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We left Amarillo about 9am on Sunday morning. As we were leaving town we saw the Cadillac Ranch sculpture just off of the interstate. Cadillac Ranch was created by millionaire artist Stanley Marsh in 1974 and features 10 graffiti Cadillacs buried in the ground in the middle of a corn field.
We made a last minute decision to change our route and experience the back roads of New Mexico. We got off of the interstate and took a country road headed for Roswell, New Mexico. We found ourselves on a 2 lane road for a little over 2 hours. The entire 2 hours we only passed about 5 other cars, didn't see a single gas station, and ran over about 25 tumbleweeds
We made it to Roswell around 2pm. Roswell is the site of the famous UFO crash site in 1947. We didn't see any aliens like we hoped, but at least we could say we were there.
We headed north to Silver City and finally made it to my parents house around 7:30pm. Here begins our New Mexico Norwegian Christmas. We're getting ready for our traditional Norwegian Christmas Eve dinner. We're having Swedish meatballs, boiled potatoes, and lots of cheese. Christmas day were making rhubarb jam, lefse, and krumkake.
Trip stats: Leg #2 - Amarillo, Texas to Silver City, New Mexico
Total travel time in car: 27 hours
Total miles: 1570
Gas to date: $144
Trip tunes: The Avett Brothers, Flaming Lips, Jurassic 5, Cat Stevens, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Nine Inch Nails, Norah Jones, Ella Fitzgerald


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2/19/2013 (3 years ago)
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2/19/2013 (3 years ago)
Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: year of fatih, lent, Fr. Roger J. Landry, daily homilies
FALL RIVER, MA (Catholic Online). Prayer, Pope Benedict has continuously reminded us, is faith in action. A Year of Faith, therefore, needs to be a year drenched in intense prayer. During Lent we are all called to return to the fundamental importance of prayer, fasting and almsgiving in the Christian life and so it's especially important for us in this first full week of Lent to ponder the role of prayer in our life and and examine the quality and quantity of our prayer.
Pope Benedict highlighted the importance of prayer in his shocking decision last week to resign the papacy. He mentioned in his statement of resignation that he would "devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer," carried out in a monastery on Vatican grounds.
Throughout his papacy, in his catecheses on prayer over the last two years as well as in many talks to priests, seminarians, religious and faithful, he has repeatedly stated that the most important thing we do as Christians for God and others is to pray.
By resigning the papacy in order to continue to serve the Church through prayer is to declare that he believes the work of prayer is even more important than the ministry of the papacy. And if prayer is even more important than the work of the successor of St. Peter, then it's hard to argue that any other ministry in the Church - or any other human work - is more important than prayer either. There's probably been no greater illustration of the lesson Jesus taught Martha and Mary in Bethany than this.Â
Today in the Gospel Jesus teaches very clearly about how to pray well. First, however, he teaches us what prayer is not intended to be. "In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them."
Many Catholics believe that prayer means "saying one's prayers," as if all that the Lord asks of his is to repeat a few phrases a day when we get up, eat meals, and go to bed. Many of Jesus' contemporaries often behaved as if this was the meaning of prayer, mouthing throughout the day the words of the Psalms. We know, however, that their hearts were far from God: many of those who recited the Torah incessantly in fact ended up conspiring to murder Jesus, the Word made flesh.
That's one of the reasons why St. Cyprian taught the early Christians, prayer "is the work of the heart, not the lips, because God doesn't look at the words but at the heart of the person praying."
When we say vocal prayers - like the Rosary, Creed, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Memorare, Angelus, Act of Contrition, Stations of the Cross, Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - it's important that our heart fully align itself with the words being said, lest our prayer become useless babbling.
Jesus, whose example inspired the disciples to ask him to teach them to pray, reveals to us today the real way to pray. At first glance, it might seem that he just gives us a vocal prayer, something that many times we can just rattle off our lips without really involving either our heart or our mind.
But the fact that St. Matthew and St. Luke recount slightly different versions of what we now call "the Lord's prayer" reveals to us that Jesus was not giving us a "formula" of magic words to recite, but showing us the principles that should guide all our prayer.
The prayer of the "Our Father" shows us, as St. Thomas Aquinas taught, not only what we should desire but the order in which we should desire them.
Jesus taught us to pray first for the Father's glory - for his name to be hallowed, his kingdom come and his will done - so that we could pray in imitation of Jesus whose ardent love to glorify the Father becomes our own. After we pray for these intentions for God to be glorified, we turn to our own needs, and Jesus teaches us the four most important ones: for daily sustenance, forgiveness, strength in temptation and protection from the evil one.
These petitions are also all basically found in Jesus' great priestly prayer in John 17, which shows much they influenced Jesus' own conversations with God the Father.Â
Let's together look more carefully what Jesus teaches us about prayer in the words of the Our Father.
The first expression and approach to prayer he gives us is that our first word should be"Abba!," which doesn't just mean "father" but "daddy." So many of Jesus' recorded prayers begin with this word. "Father, I give you thanks that you have hidden these things from the wise and the clever but revealed them to the merest of children." "Father glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you." "Father, I thank you for having heard me; I know that you always hear me." "Father, if it be your will, take this chalice away from me." "Father, forgive them for they do not know what they're doing." "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit."
The most important work of the Holy Spirit in our prayer, as St. Augustine taught, is not to put words on our lips (quid ores) but to change who we are as we pray (qualis ores). The Holy Spirit helps us to cry out "Abba, Father!" Jesus in teaching us this first word of prayer is reminding us to pray as beloved sons and daughters. If human parents know how to give good things to their children, Jesus told us, how much more will our heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him. All our prayer should be done with this filial confidence, like a little child who trusts in his father's goodness.
The second word (in the original Greek) is "our." Jesus had come to save us by incorporating us into his body the Church and he wants us to pray not just for ourselves and individually, but with and for others.
He has us pray not to "my" Father, but "our" Father, to give "us," forgive "us," and deliver "us." He specifically incentivized common prayer when he told us that whenever two or more of us are gathered in his name, he'll be present in our midst. God is the Father of us all and Jesus wants us to pray together with Him and with each other, to leave individualism behind and love and intercede for our brothers and sisters.
Jesus then has us recall that our Father is in heaven, so that the treasure of our heart will seek to be with Him. Our aspirations in prayer are to seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the Father's right hand.
Next, we turn to the three petitions seeking the Father's glory. The first is that his name be hallowed. Since God is already is "holy, holy, holy," what does it mean to hallow his name? It means that we're asking his help so that his name may be glorified by us and in us, so that others in seeing our good deeds of love may glorify his name.
To pray for the coming of the Father's kingdom is to beg for the grace for ourselves and others to enter into his kingdom, and his kingdom will be wherever he reigns and his will is done. We beg for the grace to do his will and enter his kingdom just as the saints have done on earth and in heaven.
When we turn to asking for things that concern ourselves, Jesus has us begin by imploring each day our daily bread. The first thing we note is that he doesn't teach us to pray, "Give us always the food we'll need," but he seems to want us to turn to the Father every day with trust, like the Israelites awaiting the manna in the desert.
But the more important thing to recognize is that the word translated as "daily" is, in Greek, epiousious, which literally means "supersubstantial" bread. Several Fathers of the Church noted that this is a request not merely for material bread, for the food that perishes, but rather for the food that endures to eternal life that the Son of Man promised to give us. It points to the Eucharist, the true Manna, which God the Father gives us every day, just like he gave the Israelites their daily manna in the wilderness.
That leads us to an important realization: If we have prayed insistently to the Father to give us each day this supersubstantial bread, and the Father has responded by giving us His Son on the altar, shouldn't we come to receive Him as often as we possibly can at daily Mass?
We then are taught to ask that our sins be forgiven, but with an interesting condition, "just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us."
Jesus tells us immediately after the words of prayer that unless we forgive others their sins, ours won't be forgiven. The measure of forgiveness with which we measure will be measured back to us. Making God's mercy dependent on our own is not a form of divine extortion, but, rather, Jesus wants us to realize that unless we have forgiven others, God's mercy can't penetrate our hardened hearts.
Being as compassionate as our Father is compassionate is one of the most important ways for us to hallow his name and prayer for mercy, as Jesus showed us on the Cross, is one of the high points of Christian prayer, because it attunes us to the Father's merciful heart.
In the next petition, we ask God to help us not to yield to temptation, recognizing that our spirit is willing, but our flesh is week. Just as the ancient serpent tempted Adam and Eve in the Garden and Jesus in the desert, so he comes after us, and we ask God for the strength, as we see in Jesus, to choose him each time the devil seeks to tempt us to choose against him. Victory over temptation, Jesus teaches us, happened through prayer.
That leads to the last petition, in which we pray not only to be given the grace to resist temptation but to be delivered from the Evil One, whom Jesus called the "father of lies" and a "murderer from the beginning." Jesus prayed during the Last Supper that the Father would protect us from the Evil One, and we're echoing that same prayer. It's a prayer that implies both holiness (deliverance from the devil in this world) and heaven (deliverance from him forever).
This Year of Faith is a time for us to ponder more deeply than ever before how the words of the Our Father indicate to us a total way of being a Christian, for we live as we pray and pray as we live. It's a time for us to meditate profoundly on these seven petitions and how they're supposed to become our seven deepest desires. It's an occasion for us to be grateful for how many times God has already answered these petitions because we made them with faith, rather than just babbling the words.
The Our Father is the great prayer of the Church, Christ's body and family. That's why we pray it in the Mass immediately after we lift up Jesus' body and blood praying that "all glory and honor" be the Father's, through, with and in Jesus in the Eucharist. That's why it was taught to the first Christians as a long awaited revealed secret only after they became God the Father's sons and daughters through baptism.
Let's ask the Holy Spirit for his help so that we may pray it today, with Christ and for and with all our Christian brothers and sisters throughout the world, more filially and faithfully than we ever have before.
Father Roger Landry is pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River, MA and national chaplain of Catholic Voices USA. His homilies and articles are found on catholicpreaching.com.
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Well John, I can't say that I was satisfied with the dough made with the Apollo high gluten flour. Of course my recipe was not followed correctly. The dough maker decided to increase the sugar and oil and decrease the water. N.G. in my opinion. It was puffy around the edge (cornicione) but still not cooked enough in the center. I'm wondering if it is because we're making a 18" pizza. We're beginning to think that the floor of the wood burning oven isn't 800 degrees as the interior temperature is. Experimenting with this wood burning oven is really getting to be quite a challenge. It seems we're back to square one, not knowing if it's a dough problem or an oven problem. I'm ready to throw in the towel.
I had a great week experimenting with these doughs. In the back of my mind though was the thought they would age very quickly given the level of prefermented flour they had. But, really all I noticed is that when you get to days 4 and 5, the dough really resists being reballed...but I prevailed and was rewarded with excellent pizza. Again, with this dough I wanted a great tasting dough in a shorter amount of time..and the results were great...but now knowing the dough ages well it's like an extra bonus. The following is a breakfast pizza we had Monday...the dough had been in the fridge 5 days.John
John,I noticed that you don't have any tomato sauce on your pizza. What do you use for these toppings if you don't mind giving away your secrets!! They look soooo good. I have never kept dough for more than two days. I always thought the dough was considered "dead" by that time. Why do you need to re-ball them?PS: I probably won't throw in the towel. Thank you for your incouragement.eloise
John,Thanks for sharing your recipe and all the amazing pictures. Yesterday I did the most amazing pizza ever. Second day trying my new Large BGE and the result was fantastic!eWalker
Hey NormaWay back when, I attended Tom lehmann's week long pizza seminar. It was there that I learned that by using something such as butter flavored crisco on your pan...not only does your dough stick to the pan with n0 shrinkage, but you get the added butter flavor in your dough. I recommend it highlyJohn
John,How much yeast should we use in the preferment? I used 1/4 and it turned out pretty well.
John,Just had the pies tonight, they were very good! I didn't have any issues having had used the full yeast in the preferment. My dough didn't die at all, in fact, I was surprised how lively it was! even after reshape it still nearly doubled in size in a day. The dough was very easy to work with too. The only thing for me was that it turned out a little whiter than I would have hoped for, but I am starting to think that is something in my technique, because I have had it happened on other recipes. So yeah, thanks for the recipe, might be a keeper for me since my wife gave it a 10/10! Jeff
I'm glad the recipe is working for you. Now, try experimenting by moving your reball time a little closer to bake time.....I've recently been balling 3 to 6 hours prior to baking with excellent results.John
John,Just to clarify, after your 15hr or so room temp poolish you are the then putting the finalized dough in the fridge for up to 4 days to develop the flavor even further? Your dough isn't blowing out right?


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On a recent trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh, I visited Dhaka University to see a Banyan tree that Senator Edward Kennedy planted there in 1972 to commemorate Bangladesh's independence. At the time of Senator Kennedy's historic visit to Bangladesh, he was the most senior U.S. government official to ever visit the newly independent country. More than 10,000 students attended the tree planting ceremony. They, and many more people in Bangladesh and around the world, were inspired by Senator Kennedy, the democratic ideals he embodied, and his personal commitment to public service and volunteerism.
From this visit 40 years ago, a deep bond between Senator Kennedy and Bangladesh developed and endured. The American Center of U.S. Embassy Dhaka, in partnership with the Liberation War Museum, recently launched the Edward M. Kennedy Center for Public Service and the Arts (the EMK Center), a new public-private partnership model that also serves as a way to honor that legacy and build upon it for a new generation. Its official mission is "to engage, inspire, connect, and empower citizens of all ages to better themselves, their communities, and our world."
On my trip to Dhaka, I helped launch the EMK Center, located in the city's Dhanmondi area, and witnessed how such partnerships are transforming the way in which we communicate and connect today all around the world.
The EMK Center, which will open to the public in September, will offer many programs and public service initiatives, on issues ranging from youth leadership to civil society development. It will be a gathering place where Americans and Bangladeshis can interact informally and openly to exchange ideas, experience each other's cultures, and get to know each other. Working as partners, the EMK Center and the Liberation War Museum will be able to offer enhanced and more innovative programming because of their combined networks, resources, and the different expertise and experience they each bring to the table.
The Bureau of International Information Program's American Spaces are at the vanguard of such partnerships. American Spaces are by definition a partnership between U.S. Embassies worldwide and their local hosts. At American Spaces, people from almost every country on the globe have first hand access to all things American. American Spaces are a place where people learn English, meet and interact with American experts and speakers, view American exhibits and multimedia installations, stay informed through the Centers' media resources, and in some countries, access the internet where internet access is otherwise limited or restricted.
The world has changed dramatically since Senator Kennedy's fateful visit to what is now Bangladesh. We have powerful communications tools today, especially social media, that would have been unthinkable at that time. These tools are integral to the success of modern partnerships. The U.S. Embassy in Dhaka's Facebook page, one of the Department's largest, is just one example of how lively and dynamic social media communities are redefining the concept of partnership. The U.S. Embassy's Facebook page, like all social media, is a place where new ideas and different perspectives are respected, encouraged, and given space to grow.
Even with the astounding connectivity that modern technology allows us, there is no substitute for personal contact. An ideal partnership today is one that fully integrates the real and virtual worlds. IIP's American Spaces embody this ideal and are a vital part of our ongoing public diplomacy effort to engage the world.
Shakir in Bangladesh writes:
I want America's strong presence in Bangladesh and in South-Asia. America's presence is badly needed to make this region peaceful. Moreover, as the United States is in Asia to stay, it must take valuable steps to strengthen it's position in Asia for permanent future. The United States Of America must build the strongest battalion in Asia to fight against any rising economies which are direct threat to US sovereignty and domination. The world is better, stronger and peaceful under the domination of America and we want it forever. We cannot let America down. Our dream of a peaceful world will only be restored when the 'Americanization of the World' is done. And I strongly dream of it.
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Topic: display nested information correctly
Hey there--
So I'm well on my way with Rails, but every now and then hit walls that I just can't seem to get through. Here's one.
I have three different tables in my App, Issues, Categories, and Stories. This is for a magazine-content tracking app. The first step to linking things up right is that Categories have_many :stories, and that's been fine and works great! (thanks Ryan again for your help).
But a level of complication comes when I want to nest these things inside an issue. Here's where my brain's at on how this should work:
Because categories are the same from issue to issue (more or less), you wouldn't have an issue have_many :categories, because then your categories get caught in a single issue and you have to repeat yourself each issue. Bad UI. So instead, issues should have_many :stories. And yeah, that works great and I've hooked up the story form to allow assigning issues in there. Wonderful.
However, in an issue view, I want to see what categories are in an issue and what stories are inside those categories. The simple look at this is:
-category 1
---story 1
---story 4
-category 2
---story 5
---story 2
-category 3
---story 3
Now I've been able to set up the CATEGORY view to list exactly as described w/o the issue qualifier like so:
<% for category in @categories %>
<%= h(category.section) %>

<% for story in category.stories %>
<%= link_to story.title, :controller => "story_admin", :action => "show", :id => story.id %>

<% end %>
Voila, works like a charm. BUT, I want this to work in the issue view instead.
Now, I can list stories in an issue no problem, by reproducing the code above, but swapping the issue calls where it's currently calling category.
And I can list the categories assigned to specific stories by calling story.category.section instead of story.title.
But what I can't figure out is now to list a category once, then have the stories assigned to it nest below, then list the next cat.... like in the above example.
Any help would be much apprecaited.


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Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (23-12) - April 26, 2012(Key vote)
Title: Authorizes Civil Unions
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Vote to pass a bill that defines marriage and authorizes civil unions, effective October 12, 2012.
- Defines "marriage" as the legally-recognized union of 1 man and 1 woman" (Sec. 2).
- Specifies that a civil union is a legal relationship established by two people to receive benefits and responsibilities comparable to spousal benefits and responsibilities which include, but are not limited to, the following (Sec. 2):
- Financial support;
- Workers' compensation benefits;
- Responsibilities relating to adoption;
- Health insurance coverage and life insurance benefits;
- Domestic abuse program benefits;
- Public assistance benefits;
- Decisions relating to emergency and nonemergency medical care; and
- Decisions relating to disposition of last remains.
- Requires both parties in a civil union to meet the following eligibility criteria (Sec. 2):
- Both parties are over the age of 18, regardless of their gender;
- Neither party is under guardianship;
- Neither party is party to another civil union; and
- Neither party is married.
- Prohibits individuals from entering into a civil union with any of the following individuals (Sec. 2):
- An ancestor;
- A descendant;
- A brother or sister;
- An aunt or uncle; or
- A niece or nephew.
- Authorizes private child placement agencies to refuse to place a child in foster care or adoption when the proposed placement of a child with persons who have entered into a civil union violates the agency's written religious or moral convictions or policies (Sec. 2).
- Specifies that a partner in a civil union may be considered a dependent, including designation as a dependent for insurance purposes, effective January 1, 2013 (Sec. 7).
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Title: Authorizes Civil Unions
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Events around Warren County on Monday:
Warren County Historical Society, 210 Fourth Ave., 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Warren Barbershoppers rehearsal, Grace United Methodist Church, 7:29 p.m.
Girl Scout Office, Curwen Building, 589 Hospital Dr., Suite C, North Warren, confirm staff availability, 723-4990.
Warren Area Student Union, Hickory St., open, 3 to 6 p.m.
Chautauqua Shores Chorus, First Baptist Church, Fifth St., Jamestown, N.Y., 7 p.m.
DivorceCare and DivorceCare4Kids, First United Methodist Church, 200 Market St., Warren, 6 to 8 p.m.
Warren Public Library, Market St., Warren, open, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Bridge, Warren CountyYMCA, 6:30 p.m.
Community lunch, free to the public, The Salvation Army, 311 Beech St., noon.
Scriptural Study, Inter-Faith Chapel, North Warren, 7 to 9 p.m.
S.A.D.D., Students Against Drunk Drivers, Warren Area High School, cafeteria, 7 p.m.
Eisenhower Sports Boosters, EHS, Room 110, 8 p.m.
Warren Library Association Board of Directors, Slater Room, Warren Public Library, 4 p.m.
North Warren VFD Auxiliary, fire hall, 6:30 p.m.


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Requesting a month's rest
In this letter dated November 9, 1863, Massachusetts Governor John Andrew asked Secretary of War Edwin Stanton for a 30-day furlough for Sergeant William H. Carney so that he could return home and visit his family. In July of that year, Sgt. Carney had been severely wounded while carrying the colors during the attack on Fort Wagner.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Brazil to attend the inauguration of President-elect Dilma Rousseff on January 1, 2011.
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley said, "Brazil is an essential partner in the hemisphere and the world, and the United States is committed to deepening our relationship on a wide range of bilateral, regional, and global issues with Brazil's government and people. The United States looks forward to working with President-elect Rousseff and her administration to advance these and other shared goals."
You can read Assistant Secretary Crowley's complete statement here.
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Patrick W. in Maryland writes:
It's great to see the people of Brazil are so open minded.I think they made a good decision on make Rousseff President. I hope one day America's will be as open minded. Not all of us, are like some countries must think.
Have a great "New Year People of Brazil".


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Skip to comments.Guilty of Being Southern
Posted on 07/02/2013 6:20:33 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Lets start with Paula Deen, who admitted to having used the n word 30 years ago. If it had been, lets say, Alec Baldwin instead, the media would have quickly given him a pass, because, after all, hes one of them. Alec is a media guy. Hes smart and talented and thinks what they think about life. Hes also a northerner. He was born on Long Island! And my God, theres no racism there.
Racism is a disease people catch when they cross the Mason-Dixon line.
Paula is from Georgia, and from that one slip, which she admitted and for which she apologized, was imputed all kinds of guilt. She was guilty of being born Southern, plain and simple. And the punishment shes facing is so disproportionate to her three-decade-old lapse that it cries for someone in the media to defend her. No one has. No one will.
The Food Network will soon learn that their knee-jerk decision to fire her without any proof of discrimination, any proof of a racist past or present, will backfire. And fans who know she was fired, and canned by sponsors, for being born in the South, and for being proud of it theyll be waiting for her return, and will reward the network that hires her.
And it wasnt just white folks heading South. The nations African-American population grew 1.7 million over the past decade and 75 percent of that growth occurred in the South. The percentage of the nations African-American population living in the South hit its highest point in half a century, as more black people moved out of declining cities in the Midwest and Northeast.
If the South is such a racially backward place, Justice Breyer, why are so many African Americans moving here?
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
I'd like to know what she did to p!ss off the media?
"Well, I'm a good ol' Rebel..."
She said Jesse Jackson "forgave" her, and I heard Jimmy Carter threw her some support; but then, they're pals.
The most racist people I've met are all New England leftists. Sure they put on a good show, but when they're in private conversation they say the most despicable things.
Most Southerners I've met talk openly, and joke around with "less than sensitive" racial humor, but probably wouldn't ever be malicious.
Just my personal experience.
Regular grits are an acquired taste unless you have a half a cow worth of butter in them. CHEESE grits on the other hand, especially with bacon bits, are just wonderful.
Guilty? Hardly.
She said Michelle Obama stuffed her face the whole time she was in the studio, now the Obamaites are out to get her.
Blasphemy. That's what got her in trouble
Thou shalt not blaspheme the fat assed first lady.
The northeast is much more segregated than the South; we use natural obstacles (rivers) and man-made ones (freeways, railroads) to keep our blacks in welfare reservations.
Then we lecture Southerners about tolerance...
The South has been the symbol for all that is evil in America according to the uber-liberals. I think they hate hearing a Southern accent. Liberals are very big on stereotyping people and who is stereotyped more than Southerners?
Which brings me to this question— is there a Southern owned television network? Are the country music channels owned by Southerners? Even though I live in Massachusetts, I would like to see a more even distribution of American culture. Does everything we see have to come from New York or L.A.?
Ohomo needs many more Paulas to keep up the fiction that this is a cracker nation. Who will be next against the wall?
She said Michelle Obama stuffed her face the whole time she was in the studio, now the Obamaites are out to get her.
Frederick Douglas chastised northerners for this 150 years ago; the hypocrisy involved was obvious back then.
She didn't piss off the media, she pissed off Mrs. Obama. Said she couldn't stop eating, or some such.
I think you got it right. I think this whole attack was orchestrated to let people know and fear the retribution that will follow and the extent that they will go to. Do you think anyone else will publicly critique His or Her Arrogance?
I grew up in Virginia and I can tell you that yes there was a lot of racism there but it is even worse now and it is not white on black but black on white. I was shocked when I went back there recently and saw how things have devolved. I caused a big stir when I ordered a meal at KFC and said I wanted all white meat. The large woman behind the counter looked like she was going to come over the counter and beat me. You could have heard a pin drop in that place. I was informed in a surly tone that I was supposed to ask for all breast meat, not white meat.
was gettin ready to fire back at you until I read your Georgia comment....sorry you don't like grits....it is one of my favorite dishes
love plain old grits....ask any Italian they'll tell you that polenta is terrific....we won't tell them its just grits
" I think they hate hearing a Southern accent."
Was stationed in Connecticut while in the Navy....Very true! It is shameful the way i was treated...beautiful countryside...people..not so much.
Now hold on a minute...if all you've had are Army grits, you ain't had grits, my FRiend! Army cooks could ruin hot water soup, and I never had decent grits in any chow hall, in y 11 years in boots.
Also, if they were loaded up with sugar, syrup, or anything other than butter, salt and pepper (hot sauce or sawmill gravy are acceptable under certain circumstances), you didn't have grits. I saw many a Yankee over the years think because they look like cream of wheat, they were...big mistake.
Cracker Barrel has about the closest thing to decent grits of any national, cookie-cutter, chain restaurant, but they're hit and miss. Next time you're in the South, stop at a Mom n' Pop greasy spoon or a truck stop, and chances are you'll be able to find good grits.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Well,my first...and last...experience with grits was with *Army* grits.Given what I know about what Army cooks can do to just about anything maybe I haven't given grits a fair chance! ;-)
But NASCAR...I just don't get it!
I'm from the south and *I* don't get NASCAR.
Haul A@@ and turn left.
I'm just not seeing the point.
I have lived all over this country. Born way back when Kalifornia was a place to be. Moved to New England when I was very young and son of a GI Brat. All of my 'formative years' were spent in New England.
Now, I live in the "CENLA", er, Central Louisiana area, all 85 feet above sea level, and a swamp not a quarter mile from the house. Imagine the shock of someone who had a very good training in the English Language, hearing how it's been bastardized, in New Orleans!! Sure, I lived through New England hurricanes on Cape Cod, which was still above sea level, last time I checked. Then came Hurricane Katrina, and all the fishbowl jokes were jokes no more. I learned what 'grits' were, in Portland Oregon. It seems that a lot of the wagon train drivers were Southern, and brough their culture with them to Oregon, (the end of The Oregon Trail sits just above the falls in the Willamette River, at the south end of town. So, I had my toe-dipping in Southern Cuisine in the Pacific NorthWest.
Concluding, I have lived here in LA, the longest of any places I have been. I have a reason to anchor. Do I consider myyself " a Southerner". I remember so often, I have tried 'to grow where you are planted'. I believe that when I finally rest, just might be 'planted' here.
As to the whole "Paula Deen/southerner" idea, "I am Spartacus!"
There's a reason southrons are fat.
Most racist part of the country is the Northeast. The biggest race riot in American history were the "Draft Riots" in NYC when Lincoln said white men were being drafted into the Union army to help free slaves. Those mean ole Yankees hung every black in sight and said no way in hell would they be conscripted in any Army to free anyone, especially "n******. As far as accents go, I am 63 years old, lived all over the world many times over and never tried to lose my southern accent. I carry it as a badge of honor. I despise Southerners that are ashamed of their heritage. I have been told I sound a lot like fellow Tar Heel Richard Petty and of course he was my favorite NASCAR driver when I was growing up.
If it ain't Dixie, it won't do!
<"Thou shalt not blaspheme the fat assed first lady"<
If I wanted a "fat assed First Lady", I would have Voted for Clinton in 1992 and 1996.
A quick story...I lived for 20 years in an upper middle class suburb of Boston.Some would even call it wealthy (but I'm not wealthy for sure).It's also *very* "progressive",if ya catch my drift.A few years before I moved out someone proposed building some "affordable housing" in one of the nicer parts of town.Well,as I'm sure you expected...the neighbors went ballistic."It's too dangerous"."Think about the environment"."The traffic would be terrible,kids would be hit and killed".Stuff like that.Of course that wasn't the *real* reason.
Also...same subject...google "Commonwealth Day School" and pay particular attention to the hits you get from The Harvard Crimson (yah,*that* Harvard).You'll see a tale about the racism of the best and the brightest of Harvard University.It even involves (in a bad way) Julia Child and Laurence Tribe.Priceless!
Somebody should start Southern Living cable TV channel. There's 50 million people in the South To cater to. If the folks in New York don't like it, too bad!
I was talking about the food variety...never heard of the other kind.I find that concept strangely intriguing. ;-)
I don't know but I haven't watched the Food Network since this dust-up happened and I'm not going to until they apologize or rehire her. I have to go to Walmart sometimes but I'll check everywhere else first. This is a high tech lynching, pure and simple.
I wondered. They just seemed to pull this out of a hat and then went for the jugular.
My first boss out of college was a graduate of Amherst. I remember how impressed I was that he spent his vacation that summer as a Freedom Rider in Mississippi (it was 1963).
When he returned, to his dismay, he discovered that his landlord had rented the apartment next door to a black man. He was absolutely livid -- "I'm not gonna live next door to a GD nigger!"
So, he moved out.
It was my first lesson about liberals.
It is the same way here with Hispanics, they are sooooooo racist, first against blacks and then against whites.
LOL, me either. I'm not from the south but spent every other summer there.
Well, Im a good ol Rebel...
I'm the son of a son of a son of a Confederate soldier .
My only regret is that they did not win .
Many of us are willing to give it another go .
What'dya say ?
Apart from homemade, the best "restaurant" grits I've had were from the Southern waffle/breakfast chain "Huddle House".
When Dee Brown got drafted by the Boston Celtics, all his teammates/ friends said, I paraphrase, "oh, you going up south, huh?"
Every pile of grits needs a fried egg cut up in it.
Willie Smith:
I've tried to keep quiet about the Paula Deen situation, but I've seen so much "dirt" being tossed around, I figured I might as well shed a little light.
I've worked at Ms. Deen's restaurant for close to nine years and I'm as "BLACK" as they come. I was never forced to enter through the back door. It's a rule that ALL employees enter through the back door so we don't disturb guest while they're eating. I'm currently a waiter there, which is about as front house as you can get. I didn't have to beg to be a waiter. In fact, I was ASKED to be one. Many of her staff in the front house are black. Young black kids in college. Bathroom usage is for ALL employees, but we(ALL EMPLOYEES) only use the back of the house restrooms during service so that we don't disturb guest. One of Paula's longest working employees, an elderly BLACK woman, was invited to be a guest at Paula's house after this lady had surgery. Paula looked out for her. The restaurant looks out for ALL OF US by providing health and dental insurance and 401 K plans. Not too many restaurants doing that. We're also allowed paid vacation. As a BLACK man who has been with the company for some time now, I'm simply saying don't believe all accusations you're hearing....cause they're just that. Accusations. And no, I'm not just saying this to brown nose my employers. I'm saying this as someone who doesn't believe in casting stones at an individual for making a mistake.
A happily employed and thankful young man.
Okay, I forgive her. ;-)
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Southwest Soccer Conference champion Midwestern State managed only four shots on goal against Eastern New Mexico University on Friday, but it was enough as the Mustangs posted a 3-0 victory at the ENMU pitch.
Midwestern State (17-1, 7-0 SSC), which closes the regular season on Sunday at West Texas A&M, got a goal and an assist from Craig Sutherland
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The race is on. Twelve candidates are running to fill the Columbia College, School of Engineering and Applied Science, and School of General Studies University Senate seats this election. Candidates are focusing on issues that include improving the effectiveness of the quality of life survey, pushing for greater transparency, and expanding financial aid.
Jacob Johnson, CC '17
Johnson wants to change the way senate surveys like the quality of life survey are conducted so that they comprise a series of shorter surveys instead of a single long survey.
"We need to let our representatives speak through surveys," Johnson said. "We need to really represent the issue of all the students."
"If the students are asking for something different than the status quo, if they're not affirming the status quo ... then the senate must vote on that, if there's a strong response," he added.
Johnson, who ran for senate during the fall special election, also thinks that the senate should end debates on the smoking ban and implement the current plan.
"The debate has gone on for a ridiculous amount of time and has sort of been pointless," he said.
Daniel Liss, CC '16
Liss, the current Columbia College Student Council alumni affairs representative, wants to speed up the release of data from the quality of life survey and transfer responsibility for analyzing the data from senate members to a University office.
"I think it was an important issue that the senators have worked on. It also sucked a lot of the oxygen over the past couple of years," he said.
Liss also wants to create a way to let students access course syllabi and grading curve data during registration—earlier this month, he launched gradesatcu.com, a website that compiles student-reported grading data. He said that releasing syllabi would help students plan for the costs of textbooks when selecting courses.
Another aspect of Liss's platform involves increasing the number of Columbia-specific internships and giving students access to the alumni directory.
"I think career placement is an issue that affects every student if they're interested in having a job or pursuing academic plans when they graduate," Liss said. "It contributes to the baseline stress that students associate with other aspects of the university."
Michael MacKay, CC '15
MacKay, who is currently studying abroad at the University of Oxford, is focusing his campaign on improving the role of technology in student government.
"I think that the senate is something that should be accessible to everyone. I would set up some type of Google Hangout once a week," he said. "I really believe that technology is going to be the best thing we can do for our community over the course of the next three years."
MacKay, who is also a member of the Kingsmen, wants to use the senate's authority to make changes to LionSHARE, foster student collaboration for startups, and encourage the development of online platforms like Piazza, through which students can ask for help with classes.
"It creates an information flow where you can really know what's expected of you," he said. "The technology is already there, more or less. We don't have that drive yet, to push that into our own pedagogy. We're moving into a new paradigm of teaching."
MacKay said he chose to campaign on technological improvements because of the limitations he sees in the quality of life survey.
"I guess the big question is what is done with the quality of life survey that has taken so long," he said. "The student body is expecting some sort of result from that endeavor."
Daniel Stone, CC '16
Stone, an editor for The Lion, wants senate committee meetings to be open by default and to create a student-elected position on the board of trustees.
"It would allow student feedback to ultimately be heard by the board of trustees who govern this university," he said.
Stone also stressed the importance of transparency in the senate's rules committee, which deals with issues such as students' right to protest.
"I think it should worry students that the way free speech is being handled on this campus is dealt with so secretly," he said.
Along with his transparency-centric platform, Stone advocates relocating the Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center to a more central location.
"It's an encumbrance to people who don't live in the quad. This hurdle shouldn't exist for people who are in terrible situations and need immediate help," he said.
Ramis Wadood, CC '16
Wadood, the current CCSC class president of 2016, is focusing his campaign on increasing openness in senate committee meetings, reforming mental health services, and opening cross-registration for classes across all undergraduate and graduate schools.
Wadood, who currently serves as a senate staffer, said that he hopes to increase the number of students who can serve as staffers.
"I've spent countless sleepless nights working on the senate. There've been a lot of all-nighters pulled for senate," he said. "I think that expanding the staff will give students more opportunities to be involved but it will also take a lot of work off the staffers and the senators."
Wadood wants senate meetings open to the public by default, so each committee would have to vote to justify to close a specific meeting. Currently, only Student Affairs Committee meetings are open by default.
Michelle Haines, SEAS '15
Haines wants to improve financial aid and housing opportunities for international students and 3-2 engineering students—need-blind admissions currently do not apply to international students, and 3-2 students are not guranteed housing past their first year or are promised to have their full financial aid needs met.
"3-2 students aren't guaranteed housing, or full financial-aid to be met, and that's just small stuff students have to deal with," she said. "The fact that international students aren't accepted need-blind is a huge conflict of interest to our student body."
Haines also thinks that her lack of connection with the Engineering Student Council will help bring additional student voices to university discussions.
"There's a huge communication gap between the administration and the students," she said.
Jillian Ross, SEAS '16
Ross, the current ESC vice president for communications, said her council experience will help her promote existing initiatives like sexual assault policy reform and improve student access to University data. She also wants to build closer connections between SEAS and the global centers.
"A lot of SEAS students aren't able to study abroad, or are unaware of these great global centers Columbia has, and unaware of how we can best utilize these," she said.
Ross also hopes that opening up data will encourage students to create apps that improve student life.
"Columbia collects a lot of data every day on students, like swipes in John Jay, etc.," she said. "So releasing that data can be used for applications or just used to improve everyday Columbia apps and everyday Columbia life."
Katharine Celentano, GS '17
Celentano, who formerly worked as a senate legislative assistant, said that as senator, she would focus on improving financial aid for GS students and help students get the resources they need.
"The number one most important issue for GS students is unequivocally financial aid," she said.
Celentano, also a student representative for the Columbia University Family Support Network and former president of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, said she will advocate for improving resources for families and providing students with resources to learn coding.
"I think that right now, we're in an interesting bubble where you see elementary schools starting to teach coding, and a job market that suddenly demands this of our graduates," Celenato said.
Calvin Ching, GS '16
Ching, currently the legislative assistant for the General Studies Student Council, wants to expand childcare services for GS students and ensure that non-residential students have the same access to medical resources.
"GS has an established reputation as an undergraduate college for nontraditional students, and as part of that definition we expect to include people with children," he said. "There's absolutely no excuse for us to not have adequate childcare facilities."
Ching thinks that moving the Rape Crisis Center/Anti-Violence Support Center would be a valuable step in improving this.
"The Rape Crisis Center is located in a building for which swipe access is not available to GS-ers, and that's something I hope to correct," he said.
Jin Han, GS '16
Han wants to improve student life by providing better information on administrators and improving the resources available to help undocumented students.
"I'm actually considered an undocumented student, so it gives me the unique position to understand the needs of what students like myself are put through," he said.
Han also wants to give military students access to the gyms at the Campbell Sports Center, which athletes already have access to, because they are often required to meet a certain standard of fitness.
Umar Mohammed, GS '15
Mohammed wants to overhaul the University's leave of absence policy and find ways to bring GS closer to the other undergraduate schools.
"I would like to see integration in the GS community—during orientation, we can have a program between GS, and Barnard, and CC," he said in an interview.
Mohammed, who also works as a student caller, said he would promote this coherence by creating a full-year requirement for Literature Humanities so GS students can "fully enjoy the intellectual development of the Columbia Core," he said in a follow-up email.
Emma Bogler, Emma Goss, and Rana Hilal contributed reporting.
Corrections: An earlier version of this article misstated that Combined 3-2 students do not receive need-blind admissions. 3-2 students receive need-blind admissions, but are not guranteed housing past their first year or to have full-financial needs met. An earlier version of this article also misspelled Katharine Celentano's first name. Spectator regrets the errors.


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He lacks understanding
An elder once said to me, "The white man is clever but he is not wise."
Mr. Casperson, R-Escanaba, is clever – he first introduced a copycat bill to legislate Michigan wolf hunting, and now because of a petition in this state that has gathered more than 250,000 signatures opposing his bill, he puts forth another, S.B. 288 to circumvent the petition. It seems then for some, there are speaks of and about democracy as opposed to living its ideal.
Apparently Mr. Casperson shares a certain opinion with a few rather than a majority. It is also obvious he lacks understanding concerning wildlife with who we share life in the U.P.
There have been repeat anti-wolf letters in the Daily News containing Chicken Little myths and untruths posted recently by two same minded area persons, which hardly represents a majority. They, as everyone else, are entitled to their opinion, but opinion does not represent fact.
A fact is truth in so far as we know it. An understanding of truths is put forth here. On this land, my people considered all things kindred were made and brought together by the same sacred hand and then filled with essence of mystery. This belief brought together an understanding between feathered and furred ones with humans from time beginning.
To wit, the Indian looks at a hill and says, "Hill, how can I live with you?" The white man looks at the same hill and says, "Hill, how can I move you?"
The European brought his ideology, stories and strange ways to this land, and now to this very day, one can easily see his manifest does not sit comfortably. It is true, as you read this in the very moment, because of this manifest, tons of poisons, pollution, and waste, continue to be added to the environment every day and this is affecting you, me, and all of us.
Furthermore, what is there to say of increasingly invasive species all beginning with the first appearance of the rat in the western hemisphere in the year 1942 – compliments of Columbus.
The same manifest if affecting our forest animals; they speak but the white man seems not able to understand their language. That is why I speak out for the forest animals. The European has never understood this land and with the continuing trend, it seems unlikely he ever will. When he first came here, in his eyes, all he saw was what he described as wilderness. To the European, all seemed wild and untamed including the native people.
Even today, there is talk of wilderness areas to describe parts of this land. To the native people, it was not wilderness; it was and is yet home, it was not wild. The European was afraid of this so-called wilderness and all that was in it, and he still is. That is why he is afraid of the wolf.
It is true; the Indian has been on this land since the beginning of time. You have your stories, but yes, I have my stories and my people told me that we have been here since the beginning. By comparison, since 1492, the European has been here which in time is like the blink of an eye, and look now, what he has done to this land and to all who have lived here since time beginning. Further truth, most all of this change and considerable irreversible damage has been done in less than 300 years.
There are those who say, that the white man's manifest is right no matter what, that their science knows best regarding the forest animals including the wolf.
The Indian values and wisdom are never considered but reality and proof are witness to the contrary. Reflect on just these two examples: Indian elders used to say that Passenger Pigeons were so numerous when flying in flocks it would cause the sun to be lost for days. A conservative estimate puts the Passenger Pigeon at more than 5 billion in the year 1800. The European by his manifest caused them to be extinct within a human's life span.
The bison, both woodland and prairie bison were so plentiful that the landscape itself seemed to be moving. They became nearly extinct not only because of wanton sport killing but additional truth is found in the official policy of this country of a scheme for deliberate slaughter of bison to defeat the plains Indian by starvation.
It is a must understanding that the wolf is a central protagonist in our stories. We gave him respect and he flourished. In turn he became our brother in the faith and imparted wisdom upon us. This all encompassing relationship was extended to every living being.
There are those who are intent on legislation for a Michigan wolf hunt want to desensitize the public by euphemistic language listing the wolf as a "game" animal. Shouldn't the word "game" refer to football, basketball or perhaps a game of cribbage?
Game implies enjoyment or a pleasurable contest between individuals. Makadegekek, an eminent Sauk Indian of the early 1800s is known to have said, "How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they make right look like wrong, and wrong look like right?"
One suggested solution for those who live in the U.P. and who do not like the wolf, move elsewhere, if that is not far enough away, perhaps the old country will welcome you back.
A most respected hero in Indian country and beyond is one Thasunjke Witko, and Ogalla Indian assassinated in 1877, now being sculptured in stone by white people on a South Dakota mountain and surprisingly, was eventually honored by the U.S. Postal Service on a stamp in its "Great Americans Postage Stamp Series." – he once said and is quoted here: "We did not ask you white people to come here. The Great Mystery gave us this land as our home. You had yours. We did not interfere with you."
Wiizon Wayaaseshkang
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Some will not pass up the opportunity to participate in the Olympics no matter what their physical condition might be…look at Lance Armstrong.
Olympic runner Novlene Williams-Mills was diagnosed with breast cancer, but unbeknownst to any of her running colleagues, she took to the track in June of 2012, just days after her diagnosis, to win her spot on the Olympic team in the Jamaican Senior National Championships.
She won the 400 meters in 50.60 seconds to win her spot on the team. A month later, she went on to London with her team to win the 400 meter with the Jamaican relay team, according to the Daily Mail.


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The University owns 77 buildings, including 11 residence halls. These buildings are located on 181 acres, with a total gross square footage of 2,484,819. The following is a list of these buildings:
The Admissions House, on the corner of Camden Avenue and Loblolly Lane, contains administrative offices and meeting rooms for the Office of Admissions staff. Admissions Information Sessions are scheduled each Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and include a student-led campus tour.
The Alumni House, on Camden Avenue opposite the Holloway Hall entrance, serves alumni gatherings and houses the offices of Alumni Relations and Annual Fund.
Salisbury University Center for International Education is located at the corner of College and Camden avenues. SUCIE supports international student recruitment and admissions, international student services, the English Language Institute, short-term faculty-led study abroad, international exchange programs, semester/year long study abroad, and other curricular and co-curricular international initiatives.
The Bellavance Honors Center, on the corner of Camden Avenue and Loblolly Lane, has offices, classrooms and social gathering areas for students enrolled in the Thomas E. Bellavance Honors Program.
Blackwell Library is located near the center of the campus. It provides extensive online and print holdings, more than 100 databases, state and Federal government documents, electronic reserves, and special collections, including motion picture press kits, Civil War materials, and University Archives (located on the ground level). Students can search holdings of other University System of Maryland libraries through an online catalog, and have them sent to Blackwell. The Library supports classroom instruction with an active teaching program, lends laptops and netbooks, and offers unique academic spaces: a student presentation practice room and keyboard practice room.
The Bosserman Center for Conflict Resolution, located on the southwest corner of Camden and College avenues, provides the University and the community with conflict resolution services and training. The center works with individuals and groups in conflict to build creative and self-sustaining solutions.
The center also houses the Universitys academic major and minor in conflict analysis and dispute resolution and acts as a clinic where students take classes, workshop and training in conflict analysis and dispute resolution. Students take practicum and internships through the center at locations both on- and off-campus. The center houses the student-run Campus Mediation Center that provides conflict resolution service to the student body. The center also provides support and use of its facilities to the Conflict Resolution Club.
In addition, the center has a research and evaluation wing that has received national recognition. The practice wing is composed of nationally recognized experts who work with center staff on large scale conflict interventions worldwide. The center has a private resource collection named the Bosserman Library that contains materials on social justice, peace studies and conflict resolution.
Camden House, located at 1212 Camden Avenue, houses ShoreCorps/PALS, an AmeriCorps program as well as the Grounds and Horticulture Department.
The Center for University Advancement, on the corner of Camden and Dogwood avenues, is home to the Salisbury University Foundation Inc. and the Office of University Advancement staff. The homes historical presence dates to the founding of SU. The structure is comprised of a conference room, social room and numerous office and entertaining spaces.
The Commons is located on the south end of the campus with a walking link directly connecting it to the Guerrieri University Center. The food court provides 13 different food selections per meal. This beautiful building also houses the bookstore, the Gull Card Office and the campus post office.
Devilbiss Hall is located at the south end of the campus mall. It houses the departments of Nursing and Health Sciences, and in addition, it serves as a general purpose classroom and office building. In addition to 44 faculty and staff offices, the building has 17 classrooms and nine laboratories. Special features in this building are a theatre-lecture hall seating 184 and a 2,000 square-foot greenhouse.
The East Campus Complex is located by the athletics fields on the east campus. It houses University Police, the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture as well as the Lower Shore Child Care Resource Center, the Small Business Development Center, the Wellness Center, Public Access Channel 14 and the offices and training rooms for the SU football and baseball teams.
Fulton Hall, located at the north end of the campus mall, contains a black box theatre; a photography studio and darkrooms; ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting and sculpture studios; the faculty offices for the Art, Communication Arts and Music departments; an electronic piano room; practice and listening rooms for music students and orchestra; and choral rehearsal rooms. The departments of Sociology and Political Science, Information Technology Office, the deans office, general purpose classrooms, a lecture hall and the University Gallery are also located in Fulton Hall.
The Galleries at Salisbury University extends the Universitys cultural commitment to the community. The University Gallery (Fulton Hall) and Atrium Gallery (Guerrieri University Center) comprise a regional, membership-supported free arts resource.
The Guerrieri University Center supports the mission of the University by helping create and sustain an ambience where all members of our community, and students in particular, are provided the opportunity, encouragement and support necessary to better realize their potential as individuals and scholars. The center provides myriad opportunities for students, as well as others, to realize the many dimensions of The University the University mission statement, including clarity of expression, cultural diversity, responsible citizenship, social interaction and community service.
Guerrieri University Center facilities include lounges, meeting rooms, games room, Information Desk, Gulls Nest Pub and Eatery, Cool Beans Cyber Café, Student Affairs Office, Office of New Student Experience, Facilities Reservations, Conference Services, Career Services, Student Counseling Services, Multiethnic Student Services, Events Services, Atrium Gallery, student radio station WSUR, student newspaper The Flyer and offices of student organizations. An automated teller machine (ATM) is conveniently located just outside the north entrance.
Henson Science Hall is located next to Route 13, just north of Maggs Physical Activities Center. It houses the Henson School Deans Office and the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Geography and Geosciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, and Physics. In addition to 89 offices for faculty and staff, it contains 13 lecture rooms, 32 teaching laboratories and 20 faculty/student research labs. This entire facility contains state-of-the-art teaching technologies and scientific equipment. Special features in this building include the 48-seat Geographical Information System (GIS) teaching laboratory and the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) laboratory.
Holloway Hall, the first structure built on campus and currently the administrative office building of the University, contains most administrative and faculty offices, the Copy Center, Office of Human Resources, and classrooms. Holloway Hall also houses Student Health Services, a modern 776-seat auditorium, the Social Room and the Great Hall.
The Indoor Tennis Center, located on Milford Street near the Power Professional Building, includes three tennis courts, lobby area, pro shop, showers and locker rooms. Recreational play, varsity team use, membership times and organized league play are available seven days a week throughout the year.
Maggs Physical Activities Center includes a large arena, swimming pool, dance studio, fitness room, strength room, classrooms, offices, large multipurpose gymnasium, three racquetball courts, varsity and intramural locker rooms, training room, equipment room and reception area.
The Maintenance Building (Physical Plant) houses the University's architects and engineers, the Motor Pool Office, as well as maintenance personnel and shops.
The May Literacy Lab is located in the TETC (Teacher Education and Technology Center).
The Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, located in East Campus Complex Room 190, is a repository for documents and artifacts pertaining to the Delmarva Peninsula. The center serves the University, the Delmarva community at large, as well as family and local history researchers, professional business people and scholars from across the nation.
Outdoor Athletics Facilities include a multi-use stadium; varsity fields for baseball, field hockey, football, lacrosse, soccer and softball; practice fields; an all-weather, 400-meter track; lighted intramural fields; two sand volleyball courts; and 12 tennis courts featuring plexi-pave surfaces with six lighted for night play. The baseball diamond features an Astroturf infield, the only one in the state.
The PACE House, across from the campus on College Avenue, houses the Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (PACE).
Perdue Hall is a 112,800 square foot building located at the Bateman Street entrance of the SU campus opposite Henson Science Hall and Maggs Gym. The neo-Georgian brick building consists of two wings, each three stories high. The new building has many features including: a 200 seat auditorium, specialized labs, team study rooms, 20 classrooms dedicated to business programs, business outreach suite, student services center, and technology throughout.
The Philosophy House, adjacent to campus on Camden Avenue, is home to the Philosophy Department, a small philosophy library, and classroom and study areas.
The Presidents Residence is situated on a 4 1/2-acre expanse, linked to the Alumni House and Bellavance Honors Center, opposite the Holloway Hall entrance.
Residence Halls offer students a variety of living environments and lifestyle options. Pocomoke and Wicomico halls house freshman men, Manokin and Nanticoke halls house freshman women. Coeducational facilities include Chesapeake, Chester, Choptank, St. Martin and Severn halls. Dogwood Village, a modular housing complex, consists of 14 buildings, each housing 10 students in single rooms. The halls feature lounges offering television, conversational groupings and study areas as well as laundry and vending facilities.
The Richard A Henson Medical Simulation Center located at 106 Pine Bluff Road provides invaluable experiences for students in a number of programs including the new Doctor of Nursing Practice Program. The SIM Center also supports revenue-generating development opportunities for regional health professionals and provide revenue-generating human performance services to local citizens.
The Scarborough Student Leadership Center, located on Camden Avenue south of the Admissions House, dedicated in 2001, is a center for teaching skills in leadership, citizenship and civic engagement among social and honorary Greek organizations. Numerous conference rooms, a ritual room, a leadership library, organizational offices and other offices make up this one-of-a-kind structure. The project is the first freestanding program of its kind in the nation.
The five-story Sea Gull Square is home to SU upperclassmen in 185 apartment-style units with a variety of floor plans. The residential portion supports the academic mission of the university by providing a first class on-campus, 605 bed, living/learning/student community facility. The first floor is dedicated to shops and restaurants that have been chosen for inclusion based on student needs and interests.
The Support Services Building, located at 119 Bateman Street, at the intersection of Bateman and Wayne streets, 100 yards east of the SU pedestrian underpass beneath Route 13, houses Central Stores Supplies, University Vending, University Shipping and Receiving, Courier Services, Physical Inventory Control (PIC) Team and Surplus Inventory Management Services.
The Student Art Center, adjacent to campus on College Avenue, is home to the student art gallery and five art faculty offices. Exhibitions are scheduled throughout fall and spring semesters. Exhibits will feature works done in freshman art classes, B.F.A. student works, guest exhibitions and lectures about their work. The center also hosts community art meetings.
The Teacher Education & Technology Center (TETC), located on the corner of College Avenue and Route 13, opened in 2008, and is home to the Samuel W. & Marilyn C.Seidel School of Education & Professional Studies. The TETC building earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The center is the first LEED certified building on the Eastern Shore. With 165,000 square feet, 3 stories, plus a mech. Mezzanine, the TETC building includes classrooms and breakout rooms, tiered classrooms, labs, faculty offices, a TV Studio, telecom/data rooms, and a food service area.
University Analysis, Reporting, & Assessment (UARA) is located at 1214 Camden Avenue across from the Camden Avenue entrance to the Commons. The Office of UARA guides the knowledge management functions of the University, providing management information and analysis for planning, decision-making, accreditation, academic program review, assessment, and accountability reporting.
The University Fitness Club is located at 201 Milford Street on the East Campus. The
UFC provides state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for use by students and members of
the Salisbury University community. The UFC features a wide range of cardiovascular as well as resistance training equipment, an extensive group fitness schedule, and racquetball courts and equipment are available on a walk-in or reservation basis.
University Police is located in the East Campus Complex.
The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, located south of the campus at 909 South Schumaker Drive, is home to the worlds most comprehensive collection of wildfowl carving. Named for brothers Lem and Steve Ward of Crisfield, MD, whose skill and vision elevated decoy carving to fine art, the museum works to promote, preserve and perpetuate wildfowl art.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (835 votes).
In short: Great race, bit hot though ;0)In full: Minor gripes only - Had to get myself in front of a womble near the front of the first wave! And my first mile pace whilst not really slow, was erratic trying to pass slow runners.Love the event overall though, just wish it was not so warm, although have to be happy with no wind, so should not complain too muchDate of review: October 10, 2005
In short: Brilliant first eventIn full: It was my first competitive event. Great weather, very well organised, loads of encouragement and nice goody bag at the end. I will definitely do it again.Date of review: October 10, 2005
In short: Well-organised apart from one or two small details.In full: Good points include: starting on time, water stations at sensible intervals, nice medal, nice goody bag, chip-timing, nice atmosphere - the bands really help lift you when the going gets tough. Blessed with decent weather this year as well!Things that could be improved: placing mile markers higher up, technical t-shirts not cotton and time-guides in the waves. That said, the congestion was definitely less than in 2003, when I last ran, so the waves have helped.Date of review: October 10, 2005
In short: I'm sooo glad I took up running!In full: Well I may be slightly biased about the venue, because a cool, clear sunny morning on the South Coast is one of my favourite places to be. But when it comes to everything else about the day, I have to say it's the best time I've had since I started running. OK that was only 6 months ago, but I've done enough events in that time to know a good event from a bad one and this truly lives up to the 'Great' part of it's name.I was a bit miffed by my race pack not arriving, despite having signed up in early July for Cancer Research, but the Great Run team were very helpful, BazDad very kindly sent me a scan of the main information leaflet so I'd know where I was going on the day, and there was a race pack ready and waiting for me when I got there.I agree with StillSmiling about the Mile markers needing to be placed higher, but that's the only real negative that I can think of. On the other hand, having missed a few markers, I spotted the 8-miler, checked my watch and got a nice surprise when I realised I had obviously picked up the pace and was about 4 minutes ahead of my estimated time. So missing markers, not necessarily a bad thing ;-) I'll definitley be back next year and will be doing my best to get some friends to come and run it with me.Date of review: October 10, 2005
In short: Lovely weather made this a great race to do!In full: As mentioned before the mile markers needed to be higher - I missed a number. Also the waves were very crowded at the beginning making it hard to get going. Too many walkers in the front of the last wave made it tough getting through to start with. Overall though - I'll be back for more next yearDate of review: October 10, 2005
In short: Fantastic, best GSR ever.In full: Parked at Gunwarf as the trains weren't running (d'uh!) No problems with traffic. Weather fab. Plenty of water. Loved the shower. Not the fastest, but definitely the best GSR i've ever done.Date of review: October 10, 2005
In short: Extremely efficient well organised, and attracting more people, and a classier field each year. Weather was superb which help, and dreaded wind from the solent down the final stretch stayed away! Good crowd helped the athletes along!Date of review: October 10, 2005
In short: Well organised, flat course, perfect weather = PBIn full: Well organised and very enjoyable race. The wave starts meant there wasn't too much congestion in the first mile and not too much weaving about overtaking slow runners or walkers . This is a good flat run with perfect weather this year, resulting in a PB for me. The drinks stations were well placed (3 and 7 miles) with bottles rather than cups. We parked in Gosport a few minutes from the ferry (every 15 minutes, £1.80 return + 70p for a bike) and cycled (about 1 mile to the start). This made for an easy and speedy arrival and departure. Will definitely run it next year.Date of review: October 10, 2005
In short: Good not 'Great'In full: I had high expectations but you shouldn't always believe the hype. The organisation was very good, but let down by the traffic jam for the first 2 miles. Whilst the course is a good one for a PB the sheer number of people in the wave meant that I couldn't manage more than 10 min miles for the first two miles (I was aiming for 8. There are also a number of bottle-necks which made it worse. I think it would greatly benefit from the waves being divided into expected finish times. People with boards have done this at much smaller races and it makes the world of difference. That said, I beat my target time, but still felt it could have been quicker. Nice medal, full goody bag and no problems getting away at the end. Still undecided about next year though.Date of review: October 10, 2005
In short: Pricey, but well organised and fast courseIn full: A good event again this year. Championchips working very well. Mile markers were massive and you could not miss them when the roads were empty but then when the crowds lined the pavement they disappeared from view. Only need to put them higher up next year.Great to run with international athletes - or at least see them warming up!Date of review: October 10, 2005
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