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The Museum hosts a book launch party at the Museum to celebrate each young author and artist of Southeastern Wisconsin. The Young Authors and Artists Conference is a sister program of this summer's Wisconsin Writes, and both are held in collaboration with Kettle Moraine School District.
This spring over 650 young people, along with their parents, returned to the Museum to celebrate this success! Two examples of student's work, inspired by the fiberglass installation Right After by Eva Hesse, found in gallery 22, are shared below.
Narrative by Isak K. – Grade 3, Atwater Elementary
One day I was on a field trip walking in the woods with my class. I saw a tree that I wanted to climb, so I started walking toward it. The tree was like what I would call a V-tree because it looks like a V. So I'm walking toward it and suddenly I hear an ssSSSsss sound, so I stop… I take one more step. SSsSsS. I look down to see a red and black snake scurrying away from my feet! Then my friend yelled, "Isak, we're going!" Then I run back to my group. Then we went back to the bus. Once we got back to school, I said myself, "That was the best field trip ever!"
Drawing by Cynthia L. – Grade 8, Horning Middle School
If you have a student interested in this program or in the summer program, you can find more information on the Museum website.
-Laci Coppins, Coordinator of School Programs


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UltimateCaribbean is the first in a line of Ultimate-branded websites ( http://www.ultimateasia.com, http://www.ultimatesouthamerica.com and more are on the way) that aim to publish high quality information about each destination. Future websites will have a design based of this one, which should capture the fun and excitement of travel.
People seeking travel information about the Caribbean.
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Site should keep a similar structure to the test site, with at least one navigation bar and separate sections of content, but feel free to be creative with the structure. The home page can have a nice section for photos. A simple logo design would be great but not necessary.
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Someone is giving away free trees? Jefferson County Master Gardeners, under the volunteer guidance of Glen Watz, will be giving away one-year old, bare-rooted seedlings to the local community. Get there early to get yours. The Campbell group is sharing trees with area residents on Friday, Feb. 10, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Jefferson County Master Gardener test garden at the Jack Brooks Regional Airport. Bald cypress, white oak, sawtooth oak, cherrybark oak and Shumard oaks will be available. Bags and instructions for care will come with your baby tree.
The tree giveaway isn't the only business of Texas Agri-Life Extension agency this week. Come to the Agri-Life Extension Service Auditorium at 1225 Pearl St., No. 200, on the corner of Franklin and Pearl streets for a Vegetable Seminar this Saturday, Feb. 11. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the program is planned for 9 a.m. until noon.
Paul Eyre, one of the featured speakers, will be discussing Root Vegetables and Leafy Greens. Eyre is a Jefferson County Master Gardener and vegetable specialist.Eddie Wharton is the other featured speaker at the seminar. Wharton will be speaking to the subject of Compost: Why, Where and When. Mr. Wharton is also a Jefferson County Master Gardener, citrus specialist and grower.
The Vegetable Seminar is sponsored by the Jefferson County Horticulture Committee. Tickets are $10 per person. For $1 more, you can buy a chance for a $150 composter that will be given away in a raffle at the seminar. Come enjoy the speakers and meet some new gardening friends. Call (409) 835-8461 with any questions. See you there!
Joette is an avid gardener and prides herself on staying up-to-date on the latest gardening activities and tips. To share your gardening news with Joette, call (409) 832-1400 or fax her at (409) 832-6222. Her e-mail is joreger [at] msn [dot] com.


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Milan, Italy
Proudly proclaiming itself Europe's creative capital
Milan is a city steeped in pleasure, where shopping isn't just a lifestyle but practically a religion. The place offers doses of life and style in equal measure, with a throbbing club scene and delicious restaurants all mixed up with the biggest names in Italian fashion and design.
Destination overview
|Time zone:
|GMT +1 hour (GMT +2 hours in summer)
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|Average maximum temperature: 12.7░C (24 hour average)
Rainfall: 984.4mm a year
Milan magical city renowned for shopping weather you want to explore Milan or shop til you drop it has bags of style so why not arrive in style?
Fly by private jet and arrive in style, with the VIP catering and comforts on-board before arriving into Linate Airport, where seamless ground transfers will take you straight into central Milan.
The time is yours to enjoy the city's fashion highlights and some of its many excellent restaurants.
Leave when you want to; your aircraft will be waiting!
For private jet hire to or from Manchester Airport call PrivateFly on +44 (0) 1747 642 777 (24 hours).
Must see:
Check out the view from the roof of Milan's central hub, the Duomo, which is topped-off by the Madonnina (little Madonna), who looks protectively down and over the city.
Must eat at:
For traditional cooking – and hordes of delighted locals – book yourself in at Trattoria Milanese, just a stone's throw from the Duomo, for risotto, osso buco and devastatingly good minestone.
Must be there for:
The annual Oh Bej! Oh Bej! Celebration (a local mispronunciation of 'che belli' or 'so beautiful') around the Basilica of St Ambrose every December is a classy Milanese Christmas Fair... and neatly coincides with the opening of the winter season at La Scala opera.
Well-travelled tips:
- Travelling from Milan Bergamo Airport to the centre of town is easier by bus than train – direct buses leave from right outside the terminal.
- If you're out late on a Saturday night, don't fret. The local transport staff stay up late, too... the metro runs until around 2 in the morning.
British citizens do not need a visa to visit Italy.


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From those so-called love handles to the double chin, there are frustrating areas on your body that hold the last bit of fat - and no matter how much you sweat and diet, they just won't go away.
But a new drug being tested in the Bay Area may be the first-of-its-kind to get rid of that unwanted fat, specifically under the chin, without any surgery.
ATX-101 developed by Kythera Biopharmaceuticals is a fat-dissolving injectable that is wrapping up its third and final phase of testing by the Food and Drug Administration after eight years of research and development.
Patients at the University of California at San Francisco have taken part in those trials. Dr. Sarah Arron with UCSF's dermatology department, said the drug would be the first fat-dissolving injectable approved by the FDA in the United States.
"Any drug that gets approved in the U.S. has to get through rigorous testing by the FDA," Arron said. "This includes both safety testing and efficacy testing of whether it actually works."
Kythera Biophamaceuticals said there've been 15 international clinical trials involving more than 2,500 patients or subjects. ATX was tested in 1,500 of them. So far, the negative side effects reported include bruising and pain. And some wonder if would-be patients would substitute healthy lifestyle choices for the easy out of the injectable.
ATX-101 is designed to reduce what's known as "submental" chin fat, more commonly referred to as the double chin. The drug's main active ingredient is sodium deoxycholate, the same ingredient used in many laundry detergents. That is what helps break down the fatty tissue to get the oil and grease stains out of clothes. Arron described sodium deoxycholate as a biosalt, the same kind of salt that intestines make to digest the fat that people consume.
"Some patients call it the 'wattle,' some patients say it's the last five pounds, and really, it's something that many women are troubled by," Arron said. She said ATX-101 would essentially melt or dissolve the fat away. "The idea is that the compound breaks down the fat cell and then your own body gathers it and excretes it naturally."
Arron also performs the only other FDA-approved instant fat-burning method: liposuction. The surgery involves doctors making incisions by the ears and sometimes under the chin, sticking a needle in and sucking the fat out. Liposuction, she said, is an invasive surgical procedure that may carry potential complications.
"Many women don't want to go through the downtime of the surgical procedure, it can be a two-week or more recovery period," Arron said. "And it can be really uncomfortable afterwards. There can be pain and bruising afterward. Then there are rarer risks like nerve damage or damaged muscles of the neck."
Any other injectable out on the market that claims to burn or melt away fat through a non-invasive procedure has not undergone rigorous FDA safety tests, and therefore are not and have not been regulated.
"There have been many reports of similar drugs for melting fat and they've gone by names like mesotherapy or subcutaneous injectables," Arron said. "We've heard horror stories of patients being injected at salons or spas by non-physicians who have wound up with paraffin lumps under their chin, needing surgery to remove or very bad allergic reactions."
Lisa Richardson, dietician, personal trainer and owner of Fitness Clinic of Los Gatos, said the new drug sounds promising, but she is concerned about people trying to take shortcuts over the age-old advice of eating healthy and working out. Richardson said fat cells removed through procedures like liposuction would come back in another part of the body.
"It will come back somewhere else, so I worry sometimes will your cheeks get really big, would you gain fat around your Adam's apple?" asked Richardson. "The fat will go somewhere if you're geared to producing a certain amount of fat cells and you don't change your lifestyle, you will still continue to put on fat."
While the FDA clinical trials have focused on injecting in the chin area, Arron said it could potentially be used in other places. The catch? Doctors must tell their patients the drug was not studied for other parts other than the submental chin fat.
"I think our consumer demand for something like this is very high and that's why people are taking those risks with non-approved medications," Arron said. "So I'm really hoping for something safer and better for our patients in the future."
ATX-101 is wrapping up the final phase of FDA testing in coming weeks. FDA approval of the drug could take at least a year, before the drug could hit the market.


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TAMPA, December 24, 2012 ― It's not a surprise that libertarian themes pervade many iconic Christmas specials. After all, they celebrate the birthday of one of the great libertarians of all time.
In the Gospels, government is exposed as evil right from Jesus' birth. A paranoid Herod is willing to kill all of the babies in the kingdom to try to eliminate the perceived threat represented by Jesus.
Tax collectors are considered de facto sinners, on a par with prostitutes. Libertarians would consider this unfair to prostitutes, but for the times this couldn't land better.
Jesus himself doesn't disappoint, either. From the moment he begins his ministry, he wages a nonstop verbal war against the hypocritical, oppressive, tax-devouring Temple priests. Jews at the time were required to pay annual taxes to the priests and were also expected to come and make sacrifices at the Jerusalem Temple. Of course, they had to buy the livestock for the sacrifices from the priests and deal with the priests' money changers in order to do that.
That's why the libertarian from Galilee kicked them out. This would have been considered a revolutionary act.
One can't help but equate Jerusalem at that time with Washington, DC, an entire city of tax-fed, opulent wealth.
Jesus has no patience for excessive regulation, either. When he encounters a Jewish law that does not address actual criminal activity, he encourages his followers to break it. When the meddling scribes confront Jesus with allowing his disciples to eat without washing their hands, Jesus lets loose with his customary anti-government invective, calling them hypocrites and then instructing "the people" to ignore this idiotic law and focus on not committing real crimes instead. (Mark 7:1-23)


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The Lincoln Arts Council (LAC) has announced the winners of the 2010 Mayor's Arts Awards, which will be presented the evening of Monday, June 7 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Mayor Chris Beutler and the LAC present the awards to formally recognize artistic contributions and achievements in the Lincoln area. Event sponsors are Union Bank & Trust Company and The Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation. The Mayor's Video Sponsor is the Dish Restaurant.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a reception, and the awards begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50, and reservations are required. Checks can be sent by May 26 to LAC, 920 "O" Street, Lincoln, NE 68508. More information is available by calling 434-2787 or on the LAC Web site at www.artscene.org.
For the first time, the "ArtScene Backstage Award" will honor extraordinary service to the arts through behind-the-scenes efforts. The winner is Jack Saltzman, a volunteer decorator for many nonprofit organization events and fund-raisers. The award is sponsored by A to Z Printing.
Also being honored are the following individuals, organizations and projects:
Except for the Literary Heritage, Larry Enersen and Mayor's Choice awards, honorees are selected by a panel of arts professionals. This year's award is being created by fiber artist Robert Hillestad, a Mayor's Arts Award winner in 1996.
The public is encouraged to submit names of members of the Lincoln arts community who have died since the last awards ceremony in June 2009 for memorial recognition at the awards event.


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The remains of a dog that saved a family from a house fire were found Wednesday in the rubble of the burned home, the family said.
The family had believed Nero, a 10-year-old Newfoundland, had escaped from the fire and had asked their Westchester County community for help finding him.
"You have no idea, I feel like I lost a son," Giulio Elieso said. "Without him, I would have lost my wife and my daughter in the fire."
On Nov. 24, Nero woke Maria Eliseo and her daughter Marie, who had been asleep in their Yorktown Heights home, so they could escape from the flames.
The daughter ran through black smoke to get outside, while neighbors brought a ladder to rescue her mother from a second-floor bedroom window.
"If it weren't for Nero, I would not have gotten out in time," Marie Eliseo said.
Soon after the blaze was extinguished, the family found their three other dogs -- an English bull dog, a husky, and a Chihuahua mix -- all dead from smoke inhalation.


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Road Trip! A Creative Work To Unite Filmmakers/
Today's guest post is from filmmaker Lucas McNelly.
Earlier this year, I made a film in the middle of nowhere called UP COUNTRY, a thriller about a fishing trip gone wrong, set deep in the Northern Maine woods. It's tricky making a film several hundred miles from a city, in a town that has so few residents it doesn't even have a name. There's no rental houses, no hotels, no Starbucks, no airport, and no community of filmmakers to work with. You have to bring everything with you, including the cast and crew. There are no local resources. And while that's a daunting hurdle to overcome, in the end it frees you, allowing the production to pull people in from all over the country. You quickly realize that there's great filmmakers all over the place, not just in the usual places, and not just where you live.
Sure, you already know that, but it's something else entirely to see it in person.
It got me thinking about how over the last year or so there seems to have been an influx of filmmakers who are making a name for themselves outside of NY and LA, thanks to the rise of social media and transmedia all those web 2.0 buzzwords we're always hearing about. Whereas before, you had to be in NYC or LA to get your projects made, people are starting to find ways to be successful in out of the way places like Minnesota and Idaho and Georgia and the deep woods of Northern Maine. How? What are they doing to make that happen? And just how connected are we by social media and all of our hip technology?
That's why I've decided to embark on quite possibly the craziest project around. We call it A YEAR WITHOUT RENT (http://www.twitter.com/YearWithoutRent). Essentially, I'll spend a year travelling the country and volunteering on indie films around the country. I'll basically be an extra set of hands for the project, doing whatever needs to be done. (Have you ever been on a set where they couldn't use an extra set of hands?) Along the way, I'll document the entire experience using geo-tagged photos, video, and blog posts. Think of it as a travelogue meets a series of DVD extras. The goal of the project is both to help these filmmakers get their films made and to start to introduce them to a larger audience.
One of the things Ted Hope talks about a lot is the idea of curation, of using what soapbox you've got to tell people about things you think they'll like. Or, to quote Ted:
...with such a plethora of great work being made we need to offer audiences better filters to sift through it. What's up with our collective failure to deliver more Oprahs, individuals whose support will lead to action?
And that's really where part of this idea comes from. It's a karma-centric approach, but I really think that the film community isn't a zero sum game. If your film does well, then that makes it easier for everyone else. Maybe there's a finite level of success out there, but we've managed to access such a small fraction of it that we should be doing everything we can to build as strong and as wide a community as possible. It's no secret that the tide is turning and no one's really figured out how the hell things are going to work going forward, so this is an opportunity. At least, it seems like it should be.
So here's important part if you're a filmmaker and you've got a project that's going to be filming this year. We will come to where you are filming, help in whatever way you need, and tell people about you and your work in progress in places like, say, Film Courage. Sounds good, right? There's gotta be a catch. Nope. No catch. Nada.
We want to canvas the indie film landscape and that requires working with all different types of filmmakers on all different types of films at all different stages of production. That means helping you with your film.
Anyway, that's the project. Right now we're crowdfunding on Kickstarter for a couple of reasons. First, because gas is expensive and we want to make sure the filmmakers we help don't have to worry about covering our expenses or anything. And second, because I really feel like crowdfunding is the best way to build a motivated and emotionally invested audience, and there's no way a project like this can survive without that. So one thing we tried to do was create a series of interactive perks that will last throughout the course of the year, stuff that will mimic a road trip experience. My favorite perk is the $35 one, where we will adapt your haiku into a Instant Polaroid (well, the Fuji equivalent) you can put on your fridge. We'll send you mementos from the road. Hell, we'll even send you a birthday present. Not everyone can take a year of their life and just travel the country, so we're trying to let the audience and the backers experience that as much as possible from the comfort of their homes.
Plus, if part of our job is telling you about all these projects we're working on, there's no point in doing that if no one is paying attention.
We're partnering with some innovating companies like Tripline.net and Shuttercal.com in a hip, interactive way. As an example, check out the Tripline.net Bizarro World Map where we're creating alternate realities of our $25 and up backers.
Of course, this all becomes a lot harder if we don't hit our Kickstarter goal and, honestly, it's going to be something of an uphill climb. We've gotten a great amount of support from places like Film Courage, but the backers have been slower rolling around than we anticipated. Hopefully that has something to do with the holidays (but if there's anything we can do to clarify our project for you, let me know). If we're going to make it, it'll take a hell of a rally. Cross your fingers and check out the campaign. Every little bit helps.
Lucas McNelly (@lmcnelly) is the filmmaker behind UP COUNTRY, BLANC DE BLANC, and GRAVIDA. Maybe you've heard of him. Maybe you haven't.


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Long Way Home
Nineteen-year-old Jovan Mosley, a good kid from one of Chicago's very bad neighborhoods, was coerced into confessing to a crime he didn't commit. Charged with murder, he spent five years and eight months in a prison for violent criminals. Without a trial.
Jovan grew up on the rough streets of Chicago's Southeast Side. With one brother dead of HIV complications, another in jail for arson and murder, and most kids his age in gangs, Jovan struggled to be different. Until his arrest, he was. He excelled in school, dreamed of being a lawyer, and had been accepted to Ohio State. Then on August 6, 1999, Jovan witnessed a fight that would result in a man's death. Six months later, he was arrested, cruelly questioned, and forced into a confession.
Sent to a holding jail for violent criminals, he tried ceaselessly to get a trial so he could argue his case. He studied what casework he could, rigorously questioning his public defenders. But time after time his case was shoved aside. Amiable, bright, and peaceable, he struggled to stay alive in prison. As the years ground on, he'd begun to lose hope when, by chance, he met Catharine O'Daniel, a successful criminal defense lawyer. Although nearly all cases with a signed confession result in a conviction, she was so moved by him, and so convinced of his innocence, that Cathy accepted Jovan as her first pro bono client. Cathy asked Laura Caldwell to join her and together they battled for Jovan's exoneration.
Here is Laura's firsthand account of their remarkable journey.This is a harrowing true story about justice, friendship, failure, and success. A breakdown of the justice system sent a nice kid to one of the nation's nastiest jails for nearly six years without a trial. It would take a triumph of human kindness, ingenuity, and legal jousting to give Jovan even a fighting chance.
Deeply affecting, Long Way Home is a remarkable story of how change can happen even in a flawed system and of how friendship can emanate from the most unexpected places.
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- G Pigott
- 04-03-13
Compelling and important
What made the experience of listening to Long Way Home the most enjoyable?
The story was compelling both in and of itself and as told by the author. The fact that it was non-fiction underscored the importance of the story. Jovan is portrayed in a very real and human way and his story is made all the more scary in how the system can fall down.
What does Laura Caldwell bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
Laura as author and narrator brings a vibrancy to the story. Her relationship with the experience is conveyed subtly and does not overpower the story/narration but does suffuse it with a sense of her own point of view and urgency.
11 of 11 people found this review helpful
- David Shear
- 17-04-13
Look passed the flaws--It's a great story
This true story is so good. It's heart warming, suspenseful, and sobering. You can feel the love and respect that the author has for the main character and it makes you love him too. The store moves along nicely, it's easy to follow, it's a well told, good story.
With that said, be prepared for some flaws. The author is the narrator and the narration starts out just awful. She warms up and gets better, but the first couple chapters are almost unbearable. There are small errors too, she mispronounces a couple of key words and she usually talks about herself with "I" or "me" but will occasionally refer to herself as "Laura" which is confusing. Don't let the amateurish moments take away from this great story.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful
- 20-04-13
Much better than expected
A riveting story of what probably is a routine type case. Police looking for "numbers" do shoddy work and send an innocent young man to jail. The legal side of the story and efforts to exonerate him are a well-told-tale.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
- gifts4444you
- 16-04-13
Excellent story & narration!
What made the experience of listening to Long Way Home the most enjoyable?
I work best when I have an excellent audio book & this one was riveting. It not only held my attention I just couldn't put it down. To my surprise Laura Caldwell did a great job with narration. Most authors just can't pull narration off Miss Caldwell nailed it.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Catharine O'Daniel the author did a great job illustrating Mrs. O'Daniel's energy, talent and drive for law
Any additional comments?
SIDE note to Miss Caldwell PLEASE PLEASE write a book about Catharine O'Daniel. I need to know what makes her tick. I will order it today!
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
- Margareta
- 18-08-13
Chocking story about 6 lost years
Would you listen to Long Way Home again? Why?
Listening once was good enough.
What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
The unbelievable story of how bad the judicial system works in Chicago.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
First I thought the narrator was all too unprofessional. But then I realized this was a true story and told by one of the participants. That made quite a difference and it was suddenly OK listening to the rather flat voice.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Don't believe innocence will save you!
Any additional comments?
I liked the book, but when I bought it a thought a bought a novel. I don't understand why it wasn't presented as a documentary.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
- A Face From the Past
- 01-12-14
Would you try another book from Laura Caldwell and/or Laura Caldwell?
Yes, I would probably try another book from this author. This book had some challenges, primarily in the extensive amount of repetition of information, but I'd be interested in reading one of her fiction stories. I suspect they might not have the same problem, and beyond that annoying problem, this book was fine.
What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
It's just a good and important story. To think of someone loosing so many years of their life due to the negligence of "the system" is chilling, and I'm still appalled that there was no recompense or apology following the acquittal. Surely this young man was owed something! His determination to get on with his life despite this injustice is inspiring.
How could the performance have been better?
I quickly grew annoyed with the reader, who sounded very much as if she was reading a telephone book. I thought it was a shame they couldn't have found a performer who could develop an emotional attachment with the story and read it with more life. I toughed my way through it despite the apathetic narration, because I'm working on my Christmas knitting and wanted to hear the story. The true shock came not in the story itself, but at the end of the book when the name of the reader was revealed to be the author herself! Oops!
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- 19-07-13
Wonderful non-fiction.....needs new narrator
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I think this book would be best in hardcover. Laura Caldwell wrote an amazing story and succeeds to show all of us that a little kindness goes a long way. Unfortunately, Laura Caldwell has a drone-like tone with zero inflection. I found myself drifting and having to rewind. I had to concentrate very hard to keep my focus on the story.
What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
Would you be willing to try another one of Laura Caldwell's performances?
If you could give Long Way Home a new subtitle, what would it be?
"The true story of a young man's life cheated by the justice system "
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- Ann
- 27-05-13
What did you love best about Long Way Home?
The story is both horrifying and inspirational.
What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
The endurance of the human spirit and the generosity of the two lawyers who worked pro bono on the case.
What about Laura Caldwell's performance did you like?
I mainly was caught up by the story, not the performance.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The whole story was moving and frequently had me close to tears.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- Cathy
- 09-05-13
Excellent, Heart wrenching true story.
What made the experience of listening to Long Way Home the most enjoyable?
This was a very hard book to listen to. Although it is a wonderful story it is hard to listen to the wrongs done to this young man. I would get so frustrated listening to the story I would almost come to tears.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Long Way Home?
The strength that Jovan was able to show throughout the story. He would get down but pull himself right back up.
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The first couple chapters of the book was poorly written and took a very long time to grab my interest. But hang in there, it get better. I almost quit listening but stuck with it and so very glad I did. It is an excellent story and makes us even more aware of the wrongs done in our justice system. Corruption still exists and probably always will. A handful of very bad cops sadly reflects on all.
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- Cheryl
- 23-08-14
Interesting, but way too long and not that good
It was very clear in the beginning how the legal system is very unfair. It is very sad what happened to Jovan Mosley, however, I feel that it could have been written in a different way to make us care more about the different characters involved.
I felt that she repeated herself several times and I found it annoying. Perhaps if it had been read by a different narrator than the author, I may have enjoyed it more. I feel that this would probably be much better viewed as a movie than read as a book.
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Re-interpreting the Precautionary Principle. London: Cameron and May, 2001, p. 284.,
"The respectable politics of climate change: the epistemic communities and NGOs", International Affairs, vol. 77, pp. 329-345, 2001.,
"Scales of governance and environmental justice for adaptation and mitigation of climate change", Journal of International Development, vol. 13, pp. 921-931, 2001.,
"Sector costs and ancillary benefits of mitigation", in Climate Change 2001: Mitigation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 561-600.,
"Soil carbon storage in response to temperature: an hypothesis", Annals of Botany, vol. 87, pp. 591-598, 2001.,
"Solar Electricity for the Third Millenium", Photovoltaics Bulletin, Elsevier Advanced Technology., pp. 7-11, 2001.,
"A strategic decision support tool for indicating airport sustainability", Environmental Modelling and Software, pp. 297-8, 2001.,
"Sunflowers or Sugar Beet? Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in Norfolk", ECOS, vol. 21, pp. 47-53, 2001.,
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Shortly after the America's Cup began last month, the trophy Jimmy Spithill and his crew had taken home from Valencia, Spain four years earlier was put out for the 34-year-old skipper and his Team USA crew on their way down to the dock each morning.
Already down a couple of races to Team New Zealand, the trophy known as the Auld Mug served as motivation for Spithill and the other 10 sailors on board Oracle in the first-to-nine wins competition held in San Francisco.
"I didn't want to let it go," Spithill recalled Friday, during a public interview with Annapolis-based sailing legend Gary Jobson before a packed ballroom at the Annapolis Marriott as part of Sailing World magazine's seminar series at the U.S Sailboat Show. "That's a pretty nice trophy."
By the time Team New Zealand took what appeared to be an insurmountable 7-1 lead that would eventually grow to 8-1, Spithill noticed that the trophy "had been packed up." That's when Jobson said Spithill turned into a combination of Joe Namath and Popeye when talking to the media assembled.
With the kind of bravado that seems unlikely from the seemingly low-key and likeable Australian, Spithill predicted victory. Whether or not he truly believed what he was telling the media — and his opponent — is not clear.
"You play little mind games in those press conferences," Spithill admitted Friday.
Overcoming obstacles throughout the remaining eight races — including coming back from an early deficit in what turned out to be the final race — Spithill led a U.S. team that included only one American to victory in what many consider the most exciting America's Cup in its 162-year history.
Though as the skipper of Team USA, Spithill has received most of the attention — making recent appearances with everyone from Jay Leno to Howard Stern to Stephen Colbert — Spithill insists that "the boat was the star of the show."
But just as the fastest car doesn't always win the Indianapolis 500, there was still plenty that could have gone wrong. Instead, nearly everything went right in the days leading up to the clinching victory on Sept. 24.
Jobson, the tactician on the winning Ted Turner-led Courageous team in 1977, said recently that "the big story was that the design team came up with changes, adjustments, techniques all together that turned a little slower to faster and that was really the secret to Spithill's success — to get everybody to believe that he had the goods to back it up."
David Reed, the editor of Newport, R.I.-based Sailing World magazine, said Friday that the start of Oracle's victory began with a disastrous capsize of the $10 million boat last October.
"When they capsized the boat, it took them a good three months to build a new wing, build a new boat," Reed said. "It was catastrophic. It went over something, it ended up in a million pieces, it got sucked under the Golden Gate Bridge. That was a huge setback. They lost a good three to four months of hard training."
Conversely, Team New Zealand had a near flawless buildup to the America's Cup, including a victory in the Louis Vuitton Cup, setting up a showdown with Oracle. Though Team New Zealand was seemingly on its way to a resounding victory in the America's Cup, Reed said "the day the [America's] Cup started — and they admitted this — they plateaued."
Reed said the U.S. team studied video tape of Team New Zealand's early races.
"They [the U.S.] changed the way they tacked the boat by learning how the Kiwis did it, and they learned how to make the boat faster, they learned how to sail it better," Reed said. [Tactician] Ben Ainslie had a great quote afterward. He said that once they started getting faster, they got more confident and the more confident they got, the better they sailed."
Said Spithill: "The biggest thing we did to the boat was we learned how to sail it."
Spithill said the mid-competition addition of Ainslie, a four-time Olympic champion so beloved in his native England that he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, also proved critical.
It was not just the expertise Ainslie brought to Oracle's multi-national crew, but the way the change was accepted by the rest of the crew after Ainslie replaced John Kostecki, who as tactician had helped Oracle wrestle the trophy away from the Swiss boat, Alinghi 5, in Valencia in 2010.
Calling Ainslie "the best sailor in the world," Spithill said Friday that "we needed to make a change, and everyone was on board with it. It's the biggest team sport there is. We have 100 team members, everybody down to the guys cleaning the boat. I was only a part of it."
Unlike baseball managers who sit in a dugout or basketball coaches who sit on a chair, being the skipper of a 72-foot catamaran is much different. Keeping the boat from capsizing takes incredible strength and reflexes, and not getting tossed into the water — as happened to Spithill during a practice run — is more difficult than it looks.
"Because of the G-forces, it's like standing on the roof of the car while it's turning," Spithill said.
But he and the rest of his Oracle crew were obviously prepared. Spithill, who describes his position with Oracle as "not a day job, it's an obsession," took flying lessons back "on a little air strip" near Sydney to better understand the aerodynamics of the new wing of his boat. He and his crew members trained with Navy Seals to understand how to "work while you're exhausted."
Recalling the days when those he sailed with looked more like, well, sailors, Jobson said that the members of Spithill's crew look "like linebackers getting off the boat."
If there is anyone Spithill credits the most for the success he has found in sailing, it's an old boxing coach who taught a scrawny kid with bright red hair how to fight instead of being bullied. It gave Spithill something to focus on "when things weren't going well at home," and eventually it helped Spithill take the same approach to sailing.
What also inspired Spithill was living on the same street with two members of the Australia II team that captured the America's Cup in 1983. Spithill has often told the story of his parents coming back to their home in a beach community on the outskirts of Sydney after a night of celebrating Australia II's win.
But the biggest motivation might have come from losing.
Spithill said that being part of two losing America's Cup crews has made him appreciate what Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker is going through. Recognizing the often not-so-friendly rivalry between Australia and New Zealand, Spithill joked that "I'm probably Public Enemy No. 1 right now" in New Zealand.
With Australia planning on competing in the next America's Cup, Spithill knows that some might think he will jump ship and return home. That seems unlikely with the handsome salary he is being paid by Oracle's billionaire owner Larry Ellison and the fact that he and his American-born wife and their two young boys are settled in Southern California.
Spithill doesn't plan on going after Olympic gold in Brazil regardless if bigger boats are added to the competition.
"I think when you do too many things, you do nothing well," he said.


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The Bay Shore Bicycle Club's mission is to promote bicycling for fun, fitness, and transportation. BSBC advocates for public facilities for cycling, including bike paths and trails, and promotes the cyclist's right to use public roads. BSBC sponsors bike rides, bike events and socials, supports local charities and events, and promotes bicycle education to create a bicycle friendly environment in northeastern Wisconsin.


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SYRACUSE, NY -- Boston College coach Steve Donahue preached to his team all season that it should keep believing in itself, and in a clutch second half and overtime Wednesday, the Eagles turned that sermon into reality.
Eagles guard Lonnie Jackson coolly sank four foul shots in the final 26 seconds of overtime as the Eagles rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to stun No. 1 and previously unbeaten Syracuse University 62-59 on Wednesday in the Carrier Dome.
The Orange dropped to 25-1 overall and 12-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference while Boston College improved to 7-19, 3-10.
"We had great expectations for this program," Donahue said. "We haven't played as well as we hoped. The thing I love about this group is we haven't quit in any game. It's an incredible tribute to their perseverance. This is big. We can play with anybody in the country."
Guard Olivier Hanlan paced the Eagles with 20 points while guard C.J. Fair led Syracuse with 20 as well.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said he saw a result like this one coming, especially when the Orange won their last two games over Pittsburgh and North Carolina State by a combined three points.
"When you get in enough of these games, there's going to be one of them where you don't make a play," he said. "You get in enough of these games, you are not going to win them all."
The Eagles swung the game their way by going 9-of-14 from 3-point range in the second half and overtime while Syracuse clanked away offensively. Syracuse hit just 20 of its 62 field-goal attempts in the contest, and two of 12 on its 3-pointers.
"Offensively, we just couldn't get going," said Boeheim , whose team beat Boston College earlier this year 69-59. "We have to score more. It's really simple. This isn't complicated. We have to be better on offense."
With the Eagles nursing a 58-57 lead with 26 seconds left in overtime, Jackson dropped in a set of foul shots for a 60-57 cushion.
"I was confident up there," Jackson said. "I'm just doing the same routine, trust my practice, trust my preparation."
Syracuse forward Rakeem Christmas hit a layup with 21 seconds remaining to bring the Orange within a point. But Jackson added two more at the charity stripe with 11 seconds left, and Syracuse guard Trevor Cooney's attempt to tie the game with a 3-pointer with six seconds left misfired.
"Oh, it's awesome," Jackson said. "I can't tell you how it feels. I can't even tell you what I'm feeling right now."
Guard Patrick Heckmann lifted the Eagles back on top with 44 seconds left on a layup for a 58-57 Boston College advantage.
"They lived in the moment," Donahue said of his team. "They went possession by possession. There was a sense this job is going to take 40 minutes, 45 minutes."
Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis hung three points on the scoreboard to push his team up 57-56 with 1:12 left in overtime. His fast-break layup tied the game at 56 with 2:12 left, and a minute later he drained a foul shot for the slim, temporary lead.
Heckmann bottomed out another 3-pointer with 2:55 left in overtime to pad Boston College's lead to 56-52. But Christmas hit two foul shots to slice the deficit to 56-54.
Hanlan got his team off to a running start at the beginning of the extra period with a 3-pointer, but Fair countered in quick fashion that pulled the Orange within a point with 4:16 remaining.
"My mentality was to stay aggressive," Hanlan said. "I just feel like a lot of people stepped up in overtime. I was a little nervous. Syracuse is a pretty good team down the stretch. We made more plays."
The Orange had the last two cracks at ending the game in regulation. Ennis missed a layup with 27 ticks left but grabbed the offensive rebound.
After an Orange timeout, Christmas misfired on a jumper with two seconds left.
Hanlan tied the contest by cutting through the Syracuse defense for an easy lay-in with 47 seconds left for a 50-50 draw. That was the answer to Syracuse forward Jerami Grant's short, spinning jumper that put his team up 50-48 with 1:17 left.
Grant brought his team within a point on a free throw with 3:15 remaining. Christmas added one more foul shot with 2:23 remaining to even the score at 48-all.
Heckmann set up the late drama with a steal and a layup that pushed his team ahead 48-46 with 3:15 remaining. That cut off a mini-run by Ennis, who tied the game at 46 on a jumper with 5:56 remaining and a layup 44 seconds later.
NOTES: Former Syracuse star Dwayne "Pearl" Washington was honored by the school at halftime. ... Orange C Baye Moussa Keita returned after missing two games with a sprained right knee. ... The Eagles were making their first visit to the Carrier Dome since 2004.


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Greetings from Cranberry Township, PA., where I'll be holed up for the next few days covering the Stanley Cup Finals. The Pittsburgh suburb is home to a particularly fine Italian joint named Monte Cello's, where I dined and watched the Pirates get blown out again last night. I'm a fantasy baseball geek with a couple of players in the game last night, so that's why I was glued to the set. Or, should I just take the word "baseball" out from that last sentence?
Man, it was sure weird seeing Kent Tekulve doing color work on the local FSN channel here after the game. He's not quite the string bean he used to be, and he's grayed around the temples some, for sure. But he was fun to listen to.
As of today (Wed.), there still have been no talks between the Avalanche and Jose Theodore's agent, Don Meehan. That's something of a surprise, but I don't think people should read too much into it.
Meehan thought he would have lunch with Giguere in Toronto this week, at the NHL scouting combine. But Giguere decided not to go to Toronto. Right now, many Avs scouts, along with Avs director of player development, Craig Billington, are there.
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Muhammad's encounter in the Cave of Hira is exceptional in Islam, because it is in this experience that Muhammad first received revelation from Allah, through the intermediary of the Archangel Gabriel. This encounter, therefore, is understood as the pivotal human event of Allah communicating the Islamic message to all mankind through the agency of Muhammad. It is the origin of Islam, and as such it is unambiguously and unquestionably, the singular most important event in human history.
From the perspective of comparative folklore or religion, however, Muhammad's encounter in the Cave of Hira is understood as a legend, which is to say that it is commonly understood by scholars outside strict Islamic communities as being a type of make-believe, a type of magical fantasy. It is understood as a fantasy imbued with powerful communal meaning, for within the narrative's community, conviction of the ontological truth of this narrative's central premise often defines whether a person either is, or is not, a "believer." The apostasy laws in 23 Muslim nations — 8 of which demand execution for people who leave Islam — are a testament to how this narrative is magnified in intensity by volatile religious emotion.[i] Thus, amongst most of the narrative's "believers," Muhammad's encounter in the Cave of Hira is experienced as being a magical story that is absolutely beyond question, a premise backed up in 8 countries by the death penalty.
It is a conundrum, then, for a skeptic or scholar to attempt a discussion between members within and without the Islamic community about Muhammad's encounter in the Cave of Hira when many modern Islamic governments murder people who express disbelief of the communal fantasy.
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SNL spoof on GM features U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette
Talk about topping the week off with a cherry: A Saturday Night Live skit spoofing the General Motors congressional hearing featured Colorado's U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette.
Well, not DeGette herself but an actress playing the Denver Democrat, who managed the proceedings in her position as the ranking Democratic member of the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations subcommittee. As such, DeGette's name was everywhere: The Denver Post, The New York Times, NPR and one TV news show after another.
The SNL skit lampooned GM's CEO Mary Barra.


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Here are some all natural and wallet-friendly ways to make your pearly whites even whiter!
Celery, Apples & Carrots – All three are high in cellulose so they act like natural abrasives. They cleanse teeth and remove surface stains. All three are perfect snacks to eat raw all by themselves so keep chomping or start today!
Spinach, Broccoli & Lettuce – Greens like these contain mineral compounds that form a film over the teeth, which stops pigments of other foods from staining teeth. So there's external benefits in addition to all of the the internal ones…we like.
Strawberries – contain malic acid, a natural astringent. Simply rub strawberries directly on your teeth and leave on for about five minutes (not any longer) and brush thoroughly with toothpaste to remove the mixture. If the seeds are a lagging issue that's where floss comes in.
Lemon* or Orange – specifically the peel (inner side), which you can leave against teeth for 10-15 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly.
*The citric acid of lemons has the ability to strip your teeth of calcium and weaken the outer covering of teeth (aka enamel) so don't overdue it!
Baking Soda – I've already listed this as a key natural beauty must-have (for skin & scalp). Baking soda also naturally lightens stains on teeth. Just dip your toothbrush in some baking soda and brush like you normal. Hence, the addition of baking soda in many toothpastes these days.
**Warning: Don't use any of the last 3 (strawberries, lemons & baking soda) more than once a week because like with any whitening treatment, natural or unnatural, you can damage your enamel if you overdue it!! Also, if you have sensitive teeth, you want to be even more careful.


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Epigenetic histone modifications in cell differentiation and cancer
Gene regulation is an important molecular mechanism underlying cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, and death during normal development and life cycles. Abnormality in gene expression such as epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes can have harmful consequences leading to cell over-proliferation and tumorigenesis. In eukaryotic cells, chromatin is composed of histone proteins and DNA molecules and is the physiological template upon which gene regulation occurs. A flurry of recent literature demonstrates that covalent histone modifications contribute greatly to epigenetic form of gene regulation. My long-term research interest is to study how histone modifications regulate gene expression during normal development and under disease conditions. Currently, I investigate the role of histone citrullination catalyzed by peptidylarginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) in transcriptional repression of tumor suppressor genes, as well as a unique role of histone hyper-citrullination in antibacterial innate immunity mediated by a highly decondensed chromatin structure termed neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). In a 2004 Science paper, I showed that PAD4 regulates histone Arg methylation by converting mono-methyl-Arg to citrulline via a novel demethylimination reaction in addition to its well-established activity to convert protein Arg residues to citrulline. PAD4 is a fascinating molecule to study not only because of its dual enzymatic activities in catalyzing deimination of Arg and demethylimination of methyl-Arg but also because of its health relevance to human diseases including cancers and rheumatoid arthritis. Studies from my group over the last several years have contributed significantly to our current knowledge of the physiological function of PAD4 as well as the involvement of PAD4 over-expression in the etiology of cancers and rheumatoid arthritis. We are poised to make novel discoveries in several research areas (see below) and contribute to the field of chromatin structure and function.(1) Histone modifications in p53-target gene expression(2) Design and evaluate the therapeutic potential of PAD4 inhibitors(3) Histone hyper-citrullination in higher order chromatin structure and innate immunity(4) OKL38 and its cooperation with p53 in regulating mitochondria structure and function
Figure 1. Epigenetic histone modifications at multiple of histone sites regulate chromatin function, such as transcription of tumor suppressor genes and chromatin folding/unfolding, which are two research directions pursued in my laboratory.
Figure 2. Our current research is focused on understanding basic cell biological and developmental processes, such as stem cell pluripotency, cell differentiation and dedifferenation, as well as cell cycle and death. By understanding the epigenetic mechanisms underlying these normal processes, we hope to generate new tools prevent and control human diseases, such as cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Martinod K, Demers M, Fuchs TA, Wong SL, Brill A, Gallant M, Hu J, Wang Y., and Wagner DD. (2013) Neutrophil histone modification by peptidylarginine deiminase 4 is critical for deep vein thrombosis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 110:8674-9.
Zhu H, Wang Y, Wang Y, Zhao S, Zhao M*, Gui L, Xu W, Chen XA, Wang Y.*, and Peng S*. (2013) Folded conformation, cyclic pentamer, nano-structure and PAD4 binding mode of YW3-56. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117:10070-10078. (*authors of correspondence)
Wang S and Wang Y. (2013) Peptidylarginine deiminases in citrullination, gene regulation, healthiness and pathogenesis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1829:1126-1135
Hu J and Wang Y. (2013) p53 and the PWWP domain containing effector proteins in chromatin damage repair. Cell & Developmental Biology 2:112.doi:10.4172/2168-9296.1000112 (Invited review)
Wu L, Zee BM, Wang Y, Garcia BA, and Dou Y. (2011) The RING finger protein MSL2 in the MOF complex is an E3 ubiquitin ligase for H2B K34 ubiquitylation and is important for H3 K4/K79 methylation and transcription activation. Molecular Cell 43:132-144.
Wu H, Zeng H, Lam R, Tempel W, Amaya MF, Xu C, Dombrovski L, Qiu W, Wang Y, and Min J. (2011) Structural and histone binding ability characterizations of human PWWP domains. PloS ONE 6(6): e18919.
Joo HY, Jones A, Yang C, Zhai L, Smith AD, Zhagn Z, Chandrasekharan MB, Sun ZW, Renfrow M, Wang Y, Chang C, and Wang H. (2011) Regulation of histone H2A and H2B deubiquitination andXenopus development by USP12 and USP46. Journal of Biological Chemistry 286:7190-7201.
Li P, Li M, Lindberg MR, Kennett MJ, Xiong N, and Wang Y. (2010) PAD4 is essential for antibacterial innate immunity mediated by neutrophil extracellular traps. Journal of Experimental Medicine 207:1853-62.
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A highlight of each semester is the Dance Department's presentation of student-created concerts.
A highlight of each semester is the Dance Department's presentation of student-created concerts.
All of the works were created and danced by Hope students, who also designed and created their own costumes and sound/music scores. The students were mentored by the concert co-producers, dance faculty members Steven Iannacone and Matthew Farmer, and assisted with lighting and technical design by staff member Erik Alberg, who is the college's technical director for the performing arts, and the students of the Production I class.
The students who submit work to be adjudicated by the judging panel range from dance majors and minors, to students in dance composition classes, to students who have danced through their entire high school career but are pursuing a different major. As a result, the concerts highlight what students are learning and experimenting with at Hope in the field of dance and showcase a variety of dance forms.


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Vieques, Puerto Rico
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|Nickname(s): Isla Nena
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|Víctor Emeric (PPD)
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|134.42 sq mi (348.15 km2)
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|52 sq mi (135 km2)
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|82.30 sq mi (213.15 km2)
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Vieques (/viːˈeɪkᵻs/; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbjekes], locally: [ˈbjeke]), in full Isla de Vieques, is an island–municipality of Puerto Rico in the northeastern Caribbean, part of an island grouping sometimes known as the Spanish Virgin Islands. Vieques is part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and retains strong influences from 400 years of Spanish presence in the island.
Vieques lies about 8 miles (13 km) east of the Puerto Rican mainland, and measures about 21 miles (34 km) long by 4 miles (6 km) wide. Its one main town Isabel Segunda (sometimes written "Isabel II"), the administrative center on the northern side of the island. At peak,[clarification needed] the population of Vieques is around 14,000.
The island's name is a Spanish spelling of an American Indian word (likely Taíno) said to mean "small island". It also has the nickname "Isla Nena", usually translated from the Spanish as "Little Girl Island", alluding to its perception as Puerto Rico's little sister. During the colonial period, the British name was "Crab Island".
Vieques is best known internationally as the site of a series of protests against the United States Navy's use of the island as a bombing range and testing ground, which led to the navy's departure in 2003. Today the former navy land is a national wildlife refuge, with numerous beaches that still retain the names given by the navy, including Red Beach, Blue Beach, Green Beach and others. The beaches are commonly listed among the top beaches in the Caribbean for their azure-colored waters and white sands.
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Pre-Columbian history
Archaeological evidence suggests that Vieques was first inhabited by ancient American Indian peoples who traveled from continental America perhaps between 3000 BC and 2000 BC. However, estimates of these prehistoric dates of inhabitation vary widely. These tribes had a Stone Age culture and were probably fishermen and hunter-gatherers.
Excavations at the Puerto Ferro site by Luis Chanlatte and Yvonne Narganes[2] uncovered a fragmented human skeleton in a large hearth area. Radiocarbon dating of shells found in the hearth indicate a burial date of c.1900 BCE. This skeleton, popularly known as El Hombre de Puerto Ferro, was buried at the center of a group of large boulders near the south-central coast of Vieques, approximately one kilometer northwest of the Bioluminescent Bay. Linear arrays of smaller stones radiating from the central boulders are apparent at the site today, but their age and reason for placement are unknown.
Further waves of settlement by Native Americans followed over many centuries. The Arawak-speaking Saladoid (or Igneri) people, thought to have originated in modern-day Venezuela, arrived in the region perhaps around 200 BC (again estimates vary). These tribes, noted for their pottery, stone carving, and other artifacts, eventually merged with groups from Hispaniola and Cuba, to form what is now called the Taíno culture. This culture flourished in the region from around 1000 AD, and survived on Vieques until the arrival of the Europeans in the late 15th century.
Spanish colonial period
The European discovery of Vieques is sometimes credited to Christopher Columbus, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1493. It does not seem to be certain whether Columbus personally visited Vieques, but in any case the island was soon claimed by the Spanish. During the early 16th century Vieques became a center of Taíno rebellion against the European invaders, prompting the Spanish to send armed forces to the island to quell the resistance. The native Taíno population was decimated, and its people either killed, imprisoned or enslaved by the Spanish.
The Spanish did not, however, permanently colonise Vieques at this time, and for the next three hundred years it remained a lawless outpost, frequented by pirates and outlaws. As European powers fought for control in the region, a series of attempts by the French, English and Danish to colonise the island in the 17th and 18th centuries were repulsed by the Spanish. The island also received considerable attention as a possible colony from Scotland, and after numerous attempts to buy the island proved unsuccessful, the Scottish fleet, en route to Darien in 1698, made landfall and took possession of the island in the name of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and The Indies. Scottish sovereignty of the island proved short-lived however, as a Danish ship arrived shortly afterwards and claimed the island.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Spanish took steps to permanently settle and secure the island. In 1811, Don Salvador Meléndez, then governor of Puerto Rico, sent military commander Juan Rosselló to begin what would become the annexation of Vieques by the Puerto Ricans.[3] In 1832, under an agreement with the Spanish Puerto Rican administration, Frenchman Teófilo José Jaime María Le Guillou became Governor of Vieques, and undertook to impose order on the anarchic province. He was instrumental in the establishment of large plantations, marking a period of social and economic change for the island. Le Guillou is now remembered as the "founder" of Vieques (though this title is also sometimes conferred on Francisco Saínz, governor from 1843 to 1852, who founded Isabel Segunda, the "town of Vieques", named after Queen Isabel II of Spain). Vieques was formally annexed to Puerto Rico in 1854.
In 1816, Vieques was briefly visited by Simón Bolívar when his ship ran aground there while fleeing defeat in Venezuela.[4]
During the second part of the 19th century, thousands of black immigrants came to Vieques to work on the sugar cane plantations. They arrived from the nearby islands of St. Thomas, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Croix, and many other Caribbean islands, some of them arrived as slaves and some as independent economic migrants.[clarification needed] By the time of settlement of Vieques the Eastern Caribbean was post-Emancipation but some arrived as contract labor. Since this time black people have formed an important part of Vieques' society.
United States control
In 1898, after Spain's defeat in the Spanish–American War, Vieques, along with mainland Puerto Rico, was ceded to the United States.
In the 1920s and 1930s, the sugar industry, on which Vieques was totally dependent, went into decline due to falling sugar prices and industrial unrest. Many locals were forced to move to mainland Puerto Rico or Saint Croix to look for work.
In 1941, while Europe was in the midst of World War II, the United States Navy purchased or seized about two thirds of Vieques as an extension to the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station nearby on the Puerto Rican mainland. The original purpose of the base (never implemented) was to provide a safe haven for the British fleet should Britain fall to Nazi Germany. Much of the land was bought from the owners of large farms and sugar cane plantations, and the purchase triggered the final demise of the sugar industry. Many agricultural workers, who had no formal title to the land they occupied, were evicted.[5]
After the war, the US Navy continued to use the island for military exercises, and as a firing range and testing ground for bombs, missiles, and other weapons in a manner not unlike Kahoʻolawe in the Hawaiian Islands.
The continuing post-war presence in Vieques of the United States Navy drew protests from the local community, angry at the expropriation of their land and the environmental impact of weapons testing. The locals' discontent was exacerbated by the island's perilous economic condition.
Protests came to a head in 1999 when Vieques native David Sanes, a civilian employee of the United States Navy, was killed by a jet bomb that the Navy said misfired. Sanes had been working as a security guard. A popular campaign of civil disobedience resurged; not since the mid-1970s had Viequenses come together en masse to protest the target practices.[6] The locals took to the ocean in their small fishing boats and successfully stopped the US Navy's military exercises.
The Vieques issue became something of a cause célèbre, and local protesters were joined by sympathetic groups and prominent individuals from the mainland United States and abroad, including political leaders Rubén Berríos, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, singers Danny Rivera, Willie Colón[7] and Ricky Martin, actors Edward James Olmos and Jimmy Smits, boxer Félix 'Tito' Trinidad, baseball superstar Carlos Delgado, writers Ana Lydia Vega and Giannina Braschi, and Guatemala's Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú. Kennedy's son, Aidan Caohman "Vieques" Kennedy,[8] was born while his father served jail time in Puerto Rico for his role in the protests. The problems arising from the US Navy base have also featured in songs by various musicians, including Puerto Rican rock band Puya, rapper Immortal Technique and reggaeton artist Tego Calderón. In popular culture, one subplot of "The Two Bartlets" episode of The West Wing dealt with a protest on the bombing range led by a friend of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman; this character was modeled on future West Wing star Jimmy Smits, a native of Puerto Rico who was repeatedly arrested for his leading of protests there.
As a result of this pressure, in May 2003 the Navy withdrew from Vieques, and much of the island was designated a National Wildlife Refuge under the control of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Closure of Roosevelt Roads Naval Station followed in 2004.
Vieques is a municipio of Puerto Rico, translated as "municipality" and in this context roughly equivalent to "township". It is in the Puerto Rican electoral district of Carolina. Local government is under the leadership of a mayor, presently Víctor Emeric.
The city[clarification needed] belongs to the Puerto Rico Senatorial district VIII, which is represented by two Senators. In 2012, Pedro A. Rodríguez and Luis Daniel Rivera were elected as District Senators.[9]
Administrative divisions
Administratively Vieques is divided into eight wards (barrios), including the town of Isabel Segunda:
|Area (m²)[10]
(census 2000)
|Islands in barrio
|Isabela II barrio-pueblo
|Puerto Diablo
|Roca Cucaracha, Isla Yallis, Roca Alcatraz, Cayo Conejo, Cayo Jalovita, Cayo Jalova
|Puerto Ferro
|Isla Chiva, Cayo Chiva
|Puerto Real
|Cayo de Tierra, Cayo de Afuera (Cayo Real)
|Punta Arenas
Vieques measures about 21 miles (34 km) east-west, and three to four miles (5 km) north-south. It has a land area of 52 square miles (130 km2) and is located about ten miles (16 km) to the east of Puerto Rico. To the north of Vieques is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south the Caribbean. The island of Culebra is about 10 miles (16 km) north of Vieques, and the US Virgin Islands lie to the east. Vieques and Culebra, together with various small islets, make up the so-called Spanish Virgin Islands, sometimes known as the Passage Islands.[citation needed]
The former US Navy lands, now wildlife reserves, occupy the entire eastern and western ends of Vieques, with the former live weapons testing site (known as the "LIA", or "Live Impact Area") at the extreme eastern tip.[11] These areas are unpopulated. The former civilian area occupies very roughly the central third of the island and contains the towns of Isabel Segunda on the north coast, and Esperanza on the south.
Vieques has a terrain of rolling hills, with a central ridge running east-west. The highest point is Monte Pirata ("Pirate Mount") at 987 feet (300 m). Geologically the island is composed of a mixture of volcanic bedrock, sedimentary rocks such as limestone and sandstone, and alluvial deposits of gravel, sand, silt, and clay. There are no permanent rivers or streams. Much former agricultural land has been reclaimed by nature due to prolonged disuse, and, apart from some small-scale farming in the central region, the island is largely covered by brush and subtropical dry forest. Around the coast lie palm-fringed sandy beaches interspersed with lagoons, mangrove swamps, salt flats and coral reefs.[citation needed]
A series of nearshore islets and rocks are part of the municipality of Vieques, clockwise starting at the northernmost:
- Roca Cucaracha (a rock with less than five meters in diameter)
- Isla Yallis
- Roca Alcatraz
- Cayo Conejo
- Cayo Jalovita
- Cayo Jalova
- Isla Chiva
- Cayo Chiva
- Cayo de Tierra
- Cayo de Afuera (Cayo Real)
Bioluminescent Bay
The Bioluminescent Bay (also known as Puerto Mosquito, Mosquito Bay, or "The Bio Bay"), is considered the best example of a bioluminescent bay in the United States and is listed as a national natural landmark, one of five in Puerto Rico. The luminescence in the bay is caused by a micro-organism, the dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense, which glows whenever the water is disturbed, leaving a trail of neon blue.
A combination of factors creates the necessary conditions for bioluminescence: red mangrove trees surround the water (the organisms have been related to Mangrove forest [12] although Mangrove is not necessarily associated with this species [13]); a complete lack of modern development around the bay; the water is cool enough and deep enough; and a small channel to the ocean keeps the dinoflagellates in the bay. This small channel was created artificially, being the result of attempts by the occupants of Spanish ships to choke off the bay from the ocean. The Spanish believed that the bioluminescence they encountered there while first exploring the area, was the work of the devil ('El Diablo') and tried to block ocean water from entering the bay by dropping huge boulders in the channel. The Spanish only succeeded in preserving and increasing the luminescence in the now isolated bay.
Kayaking is permitted in the bay and may be arranged through local vendors.
Vieques has a warm, relatively dry, tropical to sub-tropical climate. Temperatures vary little throughout the year, with average daily maxima ranging from 82 °F (28 °C) in January to 87 °F (31 °C) in July.[14] Average daily minima are about 10 °F (6 °C) lower. Rainfall averages around 45 to 55 inches (1150 to 1400 mm) per year, with the months of May and September–November being the wettest. The west of the island receives significantly more rainfall than the east. Prevailing winds are easterly.
Vieques is prone to tropical storms and at risk from hurricanes from June to November. In 1989 Hurricane Hugo caused considerable damage to the island.[15]
According to the 2010 US census,[16] the total population of Vieques was 9,301. 94.3% of the population are Hispanic or Latino (of any race). Natives of Vieques are known as Viequenses.
|Race (self-defined)
Vieques Puerto Rico - 2010 Census[17]
|% of Total
|Black/Afro-Puerto Rican
|American Indian
and Alaska Native
|Native Hawaiian
Pacific Islander
|Some other race
|Two or more races
Both Spanish and English are recognized as official languages. Spanish is the primary language of most inhabitants.
The sugar industry, once the mainstay of the island's economy, declined during the early decades of the twentieth century, and finally collapsed in the 1940s when the US Navy took over much of the land on which the sugar cane plantations stood. After an initial naval construction phase, opportunities for making a living on the island were largely limited to fishing or subsistence farming on reduced area. Crops grown on the island include avocados, bananas, coconuts, grains, papayas and sweet potatoes. A small number of permanent local jobs were provided by the US Navy. Since the 1970s General Electric has employed a few hundred workers at a manufacturing plant. Unemployment was widespread, with consequent social problems. The 2000 US census reported a median household income in 1999 dollars of $9,331 (compared to $41,994 for the USA as a whole), and 35.8% of the population of 16 years and over in the labor force (compared to 63.9% for the USA as a whole).[16]
Like the rest of Puerto Rico, the island's currency is the US dollar.
Following the 2003 departure of the US Navy, efforts have been made to redevelop the island's agricultural economy, to clean up contaminated areas of the former bombing ranges, and to develop Vieques as a tourist destination. The Navy clean-up is currently the largest employer on the island, and has contributed over 20 million dollars directly into the local economy over the last 5 years through salaries, housing, vehicles, taxes, and services. The Navy has provided specialized training to several local islanders, who may be able to parlay this training into a career after the clean-up is over.
For sixty years the majority of Vieques was closed off by the US Navy, and the island remained almost entirely undeveloped for tourism. This lack of development is now marketed as a key attraction. Vieques is promoted under an ecotourism banner as a sleepy, unspoiled island of rural "old world" charm and pristine deserted beaches, and is rapidly becoming a popular destination.
Since the Navy's departure, tensions on the island have been low, although land speculation by foreign developers and fears of overdevelopment have caused some resentment among local residents, and there are occasional reports of lingering anti-American sentiment.[18]
The lands previously owned by the Navy have been turned over to the U.S. National Fish and Wildlife Service and the authorities of Puerto Rico and Vieques for management. The immediate bombing range area on the eastern tip of the island suffers from severe contamination, but the remaining areas are mostly open to the public, including many beautiful beaches that were inaccessible to civilians while the military was conducting training maneuvers.
Snorkeling is excellent, especially at Blue Beach (Bahía de la Chiva). Aside from archeological sites, such as La Hueca, and deserted beaches, a unique feature of Vieques is the presence of two pristine bioluminescent bays, including Mosquito Bay. Vieques is also famous for its feral paso fino horses, which roam free over parts of the island.[18] These are descended from stock originally brought by European colonisers.
In 2011, TripAdvisor listed Vieques among the Top 25 Beaches in the World, writing "If you prefer your beaches without the accompanying commercial developments, Isla de Vieques is your tanning turf, with more than 40 beaches and not one traffic light."[19]
Landmarks and places of interest
- Fortín Conde de Mirasol (Count Mirasol Fort), a fort built by the Spanish in the mid 19th century, now a museum
- Playa Esperanza (Esperanza Beach)
- The tomb of Le Guillou, the town founder, in Isabel Segunda
- La Casa Alcaldía (City Hall)
- Faro Punta Mulas, built in 1896
- Faro de Puerto Ferro
- Sun Bay Beach
- The Bioluminescent Bay
- The 300-year-old ceiba tree
- Rompeolas (Mosquito Pier), renamed Puerto de la Libertad David Sanes Rodríguez in 2003
- Puerto Ferro Archaeological Site
- Black Sand Beach
- Hacienda Playa Grande (Old Sugarcane Plantation Building)
- Underground U.S. Navy Bunkers
- Wreckage of the World War II Navy Destroyer USS Killen (DD593)
Festivals and events
- Festival de los Reyes Magos (Epiphany Festival) – January 6
- Via Crucis (Passion Play) – Holy Week
- Festival Cultural Viequense (Vieques Cultural Festival) – March/April
- Fiestas Patronales (Traditional Town Festivities) – July
- Puerto Rico International Film Festival Vieques (Annual International Film Festival) – June
- Trova Navideña (Christmas Troubador Night) – December
- Festival Navideño (Christmas Festival) – December–January
Vieques is served by Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport, which currently accommodates only small propeller-driven aircraft. Services to the island run from San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Ceiba Airport or Isla Grande Airport (20- to 30-minute flight). Flights are also available between Vieques and Saint Croix and Saint Thomas.
Also, a ferry runs from Fajardo several times a day. The ferry service is administered by the Autoridad de Transporte Marítimo (ATM) in Puerto Rico.[20]
Public health
There have been claims linking Vieques' higher cancer rate[21] to the long history of US weapons testing on the island, especially after the US Navy admitted using depleted uranium on at least one occasion in 1999.[citation needed]
Milivi Adams was a girl from Vieques who developed and died of cancer and became a symbol in the battle against the presence of the military.[22][23] Her face had appeared many times on the covers of Puerto Rican newspapers and magazines, and there were posters with her picture on them on many of Vieques' street corners.[citation needed] The daughter of Zuleyka Calderon and Jose Adams,[24] Milivi was diagnosed with cancer at the age of two years. Although many people blamed the military's bomb testings in Vieques as the source of her cancer, this has not been proven.[25] Given a month to live at the age of three, her cancer went into remission, but at the age of four reappeared, in her brain. She was flown to the United States by her parents, in hopes that treatment would help her; she fought infections, and after the last one, doctors told her parents that her body would not resist another infection treatment. She returned to Puerto Rico, where she died on the morning of November 17, 2002.[26]
Nayda Figueroa, an epidemiologist for Puerto Rico's Cancer Registry, stated that research showed Vieques' cancer rate from 1995 to 1999 was 31 percent higher than for the main island.
Michael Thun, head of epidemiological research at the American Cancer Society, cautioned that the variations in the rates could be attributed to chance, given the small population on Vieques.[27] A 2000 Nuclear Regulatory Commission report concluded that "the public had not been exposed to depleted uranium contamination above normal background (naturally occurring) levels".[28]
Surveys of the wreckage of a target ship in a shallow bay at the bombing range, however, revealed its identity to be that of the USS Killen, a target ship in nuclear tests in the Pacific in 1958. By 2002, it was evident that thousands of tons of steel that had originally been irradiated in the 1958 nuclear tests was missing from the wreckage in the bay. That steel has been missing for over 35 years and is still unaccounted for by the US Navy, Environmental Protection Agency and US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Hundreds of steel drums of unknown origin were found among the wreckage. Their identity and contents have not been adequately verified.[citation needed]
In response to concerns about potential contamination from toxic metals and other chemicals, the ATSDR conducted a number of surveys in 1999–2002 to test Vieques' soil, water supply, air, fish and shellfish for harmful substances. The general conclusion of the ATSDR survey was that no public health hazard existed as a result of the Navy's activities.[28] However, scientists have pointed out that fish samples were drawn from local markets, which often import fish from other areas. Also sample sizes from each location were too small to provide compelling evidence for the lack of a public health danger (Wargo, Green Intelligence). The conclusions of the ATSDR report have more recently, as of 2009, been questioned and discredited. A review is underway.[29][30][31]
Casa Pueblo, a Puerto Rican environmental group, reports a study of the flora and fauna of Vieques that "clearly demonstrates sequestration of high levels of toxic elements in plant and animal tissue samples", and that "Consecuently [sic], the ecological food web of the Vieques Island has been adversely impacted."[32]
Notable natives and residents
- Jaime Rexach Benitez, educator, politician and humanist;
- Nelson Dieppa, professional boxer;
- Juan Francisco Luis, Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands (1978–1987);
- Germán Rieckehoff Sampayo, was president of the Puerto Rican Olympic committee;
- Carlos Vélez Rieckehoff, local nationalist leader and political activist;
- Manuel A. Romero, notable attorney and former President of the Brooklyn Bar Association
See also
- List of Puerto Ricans
- History of Puerto Rico
- Did you know-Puerto Rico?
- United States Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico
- List of Vieques birds
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Vieques
- Kahoolawe
- Vieques National Wildlife Refuge
- Culebra, Puerto Rico
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- ↑ American Antiquity, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Jan. 1992) pp. 146-163.
- ↑ Mullenneaux, Lisa (2000). Ni Una Bomba Más!: Vieques Vs. U.S. Navy. Penington Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780970429605.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ "From Sugar Plantations to Military Bases: the U.S. Navy's Expropriations in Vieques, Puerto Rico", César Ayala.
- ↑ Puerto Rico under Colonial Rule: Political Persecution and the Quest for Human Rights, SUNY Press, 2006.
- ↑ http://www.williecolon.com/vieques/campamentoberrios/fslide11.htm
- ↑ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2001-07-28/news/0107280098_1_vieques-kennedy-bodyguard
- ↑ Elecciones Generales 2012: Escrutinio General on CEEPUR
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- ↑ McCaffrey, Katherine T. (2009). "Environmental Struggle After the Cold War: New Forms of Resistance to the U.S. Military in Vieques, Puerto Rico". In Lutz, Catherine. Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle Against U.S. Military Posts. New York University Press. ISBN 9780814752432.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Usup G, Azanza RV (1998) Physiology and dynamics of the tropical dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense. In: Anderson DM, Cembella AD, Hallegraeff GM (eds) The physiological ecology of harmful algal blooms. NATO ASI Series, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p 81–94
- ↑ Phlips, EJ, Badylak, S, Bledsoe, E & M Cichra. 2006. Factors affecting the distribution of Pyrodinium bahamense var. bahamense in coastal waters of Florida. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 322: 99-115.
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- ↑ Black per. in PR
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- ↑ Top 25 Beaches in the World on TripAdvisor
- ↑ Vieques.com. "Passenger & Cargo Ferry Guide, Vieques & Fajardo, Puerto Rico". Retrieved October 16, 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Rullan: Studies On Cancer In Vieques Reflect Increase". Puerto Rico Herald. Retrieved 2011-06-13.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2009). Civil Disobedience: An Encyclopedic History of Dissidence in the United States. Sharpe Reference. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7656-8127-0.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ "New Battle on Vieques, Over Navy's Cleanup of Munitions", Mireya Navarro, New York Times, Aug 6, 2009
- ↑ "Navy's Vieques Training May Be Tied to Health Risks", Mireya Navarro, New York Times, Nov 13, 2009
- ↑ "Reversal Haunts Federal Health Agency", Mireya Navarro, New York Times, Nov 29, 2009
- ↑ "Casa Pueblo report". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-17.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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There are many ways to share your tax burden with others in your family. For seniors receiving pension or Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) payments, pension income splitting between spouses means you can now cut your tax bill and potentially reduce the impact of the Old Age Security (OAS) clawback! You can also share your Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits for more tax savings. For those with investment assets, and family members taxed at lower rates there are many strategies such as a prescribed rate loan that can help share the tax burden. The key is to know when income splitting is legally possible.
File your tax return on time.
While filing your return on time won't technically reduce your tax liability, it will help you avoid costly penalties and interest. If you don't file on time, and you owe money, penalties are charged. In addition, if you don't ante up on your tax bill, the interest payments can be huge. You might be better off taking out a bank loan to pay the tax if you can secure a lower rate than the CRA will charge you. File and pay by April 30 to avoid these costs.
Take advantage of tax-free perks at work.
Employees often think there is nothing they can do to reduce their tax burden; however, there may be many perks offered at work that you can take advantage of and not pay any additional tax. Some items to ask for include RRSP or pension contributions paid by your employer, employment related moving costs, personal counselling, up to $10,000 of death benefits, education costs, in-house fitness facilities, in house daycare services and merchandise discounts, among others.