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BOSTON -- Jury selection continued Tuesday in the corruption trial of former probation commissioner John O'Brien and former deputies Elizabeth Tavares and William Burke III.
Judge William Youngasaid opening statements are likely on Thursday.
O'Brien, Tavares and Burke are facing charges for fraud, bribery and racketeering stemming from an alleged scheme to rig the probation department's hiring process, benefitting candidates with the backing of state lawmakers and thereby raising the probation officials' status.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Wyshak will present the prosecution's case, having been granted 45 minutes to do so, and the three defense teams will split an additional 45-minute time period with O'Brien's lawyers taking 25 minutes.
Part of the jury selection process is weeding out individuals who know the lawyers, the witnesses or others associated with the case, and on Friday defense attorneys submitted a 13-page list of names, including current and former elected officials, judges and people who allegedly benefitted from the manipulated hiring system as its compilation of potential witnesses and others associated with the case.
Speaker Robert DeLeo and his two immediate predecessors Salvatore DiMasi and Thomas Finneran are on the list, as are Senate President Therese Murray, her predecessor Robert Travaglini and her expected successor Sen. Stan Rosenberg. Current and former state representatives who lost positions of leadership, Charles Murphy and John Rogers are also on the list, as is Tom Petrolati, the former speaker pro tem who was allegedly involved in directing the hires.
There were only a few disagreements between the defense and prosecutors about whether to exclude individual jurors. Young said he excluded 61 potential jurors out of 155.
Young said that he would instruct the jury that political patronage is not illegal and neither is violating the probation department's policy manual. The judge said he would attempt to focus the jury's attention on the mail fraud aspect of the case and in "extreme circumstances" the bribery allegations.
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By Roger Alford on December 05, 2012
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies confiscated more than $1.5 billion worth of marijuana this year in central Appalachia, a region where widespread unemployment may be turning some people to pot farming.
Ed Shemelya, head of marijuana eradication in the Appalachian High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, released preliminary figures Tuesday showing that aerial spotters guided ground crews to more than 760,000 plants during the 2012 growing season in the mountains of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia.
They also arrested more than 400 growers in the region.
Shemelya said nearly 430,000 of this year's marijuana plants were found in Kentucky, a substantial increase for that state over 2011. The figures showed more than 192,000 plants were confiscated in West Virginia and more than 147,000 in Tennessee.
The overall haul was down from last year, when law enforcement eradicated 1.1 million plants valued at more than $2 billion. But the total for this year is expected to rise. The final tally will be available by mid-January.
The Appalachian region, a haven for moonshiners during Prohibition, has a near-perfect climate for marijuana cultivation, plus remote forests that help growers camouflage their crops.
Marijuana can be lucrative, at least for those who don't get caught. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration estimates the street value of an average mature plant at $2,000.
Shemelya said counties where the most marijuana was eradicated tended to be the ones that are struggling economically.
"I think economic conditions in Appalachia drive the marijuana trade, and will continue to do so until such time that we start to see a recovery in Appalachia," he said.
Double-digit unemployment rates are common in coalfield counties in Kentucky. At last count, Bell, Harlan, Jackson, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin and Letcher counties had unemployment rates ranging from 13 percent to 15.5 percent.
The federal Office of Drug Control Policy concentrates resources in the Appalachian region because so much marijuana is grown there — often in small plots of fewer than 100 plants that can easily be tended by a single grower. Only California produces more of the clandestine crop than Appalachia.
"Our climate, hydrology, soil are ideal for cultivating cannabis," Shemelya said. "You can't find a better mix for cultivating cannabis anywhere in the country."


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Stan Kroenke, the owner of five U.S. professional sports teams — including the Nuggets, Avalanche, Rapids and Mammoth in Colorado — and the majority shareholder of Arsenal, took out dividends worth $4.9 million from the English soccer club, infuriating its ardent fans.
According to Arsenal's latest account records (see below), the $4.9 million (£3 million) was paid to Kroenke's company for "strategic and advisory services" related to the soccer club's broadband division. But it's the same amount that was raised by a 3 percent increase in season-ticket prices for the 2014-15 season.
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This was my first cruise, and it could not have been better. The staff were amazing, couldn't do for me, being a single lady, I was not left sitting alone at the party areas, always a staff member to come and get me up to dance, very impressed by this, as its not much fun sitting watching everyone else with partners having a great time. The ship was immaculate at all times, the only thing I would do next cruise, is probably get a porthole or balcony cabin. The Greek islands were beautiful, the sea so blue, and the weather was great as well. Shame it was raining as we came back into Venice, but still enjoyed it. I cant wait to do another cruise, and hope I get the service that Celebrity Cruises gave me. One special part of my cruise, was when we docked at Suda Bay, and I got a taxi to the cemetery there, placed NZ poppies and flags on all the kiwi men who had died in World war 2. My Dad was taken prisoner by Germans, and was in a transit camp at Suda Bay, so it was very emotional for me, it was on my bucket list to go there to see the place where he was captured.Read more
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|Major-General Liu Shi-lay
Critics of the Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) administration may have believed they had found new ammunition when on Monday Lieutenant-General Liu Shi-lay (劉溪烈) told the legislature that the Ministry of National Defense would not "offer" to the US data collected by the early-warning system that is being built on Leshan (樂山), Hsinchu County, after it comes online later this year. In their view, this could be final proof that the administration has decided to abandon Taiwan's longstanding defense relationship with the US and to side with Beijing instead.
However, appearances notwithstanding, the situation might not be as troubling as it would seem — in fact, there's probably very little to worry about, at least when it comes to the US$1 billion-plus EWR being built by US-based Raytheon Corp. The reason is simple: US-Taiwan defense ties have long been characterized by ambiguity. In other words, the scope of cooperation between the two armed forces is a secret matter, with Taipei and Washington often publicly downplaying the extent of the relationship. This is done for both political reasons, as Beijing tends to be sensitive to any sign of defense cooperation between the two countries, and to ensure that some secrets remain, well, secret. Viewed from this perspective, it makes perfect sense for a Taiwanese military officer not to confirm whether Taipei will share signals collected by the EWR with the US, and if so, under what circumstances, and to what extent. The US itself may not want Taiwan to provide such confirmation.
One should nevertheless add that not even the closest allies share everything with one another — in fact, even agencies within the same government often keep secrets from one another, as I discovered during my time as an intelligence officer.
One thing is pretty clear: The US would not have agreed to install what has been described as the world's most powerful EWR on the face of the planet without the expectation of something in return. Furthermore, military-to-military ties between Taiwan and the US remain healthy, with training and exchange programs occurring on a continual basis. As such, even if political signaling from the Presidential Office or in the Legislative Yuan gives impressions to the contrary, military cooperation between the two countries' armed forces goes on.
Another reason why Liu said what he did has to do with the need to protect sensitive collection sources. After all, the LY session was not classified, so there was every expectation that whatever was said during the meeting would be made public. And it was. This is normal practice, especially when it comes to electronic means of intelligence collection. Back when I served as an IO, I often had to prepare classified briefings for other government agencies, both domestic and foreign, as well as federal courts for the renewal of affidavits and warrants. Practitioners of intelligence will agree that what, above all, needs to be protected are sources, including means of collection. When writing documents for judges who had a security clearance and had been "indoctrinated," or other agencies, the names of sources were never disclosed, and the same applied to electronic devices (e.g., wiretaps) and allied agencies. The same holds for military and exchanges of information, especially when that information includes every air-breathing target down to the size of a golf ball operating 3,000km inside China. One cannot accuse Taiwan's military of leaking like a sieve and simultaneously complain that it isn't being completely transparent when describing sensitive programs in a public session at the LY.
Lastly, while the US military would undoubtedly benefit from whatever data came out of the EWR, the Taiwanese military does not need that information to be passed on to US networks for it to be useful. The EWR is part of Taiwan's Surveillance Radar Program architecture, which provides Taiwan's air defense systems with tracking and cueing information on incoming objects, from ballistic and cruise missiles to aircraft. Simply out, there is no need for radar data to be shared with the US for Taiwan's PAC-3s and Tien Kung IIs to do what they're supposed to do. And under circumstances such as a Chinese attack, there's no way the Taiwanese military would not share its intelligence with the US, including that collected by the EWR at Leshan. (A slightly different version of this op-ed was published in the Taipei Times on Nov. 10.)


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Cut-down time is upon us, and the tight end pool already has two new players there for the taking. But that doesn't necessarily mean good news for the Dolphins, who may be shopping for a tight end because Dustin Keller (knee) is out for the season.
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Team Associated/Reedy Wins Seven Classes At JConcepts Spring Indoor Nationals
The second stop of the JConcepts Indoor National Tour descended upon the popular OC/RC Raceway in beautiful Huntington Beach, CA, and many of the top So Cal pros were in attendance vying for the title of Spring Indoor Champion. Team Associated/Reedy/LRP was in full support as was title sponsor JConcepts with most racers competing on Gold Barcodes. The fluid layout challenged racers to maintain a sharp focus as lap times dipped in to the 16- second range with speeds reaching 30+ mph on the straight-a-way. Combined with the high-grip and low-dust surface, some racers chose to compete on full slick tires while others used a combination of used tires that resembled slicks.
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Making his 4WD Short Course debut with the SC10 4x4, Team Associated/Reedy/LRP/JConcepts' Jason Ruona showed his versatility by earning Top Qualifying honors in "Pro 4." Ruona delivered on his TQ by leading every lap of the 10-minute main event taking the 3rd victory for Team Associated, just ahead of teammate Chris Jarosz. When asked about driving the SC10 4x4, Ruona had only one word, "Dialed!"
Team Associated/Reedy/LRP driver Nick Wautlet, an employee of OC/RC, was the dominant force in the 17.5 Short Course and 17.5 2WD classes with his Factory Team SC10 and B4.1. Wautlet TQ'd and won both classes at his home track, claiming victory 4 and 5 for Team Associated.
Not to be left out of the party, Team Associated/Reedy/LRP's Steven Hartson dominated the 1:8 eBuggy class with his Factory Team RC8Be, while local racer Michael Gonzales won the 17.5 Truck class with his Factory Team T4.1.
All in all, the seven wins at one event were quite impressive for the Team, and with two more rounds left of the JConcepts Indoor National tour, it sure won't be the last. Look for Team Associated/Reedy/LRP representatives Brent Thielke, Jason Ruona, Tanner Denney, and others to continue the four-race series with the next stop in Northern California at Outback Raceway.
in Photo: Left to right: Jason Ruona, Josh Numan, Steven Hartson, and Nick Wautlet.


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ATLANTA -- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has announced state police and Green County Sheriff's officials arrested a 29-year-old Decatur man on a child sex trafficking charge.
Authorities say police stopped Johnathon Nathaniel Kelly, who was speeding along Interstate 20 in Crawfordville, and saw a 17-year-old girl from Birmingham, Ala. riding in the passenger's seat of his vehicle. Authorities say the unidentified girl told a deputy she was being held against her will for sexual purposes.
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The girl was turned over to the Department of Family and Children's services for medical treatment. It is unclear when Kelly was arrested or if he has a lawyer.


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Cold and RainyMonday, November 17th, 2008
The weather can't seem to decide what season it is here in the bluegrass state. We've been bouncing around from highs near 80 on beautiful sunshine filled days to near 30 and drizzly like today. I can handle either I just wish it was one or the other. We've finally gotten started on building the second set of poultry houses. Just barely though. The contractor got the footers dug and almost all of one house of footers poured and then just like last time, here came the rain. It has rained atleast part of the day every day for a week. Everything here is a soppy mess. I figure it will take until atleast Wenesday or maybe even later to dry out enough to do anything on the buildings.
We've used the breaks in the rain to do some fence mending and add a transfer tank and toolbox to the new truck. I made the mistake of leaving hay too close to the fence and the horses rode the fence down eating the hay. Initially I put up corrall panels in the place of the now knee high fence, but the horses just rode those down too. I never realized how destructive horses were. They will stand on anything to reach across the fence and eat. Now mind you, they get hay inside the fence and even sweet feed every day, but that same hay on the other side of the fence is what they desire. One good thing came out of the fiasco. I figured out that I can dig post holes much deeper in this sandstone when I use the loader on the 7010 to put down pressure on the post hole digger. Having 2 tractors really comes in handy at times. It will be cleanout time before you know it and I'm kind of bummed about it because as things look now we will either be renting a skid steer or trading the 6000 in on a smaller HST tractor. I know I don't really have a use for 3 tractors, but I just hate to see the 6000 go. It has been bulletproof and everything is so simple about it. I suppose I could rent a skid steer, but I'm the type who believes in buying tools and using them until you can recoup your investment, not renting.
Madison finally got her little pigs this week. We got a total of eight. I'll probably have more in them than I could buy them for by the time they get butchering size, but atleast I'll know what they are fed. I ended up getting them from the RECC lineman who took the logs. It took him a while, but he finally came back around and I just took the pigs instead of money for the logs.
This past week has been modern gun season for deer here. That's meant no horseback riding for fear of being mistaken for a deer. Madison is about to crack. Every day I hear "can we go horseback riding yet?" Madison and I have a new favorite song too. Cowgirls don't cry by Brooks and Dunn. It just plain fits us. The other kids have their own thing, Katie and Garett are bookworms, Kaylee is my cheerleader, but Mattie is my cowgirl! I know I have said it many times before, but I am so proud of my children! All of them! They have what it takes to make it in this world. When you are young you don't realize the foundation that is being built in you. I still remember my oldest brother Paul's wedding rehersal dinner. Paul married a girl from a pretty well to do family. All her family showed up in fancy cars and brought fine wine. I commented to my dad that it must be nice to have money. I will never forget his response. He simply said "son when times get rough we'll make it, but will they"? That's when I realized money and things don't make you who you are.
Well I should close, there is tons to do here, literally. I have about 250 tons of rock to spread, trees to trim, fence to fix, christmas shopping to do, and a cleanout plan to configure so I best go for now. Be sure to take a peek at the pics I've added and check back soon to follow our progress on the farm! Thanks for reading!


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Icelanders Vote on Predatory Bailout: Nyet
In his April 8 article headlined, "The Economic Crisis in Iceland: 'IMF Medicine' is not the Solution," Michael Hudson asked:
"Will Iceland Vote 'No' on April 9, or commit financial suicide," their choice being:
Reject debt bondage or "subject their economy to decades of poverty, bankruptcy and emigration of their work force."
In other words, destroying the nation for profit, extorting its wealth, selling off its natural resources and public enterprises, raising taxes on working Icelanders, and transforming the country into a dystopian nightmare, what Merriam-Webster calls "an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives," the opposite of utopia under conditions of deprivation, poverty, disease, violence, oppression, and terror, like in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
In other writing, Hudson called debt bondage "as deadly as outright military" defeat. Loss of livelihoods and assets leave people vulnerable to sickness, despair, and early deaths, much like what happened in post-Soviet Russia under Washington-imposed "shock therapy" when:
-- 80% of farmers went bankrupt;
-- around 70,000 state factories closed;
-- unemployment became epidemic;
-- a permanent underclass was created;
-- poverty rose from two million in 1989 to 74 million by the mid-1990s, and in half the cases it was desperate;
-- alcoholism and drug abuse soared;
-- so did HIV/AIDS 20-fold;
-- suicides also and violent crime four-fold; and
-- the population declined by 700,000 a year; by 2007 it was 10% lower than in 1989 because of sharply reduced life expectancies.
In March 2010, Hudson explained that 93% of Icelanders rejected bailout terms. Otherwise, they faced repayment for billions in banking fraud. In fact, they've already been mercilessly hammered by "a falling GDP, rising unemployment, defaults, foreclosures," and housing prices down 70% from their peak valuation, heading for mortgaging their futures unless freed from perpetual debt bondage.
Icelanders Again Reject Debt Repayment Plan
On April 10, Al Jazeera said, for the second time, they said nyet to UK and Netherlands demands. However, whether the current Social Democratic-Green coalition government goes along is very much open to question, given its subservience to capital and history of yielding to intimidation. As a result, it may ignore the referendum results and do what it pleases. It may be a while before it's clear.
Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir strongly hinted the wrong move, telling RUV public radio that economic and political chaos could follow if debt repayment is abandoned.
"The worst option was chosen," she said. "The vote has split the nation in two." Incomplete totals showed 58% voting "no" against 42% "yes," rejecting outrageous bailout terms.
Sigurdardottir didn't explain if her coalition government would resign, saying only that "We must do all we can to prevent political and economic chaos as a result of this outcome."
Al Jazeera said the debt problem resulted from "Britain and the Netherlands compensat(ing) their nationals who lost savings in online Icesave accounts owned by Landsbanki, one of three Icelandic banks that collapsed in late 2008."
Hudson explained it saying:
Icelanders "dream was dashed after the Icesave electronic Internet bank branches abroad were emptied out by their proprietors. Britain and the Netherlands paid out more than $5 billion to some 340,000 of their own depositors whom their own bank oversight agencies had failed to warn about the looting going on. Iceland's taxpayers were told to bear the cost, as virtual tribute."
Those voting "no" reject the "incredible financial burden," saying "there never was any legal obligation for Icelandic citizens to shoulder the losses of a private bank."
Iceland's Finance Minister Steingrimur Sigfusson said, "It is clear that we have reached the end of the negotiation road."
Sigurdardottir said Iceland would defend its position before the European trade body court overseeing its cooperation with the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority, EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA).
Last year, ESA said Iceland should should repay Icesave depositors. On April 8, Britain's chief secretary to the treasury, Danny Alexander, expressed disappointment, saying:
"It is obviously disappointing that it seems that the people of Iceland have rejected what was a negotiated settlement....It looks like this process will now end up in the courts. There is a legal process going on and we will carry on through these processes to try and make sure we do get back the money that the British government paid out in past years."
In fact, it was extorted. In 2010, then Prime Minister Gordon Brown stunned Icelanders by invoking anti-terrorism legislation to safeguard British savers, making him in their view no different than pillaging marauders comparable to Viking invaders.
After again rejecting debt bondage, expect more pressure and threats to intimidate Iceland's government to dismiss voter wishes and pay up - what Hudson calls financial warfare.
Moody's fired the first volley, saying if repayment demands aren't met, it "may" lower Iceland's credit rating, making if more expensive to borrow, forcing them deeper into debt.
Last March, after voters first rejected repayment, Fitch Ratings cut Iceland's credit to junk, while Moody's and Standard & Poor's gave it their lowest investment grade.
In fact, all the major credit rating agencies are in bed with predatory bankers and their governments, waging financial warfare when targeted nations like Iceland balk about extortion terms.
An undated Bloomberg report said:
"A final count showed 59.7% of voters said no to the so-called Icesave agreement, while 40.1% said yes, according to broadcaster RUV, which based its count on figures published by regional electorate commissions today."
Voter turnout was 75%. On Sunday, Netherlands Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager said:
The "time for negotiation is over. Now the court will decide on this." Iceland must meet its financial obligations. Ultimately, the Netherlands will get its money back, even through extortion if Icelanders don't accept debt bondage, poverty, bankruptcy, and perpetual misery as long as they remain in Iceland.
However, Hudson says "Iceland has a strong legal case. Social Democrat warnings about the EU seem (way) overblown" about fraud committed by others. So it's "a strange time (to consider) tak(ing) bad debt bank debts onto its own balance sheet" instead of letting the crooks repay the losses.
Repaying, of course, will shrink Iceland's economy (and other countries going along) making it harder ahead to service debt, a vicious downward cycle to economic ruin.
For months, the same process was replicated across Europe, notably in so-called PIIGS countries - Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain, besides other Eastern European ones.
In the West, trouble began in Greece, Hudson explained, saying:
"This led to budget deficits, and Wall Street banks helped the government conceal its public debt in 'free enterprise' junk accounting. German and French creditors then made a fortune jacking up the interest rate that Greece had to pay for its increasing credit risk."
The usual scenario then played out, Greece, like other troubled countries, told to tax labor, cut social benefits, slash public payrolls and wages, and charge more for government services. In other words, "turn the(ir) econom(ies) into a giant set of tollbooths."
The Baltic Tigers led the way, explained Hudson, public wages falling up to 30% and GDP over 25%. As a result, Latvia won't "recover even to its 2007 pre-crisis GDP peak until 2016 - an entire decade" lost to financial predators, ripping off countries for profit, strangling them, hammering ordinary people most, a disease infesting Europe and increasingly America to institutionalize neoserfdom from one country to another, perhaps going global.
In the Eurozone, Ireland's been hardest hit, facing "decades of austerity," unless they break out of their trap. As a result, "the largest forced emigration (followed) since the Potato Famine of the mid-19th century."
Today, says Hudson, "finance is the new mode of warfare," cleaner, cheaper but just as destructive, hammering people with poverty and despair instead of bombs and invading hordes. Bankers are today's invaders, extracting neoliberal tribute through predatory debt bondage, forcing repayments in perpetuity in some cases, especially in developing countries.
Hudson explains the obvious solution, the choice Argentina made a decade ago, saying nyet to pay up demands, having "little trouble in imposing a 70%" haircut on foreign creditors, take it or leave it. They took it, returning the country to economic health and prosperity, once freed "from its financial albatross!"
The pattern repeated "in Latin America and other Third World countries after Mexico announced that it could not pay its foreign debt in 1982." Write-downs followed in Brady Bonds, "applauded" at the time "as a success story."
Today, it's a different story, countries like Iceland, Greece, Ireland and others told pay up or else, and accept "a generation (or more) of austerity, shrinkage and emigration."
Their choice, of course, is neoliberal bondage or freedom. Icelanders chose the latter in March 2010 and again on April 9. It's now up to their government to serve them or sell them out to UK and Dutch predators. Don't bet on it doing the right thing.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at email@example.com. Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.


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by Tom Utescher
Springside School's swimming team is very young and understaffed to begin with, and when an injury to Alex Stein and an extracurricular commitment for Aleah Welsh took the two juniors out of the picture, the Lions raced at Baldwin last Monday with almost half of their line-up (five of 12) consisting of seventh and eighth graders.
With an 83-76 victory, Baldwin locked up a fifth-place finish in the Girls Inter-Ac League, while Springside wound up sixth. Both teams defeated the Academy of Notre Dame, and lost to Germantown Academy, Episcopal, Penn Charter, and Agnes Irwin. Last Monday the host Bears built up a sizable lead in the team score through the first eight events, then swam on an exhibition (non-scoring) basis in the final three races.
Taylor "Woman of Steel" Apostolico performed for Springside in the opening medley relay, and then swam in three consecutive races later on. The senior won both the 500-yard freestyle and the backstroke, and in between she led off for Springside's second-place quartet in the 200–yard freestyle relay.
Juniors Dena O'Larnic and Molly Stein (Alex's twin sister) gave the Lions a two-three finish in the butterfly, and O'Larnic was also runner-up in the backstroke while Stein was second in the 50-yard freestyle. Another 11th-grader, Haley Lombardo, placed third in both the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events.
Among the contributions from the younger Lions were a two-three performance in the breast stroke by seventh-graders Megan Karoly and Nicole Novo. Karoly's effort resulted in a new personal record, and eighth-grader Brooke Fireman established a new PR in the backstroke.
In the 200-yard medley relay, Springside had Apostolico, Karoly, O'Larnic, and Stein finish second to Baldwin's Emily O'Brien, Amanda Ter Doest, Val Yoshimura, and Akela Lacy, while Apostolico, O'Larnic, eighth-grader Maddy Aslansan and Stein were runners-up in the 200-yard free style relay. The winners there were Baldwin's Vivian Vu, Hailey Weis, Jessica Levit, and Yoshimura.
Maddie Noteware, Ally Branman, Emily O'Brien, and Akela Lacy won the 400 freestyle relay for the Bears, and in second place were Springside's Lombardo, sophomore Victoria Byron, eighth-grader Jamie Costarino, and Novo.
Individual Results
50 Freestyle
1. BS Akela Lacy 27.49
2. SS Molly Stein 27.68
3. BS Emily O'Brien 28.26
100 Freestyle
(times unavailable; computer scoring error)
200 Freestyle
1. BS Ally Branman 2:12.93
2. BS Megan Handal 2:24.58
3. SS Haley Lombardo 2:27.84
500 Freestyle
1. SS Taylor Apostolico 555:38
2. BS Ally Branman 6:04.96
3. BS Megan Handal 6:32.05
100 Backstroke
1. SS Taylor Apostolico 1:07.72
2. SS Dena O'Larnic 1:10.22
3. BS Emily O'Brien 1:11.06
100 Breaststroke
1. BS Amanda Ter Doest 1:16.84
2. SS Megan Karoly 1:21.54
3. SS Nicole Novo 1:29.09
100 Butterfly
1. BS Val Yoshimura 1:03.52
2. SS Dena O'Larnic 1:06.71
3. SS Molly Stein 1:08.52
200 Individual Medley
1. BS Val Yoshimura 2:17.61
2. BS Jessice Levit 2:36.59
3. SS Brooke Fireman 2:49.01


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Selena Gomez cancels Russian concerts
Russian fans will have to wait at least a bit longer to see Selena Gomez in the flesh.
Billboard cites Russian accounts in revealing that authorities in that country denied Gomez's request for a visa. The pop star had dates scheduled this week in Minsk, Belarus, and Kiev, Ukraine, and next week in St. Petersburg, but all have been taken off her itinerary.
Organizers suspect that Gomez, who has openly supported gay rights, is the latest casualty of a new Russian law banning "propaganda" promoting non-traditional sexual relationships. Madonna and Lady Gaga have also been affected by the law, which Gaga attacked in a series of tweets earlier this summer.
According to E!, a representative for Gomez confirmed that she will not be traveling to Russia.


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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Homegrown Challenge
Updated: The stamp is a row of pears by A Stamp in the Hand Co. The verse is a rub on by Colorbok (purchased at JoAnn Fabrics craft store).
Caardvarks is also selling kits! The debut kit called Rainbow Sherbet is available from Itty Bitty Scrap Shack. Caardvarks kits will be revealed on the 20th of each month, so keep watching for new and exciting collections of goodies. There will also be challenges using the kits!
8 comments:
- msfitzie said...
Loved the card with the Pears and the verse:
The Righteous.....
Where did you get the verse? Or is it computer generated? Where did you get the pears? Is it one stamp that you did several times? Please let me know.
- March 21, 2008 at 8:32 PM
- Ann Whitfield said...
This is a beautiful card and I love the colours in general but the pears in particular.
- March 24, 2008 at 6:47 AM
- Debbie said...
What a stunning card - love those pears. ;) :)
Debbie x
- March 24, 2008 at 9:34 AM
- Kristy said...
What a beautiful card!!! I love the colors and the verse!
- March 24, 2008 at 8:27 PM
- Tyggereye said...
Very pretty card. thanks for the note.
- March 25, 2008 at 7:39 AM
- Leslie said...
I asked how you did this in my praise in the gallery but I know you don't always check that. I know the answer now though. Your inking and chalking is gorgeous here! It looks like watercolors. Yummy!! :)
- March 25, 2008 at 9:54 PM
- Dolores said...
beautiful card.
- March 26, 2008 at 3:10 AM
- Shell said...
That is a beautiful card! I can never get my stamped images to look that good!
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A Florida judge has upheld a July ruling that GE did not infringe an MHI patent for controlling blade pitch. The decision means the case cannot go to trial.
The legal fight between the two global manufacturers over intellectual property has hit sales hard of MHI's 2.4MW turbine.
MHI has stopped selling wind turbines in the US, the world's second-largest market. The Tokyo-based company has been embroiled in a complex four-year legal fight with US General Electric (GE) over patented wind technology and GE's alleged anti-trust behaviour.
In Apri last yearl, MHI mothballed its new $100-million assembly plant in Arkansas. The plant, completed in late 2011, was for assembling the company's flagship 2.4MW turbine. It was never used.
In 2009, MHI had 8.1% of the US market, in terms of megawatt sales of turbines, and ranked fourth.


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Recycling Coordination
Cedarville University is continuing its recycling program in many ways. We started very humbly by recycling only plastics, paper, cardboard and aluminum cans. We have since begun to accept many other objects such as light bulbs, batteries, ink cartridges and any sort of electronic waste. Some of the newer pieces are the dorm refrigerators as well as opening our construction projects to recycling metals and wood pallets.
Cedarville University's recycling department, which is managed within the Physical Plant, is responsible for recycling at most academic and athletic events on campus. We look forward to hearing from anyone with questions regarding our program, or from anyone with an interest in recycling and the environment. Also, if you would like to offer helpful suggestions on how to improve our current program, please contact us.
Mission Statement
We believe that God is our Creator, and the world we live in is His. Therefore, our mission is to be good stewards of the environment, to conserve our resources, and to reduce cost by recycling.
Our recycling program can be found in different capacities in the following buildings on campus:
Administrative Buildings
- Alford Auditorium
- Callan Athletic Center and Doden Field House
- Ambassador Hall
- Apple Tech. Resource Center
- Center for Biblical and Theological Studies
- Dixon Ministry Center
- Engineer/Nurse/Science Center
- Founders Hall
- Health Science Center
- History & Government Building
- Library
- Milner Business Administrative Building
- Patterson Hall
- Stevens Student Center
- Tyler Digital Communication Center
- Williams Hall
What can I recycle at Cedarville University?
We recycle:
- Paper and Newspaper
- Aluminum and Metal
- Plastic and Glass
- Cardboard
- Electronics
We do not accept the following items:
- Facial or toilet tissue
- Paper plates
- Napkins
- Photos
- Food trays
- Aluminum Foil
- Light bulbs - must be disposed of by electrician
- Lab Glass - labs have specific glass bins within each lab
- Packing Material
- Frozen food boxes
Where do I put the recycling?
Offices and workstations will have a small blue container for the convenient disposal of recycling. For a list of items accepted see sticker on side of the container, or refer to the previous section.
These units are in the offices and in every computer lab.
If you do not have a sticker on your bin, contact us and we will send you one via campus mail.
Some areas have a larger dumpster for paper only
We have distributed lots of recycling containers for your convenience all over campus, but if you know of a good spot which needs one, or if you need a container for your work area, let us know by submitting a maintenance work order.
What if I have a large quantity of recyclables?
If you have a lot of recyclable material, say due to an office cleanup, you can submit a maintenance work request, and we can provide you with additional containers and arrange a special pickup for you. Also, if you, your department, or your organization want to coordinate a special recycling event, such as a recycling drive, a clean out your office day, or something similar, contact us and we will be happy to help you by providing collection units, and special pickup arrangements.
How do I recycle paper?
Most types of paper are recyclable. Paper can be placed in the small individual office or workstation recycling containers, or in the larger containers found in many common areas, hallways, or lobbies. Here is a list of what can and cannot go into a paper only recycling container.
Not Acceptable
- Wet waste
- Plastic or Styrofoam
- Tissue paper or paper towels
- Carbon paper
- Glass
- Wood
- Acetate or plastic sheets
- Tyvek (overnight envelopes)
- Plastic binding rings
- 3 ring binders
- Photographs
- White paper and colored paper
- Notebook paper
- Copier paper
- Fax paper
- Laser printed paper
- Non-glossy pamphlets and flyers
- Soft cover books
- Computer printout paper
- Carbonless NCR paper
- Paper or manila folders
- Magazines
- Paper envelopes without windows
- Adding machine tapes
- Writing tablet paper
How do I recycle bottles and cans?
We recycle aluminum beverage cans and plastic containers. These should be placed in the containers marked "Recycling" found in many common areas, hallways, or lobbies. Please make sure all liquids are empty first. Liquids may contaminate the entire batch of recycling within the container.
We currently accept all types of plastics, as long as they are clean of any food residue.
How do I recycle cardboard?
Cardboard boxes can be placed next to the recycling containers. Please crush cardboard boxes, if possible. Most types of cardboard are acceptable, but any cardboard treated with a wax or plastic coating is not accepted and should be disposed of as trash. If you have a large number of boxes or if you have some boxes that are very heavy, you may sumit a maintenance work request or call 937-766-7772. Packing material is currently not recycled by the University. However, there are options for recycling this material through local mailing services.
*Residence hall cardboard can be crushed and left in laundry room for pick-up on Wednesday.
How do I recycle batteries, electronic devices and lamps?
Drop off your old NiCad batteries at the Service Center, or when you have enough, contact our department, and we will arrange to have them picked up at your on campus location. Wet cell batteries and other materials such as scrap metal, computers, and fluorescent tubes can be recycled also, but they require special arrangements for pickup. You can do this by contacting the department at email@example.com, or by calling 937-532-5485. If necessary we can deliver a special bin for batteries and E-waste.
How do I recycle electronic waste?
Electronic waste is unwanted computers, monitors, televisions, audio equipment, printers, laptops, fax machines, telephones, and other electronic equipment.
When electronic equipment breaks or becomes obsolete, it must be properly disposed or recycled. This electronic equipment may contain heavy metals and other materials that can become hazardous to human health and the environment, including:
- Lead: Computer monitors and televisions contain a cathode ray tube (CRT). CRTs contain leaded glass and are the largest source of lead, a poisonous metal, in municipal waste.
- Mercury: Some electronic equipment contains recoverable quantities of mercury, another poisonous metal. • Cadmium: Rechargeable nickel-cadmium (NiCd) batteries are the largest source of cadmium in municipal waste.
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) currently classifies discarded electronic equipment that contains these hazardous materials as characteristic hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Cedarville collects and disposes of all electronic waste using an outside company called "Special Waste Systems" in accordance with EPA requirements. For more information regarding our disposal company, contact Facilities Services at email@example.com.
Why should I even bother to recycle?
We hear about environmental problems almost daily. Most, such as global warming, waste disposal, deforestation, species endangerment, water pollution, and air pollution, seem so large and complex that we as individuals feel as if we can do nothing about them. At the very least, these problems seem to require group or government intervention. But, there are some things that we as individuals can control. By reducing our waste, and by recycling, every person can make an effective difference. We can make that difference each and every day.
Recycling is an environmentally friendly activity which helps to reduce waste disposal requirements and which promotes the goal of resource sustainability. Sustainability provides for our current resource needs without sacrificing the needs of future generations. Recycling also protects natural resources and it reduces environmental damage caused by mining, logging, and the processing of raw materials. Recycling saves energy because processing recyclable materials generally consumes less energy than the collection, transportation, and processing of raw materials does. Recycling protects our environment because it reduces the demand on landfill space, and it helps to keep our air cleaner. Plus, recycling is good for the economy. Recyclable materials are essentially a national resource. Resources are wealth; wealth creates business; and business, in turn, creates jobs, stimulates the economy, and increases tax revenues.
How does recycling save natural resources?
Our finite reserves of natural resources are being depleted rapidly, particularly with the increasing use of disposable products and packaging. In 2000, U.S. residents, businesses, and institutions produced nearly 232 million tons of Municipal Solid Waste. This is nearly 1 ton of waste per person per year, or approximately 4.5 pounds per person per day, and is up from the 1960 figure of 2.7 pounds per person per day. This rate of use and disposal takes a particularly heavy toll on irreplaceable natural resources such as minerals and petroleum. Reprocessing used materials to make new products and packaging reduces the consumption of natural resources. For instance, every ton of recycled steel saves 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,000 pounds of coal, and 40 pounds of limestone. Every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees, 7000 gallons of water, 22.5 kilowatt hours of electricity, and 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space. Plastics production also requires significant quantities of resources, primarily fossil fuels, both as a raw material and as a fuel to provide energy for manufacturing processes. It is estimated that 4% of the world's annual oil production is used as a feedstock for plastics production and an additional 3-4% during manufacture.
How does recycling save energy?
The energy required to manufacture paper, plastics, glass, and metal from recycled materials is significantly less than the energy required to produce them from virgin materials. Additionally, providing recycled materials to industry (including collection, processing and transportation) typically uses less energy than supplying virgin materials to industry (including extraction, refinement, transportation and processing).
Processing raw materials makes heavy demands on energy resources. About 3% of the energy consumption in the U.S. is used for producing packaging alone. Reprocessing used materials reduces energy needs for mining, refining, and many manufacturing processes. Recycling paper cuts the energy required to manufacture paper from virgin pulp in half. Every pound of steel recycled saves enough energy to light a 60-watt bulb for over 24 hours. Recycling used aluminum cans requires only about five percent of the energy needed to produce aluminum from bauxite. Recycling a ton of glass saves the equivalent of nine gallons of fuel oil. Recycling just one glass bottle saves enough electricity to light a 100-watt bulb for roughly 4 hours.
How does recycling help protect our environment?
Manufacturing goods from recycled materials typically requires less energy than producing goods from raw or virgin materials. When people reuse goods, or when products are made with fewer raw materials, less energy is needed to extract, transport, and process raw materials, and less energy is required to manufacture products. When energy demand decreases, fewer fossil fuels are burned and less carbon dioxide and other pollutants are emitted into the atmosphere. Recycling keeps materials out of landfills where they can introduce contaminants into groundwater systems. Recycling and waste prevention divert materials from incinerators which reduces greenhouse gas emissions, ash, and other pollutants caused by waste combustion. Recycling, composting, and diverting organic wastes from landfills reduce the methane that would be released if these materials decomposed in a landfill. Recycling also increases the storage of carbon in forests. Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in wood in a process called carbon sequestration. Recycling paper products and waste prevention allow more trees to remain standing in the forest where they can continue to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
How is recycling good for the economy?
According to a 1999 study by the National Recycling Coalition, the recycling and reuse industry consists of approximately 56,000 establishments that employ over 1.1 million people, generate an annual payroll of nearly $37 billion, and gross over $236 billion in annual revenues. This represents a significant force in the U.S. economy and makes a vital contribution to job creation and economic development. In Pennsylvania alone, the Department of Environmental Protection estimates that the recycling industry employs over 81,000 people, generates an annual payroll of $2.9 billion, and $18.4 billion in annual revenues. Recycling is a growth industry with many kinds of business opportunities, from waste management, to manufacturing, to the invention of new technologies. New businesses will create more jobs, produce more income, and improve our economy. Also, manufacturers who produce consumer goods and packaging with recycled content are able to reduce their needs for raw materials and energy. They need less equipment, and require fewer power plants, refineries, and processing plants. They rely less on foreign imports such as petroleum. By reducing pollution risks, manufacturers reduce the need for pollution controls. Overall, recycling saves money for both manufacturers and their customers.
What is made from recycled paper?
Recycled paper is used to make other paper products. It is difficult to tell the difference between paper made from recycled material and paper made from virgin pulp. In fact, almost all paper has some recycled content to it. Despite the fact that there is a strong market for it, paper is the item most frequently encountered in municipal landfills. Actually, paper accounts for more than 40 percent of a landfill's contents. This proportion has held steady for decades and in some landfills it has actually risen. Newspapers alone can take up as much as 13 percent of the space in US landfills.
Some of the products made from recycled paper are:
- Office paper
- Notebook paper
- Newspapers
- Cereal boxes
- Cardboard boxes
- Toilet paper
- Paper Towels
What is made from aluminum cans?
Aluminum can recycling began in 1968 and has become a billion dollar industry and one of the world's most successful environmental enterprises. Aluminum can recycling saves 95% of the energy needed to make aluminum from bauxite ore, the primary source of raw aluminum. This means it takes considerably less energy to recycle aluminum than to extract it from the earth and process it to make a can. In addition to making more raw aluminum, three-quarters of the aluminum cans that are recycled go into making more aluminum cans. Truly recyclable, the aluminum can returns to the grocer's shelf in as little as 90 days after collection, re-melting, rolling, manufacturing and distribution. This means you could conceivably buy the same recycled can every 13 weeks or 4 times a year.
What is made from recycled plastic?
Plastic products make up about 11% of the nation's waste stream by weight, but make up about 24% by volume. Packaging and containers comprise an estimated 56% of all plastics waste. Three-quarters of that comes from households. Roughly 50% of all litter is plastic. Various estimates indicate that only around 5% of total plastic waste is currently being recycled. This is unfortunate because plastic is highly reusable and can be made into a wide variety of products.
Some of the products made from recycled plastic are:
- Recycled plastic lumber
- Composite roofing
- Insulation
- Carpet
- Plastic containers
- Traffic cones
- Flooring and window frames
- Building insulation board
- Fencing and garden furniture
- Fiber filling for jackets and sleeping bags
- Plastic shopping and trash bags
Interesting Recycling Facts
- Every year more than 900 million trees are cut down to provide raw materials for American paper and pulp mills.
- Americans use more than 67 million tons of paper per year, or about 580 pounds per person.
- In 1993, Americans recycled 59.5 billion aluminum cans, 3 billion more than in 1991, and raised the national aluminum can recycling rate to 2 out of every 3 cans. Aluminum can recycling saves 95% of the energy needed to make aluminum from bauxite ore. Energy savings in 1993 alone were enough to light a city the size of Pittsburgh for six years.
- If Americans recycled all the aluminum they throw away it would be enough aluminum to build the entire consumer airline fleet four times every year.
- Glass never wears out...it can be recycled forever. Over 41 billion glass containers are made each year. Every day Americans recycle about 13 million glass bottles and jars.
- According to the Beverage Marketing Corp, the average American consumed 1.6 gallons of bottled water in 1976. In 2006 that number jumped to 28.3 gallons.
- Today, 80 percent of Americans have access to a plastics recycling program.
- More than 2.3 billion pounds of plastic bottles were recycled in 2007. Although the amount of plastic bottles recycled in the U.S. has grown every year since 1990, the actual recycling rate remains steady at around 24 percent.
- In 2007, more than 325 million pounds of wide-mouth plastic containers were recovered for recycling. (This included deli containers, yogurt cups, etc.)
- In recent years, the number of U.S. plastics recycling business has nearly tripled. More than 1,600 businesses are involved in recycling post-consumer plastics.
- Plastics in the U.S. are made primarily (70 percent) from domestic natural gas.
- Plastic bags and product wraps (known collectively as "plastic film") are commonly recycled at the many collection programs offered through major grocery stores.
- Recycling one ton of plastic saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space.
- During Keep America Beautiful's 2008 Great American Cleanup, volunteers recovered and recycled 189,000,000 PET (plastic) bottles that had been littered along highways, waterways and parks.
More interesting recycling facts can be found in links provided:
- Montgomery County Recycling
- National Recycling Coalition
- National Resources Defense Council
- Northeast Recycling Council
- Recycler's World
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- University of Pittsburgh
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Other Good Sites
- Amazing Recycled Products
- Biocycle, Journal Of Composting & Organics Recycling
- Crafts from Recycled Stuff
- Custom Boxes
- How to Stop Junk Mail
- Old Junk Car Recycled Craft Ideas
- Polywood Inc.
- Recycling Facts - A Recycling Revolution
- Earth 911 – Recycling look up
- Worlds shortest recycling guide
- Recycle Your Plastics
- Environmental Concerns Recycling
Recycling Programs at Other Universities
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Peregrine Biology
The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) is a medium-sized raptor found almost worldwide. Three subspecies are recognized in North America, but the one you're most likely to see in the Midwest is the American Peregrine Falcon (F. p. anatum). Its range extends from Alaska and Canada all the way south to Mexico.
Historically in Illinois, Peregrines were documented nesting along the Mississippi River between the cities of Alton and Grafton, as well as near the Illinois and Wabash Rivers in Jackson County. Today, the majority of the current population follows the Lake Michigan shoreline, with an occasional pair found in the Springfield and/or along the Mississippi River. Peregrines are naturally cliff-dwelling birds that build their nests—called eyries (EYE-reez)—on ledges. They lay their eggs in a scrape (a small depression) made in the substrate of the cliff ledge. One egg is laid every 24-48 hours. A typical clutch size is four eggs, but occasionally a falcon may lay five. Peregrines produce only one brood per season but may try to re-nest if their first clutch of eggs fails.
Male Peregrines will assist with incubation though the female does the majority. The incubation periods lasts around 32 days. Once the eggs hatch, the female broods the chicks for the first few days while the male hunts for the entire family.
Unlike hawks, Peregrines don't circle the skies while scanning the ground for small mammals to snatch. Instead, these raptors are aerial hunters, known for the speed at which they can dive on other birds in flight, their primary prey. The Peregrine's ability to take birds as large as waterfowl led to its being called the Duck Hawk.
Young Peregrines take their first flight when around 40-45 days old. The first 3 weeks out of the nest are spent learning how to fly. Once they attempt hunting on their own, the adults will feed them less and eventually the young disperse out of the natal territory. For our Illinois Peregrines, most of the adults stay in the state year-round.
In raptors, females are larger than males. Female Peregrines are called Falcons while a male peregrine is a Tiercel. Young peregrines still in the nest are called Eyasses.


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The Box Office window is open 12:30pm-7pm and during all performances.
David ServaPurchase tickets online
September 29 8:00 pm
This concert is a celebration of David Serva's foundational influence on the flamenco community of the Bay Area. Presented as a part of the 8th Annual Bay Area Flamenco Festival, Serva will be joined by a group of Gypsy musicians and dancers from Spain including Jose Galvez "El Duende", Kina Mendez, and Luis de la Tota.
A Bay Area native who has lived and worked in Spain as a professional flamenco guitarist for most of his life, Serva has built a singular style on the artistic legacy of his maestro, Gypsy guitarist Diego del Gastor (1908-1973), one of the most important flamenco artists of the 20th century.
Serva began playing clubs in Madrid and Marbella in the early 70s, while pursuing a career internationally as a soloist. He has accompanied such historical figures of flamenco as Juan Talega, Manolito de Maria, La Perla de Cadiz, Anzonini del Puerto and Fernanda de Utrera, Manuel Agujetas, Miguel Funi, Manolete, Mario Maya, and Blanca del Rey, as well as younger figures such as Joaquin Ruiz, Soledad Barrios, and Pepe Torres de Moron. He has played in Flamenco nightclubs and festivals all over Spain and has participated in the Bienal del Arte Flamenco de Sevilla with Gypsy flamenco artists from the towns of Moron and Lebrija. He has made several recordings with with the Agujetas family as well as with Antonio Vizarraga and Rafael Jimenez "El Falo". Serva was also the stage guitarist for original production of the Broadway musical, Man of La Mancha and was lead guitarist for several years for the acclaimed company "Noche Flamenca." Most recently he was the subject of the documentary film Gypsy Davy that sold out the Berkeley Rep's Roda Theater at last year's Jewish Film Festival.
A graduate of Berkeley High, Serva (AKA David Jones) left home at 15 and started playing folk music with his friends in cafes along Telegraph Avenue. The music scene in Berkeley at the time was rich and eclectic and David was exposed to it all, hanging out at clubs on San Pablo Avenue listening to the likes of local blues legend K.C. Douglas. It was there that he was introduced to the flamenco guitar and soon began performing with Los Flamencos de la Bodega at the old Spaghetti Factory in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood as well as in East Bay clubs like Berkeley's Cabale and the old Freight & Salvage.
In the summer of 1962 on his second trip to Spain, David arrived in a small Andaluz pueblo outside Sevilla called Morón de La Frontera where he met Gypsy guitar maestro Diego del Gastor and was taken under his wing. Serva shared the down-home, pueblo style playing he learned from Diego with a generation of Bay Area guitarists and flamenco artists during his stints back home where he was a star attraction in the flamenco room of the old Spaghetti Factory during its heyday in the sixties.
"Serva is the Godfather of the Berkeley scene," explains guitarist Kenny Parker (AKA Keni "El Lebrijano"), "He was one of the absolute pioneers, and I respect him because he did this ...years ago when it wasn't easy, under Franco .. when Spain wasn't so attractive to tourists. He's the one who has made the most inroads there. He has influenced a whole bunch of people."
For Serva, the influence of Diego's playing on his own work had never been a matter of playing his falsetas note-for-note or in slavish imitation of his style. "I've always made up my own stuff." says Serva. "I'll play two chords of tarantas and start making up a falseta. I'll hear other guitarists, and I may like somebody else's stuff but I've always done my own variations." By the early 1970s, he was already creating a more personal sound in his solo playing, albeit one grounded in his own synthesis of Diego's style. "I'm a classical in the flamenco sense," he once told a Madrid radio interviewer, "but I don't think I've lagged behind. A little to the side, but not behind."
David has always seen singing as "the quintessential element of flamenco," and tonight's concert highlights his unique skill as an accompanist. His solo playing is also intriguing as is evident from his CD Son Gitano en America. Woven into the fabric of his renderings of traditional flamenco forms are musical quotations from Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis. The compositions recall Keith Jarrett's improvisations with Gospel, classical and Middle themes in his solo concerts. But even with these lyrical evocations, the spirit of Morón is never far away.
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Fundación Siglo Castilla y León
Palm Sunday procession. Easter week in Avila
Fundación Siglo Castilla y León
Procession of La Soledad. Easter week in Avila
Fundación Siglo Castilla y León
Procession of Silence. Easter week in Avila
Fundación Siglo Castilla y León
Good Friday. Easter week in Avila
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- When?: From Apr 5, 2020 to Apr 12, 2020
- Where: Ávila
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- Autonomous region: Castilla y Leon
- Province/Island: Ávila
- Category: Festivity of International Tourist Interest
Ávila has been holding its Easter week celebrations since the 16th century.
Outstanding amongst the many commemorative events is the Miserere procession held on Easter Tuesday. The Miserere is sung throughout this nocturnal parade where no other sound can be heard. Maundy Thursday sees the Pasos procession which has been held every year since it began in the 16th century. On Good Friday it is also well worth seeing the Penitentiary Stations of the Cross. They run through the walled old town of Ávila, which has the UNESCO World Heritage designation. The Easter week celebrations come to an end with a people's meal that brings many people together at the Resucitado Shrine.
Easter week is one of the most heartfelt and deep-rooted fiestas celebrated in Spain. This commemoration has centuries of history and tradition, remembering the passion and death of Jesus Christ. The streets of the majority of Spain's cities, towns and villages become the stage for religious fervour and devotion, combining grief and meditation in memory of Christ's death. Music, art and colour come together in magical processions - solemn parades in which crowds of people accompany religious images on their route through the streets.
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Strengthening health-system emergency preparedness. Toolkit for assessing health-system capacity for crisis management. Part 1. User manual (2012)
2012, vi + 87 pages
In preparing for health crises, health systems face the prospect of multiple hazards, limited resources for dealing with them and high expectations of their performance. With the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, the WHO Regional Office has developed a toolkit to assess health-system capacity for managing crises.
This standardized toolkit, pilot tested in several countries since 2007, helps countries assess the capacity of their health systems to respond to various threats and identify gaps. It breaks down the complex crisis-preparedness process into manageable units, thus enabling a ministry of health to:
- record and classify information regarding its capacity to manage crises;
- establish responsibility for specific tasks;
- determine the relationship between those involved in these tasks (partners, sectors, disciplines) with the aim of synergizing resources;
- identify shortcomings and gaps; and
- monitor progress.
It provides instructions on how to carry out an assessment; suggestions on the selection of assessment sites; recommendations on follow-up of the assessment and development of a plan of action; information about the essential attributes to identify and indicator-related questions to ask; and a list of possible sources of the information required to assess the essential attributes.
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Two familiar faces at NBC have shared some good news.
"Today" show weekend anchor Jenna Wolfe announced on the show on Wednesday that she and her partner Stephanie Gosk, the foreign correspondent for NBC, are expecting a baby girl this summer.
It's been a "surreal" experience and the journey has proven to be full of surprises, Wolfe wrote on her new baby blog on Today.com.
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"My pregnancy is already taking me on a journey I could only imagine before," Wolfe wrote. "There were days when all I could eat were Saltine crackers, Apple Jacks dry cereal and plain pasta. Let's just say I have a new-found respect for any woman anywhere who tells me they've experienced morning sickness."
The pair has been together for two years when they decided it was time to "share our adventures with a wide-eyed, little person." They embarked on what Wolfe called "Operation Baby" last year and the mother-to-be is now five months pregnant. This is the Wolfe and Gosk's first child.
The baby news also marks the first time the power couple have come out publicly with their relationship, according to People Magazine. Their announcement was made amid a Surpreme Court battle over California's Prop 8 and the federal marriage law.
"This is the most exciting thing that has ever happened to us," Wolfe told People. "But I don't want to bring my daughter into a world where I'm not comfortable telling everyone who I am and who her mother is."
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In the presence of H.E. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations and Madam Yoo (Ban) Soon-taek Hosted by : H. E. Ms. Katalin Annamária Bogyay Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations Welcoming remarks: H. E. Mr. Szabolcs Takács Minister of State for EU Affairs, Chair of IHRA Ms. Cristina Gallach Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information. Good News Broadcasts portions of the event, please go to our www.peacedayparty.org and join our world peace efforts. Remembering Samuel Pisar, Holocaust Survivor, Special Envoy for Holocaust Education by Judith Pisar "In Memoriam Hungarian Composers, Victims of Holocaust" A Concert by world-renowned musicians, Professors and students of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (Budapest) Violin: … [Read more...]
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