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Modern Africa
Fall 1998
Professor Burke
Friday September 4
Monday September 7
Discussion: Documentary Glimpses IAssignment: All the material under the heading Documentary Glimpses I.
Wednesday September 9
Discussion: Documentary Glimpses IIAssignment: All the material under the heading Documentary Glimpses II.
TRANSITIONS to COLONIAL RULE
Friday September 11
Lecture: The Era of 'Legitimate Commerce' and the End of the Slave Trade
Monday September 14
Discussion: Exploration and ConquestAssignment: Henry Morton Stanley, Through the Dark Continent, Volume II, all
Wednesday September 16
Lecture: The 'Scramble' for Africa
RESISTANCE and CONVERSION
Friday September 18
Lecture: African Resistance to Conquest
Monday September 21
Lecture: MissionariesAssignment: 3-4 page paper due.
"Does Stanley's account provide any useful insight into the internal workings of the African societies which he encounters? Can his narrative be used to discuss the motivations, worldview or objectives of African actors? If so, in what ways might you use it to do so? If not, why not? Use specific examples from the text to support your arguments."
Wednesday September 23
Discussion: MissionariesAssignment: All the material under the heading Missionary Documents.
Friday September 25
Lecture: The Establishment of the the Colonial State
Monday September 28
Lecture: Indirect Rule
Wednesday September 30
Discussion: Indirect Rule and Colonial PowerAssignment: All the material under the heading The Dual Mandate in Tropical Africa.
LABOR and COLONIALISM
Friday October 2
African Studies Workshop, University of Pennsylvania
(Students encouraged to attend.)
Monday October 5
Lecture: Cocoa, Cotton and Rubber
Wednesday October 7
Lecture: Mines and Miners
Friday October 9
SCENES from AFRICAN MODERNITIES
Monday October 19
Discussion: White PeopleAssignment: All materials under the heading White People.
Wednesday October 21
Discussion: RooiyardAssignment: All materials under the heading Rooiyard.
Friday October 23
Lecture: Negritude and the Atlantic World
Monday October 26
Discussion: Ambiguous AdventureAssignment: Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Ambiguous Adventure, all.
Wednesday October 28
Discussion: David Gurupira's PleaAssignment: All the materials under the heading Gurupira.
Friday October 29
Discussion: Witchfinding and WitchcraftAssignment: All the materials under the heading Witchcraft.
Monday November 2
Discussion: Not Either an Experimental DollAssignment: Not Either an Experimental Doll , all
Wednesday November 4
Discussion: Court CasesAssignment: All materials under the heading Court Cases.
Assignment: 3-4 page paper due.
Choose one of the following two topics.
1. Are the varying motives, perspectives and roles of the various Europeans encountered so far (Stanley, Lugard, the missionaries, Leopold, the various individuals in White People, Ellen Hellman) of any real significance? Are any of the differences between them meaningful, or were they all more or less supporters of colonialism?
2. Compare African experiences with education in Ambiguous Adventure and Not Either an Experimental Doll . What do the individuals portrayed in these two sources, one a novel and the other a set of real letters between real individuals, expect from education? What do they find? What do the fates of the students suggest about the nature of education in colonial society? How inevitable are these fates?
Friday November 6
Discussion: "Afrique Je Te Plumerai"Assignment: Attend screening of "Afrique Je Te Plumerai".
Monday November 9
Discussion: The Gunny SackAssignment: The Gunny Sack, all
Wednesday November 11
Discussion: "Mister Johnson"Assignment: Attend the screening of the film "Mister Johnson". (Time TBA)
Friday November 13
Monday November 16
Lecture: Imperial Authority Before and After 1945
NATIONALISM and its OTHERS
Wednesday November 18
Lecture: The Origins and Spread of Nationalist ActivismAssignment: Identification. Find a single term or concept which you have learned to define or describe in the course of the semester. Write a one to two paragraph identification of this term.
Friday November 20
Lecture: Worker Protests and Millennial Movements: Other Challenges to Colonial Rule
Monday November 23
Discussion: "Lumumba: La Mort du Prophete"Assignment: Attend a screening of the film "Lumumba: La Mort du Prophete". (SHOWN SUNDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 22, 7-9 PM in TROTTER 203)
Wednesday November 25
Discussion: Nationalism and its DiscontentsAssignment: Read all materials under the heading Nationalism.
Assignment: Essay Question. Write an essay question based on the work we have done so far in the course. Then write two outlines mapping out two different arguments in response to your question.
Monday November 30
Lecture: Raising the Flag: Postcolonial Politics, Postcolonial Societies
Tuesday December 1
Showing of "Basi and Company", 7-8 pm, Trotter 203.
Wednesday December 2
Discussion: Robert Kaplan, "The Coming Anarchy"Assignment: Read this article and also these supporting materials.
Assignment: Write a one-page response to Kaplan's article.
Thursday December 3
Talk: David Bunn, University of the Western Cape, "Waterhole Work: Drought and Photography in the Kruger National Park". 4:15 pm, Trotter 203.
Friday December 4
Discussion: Invisible Governance
Assignment: Read Invisible Governance, all
Monday December 7
Lecture: From Juju Music to the WaBenzi: Culture and Society in Postcolonial AfricaAssignment: See videotape of "Basi & Company". (Shown Tuesday December 1, 7-8 pm.)
Wednesday December 9
Discussion: No MercyAssignment: Read No Mercy, as much as possible.


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You might remember that we posted this hilarious mod titled 'An Idiot In Skyrim' — a genius concept wherein sound bites from Karl Pilkington, and an uncanny likeness, were integrated into Skyrim. It was genius. But now... it's gone.
Apparently Karl Pilkington's manager has sent an email to the mod's creator demanding that the mod and all references to the mod be removed on account of copyright infringement.
The creator of the mod, Joel, got in contact with us to inform us that he had been in contact with Pilkington's management, and directed us to this blog which explains the entire situation.
An email from a member of Karl Pilkington's management team stated the following.
We appreciate very much the effort you have put into "An Idiot in Skyrim"; however, you must understand we have enormous sums invested in the intellectual property rights in and to the Work, and have contractual responsibilities to our investors and licensee around the world to protect same. We do not want to dampen your enthusiasm for the program, podcasts, audiobooks, or your loyalty to Karl Pilkington, but must insist that you abide by certain restrictions.
It has come to our attention that you are using clips of Karl Pilkington's audio which incorporates elements and/or is substantially similar to our copyrighted Work. Specifically find: "An Idiot In Skyrim" http://deck16.net/pilkington#Download
Permission was neither asked nor granted to reproduce our Work and your Work therefore constitutes infringement of our rights. Under federal copyright law, we are entitled to an injunction against your continued infringement.
Joel doesn't blame Karl's management, but does make a good point in his blog — no-one's making any money from this, there's no loss of income here, or any damage to the Karl Pilkington brand. So why be so heavy handed?
Firstly, as I said above, I never thought it'd be a big thing. I thought I'd have a small audience of at most a few hundred. (I'm talking people actually using the mod, not people looking at the YouTube videos etc.) If a high-school band plays "We Will Rock You" at the yearly dance does the RIAA bust in with a legal notice from Queen?
Secondly, and more importantly, I genuinely believe this would've done nothing to harm the Karl Pilkington brand. It wasn't causing any loss of income — the mod was free and there were no official Karl games or mods that it could've been competing with (at least, as far as I know). It wasn't denigrating Karl (the title "An Idiot in Skyrim" was a reference to An Idiot Abroad, not a personal attack). And I wasn't claiming that the mod was official (though I admit I could've been more explicit in saying it wasn't).
Indeed I personally think works like this add to the brand they are based on. It keeps Karl Pilkington in people's minds. It may introduce newcomers to the wonders of Karl. Ironically I think Ricky Gervais may realise this — how often did he encourage and showcase people painting Karl, drawing Karl, sculpting Karl and remixing his quotes into music?
In the meantime Joel has stopped working on the 'An Idiot In Skyrim' mod, and has taken it down from the site.


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Documenting Life…One day at a time
I decided to participate in Capture Your 365 this year and talked this goal in a previous post. In an effort to share this goodness with you, I decided to link the page that was created by Katrina Kennedy for January's Challenge. Enjoy!
Oh!! As I was listening to Katrina's webinar, she mentioned that she uses the Collect app (iPhone only) and the prints the "cards" out at the end of the year. Great idea!
Here's an example of my pic in the app. (As soon as I get to my phone I will post the flipside of this "card". ) I think it's pretty cool. Oh! This app is free but this font only comes with a $1.99 purchase. I think it's worth it for something that I'll be using daily. Afterall, I found much more than that while doing my laundry this morning.


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Hillcrest has wonderful views as well as an already mature aspect, but there are new projects afoot, which Tefor and Carrie explained as they showed us round.
The next meeting is the Garden Visit. We meet at the gardens at 6pm. Entrance cost is £4.00 If you're planning to come, you can make your own way to Bro Meigan Gardens or contact Nina and Jim on 01239 851096 to lift share. Now run by Yvonne & David Gillett, Bro Meigan is near Boncath, SA37 0JE, tel 01239 841232
As always, those who wish will be carrying on afterwards, to eat at the Nag's Head, Abercych, 01239 841200. If you would like to do so, and have not yet put your dinner order in, please contact Nina and Jim on the number above. We need to have numbers for the meal by Friday 24th.
And in August, we have our produce show. The schedule is available from the Show Secretary, Liz Blackier, tel 01239 851851, or downloadable from this website.


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This weekend's research brought to light that many of our ancestors lied or committed "age fabrication" when filling out documents, especially on marriage certificates or military enlistment papers. And it wasn't the simple or honest mistakes we often find on census forms when census takers write down or hear the wrong year, or even the ancestor's lack of knowledge of his or her own true age.
It was outright falsehoods… well, at least from my people.
Now, I realize people have lied or misrepresented their age for centuries. They either claim they are older than they truly are, perhaps making them old enough to participate in a particular event, such as a marriage or participation in military service. Or they shave a few years off of their lives, hoping to fit in the environment they're trying to be a part of. Maybe an older widow is marrying a younger man and doesn't want people to know she is older. Or an older gentleman lists his age years younger than he actually is when wooing the hand of a much younger female while trying to impress his suitability to her father.
The marriage certificate of my great aunt Rebecca Mae Breeden reflects her age as 19 when she married Oris Edward Rudisell on Oct. 25, 1930 in Cambridge City, Wayne, Indiana, listing her birthday as March 13, 1911. But, in all actuality, Rebecca was just 15 years old when she married her 21 year-old groom – her true birthday being March 13, 1914.
My great grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Winters stated on her marriage certificate to my great grandfather Thaddeus Clifford Guard, that she was 18 when they married on May 16, 1907 in Cleves, Hamilton, Ohio. Her real birthdate of June 3, 1890 proves she was only 16 at the time of her marriage.
Both of these family members lied so they could get married without having to wait several years to come of age. Pretty harmless I imagine, although, I'm not sure what their parents thought about the life-changing fibs.
And these are just a couple of my inventive ancestors.
But, I also learned this weekend that sometimes people lie about their age to reinvent themselves. I was helping a fellow researcher track down her wayward grandfather, who apparently abandoned his family just a few years and a couple of children after his 1921 marriage to her 19 year-old grandmother in Canada. Her mother is now 94 and would like to know what happened to her father or at least, where he is buried before she dies.
Unfortunately, a quick search revealed that her father, most likely, abandoned a previous family in the United Kingdom and then perhaps, did the same thing to her family. His marriage certificate to his Canadian wife reported that he was a 41 year-old engineer, had been born in Montreal and had never been married. But a Canadian passenger list has him entering Canada as a married 41 year-old engineer, arriving in Toronto in 1911 from Bristol, England. It also says he was born in Ireland and not Montreal. She's positive this is the same man, and I believe so as well, given his name and occupation, but the trail is cold after the marriage. The wife and children are living with the wife's parents and the husband has vanished.
I wonder if the young wife ever learned that her husband was in fact, a married 50 year-old Irishman? Did he head back to England or Ireland to be with his other family, or did he move on and start another one?
Why would someone claim to be 10 years younger than they really were? Did our ancestors believe even back then, that people were treated better or worse due to their age? Did they purposely change their age, their status, their residency to knowingly abscond from their obligations? Did they really not know how old they really were? Were they just really poor record keepers?
It was all of the above and more.
Misrepresentation is definitely not a 21st century phenomenon and it will not end with the next century. People do what they feel they need to do to reach whatever point in life they feel they need to be at. Even if it means flubbing a few numbers.


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During the comment period following DNR-sponsored Dock Open Houses in 2007, surveys of the number of docks on two lakes were conducted and submitted to DNR Waters by interested citizens. We considered them quite valuable, as they were the first objective information regarding actual dock numbers. Word of these surveys got out and information from additional lakes was submitted to DNR Waters. The survey results are found below. We appreciate the efforts of those involved.
- Lake Ada (Cass) dock survey
- Big Elk Lake (Sherburne) dock survey
- Caribou Lake (Cook) dock survey
- Curfman Lake, Long Lake, Big Detroit Lake, Little Detroit Lake (Becker) dock survey
- Hallett Lake (Nicollet) dock survey
- Lake Irene (Douglas) dock survey
- Lobster Lake (Douglas) dock survey
- Mantrap Lake (Hubbard/Becker) dock survey
- Mayhew Lake (Benton) dock survey
- Sugar Lake (Aitkin) dock survey
- Lake Bertha (Crow Wing) dock survey
- Deer Lake (Itasca) dock survey
- Lower Hay Lake (Crow Wing) dock survey
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Five for Friday
When saying goodnight to K, I often say "Goodnight, my Keiden." I said so to him last night and he responded with "Goodnight, my mommy." I was all kinds of goo then. It was really great, because earlier this week I said love to him, and he followed it with a "No, you don't love me" - it was after I told him to behave.
I'm working on doing daily writing for my thesis. Part of it is building in a way to be accountable about it...which is tricky given my tendency to not stick to things that are to my benefit.
My love of carbs and sugar is kicking my oh, so wobbly ass. And now I'm doing some serious thinking on introducing meat back into my diet. It's a how to work with my ethical convictions and health consideration that needs to happen. It's going to be a long hard think.
Whenever I think I've found the right thing to flick my switch from lazy to not, it doesn't quite work. And seriously, it's been incredibly frustrating that one way to deal with a lot of my ish, would be for me to ditch the lazy habit.And I just can't get it to stick. Ugh.
My favourite podcast is going on a break for 3 months from the end of the month. So any recommendations would be appreciated :)


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This is where I think I shine, with paper piecing.
The Challenge was to use a Beatles Title, More than 4 lines of journalling, use black & white & finally use circles.
So I took the simple option & used "Birthday" from the 1968 album "The Beatles", the title is black and white, circles used on the Dalek & as you can see, more than 4 lines of journalling


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MEDWAY - The school district has taken a step toward offering tuition-free, full-day kindergarten to the town's children.
Superintendent Armand Pires announced Thursday that he would recommend such a program in the draft budget he will be presenting to the School Committee. The statement, made at the committee meeting, drew applause from the audience.
Though this has long been a priority for the district, Pires said, available funding has been a barrier.
"The tuition's paid so students can participate in the full-day kindergarten program offset significantly the cost of the program itself," he said. "As we think about the fiscal implications of moving to tuition-free.. it's a significant investment."
The cost of the change would be about $380,000 next year, but that price will increase as time goes on, Pires said. Under normal circumstances, the district could afford the first year, but the program would become unsustainable.
What has made the conversation possible, according to Pires, is an increase in the payment in lieu of taxes to the town associated with the Exelon power plant expansion. The selectmen plan to allocate $500,000 of the increase to the schools, providing a chance to re-examine the change.
"It's very clear that now is the time," Pires said. "The School Committee has talked about this as a priority; when our leadership team gets together to talk about priorities, every one of them identified full-day kindergarten; and parents have been incredibly vocal about this."
Committee members praised members of the public for making their voice heard about the matter.
"We got to see members of the community come forward with their passion, and it matched the passion we felt as a district," said committee member Susan Dietrich.
Fellow member Cynthia Sullivan said she felt all the district's students should have the same experience in the classroom.
Pires said administration officials were still drafting the budget. He will be presenting a version to the committee on Feb. 15, and will be taking feedback and guidance from them then. A budget forum with the public has been scheduled for March 1, to be followed by a hearing on March 15 - a session at which the committee will vote on the document.
Mike Gleason can be reached at 508-634-7546 or firstname.lastname@example.com. For news throughout the day, follow him on Twitter @MGleason_MDN.


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(Photographer: Neshan H. Naltchayan)
It is hard to believe that Last Kiss of Summer in support of Second Chance Employment Services recently held at The Four Seasons Hotel is the eighth such gala. ABC7/WJLA-TV anchor Alison Starling was master of ceremonies at an evening of silent and live auctions, dinner and dancing. SCES Board Chair Ronald S. Perlman, M.D., hailed SCES as a "one stop show" to empower women. Ludy Green founded the non-profit organization in 2002 to promote financial security for at-risk women and their children through free and professional comprehensive employment training and placement services. SCES has helped more than 3,000 women and placed more than 800 clients in meaningful long-term employment positions. Already serving clients nationwide from its D.C. base, SCES is opening sites in Palm Beach and Los Angeles.
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Utah women excel in small business
04/11/2013 9:56amThe number of businesses in Utah owned by women outpaced the national average in 2011, and the gains in revenues from those businesses were far above those seen in other areas of the country. But despite important gains, statistics for women still lag behind men in many areas, including gaining access to the highest levels of success.
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Summer is an ideal period to enjoy the sun and the sea. For many ladies, choosing suitable swimsuits that enhance their curves and sexiness can be a hard nut to crack. The key idea is to choose swimsuits that are suitable for your body types. So let's spend a few minutes browsing through the tips I have collected over pages.
Hour-glass body
This is definitely the perfect body type for most of ladies. If you have such a body, you will be spoiled with choices because most of the swimsuits will enhance your curves. This year trend tends toward neon and plain colours. Let's take a look.
|Black and white combination
Pink neon bikini inspired by Angel Candice
|Red colour bikini, suitable for sun-tanned skin
|Combined with oversized chiffon blouse
|Striking hot pink bottom to enhance your curves
|Denim bikini
Average-sized body
If you do not have defined curves, it's better to choose colourful and printed bikini. Let's see
|Flowery top combined with a colourful head band
|Combined with statement necklace
|Flowery bikini and jacket
Be confident in the tight swimsuits. Choose high-waist bottom to create the illusion of longer legs and slimmer thighs.
|High-waist bottom
|Put emphasis on the fuller upper body and face with large-sized sunglasses
|One-pieced swimsuit and floppy hat


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The new profile and rotating fixing brackets ease installation and the alignment even at long distances and in applications with deviating mirrors.


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About three years ago, I had a miscarriage. It was devastating, and something I would never wish on my worst enemy.
So, here we are, three years later, going through it again.
We found out we were pregnant about a week after Evan's 2nd birthday. The timing weirded me out a bit because it was so close to when we had our first miscarriage (I know it shouldn't matter, but all logic flies out the window after you have a miscarriage), but I was having strong symptoms and my beta levels were doubling on schedule. Everything was pointing toward a healthy pregnancy.
That is, until last week, when I had an ultrasound. I scheduled one early - at about 8 weeks - because that's what we did with Evan to make sure things were going okay after the first miscarriage. When we got the results (baby measuring a week behind, low heart rate of 86), we were saddened, but still weren't counting ourselves out. After all, u/s dating at such young fetal ages can have large errors. We could explain things away.
Then we had a follow-up ultrasound this week, and the results were conclusive: the baby had stopped growing at about 7 weeks and the heartbeat was gone.
Then the world crashes down. Again. The worst thing this time around is I still have pregnancy symptoms, my temperatures are still high, and I have had no bleeding or cramping yet. I'm experiencing a missed miscarriage, where your body doesn't realize the baby has died. If I didn't have my ultrasound, I would be thinking that everything was perfectly fine right now. I might have to either take medication or have a procedure done to "assist"the miscarriage along.
With this, all the worries crop back up, along with some new ones: this is two miscarriages now, what does that mean? Did I wait too long to have children? Will I be able to get pregnant again? Will I be able to stay pregnant again?
I'm thankful that we have Evan this time around - to keep our minds off things, to force us to keep some sort of normalcy in our lives, and to know that we have at least one amazing, healthy, crazy child to love.
Please send any positive thoughts you can spare along to us - we're in need of them right now.
Please send any positive thoughts you can spare along to us - we're in need of them right now.


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Hey guys, guess who got exclusive screening passes for Rough Night two days before it's official release? This girl!
So you know I had to come straight to the blog and share all the juicy details with my misses. And while movie critics rarely know what the hell they are talking about, I am no movie critic. I won't steer you wrong.
For those of you who haven't seen the trailer yet and have no idea what I am talking about, just imagine meeting up with your five besties from college (Scarlett Johansson, Jillian Bell, Zoë Kravitz, Ilana Glazer, Kate McKinnon) 10 years later for the littest bachelorette weekend in MI-yayo. Then imagine one of your friends kills a stripper and you have to work together to cover it up or you all could go down for manslaughter. Pretty crazy, eh?
With already-high ticket prices on the rise, it can be hard to decide which movies are actually worth seeing in theatres, but just for the record, this is not one of those movies where all the funny moments are shown in the previews and now you're stuck sitting in a dark room wasting more than an hour of your life, wishing for your money back. And while I will admit this scenario might not be funny in real life, it is pretty hilarious to watch it play out on the big screen. I literally laughed from beginning to end. And not those, "oh, that was kind of funny," little giggles either. I'm talking about leaning over on the person next to you cause y'all are both laughing so hard you can barely keep your eyes open. It was that funny.
I definitely picked up on some Hangover vibes as the storyline progressed, but it was cool to see women as the focus. With plenty of cocaine to share, old swinger neighbors, and a deep "sea of dick," this movie definitely earned its R rating. Alice and Pip make every scene they're in that much more outrageous, and Peter, the groom-to-be, had me cracking up. As stressed as I am juggling these writing/modeling projects, Lord knows I needed that laugh. Needless to say, this is probably the only rough night I wouldn't mind reliving.
So if you are feeling a little stressed out right now (like me) or if you just want to get together with your girls for a fun night out this weekend, Rough Night is a must-see summer movie. If I had to rate it, I'd give it a 4/5.
Peep the trailer below before it comes out tomorrow!


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A little blog about life, family, food, and living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest
Saturday, May 10, 2008
My baby rocks!
And they're off! Well, almost. That's my offspring #3 in green lining up for the 1500 meter race in the 2008 CYO Meet of Champions that took place today. Man, I get winded just thinking about running let alone actually getting out there ... in a race. Not in this lifetime, baby. Anyway, that's my peanut in green, getting ready to run her socks off. There were over 500 kids participating today. Yep, you read that right - 500! Luckily for her, she inherited her daddy's love of participating in athletics. This is her first year participating in CYO track, and she totally rocked today!!! This is a big deal folks. She's the youngest on the team, with some girls being 2 years older than her. In addition to her high velocity performance in the 1500, she also ran the 400 meter, and participated in the long jump. She had so much fun today. In fact, when she left the house this morning with hubby man to head out to the field, I told her that her only job today was to go and have fun. And, she did! My baby rocks!
2 comments:
- Marjie said...
Good for her, running her little feet off! Hope you had a fun mother's day with the kids...dinner out, perhaps?
- May 11, 2008 at 5:11 PM
- Pam said...
Hey, thanks for visiting my blog! She looks so cute - getting ready to run!
- May 12, 2008 at 4:00 AM
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Mousa Abu Marzook
(1951 - )
Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook was born in Rafa in the Gaza Strip in 1951.Studied engineering at Ein Shams University in Cairo and graduated in 1977. He worked as manager of a factory in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until 1981. In 1981, Marzook moved to the United States to pursue higher education. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering in 1991. While living in the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s, Marzook was reported to have lectured to a training session of terror recruits at a June 1990 conference in Kansas. While in the United States, he served as the political director of the Springfield Virginia-based United Association for Studies and Research (UASR). The UASR has been linked to two Palestinian-Americans who were arrested in Israel for bringing funds into the country to organize Hamas terror activities.
Marzook was then elected as Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau in 1991 and shortly after moved to Jordan, where he lived for three years. While in Jordan he is suspected of planning numerous terrorist attacks, including the April 1994 bombings in Afula and Hadera. In 1995, he was arrested in the United States at New York's JFK Airport after returning from a trip from the Middle East. Israel requested he be extradited to Israel on charges of issuing commands and transferring money to the military wing of Hamas. Israel later decided not to pursue the extradition request and he was deported to Jordan. Marzook was deported from Jordan in 1999 in response to a Jordanian crackdown on Hamas. He is believed to be traveling on a Yemeni passport and residing in Syria.
Sources: ADL, Palestine Information Center


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on tour with colin, rockin the supermarket on sept 12th. thanks to everyone who came out - what an amazing audience for our third show ever! 150 people? and all cheering like banshees? you kids are too kind. check out colin on myspace (www.myspace.com/colinmunroe) if you want to hear the sort of thing we're rocking. i don't feel bad plugging him coz he rocks and i'm just the bass player. but yeah, i like to thing i help bring the rock to the live show... even from behind my dark curtain. yeah, that's me on the right of the shot.
"pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" - the wizard, from the wizard of Oz.


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Recyclebank offers points and rewards to their members who participate in eco-friendly acts. Combined with One Twine, this partnership is set to make change and redefine eco e-commerce.
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Good afternoon Karen,
I was at a loss for words when I heard what Michael is going through. It was like a knife in the heart. I really love Michael and his courage and legacy. Attached are two photos of Michael this year with CCR's Ella Baker Law Students. Although Michael is no longer an acting President of the Board, I always find it important that he speak to the students at the beginning of each summer. I am so glad I reached out to Michael to come speak with the students about the rich history of the Center and to provide them with advice about their summer and future in social justice lawyering. Of course, Michael captivated us all with grand tales of his past work, struggles and success. I think I've heard Michael speak over 20 times, but, I'm always awed and motivated when he retells stories I'm all too familiar with.
It also filled my heart to see how Michael really enjoys speaking with the youth. Almost as if he knows he's speaking to the future Ratner's, Angela Davis', or Ella Bakers of the world to come. Lastly, I've always admired how humbled Michael is in his approach to the work. Although I am not an attorney, he has always made me feel like my role in social justice work is just as valued as his, which is something I can't say about most I work with… I'm glad I've had time in this life to share with Michael. I'm glad I had the privilege to know and work with him. He is a fighter and I hope he will pull through this.
Sending you and him as much love as possible.
In solidarity!
Warm regards,
An-Tuan Williams
Program Associate/ Bertha Justice Institute
Center for Constitutional Rights/ Legal Department


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Even though we live in a city of over 8 million people, a lot of us don't even know our neighbors. When you're not connected to the people living on the other side of the wall, it's hard to have any sense of belonging within a community. "On My Block" creates an opportunity for neighbors to introduce themselves, work together and create trusting relationships through the collaborative filmmaking process. The films created live on past the festival window as a source for community pride, and as a living map of the world's most creative city.
OMB encourages novice as well as professional filmmakers to participate. Our goal is to capture a wide spectrum of blocks throughout the five boroughs including those whose residents live in religious centers, senior centers, homeless shelters, coops and even prisons.
Don't miss the OMB Screening on Wednesday, November 14th @ 7PM is at White Wave's John Ryan Theater on 25 Jay Street (entrance on John St.) in DUMBO Brooklyn.
White Wave is located right along the water in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Attendees can take the F Train to the York Street Stop and walk West 3 blocks to John Street where the entrance is. Click here for a map.
White Wave's beautiful hardwood dance studio will be serving as our cozy venue. Beer and Wine will be available by donation and movie concessions (Milk Duds, Goobers, Popcorn, etc...) will also be available for purchase. Dress is casual.
7:00-7:45 Cocktail Hour
7:45-10:00 Screening and Awards Presentation
So mark your calendars and start inviting your neighbors, friends and colleagues for what is sure to be an inspirational and entertaining evening. For more information on White Wave's John Ryan Theater, visit www.whitewavedance.com/category/john-ryan-theater/


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Our little guy is now officially 4 months old. It's all going by sooooo quickly. I definitely hold him more and longer. Rock him much more often, which I never did with Caroline, and only a little bit with Sarah Kate. And I probably hold him or carry him around too much. He's not as content to sit and watch the world go by as he once was. oops!
Just in the last week he's:
--started rolling over, front to back AND back to front, but still hate tummy time
--sleeping 12 hrs. through the night if I let him. I'm finding that that's not such a good idea even though I can get a lot more done when he's down. (but I'm not complaining AT ALL.)
--found his thumb. That's how he's sleeping so long. He sucks his thumb all night long.
--also found his voice. Think high pitch squeals. It's bad. Cover your ears and run the other way kind of bad. We're hoping he grows out of it quickly.
But he's still the best baby ever! Very easygoing, content and happy most the time. Likes attention especially from his sisters. Oh, and he's QUITE ticklish. It's really cute to hear him laugh. ;)
And....that's about it! Happy Tuesday!
***ETA He weighed 13 lbs. 14oz. and was 25.75" long at his 4th mo. Dr. appt. Looks like we have another long skinny Misner in the making. ;)***


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Hooray, at long last I have turned the power on and actually done some piecing in the Stitch A Long for the Gardeners Journal Quilt. After fiddling around with the colours of my fabric selection I finally replaced the 'pinky' one with another that has just a touch more terracotta in it, plus, I've decided to add some of my border fabric into the piecing - just to tie it all together a wee bit more.
On to the next block ,
A pretty SEW pincushion and scrummy slice...
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Convenient Myths
I promised you guys last time I'd get to debunking some of the arguments against Global Warming, but I figured I'd go a step further and also debunk some of the bad arguments made in favor of it (oddly enough, I couldn't find nearly as many of these). Onto the myths!
Note: This post was so long I decided to get into the habit of using a "fold" to hide the bulk of it. Don't want to overload everyone's browser unnecessarily.
The Myth: The Earth goes through warming and cooling cycles, causing ice ages and warm periods. It's simply been warming since the last ice age.
The Truth: It is true that the Earth goes through cycles, but there are a couple of problems here. The first of these is the linear assumption, which is where people assume that since it was at point A in the past and point B now, it followed a linear path between them and will continue on it. In truth, the cycles are anything but linear. Let's take a look at what they actually look like:
Okay, first of all there's a lot of random variance at any time, but ignore that for now and look at the overall pattern. It's pretty cyclical alright, but it's not like a simple sine wave or saw blade. Rather, we see a pattern of a sharp rise in temperature of around 10°C taking place in a span of around 10,000 years followed by a gradual cooling over the next 100,000 years or so.
Now, let's look at our recent history on the far right side of the graph. We see that we've just come off of a spike which has stayed strangely level afterwards. (The timescale of the graph is too much to attribute this leveling to human activities.) What we would expect to happen next judging from the long-term cycles is that the temperature would plunge back down into another ice age.
There's another variant to this myth, however, that relates to a more recent cooling period: the "Little Ice Age," which took place within the last millenium. See the following image:
During the Medieval Warm Period you can see on this graph, Greenland was actually temperate enough that colonies were set up there, but they had to be abandoned in the later years. We're now approaching those temperatures again in the recent century. Does this mean we're due for a melting of it? Time will tell... (well, hopefully not)
But anyways, onto the claim they're making. They say that the present warming is simply the Earth correcting itself after that Little Ice Age. But wait, as seen on the previous image, which way should the Earth be correcting itself next? That's right, it should be going downwards. Looking at historical trends, we don't see as much of short-term (on the scale of a few centuries) cycles as we do just random fluctuations, so we don't really have any reason to assume that from a short-term trend we're due to come back up.
In fact, if you want to be really pessimistic, you could argue that the escape from the Little Ice Age occured in the middle of the world's industrialization, and it's possible that this is what caused us to come back to a peak, and possibly rise some more. But that's just speculation.
There's one other problem here, with the Medieval Warm Period itself. It's hard to accurately gauge temperatures that far back in time, and when we can, it's often only in a few places in the world. The best evidence we have shows that outside of Europe, it was indeed probable that many areas experienced the warm period, but it's not conclusive. In fact, Antarctic Ice Core samples showed an additional cold period from 1000-1100 AD.
But there's another big problem with using the Medieval Warm Period to extrapolate anything about cycles in the Earth's climate: It was also the time of an extremely hyperactive phase of solar activity known as the Medieval Maximum. The relationship between the sun's activity and the temperature on Earth is well-accepted, especially by Global Warming skeptics who try to use it to explain the rise now. You know what they fail to point out? We're at the same temperature as in the Medieval Warm Period now, but the sun is not in a hyperactive phase (at least, nowhere near how it was back then).
The Myth: Temperature causes the CO2 levels, rather than CO2 causing the temperature levels.
The Truth: While it is true that temperature plays a role in changing the CO2 levels in the atmosphere (higher temperatures decrease the solubility of gasses in liquids, so CO2 is released from the oceans. The opposite happens as temperatures decrease, though not as quickly), it's also true that CO2 plays a role in affecting global temperatures. This latter process happens through the greenhouse effect, where CO2 in the atmosphere allows more heat to enter than to leave. Just because A can cause B doesn't mean B can't cause A as well.
In fact, the truth is even more frightening: Once the temperature starts to move up for some reason, it will cause more CO2 to be released from the oceans, which will cause the temperature to increase even more, which will cause even more CO2 to be released, and so on. With this in mind, it's easy to see why the upward spikes on the first chart were so sharp. The reason the downward trends weren't so sharp was because the process of the oceans reabsorbing CO2 in low temperatures is much slower than the process by which it releases it in high temperatures (only the interface between the atmosphere and water allows reabsorbtion, so it takes a long time for the water to get back up to its saturation point).
Now, there are a few big things we don't know: Why did the spikes stop? It's possible the oceans ran out of CO2 to contribute to the atmosphere, so the temperature leveled out. But then there's the problem of what caused the decline (this might also cover what caused the stop in the spike). And there's also the problem of what started the spike in the first place.
While these questions are intriguing, they're not necessarily relevant. In the current situation, the critical factors are that: 1. We're releasing huge amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere (no dispute here), 2. CO2 in the atmosphere plays a role to warm the Earth, and 3. This warming can cause a cascading effect resulting in sharp spikes in temperature. What caused the warming that brought us out of the ice ages isn't relevant here; the important factor is what might cause warming today.
I'll make one final note on this subject: It appears that the warming trends hit a maximum of around 2°C higher than our current average. This might imply we don't have to worry about unlimited warming, but we still do have those 2 degrees to worry about. And, as I mentioned a bit earlier, even a rise of half a degree could drastically change the face of Greenland, which is one of the biggest threats to us.
The Myth: Thermal expansion of water in the oceans could cause as much sea level rise as glacial melting, if not more.
The Truth: Water's a peculiar material in many ways. Part of its peculiarity is how its density changes with temperature and phase. Unlike most substances, its solid form is actually less dense than its liquid form (that's why ice floats in water). Additionally, for a region between 0°C and 4°C, water's density actually increases with temperature, in contrast to the general trend of most substances to decrease their density with temperature. This point is actually very important here, as the average temperature of the water in the oceans is 3.5°C - where an increase in temperature would cause it to contract.
Now, things are actually a bit more complicated. The surface temperature of water is around 10°C, and this is the water which gets warmed up first. This means that we'd actually start to see some expansion in this region. However, although the water in this region would expand, the thermal expansion coefficient is still pretty small at the temperature, so we won't likely see the predicted 5 meters of rise which was calculated using the expansion coefficient at 20°C. Instead, according to one model I've looked at, we could expect the next rise of a degree Celsius to only contribute a few centimeters. This degree could, however, cause significant glacial melting, and this would contribute a lot more than thermal expansion.
The Myth: Water vapor is the more important greenhouse gas, not CO2.
The Truth: Some estimates give the following proportions for how much different gases contribute to the greenhouse effect:
So, in an average scenario, we have CO2 contributing about a third as much as water vapor, and methane about a third as much as CO2. Let's throw in some more numbers to make a probably-not-at-all-accurate estimate:
That's big. Let's go back to the chart of recent temperature cycles:The rise at the end of the Little Ice Age was around .6°C. Given that our rough estimate was 2°C, mankind causing a .6°C rise in this timeframe is well within reason. As for water vapor being the main greenhouse gas... does it matter? Raising the CO2 and methane levels alone is easily sufficient to cause significant change.
(Note though that there's far from a scientific consensus that that rise in temperature was actually caused by human activity; more so than other claims of global warming. I'm just pointing out its plausibility here, so don't take my word on faith.)
Now, that was just using a really simple model. Climate scientists have of course come up with better models. One model which a lot of them favor actually shows that the presence of water vapor in the atmosphere actually amplifies the effect of increased CO2 and methane. Another model that a lot of the Global Warming dissenters favor argues that instead the water vapor will dampen the effects of increased CO2. To me, both models seem like they're favored by the applicable groups of people mostly because they predict the same thing as the hypothesis they already favor. If both of their models have good points, the true answer probably lies somewhere in the middle. And as I showed above, estimates in the middle are still pretty damn bad.
The Myth: The "Hockey Stick Graph," which was used to show the sharp spike in Global Warming recently, is critically flawed and has been debunked.
The Truth: The graph of course has its share of statistical errors, as you'd expect from any chart of scientific data, particularly when delving this far into the past and then trying to average the entire planet's temperature. This does not equate, however, to it being "critically flawed." Let's take a look at the (in)famous graph:
The first big complaint about this graph is that it doesn't show the Medieval Warm Period at all. However, I'd like you to take a look at a part of the graph most people ignore: The error bars, which in this case are the shaded grey regions. A shift up in the early second millenium by a half a degree would account for the Medieval Warm Period and would be within statistical error. Also, it appears the before the 20th century, the temperature did appear to be on a slow decline, and it's possible that the very slightly warm temperatures at the left side of the chart in fact were the Medieval Warm Period.
Aside from this, there were a lot of criticisms of the statistics used to create this graph, and alternate models proposed. I'm not going to go into the actual criticisms here, as that's likely far out of the scope of my average reader's expertise, but I'll just point out a couple of things. First of all, remember that Global Warming is a politically controversial subject, and even a flawless paper that supports it is going to be criticized. The presence of a criticism doesn't imply the presence of flaws.
Secondly, there was a big independant review of the report performed by the National Research Council at the prompting of the US Congress over the last few years which published their results in 2006. Specifically, they summarized their results as:
The basic conclusion of Mann et al. (1998, 1999) was that the late 20th century warmth in the Northern Hemisphere was unprecedented during at least the last 1,000 years. This conclusion has subsequently been supported by an array of evidence that includes both additional large-scale surface temperature reconstructions and pronounced changes in a variety of local proxy indicators, such as melting on icecaps and the retreat of glaciers around the world, which in many cases appear to be unprecedented during at least the last 2,000 years. Not all individual proxy records indicate that the recent warmth is unprecedented, although a larger fraction of geographically diverse sites experienced exceptional warmth during the late 20th century than during any other extended period from A.D. 900 onward.
Based on the analyses presented in the original papers by Mann et al. and this newer supporting evidence, the committee fi nds it plausible that the Northern Hemisphere was warmer during the last few decades of the 20th century than during any comparable period over the preceding millennium. The substantial uncertainties currently present in the quantitative assessment of large-scale surface temperature changes prior to about A.D. 1600 lower our confi dence in this conclusion compared to the high level of confidence we place in the Little Ice Age cooling and 20th century warming. Even less confidence can be placed in the original conclusions by Mann et al. (1999) that "the 1990s are likely the warmest decade, and 1998 the warmest year, in at least a millennium" because the uncertainties inherent in temperature reconstructions for individual years and decades are larger than those for longer time periods, and because not all of the available proxies record temperature information on such short timescales.
Scientist-to-Lay translation: Yes, there are statistical uncertainties. However, they are not significant enough to change the conclusion. It's hot in here and it's not just me.
I'll remind you that this came out from a committee commissioned by the Republican-controlled congress of the time under the (ongoing) censorship of scientists who espoused views or came up with results the administration doesn't like. Despite all that, the report was in favor of the validity of the Hockey Stick Graph. Must be some strong science if it can make it through those barriers.
Oh yeah, there was also one other review done. This one (known as the Wegner Report) was performed at the instigation of Representative Joe Barton, an outspoken Global Warming "skeptic" (don't worry, we're doing our best to steal that word back from them). The report also wasn't subject to peer review, and it didn't even result in changing the shape of the graph after fixing supposed errors. Compare: (The "Hockey Stick Graph" on the left, the graphs the Wegner Report came up with on the right)
(Source: NY Times)
Is it just me, or is the spike even more profound on the new graphs? And they had the gall to use this as evidence against Global Warming?
The Myth: Scientists were going just as crazy back in the 1970's about Global Cooling. And now they think it's Global Warming. Why should we believe them?
The Truth: There was speculation about Global Cooling back in the 1970's (though it wasn't called that back then. The term was invited by Global Warming "skeptics" who wanted to make it look like a comparable theory was proposed back then), but it was only by a few scientists and never got close to the amount of research that's been done on Warming. It never gained the consensus of scientific support that Warming did, so it's unfair to imply that the mass of "Scientists" believed in it.
In fact, since there was so little actual "hysteria" about it, let's go over every scientific paper published on Cooling:
Rasool and Schneider (1971) - Examined the possible effects of greenhouse gases and particulate pollution (such as from aerosols) on the climate. They found that greenhouse gases would result in warming the Earth and particulate pollution in cooling it, and guessed the latter to be more likely. They estimated that sustained effects of particulate polluntants could decrease the temperature of Earth by up to 3.5°C, and if this went on for long enough, it could cause Earth to drop into another ice age. Note that they didn't actually predict this would happen, they just proposed it as a possible future scenario. Nowadays, most scientists are indeed predicting that the Earth is going to warm up.
National Academy of Sciences Report (1975) - Often claimed to show fear of Global Cooling. In fact, all it said was that it's possible for the climate to change, they didn't know in which way it might, and so we should research it more. No big fears there.
Okay, we have one actual paper which shows any support at all for the hypothesis of Global Cooling. That's it. Some hysteria, eh?
Oh yeah, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that this is just a fallacious appeal to "Science was wrong before."
The Myth: This is the end of the post.
The Truth: Well, it may be all I'm putting up now, but I'm nowhere near closing the book on this subject. Feel free to argue in the comments, and if there's anything worthwhile that comes up, I'll add it in here (or edit one of the above sections). Particularly, I know that my conclusion about thermal expansion is contrary to what TheBrummell heard. If you've heard of some better model which does show significant expansion, I'd be interested in seeing it.


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That's it from me, on what was Cambridge's day, the Thames turned light blue after wins in the men's race, women's race and both reserve renewals. We'll have a race report online shortly. Thanks for joining me, and enjoy your Saturday night.
James Letten, after smiling politely through several jokes about his height, pays tribute to coach Steve Trapmore, who steps down after seven years to join the Team GB setup. "He's the best coach I've ever said," says Letten. "When I turned up at the Goldie boathouse I was not good, but he's changed my life."
"The boys really stepped up and delivered," says Trapmore. "They took it up from stroke one and bang, they were off. In this race, so many things can go wrong, but you could tell they were on the money today."
"Every other race I've done here, I've felt so nervous, but I felt really calm," says Cambridge cox Hugo Ramambason. "We wanted to get a good start, keep moving, and earn the right to win the race. Last year was real tough, but the attitude in the squad has been so good."
For those wondering about the orange flares set off at Hammersmith Bridge, it appears to be a protest by environmental societies from both universities:
Agony and exhaustion for Oxford, ecstasy and (to be fair) exhaustion for Cambridge, who got ahead before the first bend and never looked back.
Cambridge win the men's boat race!
Cambridge's men aren't able to pull away as the women did, but they pass the Mortlake brewery well clear, and win in around 17m 50s. Oxford finish 10 seconds back, just in time to see Cambridge celebrate.
Oxford are trying to keep the gap to four or five lengths as the boats pass under Barnes Bridge. Barring something extraordinary, Cambridge will sweep today's four races, just three years after Oxford did the same, in 2015.
There is an object in the water as the crews head towards Barnes Bridge, but Oxford row over it without any bother. It may have been a plastic bag, reports the commentary team, perhaps desperate for a little excitement.
The crews and accompanying flotilla cruise past Chiswick Eyot, where protestor Trenton Oldfield swam into Boat Race history back in 2012. No such drama today.
Under Hammersmith Bridge and like the women's race, this is only going one way. Cambridge lead by four lengths as fans set off flares from the bridge, sending orange smoke billowing up the river.
Cambridge lead by five seconds at the mile post after that aggressive start. There's plenty of talent in their crew, including metronomic stroke Freddie Davidson and 6'10" American James Letten, in the No3 seat.
Cambridge a length clear but are warned against cutting in front of the Oxford boat too early. The light blues are looking good, getting straight into a powerful rhythm.
A quickfire, even start with Cambridge just edging ahead as Craven Cottage comes into view...
The men's race begins!
Both of the coxes raise their arms, asking for more time for the boats to steady with the tide rising. And after a short delay, they're off!
Cambridge have won the men's reserve race too, and are 3-0 up. Can they complete the clean sweep? They are 4-11 favourites, perhaps because Oxford's preparations haven't been ideal.
The crew has been rearranged after Josh Bugajski was dropped, reportedly after disagreements with coach Sean Bowden. His replacement, Benedict Aldous, has made headlines this week - after going to a 2016 fancy dress party in a Ku Klux Klan hood.
Cambridge have won the toss and chosen the Surrey side, as those who win the toss tend to do. Here are the crews:
Oxford: Claas Mertes (bow), Vassilis Ragoussis, Will Cahill, Anders Weiss, Will Geffen, Benedict Aldous, Iain Mandale, Felix Drinkall (stroke), Zachary Thomas Johnson (cox).
Cambridge: Charles Fisher (bow), Patrick Elwood, James Letten, Dara Alizadeh, Spencer Furey, Finn Meeks, Rob Hurn, Freddie Davidson (stroke), Hugo Ramambason (cox).
From the archive, here's Pathe footage of the 1957 men's renewal. That year, Oxford were overwhelming favourites but lost by two lengths:
It's a double for the Cambridge women, with reserve crew Blondie dominating their race with Oxford's Osiris. Daphne Martschenko, the Cambridge club captain, was in their reserve boat, which demonstrates their strength in depth.
The Cambridge crew are delighted after winning, the Oxford crew desolate after losing - a situation which seems to surprise the BBC, for some reason. "I'm crying, but I'm actually really proud," says Oxford president Katherine Erickson. They all should be - even completing the course would be beyond the vast majority of us.
"We just knew we had to go out there and do a job," says winning cox Shapter, bringing her football experience to the post-race interview.
Cambridge won in a time of 19m 10s, and by around 20 seconds, for their first back-to-back wins since 1999. It's particularly impressive after their hellish 2016 race, when they nearly sank.


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William Greiner
While I was an undergraduate at UB when Greiner became President, it wasn't until much later that I had a personal encounter with him. It was actually only a few years ago, at one of my wife's Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG) events when many of the Kappa's brought their spouses. We were eating lunch, and I found myself sitting across from Carol Greiner (a Kappa like my wife) and her husband -- Bill Greiner.
Conversation flowed as my wife and I began to pepper Bill with questions. He realized we were very interested in talking to him and spoke at length, and patiently, about the early days of UB and the transformation of the school into a top-flight research university. I particularly remember him detailing clearly why UB's North Campus was built in Amherst and not in downtown Buffalo. I left that luncheon feeling buoyed from sharing space and conversation with Bill Greiner. It's hard to explain, but he seemed both larger than life and approachable and affable.
I felt the same way at the memorial service tribute. What a big life he had, I thought, after listening to all the speakers recount Greiner's accomplishments and all the people he touched.
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I share your sentiments about President Greiner. I worked at the Great Lakes Program, at the University at Buffalo as an Administrative Assistant from 1989-2006 under several Directors. Mr. Greiner was the President for a good portion of those years. He was always someone that went out of his way to call you back, write a letter, and take time to acknowledge you - especially Administrative staff like me. During an especially difficult time when an internal investigation was going on because of suspected "double dipping" by a former boss, President Greiner sent a very touching letter of appreciation to me, thanking me for my integrity and dedication to UB and courage for taking a stand. I will never forget how much that meant to me, as a single mother of three and support staff member that loved her job.ReplyDelete
Once President Greiner left office, everything changed in UB Administration and the high standards, and approachability that were once there was gone. The Ivory Tower was back. After I filed a complaint of harassment against a professor in the Dept. of Civil Engineering, my position of nearly 17 years suddenly ended. I know President Greiner would not have allowed this to happen. President Greiner is a man that is missed. He will always be held with the most high regard in my life.
I recently learned that UB will be dedicating and opening a new undergraduate living and learning center in August. It's name: William R. Greiner Hall.ReplyDelete


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Ah, okies. They are not as well preserved that way. It's about as stable as jelly, or jam. I normally fully candy them. They take less space, and last longer. Though if you want them "soft, and puffy" you need to rehydrate them a bit.
I didnt know exactly how long to let it go didnt want mush either. They maintained a good crisp sweet heat - I packed hot, water bathed and sit for a week. I cut them thick they shrunk quite a bit and had a nice sugar boil prior - Great either way -


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Happy Sunday to everyone. I got the beautiful die set from Stampin' Up called swirly scribbles for my birthday. The round die cut images in this card are from that set. All the paper is from Paper Temptress
The base card is Ivory Feltweave so it has a bit of texture to it. All the other layers are from the Mica Metallic line. The dark brown layer is Bronze Mica Metallic. The swirls are stamped on Aquamarine Mica Metallic. The swirls are cut from Starburst Lichen Glimmer. I wanted to add a little color that would pop so the yellow is Amber Mica Metallic.
Lastly the sentiment is stamped on Coral Mica Metallic.
The little silver circles are called CANDI from Craft Work Cards. The nice thing about these are they just need a small piece of adhesive to bind to the card.


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Unexpected error -3 installing UE
Hi. Please help. I reinstalled UE on my system - my serial is correct, but now Im getting the following error after clicking activate:
Unexpected Error -3,
Activated cannot be completed. Visit webassist.com and submit a support request.
So when I click on the link it goes to a page not find error on webassist website.
Please advise. Thanks.
Sorry I found that my serial number was different online to the one I copied last week. Can Webassist please delete this post. Many thanks


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Past, present, and future... these are the films we felt like talking about.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
- Cast A Deadly Spell Cast A Deadly Spell is just the right balance of supernatural strangeness and detective thrills, set in a world just different enough from ours yet strangely familiar. : February 02, 2012
- Fantastic Fest 2011 Second Half Reviews Tron rambles on about the second half of Fantastic Fest, which is always way better than he makes it sound. Hopefully, you'll wade through this mess and find some Gold for your 2012 movie season. : October 08, 2011
- Fantastic Fest 2011 First Half Reviews For those not in the know, Fantastic Fest is the largest genre festival in the United States, bringing the best Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Asian and generally bizarro cinema from all around the world to our small little hamlet of Austin, Texas. : October 07, 2011
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes Monkeys evolved beyond 2001 standards, anyway. : September 13, 2011
- Troll Hunter (2010) In true mockumentary form, the absurd concepts solidify into a wonderful story about Trolls and their continued existence in Norway, treated with a seriousness by Ovredal and the cast that is infectious as it is effective. : July 17, 2011
- Lipstick and Dynamite (2004) Lipstick and Dynamite is a solid and informative documentary about the roots of women's professional wrestling but suffers from a clear direction and self-serving storytelling from it's principal cast. : July 15, 2011
- Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is an excellent step toward beefing up Marvel's television output and is an exemplary series in how to keep the vitality and originality of the original Avengers stories while adding new and fresh elements to the mix. : July 15, 2011
- Sugar Hill (1974) Do you remember the zombie? Not the recently resurrected "flesh eaters" born of the fertile mind of Legendary Director George Romero and constantly regurgitated in cinema ever since but the zombie? Voodoo, my friends, spawned the first zombie, and they've been with us ever since. : June 19, 2011
- Green Lantern (2011) GREEN LANTERN suffers, in our post-IRON MAN and THE DARK KNIGHT world, from feeling like a film from a time in which the superhero movie wasn't an established film genre. It's spends most of its running time trying to find a way to hook the audience, by being steadfastly familiar. It makes GREEN LANTERN an oddly tentative experience, as if it doesn't know how far it can go with its own fantastical elements, and it consistently sides with convention over imagination. : June 17, 2011
- Under the Mountain (2009) Under the Mountain is a wonderful feature film that holds true to the tone and style of the early Eighties new Zealand television series while updating it with the sensibilities of director Jonathan King's Black Sheep. : June 07, 2011
- It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Not at all hampered by it's inherent silliness, It! still holds up as a fun, creepy, atmospheric monster movie in space and is definitely worth the watch. : June 07, 2011
- OSS 117: Lost in Rio The film, much like it's predecessor, contains wonderful dialogue, tons of double-crosses, rotten spy activity, nubile young women, tremendously funny situations and enough guffaws to keep people who hate reading subtitles in stitches. : May 27, 2011
- OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies The plot alone would be enough to hook me (a poultry farm?) but the outstanding performance by Jean Dujardin as Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath is what really keeps the movie moving forward. : May 27, 2011
- When Harry Met Sally (1989) Yes. I enjoyed it, far more than I expected to enjoy it. And I'm a big enough man to admit that. : May 18, 2011
- Thor (2011) Even if the Norse gods existed long before Jack Kirby, they needed Jack Kirby to become as superheroic as they are. : May 05, 2011


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As usual, outlaws went on the rampage and ruled the roost in Sialkot district and snatched or stole three cars, 10 motorcycles, gold ornaments, cash, electronics and other valuables during several strikes on Sunday.
However, the police remained failed in chalking out any effective anti-crime strategy to control the rising and uncontrolled incidents of street crimes, motorcycles lifting and robbery incidents which are on the rise in tehsils Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial and Pasrur nowadays.
Local people said that the police had miserably failed to control the rising incidents of motorcycles snatching and thefts. They alleged that the police had left them at the mercy of criminals, as there was no let-up in rising street crimes. In Daska city, the motorcycles lifters took away five more bikes from various parts of Daska city. They took away a new motorcycle of Muhammad Naveed from Lodhi Town Daska backside of the Daska Civil Hospital.
They also took away a motorcycle (STM-7742) of local trader Mian Yaqub Ahmed outside his home in Daska city's congested Sambrial Road locality. Thieves stole a new motorcycle of local trader Muhammad Nazir Basra outside the offices of Daska TMA. Thieves took away a new motorcycle of Muhallah Raiwala Daska Kalan-based youth Saffiyan Butt outside a private hospital located at College Road Daska city.
Thieves stole a motorcycle (STL-6597) of village Taajokey Cheema-Daska-based student Waqas Ahmed outside of a snooker club located at Addah Aadamkey Cheema. In village Kotli Said Mir-Sialkot, two armed dacoits snatched a new car from landlord Shahid by kidnapping the landlord, his mother and sister. He was going to local private hospital, when the accused halted his car by creating pickets on the roads. The accused kidnapped all of them and took them to village Nole Mor-Uggoki. Later, the outlaws threw them near the roadside fields and took away their car.
In Hajipura-Jinnah Town, three armed dacoits snatched Rs86,000 in cash and mobile phone from trader Muhammad Naeem. Three robbers snatched a motorcycle, Rs41,000 in cash and a mobile phone from another trader Muhammad Naveed at gunpoint during a broad daylight dacoity incident occurred on Roras Road here.
In village Nihaaney Garh-Head Marala, thieves took away a motorcycle of shopkeeper Muhammad Hussain. Two unknown armed dacoits snatched a motorcycle and thousands of rupees in cash at gun point from farmer Muhammad Ashraf at village Kaaliyaan-Phalora, Pasrur tehsil. In village Garar-Qila Kalarwala, four armed men snatched Rs150,000 and two mobile phones from trader Waqar Aslam.
In Gala Masjid Sadiqia locality of Daska city, armed men looted 10 tolas of gold ornaments and Rs40,000 in cash at gunpoint from the house of trader Irfan Ali. In village Jandukey Goraya, Daska, thieves took away a car (LED-8863) of landlord Zulfiqar Ali.
In village Kotli Kheerey-Satrah, Daska, armed dacoits snatched a car (LZD-9417), thousands of rupees in cash and a mobile phone at gunpoint from a local trader Muhammad Akbar. In village Satrah-Daska, some unknown armed dacoits snatched a pick-up (LES-1145), Rs170,000 in cash and mobile phone at gunpoint from trader Muhammad Arshad. In village Bhobhangi-Motra, robbers snatched gold ornaments (10 Tolas), Rs35,000 and two mobile phones from Faheem Anwar and his wife. In Islampura Daska city, thieves took away a motorcycle (GAK-8228) of trader Hafiz Muhammad Iqbal outside of his house.
When contacted, the local senior police officials said that the police have registered separate cases and said that teams were raiding various places to ensure early arrest of outlaws. They said that the noose had been further tightened around criminals.


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'Amazing' - (+) Comfort
'Think for a Minute' - Les Crossaders feat Julie Benson
'Some Like It Hot' - The Cooltrane Quartet
This is one of my favourite CD's of all time and I never get tired of it. It always reminds me of summer, sun, cold wine, lazy mornings and evenings on the terace & being with my loved ones. Some more of my favourite tracks from this CD, that I could't find on YouTube chanel: 'China Girl' by DJ Tokozui & 'That's All' by Rever Sound.


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Trial and error
EN: I have to admit that I never actually wore this oufit exactly like inthese pictures: I changed into flatter boots because I had to carry a lot of stuff to my car as a preparation for moving. Later I put on the poncho (cape?) again and kept the flat shoes when I went grocery shopping. I ended up liking the look a lot better with flats. I thought that it was a bit "casual country lady" with flats, while poncho plus heels was "too much lady", do you know what I mean? Anyway, I can only show you pictures of the first, not quite "perfect" version. Hope you still like them ;-)
DE: Seht ihr den kleinen Scherz, den ich beim Schmuck gemacht hab? Ich hab Gold und Silber getragen und versucht das Ganze "zusammenzubringen" indem ich nen goldenen Kettenanhänger in einen der silbernen Ohrringe gehängt hab.
EN: Can you see that little joke I made concearning the jewellery? I was wearing gold and silver and tried to pull it together by hanging a gold necklace pendant on one of my silver earrings.
Tom Taylor jeans, Coloseum sweater, H+M cape, Vagabond booties, my beloved nameless leather bag from Italy, Betsey Johnson sunnies


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