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The course
This Joint Honours course enables you to study Comparative Literature and Culture and Philosophy in equal parts. It willl provide you with the opportunity to combine the study of global literature, film and art, with philosophy, developing you as a culturally-aware, creative and adaptable thinker, with impressive communication and presentation skills.
Comparative Literature and Culture offers you the opportunity to study a fascinating breadth of material with a focus on contexts – places, periods, and genres – to explore how key cultural shifts transform how we see, represent, and make sense of our changing world.
You can choose from an exceptionally wide range of fascinating options, spanning continents and centuries, from antiquity to the present day, covering novels, poetry, philosophy, cinema and art. You will read, watch, and compare texts from Ancient Greece to contemporary New York, from Cuba to Korea, from epics to crime fiction, and from tragedy to the avant-garde. Comparative Literature and Culture also enables you to study a varety of foreign texts originally written in many languages, all translated into English.
At Royal Holloway we have a unique approach to Philosophy that looks beyond the narrow confines of the Anglo-American analytic or the European tradition of philosophy focus on both traditions, their relationship and connections between them. The result has been the creation of a truly interdisciplinary and collaborative course that brings together academic staff from departments across the university.
With the opportunity to examine (amongst other things) the mind and consciousness, aesthetics and morals, the self and others, the range of subjects available to Philosophy students at Royal Holloway guarantees that there will be something on offer that really engages you during your time with us.
You will be taught by world-class experts who genuinely want to get to know you. We create a supportive environment, often using group work so you can try out new ideas and participate in lively discussions. Throughout your studies, you will receive personal guidance to ensure your course is aligned to your strengths, interests and career plans. As part of our close-knit international community you will be able to get involved with an array of cultural initiatives that take place on campus, and make the most of being within easy reach of London and its many events and attractions.
Our flexible degree programmes enable you to apply to take a Placement Year, which can be spent studying abroad, working or carrying out voluntary work. You can even do all three if you want to (minimum of three months each)! To recognise the importance of this additional skills development and university experience, your Placement Year will be formally recognised on your degree certificate and will contribute to your overall result. Please note conditions may apply if your degree already includes an integrated year out, please contact the Careers & Employability Service for more information. Find out more
- Compare texts and philosophies from the ancient to the contemporary.
- Tailor your studies to your own interests.
- All Comparative Literature and Culture texts are translated into English.
- Combine both subjects in the study of world philosophies.
- Examine how diff erent philosophical traditions intersect.
Course structure
Core ModulesYear 1
- Reading Texts: Criticism for Comparative Literature
- Tales of the City: Introduction to Thematic Analysis
- Introduction to Modern Philosophy
In this module you will develop an understanding of how the 'new philosophy' of the seventeenth century set the modern philosophical agenda. You will look at the work of some of the most ground breaking philosophers of the period, such René Descartes and John Locke, and consider how later philosophers such as Gottfried Leibniz and David Hume took up and expanded their ideas. You will consider the fundamental questions which became central to the European Enlightenment, including those concerning knowledge and understanding and the relation between science and other human endeavours.
In this module you will develop an understanding of ancient philosophical ideas and the ways in which philosophical arguments are presented and analysed. You will look at the thought and significance of the principal ancient philosophers, from the Presocratics to Aristotle, and examine sample texts such as Plato's 'Laches' and the treatment of the virtue of courage in Aristotle, 'Nicomachean Ethics' 3.6-9.
You will also take one of the following:
In this module you will develop an understanding of the formal study of arguments through the two basic systems of modern logic - sentential or propositional logic and predicate logic. You will learn how to present and analyse arguments formally, and look at the implications and uses of logical analysis by considering Bertrand Russell's formalist solution to the problem of definite descriptions. You will also examine the the broader significance of findings in logic to philosophical inquiry.
In this module you will develop an understanding of the relationship between the mind and the brain. You will examine the key theories, from Descartes' dualist conception of the relationship between mind and body through to Chalmers's conception of consciousness as 'the hard problem' in the philosophy of mind. You will also consider some of the famous thought experiments in this area, including Descartes's and Laplace's demons, the Chinese Room and the China Brain, Mary and the black-and-white room, and the problem of zombie and bat consciousness.
In this module you will develop an understanding of the central problems and debates within moral philosophy and aesthetics. You will look at questions relating to both metaphysical and ethical relativism, including the ways we view our moral commitments within the world, how the individual is related to society, and the value and nature of the work of art. You will also examine approaches from the history of philosophy, including the Anglo-American tradition and recent European philosophy.
- Histories of Representation
- Critical and Comparative Approaches
In this module you will develop an understanding of the major debates in European and some Anglo-American philosophy. You will look at the key texts by eighteenth and nineteenth-century philosophers Immanuel Kant and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, examining the continuing significance of their ideas. You will consider the major epistemological, ethical and aesthetical issues their idea raise, and the problems associated with the notion of modernity. You will also analyse the importance of the role of history in modern philosophy via Hegel's influence.
In this module you will develop an understanding of how the rationalist and empiricist traditions in philosophy influence contemporary thought in the philosophy of mind. You will look at the continuing relevance of the mind-body problem to the question of what it is to be a human being and consider the connections between the analytic and European traditions in philosophy with respect to language, subjectivity, and the phenomenology of experience. You will also examine the importance of consciousness to contemporary debates in philosophy, psychology and cognitive science.
- International Film 2: Readings and Representations
- A Special Theme in the Novel: Transgressions
- Visual Arts II: Genre and Movements
- Gender and Clothing in 20th-Century Literature and Culture
- Deviance, Defiance and Disorder in Early Modern Spanish and French Literature
- From Aestheticism to the Avant-Garde
- The Gothic Mode in Spanish and English Fiction
- Transnationalism, Diaspora and Globalisation in Contemporary Film
- Humans and Other Animals in Twenty-First Century Fiction and Thought
Optional Modules
There are a number of optional course modules available during your degree studies. The following is a selection of optional course modules that are likely to be available. Please note that although the College will keep changes to a minimum, new modules may be offered or existing modules may be withdrawn, for example, in response to a change in staff. Applicants will be informed if any significant changes need to be made.Year 1
In this module you will develop an understanding of how questions of social change, social mobility, success and failure, ambition and honour, oppression and alienation have been portrayed in key French literary texts. You will look at a number of key authors, considering the broad historical and cultural context of their writing. You will also examine the meaning and implications of key terms in the literary-historical tradition, such as romanticism, realism, and existentialism.
In this module you will develop an understanding of the medium of film as a means of both conveying and constructing history. You will look at the relationship between film and history, notably the representation of key historical moments in French history such as war. You will consider how national identity is created and sustained through the visual representation of history, exploring technique of textual analusis and personal judgement to critically examine a range of cinematic texts and genres including narrative fiction, documentary and propaganda.
In this module you will develop an understanding of the complexity and richness of the visual image. You will look at the relationship between word and image in a variety of contexts and media, critically examining primary and secondary material using techniques of textual analysis and personal judgement.
- Introduction to German Studies
- German History and Culture
- Politics, Religion, and Love: the Italian Three Crowns (Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio)
- Fascist Italy
- Passion and Betrayal on the Spanish Stage
- Culture and Identity in Latin America
- Comparative Hispanic Culture
In this module you will develop an understanding of the key tenets of film theory and learn to apply these to a selection of important pre- and post-war European and international films. You will look at aspects of film style, genre and national and international contexts.You will consider canonical works from a century of cinema history by filmmakers such as Joseph von Sternberg, Alfred Hitchcock and Pedro Almodovar, and examine significant examples of technique and style.
In this module you will develop an understanding of the early phase of film history between 1895 and the early 1930s. You will look at the invention of motion pictures through to the establishment of sound cinema. You will consider a cross-section of American and European films made during this phase, when film-making was largely national but the absence of the spoken word gave film a truly cosmopolitan dimension, with directors, actors and technical personnel moving freely across national boundaries. You will examine the development of film as art, with its links to the Avant-garde, and cinema as an entertainment industry in which genre (horror and crime films) helped to drive innovation.
- Visual Arts 1: Artists and their Materials
- Writing Romance and Desire
- Cinema in France
- Death, Desire, Decline: Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka
- Love and Marriage in Major Novels by Theodor Fontane
- Representations of Childhood and Youth in Modern German Culture
- Postwar Italian Cinema: the Auteur Tradition
- Art and Literature in Renaissance Florence
- Italian Crime Fiction
- Constructing Identity in Contemporary Spanish Film
- 20th-Century Mexican Visual Arts and Film
- Rebels, Revolution & Representation in Latin America
- Practical Ethics
- Modern French Philosophy
- Major Thinker
- Introduction to European Philosophy 2: The Critique of Idealism
- Philosophy of Language
In this module you will develop an understanding of some of the key concepts in political theory today. You will look at political obligation, civil disobedience, democracy, citizenship, equality, global justice, human rights, and freedom and toleration. You will consider important theorists including Berlin Rawls, Nozick, Sandel, Okin and Pettit, examining the recent major theoretical perspectives in the context of contemporary politics.
In this module you will develop an understanding of the themes, arguments, and interpretations of major political thinkers from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. You will look at the works of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill, Marx and Nietzsche and consider how the ideas articulated by these thinkers continue to underpin contemporary debates about the nature of freedom, human rights, value pluralism, popular sovereignty, state legitimacy, and the modern condition. You will also examine how study of these thinkers illuminates contemporary debates even where these debates no longer make reference to them.
- Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy I
- Research-based Dissertation
- Visual Arts Dissertation
- Image, Identity and Consumer Culture in Post-war Fiction and Film
- Text and Image in France: from Cubism to the Present
- Ethics and Violence: Murder, Suicide and Genocide in Literature and Film
- Villains and Villainy in Early Modern French Theatre
- Narrative and Identity: The German Novel from the 18th to the 21st Century
- Dark Tales: E.T.A. Hoffmann and German Romanticism
- National Socialism and the Third Reich in German Film and Visual Culture from 1933 to the Present
- Dante: Divine Comedy 2
- Shooting History: Dictatorship, Terror and Crime in Italian Film
- The Postmodern in Italian Literature: Pioneers, Practitioners and Critics
- Contemporary Mexican Cinema
- Devotion, Deceit, Desire: Literature of the Spanish Golden Age
- Horror Cinema in the Hispanic World
You will demonstrate your skills as an independent learner by embarking upon a substantial piece of written work of between 8,000 and 10,000 words in length. You will be guided by a dissertation supervisor, but will choose your own topic, approach, and philosophical sources.
- Practical Ethics
- Modern French Philosophy
- Major Thinker
- Philosophy of Language
- Modern European Philosophy 1: Husserl to Heidegger
- Modern European Philosophy 2: Critical Theory and Hermeneutics
- Radical Political Theory
- The Politics of Toleration
- Social Justice: From Theory to Practice
- Theories of Freedom and Democracy
- Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy
Teaching & assessment
The course has a modular structure, whereby students take 12 course units the rate of four per year. Some course units are compulsory while others are elective thereby offering flexibility and choice.
We use a range of assessment models to suit different learning styles, from online comprehension tests and individual and group presentations, to coursework and examinations. You will be expected to prepare material for lectures and seminars; you will also be able to try out new ideas by giving presentations and participating in lively discussions in a supportive environment. What is more, in your final year you will have the opportunity to write a research-led dissertation.
You will also have your own Personal Advisor, an academic who helps you through your studies and guides you in tailoring your course. And when you arrive at Royal Holloway, you will take specially designed courses to help you develop the academic and writing skills that will benefit your university career and beyond.
Entry requirements
A Levels: ABB-BBB
Required subjects:
- At least five GCSEs at grade A*-C or 9-4 including English and Mathematics.
Where an applicant is taking the EPQ alongside A - levels, the EPQ will be taken into consideration and result in lower A-level grades being required. Socio - economic factors which may have impacted an applicant's education will be taken into consideration and alternative offers may be made to these applicants.
Other UK and Ireland Qualifications
International & EU requirements
English language requirements
All teaching at Royal Holloway (apart from some language courses) is in English. You will therefore need to have good enough written and spoken English to cope with your studies right from the start.
The scores we require
- IELTS: 6.5 overall. Writing 7.0. No other subscore lower than 5.5.
- Pearson Test of English: 61 overall. Writing 69. No other subscore lower than 51.
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE): ISE III.
- Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) grade C.
Country-specific requirements
For more information about country-specific entry requirements for your country please visit here.
For international students who do not meet the direct entry requirements, we offer an International Foundation Year, run by Study Group at the Royal Holloway International Study Centre. Upon successful completion, you may progress on to selected undergraduate degree programmes at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Your future career
As a culturally-aware, creative and adaptable thinker, graduating from Royal Holloway will help you stand out in a crowded global marketplace.
Students of Comparative Literature and Culture are attractive to employers because they think quickly and flexibly, communicate effectively, have a rich cultural and transnational awareness and the ability to analyse closely and range broadly.
Choosing to add philosophy into your studies at Royal Holloway not only prepares you well for postgraduate study it also equips you with the skills and qualities that employers are looking for. Philosophy degrees are well-regarded by employers because they give you the capacity to think through issues and problems in a logical and consistent way and to develop critical and transferable skills which can be applied in almost any area of employment.
By the time you graduate, you will have:
- developed your critical and analytical thinking and expression
- learned to analyse, evaluate and process effectively many different kinds of information
- honed impressive written and oral communication skills
- enhanced your ability to solve problems in sophisticated and flexible ways
- developed independent research skills
- acquired teamwork and leadership skills that are highly valued by prospective employers
- gained a critical appreciation of cultural life and cultural diversity
We work closely with Royal Holloway's Careers and Employability Service to provide tailored events which get you thinking about life after you graduate. These range from one-to-one advice from our subject consultant, to a variety of talks and industry-themed careers weeks.
Our highly-successful micro-placement scheme will help you to fine-tune your job-seeking skills and boost your careers by enabling you in your second year to compete for a prestigious two-week internship, offering you the chance to gain invaluable experience and network with prospective employers.
You may also like take advantage of other work experience opportunities, for example by participating in Royal Holloway's Community Action volunteering programme or by becomign a Student Ambassador. Your Personal Advisor will be on hand to support you as you decide on your career path.
On graduation you will be ready to pursue a career in a wide range of areas including publishing, marketing, the media, arts administration, fashion, international management, the civil service, accountancy or teaching. Alternatively you may choose to continue your studies by means of a postgraduate degree.
Fees & funding
Home and EU students tuition fee per year*: £9,250
International students tuition fee per year**: £17,300
Other essential costs***: There are no single associated costs greater than £50 per item on this course.
How do I pay for it? Find out more about funding options, including loans, scholarships and bursaries. UK students who have already taken out a tuition fee loan for undergraduate study should check their eligibility for additional funding directly with the relevant awards body.
*The tuition fee for UK undergraduates is controlled by Government regulations. For students starting a degree in the academic year 2020/21, the fee will be £9,250 for that year. The Government has also confirmed that EU nationals starting a degree in 2020/21 will pay the same fee as UK students for the duration of their course.
**Fees for international students may increase year-on-year in line with the rate of inflation. The policy at Royal Holloway is that any increases in fees will not exceed 5% for continuing students. For further information see fees and funding and our terms and conditions.
***These estimated costs relate to studying this particular degree programme at Royal Holloway. Costs, such as accommodation, food, books and other learning materials and printing etc., have not been included.


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Jaimie Alexander plays Lady Sif in the Thor movie released in May 2011. Thor is a superhero who started appearing in Marvel Comics in August of 1962 in "Journey into Mystery" #83 and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby. The Thor character is based on the Thor of Norse mythology. Thor has starred in his own series as well as being a perennial member of the superhero team the Avengers, appearing in each of the four volumes.
Writer Stan Lee can best describe how the team came up with the idea for Thor following the creation of the Hulk.
"How do you make someone stronger than the strongest person? It finally came to me: Don't make him human — make him a god. I decided readers were already pretty familiar with the Greek and Roman gods. It might be fun to delve into the old Norse legends… Besides, I pictured Norse gods looking like Vikings of old, with the flowing beards, horned helmets, and battle clubs. …Journey into Mystery needed a shot in the arm, so I picked Thor … to headline the book. After writing an outline depicting the story and the characters I had in mind, I asked my brother, Larry, to write the script because I didn't have time. …and it was only natural for me to assign the penciling to Jack Kirby…"
Thor's Biography:
Being all powerful Norse Gods, Thor's father Odin decides his son needs to be taught humility and places Thor (without memories) into the body and memories of an existing, partially disabled human medical student, Donald Blake. After becoming a doctor and on holiday in Norway, Blake witnesses the arrival of an alien scouting party. Blake flees into a cave after they hear him and start to pursue. Blake stumbles upon a strange hammer in the cave which coincidentally is Thor's hammer Mjolnir in disguise. After striking the hammer against a rock, the magical energy released transforms Blake into the Thunder God- Thor.
After defeating the aliens, Thor shares a double life with his alter-ego. He starts his own practice and falls in love with his nurse- Jane Foster, while still trying to defends humanity from evil as Thor. Thor's presence on Earth attracts the attention of his stepbrother and arch-enemy, Loki; who comes to Earth in a bid to destroy Thor. Loki is responsible for the emergence of three of Thor's main foes: the Absorbing Man, the Wrecker, and the Destroyer. At some point Loki's tactics are accidentally beneficial when he uses an illusion of the Hulk to draw Thor into battle, it results in the formation of the superhero team the Avengers, of which Thor is a founding and longstanding member.
Thor's father Odin does not want him to love a mortal unless she can pass a trial. Jane Foster accepts but fails, a heartbroken Thor sends her back to Earth where she is given another chance at love. The heartbroken Thor is introduced to the Asgardian warrior Sif.
Sif is played in the new Thor movie by Jaimie Alexander to the excitement of nerds the comic book world over. Sif is an Asgardian warrior and lover of Thor, she spends much of her time worrying about and searching for him. Sif often accompanies Thor and his friend Balder into battle, Balder develops an attraction to her; however the faithful Sif never shows affection for anyone but Thor. Sif is based on the mythological being of the same name. She first appears in "Journey Into Mystery #102".
Sif shares powers common among all Asgardians including enchanced strength, durability, and longevity through the consumption of golden apples. She is highly skilled in hand to hand combat and utilizes cold weapons. In early appearances, Sif also possessed the innate ability to teleport herself and others from Earth to Asgard. At some point, Sif began relying on her enchanted sword, which could teleport her to other destinations besides Earth and Asgard.
Sif has been the constant companion of Thor and Balder since childhood. Sif was born with golden hair which turned black after Loki jealously cut it and replaced it with enchanted hair made by dwarves. At an early age Sif showed great prowess as a warrior and was considered the best female warrior in all of Asgard, matched only by Brunnhilde.
It is exciting to watch the sexy Jaimie Alexander fill the role of Sif as Thor calls thunder down with his hammer and enemies are scattered before them.

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Members of Chambers deal with the full range of discrimination claims including direct and indirect discrimination, victimisation and harassment in multi day hearings for both claimants and respondents.
We have considerable experience in claims involving disability discrimination, sex discrimination, race discrimination and age discrimination, and a strong reputation in cases involving religious discrimination and sexual orientation discrimination.
Members of Chambers have appeared in a number of seminal cases in this area, including Ladele v Islingdon LBC [2009] EWCA Civ 1357, Black v Wilkinson [2013] EWCA Civ 820, Bull v Hall [2013] UKSC 73, Eweida v United Kingdom (2013) 57 EHRR 8 and S.A.S v France (application no 43835/11), and have co-authored an OUP practitioner text on religious rights, The Protections for Religious Rights: Law and Practice (2013).


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WASHINGTON – Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday that she intends to demand a higher level of accountability from program managers if their acquisition program goes away.
"We as a team are working very closely together to look at functions and individuals in [the Office of the Secretary of Defense] and in the services, the duties they are required to perform, and are determining whether or not we have the right people in the right slots," Lord said, before saying she did not want to "talk about individuals" in a public forum but would brief the SASC in a future closed hearing if they required more details.
DoD acquisition head: It's time to halt some legacy programs
Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said the building is having "very difficult discussions" with the Hill about pivoting away from some programs in order to redirect funding to more vital systems.
"I will take action if there are issues, no question about it," Lord told reporters after the hearing. "There are constraints when you come into a government job — you cannot move anybody for 120 days. And if you check on my 120 days, it was just very recently."
Asked if that meant the department should expect personnel movements related to accountability, Lord stated "I think you should expect to see some movements."
That attitude should endear Lord to Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who chairs the SASC. McCain routinely rails against what he sees as a lack of accountability for acquisition issues, often asking witnesses at his hearings if they know of anyone who had been fired for famously over-budget programs like the F-35 joint strike fighter of the Army's WIN-T tactical IT nework.
However, at Thursday's hearing, McCain seemed skeptical of Lord's promise to "hold people responsible," as well as her desire to talk about it in a future closed session as opposed to out in the open.
Lord tinkering with AT&L reorg plan, industry relationships
Ellen Lord says that her organizational chart may not be fully completed by the time the AT&L changeover happens and that her direct contact with industry might become more rigid than her predecessors.
"Who is it that's been fired? Any answer?" McCain asked the panel, before answering his own question: "No."
Lord is currently doing a broader review of the AT&L structure, ahead of the Feb. 1 split of the organization into two new offices, the undersecretaries of Research and Engineering and Acquisition and Sustainment.
Part of that involves pushing authorities down to the services, which James Geurts, the Navy's assistant secretary of research, development and acquisition, said would help increase accountability.
"It's harder to hold somebody accountable when they don't have the authority to actually make those decisions, so pushing that authority down is a key element," Geurts, who took office three days before the hearing, told senators.
He added that workforce training is also key, because "if we haven't done the efforts to train them, certify them and make sure they are capable, then it's hard to hold them accountable. That's our fault, if we haven't given them the skills to actually be successful."


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Monday, October 29, 2007
spooky stories from rich and kc
here's a halloween extra!
i'm gonna post every day this week with some spooky stuff !
first, here are sharon and my pumpkins--carved 'em last night while flipping between gothika on amc and scooby-doo on abcfamily. boooo!
lights on...
...lights out!
here are a couple of spooky selections from our pals, rich woodall and kc carlson.
both of them say "not too scary"...
but i think they're scary.
thanks for sharing, guys!
From KC
Don't have any real "scary stories" -- just a weird anecdote.
Some 20 or so years ago, I was walking through my apartment one afternoon and was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion -- for no real reason -- so much so that I had to sit down for awhile. After I calmed down, I started thinking about my grandmother (on my father's side), who I hadn't talked to for awhile. She was my favorite growing up. She taught me how to play cards (Poker and about 25 versions of solitaire) and gave me my first beer and her house always had big bowls of M&Ms! For Christmas, she always gave me the newest Peanuts book and for my birthday, she always renewed my subscription to Walt Disney's Comics & Stories (How cool is that?). She also let me store my comics at her house when I went to college (which was a HUGE deal, as I already had accumulated a car-full of boxes). So I spent a little bit thinking about her that afternoon.
Later that night, my father called to tell me that she had died suddenly earlier that day. And, of course, when I asked him when she died, it was the exact same time that I was overcome earlier.
Flash Forward to about five years ago. Once again I was completely overcome, but this time it was though I couldn't breathe. I think Johanna thought I was having a heart attack. After I calmed down, I called my mom -- she was okay. So I had to check on my dad -- only I couldn't call him. He had Alzheimer's and I had fallen out with his wife over his treatment and I had lost touch with her. So, I tracked down my Dad's sister -- who I hadn't talked to since my parents' divorce in the early '70s -- and she said that she hadn't talked to him in awhile, but assured me that he was still alive. She took my number and promised to let me know if she heard anything.
A few hours later the phone rang. It was dad's sister. Dad had died earlier that day, at the same time that I couldn't breathe. (And she was totally freaked out that I had somehow known.)
That was the only two times that that had happened-- to that extent. (I was with my mom when she died). Although, I remember getting an awful headache one day -- worst one I ever had. It started from nowhere and felt like someone had hit me in the forehead with a hammer -- HARD. I didn't think much about it, until a week later when my mom called to tell me that a kinda-girlfriend I had from high school was killed in Colorado in a car accident when she went through the windshield. And of course, it happened the same day I had the headache. But I hadn't thought about her in years, so it wasn't exactly the same thing.
Weird, huh?
From Rich
It's not really scary... but kinda creepy/cool
My friend Bruce bought a Barn that was converted into a home about 15
years ago. One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, on the
outside it looks like a Barn, on the inside it's a very open concept home.
The living room, and upstairs are all open, and the back of the house is
completely a window looking out into his backyard (which is
practically the White Mountains). Incredible place to live.
So I've visited Bruce a couple times, and I jokingly asked if it was
haunted. With out skipping a beat he said "Yeah, but it only really
bothers women." He went on to tell me about late at night hearing footsteps
in the hallways, smelling someone smoking a pipe, and one room that for
some reason most (but not all) women feel very uncomfortable in. He
told me his wife, and most of the women that come through the house get a
cold unwelcome feeling in the same room. He doesn't really know the
history of the house, and said he doesn't tell women about the room, but
they all seem to feel some sort of presence there.
Anyway, like I said, not really Scary, but a decent story I guess...
thanks again, you guys!
smell ya later!
9 comments:
- Christian D. Leaf said...
Nice stories. They remind me of the one my mom tells about their cuckoo clock that always stopped on the exact minute her uncle died. (He was a priest. Not that that matters, but it does add a little supernatural/religious flair.) They had it fixed several times, but it still stopped at the same time.
She also claims they had a poltergeist that always wrecked a room around seven o'clock at night. They'd all sit downstairs and listen to it until it was done its poltergeisting and then clean up. The room was on the second floor with no means of getting inside other than going up the stairs, which they didn't care to do.
- October 29, 2007 7:19 PM
- Cooper said...
I went and saw They Might Be Giants last night, so I thought I was in "quirky music" mode, so I'm happy that these two tales got me back into "scary Halloween" mode.
See, stories like kc's might not be "scary," per se, but those sorts of tales freak the $(%*^*!@ out of me. I had a cousin in Florida that supposedly woke up out of a sound sleep to see her son at the foot of her bed. She was initially surprised and happy to see him, because he didn't live very close, until he told her he had just died and had just wanted to say good-bye. The phone rang, she turns, he vanishes, and the phone call is to inform her that her son had just died in a car wreck.
Man, that "genre" of story makes me wanna' puke a little.
Anyone read any Loren Coleman? Before a trip to Long Island, I raided the Bookmobile for reading material, and one of the books was called, I believe, "Curious Encounters," or something like that. The best part was the appendix that listed haunted and/or mysterious sites by state.
One such place was Mount Misery on Long Island. Um...Gee, I can't imagine a place named that would have a weird rep, huh? I asked the parents to drive by...They wouldn't, though.
Speaking of the Island, my Dad also had a photo taken in a carriage house/museum, and supposedly when the pic was taken, the lights were off, but they are on in the photo, and you can also see some grayish face in the window of one of the carriages. I don't remember the name of the place, but it was in or near Stony Brook.
He also did some electrical work in the infamous house in Amityville. Claimed he wasn't sure about all the stories, and how a lot of it had been debunked, but he hated doing work there because he said he definitely felt awful in the house.
Whoooo! Halloween!
- October 29, 2007 9:10 PM
- todd said...
hey, cooper!
MORE great stuff! thanks!
i read that coleman book--it was creepy in places! check out "weird ny" (or "weird new jersey" or "weird pennsylvania" "weird new england") if you like that kinda stuff. you can get 'em at barnes and noble and they have all sortsa weird stuff in them; ghosts, creatures, hauntings, strange occurances...
and while the giants absolutely RULE, glad we got ya back into the halloween mood!
- October 30, 2007 6:55 AM
I have the Wierd Illinois book...chalk full-O-fun! Use to be really into investigations, and did alot of research of Illinois. Also have this big book of GHOSTS by Holzer...kinda wierd, and his methods of using mediums and such are iffy...but an interesting read.
Do not know who watches, but Ghost Hunters (on SciFi) is having a marathon at Waverly Hills. I have talked to a few people who have been there...the place(they say) is definately haunted (something to the tune of 65,000 dying there). Now, if Ghost Hunters doesn't ham it up, it should be an ok watch...
- October 30, 2007 7:57 AM
- todd said...
is waverly hills the hospital? an insane asylum? i remember hearing something about it, but...
- October 30, 2007 8:23 AM
Awesome stories.
The one from KC is similar to things I heard the grownups talking about (when I was a kid)seems my mom always got visits from her relatives when they passed.
Rich's story is cool, too!
I've been in hotels in Miami that are supposed to be haunted, but I never felt/heard anything.
Anyways, this year I haven't been in the holiday spirit, but you guys sure are helping.
Another creepy from Cooper.
Todd- I like the green pumpkin better , though the one on the right seems to light up more.
- October 30, 2007 8:28 AM
It was a TB hospital, and an asylum, I believe...back then the outbreak was so severe, the place was...overbooked, to say the least...crazy stories out of there...including one about a nurse who hung herself there, but "hangs" around still...that was bad on my behalf...
*looks over shoulder*
- October 30, 2007 8:41 AM
- renecarol said...
I saw a puking pumpkin in Durham today. They had it at the top of their stairs and it had seeds as puke glopping down the steps. I thought of your pumpkin photos that you shared.
- October 31, 2007 5:45 PM
- Rich Faber said...
What you're referring to is The Long Island Museum of American Art,History and Carriages, formerly known as The Museums at Stony Brook (http://www.longislandmuseum.org).
My wife used to work about a block from there, and we've been there a few times, but never saw anything creepy. I'll have to ask her if she'd heard any ghost stories. My Dad lives about a mile from there, and we'll be visiting him next weekend. Maybe we need to go visit the museum again... ;-)
- November 01, 2007 7:01 AM


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WHEATON – For Lombard couple Ron and Phyllis Fogel, being bridge instructors for the Wheaton Park District suits them just fine.
The couple has been married for 33 years, meeting each other for the first time at the Tree Towns bridge club in Elmhurst. Phyllis Fogel admitted she was intimidated by him at first.
"I was always scared of him at the bridge table because he was a fine player," she said. "He had been playing longer than I had. Also, I was playing with a fellow that was about 6-foot-3, and Ron was scared of him."
They are enjoying the game of bridge in their retirement. Ron is a retired chemical engineer, and Phyllis is a retired second-grade teacher.
Needless to say, they both are passionate about the game. Ron enjoys the endless possibilities of the game.
"Every hand is different," he said. "You can always learn something on every hand. Whether you have a good hand or a bad hand, there is always something to learn."
Phyllis said she enjoys the game's social aspect.
"We meet people we would never meet otherwise, from all walks of life," she said. "And everybody loves to play the game."
And to keep tranquility in their marriage, they have learned sometimes it is best not to talk about the game – especially if you have a bad hand.
"We learned very early in our relationship not to talk about hands that we had trouble with until the next day, when our tempers have cooled off," Phyllis said.
They feel fortunate about having the opportunity to play the game across the country and the world.
"If you buy a bridge entry to a game, you can play against the top players in the world," Ron said. "You can't do that in any other sport. And we have."
The couple recently played 101 hands of bridge at a tournament in Glenview.
"That would not turn anybody else on except for another bridge player," Ron said with a laugh.
They enjoy passing on their knowledge of the game to other people.
"The bridge world is always looking for new players," Ron said. "We try to give them as much information as we can."
Thanks to the couple, bridge is now the most popular game played at the Wheaton Park District's Mary Lubko Center. The couple has been teaching bridge at the center since 2013.
"When they first approached me about teaching, I didn't even know if we could fill a class," center Manager Linda Dolan said. "But now we not only fill the classes, we have to run double sessions."
Dolan said the couple brings knowledge and enthusiasm to the classes.
"It's a little intimidating for people who have never played bridge to learn how to play it," she said. "It's not an easy game to learn. They learn it and feel confident."
That includes Dorie Ballati of Roselle, who said she appreciates the couple's knowledge of the game.
"They explain it so clearly," she said. "It's a complicated game."
Know more
The next session of intermediate bridge begins March 9. To sign up, go to the Wheaton Park District's website at wheatonparkdistrict.com.


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Runaway Brunette!
Yup, I've dyed my hair again. Although, I loved the previous color, it would fade too quickly. So, I went with Salon de Pro.
I thought the packaging was really neat; a real interesting/fun way to dispense the product.
The useless comb that you're suppose to use to distribute the dye.
I totally forgot to take a photo while the dye was in my hair...sorry!
The end result is similar to the previous dye- an ash brown with golden accents. Let's hope this color doesn't fade as much.
Looking gorgeous one lipstick at a time.


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Democrats will make investments to spur the creation of millions of jobs for our young people. Roughly one in ten Americans between the ages of 16 and 24 is unemployed, more than twice the national average. The unemployment rates for African American, Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), and American Indian teenagers and youth with disabilities are far too high. That is why Democrats will provide direct federal funding for a range of local programs that will put young people to work and create new career opportunities.


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As a result of her defense work, Andrea has assisted individuals, health care companies, tribal entities, and corporate entities with numerous government/internal investigations conducted by state and federal agencies. Her recent experience in government/internal investigations encompasses allegations of financial fraud, health care fraud, SEC violations, environmental violations, immigration violations, and criminal misconduct.
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Air Chambers - Small spaces within the sash and frame that help to insulate and strengthen the window.
Air Infiltration - The amount of air that passes between a window sash and frame. In windows it is measured in terms of cubic feet or air per minute, per square foot of area. The lower the number, the less air the window lets pass through.
Argon Gas - An odorless, colorless, tasteless, non-toxic gas, which is six times more dense than air. It is used to replace air between the glass panes to reduce temperature transfer.
Awning Window - A top-hinged window that swings outward for ventilation.
Bay Window - An angled combination of three windows that project out from the wall of the home. The windows are commonly joined at 30- or 45-degree angles.
Bow Window - An angled combination of windows in 4-, 5- or 6-lite configurations. The windows are attached at 10-degree angles to project a more circular, arced appearance.
Butyl - A rubber material that seals the glass to the spacer, creating an airtight and watertight I.G. Unit. Butyl has the lowest gas permeability of all rubbers.
Cam Lock and Keeper - The mechanisms that pull the sash together when placed in the locked position.
Casement Window - A window with a side-hinged sash that opens outward for ventilation.
Center of Glass U- and R-values - The U- and R-values measured from the center of the glass to 2-1/2" from the frame.
Conduction - Energy transfer from one material to another by direct contact.
Convection - Heat transfer by currents that flow from a warm surface to a colder one.
Dead-air space - The space between the panes of glass of an I.G. Unit.
Desiccant - A material used in insulating glass to absorb water vapor that causes fogging.
Double Hung Window - A window that has two operable sashes that slide vertically.
Double-strength Glass - Glass with a thickness of approximately 1/8".
Egress Code - The construction code that requires a minimum opening of a window for persons to exit or firefighters to enter a building.
ENERGY STAR® - ENERGY STAR® is an independent U.S. government program establishing a standard set of guidelines to recognize the energy efficiency of various products. ENERGY STAR® guidelines are used in conjunction with a variety of building materials, including windows and patio doors. Over the past ten years, ENERGY STAR® guidelines have helped double the efficiency of windows they endorse.
Fenestration - The design and placement of openings in a building, including windows and doors.
Fenestration Product - Any transparent or translucent glazing material plus any associated sash, framer mullions and/or dividers, in the envelope of a building, including, but not limited to windows, sliding glass doors, French doors, skylights, curtain walls and garden windows.
Fusion-welded - The process of joining materials by melting them together with extreme heat (over 500ºF), resulting in the materials uniting into a one-piece unit.
Geometric - Specially designed windows classified as either Straight-line Geometrics, such as rectangles, triangles, trapezoids, octagons, pentagons, etc., or Radius Geometrics, which include half-rounds, quarter-rounds, full-rounds, sectors, ellipses, eyebrows, etc.
Glass - An inorganic transparent material composed of sand (silica), soda (sodium bicarbonate), and lime (calcium carbonate) with small quantities of alumina, boric or magnesia oxides.
Glazing - The process of sealing the glass to the sash.
Grids - Decorative horizontal or vertical bars installed between the glass panes to create the appearance of the sash being dividing into smaller areas of glass.
Head - The horizontal top portion of the main frame.
Laminated Glass - Two or more pieces of glass bonded together over a plastic interlayer.
Lift Rail - A handhold for raising and lowering the sash. Rail implies that the handhold is continuous across the sash.
Lock Stile - The vertical section of the sash where the cam lock is attached.
Low E (Emissivity) Glass - Glass with a transparent metallic oxide coating applied onto or into a glass surface. The coating allows short-wave energy to pass through, but reflects long-wave infrared energy to improve the U-value.
Main Frame - The head, sill and jamb sections of a window.
Mechanically Fastened Frame - Refers to frames fastened with screws.
Meeting Rail - The horizontal sections of a pair of sash that meet when the sash are closed.
Meeting Stile - The vertical section of a pair of sash that meet when the sash are closed.
Mesh - Fabric of either fiberglass or aluminum that is used to make screens.
Mullion - A vertical or horizontal connecting unit between two or more windows.
Nailing Fin - An extrusion attached to the main frame of a window, which is used to secure the unit to the rough opening.
Oriel - A window with the meeting rail located off-center of the frame.
Patio Door - A glass door that slides open and closed on adjustable tandem rollers.
R-value - Resistance that a material has to heat flow. The higher the R-value, the greater the resistance.
Radiation - Wave energy transmitted directly from one object to another through the atmosphere or through transparent or translucent materials. The energy radiated is either transmitted, absorbed, reflected or a combination of all three.
Rail - The horizontal sections of the sash.
Relative Humidity Condensation Point - The relative humidity level at which visible water vapor or other liquid vapor begins to form on the surface of the sash or frame, based on an inside temperature of 70°F and an outside temperature of 0°F. The higher the percentage, the more moisture the air can hold before condensation will occur.
Sill - The horizontal, bottom section of the main frame.
Sill Extender - An extrusion that is attached to the bottom of the window to cover the gap between the sill and the rough opening.
Single Hung - A window in which one sash slides vertically and the other sash is fixed.
Single-strength Glass - Glass with a thickness of approximately 3/32".
Slider Window - A window in which the sash moves horizontally. Sliders are available in a 2- or 3-lite configuration, with the 3-lite having operable end vents.
Sloped Sill - The sill of the window that has a downward slope to the outside. This sill has sufficient degree of slope to aid in water runoff.
Solar Heat Gain - The percentage of heat gained from both direct sunlight and absorbed heat. The smaller the number, the greater the ability to reduce solar heat gain.
Spacer - Material placed between two or more pieces of glass to maintain a uniform width between the glass, and to prevent sealant distortion.
Stile - The vertical sections of the sash.
Tape Glazing - Two-sided tape used to secure and seal the glass to the sash.
Tempered Glass - Glass with a surface compression of not less than 10,000 psi, or an edge compression of not less than 9,700 psi. When broken, the glass breaks into pebbles instead of shards.
Tilt Latch - The mechanism that unlocks the sash and allows it to tilt in from the main frame.
U-value - Amount of heat transferred through a material. The lower the U-value, the slower the rate of heat flow and the better the insulating quality.
UV Block - The percent of ultraviolet rays blocked from being transmitted through the glass. The higher the number, the lower the percentage of ultraviolet rays transmitted through the window.
Visible Light Transmittance - The percentage of light that is transmitted through glass in the visible light spectrum (380 to 720 nanometers). The higher the number, the higher the percentage of visible light transmitted through the window.
Weep Flaps - A weep hole that is covered with a flap that allows water to escape, while keeping insects out.
Weep Holes - Small openings designed to allow water to escape that might otherwise accumulate in a window's sill.
Wet Glazing - A silicone-based substance used to secure and seal the glass to the sash.


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The famous doll now has a life-sized mansion in the center of European Bohemianism.
By reputation, Berlin is a city of weirdos, where eccentricity rules and Bohemianism reigns supreme.
But this week, the city unveiled a thoroughly conventional new attraction -- a life-sized "Barbie Dreamhouse," covering about 1,400 square meters. Among other things, visitors can try on clothes (natch); tour her living room and kitchen; and take lunch on the edge of a giant fountain in the shape of a high-heeled show. Everything is, obviously, very, very pink.
The house is just steps from Berlin's Alexanderplatz shopping district. It is the second such amusement park -- the first is in Florida.
"It provides a completely new insight into the living interior and lifestyle of the most famous doll in the world," said Christoph Rahofer, of marketing company EMS which obtained the rights to the attraction from US manufacturer Mattel.
At its opening events, protesters gathered outside claiming the house offered nothing more than a "cliché of the female role in society."
Below, a couple more photos, courtesy of Reuters photographer Fabrizio Bensch.


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Being A Student in Namibia: 2016 vs 2017
– What Has Changed?
Namibia is a quickly developing country, and the people are keen to improve their lifestyle and income so they can compete with developed countries. The Namibian government understand that university study is a major asset because it the foundations of success for future generations.
Those in education strive to ensure that students' rights are protected. Between 2013 and 2016, a number of new universities and programmes were introduced. Nevertheless, the country is still in need of strong educational policies to take the country forward.
Improving the quality of education
The government of Namibia has been focusing on improving the quality of education. They understand that students need technology to access education whether nationally or internationally. Several survey teams have been sent to different countries to gather information about how students are treated. One of the most significant changes that impacted the quality of education for students was access to technology and the internet.
Urging the students to complete their course
It was important for the government to ensure that all students complete their courses. Students would only secure better-paying jobs if they held a degree qualification. To encourage more young people to complete university studies, a series of new policies were introduced in 2017, including a change to the grading system. By 2017, 70% of students were able to complete their studies.
Private institutions registration
There were many private institutions working in Namibia.
• The government conducted a survey and found that the government has not registered the majority of private institutions. This was one of the main reasons why so many private university graduates were unemployed.
• The government began to create a collection of all universities that had not previously been registered.
• In 2017, most of the universities have now been registered and the students have an affiliated degree that will help them get a better job.
As well as improvements to the actual delivery of education, there have also been changes to the way in which students can access funding. All deserving students will now receive grants from the authority that will enable them to continue in education. However, only a select few students will receive these grants because of spending restrictions. With financial support, students from the poorest backgrounds can enrol in higher education. This has resulted in a 20% increase in university enrolments in comparison with the previous year.
Bottom line
Whether private or public, every university in Namibia is working hard to ensure that students graduate with a reputable degree qualification. With the help of the registered universities, students know that their degree has some value. With more improvements to education and access to funding, more young people can attend university in Namibia.


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No single moment has educated me more about refugees than speaking with this brave young man from Afghanistan. It is Afghans who from this week can no longer cross the border from Greece into Macedonia.
I was spending a second day in Moria Refugee Camp on Lesvos. The camp is divided into two parts. The main part is an old military base. It's very very ominous, with huge grey walls, barbed wire. It's virtually impossible to get in, so we spent our time in another camp outside its walls – but in eyesight. Its called "Better Days for Moria" or sometimes Afghan Hill. It is mainly for people who are not able to get entry into Moria.
Basti and I interviewed several people there, but by far the most resonant for me was with this young man, Nowrosalin from Afghanistan. I've never felt so close to some's pain than this. It was humbling on so many levels. As someone who has a project called "Journeys" I felt I had finally met someone who had made the fundamental journey we make as humans – that is to cherish our lives, and to protect them, but doing whatever it takes to survive to find a safe home.
"My country is not for a human, it is only good for terrorists, not for normal humans…the terrorists will kill me….I am a human, I have a dream…..its too hard for us, we all need a good life….because of that we are traveling on water, on river, on ocean..I want to go to school and I make a dream…."
We are currently on the north side of the Island and are heading back for a final night on the beaches tonight before heading to the Greece-Macedonia border. We are going to stop at Moria & I'm going to try to get inside the main camp with a hoodie. Maybe its possible with a hoodie. The irony of trying to break into a camp where everyone wants to get out is not lost on me.


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Freddie Gray trial prosecutors drop remaining charges against officers
Decision comes after judge already acquitted 3 of the 6 officers charged
The Associated Press Posted: Jul 27, 2016 10:18 AM ET Last Updated: Jul 27, 2016 11:14 AM ET
Prosecutors have dropped the remaining charges against three Baltimore police officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray, bringing an end to the case without a conviction.
Grey was a black man whose neck was broken while he was handcuffed and shackled but left unrestrained in the back of a police van in April 2015. His death added fuel to the growing Black Lives Matter movement and caused turmoil in Baltimore, including large protests and the worst riots the city had seen in decades.
The decision by prosecutors comes after a judge had already acquitted three of the six officers charged in the case, including the van driver who the state considered the most responsible and another officer who was the highest-ranking of the group.
The US "Justice" System is being used as a whip and as bait to incite civic unrest
A fourth officer had his case heard by a jury, but the panel deadlocked and the judge declared a mistrial.
On Wednesday, instead of a pretrial hearing for Officer Garrett Miller, who had faced assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges, Chief Deputy State's Attorney Michael Schatzow instead told the judge that prosecutors were dropping the charges against Miller and the rest of the officers.
Prosecutors and defence attorneys quickly left the courtroom without commenting, but both sides have planned news conferences for Wednesday.
State Attorney Mosby in spotlight
State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby wasted little time in announcing charges after Gray's death — one day after receiving the police department's investigation while a tense city was still under curfew — and she did not shy from the spotlight. She posed for magazine photos, sat for TV interviews and even appeared onstage at a Prince concert in Gray's honour.
The city's troubles forced Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to fire her reform-minded police chief and abandon her re-election campaign. Homicides skyrocketed at a rate unseen in decades.
Many feared that the acquittals could prompt more protests and unrest, but that never panned out.
Three of the officers who were charged were black and three were white.
No reputations hinged on the case's outcome as much as Mosby and her husband, Nick Mosby, a councilman for Baltimore's west side who announced his mayoral candidacy shortly after Rawlings-Blake pulled out.
Marilyn Mosby spoke so forcefully when she announced the charges against the officers in May that defence attorneys argued she should check herself for bias.
When the history of the Fraud "Nation" of the United States is finally written...and the sham civilization relegated thankfully to the dustbin of history...this case will be front and centre in defining how broken, corrupt and downright disgusting the entire exercise on the "New Found Land" and the "Land of the Free" has been. The Freddie Grey Case has been a kangaroo court from the instant Freddie's lower spine was snapped in two by the arresting "bicycle policemen" on the pavement of the dirty streets of a Baltimore "hood".
When I saw the sir names of the arresting policemen...I knew they would get off. "Miller" is a chosenite name and thug Garrett was the lead "spine snapper".
What the cabal did was instead of showing blacks in America they could get a fair hearing...they turned the heat on other blacks...the black policemen who had peripheral roles in getting Freddie belatedly to the hospital...but mostly that rare composite in America...the black in a role of power...Marilyn Mosby, the young black woman prosecutor. They turned the heat up on her and instantly, it was Mosby and her reputation who was on trial. She had to withdraw from the case. All the cabal had to do then was get one of their myriad of corrupt judges to hear the case. It was a slam dunk.
And blacks shouldn't bother going out in the streets to protest. Protests have been all sewn up in neat corrupt packages by the chosenites and their ghoul, Soros.
The only hope for blacks in America is the religion of Islam. This religion recently thwarted a take over in Turkey...by chanting from the mosque towers...Imams chanting instructions on where and how to assemble...low tech but effective. The crowds instantly assembled in such numbers that the coup meisters didn't dare follow their express orders to "shoot to kill"...innocent citizens in the streets.
Lesson learned.


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Strömholm, Christer
Christer Strömholm (1918 – 2002 in Stockholm), also known by the pseudonym Christer Christian, was a Swedish photographer and educator. He is known for his intimate black and white street photography portrait series.
Strömholm was a student of art under Waldemar Winkler and Dick Beer. He was a member of Otto Steinert's Fotoform group of photographers for subjective photography.
He co-founded Fotoskolan academy in Stockholm in 1962 and was its director.
He is noted for his depictions of transsexuals in the Place Blanche area of 1950s' Paris, published as Les amies de Place Blanche. The critic Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian, said he "is known as the father of Swedish photography both for his abiding influence and for his role as a teacher."
In 1998 Strömholm received the 1997 Hasselblad Award. The award citation described him as "one of Scandinavia's leading photographers, and [...] the first post-war photographer to gain international renown".


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Thursday, October 11, 2012
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica, CA
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Robertson's Palmdale Honda
455 Auto Vista Drive
Palmdale, CA
Event Highlights:
Two dozen Clean Cities Coalitions across America will participate in the biggest, best publicized, AFV Road Trip in history!
The Odyssey Day On The Pier 2012 event will be hosted by Antelope Valley Clean Cities Coalition and Rick Sikes, City of Santa Monica Fleet Superintendent. Odyssey day is a bi-annual event, sponsored by the Dept of Energy and the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC,) designed to highlight alternative fuel vehicles and sustainable transportation. Odyssey Day on the Pier will host an AFV Cruise-In for alternative fueled vehicles, which will be given free parking inside the event area.
The 'Clean Across America 2012 CNG Road Trip Launch." Odyssey Day on the pier will also serve as the launching point for the Clean Across America & Back 2012 CNG Road Trip, which will visit Clean Cities Coalitions in virtually every state they touch and help spread the word about sustainable choices in transportation.
Later at Robertson's Palmdale Honda, there will be an Alternative fuel vehicle Cruise-In and be the first refueling stop for the cross-country – Green Across America Natural Gas Road Trip, the biggest event of its type in history. Speakers include: Rick Carr, General Manager at Robertson's Palmdale Honda, Bret Banks, Operations Manager at the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District and local city officials.
Clean Cities Coalitions drive change in the transportation sector. In October, coalitions across the country will pull together to bring that message to the masses. The Clean Across America & Back CNG Road Trip will participate in 5 CNG Station Grand Openings, tours of bio-methane facilities, natural gas drilling operations, Odyssey Day events, including the National Odyssey Day Kick-Off Event in Indianapolis, Indiana, visit the Tulsa Gas Technologies facilities in Tulsa, Oklahoma and much more!
Learn more by going to www.GreenAcrossAmerica.com, official home for the CNG road trip.
If you look over the route map and discover your coalition is on the route, but you don't have an event scheduled, let us know and we will accommodate a photo opportunity for your coalition as the beautifully wrapped 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas, being supplied by American Honda, passes through your area. There will be live gPS tracking of the road trip car, courtesy of GreenRoad, Inc., a fleet telematic solution provider and Clean Cities Stakeholder.
Buy Green Miles! Green miles are our way of letting you support the our mission of outreach and education. Green miles help us drive change and educate the public and private sector about alternative fuels and sustainable transportation. Green Across America is more than a cross country AFV trip. Its about driving change across America. Buy your Green Miles today and make a difference.
You can follow the trip activities and discussions in the Road Trip Community Forum, like us at www.facebook.com/CleanAcrossAmerica. or follow the trip news at www.CNGChat.com in the "Road Trip Reports" forum.
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Sponsors/Partners: City of Antelope Valley, Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District (AQMD)
Attendance: 50 college students
Event Highlights: Antelope Valley School Superintendant and College President Jackie L. Fisher Sr., Ed. D., welcomed everyone and spoke of his support for the deployment of the advanced transportation technologies that improve air quality and simultaneously create jobs as potential careers for his students. Brett Banks from the Antelope Valley AQMD also spoke on behalf of the accomplishments made possible by financial incentive programs through federal, state, and local means.
The remainder of the event targeted students in the Automotive and Technology Departments of Antelope Valley College. Auto tech and engineering professors spoke about the career opportunities made possible by the emerging energy economy. In support of the event, an Antelope Valley School Clean Bus along with other alternative fuel vehicles were on display, courtesy of Antelope Valley Clean Cities Coordinator Curtis Martin and Robertson Honda.


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"In taking on same-sex marriage, Mr. Obama made a point of couching his views in religious terms. 'We're both practicing Christians,' the president said of his wife and himself in the ABC News interview in which he discussed his new views. 'And obviously this position may be considered to put us at odds with the views of others.'" New York Times, May 13, 2012
No joke, Sherlock. Which brings us to the great "Christian" divide. If Obama or Michelle are practicing Christians, I am a practicing moon goddess.
Seriously (if anyone can take Obama seriously), Obama epitomizes the great divide in Christianity. There is a greater distinction in this divide then there is between denominational differences. There are biblical Presbyterians and liberal Presbyterians, there are conservative Methodists and progressive Methodists. There are traditional Catholics and there are communist Catholics. Conservative Presbyterians have more in common with conservative Lutherans, conservative Methodists, and conservative Catholics than they have with liberal Presbyterians, and on down the line. Based on my personal experience, these differences and commonalities extend to Christians and Jews as well.
Denominational doctrinal differences pale in comparison to the differences between the conservative and liberal versions of most Christian and Jewish sects. Liberal Christians want unbridled sex. Conservative Christians, not so much. (I had to throw that in there.)
What are these conservative/liberal differences that create such a chasm?
Here are a few that come to mind:
Biblical authority: Conservative Christians respect the Bible as the inerrant word of God. Liberal Christians dismiss major portions and themes as either relegated to past cultures and not applicable today, or they discredit major portions with their academic, atheist-inspired "higher criticism", giving the benefit of the doubt to their disbelief and generally rebellious attitude.
Role of God and faith in government and society: Conservative Christians believe their faith and moral principles should not be limited to their private lives and the church but should extend to all areas where they have influence - and not by coercion or legislation, but by sound reasoning. Liberals, oddly, have more restrictive views, mandating the exclusion of Judeo-Christian Biblical moral influences from government and society.
Value of life: Conservative Christians value life. Based on traditional Biblical morality, they fight for the life of the unborn, elderly, and infirm, despite the cost. Liberals favor abortion and euthanasia to enhance their personal levels of comfort and convenience.
Prayer in public places: Conservative Christians want to maintain the centuries old American tradition of prayer in public schools and other public places. Liberals want to stifle this public demonstration of faith as "offensive to some."
Morality: Conservative Christians embrace the fact of moral absolutes. Liberals are moral relativists. They call anyone who believes otherwise a "bigot" and any manner of "-phobe." These differences include opposite opinions on homosexuality, gay marriage, pornography, music, clothing and pop culture.
Islam: Conservative Christians understand Islam, all of it, as historically in opposition to and incompatible with Christianity and Judeo-Christian morality. It is considered subversive and a threat to religious freedoms and western civilization generally. Liberals embrace "moderate" Islam as benign religion worthy of protection, often giving preferential treatment over Christianity.
Which gospel?: Conservative Christians focus on a personal, Christ-centered gospel which promotes personal responsibilities for our faith and actions in assisting others. Liberals have embraced a "social gospel" that relies on coercive big government authority via legislation, taxation and government bureaus and programs to impose their version of social good.
The currently en vogue new wave, new age, progressive, politically correct, nicey nicey, loosey goosey, uber-tolerant, anything goes, never judge, cum bey Yah, rock band, feel good version of Christianity is a gross, satanic distortion of Christianity. And Obama, the pro-Muslim taqiyya-inspired deceiver, is front and center in what is much worse than any of the major non-orthodox Christian religions that have been called "cults": Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, and Christian Science. At least these have a high regard for Biblical morality and the truth and value of Scripture. The Obama-esque liberal Christians have devolved into a "worse-than-a-cult" anti-Christ.
Interestingly, each side thinks the other is nuts, weird, or out of touch. They can't both be right.


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SUNY Canton was founded in 1906, along the banks of the Grasse River in St. Lawrence County, New York, as the School of Agriculture at St. Lawrence University. It was the first post-secondary, two-year College established in New York State. In 1941, the school was renamed the New York State Agricultural and Technical Institute. In 1948, it became a member college of the State University of New York. The College received its final name change in 1987, when it became the State University of New York College of Technology at Canton (SUNY Canton). In 1997, SUNY Canton received bachelor's degree granting approval from the SUNY Trustees and the Governor of New York State. SUNY Canton is presently a public college that offers one-year certificates, as well as associate degrees and bachelor's degrees. In addition, SUNY Canton offers degrees through three academic schools: Canino School of Engineering and Technology, School of Business and Liberal Arts, and School of Health, Science and Criminal Justice.
The College currently enrolls over 3,000 undergraduates and employs nearly 200 academic staff. The 555 acre campus is comprised of 20 buildings. A majority of these buildings were built between the 1940s and 1970s. Prior to the late 1970s, asbestos-containing materials were utilized in construction and maintenance of buildings at SUNY Canton in Canton, New York. Inhaling dust and particles from the application and removal of asbestos-containing materials placed workers at risk for developing serious health problems, such as mesothelioma and lung cancer. Even those who were not in direct contact with asbestos materials remain at risk for the development of asbestos-related diseases.
Many union and non-union laborers who worked on construction projects at SUNY Canton were employed by various contractors throughout New York State. If you or a loved one were once employed as a laborer at SUNY Canton and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung cancer, we urge you to contact us regarding your legal rights.


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The TV can be connected directly with a Screen mirroring and Miracast compatible device without the use of a cable or wireless router (or access point).
A connection must be made by selecting mirroring on the TV and on the source device.
Refer to the list of Wi-Fi Certified Miracast devices found on the Wi-Fi Alliance website for more details.
- Connectivity with all Miracast compatible devices is not guaranteed.
- Apple devices do not support Screen mirroring (as of November 2014).
For more details, visit the following FAQ:
Can I use screen mirroring with my Apple mobile device?
- If your device does not support screen mirroring, you can use the Wi-Fi Direct function to display photos or play videos/music stored in the device on the TV.
For more details, visit the following FAQ:
How to set up and use the Wi-Fi Direct feature of the TV with Wi-Fi Direct capable device.
To register your device to the TV
Follow the instructions below to set it up.
NOTE: The operation menu varies depending on the model. The instructions below use the W900A series as an example.
- Press the INPUT button on the TV remote, select Screen mirroring using the / buttons, then press the Enter button. * The TV goes into standby and waits for a connection from a mobile device.
NOTE: When the standby screen of the Screen mirroring is displayed, the wireless connection between the TV and your wireless router (access point) is disconnected.
- Connect your Screen-mirroring-compatible mobile device to the TV. Configure your mobile device to connect to the TV.
The instructions below use Xperia (Android OS 4.4 or later) as an example.
- Tap Settings.
- Select Device connection or Xperia Connectivity.
- Select Screen mirroring.
- On the Screen mirroring screen, tap Start.
- Select OK.
- Tap the name of your TV.
You can check the detailed instructions in the following movie.
To list connected devices/deregister devices
When the standby screen for the Screen mirroring is displayed, press the OPTIONS button, then select Show Device List / Delete.
To deregister a device, select the device in the list to delete, then press the button. Then, select Yes in the confirmation display.
To deregister all devices, press the OPTIONS button in the list, select Delete All, then Yes in the confirmation display.
Icons on the left of the list show the following.
(check icon): Connected devices
(display icon): Screen mirroring compatible devices
To display dialog when attempting to connect a device with the TV
Activating this function can avoid an unintended device from being connected.
When the standby screen for the Screen mirroring is displayed, press the OPTIONS button, then select Registration Notification → On.
Note that once you decline registration request from a device, you will not be able to connect the device unless you delete it from the device list
To connect the declined device, press the OPTIONS button, select Show Device List / Delete, then delete the declined device. Then, make a new connection with the device.NOTE:
Connecting devices must conform to the following:
- Screen mirroring compatible devices: 2.4GHz connection (5GHz not supported).
- Miracast compatible devices: 2.4GHz connection (5GHz not supported).


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What's happnin' at Stringbreak Fest??
Check out the vid…it'll give you a good idea! It's a hoppin' laid back time with a limbo party on Saturday night…It's a four-day music festival with an eclectic array of music featuring Americana, Bluegrass, Jamgrass, Celtic, Newgrass, Zydeco and more. It's a day trip with a lawn chair….or camping with family where you can trust that your kids are safe, and where they are introduced to real music… It's a chill out from the race in a lovely campground…so pop a top…hang with real people! Come check it out.


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