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Debates of Dec. 7th, 2010
House of Commons Hansard #112 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was consultants.
- Question Period
- Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
- Government Response to Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Business of Supply
- Safer Railways Act
- Criminal Code
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- Protecting Victims From Sex Offenders Act
- Interprovincial Shipment of Wine
- Comments by Member-Elect for Vaughan
- Jean-Louis Legault
- Desjardins Movement
- Great Canadian Beaver Race and Festival
- Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Organ Donations
- Nancy Guyon
- Youth Violence Prevention
- Mark Dailey
- Desjardins Group
- New Democratic Party of British Columbia
- Violence against Women
- Farm Family of the Year
- Status of Women
- Trade with Turkey
- Government Priorities
- The Environment
- Public Safety
- Aboriginal Affairs
- The Environment
- International Trade
- Government Spending
- Health
- Québécois Network of Resistance
- Health
- Lévis Celebrations
- Census
- Employment Insurance
- The Economy
- Veterans Affairs
- Copyright
- Government Spending
- Air India
- Veterans Affairs
- Points of Order
- Protecting Victims From Sex Offenders Act
- Business of the House
- Safer Railways Act
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation
- Safer Railways Act
- Sustaining Canada's Economic Recovery Act
- Business of Supply
- Canadian Human Rights Act
- Census
Protecting Victims From Sex Offenders Act
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker Andrew Scheer
This might be a good spot to interrupt the member's speech. The hon. member will have approximately 13 minutes to conclude his remarks, but it being 2 o'clock, we will move on to statements by members.
Interprovincial Shipment of Wine
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Ron Cannan Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
Mr. Speaker, it is time to bring Canada's wine laws into the 21st century. From coast to coast we can boast of award-winning wineries, many of them in the Okanagan Valley of my home province of beautiful British Columbia.
Unfortunately, the current law makes it illegal for Canadian vintners to ship that wine directly to consumers out of province. It is hard to believe. That is why I have tabled Motion No. 601 which supports amending the act. With the help of the Minister of Agriculture, as well as the member for Okanagan—Coquihalla, and our Conservative wine caucus, we are working to find a way to allow for a personal exemption for direct consumer purchasing.
Grassroots support is ramping up with a writing campaign, and a new website called FreeMyGrapes.ca. I encourage everyone to visit FreeMyGrapes.ca.
Let us relax this archaic 1928 interprovincial trade barrier and create a win-win for Canadian wine producers and Canadian consumers.
Comments by Member-Elect for Vaughan
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Michelle Simson Scarborough Southwest, ON
Mr. Speaker, barely four days after his narrow election win, MP-elect Julian Fantino crossed the line by using an offensive analogy—
Comments by Member-Elect for Vaughan
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker Andrew Scheer
Order. I would just remind the hon. member that we are not to use proper names, but ridings or titles.
Comments by Member-Elect for Vaughan
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Michelle Simson Scarborough Southwest, ON
—that compared the Liberal Party of Canada, a democratic political party in Canada, to the Nazi regime.
This objectionable analogy has no place in Canadian politics and should be strictly off limits. It is a term of gross slander, and to toss it around as a political epithet both trivializes a terrible moment in history and insults the memory of its real victims.
The poor judgment exhibited by these outrageous remarks demonstrates why the member-elect for Vaughan was largely kept hidden from view during the recent byelection campaign. Unfortunately, like the Prime Minister, the member-elect for Vaughan thinks that he makes the rules and is used to getting his way.
I call on the Prime Minister to publicly denounce the unacceptable comments by the member-elect for Vaughan.
Jean-Louis Legault
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Diane Bourgeois Terrebonne—Blainville, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge the support that Jean-Louis Legault brings to the community of Les Moulins. As founding president of Servtrotech in 1983, which became Daktronics in 2001, Mr. Legault made his mark in the business world. Today, he is putting his expertise to work for his community in CLDs and FIERS—which are regional economic intervention funds—and in Quebec's industrial research association, of which he is the president and CEO.
And while his professional success is impressive, his commitment as a volunteer is even more so. He has already won the National Assembly medal for his social involvement. Mr. Legault invests some of his volunteer time in the Maison Adhémar-Dion, a peaceful place full of empathy, where people are supported in their final days.
My Bloc Québécois colleagues and I want to thank Mr. Legault for his commitment to the region of Les Moulins. We are privileged to be able to count on someone of his stature.
Desjardins Movement
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Thomas Mulcair Outremont, QC
Mr. Speaker, who would have believed that 110 years after Alphonse Desjardins literally sat down at his kitchen table and came up with the idea of a savings and loan co-operative, which he then made a reality, the Desjardins Movement would be awarded the prestigious Bank of the Year 2010—Canada award by British magazine The Banker, published by the Financial Times of London?
This is a tribute to the Desjardins Movement's financial strength, but it is the credit union's presence in our communities, the fact that its members participate in managing the movement, and its involvement in sustainable development that made Desjardins so deserving of this award.
Desjardins Group has just been awarded the title of Canadian bank of the year by the international financial affairs publication, The Banker, which is owned by the Financial Times of London. This recognition is well deserved for an institution which, for 110 years, has proven the wisdom of the co-operative model.
Congratulations to the Desjardins Movement.
Great Canadian Beaver Race and Festival
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Patrick Brown Barrie, ON
Mr. Speaker, this past fall my riding of Barrie in Ontario was proud to host the first ever Great Canadian Beaver Race and Festival. This was a weekend of festivities all celebrating being Canadian, with a focus on the iconic beaver.
Over the course of the festival, approximately 7,000 people participated. Ten thousand rubber beavers took to the water and floated down the river at Heritage Park. One hundred per cent of the funds raised by the Great Canadian Beaver Race and Festival went to the Rotary Club of Barrie and were used to support over 25 community projects, organizations and local initiatives. In its very first year an astounding $65,000 was raised.
I am proud to say this race and festival will continue every year. This event is truly a demonstration of people who understand what it means to be part of the community. I would like to give special thanks to the organizers, Krista LaRiviere, John Rockburne, Shea Thurlow, Mike Kinsey, Mark Campbell, Gerry Pilon, Steve Thompson and Taylor Quinn, for all their hard work.
Long-Term Disability Benefits
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Judy Sgro York West, ON
Mr. Speaker, on March 25, Bill S-216 was introduced in the Senate and despite our best efforts, there it continues to languish.
Bill S-216 represents the last hope for some 400 sick, disabled and dying Canadians. These people worked hard, paid their disability insurance premiums, and now they are being cast to the wolves by a Conservative-dominated Senate that makes Ebenezer Scrooge look like Mother Teresa.
This Christmas more than 400 sick and disabled Canadians will have their medical benefits and primary income slashed without any recourse. Their only crime is they got sick.
Bill S-216 would force Nortel to do the right thing, and despite baseless Conservative claims to the contrary, experts tell us that it would actually streamline the legal process faced by the disabled during bankruptcy.
The clock is ticking. Why is the Prime Minister refusing to demand his Conservative senators do the right thing? Will the Prime Minister finally stand up and support Bill S-216, or will he continue to say humbug to all of these disabled and dying Canadians?
Organ Donations
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Peter Goldring Edmonton East, AB
Mr. Speaker, there is tremendous news from my sister, Suzanne Ross. A proud and accomplished person, she has for years been dialyzing for hours daily, never complaining, always remaining upbeat.
A wonderful anonymous donor gave Sue a gift of freedom, of renewed life normality, a kidney which allows her the fullness of daily being.
This gift, a godsend to my eternally grateful sister, is also a true blessing to her loved ones and friends who have silently prayed for this day of liberation for her.
I thank the medical doctors of today that perform such miracles.
I thank the many who give of their time to engage people to consider such a legacy of continued life, that gift of living life's fullness.
I thank the donors and their families who selflessly contribute this extraordinary gift, most often in moments of deep sadness. May this generosity, this giving of life renewal, be repeated manyfold.
Nancy Guyon
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Roger Pomerleau Drummond, QC
Mr. Speaker, Nancy Guyon, Executive Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Drummondville, was recently honoured by the Canada Council in the arts management category. She won the John Hobday Award for established arts managers.
The $10,000 award will allow her to enhance her professional skills by taking part in a recognized program. Ms. Guyon has registered in an executive MBA program with a specialization in organizational diagnostics at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. This degree will contribute to the enhancement of her management skills in cultural businesses and organizations.
In selecting Ms. Guyon, the jury said, "With her MBA, Ms. Guyon will reinforce her own knowledge and experience as an arts administrator. We believe that this challenging project will be invaluable not only to her career but will also greatly benefit the arts community."
Congratulations to—
Nancy Guyon
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
The hon. member for Kitchener—Conestoga.
Mark Dailey
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Bonnie Crombie Mississauga—Streetsville, ON
Mr. Speaker, the people of Toronto watched Citytv change the pace and the face of the news in Toronto. No journalist is more closely associated with the brash and bold presence of that station than Mark Dailey.
Always the steady anchor in the newsroom with a keen sense of the changing life of the city, we shall associate his name always with the simple expression "Citytv, everywhere".
Mark Dailey was a reporter who was happiest when he was at the centre of the action. He had no ideological or political axe to grind, only to report the news as he saw it.
Tragically, Mark lost his battle with cancer this week at the age of 57, and all of Toronto is the poorer for his loss and the better for his strong character and presence.
All members of Parliament join together in saluting Mark's memory and wishing the best to his family and saying, well done, true and trusty servant of the people, well done. May he rest in peace.
Desjardins Group
Statements By Members
December 7th, 2010 / 2:10 p.m.
Steven Blaney Lévis—Bellechasse, QC
Mr. Speaker, I have a passage to read.
You might say you have only a few pennies. I say that is just fine because with pennies we can work wonders.
Those prophetic words by Alphonse Desjardins, seconded by his loving wife Dorimène, eventually led to Canada's largest financial co-operative movement.
This week, we are celebrating the 110th anniversary of the founding of the first caisse populaire in Lévis.
Today, the Desjardins Group's fame has spread well beyond its headquarters in Lévis with almost 6 million members and assets worth over $175 billion. It is not surprising that the British magazine The Banker gave the Desjardins Group the prestigious title of "Bank of the Year 2010 - Canada"
As the member for Lévis—Bellechasse, I join my voice to that of all the political parties and all hon. members of the House to offer the members of Desjardins, its staff, its talented president Monique Leroux, and the president of the Lévis branch, that great Lévis citizen Clément Samson, my best wishes and my most sincere congratulations.


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Wesley, John
John Wesley 1703-1791
English religious leader, essayist, editor, poet, translator, and writer of sermons.
The founder of the Methodist Church and one of the most celebrated religious leaders in history, Wesley wrote or edited hundreds of religious books and tracts during a career that spanned more than fifty years. It is estimated that he traveled a quarter of a million miles—mostly on horseback—throughout England, and that during these travels he preached forty or fifty thousand sermons. A tireless advocate of the poor, Wesley not only argued that the rich were to blame for the lot of the lower classes, but he donated all he made—some thirty thousand pounds, chiefly from the royalties of his immensely popular works—to alleviate the misery of the poor. His social conscience extended beyond the plight of the impoverished, and his angry indictments of slavery are credited with altering the views of many who read them. At the time of his death Wesley had 77,000 followers in England and 58,000 in America, and his founding of the Methodist Church revived English religious feeling in the eighteenth century.
Biographical Information
Wesley was born at Epworth Rectory, Lincolnshire, England, on June 17, 1703, the fifteenth of nineteen children of Samuel Wesley, an Anglican vicar, and Susanna, the daughter of a Presbyterian clergyman. Wesley was raised in a disciplined atmosphere of prayer, biblical study, and strict morality. Although Anglicans and Presbyterians were generally at odds, Wesley's upbringing demonstrated to him the possibility of reconciliation between the two differing doctrines. A fire at the rectory almost took his life in 1709; his survival was interpreted by his mother as a sign from God that Wesley was a member of the Elect. He received his early education at the Charterhouse School of London, beginning in 1714. In 1720 Wesley enrolled at Oxford University's Christ Church College. He graduated in 1724, and was ordained a deacon in the Church of England in 1725. The following year he became a fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford; his studies included Greek and philosophy, and he read avidly on many subjects, a practice he would maintain for the rest of his life. In 1727 he received a master's degree from Oxford. Beginning in 1729 and continuing through the early 1730s, he served as leader of a group of religious students who gave freely of their time to social service. The group was derisively called by fellow students the Holy Club or the Oxford Methodists, after their methodical devotion to their studies and religion.
In 1735 Wesley became a missionary under the auspices of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and he embarked late in the year for the colony of Georgia, then under British rule, in North America. During his two years in Georgia, Wesley attempted to convert Native Americans to Christianity and personally witnessed the evils of slavery, an experience that strongly influenced his morality and writings. Years later he called the slave trade the "execrable sum of all villainies." Additionally, he and his brother Charles published A Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1737) for the congregation under Wesley's guidance in Georgia. He returned to London in late 1737, and in 1738 had a profound religious experience, an "infilling of the Holy Spirit" that made his heart "strangely warmed." He studied at the religious settlement of the Moravians, in Saxony, and soon adopted elements of their organizational structure for his own use in Methodist societies, which he began forming in 1739. Unable to gain permission to sermonize in various churches, he preached outdoors instead, sometimes to a few listeners, sometimes to vast crowds. Wesley maintained an almost ceaseless schedule, traveling from town to town, spreading his spiritual message to everyone he met. Although Wesley insisted that he was loyal to the Church of England, the relationship was strained. When, in 1740, Anglican clergy refused Wesley's followers the sacraments, Wesley administered them himself at Methodist meetings. Lay preachers soon began spreading the word on Wesley's behalf, and in 1744 the first formal Methodist Conference was held. Wesley married a widow, Molly Vazeille, in 1751; the marriage was unsuccessful, in part because Molly suspected her husband of infidelity with his many female helpers. In 1778 Wesley opened the City Road Chapel in London. In 1784 he assumed for himself the authority to ordain priests, and many of them voyaged to America as Methodist ministers. Wesley died on March 2, 1791, in London.
Major Works
Wesley wrote more than two hundred works, some very short, others comprising multiple volumes. He also edited more than one hundred other works, and produced an unknown number of sermons, 151 of which are extant. Wesley abhorred obscurity of language, and all of his writings are characterized by their plain, unadorned style. A Collection of Psalms and Hymns was the first of some twenty-three volumes of hymns Wesley published, and itself went through many editions and revisions from 1737 through 1780. Scholars are perhaps most interested in the eight volumes of The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M. (1909-1911), which chronicle his travels and activities between 1739 and 1790. Scholars are also intrigued by his private letters, of which 3,500 are extant; an eight-volume edition was edited by John Telford in 1931. In Thoughts upon Slavery (1774), Wesley indicts the practice of trade in human beings; while cognizant of the economic upheaval that would result in the abolition of slavery, Wesley nevertheless insists in this work that slaves are the equal to anyone in the eyes the God, and that slavery must end, no matter the consequences. In his Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755) and Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765-1766) Wesley synthesized the works of several different commentators for the benefit of the uneducated in their studies of the Bible. Wesley made great use of his first four volumes of Sermons on Several Occasions, which were published between 1746 and 1760, instructing Methodist preachers to study and adopt them for their own sermons. Wesley oversaw the publication of his complete prose output in The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., Late Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford, which was published in thirty-two volumes from 1771 to 1774.
Critical Reception
Hundreds of volumes have been written about John Wesley during the two centuries since his death. Many scholars have attempted to assess the scope and significance of his impact. F. W. MacDonald, writing in 1906, characterized Wesley's legacy in superlative terms: "He is held in honour by men of all forms of belief, and all schools of thought. His name is now a national, not a denominational glory. He is recognised as belonging to that foremost few in whom the best qualities of our race have found expression. His century produced no better man, and few greater men than he." A. Skevington Wood has surveyed Wesley's body of work and assessed his abilities as a writer, noting that many critics find his best prose "may bear comparison with anything produced in the eighteenth century and that for clarity and effectiveness he is indeed superior to some of his more fashionable contemporaries." Several critics have examined Wesley's prolific output and tireless work schedule, surveying his hundreds of works and ceaseless activity as an itinerant minister for over fifty years. Thomas Walter Herbert has noted Wesley's rigorous scholarship and dissatisfaction with superficial learning. Critics have noted and appreciated a similar devotion in trying to overcome any obstacle Wesley faced. Maldwyn Edwards has observed that Wesley believed that it was up to the individual to restructure society and that inward change in man would manifest itself in outward change in society. This devotion to positive change has caused many critics, such as Warren Thomas Smith and Ronald H. Stone, to examine Wesley's anti-slavery works. Wesley's philosophy has also been the subject of much criticism; Richard E. Brantley, for instance, has observed that John Locke, particularly his An Essay concerning Human Understanding, profoundly influenced Wesley's thought. While interest remains strong in all aspects of Wesleyan studies, probably no work of Wesley's has received more critical attention than his Journal; it has been the subject of studies by Elisabeth Jay, Richard P. Heitzenrater, and numerous others.
Principal Works
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns [editor; with Charles Wesley] (songs) 1737
The Character of a Methodist (essay) 1742
An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion (essay) 1743
A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion (essay) 1745
Advice to the People Called Methodists (essay) 1745
Sermons on Several Occasions. 9 vols. (sermons) 1746-1800
Primitive Physick: or, An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases (nonfiction) 1747
A Christian Library: Consisting of Extracts from and Abridgements of the Choicest Pieces of Practical Divinity, which have been Publish'd in the English Tongue. 50 volumes [editor] (essays) 1749-1755
The Complete English Dictionary, Explaining Most of Those Hard Words, which are Found in the Best English Writers (dictionary) 1753
Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (essay) 1755
A Short History of Methodism (history) 1765
Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (essay) 1765-1766
The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., Late Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford. 32 vols. (essays) 1771-1774
Thoughts upon Necessity (essay) 1774
Thoughts upon Slavery (essay) 1774
A Concise History of England, From the Earliest Times, to the Death of George II. 4 vols. (history) 1776
A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists [editor; with Charles Wesley] (songs) 1780
The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M. 8 vols. [edited by Nehemiah Curnock] (journal) 1909-1916
The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M. 8 vols. [edited by John Telford] (letters) 1931
F. W. Macdonald (essay date 1906)
SOURCE: Macdonald, F. W. Introduction to The Journal of John Wesley, Volume I, pp. ix-xiii. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1906.
[In the following essay, Macdonald suggests that Wesley's moral and religious motivations for writing be taken into account in the critical discourse concerning his works.]
During Wesley's life, and for some years after his death, his countrymen, speaking generally, did not care to claim him as in any sense a national possession. They were quite content to leave him in the private possession of his followers, excellent people, doubtless, but not very interesting or influential. But time is a great readjuster of perspective. The point of...
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Thomas Walter Herbert (essay date 1940)
SOURCE: Herbert, Thomas Walter. "John Wesley as Poet." In John Wesley as Editor and Author, pp. 46-60. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1940.
[In the following essay, Herbert examines Wesley's transition from the translation of secular works to his adaptations of George Herbert's verse and translations of German hymns, and then to the composition of original devotional works.]
John Wesley very early gave evidence that he shared the strain of poetry which ran in his family. A capable student in every department of study, he was particularly distinguished at the Charterhouse for his excellent translations from the Latin. The source of pleasure thus...
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Maldwyn Edwards (essay date 1955)
SOURCE: Edwards, Maldwyn. "The Nature of His Influence." In John Wesley and the Eighteenth Century: A Study of His Social and Political Influence, pp. 180-91. 1933. Revised. London: Epworth Press, 1955.
[In the following essay, Edwards discusses Wesley's political and economic philosophy in terms of his religious beliefs.]
No century was more contented with its lot than the eighteenth. Critics so widely diverse in position as Blackstone, Paley, Burke, and Goldsmith, united to sound with unqualified praise the glories of the English Constitution. In such a feeling Wesley fully shared. The great note of his political pamphlets was liberty, and this he felt to be...
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Stuart Andrews (essay date 1970)
SOURCE: Andrews, Stuart. "The Intellectual Climate." In Methodism and Society, pp. 3-9. London: Longman, 1970.
[In the following essay, Andrews examines Wesley's place as a Methodist religious thinker within the Deist controversy of the Age of Reason.]
The Methodism movement grew up in a climate of irreligion. Montesquieu observed in his Notes sur l'Angleterre that 'in England there is no religion and the subject, if mentioned in society, excites nothing but laughter'. And it was only two years before John Wesley's Aldersgate Street experience that Joseph Butler, soon to be Bishop of Bristol, penned an even more famous indictment:
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Richard E. Brantley (essay date 1984)
SOURCE: Brantley, Richard E. "An Orientation." In Locke, Wesley, and the Method of English Romanticism, pp. 1-26. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1984.
[In the following essay, Brantley proposes that John Locke's An Essay concerning Human Understanding was central in forming Wesley's methodology and that Wesley's model of experience was vital to and pervasive in British romanticism.]
Probably when our unified field theory of British Romanticism finally arrives, the materials will be somewhat nearer at hand than either the distant past of Milton or the far future of Joyce. … Thinking about British Romanticism primarily in...
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Warren Thomas Smith (essay date 1986)
SOURCE: Smith, Warren Thomas. "Wesley's Thoughts upon Slavery, 1774." In John Wesley and Slavery, pp. 90-103. Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press, 1986.
[In the following essay, Smith studies Thoughts upon Slavery, examining its structure, publication history, and critical reception, and then describes other anti-slavery works by Wesley.]
John Wesley had a social conscience. In his Preface to List of Poetical Works he insisted:
The gospel of Christ knows of no religion, but social; no holiness but social holiness. "Faith working by love" is the length and breadth and depth and height of Christian...
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Elisabeth Jay (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: Jay, Elisabeth. Introduction to The Journal of John Wesley: A Selection, edited by Elisabeth Jay, pp. xi-xxviii. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987.
[In the following essay, Jay discusses theJournal as a public document, and closely considers the rigorous self-examination evident in the work.]
In my way to Perth, I read over the first volume of Dr. Robertson's 'History of Charles the Fifth'. I know not when I have been so disappointed. It might as well be called the History of Alexander the Great. Here is a quarto volume of eight or ten shillings' price, containing dry, verbose dissertations on feudal government, the substance...
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Richard P. Heitzenrater (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: Heitzenrater, Richard P. "Wesley and His Diary." In John Wesley: Contemporary Perspectives, edited by John Stacey, pp. 11-22. London: Epworth Press, 1988.
[In the following essay, Heitzenrater examines Wesley's private notebooks and the ciphers employed therein, maintaining that although the works reveal details of Wesley's private life, they do not significantly alter history's evaluation of him.]
No single name in the history of our tradition is more familiar to Methodists world-wide than John Wesley. Nevertheless, historians and biographers, as well as painters, have had difficulty for over two centuries in capturing a portrait of Wesley that commands a...
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A. Skevington Wood (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: Wood, A. Skevington. "Wesley as a Writer." In John Wesley: Contemporary Perspectives, edited by John Stacey, pp. 190-201. London: Epworth Press, 1988.
[In the following essay, Wood extols the literary merit of Wesley's work, arguing that he be seen as not only as a historical figure.]
Although his literary output was considerable, John Wesley did not set out to make his name as a writer. What he published was in the interests of the nationwide mission which engrossed his attention. He was concerned with the communication of the Christian message and regarded his writings as an extension of that ministry. He was no mere dilettante who fancied himself as an...
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Richard P. Heitzenrater (lecture date 1988)
SOURCE: Heitzenrater, Richard P. "John Wesley and the Historian's Task." In Mirror and Memory: Reflections on Early Methodism, pp. 205-18. Nashville, Tenn.: Kingswood Books, 1989.
[In the following essay, originally presented as a lecture in 1988, Heitzenrater describes different aspects present within the study of Wesley's work and offers an overview on present-day scholarly thought.]
Many people recognized John Wesley as a significant man in his own day,1 even referring to him as "one of the most extraordinary characters this or any age ever produced."2 During the following two centuries, this evaluation was reinforced in part by the...
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Frank Baker (essay date 1989)
SOURCE: Baker, Frank. "John Wesley, Biblical Commentator." Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 71, no. 1 (spring 1989): 109-20.
[In the following essay, Baker discusses Wesley's commentaries on the Bible and their textual histories.]
Not until John Wesley was in his fifties did he experience any clear call to serious expository scholarship apart from preparing sermons and conducting extemporaneous Bible study in his societies. He ventured into the world of biblical commentaries very diffidently and reluctantly, partly because of what he felt to be his own inadequacy, partly because of his enormous responsibilities as chief administrator...
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Henry Abelove (essay date 1996)
SOURCE: Abelove, Henry. "Notes and Documents: John Wesley's Plagiarism of Samuel Johnson and Its Contemporary Reception." The Huntington Library Quarterly 59, no. 1 (1996): 73-79.
[In the following essay, Abelove discusses the charges of plagiarism and lack of political credibility, brought by the Baptist minister Caleb Evans against Wesley.]
About the last week of September, 1775, John Wesley published A Calm Address to Our American Colonies. In it he argued that "the supreme power in England" had a clear, legal right to tax the colonies and that the Americans who thought otherwise and were "all in an uproar" had been misled by a small cabal of...
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Graham Maddox (essay date 1998)
SOURCE: Maddox, Graham. "Introduction: Methodism and Politics." In Political Writings of John Wesley, pp. 9-41. Bristol, England: Thoemmes Press, 1998.
[In the following essay, Maddox discusses Wesley's attitudes toward the plight of the poor, slavery, and the capitalist system.]
If the two-party system is the paradigm case of parliamentary democracy in the modern world, then the influence of the Methodist movement upon emergent modern democracy is almost measureless. Founded in the 1730s by Charles and John Wesley, Methodism set the course not only for the modern Labour Party but also the organizations which nurtured it, namely the Chartist, Adult Education and...
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Ronald H. Stone (essay date 2001)
SOURCE: Stone, Ronald H. "Maturation (1760s-1770s)," and "Slavery." In John Wesley's Life & Ethics, pp. 145-56; 187-97. Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press, 2001.
[In the first excerpt below, Stone analyzes the ethical basis of Wesley's views on perfection and predestination. In the second essay, he analyzes Wesley's arguments for the abolition of slavery within the context of the political situation at the time.]
Despite the emergence of Wesley as a social philosopher in this period of political engagement with a king whom he appreciated, his other...
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Further Reading
Green, Richard. The Works of John and Charles Wesley. Revised. New York: AMS Press, 1976, 291 p.
Standard bibliographical reference.
Jarboe, Betty M. John and Charles Wesley: A Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1987, 404 p.
Lists thousands of works written about the Wesley brothers.
Collins, Kenneth J. A Real Christian: The Life of John Wesley. Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press, 1999, 184 p.
Critically acclaimed study of Wesley's life.
Green, V. H. H. John Wesley. London:...
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Running Wild Alaska
Endurance racers prepare for a wintery trail ultra across the Last Frontier
Jill Homer training in Alaska. Courtesy: Jill Homer
With the first real cold snap of the season upon us, it finally feels like winter. Feeling like you need a little motivation to kick you out of the warm house for your daily run? Here's something to consider before your next jog: this February, eight absurdly tough runners will set off on a 1,000-mile footrace from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, and six more will complete the 350-mile route to McGrath. The route is unmarked, and there's no prize money and hardly any media coverage.
Welcome to the Iditarod Trail Invitational. It follows the Iditarod Trail dog sled route, a 1,000-mile path through frozen tundra, swamps, lakes, rivers, mountain passes and roadless Alaskan wilderness.
People have been racing mountain bikes on sections of the trail since 1973 and skiing it since 1983. But foot traffic was low until 1992 when the organizer of the Iditabike cycling race created a division for athletes who didn't want to wear snowshoes. He called it Iditasport. Soon the course extended from 210 miles to a grueling 350 miles. In 2000, it became the Iditasport Impossible, the 1,000-mile biking, skiing or running race to Nome.
After a conflict with the Iditasport organizer, racer Bill Merchant formed a new body, the Iditarod Trial Invitational (ITI). The race would have two options: a 350-mile route, and a 1,000 mile. It would be a "no frills, nonprofit race put on by racers for racers." There was no required gear, no mandatory checkpoints and no cash prize at the end.
That rugged ethos remains today. True to its name, the ITI is an invite-only event. Only the most serious adventurers are allowed to even attempt the race. To keep people from falling back on a false safety net (it could take days for a pilot to find you in the Alaskan wilderness), GPS devices are allowed for navigation, but SPOT beacons are not allowed. In case of emergency, racers either have to push on to the nearest checkpoint or hunker down and wait for help to arrive. They're also not allowed to accept outside assistance, even from pacers or support crews, and they must carry all their gear from start to finish—no sending gear or clothing ahead.
"This race is not for everyone," Merchant disclaims on the ITI's website. "A mistake at the wrong time and place in the Alaskan winter wilderness could cost you fingers and toes or even your life. At times the only possible rescue will be self rescue."


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While I can agree with that to a point, it seems to me like the manufacturers are milking this cow for all its worth. They want the prices to stay high for as long as they can so they can make more profit. HDD have become so cheap they don't want to follow in the same vein so to speak.
Chief executive officer of OCZ Technology Group, a leading supplier of DRAM- and flash-based products, said that in five years from now the price per gigabyte of solid-state drives (SSDs) will almost match the price per gigabyte of hard disk drives (HDDs).
At present SSDs are used in conjunction with hard drives in order to reduce boot-up time and accelerate performance of frequently used programs. However, that is going to change in the future as the price of flash will get closer to that of hard drives in terms of per gigabyte cost.
"This dual usage pairing an SSD as a boot drive with a HDD for mass storage will persist during the transition period, but as you move three to five years out the prices per gigabyte for SSDs will continue to get closer. As the delta decreases, adoption of SSDs will only increase and we will definitely see this transition in PCs," said Ryan Petersen, chief executive officer of OCZ Technology, in a brief interview with X-bit labs.
The cost of flash memory will continue to decrease going forward, despite the recent trends that drew increase of NAND flash cost. Moreover, even though the price of actual chips may go up, the price per gigabyte will decrease, claims the head of OCZ.
"The fabs may very well continue to drive down the market price of flash per gigabyte and if that continues then it will benefit OCZ's ability to offer larger drives for lower prices which ultimately benefits the end users. The bottom line is we want to deliver the best TCO (total cost of ownership) to clients," added Mr. Petersen.
Eli Harari, chief executive officer of SanDisk, one of the world's largest suppliers of flash-based products, said earlier this year that as the price of NAND flash decreases, memory manufacturers will slowdown their investments into newer production facilities. As a consequence, once the overall demand towards flash increases sometime in 2011 – 2013, there will be shortages of flash memory. Nevertheless, Ryan Petersen is more optimistic than his colleague.
"Flash movement is hard to predict and it is hard to say what will happen between now and the end of next year. There are sure to be the usual issues including limited shortages followed by oversupply. While we are looking for NAND prices to drop on a price per GB basis, we have not seen in the last decade prices increase on the level we are seeing now, these recent changes are primarily driven by process technology shrinks and wafer size increases," stressed Mr. Petersen.


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Are you serious? He was demoted for fumbling, just like the rest of the RB's on the team did. The Steelers sit him at the 3rd spot and then the next week they dont even dress him? He stays home and he gets suspended? Why does he have to be there if he isnt dressing and is 100% healthy? Hold a clip board? APPEAL!
Team is currently a hot mess....
why the hell wouldn't he be there?
unprofessional and childish, thats why.
can't believe someone is defending this action.
lloydroid, Dwyer is fat and lazy. He has a lot to prove before he is even in the same league with RM. I'm not even a big RM fan, but I feel like one in this thread......
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The ifs and buts arguments hold no water. RM has been and is still the better NFL back based on production.
It took JD two years just to get on an NFL field. He may turn out to be the better NFL back, but not yet.


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5 Alternatives To Being Home For The Holidays
This is 2012. The homesick have far better, cheaper tools at their disposal than a late-night long-distance phone call when the rates get lower or holiday cards with an entire year's events packed into one mailing.
If you've already gone online, shipped out gifts by hitting a site with free shipping or a small spending threshold for that perk or are waiting on online promotions such as Free Shipping Day before knocking out your holiday gift lists, you can see your family this holiday season without taking a step. Back in the '90s, stuffed suits in company conference rooms called it teleconferencing; today it's just another feature on your smartphone, tablet or laptop.
Here are just a handful of the best video chatting options out there. While you may not be able to taste dinner on Christmas Eve or smell the tree in the living room on Christmas morning, at least you can see the bug-eyed excitement or thinly veiled disappointment on your loved ones' faces as they open presents:
If you wondered why we were calling it "video chatting" instead of "Skyping," chances are you're one of the nearly 700 million users contributing to the 600 million minutes of video calls made through Skype each day.
Though it launched primarily as a voice service in 2006, a quarter of Skype users were making video calls by 2008. Roughly 50% of calls made on Skype this year use video, with the service transmitting 7,000 hours of video each minute. It works on Apple (AAPL) OS X computers and iOS iPhones and iPads, Google (GOOG) Android smartphones and tablets, some Nokia (NOK) phones and Sony's (SNE) PlayStation Vita handheld. Most impressively, however, it's been integrated into Microsoft's Windows phones, computers, Outlook app and Facebook (FB) after Microsoft (MSFT) acquired Skype for $8.5 billion last year.
The good news is that all calls made from one Internet device to another are free. If you want to call a landline phone or bring more than two devices into a chat, though, you'll need the $5-a-month Skype Premium service. That allows up to 25 devices to sit in on a chat and is the best way to bring a large family together for the holidays.


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Tools and Tips
CRIRES-specific tools
Catalogues of telluric standard stars:
- Hipparcos A1 stars or earlier, suitable for J, H, K, and L bands spectroscopy
- Hipparcos B8 or earlier with V <4.0 or B8 to G0 with V < 4.8, suitable for M-band spectroscopy
- Hipparcos O type stars (from ISAAC)
- Hipparcos B type stars (from ISAAC)
- Hipparcos G type stars (from ISAAC)
Catalogues of spectro-photometric standard stars:
Optical Spectrophotometric Standards of SpT B4-A9. Models for these stars in the range 950 to 5466 nm are collected in this gzipped FITS binary file, part of the static calibration frames (19.3 MB).
Line lists
- Calibration tables from NIST. This link provides wave numbers for a number of molecules, useful to calibrate CRIRES spectra either from atmosphericlines or with gas-cells. In wave number, CRIRES spectral range is [1850 - 10520]/cm. Currently, the installed gas-cells contain N2O and CO, respectively. A gas-cell containing OCS should be available in the near future.
- The wavelength calibration of CRIRES below 2500 nm is based on a Th-Arhollow cathode lamp. The wavelength standards in its emission line spectrum have been established in a collaboration between ESO and the US Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): see Th Ar Atlas. If your research has benefited from the wavelength calibration we ask you to reference the corresponding paper Kerber, F., Nave, G. & Sansonetti, C.J 2008, ApJS178, 374: The Spectrum of Th-Ar Hollow Cathode Lamps in the 691-5804nm region: Establishing Wavelength Standards for the Calibration of Infrared Spectrographs in your publication.
- Additional line lists are part of the static calibration frames (19.3 MB). See the CRIRES calibration data for details.
CRIRES flat-field
For high observations aiming at high S/N, it is important to know if the quality of the flat-fields is a limiting factor. Following the May 2009 intervention, daily calibrations include 3 exposures for each wavelength setting observed during the night. Typical values for the S/N per pixel for the standard settings as defined in the P84.2 manuals can be seen at FF S/N/pixel . For free wavelength settings, values can be inferred from the closest standard settings.
CRIRES pipeline
The CRIRES pipeline is available for download.
Correction of non-linearity, including the odd-even effect:
Correcting both the flat-field and the science data from departure of linearity allows one to reduce the odd-even effect to an unnoticeable level. Static calibration files have been created that contain (amongst other files) the coefficients of the relation
I_corrected = [-b^2 +b^2 sqrt[1 - 4 c (a - I_orig)/b^2]]/(2 c)
for each pixel of each detector, where I_orig is the raw intensity after subtraction of the dark, and I_corrected is the intensity corrected for non-linear effects.
Note that data (including flat-field) obtained with a DIT < 2 s suffer from a different type of non-linear effects, caused by the finite reset time of the detector arrays. Therefore such DIT should be avoided. See science recipes , or more generally, the CRIRES pipeline: general description for more information.
Differential tracking
Differential tracking allows to close the loop and/or to guide on an object that is moving relative to the target to be observed. Typical examples of the use of such a mode are:
- using a satellite of a planet as an AO guide star to observe a feature on the parent planet;
- using a (angularly small) planet, asteroid or comet to observe a feature moving relative to its optical photo-center;
- using a star as an AO guide star or SVGS to observe a planet, asteroid, comet passing in its vicinity.
Differential tracking is offered in service or visitor mode. However, some complicated programmes (for example observations of Jupiter whilst using one of its Moons to close the loop) are best performed in visitor mode. See Section 19 of the User Manual for details regarding this mode. When using HORIZONS you have to search for "VLT" in the "Observer location" and within the "Table Settings" output select RA/Dec and CSV format. The tool to transform JPL Horizons ephemeride files to PAF files required for P2PP is crossEphem2paf.tcl and requires tcl.
- tclsh crossEphem2paf.tcl -i sourceFileName -o fileName.paf
- tclsh crossEphem2paf.tcl -ra HHMMSS.SSSS -dec sddmmss.sss -o fileName.paf
- tclsh crossEphem2Paf.tcl -i fromHorizons.txt -o tracking.paf
- tclsh crossEphem2Paf.tcl -ra 112030.9517 -dec -031231.138 -o fixedCoord.paf
Examples of files:
- Original ephemerides file for Saturn , PAF file for Saturn
- Original ephemerides file for Rheaf, PAF file for Rhea
Note the extra column giving the distance between Rhea and Saturn in both the original ephemerides and PAF files. Also the PAF files contain the dates in ISO format.
Generic Tools and information
- ETC, Exposure Time Calculators
- Phase 1 Proposal Preparation and Submission
- Phase 2 Proposal Preparation for Service Mode observations
- Phase 2 p2pp
- NICMOS Units Converter
- Magnitude / Jansky Converter: Point Sources (ST-ECF NICMOS Tools )
- Magnitude / Jansky Converter: Extended Sources (ST-ECF NICMOS Tools )


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Communication and Perception
Ovibos moschatus has very interesting vocal abilities. Calves, when communicating with cows or each other, bleat. The pitch of the bleat lowers with maturity. Adults have deeper voices that sound closer to roars and rumbles that can be heard long distances. Adults also grunt and snort at each other, at calves, and at other animals. Pushing and shoving, as well as chasing and stomping, are used to communicate dominance. (Gray, 1990; Groves, 1997; Rowell, 1990)
Much of the non-vocal communication among muskoxen occurs during the breeding season when males compete for dominance and breeding rights. Males have very strong-smelling urine and urinate on their front legs and dribble urine during displays as warnings to competitors. They will also use a gland near each eye to mark objects by rubbing their faces against the item to be marked. Bulls also swing their heads, walk sideways, and horn the ground to gather chunks of earth to make themselves look larger. (Gray, 1990; Groves, 1997; Rowell, 1990)
Communication Channels: visual; tactile; acoustic; chemical
Other Communication Modes: scent marks
Perception Channels: visual; tactile; acoustic; chemical


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Joe Yun, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, testified today before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment. Deputy Assistant Secretary Yun spoke about Cambodia's increasing political stability, progress on political and social issues, and improvement in U.S.-Cambodian relations.
Mr. Yun said, "Debt relief can be an important means of achieving U.S. goals of promoting economic growth, well-functioning financial markets, and economic reform abroad. Longstanding United States policy is to coordinate sovereign debt restructuring internationally, primarily through the Paris Club group of official creditors. This multilateral approach is a good value for the U.S. taxpayer because it increases recoveries from countries that are not paying their debts to the United States while maximizing benefits of debt relief for heavily-indebted, low-income countries that are unable to meet their payment obligations.
"...Cambodia's bilateral debt to the U.S. government remains an irritant to the relationship. A satisfactory resolution of Cambodia's debt would accelerate the development of an already improving bilateral relationship and enhance Cambodia's own economic development by improving its creditworthiness and access to international capital markets.
"...Senior U.S. government officials have repeatedly encouraged Cambodia to live up to the 1995 Paris Club agreement it signed with the United States and other creditors, and urged it to sign the pending U.S.-Cambodia bilateral agreement without further delay. However, Cambodia may be reluctant to accept the current proposal to settle the bilateral debt issue if it believes there are good prospects of converting a significant amount of the debt service it would otherwise pay to the United States into a form of increased U.S. assistance.
"...The Administration is concerned that creating a special statutory debt reduction program for a country that is unwilling, rather than unable, to pay its debts sets a poor precedent for other counties in similar circumstances and sends the wrong message about prudent debt management. Cambodia has accumulated arrears to the United States while paying other creditors on time, and in at least one case, early. Every year, both within and outside of the Paris Club context, the United States reviews and declines similar requests for debt-for-assistance swap arrangements from debtor countries that are current on their debt service and may owe billions of dollars of debt.
"The Administration has therefore urged the Cambodian government to sign the pending bilateral debt agreement and re-establish a track record of timely repayments under that agreement. We have told the Cambodian government that if it makes scheduled payments for at least one year, the U.S. government would communicate to the IMF that efforts are underway to resolve official arrears. This action could pave the way, should Cambodia then obtain an IMF program and a future Paris Club debt treatment, for a rescheduling of the accumulated arrears. Unfortunately, the Cambodian government has not responded to this overture and continues to accumulate arrears on debts owed to the United States.
"...In sum, Cambodia's prompt agreement to resolve U.S. debt claims by drafting a Bilateral Agreement implementing the 1995 Paris Club Agreed Minute, as Cambodian officials proposed in 2006, would eliminate this long-standing dispute in a scenario of otherwise improving bilateral relations. A Cambodian agreement would also enhance the country's creditworthiness and its ability to access international capital markets. Other countries following this path have benefited enormously."
You can read Deputy Assistant Secretary Yun's full remarks here.
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"In sum, Cambodia's prompt agreement to resolve U.S. debt claims by drafting a Bilateral Agreement implementing the 1995 Paris Club Agreed Minute, as Cambodian officials proposed in 2006, would eliminate this long-standing dispute in a scenario of otherwise improving bilateral relations. A Cambodian agreement would also enhance the country's creditworthiness and its ability to access international capital markets. Other countries following this path have benefited enormously."-Sec. Joe Yun
Timely hearing, but in sum, there has been no movement on a diplomatic solution since 2006, and this puppy has been chasing its tail for awhile now.
When this subject came up originally on this blog;
I tried to take a negative and turn it into a cooperative partnership to save lives.
Today, if anything , the situation on the ground regarding global food security has been exacerbated by Pakistan's floods and multiple typhoons in the region, floods in other countries, and I hope folks will toss this on Sec. Yun's desk for a revisit of the concept outlined.
As convoluted as contract law, and debts get, perhaps the global food crisis superceeds its legal worth to force adherance to past agreements if the parties are inclined to partner up and rice becomes the means of repayment via helping the US feed a lot of folks.
Basicly you are offering Cambodia alternate method of repayment, not "debt forgiveness" as it were, with perhaps arrears being dropped as incentive to partner up with us, and not have this become some political football within the Cambodian government.
Thing they will have to gain in the long run is in increased rice yields from reinvesting that 160 million (aprox) principal 1x over again to help create new rice fields w/ irrigation, is that even though they double their debt principal, once they finish off payment, they still have a cash crop we'll buy from them to supply NGO's with, increasing our capacity to deliver as much food needed anywhere, anytime, or through the UN, or they simply sell it on the open market as export.
I can't think of an easier way to make it worth their while to pay this debt, and make it worth it for our Congress to appropriate the funds to satisfy the doubling down and the restructuring of it.
It's not often you can offer a nation a way to get a doubling of respect earned for paying a simple debt, but the gain extra credit for helping to feed the world while doing it.
I think there's some mutual incentive here that will allow logic to prevail, that the whole point is to save lives, paydown on the debt is simply a means to that end.
Takes the politics of the past right out of the conversation.
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I agree with the views of Joe Yun. Debt relief is definitely going to help the Americans to flourish economically.


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In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven historic interviews about her life with John F. Kennedy. Now, decades later, these conversations can be heard in this digitally remastered eight-and-a-half-hour audio program. This audiobook includes the foreword written and read by Caroline Kennedy; introduction written and read by historian Michael Beschloss and the photos from the hardcover book, as well as complete annotations from Michael Beschloss, both in downloadable PDF format.
Shortly after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with a nation deep in mourning and the world looking on in stunned disbelief, Jacqueline Kennedy found the strength to set aside her own personal grief for the sake of posterity and begin the task of documenting and preserving her husband's legacy. In January of 1964, she and Robert F. Kennedy approved a planned oral-history project that would capture their first-hand accounts of the late president as well as the recollections of those closest to him throughout his extraordinary political career. For the rest of her life, the famously private Jacqueline Kennedy steadfastly refused to discuss her memories of those years, but beginning that March, she fulfilled her obligation to future generations of Americans by sitting down with historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and recording an astonishingly detailed and unvarnished account of her experiences and impressions as the wife and confidante of John F. Kennedy. The tapes of those sessions were then sealed and later deposited in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum upon completion, in accordance with Mrs. Kennedy's wishes.
The resulting eight-and-a-half hours of material comprise a unique and compelling record of a tumultuous era, providing fresh insights on the many significant people and events that shaped JFK's presidency, but also shedding new light on the man behind the momentous decisions.
As told by Mrs. Kennedy, here are JFK's unscripted opinions on a host of revealing subjects, including his thoughts and feelings about his brothers, Robert and Ted, and his take on world leaders past and present, giving us perhaps the most informed, genuine, and immediate portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy we shall ever have. Mrs. Kennedy's urbane perspective, her candor, and her flashes of wit also give us our clearest glimpse into the active mind of a remarkable First Lady.
In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's inauguration, Caroline Kennedy and the Kennedy family are now releasing these beautifully restored recordings with accompanying annotations and photos from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library as well as other sources. Introduced and annotated by renowned presidential historian Michael Beschloss, these interviews will add an exciting new dimension to our understanding and appreciation of President Kennedy and his time and make the past come alive through the words and voice of an eloquent eyewitness to history.
Download the accompanying reference guide.
©2011 Caroline Kennedy, John Schlossberg, Rose Schlossberg, and Tatiana Schlossberg (P)2011 Hyperion (packaging elements only)
I read nothing that is popular.
"Fascinating Listen"
This audio book is fascinating. It's a bit chilling to hear the First Lady being so candid about the President and their private lives. To able to hear her voice and conversations with Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., is a historical dream. You can always read these events, like the Cuban Missile Crisis, but hearing her express her feelings that she wanted to be with JFK and their kids, if something would happen, is something that you can't get from text or even from film. Listening from the actual recordings is awesome because besides the actual conversation, you can hear Jackie Kennedy light her cigarette and inhaling, ice cubes rattling in her drinks, and planes flying in the background. These forgotten detail makes their conversations comes alive. There is one point in the audio book where Schlesinger ask John-John if he miss his father. John-John, which an innocent of a child, responded to him that his father is in heaven. The only way to read this title, is through audio. Wonderful conversations.
"Taking a 50-year step back in time."
Most memorable moment was when she described her experience on November 22, 1963.
Planning the funeral to be as much as Lincoln's funeral as possible.
Very happy that these tapes were released during the lifetimes of people who remember November 22, 1963. They won't mean as much to anyone who does not remember that day.
"There's Nothing Like hearing her Voice!"
I have read numerous biographies on JFK and Jaqueline Kennedy but this is the most amazing account of Jaqueline Kennedy's personality as captured in real life. It truly is like opening a precious gift of history given in a time capsule.
One of the most private "public" people in US history gets a voice, and what a voice. So often we have to listen to the past through the filter of the opinion of someone else. It is incredibly revealing and refreshing to hear a perspective of the Kennedy White House from one to the two people most intimately connected with it, and not somebody who was not even born when the events took place. She pulls no punches either. There are no sacred cows of 20th century American or world politics that Jackie is afraid to discuss and giver her or her late husbands opinion on. I think in the spring of 1964 Jacqueline Kennedy felt she did not need to blunt her words about anyone for any reason. Thanks to her daughter and family for letting us listen in.
An old broad that enjoys books of all types. Would rather read than write reviews though. I know what I like, and won't be bothered by crap.
"Jackie speaks!"
I waited for this version to come out so I could listen on my kindle. You also get a pdf of some gorgeous pictures of the family and all the footnotes. Nothing is left out.
This is definitely the best version available!
Any living history project would compare, it's just that what Mrs. Kennedy says makes her human and very vivid in my mind. The Kennedy's have always been a passion of mine and this book is so illuminating. Warts and all!
No characters, everyone plays themselves. Mrs. Kennedy is wonderful but the saddest moment is when John comes in and says,
There are so many human moments in this book I don't know which one was the best. Mrs. Kennedy telling us that Mamie Eisenhower didn't want to give her a White House tour as is customary. And then calling at the last moment right after Jackie got out of the hospital having John-John and taking her on a two hour tour, not allowing her to sit down and rest. Unbelievable!
The insider's view of the Bay of Pigs and the Missile crisis were riveting listening. She felt her job was to be there for the President in case he needed to unwind so he rarely talked about work in his home time.
Mrs. Kennedy's views on state leaders, Khrushchev, De Gualle, McMillan, Wilson, etc. are so revealing and interesting. When she heard about the Russian space dogs having puppies she jokingly asked for one, and one day a dog appeared at the White House and the President said.
I recommend this to any US history buff, any fan of politics and any one who loved the Kennedys and miss the fact that this time will never come again.
"Jacqueline's voice as a young widow-"
Jacqueline Kennedy's words directly from her when she was still a young widow in her thirties --gave me a unique sense of of the time, place and person. The quality of the tapes was not great, and the content sometimes rambled, but the overall experience was a sense of intimacy with a historic person. I got much more insight to the times and person--there were interruptions by her children--very poignant and reminder that our icons were real people living both a daily and yet extrordinary life. Biggest aha for me was Jacqueline's undeveloped sense of feminism and a "woman's role"--which Carolyn notes in the forward she subsequently changed. All in-- a unique experience for a person who enjoys history.
"Fascinating for Kennedy fans"
I very much enjoyed listening to this audio book. I was very excited when I saw that audible had added it. I consumed it, much like a starving man at the end of a fast. For history buffs it will be thrilling to hear a first hand account of things through the eyes of Jacqueline Kennedy. I learned things I didn't know and was surprised to learn for example that Mrs. Kennedy did not care for France or the French. I guess I assumed (possibly because of her maiden name) that she was somewhat enchanted with all things French. I was not born during the Kennedy presidency so some of the people that were discussed were unfamiliar to me and therefore not as interesting to hear about as they might be for others who are more informed. I think anyone who is a fan of, or interested in the Kennedy family will want to add this audible book to their library.
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"Made me cry to hear the pain in her voice."
I was voting in my first election and had spent 6 months working at the Democratic Headquarters in Hollywood the year of Kennedy's election.
It was definitely Camelot for many of us...a young couple leading the nation after growing up with older men, a man who wanted we young adults to take our lives in our hands and do better for the world.
It's hard to believe that 11 months from now will be the 50th Anniversary of Dallas and the day that that "Brief and Timeless Place called Camelot"Died.
Hearing the First Lady's voice made me cry at times as she spoke about how her place was to help her husband and raise the children and not to be involved in politics and how she changed over the next decade...and how sad she was that Jack never saw her grow as a woman from helpmate to self directing woman.
Still, the casual conversations she recorded here are a wonderful look into the family life and political life of the man who is still in presidential candidates minds...and there was just ONE Jack Kennedy! NO!he wasn't Dan Quayle either.
I recommend this book if you were part of this era, as I am, if you're interested in political machinations, and if you are looking for history of those times from the viewpoint of wealthy east coasters.
The background sounds are charming-you hear a childs voice singing, cigarettes being lit and ice cubes rattled----it must have been recorded in a room with a wood floor as shoe heels click clack quite a bit. It's all so casual and you can tell it was so very difficult for Jacqueline to do-just about 5 months after Dallas.
I encourage this especially for young women-you can get a good overviews of what it was like when your grandmother was a youngster, Jackie tells of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and of encouraging congress to not tear down the Dolly Madison House to put up an office building. She began bringing class into the white house, getting former presidents families to donate furniture so the styles could be true to the era. She designed the Oval Office as it is today--changed it from an austere cold room to a warm parlor where the President can meet with anyone. She picked the blues and golds that dominate the room and designed the rug in the oval office. She designed the decore for the first Air Force 1 "
Over those 1000+ days she says they were the happiest in her life, even though she lost a child. Then it was over.
This is a book that is meant to be listened to-the nuances are priceless and so is Jackie. I remember watching her show off the redecorating of the white house-a 90 minute CBS special that took hundreds of thousands of people of many countries thru the National House. I remember when she spoke then that her voice was very whispy and breathy but she isn't so much in this collection of 6 interviews.
Sorry-this isn't a good review--I just can't forget this book and I know it will be on my mind for days.
Please excuse....but I did love it all.
"I discovered books and read forever," - John Adams
"The voices of an era"
The audio recording of these interviews gave such a glimpse into Mrs. Kennedy's life at the time. The tape recorder stops and starts, kids come into the room, planes fly over, Mrs. Kennedy sips her drink. It makes it so much richer to hear little pieces of the world around her as she recounts her life with the President and her time in the White House.
Her quiet voice recounts such a different side of the important people we read about in history books. In this recording we get snippets of people's personalities, gossips about state dinners and ex-first ladies, and views on marriage, family and women from such a classy lady. It was interesting to hear her daughter in the intro talk about how her views changed over time, but I enjoyed hearing the candid and contemporary 60s views Mrs. Kennedy had at the time.
"Absolutely priceless"
So thankful that Jackie chose to record her thoughts on the presidency. Her commitment to the preservation of history is very clear, even amidst her grief at the time. Really fascinating insights on history and her personality. Although, I could listen to her read the phone book.
How she stated that she hated the French! So candid.
"Buy this - you cannot miss this one!"
The beauty of audiobooks especially biographies, is that many these days are narrated by the person its about, and no matter how much you like to read, you cannot get closer to the subject than when they tell you the story themselves. Even though Jackie Kennedy has been dead for nearly 10 years, the Schlesinger taped interviews bring her alive to help with the narration of this book. After I got over hearing her voice (not what I thought it would sound like), and the candor to which she spoke, I was captivated at this fly on the wall chance to hear her tell her story about her life with JFK in the white House. Her amazing recall and openness about the people that were involved in history is endearing. I was surprised how given the fact that her husband was recently shot down in the prime of his life, she does not shy away from any subject. I could not put it down. You may think you have heard it all about JFK, I guarantee you have not.
This book is very, very interesting.I never knew what Jacqueline Kennedy sounded like and I was very suprised. She is so gentle, slow and careful in the way she speaks. I cant decide if she was naive or very clever in pretending not to know about things that happened. Its brilliant to hear her in her own words and the part where JFK Jr talks is very touching considering his father had only been killed a few months previously. Jacqueline Kennedy did lots of things during her time as The First Lady that I did'nt know about so I have learned new things from this book. I would recommed this book to anyone especially history fans.
More interesting content would have elevated this very pedestrian and repetitive waste of time
She could, perhaps, have set the bar a lot lower for one's expectations. Her emphasis on the great historical value of the interviews, and her decision to publish them as some sort of historical contribution to the world was plainly absurd.
Appalling sound quality meant that I couldn't understand half of what Mr. Schlesinger said. Going by the answers it seems that I didn't miss much.
Disappointment at the utterly banal level of conversation in which very little of interest or importance was revealed. Goodness knows why anybody went to the trouble to record this drivel, let alone why Mrs. Kennedy imposed a 50 year ban on its release. Pity they didn't lose the key!
History is not served by this dreadfully recorded, uninspired, over promoted empty vessel.
These conversations with the former First Lady are spell-binding, to hear her voice again was extraordinary. My family were stationed in Germany during the Kennedy Presidency and these conversations with Jacqueline Kennedy bring that period so vividly to life. I am still working my way through this wonderful audiobook. In addition to the book there is a separate pdf with many wonderful and memorable photographs.
The conversations flow wonderfully well adding vibrancy to the historic events of the time.
For me it has to be Jacqueline Kennedy.
There are so many "moments" it would be extremely difficult to pick a special one.
This is a very special audiobook which for me is a living breathing history of probably one of the most powerful families in the United States and of a hugely respected President and First Lady at a critical point in history.
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My Amazon Mistake
Investors often air legitimate concerns such as slowing growth, but Amazon has been expensive for over a decade and has never stopped growing. I've now reached a point where I can admit that not buying the stock because of valuation concerns was a mistake. Today Amazon deserves every ounce of respect it gets.
While there's no denying Amazon is solid as any, and has arguably the best CEO in the business today, there's always been another concern: When will Amazon's bottom line matter and how long can investors afford such high premiums without meaningful profits?Coming off a lackluster third-quarter, Amazon answered this call in the fourth quarter.
For the period ending in December, Amazon posted net income of $97 million, or 21 cents per share, on revenue of $21.27 billion. These results were much lower than analysts' estimates of 27 cents per share on revenue of $22.26 billion. What's more, on a year-over-year basis, net income dropped 45% -- hence the constant concerns about the bottom line.
However, revenue climbed 22% year over year, continuing its streak of sales growth that has now averaged 32% over the past six quarters. Nonetheless, Amazon still missed the Street's revenue estimates of $22.26 billion. So despite the holiday quarter expectations, Amazon missed on both the top and bottom lines.
However, following the report, shares rallied up almost 10%. The Street loved that Amazon improved in the one metric for which it is often criticized -- profitability, and in particular operating margin. That overall margins arrived better than expected affirmed the company's ability to establish better competitive leverage.
The company showed improved shipping performance/costs. Amazon also did well by focusing on higher value services, or those that generate the most profits. As a result, gross margin advanced by three and a half points. Likewise, pro forma operating income increased 47% while operating income rose 56%, both of which led to a margin improvement of a half point.
This was certainly an excellent performance, for which Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos offered the following:
We're now seeing the transition we've been expecting. After five years, eBooks is a multi-billion-dollar category for us and growing fast -- up approximately 70% last year.
In contrast, our physical book sales experienced the lowest December growth rate in our 17 years as a bookseller, up just 5%. We're excited and very grateful to our customers for their response to Kindle and our ever-expanding ecosystem and selection.


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About the Author: Robert O. Blake serves as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs.
I wanted to start my blog entries by highlighting one of the most important issues I deal with in South and Central Asia: trafficking in people. This is a grievous harm that impacts thousands of the most vulnerable, particularly women and children, in the region. Nepal has recently stepped up its efforts to prevent traffickers from preying on its population.
I had the honor of visiting Maiti Nepal, a leading crusader against the trafficking of women. The organization, led by the energetic Anuradha Koirala (recently nominated for a CNN Heroes Award), seeks to protect Nepali girls and rehabilitate those rescued from exploitation. Ms. Koirala and her team have done brave work in fighting the rampant trafficking in the region and integrating victims back into society. I am pleased to say that the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu works closely with them.
Hundreds of women and children greeted me when I arrived at the center in Kathmandu. The women who live at the shelter put on a welcoming ceremony in the courtyard, and they rivaled the best Bollywood routines in their enthusiasm. After the ceremony, I heard an extensive briefing on Maiti Nepal's work to prevent trafficking, including its close cooperation with the Government of Nepal to prevent Nepali girls and women from being lured overseas into exploitative jobs. I also heard harrowing stories from three brave girls whom Maiti Nepal rescued and rehabilitated.
I sat down and talked with Ms. Koirala; you can see the video of our conversation here.
I also brought up trafficking when I met Prime Minister Nepal the next day. His response was heartening, and reflects his government's recognition of the gravity of the situation. He described the establishment of an anti-trafficking "desk" in his office, and the placement at border checkpoints of officers who specialize in combating trafficking. Incidentally, those border officers work closely with representatives from Maiti Nepal and other anti-trafficking NGOs -- usually trafficking victims themselves. Prime Minister Nepal told me that he also sought to raise awareness to fight the false impression spread by traffickers that moving overseas would earn girls money and prestige.
While the government of Nepal has taken measures to fight the trafficking networks, Ms. Koirala and Maiti Nepal have bravely led the way.
If you are interested in more information about South and Central Asian Affairs, follow @State_SCA on Twitter.
Sarah G. in Washington, DC writes:
It is wonderful that Assistant Secretary Blake is meeting and working with such formidable organizations, like Maiti Nepal, in an effort to give women the basic human rights they deserve.
O.C. in U.S.A. writes:
You never seem to target the big players in organized crime. Why is that? You spend taxpayers money doing this or that but trafficking gets bigger. Why is that? There are organized criminals flying in every day that the government does nothing about. Why is that? You allow all manner of unsavoury criminals to pass freely into our borders then wonder why domestic security is such a threat. Why is that?
Nepal K. in USA writes:
The work Maiti Nepal is doing is really praiseworthy. As the girl trafficking is the rampant problem in South Asia, her effort is really helping the girls to re-establish themselves in the society.
Half a million dollar grant by US government would definitely help in restoring peace and stop girl trafficking in Nepal.
Pamela G. in West Virginia writes:
The information Secretary Blake provides us is invaluable to understanding the problems,issues and solutions for problems in south and central asia. Having someone so personally involved gives great perspective.


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Our Secret ShamePosted Monday, April 16, 2012, at 3:50 PM
Jabesh-Gilead is once again under attack
Its inhabitants do not have the ability to fight back
Offering to surrender does not satisfy the Ammonite's lust
They plead for time hoping someone will rescue
And yet in the place where prayers meet the cries are heard
"This is not my fight" his spirit asserts
"Yes Lord, I understand, I will go
Always in the past I have fought alone
And every victory that has come from intercessory prayer
So a child warrior once again straps on a sword
Knowing that GOD an army will raise
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Gordon, thanks so much for sharing this. Thanks so much for the testimonial of how God, the Great Attorney, came thru in your stead for you and your wife and your child! No, the words may not be smart in the world's way of looking at it, but you know what? There is power in them. Power from above!
1 Corinthians 2:4
"And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:"
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Yesterday, I preached a message, "Spiritual Dynamite in Small Places" at Central Gardens. A couple friends of ours, whom you know were there giving their support. Brother, we will never know the impact we have on others until that day you refer to above in Matthew 25. God, help me to do my part!
-- Posted by swift on Mon, Apr 23, 2012, at 4:21 PM
Our secret shame was written for those families who have had children removed from their homes recently during "Spring Cleaning". With the school year soon to end if these children are not removed now then next year the collection of "evidence" has to start all over. It has happened to four families in Stoddard County (three in Dexter) that I know of in the past two weeks.
In a recent conversation with GOD I did tell him it was not my fight. All He said was, "It is My fight." Now what? I don't know.
Richard, there was a time when the church had an actual voice in the community instead of a sells pitch and when the voices of those seeking the one lost sheep was not drowned out by the lullabyes of putting the ninety-nine to sleep (keeping the status quo).
Of course, nothing happens that is not legal. I went thru this five years ago. Thru the whole process I trusted GOD as things went from bad to worse and from wrong to cruel. And everytime I tried to tell my story you could see in the listener's eyes, "Yeah, but what are you leaving out." And before it happened to me I did the same thing.
In our situation we were less than 24 hours from a child being taken from us and had no legal representation. But the GOD of all mercy directed our paths to a law firm in Kansas that specialized in children and the laws concerning them. Interesting thing, much of what is standard operating procedure in Stoddard County whithered in the light of federal law and within thirty days it all went away.
Richard, writing these words ain't smart. Jesus was crucified, John the Baptist beheaded, Paul suffered much, John (the Revelator) was exiled. Martin Luther was excommuniated, John Bunyan spent much of his adult life in jail. Darkness will always hate light and evil will always resist truth.
Well, anyways, Richard, borrowing a line from The Alabaster Box, my love is greater than my fear and how can I be silent when I see what they are doing to Jesus.
Matthew 25:45(Amp) And He will reply to them, Solemnly I declare to you, in so far as you failed to do it for the least (in the estimation of men] of these, you failed to do it for Me.
-- Posted by apureheart on Wed, Apr 18, 2012, at 8:34 PM
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- Resident permits: 1
- Total permits: 1
The Wildlife Board establishes timeframes for hunting on CWMUs. Hunters should expect to hunt at least five days within these timeframes
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Species: Buck pronghorn
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DescriptionThe Skull Valley South Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) is located in Tooele County in Skull Valley west of the Stansbury Mountains. The CWMU is about 22.5 km southwest of Timpie, Utah. Elevations in the east are around 5600 feet and 4300 feet in the west.
The Skull Valley South Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit land cover is dominated by Invasive Annual Grassland (121), about 35%. This invasive is evident throughout the unit. In the northwest of the CWMU is mostly Inter-Mountain Basins Geasewood Flat (82), 15%. Down the middle of the CWMU are six patches of Agriculture (114) land, 12%. Finally, towards the southwest are patches of Inter-Mountain Basins Mixed Salt Desert Scrub (58), 11%.
One of the Skull Valley South Cooperative Wildlife Mangement Unit (CWMU) nearest weather stations, IOSEPA SOUTH RANCH (424233), is near the middle of the CWMU. IOSEPA SOUTH RANCH has thirty-five (35) years of records, 1910 - 1958. During the FALL (September, October and November) the average precipitation is 1.61 inches, but it can be as high as 2.76 inches or as low as 0.35 inches. During the 91-day FALL period, 7 days will experience greater than or equal to 0.01 inch of precipitation, 5 days of greater than or equal to 0.10 inch, or 1 day of the greater than or equal to 0.50 inch of precipitation. Snowfall during the FALL averages 1.0 inch but can be as high as 5.5 inches. FALL temperature at IOSEPA SOUTH RANCH averages 50.5 degrees F. but can be as high as 109.0 degrees F. or as low as -9.0 degrees F. During the FALL, 43 days will be below freezing (32 degrees F.) and 10 days above 90 degrees F. This map is provided for general reference only and does not constitute a legal hunt boundary. The Division does not guarantee access to any private or public land. Hunt unit boundaries may include private property or other excluded areas.
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Dr. Wangari Maathai an Environmental Hero, Dies at 71
Global Footprint Network regrets the passing of Ms. Wangari Maathai, Advisory Council Member and Green Activist
Dr. Wangari Maathai, Kenya's 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate died in Nairobi while undergoing cancer treatment at age 71.
Prof. Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for starting a movement to reforest Kenya by paying poor women plant trees. She started the Green Belt Movement in 1977, working with women to improve their livelihoods by increasing their access to resources like firewood for cooking and clean water. She became a great advocate for better management of natural resources and for sustainability, equity, and justice. The Green Belt Movement has now planted more than 30 million trees in Africa and has helped nearly 900,000 women, according to the United Nations, while inspiring similar efforts in other African countries.
She was an elected Minister in the Kenyan government from 2002- 2008. She fought tirelessly for sustainable development, democracy and peace. "Wangari Maathai was a force of nature," stated Achim Steiner, the executive director of the United Nation's environmental program to the New York Times. He likened her to Africa's ubiquitous acacia trees, "strong in character and able to survive sometimes the harshest of conditions."
She was an extraordinary woman who stood up to authority for decades, as an activist and a champion for a greener world.
In her speech accepting the Nobel Prize, Ms Maathai said she hoped her own success would spur other women on to a more active role in the community. "I hope it will encourage them to raise their voices and take more space for leadership," she said.
Former U.S. vice president Al Gore also paid tribute saying, "Wangari overcame incredible obstacles to devote her life to service—service to her children, to her constituents, to the women, and indeed all the people of Kenya—and to the world as a whole. She was a warm and devoted mother and I send my condolences to her family. She worked tirelessly both as an elected Member of Parliament and an Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources. She forged new ground for women in Kenya helping shatter what we would call the 'glass ceiling' in the United States."
"Africa, particularly African women, have lost a champion, a leader, an activist. We're going to miss her. We're going to miss the work she's been doing all these years on the environment, working for women's rights and women's participation," said President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf said to the BBC. There are calls for her legacy to live on.
Dr. Wangari Maathai was a member of Global Footprint Networks' Advisory Board since it was formed in 2003. She will be sadly missed.


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I perched on the precipice and watched the inky shadows on the canyon floor melt away. A small stream appeared, snaking through a sandy bed of bleached debris, embroidered with tamarisk and towering cottonwoods. Spotting a narrow, rocky trail down the cliff was all the invitation I needed. I put away my coffee cup and started running.
A half-hour later I found myself at the bottom of the canyon in a hushed amphitheater, lolling along through the interplay of light and shadow. A fallen log offered a good ringside seat, and I pulled up a seat to enjoy the final moments of the sunrise.
As I basked in the glow, a stream of distant voices interrupted my bliss. Soon, a waterfall of sound splashed over the cliff walls. A raucous group of hikers or bikers was eagerly approaching the overlook. I could hear their footsteps and their chatter as if they were standing right next to me.
The leader of the group rushed ahead and perched himself precariously on a massive sandstone spire hundreds of feet above my head. The solid rock acted like a giant megaphone, amplifying every nuance of their conversation. At first I was bothered, but their excitement over their glorious discoveries put me in a playful mood. They didn't know I was there, and I hid from view.
Their leader shouted, "Wow, look at this!"
I waited about two seconds and repeated, "Wow, look at this!" he turned and looked deep into the canyon.
"Hey, guys," he yelled, "get over here!"
I repeated, "Hey, guys, get over here!"
"Did you hear that?"
I mimicked, "Did you hear that?"
The second arrival said, "That's amazing!"
I parroted back, "That's amazing!"
By now, everyone in the group had arrived, all very excited about the newfound discovery. Everyone took turns yelling into the canyon, and I did my best to impersonate each. The louder they yelled, the better their echoes got. I started ad-libbing.
They said, "Hoooo-weee!"
"Hoooo-weee ... Hooo-wee ... Hoo-we!"
"Unbelievable! ... believable ... lievable!"
But I knew I was in over my head when one of the girls in the group stepped up and exclaimed in a high, squeaky voice, "I never heard anything like that before!"
I paused, knowing I couldn't possibly imitate that voice, then echoed back in low, deep tone, "Me neither!"
The sounds that echoed through the canyon in those next few moments were unrepeatable, but I knew from their words that if I didn't want that day to be my last day on earth, I'd better run ... better run ... run!
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Smart grids don't tend to start out smart. Most of our electricity distribution network has been around since long before the 'smart' era. A smart grid is an electricity distribution network with some added information and communication technology (ICT), but, unfortunately, it's not quite that simple. Technology is only part of what enables a smart grid. What's also required is a massive cultural change in the way that distribution grids are planned, operated and managed. And the impact of smart grids doesn't stop at the distributors.
This guide will help you understand the full impact of smart grids and help guide you through the maze.