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Thuringia heaps up unexpectedly in its northern reaches as the Kyffhäuser. While it requires an optimist to describe these wooded sandstone uplands as mountains – no peak in a sixty-square-kilometre extension of the Harz range is above 480m – their low-lying nature and lack of development make for pleasant walking country. The range also holds a special place in the nation's psyche as the resting place of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Possibly. Fact – or at least historical chronicles – record that the mighty twelfth-century German king and Holy Roman Emperor challenged papal authority to establish German predominance in Western Europe before he drowned in the Holy Land in 1190. Legend, however, counters that "Red Beard" slumbers deep within a Kyffhäuser mountain and will one day awaken to lead the united German people to victory against their enemies. It is, as the marketing board never tires of saying, where Barbarossa dreams. In more recent history Thomas Müntzer's peasants' revolution was swatted aside on the flanks of the Kyffhäuser in 1525.
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Until Tuesday, no one was running for the District 7 seat on the Shelby County Schools board. No one had pulled a qualifying petition from the Shelby County Election Commission until just two days before the filing deadline for candidates on the August election ballot.
Tarik Sugarmon files to run for Juvenile Court judge at the Shelby County Election Commission offices. The race is a highlight on the August ballot. Filing deadline is noon Thursday.
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And some of those with petitions out were waiting until the Thursday, April 3, noon deadline to make their decisions.
That was the case with Memphis City Council member Lee Harris, who is pondering a challenge of Democratic state Sen. Ophelia Ford in the August primary for state Senate District 29, the seat held by a member of the Ford family since 1975.
The noon deadline is for candidates in the August state and federal primaries, as well as the nonpartisan county judicial and school board elections.
The candidates who meet that deadline then have another week to withdraw if they wish.
Follow developments at Thursday's deadline and after @tdnpols, www.twitter.com/tdnpols. Also look for a Web story recapping the fields after the Thursday deadline at The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com.
Those who are certified this month for the August ballot by the Shelby County Election Commission will be joined by the winners of the May county primary elections.
Some of the nonpartisan campaigns to be decided on the August ballot are already underway.
That is the case with the nonpartisan race for Juvenile Court judge, one of several judicial positions on the August ballot with no incumbent seeking re-election.
The race between Memphis City Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon and Juvenile Court Chief Magistrate Dan Michael has a higher profile than the other four open judicial races.
Some of that is a function of Kenneth Turner's 40-plus-year tenure of Juvenile Court judge. When outgoing-Judge Curtis Person Jr. ran in 2006 on Turner's legacy, the open race became a referendum on change in the institution that had become uniquely Turner's.
And while the race did not have Democratic and Republican primaries or nominees, both local political parties were heavily involved with Republicans backing Person and Democrats backing Veronica Coleman-Davis.
In the last three years, the court has changed with a great deal of pressure from the U.S. Justice Department, which entered into a settlement agreement with the court and Shelby County government over due process abuses the Justice Department was highly critical of as well as disproportionately harsher punishments and transfers for trial as adults for African-American children.
Michael has said he welcomes a challenge of the pace of reforms in the court. And he has said his experience as a magistrate in the court for nearly 20 years gives him the ability to carry out the changes.
Sugarmon says he intends to end what he sees as a "50-year continuum" of control of the court starting with Turner into Person, who was a magistrate under Turner, to Michael, who has been a magistrate and court official under Turner and Person. And Sugarmon wants to quicken the pace of reform for an early end to the settlement's expense of approximately $6 million a year to county government.
Such judicial openings usually create lots of competition. And that has been the case with the four other open judicial races. But judicial candidates are more deliberative before they file petitions.
A dozen attorneys pulled qualifying petitions for Chancellor Part 2, the Chancery Court position now held by Arnold Goldin, who becomes a state appeals court judge on Sept. 1 following his appointment to that opening by Gov. Bill Haslam.
But by Wednesday morning, the start of the last full day to file, only three of the dozen had filed for Part 2, state Senate Democratic leader Jim Kyle and attorneys Paul A. Robinson and Ken Besser.
Meanwhile, District 31 Republican state Sen. Brian Kelsey had opposition in the GOP primary from Jim Tomasik who ran last year in the special election for state House District 91 as a Libertarian. Last year, Kelsey told supporters he expected a challenge from Democrats for the Germantown-based seat. But as of Wednesday morning, no one had pulled a petition in the Democratic primary for the district.
District 33 Democratic state Sen. Reginald Tate, meanwhile, was unopposed as of Wednesday. So were 10 of the 14 state House incumbents whose districts cover Shelby County.
There are no open seats without an incumbent in the Shelby County delegation to Nashville.
In the Shelby County Schools board races, incumbents Shante Avant and Billy Orgel were unopposed as of Wednesday running in the new nine-district structure of the school board in which only seven of the nine seats are up for election this year.
Incumbent Chris Caldwell is matched in District 1 with former school board member Freda Garner Williams. It's a rematch from their 2012 electoral meeting.
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The Kansas State University football team honored Goessel High School graduate Weston Hiebert as special teams co-MVP for the 2013 season on Friday.
Hiebert is a redshirt junior defensive back for the Wildcats. He has made 10 tackles on special teams and blocked a kick. He also had seven tackles in 2012. Hiebert shared special teams MVP honors with wide receiver and return specialist Tramaine Thompson.
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R; 1:47 running time With Rooney Mara as the woman in question ¿ a poised, tense Manhattanite prescribed anti-anxiety medication by her psychiatrist with newsworthy results ¿ "Side Effects" finds its ideal performer. Written in sharp, punchy exchanges by Scott Z. Burns and directed by Steven Soderbergh, the film is more about genre twists and reconfigurations than showy performance skill. -- Michael PhillipsRead the full "Side Effects" movie review
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I just found one more video from the storm that hit Beacon around the first of July.
The water was churning up so much "stuff" that you could hear rocks banging against the bottom of the stream and the air was filled with the smell of dirt.
Truly amazing.
UPDATE: One little note on this video. This is a brook, not a river.
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LAWNDALE � Tim Canipe knows the area he lives in. The Delight community, nestled in between Lawndale and Casar, stretches along a winding road of about 15 homes.
He knows his neighbors' faces. Their cars.
When visitors are expected. And when they aren�t.
�That�s what I�m supposed to do. I�ve done no different than anyone else,� Canipe said as he recalled the events of Thursday afternoon.
Canipe�s keen eye, with pistol in hand, aided deputies who arrested two men wanted in a home robbery in the Delight community. Both men are suspected to be involved with a rash of home break-ins within Cleveland and Rutherford counties, Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman said.
Canipe sat calmly in his living room�s arm chair as he thought back to about 2 p.m. that afternoon.
�No one was supposed to be there,� he said. �They�re fooling around with people who work hard. I hate a thief.�
�He took off like a gazelle�
Canipe, a former mechanic, prepared to go to the store. His wife, Peggy, was inside their home surrounded by a scenic mountain view.
He untangled the leash around his dog�s neck when he noticed a truck sitting in the yard of neighbor�s home across the street. He didn�t recognize the truck. His neighbors weren�t home.
Canipe went across the street. He found a man sitting in the driver�s seat of a truck later identified as 26-year-old Brandon Erwin Shires, of Ellenboro, according to an arrest report from the Cleveland County Sheriff�s Office.
�I asked, �You ain�t been messing around with this trailer have you?�� Canipe remembered. �He told me no and that he was looking for someone.�
Shires left. Canipe noticed the trailer�s front door pried open. Another man exited the trailer wearing a hooded sweatshirt, his hands tucked inside the pockets. Canipe called 911.
The second suspect, identified as 25-year-old Matthew Todd Stacey, of Ellenboro, was met by Canipe driving a truck.
�He took off like a gazelle, and I cut him off with my truck,� Canipe said. �I showed him the pistol I keep in my truck. I told him, �Surely, you�re not that stupid to take off so you might as well just sit down.'�
Stacey did, Canipe said.
The sound of deputy sirens from below a hill on the street grew louder.
'Most homes are broken into during the daylight hours'
Peggy said she�s always felt safe with Canipe, but Thursday�s ordeal reassured the wife of nearly four years.
Canipe never second guessed his actions. The thought of getting hurt while approaching two break-in suspects never crossed his mind.
�I�m not scared of anything. The most they can do is kill me,� Canipe said.
He leaned back in his arm chair as the news played on the living room television.
Deputies arrested Shires a short distance from the residence, according to a press release from the Cleveland County Sheriff�s Office.
Norman commended Canipe on being observant as well as handling the situation in an acceptable manner.
�In the times we�re living in, we�re seeing citizens in this county rise up against crime,� Norman said. �Most homes are broken into during the daylight hours.�
He said the sheriff�s office can�t protect and serve alone.
�They need help,� he said. �Had I not shown that gun to that boy, he wouldn�t have stopped. Thieves are going to run into someone not as lenient as I was.�
Barney Fife of the Delight community
Canipe�s quick-thinking earned him a nickname from his neighbor any fan of "The Andy Griffith Show" would recognize.
�He told me, �We don�t need any security system because we�ve got Barney Fife on duty,�� Canipe said with a laugh. Peggy joined him.
Sheriff�s deputies booked Stacey into the Cleveland County Detention Center under a $75,000 secured bond. He faces one charge of felony breaking/entering and two additional for trafficking opium or heroin. Shires was released on an unsecured bond, but faces one charge of felony breaking/entering, the press release read.
Norman said investigators have cleared an additional three-break ins possibly involving Stacey and Shires with charges pending.
Canipe has a suggestion for thieves that come across Delight Road: beware of it.
�You think you�re going to get away with it,� he said. �You�re not.�
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2010 CoSIDA Academic All-District teams
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Golden Eagle senior pitcher Lee Henry and junior outfielder Chad Oberacker have been recognized for their success in the classroom as well as on the baseball diamond. The two Tennessee Tech standouts have been named to the 2010 CoSIDA Academic All-District IV team.
Henry, an education major from Knoxville who sports a 3.31 GPA, currently leads the Ohio Valley Conference with a 2.76 ERA, and is also first in the conference with the lowest opponent batting average. He is second in the OVC in strikeouts per game and is first in hits allowed and runs allowed per game. Henry is 3-3 with one complete game and has struck out 53 batters in 49 innings on the mound, walking just 25.
Oberacker also boasts a 3.31 GPA while majoring in pre-physical therapy. He is a junior from Erie, Pa., and currently ranks second in the OVC in batting with a .437 average. He is first in the league in doubles and tied for first in hits.
Perfect in the field this year in 78 fielding chances, Oberacker leads Tech a with a gaudy .437 batting average. He also tops Tech in at bats (47), runs scroed (47), hits (80), doubles (21) and triples (3). He is second on the team in RBI (48), on-base percentage (.498) and slugging (.634). He leads Tech on the base paths with 11 steals and also ranks as the team's toughest to strike out.
Their selection gives Tennessee Tech 104 Golden Eagles who have been named to CoSIDA Academic All-District IV teams since 1985.
Baseball players making the Academic All-District team include Derek Lane (1987), Steve Arnette (1990), Ben Holt (1991, 1993), Taylor Ralph (1998) and Thomas Nelson (2008). Three baseball players have made the Academic All-America team: Donley Canary (1976), Derek Lane (1987) and Thomas Nelson (2008).
The CoSIDA Academic All-America and Academic All-District is organized and voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). District IV consists of schools in Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Alabama.
A total of 11 baseball players from the OVC were named to Academic All-District teams.
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All-District Selections for Baseball
Dustin Brooks, OF - SIU Edwardsville (1st Team)
Wes Cunningham, 1B - Murray State (1st Team)
Kyle Gumieny, P - Southeast Missouri (1st Team)
Jim Klocke, C - Southeast Missouri (1st Team)
Matt Kole, DH - Austin Peay (1st Team)
Drew Lee, SS - Morehead State (1st Team)
Michael Bottoms, INF - Morehead State (2nd Team)
Lee Henry, P - Tennessee Tech (2nd Team)
Ty Nelson, C - UT Martin (2nd Team)
Chad Oberacker, OF - Tennessee Tech (2nd Team)
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Flughafen Dresden GmbH
Flughafen Dresden GmbH (trademark: Dresden International) is a subsidiary of Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding. Our catchment area includes Saxony, Southern Brandenburg, Northern Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Lower Silesia in Poland. It also covers two of Eastern Germany's biggest conurbations, Dresden and Chemnitz-Zwickau.
The addition of the word "International" boosts the worldwide tourism marketing activities of the state of Saxony and its capital city Dresden. It also highlights the ease with which passengers can access the world's major airport hubs from Dresden, either non-stop or on one of the many feeder flights from here.
Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding
Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding develops and operates a highly efficient aviation infrastructure for central Germany. It is the driving force behind the region's growth, bringing long-term sustainable gains.
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Preventing acts of corruption is a high priority for the holding company and its associated companies. To prevent such occurrences and to protect our shareholders and employees from contraventions of regulatory and criminal law provisions during the course of their official duties, appropriate precautions have been taken within the group.
Structure, facts, staff
Here you will find information on the structure of Flughafen Dresden GmbH, our traffic statistics for the past few years, the Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding central jobs and careers portal, the results of our service and image survey, our donations and sponsoring activities and the history of the airport.
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With the introduction of the Dresden International trademark in 2008, Flughafen Dresden GmbH has provided extra impetus for the worldwide tourism marketing activities of the state of Saxony and its capital city Dresden. The airport is the hub and the most important part of the traffic infrastructure in the Dresden region.
Dresden's famous city centre skyline
Noise and environmental protection
The environmental mission statement of Flughafen Dresden GmbH is as follows: "As airport operators we are fully aware of our responsibility to the environment and we make every effort to meet all relevant environmental requirements. We use natural resources as sparingly as possible."
Biomonitoring project with bees
Dresden International Airport invests constantly in training and resourcing its fire brigade, which can get to any point on the airport grounds within two minutes. Our Winter Service is on standby 24/7 every winter between November and March.
Airport fire brigade's Panther 8x8
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Arlington Baptist School came into existence in 1969 as an educational ministry of Arlington Baptist Church. Students enrolled at Arlington are given a quality Christian educational experience, where Christ-likeness is the goal of instruction and the Bible is at the heart of every curriculum. Through rigorous academics and biblical curriculum, Arlington Baptist School guides students to pursue a Christian world view, a passion for life-long learning, and a successful career. There are over 1,400 Arlington alumni, many of whom are serving the Lord, throughout the world.
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Arlington Baptist School will follow the Baltimore County School System for weather-related school closings, late openings, and early closings. If the Baltimore County Schools are opening late due to inclement weather, then ABS will be opening late as well. You will be able to get this information on WJZ Channel 13, WBAL Channel 11, and through parent email or text.
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Pantech has announced in South Korea its Vega Number 6, a "smartphone" with a massive 5.9-inch display and full 1080p resolution. The device is not the largest smartphone yet announced, but it is the first ridiculously large one to feature a full HD resolution.
The Vega Number 6 will be featuring a 5.9-inch display at a 1920×1080 pixel resolution, meaning it is the first "phablet" to come with a full 1080p screen, unlike the 720p resolution of Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 and Huawei's Ascend Mate (smaller 5-inch phones like the Droid DNA do have 1080p screens). The device will also be pumped with hardware like a quad-core Snapdragon processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, and Android Jelly Bean. So far the device is not planned for a release ouside South Korea, and will cost a whopping $780 retail.
As much as we love bigger and better smartphones, this whole "phablet" thing is getting a little out of hand, literally. While the first truly successful "phablet," the Galaxy Note, clocked in with a 5.3-inch screen, Pantech's device comes in at more than half an inch larger, and nearly a whole inch bigger than the Galaxy Note is Huawei's new Ascend Mate, which was showcased back at CES. While we're not sure if users will be able to fit these devices in their hands, let alone their pockets. But as long as people keep desiring bigger and better phones, manufacturers will meet their demands.


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The 23-campus California State University system aims to hire 700 full-time faculty for the upcoming school year to address course bottlenecks and fill holes left by retiring professors.
"Now that we're seeing an increase in revenue and we're seeing an increase in enrollment, we're trying to build back the level of tenure-track members, so this is a step in the right direction," CSU Spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp said Monday.
The CSU system hired about 1,000 faculty for 2013-14 to help reduce upper- and lower-division course bottlenecks, or high-demand courses that crowd out students and push back their graduation schedules. Uhlenkamp said 470 of those hired were tenure-track, with the remaining hired as lecturers.
The CSU system is trying to reverse a years-long trend of lecturers outnumbering tenure-track professors on campuses throughout the system.
In 1991, more than 63.4 percent of the CSU system's 17,405 professors were tenure-track faculty members, compared with 42.8 percent in 2013. Of the system's 23,107 faculty in 2013, 9,886 were tenure-track, compared with 11,028 in 1991, according to CSU data.
David Dowell, interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Cal State Long Beach, said lecturers perform a great service to universities and students rely on them, but tenure-track faculty "bring the stability" by anchoring the curriculum and staying on the cutting edge of research, in addition to their teaching duties.
Dowell said CSULB will likely hire about 60 tenure-track professors, with three in nursing and three in accounting already signed on.
While the number of full-time faculty slid over the last two decades, enrollment at CSU exploded from 361,904 students enrolled in fall 1991 to more than 446,000 students currently.
CSU aims to add another 20,000 students this fall.
Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal for CSU is $142.2 million for 2014-15. CSU trustees had asked for $237.6 million, but Brown has taken a hard stance on his proposal.
Uhlenkamp said the 700 new tenure-track hires will likely happen without the additional $95 million CSU requested, and which it is still lobbying for. But if that money does come in, it may mean even more hiring next spring.
A survey of the campuses concerning bottleneck courses revealed that adding more full-time professors would be the top cure for the problem, Uhlenkamp said. Hiring new tenure-track faculty will help reverse the recession-era trend of losing professors to retirement and leaving those vacancies open.
Cal State Northridge is looking to bring in 75 tenure-track professors.
"We couldn't hire at the rate we'd like to hire, while at the same time we faced faculty retiring," said Spokeswoman Carmen Ramos Chandler "So this is going to help us fill vacancies that need to be filled, so we can continue to serve the students."
At Cal State San Bernardino, Provost Andy Bodman said in an email the campus has added tenure-track faculty over the past two years and plans to recruit for more next year. In 2013-14, CSUSB conducted 37 tenure-track searches, including 10 that were new positions rather than replacements, and those professors will start this fall, he said.
"We are currently planning to authorize at least 40 new hirings for faculty, who will start in Fall 2015, during the next academic year," Bodman said. "Ten of these would again be new positions. If the legislative budget is approved and additional funds come to CSUSB, then it is possible that we will be able increase that number."
Contact Josh Dulaney at 562-714-2150.


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Galveston in the running for top spring break spot
Galveston is in a race for best spring break destination along with coastal cities Costa Rica, Cancun, Jamaica and Hawaii.
USA Today readers have until March 17 to vote for their favorite place to spend spring break.
TripAdvisor named Galveston a top 10 U.S. destination on the rise this year. The city's visitor's bureau points to new attractions, like the Gulf coast's tallest zip line, for brining in more tourists.
Moody Gardens will open its 60 feet high zip line in March.
Another Texas gem, South Padre Island made a less distinguished list. With a second appearance, South Padre has again been named on Coed Magazine's list of trashiest destinations in the U.S., coming in third behind Key West and Las Vegas.
Peak spring break dates this year are March 16-23. So, if you prefer the whites sands of South Padre pure and peaceful, avoid the city on these dates.


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After eight years of blaming everything that came out of our nation's capitol on George W. Bush, the New York Times is suddenly separating the White House from the government.
Such was immediately apparent in the Times front page story Tuesday addressing the mounting pressure being exerted on Washington to come up with more bailout funds for companies and industries in financial trouble.
The following are the opening three paragraphs. As you read them, consider how much differently they would have looked if Bush was still president:
The government faced mounting pressure on Monday to put billions more in some of the nation's biggest banks, two of the biggest automakers and the biggest insurance company, despite the billions it has already committed to rescuing them.
The government's boldest rescue to date, its $150 billion commitment for the insurance giant American International Group, is foundering. A.I.G. indicated on Monday it was now negotiating for tens of billions of dollars in additional assistance as losses have mounted.
Separately, the Obama administration confirmed it was in discussions to aid Citigroup, the recipient of $45 billion so far, that could raise the government's stake in the banking company to as much as 40 percent.
Doesn't it seem a metaphysical certitude that if Bush was still president, the opening paragraph would have read, "President Bush faced mounting pressure on Monday to put billions more in some of the nation's biggest banks, two of the biggest automakers and the biggest insurance company, despite the billions already committed to rescuing them?"
What's the likelihood that his name wouldn't have appeared until the third paragraph? And how about that marvelous qualifier in paragraph three "Separately"?
Separately? So, Obama is now SEPARATE from the rest of "government"?
Hmmm. When did the good folks at the Times take a civics lesson informing them that the United States does INDEED have three branches of government?
After all, for eight years they've been blaming EVERYTHING that comes out of Washington on the executive branch.
Mysteriously, that appears no longer the case, for Obama's name was only mentioned once in this piece.
I guess part of the Era of Obama will be "the government" being blamed for all the bad things so that the president can take credit for the good.
Imagine that.


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(RNN) – We've all said it before, "I'm done with Facebook." But according to a new study, more and more people are now taking vacations from the social media site, feel free to call them "Facecations."
Facebook users are citing several reasons for taking a break from the social media giant. According to the Pew Research study, there is a "considerable fluidity" in the user population.
Two-thirds of Americans are now on Facebook and 61 percent have admitted to taking a multi-week break from logging on.
From religious reasons to boredom many Facebookers are finding motivation to take a "Facecaction."
A majority (21 percent) of those who said they took a break from using Facebook said they were too busy and didn't have the time to spend on the website, while 10 percent of the respondents said they were not interested.
Another 10 percent explained it was a waste of time and the content on the site were not relevant. Nine percent said there was excessive "drama" or gossip from their friends, 8 percent felt they were spending too much time on the site and 8 percent believed they needed a break.
According to the study, one in five of adults online stopped using Facebook. Some of the respondents said, "I was tired of stupid comments." … "It was not getting me anywhere." … "Too much drama." ... "I gave it up for Lent." … "It caused problems in my [romantic] relationship."
Privacy and security concerns, which have received plenty of media coverage, were low on the list. Only 4 percent of people gave these reasons, combined with concerns about ads and spam.
The study of 1,006 U.S. adults was done in December.
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Obergruppenführer Ernst Kaltenbrunner (October 4, 1903 – October 16, 1946) was a senior Nazi official during World War II. He was Reinhard Heydrich's replacement as the Chief of Security Police and head of the Gestapo and SD (RSHA). He was also responsible for tracking down the people who tried to assassinate Hitler and prosecuting them. He was the highest ranking SS leader to face trial at Nuremberg. He was executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Born: October 4th, 1903
Died: October 16th, 1946
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I have loved my German people and my fatherland with a warm heart. I have done my duty by the laws of my people and I am sorry this time my people were led by men who were not soldiers and that crimes were committed of which I had no knowledge. Germany, good luck.
I do not feel guilty of any war crimes, I have only done my duty as an intelligence organ, and I refuse to serve as an ersatz for Himmler.
(While smiling, and jokingly) You haven't come to see me for three weeks. I wondered whether you had become disgusted with us war criminals - particularly me, the so-called archcriminal of them all.
All offices of the SD and the security police are to be informed that pogroms of the populace against English and American terror-fliers were not to be interfered with; on the contrary, this hostile mood is to be fostered.
There is no human law or law of God or national law that states that any healthy being has to permit the snake to eat the mouse - but on the other hand, it is perfectly justified to defend the mouse.
The colonel in charge of the London prison that I was in has told me that I would be hanged in any case, no matter what the outcome would be. Since I am fully aware of that, all I want to do is to clear up on the fundamental things that are wrong here.
When I saw the newspaper headline "Gas Chamber Expert Captured" and an American lieutenant explained it to me, I was pale in amazement. How can they say such things about me? I told you I was only in charge of the Intelligence Service from 1943 on. The British even admitted that they tried to assassinate me because of that, not because of having anything to do with atrocities, you can be sure of that.
Oppression is the essence of power.
Russia demanded Armenian territories, very cleverly using long-standing, bitter fights between Armenians and Turks.
Don't even step out of your garden gate until this matter has been clarified.
Ich bekenne mich nicht schuldig. (I do not believe that I have made myself guilty.)
(While playing solitaire and sipping cognac) It's all a lot of crap. The game is up.
Armenia was always a minority nation. The Armenians were annihilated by the Russians and then by the Turks.
The quicker humanity advances, the more important it is to be the one who deals the first blow.
I am thought of as another Himmler. I'm not. The papers make me out as a criminal. I never killed anyone.
I was appointed by Hitler to succeed Canaris because it was well known and proven that my abilities were greater than those of Canaris.
It is precisely the immediate and thorough eradication of the Jews in Italy which is the special interest of the present internal political situation and the general security in Italy.
Please report to RF SS and to the Fuehrer that all arrangements against Jews, political and concentration camp internees in the Protectorate have been taken care of by me personally today.
I have talked to you in the past but we have always exchanged pleasantries. And it has always been assumed that I am Kaltenbrunner, the big bad man next to Himmler and the successor of Himmler. But I think you can see by this time, after having treated my brain hemorrhages, both in the hospital and here in my cell, that I am not the disagreeable, uncouth fellow the public probably thinks because of all the atrocities committed under Himmler's rule, and of which I am totally innocent.
Where do you think I was today? I stood straight in front of him (Himmler) for a whole hour and talked, and he... he played with a puzzle the whole time – you know, this glass cube with three balls on the inside... When I finished, he took off his pince-nez, wiped it with a handkerchief – he has a skull even on his handkerchief – and said, "Listen, Ernst! Have you by any chance, ever had a dream, where you're riding in the back of a ragged truck to who knows where, and some monsters are sitting around you?" I didn't say anything. Then he smiled and said, "Ernst, you know, I know as well as you that no astral exists. But what do you think, if you, and even Canaris, have your own people in 'Annenerbe', shouldn't I have my own people there as well?" I did not understand what he meant. "Think Ernst, think!" he said. I kept silent. Then he smiled and asked, "Whose man do you think is Kröger?" …Yes, Emma... It seems I'm too simple for all these intrigues... But I know that while the Führer needs me, my heart will keep beating...You know, Emma... Sometimes it seems to me, that it's not me who is alive, but it's the Führer who is living inside me...
In the first place, I should like to state to the Tribunal that I am fully aware of the serious character of the charges against me. I know the hatred of the world is directed against me; that I particularly since Himmler, Müller, and Pohl are no longer alive, must here, alone, give an account to the world and the Tribunal. I realize that I shall have to tell the truth in this courtroom, in order to enable the Court and the world to fully recognize and understand what has been going on in Germany during this war and to judge it with fairness.
The Prosecution holds me responsible for the concentration camps, for the destruction of Jewish life, for Einsatzgruppen and other things. All of this is neither in accord with the evidence nor with the truth. The accusers as well as the accused are exposed to the dangers of a summary proceeding. It is correct that I had to take over the Reich Security Main Office. There was no guilt in that in itself. Such offices exist in governments of other nations too. However, the task and activity assigned to me in 1943 consisted almost exclusively in the reorganization of the German political and military intelligence service, though not as Heydrich's successor. Almost a year after his death I had to accept this post under orders and as an officer at a time when suspicion fell on Admiral Canaris of having collaborated with the enemy for years. In a short time I ascertained the treason of Canaris and his accomplices to the most frightful extent.
As early as January 1934, Dr. Kaltenbrunner was jailed by the Dollfuss Government on account of his Nazi views and sent with other leading National Socialists into the concentration camp Kaisersteinbruch. He caused and led a hunger strike and forced the government to dismiss 490 National Socialist prisoners. In the following year he was jailed again, because of suspicion of high treason, and committed to the court martial of Wels (Upper Danube). After an investigation of many months, the accusation of high treason collapsed; but he was sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment for subversive activities. After the spring of 1935, Dr. Kaltenbrunner was the leader of the Austrian SS, the right to practice his profession having been suspended because of his National Socialist views. It rebounds to his credit that in this important position he succeeded through energetic leadership in maintaining the unity of the Austrian SS, which he had built up, in spite of all persecution, and succeeded in committing it successfully at the right moment.
I know only that in my belief in Adolf Hitler I put all my strength at the disposal of my people. As a German soldier I could only put myself at the service of the defense against those destructive forces which had once brought Germany close to the abyss, and which today, after the collapse of the Reich, are still threatening the world. If I have made mistakes in my work through a false conception of obedience, if I carried out orders, all of which, insofar as they are alleged to be cardinal orders, were issued before my time of office, then they are part of a fate which is stronger than myself and which is carrying me along with it. I am accused here because substitutes are needed for the missing Himmler and other elements which were completely contrary to me. Whether my point of view and explanation are accepted or rejected, I ask you not to connect the fate and honor of hundreds of thousands of the living and dead of the General SS, of the Waffen-SS, and of the civil servants who, believing in their ideal, bravely defended, their Reich to the last, with your just curse against Himmler. Like myself, they believed that they were acting according to law.
Among the spiritual forces secretly working in the camp of Germany's enemies and their allies in this war, as in the last, stands Freemasonry, the danger of whose activities has been repeatedly stressed by the Fuehrer in his speeches. The present brochure, now made available to the German and European peoples in a 3rd edition, is intended to shed light on this enemy working in the shadows. Though an end has been put to the activities of Masonic organizations in most European countries, particular attention must still be paid to Freemasonry, and most particularly to its membership, as the implements of the political will of a supra-governmental power. The events of the summer of 1943 in Italy demonstrate once again the latent danger always represented by individual Freemasons, even after the destruction of their Masonic organizations. Although Freemasonry was prohibited in Italy as early as 1925, it has retained significant political influence in Italy through its membership, and has continued to exert that influence in secrecy. Freemasons thus stood in the first ranks of the Italian traitors who believed themselves capable of dealing Fascism a death blow at a critical juncture, shamelessly betraying the Italian nation. The intended object of the 3rd printing of this brochure is to provide a clearer knowledge of the danger of Masonic corruption, and to keep the will to self-defence alive.


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I've never been one to beg others to stop flogging a dead horse since, quite frankly, I have no qualms about what others think. That's right, I simply don't care. My close family and friends can tell you that. I consider a large part of my every day life private (and it will remain that way), which is why you may have noticed that I also don't frequently post on social media, but if people are nonetheless going to beat a dead horse with a stick, I might as well make a revelation or two so you can get a brief update directly from the horse's mouth.
Now, in case you, too, think I've been horsing around all year, just hold your horses for a minute. The truth of the matter is that 2013 was actually one of my most productive years in a long time, and I'm not just saying this as a stalking horse to undermine any of my past successes or failures.
As soon as the year kicked off, I went straight to work. Among all my live events, business trips and joint ventures, I had intended to give an update when I launched a new Internet Marketing training program, conducted my first workshop of the year, or made my first big investment towards businesses, properties and other luxury goods. However, because I've had my share of backing the wrong horse in the past with unsuccessful projects, I didn't want to run before my horse to the market and jinx it all by making announcements too soon, if at all.
Don't get me wrong; I love what I do. Wild horses can't drag me away from my passion for the Internet lifestyle and teaching others to do the same. To me, 2013 was an extremely successful year while being able to enjoy the exact kind of world I've always wanted to live in – a one horse town. With the exception of occasional business trips and live events, my official work weeks consisted of only one day, four to five hours each time.
Yep, I'm strong as a horse and have taken back control of my life for a while now. During my free time, I enjoyed personal travels, hanging out with friends, socializing online and offline, hitting the gym every now and then, not to mention exploring new food and eating like a horse! Sometimes, I feel like a horse that's been put out to pasture because there was just no work to do, although I can't say I didn't like it. Life was carefree, relaxing and good.
Despite the blessing to run one of the most ideal lifestyle businesses in the world, it felt busy to me. I suppose it's true that every horse thinks its own pack is the heaviest because even when new opportunities came along, I didn't want to add any additional workload on my plate and had my own restrictions on what I wanted to do or felt I should be doing. Horses for courses, right? I was quite adamant about what projects I wanted to take on and with which partners, so a nod was as good as a wink to a blind horse since I had my own way of thinking and doing things.
Then, towards the end of the year, a series of unexpected turn of events took place which completely altered my way of thinking. One thing led to another, and it quickly became clear that something had to give, because it turns out that there are people, not just family, but also close friends, students and associates, who are dependent on me and my involvement in projects. As I didn't want to close the stable door after the horse had bolted, I knew I must change my trade of thoughts in order to create a future I would not live to regret. At which point, I woke up and realized that it's no good climbing on my high horse about things I cannot control. Judging people and opportunities simply limits my growth.
After spending the last few months off to enjoy a long Holiday season with close family and friends, I had some time to think and plan how I want my life to be this year. Looking back at some of the opportunities I've let go in the past because they did not apply to my lifestyle is a great lesson to determine how I want to choose my opportunities moving forward. The fact of the matter is that if two ride on a horse, one must ride behind. Nothing will ever be perfect and there really is no use fighting for power because then, everybody loses. 100 percent of nothing will always be nothing.
Everyone who knows me knows that I'd always prefer a life of relaxation, but given my epiphany just in time for the New Year, I might just have to push aside all lazy thoughts for now and kick off the Year of the Horse working like a horse. Don't worry, it's not as dreadful as it sounds, as I would definitely be working on projects that I enjoy with friends I enjoy working with. My only concern is putting the cart before the horses in all my projects since I'm so over-ambitious in getting many things done at the same time.
Thankfully, my entrepreneurship experience has taught me that there will always be concerns and it is neither possible nor reasonable to predict all the problems that may arise along the way. It most certainly cannot be used as an excuse to not do something, as it is much more important to get projects up and running first. As I preach to all my students and clients, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink. I've led thousands to the water well of freedom, but only those with the will and determination take that drink.
Today, I'm here to let you know that I, too, have not always taken the drink offered to me. What I have learned is that looking a gift horse in the mouth will lead you to nowhere that you haven't already been. It's okay to have standards and guidelines because, after all, there's no use changing horses midstream as a result of working on projects you don't believe in. However, if a proven successful model comes your way and you reject it, it could be the biggest mistake you make as an entrepreneur.
Life is not horseplay, and the world is not a one horse race. There are plenty of opportunities out there waiting for you and me, but things don't just happen simply by wishing. If wishes were horses, all the beggars in the world would ride them. You must make them happen, and I am more than happy to make anything happen together with you if we can agree on a mutually beneficial venture.
And guess what? There is no better time than now, in the Year of the Horse, to make things happen for you and your family. Horse sense tells me this year has the potential to be our best year yet. And since it has already begun, I better get on my horse right away and highly recommend that you don't spare the horses, either. Time is a limited commodity we cannot afford to waste.
To all my Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Mongolian and Tibetan friends all around the world – Happy Lunar New Year of the Horse! (Yes, it is the Year of the Horse, in case you haven't figured it with all the clever horse idioms in this blog post. :P And yes, Nicole Mullen, we "Chineses" are celebrating New Year a month after January 1st and it will go on for 15 days!) Regardless of culture, religion, nationality and ethnical background – Have yourself a joyous, healthy and prosperous 2014!


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Video display Dublin/Wicklow Area Wicklow Mountains Subarea More detail Place count in area: 129, OSI/LPS Maps: 28B, 49, 50, 55, 56, 61, 62, AWW Highest place: Lugnaquilla, 925m Maximum height for area: 925 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 905 metres, Places in area Dublin/Wicklow:Ballinacorbeg 336mBallinastraw 284mBallycurry 301mBallyguile Hill 188mBallyhook Hill 288mBray Head Hill 240mCarrickgollogan 276mCarrigeen Hill 298mCarrigoona Commons East 242mCloghnagaune 385mCorballis Hill 258mCupidstown Hill 378.6mDunranhill 342mEagle Hill 296mKilleagh 249mKilliney Hill 153.5mKilmichael Hill 267mKilnamanagh Hill 217mKnockannavea 400.8mKnockree 342mMount Kennedy 365.9mSlieveroe 332mWestaston Hill 270mDublin Mountains: Corrig Mountain 617.1mGlendoo Mountain 586mKippure 757mKnocknagun 555mMountpelier Hill 383mPrince William's Seat 555mSaggart Hill 396.9mSeahan 647.3mSeefin 620.6mSeefingan 722.9mTibradden Mountain 467mTwo Rock Mountain 536mWicklow Mountains: Annagh Hill 454mBallinacor Mountain 531mBallinafunshoge 480mBallineddan Mountain 652mBallycumber Hill 431mBallycurragh Hill 536mBallyteige 447mBaltinglass Hill 382mBarranisky 280mBenleagh 689mBlack Hill 602.2mBrockagh Mountain 557mBrockagh Mountain North-West Top 548mBrockagh Mountain SE Top 470mCamaderry Mountain 698.6mCamaderry South East Top 677.3mCamenabologue 758mCamenabologue SE Top 663mCarrick Mountain 381mCarrickashane Mountain 508mCarrig Mountain 571mCarrigleitrim 408mCarriglineen Mountain 455mCarrignagunneen 561mCarrigshouk 572.5mCarrigvore 682mChurch Mountain 544mCloghernagh 800mCollon Hill 238mConavalla 734mCorriebracks 531mCorrigasleggaun 794mCroaghanmoira 664mCroaghanmoira North Top 575mCroghan Kinsella 606mCroghan Kinsella East Top 562.1mCullentragh Mountain 510mCushbawn 400mDerrybawn Mountain 474mDjouce 725mDuff Hill 720mFair Mountain 571.2mFananierin 426mGravale 718mGreat Sugar Loaf 501mKanturk 523mKeadeen Mountain 653mKirikee Mountain 474mKnocknacloghoge 534mLakeen 357mLittle Sugar Loaf 342mLobawn 636mLugduff 652mLugduff SE Top 637mLuggala 595mLugnagun 446.2mLugnaquilla 925mMaulin 570mMoanbane 703mMoneyteige North 427mMullacor 661mMullaghcleevaun 849mMullaghcleevaun East Top 790mMuskeagh Hill 397mPreban Hill 389mRobber's Pass Hill 508.9mScarr 641mScarr North-West Top 561mSeskin 344mSilsean 698mSleamaine 430mSlieve Maan 547.8mSlieve Maan North Top 546.1mSlievecorragh 418mSlievefoore 414mSlievemaan 759mSorrel Hill 599.5mSpinans Hill 409mSpinans Hill SE Top 400mStoney Top 714mStookeen 420mSugarloaf 552mTable Mountain 701.7mTable Mountain West Top 563mTinoran Hill 312mTomaneena 682.4mTonduff 642mTonduff East Top 593mTonelagee 817mTonelagee NE Top 668mTonlagee South-East Top 546mTrooperstown Hill 430mWar Hill 686mWhite Hill 630.9m Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such. Centre on map. Benleagh Mountain Binn Liath A name in Irish (prob. Ir. Binn Liath [PDT], 'grey peak') Wicklow County, in Arderin Beg, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists, Aphyric granodiorite Bedrock Height: 689m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 56 Grid Reference: T03866 94180 Place visited by 328 members. Recently by: leonardt, emermcloughlin, briankelly, Harry-Badger, Ulsterpooka, finkey86, arderincorbett, jamesmforrest, Barry28213, si.foley, ilenia, Bunsen7, wohfnow, twilawalking, gerwalking I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.) More detail Longitude: -6.454146, Latitude: 52.988643 , Easting: 303866, Northing: 194180 Prominence: 24m, Isolation: 1.2km ITM: 703789 694219, GPS IDs, 6 char: Bnlgh, 10 char: BenleaghBedrock type: Aphyric granodiorite, (Percys Table Granodiorite) Benleagh is the 130th highest place in Ireland. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/126/ Rate Gallery COMMENTS for Benleagh 1 2 3 Next page >> Follow this place's comments Picture from group : Fraughan Rock Glen from Benleagh Picture: Fraughan Rock Glen from Benleagh Tough climb, so-so top, amazing views Short Summary created by Colin Murphy, 16 Apr 2013 Starting at the large carpark at T06617 94163 A in Glenmalure, cross the nearby footbridge. Once across the ford, follow the good Coillte track as far as T057 948 B, where the track splits. Take a left into Fraughan Rock Glen and continue as a far as T 054 939 C, level with the edge of the tree plantation. Head directly up along the line of these trees. It is steep terrain and the going underfoot can be treacherous, as there are multiple boulders, hidden bog holes, rotting tree stumps etc, but it is passable with care. You will eventually emerge at T053 944 D. The remainder is a simple, relatively gentle climb to the SW of about 500m, which will take you to the top, which is unremarkable, but marked by a small cairn. However, the views on this last section of the walk overlooking Fraughan Rock Glen are as good as any you will see in Ireland. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/126/comment/4886/ Picture from padodes What have these cliffs not seen! by padodes 20 Apr 2010 A blue sky over Benleagh and not a contrail in sight, thanks to the vagaries of Icelandic ash! And that wasn't the only thing I had to wonder at, as I walked along the arching cliff-top the other day.For one thing, a group of climbers was slowly working its way up one of the crumbling buttresses of the cliff face (the one you can see in the photo). Do those chaps know something about the law of gravity that the rest of us known nothing of? The granite on the cliff face, shattered by the passage of ice into giant, cantilevered blocks, has all the appearance of a tilted, top-heavy stack of dominos that only needs a careless nudge to come tumbling down. I'm sure a mathematician could produce a very sobering calculation of the various probabilities.Looking around, I almost found it more reassuring to turn my thoughts to the bloody battle that raged in the two valleys around Benleagh, on the 25 August 1580. When Lord Grey made his ill-fated attempt to crush the Gaelic power of Feagh McHugh O'Byrne by leading his army into Glenmalure, it is surmised that he left his baggage train in the Glen of Imaal and approached either from the west, over Table Mountain and Camenabologue, or from the southwest, between Cannow Mountain and Benleagh, dropping down into the Fraughan Rock Glen. One of the English chroniclers who lived to fight another day describes the terrain as follows: "When we entered the foresaid Glen, we were forced to slide some tymes three or four fadoms er we colde staie our feete; it was in depth where we entered … full of stones, rocks, bogs and wood, in the bottom thereof a ryver full of lose stones, wch we were dryven to crosse dyverse tymes." Even in its present state of deforestation, one can still imagine what the invading troops had to contend with in these valleys before ever the wily Feagh fell upon them. Anyone sitting that August day on Benleagh would have had a grandstand view of some of the proceedings. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/126/comment/4648/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from padodes padodes on Benleagh, 2007 by padodes 5 Oct 2007 Benleagh can also be approached from the south, and even without having to do any rock climbing it is one of the more challenging ways of getting to the top. The photo, which I took three weeks ago while descending from Art's Lough, helps to visualise the route. Following the forest track from Baravore into Fraughan Rock Glen, when you draw level with the last stand of now fast disappearing pines on the right hand side before the cliffs begin to tower above (the pines visible mid way up the slope on the right of photo), leave the track (roughly, T 054 939 C) and head straight for the left hand side of the pines (T 052 940 E) and from there climb straight up the steepening slope. When I climbed it myself earlier this year, I emerged through a little gully onto the ridge at T 051 943 F. Looking at the picture, this route may appear quite straightforward, but it gives little idea of the difficulties of the terrain. The slope quickly becomes a jumble of rocks and boulders, often with a thick covering of heather, fern, furze and fraughans. It sometimes requires a hands-on effort to keep balance and avoid hidden holes between the rocks, but scrambling would be too fine a word for it. Once on the ridge, it is easy to follow it westwards to its hightest point before turning slightly NW to the nondescript summit of Benleagh itself. In fine weather, the walk along the ridge offers wonderful views of the hanging valleys at the head of the glen or of Art's Lough to the south, like a blue eye winking across from under the dark brow of Cloghernagh. It's easy to wax lyrical in places like this. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/126/comment/2845/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from Rob_Lee : It was so nice i had to paint it. Picture: It was so nice i had to paint it. A nice ascent by Rob_Lee 2 Jun 2014 There's nothing too interesting about Benleagh top, it's fairly flat and boggy, though it is exciting to hear the rumble of explosions coming over the hill from Glen of Imaal artillery range. To make up for the unimpressive summit Benleagh has a lovely ascent from Fraughan Rock Glen. Before you start the steep climb up the side of the valley you walk along a quiet and peaceful track with lovely views looking up from between the high cliffs to the foot of Lugnaquilla. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/126/comment/15037/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from GWPR GWPR on Benleagh, 2003 by GWPR 3 Dec 2003 Winter now and the shorter day mean an earlier start to get 5/6 hours in the mountains.I start at Baravore Youth Hostel at the top of Glenmalure and follow the track around to the left to reveal the great opening of the Fraughan Rock Glen. On my right hand side are the imposing cliffs of Benleagh. and on the left the brooding shoulder of Cloghernagh ,in shadow in the early morning light. Climbing up by the left side of the waterfall, winter rains have formed cascades over great polished slabs of granite. To the sounds of gurgling waters I arrive at the top of the hanging valley leading to the opening of the Fraughan Rock Glen. I head for a gully directly ahead and start a short scramble to arrive on a bony ridge which connects to that great East-West Spur between Lug and Cloghernagh. Lug is ahead now and above the South Prison the ground is white with frost. Arriving at the great cairn I take a breather and some photos of course! Hikers are arriving from all directions to meet at this great gathering point. Others are heading for Table Mt and the Three Lakes but I head east now for Cloghernagh and plan to descend by Art's Lough. On my left Kelly's Lough is dark and mysterious under Corrigasleggaun. Arriving at the cairn on Cloghernagh I take great care to get the next part right as the descent to Art's Lough is a bit tricky. Joss Lynam in his excellent book ' Walk Guide – East of Ireland' recommends – 'To avoid cliffs on the direct route (from the cairn on Cloghernagh) walk about north/northeast for approx. 500m., then swing north and finally northwest to descend on a grassy ramp to the lake.' Having followed these directions faithfully what a sight I beheld. Here in the late winter sunlight , Art'sLough like a liquid mirror held a perfect relection of the Cliffs of Benleagh! Could I capture on camera this magnificent mountain view? I took as many photos as the late evening light allowed with the thought that I still needed light for the tough descent from Art's Lough to the track back to Baravore. Reluctantly I descend with an everlasting image in my mind, if not on film! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/126/comment/763/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from darrenf : Arts Lough taken from east of Benleagh Picture: Arts Lough taken from east of Benleagh darrenf on Benleagh, 2010 by darrenf 15 Mar 2010 With the short spell of good weather we appear to be having it would be a shame not to get out over the weekend. So I headed off down to Glenmalur on Saturday 13th March. Yup I had it all planned out...just me, Lug, the snow capped peaks and if I was lucky maybe even some deer. Sure who else would be out what the rugby on.....as I struggled to find a suitable spot to lay up the car in Baravore carpark T066942 G I cursed my niavity. Well I was here now and would have to make the most of the day. Im not the biggest fan of heavy populated areas and would tend to steer clear of the general direction the hoards seem to be moving toward. So after a quick review of the map it was decided, Benleagh & Camenabologue would be on the menu. Crossed the Avonbeg River via the footbridge and contuined along the gravel track which leads up to the an oige youth hostel and shortly afterwards took the track which bears left (contuining on the original track will take you further into the Glenmalur valley). Followed this forest track right around into Fraughan Glen where the views really open out in front of you. The entire track is not clearly identified on Sheet 56 (at least my dated one!!) but it will take you deep into the glen and only really peters out at the back wall of the glen - at this point another faint track can be picked up which stays to the right hand side of the benleagh river and continues up and over Fraughan Glen. Spectacular views back down the glen and across to Lugduff can be enjoyed. Once over the glen I was glad I decided to give Lug a miss given the amount of people coming to and fro. Sticking next to the benleagh river will provide a good handrail and before long the river noticebly forks right and I forked with it! The going along this strecth of the walk was boggy and gaiters are advisable! The river eventually peters out but navigation is simple enough. It did however take me some time to locate the exact summit of Benleagh but after much circling around I stumbled upon the cairn which is perched aloft a peat hag. I couldn't resist a short detour before I contuined on to Camenabologue and I headed east of Benleagh to really get a good look over the cliffs surrounding Fraughan Glen. The picture below was taken from one of the rocky outcrops over the glen on the Benleagh side, and clearly shows Arts Lough. From here I retraced my steps back to Benleagh and continued on to Camenabologue. Refer to same for rest of route. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/126/comment/4506/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average COMMENTS for Benleagh 1 2 3 Next page >> (End of comment section for Benleagh.) Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.) British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence) MountainViews.ie, a Hill-walking Website for the island of Ireland. 11 Million Visitors Per Year. 1300 Contributors.


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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Troy Daniels scored 29 points, including 13 during a 15-3 second-half run Saturday night, and Virginia Commonwealth overcame a sluggish start, turned 22 turnovers into 32 points and beat Fordham 81-65.
Treveon Graham added 15 points and Juvonte Reddic 11 for VCU (18-5, 6-2 Atlantic 10 Conference), which led by only eight until Daniels' jumper started the burst with 16:20 to play. Reddic hit a free throw, and Daniels scored on a layup before making three 3-pointers in the span of a minute to make it 59-40.
Bryan Smith scored 17 points and Mandell Thomas 16 for Fordham (6-15, 2-5), which again played without injured senior forward Chris Gaston because of injury. The Rams have lost five of their last six.
Daniels finished with seven 3-pointers, his fifth game with at least seven this season.
VCU opened the second half on a 7-0 run to lead 45-33, but Travion Leonard scored inside and Thomas hit a jumper for Fordham, which looked like it was sensing a chance to steal a conference game on the road.
But the visiting Rams, who opened the second half with four consecutive turnovers, gave it away three more times during VCU's game-changing burst, and only a 3-pointer by Smith interrupted Daniels' showcase, which included 3-pointers from very deep on the left wing, the left corner and then the right corner.
When Reddic added a free throw with 12:05 to play, it was 60-40 and VCU cruised to the finish.
VCU played the game without lightly used backup center D.J. Haley, who was not on the bench. No announcement was made explaining his absence.
The first half looked like a case of an overconfident team meeting one intent on pulling an upset.
VCU led 22-14 after Daniels hit back-to-back 3-pointers, then went cold as Fordham put together an 11-3 run, getting scoring from five players, and pulled even at 25-all with 6:55 to play.
Darius Theus' 3-pointer broke the tie, and Graham hit two right behind him, a quick 9-0 burst that also featured four consecutive turnovers by Fordham and seemingly put VCU on the brink of control. But again, the Rams stalled, and Fordham closed to within 38-33 by halftime.
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An American Origin Story, Interdisciplinarily Considered
Lecture and Performance Series, Spring 2012
About the Series
This series seeks to explore and examine the various narratives of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson interdisciplinarily in terms of their historical and contemporary resonances and significances. Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, Secretary of State, U.S. President, and founder of the University of Virginia, during his lifetime and into to 21st century, has been implicated in a relationship with one of the more than 100 people he enslaved, a woman named Sally Hemings. Although the assertion remains controversial centuries after it was originally made public, most contemporary historians concur that the preponderance of evidence suggests that Jefferson and Hemings had seven children over the course of a thirty-eight year involvement. In 1998, DNA tests supported the allegation, yet the story remains the subject of debate. This Bucknell Griot Institute series examines the Hemings-Jefferson historical narrative in terms of its potential to illuminate the trajectory of American race relations and to examine the fundamental divisions between the ideals of the country and its realities.
Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson: An American Origin Story will interrogate this narrative from multiple disciplinary perspectives and employs the expertise and artistry of guest lecturers and performers in order to present the various nuances and dimensions of the tale. The series is open to the university community and the general public. Most events will be followed by a question and answer session and a book signing by the guest lecturer or artist. The public is invited to join us on a one-day bus trip as we travel to Monticello, just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia, the home of Thomas Jefferson and the home and site of enslavement of Sally Hemings for a "Behind-the-Scenes" tour of the plantation and of the buildings that constituted the slave community. Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson: An American Origin Story, Interdisciplinarily Considered is a program of the Griot Institute for Africana Studies.
Series Events
2/1: Joshua Rothman's "Jefferson, Callender, and Interracial Sexuality in Eighteenth Century Virginia" lecture/discussion - 7:00 p.m., ELC Forum
Joshua Rothman directs the Summersell Center for the Study of the South at the University of Alabama, where he is also an associate professor of history and African American studies specializing in nineteenth-century America and the history of race and slavery. He is the author of "Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861" (2003) and "Reforming America, 1815-1860" (2010) and is currently completing a book about the expansion of southwestern slavery and the cotton kingdom in the Age of Jackson.
2/16: Jefferson's Blood, PBS Frontline film - 7:00 p.m., ELC Forum
"For years there existed a rumor that Thomas Jefferson had a long-standing relationship and several children by Sally Hemings, who was enslaved by him. Now, DNA tests all but prove the rumor true. An early hero of the anti-slavery movement, Jefferson wrote brilliantly of the corrupting influence of slavery on blacks and whites alike. Yet it is now apparent that he lived a dual live, sharing his house with his white daughter and grandchildren while his unacknowledged mistress and his children by her were enslaved by him in the same house. In a personal essay, Frontline correspondent Shelby Steele examines Jefferson's life and follows the descendents of Jefferson and Hemings as they undergo DNA testing, search out their family history, and try to sort out their place among America's blurred colorline."
2/29: Mendi and Keith Obadike - 7 p.m., ELC 3rd Floor Gallery Theatre. Followed by the opening of the sound installation "American Cypher: Stereo Helix for Sally Hemings" and screening of a related film by the artists.
In 1996 Mendi + Keith started making conceptual internet art and sound art works together. Their work generated much discussion online and offline when they offered Keith's "blackness" for sale on eBay in 2001 as an Internet performance. Their works have been exhibited at The Whitney's Artport, The New Museum, and The Studio Museum in Harlem. Their opera masquerade, "Four Electric Ghosts," was developed at Toni Morrison's Atelier at Princeton University in 2005 and commissioned by the Kitchen in New York in 2009. Mendi + Keith were awarded the Pick Laudati Digital Art Award from Northwestern University for Big House / Disclosure, a 200-hour sound installation commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade. Other awards include a Rockefeller Fellowship for New Media Art, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, and the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Prize for Mendi's book of poetry "Armor and Flesh."
Mendi + Keith have been commission by the Samek Art Gallery and the Griot Institute to create an original sound installation entitled "American Cypher: Stereo Helix for Sally Hemings." This project uses the genetic code of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson as a musical score input into custom software to generate an original evolving soundscape. One of Sally Hemings' few remaining possessions is a single bell, given to her by Martha Jefferson (her half-sister and Thomas Jefferson's wife). The Obadikes will use the sound of Hemings' bell as a focal point in their sound installation. The sound installation will open with a gallery talk and film screening by the artists and will be broadcast in the stairwell of the Langone Center from the opening until April 30th.
3/7: Reading Group Discussion - 12:00 p.m., Willard-Smith Library, Vaughan Literature Building
We will meet over lunch to discuss "Mongrel Nation: The America Begotten by Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings" by Clarence E. Walker (2011). "The debate over the affair between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings rarely rises above the question of "Did they or didn't they?" But lost in the argument over the existence of such a relationship are equally urgent questions about a history that is more complex, both sexually and culturally, than most of us realize. Mongrel Nation seeks to uncover this complexity, as well as the reasons it is so often obscured" (from Amazon.com). To join reading group, please e-mail Rebecca Willoughby at firstname.lastname@example.com.
3/7: An Evening with Shay Banks-Young and Julia Jefferson Westerinen - 7:00 p.m., ELC Forum
Descendants of founding father Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, Banks-Young and Westerinen grew up in different worlds. Westerinen grew up in a world of country clubs and servants; Banks-Young grew up in an enterprising black neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio. The revelation of their ancestry continues to generate controversy with widespread disagreement over its authenticity among historians. Jefferson is a former educator turned businesswoman and her "new" cousin, Banks-Young, is a preventive health trainer and a poet who has hosted her own public affairs talk show. Jefferson is white and Banks-Young is black. Now, they are looking forward to their role as a focal point for what they hope will be an honest new dialogue on these very important issues we face as a society.
In this unique presentation, entitled "The Affairs of Race in America: A Conversation in Black and White," the audience will have the opportunity to listen in on their conversation, hearing these articulate women discuss the many differences and similarities they share. They are anxious to engage the audience in their discussion which makes for a very interactive program.
3/21: Reading Group Discussion - 12:00 p.m., Willard-Smith Library, Vaughan Literature Building
We will meet over lunch to discuss: Sally Hemings: A Novel, Barbara Chase-Riboud (2009). "Chase-Riboud, an unusually gifted writer, has taken a stunning historical idea and made it sing with life. The characters and settings-the Hemings family and the Jefferson of Paris and Monticello-are vivid. Sally Hemings is a beautiful novel: the writing is eloquent, the story haunting." - Grand Rapids Press. To join the reading group, please e-mail Rebecca Willoughby at email@example.com.
3/21: Eric Gable's "What Heritage Does and Does Not Do to Identify: The Case of Hemings and Jefferson" - 7:00 p.m., ELC Forum
Eric Gable, Professor of Anthropology at University of Mary Washington, received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Virginia. His teaching and research interests include political anthropology, West Africa, and Indonesia. His book, "The New History in an Old Museum," written in collaboration with Richard Handler, was published by Duke University Press in 1997. Gable's book "Anthropology and Egalitarianism" was published recently by Indiana University Press (IUP) and is an artful and accessible introduction to key themes in cultural anthropology. Writing in a deeply personal style, Gable uses material from his fieldwork in three dramatically different locales - Indonesia, West Africa, and Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jefferson. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Griot Institute for Africana Studies.
3/28: Helen F. M. Leary's "Jefferson & Genetics: The DNA Tests" - 7:00 p.m., ELC Forum
Ms. Leary served twenty-three years as a Trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists and was President from 1989 to 1994 and 1998 to 1999. With Thomas W. Jones, Ms. Leary authored the BCG Genealogical Standards Manual. She developed and coordinated the Professional Genealogy Track at Samford University Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research. Her extensive scholarly publications include the seminal National Genealogical Society Quarterly study "Sally Hemings' Children: A Genealogical Analysis of the Evidence."
4/11: Reading Group Discussion - 12:00 p.m., Willard-Smith Library, Vaughan Literature Building
We will meet over lunch to discuss "Arc D'X" by Steve Erickson (1994). "Erickson, who has attracted a strong following with his three novels (the most recent was Tours of the Black Clock ) and the memoir Leap Year, has now written his most provocative novel yet, an apocalyptic narrative in which he yokes his grim vision of America to the exalted vision of Thomas Jefferson." - Publisher's Weekly. To join the reading group, please e-mail Rebecca Willoughby at email@example.com
4/14: Class and community trip to Monticello - departure at 6:00 a.m., return to Lewisburg by 10:00 p.m.
The one-day bus trip to Monticello leaves from Christy Mathewson Drive (behind the Weis Center) at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 14. To reserve your seat, please send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or call the office at 570-577-2123. The tour is specialized and is not available to the general public. We will be accompanied on the Roundabout Monticello tour by experts on the Hemings family and the Jefferson-Hemings narratives. The tour will be two and a half hours in length, and will include a House Tour, along with a tour of Mulberry Row - the plantation's main street - as well as the dependencies (workspaces) where many members of the Hemings family lived and worked.
4/18: "Sally Hemings: An Artistic Montage" - 7:00 p.m., ELC 2nd Floor Terrace Room
"Sally Hemings: An Artistic Montage" is a devised performance piece directed by Bucknell Professor Emeritus Bob Gainer and enacted by Bucknell professor and Stadler Center director, Shara McCallum. The piece will render excerpts from works by various creative artists who have worked on imagining the subjective realities of Sally Hemings and will weave together the play "Sally" by Sandra Seaton, excerpts from the soundscape and film "American Cypher: A Stereo Helix for Sally Hemings" by Mendi + Keith Obadike and the opera "Sally Hemings Wakes" by Garrett Fisher (click here for information about the Fisher Ensemble). Following the performance, playwright Sandra Seaton will reflect on rendering Sally Hemings dramatically during a question and answer period with audience members.


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"As with many consumer decisions these days, people are voting with their wallets. While they are willing to pay for conveniences and amenities, if a club cannot distinguish itself from its competitors, it still comes down to price. Consumers are increasingly demanding greater value for their dollars spent on health club membership," says Ron Welty, CEO of IntelliShop, whose company conducted the study with an online panel of more than 130,000 available consumers who had active health club memberships purchased within the past 12 months.
However, cost wasn't the most important factor for everyone. Twenty-five percent of those surveyed said location was most important. More than 10 percent of those surveyed said that on-site child care was the number one factor in their decision.
"As in many sectors that we measure, when it comes to health clubs, consumers are looking for options to make their lives easier. People are busier than ever, and specifically in the fitness industry, consumers have said loud and clear that they want to work out, and they need help from their clubs to provide safe options for child care while they do so," says Welty.
Other factors in the buying decision included club amenities (14 percent), membership-type options (8 percent) and hours of operation (7 percent).
Club amenities desired by members include a variety of equipment to help vary their routine, expert trainers to assist them with designing goal-specific workouts, and conveniences such as refreshment bars and flexible hours of operation, Welty says. Females also want to have women-only workout facilities.
The average number of pounds gained by 907 freshmen at a Midwestern university during their first semester. What's to blame? Academic stress, alcohol, fast food and less family support, according to the study by the National Institutes of Health.


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Event: Kicking Off Round 2 on December 15th
It's time for us to kick off Round 2 of the AZ Disruptors incubator companies. We are looking for 5 awesome startups to participate in AZ Disruptors second class of startups. They'll get $20,000 in cash, office space, mentorship and a crash course on running a software startup. The deadline to apply is Friday January 13th. Apply Now.
To kick things off, we're having a networking event plus a recording of A Smart Bear Live Startup Podcast with host Jason Cohen (and cohost, me :-). Jason was the founder of Smart Bear Software which he sold and is now extremely active in the startup community with one of the best blogs on startups (A Smart Bear) and he's involved as both a mentor and an investor at the Capital Factory, a startup incubator in Austin Texas. Jason's advice to software startups is above and beyond good...it's amazing! If you're considering doing a software startup or have a software company, Jason's blog is a must read: http://blog.asmartbear.com/
This is one event you don't want to miss. Here are the details:
When: Thursday, December 15th, 5pm to 7:30pm
Where: Axosoft offices
Price: Free! (limited seating - requires RSVP!)
We hope to see you there!