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Twenty-five years is a long time to be doing anything.
But working in show business? Steadily and successfully? In Canada?
That's the equivalent of several lifetimes all rolled into one.
Jonathan Torrens, whose career path has taken him from Street Cents to Jonovision to Trailer Park Boys to TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens to Wipeout Canada to Mr. D and Call Me Fitz, fully understands the magnitude of the accomplishment.
"I think I'm a bunch of things about it -- I'm humbled, appreciative and very aware of what a rarity it is," Torrens, 40, says of hitting the quarter-century mark in his career. "I've been spending some time trying to figure out how it happened, and I think there are two reasons: one is just being kind, because as I get older I realize more and more that people like working with people they like, and the other is that I've had lots of opportunities to change it up; the characters I've played have been different, and I've done a combination of hosting and acting, sketch and sitcom. As an actor, particularly in a country the size of ours, those are your only tools for longevity."
Given the variety of roles he has taken on over the years, it's safe to say that Torrens is comfortable being cast as host of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival's Saturday Night (April 13) Early Gala, titled High School Confidential.
The subject matter is close to the theme of one of his current TV gigs, Mr. D, in which he plays perpetually uptight vice-principal Robert Cheeley opposite series creator Gerry Dee's blissful-idiot social studies teacher, Gerry Duncan. But Torrens says he has been working with fest writer George Westerholm on material that's more focused on his own real-life adolescent adventures than anything he does on the CBC sitcom.
"Much of the material in my opening monologue is culled from my high school experience in Halifax," he explains. "I was in French Immersion; we were not the cool kids in school. That will provide some of the fodder for jokery."
If there's a single quality that has driven Torrens' career, it's versatility -- during his quarter-century in Canadian TV, he has been a host, a variety performer, a writer, a producer and an actor who has played everything from a small-time rapper to that aforementioned tightly wound vice-principal.
Torrens, who lived in Los Angeles for a few years while chasing U.S. stardom before making the lifestyle-driven choice to return to the Maritimes, says Canada's film and TV industry is much more open to the notion that talent can take many forms.
"I think what confounds Canadians sometimes when they go to the States is that they like to Seacrest-ify you," he says. "It's like, 'You're a host; you do reality shows,' or 'You're a sketch person; you do sketch shows,' and that's it. But in Canada, kind of out of necessity, if you don't do one thing particularly well, it really helps if you can do five or six, and you're probably going to have to do them all."
These days, Torrens' torrid schedule includes ongoing roles on Mr. D and the HBO Canada/Jason Priestley comedy Call Me Fitz, working on the upcoming third Trailer Park Boys movie and commuting to New York to continue a behind-the-scenes role as a writer/producer on U.S. cable's The Jenny McCarthy Show.
"This is the first time in five years that I've had to leave Nova Scotia to work," he says. "Fitz is there, Trailer Park is there, Mr. D is there, TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens was there. And this (Jenny McCarthy job) came along at a time when I was ready for a change of scenery; I know my roots are in Nova Scotia and I'll always go back there, but this is a great opportunity.
"She and I became friends when I lived in L.A., mostly because her son Evan and I were really good buddies.... Jenny and I became good friends, and we've kept in touch over the years and I've contributed to a few things she's done, and then she asked if I would come down (to New York) and work on this with her. And as we suspected, we work really well together -- she's an incredible talent, a great TV host and, more than that, just a wonderful person."
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A PEDESTRIAN has been killed after he was hit by a car in Pershore on Friday night.
The incident occurred on the B4080 Worcester Road just before 10.50pm.
An ambulance crew, a paramedic officer, a paramedic in a rapid response car together with the Medical Emergency Response Incident Team (MERIT) treated the patient.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "Ambulance crews arrived to find a pedestrian had been in collision with a car. A man, believed to be in his fifties, was treated for serious head and internal injuries."
The patient was was anaesthetised by a doctor and immobilised before being conveyed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, but subsequently died.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police on 101, asking to speak to PC 3955 Gimber and citing incident number 820s/140314.

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- This article refers to the innkeeper of a Fire Nation inn. For the innkeeper of the Misty Palms Inn, see Innkeeper.
|"They threw me in prison to rot, along with my brothers and sisters! They deserve the same! You must carry on my work."
|— Hama to Katara.[1]
Hama was a waterbending master from the Southern Water Tribe. She was captured and imprisoned by the Fire Nation during the Southern Water Tribe raids, but she eventually escaped through the use of bloodbending, a waterbending technique she developed while incarcerated. Upon her escape, she fled to a small town in the Fire Nation, where she became an innkeeper. In the Fire Nation town, Hama vented her hatred of the Fire Nation by imprisoning villagers in a mountain.[1]
Early life
In her youth, Hama was close friends with Kanna, the grandmother of Sokka and Katara.[2] For years, Hama was one of many waterbenders residing in the Southern Water Tribe; however, when she was a young adult, the Fire Nation began raiding the Southern Water Tribe, systematically weakening it by capturing waterbenders with hit-and-run attacks. Hama and her fellow waterbenders did everything they could to resist the ruthless firebending army and even managed to freeze at least one ship by suspending it on ice, the same one Katara and Aang observed years later, after they had gone penguin sledding.[3] However, as the raids continued, more and more waterbenders were captured, until Hama was the last remaining waterbender in the Southern Tribe. Finally, she too was captured and led away in chains, with Kanna watching in tears.
Discovering bloodbending
While imprisoned, she and the other waterbenders were caged and separated from each other. The Fire Nation went to extremes to ensure that the waterbenders could not use water to escape; the prison kept the humidity to a minimum so no water could be pulled from the air, and the waterbenders' limbs were chained whenever they were given liquid water. However, each month Hama could feel the power of the full moon and knew that there had to be a way to escape. She eventually realized that water exists within all living things and by manipulating the water inside bodies, she could escape. Only during the full moons, when her bending was at its peak, could Hama manipulate the water in the bodies of rats, and after many years of practice, she mastered this ability which she named bloodbending. After mastering bloodbending, Hama controlled one of the guards, forcing him to unlock her cage. Having been tortured for decades, she finally escaped her imprisonment, freed by one of the guards assigned to keep her locked in.[4]
Hama later moved into a small Fire Nation village, becoming the keeper of a modest inn. In secrecy, she used her powers to abduct people every full moon, sadistically imprisoning them in a mountain as revenge for the treatment she and her fellow waterbenders had suffered in the Fire Nation prison.
Meeting a fellow waterbender
Decades after Hama's escape, Aang and his friends were camping in the woods, near the village where Hama lived, passing the time by recounting ghost stories. Hama suddenly appeared after overhearing Katara telling a story about a little Southern Water Tribe girl who mysteriously disappeared in a winter storm. The innkeeper offered them a stay at her inn, warning them that the woods they were camping in were unsafe, because people had been mysteriously disappearing during full moons. The group gratefully accepted her invitation without any skepticism of Hama's true involvement in the disappearances.
The next morning, Hama and the rest of the gang went to get some supplies in a nearby town; during this period, Katara and Hama got along well, but Sokka began to question Hama's strange demeanor. Soon after, Hama found the gang snooping around her home. To tame their suspicions, she showed them a Water Tribe comb, revealing to the group that she was a waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe but was captured during a raid and put in a terrible prison which she eventually escaped from; however, she did not reveal the exact nature of the escape, claiming it to be too painful. She offered to teach Katara everything she knew in order to carry on the tradition of southern waterbending. Katara eagerly agreed to learn more about her tribe's cultural heritage.
The next day, Hama taught Katara a series of techniques in order to obtain water in places devoid of any obvious water sources. She first demonstrated that it was possible to pull water out of thin air. Hama told Katara to keep an open mind and realize that there was water in unexpected places. She subsequently led Katara to a field of fire lilies and told her that water could even be drawn from living things. She demonstrated this by harvesting the water from the flowers around them and using it to slice through a rock. While Katara was amazed by the demonstration, she regretted that the fire lilies were destroyed in the process. Hama dismissed her concerns quickly by telling her that they were simply flowers, and that a waterbender in a foreign country had to do what they must to survive. Following her demonstration, Hama offered to teach Katara a powerful technique that was only possible during the full moon. When Katara expressed hesitance due to the rumors of disappearances, Hama reassured her that two master waterbenders under a full moon should be able to handle anything.
That night, Hama led Katara into the forest and told her about bloodbending and its ability to control another living organism. Horrified by the idea of controlling another person's body, Katara refused to learn bloodbending. Hama argued with her, stating that it did not matter whether she wanted to learn it or not, because the power to use it existed either way. For trying to wipe out their entire culture, Hama extolled that they must have vengeance upon the Fire Nation. This outburst led Katara to realize that Hama had been causing the villagers to disappear, but the latter angrily stated that the people of the Fire Nation deserved the same treatment that they had given to her and all the southern waterbenders. Hearing this caused Katara to adamantly refuse to learn bloodbending and to try to stop Hama from further terrorizing the town. Hama used bloodbending against Katara to temporarily force her into submission. However, Katara quickly regained control of her body after calming down, and she subsequently told Hama that since she is the more powerful waterbender, Hama's bloodbending is useless on her. The two began to battle, each drawing water from the grass, the trees, and the air. Both combatants demonstrated their mastery over waterbending, but after a furious fight, it became obvious that Katara was the superior bender. Aang and Sokka arrived, having discovered Hama's true identity. Hama used bloodbending to control the two, forcing them to attack Katara and also each other. After Hama attempted to force Sokka to stab Aang, Katara regrettably used bloodbending to subdue Hama in order to protect Aang and Sokka. Toph arrived with the other freed villagers, who handcuffed Hama and took her away, vowing to imprison her forever. Hama remarked that her work was done, as Katara had already willingly used and mastered bloodbending. She laughed maniacally as she was dragged off, leaving Katara in tears.[1]
Hama initially appeared to be a gentle, kind old woman. She possessed a caring, maternal personality, which eventually won Katara's full trust. Determined and strong-willed, Hama fought persistently to ward off the Fire Nation during the Southern Water Tribe raids. However, later events brought out a much darker and unstable side of Hama. Her discovery of bloodbending led her to become power-hungry and radically driven to exact revenge on Fire Nation civilians whenever possible. Long to hold a grudge, she actively retaliated against the Fire Nation by odiously imprisoning local villagers as a way to punish the Fire Nation for the devastation they brought upon the Southern Water Tribe. She revealed a cruel side to her, showing no mercy toward random Fire Nation citizens or even Katara, as she willingly used bloodbending on her.
When she met Katara, she wanted to pass on the Southern Water Style so it would not die along with her, as well as her own invention of bloodbending, stating "[Katara] must carry on [her] work". She showed herself to be an encouraging teacher, if not a little immersed in instructing Katara. But her real goal was to ensure bloodbending would not die with her, and that Katara would use it for the same reason Hama did: to get revenge on the Fire Nation in the name of the Southern Water Tribe.
Hama was a powerful waterbender and, along with Katara, one of only two known living waterbenders from the Southern Water Tribe. She was also the only remaining master of the Southern Style, until she passed her knowledge on to Katara. Her prowess was of such a standard that she was able to resist captivity at the hands of the Fire Nation during the Southern Water Tribe raids the longest.
Hama was proficient, creative, and resourceful enough to manipulate and extract water from grass, flowers, and even trees to fuel her bending in combat or for other purposes. She could even pull water out of the air, making her a formidable opponent. This resourcefulness allowed her to use her waterbending even when deprived of an obvious and significant water source.
Having spent years with the single-minded goal of perfecting this art, Hama became highly skilled at bloodbending, a technique that allowed her to manipulate the water in other creatures' bodies during the full moon, effectively giving her control over her target's actions. This technique was both sinister and powerful, and Hama was skilled enough in its use that she could simultaneously control Aang and Sokka with great finesse.
Other skills
Hama was a capable teacher, passing on all knowledge of Southern Style Waterbending to Katara in a short time, though Katara was already a master in her own right. Hama also proved to be a skilled actress, hiding her grudge against her Fire Nation neighbors as she enacted her revenge on them one by one, even disguising her grim intentions from Toph, who had proven herself to be capable of detecting lies. Hama was also intellectual, as she managed to escape a prison designed to hold waterbenders and was the only one to do so. Even before that, however, she proved to be a capable fighter, as she was able to evade the Fire Nation Army until she was the last waterbender left in her entire tribe. After escaping prison, she concealed herself and successfully shook off suspicion, taking up residence in a small town as an innkeeper and would have presumably been able to spend the rest of her life as a free woman, had she not seen passing on her skills as more crucial and revealed herself to Katara. She also knew how to make traditional Southern Water Tribe cuisine such as five-flavor soup and stewed sea prunes, although Toph could not recognize them and thought they were ocean kumquats.
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- The name "Hama" is similar to the Greek word haima (αίμα), meaning "blood", which is appropriate as Hama was the inventor of bloodbending.
- Hama is similar to Jet in that they both suffered a traumatizing experience as a result of the Fire Nation's actions, consequently developing an intense hatred toward all Fire Nation citizens. They both gained Katara's respect and trust before she discovered their ideas regarding justice and were defeated by her.[5]
- Hama was one of the few Water Tribe members not to have blue eyes as hers were gray.
- Hama appeared to have a light skin tone, which is unusual, since most people from the Water Tribe have a bronzed-olive skin tone.
- Hama was briefly mentioned by Kanna in the movie adaptation, The Last Airbender, as being the last waterbender in the South Pole until the Fire Nation came and took her.
- Hama was the first villain in either series to hail from the Water Tribe, but was the only one known to hail from the Southern Water Tribe.
- Hama was the first known waterbender that bloodbent in either series, the second was Katara in Book Three, and the other three were Noatak, Tarrlok, and Yakone in The Legend of Korra.
- The puppets that Sokka found when he was snooping around Hama's inn were made by her to look like her prisoners.
- Hama is the first known waterbender to disguise herself as a simple Fire Nation citizen. However, unlike Katara, the second known waterbender to do so, Hama did not change her hair style to a top-knot, but merely added a Fire Nation headpiece.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hedrick, Tim (writer) & Dos Santos, Joaquim (director). (November 9, 2007). "The Puppetmaster". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 3. Episode 8. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Art of the Animated Series, page 147
- ↑ DiMartino, Michael Dante, Konietzko, Bryan (writers) & Filoni, Dave (director). (February 21, 2005). "The Boy in the Iceberg". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 1. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ From older Avatar: The Last Airbender official site, originally on Nick.com (link). No longer updated.
- ↑ Eagan, James (writer) & Filoni, Dave (director). (May 6, 2005). "Jet". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 10. Nickelodeon.


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Al Jumuah magazine, published with a circulation of 15.000 in America and read in the USA, Canada, Europe, Africa and Middle East countries, published Mr. Adnan Oktar's article titled "Smell and Taste: The Blessings of Allah" on its edition dated April 17th, 2010.
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I've noticed that my older children want to participate in breastfeeding when they see their baby brother doing this. How do you normally respond to this?
I've noticed that my older children want to participate in breastfeeding when they see their baby brother doing this. How do you normally respond to this?
Thanks for posting this interesting question. How old are your older children and when did they stop breastfeeding? It is, again, very common for older children who have stopped breastfeeding to become interested in it again when a new sibling arrives. Depending on the age of the children and your feelings about this, some mums do offer to give their older children/toddlers a try of breastfeeding again (or a taste of expressed breastmilk). If it has been some time since the child breastfed and if they are above a certain age it will be unlikely that they will be able to latch on anyway and this little try may be all their interested in. Some mums do re-start feeding a toddler when their breastmilk comes in and their new baby is feeding (i.e. tandem feeding).
Older siblings will want to feel involved in the new baby and like to mimic mum. They may want a doll or teddy to pretend to breastfed whilst you are feeding their baby brother. I have seen older siblings pretend breastfeeding trucks, toy cars and all sorts!
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PONTIAC, Mich. - A 75-year-old Detroit-area woman has been sentenced to decades in prison for the fatal shooting of her teen grandson.
Sandra Layne was given 20-40 years in prison on a second-degree murder conviction.
Jonathan Hoffman was shot six times, including twice in the back, last year in West Bloomfield Township. Layne says she shot him out of desperation during a physical altercation, but a jury rejected her claim of self-defense.
A 911 call reveals the 17-year-old being shot again while pleading for help. Prosecutors say Layne's guidelines call for a minimum of 12 years in prison for the murder, plus two years for the gun crime.
Before her sentencing Thursday, Layne addressed the court. Through tears, she said she cared deeply for her grandson and did everything she could to keep him happy. She said his parents never responded to her pleas to them to get him help once he started doing drugs.
"I know what I've done," Layne said. "There isn't a moment in my life I don't feel pain."
The teen's mother, Jennifer Hoffman, also spoke before the sentencing and called Layne "pure evil."
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- Prosecutors: No reason for Layne to get short sentence
- Jonathan Hoffman's dad: He would have been a wonderful man
- Hoffman's parents satisfied with Layne's guilty verdict
- Jury: Sandra Layne guilty of 2nd degree murder
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- Prosecution: Sandra Layne deliberately murdered grandson
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Friday night's weather will be cold but not freezing as the polar air we've been tracking for the last week makes its appearance across the region. Overnight lows will bottom out in the mid to upper 30s for many locations under mostly cloudy to overcast skies.
Saturday will be a continuation of Friday's weather except slightly cooler still and far more windy. Highs will struggle to reach the low 50s by afternoon as the clouds will likely remain thick most of the day but will feel like the low 40s with winds gusting to 20+ mph. The lack of sunshine Saturday will keep the conditions across the area feeling more like January than March.
Saturday night may see the issuance of a Wind Chill Advisory/Freeze Watch as winds remain fairly gusty and temperatures begin their decline into the low 30s. The hard freeze being predicted by the models of days past have since moderated quite a bit thanks in part to the cloudy skies and the wind. The wind keeps the atmosphere well mixed and keeps the temperatures from dropping to hard freeze levels (mid to low 20s). Tender plants and pets will need to be protected. Pipes will not be in danger.
Sunday continues the trend of a chilly weekend. Though there will be a few more peaks of sun on Sunday, temperatures will still struggle to reach the mid 50s. The winds should subside just a bit so there won't be as much of a bite as you carry out your plans. Sunday night, a freeze warning is likely for most of the area as the coldest temperatures of this polar push hangs on. A widespread freeze is likely with temperatures into the upper 20s for all areas except the immediate beaches. Protection of plants and pets will certainly need protection/shelter.
Conditons finally remain chilly for Monday with highs just touching 60 degrees. However, there will be a slight repreave from the cold on Tuesday as highs reach 70 but another cold front brings a reinforcing shot of cooler air into the region on Wednesday. Have a great weekend!
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Nanoscale Engineering of Strain: From Alloying in Epitaxial Nanocrystals to Multijunction Solar Cells
Marina Leite, California Institute of Technology
Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 3:30pm
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This seminar is part of the Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society series
Strain engineering at the nanoscale enables the control of a semiconductor material's bandgap energy, which can be used for optoelectronic device applications. Depending on the mechanical strain (elastic energy) between a substrate and an epitaxially grown material, different morphologies can be achieved ranging from strained planar films to 3-dimensional nanocrystals. In the first part of my talk I will show how Ge-Si:Si(001) coherently-strained islands were used to implement an open (closed) system, in which matter is (not) exchanged through surface diffusion. The driving forces and the role played by the different alloying mechanisms, while the system approaches the equilibrium, provide a better understanding of why and how alloying takes place for dome-shaped Ge-Si islands. In the second part of the talk I will discuss a new approach for multijunction solar cells based on direct bandgap III-V semiconductor alloys. Device simulations indicate that efficiency over 50 % can be achieved at 100-suns illumination by using a 4-junction cell formed by InAlAs/InGaP/InGaAsP/InGaAs. For the top subcell, InAlAs, we fabricated wide bandgap solar cells with efficiencies > 14 % and Voc = 1 V. The ideal bandgap energy combination corresponds to a lattice parameter of 5.80 Å, which is not available in bulk form. Therefore, we created a "virtual substrate" for epitaxial growth. By relieving 40 nm thick coherently-strained compressed and tensile InxGa1-xAs films from InP substrates, full elastic relaxation occurs preserving the crystalline quality of the films. This method can be implemented to achieve optoelectronic devices with unique properties, including high efficiency solar cells.
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Dr. Marina Leite received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from University of Pernambuco, Brazil in December 2000. She received both her M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Campinas State University (UNICAMP) in 2003 and 2007, while working at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source Laboratory. In her M.S. program she worked with the synthesis and structural characterization of colloidal nanoparticles. During her Ph.D., she investigated the growth thermodynamics of self-assembled epitaxial Ge-Si nanocrystals in both the kinetic and the quasi-equilibrium regimes. In 2006 she was a visiting researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Physics and the Eindhoven Technical University in the Netherlands. In 2008 she joined Harry Atwater's group at Caltech as a postdoctoral scholar, working on multijunction solar cells.


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South Africa's president said something provocative about, of all things, pets.
There are people on this earth in desperate poverty so spending time and money on pets and their vets reveals a lack of humanity, Jacob Zuma said in a highly controversial speech.
One of his supporters, Khaya Xaba, fueled the fire with this observation: A "rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built."
These black African politicians were going for a race zinger, suggesting that to own and spoil a dog is part of "white culture." That's a bridge too far. But the underlying point?
Far too many people treat dogs and cats like people. I heard a friend just weeks ago refer to a pet as a "kid." And I know people who hang Christmas stockings for their pets and spend more on the contents inside the festive knitting than millions of parents do on little Christian human beings during the holidays.
I don't necessarily have anything against dogs or cats or even hamsters. I cried to dry eyes for days and even presided over a most-serious, shirt-and-tie, Bible-in-hand backyard funeral ceremony for the late M.L. - my hamster who died while I was in the sixth grade, a victim of my own 11-year-old negligence. I left the poor rodent in his cage in the second-floor bathroom of our house overnight with the outside window open. He froze to death. To make matters worse, I buried poor M.L. in a shoe box.
All of that said, I went on to the seventh grade and Carroll High School and college and into the workforce. I don't think of animals in quite the same way. I have never set foot in PetSmart.
But I don't fight people on this seeming disproportionate love of animals. And neither should our city. There are a lot of people who do treat dogs and pets like children.
"As silly as it seems to you and I, people do," said Mark River, director of the Carroll County Conservation Board of Directors.
River said he recently happened across a young woman walking her dog with no leash at Swan Lake State Park. State regulations, not local rules, require the leashing of pets at such places. River warned her not to do it again or he'd have to fine her.
She started crying.
"This city is so unfair," she complained, according to River.
There's no place for furry frolicking sans leash, she continued.
Which brings us to the policy point. The City of Carroll is about to embark on a long-range planning project. It's a great idea. But we do have what River calls some "low-hanging fruit" in terms of quality-of-life improvements that can be made straight away with little money and fanfare and controversy.
For starters, Carroll should have a dog park.
"You wouldn't believe how many people have mentioned that dog-park idea," River said.
Mayor Adam Schweers proposed this idea and gained zero traction with the council, which found all sorts of reasons to oppose one.
Now, for this park, we aren't talking about going all-out "Adventureland" for the hounds. The dog park should be somewhere in the city so people can walk their pets to it, and it should be on existing city property, probably a city park, like Minchen or Northeast, where there is plenty of grassy space not being used to its full potential. I don't like the idea of putting a dog park on city property south of the cemetery because that seems disrespectful to our departed loved ones for obvious reasons.
The park would include a simple, reliable fence and a prominent sign reminding pet owners to clean up their dog's business. That's all. Dog-loving residents and groups could raise money to snazz the amenities.
Bringing more people to some of the city's parks will create stronger advocates for improvements to shelterhouses and playground equipment. That's good for the overall parks and recreation program in the city.
River suspects housing values will increase around any park with such a canine-friendly facility as animal lovers will be eager to live close to it, just as parents favorably eye property close to a school.
"Honestly, it's that big of a deal to people," he said.
Keep in mind the main mission: economic development and the attraction and retention of young people, our workforce.
We know young adults are getting married later than people did in previous generations, and they're having fewer kids, if they take steps in either direction at all. This means pets are playing an increasingly important role for many.
We can be Jacob Zuma and blast extreme pet-lovers for their upside-down life priorities, which will accomplish precisely nothing, or we can follow the lead of many other Iowa cities and provide a dog park to make many folks feel more at home.
My bottom line on this: Storm Lake is moving forward on a dog park. It's in that city's strategic plan.
We have to ask ourselves: If they're doing it, what's our hang-up on the matter?
It's not hard to get this done.
We should check the addition of a dog park off the list before we even start with strategic planning.
Being able to show potential new Carroll residents a dog park is, in River's words, "a big deal."
Go ahead, roll your eyes.
I'm choosing to roll with it.
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I have 5 dogs and all of them do their business within the confines of my fenced yard. Therefore, when I walk on the outside of my fence and find dog feces, I can't help but think why on earth would Carroll want a dog park as it was just be a bigger area for dogs of all sizes to do their business. Where I live I see people walking their dogs regularly and have only seen 2 individuals walking with a bag to clean up after them. I have seen countless others probably more than 7 that walk daily by my house and no bag with them. Now, where to do you suppose their dogs do their business. I'm guessing someone else's yard or near the Aquatic Center. It irks me to no end that people allow their dogs to do their business on someone else's yard including the aquatic center as sometimes kids go barefoot and don't always watch where they walk. As I have a fenced in yard and just small dogs, there is no reason that I, myself would be in favor of a dog park and for those that do-best of luck as I certainly won't support such a thing as I can already see how it will look after one week. Poop here-poop there-poop everywhere. Sure, if you ask probably most of those with dogs that walk, they will "say" they clean up after the dog, but if we could have hidden cameras around, I would guess that about 1/5 of those individuals actually have a bag to clean up after their dog. One time I actually stopped someone after watching her dog do business outside my fence and asked her if she was going to clean it up. Her response was later and guess what???? Later never came. Good thing rain water washes that stuff away as I don't think I should have to watch where I walk on my own lawn outside of the fence. Dumb people who don't clean up after their pets...
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A second win today in Prague would be significant for a number of reasons, but one is this:
Externally at least, just about everyone is expecting the Rangers to endure some sort of hangover effect from their European journey. Should the Rangers capture four points in Prague, it would help negate some of the damage.
By winning at least once, the team is assured that the trip has not been a disaster — far from it, in fact, when you consider the international goodwill and group bonding that was accomplished. But two wins puts the team in a favorable spot, especially when you consider the schedule is fairly intense following Friday's MSG opener. There will be six games in nine nights, including a trip to the reigning Stanley Cup champions.
Update, 11 a.m.: Still no word on scratches for today since back-to-back games almost always mean optional skates. But coming off a win, I would be surprised if there are any changes. With that in mind, the possibility that neither Patrick Rissmiller or Dan Fritsche will see the ice on the opening weekend only reinforces the notion that the Rangers overdid it with their acquisition of third- and fourth-line forwards this offseason (in fairness to Rissmiller, he's coming off the flu, so that may play a huge factor).
Either way, I would expect the team to do something about it, and fairly soon.
As for goaltending, with Henrik Lundqvist set to start today and almost certainly the home opener on Friday, a logical first game for Stephen Valiquette would be next Saturday in Philadelphia, where he had two shutouts last season.
Update, 2:30 p.m.: The trip to Europe is officially a success. The Rangers pick up a pair of 2-1 wins, and allow a number of players — namely Wade Redden — to find their footing before the home opener on Friday.
The Rangers were the dominant team up until a sloppy third period, and while they are certainly miles ahead of where they were eight days ago in an ugly preseason loss to New Jersey, it's at least worth asking what kind of opponent they were facing this weekend. Tampa Bay has a number of impressive parts, but other than in net, the Lightning might not put it all together for some time.
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A DELIBERATE fire in a Dudley house has left one man dead.
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A 42-year-old woman and two boys aged nine and 15 escaped from the fire and taken to hospital before being discharged. Det Insp Simon Astle, from Force CID said: "This was a major fire, started deliberately, which has claimed a man's life and was so fierce that the property has been left in a dangerous state.
"A woman and her two sons, who we believe were known to the man, have been left badly traumatised by what has happened. Fortunately none were seriously injured.
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Wood Street was closed for around 10 hours and nearby properties were evacuated.
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Harry Charles Miller enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 13 December 1940 from Roanoke County, Virginia. Served as an aircraft mechanic on B-18 and B-17 bombers at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico. Subsequent assignments were to the Panama Canal Zone and the Galapagos Islands; receiving maintenance training on LB-30, B-24, and B-26 aircraft.
In June 1943, he underwent B-29 aircraft transition and Crew Chief maintenance training at Pratt Army Air Field, Kansas. The maintenance training, which also included several dozen contractors working to get the aircraft's Wright R-3350 engine in reliable condition, became known as the "Battle of Kansas."
In April 1944, he deployed to the China-Burma-India theatre and was assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 58th Bomb Wing, 40th Bombardment Group, 45th Bomb Squadron stationed at Chakulia Airdrome in the Bengal Province of India. He received recognition for his extensive technical knowledge of all systems on the B-29 by being placed on flying status as a Flight Engineer.
On 15 June 1944, he participated in the first American Air Force attack on the Japanese Home Islands since the Doolittle raid in 1942. The target that date was the Yawata Iron and Steel Works ("the Pittsburgh of Japan"). As part of Operation Matterhorn to bomb Japan, his B-29 aircraft flew over the Himalaya Mountain Range and logistically staged bombing missions through Hsinching Airfield (A-1) near Chengdu, China. It took six "HUMP" trips to get enough gas and supplies to the staging bases to fly one combat mission from the Chengdu Valley.
On 25 October 1944, he flew as the Flight Engineer aboard a Boeing B-29 Superfortress nicknamed "20th Century Unlimited" (serial #42-6281). It was one of 78 aircraft launched in a multi-group formation to bombard the Aircraft Plant near Omura, Japan. While over the target area, his aircraft was attacked by an enemy fighter plane and he was mortally wounded. Running low on fuel during the return trip, the aircrew was forced to bail out of the disabled B-29 over the mountains of central China, approximately 50 miles southeast of Laohokow. The pilot, who was also wounded, bailed out with Harry in a compassionate effort to accompany him to the ground. However, he died soon after reaching the ground. Missionaries buried him in a Christian cemetery at Fenghsien in Hupeh Province, China.


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Washington State Parks announced today that campfires in all state parks will be prohibited until further notice to help prevent human-caused wildfires during the hot, dry season on both sides of the Cascade Mountains.
The prohibition on campfires in state parks complies with the announcement Monday by Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which notified the public of a ban on all outdoor burning on lands protected by DNR, through Sept. 30. That agency has fire protection responsibility for all but a few state parks. Prohibiting open fires and campfires in all state parks is intended to minimize public confusion and cooperate in DNR's effort to prevent wildfires.
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text: Updated from 10:07 a.m. ET to include Dell disclosure and Friday media reports. NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Michael Dell and Carl Icahn are both putting up billions of their own cash to win control of struggling PC-maker Dell ( DELL) and conventional wisdom indicates the final leg of the takeover horse race will center on both billionaire's checkbooks. Still, as Icahn and Dell fight a dollars and cents battle to win over Dell shareholders, the conclusion of the buyout drama may be more of referendum on how minds on Wall Street and in corporate America have become too focused on short-term financial engineering. Icahn believes Dell contains far more value if it squeezes cash out of a declining PC business and continues to invest in a software and IT services turnaround strategy. The Michael Dell and Silver Lake consortium, meanwhile, can succeed in a buyout even if Dell's revenue and profits fall under their ownership. Icahn is an expert at running down underperforming businesses for their cash flow, spinning off valuable assets and finding buyers for operations that were given little value in public markets. For instance, Icahn's multi-year effort to split and sell the assets of Motorola stands out as a rare tech hardware turnaround, amid consumers' adoption of high end smartphones like the Apple ( AAPL) iPhone. Icahn split Motorola's IT services division, Motorola Solutions ( MSI), from its handset business Motorola Mobility, which was eventually sold to Google ( GOOG). Dell's fast-declining PC unit and its burgeoning services businesses provide a remarkably similar turnaround canvas for a breakup artist like Icahn. Private equity buyers such as the Michael Dell and Silver Lake consortium, meanwhile, don't necessarily have to achieve revenue or profitability growth to see returns many multiples in excess of their takeovers. Consider that the Michael Dell and Silver Lake consortium is offering up only about $6 billion in actual equity to own Dell. An eventual IPO of Dell at just two thirds of its current takeover price would be a big win for the consortium of investors. It is no surprise the consortium has spent recent months pointing out to current investors just how bad Dell's businesses are performing. It has been five months since Michael Dell and private equity giant Silver Lake Partners unveiled a $13.65 a share takeover that values Dell at about $24.4 billion. While Michael Dell and Silver Lake have yet to budge from their initial offer, Icahn has kept the buyout in the news with multiple alternative takeover proposals and an assembly of his own shareholder consortium. Some media reports indicate that Icahn's newest proposal, a $14 a share tender offer and a deal struck with Southeastern Asset Management may prompt the Michael Dell and Silver Lake consortium to finally increase their bids, even though they continue to enjoy full support from Dell's board. Dell said in a Friday filing, it continues to see Icahn's tender as containing unrealistic financial assumptions. Bloomberg, meanwhile, reports the Michael Dell and Silver Lake consortium have no plans to boost their takeover offer, contradicting some recent speculation of a price increase. An upcoming July 18 shareholder vote on Michael Dell and Silver Lake's offer provides the key drama for any price increase. Although most twists in the near half year takeover battle have swung in the consortium's direction, Icahn has built a powerful base of dissenting voters. Investors and analysts continue to speculate on the price the Michael Dell and Silver Lake group can turn Icahn supporters to their side? For some, it appears a game of dollars and cents. Donald Yacktman of Dell shareholder Yacktman Asset Management was quoted by Bloomberg as saying $15 a share would do the trick. That would equate to about a $2.3 billion boost to Michael Dell and Silver Lake's $24.4 billion offer and would be among the biggest private equity buyouts of all-time. The amount is also within the realm of Michael Dell's checkbook.


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HEAD coach Danny Thomas senses an increased hunger in his squad after they achieved back to back wins for the first time this season to significantly boost their survival prospects.
Captain Ian Cook scored the only try as the home side downed Barnstaple at Allington Field to follow up their narrow victory at Avonmouth Old Boys the previous week.
Third-from-bottom Chippenham are now just three points behind Old Patesians, although the Gloucestershire side have two games in hand but with the possibility of three being relegated, Thomas recognises there is still plenty to do.
"It was very pleasing, the boys played well and they defended really well and deserved the win,'' said the coach.
"We've shown a little bit more hunger (in the last two weeks) and I think the players understand where we are in the league and what we need to do to get out of it.
"Collectively, we're working very hard as a team.'' The home side's efforts to get the game played despite the recent bad weather leaving pitch conditions difficult were rewarded as they started the game well.
The back row of Bobby Lyons, Cook and man of the match Chris Day led the effort and they took the lead when Barnstaple were penalised and Sam Saunders landed a penalty from 25 metres.
Barnstaple went close when Chippenham fly-half Callum McConnell dived in to prevent a score with the visitors over the line but, despite further home attacks, there were no further first-half scores.
Chippenham drove forward strongly at the start of the second period and skipper Cook touched down for the first try after ploughing through a gap in the defence, Saunders adding the conversion.
McConnell extended the advantage with a drop goal before the home side rung the changes, including the arrival of scrum-half Sam Alford for his first game in 18 months.
Barnstaple eventually broke through after a series of attacks, centre Mike Peek diving over. But the conversion was missed and with Alford marshalling the home side, they daw out time.
Thomas though admits the battle to stay in the division is likely to go to the wire.
"We've got all the teams around us to play so we need to pick up at least three or four more results,'' he added.
"There is still a long way to go and it is going to be very tight.''
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AgFeed Industries Inc. was recently given the green light to sell its U.S. operations to a trio of its competitors, but now, Law360 reports that the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has "preliminarily decided to recommend an enforcement action be brought against" it on alleged violations of anti-fraud provisions of securities laws.
The preliminary determination, or Wells notice, was issued in connection to a previously disclosed SEC investigation surrounding accounting errors and irregularities in the Company's feed mill and legacy farms businesses in China, which resulted in errors and misstatements in the Company's financial statements from 2007 through the second quarter of 2011.
"The Wells notices do not constitute a formal allegation or a determination that the company or any of the officers violated any law," AgFeed said in the filing. "Upon receipt of a Wells notice, the recipient has the opportunity to make a "Wells submission" presenting the recipient's positions with respect to the staff's recommendation before the staff makes a formal recommendation to the commission regarding what action, if any, should be brought by the commission."
The notice raises allegations that AgFeed violated the anti-fraud, reporting, books and records and internal controls provisions of the federal securities laws, according to the filing. Read, "Bankrupt AgFeed Discloses SEC Tentative Action Notice."
AgFeed filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid-July, and Illinois-based pork producer The Maschhoffs agreed to buy most of AgFeed's U.S. assets for $79 million in cash but only if no other party came forward offering more.
A dispute with Hormel Food Corp was cited in leading to default on its debt, according to Bloomberg.
For more information on AgFeed's bankruptcy, read "Murphy Brown, Cohoma Pork, High Plains Pork to buy AgFeed" or "The Maschhoffs agrees to buy Agfeed USA."


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URBANA, Ill. – The outstanding season for two young Penn women's tennis players finally came to a close on Thursday afternoon. The Quakers' No. 59-ranked doubles pair of Sol Eskenazi and Sonya Latycheva (25-5) dropped its NCAA Championship Round of 32 match to No. 30 Kanyapat Narattana and Malika Rose of Oklahoma State, 6-4, 6-3.
With the defeat, the duo ends a season that saw it compete with top flight competition all season long. Prior to finishing just behind No. 45 Bianca Sanon and Kanika Vaidya of Columbia for the top spot in the Ivy League, the Quakers dominated spring play and earned unanimous first-team All-Ivy honors – after the NCAAs, they finished with a 15-3 record.
Before the start of the spring season, the twosome competed in the ITA Northeast Regional Doubles Championship. They went on two win six straight matches in a field of 64, eventually topping Columbia's No. 88 Sanon and Tiana Takenaga for the title. In addition, the victory earned them an automatic bid to the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Doubles Championship at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. There they would post a 2-2 overall record with wins over Pac-12 powers Utah (No. 37 Tereza Bekerova/Paige Miles) and USC (No. 81 Danielle Lao/Valeria Pulido). After their performance at the National Championships, Eskenazi and Latycheva would begin the spring as the No. 1 doubles pairing in the ITA Northeast Regional Rankings, as well as No. 14 in the ITA Women's National Doubles Rankings.
As a team, Penn graduates just two seniors and will look to continue its steady improvement under head coach Sanela Kunovac. Led by Eskenazi – she was also named first-team All-Ivy in singles – and Latycheva, the Quakers have a young core of talent that will compete in the Ivy League for seasons to come.


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The showcase of the wild-card weekend; we could see either of these teams, despite their shortcomings, progressing to the conference title game and possibly the Super Bowl.
Aaron Rodgers probably has been the league's top quarterback since Thanksgiving. He's re-established that dynamic connection with Jordy Nelson, and Ty Montgomery's emergence as a receiver-turned-running back has been a revelation. Green Bay's defense also has come on, though the secondary is banged-up.
New York is showing elements of the torrid pass rush and opportunistic defense that lifted it to NFL championships for the 2007 and '11 seasons. But the running game is so-so and Eli Manning only seems comfortable throwing to Odell Beckham Jr. Not that it's a bad idea.


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Negotiations between the U.S. government and Lockheed Martin over the $400 billion F-35 Lightning II program have been tense.
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After that comment was made, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stated, "I don't know that I would portray it in those terms. These are difficult negotiations, as they always are when you're dealing with the amount of money and the complexity that's involved with the Joint Strike Fighter."
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"I don't share it, number one, because … I don't know the history of just how much has gone on in the past," Panetta said. "But at least from what I have seen at this point, my view of it is these are very tough negotiations, but they aren't a reflection that either side has given up or thinks that the other side, you know, is in a more difficult state at all."
Panetta is also reportedly unhappy that Congress won't be back in session until after the elections in November. An initial round of budget cuts in defense spending is set to begin in January. With Congress out of session until the elections are over, there is no chance of avoiding or delaying the defense spending cuts.
Panetta said, "I'll take whatever the hell deal they can make right now to deal with sequestration. The problem now is that they've left town and all of this has now been put off into the lame duck session."
"We need stability," he said. "You want a strong national defense for this country? I need to have some stability. And that's what I'm asking the Congress to do: Give me some stability with regards to the funding of the Defense Department for the future."
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La Voce, one of the reputable Internet daily of Italy, published a second article dated October 20th, 2010 about the Milano conference. In the article titled "Who is Afraid of the Anti-Evolutionists?" it was announced that L"AISO (Associazione Italiana per gli Studi sulle Origini) organized a press conference as an answer to the supporters of evolution and explained the benefits of the Milano conference that will be held by the representatives of Harun Yahya. (You can watch the news about the press conference in Italian from here. You can view the pictures of the conference organized at Hotel Palazzo Delle Stelline on October 21st, 2010 from here.)
Dr. Fabrizio Fratus, the President of AISO, emphasized these in summary: "Darwinism is a pagan religion. It is not scientific. We cooperated with the Harun Yahya group to tell the truths about Darwinism and to reach the message that there is a Creator Who created us to the people."
The Professor of Physics, Piermaria Boria said, "Darwinism has no scientific evidence. Fossils show us that living beings have not changed for millions of years and even this confutes Darwinism."
In addition these were included in the news:
The title of the conference that will be held in Hotel Palazzo Delle Stelline on October 21st, 2010 is "Evolution Deceit and Secret Behind Matter." In addition, there is a fossil exhibition about the fact that there are no transitional fossils. Harun Yahya says that he will give 7 million dollar prize to the first person who brings a transitional fossil that proves the theory of evolution. Italians in contact with Harun Yahya say that only science will be spoken of in this organization. You can visit this address for more information: http://www.harunyahya.it


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OLYMPIC hero Kristian Thomas had more medal success at the English Championships.
The Earls Gymnastics Club member, who was catapulted into the national spotlight after winning a bronze medal at London 2012, won two gold medals and an overall silver when he competed in Wigan last weekend.
He claimed his two gold medals for success on the vault and high bars.
Thomas was using the event to try a host of new routines as he prepares to take part in the British Championships at the end of the month.
They will run from Friday, March 28 to Sunday, March 30 at Echo Arena in Liverpool and will pit Olympic, world and European medallists against each other along with Britain's best rising gymnastics stars.
Over the three day event, juniors and seniors compete for their respective all-around titles – where gymnasts compete on all pieces of apparatus. They then also compete in individual apparatus finals.
Last weekend was the start of what will be a busy year for the Thomas. He also has his sights set on more success at the European Championships in May, the Commonwealth Games this summer and then the World Championships in China in October.


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"""This is a simple Markov chain text algorithm
that uses a user-defined corpus. This project is based on,
but is not a fork of, tedlee/markov on GitHub."""
import random
class Markov:
def __init__(self, corpus):
"""Initializer function
self.corpus = corpus
self.cache = {}
self.word_list = self.corpus.split(" ")
self.list_size = len(self.word_list)
def words_iter(self):
if len(self.word_list) < 3:
print("I'm sorry, the corpus is too short.")
return # end function
tuple_list = zip(self.word_list, self.word_list[1:], self.word_list[2:])
for tupl in tuple_list:
yield tupl
def setup_cache(self):
for word1, word2, word3 in self.words_iter():
key = word1, word2
# if key already exists, append word to key
if key in self.cache:
# if key doesn't exist, make a new one
self.cache[key] = [word3]
def generate(self, size=50):
# first word picker
seed = random.randrange(0, self.list_size - 2)
word1, word2 = self.word_list[seed] + self.word_list[seed+1]
# corpus generator
new_corpus = []
# maker function
for i in range(size):
# append word to the corpus and pick the next one
word1, word2 = word2, random.choice(self.cache[(word1, word2)])
# add last word
# put all the words together and print them
print(" ".join(new_corpus))
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corpus = """
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
markov_corpus = Markov(corpus)
size = 80


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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Arranged Marriage 101***
Many people equate arranged marriage to "an eastern thing". In some ways its true- but not completely. Arranged marriages happened the world over even in England and other western countries. Often they were between royalty to secure alliances and expand empires but they happened among ordinary people as well. I thought I'd share what I know/think on it. If you you can add or correct please share.
Forced arranged marriage: This is what many think arranged marriage is. Girl (or guy) absolutely unequivocably doesn't want to get married but are forced. This is not the norm. I know of a girl brought to her grandmother, gravely ill, as she requested her to marry a man she didn't want as her final wish. ("miraculously" grandma made a complete recovery after the wedding) I know of men forced into a marriage and after informing his bride of his apathy went back to his girlfriend. Its wrong and I'm glad that girls like the one I heard of at age ten resisted such a life.
Traditional arranged marriage: This is how most of my parent's generation married. The girl's parents get a proposal from a guy's family. The parents discuss and consider and then agree and inform the child of the wedding. The couple is fine with this and no one is forced. There is a great deal of trust the child places in their parent. Many do not even meet their spouse until the wedding day though perhaps a picture might be shared. I think this is a dwindling phenomenen at least in the US though I know a few who went back to the motherland and married sight unseen. From those I know the majority were fine with it though some felt pressured to please their parents.
Arranged Introduction. These can take different forms. Parents or friends introduce the couple and let them talk a via phone or email and maybe meet once or twice and then ask for a decision. Some such introductions are much more relaxed simply introducing and then leaving the couple to talk and hang out as much until they make a decision. There is not much pressure to marry. If the couple says no its a no. However when parents are involved in the process there will inevitably be some pressure as parents can't help but give their opinion and advice on the situation. I personally think arranged introductions are great. Its like a blind date but your parents might have set you up. Fine that might be a little weird but at least there is an understanding of why you are talking. You can also ask questions to each other such as perspectives on children, or finances without it seeming like you're eager for a comittment, because you both are clearly interested in a possibe committment. To me its not even an arranged marriage which is why I call it an arranged introduction since the choice is solely between the couple involved. I see this as the natural evolution of where "arranged marriage" is headed.
The Rationale. Many argue that parents know better. They have wisdom and want the best for their children whom they love incredibly. Who better to pick a spouse than someone who wants the best for them. They will be objective. They will look at things that those eager in love will overlook. Some also say that marriage is more than just about the couple. It involves the families uniting. It's about raising good children. Particullary if the couple will be in a joint family where the girl will live with his entire family perhaps the parents really are better at judging the situation and if the parents are a good match for their daughter to live with.
The Cons. Parents want what is best for you but does that mean they know what's best for you? I know parents who unwittingly paired their children with cheaters, abusers or otherwise incompatible people. I mean, most don't really talk in depth to the guy, they talk to the parents. Plus, who says parents can't be subjective in picking the spouse? They can get swayed by proposals from wealthy or prominent families. Plus what if despite the right credentials the "click factor" isn't there between the couple? This may not matter in societies where its understood marriage is not about flowers and chocolate and romance but a more practical arrangement. But if you live in today's increasingly global community its going to be hard to not want what you see around you. Furthermore if parents really know best then why do some allow bad marriages? Parents paralyzed by what others will think. I know one girl engaged to a man who turned out to have another wife secretly back in Pakistan. But the parents refused to break the engagement because the wedding cards had been sent out and the hall was booked. I know another girl who found out three months before her wedding that the guy had lied about serious things such as being ten years older than he had claimed, but her parents said that they did not have the heart to call his parents and end it! The objectivity factor to me is arguable.
Phew, long enough for you? I get asked this question a lot so I thought I'd break it down in one post to reference others to my view on the matter. *** Update: Take my views and keep in mind that I am born and raised here and thus my perspectives reflect this***
28 comments:
- Baji said...
Kid to teacher: "Thank you Ms. Aisha!" :-)
- 12:43 AM, August 16, 2006
- Mohammad A. AbulHasnaat said...
i invite u to join and read and preferably write on this new website me and my friend launched.
- 4:16 AM, August 16, 2006
- Sohnii said...
i dont like the idea of arranged marriages... the way i see it, too much is at risk... while parents may have their best intentions at heart, they dont always "know" how their well-laid plans will turn out to be in the end... too many horrible stories behind my point to validate it...
i think the best bet is getting to know someone urself and letting ur parents decide if that person is actually good for u... in that way u get to know whether ull actually have any chemistry with that person, and ur parents will be around to think rationally for u in case u are too oblivious to his/her faults...
- 10:36 AM, August 16, 2006
- doshar said...
I think the arranged type that is common here in Egypt (at least among the educated class,) is the arranged introduction. so and so wants to get married, he asks his family/friends etc of someone who would be suitable. they recommend this girl or that, and they ask if they can be introduced, here, the couple get to meet, and see if it would work out. parents' opinion is of course important... but the girl's decision and desires are of course the most important... it is more the girl's decision with the parents' consent rather than the other way around. yes, the parents sometimes can give a little pressure... but it is up to every girl to stand up for what she wants if she does not want to marry someone. never get into it out of being too timid or shy to say no... that is the most important thing.. and the only way to have a proper marriage later.
- 1:54 PM, August 16, 2006
Thanks for sharing that not all arranged marriages are forced on the girl. I thought that is why it is called arranged, because it had no input from the girl and guy at all.
- 3:00 PM, August 16, 2006
Whether the 'forced' arranged marriage is the norm or not is debatable depending on the location where such a marriage takes place. Do you mean it is not the norm in American Desis? Or that forced arranged marriage is not the norm period? Anywhere. Also one can argue about what 'forced' means. Is creating a situation where the girl has only one option to 'choose' from considered forced?
My point is that in our hasty attempt to avoid double victimization of Desi women by pointing out that they do have agency to choose their own destinies, perhaps we sometimes ignore the true reality of the situation. Just a thought.
- 3:54 PM, August 16, 2006
- Amani said...
My marriage was of the arranged intro. variety. He actually met with my parents before meeting with me. I might blog about it when I get a chance...
- 5:07 PM, August 16, 2006
- Aisha said...
lol Baji! :)
MAH: I will check it out soon :)
Sohnii, well said, I agree with your take
Doshar, you are right its the girls responsibility to stand up as well.
Linda, welcome, and glad I could clear things up :)
Sonia, you always strike up great points but then you disappear! Anyhow, I guess I should add that I am talkin about people in the US I had hoped it was clear because I said it was "my take" and because my examples of arranged introductions, forced, and sight unseen marriages are mostly stories of people I know here. But you are right, I can only speak about what I know and I dont know much about how the state of things are in Pakistan. Maybe you could enlighten on that.
- 5:24 PM, August 16, 2006
- Chic Mommy said...
this is a great post. You're writing is really professional, have you considered submitting this to Divanee.com? They are looking for article submissions these days. They don't pay but it helps you build a resume online of published work.
- 6:36 PM, August 16, 2006
- Aisha said...
Aw thank chic. Maybe I should. I wa reading though that if you want a career in writing you should never give your work for free becaue it wont help you build the career. Even if the magazine only ends you 10 copie with your printed article it better than not getting paid. For ome reaon it doent impres publishers. I have been paid for my writing before so according to the Stephen King's snowball theory I have to look for same or a little more. But thank for the tip, I will have to check this site out!
- 10:00 PM, August 16, 2006
- mezba said...
Aisha, whose picture is that on the top corner of your post, just under the title?
- 9:27 AM, August 17, 2006
- Aisha said...
Mezba she is an old indian actress from the 40's or 50's. I am not sure her name though. She is a beauty isn't she?
- 9:31 AM, August 17, 2006
- Tee said...
I think your view on this is balanced and fair to both sides. It's a good clear explanation for people who don't know how it works. I think many people think they're informed on the issue but are not. They are firmly against arranged marriage because they think it's two individuals being forced together.
I have probably mentioned before I had a friend in high school and her parents were from India. I can remember how excited she was when her marriage was being arranged. She was thrilled with the guy her parents had picked out and he seemed pretty sweet on her. Wrote her nice long love letters and everything :)
- 9:40 AM, August 17, 2006
- Shabana said...
Great article, Aisha.
For the record, I dont think parents generally know what's better for us. But I'll let Raihana know who she's marrying (haha).
- 11:06 AM, August 17, 2006
- Chic Mommy said...
Good to know Aisha. Also, I wanted to tell you, if you can't find the original Winsor Pilates DVDs, you could try the Pilates for Dummies or Stott Pilates. Those are good too, I've tried those. Another one that's good is Lotte Berk Method Hip Hugger Abs, that routine is only 10 minutes. Amazon has these in stock.
You could also try seeing if Blockbuster.com or Netflix.com has pilates exercise videos in stock, that way you can try before you buy. (or just burn them for free if you have a DVD burner and Nero software). I actually rented all my Masala Bhangra Workouts (volume 1-4) and my husband burned copies for me before he sent them back. I saved alot of money this way, otherwise I would have had to pay almost $75-$80 to buy all four DVD's from Amazon.
- 11:32 AM, August 17, 2006
it's not an old actress! its the chick from Monsoon Wedding, it came out like 5 years ago. Lol.
- 12:12 PM, August 17, 2006
- Aisha said...
Tee, i recall you sharing that before, do you know if she stayed happy?
Shabana, lol! I am sorry also that Btw- how far is Athens from Atl?
Chic, thanks for the tip on Pilates, and I really should just netflix it before I get it. My fear is I'll purchase it and then never use it. I HATE EXERCISE. I'll do it... but I treat it like medicine. Something you must do for the sake of your health.
Anon- lol thanks!!!! :)I found her picture on a website saying she was an olden time actress. Obviously mistaken. Can't belive everything you read I guess.
- 1:26 PM, August 17, 2006
- Tee said...
Aisha - Now THAT would be interesting to know! I lost contact and don't know her married name. She was going to move to Florida with her husband and he was cool with her continuing her education. (She was really smart.) That was the last info I had! I hope she's well.
- 5:05 PM, August 17, 2006
- Shabana said...
argh i hate exercise too.
- 5:46 PM, August 17, 2006
- Aisha said...
Interesting Tee, I hope she is well.
Shabana well luckily you dont need to wory about it :)
- 7:42 PM, August 17, 2006
- Cindi said...
Very good post! I still get baffled by the whole notion of an "arranged marriage" but then I started thinking of my daughter dating and *shudder* I completely get it! Although there are people who go through these arranged things and feel that they have to out of respect for their parents and what they want. I would hope that if one of the party doesn't want the marriage it wouldn't still be forced upon them. I know that my own rocky dating life was hell to go through and really this just seems much neater, a little less painful than the star-crossed lovers thing, lol. I think I like the arranged meeting but only if the people doing it truly know the person they are helping.
- 8:51 PM, August 17, 2006
- Enyur said...
Well written! I like how you name the term "Arranged Introductions"! Being born and raised in Canada, I've still had a pretty traditional upbringing. But my parents have always kept a balance. Never really cared about what 'others' would say as long as what they are doing is right. That being said, they've always cared about their kids, not what the world will say. When it comes to marriage it's the same thing. They feel that according to the religion things should be done a certain way (i.e. no 'informal' dating was allowed). However, they do believe that times have changed and two people need to know each other and be able to make up their own minds as to whether would like to get married or not. Knowing that, I feel comfortable with my parents 'introducing' me to whomever they think their daughter may get along with, however, the ball is always in my court. As long as the decision to get married is a mutual one (both guy and girl agree), I don't think there's anything wrong with arranged intro marriages. Ok those were my two cents.
- 9:39 PM, August 17, 2006
- tahin said...
Actually, According to ISLAM, There's no Forced arrange marriage option! One of the main preconditions is approval of "both" sides. Every girl has a right to say NO for any offer and candidate.
Who forces the girls or boys to marry with a person that they don't want to marry, causes a big cruelty!
- 3:12 PM, August 20, 2006
- Ashi said...
Great Post.
I'm always trying to convince other that there isn't anything wrong with an arranged marriage. Even other asians! Although, i'm lucky that i have a good relationship with my parents & i can see why some poeple have had bad experiences.
- 1:40 PM, August 21, 2006
- The Daily Rant said...
This post on arranged marriages was great and very informative. I'm reading a book now, where the families promised the woman and man to each other when they were just children - they had a contract drawn up between the two families that they should unite. Of course, it's a book and it had a happy ending, but it really made me wonder how these things actually work.
Sometimes, I think I would have liked to have that done for me, other times, think that my parents don't really know me as well as they think they do and how could they possibly make the best choice for me?
I sort of like the idea of the formality of it, the courtship, the having to make it work instead of fleeing at the first sign of discord....but who knows?
Anyway, thanks for the insight. Was a pleasure to read.
- 11:37 AM, August 24, 2006
- Ayesha said...
aisha salaams!
great post. who'd'a thunk i'd still enjoy reading stuff about arranged marriage even after having a kid :) but the whole process is not far enough back for me to have forgotten the agony. i ended up getting married through what you aptly call an "arranged introduction" and subsequent "islamic dates" haha... :) through the hindsight of age and new parenthood, i can see how my parents might have known what was best for me in certain situations.. . but i think for us first-generationers, whose parents came from another culture, there IS a lack of understanding of what is truly best for children living in america (i.e. being able to like each other). if i had settled for someone who could support me at the level i was raised in, but i didn't feel i could love... well, i'm educated and american, i could just divorce and support myself! i think the local "pakistani community" also put social expectations that were VERY difficult for my mom to see past. as sincere and clear-thinking as my parents have always been, when it came to marriage they suddenly turned uber-desi. argh. well, it's all forgotten now that they have a grandchild :) which is of course their ultimate goal!!
- 3:07 PM, August 24, 2006
- mAn[S]o0r said...
interesting take on arranged marriage, especially about parents being subjective! that totally ruins the whole *mood* of the arranged marriage concept!
the *click factor* is more important, after which comes the commitment. If a guy or girl lacks commitment, then no matter what the family or bank balance says.. its an exercise in disaster
- 7:34 AM, September 06, 2006
- Danette said...
Fabulous post! Very interesting and I loved your insight into the topic. I always enjoy reading about other cultures and I thank you for bringing this topic to me.
- 11:56 AM, January 21, 2011


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Healthy Debate: Are Detox Diets Safe?by Dana Angelo White in Diets, Healthy Tips, November 29, 2010
Sure, it's tempting to try a detox or cleanse diet after all that Thanksgiving turkey, but are they safe? Here's what experts at the American Dietetic Association's recent Food and Nutrition Expo had to say about these controversial diets.
Detox Recap
We've discussed the ins and outs of detox diets before. Our research has lead us to an overall conclusion that the majority of the plans out there range from potentially unsafe to downright dangerous. Read for yourself:
- Ask HE: Are Cleanses and Detox Diets Safe?
- The Real Deal on the Master Cleanse
- The Lowdown on Cleansing Diets
The Experts Weigh In
At the conference, Dr. Christine Gerbstadt, a medical doctor and registered dietitian, spoke about the extremely limited scientific research behind detox diets. She pointed out that while many plans promise relief from toxins, low energy levels and cravings by excluding things like sugar, dairy, yeast, alcohol and caffeine, there's virtually no evidence to back it up. While it's sound nutrition advice to only consume most of these types foods in moderation, most plans suggest an all out revolt against them indefinitely.
Gerbstadt also reinforced that the body can rely on its own organs to protect and detoxify itself. Dubbed with the anagram "S.K.I.L.L.," the skin, kidneys, intestines, liver and lymphatic system are responsible for the natural cleansing of the body.
The only relatively positive point that was made in favor of these types of diets may have been that the extreme nature may help jumpstart dieters — and in a way, set the stage for success. This may be best demonstrated in the short plans that only last for a couple of days. So the questions remains, can these plans provide the motivation that many dieters are lacking? Or is excluding most (if not all) food from your life (even temporarily) too extreme? The verdict among registered dietitians appears to be … yes.
Take Home Tips
- There's currently a lack of scientific evidence to support that detox plans are safe or effective.
- The body has build in mechanisms to detoxify itself.
- While potentially risky, the drastic nature of these plans (for a short period of time) may be a good way to motivate someone to make big dietary changes.
TELL US: Would you still try a detox plan?
Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC, is a registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer and owner of Dana White Nutrition, Inc., which specializes in culinary and sports nutrition. See Dana's full bio »