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Baltimore County News
Orrester Shaw, Education Liaison for Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz
I will never forget when I first learned of the assassination of Dr. King. I was in my sophomore year at Morgan State, and as I was walking to the campus library to put the final changes on a research paper. Suddenly, one of my classmates informed me that Dr. King had been killed, gunned down as he stood on a balcony in Memphis.
I could not believe it. Later, I heard other students sharing the very same horrific news, many of them weeping, almost if one of their own immediate family members had been killed. Our nation has not been the same since that tragedy took place on the 4th day of April in 1968. I am not sure we ever will be the same again.
In my entire life, other than the assassination of President John Kennedy, I cannot remember any other time when this nation was impacted by an event to that degree. As I recall, there were mass riots, lootings and much unrest in every major city in the United States. Neighborhood stores were closed and ransacked. The Chicago Tribune wrote, "During the riots after Martin Luther King Jr.'s killing, 350 people were arrested for looting and published accounts say nine to 11 people died."
Over the following few days and weeks, more than 100 cities would experience significant civil disturbances. National Guard troops were dispatched to bring peace, and in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. —it took thousands of active Army and Marine units to restore a sense of calm.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King has become a national icon in the history of American progressivism. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the source of hope, pride and dignity for people of color. He stood for freedom, equality and fairness for all people. His message moved people from all races to work together for a better society. The American civil rights movement that he spearheaded changed the culture of our nation and created an awareness that our country needed and still needs today.
Moreover, the most amazing and significant take-away of Dr. King's legacy is that all of this was accomplished through non-violence. It is for this reason and so many other overwhelming reasons that we now celebrate Dr. King's birthday. When I think about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, I am reminded of one of my favorite songs of worship, "If I Can Help Somebody."
If I Can Help Somebody
If I can help somebody
As I travel along
If I can help somebody
With a word or song
If I can help somebody
From doing wrong
My living shall not be in vain.
My living shall not be in vain
My living shall not be in vain
If I can help somebody
While I'm singing this song
My living shall not be in vain.
In 1983, Congress passed legislation that was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan recognizing Dr. King's birthday as a national holiday. Illinois was the first state to adopt Dr. King's birthday as a holiday, and the state of my own mother's birth, South Carolina, was the very last state to commemorate this great man.
As part of the County's commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Gwynn Oak Park, "Opening the Gates: Celebrating Gwynn Oak Amusement Park 50 Years Later," several Baltimore County officials contributed their personal recollections about the park for Baltimore County NOW.
The Meeting Spot
Cynthia Pollock, Executive Assistant to County Executive Kevin Kamenetz
I recall that, initially, when I was younger, we could not go to Gwynn Oak Park. My parents never elaborated, they just said that we could not go. There always seemed to be a lot of commotion going on. Later, when I became a teenager, Gwynn Oak Park was the meeting spot for us kids when we got out of school, especially on Fridays. We would meet up, catch the #38 bus, and we were let out right at the park. I have fond memories of riding the Ferris Wheel and the Wild Mouse, as well as eating too much cotton candy and meeting boys. Looking back, I realize that those memories would not have been possible without the trailblazers of the Civil Rights movement who picketed for equal rights for everyone.
A New Appreciation for Gwynn Oak Park
Adrienne A. Jones, Speaker Pro Tem and Delegate, Maryland House of Delegates
How do I remember Gwynn Oak Park? At nine years old, I was not permitted to go. I remember my mother's face as she explained why my brothers and I couldn't ride the rides or play the games like the kids on the other side of that gate.
Even after its desegregation, I didn't have the desire to go there for a very long time.
When Hurricane Agnes came in 1972 and flooded Gwynn Falls, I didn't truly feel the effect of the park's closing because I could not attend as a child.
In more recent years, my appreciation for the park has grown. The exclusion I felt as a child no longer exists, and I now sometimes visit the park to attend lively cultural festivals and the great events held there by community groups, nonprofit organizations and the faith-based community.
This timely commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Gwynn Oak Park's desegregation not only recognizes the past, it further opens the gate to a more diverse Baltimore County, and a more diverse Maryland. I look forward to seeing you on July 7.
One Sunday Afternoon at Gwynn Oak Park
Larry Simmons, Special Assistant to County Executive Kevin Kamenetz
Sarah Jane Bundy was the head of the local NAACP branch in our community when Gwynn Oak Park was desegregated. As I recall, she was responsible for encouraging parents and their children to visit the park. My first trip there, however, occurred the second summer after the park was integrated. My brother and I had planned the trip for several weeks after Sarah Jane spoke with our mother. One goal of the local NAACP branch was to recruit teens and young adults who would not react violently to taunts and physical threats, which was in keeping with Dr. King's doctrine of non-violence. I guess we fit the mold, or perhaps we were just naïve.
The first trip was on a Sunday afternoon. We went to mass first, for a little extra spiritual strength and moral support. Then we joined three of our buddies and traveled to the park by bus. Yes, it was the #28 bus, which took us straight there. In fact, the park was located at the end of the line, which meant that the bus stop for the return trip was close by, in case there was trouble. We did our best to sit near the back of the bus because the older guys always held a "Motown Review." Having an opportunity to travel through other neighborhoods was another highlight for most of us. My father owned a car, so I wasn't too thrilled about getting on the rides at the park because touring Baltimore with my father and uncle on a Saturday afternoon was far more exciting, but that's another story!
I remember entering Gwynn Oak Park for the first time. There were a couple of policemen near the gate who gave us a once over, but were more concerned about gate crashers. A few of the white kids also gave us the big stare-down, or as we called it, "The Look." I was rather used to that look because I attended an integrated junior high school. While we were purchasing our tickets, several mothers pulled their children out of the line. That was to our advantage, though, because we were able to get on the rides quicker. As for the rides, the "Wild Mouse" was the best thing going. The other rides were fair, but the kids seemed extremely excited. Most people just seemed to be walking back and forth checking out the attractions, or losing money on the various games.
In the end, for me, that day didn't feel all that different than any other Sunday afternoon. Only in my later years did I come to truly understand the significance of my first visit to Gwynn Oak Park.
During my high school years, a group of us decided to sponsor bus trips to other parks such Hersey, Glenn Echo, Wild Wood and Atlantic City. The venture proved to be rather profitable, although we still got those "looks" when we arrived at the out of state parks.
Whether local or across state lines, "The Look" was "The Look." Fortunately, nowadays, if I go to parks like Gwynn Oak, "The Look" is no nowhere to be seen.
Black and White
Fronda Cohen, Baltimore County Office of Communications
Some of my favorite days as a kid involved a trip to my aunt and uncle's corner grocery store. It was one of those small, family-owned stores where the shelves were so high you needed a long stick with a grabber at the end to snag a can of peas. The bottles in the large red Coca-Cola cooler needed an opener, and the penny candy actually cost a penny.
The neighborhood was Argyle and Mosher Streets. Today, it's called Upton. The neighbors were black, and my aunt and uncle were white, but you'd hardly know the difference, the way folks would stop into the store just to say, "Hi, Mr. Morris," to my uncle or, "Meet my new baby granddaughter," or, "My son just got a great report card."
In 1963, Mr. Morris could visit Gwynn Oak Park.
His neighbors could not.
Even a kid knew that just wasn't fair.
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2012 End of the World? Read ACTUAL Mayan Prophecies to find out!
Many people are talking about end of the world Mayan prophecy and the end times, but what do the actual Mayan prophecies REALLY say about December 21, 2012? Find out here!
"All moons, all years, all days, all winds, reach their completion. Measured is the time in which we can know the benevolence of the Sun. Measured is the time in which the stars look down upon us." (Popol Vuh of the Quiche Maya)
"After the lying down sky was manifested, Hun-Nal-Ye, the First Father, entered the sky at the First-Three-Stone-Place. On 13 Ik, the last day of Mol, he made proper the Wakah Chan." (Palenque Temple of the Cross)
What To Expect Until 2012 According to Lord Pakal Ahau
As a Maya astronomer-priest our Lord Pakal Ahau has released the following astronomical timeline until 2012. In another article of the blog, we explained why Lord Pakal has chosen Chiron as his most important reincarnation star. Bear in mind, that although the astronomical events that are connected with Lord Pakal Ahau are real events, only He knows what will happen in connection with his Life, his Path, and the Mayan Prophecy 2012. He will not elaborate and he will only disclose further ideas if it is necessary for general benefit or explain it to the Pakalian Group of Mexico as we understand his decision. For now, we are delighted he has disclosed these galactic stepstones that undoubtedly will effect not only Pakal's destiny but also the consciousness path of every living human on Earth until 2012 and beyond.
From 2008 to 2012 Starting around 2008, Chiron starts to make contact (conjunction) with Neptune. This is only the second conjunction with a 'spiritual' outer planer since Chiron's discovery and chosen by Lord Pakal Ahau to represent his Life on Earth as explained in the second website, The Search of Lord Pakal Ahau in the 21st Century. This is a time for reaping the Supreme Love that orders universes. It will be a time to examine the realities we have created and test whether or not they are centred on love, truth and compassion.
This process continues until around 2012 when gradually Chiron ´pulls away´. How amazing that, during the time of this conjunction, Chiron and Neptune span Pisces and Aquarius, a vital step into the Aquarian Age. A long period of time, a lot of processing, a lot of seeing through the Mayan illusions we have built around us ~ to find our golden hearts.
There are 4 total Solar Eclipses during the period that Chiron is conjunct Neptune, here are the dates. These sky events are very important for Lord Pakal Ahau because they mean important decisions that He will make to contribute toward the completion of the Mayan Prophecy of 2012.
Examine your life around these events and ask yourself what has changed in your life or destiny. They are universal events in universal time.
2008 1ST AUGUST MAX ECLIPSE 10.21 UT This eclipse goes around the circle of the North Pole starting in Northern Canada and ending in China close to Xian and the Chinese Pyramids. Chiron, Moon´s North Node and Neptune imprint into Hawaii. This is a very important eclipse.
2009 22ND JULY MAX ECLIPSE 2.35 UT Starts just before Delhi in India and goes across China and ending just short of the Society Islands in the Pacific Ocean. As with the last eclipse Chiron and Neptune are on the other side of the world to the total solar eclipse i.e. in darkness. The vortex of the eclipse is pulling them, along with the stellar energy of the first stars of Aquarius, up through the Earth ~ up through our subconscious.
2010 JANUARY 15TH MAX. ECLIPSE 7:06UT MADRAS In the midst of Chiron´s contact with Neptune, Jupiter joins in the fun adding its expansive energy making absolutely sure we do not forget what is going on. This is one eclipse that imprints the three of them into our world. This is the longest Annular Eclipse between the years of 2001 and 3000. Starts in West Africa and goes all the way to below Beijing in China.
2010 11TH JULY MAX ECLIPSE 19.33 UT This Total Solar Eclipse runs from just below the Society Islands across the Pacific Ocean to end at the Southern tip of South America in Argentina. Jupiter and Uranus are also conjunct for this eclipse and makes an interesting combination, don´t you think anything could happen! Again Chiron and Neptune are on the other side of the world to the eclipse.
2012 13TH NOVEMBER MAX ECLIPSE 22.12 UT This eclipse occurs over the Pacific Ocean, starting close to Darwin in Northern Australia and ends in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. This eclipse underlines the importance the year 2012 for this is the first total solar eclipse for a long time where at the moment of the maximum eclipse the Sun/Moon and Moon´s North Node meridian are exactly over Hawaii. Chiron/Neptune are still in conjunction and imprint into the Americas, just at the place where day turns to night. One of the gifts of this eclipse is that Chiron/ Neptune are part of a water grand trine with Saturn and Ceres (Phaethon) holding the other two corners of the triangle.
Mayan Prophecy 2012: Entering Our Galactic Day
Many of us are aware of the Mayan calendar but not many people truly understand what it means and how it works. Yes the calendar does end on December 21, 2012, but what does that mean? How does it come to that? What is their calendar based off of?
The Mayans had a very precise understanding of our solar system's cycles and believed that these cycles coincided with our spiritual and collective consciousness. The most significant of which has much to do with the 2012 prophecies. In the following writing, we will walk through the main details of their prophecies surrounding the 2012 transition. How the transition takes place (from an astronomical perspective), what it means for us, and when the cycles take place. We'll start with the basic prophecies and later move deeper into the explanation of the cycles.
The Mayans prophesied that from 1999 we have 13 years to realize the changes in our conscious attitude to stray from the path of self-destruction and instead move onto a path that opens our consciousness to integrate us with all that exists.
The Mayans knew that our Sun, or Kinich-Ahau, every so often synchronized with the enormous central galaxy. And from this central galaxy received a 'spark' of light which causes the Sun to shine more intensely producing what our scientists call 'solar flares' as well as changes in the Sun's magnetic field. The Mayans say that this happens every 5,125 years. But also that this causes a displacement in the earths rotation, and because of this movement great catastrophes would be produced.
The Mayans believed the universal processes, like the 'breathing' of the galaxy, are cycles that never change. What changes is the consciousness of man that passes through it. Always in a process toward more perfection. Based on their observations, the Mayans predicted that from the initial date of the start of their civilization, 4 Ahau, 8 Cumku which is 3113 B.C., after one cycle being completed 5,125 years in their future, December 21st, 2012. The Sun, having received a powerful ray of synchronizing light from the center of the galaxy, would change its polarity which would produce a great cosmic event that would propel human kind to be ready to cross into a new era, The Golden Age. It is after this, that the Mayans say we will be ready to go through the door that was left by them, transforming our civilization based on fear to a vibration much higher in harmony.
Only from our individual efforts could we avoid the path to great cataclysm that our planet will suffer to start a new era, the sixth cycle of the Sun. The Mayan civilization was in the fifth cycle of the Sun, and there were four other great civilizations before them that were destroyed by great natural disasters. They believed that each cycle was just one stage in the collective consciousness of humanity.
In the last cataclysm of the Mayans, the civilization was destroyed by a great flood that left little survivors of which were their descendants. They believed that having known the end of their cycle, mankind would prepare for what is to come in the future and it is because of this that they would have preserved the dominant species; the human race. They say that coming changes will permit us to make a quantum leap forward in the evolution of our consciousness to create a new civilization that would manifest great harmony and compassion to all humankind.
Their first prophecy talks about 'The Time of No-Time'. A period of 20 years, which they call a Katún. The last 20 years of the Sun's cycle of 5,125 years. This cycle is from 1992 - 2012. I'll explain this in greater detail later. They predicted that during these times, solar winds would become more intense and could be seen on the Sun. This would be a time of great realization and great change for mankind. And it would be our own lack of preservation and contamination of the planet that would contribute to these changes. According to the Mayans, these changes would happen so that mankind comprehends how the universe works so we could advance to superior levels, leaving behind superficial materialism and liberating ourselves from suffering.
The Mayans say, that seven years after the start of Katún, which is to say 1999, we would enter a time of darkness which would force us to confront our own conduct. The say that this is the time when mankind will enter 'The Sacred Hall of Mirrors'. Where we will look at ourselves and analyze our behaviors with ourselves, with others, with nature and with the planet in which we live. A time in which all of humanity, by individual conscious decisions, decides to change and eliminate fear and lack of respect from all of our relationships. The Mayans prophesied that the start of this period would be marked by a solar eclipse on August 11, 1999, known to them as 13 Ahau, 8 Cauac. And would coincide with an unprecedented planetary alignment, the 'Grand Cross' alignment. This would be the last 13 years of the Katón period. The last opportunity for our civilization to realize the changes that are coming at the moment of our spiritual regeneration.
For the Mayans, everything is numbers and the time of the 13 sacred numbers started in August 1999. They predicted that along with the eclipse, the forces of nature would act like a catalyst of changes so accelerated and with such magnitude that mankind would be powerless against them. Also, that our technologies in which we rely on so much would begin to fail us. We would no longer be able to learn from our civilization in the way that we are organized as a society. They said that our internal, spiritual development would require a better place along with a better way to interact with more respect and compassion.
The first prophecies were attained by their study of our Sun. The Mayans discovered that the entire solar system moved. That even our universe has its own cycles. Repetitive periods which begin and end like our day and night. These discoveries lead to the understanding that our solar system rotates on an ellipse that brings our solar system closer and further from the center of the galaxy. In other words, according to the Mayans, our Sun and all of its planets rotate in cycles in relation to the center of the galaxy or Hunab-Kú, the central light of the galaxy. It takes 25,625 years for our solar system to make one cycle on this ellipse. One complete cycle is called a galactic day. The cycle is divided into two halves similar to our day and night. The half closest to the central light, is our solar system's 'day' and the half furthest away is its 'night'. Each day and each night lasts 12,800 years. Which is to say, the central galaxy is the Sun for our entire solar system.
The Mayans discovered that every grand cycle has its minor cycles, that carry the same characteristics. One galactic day of 25,625 years is divided into five cycles of 5,125 years. The first cycle is the galactic morning. When our solar system is just coming out of the darkness to enter the light. The second cycle is the mid-day. When our solar system is closest to the central light. The third cycle is the afternoon. When our solar system begins to come out of the light. The fourth cycle is the late-night. When our solar system has entered its furthest cycle from the central light. And the fifth and last cycle is night before dawn. When are solar system is in its last cycle of darkness before starting again. This is the cycle we are currently coming out of.
The Mayan prophecy tells us that in 1999, our solar system began to leave the end of the fifth cycle which started in 3113 B.C. and that we find ourselves in the morning of our galactic day, exiting darkness and on the verge of being in plain day of our central galaxy in 2012. They say that at the beginning and end of these cycles, which is to say, every 5,125 years, the central sun or light of the galaxy emits a ray of light so intense and so brilliant that it illuminates the entire universe. It is from this burst of light that all of the Suns and planets sync. The Mayans compare this burst to the pulse of the universe, beating once every 5,125 years. It is these pulses that mark the end of one cycle and the beginning of the next. Each pulse lasting 20 years, a Katún.
So we come back to what they call 'The Time of No Time'. It is an evolutionary period, short but intense, inside the grand cycles where great changes take place to thrust us into a new age of evolution as individuals and as mankind.
As individuals we will have to make decisions that will affect us all. If we continue on this negative path of hate, an eye for an eye, destruction of nature, of fear and egoism, we will enter straight into the time of destruction and chaos, and we will disappear as the dominant race of this planet. If we become conscious and realize that we all form part of a great organism, and that we should respect one another and be grateful to our planet, then we will move directly into positive growth, our Golden Age. Our planet, the Sun and the Galaxy are awaiting our decision. It is up to us what will happen in this time of change. Whether we go through a time of suffering and destruction or we find ourselves united in one positive consciousness moving closer to our next stage.
Please notice the events of our planet as evidence that the Mayan prophecies are worth listening to and learning from. Share this information and help us all move toward a better future, where we can thrive in a new era of positivity. It has never been so important.
The Prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor
The Prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor is told by many Native nations in the Western Hemisphere. The following is an elaboration from the Peace and Dignity Journeys Confederation of the Eagle and Condor Coordinating Council.
The Elders of this continent remember and talk about a prophecy that foretold how we will come together and reunite as one. We are like a body that was broken into pieces and this body will come back together to be whole again. They speak about this in the South, Center and North. Our Elders tell us that we will unite and get our strength back like many arrows that will not be broken. They remember the history to keep the fire alive. We have to come together to be one, to have complete understanding.
The main tool used was the arrow because our ancestors all over the continent were hunters. In time they added this arrow to a sacred bow. This bow is used all over this continent and is what we call the half moon. They knew we would be around and this bow would be again in the center, marking the direction that we should take. If we take a step we send this arrow to follow.
All of our people have to make a new design for our children and the future generations. They said it is written in the stars and we have to make this work so they can move the spiritual energy. This will begin a new time when we can take the Spirit in our own hands when the Eagle and Condor reunite.
Our leaders said that we should not forget to pass this message to our children. We will reunite our family and our people. Their Sun will be a new light. When this is done the people will fulfill their destiny. The pieces will be in place. There is a space for everybody and they will be apart of this proph ecy.
The majority of our leaders say don't forget to teach our children. All of the last leaders that were in command said to keep the family together. We will be standing in this new design. We will hold this in our home one day. Teach from Father to Son, from Mother to Daughter.
It is very simple to understand. The Encounter of the Condor of Urin and the Eagle of Hanan This Prophecy was related during the First Encuentro of Indigeneous Peoples in Quito, Ecuador in 1990. In the unfolding of the life of the Indian Nations, every five centuries produces transformations of both foundations and forms. With these changes, life does not lose its essence. It becomes covered with new skin. The old is rejuvenated. It is nourished with pure energy. This energy Is transmitted by the great spirits of Allpa Mama and Pacha Mama, that Is, of nature and of the Universe, in general.
Thousands of years ago, when life Initiated its vital cycle, Pachakamak (God of Time) created Intl (the sun) and Quilla (the moon) out of the union of it's tears and, thus, gave birth to the Runas, to the people, of this continent Appla-Yala and In this birth emerged the Condor and the Eagle, the Kuntur of Urin and the Anga de Hanan, their spirits continually enriching the veins of the Runas of this continent. Their strength motivated the north and south to unite.
The union of the people of the North with the South also signifies the union of the Condor and the Eagle. The Condor and the Eagle join their tears from Jahanpacha (the sky) to Ucupacha (the underground.) Out of this union sprang Central America. In this piece of earth was concentrated the wisdom of Hana and Urin.
New nations developed, whose inhabitants had the capacity to sow the earth In the middle of a great ocean and convert it into what is today Central America. These peoples, oriented by the laws of Allpa Mana and Pacha Mama, had to pass through difficult situations, one of which was the splitting of its nations into four parts. After this tragedy, the Willak Umus (prophets) instructed their Amautas, Curacas, Arawikus or wise men to create prophecies that would orient and guide our peoples.
These prophecies would teach the Indian nations to maintain themselves solid, united and, above all, to search for the most appropriate paths for their liberation.
The beginning of the liberation of the Indian people would be symbolized by different prophecies, one of which Is the union of the tears of the Condor of Urin and the Eagle of Hanan. The union of these tears would cauterize our wounds and fortify our spirit, body and thought. The great spirit would open furrows and in each furrow would water its seed, and In each step would spring battalions of men who would bare their chests to fend off the daggers of the enemy. They would reach out with their hands to erase oppression, exploitation and Injustice, and they would write on the huge page of the sky the sacred word of liberty.
The union of the Condor and Eagle, according to the prophecy, should occur in this time. The ensuing time period will be born with a new spirit. This new spirit will unite once again the red nations of North, Central and South parts of the hemisphere.
It is important to understand the interpretation of the prophecy in order to understand the purpose and scope of the Peace and Dignity Journeys mandate which the intercontinental run is a part. There are many steps that will and are being taken by our peoples in this time.
The Peace and Dignity runs are some of these steps. All steps are part of the Vision, Dreams and Prayer that we are making to carry out the instructions of our ancestors and to fulfill the prophecy by active participation in these steps.
This is the prayer of Peace and Dignity that the Eagle and Condor Confederation be reestablished again.
History of Peace and Dignity Journeys: Spirituality is Responsibility!
The Peace and Dignity Journeys is not the runs themselves. All the work involved has been thought out and many peoples had dialogues in this regard prior to the idea of the first run in 1992. Many uninformed people thought the run was the only activity of the Peace and Dignity Journeys. That is not so! The vision of our peoples has compelled us to provide a vehicle that will enable our peoples to reconnect to one another through the Sacred fire and strengthen our connection to our Father and Mother the Great Spirit, Mother Earth. Peace and Dignity Journeys is the vehicle we have provided.
The Journey never ends.
In 1989 a group of indigenous people in Chicago were concerned with the Prophecy of the Eagle and Condor time that was nearing. This time was marked and recorded on the Sacred Stone Calendar of the Mexica People.
(This calendar is incorrectly known as the "Aztec Calendar" named by the Anthropologists that dug it up in what it presently known as "Mexico".)
The calendar has time spans of 52 year cycles. The last cycle was nearing its end on October 12, 1992. The new cycle began on October 13,1992. Within this new cycle would be a time of rebirth of consciousness amongst the two-legged of the world and the Eagle and Condor Prophecy would be manifested in this time.
The formation of a confederation that would serve towards the spiritual reconnecting of our Sacred Fires in the whole of Turtle Island was the topic of many dialogues that entailed how such a task could be accomplished. It was decided that the time had come to move in this direction as it is our responsibility as the descendants of the Mexica peoples to do so.
We are not waiting for others to decide for us or for permission from any two-legged. We prayed for the blessing and help of our Grand Creator and our ancestors to guide us in this way. These dialogues were not new to the thinking of individuals in Chicago but were in fact a continuation of many dialogues in this regard by our peoples over many years when all nations of indigenous peoples were passing down the prophecies and legends to the next generations and at a time in this century when the ceremonies and Sacred Fires were being maintained or rekindled for the purpose of our spiritual health and development.
The call by many contemporary elders and spiritual leaders to return to the original ways was being heeded by many young peoples from the cities and reservations and all walks of life here in the North.
They began their Journeys to heal themselves and increase their understanding of the Sacred ways and ceremonies. We learned about the responsibility and risks many of the spiritual leaders took to protect this way of life that came under attack by the invasion and holocaust of our ancestors over 500 years ago. Not one indigenous nation today can claim that their Original way of life was not thwarted, repressed or banned in some way by the Nation States that were formed without their participation, consent or consultation.
Even today legislation by these governments does not recognize our Way of life let alone provide protection for it. In some cases as in the "United States" the Native American Religious Freedom Act was diluted so it has no teeth. So we move forward as we are accountable to Grandfather and Grandmother and the instructions of our ancestors.
The dialogues continued and a man named Alphonso Perez had the idea of making an intercontinental prayer that would coincide with the timing of the cyclical change. Spiritual Running would be the method by which this prayer could be accomplished. This intercontinental run would be one of many steps that would reveal themselves in this cycle towards the healing of our peoples and our Sacred Mother Earth. This is why the run began to be organized in the late 80s'.
The group of people in Chicago organized and incorporated the Name of Peace and Dignity Journeys. They also put their time and attention to taking on the task of being the main coordination body for the 1992 run. The president was Aurelio Diaz Tekpankalli who had worked prior to all this and to present time on the formation of the Confederation of the Eagle and Condor. The volume of work has taken years.
This was not just an activity limited to 1992. It was decided that Alphonso would go in the four directions of the Northern Hemisphere and Francisco Melo would go to the South to find relatives that were willing to put time and attention towards the prayer. Tekpankalli went to many nations and communities as well to pray and hold ceremonies with our relatives that had invited Peace and Dignity there. Each time the elders told him "we've been waiting for you". In each community that still held the memory of their peoples they told many stories of the Prophecy.
Each step we have made has verified our vision, dream and beliefs. There are many who have doubt. There have been many obstacles to our peoples because of doubt. We have no doubt in the Great Spirit and the steps we are making. There is no room for doubt in any of this work including the work it takes to make this run possible again. Erasing the doubt is part of the healing of 500 years of genocide and colonization.
Words From Mayan Grand Elder Wakatel Utiw (Wandering Wolf)
We have several prophecies concerning the time we are living in, and it is in fulfillment of the Prophecies that we are here today. I will mention some of them:
"At the time of the 13 Baktun and 13 Ahau is the time of the return of our Ancestors and the return of the men of wisdom." That time is now.
Another one says: "Arise, everyone, stand up! Not one, nor two groups be left behind the rest". This prophecy is in reference to all: rich or poor, black or white, men or women, indigenous or non indigenous, we all are equal, we all have dignity, we all deserve respect, we all deserve happiness; we all are useful and necessary to the growth of the country and to make a nation where we can live with respect among the different cultures.
The Prophecy says: "Those of the Center, with their mystical bird Quetzal, make unite the Eagle of the North with the Condor of the South; we will meet because we are one, like the fingers of the hand." This prophecy means that the Indigenous People of the North and the Indigenous People of the South, through those of the Center, will come together to strengthen the recovery of the ancestral science; recovery of our identity, art, spirituality and Cosmo-vision on life and death that the different Cultures have.
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The third edition of this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook is suitable for teaching all the mathematics for an undergraduate course in any of the physical sciences. As well as lucid descriptions of all the topics and many worked examples, it contains over 800 exercises. New stand-alone chapters give a systematic account of the 'special functions' of physical science, cover an extended range of practical applications of complex variables, and give an introduction to quantum operators. Further tabulations, of relevance in statistics and numerical integration, have been added. In this edition, half of the exercises are provided with hints and answers and, in a separate manual available to both students and their teachers, complete worked solutions. The remaining exercises have no hints, answers or worked solutions and can be used for unaided homework; full solutions are available to instructors on a password-protected web site, www.cambridge.org/9780521679718.Read more
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A Non-Fan's Guide to Supporting the Hockey Nut in Your Life
For those of us who are hardcore hockey fans, it seems obvious as to why someone would go to great lengths to support their team. Wearing matching clothing with your friends while you drink excessive amounts of alcohol and criticize people far more talented than you, or screaming at inanimate objects as if that makes a difference in the real world, may seem like normal behaviour to us, but for regular people these tendencies appear, at best, odd. At worst, completely insane. It's important for us to keep this in mind when those close to us appear to have difficulty understanding why screaming and chanting an ancient curse on a player's entire family is an appropriate response to a team allowing a short-handed goal.
It's important for them, however, to try and meet us halfway. While they may not have the same passion we do for the game, it's only fair that they tolerate our antics or, at the very least, not egg us on. In order to help with this, I've created a list of Do's and Don'ts for supporting the hockey fans in your life. Pass this along to any individuals in your life that don't, for some reason, have elaborate pre-game rituals and team paraphernalia.
- Do make an effort to support the same team the hockey player in your life supports
- Don't support the main rivals of that team simply because you think making them enraged is funny
- Do ask questions in order to gain a greater understanding of the sport of hockey
- Don't ask questions like, "isn't it kind of stupid that they can't throw that black thing?"
- Do attempt to console your hockey fan when they get emotional over a big loss
- Don't laugh at the fact that a grown man is crying like Miley Cyrus's father at one of her concerts over the result of a game played by people they have never met
- Do try and schedule your activities so that both of you can enjoy what you are each passionate about
- Don't commandeer the TV indefinitely and re-name Saturdays, "Cajun Pawn Stars Night in Canada"
- Do pretend you didn't see them gently caressing a picture of their favourite player
- Don't ever bring that up to anyone
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Do you shave your legs and arms? Why or Why not. I used to but in-grown hair was always a problem.
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Between the Pinarello frame, the Giro helmet, and the Giagessi jacket, that counts as peer pressure for me
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Kid Cudi began to build anticipation for his WZRD album with producer Dot Da Genius back in November by announcing a January 30 release date (which coincides with his 28th birthday) but last week Dot Da Genius took to Twitter to announce that the album's release would be pushed back until February. Thus far Cudder has released the singles "Brake" and "Teleport 2 Me." Check out the full WZRD tracklist below.
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"Hey Guys, WZRD Update. Me and Cudi have been working on our debut album and it's almost near completion. We are in the final stages of mastering, but we really had to take time and pay attention to the sonics as this is new territory for us," Dot wrote on his Twitter account @dotdagenius last week.
"With that being said, we have decided to change the release date. We are looking roughly at Feb 28th. Y'all know how Cudi is' and I'm the same way. Everything has to be in place and now it is. I know it's late notice, we were trying to keep the date but got wrapped up making this album perfect for y'all. However for making you guys wait a little longer we will release 'Brake' & 'Teleport 2 Me' on iTunes on the previously said date. AS WELL AS 'DOSE OF DOPENESS.' Hopefully that will hold you guys over until the album drops!"


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"We want a personal apology (from the Pope). We feel that he has committed a grave error against us and that this mistake will only be removed through a personal apology," Muslim Brotherhood Deputy Leader Mohammed Habib told Reuters.
"Reason is the substance of Islam and its teachings ... Islam prohibited violence in human life. Anyone who wants the truth (about Islam) must take it from Islam's holy book, the Koran, rather than from a dialogue or excerpts," he said.
'Assad can't sleep at night'
Meanwhile in Lebanon, prominent Shiite leader Muhammad Hassan said Hizbullah failed to prove during the recent war that it is capable of preventing Israel from attacking the country.
In an interview with Al-Sharq al-Awsat Hassan said "the resistance, despite the strong military resolve and the heroic acts of its warriors, it did not prove to be a deterrent against such technologically-supreme aggression and an aggressive air force. This deterrence was only successful on the ground."
The anti-Syrian "March 14 Forces" said in response to claims made by Hizbullah Chief Hassan Nasrallah that the group had repeatedly 'stabbed Lebanon in the back' that Hizbullah has launched a political battle that has resulted in a major split.
Nasrallah's political advisor Hussein Halil said "their (March 14 Forces) culture is similar to Israeli demands. We want to protect this land from foreign patrons."
Tensions in Lebanon are mounting ahead of the next UN report on the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
In an interview with UPI, Former Syrian Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam reiterated his claim that Syrian President Bashar Assad is to blame for the murder. Asked why Assad was absent from the summit of Non-Aligned Movement nations in Cuba, Khaddam said "Bashar can't sleep at night. He is very fearful regarding the internal situation and is afraid to leave the country for fear he may not be able to return."


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|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1998.
MARSHALL ISLANDSThe Republic of the Marshall Islands, a self-governing nation under the Compact of Free Association with the United States, is composed of 34 atolls in the central Pacific, with a total land area of about 70 square miles. The approximately 56,000 inhabitants are of Micronesian origin and concentrated primarily on Majuro and Kwajalein atolls. The Constitution provides for free and fair elections, executive and legislative branches, and an independent judiciary. The legislature consists of the Nitijela, a 33-member Parliament, and a Council of Chiefs (Iroij), which serves a largely consultative function dealing with custom and traditional practice. The President is elected by majority Nitijela vote and he appoints his Cabinet from its membership. The Government attempts to influence judicial matters. Under the Compact of Free Association, the United States is responsible for defense and national security, and the Marshall Islands has no external security force of its own. The national and local police forces have responsibility for internal security. These agencies honor constitutional and legal civil rights protections in executing their responsibilities. The economy depends mainly on transfer payments from the United States. Coconut oil and copra exports, a small amount of tourism, import and income taxes, and fishing licensing fees generate limited revenues. The Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens, and the law and judiciary provide effective means of dealing with individual instances of abuse. However, government influence leads to occasional media self-censorship, and also affects judicial matters. There were instances of denial of due process for detainees. Violence against women and child abuse are problems.


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- 1986-1987 Fulbright Fellow, MIT
- Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Professor of Medical Sciences
- Director, Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering
- Co-Director, Craniofacial Regeneration Center, Columbia University
- Honorary Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia
- Visiting Scientist, MIT
- Associate Director, NIH Resource Center for Tissue Engineering
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
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- Continental Chapter Council of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (2011-2014)
- Clemson award of the Society of Biomaterials (2010)
- Scientific Advisor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2010)
- Executive Committee, Columbia University Stem Cell Initiative (2010)
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- Vunjak-Novakovic G., K.O. Lui, N. Tandon and K. Chien. Bioengineering heart muscle: a paradigm for regenerative medicine. Annual Reviews of Biomedical Engineering 13:245-267, 2011
- Vunjak-Novakovic G and Scadden D.T. Biomimetic platforms for human stem cell research. Cell Stem Cell 8:252-261, 2011
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The following report is a summary of research on youth participation in music that was conducted in the UK by Dr. Susan O'Neill and colleagues involved in the Young People and Music Participation Project from 1998-2001. This project and its former website are no longer active. If you would like to cite this report, please use the following citation:
O'Neill, S. (2001). Young people and music participation project: Practitioner report and summary of findings (Report by the Unit for the Study of Musical Skill and Development). Keele University. Retrieved from Youth, Music and Education website: http://www.rymeyouth.com/young-music-participation-keele-university
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- Support from Parents, Friends and Teachers
- Characteristics of Children who Play Musical Instruments
- Reasons for Playing Musical Instruments
- Reasons for Giving up Musical Instruments
- Characteristics of Children who Gave Up or Continued to Play Instruments
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This recipe is one that comes from my grandma's cookbook that she gives each grandchild when they graduate high school. I have had mine for quite a few years now and am slowly picking out my favorites. This happens to be one of them. Every time I have made this for a party or an event with a lot of people, everyone always asks for this recipe. It looks and tastes like you put in a lot of work, but believe me when I tell you it whips up SO quick!It only has 3 ingredients with an optional 4th ingredient! It doesn't get easier than that!
- approximately 22-24 ice cream sandwiches
- 1 pint of butterscotch caramel ice cream topping
- 12 oz. cool whip, thawed
- ¾ cup slivered almonds (optional)
- Unwrap and line bottom of 9" x 13" pan with approximately 11-12 ice cream sandwiches. Trim to make layer smooth and even.
- Spoon on and spread about ½ pint of butterscotch caramel ice cream topping.
- Spoon on and spread half of the cool whip.
- Repeat layers of ice cream sandwiches, butterscotch caramel topping, and cool whip.
- Sprinkle top with slivered almonds.
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LGBT "Neutral" School Policy Brings Another Lawsuit to Michele Bachmann's Minnesota Districtamywindsor
The Anoka-Hennepin school district in Minnesota is in trouble again for it's policy to "remain neutral on matters regarding sexual orientation." A new lawsuit is being brought by a group of six students who say they experienced severe bullying at school and that staff did nothing to help them. It joins a lawsuit filed in July by five current and former students who say they were harassed because of their sexual orientation and a companion suit filed last week on behalf of a lesbian student who attended a middle school in Champlin.
The lawsuit and the school's policy is getting national attention because a certain Tea Party presidential-hopeful with a homophobic history happens to be the representative of that section of Minnesota. Michele Bachmann, deeply conservative, has made numerous anti-gay statements over the years and pushed an agenda that refuses to acknowledge LGBT rights. As recently as a few days ago, she refused to answer questions about gay rights by saying, "I'm not involved with light, frivolous matters," continuing on with, "I'm not involved in fringe or side issues. I'm involved in serious issues."
I am sure the LGBT students living in your district would beg to differ, Ms. Bachmann. Per the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
The earlier suit alleges that students endured slurs, getting stabbed with pencils, pushed in to walls, shoved into lockers, even being urinated on by classmates because of real or perceived sexual orientation. It claims that district and school officials' response to such harrassment was "grossly inadequate," and that administrators told the students in some cases to "lay low," "ignore" the harrassment, and "stay our of people's way."
The Minnesota school policy stating that staff are to remain neutral on matters of sexual orientation "including but not limited to student led discussion," is similar to policies in eight other states. Studies by the Lesbian and Straight Education Network reveal that students in those states report hearing more homophobic comments while educators do less to help. The group's director, Eliza Byard, says, "These policies are clearly standing in the way of adults doing their job when it comes to protecting students."
I find it deeply disturbing that teens anywhere should have to turn to the legal system to disrupt a pattern of abuse perpetrated by ignorant and intolerant classmates because school staff are actively barred via policy from promoting tolerance and understanding on the subject of sexual orientation. Especially in an area of the country that has been found to have a higher number of suicides and suicide attempts than average and a large percentage of that group is made up of gay teens. A study from 2009, via Reuters, reveals that 84% of gay, lesbian, and transgender students in Minnesota said they had been harassed or assaulted in the past year.
The district's line has been that their anti-bullying policy is there to protect and has protected their LGBT students. But with a policy barring staff from speaking out specifically against anti-gay violence or actively leading discussions with their students to promote understanding of LGBT issues standing in direct conflict to the anti-bullying policy, it seems like ripe territory for staff to turn a blind eye.
With Bachmann's well-known track record on the issue, I am confused how she managed to pull a win in the Straw Poll just conducted in Iowa, the only state in the Midwest that legalizes same-sex marriage. I am sure the parents of bullied LGBT teens across the country are wondering the same thing and hoping that this lawsuit will make states that employ a policy of "neutrality" on LGBT issues in public schools, and nothing more, to re-think this issue and put policies in place that will actively protect their students who often need the most help.
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How to Read Aloud to a Child
Make a difference in your children's life by encouraging them to develop their language skills. Read to your children while they are young so that they can grow up to love books and love reading.
1Select a story that will interest a child for 10 to 15 minutes. An older child may be able to focus for 20 minutes.
- Go by how long your child can focus. For some kids, a good story will draw them in and they'll want to focus longer.
- For older kids, you can start to read chapter books, one chapter at a time.
2Skim through the story before you start reading to the child.
3Sit so the child can see the pictures in the book.
4Read the title of the story to the child.
5Use different voices and vary your tone as you read the story. Don't be afraid to ham it up a bit!
6Encourage the child to participate in the repetitious sounds in the story.
7Use the repetition and sound effects in a story (e.g. crash, bam, choo choo) to hold the child's attention.
8Ask the child questions about the story such as, "What do you think is going to happen next?" If it's a young child learning to read,
9Start following the words you read with your finger and, as the child gets older, start teaching letters and sounds. Encourage them to find letters they know or guess the next word, especially if you're reading a rhyming book.
10Read with inflection, and lots of it. Show how words can have spirit, even though they are printed on a page.
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- Make sure that you are enjoying the story yourself as you read.
- Borrow books from the library for your children.
- Take your children to the library for story hour.
- Read slowly enough that the child understands you but not so slowly as to be boring.
- Let the child hold the book.
- Select a book with your children
- Make sure that you aren't too loud or you will scare the child.
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Wow. I hate admitting when Im wrong, but sometimes when youre so epically incorrect about something, the only recourse is to shake your head and smile. Last nights BCS College Football National Championship Game was the highest rated program in the history of cable television. Now let me back up to the part where I was wrong. Last night I sat inside a local bar, roughly half full, and explained to my girlfriend why more people werent there. I cited the game moving to cable, the BCS waiting to air it until after the NFL playoffs had started and the lack of a historically dominant school in the championship. Apparently, none of that mattered at all. Both ESPN and the powers behind college football must be jumping for joy right now.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, more than twenty-seven million people watched last nights broadcast live. Thats almost six million more than watched the previous high, an NFL regular season Monday Night Football contest between the Vikings and the Packers. People love Brett Favre, but I guess they also love Auburn and Oregon.
Last years final between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Florida Gators outdrew this years dual only slightly. That game attracted twenty-eight and a half million viewers. When you account for this years being on cable, Mondays draw has to be considered more impressive.
The BCS National Championship Game will continue airing on ESPN through at least 2014. If results like this continue, I see no reason why the two sides wouldnt continue their partnership.
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WHEELING - Republicans representing East Ohio and West Virginia say they don't support allowing Bush-era tax cuts to expire for the wealthy at the end of this year. Instead, they favor changes to the federal tax code and reducing tax loopholes.
Rep. David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., said he doesn't like the term "fiscal cliff." He suggested a more accurate term would be fiscal "cascade" or "slope," as the $1.2 trillion in spending cuts kick in gradually over the next decade at a rate of $120 billion per year.
The national debt exceeds $16 trillion.
McKinley said Congress expected the automatic spending cuts to start in 2013 after last year's "supercommittee" failed to agree to a plan to curb the nation's spending. But the added variable, he said, is the expiration of the Bush tax cuts.
"We're looking at the impact the expiration of Bush tax cuts will have on the economy," he said. "Congress is trying to figure out if this will put us into another recession. If the tax cuts expire, everyone's taxes will go up."
If all tax cuts are allowed to expire, that would generate an additional $220 billion annually for the federal government, McKinley said.
A second possibility favored by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats is to allow the tax cuts to continue, but not for Americans earning more than $250,000.
McKinley favors a third option in which the tax cuts would remain for one year while Congress works to change the nation's tax code.
"The maximum revenue achieved by (eliminating the tax cuts for the wealthy) may be $40 billion annually," McKinley said. "The shortage this year was $1.2 trillion. By raising $40 billion (annually), just how much impact does that make in reducing the debt?
"It's great politics, and people are willing to engage in class warfare," he added. "But it isn't good policy."
Obama's most recent proposal includes extending the tax cuts for those earning less than $250,000 annually and a plan for another $50 billion in stimulus spending. He also wants the freedom to raise the nation's debt ceiling without approval from Congress.
Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, called the plan "an absolute absurdity."
"If it wasn't so sad, I would laugh," he said. "Instead I cry. That is not a solution to addressing our nation's fiscal problems. We don't have a problem because we are taxed too much. It's because we spend too much."
Johnson disagrees that Social Security and Medicare should be called "entitlement programs." He suggested a better term is "retirement investment programs."
"The people paid into these programs, now it's the government's responsibility to maintain them," Johnson said. "We have to address all of those if we going to address the nation's debt problem."
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R- W.Va., said a balanced approach of revenue generating and spending is needed to avert the fiscal cliff.
"We need entitlement reform and tax reform, and when we get tax reform we will stop" the fiscal cliff, Capito said. "I don't think we will get tax reform before the end of the year."
She said she is willing to consider means to generate revenue for the federal government, but added she would not agree to any tax hikes. Instead, Capito said tax breaks for special interests and loopholes in the tax system need to be examined.
"I still think we need to look at everything, and I'm trying to remain open minded," Capito said. "But I want to see the whole package first."


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Give a bunch of American actors -- Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac and Jessica Lange -- a classic Parisian text and they implausibly turn out their best British accents. There is something amiss with a period drama genre when getting the tones from the right side of the English Channel proves so difficult for actors who usually produce performances from a rare cloth. Yet someone obviously forgot to tell them that having a lady in a corset doesn't always mean it's an audition for "Downton Abbey."
Olsen plays Therese with a face so sour they should name a whisky cocktail in her honor. She uses that expression to play a young woman who's the last to know that her aunt (Lange) has arranged a marriage with her cousin Camille (Tom Felton). But it's really the face of someone who must be wondering how her agent allowed her to take on such a role. Perhaps that's why the result is so unadventurous. Although the movie draws from Émile Zola's book "Thérèse Raquin," which confronts issues of lust and sexual desire head-on, Olsen keeps her clothes on.
When Camille performs like a tree trunk in bed, the married Therese wonders where all the magic has gone. Felton plays Camille as a posh English aristocrat whose sexual desire and social mores obviously got hijacked while he was being bullied at his boy's public school. Clearly his only chance with Therese comes from her aunt, Madame Raquin (Lange), making the arrangement.
What's bizarre is that, upon finding out about the nuptials, Therese only has a wry smile and doesn't run into the Seine, but everything becomes clear by looking at the background scenery: Even Inspector Clouseou would notice that it's all filmed on a East European set. Not only are the accents wrong, the backdrop looks like it has been borrowed from Roman Polanki's "Oliver Twist."
Luckily for Therese, she's rescued by the best designer stubble since George Michael left Wham: Laurent (Isaac) is a school friend of her husband employed by the family as a portrait-painter -- his opportunism and cheesy pick-up lines match his eye for detail. In one of the script's subtler moments, painter's model Camille tells Laurent, "You must excuse my wife, she's never seen a man before!"
In response, Laurent tells a story of how he painted a nude and touched her thigh with his brush. Austin Powers would like his best lines back, please. But by the end of this incredulous yarn, Laurent just tells Therese to undo her blouse. Laurent need not worry about the ensuing bad sex, because it's a step up from no sex.
After the dynamic of the piece -- which sees Therese running off for a bit of fun with Laurent whenever husband and mother are not looking -- has been established, the triangle just keeps on being hit with a monotonous wand as the action repeats itself over the course of the first act.
The large part of the blame must be pointed at writer and director Charlie Stratton. It takes a special talent to turn the romantic lyricism of Zola and turn it into chick-lit. Stratton's training as a director on "Revenge" for ABC and "Everywood" on WB is clearly first class if you want to write Mills and Boon romances, not so much if you're looking to forge respect as a director.
Perhaps it's the cursed source novel. Park Chan Wook didn't exactly have his finest hour when he turned it into the vampire horror-drama "Thirst." The best cinematic version came in 1953 when Marcel Carne directed Simone Signoret as Therese and reimagined Laurent as a Lyon truck driver. (It won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.) There has been no traditional movie adaptation since a silent 1928 German version, although there have been numerous made-for-TV accounts, most notably a BBC television serial starring a dandy cravat-wearing Alan Rickman, which had no problem with showing flesh.
The crucial scene has Camille and Laurent go boating. Stratton takes a leaf out of Knight and Day by arriving at the scene for the aftermath of the action. It wasn't a good idea for the Tom Cruise action vehicle and it doesn't get any better when done in period costume. Laurent and Therese are pulled out of the water screaming accident. Even Robert Downey Jr. in his darkest drug days would still have had the wherewithal to not need to be Sherlock Holmes to work out what went on. But like post-match sporting punditry, the scene is replayed as the protagonists recall the incident in their minds. Stratton approaches these scenes with all the poise of a fish out of water.
Criticwire grade: F
HOW WILL IT PLAY? Roadside Attractions picked up U.S. theatrical rights to "Therese" ahead of its Toronto premiere. While interest in the cast and source material may help it gain some attention, mixed word of mouth and low awareness of the novel stateside might make it a challenge for the movie to gain much of a profile.


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Ok, maybe not so much. But I was featured in a real live press release. And it's alllll over the internet. It's everywhere. Across the globe. And they used an excerpt from my very cheesy write up about myself on this here website and now the whole world is aware of how dorky I am. Fantastic.
Click here to read the release from Deer Valley Resort about their apres ski music at Edgar's Bar and Spirits lounge, where I will be playing this Saturday from 3-6. Shameless self promotion.
I did read my name in the local paper, the Park Record, the other day and had a mini freak out. It was just an ad for a restaurant in town (The Riverhorse on Main) and it listed their entertainment for the month. My name was right there on the list. In bold text and everything. It's the little things….
I updated my bio, so it's less cheesy. Hopefully this will prevent further self-inflicted embarrassment.


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