely change under the new ownership.
Read more at El Confidencial (In Spanish)
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Sunday, May 11, 2014
'Viaje One Way': Miami's Spanish-language Literary Anthology
Everyone talks about this southernmost major city of the United States. Now, at last, Miami has its own book. Viaje One Way (A One-Way Journey) is the first literary anthology by authors from Miami to be published in the 21st century. Writers from different countries in Latin America and from Spain who have become assimilated yet still share commonalities reveal in their writings a Miami that is much more complex than is generally thought.
Literature about Miami that has been written by English-speaking authors is highly respected and acclaimed and deservedly so. But what of literature about Miami in Spanish? Is there such a thing? Miami today is no longer the destination for those immigrants who simply came to perform society's lowest-paying jobs. Without the Hispanic community, Miami today wouldn't be the one of the world's most alluring cities.
For the last twenty-five years or so, the typical Hispanic immigrant coming to Miami has been one who has a university background, makes investments, and works in good-paying jobs. The arrival of these immigrants has brought about an invaluable cultural exchange in diverse areas, such as in the arts and in literature. Today there is a small Hispanic literary ecosystem of publishing houses, magazines, reading groups, readers, and writers who have become assimilated. To become assimilated means to survive, to hold a job, to settle down, to know the boundaries of a particular culture, to have one's papers in order, and then to write.
For the last twenty-five years or so, the typical Hispanic immigrant coming to Miami has been one who has a university background, makes investments, and works in good-paying jobs. The arrival of these immigrants has brought about an invaluable cultural exchange in diverse areas, such as in the arts and in literature. Today there is a small Hispanic literary ecosystem of publishing houses, magazines, reading groups, readers, and writers who have become assimilated. To become assimilated means to survive, to hold a job, to settle down, to know the boundaries of a particular culture, to have one's papers in order, and then to write.
Viaje One Way, then, offers very detailed readings of the complex yet fascinating mosaic that is Miami today. The anthology includes selections by José Abreu Felippe (Cuba), Eli Bravo (Venezuela), Carlos Gámez Pérez (Spain), Andrés Hernández Alende (Cuba), Rossana Montoya (Peru), Rodolfo Pérez Valero (Cuba), Camilo Pino (Venezuela), José Ignacio Valenzuela (Chile), Gastón Virkel (Argentina), Rosana Ubanell (Spain), and the anthologists, Pedro Medina León (Peru) and Vera (Argentina).
Among the stories included: Mr. Not Guilty, which deals with the severity of the penal code in the United States, and which reminds us that the death penalty still exists in this "promised land"; Regreso a casa (Going Home) relates the nostalgia of political exile and very nearly becomes fantasy fiction; the daily routine of a young woman who has just recently arrived in this country and who tries to understand everything that she sees and hears because, otherwise, she knows that she will be left behind, is narrated in Las pirámides del Diner (The Diner's Pyramids); the story Abducciones en la que no es y nunca fue tu ciudad (Abductions In What Is Not and Never Was Your City), about a Spanish roommate, offers the reader science fiction; and the seedy underworld of violence in South Beach with the undocumented workers and the payments made under-the-table is told in the story Cuando el azar era el pasado (When Chance Was the Past).
Viaje One Way, published by Suburbano Ediciones, will be available in both print and digital editions. The book will be presented to the public on May 22, at 8:00 PM, at Books and Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida.
About the editors:
Hernán Vera Álvarez, sometimes just known as Vera, was born in Buenos Aires in 1977. He is a writer and a cartoonist. He has published a book of stories, Una extraña felicidad(llamada América) (A Strange Happiness Called America), and a comic book, La gente no puede vivir sin problemas! (People Can't Live Without Problems!). Much of his work has been featured in magazines and newspapers in the United States and in Latin America: El Nuevo Herald, Meansheets, Loft Magazine, El Sentinel, Nagari, Sea-Latino, TintaFrescaUS, La Nación, and Clarín. He lived in the United States for eight years as an illegal immigrant, working in the shipyards, in the kitchen of a nightclub, in discotheques, and in construction.
Pedro Medina León (Lima, Peru) is the author of Streets de Miami (Streets of Miami) and Mañana no te veré en Miami (I Won't See You Tomorrow in Miami). He has also contributed to several anthologies. In 2009, he launched the magazine Revista Cultural Sub-Urbano (Miami). Since 2013, he has led the publishing house Suburbano Ediciones, and he is also a professor of creative writing at the Koubek Center, Miami Dade College.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Andrés Neuman: Displacement and Literature
By Valerie Miles for The New York Times | Posted at HNY on Sunday, May 4, 2014, 11:10 a.m. ET
When he was just 22, the Spanish-Argentine writer Andrés Neuman was anointed by no less a luminary than the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño, who had a discriminating eye for talent and wasn't lukewarm when he found it. "The literature of the 21st century," Bolaño proclaimed, "will belong to Neuman and a few of his blood brothers." Read more at The New York Times
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Borges' Lost Editio Princeps Returns Home. Or Not.
By Graciela Mochkofsky | Posted Sunday, April 27 , 2014, 11:10 a.m. ET
Fifteen years ago, a stolen first edition of Jorge Luis Borges's first published poetry collection Fervor of Buenos Aires initiated its return voyage to Argentina's National Library. Yet serious doubts remain about its authenticity. Read it at The Paris Review.
Fifteen years ago, a stolen first edition of Jorge Luis Borges's first published poetry collection Fervor of Buenos Aires initiated its return voyage to Argentina's National Library. Yet serious doubts remain about its authenticity. Read it at The Paris Review.
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BATH owner Bruce Craig believes the club are on the right path towards achieving his goal of sustained domestic and European success.
The Aviva Premiership club yesterday announced that Wiltshire technology giant Dyson would become their new title partner for the next two seasons, with Craig seeing parallels between the two organisations' pursuit of excellence.
"They (Dyson) have got a lot of very young people employed there and the young English talent that Bath Rugby has invested in is the future of our club,'' said Craig.
"We've got players such as George Ford, Kyle Eastmond, Jonathan Joseph and Anthony Watson and guys coming through the academy who are all potential England players, who have got real X factor.
"These kids are only 20-21 and if we can get them to stay together for the next four-five years, it will be without any doubt an exceptional team.
"The top aspiration of this club is to be the top English club.'' Bath narrowly missed out on the Aviva Premiership play-offs and Amlin Challenge Cup success last season as head coach Mike Ford shaped a young, exciting squad.
Coupled with their ever-improving training facilities at Farleigh House and plans for a redeveloped Rec – which Craig conceded are unlikely to happen until the 2016-17 season at the earliest – the Bath owner is confident the club are striding purposefully towards an exciting new era.
The partnership with Malmesbury-based Dyson will see the players sporting shirts featuring some of the company' different technologies and Craig added: "What Dyson as an organisation does and Bath Rugby does is look for those marginal gains.
"There is a great marriage between the two organisations with the joint vision of pushing the boundaries of innovation and pushing forward to be the best.'' Sir James Dyson added: "What Bruce has done at Bath Rugby is amazing.
"He's put a lot of trust in youth and they are really very exciting team playing exciting rugby.
"A lot of Dyson's workforce are already supporters in Wiltshire – they come down to watch Bath.
"It's great to be supporting and helping them.''
- BATH winger Semesa Rokoduguni has signed a one-year extension to his contract that will keep him at the Rec until 2016.
Meanwhile, Bath will play two warm-up matches ahead of the 2014/15 season.
On Saturday, August 16, they welcome Scarlets to the Rec (3pm). A week later, winger Matt Banahan returns home as Bath travel to face Jersey on August 23 (3pm).
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The Armor of God Military Style Dog Tag is a protection and a physical reminder to be faithful and valiant as we move forward in our daily battles for truth and salvation. It symbolizes our strength and willingness to go forward as a witness of God. These dog tags have great personal value to both men and women of every age and they provide a certain piece of mind simply by having it with you.
This two sided, high relief military style dogtag incorporates two soldiers on side one (male and female) clothed in each piece of armor described in Ephesians 6 with 'Put on the Whole Armor of God'. Side two displays the individual pieces of armor and their scriptural description and reference (Ephesians 6:11-17). Other symbolic design elements are also used to encourage thoughtful pondering. 1¾ inch · high relief · double sided · matte nickel finish · 24 inch (double thick) ball chain · protective clear vinyl pouch included
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Explore Talking DictionariesThe Enduring Voices team is pleased to present these Talking Dictionaries, giving listeners around the world a chance to hear some of the most little-known sounds of human speech.
Several communities are now offering the online record of their language to be shared by any interested person around the world. While you probably won't walk away from these Talking Dictionaries knowing how to speak a new language, you will encounter fascinating and beautiful sounds--forms of human speech you've never heard before--and through them, get a further glimpse into the rich diversity of culture and experience that humans have created in every part of the globe.
Explore the Talking Dictionaries for yourself.
Losing Our World's LanguagesBy 2100, more than half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth—many of them not yet recorded—may disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge about history, culture, the natural environment, and the human brain.
National Geographic's Enduring Voices Project (conducted in collaboration with the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages) strives to preserve endangered languages by identifying language hotspots—the places on our planet with the most unique, poorly understood, or threatened indigenous languages—and documenting the languages and cultures within them.
Why Is It Important?Language defines a culture, through the people who speak it and what it allows speakers to say. Words that describe a particular cultural practice or idea may not translate precisely into another language. Many endangered languages have rich oral cultures with stories, songs, and histories passed on to younger generations, but no written forms. With the extinction of a language, an entire culture is lost.
Much of what humans know about nature is encoded only in oral languages. Indigenous groups that have interacted closely with the natural world for thousands of years often have profound insights into local lands, plants, animals, and ecosystems—many still undocumented by science. Studying indigenous languages therefore benefits environmental understanding and conservation efforts.
Studying various languages also increases our understanding of how humans communicate and store knowledge. Every time a language dies, we lose part of the picture of what our brains can do.
Why Do Languages Die Out?Throughout human history, the languages of powerful groups have spread while the languages of smaller cultures have become extinct. This occurs through official language policies or through the allure that the high prestige of speaking an imperial language can bring. These trends explain, for instance, why more language diversity exists in Bolivia than on the entire European continent, which has a long history of large states and imperial powers.
As big languages spread, children whose parents speak a small language often grow up learning the dominant language. Depending on attitudes toward the ancestral language, those children or their children may never learn the smaller language, or they may forget it as it falls out of use. This has occurred throughout human history, but the rate of language disappearance has accelerated dramatically in recent years.
Stories From the Expeditions
One World, Many Voices Festival
Experience the vibrant cultural expressions of some of the world's rarest languages in this collection of photos, videos, and more from the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which brought together people from traditional cultures in every region of the globe.
Vanishing Voices Pictures
By the next century nearly half of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth will likely disappear, as communities abandon native tongues in favor of English, Mandarin, or Spanish. What is lost when a language goes silent?
NG Explorers Help Record Xyzyl Language
The Enduring Voices team reports back on the Xyzyl (pronounced "hizzle") language from the Republic of Xakasia northwest of Mongolia. They will be working with the Xyzyl people to create a talking dictionary and grammar to help them preserve their ancient tongue.
Arunachal Pradesh, India Expedition 2011
Read the full report from the Enduring Voices team's 2011 expedition to Arunachal Pradesh, India, where they visited five endangered language communities.
Meet the Team
Gregory Anderson, Linguist
Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson is a linguist who is director of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the documentation, revitalization, and maintenance of endangered languages.
David Harrison, Linguist
K. David Harrison is a linguist and leading specialist in the study of endangered languages. He co-leads the Enduring Voices project at National Geographic and is an associate professor at Swarthmore College.
Chris Rainier,
Chris Rainier is considered one of the leading documentary photographers working today. His life's mission is to put on film both the remaining natural wilderness and indigenous cultures around the globe and to use images to create social change.
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The Enduring Voices Project represents a partnership between National Geographic Mission Programs and the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
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The Last Speakers
The Last Speakers
The poignant chronicle of K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages.
"The Last Speakers" is now published in Japanese. Read the interview with Dr. Harrison here and purchase the Japanese edition here.


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Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma
Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma has been characterized as
the internists tumor based on the diversity of
presenting symptoms. These range from microscopic hematuria to
abdominal pain to an abdominal or flank mass. An estimated 30,000 new
cases of renal cell carcinoma will occur in the United States in the
year 2000, and approximately 12,000 people will die from this
disease. The majority (75% to 85%) of tumors are of clear cell
histologic type, with papillary, chromophobic, oncocytic, and collecting-duct
tumors comprising the remainder.
Although the incidence of kidney cancer has increased by 43% since
1973 in the United States, the 5-year survival rate improved by
approximately 9% between 1974 and 1994. This increase in survival may
be attributable to a stage migration resulting from earlier
diagnosis. The more frequent use of sensitive abdominal imaging
modalities in recent years may have contributed to the greater number
of tumors detected at an early stage; this includes incidental renal
masses detected during evaluation for other medical conditions.
The major etiologic factors implicated in the development of renal
cell carcinoma are cigarette smoking, obesity (especially in
females), and hypertension. Recently, mutations of the von
Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene have been identified in large numbers of
patients with both sporadic and familial forms of renal cell
carcinoma. Evolving evidence suggests that the VHL gene acts as a
tumor suppressor and that restoration of the wild-type gene product
can inhibit growth of renal cell carcinoma cell lines. The altered
form of this protein can also enhance expression of vascular
endothelial growth factor, which may contribute to the progression of
kidney cancer by promoting vascularization.
Approximately 45% of patients present with disease localized to the
kidney and undergo surgical resection. Radical nephrectomy, entailing
resection of the affected kidney, perirenal fat, and ipsilateral
adrenal gland, has been the benchmark procedure for managing
localized kidney cancer. Recent investigations have questioned the
need for adrenalectomy and lymph node dissections in patients without
an obvious abnormality of the adrenal gland on computed tomography (CT).
More conservative surgical approaches, such as a partial nephrectomy
(nephron-sparing surgery), are reserved for those with an absent,
abnormal, or at-risk contralateral kidney. Patients with a normal
contralateral kidney and small (£ 4
cm), polar primary lesions may also be candidates for nephron-sparing surgery.
More aggressive surgical treatment is considered for patients
presenting with a tumor that has invaded the renal vein and inferior
vena cava. When a careful radiologic evaluation does not detect
metastatic disease, these patients should be referred to a center
staffed by surgeons who are experienced in performing resections of
tumors extending into these venous structures.
The likelihood that localized kidney cancer will be cured by surgical
removal of the tumor depends on several prognostic factors. The most
important of these is pathologic stage on presentation. Patients who
have a small tumor that is confined within the renal capsule have a
more favorable prognosis than do those whose tumor extends beyond the
capsule, invades the renal vein, or involves the local lymph nodes.
There is no established role for adjuvant systemic therapy following
resection in patients with localized kidney cancer. Several trials of
adjuvant radiotherapy or immunotherapy with interferon-alfa (Intron
A, Roferon-A) or experimental autologous vaccines have failed to show
a significant advantage for these approaches in preventing
recurrence. Ongoing trials of interleukin-2 (IL-2 [Proleukin]) and
new vaccine trials are evidence of the continued interest in
identifying effective adjuvant therapy for patients at high risk of relapse.


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DETROIT - MGM Grand Detroit will host its second annual online charitable event on Monday.
Throughout the day, five local nonprofits will vie for votes on the "Touching Communities, Touching Lives" campaign's Facebook page.
The top three organizations will win their share of the total $10,000 prize: $7,000 for first place, $2,000 for second and $1,000 for third.
Voting will run from midnight to 11:59 p.m.
The winners will be announced Wednesday on the Facebook page.
The nonprofits in the competition are Winning Futures, Money Matters for Youth, Cass Community Services, Matrix Theatre Company and Arab American & Chaldean Council.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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29 Oct 2013 by Tara Kroes in Boat Tours , Fishing , Nature , Culture , Entertainment , Gros Morne National Park and Cultural ExperiencesRegion: Western
Explore the past, experience the beauty. Hiding between the great Tablelands and the vast Atlantic Ocean sits quiet Trout River. While proclaiming itself to be Newfoundland's best kept vacation secret, a more accurate account would be Canada's best kept secret. This destination should be on every travellers list when exploring Newfoundland. Situated 86km from Deer Lake International Airport, in the glorious Gros Morne National Park, it is a rare and beautiful find nestled within another rare and beautiful find.


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Decided to bake a pecan pie to take to my Parents' House tomorrow. Just a teaser shot for now.
Little Action Shot
Just about done
Turned out even better than I hoped. This was one rich pie, but oh so good. Definitely going to go into the rotation. Took a little over an hour at 400F and it was super simple. The recipe is over on my blog if you are interested.
Chocolate Pecan Bourbon Pie


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Aubrey Organics Lumessence Lift Firming Renewal Cream with CoQ10 Liposomes
There's nothing more ironic than slathering chemicals all over your face in an attampt to make yourself more beautiful: with most face creams, you are just doing more damage in the long run. That's why AUbrey Organic's new natural firming face creme is so cool! It's totally natural, totally healthy, and will make your skin truly healthier, younger-looking, and looking great!


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Keeping Dancers on Their Toesby Suzanne Calvin
Choreographer Kenneth von Heidecke has returned to the Dallas Opera to work his magic on our dance-loaded production of AIDA. Gregory Sullivan Isaacs, special contributor to "Dallas Voice" has more on his extraordinary life and remarkable talent — here. (Photo courtesy of…uh…me) Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media & PR


text: Politics 28 September 2012 Undercover: behind the scenes of our Labour Special Issue How Ben Jennings's cartoon of Ed Miliband and Ed Balls made the front page of the New Statesman. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML Hello, and welcome to the second instalment of "Undercover", where I try to explain a bit about how we put our covers together. For the Labour party conference special issue, we decided to try a young cartoonist, Ben Jennings, who won last year's Political Cartoon of The Year award. I wrote last month about the New Statesman's incredible history as a breeding ground for cartoonists (Martin Rowson, Will Self, the Telegraph's "Matt" and Peter Brookes all got a start here) so it's nice to continue that tradition by giving Ben the cover. We asked him to draw Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, riffing on the former's focus on communities and patriotism and the latter's ferocious reputation. Here is his initial sketch: Like last week, we have a flap, so this gives a "reveal" when you lift that up - who is Ed Milband trying to restrain? There are also a couple of small touches, such as Ed Balls's "Butch" collar and Ed Miliband's "predistribution" tattoo. Here's the coloured version: One of the things that's great about Ben's style is the sense of movement you get from those extra lines. The sampled textures in the background are also something of a signature of his (and are usually done on a computer rather than by hand). Anja Wohlstrom, our art director, and I talked about this, and while we loved the positions, and the expressions (and, in my case, Ed Balls's hair), we felt that it was a bit too red. Not that red isn't a lovely (and Labour-ish) colour, but with a red masthead too, it could all get a bit monochromatic. So Ben produced a final version, with a park in the background: Just the place to take a Labour attack dog for a walk. › Friday Arts Diary Ben Jennings's final artwork for the New Statesman cover. Helen Lewis is deputy editor of the New Statesman. She has presented BBC Radio 4's Week in Westminster and is a regular panellist on BBC1's Sunday Politics. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles Theresa May condemns Big Ben's silence – but stays silent on Donald Trump's Nazi defence 10 times James Chapman slammed his former boss David Davis Think Charlottesville couldn't happen in the UK? Then look at today's Sun Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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Britney Spears loses custody of her kids
Well, it finally happened – sort of. Due to the claims of Britney Spears' former bodyguard Tony Barretto, Kevin Federline has been given temporary custody of the children. FOX News reports:
Commissioner Scott Gordon will order the boys, 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James, turned over to Federline based on information that Los Angeles Family Court received over the weekend about Spears, the sources told FOXNews.com.
During Monday's custody hearing, Spears' former bodyguard accused the pop star of having "issues of nudity and drug use" since she returned from rehab.
You know we all joked about this day for months, but seriously, there's nothing funny about this. Not even the fact that Kevin Federline is considered a morally sound and intelligent human being capable of rearing two children. Nothing humorous there. Nor is there anything remotely funny that Britney has now lost her lawyer, manager, and kids. I just don't see the comedy there. Thank goodness Lindsay Lohan and her dad are prayi — Hahaha! I'm sorry, I couldn't keep a straight face any longer. Do you think Hell is as hot as they say it is? I'm just curious. Will they let me bring a cooler?


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Hi. I am writing this with a heavy heart. My life completely changed for the worse less than a month ago, when my amazing dad was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma. It's all still so very new and I don't know much about it. The little I do know, I don't like. To give you a little more background I'll tell you how it all started. First of all my dad just turned 59 this past July. Around the end of July dad started losing his appetite & not feeling great. He also had some pain in his legs with some swelling. Dad had a stressful job and kept going and didn't make the time to go in to the doctor. He knew he had an appointment in late August and figured it was just stress. On August 15 dad had to go to the ER because his legs were so severely swollen. They discovered clots in both legs and lung. At that time they also found a spot on his liver & lung. The doctors said they had to handle the clots first & deal with the other later. After several days in the hospital on lovenox shots, dads swelling went down. They ordered a PET scan for the following week to check out the suspicious spots. After 2 days, dad was back in the ER with more clots. This time they scheduled a surgery to remove the clots in his legs and at the same time place a filter in to stop them from going to the lungs. A few days later he was released. Dad had the PET scan a few days later. Then the next day he was back in the hospital with major swelling. Oh, I forgot to mention, both times he was released from hospital they put him on Coumadin. He had MORE clots. They put him on Lovenox again. Waited for the Coumadin to get out so they could do a biopsy of his liver. This all took several days. He was in the hospital about a week. A couple of days after returning home his vascular surgeon called and said he had liver cancer that was treatable. We live a few hours from MD Anderson, so we got that process started to get him in. After a week or so he went there and was shocked to hear he did have cancer, but much worse than we thought. Stage IV liver cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) that had spread to lymph nodes, stomach, back, lungs, etc & that it wasn't treatable. We are still in disbelief. Since all this started dad has lost 50 pounds, is very weak & has no appetite. He is emotional, as we all are, very down. He has so much pain in his stomach and back. He is in his recliner 23 hrs a day. He took his first chemo last week & did great. He actually felt good for a few days afterwards & had a little appetite. He has his second treatment next week. This is so hard & I figured having this forum would help me through this nightmare.


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BALDWIN PARK, Fla. - The man accused of shooting at an Orlando police officer in Baldwin Park after receiving a ticket was given no bond at his first appearance on Friday.
63-year-old William Jasper Cates was given a ticket for running a stop sign by Sgt. Kevin Roberson Wednesday afternoon on Fox Street. Cates was charged with attempted homicide on a law enforcement officer, carrying a concealed firearm, discharging a firearm in public, battery on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault on an officer, resisting officer with violence and fleeing an officer.
A short time later, Cates rode back to the area on a motorized scooter. Roberson says Cates then returned a third time on the scooter and intentionally ran a stop sign in front of him, according to police.
When Roberson attempted to stop Cates, who was wearing a ski mask, Cates then crashed, according to police. They said Roberson went over to check on Cates and Cates started to fight Roberson.
According to the arrest report, Roberson punched Gates in the face three times and Gates still tried to get away.
The report says Gates pulled out a gun and fired two shots, missing Roberson, and the struggle continued.
Roberson pulled out his gun, and put it to Gate's head, and ordered him to "drop the gun," according to the report.
Gates listened, but according to the report, Roberson realized the gun was still in arms reach. Roberson got up and kicked Gates in the face, to "stop the deadly force situation," according to the report.
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Alcohol consumption by the mother is a leading cause of preventable birth defects in the fetus. Everything a mother drinks also goes to the fetus. Alcohol is broken down more slowly in the immature body of the fetus than in an adult's body. This can cause the alcohol levels to remain high and stay in the baby's body longer. In addition, the risk of miscarriage and stillbirth increases with alcohol consumption.
One major consequence of drinking alcohol during pregnancy is a serious condition called fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). FAS is the leading cause of mental retardation. In addition, FAS is characterized by the following:
A less severe, but still detrimental form of fetal alcohol syndrome is a condition called fetal alcohol effects (FAE). FAE is present in a larger population of newborns in the US and is characterized by some physical or mental defects that can be directly attributed to alcohol use during pregnancy.
The full picture of FAS usually occurs in babies born to alcoholic mothers, or those who drink more than four to five drinks/day. Even light or moderate drinking can affect the developing fetus. Because no amount of alcohol is safe, the US Surgeon General recommends that pregnant women avoid alcohol during pregnancy.


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Spirit Of Jasper Train Experience Is Like No Other
Summer is here and maybe you are looking for something to do that's a little different and unique. The Spirit of Jasper might be exactly what you are looking for. The Spirit of Jasper is a restored train that offers dining excursions, shopping in French Lick and is available for special events or functions.


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Ricoh PJ WX5460
Bottom Line: The Ricoh PJ WX5460 doesn't handle fine detail as well as most projectors, but it shows very few rainbow artifacts, and is both light enough to carry easily and bright enough for a midsize room.
Menusoft Systems Digital Dining
Bottom Line: If mobility for the wait staff is a priority, then Menusoft Systems Digital Dining is a point-of-sale (POS) software solution definitely worth considering. But purchase analytics, e-commerce, and mobile commerce elements still need refinement.
Action Systems Restaurant Manager
Bottom Line: A mixed bag in terms of mobile support, Action Systems Restaurant Manager's feature selection and customization options are the strong points of this point-of-sale (POS) software solution. If you've already deployed a mobile strategy, this is a POS solution to examine.
Revention POS
Bottom Line: If all you need are basic point-of-sale (POS) capabilities, then POS software solution Revention POS could be an excellent and low-cost option.
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Bottom Line: Although Posera Maitre'D POS is one of the higher-priced point-of-sale (POS) software solutions in this review roundup, that price tag buys a lot of features in this generally stable, robust, and mature system.
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Bottom Line: If you're open to the cloud, PAR Brink POS is a point-of-sale (POS) software solution absolutely worth evaluating. But, if cloud isn't on your wish list, there are better alternatives.


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TrapdoorsLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
There are five doors, one leads to the exit, the others lead to traps. They are in a line. The clues tell you which position the doors are in the line and where the door to freedom is. All the clues are true. Each door has a clue written on it. The clues read:
The blue door: This door is two spots away from the door to freedom.
The red door: This door is at the far right, and is two spots away from the blue door.
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Infant Massage Workshop
Free Infant Massage Workshop at Melrose Park Library Thursday, July 25, 2013 6pm-7:30pm
Baby massage is fantastic, not just for baby, but for mothers as well. One of the best ways to bond with your baby is through gentle, loving touch. Research has shown that massages can help babies sleep better, alleviate colic, and aid in their emotional as well as physical development. By giving their babies massages, moms can help ward off postpartum depression and generally feel better and more relaxed in spite of the sleep deprivation and stress that accompanies the birth of a newborn. In this class, we will cover some of the basics of infant massage such as when is a good time to massage your baby and what oil is safe to use on your baby's skin. Luisa Berardi Caraballo, a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist, will teach you an easy massage routine that will benefit your baby and you alike. A handout of the techniques you will learn will be provided.
All caregivers are welcome: Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents, Sitters, etc. Expecting parents are also welcome. Please bring your baby or a doll to practice techniques, a pillow, and a toy for the baby to play with. Pre-registration is required.
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Get an overview of this hotelSecluded European-style boutique near Sunset Strip
Popular property highlights
Near Sunset Strip
This Bohemian-style boutique hotel is in a quiet residential area, 5 minutes from Sunset Strip's nightlife and restaurants. The famous Whisky a Go Go is less than half a mile away.
Pool with a view
Petit Ermitage offers an outdoor salt water pool and private rooftop with views of the Hollywood Hills. Includes a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Fireplaces, Internet
All 80 suites feature complimentary wireless Internet access and are furnished with eclectic European style, fireplaces, and raised sleeping areas with L'Ermitage mattresses and 618-thread-count linens.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Good for nightlife
- Onsite bar and onsite restaurant
- Pool
- Helpful staff
- Parking wasn't ideal
Petit Ermitage
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The European-style Petit Ermitage, situated in a quiet residential area, is a 5-minute walk from Sunset Strip nightlife and restaurants, and 1 block from Santa Monica Boulevard with additional dining options.
The art-filled, bohemian style hotel offers 24-hour room service from a menu consisting of Mediterranean-inspired fare; meals are served at the rooftop. The property also offers gardens, a saltwater pool, indoor/outdoor lounge spaces, an outdoor fireplace, as well as the Butterfly Bar and Masters Lounge. An outdoor pool is available for adults only starting at noon; guests under 18 may use the pool when accompanied by an adult from 7 AM until noon.
- Concierge services
- Meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- ATM/banking
- Elevator/lift
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Computer station
- Pool umbrellas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Total number of rooms - 80
- Number of floors - 4
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Smoke-free property
- Bar/lounge
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Garden
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- In-room safe
- Microwave (on request)
- Premium TV channels
- Fireplace
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Minibar
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Separate sitting area
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Designer toiletries
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Shower/tub combination
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Desk
- iPod docking station
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Room service (24 hours)
- Down comforter
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
Where to Eat
Private Rooftop - Serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, daily.
Room service - Mediterranean cuisine is offered 24 hours a day.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor splash pool and mineral spa tub on the 4th floor provide views of the Hollywood Hills. The pool is open to those under age 18 from 7 AM to noon and only if accompanied by an adult. After noon, the pool is for adults only.
A 24-hour fitness room has limited exercise equipment, a TV, and a city-view window. Front desk staff can arrange in-room massage as well as guaranteed tee times at various golf courses 5 miles (8 kilometers) away.
West Hollywood Park, one half-mile (0.8 kilometers) from the hotel, has public tennis courts. 24-Hour Fitness center is 1 block away on Santa Monica Boulevard. Numerous water sports are available at Santa Monica beach, 11 miles (18 kilometers) away.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 14 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 150 per accommodation, per stay, plus a deposit of USD 150 per stay
- Up to 15 lb
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Valet parking fee: USD 42.00 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet deposit: USD 150 per stay
- Pet fee: USD 150 per accommodation, per stay
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- Petit Ermitage
- Petit Ermitage Hotel
- Petit Ermitage Hotel West Hollywood
- Petit Ermitage West Hollywood
- Le Petit West Hollywood
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Children 14 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Thought I would share a recent victory. I only have one wheel at home and there have been times when a second would have been great, like trimming or when I am teaching my daughter who recently threw her first bowl (proud daddy ). Several Months ago I was visiting a friends studio and outside in the rain he had an old Pacifica wheel that was in shambles, the wood support for the top was soft and moldy, there was some surface rust on the frame and the wheel head was badly pitted. However he said it worked when he placed it out there for sale and no one came. He stopped using it because he said the bearing was loud and he did not think to get it fixed, and purchased a new Brent that he wanted anyway.
I took it off his hands for $140 which I thought was more than fair and worth the risk for me. I disassembled the entire wheel, tested the motor and electronics and hey all worked great. I ended up having the cut the wheel head off with a cutting wheel because it was so fused on the shaft. I purchased a new wheel head ($61) and shaft housing with new bearings ($25), cut a new wood top and installed it with stainless hardware.
My victory is that for less than $250 I have a new wheel that seems to work great. Yeah! Just goes to show, keep your eyes open you never know what you may fall into.
Recent Studio equipment Victory!
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Posted 22 February 2013 - 12:37 PM
Brian Reed
Throwing down in Washington State
Northwest Clay Club
Throwing down in Washington State
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Posted 24 February 2013 - 09:05 PM
$250 and a little work, great deal! Your daughter did great! I've Been teaching my son, he's only 8 so centering is hard for his little arms but he can pull like a pro. The excitement and pride we get as parents when they get it, I think makes it more fun for us than them.
Posted 24 February 2013 - 09:10 PM
Nice video. I look forward to the day, that I can teach my daughter the wheel. She's not quite three, so I've got some time......which is good, because I don't yet have a wheel at home.
"Anything worth believing, is worth questioning"
Posted 24 February 2013 - 09:18 PM
I have had my three year old on the wheel, I just let her play in the slugy lump of centered clay tho, let it slip thru her hands going very slowly. My 6 year old only just this past weekend expressed an interest in the wheel so we have a lesson planned for next weekend.
Posted 24 February 2013 - 10:39 PM
I'm sure I'll, at the very least, get her used to working with some clay this summer. It might be a bit messy, but it will be fun.
"Anything worth believing, is worth questioning"
Posted 24 February 2013 - 11:24 PM
Yes I was so excited once she did the centering and the opening. Only later did I think to film it. Glad I got some of it. She started a few months ago with some pinch pots, which she enjoyed. I was going to wait until she asked me to play on the wheel.
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Throwing down in Washington State
Northwest Clay Club
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"I was so afraid to order my shipment without seeing the exact card proof but I love them! I had ordered the LINEN background because others had recommended it, and instead of the textured I ordered the PEARL WHITE SHIMMER for a more modern look. I couldn't be happier with them. It looks like, from other reviewers, you really have to change the background to linen if you want the shimmer. I hadn't liked the roughness of the original sample. The red is a bit on the pink side but not too much. The designers were able to put the little Ganesh in the top circle for me which I was very impressed with! I definitely recommend!"
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Novice 50-over captain Stuart Broad is hoping Ashley Giles' "back-to-basics" regime can pay off with a much-needed victory over the West Indies to kick-start England's new era.
Broad is leading the tourists in three one-day internationals at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, the first on Friday, before returning to his 'day job' in charge of the Twenty20 team for three more fixtures against the Windies in Barbados and then a short-format World Cup in Bangladesh.
It is a step into the unknown in that 27-year-old Broad has only captained once in any 50-over match - England's warm-up win over a UWI Vice-Chancellor's XI on Tuesday at the same venue.
But there is little leeway for a learning process, because England simply must put some wins on the board as soon as possible after their miserable sequence of 12 defeats and a solitary victory across the formats against Australia this winter.
Broad is heartened at least to have coach Giles' expertise on board, even if the former Ashes-winning spinner can be a hard taskmaster.
He said: "He's great. He's pretty relaxed but does set high goals for us and expects a lot from us.
"He's really coming down hard on us on what he expects... things like not bowling no-balls in training because that can affect your length in matches.
"He's gone back to basics in making the players expect more of themselves in training to put into practice in games."
Broad's squad, a Twenty20 specialist one in view of the imminent global tournament set to start as soon as this short tour is over, has reacted well so far to Giles' urgings.
"The guys have really enjoyed the first five or six days," said the captain.
"It's been hard work, but we knew it was going to be physically hard work and were expecting it.
"Hard work brings you closer.
"Doing fitness sessions together, you drive each other on - so team bonds grow."
Giles spoke, before England departed, of a Caribbean 'boot camp' - and has been true to his word.
Physical fitness will take his team only so far, though, and Broad knows tactics - geographically specific to the Windies - will have to be spot on too.
They were, memorably, in England's ICC World Twenty20 win in this part of the world four years ago - and Broad will be revisiting some of those tricks.
"We were all a bit surprised how windy it was the other day and how much that affected which area the batsmen targeted," he said.
"We used that pretty wisely, and looking back to the World Twenty20 in 2010 we used that pretty wisely (then too).
"We bowled into the deck and got the batsmen trying to hit into the wind, and I think that will be applicable on this tour as well."
Broad is used to juggling his bowlers for 20 overs, and is still attuning himself to a slightly more ordered tempo.
"It was my first 50-over match as captain (on Tuesday), so it was good to get one in before the internationals," he said.
"I think you can actually be a bit more patient in 50-over cricket and certainly let the spinners roll a bit."
Broad's England will also be concentrating on stepping up in two particular facets over the next week.
The gameplan in home conditions at last year's Champions Trophy - in which England were beaten finalists - was to 'take the game deep'.
That entailed losing as few wickets as possible so they could unleash their big hitters, with impunity, in the final 20 overs.
Here, runs on the board early will be more important.
"You look at that Champions Trophy - when we had a lot of success through, not being defensive, but stacking it up at the back end," Broad added.
"When you play abroad, as was evident in Australia, you can't be 130 after 30 - you've got to look to be more like 160, so you're not as reliant on people like Morgs (Eoin Morgan) and (Jos) Buttler to get us up towards 300.
"I think there's a bit of change in mindset to push our score a bit beyond 130 after the first 30 (overs) to take a bit of pressure off the guys at the end.
"We've got world-class players there, but you can't expect them to do it every time."
England's plan A was apparently to field the same team which won here two days ago.
But key middle-order man Morgan had to sit out nets on Thursday, having hurt his left knee fielding against the VC XI, and the tourists may also consider picking a second specialist spinner after seeing the surface favour James Tredwell last time.
Whoever gets the nod among the bowlers will be under strict instruction to tailor skills to conditions here - and in the sub-continent to come.
"I think our death bowling is somewhere where we need our skills to improve," said frontline seamer Broad.
"Of course, that comes with yorkers and our 'change-ups' - and that will also help us in Bangladesh.
"The pitches there can be pretty good to bat on, so getting up in the (block)hole is important."