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In the Magazine: Jeremy P. Caulfield
Nocturne 3 @ Metropolis - May 30th, 2008
Shaun Ellis - 17 de abril de 2008
by Shaun Ellis
As founder of one of Berlin's finest electronic music labels, Dumb-Unit, and as a DJ of international repute, Jeremy P Caulfield has been surfing the cutting edge of minimal techno for some years now.
Originally from Toronto where Dumb-Unit was also conceived, Caulfield joined the long list of artists who moved to the nurturing environment of everybody's favorite city Berlin; there, he met Ingo Gansera with whom he started a new chapter in the life of Dumb-Unit.
After a steady start for both the label and Jeremy in the sometimes shark infested waters of Berlin, the inimitable label maestro soon found his feet and began to see the fruits of his labor. Dumb-Unit and Caulfield hit their stride and began to blossom; a slew of acclaimed releases spanning the scenes of his adopted home soon followed – from the thoroughbred minimalism of Butane and the man himself, through to the groove -laden driving techno of label heavyweight Jake Fairley.
As we enter the business end of 2008, Dumb-Unit is going from strength to strength with the labels second full-length set to drop from the very capable hands of Seph. And as Jeremy is about to embark upon a frenetic tour of North and South America, we find him in fine fettle and eager to talk about the dilemmas of running a label, the life-changing impact of Mike Huckaby, fellow MUTEK performers Underground Resistance, and all things Berlin.
When you were growing up in how did you first come into contact with 'electronic' music and what did you make of it?
I lived in Hong Kong for about 3 years when I was 15 or so. There was no real drinking laws so if you could push the door open, you were in... I went to clubs that played a lot of Manchester rock and a bit of rare groove sort of stuff, as a lot of the DJ's were expats from the UK. Every so often the DJ would either drop a cool dark electronic track (KLF, LFO,) or a cheesy house anthem and I loved them both, just such a contrast to the guitar music. I had never heard that in Canada. You were on one side of the fence or the other... In a suburban school in Canada the musical boundaries are drawn quite heavily to the point of race or background coming into play.... So having this UK sensibility in Hong Kong was a very exciting thing.
What did you grow up listening to? What were the artists or records that really made a big impression on you and perhaps influenced your own music?
It was only when I was a bit older in HK that I really paid full attention to music and what I was really listening to... So when I was younger I knew music more by feeling or just sitting there listing to my moms records. Just looking at the gatefolds, graphics, weird fashion etc. and then in my teens it was typical Teenage thing... Nirvana, Jane's Addiction etc...Really only around 16 while living in Hong Kong did I really start to define my own musical taste, the Manchester sound and the dance tracks that would sometimes crossover. So when I returned home to Canada I was already getting into electronic music and listening to UK ambient etc by the time I was 17 or so... and then I began going to Detroit, to Record Time, and Somewhere in Detroit. Mike Huckaby worked at Record Time and he basically picked out everything he thought was essential. This was a defining moment for me. I basically got "the Idiot white kid's guide to techno". But he was amazing and just took the time for me, he saw that I was 17 and drove from Toronto and he set me up. I was and still am today still inspired by my first electronic records: Teste, Acacia, Underground Resistance, F.U.S.E, Galaxy to Galaxy, Pentatonik, 430 West and a lot of UK Chill out music...
Tell us the story of Dumb-Unit so far...
Bored DJ and Designer starts label in 2000 to escape the monotony of the air conditioned nightmare of which he inhabits.
Describe the Dumb-Unit / Jeremy P Caulfield sound....
My sound and the labels sound are miles apart in many ways... My sound now is predominantly from my DJ sets, which is based on a lot of heavily edited tracks put together to in a dark rolling warehousey kind of vibe... I work hard to hold on to a room within a certain frame and context... As for the label I think its music I see working well in this context while still maintaining an identity... A track that might challenge me etc but still fits right into the kind of set I play. But it needs to have personality and nuances that are indicative of the artist. It needs to hold its own ground.
Can you tell us about any forthcoming Dumb-Unit projects?
Musically, for the next few months we are just focused on releasing solid 12inches and tracks. The market is so fucked up right now it makes no sense to do much else... So focusing on choosing good releases that are worthy to be on vinyl while developing our digital microcosm... Additionally, this past year was about more Dumb-Unit nights on the road. We organized a lot of nights through Europe and I did Japan and Australia and next I'm doing South America with Seph. The Label itself is going through changes and the design will be taken on by someone other than myself finally, and together we will begin developing more art / design / and collectors projects and shit we can sell to you too ... Ha!
I feel I need to release something into the physical realm these days; that it has to be special and I want to get more into "collectors" items. Yet I no longer have the energy to develop the graphic identity myself... I want to think about bigger projects for the label and so we will collaborate more. In terms of the internet machine: we are starting D.U.D.E. Dumb-Unit Digital Enterprises (YUP!) which will focus more on a developed digital online magazine and archive similar to what Mutek has done. Finally, Ingo my partner and I will be bringing in some more people to assist us with a lot of the new things we want to do. So I'm hoping all this internal re-structuring will result in a lot more exciting projects in the next year or so. Oh and also an Album from Seph!
Are you working on music all the time or is it stop and start? How do tracks come together?
The last year has been difficult with music. I've been bogged down with label related things that have unfortunately taken on more importance because they are essential to having Dumb-Unit run. So it's start and stop, much more than I would want to. But I realize I'm someone, say similar to Mathias Kaden who does 2 or so productions a year and it's enough. There is a glut of music out there and I don't feel like being part of it. Recently I have begun a new stage of production and back to tracks with an overt sense of identity; which I find quite refreshing. As for tracks coming together: even when they are done I often have no idea how I got them to where they are... that's the beauty of it I guess...
Do you ever feel limited by technology? Where you have ideas that you\'re imagining, but because of the tools you have, can\'t be realized?
Yes and No: I don't realize something technically unless I feel it's in my resources to imagine it. So in a sense sadly technology often limits me way before the process of creation. It can limit you at a fundamental subconscious level of imagining. So I think I often imagine moods or feelings and that way they remain somewhat detached from these constraints... I never think "I want to do an edit like this "etc or get disappointed that I don't know how to do something.
You've been living in Berlin for a while now, how has the city impacted on your work?
Berlin is like the ocean, sometimes it's flat and grey and filled with sharks and other days you can lie lazily in it for hours... It can be a difficult town to keep your moods up, and already a lot of people that have moved there are moving away... For me it has made me realize that charisma is an important part of being a DJ and an artist, because otherwise you're just another face making something not unlike everyone else. So it has taught me that there has to be a gusto or energy behind what you do if you want it to be noticed. And so I feel much more attached to my work and output to ensure it will have an audience and have an energy level that will inspire and not just get heaped into a pile of mediocrity.
How do you see music developing?
Again, music itself is always changing faster than I could forecast. But within this scene I would say again that there will be more personality to music. More recognizable figures making more recognizable music, in the sense that it can gain a wider appeal. Yet within this context I hope that it will continue to remain firmly rooted in some form of "minimalist" aesthetic. But there is a dire need right now to overcome this glut of faceless post minimal void we are currently inhabiting.
Would you say your DJing style has developed or changed in the last year or two?
Yes. It changes all the time... My sets are much more charged by the edits I make...They are more bespoke in the sense of their fit and they satisfy much more of my personal needs as a DJ. I remove things, loop things, mix random parts from other tracks to create more signature selection of tracks to choose from. My sets are more technical and work intensive from a back end point of view, yet more flowing and complete as a presentation. Mutek will be an even bigger step for me as I'm pushing the concept of my DJing / Live a bit further I hope.
How does playing a festival such as MUTEK relate to a club scenario?
Well I specifically asked Mutek to put me in the side room so that I could focus more on creating a flowing, moving set rather than a main stage spectacle. So I would think this time I want to bring a bit of an advanced clubbing feeling to my set at Mutek. Often a set that makes people move is deemed or dismissed as utilitarian. Only there to make people move ... But I think the ubiquitous nature and the seamlessness of these kinds of sets is an art in itself if you keep it stripped and lacking of obvious hooks.
It looks like you've got a seriously hectic tour schedule coming up. How do you intend to stay sane?
I stay sane by trying to get back into the normal life as much as I can when I'm home. I'm a bit of a hermit, I cook, eat, read, go out for dinners with my girlfriend and just try to recharge. It's often not for long but every little bit helps. Then I get pumped for a weekend early too. I get to listen to my new music, start preparing etc... Monday is the DJ's Sunday... I stay true to that adage.
Most memorable gig of 2008 so far and why?
Hmm. I'd have to say our nights at Watergate in Berlin... I feel comfortable in the club, friends are around, there's really good energy and at the after party I know the name of the persons house I'm at.
Which artists/producers/labels are bringing something new to the table in 2008?
Right now upcoming: New stuff from Donor/ Truss. Elon from NYC, Lee Curtiss; Seph and Pablo, and me...


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Giant tuna have been in short supply off the Cape in recent years. The weekend after the presidential election, giants galore appeared off Chatham -- huge schools of bluefin tuna that, according to the fish stories, were virtually throwing themselves into boats.
Giant tuna have been in short supply off the Cape in recent years. In early October there was a bit of a bite, and a number of locals and out-of-towners took advantage and then went home or put their boats away.
"Then whammo!" said Jimmy Fallon, a computer guru who is hooked on tuna fishing.
The weekend after the presidential election, giants galore appeared off Chatham: huge schools of bluefin tuna that, according to the fish stories, were virtually throwing themselves into boats.
Some guys were catching tuna that reached upward of 1,200 pounds, and at $10 to $17 a pound, depending on several criteria (size, shape, color, fat content and general appearance), that's a pretty tidy sum of money.
What was even better, said Fallon, is that those trolling the waters in the tuna rush were all local, and most were commercial fishermen who are looking at a long, hard winter ahead.
"Guys are giddy," Fallon said. "We haven't had this kind of bite this close to Chatham in a very long time."
"What just happened is pretty much unheard of," agreed fish buyer Robert Fitzpatrick of Magura America Inc. "It's a good shot in the arm."
His company, one of several on the Cape, has brokered 98 tuna from the so-called "Chatham bite," sending the chilled headless, tailless, finless fish through Federal Express out of Logan Airport, or trucking them to New York's JFK airport to get a passenger flight to Japan. Either way they arrive at auctions overseas a few short days after they leave the water. Some remain in the United States for markets in Los Angeles, New York and Boston.The excitement builds
The excitement at the fish pier and docks at Stage Harbor was reminiscent of a decade ago when boats waited in line to unload their catch and crowds would descend to see the huge fish hoisted up to be measured and weighed. The tuna that arrived in the summer and stayed for a while were once a big part of the economy around the elbow of the Cape. Even small groceries and sub shops near the waterfront were able to thrive in the early fall because of the crowds and the cash.
The giants were dubbed "Toyotas" because fishermen were able to buy a foreign truck with the money they earned from the sale.
But the tuna bonanza began to drop off by 2000 and by 2003 it was difficult to find any of the giants around.
"It's been horrific," said Fitzpatrick, who has been in the tuna buying business since 1991, but recently had to diversify because fishermen weren't catching enough of the fish.
This year things were looking up even before the recent bite, he said. His company had already sold about 250 fish, which is much better than in recent years. That number doesn't compare to the 1,000 or so it sold in the company's heyday. Some say the absence of tuna is due to the depletion of herring, a favorite food of the blue fin, by large factory trawlers that suck up legions of the fish. Others point to the growing number of dogfish, which are protected by regulations and compete for the bait. Still others say it is a combination of factors, but all agree big tuna has been in short supply here.
"If you didn't look at Canada you'd say the fish have disappeared," said Molly Lutcavage, of the Large Pelagic Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire.
She has been studying tuna for years and noticed that although the fish over the Hague Line in United States waters were small, those in Canada were getting larger.
"So there may be a change in distribution," she said, adding that question is one of many about the fascinating fish that her team is trying to answer through pop-up tags and cooperation with fishermen.Overfishing
Overfishing has also been a problem. Eastern nations, around the Mediterranean Sea, are decimating their tuna populations, which "no doubt" affects our fish, said Lutcuvage.
An International Convention of Atlantic Tuna, ICAT, meeting, which started this week, was expected to rein in fishing in the east. The west, including the United States and Canada, has had stringent controls in place for years.
"Overfishing is not occurring in the west," she said, adding that fishermen have barely caught 20 percent of the quota in recent years.
Locally, the shift in population could be related to a change in food availability for the fish at the top of the food chain, and to buttress that theory local tuna fishermen point out that mid-water herring trawl pairs are banned in Canada.
This year it seemed that finding quality bait in the area was no problem for the tuna. A November bite is "atypical" said Lutcavage, but the season has been a little weird as well, adds Bob Prescott, director of Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
"The water is still warm and there is a ton of bait," he said. "I think it was a late season all around."
There's a lot of saury – a long, slender, silver fish – in the area as well as squid and a few other tuna tasties, Prescott explained, adding that butterfish, which can arrive on Cape as early as late July, didn't show until the last week in August.
Tuna don't have to be out of here, he said. If there is food to be had they'll stay."It's just a feeding frenzy," he said. A 'true oceanic spectacle'
The sight of the "apex carnivore" feeding can be as spectacular as a whale watch. "It is really one of the true oceanic spectacles," Prescott said. "They are definitely charismatic."
Fallon won't disagree about the allure of the big fish; he is hooked on the hunt. He caught a 500-pounder last week, one of the smaller ones, he said. By the time he got out to the grounds on Monday, around 7:30 a.m., there were boats that already had two tuna – the limit is three a day – hanging off the side.
He may have been a little jealous, but that paled in comparison to the empathy he felt for guys who fought for hours with a fish, only to have it escape the line."Some guys lost four fish … that's brutal," he said.
Another sad reality is since the weather has changed and the ocean has gotten a bit snotty, it looks like the tuna bonanza is over."I think it is going to end," Fallon said.
Commercial fisherman Tom Smith confirmed that unhappy premise. He was out almost every day during the rush and was able to snag three that weighed more than 1,000 pounds. He went out again earlier this week and saw some other boats, but no tuna.
Doreen Leggett covers Chatham and fishing issues for The Cape Codder. She can be reached at 508-887-3224 or e-mail email@example.com

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World Languages & Culture
"He who knows no foreign language knows nothing of his own."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Learning a foreign language can offer many exciting professional opportunities, among them International Business, Law, Medicine, Teaching, Journalism, Social Work, Government, etc.
Learning a language also :
- expands horizons,
- provides life enrichment and a deeper understanding of the world in which we live,
- provides opportunities for travel and entertainment,
- and build tolerance among peoples.
It also has the unquestionable benefit that you will learn more about your own language and culture.
Although learning a language can be work, the efforts pay off quickly when you finally get to use it. Whether you enjoy talking, reading, or mastering challenges, you'll find all of them in learning languages. So, why wait?
The department offers courses in Spanish and French. The first two years (four courses) of each language are available if you need to fulfill a foreign language requirement or wish to continue the study of a foreign language begun in high school. The first course in first year Spanish or French (S100/F100) has no prerequisites and may be taken by any student with an interest in learning another language. The department also offers the Certificate in Hispanic Studies.


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"Clara And The Nutcracker" Musical Egg
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Hopeful! — Staying Pure
April 22, 2018
April 22, 2018
In order to keep our community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, all group gatherings at Hope Christian Fellowship have been temporarily suspended. However, we are eager to stay connected as a church family and to continue to serve the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of our community.
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Emmanuel M. von Arx | KF 16+17 | Mexico
I have a confession to make: I love to browse Kiva borrower profiles – even occasionally without any actual intention to make a loan. I believe that reading the stories of borrowers from all over the world and knowing their dreams tells me more about a country and the mentality of its people than even the best of all travel guidebooks. And knowing some of the challenges they are facing in their lives and how they are surmounting them, being aware of the long hours they work every day and their dedication to their families – all this inspires me deeply and on a very personal level: if people can thrive under difficult circumstances thanks to incredibly hard work and a dream, then I should and will be able to do something meaningful and lasting with my own life as well! My Kiva lender profile reads: "I loan because… Kiva borrowers never cease to inspire me with their courage, talent, and dedication!"
That strong sense of inspiration that speaks to me out of every Kiva borrower's history has been multiplied during my time in the field as a Kiva Fellow in the course of many personal meetings with borrowers. I have met literally dozens of borrowers – first in Ecuador when working with Banco D-MIRO, then in Mexico while contributing to the great work of Fundacion Realidad or FRAC (which is soon to be called: Vision Fund Mexico) – all of whom have left an indelible mark in my heart and mind. But recently I have met a borrower who is so extraordinary and unusual that even I – one of the more seasoned Kiva Fellows – was blown away. Her name is Ma de los Angeles and this blog entry tells the story of her work and her success:
I met Ma in late April in order to interview her about her experience as a borrower of Fundacion Realidad and the extent to which FRAC had complied with the Smart Campaign's Client Protection Principles when giving her a Kiva-funded loan. I expected our meeting to be an interesting 20 minute chat – but once Ma began to tell me about her life and work, I could not stop listening and asking her more and more questions…
- FRAC's Kiva-interviewer and story writer Hortensia and I found Ma at her workplace: a garage space next to a busy traffic road, about one hour outside of the small Mexican city San Felipe del Progreso. I am embarrassed to admit that my first thought when stepping into the garage was: "What an incredible mess of trash is this!" Good I kept it to myself and let Ma tell me her story as it would change my entire perception. As it turned out, Ma is making a living for herself and her five children by collecting what seems like garbage. As Ma proudly told me: "Look outside of the garage, look at my village! It's all clean! There are no plastic bags anywhere! No damaged car parts! No PET bottles on the side of the road! No tin cans lying around in the fields! This is thanks to my business!" But is Ma herself actually searching the fields and roadsides for these materials? She laughs at my question: "Not at all! I am staying in this garage space all day to attend my clients – children, villagers, everybody who finds trash on their way! They bring it all to me and I pay them a small but fair price for it!" She points to the hand-written price list on the wall.
For one pound of cardboard, Ma pays half a peso (about 4 cents); for one pound of empty PET bottles, she pays 1.5 pesos (about 12 cents); one pound of empty beer cans are worth 5.5 pesos (40 cents); for "old iron" she pays 1.90 pesos (15 cents) per pound; and one pound of plastic bags can be turned in for 1 pesos (8 cents) by the neighborhood kids.
I am stunned: "But what are you doing with these materials, once you buy them from the villagers?" "I sell them to large recycling plants!" she answers. "For example, plastic bags I buy for 1 peso per pound, but I sell them for 1.5 pesos to a large recycling firm in San Felipe. This firm then turns them into new, ecological plastic bags. The same with the empty aluminum cans that people bring me: I collect them and deliver them once a month to a huge recycling plant that melts them down and turns them into nails and wire. Regular paper is being turned into cardboard. And white paper becomes toilet paper! " Ma gets more passionate: "But my favorite recyclable product are PET bottles. Companies in Japan,China, and Canada will grind them and ultimately turn them into shoes, bath towels, and finger rings!" She is beaming with pride!
I barely know where to begin asking, there's so much in her work that surprises me: "How long have you worked as a full-time professional recyclist?" "For one year." – "And how did you get the idea for this work?" "From my husband; he's working for one of the recycling plants in San Felipe and told me that there could be a business opportunity for me." – "And how much do you earn per month by buying and reselling recyclables?" "I reach a net profit of between 1,000 and 1,500 pesos (80-135 US$). This, combined with my husband's income, is enough for us to get our five children through school!" – "And how many bottles and materials do you collect in a normal month?" "Well, usually I get around half a ton of PET bottles…" "Half a ton?!" "Yes, easily. Yesterday alone I received about 140 pounds of PET bottles! And 28 pounds of old books! In fact, everything that you see in the garage is the result of 2 days of collecting!" I take a new look at the different piles of materials in her garage: it definitely doesn't look like trash anymore to me! Spectacular – materials from just two days of work! This is the livelihood for an entire family!
When asked how she is using her Kiva loan, Ma points to the heavy scale that stands next to the entrance: "I use my 7,000 peso loan (550 US$) to pay the rent for this scale." Being familiar with FRAC's policy of increasing loan amounts for its borrowers on consecutive loans, provided they are always paying back on time, I ask Ma about her future borrowing plans: "I hope that my next loan will be on 10,000 pesos (800 US$) so that I can actually buy the scale and don't have to use money to rent it." And the loan after that? "I am dreaming of getting a 25,000 peso (2,000 US$) loan in the future which would be enough for me to buy the truck that I rent every month for 500 pesos (40 US$) to transport my recyclables to the different recycling plants." As I am reflecting on the numbers, I become aware that without the truck rental fee, Ma's monthly net income would rise by close to 50 percent! One hour later, as I leave's Ma's humble garage space, I feel like shouting out loud to the whole world, so that everybody can hear it: "Yes, it's true! I loan because Kiva borrowers never cease to inspire me with their courage, talent, and dedication! So amazing!"
Emmanuel M. von Arx is a Kiva Fellow working with Vision Fund Mexico (FRAC) in Mexico City. FRAC provides innovative financial and non-financial services to families and groups that do not have access to formal banking services in rural and semi-urban regions and communities in 12 Mexican States. To learn more, please visit FRAC's partner page on Kiva or join the Friends of Fundacion Realidad.


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An effort to return the old New Bern Union Railroad Depot to the splendor of the turn of the century is gaining momentum.
An effort to return the old New Bern Union Railroad Depot to the splendor of the turn of the century is gaining momentum.
Joe Mansfield, president of the New Bern Preservation Foundation, said since the foundation kicked off it�s Depot 100 Campaign in October to raise funds for the rehabilitation of the depot, organizations and clubs have begin jumping onboard.
�Everyone has been very enthusiastic,� Mansfield said.
The Depot 100 Campaign has an objective of 100 people or organizations donating $100 for five years.
Mansfield recently presented a commemorative print of the depot to Paula Lindsay, president of the New Bern Woman�s Club, to recognize the club as the first to join the Depot 100 Campaign.
New Bern Women�s Club donated $500 to the Depot 100 Campaign, the first organization to pledge the full amount, Mansfield said.
�I think (people) will be even more enthusiastic when construction starts on the roof,� Mansfield said.
The Coastal Railroad Club plans to present a check to the Depot 100 Campaign during its open house Dec. 15, Mansfield said.
�They are very enthusiastic about this as you may expect,� he said.
Pat Schaible, chairwoman of Depot 100, said since the campaign began, 31 people or organizations have committed to the donations, but the New Bern Women�s Club was the first. Depot 100 was the brainchild of Carolyn Peterson, executive coordinator of New Bern Preservation Foundation, Schaible said.
State and federal funds will be used to pay for the $500,000 replacement of the roof. Construction should begin after the first of the year and should take three or four months to complete, Mansfield said.
Replacing the roof has to be the first objective for the rehabilitation because it is now unsafe to get in the depot to work on the interior, Mansfield said.
The old depot, where New Bern passenger caught trains from 1910 to the 1950s, has been abandoned since 1987. It was mostly used as a freight depot in its later days, Mansfield said.
It will take roughly $2.1 million to completely rehabilitate the depot, Mansfield said.
�The aim is to bring it back to its original construction and show what a 1910 railroad depot looked like,� he said.
There have also been discussions of putting shops and offices in the 8,000-square-foot depot once it is complete.
Restoration of the New Bern Union Depot has been in the works for more than 25 years, Mansfield said.
�In the past, every time the Preservation Foundation got an agreement among all the local parties someone on the North Carolina Railroad side would find some problem,� he said. �So it never could move forward.�
But in 2009, the Preservation Foundation members sat down with NCRR representatives and came to an agreement, Mansfield said.
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The tag line is "Focus of this blog is to provide news and information regarding Acadian Heritage".
It is a Heritage Blog by the American-French Genealogical Society, and although it is not strictly a Canadian blog, it is about the Acadians – and there are genealogical societies on both sides of the border, so the blog caught my eye over the weekend as something I would like to read..
One of the blogs is "As tough as her ancestors" which the blogger tells about the being interviewed by his niece about what it is like being Acadian, and shows pictures of her exhibit and video of the process – very interesting! The exhibit "Nova Scotia - Acadian"
Another blog was the 34th Annual Acadian Festival which was held at
Madawaska, Maine on August 11th, and a visit to the The Acadian Historic Village – Caraquet, NB.
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Transient tic disorder is a temporary condition in which a person makes one or many brief, repeated, movements or noises (tics). These movements or noises are involuntary (not on purpose).
Tic - transient tic disorder
Transient tic disorder is common in children.
The cause of transient tic disorder can be physical or mental (psychological). It may be a mild form of Tourette syndrome.
The child may have facial tics or tics involving movement of the arms, legs, or other areas.
Tics may involve:
The tics often look like nervous behavior. Tics appear to get worse with stress. They do not occur during sleep.
Sounds may also occur, such as:
The health care provider will consider physical causes of transient tic disorder before making a diagnosis.
In order to be diagnosed with transient tic disorder, the child must have had tics almost every day for at least 4 weeks, but less than a year.
Other disorders such as anxiety, attention deficit disorder, uncontrollable movement (myoclonus), obsessive-compulsive disorder, and epilepsy may need to be ruled out.
Doctors recommend that family members do not call attention to the tics at first. This is because unwanted attention may make the tics worse. If the tics are severe enough to cause problems at school or work, behavioral techniques and medications may help.
Simple childhood tics usually disappear over a period of months.
There are usually no complications. A chronic motor or vocal tic disorder can develop.
Talk to your health care provider if you are concerned about a transient tic disorder, especially if it continues or disrupts your child's life. If you are not sure whether the movements are a tic or a seizure, call your health care provider right away.
Jankovic J, Lang AE. Movement disorders. In: Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, Mazziotta JC, eds. Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 21.
Ryan CA, Gosselin GJ, DeMaso DR. Habit and tic disorders. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, et al., eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 22.
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Soybean loading operations were set to resume late on Tuesday at a berth at Brazil's Paranaguá port after a ship was ordered into quarantine following a positive COVID-19 test on a crew member, authorities said.Loading at the berth was halted after the positive test, the Williams shipping agency said, adding that it was the first confirmed case of the disease at the port since the coronavirus outbreak began.All other berths at the port continued to operate as normal.Brazil's health surveillance agency ANVISA later authorized the ship to leave berth 214 after all other crew members were tested, the port said in a statement.
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The world's largest containership, HMM Algeciras, passed through the Suez Canal on Monday as the record-setting 24,000 TEU class vessel makes its maiden voyage from Asia to Europe.Built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering's (DMSE) Okpo shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, the 399.9-meter HMM Algeciras has a capacity of 23,964 TEU and is the first of 12 vessels of the same class, design and size contracted to be built by DSME and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).Delivered in April, the mega ship is deployed on Far East Europe 4 (FE4) service, one of the Asia-North Europe trade lanes of THE Alliance, with its port rotation starting at Qingdao, Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Suez Canal
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East Coast Professional Wrestling is coming to East Stroudsburg for a family-friendly event on Saturday. This is the first Pocono Mountain event for the East Coast group, and they hope to make it a regular stop.
East Coast Professional Wrestling is coming to East Stroudsburg for a family-friendly event on Saturday. This is the first Pocono Mountain event for the East Coast group, and they hope to make it a regular stop.
"There will be about nine matches," said Dave Goodman, promoter and wrestler. "The main event is a tag-team hardcore match featuring myself — The Goods — and Brandon Alpha going up against Little Daddy C and Anarchy."
Goodman has been wrestling professionally since 2010. ECPW travels around Pennsylvania and New York for matches, and hopes for more in New Jersey and Connecticut in the future.
Alpha has been wrestling professionally for two years. He's wanted to be a professional wrestler since childhood.
"Growing up in North Carolina, me and my friends got together and trained. When I moved to Pennsylvania, I tried to get trained but because of my diabetes, the doctor wouldn't clear me. Two years ago, I got cleared and began," he said. "We hope to make the Poconos a permanent area for us. A lot of people enjoy wrestling, and we want to build up the area to be a wrestling area."
Other matches include: Andrew Anderson versus Smooth Tommy Suede, Banger Ritch Howe with Jackie Daniels versus Rottmare, three-way match of Crazy Ivan versus Garrett Dominance versus Tyrone Kidd, and others.
"People can expect family-friendly fun, excitement, entertainment, story lines and emotions. It's a real fun show and something to do," Alpha said. "We invite everybody out to come and enjoy the show."
For anyone who isn't familiar with what tag-team hardcore wrestling is, it's a bit different than your typical wrestling match.
"Tag-team hardcore means you throw out the rules of a normal wrestling match," Alpha said. "You can use weapons, and there are no disqualifications."
Goodman added: "Hardcore is no rules, anything goes."
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Aaron Bales (1790-1847) was the son of William and Rachel (Green) Beals. His marriage on December 18, 1834 in Henry County, Indiana was found in the database. Prior to this find, I only knew the year and location of their marriage. It was the second marriage for Aaron.
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BOULDER, Colo. - John L. Dotson Jr., a longtime journalist, editor and newspaper publisher who championed diversity in the newsroom, has died at age 76.
Dotson's family confirmed in an email to the Associated Press that he died Friday in Boulder, Colo., of mantle cell lymphoma. During his long career, Dotson served as an editor at Newsweek and the publisher of two newspapers, including the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal when it won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994.
Dotson was an early advocate for minorities and women journalists, joining others in establishing the Institute for Journalism Education in 1977, now the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. The organization pushed for diversity in newsrooms throughout the country.
Born in Paterson, N.J., Dotson graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia. He worked as a reporter for the Evening News in Newark, N.J., and the Detroit Free Press, then joined Newsweek in Detroit in 1965. He moved to Los Angeles three years later to become the magazine's deputy bureau chief, and advanced to the position of bureau chief before moving to the magazine's New York headquarters to be a senior editor.
Dotson joined Knight-Ridder newspapers in 1983 and served as publisher and president of The Daily Camera in Boulder starting in 1987 and then the Beacon Journal from 1992 until his retirement in 2001.
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KALAMAZOO--Dr. Nancy Falk, Western MIchigan University professor emerita of comparative religion, will discuss "Hindus in Kalamazoo" from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the Heinig Emeriti Lounge in Walwood Hall on the University's East Campus. Postponed from January, the program for WMU emeriti is open to the public free of charge.
Many Americans think of Hindus as people who live and work half a globe away. The reality is that, increasingly, we have Hindu neighbors, teachers, doctors, co-workers and bosses. Even in a city as typically Midwestern and American as Kalamazoo, there are a number of thriving Hindu communities, some made up almost wholly of immigrants from India and others consisting of converts to Hindu spiritual paths.
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You should know all about the Kings going into 2013-14, what with a roster that's nearly unchanged from the one that won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and reached the Western Conference final last season before losing to the eventual champion Chicago Blackhawks.
The Kings aren't fast, aren't overly skilled and aren't likely to make the nightly highlight-reel shows when they do show flashes of offensive brilliance. The Kings are what they are: tough, determined and backstopped by perhaps the league's best goaltender.
It was a winning combination the last few seasons, when the Kings' culture changed dramatically. Simply making the postseason isn't good enough. The Kings now want another run at the Stanley Cup and, most importantly, they demand it from each other.
Despite their recent run of excellence there are a number of questions facing the Kings, who open the regular season tonight in Minnesota. Here are the top five:
1. Did Dean Lombardi do enough in the offseason?
The Kings' general manager said he wanted to keep the roster as intact as possible and he certainly did that. Forwards Matt Frattin and Daniel Carcillo and goalie Ben Scrivens are the only new faces. Forward Dustin Penner, defenseman Rob Scuderi and goalie Jonathan Bernier left the club in the summer. But the general rule is if you're not improving, then you're getting worse and it could be argued that's the case with the Kings.
2. Can the Kings avoid another left wing letdown?
The Kings' lack of production from their left side was a concern for coach Darryl Sutter last season and nothing happened to change his mind during training camp. The Kings flipped newcomer Matt Frattin from the right wing to the left in hopes something would click with him, center Mike Richards and right wing Jeff Carter. Dustin Brown missed almost all of camp because of a hamstring injury and will start the season on the third line.
3. How will goalie Jonathan Quick cope in a long season?
Quick really can't play every game. Sutter only wishes he could. Quick is fit after undergoing back surgery and starting last season's lockout-shortened campaign in sluggish fashion, so that's not a concern. The big question is how will Quick respond to the grind of a full NHL season plus playing in the Sochi Olympics with Team USA? He figures to be the starter for an American team that could win gold in Russia in February.
4. Who will emerge as this season's surprise?
The Kings' lineup seems all but set in stone, which makes the notion of a rising star something of an impossibility. The coaching staff would like to see players raise the level of their play. Young defenseman Slava Voynov certainly did that last season, when he had 25 points (six goals, 19 assists) in 48 games. Is Dwight King next on the list? Or will it be someone from the minor leagues like Tyler Toffoli, Linden Vey or Tanner Pearson?
5. Can the Kings make another long playoff run?
Some pundits around the league selected the Kings as Stanley Cup finalists, which would be a remarkable feat in an era when repeat champions are non-existent and multiple deep runs in the postseason are rare. The Kings would seem to have the depth, skill and continuity to chase the Chicago Blackhawks as the best team in the Western Conference. It looks like a third consecutive prolonged run could be in the making for the Kings.


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Well, it's been WAY to long. The world has flipped on its axis in the past few years and i had to step away from a few things in order to keep my sanity. But things are all coming back into line again so I wanted to see what has been going on in the SC world and as to see if there is any interest in reviving the Iowa SC club.
I know it's going into the winter months, but maybe we can put a meeting together before the bad weather hits.
I spoke with Al today and we are both planning on having our SC's back on the street in spring '18 and we are also hoping to maybe have a club day at TriState Raceway in May.
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Intelligent Robots for Improving the Quality of Life
The National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics is a Swiss nationwide organisation funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation pulling together top researchers from all over the country with the objective of developing new, human oriented robotic technology for improving our quality of life. The Centre was opened on 1st December 2010, and binds together experts from six world-class research institutions; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (leading house), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich) (co-leading house), Universität Zürich (UZH), Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA) Lugano, University of Bern (UNIBE) and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) for a period of up to 12 years.
We are at the forefront of robotics research and develop robots that co-exist symbiotically with humans in order to enable them to help both individuals and society.
The 5th edition of the Swiss Robotics Industry Day takes place at the Swiss Tech Convention Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday 5th of November 2020. It is designed for industry professionals to experience technologies from the labs of NCCR Robotics and the SMEs of the Swiss Robotics ecosystem. It is a unique opportunity for the industry to gain insight into cutting edge research & emerging technologies.


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Ever get the feeling that the entire global economy is one big experiment conducted by several former Keynesian economists from MIT with a bent for central planning, who sit down in conspiratorial dark rooms in tiny Swiss cities and bet it all on green until they double down so much nobody even pays attention to the game? No? You should. Jon Hilsenrath, of all people, explains why.
From the WSJ:
Every two months, more than a dozen bankers meet here on Sunday evenings to talk and dine on the 18th floor of a cylindrical building looking out on the Rhine.
The dinner discussions on money and economics are more than academic. At the table are the chiefs of the world's biggest central banks, representing countries that annually produce more than $51 trillion of gross domestic product, three-quarters of the world's economic output.
Of late, these secret talks have focused on global economic troubles and the aggressive measures by central banks to manage their national economies. Since 2007, central banks have flooded the world financial system with more than $11 trillion. Faced with weak recoveries and Europe's churning economic problems, the effort has accelerated. The biggest central banks plan to pump billions more into government bonds, mortgages and business loans.
Their monetary strategy isn't found in standard textbooks. The central bankers are, in effect, conducting a high-stakes experiment, drawing in part on academic work by some of the men who studied and taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1970s and 1980s.
"Will history decide they did too little or too much? We don't know because it is still a work in progress," said Kenneth Rogoff, an economics professor at Harvard and co-author of a book, "This Time Is Different," examining financial crises over eight centuries. "They are taking risks because it is an experimental strategy."
Three of the world's most powerful central bankers launched their careers in a building known as "E52," home to the MIT economics department. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and ECB President Mario Draghi earned their Ph.D.s there in the late 1970s. Bank of England Governor Mervyn King taught briefly there in the 1980s, sharing an office with Mr. Bernanke.
Many economists emerged from MIT with a belief that government could help to smooth out economic downturns. Central banks play a particularly important role in this view, not only by setting interest rates but also by influencing public expectations through carefully worded statements.
While at MIT, the central bankers dreamed up mathematical models and discussed their ideas in seminar rooms and at cheap food joints in a rundown Boston-area neighborhood on the Charles River.
Over Sunday dinners in Basel, which often stretch to three hours, they now talk of pressing, real-world problems with authority. The meals are part of two-day meetings held six times a year at the BIS. Dinner guests include leaders of the Fed, ECB, Bank of England and Bank of Japan, as well as central bankers from India, China, Mexico, Brazil and a few other countries.
The same BIS, incidentally, which is an employer of "The People Bringing You Currency Manipulation On A Daily Basis" whom we described in April.
The role of the Bank for International Settlements has broadened since it was formed in 1930 to handle reparation payments imposed on Germany after World War I. In the 1970s, it became the center of discussions on bank capital rules. In the 1990s, it became the meeting place for central bankers to talk about the global economy.
It is also the place where the coordination of all the real trading these days: that conducted by central planners of course. Most importantly, it is responsible for perpetuating the status quo.
As for our unsung MIT heroes...
The 18-member group, formally known as the Economic Consultative Committee, has only once issued a public statement: a two-line missive in September, promising to look for solutions in interbank lending markets, responding to allegations that some private banks had conspired to manipulate the Libor interest rate.
On Mondays after the dinner, the bankers join a larger group of central bankers at a large round table on a lower floor of the BIS building, which is shaped like a rook chess piece. Staff members sit nearby at desks decorated in white leather.
The Bank of England's Mr. King leads the dinner discussions in a room decorated by the Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron, which designed the "Bird's Nest" stadium for the Beijing Olympics. The men have designated seats at a round table in a dining area scented by white orchids and framed by white walls, a black ceiling and panoramic views.
"It is a way in which people can talk completely privately," Mr. King said in an interview. "It is a big advantage if you have some feel for how central banks think about questions, what they're likely to do in the future if certain events were to occur."
Serious matters follow appetizers, wine and small talk, according to people familiar with the dinners. Mr. King typically asks his colleagues to talk about the outlook in their respective countries. Others ask follow-up questions. The gatherings yield no transcripts or minutes. No staff is allowed.
The punchline: a handful of people from MIT, deeply steeped in economic theory (not practice), the same people whose actions incidentally were responsible for the first great financial crisis, and who yield more power than any potenate in the history of the world - people who, as the ECB showed in the case of Berlusconi, can take down presidents and PMs with the flick of a switch, meet in private. No transcripts or buttlers are allowed.
In other words, they are accountable to absolutely nobody.
Which is to be expected: after all they are conducting the greatest experiment in monetary, geopolitical and social history. If they fail... when they fail, everyone loses.


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I curse you, Monsanto. I curse you.
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There are those who believe that the $16 million modernization of the Worcester Regional Transit Authority bus services was merely an expensive ploy to keep certain elements of the community out of sight, or more frankly, out of the downtown area.
If that is the case, the ploy appears to have worked perfectly.
Prior to the June 1 opening of the WRTA's new hub at 60 Foster St, 84.4 percent of the average bus boardings in the downtown area occurred around City Hall on Main and Front streets.
The downtown boardings represent almost 30 percent of the WRTA daily systemwide average boardings.
Since the move to the Foster Street hub, however, the boardings around City Hall have fallen to 9.2 percent, with the new hub accounting for 72.6 percent of all downtown boardings.
Of course the WRTA dismisses as pure nonsense the notion that it would work willy-nilly with the city against the interest of its riders, the majority of whom are low- to moderate-income individuals, which then raises the question of what were the goals of the $16 million modernization.
Since the hub has been in play, small central downtown merchants who used to attract bus riders embarking and disembarking at the City Hall stops have seen some 40 percent drop in their business.
Since the new hub has been in play, the WRTA buses have been late about 40 percent of the time and some 207 trips have been missed (a conservative estimate at best, since there might be a number of other missed trips that were not reported by abandoned riders). Some riders have complained about having to wait for up to two hours to catch their bus.
If you are dependent on the WRTA to get to work, doctor appointments, etc., this is an unconscionable low quality of service, and it would appear that some city councilors understand this, evidenced by the discussion during a meeting held Monday by the City Council's Public Service and Transportation Committee.
"It is encouraging that you are listening. If not, I would put the hammer down and say this is not acceptable," City Councilor Rick Rushton said, after being told by WRTA Administrator Stephen O'Neil that mistakes were made and that the bus company was working to iron out the glitches, and to improve service in the downtown area.
The WRTA, for example, has started a free shuttle service that will serve the hub and downtown areas. The shuttle is one of a number of improvements that will be in place by Aug. 24.
What is discouraging, however, is that neither the city nor the WRTA saw fit to solicit public input on their modernization plan, until after it was set in stone.
What is discouraging is that the WRTA seemed unprepared for the impact that downtown construction, new traffic signals on Front Street and high-volume traffic during peak evening hours would have on the new service.
What is discouraging is that the WRTA, after changing its communication system from radio to cellular as part of its modernization, would put the system online before being able to upload critical software in a timely fashion.
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