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The Shawnee Hills Wine Trail features 12 award-winning wineries located along a 25-mile scenic drive along highway 127 and highway 51 in the Shawnee National Forest. Along the way have a picnic, go on a hike, visit a shop, and stay in a cozy B&B or cabin. Many of the wineries host special events throughout the summer and fall.
The Science Center of Southern Illinois
This center was designed for children ages 3-13 and their families. The science museum features several interactive hands-on exhibits dealing with a variety of basic concepts of science, as well as special events and programs.
Old Illinois Passenger Depot Railroad Museum
Built in 1903 by the Illinois Central Railroad, the Old Railroad Passenger Depot has since been restored and now serves as home to the Carbondale Train Museum. Filled with information, artifacts and souveniers, the museum contains significant facts relating to Carbondale's history. Ring the bell of an original train car from the Illinois Central Railroad, which still sits on the track!
Shryock Auditorium -- Southern Illinois University
SIUC's 1200-seat theater is located in the historic "old campus" and hosts every genre of performing arts. Constructed in 1918 and renovated in 1972, this magnificent facility is home to the Marianne Webb Pipe Organ, a 59-rank Reuter Pipe Organ.
The African American Museum of Southern Illinois
Permanent exhibits here include African art collections and slave artifacts. Rotating displays have included Underground Railroad message quilts and local artwork. The museum's changing exhibits seek to portray the outstanding achievements of African American citizens.
Historic Town Square & Downtown Carbondale
Twenty-five historic buildings ring Carbondale's nostalgic Town Square. When Daniel Harmon Brush, Carbondale's founding father, filed the original 56-acre plat of Carbondale in 1852, almost 10 acres were left open in the center of town. Today you can shop charming locally owned boutiques here, ranging from bike shops to furniture stores.
Southern Illinois University Arena
This 10,000-seat facility is located on the beautiful campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The Arena is home to NCAA Division 1 basketball team, the SIU Salukis. The Arena also hosts nationally touring concerts, family shows, theatrical events and circuses.
The Science Center of Southern Illinois
The Science Center of Southern Illinois is the perfect way for kids to explore the beauty of science in a fun atmosphere. This hands-on children's museum has over 50 exhibits and sees nearly 15,000 annual visitors. Adults are also welcome, as many of the activities can be enjoyed by all.
This 488-Seat theater hosts several productions each year that features both student and guest performers. During the academic year there are four major productions. The McLeod Summer Theater also produces three or four to finish out the season.
Live entertainment. Monday night is jazz, Thursday offers an eclectic mix of local musicians, Sunday is DJ night.
The Varsity Center for the Arts
What started as a single-screen movie house in 1940 has become a power house for live music and community theater. This gorgeous theater is one of the greatest components to Carbondale's thriving art & culture scene, as it serves as home to the Jackson County Stage Company, which presents several plays during the year, and hosts the weekly Friday Night Film series. The Varsity serves as a venue for live entertainment during the Carbondale Rocks Revival, an annual city-wide music festival in addition to accommodating local and regional musicians during the year to bring the city exceptional entertainment.
Known for its wide selection of craft beer and hosting exceptional music, The Hangar 9 is arguably Carbondale's best venue for nightlife. Built to resemble an airplane hangar, the building is unmistakable. Located on The Strip in Downtown Carbondale, the bar brings everything from karaoke, open-mic, and trivia to recognizable national acts to the downtown.
The Jackson County Stage Company
The Stage Company was born in 1982 when a small but enthusiastic group met to explore the possibility of founding a community theater in Southern Illinois. This community theater produces four shows a year. In 2008, the company moved into the Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale. Call their box office at (618) 549-5466, M-F 5-7pm; S 12-4pm. For a current list of their plays, refer to their web site www.stagecompany.org
General John A. Logan (1826-1886) is the most significant nineteenth century native Illinoisian. Creator of Memorial Day, he's named in the state song with Lincoln and Grant. The General John A Logan Museum's mission is designed to interpret the the turbulent life and times of Logan.
The Museum has a collection of over 52,000 objects. It houses an art collection and a collection of prehistoric, historic, and scientific objects. One of the permanent and very popular exhibits is the "W.P.A. Pioneer Dioramas", which were created by local craftsmen employed at the Museum during the Works Progress Administration, 1938-1942. It has six galleries, an archive, Museum Gift Shop, and a 100-seat auditorium.
Riverside Park Band Shell, built in 1938 by the WPA, is one of the largest of its kind in the nation. The scenic location accommodates up to 15,000 visitors for concerts and special events.
The University Museum Gift Shop
After you finish your touring of the University Museum wonderful exhibits and collections, stop by the museum gift store. Special gifts and offerings from around the world can be purchased.
Southern Illinois University McLeod Theatre
See an affordably priced play at this 500-seat theater that's the home base for the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Theatre.
Jackson County Historical Center
The museum has expanded, adding about 1,000 square feet to its headquarters building for more exhibit area. Included in its displays is a pump organ, a collection of early cameras, a display of Daniel Grocery Store items, and many textile items, military uniforms, 1850-era Chandler Printer Press and county courthouse records containing hundreds of files available for genealogy study.The museum also has an exhibit of women's vintage clothing ranging from 1865-1970s and continues to add exhibits.
They named Longshadow Gardens after the long shadows cast by tall Oaks, Hackberries and Sassafras across our hilltop meadows. Twenty years ago, determined to create fine garden ornaments and a great Garden, they purchased a neglected farm with breathtaking views, grottoes, waterfalls and limestone bluffs adjacent to the Shawnee National Forest. After clearing weeds away, they planted Boxwood allees, Yew, Dawn Redwood, Bald Cypress, Roses, Prairie and ornamental grasses, rows of Lavender and billows of Nepeta. Garden ornaments are nestled as focal points in evocative settings. Mown grass paths and shaded walks lead through a carpet of woodland treasures including spring ephemerals, wild Orchids, Spicebush, Witch hazel, and many more. They support our passion for gardening by designing and hand crafting Longshadow dry cast limestone planters and garden ornaments in buildings that blend into our rural surroundings. Their motto is Fabricia in Horto Nostro, Latin for "Factory in a Garden." In their factory they hand craft the finest garden ornaments and planters in the world. In Longshadow Gardens, they strive to attain fleeting moments of memorable beauty.
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Kids are coming home sometime today. Ashley had complications with pre-eclapsia for the last couple of weeks, the delivery went well (after the epidural).
Christian John is a handsome little dude. Very easy going. Doesn't cry much at all (even after the circ). Even a couple of the docs there said that, all the nurses and the dietary aides (about 18 yo) that he was flirting with.
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Great news. Christian John Godfrey (my new grandson) was born this morning at 6:07 am, vaginally, with the help of an epidural. The L&D nurse could have been better at the time of delivery (much, much better), but the nurses afterward made up for a lot. He was 20.5 inches and 7 lbs 13 oz.
(We are friends with director of the place [Nurse-Midwife], so that will not happen to anyone else.)
He is adorable. Quiet. Only cried when taken from our warm, cuddly arms to have a bath. My son was horsing around with him (the 32 year old bachelor uncle) and Christian suddenly had a cute little smile and he ripped a loud one and filled his diaper.
My wife and I are trying to catch-up with sleep the rest of today. Tomorrow, we have friends coming over to help clean up tomorrow, so that my daughter and family do not have to stay in the motorhome in the backyard (that's not too bad, 34' Winnebago).
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At that time, Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that the Son of man is?" And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
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Canada Set to Face Portugal in Mississauga
Mississauga, Ontario (June 6, 2013) Canada's second host weekend of World League Volleyball action begins Friday at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.
After coming off last weekend with one win and one loss to the Netherlands in Quebec City, the Canadian men's team is anxious to face the smaller, but experienced, Portugal at 7 pm on Friday, June 07, and then again at the same time on Saturday, June 08.
"We're looking forward to this series - we want to keep getting better and we need these matches to do that," Canada's coach Glenn Hoag said at practice today. "We are still competing for first position in this pool, so every match is important. The team is ready - we've looked at some video from last week. Portugal is a completely different system of play - a little quicker - so we have to be more aware and not as physical as with Holland."
The Canadian players are eager to move forward after last Saturday's loss (25-22, 25-17, 20-25, 25-23) to the Netherlands.
"I know everyone's really excited to be here and really excited to play. We got a little bit of the jitters out last weekend. Portugal is going to come to compete, and all these games are so important to us," said top Canadian scorer Gavin Schmitt of Saskatoon, Sask. "I'm sure there are going to be a lot of great fans here. We play overseas a lot, but playing in front of your own fans, in your own country, is a miraculous feeling. "
World League is structured in three pools of six for the intercontinental round. Canada (WR18) is in Pool C with Korea (WR24), Finland (WR30), the Netherlands (WR41), Portugal (WR36) and Japan (WR19).
"Portugal presents a very different opponent compared to the Dutch from than last week - they are a bit smaller, but equally as skilled," said Canadian middle Adam Simac of Ottawa, Ont. "And it's going to test another aspect of our game, but we've had a good week of practice and the coaches have prepared us well - now it's a matter of going out there and playing our game."
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Until December 14, 2012, I was thinking quite hard about writing a post for Talking Philosophy on the subject of parenthood and moral luck. Or, rather, partly on parenthood and moral luck, and partly on motherhood and moral luck, since it seems to me that there are some special considerations that motherhood generates in relation to moral luck which don't always arise in quite the same way for fatherhood.
I'll outline part of what I thought about writing. But I also want to talk about some reflections which, on December 14, turned me away from posting as I had planned to.
In case any of you aren't familiar with it, the term moral luck relates to those cases in which we are held to be proper objects of moral praise or blame despite the fact that the outcomes in relation to which we are being assessed depend on factors which are beyond our control. The existence of moral luck is challenging because it undermines a conception we have of morality as being an area in which we are immune from luck: for example, we tend to say that, provided someone acts with good intentions, and with proper deliberation of means and end, she is immune from blame, whatever chance outcome her actions produce. The term was introduced by Bernard Williams in his classic essay "Moral Luck," in which, famously, he guides our thought on the subject by introducing us to the deliberations of (a somewhat fictionalised version of) the artist Paul Gauguin as he decides whether to abandon the obligations he has to his wife and children in order to travel overseas and pursue his calling as a painter. The abandonment of his obligations is a moral cost which matters to this Gauguin. Whether he will, retrospectively, come to reproach himself for his decision to leave his family depends on how his new life turns out. If it turns out well, and he produces great art, he might regard the decision as justified. If it turns out badly because he is not the great artist he thought he was (Williams calls this "intrinsic bad luck"), he might regard the decision to leave his family as lacking justification. If it turns out badly for other reasons, unconnected with his artistic talent (what Williams' calls "extrinsic bad luck"), he might regard the decision as untested. Since there is good and bad luck involved in the success or failure of his new life, it will be a matter of luck – moral luck, in Williams' view – whether he has cause to reproach himself for the decision he made.
I like to think hard about Mrs Gauguin (or at least a somewhat fictionalised version of her) in the story Williams tells. Many or most of us have more in common with her than we do with her husband. This is because we, like her, are likely to find that our greatest moral hazard lies wholly in our domestic lives, not in the world of art. Lacking the belief that we have the capacity to produce epoch-making art, we might think, with good reason, that the hugest decision we make in our lives, the one in which our exposure to moral luck is at its highest, is our decision to have children. The stakes here are almost limitlessly high: Will we be good parents or bad ones? Will our children suffer or enjoy their lives? Will they be good people or bad? And what of the children that our children have? The difference between producing even the greatest art and producing bad art might seem tiny in relation to these uncertainties.
As parents we are painfully exposed to moral luck. That applies of course to all parents, mothers and fathers alike, Mr and Mrs Gauguin both. But there is an element in Williams' account that suggests the possibility that mothers (in our society) are even more exposed to moral luck in respect of parenthood than fathers are.
To see this, notice that Williams distinguishes between the justification tout court of a life-defining decision and its justification in the eyes of the agent who made it. There is, he says, no external standpoint from which the justification of a life-defining decision can be asserted , no universal currency in which to evaluate it. When we look back on our lives and uphold or refute the grounds of some pivotal decision, we do from a standpoint that has been significantly shaped by that very decision. The question arises: Are the conditions of our society such that, not all of the time by any means but more often than not, a woman's life is more significantly shaped in her eyes by her decision to have a child than a man's life is? Is motherhood more likely to become constitutive of a woman's self-identity than fatherhood is to become constitutive of a man's self-identity? If so, then a woman is more exposed to the moral luck involved in parenthood than a man is – in the sense that, if her parenthood turns out badly, it is more likely than it is for a man that she has failed at something on which (thanks to social pressures of various sorts) she has staked her self-understanding. Similarly, in the eyes of society at large she might find the assessment of her life more closely bound than a father's might be to her success or failure as a parent.
I don't want prejudge the answer to the question as to whether women are in fact more exposed to the moral luck of parenthood in this way, but it seems like an interesting line of thought to explore. Part of the reason I am drawn to it is that, like many women, I do find myself fighting on many battlefronts (some inside me, some outside) to find a sense of self in which "mother" does not loom tyrannously large.
But there is another source of my interest in that question – and it is the source of the reticence I felt about writing my blogpost last December. It is Lionel Shriver's excellent novel, We Need To Talk about Kevin. This novel is a sustained and deeply perceptive fictional account of a woman's decision to have a child, and of her prolonged and painful reflection on that decision when it turns out very badly indeed. The book is a very rich resource for exploring in detail the issues that Williams sketches briefly in his Gauguin story – deliberation under uncertainly about matters of profound moral importance and of profound importance to one's life; failure and the analysis of failure. Most of all it revolves on the never-quite-answered question as to whether the woman's bad moral luck was "intrinsic" or "extrinsic": Did her life's project of parenthood fail because it was a flawed one, one that could never have grounded value in her life because she was not the person that project required her to be? Or did it fail because of the brute, extrinsic bad luck of giving birth to a "difficult" (impossibly difficult) child?
As well as providing a source of detailed reflection on the issue of moral luck as presented by Bernard Williams, the book is also a meditation on the ways in which motherhood can have a very different significance in the life of a mother than fatherhood has in the life of a father. The story shows us a mother who finds herself much more relentlessly confined by motherhood than her partner is by fatherhood, with the result that her identity is much more comprehensively consumed than his by the failure of the project of parenthood (even though he is in fact killed by that failure).
As everyone probably knows, this novel centres on a very painful event indeed, a mass killing on school premises by a young man. At any time, this is a subject that both literature and attempts at philosophy ought to address only with great care and reticence. But in the aftermath of the shootings at Sandy Hook last December it seemed impossible to treat this subject abstractly, as a resource for philosophical reflection, impossible to encounter it in any way other than through the concrete responses of horror and shock and pity. So I abandoned my intended piece of writing. As time passes, it does seem to become possible again to write about such things, but not (it seems to me) without some preliminary thought about when and how it is acceptable to touch on matters of such great sadness in the course of doing philosophy. And perhaps we also need some preliminary thought about why it is acceptable to view matters of such great sadness through the lens of fiction.
Is philosophical reasoning too glib, too abstract, too trivialising to intrude on tragedy? It can be conducted in that way. Moral philosophy takes as its subject matter some of the most troubling features of our existence and, for the sake of clarifying our ideas, it refines this subject matter into technical terms (like "moral luck") and setpiece thought experiments that deliberately discard as much as possible of the white noise that is the stuff of life. For some thinkers no doubt this coolness is a temporary stepping back from deep engagement with the ethical features of their lives, in order to live their lives better. But for many of us it becomes an end in itself. That isn't wrongful: clarity is worth pursuing for itself. But there is a time and a place for it.
At its best, though, philosophy can restrain its tendency to glibness by taking seriously the Socratic point, that wisdom lies in the awareness of how little we know: rather than expertise, philosophers offer tools for the sustained interrogation of their own ignorance and everyone else's. When philosophy is conceived in this way its reigning sentiments are bewilderment and hesitancy, amounting to a kind of intellectual pessimism, about the possibility of finding the kind of answers that ultimately satisfy. Those sentiments aren't out of place at the scene of a tragedy, I think.
Williams avoids the artificial clarity of much analytical philosophy. His account of moral luck emphasises the limited role of rationality in our assessment of our own actions: an "entirely clear-headed agent" might, he says, discard much of the sense of responsibility that we do, in fact, feel for the outcomes of our actions. Rather than rational analysis, he offers a critique of ethical experience. He asks us to reflect carefully on our actual reactions to a range of ethically challenging situations, and to do so without the hope that philosophy will provide all of the solutions that we seek.
This emphasis on lived ethical experience makes Williams' account not-glib, rich, and humane – the kind of philosophy that we perhaps shouldn't be ashamed to bring out in the context of a tragedy. And his emphasis on ethical experience is also what makes literature so promising a resource for exploring moral luck. We Need to Talk about Kevin is a case study of ethical experience, offering the depth and richness of experience that is present in life itself, but presenting it with the kind of lucidity that real life rarely offers. Literature also gives us a kind of completeness that we can't get from observing real life. In a novel people have a relatively small set of characteristics, and every one of these characteristics is present to the reader (provided that the reader reads thoughtfully enough). There is nothing hidden, so all of the relationship between a person's deliberations, actions, reactions, and self-assessments can be made fast and clear and determinate. There is no similar completeness of revelation in life. Too many variables, too many secrets.
I think I have convinced myself that a blogpost on parenthood – especially motherhood – and moral luck written in the light of a novel about a mass killing at a school, might not be too insensitive in the aftermath of Sandy Hook, and might help a little bit as we grapple with our reactions to the event. And I'll hope to make such a post at some point.


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Posted on 12/28/2005 11:40:33 AM PST by presidio9
President Bush December 19 sent warm greetings to all who are celebrating Kwanzaa -- a seven-day observance emphasizing seven principles of African culture.
Kwanzaa, which will begin December 26, represents an African-American and pan-African holiday celebrating family, community and culture.
For additional information see Holidays and African Americans.
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THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary December 19, 2005
December 2005
I send greetings to those observing Kwanzaa.
African Americans and people around the world reflect on African heritage during Kwanzaa. The seven days of this celebration emphasize the seven principles of Nguzo Saba -- unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. These values contribute to a culture of citizenship and compassion, and Kwanzaa activities help pass on African values and traditions to future generations.
As families and friends gather for Kwanzaa, Americans remember the many contributions African Americans have made to our country's character and celebrate the diversity that makes our Nation strong. May your commitment to family, faith, and community thrive during this holiday season and throughout the coming year.
Laura and I send our best wishes for a happy Kwanzaa.
But a Presidential acknowledgment such as this would seem to lends credibility to it. If this wasn't the purpose in this case, what would it be?
You're entitled to your opinion. You've certainly stated it often enough over the past few days that you feel that Bush did no wrong in mentioning Kwanzaa. I think that the vast majority of FReepers here would disagree with you, but you can say whatever damned crazy thing that comes to your mind and that you bang out on your keyboard. However, your opinion not withstanding, Bush was extolling the virtues of Kwanzaa when he gave it such unworthy praise and recognition.
Shoot. And I haven't bought a single thing for anyone.
Oh, well. Try again next year.
So are the Klansmen who celebrate Klanzaa (invented holiday, just like Kwanzaa, to prove my point). Would you defend him in recognizing a holiday such as Klanzaa? No difference between the two.
P.C. Crap.
Do we, or do we not have freedom of religion in this country?
Speaking of invented religions...let's talk about Utah.
Wait? Are you saying that Kwanzaa is a religion? Because, in fact, it is. See Kawaida.
So, why is it being taught and celebrated in so many of our schools?
Invented by you apparently...unless you have information not available on the Internet on the Klan's rituals and celebrations of Klanzaa.
And, by the way, you failed to answer my question about the appropriateness of the President recognizing Klanzaa - the fictitious KKK holiday. Why is that? Do you cede the point or are you just trying to change the subject and turn this Kwanzaa thread into a religious flameware about the predominant religion in Utah?
I said it was an invention used to prove a point. Stop deflecting and answer the question. Would it be appropriate for President Bush to recognize a holiday such as Klanzaa - or even Hitler's birthday - similarly to his recognition of Kwanzaa in light of your statement that he is the President of all Americans?
You are probably correct. However it does seem that a Presidential acknowledgment such as this is met to lend credibility to this "holiday".
It's not me trying to turn this discussion into a religious flame war.
Simply stated.
By and in large, the observants of Kwanza (I know some) are not members of racial hate groups, and in spite of the fact that the history of the Kwanza creator may be filled with violence and hate, his sins do not fall on the observers, any more than children will be put to death for their fathers.
They are guilty of little more than celebrating a made up holiday.
As a matter of fact, my Kwanza observant friends observe Christmas.
Perhaps you should educate yourself in the meaning of Kawanza, for it is neither a religious or a political Holiday,and in no way seeks to replace Christmas.
By the way...words have meaning, so quit spreading misinformation.
Kwanza is not a holiday.
Wrong. It is displayed prominanently on the White House website and is archived as an official presidential message. It is given equal billing with the President's Christmas message and his Hannukah message. Are you saying that those messages are just worthless statements that no one reads or cares about?
Why can't you just admit that the president was wrong in recognizing or mentioning Kwanzaa. I mean, you do as much when you say that you would have preferred that he ignored it. We agree! I wish he had ignored it. But it isn't a small thing. He is lending credibility and legitimacy to a fake holiday invented by a violent, sadistic thug to spread his virulent brand of racist black nationalism and Marxism. As I said to you before, either the President is pandering to the wrong crowd - one that he's never going to reach anyway - or he's simply ignorant about the origins and nature of Kwanzaa. Or both.
Why interpret it as his intention to "lend credibility" to Kwanzaa? Why not interpret it as his desire to acknowledge a Black holiday and thus avoid being called racist--which we know he's sensitivie about? Until the "extolling the virtues" comment made earlier, I really didn't realize how minimally laudatory to Kwanzaa itself the statement actually was. It's more laudatory of Black contributions to society than it is of the holiday.
Someone needs to send the President a link to that article about the criminal background of the guy who started Kwaaza.
Kwanza is a peaceful celebration of one's heritage, how you compare it to a celebration of one of humanity's worst genocidal maniac is quite laughable.
Your comparison is known as a non-sequitur.
Let's examine your argument, and your fallacy, in reverse.
Is Christmas evil because Hitler celebrated it?
By the way...Adolph Hitler merged the German Protestant Church and the Third Reich together in 1933.
Does that make Adolph good, or the German Protestant Church bad?
You refuse to answer the question because of the Klanzaa thing? You just refuse to accept your hypocrasy on the subject, so let me ask it differently. Would you similarly defend a presidential message sending "greetings" to and extolling the virtures of any sort of KKK holiday or possibly Hitler's birthday? I'm sure that many Muslims celebrate the 9/11 attacks as a holiday. Would it be OK if the President sent them a friendly little official presidential proclamation?
By and in large, the observants of Kwanza (I know some) are not members of racial hate groups, and in spite of the fact that the history of the Kwanza creator may be filled with violence and hate, his sins do not fall on the observers, any more than children will be put to death for their fathers. They are guilty of little more than celebrating a made up holiday. As a matter of fact, my Kwanza observant friends observe Christmas. Perhaps you should educate yourself in the meaning of Kawanza, for it is neither a religious or a political Holiday,and in no way seeks to replace Christmas.
I am quite educated on Kwanzaa, its origins, and its meanings as described by its founder and the official "keeper" of Kwanzaa, Ron Everett (aka. Maulana Karenga). In fact, I've considered writing a book on the subject given all of the research I've done and information I've gathered about Kwanzaa and the writings of its crazed founder. Most of what I've learned did, in fact, come from Everett himself. His own writings damn him far more than I ever could. Go check out a few library books and see for yourself.
Kwanzaa does, in fact, seek the replace Christmas. In fact, Kawaida - the pseudo-religious source of Kwanzaa - seeks to replace Christianity as Everett disdainfully considers Christianity and Judaism to be "spookism". His term, not mine. Kwanzaa and Kawaida are wholly incompatible with Christianity and Judaism. I hope your Kwanzaa celebrating suckers...er...friends are aware of that.
I think we do agree. It's the level of venom in your posts, thread after thread, day after day, that puts me off. There are many issues out there, and this particular one doesn't rank in the top 100.
Absolutely disgusting
You are still deflecting and failing to answer my question. Would it be acceptable for the President - any President - to officially recognize through a laudatory proclamation a holiday such as one celebrated by the KKK or Nazis? YOU made the argument that the president is the president of all Americans and I factually pointed out that members of the KKK and some Nazis are also Americans. Are you ceding your point or are you going to continue to deflect into religious arguments about the predominant religion in the state of Utah, your queer invocation of Godwin's law, or Hitler's assocation with the German Protestant Church and Christmas? Just answer the question or admit that your point was wrong.
Thank you!
Well, I guess one could look at it in that respect.
right backatcha' yo!!!
To you. Yet, every December I have to see otherwise intelligent people pretend that Kwanzaa is something beneficial or laudatory. You seem to be missing the point that Kwanzaa is intended to foment racial division among blacks against all other races. It is intended to promote black nationalism which is the establishment of a seperate black nation within America. It is intended to undermine the black community's predominant association with Christianity as Kwanzaa's founder dismisses Christian beliefs as "spookism". It is intended to foster Marxist thought within the black community. And given its 1960's black revolutionary roots, it was intended to cause a black nationalist revolution within America.
Maybe you don't understand the colors associated with Kwanzaa and black nationalism in general - Red, Green, and Black. Let me educate you:
This is from the Kwanzaa Info. Center run by a black nationalist organization:
Red is for the Blood. Black is the Black People. Green is for the Land.
The Red, or the blood, stands as the top of all things. We lost our land through blood; and we cannot gain it except through blood. We must redeem our lives through the blood. Without the shedding of blood there can be no redemption of this race. However, the bloodshed and sorrow will not last always. The Red significantly stands in our flag as a reminder of the truth of history, and that men must gain and keep their liberty, even at the risk of bloodshed.
The Black is in the middle. The Black man in this hemisphere has yet to obtain land which is represented by the Green. The acquisition of land is the highest and noblest aspiration for the Black man on this continent, since without land there can be no freedom, justice, independence, or equality.
"Omygosh! Kwanzaa is this week???"
"Shoot. And I haven't bought a single thing for anyone."
Just steal something for those on your list... i mean after all, it is "Kwanzaa"...
Bush has sunk to new lows by sucking up to the diversity-mongers. "Kwaanza" is a fake holiday created back in the '60s by a bunch of looney Afrocentrists.
The link I provided is to the position statements of the group called "The Organization Us". This is the same gang that Everett founded in the 60's, the same gang that lived a communal lifestyle as they practiced their bizarre brand of Marxism, the same gang that gunned down two rival gang members for heckling Everett during a speech in the UCLA student union about who would head the new Black Studies program there, the same gang from which came the two accomplices to Everett's sadistic torture crimes against the two young women. They've only slightly changed their name and their militant appearance, but the goals are the same nonetheless. Their PR effort makes them only slightly more palatable.
Review the statements on the link I provided and you will see just how detestable this organization and its views are. And these are the views that they wish to put front and center for all to read.
Now go to theOfficial Kwanzaa Website at www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org.
There you will see the logo from the US website:
You will also see the following statement:
First, Kwanzaa was created to reaffirm and restore our rootedness in African culture. It is, therefore, an expression of recovery and reconstruction of African culture which was being conducted in the general context of the Black Liberation Movement of the '60's and in the specific context of The Organization Us, the founding organization of Kwanzaa and the authoritative keeper of its tradition.
The views and history of US is inseperable from the Kwanzaa observance. They are the originators and official keepers of the Kwanzaa tradition. This is the holiday that you're defending and the holiday that Presidents Clinton and Bush gave official laudatory proclamations concerning.
I hope that this helps to further educate you about this detestable observance and helps you to begin to understand why some find Kwanzaa so objectionable.
Thanks for the links. CSU Longbeach has hired this man to spew his evil to students?? There's a scandal. It supports his effort to rewrite history? Ludicrous.
I answered your question quite clearly; yours is a logical fallacy because the people celebrating Kwanzaa are neither Nazis nor Klansmen, so the two do not compare.
Your "question" is the basic equivalent to my saying that abortion should be outlawed because I don't believe in murdering the unborn, and you arguing that so should automobiles because children die in auto accidents.
it's not the same thing.
While the President is president of all Americans, Americans in general will not tolerate a holiday celebrated by people who advocate racial hatred and violence...Kawanza advocates neither, in spite of the actions of its "inventor", the celebration (not a holiday) is simply a celebration of heritage. So your objection to a Presidential remark to the celebrants of Kwanzaa is purely racially based, and motivated by some sort of basic problem within yourself.
These celebrants take nothing from you, they seek to take nothing from you, they force nothing on you, nor do they seek to force anything on you.
You have a problem.
Uh, there are several Latin American holidays celebrated in this country. The most significant ones that I can think of are Cinqo de Mayo, and Peurto Rican national day. The differnce here is that most descendants of slaves are robbed of any sense of national heritage. Not that Kwanzaa is the answer, but if blacks want some sort of heritage holiday, I won't deny them that. Personally, I am of Irish, Scottish, German, and American descent, and I don't celebrate any national holiday. But plenty of people do.
But that's not what I was talking about. You asked what great accomplishments Africa has produced in the last millenia. I think that's an ignorant question. Africa is imporverished culturally and economically because of geography, not because of any inherent superiority of those who settled America.
Tell me that this isn't about as racist a remark as you've ever seen in this forum.
Not true in this country. The words have the same root, but we do not consider President's day or Martin Luther King Day "Holy Days." The feast of the Assumption is a Holy Day. Yom Kippur is a Holy Day.
The Holiday-Holy Day connection is a lame justification liberal apologists have been using lately to explain the war against Christmas.
Hey now.....I think I can celebrate Gunzaa!
Ping to GoodRay......
Sounds like something from a frikkin' Coneheads movie.
You mean the war against a business owner's right to free speech being led by people who just a decade or so ago where bitching about the over commercialization of Christmas, and now are upset about merchants decommercializing it?
Bush just legitimatized it for time immemorial. Sometimes I really think... maybe he is stupid.
I thought McCaniac outlawed the celebration of torture last week ?:O)
At least the founder of this crap didn't make his victims wear their panties on their heads ......
I want a distinct separation of Church and State...don't you?
Do you advocate public school teachers teaching your kids religion?
Eliminating Christmas altogether from schools and the public square is absurd, so I am with you on that.
That's a lame defense of this stupid P.C. move by the President.
Reagan? In your dreams. He struggled with signing the King Observance into law.
Then get busy with that Ammendment campaign. It's not in our Constitution.
I advocate very little "public" anything. I went to Jesuit schools, and so will my kids. That being said, no, I don't think public schools should teach religion. But only for the same reason that I don't trust the goverment to teach my kids anything else.
You just contradicted yourself.
How do you figure? My point is not that public schools are not permitted to teach religion. It is that they have already demonstrated their incompetance.
You believe that public schools should demonstrate a competence in religious teachings?
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Debates of June 19th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #143 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was agreements.
- Question Period
- Committees of the House
- Canada Genuine Progress Measurement Act
- Canada Shipping Act, 2001
- Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Points of Order
- Correctional Service Canada
- Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Blood Donation
- Children's Health
- Birthday Congratulations
- Canada-Wide Science Fair
- Democracy
- Fiesta Week
- The Prime Minister
- Diesel Exhaust
- Christiane Blanchet
- Pyrrhotite
- Free Trade Agreements
- Polio
- Free Trade Agreements
- Canadian Coast Guard
- International Trade
- Government Legislation
- Government Accountability
- Ethics
- Federal-Provincial Relations
- Ethics
- The Economy
- International Trade
- National Defence
- Ethics
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Ethics
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Privacy
- Employment Insurance
- International Trade
- Ethics
- Health
- The Budget
- Fisheries and Oceans
- The Economy
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Natural Resources
- Points of Order
- Privilege
- Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act
- Committees of the House
- World Autism Awareness Day Act
- Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act
- Protecting Canada's Seniors Act
- Financial Literacy Leader Act
- Strengthening Military Justice in the Defence of Canada Act
- Search and Rescue
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Ruth Ellen Brosseau Berthier—Maskinongé, QC
Mr. Speaker, many families in Mauricie have had their lives shattered by the pyrrhotite crisis—a crisis that could have been avoided.
At a press conference today, the NDP called on the federal government to take immediate action to help those families.
In 2011, the Government of Quebec announced $15 million in assistance, hoping that the federal government would do the same. However, federal assistance has not been forthcoming.
We have three clear requests for the government. First of all, we ask that the federal government match the funding allocated by the Quebec government. The NDP is also calling on the government to create a loans program for the victims. Lastly, we would like the government to change the standard regarding the quality of the aggregates used in concrete.
If this standard had been changed sooner, the pyrrhotite crisis would not be what it is today. The government now has an opportunity to help the affected families.
We must not leave these families to deal with this problem on their own.
Free Trade Agreements
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Colin Mayes Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
Mr. Speaker, our government understands the importance of trade to Canada's economy. That is why we are currently undertaking the most ambitious trade expansion plan in our country's history.
Since forming government, we have signed nine free trade agreements and are working on more. With increasing growth through trade, it comes as no surprise that more than 60% of our economy and one in five Canadian jobs are generated by trade.
Sadly, the anti-trade NDP has opposed our pro-trade plan at every turn. It even sent two of its members on an anti-trade mission to Washington. The NDP's ill-informed, out of touch anti-trade position is out of step with global economic realities.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Mark Eyking Sydney—Victoria, NS
Mr. Speaker, while India has been successful at stopping polio, there are still 75 cases reported yearly in the world. The World Health Assembly is still declaring that high urgency is needed for polio eradication.
Canada has long been a leader in this historic effort for global eradication of polio and should support this call for urgent action. In continuing to fight against polio, Canada should close the funding gap for 2012 and 2013 and call on other donor countries to join this effort.
Organizations, such as Rotary International, RESULTS Canada and The End of Polio campaign are increasing community and political engagement on polio across Canada this summer.
Former prime minister and polio survivor, Paul Martin, has also joined The End of Polio campaign.
I would encourage all members to get involved so Canada may continue to be a world leader in helping the world's most vulnerable.
Free Trade Agreements
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Brad Butt Mississauga—Streetsville, ON
Mr. Speaker, as leaders from all political stripes from all around the world are coming together to expand free trade and create jobs, the NDP members continue to stubbornly hold out.
We have worked with governments as diverse as Colombia, Panama, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland to expand free trade and create jobs.
A lesson for the NDP: when everyone around it says it is wrong, it is wrong. If the NDP ever wants to be taken seriously at home or abroad it is time for it to leave its outdated, isolationist ideology in the Stone Age where it belongs and join with us in creating jobs, growth and prosperity for Canadians and millions of others around the world.
Until then, the NDP and its radical anti-trade agenda will continue to dwell on the fringes of the political spectrum.
Canadian Coast Guard
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Kennedy Stewart Burnaby—Douglas, BC
Mr. Speaker, the member for Nanaimo—Alberni keeps wanting to have things both ways. When he is in B.C., he is against major Coast Guard cuts in the budget. When he is in Ottawa, he votes for them.
Do not get me wrong. The member is right to be concerned about these cuts. These proposals would leave only two centres to monitor over 27,000 kilometres of coastline.
However, just like when every Conservative voted to impose the HST on British Columbians, Conservative members from B.C. are again acting like the Prime Minister's personal rubber stamp. The member for Nanaimo—Alberni could have voted with new Democrats to protect the Coast Guard last week, but he chose not to.
The Coast Guard cuts are risky for the west coast and this budget is bad for B.C. British Columbians know it, New Democrats know it and even some Conservatives know it. I only wish my Conservative colleagues had the courage to stand up for British Columbians and vote against these risky cuts to B.C.'s Coast Guard.
International Trade
Statements By Members
June 19th, 2012 / 2:15 p.m.
Paul Calandra Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
Mr. Speaker, since 2006, our Conservative government has focused on creating jobs, growing our economy and ensuring the long-term prosperity of all Canadians. One of the most important steps we have taken is expanding our trade relations with countries around the world. Since 2006, we have signed agreements with nine countries: Panama, Colombia, Honduras, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Peru and Jordan.
Over two million Canadian jobs are dependent on Canada-U.S. trade alone, trade that some parties in the House actually oppose.
With one in five Canadian jobs and over 60% of Canada's GDP dependent on trade, our government's efforts are unlocking economic opportunities and ensuring a brighter future for all Canadians. One thing that is certain is that this side will always stand up for jobs and economic growth and we will continue to focus, like a laser, on all those things that Canadians think are important, even if the opposition members oppose them all.
Government Legislation
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Thomas Mulcair Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, Canadians were right to hope that after yesterday's vote on the omnibus bill, the Conservatives would give it a rest.
Unfortunately, the Minister of Finance admits that he is plotting another omnibus bill for the fall. The Conservatives should learn their lesson.
Will the Conservatives confirm that they are gearing up to make the same mistake again? Will they at least think twice before they start showing contempt for our democratic institutions again?
Government Legislation
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, this government's number one priority is job creation, economic growth and long-term prosperity.
Every year, as long as I have been in this place and in the legislature of Ontario, the Minister of Finance presents a budget in the winter and the spring, then presents a budget bill in the spring and another budget bill in the fall. That will be no different this year.
Our focus, all of our energies are on getting Canadians back to work. We are very pleased with the 750,000 net new jobs the economy has created, but we are inspired to continue to do more so more people can have the dignity of a job and the pride of being independent.
Government Legislation
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Thomas Mulcair Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, the Conservative's plan this spring was to ram their Trojan Horse budget bill through Parliament without anyone noticing what was actually in it. They hid their proposals, but even Conservative MPs can tell us, Canadians are taking notice.
Bringing in another omnibus bill, another ominous bill, to change Canada in ways they never talked about during the election is simply wrong.
Why will the Conservatives not allow MPs to study their proposals properly. Canadians are calling for it, we are certainly calling for it and even Conservative MPs are calling for it. Why will they not show some respect for Parliament? What else will they try to hide this time?
Government Legislation
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, this government is very proud of its economic agenda. We are very proud of budget 2012 and the clear map it sets out for long-term economic prosperity. It contains measures on short-term economic growth to provide a real shot in the arm for the Canadian economy and provides measures in the medium and long term that will make our economy even more sustainable and create even more jobs and long-term prosperity.
We had a significant amount of debate on Bill C-38, probably more than any other bill since I have been a member of this place. That debate is now concluded. Now we will refocus and do even more to create jobs, more to create more opportunity, so that every Canadian who is looking for a job can have a job.
Government Accountability
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Thomas Mulcair Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, the culture of secrecy is contaminating the entire government. It uses a budget bill to hide social and environmental changes that have nothing to do with implementing a budget. The Access to Information Act is repeatedly ignored. The Federal Accountability Act guarantees members of the House free and timely access to any financial or economic data in the government's possession, but the Conservatives are refusing to provide that information, despite the legal opinion received by the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
What do they have against transparency? What do they have against accountability?
Government Accountability
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, the minister and this government made accountability our number one priority. We introduced and passed the toughest anti-corruption bill in Canadian history before Parliament as a matter of our first priority.
The minister introduced the Federal Accountability Act. With great respect, I believe that from time to time and on occasion the Parliamentary Budget Office has overstepped its mandate.
Let me commit to this. This government will continue to report to Parliament through the estimates, the supplementary estimates, quarterly reports and the public accounts, all in the fiscal information Parliament needs to do its job.
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Linda Duncan Edmonton Strathcona, AB
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism has made disparaging comments about the deputy premier of Alberta, Mr. Thomas Lukaszuk, remarks so offensive the rules of the House prevent me from repeating them.
When the Leader of the Opposition and I met with Mr. Lukaszuk at the end of May, he was a complete gentleman.
Given that his reprehensible comments are now public, will the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism take this opportunity to apologize to Mr. Lukaszuk?
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship
Mr. Speaker, I and this government have a phenomenal, positive working relationship with the Government of Alberta. Just yesterday I spent 30 minutes meeting with the provincial finance minister. I have met in the last month with several ministers. We have a very strong relationship.
Will the member for Edmonton—Strathcona take the opportunity to apologize to Albertans for wanting to shut down the engine of economic growth and job creation in the province of Alberta that would kill hundreds of thousands of jobs for Albertans.
Federal-Provincial Relations
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Linda Duncan Edmonton Strathcona, AB
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Michael Kimbarow
San Jose State University, Communicative Disorders and Sciences
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Michael L. Kimbarow, Ph.D. currently chairs the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences in the Connie L. Lurie College of Education. Before coming to SJSU in 2005, he was the Director of the Communication Disorders Program at New Mexico State University. Dr. Kimbarow is a speech-language pathologist with over 32 years of clinical experience with adults demonstrating speech and language disorders secondary to neurological disease. Dr. Kimbarow's research interests are in the pragmatic communication skills of individuals with aphasia or traumatic brain injury. He has published and presented extensively in this are. Dr. Kimbarow is currently on the Executive Board of the Academy of Neuorlogic Communication Disorders and Sciences and is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.
Kimbarow, M.L. (2007). Integrating life participation approaches to aphasia treatmentwith adult learning theory. Topics in Language Disorders, 27 (4), 313-318).
Kimbarow, M.L.(1999). Assessing communication disorders and aphasia in older adults. In P.Lichtenberg (ed.)Handbook of GeriatricAssessment. Baltimore: John Wiley & Sons.
Lichtenberg, P.A., Kimbarow, M.L., Wall, J.R., Roth, R.E., & McNeil, S.(1998). Depression in Geriatric Medical and Nursing Home Patients. Detroit, MI: Wayne State Universit Press.
Lichtenberg, P.A., Kimbarow ,M.L., Morris, P.A. & Vangel, S.(1996). Behavioral treatment of depression in predominantly African-American medical patients. Clinical Gerontologist 17, 15-34
Kimbarow, M.L., Lichtenberg, P.A, & Vangel, S. (1996).The influence of demographic variables on normal elderly adults' performance on the Boston Naming Test. In P.Lemme (Ed.) Clinical Aphasiology Vol.24 Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
Lichtenberg, P.A., Vangel, S.J., Kimbarow, M.L. & Ross, T.P. (1996).The Boston Naming Test: Clinical utility. Clinical Gerontologist, 16, 69-72.
Lichtenberg, P.A., Kimbarow, M.L , MacKinnon, D., Morris, P.A., & Bush, J.V.(1995). An interdisciplinary behavioral treatment program for depressed geriatric rehabilitation inpatient. The Gerontologist,35,688-690.
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Denim Therapy: How's the line doing at Barney's Co-op? Is it difficult for Raleigh Denim to produce large orders?
Raleigh Denim: The line is doing really well at Barney's. Our first few orders tripled or doubled and that was a little tricky to keep up with (we have some great pictures of our friends and family helping us pack orders the week before we shipped), but now it's not a problem. Barney's gets that we need to do things a certain way in order to have a good, happy, long-lasting brand. They understand our philosophy, have facilitated our growth.
DT: Which style/wash of your denim collection literally flies off the shelf? and is there a "must-have" pair of jeans for Spring/Summer 2011?
RD: Our "Original" jean is based on the first style we were really proud of. We have updated it with triple needle fell seams and tighter stitching details all around. It has an interesting shade of 12.5oz denim with a tinted weft allowing the denim to break in a little greener than normal indigo.
DT: It's obvious that you two are very proud Raleighnians. How has basing your entire empire in Raleigh influenced your creative direction?
RD: There is a strong, talented group of creative people here; we all hang out and feed off of each other creating synergy between our different disciplines. We have an amazing community of friends and family… they've played a huge role in helping us starting Raleigh Denim. For our first big order two years ago, our moms came in to iron the out-seams of the jeans, our friends helped us snip and fold and pack and my dad put in all the rivets with a hand press. We really wouldn't be anywhere without NC's support.
DT: Congratulations on opening your first private store, The Curatory. (Awesome name by the way.) What kind of experience did you want to create for people who visit The Curatory?
RD: Thanks!! We sold jeans from our first warehouse space to a few brave people who ventured to the edge of town to our unmarked building. We wanted to preserve a little bit of that grit – production is not sexy – but to also create a showcase for the end results. We chose to link the two visually, with a sliver of eye-level window running the length of the store. At any point, you can see through to us making things!
DT: What is your current favorite trend?
RD: I love waistcoats. And ties. Not really dressy ties, but ties worn all which ways, messy, casual, bow ties, thin ties…I think guys should wear ties way more often. They are such great accessories, especially if you look beyond the standard, corporate office style.
DT: What's a day in the life of Sarah and Victor like? What keeps you sane? What makes you happy?
RD: A day in the life of Sarah and Victor…wake up, snuggle with our cat, Mr. Magneto, head to the shop, sew, fix machines, tweak patterns, make markers for cutting fabric… tacos for lunch. We have a Tuesday/Thursday taco tradition. Jon named it S.H.I.T.T. which stands for: "So Happy It's Taco Tuesday/Thursday!"
Raleigh Denim is now in 20 Barneys Co-op stores. Due to Raleigh Denim's cult status amongst men and women, a new women's denim collection will launch this fall, along with a full men's ready to wear collection for Fall 2011. Also for Fall, Raleigh Denim is using four denims and one canvas that was developed exclusively with Cone Denim. Thanks to Raleigh Denim for taking the time out of their busy schedule to answer our questions! Don't forget to check out Raleigh Denim online and follow them on Twitter!
—Michelle Christina Larsen & Kathy Ng Hassan
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We thought we'd take this opportunity to focus on denim accessories that adds a little bit of oomph to our everyday lives. Without being too over the top, these practical little denim accents—from pocket squares to computer cases—provides a hint of luxury for the man who is attuned to the finer things in life.
1. So you've got the deconstructed blazer and the coveted raw selvedge jeans. Throw in this sartorial pocket square and you'll be stylin' in seconds. Topman Blue Denim Dot Pocket Square ($20) – buy it at Topman.
2. When a silk tie just doesn't make sense with your bleed-on-everything raw jeans, go all the way with this retro-inspired tie. G-Star Correct Line Denim Tie ($60.96) – buy it at ASOS.
3-4. We know that you're committed to your technology, so protect your loved ones with only the best materials: these sleeves are made from heavy-duty 13.5oz White Oak raw selvedge Cone Denim. MS&Co iPad and iPhone Raw Selvedge Denim Sleeves ($65) – buy it at MS&Co.
5. Nobody you know has one—yet. 'Nuff said. Railcar Fine Goods Selvedge Key Lanyard ($19) – buy it at Railcar Fine Goods.
6. We like to say this laptop case feels soft to the touch and speaks to your love of denim; but, heck, we know it's a trophy item. Acne Einstein Denim Laptop Case ($230) – buy it at Acne.
—Kathy Ng Hassan
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Munster fly-half Ian Keatley scored 20 points in the Irish side's 30-3 victory over Edinburgh in Cork on Saturday.
Munster fly-half Ian Keatley scored 20 points in the Irish side's 30-3 victory over Edinburgh in Cork on Saturday.
Keatley's points were complemented by tries in the final quarter from CJ Stander and Mike Sherry capping off the home win.
A Piers Francis penalty gave Edinburgh an early lead and the Scottish team were only 6-3 behind at the break, but Keatley's right boot pushed the hosts out of sight in the Cork rain after the interval.
Munster had to endure a difficult first quarter during which BJ Botha was penalised for not scrummaging straight – referee Ian Davies sin-binned the South African prop in the 13th minute.
Francis, who missed a difficult first penalty, made no mistake with his second attempt as Edinburgh edged into the lead.
Davies' officiating of the scrum continued to dominate proceedings with Munster winning the next two penalties in the set-piece, the first allowing Keatley to kick the hosts level.
Botha got the verdict over John Yapp on his return and Keatley converted the second of two quickfire penalties, punishing Richie Rees for being caught offside. Greig Tonks, Netani Talei and Ben Atiga tested the Munster defence late on, but Stander and company ensured the first half remained try-less.
Munster opened the second half on the front foot, JJ Hanrahan dinking a clever kick in behind Dougie Fife but the Edinburgh winger beat Johne Murphy to the bobbling ball.
The hosts maintained their presence in the visitors' 22 and another Keatley penalty gave them a six-point buffer after Willem Nel infringed in a scrum.
The showery conditions made for a scrappy encounter and each penalty kick was becoming increasingly important.
Munster's stand-in captain Jamie Coughlan was caught by a high tackle from Rees and Keatley slotted the resulting kick from a central position.
The province's direct style forced further mistakes from territory-starved Edinburgh and a fifth successful strike from Keatley had his side 15-3 ahead by the hour mark.
A sixth followed from the fly-half before a pinpoint Hanrahan pass sent Ivan Dineen scurrying up the right touchline. He kicked ahead for the supporting Stander, who went over unopposed for a 68th-minute converted try.
Munster, who did the double on Edinburgh in the Heineken Cup pool stages, crossed again with five minutes remaining – replacement hooker Sherry scrambling past Talei after an assist from Stander.
The scorers:
For Munster:
Tries: Stander, Sherry
Con: Keatley
Pens: Keatley 6
For Edinburgh:
Pens: Francis
Munster: 15 Denis Hurley, 14 Johne Murphy, 13 Ivan Dineen, 12 JJ Hanrahan, 11 Danny Barnes, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Duncan Williams, 8 James Coughlan (capt), 7 Sean Dougall, 6 CJ Stander, 5 Billy Holland, 4 Ian Nagle, 3 BJ Botha, 2 Damien Varley, 1 Marcus Horan.
Replacements: 16 Mike Sherry, 17 Wian du Preez, 18 J Ryan, 19 Dave Foley, 20 Tommy O'Donnell, 21 Paddy Butler, C Sheridan, Scott Deasy.
Edinburgh: 15 Greig Tonks, 14 Dougie Fife, 13 Ben Cairns, 12 Ben Atiga, 11 Tom Brown, 10 Piers Francis, 9 Richie Rees, 8 Netani Talei, 7 Stuart McInally, 6 Sean Cox (c), 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Perry Parker, 3 Willem Nel, 2 Andy Titterrell, 1 John Yapp.
Replacements: 16 Steven Lawrie, 17 Allan Jacobsen, 18 Alex Allan, 19 Grant Gilchrist, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Chris Leck, 22 Gregor Hunter, 23 Lee Jones.


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March is defined by the madness that always dominates the NCAA tournament. The back-and-forth affairs can only be topped by similarly wild finishes.
RELATED: Heroes recall buzzer-beating shots
BRACKET BRIEFING: 50 most valuable Sweet 16 players
Legends are born in March because of one play right before the clock hits zero. From Christian Laettner to Bryce Drew to Scottie Reynolds and everyone in between, USA TODAY Sports takes a look at those shots that stir up memories—the top 10 NCAA tournament buzzer beaters.
Honorable mention: While it's not quite at the buzzer, Michael Jordan's game-winning jumper gets a nod for beating the vaunted Hoyas for his first national title (1982).
No. 12: Mike Miller's jumper against Butler as time expired secured Florida's 69-68 win over the Bulldogs, sending the Gators to The Final Four (2000).
No. 11: Drew Nicholas hits an improbable running three-pointer to help defending champion Maryland escape UNC Wilmington, 75-73. (2003).
No. 10: Kansas' Mario Chalmers sends the national title game against Memphis into overtime with a tying three-pointer with 2.1 seconds left en route to the 75-68 win (2008)
No. 9: U.S. Reed hits halfcourt shot to send Arkansas past defending-champion Louisville 74-73 (1981).
No. 8: Tate George hits a turnaround jumper at the buzzer to lift UConn over Clemson and into the Sweet 16 (1990).
No. 7: Keith Smart's baseline jumper gave Indiana the national title over Syracuse 74-73. (1987)
No. 6: Tyus Edney splits the Missouri defense and hits a running shot to win 75-74, saving UCLA from an early exit on its way to its 11th national championship (1995).
No. 5: Richard Hamilton caps wild final play to send UConn to the Elite Eight with a 75-74 win over Washington (1998).
No. 4: Scottie Reynolds' last-second shot sends Villanova to the Final Four, ousting Pittsburgh (2009).
No. 3: Christian Laettner breaks Kentucky's heart from the foul line off a Grant Hill length-of-the-court pass, giving Duke a 104-103 win (1992).
No. 2: Bryce Drew's "shot" off a designed play helped Valpo stun Ole Miss (1998).
No. 1: Lorenzo Charles seals the title for upstart N.C. State with a dunk to sink favorite Houston (1983).


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Ten Ideas for Bono and his New York Times Op-Ed on Ten World-Changing Ideas
"Another fucking Bono op-ed," a tipster astutely notes! The U2 frontman has Ten Ideas to Change the World, and they're in the Times' Op-Ed section "in the spirit of rock star excess." So how 'bout ten ideas to change Bono?
1. Stop writing Op-Eds. Don't be one of those people, Bono.
2. Stop licensing your songs out. Especially "One." You have enough money and we still like some of them.
3. Stop it with the lasers. You don't need lasers. "Ultraviolet" is awesome enough without them.
4. Save the drama for your concerts. Yes, like you say, it would be nice if Nelson Mandela came out to drop the first ball on the line at the World Cup or whatever. But
If he shows up, the world will weep with joy.
isn't entirely necessary.
5. You have enough money to figure out how to follow through with some of these ideas. So do it. Especially the one about making cars more like iPods, which, besides being awesome-sounding, is certainly on the right track. And about getting rotavirus vaccinations to everyone in Africa. This requires money, which you have, and can get out of your rich friends. Do it.
6. Take a difficult position. Balls out, Bono. Noting that there are bad places like "North Korea, Myanmar" in the world who need their Gandhis is nice, sure. But what about Iran? And why not take a stance on Israel-Palestine? Geopolitical conflicts that need opinions now more than ever, as they're constantly on the cusp of either solution or total chaos. You can only spread the good will for world peace for so long before the message starts to become rhetoric in and of itself.
7. Stop looking in the past. Especially like this:
Dr. Anton Zeilinger, an Austrian physicist, is becoming a rock star of science for his work in quantum teleportation, which I know very little about but which I think I may have achieved backstage one night in Berlin in the early 1990s.
Unless it's in regards to recording another Achtung, Baby. While we're at it, don't ever—ever—count in Spanish again. Ever.
8. If you're going to write an Op-Ed, write it for the Las Vegas Sun. Do I think it's ridiculous that you have an Op-Ed page in the New York Times? For fuck's sake, absolutely. But do I think it'll get some people who didn't read the New York Times yesterday to read it today? Yes. That's not a terrible thing. Hell, write for the Las Vegas Sun. They won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Journalism this year and had to lay off the editor who oversaw the reporting on the prize-winning piece. If you can't, get The Edge to do it. What's he doing right now, eating bananas? Call his ass.
9. Get new sunglasses. Do it for the Children. We're okay with them because we're just used to you but I can imagine you're scaring the children by looking like the future model of SkyNet Terminators. And the children are our future. I'm serious. A pair of Clubmasters would do you just fine.
10. Stop it with the Jesus complex. Are you Bono? Yes. Are you Jesus? No. Your intentions are excellent and at least 60% of your music catalog is still indisputably great. But if you were to play the whole "Bono Thing" a little more low key, tipsters and I might not laugh every time you talk about changing the world like it's the pop culture punchline it is—regardless of the excellent work you've already done!—if you keep on delivering it to everyone year after year.


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Below. Eight visual images from "Don't Trust a Fox/Trust Not the Jew," ("Trau keinem Jud") by Bauer (1936) an anti-Semitic Children's Book published by the German anti-Semitic newspaper, "DER STURMER." Note that images of the Jew have exaggerated physical features, especially distortions of face and body, while Germans/Aryans are cast as physical ideals. The book made a strong case for ostracism of the Jew from German society, such as image number 2, first column, which depicts a scene at a lake in Germany with the Jews looking at the sign that says "!Jews! You Are not Wanted Here." Column 2, image #2 juxtaposed the healthy Aryan physique versus the distorted Jewish body; image number #3 in this same column depicts an "ugly" Jew in his household feasting away and presumably exploiting a non-Jewish servant. Note the Jewish calendar on the wall over the Jew's head and the Star of David. The first image in column #3 suggests the Jewish body is a blight on the beautiful natural landscape, hence an aesthethic problem, while the next image shows Julius Streicher, editor of Der Strumer,in brown uniform greeting healthy German young people.
Other visual images in this section deal with alleged Jewish control of capital, lust for world domination, associations with communism, as well as stereotyping based on images of the body. Identification of the Jew is often linked with distortion of language as a key to otherness, a trait often found in new immigrants. Many of these are from democratic countries, suggesting the pervasiveness of this form of anti-Semitism, not engineered by the State, but nevertheless dangerous.
Below. Images on the Other from Early 20th Century Postcards, various countries including the United States.
Anti-Semitic Images from Scotland, circa 1908, Published by Bamforth.
Scottish Jewish humor. Judaica. Published by Bamforth.
Scottish Jewish humor. Judaica. Published by Bamforth.
Anti-Semitic Jewish Postcard 1908
Above. World War II Flyer linking Allies to being controlled by the Jews. The text reads: "Yankee--Englishman-Bolshevi k, (all) dance to the piping of the Jewish mess." 2.52" x 3.85". 1942.
Above. A small label addressed to: "Countryman" and talks against the minorities, last statement reads: Poland for the Polish, early twenties, issued by independent nationalists in Poznan.
Above. Anti-Semitic Jewish Postcard 1911. American anti-Semitic postcard printed in New York. Note the purposeful misspelling. 1910.
Anti-Semitic poster symbolizing Nazi victory over Judaism." c.1942
Anti-Semitic Jewish Postcard 1904
Judaica Flyer Anti-Semitism Holocaust Jewish
Austrian Anti-Semitic Postcard
Austrian Anti-Semitic Postcard
Racist, facial stereotype 1907 postcard, "Roman-Grecian is his nose"
Rich,facial stereotype Pre-1920 postcard,artist-signed by Bishop. "Young Lady Named Simons exceedingly fond of Diamonds". Edge wear,postally-used 1908.
Racist, facial stereotype Pre-1920 postcard,artist-signed by FLC Cavally. PAWNBROKER related = "vould do anybody for you".