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"The Boys Who Challenged Hitler" by Phillip Hoose (review)
Phillip Hoose's "The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club" is a fascinating true story about the Danish resistance movement galvanized by teenaged boys.
Knud Pedersen and his classmates were furious when the Danish government knuckled under to the Germans on April 9, 1940. Denmark became a "protectorate" , with Nazi Germany shielding the Danes from dangerous English and French military forces.
Knud Pedersen and many other Danes were ashamed, especially since Norway, just across the sea, was invaded by Germany on the same day, but fought back. Knud watched enviously as Norwegians defended themselves against the Nazis, continuing the fight at sea even after Norway, outmatched by German forces, finally surrendered.
Knud and his colleagues, most of them too young to grow a beard, began with anti-Nazi graffiti and escalated to stealing weapons and sabotaging vehicles, including a railroad car filled with airplane wings for the Luftwaffe.
It was dangerous, scintillating work, perfect for adolescent boys. They managed to elude their oppressors until May, 1942, when — nope, you'll have to read the book to find out what happened. Knud survived to be interviewed at length by author Phillip Hoose. "The Boys Who Challenged Hitler" were recognized by their idol, Sir Winston Churchill, and inspired a national resistance movement in Denmark.
Attention, National History Day contestants looking for a blockbuster topic: This is it.
Or you could read "Nothing Here but Stones," Colorado author Nancy Oswald's compelling, wrenching story of the failed Jewish colony at Cotopaxi.
Or, perhaps, Oscar Wilde's visit to Leadville in part of a U.S. tour that arguably could be the first example of someone who figured out how to be famous-for-being-famous long before the Kardashians had any keeping up to do.
And if you like "The Boys Who Challenged Hitler," check out Eduardo Galeano's "Memory of Fire" triology. His "Genesis," "Faces & Masks" and "Century of the Wind" will make you see history in a new light.
"The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Petersen and the Churchill Club" (Farrar Straus Giroux, $19.99), age 13 and up.

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Welcome to our 19th annual Black History Month surf, where we have a look at outstanding contributions to art and design from the black community. We've enjoyed researching this year's lineup, and hope you enjoy the next four pages of resources. Also, don't forget to pick up your free -- follow along : One on One: Exploring the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists Worldwide Graphic Design: How Different Nationalities Design Terrifying, Strange and Beautiful - Live Unchained Carry my heart ... it's too heavy for me Neourbian Art for the Masses Patrick Amara
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Worldwide Graphic Design: How Different Nationalities Design
This is part two of a series at 1stWebDesigner.com spotlighting graphic design from around the world, from Scandinavia, Israel, Russia and Africa.
The works of South African Design, Carel de Beer, and Garth Walker are featured in a gallery of wonderful design. Be sure to click the "screen" button below.
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One on One: Exploring the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
The best way to get to know a city or a neighborhood is by walking its streets.
Abbotsford, designed in 1872 by Alden Frink in the Gothic Revival style is home to a gem known as the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists. The grand mansion has served many purposes in the past which include a disciplinary school for boys in the Boston Public School system.
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Terrifying, Strange and Beautiful - Live Unchained
Incorporated in 2009 by Kathryn Buford, Live Unchained was born out of the desire to preserve, share and honor the diverse voices and experiences of black women across continents through our creative takes on art and life.
Live Unchained also provides creative consultation, cultural programs, content and event services to universities, corporations and various organizations that develop initiatives and programming concerning women, professional development, youth, art, international issues and social change.
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Miro Lopata necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 375 diseños de 107 diseñadores freelance.
Premier Consulting is a project management company established in 2003, currently managing several projects related to international travel and tourism, real-estate development, and EU grant financing. We are based in Slovakia (or the Slovak Republic) in the very heart of the European Union.
Our staff consists of highly motivated colleagues, whom we consider partners rather than employees. Our clients are very diverse, from farmers and small municipalities to multinational corporations and larger cities.
Our HotZebra.com project will provide innovative services related to tourism. Although the service may be used by anyone interested in tourism and travel, we are expecting that your clients will be mostly open minded young people, with a good knowledge of computers and the use of internet. It is likely that our clients will be experienced travelers. Some of them may use our service to find quality budget services that are currently rarely offered on the internet. However, our aim is not to provide low-cost service, but to provide the service in an innovative manner, not yet widely spread on the internet.
Primary requirement: The HotZebra.com logo can be either zebra or hot, or ideally, but not necessarily, Hot-Zebra - the interpretation of this is on the designers imagination.
One possibility is to choose an artistic approach with the zebra stripes serving as a motif. A raw example of a starting point may be something like this: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_clo…id=3733635
The other approach is quite the opposite, perhaps use a funny zebra cartoon and make it somehow "hot". Again, just a very basic example:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-il…banner.php Obviously, the Zebra here is not very hot :-)
The logo should include the HotZebra.com writing. However, it should be possible to use the logo also without this text. Ideally, the HotZebra.com text should be integrated into the logo in a way that it can easily be cut-out.
The logo should have a square or a horizontal rectangle shape. It should be clearly displayed in resolution of about 150*100 pixels. Also, it should look attractive when used on other marketing materials, such as printed ads, t-shirts, mugs …
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In a new database to be released Wednesday, and obtained exclusively by ABC News today, USP warns consumers, the FDA and manufacturers that the amount of food fraud they found is up by 60 percent this year.
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Serves 6 | Prep Time 10 minutes | Cook Time 35 minutes
2 cups burdock root, julienned
2 cups carrots, julienned
1 Tbsp Eden Sesame Oil
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1 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce, or to taste
1 Tbsp green onions, sliced
1 cup water
Heat oil in a medium skillet, and sauté the burdock for 2 to 3 minutes. Add enough cold water to just barely cover the burdock. Layer the carrots on top. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce the flame to low. Simmer for 20 to 25 minutes. Add shoyu, cover, and simmer another 5 to 7 minutes. Remove the cover, mix, and cook off remaining liquid. Place in a serving bowl, and garnish with green onions or squeeze a little fresh ginger juice over and mix before serving.


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Tipster Daniel F. sends along this video from a Santa Monica rec league softball game tonight that featured constantly unemployed wide receiver Terrell Owens. Here's the scouting report from Daniel, who sent along* the above video:
He has a terrible swing. No wonder he popped out. Barkley swinging a golf club looks better.
Next guy crushed it out of the park.
Lest you think this is a random occurrence, a quick search on Twitter shows that TO has been passing the time away by barnstorming around various SoCal softball leagues. Here's a sampling:
* If TO happens to end up in your rec league game next, please, we beg you, hold your camera phone horizontally. That is all.


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Whenever I email a photo from the iPhone 4 photo app then the email gets stuck in the Outbox. Just doing a refresh leaves it there, even when viewing the outbox. To get them to send I manually need to open each email in the outbox and hit send again (and again specifying what size to make the image).
Is there a way to make the photos send automatically, or to at least send them all at once? Manually sending each one at time is tedious. The first few times I discovered this I had quite a few emails to send out (some of them more than a month old).
Update: I am sending them from the standard photo app when they get stuck. Then resending them from the standard mail app. The size doesn't seem to matter (small, medium, large or original). Neither does WiFi or 3G.


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At present, except for tests for heritable genetic disorders, HIV is the only medical condition for which explicit consent is required before testing may be conducted. For all other conditions, a consensus exists that either implicit consent, or a general consent to medical care, allows testing -- even if a patient is physically or mentally incapacitated.
Patients who may be unable to consent to HIV testing include those with respiratory failure who are on a ventilator, those with central nervous system infections, and others who are rendered incompetent by virtue of their illness. In some of these situations, knowing the HIV status of the patient could lead to earlier application of potentially life-saving therapies and might reduce the costs and complications associated with unnecessary procedures. Moreover, emergency HIV testing can be completed in 10 to 30 minutes.
Because of present prohibitions on testing without explicit approval, many physicians are forced to manage some incapacitated patients without knowledge of HIV status. As an alternative, they may order tests for presumed surrogate markers of HIV-induced immuno-compromise, such as CD4 counts. However, previous research at Penn has shown that these tests are unreliable in critically ill patients.
"Sometimes, when doctors are frustrated by their inability to obtain information that is vital to treat their patients, they order other tests to assess a patient's immune function," said Halpern. "But, in critically ill patients, these tests provide less reliable information than do true HIV tests. Furthermore, testing for immune function without consent runs counter to the spirit of legal restrictions on HIV testing; and it is wrong to put doctors in the awkward position of having to circumvent restrictions in order to properly care for their patients."
The article in JAMA notes that there are at least four arguments in favor of rescinding the requirement for specific consent for HIV-testing among critically ill patients.
First, such testing may improve the quality and efficiency of the care of critically ill patients. Second, because most patients would likely choose to be tested if they were competent and aware of their clinical circumstances, allowing such testing shows respect for patients' autonomy even when they cannot voice it. Third, although HIV retains unique features, the need to consider it an exceptional illness requiring exceptional policies has diminished. Requiring consent for HIV-testing risks perpetuating stigmatization while simultaneously limiting the quality of care that at-risk persons may receive.
Finally, social epidemiology does not justify the maintenance of exceptional HIV policies because other illnesses, like heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, share the propensity of HIV to affect underserved populations.
The article considers a number of alternatives to non-consented HIV testing among incompetent patients -- including surrogate consent from a health-care proxy, court-appointed guardian, or relative or friend. However, says Halpern, assuming that most incompetent patients would wish to be tested for HIV if they were competent, surrogate consent would be unnecessary. In any case, requiring surrogate consent is not necessarily beneficial. For example, it might be difficult, and potentially antagonizing, to raise the specter of HIV among friends or relatives who might suppose the patient was not at risk for infection.
In addition, difficult conflicts may arise when the appropriate surrogate is a sexual partner of the patient. "Can a husband properly consent to his wife's HIV testing when he clearly has a personal stake in the test result?" asks Halpern.
Another alternative is to obtain a court order to proceed. However, because the benefits of HIV testing for critically ill patients are often related to how quickly the test result is obtained, any requirement for legal intervention could substantially limit its utility.
The article concludes that, "State laws and laboratory policies should be modified or reinterpreted so that non-consented HIV testing is allowed whenever: 1) the physician determines that tests for HIV infection and immune dysfunction are likely to alter the patient's diagnostic or therapeutic management in a clinically meaningful way; 2) the patient is unable, according to widely accepted criteria, to consent to or refuse HIV testing; and 3) effective therapies are available to treat patients found to be immunocompromised.
PENN Medicine is a $2.7 billion enterprise dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and high-quality patient care. PENN Medicine consists of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Penn's School of Medicine is ranked #2 in the nation for receipt of NIH research funds; and ranked #4 in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's most recent ranking of top research-oriented medical schools. Supporting 1,400 fulltime faculty and 700 students, the School of Medicine is recognized worldwide for its superior education and training of the next generation of physician-scientists and leaders of academic medicine.
Penn Health System is comprised of: its flagship hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, consistently rated one of the nation's "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital; Presbyterian Medical Center; a faculty practice plan; a primary-care provider network; two multispecialty satellite facilities; and home health care and hospice.


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thanaads Thanaads Noo on 29 Jan 09Sio the iPhone has found yet another new use: now it has been turned into a mobile credit card processing device, thanks to a new application called ProcessAway. The software is made for an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch and works over any available network connection. Transactions can be processed at places such as conventions, street fairs, antique shows, and by business owners performing mobile detailing, on-site consultation or construction.


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When two local shopkeepers set out to increase foot traffic in downtown Morris, IL. they had no idea their French Country Market would triple in size their first year! Traci Tessone and Monica Spence-Vogel, organizers of the 3 French Hens French Country Market, wanted a market that combined a farmer's market with wonderful wares & showcased their charming boutique filled downtown district~ and encouraged folks to spend the rest of the day hiking, biking, boating, and enjoying all that and more in this Illinois River valley. Shoppers will the love grassy knoll, and historic water filled barge canal on which banks this Euro styled market is held! Egrets, blue herons, jumping fish, and turtles lazily sunny are unexpected sights for seasoned market goers, sharing the towpath with 130+ juried vendors selling everything from farmers market fare to antiques, artisans, and one of a kind must haves. Tauted one of the best in the Midwest, homegrown produce, organics, & herbs fill baskets along side farm fresh meat and artisanal cheeses. Fresh baked pastries, Amish breads & butters, old fashioned kettle corn & candies entice shoppers to grab a bite on site, and shop all day! An abundance of repurposed, and antique wares include shabby, chippy, industrial, steam punk, and a great selection of primitives. Jewelry designers bring their own flair, with lamp work beads, silversmiths, monogrammed goods, and redesigned grandmas vintage into statement pieces. A market favorite is Good Humor Dave, selling this iconic ice cream out of his restored shiny white, Good Humor truck! Kids young, and young at heart love to ring the famed bell. When visiting the Market, Tessone and Spence-Vogel hope you'll stop by the Hens booth an say hello! Located under the shade trees, the pair sell favorite finds and one of a kinds...market favorites: European enamelware, chippy chandeliers, vintage market carts, anything recovered in burlap or antique grain sacks, worn dressmaker forms! The Hens love hearing where shoppers hail from, where goods are heading home to~from Wisconsin, Michigan, southern Illinois, Iowa, Indiana to Arizona, and California! Throughout the market season! the Hens coordinate special events to keep the venue fresh and exciting: a Springtime in Paris luncheon, a kid-filled, rollicking fishing derby, make and take workshops, and their annual Farm to Table dinner! Often times local musicians grab their guitars, a harmonica or two and provide some down home tunes, or a little rockabilly along the canal banks! Held the 2nd Saturday, May through October, it is not uncommon to see shoppers arrive as the Market opens at 8am and still be shopping as it winds down at 2pm! It is wonderful to come out and run into family, neighbors, old friends & new kindred spirits, and spend the day swapping stories and sharing finds! On market days June through October, stick around and plan on strolling the downtown streets for an old fashioned Cruisenight! With an average of 750-1000 antique and classic cars, trucks, and an occasional vintage cycle...there is something for everyone.


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This crocheted tablecloth two a notable quirks: it's board-stiff, and doesn't actually need a table.
Although it did begin its life as a regular tablecloth, after being soaked in some sort of resin dried over a template the cloth rigidified into a standalone table. The designers site doesn't have any info as to what kind of resin he used or for that matter how sturdy the table is, but something tells me you shouldn't serve a four course dinner on it.
There's no indication that this literal 'table cloth' will get produced any time soon, so it's a DIY project in the strictest sense—not only do you have to make it, you have to figure out how. [Pink Wolf via FreshHome via BBG]


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Fourteen lawyers from nine different countries have begun studying toward their Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Democratic Governance and Rule of Law at Ohio Northern University's Claude W. Pettit College of Law this month.
They make up the seventh class to join ONU's unique, one-year graduate law program, which focuses on providing lawyers from transitional countries with the skills to help build democratic institutions and the rule of law in their home countries.
ONU President Dan DiBiasio said that both the number and quality of the students, as well as the countries represented, including five new nations, reflects the strength and recognition the LL.M. program has achieved. "This program is typical of the commitment Ohio Northern University has made to educating its students for public service not just in Ohio or the United States, but throughout the world," he said.
The seven women and seven men in this year's class include lawyers from South Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Liberia, the Maldives and Iceland, all countries represented for the first time. The class also includes lawyers who continue the developing relationships between the LL.M. program and Georgia, Tanzania, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
This year, the students will be provided a close look at the 2012 election, with visits to a local board of election, the Ohio Secretary of State's office, various political campaign offices and political rallies. In addition to coursework, other activities include visits to the Ohio Supreme Court, observation of jury trials, and a weeklong trip to Washington, D.C., in the spring.
The LL.M. program at Ohio Northern University began in 2006 with a grant from the United States Department of State. This year's students are supported by a variety of sources, in addition to University scholarships, including the United States' Public Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan and the governments of Saudi Arabia and Tanzania. As a condition of their scholarships, the students must commit to returning to their home countries and spending at least two years in the public sector advancing legal and government reforms.


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The French mountain bike legend Cedric Gracia took part in the Enduro World Series round 6 in Whistler, British Columbia. Gracia is a multi-talented bike racer and entertainer who has competed on the top level since the mid-90s. We got in touch with him to find out how he's doing.
When did you make the shift from downhill mountain biking to enduro?
I made the shift two years ago, but feel like I've been riding enduro all my life. For me enduro is real mountain biking. I did it because waiting for my DH practice everyday wasn't just enough. I wanted to ride more.
I still love racing for sure but more and more I like to ride different trails around the world and bring people with me to share the experience. I also like to share my life with Through My Eyes video series.
You had a few bad accidents in your last years as a downhill racer. Did those have anything to do with this change?
I definitely have been thinking about things but in a good way. The answer to why I ride bikes was easy: because I love riding, it's my life! The fear of ending up in a wooden box will never stop me from riding. I live to ride and ride to live. This is my spirit.
What do you love about racing enduro?
Now I am able to ride all day instead of waiting for practice.
How have the courses at the Enduro World Series been this season?
Some courses have been really good but some have been really XC and way too long for enduro. Also the connection between stages has been too long.
La Thuile in Italy was real enduro riding. I loved it. Whistler was too long, the trails were really destroyed and some of the secret trails weren't that secret.
Is enduro still the little brother of downhill racing?
I think enduro is real mountain biking. Downhill is the poster image of the sport, but the sells are in enduro.
How have you changed your training since focusing on enduro?
Longer rides and shorter fitness hours at the gym. I love it. I do more outside exercises now.
What do you think are your strengths as a rider?
I don't know if I have any, but I love pushing my limits and never give up.
What are the aspects you're trying to improve?
I try to share my love for biking with more people through my Facebook page and my own video series.
How do you use your Suunto Ambit2 in training?
I record my training and share it with my followers. I can see what I have done during the year and my trainer can help me improve points where I am not the best.
You've been racing on an international level for 20 years and you are not known for taking it easy. How have you been able to pull it of in a risky sport like this?
I love the sport and am ready to give it all.


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Get the platinum hair extensions ready: Orlando Bloom is likely to reprise his "Lord of the Rings" role of elven warrior Legolas for "The Hobbit."
Bloom tells PopcornBiz the deal is almost done for him to return to the role of the centuries-old elf archer from J.R.R. Tolkien's fabled trilogy for director Peter Jackson's two-part film adaptation of the prequel novel featuring Bilbo Baggins.
"Yeah, it's looking like that," says Bloom. "I'm really excited about going to see Pete again. It's still a little up in the air, but the idea of working with Pete is fantastic. I can't actually really talk too much about it, at this point. I just was given the script to piece through, so it's quite exciting."
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15 May 2009
Shock and Awe
The National Genealogical Society's (NGS) 2008 Award for Excellence: Genealogical Methods and Sources was announced 15 May 2009: United Empire Loyalists: A Guide to Tracing Loyalist Ancestors in Upper Canada by yours truly:
"Presented to an individual or nonprofit organization for a specific, significant single contribution in the form of a book, an article, or a series of articles published during the past three years that discusses genealogical methods and sources and serves to foster scholarship and/or otherwise advances or promotes excellence in genealogy." www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/competitions
Global Heritage Press now offers a coil bound edition as well as the hard cover version. See hardcover version southeast to the right. http://globalgenealogy.com
Reasonably stable recipients do not respond to the news with a) stunned silence, and b) unseemly babbling. Dignified recipients do not happy dance to the window and shout "YAAHOOOO!!" at bemused passersby heading to the Market around the corner. To be fair, all this was before enough caffeine had percolated into my central neurons. You have to understand part of the shock was not knowing my book had been entered in the competition! Sandra Roberts of Global Heritage Press, my publisher, was much more professional; she seemed certain no-one will call tomorrow to say it was a dreadful mistake.
So now I'm shamelessly blogging. The book took over five years to plan, write, research, assemble and endlessly re-write. Now it is deemed of some beneficial value by qualified genealogists. It was always intended as assistance for UEL descendants, based on my 30+ years of research encounters with their forebears in a sticky time period for sources and evidence. There have been so many misconceptions and misunderstandings about Loyalists among newcomers researching their ancestors and the public in general.
Would you believe, I have no Loyalist ancestors. More's the pity. But I have a deep affinity for those whom I frequently meet in the zillions of documents I come across. Lifelong learning is a daily experience (aren't we lucky?) and rarely stays static. That means if I were to put together such a book again, it might look quite different. I've already learned more. Then, the irresistible urge to re-write, re-write, re-write a manuscript, requires a firm voice to call "Enough!" (... enough for the moment, enough till the next time ...).
Regrettably I hadn't planned to attend the NGS Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the award was announced at the banquet. It's a while since I attended an NGS banquet and I don't know if award recipients are allowed a few Oscar moments to thank everyone they ever met, including the kiddies and pets, until they weep. If I had been there (in a designer gown chosen by my avatar) I could have expressed my gratitude again —
* to LAC archivist and guru Patricia Kennedy who took time from her pre-Confederation immersion to review sections and send me reams of stuff;
* to Fawne Stratford-Devai who laboured uncomplainingly at nights to format text and difficult illustrations;
* to Alison Hare whose skills and friendship I strained in several sections (but she still speaks to me);
* to all the other Loyalist genealogists who answered my questions;
* to the Roberts team at Global who allowed the whole thing to start on Global Gazette;
* lastly, in lieu of parents, children, and everyone I ever met, dare I thank my camel Abdul for his ever-solid support and promise of adventure.
12 comments:
- Janet Iles said...
Congratulations Brenda on receiving this recognition for all your hard work.
- Saturday, 16 May, 2009
- Becky Wiseman said...
Congratulations Brenda. It is indeed a very prestigious award and one for which you should be proud.
- Saturday, 16 May, 2009
Congratulations! Well done. And well deserved. As someone with Loyalists and Patriots both, I'm grateful for your efforts. Thank you for a wonderfully helpful book, Brenda.
- Saturday, 16 May, 2009
- geneabloggers said...
Wow! Congrats Brenda - you deserve the recognition for the great effort!
- Saturday, 16 May, 2009
- Bill West said...
Congratulations, Brenda!!
- Sunday, 17 May, 2009
I was delighted to see that all your hard work over so many years has finally been recognized. Congratulation on a job well done and truly deserved. I only wish that I had your book when I was doing Loyalist research on the Simon Fraser family.
- Sunday, 17 May, 2009
- Frederick H. Hayward said...
Congratulations on your most recent award for the
United Empire Loyalists: A Guide to Tracing Loyalist Ancestors in Upper Canada. I have always appreciated the work of Rick and Sandra Roberts in building Global Genealogy, but their efforts would not be as appreciated if it were not for the quality of the material they publish and promote. Your Award of Excellence recognizes both your research and dedication to the United Empire Loyalists as well as their ability to spot excellence as well. It has been said that for a Canadian to be recognized he/she needs to be recognized in another country first. This award from the NGS raises your status to a new level.
Frederick H. Hayward UE
President, UELAC
- Monday, 18 May, 2009
- BDM said...
Your comment means a great deal to me, Fred, and the Roberts will appreciate it too. I thank my genea-blogger friends as well, for their encouraging words.
- Monday, 18 May, 2009
- Charley "Apple" Grabowski said...
Congratulations Brenda! It's wonderful that your hard work is being honored by this award.
- Wednesday, 20 May, 2009
- Sheri Fenley said...
Brenda Baby! You are so worthy of the award. I'm am really beginning to think that maybe a week riding a camel might be good for something after all.
I am so proud to call you my friend!
- Saturday, 23 May, 2009
Hi, Brenda.
I'm just back from several weeks in China so missed the announcement at the time.
Belated congratulations!
A great honour for you and for Ontario genealogy generally.
Paul Jones
- Sunday, 07 June, 2009
- Kiril The Mad Macedonian said...
I've finally had a chance to explore your blog for the 1st time since we "met" online, and I am very impressed, and honored that a researcher like you has found my own humble space of interest.
I fancy myself something of a creative writer, and poet, and beginning Genealogical Researcher (Yes, even after 20 years of off and on research, and a few successes, I still consider myself a newbie Genealogist in many ways.), and have dared to dream that my creative writing could be seen by a wider audience someday, but know the chances are slim.
Good for you! ;-D
- Sunday, 12 July, 2009


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When child welfare authorities remove children from their caregivers because of concerns about abuse or neglect, it can be traumatic and tragic for everyone involved – children, their families and even their communities. Being admitted into care comes with far-reaching consequences that can have a negative impact on children's future ability to thrive. It is an unfortunate reality that some children need to be placed in care to keep them safe. But too often, for First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Black and other racialized families, being involved with the child welfare system and having a child removed is fraught with concerns that the system is not meeting their or their children's needs, is harmful, and may be discriminatory.


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Happy birthday nikola tesla!
Happy birthday nikola tesla!
Wish TM could have done something grand on this day in his honor. But I'll settle for having his motor powering my Model S.
Google Doodle from 2009.
"Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by power obtainable at any point in the universe. It is a mere question of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheelwork of nature."
- Nikola Tesla
Tesla Motors and Space X don't need batteries or combustion chambers to propel them. As Nikola implies, we can plug straight in to nature for free, abundant energy that could power our homes, cars and even space travel. How cool would that be?
There are people using Tesla coils to produce some amazing results: http://www.hutchisoneffect.ca/
There are many others carrying on where Nikola left off:
Adam Trombly
John Bedini
Eugene Mallove
Dr Brian O'Leary
Floyd 'Sparky' Sweet
Paramahamsa Tewari
Shiuji Inomata
Happy birthday indeed Nikola.
Nicky made good motors. But his brain was cosmically short-circuited when it came to tapping into the Endless Free Energy Lunch, I'm afraid.
I think you have understood Nikola idea of "free energy" a bit wrong. His idea of free energy was that nobody would need to pay for it, not that he creates it from nothing. There are several non-functioning inventions in his resume though. Couple of severe exaggerations and plain imagination especially in his later years, I think he was a bit crazy, but also brilliant. "beautiful mind" -person.
There's no difference. If it wasn't being paid for by the user, the creator/transmitter would have had to cover all costs for (world-wide?) access. Such costs, even if minute per watt-hour, are potentially immense, almost infinite, and so could not possibly be >0.
In a deep physics sense, free energy is tantamount to making change occur without effort. This is the God Delusion -- very addictive!
There is a difference. Tesla dream was that energy itself doesn't cost a penny, you can use as much as you need, maintenance and building the towers obviously have cost and someone would need to pay that.
Anyway dream was kinda like LPP Focus Fusion goal, energy itself costs so little that it doesn't matter if people pay for energy itself, reactor maintenance and building cost is far bigger (while still very small). If there is way more energy accessible than needed price goes so low that actually billing people costs more than giving it free. A bit like my phone bill, 0.20EUR for two years, and they actually send me a bill :-).
There is no cost-free energy; it's almost a definition of "cost" that it requires some expenditure of energy to access an existing "pool". Such pools may be fossil fuels or sunshine or fusion or falling water, but there's always a finite expenditure for a finite pay-out. And no resource is infinite.
"Doesn't cost a penny" is BS. There is no zero expenditure for a finite payout; that's a classic sucker bet. Even on a "marginal" next erg basis. That implies an infinite payoff ratio, a perpetuum mobile.


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- If your budget is 2lakhs than you have a lot of options like Yamaha FZ-25 Duke 200, 250, Bajaj Dominar, RE Thunderbird 350X and many more and Dont listen to what people say listen to what you want, If you choose Yamaha FZ25 you get a good bike in a very good price, the build quality is superb, suspension are very good, performance power is also very good looks are amazing, riding comfort on short ride as well as long rides its very good in every condition and a very good mileage of 35-40kmpl similarly Thunderbird 350X os also a very good choice. Take a test ride and decide which is good for you. Hope you make a better choice don't listen to anyone who says bad about any bike, no bike is bad every bike is good. A bike or a car is like a family member.
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VIERA, Fla. (AP) -- Washington pitcher Gio Gonzalez says he and the Nationals are still waiting to hear from Major League Baseball, which is conducting an investigation linking him and other players to an anti-aging clinic in Coral Gables.
Gonzalez has denied he ever received performance-enhancing drugs from Tony Bosch's now-closed Biogenesis of America clinic. ESPN reported Wednesday that Gonzalez was the only client named so far who had not received PEDs.
The 27-year-old left-hander did not answer questions about the report on Wednesday, but he did make a statement to reporters, saying he hadn't heard anything yet officially from MLB," but plans "on sitting down and cooperating with them."
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After years of autodidactic experimentation, Troy Pillow has developed a uniquely whimsical style of kinetic and static sculpture. Whether he partners fused glass with rusted steel in bold, powerful forms - or contrasts vibrantly hued kinetic elements against weathered steel - Pillow always manages to unite disparate elements with a signature understated simplicity.
The artist's background in architectural engineering and environmental design informs structural choices, materials, and ensures fluidity of movement in all kinetic pieces. The resulting lightness with which each piece seems to flow with the flux of the wind has earned Pillow commissions throughout the country. His work can be found in corporate collections, public art projects, select galleries and private collections across the united States.
"Creating a sense of wonder, laughter, and appreciation, while being visually and intellectually stimulated is what I try to accomplish with the viewer on each piece."
Selected Shows & Commissions
2017 "Kinetic Sculpture in 4 Movements," Sculpturesite Gallery, Glen Ellen, CA
2013 Fremont Lake Union Center, Kilroy Realty Corporation, Seattle, WA
2013 AVA Ballard, AvalonBay Communities, Seattle, WA
2013 AVA Queen Anne Apartments, AvalonBay Communities, Seattle, WA
2012 Prescott Apartments, Stoneway Village II, LLC, Seattle, WA
2012 Towbin Motorcars Showroom, Las Vegas, NV
2012 Boeing, Seattle, WA
2011 Essex Properties, Sunnyvale, CA
2011 Swedish Medical Center, Issaquah, WA
2011 King County Libraries, Shoreline, WA
2010 Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA
2010 King County Libraries, Burien, WA
2010 Art in Public Places, Bend, OR
2010 Aspira, Seattle, WA
2010 AvalonBay Communities, Bellevue, WA
2009 BRE Properties, Bellevue, WA
2009 El Camino Hospital, Mountainview, CA
2009 Trammel Crow Residential, Redmond, WA
2008 Art in Public Places, Bend, OR
2008 Wallace Properties, Seattle, WA
2007 Salt Lake City, Nine muses project, UT
2006 St. Josephs Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
2006 Alvarado Place, Union City, CA
2006 Boulevard & State Street, Trammel Crow Residential, Kirkland, WA
2004 Sutter Health Hospital, Fairfield, CA
2004 Phillip S. Miller Library, Castle Rock, CO
2003 City of Lakewood, Lakewood, CO
2003 Lakewood Heritage Center, Lakewood, CO
2003 Pinnacol Assurance, Denver, CO
2003 Artfair at Laumier, St Louis, MO
2003 Celebrate Colorado Artists, CO
2003 Vail Arts Festival, Vail, CO
2003 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, CO
2003 Carefree Fine Art and Wine Festival, Carefree, AZ
2002 Avalon, Hidden Valley, and Moon Shadow Developments, Metropolitan Homes, Denver, CO
2002 Waterpark Building, Denver Art Company, Littleton, CO
2002 Link Recreation Center, Lakewood, CO
2002 Celebrate Colorado Artists, CO
2002 Artfest of 5th Ave., Scottsdale, AZ
2002 Artfest of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ
2001 Waterpark Building, Denver, CO
2001 Metropolitan Homes, Greenwood Village, CO
1999 Celebrate Colorado Artists, CO
2009 Downtown sculpture Exhibit, Everett, WA
2008 Atlanta Botanical Garden, Sculpture in motion, Atlanta, GA
2007 Maryhill Museum of Art, Sculpture Invitational, WA
2006 Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, WA
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2005 HGTV, September
2003 Architecture and Design of the West, Spring
2003 The Denver Post, July
2003 Art Revue, August
2001 Colorado Homes and Lifestyle Magazine, October
2002 Jurors award- Celebrate Colorado Artists
2002 GO-GO magazine, October
2000 The Denver Post, September
2000 North Denver Tribune, September
2000 Lodo News, November
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TX High School Students Made to Recite Mexican National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance
Filed Under (The HELL You Say!) by The Blaze's Jonathon M. Seidl / The Blaze.com on 18-10-2011
Students in a Texas public high school were made to stand up and recite the Mexican national anthem and Mexican pledge of allegiance as part of a Spanish class assignment, but the school district maintains there was nothing wrong with the lesson.
It happened last month in an intermediate Spanish class at Achieve Early College High School in McAllen, Texas — a city located about 10 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.
Wearing red, white and green, students had to memorize the Mexican anthem and pledge and stand up and recite them in individually in front of the class.
That didn't go over well with sophomore Brenda Brinsdon. The 15-year-old sat down and refused to participate. She also caught it all on video:
"I just thought it was out of hand, I didn't think it was right," she told The Blaze. "Reciting pledges to Mexico and being loyal to it has nothing to do with learning Spanish."
She said she was particularly offended because the presentations in teacher Reyna Santos's class took place during "Freedom Week," the week after the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and on U.S. Constitution Day — the same day as Mexico's Independence Day.
"Why are we doing their independence when it's Freedom Week and it's also Constitution Day?" Brinsdon said.
Brinsdon said she complained to the school principal, Yvette Cavazo, who told her it was part of the curriculum and that she should participate. Her father, William, also got involved, calling the school district superintendent to complain.
When Brenda made clear she would not stand up and recite the pledge, she was given an alternative assignment: an essay on the history of the Mexican revolution.
Meanwhile, other students continued with their presentations, which took place over the course of several days.
When Brinsdon talked to Santos — a first-year teacher at Achieve — about her new assignment, the teacher told her she grew up in Mexico.
"She told me that she loved Mexico," Brinsdon said.
School district spokesman Mark May defended the presentations, saying it's a state requirement for upper-level language classes to teach about foreign culture.
According to the state's Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards, students are expected to gain "knowledge and understanding" of other cultures and use the language to demonstrate understanding of different practices and perspectives. There are no specific requirements about learning to recite pledges or anthems.
May said it's up to the teacher how to interpret and teach the standards.
"It wasn't required to pledge loyalty and renounce the U.S., they were simply spreading the culture of another country," May told The Blaze. "In my mind it's no different from memorizing a poem or memorizing a passage from Shakespeare."
William Brinsdon took issue with that notion, saying if that's the case it cheapens the pledge.
"You're taking their allegiance and their oath from Mexico and cheapening it just as a grade or words don't mean anything," he said.
May reiterated that the lesson was all done within the context of meeting the state requirements, and that the school did its duty providing Brenda with an alternative assignment when she objected.
"The students came away with a better understanding of the culture, heritage and customs of a neighboring country where Spanish is the primary language," he said.
May added that the lesson was "well received" by other students and parents.
"There's always going to be people that always feel a little bit differently," May said.
William Brinsdon is still having a hard time fathoming the idea of reciting foreign pledges and anthems in a U.S. public school in the first place.
"Our kids don't even know the [American] national anthem and here we are…teaching them to memorize and perform the national anthem for Mexico," he said. "I just think it's so backwards."
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This Elite Racer Pro setup, with a 32-inch Sony Bravia, built-in gaming PC, race seat, optional Vuzix Eye-Goggles and built-in audio and vibration effects looks much more entertaining than the latest Vin Diesel vehicle.
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