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As Academy Award season approaches, it's not uncommon to hear talk about the "Oscar Curse," a mysterious jinx that has plagued past winners of the golden statuette.
While logic would dictate that winning Hollywood's most prestigious award should catapult its winner into the A-list, the sad fact is that many Oscar-winning performers have seen their career trajectories plummet as soon as they finish their acceptance speeches.
Although there have been no recent incidents of Oscar winners becoming unemployable immediately after walking offstage with their statuettes, CNBC.com remains ever vigilant should such a scenario transpire. In the meantime, read ahead to see the actors and actresses whose careers declined once they won the Academy Award.
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Latino/a and African American Relations
Brian D. Behnken
African Americans and Latino/as have had a long history of social interactions that have been strongly affected by the broader sense of race in the United States. Race in the United States has typically been constructed as a binary of black and white. Latino/as do not fit neatly into this binary. Some Latino/as have argued for a white racial identity, which has at times frustrated their relationships with black people. For African Americans and Latino/as, segregation often presented barriers to good working relationships. The two groups were often segregated from each other, making them mutually invisible. This invisibility did not make for good relations.
Latino/as and blacks found new avenues for improving their relationships during the civil rights era, from the 1940s to the 1970s. A number of civil rights protests generated coalitions that brought the two communities together in concerted campaigns. This was especially the case for militant groups such as the Black Panther Party, the Mexican American Brown Berets, and the Puerto Rican Young Lords, as well as in the Poor People's Campaign. Interactions among African Americans and Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban/Cuban American illustrate the deep and often convoluted sense of race consciousness in American history, especially during the time of the civil rights movement.
Latino Literature
Elda María Román
Latina/o literature can be understood both in terms of its historical emergence and development as well as its engagement with and representation of history. The formation of a canon called Latina/o literature is a contemporary phenomenon. Institutions that have published, disseminated, and shaped this literature into a discernible entity emerged in the 1970s as extensions of political activist movements. In the 1990s, the establishment of the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project also made possible the recuperation and publication of literature written before the 1960s. Studies of Latina/o literature now explore texts dating back to the 16th century, include 19th-century exile and dissident writing, and trace the evolution of Latina/o literature through the 20th and 21st centuries. While most writing and scholarship has been produced about Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans, literature by Dominican Americans, U.S. Central Americans, and U.S. South Americans is increasingly gaining visibility. Since the mid-20th century, most Latina/o literature has been written in English, though many writers incorporate Spanish or Spanglish. This tradition now spans a wide range of themes, experiences, and genres.
Latinos and the Law
Allison Brownell Tirres
Latino Americans have intersected with the law in complicated ways throughout American history. Latinos themselves are a diverse and heterogeneous racial, ethnic, and cultural group, with members hailing from all parts of the Spanish-speaking world and representing all variations on the spectrum of race. Each group has a unique origin story, but all have been shaped by law and legal process. Legal historians and legal scholars explore the role of law in incorporating Latino groups in American society, the effects of law on Latino communities, and the struggles of Latino lawyers, activists, and ordinary people against legal discrimination and for equality. The civil rights story of Latinos bears strong resemblance to that of African Americans: In each case, members have been subjected to de jure and de facto discrimination and social subordination. But the Latino civil rights story has unique valences, particularly in the areas of language discrimination and immigration law and policy. Latino legal history demonstrates the complex ways that Latinos interact with the color line in American law and politics.
Latinos in Film
Laura Isabel Serna
Latinos have constituted part of the United States' cinematic imagination since the emergence of motion pictures in the late 19th century. Though shifting in their specific contours, representations of Latinos have remained consistently stereotypical; Latinos have primarily appeared on screen as bandits, criminals, nameless maids, or sultry señoritas. These representations have been shaped by broader political and social issues and have influenced the public perception of Latinos in the United States. However, the history of Latinos and film should not be limited to the topic of representation. Latinos have participated in the film industry as actors, creative personnel (including directors and cinematographers), and have responded to representations on screen as members of audiences with a shared sense of identity, whether as mexicanos de afuera in the early 20th century, Hispanics in the 1980s and 1990s, or Latinos in the 21st century. Both participation in production and reception have been shaped by the ideas about race that characterize the film industry and its products. Hollywood's labor hierarchy has been highly stratified according to race, and Hollywood films that represent Latinos in a stereotypical fashion have been protested by Latino audiences. While some Latino/a filmmakers have opted to work outside the confines of the commercial film industry, others have sought to gain entry and reform the industry from the inside. Throughout the course of this long history, Latino representation on screen and on set has been shaped by debates over international relations, immigration, citizenship, and the continuous circulation of people and films between the United States and Latin America.
Puerto Ricans in the United States
Lorrin Thomas
Puerto Rican migrants have resided in the United States since before the Spanish-Cuban-American War of 1898, when the United States took possession of the island of Puerto Rico as part of the Treaty of Paris. After the war, groups of Puerto Ricans began migrating to the United States as contract laborers, first to sugarcane plantations in Hawaii, and then to other destinations on the mainland. After the Jones Act of 1917 extended U.S. citizenship to islanders, Puerto Ricans migrated to the United States in larger numbers, establishing their largest base in New York City. Over the course of the 1920s and 1930s, a vibrant and heterogeneous colonia developed there, and Puerto Ricans participated actively both in local politics and in the increasingly contentious politics of their homeland, whose status was indeterminate until it became a commonwealth in 1952. The Puerto Rican community in New York changed dramatically after World War II, accommodating up to fifty thousand new migrants per year during the peak of the "great migration" from the island. Newcomers faced intense discrimination and marginalization in this era, defined by both a Cold War ethos and liberal social scientists' interest in the "Puerto Rican problem."
Puerto Rican migrant communities in the 1950s and 1960s—now rapidly expanding into the Midwest, especially Chicago, and into New Jersey, Connecticut, and Philadelphia—struggled with inadequate housing and discrimination in the job market. In local schools, Puerto Rican children often faced a lack of accommodation of their need for English language instruction. Most catastrophic for Puerto Rican communities, on the East Coast particularly, was the deindustrialization of the labor market over the course of the 1960s. By the late 1960s, in response to these conditions and spurred by the civil rights, Black Power, and other social movements, young Puerto Ricans began organizing and protesting in large numbers. Their activism combined a radical approach to community organizing with Puerto Rican nationalism and international anti-imperialism. The youth were not the only activists in this era. Parents in New York had initiated, together with their African American neighbors, a "community control" movement that spanned the late 1960s and early 1970s; and many other adult activists pushed the politics of the urban social service sector—the primary institutions in many impoverished Puerto Rican communities—further to the left.
By the mid-1970s, urban fiscal crises and the rising conservative backlash in national politics dealt another blow to many Puerto Rican communities in the United States. The Puerto Rican population as a whole was now widely considered part of a national "underclass," and much of the political energy of Puerto Rican leaders focused on addressing the paucity of both basic material stability and social equality in their communities. Since the 1980s, however, Puerto Ricans have achieved some economic gains, and a growing college-educated middle class has managed to gain more control over the cultural representations of their communities. More recently, the political salience of Puerto Ricans as a group has begun to shift. For the better part of the 20th century, Puerto Ricans in the United States were considered numerically insignificant or politically impotent (or both); but in the last two presidential elections (2008 and 2012), their growing populations in the South, especially in Florida, have drawn attention to their demographic significance and their political sensibilities.


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Blogs and Blogging...
One of the curious, creative uses people have invented for the internet is the sharing of fan fiction. Fan fiction is written by people who are fans of various popular books. They invent further adventures for the characters and post them on a specialized bulletin board for other fans to read and enjoy.
Often, the new fiction is posted chapter by chapter as it is written, and readers post comments about it much like a blog. (That's why I decided this post fit better under blogging than any other category.)
Isaac follows some of the authors at FanFiction.Net. This Harry Potter story that Isaac invited me to read a few days ago explains quite well what fan fiction is. It's a cute, amusing story written by a computer programmer whose screen name is Wishweaver. If you have a few minutes, why not take time to enjoy this writer's lively imagination?
"Well, Harry, just one more to go and then we're finished, aren't we?'
Harry Potter glanced up at the blonde-haired woman as she regarded the sixth book in her series, and ran her fingers lightly over the colorful dust cover. This summons didn't seem to be a working one. She was thinking about him, and the excitement generated by the new release, but she wasn't writing.
Harry couldn't claim to be surprised, not after six books now. He knew how she tended to operate. The release of a book always meant a little downtime for everyone. The Woman, he supposed, would go and do things more interesting than writing for hours on end, day after day, and he would go back to his shelf.
This wasn't an unusual circumstance, of course. He was returned to his shelf every time she finished writing for the day. As she began thinking of other things, he would feel the now familiar sensation of a hook being jerked behind his navel. Once dismissed, he would be returned to his shelf, but this time, instead of her fetching him again in the morning, he would remain there until she thought of him again, or was ready to start her next project...
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Thanks, Shauna for sharing your profile on GeniMates.
Date May 1, 2011
Name Shauna Hicks
Hometown Currently Melbourne, from Brisbane originally
Are you a Hobbyist or Professional Genealogist? Bit of both
What, if any, formal or informal studies have you undertaken that are relevant to genealogical research? Diploma in Family Historical Studies from Society of Australian Genealogists but as a mature age student I also did a BA in Australian History & Anthropology, an MA on female philanthropy in colonial Queensland (inspired by my gg grandmother) and so that I could work in archives and libraries I also did a Grad Dip in Library Science. All studies were part time while I worked full time and did the family thing!
What is your day job?
How long have you been chasing ancestors? Since 1977
How did you get hooked on genealogy? My first husband and I sat down to watch Roots on television and I was hooked from the first episode. At the same time, I saw an ad in the local paper from someone who was running a How to Trace Your Family History and by the end of the series I was finding my own ancestors. I've never stopped and it's great that it is one of those hobbies that you can do when time/resources permit.
As indicated by my studies above, I went on to actually work in areas where I could indulge my genealogy passion and have been fortunate to work in archives and libraries since 1981 until I retired from working in government for just over 35 years.
What are your areas of Expertise in Genealogy? Australia especially Queensland and Victoria but have researched my ancestors in all Australian States. I have a particular interest in archives, asylums, prisons, military, mining and religious records driven by my own ancestors' backgrounds.
Please outline your involvement in Genealogy Societies and Groups. I first became involved with the Genealogical Society of Queensland back in 1977, and particularly with the North Brisbane and Southern Suburbs branches. I was also a founding member of the Queensland Family History Society and served on the Council in various positions. In the ACT I was also on the Council of the Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra and since moving to Melbourne I have also been on the Council of the Genealogical Society of Victoria and am also a member of the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies and the Cornish Association of Victoria. At various times I have also been a member of the Society of Australian Genealogists and when in Sydney try to give talks to members.
What are the lands of your ancestors? I have families in all Australian States excluding the Northern Territory and the ACT.
Overseas I have New Zealand, Norway, Scotland (Angus), England (Staffordshire, Northamptonshire, Wiltshire and Cornish interests), South Africa, Canada and the USA.
What Family Names are you Researching? Just looking at the first 5 generations - Carnegie, Fegan, Finn, Gunderson, Halvorsdatter, Jeffers, Johnston, Judge, Price, Rosewarne, Silk, Titt, Trevaskis, White
On my son's side - Atkinson, Bullen, Carradus, Evans, Hansen, Potter, Thomsen, Walker
On my partner's side - Adkins, Barwick, Brooks, Burstow, Crow, Dean, Eldridge, Hill, Horne, Jarvis, Oakley, Pilbeam, Pyers, Spencer
Who is your favourite ancestor? Why? I have quite a few favourites mainly because they have left behind records that allows me to know them a bit more. One gg grandmother had an illegitimate son, married and lived out in far western Queensland, went on to have a bit of a drinking problem and spent quite a bit of time in and out of gaol for vagrancy and prostitution before she met and ran off with a bloke she then lived with for over 20 years before marrying him. In the end she died a respectable old lady in her 80s.
Another gg grandmother also had a hard life as her husband seems to have been also fond of a drink and beating up his wife and their adventures in various courts have given me wonderful insights into the family. Despite having 9 children and living in a tent, this gg grandmother still found time, and I hope happiness, in having an affair with another man and even in her old age, she still had a younger gentleman friend.
What ancestral city or town would you like to visit? Why? I really want to go to Cornwall and see the mining areas where my ancestors were from. This seems to be a quite different area from the rest of England. The West Bromwich area of Staffordshire is another area I would like to visit and also Wiltshire. We are talking of going over in 2012 so I really need to give this more thought.
I would also like to go to Minnesota in the US where my Norwegian ggg grandfather is buried and I have another ggg grandfather buried in Canada (still tracking him but possibly Nova Scotia).
What is your favourite resource for genealogy? These days the Internet and it is hard to think how we did any research back in the late 1970s and 1980s. I have managed to break down a number of my old brick walls with the ability to search census records online. However it is important to remember that not everything is online.
I don't think you can really go past BDM certificates as a favourite resource as they give so much information that allows you to really prove your research. Of course with my ancestors backgrounds I would also have to say court and prison records are also a big favourite.
Do you keep your genealogy files on paper? Yes
Do you keep your genealogy files on a computer? Yes
What genealogy software do you use to record your family tree? Legacy Family Tree - used to be Brothers Keeper before I made the change.
Do you have your tree posted on the internet? No
What Social Networking Sites do you use for genealogy? Ancestry, Facebook, GenealogyWise, Genes Reunited, LinkedIn, MyHeritage , Twitter.
Do you have a blog? Yes
What are your blogs' URLs? http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.shaunahicks.com.au/shhe-genie-rambles/&usd=2&usg=ALhdy2_uT45RxbaT-vzxA47g-MyiiD67hQ
What are your Other Hobbies, Activities, Interests? I like fishing, gardening, reading, cooking and travelling. We have family all over Australia and now that we are both (sort of) retired we are doing more of those activities. I have all our genealogy on the laptop so I can still do that away from home.
What is your favourite lesiure time activity apart from genealogy? Reading
What is your favourite (non genealogy) book? The Poldark novels
What is your personal philosophy in a few words ?
If you have anything else to share please add it below. I need to scan more of my paper based records and photographs so that I always have them with me but more importantly, I have backups of those paper based records and photographs. While I have draft family histories for most of my families, I need to finalise them so that the knowledge I have on the families is not lost to future generations.
Everyone who is researching their family should think about how they are going to leave their family history records and who to - before it is too late!


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Explanation for Orbs?
Posted 02 January 2008 - 09:57 AM
I agree with Axeman that 97% of the orbs you see on the internet are mundane things such as rain, dust, etc. The percentage may even be higher than this. The main reason? Digital cameras of course. I don't even consider any orb captured on a digital camera in any way. So, if it isn't captured on film, don't even bother, digital cameras highlight everything in the air very well and even create orbs in photos. Keep in mind that a digital photograph is a software interpretation of what is in front of the camera and NOT a true capture like it is on a film camera. Even the highest end digital camera will drop pixels and create orbs. This is due to it being an interpretation and not a true capture.
Recently I was lecturing in Chicago at a Ghost Conference and part of this was a tour in the city of haunted locations. This night it decided to rain. There were actually people with digital cameras thrilled that they were able to capture orbs consistently during this tour. They were nothing but rain drops but since they knew no more about paranormal investigation, they were clouding the opinions of people that didn't know any better. This is what heppens on the internet. People that know nothing about investigation and the proper perameters of conducting one are putting these types of photos on the internet and calling them ghosts which is causing an issue for the real investigators that are trying to prove their theories and make progress in the field.
Now, if you are using film and capture orbs, common sense takes over. Are you in a very dusty location? Are you outside in the rain or snow? Did you move through a field of tall grass, turn around and snap a photo? These are all examples of things that happen to stir up the mundane things that cause orbs. We all have to conduct a real investigastion at a location before anything can be considered as evidence of the paranormal. We must be actually focused on investigating and not just running around for thrills snapping a thousand photos on the new digi cam and calling everything a ghost. We must note our surroundings and use common sense. We must also be able to account for everyone in the area at all times without waiver. We must secure the area that we are investigating in order to keep people out of the areas that we are investigating unless they are a guest, homeowner, staff person, etc. that stays with an investigator at all times.
Now, considering that we are using film on a proper investigation and we caspture an orb, is it real or mundane? It has been my experience that real orbs are three dimensional, moving most of the time but not always, bright and solid. I still don't lend as much creedence to still photograph captures as I do video tape. Video is the best way to capture and again, tape not digital due to the whole real capture vs interpretation thing again.
I do know that orbs are a low level manifestation of ghosts. I wasn't sure of this until we captured the orb that manifests into a shadow ghost on video tape at a distance that is way beyond the I/R emitter on the camera. This was my proof that orbs are related to ghosts but I hope that everyone will keep in mind that just because a place is haunted, the evidence that you are looking at most certainly may not be a capture of that ghost or ghosts. Every piece of evideence that ANYONE posts on the internet must stand up to the most strict scrutiny and be able to be looked at by anyone and not be debunked. It is difficult but that is what makes good paranormal evidence.
Posted 02 January 2008 - 01:27 PM
The second "incident" was also in the bedroom around that same time of night, months later, but I had been already asleep and got up to go to the bathroom. Seemed like a lot of light around the front window, I thought must be the moon. By the time I made it the few steps to the toilet, I began to wake up the brain and realized that wasn't "right". When I stepped back into the bedroom, I saw basketball sized globes forming an arch on either side and above the window. Same intense white light. I observed it for a minute and flopped back in bed. It was still there until I fell asleep.
I have no explanation. No proof. I'm an old woman who has seen many things in my life and I guess my attitude at this point is that none of it has hurt me. This is what I tell my gran-children. Just wanted to share. Maybe you researchers can enlighten me as to want this is.
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 02:01 AM
SpiritDoc, you use to help me...now you're just being silly.
Posted 04 January 2008 - 02:34 AM
explanation for orbs?....I have none, and nothing to prove. No photos, no research, just 2 experiences. Every time I see anything about orbs I look in because of these 2 very clear experiences I've had. The first was October 13, 1998 between 2-3am. Hubby was out of town and I was alone in bed with calico cat curling up against me. Just getting comfy for sleep, when from behind me, sounded like outside of bathroom in the yard, a loud POP. My 2 live-stock guard dogs started barking, cat popped up her head as did I. What the heck was that!, I thought, (with other words) and laid my head back down as did the cat. Which then had me looking at a column of spheres inside of the front window, inside of the curtains. Grapefruit sized balls of intense white light. Like lit from the inside. You may think I'm an idiot when I say that I said, oh well, and laid my head down on my pillow after saying a quick prayer and going to sleep. A more curious person would have gotten up for a camera!
The second "incident" was also in the bedroom around that same time of night, months later, but I had been already asleep and got up to go to the bathroom. Seemed like a lot of light around the front window, I thought must be the moon. By the time I made it the few steps to the toilet, I began to wake up the brain and realized that wasn't "right". When I stepped back into the bedroom, I saw basketball sized globes forming an arch on either side and above the window. Same intense white light. I observed it for a minute and flopped back in bed. It was still there until I fell asleep.
I have no explanation. No proof. I'm an old woman who has seen many things in my life and I guess my attitude at this point is that none of it has hurt me. This is what I tell my gran-children. Just wanted to share. Maybe you researchers can enlighten me as to want this is.
Hi Puti:
Your story is very curious, and can have a number of explanations.
It may well be that you have experienced a supernatural phenomenon.
On the other hand, the fact that on both occasions you experienced these things in your bedroom, in association with sleeping, suggests a more prosaic explanation.
There is a phenomenon called "Lucid Dreaming". This is a condition in which people are in a very deep sleep, and dream that they are awake and seeing, doing or experiencing things.
These dreams are so real, that the person has absolutely no doubt that the events they dreamed did, in fact, happen.
Quite often the events dreamed are of a supernatural nature; such as ghosts, or orbs and glowing lights such as you describe.
So, it is entirely possible that you were asleep in bed and having lucid dreams. In this context it is not uncommon that you would dream that your dogs and cat also reacted to whatever you dreamed you were experiencing. You could also dream that you got up and went to the bathroom. All of these things are concistent with this kind of dream.
When you awoke, you would not realise that you had been asleep. Nor would you realise that you had now awoken. So the dream would seem entirely real to you; and you would sincerely believe that you had experienced whatever you had dreamed.
Lucid Dreaming is not well understood, and it is largely a mystery as to why or how it happens. About all that is known is that the phenomena occurs with some people, some of the time; and some people are more susceptable than others.
So, it is entirely possible that your experiences were lucid dreams. On the other hand, they could well have been a supernatural manifestation.
Posted 04 January 2008 - 03:19 AM
I'm not easily rattled by any of it. It is just that I love doing my own research and have found only talk of digital camera photos etc. I can't think where I saw a post that the person mentioned seeing balls of light outdoors that stood still, on this board. Fully awake person.
Until this latest book I've read by two authors who have researched orbs for years now, with slightly differing perspectives, there's been, I don't think any real research. Even they have nothing to say of the "kind" of orbs or globes I'm describing.
I should mention that I know of lucid dreaming and have been on many "trips". Having said that, I'll have to be careful not to write a book here about where I'm coming from and my experiences with electricity running through my body at age 4, and 3 or 4 near-death like experiences etc . I think though, maybe these experiences cause a "brain-shift", or opening of some kind in a person. My dream life is very interesting, and have been able to control dreams since I was a child. FUN!
Anyhow, thank you Canuck! I see where the bedroom would really make us think that.
Going now to book another trip. TEEEHEEE
Posted 04 January 2008 - 10:25 PM
I was about to come back to this thread to say they I did know this is for "skeptics". I had been reading here, and whereever I see orbs mentioned because of those 2 experiences. Just thought all these researchers would have an idea for me. No one ever talks about globes of intense light, that just sits there. I've found no research in this.
SpiritDoc, you use to help me...now you're just being silly.
Not sure what you mean by "sit there" if it's "sitting" for only a few seconds or minutes. I would guess if it's just for a few seconds you may have seen "plasma balls" a.k.a "ball lighting".
Posted 04 January 2008 - 11:57 PM
Thank you so much SpiritDoc, canuck and Axman!
These globes of light stayed for much more than a few minutes. I'll come across an answer sooner or later. I'm in no hurry.
Just curious if it would have fit in with the people here who are researching orbs.
Thank you all.
Posted 05 January 2008 - 12:09 AM
Posted 08 January 2008 - 09:50 AM
I do think that there are things to consider. I use an open mind and document the area. I really think you can see the diffrence in moisture and dust orbs.
Does anyone know if swamp gas is the same as ball lighting. I don't think so, but I think it produces simlar effects.
Posted 07 September 2011 - 07:25 PM
Posted 14 October 2011 - 01:08 AM
Any new view points, or opinions?
Well, since you brought it up..... don't know where to start without writing a book for some background. Everyone has an opinion, we can agree on that, right? And none of us really know each other, REALLY. So where "I'm coming from" no one knows except me. Sometimes. This is all my opinion.
To make this a little shorter, I'll mention that I look at all sides, including the spiritual side of the situation I'm examining. I believe I'm a spiritual being having a human experience and not the other way around. Also, I'm not a fool.
I've been away from GV for some time and only recently began looking in again. In the mean time, a year ago March, my son gave me a digital camera for my birthday. This was so I could take my own photos of the animals I live with, dairy goats, dogs and cats. So everyday I took the camera with me as we went to feed them all. I started in the barn taking photos of the goats.
After 4-5 nights of putting the photos from camera to a folder on the computer, I asked a question, out loud, in the barn the next night. This is what I asked... "hey! how come I don't get orb photos? After all, this IS a digital camera".
That night there were a few orbs in some of the photos. The next night there were even more. Following 2-3 nights more and more orb photos until there were so many orbs that they covered the animals I was trying to have photos of.
When I saw them, I complained, out loud, saying this is just ridiculous! You guessed it....Next night NO orbs.
Neale Donald Walsch isn't the only one who has conversations with God. We all do. We call it talking to ourselves or anything else besides that. So I had a conversation with myself that night. Won't go into it here. It's personal.
We could keep an open mind and take into consideration what's on our mind when those photos are taken and what our emotions are at the time. Think energy.
This has nothing to do with religion, but for me, everything to do with spirituality. A whole person is body, mind and spirit after all.
Where is that in the bible that says "we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses"? I grew up believing that the spirit world is right here around us. Where else would it be?
And yes, I do know there are dust and moisture etc.etc. etc. and light flares and on and on.
Just my opinion.
Posted 14 October 2011 - 07:34 PM
So why don't you post some of the pictures? A progressive sequence would be particularly informative.
Posted 15 October 2011 - 02:02 AM
So why don't you post some of the pictures? A progressive sequence would be particularly informative.
I see where you're going with posting a progressive sequence of photos canuck. Why one photo is full of orbs and the next few are clear with only what I was aiming at etc.
I backed up the thread to see why I posted here. Back then, early 2008, I didn't even have a camera and was pretty new to a computer! The subject interested me, and you and a couple of others were kind in giving me some things to think about. I mean that. Thank you canuck!
Back then I wondered why hardly anyone spoke of seeing what I called "spheres" with the naked eye so I brought it up. That's something that can't be looked at again by either the experiencer or the people being told of it. So I was probably posting in the wrong place. It's the skeptic thread and I was speaking of something different. Just wanted to mention that there are lots of people who see orbs without a camera.
I'll probably never post my photos to a message board. Why??? I don't need that.
Light is living stuff!
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The future of film: A new hope Film is changing. And it is getting more and more exciting. There is a lot of interesting stuff going on that you will all be seeing soon. I took a trip to Hong Kong last week and learned a lot. Come and check it out.


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For a complete list of Stuttgart Police Department reports pick up a Monday, Jan. 21 edition of the Stuttgart Daily Leader.
Jan. 18
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SPD Ptl. Luke Bethell took a report from a man who said his vehicle had been broken into after soemone had busted a window out. A Weatherby bolt action rifle and a Leupold scope were stolen along with a a bag of hunting clothes and a bag of quarters. Another man said he witnessed a tall, skinny black male walking near the vehicle and his backyard. He said he told the man to stop walking around his home, and the man asked him for a cigarette and walked off before he would talk.
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Robin Koerner is a British permanent resident of the USA, soon to become a proud citizen. He was educated at Cambridge University, from which he holds three degrees. Having taken graduate degrees in physics and philosophy, he never expected to find himself at the cutting edge of American politics.
Now, however, Robin found his calling as an activist with a unique approach, skill set and background.
Robin is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, Ben Swann, the Daily Paul, and other sites. He writes on various issues in American politics and economics, focusing on the need and means of reversing our nation's slide from its founding ideals. His work is very widely read, with some of his articles' being shared and "liked" by tens of thousands of people, and a readership that is much larger. Robin not only writes about our problems, but also draws on keen cultural observation, and his deep understanding of history and psychology to show how they can be solved. Robin's success as a writer led to his becoming the host of his own radio show, "Blue Republican with Robin Koerner".
Robin is best known for coining this term "Blue Republican" to refer to liberals and independents who joined the GOP to support Ron Paul's bid for the presidency. His article launched a movement, which now focuses on winning supporters for liberty, rather than arguments, focusing on finding common ground with those of various political persuasions, and especially people on the left. In that spirit, Robin travels the world to speak to a wide range of audiences about the philosophy of liberty and practical ways of reclaiming it wherever it is lost. He now trains activists and candidates to become good salespersons for the ideas of liberty.
As the founder and publisher of WatchingAmerica.com, an organization of over 300 volunteers that translates and posts in English views about the USA from all over the world, Robin benefits from his front-row seat in the alternative media, which helps him to see through, and explain to others, the illusions that our mainstream media perpetuate – illusions that stop many of us from seeing the true state of our nation and what we can do about it.


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Virgin Blue Ramps Up Brisbane
Queensland based travellers will have even more choice and convenience with the announcement that Australia's low fare airline, Virgin Blue, will begin direct flights between Brisbane and Hobart from 7 October.
The new Brisbane-Hobart route positions Virgin Blue as the only airline to operate non-stop between Queensland and Tasmania on a daily basis, nurturing the tourism industry as well as the budgets of both business and leisure travellers.
It follows strong support for Virgin Blue's flights to Tasmania, with a large number of people taking advantage of the connections currently available between the two cities.
Head of Communication and Strategy, David Huttner, said, "The decision to offer another direct daily service is based on the strong support from our home state of Queensland, and now we are the only airline flying direct from Brisbane to every state and territory capital.
In celebration of the new direct flights to Hobart, a special one-way launch fare of $99* is now on sale from now until 18 August, for travel from 7 October to 30 November 2003.
Virgin Blue's Mid-week Mini-Fares start from $149* one way on the net, with a Fully Flexible walk up fare of $410* which is 32% cheaper than Qantas's walk up connecting fare of $607 between the two cities.
David Huttner added, "We anticipate a strong response to this new direct service which will provide South East Queenslanders with an affordable and convenient opportunity to head south to experience first-hand the natural wonders of Tassie. It will also entice more Tasmanians to enjoy the warmth and wonder of Queensland which is good news for tourism but even better news for travellers."
The new Virgin Blue flight will depart Brisbane at 8.45am, arriving in Hobart at 12.25pm before turning around and departing at 12.55pm, arriving back into Brisbane at 2.50pm.
The introduction of the Brisbane-Hobart flight will also coincide with other schedule enhancements including:
* An additional Brisbane - Townsville flight on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from 18 September, taking it to three daily flights on high demand days.
* Two extra Brisbane - Sydney return flights a day from 7 October. The new flights will be timed to add convenience for business Guests travelling in both directions.
* Doubling of capacity on the Brisbane - Canberra route with the launch of a second daily flight from 5 September.
Virgin Blue's new direct Brisbane-Whitsunday Coast flight is also set to take-off on September 5, while Gold Coast Guests are poised to benefit from the introduction of a once a week flight straight in to the nation's capital.
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* All fares include the passenger ticket levy, airport charges and the global security charge and are for flights booked on the Internet. $10 more by phone. The $99 launch fare offer is on sale from today until 18 August and flights are for travel from 7 October to 30 November 2003. Mid-week Mini-Fares are for travel on Tuesdays and Wednesdays only. Fares are subject to availability and may not be available on all flights or peak days.


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Monday, February 12, 2007
Granny's cookbook: beef rolls and carrot ragout
My dear K turned 35 last November, and his mum included two precious items in her present - his grandmother's handwritten cookbook from 1934, as well as his great-grandmother's handwritten cookbook (in three slim volumes!) from 1894. Precious! As I promised last month, I'll be cooking from these handwritten cookbooks a lot during the coming months, as they were full of tempting and surprising recipes. These beef rolls, for instance, included ginger in the recipe - and I thought that Estonian dishes back then only used salt and pepper...
Here are the first two recipes I tried from the 1934 booklet. They're next to each other in the booklet, so I assume they're meant to be served together. They definitely did go well together, which is not surprising, as the more modern versions of these beef rolls include carrot strips in the recipe.
Grandmother's beef rolls
(Loomaliharullid ingveriga)
Serves 4
600 grams beef (I used sirloin)
black pepper
ground ginger or minced fresh ginger
1 onion
some celeriac
butter and vegetable oil for frying
boiling water
single cream (optional)
Cut the beef into 1 cm slices, across grain, and flatten'n'soften with a meat hammer.
Sprinkle some finely chopped onion, ginger and celeriac on top, roll up and tie with a undyed kitchen string (or you might end up with the infamous Bridget Jones moment!)
Fry the beef rolls in oil until browned on all sides.
Now add enough boiling water to cover the meatrolls and simmer on a medium heat until the meat has softened (this can take anything from 30 minutes to an hour, depending on your meat).
A little before the meat is cooked, add the cream.
When ready to serve, lift the meat rolls out of the gravy, remove the strings and place meatrolls on a heated serving plate.
Serve with boiled potatoes, carrot ragout and the gravy.
Serve with this slightly sweet carrot ragout, also adapted from K's grandmother's handwritten cookbook:
Carrot ragout
Serves 4
500 grams organic carrots
200 ml water
1 onion
ca 50 grams butter
3-5 Tbsp concentrated tomato puree
black pepper
a spoonful of brown sugar
Peel carrots and cut into thick coins (about 3-4 mm thick).
Bring the water to the boil, add carrots and boil until slightly softened, but still crisp (about 5 minutes).
Add chopped onion, simmer for a few more minutes.
Add tomato puree, season with salt, pepper and sugar. Stir in butter and simmer, until carrots are al dente, if you know what I mean:)
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15 comments:
- thepassionatecook said...
you are one lucky foodblogger! i keep saying that my foodblog is a modern version of the handwritten family cookbook passed down through the generations which I never had.
I do envy you!
Beef roulades are traditional in austria, too, but we tend to stuff them with carrots, celeriac, gherkins - ginger doesn't feature much on Austrian menus!
Love the look of your potatoes, too...
- 12:23 pm, February 12, 2007
- Kalyn said...
What a nice gift and a wonderful way to preserve the family recipes. It looks delicious too. I especially like the photo of the pre-cooked beef rolls, all nicely tied together.
- 3:36 pm, February 12, 2007
- Susan said...
What a treasure to have those cookbooks and to pass on family traditions.
I've just discovered your blog, and it's wonderful.
Susan from Food "Blogga"
- 12:39 am, February 13, 2007
- neil said...
I love beef rolls having been introduced to them by friends. You are so lucky to have such a treasure as K's grandmother's and great grandmothers cookbooks. Sounds like the grandmother was ahead of her time. Can't wait to hear of your adventures with them.
- 3:34 am, February 13, 2007
- joey said...
What a wonderful gift! A real treasure :) And those beef rolls look delicious!
- 3:46 am, February 13, 2007
If you ever leave K, make sure to take the books with you lol x
- 11:26 am, February 13, 2007
- Freya said...
Those recipes are the best kind, tried and tested by people you know and trust! The beef rolls look delicious!
- 6:43 pm, February 13, 2007
- SheepsPyjamas said...
Enjoy your heirlooms -- I've only one recipe hand-me-down from my family, and I do treasure it quite a lot! I've saved the beef rolls recipe and will be giving it a try; thanks for sharing!
- 8:36 pm, February 13, 2007
- Scott said...
My wife (Polish) does something very similar with rolled beef - and it's delicious, as I'm sure yours is too!
- 4:07 am, February 14, 2007
- Jeanne said...
In South Africa my mom often used to make what we call "beef olives" - like your beef rolls but stuffed with a little mincemeat. Most supermarket butchers stock them too - but I've never seen them here :-( I always wondered why they were called beef olives - an analogy to stuffed olives?! I like the sound of your onion, ginger and celeriac combination, I must say...
- 3:54 pm, February 14, 2007
- eva said...
Delicious confort food !!
- 11:36 am, February 15, 2007
- Kinna said...
You are lucky with the cookbooks. This is what I also do, cook out of Grandmas books. I have also re-written everything so I have it in my computer because the books are so fragile and vulnerable. I will look in to your blog more frequently because this i exciting.
- 3:17 pm, February 15, 2007
- christine said...
Wow, how wonderful for you! I've actually booked a trip to my grandmothers hometown down south to collect all her recipes. I don't know what to expect. I've never seen her recipes before, and I don't know where they're even kept. It'll be quite an adventure. :) Enjoy the cooking! I will definitely be coming back for more.
- 5:06 pm, February 15, 2007
- Pille said...
Johanna - believe me, we didn't know that ginger featured in Estonian kitchens in the interwar period either. But there it is, in black and white! Her recipes also include pistachio nuts and various exotic spices - things we had NO access whatsoever during the Soviet occupation. Fascinating! I like the way you describe your blog as a modern version of a handwritten family cookbook:)
Kalyn - thank you!
Susan - welcome! I hope we'll be able to peruse many more of the recipes in the near future..
Neil - we've bookmarked plenty of recipes already:)
Joey - it was the best imaginable gift to us both:) And thanks for your kind words!
Roxy - I hope it'll never come to that. But if it does, I'll nick the books:)
Freya - I never met K's grandmother, but apparently she was a brilliant cook.
Sleepspyjamas - we will! Which reminds me that as I still have both of my grandmothers, I should pester them for their favourite recipes. My paternal granny makes the best pickled tomatoes in the world, and my maternal granny makes wonderful stews and a sweet bread with poppyseeds!
Scott - yes, I imagine these would be familiar to Polish kitchens - and just as delicious:)
Jeanne - I've come across that word 'beef olives' before, when still in the UK. I should check my British cookbooks, maybe they've got something similar after all??
Eva - thanks!!
Kinna - I thought about photocopying the cookbooks, too, as they're indeed fragile and precious. We've also had to translate some of the ingredients into 'modern Estonian', especially some old names for fish. Quite a lot of fun! By the way - there is even a recipe for Lindström's meatballs!
Christine - I do hope you'll find something to cherish!
- 9:35 am, February 16, 2007
- Ula said...
Hi - we have a similar dish in Poland - but inside the beef were putting smoked bacon and saltet cucumber :-)
I love your blog :-)
- 1:45 pm, May 14, 2010


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How can we understand the social organization of an ancient city? One important way is by looking at the neighborhood. Neighborhoods are geographic areas within a city where people engage in daily face to face interaction (Smith 2010; Smith and Novic n.d). This definition works particularly well for archaeologists, because we can identify neighborhoods as a groups of houses based on the spatial proximity of the houses to each other. More interesting then simply identifying neighborhoods is finding it out what the people were like within in them.
Neighborhoods come in a wide variety of social forms. Throughout history, neighborhoods have shown various degrees of social clustering (of which social segregation is a type). Neighborhoods can be clustered along variables such as class, religion, place of origin, race, occupation, and position within the political hierarchy (Rapoport 1980; Garrioch and Peel 2006). Social clustering in many instances is viewed as a problem in modern urban environments. The ideal neighborhood is thought of as being one that contains a mixture of social and economic statuses (Congress for the New Urbanism 1996). A common assumption is that preindustrial cities were organized in such a way as to fit the neighborhood ideal. Whether or not this is true is yet to be determined through more research and analysis.
At Calixtlahuaca, we have twenty probable neighborhoods. I identified these by looking at the distribution of sherds across the landscape. Areas with a sherd density of three sherds per square meter or greater were assumed to be areas of more intense occupation. Here households would have been in close proximity to other households and formed the foundation of a neighborhood.
How were neighborhoods at Calixtlahuaca organized? Were they clustered or did they fit the modern neighborhood ideal? These are the questions that my research addresses. I'll look at 1) whether neighbors were procuring goods from the same production source, 2) whether they had shared tastes for the same styles and forms of ceramics, 3) whether they shared domestic ritual practices, and 4) whether there was similarities in wealth among people in the same neighborhood. I'll be sure to let you all know my results when I get them!
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Garrioch, David, and Mark Peel
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An initial examination of the available evidence indicates that the Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation (HSRC) ocean fertilization experiment conducted off the coast of British Columbia last July did constitute violations of both the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the London Convention/London Protocol (LC/LP) on ocean dumping. Specifically, CBD Decision IX/16 explicitly prohibits research "used for generating and selling carbon offsets or any other commercial purposes." Likewise, Resolution LC/LP.1 (2008) prohibits research that has not "been assessed and found acceptable under the assessment framework," a formal evaluation mechanism that must be used by member governments to determine the legitimacy of any proposed experiment. Neither HSRC nor Russ George has disputed allegations that the Haida experiment was intended to generate and sell offset credits, nor have they provided any evidence that their scheme was approved by the Canadian government under the LC/LP Assessment Framework. Given this, it is incumbent upon all supporters of geoengineering research to disavow and condemn the work of HSRC and Russ George, and indeed this has been the constant refrain from leading researchers since the story first broke.
Note: Text was updated on 10/24 to clarify responsible parties under Resolution LC/LP.1 (2008).
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Haida Experiment Appears to Violate CBD and LC/LP
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The UNFCCC calls on all signatory nations to aim to act aimed at achieving "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system…. ... within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally toclimate change", which none of them did.ReplyDelete
Even the US signed and its Senate ratified the 1992 UNFCCC.
One might ask, why all the concern about possible violation of the CBD and/or the LC/LP by scofflaws such as everyone on the planet, who all blithely did so little since 1992 to live up to the intent of the most important convention on climate signed to date?
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NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has assured Catholics in devastated Breezy Point that their neighborhood "will rise again" and that the church will be there for them.
DiMarzio led Mass Sunday at a church in the beachfront neighborhood where fire pushed by superstorm Sandy's raging winds destroyed as many as 100 homes and buildings as the rest of the community flooded.
DiMarzio said evil is in the world, but Christians can find meaning in their afflictions by joining their sufferings to those of Jesus Christ.
Hundreds of parishioners spilled out the doors as they held candles in a church without electricity.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer attended the Mass, along with Congressman Bob Turner, whose house was destroyed.
Turner said the rebuilding process has already begun but warned that the community desperately needs medical supplies, like tetanus shots and asthma medication.


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Public service for a new age | Olav Kjørven
12 Mar 2013
Separated in 1965 from the Federation of Malaysia, with no natural resources other than its people, Singapore set out as a new nation-state a half-century ago. With early support from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), it built an increasingly prosperous society on the basis of farsighted economic policies, stable and capable institutions, and a public service globally renowned for its excellence.
Today, the city-state of Singapore ranks among the world's wealthiest nations, with one of the most disciplined and efficient public sectors in the world.
While every nation must walk its own path, Singapore's experience offers a number of lessons. This week it hosted the first Public Service Dialogue organized by UNDP's new Global Centre for Public Service Excellence, which will function as a convener and connector of "thinker-practioners" around the globe who aspire to advance public service for sustainable human development.
In setting up this global square for advancing public service, Singapore is signaling both its readiness to share its unique experience as well as its openness to learn from others as the practice of public service – and governance more broadly speaking—faces new challenges and opportunities.
The Arab Spring highlighted the inadequacies of administrations out of touch with their citizens. Social media and information technologies have changed how people live, work, and interact. Citizens expect a greater say in matters affecting them, both by means of the ballot box and through public debate and dialogue about everything from the quality of existing services to the relevance of religious values in defining policy priorities.
In the My World survey, which UNDP supports as part of a global consultation on the world people want after the Millennium Development Goals deadline of 2015, voters across 189 countries rank "an honest and inclusive government" second out of 16 proposed changes that could advance people's lives.
Public service is now about authorities and citizens collaborating and co-creating value so government runs smoothly, keeps the peace, delivers services to all, maintains law and order, and ensures fairness, equity, justice, and voice for all—all with accountability, humility, and heart.
At the same time, and driven by globalization, technological and demographic change, the demands on public service are becoming more complex. Inequality is rising within countries, and environmental pressures are mounting. More than ever before do we need "triple-win" policies that yield social, economic, and environmental dividends for all.
The need for knowledge and know-how on good public service practices—the most valuable of commodities in this new global context—is therefore at an all-time-high.
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In return for the privilege of carrying a pocketknife to designated Cub Scout functions, I agree to the following:
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- 2. I will always close my pocketknife and put it away when not in use.
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The SaniForce 1040e is a very unique electric pump. It combines the advantages of an Air Operated Double Diaphragm pump (handles abrasives, can run dry, self-priming and seal-less design) into an energy efficient electric pump. It is the only electric diaphragm pump that can stall without damaging the pump or the production line. This means you don't need to worry about blocked/clogged lines or closed valves.
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Nearly two weeks ago Microsoft released App Studio for Windows Phone enthusiasts and potential developers. The web tool allows users to create fairly basic apps for Windows Phone without much prior development knowledge. Today the team announced that App Studio has over 50,000 active projects alongside new features. Let's check them out.
In the first 48 hours that App Studio was live the team saw over 30,000 projects created. That number may have slowed down since, but the team hasn't stopped improving the service.
The team behind App Studio pushed the message that the service will be essentially built by you as you provide feedback to them. They've been listening to feedback and have started to implement some of the ideas from the community. Here's what's new with App Studio.
- New connections to additional external data sources
- Improved code legibility
- New templates
- Flickr as data source
- Fundamental changes to App Studio to improve performance and scalability of the system
While App Studio might not appeal to legitimate developers who are already masters of the Windows Phone platform, it could be a first step for many others looking to start down the road of developing. App Studio is free and also lowers the wall for anyone wanting to sideload apps to their device.
You'll want to head to App Studio to learn more. http://apps.windowsstore.com/default.htm
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In the sixth, the Ospreys jumped out to a 11-2 lead scoring three runs on four hits including a two-run double by Thompson.
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The Ospreys put the game out of reach in the ninth as Preston Hale and Andrew Karmeris hit back-to-back solo home runs to make the final 13-5.
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Of course Vampire Weekend, those finely dressed Ivy Leaguers, were going to get the preciously assembled, wryly observant indie-pop thing right. Anything less would have been a betrayal of their promise when they first buttoned up their cardigans and told us to think of them as the band with the buttoned-up cardigans. Even as the band put out two extremely good albums that offered as much in the way of piercing emotional insight as in slyly deprecatory cultural references, there was no escaping the gimmick of being the clever, preppy and painstakingly self-aware band that could easily be the subject of one of its own songs.
An economic recession and the full run of "Gossip Girl" later, Vampire Weekend's crisply pressed khakis and oxford shirts are shabbier, more lived-in and not really the subject of their songs anymore. On the group's third album, "Modern Vampires of the City," the carefully assembled aesthetic is still present, but the music is looser, sparer and fuzzier—more laid-back downtown rock than fussy uptown chamber pop. The dominant themes are death, doubt and a restless carpe diem philosophy. The most gimmicky it ever feels is a spoken word monologue about finding love in a falafel shop, and even that works. People previously bothered by Vampire Weekend will probably like this album better—if the group's preciousness/cleverness is what got on their nerves before.
The album is at its best when it hovers with precision on the edge of moments of minor collapse, as in the pairing of Ezra Koenig's keening, encouraging chorus with restrained piano and drums on opener "Obvious Bicycle," or in the old school rock 'n' roll romp "Diane Young" (a more upbeat spelling of the song's actual hero "dyin' young"). The frayed, Paul Simonesque "Everlasting Arms" is simultaneously frightened, wistful and comforting. "Hannah Hunt," the album's biggest highlight, slowly disintegrates from a carefully composed, minimalist road trip ballad into blown-out vocals and a crisis of faith.
Occasionally, as on "Don't Lie" and "Hudson," the careful balance drifts too far into jarring discomfort, but mostly "Modern Vampires of the City" offers a meticulously assembled picture of the world that characters in past Vampire Weekend songs were only too happy to ignore. As a result, the album escapes much of the cute lampooning that once defined the band and, in its uncertainties, is much more knowing than those precocious characters ever were.
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Mayor Coleen Seng today reminded citizens that August is their opportunity to learn about and comment on the City budget, the infrastructure finance plan and other important City issues:
"The City Council will hear public testimony and take action on several very important issues in August," said Mayor Seng. "We encourage citizens to examine the proposals and to make their opinions known on these issues, which will have an impact on our community far into the future."
The City Council will have public hearings on the following proposals:
The hearings will be conducted during the City Council meetings in the City Council Chambers, first floor of the County-City Building, 555 S. 10th Street. All meetings of the City Council are carried live on 5 CITY-TV, the government access cable television channel.
Public parking is available in the lot south of "J" Street. Those attending the hearings are also reminded that "K" Street just north of the County-City Building has been reduced to two lanes for construction.
A special publication on the Mayor's proposed fiscal year 2003-2004 City budget will be in the Neighborhood Extra newspaper Saturday, August 2. The publication includes tentative changes approved by the City Council on July 28. The publication also is available on the City's web site and at the County-City Building.
The City Council will vote on changes to the budget at 9 a.m. Wednesday, August 13 and will adopt a final City budget at 1:30 p.m. Monday, August 25.
The "Building Lincoln" initiative is proposed to fully fund the six-year Capital Improvement Program. Mayor Seng has advanced to the City Council, the key recommendations from the Infrastructure Finance Committee:
In addition to the two City Council hearings, two informational public meetings are planned to explain the "Building Lincoln" Initiative. The first is at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Thursday, July 31 at the Auld Recreation Center in Antelope Park. The second is noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, August 5 at the Cornhusker Hotel ballroom, 333 South 13th Street.
The Hometown Security Study Committee's recommendations included a proposal to raise the 911 telephone surcharge 50 cents to one dollar. The revenue would fund a new 911 telephone system and the addition of a 911 dispatch work station. Adding a work station would require the hiring of five additional 911 dispatchers because the station operates 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. In future years, the funds would be used for replacing police and fire radios, other equipment upgrades as needed and additional staffing for the 911 Center.
The annual public hearing on the one- and six-year streets and highways program serves as the public hearing for the City's Capital Improvement Program. Those unable to attend the public hearing may submit written comments by Thursday, August 21 to R. Hoskins, City Traffic Engineer, 531 Westgate Boulevard, Lincoln, NE 68528.
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Patterson, who died of cancer Saturday at 89, was a 21-year-old lieutenant when he fought under Patton. But even then, he possessed the innate gift for leadership that two decades later allowed him to play a key role in one of America's most crucial domestic upheavals, the civil rights movement. As editor of the Atlanta Constitution from 1960 until 1968, Patterson helped to convince his fellow Georgians that it was time to accept racial integration. He did this not by hectoring from on high but by grappling in print with the same dilemmas his readers were confronting. Just as he had done on the battlefields of Europe, he led from within the ranks.
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It's the Labor Day edition of links!
Working it: This is a great day to review and consider resources that cover our ancestors' working lives. "Business, Institution and Organization Records" by Kay Haviland Freilich and Ann Carter Fleming is a good overview. (It's at Ancestry.com; subscription required.)
Immigrant stories: I'm sure there will be a lot of good stories out of this one: Ellis Island immigrant oral histories have gone online at Ancestry, part of a project begun in 1973 that encompasses 2,000 histories.
Start learning: It's fall. The kids are back in school — what about you? I'm thinking about genealogy courses, and here are two upcoming examples. In New Jersey, the State Library is accepting registrations for seminars, both real-time and online. Some are definitely of interest to genealogy researchers: "Finding Your Ancestors" and "Sanborn Maps". You can find the schedule by going to the link and clicking on the "Mid-Day Training" buttons at the right. If you're interested in Pennsylvania, there's a Crash Course in Pennsylvania Genealogy webinar coming up at the end of this month.
Illinois cemeteries: An update from the Illinois Farm Bureau a few days ago draws attention to a recent measure that apparently overhauls licensing and regulations for any cemetery that has money of any amount in a care fund (even tiny family burying grounds). I say "apparently" because the press release is not as clearly written as it could be — still, an interesting development.
Haunting: In Los Angeles, police work and genealogy are intersecting as investigators try to unravel the mystery of an old trunk containing the decades-old remains of two infants. The steamer trunk, found last month, had been abandoned in an apartment building's basement; the ownership has been traced to a Scottish immigrant born in 1897 who worked as a nurse in Los Angeles before moving to Vancouver, where she eventually died.
Blog world: The Chicago Genealogy blog highlights a benefit to erect a memorial for the McCoy brothers, influential Chicago musicians who died within months of each other in 1950 and are buried in unmarked graves. … At Ties That Bind, a poignant reflection on holding on to family treasures — and letting them go. …. Finally, while trying to figure out the history of Labor Day, I stumbled upon Paterson Fire Journal, which blogs all about the history of fires and firefighting in Paterson, NJ. Fascinating anecdotes and pictures.
Hope you're enjoying the holiday weekend — and here's to a great fall.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Two teams that suffered heartbreaking overtime losses on the road last week in their Ohio Valley Conference openers will battle Saturday to get into the win column in league play for the first time in 2012.
Tennessee Tech (2-2/0-1 OVC) visits Murray State (1-3/0-1) for a 6 p.m. contest in Roy Stewart Stadium, a site that hasn't been kind to the Golden Eagles the past four years. Tech lost at Murray State in 2008 and 2010 by a combined 95-34. In addition, the Racers escaped Cookeville with a 38-37 victory last year, giving MSU three wins in the last four meetings.
The game shapes up to be an offensive explosion, with two of the most prolific quarterbacks in the conference calling the shots.
For Tech, senior Tre Lamb set the school record last week with 481 passing yards, and ranks first in the league in passing completion percentage, second in passing and third in total offense.
Murray State is led by quarterback Casey Brockman, who ranks second in the OVC in passing and total offense.
Combined, Lamb and Brockman have thrown for 2,437 yards and 16 touchdowns.
The Tech defense is led by senior Will Johnson, who ranks ninth in the league with 8.2 tackles per game. Murray State's top tackler, Brandon Wicks, is seventh in the OVC with 8.5 tackles per game while Qua Huzzie is tops in the OVC in tackles-for-loss.
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (2-2, 0-1
at Murray State Racers (1-3, 0-1 OVC)
Saturday, Sept. 29 • 6:00 p.m. CT
Roy Stewart Stadium (16,800) • Murray, Ky.
TV:................................................... OVC Digital Network
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=10074
Series Record:.................... Tennessee Tech leads 41-35-1
Last Meeting:................ Murray State won 36-27 (10/15/11)
Watson Brown at Tennessee Tech:................ 27-33 (6 yrs.)
Watson Brown Overall:......................... 120-185-1 (28 yrs.)
Chris Hatcher at Murray State:....................... 14-12 (3 yrs.)
Chris Hatcher Overall:............................... 108-39 (13 yrs.)
Tennessee Tech Last Week: L, 41-38 at Southeast Missouri (2OT)
Murray State Last Week:..... L, 50-49 at Eastern Illinois (OT)
GAME NOTES: Two high-octane offenses that need an OVC win will meet up on Saturday night in Murray, Ky. Both Tennessee Tech and Murray State started OVC play with an overtime loss last weekend (despite each team's quarterback throwing for 400-plus yards) and want to avoid starting the OVC season 0-2. The matchups is the 78th all-time between the schools as the series dates back to before the OVC existed, as the team's first played in the 1930 season. The Racers have won the last two and three of the last four overall in the series. Last year's meeting netted 861 yards of total offense and 75 total points as MSU upset the 15th-ranked Golden Eagles. The Racers pulled ahead 31-17 at halftime and overcame three second half touchdowns by TTU including one with 2:05 to play that pulled the score to within a point. But the ensuing PAT was no good and Murray State pulled out the one-point win. Casey Brockman passed for 270 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 42 yards and another score while Tre Lamb threw for 197 yards and two scores and Dontey Gay rushed for three touchdowns for Tech.
SCOUTING TENNESSEE TECH: Tennessee Tech failed to convert on a field goal in the second overtime and dropped a 41-38 decision at Southeast Missouri State on Saturday. The Golden Eagles racked up 560 yards of total offense (compared to just 357 yards for the Redhawks) on the night as quarterback Tre Lamb threw for a school record 481 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for an additional score. But Lamb was intercepted three times, two of which were returned for touchdowns in the second quarter and shifted the momentum in the game as SEMO turned a 17-7 deficit into a 21-17 advantage. Lamb, who ranks ninth nationally in passing yards (284.75 yards/game) had a favorite target on the night in newcomer Da'Rick Rogers. The Tennessee transfer caught 18 passes for 303 yards and two touchdowns; both the catches and yardage set new TTU single game records. The 303 yards is the most at any level of NCAA football this season. Rogers currently ranks fifth nationally in receiving yards/game (127.75) and 15th in receptions/game (7.25).
SCOUTING MURRAY STATE: Despite 574 yards of total offense and 49 points, Murray State started the OVC season with a loss on Saturday, falling 50-49 in overtime when EIU converted a two-point conversion at the end of the first extra period. The Racers had trailed 20-7 midway through the first quarter but stormed back to lead 36-20 early in the third quarter. It was then sophomore Jordan Benton who converted a 21-yard field goal with 5:11 to play in the game to tie the score at 42 and ultimately force the extra period. Benton was named OVC Co-Specialist of the Week after tying the MSU school record for field goals made in a game (5). Benton connected from 39, 30, 35, 36 and 21 yards in the game and was also a perfect 4-of-4 on extra point attempts in scoring 19 total points (the seventh-most by an FCS player in a game this season). Benton currently ranks 11th nationally in field goals (1.50/game). Casey Brockman completed 43 passes for 423 yards and two scores in the game; Brockman now ranks first nationally in completions (36.0/game) and fourth in total offense (324.25 yards/game). Walter Powell grabbed a game-high 13 passes for 142 yards and ranks third nationally in receptions/game (10.25). Duane Brady had 72 yards to lead the MSU rushing attack while newcomer Jaamal Berry had 40 yards and two scores.


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Luke Bingham delivers yet again with an acoustic performance of 'Shut It Down' for SB.TV, the UK's leading online youth broadcaster.
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Ms. Toni Crawford, Mr. Wilfredo Gonzalez, Ms. Ann Hicks, Dr. Katherine Robinson, Dr. Bruce Taylor
Dr. Edythe Abdullah, Ms. Joy Korman
With a quorum being present, Chair Hicks called the meeting to order.
Chair Hicks asked for a MOTION to approve the minutes from the December 10, 2009 meeting. The MOTION was offered by Trustee Robinson and seconded by Trustee Gonzalez. The minutes were accepted as presented.
Chair Hicks offered opportunity for comments from the public. Upon receiving none, she continued with the business at hand.
Chair Hicks asked Vice President Serwatka to speak about this item.
Vice President Serwatka stated that the Board of Governors (BOG) required the Board of Trustees to develop policies on accreditation consistent with the institution's mission and the BOG's guidelines. He noted that every department which could get professional accreditation was expected to do so or give reasons why. He clarified that the new policy proposal put into formal format current UNF policy. If approved, they policy would be forwarded to the BOG.
Chair Hicks ask for a MOTION for approval for the regional and discipline-specific accreditation policy. The MOTION was offered and seconded. The MOTION was approved as presented.
Chair Hicks asked Provost Workman to speak about this item.
Provost Workman stated that the purpose of this item was to present a proposed new master's degree in nutrition and dietetics. He asked Dr. Chally, dean of the Brooks College of Business, to continue this discussion.
Dr. Chally stated that this program had been in existence for many years and was highly sought after. She clarified that the administration was asking that it be moved from awarding a MS degree in Health to a MS degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. She further clarified that this move would not require additional funding for courses, faculty or other program resources.
Chair Hicks asked for a MOTION for approval of a Master's of Science Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. A MOTION was offered and seconded. The MOTION was carried as presented.
Chair Hicks asked Ms. Lina Monell, director of Equal Opportunity Program, to speak about this item.
Ms. Monell stated that the purpose of this report was to provide details from the annual equity plan The plan shows the representation of women and minorities in senior level administrative positions, within tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty positions and among faculty granted tenure. The report also provides details on student participation in programs or courses in which certain protected classes were underrepresented, and ensures provisions consistent with non-discrimination laws, and that educational resources are equitably distributed.
Ms. Monell began her report by listing the components of the Florida Equity reports, including (1) academic program review, (2) student services, (3) gender equity in athletics, and (4) employment.
Ms Monell spoke about the academic program review, noting that there was a significant increase in overall minority representation between the Fall 2008 and Fall 2009 freshmen classes, and the five years numbers also charted an overall rise in minority representation in 2009 academic class. She reported that UNF's 2008 first-year freshman retention rate was at its highest point for the previous five years. Ms. Monell spoke about graduation rates, mentioning that bachelor's degrees were awarded at rates consistent with gender enrollment patterns. However, the overall production of master's degrees increased, with an exception for African-Americans and Asians.
This discussion continued addressing student services. Ms. Monell reported on academic advising, admission to academic programs, health services, club and intramural athletics, student financial assistance, housing, student employment, and educational and work environment. She clarified that there were no issues of equity compliance in any of these areas.
Ms. Monell moved to discussions to gender equity in athletics, noting that there were two areas of non-compliance. She listed these as (1) participation rates, male and female, compared with full-time undergraduate enrollment, and (2) availability of facilities, defined as locker room, practice, and competitive facilities. She narrated program improvements for these two issues, noting that on-going proportionality was achieved and the completion of needed facilities was anticipated by the end of September 2010.
Employment, the final component of the report was addressed. Ms. Monell reported that all minority groups were on track. Tenure showed a decrease, including among white faculty. She clarified that there was also a 15 percent drop in overall tenure-track faculty.
Ms. Monell stated that, subsequent to Board approval, this report would be submitted to the Board of Governors.
Chair Hicks asked for a MOTION for approval for the Florida Educational Equity Act Report. A MOTION was offered and seconded. The report was approved as presented.
Provost Workman stated that search had yielded a strong pool of candidates which produced four very strong finalists. He noted that there was a concurrent decision among faculty and leadership from the college that Dr. Tiryakioglu was the strongest.
Provost Workman reported that Dr. Tiryakioglu had strong academic and administrative experience and that all faculty of the school endorsed his tenure, which was required by this process.
Chair Hicks asked for a MOTION for approval of tenure by reason of appointment for Dr. Murat Tiryakioglu. A MOTION was offered and seconded. The MOTION was carried as presented.
Chair Hicks adjourned the meeting.
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