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Willie Hunsaker, the retired caretaker of the Brigham City Tabernacle in northern Utah, describes its marvels of craftsmanship with pride and a trace of sardonic humor. Faux-oak pews made of white pine: "That wood graining is a lost art." Faux-marble columns, actually red fir: "Feel it! It feels like marble, doesn't it?" One of the few pieces not crafted on the spot, he notes, is the woolen carpet with a quatrefoil design; too massive for even the best local millers, it was made in Ireland.
The rest of the building features an equally intricate play of textures, colors, and shapes: walls of multicolored stone and red brick, capped by a sheet-metal steeple painted white and 16 slender white fiberglass spires. The Brigham City Tabernacle typifies the exuberant eclecticism of Mormon sacred architecture, particularly the style sometimes called Utah Gothic. Begun in 1868 and dedicated in 1890, the building was gutted by fire in 1896, rebuilt in just 13 months, and restored and rededicated in 1987. "It's a structure that has a lot of meaning to us people here," Hunsaker says.
Powered by faith, ingenuity, a strong work ethic, and communal ties, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made parts of the Western landscape, from deserts to mountains, their own. With the materials at hand and methods they imported and adapted, they laid out towns and built homes and businesses, tabernacles for regular worship services, and temples for their most sacred practices.
The church was founded in upstate New York in 1830, the year that Joseph Smith Jr. published the Book of Mormon. Smith said he translated the work from gold plates shown to him by an angel. Describing the wanderings of the Israelites and, later, the resurrected Jesus in the New World, the Book of Mormon gives Indians a Middle Eastern ancestry and America a divine past. The Mormons' own history is similarly a tale of pioneering and martyrdom. Persecuted as infidels, the saints, as the church calls its members, kept fleeing: to Ohio, Missouri, and then Illinois, where Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were murdered in 1844 by an angry mob.
From Illinois, Brigham Young, the second Mormon prophet and later governor of the Utah Territory, led the first migration to the Salt Lake Valley in 1846-47. The Mormons' cross-country pilgrimage—by wagons, laboriously pulled handcarts and finally, after the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, by rail—continued through the 19th century.
A visitor can see highlights of the Mormons' architectural mark on the West, with its combination of homely vernacular and serenely otherworldly forms, on an easy driving trip from Nevada through Utah. Starting in Las Vegas, I traveled up I-15 to St. George, Utah, where Young made his winter home; then to the university town of Provo, about 50 miles south of the Great Salt Lake; a little farther north to the picturesque settlement of Brigham City; and finally to the triumphal center of Mormonism, an increasingly cosmopolitan Salt Lake City.
North of the neon glories of the Las Vegas Strip, past the check-cashing stores and topless bars and wedding chapels, is a remnant of an old Mormon settlement—and the oldest piece of architecture in Nevada. Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park pays tribute to the first seedling of the contemporary city.
Thirty Mormon pioneers traveled here in June 1855 on orders from Brigham Young. That September, one of them wrote, "Our explorations have assured of plenty of desert and Indians." The settlers built a fort, 150 feet on each side; irrigated crops with water from the local creek (which later supplied water to Las Vegas before it dried up); and even tried mining and smelting lead. By the spring of 1857 they were gone, chased away by dissension and the broiling summers. Today, though, park supervisor Chris Macek says it would be wrong to call the settlement a failure, since it led ultimately to the creation of Las Vegas. Despite the inhospitable climate, he says, the Mormons "proved you could live here."
The visitor center exhibition makes a point of the tension between preservation and change. In truth, not much here was preserved: The sole remainder of the fort is part of an adobe wall, incorporated into a building that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation used in 1929 to test cement for Hoover Dam. The ranch house that succeeded the fort is also gone. But the state has recreated the original creek, kept flowing by the recirculation of its own water, and replicated a portion of the fort, including a stubby tower. Three historic markers, a pioneer wagon, and an older exhibition inside the dam building complete the tour. Afternoon shadows fall on the abandoned site, and melancholy pervades it.
From Las Vegas I drove about two hours northeast to St. George, Utah. There the main building of the Seven Wives Inn, a gray-and-white Victorian with capacious porches and verandas and a tiny swimming pool, overlooks the Brigham Young Winter Home. The inn's name commemorates a tradition that fugitive polygamists, on the run from federal marshals, used the mansion as a hiding place. Plural marriage, a storied and controversial part of early Mormonism, was outlawed by the church in 1890 to square with federal anti-bigamy laws and fortify Utah's bid for statehood. The practice nevertheless continued intermittently for decades. Today it is confined to renegade sects like those portrayed in the HBO series Big Love.
Young bought the home in 1872 to take advantage of the town's mild winters. Born into a Vermont farm family, he learned an array of trades—including carpentry, cabinetmaking, painting, glazing, and urban planning—that he employed vigorously during his 30-year tenure as church president. To his St. George house, he added characteristic New England touches, including a wraparound porch and veranda. The building, meticulously restored, is painted green and rust and surrounded by a white picket fence. Original furnishings and artifacts show off Young's refined taste, his woodworking skills, and the Mormon craft of painting native pine to simulate other materials: an imitation crotch-mahogany table, a staircase grained like oak, fireplace surrounds that look like Italian marble.
Though he practiced plural marriage and had 57 children, Young's usual companion in St. George was his wife Amelia, whose portrait adorns the wall. "Why Amelia?" I asked my guide, Sister Rhea Johnson. "Because she was younger," Johnson said, "and she had no children." The home seems to have been a quiet retreat for the man whose vision and leadership earned him the sobriquet "American Moses."
As an urban planner Young was influenced by Joseph Smith's vision of a City of Zion. The ideal Mormon town, replicated repeatedly, was to be a square mile in size, with about 10,000 inhabitants, surrounded by farmland. "Being a pragmatist as well as an idealist, Young made a few changes," including the addition of irrigation ditches, says Richard Francaviglia, professor emeritus of history and geography at the University of Texas at Arlington. Francaviglia, whose books include The Mormon Landscape and Believing in Place: A Spiritual Geography of the Great Basin, sees Young as "a visionary colonizer—the most significant in Western history. Brigham Young told his people to build communities where they want the angels to visit. Mormons believe that what they build on earth is a representation of what Heaven is going to be like." No wonder Mormon architecture tends to be both durable and awe-inspiring.
St. George is still called Utah's Dixie, a name derived from the mission of the first settlers that Young sent down from the Salt Lake Valley in 1861, during the Civil War: planting cotton. The 309 families harvested 100,000 pounds in their first year. Young visited St. George soon after the town's founding to tell its inhabitants—most of whom had not yet put up decent houses—to build a meeting hall that would seat at least 2,000 persons.
Completed in 1876, the tabernacle that Mormons regard as "the jewel in the desert" resembles a New England Georgian red-brick church with a white spire. But the "bricks" are another Mormon trompe-l'oeil: blocks cut from the sandstone cliffs embracing the city. Inside, plaster decorative motifs representing cotton and grapes pay tribute to local agriculture.
The architect Miles Romney—a great-grandfather of former Massachusetts governor and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney—designed two freestanding circular staircases leading to the balcony. Young noticed that the balcony was so high that people sitting there couldn't see the pulpit, and he ordered the stairways trimmed. Romney refused to tamper with his architectural gem. So Young had the balcony lowered instead. Worshipers now descend eight steps to reach the pews there.
Distances—as shown on a map—can be deceptive in Utah. Young's signature as an urban planner was long, wide boulevards with plenty of space for ox-drawn wagons to turn in. It's a brisk 15-minute walk from the tabernacle to the St. George Utah Temple, a crenellated white fortress topped by a white tower and surrounded by verdant grounds. Originally constructed in the 1870s, the only Utah temple completed during Brigham Young's presidency is made of native red sandstone clad in plaster and painted white.
Non-Mormons are barred from entering temples. But in the visitor center, Elder Boyd Cook described some of what takes place there, including instruction in Mormon beliefs, the exchange of covenants with God, and the "sealing" —a ritual to make relationships last through eternity—of couples and families. Mormons also perform baptisms for deceased non-LDS relatives, so they can join their families in heaven. "That's why genealogy is so important to us," Cook said.
A few miles away, in Santa Clara, is the Jacob Hamblin Home, built of local red sandstone and ponderosa pine in the frontier style—four straight two-story walls unadorned except for a wide porch, with an immense front lawn. It seems generations earlier than Young's house, though the two men were contemporaries. Hamblin (1819-86) had 24 children and four wives in all, but never more than two at a time. Their bedrooms, on the ground floor, are mirror images of each other. The wives tended Hamblin's large family while he was on the road making peace between settlers and Indians and preaching the Mormon gospel.
An easy four-hour drive to the north, Brigham Young University in Provo combines spectacular views of the Wasatch Mountains and a modern, immaculate look, as though it has been scrubbed clean.
Several buildings, influenced by postmodernism, evoke historical styles. The Joseph F. Smith Building (named for a nephew of the first prophet who became a prophet himself) has Renaissance touches, including a piazza. The law school, built in the 1970s, is an homage to art deco, with a façade marked by strong vertical elements. My guide, Abram Cordell, an affable 25-year-old senior majoring in public relations, told me his wife used to walk over there to study in hope of meeting a lawyer. Instead, he said, "she met me." It's not too late to go to law school, I suggested. "That's what my wife says," he answered with a smile.
Provo's well-preserved downtown is anchored by the tabernacle. As I arrived, a daytime Utah Valley Symphony concert ended inside and elementary school kids tumbled out of the building with shrieks of joy. The tabernacle's Victorian revival façade, with octagonal towers at its four corners and a steeply pitched roof, resembles a grand Gilded Age mansion, a confident assertion of prosperity and dominion.
By contrast, the Provo Utah Temple, on a hill overlooking the Utah Valley, looks almost surreal. Dedicated in 1972, the circular, ribbed, white stone structure capped by a thin white spire might be mistaken for a space ship. I skipped a close encounter and headed to Brigham City, a not-quite-two-hour drive skirting the great lake, for Willie Hunsaker's tour of the tabernacle there. Then I turned south for the one-hour trip to Salt Lake City.
At the heart of Salt Lake City—and of Mormonism—is Temple Square, a 10-acre complex that aptly reflects the faith's worldly success and global reach. Regular tours conducted by missionaries focus more on the church than architectural detail, but plaques, two visitor centers, and the engaging Museum of Church History and Art across the street help fill the informational gaps.
Dominating Temple Square is the six-spired temple whose design is said to have appeared to Brigham Young in a vision. The architect was Truman O. Angell, Young's brother-in-law, who also designed several of his houses and had a hand in the St. George Temple. Hauling each block of quartz monzonite, the granite-like rock used in the temple, by ox from Little Cottonwood Canyon, 20 miles away, took four days—one reason the temple took a biblical 40 years to build. Young died 16 years before its completion in 1893.
Opposite the temple is the recently restored Salt Lake Tabernacle, with its pin-drop acoustics and the domed roof, like a tortoise shell, that is still considered an engineering marvel. Its curved wooden roof trusses, originally held together by wooden pegs (another testament to Mormon ingenuity), have been reinforced with steel. And its pine pews, with their painted graining, have been replaced with real oak. The pioneers dragged their instruments across the plains—some are on display in the church museum—and music remains integral to Mormon culture. I listened as Richard Elliott, the tabernacle organist, gave an afternoon demonstration of the building's magnificent 11,623-pipe instrument, and on Sunday morning I returned to hear the celebrated Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing a mix of patriotic and religious hymns.
Along E. South Temple Street are the Assembly Hall, an old church meetinghouse; the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, whose ornate columns and cornices are reminders of its past life as an opulent hotel; and the Beehive House, built in 1854, whose motif symbolizes the Mormon work ethic. Young lived here with his wife Lucy and their eight children, and used it as his official residence. A dozen of his other wives lived next door in the Lion House—those with children in nine "sitting rooms" on the ground floor and the rest on the second floor, whose 20 bedrooms also accommodated homeless guests whom Young sheltered. "He took care of more than one family" is how one missionary guide tactfully put it. The Lion House dining room, which seats 142, is now a cafeteria serving excellent home-style cuisine.
My last stop of the day was the Conference Center, completed in 2000 to house the church's twice-yearly general conference. Its 21,000-seat indoor amphitheater is cavernous. The center's hallways contain artwork, including images from the Book of Mormon and of the Prophets and the iconic journey west. The building's southern façade, facing the temple and clad in stone from the same Little Cottonwood Canyon quarry, resembles a Mayan temple or Babylonian ziggurat, with stepped terraces, gardens, and fountains—a verdant contrast to the desert fort where my trip began.
At dusk, Elder Jim Smith led a rooftop tour. We watched the setting sun crease the temple, the downtown, and the entire Salt Lake Valley with gentle shafts of pink and gold. There was just time to admire the roof gardens before night fell. By then, the temple was illuminated, its towers iridescent like pearl, an emblem of both spiritual and earthly zeal.
Photography courtesy of St. George Area Convention & Tourism office
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"True Grit" Shows It, Topping Weekend Box Office
The Paramount release starring Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon bumped off Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller's comedy "Little Fockers," which was No. 1 for the previous two weekends. Released by Universal, "Little Fockers" slipped to second with $13.8 million, raising its total to $124 million.
"True Grit," which was directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, lifted its total to $110.4 million.
Among newcomers, Nicolas Cage's supernatural thriller "Season of the Witch" opened at No. 3 with $10.7 million. Distributed by Relativity Media, the movie stars Cage as a knight in the Middle Ages escorting a suspected witch to her trial.
Gwyneth Paltrow's country-music drama "Country Strong" premiered at No. 6 with $7.3 million. The Sony Screen Gems release casts Paltrow as a boozy singer trying to get her act straight after rehab.
"True Grit" is a new take on Charles Portis' novel, previously adapted in a 1969 version that earned John Wayne an Academy Award. Bridges stars as lawman Rooster Cogburn, hired by a 14-year-old girl to track down her father's killer.
In Wayne's day, Westerns were a fixture in Hollywood, but the genre fell out of favor over the last 40 years. There was a small surge of $100 million Western hits in the 1990s, including Oscar best-picture winners "Dances With Wolves" and "Unforgiven."
The past decade brought the cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" and the modestly successful Westerns "Open Range" and "3:10 to Yuma," but none approached the earnings of "True Grit," which also is the first $100 million hit for the Coen brothers.
While "True Grit" rides high, Hollywood's overall revenues continued a slide that persisted through the fall and holiday season. Ticket sales this weekend totaled $112 million, down 30 percent compared to the same period last year, when the science-fiction sensation "Avatar" led with $50.3 million.
The post-holiday period typically is a quiet time at movie theaters, but "Avatar" did blockbuster business last January, backed by such hits as "Sherlock Holmes" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel."
"This time a year ago, that little film called 'Avatar' was just pumping up the box office in a huge way and a totally unexpected way for January," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com.
Even the No. 4 movie from the same weekend last year, the vampire tale "Daybreakers," did $15.1 million, more than this weekend's No. 1 film.
Hollywood may get a box-office jolt this coming weekend with Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz's action tale "The Green Hornet" and Vince Vaughn and Kevin James' comedy "The Dilemma."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.
1. "True Grit," $15 million.
2. "Little Fockers," $13.8 million.
3. "Season of the Witch," $10.7 million.
4. "Tron: Legacy," $9.8 million.
5. "Black Swan," $8.4 million.
6. "Country Strong," $7.3 million.
7. "The Fighter," $7 million.
8. "The King's Speech," $6.811 million.
9. "Yogi Bear," $6.81 million.
10. "Tangled," $5.2 million.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
See? Lists so that the husband remembers to bring the milk in on delivery day, put the dog out in the morning, and feed the kids (yeah, kids like to be fed!):
And while trying to decide what to wear in each city, I even pulled up weather reports:
DALLAS - June 3rd: 94 degrees with isolated Thunder-showers
HOUSTON - June 4th: 93 degrees with isolated Thunder-showers
CHICAGO - June 5th: 79 degrees with scattered Thunder-showers (I wonder what the difference is between "isolated" and "scattered"?)
SAN DIEGO - June 6th: 71 degrees and Sunny
And, really, does it matter what the weather is outside? I'm pretty sure all I'll be seeing is hotel lobby, car interior, bookstore, and back again.
So here are some of my clothing choices:
(Kind of a mess, isn't it? Let's hope I get it all figured out by morning!)
And in case you haven't seen it before, here's the awesome Supernatural Summer Tour trailer...see what all the excitement's about:
11 comments:
- ladystorm said...
Sounds like you have it all figured out..now its just getting it all packed up..lol.
I wish I could go to the Supernatural Tour but alas, nobody ever gets that close to my rural Missouri town. LOL
Have fun and um..stay dry (seems like it raining everywhere you go but one place..lol)
- June 2, 2010 at 3:37 PM
- Cari said...
I'm so excited!! I'll see you in Houston on Friday!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:54 PM
- Erica said...
I can't wait to see you in Chicago! I'm so excited, I just hope I don't hit any traffic on the way as I take my SAT that morning and then it's a 2 hour drive to your guys's signing from there :)
- June 2, 2010 at 6:49 PM
- The Lovely Reader said...
YAY, I'm coming to the Chicago one at Anderson's :) A tip for anyone going to the Chicago one, the traffic in downtown Naperville gets worse as the day goes on, so leave EARLY for parking space as well as seating space during the question and answer part.
- June 3, 2010 at 4:43 AM
- JEM said...
This sounds like so much fun - have a great time!
- June 3, 2010 at 10:01 AM
- Lisa Schroeder said...
You are going to have so much fun!! Can't wait for your trip report.
Blah on the thunder storms - one of the reasons I HATE traveling in the summer. Turbulence is not my friend. But don't worry, you'll be fine. FINE!!! :)
- June 3, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Shelli (srjohannes) said...
yay you rock! :)
- June 6, 2010 at 11:32 AM
Have a great time on your tour! I wish it was coming to NY =(
I actually just finished The Body Finder and I absolutely LOVED IT! I havent read a book like that! Cannot wait for book 2!
- June 7, 2010 at 9:07 PM
- Katie said...
I am SO following this tour with you now. HAve a total blast! And good luck!
- June 8, 2010 at 5:00 AM
- stacyejaye said...
Thank you for visiting the great city of Houston Texas! I truly enjoyed meeting you. BTW, your introduction about why you decided to write books that scare people was great! I look forward to reading Bodyfinder. Good luck with the rest of your tour and I hope maybe you will consider writing so adult fiction in the future.
- June 9, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- Lindsey Leavitt said...
Dagnamit. I was checking in to see your post-tour post. Now I'll have to check later.
Also, tangent--you need to rename blog. Publication is here, baby. What about Road to Awesome? Oh, wait. You're already there too.
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa maintained a firm grip on power in 2011, with his coalition winning landslide victories in local elections. The government continued to reject credible allegations of war crimes committed in the final phase of its military campaign against the Tamil Tiger rebel group in 2009, and the United Nations called for an independent international mechanism to investigate these issues. The situation for human rights defenders and journalists remained grim during the year, with numerous attacks and cases of intimidation occurring amid a climate of nationalist rhetoric and impunity. Although the majority of civilians displaced by the war had returned to their home districts, many resettled away from their original homes and faced multiple threats to their physical and economic security. Meanwhile, the Tamil minority's long-standing grievances went largely unaddressed by the government.
After Sri Lanka gained independence from Britain in 1948, political power alternated between the conservative United National Party (UNP) and the leftist Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). While the country made impressive gains in literacy, basic health care, and other social needs, its economic development was later stunted and its social fabric tested by a long-running civil war between the government and ethnic Tamil rebels. The conflict was triggered by anti-Tamil riots in 1983 that claimed hundreds of lives, but it came in the context of broader Tamil claims of discrimination in education and employment by the Sinhalese majority. By 1986, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, or Tamil Tigers), which called for an independent Tamil homeland in the northeast, had eliminated most rival Tamil guerrilla groups and was in control of much of the northern Jaffna Peninsula. At the same time, the government was also fighting an insurgency in the south by the leftist People's Liberation Front (JVP). The JVP insurgency, and the brutal methods used by the army to quell it in 1989, killed an estimated 60,000 people.
Following a 2002 ceasefire accord (CFA), the government and LTTE agreed to explore a political settlement based on a federal system. However, the peace process was weakened by the Tigers' pullout from negotiations in 2003, as well as infighting between the main political parties about how to approach the LTTE.
After parliamentary elections held in 2004, President Chandrika Kumaratunga's United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) coalition, led by the SLFP and bolstered by the support of the JVP, formed a minority government. The addition of the JVP to the ruling coalition and the presence of Sinhalese nationalist forces in Parliament further hampered the peace process, as did the emergence of a breakaway faction of the Tigers, the Tamil People's Liberation Tigers (TMVP). The splinter group was led by Colonel Karuna Amman (the nom de guerre of Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan), who accused the LTTE leadership of discrimination against eastern Tamils. By 2006, the Karuna faction had become loosely allied with the government. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa of the SLFP narrowly won the 2005 presidential election, largely due to an LTTE boycott enforced by voter intimidation in the areas under its influence. Rajapaksa cultivated a more authoritarian style of rule, relegating Parliament to a secondary role, and appointed his brothers to key positions.
Fighting with the LTTE escalated in 2007, and the government formally annulled the CFA in January 2008. A sustained government offensive, accompanied by a deepening humanitarian crisis, culminated in a final battle in May 2009, in which the Tigers' leadership was annihilated. At least 100,000 people had been killed in the 26-year conflict, including as many as 40,000 in May 2009 alone, according to the United Nations. Approximately 300,000 civilians were displaced during the final phase of the war, and many of those were interned in government-run camps, where they faced severe food shortages and outbreaks of disease. The government initially limited aid groups' access to the camps and did not allow inmates to leave, with the primary aim of screening all residents for any rebels hiding among them. At the end of 2009, more than 100,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) remained in the camps, while thousands more had left but were unable to return to their homes due to war damage and mines.
The SLFP strengthened its political position ahead of the 2010 parliamentary balloting by winning a number of local and provincial elections—seen as a public endorsement of the government's military successes—and drawing several senior TMVP defectors, including Karuna himself, into its ranks. Rajapaksa called a presidential election for January 2010, almost two years early, and went on to win nearly 58 percent of the vote. His main opponent, former head of the armed forces Sarath Fonseka, received around 40 percent. Voting was divided along ethnic lines, with most Tamils and Muslims supporting Fonseka and most Sinhalese supporting the president. Fonseka alleged irregularities and requested that the vote be annulled. In February, he was arrested on charges of plotting a coup, though most analysts viewed the charges as politically motivated. In September, a court martial found him guilty of engaging in politics while still an active service member and of not adhering to procurement rules. After Rajapaksa endorsed the verdict, the former general began a 30-month prison sentence. In addition to harassment of political opponents, the government continued to crack down on dissent from other quarters, applying pressure to prominent journalists, human rights advocates, and international critics.
In parliamentary elections held in April 2010, the ruling UPFA secured 144 of 225 seats, but fell short of a two-thirds majority. The opposition UNP won 60 seats, while the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) coalition, led by the JVP, won seven (including one for Fonseka), and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) took 14. Turnout was considerably lower than in the previous elections, at just over 50 percent. The president's brother, Chamal Rajapaksa, was elected as speaker of Parliament. The government was further strengthened by the defection of several lawmakers from opposition parties in August.
Parliament passed the government-backed 18th Amendment to the constitution in September 2010. The package of revisions extended political control over state institutions by abolishing the constitutional council mandated by the 17th Amendment and replacing it with a government-dominated parliamentary council tasked with selecting key members of the judiciary and nominally independent commissions. The new amendment also reduced the powers of the electoral and police commissions and removed the two-term limit on presidents. The opposition boycotted the parliamentary vote on the changes, which were criticized by a range of civil society and watchdog groups.
In July 2011, the ruling coalition swept local council elections in most of the country. But in a sign of continued ethnic polarization, the TNA, long allied with the Tigers, won most council contests in the north and east despite alleged intimidation and attempted electoral manipulation by the army.
The issue of whether war crimes were committed in the final phases of the civil conflict remained a source of contention in 2011. In April, an expert panel formed by the UN secretary general released a report assigning blame to both sides for a range of atrocities, and recommending the establishment of an international mechanism to ensure justice. The panel also recommended that the government immediately commence investigations into the alleged breaches of international law committed by both sides and urged the government to issue a formal acknowledgment of its involvement in the killings of civilians during the last stages of the civil war. A documentary broadcast in June by Britain's Channel 4 television station showed a range of apparent violations, including the shelling of civilians, attacks on hospital facilities, and summary executions by army units. Although the government maintained that a full international investigative mechanism or tribunal was unnecessary, the dossier of the UN expert panel was forwarded to the UN Human Rights Council in September. Largely as a result of disagreement over this issue, Sri Lanka's relations with the United Nations and major world democracies soured further during the year, and the government increasingly turned to nondemocratic powers such as China, Iran, and Russia for foreign investment and diplomatic support.
Meanwhile, the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), a government-backed investigative body whose primary mandate was to assess the reasons behind the collapse of the 2002 ceasefire, held a number of hearings to gather testimony from witnesses, but analysts warned that the panel's composition left serious doubts as to its independence. The final report, publicly released in December 2011, called on the government to gradually remove security forces from civilian affairs and activity, establish a more distanced relationship between the police and institutions managing armed forces, and commence investigations into the myriad abductions, disappearances, and harassment of journalists.
Sri Lanka is not an electoral democracy. The 1978 constitution vested strong executive powers in the president, who is directly elected for six-year terms and can dissolve Parliament. The prime minister heads the leading party in Parliament but has limited powers. The 225-member unicameral legislature is elected for six-year terms through a mixed proportional-representation system.
In the January 2010 presidential election, monitoring groups alleged inappropriate use of state resources—particularly transport, infrastructure, police services, and media—to benefit the incumbent, in violation of orders issued by election officials. More than 1,000 incidents of violence, including at least four deaths, were reported in the preelection period. In the northern and eastern provinces, inadequate provisions for transport and registration of IDPs contributed to a low turnout. Election officials' orders were similarly disregarded prior to the April 2010 parliamentary elections, which also featured extensive misuse of state resources. The independent Center for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) noted that the elections were considerably less beleaguered by violence than the presidential vote, with 84 major and 202 minor incidents reported. Nevertheless, irregularities led to the nullification or suspension of results in several districts. Local council elections held in 2011, though mostly peaceful, were marred by some violence and killings, and civil society groups accused the government and party cadres of engaging in intimidation prior to the voting, particularly in the northern and eastern provinces. They also cited continuing problems with voter documentation, misuse of state resources by the ruling party, and other violations of election laws.
Some observers charge that President Mahinda Rajapaksa's centralized, authoritarian style of rule has led to a lack of transparent, inclusive policy formulation. The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and others have noted the concentration of power in the hands of the Rajapaksa family. The president himself holds multiple ministerial portfolios, and his brothers serve in other key posts: Gotabaya serves as defense secretary, Basil is minister for economic development, and Chamal is speaker of Parliament. A growing number of other relatives, including the president's son Namal, also hold important political or diplomatic positions. The president and his family consequently control approximately 70 percent of the national budget. During 2011, the president took steps to enhance Namal's profile in international and domestic forums, fueling speculation that he was being groomed as a potential successor.
The 18th Amendment to the constitution in 2010 effectively reversed efforts to depoliticize certain institutions under the 17th Amendment, giving a government-dominated parliamentary council powers to advise the president regarding appointments to independent commissions that oversee the police, the judiciary, human rights, and civil servants.
Official corruption is a continuing concern. The current legal and administrative framework is inadequate for promoting integrity and punishing corrupt behavior, and weak enforcement of existing safeguards has been a problem. For example, legislators routinely ignore wealth-declaration requirements stipulated in the 1994 Bribery Amendment Act. In June 2011, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) was reinstated after more than a year of inaction, with a new chairman and two commissioners appointed by the president. The commissioners immediately started work on clearing a backlog of more than 3,000 pending cases, as well as proposing amendments to existing laws; by year's end 5 prosecutions had been secured in different cases. Corruption cases can only be initiated by members of the public, who have been reluctant to do so because of a lack of whistleblower protections, although in 2011 the government proposed amending the law to allow officials to initiate investigations, this had not taken place by year's end. Sri Lanka was ranked 86 out of 183 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Although freedom of expression is guaranteed in the constitution, a number of laws and regulations restrict this right, including the Official Secrets Act, the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), additional antiterrorism regulations issued in 2006, and laws on defamation and contempt of court. State-run media outlets have fallen under government influence, while official rhetoric toward critical journalists and outlets has grown more hostile, often equating any form of criticism with treason.
Journalists throughout Sri Lanka, particularly those who cover human rights or military issues, encounter considerable levels of intimidation, which has led over the past several years to increased self-censorship. A number of journalists received death threats in 2011, while others were assaulted. Staff at the independent Uthayan newspaper, based in Jaffna, faced threats and attacks in response to critical coverage of the government and paramilitary groups operating in the north, including a brutal attack on editor Gnanasundaram Kuhanathan in July. Past attacks on journalists and media outlets, such as the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunga in 2009, have not been adequately investigated, leading to a climate of complete impunity. In July 2011, Wickrematunga's brother, who heads the Sunday Leader newspaper, received a threatening telephone call from President Rajapaksa in response to an article. The paper's editor, Frederica Jansz, also received threats in October.
The government has stepped up efforts to censor the internet, temporarily blocking access to independent news sites such as Lanka eNews and Groundviews, as well as the website of Transparency International. In January 2011, the offices of Lanka eNews were destroyed in an arson attack by unknown assailants. Its staff have faced a range of threats and harassment over the past two years, including arrests and the unexplained 2010 disappearance of journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda, who remained missing at the end of 2011.
Religious freedom is respected, and members of all faiths are generally allowed to worship freely. However, the constitution gives special status to Buddhism, and there is some discrimination and occasional violence against religious minorities. Tensions between the Buddhist majority and the Christian minority—particularly evangelical Christian groups, who are accused of forced conversions—sporadically flare into attacks on churches and individuals by Buddhist extremists. In September 2011, a Muslim shrine was destroyed by Buddhist monks in the town of Anuradhapura, prompting condemnations by Muslim leaders but only a lukewarm response from government officials. Work permits for foreign clergy, formerly valid for five years, are now being issued for only one year with the possibility of extension. Conditions for Muslims in the north and east improved with the demise of the LTTE, but relations between Muslims and the predominantly Hindu Tamils remain somewhat tense. In recent years, the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim sect has faced increased threats and attacks from Sunni Muslims who accuse Ahmadis of being apostates.
Academic freedom is generally respected. However, some commentators have warned of increasing politicization on university campuses, lack of tolerance for antigovernment views, and a rise in self-censorship by professors and students. In May 2011, the authorities introduced mandatory "leadership training" for all university undergraduates, conducted by the army at military camps, despite protests from student unions and a Supreme Court order recommending that the plan be suspended. Concerns have been raised that the curriculum promotes Sinhalese nationalist viewpoints and discourages respect for ethnic diversity and political dissent.
Emergency regulations that empowered the president to restrict rallies and gatherings lapsed in August 2011, and permission for demonstrations is usually granted. However, police occasionally use excessive force to disperse protesters, as was the case when trade unions staged a massive protest against pension reform in May 2011. In June, a journalist and two others were arrested and interrogated by police after they attempted to display posters advertising a public discussion forum and were accused of conspiring against the government. The army has placed some restrictions on assembly, particularly for planned memorial events in the north and east concerning the end of the war, according to the International Crisis Group.
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) face some official harassment and curbs on their activities. In April 2010, the president gave the Defense Ministry control over the registration of NGOs, both local and foreign. Human rights and peace-seeking NGOs—particularly those willing to document abuses of human rights or accountability, such as the CPA, National Peace Council, or the local branch of Transparency International—faced surveillance, smear campaigns, threats, and criminal investigations into their funding and activities in 2011. Many of these NGOs had difficulty acquiring work permits in the northern and eastern areas of the country. However, the UN and other humanitarian organizations were generally given adequate access to conflict zones. The body of human rights defender Pattani Razeek, who disappeared in February 2010, was found in July 2011. In August, activist Perumal Sivakumara died after being assaulted by police.
Most of Sri Lanka's 1,500 trade unions are independent and legally allowed to engage in collective bargaining, but this right is poorly upheld in practice. Except for civil servants, most workers can hold strikes, though the 1989 Essential Services Act allows the president to declare a strike in any industry illegal. While more than 70 percent of the mainly Tamil workers on tea plantations are unionized, employers routinely violate their rights. Harassment of labor activists and official intolerance of union activities, particularly in export processing zones, are regularly reported. The government has increased penalties for employing minors, and complaints involving child labor have risen significantly. Nevertheless, thousands of children continue to be employed as household servants, and many face abuse.
Successive governments have respected judicial independence, and judges can generally make decisions without overt political intimidation. However, concerns about politicization of the judiciary have grown in recent years. A 2009 International Crisis Group report highlighted a number of problems, including the executive's power to make high-level judicial appointments; the chief justice's control over the Judicial Service Commission, which makes lower-level appointments; and the lack of a mechanism to sanction biased or corrupt judges. Judicial independence was further eroded by the 18th amendment, which granted a parliamentary council advisorial powers and the president greater responsibility to make judicial appointments. Corruption remains fairly common in the lower courts, and those willing to pay bribes have better access to the legal system.
The last years of the war featured a sharp rise in human rights abuses by security forces, including arbitrary arrest, extrajudicial execution, forced disappearance, custodial rape, and prolonged detention without trial, all of which predominantly affected Tamils. Torture occurred in the context of the insurgency but also takes place during routine interrogations. Abusive practices have been facilitated by the emergency regulations, the PTA, and the 2006 antiterrorism regulations. Under the PTA, suspects can be detained for up to 18 months without trial. These laws have been used to detain a variety of perceived enemies of the government, including political opponents, critical journalists, members of civil society, and Tamil civilians suspected of supporting the LTTE. The government allowed the emergency regulations to lapse in August 2011, but shortly thereafter authorized the expansion of law enforcement powers under the PTA. An estimated 6,000 people were in detention under the emergency regulations at the time of their expiration, according to Human Rights Watch, and remained in detention without charge at year's end. Separately, of the roughly 11,000 Tiger cadres who surrendered in the war's final stages, some 3,000 remained in military-run "rehabilitation" programs in 2011.
Most past human rights abuses are not aggressively prosecuted, while victims and witnesses are inadequately protected. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is empowered to investigate abuses, but it has traditionally suffered from insufficient authority and resources. The independence of the NHRC and other commissions was weakened by the adoption of the 18th Amendment in 2010.
Tamils maintain that they face systematic discrimination in areas including government employment, university education, and access to justice. Legislation that replaced English with Sinhala as the official language in 1956 continues to disadvantage Tamils and other non–Sinhala speakers. Tensions between the three major ethnic groups (Sinhalese, Tamils, and Muslims) occasionally lead to violence, and the government generally does not take adequate measures to prevent or contain it. However, no major incidents were reported in 2011.
Since the end of the war, the government has ostensibly concentrated on rehabilitating former LTTE-controlled territory in the north and east (about 10–15 percent of the country) through economic development programs, but Tamil hopes for greater political autonomy remained unfulfilled. LTTE rule has been replaced by that of the army, which controls most aspects of daily life, including local government in some districts.
Human rights groups have claimed that insufficient registration policies in the postwar IDP camps contributed to widespread disappearances and removals without accountability, and the status of hundreds of Tamils who disappeared during the war's final phase remains unclear. While most IDPs had returned to their home districts by the end of 2011, in many cases they were unable to occupy their former property due to land mines, destruction of their homes, or appropriation of their land by the military or government. According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, as of December 31, 2011, 95,534 people remained displaced, the vast majority of whom were residing with host families. In September, authorities announced the closure of Menik Farm, the largest internment camp, and the relocation of its 7,400 remaining inmates to a newly created transit camp in Kompavil. According to the State Department Human Rights Report, it remained uncertain as to whether these IDPs that resettled in Kompavil would be allowed to go back to their home areas when demining was finished or whether they would be forced to permanently settle in Kompavil. Other former residents of the conflict area live as refugees in India. Muslims forcibly ejected from the north by the LTTE in the early 1990s noted during the course of LLRC hearings in 2010 that many were unable to return to their homes, as their land was still being occupied by Tamils. In general, there are few official attempts to help this group of returnees.
Observers have expressed concern that government appropriation of land in the north and east as part of economic development projects or "high security zones" has impinged on freedom of movement and the ability of local people to return to their property, and that the land will be allotted to southerners or on politically motivated grounds. The military has expanded its economic activities in the north and east, running shops and growing agricultural produce for sale in the south, while local businesspeople are pushed out of the market. Throughout the country, the military's role in a variety of economic activities—from tourism to agriculture and infrastructure projects—has expanded significantly, providing jobs and revenue for a force that has tripled in size under the current president.
Women are underrepresented in politics and the civil service. Female employees in the private sector face some sexual harassment and discrimination in salary and promotion opportunities. Rape and domestic violence remain serious problems, with hundreds of complaints reported annually; existing laws are weakly enforced. Violence against women increased along with the general fighting in the civil conflict, and has also affected female prisoners and interned IDPs. The entrenchment of the army in the north and east has increased the risk of harassment and sexual abuse for female civilians (many of whom are widows) in those areas. Although women have equal rights under civil and criminal law, matters related to the family—including marriage, divorce, child custody, and inheritance—are adjudicated under the customary law of each ethnic or religious group, and the application of these laws sometimes results in discrimination against women. The government remains committed to ensuring that children have access to free education and health care, and it has also taken steps to prosecute those suspected of sex crimes against children.


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That said, let's ponder the reality of Rotations and Flexible Scheduling...
Flexible Scheduling is the ideal. This is the ideal I was taught to strive for since I first read Information Power and decided to enroll in library school.
"The library media program requires flexible and equitable access to information, ideas, and resources for learning." (American Association of School Librarians, 1998, 89).Flexible Scheduling is the idea I was taught while working on my MLiS.
Flexible Scheduling is the ideal within the Standards and Guidelines that I used to measure my libraries' success for the past 12 years.
Library is flexibly scheduled and adequately staffed, and librarian provides at least 90% of point-of-need training for staff and students. (School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas, Standard 1, Principle 3C)
Flexible Scheduling is the ideal that National Board upholds.
Specialists regularly involve others in discussing optimal facility use, and they understand the advantages of flexible scheduling, extended hours, and remote access to the library's resources.
They advocate for flexible scheduling and open access to resources and information to meet students' learning needs as they arise. (Library Media Standards, 2012, 36, 47)
Flexible Scheduling is the ideal that International Bacalaureate promotes for its schools, stating in their standards and practices that libraries play a central part in the implementation of the programmes
Flexible Scheduling is the ideal. And few of us are working in ideal settings.
Perhaps you are held back from the ideal by staffing, space, administrative mindsets, student populations, or other factors. Some of you replied it is difficult to advocate for flexible scheduling when providing conference time for teachers is what is saving your job. It is difficult to provide flexible access when your library is barely large enough for one class... how can you accomodate independent users at the same time? Or if you are the only staff member, how can you teach a class and assist other patrons simultaneously? In many cases you can't. But you can be flexible in your thinking.
Perhaps instead of Flexible Scheduling it should be promoted as Flexible Access. If you must be part of the rotation, is there any time beyond their regularly scheduled lesson that students can access the library to trade books? It doesn't have to be all day everyday, but is there a time (before school, advisory, homeroom, lunch, after school) when the library is open to students?
Perhaps, rather than Flexible Scheduling, we should think in terms of Flexible Teaching or Flexible Planning. There is no law that states you must teach random lessons out of context just because you cannot attend planning meetings. A few emails can clue you in to what is currently being taught in classrooms. Start with one teacher. Make the effort to build upon classroom curriculum even if it is only a one-way street right now. Some teachers will recognize what you are doing and begin to make requests. This is a good foundation.
What you said....
The last question asked for YOUR advice...
Be patient.
These words were a good reminder for me. In moving to a new school, I want to see change instantly and forget it takes time. It takes time to establish trust. It takes time to build relationships. In my case, the primary teachers still prefer to come at regular times. Fine. I am meeting them where they are at right now, but I am also planting seeds for the future. I have been able to open the flexible schedule door through informal conversations and "small-scale" flexibilities, inviting teachers to send their students in small groups if they need new books, canceling or rescheduling their library time without hard feelings when another classroom task demands that time, letting them know they can stay longer when the next period is free and students are happily reading, suggesting to primary students they send their students up to change books between weekly visits.


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West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee Sunday accused a section of media of "sensationalising" trivial matters being heard by courts which was influencing the judiciary.
"The (section of) media has been regularly sensationalising trivial matters which are sub-judice. They should not do this for I feel this has been influencing our judicial system," said Banerjee at an event.
"Influencing the judicial system like this is unwarranted," added the ruling Trinamool Congress leader.
Banerjee's comments came in for sharp criticism from legal experts.
"Being the speaker, he should be careful about what he says. Such comments are unwarranted," said noted lawyer and former city mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya .
"When the chief minister herself has been making allegations against the judiciary, such comments coming from her party leader is not surprising," lawyer and Congress leader Arunabha Ghosh said.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier courted controversy by claiming that "judgments have been delivered in lieu of money".
The Trinamool enjoys a stormy relation with the media, repeatedly blaming it for spreading canards. Banerjee had even accused a section of media of "conspiring to kill her".


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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Kreative Blogger Award
Earline Hines Bradt at AncestralNotes has presented me with this award.
What a wonderful surprise. I'm very surprised and deeply humbled.
Thank you Earline!
Here are the instructions:
1. Copy the award to your site.
2. Link to the person from whom you received the award.
3. Nominate 7 other bloggers.
4. Link to those sites on your blog.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you nominate.
Although this was difficult to decide, my list of nominees are:
1. The Photo Detective
2. Dear Myrtle
3. The Geneaholic
4. The Chart Chick
5. Forensic Genealogy Blog
7. The Practical Archivist
6. The Genetic Genealogist
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- Forensic Genealogy Blog said...
Hi Emily,
Thanks! That's nice of you to think of me.
- February 22, 2009 at 7:02 PM
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Velta Ruth Pipkins, 78, of Pocola died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, in Fort Smith, Ark. Velta was born Sept. 30, 1934, in Mulberry, Ark., to Clyde and Letha (Jordan) Drummond. She was a furniture refurbisher for many years and then worked for Welker Machine Shop. Velta was preceded in death by her father; daughter, Linda Partlow Wilkins; and great-grandson, Noah Holsted.Survivors include her husband, Tom of the home; two daughters and son-in-law, Joyce Atwell, Marsha and Wilson Tucker of Pocola,; son and daughter-in-law, Tim and Judy Pipkins of Stigler, nine grandchildren, Darrell Jr. and Rachel Wilkins, Andrew Atwell, Amber and Toby Holstead, Aaron Atwell, Ashley Tucker, Brandie and Daniel Sosa, Brad and Kayla Pipkins, Bailey Pipkins, Brooke Pipkins; two great-grandchildren, Chloe Wilkins, Blake Holsted; mother, Letha Drummond of Pocola; brother and sister-in-law, Wayne and Anna Drummond of Florida; three nieces, Teresa Drummond and her daughter, Annie of Kernersville, N.C., Tania Drummond of Raleigh, N.C., Tiffany and Michael Armstrong and her son, Fisher of Garner, N.C.; other relatives and loved ones. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, at Evans Memorial Chapel, Pocola, with the Rev. James Ogden officiating. Burial will be in Macedonia Cemetery, Pocola. Pallbearers will be Gerald, Aaron, Dave, and Brad Pipkins, Darrell Wilkins, Andrew and Aaron Atwell and Toby HolstedFamily visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Funeral Home in Pocola.You may leave an online message at evansandmillerfuneralhomes.com.Arrangements are under the direction of Evans and Miller Funeral Home.


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The Studemont is a new 3-story, 30-unit condominium currently under construction by Fisher Homes in the widely popular Washington Street corridor. Offering beautifully-appointed one- and two-bedroom floor plans, The Studemont boasts an on-site fitness center, covered parking and rooftop terrace with incredible downtown views. Homes are priced from the $180's to the $300's.
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Hidden Nanny Cam Will Catch Someone in the Act of Doing Something Wrong
There are many different types of things that will be very important to keep track of. They may suspect that someone is doing something wrong or lying about something. A hidden nanny cam is going to catch someone in the act of whatever they claim that they are not doing.
This may include stealing merchandise or could include other types of activity. It is illegal for an employer to record someone while they are working in many situations. They may be able to catch someone in a lie though.
A hidden nanny cam can be disguised as a lot of different types of things. They have to make sure that these are hidden pretty well so that people do not suspect that they are being recorded. There are some of these that are larger than others, but most of them are going to sit out in the open.
Sometimes, it is important to a person to know what is going on when they are not around. This is going to help them to either gain the trust that they did not have or will allow them to confirm their suspicions. Not everybody will want to have these for any particular reason.
There are many that can be disguised as a stuffed animal. There are many that will look like a phone on the charger. A smoke detector is another type of hidden camera. It is important to consider the placement of these so that they are able to watch over what needs to be seen.
Many of these are able to be linked to a cell phone or a computer system so that they can be viewed remotely also. This is going to be easier to keep it discreet also. Each one will have a different battery life also.
If someone needs to have the camera for a specific reason, they are going to want to make sure that it is going to work properly. Every nanny cam has a different feature that will work better for the situation that a person has.
People have to make sure that their babysitter is taking care of their children properly. If they are suspecting that something is going on, they are going to want to have a camera to check this out. Every family will need them for a different reason though.
Having the peace of mind is something that is going to be very important. Parents that are going out may hire a babysitter. They are going to be able to watch and see what goes on until they are completely comfortable with leaving their children with this person.
Another thing that they can do is watch their children from another room of the home. This can be a lot of fun for some people. Other times, they will want to see what they are doing. New parents do not want to leave their babies alone.
These are similar to hidden security cameras, but they are usually much smaller. They are not going to be as large either. Many times, these are very expensive to purchase, because of the technology that is used.
Not everyone is going to consider using one of these. They may choose to have something else that they are using. The form that they purchase to watch someone or an area should be thought out well.
A hidden nanny cam may be able to record what is going on also. There are many different things that every camera will be watching. The picture needs to be clear as well as any audio that can be recorded. It is important to test these before counting on them for a certain situation.


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The 11th annual National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, to be held at the Grand Casino Resort Convention Center, Tunica, Miss., Jan. 21-22, will have a new feature: roundtable discussions.
"Along with our 91-topic breakout sessions, with experts leading discussions on a specific topic, will be our more-focused roundtable discussions," says John LaRose, chairman of the conference steering committee. "Experts will facilitate discussions on these focused topics.
"This format will allow anyone in the audience to bring an issue on the particular topic to the floor for discussion by other producers and the expert.
"This can be of great benefit to producers who have problems and are searching for answers." LaRose says.
The roundtable discussions will center on nine different topics, including:
• Ground and aerial application strategies for herbicide drift management
• Precision agriculture
• Precision land-forming for no-till
• Dual-row planting systems
• Con-till rice establishment
• Con-till rice weed control
• Climate change and farming decisions
• Cotton weed control
• Hybrid rice stand establishment and management
Also new for the 2008 event will be the Mid-South Corn Conference and the Mid-South Precision Ag Conference, both in conjunction with the Cotton & Rice Conference.
The corn conference will feature 16 corn production technology and systems breakout sessions with some of the nation's leading corn researchers and farmers, LaRose notes. The precision ag conference will feature breakout sessions with precision agriculture researchers and farmers.
"And all of the other features of past conferences will be continued," he says, "including the breakout sessions that pair more than 91 researchers and farmers to make presentations. There will be a general atmosphere of sharing knowledge, practices, and techniques throughout the conferences.
"No matter what your conservation-systems questions or problems, they're sure to be addressed during the conference sessions.
The conference, which alternates yearly between the Southwest and the Mid-South, is sponsored by Cotton Incorporated and US Rice Producers Association, and is a production of MidAmerica Farm Publications.
Co-sponsors are the University of Arkansas, Louisiana State University, Mississippi State University, University of Missouri, University of Tennessee, Auburn University, Texas A&M, USDA-NRCS in Washington DC and USDA-ARS centers in the Southern states.
The conference also has five corporate co-sponsors: Delta & Pine Land, Helena Chemical Co., Horizon Ag, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. and RiceTec.
Ag-Media Co-Sponsors are Delta Farm Press and Southwest Farm Press.
For further information on the conference or to register, visit the Web site at www.nctd.net or call Robin Moll at (573) 547-7212.


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Taupe Porcelain Disk Lamp
Hand cast and hand glazed porcelain discs.
Solid brass full range dimmable socket and solid brass finial. Silk twist cord
GLAZES: Laguna White, Bronze, Gunmetal and Taupe.
Price: 2100.00
Dimensions: H 27" x D 12"
Reference #: LT-5266
Emily Savoie is a native to Pasadena California. She completed her master's degree in furniture design at Rhode Island School of Design after studying Art History and French Literature at the University of California in San Diego. In 1999 she founded her first furniture and lighting business and spent the next decade designing and fabricating custom furniture and lighting for interior designers, architects and individual home owners. She also had line of short-run production furniture that was sold in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Marshall McCormick moved from the Pacific Northwest to Los Angeles in 1999. After several years as a corporate attorney, Marshall left law to pursue his passion for the decorative arts. It was his affinity for interior design that lead him to work with such noted design firms as Studio Sofield and Judith Lance, Inc. where he honed his decorative skills.
In 2005, Emily and Marshall met on a residential design project where Emily fabricated many of the custom furniture and lighting pieces. They went on to work together on many decorative projects over the years.
In 2011, Emily and Marshall founded Savoie McCormick. They combined their design aesthetics, Marshall's knowledge of decorative design and Emily's knowledge of the fabrication process to launch a small artisanal lighting collection. The collection reflects their appreciation of the inherent beauty found in natural materials as well as their passion and respect for hand craftsmanship.
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