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Sylvestre Ledru performed a study that rebuilt the Debian archive using clang, a new C/C++/Objective-C compiler. The goal was to evaluate the current capabilities of clang for compilation and C/C++/objective-C support. Results are available on the Debian clang web pages.

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A group of Nobel Peace Prize winners including Desmond Tutu has urged Britain to back down over its claim to the Falkland Islands.
The retired South African Anglican bishop is one of the signatories to a letter sent to David Cameron on Wednesday, which calls on the prime minister to "review the British government's position of refusing to dialogue on this matter".
According to the AFP news agency the letter also calls on the British government to "comply with United Nations resolutions calling for the initiation of talks with the Republic of Argentina."
The calls are led by Argentine artist Adolfo Perez Esquivel, who won a Peace Prize in 1980 for his work on human rights and his opposition to the military dictatorship in his country that was in power at the time of the Falklands War.
The other signatories to the letter are Argentinian Adolfo Perez Es, Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala, Mairead Maguire of Ireland, American Jody Williams and Iran's Shirin Ebadi.
The letter comes as Nick Clegg rejected Argentinian claims that Britain had deployed nuclear weapons to the South Atlantic.
Speaking in South Korea on Tuesday, the deputy prime minister said the accusation was "unfounded" and "baseless",
"The United Kingdom ratified the protocols to the treaty in 1969, the treaty referred to by President Pinera which guarantees a nuclear weapons-free zone covering Latin America and the Caribbean," he said.
He added: "We have respected those obligations since 1969 and we will continue to do so."
Tensions between Argentina and Britain have been simmering for months as the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War approaches.
Argentina reacted angrily to the recent deployment of the Royal Navy's most advanced destroyer HMS Dauntless (pictured below) to the region, as well as the decision to send Prince William to the Falklands in his capacity as a RAF search-and-rescue pilot.
Britain has condemned the decision by Argentina to ban Falkland Islands-flagged ships from docking at its ports, as well as its attempts to raise the issue of the territory's sovereignty at the United Nations.


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Based on stories that he told his grandchildren, he was a true hobo. Mack said that he traveled "all over" in train cars and smoked "wacky weed." These statements aren't exactly detailed. So, what do I know as fact?
- He was named Vary Americus Hyler, but was known in his later years as Mack Huyler (family stories and documents)
- He stated that he was born on 2 April 1903 in Columbia, Richland, SC (ssa)
- He appears in Lexington County Census records in 1910 and 1920 and cannot be found in the 1930 census.
- He married Ruby L Waters on 2 Jan 1931 in Atlanta GA (marriage cert)
- He and Ruby divorced during his time away (she remarried)
- On 25 Feb 1937 he filed a social security application in Augusta, Richmond, GA
- He returned to Ruby (now divorced from her second husband) when his daughter, Betty, was 14 (statement from Betty)
- He was living with Ruby again in 1948 in Atlanta, GA (directory)
- He married Ruth Sexton after Ruby died (family info and obit)
What about rumors? Aside from the few mentions of riding trains, not much is known. It has been speculated by the family that Mack knew Ruth Sexton from his traveling days and may have been in a relationship with her at that time.
Mack's 1937 ssa tells me a few things:
- Ruth was born in Alleghany County, SC in 1913 (obit)
- She spent part of her childhood in Virginia (1920 census).
Mack's 1937 ssa tells me a few things:
- He was officially calling himself Mack, not Vary, and spelling his surname with a 'u'
- His address was 446 Watkins Street, Augusta, GA
- He was employed with Huckeye Cotton Oil Co
There are a few things I did immediately: mapped the address and checked city directories. Unfortunately, it's hard to say for sure what building on Watkins Street is 446.
The city directories are available online for 1937 and listed 446 as "vacant." So, it seems that Mack was new to this address in '37. The 1938 directory lists Benj F Steerman and Stoney Taylor as living at this address. Did Mack only live here a short time, or was he the roommate or friend of these men? Or was this just an address he listed to have something to put on the form? Regardless, Augusta, Richmond, GA is a city that might offer more clues about Mack. And maybe these other two men might provide information on Mack.
So, where else can I look? I can widen my search of city directories. I can continue to look in the 1930 census, though I don't hold out luck finding him there. I can look for military service. He should have registered for the draft in the early 1940s. I can try and track him through his siblings (three brothers, seven sisters). Any other ideas?


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The Record (http://www.troyrecord.com)
Saturday, July 26, 2014
ALBANY >> If the first round is any indication, we could be in for some record scores at the SEFCU Championship at Capital Hills at Albany. Several players had their best round of the season to get this next stretch of the season started.
Min Lee, a rookie from Taiwan, shot her season-best 6-under 65 to lead the first Symetra Tour stop after a three-week layoff for the players. She leads by one over Brianna Do of Lakewood, CA, who shot 33-33 (-5) on the par-71 course, and Laura Wearn of Charlotte, NC, who shot her season low 66.Nine players, including the defending champion Wei-Ling Hsu of Taiwan, and Nannette Hill, a three-time NYS Junior Girls champion, are tied at 67 (-4), two behind Lee. Also in that group is Madison Pressel, who played last year in Albany on a sponsor's exemption. She is the younger sister of LPGA star Morgan Pressel.
"I struck the ball really well today," Pressel said. "It's a great way to start this four-week stretch that's for sure."
Jackie Stoelting, whose parents grew up in the Capital Region, shot even par and Caroline Powers, daughter of former RPI hockey coach Buddy Powers, shot one-over par.
Pressel jumpstarted her round with a pair of birdies right out of the gate in the afternoon wave from the field of 144. She drained a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-5 first hole and followed it up with an 8-foot birdie on the second. She had five birdies on the front nine to shoot 32-35.
"The first nine I couldn't miss a putt," she said. "The back nine I got a little cold."
Her wedge play was spot on, giving herself birdie putts of 4-feet on No. 5, 10-feet on No. 7 and 12-feet on No. 8. Capital Hills is one of only a couple of tour courses she's seen twice. She has one win on tour this rookie season.
"You feel a little more comfortable," Pressel said. "You know where not to miss it and I think that helps a lot." Do, a UCLA product, made her first LPGA cut last week in Ohio, which gave her confidence.
"I had good things going last week," she said after shooting 33-33. "I hit it well, putted well, mentally I was great and then I come out here and take the momentum and keep going."
A round of five birdies and no bogeys produced a big smile after her round. What added to that was that was a chip-in on No. 15 plus she missed two greens-in-regulation and still got up-and-down on both. That included draining a 17-footer for par on No. 17.
"That was the only tough par out there for me, today," Do said.
Also on the tricky par-4 17th with the elevated green, Wearn made an eagle from 145-yards with her 8-iron.
"I was a little bit nervous to play the hole so when it went in I was really excited," she said, adding she didn't really see it go in until people by the green reacted.
"I was glad to get it out of the way," Wearn said, who went over and had a photo taken of herself next to the leaderboard after the round.
"I just felt really relaxed," Wearn said. "I hit my irons really, really well and gave myself a lot of birdie chances."
Round two of the 54-hole tournament is Saturday. Then there's a cut and it wraps up on Sunday with the winner earning $15,000.


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2012-2013 Whatley Enhancement winners announced
The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation announced the winners of the 2012-2013 Whatley Employment Enhancement Awards this week. Seven out of the 20 proposals were chosen for funding. Winning employees and projects included:
Heidi Wooten, Joy Cooper & Alan Carter (Business/Accounting/Economics)- The Federal Reserve Experience - $750.00
Julie Lyon (Communities in Schools/ACE of Northeast Texas) - CAPPED@NTCC $1,125.00
Winston McCowan (Biology) - HD TV for Laboratory Access $500.00
Melody Henry (Upward Bound) - Upward Bound Robotics Academy $1,300.00
Andrew Yox (Honors) - Wright Patman, Last Populist $800.00
Mark Bouwens (Physics) - Optimization of Optics $3,025.00
Jim Swann (Spanish & Honors) - The Caddo Collection $1,125.00 (Private Funds)
The total amount awarded was $8,625. Funds for the Whatley Employment Enhancement Awards come from an endowment created by Mr. and Mrs. James Whatley. This allows NTCC employees to get financial support for innovative projects that might not otherwise be funded.
"Each year we are impressed by the quality and the number of proposals we receive. Our employees care about making NTCC a better place for students and this is a small way we can encourage their creativity and enthusiasm," Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement, said.
For more information about the Whatley Employment Enhancement Awards, contact Nita May, Director of Development, at 903-434-8113.


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The Chicago Pre-Draft combine starts today, and goes until Friday. Unlike previous years, this edition is going to be much closer to an NFL-style combine - measurements, weight tests, physical tests, and skill tests; no 5-on-5.
Without the actual gameplay, most pundits don't expect the testing to have much bearing whatsoever on draft positioning (remember the #2 picks the last two seasons - Michael Beasley measured out at 6'7" and Kevin Durant couldn't bench 185 lb), unless, for example, DeJuan Blair is actually 6'11" or Austin Daye did a few cycles and comes in with Dwight Howard's shoulders.
After the jump, the full list of the 52 participants.
Jeff Adrien, Connecticut
Rodrigue Beaubois, Cholet (France)
DeJuan Blair, Pitt
Jon Brockman, Washington
Derrick Brown, Xavier*
Chase Budinger, Arizona
Nick Calathes, Florida*
DeMarre Carroll, Missouri
Omri Casspi, Maccabi Elite (Israel)
Dionte Christmas, Temple
Earl Clark, Louisville
Darren Collison, UCLA
Dante Cunningham, Villanova
Stephen Curry, Davidson
Austin Daye, Gonzaga*
DeMar DeRozan, USC
Toney Douglas, Florida State
Wayne Ellington, North Carolina
Tyreke Evans, Memphis
Jonny Flynn, Syracuse
Taj Gibson, USC*
Danny Green, North Carolina
Blake Griffin, Oklahoma
Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
Luke Harangody, Notre Dame*
James Harden, Arizona State
Gerald Henderson, Duke
Josh Heytvelt, Gonzaga
Jordan Hill, Arizona
Jrue Holiday, UCLA*
Joe Ingles, Melbourne South Dragons (Australia)
Damion James, Texas*
James Johnson, Wake Forest
Gani Lawal, Georgia Tech*
Ty Lawson, North Carolina
Eric Maynor, VCU
Jack McClinton, Miami
Jerel McNeal, Marquette
Jodie Meeks, Kentucky*
Patrick Mills, Saint Mary's*
B.J. Mullens, Ohio State
Jeff Pendergraph, Arizona State
A.J. Price, Connecticut
Tyler Smith, Tennessee*
DaJuan Summers, Georgetown
Jermaine Taylor, Central Florida
Jeff Teague, Wake Forest*
Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut
Marcus Thornton, LSU
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland*
Terrence Williams, Louisville
Sam Young, Pitt
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Chicago Pre-Draft Combine starts today
The Chicago Pre-Draft combine starts today, and goes until Friday. Unlike previous years, this edition is going to be much closer to an NFL-style combine - measurements, weight tests, physical tests, and skill tests; no 5-on-5.
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In an age of high energy athletic players that make the whole floor move differently, plus the ability to simply defend many players with varying offensive abilities in both the half court and transition, UMASS' Tony Gaffney should've been here. There is also not a single 3 or 4 of the invitees who has Gaffney's ability to make correct decisions with the ball in the half court.
- June 1, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Rob Dauster said...
I agree. I love Tony Gaffney's game. I even had him as an all-american earlier in the season. I wouldn't be surprised if he eventually landed an NBA gig a la Louis Admunson in Phoenix.
- June 1, 2009 at 4:51 PM


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ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ: Here's The Magic Formula For Building Massive Companies [DECK]
Published 3:13 pm, Friday, February 1, 2013
The founding partner of Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, recently gave a great presentation at the DLD conference in Munich.
Ben explained how Andreessen Horowitz chooses its investments.
Specifically, he laid out what might be described as a "magic formula" for building humongous, world-dominating, dynastic-wealth-creating tech companies.
Here's his presentation...
Ben Horowitz is not just an amazingly successful investor. He is also an entrepreneur. So he has seen this game from both sides...
Andreessen Horowitz looks at 2,400 qualified (pre-screened) investment opportunities a year. It invests in 1 in 100.
Horowitz says that four things are "knowable" about every opportunity: 1) the idea, 2) the entrepreneur, 3) the market, 4) the business model.
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AJAX Calendar is a PHP class that can be used to display month calendars that can be browsed using AJAX. It can generate HTML and JavaScript to display a month calendar with links to browse the months using AJAX to avoid page reloading. The class can make given days be displayed as links to event pages. The browsing may be restricted to given dates. The months and week day names are customizable. The presentation details may be customized using CSS.
AbanteCart is an extensible shopping cart application with a fast-growing number of extensions. Easy extension installation and management is provided with one-step installation. Upgrade support is in the control panel. Backward supportability in upgrades and backup/restoration are followed in every upgrade. A sophisticated and easy-to-use shopping cart control panel is available, with a "Search anything" feature for fast information location and editing. Help instructions are embedded into the control panel pages. AbanteCart is fast, with low resource consumption, and can be installed and run on virtually any shared or dedicated hosting.
Agile Toolkit is a powerful object-oriented platform for Web user interface development. It can help you build a simple administration system or Web data manager quickly and with ease. It focuses on seamless integration while being simple to learn. Agile Toolkit fills the gaps between ORM and the user interface. It lets you focus on the business logic of your application and leave implementation details (such as HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, and CSS) to Agile Toolkit.
Agilo for Scrum is a tool that integrates many useful functionalities to support Scrum and more. It is meant for a product owners managing a product backlog and release plan, Scrum masters coaching and supporting a team, and developers tracking issues and sharing knowledge. Agilo is highly configurable to adapt to your specific workflow and provides streamlined and full support for your daily work. Agilo supports multi-project environments as well as small teams and helps them to manage Scrum and the development issues at the same time.
Alchitect helps you build Web sites and Web applications with unprecedented ease. With Alchitect, the core things that you have to do for every Web application, especially those that require a database, are handled for you. This means you have more time to design the look-and-feel of your site as well as to add features to your application.
Alfanous is a Quranic search engine that provides simple and advanced search services in the diverse information of the Holy Quran. It is built on the foundations of modern search engines to ensure high stability and high-speed searching. It has features to help the user search like highlighting and suggestions. Alfanous is necessarily focused on searching in the Arabic language, and so it provides Arabic morphological analysis to allow users more liberty in the formulation of queries and also to increase the accuracy of the research and its comprehensiveness.
AlphaLemon CMS is a content management system built on top of the Symfony2 framework. It is designed to make it as easy as possibile to manage a Web site without requiring programming or a large learning curve, while giving developers a robust and flexible framework on which to build Web applications and distributable extensions.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State men's volleyball team debuts in the 2013 AVCA Division I-II Preseason Coaches Poll at No. 8. The Nittany Lions face six teams in 2013 that are ranked in this year's preseason poll.
Penn State opens the season in the Hawaii Outrigger Invitational on Jan. 10-12 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Lions face No. 6 UCLA, Hawaii, which is receiving votes in the preseason poll, and No. 11 Ohio State. Penn State faces No. 5 Lewis in its home opener on Jan.18 at Rec Hall before challenging 10th-ranked Loyola-Chicago on Jan. 22.
The Nittany Lions continue play at home for six more matches before traveling to Harvard on Feb. 15. Harvard received votes in this year's preseason poll. The Lions challenge their next ranked opponent, No. 14 George Mason, on Feb. 22 before traveling to Irvine, Calif. on April 13 to face defending national champion and top-ranked UC Irvine.
Penn State plays 13 home matches in the confines of Rec Hall in 2013, including eight straight from Jan. 18-Feb. 9. The Nittany Lions take on each EIVA opponent, including Sacred Heart, Harvard, Saint Francis, George Mason, Rutgers-Newark, Princeton and NJIT twice during the regular season. Penn State also has a home and away series with the Buckeyes. In addition, Penn State scheduled matches with Pfeiffer (Feb. 1), Mount Olive (Feb. 2), IPFW (March 9), Ball State (March 10), Lees McRae (April 5) and Concordia (April 12).
Penn State, which closed out 2012 ranked seventh in the nation, returns 10 letterwinners and six starters from the 2012 squad that made its 14th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament . The Nittany Lions also welcome the addition of five newcomers for the 2013 season.


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New Orleans Jazz ... ? Traditional Jazz ... ?
If you're an aspiring student of hot Dixieland jazz the pages around here should interest you.
They're all about how hot jazz is played.
Have a look at the site map here to help find your way around.
There are four projects -
Louis Armstrong Transcriptions
American Popular Songs, 'Band in a Box' songs & lead sheets
Louis Armstrong Transcriptions.
Around 1900 something dramatic happened in New Orleans, a new music emerged which developed to an influential peak with the Hot 5 & Hot 7 recordings of Louis Armstrong. This was amazing music with an instant and lasting appeal.
How on earth did he do it? Find out here
Improvisation Lessons
Listening to music is a pleasure but learning to play is much much more satisfying. Nobody said it was easy but it's well worth all the hard work!
How can you do it? Find out here
American Popular Songs, 'Band in a Box' Songs & Lead Sheets
Dixieland Jazz has a strong tradition which builds on the wonderful American popular songs written during the first half of the twentieth century.
What are these songs? Find out here
Jazz Tradition
A great tree of popular music has evolved from the early innovations in New Orleans. An initial attempt to map and piece together the network of pleasure that has emerged is here
Smithy Lane Stompers - our very bit of jazz, bags of enthusiasm, lousy sound ... but only a bit of fun!
Have a go, do your own thing, make your own music in a rehearsal band?


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Discourse Markers in Composition Writings: The Case of Iranian Learners of English as a Foreign Language
The aim of this study was to investigate discourse markers in descriptive compositions of 90 Iranian students who were selected from two universities. Without any instruction, they were given a topic to write a descriptive composition per week for 8 weeks. 598 compositions were collected, and they were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively by three raters following Fraser's (1999) taxonomy of Discourse Markers. Findings showed that students employed discourse markers with different degrees of occurrence. Elaborative markers were the most frequently used, followed by inferential, contrastive, causative, and topic relating markers. There was a direct and positive relationship between the quality of the compositions and the number of well-functioned discourse markers. Results also revealed statistically significant differences between the use of discourse markers and composition quality in the groups. Graduate students used more discourse markers, and this led to more cohesive texts.
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Woodworking thrives at Centerville Junior High
By Miriam G. Mazliach
June 7, 2011
A wonderful woodsy aroma permeates the air upon entering the large classroom. Students are busily working, involved and engrossed in their various projects. Equipment hums as the activity is presided over by their attentive woodshop teacher, Steven Olson. Its business as usual, in the Woodworking class at Centerville Junior High School in Fremont.
Many secondary schools, not only Hopkins, Mission, Irvington and Washington in Fremont, but those at surrounding school districts in New Haven and Hayward, to name a few, have shut down their woodshops over the past few years due to budgetary concerns, retirement of long-time shop teachers or the push towards subjects considered more academic. But, Centervilles program is stronger than ever due to the efforts of its dedicated teacher and supportive school community.
Olson, who had been teaching art for five years at the school, jumped at the opportunity to take on the woodworking classes when Jim Franchi retired in 2008 after 40 years as the shop teacher. Olson is now completing his third year in the position.
Last year, two of Olsons students entered projects in the California State and Alameda County Fairs. Khanh Dang won 1st Place at the state fair for her chaise lounge (chair) as well as an award for Best of Show and was presented with $250. Rachel Palmon won 2nd Place at the state fair for her end tables and a 1st Place at the county fair.
Always looking for new ways to improve the students potential for learning, this year Olson started requiring his Woodworking 2 (Advanced) students to learn SketchUp, a CAD (Computer Aided Design) program. By using it, they can envision a better design for whatever they are creating, through a process called 3D rendering. Another plus is that the program can be downloaded for free so most students are able to work at home on their designs. Additionally, Olson began using laptops in his classroom and installed the SketchUp software on school library computers for the students. Olson adds, Learning SketchUp is design in the 21st century and useful for the future.
Olson recognizes that the schools woodworking program has value as an introduction to a possible career. In his Woodworking 1 class, students learn to use hand tools correctly. They can move on to the jigsaw, sanders, and drill press but must pass a test to use the router or lathe. He reviews the safety regime many times. Students have to earn 100 percent on the tests, for each piece of equipment, in order to be allowed to move on to use them.
The band saw, joiner, or table saw can only be used by the teacher or advanced Woodworking 2 students, with teacher assistance at all times. Students definitely enjoy the shop class and it creates a lot of positive experiences, says Olson.
Growing up, Olson recalled that his brother took woodworking, which made him come to the realization that he also liked creating things and making anything he could. I want to build a house next, Olson says. I want to teach my students an I can attitude rather than an I cant. When I was 14, I thought my shop teacher had the greatest life by teaching this stuff.
To follow his own dream, Olson pursued an Industrial Arts degree at SJSU (San Jose State University). However, he soon discovered that it focused more on manufacturing, not woodworking and switched into the Art Department. Olson liked that it had a better woodshop, which was available to use all day, so he received his degree in Art. I found that Im not only a woodmaker, but a sculptor and a ceramicist. I enjoy using my hands.
Olson encourages his students to try challenging projects. This is not your grandpa or grandmas woodshop class, he adds. I want them to learn how to work well in life and to solve problems. It taught me to figure things out for myself.
To ensure the quality of the shop projects, Olson prefers to purchase wood for his classes from MacBeath Hardwood in Berkeley. He gets oak, maple, walnut, cherry and some exotic woods like padauk and purple heart. Plywood is also used for some projects. He goes to pick up the wood himself as they give the school a good price, but dont deliver. The class parents are generous and usually chip in to help defer the cost of the wood and materials, says Olson.
Principal of Centerville Junior High, Sherry Strausbaugh is very supportive of the woodworking program. Strausbaugh states, I think its a great program and to have students compete and win at the state fair is an accomplishment. The items the kids are producing are amazing. Theyre really proud of what theyve created in woodshop and even come in at lunchtime to work and be successful. Strausbaugh adds, Steve definitely goes above and beyond not only for the students, but the school, by painting murals and building shelving units, among others.
Olson has been thanked many times by appreciative staff members and parents, for going the extra mile to help the school out in a myriad of ways, including fundraising. He recently held a sale of remainder project items from previous semesters, to raise funds for the department and school. He included some of his own pottery and even tie-dyed shirts himself. For all his efforts, this year Olson received a special award from the PTA (Parent Teacher Association) given in appreciation of extra service to the school.
As if that wasnt enough, Olson has made arrangements with his principal and Adult Education to offer after school classes for high school students interested in continuing to learn with him. Olson also teaches a Ceramics class on Wednesday evenings through Castro Valley HARD (Hayward Area Recreation and Park District).
Im passionate and hardworking about what I do, says Olson. Its a release and being able to work with your hands to make things gives you a sense of pride and its yours. Maybe in the future this is a skill or interest you can keep and maintain for a lifetime. We all need things made out of wood.
It is clearly evident that Olson believes very much in what he is doing when he says, I really feel that I need to inspire kids. I only have them here for two years.


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While New Bedford and Fairhaven have multiple buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, Marion has only one — the lighthouse at Bird Island — and none of what residents call the village's iconic sites.
MARION — Bob Jones cracked open a three-inch binder full of grainy photographs, building plans and yellowing town reports, the results of 10 years worth of digging through the First Congregational Church's 171-year history.
"We said it belongs on the registry, and so the state said 'Now prove it,'" Jones, a former congregation president, said.
While New Bedford and Fairhaven have multiple buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, seaside Marion has only one — the lighthouse at Bird Island — and none of what residents call the village's iconic sites such as the Music Hall have been accepted for the prestigious listing.
Getting the church at the corner of Front and Main streets listed could spark a "chain reaction" in Marion after the final nomination papers are filed in March for the June round of application reviews, Jones said.
The church, constructed in 1841 with money from Marion patroness Elizabeth Taber, is believed to be where President Grover Cleveland attended services, according to Sippican Historical Society curator Pete Smith, who has helped Jones with research for about a year.
The First Congregational Church also attracts interest now and then for its three-faced clock tower. Four neighbors on each side of the tower were asked to pitch in $50 in 1872 to build it, but only three came through and then covered the shortfall themselves, Smith said.
As a result, the stingy neighbor on the tower's southern side got to look at a blank wall.
"The congregation was testy back then," said Jones.
Jones first started working with the Massachusetts Historical Commission, which reviews nominations to the National Register, to put the church on the register in 2002. The immensity of the work eventually "disillusioned" him and he put the project down until recently, he said.
"Miss one of their questions and they'll send the whole application right back to you," he said.
His effort is not the first time residents have tried to get a local building on the register.
A 1993 push to get the Music Hall on Front Street — another building financed by Taber — listed was denied because Marion lacked a "comprehensive inventory of historical resources," said a letter from the MHC to the town Historical Commission at the time.
Getting the Music Hall on the registry fell by the wayside after that, even after the town completed an inventory in 1998, said Ann Washburn, who first contacted the state in the early '90s about how to list the structure.
Voters also rejected proposals to create historic districts in Marion village because they were afraid the status would interfere with renovating their homes if they became "historical," said then-Sippican Historical Society president Judith Rosbe.
After all of Marion's false starts, Jones said he's looking forward to seeing the church on the register.
"People will be proud they're a part of this town," he said. "I think a lot of people are going to say 'these properties (should be listed) too.'"


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TOPEKA, Kan. - State Librarian Christie Brandau and Roy Bird, Director of the Kansas Center for the Book at the State Library of Kansas, Tuesday announced the 2008 Kansas Notable Book List.
Fiction, nonfiction, and children's books all populate the list which is considered to contain the best of the books published by Kansas authors or about Kansas in the preceding year.
"In the past year, 122 books by Kansans or about Kansas were considered for the 2008 Kansas Notable Books List," said Bird. "We celebrate these titles that are reflective of our state's diverse historical, literary, and cultural experience."
The Kansas Notable Book List, a project of the Kansas Center for the Book (KCFB) at the State Library of Kansas, is an annual selection of 15 titles of books written by Kansans or about Kansas published in the previous year. A Kansas Notable Books Committee of the KCFB identifies the titles and forwards a list to the State Librarian for final decision. This year's Kansas Notable Books selection committee included representatives from an academic library, a public library, a regional library system, booksellers, a publisher, a media representative, and a college children's literature professor. This is the third annual Kansas Notable Book List compiled by KCFB. In addition, Kansas is only one of two states that choose to promote their authors and stories in such a manner.
The Kansas Notable Book authors will be honored at a reception this summer, and at various book festivals throughout the state.
The list, alphabetical by title and brief synopsis, includes:
1. American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China, by Matthew Polly.
Leaving college behind, Topekan Matthew Polly journeys to the storied temple in China where kung fu is practiced and where he undergoes two years of awe-inspiring physical conditioning. Polly's greatest aspiration in this book is simply that he wants to feel comfortable in his skin and enjoy the spiritual peace that comes with that. The book makes his exotic quest, highly accessible and pleasurable to read.
2. The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians, Brad Sneed, illustrator.
By following the school-age years and beyond of one student named Melvin, this book, illustrated by Kansan Brad Sneed, shows that there is no question too large or unusual that can't be answered by a reference librarian. At the same time learning is occurring, everyone involved is having fun using programs and resources available at the local public library which are shown to be instrumental in Melvin's achievements.
3. Can I Keep My Jersey? 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond, by Paul Shirley.
This lively American-abroad story traces the up-and-down basketball career of Paul Shirley, a Kansas farm boy and former starter on the Iowa State basketball team. It's an insider book about pro-sports, where the author understands how coaches and managers think, and that professional basketball is more about show business than sports. The book reads much like a blog while taking readers inside Shirley's personal dream to make it someday in the NBA.
4. The Curse of Catunkhamun, by Tim Raglin, author and illustrator.
Feline villains Dr. Mew Man-Chew and his daughter, Princess Mee-Ow, plot to turn all dogs into zombies by the use of sound waves. The adventures of two dogs, Colonel Scott and Dr. West, take them from London to Egypt in an attempt to solve the mystery of the Golden Bone of Catunkhamun (pronounced cat-un-common) and put a stop to these evil schemes.
5. The Farther Shore, by Matthew Eck.
In 1993, the battle of Mogadishu was the most intense combat Americans had engaged in since Vietnam. In this adrenaline-filled debut novel, Matthew Eck puts readers inside the mind of a young man caught in the fog of unexpected attack. When a small unit of U.S. Army soldiers is separated from their command and left for dead, their only option is to keep moving, in hope that they will escape the marauding gangs and clansmen who appear to rule the city.
6. From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White, by Beverley O. Buller.
The life and times of William Allen White and his family are depicted in a colorful, well thought-out reference text. Each page is filled with detailed photos and personal writings of the famous newspaper editor, politician, advocate and father from Emporia, Kansas. This book shares the life of a man who helped shape Kansas history for future generations and should be shelved among all famous Kansan biographies in a children's or school library.
7. Hellfire Canyon, by Max McCoy.
Based upon the life of Branson, MO serial killer Alf Bolin, Hellfire Canyon follows a young man's quest for revenge which makes him desperate enough to go undercover and join Bolin's gang. Max McCoy, award-winning Kansas author and Emporia State University instructor, explores and expands upon the legends and history behind the hard times following the Civil War and a man who couldn't stop killing.
8. Hunger for the Wild: America's Obsession with the Untamed West, by Michael L. Johnson.
One of the most keen observers of the Western scene, Michael L. Johnson offers a monumental cultural and historical analysis of how ideas of wildness have shaped the ways Euro-Americans have perceived, reacted to, and acted upon the West for nearly 500 years. Whether contemplating the Disneyfied frontier or the Ralphlaurenized range, this University of Kansas English Professor takes readers on an intellectual romp through the wilds of the contemporary West, with its UFO fanatics and post-regional cowgirls.
9. The Kitchen Sink: New and Selected Poems, 1972-2007, by Albert Goldbarth.
Wichita State University Distinguished Professor Albert Goldbarth has created an unmistakable signature style—erudite, copious, hilarious, and heartbreaking—which has spanned an award-winning career of 35 years. The Kitchen Sink brings together his newest work with a selection of earlier poetry, ranging from the brief, flickering lyric to the long, narrative sequence.
10. A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution, by David A. Nichols.
Fifty years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce a federal court order desegregating the city's high school, author David A. Nichols presents an engrossing narrative that places Ike and his civil rights policies in dramatic new light. This book draws on archival documents neglected by past biographers and scholars, including thousands of pages newly available from the Eisenhower Presidential Library. Nichols, a leading authority on Eisenhower, takes us inside the Oval Office to look over Ike's shoulder as he worked behind the scenes to desegregate the District of Columbia and complete the desegregation of the armed forces. Nichols is a former academic dean at Southwestern College in Winfield, KS.
11. The Middle of Somewhere, by J. B. Cheaney.
Twelve-year-old Veronica (a.k.a. Ronnie) Sparks has plans to shake her little town roots and see the world! But for now she's hitting the road in an RV with her cantankerous, wind-prospector grandfather and her hyperactive little brother. They are on a mission, heading across Kansas in search of a good stiff breeze. Ronnie discovers that there are some things you just can't plan for or seize control of—but sometimes a little chaos is just what a girl needs.
12. The Rest of Her Life, by Laura Moriarty.
We've read the stories in the paper where the parents of a teenager get sued for the actions of the teen. What if that was your child? In The Rest of Her Life, Kansas author Laura Morairty explores the complex moral dilemma, looks at how all families involved cope with a terrible accident, and the tenuous mother/daughter relationship that remains.
13. Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep, by Michael J. Everhart.
As curator of paleontology at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History at Fort Hays State University, Michael Everhart plunges readers into the Late Cretaceous oceans of 80 million years ago. This official companion book to the National Geographic film, "Sea Monsters," explores the relatively unknown world of the monstrous marine reptiles that lived underwater during the same time as dinosaurs roamed the land. The book presents additional information on the sea monsters depicted in the film, the world they lived in, the paleontologists who first discovered and studied their fossils, why the monsters disappeared and the story behind the making of the movie.
14. Storm Chaser: A Photographer's Journey, by Jim Reed.
The weather once was reported after the news; today, it often is the news. One of America's most successful and award-winning storm chasers, Jim Reed has created a beautiful picture book about some of the most powerful—and sometimes deadly—phenomena in our world. Reed shares his best images and his experiences as he tracks these storms throughout the country.
15. Writing in an Age of Silence, by Sara Paretsky.
In this collection of essays, Sara Paretsky essentially explores five different periods of her life: the traditions of her childhood and youth in Kansas, the political climate of the 60s, the awakening of her own feminism, the attack on civil liberties, and finally, our obsession with terrorism and biological warfare. This book documents the amazing awakening in her writing, and the pathway to her subjects and characters.
The Kansas Center for the Book is a state affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. As a program of the State Library of Kansas since 2005, the Center's role is to promote Kansas books, authors, libraries, booksellers, publishers, and the book community, and to foster awareness of literacy and the literary heritage of the state. For more information, visit our website: http://www.kcfb.info.


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The next time you see some bucket of blubber riding around the mall or the grocery store on one of those little electric scooters, take a look at their shoes. Do they look reasonably well-worn? Well there you are. Here is someone who is perfectly capable of walking when they want or need to.
You do know that most of these people get their electric wheelchairs for free, don't you? Yup, they're paid for by Medicare.
Actually, no they aren't and if you will actually listen to the ad, you will notice that they do not promise that Medicare will pay. I'll grant you that it's still irritating for a company to actively seek people this way, but they specifically say, "...If we pre-approve you and Medicare won't pay. " then it's free. Well guess what? Medicare doesn't pay for most of the scooters you see out there, because Medicare doesn't pay for those kind of scooters, it pays for power-chairs (a term it used interchangeably with "scooter" even by Medicare). And it only pays for them if you have a medical condition which requires one to get around INSIDE your house, and if your house is suitable. I learned this first hand when I went shopping for a scooter for my mother, who is indeed physically limited but doesn't need one to get around the house and couldn't use one in her house for much anyway. The day she can't walk from room to room, I'll end up getting her a transport chair so she can sit and pull herself along with her feet, or I'll push her around as I have done when she was incapacitated. The electric chair simply won't work in her house or her bathrooms.
But if you see someone, regardless of his weight, on a scooter, he bought it or someone gave it to him.
I paid $989 for my mom's three wheel scooter that she uses at fairs and other outdoor events, and yes, my sister also uses it, we paid for it and it's none of Boortz' business.
I don't doubt that there is some fraud, there is fraud anytime fraud can be committed. People commit fraud against banks- are they less careful than Medicare?
Medicare's Wheelchair and Scooter Benefit
If your doctor submits a written order stating that you have a medical need for a
wheelchair or scooter for use in your home, Medicare will help cover any of the
types listed below. Generally, Medicare will pay 80% of the Medicare-approved
amount, after you have met the Part B deductible. You pay 20% of the Medicare-
approved amount.
Wheelchairs (both manual and power) and scooters are also known as "mobility
assistive equipment."
Medicare will help cover your wheelchair and scooter, if you meet allof the
following conditions:
• You have a health condition that causes difficulty moving around in your home.
• You're unable to do activities of daily living (like bathing, dressing, getting in or
out of a bed or chair, or using the bathroom) even with the help of a cane, crutch,
or walker.
• You're able to safely operate, and get on and off the wheelchair or scooter, or have
someone with you who is always available to help you safely use the device.
Also, the equipment must be usable within your home (for example, it's not too big
for your home or blocked by things in its path).While you were hanging yourself , on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun
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A joint initiative between the American Immigration Council and AILA seeks to change the playing field for immigrants facing deportation.
Learn more about AILA's official statements on immigration issues.Read Now
AILA Doc. No. 09101463 | Dated October 14, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) welcomed the call by U.S. Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) yesterday for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR). Gutierrez presented an outline of core principles that could serve as a basis for a new CIR bill. The core principles address what many immigration advocates hold as key issues vital to any comprehensive immigration reform bill, including a pathway to legalization for undocumented workers and students, family unity and labor protections, smarter and more effective enforcement, verification systems that work, mechanisms for future immigration flows and immigrant integration programs. Specifically, the forthcoming immigration reform legislation would:
"We know how dedicated Rep. Gutierrez is to immigration reform," stated Bernie Wolfsdorf, president of AILA. "Gutierrez has long been a strong and vocal leader in the CIR movement. We welcome his introduction of this new CIR bill and look forward to working with him and other members of congress as a starting point to craft a bill that will once and for all fix this nation's broken immigration system and help spur the country back to economic recovery."
The American Immigration Lawyers Association is the national association of immigration lawyers established to promote justice, advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and enhance the professional development of its members.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 09101463.
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Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard is a MIDI event generator and receiver. It doesn't produce any sound by itself, but can be used to drive a MIDI synthesizer (either hardware or software, internal or external). You can use the computer's keyboard or mouse to play MIDI notes. You can use the Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard to display the played MIDI notes from another instrument or MIDI file player.
Mutabor is a program that allows you to perform and compose microtonal music using a normal MIDI keybord and normal MIDI equipment. Its powerful description language is intended to allow permanent retunings and complex tuning logic. One application is just tuning. Mutabor has been used for this purpose to make available all pitches that can be reached by stacking perfect thirds and perfect fifths. The stable version 3.0x is available in German only and runs under Windows and Wine. The unstable branch can be accessed via CVS (but build bugs should be expected) or downloaded from the Berlios developer site.
Public domain general-purpose libraries.
A Python IDE.


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Review: Bernard Schweizer, "Hating God: The Untold Story of Misotheism"
Author: Bernard Schweizer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Genre: Religion
Year: 2010
Pages: 246
Binding: Hardcover
Price: $29.95
In the face of inexplicable and extreme personal suffering, the biblical Job refuses to turn on the God who gave him life: "The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21). His property and children are destroyed, his body is inflicted with sores. Job's wife appears and insists that Job ought to "curse God and die" (Job 2:9). She isn't given a name and she's never mentioned in the Bible again, but she's the prototypical adherent of what author and associate professor of English Bernard Schweizer calls "misotheism." She is "ready to curse God in open defiance and willing to be damned rather than acquiesce in divine caprice" (29). She believes in God yet denounces him. In his new book, Hating God: The Untold Story of Misotheism, Schweizer faces the double task of outlining the heretofore foggy category exemplified by Job's wife, and justifying its relevance to current views of God and faith. By demonstrating that misotheism exists (my spell-checker still says no), that it has an interesting history and typology, and that it is morally (rather than epistemologically or ontologically) grounded, Schweizer hopes to facilitate "an increased tolerance toward those believers who cannot bring themselves to worship God in the prescribed way" (23).
"Misotheism," in contrast with atheism, is not the rejection of the existence of God, it is the reaction of a believer to the problem of evil—directed toward God—on behalf of suffering humans. Miso (hate) + theos (God) = misotheism, which is manifest in anger and disappointment toward a deity who seems either incompetent, impotent, or encouraging toward evil. Simply put, it's difficult to reconcile the suffering people witness in the world with a God who is considered to be the all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-loving creator. Theologians have developed various answers to the problem of evil, but such attempts fall short for misotheists. As Schweizer explains:
"They are concerned with the conditions of human happiness and with the ultimate causes of suffering, and they cannot square their empirical knowledge about these matters with what they were taught to believe about God" (23).
"The misotheist is interested in the human ramifications of the problem of evil, and he puts priority on the human response to the seeming randomness of cruelty and pain in God's universe" (220).
Schweizer is careful to note that the misotheists he discusses aren't static in their beliefs and attitudes toward God, nor are they so easily grouped together (224). Any time we take to putting people in boxes they tend to pop out when we aren't looking. Still, he divides them into two broad categories: the "Agonistic" and the "Absolute." Following a broad overview of the "history of Misotheism," Schweizer zooms in to explore these categories in six "case studies" of writers who couched their misotheism in literature—often but not always obscuring their personal animosity by putting it in the mouth of fictional characters. Algernon Swinburne, Zora Neale Hurston, Rebecca West, Elie Wiesel, Peter Shaffer, and Philip Pullman (who, much more than the others, might be surprised to be listed among misotheists as opposed to atheists or agnostics) each represent different manifestations of misotheism within Schweizer's overall framework.
"Agonistic Misotheism" includes people who "are struggling with the understanding that God is not entirely competent and good, while resenting the need to praise and worship him" (17). Elie Wiesel was a pious Jew raised in a Hasidic community in Romania before a horrific eleven-months' stay in multiple concentration camps during World War II. A decade after emerging from hell Wiesel penned Night, a memoir:
"Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night...Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever" (154).
Rather than rejecting God's existence, he wanted answers from Him: "Although I know I will never defeat God, I still fight Him" (155). The paradox of a prayer of attack is difficult to account for, but Schweizer contextualizes it within a wider trend of Jewish protest theology (169-170).
Less comprehensible but just as interesting are the "Absolute Misotheists" who seem to "exult in the demise of deity" (18). Rather than lamenting, they happily slam the judges gavel without hope that God might pull things off for the better in the end. Algernon Swinburne's "Hymn of Man" treats God as a criminal on trial being judged and condemned by a jury of men:
By the dread wherewith life was astounded and shamed out of
sense of its trust,
By the scourges of doubt and repentance that fell on the soul
at thy nod,
Thou art judged, O judge, and the sentence is gone forth
against thee, O God.
Thy slave that slept is awake; thy slave but slept for a span;
Yea, man thy slave shall unmake thee, who made thee lord
over man (99).
Swinburne's innovative adaptation of biblical motifs is uncovered in Schweizer's careful literary analysis, for instance he notes Swinburne's skillful parody of Matthew 7:1 ("For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you," 99). It is particularly difficult to classify such writing as "misotheist," even most of Swinburne's contemporaries saw him as atheistic at best. But Schweizer points to one perceptive review which said "the strangest and most melancholy fact in these strange and melancholy poems is, not the absence of faith, but the presence of a faith which mocks at itself" (100). In Mormon parlance you might say these are people who "leave God, but can't leave God alone" (see p. 66).
The difficulty of placing any given believer in a particular misotheistic category is apparent as Schweizer compares various believers in sometimes dizzying ways. Discerning the difference between a person who really believes in but hates God and a person who wrestles with ideas about God without actually believing in him seems near-impossible. (One perceptive atheist who reviewed Schweizer's book believes the division actually isn't relevant anyway. Citing the so-called "Paradox of Fiction" he notes that people can have emotional responses to characters they know aren't real.)
A few theological blunders or overstatements can be detected here and therein Schweizer's discussion. Two examples should suffice. First, he asserts that believers ought to know better than to try and make a bargain with God. Following Augustine's view of Providence, and certain Protestant views about predestination he concludes that "each individual's fate has already been decided prior to his birth" (183). This essentially labels all Christians as 5-point Calvinists with a heavy emphasis on "unconditional election." Second: Tony Watkins critiques Pullman's Dark Material series by noting that Christians don't claim a monopoly on morality and values but that they believe "morality only functions because it has an objective basis in the character of God, whether or not anybody believes in him" (204). Schweizer objects to Watkins on the grounds that Watkins presents a contradiction: Watkins can't consistently claim that morality can exist apart from religious belief and at the same time link morality explicitly to God, the object of religious belief. Regardless of whether I agree with Watkins's claim, Schweizer has overlooked the distinction that can be made between ontological and epistemic considerations. In other words, gasoline can make my car run regardless of whether I understand the actual process of fuel combustion, or whatever it's called (see?).
"Indeed we should pray 'Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive thee thine.' For it seemed to us that there might be a divine plan that would excuse divinity. The agonies of this world might be the birthpangs of a dispensation that should be like the dawn after the dark night of this life. It might be that we were horses dragging the chariot uphill from the dark bog of disorder to the hilltop where there would be a temple full of worshipful and comprehensible gods and all things should be clear and happy. We were part of the plan. But a plan may be too cruel" (134, full quote from Bernard Schweizer, "God's Cruel Plan: Where New Atheism Falls Short," religiondispatches.org, 10 February 2011).
Misotheism is a fruitful field of inquiry in religious studies because different manifestations are emerging depending largely on the social, religious, personal, and political circumstances of various believers (211, 217). Schweizer pays due attention to the modes of thought which influence misotheists, including feminism, Epicureanism, Greek mythology, anarchism, liberalism, humanism, Judaism, Christianity, and many more. In Hating God Schweizer's malleable typology of misotheism keeps the ball rolling, but also gives it some much-needed direction.


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Dear Dr. Roach: My 82-year-old brother died in January from pancreatic cancer. Prior to his diagnosis, he was the picture of health: exercising vigorously every day, eating a healthy diet, keeping his mind active and alert and taking health supplements with no excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages (only occasional wine). His only health complication was getting deep-vein thrombosis from a long horseback ride, and he was placed on warfarin (Coumadin) and told to take it forever. He had his blood clotting levels monitored per the physician schedule. His dad lived to age 94, and our mother to 90. He thought he had the longevity genes. In researching the diagnosis and possible causes, we found several references to people taking this medication getting pancreatic cancer. - T.A.
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most feared malignancies because there isn't an effective screening test, chemotherapy and radiation are only modestly useful and surgery, while the only reliable cure, often is not possible at the stage when most people with the disease present to their doctors. Although not the case for your brother, cigarette smoking and lack of exercise are clear risk factors for pancreatic cancer.
Pancreatic cancer is well known to cause blood clots. I suspect what may have happened in your brother's case is that the unknown pancreatic cancer, not the horseback ride, caused the initial blood clot. He then would have been on warfarin at the time the pancreatic cancer was diagnosed.
One can never be sure what happens in any particular case. However, to my knowledge, there has never been a study suggesting that warfarin increases risk of pancreatic (or any other) cancer.
Dear Dr.Roach: I'm an 80-year-old man in fairly good health, but I have a problem that I can't find an answer for. I've asked my primary doctor, but he has not given me a good answer for it, and it could be that I did not ask the question right. When I get cold, I break out in hives. It happens when the temperature is below 70 degrees and I touch cold metal or something - I will break out. The only thing that seems to work is to warm up the body. Do you have any suggestions? - D.M.
You have cold urticaria. "Urticaria" is the precise term for hives or wheals. Cold air can do it, but so can cold objects. Metal objects are more likely to do so because metal conducts heat away from your body faster. Swimming is the most dangerous activity for people with cold urticaria, and it shouldn't be done in cold water.
Nobody really understands why cold urticaria happens. Avoiding cold and keeping the body covered up and warm are obvious and effective remedies. Antihistamines, such as Benadryl or Claritin, may help if you must be exposed to the cold.
Dear Dr. Roach: Could you give me some information about BCG? If this were recommended to you as a treatment, would you hesitate to take it? - M.P.
Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a weakened form of a bacteria related to tuberculosis. It is used in many countries as a vaccine against tuberculosis; however, its effectiveness at preventing TB is questioned.
BCG in North America is mostly used as a treatment for superficial bladder cancer. It seems to stimulate the immune system to fight off the cancer on its own, but it's not clear exactly how it works. Serious side effects are uncommon, but it frequently causes bladder symptoms, which wear off usually within 48 hours.
I would hesitate before using it, but I would take it if my urologist felt it was my best option.
DR. KEITH ROACH is a syndicated columnist with North America Syndicate Inc., P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.


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By Sam Mamudi
Futures for the leading stock indexes are up more than 0.5% ahead of Friday's opening bell, rising a tick after the latest unemployment figures, which showed 157,000 jobs were added in January and US unemployment stands at 7.9%. The report had some good news about recent months' jobs growth:
For all of last year, the economy added an average of 181,000 jobs a month, according to updated figures, better than the 153,000 pace originally reported. Underscoring that improvement, December's payroll figures were revised to a gain of 196,000 from an initially reported 155,000, while November increased to 247,000 from 161,000.
Among the big stock movers among large-caps this morning are shares of Merck (MRK), down about 3% after the drugmaker gave a gloomy full-year forecast:
Merck said sales this year will be "near 2012 levels." Revenue last year fell 2 percent to $47.3 billion after the company failed to market new drugs to replace the revenue lost from Singulair, which began facing competition from cheaper copies. Merck said today it will delay asking regulators to approve a new osteoporosis drug, odanacatib, until 2014, a year later than analysts had expected.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported earnings this morning, with net income up 5.9% but energy production down.
In other news, JPMorgan's (JPM) London 'Whale' apparently tried to raise the alarm that his bets had gone awry even before the full extent of the damage to the bank was known, reports WSJ.
And Bloomberg reports that Deutsche Bank (DB) will limit bonuses being paid out this year to $409,000:
Banks are under pressure to rein in compensation and tie it more closely to performance after large cash payouts were blamed for encouraging the type of risk-taking that led to the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and the subsequent financial crisis. Deutsche Bank will pay 3.2 billion euros in bonuses for 2012, down 11 percent from a year earlier, Chief of Compliance Stephan Leithner said yesterday.


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Inspired by our recent post celebrating the coming of spring, Gary Faules started to dig through his collection of National Geographic ads to share some with us. Gary writes:
I love the old NG not only because of the beauty of the cars but it's equally interesting to what verbiage was used back then to motivate people to buy their brand. With regards to older adds like found in the 30's and so on when travel by car was becoming the rage it's interesting how many adds there are from specific states inviting motorist to come see their state. In turn NG would do well written exposes about places like the Redwoods, or Niagara falls and so on which in turn motivated NG readers to travel. In short, NG had more to do with travel by car than one might think.
All of these pages are from a single NG. (March 1936)
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Sympathy undeserved
I watched where Ohio executed Dennis McGuire, who murdered a pregnant woman 25 years ago. They said he suffered for 20 minutes and his lawyers are crying boo-hoo. I say he didn't suffer long enough.
He got to live 25 years; the mother suffered and baby never saw the light of day and now he gets national attention for his 20 minutes of suffering.
Something is wrong here; he didn't suffer long enough.
Jim Burdick
Hood River
Remembering Davis
Losing a friend is difficult; fortunately a proper good-bye took place before I knew Carroll Davis was so ill. We met in July 2003 — then 74, he guided a hike I participated in to Elk Meadow. He'd encouraged me to "go for it!" although just six months out from my second THR.
Carroll said he enjoyed that particular hike "like no other," yet hung back with me when we came to the infamous rock-slide. The others went on while we enjoyed the scenery, lunch and I had a personal biology/horticulture lesson; I truly wished at the time for a recorder.
Last fall I gave him one of my irregular calls to ask his opinion about outdoor books for my family, having only "Curious Gorge" at the time. He recommended "Wildflowers of the Columbia Gorge," by R. Jolley; "Trees & Shrubs of Washington State," by Lyons and "Hiking in the Columbia Gorge," by Schneider. He further advised to buy used and as a result I found three of each for an average of $4! One from an Arizona library was only $1!
Reporting back, Carroll was genuinely as pleased as me. He was that kind of man.
Say hello to your Lorraine for me, will you, my inspirational, young-at-heart friend?
LaRayne Kayfes
Hood River
Still have a dream
Last week I was deeply moved by OPB's "American Experience," which focused on the summer of 1964. What I found so moving was the dedication and devotion people felt about the need for equality — among races and genders.
Forty years later, and we're still wrestling with equality, this time in the issue of same-sex marriage. I realize that for some, the issue is one of religion. As a local clergy person, I understand this; but I am also called to respect the dignity of every human being.
How are we respecting the dignity of every human being if we deny some the opportunity to have their loving, committed relationships recognized by the state?
While we reflect on the life and ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this week, I think we are invited to also reflect on equality for all — not just for some.
I, too, have a dream for a more equal society.
Anna Carmichael
Hood River
Raising minimum wage
In response to "Question for workers" (Our Readers Write, Anne Vance, Jan. 18): Not all Republicans are bad and not all Democrats are good. There are pros and cons to raising minimum wage and both sides have legitimate arguments.
One thing for sure though: Somebody new to the job market (teens) will have even a harder time finding work as employers will search even harder for experienced workers.
And let's not forget that in 2014, employers with 50 or more full-time workers will be required to provide a package of "essential health benefits" or pay a penalty. This government-mandated package will add a whopping $1.79 an hour to the cost of hiring an employee.
Maybe that's affordable when you're hiring lawyers or bankers, but not for hiring unskilled first-time workers.
Ron Morgan
Tax stats
The federal tax burden is the lowest it's been since World War II.
Taxes are going down, not up!
Check the facts on the Office of Management and Budget website for yourself (http://1.usa.gov/KuoxK4, Table 2.3 Receipts by Source as Percentage of GDP 1934-2018).
George Selleck
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Consumer confidence in Massachusetts fell sharply in January as the state's residents fretted about jobs and stagnant incomes, according to a survey by a Boston consulting and research firm.
Mass Insight said that its quarterly consumer confidence index fell to 82 in January from 91 in October and from 84 in January 2012.
William H. Guenther, chief executive of Mass Insight, attributed much of the decline to a still-weak job market.
Nearly half of those surveyed viewed jobs as scarce, and one in four said that either they or someone in their household been involuntarily unemployed in the previous month, according to Mass Insight.
"The ongoing uncertainty about the availability of jobs coupled with stagnant income levels continues to unsettle Massachusetts residents," Guenther said in a statement.
The drop in consumer confidence in Massachusetts reflects a decline nationally.
The Conference Board, a private research group in New York City, reported that its monthly US consumer confidence index fell in January to 58.6 from 66.7 in December.
US consumers had a pessimistic outlook on the economy and their own finances, which the Conference Board blamed in part on the recent payroll tax increase, which is taking small but noticeable amounts from paychecks. Consumers' views of the job market also deteriorated, with those expecting more jobs in coming months declining to 14.3 percent in January, from 17.9 percent in December.
The state and the nation have seen little progress in reducing the unemployment rate in recent months. The US unemployment has hovered just below 8 percent since September, while the Massachusetts rate has risen to 6.7 percent, from 6.5 percent in September.
Both the US and Massachusetts economies slowed at the end of year, which many economists blamed on uncertainty over the financial crisis in Europe and the political crisis in Washington, when lawmakers debated the combination of tax increases and budget cuts known as the fiscal cliff. Congress resolved the tax issues, but deep budget cuts that could undermine the economic recovery still loom.
The US economy contracted slightly in the last three months of last year, in large part because of steep drops in government spending, the Commerce Department reported recently.
The Massachusetts economy grew at an anemic 1 percent annual rate during the same period, according to the University of Massachusetts.
Mass Insight has taken consumer confidence readings every three months for the past two decades. The index, calculated on a scale of zero to 200, hit a high of 136 in January 2000 and a low of 38 in January 2009.


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OFCCP News Release: [09/01/2011]
Contact Name: Deanne Amaden or José Carnevali
Phone Number: (415) 625-2630 or x2631
Release Number: 11-1291-SAN
US Labor Department files complaint against Colorado-based cheese producer for discriminating against minority job applicants at California facility
Back wages and job offers sought for African-American, Asian and Hispanic applicants; debarment from future government contracts recommended
LEMOORE, Calif. The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs today filed a complaint with the department's Office of Administrative Law Judges against federal contractor Leprino Foods Co. for discriminating against qualified African-American, Asian and Hispanic applicants for on-call laborer positions at the company's Lemoore West facility.
The administrative complaint seeks back wages and interest for at least 270 class members, as well as job offers for at least 17 of the original applicants. OFCCP also is requesting that Leprino Foods' existing federal contracts be canceled and the company be debarred from entering into any future contracts until the violations are resolved and the company corrects its discriminatory employment practices.
"Leprino Foods' hiring process simply doesn't pass the sniff test," said OFCCP Director Patricia A. Shiu. "When workers are denied employment because of factors that have nothing to do with their ability to perform the job, something is not right. Our message to the company is clear: Correct your discriminatory practices and make restitution to the victims or lose your lucrative federal contracts."
Under Executive Order 11246, federal contractors cannot discriminate in employment practices with regard to race and national origin. Data collected from Leprino Foods showed that the company's use of a job skills assessment called the WorkKeys exam adversely impacted minority applicants. During OFCCP's review, which examined hiring practices for a 22-month period, the agency found that only 49 percent of otherwise qualified minority applicants passed the exam, compared with more than 72 percent of non-minority applicants. OFCCP could not substantiate the employer's claim that the exam measured applied math, workplace observation and information location skills related to the essential functions of on-call laborers. On-call laborers perform a variety of entry-level tasks, including inspecting products, monitoring equipment and maintaining sanitation at the facility.
Denver-based Leprino Foods is the nation's largest producer of mozzarella cheese. The company has contracts totaling $5 million with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide mozzarella and whey products to the Farm Services Agency.
In addition to Executive Order 11246, OFCCP's legal authority exists under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974. As amended, these three laws hold those who do business with the federal government, both contractors and subcontractors, to the fair and reasonable standard that they not discriminate in employment on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. For general information, call OFCCP's toll-free helpline at 800-397-6251. Additional information is available at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp.
Solis v. Leprino Foods Co.
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President of International Criminal Court is former UH Manoa visiting law professor
Taught at William S. Richardson School of LawUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Cynthia Quinn, (808) 956-6545
Director of Communications
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Posted: Mar 16, 2009
Sang-Hyun Song, who taught at the UH Manoa Willian S. Richardson School of Law as a visiting professor several years ago, has been elected President of the International Criminal Court, and will serve in that capacity for three years.
The visiting professorship at UH Manoa was co-sponsored by the UH Center for Korean Studies.
Song left his professorship in 2003 when he was appointed to the International Criminal Court. He previously was a professor of law at Seoul National University.
For more information, visit: http://www.hawaii.edu/law


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Storyteller Indiana Bones is coming to Pinal County. He will be performing throughout the county from May 31 - June 5. See below for the full schedule.
Combining archeology, action, adventure, ancient legends, mythology and folklore, Indiana Bones thrills and educates audiences with his unique storytelling abilities. Indiana Bones has traveled the world to gather his stories. With the use of artifacts, fossils, lively puppets and a crack of his bull whip, Indy leads the audience on a journey through time.
Friday, May 3110:00 am - Vista Grande Library (Casa Grande) 2:00 pm - Vista Grande Library (Casa Grande) 6:00 pm - Vista Grande Library (Casa Grande) evening program for teens
Saturday, June 1 9:30 am - Apache Junction Public Library12:00 pm - Coolidge Public Library 2:30 pm - Florence Community Library
Monday, June 3 9:00 am - Eloy Santa Cruz Library11:00 am - Arizona City Community Library 2:00 pm - Maricopa Public Library
Tuesday, June 410:00 am - Superior Public Library 2:00 pm - Kearny Public Library
Wednesday, June 5 9:00 am - Oracle Public Library 1:00 pm - San Manuel Public Library 3:00 pm - Mammoth Public Library
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Pine Island resident named to National Mango Board
July 23, 2014
Fort Myers Beach Bulletin, Fort Myers Beach Observer
This past November, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture appointed Jean Sapp, co-owner (with her husband, Chris) of Promised Land Mangoes in Pineland, Pine Island, to the board of directors of the National Mango Board.
The purpose of the National Mango Board is to increase the consumption of mangoes in the U.S. through marketing, research and industry relations programs. Overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it is made up mostly of Central and South Americans, who are the largest producers and distributors of mangoes worldwide. Jean is only the second domestic (U.S.) mango grower, and the first female grower, named to that board from the domestic side.
Jean and Chris purchased their 40-acre Pineland grove in 1980. Planted in 1950, the trees produce 19 varieties of mangoes, but primarily the Haden Smith mango.
Jean describes the Smith as "an excellent mango. It has fiber but isn't stringy, and it's ideal for freezing because it retains its shape and flavor. They have a peachy taste, with a hint of pineapple."
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Jean Sapp at her Promised Land Mangoes in Pineland.
The motto of Promised Land Mangoes is "Better than Organic (BTO)" because no pesticides, not even organic pesticides, are used in the cultivation of the mangoes. The Sapps have protected their grove even to the extent of having a written agreement with Lee County Mosquito Control that itd helicopters will not spray the grove. In fact, they will not spray anywhere in the vicinity of the grove if a wind would drift the spray over their trees.
"We have the healthiest mangoes in the world because our trees grow in a healthy environment with no fungicides, no pesticides, no poisons of any kind," she said.
"Poison is poison, whether it's organic of synthetic. If it kills bugs, in sufficient quantities, it will kill humans."
She explains that, "Commercial organic farmers can use pesticides derived from natural products. One of these natural products is nicotine, which has been used for centuries as a natural pesticide. These neonicotinoid insecticides are systemic neurotoxins and may be one of the leading causes of widespread bee colony collapse."
Honey bees and mango trees are abundant in equal measure at Promised Land Mangoes, for the Sapps are beekeepers as well as mango farmers. On Saturdays, you will find Jean in her charming little one-room store in the grove on Pineland Road where she sells her homemade mango and wildflower honeys, mango preserves, and chutneys. In season, of course, she also sells freshly harvested, "BTO" mangoes.
The way God intended
The Promised Land groves are also herbicide-free. Chris, a former criminal attorney and criminal court judge, who is, according to Jean, "a farmer at heart," chops weeds with a hoe, like his father did 60 years ago.
"My father had a little citrus grove out in Manatee County and people used to ask him why he had his boys out there sweatin' and choppin' grass when all he had to do was buy an herbicide tank and sprayer and pull it behind the tractor and just spray it on that Johnson grass and kill it dead," Chris said. "And my father would always say, 'I got three strong boys who sleep in my beds and eat my groceries. I got a shed full of hoes and files to keep 'em sharp. Why should I buy extra equipment and chemicals to kill that grass? What am I going to do with my boys? Let 'em sit on the porch in the shade and read comic books?'"
Chris is one of those boys, and to this day he controls weeds with a hoe because, "It's the right thing to do. We use too much poison in agriculture."
The Promised Land logo is "Farming the way God intended it."
In other words, the Sapps allow nature to grow their trees.
Jean said, "Accountants say that if we can get five bushels from a tree, we should triple the number of trees and we'll triple the amount of fruit we get, but it doesn't work that way. When you crowd the trees, their root systems compete with each other for nutrients and the trees actually produce fewer mangoes."
Jean said, "Accountants say that if we can get five bushels from a tree, we should triple the number of trees and we'll triple the amount of fruit we get, but it doesn't work that way. When you crowd the trees, their root systems compete with each other for nutrients and the trees actually produce fewer mangoes."
"Our trees aren't 12 feet apart," Chris elaborated. "They're better than 30 feet apart. The wider spacing allows the root systems to spread out so the trees get more nutrients and produce more fruit. Wider spacing allows the trees to grow full canopies that allow fresh air and sunlight in and shade out the grass and weeds. When trees are crowded, you have to water them and then you get fungus and bacteria from water lying on the ground. You're chasing your tail constantly to buy chemicals to control the diseases and insects and herbicides to kill the weeds. All we do is control the vines with clippers, hoe the weeds and keep the trees open to sunlight and fresh air and the sea breezes that bring in nutrients from the salt water."
"We need more farmers."
Jean is as passionate about growing the number of farms in the U.S. as she is about farming without poisons, natural or synthetic. Her vision is that the U.S. become self-sustaining in the production of healthy foods. This past February, the board sent her to two forums in Washington, D.C.; one dealt with the role of women in agriculture and the other with the future of farming in this nation.
To move this nation toward independent food production, Jean envisions the establishment of urban farm parks in decaying U.S. cities. Urban farm parks would not only feed their communities, but would also provide an opportunity for people to learn farming so that, over time and with assistance, they can move out of the cities and start farms of their own.
"The average age of American farmers," Jean said, "is 65. The number of farms in the U.S. is decreasing every year. We need more farmers, more farms. We've got to start growing our own food. National farm parks could be a gateway out of the city and into the country."
As a member of the research committee of the NMB, Jean will also push for studies to help U.S. mango growers expand their farming operations over a larger part of the southern continental United States and Hawaii and that may also enable them to produce mangoes on a commercial level year round.
In the meantime, out in the Promised Land, the bees are making honey, Jean is whipping up mango preserves and butters, and Chris is valiantly defending his grove against the "pure meanness of those wild hogs that get in at night and bite the tops off of our baby mango trees."
They'd be happy for you to stop by any Saturday for a visit.
For more information about Promised Land Mangoes, visit:
, or call 239-369-3896.
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Video: 4 Chicago officers injured in park melee
Officers were injured and a squad car was damaged when a fight broke out and bottles were thrown among a large crowd that had gathered for a concert
By Peter Nickeas
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — Four Chicago police officers were injured and a squad car was damaged when a fight broke out among a large crowd that had gathered for a concert near Montrose Beach, officials said.
At least 10 people were arrested as police worked for 90 minutes Sunday night to bring the crowd under control and close the park, which was strewn with broken glass, officials said.
Two of the officers were hit with bottles. One of them suffered a cut and was treated at Weiss Memorial Hospital, officials said. The other complained of pain and dizziness and was treated at the scene. Two others were hit by debris but refused treatment, police said.
The crowd had gathered Sunday evening for a concert but the bands didn't have permits to perform in the park, police said. Word of the concert had spread through social media, police said.
The melee started about 7:30 p.m. when six officers on bicycles waded into the crowd to break up a fight, police said. A call soon went out about a "man with a gun" and officers began searching for the man who matched the description on the police radios, officials said.
At some point during the search, people in the crowd started throwing bottles, rocks, cans and other objects, police said. A supervisor ordered the officers out of the crowd and a "10-1" call was broadcast on the police radios, code for officer in need of assistance.
The purpose of the call was to make sure all officers were accounted for and treated for any injuries, officials said.
The 10-1 brought officers from districts as far west as O'Hare International Airport, as far north as the border with Evanston and as far south as 31st Street. Police from Jefferson Park, Albany Park, Shakespeare, Rogers Park, Lincoln, Near North and Central districts all responded, along with detectives and specialized units that patrol the city.
Police regrouped by a bait shop within the park and formed "skirmish lines" generally two officers deep to push the crowd north and then west. A police helicopter also responded.
During the scuffle, a police car was hit by bottles and other debris, breaking windows. Two of the injured officers were from the Town Hall district, the other two from the Lincoln District to the north.
"Everybody got serious, throwing bottles, throwing beer. It was horrible," said Jasmine Mejias, 18, who recorded the fight and posted the video to YouTube. "Once everybody spread out, they started throwing huge liquor bottles, cans, a lot of people got hit.
"One of my friend's cousins got hit on the head," said Mejias, who lives in the Clearing neighborhood on the Southwest Side. "Everybody's like all riled up, so you see these gangbangers, they're different kinds of gang, so they're fighting on the other side.
"Everybody was running so quickly, I was literally trying not to get in the head," Mejias said. "There was probably 10 bottles thrown at once in every direction. It was really hard to dodge any of it, to be honest, especially when you're trying to run away."
Mejias said she thought she would be safe on Montrose Beach. "You wouldn't expect any of that. That's why I didn't mind going."
Felony charges were pending against two men for aggravated battery to a police officer and two others for aggravated assault to a police officer. Six others faced a variety of charges.
Copyright 2014 the Chicago Tribune


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Each October, Arizona Public Media features stories about people affected by breast cancer. The stories include patients, family members, and friends whose lives have been touched by a diagnosis. That includes Kimberly Hicks and Veronica Robles who lost their close friend Brenda Loomis to breast cancer.
A group of artists is exploring the idea of mobility through a traveling performing art show. They began the show in Tucson, and Luis Carrión caught up with them before they left for other desert cities.
What does gentrification mean for Tucson? In an effort to answer that question, Amanda LeClaire hosted a roundtable discussion with Gary Pivo, a planning professor at the University of Arizona, Tucson City Councilwoman Regina Romero, and Dan Gibson, the editor of the Tucson Weekly.
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Has MSU, or any of the other schools you applied to, deposited your application fee? Mine are still up in the air.Lox or tenaciousb, how were the storms in central MI yesterday? I heard they were rough.
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April 22
How will the world feed itself in the face of climate change and a growing population? Timed to Earth Day, the Nature Conservancy and WBUR kick off a series of lectures on the Future of Nature with a panel discussion about food. Tickets to the event, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter in South Boston, cost $25 at nature.org/future or at the door.
April 24-30
Documentaries about killer whales, a Beatles superfan, and Gore Vidal; features directed by Joss Whedon, Lynn Shelton, and Nat Faxon and Jim Rash; shorts of every stripe; and more will screen at theaters in Cambridge, Somerville, Boston, and Brookline as part of the Independent Film Festival Boston. See the full schedule of 105 films and buy tickets (starting at $10) atiffboston.org.
April 26
Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, appears at ASEAN Auditorium in the Cabot Intercultural Center on Tufts University's Medford/Somerville campus Friday at noon to discuss current world issues and the public's changing consumption of news. Admission is free. 617-627-4703; tufts.edu
April 27
Nature lovers can get outdoors for a good reason Saturday, for Mass Audubon's Statewide Volunteer Day, 9 a.m. to noon. Sign up at massaudubon.org/workforwildlife to help with such tasks as pruning, planting, spreading compost and mulch, and spiffing up trails at 15 sanctuaries throughout the state.
Head to Boston Common near the corner of Beacon and Charles streets Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the free World Tai Chi Day Health Festival. Activities include free tai chi and qigong workshops and demos, and performances by local martial arts groups. dbahealth.org
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Co-producer Stacey Sher told CBS News, "They wanted the theatre owners to know that people might inquire at the box office whether or not the trailer would be shown and then it would be their decision whether they wanted to see it or not." Michael Shamberg, another producer of the film, said, "I think it's an intense recreation of what happened that day and that might be disturbing for people."Presumably, they're trying to drum up interest in their movie. You can watch the trailer here. Do you see disturbingly "intense," gritty realism or disturbingly saccharine melodrama? From the slow-moving, over-clean cops getting up the gumption to volunteer to rescue people to the woman smelling the extra-white sheets of her missing loved one to the trapped man scrawling "I [heart] U" on a scrap of paper it is old-fashioned, maudlin dreck. Appalling.
IN THE COMMENTS: Troy expresses puzzlement: "maudlin and sentimental don't seem [Stone's] style...." I offer this explanation:
I believe that in this case "maudlin and sentimental" is an expression of Stone's low opinion of the intelligence and sensibility of Americans. He's talking down to us and thinks 9/11 has turned us into simple-minded sentimentalists. He may also have that attitude that Americans were admirable right after 9/11, in the immediate pain of the events, when we concentrated on grief and helping victims, but that we subsequently lost our way (by fighting back). The sentimentalism thus essentially expresses opposition to the war on terrorism.
UPDATE: Chris simulblogs the trailer. A taste:
"Okay, listen up. We've got to evacuate the tower." The police stand still; there is a moment of them silently looking at him and pouting. Finally, one officer breaks the silence, saying, "I got it, Sarge." He then steps forward--much like the scene in Jerry Maguire, where the office sits in silence after Tom Cruise's speech, and Renee Zellweger eventually gets up, and says, "I will go with you!"


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NEW YORK (AP) — Thanks to a fictional serial killer, there's a sense of relief over at Fox.
The network's new drama "The Following" is off to a strong start in the ratings. It stars Kevin Bacon chasing a charismatic killer.
The Nielsen Co. says it was the most-watched drama on the air last week among Fox's target audience of young viewers. Ratings held up strong during its second week on Monday.
Fox needed it. The network had a disastrous fall, and the new "American Idol" hasn't stopped the series' decline even with new judges Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey and Keith Urban.