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by Jeff Giles January 16, 2014 8:49 AM
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Brian May's 2014 is getting off to a pretty exciting start: Not only has the Queen guitarist been given a clean, cancer-free bill of health, but he's also turned up a long-forgotten recording featuring the band's late frontman, Freddie Mercury.
May revealed the happy discovery in a Jan. 13 post on his website, telling fans he'd been in the studio prior to receiving the good news from his doctor. "Some Queen magic is happening . . . I feel it in my bones," May wrote. "It's annoying to have to be so secretive, but I guess I have to, for now. What I can say is the track we dusted off today has the four of us — Freddie, John, Roger and myself — playing together on a track we'd forgotten about that was never finished."
One might suppose that such a track would have to be in a pretty sorry state to have been forgotten about all these years, especially given that the band scoured the vaults for its 1995 release, 'Made in Heaven.' But according to May, "It sounds so fresh, now all carefully transferred into the ProTools environment but sounding exactly like it did straight off the 24-track tape it was recorded on over 30 years ago. I got quite emotional hearing some of it . . . some rough takes, some discussion and banter, and then a really good take and some overdubs, and well . . . it's crying out to be finally brought into the world."
May didn't offer any details regarding the shape this release might take, or when it might arrive in stores, but he did hint at a larger project in the works, saying that he and drummer Roger Taylor are "both working on 'archaeology' this week" and added, "We'll meet up to compare notes very soon, and figure out where we go from here. I can't help but feel a buzz. I'm energized again. It's nice to be putting the Queen hat on again for a while. This year will be interesting, to say the least. I'm very thankful I will get to enjoy it."
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Greetings fellow Odds fans! Here's my transcription to 'Wendy Under the Stars':
"Wendy Under the Stars" - By the Odds. Written by Steven Drake. Taken from
the album 'Neopolitan'. All songs published by Virgin Music.
***all chords standard 'folk' positions. No barre chords. Use an electric
(one or two), clean, although it gets crunchy later in the song.
Intro: G G/C [the G/C is made by keeping the G root but adding E(2nd fret
D-string) and C(1st fret B-string)]
Verses: Em F Em F D C D C / Em F Am G D C Em F
Chorus: G Em F G G/C G G/C
***And that's it! Just go in this order: intro, verse 1, chorus, verse 2,
chorus, verse 3, chorus (outro).
The lyrics are:
I was sitting there watching TV
Wendy came and sat on my knee
She put her finger in my ear
But I pulled it out so I could hear
What the newsman on the television said
He said the king of rock & roll was dead
And in the spooky television light
She said, "Don't ever forget this night"
Chorus: I was f**king Wendy under the stars, the night that Elvis died
As walked across the dew wet field
I never ever thought she would yield
To my young body's aching desire
For an older woman's well banked fire
By the left hand I was led
To the place that we would make our bed
And embracing in the blue moonlight
She said, "Don't ever forget this night"
She was 31, I was 17
I found out then what passion could mean
I thought I loved her but I didn't know how
I don't love her when I see her know
With the tape deck turned up loud
She made a young man strong and proud
And in the coolness of the morning light
She said, "Don't ever forget this night"
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March / April Book Club: Hallucinations
Aaaaaaand… We're back!
I hope everyone had a great winter break. It's time to get 2014 off to a swingin' start! I pulled together three books that have been on my "to read" list for at least a year. I didn't do this on purpose, but it looks like they all fall into a theme: perceptions. Queue the dramatic music!
Vote for your favorite!
Book Choices
Vote for the book you want to read in the comments below. Tweet or share on Facebook for extra credit.
Trust Me, I'm Lying, by Ryan Holiday
"You've seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow derails the national news cycle and destroys a candidate. Some product or celebrity zooms from total obscurity to viral sensation. What you don't know is that someone is responsible for all this. Usually, someone like me.
I'm a media manipulator. In a world where blogs control and distort the news, my job is to control blogs."
Hallucinations, by Oliver Sacks
"Humans have always sought life-changing visions. As a young doctor in California in the 1960s, Oliver Sacks had both a personal and a professional interest in psychedelics. These, along with his early migraine experiences, launched a lifelong investigation into the varieties of hallucinatory experience. Dr. Sacks weaves together stories of his patients to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the structure of our brains and why hallucination is a vital part of the human condition."
"A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, intimacy, or morality without first imagining that every person is the true source of his or her thoughts and actions. And yet the facts tell us that free will is an illusion.
In this enlightening book, Sam Harris argues that this truth can and should change the way we think about the most important questions in life."
Win a FREE Copy!
I'm giving away three (3) copies of whichever book gets the most votes. Just vote for the book you want to read in the comments below and you're automatically in the drawing!
*Domestic US shipping only. Sorry my international friends. I can, however send you an eBook if you have a Kindle.
How do I Vote?
All you have to do is leave a comment below with your book of choice. Witty comments earn bonus points.
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Contest Winners!
1. Kyanna
3. Tim
Book Club Discussion Date and Time
This is a relaxed book club and I want everyone to have enough time to read the book. After we choose a title, we'll all have 5 weeks to read it.
Discussion Date: April 26th, 2014
Time: 10am
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12 Responses to March / April Book Club: Hallucinations
I'm definitely on board with Free Will by Sam Harris- I'm all about consciousness and I also love reading about things that actually dive into WHY we think what we think and how these thoughts influence our choices and change the course of our lives. Judging from the information on this page this particular book has a wealth of knowledge to give.
First choice – Trust Me, I'm Lying. Second choice – Hallucinations
I vote Hallucinations for the same reason Kyanna likes Free Will.
Freewill or Trust me, I'm lying!
In light of recent news of new research into psychedelics (http://www.npr.org/2014/03/09/288285764/the-60s-are-gone-but-psychedelic-research-trip-continues), I vote for Hallucinations.
My other choice would be Free Will, but there is no 'I' to choose it.
I've been meaning to read Trust Me, I'm Lying for a while. So this would be a good excuse to get that checked off!
This is interesting. My vote goes to Hallucinations, by Oliver Sacks.


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In a reception held at its headquarters in San Diego on December 12, representatives from Ashford University, Bridgepoint Education, and Forbes Media unveiled the Forbes School of Business.
"By working together, Ashford and Forbes will be able to draw upon our combined resources," said Dr. Richard Pattenaude, president and chief executive officer of Ashford University, in his opening remarks. "Ashford has built and refined a thorough business curriculum and has established an effective online platform to deliver it to students around the world. Forbes contributes a unique global perspective on the world of business, a network of talent, and a truly impressive library of business resources."
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Wednesday, June 01, 2005
East 62nd Street Lemon Cake
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
16 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup milk
Zest of 2 large lemons, finely grated/chopped
For the syrup
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
2/3 cup sugar
Preheat oven to 350
Spray a 9 or 10" tube pan with non-stick spray (I used Pam w/flour).
In a medium bowl, sift together, baking powder and salt.
In the large mixing bowl, add softened butter and sugar. Beat until very light and fluffy - at least 3-5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating to incorporate after each one. If necessary, scrape down the bowl and continue.
Mix in the dry ingredients alternately in three additions, with the milk in two additions, beating just until incorporated after each addition. Gently fold in lemon zest.
Pour batter into the tube pan. To level the batter, quickly rotate the pan back and forth - use a spatula to spread and smooth it over if needed.
Bake for 55-70 minutes, depending on pan size, until the cake begins to pull away from the sides and a toothpick comes out mostly clean when inserted into the center. Let the cake stand in the pan for 5 minutes. Invert cake onto a wire rack and remove pan - set over a piece of parchment or a plate to catch the drips from the syrup.
For the syrup
In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice and sugar. Brush cake all over with the syrup until it is all completely gone. Let cake sit for at least 4 hours before cutting.
6 comments:
- Anonymous5/03/2006 09:35:00 AM
this looks great; I have a bag of lemons in the fridge just crying out to be used...ReplyDelete
...and since I've begun reading your blog (which I just discovered a few weeks ago), I'm trying to initiate my own "treat day" for my husband's office!
One problem/question: I only have vanilla soy milk (SILK) in the fridge. Do you think that I can substitute for the regular milk here? Thanks.
Hello Anon -ReplyDelete
I would use it!
- Anonymous5/11/2006 10:10:00 PM
Soooo Lovelyyy !!ReplyDelete
I Adore lemon and cakes, and chocolate ... and your blog !
What a great discovery for me!
And thank you for all the gorgeous recipes and photos... and links ;o)
Thalie - Thanks! We love lemon cakes here too!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/02/2006 10:44:00 AM
east 62nd lemon cake, or the best damn lemon cake?ReplyDelete
both maida heatter's. i love the latter--but curious about east 62nd.
I've been trying to find a good lemon cake to bake for my parents. Hopefully this one will be good! YUM.ReplyDelete


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Recently, I learned that students—especially female graduate students—spend a lot of energy thinking about the question of appropriate clothing for a job interview. It says something that I didn't even know this was something graduate students worried about.
The standard advice for job candidates in any field is to dress as if you already had the job. But in academia, that could mean just about anything. So perhaps a better approach is to remember two things. First, your clothing should be unremarkable. And second, you should be comfortable. (Which means your clothing will be unremarkable.)
By "unremarkable," I simply mean that you do not want your interviewers to notice your clothing. You want them to notice your ideas, your skills, your presentation, your enthusiasm. Ideally, you would be happy if, the day after your interview, they could not recall what you were wearing. You do NOT want the department discussion of your interview to focus on your clothing.
To this end, you want to wear clothing that does not stand out from what faculty members would normally expect to see in the hallways around them. To make this point using an extreme example, you can imagine that a job candidate who arrives at an interview in a Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and flip-flops runs the risk of having department members talk far more about his or her clothing than about his or her ideas. Similarly, it's almost certainly a bad idea to show a lot of flesh in places that academics don't usually show it: a t-shirt or a low-cut blouse is probably a bad idea. So is an extremely short skirt. Think nice… and dull.
The trickier question is "comfortable." What do you normally wear to teach, or to a conference? In what clothing do you feel most professional, as well as comfortable? Men seem to be comfortable enough in blazers and a tie (although I confess I haven't ever really noticed what they wear, which I hope means they were comfortable enough that their attire didn't irritate either them or me). I have heard from female graduate students that they "must" wear a suit to an interview, but I have rarely seen a female academic who doesn't look desperately uncomfortable in a suit. If you're comfortable in a skirt and blazer, wear it, but you would be far better off in slacks and a jacket that you and your interviewers can ignore than in a suit that you spend your entire interview tugging at. Again, it's key that your clothing does not intrude on the ideas exchanged in the interview. What that clothing is, so long as it's unremarkable, seems to me secondary.
Finally, from talking to younger scholars, it appears that there is a divide on this question between the 50-plus generation and the under 40s. The members of the older group don't seem to care nearly as much about the whole clothing issue as the younger ones do. And since it's the older ones doing the hiring, this might be one area on which the younger ones can afford to spend a little less anxiety.


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Ansbach was once the seat of the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach and is idyllically located on the Castle RoadIt boasts a wealth of historical sights that you perhaps wouldn't expect from a town of its size. Its close proximity to the Franconian Heights Nature Park is yet another good reason to pay Ansbach a visit.
Ansbach's long history is reflected by the many old buildings, such as the court chancellery, the churches of St. John and St. Gumbert, the Residenz Palace and the glorious orangery in the court gardens. The town is far from merely a dry and dusty relic, however, as the 'sculpture mile' ably demonstrates. Every year from mid-July to mid-October, this display of modern art in public spaces provides a striking contrast to the historical buildings and market squares and always provokes lively discussion.
Rococo opulence, brought to life in Ansbach
Less cutting-edge but no less enjoyable is the annual Ansbach Rococo Festival, which recreates the courtly splendour of the town in the 17th and 18th centuries. The margravial orangery in the court gardens provides the setting for this festival of music and dance that turns the clock back to a very different era. Built from 1726 to 1728 and modelled on French designs, the orangery is a first-class tourist sight even when the festival isn't on. So too is the Residenz Palace – the last word in baroque splendour with 27 state rooms capturing the elegance of the time. Among them are the soaring banqueting hall, the mirrored hall and the tiled hall, the latter decorated with around 2,800 tiles from the famous Ansbach faience manufactory. The synagogue also dates from the mid-18th century, and though rather unassuming from the outside, is one of the most important baroque synagogues remaining in southern Germany. As there is no longer a Jewish community here, the building serves today as a memorial and museum and can be visited as part of a guided tour of the town.
Kaspar Hauser: a beggar and a nobleman
Just as margraves and master builders from the baroque era have left their mark on Ansbach, so too has one of the most enigmatic figures of recent history: Kaspar Hauser. In 1828 he appeared in Nuremberg begging in rags and tatters – yet by the time he was stabbed and killed in the court gardens of Ansbach in 1833, he had shown himself to be a young nobleman, cultured, urbane and with a thirst for knowledge. Despite intense speculation, his identity is still unknown to this day. The town honours his memory with a fine statue and a memorial stone at the site of his murder. You can also learn more about him by visiting a new special section at the Margrave Museum or his grave, which bears the dedication "riddle of his time, his birth was unknown, his death mysterious". Ansbach has hosted the biennial Kaspar Hauser festival since 1998, but the whole town is a lovely place to visit all year round and has plenty of surprises in store for visitors.
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The 2013 Sprint Cup season figures to be one of the toughest to predict in NASCAR history.
While fans and drivers alike are celebrating the arrival of the new Gen-6 car, the introduction of such a radical change with the teams having so little time to test before the season promises to make the 2013 season very interesting.
Which drivers will thrive in the new car? Which ones will struggle with the transition from the hated Car of Tomorrow? Which teams will be the first to hit on a winning combination?
Defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski, whose Penske South team switched from Dodges to Fords this offseason, says he thinks teams are only five percent along in the development of the Gen-6 car. Other estimates say crew chiefs have already hit on 30 to 35 percent of the tweaks and refinements.
By the time the Chase for the Championship playoffs begin, teams might be as far as 60 percent into the learning curve. The championship could go to the team that finds an edge during the Chase.
As many as 15 different drivers could win the 2013 championship. Here is one observer's top 25 (remember, only 12 make the playoffs):
1.Tony Stewart (Chevy): The two-time champ is at his best when things are unsettled. Despite winning three races, Stewart was a disappointing ninth in the standings last season after winning in 2011.
2.Jimmie Johnson (Chevy): Backed by crew chief Chad Knaus, the five-time champion from El Cajon dominated the COT era. Trust Knaus to push the envelope on Gen-6 development. Johnson won the last of his record five straight titles in 2010. Johnson won five races in 2012, but failed to finish six, the most by a driver in the Chase.
3.Brad Keselowski (Ford): Perfect time for a team to be switching makes. Everyone else is in a new car, too. Defending series champ didn't buckle under the pressure last season. He won five races and failed to finish only one. He gave Penske South its first NASCAR title.
4.Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Chevy): He openly hated the COT and it showed up in the results. No driver is happier to see the Gen-6 car. If he gets on a roll, the added confidence could carry him to the title.
5.Denny Hamlin (Toyota): Emerged as the No. 1 driver Joe Gibbs' team last year. Tied for the series lead with five wins and finished fifth in the final standings. If Toyota has an edge in the Gen-6 cars, Hamlin could shoot to the top.
6.Carl Edwards (Ford): Takes over the supporting cast left by Matt Kenseth's departure from Roush-Fenway Racing. Didn't make the Chase last season and finished 15th in a very disappointing season.
7.Clint Bowyer (Toyota): Bowyer finished a surprising second in points last year (between Stewart and Johnson) as one of two drivers from the Michael Waltrip stable to make the Chase. Won three races.
8.Matt Kenseth (Toyota): Departed Roush to join Hamlin and Kyle Busch at Joe Gibbs Racing. Won three races last season and finished seventh in the final standings.
9.Kasey Kahne (Chevy): Although he is No. 4 on the official depth chart on Rick Hendrick's team, Kahne finished fourth in the standings and might have a higher ceiling moving forward than Johnson, Earnhardt or the aging Jeff Gordon.
10.Greg Biffle (Ford): Finished fifth in the points last season as the lead driver in the Roush stable. Won two races in 2012.
11.Kevin Harvick (Chevy): He has already committed to join Tony Stewart's team in 2014. The Richard Childress fell behind during the COT era. There are already rumors circulating that it could be the team that Dodge decides to return to the sport within the next two years.
12.Ryan Newman (Chevy): Being an engineer could come in handy in helping Stewart's team develop their Gen-6 cars. Won one race in 2012 and missed the cut for the Chase.
13.Kyle Busch (Toyota): Coming off a horrible season in both his Sprint Cup and Nationwide endeavors. He has the talent, but lacks the consistency. Won one race in 2012 and finished 13th in points.
14.Jeff Gordon (Chevy): The four-time series champ is no longer a championship contender at age 41. But he's still consistent and a threat to win races. He won two races in 2012.
15.Joey Logano (Ford): Once considered a phenom, Logano is now under the gun to produce for a Penske team shifting from Dodge to Toyota. He did win a race in 2012, but again missed the Chase.
16.Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota): Surprised everyone by making the Chase last year and finishing 11th in points. It all depends on how Waltrip's team handles the switch to the Gen-6 car.
17.Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford): The rookie is coming off two straight Nationwide Series title runs. Has the backing of Roush. But dating Danica Patrick has already become a major distraction.
18.Juan Pablo Montoya (Chevy): Neither Ganassi driver made the Chase last season and Montoya was a disappointing 22nd in the standings. Fast on road courses, a moving hazard on ovals.
19.Jeff Burton (Chevy): The driver is probably better than the Childress team at this point. He's smart. Burton might get more than expected out of the Gen-6 car on short tracks.
20.Marcos Ambrose (Ford): Currently NASCAR's driver-to-beat on road courses. But there are only two road races on the 36-race tour. Petty team is on the competitive fringe.
21.Paul Menard (Chevy): Finished 16th in the standings last year in a consistent performance for the Childress team.
22.Kurt Busch (Chevy): The Busch family is coming off a bad year. Kurt almost found himself outside looking in. Gets another chance with a second-echelon team.
23.Jamie McMurray (Chevy): Slipped along with the Ganassi team last year.
24.Aric Almirola (Ford): The Cuban-American driver came on strong at the end of last season while driving for Petty.
25.Danica Patrick (Chevy): The Stewart-Haas team is probably better than the driver. Fast when running alone on the track. Struggled when in traffic last year in Nationwide Series. Under intense pressure.


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The European elm flea weevil (Orchestes alni) has been a pest on elms in the upper Midwest only since 2003, though it was first discovered in the U.S. in 1982. It is especially common on Siberian elms. The insects are tiny weevils about 1/16th of an inch long with long snouts. They are reddish brown with black heads and have black spots on their wing covers. Their hind legs are thickened and useful for jumping. They fly when disturbed.
Adults begin chewing small holes in young leaves in May and early June, usually from the underside of the leaf. Heavy feeding may cause young leaves to turn brown and fall off. The females lay eggs in the mid-vein of the leaf. The larvae hatch soon after and begin to mine the leaf-tip. Eventually the mine enlarges to become a blotch. The larvae pupate within the leaf, emerging as adults in late July or early August. The adults overwinter under loose bark and in leaf litter under infested trees.
The adults eat small pin-head sized holes in leaves, while the larval stage cause blotch-type mines at leaf tips. The damage from European elm flea weevil is considered more an aesthetic problem and will not kill the tree. However, extensive feeding can cause severe defoliation which can weaken the tree, making it more vulnerable to other insect or disease problems.
The weevil feeds on elms especially Siberian elms (Ulmus pumila) and elm hybrids with Asian parentage.
Keep trees healthy by mulching them properly and watering them during dry periods.
Pesticides are difficult to apply on a large tree, but when practical, control the flea weevil adults in early May and late June with a spray of acephate, imidacloprid, or carbaryl. The acephate or imidacloprid will also prevent the larval mines from appearing later.
Refer to University of Illinois Extension publication "Pest Management for the Home Landscape" for a complete listing of chemical recommendations. Use pesticides safely and wisely; read and follow label directions. The pesticide information presented in this publication is current with federal and state regulations. The user is responsible for determining that the intended use is consistent with the label of the product being used. The information given here is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement made by The Morton Arboretum.
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Our friends over at Splitsider have compiled a comprehensive guide to where on the internet you can (legally) watch every last comedy on this fall's teevee schedule—as well as some regrettably bygone favorites.
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THE WORD out of context to the world of believers it was written for.
The Master said:
"These people make a big show of saying the right thing,
but their hearts aren't in it.
Because they act like they're worshiping me
but don't mean it,
I'm going to step in and shock them awake,
astonish them, stand them on their ears.
The wise ones who had it all figured out
will be exposed as fools.
The smart people who thought they knew everything
will turn out to know nothing."
The Lord said,
"These people claim to worship me, but their words are meaningless, and their hearts are somewhere else. Their religion is nothing but human rules and traditions, which they have simply memorized.
Jesus answered them,
"How right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you! You are hypocrites, just as he wrote:
"These people, says God, honor me with their words,
but their heart is really far away from me.
"My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can't know him if you don't love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with God.
"To you whom I love I say, let us go on loving one another, for love comes from God. Every man who truly loves is God's son and has some knowledge of him. But the man who does not love cannot know him at all, for God is love.
"The way we know we've been transferred from death to life is that we love our brothers and sisters. Anyone who doesn't love is as good as dead. Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know very well that eternal life and murder don't go together.
"This is how we've come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God's love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.
"My dear children, let's not just talk about love; let's practice real love. This is the only way we'll know we're living truly, living in God's reality. It's also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.
"We know that we have crossed the frontier from death to life because we do love our brothers. The man without love for his brothers is living in death already. The man who actively hates his brother is a potential murderer, and you will readily see that the eternal life of God cannot live in the heart of a murderer.
"We know and, to some extent realise, the love of God for us because Christ expressed it in laying down his life for us. We must in turn express our love by laying down our lives for those who are our brothers. But as for the well-to-do man who sees his brothers in want but shuts his eyes—and his heart—how could anyone believe that the love of God lives in him? My children, let us not love merely in theory or in words—let us love in sincerity and in practice!
"Anyone who sets himself up as "religious" by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air. Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, and guard against corruption from the godless world.
"If anyone appears to be "religious" but cannot control his tongue, he deceives himself and we may be sure that his religion is useless.
"Religion that is pure and genuine in the sight of God the Father will show itself by such things as visiting orphans and widows in their distress and keeping oneself uncontaminated by the world.
Religious people of this world with very powerful tongues have been speaking words of cruelty towards me for years that God sees, and I will never forget, and all who believe in themselves love each other for their persecution against any that is not one of them . . . so says Christ through out of context speech in His own words to Himself that a very greedy hateful world cannot hear.
"This I command you, love one another! If the world hates you, you know that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. But because you do not belong to the world and I have chosen you out of it, the world will hate you. Do you remember what I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master'? If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you as well, but if they have followed my teaching, they will also follow yours. They will do all these things to you as my disciples because they do not know the one who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. The man who hates me, hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them things that no other man has ever done, they would not have been guilty of sin, but as it is they have seen and they have hated both me and my Father. Yet this only fulfils what is written in their Law—'They hated me without a cause'.
Your loving brethren has accursed me and called me an author of the devil while teaching all his hate with no love for all to follow just as all shepherds worldwide, therefore knows not God just as this entire duped and betrayed world that is about to be double-crossed and thrown into a living nightmare through the coming years with no life-line and no hope all because they trusted in man while rejecting God.
"These are God's words: 'Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head'. Don't allow yourself to be overpowered with evil. Take the offensive—overpower evil by good!
And this entire world of religious people that justify their cruel greedy and hateful actions against others can't even hate in the way God directs. Hate truth? Then go to church and pay your liars for something smooth. Not my tongue, but the words of God a world of believers reject.


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There are many possible levels of automated publishing, ranging from workflow automation to fully automated document production. Greater automation brings greater value, but usually requires a greater investment.
The following paragraphs describe the levels of automation available, in order from the least benefit and investment to the greatest:
Many business activities are coordinated through e‑mail, but for complex projects, e‑mail involves a lot of manual effort. You have to hand off tasks, keep track of deadlines, send out reminders, and make sure everyone has properly participated and signed off.
A workflow system can not only eliminate manual effort by automating tasks such as sending out reminders, it can also automate checkpoints to make sure that every step that's required actually happens.
For example, you may want to generate a PDF automatically at the start of a review cycle. Or when all approvals are completed, you may want to initiate an automated publishing process. If you want to progressively add more automation to your workflow, then you need to make sure that your automated publishing systems are integrated with your workflow system, and that you can easily set up the triggers that initiate automated processes.
Quark Publishing Platform provides automation for as little or as much of your workflow as you wish, from partially to fully automated processes. It also provides a wizard that makes it easy to set up automatic triggering of automated processes such as image conversion and publishing. And through integration of Quark Publishing Platform with Microsoft SharePoint, all of the workflow automation capabilities of SharePoint — such as automated task and project-management features — are available to Quark Publishing Platform users.
Traditional publishing applications let you reuse information by copying it from one place and pasting it to another. The problem with that method of reuse is that it generates redundant copies of information. If you ever need to update such information, you have to find and change every instance where it occurs.
A better way to reuse information would be to maintain one source of that information and point back to that source whenever you need to incorporate the information into a document. That would allow you to automatically update all documents whenever the source information changes. Quark Publishing Platform supports the automation of information reuse in several ways:
Professional publishers and corporate publishers (organizations for whom publishing is not their core business) need to make their information available on multiple types of media, both print and electronic, and "cross-media publishing" is how they achieve this. The traditional way to publish across media is first to create the publication in one format — typically print — and then to convert that format for each additional media type. This is time-consuming and expensive, because it usually requires a different team of people to produce each media type.
An alternative is to automate as much of the process as possible, either by extracting the print content and automatically converting it to other formats, or by creating the content in a media-independent format (XML) and automatically publishing it in every format.
Starting with XML lets you achieve maximum efficiency and speed, but it also involves greater changes to your existing processes. For example, your authors might need to start creating their XML content using Quark Author or Quark XML Author for Microsoft Word, and your designers would set up automated publishing processes based on Quark Publishing Platform.
You can use Quark software to generate content for the Web automatically from your print layouts or from XML.
Quark software supports publishing to digital devices — such as the iPad — in a variety of automated ways, from automated news publishing through XML to publishing rich layout designs. For more details, see Digital Publishing.
Whether you're creating variations of material to meet different specifications or creating personalized information unique to individuals, your customers appreciate and expect to receive information from you that meets their specific needs.
But customizing information for multiple audiences and personalizing it for individual recipients using traditional publishing tools involves a high degree of manual effort, which makes the cost too high to justify. In order to efficiently customize and personalize information, you must automate your publishing process, which requires structuring your information so that it can be automatically customized for multiple audiences or personalized to individual recipients.
There are two aspects to enabling structured information:
If you create your information out of components instead of monolithic documents, you can set up processes using Quark Publishing Platform or Quark Brand Manager that automatically assemble components in different ways for different audiences.
You may also need to generate different variations of a single component for different audiences. To accomplish this, you can use Quark Author or Quark XML Author for Microsoft Word and denote the specific audience(s) for each word, sentence, and paragraph that is variable.


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Once you've settled into your new family role and your little one begins walking and talking, you may find yourself missing that little being that needed you so much, such a short time ago. For many couples, this is the time they start thinking of having another baby.
Many women ask, "When is the right time to add to our family?" It's a very personal decision and one that needs to be well thought out. Work commitments, family financial needs, and the health of the mom can all play key roles in the spacing of sibling births. How you and your partner view the idea of family and how many children you each wish to have, needs to be taken into account.
There are both advantages and disadvantages of spacing your children's births close together or farther apart. If the children are within two years of each other, they're more likely to accept another sibling because they wouldn't remember much about having the parent's undivided attention. They're more likely to adjust to each other easier, and be more content to play together on somewhat the same level, helping them form that special bond.
Children spaced farther apart, tend to grow farther apart as they mature and each goes their own way. The relationship shares less in common over the years, but usually develops a kind of hero worship of the younger to the older sibling, and a protector or guardian role for the older toward the younger. Spacing children farther apart can allow more focus on an individual child's interests, seeing their activities as their own rather than following along behind the other for convenience sake.
If the children are born close together, you will get through the baby years of bottles, diapers, and potty training pretty much all at once. This can be a most exhausting and challenging period in parenthood. Just think of having two children in diapers. The cost alone is staggering. On the good side, you won't have to purchase so many of the necessary items all over again.
When siblings are born further apart, there is more of a demand put on you for your undivided attention. An older child can feel left out or pushed aside, sometimes resulting in inappropriate behavior in order to get attention. With a little guidance, on the other hand, an older sibling can be a tremendous help to you in simple tasks that are age appropriate, such as: picking up after themselves, occasionally changing diapers, or playing or reading to the baby while you're preparing dinner. Praising your child for being a big help to mom can provide positive reinforcement, encouraging them to repeat these behaviors in the future. Making time to spend with each child alone is important. An older child needs to feel special and that can require more adjustment time when new siblings enter into the family picture.
Either way you look at it, there is no "perfect" formula in the spacing of siblings. Kids are kids. They have to be taught right from wrong and how to respect their siblings regardless of the age distance between them. All of us who had siblings growing up have "fond" memories of our sibling relationships. Remember how well you always got along with your brothers and sisters? Just like the Brady Bunch.


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Brown & Brown Insurance of Southwest Florida presented the second annual Par-Tee for Tots charity golf tournament to benefit Child Care of Southwest Florida on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 at West Bay Golf Club in Estero. The four-person scramble raised more than $28,000 for Child Care of Southwest Florida, whose mission is to enhance the lives of children and their families through quality early childhood education and related serviceds to promote health and school readiness. A very special thank you to all of our sponsors who helped make this event a huge success!
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades-long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse-drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honoured associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four-day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honoured personal guest would be rewarded with a private four-day meeting at Hitler's mountain top retreat.
Shell appeased and collaborated with the Nazis. The oil giant instructed its employees in the Netherlands to complete a form giving particulars about their descent, which for some, amounted to a self-declared death warrant. Shell used slave labour and was a close business partner in Germany of I.G. Farben, the notorious Nazi run chemical giant that also used slave labour and supplied the Zyklon-B gas used during the Holocaust to exterminate millions of people, including children. Shell continued the partnership with the Nazis in the years after the retirement of Sir Henri and even after his death. It was money generated on Shell forecourts around the world, profiteering from cartel oil prices, that funded the Nazi party and saved it from financial collapse. Evidence about Shell's Nazi connections can be found in extracts from "A History of Royal Dutch Shell" Volumes 1 and 2 authored by historians paid by Shell, who had unrestricted access to Shell archives. There are 67 pages in total, so takes some time to download.
Photograph (full size here) shows a Swastika flag flying at the head office of Royal Dutch Petroleum, 30 Carel van Bylandtlaan, The Hague, during the Nazi occupation of the in World War II (From Image Database Hague Municipal)
Sir Henri Deterding (photograph above and oil painting below), the founder of the Royal Dutch Shell Group – known as "The Most Powerful Man in the World" – who became an ardent Nazi and financial supporter of Hitler and the Nazi party on behalf of his beloved company, Shell.
The caption says: "Oil painting of Sir Henri Deterding, controversial leader of Royal Dutch Shell".
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CHAPTER 10: Shell support for the Nazis continued after the retirement of Sir Henri as leader
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The above photograph is of Sir Henri Deterding around the time of his retirement as absolute leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group, standing alongside his third wife, a thirty-eight-year-old German-born ardent Nazi, Charlotte Knaack. Her admiration for the Nazis probably strengthened his views, and no doubt played a part in the decision to move their home to Germany.
In October 1936, the first news reports of the pending resignation of Sir Henri Deterding as the leader of Royal Dutch Shell Group were published.
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Open for just 30 afternoons each year, the Hall is not always easy to visit. So – by popular demand – it will be open to the public for five extra afternoons this year.
Because the Hall is relatively small, and general parking is limited, it has been decided to make the afternoons "by appointment only" and to lay on a guided tour. The tour will start from the main car park at 2:00am and will be taken by one of our highly knowledgeable guides. It will last in the region of an hour and a half and there will be time afterwards to walk around under your own steam. There will also be cake!
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Wuranga necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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We are small aerospace company who builds Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. We need a kick ass logo that will stand out when painted on our vehicles.
The logo should work equally well when painted on in a single color but also full color for promotional materials etc.
We are a modern aerospace company who needs to present a modern image not like a traditional (old school) defence company.
Our market is military and police and we are looking for a logo which will appeal to that market without being too over the top. We like modern, clean designs.
The basic requirements are a logo which will look good in full color for promotional material but will at the same time be easy to convert to monochromo or two tone for spraying on the side of aircraft.
We are a modern aerospace company and want to stand out from the old school crowd.
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Although it would be tempting to use imagery of a UAV such as the predator, if you do use any aircraft in the design then they will need to be more generic so as not to covey that we build vehicles of that design. So generic delta wings are ok etc. (there is no requirement to show a vehicle in the design if you don't want to.)
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The Republic of Poland lies in the very centre of Europe, at the intersection of important communication routes leading the west to the east, and - across the Baltic Sea - from the north to the south of our continent.
Poland covers and area of 312685 square kilometres. Its population amounts to 38 650 000 inhabitants. The country's official language is Polish.
The capital city of Poland is Warsaw (over 2 000 000 inhabitants).
Poland uses Central European Time (GMT +1) and Eastern Europe Time (UTC +2) from March until October.
The national currency is "zloty" (PLN) 1 zloty equals 100 "groszys". The following banks notes and coins are in circulation: (coins) 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 groszy, 1, 2, 5, zloty; (bank notes) 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 zlotys.
1Ōé¼ = about 4.20 zlotys (PLN)
1pound = about 4.80 zlotys (PLN)
1$ = about 2.90 zlotys (PLN)
Foreign currency exchange is possible in banks and foreign exchange office.
Credit cards are widely accepted in hotels, restaurants, petrol stations, big shops and shopping malls. The most popular cards are: Maestro, MasterCard, Visa Electron, Visa Classic and American Express.
Banks are generally open from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m till 6 p.m. Wide network of Polish banks facilities all money, credit cards and traveller's cheques operations.
Post offices working hours: Monday to Friday from 8 a.m till 8 p.m. Saturdays from from 8 a.m till 1 p.m.
Groceries and shopping malls are generally open all week till late night but some of them might be closed on Sundays.
Medical treatment. Citizens of European Union and European Economic Zone as well as members of their families coming to Poland as tourist may get medical assistance in case of an emergancy on the basis of their insurance from their country of residence. In such cases it is necessary to present E-111 form, confirmed in their in their country before coming to Poland. The E-112 form, together with your insurer confirmation entitles you to medical help in non-emergency situations. Students are entitled to all forms of medical treatment on the basis of an E-128 form. Retirees and pensioners are entitled all necessary medical services during their stay in Poland after providing a confirmed E-121 form.
When crossing the border...
To cross the Polish border you must possess:
- a valid passport or, in case of an EU member state citizen, other document which allows to assertconfirms your identity and a country of which you are a citizen; and citizenship;
- a visa; in case of citizens of e.g. Belarus, Russia and Ukraine;
- a registration card of vehicle (if your car is pulling a trailer - there should be a relevant entry in the registration card). If the vehicle you are driving belongs to a third person, you should have a valid power of attorney to take vehicle abroad;
- a valid driving license from your country or an international one;
- civil liability policy issued to the owner of the vehicle (it is not obligatory for the UE citizens to possess a "green card" while entering Poland by car).
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We support the development of our employees to allow them to manage the increasing requirements regarding business process changes, changing competitor- and customer behaviour and growing customer demands.
Sika builds on employees with a wide range of functional and professional skills and capabilities. We support management, functional and cross functional career paths. Technical and functional expertise are valued as much as managerial and leadership skills. Teamwork, sharing of experience and willingness to continuously challenge, learn and develop in all aspects of professionalism are fundamental for a rewarding career within Sika.
Our conduct vis-à-vis customers, suppliers, competitors, authorities and the public is governed by high ethical standards. We allow for mistakes but we do not compromise on integrity and ethical standards. Sika cares for employees supporting an honest, open and respectful work environment.
Sika encourages its employees who perceive tasks and responsibilities as a personal interior commitment and not just as liability or deliverable. Committed employees care for best demonstrated practice and make efforts to improve their skills to meet highest standards of performance and ethical conduct.
Together, we celebrate our success which is driven by professional expertise, passion and integrity based personalities in enthusiastic teams working across functions, nationalities and hierarchy. They create an environment that secures the achievements of our ambitious targets. Long tenured Sika employees call it the "Sika Spirit".


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"When in doubt, don't go out." This classic lifeguard advice applies to big surf and strong currents, but also, these days, to waterborne pathogens that can cause gastroenteritis, rashes, ear, nose and throat infections, and (in rare cases), more. The primary source: storm water runoff after heavy rainfalls that bypasses treatment plants and sweeps human and animal waste into the sea. Last year, runoff caused more than 10,000 beach closures and advisory days. Next highest source: sewage spills and overflows. According to a report released this week by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), "our nation's beaches continue to suffer from serious water pollution that puts swimmers at risk."
Nationwide, more than 20,000 beach closure and advisory days were logged in 2007, the second-highest number in the 18 years since NRDC began their annual reports. What's even scarier is that, because monitoring frequency, standards and reporting vary widely from state to state, you might not find out that the water was contaminated until days after you swam in it!
For the sake of mental as well as physical well-being, here are some tips for ensuring that you and yours don't take the polluted plunge.
* Swim at beaches with good water quality records. For the first time, NRDC includes a five-star rating guide for several popular beaches nationwide. There are also national programs that certify clean beaches; for more info, click here.
* Watch the weather leading up to your day at the beach. If it's rained a day or two before, ask the local health department if the water is safe for swimming.
* Use your eyes, nose and good judgment. If there's rafts of trash on the beach beneath the high tide line, it's likely the water's not too clean. Advisories or not, if the water looks cloudy, dirty or murky, and/or smells bad, pack up and try another beach.
* Swim at beaches with lifeguards. While they're not there to rescue you from pollution, they'll be the first to know, and let beachgoers know, if conditions are unhealthy.
* Take care not to swim with open cuts, sores or bad scratches and scrapes.
* When on vacation in a new place, think twice about diving into the ocean or into natural, freshwater streams, pools or ponds, no matter how clean and inviting the water may appear. Waterfall pools in Hawaii, for example, often harbor dangerous pathogens.
For more information, see the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) beaches report, also released in July, and click your state on the map.
The surf zone also gets trashed; see the Surfrider Foundation's State of the Beach report and Clean Water Initiative.
A nice roundup of swimmability and other water safety tips can be found at Earth911.
Remember, when in doubt, don't go out! And wear a nontoxic green sunblock.


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Saving Grace: Turtle Island, Fiji
Saving Grace: Turtle Island, Fiji
By Norman Douglas
Things have changed dramatically in tourist circles. There are now growing numbers of people who view with indifference, if not distaste, the tourism trends of the past few decades — high-rise resorts and sprawling complexes — and are willing to go just that little bit further, and perhaps spend that little bit more, if it means coming one step closer to an apparently uncorrupted "paradise."
In Fiji, a small but significant number of resorts are catering to this wish. Importantly, they all display a concern for the natural environment.
The first, and the apparent inspiration for all the others, is Turtle Island Resort in the Yasawa group, on an island that in traditional times was called Nanuyalevu.
It is one of only a few privately owned-islands in Fiji, in this case by Richard Evanson, an American, who about 20 years ago, began to set a standard for exclusive tourism that has obviously been the envy of a number of later comers.
It is part of Evanson's publicized legend that he is a romantic, a reformed alcoholic, a visionary, and a millionaire, with just a touch of appropriate eccentricity and a fondness for kava, the mildly narcotic Fijian beverage.
He is also, as the human and spatial arrangement of Turtle Island displays, a brilliant businessman with a well-nourished talent for organization. As well he might be, with one degree in engineering and another in business. Evanson came to Fiji in the early 1970s after Tahiti failed to live up to its paradisical reputation for him.
A rare opportunity to buy a piece of his new found Eden presented itself. Fiji has a very limited amount of freehold land. Evanson owns 500 acres of it, having bought the unpopulated island outright in 1972 for US$300,000. If the price seems extraordinarily reasonable, the timing was unbelievably bad. Hurricane Bebe hit the Yasawas with exceptional fury only a few days after Evanson and his Fijian assistant had taken up residence.
Winds gusting up to 180 mph swept away their tent and obliged them to seek temporary refuge among the roots of a large banyan tree. Other hurricanes since have caused considerable damage to the resort's infrastructure, but Turtle Island invariably bounces back better than ever.
At first, Evanson intended Turtle Island for himself, a wholly private retreat from the rest of the world. "I bought it for excitement," he says. For the first three years he lived "as a hermit," entertaining a few friends occasionally. The idea of having guests on a paying basis grew from that. By January 1980, four Fijian-style bures (cottages) had been built. There are now 14, a comfortable distance apart from each other, and Evanson says there will be no more.
What does all this have to do with conserving and enhancing the natural surroundings? The limited guest numbers suggest part of the answer. "Progress on Turtle means preserving the natural environment for the pleasure of our guests, not building 500 rooms," Evanson explains. He is aware that, for many people, simply being part of an apparently unspoiled environment is one of travel's greatest rewards, as it was originally for him.
This doesn't mean that one has to forego comfort: quite the reverse. Turtle's reputation was built on luxury as well as naturalness; by no means mutually exclusive attainments. The resort's bures don't pretend to replicate exactly Fijian village standards of living. They have separate (and large) living and sleeping areas and refrigerators amply stocked with non-traditional necessities such as beer and international wines. Outside each is a hammock, if you and your bottle of champagne want to get that much closer to the environment.
The standards of comfort and the quality of the food at Turtle already have acquired near-legendary status. But, what distinguishes Turtle from several of its competitors is that the luxury manages to remain discreet and not at odds with its surroundings. This is a major concern for Evanson who conceives it as his "mission in life to save and beautify the island." To this end, he has planted hundreds of thousands of trees. Authorities have listed 37 kinds of birds on the island, 20 of them non-migratory, 17 varieties of butterfly and at least 450 types of plants.
An extensive mangrove swamp was turned into a feature, with the addition of a raised boardwalk that leads the interested visitor through the mangroves without disturbance or discomfort. The touch of unusual luxury is not overlooked. Couples can elect to dine by lantern light among the mangroves.
On Turtle all degradable garbage is composted. Evanson happily points to the amount of fertile soil that has been created to help the island's re-greening. Using his engineering background to good effect, he has assured an abundant water supply by building several rainwater dams, some of which are tiered to catch the overflow from others. There are no permanent streams on Turtle Island.
Justifiably proud of his achievements, Evanson has literature produced to explain the island's features. There are no tennis courts or swimming pools. But there are 17 named beaches and a booklet describes the characteristics of each one. Another publication explains the natural significance of the mangrove areas and identifies the flora and some of the fauna there.
"If I have one wish, it's that I could live to 200, so I could finish off all my projects," says Evanson. He takes great pride in his Fijian staff — "the resort's greatest asset," he says. He has closely identified himself with Fiji and especially with his tikina, the neighborhood of seven villages to which he regularly contributes support. Recent evidence of that has been the funding, fitting out and preparation of a business plan for Oarsman's Bay Lodge, a backpacker resort, operated by the villagers.
Turtle Island has practised self-sufficiency by building much of its own furniture from local timber and growing most of the vegetables and herbs required for the resort's guests. To reduce noise levels, the only transport on the island are bicycles and electric carts. Says Evanson: "These activities represent aspects of tourism's future direction."
The resort's regular awards at Fiji Tourism Conventions have been augmented by several of international significance recognising its outstanding contribution to sustainable tourism. Among these are the Green Globe Environmental Achievement for 2000, an award inspired by the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.
Evanson says that it is the goal for Turtle Island to be recognised as "the leading ecotourism resort in the world." He and Turtle Island are showing that a high degree of comfort and a concern for conservation can be compatible. For the future of tourism in the smaller, ecologically vulnerable Pacific Islands, this could be the way.
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The flames from the campfire glow in Clifford Cranebear's eyes as he tells us the legends of the Blackfoot people. He tells of the days when they lived off the land in and above the river valley, the men following and hunting the revered buffalo, the women and children gathering the blood-red Saskatoon and bull berries in preparation for the long winter ahead.
During the summer, the nomadic clans would roam the tan-coloured folds of the prairie hills and coulees above the meandering Bow River. As the days grew shorter, they would descend to the banks and set up teepees among the trees in the river valley, which formed a natural shelter from the vicious prairie winds. Days were filled with skinning and butchering buffalo, of which every part was used, from bone to flesh and blood, fashioned into weapons, shelter, clothing, jewelry and food.
It's nearing that time of year now, here at Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, and on this night, in this very place, the air is still and the pale yellow moon hangs in the late September sky, illuminating the teepee village. It is here that Cranebear's ancestors sat around the fires, telling stories of the Old Man, the Creator, known as Napi, the lore of the Sun and Moon and of the animals inhabited by both good and evil spirits.
For thousands of years, these legends have passed from the lips of elders to the ears of the children and grandchildren.
That oral history continues to be passed along at Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, through modern means -- in the Vision Quest theatre and in the multimedia exhibits centre, about 100 kilometres east of Calgary.
Opened in July 2007, it was the culmination of a dream by the Blackfoot, who want to keep their heritage alive for future generations.
At 62,000 square feet, it is the largest First Nations-owned tourism attraction in Canada, and one day aims to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, like southern Alberta's Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
Thousands of Albertans, Europeans and Japanese have visited the centre, which is dramatically wedged into the South Valley Ridge.
Its circular shape and pale gold stonework blend seamlessly with the golden prairie. The glass-and-steel roofline echoes the teepee.
The centre has been busy, especially with visits by Albertans, but also by many Germans and French, who are fascinated with authentic aboriginal experiences, says Ken Healey, Blackfoot Crossing's teepee co-ordinator.
He tells of a woman from France who recently came to Alberta on vacation.
So moved was she by her visit that in a recent e-mail she told Healey she wants to live here and work at Blackfoot Crossing for no more compensation than room and board.
On this day, we're not unlike any of those who seek authenticity in our travels, with a desire to learn more about history, ancestors and culture, especially through the eyes of people who lived it.
We've come to see the centre for the first time and Healey was our host for the afternoon.
He drives us in his Polaris ATV along the ridge, stopping along the way at Crowfoot's grave, and that of his adopted Cree son, Poundmaker.
From this storied ridge, we can see a clearing in the valley where Treaty 7 was signed 131 years ago this week, on Sept. 22, 1877.
Nearby, the North West Mounted Police stood on what is now called Cannon Hill, waiting for the treaty to be inked.
Closer to the ridge, teepee tips poke through the trees, surrounded by now golden poplars, aspens and birches. In this spot, the tribes gathered, awaiting Crowfoot's fateful decision.
The 1800s had been tough for the Blackfoot. The Europeans were encroaching, and thousands of natives had succumbed to newly introduced diseases, like smallpox and measles.
Whisky and weapons were another lethal combination. And the buffalo herds were quickly dwindling at the hands of the newcomers, who wastefully hunted for sport.
Crowfoot, known as a sage diplomat and a peace-time leader, saw a bleak future: "We all see that the day is coming when the buffalo will all be killed, and we shall have nothing more to live on."
The Canadian government wanted the treaty to ensure the land would be entrusted to them because they wanted to build a transcontinental rail line that would extend to the Pacific Ocean, part of the deal to bring British Columbia into Confederation.
It was going to be their way and the railway. Faced with a Hobson's choice, Crowfoot signed the treaty.
The treaty cordoned off parcels of land in southern Alberta for the Blackfoot and gave the government the rest for the railway project.
Once hunters and gatherers, the Blackfoot became farmers and ranchers.
Under the treaty, each aboriginal family was to receive one square mile of land, some cattle, farm equipment and some cash. Crowfoot, for his pivotal role, received a sum of cash and a lifetime pass on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The teepee -- once a home, the centrepiece of a village, and a woman's domain -- became a symbol of the past.
Today's four teepees are made of canvas, instead of the traditional buffalo hide. Healey made them, and adhered to traditional design. They are approximately six metres across by six high, with about a dozen stripped spruce poles holding up the circular frame and lashed through the central hole by rope.
Our teepee has a wood stove in the centre, and buffalo hides are spread on the floor, though we'll be sleeping inside our sleeping bags with pillows and wool blankets. Modern amenities like a water jug, matches, a flashlight and a first-aid kit sit on a nearby table. The porta-potties are just steps away.
After nearly two hours of fireside storytelling under twinkling stars and a pale yellow moon, Clifford's voice begins to crack and we're growing groggy. As we prepare to sleep with the ghosts of the ancestors of the Blackfoot, the coyotes begin their high-pitched chorus in the distance and the leaves rustle in the wind.
The sounds remind us of Crowfoot's poetic comment on the fleeting nature of life: "It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset."
To this day, scholars ask whether Crowfoot fully understood the breadth of Treaty 7 and how life as the Blackfoot knew it could never go back to the way it was.
But just as he may have mourned for the past, his people are not a mere shadow, a breath or a flash as they move forward to celebrate their present and their future. And we're all the richer for it.
If You Go
- Blackfoot crossing is 100 kilometres east of Calgary on the Trans-Canada Highway and seven kilometres south on Highway 842.
- The park is open year-round. Winter hours begin in October, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Several packages are available for a teepee sleepovers, which run from May 15 to Oct. 15.
- For more information, go to www.blackfootcrossing.ca


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Magnano returns his church, family name to Downtown Seattle
By Mike Dillon
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 7:08 AM
After delivering the Communion bread and wine, parishioners bow to each other in respect, as Father Paul Magnano looks on. Photo by Elliot Suhr
The Rev. Paul Magnano conducts Sunday Mass in Belltown. Photo by
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Despite the new condos and shiny tech boom, something of old Seattle survives.
You can see it from the sidewalk outside Christ Our Hope Catholic Church, housed in the Josephinum at 1902 Second Ave.
At certain times of the day, the scene recalls Scripture: "For the poor you have always with you." The poor along with the mentally ill, it might be added, and the drug-ravaged and those pushed or fallen through the cracks.
"I stand outside before Mass in vestments," the Rev. Paul Magnano (pronounced "mun-yawn-o") said. "Sometimes you get hassled or you get people who shout obscenities; others are friendly. There's a Metro here that goes by where people wave. All kinds of people walk by. The world walks by."
Magnano, 71, who grew up on Queen Anne, has come full circle.
The Magnano family roots are woven into Seattle's history. A century ago, his Italian-immigrant grandfather, Antonio, launched a wholesale food business where Harbor Steps is now. From those humble beginnings came the family's food-brokerage firm.
Magnano chose a different path. The eldest of eight children, he has been a priest for 45 years, ministering to places as varied as Madrona and the Skagit Valley. He has also lived near the Trevi fountain in Rome, where he was ordained.
In 2010, Magnano — a fit, energetic man with a level gaze — founded Christ Our Hope in the name of social justice, returning his church and his family name to Downtown Seattle.
The Josephinum is very much part of Seattle's history. As the new Washington Hotel (once one of the city's finest), the building played host to the likes of William Howard Taft, Babe Ruth and Elvis Presley. Bought by the Archdiocese of Seattle in 1963 as a retirement home, it's operated by Catholic Community Services and now provides 240 studio apartments for low-income and formerly homeless residents. SHARE/WHEEL, father of the tent cities, headquarters in the basement, as does a women's wellness center, which serves 75 to 80 homeless women.
If Second Avenue and Stewart Street is a busy spot, it's also one of those Seattle nodes for a prick of the conscience.
"Magnano is a priest's priest," wrote the Seattle P-I's Joel Connelly when the Belltown church opened. "He ministered to students at Western Washington University during the Vietnam War era. He used potluck dinners to connect Madrona neighbors with the Tent City homeless encampment when it spent a summer month camped in the St. Therese playfield."
"I'm in the heart of downtown, where my grandfather started out," Magnano observed. He points out the city's first Mass was celebrated in Henry Yesler's sawmill. "There is an expressed need for a Catholic presence in downtown."
Sunday Masses are diverse, Magnano noted, attracting the poor, the afflicted, young techies, the more established from nearby condos and passengers and crew from the cruise ships.
"There've been some challenges," Magnano said of the mix. And yet, "there's something special in this building because of the presence of the church."
The congregation consists about 300 people, according to Magnano, and the numbers are growing. His church has become a player downtown, connecting people with social-service agencies and referrals. Christ Our Hope, a member of the Downtown Seattle Association, hosted the March 10 Volunteer Fair, which featured some 50 social-service agencies.
A Queen Anne-influenced upbringing
Magnano's father, Angelo, who died in 1997, carried on and expanded the family business with brothers Marco and Antonio, handling products like Napoleon olive oil, Lowry salt and the Crosse & Blackwell line. The Magnanos were instrumental in bringing Japan's Kikkoman products to the Northwest. The Bellevue-based business is still in family hands as The Napoleon Co.
Magnano's mother, Mary, 95, lives in Horizon House on First Hill and attends her son's celebration of the Mass each Sunday.
Magnano grew up on Queen Anne, where he attended St. Anne School, delivered the Queen Anne News (he still has a scar on his leg from a dog bite to prove it) and followed in his father's footsteps to Seattle Preparatory School.
He felt called to the priesthood somewhere in the seventh or eighth grade. As a junior in high school, Magnano considered entering the Jesuit order or working as a Diocesan (parish) priest; he chose the latter.
"I saw the importance of parish life," Magnano said, having been shaped by Queen Anne's Roman Catholic community.
His ordination took place in Rome in 1967, a time of social turmoil here and abroad. Upon arrival in the Eternal City, Magnano encountered his first anti-American demonstrations: The war in Vietnam was escalating just as the Second Vatican Council wound down.
Rome steeped the new priest in the Church's rigorous intellectual tradition. Using Latin as a first language, Magnano also studied Greek and Hebrew.
Time to stop and think
The Christ Our Hope sanctuary — brightly lit, with stained-glass windows and a high, terra cotta ceiling — occupies the Josephinum's former dining room. A semi-circle of benches and chairs faces the altar. There are no shadows: Everyone is equally out in the open. It is a disarmingly candid space.
"A lot of people are living life without asking why we're here and where we're going," Magnano reflected. "People are too busy; religious sensibilities get ignored. In crisis moments, people have to stop and think."
In his four-plus decades as a priest, after hearing thousands of confessions, Magnano explained what he's learned about people and whether people's confessions have changed.
"These days there's a greater longing for community, more than 40 years ago," he said. "Seattle had its neighborhoods. Now, there aren't the family connections and rootedness, especially with the young people."
Nationwide trends have seen the Catholic Church withdrawing from its traditional downtown venues; Magnano is bucking the trend. When he stands on the sidewalk at Second and Stewart before Mass, the son of wealth who became a priest sees a part of the city not everyone in the new Seattle sees, but it's one his grandfather, starting out in a hardscrabble era, might have recognized.
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