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The Logan-Man football series has its season-opening tradition.
The Man-Chapmanville series has its cross-county bragging rights.
The Chapmanville-Logan series has its emotion.
The county rival Tigers and Wildcats are scheduled to tee it up one more time on Friday night as Class AAA No. 13 Logan (3-1) is scheduled to host Class AA Chapmanville (2-2) in a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at Logan Stadium.
Friday's clash will be only the 12th meeting between the two schools.
Logan took a 6-5 lead in the all-time series following last year's exciting 22-21 victory over Chapmanville at Tiger Stadium.
Chapmanville and Logan didn't start playing each other in football until 2001 — Oct. 21 to be exact — only five weeks removed from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Back then, Chapmanville coach George Barker was still coaching at Logan and Logan's current head coach Gary Mullins was one of his assistants.
Barker's Wildcats ended up rolling over Coach Ronnie Ooten and the Tigers, 21-0 at Tiger Stadium.
The next year in 2002, Logan won its homecoming game, 27-8 over Chapmanville in a contest that was attended by Hollywood actor Leslie Nielsen, who portrayed Lt. Frank Drebin in the "Naked Gun" series of film of the late 1980s and early 90s, before passing away in 2010.
Nielsen was in town promoting biofuels and stayed around to ride a float in the Logan homecoming parade and to do the pre-game coin flip. He did not stick around to sing the national anthem and nobody called him "Shirley," to anyone's knowledge.
Then in 2003, Chapmanville tasted victory for the first time in the series with a 20-14 upset win over Logan in its annual homecoming game.
Both Barker and Mullins said they have enjoyed the series over the years. Both are 4-4 as head coaches going against each other over the last eight seasons.
"I was on the other side of the fence when we got it started," Barker said. "I thought it would be great when I was down at Logan. We won the first one and they came back the next year and won the next one. Now I'm on the other side of the fence. I think it's a great series. I don't think there's any difference between us and Man and Logan and Man. I think the fact that we play the county schools is good."
Mullins said he hopes the football series between Logan and Chapmanville will continue next year and beyond.
"If the decision was mine it would continue," Mullins said. "I know that everyone on our end at Logan High School wants it to continue. There's no one on our end that doesn't want it to not go on. I can't speak for them but I can say everyone over here wants to continue to play this game. It needs to continue to be played because the schools make so much money at this game."
Barker agreed.
With large crowds in attendance each year to see the Tigers and Wildcats, there is gate money to be made.
"The money that we are spending at the gate goes right back to the community," Barker said. "I think it's a good thing. It's not a bad thing. The biggest factor is that there is always a big turnout and there's great enthusiasm. That adds to the atmosphere. I think that makes for good high school football. When everyone is excited the play on the field gets that much better. I like the atmosphere and I like the competition."
Chapmanville and Logan have had its on-field and off-field tensions over the years in the three main sports.
Last year, the Wildcats and Tigers stopped playing each other in baseball and boys' basketball.
Barker, named recently as Chapmanville Regional's Athletics Director, said the schools should play, given nearly $4 a gallon for gas, a poor economy and the short trip. From all indications, however, it is unclear if Logan and Chapmanville will play each other in 2013.
"I really think that there's no reason that we can't play in all sports," Barker said. "We need to play. I think it's good. We're just 12 miles apart. I know they are Triple-A and we're Double-A but I think that we can compete. It's been a great game for the fans. I guess we'll have to sit down with the powers that be and decide what the two schools are going to do. We need to play in all sports and not pick and choose."


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The Scapa Flow Landscape Partnership Scheme has been a three year project set up to deliver 48 projects which are focussed around the Scapa Flow area. The staffed period of the project draws to an end at the close of 2012, so this site - so important for keeping people in touch with activity since 2009 - will soon become dormant. The scheme has created a lasting website - www.scapaflow.co - which will permanently host a huge range of information about the archaeology, cultural heritage and wildlife of the Scapa Flow area. The partnership has been led by Orkney Islands Council, Scottish Natural Heritage and the RSPB, but dozens of organisations and many more individuals have been heavily involved in the numerous projects. The work of the Scheme has been defined by the Landscape Strategy which can be downloaded from this site - click on the Landscape Strategy button on the menu on the left of this page to find out how.
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The rides are closed for the winter in Coney Island, but in a shop window in the West Village, we found a toy carnival awhirl amid Christmas ornaments. There's even a roller coaster called "Cyclone."
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December 24, 2010 by Tricia
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on December 24, 2010 at 2:12 am | Reply Brooklynjim
Happy Holidays to ATZ. Thank you for a year of great Coney Island stories and information.
Yay! A happy post :)
(Just kidding … I know you don't write the news … you just report it)That window display is SO adorable!
Oh, Trish!
What would we do without you? Thanks so much for being there through the trials of 2010.
Cuddle up, see you soon.Richard
Thanks and Merry Christmas to All! Looks like we'll actually be getting a White Christmas here on Sunday. Enjoy the hoiday weekend!
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This June, following Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke's epic run on GREEN LANTERN (the beginning of their final story arc "
It's the final issue of YOUNG JUSTICE!
In case you missed it, YOUNG JUSTICE has jumped five years ahead to mirror the hit Cartoon Network animated series, Young Justice: Invasion. Today, the epic "Invasion" comes to an action-packed conclusion!
Six months ago, we announced JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, a new ongoing series from the acclaimed creative team of Geoff Johns (JUSTICE LEAGUE; AQUAMAN; GREEN LANTERN) and David Finch (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT).
Can't speak for the rest of you, but we're feeling a little woozy after eating all of those candy hearts yesterday. You know, the ones that have cute little romantic messages. We've never been entirely sure about those things. Are you supposed to give them all to your sweetheart? Because we can't imagine they'd be thrilled about all of those empty calories.
They're strong, intelligent, good-natured and kind. They believe in helping others and they possess a strong desire to always do what's right. They're well traveled, and have been exposed to a variety of cultures and ways of life—some of them extraterrestrial!
A quick look below will show you that this is a massive week for DC Comics, but you know who's also having a historical week? Geoff Johns.
Read what happens between Young Justice episodes in YOUNG JUSTICE VOL.3: CREATURE FEATURES!
Welcome back for another installment of Preview Monday! This week we're giving you exclusive first looks at GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #17 and HELLBLAZER #300.
SPOILER ALERT: If you have not read KATANA #1 and do not wish to know what happens, stop reading this post now (major spoilers ahead!)
It's the kiss that comics fans can't stop talking about. Superman and Wonder Woman shared an embrace beneath the moonlight in the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE #12, and they've been DC Comics' premier power couple ever since. Since that first moment, there have been quite a few lip-locks between the Man of Steel and the Amazon Princess, many of them rendered by the intricate pencils of Jim Lee.


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Updated: November 12, 2012
The Mojo can credit that to stepping its game up at the right time.
Permian did what needed to be done in the final two weeks of the season. The Panthers upset Midland Lee at home in week nine, and turned around to grab a key 49-24 win over Lubbock Coronado last Thursday.
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Mayor's Proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Operational Budget for the City of Fitchburg. The City Council will be hosting a series of Budget Hearings with each Department to review the proposed budget. Please see the schedule here.
May 8, 2013 - The Water/Wastewater Commission Meeting is being postponed. Time to be determined at a later date.
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Students will learn how to function in a variety of clinical and service related settings: hospitals, clinics, hospices, nursing homes, and educational and recreational centers.
Gender and Country Music
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Sound and Society: The Social Life of Musical Practices
This course provides an introduction to issues, trends, and arguments in contemporary ethnomusicology, or the cultural study of music.
The R&B/Soul Business: The Roots of Hip -Hop
This course exams the history of the music, artists, business leaders, and practices of one of the most important music genres of the 20th century: R&B/soul.
From Boys to Men: Masculinity in Contemporary Society
This interdisciplinary course investigates the ways in which masculinity is constructed in contemporary society.
City Blues
When songwriter/poets portray a city through the blues, they choose gritty lyrics to reflect its tough side.
Existential Psychoanalytic Theory and Life
The course examines psychoanalysis and existential therapy. Students learn both traditional and current developments in the field.
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This course covers basic grammar, composition, and cultural reading selections. The emphasis is on pronunciation and conversational Spanish.
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A continuation of LSPN-161, this course covers more advanced grammar, composition, and reading selections. Emphasis continues on pronunciation and conversational Spanish.
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Boy Scouts' Gay Policy Review Has Right-Wing in Frenzy
By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Jan 30, 2013
True to form, far-right & religious pundits are slamming the Boy Scouts' announcement about possibly welcoming gay members & troop leaders.
World Net Daily Criticizes Neil Patrick Harris' Super Bowl Promo
By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Jan 8, 2013
World Net Daily slammed the Super Bowl's new ad featuring Neil Patrick Harris and says it is "mocking Christians" and pushing "the gay agenda."
Christian Right on Newtown Massacre: Blame the Gays
By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Dec 19, 2012
Ultra-Christian conservatives' statements about the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting have blamed the tragic event on the nation's acceptance of same-sex marriage and abolition.
Britain's Conservative Party Splitting Over Gay Marriage
By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Dec 12, 2012
Britain's conservative party is upset over the U.K.'s government plans to legalize same-sex marriage and have attacked conservative Prime Minister David Cameron for his support as well.
Mich. Counseling Student Expelled Over Refusal to Treat Gay Client, Wins Case
By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Dec 12, 2012
A counseling student won her legal battle against Eastern Michigan University, who expelled her over her refusal to treat a gay client, and will be awarded $75,000 by the college.
Mich. Counseling Student Refuses to Treat Gays, Gets Expelled, Sues University
By Jason St. Amand | Monday Jan 30, 2012
A counseling student from the Eastern University Michigan was expelled for refusing to see gays and lesbians. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the student can argue "religious discrimination" in her suit against the university.
How the 'Family Values' Political Scandals May Benefit Gay Marriage
By Peter Cassels | Sunday Jul 5, 2009
Gov. Mark Sanford and Sen. John Ensign are only the latest advocates of traditional marriage caught with their pants down. EDGE looks at how the marriage-equality movement leverage their hypocrisy to its advantage.
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The NBA's trade deadline was D.O.A.
There was little movement of note Thursday, unless you count part-time starting shooting guard J.J. Redick going from one bad team (Orlando) to a middling playoff contender (Milwaukee) as part of a six-player trade.
Dwight Howard remained a Laker. Josh Smith stayed in Atlanta. Clipper guard Eric Bledsoe put off having to buy those cute little change-of-address cards.
Maybe the lack of trades shouldn't have come as much of a surprise given the two blockbusters that already transpired: James Harden going from Oklahoma City to Houston on the eve of the season and Rudy Gay getting his passport stamped last month on the way from Memphis to Toronto.
As always, economics factored into every deal.
The Magic decided it wanted to go cheaper at backup shooting guard with starter Arron Afflalo having three more years left on his contract.
As part of the Redick deal, the Magic also sent center Gustavo Ayon and point guard Ish Smith to the Bucks for Doron Lamb, Tobias Harris and Beno Udrih.
In a separate trade, Orlando sent the well-traveled Josh McRoberts to Charlotte for Hakim Warrick.
Other deals included a slew of backups and recent draft picks already in need of a change of scenery.
The Kings traded rookie Thomas Robinson, the fifth pick in the 2012 draft, to Houston for Patrick Patterson, Cole Aldrich and Toney Douglas. Meanwhile, Houston traded second-year forward Marcus Morris to Phoenix for a second-round draft pick.
Defending champion Miami actually depleted its roster, sending forward-center Dexter Pittman and a second-round pick to Memphis for a trade exception.
Atlanta didn't find any Smith proposals to its liking but did send Anthony Morrow to Dallas in exchange for Dahntay Jones.
In other trades barely worthy of the agate page, Oklahoma City sent backup point guard Eric Maynor to Portland for a trade exception and the rights to Giorgio Printezis, a 27-year-old Greek forward.
Toronto center Hamed Haddadi switched teams for the second time in two months, going from Toronto along with a second-round draft pick to Phoenix in exchange for backup point guard Sebastian Telfair. Haddadi had been part of the Gay trade last month.
Leondro Barbosa was on the move even though he won't play again the rest of this season, the injured guard going from Boston along with center Jason Collins to Washington in exchange for guard Jordan Crawford.
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The Alzheimer's Association celebrates Black History Month and Dr. Goldie Byrd
During February, Black History Month, the Alzheimer's Association sat down for a one-on-one talk with Dr. Goldie Byrd, an African-American scientist who has spent more than a decade researching the genetics of Alzheimer's disease. Early in her career, Dr. Byrd recognized the impact of studying the nature of Alzheimer's disease on a genomic level. Here are some of her thoughts on her observations and her motivations for continuing her research.
"I decided to focus my research on Alzheimer's because it's a disease of disparity, affecting some populations far more than others; its genetics aren't well understood; and it had an impact on my family.
There's a tremendous stigma about Alzheimer's. People perceive it as affecting their social standing, their professional opportunities ... they don't want be associated with that kind of stigma, especially coming from a community that's had an historical struggle to integrate.
I remember when people wouldn't talk about cancer — it was taboo. Now people are proud to say they're survivors. I want to create a buzz about Alzheimer's so that people feel free to talk about it. I want more information out there and more literacy about the disease.
We need to do a better job educating people about how to care for those with Alzheimer's — that will help with the embarrassment. And we need to provide resources to help caregivers who have an extraordinary challenge. This disease can strip a family of so many things, including their finances.
People also need to understand that the healthier we are, the healthier the brain will be. We need to increase physical activity, reduce stress, control high blood pressure and cholesterol, reduce obesity and eat a healthy diet. Often, these things are related to socioeconomics. But where we can make changes, we should. Education really is key."
Dr. Byrd and her team were recently recognized with a $1 million grant for outreach activities. It will be used in part to support "Keeping Memories Alive" a project to bring better understanding about Alzheimer's to all those with the disease, caregivers and policy makers.
Thank you, Dr. Byrd, for continuing to make an impact on all those affected by this devastating disease, and especially on the African-American community.
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Many women know that getting a Pap test regularly from their health care provider is a good way to check for signs of cervical cancer, the second most common cancer in women worldwide. What they might not know is that a "normal" Pap result does not necessarily mean they are cancer-free.
When you're done with spring cleaning, you may assume you've eliminated any allergy triggers that were lurking in your home. But the truth is, if you don't clean the right way, you might be making the problem worse.
Sixty Temple physicians have been named to Philadelphia magazine's annual "Top Doctors" list. Nominated by their professional peers, the physicians on the list practice at Temple University Hospital, Fox Chase Cancer Center and Jeanes Hospital.
Managing diabetes just got a little bit easier. For the first time in history J.D. Power and Associates, the premier market research firm, has reviewed blood glucose meters based on feedback and insights from nearly 3,000 people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centers.
The Grammy Award-winning singer met with women who are part of an HIV program at United Medical Center in the nation's capital Monday to discuss their experiences with the virus, including the fear and stigma associated with the disease.
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as "Obama Care," an estimated 47 million women are gaining access to all FDA-approved methods of birth control free of charge. This new law provides access to birth control methods that may have been too expensive for many women...
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The 5 Possible Feelings You Will Have After The "Grey's Anatomy" Finale
Callie and Arizona's relationship is up in the air, just like everyone's emotional well being this season. Jesus, take the wheel.
Callie and Arizona's relationship is up in the air, just like everyone's emotional well being this season. Jesus, take the wheel.
May has been one historical month for marriage equality, but Fox News only had one minute of coverage on the subject. That's like… 20 seconds per state.
"By showing you can actually change your gender marker with the Department of Defense, it shows that the Department of Defense actually will do that, and if they do that then it's another stop toward figuring out a way to have open service for trans people," activist says.
When he's not playing reporter James Novak on Scandal, Dan Bucatinsky is hard at work in the Grey's Anatomy writers' room. And he's raising a family too.
Can you feel it in the air? Oh my friends, Pride season is upon us.
Pride is coming and the parades are always free, but if you want to party, it's going to cost you.
"In all places where sodomy has been decriminalized, moral decadence is the result. Look at California, look at Canada, and look at Europe," the ad declares. The ad comes in response to a challenge to Belize's sodomy law.
This speech is so dramatic it should come straight from a movie.
The legislation has a good chance of becoming law on the island just months after its supreme court upheld a ban on same-sex couples adopting children.
If you don't love Naya Rivera, you totally should. Here's why:
Seriously, it looks like Rainbow Road from Mario Kart!
"The repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was a monumental achievement for our military and for our country; however, it did not finish the entire job of ensuring that our gay and lesbian service members and their families are treated equally under the law," the New Hampshire senator says.
What has existed in every country throughout time, but is still considered abnormal? A short video from the UN human rights office has a big message.
The law, allowing same-sex couples to marry, takes effect Aug. 1. Minnesota is the 12th state, plus DC, to recognize marriage equality, following on the heels of passage in Rhode Island and Delaware.
Photographers capture the passion from both sides of the debate in Minnesota. At the end of the day, the state became the 12th in the nation to gain marriage equality.
"Does anyone but a drag queen still wear a hat?"
The decision of the National Council of Justice could be appealed to the Supreme Court. Same-sex couples in some parts of the country already can marry, but this decision would apply nationwide.
Pride, not prejudice.
"I might end up with a woman, raising my children…that's how androgynous I am." The Star Trek Into Darkness actress (literally) bares all on the cover of Allure.
The crowd gathered in the Minnesota Statehouse Rotunda on Monday erupted in cheers when the Senate passed marriage equality, Minnesota Public Radio reports. Earlier, they also cheered for the chambers only out gay member.
The Supreme Court of Belize held hearings this week on a challenge to the country's colonial-era sodomy law. This is at least the third former British colony where courts have taken up challenges to sodomy codes this year.
The vote was 37-30. Gov. Mark Dayton will sign the bill, which will go into effect Aug. 1, making Minnesota the 12th state, plus DC, with marriage equality.
"Delaware has fallen…to the gays." Comic Susie Sampson of the Tea Party Report digs for answers.
The victim had been raped with beer bottles and his head bashed in with a rock in what authorities believe to be a hate crime.
You can call it the "Freedom to Marry Bridge" this week.
The outdoor concert will be a celebration after the recent legalization of same-sex marriage in France. Mika is the first big name to sign on for the event.
Kristin Wiig, we are in lesbians with you.
Steve Warren had a few words for the Supreme Court at the GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco this weekend. The crowd gave a standing ovation.
The sons of Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, one of the couples challenging California's Prop 8 this year, have written a letter to both their moms for this special day.


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If you know or are a Bryn, you are the luckiest person to walk the earth. Bryns are extraordinarily beautiful, like goddesses. They are unique and outgoing, funny and always fun to be around. They also are incredibly good when it comes to sex, and Bryns are the hottest girls on the planet, no doubt. They also tend to have awesome butts. so if you know a Bryn, or are friends with a Bryn, never let her go, because she is one of the most amazing and extrodinary people you will ever come across in your entire life. Random person 1: "Hey, do you see that girl over there?"
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Bryn is a name that, in different languages, means the following:
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she is a gorgeous sexy cat woman with amazing sports and dance ability. an extremely good friend who is crazy but can be calm when she needs to be. a very funny fun person to know she's a bryn, you got to love her
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Grassy knoll or hill; large grass covered area of contoured land. Some dumb-ass shot John F. Kennedy from that bryn.
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1. Welsh name for "hill"
2. None of the above definitions barring the hill one. 3. Me. Bryn owns you all and is never wrong, ever.
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A Welsh name, also a Welsh translation of hill. Bryn is likely to be one of the biggest douchebags you could ever meet, once he promises to be aggressive towards you, then he avoids you like a huge puss-cake. He may look and act tough, but deep inside, he's nothing but a soft moronic idiot. Individual: Hey.
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1. The act of traveling to a foreign country specifically for the purpose of taking advantage of the young male population. 2. A woman who does the above, distinguished from cougars by the international focus. 1. I'm going Bryning in Malaysia next week! 2. She has so many frequent flyer miles she must be a Bryn!


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At Highland Springs, retired Naval leader discusses global challenges
The Government Affairs Group of Highland Springs retirement community in North Dallas hosted Admiral Patrick Walsh, U.S Navy, Ret., for a presentation entitled 'Trends and Challenges in the Pacific.' Admiral Walsh then met with residents.
By Jeff Getek
Published: Thursday, February 21, 2013 12:30 AM CST
DALLAS, TX---With international tension heightening in the Pacific due to the nuclear ambitions of North Korea, residents of Highland Springs retirement community received a unique world view.
Admiral Patrick Walsh, U.S. Navy (retired), was a guest of the community's Government Affairs Group on Feb. 18. His presentation, "Trends and Challenges in the Pacific," delved into the complex relationship between China, North Korea and Japan and delivered the case for a strong U.S. naval presence in the region.
Admiral Walsh retired from the armed forces in 2012 following consecutive assignments as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations and Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the largest in the world, from 2007-2012.
The 1973 graduate of Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas attended the U.S. Naval Academy (Class of 1977). His operational duties in the U.S. Navy included combat and flying with the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels.
During his presentation, Admiral Walsh discussed how the U.S. Pacific Fleet plays a crucial role in military deterrence. But he noted that it also serves a humanitarian purpose as he commanded Operation TOMODACHI in response to the earthquake, tsunami and radiological crisis in Japan.
For that mission, he received the "Grand Cordon--Order of the Rising Sun" from the Japanese government.
Following his remarks, the admiral took questions from residents on topics ranging from the pending federal budget sequestration to prospects for long-term stability in the region.
"International events are more intertwined than ever. To have a leader of Admiral Walsh's stature share his perspective with us is a remarkable educational experience," noted Herb Hoxie, a resident member of the Government Affairs Group. "Our residents are very interested in world affairs, which made his insight on the Pacific very compelling."
Admiral Walsh is currently the president of Strategic Programs and the Chairman of Academic Partnerships Foundation in Dallas.
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Dojo's Industrial-Strength Grid Widget
In almost any application that's complex enough to require a database for persistent storage, there is a need to render data in a tabular format for display or interaction. Although a seemingly simple task, it quickly becomes quite involved once you introduce the need to sort columns, reorder columns, account for editing the contents of cells and managing pagination. As you might expect, this is one of those problems that has been solved so many times that commoditized solutions, such as Dojo's grid widget, now are available for use. After all, you'd much rather concentrate on actually building out the interesting parts of your app than creating and maintaining the infrastructure that holds it all together, right?
If you've been following along with my previous LJ articles on Dojo (see Resources), you should have a good idea of how to get Dojo up and running with minimal hassle using AOL's Content Delivery Network (or if you prefer, get it from the official Dojo Web site). As a reminder, the minimal page template is basically an HTML page with a script tag and a dojo.addOnLoad block that waits until all cross-domain loading has completed before it executes in order to guarantee that dependencies inside the code block have been met before it executes. You may recall that the skeleton for this page looks something like this:
<html> <head> <title>Minimal Development Template</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dojo/1.2/dojo/dojo.xd.js"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> dojo.addOnLoad(function() { /* Add Dojo-dependent logic here to avoid race conditions */ }); </script> </head> <body> </body> </html>
Prior to the Dojo 1.2 release, the grid was under heavy development and largely in a state of flux. Although its API still is subject to change, the 1.2 release substantially firmed it up, and aside from accessibility considerations, it is expected to remain intact. Bottom line: don't let the dojox namespace or previous experiences with the grid prior to 1.2 scare you off; it's ready for prime time. Although at the time of this writing, Dojo version 1.3 is just about to be released, the code examples reference version 1.2 and work just fine. There should be minimal, if any, changes necessary to update the examples to version 1.3.
Now I'm going to move to putting the grid widget to work, so consult a reference such as Dojo: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly, June 2008) or on-line documentation at the Dojo Campus if you need a quick refresher.
The grid widget is necessarily data-centric and builds directly upon the abstractions offered by the toolkit's robust data APIs, so a very brief introduction is helpful for setting that context. In Dojo parlance, the abstraction that the data APIs offer is a store that contains items, where a store can implement a particular subset of the four dojo.data APIs:
Read: APIs for querying items in a store.
Identify: APIs for uniquely identifying items in a store.
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Notification: APIs for triggering event handlers when items in a store are created, modified or deleted.
The toolkit comes stocked with two handy store implementations that are bundled into the dojo.data module: the ItemFileReadStore and the ItemFileWriteStore. The ItemFileReadStore implements the Read and Identity APIs, while the ItemFileWriteStore implements all four of these APIs. Be aware, however, that the dojox.data module contains a plethora of additional data modules for common tasks that you will want to leverage to your advantage; interfacing with comma-separated value (CSV) files, Flickr, Amazon's S3 service, OPML files and Atom content are just a few of the handy implementations available (Figures 1 and 2).
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Sørfinnset is a village of 70 inhabitants located in the municipality of Gildeskål . The closed down village school house is reopened to serve as the hub for a number of cultural activities uniting local and international know-how. Sørfinnset skole/ the nord land is inspired by the land foundation in the Northern Thailand. For several years we have embarked on an unofficial collaborative exchange of art and culture with the Sørfinnset skole/ the nord land project. Now we would like to make a more formal and educative project involving young people from both nations and beyond. This project marks the official starting point of a long term collaborative cultural exchange. It merges resources, traditions and experiences and will serve as hands-on efforts. In collaboration with Sørfinnset Residents's Association, two Norwegian and two Thai artists runs the house as a meeting place and idea workshop. Sørfinnset skole/ the nord land revolves around seasonal activities, gardening, harvesting, nature hikes, construction work and crafts combined with discussions, exchange of knowledge, tranquility and entertainment.
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The land foundation
The land foundation is a not-for-profit foundation which exists to create a nexus between socio-ecological sustainability and contemporary international arts practice, and to foster interaction between emerging and established artists. The land foundation has been extensively represented in Europe as a platform for experimental and conceptual integration of Eastern and Western ideals. The land foundation is widely recognized in its sustainability art, in exploring the potential for land-use and lifestyle to be an artistic medium. The land encourages artists, participating in projects; to produce art on a reclaimed rice farm near Chiang Mai, to attempt to exploit the potential of the land itself using, as much as possible, renewable resources, power and sustainable work practices as both subject and materials of their art. Artists are encouraged to participate in working the fields of the farm as part of their practice, to encourage awareness of ecological sustainability, to maintain social sustainability and in fostering community and accessibility in their arts.
"Artistic Interruptions"
Artistic Interruptions bring together international artists and local players in Nordland County for conservation, debate and the development of a series of new site related artworks. Some 20 municipalities in Nordland County have committed to serving as the arenas for artistic projects created with the active input of the local communities. The objective is to question the local context, the local communicative ability and function of art in today's reality, and to examine the theoretical aspects of the site specific as genre and strategy.
An interruption can have the positive impact of sparking involvement and generating energy that can strengthen the already existing local potential. The project initiated by Nordland County, Department of Cultural Affairs, Kunst i Nordland and supported by Arts Council Norway.
Artistic Interruptions is closed as project. the nord land goes on.
The Three Ecologies
By Boel Christensen Scheel
(Research Fellow in theatre studies at the University of Oslo)
Self-sufficiency, solidarity and self-respect. After many years working as artists, producers, curators and performers, Søssa Jørgensen and Geir Tore Holm found new inspiration on visiting the project The Land Foundation in Thailand. This project was, however, concerned not so much with art as with practice and respect, with the ability to have an effect, with being practical and direct, concrete and functional, in a social context and in life in general. Sørfinnset skole / the nord land is a potentially open-ended project based on ecology, in other words, on mutual respect and adaptation to the many aspects, great and small, of humankind, nature and society.
Sørfinnset skole / the nord land was started as part of Art in Nordland's Artistic Interruptions, an initiative curated by Per Gunnar Tverbakk in the period 2003-2005. The aim of Artistic Interruptions was to investigate site-specificity in terms of relations and mechanisms that are different in nature from the physical manifestations of Artscape Nordland, among other things, the social dimension that constitutes part of a specific geographical locality. Most of the projects that made up Artistic Interruptions are now concluded, but Sørfinnset skole / the nord land lives on and still has links to Nordland County Council. The Sørfinnset project revolves around cultural cooperation – with the community of Sørfinnset, with Thailand, and with a range of other artistic and cultural bodies in Norway and abroad. The project really got going in 2004, when Jørgensen and Holm took over Sørfinnset's disused school, with the old school building serving as a cultural centre and a hostel, and the two artists sharing responsibility for the running of the set up with the Sørfinnset residents' association. Arrangements at the school include a Saturday café, debates, parties, workshops, and much more, and on a nearby patch of ground, beside the Kjellingvatn lake, the artists have worked with volunteers and a Sami expert to set up a fully functional Sami turf hut, which passers-by are free to use. Inside the turf hut one finds a coffee pot, a reindeer hide on the floor, and firewood and matches for a fire, while on the wall hangs a cured leg of mutton and some dried fish. The turf hut is a tribute to Sami culture and the North Norwegian landscape, but it is as much as anything a refuge, a gesture that says welcome on behalf of people and nature.
Also to be found on the open space beside Kjellingvatn is a Thai house, now almost fully built, designed by the artists Kamin Lertchaiprasert and Rikrit Tiravanija, the same two artists behind The Land Foundation, which was the inspiration for the Sørfinnset project. Here as well, functionality and sustainability are important factors. The house is being built to North Norwegian standards and must be capable of weathering a snowstorm or two, and as such it too represents a meeting between cultures. It will constitute a concrete social and physical compromise between Norway and Thailand, and not just an image or symbol of this collaboration. The entire Sørfinnset project is thus process oriented, but even so, it is at all points about actual activity and genuine results. People in the local community should feel that they are heard and included; they should feel that the artists are giving them something. For their part, the artists themselves want to feel that they are giving something meaningful while also developing both as artists and people. Holm and Jørgensen wish to offer "cultural services"; they want to use their skills in the cultural sector to nurture valuable aspects of the local culture, which should thereby become more valuable still for those who live here, as well as for the artists themselves, for the region, and for the world; they are putting local pride in a global perspective. One of the artists' objectives in this project is to render themselves superfluous. They want others to feel they have ownership, hoping that those others will take initiatives without them. If they, the artists, are not needed, then they will feel they have succeeded.
In 2005, a delegation of some fifteen people from The Land Foundation in Thailand came to Sørfinnset in Norway. The delegation consisted of Lertchaiprasert and Tiravanija, together with a clutch of young artists and students who were participating in an alternative educational project at The Land, called The One Year Project. The aim of this educational project was to examine alternative forms of community through art and culture, with fifteen young Thais living and working together for a whole year. These were the people who formed the delegation that came to Sørfinnset for a month in the Summer of 2005; they were accommodated at the school, while they worked on the Thai house and participated in a range of other cultural exchange activities. They served spicy Thai curries to the old ladies at Gildeskål, created performances, took part in seminars, wrote poetry and fell in love with the North Norwegian landscape.
The collaboration between the local community and Thailand, and the on-going dialogue, meant that pragmatism and compromise became crucial skills. If the artists were to reject suggestions from other participants, they would also reject those other people's ownership of the project, which would thereby fail as a form of community and collaboration. So although, for example, the artists wanted to uphold non-commercial values, they had to accept that some of the young Thai artists sold home-made trinkets at the St. Olaf's Day market in Gildeskål, and that the local council wanted to build facilities and a car park at Kjellingvatn. On the other hand, they can attempt to influence the degree or the consequences of other people's decisions on the basis of ecological and non-profit principles; at the market, Thai food was served free of charge, and at Kjellingvatn, it will hopefully be possible to limit the new facilities to toilets without having to have a café and a car park.
There is no interest in criticising such projects simply because that is what is expected in the western art discourse. Criticism is of value only when as it has something heartfelt to say, and insofar as it exposes significant wrongs and injustices. One criticism that would fit this description is the claim that the local population does not know what part it plays in this project, and that the art institution is creating a false "cosiness" that masks differences and conflict. To my mind, however, this would amount to adopting a culturally chauvinistic attitude, whereby one does not ascribe strength and significance to cultures other than one's own. It would be equivalent to denying the local population an integrity that it very evidently possesses. It is far from irrelevant whom one chooses to ascribe power to in so-called power-critical issues of this kind. By saying that the USA is the world's only (super)power, one goes a long way towards confirming one's own assumption, and by disempowering a local community one goes a long way towards confirming personal prejudices. That said, neither is it the case that the indigenous community of Sørfinnset is anonymous or that they are being involved in a dialogical project against their wills. Kenneth Norum, a local politician, has married the Thai artist Yayar (they met through the project); his mother, who is steeped in the region's culture, works to preserve and develop local handcraft traditions, and uses political means where she feels they are appropriate. Jorunn Jørgensen can bake lefser like none other, while her son, Ronald, works in fish farming and can spin a yarn or two about the legend of Frank Zappa. The old Pite-Sami Knut Sundsfjord owns a farm dating back to the 18th century and is named after the place he was born. He is a fountainhead of local history and alternative Sami medicine. Ole Martin, who has moved back to his childhood home at Sørfinnset after many years in Bodø, is a structural engineer and can adapt the Thai house to the climatic conditions of North Norway. To mention just a few.
It is also a very curious misunderstanding that sees social projects as matters of mere cosiness; does anyone really believe that interpersonal relations are nothing more than that? Living in society always implies conflict and negotiation; it invariably involves adaptation and pain, although, fortunately, rarely blood and violence – at least, not in modern day Norway. But blood and violence are a real danger, and this is why projects of this kind, based on mutual accommodation and non-violent cooperation, constitute important research into human ways of life. The Sørfinnset project – assuming one takes the trouble to spend some time there and to help with the washing up for a couple of days – will offer as many causes for irritation and anxiety as any other social situation. People get upset with one another, they fall in love, they feel stupid and small, are made aware of life, get drunk, disappoint one another, but almost every morning they get up and offer their apologies – or continue to sulk because they believe they were in the right. There is no reason to wish for unpleasantness and provocation in contemporary art for the sake of unpleasantness and provocation as such; these only become important where there is a danger of their being suppressed, and in my view this is not the case here.
On the other hand, there is a detectable critique of western individualism in this project. Those who participate are expected to make an effort on behalf of the community – everyone has to do their bit, and one rarely has time to ask whether one feels exploited or overlooked, since one is all too busy working, observing, discussing, learning etc. As in many of the experimental and conceptual works of the 1960s and 70s, something is expected of the participants; meaning is not served on a plate or neatly contained in the work, just waiting to be discovered. Each individual has to create meaning for him or herself, in this case in conjunction with other individuals. The significance for the individual also lies to a large extent in practical involvement or engagement in the project. Here one does not wander around inside a white cube, where each viewer has a personal space for "distanced reflection"; instead one is engulfed in situations involving other people, as in other aspects of life. Reflections mix with enthusiasm, hunger, concentration, the need to go for a pee, and fatigue.
One can use the term ecology to conceptualise projects of this kind. In this context, ecology implies more than nature's most fundamental cycles, or environmental consciousness. Ecology is a holistic concept concerned with mutual respect and adaptation, with how all aspects of an extensive and complex whole are interrelated. Small displacements on the micro level can quickly have consequences on the macro level, and vice versa. Ecology is therefore about acknowledgement of the full range of factors, both what is big and important, and what is small and insignificant, what is ethical and well meant, and what is dirty and egoistic. The French theorist Félix Guattari describes three ecological domains: the mental, the social and the environmental.[1] This means that personal and psychological matters also play a role in ecology, not just recycling and forestry. Ecology is thus a matter of a finely tuned balance between numerous nuances and components; it is about the sustainability of relationships as such.
Mental and spiritual concerns also have a place in the Sørfinnset project. Buddhist meditation gives people strength to endure adversity, while Sami spirits have approved the site for the turf hut. In other words, although the project can be viewed as a critique of individualism, there is no repression of the individual and his or her need for personal space. It is this connectedness and dependant sustainability that stand out as so important in these early years of our new century, when communication has become hyper-intensive and the plundering of natural resources more serious than ever before. We cannot live off air and love alone, and it is precisely for this reason that the Sørfinnset project pays serious attention not only to the real and the physical, but also to matters of the mind and to social mechanisms. In the Sørfinnset project, site-specificity, which was explored physically in Artscape Nordland and socially in Artistic Interruptions, is also accorded a mental dimension and combined with a more comprehensive understanding of both ecology and art.
[1] Guattari, Félix, Les trois écologies, Galilée 1989.
The land foundation, Thailand | ||
Sørfinnset Residents' Association, Municipality of Gildeskål | ||
Tiravanija (Thailand) | ||
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NorwayHolm (Norway) | ||
Jørgensen (Norway) | ||
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