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Segregated baseball: A Kaleidoscopic review
The Negro Leagues excelled in a racially divided country--the United States.
By Steven Goldman
During his playing days, Josh Gibson was considered the "Black Babe Ruth." Some people say that Gibson is the only man to hit a ball completely out of Yankee Stadium.
"[Segregation] gives the segregator a false sense of superiority, it gives the segregated a false sense of inferiority." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. 1958
"I am honored to have John Lloyd called the Black Wagner. It is a privilege to have been compared with him." -- Honus Wagner
Negro League players are often portrayed as victims of baseball's color line, which, predating the establishment of Major League Baseball, began in 1867 and fell apart gradually from 1947 to 1959. Yet, the stars of the segregated baseball leagues may have been among the most empowered, least victimized black men to fall under the shadow of Jim Crow.
The Negro Leagues, a blanket term that covers no particular corporate entity or circuit but rather applies to the world of segregated baseball as a whole, was born of racism and Jim Crow. Yet, the black game has, years after its demise, retained affection, adherents, and aficionados and maintained a place in popular memory. No other vestige of the Jim Crow era has accrued the kind of goodwill reserved for Negro League baseball. This phenomenon begs the question of why. How did something good come of something bad?
More specifically, how were the life-affirming Negro Leagues born of soul-crushing segregation? The answer may lie in the fact that Negro Leagues baseball players were among the few black Americans who could, at least momentarily, shake off the strictures of Jim Crow and excel to the fullest extent of their abilities. Out on the baseball field, prejudice did not apply. You went as far as your talent could carry you. You also got to play against whites, frequently, and beat them, frequently.
Negro Leagues players also knew something that few white ballplayers ever considered: In the case of baseball, the insult of segregation cut both ways. They could look at the white ballplayers and know that some were better players than they, but some were also worse, that the white game was no meritocracy. Babe Ruth was not the best baseball player, but the best white baseball player. If there is a feeling of loss for John Henry Lloyd, Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson and their contemporaries, because their talent was palpable but the measures of it ethereal, lacking the contextualization provided by the superior organization and record-keeping of the white leagues, so too should loss be felt for the Ty Cobbs, Babe Ruths, Lou Gehrigs, Rogers Hornsbys, Christy Mathewsons, Lefty Groves and the rest, whose mettle was never truly tested against the best players of their day. We will never really know how good they were.
The baseball color line began with the post-Civil War prevailing beliefs about race and civil rights, both of which were not too different from the pre-Civil War beliefs about race and civil rights. Slavery had been outlawed; not much else had changed.
In 1857, Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, campaigning hard for his spot in the American Scum Hall of Fame, wrote that Negroes were "so far inferior [to whites] that they had no rights which a white man was bound to respect."
The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery, but neither emancipation, nor the adoption of the 14th amendment -- which established Negro citizenship and guaranteed civil rights, due process and equal protection -- nor the 15th amendment -- which ostensibly guaranteed the right to vote -- did anything to change the essential reality of Taney's words: as far as the vast majority of whites were concerned, Negroes had no rights.
The ink had not even dried on the surrender at Appomattox before whites, principally in the south, began acting both overtly and clandestinely to keep the Negro "in his place." Violence ensued almost immediately, but it was only with a series of Supreme Court decisions in the 1870s and 1880s that the ball really got rolling on intimidation and segregation.
Ironically, at roughly the same time that Booker T. Washington was gaining notoriety for telling his fellow blacks to set aside social equality as an immediate goal and go it alone ("Separate as the five fingers"), the United States Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), was telling Negroes that they didn't have any choice in the matter.
Echoing an 1849 Massachusetts Supreme Court decision that stated that prejudice "is not created by law and probably cannot be changed by law," the court validated segregation, saying that if whites felt that blacks were inferior then the government had to accept it.
"Legislation is powerless to eradicate racial instincts," Justice Henry Billings Brown wrote for the court, "or to abolish distinctions based upon physical differences. ... If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane. ..."
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While the very existence of the Negro Leagues was necessary because of the racial divides in the United States, black baseball not only survived -- it excelled.
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Barnstorming was common place in the Negro Leagues.
Jim Crow had been sanctified by the Supreme Court; the federal government was now out of the civil rights business. It did not reappear on the scene until 1954, when the Supreme Court reversed itself and dragged the feds, kicking and screaming, back in. Night was falling on America's black minority.
Baseball takes considerable pride in having been ahead of the nation on desegregation, bringing Jackie Robinson to the majors through the auspices of Branch Rickey in 1947, seven years before the Supreme Court, in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, began the process of desegregating the nation as a whole.
However, baseball must also admit to being ahead of the nation in drawing the color line, institutionalizing the practice ahead even of some southern state governments. The few blacks who are spoken of as having played in the white leagues, Moses Fleetwood Walker, his brother Weldon, Bud Fowler, Frank Grant and a few others, were always the exception rather than the rule, the first broad ban on Negroes having been enacted by the governing body of amateur baseball, the National Association, in 1867, long before Walker and his contemporaries were on the scene and more than two decades before Plessy v. Ferguson.
As depicted above, segregation was sweeping the nation during the late 1800s but did not receive official sanction until the century's closing years. By the 1880s, baseball (the sport, as distinct from Major League Baseball, which did not yet exist) contained a polyglot rulebook which admitted blacks to some leagues but not to others.
At this point, Adrian "Cap" Anson, the biggest star of his day, gave the cause of racism a push. On July 20, 1884, Anson's National League Chicago White Sox were to play an exhibition against Toledo of the American Association. Toledo had one black player, a catcher, the aforementioned Moses Walker. Chicago let it be known ahead of time that Anson would not play on the same field with black ballplayers. Nonetheless, Walker, who was injured at the time but was not one to back down from a challenge, was in uniform at game time. "Get that (blank) off the field," Anson reportedly barked.
Toledo management stuck by its player and the game was played despite an unreservedly-angry Anson. The Anson-Walker incident brought the race issue, which had not become an obsession in the mainly Northern enterprise of baseball the way Negro everything had been taken up in the south, to the foreground. "Gentlemen" ballplayers rallied around Anson. Over the next few years, blacks would be chased from the minors. The National League was already lilywhite, as was the American Association once Walker had been dispensed with. Baseball was purged from the top down. The last known black in organized baseball until 1946 was Bert Jones, a southpaw pitcher in the Kansas State League.
The Major Leagues never formally barred blacks, but they didn't have to: The path to the majors lay through the minors, and the minors were closed to men of color.
Blacks had played on black-only teams going back to the 1860s. There were many abortive attempts to form black-only leagues, but none lasted very long. In 1920, former pitcher Rube Foster, the owner of the Chicago American Giants, spearheaded the creation of the Negro National League. The NNL would be a confederation of existing teams (Prior Negro teams were in perpetual barnstorming mode, playing games against whatever competition they could schedule). Now the teams would continue to play a full slate of exhibitions, but there would be a certain number of league games. Teams continued to control their own scheduling, so the number of league games, as well as total games played - varied considerably from team to team.
This kind of structure made pennant races and statistics difficult to track, but Foster had started the league as much to centralize control of the lucrative team bookings as to focus competition among Negro clubs.
"It is your league," he exhorted his fellow African Americans. "Nurse it! Help it! Keep it!"
For Foster, keeping it meant not being at the mercy of exploitative white booking agents, who controlled access to playing sites. At this time there was not a black entrepreneur in the country with the monetary resources to buy or build a stadium.
Foster's Midwestern-based league, as well as its East Coast rival, the Eastern Colored League, faced tremendous obstacles. Only Sunday games were profitable. The mostly black fans of the Negro Leagues could afford to go to one game per week. The scheduled Sunday doubleheader provided the most bang for the buck. Negro teams saved their best pitchers for Sunday so as to increase the gate.
Efforts to attract white fans were mostly fruitless, and without them there was simply not enough of a fan-base to support a league. The ultimate failure of the NNL and ECL can be traced to four factors:
The two leagues were northern and urban affairs.
There were relatively few blacks in northern cities at this time.
Those that were in the North were not particularly well off so.
The potential audience was very small.
Foster succumbed to mental illness in 1926 and was absent from league affairs from then on. Without its guiding spirit, the league gradually fell apart, succumbing to disorganization and the effects of the Great Depression in 1930. The ECL predeceased the NNL, ceasing operations in 1928.
The 1930s saw the emergence of the numbers men, urban gambling kingpins, in black baseball. With African Americans largely Jim Crowed out of legitimate entrepreneurial opportunities, the numbers rackets presented one of the few ways to grow capital in a segregated world. Several of these men channeled some of their profits into baseball. Their motives were mixed. Some had become respected men in their communities and wanted to give something back to the people. Others merely craved the attention concomitant with sports ownership, or were laundering their money.
Whatever the cause, the interest of the numbers men lead to a revival of the Negro Leagues. The Negro National League was relaunched in 1933 under the auspices of Pittsburgh's Gus Greenlee, taking over where the ECL left off, while the Negro American League replaced the original NNL in 1937. These two organizations would persevere through the days of Jackie Robinson and beyond.
One place where the Negro Leagues had the white majors completely beaten was in the nickname department. In addition to Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, and Double-Duty Radcliffe there was Jelly Gardner, Ready Cash, Spoony Palm, Groundhog Thompson, Honey Lott, Cleveland Clark, Ace Adams, True Heart Ferrell, Copperknee Thompson, Steelarm Davis, Cannonball Redding, Dolly Gray, Turkey Stearns, King Tutt, Scrappy Brown, Tank Carr, Possum Poles, Bunny Downs, Rats Henderson, Bullet Joe Rogan, and many, many more.
One of the reasons the Negro Leagues excelled at nomenclature is that the players spent so much time together on the road. In order to make ends meet, the teams played a grueling schedule of exhibition games, playing as many as three games in a day. Starting with the Kansas City Monarchs, the teams adopted portable lighting systems, which meant that lack of daylight was not an impediment to scheduling yet another game. Negro Leagues players spent all day every day together, either on the field or traveling together on busses or packed into touring cars.
In 1946, Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey, who had long despised the color line, signed Jackie Robinson and placed him with the Montreal Royals of the International League. This was the beginning of the end of the Major League color line.
Pop Lloyd never played in the Major Leagues, but he was often compared Honus Wagner.
Jackie Robinson was first: Brooklyn Dodgers, April 15, 1947
Larry Doby was first in the American League: Cleveland Indians, July 5, 1947
Not long after, Hank Thompson was third: St. Louis Browns, July 17, 1947
The other teams had to think about it for awhile:
Hank Thompson, New York Giants, July 8, 1949
Sam Jethroe, Boston Braves, April 18, 1950
Minnie Minoso, Chicago White Sox, May 1, 1951
Bob Trice, Philadelphia A's, September 13, 1953
Ernie Banks, Gene Baker: Chicago Cubs, September 17, 1953
Curt Roberts, Pittsburgh Pirates, April 13, 1954. (Branch Rickey was the general manager)
Tom Alston, St. Louis Cardinals, April 13, 1954
Nino Escalera, Cincinnati Reds, April 17, 1954
Carlos Paula, Washington Senators, September 6, 1954
Elston Howard, New York Yankees, April 14, 1955
John Kennedy, Philadelphia Phillies, April 22, 1957. (Ten years had passed since Jackie Robinson broke the color line)
The Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox still had reservations:
Ozzie Virgil, Detroit Tigers, June 6, 1958
Pumpsie Green, Boston Red Sox, July 21, 1959. Jackie Robinson had been retired for over three years.
After Jackie Robinson the Negro Leagues stumbled on for awhile, acting as feeders to the majors in the manner of the farm teams but the minors were drying up, killed by television and radio and the lack of legitimate pennant races, and without their raison d'etre, the Negro Leagues slowly faded away. The Negro National League succumbed in 1948, while the Negro American League stumbled on, in greatly reduced form, through 1950. It's Indianapolis Clowns franchise continued on into the 1960s as a kind of Harlem Globetrotters of baseball. The leagues died having served their purpose, shining a light on African American ballplayers at a time when the white majors simply did not want to know.
The author would like to acknowledge his indebtedness to the following works: The Negro Leagues Book, Clark and Lester, eds.; The Baseball Book, 1990, Bill James; The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, Bill James; The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, Jonathan Fraser Light; Only the Ball was White, Robert Peterson; The Biographic Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues, James A. Riley; Black Ball (in Total Baseball, seventh edition); The Black Americans, Scheiner and Edelstein, eds.; Jules Tygiel; Past Time, Jules Tygiel; The Strange Career of Jim Crow, C. Vann Woodward.
The opinions above are solely those of the author and are not reviewed or sanctioned by Major League Baseball. Comments welcomed at


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If you were lucky enough to attend the World Equestrian Games dressage freestyle last night then you're aware that it was a sold out house and that we were treated to quite a show with the top dressage riders in the world all in one place including Edward Gal and Steffen Peters. The showman of the evening (and crowd favorite), however, was certainly Juan Munoz Diaz with his Fuego XI. They were spectacular from start to finish and looked as if they were enjoying the ride as much as we were.
Did you see his arm at his side below? Like I said, showmanship! Juan ended up 4th and just out of the medals much to the crowd's dismay and so they met his score with resounding boos. I know I'll be looking forward to seeing him perform again sometime soon. He's officially on the eventing radar map!
There were no boos, however, when Edward Gal took the gold for his ride with Totilas. Their partnership, superior talent and skill, and out of this world movement seem like they're from another planet (and seem unbeatable). To sweeten the deal Edward (who spoke after his win) came across every bit as thoughtful, kind, and down-to-earth as everyone says. Maybe we can get him into eventing? He'd fit right in.

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Some good distance work today
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Yes the distance Queen is back and I managed to get thru this one despite showing up late, because I had to get gas.
Last night I had to do 25 minutes on the spin bike just to be able to have a light snack for dinner. I had used up all my calories. What is funny is I weighed myself before and after. How do you gain weight while riding? I gained a pound.
500 free every 4th lap kick on back
400 IM as fly drill, back pull, breast kick, free swim
500 free kick w/zoomers every 3rd 25 moderately fast
100 back
33x50@:50 free #1-12 pull w/strapless paddles & bouy #13-33 swim #1-12 held :42's #13-33 held :45's
50 back EZ
100 Free
Total 3300 yards


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In a settlement reached last week, the Gorham Fayette Local School District will receive $3.9 million from DH Holdings Corp. and Hutchinson FTS, Inc. About $1 million of that sum will cover legal fees.
As its part of the bargain, the school district has agreed to demolish Gorham Fayette High School, including the new gymnasium and classrooms, after classes are moved to the new school building. Afterward, DH Holdings will be granted a one-year purchase option for the school property.
Attorneys from DH Holdings requested inclusion of the purchase option clause in the settlement so the company can continue efforts to clean the contamination under and around the school, said school superintendent David Hankins.


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In the years that I have worked with the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese, I have had many opportunities to hear Cardinal Egan preach on pro-life issues.
One of his favorite arguments against abortion was rooted in common sense and the natural law — if there is any possibility that the being in the womb is an innocent human life, you may not act to kill it. To back up this point, he loved to point to the clear photographs of babies in the womb, and talk about the unequivocal proof they provided as to the humanity of the unborn.
To me, that argument is also the best reason for opposing the death penalty.
In recent weeks, there have been several cases in the news where prisoners were executed despite significant concerns being raised about whether they were, in fact guilty. To me, it's not just a question of whether an actually innocent person has ever been executed. It's the fact that the judicial process is insufficient to remove that risk, and cannot be trusted to remove it infallibly.
I worked for years in law enforcement as a prosecutor. I have profound respect and admiration for those who dedicate their lives to that calling. But I have seen the imperfections and uncertainties of the criminal justice system from the inside, especially in cases that rely on the testimony of informants. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is sufficient to justify imprisonment, but I do not believe that it can deliver the level of certainty that is necessary to justify the use of lethal violence in an execution. It is not enough to eliminate the possibility of error.
People who trust the system to act infallibly should peruse the website of the Innocence Project of Texas — the state that has executed the most prisoners. You might particularly wish to consider the case of the man who was convicted of capital murder, served 18 years, but was later released because of the egregious prosecutorial misconduct that led to his conviction.
This is where we need to rely on the classic pro-life argument that Cardinal Egan presented. Just like the hunter who hears a rustle in the bushes, if there's a risk that your actions may take an innocent human life, you must not act.
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The Queens College Office of Community Studies, in partnership with Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, is beginning to distribute surveys to Queens residents potentially affected by the redevelopment proposals to assess their attitudes toward the different plans for the abandoned railway.
Scott Larsen, director and service learning coordinator of the college's Urban Studies Department, is leading the project.
"The survey gives residents and businesses a chance to voice their opinions about the various redevelopment options for the Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way," Larson said. "Our hope is to gather a representative sample from all the communities likely to be impacted by any redevelopment, and to contribute to conversations about the potential benefits and possible negative impacts of each development option."
The development options are mainly divided along two camps—one that wants to create a linear park and cultural greenway and the other that wants to restore a train along the abandoned rail line. In addition, some residents want to leave the abandoned railway just as it is.
The survey will be randomly hand delivered to approximately 5,000 residents and 1,000 businesses that reside in the vicinity of the abandoned line. It will try to assess the current needs of the communities, as well as their attitudes toward the impact, viability, cost, and need for the different redevelopment proposals.
Once the results are collected, all the information will be available to Queens community members.
While Goldfeder provided some funding for the research, the survey is independently created and will try to equally focus on all the redevelopment options for the railway to receive an objective evaluation.
"From my understanding, it is going to give all the options," said Phil McManus, a transportation advocate with the Queens Public Transit Committee and proponent of reestablishing the rail line. "I believe that the survey will show what the people think is good for Queens."
Advocates for a park are also supportive of the survey.
"The fact that Queens College is engaging in the conversation of what to do here is fantastic," said Friends of the QueensWay steering committee member Travis Terry. "The more evidence generated, the better this project will be."
Terry stated that since the study is an independent project created by staff and students of Queens College, which he noted to be a "local, well-respected college," the Friends of Queensway trusted the survey and looked forward to seeing its results.
"I think anything that Queens College finds that could be helpful to the Queensway Project, we'll take a look at it," Terry said.
While Terry acknowledged the potential importance of the survey, he stated that its importance would be limited, as public opinion can only go so far in terms of actually getting the Rockaway Beach Branch fully restored.
"A side of this has to look at the reality of what can occur," Terry said. "The reality is rail reactivation is not feasible."
A combination of the tremendous cost of reactivation—estimated to be around $4 billion according to a 1975 Port Authority study—as well as other issues related to restoring the rail line poses a stiff challenge to supporters of a restored train.
Despite these challenges, Goldfeder seemed optimistic before the survey results were collected that the study would confirm his vision for a full restoration of mass transit.
"I am confident that any objective study will conclude that a transportation option is the only real choice," Goldfeder said.
McManus was less certain, but still supportive.
"I think it is more hopeful," McManus said. "I really hope that the people who take this survey realize that transportation is more important."
McManus admitted that he was a little nervous about the survey results as he was not certain how they would turn out.
The results of the survey, however, will not matter much in terms of changing the position of those who support a restored rail line, as they are convinced that a train is the best option and will fight to make others aware of it.
"If it's [the survey results] negative to the Rockaway Beach Line, it's not going to stop us," McManus said. "It's only going to redouble our efforts to convince people that they need one. It means we need to educate and inform people more."


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In a comment on Our Family Christmas - Then and Now, Donna asked, "What is White Christmas?" and I explained that it is a type of confectionery. This is the recipe I use, but there are many variations.
White Christmas
2 cups 'Rice Bubbles' cereal (overseas readers may know it as 'Rice Krispies')
1.5 cups mixed dried fruit including glace cherries
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup powdered milk
3/4 cup icing sugar
250gms white vegetable shortening ('Copha')
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
Melt the shortening. Add vanilla. Place all dry ingredients into a bowl and mix thoroughly. Add melted shortening (not too hot) and mix till well combined. Press into a shallow tin and allow to set in refrigerator. Cut into squares.
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11 December 2012
Recipe for White Christmas
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Our Family Christmas - Then and Now
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In 'Family History Across the Seas', Pauleen invited us to take part in the 2012 Christmas GeneaMeme by describing how we celebrate Christmas in our part of the world. I will answer these questions from both a historical and a modern Australian perspective.
- Do you have any special Christmas traditions in your family? The answers below cover most of them, apart from my father's pre-Christmas tradition, which I wrote about in GenFamilies. On Boxing Day we have a special family lunch with a large selection of cold meats and salads. The highlight is my sister Margaret's potato salad (the best I've ever tasted).
- Is church attendance an important part of your Christmas celebrations and do you go the evening before or on Christmas Day? No, because I have almost always been a long way from a town at Christmas. On one of the few occasions when we spent Christmas in Brisbane, we went to a midnight service. It was a small suburban Anglican church, but the incense was so overpowering that we felt quite ill.
- Did/do you or your children/grandchildren believe in Santa? My sisters and I believed in Santa. We hung a pillow case at the foot of the bed, and we left a note saying that there was a snack in the fridge.
- Do you go carolling in your neighbourhood? No. It doesn't happen in the places where I've spent Christmas.
- What's your favourite Christmas music? Michael Crawford's Christmas album.
- What's your favourite Christmas carol? We Three Kings.
- Do you have a special Christmas movie/book you like to watch/read? No, but if Carols from Kings College Cambridge is on TV I always watch that.
- Does your family do individual gifts, gifts for littlies only, Secret Santa (aka Kris Kringle)? With no children or nieces or nephews, it is not an issue. We give individual gifts (lots of small things rather than something expensive). Even the dog gets a Christmas present - usually a new toy to keep him occupied while we eat!
- Is your main Christmas meal indoors or outdoors, at home or away? Indoors at home, but we sometimes have drinks and nibbles outside at sundown, and occasionally a barbecue on the evening of Boxing Day.
- What do you eat as your main course for the Christmas meal? Dad's mother was born in England and always cooked a traditional dinner, even in this hot climate, so we did the same. In the middle of the day we have roast chicken and roast vegetables - potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, carrot, onion, parsnip and beetroot (try it; it's good!) - with mushy peas and a slice of top quality leg ham. (Do other people have cold ham with a hot meal, or are we odd?!) Several hours later we tuck into plum pudding with or without icecream, custard, cream, and fresh homemade fruit salad.
- Do you have a special recipe you use for Christmas? Yes, my mother's recipe for plum pudding. I will be making it this week. I need to chose a day with no risk of thunderstorms to cause a blackout!
- Does Christmas pudding feature on the Christmas menu? Is it your recipe or one you inherited? The pudding is the highlight of our Christmas meals, so there is a lot of pressure on the cook! I use my mother's recipe. She was a domestic science teacher, and I recently found her rough notes from the first time she made the pudding, when she was experimenting with quantities.
- Do you have any other special Christmas foods? What are they? In recent years I have made Rum Balls or White Christmas. For a historical perspective, see question 16 below.
- Do you give home-made food/craft for gifts at Christmas? I often bake ginger biscuits (Mum's recipe) for my sisters, and sometimes I print personalised calendars using my own photos, or bookmarks with paper that I made myself (a hobby that I rarely have time for now).
- Do you return to your family for Christmas or vice versa? While my parents were alive, I always spent Christmas with them and at least one of my two sisters. Robyn missed a couple of family Christmases when she was nursing in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. We usually went to Mum and Dad (which, before 1990, meant our childhood home out in the bush). When we were kids we spent one Christmas at a motel in Brisbane, because Mum had just come out of hospital after major surgery. I was old enough to appreciate the effort Mum and Dad made to stick to our traditions even in that strange environment.
- Is your Christmas celebrated differently from your childhood ones? If yes, how does it differ? Many things are still the same. We are older on the outside but just the same inside! But nowadays, with shops close by, some things are very different from my childhood. We grew up on a grazing property in outback Queensland, almost fifty miles (on unsealed roads) from town, so we had to be somewhat self-sufficient. Mum made the icecream and custard herself. Christmas dinner was a rooster we'd fattened, plus wild duck. Things that are commonplace now (such as mixed nuts) were a treat that we only had at Christmas.
- How do you celebrate Christmas with your friends? Lunch? Pre-Christmas outings? Drop-ins? Maybe lunch or dinner a week or two before Christmas. Some of my friends are so busy (have we lost the plot?!) that it is easier to get together after Christmas when things feel a bit flat.
- Do you decorate your house with lights? A little or a lot? No lights - just a candle in a festive lead-light holder (the photograph above).
- Is your neighbourhood a 'Christmas lights' tour venue? Some houses in my suburb in Brisbane take part, but the numbers have decreased since a massive hail storm wiped them out a few years ago.
- Does your family attend Carols by Candlelight singalongs/concerts? Where? Rarely, because we've usually been a long way from a town.
- Have any of your Christmases been spent camping (unlikely for our northern-hemisphere friends)? No.
- Is Christmas spent at your home, with family or at a holiday venue? With family at one or other of our homes.
- Do you have snow for Christmas where you live? No chance of that here in Queensland!
- Do you have a Christmas tree every year? Yes, always (even the year we spent Christmas in a motel room). When we were kids, Dad took us to sandhills on a friend's property where we chose a small pine tree. Occasionally, if it was unbearably hot or if roads were boggy, we chose a different type of tree from closer to home.
- Is your Christmas tree a live tree (potted/harvested) or an imitation? Always live, even if it is just a few small branches cut from a gum tree in the garden and bundled together. That's what it will be this year.
- Do you have special Christmas tree decorations? Nothing elaborate or expensive - just lots of tinsel (red, green, silver, gold and blue) and coloured balls, and a star on top.
- Which is more important to your family, Christmas or Thanksgiving? There is no Thanksgiving in Australia - but writing this has reminded me of how much I have, so before Christmas I will make a special effort to share it with those less fortunate (via Kiva).
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!
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West played an integral role towards Indiana's run to the Central Division title and appearance in the Eastern Conference finals this past season, with the 10-year-veteran averaging 17.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists over 73 games as the Pacers' starting power forward.
Previous reports indicated that West's new contract is for three years and worth $36 million.
"This is the ideal situation for myself at this stage of my career," said West. "There's really no other group that I'd rather be part of for the next few years than this group."
The 32-year-old spent his first eight NBA seasons with the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets before signing a two-year deal with the Pacers shortly after the 2011 lockout. Over 669 career games, West has averaged 16.1 points and 7.2 rebounds and made back-to-back All-Star Games with the Hornets in 2008 and 2009.
"He's done more for this franchise then he could ever imagine," Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird said of West. "Coming in here, establishing himself as a great player, not only on the court, but in the locker room and the city. There's special players that come through that are great players, but they don't give their heart and soul off the court or in the locker room to make other players better. We're very much appreciative of that."
Indiana also introduced free agent addition C.J. Watson, who signed a reported two-year contract to serve as the team's new backup to starting point guard George Hill.
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Actor Interview: Alimi Ballard
Alimi Ballard got his start in showbiz when he wandered through the doors of MindBuilders, a local community center dedicated to the empowerment of youth, and was cast in a play called No Laughing Matter. Weeks later, he found himself touring New York's inner-city libraries, community centers, elementary and high schools. He soon set his sights on a professional career and came to perform with such notable theatre companies as the Manhattan Theatre Club and the National Black Theatre, where he starred in acclaimed productions of Holiday Heart and Endangered Species.
Alimi is a seasoned performer whose presence has been felt on television, stage and screen. Presently, he can be seen on CBS's hit Friday night drama Numb3rs. In the role of agent David Sinclair, he's part of an elite FBI task force that tracks down criminals with the help of a high level mathematical genius.
Previously, Ballard was last seen as a passionate Muslim businessman on NBC's hit drama "American Dreams.� And on the now defunct FOX series "Dark Angel� Alimi played Herbal Thought, a character with a special blend of humor and island wit. On ABC's hit television show, "Sabrina the Teenage Witch,� he played Quizmaster Albert, where his job was to add both fun and mayhem to the mix. Prior to that role, he played Matthew, the younger brother of Vivica Fox on ABC's "Arsenio.�
Ballard's other television credits are extensive: "C.S.I..,� "NYPD Blue,� "Boomtown,� "Philly,� "Nash Bridges,� "She Spies,� "The Division,� "For the People,� to name a few. But the breakout recurring role which really kick started his care was his portrayal of the troubled Frankie Hubbard, on ABC's daytime drama, "Loving.� On the big screen, Alimi's film credits include Men of Honor and Deep Impact.
To Alimi, "Acting has always been more than mere entertainment. It was a tool of empowerment, inspiration, and education. It let a sixteen year old kid from the Bronx know that there was something that he could do with his time other than hanging out with his boys. It taught me the power of creativity, the value of hard work, and the complete joy of knowing what you do makes a difference in another's life.� Alimi resides in Los Angeles with his wife and their newborn baby.
BSN: What's it like working on a TV series? I've always heard that the schedule is very demanding.
AB: Well, if you get a 12-hour day, that's a nice day. That's an easy day. You can expect to be in by six AM and out by 6 PM.
BSN: Didn't I hear that you and your wife, Dahn, recently had a baby, too?
AB: Yes, a six-month old daughter.
BSN: Congratulations! What's her name?
AB: Naya.
BNS: So, what's it like being a father for the first time?
AB: I gotta' be honest with you. It's lovely, man. You think it's overrated, but it happened to me. You just fall in love. I'm in love with her, man.
BSN: Are you getting any sleep?
AB: If I can pull down six hours, that's nice. Sometimes, I have a day off here and there, so it balances itself out. But between the baby and the television show, it is demanding, but it's the kind of demanding that you look forward to, the kind that you work hard for to be able to have in your life.
BSN: I know you're from The Bronx, what high school did you attend?
AB: I went to Harry S. Truman, man, right there in Coop City.
BSN: How did you get inspired to try acting?
AB: I wasn't doing anything during the summer of '89, and a friend of the family asked me if I had a job. He suggested that I come by a theater company called The Positive Youth Troop and try out.
BSN: And how did you get your start in showbiz?
AB: I did a soap opera in New York called Loving. That was really great. And after that was over, I was trying to figure out where to go next, and my agent encouraged me to go out to Los Angeles, even though I was very nervous about it.
BSN: Tell me a little about your character, David Sinclair, on Numb3rs.
AB: They made my character from The Bronx, which is really fun. David Sinclair is a tough FBI agent with a salt-of-the-earth, working-class background. He has a lot of passion and enthusiasm. At the end of the day, he gets a lot of joy from his work, whether taking down a serial killer, a pedophile or a white collar criminal. I can really relate to the way he's grounded, like a regular person, the kind of guy you grew up. He loves his job, takes it seriously, but also likes to have a good time.
BSN: Which type of roles do you prefer, comedy or drama?
AB: I'd have to say drama, right now. But comedy's great, too. There's nothing like making people laugh. There's nothing like it in the world. But right now, I prefer drama.
BSN: How do you like living in Los Angeles?
AB: I love it!
BSN: If you don't mind, let me ask you the Jimmy Bayan question. Where in L.A. do you live?
BSN: I just moved up to the Valley, actually.
KW: Do you miss New York?
AB: I miss my family, my mom, especially. But I left the city when it was a good time for me to leave.
BSN: How often do you get noticed?
AB: In New York, I do. But there are so many TV shows that shoot in Los Angeles, it's common to encounter celebrities walking down the street. I know where to see Tom Cruise, if I go to the right restaurant.
BSN: So, you can do normal things like go to a supermarket or a movie theater?
AB: Absolutely. I have a ways to go before I get to that point. I'm very happy about where I'm at. I love my freedom and being able to roam where I want to roam anytime I feel like it. And I think it can be a thorn in your side when you reach a level where you no longer have that flexibility.
BSN: What did you think about what happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina?
AB: To be frank with you, that devastated me. I was depressed for weeks. I sent my prayers and my donations to help those who had to live through it. I wish I could do more, because it broke my heart.
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Although Toyota has been plagued with recall after recall, the company is still receiving some positive press. Consumer Reports recently ranked the company's best-selling hybrid vehicle, the Toyota Prius, as the most fuel-efficient vehicle on American roads today. The recent issue of Consumer Reports feature passenger vehicles with the best and worst fuel efficiency. These rankings were reached after the magazine tested each vehicle's fuel efficiency in a real-world setting, as opposed to just using the official EPA fuel efficiency ratings.
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Overall, what did you think of "The Healing"?
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I liked it very much. It was a very powerful story. It moved me so much that one person could affect the lives of so many people who might have died and who might not have reached freedom so early. That Polly could mold a young girl the way she did, in spite of her obstinacy, was truly admirable.
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I thought that it was a fantastic book. Granada grows so much throughout the book. She learns that the life she originally sees for herself is false and through Polly's mentoring, she becomes a complete person. The process is not easy but it is so interesting to see her grow and find her place in the world. The book was difficult - the suffering of the slaves was especially difficult to read about but the author had done a lot of research and presented a true picture of life at this time. I think that this book should be added to required reading lists for high school students to help them learn and understand about this time in our history.
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The Healing is an excellent book; one that I will recommend to my book club. I thought it was excellent for the following reasons: the characters are well-crafted and true to life with good traits and bad, the language was rich with metaphors and folk wisdom, and the plot was unpredictable like a stream carrying you onward to a satisfying ending.
I think the major theme of the book lies in the importance of family, family history, and family stories to know who you are.
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I loved this book. The writing was gorgeous. I love to read books with strong women overcoming strong odds. Maybe there's hope for me! I was skeptical at first that a white southern boy could write in the voice of black slave women but he truly did an amazing job
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I LOVED this book and can't speak highly enough about it. The characters were nuanced and fascinating. The language was beautiful and precise. The themes were engaging, and the plot was a page-turner. It's the whole package. I had to force myself not to read it in one sitting because I didn't want it to be over too quickly!
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What a read! Enlightening, insightful,mesmerizing,and mysteriously powerful, and promising-no matter what your lot in life, we all hurt, beg for and beg off advice we know to be true and helpful, struggle with our own "personal"ghosts, and long to be free from that which holds us back/away from our hopes and dreams-Everyone needs, literally and figuratively, some form of HEALING!
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I really liked the book. It took me a little while to get into it, but then I couldn't put it down. I really wanted to know how Granada went from the person she was as a young girl to the person who could "pay it forward" and help Violet's healing process. It made it more interesting because of the way the story was told in her own voice, but also how many parts of the story were introduced through the clay masks Granada had created to help her remember the people that had been important in her life.
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It took me a while to get into it. If I hadn't treated it as an assignment and pushed, I might have put it aside. That said, I thought it was excellent. The author's language was lovely and put the stories together in a way that I favor. I like to bounce back and forth, because it keeps me more attentive. His characters, I believe, were different sides of slaves all over the South, especially those with "kind" masters . I will recommend this book. I belong to 2 book clubs that meet monthly, so this is my first foray into this format.
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I ended up loving this book though it took me a while to get into it. The different stories and narratives added interest and intrigue to the book. Gran-Gran's story as an old woman and her story as Granada the child were nicely done. Polly Schine's story was the most fascinating to me. Overall, the book worked to show the awful conditions of slavery and of women in particular. It is a lesson in the necessity for freedom and the need for tolerance.
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I love this book. I agree initially it seemed a little slow moving but then the book, and the charactars, took off. I came to like the format of Granada using her story to reach out to Violet. It is a book that truly examines and illuminates the world of slavery and the sort of caste system that existed within it. I love a book where the charactars come to life and I come to care about them.
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An interesting read. As a Health professional, the questions posed about "practioners" other than physicians were a reflection of what actually was and is going on. There is still the delima of what is right, what is the best thing to do and who should have control. Make no mistake, control of the situation is the issue.
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An interesting read. As a Health professional, the questions posed about "practioners" other than physicians were a reflection of what actually was and is going on. There is still the delima of what is right, what is the best thing to do and who should have control. Make no mistake, control of the situation is the issue.
I found the story facinating, I have already asked others to read, and those who did felt the same. A vivid interpretation of life in another age, both realistic and highlighting the chnges that life brings.
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I really liked this book. It is very well written both in terms of the story told but also because the wordsmithing is amazing. Though there is a lot of switching of time periods it is easy and natural and every character is so well protrayed that you feel you know them well. The mindset of the Master and Mistress of their slaves being simply tools to use as needed and not really human was portrayed well. The black community and their daily life is also clearly defined. Some of the scenes were pretty horrific but still realistic.
I am recommending it highly to friends and family. It portrays a world that much as we would like to deny it is probably right on.
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I absolutely LOVED this book. I was hooked by the third chapter. I thought he did a wonderful job with the story telling and painted a vivid picture of life at that time. I loved Polly and hated her at the same time. He made me truly care about all of the characters. Where I live nearly everything is tied to religious institutions including book clubs. I facilitate the book club at my Temple and we will be reading this book as our April selection. Also due to my recommendation one of the Baptist churches will also be reading it as one of their selections.
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I was expecting another "The Help," but from a different era. However, I have to say (and I may be a minority of one) I liked it much more than "The Help." It didn't seem so patronizing somehow - had more fire and oomph to it. I am anxious to see what his next book tackles. And I agree with Rebajane, I didn't think a white man could put himself in a black woman's world without it being obvious, but he did a marvelous job - I wouldn't have known it was a man's writing, if his name wasn't listed as the author.
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This will be quick because I'm due elsewhere. Have been waiting for this discussion so have to say a few words. First - this is the best book I've read this year, and I've read some wonderful books. Thank you for sending it and giving me the opportunity to read it before publication. To compare it with The Help is so wrong. This book is a zillion times better. The author...unbelievable that he was able to step into a black woman's psyche with such authenticity. More later.
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When I receieved this book, I was going to read a chapter and finish it later. It had me from the beginning, I couldn't put it down. Through history healers have been seen as suspicious individuals, i.e. witches. The author did a good job of showing hope, and strength, where there often wasn't any. The main characters were well developed, and there weren't too many to keep track of.
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I haven't quite finished the book, because believe it or not it was kind of slow for me at first? I hated the back and forth between the past and the present...But now I am almost done, I am totally intrigued. I would like a picture of the author? I am always intrigued when men write so well from a woman's perspective, very similar to how Kathryn Stockett crossed racial lines with "The Help".
I love the rich characters and vivid scenery.
Plus it is feeding my curiosity about people with "gifts". I do believe there are people in this world who have that "extra" sense and special connection with those other than the living.
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It is the best book I have read in the past year. Odell is an accomplished storyteller with a real gift for bringing in the heart and soul of his characters. His vivid descriptions and interweaving of characters and events are so well done. I can't wait to read his next novel!
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I am obviously in a small minority, but I did not think this was a particularly good book. The writing was choppy, the dialogue was stilted, and the author didn't make me care about any of the characters. I wasn't entertained, I wasn't educated, I wasn't inspired. I fear this will not find its way into the canon of great literature of the American South.
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I agree the book is wonderful, although it took me a few chapters to get into the story. I recently read some of the WPA's slave narratives and found the author's depiction of these characters to be true to those voices. In the end, I felt that Granada made the right choice to stay and care for the people who needed her and that she had lived the life she was meant to live. It is a good and satisfying read.
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I have got to say that it was certainly one of the best books I have read this year (as some of you have said). I have felt badly every time I have thought or said that it is beyond the scope of The Help or related to The Help. I think I am just attempting to highlight that The Help was spectacular - but this book - goes way beyond. While the same theme exists in both books (racism) for certain, I feel quite strongly that The Healing represents something a bit different. While written by a white man of the south, it truly hits home on the true issues of being a woman - being a mother. It's about bringing it forward - bringing truth, generational connection, wisdom of womanhood, friendship, motherhood, beyond race...and perhaps I think...it strikes a cord on what all women are looking for and looking to give to the next generation...an understanding, a guide, a gift. The reality is that slavery existed and when told in such a light as The Healing - women of today - can powerfully relate to black women of yesterday who struggled and tried always to provide the wisdom of being a woman. The obstacles and abuse are beyond my understanding but yet I understand perfectly the love and connection. I truly loved the book and can only hope that the spirituality of the book will be scene by others as well. It's not The Help - but thankfully...The Help paved the way for a more clear path for The Healing to explode.
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I really enjoyed the book. I found the writing very descriptive and almost poetic in parts. I thought the author did a great job of weaving together so many lives and different stories. I found it fast paced, and enjoyed it from beginning to end. I was a bit sad to have it end because I felt like I was involved in so many characters lives. I kept the characters in my head for days after finishing the story.
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I loved this book. I was hooked from the first page and had a hard time putting it down. Living in a "slave " state, it gave me an even greater insight into how truly dreadful slavery was for all, but especially for women. Polly Shine was forced in body to be part of the system but her spirit was always her own and that strength of character made her a force to be reckoned with. I will definitely recommend this book to my book club
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I really enjoyed this book & have told a lot of my friends about it. I love historical fiction & I was able to jump right into this book.
I have read a lot of books about the Antebellum South, but this one gave a different perspective, from the slaves point of view. Many are about the plantation family.
I would have liked to learn more about Polly, a backstory would have been great. We were told she was part Choctaw, but not much else. She was such an unusual character, I think the book might have been more interesting.
The Master "Lord", was a despicable person. I felt so sorry for Amanda. She was very depressed, losing numerous children, especially her daughter, who was probably the only one she could relate to. She was taken away from her family, was lonely & miserable in the low country. I'm sure there were many women like her during this time, especially if they were idle day by day.
The slaves were there for each other & had a strong sense of family & community, unlike the plantation family.
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I enjoyed this book very much. i had no trouble getting into it & I loved both time periods. I thought all of the characters were strong characters & I could picture them in their environment. I even had an impression of the deceased Becky & could see her & Rubina as young friends.
Polly Shine was mysterious to me. I wish we would have had more backstory about her past.
Great read!!
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One of my favorite books. I loved the vivid characters and the "quaint"sayings throughout the book. I am also a lover of radical, strong and loving women. A Healer brought to a plantation was a surprise to me. OK it is the name of the book. $5,000 was a lot of money then. Did this really happen? The strange circumstance that Granada was put in at birth. There were so many threads to tie and I loved the way that they ended up. I think that there was a confusion that plagued almost any child that was brought into the "House". Where did they belong?
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I liked this book a lot, though it took me a while to get through it. Unfortunately a topic that I was interested in wasn't covered & that was Amanda's mental health illness. I wonder what Polly would have done for her. Did anyoune else care about Amanda's state of mind? I think it started when she moved away from her family, into the deep South.
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Dear Reader, as the author, I tend to agree with you. In the final edit, Amanda got short shrift. I cut out several chapters of her background--her childhood, courtship, marriage, the many still births and her gradual decent into a paralyzing depression. But as the book focused its narrative, as often happens to me, I had to decide whose book this was going to be--the Satterfiields or Polly and Granada's. Sadly, Amanda's story remains hidden from the world, in my "Cut out" files.
Jon Odell
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The future of computing won't involve a desktop, at least according to Google.
European Director of Google's online sales John Herlihy said at a recent conference that his company is preparing for a mobile life after computers.
"In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant," he said. "In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs."
The move might suit Google just fine as a switch to mobile devices would mean more reliance on cloud storage and computing.
Google has already shown how much the world relies on its products like Gmail. Last fall when the email service went down, Twitter dealt with the repercussions as angry Google users flooded the San Francisco-based social networking site to complain about their down email.
Since the Gmail crash, Google has gone on the offensive to prove their apps are reliable. And just in case, the tech giant is also entering the tablet world, which is good news if Apple's lawsuit against HTC (and indirectly against Google's Android) has any merit.
Google Says Desktops Will Soon Be Irrelevant
The future of computing won't involve a desktop, at least according to Google.


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I don't remember Grandma using this machine - I think it was the 1950s when she got a new or newer Singer with a "gas pedal", the same machine I learned on. I was 12 years old before she'd let me use electricity - until then, it was crank, crank, crank. Naturally, she told me one of her little white lies about knowing a girl who sewed too fast with electricity, and ran the needle right through her fingernail and out the other side. I believed it then and was horrified, and still think of it while sewing occasionally today. But Grandma, if you're listening, I'm on to you now. But I'm still scared. And I never go fast.
By that time though, this machine was tucked away in her basement, with stuff piled on top of it, much like it's been at my house for the last 21 years. I remember her mostly patching Grandpa's clothes and making blankets, not so much sewing clothes except for our Barbie dolls.
I checked the Singer website to see if I could find out when this machine was manufactured, and it was in 1920, which was a bit of a surprise. I didn't think it was that old.
The first thing I found was tucked down on the bottom of the table - and old Climax sewing machine that I had picked up cheap at a garage sale many years ago.
I will save what I found in the sewing table drawers for the next blog post or two. A nice glimpse into the past, if I do say so myself.
I think I'm going to have another pot of that Pecan Pie flavored coffee tomorrow and see what else I can find...


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UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders on Tuesday to stop fueling the bloodshed in Syria with weapons and get both sides to the negotiating table to end the "biggest challenge to peace and security in the world."
In his state of the world address to open the annual gathering of presidents, prime ministers and monarchs at the U.N. General Assembly, the U.N. chief said the international response to last month's "heinous use of chemical weapons" in Syria "has created diplomatic momentum - the first signs of unity in far too long."
He called on the U.N. Security Council to adopt an "enforceable" resolution on a U.S.-Russian agreement to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control for destruction and bring to justice the perpetrators of the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack outside Damascus "either through referral to the International Criminal Court or by other means consistent with international law."
U.N. diplomats say differences between the U.S. and Russia on how a resolution should be enforced have held up action in the Security Council. Russia is opposed to any mention of Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which includes military and non-military actions to promote peace and security. Russia and China have vetoed three Western-backed resolutions that would have pressured Syrian President Bashar Assad to end the 2 1/2-year war that has killed more than 100,000 people.
U.S. President Barack Obama echoed Ban, saying there must be "consequences" in a Security Council resolution to verify that Assad's regime is keeping his commitments.
"If we cannot agree even on this, then it will show that the U.N. is incapable of enforcing the most basic of international laws," Obama said.
Obama also addressed the other issue expected to dominate this year's ministerial session which ends Oct. 1 - the first appearance on the world stage of Iran's new president, Hasan Rouhani. No U.S. president has met with an Iranian leader since the 1979 Islamic revolution, but U.S. secretaries of state and Iranian foreign ministers have had occasional encounters, the most recent in 2007.
Obama welcomed Iran's "more moderate course" under Rouhani, saying it offers the basis for a breakthrough in negotiations with six key nations on its disputed nuclear program. He said he was charging Secretary of State John Kerry to pursue progress on the nuclear issue, saying the "diplomatic path must be tested."
Foreign ministers of the six countries - the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany - are scheduled to meet Thursday with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who sat behind Iran's sign in the General Assembly listening intently to Obama's speech.
Obama also addressed Iranian and Russian support for the Syrian regime.
"It's time for Russia and Iran to realize that insisting on Assad's rule will lead directly to the outcome they fear: an increasingly violent space for extremists to operate," Obama said. "In turn, those of us who continue to support the moderate opposition must persuade them that the Syrian people cannot afford a collapse of state institutions, and that a political settlement cannot be reached without addressing the legitimate fears of Alawites and other minorities."
Turkish President Abdullah Gul welcomed the U.S.-Russian agreement to destroy Syria's chemical weapons but said that should not allow those who perpetrated a "crime against humanity" by using the weapons against civilians to escape justice.
Gul, whose nation borders Syria to the north and hosts refugees from the conflict, also lamented that "geopolitical considerations" had stymied Security Council action to stop the fighting.
"It is a disgrace that the United Nations Security Council has failed to uphold its primary responsibility in this case," he said, predicting that if the international community fails to act, the death toll would double by next year.
Ban stressed that the international community "can hardly be satisfied with destroying chemical weapons while the wider war is still destroying Syria," and he stressed that the "vast majority" of the killing has been carried out with conventional weapons
"I appeal to all states to stop fueling the bloodshed and to end the arms flows to all parties," the secretary-general said.
Ban decried the plight of the more than 7 million Syrians forced to flee their homes and called on the Syrian government and opposition to "lift all obstacles" to access for humanitarian workers and release "the thousands of men, women and children whose detention has no basis in international law."
Beyond Syria, the secretary-general said, "we can see tremendous stress and upheaval across the region."
"Historic transitions have stumbled or slowed. Springs of inspiration are giving way to winters of disillusionment," Ban said, without naming any countries. "The challenges are immense: building democracy and pluralistic dialogue; dousing the flames of sectarianism; filling the security vacuum after the iron grip of dictators is gone."
The secretary-general also welcomed the revival of direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. And he declared, "Let the 21st century be the century of women."
Ban announced that the U.N. will hold a climate summit next September in New York and challenged leaders to bring "bold pledges" to close the emissions gap.
On another issue that has had worldwide repercussions, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff lashed out at the United States for its electronic spying program.
Brazil is an important hub for trans-Atlantic fiber optic cables, and the National Security Agency has reportedly intercepted her communications with aides, hacked into the computer network of a state-run oil company and scooped up data from billions of emails and telephone calls flowing through the country.
Rousseff last week shelved an upcoming state trip to Washington in a show of anger over the NSA surveillance program.
"Tampering in such a manner in the affairs of other countries is a breach of international law and is an affront to the principles that must guide the relations among them, especially among friendly nations," she said. "A sovereign nation can never establish itself to the detriment of another sovereign nation."
Associated Press Writers Matthew Pennington and Lara Jakes at the United Nations contributed to this report.


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Changes for 2012-13
Please note that P. L. 2011, c.202 was signed into law on January 17, 2012. This law allows for the annual school election to be moved to November by the applicable board of education or municipal/governing body resolution. A "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) on the new law is available at this website: http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2012/0126ele.htm.
If the election is moved to November, there is no vote on the annual district base budget that is within the tax levy cap. This includes withdrawals from capital reserve that are indicated in Supporting Documentation 4. Such withdrawals will be reviewed as part of the Executive County Superintendent budget review. Voter approval is still required for separate proposals.
This law did not change the dates for submission of the budget, advertising, or public hearing as outlined in the "2012 School Election Calendar". A link to the "Election Calendar" can be found at this website: http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/fp/dwb.shtml under "Other Items". Districts should review the FAQ noted above for dates required for submissions related to board of education candidates and ballots.


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Teunis Jansz (16th century)
Teunis Jansz, a member of the (Old) Frisian congregation at Alkmaar(?), Holland, published a letter in 1586-7 addressed to the Frisian and the Flemish Mennonites, in which he protested against the Huiskoper (Huiskooper) quarrel. Because of his moderate position he was expelled from the church at Alkmaar.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1876): 31 ff.
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text: A migrant's child may earn a portion of the SNAP unit's wages even though the unit gets only one payment. If the child is age 17 or under, attending an elementary or secondary school, and under the parental control of a SNAP unit member, their wages are exempt. If you cannot identify the child's wages, prorate the payment by the number of persons that worked for the payment. Exempt the child's share.


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Technology Deployment Business Models
Rome [ENA] Technological know-how co-exists with poverty and misery. And the fact that development solutions are in pervasive use elsewhere, does not mean that they will be deployed at scale in the least developed countries. The limitation is that it hasn't yet been imagined how to address the less-glamorous and more everyday organizational, entrepreneurial, financial, and business development issues associated
with getting these solutions into the hands of tens, if not hundreds of millions of people in emerging markets. Paradoxically, the same scientific progress that generates new technological solutions may worsen the deployment challenge. The Global Solutions Summit (GSS) will convene at the United Nations in New York City on June 4, 2018. It will precede and complement the Third Annual UN STI Forum supported by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, and the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development which will convene at the UN on June 5-6, 2018. The theme of this year's Summit is "From Lab to the Last Mile: Technology Deployment Business Models for the SDGs."
GSS 2018 is the third in a series beginning with the Inaugural Summit at the US State Department in April 2014 and a Second Summit at the Clinton Presidential Library in December 2016. To date, the global development community has devoted substantial time, attention, and resources to developing innovative solutions. These programs have generated enormous benefits and, as a have demonstrated, effective and affordable solutions for many of the most persistent development problems: off-grid, renewable energy, potable water, community health clinics, solar powered irrigation pumps, off-grid food storage, refrigeration, and processing, etc.
These new solutions should make it even more reasonably priced and easier, in principle, to hit the Sustainable Development Goals targets, specifically in the least developed countries (LDCs) where enormous progress should be possible simply by learning how to implement proven solutions that are already in widespread use in other countries. GSS2018 is based on the premise that "It takes more creativity and innovation to market a new invention than it did to invent it in the first place." The challenge now becomes figuring out how to scale-up the deployment of these distributed, inexpensive facilities so that they reach tens of millions of people in a relatively short period of time.
Although the capital cost of these new technologies may be much lower compared to older technologies, the community empowerment, organizational, financial, capacity building and entrepreneurial challenge of deploying, financing, managing, and maintaining thousands of water purification kiosks or microgrids in thousands of communities is considerably more complex.The current deployment ecosystem, in other words, is like a pipeline in which all the essential parts and components are present in one form or another. But instead of having all the parts and components connected appropriately to each other, there is a series of broken circuits where essential connections are missing.


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A Marine sergeant was discharged from the military Wednesday for repeated Facebook posts about President Obama.
Marine Sgt. Gary Stein, 27, a meteorologist at Camp Pendleton near San Diego, posted anti-Obama comments and photos on his Facebook page, the "Armed Forces Tea Party." Stein's posts ranged from "Screw Obama and I will not follow all orders from him," to calling the president "an economic and religious enemy."
The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups told reporters they will fight the decision they say violates Stein's first-amendment rights, but military prosecutors said that Stein's comments violated a Pentagon policy that limits political speech while a service member is in uniform, according to Reuters. Stein also was repeatedly warned by superior officers about his Facebook postings.
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As a retired military member myself I don't feel a bit sorry for this guy. The president is his commander and chief. You don't say anything that puts the President in an unflattering light no matter who is President. If that was the case I would have said things about George Bush. Show this guy the door and don't let it hit you on the way out. You should have known better!


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TTC 2013 - 1981 VW Rabbit
Matt Huit's Rabbid Rabbit
Matt Huit's 1981 VW Rabbit had some of the most character out of all the TTC trucks this year. To be fair, it's mounted on a '77 Chevy Blazer frame and powered by a 454 c.i. Tuned Port Injected big block V8 that had more than enough grunt to spin it's 54-inch Mickey Thompson TTC Baja Claw tires through pretty much anything. Matt's original plan involved swapping in a Subaru Brat body on the Blazer frame but after having a hard time finding one, he ended up purchasing his buddy's '81 VW Rabbit for his project. The purple, white and black camouflage paint scheme might seem a bit odd at first but Matt tells us that he did that in honor of the day that he first met his wife. When he met her he was wearing a purple, white and black camouflage hat that he had bought earlier that day.
Matt struggled in the Frame Twister after getting crossed up on the parallel logs which put him out of bounds and ended his run. Despite that, Matt made up for it with a hard charging run through the Mud Pit. He was the first to take the plunge and the little Rabbit Pickup seemed unstoppable as it plowed through the bog with its 454 c.i. big block screaming. The next day, Matt seemed to have no trouble finding his way through the obstacle course and whenever the little Rabbit was in a tight spot, Matt would crab walk it through the trail with the rear steer setup. Matt had made his way back up the leaderboard and just obliterated the Coal Chute climbing over boulders and cement tubes like they were pebbles despite starting off stuck in two-wheel-drive. Matt tells us he had an epiphany that he had to at least give it a shot to try to complete the run. It was quite the spectacle watching the Rabbit field goal through the end of the Coal Chute's slippery waterfall climb. During the their Tank Trap run, Matt and his co-driver Jared Harmer did an awesome job working their way up the menacing canyon but ended their run after flopping the Rabbit on its side in the fifth water hole. Although the setbacks in a few of their runs kept them from walking home with top honors, they did however put on a great show for everyone and managed the only finish in the incredibly tough and slippery Coal Chute which helped earn them a hard fought 2nd place finish.
Tech Sheet
Truck: 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit
Frame: '77 Chevy Blazer frame Engine: Tuned Port Injection 454 c.i. big block V8
Drivetrain: TH400 automatic, Jed's Machinery NP203/NP205 doubler T-case, 2.5-Ton Rockwell front differential, 2.5-Ton Rockwell rear differential, four-wheel hydraulic steering
Suspension: 16-inch Sway-A-Way coilovers, Viper coil springs, Heretic Fab Chromoly link bars, Ruff Stuff link towers and heims, Rockwell.com boots and seals, DIY4x4.com Pinion breaks, Pro Comp hydraulic bumpstops
Wheels & Tires: 20-inch USA 6x6 beadlock wheels with Stazworks inserts wrapped in 54-inch Mickey Thompson Baja Claw TTC tires