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A Triple-Header for Chicago
While most Chicagoans are still beaming over the White Soxs winning the World Series, there is one family in the windy city more excited about winning a very unique "triple-header".
It all began when Ohr Somayach alumnus Rabbi Yehdua Albin, who heads the office of Ohr Somayach International in Chicago, succeeded in getting one of the people he regularly learns with to become involved with mitzvah observance. With the birth of his first son and the need for a pidyan haben, a little investigation was launched to determine whether a pidyan haben had been performed for the newborns father and grandfather who were both first-born sons. An elderly great-grandmother, who is still alive and sharp, conclusively convinced the rabbi that neither of them had been redeemed.
In accordance with halacha the grandfather first redeemed himself and made it a double-header by subsequently redeeming his son at a ceremony conducted by Rabbi Albin with a resident kohen. Then came the pidyan haben of the third generation a couple of weeks later to complete the triple-header.
Whats so special about all this?
Since pidyan haben relates only to a first-born male in a family where neither parent is a kohen or levi, the chances of such a redemption being required is about one out of five births. For three such ceremonies to take place in one month in one family is a record more exciting than winning the World Series.


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From the kitchen of Woodsonsgirl.....
3 large cans chicken broth
1 lb split chicken breasts
2 lbs. potatoes
1 1/2 bag pot pie squares or bows
Place chicken in a pot and add enough water just to cover chicken. Cook chicken until done. Pull apart when chicken is cooked thoroughly. While chicken is cooking I cube potatoes. In large stock pot I add chicken broth, chicken, potatoes and cook over med-high until broth begins to boil. I then add pot pie, salt, pepper and parsley to taste. Stir frequently so pot pie doesn't stick to bottom of pot. When pot pie is soft, turn stove to warm or low setting.
Okay.. since there seems to be some difficulty in understanding my directions I will now attempt to 'simplify' for those who need assistance. *coughGalcoughNOVAcough* Excuse me, sorry.
Step Number 1 - Put the Freakin' Chicken in a damn pot.
Step Number 2 - Pour some Freakin water over the Freakin' Chicken. Just enough to cover it's nostrils.
Step Number 2a - Turn the stove on.
Step Number 3 - Cook the Freakin' Chicken until it's done. Approx 1/2 hour or so.
Step Number 4 - When Freakin' Chicken is cooked allow to cool and pull the bird apart into bite size pieces. Do not dispose of water/broth used to cook Freakin' Chicken.
Step Number 4a - Put those bite size pieces from step 4 aside for now.
Step Number 5 - Peel and Cube the Potatoes.
Step Number 6 - In large pot empty the cans of Freakin' Chicken Broth along with the broth that you cooked the original Freakin' Chicken in.
Step Number 7 - Add Cubed Potatoes
Step Number 8 - Add bite size pieces of Freakin' Chicken from step 4a
Step Number 9 - Turn on the damn stove again
Step Number 10 - Cook on Med High heat until broth begins to boil
Step Number 11 - After broth boils add Pot Pie Noodles or Pot Pie Bows (can be found at your local supermarket.)
Step Number 12 - Add Salt, Pepper & Parsley to your own taste
Step Number 13 - When the noodles are soft DIG IN!!!
Here's a link to what the end result looks like. This pic is shown using carrots and celery also... which you may if you like.
Picture of Chicken Pot Pie

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Grammy-award winning Pacific Boychoir of Oakland, California, presents Sergei Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37 on Friday, May 10, 2013, 8 pm at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. Performed every three years in Oakland and San Francisco, this marks the first time in the Pacific Boychoir's history that this piece is being performed in Los Angeles, in its entirety, with an all-male choir including boy sopranos and boy altos in outstanding acoustics. The masterpiece was first premiered by a boy's choir in Moscow in 1915. In 2007, the Pacific Boychoir became the first choir in America to reproduce the original performing forces. Along with Daniel Babcock as tenor soloist, Los Angeles' finest choral tenors and basses augment the choir.
"The last time we were in Los Angeles was in 2006 where we performed with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in an all-Russian language program at a sold-out Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The Vespers, also in Russian, will be our first full-length concert here and we look forward to engaging Los Angeles choral audiences," exclaimed Pacific Boychoir Artistic Director Kevin Fox, who has been eager to bring this piece to Los Angeles.
The All-Night Vigil is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff; his Op. 37 was written and premiered in 1915. It consists of settings of texts taken from the Russian Orthodox All-night vigil ceremony. It has been praised as Rachmaninoff's finest achievement and "the greatest musical achievement of the Russian Orthodox Church".
Tickets range from $18 - $28 and may be purchased online at PacificBoychoirAcademy.org or at the venue box office on the night of the concert, if tickets remain. For more information call 510-652-4722. The First Congregational Church of Los Angeles is located at 540 South Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles 90020.
Pacific Boychoir Academy(PBA) was founded in 1998 with six boys and today comprises over 170 boys and young men age 4-18 in seven choirs. The PBA has become known for its rich sound, musicianship, phrasing, and talented soloists. The New York Times said the PBA goes "beyond the reach of most youth choirs" and the Los Angeles Times described the PBA quality of sound and musicianship as "astonishing."
The PBA has toured throughout the USA and to Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, France, Canada, Brazil, Denmark, South Africa, China, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Russia. The PBA's recordings include Cantate, a recording of Early Music written for boys' voices, a recording of Christmas music by Benjamin Britten, a recording of two of Bach's "Lutheran" Masses, and That Promised Land, a collection of American spirituals and gospel songs.
In the 2012-2013 season, the PBA will perform with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Donato Cabrera and Charles Dutoit, the Oakland-East Bay Symphony, the UC Davis Orchestra and Chorus, the National Symphony Orchestra of Brazil, for the Oakland Raiders, for Cal vs Stanford basketball, and will present three performances of Rachmaninoff's Vespers, in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles.
Kevin Fox, founding artistic director and conductor, has been involved with boys choirs since the age of eight. He holds degrees in Music (with Honors) and Economics from Wesleyan University, Connecticut, where he studied voice with tenor Wayne Rivera, conducting with Mel Strauss, composing with Neely Bruce, and received the Lipsky Prize for outstanding scholarship in choral studies. He studied music at Oxford University, England, with Edward Higginbottom, and choral conducting at Westminster Choir College in Princeton with Jim Jordan and Vincent Metallo. He has served as Proctor for the American Boychoir, working with Jim Litton and Craig Denison, and has sung with the choirs of Trinity Church in New Haven, Trinity Church in Princeton, American Bach Soloists, the Philharmonia Baroque Chorale, and the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys in San Francisco, where he also worked as Interim Assistant Choirmaster.
Under his direction, the Pacific Boychoir Academy has grown from six to 150 choristers in four treble choirs and one alumni choir. Working with the PBA staff, Mr. Fox has developed a proprietary music reading and music theory training program comparable to university-level music classes. In 2002, Mr. Fox developed a business plan for the choir school, a comprehensive document compiling the ideas of staff and board members in preparation for the opening of the school in the fall of 2004. In 2010, Mr. Fox accepted the Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance for the PBA's participation on Mahler's Eighth Symphony with the San Francisco Symphony.
Tenor Daniel C. Babcock is in demand as a soloist, chorister and vocal instructor. He serves as tenor section leader for Orange County's Pacific Chorale under the distinguished leadership of John Alexander. He is a frequently featured soloist with both Pacific Chorale and the John Alexander Singers. Mr. Babcock has performed with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Horizon Music Group, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, LASchola, Bach Collegium San Diego, and De Angelis Vocal Ensemble. The Orange County Register has written that Mr. Babcock "sang with projective ease and unadorned phrasing: a heartfelt and unostentatious performance." Mr. Babcock can be heard as a soloist and choral singer on three recent recordings: Pacific Chorale's Rachmaninov Vespers (2010), Santa Fe Desert Chorale's Hail Cecilia (2009) and John Alexander Singer's Shenandoah (2008 Gothic Records). As a vocal instructor, Mr. Babcock maintains studios at Orange County School of the Arts, Fountain Valley High School and Irvine High School. Mr. Babcock teaches classical vocal technique and enjoys many different styles of music. He is happy to work with students on classical, contemporary, musical theater, jazz and choral singing. Mr. Babcock earned a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from UCLA and a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from the University of Redlands.


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CURT SCHILLING HOUSE ON MARKET - Curt Schilling's Medfield house is on the market for $8M.
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PHOTO: A FOAL NAMED FENWAY - Fenway, a foal born on Tuesday, opening day of the 2008 Red Sox season, is the latest addition at Briggs Stable in Hanover.
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CONN. AG TELLS CRAIGSLIST TO REMOVE ADS FOR SEX - Connecticut's attorney general is demanding the Web site Craigslist cease posting entries for so-called "erotic sites" that he claims promote prostitution.
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MOHEGAN TRIBE RETURNS FEDERAL FUNDS - The Mohegans are returning nearly $760,000 in federal funds, asking that it be redistributed to other tribes in the South and East.
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BOMB THREAT SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AT FOXWOODS - A Buffalo, N.Y., man who told a Foxwoods Resort Casino buffet server Friday morning to leave work early because he might call in a bomb threat was arrested, state police said.
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10 things you probably didn't know you can do in Kenya
Beasts of the Serengeti, exchanging pleasantries with the Maasai, camping out in the bush amid the acacias and elephant dung.
When it comes to activities in Kenya you might think you've heard it all before.
Read on for some lesser known experiences in Kenya.
1. Breakfast with giraffes
Tea, toast and a dash of giraffe slobber. The large windows of the sunroom at Giraffe Manor are wide open, allowing some guests to pop their heads in, rather than take a seat.
The manor is home to a herd of Rothschild's giraffe. Don't forget to close your curtains at night -- you never know who might be looking in.
About 20 kilometers from Nairobi, this 1930s boutique hotel is set in 12 acres of private land, with a view of the Ngong hills.
As well as giraffes the ranch is home to warthogs, dik diks, birds and bushbuck. A nearby giraffe center is a breeding area for the endangered Rothschild's giraffe.
The Giraffe Manor is closed in April and May. Rates for 2013 start at US$485 per adult per night and US$325 for children. Prices include airport transfers, transportation around the area, meals and drinks (including wine, beer and spirits).
Giraffe Manor, Nairobi, Kenya; firstname.lastname@example.com; +254 (0) 205 020 888; http://giraffemanor.com
2. Take part in a rally
If speed and endurance are more desirable, there's this year's East African Safari Classic Rally.
The 4,100-kilometer route starts and finishes in Mombasa, pitting some of the worlds' best "classical" cars and drivers against tough Kenyan terrain.
Drivers dodge wildlife, try not to bust their suspension on boulders and leave competitors eating dust thrown up from Kenya's roads.
The rally was cooked up in 2003 and aims to resurrect the glory days of the East African Safari Rally that started as an endurance race in 1953.
This year's rally will take place in November. Entries are open until October 1, 2013. You must hold an international competition and driving license to enter. Cars have to be passenger vehicles and built before December 31, 1978.
East African Safari Rally, Nairobi, Kenya; firstname.lastname@example.com; +254 20 445 0030; www.eastafricansafarirally.com
3. Foster an elephant
Thousands of elephants are killed every year for their ivory, mainly driven by demand from Asia -- especially China and Thailand. Conservationists say more elephants are being poached now than they have been for the last decade.
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi rescues and rehabilitates orphaned elephants and rhinos with the aim of returning them to the wild.
Visitors to the elephant orphanage come face to face with the infant survivors of the illegal ivory trade at the trust's Nairobi nursery. The babies play around in their daily mud bath between 11 a.m. and noon.
Entrance fee is KES 500 (US$5.80). If you've fallen in love with an elephant or rhino you can foster one, starting from US$50 a year.
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust; Nairobi, Kenya; open daily except Christmas Day.+254 (0) 202 301 396; firstname.lastname@example.com; www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org
4. Propose at Africa's Hogwarts
According to Kenya Airways' in-flight magazine, Ol Malo game sanctuary is the number one place in Kenya to pop the question.
Travel Africa Magazine describes the quirky design of Ol Malo, made of stone, complete with thatched roofs and the occasional spiral staircase, "as a kind of African Hogwarts."
Andrew, the youngest child of the lodge's owners, the Francombe's, proposed to his wife, Chyulu, at Ol Malo. He organized a bonfire, champagne, flowers and cushions on a rock overlooking the river.
"I thought it was a belated Valentines Day and started tucking into the bubbly -- totally unaware what a gibbering wreck Andrew was!" says Chyulu.
"Ol Malo is the perfect place to pop the question. There is so much you can do -- just out on the ranch as we did it or in some far off place by chopper."
Ol Malo is loacted at edge of the Laikipia plateau. Prices start from US$750 per adult and US$490 per child (5-15) per night for full board. Various activities are included in the price, as is beer and wine. Ol Malo is closed in April, May and November.
The lodge seeks to give back to the community and has established the Ol Malo Trust to help conserve the culture of the Samburu people.
Ol Malo, Laikipia Plateau, Kenya; +254 62 32715; email@example.com; www.olmalo.com
5. Get married like the Maasai
After 46 years of marriage Roger and Laurie Moore decided to remarry -- Maasai style.
The village chief of Embiti "adopted" Roger while a family in a nearby village took Laurie under their wing.
After decking out Laurie in traditional garb, her face painted by warriors and grass put in her shoe (to symbolize food for their cattle), the bride was ready to be presented to her groom, who was equally made up.
Participants do a celebratory walk from the bride's village to the groom's. Dancing and singing Maasai await them and gifts are exchanged and a dowry negotiated.
Turns out Laurie was a bargain: "I was worth one cow and one goat, a very affordable bride!"
A Maasai wedding complete with food, a week-long safari, accommodation and transport will set you back around US$20,000.
Maniago Safaris; +254 20 4449461/2; www.maniagosafaris.com
6. Go on a cheese tour
Kenya and cheese -- not two things that automatically come to mind.
However, 30 minutes out of Nairobi is the award winning Brown's Cheese factory. Its product has won many accolades, including the South African Dairy Championship and awards from the East Africa Cheese Festival.
Brown's philosophy is to run the farm "on purely biodynamic and organic principles." The factory tour shows how the cheese is made, after which guests can settle down to a cheese platter, followed by a three-course lunch complete with homemade chutneys, bread and homegrown salad.
Brown's also offers cheese-making classes and, for kids, milking sessions with the factory's Friesian cows.
An afternoon at the farm costs about KES 3,500 (US$40) per person and includes up to three glasses of wine or beer. Kids under five are free, 5-11 years rate is KES 500 and 12-plus years rate is KES 1,500. Visiting hours from 12:30-4 p.m.
Brown's Cheese, Limuru, Kenya; email@example.com; +254 (0)716 875 766; www.brownscheese.com
7. Go on the Rhino Charge
One hundred square kilometers of rough terrain, 10 hours, 13 check points, one map, one 4x4 and no set route.
Reach the most checkpoints in the shortest distance for victory. Just watch for the lions.
This is Kenya's annual off-road motor sport competition -- the Rhino Charge.
The precise location is kept secret until a few days before so competitors don't go on sneaky reconnaissance missions.
The event is held every May or June, organized by The Rhino Ark Charitable Trust.
The rally raises money for the conservation of Kenya's Aberdare Ecosystem.
Only 60 vehicles can participate in order to minimize environmental damage. The more cash you can put up, the more likely you are to get a place. Crews must be between two and six people.
Rhino Charge, Nairobi, Kenya; email@example.com; +254 (0) 20 213 6010 or 213 6011; www.rhinocharge.co.ke
8. Tackle a snake safari
There are more than 100 snake species in Kenya, and snake safari outfit Bio-ken arranges tours to spot them in forests, riverbeds, rocky cliffs and mangroves.
The most popular package is a three-night snake safari along the banks of the Galana River. An alternative is the Big Five safari -- a search for pythons, boomslangs, puff adders, cobras and mambas.
Some of Kenya's top reptile experts lead the trip, the aim of which is to improve awareness and education about snakes and their role in the eco-system.
Check out a video here.
The three-night snake safari costs US$1,200 per person, per night. Prices of the longer Big Five safaris are tailored according to customer preference. The average price per person, per day is around US$1,000, and includes full board and domestic transfers and flights.
Bio-ken, Watamu, Kenya; +254 42 23 32303; www.bio-ken.com
9. Be 'eatertained'
Carnivore restaurant in Nairobi offers usual fare, such as rumps of beef, legs of lamb, chops, sausages and ribs, but also crocodile, ostrich and chicken livers and gizzards.
There's no ordering here. Guests sit down and carvers dressed in zebra aprons and straw hats bring meat hanging off Maasai swords.
Diners signal they're done by lowering the white flag on their table.
Martin Dunford, CEO of the organization behind Carnivore, The Tamarind Group, says Carnivore epitomizes "a theatrical, 'eatertainment' experience that makes your visit feel like an adventure."
Open daily for lunch and dinner. Cost of full dinner set menu, which includes soup, salad, side dishes, dessert and coffee or tea is KES 3,265 (US$38). Carnivore does offer a vegetarian menu.
Carnivore; Nairobi, Kenya; firstname.lastname@example.com; 020 600 59337/6002764; www.tamarind.co.ke/carnivore
10. Eat in a cave
Welcome to Ali Barbour's Cave Restaurant in Diani, thought to be around 120,000-180,000 years old.
Diners can spot stars while sitting at a table 10 meters below ground in this open-air coral cave. In bad weather, sliding covers are placed over the holes in the roof to ensure a romantic evening.
The restaurant serves international cuisine, but specializes in seafood.
Main courses start from around KES 900 (US$10) for vegetarian spaghetti. The catch of the day will set you back KES 1,450 (US$17) and lobster thermidore comes in at KES 4,300 (US$50).
Click on www.flamboyant.co/360 for a virtual tour. Reservations required. Dress code is smart-casual.
Ali Barbour's Cave Restaurant, Diani, Kenya; firstname.lastname@example.com; +254 714 456131; +254 735 331002; www.alibarbours.co


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Beatlemania takes over ECC Marching Band
The Elk County Catholic High School Crusader Marching Band had spectators singing along in the stands as the performed an array of musical selections from the popular British rock band, the Beatles.As part of their 2013 halftime show, the students performed five songs of "Magical Mystery Tour," "Eleanor Rigby," "Blackbird," "Yesterday" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band."In paying homage to the Beatles, dubbed as one of the most popular and influential rock bands of all time, the color guard uniforms were inspired by simliar attire the Beatles donned on the cover of their Sgt. Lonely Heart Club band album.


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How we lost our social spaces and how we found them again
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The way News will travel in the twenty first century and why it won't be fake
The US Senate has asked Facebook, Twitter and Google to release Russian ads which apparently interfered with the 2016 U S Presidential election.
Fake news is a major issue the social media is trying to cope with.
Paybookclub, a media start up thinks that the problem will not overshadow the next election as it has developed a system which can revolutionise the way News will be created and emanated, a system which blocks out fake news and their creators right at the source.
Paybookclub is a cloud based, AI driven, content procurement and distribution platform based on a social network on mobile phones.
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Although the WSSRC feels to be bound by an ISAF policy from former years, when kiteboarding was neither compliant with the Equipment Rules of Sailing nor being an ISAF international class, the only possible conclusion under the actual rule situation and in the spirit of true sportsmanship is to acknowledge the performances of Alexandre Caizergues, Robert Douglas and Sebastien Cattelan, all with runs of more than 50 knots during this years Luderitz Speed Challenge as the speed sailing outright record.
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State Auditor Dave Yost seized records of grade and attendance changes for more than 870 students for his data-tampering investigation, according to a Dispatch analysis of court documents.
State Auditor Dave Yost seized records of grade and attendance changes for more than 870 students for his data-tampering investigation, according to a Dispatch analysis of court documents.
The auditor�s office released some pages from each of the 34 search warrants that investigators served at 20 Columbus high schools on Thursday. They sought records for individual students identified by their student identification number. Those numbers were blacked out on the warrants released yesterday.
Officials in Yost�s office and in Columbus schools wouldn�t comment on the warrants.
But the warrants mirror what�s already known about data changes in Columbus high schools, with the auditor searching for the most records at some schools where district records showed the most data changes.
Most of the student records � 776 of them � pertained to grade changes.
The auditor searched records for 183 students at Marion-Franklin High School, the most among the 20 high schools.
The Dispatch reported in January that an assistant principal at the school, Stanley K. Pyle, was responsible for switching 495 individual course grades from an F to a D during the 2010-11 school year. Pyle announced he will retire at the end of the school year, and district officials say he is using up his accrued vacation time.
Meanwhile, three of the top five schools where the auditor asked for attendance records were Whetstone, Marion-Franklin and Mifflin. They were also schools where Columbus administrator Amy Dennis is known to have deleted absences. The auditor sought attendance information for 25 students at Whetstone, 13 at Marion-Franklin and 10 at Mifflin, nearly half of the total of 100 records he sought at 14 schools.
Dennis, the former Whetstone principal who oversees district special education, also has come up in subpoenas and other records associated with the 10-month investigation.
The district�s data show that Dennis deleted 7,735 absences since the 2006-07 school year. All but 1,000 of those deletions were in the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years at Whetstone. Records show that Dennis also deleted records at Marion-Franklin and Mifflin.
Yost already has said that Columbus school administrators �scrubbed� low-performing students from the rolls to make schools and the district look better. Investigators have begun to focus on whether employees improperly changed students� grades. Changing a high-school student�s final grade from an F to a D could boost a school�s graduation rate, a key factor on state report cards.
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Augsburg celebrates 40 years of women's athletics
The passage of Title IX, enacted as part of the U.S. Education Amendment of 1972, mandated equal opportunities in education, allowing women to participate on high school and college athletic teams. But the tradition of women's athletics at Augsburg actually dates back to the earliest days of Auggie athletics in the 1920s.
On November 10, Augsburg will celebrate 40 years of varsity women's athletics and the 40th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. Lavonne (Mrs. Pete) Peterson '50 and Joyce Pfaff '65 will be honored at the celebration with "One of Our Own" plaques for their contributions to Augsburg College and the Athletic Department. In addition, female athletes from each decade will be recognized on All-decade Teams.
Peterson, an instructor, coach, and women's physical education director, started the Auggiettes basketball team in 1950 and coached the team for 18 years, leading them to an incredible 154-6 record. Pfaff, an Augsburg coach, instructor, and director of women's athletics, started several women's teams after the passage of Title IX and served the College for 43 years.
Here we recognize just a few of the leaders and milestones in women's athletics at Augsburg.
Pre-Title IX
1951 - The Auggiettes basketball team [pictured], coached by Lavonne Peterson
1971 - In both the floor exercise and balance beam, gymnast Ann Knutson Brovold '74 is the first Augsburg female athlete to compete in a post-season event -- an Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Region 6 tournament.
1972 - Title IX is passed June 23, 1972.
1972-73 - Women's varsity intercollegiate volleyball, gymnastics, and tennis are founded while basketball is restarted.
1974-75 - The volleyball team places second in the Minnesota Associate for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW) state tournament, qualifying to compete in the Region 6 AIAW tournament both years. The Auggies place fourth in the Region 6 tournament in 1974 and fifth in 1975.
1974-75 - Softball is added as a varsity sport.
1975-76 - Women's track and field is added as a varsity sport.
1979 - The softball team places second at the MAIAW state tournament.
1979-80 - Kathy Korum '81 [pictured] is the first woman to play and letter on a men's varsity team (golf).
1981-82 - The softball team qualifies for its first AIAW national tournament.
1982-83 - Augsburg joins the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC).
1985 - Women's soccer is added as a varsity sport.
1988 - Under coach Paul Grauer, the women's track and field team earns a third place National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) team finish with Carolyn Ross Isaak '89 [pictured middle] and Melanie Herrera-Storlie '88 [right].
1991 - Women's cross country is reestablished as part of the varsity athletics program.
1995-96 - Augsburg established the first Midwest varsity women's hockey team.
1999-00 - The women's hockey team is the Division III national tournament runner-up in the American Women's College Hockey Alliance (AWCHA).
2003-04 - Augsburg establishes the swim and dive program.
2004-07 - Women's soccer qualifies for the MIAC playoffs
2012 - Augsburg announces that it will establish the first varsity intercollegiate women's lacrosse program in the state of Minnesota.


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Students who have experienced a sexual assault, sexual violence, or other crimes may seek advice, assistance, and resources from the Dean of Compliance and Judicial Affairs, Dean of Student Development, Educational Planning, Counseling and Completion*, or the College's Title IX Coordinator. Individuals within these offices can assist the complainant with accessing medical or counseling services, advocacy services, social support services, legal services, and police services. Even in the absence of a formal complaint, the College may be able to provide assistance to the complainant with respect to his or her academic, living, transportation, or working situations. For example, a student might wish to explore changing into another class or class time.
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- Contact information for the San Jacinto College Police Department: From campus phone: 5555; From cell phones: 281-476- 9128; Non-emergency: 281-476-1820; Hearing Impaired Phone Number for text messages: 713-469-1071.
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What is Domestic/Dating Violence?
Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior that is used by an intimate partner to gain or maintain power and control over the other intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This can include any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, threaten, blame, injure, or wound someone.
Dating violence is defined as violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and where the existence of such a relationship is determined based on the following factors
- Length of the relationship
- Type of the relationship
- Frequency of interaction between the persons in the relationship
Am I a Victim of Domestic/Dating Violence?
- Does your partner get jealous when you talk with others?
- Does your partner frighten or intimidate you?
- Does your partner put you down, but then tell you that he/she loves you?
- Does your partner try to impose restrictions on the way you dress or your appearance?
- Have you been pushed, shoved, held down, hit, kicked, or had things thrown at you by your partner?
- Are you afraid to break up with your partner because of fear of personal safety?
- Has your partner forced or intimidated you into having sex?
Types of Domestic/Dating Violence
Physical Abuse:
Hitting, slapping, shoving, grabbing, pinching, biting, hair pulling, etc. are types of physical abuse. This type of abuse also includes denying a partner medical care or forcing alcohol and/or drug use upon him or her.
Sexual Abuse:
Coercing or attempting to coerce any sexual contact or behavior without consent. Sexual violence includes, but is certainly not limited to, marital rape, attacks on sexual parts of the body, forcing sex after physical violence has occurred, treating one in a sexually demeaning manner and controlling reproduction by sabotaging methods of birth control.
Undermining an individual's sense of self-worth and/or self-esteem is abusive. This may include, but is not limited to constant criticism, diminishing one's abilities, name-calling, or forbidding one's attendance at school or employment.
Psychological Abuse:
Elements of psychological abuse include– but not limited to– causing fear by intimidation; threatening physical harm to self, partner, children, or partner's family, friends, at school and/or work.
Consistent behavior that is directed specifically at another person that causes that person to suffer substantial emotional distress or to fear for his or her personal safety or security.
How can I help a friend who is being abused?
Acknowledge your friend is in a difficult situation.
Let the friend know he/she is not alone.
Be Supportive.
Listen and be available. Remember it may be difficult for your friend to talk about the abuse.
Be Non-Judgmental.
Respect your friend's decisions. There are many reasons why victims stay in abusive relationships.
Do not criticize the choice to stay.
Don't be afraid to show that you are concerned.
Describe what you see is going on and that you want to help.
Let your friend know he/she deserves a healthy, non-violent relationship.
If your friend breaks up with an abuser, continue to be supportive.
Your friend may feel sad or lonely and be tempted to return to the abuser.
Encourage your friend to talk to professionals who can offer support.
San Jacinto College has resources such as the police, Counseling Services, and Human Resources.
They can also direct you to other resources for assistance.
State of Texas Statistics
In 2016, the state of Texas reported the following family violence data:
Number of incidents: 196,564
Number of victims: 214,815
Number of offenses: 208,764
Source: Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime in Texas 2016
Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse
Bay Area Turning Point, Inc.
Houston Area Women's Center
Houston Health and Human Services Department
National Center for Victims of Crime
National Crime Prevention Council
National Domestic Violence Hotline
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
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Parents of a mentally ill man who was shot to death during a struggle with police at California State University, San Bernardino, are suing for wrongful death.
The federal suit filed Tuesday also contends that Bartholomew Williams was the victim of negligence and violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It seeks unspecified damages.
Williams, 38, was shot five times during a furious struggle with campus police on Dec. 8, according to city police who conducted an investigation.
Williams suffered from bipolar disorder, which can cause severe mood swings. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound graduate student was off of his medication and appeared to be irrational when he fought with three officers who went to a student housing complex to take him away for a mental evaluation, city police said.
His parents, Barbara and Paul Williams, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against the state, the university and its police chief. The suit contends that campus police should have called for mental health officials, a police crisis-intervention team or Williams' friends or relatives to help defuse the confrontation.
Instead, officers "escalated the level of tension and violence" that led to an unreasonable use of force, the suit contends.
"You have a student who is registered as a disabled student," the parent' attorney, James DeSimone, told the Riverside Press-Enterprise ( https://bit.ly/105O4eK ). "The university has advance notice that he has special needs. To have him encountered with the use of force and police officers when it really was a mental health issue violates the Americans With Disabilities Act."
DeSimone said he hopes the lawsuit will prompt changes in how law-enforcement agencies handle encounters with mentally ill people.
It was premature for the university to comment on the lawsuit, spokesman Sid Robinson said.
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Oh, May.
You were a treat.
I read a lot. I read a lot of books I really enjoyed. I read a lot of books that I really enjoyed and then wanted to read more.
All around, a fun month for reading!
1. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
My last "on-syllabus" book of the semester, but also the first "on-syllabus" book of my grad school career that had me completely at hello. Maybe there are books you read that make you want to give the book a hug, or maybe, a smart, mature book might leave you wanting to marry a book, but this book made me want to eat it. And it would taste like candy.
Actually, that's a fairly accurate description of many of the books I read in May!
But anyway, the story begins with Amy's family dissolving. Her father died in an accident, her twin brother was shipped off to rehab, and her mother decided to take a new job in Connecticut, leaving Amy behind in California while they sell one house and buy another. When it comes time for Amy to join her mother, it also seems like a great way for Amy's mother to be rejoined with the red Jeep she left behind.
One problem: Amy doesn't drive. Enter romantic interest: Roger. An old family friend finishing his first year of college and spending the summer with his father in Pennsylvania, Roger needs a ride and Amy has a car that needs driving. Amy's mother has their route calculated and hotel reservations made along the way… but of course, what kind of book would it be if Amy and Roger didn't decide to take off on their own?
Hijinks, emotional arcs, likable side-characters, make-overs, road trip playlists, local food indulgences, and tortured flirtation ensue.
Devoured it.
Loved it.
2. Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
This is one of those quintessentially "YA" Young Adult book. One of the original Printz Honors, I feel like this book could be voted Most Likely To Show Up On Your Children't Lit Course Syllabus. I, therefore, have read it three or four times before, and at least once when I was an actual teenager.
If you are one of the two people on this planet who have not read this novel, it is quite good, I think, and here's what you need to know:
John's parents are divorced. He lives with his mom and takes the train into Boston to visit his Dad's bachelor pad on the weekends. His father ignores him and goes on dates, his mother weeps about her divorce and doesn't show John any affection. John has one friend who is kind of a loser and spends too much time representing a heteronormative, nerdy kind of teenaged lifestyle.
John's life sucks, so why not recreate yourself a little? John writes a zine (aww…. how nineties is that!!) under the name "Gio," and gets the attention of another zine-writer, Marisol, who lives in Cambridge. Marisol is gorgeous, challenging, mercurial, and a lesbian. Of course, John/Gio falls in love.
The whole "girl falls in love with gay best friend" is almost a narrative trope at this point, but I can't say I've heard of a story about the reverse other than this one!
2000 Printz Honor
3. Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
I picked up this book for two reasons.
Reason #1: I used to watch Ally McBeal in high school, and I remember clearly all of the hype about the show's actresses, including Portia de Rossi. Supposedly, the environment on the set was toxic: Calista Flockhart was clearly a too-skinny freak of nature and the show dressed her to accentuate her thinness, so the rest of the female cast felt like they needed to be gaunt to compete. I hoped that de Rossi's memoir would be an insider account of what was going on there, in the cast of an only moderately successful television show, that seemed to formally usher in the stick-figure-body aesthetic of the late 90s and early 00s.
Reason #2: I heard it was actually a decent read, not obviously ghost-written or trashy.
I was right about #2, for sure. The back cover has blurbs from Jonathan Safran Foer, Jeanette Walls, and Augusten Burroughs for goodness sake! This is not your average celebrity memoir!
I didn't find what I was expecting with #1, but what I found was equally interesting. This book really is not a Hollywood tell-all but a memoir. De Rossi describes her childhood in Australia, her career as a model that segued into acting, and her struggle to identify (inwardly and outwardly) as a homosexual woman.
By the time she made it onto the cast of Ally, she was already heavily into disordered eating, habits that developed when she was a young, aspiring model that her peers and parents seemed to approve of (or at least look the other way from). Hanging out with Calista Flockhart and Courtney Thorne-Smith and Lucy Liu didn't drive de Rossi to anorexia, but the pressure of being a working actress in LA, with frequent costume fittings and sample-sized clothing, and with the means to over-exercise and seek professional help from a nutritionist, it was easier for de Rossi's already present disorder to escalate quickly.
She barely mentions her female costars in this book, but she so clearly portrays this kind of pandemic Hollywood attitude toward women's weight and appearance that it is easy to imagine that Flockhart and Thorne-Smith and Liu could have easily had similar personal experiences that kept them losing weight during the show's filming… and contributing to whatever effect that had on women watching their show from home.
Anywaaaaay, super interesting read that I breezed through in an afternoon. I found myself very invested in de Rossi's life and career and worried for her health, and I was glad to know that in Real Life, she was doing okay.
And yes, I've been watching Ally McBeal reruns on Netflix. It's kind of like Grey's Anatomy with lawyers!
4. Made for You and Me by Caitlin Shetterly
I picked this up from one of my favorite places to hear about quirky new books: NPR's weekly "What We're Reading" report.
And while I was reading it, I realized that when it comes to narrative non-fiction, I have a really big soft-spot for books like Shetterly's.
I think I might call them "Memoirs by normal-ish people who have done little noteworthy other than craft their particular life experience into an interesting story."
And this is why I don't get mad when 20-somethings write memoirs. For me, a memoir isn' about the destination, it's about the journey! If you can take me on a journey, I love you.
Anyway. I loved this book. The journey Shetterly takes you on is one from New England to Los Angeles and back again. Caitlin gets married and she and her husband decide to pursue their lifelong dream of moving to LA and living as working artistic-people. However, the move is neither cheap nor smooth (as very few moves tend to be), and their savings is pretty much shot… just in time for the Great Recession to swing in to eliminate the middle-class day jobs the two were hoping to acquire to pay the rent, and for Caitlin to get pregnant…. and if that weren't enough, she develops hyperemesis gravidarum and can't walk across the living room much less find a job or work.
So the thirty-something couple and their new baby end up moving back to Maine… and moving in with Catilin's mother. But that's not really the point. The point is that Shetterly takes you on this very American journey of hope, pursuit of happiness, and the nuclear family… when she fails, you can see how thousands of other American families can so easily fail even when they are doing everything right… but also that we are all kind of in this economic rollercoaster ride together.
Her story could be anybody's story, but in a good way.
5. Bumped by Megan McCafferty
My awesome roommate pre-ordered this book for me for my birthday in March! This is one of my favorite methods for gift receiving – I would gladly forgo a gift on my actual day of birth in exchange for an Amazon delivery on pub day! It's a little like Christmas!
I have waxed poetic about my love of Megan McCafferty's Jessica Darling oeuvre before.
I had mixed but generally positive feelings about Bumped, which is McCafferty's first "straight" YA novel, as well as a departure into the oh-so-trendy world of futuristic dystopia.
The dystopian premise: every adult gets a disease that renders them sterile. All procreation lies on the shoulders of the teenage demographic… so of course, the whole system becomes heavily monetized, with babies being purchased, adoptions and surrogacy brokered by the powerful and rich, and the more fertile you are, the cooler, most popular, and closer to celebrity you become!
I didn't have any problems with the story itself. The premise was interesting with lots of surprising and thought provoking details, and the main plot clever and snappy (two twins, separated at birth, meeting for the first time: one who lives in a private, religious cult that favors traditional attitudes toward procreating such as "marriage" and "don't sell your baby," the other a popular overachieving girl with a contract to bear a child for a high-powered couple as soon as they find a suitable sperm donor).
But I am, sadly, getting a little bored/overwhelmed with the poor, beat-int0-the-ground dystopia.
Similarly, the recent influx of built-in-trilogies. Can't we just write longer books instead of spreading out the goods intentionally?
I'll be excited to read book 2, though, whenever it comes out…
6. What Happened To Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
What to say about a Sarah Dessen book that hasn't already been said?
Janssen wrote a pretty solid review a few months ago. I stand by everything she says about this novel and the whole "Sarah Dessen" aesthetic.
There's just something comforting about her novels. Everything you want out of this book, you will get. So while some people might find her novels formulaic, I delight in finding out exactly how she plays with the formula with each successive book, and how her knack for creating likable, three-dimensional characters and rich settings (although they are always suburban?!? who can do that?), make me, the reader, seduced into her novels.
Another win for Ms. Dessen.
An aside for fellow Dessenophiles: this is the THIRD book that Jason has appeared in as a significant minor character… what is it about that boy? Do you think Sarah Dessen has a soft spot for the old nerd? Do you think he's having some kind of multi-book storyline that will end up with him as a love interest two or three books down the road? I'm so obsessed with this…
7. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Okay, at this point in my summer-break reading, I'm not even pretending to be a literary-type person.
This is chick lit! It's been turned into a RomCom! It's got a lot of silliness and betrayal and sex and consumerism!
I liked it.
This is probably like saying "I like eating Krispy Kreme donuts." Of course you like eating Krispy Kreme donuts! They are deep fried in fat and covered in sugar! Your body was made to like eating Krispy Kreme donuts!
I ate a book donut in May and it was good. I put the sequel on hold. I was a little disheartened that the book ended with the protagonist kind of "falling into" the resolution of her love-triangle, but all in all I thought the conclusion was an interesting way to end the novel. Is it too much to ask for a female romantic protagonist who isn't either A) totally confident and outgoing and take charge or B) completely mousy and ineffective and doesn't DO anything?
I guess I can't eat a bunch of donuts and expect them to be better than… something that's not just a donut.
8. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Do you ever get into a reading mood? When you just want to read a certain type of book or books about a certain topic or maybe the same book over and over again?
Maybe it's just me.
But I hope you like books about running, because that's what I'm in the mood for.
That being said, I really liked this book for many reasons other than the fact that it is a book about running. The author is a well-known writer of fiction in Japan, so he can craft a sentence for sure. And I loved the Not-Western-ness of some of his attitudes and of his writing style in general. Refreshing.
But above all, this is one of those kind of meandering, philosophical books that has you reaching for a pen and paper to jot down quotes that say something so perfectly, something you never thought anyone else ever thought about except for you.
For example, this quote that has nothing to do with writing but everything to do with life (and maybe YA fiction):
Sixteen is an intensely troublesome age. You worry about little things, can't pinpoint where you are in any objective way, become really proficient at strange, pointless skills, and are held in thrall by inexplicable complexes. As you get older, though, through trial and error you learn to get what you need, and throw out what should be discarded. And you start to recognize (or be resigned to the fact) that since your faults and deficiencies are well night infinite, you'd best figure out your good points and learn to get by with what you have."
Good stuff. The book is structured as short essay-type pieces that revolve around Murakami's experiences a long distance runner, but yeah, it's not all about running. Don't worry. Try it anyway.
9. Hush by Eishes Chayil
Okay. I am pounding out a whole system of weird reading philosophies here, but bear with me. Along with reading moods, I think people have "hot topics" that they just can't resist. Ever. Sometimes, the topics just come to you: my mother has read more books about mountain climbers than 95% of the population, but very rarely chooses to read a book just because it's about mountain climbers. She reads them because somebody recommended the book or because it's about something entirely other than climbing mountains but somehow is also about climbing mountains, et cetera.
Anyway. One of my hot topics for reading/documentaries/Dateline specials?
Secluded religious communities that hold onto traditional ways of life in spite of all the 21st century America happening around them.
So, basically, stories about fundamentalist Mormons, the Amish,
and Orthodox Jews!
Hush is an intense young adult novel about life for young girls in extremely Orthodox communities. The kind of child abuse that occurs in this novel is by no means unique or even prevalent to this religious community, but the religious beliefs regarding women, sex, marriage, and the pressure placed upon a family unit to be godly, to be pious, to be normal, creates a kind of strange environment in which severe child abuse gets swept under the rug. Young victims are ignored or silenced and perpetrators are never confronted and can continue to abuse other children.
It's a vicious cycle. This book is not only an "insider's look" at a religious community that still thrives today, slightly outside the focus of the average American, but also calls attention to this systemic problem and calls for action to be made within the communities themselves.
2011 William C. Morris Award Finalist
10. My Darling, My Hamburger by Paul Zindel
File this one under "Trying to Read Those Children's/YA Books Everyone Has Already Assumed I've Read."
Also file this one under "Weird Books That I Don't Quite Appreciate Because I'm A Modern Reader With Modern Expectations."
This is Zindel's "problem novel" about abortion. I read it a few weeks ago but don't remember much about it other than the fact that female low-self esteem was usually followed by this random older guy appearing to take the offending (and desperate) girl out on a date… where they found this guy and decided he was worth speaking to was a mystery to me: his character is basically Generic Offensive Asshole.
I guess when you are feeling down, this is what you get, ladies. A Generic Offensive Asshole to punish you for making bad decisions.
11. Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
See: Reading Mood… but also see: Reading Candy! This book was awesome and I ate it right up in like, two days.
This book is…
– One part Intro to Ultramarathons. Running 50 to 100 mile races might not seem like the most interesting topic for a book, but it certainly attracts a very interesting breed of person and McDougall does a great job of capturing the many interesting characters who have found and excelled at the sport. (Spoiler: they are all kind of crazy)
– One part History of People. Running, McDougall posits, is an innately human thing to do. He gathers the data and research on primitive running cultures and examines how they run, why they run, what they eat, how they live, and talks about how those choices keep them free from injury and able to maintain superior athletic performance. I now want to run around barefoot all the time and eat chia seeds.
– One part Epic Adventure. McDougall does a story on the notoriously elusive and skilled runners, the Tarahumara. In digging into the jungles of Mexico to find them, he meets a random crazy ultramarathoning white dude who has earned the Tarahumara respect… and who also wants to bring some of America's best ultramarathoners down to the jungle to have an epic 50 mile race. Somehow McDougall and this Crazy Guy convince some of those crazy characters to travel down into Mexico (while avoiding food poisoning, falling off cliffs, and Mexican drug cartels) and compete against the Tarahumara.
They pull it off in the end, but the path to get there is pretty ridiculous.
I really just want to buy this book for people. I don't know why, but I do.
12. Bossypants by Tina Fey
I read this book from start to finish last Wednesday while I sat in various airports for various lengths of time!
I'm not sure I have much to say about it, though. This book is getting a lot of good press and for good reason. Everyone wants Tina Fey to be their best friend, and here she is, telling you about her life and making you laugh.
My favorite part is when she writes about 30 Rock, and how she wanted to write a really popular, accessible sitcom that would make a lot of money… but for some reason, 30 Rock just wouldn't have it. It just became weirder and weirder.
That just makes me smile.
13. Good Eggs by Phoebe Potts
When I was planning out books to bring with me for my trip to Michigan, I had this feeling that I would find at least one good book lying around my house. Probably a book I hadn't heard of, or maybe one I'd been meaning to read that would just appear on a kitchen counter…
This was that book! And it was really good!
Remember how I like "Memoirs by normal-ish people who have done little noteworthy other than craft their particular life experience into an interesting story?" Here's another one! AND it's a graphic novel!! Best day ever!!!
This actually did kind of remind me of Made for You and Me, but in reverse. Where Caitlin is an artistic New England girl struggling to find a place in the world after she gets married and becomes unexpectedly pregnant, Pheobe Potts is an artistic New England girl struggling to find a place in the world after she gets married and becomes unexpectedly infertile.
I'm glad I spotted this book hiding on the bottom level of the end table sitting next to the chair in my parents' family room.
13 books read in May
(you overachiever, you!)
56 in 2011


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Griswold Research Group
Enzymes have the potential to revolutionize a huge array of technical fields including but not limited to chemical synthesis, biofuel production, waste remediation, and treatment of human disease. Unfortunately, evolution of enzymes in their natural context frequently places constraints and limitations on their functionality in environments typical of practical applications. The Griswold research laboratory seeks to circumvent these limitations by developing and applying protein engineering techniques to redesign nature's biocatalysts at the molecular level. Our objective is to generate novel biomolecules that exhibit superior activity relative to their natural counterparts. Current projects in the lab are focused on developing novel Biomolecular Antimicrobial Therapies, Deimmunizing Protein Therapeutics, Molecular Targeting of Nanoparticles, and optimizing Gene Library Construction Technologies.
In addition to the practical side of our research, our studies allow us to form and test various hypotheses regarding fundamental questions of protein structure-function relationships, causes of exogenous protein immunogenicity, mechanisms of microbial persistence at sites of infection, and can even yield information relevant to proteins' natural evolutionary pathways.
Students and scientists working in the lab gain a first hand appreciation for interdisciplinary research. All group members attain a breadth of knowledge in the chemical, biological and engineering sciences, but at the same time individuals learn that ground breaking protein engineering projects require cross-disciplinary collaborations with experts in fields as diverse as clinical medicine, computer programming, immunology, physiology, synthetic chemistry, structural biology, microbiology, and chemical engineering. As such, we work closely with numerous Collaborators across various departments at Dartmouth and beyond. Scientists trained in the Griswold lab are prepared to work at the interface of multiple disciplines, and they can expect that their unique background will position them for successful careers in either academia or industry.


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Please go to our new site www.chicago.worldcantwait.net
Seats are limited, and your advance registration helps us plan this exciting event!
$25 per person $10 students/umemployed (lunch included)
See you Saturday, Feb. 16!
At the opening plenary, Dr. Mark Potosnak of DePaul University will present the climate science and the scenarios ahead if we do not act. Carl Wassilie, a Yup'iak Alaskan, is coming from Alaska to bring us the story of the first climate refugees in the US. He will describe the struggle of Alaska's Big Village Network to save 31 Native villages facing imminent threat from rising waters.
The science is clear, and the impact on those who have contributed the least to the problem will be evident. So what are some of the obstacles to acting on that science? At our second plenary, "Roots of the Problem," Orpheus Reed, a writer with Revolution newspaper, will address the capitalist economic and political system. Bob Goldstein, a Lutheran minister, will critique the traditional Christian understanding of "man's dominion over creation." And Barney Bush, Native American poet and environmental activist from downstate Illinois, will outline the inheritance of colonial domination and the settler mindset.
And those are just the morning sessions! After lunch and a chance to network and visit the groups tabling, the afternoon will feature breakout sessions led by organizers working to stop various attacks on the environment, using a range of approaches. No one should leave without a way to act! Finally, we will come together to consider where we go from here in building a powerful movement.
After the conference, we invite everyone to stay for a send-off party for people from this area leaving Saturday evening to join thousands in Washington, DC, for the "Climate Forward" rally to demand "NO Keystone Tar Sands pipeline!"
Register today for this amazing event – space is limited, you don't want to miss it!
Chicagoans With A Conscience Honor Humanity: Demand End to Indefinite Detention/Torture on Guantanamo's 11th Anniversary
On Friday January 11th about 75 people gathered at Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago. In observance on the 11th anniversary of Guantanamo several organizations spoke out against the practice and policy of indefinite detention and torture by the U.S. abroad and here in this country. Participating groups were World Can't Wait, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Christian Peace Maker Team, Illinois Coalition Against Torture, NATO 5 Defense Committee, Gay Liberation Network, Amnesty International, and Tamms Year Ten. The speakers covered related topics such as Bradley Manning, the need to stand up for Muslim Americans as a targeted population of FBI repression, the 5 young men known as the NATO 5 who are being held on bogus terrorism charges, Bagram detention center, and Zero DarK Thirty, a film that can oly be described as a propaganda film for U.S. torture. The rally and press conference emphasized the humanity of those still held at Guantanamo and highlighted 55 of the 86 cleared for release and yet remain in Guantanamo by having images of the cleared on posters and reading their names.
The names were read in a sequence of ten at a time and at the tenth name we were led in the song "Courage My Brother" a song that came from the anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa. We changed the title Courage Muslim Brother"
We all felt it was important to give a name and a face to those still held by the U.S. because the film Zero Dark Thirty portrays those captured and held as the "worst of the worst" and not worthy of human rights. Once the names were read a flash mob was formed and the posters of those held were placed against the glass of the federal building.
We then had a sidewalk march towards the theaters were Zero Dark Thirty was playing. We snaked through downtown by going to Daly Plaza first,
then to the Bean sculpture in Millennium Park. Hundreds of people saw us and fliers were passed out. As we were leaving Millennium Park a group of school children on the other side of a median joined us in our chant, jumping up down with fists in the air, and doing the call and response "What we want?, Close Guantanamo! When do we want it?, Now!"We then marched to 600 N Michigan theater, and then onto AMC East 21 theater. Below is video of the rally and press conference by CAN TV here in Chicago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k6PloiSefo&list=UUSgXu3i7zx9V-MiAuLeOmtA&index=1
On 11th Anniversary of the Shame that is Guantanamo We Stand Up For Humanity While Hollywood and CIA Try to Strip Us Of It
Yes, despite Pres Obama's promises to close it, 166 people are still entombed at Guantanamo. This represents all that is wrong, morally and legally, with the "war of terror" the U.S. loosed on the world after Sept. 11 and the country the US has become. 86 of these men have been cleared for release – in other words, there is no evidence against them – yet our government refuses to release them. In September, the Obama administration released the names of 55 of those 86 cleared for release. Almost 3,000 people are also detained at Bagram detention center in Afghanistan, "the other Guantanamo," without charges or right to counsel. And now all of this is being defended and celebrated in an award-winning film. Will you raise your voice with us to say, "No, not in my name?"
The Bush regime's policy of indefinite detention has been institutionalized by the Obama administration. Now Obama has signed the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) for 2013 that authorizes military detention of US citizens, anywhere, any time. The media has largely abandoned these issues, and a bipartisan consensus has emerged to commit permanently to these horrific policies. Summarizing how the "war on terror" has become institutionalized under the Obama administration, Glenn Greenwald concludes, "Only outside compulsion, from citizens, can make an end to all of this possible."
Join us this Friday, Jan 11, the 11th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo, to say Shut It Down Now!
Where: Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn, Chicago
When: Noon
What: Press Conference, followed by procession to River East 21, 322 E. Illinois
We now live in a culture where the CIA and Hollywood work together to rewrite history and get people to go along with these crimes by making false claims that torture produces "intelligence" that will keep us safe. We say that no matter what, indefinite detention and torture are wrong! Zero Dark Thirty = Zero Conscience.
From Federal Plaza, we will process in orange jumpsuits through the Loop to River East 21 where Zero Dark 30 is screening. This film is an "apology for torture" that presents the CIA's view of the world. We as a people are brutalized and degraded by torture committed in our name and further degraded by the celebration and justification of it in this film. Torture produced no useful intelligence in the pursuit of Bin Laden. Even the government has admitted this. Yet this film claims the opposite. Download our flyer here and be part of promoting the truth about this film.
Participating organizations include Chicago World Can't Wait, IL Coalition against Torture, Christian Peacemaker Teams, IL Amnesty International, Voices for Creative Non-Violence, 8th Day Center for Justice, Wellington UCC, Gay Liberation Network, TAMMS Year Ten, Committee against Political Repression, Northwest Indiana Veterans for Peace and more.
Feb 16 2013 – Climate Crisis Mobilization – IIT Kent in Chicago
The February 16, 2013, Climate Crisis Summit in Chicago will be a full-day working conference that will provide each participant with specific take-aways in three areas:
- How can I make sense of this? What responses are commensurate with the depth of this crisis? The science is clear; what IS blocking efforts to address the urgency?
- Which approaches to bringing about change make sense to me, and how concretely will I be involved in the days ahead? How can I get involved with key activist groups and make a real contribution?
- We need to build a movement — how can I help get the word out and engage others?
Morning plenary to be followed by afternoon breakout sessions to focus on action planning* and networking.
Participating groups include: Citizens Act to Protect Our Water (CAPOW!) * Chicago Chapter, World Can't Wait * Rainforest Action Network Illinois * IIT Kent College of Law Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild * Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS) * Occupy Kent * Protect Chicago's Water * St. Luke's of Logan Square, Social Justice Ministry * Stop the Frack Attack on Illinois … contact firstname.lastname@example.com if your group wishes to join this critical effort.
*The CHICAGO CLIMATE CRISIS MOBILIZATION will include planning for a large scale event on Earth Day 2013!
News from Climate Crisis Chicago
Meeting Sunday, October 21, 4pm, 659 W Diversey
Our next Climate Crisis Chicago meeting will be:
Date: Sunday, October 21
Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Location: Next Door Chicago, 659 W. Diversey, Chicago
Our next Climate Crisis Chicago meeting will be an important decision-making meeting in regards to planning for a climate crisis summit. Specific proposals will be made and voted on for the summit. Please bring your proposals for consideration. Our network will start detailed plans for the summit after the next meeting. We can also discuss the 350.org divestment strategy and our network's involvement. Please email Betsy at firstname.lastname@example.com with your ideas for the next meeting's agenda.
Please extend an invitation to our next meeting to other interested groups and individuals. Let's grow our network so we can fight the climate crisis together and plan a large-scale summit in Chicago.
In This Post
- Protest on the anniversary of the longest U.S. War on Sunday Oct. 7th
- Not One More Day In Jail For Gregory Koger: Sign the New Statement to Stand with Gregory
- Climate Crisis Chicago Meeting Sunday Oct. 7th before the protest of the U.S. War on Afghanistan
What do YOU have to say to the longest war in US history? To the vicious prosecution of a fighter against injustice? Join us to oppose both!
Protest with us this Sunday – No More Decades of War on Afghanistan!
When: Sunday, Oct. 7, 3 pm
Where: Start at Tribune Tower Plaza (435 N. Michigan Ave.)
March to Obama's Campaign HQ (E. Randolph & N. Michigan Ave.)
And on to Boeing Corp. HQ (100 N. Riverside Plaza)
On the 11th anniversary of the longest war in US history,
… and NO also to Guantanamo and torture – prosecution/persecution of Bradley Manning and all whistleblowers – NDAA and all indefinite detention – drones – the threat of war on Iran …
Join us, Vets for Peace, CodePink and many others to show there are people living in the U.S. who say NO! to the crimes being committed in our name and demand an end to all of it. And yes, your presence is necessary. Friends, haven't you heard? Some say we're too hard on Obama. They say yes, he's murdering civilians and laying waste to their countries – and signing off on assassination "kill lists" every Tuesday — but on balance, he has saved American lives with his enlightened health care and environmental policies.
What do YOU say to that? Debra Sweet, director of World Can't Wait, has this to say: "[A]nyone who puts a preference on lives of people from this country over the rest of the planet, and who relegates the longest occupation in U.S. history to a side issue, is complicit in its continuance."
If you can't join us on Sunday, there are many other ways to support this action – forward this email to friends, "join" the event on Facebook and invite friends there to attend, and donate to World Can't Wait so we can continue our work – thanks, because we can't do it without YOU!
We say:
* Not One More Day in Jail!
*We Support Gregory Koger and Oppose this Wrongful Conviction!
Gregory Koger's appeal of his outrageous conviction has been turned down by the Illinois Supreme Court. The State's Attorney has moved to revoke his bond. The situation is urgent.
Chicago World Can't Wait urges you to sign the above statement here. Even if you have signed previous statements opposing Gregory's prosecution for videotaping a peaceful protest against censorship, this is a new statement opposing this new attack. It will be presented to Cook County authorities at an upcoming action – we will keep you posted!
Please read more, sign the statement and forward it to friends, including on Facebook!
We in Chicago World Can't Wait believe that a climate crisis summit can attract both activists and (non-activist) people who are concerned – even distraught – about the devastation of our planet but have not seen a way to act to stop it. By coming together, we can form a network in this area and a foundation for coordinated actions, locally and even nationally.
Our next meeting will be this Sunday, Oct. 7, 11:30 am to 1 pm (so you can go to the Afghanistan war protest too) at Next Door, Blue Room, 659 W. Diversey, Chicago. Details and notes from recent meetings are available at our blog.