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The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation grant for Comprehensive Programs to Strengthen Physicians' Training in Geriatrics:
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Hawaii Neighborhood Outreach to the Aged (HINOA) Program:
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One of the shelves in my office has a small label that reads "Problems." On it are books that were found, in a recent inventory of ZSR's Rare Books Collection, to have incorrect or nonexistent catalog records. One of my summer projects this year is to evaluate and create records for this small collection of obscure, odd, or otherwise inexplicable volumes.
Recently I pulled down two volumes bound in dark blue velvet.
An order slip tucked inside one of the books indicated that they had been purchased by the library nearly 50 years ago. But we could find no indication that they'd ever been cataloged.
Purchased in 1967 from book dealer Paul Stroock, they were supposedly a two-volume set of a breviary—a Roman Catholic liturgy book—of the type known as the Salisbury (or Sarum) usage. This was by far the most common type of Catholic liturgy used in England in the 16th century. Many editions were printed in England or on the continent for English use, especially during the reign of Queen Mary I (1553-1558), when Catholicism was briefly reinstated as the official religion in England.
An initial examination of the books revealed several things. First, the velvet bindings were clearly more recent than the text pages. The decorative metal bosses in the center of the covers, looked like they might date to the 16th century, but the books had been rebound in the 19th or early 20th century, perhaps by a collector or book dealer. What this meant was that the two volumes may not have originally been a matching set, and that the original order of the pages may or may not have been preserved when the books were rebound.
The title page of the first volume indicated that the book was published in London in 1555, but the publisher's name did not appear.
A check of a standard reference work (R.B. McKerrow & F.S. Ferguson, Title-page Borders used in England & Scotland 1485-1640) indicated that the decorative border and printer's device originally belonged to Richard Grafton (McKerrow & Ferguson, 48).
Grafton was a successful London printer during the reigns of King Henry VIII (1509-1547) and his son Edward VI (1547-1553)*. He was appointed King's Printer in 1547. But with the death of the Protestant Edward and the ascension of his Catholic half-sister Mary, Grafton's fortunes changed, and by 1553 his printing operation had been taken over by Robert Caly, a staunch Catholic. Caly continued to use Grafton's decorative border, with the printer's device at the bottom slightly altered to change the initial G into a C. Caly printed many pro-Catholic publications, so it made sense that he would publish a breviary for use in England.
However, at the end of volume I was another publication statement called a colophon. These were common in books from the 16th century (and earlier).
The colophon indicated that the book was printed in London by John Kingston and Henry Sutton in March of 1556, not by Robert Caly in 1555. Kingston and Sutton had also begun printing in London around 1553, taking over the shop of a Protestant printer who had fled to the continent. Kingston had been Richard Grafton's apprentice, and in his new partnership with Henry Sutton he produced more Sarum liturgies than any other English printer. So Kingston and Sutton were also very plausible candidates for publishers of our volume. But there was no indication that they had ever partnered with Robert Caly, so it made no sense to have both imprints in the same volume.
Another feature that struck me as odd was that the page following the volume I title page—the first page of the calendar that begins the breviary—was badly damaged and discolored, as though it had been exposed to the elements over a long period of time. The final colophon leaf (pictured above) had shown the same type of discoloration, as though the book had been used, unbound, for many years. But the title page at the front of the book was relatively clean and undamaged.
Yet another inconsistency in volume I was a bit of text in red on the title page, indicating that it was for the "Pars Estiualis"—the summer section of the liturgy. This made sense, because Sarum breviearies from this period were usually divided into separate volumes for the winter (hiemalis) and summer (estiualis) liturgies. Except that the text of volume I actually began with the winter section, the "Pars Hyemalis."
Hoping to find some answers, I turned my attention to volume II. It opened with a page indicating the start of the section of services for the summer liturgy.
Like the title page from volume I, the decorative border on this page was attributed to the printing shop of Richard Grafton (McKerrow & Ferguson, 59), later taken over by Robert Caly.
However, when I turned to the verso—the reverse side of the page– it became clear that this section page was out of place.
How did I know this? In part because the catchword at the bottom right of the page did not match the first word of the following page.
Catchwords are words (or parts of words) found at the bottom of each page of text. They are almost universal in books printed before the 19th century. Catchwords are meant to insure that pages of a books are ordered and bound correctly—the catchword at the bottom of a page should match up with the first word of the text on the following page.
In the case of our breviary, the catchword on the verso of the first page was "Edgarus," but the next page was a calendar page beginning with the two large initials "K" and "L".
About 100 pages into the volume, I found the text that matched our catchword:
The running heads at the top of the pages also indicated that this was the original placement of the initial leaf. So the "title page" for volume II had been removed from its correct spot and placed at the beginning of the book. But why?
The colophon for volume II further confused the issue. It indicated that the book had been printed in Paris by Francois Regnault in 1535!
So our book had at least three possible printers and three publication dates spanning over 20 years. It was time for some research.
A good starting point for research on 16th century English imprints is A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland, originally published by Alfred W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave in 1926 (later edited and enlarged by other scholars). Popularly known as the STC, it is a monumental work of bibliographic scholarship, accomplished long before the advent of laptops and scanners.
The STC listed several 16th century editions of the Sarum breviary, none of which matched exactly the volumes in our collection. The STC listings included
- An edition printed by Francois Regnault in 1535 (#15833)
- An edition printed by Robert Caly in 1555, which was reprinted from the 1535 Regnault edition and mistakenly included its colophon (#15840)
- An edition printed by John Kingston and Henry Sutton in 1556 (#15842)
ZSR's volume I matched up perfectly with STC #15842, except for its title page, which was the one associated with STC #15840. Volume II seemed likely to be STC #15840, except that it lacked a title page. Had there been some mixing and matching of pages in our breviary?
A note at the beginning of the STC's section on liturgies suggested that this was not only possible but quite likely. Pollard and Redgrave observed that "Most bibliographers are hesitant to deal with liturgies from the period before, during, and after the Reformation" because the multiplicity of textual variants and editions made it nearly impossible to create a definitive list. In addition,
the problem is compounded by the sad state of the majority of copies, some surviving only as fragments rescued from bindings and others having undergone contemporary, near-contemporary, or modern mutilation and/or sophistication: "made-up" copies in every possible sense.
It seemed likely that ZSR's books were among the many "made-up copies."
After weighing the bibliographic evidence, I formed the following hypotheses:
- ZSR's volume I and volume II are from two completely different editions of the Sarum breviary, rearranged and bound to look like a single publication.
- Volume I is a copy of the Hiemalis section of the 1556 Kingtson and Sutton edition whose title page went missing long ago.
- Volume II is the Estiualis section from the 1555 Caly edition that mistakenly included the colophon from a 1535 Paris edition. (It's likely that the compositors—the people setting type—in Caly's shop had used the 1535 Regnault edition as their source copy. Whether through carelessness or lack of facility with Latin, the compositor responsible for setting the final page had included the source copy's colophon in the text of the new edition.)
- At some point a person in possession of both volumes had the title page from the Caly edition removed and placed at the beginning of the Kingston and Sutton volume I. Presumably the same person relocated a section page from the Caly edition to the beginning of volume II, to replace the title page that had been moved to volume I.
Most of the bibliographic evidence supported my hypotheses (but experts on Marian liturgical printing are welcome to weigh in with alternative theories!), so I felt confident enough to create catalog records for the volumes. But some mysteries remain, the most obvious being: why would someone go to the trouble of rearranging pages in the two books?
It's possible that the rebinding and rearrangement were done early in the books' 450-year history by an owner who actually used the volumes as liturgical books and wanted a uniform set. It's much more likely that the alternations were a "modern mutilation and/or sophistication," intended to make the volumes more attractive to a non-expert collector. Perhaps the moral of this story is that anyone setting out to collect early modern liturgical books should be able to translate Latin– at the very least, "caveat emptor."
*For more information on 16th century English printers see: Peter W. M. Blayney, The Stationers' Company and the Printers of London, 1501–1557 (Cambridge UP, 2013).


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Salt Water is a collection of richly-textured autobiographical accounts and opinion pieces by a respected anti-apartheid political activist and social commentator. In both sections of the book, the prose is lucid, crisp and evocative. Perhaps the most striking feature of this book is the innovative way in which the author weaves personal experience into compelling and engaging historical narratives and thus providing the reader with fresh insights into the lives of exiled political activists in the 1970s and 1980s. The reader is treated to what to an intriguing texualisation of personal and national political history in which characterisation, setting and narrative perspective are all used to good effect.
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Number 11: A short genealogy of income support payments
A short genealogy of income support payments
This FaCS Sheet provides a summary of the major changes to income support payments.
Origins : 1908 to 1964
The first Commonwealth civil pensions were old-age pensions, paid from 1 July 1909 under the Invalid and Old-Age Pension Act 1908. They were followed by payments of Invalid Pension from 15 December 1910. Both were administered by the Commissioner for Pensions within the Department of the Treasury.
- Maternity Allowance was introduced on 10 October 1912, abolished on 1 November 1978 and re-introduced on 1 February 1996, albeit in a different form.
- Service Pensions (as distinct from civil pensions), administered by the Repatriation Commission, were introduced for returned servicemen on 6 December 1935. Many were already eligible for War Pensions (introduced 21 December 1914).
The Department for Social Services was formed in April 1941 and assumed responsibility for civil pensions and Maternity Allowance from the Treasury.
- Shortly after, the Commonwealth commenced paying child endowment (from 29 July 1941 under the Child Endowment Act 1941), the precursor of the current family payments.
- Widows' Pensions were paid from 27 July 1942 (under the Widows' Pensions Act 1942). They comprised classes A (women with dependent children), B (widows 50 years of age or more without dependent children) and C (younger widows without dependent children, for a maximum of 26 weeks) and, from 8 July 1947 until 1 March 1961, class D (for women 50 or more years of age with dependent children where the husband was imprisoned).
- From 8 July 1943, an extra pension was payable to certain pensioners with a dependent spouse or child/children (the precursor of Wife Pension and Carer Payment and of additional Family Allowance respectively).
- From 1 July 1945, the Commonwealth paid Unemployment, Sickness and Special Benefits, (including additional amounts for a dependent spouse or children, the precursors of Partner Allowance and Parenting Payment (partnered), under the Unemployment and Sickness Benefits Act 1944.
From this last date, the current structure of income support payments was largely in place. In 1947, all legislation for civil pensions, benefits and associated payments were consolidated into the Social Services Act 1947, at which time Old-Age Pension was renamed Age Pension.
- The final major addition to income support payments was the payment of Commonwealth Scholarships for tertiary education (from January 1951), which became the Tertiary Education Assistance Scheme in 1973 and AUSTUDY in 1986.
1965 to the present
This chart below shows the development of the various categories of payments now administered by the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS). As can be seen at a glance, Age Pension and Special Benefit are the only payments that have been neither renamed nor abolished over the period. Also, eligibility for and the scope of payments has changed to a degree, mainly to increase coverage.
FaCS income support payments 1965 to 2000
Source: Constructed from FaCS Annual Reports and its predecessors.
Other major changes, classed according to the type of payment, are listed below.
Disability and sickness payments
- Sheltered Employment Allowance was introduced on 30 June 1967 and was subsequently subsumed (along with Invalid Pension) into Disability Support Pension from 12 November 1991. Also, Disability Wage Supplement was introduced on 1 July 1994 and subsumed into Disability Support Pension from 1 January 1998. Both assisted people with disabilities with special employment in what were known as sheltered workshops.
- Rehabilitation Allowance was introduced on 1 March 1983 and was closed to new grants from 12 November 1991. At 30 June 1999, there were no recipients.
- From 1 July 1991, Sickness Benefit became Sickness Allowance under more stringent eligibility criteria. From 20 March 1996, incapacitated recipients of unemployment payments were no longer transferred to Sickness Allowance and, consequently, numbers dropped considerably.
Payments to partners, parents and widows
- Wife Pension was introduced on 5 October 1972, replacing the pensioner's allowance for a dependent spouse. It was closed to new entrants from 1 July 1995.
- Spouse Carer Pension was introduced on 1 December 1983, payable to the husband of a severely handicapped Age or Invalid Pensioner. With broadened eligibility, it became Carer Pension from 1 November 1985 and then Carer Payment from 1 July 1997.
- From 1 January 1968, the Commonwealth (under the States Grants (Deserted Wives) Act 1968) agreed to share with States the cost of helping mothers of families without a breadwinner (such as deserted wives or the wives of prisoners) where they were ineligible for a Widow Pension. The Act was repealed from 30 June 1982, at which time the six-month qualifying period for Supporting Parents' Benefit (see below) was removed.
- Supporting Mother's Benefit was introduced on 3 July 1973, payable to unmarried mothers (unlike Widow Pension Class A). It was subsumed into Supporting Parents' Benefit (also payable to lone fathers) from 10 November 1977 which, along with Widow Pension Class A, was subsumed into Sole Parent Pension from 1 March 1989 and then Parenting Payment (single) from 20 March 1998.
- Widow Pension Class C became Widowed Person's Allowance from 1 March 1989 and was extended to men, though the duration of payment was reduced from 26 to 12 weeks. The payment was renamed Bereavement Allowance from 1 January 1995.
- Widow B Pension was effectively closed from 1 July 1987 and Widow Allowance introduced from 1 January 1995.
- Partner Allowance was introduced on 20 September 1994, replacing the additional benefit paid to allowees in respect of dependent spouses. From 1 July 1995, the payment was restricted to people born before 1 July 1955 without dependent children and with little recent labour force experience. Most partner allowees with dependent children qualified for Parenting Allowance (renamed Parenting Payment (partnered) from 20 March 1998) and the remainder were required to test their eligibility for other payments.
Payments to the unemployed and to students
- From 1 July 1976, provision was made to pay Aboriginal communities sums equivalent to their combined entitlement to income support (primarily unemployment payments) to be administered under the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program.
- Job Search Allowance was introduced as a sub-category of Unemployment Benefit from 1 January 1988 for recipients under 21 years of age.
- From 1 July 1991, Unemployment Benefit was abolished. Instead, Job Search Allowance was paid for the first 12 months of receipt (and to all recipients under the age of 18, regardless of their length of receipt) and Newstart Allowance thereafter. Youth Training Allowance was introduced from 1 January 1995 for the unemployed under 18 years of age. Job Search Allowance was subsumed into Newstart Allowance from 20 September 1996.
- From 1 July 1998, Youth Allowance subsumed Youth Training Allowance along with most Newstart and Sickness Allowance recipients under 21 years of age and all AUSTUDY recipients under 25 years of age. Youth Allowance is paid under two sets of conditions: one for full-time students and the other to the remainder, most of whom are unemployed. Also at 1 July 1998, AUSTUDY was abolished and students 25 years of age or older received Austudy Payment under the Social Security Act 1991.
- Mature Age Allowance (payable to men over 60 years of age who were unemployed and had received income support for 12 months or more and were eligible for Newstart) was introduced on 20 March 1994, along with Mature Age Partner Allowance for their partners. Paid at the same rates and under the same income and assets tests as the Age Pension. Entrance to Mature Age Partner Allowance was closed from 30 June 1995 (when Wife Pension was closed) and to the pension version of Mature Age Allowance from 30 June 1996.
- From 1 July 1996, Mature Age Allowance was paid under the allowance income and assets tests to people who had been on Newstart for nine months or any other payment (except Special Benefit of Austudy Payment) for any period, providing they had no recent workforce experience. Recipients are exempt from the Newstart activity test.
This is an abridged summary. For fuller accounts, see: Kewley, T. H., 1974, Social Security in Australia 1900–72, Sydney University Press, Sydney. Kewley, T. H., 1980, Australian Social Security Today: Major Developments from 1900 to 1978, Sydney University Press, Sydney. Bland, F. A., 1976, 'Unemployment Relief in Australia', in J. Roe (ed), Social Policy in Australia: Some Perspectives, 1901-1975, Cassell, Stanmore, NSW.
Department of Social Security 1983, Developments in Social Security: A Compendium of Legislative Changes Since 1908, Research Paper No.20, Department of Social Security, June. Roberts, P. and Herscovitch, A., 1980, 'History of Australian Social Security', in Social Security December 1980, AGPS, Canberra. Reports to Parliament under the Invalid and Old-Age Pensions Act 1908 (from 1910 to 1941). Annual Reports of the Departments of Social Services, Social Security and Family and Community Services, 1942 to 1999 and in particular the historical article in the 1990–91 Annual Report, pp.197–239.
Payments current as at 30 June 1999The Social Security Act 1999 identifies two main categories of income support payments current as at 30 June 1999:
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Remember the film peter pan who was a lawyer and forgot how to fly, and the fairy told him in order to fly u must think happy thoughts..
my secret is happy thoughts or the power of positive thinking..never did i think that there is impossible or that i can't..
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A STAUNCH defence has been made of plans to move Emsworth library into a community centre.
There is currently a public consultation on moving the library from St Peter's Square into the community centre in Church Path.
Following outcry over the news, Hampshire county councillor Keith Chapman defended the proposal, saying no decision had yet been made.
He said consultation was open until October 18 and it was important to hear from as many people as possible.
He said: "As we continue to move the county's library and information service into a strong position for the future, we want to move away from having libraries in stand-alone buildings and relocate them into vibrant community hubs where appropriate."
He acknowledged the current library was busy, but said the building was 'small, difficult to maintain and expensive to rent'.
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Ever wake up in a reggae/Swedish folk-singer-songwriter/hip-hop/Southern rock sort of mood? Us too!
Check out this week's selections:
Doughnut: Atmosphere – Crewed Up
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When one thinks of David Stainton, the former president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, what are the first two descriptive terms that come to mind? According to his website DavidStainton.com, it should be "creative leadership" and "strategy."
To his credit, Stainton IS very creative when it comes to rewriting history and making his reign during one of Disney's lowest creative moments seem like an accomplishment. The bio on his website includes these fancy bit of revisionism:
At Feature Animation, David transformed the division financially, creatively, and technologically. During his tenure, he cut overhead, production costs, and operating losses in half. At the same time, he revived the culture of creative excellence at the studio with a new line-up of films. Finally, his leadership drove the historic transition from hand-drawn to computer-generated animation at Feature Animation and his other divisions, bringing animation at Disney fully into the digital era.
So how much of Disney's creative inadequacy was directly Stainton's fault and how much of it could be attributed to the dysfunctional corporate infrastructure that had been in place since the early-1990s? That's a question that will have to be answered by those who are much more knowledgeable about the inner workings of the studio. It was a new one on me though to read in Stainton's filmography that Hunchback of Notre Dame was based on his pitch and adaptation. That fact alone should have been an adequate warning that he didn't have the first clue about what types of material are best suited to animation.


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This evidence-check was commissioned to find out how to best achieve the greatest alcohol and other drug (AOD) related outcomes for Aboriginal young people at risk of AOD related harm, located in metropolitan, rural and regional locations in New South Wales (NSW).
The review was commissioned to inform the NSW Drug and Alcohol Population and Community Programs (DAPCP) planning of a primary/secondary prevention AOD program, based in community or justice settings.
The evidence-check asked two key questions:
There were three key principles recommended as a result of the evidence check:
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
The purpose of this discussion paper is to contribute to knowledge about urban Aboriginal driven community development through a case study of the Australian city of Newcastle in New South Wales. The paper highlights the distinctive role community-based Aboriginal organisations play in Aboriginal driven community development and the realisation of urban Aboriginal people's rights to self-determination, as well as addressing disadvantage and improving social wellbeing.
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This report provides system-wide and detailed information about Aboriginal patients' experiences of hospital care in New South Wales (NSW). It summarises the responses of 2,682 Aboriginal people who completed the NSW Adult Admitted Patient Survey in 2014, following discharge from a public hospital.
The report compares results between Aboriginal patients and non-Aboriginal patients, as well as between Aboriginal groups across the state. In general, survey questions about directly observable elements of care such as physical environment and comfort, safety and hygiene were answered similarly by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients. In contrast, for questions that focused on interpersonal or relational aspects of care - such as respectfulness of staff and delivery of comprehensive and whole-person care - there were marked differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients' responses. The report was produced by the NSW Bureau of Health Information (BHI).
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This report discusses the health and wellbeing issues experienced by Indigenous women living in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales and examines the Dead or Deadly program made available to local Indigenous women by the Waminda South Coast Women's Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation.
The report covers the following topics:
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This report outlines the results of the KidsQuit initiative at the Children's Hospital at Westmead (CHW), in Sydney, New South Wales. In 2008, the CHW launched 'KidsQuit', a new evidence based e-learning package on smoking cessation brief interventions. This provided CHW health professionals with simple strategies for giving adolescents, parents and carers smoking cessation advice or strategies to reduce exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Until the development of the e-learning package in 2008 there was no formal education program for health professionals on how to perform smoking cessation brief interventions.
Abstracted adapted from the Kids Health Children's Hospital at Westmead
This report has been compiled to document the activities and progress of health departments and other organisations working towards the elimination of blinding trachoma in Australia. Trachoma screening and management data for 2015 were provided to the National Trachoma Surveillance and Reporting Unit by the jurisdictions of Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia, and New South Wales. Jurisdictional authorities designated 139 remote Aboriginal communities as being at risk of endemic trachoma in 2015. In 2015 all jurisdictions were guided by the revised 2014 Communicable Disease Network Australia National guidelines for the public health management of trachoma in Australia.
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This report highlights the issues raised from the Healing forum held in New South Wales (NSW) in July 2014. The Healing forum brought together more than 200 delegates, representing 68 organisations, as well as Aboriginal leaders, to share experience and understanding of trauma and healing in NSW Aboriginal communities.
The discussions from the forum were focused around four themes outlined in this report:
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This report presents estimates of fatal burden for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians for 2010 produced as part of the Indigenous component of the Australian burden of disease study.
Fatal burden is measured in years of life lost, which is the sum of the number of years of life lost due to premature death from disease and injury. Fatal burden estimates presented in this report are described for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population for broad disease groups, by age and sex. Estimates of the 'gap' in fatal burden between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians are also reported, together with selected sub-national estimates (selected states and territories, remoteness and socioeconomic disadvantage).
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare will release a more comprehensive report on the burden of disease for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in 2016. It will update and extend this report with 2011 estimates of fatal and non-fatal burden for more specific causes, as well as the burden attributable to selected risk factors.
Abstract adapted from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This resource package is part of a suite of health promotion resources for Aboriginal women and their families which aim to raise awareness about alcohol and other drugs and mental health issues during or following pregnancy. The materials promote the importance of staying healthy and avoiding alcohol and other drugs at this time. The Stay strong and healthy resource package includes:
Abstract adapted from New South Wales Alcohol and Drug Information Service
This annual report provides data on active trachoma in Australia in 2014. Trachoma screening and management data provided by the Northern Territory (NT), South Australia (SA), Western Australia (WA) and New South Wales (NSW) are analysed by region. Results are reported for:
Jurisdictions identified 160 remote Aboriginal communities as being at risk or potentially at risk of endemic trachoma. Since 2012, the number of 'at risk' communities has decreased marginally in the NT, and decreased substantially in SA and WA.
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These clinical guidelines aim to support a range of health care professionals in New South Wales working with pregnant women who are using substances during pregnancy and the postnatal period. Substances discussed in this guideline include both licit and illicit drugs such as:
Other topics covered include:
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This study explores Aboriginal Health Workers' workplace roles and practice, their education and training, community experience and their discourse about these topics. Aboriginal Health Workers have a wide variety of roles in both Aboriginal and mainstream health services.
In this study interview were carried out with nine New South Wales Health Workers from varied workplaces, roles and education and community backgrounds.
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This publication contains an article on the Makin' tracks outreach program which focuses on Aboriginal communities across South Australia as well as the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia.
The article focuses on Jimmy Perry, one of two project officers, who has been with the program for over 11 years. He discloses the challenges as well as the positive results which have come out of the program's implementation across Australia.
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This report outlines research undertaken by Alzheimer's Australia NSW (AlzNSW) in 2011 that sought to identify the service and support requirements of people with younger onset dementia and their families in New South Wales.
Younger onset dementia is defined as dementia which occurs before the age of 65 years and under 50 years for Indigenous people, and it is recognised that people with younger onset dementia have service requirements that differ from those of older people with dementia.
This research collected data from people with younger onset dementia, their family members and carers, and service providers, using roundtables, interviews and surveys. The findings describe the experiences of people with younger onset dementia and that of their families and carers, and are presented in three parts:
The report concludes with a discussion of the implications of the findings for policy and presents strategies to address key areas of need.
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This reconciliation action plan (RAP) is the first for Cancer Council, NSW in which they aim to establish a solid foundation of respect, and begin to develop relationships across NSW. In twelve months time, they will develop a second RAP, which will cover a three-year period. Through this process, they aim to display ongoing commitment to respect, and promote Aboriginal culture, rights and perspectives.
Following the nationally recommended model developed by Reconciliation Australia, Cancer Council NSW established a strategic working group in 2010, comprised of key staff members from all divisions. They also identified a larger number of individuals across the organisation with a commitment to Aboriginal health and engagement issues. These people led the 'Yarn up' consultation process, resulting in the first RAP.
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This report assesses the current status in recording of Aboriginality in the New South Wales (NSW) Central Cancer Registry with the view improving the use and reporting of cancer statistics. It also highlights missing Aboriginal status recording in cancer statistics for different types of cancers over time. This report augments another report, Cancer in NSW Aboriginal peoples: incidence, mortality and survival.
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This report presents estimates of incidence of cancer and mortality for Aboriginal people as recorded in the NSW Central Cancer Registry. It provides specific information about a number of different cancers.
Details about survival after cancer are included. This report augments another report, Cancer in NSW Aboriginal peoples: completeness and quality of Aboriginal status data on the NSW Central Cancer Registry.
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This is the fifth report delivered in accordance with the Coordinator-General for remote Indigenous services act 2009 relating to the National partnership agreement on remote service delivery, covering the period October 2011 to March 2012. The report focuses on:
The report concludes with a brief look at key jurisdictional issues for a number of state and territories.
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This is the sixth report delivered in accordance with the Coordinator-General for remote Indigenous services act 2009 relating to the National partnership agreement on remote service delivery, and covers the period April 2012 to September 2012. The report focuses on actions - built around the Closing the gap building blocks - which provide effective and sustainable services, improve governance processes and engagement, enhance accountability, and deliver local implementation plans.
With the objective of sustainable communities for the future, the report provides practical ideas to help with:
Adapted from Office of the Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services
This report records the current and ongoing issues faced by the NSW health transport system. The evidence for the report stems from investigations into the delivery of health transport services with a particular focus on the outcomes of the 2012 Health transport workshops conducted in NSW. Recommendations to address the issues raised are included. It is well documented the transport disadvantage Aboriginal people experience when accessing health services. This report considers the issues faced by Aboriginal people with particular attention given to the Aboriginal perspective in the final section.
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This report presents the findings from the Alcohol action in rural communities project (AARC) conducted in 2005 - 2012. It evaluated the effectiveness of community action approaches to reducing risky alcohol consumption and related-harms in 10 communities across rural New South Wales, using 13 tailored strategies implemented over 5 years.
The project demonstrated that the benefits of implementing community action outweigh the associated costs of such action. Findings included:
The AARC project was a partnership between local communities, local government, government agencies, the Universities of New South Wales and Newcastle, and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), with funding provided by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE).
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This edition of the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) bulletin provides information on the Young men and yarndi program, a camp run in New South Wales that provides young Indigenous men with information about cannabis. This report provides information on:
This report also includes the slides of a Power point presentation about the Young men and yarndi program.
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This is the fourth and final report for the audit undertaken on the implementation of the NSW interagency plan to tackle child sexual assault in Aboriginal communities. The audit was conducted by the New South Wales Ombudsman. The report outlines the findings and recommendations of the audit with specific information on:
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This resource directory is an annual publication by the New South Wales (NSW) Rural Doctors' Network. It provides a comprehensive guide to NSW medical resources as well as a reference to national resources for rural general practitioners (GPs). The guide contains the following information:
(Aboriginal resources are found on pages 45-56).
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The Indigenous diabetic foot program (IDFP) provides educational programs for both Indigenous Health Workers (IHWs) and Indigenous patients who have diabetes. Components of the program include information on foot complications of diabetes, encouraging self-care and a screening tool for identifying those at high risk of foot complications (DART). This evaluation assessed the effectiveness of the education program for IHWs by measuring the knowledge gained by the IHWs and the integration of the screening tools into clinical practice.
Results showed that after the workshop IHW participants had increased their knowledge levels, and that this knowledge was sustained over at least a six month time period. Of particular note, the lowest score in the six month follow-up knowledge questionnaire was higher than the highest score in the pre-workshop knowledge questionnaire.
The study also found that while the participants found the IDFP to be beneficial, the uptake and implementation of the screening program was low (55%).
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This report provides details of qualitative research undertaken to explore Indigenous offending in the communities of Kempsey and Gunnedah in New South Wales. For each community, it provides details about:
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No Privacy… No America
Without privacy, what value is America?
If we are not secure in our private communications with each other, then what value is "security"?
If we cannot hold close to our hearts our most private communications of passion with those we love, what value is "privacy"?
If we cannot be confident in the communications of our plans and visions of enterprises we plan to build with those we trust, what value is "free enterprise"?
If we cannot share our deepest convictions and beliefs with others whose trust we value, what value is "freedom of belief"?
Without protected privacy, what value America?
Clearly, without privacy protected by our 4th Amendment, each cornerstone of the modern, free society is of zero value. With the treason of our government against its citizenry, there is no liberty. When we allow on-going, indiscriminate assaults on our communications and thoughts, there is no free nation.
To be sure, this is not simply an issue of treason on the part of one man, this is an issue of institutionalized treason on the part of our "representative" government. Privacy is a bedrock tenet upon which America was founded and without which it ceases to exist.
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This week on Artworks:
Organ soloist Cameron Carpenter has some big ideas for how to change the way the organ is perceived.
Also on the program, the IU Art Museum welcomes an exhibition detailing the art of Mongolia and Tibet,
David Brent Johnson remembers Al Cobine through his work with the Singing Hoosiers,
And George Walker explores the Edgewood Masqued Crafter's latest production, Twelve Angry Men.
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Organist Cameron Carpenter Has Some Suggestions For The King
By Annie Corrigan - Nov 16, 2010
The king of instruments has a vibrant, young soloist changing the way the organ is perceived. Cameron Carpenter aims to shake the organ out of the choir loft.
By The Glow Of A Yak-Butter Lamp: Arts Of Mongolia And Tibet
By Yaël Ksander - Nov 16, 2010
For the uninitiated viewer, hellish figures with bulging eyes, flaming hair, and necklaces strung with human heads might be somewhat alienating.
No Easy Decisions In 'Twelve Angry Men'
By George Walker - Nov 16, 2010
Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men is a taut courtroom drama. Following the charge from the judge, all the action takes place in the jury room.


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23/1/14 - Updated with a preview of the menu.
Australian chef Ash Mair, winner of 2011's MasterChef - the Professionals, has confirmed that he's opening an outpost of Spain's Bilbao Berria in London in 2014. It'll be a Basque-type restaurant in Lower Regent Street on two floors, with an open kitchen on each floor. First there's a casual pintxos and tapas area with an open grill area and a range of Spanish wines by the glass. The second area will be a more formal dining area offering a range of classic and modern Basque and Spanish dishes.
We caught up with Ash to find out more...
Can you tell us about the Bilbao Berria restaurants?
There are five restaurants in Spain, two in Bilbao, two in Barcelona and one in Ibiza. We are bringing the concept similar to the Barcelona restaurants to London.
Why did you decide to make this your next project?
I've had an interest in Basque cuisine for many years now so it's an obvious next step in my career to bring Basque food to the public. Also, before I entered MasterChef I was working in catering. My time on the series really made me want to get back into a restaurant kitchen so it seemed like the perfect chance.
You said that you'll be tweaking the menu for British tastes - can you tell us more?
Yes, some products we serve in Spain I personally don't feel will be popular here. Our food is very traditional and for the English market we will be modernizing it but keeping within the boundaries of the traditional Basque/Spanish cuisine.
Food in Spain can be quite heavy too, so without sacrificing flavour, we will be lightening it up a bit. We will also have more of a seasonal menu here. English produce such as asparagus, berries, Jersey Royals and other fruit and veg will all feature on the menu when in season.
How about Spanish suppliers - what sort of great produce will you be getting in?
At the heart of Spanish cuisine is its artisan produce. Cured meats like jamón, chorizo and cecina beef are an important part of the cuisine and we will definitely be serving a variety of each. We work very closely with our suppliers in Spain so we know exactly the conditions these products are produced in. Preserved vegetables such as white asparagus, Piquillo peppers and artichokes are a premium product in Spain also so we will also be including some of these on our menus too.
Update - since this original interview, we've had a preview of the pretty large menu (based on the Spanish original and that's still going through final translations) which is split into sections which includes:
- Bites - Jamón Ibérico croquettas; Salt cod fritters, alioli, lemon; Marinated Cantabrian anchovies, tomato and pipirrana dressing
- Vegetables and salads - Baby gem hearts, salted Cantabrian anchovies, croutons, smoked Basque cheese; Josper roast potatoes, onion confit
- Egg dishes - Black pudding with potato and savoy cabbage and fried duck egg; Potato and chorizo Ibérico omelette
- Fish - Hake and cockles with salsa verde; Crisp fried baby squid, Espelette pepper; Line caught sea bass with piquillo peppers and paprika dressing
- Meat dishes - Grilled quail with goose liver parfait, fig and sherry caramel; Beef loin with jamón Ibérico hash, onion and Idiazabal cheese; Crisp confit suckling pig and quince alioli
- And finally, desserts - Caramelised French toast with vanilla ice cream and apricot puree; Vanilla Mille feuille, caremalised apple terrine
Plus there are Spanish cheese and a range of meats including Ibérico selection. Chorizo Ibérico, Lomo Ibérico, Salchichón Ibérico. Just writing all that up has made us SO hungry...
Bilbao Berria opens on Lower Regent Street in May 2014


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Lie to Me Review: "The Whole Truth"Jim Garner at . Comments
On "The Whole Truth," we started with Cal working against his ex-wife Zoe - and ended with them both on the same side.
This episode showed a very unusual side of Lightman. We discovered that he really enjoys being on a witness stand. I do not think I have seen the character smile as much in all of season two as he did when he was up there. It almost seemed that Cal got a little juiced on the stand, like he was performing for a crowd more than being questioned by a lawyer.
It was awesomely written and beautifully acted by Tim Roth (ok, I admit I might have a little man-crush on Tim. But, he is awesome, who wouldn't?).
We also got to see some great banter between Eli and Tia that was fun to watch. Clearly there is some attraction going on between these two and this talk showed how Eli was quick to be a little jealous and a lot curious about Tia's romantic/sexual history. Elsewhere, the conversations between Zoe and Cal were well done. In the end, we found out that Cal was doing all of this to protect Zoe, which was both touching and sweet.
We can easily see how these two must have been when they were married.
The character I am most curious about at the end of the show is Clara Musso (wonderfully played by Melissa George). There was some sort of connection with her and Cal that was near tangible when she was asking about the women in his life.
I expect we may see her come back again at some point given the hook "I need someone I can trust." I hope we do see her again; it's nice to see Cal smile more and be flirtatious.
Lastly, the intellect in me especially liked Cal's explanation that "the whole truth" could never be known, as truth is subjective and it passes through our own filtering system. Further, that it was rare that the whole truth ever comes out in a court room.It was fitting that this case was the instance where he freely admitted at the end the whole truth had come out.
So, what did you think of this week's episode? Did you like this new friendlier, funnier Cal? Do you think he and Clara will be seeing more of each other? Should Eli and Tia get serious? Check out the best Lie to Me quotes from the week and comment away!
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Aruba Announces Island-wide "Little White Dress Night" Mondays This Fall
Sep 02, 2013, 08:00 ET from Aruba Tourism Authority
ORANJESTAD, Aruba, Sept. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As Americans tuck away their white clothes and replace them with dark fall colors, the Aruba Tourism Authority keeps white in season year-round with the Sept. 2 launch of "Little White Dress Night" on the One happy island. Starting Labor Day 2013, and every Monday this fall, Aruba's hottest bars, restaurants and nightclubs will offer exclusive specials and offers to all visitors donning white.
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"Monday nights in Aruba are getting a makeover this fall, and we encourage ladies and men to pack their white clothes and join the party," said Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA) CEO Ronella Tjin Asjoe-Croes. "'Little White Dress Night' is intended to be a more vibrant, Caribbean-inspired take on the ever-popular 'Little Black Dress Nights,' and we hope visitors of all ages will get into the spirit and take advantage of the great deals offered by our fantastic island partners."
"Little White Dress Night" is the newest component of Arubapalooza -- the island's fall extravaganza encompassing countless cultural, culinary, music and fashion-oriented events and festivals. According to Curt Harms, Jr., of Local Store -- a rooftop bar overlooking downtown Oranjestad to one side and the Caribbean Sea to the other -- the introduction of "Little White Dress Night" on Mondays has great potential to improve visitors' experiences through enhanced nightlife offerings.
"Aruba has many options for those looking for a good time out on the island," Harms said. "Having an extra evening for fun is a dynamic opportunity for business owners and tourists looking for a local adventure."
Visitors may opt to start the night at Palm Beach Plaza Mall in the High Rise hotel area for a weekly "Little White Dress Night" kick-off party at 8 p.m., boasting live music and a 45-minute Carnival Show (with dancers in all white, of course), in addition to various dining and shopping options within the mall.
Participating partners include:
Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino
- Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
- La Vista
Aqua Grill
Cafe the Plaza
Cuba's Cookin'
Fishes & More
La Trattoria El Faro Blanco
Local Store
MooMba Beach
Piazza Italia
Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa
- Sunset Grill Aruba
Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino
- L.G. Smith's Steak & Chop House
- BLUE Bar
Tango Argentine Grill
The Sopranos Piano Bar
Salt & Pepper
Sand Beach Lounge
Senor Frog's Aruba
South Beach Lounge
Afterwards, tourists can visit any of the participating partners for offers ranging from 2-for-1 drink specials and discounted white wines and sangrias, to signature "little white desserts" and more. Brickell Bay Sand Beach Lounge plays host to "Little White Dress Karaoke Night," with free shots to singers and enhanced happy hour specials for all guests in white.
For more information on "Little White Dress Night" and a complete list of participating partners and deals, visit www.aruba.com/little-white-dress-night and follow #LWDNight.
Engage with Aruba via social media at www.facebook.com/ArubaFans or @ArubaTourism and learn more about the destination at aruba.com.
About Aruba
As one of the most revisited destinations in the Caribbean, Aruba -- One Happy Island -- is an island of contradictions, where pristine turquoise waters collide against the desert-like terrain of the north shore; where peace and relaxation coexist with wild and rugged adventures; where Dutch influence meets American ease; and where a diverse history parallels a bright future. Nestled in the Southern Caribbean on the fringes of the hurricane belt, the island is just a two-and-a-half hour flight from Miami and a four-hour flight from New York City and also boasts year-round cooling trade winds and an average 82 degree temperature. Aruba offers beach lovers, adrenaline junkies, relaxation seekers and everyone in between a slice of paradise, including breathtaking beaches, a booming culinary scene, world famous festivals and events, exciting land and water activities, art galleries and museums, sumptuous spas, championships golf and exclusive shopping. With all-inclusive resorts, boutique hotels in charming Eagle Beach, high-rise branded hotels in Palm Beach or a cosmopolitan city hotel in Oranjestad, the island of contradictions provides the perfect getaway for first-time guests and loyal visitors. www.aruba.com.
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Ted Greene -- Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing, Volume 2
By Ted Greene
Composed by Ted Greene. Artist/Personality; Guitar Method or Supplement; Method/Instruction. Jazz. Book. 134 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.30472).
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Ted Greene's Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing method is one of the most respected approaches to playing jazz guitar ever written. Continuing where Volume 1 left off, this book ties all the tools together, with special emphasis on playing through chord changes and developing rich melody lines.


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Good morning Everyone: If It's Sunday It must be Dallas
Good morning from San Diego. We are here to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. It was 104 all the way here. It was 80 when we got here. Of course, the locals think that's a heat wave. As I look out on San Diego Bay, it's still the usual morning overcast they get here. Yesterday, it was quite humid. We both suffered.
Today, we plan to visit Spanish Landing where a crew is building a replica 18th century boat of some sort.
I think we're going to a Sunday brunch here at the hotel. Haven't done that in a long time. Best go get showered and ready for the day.
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Discussion in 'Trip Reports with Pics' started by Chuck Hartshorn, Apr 3, 2007.
very cool. How was it hiking with those belly boats?
Looked like a great trip Chuck. Beautiful country.
The picture of the dog w/ the mountains in the background is gorgeous. Looks like nice country.
Wow, that's awesome! Those are some pretty good size cutt's for a high altitude lake. Most of the cutt's I catch at alttitude in WA are all pretty small with 12" being a good sized fish.
Thanks for sharing,
Jim Jones
Good story, great photo's! I'll bet those fish were very tasty too :thumb:
I don't usually like fishing lakes, but I'd sure like to fish that one.
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Bernanke predicts technology gains
Sun., May 19, 2013
Fed boss sees new industrial revolution
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong.
Bernanke told a college graduating class Saturday that the long-range practical consequences of innovations such as faster computers and the Internet are hard to predict. But he said inventors have only scratched the surface of the commercial applications that can be obtained in such fields as medicine and clean energy.
Bernanke's remarks came in a commencement address at Bard College at Simon's Rock, a small liberal arts college in Great Barrington, Mass. Bernanke's son Joel graduated from the school in 2006.
The Fed chairman did not make any comments about interest rates in his speech, saying he wanted to use his address to focus not on short-range economic problems but to speak about economic growth measured in decades.
"We live on a planet that is becoming richer and more populous and in which not only the most advanced economies but also large emerging market nations like China and India increasingly see their futures as tied to technological innovation," Bernanke said in a text of his remarks, which were released in Washington.
"The number of trained scientists and engineers is increasing rapidly, as are the resources for research being provided by universities, governments and the private sector," he said. "Both humanity's capacity to innovate and the incentives to innovate are greater today than at any other time in history."
Bernanke cited these factors to bolster the view that the current computer revolution will prove just as beneficial to increasing living standards as past industrial revolutions that gave the world the steam engine and railroads and then later electricity and airplanes.


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Famous fiddler will play before Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway
When he puts down his famous fiddle Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, Charlie Daniels won't have the inkling to grab a steering wheel.
The frontman of the band famous for "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is an avid NASCAR fan but learned his limitations as a driver in a celebrity race several years ago.
"I finished the race with my car in one piece, which they were happy about," said Daniels, who will play a prerace set before the Food City 500 to help promote the new Hits of the South album. "I ain't got that kind of nerve coming up on a curb at 95 mph. I'm going to hit the brake."
The outspoken musician, whose Twitter account doesn't shy from political commentary and criticizing the Obama administration, still has made major inroads into NASCAR.
He counts many crew chiefs and drivers (including Las Vegas winner Matt Kenseth) among his 106,000 Twitter followers, and he played Hendrick Motorsports' Christmas party last December in Charlotte.
After Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended a 143-race winless skid last season, NASCAR's most popular driver said he was touched by a pair of tweets by Daniels (who offered congratulations and a photo of himself with Earnhardt's late seven-time champion father).
Daniels, 76, said he began watching NASCAR "back about three generations with Lee Petty, Herb Thomas, Fireball Roberts and the Flock boys," and he worries about the impact of the loss of North Carolina tracks such as Rockingham Speedway and North Wilkesboro Speedway from the premier circuit.
"That's where your real dyed-in-the wool fans are – not the fad people who got into it after it got big on TV – people that supported racing in its infancy got it off the ground and made it the sport that it is," Daniels said. "I hope that NASCAR will never leave those people behind, because that is your base."
He heard from many longtime fans before last August's race at Bristol, whose surface underwent a facelift designed to re-establish the fender-banging that mostly had gone missing at the 0.533-mile oval for six years after a reconfiguration. Daniels said the criticism cooled after the wild race and served as an important lesson for placating longtime fans.
"Being in the music business, I know this for a fact: You never want to alienate your base by going in a new direction," he said. "Some of the fans who come into NASCAR, it's like people who come into certain types of music. They're fascinated for a while, and then they're gone. Then you've got the old boy that is faithful every weekend and saves up all year long to go to Daytona or Charlotte or Atlanta for his vacation.
"They are the people you do not want to alienate. If you start getting politically correct, you're going to lose these people. They're not going to believe in you anymore. They may not be always right, but they at least deserve an answer and some attention. You're not wanting to lose those fans because they're going to be there when the people who just have an obsession with a driver for a few weeks have come and gone. Me and old Bubba are still going to be there."
During an interview with USA TODAY Sports, Daniels discussed his love for NASCAR, his appreciation for drivers' abilities and a few recent controversies in the sport:
Q: How many races have you attended?
A: Bristol was one of those I really wanted to go to a race, and I'd never been able to go there. I've been a fan for I don't know how long, but I've not been to a lot of races in person. My concert season is right in the heart of the NASCAR season, so we're both working, especially on weekends. I'll be sticking around for the Bristol race. Bristol and Martinsville are two of the tracks I really want to see races.
Q: Are you particularly close to anyone in NASCAR?
A: One of my favorite people, one of the nicest guys in NASCAR is Joe Nemechek. Of course, Tony Stewart. There's so many of them. They're all great guys. They're such artists. You take a guy– and now a gal, too – who can drive a car around a track at almost 200 mph, and I compare it to someone playing an instrument really well. They're masters behind the steering wheel. You can't make any kind of little slip at all. The worst thing you're going to do in the competitive games is run the score up or down. But NASCAR, it can be a lot more permanent than that. It's like bull-riding.
Q: What's your feeling on the NRA sponsoring the Sprint Cup race next month at Texas Motor Speedway?
A: I fail to see the rub on that one. What's wrong with the NRA sponsoring a NASCAR race? That's just downright silly. I don't see anything wrong with it at all. It seems like a perfect marriage. If you were to go in the stands and ask, 'How many of you own a gun?' I bet you the percentage would be somewhere
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in the high 90s. I think they think it would be a good thing. I don't know who's causing the problems, but I don't think they're really shored-up, devoted, downright NASCAR fans. I don't think that's the people putting up the resistance to it. Nobody I know in my circle of friends who are NASCAR fans, I can't imagine any of them that would have any objection at all. It just don't make any sense. Why not say, 'Well, this beer company can't sponsor (a race) because people get drunk and have wrecks.' It's just about that darn silly. It's just crazy.
Q: How about NASCAR fining Denny Hamlin $25,000 for allegedly denigrating its new Gen 6 model?
A: I think everybody should be able to express their opinions. I don't know what the parameters are that NASCAR set. If they said, 'This is how far you can go,' that's their thing. I think everybody should speak their mind. A lot of people ask, 'What do you think about the new (Gen 6) car?' Hell, I don't know anything about the new cars. I can tell they look different, but I don't know what's under the hood or how they handle. I just like to watch them take those hard lefts and go around the track real fast. Other than that, cars have changed so much. Years ago, they could get them off the showroom floor. They were stock. Of course Junior Johnson and some people put some heavy-duty refinements in them that weren't always legal. But that was part of it. The cars have changed so much over the years, I can't tell. Just keep them going fast! That's what I want to see. What they got under the hood and what the car looks like, that's immaterial to me.
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Q: They say drivers' brains are wired differently for being able to drive into a corner at 200 mph. Are any of those skills relatable to playing in front of thousands of people on stage?
A: It's a God-given talent to have the nerve and reflexes to know when to hit the brake and gearshift. That's all split-second timing. It's like shooting a gun. You have to be right on the target. If they don't hit that brake and gearshift at the right time, it ain't going to happen for them. I have greatest admiration for these guys. They've got ice water in their veins. They have to have it.
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Her on-screen romance with Mathew Horne in the hit comedy Gavin & Stacey has been likened to a modern day Romeo and Juliet, but now, it seems, Joanna Page has her sights set on the real thing.
"I'd love to play Juliet, that would be my dream role," the 32-year-old actress tells me at a party in the West End sponsored by Marquis Vodka.
Page, who graduated from Rada in 1998, says that she would even be prepared to drop her ever-so-endearing Welsh accent.
"Before I played Stacey, no one even knew I was Welsh because I had previously always acted with an English voice, so I would have no trouble dropping it. I certainly don't think a Welsh accent would be suited to Shakespeare."
Except, I fancy, for the part of Owen Glendower.
Tim McInnerny has a ghost of a chance
The West End transfer of Ghost Stories was a bittersweet occasion for Tim McInnerny who admitted to Mandrake how much he wished Hedda Gabler – a play he had toured in earlier this year with Rosamund Pike – had made it to the capital.
"I feel shafted," the affable Blackadder star told me at the after show party at the St Martin's Lane Hotel. "I signed the contract under the illusion that it was coming to the West End and it even said so on the posters. Now I have missed out on four months' worth of money plus all the work I turned down to make room for the run."
Danny Moore, Hedda Gabler's producer, says the actor should not despair. "The firm intention was – and still is – to get the show to London. At the time we wanted to do it, the right theatres were not available so we had to put it on hold, but we still very much plan to do it, hopefully as early as this autumn."


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It will be an insider versus two outsiders today when Minnesota Republicans elect a new state party chair.
"I'd characterize it as an experienced person against two inexperienced people" said Tony Sutton, of Inver Grove Heights, whose opponents labeled him the insider.
Sutton, CEO of the Baja Sol restaurant chain, is the party's secretary-treasurer and has held more than 20 party offices, including precinct chairman and state executive director, over the past quarter-century.
The outside candidates are former state Sen. Carrie Ruud, of Breezy Point, and Lakeville attorney and former radio talk show host Dave Thompson.
The three are competing to succeed Ron Carey, who is stepping down after two two-year terms as chair. The party's 350-member central committee will elect his successor at a meeting in Brooklyn Center.
Ideology isn't a big issue in the race. Sutton, Ruud and Thompson are conservative Republicans in the Ronald Reagan tradition who stand firmly on the state party's platform.
The big issue is who can revive a party whose brand has taken a beating? At the national level, 38 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents have an unfavorable opinion of their party, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. Only 7 percent of Demo-crats and Democratic-leaning independents have an unfavorable view of their party.
Since 2004, the GOP has lost control of the White House and both houses of Congress. In Minnesota, it has lost control of the state House and shrunk to a tiny minority in the Senate.
"We went way off track in the last eight years," Sutton said. "The party of fiscal responsibility was spending money like crazy in Washington. We lost credibility with a lot of right-of-center voters.
"We've got to get that back, and I think I can do that."
Ruud, a real estate broker, said Sutton is "running as the incumbent." She said the state GOP needs new leadership and fresh ideas that only an outsider can provide.
She said she is the only candidate offering the perspective of someone who has won and lost elections. She was elected to the Senate in 2002 and defeated in 2006.
Thompson also argued for new leadership.
"If the delegates are looking for entrenched power and someone who is obviously much more intimately familiar with the inner workings of the party than Carrie and me, then Tony is going to win," Thompson said. "If the folks believe that administration isn't the key to this, but fresh, new ideas and someone who can articulate the vision is what they need, then I will win."
Thompson said his strength is communication. He spent more than a decade as a conservative radio talker, including seven years at KSTP-AM, and is a regular on KSTP-TV's "At Issue With Tom Hauser."
"I spent those years … debating the issues, making the arguments, defending the candidates and the platform. It was great preparation for this race," he said.
Sutton, whom Gov. Tim Pawlenty has endorsed, was the party's executive director when Republicans won control of the state House in 1998. He said that shows he knows how to win elections.
"The Democrats have out-organized us in the last couple of election cycles," he said. He contends he has the organizational skills to enable Republicans to regain the lead in such core activities as voter identification and getting voters to the polls.
Deeply concerned about the Obama administration's involvement in the national economy, Sutton said Republicans must do a better job of articulating to voters why their limited-government philosophy will make voters' lives better.
"I'm not doing this because I need a job or need my ego stroked," he said. "I'm doing this because it's important. I think I can make a difference."
Thompson doubts that. He said Sutton is a product of the current party apparatus and represents the status quo.
"I think it has boiled down to: Do we keep going the way we have and have the chairman perform (a) more administrative, keep-the-trains-running-on-time function? Or, do we want somebody who brings about a movement of new ideas, a new way of expressing them and is out front with the message in every possible media outlet?" he said.
Although Thompson touted Republican views on his radio shows, he said his contract barred him from participating in party affairs. Some Republicans have criticized him for that.
"I'm kind of like a missionary who's getting criticized for not going to church," he said.
Supporters of Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning Texas congressman who ran for president last year, have won a significant number of central committee seats and could be a factor in the chair's election. Ruud said Thompson "pretty much represents the Ron Paulites."
Thompson responded it would be an "absolute misrepresentation" to characterize him as the "Ron Paul candidate." While he welcomes the support of Paul's backers, he said, he's a "traditional Reagan conservative" who appeals to a broad range of Republicans.
Ruud said she is running to "get out our conservative message," which the party failed to do to her satisfaction in recent elections. And she wants to build the party from the ground up with more grass-roots organizers.
Democrats have made better use of Facebook, Twitter and other new kinds of information technology, she said, and she would try to overtake them in that field.
If elected, Ruud would be the state party's first female chair. "We haven't broken that glass ceiling yet," she said.
"In 2008, women outvoted men by 5 percent in Minnesota — and they didn't vote Republican. We need to talk to that voting base. Obviously, I'm not a good old boy, so I think I'm infinitely qualified to speak to that issue."
Carey said the winner will inherit a party with a solid foundation. While President Barack Obama won big in Minnesota, the party helped re-elect Pawlenty "despite the worst political environment for Republicans since Watergate," he said.
The party is financially strong, with "one of the largest active-donor files of any state party organization, Republican or Democrat," he said. And, he said, it has voter programs in place to win close races in 2010.


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