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Lost Sierra
Travel to Downieville, nestled high in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where gold miners organized the first ski races in the country; meet the staff on the Mountain Messenger, the state's oldest weekly newspaper; and watch a demonstration of the long, heavy wooden skis worn by the gold miners in the mid-1800s.
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Huell takes a hike to the elusive bridge that could have led to somewhere but got beaten out by Mother Nature by way of heavy rain and floods.1
Owner William Gore Sr. and his wife, Lena Gore explain why their honey-baked cobblers are some of the best around town. Warning: Not for the calorie-wary.1
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California's Gold with Huell Howser
Central Coast
Visit the world's first motel, the Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo; a stop at Pozo's Saloon, a stagecoach stop, and chat with the last remaining citizen of Moy Mell, where a colony of people called Dunites lived in the sand dunes from the 1920s through the 1940s.
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Santa Cruz
Discover the colorful history of the Beach Boardwalk, the last remaining oceanside amusement park in the West Coast; meet the pioneers of surfing and the inventor of the wet suit, and enjoy salt water taffy and other sweet treats at Marini's, a family-run business for over four generations.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Lost Sierra
Travel to Downieville, nestled high in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where gold miners organized the first ski races in the country; meet the staff on the Mountain Messenger, the state's oldest weekly newspaper; and watch a demonstration of the long, heavy wooden skis worn by the gold miners in the mid-1800s.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Clear Lake
Clear Lake is located at the base of fabled Mt. Konocti and is California's largest natural lake. Much of the terrain around the 4,200 foot Mt. Konocti was formed by lava flows and folding of the earth's crust. The lake has a rich history; evidence of human habitation dates back at least ten thousand years. More than 120,000 visitors each year enjoy picnicking, boating, camping and nature walks.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Vernal Pools
For years Huell has been getting letters telling him he should do a show about vernal pools. Well, now he has. Just a short drive from Sacramento on an old military base, Huell meets up with a couple of experts and a bunch of school kids all eager to explore the flora and fauna that live in and around these wonderful, natural pools. As they go from pool to pool, Huell learns that even if they are only a few acres apart, they can be totally different worlds.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Will Rogers
Will Rogers has got to be one of the all-time great American characters. Often called the "Cowboy Philosopher," he kept America laughing through some of its toughest years. Will was a radio commentator, newspaper columnist and motion picture star. In 1922, Will bought property above Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades and built a summer cottage. The family loved the place so much that Will had a proper ranch built and the family moved there in 1928. In 1944, after the death of Mrs. Rogers, the property became Will Rogers State Historic Park and is now a well loved tourist destination.
California's Golden Parks
Hetch Hetchy
Before it was dammed in the early 1900s, John Muir called it more beautiful than Yosemite Valley itself. And now, in a one-hour special, Huell travels to this historic and spectacular place to document its past and talk about its future.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
You all are probably wondering what a glass beach is? Well, as usual Huell discovers some of California's strangest gems, and on this trip Huell strolls two beaches that are a treasure hunters paradise. In the coastal town of Fort Bragg, Huell visits what the locals call, "Glass Beach," where you'll find a kaleidoscope of colored glass glittering in the Pacific surf: azure, scarlet, mauve, amber, amethyst and teal.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Gold Country
Pan for gold, sing pioneer songs and eat "bangers" at the annual Bidwell Bar Day celebration at Lake Oroville in Butte County. Also visit the pride of Sonora: "The Red Church," a picturesque landmark in the center of town; and discover an unusual source of pride at the unique Annual Poison Oak show in Columbia, a restored gold mining town in Tuolumne County.
Road Trip
It's a little bit of Denmark right here in California! Join host Huell Howser as he travels to Solvang on a "Road Trip." This adventure includes tasting some homemade aebleskivers and kringles, visiting the world-famous red shoe, touring the Elverhoj Museum and stopping by the authentic Bethania Lutheran Church.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
California/China Connection
California and China have had a long and storied connection, the most well known is the Chinese laborers who helped build the California railroads. But on this adventure, Huell finds a few lesser-known examples of California's and China's Gold. A brief stop at the Golden State Bonsai Collection-North in Oakland introduces us to the Bonsai tree given to Chinese Envoy Anson Burlingame of the Lincoln Presidency. Burlingame opened China to the U.S. in the 1860s, and this souvenir from his tenure has been in the U.S. ever since.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Giant Rock
First stop is Giant Rock --considered to be the worlds largest free standing boulder, and a long time sacred site to the Native Americans. In the 1950s it became a UFO airport according to George Van Tassel who claimed to be contacted by aliens there, and was host to UFO conventions till the late 70s. One of the things George was told to do by the aliens was to build the Integratron, which is our next stop. This amazing building/machine is supposed to restore youth, although never completed--Huell will get a "sound bath." Hold onto your seats, this will be a wild ride.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
The first stop on our adventure is the Dutch Windmill in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, which was built in 1902, at a cost of $ 16,000. It is 75 feet high, and 33 feet in diameter at the base, its sails have a span of 102 feet and it was capable of pumping 30,000 gallons of fresh water per hour from underground to a reservoir on Strawberry Hill. Despite being a great success for a few years (so much so that a second windmill was built), by 1913 electric pumps were introduced, so the windmills began to become obsolete.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
As we all know, California has some spectacular scenery and our great variety of trees makes up a large part of it. In this adventure, Huell visits three "big" trees that are a great example of California's Gold. First Huell travels to Santa Barbara to see the Moreton Bay Fig Tree. Given to a little girl as a gift from an Australian seaman, the sapling was planted in 1876. That little sapling is now the largest Moreton Bay Fig in the continental U.S. The tree is 42 feet around its base, 80 feet tall and has a branch spread of 176 feet.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
A Closer Look
Travel to the sand dunes of El Centro where portions of a wooden plank road, which once stretched from Imperial County to Yuma, Arizona have been preserved; and attend a reunion at Camp Lockett, which brings together members of the last mounted unit in the Army.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Fire Lookout
Travel with Huell to Sequoia National Forest to visit historic Buck Rock Fire Lookout. Established in the early 1900s, Buck Rock Lookout was one of the first fire detection locations in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The current lookout building, constructed in 1923, is historically significant as a representation of the earliest live-in towers in California. Huell climbs 172 stairs to an elevation of 8, 500 feet to interview the woman who currently staffs the lookout through the fire season, and to learn what it's like to live perched on the edge of a cliff!
California's Gold with Huell Howser
It's huge, metal and reaches across the Golden Gate, but it's not a bridge. Join Huell as he visits the site of the WWII antisubmarine net built to keep Japanese subs out of San Francisco. Long before the Tiburon Sub-Net Depot was there, this small piece of land across the bay from San Francisco had many incarnations. Among them were: home to Native Americans, an original Spanish Ranchero, the largest Codfish drying plant on the west coast, a coaling station for the Navy, and it was where the cables for the Golden Gate Bridge were spun.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps at which Japanese American citizens were interned during World War II. It is located at the foot of the imposing Sierra Nevadas in the Owens Valley. Huell Howser is joined by experts and internees to learn about the camp's complex history. And although little remains of the camp itself, Huell discovers a permanent reminder of the internees' detention -- their names etched in concrete.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Join Huell Howser as he visits the McRoskey Airflex Mattress Company in San Francisco. The McRoskey family has been manufacturing mattresses since 1899 and they still make them in much the same way as they did back then - -and they are all assembled by hand. The McRoskeys have even keep a record of every mattress sold dating back to 1921.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Historic Horses
Enjoy one of California's oldest and exciting traditions at the W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center at Cal Poly Pomona where, for over 60 years, monthly horse shows feature beautiful, pure-bred Arabian horses. Then hit the trail and trace the history of the Pony Express riders at the annual Pony Express Re-run in Sacramento as present-day riders re-enact this bit of Old West experience.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Our State's Front Yard
Visit the immaculate and lush grounds of Capitol Park in Sacramento, our state's official front and backyard and find azaleas, huckleberry, 100-year-old cedar trees and a Memorial Grove of trees transplanted from the battlefields of the Civil War to become apart of California's Gold.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Listen to the magic of mariachi music and follow its origins from Jalisco, Mexico to its present-day sounds on the streets of Los Angeles. The world renowned Los Camperos de Nati Cano are featured, as well as the student mariachis of Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, and mariachis on Olvera Street.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Angel Island
The largest island in San Francisco Bay is a heavenly sight to behold with its profusion of flora and fauna. But Angel Island also has a varied military history, including the detention of Chinese immigrants from 1910-1940. The episode examines this chapter of the island's past.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Golden Gate Bridge
California's most recognized landmark takes center stage in an episode which focuses on its history (including rare footage of its construction) its beauty, and the incredible maintenance work that goes on daily to keep this towering structure in mint condition.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Take a sizzling trip to the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County and its many unknown desert destinations, including the tiny town of Amboy (on the side of old Route 66), historic homesteads, immense sand dunes, an extinct volcano and a beautiful, old train depot.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Hard to Get To
A unique adventure to two of California's rarely seen natural wonders: the Bristlecone Pine, the oldest, continuously living thing on this planet found in the White Mountains of the Eastern Sierra, and magnificent Le Conte Falls deep in the rocky and steep terrain of Yosemite National Park.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Big Creek
Huell travels to the mountains above Fresno to tour "Big Creek"' which was America's first large-scale integrated hydroelectric project, begun in 1911. This massive engineering marvel consists of 23 generating units in nine powerhouses with a generating capacity of approximately 1,000 megawatts, and six major reservoirs with a storage capacity of more than 560,000 acre-feet. Not only do we get a behind the scenes tour, we'll also meet and hear some great stories from a one of the first families that worked at this remote Edison outpost.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Terra Cotta
Step back in time to the olden days of making pottery the Gladding McBean way. The 118-year-old company in rural Lincoln, near Sacramento, is the nation's only remaining major manufacturer of terra cotta. From decorative to functional, McBean's terra cotta is acclaimed for its distinctive style which graces landmark buildings in big cities and small towns across our state.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Pismo Clams
Huell travels to Pismo Beach -- 10 miles south of San Luis Obispo -- and learns how its famous clams, plentiful in the region at the turn of the century, branded an identity for one of the last classic California beach towns.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Old-Fashioned Harvest
Huell attends a lively recreation of an old-fashioned harvest near Modesto where the participants use vintage equipment and farming techniques while dressed in authentic attire.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Tuolumne Meadows
Huell visits Yosemite's high country for a walk through spectacular Tuolumne Meadows.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Desert Tower
The Desert View Tower stands 3,000 feet above sea level, three miles east of Jacumba in the Imperial Valley. The four-story, cut-stone structure was built in the 1920s by Bert Vaughn, who owned the town of Jacumba. The pre-highway trek to the Pacific Coast was arduous so Vaughn commemorated the pioneers who struggled across the arid desert. Join Huell as he climbs to the top of the tower to see the spectacular views of the desert below.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
San Luis Obispo Train
Join in the centennial celebration of the arrival of the first steam train to this isolated mid-coastal town. As part of the celebrations, the town's citizens have recreated the events exactly as they happened a century before. Huell passes through the historic tunnels and tressels in a period steam engine as he descends into this festive town.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Jack London
Explore Beauty Ranch, once the home of one of California's famous authors, Jack London. Now the estate is part of the Jack London State Historical Park in the Valley of the Moon in Sonoma. It is at this home that London wrote many of his most famous books, including "Call of the Wild," "White Fang" and "The Sea Wolf."
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Wings Over California
Soar above our state as we look at the Pigeon Courier Service at Avalon on Catalina Island, once the most expeditious means of communication with the small island. Next, Huell visits the Twenty-Nine Palms Air Academy, created during World War II. Huell goes up in the air with some of the original pilots at this, the largest glider school in the country.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Hearst Ranch
We all know about Hearst Castle, but few people realize the Castle is surrounded by a 80,000-acre working ranch owned and operated by the Hearst Foundation. Huell gets a first-hand look at the Hearst Ranch from Steve Hearst.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Under California
Trace the lives of two men whose unique dreams in the early part of the century helped them to create two of our state's most amazing buried treasures. First, we visit the Underground Gardens of Baldasare Forestiere, an incredible labyrinth of tunnels, courtyards and vines. Next, we visit the Burro Schmidt Tunnel, where for 50 years an early pioneer of the Mojave dug a 2,000 foot tunnel through a mountain.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
One of California's biggest and most beautiful forests is one we never get to see -- the incredible kelp forests off our coast. Travel with Huell from Monterey to San Diego to see how kelp grows, how it is harvested and how it finds its way into the common foods we eat.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Masonic Cave
Huell's off to Amador county and the town of Volcano. It was once a thriving, gold mining town in the 1850s and 1860s, but Huell has set off to discover the mysterious cave in this mountain community which served as a Masonic lodge.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Sequoia Black History
Huell joins the centennial celebration of Colonel Charles Young's tenure as superintendent at Sequoia National Park. Young led his "Buffalo Soldiers" during a historic summer working in the second national park ever created in the United States. Young discovered and named a majestic Giant Sequoia after an individual that inspired and influenced his life, Booker T. Washington. After nearly 100 years, this tree has been rediscovered and stands as a monument to both Colonel Charles Young and Booker T. Washington.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Catalina Cubs
Chicago millionaire William Wrigley brought excitement to the Catalina Island every year, when his Chicago Cubs baseball team came for spring training each season through the late 1940s. A ball field was built and visitors came from Los Angeles and other California cities to watch the "Catalina" Cubs.
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A visit to the 31st Annual Griffith Park Sidecar Rally. It's a get-together of sidecar enthusiasts and it turns out these contraptions that hook on to motorcycles have quite a colorful history and come in all shapes and sizes.
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Studiochild needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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studiochild is a young, newly formed, creative company focusing on music production. We are a handful of musicians/artists composing, performing, recording, engineering, and producing music in the smoggy, yet sunny, city of Los Angeles. We are focused on publishing our own music first, so we can quit our day jobs, as well as helping others where possible. We recently supplied music for the US Ski Team's "2009-2010 World Cup Winning Runs" dvd. We are also very honored and pleased to say we composed and produced the soon to be published jingle for the promotional video for the 2011 British Virgin Isles Kite Jam, sponsored by Sir Richard Branson (who kite surfs himself, bless his heart).
As a company, our attitude is about authenticity, simplicity, integrity, and most importantly, fun. We believe in the music we write. We genuinely like it, or we don't produce it. We are leveraging a new model where quality music can be created, accessed, and published outside of the traditional record company model and attitude that comes with it. This enables us to tap and share musical talent that may not otherwise be recognized. When you work with us, we want you to feel welcome at whatever level and skill. We believe everyone has authentic creativity to offer, and our studio is dedicated to supporting that inner child. We are professional, easy to do business with, and fun.
The target audience is 2 pronged. First, we want to appeal to companies or professionals needing music for jingles, film scores, video games, etc. This could also include other music production shops who, when overloaded, look for "ghost" writers they can outsource to. The second audience would be the general music industry. Here we will be branding ourselves as a music publisher housing and supporting artists and bands.
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I would like the design to be a graphic logo, as well as include the name studiochild. I'm not visualizing the name (or SC initials) within the graphic itself, but if you do, go for it.
The graphic is a silhouette of a young girl's head (say around 3-6 years old), listening to music with headphones (those 70s big ear kind are a good example). I'm leaning towards front face view, but profile or other angles are welcome. She has an expression of innocent bliss and enjoyment. I prefer two tones (likely black and white), and the overall outer shape of the graphic as relatively circular. The style should be less realistic, and somewhat abstract/cartoonish, although too cartoony or juvenile is not acceptable. Think fresh, industrial, hip, professional and fun. I'm providing other logos to give style ideas.
The logo will be used for web design, CD cases, and business cards. We need a clean design that can easily scale down from a website to a small card. It is important to provide files that can adapt to size changes. This is required. File types would include: EPS (CMYK Color), PNG ( RGB Color, 72dpi), and JPG (Grey Scale, 300dpi).
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Butters1919 wrote:rdsrds2120 wrote:Which medals update are you speaking of, besides the all-known forum appearance glitch?BMO
That and the fact that they are referred to as both platinum (in most places) and diamond (in others).
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The Canadian Classic Cars.ca Tour Continues... - Blog 2
The Canadian Classic Cars.ca Tour continued on Tuesday in Oshawa, Ontario. Members of the Motor City Car Club again joined us at the hotel in the morning. After our driver's meeting we made the short drive to downtown Oshawa to visit the Canadian Automotive Museum. Privately owned and funded this museum contains a huge and varied collection of autos and motorcycles dating from the earliest examples up through the modern era. The second floor of the museum is filled with autos that were manufactured specifically in Canada. With almost 100 vehicles on display the hour that we spent at the Canadian Automotive Museum went by very quickly.
Just down the street from the Automotive Museum is the famous RS McLaughlin Estate known as Parkwood. RS McLaughlin is the man credited with bringing GM to Canada in the 1920's. He was the President of GM of Canada for many years and his residence has been maintained as a wonderful example of a lavish estate of the 1920's. We had stopped and toured the home and gardens on a previous Road Tour. Its grandeur is breathtaking. This visit we decided, because of time considerations to limit the tour to the lavish gardens surrounding the home. For the first time visitors it was a real treat to get a quick look at how the wealthy lived in the 20's and 30's.
By 11 AM it was time to head for Ottawa. We had many stops planned for the day and it was a 4 1/2 hour drive from Oshawa to Canada's Capital of Ottawa. After checking in at our hotel we were met in the parking lot by our tour guide and host in Ottawa, Larry Way. Larry worked in the public relations department in Parliament for many years and now has an advertising and promotions agency in Canada. He organizes car events and works closely with our Tour sponsor Canadian Classic Cars. Larry had arranged a special tour of the Parliament building for our Road Tour group for later Tuesday evening. From the hotel we headed out about 5PM to make a stop at a cruise at the Hazeldean Mall in Ottawa. This cruise is held weekly our visit coincided with the final cruise of the summer. Our 30 vehicles made a nice addition to the regular group. There was even a cake to celebrate our visit and the end of the summer season. It was a short stop but it was fun to meet some of the local enthusiasts.
From the mall cruise we made our way to downtown Ottawa and Parliament Hill, the home of Canada's legislative body. Words cannot describe the buildings on Parliament Hill. They are enormous in size and spectacular in their architecture. We arrived about 7PM and made the walk up the hill. We were greeted by tour guides and we spent the next 90 minutes in awe as we were shown both the legislative chambers and the amazing library. As we exited the huge building dusk had fallen on the city of Ottawa and the sight was simply beautiful. It had been another fantastic day on the Canadian Classic Cars.ca Road Tour.
Wednesday started with our daily driver's meeting and then a drive to the Canada Science and Technology Museum. Larry Way again worked some magic and we were treated to a tour of the restoration and preservation section of the museum. Not open to the public, this area is where the work is done to preserve and in some cases restore the transportation vehicles that museum owns. The term transportation in this case covers everything from locomotives to some of the earliest examples of two and three wheeled bicycles. It was an extremely interesting two hours that we spent "behind the scenes "at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. Thanks to everyone who helped make this special visit happen. After a brief lunch were made our way to the Canadian Aviation Musuem. The equivalent to the United States Air and Space Museum, the Canadian counterpart houses some of the earliest examples of manned flight in Canada, the bush planes that helped the earliest explorers and adventurers and covers the supersonic era in Canadian air history. Canada's part in both World Wars and the men and women involved in those heroic efforts are duly honored in the museum. It was a very educational 90 minutes at the Canadian Aviation Museum.
We now headed to the town of Rockland about 30 minutes from Ottawa. After checking in at our hotels we drove as a group to Larry Way's home. Larry's affiliation with the show car business for many years was evident by the many poster and plaques on the garage walls of his home. Larry gave us a brief history of his involvement in our hobby over the years and related some stories of the people and events that he has been associated with during the last three decades. We also got a chance to see his collection of vehicles.
After our brief stop at Larry's it was a 20 minute drive to Canadian Classic Cars and a cruise that was being put on in our honor. Things were in full swing when we arrived with both participants and spectators filling the parking lot. There was a DJ playing vintage rock and roll and hot dogs and hamburgers were cooking on the grille. The showroom at Canadian Classic Cars was filled with some very impressive muscle cars and special interest vehicles. The walls were lined with die cast cars, hot rod clothing and NASCAR collectibles. We posed for a group Road Tour photo and we were joined by Canadian Classic Cars owners brothers Gerry, Marc and Paul Dube. It was a great ending to a fantastic day. We rolled back to the hotel by dark and we were exhausted but very happy for the privilege to be able to see such amazing things during our stay in the Ottawa area.
It is time to get to Burlington and the NSRA Northeast Nationals. Check back here for the final update as we cross back into the United States and attend the event in Burlington for the weekend.
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The decision taken by Ryanair to cancel a further 18,000 flights on Wednesday will affect an estimated 400,000 people
Here's some advice on what to do if your flight has been cancelled.
The airline has stated, "We understand that flight cancellations may cause distress, and we will accommodate your option of choice wherever possible, while complying with EU Regulation 261/2004."
Affected travellers will not be entitled to compensation after the latest round of cancellations as Ryanair has provided from at least five weeks notice.
If your flight has been cancelled there are now only two options:
1. Apply for a refund
Ryanair is offering refunds to all affected travellers. If you receive a refund and rearrange your own flight then you will lose out on any right to compensation.
2. Change flights
Ryanair is offering all affected travellers the opportunity to change flights for free,but previously stated they do not have to provide alternative flights on a rival airline.
However, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), in a letter to Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary, said the firm were wrong to tell passengers this - and that it would have to arrange new flights for them.
A Ryanair spokesperson said on Thursday afternoon: "We will be meeting with the CAA and will comply fully with whatever requirements they ask us to."


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warn TWWWWWWMVWWIWWWW It has been a quiet revolution, but it has been a profound one. The recent influx of women to the professional staff of Haskins & Sells has brought a permanent change to our Firm and to the working life of our people. Beyond our walls, in the broader sphere of the public accounting profession as a whole, the concept that educated women can perform equally with men —and should not be arbitrarily barred from doing so—is an idea whose time has come. It is most gratifying to the Firm that this revolution has been taking place smoothly. The difficulties that some anticipated at its outset have proved minor when compared to the constructive way in which our organization, by and large, has adjusted to the change. Some men who may have hesitated to hire women accountants five years ago are now among their most enthusiastic boosters. Only yesterday (in the 76-year life of H&S) it was almost as difficult for a woman accountant to join our staff or that of other national firms as for the scriptural camel to pass through the eye of a needle. Today she must have good college grades, and she should show determination and presence—but she walks through the H&S door side by side with her men classmates. We have, as Professor Henry Higgins said of Eliza Doolittle, become To be sure, there are differences between men and women applicants for positions on the H&S staff; no one with normal eyesight and emotional reactions would claim otherwise. But the evidence is mounting that such differences play a role that approaches zero when it comes to job performance. As the evidence of equal job performance mounts up, minds have been changing. The old hesitations, uncertainties, fears and question marks have been fading away. What has emerged is a new attitude, running from the top to the bottom of Haskins & Sells, that an accountant is an accountant—period. He may be a light-haired guy, or she may be a blonde. He may wear a Brooks Brothers suit, or she may wear a tailored Neiman-Marcus number, or a mini of reasonable length. But in the end it's the work that counts, not the sex of the worker. It may come as a surprise to a good many people in Haskins & Sells to learn that as of October 31, 1970 there were 181 women on the professional staff, summer interns having left. Of this number, three were principals and eleven were senior accountants. Strange as it may seem today, there were no reliable statistics kept just four or five years ago on the number of women in professional positions in H&S practice offices. The evidence of memory is clear, however, that they were very few and far between—a rarity in the offices where there were any women accountants at all. An indication of the increased pace at which women have come into the Firm recently can be seen in the numbers of women attending summer orientation seminars that were held in New York. In 1966 and 1967 there were about 20 attending each year. In 1968 the number rose to 42, then to 68 the next year, and to 70 in 1970. A humorous sidelight to women's attending the seminars arose from the difficulty, in a few cases, of telling women from men by their names alone. Four years ago the practice offices would send to the Executive Office their lists of names without specifying which were women. It is said (and this may be purely EO folklore) that an unsuspecting personnel director once made a double room assignment in a New York hotel without realizing that one of the pair was among the new wave of women accountants. Nor is it wwwwww99Wli9Www * / » , jhm


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SANFORD, Fla. -- The Brandeis University baseball team scored three runs in the top of the 10th inning to support a tremendous pitching performance from senior Dylan Britton (Poughquag, N.Y./Arlington) as the Judges defeated Case Western Reserve University, 4-2, in a University Athletic Association tournament contest at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium. With the win, Brandeis improves to 4-5 overall, 2-1 in the UAA, while Case fell to 4-2, 2-1 UAA.
The game was quite a pitchers' duel for the first eight innings. The only run in that span came with two outs in the top of the fourth inning, when Brandeis sophomore 2B Tom McCarthy (Yonkers, N.Y./Fieldston School) connected on his first career home run, a drive to right field.
McCarthy's bomb was one of only two hits allowed by Case starter Kevin Johnstone over the first eight frames, but Britton made it look like the lone run would stand up. Though Britton allowed Spartan baserunners in seven of the first eight innings, only one made it past second base. A lead-off error in the second made it to third on a pair of groundouts, but was stranded on a fly ball to center.
Case threatened again in the eighth, when a leadoff single, a bunt and a hit batter put runners on first and second with one away. Britton came through by getting a fly ball to center and a foul pop to the catcher.
The Judges looked to add some much-needed insurance in the top of the ninth when junior DH Dan Gad (Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield) singled and was bunted to second. McCarthy walked to put two runners on, but Johnstone got foul pop to third and reliever Jose Vega induced a grounder to first to keep the score at 1-0.
The Spartans took advantage, finally getting to Britton in the bottom of the ninth. Catcher Robert Winemiller singled to lead off the inning and was bunted to second by 2B Andrew Frey. A single to center by DH William Meador put runners on the corners with one away, and 3B Mike Ilaqua drove another ball to center for a sacrifice fly that forced extra innings after Britton ended the inning on a grounder to second.
Brandeis wasted no time back on offense in the 10th. Sophomore 3B Rob Trenk (W. Orange, N.J./W. Orange) led off with a single to center, and after Vega struck out the next batter, rookie CF Liam O'Connor (Avon, Conn./Avon) extended his hitting streak to four games with another single to center. Vega walked senior catcher Chris Ferro (Walpole, Mass./Walpole) to load the bases. The Spartans went to the bullpen for Sammy Altman, and Brandeis junior Brian Ing (Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich) broke the deadlock with a sac fly to left that advanced both runners into scoring position as well. That brought up senior Pat Seaward (York, Maine/York), who improved to 3-for-4 lifetime as a pinch hitter with a key two-run single to right, giving Brandeis a 4-1 lead headed into the bottom of the 10th.
Case would not go quietly, however. Britton yielded a single to SS Matt Keen to lead off the frame, ending his day after 108 pitches. Rookie reliever Craig Rothenberg (White Plains, N.Y. / Solomon Schecter) followed by issuing a walk and a single, loading the bases with no outs. Rothenberg settled down, getting a pop out to short, a run-producing fielder's choice that cut down the runner headed to third base and fly ball to center to secure his first career save.
Britton's final line was a career-high nine innings pitched, eight hits allowed, two earned runs, two walks and two strikeouts. The win was the fourth of his career. McCarthy was the lone multiple hitter, going 3-4 with the home run, also the only extra-base hit of the game.
Johnstone ended up with a no-decision for Case, allowing just three hits in 8.2 innings of work. Vega's three earned runs allowed in two-thirds of an inning gave him the loss. The Spartans' Winemiller and Paul Pakan each had two hits.
Brandeis's next UAA game is against Washington University tomorrow at 11 a.m. The Bears defeated the Judges, 5-4, in the UAA tournament opener when the scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. Brandeis also faces defending UAA champions Emory tomorrow at 2 p.m.


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The Lady Macbeth Pro
General Information
Cambridge Mask provide a range of high-tech anti-pollution face masks made from military grade, material. The whole face mask section acts as the filter and designed to fit snugly over the lower portion of your face via a set of ear loops and an inbuilt nose clip.
Cambridge Mask products are available in an array of different designs that are fashionable, and will protect you from any impurities in the air, ranging from pollen to pollutants to bacteria and viruses. Face masks help to keep you and your family safe at home, while outside in congested areas, when travelling, and whilst abroad, ensuring the air you breathe is always clean.
Colours & Patterns
Cambridge masks employ a "dye-sublimation" printing process that transfers liquid gel ink onto a special type of paper through piezoelectric print heads, before heat and pressure are applied to transfer the dye from the paper into the mask fabric. The dye is fused to the mask textile permanently on a molecular level, so it is completely safe and cannot be removed through normal use or washing.
The masks supplied by Cambridge Masks have 3 key layers of filtration:
- Outer Layer
The primary filter layer is the external filter that stops larger particles such as dust, pollen and PM10 (particulate matter 10 micrometres in diameter). For reference, a human hair is 100 micrometres in diameter. This layer is on the outermost part of the mask, and it holds the pattern or colour print on it.
- Middle Layer
The three-ply micro particulate layer is designed to block particulate pollution such as PM2.5 (particulate matter 2.5 microns in diameter), although in actual fact it will filter particles far smaller than this, down to PM0.3 (particulate matter 0.3 microns in diameter). The textile is made from a thermoplastic polymer, which has been blow moulded to create a fibrous web. While the random fibre orientation creates a better mesh to trap pollution, the large surface area provided by the numerous fibres allows a greater percentage of particulates to be captured as they pass through the filter.
- Inner Layer
The military grade carbon fibre layer is made from a 100% pure activated carbon cloth and has been developed to protect personnel from airborne chemical and biological hazards. Activated carbon generates electrostatic (Van der Waal) forces, allowing the porous material the ability to absorb molecules into their internal pores. The filter material in the mask contains many activated carbon filaments, each about 2,000 nanometres in diameter, and the pores in each filament are 25 times smaller than those in standard carbon materials, concentrating and intensify the powerful electrostatic charges. This absorbs molecules such as endotoxins quickly from a much wider area, as well as drawing out viruses and killing bacteria to prevent infection.
How to use the mask
Simply take the mask out of its packaging, and hold it up with the pattern or colour side facing away from you. Orientate the mask so that the nose clip is at the top (feel along the top edge of the mask for a metal strip embedded within the material - this is the nose clip). Place the mask on your face, and put the ear loops around either ear. Adjust the mask so that it fits comfortably around the nose and mouth, and breathe normally. It is important to ensure the mask seals around your face as closely as possible, so press the nose clip down to follow the contour of your nose, and use your hand to shape the mask to the contour of your face. Adjust the ear loops once more around your ears to make sure it is sitting just right. You should find that no air is able to pass through any gaps in the mask when inhaling. If it does, please readjust the mask until this is no longer the case.
Washing & Care instructions
The mask is washable, but cleaning them only removes dirt and not pollution trapped inside the filter. Please replace your mask once every 4 months of constant use. If you are only using the mask on occasion, then we would suggest replacing your mask once every 6 months. If you only need to clean the external areas of the mask, then simply submerge in the mask in warm, soapy water, and clean by hand until any dirt is gone.


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Russian-Speaking Jewry (RSJ)
During the seven decades of the Soviet regime, the Jewish community of the former Soviet Union (FSU) experienced severe identity loss. Twenty years after the regime's collapse, only an estimated 20 percent of the 800,000 Jews across the broad expanse of what is now the FSU are meaningfully engaged in Jewish life. Around the world, Russian-speaking Jews are estimated to comprise over 3 million people – but their participation in local "mainstream" Jewish communities is exceedingly low.
Russian-speaking Jews, therefore, have unique Jewish educational needs, both in the FSU and in other regions. To help them feel close to their global Jewish family and to connect them to Israel, The Jewish Agency for Israel runs programs for all age groups in the FSU, North America, Germany, Australia, and Israel—programs that promote Jewish culture and unity through a continuum of immersive Jewish experiences.
Our strategic efforts fall into four broad categories:
1. Camping, educational youth programs, and counselor training
2. Leadership development and grassroots support
3. Israel Experiences
4. Facilitation of Aliyah from the FSU and Germany


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Winona Ryder's Oscar History
I am really into doing these Oscar retrospectives. It's been the best part of my day the last couple of weeks - Gossip Nostalgia! Click here to review all the previous ones. We're down to our final two. And since there are new photos of Winona Ryder, I wanted to give her some love. Because I still love her. Always. Especially looking back at these pictures...
That face! Her face!
The new photos of Winona leaving Chateau Marmont last night are at the end of the series after the Oscar pictures. She looks happy. And her being there this week is a good sign. You don't go to Chateau Marmont during Oscar Week without wanting to engage.
It's been 11 years since Winona went to the Oscars.
Please take a moment to remember this and process it.
I know I don't need to explain to you why this photo makes a lot of people happy.
Nominated for The Age of Innocence. Recently split from Johnny Depp. So f-cking beautiful. Reality Bites. I used to recite it. Right now, Duana and I are trying to figure how we can watch it tonight when we roll in after dinner etc. There's no DVD player in our room. It's not available for order on the TV and you can't push Apple onto the ones in your room either. I'm serious; we're getting desperate.
Nominated for Little Women. Dating Dave Pirner. I have nothing to say about this other than Runaway Train never coming back. I mean, I didn't spend much time researching this but he's so low profile now apparently he hasn't been seen publicly in almost 5 years. Also he's 47. How come I always thought he was younger than her? Did we not have the internet in 1995? Duana says if we had the internet in 1995 I would have gone full TwiHard on Winona Ryder.
I think I might do my hair in a finger roll on Sunday for etalk's Monday Oscar special. Have never had finger-rolled hair before. The stylist who practised it this morning calls it a "Marcel".
This dress is SO Winona Ryder, I love it. Don't ask me who that dude is. I don't care. 8 months later, on New Year's Eve, she and Matt Damon started dating after Gwyneth and Ben introduced them.
Things were starting to go downhill with Matt around this time. Two months later it was officially over. Some suspected at the time that it was because he was into Penelope Cruz although that never really materialised. Look at the bags under Winona's eyes. These were the early signs that it was not all right.
She hasn't been back to the Oscars since this showing featuring lightened curled hair and so much awkwardness. There was a grace to Winona that suddenly seemed to disappear. She was arrested later that year, in December 2001, at Saks.
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Ron Artest and Phil Jackson Make up after Twitter Incident
After the game, Kobe Bryant was questioned about the "situation" between Artest and Jackson and responded, "What situation? Is that a joke? Seriously?"
"We all found it kind of funny," Bryant said. "It's not a big deal at all. Not even a whisper. It's entertaining."
The minor incident has not affected the relationship between Jackson and Artest.
"I can't describe him in words, that's for sure," Jackson said with a smile. "I've often said he's very naïve. He's a babe in the woods so to speak in a lot of terms as far as taking things literally, understanding the situation. But we hold him dear to our hearts."
On Friday after the story was reported, Artest wrote on his Twitter feed @RONARTESTCOM again, however.
The first Tweet read: "So many media tried to blow up the comments. Lol Me and Phil are it's just healthier being direct to me rather than media first." He posted several other times before wrapping up his thoughts on the subject with a two-part Tweet.


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Survey: Gas prices drop 15 cents over two weeks
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) -- The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped 15 cents over the past two weeks.
That's according to the Lundberg Survey of fuel prices, released Sunday, which puts the price of a gallon of regular at $3.48.
Midgrade costs an average of $3.65 a gallon, and premium is at $3.77.
Diesel dropped 13 cents to $3.78 a gallon.
Of the cities surveyed in the lower 48 states, Jackson, Miss., has the nation's lowest average price for gas at $3.03. San Francisco has the highest at $3.95.
In California, the lowest average price was $3.77 in Sacramento. The average statewide for a gallon of regular was $3.86, down 27 cents.


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A lot has been discussed in the HQhair headquarters this week, from the news of Wills and Kate to the Cheryl vs Danni style wars and of course we have been talking about the new and fabulous products we have been updating the site with this week, here's a quick insight:
Blakegodbold's new collection is utterly stunning, the statement necklaces and headpieces are the perfect accessories for the festive party season.
They are all gorgeous but these are our favourites,
The office was torn this week to whether we thought Dannii or Cheryl had the style factor. Although we must admit we ALL thought Cheryl's mikey mouse hair was ridiculous! What do you think?
The NARS event!
Our amazing NARS competition closes on November 23rd so it's your last weekend to enter the competition where you can win an amazing makeover from David Scheffen, friend of HQhair and an incredible make-up artist who has worked on HUGE fashion campaigns and on the likes of Sharon Stone, Nicky Hilton and Rosmund Pike. The event is at our lovely NARS salon in central London, for more information click here>>
Queen Kate
Well we simply can't do a blog without mentioning the Kate and Wills news! Now some of us in the office (the cynical ones) are slightly bored of the commotion already but it's nice to see a young happy couple so we wish them the best of luck!
Christmas Store
We have added so many new products to our ever-growing Christmas store, we even have a separate page for stocking filler suggestions. A couple of fab gifts added this week were from Bare Escentuals, and Moroccanoil .
We have a couple of big Adele fans in the office and we are delighted that her new album is released early next year, we saw her perform a new track on Later with Jools Holland and it's been shared with the entire office this week. We LOVE it so much!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend! x


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Money meant to be set aside for maintenance of the historic buildings at Point Robinson has gotten swallowed up by the Vashon Park District's other needs, according to Capt. Joe Wubbold, who heads a friends group that oversees the property.
Wubbold, at a park district commissioners' meeting last week, expressed frustration that the money he says should be available for upkeep is not there. Money from the rental of the keepers quarters goes into the Point Robinson maintenance fund, he said, a separate line item in the budget.
Wubbold was able to secure a commitment from commissioners to cover the costs of painting the roof of the lighthouse. Other needs will have to be put off for a year, even though the money should be there this year, he said.
Wubbold, who attends nearly every park district meeting, said he plans to ensure the funds are available next year to complete other needed work. But the fact that the Point Robinson funds have been "absorbed into the great unwashed mass known as the general fund … bothers the hell out of me," he said.
The commissioners and park district Executive Director Jan Milligan voiced contradictory responses to Wubbold's concerns.
Milligan, who was at the meeting when commissioners said the funds weren't available this year, said Wubbold was wrong in his characterization. All the funds are there and available, she told The Beachcomber before Monday's announcement that she had been let go. "The commissioners didn't want to wipe it all out at one time," she said.
But Chair Bill Ameling said at the meeting, in response to Wubbold's request: "This is our tough year. Next year it will be there."
David Hackett also offered a different perspective, noting that — just as Congress borrows against Social Security — the district has had to use those funds for other needs this year. The account will be replenished next year, he said.
"We're trying to make it through a lean year," Hackett said, adding, "We need to make sure we have enough money to cover our cash obligations out through the end of December."
Michael DeBlasi, a commissioner and the board's treasurer, did not return a call.
Wubbold said he keeps careful track of Point Robinson's income and will make sure the account is fully restored. "I know exactly what it is on paper," he said.
When he returns to the board for funds next year, he added, "I don't want to hear, 'Well, Capt. Joe, something has happened to those funds.'"
But Milligan said Wubbold needn't worry. "His money isn't gone," she said.


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California officials say inmates have ended their nearly two-month hunger strike to protest the prison system's isolation policies.
More than 30,000 inmates had been refusing meals when the strike began in early July. By this week the number had dwindled to 100, including 40 who had been on strike continuously since July 8.
Advocates for the inmates said in a statement that the strikers met with other prisoners and decided to end their fast because of the pending hearings and "the growing international condemnation of California's practice of solitary confinement.''
U.S. & World
Inmate supporters held a rally in Oakland Thursday to mark the end of the strike. "We've gained a lot of positive ground towards achieving our goals. There is still much to be done," the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition statement read.
Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard said in his statement that all inmates began accepting prison-issued meals or "have otherwise begun the process of re-feeding" early Thursday. The focus now will be on easing inmates back to solid food.
Beard says he is pleased the strike ended before any inmate suffered serious injury.
"We are pleased this dangerous strike has been called off before any inmates became seriously ill. I'd like to commend my staff and the staff with the federal Receiver's Office for working together to ensure the health and safety of all employees and inmates was a top priority. CDCR will continue to implement the substantive reforms in California's Security Housing Units that we initiated two years ago," the statement read.
A federal judge had given authorities permission to force-feed inmates if necessary to save their lives.
REALITY CHECK: Prison Hunger Strike Prompts Cries of Torture
The strike ended after two Democratic state legislators promised to hold hearings this fall on inmates' complaints that gang leaders are often held for decades in isolation units.
About 3,600 inmates are housed in the isolation units because of crimes they committed in prison or they have been validated as leaders of prison gangs.
The four organizers of the hunger strike all are serving life sentences for murder, have committed a string of assaults while incarcerated, and lead rival prison gangs, officials have said.


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Breakfast at Apa Villa is a leisurely affair served from 7.30 AM to 10.30 AM as you sit before the ocean and inhale the energising air. You start off with pure fruit juice and a plate of cut tropical fruit whatever the season offers.
The main course is a Western multiple fare of eggs and sausages or bacon or mushrooms leading up to a Marsala omelette with onions, tomatoes and chili. Tired of eggs and cereals? We offer a Sri Lankan breakfast unlike any you will find. These are the Pan-Hoppers made with rice flour, coconut juice and milk and a touch of sugar, cooked crisp on the rim in a small pan. Some like it plain or with an egg added in the centre of the pancake. For breakfast hoppers are eaten with a light coconut milk curry and a spicy sambol relish.
Never leave breakfast without savouring the favourite buffalo milk curd and sweet palm sugar treacle. Buffalo milk curd is a regional specialty delivered daily from down the coast. Need we mention that you will enjoy Ceylon tea or island-grown coffee with breakfast?
As the day stretches lazily before you, we offer an All-Day Menu of a range of light meals, salads, sandwiches, savoury snacks, Hoppers and sweet treats fitting for the hungry and not so famished. You could say that we know our international travellers well and we provide a tempting page of Asian, Western and in-between dishes all cooked fresh with the best ingredients in our kitchen.
Similarly, our Kids' Menu of all-time favourite spaghetti, burgers, fried rice, chicken cuts, fish and chips made from fresh ingredients will please parents and children alike.
Look out for our homemade Popsicles from pure fruit juice. Nothing beats the mouth-tingling flavor of ripened pineapple, creamy nectar of mango or the natural taste of watermelon and tangy passion fruit. Enjoyed right by the poolside or on the deck.
All-Day Menu is available throughout the day ending at 5.30 PM.
When the twilight is gone, we present our choice of two- or three-course set Dinner Specials, Seafood Celebration, Singapore Chili Crab Night and signature Rijstafel (Rice Table) or Sri Lankan dinner changing day to day. All very exciting for holidaymakers to sit back and enjoy our newly-introduced Singapore Straits Chinese cuisine and Western-style Dinners with the catch of the day and fresh meat supplies to make evening meals special indeed. We request guests to order early in the afternoon for Dinner Specials or at least 24-hours to source the live crab and seafood. A limited evening menu to order à la carte will be given for late orders.
For a sense of occasion at your candle-lit table, we also serve wine, beer, Cocktail with or without liquors from our Beverage List. We prepare vegetarian dishes effortlessly and respect the needs of vegans replacing dairy with local produce like rice flour and coconut milk or cream. Our Straits Chinese desserts use rice flour or bean flour, palm sugar and coconut that are ideal for those intolerant of wheat, egg or dairy.
We take pride that we grow our own local red rice, fruit, vegetables and herbs in a safe organic way without the use of chemical pesticide and fertilizer.
Our spacious lawn and beachfront garden have provided some photogenic background for many wedding parties, birthday dinners and group outings. Our kitchen staff is experienced to cater party food.


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Pro Tour player of the year Kai Budde has won his fourth Grand Prix event, setting yet another record. He beat Gabriel Nassif in three close games. Kai was playing a version of the Domain deck. This deck archetype was recently pronounced dead and buried at Grand Prix Denver. Reports of Domain's demise have been greatly exaggerated, with Pierre Malherbaud also making Top 8 with yet another version of the deck (one heavily featuring land destruction). It's definitely a force to be reckoned with for the rest of the season.
Kai's victory must have many other professional players wondering whether they have a chance of taking away Kai's Player of the Year title this season.


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Rev. Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos (Greek: Χρυσόστομος Παπασαραντόπουλος , 1903-1972) was a pioneering missionary who laboured to spread the Orthodox faith in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Congo.
Greece 1903-1960
Childhood Years
Rev. Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos was born Christos Papasarantopoulos in 1903 in Vasilitsi, Messenia, Greece to Theodoros Papasarantopoulos and Stavroula Trigourea (afterwards Nun Sebastiani), the seventh child of the family. He was born into a devout Christian home, and from childhood he devoted his life to Christ. At the age of 10 he lost his father, and was forced to leave school in order to work. At 15 years of age he left his family home in secret and went to settle at the Koroni monastery in order to pursue his longing for the spiritual life; however he soon left this monastery since his relatives would visit him and beg him to return to the family. Afterwards, he went to Kalamata, to the then well-known Hermitage of Panagoulakis (Holy Monastery of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary),[note 1] known for its strict asceticism; here he became a monk. The excesses of the Igumen there and the very strict lifestyle of that Hermitage overcame him and left him him with a permanent health problem.
Later Years
During the years 1920-1929 Archimandrite Chrysostomos stayed at the Holy Monastery of Gardikiou (Moni Gardikiou), in Messenia.[1] On May 4th 1926 he was ordained into the priesthood, and was appointed as the Igumen of that monastery. At some point he tonsured his mother as a Nun. For several years he served the surrounding villages as the officiating priest. During this period Fr. Chrysostomos found time to complete his school studies (via Homeschooling), and undertook to learn the French language. After the disestablishement of the Monastery of Gardikiou (due to lack of personnel), Fr. Chrysostomos transferred to the Metochion of the Holy Monastery of Voulkano, Chrysokellaria, near Koroni.[note 2]
He then came to Athens and joined the Holy Monastery of the Bodiless Powers (Petraki),[note 3] where his main duty was that of father confessor for people of all ages and walks of life, becoming well respected and loved. In the years of occupation[note 4] Fr. Chrysostomos went to Edessa where he served as the General Hierarchical Vicar and Protosyngellos. Subsequently he was transferred to Kozani, Thessaloniki, and Athens, where he received his Secondary School Diploma. Eventually he returned again to the Monastery of the Bodiless Powers (Petraki) in Athens, from where he determined to enroll in the University of Athens Theological School. At the age of 55, in 1958, he finally received his theological degree which he had so greatly desired.
During the course of his studies in Athens he came into contact with certain colleagues of African descent, who may have inspired him towards his forthcoming mission. In the event, after many years of faithful service in his native country, he experienced a strong leading, a true "Macedonian Call,"[note 5] to go as a missionary to Africa.[2]
Africa 1960-1972
At the age of 57 he decided to go on his mission to Africa. The Archbishop at that time, as well as his acquaintances, tried to discourage him on the pretext of his advanced age and state of health. However during a trip to the Holy Land, he met the Patriarch of Alexandria Christophoros II from whom he obtained the blessing,[note 6] thus resolving to continue the mission.
In 1960 Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos went to Kampala, Uganda, where he worked for ten years before moving to Zaire to begin a new mission there.[3] Through correspondence he also encouraged others to become involved in mission, among them the present Bishop Makarios of Riruta, Kenya. At that time the help of external missionaries in East Africa was greatly needed. After years of repression by the British colonial regime[note 7] and the disingenuous propaganda of the Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries who supported it, the Orthodox Church was in a perilous state.[4]
Father Chrysostomos wrote about the first difficulties he encountered:
- "...(there are) neither homes, nor churches, nor clergy.[...] the few Greek families here live miles away from each other. Likewise the Black Orthodox are also scattered in tens and hundreds of miles in the four cardinal directions..."
He began an extensive correspondence program, writing to friends, relatives and acquaintances who might be able to help in any way. Thus he slowly started to receive aid from Greece, Europe and America in the form of packages of clothing, cheques, utensils and other items. In another letter he wrote:
- "...by the end of March 1961 the inauguration and opening of the small church of our mission was completed...I have not yet learned the (Bantu) language of Luganda, however I have learned Swahili to a considerable extent. I speak it together mixed with English, and I am understood fairly well."
Learning a new language at that age was not easy, but within a year of arriving in Africa, Father Chrysostomos could preach in Swahili. He provided catechesis, he taught, and performed the Divine Liturgy, and baptized numerous of the Indigenous peoples. In addition, he prepared others for the mission, guiding them towards the priesthood.
Kenya, Tanzania, Congo
He then expanded the mission to neighbouring Kenya[note 8] and Tanzania. In Nairobi he created another missionary station, stating "the work (of mission) is progressing, Orthodoxy is expanding." He also completed a translation of the Divine Liturgy and various Prayers into Swahili.
Although he made constant appeals for assistance in his correspondence to Greece, inviting others to join the mission, he received no response. Although no longer young, Father Chrysostomos displayed an energy, which a man half his age might have envied. He launched himself into a continual round of evangelizing, teaching and preaching. He had the qualities, which should be the hallmark of every priest: zeal, dedication, self-sacrifice, devotion to duty and, above all, holiness.[2]
For 10 years, Father Chrysostomos laboured in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, but all the time his spiritual vision was fixed on another territory, where the flag of Orthodoxy had not at that time been raised: the country which is today called the Democratic Republic of Congo.[note 9]
In 1970 Father Chrysostomos went to live in Congo to begin a new mission there, staying there for two years, that is, for the remainder of his life. Here he met with an even greater response from the Indigenous population, however he was beset by an enormous lack of material assistance and helpers to assist him.
Undaunted, Father Chrysostomos continued his labours until his death. On December 13, 1972 while travelling from Kananga to Lubumbashi he was overcome by profuse nose-bleeding. He returned to Kananga, celebrated the Divine Liturgy on Christmas Day, and ultimately fell asleep in the Lord on December 29, 1972.[note 10]
Father Chrysostomos opened the road for modern Orthodox missionary activity in Africa. He started out at 57 years of age all by himself without any aid, and found himself in Africa preaching the Gospel. After labouring for twelve years across Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Congo, and having learned the Swahili and French languages at a relatively old age, he fell asleep in Africa having started a huge task, which was continued with great success.
Today, much progress has been made in evangelizing Congo, and there is a Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in Kinshasa. Father Chrysostomos was the pioneer, who laid the foundations, on which the superstructure of Orthodoxy in Congo was raised up. Kenya is not a small country, but Congo is more than four times the size of Kenya. Father Chrysostomos was always on the move, travelling widely. His life was a continuous round of travelling, preaching, baptizing, planting churches and celebrating the Divine Liturgy. The greatest desire of his heart was to spread Orthodoxy to Congo, and in this, he was marvellously successful. He was a perfectly humble man, full of the Holy Spirit, a truly altruistic person who remains relatively unknown even today.[2]
See also
- Orthodoxy in Africa
- Patriarchate of Alexandria
- Archdiocese of Central Africa
- Orthodox Christian Mission Center
- ↑ Hermitage of Panagoulakis in Kalamata, Greece (Greek: Ιερά Μονή Ευαγγελισμού της Θεοτόκου Παναγουλάκη). This monastery is currently Old Calendarist and not in communion with the Church of Greece.
- ↑ (Greek: Παλαιά Ιερά Μονή Βουλκάνου). This Byzantine monastery dates from the year 725 A.D. according to tradition.
- ↑ (Greek: Ιεράς Μονής Ασωμάτων - Πετράκη)
- ↑ Second World War, and the ensuing Greek Civil War.
- ↑ Acts 16:6-10.
- ↑ Formal ecclesiastical permission to undertake an action is referred to as a "blessing". The blessing may be bestowed by a bishop or priest, or by one's own spiritual father.
- ↑ The British Protectorate of Uganda was a protectorate of the British Empire from 1894 to 1962.
- ↑ Kenya's post-colonial history started when it became independent on 12 December 1963.
- ↑ Called Zaire from 1971-1997.
- ↑ A very close co-worker with Father Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos in East Africa had been a Greek Archimandrite named Athanasios Anthidis, who offeried his mission work there for many years. On Christmas 1980, Father Athanasios traveled to India to begin a systematic Orthodox Mission in the rural area of Arambah, in West Bengal. After he passed away in 1990, he was suceeded a year later by priest-monk Fr. Ignatios Sennis, who came to Calcutta to continue the mission. (Censer, Dec. 1998)
- ↑ Holy Metropolis of Messenia. Holy Monastery of Gardikiou.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Makarios (Tillyrides) of Kenya. Sermon at a Memorial Service for the Pioneer Missionary Rev. Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, at the Church of St. Paul, Kagira, 29 December, 1993. Adventures in the Unseen, Volume 1. Orthodox Research Institute, 2004. pp.115-119.
- ↑ Stephen Hayes. Orthodox Mission in Tropical Africa. Missionalia (Journal of the Southern African Missiological Society)., citing:
- Lemopoulos, George (ed). You shall be my witnesses. Tertios: Katerini, Greece. 1993. p.67.
- ↑ Stephen Hayes. Orthodox Mission in Tropical Africa. Missionalia (Journal of the Southern African Missiological Society)., citing:
- Zoe Brotherhood (ed.). A Sign of God: Orthodoxy 1964. Athens: Zoe, 1964. p.384.
- Makarios (Tillyrides) of Kenya. Sermon at a Memorial Service for the Pioneer Missionary Rev. Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, at the Church of St. Paul, Kagira, 29 December, 1993. Adventures in the Unseen, Volume 1. Orthodox Research Institute, 2004. pp.115-119. ISBN 9780974561851
- Holy Metropolis of Messenia. Holy Monastery of Gardikiou.
- Stephen Hayes. Orthodox Mission in Tropical Africa. Missionalia (Journal of the Southern African Missiological Society).
Greek sources
- Χρυσόστομος Παπασαραντόπουλος at the Greek Wikipedia.
- Aναμνηστικός τόμος Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Ορθοδόξου Εξωτερικής Ιεραποστολής. Αρχιμανδρίτης Χρυσόστομος Παπασαραντόπουλος. Θεσσαλονίκη 1974. Επιμέλεια: Π.Δ.Παπαδημητρακόπουλου.
- Περιοδικό "Φως Εθνών". Ορθοδόξου Ιεραποστολής "Ο Πρωτόκλητος", τεύχος 114.
- Aρχιμ. Χαρίτων Πνευματικάκις. Στην Αφρική για το Χριστό ο Αρχιμανδρίτης Χρυσόστομος Παπασαρντόπουλος.
External Links
- Πανελλήνιος Χριστιανικός Όμιλος Ορθοδόξου Ιεραποστολής (Orthodox Missionary Website - in Greek)
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In the early years, the artists at the Festival used to be put up at the Forum Hotel -- I should say, the late Forum Hotel, because the Forum as it was then does not exist anymore. It is a hulking empty relic that serves as a prop for huge advertising posters....
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|Breakfast at Klezmer Hois Photo (c) Ruth Ellen Gruber
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