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Exactly one hundred years ago today, my great-uncle William Alonzo Bailey (the boy in the header photo above) wrote the following letter home to his mother, Ellen Caroline (“Carrie”) Severson Bailey (the older woman in the header photo above).
Merry Christmas to family and friends near and far! Today’s post is a selection of Christmas cards (actually Christmas postcards and one Christmas telegram) that were received or sent by ancestors and relatives from the early 1900s until the mid-1940s.
I wish you all a joyous Christmas—hearts filled with good cheer, bellies filled with good food, homes filled with family, and a future filled with hope and good tidings for everyone.

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exactly one hundred years ago today, my great-uncle william alonzo bailey (the boy in the header photo above) wrote the following letter home to his mother, ellen caroline (“carrie”) severson bailey (the older woman in the header photo above).
merry christmas to family and friends near and far! today’s post is a selection of christmas cards (actually christmas postcards and one christmas telegram) that were received or sent by ancestors and relatives from the early 1900s until the mid-1940s.
i wish you all a joyous christmas—hearts filled with good cheer, bellies filled with good food, homes filled with family, and a future filled with hope and good tidings for everyone.


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The shift from single to multiple core architectures means that programmers must write concurrent, multithreaded programs in order to increase application performance. Unfortunately, multithreaded applications are susceptible to numerous errors, including deadlocks, race conditions, atomicity violations, and order violations. These errors are notoriously difficult for programmers to debug.
This talk presents Grace, a software-only runtime system designed to enforce the correctness of a class of multithreaded programs: those based on fork-join parallelism. By turning threads into processes, leveraging virtual memory protection, and imposing a sequential commit protocol, Grace provides programmers with the appearance of deterministic, sequential execution, while taking advantage of available processing cores to run code concurrently and efficiently. Experimental results demonstrate Grace’s effectiveness: with modest code changes (1-16 lines) across a suite of computationally-intensive benchmarks, Grace can achieve high scalability and performance while enforcing correct execution.

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the shift from single to multiple core architectures means that programmers must write concurrent, multithreaded programs in order to increase application performance. unfortunately, multithreaded applications are susceptible to numerous errors, including deadlocks, race conditions, atomicity violations, and order violations. these errors are notoriously difficult for programmers to debug.
this talk presents grace, a software-only runtime system designed to enforce the correctness of a class of multithreaded programs: those based on fork-join parallelism. by turning threads into processes, leveraging virtual memory protection, and imposing a sequential commit protocol, grace provides programmers with the appearance of deterministic, sequential execution, while taking advantage of available processing cores to run code concurrently and efficiently. experimental results demonstrate grace’s effectiveness: with modest code changes (1-16 lines) across a suite of computationally-intensive benchmarks, grace can achieve high scalability and performance while enforcing correct execution.


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The first Natibaby release of the year!
The clovers design has become a favorite of many and we're happy to see it brought into the new year.
Sunset Clovers is jacquard weave woven in red, orange and white threads.
Many of us baby our wraps when it comes to washing. Hemp is one fabric that does not need to be overly babied. Hemp is dense and fibrous. It is an incredibly strong, durable fabric.
Many people prefer to wash in warm or hot water and tumble dry on warm or high heat. I do dry my hemp on medium heat and then remove it when damp to air dry. A good steam ironing will also help the breaking in process.
Please use common sense when washing and drying your hemp wraps. A wash and dry on warm is what we recommend for hemp wraps; please do not throw your hemp wrap in the dryer on the hottest setting and dry it for several hours. Hemp is dense and fibrous, but using excess heat can potentially damage the fibers in your wrap.

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the first natibaby release of the year!
the clovers design has become a favorite of many and we're happy to see it brought into the new year.
sunset clovers is jacquard weave woven in red, orange and white threads.
many of us baby our wraps when it comes to washing. hemp is one fabric that does not need to be overly babied. hemp is dense and fibrous. it is an incredibly strong, durable fabric.
many people prefer to wash in warm or hot water and tumble dry on warm or high heat. i do dry my hemp on medium heat and then remove it when damp to air dry. a good steam ironing will also help the breaking in process.
please use common sense when washing and drying your hemp wraps. a wash and dry on warm is what we recommend for hemp wraps; please do not throw your hemp wrap in the dryer on the hottest setting and dry it for several hours. hemp is dense and fibrous, but using excess heat can potentially damage the fibers in your wrap.


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SOMM Summit Educational Scholarships for Wine, Beer, Cider and Spirits Industry Students and Professionals.
SOMM Summit is an educational symposium designed for enthusiasts, collectors, sommeliers, sales, marketing and hospitality professionals with an emphasis on international wines, regions, beer, cider, artisanal spirits, enology and viticulture. This three-day conference features educational seminars, copious tastings, presentations and discussions led by prominent master sommeliers, masters of wine, and professors of enology and viticulture, winemakers, ambassadors, brewers and distillers.

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somm summit educational scholarships for wine, beer, cider and spirits industry students and professionals.
somm summit is an educational symposium designed for enthusiasts, collectors, sommeliers, sales, marketing and hospitality professionals with an emphasis on international wines, regions, beer, cider, artisanal spirits, enology and viticulture. this three-day conference features educational seminars, copious tastings, presentations and discussions led by prominent master sommeliers, masters of wine, and professors of enology and viticulture, winemakers, ambassadors, brewers and distillers.


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Use our free service to find off-road sessions near you. Compare prices, reviews and more. Meet other off-roaders and discover new motor sports. HulaHub your leisure-life!
Includes: Off-Road Competitive Trials, Off-Road Cross-Country, Off-Road Dune Bashing, Off-Road Green Laning, Off-Road Mudding, Off-Road Raiding, Off-Road Rock Crawling and Off-Road Rock Racing.
Off-roading is the activity of driving a vehicle on unsurfaced roads or natural terrain. This motor sport takes place over a variety of terrains: Dune bashing over sand dunes or longer distance cross-country on desert routes and other ground; Green laning along unsurfaced tracks or Mudding through wet mud or clay. Rock crawling and Rock racing are extreme forms of off road driving. RTV (Road Taxed Vehicle) trailing is a common form of trailing which happens on farmland or at off-road driving centres. Cross Country Vehicle (CCV) trailing is open to non-road-legal vehicles.
There's no point in having an off road vehicle if you don't go off road occasionally - so, what are you waiting for? Fields, mud, sand dunes, rocks or roads that have fallen into disrepair - all perfect for the off roading fan. Do it for the scenery, the challenge or the competition - just get driving!
Meet other off-roaders near you!

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use our free service to find off-road sessions near you. compare prices, reviews and more. meet other off-roaders and discover new motor sports. hulahub your leisure-life!
includes: off-road competitive trials, off-road cross-country, off-road dune bashing, off-road green laning, off-road mudding, off-road raiding, off-road rock crawling and off-road rock racing.
off-roading is the activity of driving a vehicle on unsurfaced roads or natural terrain. this motor sport takes place over a variety of terrains: dune bashing over sand dunes or longer distance cross-country on desert routes and other ground; green laning along unsurfaced tracks or mudding through wet mud or clay. rock crawling and rock racing are extreme forms of off road driving. rtv (road taxed vehicle) trailing is a common form of trailing which happens on farmland or at off-road driving centres. cross country vehicle (ccv) trailing is open to non-road-legal vehicles.
there's no point in having an off road vehicle if you don't go off road occasionally - so, what are you waiting for? fields, mud, sand dunes, rocks or roads that have fallen into disrepair - all perfect for the off roading fan. do it for the scenery, the challenge or the competition - just get driving!
meet other off-roaders near you!


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Car: Casey Fields is located approximately 50km from Melbourne CBD in Cranbourne East. Parking is available on site.
Bus: Catch the 798 Bus, nine minutes from Cranbourne Station to Casey Fields.
Train: 5km from Cranbourne Station.

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car: casey fields is located approximately 50km from melbourne cbd in cranbourne east. parking is available on site.
bus: catch the 798 bus, nine minutes from cranbourne station to casey fields.
train: 5km from cranbourne station.


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From first contact at Nicollet Mall Dental Arts, Dr. Uppgaard and his staff are committed to your individual attention and strive to provide personalized oral health care tailored for your unique dental needs and goals. We work hard to create the ultimate stress-free and comfortable dental experience. Your health and comfort are our top priorities, and we do what it takes to help every patient understand their symptoms and treatment options in a relaxed office setting.
It is our mission to educate and provide our patients with the best dental care in downtown Minneapolis. For that reason, we've designed this website to provide you with all of the important information you need to make healthy decisions about your teeth and gums. We encourage you to browse our office page, service details and patient education library whenever you have a question about our practice or your oral health.
Achieving quality dental care shouldn't be difficult, so at Nicollet Mall Dental Arts we make it simple to achieve your healthiest, most beautiful smile. Whether you are looking for information on implants, teeth whitening, crowns, or preventive care, you can learn more about all of your options from our services page. For your convenience, you can also request an appointment online with our downtown Minneapolis dentist and download patient forms directly from our website.
Feel free to contact our Minneapolis dental office with any questions. We look forward to making each visit to our office a positive experience.

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from first contact at nicollet mall dental arts, dr. uppgaard and his staff are committed to your individual attention and strive to provide personalized oral health care tailored for your unique dental needs and goals. we work hard to create the ultimate stress-free and comfortable dental experience. your health and comfort are our top priorities, and we do what it takes to help every patient understand their symptoms and treatment options in a relaxed office setting.
it is our mission to educate and provide our patients with the best dental care in downtown minneapolis. for that reason, we've designed this website to provide you with all of the important information you need to make healthy decisions about your teeth and gums. we encourage you to browse our office page, service details and patient education library whenever you have a question about our practice or your oral health.
achieving quality dental care shouldn't be difficult, so at nicollet mall dental arts we make it simple to achieve your healthiest, most beautiful smile. whether you are looking for information on implants, teeth whitening, crowns, or preventive care, you can learn more about all of your options from our services page. for your convenience, you can also request an appointment online with our downtown minneapolis dentist and download patient forms directly from our website.
feel free to contact our minneapolis dental office with any questions. we look forward to making each visit to our office a positive experience.


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Chris Field: Music in the twenty-first century, a hybrid blend of classical and ambient music.
"As far as debut albums are concerned, composer/producer, multi-instrumentalist Chris Field's "Sub-Conscious" is an outstanding record: great compositions and arrangements, first rate performances and most importantly a defined point of view."
Chris Field is a Los Angeles musician, songwriter, singer, and film composer. He played guitar in rock bands during the 1990s, and then began writing film music. He produced a prolific amount of film music for movie trailers and wrote the iconic theme "Gothic Power". His influences are diverse, from Neil Young and Led Zeppelin to Beethoven and Prokoviev. He has written, performed and produced two albums, Personal Elegy and Sub-Conscious.
"It's about what's going on behind our thoughts, our sub-conscious. I like to sleep with music very low and once in a while I find my mind halfway between awake and asleep. I feel and perceive things much differently then and can get a much stronger perception of my spirit. Maybe its something like meditation, I don't know. I tried to capture that in this music.
Also, because its not created for film or picture, I had to draw from my own experience. I wanted a smooth arc in the music so that it wouldn't be startling for the listener. It builds smoothly to the peaks. This is something I noticed when falling asleep to music. If there are too many abrupt dynamics, it can be jolting.
At the same time, I wanted to keep it exciting when listening at louder volumes. I think this is what, to me, makes new age music unique. It has a smooth flow. There are lots of influences on this album: classical, rock, jazz and cinema, etc., but I applied the new age feeling to it."
Sub-Conscious was awarded Best Neo-Classical Album, 2006.
Chris Field lives in California, USA.
Tagged as: Electro Rock, Pop, Vocal, Bass, Classic rock, Electro Rock, Keyboard.

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chris field: music in the twenty-first century, a hybrid blend of classical and ambient music.
"as far as debut albums are concerned, composer/producer, multi-instrumentalist chris field's "sub-conscious" is an outstanding record: great compositions and arrangements, first rate performances and most importantly a defined point of view."
chris field is a los angeles musician, songwriter, singer, and film composer. he played guitar in rock bands during the 1990s, and then began writing film music. he produced a prolific amount of film music for movie trailers and wrote the iconic theme "gothic power". his influences are diverse, from neil young and led zeppelin to beethoven and prokoviev. he has written, performed and produced two albums, personal elegy and sub-conscious.
"it's about what's going on behind our thoughts, our sub-conscious. i like to sleep with music very low and once in a while i find my mind halfway between awake and asleep. i feel and perceive things much differently then and can get a much stronger perception of my spirit. maybe its something like meditation, i don't know. i tried to capture that in this music.
also, because its not created for film or picture, i had to draw from my own experience. i wanted a smooth arc in the music so that it wouldn't be startling for the listener. it builds smoothly to the peaks. this is something i noticed when falling asleep to music. if there are too many abrupt dynamics, it can be jolting.
at the same time, i wanted to keep it exciting when listening at louder volumes. i think this is what, to me, makes new age music unique. it has a smooth flow. there are lots of influences on this album: classical, rock, jazz and cinema, etc., but i applied the new age feeling to it."
sub-conscious was awarded best neo-classical album, 2006.
chris field lives in california, usa.
tagged as: electro rock, pop, vocal, bass, classic rock, electro rock, keyboard.


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Six new “Heroes of Asia” were honored at the 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Awards held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay City on Wednesday.
The six awardees who were referred to by Ramon Magsaysay Foundation President Carmencita Abella as “Heroes of Asia” were Dompet Duafa, an Indonesian organization; Bezwada Wilson, an advocate of the anti-manual scavenging movement in India; Thodur Madabusi Krishna, a Karnatik musician and activist; Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers; Laotian rescue organization Vientiane Rescue, and Philippine Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales.
The feisty Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales is known for being a staunch fighter against corruption in the government.
In her speech, she emphasized that she draws inspiration from her grandchildren and every Filipino child robbed of a future due to prevalent graft in the government. “I hope that our shared crusade results in succeeding generations of Filipinos will not allow corruption to tear at the protective mantle of the rule of law, the anchor of democracy. But is it up to us to stay safely anchored, or drift in the dangerous currents of anarchy,” Morales said.
Dompet Duafa, or “Wallet of the Poor” in Indonesian, is an organization that aims to promote transparency in the collection of zakat, an Islamic concept of mandatory alms for the poor. Represented by Ahmad Juwaini and Ismail Agus Said, the charity group began as a team of journalists taking part in a social mission to uplift the lives of Indonesian destitutes.
Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers was launched in 1965, exactly two decades after Japan ravaged Asia during World War II, and hopes to “restore the trust” of the international community. Representatives Kimichi Kubota and Shinichi Kitaoka narrated how their community-based efforts and volunteer excursions alleviated social ills plaguing developing countries, such as the Philippines.
“As we look forward to the next fifty years, we will continue to work hand-in-hand to promote grassroots collaboration, and further invigorate international trust and cooperation throughout the world,” Kitaoka said.
Hailing from an elite family, Thodur Madabusi Krishna inherited a rich musical tradition called Karnatik music, and as he shared his passion with his fellow Brahmins (ruling class in the Indian caste system), he noticed that impoverished Indians were prohibited from enjoying this genre of art. Since then, he distanced himself from performing at lavish concerts and instead sought to introduce Karnatik music to the Indian masses, children, and villagers in war-torn Sri Lanka.
Divergent from Krishna’s fate, Bezwada Wilson was born from the Dalits, the lowest class of the Indian caste system. He was about to be destined to be a manual scavenger, just like his parents and ancestors, when he pursued higher and education and changed his destiny. Wilson launched the Safai Karmachari Andolan in 1993 and strenuously lobbied with the Indian government for scholarships for scavengers’ children, vocational training for female scavengers, and a total scrapping of manual scavenging.
Aside from the momentous awarding, Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo delivered a compelling speech about the legacy of her husband and former Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, highlighting the time when he walked the same stage and received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2000. Moreover, she also congratulated and cited the key achievements of the six Ramon Magsaysay awardees.

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six new “heroes of asia” were honored at the 2016 ramon magsaysay awards held at the cultural center of the philippines in pasay city on wednesday.
the six awardees who were referred to by ramon magsaysay foundation president carmencita abella as “heroes of asia” were dompet duafa, an indonesian organization; bezwada wilson, an advocate of the anti-manual scavenging movement in india; thodur madabusi krishna, a karnatik musician and activist; japan overseas cooperation volunteers; laotian rescue organization vientiane rescue, and philippine ombudsman conchita carpio-morales.
the feisty ombudsman conchita carpio-morales is known for being a staunch fighter against corruption in the government.
in her speech, she emphasized that she draws inspiration from her grandchildren and every filipino child robbed of a future due to prevalent graft in the government. “i hope that our shared crusade results in succeeding generations of filipinos will not allow corruption to tear at the protective mantle of the rule of law, the anchor of democracy. but is it up to us to stay safely anchored, or drift in the dangerous currents of anarchy,” morales said.
dompet duafa, or “wallet of the poor” in indonesian, is an organization that aims to promote transparency in the collection of zakat, an islamic concept of mandatory alms for the poor. represented by ahmad juwaini and ismail agus said, the charity group began as a team of journalists taking part in a social mission to uplift the lives of indonesian destitutes.
japan overseas cooperation volunteers was launched in 1965, exactly two decades after japan ravaged asia during world war ii, and hopes to “restore the trust” of the international community. representatives kimichi kubota and shinichi kitaoka narrated how their community-based efforts and volunteer excursions alleviated social ills plaguing developing countries, such as the philippines.
“as we look forward to the next fifty years, we will continue to work hand-in-hand to promote grassroots collaboration, and further invigorate international trust and cooperation throughout the world,” kitaoka said.
hailing from an elite family, thodur madabusi krishna inherited a rich musical tradition called karnatik music, and as he shared his passion with his fellow brahmins (ruling class in the indian caste system), he noticed that impoverished indians were prohibited from enjoying this genre of art. since then, he distanced himself from performing at lavish concerts and instead sought to introduce karnatik music to the indian masses, children, and villagers in war-torn sri lanka.
divergent from krishna’s fate, bezwada wilson was born from the dalits, the lowest class of the indian caste system. he was about to be destined to be a manual scavenger, just like his parents and ancestors, when he pursued higher and education and changed his destiny. wilson launched the safai karmachari andolan in 1993 and strenuously lobbied with the indian government for scholarships for scavengers’ children, vocational training for female scavengers, and a total scrapping of manual scavenging.
aside from the momentous awarding, vice president maria leonor robredo delivered a compelling speech about the legacy of her husband and former interior secretary jesse robredo, highlighting the time when he walked the same stage and received the ramon magsaysay award in 2000. moreover, she also congratulated and cited the key achievements of the six ramon magsaysay awardees.


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I’m leading a workshop today for the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference on using unnamed sources.
I’ll discuss points made in posts about using unnamed sources, including one on persuading people to talk for the record about difficult topics (and my 20-years-later CJR piece about one of the sources) and another on using information from unnamed sources to persuade other sources to talk for the record. I also will talk about the importance of power and eagerness in granting confidentiality, and suggest we should not quote spokespeople for powerful people and organizations without using their names.
I also mention a couple of posts by others about email encryption for journalists.
If you already possess information the source would be curious about, use that to your advantage in approaching them. Former colleague Pete Carey approached a crucial source in New Orleans – post Katrina – and said, as the man was closing the door, “I didn’t come here to ask you questions, I just wanted to let you know what I know.” The door opened and the rest is history.
Finish every initial encounter with the suggestion that the source will want to know – as time goes on – what you have discovered and what you plan to publish. Of course, you’ll need extensive personal information to re-contact them: cell phone number, home phone number, email address, home address, office address and, perhaps, some additional info (DOB, SSN) in case you lose track. I’ve gotten the whole nine yards that way. In one case, we were able to track a man’s criminal activity using what he gave me.
Deeply background every source you approach, preferably ahead of time, and I mean scorched earth, without spooking the more sensitive ones.
Sometimes my most aggressive backgrounding activities – including contacting neighbors, colleagues, etc. – have caused a reluctant source to contact me, instead of the other way around. People who contact you – rather than you contacting them – tend to be more supplicant, which can be an advantage to a reporter.
Always ask sources for a list of their friends and enemies (sometimes this line of questioning requires subtlety). Then ask what each enemy would say about them.
Never argue with a person about their reluctances. Simply interview those fears. You’ll be amazed at the results of that approach.
In extreme cases – where sources must remain anonymous – get them to sign sworn affidavits. An added benefit — your readers will find these affiants more believe-able (see our Brock Adams investigation).
Final point – the vast majority of sources should be on the record and all methods, including ratcheting, should be employed to assure that.
Thanks to Eric for adding this advice to what I offered in last week’s post. I also recommend reading his “Loosening Lips” handout, from the best workshop I ever attended on interviewing.
This is an updated version of a handout for a reporting workshop I used to present more than a decade ago. I have updated it for my Advanced News Gathering class this semester at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication.
Find new “suspects.” Seek out sources beyond the “usual suspects” on your beat. If you always find yourself talking to white men, find some women and minorities who might bring a different perspective to your stories and steer you toward different ideas. If you find yourself always talking to the professionals and bosses, spend some time talking to the folks in the trenches. If you spend most of your time talking to liberals, seek out some conservatives. If you spend most of your time talking to people your age, seek out some younger or older sources. These people with different perspectives will point you to different stories. Look around the agency you cover for the people or offices that attract the least attention. Spend some time there to see if you’ll hear some different tips. Ask yourself each week whether you made meaningful contact with a new source. If you didn’t, could you have?
Talk to consumers. If you are assigned to a government or commercial entity, make sure that your circle of sources is wider than the officials of that organization. Talk to citizens who deal with that agency or business and use its services or products. If some of these consumers or citizens are organized, you should deal regularly with leaders of those organizations. You also may need to deal with some self-appointed crusaders and gadflies. Make a point of dealing with some average, unaffiliated consumers.
Identify “gatekeepers.” Develop rapport with assistants and other “gatekeepers” who control access to important sources. These people can be important sources themselves. At the least, good relations with them are essential at times to contacting the sources.
Go prospecting. Take time to go “prospecting” for sources and stories. Take a trip or set up an interview with no particular story in mind. Visit a source you haven’t seen for a while or a community or agency you haven’t covered for a while. Go just to familiarize yourself, to take someone to lunch or chat in the office or home a while. Maybe you’ll come back with a terrific story you never would have known enough to pursue. Maybe you’ll come back without a particular story, but with some tips to pursue. Maybe you’ll just come back with a valuable source to contact in future stories. At the least, you’ll gain a greater understanding of your community and your beat. Prospecting almost always yields stories and is always time well spent. You just can’t tell the editor or news director in advance what it’s going to produce.
Learn where records are. Familiarize yourself with the paper and electronic record-keeping practices of the offices you cover. Learn which records are clearly public, which are legally confidential and which might present access disagreements. Learn which records and databases you can access online without asking for them. For records kept by someone at the agency, ask to see them frequently, whether you are using them or not. This lets sources know of your interests. Seeking records in routine stories establishes precedents when you are seeking similar records in sensitive stories. Ask for records in electronic format whenever possible. Learn who has access to the confidential records (not just in the office, but clients or members of the public who might have them).
Find experts. Learn what academic institutions, think tanks or non-profit groups might study or monitor activities in your beat. Develop them as sources, so they will notify you of reports or rumors and they will know who you are when you call for their analysis of issues and events. Learn what attachments, if any, your experts have. Biases don’t render an expert’s research useless, but you must know them and note them.
Develop national sources. Contact national associations, academic experts and government agencies to develop sources with expertise in the subject you cover. They may provide valuable perspective for a local story. Or they may know something happening locally. They may alert you to a national trend. You can search for experts by topic at Profnet and Help a Reporter Out.
Be available. Let people on your beat know you’re interested in hearing tips, suggestions, complaints, whatever. Make sure they have your cellphone number and e-mail. Make rounds frequently in person and by telephone.
Be honest. Never mislead a source. Be honest about the direction a story is taking. If it’s going to be a “negative” story, don’t bill it as something else. If you’re not going to write a story about a tip, don’t indicate that you will. This doesn’t mean you have to offend or worry sources needlessly. If a source is worried about a negative story, assure him you intend to make the story fair and accurate and that you want to hear his side.
Be annoyingly insistent on accuracy. If someone gives you figures off the top of her head, ask where she got those figures, then check the original source. Call back sources to confirm spellings, figures, chronologies, etc. Ask for reports, documents, business cards, personnel directories, calendars, databases and spreadsheets that can confirm spellings, numbers and other facts. This not only ensures the accuracy of your stories, it wins respect with sources (and good will that you’ll need if an error does slip through). It puts sources on notice that they can’t slip bogus figures past you. And the materials you gather for one story often will be helpful in other stories.
Become an expert. The more you learn about the complicated issues, technology and economics of your beat, the more your sources will respect you, the harder it will be for them to BS you, and the easier it will be for you to spot good stories. Read books, articles, reports. Research online. Ask lots of questions.
Admit you’re not an expert. If you don’t know or understand something, ask. Sources will respect your honesty, and you will learn. Also, if you fake understanding, they will catch on quickly and you will lose credibility. Repeat your understanding back to the source for confirmation.
Show interest. Sources may want to bend your ear about a matter other than what you want to talk about. Listen. You may get a good news tip. Even if the source thinks it’s a story and you don’t, show interest. However boring or annoying a source may be, however uninteresting you find this alleged tip, you don’t know when a little bit of knowledge might be helpful. Even if the information is completely useless, the source will appreciate your interest and may someday tell you something that is important or interesting.
Tell sources of your interests. Tell good sources about stories you’re working on, even the ones that may not involve them directly. You may know that a source isn’t directly involved with an issue, but if you tell him about the stories you’re working on, he may steer you toward other sources who might be helpful, or he may tell you something helpful that he’s heard around the office.
Regard your sources as characters. You’re not going to profile everyone on your beat. But you might profile anyone on your beat someday. So regard them all as characters you must develop fully. Learn about their families, hobbies, backgrounds, favorite sports teams, watering holes. Note their mannerisms. Follow them on social media if they use it (and if they don’t, ask why). Even if you never write that profile, learning these things will bring some tips your way, as the character will tell you about something she heard from her husband or an interesting thing happening in a social group to which she belongs.
Establish a connection. Don’t be afraid to show your human side. If you have children the same age as the source, commiserate about car seats or car pools or car insurance, whatever stage the children are. If he hates your favorite sports team, engage in some good-natured trash talk. If she has an illness in the family, show genuine compassion. Don’t fake a connection or stretch for one, but be alert for genuine ways to make a connection. If you have little in common with the person, connect by showing genuine interest in the character beyond the narrow focus of today’s story.
Share control. Even if a source spends a lot of time with reporters, he probably doesn’t feel completely comfortable facing you and your notebook. Occasionally in an interview, give him some control. Sure, you’re asking the questions, but answer his questions if he asks any. Listen politely as he wanders off the subject occasionally. The source will feel more comfortable answering your questions if the relationship doesn’t feel one-sided.
Take control. Ask your questions directly. If the source ducks a question, ask again. Whatever niceties you engage in to establish rapport, the source should understand that your interest in the relationship is receiving information and understanding.
Track your sources. Use a spreadsheet or program such as Google Contacts or Outlook to keep track of information about your sources. Get their office phone, direct office phone, cellphone, home phone, vacation home phone. Get their e-mail addresses. Record names of secretaries, spouses, children, hometowns, former jobs, alma maters, anything you learn that might later be handy to know.
Ask for documentation. Always ask for documentation of what your sources tell you. You don’t have to do this in a challenging way (unless you’re challenging). Present it as part of your quest for accuracy. Or if the source was uneasy about discussing something for the record, say you can attribute something to a document rather than to him. Documents provide verification. They may provide details that your source can’t recall or did not know. They may lead you to other sources. In addition, they provide precedent. If a source gives you a document when it’s in her interest, it may be difficult for her to claim later that the same sort of document is not a public record.
Know public-records laws. Sources won’t always give you what you want willingly. You should know what records are public and know both the Federal Freedom of Information Act as well as state public-records laws. But use FOIA requests as a last resort. Ask sources to give you records that should be public (or some that shouldn’t). Sometimes a direct request gets you information quickly that can take months if you file an FOIA request. You might be asked to file a request for their records, but get the records quickly in a matter of minutes, hours or days, depending on your request. Always ask informally first, especially if you have good relations with the source. Formal public-records demands are an important reporting tool, but they can be slow.
Stay on the record. As much as possible, keep your interactions on the record, especially when you’re talking about information your sources know first-hand. Your sources should always understand that this is a business relationship and your business is gathering and reporting information. When you have to go off the record, make sure it is for a good reason. For instance, if a source is telling you something he doesn’t know first-hand, you wouldn’t quote him about that anyway, but the tip may lead you to first-hand sources. If you go off the record, make sure both of you understand the terms: Is the information for publication but not for attribution? If so, try to get agreement on a description of the source that’s as precise as possible. Is the discussion not for publication (if so, make sure the source knows you will try to publish it using other sources)? Before you go off the record in any fashion, tell the source you might try to get her on the record later if she says anything you want to use. And if she does, go back later with just the information or quotes you want to use, and try to get her on the record. I discussed confidential sources more extensively in a 2013 post, and will focus on the topic in a separate class.
Face the music. When you write a story that might make someone angry, show up at her office after the story runs, or call, either to ask directly about the story, to follow up or on some other pretense. Give the person a chance to sound off. If you made mistakes, admit them. If you didn’t, hold your ground but listen respectfully. Many sources (politicians, lawyers, coaches, athletes) are used to respectful adversary relationships and they will respect you and keep working well with you if you show the respect and courage to face the music when you’ve nailed them. This also is a good time for getting news tips. If someone is upset about a negative story, ask about more positive news happening in his territory. If he says the situation in his office isn’t nearly as bad as in another office, ask for details about the other office.
Admit your mistakes. If you make an error (or if your organization makes an error on your turf), admit the mistake, correct it and apologize personally to those affected. People understand that mistakes happen and they respect people who take responsibility. If you weren’t mistaken or if it’s not clear whether you’re mistaken (such as a disagreement over emphasis, rather than a factual error), listen sincerely to the complaint. Even if you disagree, give the source her say and discuss why you told the story the way you did. Consider whether a follow-up story is warranted. If not, suggest a letter to the editor, a comment on the online story or a response in social media. Brief your editor or news director on the disagreement and how you handled it. If the source complains to the editor, you’ll be glad it wasn’t a surprise.
Beware of getting too close. If your relationship with a source moves beyond friendly to friendship, you may need to adjust the relationship. You might need to ask some tough questions that remind him of the nature of your job. You can’t and shouldn’t withdraw from community life. But if you encounter sources at church and in children’s sports and the like, you may need to establish some boundaries. If you’re unsure whether a relationship is getting too cozy, discuss it with an editor. Maybe you should discuss it with the source. The source might feel a little uncomfortable, too, and might appreciate hearing that you can cheer together at your kids’ basketball game Tuesday and still argue Wednesday over news coverage or access to records.
Social media relationships. You should seek appropriate social-media relationships with sources. Follow them on Twitter if they use either personal or agency accounts professionally. Facebook is a little trickier because of language such as “like” and “friend.” If you use your personal Facebook account professionally and your source does, too, it should not be a problem to be “friends,” especially if you are friends with people on different sides of an issue, or different political parties or sports teams. If they have a Facebook page that you have to “like,” you can do that and note in an update on your page that you have done so not because of any particular fondness, but for the professional interest of following news from the page. Of course, if a person’s individual page is public, or usually public, you can just check in occasionally, as you can do with a page if you’d prefer not to “like” it (Facebook will tell some of your friends that you “like” the page, and you might prefer not to do that). It’s always a good idea to discuss your social media relationships with sources with an editor or news director, so you are on the same page.
Seems the more people you kill, the more your’re in the limelight.
That’s what this week’s killer du jour wrote about the August killer du jour in Virginia, who sought the limelight by doing his killing on live television and boasting about it on social media.
I don’t think that media cause mass killings any more than guns cause mass killings or violent entertainment causes mass killings or mental illness causes mass killings. Our nation’s violence sprees have complex causes and require complex, multiple solutions that will involve legislation, regulation, voluntary action and effective enforcement.

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i’m leading a workshop today for the investigative reporters and editors conference on using unnamed sources.
i’ll discuss points made in posts about using unnamed sources, including one on persuading people to talk for the record about difficult topics (and my 20-years-later cjr piece about one of the sources) and another on using information from unnamed sources to persuade other sources to talk for the record. i also will talk about the importance of power and eagerness in granting confidentiality, and suggest we should not quote spokespeople for powerful people and organizations without using their names.
i also mention a couple of posts by others about email encryption for journalists.
if you already possess information the source would be curious about, use that to your advantage in approaching them. former colleague pete carey approached a crucial source in new orleans – post katrina – and said, as the man was closing the door, “i didn’t come here to ask you questions, i just wanted to let you know what i know.” the door opened and the rest is history.
finish every initial encounter with the suggestion that the source will want to know – as time goes on – what you have discovered and what you plan to publish. of course, you’ll need extensive personal information to re-contact them: cell phone number, home phone number, email address, home address, office address and, perhaps, some additional info (dob, ssn) in case you lose track. i’ve gotten the whole nine yards that way. in one case, we were able to track a man’s criminal activity using what he gave me.
deeply background every source you approach, preferably ahead of time, and i mean scorched earth, without spooking the more sensitive ones.
sometimes my most aggressive backgrounding activities – including contacting neighbors, colleagues, etc. – have caused a reluctant source to contact me, instead of the other way around. people who contact you – rather than you contacting them – tend to be more supplicant, which can be an advantage to a reporter.
always ask sources for a list of their friends and enemies (sometimes this line of questioning requires subtlety). then ask what each enemy would say about them.
never argue with a person about their reluctances. simply interview those fears. you’ll be amazed at the results of that approach.
in extreme cases – where sources must remain anonymous – get them to sign sworn affidavits. an added benefit — your readers will find these affiants more believe-able (see our brock adams investigation).
final point – the vast majority of sources should be on the record and all methods, including ratcheting, should be employed to assure that.
thanks to eric for adding this advice to what i offered in last week’s post. i also recommend reading his “loosening lips” handout, from the best workshop i ever attended on interviewing.
this is an updated version of a handout for a reporting workshop i used to present more than a decade ago. i have updated it for my advanced news gathering class this semester at lsu’s manship school of mass communication.
find new “suspects.” seek out sources beyond the “usual suspects” on your beat. if you always find yourself talking to white men, find some women and minorities who might bring a different perspective to your stories and steer you toward different ideas. if you find yourself always talking to the professionals and bosses, spend some time talking to the folks in the trenches. if you spend most of your time talking to liberals, seek out some conservatives. if you spend most of your time talking to people your age, seek out some younger or older sources. these people with different perspectives will point you to different stories. look around the agency you cover for the people or offices that attract the least attention. spend some time there to see if you’ll hear some different tips. ask yourself each week whether you made meaningful contact with a new source. if you didn’t, could you have?
talk to consumers. if you are assigned to a government or commercial entity, make sure that your circle of sources is wider than the officials of that organization. talk to citizens who deal with that agency or business and use its services or products. if some of these consumers or citizens are organized, you should deal regularly with leaders of those organizations. you also may need to deal with some self-appointed crusaders and gadflies. make a point of dealing with some average, unaffiliated consumers.
identify “gatekeepers.” develop rapport with assistants and other “gatekeepers” who control access to important sources. these people can be important sources themselves. at the least, good relations with them are essential at times to contacting the sources.
go prospecting. take time to go “prospecting” for sources and stories. take a trip or set up an interview with no particular story in mind. visit a source you haven’t seen for a while or a community or agency you haven’t covered for a while. go just to familiarize yourself, to take someone to lunch or chat in the office or home a while. maybe you’ll come back with a terrific story you never would have known enough to pursue. maybe you’ll come back without a particular story, but with some tips to pursue. maybe you’ll just come back with a valuable source to contact in future stories. at the least, you’ll gain a greater understanding of your community and your beat. prospecting almost always yields stories and is always time well spent. you just can’t tell the editor or news director in advance what it’s going to produce.
learn where records are. familiarize yourself with the paper and electronic record-keeping practices of the offices you cover. learn which records are clearly public, which are legally confidential and which might present access disagreements. learn which records and databases you can access online without asking for them. for records kept by someone at the agency, ask to see them frequently, whether you are using them or not. this lets sources know of your interests. seeking records in routine stories establishes precedents when you are seeking similar records in sensitive stories. ask for records in electronic format whenever possible. learn who has access to the confidential records (not just in the office, but clients or members of the public who might have them).
find experts. learn what academic institutions, think tanks or non-profit groups might study or monitor activities in your beat. develop them as sources, so they will notify you of reports or rumors and they will know who you are when you call for their analysis of issues and events. learn what attachments, if any, your experts have. biases don’t render an expert’s research useless, but you must know them and note them.
develop national sources. contact national associations, academic experts and government agencies to develop sources with expertise in the subject you cover. they may provide valuable perspective for a local story. or they may know something happening locally. they may alert you to a national trend. you can search for experts by topic at profnet and help a reporter out.
be available. let people on your beat know you’re interested in hearing tips, suggestions, complaints, whatever. make sure they have your cellphone number and e-mail. make rounds frequently in person and by telephone.
be honest. never mislead a source. be honest about the direction a story is taking. if it’s going to be a “negative” story, don’t bill it as something else. if you’re not going to write a story about a tip, don’t indicate that you will. this doesn’t mean you have to offend or worry sources needlessly. if a source is worried about a negative story, assure him you intend to make the story fair and accurate and that you want to hear his side.
be annoyingly insistent on accuracy. if someone gives you figures off the top of her head, ask where she got those figures, then check the original source. call back sources to confirm spellings, figures, chronologies, etc. ask for reports, documents, business cards, personnel directories, calendars, databases and spreadsheets that can confirm spellings, numbers and other facts. this not only ensures the accuracy of your stories, it wins respect with sources (and good will that you’ll need if an error does slip through). it puts sources on notice that they can’t slip bogus figures past you. and the materials you gather for one story often will be helpful in other stories.
become an expert. the more you learn about the complicated issues, technology and economics of your beat, the more your sources will respect you, the harder it will be for them to bs you, and the easier it will be for you to spot good stories. read books, articles, reports. research online. ask lots of questions.
admit you’re not an expert. if you don’t know or understand something, ask. sources will respect your honesty, and you will learn. also, if you fake understanding, they will catch on quickly and you will lose credibility. repeat your understanding back to the source for confirmation.
show interest. sources may want to bend your ear about a matter other than what you want to talk about. listen. you may get a good news tip. even if the source thinks it’s a story and you don’t, show interest. however boring or annoying a source may be, however uninteresting you find this alleged tip, you don’t know when a little bit of knowledge might be helpful. even if the information is completely useless, the source will appreciate your interest and may someday tell you something that is important or interesting.
tell sources of your interests. tell good sources about stories you’re working on, even the ones that may not involve them directly. you may know that a source isn’t directly involved with an issue, but if you tell him about the stories you’re working on, he may steer you toward other sources who might be helpful, or he may tell you something helpful that he’s heard around the office.
regard your sources as characters. you’re not going to profile everyone on your beat. but you might profile anyone on your beat someday. so regard them all as characters you must develop fully. learn about their families, hobbies, backgrounds, favorite sports teams, watering holes. note their mannerisms. follow them on social media if they use it (and if they don’t, ask why). even if you never write that profile, learning these things will bring some tips your way, as the character will tell you about something she heard from her husband or an interesting thing happening in a social group to which she belongs.
establish a connection. don’t be afraid to show your human side. if you have children the same age as the source, commiserate about car seats or car pools or car insurance, whatever stage the children are. if he hates your favorite sports team, engage in some good-natured trash talk. if she has an illness in the family, show genuine compassion. don’t fake a connection or stretch for one, but be alert for genuine ways to make a connection. if you have little in common with the person, connect by showing genuine interest in the character beyond the narrow focus of today’s story.
share control. even if a source spends a lot of time with reporters, he probably doesn’t feel completely comfortable facing you and your notebook. occasionally in an interview, give him some control. sure, you’re asking the questions, but answer his questions if he asks any. listen politely as he wanders off the subject occasionally. the source will feel more comfortable answering your questions if the relationship doesn’t feel one-sided.
take control. ask your questions directly. if the source ducks a question, ask again. whatever niceties you engage in to establish rapport, the source should understand that your interest in the relationship is receiving information and understanding.
track your sources. use a spreadsheet or program such as google contacts or outlook to keep track of information about your sources. get their office phone, direct office phone, cellphone, home phone, vacation home phone. get their e-mail addresses. record names of secretaries, spouses, children, hometowns, former jobs, alma maters, anything you learn that might later be handy to know.
ask for documentation. always ask for documentation of what your sources tell you. you don’t have to do this in a challenging way (unless you’re challenging). present it as part of your quest for accuracy. or if the source was uneasy about discussing something for the record, say you can attribute something to a document rather than to him. documents provide verification. they may provide details that your source can’t recall or did not know. they may lead you to other sources. in addition, they provide precedent. if a source gives you a document when it’s in her interest, it may be difficult for her to claim later that the same sort of document is not a public record.
know public-records laws. sources won’t always give you what you want willingly. you should know what records are public and know both the federal freedom of information act as well as state public-records laws. but use foia requests as a last resort. ask sources to give you records that should be public (or some that shouldn’t). sometimes a direct request gets you information quickly that can take months if you file an foia request. you might be asked to file a request for their records, but get the records quickly in a matter of minutes, hours or days, depending on your request. always ask informally first, especially if you have good relations with the source. formal public-records demands are an important reporting tool, but they can be slow.
stay on the record. as much as possible, keep your interactions on the record, especially when you’re talking about information your sources know first-hand. your sources should always understand that this is a business relationship and your business is gathering and reporting information. when you have to go off the record, make sure it is for a good reason. for instance, if a source is telling you something he doesn’t know first-hand, you wouldn’t quote him about that anyway, but the tip may lead you to first-hand sources. if you go off the record, make sure both of you understand the terms: is the information for publication but not for attribution? if so, try to get agreement on a description of the source that’s as precise as possible. is the discussion not for publication (if so, make sure the source knows you will try to publish it using other sources)? before you go off the record in any fashion, tell the source you might try to get her on the record later if she says anything you want to use. and if she does, go back later with just the information or quotes you want to use, and try to get her on the record. i discussed confidential sources more extensively in a 2013 post, and will focus on the topic in a separate class.
face the music. when you write a story that might make someone angry, show up at her office after the story runs, or call, either to ask directly about the story, to follow up or on some other pretense. give the person a chance to sound off. if you made mistakes, admit them. if you didn’t, hold your ground but listen respectfully. many sources (politicians, lawyers, coaches, athletes) are used to respectful adversary relationships and they will respect you and keep working well with you if you show the respect and courage to face the music when you’ve nailed them. this also is a good time for getting news tips. if someone is upset about a negative story, ask about more positive news happening in his territory. if he says the situation in his office isn’t nearly as bad as in another office, ask for details about the other office.
admit your mistakes. if you make an error (or if your organization makes an error on your turf), admit the mistake, correct it and apologize personally to those affected. people understand that mistakes happen and they respect people who take responsibility. if you weren’t mistaken or if it’s not clear whether you’re mistaken (such as a disagreement over emphasis, rather than a factual error), listen sincerely to the complaint. even if you disagree, give the source her say and discuss why you told the story the way you did. consider whether a follow-up story is warranted. if not, suggest a letter to the editor, a comment on the online story or a response in social media. brief your editor or news director on the disagreement and how you handled it. if the source complains to the editor, you’ll be glad it wasn’t a surprise.
beware of getting too close. if your relationship with a source moves beyond friendly to friendship, you may need to adjust the relationship. you might need to ask some tough questions that remind him of the nature of your job. you can’t and shouldn’t withdraw from community life. but if you encounter sources at church and in children’s sports and the like, you may need to establish some boundaries. if you’re unsure whether a relationship is getting too cozy, discuss it with an editor. maybe you should discuss it with the source. the source might feel a little uncomfortable, too, and might appreciate hearing that you can cheer together at your kids’ basketball game tuesday and still argue wednesday over news coverage or access to records.
social media relationships. you should seek appropriate social-media relationships with sources. follow them on twitter if they use either personal or agency accounts professionally. facebook is a little trickier because of language such as “like” and “friend.” if you use your personal facebook account professionally and your source does, too, it should not be a problem to be “friends,” especially if you are friends with people on different sides of an issue, or different political parties or sports teams. if they have a facebook page that you have to “like,” you can do that and note in an update on your page that you have done so not because of any particular fondness, but for the professional interest of following news from the page. of course, if a person’s individual page is public, or usually public, you can just check in occasionally, as you can do with a page if you’d prefer not to “like” it (facebook will tell some of your friends that you “like” the page, and you might prefer not to do that). it’s always a good idea to discuss your social media relationships with sources with an editor or news director, so you are on the same page.
seems the more people you kill, the more your’re in the limelight.
that’s what this week’s killer du jour wrote about the august killer du jour in virginia, who sought the limelight by doing his killing on live television and boasting about it on social media.
i don’t think that media cause mass killings any more than guns cause mass killings or violent entertainment causes mass killings or mental illness causes mass killings. our nation’s violence sprees have complex causes and require complex, multiple solutions that will involve legislation, regulation, voluntary action and effective enforcement.


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KENDAT with the support of The Brooke Hospital for Animals advances capacity for humane utilization of draft animals with particular attention to the highly neglected donkey. The Heshimu Punda (Respect the Donkey) Programme advances practical community knowledge transfer efforts in donkey health & husbandry management, preventive care and policy influencing, among other livelihood interventions. KENDAT works through catalytic development interventions calling communities into action, to meet their own challenges, as they make informed demands on their development supporters, including the Government.
KENDAT- Heshimu Punda Programme was started in the year 2001 targeting two divisions; Mwea (Kirinyaga District) and Lari Division (Kiambu District). The programme covered approximately 4,000 donkeys; each region with entire population of 2,000 donkeys. HP started by helping communities to effectively and efficiently utilize “donkey power” to improve livelihoods. Through the generous support of The Brooke Hospital for Animals, HP expanded and growing over the years; to not only address donkey welfare issues but also conducting research (welfare assessment, risk assessments, helminths research in a bid to attain information and evidence to support its interventions.
Kenya has approximately 1,832,519 donkeys (from the 2009 Census) with over half of this population being used for work in transport and tillage operations. It is also approximated that about a third of the donkeys are in poor welfare status arising from human abuse and misuse which emanate from strong myths, in-humane traditional practices, and malnutrition. To a large extent, improving the welfare of working donkeys calls for a behaviour and attitude change among animal owners and users. Heshimu Punda (HP) programme, being implemented by Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT) in partnership with Brooke East Africa focuses on improving the welfare of working donkeys in Kenya through the prevention and reduction of suffering now and in the future.
Currently Heshimu Punda (HP) has interventions in Mt Kenya West (with the regional office being based at the County Veterinary offices in Kikuyu) and Mt Kenya East (with the regional office being based at the Embu County Veterinary Offices). In these areas donkeys experience considerable problems including poor husbandry, mismanagement, human abuse and misuses, which are related to negative myths, deeply inculcated in traditional and cultural practices. In addition, many people have not yet appreciated the important work done by donkeys and have a low opinion on donkeys.
The project that has run for over the last 10 years works with donkeys in the Counties of Nairobi, Kiambu, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga, Embu, Tharaka Nithi and Meru where ninety percent of the donkeys are involved in transport and tillage. HP has been implementing its projects in high potential areas where donkeys are used heavily for transport and other farming activities, and there is high reliance on them by the owners and users for their livelihoods. Most are found in peri-urban areas, where they are mostly used for business by largely the youth and yet highly misused and mistreated at the same time.
An effective LSPs system that is well networked with the government vet department and other key actors.
Building sustainable community structures to spearhead donkey welfare and livelihoods.
Partnering with the County governments to develop policy and legislation addressing donkey welfare.
Partnering with the County governments to ensure they mainstream donkey welfare in their development agenda.
Working towards Law enforcement by both key actors and donkey owners organization.
Formation of groups with an increasing membership of over 2,700 members; with some being registered as CBO’s. Groups formed have gone ahead to formulate by-laws that guide the use of the donkey. Meru donkey owners also formed an umbrella body that launched a SACCO supported by the County government.
Over 250 Local Animal Health Provider’s (LAHP) have been trained and supported with a basic kit to provide veterinary services. This translates to less suffering for needy donkeys. Veterinary service provision to donkeys in the project areas has improved in terms of availability, access and quality.
Policy implementers are more involved in donkey welfare – police creating awareness on the existing national laws (Cap 360, Traffic Act,) and prosecuting those abusing donkeys.
Myths are fading away as donkey owners absorb knowledge and information on how to handle their donkeys better such as through seeking treatment for donkeys, use of donkey manure for farming.
Improved donkey welfare practices due to community trainings. Some improved practices include:- wider use of reflectors on carts and jackets by donkey riders resulting in less road accidents involving donkeys, construction of housing for donkeys, improved feeding habits, better and friendly handling of donkeys.
HP has been able to make considerable improvements in many of the areas where population of donkeys has increased considerably, compared to the beginning of the program and has continued to expand while heavily relying on its history and the fact that over time, the team has transversed the country and is well aware of the challenges in many areas of Kenya.
Moreover, the HP team is diverse with individuals coming from and knowledgeable about many regions in the counties.

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kendat with the support of the brooke hospital for animals advances capacity for humane utilization of draft animals with particular attention to the highly neglected donkey. the heshimu punda (respect the donkey) programme advances practical community knowledge transfer efforts in donkey health & husbandry management, preventive care and policy influencing, among other livelihood interventions. kendat works through catalytic development interventions calling communities into action, to meet their own challenges, as they make informed demands on their development supporters, including the government.
kendat- heshimu punda programme was started in the year 2001 targeting two divisions; mwea (kirinyaga district) and lari division (kiambu district). the programme covered approximately 4,000 donkeys; each region with entire population of 2,000 donkeys. hp started by helping communities to effectively and efficiently utilize “donkey power” to improve livelihoods. through the generous support of the brooke hospital for animals, hp expanded and growing over the years; to not only address donkey welfare issues but also conducting research (welfare assessment, risk assessments, helminths research in a bid to attain information and evidence to support its interventions.
kenya has approximately 1,832,519 donkeys (from the 2009 census) with over half of this population being used for work in transport and tillage operations. it is also approximated that about a third of the donkeys are in poor welfare status arising from human abuse and misuse which emanate from strong myths, in-humane traditional practices, and malnutrition. to a large extent, improving the welfare of working donkeys calls for a behaviour and attitude change among animal owners and users. heshimu punda (hp) programme, being implemented by kenya network for dissemination of agricultural technologies (kendat) in partnership with brooke east africa focuses on improving the welfare of working donkeys in kenya through the prevention and reduction of suffering now and in the future.
currently heshimu punda (hp) has interventions in mt kenya west (with the regional office being based at the county veterinary offices in kikuyu) and mt kenya east (with the regional office being based at the embu county veterinary offices). in these areas donkeys experience considerable problems including poor husbandry, mismanagement, human abuse and misuses, which are related to negative myths, deeply inculcated in traditional and cultural practices. in addition, many people have not yet appreciated the important work done by donkeys and have a low opinion on donkeys.
the project that has run for over the last 10 years works with donkeys in the counties of nairobi, kiambu, nyandarua, kirinyaga, embu, tharaka nithi and meru where ninety percent of the donkeys are involved in transport and tillage. hp has been implementing its projects in high potential areas where donkeys are used heavily for transport and other farming activities, and there is high reliance on them by the owners and users for their livelihoods. most are found in peri-urban areas, where they are mostly used for business by largely the youth and yet highly misused and mistreated at the same time.
an effective lsps system that is well networked with the government vet department and other key actors.
building sustainable community structures to spearhead donkey welfare and livelihoods.
partnering with the county governments to develop policy and legislation addressing donkey welfare.
partnering with the county governments to ensure they mainstream donkey welfare in their development agenda.
working towards law enforcement by both key actors and donkey owners organization.
formation of groups with an increasing membership of over 2,700 members; with some being registered as cbo’s. groups formed have gone ahead to formulate by-laws that guide the use of the donkey. meru donkey owners also formed an umbrella body that launched a sacco supported by the county government.
over 250 local animal health provider’s (lahp) have been trained and supported with a basic kit to provide veterinary services. this translates to less suffering for needy donkeys. veterinary service provision to donkeys in the project areas has improved in terms of availability, access and quality.
policy implementers are more involved in donkey welfare – police creating awareness on the existing national laws (cap 360, traffic act,) and prosecuting those abusing donkeys.
myths are fading away as donkey owners absorb knowledge and information on how to handle their donkeys better such as through seeking treatment for donkeys, use of donkey manure for farming.
improved donkey welfare practices due to community trainings. some improved practices include:- wider use of reflectors on carts and jackets by donkey riders resulting in less road accidents involving donkeys, construction of housing for donkeys, improved feeding habits, better and friendly handling of donkeys.
hp has been able to make considerable improvements in many of the areas where population of donkeys has increased considerably, compared to the beginning of the program and has continued to expand while heavily relying on its history and the fact that over time, the team has transversed the country and is well aware of the challenges in many areas of kenya.
moreover, the hp team is diverse with individuals coming from and knowledgeable about many regions in the counties.


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Nobody is better equipped to write a book about the roots of the English imagination than the award-winning novelist, biographer, poet and critic Peter Ackroyd, and in Albion he has distilled a lifetime's work into a book of monumental proportions. This is a dense, poetic book about the origins of the English literary imagination, stretching from Beowulf through Shakespeare to the novels of Virginia Woolf and the music of Vaughan Williams.
Ackroyd confesses that "there is no certain description" of the English imagination. As a result the structure of this massive, learned book shares affinities with his recent bestselling biography of London. Specific themes and preoccupations are repeatedly weaved through short, sometimes allusive chapters as Ackroyd traces "the conflation of biography, or history, and the novel" across the evolution of "a mixed language comprised of many different elements and a mixed culture comprised of many different races". The result is a rich poetic tapestry that moves from an exploration of the cadences of Old English poetry to the creation of the modern English language in the work of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Defoe and the great novelists of the 18th century. Ackroyd resists polemical definitions, but repeatedly returns to themes that for him create a quintessentially English imagination. These include a fascination with "the local and the circumstantial", "the English genius for assimilation and adaptation", and the recurrent interest in biography and landscape.

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nobody is better equipped to write a book about the roots of the english imagination than the award-winning novelist, biographer, poet and critic peter ackroyd, and in albion he has distilled a lifetime's work into a book of monumental proportions. this is a dense, poetic book about the origins of the english literary imagination, stretching from beowulf through shakespeare to the novels of virginia woolf and the music of vaughan williams.
ackroyd confesses that "there is no certain description" of the english imagination. as a result the structure of this massive, learned book shares affinities with his recent bestselling biography of london. specific themes and preoccupations are repeatedly weaved through short, sometimes allusive chapters as ackroyd traces "the conflation of biography, or history, and the novel" across the evolution of "a mixed language comprised of many different elements and a mixed culture comprised of many different races". the result is a rich poetic tapestry that moves from an exploration of the cadences of old english poetry to the creation of the modern english language in the work of chaucer, shakespeare, milton, defoe and the great novelists of the 18th century. ackroyd resists polemical definitions, but repeatedly returns to themes that for him create a quintessentially english imagination. these include a fascination with "the local and the circumstantial", "the english genius for assimilation and adaptation", and the recurrent interest in biography and landscape.


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text: View more >This paper examines the expansion of death and grief from private experience and spaces, into more public spheres via a range of media events and communication technologies. This shift is increasingly acknowledged and documented in death studies and media research. The modern experience of 'sequestered death' has passed. Death images and events are now thoroughly mediated by the visual and communication technologies used and accessed by a vast number of citizens across the globe. At the same time, the proliferation and accessibility of death imagery and narratives does not necessarily mean that the Western world has moved forward and beyond 'death denial'. Indeed, one of the key arguments of this paper is that mediated death - death as televisual, cinematic, and journalistic image and narrative - does not necessarily equate to a familiarity, and especially an existential acceptance of death, as it is faced and experienced in everyday life and relationships. Indeed, what we may be facing, and witnessing, is a widening gap and experiential differential between media/technological death culture and 'real life' contexts and temporalities of death and bereavement.

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“Let the…children come to me,” Jesus cried out to His disciples long ago, but He didn’t have this in mind: a gunman standing only feet away sending ten of them into the darkness of death, where only Jesus Himself can save them. The story in the Gospel this morning shows our Lord overcome with uncontrollable excitement at the thought of children coming into His midst, but last Thursday Jesus wept seeing His precious children of God at Umbqua Community College endure a rampage of bullets; some of whom with no chance to escape death far too soon in their lifetime.
Unfortunately we have reached the point in this country where it is no longer “breaking news,” no matter how much it scrolls across the bottom of our televisions, no matter how bold the font is on newspapers across the nation the next morning. Mass shootings happen far too often now to qualify for any kind of headlines.
I still remember when I was in elementary school, when bombings shook Oklahoma City to the core, leaving nearly 200 dead and over 600 injured. After hearing the news from our principal our teacher stopped us in our tracks before going up the stairs back to our classroom in shock and despair, because that senseless tragedy took away a sense of peace and tranquility we thought we had in this nation. Now just over twenty years have passed since that horrific day near the center of this country that was felt through every state across the land. And yet my 4th grade teacher and all Americans had no idea what was about to happen over the next two decades, not just by terrorists from beyond the borders, but by fellow Americans, by people we, their fellow classmates, their own family, never expected.
Colleges and universities, movie theaters, Amish schoolhouses, elementary schools, high schools, community colleges, are evidently all fair game now for violence of the most catastrophic proportion, and it feels as if it’s an unrelenting tide we can’t do anything to stop from crashing into communities far too similar to our own. I obviously didn’t understand the full gravity of the Oklahoma City bombing in the 4th grade, but the truth is I still don’t. I have no idea what the families of the students killed at Umpqua Community College are going through today. I don’t realize how much this shooting spree makes those of Sandy Hook and Columbine relive the nightmare all over again, when a normal day at school turned into the most shattering experience of their entire life. The closest I ever get is through a computer screen, and see the images of delirious parents and frightened classmates. That obviously does not do near the justice to their pain and anguish realizing their children were forced to witness a terrifying massacre right in front of them, not to mention many of them injured and several killed. Some of the reports from the scene reveal the gunman telling students to stand up and answer whether or not they were a Christian. A “yes” resulted in death. For others it still resulted in the most intense pain piercing their entire body.
“Let the…children come to me,” Jesus said, and they did. They reached out to Him in spite of their own life, and grabbed onto the Good Shepherd in the darkest valley of the shadow of death. Evidently they feared absolutely no evil, for they knew God was with them. His rod of love and staff of compassion somehow comforted them in the face of indescribable horror.
Except the true power behind the Gospel is that God loves those who couldn’t say, “yes” that day too. The divine love is not limited to a certain group. Nevertheless far too many of them in Roseburg, Oregon, were forced to choose in the heat of a most awful moment, deciding not only about their own life, but their families and friends. God never intended to bless us with faith for such moments, but instead for life, for healing, for joy, for freedom over and against sin and death.
The not so young children came to Jesus in a way that should never happen. This did not happen for a reason orchestrated by God. This happened because a madman yearned for power over others, and not because God told him to: in order for us to learn from the dead students’ example of amazing faith, in order for us to live life to the fullest. God has plenty of other precious ways to make us realize that in this lifetime.
However, no matter how much people take advantage of free will to the unexplainable detriment of human life, Jesus still shows up in ways only God can pull off. Jesus still cries out in the deepest darkness of death to the children of all ages, “Come to me!” So He said, “Let the children come to me, do not stop them, [for the Kingdom of God belongs to them].” And just as our Lord said it would be, nothing can stop them: no bullet, no terror, no hatred, nor life, nor death, nor anything else in all Creation will be able to separate them from the love of God in Christ Jesus, our Lord. So let it be, oh God. So let it be for all your children. Amen.

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“let the…children come to me,” jesus cried out to his disciples long ago, but he didn’t have this in mind: a gunman standing only feet away sending ten of them into the darkness of death, where only jesus himself can save them. the story in the gospel this morning shows our lord overcome with uncontrollable excitement at the thought of children coming into his midst, but last thursday jesus wept seeing his precious children of god at umbqua community college endure a rampage of bullets; some of whom with no chance to escape death far too soon in their lifetime.
unfortunately we have reached the point in this country where it is no longer “breaking news,” no matter how much it scrolls across the bottom of our televisions, no matter how bold the font is on newspapers across the nation the next morning. mass shootings happen far too often now to qualify for any kind of headlines.
i still remember when i was in elementary school, when bombings shook oklahoma city to the core, leaving nearly 200 dead and over 600 injured. after hearing the news from our principal our teacher stopped us in our tracks before going up the stairs back to our classroom in shock and despair, because that senseless tragedy took away a sense of peace and tranquility we thought we had in this nation. now just over twenty years have passed since that horrific day near the center of this country that was felt through every state across the land. and yet my 4th grade teacher and all americans had no idea what was about to happen over the next two decades, not just by terrorists from beyond the borders, but by fellow americans, by people we, their fellow classmates, their own family, never expected.
colleges and universities, movie theaters, amish schoolhouses, elementary schools, high schools, community colleges, are evidently all fair game now for violence of the most catastrophic proportion, and it feels as if it’s an unrelenting tide we can’t do anything to stop from crashing into communities far too similar to our own. i obviously didn’t understand the full gravity of the oklahoma city bombing in the 4th grade, but the truth is i still don’t. i have no idea what the families of the students killed at umpqua community college are going through today. i don’t realize how much this shooting spree makes those of sandy hook and columbine relive the nightmare all over again, when a normal day at school turned into the most shattering experience of their entire life. the closest i ever get is through a computer screen, and see the images of delirious parents and frightened classmates. that obviously does not do near the justice to their pain and anguish realizing their children were forced to witness a terrifying massacre right in front of them, not to mention many of them injured and several killed. some of the reports from the scene reveal the gunman telling students to stand up and answer whether or not they were a christian. a “yes” resulted in death. for others it still resulted in the most intense pain piercing their entire body.
“let the…children come to me,” jesus said, and they did. they reached out to him in spite of their own life, and grabbed onto the good shepherd in the darkest valley of the shadow of death. evidently they feared absolutely no evil, for they knew god was with them. his rod of love and staff of compassion somehow comforted them in the face of indescribable horror.
except the true power behind the gospel is that god loves those who couldn’t say, “yes” that day too. the divine love is not limited to a certain group. nevertheless far too many of them in roseburg, oregon, were forced to choose in the heat of a most awful moment, deciding not only about their own life, but their families and friends. god never intended to bless us with faith for such moments, but instead for life, for healing, for joy, for freedom over and against sin and death.
the not so young children came to jesus in a way that should never happen. this did not happen for a reason orchestrated by god. this happened because a madman yearned for power over others, and not because god told him to: in order for us to learn from the dead students’ example of amazing faith, in order for us to live life to the fullest. god has plenty of other precious ways to make us realize that in this lifetime.
however, no matter how much people take advantage of free will to the unexplainable detriment of human life, jesus still shows up in ways only god can pull off. jesus still cries out in the deepest darkness of death to the children of all ages, “come to me!” so he said, “let the children come to me, do not stop them, [for the kingdom of god belongs to them].” and just as our lord said it would be, nothing can stop them: no bullet, no terror, no hatred, nor life, nor death, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate them from the love of god in christ jesus, our lord. so let it be, oh god. so let it be for all your children. amen.