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By By Andrew Drwiega | December 1, 2011
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This is a landmark year for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in that it is celebrating 70 years of conducting search and rescue (SAR) operations over land and sea around the UK (1941–2011). Disappointingly, it is also facing up to the potential end of its involvement in this activity.
Although the Soteria Consortium (comprised of CHC Helicopter, Thales UK and the Royal Bank of Scotland) had been selected at the end of 2010 to take over the SAR-Helicopter (SAR-H) contract under a private finance initiative (PFI), the British Government was left with no alternative but to overturn the appointment when it was discovered that a CHC employee had received sensitive information from a military source during the bid process.
The result of this decision has been to create a dilemma regarding the future of the SAR Force. With the SAR-H contract now presumably needing to be re-bid, the short-term continuation of the Sea King fleet in terms of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) also needs to be revisited as out-of-service dates had been set around 2017. This has a knock-on effect in terms of the entire Ministry of Defence Sea King fleet, as the type is also in operated with the Royal Marine Commando Helicopter Force (CHF), which was supposed to exchange its Sea Kings for RAF AgustaWestland AW101 Merlins. These in turn had been freed up when the decision was made this summer to buy another 14 CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Boeing to expand the RAF's support helicopter capability. Maintaining a small number of Sea Kings for the SAR Force would present the MoD with an expensive bill, not what it needs at a time when defense budgets are being slashed with frightening regularity as the government tries to handle the budget deficit it inherited from the previous Labor administration.
The most immediate need has been for the Department for Transport (DfT) to create something of an emergency contract for the continuity of the Maritime Coastguard Agency's (MCA) helicopters, as its contract with CHC Helicopters expires in 2012—a date deliberately timed so that the RAF, Royal Navy and MCA fleets could all be wound-down at the same time as the PFI contract took over and new Sikorsky S-92 aircraft came into service. This Gap SAR Helicopter Service contract was put out for tender in July (the S-92 fleet is earmarked to be transferred to the Republic of Ireland) and is planned to run for six years (with a one-year extension option). The four bidders for this Gap SAR contract are Bond Offshore, Bristow, CHC Helicopter and lesser-known Ipod Consortium (comprised of Era Helicopters and British International). As the bid deadline was early October, the submissions have been under consideration by the DfT and an announcement is expected by mid-January 2012. Bidders could elect to provide a service for the southern bases—Lee-on-Solent and Portland—or the northern bases at Isle of Lewis and the Shetland Islands, or both north and south. The total value of the contract for the total coverage area is estimated by the DfT at around £200-£250 million ($315-393 million).
Away from this confusion, the annual RAF SAR conference, held at the SAR headquarters, RAF Valley, Anglesey, went ahead as planned in early October 2011. Group Capt. Frazer Nicholson, the current SAR Force Commander, hosted the event and was eager to pay tribute to all who had gone before. The conference was told that in its history, SAR personnel had been awarded six George Medals (usually a civil award for "great acts of bravery," but one that can also be granted to military personal for similar acts that were performed when not in the face of an enemy. Up to 1993 (when it was discontinued), SAR personnel also received 51 Air Force medals in recognition of their bravery.
Speakers this year represented a diverse range of organizations. Gary Parsons of the Morecombe Bay Search and Rescue spoke about operating hovercraft out in the bay, where in 2004, 21 Chinese cockle pickers were drowned by the rapidly incoming tide. The volunteer search and rescue unit serves the bay, located on the shoreline of northwest England. Its tides are notorious, and to increase the organization's ability to perform rescues it has just bought airboats from the U.S. (more akin to powering tourists around sites such as the Everglades in Florida), but in this case excellent for going out into the bay over saturated sand/quicksand.
In addition to other speakers that included Ian Rideout, Operations Director, British Red Cross in Northern Scotland, Warrant Officer Karl Wightman from the UK's Defence SERE Training Organization, and Jean-Charles Cornillou, technical expert from the French Ministry of Transport, who outlined the country's SAR operations, taking into account France's diverse overseas territories including La Reunion and New Caledonia in the Pacific, as well as French Guyana and French Polynesia.
Commander Bill Sasser with the U.S. Coast Guard addressed the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina (and subsequently Hurricane Rita), the twin storm systems that caused so much damage and flooding to large parts of New Orleans and the neighboring southern coast areas. This area was around 90,000 square miles with storm surge destruction recorded up to 12 miles inland.
One of the main problems during the rescue effort was: "Where do you take people you have just rescued in an area devastated on such a scale?" The nearest unaffected cities were around 70 miles away so immediate safe haven areas were classed as lily pads—freeway bridges, higher areas of dry land—somewhere that would be a little safer and could be massed ready for the next stage (whenever that came). He said that the difference between the Coast Guard aircraft—some of which returned back to station immediately on the tail of the storm after flying out of its path—and 'Big Army' aircraft that flew in later, was the number of crews. USCG had several crews per aircraft that could be rotated whereas the Army aircraft flew in with one crew. When they reached the end of their flying time and needed some rest, the aircraft went down as well until they were rested and ready to go again.
Other problems included the need to de-conflict aircraft from different organizations; the different communications systems between the various rescue agencies; and sometimes a lack of mutual understanding and cultural differences in how to manage tasks and define success.
Sgt. Chris Bradshaw, a member of 202 Squadron, gave a gritty description of his four-month tour in Afghanistan earlier this year (March to July). Bradshaw, a SAR crewman, joined the standing CH-47 Chinook's Immediate Response Team based out of Camp Bastion in Helmand Province as a paramedical with the onboard Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT). This is a four-person medical unit that is despatched with every IRT call and comprises a doctor, nurse and two paramedics. Basically, having a Chinook fully equipped to cope with casualties as soon as it lands cuts down the Golden Hour waiting time for badly injured troops. The medically equipped Chinook means that badly wounded soldiers can be anesthetized and stabilized with blood and plasma as soon as the aircraft lands. He also praised the small party of RAF Force Protection soldiers that fly on every mission to protect the medical team: "They really got stuck in every time," said Bradshaw, adding that they also got "hands-on in the aircraft helping us to save lives."
Bradshaw also praised the ever-present AH-64D Apache escort that always accompanies each IRT Chinook mission. Usually two aircraft, he described the Apache as "eyes-on all the time and absolutely awesome in support." Its only drawback was the extra time needed to get airborne due to the complexity of the aircraft and its systems, and its lack of pace compared to the Chinook.
But in the current British Area of Operations, which has shrunk over recent years, most casualties can be reached in little over 10 minutes flying time. Bradshaw undertook five different pre-deployment courses before going to Afghanistan which, he said, included everything from home to deal with battlefield trauma to how to operate on a helicopter, and the obvious SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) course.
A number of presentations were made to SAR Force personnel at the end of the conference. Master Aircrew Chris Bodium received a clasp to his Long Service and Good Conduct (LSGC) medal. The clasp is only received 15 years after the award of the LSGC. Bodium spent the first few years of his career on Nimrod Maritime Patrol aircraft of 201 Squadron flying a total of 2,200 hours. In 1988 he moved over to SAR operating on the Wessex Mk2 helicopter before exchanging that for a Sea King. During his career he has taught all aspects of SAR. Flight Lt. Mike Castle, a qualified helicopter instructor, also received a Commander in Chief Commendation among others who were mentioned.


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Amy Poehler has been a comedian of note for some time now — it's already 11 years since she joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (and three and change since she left it), and before that there was "The Upright Citizens Brigade" on Comedy Central and appearances as Andy Richter's little sister, in braces and pigtails, on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien."
But this was the year that Leslie Knope, the character Poehler plays on NBC's "Parks and Recreation," was elected to the City Council in her beloved underdog town of Pawnee, Ind.; got engaged to boyfriend Ben (Adam Scott); and found herself face to face with her crush, Vice President Joe Biden, ably played by Vice President Joe Biden. And week after week, Poehler would take Leslie (and Leslie would take Poehler) somewhere more deep and complex than the farcical nature of her irony-age sitcom would suggest was necessary, and week after week I would find myself whistling in appreciation.
In a year when an actual national election carved a hot burning trench through the media, unleashing its quadrennial storm of partisan pundits, who seem more unreliable with every news cycle, politics has been heavily present in fictional television as well: "Political Animals," "Scandal," "The Newsroom," the upcoming "1600 Penn" — even Nashville has a political plotline. Armando Iannucci's funny "Veep," a cynical, ironic comedy about impotence-in-office, with the great Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the American vice president — it is not on my "top" list only because I'm mentioning it here — is "Parks & Rec" in negative.
But Leslie may be the least cynical character on television, so open and caring and full of hope that she is deaf to irony. A Frank Capra heroine set down in a Preston Sturges movie as remade by Christopher Guest, she believes in the power and necessity of government. (She worships Hillary Rodham Clinton but is herself more reminiscent of sparky former Michigan governor and current Current TV host Jennifer Granholm, whose out-of-prime-time barn-burner of a speech was a highlight of the summer's Democratic National Convention.) She stands for anyone who believes that it is possible in this world to Get Things Done.
You see a lot of emoting on television, much more than you see emotion. It's true that there's no lack of excitement, frustration, rage, desire, shame and triumph on display there, but the depiction of simple, overwhelming happiness or sadness is relatively rare. (It seems unfashionable, almost, or unseemly.)
But Leslie feels everything; when it comes to raw nerves there is only Claire Danes' Carrie Mathison, on "Homeland," to match her. When you go to Hulu to watch an episode of "Parks & Rec," the page before the video starts shows her in tears.
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The top scorer on MWC's soccer team during a time when the Eagles became a national power, David still owns the school record for goals in a season (20). He was the primary goal scorer for three NCAA Tournament teams (1987-89), and was named all-region and all-state during his career. David served as a tri-captain for his senior season, and still ranks second in school history in season points scored.
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Sony Set The Stage For a Strong Year for the PS4
"With the success of PS4 - the number one next generation platform globally - and the announcements we made tonight around exciting new content, platforms and services, PlayStation is delivering unique and powerful entertainment experiences that speak to the hearts and minds of gamers," said Shawn Layden, president and CEO of SCEA. "PlayStation offers something for everyone, whether you want to lose yourself in a massive virtual world with tons of social interaction like Destiny or you're looking for a more intimate, unique experience offering plenty of challenge like Entwined. Our unwavering commitment to gamers will ensure that PlayStation will always be where the greatest play happens."
PlayStation 4
Sony sais that since the launch of PS4 in in November, it has sold more than 7 million units sold worldwide. New game titles include "The Order:1886;" "Bloodbourne," a new IP from game director, Hidetaka Miyazaki; "Little Big Planet 3;" "inFAMOUS First Light;" and "Entwined," a new IP from Pixelopus. "Entwined" was immediately made available for PS4 via PlayStation Store for $9.99. "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End" and "The Last of Us Remastered," by Naughty Dog, rounded out the press conference demonstrations from SCE Worldwide Studios.
SCEA also debuted "Far Cry 4," which was demonstrated live for the first time in co-op mode. PlayStation gamers who buy Far Cry 4 at launch this November on either PlayStation 3 (PS3) or PS4 can invite some of their PSN friends to play with them even if they don't own the game. In addition, SCEA announced that starting this Thursday and lasting through the weekend, PS4 owners around the world will get a chance to play the "Destiny First Look Alpha" by visiting www.greatnessawaits.com/Destiny. PlayStation gamers will also get their hands on the Destiny Beta first, starting July 17. The Destiny experience on PlayStation features exclusive in-game content for PS4 and PS3, including weapons, armor sets, ships, an entire strike and multiplayer map.
At the press conference, first gameplay of key franchises "Dead Island 2" and "Mortal Kombat X" were unveiled, along with a new partnership with Disney Infinity that includes an exclusive "Disney Infinity 2" collector's edition for PS3 and PS4 where the "Incredible Hulk" will only be available at launch on PlayStation. Other partnerships announced include "Grim Fandango" remastered exclusively for both PS4 and PlayStation Vita (PS Vita), "Let it Die" exclusively for PS4 by creator Suda 51, the console debut of Giant Squid Studios' "Abzu" on PS4, and a demo of "No Man's Sky" by Hello Games that will launch first on consoles on PS4. A new trailer from "Battlefield: Hardline" showcased the console exclusive Beta that's now live on PS4. Partnerships with both Devolver Digital and Paradox Interactive revealed the exclusive console debuts of franchises like "Broforce," "Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number," "Not a Hero," "Titan Souls, The Talos Principle," and the sequel to the "Magicka 2." Another key announcement featured "Grand Theft Auto V" coming to PS4 with the ability to transfer progress from Xbox 360 and PS3 directly to PS4.
Grand Theft Auto V will take full advantage of the power of PS4 with across-the-board graphical and technical improvements, such as increased draw distances, finer texture details, denser traffic, and enhanced resolutions.
Game world enhancements include new wildlife, upgraded weather and damage effects, and an array of new details to discover.
The new generation upgrades also extend to Grand Theft Auto Online, as gamers will compete with each other in terms of "criminal" ranks, cash, properties, vehicles, compete in traditional competitive modes, or create their own content to play and share with the Grand Theft Auto community.
In addition, the current community of PS3 players, and Xbox 360 players will have the ability to transfer their Grand Theft Auto Online characters and progression to the PS4 game.
"Batman: Arkham Knight" from Rocksteady helped close the press conference with a breathtaking gameplay demo and an introduction to the "Scarecrow Nightmare Missions" that will only be available on PlayStation.
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Brian Michael Bendis, executive producer of "Powers" unveiled on stage the first details of the PlayStation original content series, which will be available in the United States this December with every PSN user in the United States receiving the first episode for free. The entire series will be available for free to all U.S. PlayStation Plus members.
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SCEA also announced PS TV for the North American market, an entertainment system that will enable users to enjoy a variety of PlayStation game content on their TV at home. At a suggested retail value of $99 for the standalone system, players will be able to download select PS Vita games PSP games and PlayStation games from PS One classic through PlayStation Store, stream select PS3 games to the device via PS Now, and play PS4 games from a PS4 system in their home over local Wi-Fi through Remote Play. Select PS Vita games will also be playable on PS TV via PS Vita cards. PS TV also offers entertainment content, with movies, TV shows, and music available to buy, rent, or stream from PlayStation Store. This small device, with dimensions of approximately 2.5 in. x 4.1 in., fits next to living room TVs, while also being portable enough to let gamers move it easily to other TVs in their home.
SCEA also announced new details about PS Now, SCE's streaming game service that leverages cloud-based technology, which will become available in the continental United States and parts of Canada this summer. Starting July 31, SCEA will introduce an open beta where gamers located in supported areas will be able to rent over a hundred PS3 titles. During the open beta SCEA will test multiple pricing tiers and rental durations, from short periods to a month or longer, allowing users to play a game at their own individual pace.
Sony laucnhed a new slimmer model of PS Vita in May. More than 1,000 games are currently available from PS Vita native games to classic titles from other PlayStation platforms. This year, more than 100 games are anticipated to be released, including "Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number," "Tales of Hearts R," "Minecraft," "Helldivers," "Hohokum," and "Guns Up!," a free to play side-scroller action strategy title. Gamers who own both PS Vita and PS4 also benefit from a library of PS4 titles, nearly all of which can be streamed to their portable system via Remote Play. Later this year PS Vita will receive PS Now compatibility, bringing full-streamed PS3 titles to the portable platform.
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- "Destiny Limited Edition Glacier" White PS4 Bundle, available on September 9 for $449.99 MSRP, includes a 500GB white PS4 chassis, Activision and Bungie's "Destiny " and a 30-day memberships to PlayStationPlus.
- Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes PlayStation 3 12GB bundle, available this Fall for $249 (SRP), includes PlayStation 3 System 12GB, DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller, Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes for PlayStation 3 Avengers-Themed Play Set, Two Power Discs, Infinity Base, Thor Figurine, Iron Man Figurine, Black Widow Figurine.
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The Great Famine - Genocide in Soviet Ukraine
The Genocide of German Ethnic Minorities in Russia And The Soviet Union (including Ukraine), 1915-1949 -- And Beyond (Der Genozid An Russlanddeutschen 1915-1949), by Samuel D. Sinner, Ph.D., Germans from Russia (including Ukraine) Heritage Collection North Dakota State University Libraries Fargo, North Dakota, 353 pages, 2000, hardcover and softcover (English and German languages)
Information taken from the ArtUkraine.com website: http://www.artukraine.com/famineart/openwound.htm
Short excerpts from the book "The Open Wound"
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I would like to dedicate this book to my relative Peter Sinner (Petr Ivanovich Zinner), Saratov and Leningrad professor, poet, and early 1930's Stalin victim, as well as to my late father's uncle and aunt Joshua and Pauline Davidian, whose Armenian people lost an even greater percentage to genocide than did the Russian (ed: including Ukraine) Germans. Indeed, I have borrowed the phrase "The Open Wound" from an Armenian author, Robina Peroomian, describing her nation's holocaust.
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The Age of the Great Massacres, 1917-1921
After the Bolshevik Revolution of October 25, 1917, the ethic Germans of the former Tsarist empire (Russia and Ukraine) were immediately confronted by an organized campaign of terror. The best documented reports detailing the atrocities committed against these various groups of Germanic heritage cover the Volga, Ukrainian, and North Caucasus regions...........(page 15)
...........The eruption of massacres manifested itself in a combination
of small and large killing operations involving, among other cruelties,
the mass rape of the elderly, women and children, mass drownings,
prolonged torture sessions, mutilations, hacking up of bodies, mass
shootings of
hundreds, even thousands in a single action, the holocaust of entire villages---including the burning of all inhabitants and building structures, and the complete robbery of entire villages in the name of "requisition" and extermination of the "German kulaks, big farmers and counter-revolutionaries." (page 15)
"Better to die fighting than to starve slowly to death," was a common cry of the Russian Germans as they armed themselves with shovels and rakes. (Page 16) ...........
The argument is often made, even by some Russian-German authors, that the Germans, especially in Ukraine, were targeted solely for economic reasons, namely on account of their extensive land holdings. This overlooks the fact, however, that to label an entire ethnic group as "rich" or as "kulaks" is in itself a racial slur. For instance, Nestor Ivanovich Makhno, the Ukrainian anarchist from Gulyai Poyle, who wrecked more havoc in the German villages than any other single individual, was, according to Ingeborg Fleischhauer, from childhood on an "embittered hater of Germans." (page 16)
Fleischhauer remarks that as a child, he had worked as a shepherd for wealthy Germans in the Yekaterinoslav region, noting that it was at that time his hatred for and envy of the Germans and their land holdings began. After being in independent anarchist, Makhno joined forces with the Red Army in the first months of 1919. He and his followers were strongly nationalist oriented. Johannes Philipps writes concerning his activities: "No population in Ukraine suffered as much under them as did the Germans......What they couldn't take with them, they destroyed." Those who resisted ".....were harassed, beaten, and not seldom, the male head of the household was shot. Women were raped repeatedly." Johannes Schleuning writes, "Makhno went through the land wreaking vengenance on the Germans." (page 16-17)
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Enforced Starvation, 1920-1925
...................Indeed, in order to stress the terror of the famine of 1932-1933, some authors claim that nature was responsible for the 1921 famine. In the light of available evidence, however, this argument is untenable. Thus, Donald Raleigh correctly criticizes V. V. Kondrashin for naively emphasizing failed harvest and droughts as the main causes of the 1921 famine. Any arguments for an unqualified exclusiveness with regard to the "man-made" famine of 1932-1933, be it in Ukraine or in the Volga-German ASSR, are shown to be untenable in light of the above testimonies stemming from an entire decade earlier. (page 40)
The requisition of 1917-1921 also gave rise to a crisis threatening the very existence of the Ukrainian-German villages. In Kandel, 450 were starved to death. In GroBliebental, 16 to 20 died every day and were buried in mass graves. In Franzfeld, 45 perished from starvation. Another 151 died in Josephtal. In Landua, over 350 died from starvation.
During this mass starvation, approximately 10,000 Volga-German children were forcibly taken from their parents and transferred to Slavic families in Ukraine. The parents were told that conditions were better in "brotreich" Ukraine. The government was fully aware, however, that conditions were even worse in some areas in Ukraine than in the Volga region. (Page 40)
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Starvation, Deportation, Execution, 1930-1939
The loss of human life during collectivization again in the late 1930's was not caused solely by starvation. Mass executions and deporatations also claimed the lives of thousands of German village inhabitants......... (page 64)
The exact number of the Russian Germans (Russia and Ukraine) who fell victim to the Stalinist "purges" still remains unknown. However, in 1991, an NKVD list of 1937-1938 executed citizens of Odessa was published. The list reveals that, whereas the ethnic Germans in the city represented only 8.3 percent of the population, they nevertheless constituted 28 percent of those shot........(page 64).
With regard to the deportations of the early 1930's, eyewitness reports substantiate Alexandr I. Solzhenitsyn's claim that the intent behind the kulak expulsions was murder. According to a letter from April 18, 1930: And everywere, when one asks about demanding their children back, the answer is received: "Just as you never got to see Nikolai II again, so those deported will never be returned to you." They proclaim openly: "We have sent the people out there so that they will die in misery."
A similiar report reads: "Soon it will be as a Communist told me: "You should die a wretched death! We can't kill you all, but you will all die a wretched death!" Therefore a planned extermination, a cold-blooded murder of many thousands." According to Russian historian Dmitri Volkogonov, around one-fourth of the deported kulaks died in the space of a few months, and an additional one-fourth within only a year. (page 65).......................
According to Richard Walth, 350,000 Russian Germans (in Russia and Ukraine) perished in the famine of 1932-1933. Heinz Ingehorst puts the figure at 300,000 for the entire collectivization period. Working independently of Ingehorst, the author of this essay, using the 1937 census and other Soviet materials as a data base with certain additional modifications, arrived at the same figure. The number of all Russian Germans in 1930, on the eve of the catastrophe, can be calculated at 1,390,000 to 1,400,000. Therefore between 1930 and the beginning of 1937, the Russian Germans lost approximately one-fourth of their entire population---one out of every four was exterminated through deliberate starvation, deportation, or shooting. (page 65)
On the collectivization famine in the Volga-German ASSR, Volga-
German professor Adolf Gersch writes, "The.....famine, which
had been knowingly prepared by the Soviet leadership and the Communist
Party, and which had as a consequence mortality on a massive scale
among the Volga-German population, was also a planned mass murder.
This statement is corroborated
by Khrushchev himself, who admitted the famine of 1933 was an act of "murder"on the part of the government. In 1990, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine confessed that the famine had been deliberately created by the Soviet leadership. Yet some historians still argue that the famine of 1933 should not be classified as murder. (page 65)
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The Historiography of the Genocide of Russian Germans A Critical and Interpretative Analysis
Enforced Starvation, 1920-1925
Regarding the 1920's enforced starvation, Matthias Hagin wrote in 1981 of how the Russian government blamed the famine deaths on draught, despite the fact that the government alone was responsible for the catastrophe. Under the heading, "The Destruction of a Class," Heinrich Roemmich wrote in 1958: "The famine of 1921 vividly showed the Communist leaders what the destruction of the propertied class and the violent carrying out of Socialism leads to. Stressing that the government's requisition policy was the main, if not sometimes the sole cause of starvation--especially in the Volga-German area--R. J. Rummel writes that in accordance with standard legal theory and definition, the deaths of the early 1920's should be labeled "murder." Professor Kohnstantin Emich writes of the "organized famines of 1921-1922," Professor W. R. Durow-Wasenmuller writes similarly: "The famine of 1921 was well planned and successfully carried out. The drought merely intensified the famine. Volga-German author Adolf Bersch states that the 1921 famine was "artificially prepared" by the Communist regime........(Page 102)
In much of the historiography on the 1932-1933 famine during Stalin's collectivization campaign, the starvation crisis is labeled "man-made," whereas the 1921 famine is often explained as the result of drought. Available evidence, however, demonstrates that the main cause of the 1921 famine among the Russian Germans was the requisition policy of the government, not the failure of crops or drought. Thus Donald J. Raleigh correctly criticizes the argument that the main causes of the 1921 famine were drought and bad crops. The historian Charles M. Edmondson holds that the repressive nature of both the Lenin and Stalin era famines is comparable. (Page 103)
Collectivization under Stalin
Aleksandr J. Solzhenitsyn writes that the kulaks were deported in the 1930's during collectivization "with murderous intent." Of all the Volga Germans exiled to Kazakhstan, he writes: "(B)y the spring of 1932 the children and the old had all died of dysentery and mal- nutrition." The extermination of the peasants during collectivization is prefaced by the statement, "Hitler was a mere disciple, but he had all the luck: his murder camps have made him famous, whereas no one has any interest in ours at all." (page 104)
Lyman Legters argued in 1984 that the extermination of the kulaks during collectivization, characterized as it was by an overrepresentation of national minorities, fits the definition of genocide as found in the United Nations Genocide Convention. (page 104)
Recently, the argument has been advanced chiefly by Stephen Wheatcroft that the 1933 famine was not an act of murder. The falsity of the argument is made clear by a confession to the contrary by Khrushchev himself, as well as by a 1990 admission from the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Communist Party....(page 104).
......In 1970, Johannes Schleuning wrote on collectivization and the Russian-Germans: "The German peasants recognized instinctively in these measures the complete hopelessness of their situation. They saw that it was planned with a view of their complete destruction as an ethic body, for everything that until then had been sacred to them, and which had constituted their was of life--family, faith, customs, possessions, individual freedom---they way everything doomed to destruction." (page 104)
Germans from Russia (including Ukraine) Heritage Collection Website http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc
"The Open Wound" A Book Review By J. Otto Pohl http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/order/general/sinnerreview.html
How to order the book "The Open Wound" by Samuel Sinner http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/order/general/sinner.html
How to order the book "We'll Meet Again In Heaven"..Germans In the Soviet Union Write Their American Relatives 1925-1937" by Ronald J. Vossler. Most of the letters are from the German Ukrainian villages in southern Ukraine http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/order/nd_sd/vossler2.html


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Draft revision of special publication reflects changes made to PIV specifications
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is revising guidelines for compliance testing of personal identity verification (PIV) applications and middleware to reflect changes in the specifications for PIV cards and access control systems.NIST has released a draft of Special Publication 800-85A-1, "PIV Card Application and Middleware Interface Test Guidelines," for public comment. The revisions include additional tests necessary to evaluate some of the optional features added to the PIV data model and card interface and PIV middleware as specified in SP 800-73-2, "Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification."Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 mandated adoption of interoperable, electronic ID cards for government employees and contractors to use to access IT systems and government facilities. Standards for the PIV card system are defined in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201, and technical specifications and implementation guidance are provided in a series of NIST special publications, including SP 800-73-2. That document specifies the PIV data model, command interface, client application programming interface and transitional interface standards for the government's interoperable PIV cards.The latest revision of SP 800-73 was released in September 2008 in four volumes that replaced the previous single document, which was published in 2006. The four volumes can be downloaded separately or in a single zipped file.The purpose of SP 800-85A-1 "is to provide test requirements and test assertions that could be used to validate the compliance/conformance of two PIV components — PIV middleware and PIV card application — with the specifications in NIST SP 800-73-2," the document states. "Because NIST SP 800-73-2 specifications were developed for meeting interoperability goals of FIPS 201, the conformance tests in this document provide the assurance that the set of PIV middleware and PIV card applications that have passed these tests are interoperable. This in turn facilitates marketing and procurement of FIPS 201-conformant products that meet the goals of HSPD-12."The publication contains guidelines for conformance testing for three classes of specifications contained in NIST SP 800-73-2:
The primary changes in this revision include:
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Psychology in Society
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versão impressa ISSN 1015-6046
Psychol. Soc. no.41 Durban Jan. 2011
Hopes, challenges, barriers and enabling factors: the complexities of being an impoverished young father
Catriona Macleod
Department of Psychology Rhodes University Grahamstown
Swartz, S & Bhana, A (2009) Teenage tata: Voices of young fathers in South Africa. Cape Town: HSRC Press. ISBN 978-007969-2287-8 pbk; ISBN 978-0-7969-2288-5 pdf download. Pages xiv + 121.
In this book, Swartz and Bhana foreground an underexplored topic in the area of adolescent sexual and reproduction health: teen-aged fathers. Given the recent interest by the Departments of Basic Education and Health in teen-aged pregnancies (see reviews by Panday et al [ 2009] , Department Health [ 2009] ), this is a timely book that highlights a number of important issues in relation to young men and fatherhood.
The book provides an in-depth view of a group of teen-aged fathers in two sites, one in KwaZulu-Natal and one in the Western Cape. Swartz and Bhana use a range of data collection techiniques, including interviews with young African and Coloured fathers, an interactive social mapping exercise with these young men, and social network interviews conducted by the young men. A debriefing and consultation workshop was conducted with participants in the Western Cape at the end of the process. The stated aims of the workshop include the young men providing support networks to each other, addressing any feelings of distress, with possible referral to appropriate support services, and providing the opportunity for participants to comment on the researchers' analysis. These aims are illustrative of the sensitive manner in which the researchers approached their research and their interaction with the participants. Disappointingly, however, the data obtained in the consultation workshop are not made central to the analysis.
In Part 1 (Chapters 1 and 2) Swartz and Bhana carefully describe the background to the study, the methodology, data collection and demographics of the participants. In Part 2 (entitled "The voices of young fathers") they provide an interesting and in-depth discussion of the results. Extended excerpts, which allow the stories told by these young men to come alive, are interspersed with analytical work that brings the main themes together. In Chapter 3, which deals with coming to terms with being a young father, they talk to how the young men understand responsibility in relation to fatherhood, their (the young men's) stated reasons for their early parenthood, and the impact of being a parent on their lives. Chapter 4 relates how young fathers understand what it means to be a good father and what it takes to be a good father, as well as fathering in the context of the young men's own fathers being absent. Chapter 5 traces influences, practices and relationships in the life of a young father, specifically the role of the young fathers' mothers, the young fathers' relationship with the child's mother and her family, and cultural practices that act as obstacles to involvement with their children. The last chapter in Part 2, Chapter 6, looks at the meaning of sexual health for these young men.
In the final part, Part 3, Swartz and Bhana draw their findings together, highlighting ten factors that either hinder or encourage sexual health amongst these young men as well as their participation in the fathering of their children. These ten factors, which I shall not repeat here, provide a useful overall picture of the work and highlight the central issues.
Despite the obvious strengths of the book in terms of providing a rich picture of the hopes and challenges, barriers and enabling factors reported by these young men, there are a few areas in which I was disappointed. Because only the teen-aged fathers are interviewed and involved in the other data collection techniques, the voices of the child's mother, the family of origin or extended family of the young fathers are absent. These were supposedly covered by the social network interviewing conducted by the young men. However, the data from these sources are not extensively used and the one that is featured indicates that these interviews, as least in my view, yielded rather poor data. The absence of voice beyond the young fathers has led, I think, to Swartz and Bhana providing a soft and sympathetic reading of these young men's actions. For example, they argue that "many use this adversity [ absent own father] as motivation for being intentionally present to their own children these young . fathers have not absented themselves from the lives of their children even if they are no longer romantically involved with the mother of their child" (p 54). Indeed, this may be true, but for this to be firm claim, I would have liked to have heard the child's mother's account of the father's involvement and/or some observational data of how the young man interacts with the child. Some triangulation of data may have introduced a nuancing of some of the claims made.
Swartz and Bhana state their theoretical framework upfront, this being "a qualitative voice-centred and interpretivist approach that used semi-structured phenomenological interviewing" and "an ecological framework" (p 7). This explication is useful; however, the embedding of these theories within the actual analysis was not always clear. In addition, given the rich work that has been done in the area of masculinities and gender studies in South Africa (and elsewhere), the lack of reference to this work is disappointing. I found myself thinking on a number of occasions that had this literature been made more central, the analysis would have been richer and more incisive. For example, the authors could have discussed the gendered implication of the term "spare wheel" (a term used by participants in the context of multiple concurrent partnerships: if your girlfriend breaks up with you, you have a "spare wheel"). In addition, although patriarchal arrangements are mentioned in passing, there could have been a more sustained analysis of patriarchal arrangements impacting on these men's lives.
The title of book is, possibly, misleading. As indicated, the authors wish to provide an "in-depth portrait of the experiences of impoverished young men in the South African context who became fathers as teenagers" (p ix). Perhaps, given this, the sub-title would more suitably be "voices of impoverished young fathers".
Despite these limitations, this is very useful book that should be read by students and lecturers in a range of disciplines, including public health, nursing, education, health psychology, medical sociology, and medical anthropology. It opens the window on an understudied area in adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and provides a range of excellent insights that should be considered in educational and health interventions with regard to young people who parent.
Panday, S, Makiwane, M, Ranchod, C & Letsoala, T (2009) Teenage pregnancy in South Africa: With a specific focus on school-going learners. Child, Youth, Family and Social Development, Human Sciences Research Council. Pretoria: Department of Education. [ Links ]
Department of Health (2009) Review of South African current research and interventions on teenage pregnancy. Pretoria: Department of Health/Rhodes University/World Health Organisation. [ Links ]


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Something is wacky with my Google Docs today. Skipping letters. Typing so s-l-o-w-l-y. Muy malo.
So I just got frustrated with the whole thing and decided to write tiny little book reviews. Please forgive me. I promise I will do better next time.
Rick Sammon's Field Guide to Digital Photography: Quick Lessons on Making Great Pictures
All the adjectives apply. Digital. Field. Quick. Great.
The Book of Awesome: Snow Days, Bakery Air, Finding Money in Your Pocket, and other Simple, Brilliant Things by Neil Pasricha
From the website. Pasricha names a few of his favorite things. Small moments.
Let's Bring Back: An Encyclopedia of Forgotten-Yet-Delightful, Chic, Useful, Curious, and Commendable Things from Times Gone by Lesley M. M. Blume
You know how people are always wishing they'd bring back hats? Lesley M. M. Blume has been thinking about the things she misses a LOT. Enough for an entire book.
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
The Corrections was a bleak novel about unhappy, unlikable people. So is Freedom. I was not in the mood for Freedom; I didn't think I was going to like it and I didn't. That doesn't mean it is not a good novel, possibly even a great novel. I just was not in the mood for a huge book filled with disfunctional people.*
Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun by Liza Bakewell
My family calls me "Madre." I was, consequently, eager to read this book, a book that centers on a single word, "madre." Imagine my horror, then, when I discovered in the very first chapter that this word is often a very, very ugly word in Mexico. Oh dear. Quite disconcerting. I'd envisioned a book of happy stories about "madres." I read on, nevertheless fascinated with Bakewell's stories about this word. (BTW, "Madre" does have some positive connotations. Sigh. Thank goodness.) If you love language, and especially if you love the Spanish language, you will enjoy this book.*
The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time by David L. Ulin
A long essay, really. Honestly, if you are taking the time to read this book, you are probably cheering for Ulin on every page, as he shares with us, those who live to read, all the glorious joys of reading. Sadly, I just don't see those who should be reading this book (you know who you are, you video game fiends, you tv addicts) saying to themselves, I will repudiate my Nintendo 64 and my tv and read a book about why books matter so I can vituperate myself about how I am squandering my life by spurning reading.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Loved this story told from the point of view of a young boy who must leave Berlin and go with his family to Poland when his father is assigned to run the camp at Auschwitz during WWII. Our naive main character befriends a boy who is startlingly like him (they even share the same birthday) except that this new friend is on the other side of the fence.
The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger
Graphic novel of a woman who discovers a bookmobile that appears sporatically and only at night and which contains all the books the woman has ever read.
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux
A very early Theroux (copyright 1975). I had not noticed Theroux's snarky tone until it was pointed out to me repeatedly by my fellow bloggers while I was reading this book. I like it, nevertheless.
How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O'Neal
No mistaking Ramona Gallagher' life for that of June Cleaver. Ramona got pregnant at fifteen, raised her daughter on her own, became estranged from her family over a business tiff....Okay, you get the picture. Now Ramona is all grownup and soon to be a grandmother herself, but the problems go on and on, much like the problems we face daily in our troubled world. All of the problems are ameliorated by the delightful smells of baking that permeate these pages. Just a nice little piece of chick lit. With recipes.
That's it for me for this week. I'm off to read the day away. What are you reading today?
*Thank you to the publishers who sent me these books.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Top Ten Book to Movie Adaptations
I usually don't like movies made from good books.
Good books. Bad movies.
But not always.
I like these.
Good books. Good movies.
The Princess Bride
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Grapes of Wrath
Gone With the Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lord of the Rings
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner)
Ordinary People
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Enchanted April
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!
Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
It's Sunday. I love Sunday. Not so much today.
I'm on overload, trying to talk myself off the ledge.
I've got a g-normous stack of books to review
(why do I finish books all at once?);
I've got scads to do to get ready
for the book fair tomorrow;
paint all over my fingernails from yesterday's attempt
to slap on a fresh coat on my son's former room,
an angst-y teen years' gray;
I have yeast rolls to make
for an after church dinner with my parents;
I'm terribly worried my Fancy Nancy clothes
for next week's Bring a Book Character to Life Night
are going to cause me to be renamed Fatty Nancy
after last night's meat gorging at Fogo de Chao;
and I really want to make it to church today. Whew.
Time to remind myself of all the Happiness Principles I have learned.
Breathe. Breathe again.
Good. That's better.
Now, one thing at a time.
Big stuff first.
And I guess that means
I have to save my book reviews for another day.
And my Sunday Salon blog visits.
Sigh. I'm off to the grocery store.
Hope you will stop in. I promise to visit back later in the week.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
One Book?
From the Blue Bookshelf,
the writing prompt for this Literary Blog Hop:
If you were going off to war
(or some other similarly horrific situation) and
could only take one book with you,
which literary book would you take and why?
Just one book?
It would have to be a horrific situation.
(I'm going to
imagine that this One Book
will be in addition to
my religious text and
a basic text that provides fundamental information
necessary for a person going to war.
Like how to operate a gun.)
Like how to operate a gun.)
What book, in other words,
would I happily read
over and over and over,
through gunfire and hunger and suffering?
A collection of poetry.
Some contenders:
Strong Measures.
Good Poems.
The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry.
How about you?
What one book would you choose?
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Top Ten Favorite Love Stories in Books
I'm a sucker for a good romance.
Here are some that I'd recommend,
along with a tiny bit from Amazon.
Never Change by Elizabeth Berg
'Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse.'
Eleanor & Abel by Annette Sanford
"When a storm tears a hole in Miss Eleanor Bannister's roof, the itinerant carpenter who volunteers to repair it is so capable and charming that he remodels Miss Eleanor's life. A retired schoolteacher in the town where she's always lived, Eleanor, at age sixty-nine, finds the sudden presence of Abel Brown in her life unnerving and unsettling --and after a time, irresistible."
Happenstance by Carol Shields
'This early Eighties chronicle of a marriage is actually two novels in one ("The Wife's Story" and "The Husband's Story") published in a back-to-back format. Over the period of one particularly eventful week, the husband and wife each experience midlife crises.'
The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers
"If you don't get the title's allusive pun (to Robbins's Goldberg Variations), you won't get far into this long, densely textured, multi-referential, and brilliant novel. It demands that a reader make connections between such diversities as the genetic code and musical notation, Flemish art and biological nomenclature, the logic of computer systems and the Dewey decimal classification, cartography and chemistry. Making such connections--deciphering the encrypted messages of our world--is the great single quest in this novel of multiple searches. There is a rudimentary plot: a pair of love stories, separated by 25 years, entwined one round the other, but the real story here, its great treasure hunt, is the search to break the code unlocking the secret of life."
The Monk Downstairs by Tim Farrington
The Monk Downstairs follows the beguiling romance between a jaded San Francisco graphic designer and a monk who flips burgers at McDonald's. Rebecca Martin is a 38-year-old single mom who has lost her faith in men; Mike is a disillusioned monk who's lost his faith in God. The two meet just after Mike leaves his monastery of 20 years and rents the downstairs apartment of Rebecca's house."
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
"Taking place on one summer day, when Maggie and Ira drive from Baltimore to Pennsylvania to a funeral, with an accidental detour involving an old black man they pass on the road and a side trip to see their former daughter-in-law and their seven-year-old grandchild, the novel reveals the basic incompatibility of their 28-year marriage and the love that binds them together nonetheless.'
Love is a Wild Assault by Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
"This brilliant novel tells the story of Harriet Potter--the dark-eyed pioneer woman who became a legend during the struggle for Texas independence and who played a dramatic role in the unfolding saga of the new republic."
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
'The Major epitomizes the Englishman with the "stiff upper lip," who clings to traditional values and has tried (in vain) to pass these along to his yuppie son, Roger. The embattled hero discovers an unexpected ally and source of consolation in his neighbor, the Pakistani shopkeeper Jasmina Ali.'
Step-Ball-Change by Jeanne Ray
"Caroline McSwain, a dance instructor in her 60s, is sitting down to dinner with her devoted husband, Tom, a public defender, when two phones ring simultaneously to interrupt their rare moment of privacy. Ten minutes later, her estranged, flighty sister, Taffy, newly separated from her husband, has decided to come from Atlanta for an extended visit, with her nasty terrier in tow. And the McSwains' only daughter, Kay, has just gotten engaged to Trey Bennet, a member of Raleigh's bluest-blooded family, but she still hasn't gotten over Jack, a charming district attorney."
The Dewey Decimal System of Love by Josephine Carr
"After 15 celibate years, librarian Ally Sheffield is in love, and the object of her newfound affections is gorgeous maestro Aleksi Kullio, the latest conductor of the Philadelphia Philharmonic. The choice of which man is really right for Ally may be obvious early on to some readers, but much of the pleasure in this wonderfully amusing novel comes from Carr's realistic depiction of the everyday pleasures and occasional downsides to working in a library; her wonderfully quirky, all too real characters; and her delightfully acerbic prose."
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
'Sloppy Firsts is an insightful, true-to-life look at Jessica's predicament as she embarks on another year of teenage torment--from the dark days of Hope's departure through her months as a type-A personality turned insomniac to her completely mixed-up feelings about Marcus Flutie, the intelligent and mysterious "Dreg" who works his way into her heart.'
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!
Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Indie Lit Awards Announced!
I love nonfiction.
(Don't misunderstand me; I love fiction, too. But I love nonfiction.)
I was happy this year, then, to serve on not one but
two nonfiction book judging panels.
One was for children's nonfiction picture books (Cybils) and
one panel was for adult nonfiction books (Indie Lit Award).
The Cybils finalists are here.
The Cybils Awards will be announced tomorrow.
The 2010 Short List for Non-Fiction
was selected earlier in the year:
■The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
■The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
■Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell
■Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
■At Home by Bill Bryson
And now...the envelope, please....
The winner of the Independent Literary Award for Non-Fiction for 2010 is...
What do you think? Did you read this title?
Do you have other nonfiction
favorites from 2010?
For a complete list of Indie Lit Award winners for 2010, visit the website.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Top Ten Characters I'd Name My Children After
1. My favorite.
Bet a lot of us would choose this one.
from To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Should I go with Aramis, Athos, or Porthos?
Or D'Artagnan?
from The Three Musketeers
3. Named after the book character,
not the movie character.
from William Steig's Shrek
4. What about naming a child
after a favorite elephant book character?
from Laurent de Brunhoff's Babar
5. Not her real name, surely,
but certainly a lovely one.
from Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl
6. My husband, with his penchant for the western,
would love either or these.
Gus or Call.
from Lonesome Dove
7. Bilbo?
Or Frodo?
from Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
8. Chrysanthemum.
from Kevin Henkes' Chrysanthemum
9. So many wonderful names
from Shakespeare...
from Shakespeare
10. Or, what about naming my child after an author?
There are some fantastic author names...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for example.
Or Halldor Laxness.
Haruki Murakami.
Khaled Hosseini...
I could go on and on....
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!
Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Blog Hop: Where in the World?
From this week's Literary Blog Hop,
Robyn asks: What setting (time or place)
from a book or story would you most like to visit?
I inherited some strange genetic combination
of both my father's love for travel with
my mother's deep desire to never leave her house.
Luckily for me, I have books.
And from my travels via books,
I've determined most that I really
don't want to be anywhere but here.
Here is my list of
places/times I would NOT want to visit:
The World is Not Enough by Zoe Oldenbourg
Life in the 12th century.
"It's an epic of multiple pregnancies, miscarriages,
births, diseases, wounds, deaths, infidelities,
debts, superstitions, treacheries, feuds, battles,
flea-ridden castles, mud, cold, mold,
damp, dust, heat, flies, mosquitoes, and
other assorted attractions of the good ol' days."
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Life in a future dystopia.
If you thought the past was
bad for women,
this picture of a future is worse.
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Tehran in the last century was not
a nice place for women.
Especially independent-minded women.
Nafisi established
a secret reading group for women in Tehran.
Here's a bit from my review:
"Nafisi's group faces bullets and beheadings,
yet the most awful horror is the day-to-day
slow death of the world of the imagination."
Shooting the Boh by Tracy Johnson
A middle-aged woman travels to Borneo.
A little from my review:
"...Gimme a second here (pant, pant)...
Let me...ugh...rip this leech off my leg...
Ouch!...Jeez...another beesting!...And...what?...
What the heck is that GROWING ON MY FEET???..."
I hope you did better than I did.
Have you found some lovely
places/times to visit via books?
My First Snow Day
School was cancelled today. We're under
a Severe Weather Alert. Usually this means,
for those of us who live along the balmy
Gulf coast of Texas, that a hurricane is approaching
Not today. Snow, we were told, was imminent.
We were under a Winter Storm Warning.
I eagerly checked outside
several times during the school day yesterday.
Took off my gloves. Studied the sky. Nada.
I woke up several times last night
and raced to the front porch.
A little rain. And the porch felt slippery,
like there might be ice.
But I was pretty disappointed
to see this when I checked again
at five this morning:
My regular green world.
A teeny-tiny bit of ice on the front porch.
It was enough for my husband to slip on it
this morning and fall down the concrete steps.
My bird bath. Frozen.
And that's it.
Snow-less. A snow-less Snow Day.
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My CentOS/RHEL system may have been hacked, I'm not sure. But I'm playing it safe by creating a new slice from scratch.
I've installed tripwire, but I'd also like to be emailed when anyone logs in. I don't want to wait for the daily logwatch report, I want an immediate email when anyone logs in. Preferably with their ip address too.
Similar to Send email alert on log file entry? but maybe someone has a technique for this specific issue.
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4-22-11 PNC Park, Rained Out
There was an 80% chance of rain forecast for today, and sure enough it rained all day long.
Being the first game of a homestand, Amy and I went to the game.
When we parked at 4:15, it was raining. When we got to the gate, it was still raining. We took cover under one of the overhangs.
It was still dreary and drizzling as 5pm approached,
and I took a few minutes to familiarize myself better with the Nationals pitchers in case any of them were out throwing or in the bullpen.
At about 4:53, we got into line, and everything looked normal. The ticket scanners and giveaway hander-outers were all in place.
However, 5PM rolled on by, and the supervisor was no where to be found to open the gates.
About 5 minutes later he appeared and said, "The game's cancelled. It'll be made up Monday at 7:05."
It wasn't a total wash though, I was able to trade in some tickets at the box office.
Also, rather than get no batting practice, now there is a chance to get an extra BP in for the Monday game, so it's not all bad.
The weather is looking pretty bad for Pittsburgh the next three days though. Hopefully Mother Nature cooperates.


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Heinz Dip and Squeeze Ketchup Now Available in Retail Stores
Novel Heinz Dip & Squeeze Ketchup was introduced to restaurants in March. Now Pittsburgh-based H.J. Heinz Co. moves the not-so-little packets from the drive-thru to the shopping cart in a retail 10-pack.
After the overwhelmingly positive consumer response to the product in restaurants across the country (more than 220 million packages have been shipped), families can now enjoy the portable, clean and convenient innovation at home or on-the-go. Whether it's bringing inspiration to school lunches, adding pizzazz to your lunch at work or spicing up family road trips, consumers can enjoy it anytime, anywhere.
Providing three times as much ketchup as the traditional packet, the innovative package gives consumers two ways to enjoy Heinz Ketchup: Peel back the label for easy dipping or tear off the top to squeeze it onto favorite foods.
"Consumer demand for this product has been tremendous, as there is a universal need for convenient, portable packaging," says Noel Geoffroy, vice president of Heinz Brands.
"We are thrilled to help consumers make it easier and more fun to dip or squeeze Heinz Ketchup no matter where they are."
This is the first time a Heinz Ketchup innovation developed for restaurants has made the transition to store shelves. Families today are living on-the-go lifestyles and are not always eating around the dinner table. Sometimes they go without ketchup because it's not convenient, but it is easy to keep one handy in a purse, glove compartment or backpack to be prepared the next time a ketchup craving strikes.
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I have such fond memories of making Spritz cookies as a child. My mom used to make it so much fun for my sister, Kelly, and I. She would press out all the cookies with the ancient metal cookie press and we would then get to decorate them. We used cut up maraschino cherries for the Scottie dog's collar, silver ball candies for the balls on the Christmas trees, sprinkles for the wreaths. Then we made sure to sample them as they came out of the oven. Oh, the memories. I wanted to start to pass along some of these traditions to my kids, so I made sure they were both present for the Spritz cookie baking & decorating.
This recipe is straight from the old Betty Crocker Cookbook, modified to be gluten-free.
1 cup butter, softened (no margarine here…butter is a must!)
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/4 cups GF flour mix (I used Carol's Sorghum Mix)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp xanthan gum
1 egg
1 tsp almond extract (another must have….this makes these cookies!)
1. Cream butter & sugar.
2. Blend in remaining ingredients.
3. Chill for 30 minutes or so.
4. Heat oven to 400.
5. Fill cookie press with 1/4 of the dough at a time.
6. Form desired shapes on ungreased baking sheet
7. Bake 6 to 9 minutes or until set, but not brown
8. Cool slightly & then remove to cooling racks.
My notes:
- Don't use Pamela's Baking Mix or any other mix with baking soda or baking powder for this recipe
- My cookie press is very cantankerous. I don't know what the issue is, but the dough likes to stick to the plastic disks . This happened pre-GF, too, so it isn't the GF dough. Maybe try parchment paper on the cookie sheet to convince the dough to want to stick to the cookie sheet.
- My oven took exactly 6 minutes. If I had left them in for 9, they would have been brown. I use an oven thermometer to monitor the temp in my oven at all times. Best $10 I ever spent.
Towards the end, we gave up on the cookie press & started rolling them by hand:
Jon threatening me to eat the dough – I had already freaked out on him once b/c of the raw eggs. Funny guy. 😉
Like the messy hands?
My own personal decorator. 🙂
These cookies rocked! They are my favorite so far!
Even my non-cookie-eating husband was raving about these!
Okay, one more picture, only because I am starving now! LOL!
Do you have any cookie traditions?
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The chief executive of Brighton and Hove Albion has urged Govia Thameslink and the RMT union to end their dispute after fans were hit by travel chaos on Tuesday night (September 13).
Paul Barber said a host of train services from Falmer were cancelled following Albion's 1-0 win against Huddersfield, causing a 'significant logistical headache' for the football club.
Mr Barber praised fans for their patience, and his own staff for their contingency plans, which enabled the club to have everybody home in a safe and timely fashion.
He also thanked Brighton and Hove Buses and Seagull Travel for their 'swift intervention' that prevented hundreds of fans from being stranded at the Amex stadium.
He said: "After being initially advised by Southern Rail that a full match day service would be in place for the game, several services were cancelled during the day, and then the post-match eastbound services were cut severely during the match.
"That made for another planning headache for our operations team, but once again, with the assistance of Brighton and Hove Buses and Seagull Travel and at incredibly short notice, we were able to lay on buses to assist fans in getting back to Lewes and beyond.
"I would like to thank Brighton and Hove Buses and Seagull Travel for their assistance in getting all fans home safely after the match - and also our fans for once again showing patience and understanding of the situation; thankfully it didn't have too big an impact on them."
The club's boss has again called for an end to the rail dispute, which he said is causing many businesses and individuals ongoing travel problems.
Mr Barber said: "As one of Southern Rail's largest customers, I urge both sides to consider the severe damage this is doing to their business - and ours - as well as many others. The longer the dispute goes on, the more Southern's customers are losing confidence and patience."
A Southern spokesman said: "We would like to apologise to any fans who were inconvenienced last night. Due to a combination of train crew availability and earlier disruption during the day, we informed the club that we would not be able to provide the full matchday train service. However, we were, at the eleventh hour able to reinstate some of the additional services. This, combined with the alternative travel arrangements made by the club meant that we were able to get everyone home."
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Christmas Island Population: 2,205NO VISITORS FROM HERE YET!
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|Named in 1643 for the day of its discovery, the island was annexed and settlement began by the UK in 1888 with the discovery of the island's phosphate deposits. Following the Second World War, Christmas Island came under the jurisdiction of the new British Colony of Singapore. The island existed as a separate Crown colony from 1 January 1958 to 1 October 1958 when its transfer to Australian jurisdiction was finalized. That date is still celebrated on the first Monday in October as Territory Day. Almost two-thirds of the island has been declared a national park.
Located along major sea lanes of Indian Ocean
|Southeastern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 135 sq km
land: 135 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Size comparison: about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC
|Land Boundaries:
|0 km
|138.9 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
|tropical with a wet season (December to April) and dry season; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds
|steep cliffs along coast rise abruptly to central plateau
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|phosphate, beaches
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 0% arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; permanent pasture 0%
other: 100% (mainly tropical reainforest; 63% of the island is a national park) (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|Natural hazards:
|the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard
|Current Environment Issues:
|loss of rainforest; impact of phosphate mining
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| noun: Christmas Islander(s)
adjective: Christmas Island
|Ethnic groups:
|Chinese 70%, European 20%, Malay 10% note: no indigenous population (2001)
|English (official), Chinese, Malay
|Buddhist 16.9%, Christian 16.4%, Muslim 14.8%, other 1.3%, none 9.2%, unspecified 41.5% (2011 est.)
|2,205 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 12.79% (male 147/female 135)
15-24 years: 12.2% (male 202/female 67)
25-54 years: 57.91% (male 955/female 322)
55-64 years: 11.66% (male 172/female 85)
65 years and over: 5.44% (male 84/female 36) (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.11% (2014 est.)
|Sex ratio:
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: NA male: NA
female: NA
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: NA male: NA
female: NA
|Total fertility rate:
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Territory of Christmas Island
conventional short form: Christmas Island
etymology: named by English Captain William MYNORS for the day of its discovery, Christmas Day (25 December 1643)
|Government type:
|non-self-governing overseas territory of Australia
| name: The Settlement
geographic coordinates: 10 25 S, 105 43 E
time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|none (territory of Australia)
|none (territory of Australia)
|National holiday:
|Australia Day, 26 January (1788)
|1 October 1958 (Christmas Island Act 1958); amended many times, last in 2010 (Territories Law Reform Act 2010) (2016)
|Legal system:
|legal system is under the authority of the governor general of Australia and Australian law
|18 years of age
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia General Sir Peter COSGROVE (since28 March 2014)
head of government: Administrator Jon STANHOPE (since 5 October 2012) elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the Australian prime minister; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia for a 2-year term and represents the monarch and Australia
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral Christmas Island Shire Council (9 seats; members directly elected by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms with a portion of the membership renewed every 2 years)
elections: held every 2 years with half the members standing for election; last held In 2011 (next to be held in 2013)
election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 9
|Judicial branch:
|highest court(s): under the terms of the Territorial Law Reform Act 1992, Western Australia provides court services as needed for the island including the Supreme Court and subordinate courts (District Court, Magistrate Court, Family Court, Children's Court, and Coroners' Court)
|Political parties and leaders:
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|International organization participation:
|National symbol(s):
|golden bosun bird
|National anthem:
note: as a territory of Australia, "Advance Australia Fair" remains official as the national anthem, while "God Save the Queen" serves as the royal anthem (see Australia)
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
|none (territory of Australia)
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
|none (territory of Australia)
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The main economic activities on Christmas Island are the mining of low grade phosphate, limited tourism, the provision of government services and more recently the construction and operation of the Immigration Detention Center. The government sector includes administration, health, education, policing, customs, quarantine, and defense. The main economic activities on Christmas Island are the mining of low grade phosphate, limited tourism, the provision of government services and more recently the construction and operation of the Immigration Detention Center. The government sector includes administration, health, education, policing, customs, quarantine, and defense.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
|GDP (purchasing power parity): $NA GDP (purchasing power parity): $NA
|Agriculture - products:
|tourism, phosphate extraction (near depletion) tourism, phosphate extraction (near depletion)
|Labor force:
| revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA
|Fiscal year:
|1 July - 30 June 1 July - 30 June
|Exports - commodities:
|phosphate phosphate
|Imports - commodities:
|consumer goods consumer goods
|Exchange rates:
|Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.352 (2016 est.) 1.3291 (2015 est.) 1.3291 (2014 est.) 0.9695 (2013 est.) 0.9695 (2012 est.) Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.352 (2016 est.) 1.3291 (2015 est.) 1.3291 (2014 est.) 0.9695 (2013 est.) 0.9695 (2012 est.)
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|Telephone system:
| general assessment: service provided by the Australian network
domestic: GSM mobile-cellular telephone service replaced older analog system in February 2005
international: country code - 61-8; satellite earth station - 1 (Intelsat provides telephone and telex service) (2005)
|Broadcast media:
|1 community radio station; satellite broadcasts of several Australian radio and TV stations (2009)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 790 percent of population: 35.8% (July 2015 est.)
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|1 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)
| total 18 km
standard gauge: 18 km 1.435-m (not in operation) (2010)
| total 140 km
paved: 30 km
unpaved: 110 km (2011)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Flying Fish Cove
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|Defense is the responsibility of Australia
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That is one of many useful options for CF-18 and Super Hornets as (eventually) newer aircraft are phased in ... but there are other uses.
Fighter trainers is the first I would think of ... right now we use the subsonic "Hawk" which is also getting long in the tooth ... overhauled/adapter CF-18s/Super Hornets would be a better transition aircraft.
Home defense is another that aircraft like the CF-18 could be overhauled and tailored to. Patrol, observation, fast reaction search and rescue with underwing SCAT packs.
These types of adaptations would reduce hours on the "Next Gen" fighters, improve our overall defense capability and in the case of the Super Hornets they will remain viable bomb trucks for aq long long time to come.
65 New fighters is no where near enough for a country the size of Canada ... this is one way to improve the situation and create Canadian jobs and technology.


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Federal receiver: Refunds coming from Ponzi scam
The lawyer managing refunds for investors caught in a huge Ponzi scheme said he'll ask a court this month for permission to start paying refunds, perhaps by mid-summer.
The Dispatch of Lexington reports court-appointed attorney Kenneth Bell is updating victims of the ZeekRewards pyramid scheme.
Bell said his firm is reviewing about 175,000 claims from people who want to reclaim money lost in the scam. Nearly all will be decided by the end of the month.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seized the assets of ZeekRewards and its parent company in August 2012, calling it a $600 million Ponzi scheme on the verge of collapse.
As many as 2 million people may have invested in ZeekRewards.com, an online company that promised big returns on a small investment.


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WULANCHABU – Although He Pingping is known worldwide as the smallest man alive, he still puts in a day's work!
He Pingping is verified by the Guinness World Records as the worl's shortest man who is able to walk. He is only 2 feet 5 inches and lives in Mongolia.
He was afflicted from birth with osteogenesis imperfecta, which severely hinders bone growth and height.
He has traveled the world to show off his stature, appearing both at the launch of the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records, as well as with the world's longest-legged woman in London!
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