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Me neither thought this would make u read this just saying
No announcement yet.
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I don't know bout youse gize, y'all'r gittin yer panties in a bundle --- a buncha hyper-geezers ---remember ETG0 (Elkie The Great One) told y'all, that "we'all'd git a new tour guide fer Xmas" --- well, it ain't Xmas yet !!!
I know, I know, y'all have a terrible case a archery withdrawals cause its been so long, but just readin the tour guide ain't gonna git the Newberry shoot here any faster --- kick back, relax, and all will happen in due time --- hopefully tomorrow !!!
Ain't got mine. Last year I had mine before that guy over in Indiana, but I figured it was due to him livin' in foreign country.
Gentlemen, Calm down. I just sent the printing company the list of member addresses last night before leaving the office. It'll be approximately two weeks before anyone receives a Tour Guide. I know you are all excited and since I've seen it I know you are going to LOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE it this year.
Happy hunting in the mailboxes for your tour guides just don't go hunting for about 10-14 days.
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Seeeeeee Gize --- I told ya so !!! Twice I told y'all'd git a new tour guide fer Christmas, n' just got backed up by "The Princess" herself --- todays the 11th + 10 to 14 days, n' there ya go Christmas !!! Now y'all can go back inta yer recliners fer a couple a weeks n' practice yer 3D yoga --- see, the princess got my back cause a alla that goooood, dark chocolate I gave the galz at the Classic !!! Might pay off next year if some a youall'd cough up with some --- what goes around comes around --- With age theirs wisdom without wisdom teeth --- Henceforth, believe the "Great One" --- LOL !!!
the "Great One"??? and who would that be? Older? Jake? seems to have some creds for that...the Cincy Kid? after all he's been on the cover before...Clawed? you know he does move around a lot and has estates in two states...
Elkie has created a new mystery for us all...
Hmmmmmm, "mystery" --- that's interesting Carlos !!! --- Looks like we have a new project to work on here as a fill in til the Geezer Bowl thread.
Personally, I don't perceive any mystery at hand here YET. The Great One made a prediction, and the results will coincide. I didn't see any of the other forementioned "geezer stars" make any predictions --- that's what makes me "The Great One" --- I was one step above, one step ahead, and "spot on" from the rest.
Now, with Clawed being a pseudo Kentuckian/Floridian, he can't make his mind up whether he wants to be cooler or warmer, or warmer or cooler. There is no indecision involved with The Great One.
"On the Cover" --- hmmmmm, as of yet you don't know who is, or who isn't "on the cover" until you receive it, and that my friend will be your "Christmas Present", or in this case your "Christmas Surprise" this year.
The Great One will now make another prediction. The new tour guide will be the best one yet. It will have something new in it, that will be a "crowd pleaser". It will also have Elkies' name in it in a significant location !!! NOW, I have created a mystery.
Let the speculation begin !!!
The only yankee I know of headin south on a train fer this winter is Clawed --- he said he was leaving Dec 23rd. --- Aaaall Aboard !!! Alla them other yankees like Carlos and company want ta stay north, and shovel snow ta build up they're archery muscles fer Newberry !!!
Originally posted by Older View PostJust what I thought y'all guys jumped on this like a Yankee on a south bound train in the winter
i just wish i was on the Miami Express. 11 inches of snow a week ago with another three inches last sunday. now they're sayin' 4 to 7 inches tonight.
you wouldn't believe the number of arrows i've lost in the snow...good news is i'll find them in time for the Classic.
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What's muscle memory? At my age, I it's hard to remember having muscles, or memory.
Since we're speculating on who'll be on the cover of the tour guide. Heard there was an overwhelming amount of suggestions that a picture of me modeling my new speedos be placed on the cover, but was decided not to give the other Senior Master a complex. Sorry for those who will be disappointed.
[QUOTE=Elkhunter;1241]Ya know what'd be neat is if they would have a group picture of the Senior Masters on the cover --- that way nobody'd be disappointed, because everything would be covered "before their individual time ran out" --- ooooooooh, how touching !!![/QUOTE
Only if they let me and Clawed stand on boxes in the back row. we'll put Jake and Elkie out front....standin' tall, so to speak...the rest of 'em we'll just scatter round us.


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Nicole Richie Models Holiday Beauty Looks in Our Exclusive Editorial
Nicole Richie's as well known for her sense of humor—please tell us you're watching her AOL Series, Candidly Nicole— as her style skills, but we put her to the beauty test when she showed up to Byrdie's studio. Would she, with the help of makeup artist Lauren Andersen and hairstylist Andy Lecompte, turn some of our favorite runway looks party ready? With pleasure.
Richie, who's dipped her toe in the beauty game with the eponymous fragrance she released last year, was up for anything. Sporting dramatic dresses from Wes Gordon and Anthony Vacarello, her own House of Harlow jewels, and everything from a purple stained lip to bronzed eyebrows she modeled winning party looks, above.
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Richie already brought flawless skin to the table, so it wasn't really a challenge for Andersen to make her look lit from within. The makeup artist used a brush to apply YSL's Touch Eclat Foundation ($55) before layering Nars' Illuminator ($30) in both Copacabana and Laguna on Richie's cheekbones, brow bones, and eyelids. Andersen swept Hourglass' Luminous Light Powder ($45) along Richie's t-zone. "It allows the dewiness to show through, but keeps it from looking greasy," she says.
Wes Gordon Feathered Flou Dress ($3,190, in Navy, available on shopbop.com end of December); Irene Neuwirth 18k Rose Gold Ring with Sideways Black Onyx and Diamond Pave ($6,690, available at Barneys NY); Jacquie Aiche 14K Pave Small Trilobite Bezel Stud Earrings (starting at $3,500); Jennifer Meyer Small Diamond Triangle Stud Earrings, ($1,075, sold as set of 2) in Yellow Gold.
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Just a few months after their runway premiere, Dior's golden eyebrows are already stuff of beauty legend. Now's the time to play around with the concept. Andersen says to choose a tone that suits your skin, that meant bronze for Richie—"it's the most neutral"—and layer on the products. Here, she used a clear mascara to secure Richie's brows before layering Make Up For Ever's Flash Color Stick ($24) in Gold underneath the brand's Glitter ($15).
Anthony Vaccarello Bonded Crepe Embroidered Dress ($3,500) in Black; Jennifer Meyer Mini Inlay Triangle with Diamond Stud Earrings ($1,250, sold as set of 2) in Turquoise; Maria Black Tusk Ring ($89) in Black; Maria Black Monocle Ring ($74) in Black.
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Instead of a bold lip, try an I-just-ate-a-popsicle lip stain like Richie's. It's easy to apply on the go—no liner required!—and will stay put through dinner. Richie's lacquered hair is thanks to Lecompte's generous use of Wella's Oil Reflections ($40). "It smells really great and has macadamia and avocado oil in it," he says. "So it hydrates and nourishes while it's styling; oil's the original way to add shine!"
Richie wears Dior's Vernis Nail Enamel ($24) in Blue Label 997.
BCBGMAXAZRIA Margaret Marabou-Feather Jacket ($398) in Glacier; House of Harlow 1960 Obsidian Feather Earrings ($68) in Multi; Jennifer Meyer Mini Inlay Triangle with Diamond Stud Earrings ($1,250, sold as set of 2) in Turquoise; Panther ring, similar style: Alexis Bittar Siyabona Ring ($321) in Gold-Tone Metallic.
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Andersen used her fingers to apply Make Up For Ever's Aqua Cream ($23) in Light Blue to Richie's lids before sweeping on M.A.C.'s Pigment ($21) in Cornflower with a flat synthetic brush. Try CoverGirl's Jumbo Gloss Balm ($7) in Ballet Twist for a similarly nude pout.
Richie wears Chanel's Le Vernis ($27) in Graphite on her nails.
Juan Carlos Obando Sash Blouse ($1,065, 310.276.4400) in Red; Alexis Bittar Miss Havisham Button Clip Earrings ($125, 212.625.8340) in Gunmetal; Maria Black Double Harper Ring ($157) in Black.
Photo:Justin Coit
The holidays are synonymous with glitter so now's the time to do it up. Andersen says to make sure you define the eye before going crazy. She used Avon's Super Extend Liquid Eye Liner ($7) on Richie's upper lashline, followed by a glittery liquid liner, like Urban Decay's Heavy Metal Glitter Liner ($19) to act like glue for chunkier glitter, like Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Glitters ($14).
Zimmermann Good Love Pinafore Jumpsuit ($625); Jennifer Meyer Small Diamond Triangle Stud Earrings ($1,075, sold as set of 2) in Yellow Gold; Gabriela Artigas Tusk Ring ($218) in Yellow Gold-Plated.
Photographer: Justin Coit
Makeup Artist: Lauren Andersen
Hair Stylist: Andy Lecompte
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"North America" (Discovery Channel, Sunday). The latest blockbuster nature documentary to justify your purchase of an HDTV (see also "Planet Earth," "Life," "Frozen Planet," "Africa") is the seven-part "North America." There are some hectoring musical passages and the narration, delivered by Tom Selleck, foregrounding the folksy creak in his voice, can run to the precious and dramatically over-personified: Why does the continent need to be "she," or the yearning-to-breathe-free behavior of wild animals be taken to somehow express "the American heart"? But you can turn down the sound to eliminate that human element and feel all the power and mystery of the wilderness without distraction. (You'll still know what's happening most of the time.) The real honor the series does the natural world is to pay it witness, and this it is does exceedingly well: It is gorgeous clean through. The episode I've seen hops around the map, from gray whales in the Bering Sea to cute little colorful birds in the Costa Rican jungle; there are bears and sea turtles and mustangs. The usual caveat applies: Nature is beautiful but not always pretty.
"The Ghost Army" (PBS, Tuesday). Rick Beyer's fascinating, detailed and oddly delightful account of the World War II military camouflage artists whose job was not to hide men and materiel but to create battalions where none actually existed, drawing German eyes and ears to the wrong place. Working with inflatable rubber tanks, a studio-created soundtrack of military activity broadcast through speakers with a 15-mile range, and scripted radio communications, the "ghost army" gave the term "European theater" a new meaning, as they traveled from Normandy to the Rhine on what one veteran describes as a series of "one-night stands," sewing deception. With art students making up half its ranks — which included the future minmalist painter Ellsworth Kelly, the photographer Art Kane and the designer Bill Blass, even then sketching designs for women's wear — the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops also drew and painted as they went along; the works shown here have a wonderful, time-collapsing immediacy. Lots of color film footage, too, fans of historical color film footage take note.
"Mad Men" (AMC, Sundays). At the halfway point in the series' sixth — and, we are given to understand, its penultimate — season, it is safe to assume that much of what we're being shown relates to what might be called the ante-endgame. Certainly, creator and show runner Matt Weiner is drawing our attention more closely toward Don Draper (Jon Hamm, in a performance worn so close to the skin that some commentators have mistaken him for a bad actor) as if to remind us that, Roger and Joan and Peggy and Pete notwithstanding, Don's is the story he's telling. (January Jones' Betty has been all but invisible this season, because Don's done with her, for now.) More obviously than ever not the hero some still mistake him for, nor the villain he is to others, he's a kind of shell with a survival instinct, an intellectual without interests who finds meaning in power but trusts neither. Don sifts the world to sell it things while retaining nothing for himself. (It's unclear whether there is much he actively likes, apart from the sherbet at Howard Johnson's.) He seemed to finally make a friend this season — upstairs neighbor Dr. Al Rosen (Brian Markinson) — but he was also, typically, sleeping with his wife (Linda Cardellini, in a guest run for which I'm inclined to send Weiner a gift basket). His one real unclenched moment this was when he took his son to see "Planet of the Apes." An often exasperating show but an ambitious one; and when it's great, it's great like nothing else on TV.
"Make a Noise: Mel Brooks" (PBS, Monday). "I've go to admit something," says Mel Brooks in Robert Trachtenberg's bouncy "American Masters" documentary. "I don't really do anything for the audience ever. I do it for me, and most of the time the audience joins me." It's worked out well: Brooks, 86, has lived to see even "Spaceballs" become beloved. The new interview footage is a little visually overexcited, as if to capture the hyperactivity of its subject, and anyone who's been through the recent DVD set "Mel Brooks: An Inspired Collection of Unhinged Comedy" (Shout Factory) will have heard most of these stories. But it's a bounty of clips and commentary, from collaborators and colleagues, including 2,000-Year-Old Man partner Carl Reiner, Tracy Ullman, Barry Levinson, Nathan Lane and Joan Rivers. You should laugh some, or check your pulse.


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The Plain Of Perpetua is located eastern area of the North-Western Continent. The Plain Of Perpetua makes up twenty-five percent of the area. This trackless, grassy lowland hides a bewildering maze of caverns beneath it's presumed undisturbed surface. Within these rocky, encrusted and stalactite filled caves, live races of monsters that have been sealed beneath the ground thousands of years before by great volcanic eruptions. Orcs, Basilisks and and Giant Centipedes, travel the rocky bastion beneath the plain. The Mazes are also the home of the mythical beast known as the Behemoth. Sorcery abounds here only awaiting knowing hands of a conjurer to cast a spell, will be rendered into a state of hibernation or suspended animation among the grasses of the low bushes. Underneath an area of the Plain Of Perpetua, lies the well-known City Of Tundaria. The Mountains of Perpetua, separate it from the Sands Of Mystery in the Eternian Flatlands.


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Mariah Carey's Sister Diagnosed With Cancer
Mariah Carey may be gearing up to celebrate her wedding anniversary and the first birthday of her twins Monroe and Moroccan on April 30, but the diva just got some bad news splashed across the tabloids. Her estranged sister Alison Carey Scott is suffering from liver cancer, on top of other problems.
Alison, who is HIV positive and is a former drug addict, revealed the news of her tragic condition to the National Enquirer (quotes via The Boombox) during an interview outside of her Riverhead, N.Y, hotel. Alison, 50, said she is sick, "not with AIDS…liver cancer." Carey's sister clearly has a difficult medical journey ahead of her.
Carey has had a rough year so far, in terms of health issues relating to people in her life. While she worked hard to shed the baby weight after birthing two healthy twins, her husband Nick Cannon suffered from a bout with kidney failure in January, forcing him to cut back on his work schedule and amend his eating habits. It was scary time for Carey and her family.
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The proposed Congressional Tax Reform Act of 2014, put forward this week by Dave Camp, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, would end deductions for tuition and student loan interest and eliminate certain deductions, such as classroom supplies purchased personally by teachers in an effort to simplify the tax code related to education. To soften the blow to education, promised the authors, taxpayers would see "more generous" standard deductions, which could offset specific ones no longer allowed.
An executive summary of the tax proposal complained that the current tax code "contains 15 different tax breaks for higher education," which takes a 94-page document to explain. "That isn't a tax code designed for working families; it is a tax code designed to make money for accountants," wrote Camp in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal.
The new proposal consolidates those 15 education provisions into five:
The "reform" version of the AOTC blends four tax benefits — the Hope Scholarship Credit (HSC), Lifetime Learning Credit, tuition deduction, and the temporary AOTC — into one. That part of the tax reform was pulled together in a working group led by Reps. Diane Black (R-TN) and Danny Davis (D-IL).
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Agrarian Reform in Bolivia in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Carmen Soliz
Until the 1950s, the distribution of land in Bolivia, as in the rest of Latin America, was very unequal. But in 1953, a year after the 1952 national revolution, the nationalist revolutionary movement (MNR) enacted a decree on agrarian reform that dismantled feudal haciendas in the western highlands, abolished the system of forced peasant labor, and distributed expropriated lands to peasants. While the decree proved redistributive in the Altiplano and valleys, it ended up creating new concentrations of land in Bolivia's eastern lowlands. This area, which constituted two thirds of Bolivia's territory, was home to a number of indigenous groups who were displaced from their lands because of the expansion of latifundio in the second half of the 20th century. In 1996, after pressure from below, the neoliberal government of Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada (1993–1997) approved a new agrarian law that recognized indigenous rights to collective territory (Tierra Comunitaria de Origen, TCO). In 2006, left-leaning President Evo Morales approved a new agrarian law. Although the new legislation mostly ratified the 1996 law, it established that only indigenous and peasant populations could be granted state lands. Despite this legislation claiming to protect the majority Indian and peasant population, scholars such as Colque, Tinta, and Sanjines note that it was under a neoliberal government, between 1996 to 2006, that much of the process of land distribution favored to indigenous groups of the lowlands, and it was under left-leaning President Evo Morales (from 2010 to the present [2018]) that much of land distribution favored medium and agricultural enterprises. The most important clash between the self-proclaimed indigenous Evo Morales and lowland indigenous groups was in September 2011 when indigenous groups living in the National Park and Indigenous Territory Isiboro Sécure (TIPNIS) protested against the government's unilateral decision to build a road through their territory. Since 2011 (up to the present, 2018) the tension and political distance between president Morales and his loyal coca-leaf grower supporters—many of whom live on the borders of the park and are invested on the construction of the road—versus the indigenous groups of the lowlands have only grown. Ironically, it seems to be under Morales that key indigenous rights such as the right to prior consultation or the right to consolidate territories (TCOs) seem to be at the most risk.
Agrarian Revolt in the Sierra of Chihuahua
Elizabeth A. Henson
On September 23, 1965, several years of protest, including land invasions, strikes, sit-ins, and cross-country marches, culminated in an armed attack on an army base located in the remote town of Madera, Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. Protesters had demanded that the state comply with land reform guarantees provided for by the constitution of Mexico; students from the normal schools joined in and raised their own demands. Instead of negotiating partial reforms, the state governor called out troops to burnish his reputation as an anti-communist crusader. Nominally organized in the Unión General de Obreros y Campesinos de México, movement leaders broke with national directives and encouraged "direct action" and illegal occupations, while the normalistas acted within a student activist tradition rooted in the Marxism of the 1930s. The agrarian demands came from landless workers in an agricultural valley planted in cotton, whose fortunes were linked to the world market and from dispossessed smallholders in the mountainous backlands now claimed by timber export companies. This mid-century modernization of land use had its counterpart in the protestors' emulation of the Cuban revolution and their attempt to apply Che's theory of guerrilla warfare. As the governor's recalcitrance radicalized the movement, small groups undertook sporadic armed actions in the mountains, disarming forces sent after them. Other leaders moved to Mexico City to avoid arrest, undergo military training, and attempt to gather support; they returned to Chihuahua with the plan to attack the army base. Despite its spectacular failure, the event has been hailed as Mexico's first socialist guerrilla struggle and served as inspiration for the dirty war of the 1970s, when armed revolutionaries fought the armed power of the state. Attention to its armed component has eclipsed the movement's underlying basis, which was equally innovative and had lasting influence on Mexican social protest.
Agricultural Transformations in Sugarcane and Labor in Brazil
Thomas D. Rogers
The Portuguese took sugarcane from their Atlantic island holdings to Brazil in the first decades of the 16th century, using their model of extensive agriculture and coerced labor to turn their new colony into the world's largest producer of sugar. From the middle of the 17th century through the 20th century, Brazil faced increasing competition from Caribbean producers. With access to abundant land and forest resources, Brazilian producers generally pursued an extensive production model that made sugarcane's footprint a large one. Compared to competitors elsewhere, Brazilian farmers were often late in adopting innovations (such as manuring in the 18th century, steam power in the 19th, and synthetic fertilizers in the 20th). With coffee's growth in the center-south of the country during the middle of the 19th century, sugarcane farming shifted gradually away from enslaved African labor. Labor and production methods shifted at the end of the century with slavery's abolition and the rise of large new mills, called usinas. The model of steam-powered production, both for railroads carrying cane and for mills grinding it, and a work force largely resident on plantations persisted into the mid-20th century. Rural worker unions were legalized in the 1960s, at the same time that sugar production increased as a result of the Cuban Revolution. A large-scale sugarcane ethanol program in the 1970s also brought upheaval, and growth, to the industry.
Alcohol in the Atlantic
David Carey Jr.
Dating from the earliest times in Latin America, alcohol has played a crucial social, economic, political, and cultural role. Often reserved for politico-religious leaders, alcohol was a conduit through which power flowed in many pre-contact indigenous societies; indigenous drinkways (production, commerce, and consumption habits) were associated with communal ritual events and social prestige. Introduced to the Americas by Europeans, distillation profoundly altered the potency of alcoholic drinks for people who were accustomed to fermentation. Even as the social and cultural practices of alcohol consumption changed over time, alcohol continued to have political and economic implications in the colonial and national periods in Latin America. Fearing that inebriation bred disorder and recognizing that moonshining undercut their own revenues, colonial and national governments alike sought to regulate, if not control, the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. In nations as diverse as Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, and Guatemala, indigenous women came to play integral roles in the (oftentimes illicit) sale and production of alcohol. A cash nexus for moving labor and land and a crucial component of the economic system by which (often unscrupulous) labor brokers recruited workers, alcohol was a currency of local economies. As a commodity of local, national, and international significance, alcohol shaped the fate of nation-states.
People's class, ethnic, race, and gender identities all played into their access to alcohol. Although a person's choice of libation could define their position, some of the more fascinating histories of alcohol are punctuated with women and men who used alcohol to disrupt social conventions. Through the consumption of alcohol, rituals and ceremonies created and reconstituted community both within and across ethnic groups. Imbibing could also divide people. Even while they sipped their cognacs and brandies, elites portrayed indigenous people, the poor, and other marginalized people getting drunk on moonshine to discount and denigrate them. Often associated with (particularly violent) crime, alcohol was seen as a vice by many and excoriated during temperance movements. Yet defendants across Latin America took advantage of judicial systems that considered alcohol a mitigating circumstance in many crimes. As 20th-century evangelical sects that preached abstinence as the route to wealth and marital bliss grew to unprecedented numbers, traditional healers and biomedical practitioners continued to tout alcohol's medicinal value. In short, alcohol was a marker of social position and cultural identity, a crucial component in community and state building, and a commodity around which different cultural traditions, healing practices, and policing policies developed and evolved.
Alfred Métraux: Between Ethnography and Applied Knowledge
Rodrigo Bulamah
Alfred Métraux was part of a prolific moment in which French sociology and ethnology were enlarging their scientific scope and advancing toward new fields. Following the colonial expansion of France, Métraux participated in establishing ethnographic methods for codifying social life, material culture, and artistic forms. Through his own transatlantic voyages and personal exchanges, Métraux left personal documents in different parts of the world. Consequently, many are the archives that hold parts of his personal collections, letters, and published or unpublished materials. In addition, because of Métraux's own cosmopolitanism, studies on the ethnologist's life and works can be found in different languages. Métraux meticulously collected artifacts and documents from different cultures, and these items are now part of collections in museums in Argentina, France, and the United States. The multiplicity of themes Métraux dedicated himself to during his life reveal logics and developments of his work, as well as the importance of fieldwork to his making as an anthropologist, or a "man of the field," as he used to describe himself. His intense and long-term relationship with Haitian Vodou was central in his career as it arose from his early interest in vanishing civilizations, religious systems, and material culture, and defined his personal agenda for future research.
Alien Sightings and OVNI Culture in Argentina
David M. K. Sheinin
During the Cold War, there were thousands of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) sightings in Argentina (in Spanish, Objeto volador no identificado or OVNI). The mainstream media reported on many of them. In a field termed ufología, some events were explained scientifically or somewhat scientifically; most were not. These sightings and their stories lived on in a culture of thousands of OVNI aficionados and their literatures, frequently spilling into larger popular cultures.
OVNI culture disrupts chronologies. It offers a picture of Cold War Argentina that breaks with longstanding popular and academic chronologies that stress a dictatorship-versus-democracy binary. That binary is real. However, OVNI culture superimposes an often-neglected Cold War chronology on the mid- to late 20th century. OVNI stories and their cultural consumption evolve and vary not with reference to violent Argentine political and historical change, but in the context of a larger transnational Cold War culture in an Argentine context. Hallmarks of OVNI culture in Argentina include the enormous influence of U.S. popular culture, as well as references to apocalyptic nuclear weapons, and unscientific notions of psychoses in explaining late-night sightings of spacecraft and extraterrestrials.
Alliance for Progress
Stephen G. Rabe
On March 13, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the Alliance for Progress, an economic assistance program to promote political democracy, economic growth, and social justice in Latin America. The United States and Latin American nations formally agreed to the alliance at a conference held in August 1961, at Punta del Este, Uruguay. U.S. delegates promised that Latin America would receive over twenty billion dollars in public and private capital from the United States and international lending authorities during the 1960s. The money would arrive in the form of grants, loans, and direct private investments. When combined with an expected eighty billion dollars in internal investment, this new money was projected to stimulate an economic growth rate of not less than 2.5 percent a year. This economic growth would facilitate significant improvements in employment, and in rates of infant mortality, life expectancy, and literacy rates. In agreeing to the alliance, Latin American leaders pledged to work for equality and social justice by promoting agrarian reform and progressive income taxes.
The Kennedy administration developed this so-called Marshall Plan for Latin America because it judged the region susceptible to social revolution and communism. Fidel Castro had transformed the Cuban Revolution into a strident anti-American movement and had allied his nation with the Soviet Union. U.S. officials feared that the lower classes of Latin America, mired in poverty and injustice, might follow similarly radical leaders.
Alliance programs delivered outside capital to the region, but the Alliance for Progress failed to transform Latin America. During the 1960s, Latin American economies performed poorly, usually falling below the 2.5 percent target. The region witnessed few improvements in health, education, or welfare. Latin American societies remained unfair and authoritarian. Sixteen extra-constitutional changes of government repeatedly unsettled the region.
The Alliance for Progress fell short of its goals for several reasons. Latin America had formidable obstacles to change: elites resisted land reform, equitable tax systems, and social programs; new credits often brought greater indebtedness rather than growth; and the Marshall Plan experience served as a poor guide to solving the problems of a region that was far different from Western Europe. The United States also acted ambiguously, calling for democratic progress and social justice, but worried that Communists would take advantage of the instability caused by progressive change. Further, Washington provided wholehearted support only to those Latin American governments and organizations that pursued fervent anticommunist policies.
The Alphabetic Colonization of Amerindian Oral Ecologies in Early Brazil
Diogo de Carvalho Cabral
Although it has received less scholarly attention than firearms, microbes, domestic animals and plants, market economy, and statecraft, alphabetic reading and writing was crucial in the European conquest and colonization of the Americas from the late 15th century on. Unlike the agrarian empires the Spaniards encountered in the Andes and the Mexican highlands, the Portuguese frontier advanced upon tribal peoples who relied exclusively on oral language, such as the Tupi of Atlantic Brazil. These were semi-sedentary horticultural villagers whose entire socio-ecology (myths and knowledge, territoriality, subsistence strategies, etc.) was conditioned by the face-to-faceness and fugacity of spoken words. In turn, their Portuguese colonizers—for a while rivaled by the French, who enjoyed short periods of stable settlement through the early 17th century—were urban-based, oceangoing merchants, bureaucrats, soldiers, and religious missionaries whose organization strictly depended on the durability and transferability of written texts. Even if most of the Portuguese who came to Brazil in the 16th century were themselves illiterate, colonization as a social enterprise framed their actions according to prescribed roles set down in writing (both handwriting and printed script). Thus, the Portuguese colonization of Brazilian native lands and human populations can be interpreted from the point of view of the imposition of an alphabetically organized way of life. Two major dimensions of this "letterscaping" can be discerned as to its impact on Amerindian bodies (human and nonhuman) and modes of understanding. Although the 16th century was only the introductory act in that drama, its historical record shows the basic outlines of the alphabetic colonization that would play out through the early 19th century: native decimation and enslavement, territory usurpation by sesmaria grants, forest recovery in former native croplands (then resignified as "virgin forest"), loss of native ecological knowledge not recorded in writing, disempowerment of native cultural attunement to the wild soundscape, among other processes.
Animals in Latin American History
Germán Vergara
The evolutionary history of vertebrate nonhuman animals such as mammals in what is now Latin America extends back tens of millions of years. Given that anatomically modern humans first appeared in Africa a mere 200,000 years ago and would not reach Latin America until some 12,000 years ago, nonhuman animals in the region evolved for most of their history without interference from human activities. Once they appeared, humans began to shape the history of the region's animals in profound ways. In fact, one could argue that animal history in Latin America has been a story of increasing human impact; from the Paleo-Indians, who may have driven countless species of megafauna to extinction; to the agrarian societies that domesticated species such as dogs, turkeys, and llamas (or tolerated the animals' self-domestication); to the radical transformations brought about by the Columbian Exchange; to the industrialization process of the last two centuries. But animal history in the region is also marked by adaptation and agency on the part of animals, who have influenced the course of human history. This dynamic and adaptive human–animal relationship has been pushed to the limit during extinction pulses, manifest in the currently accelerating biodiversity crisis. Environmental history makes the convincing case that any historical account that neglects the environment offers an inaccurate depiction of the past. By the same token, animal historians suggest that a more complete understanding of history requires redefining its boundaries to include the often underappreciated story of nonhuman species and their interrelationships with human societies.
Architecture in Mexico City, 1940–1980
Kathryn E. O'Rourke
Architecture in Mexico City in the mid-20th century was shaped by rapid economic and urban growth, demographic change, new construction technologies, and politics. Architects adapted modernist idioms and those that evoked historical precedents for new purposes. Key figures who had begun practice earlier in the century, including Mario Pani, Juan O'Gorman, José Villagrán García, and Luis Barragán, designed major new works and strongly influenced the profession, even as a new generation led by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Ricardo Legorreta, and Teodoro González de Léon came of age. As they had been since the 1920s, public patrons were the most important clients of modern buildings, which often addressed needs for better housing, education, and health care. The period also saw the rise of modern suburbs and the evolution of the single-family house, as well as the creation of major buildings for increasingly important cultural institutions, especially museums.
As they had in preceding decades, architects used the non-architectural arts, particularly painting, to distinguish their works. The legacy of the Mexican muralist movement was most evident on the facades of major buildings in the new University City, where the influence of international modernist planning principles was also striking. In 1968 Mexico City hosted the Olympics, for which architects, planners, and designers created a network of buildings and images that functioned interdependently to present Mexico as cosmopolitan and historically rooted in its indigenous history. Sprawl and pollution worsened in the 1970s, as the capital came to be dominated by buildings that were not designed by architects. While some observers questioned the relevance of architecture in the face of seemingly unstoppable and uncontrollable growth, talented young architects responded with buildings notable for their monumentality, mass, and sophisticated engagement with historical types.


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Building an eco-friendly dream home for about the same cost as a conventional home seemed daunting when my husband, Luke, and I bought three acres of Virginia forest nearly eight years ago. Our purchase came just before the dot-com crash (Luke owns a software company); shortly thereafter our funds would have evaporated.
Believing fate was on our side, Luke, our two children and I set out to build an environmentally conscious home for no more than
5 percent above the cost of a conventional one.
We set our goals high; we wanted to use green products, but they had to be cost competitive—within 5 percent of a comparable mainstream product. Luke and I vowed to limit waste by choosing a clean design style, ordering supplies conservatively and salvaging whenever possible. As a conservation policy consultant, I'm passionate about the environment, and our subcontractors began to understand my ardor when I climbed inside the Dumpster one day to retrieve a good piece of drywall.
The plan takes shape
To disturb the natural landscape as little as possible, Luke and I planned for site preservation six months before construction began. We hired a professional arborist, RTEC Treecare, to assess the health of all trees within 50 feet of the project footprint. The company surrounded the entire impacted area with tree protection fencing and helped strengthen trees within 20 feet of the disturbance area with root aeration mats.
We worked with the company to develop a set of tree-protection rules, including financial penalties for violations, and made all contractors sign it before entering the job site. These tree-protection measures cost $34,000—about one-third of our total landscaping costs—but I consider it money well spent. It was an additional expense, but by contrast, our neighbors just finished construction without any tree-protection measures. They spent nearly $10,000 to fell three 100-foot trees killed by construction impact. We kept our beautiful trees—and their cool shade.
Our architect, Bob Wilkoff of Archaeon Architects, sited our home on one of the land's natural slopes to utilize the moderating effect of the Earth's temperature; this is one of the most energy-saving aspects of our home. In summer, it can be 10 degrees cooler on the lower level than in the upstairs bedrooms, so each July we move downstairs to our "summer home." In winter, the window placement and second-story overhang help us exploit the sun's warmth on our south-facing spaces.
To build the house, we contracted Jeff Carpenter, founder of the custom building company Monticello Homes in Fairfax Station. Although he had little green building experience (which was the case with most builders in this area a decade ago), Jeff was committed to building sustainably while staying within the project's budget. His homebuilding planning method was to budget each individual category: He gave us the estimated prices of the average conventional products we would need in each category, and we added our 5 percent premium to get each category's individual budget ceiling. When we were under budget in certain categories, we could put the excess funds toward another, more expensive item somewhere else. One of Jeff's biggest concerns was that his usual suppliers wouldn't carry recycled concrete, drywall, insulation and countertops. To our surprise, in many instances they did—without a premium price.
Searching for green
Although sometimes we located items very easily, finding green products for building and landscaping was a challenge. I used the Internet to track down essential items such as insulation, drywall and hardwood flooring, and our team relied heavily on the growing community of environmental groups to find resources. A nonprofit organization, Programme for Belize, for which I once raised conservation project funds, helped me find the ipê wood for our deck. The BuildingGreen suite of online tools, available by subscription at www.BuildingGreen.com, was vital; it includes a green products directory with more than 2,000 listings, along with case studies for $199. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) was invaluable; it certifies wood products through the supply chain.
Green carpet proved difficult to find because so many brands include toxic glues, nylon or other environmentally harmful materials. I interviewed a dozen sales representatives to determine the fibers' post-consumer recycled content, what was in the backing and whether the carpet could be recycled after its useful life ended. Perseverance paid off, and I found a few companies—Lees, Shaw, Mohawk and Interface—that supplied responsible products for reasonable prices.
Occasional disappointments cropped up: Recycled roof shingles were absurdly expensive, and county regulations wouldn't allow us to have a green roof with live plants. To keep within our 5 percent rule, we opted for a conventional product—asphalt shingles—but we did choose the 40-year shingle, so at least we know the roof will last a long time. In addition, a company that agreed to supply locally mined soapstone for our kitchen counters reneged, forcing us to order from a Brazilian company at the last moment. I considered switching to recycled countertops but stuck with soapstone because it's beautiful and stain resistant, retains solar heat, and requires only a nontoxic mineral-oil finish.
What's inside counts
It was surprisingly easy to find appliances, furniture and décor that met our environmental, aesthetic and financial criteria. Barbara Hawthorn, an interior designer who once worked for the Environmental Protection Agency, helped us choose natural wood furniture and gorgeous eco-smart fabrics. She selected Knoll Textiles for our furniture upholstery because many of the styles have some reclaimed content or use natural fiber—and they're durable, which is important to a family with children.
Barbara's and my design choices were rooted in our shared admiration for Modernist classics. Several of our tables are vintage pieces, rescued from yard sales. A childhood friend of Luke's used sustainably harvested wood and hand-applied nontoxic finishes to make our dining room table and an egg-shaped, hollow coffee table.
Our bedroom's wall-to-wall carpet, from Mohawk, is manufactured from 100 percent post-consumer recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) polyester. Thousands of soda bottles were melted down and spun into plush broadloom roll carpet. We splurged on natural wool area rugs in our great room and put recycled carpet from Lees Industries, headquartered nearby, in the bedrooms.
Well-planned lighting is key to minimizing energy use, and our fixtures use LEDs, compact fluorescents and other low-energy bulbs to create layers of light. Programmable dimmers help minimize energy use, as do the great room's electronic shades, which allow light in but block 97 percent of UV rays, protecting our furniture from sun bleaching. We can control the lights and shades remotely, allowing us to monitor lighting and temperature even when we're not home.
It was also easy to find water- and energy-efficient kitchen and bathroom fixtures, using the Energy Star label as a guide. When choosing kitchen cabinets, we weighed health and environmental concerns and chose Neil Kelly cabinets made from FSC-certified wood, delighted to spend less on them than we would have for their conventional counterparts. We put the leftover allowance in the cabinet category toward items with a higher green-product premium.
Worth the effort
The team met our 5 percent ecological product premium and waste-management goals and was re-warded for its efforts: In 2005, Monticello Homes and Archaeon Architects won a Monument Award for superior home design. The house also received a Best in Show nomination from the National Association of Home Builders for its environmental features. RTEC Treecare won an award from the Tree Care Industry Association for its tree-preservation work.
Our home-building odyssey inspired me to write the book Your Green Home: A Practical Guide to Eco-Friendly Building and Remodeling, which awaits a publisher. Our family now enjoys a happy, healthy, affordable home, and we sleep easy knowing it's a little lighter on the earth.
The Good Stuff
• Passive solar orientation with UV-filtering shades on southern side
• Thorough tree preservation work by certified arborists
• Recycled-content steel framing and concrete
• Energy Star HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) system with efficient heat exchanger
• Floors made of FSC-certified wood and cork
• Carpet made from natural wool and recycled plastic
• FSC-certified maple kitchen cabinets with wheatboard interior cores and VOC-free finishes
• Low- and zero-VOC paints
• Low-E glazed, doubled-paned, argon-filled, wood-framed casement windows. While these windows cost more than conventional, they're around the same price as premium, custom-sized designer windows. This was an area where we chose sustainability (energy efficiency) over luxury (custom-sized, designer windows).
• Extra-high R-value formaldehyde-free insulation
• 100 percent recycled-content drywall
• Decks made of FSC-certified ipê wood and Trex (wood/plastic composite)
• Local stone used in terrace, garden paths, landscaping
• Native species planted in tiered gardens to filter driveway runoff before it reaches Potomac River tributaries
• Rainwater catchment used for irrigation
• Most furniture designed with eco-friendly, natural fabrics
• Energy Star appliances
• Energy-saving light fixtures; Smart Home dimmer system
• Long-lasting soapstone kitchen counters
• Bathroom countertops made of salvaged stone and recycled-glass composites
• Low-flow, motion-activated sink faucets (price in line with the conventional Kohler faucets our builder planned for in the budget)
• Low-flow toilets
• Permanent conservation easement planned


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Wednesday, 20 July 2011
22 comments:
- Sarah said...
Looking good Jo - yes I am watching as well... always can learn something...
Lovely to see Lucy!
Ummm not long for another special day ha?
- 20 July 2011 at 14:58
- Anonymous said...
lovely job Jo your stitching looks very even
- 20 July 2011 at 15:04
- Lorraine said...
Nice finish with the TTS quilt....glad it passed inspection! Helen's samplers are cute...!
- 20 July 2011 at 15:38
- Kerryanne English said...
All lovely Jo. You need a heater in your sewing space, so you can keep on sewing through winter.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
- 20 July 2011 at 16:08
- Melinda said...
The quilt looks beautiful. Red is a nice colour for winter I think.
- 20 July 2011 at 16:08
- Maree: said...
Congrats on your TTS Finish your Quilt looks Lovely...
I'm nearly there too..
- 20 July 2011 at 17:11
- Anonymous said...
Do you need to improve your stitching?????? But we can always learn don't we? Your quilt is very nice.
- 20 July 2011 at 18:01
- Kris said...
Hand quilting your GJ sounds lovely, especially at the moment. I'd love to be under a quilt right now!
- 20 July 2011 at 18:09
- Pauline said...
they look beautiful Jo...love your quilt hanging..nice colours..its cute isnt it?
- 20 July 2011 at 18:28
- Isabella said...
Thats a great pic of Lucy you just have to do a page of that one :)
Stitching looks good too LOL
- 20 July 2011 at 20:29
- Vicki said...
I do believe that we have seen those backstitch flowers before, Jo!!! Your TIS looks great, well done:)
- 20 July 2011 at 23:08
- Annie said...
Your TTS looks lovely Jo - well done. I'm tagging along the Sunday stitching too....taught myself, so am sure to pick up lots of tips.
- 20 July 2011 at 23:14
- Sue Pickwell said...
Looks great, lovely work, I like your colours. If you sew fast you might keep warm in your space...
I see your dog likes to inspect your work as well!
- 20 July 2011 at 23:55
- Michelle May (Shell) said...
I haven't had time to stitch them, but I've been enjoying all the lessons and it's fun to see what others are doing. It's so generous and fun of Helen to offer this!
xx, shell
- 21 July 2011 at 10:10
- Lynda said...
TTS is beautiful Jo - love the pinks and reds together. Lucy is a cutie.
- 21 July 2011 at 10:46
- DAWNIE said...
Hi Jo you Tis the season quilt is just lovely. And of course your stitcheries from Stitch sundays look great as well. Good luck with the Gardener's journal particularly if you do the hand quilting, but I bet you give in and have it done professionally done as I know you are always temped with the "next" project in line!!! I did and am so happy with mine.
- 21 July 2011 at 23:23
- Vicki ♥ said...
Your stitching is looking fab Jo and I do love your Lucy :)Your TIS quilt looks really good :) hugs Vicki
- 22 July 2011 at 21:33
- wonderwoman said...
your stitching looks spot on and your quilt is just gorgeous!
- 23 July 2011 at 03:12
- Kiwifruit-Shiree said...
Hi Jo! "TTS is looking fabulous, I am sure you are very pleased with it indeed, well done! Now to get ready for the next project...
A little friendly birdie says you have a birthday coming up, so very BIG Happy Birthday wishes coming your way, I hope you have a super day!
- 27 July 2011 at 15:26
- KaHolly said...
There's a time for working at the machine, and a time for handwork. I've been keeping up with Helen's Stitched Sundays, too. I've already learned quite a lot! What fun! ~karen
- 30 July 2011 at 20:40
- Anonymous said...
Love your stitching and your TTS-SAL. Can't wait to get mine all stitched together.
- 8 August 2011 at 21:39
- Chookyblue...... said...
love your Tis the Season........thanks for being part of the SAL...........
good to hear your getting back the to GJ now......lol.........
- 11 August 2011 at 06:45


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Since its establishment in 1986 CPAA has been receiving many ephemeral publications that are placed in its vertical file: anniversary booklets convention materials programs of concerts, celebrations, reunions, dedications, dinners, balls, testimonials constitutions and by-laws of various societies flyers articles unpublished research and students' papers.
Often unassuming, published either as a keepsake or fundraising effort, full of advertisements, overlooked by librarians, archivists and researchers, these booklets are nevertheless important and often a unique source of historical data. They may contain historical essays, photographs, or membership lists. In a sense these materials are also portraits of a broader community: advertisements, list of contributors, donors, committee members, congratulatory letters give context to historical sketches. Repertoires and programs of concerts and celebrations provide a picture of heritage being cultivated. The list of places and organizations and their chapters demonstrates the richness and diversification of Polonia's social life.
The booklets listed here can not be compared in their significance to manuscripts and records. They may often supplement them or help in developing hypothesis or research ideas. In case of small, sometimes defunct societies, they are often the only historical records available. In genealogical research these booklets may be the second logical step beyond parish records. Another area of research that is still awaiting investigation that can be facilitated by these publications is the history of Polish American businesses. Even broader research into trends and transformation of Polish American communities can benefit from investigating these sources. Periods of dynamic development and later demise of different organizational forms of communal life, from religious, fraternal to political, charitable and veterans societies can be traced in these booklets.
The booklets included here come from 20 states (though most of them were published in Connecticut) and are organized first by state, then by town. Larger collections (Hartford, New Britain) are further broken down by parish or organization. Unpublished materials, such as student papers, as well as programs of testimonial dinners, concerts, etc. are listed at the end. Materials from national and district conventions are listed under towns/cities where they were held as well as a separate listing by organizations. There is also a separate listing by organization in alphabetical order.
One of the major problems in processing these materials is the decision
about the source and form of title. Most do not have a title page at all.
Information from the covers is often confusing or incomplete. Some of
these publications include Polish names of organizations and institutions,
some English ones. Many are bilingual, but often in a very precarious way
- a word here or there in English, half of the title in Polish, etc.
For the purpose of this list we decided to use the English
language information, if available, write it as supplied on title page
or cover, as long as it gives the clear picture of the content. In some
cases, though, we had to "reconstruct" the title from information found in
many different places: cover, title page, spine, text. We tried to have
three basic pieces of information included in each entry:
-name of organization or person
-occasion, event
-date or dates.
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This 17,000 square foot ballroom at the Golden Nugget Casino showcases today's top entertainers, from Third Eye Blind to Whoopi Goldberg to the Golden Boys. The stars come out at night in The Grand.
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Innovative Food Packaging Catches the Eye and More
Savvy structural design adds functionality in new ways.
Innovative package design, particularly structural design, is driving development of food packaging that attracts consumer attention at retail and delivers more functionality than ever.
New variations on package standbys, such as trays, composite cans, bottles, cartons, tins and aerosol cans, are making it possible for a broad range of products to step into the market looking new and doing more for consumers and retailers alike.
For its new Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers product line, ConAgra Foods Inc. (www.conagrafoods.com), Omaha, Neb., developed a highly functional package structure that provides a good view of the product plus ease of storage and preparation.
The Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers products are shelf-stable entrees developed for workers who eat lunch at their desks. The package design meets consumers' desire for lunch products that can be stored in their desks, are quick and easy to prepare, taste good and are made from healthy ingredients.
ConAgra's Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers are made for workers who eat lunch at their desks. Sauces and starches and separate but microwavable. The perforated lid acts as a strainer for the pasta products and a steamer for the rice. The overall product is shelf stable.
The package consists of an outer tub holding specially formulated dry pasta or rice, an inner soft tray containing sauce, a perforated lid and a flexible label over the perforations for a sanitary seal until the time of use.
To prepare the product, the consumer removes the retorted sauce tray from the outer tub, peels off the top label — which is printed with cooking instructions — adds water to the fill line and microwaves the pasta or rice. The perforated lid acts as a strainer for the pasta products and a steamer for the rice. The consumer microwaves the sauce pouch and adds the sauce to the pasta or rice. Cook time is 3½-5 minutes.
Separating the ingredients within the package and during preparation helps drive the brand's fresh-tasting flavor message. In addition, the clarified polypropylene used to injection mold the outer tub creates a window onto the product at the point of purchase.
"The high level of clarity drives the freshness perception," says Cathy Shapiro, principal packaging engineer in ConAgra's Research, Quality and Innovation Dept. Berry Plastics Corp. (www.berryplastics.com), Evansville, Ind., supplies the outer tub and green-pigmented strainer lid, and London-based Rexam (www.rexam.com) supplies the sauce tray.
The product, which is merchandised in the soup or pasta aisles, comes in six flavors: Sweet & Sour Chicken, Sesame Teriyaki Chicken, Ziti & Meat Sauce, Rotini & Zesty Marinara Sauce, Southwestern Style Chicken and Szechwan Beef with Asian Style Noodles.
Target wanted a remarkable package to announce its entry into store-brand cereals. Sonoco responded with a recloseable composite canister.
Private labelers also are exploring new package structures in efforts to make products more appealing. Minneapolis-based Target (www.target.com) recently blew the cereal category wide open with a recloseable composite cannister for its private-label Archer Farms cereals. Sonoco (www.sonoco.com), Hartsville, S.C., supplies both the container and the overcap for Archer Farms cereal.
The interior of the tall, slender container features an approved food-contact surface, so no inner bag is needed. In addition to providing source reduction, eliminating the bag was a big hit with consumers.
"That's always the chief complaint consumers have with the traditional bag-in-box cereal package. Everybody hates the bag," says Derek Trader, market segment manager in Sonoco's consumer marketing group. "You can't get it open. Sometimes when you do, it splits down the side and spills cereal all over the place. And you can never get it reclosed properly, so your cereal goes stale in the cupboard."
The new package addresses all those complaints. Freshness features include a metallized film membrane heat sealed across the top of the container and a snug-fitting, hinged overcap. The container's multi-layer material also provides barrier properties.
As an added advantage, the package is easier to handle and pour from than conventional cereal boxes. Its oblong shape fits easily in the hand and creates a curved pouring lip. After the consumer has removed the film membrane and started to consume the product, she can peer through a clear dome on the overcap to see how much cereal remains in the container.
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by Pete Mazzaccaro
As temperatures dipped into the 20s last week, talk about the future of Philadelphia's public schools continued to heat up.
At issue is a proposal that looks a lot like recent campaigns to consolidate schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. In an effort to save $29 million, a number of schools – some in Northwest Philadelphia – would be closed and their students sent elsewhere.
For many in Chestnut Hill, the threat to nearby schools like Germantown High School and Emlen Elementary School are not immediate concerns. Many in this neighborhood send their children to private schools. Those who don't send their children to J.S. Jenks Elementary, which is under no immediate threat of closing, though some Jenks parents are wondering what impact nearby closings will have on the student makeup of their children's school.
And it's not hard to predict that even if the district closes the schools it has listed, it will be facing the same financial challenges going forward. Today it might be Germantown High. Next year it will be special education for district elementary schools.
Again, the conversation around local public schools in Philadelphia is simply depressing. Short $250 million annually and expecting a $1.35 billion deficit in five years, the struggling school district, desperate for funds and aid, seems impossible to fund correctly or fully.
That we continue to be unable to address something as fundamentally important as funding and fixing our schools continues to baffle me. Instead of committing to doing everything necessary, we wade into debates on whether these schools are deserving of funding to begin with.
The stalemate is the fault of advocates on both sides. Often, public school advocates fail to account for the many shortcomings of the public system. Privatization proponents are eager to blame teachers unions and greedy school districts without recognizing that the challenge of providing safe effective schools for Philadelphia's children is bigger than that debate.
No matter what, parents everywhere deserve to have a school to which they can trust their child's education. And kids deserve to have a good school as well. Schools in communities where it seems impossible to meet those goals must determine what extra measures should be taken to make things better. These schools aren't failing. They're serving troubled neighborhoods where the neighborhood is failing. Schools give us the opportunity to begin helping those neighborhoods directly.
It's an opportunity we seem perpetually too preoccupied to take.
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Two weeks ago, Chestnut Hill lost a remarkable resident in Ann Spaeth.
I first met Ann when she joined groups of people who were protesting the Fairmount Park Commission's decision to control deer populations in the park through controlled shooting. Ann joined other protesters who sneaked into the park at night to try to disrupt the shootings. I remember thinking then – nearly 12 years ago – that she had a remarkable amount of courage and grit.
Spaeth brought that same straightforward conviction to nearly every cause she cared about. From working to save the VFW building on Germantown Avenue, to tirelessly sticking up for employees at the Chestnut Hill Local through tough times, you could count on Ann to speak her mind and you could be sure she would be honest and stick to her principles.
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Do you Believe in Life after Love?
"Do you believe me Bella?" "I don't know what to believe anymore!" What if Edward never came back… and Bella was never found in the woods? When Bella is found by a blood thirsty vampire, she wins his heart over before he can kill her… Years have passed since Bella's heart-wrenching day, now the mysterious vampire and Bella are at the altar… but what will happen when two others barge in on Bella's big day? Who will die… who will live…. And…. ……. Who will Bella's heart belong to in the end? Read to find out!
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I was lying in the woods, on the dirty ground… whimpering. Why had he left me? He said that he didn't love me anymore… somewhere deep down, I knew that he would leave me eventually, I wasn't exactly the most beautiful thing. I should have been ready for this… but I got too comfortable thinking that maybe I was good enough for him… Why'd I let myself believe that?
I lay curled in a ball… praying that I would just die… but I did not actually think that my wish would come true!
As I lay, someone came up to me. They touched their foot to my side, and I stared blankly at them… but fear gripped me when I saw that their eyes were blood red. I knew that my end would come… but I was still shocked at the pain which came when they sunk their teeth into my neck.
I gasped, and struggled for air. I tried to push them off of me, but they wouldn't budge.
"Please, please… don't kill me! Please! I'm begging you" I pleaded as tears pored down my mud covered cheeks.
"You… want to be…. Like me?" he said, pulling away from my neck.
"Ye…Yes!" I stammered.
"Good, I want a companion… umm…" he said awkwardly. "My name is Stephen." he said sitting down by me.
"Be-Bel-Bella." I said gasping for air.
"There's less pain if you stop breathing. You die more quickly. Trust me." he said looking anywhere but my eyes.
"Thanks." I said letting out my air. I stopped breathing, and felt myself slowly die.
"I'll see ya when you wake up," Stephen said picking me up and carrying me to who-knows-where.
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I woke up in a strange bed that I had never seen. It was a huge canopy bed with black silk sliding down the posts. It had a dark red (almost black) bedspread, and black sheets. The walls were dark red like the bed spread, and they had black flowers creeping up the walls.
I had no idea where I was… or why I was there… until Stephen walked in. Then, the memories came flooding back.
"I… I am a vampire?" I asked looking at Stephen.
"Yes. And a beautiful one at that." he said leading me to a large mirror.
I looked at the beautiful thing staring back at me… she had long black hair, with dark red eyes, and had perfect curves everywhere. She had full, blood red lips, and shiny perfect teeth that were shockingly white.
I stared at the girl… that was ME. I couldn't believe it… I was sooo beautiful. I personally thought that I was better than Rosalie even.
Stephen was staring at me in wonder. I smiled at him.
"I guess we should get to know one another… shouldn't we?"
"Yes, I think we should." Stephen said leading me out of the room.
He lead me down a dark green hallway, into a dark red living room, which had black leather sofas with blood red pillows.
We sat down and looked at each other. This was the first time I had actually looked at him… he had black hair, streaked with dark green, with dark green eyes. He was perfectly toned, and had striking features. I was very drawn to him. He would have taken my breath away if I had still been a human.
We started telling our stories. I learned that he ate humans (which I was surprised to find not repulsive), that he had been orphaned when his parents died in a fire… and that he was changed when he was eighteen (in 1863) during the war, where his camp had been set on fire. A vampire had found him, and had taken pity on him. I also learned that he had loved a human girl… and that a jealous boy had set her house on fire, because he thought that if he couldn't have her… no one could. I also learned that his last coven had been killed by a werewolf pack in New Orleans. He had wandered around for awhile…. Until he found me.
I told him about the Cullens and the rest of my life.
"Wow, scary… I never really thought about Gabrielle's safety… but I never really craved her blood." he said after I told him about why Edward left me.
"I can't believe all the things you've been through… I can't believe you've lost everyone in fires. That's so tragic. I'm so sorry." I said putting my hand on his arm. He looked up at me… and I fell into his blood red eyes.
"Umm… I bet you're hungry. Let's go hunt. Umm… are you okay with feeding off humans?" he asked uncertainly.
"Well, yes I am. Oh, one more thing… where are we?" I asked looking around for some sort of sign to show where we were.
"We are in the Volturi palace. It's where everyone in our clan lives. Come, let's hunt then we can introduce you to everyone.
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After being avaialble for reservation since mid-October, Facebook post by Microsoft Canada has revealed that Canadian carrier Rogers will be getting the Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X on November 12.
The Lumia 920, which is a Rogers' exclusive, will fetch $99.99 with a three-year contract and $549.99 on a month-to-month plan. The HTC 8X's pricing, both for the 8GB and 16GB versions, has not been annouced yet. Also absent from the Microsoft post was any mention of Samsung's ATIV S, which was announced alongside the 920 and 8X back in October.
Interestingly, the post has since disappeared. One theory behind the post being pulled is that Microsoft may have jumped the gun in announcing the launch date before the carrier had a chance to. Another possibility is that the post was removed because the Lumia 920 pictured was red, which would be misleading to consumers because Rogers' 920 will be offered exclusively in black.
Whatever the reason, the information seems to be accurate, according to Rogers forum users who have reported being given the same launch date by Rogers representatives.
The Lumia 920 has had a very limited release on Rogers with some stores getting early but limited inventory--a "soft launch" if you will. The full launch is expected to happen very soon.
Update: Pricing for the 8X was also leaked: 8GB in Black $49 (3yr), $499 (month-to-month); 16GB in Blue $99 (3yr), $549 (month-to-month)
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Moms these days are so busy. Between juggling their careers, kids' activities and household responsibilities, many moms are working round-the-clock. Their motherly instincts guide them, always finding time and energy to take care of everyone and everything, with the exception of themselves. If this sounds like your mom, then listen up because this list is for you. Mother's Day is this Sunday. This day is meant to celebrate moms of all ages, young and old. While many of us rely on flowers and jewelry to express our appreciation for Mom (I being one of those people) perhaps the simple tasks below will reinforce how much we love and appreciate the special lady in our life. Whether you're 6 or 50, these simple gestures can show your mother you love and adore her. Use these tips throughout this week, or place them in a coupon book so Mom can redeem a task each month. Mom deserves it!
1. Help her around the house without being asked.
Helping with household chores without your mom having to beg will make her life easier. Even if you despise cleaning your room, or doing the laundry, your mom doesn't particularly enjoy housework either. If you're a grown adult you can still help with household chores. If you notice mom has been talking about that creaky door in the bedroom or the weeds in the garden, offer to come assist her. Major chores mom could use some help with ...
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Its not like Parvati Shallow is short on money, having already won over a million dollars courtesy of three appearances on Survivor (including winning Survivor: Micronesia). But that wont stop the cheapskate from trying to travel the globe without paying a single penny. Starting on July 5th, shell be starring on CBS.coms Around the World For Free, taking over for previous host Jeff Schroeder (of Big Brother and Amazing Race fame). On the show, Parvati will spend 100 days on the road with rides, shelter, and meals provided by viewers themselves. (She gets four free flights along the way to handle longer journeys.) Viewers will also help determine where Parvati goes next on her journey via an online interactive map at cbs.com/world. I talked with the Survivor champ/minx to get the lowdown on her latest adventure.Okay, Parvati, tell me what the hell youve gotten yourself into this time.Basically, this is my dream come true from the day I was born. I love more than anything in the world to travel, and meet people, and learn about different cultures. And being able to do that and meet people from incredibly remote places like shamans in the Amazon rain forest or Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert, I am so excited. Its going to open up this whole new way of life for me and for everybody thats watching the show.How many boys do you plan to seduce on this trip?[Laughs] At least one in every country.Survivor: Get the latest news, photos, and moreThats how youll get around for free, I suppose then. So this show used to be hosted by Jeff Schroeder from Big Brother. Does that mean youre now taking his sloppy seconds?I never watched Jeff on Big Brother. Big Brother to me, I find it to be a little less than exciting.How diplomatic.I definitely think Im going to make this my own. I have a very strong personality and very strong opinions on the direction I want to take this show in. Its going to be much more focused on adventure, culture, meeting people in more remote places. I know Jeff kind of trekked around big cities, and I want to be in the jungle, in more uncomfortable places where people arent given all the comforts that we have in America. I want to experience life.So what youre saying, basically, is that youre tougher than Jeff Schroeder.Im definitely saying Im tougher than Jeff Schroeder! And if he wants to have a boxing match to prove it, I am down for that.Your fellow Survivor villains Russell and Boston Rob also have new shows coming out. Why should people watch yours instead of theirs?Because Im cooler. Because I beat both of them! Also, with this show, Im the first girl to do it to go out there and travel on her own with no money. Basically, Im independent. Im relying on myself to get from place to place but Im also building this huge team behind me to support me on this journey. Its very raw and very real time and very in the moment, and thats where I excel.On this show, youre really dependent on the kindness of others. Who is the former Survivor contestant that would be least likely to help you?I think, honestly, every Survivor contestant would help me because they all want to be back on TV.Even Sugar Kiper?Definitely Sugar! I was thinking maybe Jonny Fairplay, but I know he would want to be back on TV so he would help me for sure. He would send me someplace horrible, but even sending me somewhere horrible is still helping me.How shamelessly are you going to be pimping your new Santa Monica spa/gym, ESP Wellness Center, throughout the course of the show?You can expect ESP Wellness Center to throw up all over your face. Its a huge part of the show. Im leaving, essentially, my home, which is ESP, that Ive spent the past year-and-a-half building with my blood sweat and tears and Im leaving it. Its like my child. So Im definitely going to be checking back in, finding out whats going on in the studio, and how our clients are progressing.You told me earlier this year you were done with Survivor and I said I didnt believe it and that youd return one more time. Where is your head at now as far as appearing on Survivor again at some point?I definitely think every thing Ive done in my life has prepared me for this show. I think competing on Survivor three times has prepared me for being able to do Around the World for Free. I think that Im moving in a new direction and Im pretty much closing the book on Survivor, but Im taking those lessons that I learned from that experience with me as I move forward and take on this new challenge.Youre full of it, Parvati. Youll be back.Never! Well, I dont want to say never, because we all know what happens when I say that.
Offer her B&B, a ride from the airport, and some sort of fun typically Aussie experience, and I am sure they would love it!! It is all viewer directed, very interactive, and Parvati will bring a whole different approach to this!Should be fun!!
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European Tour, Barclays Singapore Open. 1st round Play Suspended November 08 2012
Thomas Bjorn/ Getty Images European Tour event the Barclays Singapore Open got off to a slow start as play was suspended midway through the day. Thomas Bjorn, of Denmark was the clubhouse leader at the suspension of play, with his -5 under par round of 66 at the Sentosa Golf Club. Thomas had won three times on the European Tour last year, but has yet to record a victory in 2012, but he said he always enjoys coming to Singapore, commenting that it is not a long course; "I came here and saw the golf course, and knew that everything was about driving the golf ball well. It's not the longest golf course in the world, so if you can keep it in the fairway you can produce a score, and I did that very well today. It's only round one though, so we'll work from here. I always enjoy coming to Singapore and Malaysia., you have got to pace yourself a little bit, and not use too much energy through the week. It is quite nice for the body to be feeling nice and warm out there, with no cold for the old joints to get you into trouble" There are three players who have finished at -4 under are, they are Simon Khan, Chinnarat Phadungsil and Pablo Martin. The former BMW PGA Champion Simon Khan led the way for most of the morning but slipped up with two bogeys in his last three holes, Simon remarked on the heat out on the course; "The heat wasn't quite as intense first thing, but it soon warms up here. Round the front nine I really got it going nicely but on the back nine maybe I didn't hit it quite where I wanted to. I dropped my first shot on sixteen, trying to get a bit cute between clubs, then just hit a bad tee shot on the last. I wasn't really concentrating on the tee, I think by that point the heat had got to me a little bit, but overall I was pleased how I handled it today, and it's a good start." Pablo Martin needs to climb 51 places by the end of next week to retain his playing privileges and to hopefully avoid a trip to the Qualifying School, he hopes he can put together four good rounds this week and is yearning for some good luck; "I haven't been playing or scoring well all year really. I haven't been able to put together four decent rounds in a row, which has been very frustrating. But hopefully my luck will turn here, and this can be my week. I've got two tournaments left until the end of the season, so I want to make the most of them and finish the season strongly." Phil Mickelson has had a miserable day, finishing at +2 over par, after his opening round of 73. Rory McIlroy has played eight holes and is cruising along at par, while Adam Scott has completed his round at par. Play will resume early Friday morning, preceding the second round. I was expecting some much lower scores on this course, as the players have been allowed to pick and place the ball, just because there there could be some mud on the ball. Play the ball as it lies, that is what we all have to do. I am going on a golf trip at the weekend, and there is no WIFI where I am going so will have to catch up reporting on this tournament when I return.