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02 April, 2009
(Almost) Done!
The last few days were pretty intense. I was in the last steps of completing my self-set mapping programm and drafting the new geological map of the region. Quite amazing that I managed to map 16 square kilometers in 6 weeks. Especially considering the partially awful weather and unfavourable terrain. Yesterday's field tour with my supervisor and the good results in my supervisor's opinion were (and are) a great relief. Today I quickly mapped two minor areas that deserved another look. So now I am done with fieldwork - and ready for some vacations actually. Before I return homewards there will be another short visit to the office in Freiburg to return some of the equipment I had borrowed. Then, on saturday, it's finally time to go home! I will take a short rest there before I start to compile the actual map that I will be delivered to the geological survey. Also I need to write my diploma mapping report for university. So I will have plenty to do for the next two months! But before that I will be attending an - I hope interesting - short course (6th to 9th of April) on Coal Geology and Organic Geochemistry of Petroleum Deposits held at my local university by Professor Kalkreuth who is an expert working at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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- fj said...
Congratulations for so successfully finishing your work!
I can sympathise regarding the bad weather. Last week I also was out in the field, drilling and installing groundwater observation pipes, with quite some rain and snow. However, my students were those that really did suffer… ;-)
- 3 April 2009 at 00:09
- Miguel Vera said...
Good job! And what about your thesis project? Any good news?
- 12 April 2009 at 22:38
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Switch to Forum Live View inlaws - is there a limit?
|10 years ago :: Jun 17, 2008 - 6:11PM #1
There must be a limit because I have reached one!
This is so mild in the scope of things, but in the belief that sometimes it's the little things that can drive one over the edge...
My dh and I have a friendly if not deep relationship with his parents who live a day's drive away. Upon their retirement, his dad very much wanted to rehab a vacation home in the mountains - and chose one 90 minutes away from us. I am thrilled that they have found something they enjoy and it is actually a good investment for their later years. Since last summer, they have been here every 6 weeks or so, and the visits are stretching out longer and longer (they are now on week 3 of a 6 week visit.) Their habit is to call my h, tell him when they are coming, and he says "great." I have asked my h for specifics: tell me when they are coming, and for how long, and please give me at least three days notice, and to check with me to see if it's a good time to come. He has never followed through with any of these requests.
Since they are able to stay at the cabin about three days in a row, my h thinks our troubles are over now.
I disagree.
My h knows this is a lot of extra work for me. He knows I am not particularly comfortable among his quiet, passive, patriarchal folks. They are good people, but I don't think no matter how long they stayed that I would be as comfortable with them as his brother or my sisters. He is sticking by his argument that we need to be hospitable and available to them out of respect, and that his dad has never talked so much to him as during this project. When they are here, it is an all night discussion of plans and remodeling. They don't offer to help with any of the stuff around the house (I have had to leave for three business trips in the last three months, and they never once offered to stay in town and help with supervising the kids, ages 8-15, for example.
I'm tired and grumpy and out of "nice".
Besides the great help in letting me vent a little, anyone have some insight to either help me stay the course I'm bound to be on for another 6 months or so, or help my husband see the wisdom of drawing a loving line in the sand once in awhile?
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|10 years ago :: Jun 17, 2008 - 7:23PM #2
The problem here is really with your husband. He is not hearing your concerns or respecting your wishes. It is your house too! Can you sit down for a serious conversation and come up with a reasonable comprimise? For example, putting a more reasonable time limit on visits, and having him pitch in with the extra work. He can't have any good excuse for refusing to have this conversation with you. Six week visits are absolutely ridiculous!
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|10 years ago :: Jun 17, 2008 - 9:45PM #3
I agree with Sailorlal; your husband needs to have better boundaries AND more respect for your wishes.
Perhaps the book "Boundaries," by Cloud and Townsend(do an Amazon-search) may be of some small help, especially in marshaling and supporting your arguments with your husband, who seems unable or unwilling to at least compromise with you---like at least a day and a half's notice would be a help, for example, although it won't address what seems to me to be the core issue: the extra work that no one seems disposed to help you with.
Maybe if you drew up a list of all the extra stuff that you have to do, and gently but firmly suggest that the next time they visit, HE is to either help you with the extra chores, or you're going to take a little 'mini-vacation' while HE shifts the entirety of the load himself.
Of course, if you return and there's a huge pile of mess he left for you to clean up, then trashbags may be in order.
I wish you well; coming between a son and his parents---or a daughter and HER parents---is never easy.
Warmest regards-
"History records that the moneychangers have used every form of abuse, deceit, intrigue, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and it's issuance."
-- James Madison(1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
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|10 years ago :: Jun 18, 2008 - 3:52AM #4
I think your requests are entirely reasonable. Respect should come to you first, then his parents and right now, he isn't respecting you. 6 weeks is a looong time for a visit. It is his responsibility to set some limits with his parents.
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|10 years ago :: Jun 18, 2008 - 10:09AM #5
[QUOTE=Hatman;569703]Maybe if you drew up a list of all the extra stuff that you have to do, and gently but firmly suggest that the next time they visit, HE is to either help you with the extra chores, or you're going to take a little 'mini-vacation' while HE shifts the entirety of the load himself.[/QUOTE]
If it's the extra work that really bothers you, then I would go one step further than hatman and tell your dh to choose from the list what extra chores he will be responsible for during your in-laws visits.
"The Law of the Church is to give oneself to what is given not to seek one's own." Fr. Alexander Schmemann
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|10 years ago :: Jun 18, 2008 - 11:08AM #6
After 9 years of in-laws that are nice and mean well, yet drive me up the blinking wall I can give you an idea of what has worked for me. I stopped asking my husband to set boundaries and talk to his parents. In my case it just wasn't going to happen because his family does not EVER talk out their problems. So what I did was set my own personal boundaries. I started small so as not to shock them too much but quite frankly a person can only take so much. Here is how I view your situation. If your in-laws were coming in once or twice a year, sure turn the house upside down to be hospitable. But they're coming every few weeks? That bumps them up to the next level of guest, the kind of guest that just needs to get used to your schedule and maybe a slightly messy house. It isn't fair to expect you to change everything around every few weeks to accomodate them. If it were me, I'd take the attitude of "This is what I have going on when they come in and I'll fit the in-laws in around that." I will warn you, though, this may not go over well at first. Your husband and in-laws have gotten used to the way things are and will probably resist change. What's more your husband will probably act like this is all new to him. Sure, you've talked to him about it but afterwards I'm guessing you went right back to doing the things that aggrevate you (speaking from experience here). Your in-laws may have no idea how you feel. Stand your ground. I wouldn't make a list of chores for your husband (they'll never get done) and I'd stop trying to reason with him. YOU decide what you are/aren't going to do and stick with it. I'm not suggesting you be nasty, but definitly be firm about it. Simply say "Sorry, I have to do XYZ right now, you'll have to do it, hon" and don't back down. Eventually, your dh will either start pitching in automatically or he'll stop encouraging them to visit so often.
As an aside, I gave this advice to a friend about a year and a half ago (she has a MIL from h@ll) and it has worked for her. The MIL is still extremely difficult but my friend has better piece of mind. For one thing, she feels she has some control over the situation. Also, her dh, once HE had to start dealing with his mother, stopped inviting her around. Different situation but the idea is the same.
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|10 years ago :: Jun 18, 2008 - 11:41AM #7
That is excellent advice, friendly! Fit your in-laws in around your schedule and the way you do things rather than vice versa, and let your husband take the responsibility.
I know that backing off and quitting trying to manage our relationship with my mother-in-law and taking primary responsibility for it (I'm polite and respectful but nothing more) was when things began to change.
"The Law of the Church is to give oneself to what is given not to seek one's own." Fr. Alexander Schmemann
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|10 years ago :: Jun 18, 2008 - 2:08PM #8
I so appreciate all your responses. It is so good to be HEARD.
I know I mentioned the extra work, but with a family of 6 already, it isn't much to have two more in the house. I can't feed them cold cuts for six weeks, though the thought made me laugh out loud. It's more about having the freedom to be "us" in our own house. Sleeping in if we want, dancing around singing (they think dancing is right up there with lying and stealing) skipping church if we want to, and I barely remember date nights. I think the kids are definitely being shortchanged on time with us, and with their dad alone. If these were the kind of grandparents that take time to spend with each kid, they'd be immeasurably enriched by that. But...playing dominoes with all of us is about the extent of bonding.
I think what I will do is ask my husband if I can talk to his parents frankly about this (and leave out my under the breath "because you won't or can't".) And I will schedule something out of the house once a week for myself to recharge - they don't have to know that's the reason. That's not easy as my MIL has no life outside her husband, but it's either that or ... feelings ignored are eventually expressed when you least want them to be!
I have very much tried to not change my schedule for them (I'd miss the whole summer if I did) but there are things I haven't signed the kids up for due to the uncertainty of who's home, when.
I don't know why my husband can't honor his wife and kids as he does his parents, but he's got a long history with these folks that I am not going to change. So talking to them myself - that I can do! And going on with my life where I can - I can do that too.
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|10 years ago :: Jun 18, 2008 - 2:38PM #9
You don't say how old your kids are, but seems a shame you can't plan their summer activities (and your schedule as well) due to the grandparents and all you must do to accommodate them.
RE: "If these were the kind of grandparents that take time to spend with each kid, they'd be immeasurably enriched by that. But...playing dominoes with all of us is about the extent of bonding."
What would happen if you started scheduling grandparents time when they are at your place? I mean, if all the interaction betw. grandparent and grandchild(ren) is a passing "hello", then grandparents must get more involved in their lives (am surprised they are not). Hey, your home is where you are actively raising kids-so activities there should include the kids and kid type endeavors- yes? Dump the dominoes or have the grandparents teach this to the kids- and then they play together, freeing up your time. Or, find a game suitable for both grandparents and grand kids. Or, can they do some of the driving of the kids to various activities/appointments/shopping ? Can they take the grandkids out to local museums, ball games, picnics, fishing and other events? It might mean you have to procure tickets or pack snacks, but man, what I would give to spend an afternoon with my grandparents. This might also allow you to spend some one-on-one time with a child while the others are out doing something with grandparents.
And, all this planned activity might scare them off so they decide to spend a minimum of time at your place.
Just a thought.
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|10 years ago :: Jun 18, 2008 - 4:37PM #10
[QUOTE=IreneAdler;571132]And, all this planned activity might scare them off so they decide to spend a minimum of time at your place.
Just a thought.
A truly inspired idea, irene! Plan their visit for them, with all sorts of fun activities!!!
"The Law of the Church is to give oneself to what is given not to seek one's own." Fr. Alexander Schmemann
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CANCER FUNDRAISER: Kalee Frazer, a senior at Columbia High School in White Salmon, will be running a cancer fundraiser/walk-a-thon on Sunday, April 6, from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. The walk-a-thon will take place at Columbia High School and will be open to walkers, joggers and runners of all stripes. All participants will need to sign a permission slip before beginning the walk.
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March 29
SPRING STARGAZING: Enjoy an evening with the stars, at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, Saturday, March 29. The night starts with a gourmet burger dinner at 6 p.m., followed by a Spring Stargazing presentation with amateur astronomer Jim White at 7 p.m. If weather allows, there will be telescope sky viewing at 7:30. Ticket prices for dinner and presentation are adults $15, kids $10 and $3 for the presentation only. Make reservations by March 26. The Discovery Center is located at 5000 Discovery Drive, The Dalles. For more information, phone 541-296-8600 x 201, or visit www.gorgediscovery.org.
March 30
AQUA ZUMBA: The Hood River Aquatic Center will offer classes every Monday morning from 10 to 11 a.m. and every Monday evening from 6 to 7 p.m. for the month of March. The cost is general admission to the Aquatic Center, and there is a suggested donation of $1-$2 for the certified instructors.
March 31
EXPLORING AERODYNAMICS: Russ, a retired science teacher, will present demonstrations with a small take-home output while exploring Bernoulli's Principal at Wonderworks Children's Museum Monday, March 31, at 4 p.m. The program is for ages 6-9.
Preregister at Wonderworks.
CHALLENGER BASEBALL: A meeting and registration is planned for Challenger Baseball Tuesday, April 1, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Spooky's Pizza Parlor.
Challenger Baseball is a program designed to give boys and girls with physical and mental challenges, ages 4 to 18, or up to age 22 if still enrolled in high school, the opportunity to enjoy the game of baseball in a safe and fun environment.
For more information, call 541-705-7785, email email@example.com, or visit the Challenger Baseball of the Gorge Facebook page.
April 3
SONRISE DINNER: Authentic Mexican Dinner will be offered Thursday, April 3, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. featuring a complete Mexican dinner plus dessert auction.
Contact Sonrise Academy for reservations by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or call 541-298-8922.
April 10
HAVEN EVENT: An Evening with Haven featuring culinary works by local chefs, wineries and music, is set for Thursday, April 10, at The Dalles Civic Auditorium. For more information, call 541-296-2065.
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION: The Columbia Gorge Community College Foundation's high-school scholarship application is now available. Any Mid-Columbia high school student graduating in spring 2014 may apply. Recipients may be awarded up to 12 credits tuition per term which can only be used at Columbia Gorge Community College. Recipients must attend CGCC in the 2014-15 academic year. Applications may be picked up in the Student Services department at The Dalles or Hood River campus as well as online at http://cgcc.edu/financial-aid/scholarships.
Applications must be delivered to either The Dalles or Hood River Student Services department at Columbia Gorge Community College no later than noon, Thursday, April 10.
For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 541-506-6111, or visit Student Services in The Dalles or Hood River.
April 11
RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS: The American Red Cross Oregon Trail Chapter is now recruiting volunteers to teach First aid and CPR/AED classes in the Hood River and The Dalles area. Community members are invited to join us for an open house event to learn about the Red Cross and how to get involved.
Enjoy a brief presentation about the history and mission of our organization, followed by a discussion of volunteer opportunities in your chapter area Friday, April 11, at 4 p.m. The American Red Cross office is at 507 W. 9th St. in The Dalles.
For more information, please e-mail email@example.com or visit our website at www.redcross.org/cascades.
MARKER DEDICATION: On Friday, April 11, at 11 a.m., the public is invoted as the Celilo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution dedicates a basalt marker at the Fort Dalles Museum to recognize the Surgeon's Quarters as the only remaining building of the original fort. It is a policy of DAR to catalog historic properties for national records.
The stone was donated by Larry Lange Landscaping and the etching done by Dave Cutler, Columbia Gorge Studios, Mosier.
April 12
FATHERHOOD WORKSHOP: Northwest Marriage Institute in partnership with Sonrise Academy presents a free fatherhood workshop Saturday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center.
Attendees — including spouses or girlfriends — will receive a free lunch and fathers will get a free $40 Fred Meyer gift card at the end of the day.
Free childcare is also provided and all books and materials are free. Three speakers will talk about responsible fatherhood, healthy relationships and Parenting with Love & Logic.
To register, go online at www.northwestmarriage.or or call 360-260-1100.
April 13
COMMUNITY DINNER: The Mosier Grange and Mosier Volunteer Fire Department are sponsoring a community dinner Sunday, April 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The dinner will be at the Mosier Grange Hall and feature grilled salmon, glazed ham, main dishes, salads and a cherry dessert. For cost and other information, call 541-478-3505.
Signs will mark the blossom and wildflower drive route through the Mosier Valley for an after-dinner drive.
April 15
LATINO ART: The Dalles Art Association is calling for art for the "Viva los Artistas" juried art show, May 1 to May 31. An opening reception and awards are planned Thursday, May 1, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Artists from the Latino community are urged to submit entries in all media. Submissions will be accepted Tuesday, April 15, through Saturday, April 19, at The Dalles Art Center, 220 E. Fourth St., The Dalles. Submission guidelines are available online at www.thedallesartcenter.org under the "Upcoming Events" tab.
OPEN HOUSE: North Wasco Virtual Academy's Open House will be on April 15, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. Learn more about free and local online learning options. If you are interested in home schooling, accelerated learning, or taking classes that are not offered at your school, this event is for you. For more information, contact NWVA @ 541-506-3449 x3003 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: The Dalles Meals on Wheels needs kitchen helpers and dining room helpers. Help in the kitchen from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or help set up and clean up the dining room 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information or to sign up to be a volunteer, call Ashley at 541-298-8333.
April 16
DESSERTS NEEDED: Wednesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. six local AFS students will be giving a multi-cultural presentation at the public library, to be followed by a dessert social. If you plan to attend and can bring a finger-food dessert (such as brownies, cookies or fruit), RSVP to Anya Kawka so she can keep track of how many desserts there will be. firstname.lastname@example.com or 541-965-2902.
April 23
HABITAT PIZZA: The annual The Dalles Area Habitat for Humanity pizza feed will be Wednesday, April 23, at Spooky's in The Dalles from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are available from Habitat members, at the Habitat office at UCC Congregational Church, Klindt's Book Sellers, the Habitat ReStore and Spooky's. Proceeds help build affordable housing in the Mid-Columbia.
May 3
PIONEER MEETING: The Wasco County Pioneer Association 92nd annual meeting and luncheon will be Saturday, May 3 at the Calvary Baptist Church, 3350 Columbia View Drive in The Dalles.
Registration is at 9:30 a.m., lunch at 11:30 a.m., program at 1 p.m. Annual dues are $12.50 for individual, $15 per family, $14 for lunch.
For more information, call 541-993-9991.
May 7
MEMORIAL FUNDRAISER: The Mid-Columbia Car Club, in conjunction with The Dalles Burgerville, will host a memorial fundraiser for two car club members who recently died: Donna Keller and Dale Coles on Wednesday, May 7.
Ben Vollmar, chair of the raffle prize committee will be seeking donations of raffle prizes.
Proceeds from the sale of raffle tickets and a percentage of sales occurring that evening at Burgerville will be evenly split between Hospice of Hood River (Donna Keller) and Sherman County Scholarship Fund (Dale Coles).
May 9
DROP-IN VOLLEYBALL: Northern Wasco County Parks and Recreation District is offering drop-in volleyball every Thursday through May 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Wahtonka School campus main gym.
Anyone over 16 years of age is welcome. A $1 drop-in fee applies.
For more information, call 541-296-9533 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
June 8
GORGE-US GALS: The Gorge-Us Gals Ride in The Dalles, a benefit for HAVEN, is set for June 8. Registration is $50 until May 25, then increases to $60 per person. The registration fee helps survivors of domestic and sexual violence, stalking and dating violence.
For more information, call HAVEN at 541-296-1662.
August 1
CLASS REUNION: The Dalles High School Class of 1974 is planning its 40th year class reunion, Aug. 1, 2, and 3. We are seeking updated contact information for all classmates. For more information contact Joy Colvard Smith at firstname.lastname@example.com and visit the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/TheDallesHighSchoolClassof1974.
August 16
CLASS REUNION: The Wahtonka High School class of 1994 will host a reunion this summer that is open to anyone who attended Wahtonka in the 1990s. The will take place on August 16, at the Hood River Elks Lodge. There will be a dinner and a nineties themed dance party. Tickets are available online at reunion.monicamgarcia.com for either that dance ($15) or the dinner ($20) or both. Tickets will be for sale until the deadline of May 31.
SOIL TESTING: OSU Extension Service Master Gardeners are now offering soil testing, which will continue weekly until October. Garden soil will be tested for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, pH, humus and texture. Cost is $25 per sample.
Information on sample collection is available on the OSU Master Gardener website. www.extension.oregonstate.edu/wasco or call 541-296-5494 with your questions. Testing is available for home gardeners only.
PLANTS AVAILABLE: Wasco County Soil and Water Conservation District still has some plant species available for purchase. Trees: vine maple, white alder, quaking aspen; shrubs: rugosa rose, woods rose, blue enderberry, snowberry; cuttings: peachleaf willow; conifers: noble fire, incense cedar, western larch, ponderosa pine and Douglas fir.
The district also has seedling protection tubes with bamboo stakes.
To ensure the district has specific plants, call 541-296-6178 ext. 101. Plants are available on a first-come, first-served basis and must be paid for at the time of order.
WOMEN VETERANS: Information and support for women veterans is available through the Veterans Administration and the local Veterans Services Office. Find out more about pensions, education, employment, health issues, sexual trauma, disability, death benefits, mental health, aid and attendance, home loans, community service and peer support.
Contact Wasco County Veterans Services, 201 Federal St., The Dalles, 541-506-2502; VA Outpatient Clinic in The Dalles, 541-296-3937; VA Women's Clinic, Portland, 800-949-1004, ext. 52852; VA Rural Mental Health Triage, 800-949-1004, ext. 56409; Veterans Crisis Line, 800-273-8255, press 1. Online: www.va.gov.
MONTHLY MEETING: China Painters meet every Tuesday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Alphonses Hall on 1st and Church Street in Dufur. For more information call 541-467-2204 or 541-467-2465.
BINGO THURSDAY: The Dalles Meals on Wheels, Inc. has bingo every Thursday night starting at 6 p.m. at 1112 W. 9th St., The Dalles. Minimum buy-in is $8 and players could win between $750 to $1,000 on the pink card game. The Dalles Meals on Wheels has been serving seniors for over 40 years both in their homes and at the congregate mealsite. Bingo is our major fund raiser and makes up about 35 percent of the budget.
SUPPORT PROGRAM: The National Family Caregiver Support Program has respite funding available. Are you caring for an adult 60 years of age or older?
Are you at least 55 or older and raising a grandchild or grandchildren? Respite, a temporary break from caregiving duties, can make a world of difference in helping family caregivers.
Funding of the program is provided through the local Area Agency on Aging. To learn more about the program and its services call Melissa Howtopat at Area Agency on Aging, Mid-Columbia Council of Governments. Call 541-298-4101 or 1-888-316-1362.
EXERCISE PROGRAM: There are three components to exercise, stretching, strength training, and aerobics. The Oregon State Extension service sponsors three Strong People programs in The Dalles and Mosier that will address the strength training and stretching portion. Classes are approximately one hour in length twice a week. Columbia Gorge Community College Auditorium, noon Mondays and Wednesdays. Mosier Senior Center lunch Room, 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Mid-Columbia Senior Center basement, 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information call OSU Extension 541-296-5494.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED: Volunteers are needed to knit, crochet shawls and lap robes for cancer patients. Yarn and patterns will be provided. Call Betty at 541-980-0774.
COAT GIVEAWAY: The Salvation Army is offering coats all winter long during business hours for people in need, Monday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at their office or thrift store at 623 E. Third St. in The Dalles.
Coats will be given to low-income individuals and families in need of warm coats for the winter.
For more information, call Kris at 541-296-6417.
GENEALOGY MEETS: The Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society meets the second Saturday of each month at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. The public and guests are welcome. A no-host lunch starts at noon in the Basalt Cafe.
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Renewbility II continues Renewbility I. The previous project concluded that it is possible to reduce CO2 emissions from transport by 2030 by nearly 25% compared to 2005. This result can be achieved by a series of transport policies, for example the expansion of public transport services, an increase in truck tolls and fuel prices and an increased use of electric vehicles in passenger and commercial transport. Within Renewbility II, the data base will be updated, instruments will be developed and new packages of measures will be examined for their effectiveness. The focus is on:
As in the previous project, stakeholders are involved with identifying effective measures within the framework of a holistic strategy for a sustainable mobility. Representatives of the automotive industry, railway industry, energy sector, logistics sector and environmental NGOs are involved in defining the measure set. These external experts should develop a common scenario on a consensus basis, reflecting different positions within the transport sector.
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Game One
Game one was a pitchers duel between Ashley Rogers and Somer Bigham, which in the end saw Bigham come out on top. Between the two they combined for seven strikeouts and only allowed 11 hits and two runs.
Bigham (6-2) earned the win, allowing four hits, with six strikeouts in the shutout victory.
Leading the Coker hitters was Allie Bragg, who was 1-for-1 with an RBI and two walks, while Jamie Horton was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
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Bigham (6-3) took the loss, throwing another complete game, allowing six runs on 11 hits, with four strikeouts.
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Katie McCauley was 3-for-4 with a triple and two runs scored to lead the Cobras, while Kimberly Atkinson was 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.
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Sweet Bird of Youth
Kim Cattrall stars in the Marianne Elliott's revival of Tennessee Williams' 1959 play at the Old Vic
It's a back-handed compliment, really, but Kim Cattrall errs on the side of complexity and good taste in playing one of Tennessee Williams' scariest sacred monsters, Alexandra Del Lago, travelling incognito along the Gulf Coast with a small-town gigolo, Chance Wayne.
Well, not all that "incognito": she's billed as the Princess Kosmonopolis, and she's reeling from a comeback failure on the big screen like some insatiate amalgam of Tallulah Bankhead and Norma Desmond.
Cattrall, sporting a ginger wig that makes her look oddly, and inappropriately, like Janet Leigh, plays the charm and the despair, but not the disregard for dignity as she reaches for the oxygen cylinder and swills down her pink tablets with a gulp from the vodka bottle.
Revivals by Harold Pinter and Richard Eyre have long since established this as one of the playwright's greatest pieces; it's certainly one of his rawest, roughest and most dramatically shocking.
For Chance has returned to the place where he's next on the list for castration: he deflowered and infected Boss Finley's daughter, the divine Heavenly (Louise Dylan), who floats through Marianne Elliott's production like an ethereal avenging angel. Finley himself is played with an engaging, dyspeptic brio by Irish actor Owen Roe.Elliott rightly, perhaps, sees Chance as the central character, but the trouble is she's cast a good-looking hunk, Seth Numrich, who goes through the motions but acts like a door post.
The extraordinary long first scene in the hotel bedroom, ending in shameless copulation, is only lifted by Cattrall's exclamation, looking at him: "I may have done better but, God knows, I've done worse." It's hard to see how, really.
There's a lot made of the fact that it's Easter Sunday, too, so that Rae Smith's daunting hotel setting in greys, creams and whites opens inwards to reveal a jaundiced day of celebration at Boss Finley's house in the fictional town of St Cloud, as well as the hotel's cocktail lounge where Lucy Robinson does a drunken turn as Finley's mistress.
The political rally becomes a witch-hunt. Elliott, fiddling about with various textual options (abetted by playwright James 'This House' Graham), settles on the Suddenly Last Summer side of things, with shadows gathering in silhouette while Chance pleads for the recognition of himself in all of us.
This is the weakest part of the play, especially in a character you don't really like very much. But it's also the strongest part of the production, heavy with menace and the bigotry of a political faction – Chance's childhood friends – who have taken the law into their own hands.
There's an extremely weird performance by Michael Begley as the Heckler, and a nicely understated one by Brid Brennan as Aunt Nonnie. What's missing is the core Williams poetry of a clapped out diva expressing the downside of Chance's baseless ambition, the poignancy of failure and sadness of sexual promiscuity.
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Book: So, what's in it for celebrity Scientologists?
Updated 2:22 pm, Friday, January 18, 2013
Texas writer Lawrence Wright's avowed purpose in writing "Going Clear" is to understand why Scientology, a religion known for its bizarre creation myth, mining of church members' secrets and draconian punishment system, has appeal. "What do its adherents get out of it?" he asks. "Why do public personalities" — he's talking to you, Tom Cruise — "associate themselves with a faith that is likely to create a kind of public relations martyrdom?"
Wright says that he has spent much of his career "examining the effects of religious beliefs on people's lives." He did this most notably in "The Looming Tower," his Pulitzer Prize-winning book about Sept. 11. But Wright was more successful at penetrating the thought processes of al-Qaida than he is at seriously grasping Scientology.
That's not to deny that "Going Clear" is a hotly compelling read. It's a minutiae-packed book full of wild stories and accusations about both L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology's founder, and David Miscavige, his volatile successor. But as for how the religion works, its creator put it far better than Wright can.
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"To keep a person on the Scientology path," Hubbard once said, "feed him a mystery sandwich."
"Going Clear" doesn't have much mystery on its menu. But it has Paul Haggis, the writer ("Million Dollar Baby") and director ("Crash"), as its example of conversion, faith, blind loyalty and, finally, apostasy. Haggis was a perfect recruit (young, disaffected, going nowhere) when he signed on for Scientology in the 1970s. When he had evolved highly enough on the Hubbard scale to gain access to one of the founder's manuscripts, he came out of a locked room asking, "Is this a metaphor?" It wasn't.
For decades he accepted these tenets until a mounting sense of outrage ended his loyalty. The genesis of "Going Clear" is the genuinely shocking profile of Haggis that Wright wrote in The New Yorker in 2011.
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The book goes on to tell the Hubbard story in a carefully evenhanded way. Wright acknowledges that "the tug-of-war between Scientologists and anti-Scientologists over Hubbard's biography has created two swollen archetypes: the most important person who ever lived and the world's greatest con man." And he sees that "to label him a pure fraud is to ignore the complex, charming, delusional and visionary features of his character that made him so compelling."
The book loses much of its exoticism after Hubbard's death in 1986 and the accession to power of Miscavige.
The strange and ugly behavior described in this latter part of the book takes it even further from that original idea: What makes the acolytes stay? And what made Scientology (founded in 1952) outlast so many of the other faiths that blossomed in the heady 1970s? Wright suggests that Hubbard's emphasis on creating rigid rules gave his religion an appealing structure, that longtime attachment to the church makes resuming outside life very difficult, and that the big-money clout of Scientology is hard to defy.


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Sunday, February 26, 2012
When Do We Start Taking Our Enemies at Their Word?
Daily Caller is featuring two articles that put all this Koran-burning in Afghanistan in clearer focus. The first describes how Iran's top ayatollahs are talking about bringing on that 12th imam.
And some of you are worried about Rick Santorum's religiosity?
At the last debate in Arizona, Ron Paul went on another one of his peace tangents by asking why, if we could talk to the Soviet Union in the face of their nuclear weapons, could we not talk down Iran?
Simple answer: The Soviets, with all their flaws, were rational people. They knew that a nuclear war would wipe them out as well as the US. The madmen who run Iran don't care. It's part of their master scheme. If more people had read Mein Kampf, perhaps Hitler would have been stopped around the time he re-occupied the Rhineland. Instead, we had to fight a world war that cost almost 60 million lives.
That brings me to the second article, which regards Charles Krauthammer's take on the Koran-burning apologies as riots and killings continue in Afghanistan.
Krauthammer was right. A local apology could have been sufficient for what was a mistake-even though those same Korans were being used to scrawl secret messages between prisoners. For the president to prostrate himself and send an emissary to apologize to a local mosque was excessive. Putting aside the killings that have resulted in Afghanistan, one should keep in mind that in that same country, as well as places like Pakistan, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, etc, they don't accidentally burn Bibles. They burn churches and kill people of other religions-and not by accident. How many apologies are we aware of to the Christian world?
I am aware of none.
Similarly, I am unaware of apologies to the Baha'i faith when their followers in Iran and Egypt are persecuted. The Jews? Hell, they were driven out of these countries back in 1948. What happened to their synagogues? What happened to the synagogues when the last Jews left Gaza? Apologies?
I have said before and will say again; I don't agree with burning Korans. But when some knucklehead does it by design or it is done accidentally, it does not justify going on a rampage and committing murder.
Last Sunday at the Islamic Center of Orange County, I heard a lot of talk about a so-called wave of hate against American Muslims. Not one word was uttered-not one- about the wave of hate that sweeps throughout the Middle East and other nearby regions-a wave of hate that is killing people by the thousands. Here in America, we have set the example, with rare exceptions, when it comes to religious tolerance. We have precious little to apologize for. We have laws that punish perpetrators of violence.
I agree with Ron Paul in one respect. I am sick of having our troops laying down their lives to bring civilization to these parts of the world. Killing our enemies is fine, but dying for countries like Afghanistan is absurd. Unfortunately, whether we like it or not, the coming clash with Iran is coming-in our own self-defense.
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In Iran, it comes down to the Mahdi. It is the Mahdi factor that we face and not nukes for the Iranian energy program. The Ayatollahs are into resurrecting the Twelfth Caliph (the Mahdi) so the rest of the world will be destroyed. First, Israel must be destroyed as part of bringing back the Mahdi and when this Caliph comes, from a well, the destruction of the rest of the non-Muslim worlds will come. Israel understands this madness, as the rest of the western world looks on with ignorance. These Islamists are fanatical about their belief and will murder in a moment when they perceive any imagined disrespect. Also, Krauthhammer is right, one apology would have done fine. I do not recall any apologies for Islamic atrocities. Recall the capture of the church in Bethlehem by Islamists. They used pages from the Bibles as toilet paper. Where is the apology? We know the answer to this question.
- February 26, 2012 at 1:25 PM
Halakah (Jewish Law) comes to France and extinguishes free speech:
Safe to say an incident like this would never make it on this blog.
Quit drinking the Jewish Kool-Aid Fouse.
- February 26, 2012 at 4:58 PM
- Gary Fouse said...
Fish food,
If you were a man, you would put your name behind your anti-Semitic comments. I sign my name to everything I write.
- February 26, 2012 at 7:32 PM
Stop engaging in ad-hominem attacks Gary Fouse and address the issue I presented in my post.
You know in your heart it is the Jewish way to label people that they disagree with as bigots and shut down any and all speech that is critical of Israel.
If we don't take a stand now, the Jews will be forcing American universities to cancel events soon.
- February 26, 2012 at 11:02 PM
- Gary Fouse said...
Ad hominem attacks? It's true. You don't have the courage to put your name behind your hateful words. And look at which post you choose to object. Are you a supporter of the barbaric regime in Iran?
Want to see an example of who shuts down opposing speech- see Nonie Darwish at UNM which I posted last night. On the other hand, anti-Israel speakers on college campuses are a dime a dozen.
- February 27, 2012 at 9:02 AM
- Siarlys Jenkins said...
Gary, I expect the President of the United States to have higher standards than the ayatollah's in Iran. Don't you? This is one of the many reasons I could not vote for Santorum. He doesn't measure up.
This is NOT a "Christian nation," is it Findalis? Miggie? (I think Gary said Squid is in some sense Jewish also?)
"it is the Jewish way to label people that they disagree with as bigots"
Hmmm... that's what the heads of Jewish organizations used to say about the heads of black organizations. (NB: That is different from "what Jews used to say about blacks"). It is also what conservative Christians say about the heads of Muslim organizations.
Funny, it seems any demographic you pick, SOMEONE is talking like that about someone else.
- February 27, 2012 at 11:12 AM
"When Do We Start Taking Our Enemies at Their Word?"
Good question, considering that both the religious and political leaders of Iran have stated repeatedly that they are not developing nuclear weapons and have no interest in doing so.
- February 27, 2012 at 1:47 PM
- Gary Fouse said...
Must be that statement about wiping Israel off the face of the map, and those comments this past week about the coming of that 12th Mahdi and the moment of truth against the west. If those nuclear facilities are just for energy, why are they burying thm deep into the ground or sides of mountains?
- February 27, 2012 at 3:06 PM
So do we take our enemies at their word or not? It's a pretty simple proposition you've presented, isn't it?
You're sending very mixed messages here.
- February 27, 2012 at 5:06 PM
- Gary Fouse said...
So the answer is yes. I take them at their word when they talk about killing us.
- February 27, 2012 at 5:25 PM


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John M. "Jack" Heffernan '28
Sport: Basketball
Year Inducted: 1971
Other Sports Played: Baseball, Football, Swimming
John M. Heffernan '28 became the first man at Brown to serve as basketball captain two successive seasons. Through his exceptional ability as a player and his capacity for leadership, Heffernan, perhaps more than any other man, was responsible for bringing basketball to the status of a major sport on College Hill. He also participated in baseball, football, and swimming at Brown. While coaching at Green Mountain College, Heffernan won seven Vermont titles in football and baseball and five in basketball. He served as athletic director and head football coach at Norwich University before returning to Brown in 1949 as head coach of freshman football, basketball, and baseball and director of the University's physical education and intramural programs. His intramural program was a model of how it should be done. For the past four years, Heffernan served as athletic director. The title of "Mr. Chips of the athletic department" fits Heffernan well, for in his long association with sports, boys were always more important than victories.


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I spent a long time thinking about how Gentoo needed a GUI installer. It would be the perfect tool to build tools, the ultimate hack, if only it was easier to copy.
I've been a *nix user for a couple years now. I struggled for ages with Ubuntu, trying to get it to do what I wanted. I suppose it was a good first distro- but I got sick of it... the Ubuntu universe is one in which you need to struggle to get behind the nice pretty gui, to actually mess with the machine. The .rpm is even worse than the .deb, IMHO. Our distros appear a little more like windows every day. Slackware seemed to be sort of what I wanted, but would leave me without package management, which is simply unacceptable these days, for security reasons, and dependency hell.
That left me to try Arch. Their hypothetical 15000 packages started to seem a lot fewer after I had to build most of mine because they weren't in the repos. I started to give up hope that I would ever be able to escape the enormous pull of the Debian universe.
I really liked Gentoo, but I simply didn't have the time to install it again. I thought about reviving the dead Gentoo GUI installer- or even writing my own install script from scratch! In my eyes, it was a tragedy that such a brilliant tool to build tools lacked the ability to easily build itself.
Then one day I came across a distribution called Sabayon. Weird. I'd never heard of it. As I read more, I became excited- it sounded exactly like some of the ideas I was tossing around! I can't believe I didn't hear about Sabayon earlier. I would have switched years ago.
I'm really excited. I think Sabayon could be what I've been looking for. A new main distro, for BUILDING, and compiling ^__^ , a distro that will work WITH me instead of against me. I know it looks like a small community, but I don't think that bothers me. I really have a lot of respect for the fact that Sabayon is one of the few popular distros out there that survives without support from a major organization.
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Some scholars wonder why the Gospels' accounts of Jesus' trial (possibly a brief hearing) seem to contradict later Jewish laws. But in the first place, it is unlikely that these first-century aristocrats were as concerned with legal procedure as later rabbis were. It is also unlikely that they would have agreed with all the careful stipulations of later rabbinic legal theories. Perhaps most important, the Gospel writers probably intended to convey breach of procedure, not to pretend that the mock trial and abuse they depict were standard Jewish custom (see Hooker 1983:86; Rhoads and Michie 1982:120-21). Based on what we know of first-century Jerusalem leaders' practice, the Gospels' portrait of Jesus' trial actually fits quite well (see E. Sanders 1992:487). The Romans usually executed only those brought to them as condemned by the local aristocracies.
The people respected the law teachers, elders and priests as their spiritual leaders (representatives of these groups constituted the Sanhedrin), but here most of these spiritual leaders prove too hostile to Jesus to concern themselves with legal ethics. Although exceptions historically existed (Mk 15:43), the overwhelming picture of religious leaders in the Gospels provides a warning to us today. Many follow those in eminent positions, and if we in authority positions in the church dare forget whose servants we are, we can easily become enemies of our own Lord, vying for the power and honor that rightfully belong to him alone (Mt 21:38).
Most obviously, Jewish law opposed false witnesses. The biblical penalty for false witnesses in a capital case was execution (Deut 19:16-21). Cross-examination of witnesses was standard in Jewish law (as in Susanna 48-62; m. 'Abot 1:9), and apparently the examiners did their job well enough here to produce contradictions they did not expect. In the end, the witnesses could provide only a garbled account of Jesus' proclamation of judgment against the temple (compare Jn 2:19; Acts 6:14), which could have seemed to the Sanhedrin political reason enough to convict him (see comment on 21:12-17; R. Brown 1994:458). But the high priest ultimately must choose another tack; even a court as slanted as this one will not admit evidence from witnesses whose testimony is inconsistent (see Trites 1977:186; Stauffer 1960:123-24). Thus for the Jewish court (as opposed to Pilate) the chief priest seeks a new charge in Matthew 26:62-68: blasphemy (Blinzler 1959:170).
Jesus' answer is probably a reluctant yes (Catchpole 1971:226; Marshall 1990:86). He is the Messiah--but this was the priest's choice of wording rather than his (see F. Bruce 1972b:176 n. 45). Now that there remains no need to continue the messianic secret, Jesus reveals publicly that he is God's Son (again, 27:54; compare Kingsbury 1983:122; Perrin 1976:95; Hooker 1983:58-59). But Jesus must define that sonship, not allow the leaders' cultural preconceptions to define it for him (compare comment on 4:1-11). Thus by responding in scriptural allusions (26:64), Jesus defines his mission in terms his interrogators cannot misapprehend: he is both Son of Man (compare Dan 7:13-14; Mt 24:30) and Lord (Ps 110:1; Mt 22:44; see Dodd 1961:91). Jesus was greater than merely a messiah, a son of David (22:44).
By declaring that "from this point forward" (not simply in the future as in the NIV) he would reign (26:64), Jesus may seem to the Sanhedrin to claim that he is going to rule politically despite their power over him. But undoubtedly he means that his reign opens not with power but with the cross. In the words of the Fourth Gospel, the time has come for the Son of Man to be lifted up and glorified (Jn 12:23, 32-33; compare Is 52:13 LXX). Yet the ultimate fulfillment will be when even his enemies will see him at his coming in triumph as heavenly ruler (Mt 26:64; compare 24:30; Rev 1:7). That is, though they claim to judge Jesus now, he will ultimately prove their judge (see Kingsbury 1983: 124)--a claim certain to enrage unbelieving leaders who demand honor.
Such words would be offensive, but even if false they were not technically blasphemous (m. Sanhedrin 7:5). Nevertheless, most uses of blasphemy were nontechnical (R. Brown 1994:522-23), and the high priest might admit whatever he needed as blasphemy. Because the priestly aristocracy perceives Jesus as a political threat to the temple establishment and the peace of the nation, and because the charge of threatening the temple remains unproved by strict standards of investigation, they need another basis for conviction quickly. Again the leaders twist the rules to get the job done. By whatever means they construe his words as blasphemy, the high priest stands to rend his cloak as custom required when one heard blasphemy (m. Sanhedrin 7:5), following a traditional custom in mourning (as in 1 Macc 4:39-40; 5:14; 11:71).
The spirit of Jewish law opposed condemning a criminal on his own admission, but the Sanhedrin treats Jesus' words here not as admission of a crime but as a crime itself--blasphemy--to which they themselves are witnesses, obviating the need for other witnesses (Blinzler 1959:137; Stauffer 1960:125). Although the spirit of Jewish law probably prohibited witnesses from participating in sentencing the accused (Blinzler 1959:135), the court acts as witness. Finally, whatever else may have been illegal, the physical mistreatment of a prisoner certainly was; this would have shamed Jesus as well, for such treatment was inappropriate to the status he had claimed.
This sort of irony runs throughout the narrative. The religious leaders condemn Jesus for blasphemy for claiming simply what God had claimed about him all along (Mt 3:17; 17:5; see Kingsbury 1983:151). From Jesus' condemnation as "God's Son" (26:63-68) to the centurion's recognition that Jesus really is God's Son (27:54), the dominant christological title will be "King of the Jews" (so Kingsbury 1983:151). This title constitutes a double irony: those who apply it intend it ironically, but the Gospel tradition inverts the irony so that they have described him accurately. God's irony is vital: even in the deepest of trials, God provides hints of his coming triumph to those with the eyes of faith. If Jesus accurately prophesied his hardships, one can likewise depend on the victory he promised.
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43 U.S. Code § 687c - Alaskan land leases for fur farming; citizenship; acreage limitation; period; terms and conditions; laws applicable to mineral resources; reservations
The Secretary of the Interior, in order to encourage and promote development of production of furs in the Territory of Alaska, is authorized to lease to corporations organized under the laws of the United States, or of any state or Territory thereof, citizens of the United States, or associations of such citizens, public lands of the United States in the Territory of Alaska suitable for fur farming, in areas not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, and for periods not exceeding ten years, upon such terms and conditions as he may by general regulations prescribe: Provided, That where leases are given hereunder for islands or lands within the same, such lease may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be for an area not to exceed thirty square miles: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the prospecting, locating, development, entering, leasing, or patenting of the mineral resources of any lands so leased under laws applicable thereto: And provided further, That this section shall not be held nor construed to apply to the Pribilof Islands, declared a special reservation by section 646 [1] of title 16: And provided further, That any permit or lease issued under this section shall reserve to the Secretary of the Interior the right to permit the use and occupation of parts of said leased areas for the taking, preparing, manufacturing, or storing of fish or fish products, or the utilization of the lands for purposes of trade or business, to the extent and in the manner provided by existing laws or laws which may be enacted after July 3, 1926.
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Climate Report Points Finger at Humans as Dominant Cause of Global Warming
Scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are saying with 95% certainty that humans are the "dominant cause" of global warming since the 1950's. The Earth's surface temperature has been growing warmer each of the last three decades and each is warmer than it has ever been since 1850.
"Observations of changes in the climate system are based on multiple lines of independent evidence. Our assessment of the science finds that the atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amount of snow and ice has diminished, the global mean sea level has risen and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased," said Qin Dahe, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group I.
Thomas Stocker, the other Co-Chair of Working Group I said: "Continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all components of the climate system. Limiting climate change will require substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions."
"As a result of our past, present and expected future emissions of CO2, we are committed to climate change, and effects will persist for many centuries even if emissions of CO2 stop," concluded Thomas Stocker.
Do you think there is anything we can do to stop, fix or avoid a warming Earth?


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Besides taking their own photos at family events, you can make a book together. Of course you can make a book about anything but here are some topics to get started:
1.my favorite pet
2.an alphabet book with objects found around the house
3.a book about shapes (share a Tana Hoban book for inspiration)
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Sept. 25, 2010
Box Score
BOSTON, MA - The University of Massachusetts Boston women's tennis team was defeated by Bridgewater State College, 9-0, today in a Little East Conference match on the Boston College High School courts on the campus of UMass Boston. The Beacons fall to 5-4 on the season and 0-3 in LEC play, while the Bears improve to a perfect 7-0 and 3-0.
Freshman Destanee Ringler (Scituate, MA) was in the closest match of the day, falling 6-4, 7-5 at the number two singles spot to senior Jessica Francis (West Barnstable, MA).
UMass Boston will be in action again on Thursday, September 30, when it travels to Worcester, MA to take on Worcester State University at 3:30 p.m., while Bridgewater State travels to Providence, RI to face Rhode Island College on October 2 at 12:00 p.m.
Singles competition:
1. Lauren Donnelly (BSU) def. Anitra Kloczewiak (UMB) 6-0, 6-3
2. Jessica Francis (BSU) def. Destanee Ringler (UMB) 6-4, 7-5
3. Jenna Williamson (BSU) def. Brittany Engel (UMB) 6-0, 6-0
4. Julie Kraby (BSU) def. MaKenna Hughes (UMB) 6-4, 6-0
5. Bridget Murphy (BSU) def. Samantha Counts (UMB) 6-3, 6-1
6. Ali Joseph (BSU) def. Wendy Steinman (UMB) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition:
1. Lauren Donnelly/Jessica Francis (BSU) def. Anitra Kloczewiak/Destanee Ringler (UMB) 8-4
2. Julie Kraby/Murphy (BSU) def. Brittany Engel/MaKenna Hughes (UMB) 8-2
3. Jenna Williamson/Lauren Hopp (BSU) def. Samantha Counts/Hieu Nguyen (UMB) 8-2


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9. Absolute Software
CEO: John Livingston
Absolute Software, based in Vancouver, got a big win when Samsung said it would use the company's software. Samsung said it will embed Absolute Software's persistence module into some of its mobile devices to provide a constant connection for locating and monitoring devices, even if the firmware is removed and reinstalled. Absolute Software also supports Samsung's Knox mobile security container functionality. Absolute Software sells Manage MDM, which is available as a stand-alone product or as a component with its complete platform. It addresses BYOD with automated employee enrollment and BYOD-specific policy enforcement. The company said its engineering team is working on mobile application management capabilities.


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John Metz, A Denny's franchisee in FLA joins ranks of executives cutting hours to skirt Obamacare
From the Huffington Post:
While some business owners threaten to cut workers' hours to avoid paying for their health care, a West Palm Beach, Fla., restaurant owner is going even further. John Metz said he will add a 5 percent surcharge to customers' bills to offset what he said are the increased costs of Obamacare, along with reducing his employees' hours.
"If I leave the prices the same, but say on the menu that there is a 5 percent surcharge for Obamacare, customers have two choices. They can either pay it and tip 15 or 20 percent, or if they really feel so inclined, they can reduce the amount of tip they give to the server, who is the primary beneficiary of Obamacare," Metz told The Huffington Post. "Although it may sound terrible that I'm doing this, it's the only alternative. I've got to pass the cost on to the consumer."
Metz is the franchisor of Hurricane Grill & Wings, which has 48 locations, five of which are corporate owned, and president and owner of RREMC Restaurants, which runs approximately 40 Denny's and several Dairy Queen locations. He planned to use the 5 percent surcharge tactic in all his restaurants starting in January 2014, when Obamacare is fully implemented.
Like John Schnatter of Papa John's, Metz claims he can't afford to provide all of his full time employees with insurance:
Despite the one-two hit his employees might take with possibly fewer hours and lower tips, Metz said he is not anti-insurance. His current coverage for full-time employees costs him $5,000 to $6,000 annually, he said. "Obviously, I'd love to cover all our employees under that insurance," he said, "But to pay $5,000 per employee would cost us $175,000 per restaurant, and unfortunately, most of our restaurants don't make $175,000 a year. I can't afford it."
Of course…Obamacare is going to break your back. I believe you…NOT!
From Think Progress:
While Metz makes it sound like that requirement spells the end of business as usual, he might be pleasantly surprised by the positive effects of choosing to provide employer-based health care. Studies have shown that Obamacare will ultimately decrease health care costs for small businesses. On top of that, providing insurance coverage generally leads to higher retention rates, more satisfied employees, and a more competitive hiring market.
John Schnatter, Papa John's CEO, and other corporations trying to skirt Obamacare


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(A little follow-up, I still have my fatigue pants, jacket and great leather boots.)
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Veterans Day -- Seeing President Carter, Princess Diana and an Old Army Photo of Me
(A little follow-up, I still have my fatigue pants, jacket and great leather boots.)
14 comments:
- Melanie said...
Thank you for your service, Barbara. And congrats on still being able to fit into that!
- November 11, 2010 at 8:27 AM
- Marian Pierre-Louis said...
I didn't know that about you. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I love the photos!
- November 11, 2010 at 8:29 AM
- Carol said...
Thank you for your service.
Love that the uniform still fits. I wish I could say that about my clothes from a few years past! CONGRATS!!!
- November 11, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- Wendy said...
These are beautiful pictures. Thank you very much for your service to our country.
- November 11, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- Nolichucky Roots said...
Three cheers for the women! Thanks for sharing your story and pictures, Barbara.
- November 11, 2010 at 2:51 PM
- Greta Koehl said...
Wonderful! You have worked at so many interesting places - thank you for sharing these with us.
- November 11, 2010 at 3:20 PM
- Brenda said...
How wonderful you can still fit in your uniform. Thanks for serving and for sharing.
- November 11, 2010 at 7:46 PM
- joyoflj said...
Thank you for your service to our Country, Barbara.
- November 12, 2010 at 5:18 AM
- Barbara said...
Thank you every one of you for your comments. I wasn't sure about posting me in uniform, but now I'm glad, brings back very good memories.
- November 12, 2010 at 7:28 AM
- Elizabeth O'Neal said...
As I've said many times, I live vicariously through you. What an interesting live you have lead!
- November 12, 2010 at 2:41 PM
- Becky said...
Interesting! Something that we have in common - although my uniform doesn't fit me anymore! Actually, I don't have it any longer, but I know it wouldn't fit!!
- November 12, 2010 at 3:48 PM
- Barbara said...
Elizabeth and Becky, interesting life many years ago, not so now. Becky, I have the fatigue pants with buttons, did you? so I need to hold my breath to close it up. The olive jacket is like new, boots worn every year, good condition. I'll take pictures...sometime.
- November 12, 2010 at 8:15 PM
- Janice EH said...
Thank you, Barbara for your service and for the memories. I remember those green striped seersucker uniforms you're wearing. We had to put so much starch on them! I finally gave the last of my uniforms away a few moves ago. I certainly couldn't get in any of them.
- November 12, 2012 at 10:54 PM
- Bentley said...
Thank you for you service Barbara. You look fine in your uniform. I had a bunch of those cords that I donated to goodwill - not my favorite. The button fly fatigues I have were issued during Viet Nam era issue, if I recall correctly, and I liked them best - b/c the fabric was softer. I certainly can no longer squeeze my older, more robust bod into any of my old uniforms! Good on you that you can! Cousin Pat - MAJ, USA, Retired
- November 12, 2013 at 12:42 AM


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Paul Barrere Releases New Album
Paul Barrere has released his latest album Riding The Nova Train. The Little Feat guitarist teamed up with producer Roger Cole to write and co-produce the record, which features ten new songs. Tour dates are not expected, as Barrere is currently unable to travel and he undergoes treatment for Hepatitis C. Samples of tracks from Riding The Nova Train can be heard here, and limited edition autographed copes of the album are now on sale- for $20.


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Gorgeously Green, by Uliano, Sophie
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/8/2010
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8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life
Chapter One
Step 1: Becoming Aware
Getting Started
In step 1, we'll talk about how you can become aware of the way you live and the changes you can make. It is not about judging yourself. It is about observing yourself with compassion. It's crystal clear that as a society we need to make some radical changes in order to avoid disaster; however, the slap-on-the-wrist approach doesn't work for me. I don't like being told off because I use too much electricity or drive the wrong car. I judge myself way too harshly, so I don't need anyone else doing it, thank you very much!
This step is about figuring out how to make the most positive choices for yourself and the planet. You deserve the best. We are going to discover exactly what that is.
What Is "Green"?
Living "green" is about taking everyday actions that have a positive impact on the environment. Each day, we make an impact, and most of the time it's negative without our even knowing it. Who would have thought that an innocent shopping trip to buy a pair of shoes could have a negative impact on anything other than your bank balance!
What Is Gorgeousness?
Gorgeousness is not necessarily an external thing. There were so many times when I tried to perfect my appearance, making sure that every hair was in place, every eyelash separated, every fingernail polished to perfection—and yet deep down I felt horribly inadequate. It was often because I was burned out, afraid, disconnected to anything other than the noise in my head. Gorgeousness is a quality of energy. When I'm connected to that part of me that is living according to my deepest values, I feel something inside of me light up. I can be wearing scraggy old jeans and an ill-fitting shirt, but I still feel happy, passionate, and alive. That is gorgeousness.
Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too
Going green doesn't mean you have to go without. On the contrary, you can have everything your heart desires, the caveat being that it has to be for the good of everyone and everything involved. Gorgeously Green will take you to a new level of understanding about the interconnectedness of everything—human beings, animals, nature; it is the same energy that is in all of us. On a quantum level, there is no separation between me and you and the earth we are standing on. We can go ahead and indulge in all the things we desire as long as they are produced with love and reverence for the earth and its inhabitants.
I don't want to be made to feel guilty about the way I live now. I can only do my best, according to the knowledge and awareness that I currently have. It's ironic that most of the things considered to be bad for the environment were considered to be awe-inspiring less than a hundred years ago: electricity and natural gas were miracles, and plastic was to be marveled at. Today, we know these wonderful commodities can devastate and pollute the planet, but it's not our fault. We thought we were doing the right thing, creating a better standard of living. We got more comfortable and then we wanted more.
Running Out
The problem lies in our lack of understanding about the sources of our everyday necessities. Oil was made deep in the earth's crust thousands of years ago and there is a finite amount. We didn't even think about that little problem. We just assumed that we would never run out. Ugh! No one told us, so we carelessly and greedily used all we could, and now we're in trouble. In much the same way, my six-year-old daughter thinks there is an infinite amount of money in the bank. She sees me pulling it out of a hole in a wall of my local bank and naturally can't understand when I tell her that the hamster palace she's been bugging me about costs too much.
The Solution
We got it the wrong way around. We thought the earth should take care of us when really we should have taken care of it. I'm so grateful that it's not too late. We can begin to think differently about ourselves in relation to this exquisite planet. I'm a strong believer in the collective conscious. When a deep awareness begins to germinate within the consciousness of a few, it spreads along invisible networks of energy. Before we know it, everyone will be aware and wanting to make the changes to create a decent environment for their children. So let's you and me become the pioneers—little centers of consciousness that will help to heal the earth.
I love that we can continue to evolve and change every day. I never want to be stagnant. I don't want my life to become routine and boring; however, our culture has become stuck in a bit of a rut in recent years. A weird kind of complacency has set in, and it doesn't feel good. Come on, girls—time to shake off the cobwebs, wake up, and go wild. There is so much to discover. We are beginning to understand what doesn't work anymore. Now we need to reach up and find out what does work.
The green scene is exploding and is going to evolve gradually over the next few years. What we know today may be obsolete soon, but the important thing is that we keep reaching for something greater.
Human beings have one thing in common—we all live on the same small planet, yet we're too busy fighting over religion and oil to notice that the twirling ball we're standing on is in serious trouble.
Keep It Simple
The reason I wrote this book was because I wanted to create an easy-to-follow program that would dispel the confusion that is often associated with the concept of going green. If you follow and complete this eight-step program, you will have covered absolutely everything that you need to know. You can close the book, sign the completion certificate at the end, and be rest assured that you have sufficiently changed your life so that it complies with the eco-standards that even the most hardcore are throwing at us.Gorgeously Green
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Republican Bill Johnson has kept his U.S. House seat in a closely watched rematch in southeast Ohio.
Johnson won a second term in Congress on Tuesday over Democratic former U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson.
Democrats seeking to take back control of Congress had hoped to pick up Ohio's 6th District, which covers much of the state's Appalachian region and has been highly been competitive the past two decades.
Both sides and outside groups spent heavily on campaign ads.
Johnson had tried to link his Democratic opponent with President Barack Obama. Wilson sought to distance himself from the president and his environmental policies, which have been unpopular in the coal-producing area.
Johnson was one of five Republicans in Ohio who knocked off Democratic incumbents two years ago.
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There's nothing worse, we're often told, than a crooked cop. And the longest serving crooked cop in the history of TV journalism — or what's left of it — is the most celebrated program of that high-minded genre, CBS's "60 Minutes."
As a national watchdog — probing for inside traders, double-dealers, scam-artists, the interest-conflicted and the ethically compromised at the top of government, law enforcement and business — "60 Minutes" consistently cons the public by diving off shelves that hold CBS goods.
Heck, it's time "60 Minutes" subtitled the program "The CBS/Simon & Schuster Book of the Month Show."
Astonishing, ain't it, how the show for years has been able to get first crack at "exclusives" with authors of new books written while the author was in the employ of CBS's publishing division.
Last Sunday, it was Arnold Schwarzenegger who "chose" "60 Minutes" to be the first to hear him speak about his new autobiography, "Total Recall," published by Simon & Schuster and released for sale, coincidentally enough, the very next day!
But Schwarzenegger's merely the latest on a long list of heavily promoted "60 Minutes" episodes that pushed CBS's inventory, infomercials all dressed up as broadcast journalism.
"60 Minutes" somehow was able to land Walter Isaacson to discuss his new book about Steve Jobs.
The show, at least twice, somehow was able to land Bob Woodward to chat up his new inside-Washington books.
Same with Tiger Woods, who "60 Minutes" somehow was able to land for an exclusive — in conjunction with the release of his new book.
All were Simon & Schuster numbers.
As an award-winning whistle-blower, "60 Minutes" for years has betrayed honest, unfettered journalism.
In 1998, it profiled International Olympic Committee bossman Juan Antonio Samaranch in a highly unflattering manner, asking the Spaniard about his status as an unrepentant World War II fascist.
Yet, such was known years before then. Why did it take "60 Minutes" so long to see that torch burning at the top of Olympus? Well, 1998 was the year that CBS lost Olympic rights.
The show's warm profiles of sports and entertainment figures — football coaches, singers, actors, pro golfers — have a funny habit of appearing right before those folks perform on CBS.
The smell of the sell, Sunday nights at 7 on CBS, is always on the wind, then on the air. And it's often posed — framed — as exclusive, hard-hitting news. It would make for one hell of an investigative piece for a program such as "60 Minutes."
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While the US news media and Obama administration have been quick to condemn the maker of that anti-Muslim film/video, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, as a fringe lunatic and parole violator. . .
And while Arabic-Islamic leaders represent to their followers that Nakoula is typical of the Muslim-hating Western world. . .
Lost to the political pandering here, and the sustaining madness there, is that Nakoula is an Egyptian-American Coptic Christian.
Now if there's anyone who has a beef with the new, Islam-enriched Egypt, it's a Coptic Christian, whose co-religionists — what's left of them — have been targeted by radical Muslims for extermination.
But that's not worth the media's or the White House's attention; that might upset those Muslims who, regardless of facts, would be encouraged to be outraged.
As new Egyptian President and Muslim Brotherhood-sanctioned Mohamed Morsi now gives Western TV interviews claiming that videos such as Nakoula's reflect American standards, I'm not aware that his interviewers have told him that he's all wet. That might end the interview.
So, then, it would be out of the question to think that any of these free-world journalists would ask Morsi about whether Nakoula, as an Egyptian-American Coptic Christian, might have a legit gripe with Allah.


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Dollar Museum
Dollar Museum is an independent local museum dedicated to the history and heritage of the village of Dollar, in the county of Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Set up in 1988, it occupies two floors of an early 19th century woollen mill (now called the Castle Campbell Hall), and has a wide-ranging Collection illustrating all aspects of the history of Dollar.
You may see a neolithic carved stone ball and a piece of bone from a Bronze Age Dollar person, learn about the Battle of Dollar in 877 and read how Robert Burns fell in love with Peggy Chalmers at Harviestoun and visited Castle Campbell, look at photos of Scotland's finest Japanese Garden and see a model of Lavinia Malcolm, the first Lady Provost in Scotland. The story is told of John McNabb, the boy who left Dollar without the fare to cross the Forth by ferry and who made his fortune at sea, the fortune which founded Dollar Academy in 1818. And the cream of the Collection: the photos taken by Peter Wilson of the Devon Valley Railway, which ran from Alloa to Kinross. We also usually mount three temporary exhibitions each year.
Visit the comfortable and well-lit reading room and browse through books of photographs of old Dollar - people, events, places and scenery. Learn about the 'Dollar Foundling', John Dollar, 'Barburously' abandoned in 1742. You will also find maps and much other research and archive material. Children will enjoy a visit to Granny's Kitchen. They may also draw in the children's corner, try out a gird and gain a certificate by completing a quiz.
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The Museum is open from Easter to Christmas at the following times:
Saturdays: 11am to 1pm, 2pm to 4.30pm
Sundays: 2pm to 4.30pm
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Homeowners stunned, appraisals jump 4 years in 1 year | News
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- In DeKalb County, it's war, now.
Homeowners in and around the Brookhaven Gardens neighborhood are finding out that DeKalb County is not going to do for them what it's doing for other homeowners.
The county will not lower their giant, six-figure increases in their 2012 property appraisals, even though the county just admitted bungling appraisals on thousands of homes elsewhere in the county, appraising them far above their market value. The county is correcting those appraisals.
But DeKalb County's Chief Appraiser Calvin Hicks is saying that homeowners in Brookhaven Gardens, around 50 of them, deserve their increased appraisals, this year.
Natalie Cheney's home, for example, is suddenly worth $200,000 more since last year. A 48 percent increase. In this market?
"Yeah, it's shocking," she said as she showed her appraisal notice.
"It's obvious there was a mistake made," said Homeowner Stephanie Miller, whose appraisal increased 26 percent.
"The values we have on those properties are within reason," said Chief Appraiser Calvin Hicks on Thursday.
Hicks said homeowners in Brookhaven Gardens don't realize that, until this year, the state had been capping assessment-increases, and holding down home-values artificially, at 2008 levels.
This year, the cap is off.
So the homeowners -- in neighborhoods where Hicks believes the market values increased -- are suddenly seeing four-years of appreciation in a single year.
The way Hicks sees it, they haven't been paying enough taxes.
The homeowners who gathered in front of Stephanie Miller's home Thursday are surprised that Hicks would say that.
"That's ridiculous," said Dennis Hinton.
"Based on what numbers?" asked Karen Smythe.
"The market values have not shown appreciable appreciation since 2008," Hinton said. "He's way off base, way off base."
"I think we're all just kind of wondering how are they getting these numbers," said Andy Peters, who is a real estate agent. "Where are they coming from?"
So the homeowners have filed their appeals and are getting their evidence together, preparing for war, now -- they see this as a fight to hold onto their homes -- a war with the county that may last months, at least.
Hicks said his team looked at sales of two homes "ranging between $483,000 and $550,000" as factors in determining current fair market value for Brookhaven Gardens homes. Hicks said it was clear to his appraisal team that Brookhaven Gardens is an island of increasing values in an ocean of depressed home values.
"I don't think it is an area that is experiencing some of the ills of other areas of the county," Hicks said, and its desirability is pushing values and prices up.
But Andy Peters, the real estate agent, said in his examination of house sales in the area, he has not found any homes that sold for anywhere near $550,000, and "nothing suggesting anywhere close to $500,000" that Hicks believes many of the Brookhaven Gardens homes are now worth.
"To say that property values have increased at all in the last three to four years is kind of laughable," Peters said.
"There hasn't been a $550,000 sale in the Brookhaven Gardens neighborhood in the last year," said Karen Smythe, a real estate broker. "So I'm not sure where he's getting his numbers from. We're fine with [values] catching up, but they need to be catching up in a justifiable manner. What we're seeing here is the county appraisals are well above where fair market is."
Stephanie Miller is organizing homeowners to fight the appraisals, setting up a blog as a central source of information for homeowners.
She said when she initially called Hicks' office, she was told that values had increased in her area, but, "they indicated a five percent increase. That is not what my tax appraisal shows. It shows a 26 percent increase."
Her home's appraisal went from $402,700 in 2011 to $508,100 in 2012, and she's certain it's the result of the same mistakes the county made in other neighborhoods this year, "and the county has acknowledged that the mistakes have been made [in those neighborhoods]. But they're not looking at our area. And so the only fair thing to do is to come back and re-evaluate the Brookhaven area."
Hicks explained Miller's increase by again pointing to the state-imposed freeze on appraisals that he said had kept Miller's home from going up in assessed value until this year.
"We were not allowed to show any appreciation between 2008 through 2011" on Miller's home, Hicks said. The 26 percent increase this year "is really an appreciation that's occurred over that four-year period, and it didn't necessarily occur over the time span of one year."
In fact, Hicks said, Miller bought her house in March 2006, for $475,000, so this year's appraisal of $508,100 is about 7 percent higher than the 2006 sale price, not 26 percent higher than the 2011 appraisal of $402,700.
"We had never placed the value as high as it actually sold for" in 2006, Hicks said, concluding that during the past four years, Miller "was paying [taxes] on something that was about $74,000 below what she paid for it."
But Miller said her house's value, like the values of other homes in the dire real estate market, steadily and rapidly decreased. Last year, she said, when she and her husband put it on the market, they couldn't get $425,000 for it, and they don't believe they could get $508,100 for it, now.
"The most cost-effective and efficient way to resolve this problem is to re-calculate, instead of processing hundreds and hundreds of appeals, which we all intend to file." Miller said.


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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Update at 1:30 p.m., the basketball doubleheader at Lees-McRae College has been rescheduled for Monday, January 27 at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. in Banner Elk, N.C.
With snow falling in northeast Tennessee and western North Carolina, today's home men's volleyball match against Pfeiffer University has been postponed. Men's and women's basketball at Lees-McRae College has also been postponed as well as men's and women's swimming and diving at Mars Hill University.
At this time, no makeup dates have been set, check KingTornado.com for updates. The men's volleyball team is scheduled to play Marymount University and Emmanuel College next Saturday at the Student Center Complex.
Both the men's and women's basketball teams are schedule to host North Greenville University on Wednesday night at the Student Center Complex. Tipoff is slated for 5:30 p.m.
Men's and women's swimming and diving's next meet is schedule for February 9 at Union College (Ky.)


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