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Short Stack SPLIT
"Stack Is No More," Announce The Aussie Rock Stars…
They may be 'Drop Dead Gorgeous' – but sadly Short Stack are no more.
Just days after fellow Aussie rockers Jet announced their split, our beloved boys from Bugewoi have followed suit and called it a day too.
"As you may or may not know, Short Stack has decided to call it a day" the band wrote on their official Facebook page this morning.
"Thank you so much for your support over the years, we really cannot express how much it means that you have let our music be a part of your lives and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
Frontman Shaun Diviney also posted his own message via his personal Facebook page.
"For me, since the band started when I was 15, it's always been about the music I wrote and how it effected people.
"The greatest feeling was you singing my words back at a show, living with the albums and letting something I created be a part of your lives."
And while Stackheads across the country are mourning the news - the singer insists he and fellow members Andy Clemmensen and Bradie Webb are still on good terms.
"These times will be some of the best of my life with the boys/the crew," he added. "We still remain the closest friends."
The popular trio, who formed back in 2005, have stormed the charts over the past eight years with two smash hit albums, including their debut release 'Stack Is The New Black' and 2010's 'This Is Bat Country.'
And Shaun insists that despite parting ways with his bandmates, fans will still see more of him in the future…
"I am starting working on my next project, which is honestly the best thing I have ever done," he said.
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Would happily pay 2-2.5 times what Interpol tickets cost to see Paul McCartney in Phoenix, though.
It's official. Only thing the rumor was wrong about was the venue.
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Come see Vinyl Station with me this Thursday at Crescent.
Wow, according to Ticketmaster, prices for Macca start at just $36 after fees. I'm sure there aren't many at the price.
Who ever tries for those tix? I'm sure it's obstructed view from behind the stage up in the corner with shitty sound. No thanks.
There is a presale on PaulMcCartney.com happening at 9 a.m. today. You've had to have been registered with the website before this morning though. I forgot to come back and post this last night. Sorry about that.
Looks like the site was crashed for about 5 minutes, I'm in the waiting room now.
This ain't no middle of the mall shit.
I got 2 in 218. Couldn't pull the trigger on the cheapest lowers which would've been $325 for the pair.
ugh, didn't get my email address registered in time for today's presale. oh well, onward to the amex presale on the 1st
I spent big money today, I got 4 in section 102 row 7.
This ain't no middle of the mall shit.
I won't hold my breath hoping for a good lineup, but:
Inaugural Summer Ends Music Festival
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Lineup announced on Monday
Life and timez of the zzzizzzler....
A ghaztly decizion!!
Where did you see that there will be an opener? He's been playing 40-song sets during his South American tour.
Yeah, that's most likely what that fest will be considering it's Luckyman that is promoting it. Maybe with the Uproar Festival taking over one of the three days. Had it been Stateside I would be a lot more optimistic about it.
Actually I take back what I said. There is going to be some slight Coachella crossover. Count on the Replacements being there. Overall, this could be actually be worth it.
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An Unexpected Wobble
AboutA solo show of drawings and sculpture by the artist Alan Franklin, is the focus of a new exhibition, Precession, by fine art gallery âOne Church Street', opening on 14th February 2014. The drawings originate from simple, familiar processes and repetitive mark making, but result in works that are temptingly intriguing, delightfully unexpected and profoundly meditative. The idea of a wobble suggests an unpredictable, or perhaps an accidental divergence from a dynamic system. Franklin's works play subtly with the fault in a rule, or a slip from the expected. By combining a playful use of ordinary materials (such as elastic bands, birdseed, salt or sugar) with simple, pre-determined processes, Franklin embarks upon a drawing. Certain initial or ongoing conditions (such as the availability or cost of a material, the ambient temperature that will affect the flow of ink from a biro, or the random choice of colours from a box of paints) begin to cause events (wobbles), which create surprise and visual interest. Franklin is mindful of such determinants, allowing the unexpected, and even conspiring to invite a particular cause to create a startling effect. This inventive and whimsical approach is the hallmark of all his work. âI want my work to stray or wander away from what we think we know in order to be surprised - not by something new, but by something which is already there.' Similar to a wobbling spinning-top, precession means a gravity-induced, slow, and continuous change in the orientation of an astronomical body's rotational axis. In particular, it refers to the gradual shift in the orientation of the Earth's axis of rotation. The exhibition title Precession comes from Franklin's interest in the physics of the universe and the interconnection of all things - sometimes referred to as the butterfly effect. Precession runs Friday 14th February until Saturday 8th March 2014 Open: 11.00am 4.00pm, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays Private View: 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Thursday 13th February The Artist will be in residence, 2.00pm 4.00pm, Saturday 15th February A Talk will be held later in the exhibition programme Alan Franklin is Senior Lecturer on the BA Fine Art programme at Bucks New University. He was awarded an MA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College in 1983 and has since exhibited his work, mainly his sculpture, on an international arena from London to Japan. He has completed residences in remote locations such as Iceland, Poland and the Grizedale Forest in Cumbria. This is one of the first occasions that Franklin has exhibited his drawings.
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The two Baptist pastors didn't know a soul at Gov. Martin O'Malley's big breakfast for supporters of his same-sex marriage bill back in January.
Neither had ever been in a room with so many openly gay people.
"It was a different moment," said the Rev. Donte Hickman Sr., pastor of Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore. He had attended the breakfast in Annapolis with a colleague, the Rev. Delman Coates, who leads a megachurch in Prince George's County.
They listened. Observed. And at the news conference that followed, stood to the side.
They left intrigued by the proposed legislation, but unsure of how much of a role they wanted to play in Maryland's marriage debate.
Ten months later, the two had become the highest-profile pitchmen for Question 6, appearing in nearly identical commercials that played on television for three-quarters of the campaign. In Baltimore — during some stretches — the average person saw the commercials 10 times a week.
Voters' approval of Maryland's same-sex marriage law last week can be traced in part to the decision by Hickman, 41, and Coates, 39, to lend their names, faces and reputations to a campaign on an issue that remains highly controversial in their community.
According to Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the campaign for same-sex marriage, the pastors' comfort in distinguishing between church and civil law was persuasive not only to blacks, but to white voters.
Equally important was the success of Marylanders for Marriage Equality in raising the $6 million needed to keep Hickman and Coates on the air and the rest of the campaign humming.
Before the campaign could raise that money, it had to endure an internal shake-up and win over skeptical donors who saw better-organized efforts in Washington state and Maine.
On Tuesday, Maryland voters across a broad geographical and political spectrum voted 52 percent to 48 percent to legalize same-sex marriage. The six Maryland jurisdictions that voted in favor of the measure were five majority-white counties and majority-black Baltimore. Two of the counties supported Republican Mitt Romney for president.
"Hickman and Coates, their courage and their voices cannot be underestimated," O'Malley said in an interview after the election. "They were very, very important to changing the dialogue of fear to a much more positive dialogue of hope."
While raising money was a challenge, O'Malley said, "we refused to give in."
"You have to get a lot of noes before you got the yes," he said.
But to the alarm of supporters, those "noes" were still coming strong in August. The campaign didn't have enough money to fund even a few days on television.
"There was never a moment when it was easy," said Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, which put nearly $2 million into the Maryland fight.
National trends, of course, played an important role in the victory. Opinion polls have shown growing support for same-sex marriage, and the backing of President Barack Obama — who announced in May that he had "evolved" on the issue, and later endorsed the Maryland measure specifically — might have led black voters in particular to take another look.
Votes in Maryland, Maine and Washington state last week marked the first time that same-sex marriage had been approved at the ballot box. Voters in Minnesota, meanwhile, rejected a proposed ban on gay marriage there.
Supporters hope the victories will influence the Supreme Court, which is expected to take up a same-sex marriage case this month, and believe they could help sway votes in other Democratic-leaning states such as Hawaii, Illinois and Rhode Island.
But none of that was in the minds of Hickman or Coates as they wrestled with the idea of supporting same-sex marriage and how vocal they should be. Their journey started in the church.


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Digital Photos are made up millions of tiny little squares called pixels. Every time you take a photo with your digital camera, you are collecting a couple million organized pixels as captured by the sensor behind the lens. If your camera is a 10 megapixel camera, you are collecting 10 million of these pixels. If you have a 5 megapixel camera, you are collecting 5 million of them.
Another piece of information, in addition to those millions of pixels, is also passed along to the jpg or tiff file your camera creates, and that is the resolution of your photo. Because pixels only exist on a screen in the digital world, we need a translation to be able to take those pictures from the screen to a print. So our camera provides a number, usually 72, though sometimes 100 or 240, that corresponds to the number of pixels that a printer will pack into each printed inch of your photo. To find this information in Photoshop with an open photo, go to Image > Image Size.
Those are the specific numbers that I get directly out of my camera. The Pixel Dimensions refer to the total pixels captured in my camera – 3888 pixels across by 2592 pixels down equals 10,077,696, or approx 10 megapixels. The Document Size area refers to the translation of that information into real life. My camera provides the arbitrary number of 72 ppi (pixels per inch) as its default resolution. So dividing our width and height in pixels by our resolution we get the numbers shown in the Document size area in inches. In other words, if I were to hit print right now in Photoshop, it would try to print a 54″ x 36″ print. There are two operations we can do to remedy this situation.
Resizing refers to changing the resolution of the image. For most print applications, the standard resolutions of 300 or 360 are sufficiently high enough that you will have nice smooth images. Making sure that "Resample Image" is unchecked, if you type 360 into the Resolution box, you'll see the numbers for the width and height change with it:
Nothing about our photo has changed one bit here digitally. We still have the same 10 million pixels we started with, we are just telling photoshop that we want to print more of them per inch. This gives us a totally reasonable size of 10.8″ x 7.2″ and we could print right now if we wanted to.
But maybe 10.8″ x 7.2″ isn't exactly the size we're looking for. Lets say we wanted to print out our photo at 360 resolution on an 11×17 piece of paper. Now we need to resample our image, which means we are going to be adding or subtracting information (pixels). With "Resample Image" checked, type in either the width or height of your targeted printed size. In this case, I'll choose 10 inches as my height:
This time, Photoshop has done a little more than some simple math. If you look at the pixel dimensions at the top, we are now at 5400×3600, or over 19 million pixels. Photoshop has used its resampling operation to add in about double the amount of pixels than we started with. In other words, there is now about one extra pixel between every original existing pixel that we started with. Resampling is considered a destructive operation, since we are creating information out of thin air (albeit very intelligently). Photoshop does a pretty good job upsampling at this rate. However, if you start trying to upsample at a rate of introducing say 10 pixels for every one pixel of information (ie ending up with 100 million or so pixels), Photoshop will struggle a bit more, so it's up to you to try your resample operation and scrutinize to see if it's had a detrimental effect on your photo. Similarly, you can also choose to downsample your photo by typing a smaller number into the width or height. This is also destructive because now we are throwing away original information from our camera to make sure we end up with the right number of pixels.
Knowing the difference between resampling and resizing and how to use both of them together are essential basic tools for digital photographers who wish to print their work.


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East African Countries are exploring the possibility of joint geothermal development plans and funding of fast track projects.
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I did "power" circle recently, I took on a deeply personal and emotional issue. A Circle of Understanding was held, no intention to change anyones stance, but to create more understanding. To bring people together to hear the other side of the issue. The topic was gay marriage. After some dialouge in the campus newspaper, it was offered to bring people together, in a Circle.
I made a few 'rookie' mistakes. I did a few things I "train" other people NOT to do. I learned a great deal with the intensity of this issue. I would not recommend you jump into a subject like this, without serious training. I want to share with you my issues, and the solutions. Then I'll highlight things I did like a 'pro'. : )
Issue: Meeting Space
I should have scouted out my site. I made assumptions that the person scheduling the room, would know it should be private. Instead, we were in a fishbowl of glass. It was like the noise outside was being pumped in to our room. Foot traffic going by made me think more people were coming in, when they were just walking by. I had anxiety before the Circle, arriving to see the room did not have us on the schedule and it was locked. Forcing me to call contacts, beg security to unlock the door.
Solution: Set up the area for the best success. You might not have alot of choices in a school setting, but you can make the effort. Communicate if someone is scheduling your Circle site. Arrive early, you may need to find a plan B, and looking back, that would have been a better option.
Issue: Late arrivals
I can include people who are a few minutes late. An hour? I felt disrupted when two new people joined our Circle, missing out on the explanation, the values, the committment the getting acquainted and building relationships round. It was faced with my inclusive value. I asked the rest of the Circle, everyone "ok?".
Solution: Using my "I'm sorry we've started sign". We hang this sign or some version of it on the door when we start Victim Impact Panels and Underage Consumption Panels. I was somewhat unsure of the number of people who would attend. I did however, make the information about Circles abundantly clear. The start time was consistently posted as 6 pm, 20 other people made it at that time. Next time, I'll use the sign.
If you think of a continuum and one side is Restorative Justice and the other Talking Circle – this particular Circle was more on the Talking Circle side. I knew I had participants that all felt like victims. It was a deeply emotional Circle, I was exhausted, just wrung out. Tense, yet hopeful. Both sides spoke, actually many sides spoke. Issues of Christianity, sin, rights, freedoms, hate crimes, discrimination, we heard them all. Confusion, lots of confusion for the other points of view. All in all, what happened at the end, was that people with totally different perspectives listened to each other. I can't guarantee how everyone processed it afterwards. I think one or two might have felt personally attacked, I'm sorry for that, it's my perspective, some might think that was deserved, I'm not so sure.
What I did well:
-pulled in a co-keeper to help out.
-promoted as much preparing for participants as possible.
-help a space of neutrality and Circle minded presence.
-trusted the process.
-learned from the experience, what I did well, what I would do different. It was a powerful one, I sat thinking and contemplating some of the stories for days. I did tell my board I have proved my 'circlekeeper courage' by doing this one.
-good luck with your Circles, Kris


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Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Other Opportunities
Exhibit: "Art Auction and Kozol Exhibit"
Monday, September12 through Monday, September 26
Paty Eiffe Gallery, Haupert Union Building
On display will be posters describing the IN FOCUS theme of POVERTY & INEQUALITY and providing information about Jonathan Kozol and his books.
In addition, artwork by Moravian College students, faculty, and alumni will be displayed as part of a silent art auction. 100% of the money that is raised through the auction will go to the Lehigh Valley Arts Council, providing art opportunities to local children. The LVAC was established in 1989 with the mission statement to promote the arts; to support and encourage artists and their development; to assist arts organizations; and to facilitate communication and cooperation among artists, arts organizations, and the community. The money raised from this auction will specifically go to their Urban/Suburban Connection after-school programs that help local children improve literacy and foster multi-cultural understanding. It connects students from urban and suburban schools through the arts. Their programs also benefit participating teachers by providing professional development and networking opportunities. An example of a past Urban/Suburban Connection program is "Making My Mark" in which students from Trexler Middle School and Southern Lehigh Middle School used poetry, narrative writing, and journal entries as the subject matter for collages, found object assemblages, and collagraph prints.
The art auction to raise money for the LVAC Urban/Suburban Connection program is in support of Jonathan Kozol's mission to provide equal educational opportunities to all children. This exhibit is sponsored by the Art Department.
Open to the Public; no charge
For questions regarding physical accessibility or more information about this exhibit, contact Jan Ciganick by email or at 610.861.1680; Kristin Baxter by email or at 610.861.1463; or Kelly Weaver by email or call (610) 861-1491.
Event: Comenius Center Graduate Symposium (Video available on campus only)
Wednesday, September 14
4 – 5 pm --- Refreshments and Poster Presentations; Foy Lobby & Payne Gallery
5 – 6 pm --- Keynote Address; Foy Hall
Speaker: "Jonathan Kozol: A Talk with Teachers"
6:15 - 8 pm --- M.Ed. theses presentations – Presenters; Hurd Campus; light refreshments in HILL 5 Lobby and Hearst Hall
6:15 – 7 pm --- Teacher Research Session 1
Foy Hall; Peter Hall; Hill 209, 310, 410; Music Center 202, 207
7:15 – 8 pm --- Teacher Research Session 2
Foy Hall; Peter Hall; Hill 209, 310, 410; Music Center 202, 207
Audience: Comenius Center graduate students and alumni
For questions regarding physical accessibility or more information about this event, go to Comenius Center or contact Bill Ender, (610) 625-7938
Event: Fall Convocation (Video available on campus only)
Thursday, September 15; 10:00 am - Noon
followed by an all-campus lunch
Johnston Hall
Cohen Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Kozol —"Joy and Justice: A Challenge to the Young to Serve the Children of the Poor"
Fall Convocation combines both a "welcome-to-the-term" event with a major speaker. It is a time for us to gather as a campus community to celebrate the start of a new academic year and the arrival of enthusiastic students, and to recognize academic achievement. The campus community will support this program by attending individually, by attending with their classes, or by participating in the academic procession. In support of the program, non-essential administrative offices will close during the convocation. Following the Convocation, the campus community will gather for an all-campus lunch on the PPHAC patio (rain site: HUB).
Audience: Primary audience is the campus community including faculty, staff, and students of the College, Comenius Center, and Seminary. Special note: General public may view event via streamed video available in Prosser Auditorium, Haupert Union Building.
For questions regarding physical accessibility, or more information about this event, call the Academic Affairs Office at (610) 861-1348.
Event: A Banned Book Event
Monday, September 26; 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Afterwords Cafe, Reeves Library
Join faculty and students reading selections from books banned as a result of their connection to poverty and inequality. There will also be discussions about the readings. This event is sponsored by the Zinzendorf Society and Friends of Reeves Library.
No Charge
Audience: Faculty and Students
For questions regarding physical accessibility, or more information about this event,
contact Suzanne Moyer by email or by phone at (610) 217-0631
Event: A Day with Jeffrey Brenner, "Dr. Hotspot"
Monday, September 26
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
For Clergy & Religious Leaders
The Saal, Bahnson Center
Moravian Theological Seminary
Free, but please register in advance
by calling 610-861-1516
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
For the General Public:
No registration required
Zion's UCC
620 W. Hamilton Blvd.
Allentown, PA
(off street parking available)
Why, with all the medical advances, high-tech interventions, and an ever- growing knowledge base about healthy living, do so many of our neighbors, especially low-income people, have poor health? Are there medical "hotpots" in our community that account for a disproportionate share of area medical costs and still generate inferior health outcomes? And what can we as a community do about it?
Moravian Theological Seminary and Congregations United for Neighborhood Action (CUNA) want to start answering that question. To help in this process, we have invited Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, a nationally recognized primary care physician from Camden, NJ, whose work on medical "hotspots" was recently featured by The New Yorker and PBS Frontline, to join us on September 26th to reflect on his work and offer his guidance in our efforts to improve the health of our people. Please join us for this critically important conversation.
Click Here to View PBS Frontline Report: 'Dr. Hotspot' http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/doctor-hotspot/
Please Note: On Friday, October 28, we will continue our conversation on community health with the Pastoral Care Week Lectures at Moravian Seminary, a series of discussions by local health care providers and religious and community leaders on the topic, "Health and Wealth: A Widening Gap?", using clips from the PBS documentary, "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" For more information, click here: http://seminary.moravian.edu/conted/Fall11/PCWLectures.html
For questions regarding physical accessibility, or more information about these events,
contact Steve Simmons by email or by phone at (610) 625-7868
Event: "Tooth and Claw" - Play Reading with discussion
Friday, September 30; 8:00 pm
Arena Theatre, HUB
The Moravian College Theatre Company will present a reading of "Tooth and Claw," a play by Michael Hollinger, as part of the Friday Night Play Reading Series. Set in the Galapagos, this play shows the conflict that builds between foreign scientists and local fishermen when the fishermen are ordered to stop fishing in order to save a threatened ecosystem. Through the story, we explore the friction between environment and economics. Is the poverty of the local fishermen the price of saving an endangered species? Whose claim is the more just? Issues of inequality between native and foreign populations--human and non-human--are eloquently articulated in this compelling drama.
From the publisher: THE STORY: Reptile specialist Schuyler Baines, "the Savior of Giant Tortoises" and the first female director of the Charles Darwin Research Station, arrives in Galápagos Islands full of ideas and idealism. But when she becomes aware of an exploding black market that threatens to destroy the islands' fragile ecosystem, Schuyler shuts the industry down, sparking a deadly, survival-of-the-fittest conflict with native fishermen. A bold, theatrical exploration of evolution, extinction, and the ever-present nature of Darwin's "struggle for life."
No Charge
Audience: Open to the Public
For questions regarding physical accessibility, or more information about this event,
contact www.moravian.edu/theatre; Christopher Shorr; firstname.lastname@example.com; (610) 861-1489
Event: "Good People" - Play Reading
Friday, October 14; 8:00 pm
Arena Theatre, HUB
The Moravian College Theatre Company will present a reading of "Good People," a play by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Bill Bauman. It is a part of the Friday Night Play Reading Series.
Set in Boston's Southie neighborhood, Lindsay-Abaire's humorous drama "explores the struggles, shifting loyalities and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America." This play is a 2011 Tony winner.
No Charge
Audience: Open to the Public
For questions regarding physical accessibility, or more information about this event,
contact www.moravian.edu/theatre; Bill Bauman; firstname.lastname@example.com.
Event: Habitat for Humanity Homecoming Build
Friday, October 21; 9 am – 3 pm
Saturday, October 22; during the Homecoming Parade
Outside on the 1742 Splotch (between the HUB and Reeves Library)
The Moravian College Chapter of Habitat for Humanity will be participating in the annual Homecoming Build on campus. Volunteers are needed to work side-by-side with other alums and current students to help construct a new house for a family right here in the Lehigh Valley.
This event is sponsored by the Office of Community Service.
Audience: Faculty, Staff and Students can participate
Registration: Required
For questions regarding physical accessibility, more information, and/or to register for this event, contact Nicole Nugent, (610) 625-7857.
Film: Waste Land
Tuesday, October 25; 7:00 pm
Snyder Room, HUB
WASTELAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores" — self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. His collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Check out the trailer at <http://www.wastelandmovie.com>.
This film is part of the Environmental Film Series. It is sponsored by the Moravian College Environmental Studies & Sciences Program through a grant from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Refreshments and an opportunity for discussion will follow each film.
Audience: Free and Open to the Public
For questions regarding physical accessibility, more information about this event, and/or to register, contact Hilde Binford.
Event: Health and Wealth: A Widening Gap?
Friday, October 28; 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
Bahnson Center, Main Street Campus
Rev. Maritza Torres-Dolich, Outreach Pastor, Christ Lutheran Church, Allentown
Simone Phillips, RN, Atrium Assisted Living
Lissette Lahoz, , MPH, Executive Director, Neighborhood Health Centers of the Lehigh Valley, St. Luke's Health Network
Rev. Dr. Christine Nelson, Executive Director, and Diala Hakim, Permanent Employment Program Coordinator, Lehigh County Conference of Churches
A large and growing body of evidence suggests that, quite apart from such factors as genetics and lifestyle (diet, exercise, smoking, etc.), there is a direct and decisive correlation between one's socioeconomic status and one's state of health and longevity. Using clips from the PBS documentary, Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?, health professionals and community leaders from around the Lehigh Valley will discuss disparities in health access and outcomes across social and racial/ethnic lines, and lead us in a conversation about how we as a society can improve the health and well-being of all our cicizens. This event is part of the Annual Pastoral Care Week lectures and is sponsored by Moravian Theological Seminary Continuing Education.
Open to the Public
Program Fee: $25 (if registered by 10/14, discounted fee: $20)
Free to Moravian students, faculty and staff; Advance registration requested.
For questions regarding physical accessibility, more information about this event, and/or to register, contact Steve Simmons / (610) 625-7868.
Lecture: "Are Race, Gender, and Poverty Barriers to Justice?
Wednesday, November 2; 7:00 pm
UBC, Haupert Union Building
Speaker: Judge Fern Fisher
This lecture and question and answer session is sponsored by the Office of Institutional Diversity..
No Charge
Audience: Open to the Moravian community and public
For questions regarding physical accessibility, or more information about this event,
contact the Office of Institutional Diversity at (610) 625-7884.
Faculty Research: Presentation and Discussion
Wednesday, November 9; 11:30 am to 12:45 pm
UBC, Haupert Union Building
Faculty: Jane Berger, Heikki Lempa, and Sonia Aziz
In accordance with the continued development of Poverty & Inequality | IN FOCUS, we have identified several faculty members who are currently working on research that is either grounded in or has ties to Poverty & Inequality. Research is a crucial component of the IN FOCUS Centers of Investigation and part of this work involves exposure, acknowledgment, and substantive discourse of work currently being done by faculty members on campus.
Please join us at this joint talk with Dr. Berger, Dr. Lempa, and Dr. Aziz on labor issues in the context of poverty and inequality.
No Charge
Audience: Open to the Moravian community and public
For questions regarding physical accessibility, please contact The Director of Student Activities or (610) 861-1493. For more information about this event, contact Sonia Aziz.
Event: National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Monday, November 14 through Saturday, November 19
This nationwide effort brings about greater awareness to the problems of hunger and homelessness in our local and global communities. Specific events about the week will be available in the fall. For questions regarding physical accessibility or more information about this week of activity, contact Community Service.
Event: Hunger Banquet
Wednesday, November 16; 5 - 6:30 pm
MarketPlace Dining Room, Haupert Union Building
This event focuses on the problem of hunger in the world. As participants enter, they take a ticket out of a basket. On their ticket is a random assignment — either low, middle, or high income. Participants will then eat a meal, learn about hunger, and share conversation that illustrates some of the inequalities related to the topic of hunger. Registration details will be posted soon. This event is part of the National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and is sponsored by Office of Community Service.
Audience: Faculty, Staff and Students
Registration: Required
For questions regarding physical accessibility or more information about this event, contact Community Service.
Movie: The Help
November 16, 18, 19, 20; 9:00 pm
Prosser Auditorium, HUB
THE HELP is about an aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960's who decides to write a book detailing the African-American maid's point of view on the white families for which they work and the hardships they face on a daily basis.
This film is part of Impact's Weekly Movie Series.
Audience: Students
Admission: Free
For questions regarding physical accessibility, or more information about this event,
contact Suzanne Moyer by email or by phone at (610) 217-0631
Event: "Killadelphia" - Performance
Thursday, November 17; 8:00 pm
Arena Theatre, HUB
The Moravian College Theatre Company will present "Killadelphia" a play by Sean Christopher Lewis.
A gripping, award-winning one-man play. In the Summer of 2008, it was often said that Philadelphia had more bodies than days. The city was in the midst of a murder epidemic that put it on par with some third world countries. Determined to take an unflinching look at the causes of the crime rate and its effect on the community, playwright/performer Sean Christopher Lewis introduces us to the inmates of Graterford Prison, men employed to beautify the city even as they serve out life sentences. The voices of the prisoners, their victims, Mayor Nutter, local rappers, conservative talk show hosts, trauma surgeons, and the citizens of the City of Brotherly Lovecrowd the stage to say their piece.
Sean Christopher Lewis is an award-winning playwright, performer and director. His plays have won the Kennedy Center's Rosa Parks Award, the 2010 National New Play Network's Smith Prize, a Barrymore Award from the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, a Central Ohio Critic's Circle Citation, a National Performance Network Creation Fund Grant, the William Inge Fellowship and more. He served as National New Play Network Emerging Playwright in Residence at Interact Theatre in Philly and as Playwright in Residence at the William Inge Arts Center in Independence, Kansas.
No Charge
Audience: Open to the Public
For questions regarding physical accessibility, or more information about this event,
contact www.moravian.edu/theatre; Christopher Shorr; firstname.lastname@example.com.
Event: Building Resources for Poverty & Inequality
Friday, November 18; 4:00-5:30 pm
Afterwords Cafe, Reeves Library
Reeves Library, the IN FOCUS Steering Committee, and the Poverty & Inequality Center of Investigation invite faculty and staff to a reception to support a symbolic beginning to the development of a wish list and/or book donations of publications, scholarly books, journals and articles to build a resource base for this year's IN FOCUS theme.
Please come, have a glass of wine, bring a book or two and or suggestions of titles to purchase to support this effort. The work we do now to build the resource base for our current focus will also help other focus areas (Sustainability, Health Care and War&Peace). You are welcome to come whether you wish to suggest a title to purchase or to add a book to the library collection.
Audience: All Faculty and Staff
Admission: Free admission
For questions regarding physical accessibility or more information about this event, contact Sonia Aziz.
Event: "the empty bowls project"
Tuesday, November 29; 1 - 6:00 pm
UBC Room, Haupert Union Building
NAEA, National Art Education Association, will be holding a silent auction/dinner, where handmade ceramic bowls, made by local high school students and Moravian students and faculty will be auctioned off at the end of the night. All proceeds wil be donated to a local food bank.
Audience: Faculty, Staff and Students
Admission: Free admission, tickets required (must rsvp)
For questions regarding physical accessibility or more information about this event, contact Sarah Collins, president of NAEA (also on facebook at NAEA Moravian College Chapter), or contact advisor Prof. Kristen Baxter.
Event: St. Luke's Nurse Family Partnership Donation Drive
Tuesday, November 15—Friday, December 9
Comenius Center, Benigna Hall
The Delta Omicron Chapter of the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society is collecting new baby items (see list below) and cash donations to benefit the St. Luke's Nurse Family Partnership. The Nurse Family Partnership supports low-income, first-time pregnant women. To learn more about what they do, visit the website at: http://www.mystlukesonline.org/conditions-and-services/visiting-nurse-association-of-st-lukes/nfp/index.aspx . Your participation is much appreciated. Thank you for your help.
New Items Needed: Books; Shape Sorters; Stacking Cups (need to check that we do not get the smallest size due to choking hazards); Baby CDs lullabies are really appreciated; Sleep Sacks ( warm material such as fleece); Outlet Covers (simple press in); A & D Ointmen;t Desitin Diaper Rash; Baby Blocks ( 1 ½ inch size...no smaller...wood or plastic are fine); Monetary Gifts should be made out to "Moravian College" (we will deposit it and make out one check to the Nurse Family Partnership) .
Audience: Everyone
For questions regarding physical accessibility or more information about this event, contact Doris Siegfried; Comenius Center; or call (610) 861-1400.
Luncheon Seminar: Nutrition and Modernity; Milk Consumption in Mexico,
Thursday, December 1; 11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Snyder Room, Haupert Union Building
Speaker: Sandra Aguilar-Rodriguez
Dr. Sandra Aguilar-Rodriguez teaches Latin American history at Moravian College. Currently she is working on a book manuscript tentatively entitled Cooking Modernity: Food, Gender, and Class in 1940s and 1950s Mexico, which situates women, the kitchen, and food at the forefront of the modernization process. This work examines how education, public policy, the mass media, migration, and industrialization have transformed eating and consumption patterns over time across social classes. Dr. Aguilar's research explores how poverty and inequality impacted on cooking and eating habits, as well as the discourse behind both nutrition policy and publicity campaigns extolling the consumption patterns and values of the middle class. Her work has been published in various journals, both in the United States and Latin America. Dr. Aguilar just published an article the last issue of the Radical History Review in which she analyzes cow's milk consumption in 1940s and 1950s Mexico. She also has a book chapter on domestic technology under review.
No Charge
Audience: Open to the Moravian community and public
For questions regarding physical accessibility or information about this event, please contact Sonia Aziz.
Event: Community Feast
Saturday, December 3; 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Cathedral of Nativity Church, Bethlehem
Member of the campus community join with local non-profit organizations to invite members of the Bethlehem community to enjoy a holiday meal. Students provide entertainment and other support for this event.This event is sponsored by Office of Community Service.
For questions regarding physical accessibility or more information about this event, contact Katie Dantsin.
Lecture: Conversation with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, The Civil Rights Movement
Not an Issue of the Past but an Issue of the Present; Poverty and Inequality
Tuesday, February 14; Noon to 1:30 pm
Johnston Hall
Speaker: Rev. Jesse Jackson
The Rev. Jesse Jackson will visit Moravian and present a public lecture focusing on the In Focus theme poverty and inequality. The program moderator will be Grace Kim, associate professor of doctrinal theology, Moravian Theological Seminary.
This program is sponsored by Moravian College's Office of Institutional Diversity, IDEA, Moravian Theological Seminary, Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges, and the Moravian College IN FOCUS program.
No Charge
Audience: Open to the Moravian community and public
Moravian College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. Anyone who anticipates needing any type accommodation or who has questions about the physical access provided should contact Kathi Roman at firstname.lastname@example.com or 610 625-7880.
Lecture: Why the word HELP does not HELP!
Monday, February 20; 4:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Christine Martey-Ochola and Dr. Charles Ochola
Dr. Christine Martey-Ochola was recently hailed by the White House as a champion of change. She was one of the 14 honored leaders in American Diaspora Communities with roots in the Horn of Africa. A native of Kenya, Dr. Martey-Ochola is co-founder of the Sub-Saharan Africa Chamber of Commerce, an organization that facilitates trade and investment between the US and Africa. Under her direction the chamber has facilitated U.S. business entry into multiple African countries, advised hundreds of companies on best practices in doing business in Africa, and presented at many international business forums on African trade and investment. Her focus is to link Kenya, South Africa and U.S. leaders and businesses together in an attempt to make a real difference in addressing global inequalities.
This program is sponsored by Moravian College's IN FOCUS Program, the Department of Biological Sciences, and the LVAIC Africana Consortium.
No Charge
Audience: Open to the staff, faculty and students
For more information contact Dr. Diane Husic, Chair, Department of Biological Sciences at Moravian College at 610-625-7100 or via email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Moravian College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. Anyone who anticipates needing any type accommodation or who has questions about the physical access provided should contact Kathi Roman at firstname.lastname@example.com or 610 625-7880.
Event: Children's Coalition of the Lehigh Valley Family Policy Summit
Thursday, March 1; 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Prosser Auditorium, Haupert Union Building
Sharon Ward, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center and Ron Cowell, President of the Education Policy and Leadership Center
The Family Policy Summit will provide a presentation on key policy developments in the 2013 Pennsylvania state budget regarding the needs of children, with a particular concern for those in low income families. The presentation will focus on what the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania plans to do in regard to issues of public education and school finance, early childhood education and family and child well-being including issues of health care, nutrition, housing and abuse. The event is open to the public.
This event is sponsored by the Department of Political Science.
No Charge
Audience: Open to the Moravian campus community and public
For questions regarding physical accessibility or information about this event, please contact John Reynolds.
Event: USG Prestigious Speaker
Wednesday, March 21; 8:00 pm (doors open at 7 pm)
Johnston Hall
Speaker: John Legend
John Legend, Grammy award winning musician and founder of the Show Me Campaign, will speak on social activism— from reforming public education in America to eradicating poverty. He will challenge the audience to make a positive impact in the world.
This event is sponsored by Moravian College's United Student Government (USG).
Admission: One free ticket for Moravian students with ID (available February 20); Public admission is $15 (tickets available March 5 and can be purchased at http://www.moravian.musictoday.com).
Audience: Moravian campus and public
For questions regarding physical accessibility, or more information about this event, contact Katie Dantsin or Julianna Rodrigues.
Event: Moravian College Sixth Peace and Justice Visiting Scholar
Thursday, March 29; 8:00 pm
Prosser Auditorium (Live video streaming in the Pavilion), HUB
Scholar: Congressman John Lewis
The Moravian College Sixth Peace and Justice Visiting Scholar will be John Lewis, the civil rights icon and representative in Congress. He will focus on issues of poverty and inequality as well as his role in the civil rights movement as part of Moravian's 2011-12 IN FOCUS initiative. An honorary Doctor of Laws degree will be presented to Congressman Lewis at this lecture. Congressman Lewis' memoir "Walking with the Wind, A Memoir of the Movement" is currently available in the college bookstore and will also be available for purchase at the lecture.
This event is sponsored by the Peace and Justice Studies Initiative, IN FOCUS, Arts and Lectures, and Multicultural Affairs.
No Charge
Audience: Moravian campus and public
Moravian College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. Anyone who anticipates needing any type accommodation or who has questions about the physical access provided should contact Kathi Roman at email@example.com or 610 625-7880.
Event: Symposium, "The Crash of '08: Reflections On and Lessons from the
Great Recession"
Saturday, March 31; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
PPHAC Room 102
The Moravian College Alumni Association's Lifelong Learning Program is pleased to present its Spring LLL Symposium entitled: "The Crash of '08: Reflections On and Lessons from the Great Recession." Featuring faculty, alumni, student, and community speakers from across the Moravian College community, this symposium will explore the causes, impact and lessons learned from the economic crises experienced within the U.S. over the past four years. The agenda will include discussion-provoking sessions that allow the audience and speakers to interact with each other to collaboratively analyze "The Crash of '08". Featured community speakers are Alan Jennings, the executive director of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley and Kamran Afshar, Ph.D., economic analyst and former faculty member.
The symposium will also feature films clips about the "Crash" and a "Hunger Banquet," which will be sponsored in partnership with The Center for Leadership and Service.
This event is part of a continued series of the Life Long Learning program sponsored by the Moravian College Alumni Association. The Life Long Learning program aims to connect Alumni with each other and the larger College community, as well provide Alumni with ongoing educational experiences. More details regarding future events can be found on the Moravian College website.
No Charge; Participants are invited to donate canned goods and cereal for distribution to Second Harvest Food Bank.
Audience: Alumni and their guests, Students, Faculty, Staff, and Community Leaders
For questions regarding physical accessibility, or more information about this event, contact email@example.com or the Alumni Relations Office at 610 861-1366. Click here for online registration.
Event: Lessons from South Africa: Is Climate Change the "New Apartheid" of
the 21st Century?
Monday, April 2; 4:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Diane Husic
Dr. Diane Husic has played a crucial role in bringing Moravian into the global conversation on climate change (Moravian is one of six liberal arts colleges that permits students and faculty to attend the U.N. Climate change conventions as civil observers.) During her talk, Dr. Husic will relay the progress made during the climate change conventions, and focus her expertise on climate change as an inequality issue. This event is sponsored by Poverty & Inequality IN FOCUS.
No Charge
Audience: Open to staff, faculty and students
For questions regarding physical accessibility or information about this event, please contact Sonia Aziz.
Event: The Promise: The Challenge of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Schools
Tuesday, April 3; 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
Haupert Union Building
The Promise program is presented annually at Moravian College to address concerns that derive from experiences of high school students in the racially and culturally diverse communities of the Lehigh Valley. The conference offers an opportunity for students, teachers, administrators, and community leaders to explore issues in an open, positive and constructive manner.
Conference goals are (1) to provide students an opportunity to express their ideas about the effects of racial and ethnic diversity on their education, personal growth and goals in life and to develop an understanding of the value of difference in our communities, (2) to explore and develop concrete ways to facilitate discussion and other programming in the student's home schools, and (3) to develop a network of interested students, teachers, administrators, and community leaders who can provide ideas and support for the ongoing effort to achieve the benefits of diversity and resolve problems associated with diverse student populations.
Participants for the program include students, teachers and counselors from Lehigh Valley high schools as well as students, faculty and staff from Moravian College and the general community. The Promise program has two essential components:
1. A sociodrama in which Moravian College students improvise a dramatization of issues concerning racial and ethnic diversity. The sociodrama is guided by Dana Lightman, a professional psychologist, who regulates the action on stage and engages audience members to comment, advise, question and otherwise respond to what they are witnessing. Past scenes have focused on such issues as interracial dating, racial intimidation, differential academic expectations for students of color, arguments over speaking Spanish and racial profiling.
2. Discussion workshops which provide an opportunity to identify issues which shape the experiences and identities of those who attend or work in Lehigh Valley high schools, to pursue an understanding of those issues and to consider how the materials and ideas developed at the conference might be shared with the students' home school communities. The discussion groups focus on issues raised in the sociodrama but are not limited to those issues for discussion.
This event is sponsored by the Department of Political Science.
No Charge
Audience: All members of the Moravian College campus are welcome to attend but space for participation is limited. Individuals who are interested must contact John Reynolds.
For questions regarding physical accessibility or information about this event, please contact John Reynolds.


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Contemporary Tongans often have strong ties to overseas lands. They may have been migrant workers in New Zealand, or have lived and traveled in New Zealand, Australia, or the United States. Many Tongans now live overseas, in a Tongan diaspora, and send home remittances to family members (often aged) who prefer to remain in Tonga. Tongans themselves often have to operate in two different contexts, which they often call anga fakatonga, the traditional Tongan way, and anga fakapālangi, the Western way. A culturally adept Tongan learns both sets of rules and when to switch between them.
Any description of Tongan culture that limits itself to what Tongans see as anga fakatonga would give a seriously distorted view of what people actually do, in Tonga, or in diaspora, because accommodations are so often made to anga fakapālangi. The following account tries to give both the idealized and the on-the-ground versions of Tongan culture.
Theoretically, a girl received suitors at a faikava, or kava-drinking gathering. She presided over the bowl, made the kava, and handed out the cups. The suitors sat in a circle around the bowl, chatting, bragging, arguing, and showing off for the demure young lady. All was done under the eye of the elders, thus protecting the maiden from any unseemly advances.
In practice, a young man would attempt to get the demure young maiden to meet him on the beach, at night, where she might be persuaded to be maiden no longer. Any resulting pregnancy seems not to have weighed too heavily on the woman, or her child. As long as she could name a father, the child would have relatives on both sides, and the woman would of course be supported by her family, and particularly by her brothers, or classificatory brothers.
There was less tolerance of sexual mistakes on the part of high-born women, who were expected to "demonstrate" their virginity by bleeding heavily on their wedding night. The groom's aunts would display the stained barkcloth (or later, sheet), after bathing the bride to inspect her for cuts that might have been inflicted to draw blood. It is said that grooms might show their love and concern for non-bleeding brides by cutting themselves and smearing their own blood on the barkcloth or sheet.
The virginity of the bride was the guarantee for the paternity of a high-ranking child. Another way in which high-society marriages differed from those of commoners is that marriages with close kin were allowed, rather than forbidden. Rather than allow their bloodlines to be contaminated with the blood of commoners, the houeiki married among themselves.
After marriage, informal divorce seems to have been common and easy. An unhappy wife had only to return to her brother, who was obligated to support her. Adultery was known, as it is in every human society, but was a perilous venture, especially if the cuckolded husband was a renowned warrior.
In common with many other Polynesian societies, ancient Tonga also made room for the male homosexual, the mahū. These men wore female clothing, took on female roles, and had casual sexual liaisons with other men. There seems to have been no stigma attached to sex with a mahū.
Related, yet different was the mānaia, the male beauty. When a boy at young age turned out to be very handsome, he would be barred from heavy work, instead he would be pampered, his skin rubbed with oils, his hair meticulously taken care of, and so on. The idea was that in this way he would grow up to such a beauty that he would be irresistible to chief's daughters. Then a child of high rank would be born into the family, elevating the status of all.
With the waning of missionary influence, urban youngsters are now experimenting with dances and dating, the later Western imports. Mahūs are now known as "fakaleiti" and are celebrated in the Miss Galaxy Pageant, which claims princess Lupepauu, granddaughter of the king as its patron.
There is said to be some prostitution in urban areas now, particularly areas with frequent Western visitors (Nukualofa, Neiafu). Sex education is discouraged by the church; encouraged (with limited success) by the Ministry of Health. There are a few cases of AIDS in the kingdom, but Tonga's relative isolation has prevented the disease from becoming the scourge that it has been in other countries.
In the modern context, the king remains in this position and has the final executive power of government. The high chiefs are now limited to 33 titles and called nobles (nopele), but some nobles carry more than one title. They are still estate holders, and as such have some influence, but they are not the government (although many of them are high ranking civil servants). The lower chiefs have disappeared (and the word fototehina now means 'brothers'). The matāpule have also largely disappeared except those who keep the protocol and serve as official spokesmen for the king and nobles. And also the royal undertaker, Lauaki. Tax collection is a task for the central government only. Slavery is abolished, since the emancipation of 1875, and all other people are just the 'commoners'.
The wordly power described above can be called status. A Tongan obtains his status from his father (or sometimes uncle, but always through the male line). He inherits his (noble or matāpule) title from his father. The crownprince will succeed his father. Land ownership is only inherited through the father.
However, status as such does not place you in society; this is based on rank. A Tongan obtains his rank from his mother, and that determines his place in the social order. Within the family the rank of women is higher than that of men. Likewise the elder sister of a king, if he has one, has a higher blood rank the king himself. This was the so called Tamahā, holy child, in pre-European times.
In practice high rank and high status always go together because no high ranking woman would ever marry a commoner, and no chief would ever marry a low ranking woman. In fact when prince Alaivahamamao eloped with the daughter of a low chiefess Tuimala, he was stripped from his royal status and had to flee to Hawaii. Children from that marriage, grandchildren of the king, would have obtained no significant rank. Albeit later, after a divorce, Alai was reconciled with his father and married princess Alaileula from Sāmoa. He did not however become prince again and died in 2004 with only the noble title Māatu.)
Rank and status are fixed from birth. There is no way in Tongan society to climb up in rank. A low ranking chief will always remain the lesser of a high ranking chief, even though his lands may be bigger and richer and so forth. But he can try to marry a high ranking woman, for instance if she is interested in his rich lands, and so increase the rank of his children. Status on the other hand, although usually fixed too, can have some vertical movement. The second son of a noble, normally not in line for his father's title, may get it after all if his older brother dies prematurely. In addition to this sometimes, but very rarely, the king may elevate some person to high status.
Even more striking was the situation with Tāufaāhau, the later king George Tupou I. He was born in a chiefly family of lower rank, not belonging to the houeiki. As such he never could attend at the chiefly kava ceremonies as the equal of the high chiefs. By consequence he avoided them. Even after the battle of Velata when he had defeated the Tui Tonga and had become the most powerful man of the whole archipelago, he still remained a person of inferior rank. But then he had the power to take Lupepauu, who had been the wife of the Tui Tonga and hence the highest ranking woman at that time as wife. Thus, paradoxically, his children were born into a higher 'status' than he had. Presently his descendants, the current royal family, are the highest ranking Tongans of all.
Once a Tongan has obtained a hereditary title, be it noble or matāpule, he will be named with that title and no longer with his baptised name. Such titles are usually for life, but the holder can be stripped of it when convicted of a serious crime, and he will then return to his original name. Some titles are equal to the family name, others are not. For example when somewhere in history they were given away to another family if the original holder died without sons. In former times a woman could hold such a title, but nowadays only men. To distinguish successive holders of the same title, it is permisseable to add the original name between parenthesis. For example: Fielakepa (Siosaia Aleamotua). No further prefixes such as The, Mr. or Sir are needed in addressing, although in writing often Hon (Honourable) is used. Tongans are still overawed by those of higher rank.
At this moment most prisons in Tonga still abide with the old laissez-faire attitude. Usually having no fences, no iron bars and so forth, that makes it very easy for the inmates to escape. For sure with this will have to change rather sooner than later with these hardened criminals from America, but for the moment the jailors can trust on the goodwill of the inmates. Some are glad to be in prison, not to be bothered by demanding family members. There is no social stigma on being in prison (although that may change now too), but then of course it also does not serve as a deterrent against crimes.
More troublesome are the young offenders, schoolboys who want to have money to show off, and are apprehended in burglaries. As there are no juvenile prisons, they are to be locked up in the main prisons together with the hardened criminals. For a while it was tried to confine them on Tau, a small island offshore Tongatapu but that was not ideal either.
In the 1990s Chinese immigration caused resentment among the native Tongan population (especially those from Hong Kong, who bought a Tongan passport to get away before the Beijing takeover). Much violent crime nowadays is directed against these Chinese.
Among the typical koloa are:
There are a many surviving examples of Tongan stone architecture, notably the Haamonga a Maui and mound tombs (langi) near Lapaha, Tongatapu. And so several on other islands. Archaeologists have dated them hundreds to a thousand years old.
The practice of Tātatau disappeared under heavy missionary disapproval, but was never completely suppressed. It is still very common for men (less so, but still some for women), to be decorated with some small tattoos. Nevertheless it is more popular for youngsters nowadays, so there is a revival. Especially shoulders, wrists, ankles, legs, arms. Often a crest of the high school attended. Or the initials of one's name.
Tongan outfits are often assembled from used Western clothing (for the top) mixed with a length of cloth purchased locally for the tupenu. Used clothing can be found for sale at local markets, or can be purchased overseas and mailed home by relatives.
Some women have learned to sew and own sewing machines (often antique treadle machines). They do simple home-sewing of shirts, kofu, and school uniforms.
Nukualofa, the capital, supports several tailoring shops. They tailor tupenu and suitcoats for Tongan men, and matching tupenu and kofu for Tongan women. The women's outfits may be decorated with simple blockprint patterns on the hems.
There is also some local production of knit jerseys by Tongans operating imported sergers. They produce on speculation and sell at the Nukualofa market.
Women who attend the Wesleyan Methodist girl's school, Queen Sālote College, are taught several Western handicrafts, such as embroidery and crochet. They learn to make embroidered pillowcases and bed coverings or crocheted lace tableclothes, bedcovers, and lace trim. However, Western-style handicrafts such as these have not become widely popular outside the school setting. They require expensive imported materials that can only be purchased in major towns. Village women are much more likely to turn their efforts to weaving mats or beating barkcloth, which can be done with free local material.
We know relatively little about the 'music of Tonga' as it existed before Tonga was discovered by European explorers. Early visitors, such as Captain Cook and the invaluable William Mariner, note only the singing and drumming during traditional dance performances. We can assume the existence of the lali or slit-gong, and the nose flute, as these survived to later times. Traditional songs, passed down over the generations, are still sung at chiefly ceremonies. Some ancient dances are still performed, such as ula, otuhaka and meetuupaki.
The diet consisted mainly of taro, yams, bananas, coconuts, and fish baked in leaves; shellfish were usually served raw, as a relish. The liquid from the center of coconuts was commonly drunk, and the soft "spoon meat" of young coconuts much relished. Baked breadfruit was eaten in season. Pigs were killed and cooked only on special occasions, such as weddings, funerals, feasts honoring a visiting chief, and the like. Tongans also ate chickens.
Food could be stored by feeding it to pigs. Pre-contact Tongans also built elevated storehouses for yams. Yams would keep only a few months. Hence a household's main security was generous distribution of food to relatives and neighbors, who were thus put under an obligation to share in their turn.
Many new foods were introduced in the 19th and early 20th centuries, following Western contacts and settlements. The cassava plant was one such introduction; it is called manioke in Tongan. While it lacks the prestige of the yam, it is an easy plant to grow and a common crop. Introduced watermelons became popular. They were eaten either by themselves, or pulped and mixed with coconut milk, forming a popular drink called otai. Other fruits, such as oranges, lemons, and limes, became popular. Tongans also adopted onions, green onions, cabbage,carrots, tomatoes, and other common vegetables. In the last few decades, Tongan farmers with access to large tracts of land have engaged in commercial farming of pumpkins and other easily shipped vegetables as cash crops.
Tongans now consume large quantities of imported flour and sugar. One dish that uses both is topai, doughboys, flour and water worked into a paste and dropped into a kettle of boiling water, then served with a syrup of sugar and coconut milk. Topai are a common funeral food, being easily prepared for hundreds of mourners.
There are now bakeries in the larger cities. The most popular loaves are soft, white, and bland. There are also local soft drink bottlers, who make various local varieties of soda. A Tongan who might once have breakfasted on bits of cooked pork and yam from a hanging basket may now have white bread and soda for breakfast.
Purchased prepared foods have also made great headway, even in remote villages. Canned corned beef is a great favorite. It is eaten straight from the can, or mixed with coconut milk and onions, wrapped in leaves, and baked in the earth oven. Tongans also eat canned fish. In villages or towns with refrigeration, cheap frozen "mutton flaps" imported from New Zealand are popular. Tongans also eat the common South Pacific "ship's biscuit", hard plain crackers once a shipboard staple. These crackers are called mā pakupaku.
Tongans no longer make an earth oven every day. Most daily cooking is done by women, who cook in battered pots over open fires in the village, in wood-burning stoves in some households, and on gas or electric ranges in some of the larger towns. The meal schedule has also changed, to more Westernized breakfast, light lunch, and heavy dinner. Tongans say that the old schedule is unworkable when household members have Western-style jobs, or attend schools at some distance from home; such family members cannot come home to eat, then have a doze after a heavy mid-day meal.
As well as drinking soda, Tongans now drink tea and coffee. Usually this is of the cheapest variety, and served with tinned condensed milk.
Some men drink alcohol. Sometimes this is imported Australian or New Zealand beer; more often it is home-brew, hopi, made with water, sugar or mashed fruit, and yeast. Imported drinks are sold only to Tongans who have liquor permits, which require a visit to a government office, and limit the amount of alcohol which can be purchased. There are no such formalities with hopi. Drinking is usually done secretively; a group of men gather and drink until they are drunk. Such gatherings sometimes result in drunken quarrels and assaults.
On formal occasions a taovala, a woven mat, is worn over the tupenu. It is wrapped around the waist and secured with a kafa rope. The tupenu may be smartly tailored and have a matching suit jacket. If a man cannot afford to have a suit tailored to fit him, he will buy a used Western jacket, or wear a threadbare jacket inherited from an older relative.
Women too wear a tupenu, but a long one which should reach to the ankles. They sometimes wear shorter tupenu for working in the house or picking shellfish on the reef. The tupenu is usually topped with a kofu, or dress. This may be sewn to order, or it may be an imported used dress. Sometimes women wear blouses or jerseys.
On formal occasions women too wear a taovala, or more often a kiekie, a string skirt attached to a waistband. It is lighter and cooler than a mat. Kiekie are made from many different materials, from the traditional (pandanus leaves, as used in mats) to the innovative (unspooled magnetic tape from tape cassettes).
Huge taovala are worn at funerals.
The largest Methodist church holds a yearly celebration for the women of the congregation. Churches hold special church services to which women wear white clothing. All the Methodist churches have adopted the Western custom of women wearing hats to church. Only women who have been admitted to the congregation can wear hats; those denied admittance (because they are still young, or because they are considered to be living immoral lives) are only "inquirers" and go hatless.
More and more Tongan men are abandoning the traditional tupenu for trousers, at least when it comes to working in the fields. Women can be innovative in terms of color and cut within the context of the traditional kofu/tupenu combination.
The national sport of Tonga is rugby union. The nation has a national rugby union team which played in the 1987, 1995, 1999 and 2003 Rugby World Cups. Though Tongans are passionate rugby followers, the small population base means that internationally, Tongan rugby continually struggles. Often, young talent emigrate to countries which offer greater prospects of individual success such as New Zealand and Australia. Some notable rugby union players of Tongan descent include Jonah Lomu (NZ All Black) and Toutai Kefu (Australian Wallaby).
Rugby league is another popular sport enjoyed by Tongans. Soccer has a following, while judo, surfing, volleyball, and cricket have gained in popularity in recent years.
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Tongans are ardent church goers. Church service usually follows a call and response structure. Singing in the church is often done a cappella. Although church attends primarily to the spiritual needs of the population, it also functions as the primary social hub. As consequence people who go to a church of another denomination are absolutely not shunned.
Sunday in Tonga is celebrated as a strict sabbath, enshrined so in the constitution, and despite some voices to the opposite, the Sunday ban is not likely to be abolished soon. No trade is allowed on Sunday, except essential services, after special approval by the minister of police. Those that break the law risk a fine or imprisonment.


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State Merited Chorus Gives Its Premiere in Jagang Province
| Pyongyang, June 9 (KCNA) -- The State Merited Chorus started its performance tour of Jagang Province in Kanggye on Monday.
The performance began with male chorus "Song of the Korean People's Army". Put on the stage were colorful numbers such as orchestra and serial songs "Song in Praise of the Sun" and male solo and chorus "We Started from Scratch" and "Blessed My Life".
The performers sang high praises of the undying revolutionary exploits President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il performed by laying a firm foundation for the self-supporting national economy with their outstanding ideas and energetic leadership and thus consolidating the eternal bedrock for reliably protecting the dignity and sovereignty of Kim Il Sung's nation.
Also staged were male chorus "Nobody Matches the Marshal", male solo and chorus "Voice from My Heart" and male chorus "Peace Is Guaranteed by Our Arms." They represented the pride and self-esteem of the creators of the Kanggye spirit, pace-setters in the drive for breaking through the cutting edge and pioneers of the industrial revolution in the new century.
The performance was highly acclaimed by the audience.
Among the audience were Kim Chun Sop, chief secretary of the Jagang Provincial Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and other senior officials of the province and workers.
The performance goes on.
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Former Erie Man Charged with Failing to Update Sex Offender Registration
ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of failure to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
The one-count indictment named Gregory Lamont Crosby, 39, as the sole defendant.According to the indictment presented to the court, Crosby knowingly failed to update his registration as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
The law provides for a maximum total sentence of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The United States Marshal's Service conducted the investigation leading to the indictment in this case.
An indictment or information is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Protect yourself from fraud, and report suspected cases of financial fraud to local law enforcement.


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Assos (Greek: Άσσος), is a small historically rich town in Behramkale, Turkey. Aristotle lived here and opened an Academy. The city was also visited by St. Paul. Today Assos is a Aegean-coast seaside retreat amid ancient ruins.
Though officially named Behramkale most people still call the town by its ancient name of Assos. The town is on the Biga Peninsula, although the peninsula is known by its ancient name, Troad. The town itself is on the Adramyttian Gulf.
It is possible to see much of the surrounding area from the top of a Trachyte Crag. From this temple, it was possible to see Lesbos in the south, Pergamum in the Southeast, and Mount Ida of Phyriga in the East. To the North, the Tuzla River flows. To the Northwest, there is the gate to the city of two massive Hellenic columns that still exist today.
A harbor exists on fifty meters of coastline, stuck between Cape Lectum and the east end of the Adramyttian Gulf. This location made Assus a key shipping station through the Troad.
The city was founded from 900-1000 BC by Aeolian colonists from Lesbos, who specifically are said to have come from Methymna. The settlers built a Doric Temple to Athena on top of the crag in 530 BC. From this temple Hermias of Atarneus, a student of Plato, ruled Assos, the Troad and Lesbos for a period of time, under which the city experienced its greatest prosperity. (Strangely, Hermias was actually the slave of the ruler of Atarneus.) Under his rule, he encouraged philosophers to move to the city. As part of this, in 348 BC Aristotle came here and married King Hermeias's niece, Pythia, before leaving to Lesbos three years later in 345 BC. This 'golden period' of Assos ended several years later when the Persians arrived, and subsequently tortured Hermias to death.
The Persians were driven out by Alexander the Great in 334 BCE. Between 241 and 133 BC, the city was ruled by the Kings of Pergamon. However, in 133 BC, the Pergamons lost control of the city as it was absorbed by the Roman empire.
St. Paul also visited the city during his third missionary journey through Asia Minor, which was between 53-57 AD, on his way to Lesbos. From this period onwards, Assos shrunk to a small village, as it has remained ever since. Ruins around Assos continue to be excavated.
Many of the old buildings of Assos are in ruins today, but Behram (the city's modern name) is still bustling. It still serves as a port for Troad, and is now well known for its history. A project went on in the early 1900s to clear the temple to Athena, and much of the art found has gone to museums like the Louvre. The art found includes pictures both of mythical creatures and heraldic events.
Down the steep seaward side of the hill at the water's edge is the charming hamlet called Iskele (meaning Dock or Wharf), with old stone houses now serving as inns, pensions and restaurants. The small pebbly beach is less of an attraction than the boat tours and the hamlet itself. Although the one lane road to the hamlet is steep with shear drops, the sea front is has a constant stream of cars and minibuses arriving from dawn to dusk. At dusk the bars compete to see which can play the loudest music until 1:20 to 2:00 AM. Missing from the harbor are pillars from the ancient port. These pillars, probably sold, laid undisturbed in the harbor for over a millennia.


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Home > Faculty and Research > Academic Departments > Accounting and Law > Faculty > Anderson, Muriel
MBA, University at Buffalo
BS, University at Buffalo
Certified Public Accountant (NYS)
Anderson has had a long career in the fields of accounting and human resource-related issues, and in that time has gained strong experience in business mediation, manpower forecasting, recruitment and leadership training. In her current teaching at UB, she works with MBA students to assess and improve their key managerial competencies, and teaches both graduate and undergraduate students in other human resource and accounting-related courses.
Muriel T. Anderson
Clinical Associate Professor
School of Management
University at Buffalo
270 Jacobs Management Center
Buffalo, NY 14260-4000
Tel: 716-645-3896