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Many Muslim and non-Muslim groups came together in support of Al-Quds Day. These included Crescent International, FOSIS, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Hizb-ut-Tahrir, Innovative Minds, Islamic Centre of England, Islamic Human Rights Commission, Muslim Association of Britain, Neturei Karta, Palestine Internationalist, Palestine Return Centre, Respect Party, and the 1990 Trust.
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Taji Mustapha from Hizbut-Tahrir explained how occupiers, be they in Palestine or Iraq, find new ways to maintain the occupation - they try to divide the resistance by putting Shia against Sunni and Hamas against Fatah so instead of facing the occupiers they face each other.
Peace activist Yvonne Ridley talked about Israels deliberate targeting of Palestinian children. She gave human faces to the statistics be sharing several examples of targeted murder of children including the case of Bushra Bargis who was shot dead by an Israeli sniper whilst she was at home in her bedroom studying for exams.
The event concluded with a few words from the chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, Massoud Shadjareh. He thanked all the people attending on behalf of the organisers and he thanked the organising groups on behalf of the people.
This elderly lady was collecting placards and banners at the end of the rally so that she could reuse them at her picket outside Marks and Spencers. We can all learn something from her commitment and dedication to the struggle for justice in Palestine.
Below are summary quotes from each speaker and full MP3s of all the speeches, intros and in-betweens. For those that like to listen to the speeches on their mp3 players, all are downloadable and are organized as an album of 11 tracks, each with its own embedded album art.
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Ghazba-Zadeh, The rally commenced with a recitation from the Holy Quran..
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Sheikh Bahmanpour, Islamic Centre England, perhaps the keynote address of the rally he covered most of what needed to be said. Although its little long, its important so we have included it in full:
"In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
I just want to cover a few points very quickly:
1. We dont need peace process in Palestine. What we need is peace. Peace process is a prolonged process, its a decoy, just a machination to prevent peace in Palestine and what we have seen in the past few decades of peace process have been just failures, have been machinations of big powers to support Israel with a process which gives illusion and wrong hope to people of Palestine. So what we need in Palestine is not peace process, is peace.
2. Whether a peace process or a true peace, it could not be brokered by the main culprits in the region - by the United States and Britain. Putting Tony Blair in charge of negotiations in the Middle-East is just like putting Shatan on judging righteous people - its impossible that people like Tony Blair, that governments like United States could broker a peace in Palestine whilst they are the main supporters of Israel. This is the most funny thing that we could ever witness in the world of politics.
3. A peace could not be obtained without the presence of Hamas and those real Palestinians who are fighting and resisting for their freedom. To exclude Hamas from the peace negotiations in Palestine would only end in failure. There will be no peace until and unless you could bring the true people of Palestine on board. If you say that Hamas is a terrorist organisation, we want to declare here, now and today that we are all Hamas, we are all Hizbullah. Anyone saying that Hamas or Hizbullah is a terrorist organisation is just dubbing everyone, every Muslim around the world to be a terrorist. And how come Hamas and Hizbullah are terrorist organisations and not american army or british army who are making the most bloodshed around the world - how we could not say that they are terrorist organisations? You have the blood of more than 700,000 Iraqis just in the past few years on your hands and you still dub other people to be terrorists, and yourselves as supporters of human life and human blood - this is something that people would laugh at you when you say it!
4. For peace there are solutions, for peace there are mechanisms. A two state solution in Palestine would not lead to peace, the two state solution is not a solution - its just a humiliation, its just a prolongation of peace process which never arrives at anything. So we declare here that any peace solution which wants to create two different states in Palestine is doomed to failure. This is not only a view, its not only a perspective, this is a reality - what we have seen during the past few decades. Moreover, what do they means by two states? The y mean the state of Israel and a marginalised area of land in which all Palestinians are pushed inside it with humiliation. A state.. something like a state.. what they call a state which is completely surrounded by Israel, their electricity, their water, their economy - everything is in the hands of Israel, and they want to call it a state. How could this be a state at all?
Its impossible to go for a two state solution and expect peace to materialise. Peace would not materialise unless there is justice, and this two state solution would not bring justice to Palestine, would not do justice to anyone in the area. We want justice not only for Muslims in the area - we want justice for Palestinians - Muslim Palestinians, we want justice for Jewish Palestinians and we want justice for Christian Palestinians, and this would not materialise with a two state solution.
Apartheid is dead. You cannot have justice and peace with apartheid. Racism is dead, you cannot have justice and peace with racism. The zionist regime in Israel is the materialisation, is the epitome of racism and apartheid. How do you want to create peace and justice with such a state? The only solution for peace in Palestine is one state solution. One state in which Muslims, Jews, and Christians have equal and free right to vote, to have their own government installed and in place. And I tell you, and you can remember this - so long as this would not happen you will not see peace in Palestine, and consequently you will not see peace in the world.
Palestine is a place which has become like the heart of the world politics. If you do not have peace in Palestine, you do not have peace in the world. You have all these trouble that you see nowadays around the world. So its not possible to have calm and tranquillity around the world in the world politics unless you could solve the issue of Palestine. And as I said, this issue is not solved through the two state solution, only the one state solution is a solution.
And what do we mean by a one state solution? It is a state with one government - not a racist government. With a government in which all Muslims, Jews, and Christians have their say. Of course the zionists would not like this, the US administration would not like this, the British administration would not like this, because they would lose lots of vested interests there. But I tell you, you would lose more interests in the war than in peace. You might lose some immediate interests with peace in Palestine, in the Middle-East, in the area, but in the long run this is going to be in the benefit of all people around the world.
So as long as this one state solution is not in place, so long as the peace is not directed towards the one state solution, there would be no peace in Palestine, there would be no peace in the region, and there would be no peace in the world. So what we back here today is one Palestine, one unified Palestine in which everyone can live free and with their own human dignity and rights. And this would ask for one very important condition, and that is the right of return for Palestinians to go back to their country and have the right of an honourable human being to live there equal with others. bring back the Palestinians to Palestine, break apartheid and racism, have one government for Christians, Jews, and Muslims there and you will see peace there and peace around the world - long live Palestine!"
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Rabbi Cohen, Neturei Karta (anti-zionist Jews). After explaining how zionism has nothing to do with Judaism, we went on to condemn zionism as the root cause of our problems:
"We must remember that the root cause of the strife in the Middle-East is the very existence of the zionist state.
Very interesting, I was recently reading a report - and everyone can read it, it's printed in Hansard which is the official report of the proceeding of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. I was reading a report of a debate that took place in June 1922 on a motion that the British Mandate as it was set up, which was to help form a zionist state in Palestine, was flawed - the whole idea was flawed. And the speakers there, it was moved by a Lord Islington, and he was so wise, he spoke then 80-90 years ago, he saw and the other speakers saw so clearly the problem that would arise out of Zionism. And you know that motion, that the whole mandate in the form that it was, was flawed, was carried by a very large majority. But of course the constitution of this country is such that the House of Commons can override the House of Lords, and they did override them.
So once again, the underlying cause of strife in the Middle-East is the very existence of the zionist state, in the form in which it exists as our previous speaker said so clearly, and we can only pray for an early, speedy and peaceful total dismantlement of the zionist state of Israel. To be replaced by a regime entirely in accordance with the aspirations of the Palestinian people, and in which Jew, Arab, Muslim and Christian, anybody would be able to live side by side in peace and harmony as they did for centuries in all the Arab lands before the advent of Zionism."
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Taji Mustapha, of Hizbut-Tahrir made a very important call for unity which was very well received.
"The issue of Palestine is an issue of occupation - not negotiation! And when you have occupation the need is a need for liberation! Palestine need liberation from a brutal occupation of the zionist state..
And when you have occupation and need liberation the occupiers find new ways, new tactics, new means to maintain the occupation. Now they try to divide the resistance in the occupied lands. In Iraq they put Shia against Sunni so instead of facing the occupiers we face one another; in Palestine Hamas against Fatah, instead of facing the israeli state to face one another. And here in Britain if we speak up against the occupation of Palestine, or Iraq or Afghanistan they say you are a fanatic, you are an extremist, you are a fundamentalist. They divide the Muslim community in to moderates - those who are silent - silent about the atrocities in Palestine, silent about the occupation of Iraq - and they say those that speak out are the extremists.
.. one of the issues that unites the Muslim Ummah, the Ummah of Muhammad SAW, is the issue of Palestine, the issue of Palestine unites the Muslim ummah. The land of Isra and Meraj, the land of the first qibla of the Muslim Ummah, the holy lands. and so my message today is for Palestine to be liberated the Muslim Ummah must unite. For Palestine to be liberated the Muslim Ummah must unite. In our unity lies strength, so my brothers do not heed the calls of disunity, reject the disunity of Muslims when they put Shia against Sunni - we are brothers, we reject it. When they put Hamas against Fatah, we are brothers we reject disunity.."
Sr.Yvonne Ridley, Peace Activist
"I wonder how many of you know that the theme for israels 60th independence day celebrations is dedicated to children? Its hard to imagine isn't it when you consider how the israeli army snipers target, deliberately target children. Of course they don't just target any children, no the ones targeted in the cross hairs of the zionist cowards are Palestinian children. Just how twisted do you have to be to gun down a child deliberately? And the same twisted killers dare hold the 60th anniversary of the failed zionist state in honour of children! And I wonder which children they are honouring. The ones slaughtered by the brutal zionist army? In the last year 457 Palestinians and 10 Israelis have been killed. Of those killed 92 were children - all Palestinian children. One fifth of the dead were children and teenagers - an unprecedented number even by israels disgusting standards. These children were gunned down as they studied for exams, as they climbed trees, as they played in the streets.."
She went on to give several example of Palestinian children murdered by israeli troops including:
"I want you to consider the case of Muhammad al-zak who was known as the boy from Gaza who was buried twice. He was 14 when he died three days before he was due to go back to the school. His fragile body blown apart in an operation called "locked kindergarden" - you couldn't make it up! Five children died in that particular operation. His father identified his sons torso and legs from the cloths and his remains were buried. Then a few days later his bereaved father found the remaining part of his son after the israeli army had left the area and another burial had to be held.."
Nazim brought a smile to George Galloways face as he introduced him with a modified national anthem..
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George Galloway, Respect Party MP
"My denunciation, my indignation today is not so much against the imperialist leaders , not so much against the zionist leaders, they behave as they do because they are imperialists, because they are zionists. My indignation is to those belly dancers fasting today and in the casinos this evening, praying today and frolicking in the bordellos this evening. This is my indignation. These corrupt of the earth have the blood of all the Palestinians on their hands..
Last summer I did an interview early one sunday morning with hardly anyone watching on sky news at the height of the war in Lebanon. It was a critical mass, I was very angry, the sky presenter was very stupid, and the struggle in Lebanon was at its height. This woman on sky knew the name and the rank and the serial number and the address and the family history of every israeli soldier who had been taken by the fighters in Palestine and Lebanon - she knew them all as if they were her personal friends! But when I asked her if she could name one, just one victim, one Palestinian victim, one Lebanese victim - even a first name would do - she could not. Because as i said to her the blood of Palestinans and the blood of Lebanese is worth less to you than the blood of an Israeli or a Britisher, or an American! This is a self evident truth and we have to work so that this little boy on this poster - Faris Odeh - confronting an israeli tank is famous throughout the world, so that every Muslim knows his name, every believer knows his name, every person who loves freedom knows his name. We have no leaders in the Muslim world - Faris Odeh is our leader, Hassan Nasrallah is our leader, Hugo Chavez is our leader, Fidel Castro is our leader, Che Guevara is our leader, anyone who fights for liberty and freedom are our leaders!
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Massoud Shadjareh, Islamic Human Rights Commission
"I pray that inshallah we will see not only Palestine free, but all the oppressed people free - all the oppressed people! Let me remind you today is the day of Al-Quds, its a day we stand shoulder to shoulder with all oppressed people in the world against all the oppressors, while we see in Palestine all the world leaders are standing shoulder to shoulder with the oppressors against the Palestinians whilst they are suffering on a daily basis - we do exactly the opposite.."
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This was my first thought seeing the new trailer for World War Z. Brad is Dustin Hoffman. Is he looking for Patient Zero? Does he have a multipurpose assistant like Cuba Gooding Jr? How was he a stunt helicopter pilot AND a scientist AND a sharpshooter AND a bodyguard ALL AT THE SAME TIME!?! Anyway, as you can see below, "outbreak" is what they're going with here as promotional strategy for Brad's mega expensive summer movie, opening in June. You'll note the word "zombie" isn't used, not once. And we don't get a close-up zombie shot either. The zombies are presented in mass form from afar, like multiplying molecules, a virus spreading around the world, as Brad races to find a cure. And somehow ends up on an airplane that gets its tail blown out.
You think they were all like F----------CK when they saw the trailer for Iron Man 3 with a similar scene?
I've not talked to Sarah, our resident zombie expert, yet about this new preview as I'm writing today's column overnight because I'll be shooting all day. She hasn't been super optimistic about World War Z though due to its rumoured production problems and script changes and was totally livid that the Super Bowl trailer seemed to be entirely recycled from previously released footage. The marketing strategy seems to have shifted since then. And there's a new poster to go along with it. Better?


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DOYLESTOWN (PA) – Delaware Valley College scored three touchdowns in an eight-minute span in the second quarter and forced five turnovers in the game as the three-time defending Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) champion Aggies erased an early 10-7 deficit and defeated visiting Lebanon Valley College, 34-10, in the league opener for both teams.
Delaware Valley, ranked 25th in the latest D3football.com poll, improved to 3-0 while the Flying Dutchmen suffered their first loss of the season and fell to 2-1.
The Aggies took the opening kickoff and drove 61 yards on 11 plays. They converted a pair of third-down conversions and capped it with a one-yard touchdown run by fullback Tom Devlin. Jake Sobchak added the extra-point for a 7-0 advantage just 5:09 into the contest.
However, the Flying Dutchmen needed just 21 seconds to tie the game. Pete Panichi caught the ensuing kickoff at his own 13-yard line and raced 86 yards before losing his footing at the one-yard line. Ben Guiles took the handoff on the first play from scrimmage and found the end zone. Sean Fakete added the extra-point for a 7-7 score.
Delaware Valley went three-and-out and Lebanon Valley took over at its own 48-yard line. The Flying Dutchmen converted on a trio of third-down plays and had a first-and-goal at the Aggie three. However, they failed to gain another yard and settled for a 20-yard field by Fakete for a 10-7 advantage with 2:23 left in the opening quarter.
It was all Delaware Valley from there, starting with the ensuing drive as it reached the Lebanon Valley 24 and faced a fourth-and-eight as the first quarter came to an end. The first play of the second saw quarterback Aaron Wilmer find wideout Rodney Blango for a 24-yard touchdown pass. Sobchak added the extra-point for a 14-10 advantage.
On the ensuing kickoff, the Aggies' Terrance Osborne drilled returner Jake Zeigler. The ball came loose and Osborne recovered it at the Flying Dutchmen 22-yard line. Five plays later, they were in the end zone as Tyler Neal scored from a yard out. Sobchak's boot made it a 21-10 contest with 12:40 remaining in the half.
Lebanon Valley entered Delaware Valley territory on its next drive and hit a big play as quarterback Colt Zarilla found an open Tim Picerno. Picerno reached the Aggie 10-yard line when the ball was jarred free by safety Ryna McCullough and cornerback Troy Green recovered it at the four.
Delaware Valley then went on a nine-play, 96-yard scoring drive in less than four minutes. Wilmer was 3-for-3 for 56 yards on the drive, including the final 10 to Blango for a touchdown. Sobchak added the extra-point to make it 28-10 with 6:43 on the clock.
Neither team hit the scoreboard in the third and the Flying Dutchmen had a pair of golden opportunities in the red zone in the fourth. On the first attempt, they reached the Aggie 13 but a sack bumped them back six yards where they faced a fourth-and-13. Zarilla was then sacked again, this time by Jared Pattinson, to turn the ball over on downs.
On their next drive, Lebanon Valley had a fourth-and-three from the Aggie eight-yard line when Osbrone picked Zarilla off in the end zone for a touchback. It was his second interception of the game. Delaware Valley then drove 80 yards on 12 plays, capped by Kyle Schuberth's three-yard touchdown run with 2:15 remaining for the 34-10 final.
Delaware Valley racked up a season-best 443 yards of total offense and held the ball for nearly 34 minutes (33:42). Wilmer completed 14 of 20 passes for 250 yards while Blango was his top target as the senior notched career-highs of nine catches for 169 yards and two scores. Schuberth went over the 100-yard mark on the ground as the sophomore netted 139 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries.
Defensively, Osborne finished with 10 tackles, two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Chris James and John Robinson had nine tackles apiece while All-American end Mike Jaskowski finished with eight tackles, a forced fumble and a sack.
Guiles, a preseason All-American, was held under 100 yards for the first time this season as he carried the ball 13 times for 67 yards and the lone Lebanon Valley touchdown. Zarilla was 12-for-20 for 164 yards and two interceptions. Joey Miller caught five passes for 64 yards while Picerno added four grabs for 73 yards. Cory Homer paced the defensive effort with 12 tackles and one sack.


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When The Eagle Flies: Liner Notes
Traffic: When The Eagle Flies
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Liner Notes by Bill DeYoung
Released in the fall of 1974, When the Eagle Flies was Traffic's swan song. Since the band's humble beginnings, Steve Winwood had taken Traffic's music through a half-dozen radical permutations, leading with evolutionary zeal to the spacey and wide-open frontiers of The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory. By '73's On the Road, Traffic had become a seven-member band, ministering R&B, jazz and rock 'n' roll to sold-out audiences around the world.
For When the Eagle Flies, the key word was simplification.
Winwood agreed with Rolling Stone's suggestion that the album was something of a return to Traffic's roots.
"But we're not trying to become a parody of ourselves," he insisted in a 1974 profile of the band. "We're trying to realize how we do things best. Things are a bit more flexible now, obviously ...the music has evolved, not digressed."
For Winwood, flexibility meant saying goodbye to Muscle Shoals players Roger Hawkins, David Hood and Barry Beckett-and longtime percussionist Reebop Kwaku Baah.
Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood recruited Jamaican-born bassist Rosko Gee, who'd played in the British reggae band Gonzales, and holed up at Winwood's country estate. Most of When the Eagle Flies was cut on an eight-track machine at the Traffic director's studio, Netherturkdonic. Several of the basic tracks were recorded live in the U.K., on a short tour that preceded the studio sessions. These were then overdubbed at Netherturkdonic.
As always, the bulk of the material was written by Winwood (music) and Capaldi (lyrics). The exception was the playful "Dream Gerrard," with music by Winwood and words by former Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band frontman Vivian Stanshall, on whose recent solo album Winwood had guest-appeared. (Stanshall would co-write several songs with Winwood, including "Arc of a Diver," the title track to Winwood's breakthrough solo set in 1981.)
"Dream Gerrard," a mini-suite layered with soulful Winwood vocals, a catchy, syncopated riff from Wood's saxophone and a synthesized string section, is the album's most ambitious number. On the evocative "Graveyard People" Winwood handles both electric piano and syntheizer. The master musician also plays acoustic piano, mellotron, organ and all the guitars on the album.
Capaldi is heard on percussion, and in the drummer's chair for the first time since John Barleycorn Must Die. Gee lays down a popping funk riff for "Walking in the Wind," with tasty sax riffs from Wood and one of Winwood's magnificent solos on the Hammond organ.
The simple "Memories of a Rock 'N Rolla" finds Winwood musing on his own transition from young, green musician ("Playing music for the people seemed to be enough") to rock star ("Dressed in sparkling colored clothes"). Wood takes the solos on his flute for the hypnotic "Love," recorded live on the road.
The closer, "When the Eagle Flies," is a soulful, piano-based piece about the perils of ecological imbalance. "Do you hear me, Mother Nature?" Winwood cries as the album fades.
When the Eagle Flies was the most organic Traffic album of the 1970s. "Our attitude has changed back to the way it was when we were making the first two Traffic albums," enthused Wood to Rolling Stone. "We, or at least I, haven't really been satisfied with any since then, except perhaps John Barleycorn. There's more of a personal expression in When the Eagle Flies that represents a progression."
In the end, they were well aware of "what they did best." When the Eagle Flies stands as testament to the relentlessly creative art that Winwood, Capaldi and Wood made together. It's a fitting finale to a brilliant journey.


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Stephen Batchelder'15 knew helping others was a lifelong goal.
Batchelder, a Religion and English double major, was hired by Teach for America nearly a full year before he receives his sheepskin diploma. He will join the team upon finishing his career at Wabash.
Teach for America places educators in low-income communities for two years, hoping to provide educational stability in regions located across the U.S. Teachers are sent to many big cities, from Phoenix to Indianapolis to Baltimore and everywhere in between.
"We recruit a diverse group of leaders with a record of achievement who work to expand educational opportunity, starting by teaching for two years in a low-income community," according to the Teach for America website.
The most important trait Teach for America recruiters look for is leadership. And, they are committed to helping leaders become better educators and role models. "We provide intensive training, support and career development that helps these leaders increase their impact and deepen their understanding of what it takes to provide an excellent education for our most underserved kids."
Batchelder already has many leadership characteristics. Few recognize it more than Religion Professor Derek Nelson, who has taught Batchelder throughout his Wabash career.
"He's uncommonly serious, thoughtful and a good analytic thinker," Nelson said. "He is a very good analyst of arguments and the world."
Batchelder's swim coach, Brent Noble, also saw leadership qualities when he first arrived. "He's not extremely vocal," said Brent Noble, Batchelder's swim coach. "I think what he says means something, he doesn't waste words. He certainly leads by example."
Teach for America is only a step towards Batchelder's career. The goal is to become a pastor upon completing the two-year Teach for America commitment. He was not interested in taking the easy route to ministry. Instead, he wanted to gain a deeper understanding of the hardships faced in low-income communities.
"I'm very interested in going to divinity school and becoming a pastor, but didn't want to take the fast track," Batchelder said. "I wanted to get out and experience the world and social justice issues and see if it's something I am capable of handling for the rest of my life."
Batchelder grew up in the small, agricultural community of Orland, California located in the heart of the Sacramento valley. He felt coming to Wabash was a prestigious opportunity.
"I come from a low-income community in northern California," said Batchelder. "A lot of times people don't think about California as a place facing issues like poverty and educational inequality.
"I grew up in a county where eight percent of the population has a college degree. I feel like being able to come to Wabash is a big deal. I can think of very few men in my high school graduating class that are in college and going to receive a four-year college degree."
According to Neighborhood Scout, a website that monitors city demographics, Orland is well below the national average of 21.8 percent of people holding a college degree at 10.3 percent.
That number did not prevent Batchelder from being selected as one of 50 students to take part in an undergraduate fellowship during the school year to prepare him for his role with Teach for America. He will officially accept his Teach for America position in November. After graduation he will head to Phoenix where he will begin his teaching duties.
"I think it speaks to Teach for America's recruiting styles," Batchelder said. "They want to get top graduates and identify them earlier than other recruiters. I think a lot of credit goes to them for making this an opportunity, especially for myself where I knew this was something I was motivated to do from the start."
The impact Batchelder has made reaches students and faculty alike, especially a few of his mentors in Noble and Nelson. They spoke with pride when talking about him.
"I think he understands the opportunities he has had," Noble said. "I think he understands he has had certain privileges not everyone will have … he doesn't take it for granted. He is pretty focused on helping others accomplish their dreams."
Nelson echoed Noble's sentiments.
"What's different about Stephen is his earnestness and convictions," said Nelson. "It is not so much that Thinker A has Position B about Issue C. But, it's 'I, Stephen Batchelder care about issue C and so I want to get to the bottom of it and find out what can help.'"
Throughout the summer, Batchelder is participating in the Pastoral Leadership Program with Nelson, strengthening his leadership abilities and further preparing him for his future career.


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We can't all be dark greens but, as Inhabitat's Green Home 101 series shows, the sum of many small choices can make a big difference in the long run. Consumers might be criticized for belonging to the holy church of the organic but with spending on organic products going from about $744 million in 2005 to $938 million in 2006 according to the Organic Trade Association, green consumerism is at an all-time high. To help consumers make better choices, a new generation of green lifestyle experts has emerged. Committed environmentalists in their own right, these experts share their insight and offer consumers a myriad of practical tips to make better, greener, healthier choices as they wade through all the products at Whole Foods, Walmart, and Home Depot. As part of our Green Home 101 series, Inhabitat caught up with Danny Seo, Starre Vartan and John Picard to see how they emerged as leading green lifestyle experts.
Born on Earth Day, Danny Seo was destined to be a green lifestyle expert. He started an environmental group at age 12 with 7 friends and $23 that eventually grew into a national organization called Earth 2000. When he graduated from high school, he wrote a book about his teenage activism years. The book, paired with a Washington Post article that shone a spotlight on his green decorating prowess, launched his career as a celebrity eco-stylist and champion for green consumerism. Today, he's a green-household name.
What is your ultimate goal in being a green lifestyle expert?
This question is very relevant to when I speak around the country to audiences in a presentation I called "Simply Green." And the title is exactly how it sounds: it can be simple to go green. My goal is to make ideas, tips and how-to projects relevant, simplified and current. Basically, I do the work and research and make it easy for them. I also do whatever I can to talk the talk and walk the walk in my own life.
How do people generally respond to green advice?
The light green customer — basically the majority of Americans — are responsive to green living. But they still think it's very expensive, very limiting and basically unattainable unless you're a Hollywood star with loads of cash. To rectify this problem, I like to provide tips that make it more simple to go green. I have a new column called "Do Just One Thing" that will be syndicated to newspapers around the country by Universal Syndicate starting next year, too. Each day, you'll get a free tip you can do right on the spot! And my work with JCPenney is key because it's the store that America really, truly shops at. We also have a fabulous program called "Simply Green" that makes it easy for our customers to find our recycled, renewable and natural products. Everything from $11 organic cotton bath towels to $1.99 reusable tote bags that, I swear, are the absolute best bags out there.
What do you see as the absolutely worst, non-environmentally friendly habit that most people have?
I think it's the general idea that if it's free and you're not paying for it, why bother? I remember a friend of mine who has a rent-controlled apartment in NYC that had utilities included in her rent. So, in the middle of summer, she'd leave her apartment in the morning, but keep the air conditioning blasting all day long, just because she liked the idea of walking into a cool apt each evening. This infuriated me because she would never do this if she had actually paid for electricity.
What are your top eco-picks that you have in your own household and can't live without?
1. My bagless vacuum. You can dump the canister full of organic waste right into the compost bin.
2. Power strips. Not sexy, but they are fantastic.
3. Method's Free and Clear laundry detergent. It is super concentrated, very little packaging waste, and all you need is a tiny capful to do a whole load of laundry.
4. My mattress line at Simmons. Tencel fabric cover, a natural latex foam, a soy-enhanced foam base, recycled steel in the foundation support, reclaimed wood from accredited source, PBDE-free and we use a non-toxic solution as a fire retardant. Available at JC Penney.
5. Branches. My house sits on top of a ravine next to a start park, so there's nature everywhere. I love to use real branches for curtain rods throughout the house because it's unexpected, free and looks amazing.What's next?A new bath and beauty line early next year called WHOLEARTH by Danny Seo. It features amazing products using certified organic fragrance and 100% post-consumer recycled packaging.
Starre Vartan grew up in a modern house perched above a wetland in a tiny hamlet along the Hudson River. Author and founder of Eco-Chick, she is the product of a very talented and progressive gene pool that includes an arborist, an illustrator/painter/surfer, an organic gardener, an opera singer/photographer, and a doctor who loved architecture.
What is your ultimate goal in being a green lifestyle expert?
I want to help people see that living green (to use the catchphrase) is actually about living BETTER.
What made you decide to write "The Eco Chick Guide to Life: How to be Fabulously Green"?
The point of my book is to show women how choosing sustainable options isn't just about doing something good for "The Planet" but is really about doing the right thing for yourself, your children, your neighbors (near and far) and the rest of the living creatures we share the planet with. And to look and feel great while doing it.
What do you see as the absolutely worst, non-environmentally friendly habit that most people have?
I now live in the Connecticut suburbs, and I think the ease with which people jump in their cars (and are, to some extent, forced to by poor community planning) is awful on several levels: You lose out on community interaction when you're constantly inside your own personal conveyance which is isolating, you're not moving, which makes people think "exercise" is this thing you do in a gym instead of part of the natural rhythms of life, AND it contributes to local air and noise pollution and global warming. That said, Yes, I DO have a car, and every couple weeks, I love to pack up and drive to Vermont, where a number of my friends have moved. I try to use the car sparingly though.
What are you top five easiest green living tips for consumers who are just going down a greener path?
1. Get toxics out of your life- Improve air quality in your home, and stick it to the companies like Dow and Clorox that convinced us we needed chemicals to clean our homes and ourselves- a total lie. Choose all-natural, biodegradable and organic cleaners for your home and body (and make the switch to natural makeup if you wear it).
2. Go beyond organic – get connected with your food. Where you live and your lifestyle depends on how this can happen for you, it might include going to the farmer's market, visiting local farms, eating only food that's in season, or experimenting with buying foods that only come from a 100-mile radius for a week or a month. Any of the above will bring you beyond just buying another packaged food that has the label "organic" on it. I'm not knocking those foods, but they don't actually educate you or your palate about local, fresh, in season foods.
3. Don't put anything down the drain that you wouldn't want to swim in.
4. Support young designers who are doing their creative thing sustainably; I love investing in the future of fashion and design by choosing organic denim, handmade furniture, and opting for fabulous wallpaper or upholstry fabric that's also low-impact.
5. Look at your garbage- how much of what's in there is unnecessary? Do you really need disposable wipes and paper towels for everyday use? Can you eliminate plastic bags by bringing your own totes? Can you compost that old food? Can you reuse those takeout containers or old office supplies (schools often love/need this stuff). And there better not be any recyclables in there! 🙂
What is your absolutely, all-time favorite eco-product that you currently own, love, and/or covet?
My Mrs. Meyer's geranium-scent cleansing powder- it gets tubs, sinks and toilets as clean as Ajax, but smells like a garden (the company uses real essential oils in addition to ecofriendly cleaning formulations) so tub-scrubbing turns into an aromatherapy experience. That stuff is seriously awesome.
What's next on the horizon?
I finished the classes for my MFA in nonfiction writing at Columbia this past Spring- now I have some time to complete and turn in my thesis, which will become my next book (hopefully!). It's about the five senses and being human in a very fast-moving modern world; though I'm no Luddite (the Internet has to be my favorite invention EVER!) I really want to delve into how we've become so disconnected from the natural world and ourselves while at the same time being more connected in some ways. Also, I'm really getting into ecofashion and am loving the experience I'm gaining as a eco-stylist. Basically, I want to up the percentage of time I spend on creative pursuits in the next five years.
An eco-activist of the bright green set, John Picard is a green lifestyle expert of a different kind who has been quietly changing the world in which we live. After making the transition from Ferrari-driving architect of the stars to angry Greenpeace activist, John came out of his metamorphosis as a leading green business consultant. Rather than working directly with the consumer, John goes straight to the businesses. So bold is his approach to greening the world that he now is represented by CAA. Working with companies such as Microsoft, BP, eBay, Sony, Ford, MGM, and The Gap, John is almost a celebrity in the business world, making a big difference by working with big corporations. His staff were unable to connect us with him personally, but luckily Sarah Backhouse from G Living TV caught up with him awhile back and we've pulled a few comments from a recent Green Room interview.
When were you first aware that you were interested in the environment?
In the mid-eighties, I think I'd just finished building two of the most expensive houses ever built and MTV had a fifteen second PSA that said "While you watch this, 1500 acres of rainforest were cut down" and it just kind of hit me. I never paid attention to that kind of stuff. I was getting into my Ferrari, ordering helicopters. I was at the top of my game but that just haunted me. I was searching for something for more meaning.
What really drove you in this direction?
It's not just about saving the planet. It's this next new economy. The next economy is a natural systems economy. Up until now it's been a world dominated by male-designed programs. The whole world is built on low bids. The next economy, the next industrial revolution, the gain is going to go to the company that mimics nature, because in nature there is no waste. They'll be the most profitable, so the bottom line of green in the next hundred years is black. It's all about bank. New taxes, new incentives, new enterprise zones, a carbon economy, etc. The game is already beyond green. It's about restorative design, regenerative patterns. The ones who brought us into this mess will be the ones who take us out. (On the tipping point…)It only takes about 8% of the world's population for us to shift.
I think Gore's film just brought us together as did the 11th Hour. People just had that asked themselves, why has no one done anything to stop this? Government, our country, the planet overall, is not going to take care of us. You know how it's going to to down? It's going to happen within your home first, then it's going to happen within your community, it's going to happen within your school, and that's what driving the first phase of this natural systems economy. I've met people, seen the technologies, and experienced massive change in a short period of time. People are generally good, people are generally caring. Look at how much has happened in the last 12 months. The year ahead is just incredible. It's a competition for my time for big visionary sessions by bigger and bigger companies who are not just talking, but re-organizing their companies.
What's next on the horizon?
Rumor has it that John is working with Microsoft on ways to green the X Box and the videogame industry as a whole among many other things. Check back on his website to see how John forges a new path through the new green frontier, going boldly where no other green activist has gone before.
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Lacking the skills or the patience to be a designer herself, Haily Zaki is a PR maven, freelance writer and secret agent in Los Angeles who contents herself by promoting, writing about, and surrounding herself with great design. Besides running Secret Agent PR and working with some of the best architecture and design brands in LA, Haily is a contributing writer for The Architect's Newspaper, the Epoch Times, and any other publication that likes her stories. She's also an organizer of de LaB (design east of La Brea) – part design lab, part social experiment for creative professionals who work, live or play on the Eastside of Los Angeles. She was first turned onto the idea of sustainable living when she worked with the Mapuche people in Southern Chile and hopes one day to move to the end of the earth to live in a green prefab pod writing torrid romance novels. For now, she focuses her energy on communicating through the media, training herself to be a good, green consumer, and not killing her tomato plants.


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Ainu - Spirit of a Northern People. The Ainu are the original indigenous people of Japan. This site is an online exhibition of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History exploring the ancient origin of the Ainu, their relations with the Japanese, and the Ainu cultural rebirth. The exhibit itself was from 1999.
The Ainu are native to Hokkaido which is north of Honshu in Northern Japan, the Kuril Islands, much of Sakhalin, and the southernmost third of the Kamchatka peninsula. Wikipedia notes that early contacts with the Japanese were friendly but later became violent. The article reads, "At first, contact with the Japanese people was friendly and both were equals in a trade relationship. However, eventually the Japanese started to dominate the relationship, and soon established large settlements on the outskirts of Ainu territory. As the Japanese moved north and took control over their traditional lands, the Ainu often gave up without resistance, but there was occasional resistance as exemplified in wars in 1457, 1669, and 1789, all of which were lost by the Ainu. Japanese policies became increasingly aimed at assimilating the Ainu in the Meiji period, outlawing their language and restricting them to farming on government-provided plots."
There is evidence that the Ainu may have been among the first settlers of North America as Kennewick Man is believed to be of Ainu origin.
Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
2 comments:
- Lukas said...
Thats a great site, if you want to see more Ainu artifacts the American museum of natural history has a fantastic online collection with photos of 473 Ainu objects here: - The Ainu are in the 'Asian ethnographic collection' There are alot of other interesting objects from around the world there too.
- Doug & Helen said...
As the Ainu are a relatively modern group they can't be the ancestors of Kennewick man. Maybe their ancestors were related, whoever they were.
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DENVER (AP) – The Denver Broncos have re-signed versatile free agent defensive end Jason Hunter, completing one of their offseason priorities.
The seventh-year pro has played in 92 games for Green Bay, Detroit and Denver, accumulating 128 tackles, 11 sacks, one interception, two forced fumbles and six fumble recoveries.
Hunter has played in all 32 regular season games and both playoff games for the Broncos since joining the team as a free agent in 2010. He started a dozen games that year while filling in for an injured Elvis Dumervil and recorded 59 tackles.
Hunter, who went undrafted in 2006 after leading Appalachian State to the Division I-AA national title, is valued for his versatility and sound technique. The Broncos made re-signing him a priority along with linebackers Joe Mays and Wesley Woodyard.
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A couple of national polls released Monday provided a snapshot of the general election between President Obama and Mitt Romney at its infancy.
One poll by CNN/ORC showed a healthy advantage nationally for the incumbent Democratic president over the former Massachusetts governor.
NBC's Domenico Montanaro joins the Daily Rundown to discuss the latest polls, which clarifies the matchup between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney heading into the general election.
In that poll, 52 percent of registered voters said they would choose Obama if the election were held today, versus 43 percent who would vote for Romney.
Two other polls -- one by Reuters/Ipsos, the other the new Gallup daily tracking poll -- suggested a much closer race.
Obama leads, 47 to 43 percent, among registered voters in the Reuters/Ipsos poll. The Gallup number, which uses a slightly different methodology that relies on a continuous daily sample of voters in the past five days, found Romney leading among registered voters, 47 to 45 percent.
At the same time, a different poll released Monday by the Washington Post and ABC suggested Romney has a disadvantage versus Obama in terms of how voters view the two men.
Just 35 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of Romney in that poll, versus 47 percent who expressed an unfavorable opinion of the presumptive GOP nominee. By contrast, Obama is in positive territory in the poll, with a 56-40 favorable/unfavorable rating.
The CNN/ORC poll was conducted April 13-15 and has a 3.5 percent margin of error. The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted April 12-15 and has a 3.3 percent margin of error. The Gallup sample represents the pollster's sample from April 11-15 and has a maximum margin of error of 3 percent. And the Washington Post/ABC poll was conducted April 11-15, and has a 3.5 percent margin of error.


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PHILADELPHIA — A fourth-floor balcony collapsed during a birthday party at a Philadelphia apartment, killing a young man and injuring two women, police said Sunday.
The 22-year-old man, who had severe head and neck injuries in the fall late Saturday, was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday.
The man and two women had been attending a party in the tony Rittenhouse Square neighborhood and had stepped out onto the balcony to smoke cigarettes when the collapse occurred, authorities said.
The two women are in their 20s and suffered broken bones in their backs. They were listed in stable condition at two city hospitals.
Officials from the city's Department of Licenses and Inspections are investigating.
Shortly after the crash, the fire department said a fire escape landing had collapsed. But police said later Sunday that it was a balcony.
The crash occurred at the historic John C. Bell building, which was converted into apartments decades ago.
Built in 1906, the John C. Bell House is on the National Register of Historic Places and is named for a former Pennsylvania attorney general who lived there.
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Conservatives lost the election but think the problem was everywhere but in their ideas. Now they are again talking about the Ryan budget. It's their path to fiscal solvency: give more tax breaks to the wealthiest few, gut programs for middle and lower income people.
The Congressional Budget Office reported that if the Ryan budget were adopted, by the year 2050, once Medicare, Social Security and the Children's Health Insurance Program were funded, there would only be 4 percent of our gross domestic product left for everything else including – and this is important – the military.
Since there has never been a time in recent history when the military budget was less than 3 percent of GDP and Republicans want to increase military spending, that means that there would not be a single federal program in existence other than the military and the three just mentioned. There would be no FBI, no Food and Drug Administration, no food and water safety programs, no Federal Aviation Administration, no Agriculture Department, no FEMA to handle disasters, no veterans benefits paid, no highway funds, no money for research and development, no boarder patrols, no national parks – nothing at all because the budget has no money for them.
This is hardly Democratic demagoguery, as some have said, but the actual analysis by the Congressional Budget Office and supported by the words of one of the most influential lobbyists in Washington on behalf of Conservative causes, Grover Norquist.
Norquist gave away the plan several years ago when he said, "I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub." The analysis by Congressional Budget Office indicates the Ryan budget does just that, and most Republicans have signed on to it.
It gets worse.
Altogether, the Ryan tax plan proposes nearly $10 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthiest few over the next 10 years. The Brookings Tax Policy Center estimates that the average person making $1 million or more each year would receive an average of $275,000 in tax breaks. That's on top of the $127,000 given to them by the Bush tax cuts, which Republicans want to make permanent.
Ryan and his supporters claim that the richest few will be paying more because they intend to close various loopholes, but in fact neither Ryan nor any of his supporters ever identified a single specific loophole they would close. And they have rejected the possibility of closing the single most important tax loophole that the richest few enjoy the most: the lower tax rate for capital gains and dividends.
Even now they refuse to allow 98 percent of the people to have a tax cut if the other 2 percent are forced to pay 3 percent more on income over $250,000. For someone making $300,000 that's a mere $1,500 more per year! Hardly the class envy and attack on the rich they would have you believe.
Republicans will never say, "Vote for us! We favor giving more money to the richest few and austerity for the rest," but that is exactly what they want and nothing shows it as clearly as their enthusiasm for the Ryan budget.
The real value of the Ryan plan is that it finally shows the Republicans for the party they are. Hopefully, the American public will soon understand.
Charles Lawrence
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yeah the GOP are evil. Only taking care of their own, screw every one else. The Democrats may spend money but at least they spend it on people and not the 1%. I wish the national debt wasn't so high, and I'd like to see people go back to work and not sit at home collecting and playing video games but the fat ceo's making multi millions is disgusting while their employees are scratching to make ends meet....
Lawrence and Sapatoni know economics about as well as... Gov. Gump...that's worked out well so far. Regarding the CBO and Brookings Institute as some sort of paragon of virtue and truth ...THE CBO, Charlie, gets to generate numbers supplied to it by....CONGRESS! Get it! Must be the auto fluff.
MIke have you changed parties yet? Your a Democratic lite so just change parties and get it over with..
I agree with Mr. Lawrence. Higher income taxes on the affluent are needed, as is a national sales tax to fund programs to benefit multi-generational welfare. In addition, increase taxes on capital gains and dividends. At the same time, we need to make it easier and less stigmatizing to access government assistance. Oh wait, we already have that model. It's called the State of Rhode Island. You know, the only state in the east that lost population in the last ten years. See, people of means have options. And they vote with their veet.
Not that RI would ever embrace a modicum of sanity, but how about this: A national flat income tax of, say, 18%. Eliminate most deductions, including the mortgage interest deduction, and replace it with a home equity tax credit; the more equity the bigger the credit. Such a measure would incentivize equity instead of debt. Eliminate the federal departments of education, energy, and commerce and reduce Section 8 housing, food stamps, and medicaid by 10%. Reduce the military budget by 5%. Eliminate all ESL programs. Tax capital gains at 0% for those families who make under $250k, and 10% for those who make over that. Don't forget, if you want more of something (e.g. poverty) subsidize it. If you want less of something (e.g. prosperity), tax it. Freeze all federal hiring, and implement rigid work requirements for all recipients of welfare. Do this only if you are prepared to see equity markets (aka your retirement account and pension funds) skyrocket. Then again, this is RI, where we'd much rather rely on government than ourselves.


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WILMINGTON, Del. — Authorities have confirmed that the gunman in a Delaware courthouse shooting that left three dead was the former father-in-law of one of the victims.
Delaware State Police today identified the gunman in Monday's shooting as 68-year-old Thomas S. Matusiewicz of Edcouch, Texas.
Matusiewicz was the former father-in-law of Christine Belford, 39, who was fatally shot along with her 47-year-old friend Laura Mulford.
Matusiewicz, armed with a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun, died after exchanging gunfire with police.
Authorities were awaiting the autopsy results to determine whether Matusiewicz was killed by police or shot himself.
State police said Belford and Mulford were at the courthouse for a child support arrears hearing for Belford's ex-husband, David Matusiewicz. He was being questioned and was in custody on a federal probation technicality.


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This letter was written by Sirius Black to his godson, Harry Potter the return trip from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in June 1994. The letter came with a gift for Ron, the owl Pigwidgeon.[1]
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Dear Harry,
I hope this finds you before you reach your aunt and uncle. I don't know whether they're used to owl post. Buckbeak and I are in hiding. I won't tell you where, in case this owl falls into the wrong hands. I have some doubt about his reliability, but he is the best I could find, and he did seem eager for the job.
I believe the dementors are still searching for me, but they haven't a hope of finding me here. I am planning to allow some Muggles to glimpse me soon, a long way from Hogwarts, so that the security on the castle will be lifted.
There is something I never got around to telling you during our brief meeting. It was I who sent you the Firebolt. Crookshanks took the order to the Owl Office for me. I used your name but told them to take the gold from Gringotts vault number seven hundred and eleven - my own. Please consider it as thirteen birthdays' worth of presents from your godfather.
I would also like to apologise for the fright I think I gave you that night last year when you left your uncle's house. I had only hoped to get a glimpse of you before starting my journey north, but I think the sight of me alarmed you.
I am enclosing something else for you, which I think will make your next year at Hogwarts more enjoyable.
If ever you need me, send word. Your owl will find me.
I'll write again soon. Sirius
P.S. I thought your friend Ron might like to keep this owl, as it's my fault he no longer has a rat.
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I, Sirius Black, Harry Potter's godfather, hereby give him permission to visit Hogsmeade on weekends.
Notes and references
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Governor Sam Brownback has proclaimed September 16 – 22 "Kansas Private College Week."
Governor Sam Brownback has proclaimed September 16 – 22 "Kansas Private College Week." As a proud vice president of one of the 18 private colleges in the Kansas Independent College Association (KICA), I would like to devote this month's column to providing you with some information concerning those colleges of which you may not be aware.
To begin, to be members of the KICA, colleges must be fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and be chartered by the State of Kansas as not-for-profit organizations.
This fall 24,572 students enrolled at KICA colleges, approximately three-fifths of them on a full-time basis. Nearly two-thirds of the full-time students were Kansas residents.
The family economic and ethnic profile of KICA students is nearly identical to that of students enrolled at the Regents institutions. About 28 percent of our students are from minority groups and minority students are more likely to graduate at independent colleges and universities.
The combined enrollments of the KICA colleges would rank them as the third largest higher education institution in the state, behind only the University of Kansas and Kansas State University.
The KICA colleges annually graduate 22 percent of the state's bachelor's degrees and 25 percent of the state's master's degrees.
On average, 71 percent of those who graduate from KICA colleges complete their degrees in four year, compared to only 50 percent of students graduating from the state's public universities.
KICA colleges provide programs that address critical shortages in the state work force. Last year, for example, KICA colleges graduated 424 nurses and other healthcare professionals, 26 percent of the state total, and 435 teachers, 23 percent of the state total.
KICA colleges contribute to the economic vitality of their communities and the state with an estimated combined economic impact of approximately $1.25 billion each year.
KICA colleges last year awarded just over $110 million in student institutional financial aid from the colleges' budgets. On average, each student received $9,000 in institutional aid, which goes on top of any federal and state aid for which students might be qualified.
What this amounts to, when time to graduate is factored into the overall cost of a college education, is that students who graduate from a Kansas private college in four years spend on average $21,450 less than students who take five years to graduate from a public university and more than $76,000 compared to students who take six years to graduate from a public university -- which is becoming the norm.
And finally, looking at results other than cost, KICA students are more likely than their peers at public colleges to engage in higher-level learning activities, as well as to experience greater spiritual development.
If you are interested in learning more about Kansas's private college, go to the KICA website at http://www.kscolleges.org/main.html
And, of course, you are always welcome to visit the University of Saint Mary.
Bryan Le Beau is the Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Saint Mary


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Masuk rallies for 3-2 win over Foran in Class L state softball championship
WEST HAVEN -- Ashley Fedor had seen this one before. No matter how implausible the story sounded, the Masuk senior knew how it was going to end: with a softball state championship for the Panthers.
Fedor's two-out, two-run single capped the Panthers' three-run rally in the seventh to beat Foran 3-2 in Wednesday's Class L final at Biondi Field. Top-ranked Masuk finished 27-0 with the school's fourth state title and first since 2008.
"You're only as good as your seniors. My mentor, (legendary Masuk girls basketball coach) Dave Strong, told me that," Masuk coach Jacqui Sheftz said.
"Ashley Fedor was clutch. She took the bull by the horns."
Masuk pitcher Tatum Buckley didn't give up a hit until two were out in the top of the seventh, but a couple of aggressive Foran plays in the fourth and seventh built the eighth-seeded Lions (22-6) a 2-0 lead with the bottom of the Panthers order due up.
That's when Fedor told the team about the June 3 Women's College World Series game between Tennessee and Oklahoma. The Sooners trailed by three in the bottom of the 11th with the bottom of their order coming to bat.
"We are Oklahoma," she told Masuk.
Masuk didn't quite follow the script. Oklahoma tied it but needed the 12th to win. The Panthers finished it in the seventh.
"She's the best leader I've ever played with," Buckley said. "She got us going in that last inning."
Foran had two chances to end the game -- a fielder's choice flip to second on Buckley's ground ball and Steph Appelberg's ensuing fly ball to left -- but committed errors.
"We didn't make plays. That's the way it goes," Foran coach Jeff Bevino said. "It's really disheartening. I'm really, really sick for these girls. I can't find words. Hats off to Masuk for not quitting."
The rally started with Brittany DaMota's leadoff single, her second hit but just the Panthers' fourth off Jess Harkness. Harkness got a strikeout and a fielder's choice to bring up Buckley, whose own ground ball to second could've ended things.
"I was just hoping for the best," said Buckley, who arrived at first to see Lauren Middlemass slide in at second as the ball popped loose.
Appelberg's fly ball fell, allowing Middlemass to score. With pinch runners Jana Migliaro at third and Hailey Kobza at second, Fedor grounded a 2-1 pitch up the middle. It ticked just off the end of the glove of second baseman Ashley Mendillo, diving to her right. Both runners scored as the ball trickled into center field.
"If you don't make plays, you don't get breaks," Jeff Bevino said. "I'm just sad for the girls."
Foran scored in the fourth; Dani Kemp walked, stole second, took third on Marissa Bruno's bunt and scored on Fallon Bevino's suicide squeeze.
Mendillo reached on a two-out error in the seventh, stole second and scored on Gina Georgetti's single, making the Panthers' rally just that much more improbable.
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Class L softball final
Records: Foran 22-6; Masuk 27-0. Batteries: F--Jess Harkness (L, 19-6) and Dani Kemp; M--Tatum Buckley (W, 27-0) and Kayla Crisci


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The worst drought in half a century has plagued two-thirds of the nation, devastating farms and stoking wildfires that scorched almost 9 million acres this year. Withering heat blanketed the East Coast and Midwest, killing scores of people and making July the hottest month ever recorded in the U.S. And in the Arctic this summer, polar snow and ice melted away to the smallest size ever observed by man.
Extreme events like drought, heat waves, intense rainfall, flooding and fires have prompted many people to reconsider the connection between the weather and the changing climate. Now, a handful of scientists are among them.
In a break with the mainstream scientific consensus, a few prominent climate scientists now argue that there have been enough episodes of drought and intense heat in the last 10 years to establish a statistical pattern of extreme weather due to global warming.
One of those scientists is NASA climatologist James Hansen. In a study published last month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, he noted that dramatic events like droughts and heat waves affected just 1% of Earth's surface between 1950 and 1980; in the last 30 years, that figure has jumped to 10%.


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day 1 : day 2 : day 3 : day 4 : day 5 : day 6 : day 7 : final result
It's the last day and everything is quite o.k. Active x-acto blades cut stencils and student's work together on postcard designs based upon yesterday's photography. Along with the large woodcut stencil installation, the font "chopshop", will be realized as a complete stencil set along with packaging, postcards, and t-shirts. Students will later party, and celebrate the birth of a new typeface! Hooray! We are having quite a lot of fun!
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nina -- Sunday, April 13 2003, 02:04 am
++ ++ I just wanted to say that I have had a lot of fun this week. Thank you to everyone! I have learned a lot formally but also about fundamental human interaction and how smaller parts work within a larger whole - the levels of support and communication are so crucial! It is so fascinating to work collaboratively. It is my favorite way to work. To see and understand how each person works in conjunction with others is so intriguing. I am always learning that you can not force a natural cohesiveness - only when you let your gaurd down and be honest with yourself do the parts fall in place naturally. ccs kids - lets do more projects together! I would love to make the rest of the big ass wood stencils...! ++ ++
-- Sunday, April 13 2003, 11:21 am
I totally agree with NINA, I had an excellent time, learned alot about this thing called communication. As "COMMUNICATION DESIGNERS" I really think we need to realize and understand the root of this interaction between people. I feel everyone really pulled together, the comaraderie between this design group proved to be "quite" strong I think. The party was a complete success, the font turned out to be the greatest thing since sliced bread, the applications were completly fitting, and best of all is that we now have some "QUITE" excellent friends in Sami and Akiem. THANKS SO MUCH FELLAS. Sami you are one crazy brother!!! Your the true master. AHHH it feels so good to be done!!
Libby -- Sunday, April 13 2003, 03:14 pm
I also wanted to say thanks to everyone! Sami and Akiem, I learned alot from you both in this short week, I am sad to see you go. Everyone in the group, I am so proud and impressed in how we got shit done in a week. I don't I have ever accomplished such a goal in seven days. I had a lot of fun, surprisingly I loved making the hugeass wooden sign. Hope to see you (Sami and Akiem) in the future and have a safe trip home.
DWAYNE the master himself -- Sunday, April 13 2003, 07:22 pm
CHOPSHOP- ITS QUITE OK thanks everyone, hey Sami sorry I missed the basketball showdown. My head just couldn't move of my pillow. Next time though, me and Zack will show you that we can chop the basketball court up even better than we chop the type. Have a safe trip back home
Zander -- Sunday, April 13 2003, 11:49 pm
Chopshop has been completed, thanks to everyone for making this last week a great experience. I can not believe we all pulled it together that quick, it seemed it was going to be impossible to finish cutting all of those damn letters out, but as a group we pulled through and got it done. Thanks Sami and Akiem for an incredible workshop, the final result came out way better than I was expecting when we began the font. Hopefully we will get to see you guys and party again in the future, have a safe trip home and enjoy Chicago Akeim. On a final note, This last week was awesome and I am glad I participated and got to work and hang out with everyone involved, I have never got a chance to meet some of you guys before this project and a great part of the experience I had was working with so many new cool people. Talk to everyone later, I need some more rest. peace.
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The Legacy Of Sen. Jim DeMint — The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Jim DeMint, the Republican from South Carolina, has been in the Senate for all of eight years. During that time, he has not been elected to any major leadership position, nor has he put his signature on any piece of legislation worth a lick. But he has become, without a doubt, one of the most influential members of his party, if not the entire Senate. A thumbs up or thumbs down from the 61-year old DeMint could either boost or curtail a political career. At times, he's been a kingmaker. Other times, he has been less successful. But no one questions his power.
Washington is still shaking from his Thursday bombshell that he will resign his seat come January to become the head of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank. The announcement comes at a time when the GOP finds itself seemingly outmaneuvered on the state of the "fiscal cliff" negotiations, in which President Obama and the Democrats are winning the public relations war over the need to raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000 a year. For the longest time, raising taxes on anyone, let alone the "wealthy," was a Maginot Line for Republicans. But last month's election results and ongoing polling have sent them a message that their position on taxes was untenable.
That's not the way DeMint and those of like minds see it, of course, and that's perhaps one reason why he's quitting. Even before his 2004 election to the Senate — during his previous six years in the House as well — he has been an uncompromising conservative when it comes to both economic and social issues. He watched, perhaps in dismay, as his party's 2012 presidential nominee switched and softened positions as necessary to be elected. He watched, with ill-hidden contempt, as his party's House leader, Speaker John Boehner, has made it clear he is willing to compromise to keep the economy from driving over that cliff. That would be heresy in the World According to DeMint. He can make or break candidates in the primaries, but he had less of a chance to influence his party on the issue most important to him. So he's leaving.
He's not exactly retiring. Perhaps, running Heritage will give him a greater voice in conservative circles and for conservative causes, greater chances to reward or punish his preferred Republicans. No longer will be be described as conspiring against Mitch McConnell. From the outside, he could attain greater power than he had before.
His influence. His endorsement has become the gold standard for true blue conservatives seeking a Senate seat. His early backing, financial and otherwise, proved crucial for a slew of movement conservatives running against the choice of the establishment in several 2010 GOP primaries. He and his PAC — the Senate Conservatives Fund — got behind Marco Rubio, who was taking on Gov. Charlie Crist, the party favorite, in Florida. He endorsed Rand Paul, who stood up to McConnell's choice, in Kentucky. He pushed for Pat Toomey to take on liberal GOP Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania — an endorsement that was followed five days later by Specter's switching to the Democrats. And he supported the defeat of Sen. Robert Bennett at the Utah state convention, which ultimately rejected Bennett in favor of Mike Lee. All of these candidates triumphed against their GOP brethren and won in November. And he was for Ted Cruz this year in Texas, who triumphed over establishment favorite David Dewhurst, the state's lt. gov. and kept the seat for the GOP.
But more consequential, perhaps, are the times when he took on the Republican establishment and backed weak challengers who ultimately lost to the Democrats and forfeited seats the party should have won. Those include Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, who upset Rep. Mike Castle in the 2010 GOP primary and then got clobbered in November by Democrat Chris Coons; Sharron Angle in Nevada, a Tea Party favorite whose unwavering ideology contributed to the unlikely 2010 re-election of Democratic Leader Harry Reid; and Richard Mourdock in Indiana, who knocked off longtime incumbent Dick Lugar in the May primary this year and promptly lost the seat to the Democrats last month.
DeMint could be hailed as a hero for standing up for the more conservative candidates, especially if they won. But there is no shortage of Republicans who blame him for sabotaging party chances by backing, in some cases, disastrous candidates who blew golden opportunities. (It should be stated that there are many Republicans, in addition to DeMint, who would rather lose with conservatives such as O'Donnell and Mourdock than win with "RINOs" like Castle and Lugar.)
His campaign history. In 1998, when Rep. Bob Inglis (R) adhered to his personal term-limits pledge and left the House — he decided instead to challenge Democratic Sen. Fritz Hollings — DeMint, a businessman and ex-Inglis adviser, dove into the race to succeed him. But religious conservative groups, both nationally and in the Fourth District — where Bob Jones University lies — strongly backed state Sen. Mike Fair, a former Univ. of South Carolina quarterback. Fair led by a comfortable margin in the initial primary but DeMint, with Inglis' backing, upset him in the runoff.
But while he held to a strongly conservative line during the campaign, DeMint's House career focused as much on jobs and pocketbook issues as it did on social causes. And so he was unbeatable at home. In 2004, DeMint kept to his word and left the House after three terms. Conveniently, that was the year Hollings decided to retire, and from the beginning DeMint was the odds-on favorite to pick up the Senate seat for the GOP.
This time running with the support of the religious right, he clobbered former Gov. David Beasley in the GOP primary and then outlasted Inez Tenenbaum (D), the state Education Superintendent, in the general election. He breezed to a second term in 2010 over the hapless Alvin Greene.
His successor. Once DeMint is gone, Gov. Nikki Haley (R) will name a successor, whose term will expire in 2014. There is no shortage of Republicans who want the appointment, starting with the members of the six-member congressional delegation, five of whom are Republican. The most widely-mentioned name is Rep. Tim Scott, who first won his House seat in 2010 and who if chosen would become the first African-American senator from the South since Reconstruction, and only the second Republican, after Edward Brooke of Mass. (1967-78). There is no current black member in the Senate. There had been reports that Scott — soon to be the House's sole black Republican now that Florida's Allen West has been defeated — was ultimately planning a gubernatorial run. But Senate seats don't come around often in the Palmetto State; if memory serves, Strom Thurmond (R) and Fritz Hollings (D) held onto theirs for a combined 4,000 years. So Scott has to head up the list.
Also there is another House Republican just elected to his second term: Mike Mulvaney, who ousted Budget Committee chair John Spratt in 2010. He has publicly said he wants to be considered for the seat. Other potential choices include former Rep. Gresham Barrett and ex-state Attorney General Henry McMaster (both lost to Haley in the 2010 gov. primary, but McMaster is thought to have a better relationship with the gov), former state GOP chair Katon Dawson, state Rep. Nathan Ballentine and current A.G. Alan Wilson (son of Rep. Joe Wilson). Even the name of the disgraced Mark Sanford, the former governor best known for his "Appalachian Trail" exploits, has come up. It will not be Mark Sanford.
But it could be Tim Scott.
There's been a lot of print over how the suddenly-open Senate seat may benefit DeMint's fellow Republican South Carolinian, Sen. Lindsey Graham. Graham has been accused of many apostasies in recent years, and GOP conservatives have been talking about a 2014 primary challenge for quite some time. Perhaps, these new reports indicate, those contemplating taking Graham on will now instead focus on the 2014 contest. That would make sense if Haley named a caretaker to hold the seat until then. But she announced Monday she would not do so. So would they oppose someone like, say, Tim Scott?
Haley's comment. The governor also says she will not appoint herself to the Senate, nor seek the seat in 2014, and that's probably good politics. Self-appointments to the Senate have undone most governors who have tried it, including South Carolina's own Donald Russell. He had himself appointed to the Senate in 1965 but lost the Democratic primary a year later to Hollings.
As long as we're talking history. Of all the governors who had themselves appointed to the Senate, only one was able to win a subsequent election on his own. Kentucky Gov. Albert B. "Happy" Chandler (D), who came to the Senate in 1939, won in a special election in 1940 and again in 1942. (He resigned his seat in 1945 to become baseball commissioner.) Here's the complete list of governors appointed to the Senate and the result of the succeeding election:
Montana, 1933 – Sen. Thomas Walsh (D) died. Gov. John Erickson (D) appointed self, lost 1934 primary.
Kentucky, 1939 – Sen. Marvel Logan (D) died. Gov. Happy Chandler (D) appointed self, won elections in 1940 and 1942.
Nevada, 1945 – Sen. James Scrugham (D) died. Gov. Edward Carville (D) appointed self, lost 1946 primary.
Idaho, 1945 – Sen. John Thomas (R) died. Gov. Charles Gossett (D) appointed self, lost 1946 primary.
Wyoming, 1960 – Sen.-elect Keith Thomson (R) died. Gov. John J. Hickey (D) appointed self, lost 1962 election.
New Mexico, 1962 – Sen. Dennis Chavez (D) died. Gov. Edwin Mechem (R) appointed self, lost 1964 election.
Oklahoma, 1963 – Sen. Robert Kerr (D) died. Gov. J. Howard Edmondson (D) appointed self, lost 1964 primary.
South Carolina, 1965 – Sen. Olin Johnston (D) died. Gov. Donald Russell (D) appointed self, lost 1966 primary.
Minnesota, 1977 – Sen. Walter Mondale (D) elected vice president. Gov. Wendell Anderson (D) appointed self, lost 1978 election.
That's a wrap. With Saturday's runoff in Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District, all 2012 House races are now accounted for. Rep. Charles Boustany, who had advantages in seniority, money and geography, comfortably defeated fellow Republican incumbent Jeff Landry, who was backed by the Tea Party. The two GOP members were pitted against each other because of redistricting; Louisiana lost a seat because of population losses. Boustany, an ally of Speaker John Boehner, won with about 61 percent of the vote.
Here is a complete list of incumbent House members who were defeated in 2012 in their bids for another term:
Republicans (23): Sandy Adams* (Fla.), Roscoe Bartlett (Md.), Charlie Bass (N.H.), Judy Biggert (Ill.), Brian Bilbray (Calif.), Mary Bono Mack (Calif.), Ann Marie Buerkle (N.Y.), Francisco "Quico" Canseco (Texas), Chip Cravaack (Minn.), Robert Dold (Ill.), Frank Guinta (N.H.), Nan Hayworth (N.Y.), Jeff Landry* (La.), Dan Lungren (Calif.), Donald Manzullo* (Ill.), Ben Quayle* (Ariz.), David Rivera (Fla.), Bobby Schilling (Ill.), Jean Schmidt* (Ohio), Cliff Stearns* (Fla.), John Sullivan* (Okla.), Joe Walsh (Ill.), Allen West (Fla.).
Democrats (17): Jason Altmire* (Pa.), Joe Baca* (Calif.), Howard Berman* (Calif.), Leonard Boswell (Iowa), Russ Carnahan* (Mo.), Ben Chandler (Ky.), Hansen Clarke* (Mich.), Mark Critz (Pa.), Kathy Hochul (N.Y.), Tim Holden* (Pa.), Larry Kissell (N.C.), Dennis Kucinich* (Ohio), Silvestre Reyes* (Texas), Laura Richardson* (Calif.), Steve Rothman* (N.J.), Betty Sutton (Ohio), Pete Stark* (Calif.).
*defeated by member of same party
Also leaving. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, a Missouri Republican who has served in the House since winning a special 1996 election following the death of her husband, Bill Emerson, announced she will resign her seat in February to become president and CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The group was Emerson's biggest campaign contributor over the course of her congressional career. She won her ninth full term last month with 72 percent of the vote.
(She is the second member re-elected last month to announce her resignation; Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) quit the House Nov. 21.)
Under state law, there will be no primary in the special election to succeed Emerson; the nominees will be chosen by the respective parties in the 8th CD. Among those Republicans mentioned as possible successors in this southeastern Missouri and overwhelmingly Republican district: state GOP executive director Lloyd Smith (Emerson's former chief of staff), Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman (who lost to Todd Akin in this year's GOP Senate primary), state Sens. Kevin Engler and Jason Crowell, state Sen.-elect Wayne Wallingford, and state Reps. Jason Smith and Mark Richardson.
The last Democrat to hold this seat was Bill Burlison, who was ousted by Bill Emerson in 1980.
And already left. Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.) resigned from the House earlier this month to be sworn in as the new mayor of San Diego. He will be succeeded in the new 113th Congress by fellow Democrat Juan Vargas.
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This day in political history: President-elect Richard Nixon announces the creation of a Council of Urban Affairs and names Harvard University's Daniel Patrick Moynihan to head it (Dec. 10, 1968). During his tenure, Moynihan — an unsuccessful candidate for New York City Council President in the 1965 Democratic primary — made headlines when he suggested in a memo to Nixon that conversations about race would benefit from a period of "benign neglect."
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