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Dr. David Wollenburg was born at Lutheran Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. and attended grade school in Jefferson City, Mo. The week before confirmation, on Palm Sunday, 1959, he and his family were informed that he had been accepted to attend St. Paul's High School and Junior College (SPC) in Concordia, Mo. That fall he moved into Biltz Hall at SPC. A year and a half later his father accepted the call to become pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Concordia, and home moved back to him. He has been on the move ever since.
While at SPC he met Jerry Witt. They dated for five years and were married in 1967. Dr. Wollenburg graduated from SPC in 1965; Concordia Senior College, Ft. Wayne, Ind., in 1967; and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. in 1971.
By the time he graduated from the Seminary and was ordained, he had been employed as a custodian, snack bar manager, student recruiter for SPC, clothing salesman, bouncer, and full-time fast food restaurant manager—a position that financed the years as a student in St. Louis. He and his wife also had two daughters, Christina and Jessica when he graduated from the Seminary and he was commissioned as a Chaplain Candidate in the U.S. Air Force Reserves in 1968.
Parishes in Grayling, Mich. (1971-72, and Quincy, Ill. (72-74) and turmoil in Synod led to a call to the Seminary and he became the first admissions counselor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis in January of 1975. By that time the family had been blessed with their third daughter, Rebecca, and Dr. Wollenburg was actively training as an AF Reserve Chaplain at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.
While on Staff at the Seminary their fourth child, Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm, was born and Dr. Wollenburg received a call to Active Duty with the Air Force in 1976. He reported for duty in southern California in August of 1977. Two years later he was transferred to Tacoma, Wash., where he visited radar sites up and down the California, Oregon, and Washington coast until July of 1980.
In early 1980 he accepted a call to serve as pastor of Timothy Lutheran Church, St. Louis, Mo.
Transferring to the Air National Guard, he served Timothy and the ANG from July 1980 until August 1987, when he was recalled to active duty. During those years he completed his S.T.M degree from Concordia Seminary and served as guest instructor in homiletics. He was also active with the Missouri District and served on the first board of Lutheran Charities Association of St. Louis.
Dr. Wollenburg returned to active duty in 1987, as Chaplain for the Air National Guard's Professional Military Education Center (PMEC) in Knoxville, Tenn. which hosted both professional NCO training and a pre-commissioning program. He served in this position until August of 1996, when he again transferred to the Air Force Reserves from which he retired on 9/9/99 as a Colonel. The family lived nearby in Maryville, Tenn.
While in Maryville he served various vacancies, including the vacancy at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Crossville, Tenn. Dr. Wollenburg became the pastor of Shepherd of the Hills in early 1997 and served there until the middle of 2001 when he was called to Concordia Seminary, St. Louis as associate professor of practical theology.
The Seminary immediately appointed Dr. Wollenburg as director of the various and nascent distance education programs of the Seminary including DELTO (Distance Education Leading To Ordination). While developing those programs he earned a Doctor of Ministry Degree (Leadership in the Emerging Culture) from George Fox Seminary in 2006 via distance education in order to better understand the processes he was developing.
Serving on Synod's DELTO Oversight Committee, he worked to develop the Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP) program adopted by Synod in 2007. Emeritus since May 2009, he continues to direct the SMP and DELTO programs on a contract basis. Dr. Wollenburg teaches a Bible Class at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Collinsville, Ill. where he as his wife are members and participates in the life of that historic parish.
- Director of the Specific Ministry Program (SMP)
- Professor Emeritus
- B.A., Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne. Ind.
- M.Div., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.
- S.T.M., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.
- D.Min., George Fox Evangelical Seminary, Portland, Ore.
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You know when Paris and Paris with Tara Reid are meeting up in Greece, then crazy things are going down. They celebrated July 4th across the globe and from the looks of the pics, it seems like they had a fun time together.
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Nahnebahwequa (Naaniibawikwe in the Fiero spelling, meaning "Standing-Upright Woman") or Catherine Bunch was an Ojibwa spokeswoman and Christian Missionary.
Early life[edit]
Born in the early fall of 1824 at the Credit River, now called Port Credit, Ontario, Nah ne bah wee qua was the daughter of Bunch Sunego and Mary Polly Crane.[1] Her paternal grandfather was Osunego (Asanagoo, "Black squirrel"), a Mississauga Tribal Chief from the Eagle doodem,[2] and her maternal grandfather was (Otesoo),[2] a War Chief from the Otter Clan who fought for the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War.[3] She was baptized Catherine Bunch by Rev. Thomas Madden in 1825, but later took the name Catherine Brown, after a revered Christian Cherokee convert.[4] Catherine was unofficially adopted by her uncle, Rev. Peter Jones and his English wife, Eliza Fields with whom she lived at the Credit Mission from about 1837 until her marriage in 1839.[5]
A Petition to the Queen[edit]
Aunt Eliza Jones took Catherine to England in 1837[6] where she furthered her education while Peter, known as Kahkewaquonaby (Sacred Feathers), a Chief of the Credit Band, delivered a Petition and Wampum Belt to Queen Victoria.[7] The petition expressed the desire of the Mississauga Band to acquire titled deeds and ownership to their lands, as they felt that this was the only way to prevent the encroachment of European settlers at the Credit River.
Negotiations with Bond Head and Arthur[edit]
In Upper Canada, Lieutenant Governor Francis Bond Head had developed a scheme to put all the natives living in Southern Ontario on Manitoulin Island.[8] However, the Mississaugas knew Manitoulin Island was not fit for farming as it was mostly rock [9] with animals, fruits and grasses being scarce due to lack of fertile soil and viewed the scheme as yet another violation of their rights.
The Mississaugas had cleared and built a thriving community at the Credit Mission [10] as they had been promised retention of the land for future generations. In response to Bond Head's scheme, the Mississauga Band decided to send Catherine's uncle, Rev. Peter Jones, who was also the Chief of the Mississaugas to Great Britain to present their grievances to Queen Victoria. The Colonial Secretary, Lord Glenelg, sympathetic to the Canadian Native people's plight, recommended to Her Majesty the Queen, that the Credit River Mississaugas should be granted title deeds.[11]
Meanwhile, having been ill-equipped to deal with European settlers, Lieutenant Governor Bond Head had resigned. His successor George Arthur, however, was no better and in 1840, he told the Native people that he was not in favor of them receiving deeds "for fear they would sell them".
On top of this, S.P. Jarvis, who was Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs since 1837 was dismissed in disgrace in 1845 after an investigation by the Bagot Commission found him guilty of misappropriating the Mississauga's funds.[12] Shortly after, the Saugeen and Nawash Band invited the Mississaugas to settle on the Bruce Peninsula.[13]
Oral history of the Saugeen people serves to remind people that Saugeen Territory never included a "Nawash Band." The traditional territory of the Saugeen people covered most of Southern Ontario, from around what is now known as Orangeville to Tobermory and to Grand Bend/Goderich.
Some people were relocated to Cape Croker from the Owen Sound area around 1860.
According to oral history, Saugeen allowed people to settle in the part of their traditional territory at Cape Croker. Also, descendents of Peter Jones are still alive at Saugeen. Peter Jones converted Chief Kegedonce of the Sable River and he took his Christian name to become Peter Kegedonce Jones. Descendents of Kegedonce Jones still live at Nawash, formerly Cape Croker. But Sable River no longer exists as an Aboriginal community.
Marriage, Family & Missionary Work[edit]
On January 9, 1839, Catherine's adopted father and uncle, Rev. Peter Jones, performed the marriage of Catherine to William Sutton at the Credit Mission.[5] William and Catherine continued to live at the Credit Mission with their three children, Catherine Brown Sutton, Joseph Sunego Sutton and Sophia Anne Sutton. They were all were members of the tribe until 1845 when they accepted the invitation of the Nawash Tribe and traveled north to Georgian Bay. After their adoption into the Nawash Band, they were given 200 acres (0.81 km2) of land by the tribe, now known as, Lot 34 and Lot 35, Concession 3, Sarawak on the beautiful shore of Georgian Bay.[13] Catherine and William cleared 35 acres (140,000 m2) of the 200 acres (0.81 km2) and built a house, barn, and enclosed garden on lot 34.[14]
Oral history of the Saugeen notes that the Owen Sound area was part of their traditional territory. In fact, a foot path from Saugeen to Owen Sound later became a highway. It was not until the late 1980s that Cape Croker changed its name to Nawash. Cape Croker was also part of Saugeen Territory. Those who chose to move to Cape Croker after being forced out of Owen Sound around 1858 were mainly from the United States,from the Coldwater area or displaced from their homelands.
Also according to Saugeen oral history land was cared for and used by the entire membership. The Creator provided for all Ojibway and land ownership by individuals was not believed possible.
The people of Saugeen never agreed to give away individual parcels or lots to non natives such as William Sutton.
[The Nawash didn't give land to Englishman William Sutton either. They gave it to Catherine Brown Sutton who was William Sutton's wife and daughter of Bunch Sonego ] Source Nov 7th 1845 gift of Two Hundred Acres to Catherine Sutton and her heirs (RG 10 Volume 2877, File 177,181)
The letter reads:
Nawash Owen Sound November 7 th 1845
We the undersigned Chiefs agree to give Catherine Sutton the daughter of Bunch Sunego the native of the River Credit the Chippewa Tribe, and her lawfull Heirs ,a parcel of land containing Two Hundred Acres situated near the bay about seven or eight miles (13 km) below the Indian Village , which situated will be known from a clearing that is now commenced on it. This beginning is made to Catherine Sutton the daughter of the late Bunch Sunego and her lawfull Heirs who are native of the River Credit the Chippewa Tribe. Held Council at Nawash Owen Sound of the eighteenth day of Oct 1845.
signed Thomas Wabatick Peter Sachoo David Sawyer
fully explained in our presence
Unfortunately, 1851 was a hard winter and as well as losing their first child to be born in Sarawak, a son named after William, Catherine also became ill and nearly died.[15] The soil was hard to work and the Suttons, not used to such an isolated area, wanted to leave Sarawak. They had been used to living in a large native community at the Credit, with lots of support, doctors, churches and schools where children could be educated. Although they planned to return when their son Joseph would be old enough to help with the farming, William also felt they should be compensated for the improvements he had made to their land if there ever was a surrender.[15]
In 1852 William was asked to superintend a model farm for the Wesleyan Methodist Church's Mission in Garden River, near Sault Ste. Marie so they gathered their family and went farther north to teach the Grace of God and farming to the Native community there.[16] They stayed until around 1855 when they moved to Michigan spending two years working at the Ojibwa Methodist Missions before finally returning to their farm at Sarawak in 1857.
Conflict with Indian Affairs[edit]
On returning, they found that a Surrender had taken place and their gift of land had been included and divided up into lots for sale at a public auction, taking away the land that had been given to Catherine and her lawful heirs, her children.[17]
Catherine and William approached R.T. Pennefather, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, asking for Catherine's share of the annuities that she should have received between 1852 and 1857. They also felt that they should receive recompense for the monies they had spent on their house, barn and stable, which had also been surrendered in their absence.[16]
The Government had promised the Nawash Band that they would be able to have the lots they bid on at the Land Sale for half the upset price per acre [18] so Catherine went to the sale along with the European settlers. She bid and paid the first installments for lots 34, 35 and 36, for William and herself, for lot 31 for their son Joseph. Lot 32 and lot 33 for her mother Mary, (who had been living and farming on these lots since her move from the Credit with her new husband Joseph KaKaKe) and lot 37 for her sister Mary Sunego meant that Catherine paid for land totalling almost 600 acres (2.4 km2). This purchase was made despite the fact that Catherine and her family had already been given lots 34 and 35 as a gift, land that she considered was already hers due to the promises made to her forefathers in many speeches and council meetings due to their loyalty to the British Crown in many wars.[19]
At this same sale, David Sawyer, a cousin of Catherine's, and Abner Elliot, also made first installments on the land they had been given by the Nawash. They had cleared their land, built homes and barns and had been farming since their arrival from the Credit River having also been adopted by the Nawash tribe from the Credit Band of Mississauga's.[20]
After successfully bidding and paying her money, Catherine was given a Certificate of Sale by the Land Agent and she in turn passed it to her Methodist minister, Conrad Vandusen, who had offered to have the lots registered. However, he was intercepted by the Indian Affair's Representative, Bartlett, who asked Vandusen to see the Certificates of Sale. He handed Catherine's documents to Bartlett who stole the Certificates and the money, informing Vandusen that Indians were not allowed to buy land.[16] It was at this point that Catherine and William approached Richard T. Pennefather, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, for her annuities and for the money spent on the house, barn and improvements on their land as other native people had received their Annuities and compensation for their land improvements. These annuities only amounted to $10.00 semi annually because of the dishonest handling of the funds.[21]
The money collected from the sale of Indian Lands were intended to go directly for the good of the Nawash Band but was instead held in Trust by the Government preventing the Native people from accessing it.[21] The Government also promised to provide roads, schools and houses in return for this Surrender.[22]
Indian Affairs for rejected Catherine's purchase citing that she was not eligible to the land because she was married to a white man.[23] Catherine knew there was no such law. Indian Affairs also argued her ineligibility due to the fact she was absent from the country at the time of the Surrender although this was also incorrect as she was still considered a Native person by the Nawash Band.
Catherine went to Toronto many times and petitioned Provincial Parliament along with David Sawyer and Abner Elliot in 1858.[24] The Nawash Band also petitioned on Catherine's behalf in 1858 [25] but this petition also failed.
In 1859, she was finally approached by Bartlett and Pennefather and was informed that she would be able to buy her land after all, if she followed the conditions of sale,[26] including the condition that she re-pay the first installments for each lot,[16] which she refused to do. Another condition of purchase was to give up her annuities and thus give up her birthright of being Indian.[27] so again she refused. Her remarks made in 1861 were "I am Indian; and the blood of my forefathers runs through my veins and I am not ashamed to own it; for my forefathers were a noble race before the pale-faces came to possess their lands and homes".[28] She refused to dishonor her ancestors and leave her children without a home.[29]
Abner Elliot and David Sawyer, also petitioned the Government, but were not given this same right to purchase their land. This unfortunately caused bad feelings towards the Suttons.[30]
In July 1859 at a general Council meeting in Rama, Catherine was appointed to go to England on the Nawash Band's behalf just as her Uncle Peter Jones had done 22 years before her.[31] In order to raise funds for this mission, Catherine, who was expecting a child, left her home, her children and her husband. She was carrying letters of introduction from local ministers and Justices of the Peace in Owen Sound that showed her moral character 45 off to New York she went on a speaking tour to promote Native Rights. She was well received by the public.[32] She was interviewed and written up in many newspaper articles throughout New York State.[33] As a result, she was able to raise enough money, and with the support of the Quakers and The Aborigine Protection Society, she was soon on her way to England aboard the steamship, Persia,[34] armed with prestigious letters of introduction.[35]
In England, she met Member of Parliament, John Bright, who was a Quaker.[36] He introduced her to Robert and Christena Alsop who were also Quakers and members of the Aborigine Protection Society.[37] Catherine was their guest while in England.[37] On June 19, 1860, she was presented to Queen Victoria.[38]
On June 29, 1860, Catherine wrote a letter to the son of her Uncle Rev Peter Jones, C A Jones that was reprinted in a Brantford newspaper on August 3. It reads:
My dear Uncle and Grandfather
I have just returned from the palace. I saw General Bruce and had a long talk with him on Indian affairs. I have done all that can be done in this Country. In the first place I was at the Aboriginal Protection Society and spoke in that meeting for my people; and from that time men of influence came to offer themselves if they could do anything for me .I was introduced to Mr. John Bright and he said he would do what he could; and he went to see the Duke of New Castle the Queen's Prime Minister who appointed a time to see me. Mr. John Bright went with me, also a Quaker and his wife (Mr. John Bright is a Quaker too.) The Duke was very kind and asked me many questions about the Indians, which I answered as well as I could. So at the close of our conversation he promised me he would let me know when I would see the Queen; so in a few days the letter came to my friend , at whose house I was stopping. "[citation needed]
The letter (dated June 28, 1860) Mrs. Christine R. Alsop received from the Duke of New Castle, confirming a date and time for Catherine's appointment was also reprinted in this Brantford newspaper. It reads:
Madam, The Queen commands me to say that she will receive Nah-nee-bah-wee-qua y at Buckingham Palace tomorrow (Tuesday) at a quarter before 3 o'clock Her Majesty will be very glad if you are able to accompany her.
I am yours faithfully, Newcastle.[citation needed]
The letter to her Uncle and Grandfather goes on to say:
So you see I have seen the Queen. The Duke went before us and he made two bows, and then I was left in the presence of the Queen; she came forward to meet me , and held out her hand for me to kiss, but I forgot to kiss it , and only shook hands with her. The Queen asked me many question, and was very kind in her manners and very friendly to me. Then my Quaker friend spoke to the Duke, and said " I suppose the Queen knows for what purpose my friend has come?. The Duke said, " All my papers had been explained and laid before her majesty, and I have her majesty's commands to investigate the Indian affair when I go to Canada with the Prince of Wales." Then the Queen bowed to me and said" I am happy to promise my aid and protection, and asked me my name. The Queen then looked at her husband, who stood at her left side , and smiled .She received me with so much kindness as to astonish me , when I saw her come smiling and so good to poor Indian. My Quaker friend has been in the habit of visiting the Royal family for ten years back. I expect to return home in Sept., If all be well .May God bless us all.[citation needed]
The Queen promised to look into her concerns and requested the Duke of New Castle to investigate matters during his up-and-coming trip to Canada.[39]
It became very evident, that Indian Affairs wanted Catherine to be silent. A letter written by Bartlett to Jones of Cape Croker says, "Discourage Mrs. Sutton's actions of choosing others in which she could place confidence to speak to New Castle; you must tell Indians not to listen to her."[40] The affairs of the Indian Department had been handled by Britain, but on July 1, 1860, Britain handed over the responsibility to the new Provincial Parliament of Canada,[41] the very people who had everything to gain by not looking into the problem.
Manatoulin Treaty[edit]
Catherine and William were devastated. By 1861 the Indian Department began negotiating the Manatoulin Treaty for white settlers.[42] Manitoulin Island had been promised in 1836 to remain forever in the hands of the Native people.[42] Catherine again stood up for Native Rights and opposed very strongly this purchase. Charles Lindsey, who was the editor of the Toronto Leader, wrote an unfavorable racist article in his newspaper. Catherine responded with her own very powerful letter that criticized Lindsey and the government for their attempt to purchase Manitoulin Island for white settlers.[43] She had seen this happen again and again with the Mississauga, Saugeen and Nawash.
By 1861 William, not Catherine, agreed to the conditions of sale, but he was still negotiating a reduction in price for his lots until 1871. He felt he should get the reduction that had been previously offered to his wife and his neighbors of $3.00 an acre.[44] Catherine died on Sept 26th 1865[45] before these negotiations were finalized. In the end he paid $5.00 an acre. Finally, he received the deeds for Lots 32 and 33.[46] By then he was living on Lot 33, along with Catherine's mother Mary KaKaKe and her children, Martha and Moses, whom he'd been taking care of since Mary's husband disappeared. He was also supporting his own younger children and his grandchildren by his daughter, Sophia Staves, who had died in 1875.[47] William Sutton had a lot on his plate financially.
Catherine was buried in her garden on Lot 34. Catherine and William's neighbor Charles Julyan recorded going to Nahnebahwequa's funeral, where at her own request, she was buried in her garden. This is substantiated in Julyan's letter to Joseph Howe in 1871.[48] Catherine made sure she was buried on the very lot for which she had been trying to get a deed. This certainly was one way they could not remove her. One way or another she was staying.
Catherine was laid to rest
On the land she loved
In the bosom of Mother Earth
She found comfort within her
She has become the earth.
The spring rain falls to her
And rises, to become clouds to rain again like tears.
She is in the whisper of the wind in the trees
The birds ring out her sorrow
In cries of needed justice for her people
The song they sing is for her children to have a home
Catherine has a home in heaven now
No earthly hands can sell.[citation needed]
- ^ Mary Sonigo (Myawekeshegoqua (Mayaawi-giizhigokwe, "Right in the Sky Woman")), born 1806 in Saltfleet Tow; Record of Baptism by Rev. Thomas Madden, 1825. Maiden name Crane, father Otesoo.
- ^ a b Bunch Sonigo (Tyetiquob), born 1804; Record of Baptism by Alvin Torry, 1825. Credit Mission Church Records, United Church Archives Toronto
- ^ Catherine Bunch. Letter to the Alsops. National Archives, Ottawa, RG 10 (Volume 389).. Catherine says that her grandfather on her mother's side was a War Chief that fought for the British. Letter forwarded to Charles Julyan, for the Honorable Secretary of the Province Joseph Howe, in 1871.
- ^ Donald B. Smith. Sacred Feathers. p. 115. ISBN 0-8032-4173-9.
Peter Jones's own niece Catherine Brown Sunegoo was named after the Cherokee Christian Convert Catherine Brown
- ^ a b Marriage of Catherine B. Sunego (spinster) to William Sutton (bachelor), at the Credit Village by Banns, Wesleyan Minister Peter Jones (#379), January 9, 1839. Witnesses Elizabeth Jones and Amanda Pinney.
- ^ "1836 Journal, Peter Jones". Case and his Contemporaries. p. 165.
- ^ Peter Jones. History of the Ojibwa Indians. p. 265.
- ^ John Steckley. Beyond Their Years. pp. 15, 162. ISBN 1-55130-150-4., Donald B. Smith. Sacred Feathers. ISBN 0-8032-4173-9.
- ^ Speech made by Chief Joseph Sawyer of the Mississauga Band, Benjamin Slight (1844). Indian Researches. p. 111. ISBN 0-665-37273-6.
- ^ John Steckley. Beyond Their Years. p. 157. ISBN 1-55130-150-4.
- ^ John Steckley. Beyond Their Years. p. 158. ISBN 1-55130-150-4., Donald B. Smith. Sacred Feathers. pp. 166–168. ISBN 0-8032-4173-9.
- ^ John Steckley. Beyond Their Years. p. 159. ISBN 1-55130-150-4.
- ^ a b Catherine Sutton. "For a Reference". RG 10 Volume 2877, File 177,181. National Archives Ottawa.
- ^ Crown Land Survey Records by E. H. Kertland, Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario (1857). Kertland Survey Field Notes of Sarawak.
- ^ a b "Petition by William Sutton to the Earl of Elgin". RG 10, Volume 2877, File 177,181. National Archives Ottawa. 1852.
- ^ a b c d Catherine Sutton. "For a Reference". RG 10 Volume 2877, File 177,181. National Archives Ottawa., in Conrad Vandusen (1867). "19". The Indian Chief.
- ^ Indian deed signed by Thomas Wahatick Peter Sachoo and David Sawyer at Nawash Nov. 7, 1845. (RG 10 Volume 2877, File 177,181) National Archives Ottawa; also in that file, The Petition of the Chiefs and Indians of Cape Croker signed by P. J. Kegodence, A. Tabogwon and James Nawash, June 29, 1859.
- ^ "Petition of the Chiefs and Indians of Cape Croker". RG 10, Volume 2877, File 177,181. National Archives Ottawa. June 29, 1859.
- ^ "Letter to the Alsops, forwaded by Charles Julyan to Joseph Howe in 1871, from William Sutton". National Archives RG 10 Volume 389.
- ^ Conrad Vandusen. The Indian Chief. p. 121.
- ^ a b John Steckley. Beyond Their Years. pp. 164, 165. ISBN 1-55130-150-4.
- ^ Chamberlin (1857). "Surrender of Sarawak and Owen Sound". Indian Treaties and surrenders from 1680 to 1890. ISBN 0-665-91943-3.
- ^ However, as the Indian Act at that time identified an Indian as any person deemed to be aboriginal by birth or blood or any Indian reputed to belong to a particular band or body of Indians, which Catherine was, or any person who married an Indian or was adopted by Indians, which William Sutton was,
- ^ Conrad Vandusen. "20". The Indian Chief., "Petition". The Comet. July 15, 1859., Found on film at the Owen Sound Library, Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from June 1st to August 16th, 1858., David Sawyer. Ojibway Tribe of Indians setting forth certain grievances and praying that they may be inquired into. p. 75.
- ^ "Petition of the Chiefs of the Nawash Band". RG 10, Volume 2877, File 177,181. June 29, 1859.
- ^ Bartlett to Mrs. Catherine Sutton approved by Pennefather. 17 August 1859., Catherine Sutton. For a Reference.
- ^ If Catherine had given up her annuities, which is a Treaty Right of Compensation that members of a Band receives, she and her children would no longer be Indian
- ^ Catherine Sutton (1861). Friends Intelligencer.
- ^ Catherine Sutton. Letter to the Alsops.
I am closely related to a large number of Indian Chiefs most of them as far as I can recollect were the regular Tribal Chiefs of different Bands, but some of them were War Chiefs. My Grandfather on my mother's side was a War Chief and fought in the American War. He died when I was a little girl but I remember him well, he became to love Jesus before he died and often I sat on the old man's lap, but I am just thinking how often he has been present at those times when Governor and Generals have made their great speeches to the Indian warriors so full of promises to them and all of their children which were never to be broken as long as grass grew and water runs.
- ^ Donald B. Smith (2001). "Nahnebawequay, Upright Woman". Canadian Methodist Historical Society Papers. 13., "David Sawyer decided not to talk to Catherine and would only talk to her Mother Mary KaKaKe".
- ^ "Peter Kegodence Jones and James Nawash to Catherine Sutton to Bartlett". RG 10 Volume 427. April 17, 1860., in Peter S. Schmaltz. History of the Saugeen Indians., "Authorization signed by Cape Croker Chief Peter Kegodence and Ramma Chief William Yellowhead". RG 10 Volume 2877, File 177,181.
- ^ John Steckley. Beyond Their Years. p. 168. ISBN 1-55130-150-4.
- ^ "Union and Advertiser, March 12, 1860". New York Herald. April 5, 1860., John Steckley. Beyond Their Years. pp. 168, 169. ISBN 1-55130-150-4.
- ^ "The Mission of Nahnebahwequa, or Upright Woman". Friends Review 11th March 1860. photocopy at the Owen Sound Museum.
- ^ Celia Haig Brown (Winter 2002). "Seeking Honest Justice in a Land of Strangers Nahnebahwequa's Struggle for Land". Western Historical Journal. 33 (4): 152.
- ^ Donald B. Smith. Nahnebahwequay 1824-1865, Upright Woman. p. 92.
- ^ a b Conrad Vandusen. The Indian Chief. p. 159., John Steckley. Beyond Their Years. p. 171. ISBN 1-55130-150-4.
- ^ Queen's Ledger. June 1860., Catherine. Letter to the Alsop's.
I want you to kindly remember poor Nannebahwequa to the Queen's Governess and ask her to tell the good Queen of England that I expect to see her again in a better kingdom and wearing a brighter crown then she ever wore on earth. Tell her I thank her from my heart for the kindness disposition she once infested towards the poor Indians through one Nahnebahwequa.
- ^ John Steckley. Beyond their Years. p. 177. ISBN 1-55130-150-4., "Charles Julyan to Joseph Howe". RG 10, Volume 389. 1871.
- ^ Peter S. Schmaltz. The History of the Saugeen Indians. p. 112.
- ^ Donald B. Smith. Nahnebahwequay 1824–1865; Upright Woman. p. 94.
- ^ a b Robert J Surtees (1986). The Making of the Manitoulin Treaty 1862.
- ^ Celia Haig Brown (November 4, 2002). "Seeking Honest Justice in a Land of Strangers: Nahnebahwequa's struggle for land". Journal of Canadian Studies. 36.
- ^ "Letter by William Sutton to Wm Plummer". RG 10 Volume 1896 File 6517. National Archives Ottawa.
- ^ "Obituary of Catherine dated 26th of September, 1866". The Christian Guardian. November 8, 1865.
- ^ Presentation by Dr. William Fitzgerald, Grey County Historical Society. July 2003.
- ^ Sarawak Township Census for 1871, 1881, and 1891, shows persons living on Lot 32 and 33. Letter from Bartlett to C. T. Walast, dated June 22, 1861, states "William Sutton has supported Catherine's mother since her husband left her in 1857". (RG 10 Volume 545 C-13358) National Archives Ottawa: "Sophia Staves, daughter of Catherine and William Sutton, and wife of Joseph W Staves. Sophia died May 17th 1875, shortly after her son, William Percy Staves, was born on April 10th, 1875. Joseph Staves registered Sophia's death the same day he registered the birth of their son."
- ^ "Letter from Charles Julyan to Joseph Howe 1871". RG 10 Volume 2877, File 177,171. National Archives Ottawa.


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Christopher Plummer Says He Wants to Bring A WORD OR TWO to New York
Christopher Plummer, the Canadian actor who is most widely known for playing Captain Von Trapp in the movie version of The Sound of Music, told MetroFocus about his intention of bringing his self-assembled one-man show, A Word or Two, to New York in the near future.
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During an interview with MetroFocus, Plummer described his 80-minute show as "my own personal journey through literature that I grew up with and inspired me and still inspires me." But the journey conveyed throughout the show is not merely for entertainment. It also carries a very important message that Plummber believes younger generations should value and implement in their own lives.
"You've got to read in this mechanical age, you've got to remember that there are books and language," he said. "The beauty of our language is disappearing, which is a very sad thing. It's a nudge behind the shoulder, 'Well, do something about it.'"
Plummer recently recieved the John Willis Lifetime Achievement Award at the Theatre World Awards on June 2nd. He has enjoyed 60 years as one of theatre's most respected actors and is a veteran of over 100 motion pictures. Plummer began his professional career on stage and radio in both French and English in Montreal. While there, he also had the good fortune to work with the great Russian theatre guru Fyodor Komisarjevsky.
After Eva Le Gallienne gave him his New York debut (1954), Plummer went on to star in many celebrated productions on Broadway and London's West End. He has won two Tony Awards - for the musical "Cyrano" and for "Barrymore" (which played to acclaim at the Ahmanson Theatre in 1998) - plus seven nominations, his latest for his King Lear (2004) and for his Clarence Darrow in "Inherit the Wind" (2007).
He is a former leading member of The Royal National Theatre under Sir Laurence Olivier and the Royal Shakespeare Company under Sir Peter Hall where he won London's Evening Standard Award for Best Actor in "Becket" (1961). In 1968, sanctioned by Elizabeth II, Plummer was made a Companion of the Order of Canada (an honorary knighthood). He has also led Canada's Stratford Festival in its formative years under Sir Tyrone Guthrie and his mentor Michael Langham, and again recently under Des McAnuff's regime. He is widely recognized as one of the finest classical actors of his time.
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Assuming that Shaquille O'Neal is definitely headed to Boston now, it will be interesting to see the affect that he has on his new teammates. Having already played with Penny Hardaway, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, I tried to find a way to quantify what I call "The Power Of Shaq." With that said, let's look at the achievements of his co-stars throughout his career.
Shaq's tenure in Orlando: 1992-1996
Penny Hardaway: 2× NBA All-Star (1995–1996), 2× All-NBA First Team (1995–1996), NBA All-Rookie First Team (1994)
Shaq's tenure in Los Angeles: 1996-2004
Kobe Bryant: 3× NBA Champion (2000-2002), 6× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2004), 3× All-NBA First Team (2002–2004), 2× All-NBA Second Team (2000–2001), All-NBA Third Team (1999), 3× All-Defensive First Team (2000, 2003–2004), 2× All-Defensive Second Team (2001–2002), NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1997)
Shaq's tenure in Miami: 2004-2008
Dwyane Wade: NBA Champion (2006), NBA Finals MVP (2006), 2× NBA All-Star (2005–2006), 2× All-NBA Second Team (2005–2006), All-NBA Third Team (2007), All-Defensive Second Team (2005)
Shaq's tenure in Cleveland: 2009-2010
LeBron James: NBA Most Valuable Player (2010), NBA All-Star (2010), All-NBA First Team (2010), All-Defensive First Team (2010)
What do you think? Which player (at that time in their career) benefitted the most from playing alongside Shaq?
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I Think I'll Pass On The Tossed Salad
"I want to kiss your ass," John Doe whispered in my ear as we made out on my bed.
I thought it was a funny request, but I figured he was into some light dom/sub stuff, so I obliged with a little role play.
"You'd better kiss my ass … you bad boy."This sent him into a wild frenzy.
"Please, please let me kiss your ass," he moaned.
"Beg, me," I commanded.
Before I knew it, John Doe's face was wedged between my ass cheeks. His tongue exploring my brown eye. He was performing full on analingus. John Doe was tossing my salad.
Whoa! I had no idea salad tossing was on the menu. I thought he wanted to kiss my ass cheeks!
I removed John Doe's face from my anus. And what did he do? The man tried to KISS me!
Not knowing how to react, I sent him back downstairs to perform cunnilingus. But I was shaken.
I have done "ass" stuff in the bedroom before. There have been fingers and penises in my butt, but never a tongue. Men have alluded to wanting to eat my ass before, but never has it been ambushed in such a way.
I was too caught off guard to enjoy it. And I certainly can't imagine what pleasure he got out of it.
Since my anal ambush, I have been asking all of my friends about their salad tossing experiences. Have they done it? Did they enjoy it? Do they allow kissing afterward? So far, no one has given me any solid answers. In fact, most of the people I've canvased have never engaged in analingus. So, what say you, Frisky readers? Is this something you've tried and enjoyed? Should I give it another shot or pass on the tossed salad altogether?


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happy hour
This will be our first time on carnival and am wondering whether they have a happy hour , on board. Have been on several princess cruises and for the first time on our last trip we learned of a happy hour in the bars where drinks were half price. Can't find anything where carnival does this, so I presume they don't.......but just in case.......and yes.......I know.......every hour on a cruise is a happy hour!!
They don't do happy hours on Carnival. The best you can do is the discounted Drink Of The Day.
Thats what I thought...Thanks Dave!
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Mr BRUCE SCOTT (Maranoa—Deputy Speaker) (18:41): I rise to speak on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 tonight with a very direct interest and to be the voice of my electorate on this issue. The resource formations in my constituency are the Surat Basin, the Galilee Basin and the Lake Eyre Basin, which has not been referred to tonight. It is often overlooked but is one of the very early formations where gas and oil were extracted, which has benefited much of Australia's energy and resource needs. There is the Moonie oil field as well. In your constituency, Madam Deputy Speaker Livermore, there is the Bowen Basin, one of the largest coal reserves and formations in Australia. All of those fields create enormous wealth, as you and I well know, as well as jobs for families and businesses associated with the communities where the extractions take place.
The electorates of Maranoa, Flynn, Capricornia and Dawson in Queensland are four electorates that in my lifetime have seen unprecedented growth with the development of the coal seam methane gas industry and the natural gas industry. I might add that my hometown of Roma is where the very first oil was discovered in Australia. So we have a long history and understanding of resources under the ground in the various formations, where they have been trapped for millions and millions of years.
I support regulation. I was a voice of concern in the early development of coal seam methane gas extraction and treatment, particularly regarding water. I worked with the previous Labor government, for heaven's sake, to improve the legislation. There were great concerns. One of the problems with coal seam methane gas was that some of those who were proving up tenements—we called them cowboys—were really only proving up tenements to on-sell to a larger company. The regulations in the early days were deficient, very deficient. But, progressively, under the former Labor government of Peter Beattie and then of Anna Bligh and now under the Liberal National Party government of Campbell Newman, we have locked in these strict regulations. This is, after all, the constitutional responsibility of state governments. But we have locked in these strict guidelines, guidelines which impose severe penalties for noncompliance on these companies.
I know we have to get it right and I am on the record as a voice of protest on this—but not a voice of opposition. Part of the regulations we put in place allowed for no-go zones—areas where the coal-seam gas industry just cannot go. These included prime agricultural land and some areas where there are key aquifers—the Condamine alluvium in particular. These sorts of areas are very problematic and there are still concerns. We do not know what the impact would be on that Condamine alluvium aquifer across parts of the Darling Downs if the industry were allowed into that area.
I can assure you that I do not need anyone in this place to lecture me about the importance of water. I grew up in western Queensland and the water we received on the property where we lived and grew up was delivered to the overhead tank of the house by a windmill. If the wind blew, you got water off the house. So you really respected the value of water. If there was no wind, there was no water in the tank. There were many days when you all shared the same bathwater—and then the bathwater would go out onto the lawn. So I have enormous respect for the value of water, unlike so many of our urban counterparts who have grown up in an era in which water comes out of a tap.
I also have enormous respect for the water in our underground aquifers and the different formations that exist there. In my own constituency, we have the Springbok sandstone formations, the Mooga sands, the Gubberamunda sands, the Hutton sands, the Precipice sands—these are all formations going down to 4,000 and 5,000 feet below the surface. They all date back to before the Jurassic Period—they are hundreds of millions of years old. They are all separated by various formations of hard rock—some in a coal seam, others with sandstone. But all of them are important. My own home's water supply comes from the Gubberamunda sands—beautiful water. The water of many towns in western Queensland comes from these various aquifers down as deep as 4,000 and 5,000 feet below the surface.
The Great Artesian Basin, which so many people talk so loosely about, is not some great basin of water. It is not one basin. There are aquifers separated by formations of sandstone and the water is of varying quality. The deepest aquifer is the Precipice sandstone formation in my electorate. Its great relief valve is out in the Dalhousie Springs in South Australia. Water has been extracted from it for more than 100 years, much of it out of free-flowing bores across far western New South Wales and into western Queensland. Thankfully we now have a program—and I would like to think we could accelerate that program—to cap the remainder of those free-flowing bores. That is a great conservation measure which shows that we understand the importance of the water—that we cannot just continue to waste water and let it run down as it has for more than 100 years in many parts of western Queensland and western New South Wales. At the time it was of course the cheapest way of providing water for livestock over hundreds and hundreds of kilometres.
The coal-seam methane gas industry in my constituency has been operating for more than 15 years. It did not just turn up last year; it has been operating for 15 years. It now provides 90 per cent of the domestic gas used in Queensland. Some 15 per cent of Queensland's power is now generated from coal-seam gas, and I know that there are three or four more projects for combined cycle generators in the works. These generators will all be using coal-seam gas. They are intended to replace coal fired power stations which would otherwise have been built. They will increase the capacity for power generation in Queensland to be driven by gas from coal-seam gas extraction.
Let us go to the next step of this coal-seam gas industry. Something like 30,000 jobs right now in Queensland depend on four major projects aiming to export LNG from Gladstone, noting that some of the gas extracted will be going into domestic gas supplies—some for heating and cooking and the rest for power generation. The value of those projects is $77 billion. They are probably one-third constructed right now. These projects do not yet have approvals for the full number of wells they will need—bores to provide the gas they need for their LNG projects. They will need further approvals. Some of them are being processed now. This bill will hold that up. These four major projects represent jobs for 30,000 people—nearly all Australians. If these projects are held up because they cannot access sufficient licence agreements to drill the bores they need to feed the gas pipeline being put through to Gladstone to produce LNG, it may mean that these projects do not meet the very critical time line imposed by the forward contracts they have signed to deliver LNG into Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the Asian markets. This is critical. But what we have got with this government is another layer of red tape.
Many of these workers in the 30,000 jobs across my constituency, across Flynn into Capricornia and as far north as into Dawson, live in our coastal areas and in our cities. They have families. They have a stake in this industry because their livelihoods are dependent on these projects continuing to be rolled out and not held up because of more red tape that is going to be imposed on them by this federal government. I have family that are involved in this. I have family that decided they are not prepared to coexist with the coal-seam methane gas wells that would have been on their property. They would have been very near one of the major hubs—that is, where the gas is collected and then pumped through to Gladstone. But they were able to negotiate with the gas company and they have moved to another property. I know for many it has been difficult, but they have a very satisfactory outcome. Their personal and financial arrangements are their business, but I know from my own observation that they have a larger property. They are happy. It was a very big decision for them but they have been able to relocate within the Roma district and were able to negotiate a successful compensation package to move from the land that they had purchased when they first got married and built a new house. They had ties to the land. It was part of their life. They developed it and showed what they had achieved with their own hard work and their own initiative. They have exited that farm and moved elsewhere to a bigger farm. I am quite certain it is not in a coal-seam methane gas area where in the future there could be a tenement granted. So I have personal contacts with people who have had coexistence issues and water issues that people are concerned about.
One of the regulations we put in place with the former Labor government, which was pushed by the LNP when they were in opposition, was to make sure that the water that was extracted as part of the process was made use of. Additional water that would otherwise have been coming out of the overland flows from the Condamine River is providing for the growth of the town of Chinchilla. They are also selling water allocations to farmers, to melon producers. Chinchilla is the melon capital of Australia, as we all know—we should know. I am sure the minister at the table is well aware now. They are getting greater security for water entitlements because the companies must make good with the water that is being extracted as part of the gas extraction process.
Madam Deputy Speaker Livermore, I know you are in the chair and you cannot interject from there but I am sure you are witness to the huge development and the wealth that comes out of the coal industry. I have a number of coalmines in the Surat Basin around Wandoan down through to the Darling Downs that are just sitting there waiting for the Xstrata project to proceed. This Xstrata project would mean there would be a new rail line from Wandoan to Gladstone. I hear today that Xstrata are putting that project on hold. I can only suggest it is because of this legislation. There is too much uncertainty. The other coalmines that would have been developed for export of that coal are going to sit there in limbo because of this legislation.
In conclusion, I was a voice of protest but not a voice of opposition. I realise the benefit of the resource sector, the jobs it has created and the job potential for young people to have a future in western Queensland. I also note that this is just putting— (Time expired)
Debate adjourned.


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Hibbing man killed in ATV crash, passenger injured
HIBBING, Minn. (AP) -- A 40-year-old Hibbing man has been killed in an early-morning ATV accident that left a passenger with serious injuries.
The St. Louis County sheriff's office has identified the victim as Cory Mayer.
Authorities say Mayer was riding the ATV Sunday about 3 a.m. with 30-year-old Lianna Cimperman, also of Hibbing.
When they hadn't returned by 6 a.m. a friend went to look for them. The friend came upon the accident scene, where Mayer's ATV had left the road.
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While you've been losing money, annuities have been protecting others from the markets, inflation and even themselves.
Did you know the five years either side of retiring will determine how much you have for the rest of your life? Well, over the past 10 years annuities have done better than the sharemarket, with a guarantee your savings are safe thrown in.
The return on the day you buy an annuity is set in stone, either for a term you choose or for the rest of your life.
Challenger's Liquid Lifetime annuity pays 5 per cent which, because it's indexed, amounts to a guaranteed return that beats inflation by about 3 per cent a year for the rest of your life.
That's without any risk. The markets, interest rates, or even inflation can do what they like and your nest egg is safe.
Nothing could be more predictable - not even a new tax on super in Tuesday's budget - than an annuity.
It'll also be tax-free if you retire at 60 and if you use a super payout to buy one.
Poor super returns have given annuities a new lease of life. Liquid Lifetime "is going gangbusters", the head of marketing at Challenger, Stuart Barton, says.
But annuities have also become more appealing due to the unlikely, though I'm sure not unseemly, war of the actuaries.
With the lion's share of the market, Challenger is suddenly being, well, challenged by the Commonwealth Bank's CommInsure. It's actuaries at six paces.
As term-deposit rates have been dropping, returns on annuities have been going up.
CommInsure's three-year annuity was last week paying 5.45 per cent compared with 5.20 per cent two years ago.
Because the money market, which finances them, had long anticipated a rate cut - and a couple more, you may be interested to know - the impact on annuities will be "minor", Barton says.
It needn't be for life
Still, there is a loss of flexibility, though there seems to be an annuity for every occasion.
You can buy one as short as a year or as long as your life (with access to your capital in the first 15 years, too).
It will keep all your capital until the term expires, or you can take it out along the way with the regular interest.
Not surprisingly, the larger the capital you want to get back at the end of the term, the lower the annual payment will be. Soft touches actuaries are not.
And there's a potential trap. Even though you elect to get 100 per cent of your capital back, guarantee and all, you may not if you've been forced to take some of it out to bump up your minimum drawdown under quite separate rules for super.
That's not the annuity's fault but it's a consideration.
Unlike a managed fund, annuities have no fees. The risk the insurer is taking is already built into the return.
For all these bells and whistles, though, you wouldn't buy an annuity for its flexibility.
Unfortunately, the guarantee is a two-way street: you get the income no matter what, as regular as clockwork, but in return you can't ask for your money back early.
Well, you can, um, actuarily. That's another improvement - being able to commute an annuity early. The only penalty is the difference between the interest rates on the term you were being paid and where they are when you quit.
It's the same formula banks use if you cash in a term deposit early.
Financial adviser Laurie Ebert, a fan of annuities, says a misconception is that "people think that with an annuity if they put the money in and die, suddenly it disappears". But you can make an annuity reversionary, in which case your spouse, partner or dependent will inherit it, or it goes to your estate.
Even lifetime annuities, best if you expect to live longer than average, will return capital in the first 15 years.
The only way is up
Best of all, you can index an annuity for inflation. You can choose one linked to the consumer price index or a fixed percentage.
There's even one that you can link to the sharemarket with a guarantee of the return never falling.
CommInsure's guaranteed index tracked annuity (GITA) makes payments that can't fall but can increase by up to 5 per cent a year in line with the ASX200.
Mind you, the interest rate on an annuity could never be called generous. There's no way the insurance company is going to lose money over your dead body, which I guess is what eventually it comes to.
What you'll earn
Since you can only buy annuities through financial planners, there's either a fee or a commission payment, you'll be lucky to get 5 per cent on an all-your-money-back two-year annuity (or even 4.5 per cent if it's indexed) and not much more for very long terms.
For example, a 70-year-old with a reversionary option might earn 6.13 per cent for life with CommInsure, or 4.35 per cent if you add 3 per cent a year indexation.
But that could be a small price to pay for protecting your savings.
Anyway, chasing higher interest rates misses the point of what you should be doing with your life's savings. "If you want a guaranteed income for life, annuities are the only way you can do it," the head of technical services at Strategy Steps, Louise Biti, says.
"The best interest rate isn't the be-all and end-all. It doesn't matter what the sharemarket or interest rates are doing - you know you'll get the income," she says.
"If you have enough money for a comfortable but not lavish retirement and don't want to rely on the pension, think about a lifetime annuity - not for all your money, just enough to live on," Biti says.
Short-term thinking pays dividends
YOUR typical DIY super fund is stuffed with shares, but Ron and Dot Aquilina will have none of it.
They've carved out what Dot calls a ''comfortable standard of living, though we're not ones for going out all the time'' by putting all their super into annuities.
''We're paid monthly and it goes direct into our bank account,'' Dot says. ''It's always on time.'' The couple ran a locksmith business before they retired five years ago.
Their financial adviser since 1997, Laurie Ebert, recommends only annuities to his retired clients, so their super is safe.
But he doesn't touch lifetime annuities.
''Even a five-year term is too long,'' he says. ''You need the flexibility and access to your money - you might want to help the kids, for instance. At 65, you need more money than you will at 85, such as for travel, bills or a car.''
Besides, the long-term annuities ''are pushed by the financial institutions because they know you'll be locked in. It's better to stay short and just keep rolling over. That way you keep control of how much capital you have at the end.''
Normally, he advises the Aquilinas to buy a one-year annuity, but in December he recommended a two-year Challenger annuity because, Dot says, ''he anticipated lower interest rates''.
The Aquilinas have also used CommInsure annuities in the past. ''There's not a lot of difference,'' Dot says.


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HOMELESSNESS could increase in Swindon when a raft of Government benefits changes come into force in April, council officers have warned.
The coalition Government's Welfare reform Bill aims to reduce expenditure on welfare and incentivise work by ensuring that families in work are better off that those on benefits – but the council recognises it could increase hardship for those already in dire straits.
Swindon Council will have £2m less to hand out as help towards paying council tax.
This means the maximum support anyone can receive – except for pensioner claimants and claimants in households with disabilities – is 80 per cent; leaving the householders to pick up the remaining 20 per cent.
There will also be cuts in housing benefit for social housing tenants deemed to have spare room, so those with one 'spare' bedroom will lose 14 per cent of their housing benefit (approximately £12 per week) and those with two or more spare bedrooms will lose 25 per cent (on average £22 per week).
In the summer, about 100 families will be hit by a £26,000 annual cap on total benefits income, and in October, the universal credits scheme is expected to be introduced, meaning benefits will be paid monthly instead of weekly, and will always go directly to claimants rather than to landlords, for example.
The council's homeless officers estimate that people seeking help from them could rise by 25 per cent from the current 250 people per month, and the numbers of cases requiring statutory assistance could double from the current 26 per quarter.
Speaking at the council's equalities advisory forum yesterday, Andy Stevens, head of revenue and benefits, said: "It could lead to rent difficulties, and the difficulties of individuals meeting their rent obligations could cause homelessness issues if someone is evicted for not paying their rent.
"We haven't seen a huge impact on homelessness services and changes so far, but there are fears the benefits caps, under-occupancy changes and direct payments to claimants under universal credits will lead to an increase in enquiries for assistance for homeless services."
But Mr Stevens said Govern-ment funding for discretionary housing payments would increase from £88,000 in 2012/13 to 281,000 in 2013/14.
Swindon Council could then offer more short-term assistance for those on housing benefits who are unable to pay their some of their rent.
A report presented to the forum also warns that benefits changes will reduce income and lead to rent and council tax arrears owed by families – potentially placing more children at risk and impacting the council's finances.
Cabinet member Coun Russell Holland, (Con, St Margaret) said the council could not do much about the changes.
He said that a key problem is there is a shortage of homes for people to downsize into to avoid the 'bedroom tax'.
He said: "We will consider each case on its own merits and we will take as sympathetic a view as possible on rent arrears, but in the first place, they should apply for discretionary housing payment."
The council is working to keep residents informed about the changes.


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MayoClinic.com. Typhoid fever: Symptoms Available online at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/typhoid-fever/DS00538/DSECTION=symptoms through http://www.mayoclinic.com. Accessed September 2013.
Keddy, KH et al. Sensitivity and specificity of typhoid fever rapid antibody tests for laboratory diagnosis at two sub-Saharan African sites. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2011;89:640-647. Available online at http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/89/9/11-087627/en/ through http://www.who.int. Accessed September 2013.
Krishna S, Desai S, Anjana V K, Paranthaaman R G. Typhidot (IgM) as a reliable and rapid diagnostic test for typhoid fever. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2011;4:42-4. Available online at http://www.atmph.org/article.asp?issn=1755-6783;year=2011;volume=4;issue=1;spage=42;epage=44;aulast=Krishna through http://www.atmph.org. Accessed September 2013.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Travelers' Health, 2010 Yellow Book: Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever. Available online at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2010/chapter-2/typhoid-paratyphoid-fever.aspx through http://wwwnc.cdc.gov. Accessed August 2010.
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We are looking for a Digital Support Content Specialist to join Suunto Customer Care team in Vantaa, Finland.
You are part of our Customer Care organization offering premium and personal support experience to Suunto customers. You work closely with the Suunto global Support Services team, as well as Suunto Product, Software, and Marketing organizations as they are key to Suunto customer support excellence. In this role you will create and manage the knowledge content for the Suunto Customer Support online and mobile self-help solutions, such as knowledge base articles, how-to videos and troubleshooting steps. You will be in a key position to drive the expansion and evolution of our self-help solutions. The position is based in Suunto headquarters, Vantaa, Finland.
Responsibility areas:
- Update and maintain existing customer support materials
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- Plan and implement autonomously the appropriate solution for each customer support need
- Become an expert on Suunto Products and Customer Solutions, able to generate Knowledge Base content for both contact center and end customers self-help solutions
- In collaboration with marketing team, create and publish support material in the context of new product and software releases
- Ensure support content is effortlessly searchable by our customers in self-help tools, online and in mobile apps
- Follow consumer trends to identify and implement innovative self-help solutions for Suunto customers
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We expect the suitable candidate to have the following qualifications and skills:
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On Apr 5, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Julian Moritz <email@example.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Julian Moritz schrieb: >> Hi, >> > > I've just found this via google: > >>> We don't parallelize view index creation yet, so this is not an >>> additional problem for you. You can however build two views in >>> parallel and make use of two cores that way. >> > > If this is (still) true, view index creation is the bottleneck of my > application. Hence I'm just playing around and yet using 100% of my > core, I cannot use CouchDB anymore. > > Regards > Julian Hi Julian, it is still true that CouchDB will use only one couchjs process for all the map functions in a single design doc. It uses a second couchjs for the reduce functions, and of course separate design docs get their own processes as well. In my experience simple view indexing was almost always limited by the Erlang VM, so parallelizing was premature. If you've got a modern SpiderMonkey and you're still CPU limited perhaps that's no longer the case. Can you remind us of the Couch and SM versions here? Adam > >> I've developed a (in my eyes) simple view. I have a wordlist which >> does >> not contain unique words. I want to store it in a view, with every >> word >> occurring once and ordered by random. Therefore I have a simple view >> function: >> >> function(doc){ >> emit([hash(doc.word), doc.word], null); >> } >> >> and a simple reduce: >> >> function(key, values, rereduce){ >> return true; >> } >> >> calling that view with group=true it does what I want. >> >> When storing plenty of words to the database, one of my two cpu >> cores is >> used completely by couchjs. >> >> Isn't the view built using two (or all) cpu cores? I thought >> (obviously >> I'm wrong) that it would be calculated in parallel and using a >> quadro-core (or more cores) would make storing faster. >> >> Is there a solution for that? Should I use another query-server? >> >> Regards >> Julian >>
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Back when I first started making web pages, I thought of HTML tags as a way to get pictures, text, sound and input boxes to display on a web browser. Back then I would pride myself on my extensive use of the <table> tag to design an entire website. I could open up PhotoShop and slice my giant JPEG of a site into dozens of smaller images and then spend a couple of hours making my <table>'s, <tr>'s and <td>'s. Looking back at the aweful code and even worse coding standards that I used to follow is like looking back at MC Hammer's parachute pants and wondering why we ever thought that was cool.
Now, several years later, I have come to appreciate that everything has it's proper place. HTML tags should be used for describing your CONTENT only, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) should be used for designing the VISUAL aspect of your website including your layout, and MC Hammer's pants shouldn't be used at all.
Many people will try to argue that designing a website with PURE CSS is imposible, and that you have to lean on nasty markup to achieve a "real" website. They will even argue that they have 'tried for hours, bashing their heads against the wall, but then they had to go back to <table>s for design.' So basically the argument that they are trying to pose is that they have failed, and so you shouldn't even try. That is rediculous as it is a lot easier to do things the right way by using clean markup to describe your content, and CSS to design your site.
Before tackling an entire website, I want to show you how easy it is to display a "list" of content the way you actually want it to look. You might not realize it, but your website's navigation is really a list of links. Lets use the <ul> tag to make our navigation list. Then we will style it with some simple CSS and you'll be amazed at the clean but awesome results. So lets start with the HTML. Create a new HTML document on your desktop and enter this as it's contents:
If you look at that HTML document in your browser, you will see a plain bulleted list of links going one after another. This is really what your navigation is, a simple list of links. So now that we have defined our content using HTML tags, let's style it with some quick CSS.
That's enough to see a complete change. What used to look like a bulleted list that took up 4 lines has turned into a full top navigation bar with just a little styling. And while that might not look like the most impressive thing in the world, keep in mind that the navigation section in this site is done by using a <ul> as well. There are several great examples of sites out there that use semantic markup and you may not even know it.
A great tool to use is the IE7 Developer Toolbar or the FireFox Developer Toolbar. You can use either one of them to "Disable - CSS" on a website that you are looking at. What this will do is it will degrade the website to it's raw HTML markup, and you'll be able to see it as it looks to an audio browser (or to the Google bot for that matter). If the site pretty much doesn't change (in structure at least) then you know that they are using nasty un-semantic markup. If it collapses into a long word document basically, then you know they are using PURE CSS.
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OTTAWA -- The government is taking a new tack that could end the politically toxic debate over three disgraced Conservative senators -- just in time for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's crucial speech to party faithful Friday.
The procedural manoeuvre may also have the added political benefit of papering over the rift that's erupted in Conservative ranks over the proposed suspensions of the trio, making it tougher for Tory senators to vote against the government.
It was unveiled Wednesday, moments after Senate Speaker Noel Kinsella ruled out of order the government's attempt to limit debate on three separate motions to suspend without pay, Sens. Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau.
The motions had been introduced two weeks ago by government Senate leader Claude Carignan as non-government business. Debate has been punctuated by two explosive interventions from Duffy, who accused the Prime Minister's Office of orchestrating a secret deal to reimburse his allegedly invalid expense claims and coaching him to lie about it.
Kinsella ruled Wednesday that closure can only be imposed on debate over government business.
Carignan immediately served notice he'll replace the three non-government motions with a single government motion to suspend the trio. The new motion softens the proposed sanctions somewhat: The three would still be stripped of their paycheques, Senate resources and privileges but would be allowed to retain their Senate life insurance, prescription drug and dental benefits.
Carignan's office would not comment on its anticipated timetable for the new motion. Carignan said a vote could come as early as today while some Conservative senators said they don't expect a vote before next week.
But Liberal senators had little doubt the PMO is pulling the strings to ensure the long, damaging debate is over by the time Harper is to give the keynote speech Friday evening at his party's convention. As government business, Carignan could introduce a closure motion today after brief debate on the new motion, Liberal Senate officials said. The closure motion would require six hours of debate on Friday, after which a vote could be called that afternoon.
The problem with Carignan's original approach arose when the debate didn't proceed fast enough to suit Harper's political agenda, asserted Liberal Sen. David Smith. "Everybody wasn't just saying, 'Hail Mary,' and moving with holy haste so Harper could nail the lid on three motions with great big spikes before Calgary."
Carignan said the vote will be a "totally free vote" for Tory senators. But Sen. Hugh Segal, who has led the dissident Tory charge against the suspensions, said the fact they are now a matter of government business will make it harder for him to vote his conscience: "I have to assess what I'm going to do... As a general principle, I've never voted against a government motion."
While he lauded the government's willingness to let the three senators keep some benefits as a "touch of humanity," Segal said it doesn't change his belief the proposed suspensions amount to sentencing the trio before they're charged, given a fair trial or convicted of any wrongdoing.
Manitoba Sen. Don Plett, a former Tory party president who has also spoken out against the suspensions, marched past reporters. "Well, I've had happier weeks," he said through gritted teeth.
Later, Plett said his views on the proposed suspensions have changed "somewhat" now that they are part of a government motion.
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We all know there's no offseason in baseball. We go from the playoffs to the winter meetings to spring training, and in between there's all the Hot Stove chatter. For me, the inevitability of the baseball season hit when the Colts ran the interception in for a touchdown.
It's been an interesting offseason for the Mets, mostly because they didn't acquire a big name starter and will fill from within.
Of all their offseason moves, outside of re-signing Tom Glavine, the acquisition of Burgos just might have the potential of creating the most impact because of the Mets' reliance on their bullpen.


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Paintings by Allison Cortson. Los Angeles.
truly beautiful pieces of art
the 4th pic down of guy eating chips, is a pic taken in the late Forrest J Ackermans kitchen.
- thais
incredible! great work!
BOOOOOOOM yeah! amazing workmanship.
- Jet
very unique can you say gaazunheit? lol
- Keep
I like these a lot!
amazing works, i like them 500 points.
+2 points for the 5th one down.. extra amazing
- skyler
you should mention how they are made with dust!
i wasn't exactly sure what that meant when i read it, i guess she uses the dust and seals it and then paints over? maybe she can clarify!
- Victoria
alison- thanks for sharing your work. Love the large scale and chiaroscuro of your pieces. Where did you learn to disegnare/"draw". Che bellezza!
The backgrounds of these paintings are made from the dust of the subject's home. It's literally glued onto the canvas and sealed with a fixative. I add more dust with acrylic medium to create the shadows. http://www.allisoncortson.com Thanks!
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Head Talk - 2010
Debra Fritts will lead this three day exploration of the human head. Participants will learn to combine coil, slab, and modeling techniques to construct and refine the head. Debra will share her ways of telling stories with clay, expressing the mysteries and joys of life's necessities.
The workshop will also address detailed measurements for correct placement of facial features. Participants will learn to convey emotion and information by adding, subtracting, and pushing from the interior of the form. After basic construction, Debra will guide the class in personalizing the head by using incised lines, carving, and found object impressions. Participants will explore ways to use symbols or narrative elements, including attachments, carving, and painted sections.
Debra will demonstrate how she approaches color on clay as a painter, working with a palette of slips, underglazes, dry clays, and oxides. The workshop will go beyond the technical skills presented, and address the search for the spiritual core of the sculpture which gives it a voice with which to speak.
Class size 18.
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Debra Fritts is a studio artist working in Roswell, Georgia. She received her undergraduate degree in Art Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and continued graduate studies in ceramic sculpture, painting and printmaking. Debra currently teaches sculpture classes and handbuilding classes at Art Center West in Roswell and conducts master classes and workshops nationally.
Debra enjoys national recognition for her work in ceramic sculpture through invitational exhibitions and awards, museum exhibitions, gallery representation, private collections, and publications. Her sculptures were including in "Form and Imagination" Women Ceramic Sculptors at American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California and at SOFA Chicago and New York regularly. Debra is currently represented by Ferrin Gallery, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Blue Spiral Gallery and the Lowe Gallery. Her sculpture is handbuilt and multiple fired with a painterly glazed surface. The work is autobiographical - a continuous story of life and daily living.
Debra Fritts Artist Statement
As time and experience embraces me as a sculptor in clay, I feel free of art trends and fashionable art. My expression is basic yet intrigues me daily to continue this exploration of clay and the female figure. Working intuitively from pounds of wet clay, ideas develop and stories appear. These stories dwell on the mysteries and joys of life's necessities. The search continues until I reach the core: the spiritual level of the sculpture. Then the work can speak. Sometimes combining found objects with the sculpture enhance the visual composition and gives a reference to the past. Each sculpture is hand built, mainly using thick coils, and fired three to seven times depending on the color and surface I am trying to achieve. I approach the color on the clay as a painter. My palette is a combination of oxides, slips, underglazes, and glazes. I mix, I paint, I fire, and I never know exactly the end results.


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Using Command's HoloCheck technology, Command AntiVirus for Lotus Notes can transparently intercept all calls to the OS, providing a high level of security without being obtrusive.
"If the product is installed, and the user is very aware of its interference in opening files, then the user will be more likely to disable it," according to Mary Landesman, marketing communications manager at Command Software.
"McAfee [Corporation] has heuristic scanning, but disables it by default," she said. "So most people who install it won't realize that they have heuristic scanning, but even enabled it would not have protected against the Melissa virus."
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This version of the software is only compatible with Windows NT 4.x, but Landesman hinted that versions for Linux and Macintosh might not be far off.
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Via William Connolley I find another attempt to claim that there is no consensus in the scientific literature:
In 2004, history professor Naomi Oreskes performed a survey of research papers on climate change. Examining peer-reviewed papers published on the ISI Web of Science database from 1993 to 2003, she found a majority supported the "consensus view," defined as humans were having at least some effect on global climate change. Oreskes' work has been repeatedly cited, but as some of its data is now nearly 15 years old, its conclusions are becoming somewhat dated.
Medical researcher Dr. Klaus-Martin Schulte recently updated this research. Using the same database and search terms as Oreskes, he examined all papers published from 2004 to February 2007. The results have been submitted to the journal Energy and Environment, of which DailyTech has obtained a pre-publication copy. The figures are surprising.
Of 528 total papers on climate change, only 38 (7%) gave an explicit endorsement of the consensus. If one considers "implicit" endorsement (accepting the consensus without explicit statement), the figure rises to 45%. However, while only 32 papers (6%) reject the consensus outright, the largest category (48%) are neutral papers, refusing to either accept or reject the hypothesis. This is no "consensus."
This seems likely to be a rerun of Benny Peiser's effort. (Peiser said that 34 of Oreskes' abstracts rejected the consensus. Eventually he downgraded the number to just one. I've sent off an email to see if I can get a copy of the paper, but in the mean time we can check some stuff.
Searching for "global climate change" in the Web of Science and restricting the search to "Papers" and "since 2004" gave me 576 results. A bit more than Schultz, but some were published after Feb 2007. I've put all the results on the web here. Christopher Monckton has posted seven of the papers that Schultz reckons explicitly reject the consensus. You'd think that those would the best seven, so I looked at them. He does better than Pieser, because three of them really so reject the consensus.
Cao just says that there are uncertainties in our understanding of the carbon cycle. Leiserowitz just studied public opnion of the risks of climate change. Moser was not one of the 576 papers. Lai et al ends up implicitly endorsing the consensus by suggesting that reducing CO2 emissions will reduce global warming.
The three that do reject the consensus are Gerhard, which was published in the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin; Shaviv arguing for cosmic rays, which doesn't explain how they could make a difference over the past 50 years when the cosmic rayflux hasn't changed over that period; and Zhen-Shan and Xian, which is just a rubbish paper that should not have been published. (What is the next number in this sequence? 60. Their answer is 60.)
Anyway, feel free to pick a month or a year at random and classify some abstracts. Just post a comment something like this:
July 2007
endorseex: 123 126
endorseimp: 156
rejectex: 234
rejectimp: 678
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I talk about the progress of the Integrated Marketing Communications initiative, the HKSI 15th Anniversary, and Social Media.
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As part of the new strategic plan, the HKSI is now working on an Integrated Marketing & Communication (IMC) project that includes a rebranding exercise...