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An Indian colleague just pointed me to a Microsoft press release "Microsoft Expands Document Interoperability: Company to Sponsor Open Source Project for Open XML-ODF File Translation to Deliver More Choice for Government Customers and Their Constituents." I had heard rumors that something important was going to happen. Maybe it will, but this isn't it, yet.
In response to the requirements from Massachusetts and others, several groups around the world have been working on plug-ins to make Microsoft Office smart about ODF. As more and more governments require ODF support, this will be one way that it is provided, at least in the short term. Some people may choose alternative software that provides better, more native support for ODF and that is their choice. Open standards are all about choice.
While it starts out well, the press release quickly jumps to the same old arguments that they have been making that have been refuted left and right.
"Open XML and ODF were designed to meet very different customer requirements."
Well, ODF was designed for people who use spreadsheets, word processors, and presentations. Open XML was designed for people who use Microsoft spreadsheets, word processors and presentations.
"The Open XML formats are unique in their compatibility and fidelity to billions of Office documents, helping protect customers' intellectual investments."
There are virtually no documents in existence that use the Open XML formats; any existing binary Office documents will have to be translated to it, warts and all, including every odd subformat that has been tried through the years, successful or not.
One of the arguments around ODF from the beginning was around the long term preservation of customer information. This is one of the reasons why ODF was created. It is still an important reason why momentum around it continues.
"In contrast, ODF focuses on more limited requirements, is architected very differently and is now under review in OASIS subcommittees to fill key gaps such as spreadsheet formulas, macro support and support for accessibility options."
All right, all right, ODF is under active development by a worldwide community of experts not under the control of a single vendor who are making it state of the art in such areas as accessibility! We admit it!
ODF is architected to make it widely implementable and to easily fit into customer and government workflow. That is, ODF is architected in a modern way to make information more widely usable and to enable broad innovation. Many applications on all sorts of platforms and devices both now and in the future will be able to take advantage of ODF's clean design to improve customer value. Vive le difference!
Microsoft, to be blunt, join this group to help advance the state of the art instead of just defending your own turf and making these left handed compliments. I'm really very pleased that you are responding to global customer demand for ODF and are publicly admitting that it will play an important role. It's a good start on your path to first class, native, and default support for ODF. (You don't get that hug yet, though.)
When that happens, that will be news. Right now you are just duplicating work done by others, but, as I said, if this is really an honest first step to full, enthusiastic support for ODF, then I applaud your action. Do cut the insults about ODF in the process, it sort of dilutes your message.
This action by Microsoft is one in a long series of positive, momentum building events surrounding the OpenDocument Format and open standards in general. In my opinion, it is explicit recognition that open standards are the most important way of enabling software interoperability.
I expect that this will significantly accelerate the adoption of ODF by governments around the world. That is, ODF will be increasingly recognized as the primary, best and unique international open standard for document interchange. This will be cemented into IT policies by more and more IT departments and agencies around the world at a faster rate.
Update: I provide a lot of links to the early stories about this development here.

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2009 Country Reports on Terrorism - Cambodia
|United States Department of State
|Publication Date
|5 August 2010
|Cite as
|United States Department of State, 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism - Cambodia, 5 August 2010, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4c63b651a.html [accessed 17 February 2018]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Cambodia's political leadership demonstrated a strong commitment to legal action against terrorists and the Government of Cambodia remained committed to strengthening its counterterrorism capability through training and international cooperation.
In Cambodia, terrorists could attempt to exploit various local conditions – including endemic corruption, poverty, high unemployment, a poor education system, porous borders, and disaffection within the Cham Muslim population, which makes up approximately five percent of the population – to gain recruits, resources, and lines of operation. Although the Cham are not generally politically active, the Cambodian government is aware that foreign terrorists might use Cham areas as safe havens. For example, Hambali, a senior Jemaah Islamiya operative accused of involvement in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, took refuge in a Muslim school in Cambodia in 2002-2003.
With U.S. assistance, Cambodian authorities monitored computerized border control systems at Phnom Penh and Siem Reap airports, and at the land border crossings of Poipet and Koh Kong. International ports employed the use of this computerized system, as well as E-passport for Cambodian nationals and VISPEC, which was provided, installed, and trained to Cambodia's immigration police by the United Kingdom. Although biometric systems were not available in Cambodia, various officials received biometrics training from Singapore. U.S. officials also provided training to Cambodian authorities on financial investigation, methods for countering money laundering and terrorist financing, hostage release negotiations, and terrorist incident management.
In 2009, 70 Cambodian government officials participated in 17 separate Cambodia-based training and workshop sessions hosted by the Australian, German, Russian, and U.S. Embassies. Twenty officials participated in 15 separate overseas training and workshop sessions in the United States, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Philippines, India, and Thailand, which covered a range of topics, including security, counterterrorism, and investigation of fraudulent documents.
In November, a counterterrorism exercise on Southeast Asian-Japan Maritime Security was conducted in Preah Sihanouk Province under the auspices of Australia, the United States, and the secretariat of the National Counterterrorism Committee.
The Cambodian government continued to make progress in strengthening its counterterrorist finance regime. The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), which operated within the framework of the National Bank of Cambodia, conducted on-site examinations of banks and financial institutions and signed Memorandums of Agreements on information exchanges concerning money laundering and terrorist financing with the Bank Nagara Malaysia FIU, the FIU of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and the Anti Money-Laundering Department of the Bangladesh Bank on information exchange concerning money laundering and terrorist financing.


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Also see Ann's review of Our Town
The lovely singer presented some 30 songs with a little patter, but all the talk was engagingno padding. After opening with four Cole Porter songs, then a "happy"-themed medley with a smooth and jazzy "Sometimes I'm Happy," she talked about the genius that was Steve Allen and treated us to two of his many songs: "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" and a lovely and heartfelt "I Love You Today" from Sophie, the "most perfect love song." She lamented never having appeared in My Fair Lady and showed her love of the score through a swinging "I've Grown Accustomed to [His] Face," "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" and "On the Street Where You Live." Now, when I say "swinging," I don't mean exaggerated "ring-a-ding" swinging; it's natural and intelligent, not overdone.
Jerome Moross and John La Touche's beautiful "Lazy Afternoon" was given a loving treatment, as was "Bye, Bye Country Boy" in perhaps a nod to composer/singer Blossom Dearie, another nightclub legend. At just the right time, the energy level was stepped up with "My Mama Done Told Me" and "Luck Be a Lady." And there was moreRay Charles, rainbows and a crowd-pleasing encore which concluded with "It's Today."
Accompanied by Tedd Firth on piano, Tom Hubbard on Bass and her Jim Eklof on drums (where he's been for 54 years), Marilyn Maye held the packed Cabaret audience in palm of her hand for almost an hour and a half (and was quite gracious about the sound problems). Count 200+ lucky people. It was indeed a lovely ride.
A great way to spend a Monday evening, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Cabaret Series continues with Maureen McGovern on November 4, Carol Woods on March 3, Liz Callaway on April 7 and Clint Holmes on May 12. For more information, visit www.trustarts.org/events/series/cabaret-series.


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What was the joke? Observational humour? This honestly didn't go through my mind once while playing Infinite, food is a common healing item in games. This is just one someone eating food and enjoying it and then eating money(wat), not specific to Bioshock at all. Also, your comedic timing is pretty poor.
The animation and art was alright except for some lazy backgrounds.
Wait........... So the whole towns made out of food? Sorry I never played Bioshock Infinite so I dont know......... Great video really!
I loved it! It's a parody of the most odd part of Bioshock: Infinite. Some of us haven't realized how much food is really there until you watch this. The animation, comedy, was great and it reminded me of Metal Gear Awesome. The voice acting is incredible! River Kanoff was amazing as Booker and definitely complimented the animation. Good job and I admire your dedication and hard work in creating this!
Haven't played B: Infinite so I don't get it. Otherwise, ok animation.
So true...
There is SO much food in that game, and most of the time it isn't really necessary, but we eat it anyways. Great stuff!
But this movie did feel a little too slow at points. Some of the delays felt off, and there did feel like a lack of sound effects. Hope to see more from you!


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What is the proof for the general rule that the woman's voice is not ^awra (i.e. a matter to be concealed)?
In addressing the wives of the Prophet, Suratul-Ahzab, Ayah 32 means, "And say good words." The hadith related by Al-Hakim in his book Al-Mustadrak mentions that "Al-Ahnaf Ibn Qays said, 'I heard the hadith from the mouths of Abu Bakr, ^Umar, ^Uthman and ^Aliyy, and I did not hear it as beautiful as I heard it from the mouth of ^A'ishah.'"


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I am STILL sorting through all the school work Austin brought home with him. I seem to find another pile each day. Over the weekend I flipped through a journal and found this in the poetry section.
Can you tell he's a Denny Hamlin fan? When we got our Rainbow Playset a few years back, it came with a NASCAR tire. You wouldn't believe whose we got… Austin was ecstatic!


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Advice on gift-giving
Yes, I'd keep doing what you're doing. What goes around comes around. Let the adults get their lesson naturally.
I wouldn't send presents anymore.First they are rude not even saying thank you and it sounds like they don't want to recipercate. I would just stop sending presents and cards I know it's about the kids, but it sounds like the parents didn't bring them up to even be grateful enough to say thank you.
Send cards, but don't send gifts. Not as a punishment to the children, but because the families don't want to reciprocate. It might actually be worth it to talk with the parents and say what shall we do- continue to send presents or not- if you all don't want to, then it is fine.
I follow the golden rule: "Do for others what you want them to do for you"
I would stop sending gifts, if you have to chase them down to get a thank you.
As far as not punishing the kids: I would send a cooler card.


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Sunday, August 10, 2008
Back to Work
I get no sympathy from family or friends when I sigh and let others know that I'm headed back to work next Friday. A ten week vacation seems more than sufficient to most people. Ten days or ten weeks or ten years...There is never quite enough time. I only managed to write twenty-five pages on my book and there are those eighty-two books I bought week before last still waiting for me. (Yes, that's 8-2, 82 books).
And it's not like I'm headed back to the chain gang. I work in my dream job and in six days I will be working in my dream job in my dream location. I get Christmas-belly-tingles when I think about it.
But there is something wonderful about all those empty blocks of time and it will soon be coming to an end.
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Yeah, I don't get much sympathy either when I mention that I'm going back to work (especially since I'll be working from home...all online...this semester). :DReplyDelete
Oh what a wonderful profession we work in. Now if I only had 3 more weeks off I could accomplish all that I want to.
I'm very envious of you. A dream job?? One of these days I'm going to get me one of those!! For now, it's a job. Or two actually. To pay the bills.ReplyDelete
Wow. 82 books!! How cool is that?
I sympathize with you. I too must end my 10 weeks off and head back to my job as elementary media specialist. But just think...Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are right around the corner. LOL.....ReplyDelete
Maybe you will still have a few of those 82 books to read.
Have a wonderful BTS.
Well if it's any consolation you don't get much sympathy when you have to go back after three weeks either. I'm finding that out.ReplyDelete
82 books! I wish. But I have committed myself to trying to get through what I have on my shelves.


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I Want to Kiss Him Again
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 19 People
I want to kiss him again.That kiss was nice,. I like the way he kissed me.But I don't want to date him. Is that weird? Its sounds like a friend with benefits situation, but I would never sleep him with though.I don't even like him, at least I think I don't.:'( Im confused!
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The Freedom Township History Project has been underway since 2000, under the direction of Robert Miller, Township Historian. The Project has been collecting and preserving many artifacts, stories and photographs on township history, including conducting a Township History Day in 2002 and the township's 175th Anniversary Celebration in September 2009. Residents have contributed many genealogies, photographs and other written material to the township's History File.
A major effort of the History Project is the ongoing preparation of a book entitled:
The Past and Present of
Freedom Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan,
with a Chronology, Vignettes and
Biographies of Township Residents
Edited by Raymond M. Berg and Robert J. Miller
This book is intended to both capture and preserve the history of the township and its inhabitants, and to create a snapshot of Freedom Township as it exists today for the benefit of future residents. We will pull together the known and undiscovered information about the township into one document. In much the same way as the people of 1881 contributed to Chapman's History of Washtenaw County, we also want to record in words, photographs, maps and preservation efforts, a record of what it was like to live in Freedom Township during the early years of the 21st century.
The book is being edited by Ray Berg and Bob Miller, who will lead efforts to identify and consolidate material, conduct original research, prepare the text, and coordinate input from other township residents. Historical and biographical material will also be solicited from township residents, and their contributions will be acknowledged in the book.
Bob Miller and Ray Berg examine the early township minute books. The records dating from 1834 have been preserved, and are being scanned and digitized as part of the History Project.
The book is intended to be rich in photographs, maps and other material created by digitizing and reproducing them in electronic format. The book's electronic format is intended to allow for easy and high-quality printing.
This book is expected to be a multi-year effort encompassing input from many sources.
For information about contributing to the history book, or to volunteer to help, please contact Bob Miller at 734-428-8222 (firstname.lastname@example.com), or Ray Berg at 734-428-7705 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
September 2009 Update
The year 2009 marks the 175th anniversary of the founding of Freedom Township. The township was established March 7, 1834 by a Legislative Council act of the Territory of Michigan. The first township meeting was held April 7, 1834 at the home of Henry Griffin.
A 175th anniversary celebration was held at the township hall September 26, 2009. The event included a township picnic/potluck, a historical presentation in the township hall, recognition of honored guests, township service projects, antique agricultural implements display, and other activities. A Freedom Township History Book was also prepared for this event. Read the articles with photographs (listed below) about this event. Tours of Freedom Township's historic churches were conducted on September 27, 2009.
Freedom Township 175th Picnic a Big Success
Freedom Township 175th Book
Freedom Township 175th Anniversary Program
Freedom Township 175th Book Index
Earliest Freedom Township History Rediscovered
The 175th Anniversary Book is considered a precursor to the larger history book effort described below
May 31, 2005 Update:
The Freedom Township History Project has begun its program of gathering oral histories from long-time township residents. At a May 10, 2005 meeting, Township Historian Bob Miller, assisted by Ray Berg, met with volunteers to organize the planned interviews and data recording. The word processing of previously submitted handwritten and typed material has also begun.
Township volunteers include Jana Kress, Bonnie Mitchell, Rose Breitenwischer, Mary Munson, Sara Bassett, Jane Talcott and Lorna Brown. They agreed on a common format for conducting the interviews and gathering information. Candidate interviewees were also identified. The Township Board approved the purchase of a digital camera, cassette tape recorder, and other supplies.
For an example of historical information being transcribed by team members, see the Dedication Speech of Elvira Vogel, May 22, 1971, at the dedication of the new Freedom Township Hall, and the Freedom Township History Speech of Nellie Dettling, also given that same day. These can also be accessed on the navigation toolbar on the right side of this page.
From time to time, we will place on this web site additional text, photos and maps from the History Project. Keep checking in!
Other volunteers are encouraged to join the project!
On September 15, 1912, Freedom Township baseball players defeated our worthy neighbors to the south, Bridgewater Township, and posed in front of the Pleasant Lake House.
The book will achieve four objectives:
- To pull together, organize and consolidate the existing historical material on Freedom Township into one document. This material will come from published and unpublished sources, including all material currently retained at township offices in the History File. Previously published material will be credited and noted in References.
- To research and obtain "new" historical material in government and library archives, as well as through contributions received from township residents and other interested parties.
- To preserve the records of Freedom Township, by scanning and digitizing various township records such as meeting minutes, by duplicating historical photographs, and by providing independent offsite storage of these records.
- To provide a snapshot of the township as it currently exists, with family biographies, photographs, and other information provided by and obtained from current township residents, for the benefit of future residents.
See the map of Freedom Township in 1864!
The book is being organized along three overlapping and contiguous themes. The primary theme will be a traditional chapter-based approach as listed in Item 1 below. Interspersed among the chapters will be vignettes, set off by borders around the text/pictures of the vignettes, which will also use a different font size or type to show they are "stand-alone segments" of the book. The vignettes are discussed in Item 2 below. At the end of the traditional book/vignette chapters will be an appendix for biographies of persons, families or enterprises. These biographies will be excerpted from published materials, provided by township residents and others as part of this work, or developed by Berg/Miller through interviews and data gathering. The Appendix is discussed in Item 3 below.
From time to time, we will have contests soliciting township input. For example, we are currently seeking nominations for the oldest surviving structure in Freedom Township. Prizes will be announced!
Bethel United Church of Christ
This church and congregation, located at Bethel Church Road and Schneider Road, was formed by circuit-rider Reverend Friedrich Schmid of Ann Arbor in the 1840s. The current structure has served a large Freedom community since 1909. The adjacent cemetery contains many of the Freedom Township pioneers who emigrated from Germany.
Here's how the book is being organized:
Item 1 – The "Main Book"
The main book will provide a chapter-based chronology of the township from the pre-settlement times to the present. This will consist of chapters organized along the following themes:
Part 1 – Main Book
1. Forward
2. Acknowledgements
3. An Introduction to the Township as it Exists Today
4. The Pre-Settlement Days (ca. 1700-1820) – what do the records tell us? What do we know about native Americans and pioneers in these early times?
5. The Earliest Settlers and Township Organization (ca. 1820-1840) – how was the township formed in 1834, where did settlers come from, what "forces" brought these first settlers here, where did they settle, what did they do, why did they leave if they did?
6. The German Influx (ca. 1840-1860) – why the Germans, why here, what caused the township to obtain such a German heritage? Did they tend to emigrate from one region in Germany?
7. The late 19th century (ca. 1860-1900) – the agrarian township, influence of railroads and transportation, what forces began to change the township in this period?
8. The first half of the 20th century (ca. 1900-1950) – what influenced the township's development in this period, historical events, industrial and agrarian changes, the loss of population?
9. The second half of the 20th century (ca. 1950-2000) – the decline or change in agriculture, development of local industries, the gravel business, the growth of nearby communities, population changes and residential development, the effect of Ann Arbor?
10. The township today (ca. 2010) – provide a summary of how the township looks today.
Part 2 – Main Book
1. Topography, Natural Features – what makes the township physically the way it is?
2. The Farms – what have we farmed in the past, and what do we now? Or raise? Why? What caused this particular development? What is the township known for? What is expected in the future?
3. The Historic Homes/Barns – Identify the historic homes, establish their construction date, record their history and owners, photograph them.
4. Historic Locations – Where were the saloons/taverns? Where did significant township events occur? What is the story?
5. The Churches – How have these developed, what is their history?
6. The Cemeteries – What history can they tell us?
7. The Township District Schools – locations, history
8. Local Businesses and Industries – What has come and gone? What exists today? Did we have any mills, etc.?
9. Local Government – how did it develop and evolve? History of supervisors?
10. Road System – how did it develop, early farmer maintenance and takeover by other agencies? Early road names and changes? Did railroads have any influence on the township's development?
The History Project will document the lives of the early pioneers in the township. This grave marker is in the original Catholic Church cemetery at Hieber and Schneider Roads.
Item 2 - The Vignettes
The vignettes are intended to tell stand-alone, interesting stories, and are interspersed throughout the book. The vignettes may be factual, anecdotal, or simply thought-provoking to the reader. These vignettes will be offset from the main part of the book text by using borders, and will be composed of different font size or type to clearly distinguish them as separate articles from the body of the text.
As examples, vignettes may consist of:
As e 1. Notable and interesting locations in the township – e.g., Albers Orchard, DuRussell Potato Farm (the tamarack swamp), the Pleasant Lake Tavern
2. Historical families – e.g., the original settlers, what became of them?
3. First person stories from pioneers, such as an 1835 story by Casper Limpert about living in Freedom Township
4. Unusual homes
5. Centennial Farms in the township
6. Amusing or unusual stories – e.g., a weird crime, the Great Tornado
7. "Artifacts" – stories about unusual objects, things our ancestors would have recognized but we don't, etc.
8. War veterans and casualties.
9. Township historical surveying – the markers and system used
Item Item 3 – Biographies
The appendix will include both historical and current biographies provided by township residents, including text, genealogies, photographs, and historical anecdotes. Electronic submittals will be encouraged if being written specifically for this book. Other written material may be scanned and converted to Word, or retyped.
A master CD of historical photographs and maps will be maintained. This CD will be included with the final book as a photographic record.
A photographic video of the township as it exists today may be produced and stored on DVD.
Certain records, such as original Township meeting minutes, will be digitally scanned and recorded on CD. Such records will provide backup in case of future loss of township paper files, and will be stored in offsite locations.
This view shows the Alber's Orchard home at Bethel Church and Eisman Roads in earlier days. The orchard, cider mill and home are currently owned and operated by Mike and Therese Bossory, with the cider mill having operated since 1890.


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A special day in the lives of Boromir and Faramir...
My little brother marches out today for the first time. He is fifteen years old and he goes with his age-mates in the Boys' Troop, on a scouting mission into the White Mountains. I took the same trip five years ago. The lads are shepherded by a company of Guards and taught many useful skills. But Faramir seems so young! It seems like only yesterday that I placed his small hand on the hilt of a wooden practice sword for the first time.
A flock of mothers rings the group of boys. Some of the ladies are grave, others teary-eyed. I cross the square to where Faramir stands proudly, regarding the Great Gate. "Boromir!" He greets me happily. We both know that Father is too busy to see him off this day. To spare his new-soldier pride, I do not kiss him. Instead, we clasp hands as comrades.
Still, old habit remains strong. I look the boy over, from polished boots to newly cut hair. Faramir's face is freshly scrubbed, his modest uniform properly laced.
"Did you pack your cooking-pan?" He's thin enough without missing meals because he forgot his cookware.
"Did you remember to sharpen your dagger and your sword?" Orcs have been known to infest the mountains. And a warg or two. And wildcats.
"Boromir! I am not a baby!" Faramir complains with a sudden blush. My little brother has nearly attained full height and can look me straight in the eye.
I must not weaken his confidence. "No, you are not, Faramir. Keep quiet, follow the Captain's orders, and you will bring honor to our House."
"Yes, brother" He bows his head respectfully. Captain Turambar arrives, stepping briskly to the head of the company. In a few moments, they will file out the open Gate.
Butterflies flutter in my belly. Curse it, I am a soldier and a prince, not a lily-livered old woman! The chick must leave the nest sometime. Come now, I tell myself, it is not as if the boy is going off to join the Ithilien Rangers. We of the Guard, safely based in Minas Tirith, often call the Rangers "Orc-Bait". My stomach pitches again. I remember how word of Faramir's skill with a bow has already spread. The Rangers' scarred old Captain had watched my brother practice and told me that Faramir would be the best archer in Gondor one day. Udűn's Pits, the Rangers are always trying to poach good bowmen from the other companies!
No! Not Faramir. He can finish learning the longbow here, and join the City's archers on the walls, where it's safe.
"Boromir?" asks my brother quietly. "You are pale. Is something amiss? They are calling us up now; I must depart."
He is so eager to prove his worth. The Steward's sons must meet future peril, not evade it. Faramir must go forth to whatever fate awaits him. It is not fit that I ease his way. For the first time, Faramir will sleep under the stars without his kindred's protection this night. At least he knows the stars; better than I, if truth be told!
"Nay. I just ate too fast at the nuncheon." The trumpet sounds. "Well, lad, take care of yourself. Watch your back." If danger threatens, be bold, but not reckless. Come home alive!
Faramir bids me farewell, with shining eyes and a lift to his step as he strides out with his fellows. Despite his courage, my baby brother is still an untried young bird. But for the first time, I can glimpse in the fledgling the hunter he will become.
The Boys' Troop of Minas Tirith is my personal invention; though, considering the presence of a small group of boys in the beleaguered White City in ROTK, the concept of lads receiving rudimentary military training prior to further service or other vocations does not seem far-fetched.


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By James Thomas-Queh
The Late Harry Greaves
The controversies surrounding the gruesome death of Mr. Harry Greaves and the political impact on the national leadership has forced me down my memory line. That is, the cold bloody murder of inmate Myer on January 15, 1980, and the autopsy that ensued - Palace of Correction, Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County - bares a slight similitude to the current case. Both occurred at regimes endings in high tension; thus making two already unpopular Presidents to become the most unpopular. And since I was a part to the investigation of the first murder and a distant observer to the current - I embellished the narrative with notes from my professional file only to bore or turn off my readers. Please forgive me as age and disappointment have a way of inciting our personal egos.
I also imagine those who would interpret this very personalized paper as some tacit message to Liberia's next imperial employer, but let me reassure you that my CV has been long obsolete. No, there are some other points that I find useful to divulge for posterity – that the best are not necessarily those who always talk loud; our country is filled with many ordinary Liberians, anonymous, who have made or are making their small national contribution out of the limelight; that the exemplarity, works and deals of such citizens plant the seeds for grass-root patriotism, and not necessarily the false heroism of our Presidents which impoverishes, corrupts and leads to perpetual underdevelopment, insecurity and wanton self-destruction.
In other words, I am simply forwarding this message to the next generation of national leaders to go in search of genuine patriots - but not with money, because money cannot purchase patriotism to build a nation – it only breeds short-term loyalty, sycophancy and corruption.
As a self-sponsored student in criminology1, we had a course in forensic science which gave me the opportunity to have witnessed several autopsies at the institute of forensic science, Madrid. On the operation table of the pathologist on this day was a baby whose death was suspected as an infanticide – a crime that is very difficult to suspect in the first place. This child could have been murdered through countless methods to disguise the death as natural: asphyxia by drowning in the bath tub, poison, strangulation, and you name it.
What I can recall as the pathologist opened the stomach of this little baby and extracted some of the vital parts for examination – it was the special attention given to the lungs. First, he weighed the lungs and told us that this procedure was necessary because the first sign of strangulation (or hanging, etc) – is that the lungs are bigger than their normal size by retention of the air. And then in the second phase, the lungs were cut in halves, and we were shown that there were no bubbles to signify the retention of air. In short, death by strangulation or asphyxia by drowning were quickly discarded.
But there was an incident during this particular autopsy that I could never forget. Just as the pathologist began to saw the skull of the baby to examine the brains, a classmate (a girl) sitting next to me fainted – the scene was horrible and unbearable for the young lady. And truth be told, an autopsy is the butchery of a dead body that is unimaginable by an ordinary person.
Now, let us imagine – in an organized society where an autopsy requires scrupulous professional ethics, hygienic conditions, etc., and where the pathologist may even stitch the body after an autopsy to enable a decent presentation - can anyone imagine in what condition a body is left in the aftermath of an autopsy in Liberia where foreign pathologists are flown in and out like some fly-by-night, shameless business crooks - no forensic laboratory, no light, no water, and the rest?
So, my people, I see the frustration of those who are requesting a second autopsy opinion on the mysterious death of Harry Greaves, but that will be yet another waste of our poor taxpayer's money to no avail. If there is nothing to hide, the report from the police investigators-trained and conscientious - who were sent to that scene first would worth more than were we to even bring in 1000 FBI agents and forensic experts at this stage.
The Murder And Autopsy Of Inmate Myer 15th January 1980, Palace Of Correction - Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County
Immediately after my graduation from the University of Madrid, I returned to Liberia. Well, many friends saw me high in the hierarch of the Liberia National Police, but I went straight to the Division of Rehabilitation, Ministry of Justice. Because prior to my return, I had done my first academic research on the Liberian Criminal Justice System (Police, Court and Prison) back in 1975/76, which took me to Liberia. There, I met one of the nicest government officials, the late Hon. Rudolph Sherman, Assistant Minister of Justice for Rehabilitation. Surprisingly, he complimented me for being one of the first young Liberians he had met to be studying criminology and had also interest in the prison system. Then he gave me a carte blanche to visit the prisons (a courtesy not accorded by the police and court) and urged me to hurry up and come home to work with him because President Tolbert had started a major prison reform – the first of its kind in Liberia. You could not beat that – what a better research laboratory for a criminologist, if not the prison or in the classroom.
When I was recruited into the Division of Rehabilitation later, the prison development was already in full swing, but with a new leadership. The sleepy Division had now the most enviable 'Dream Team' in the entire Ministry of Justice; and much so that some of the leading members in that team have become prominent national figures today. Miss Christina Harmon (now Mrs. Tarr - former Minister of Justice) was the new assistant Minister of Justice for Rehabilitation; I was her deputy –Director of Rehabilitation, and Hon. Francis Korkpor (current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) was the next in line. The other colleagues were Reuben Sidifall, Freddie Yancy and Catherine Toe. Oh, the late James Tarpeh was also brought in as Superintendent of the Monrovia Central Prison (became Assistant Minister of Rehabilitation under Doe and later murdered at the end of the regime). True, we had our individual personalities, characters and ambitions, but there was no envy or jealousy; we were working harmoniously and assiduously to put in place the first modern penitentiary system in the history of Liberia as established in our Criminal Procedure Law, but never put into practice. Here we were now establishing the first authentic prison statistics, recruiting and training the first correction officers to replace the soldiers, regularizing daily meals for prisoners, etc.
Yes, it was a tremendous challenge to transform a national mindset that a prisoner, after all, was also a human being who merits a daily meal (even though the majority of citizens never had), an education and a skill to enable a reintegration into the society as a better citizen.
The main axe of the reform was centred around a huge referral prison named: "Palace of Correction"- to lodge 1 024 inmates transferred from around the country. Here inmates were to be educated, learn skills and do farming. It was located few miles out of Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County. The construction started in 1975, and the work had been progressing very slowly due to the exorbitant cost of the project ($1 834 252). For the same reason the opening date had been postponed several times.
But by the end of 1979, we began seeing our way clear to announce a definite opening date. We were already recruiting and training correction officers to man the Palace. At the same time we had also decided on the criteria to vet the future director of this all important institution – someone who would even be sent abroad for some months to under go training in correction management. However, to our greatest astonishment, we were suddenly informed by the Assistant Minister that she had already found someone for the directorship. Who? Mr. Leonard Bailey; qualification/education: a nephew of President Tolbert; experience: an immigration officer - and do not ask me for his rank.
But why would the nephew of the President leave Monrovia and go take care of prisoners in the Zwedru forest? Well, the county had given 2,077 acres of farmland to the project. A study by the Ministry of Agriculture had shown that by cultivating 100 acres the first year (rice, cassava, etc.), the income would be $60 717.53. From this figure, the production of the entire 2,077 acres in time should net an annual income of $1,214,340 - with free prison labour. Isn't it a fantastic business opportunity for a First Family already seasoned in rice production?
As we approached 1980, we were informed again that the President would be visiting Grand Gedeh early January and would like to dedicate the Palace of Correction. Believe me, Public Works was working day and night trying to complete the cell blocks and the administrative building. So on January 2, 1980, we hurriedly despatched the new Palace Director, a group of correction officers and 22 inmates from the Monrovia Central Prison to the unfinished institution. Finally, on January 4, 1980, the Palace of Correction was officially dedicated by President Tolbert.
On the morning of January 16, 1980, Director Bailey called the Assistant Minister, informing her that a "murder prisoner" who escaped had been killed and buried expeditiously. He stressed the "murder prisoner"- in other words, killing a murderer did not mean much. But he got it all wrong because the 22 inmates sent there for the dedication were minor offences as we knew the institution was not yet ready to receive hardened criminals. No doubt, the man was put in the wrong job; he ignored even the list with names and offences of the inmates he took alone.
As the morning unfolded, the news spread like a wild-fire that the Director (nephew of the President) of the new Palace of Correction had assassinated a prisoner in cold blood. At the same time - and as if by some coincidence - the Secretary General of the Methodist church came to the Division with the release of the dead inmate jailed for some trivial offence.
We were always proactive. So as the next senior member of the Division, I was mandated to accompany the Methodist church official and a representative from the Ministry of Public Works – the late Counsellor Amos Monger – to the Palace of Correction to carry out a preliminary investigation. Remember, workers from Public Works were still heavily working on the institution and eye-witnesses to this tragedy. Furthermore, the case was not yet considered officially a homicide.
The Ministry of Justice had an Air Wing with a small, old cesna plane - piloted by the late Col. Arthur Bedell. The plane was put at our disposal. And believe me, it was one of the most stressful flights I have ever taken. It started to rain at a point, and the plane was not only leaking, but also air bumping over this vast forest just below us.
By the time we finally landed in Zwedru and drove up to the
Palace of Correction with the county Superintendent, the case had already become a high political embarrassment for the President; well, and also for the Division of Rehabilitation.
Intelligently, Director Bailey categorically refused for the Methodist secretary general to sit in the investigation. For this refusal, I believed he had two things in mind. First, that with only government officials without an outsider, there was a possibility to frame up the findings and exonerate him. And second, should the case end up in court, it was better to leave out the victim's representative from the investigation, so that he does not hear the truth.
On the morning of 15th January 1980, some inmates were taken to brush the farm with two correction officers. They returned to the prison at mid-day for lunch, and returned to work between 2-3 pm. Director Bailey was absent during that time - gone for lunch at home in Zwedru; he had no car.
Sometime between 3-4 pm inmate Myer asked for permission to go and ease himself behind the trees, but never returned. A vast man hunt began by the correction officers in the absence of the Director. It was the Public Works foreman who later went to fetch the Director in Zwedru. Upon arrival at the prison, Mr. Bailey quickly picked up his rifle, charged it and joined the search in the bush from a different direction.
No luck; the Director returned to the prison compound at around 5 pm, but by this time the correction officers had already apprehended inmate Myer without firing a single shot. In fact, the inmate was already locked up in the cell - handcuffed. After hearing that good news, the furious Director ordered the correction officers to bring out the handcuffed inmate into the yard for him to set an example.
In the presence of the Public Works workers and the entire prison staff, the Director ordered a correction officer to shoot the defenceless, innocent man. The trained officer refused; then the Director took his own rifle, went at close range, and as the inmate turned his back in fear, Bailey heartlessly sprayed the man's back with bullets. The inmate felt, but begging for mercy looking the Director in the face. But no mercy; Director Bailey went still closer to the man and took the fatal shot on the inmate forehead. It was an unimaginable scene of horror and disbelief.
Panic spread through the prison compound; everyone thought that Mr. Bailey had become totally insane. Staff, workers, everyone started to run for their live. But unperturbed, Director Bailey hastily supervised an indecent burial of inmate Myer to cover up the wilful murder.
The various testimonies of this summary execution contradicted the Director's earlier information to the Division of Rehabilitation. So we concluded the investigation and left the prison compound for the Superintendent's office in Zwedru. There we met a telegram from the Minister of Justice – Hon. Joseph J. Chesson - ordering the exhumation of the body for an autopsy, and that the pathologist would be arriving the next day. There was already an overwhelming national indignation and an obvious political backlash for the President.
At around 6 pm we returned to the prison with Director Bailey to exhume the body. As the body was being lifted out of the hole only in his clothing, I noticed a sudden countenance changed on the Director; if the ground were to have opened, he would have certainly gone through. He never expected to have seen this body again, and everything he tried to deny or admitted hesitantly resurfaced. There was a bullet hole in the inmate's forehead, and his back ridden with bullet wounds. The body was still in a perfect condition when it was taken at the morgue of the Zwedru hospital. But the morgue had no refrigerated facilities. Imagine.
On 17th January 1980, the Assistant Minister for Rehabilitation arrived in Zwedru with the pathologist, Dr. Moses. I briefed her; no doubt, it was a summary execution viewed by the entire prison compound.
The autopsy was performed on 18th January outside the morgue in the open-air - totally different from what I saw as a student. I leave you to imagine the rest of the scene - far away from a site of humanity. What is more, the body was already in a state of decomposition. But the autopsy report corroborated with findings from our investigation - that fatal shot in the forehead was the immediate cause of death.
Mr. Bailey was indicted for murder on the same day (18th Jan) in Zwedru and jailed accordingly. As the public pressure began to subside, Bailey was transferred to the Monrovia Central Prison (5th February 1980), and latter released without any judgment (17th March 1980). But bad luck, he was rearrested and jailed immediately after the military coup on April 12, 1980. Remember, Doe came from Grand Gedeh; and while Liberians may have an ostrich mentality, they do have a formidable memory never to be taken for granted.
The difference in the handling of both cases is as clear as day. In the Bailey case, the Ministry of Justice (in an undemocratic regime) was extremely proactive, transparent from the minute the information was received. But in case of Greaves, the Ministry of Justice (a democratic regime) has been sluggish, inconsistent - if not incompetence - the trademark of the government. Because frankly, how a Minister of Justice who has been speaking around reassuring the readiness of the security forces to take over from UNMIL, will take the report of foreign pathologists and try to bully the public to accept it as an exclusive evidence to close - such a high profile case. It is an aberration and a slap in the face of the law enforcement community of Liberia or a sheer disregard to the intelligence of the general public. Worst, it is an absolute disservice to the credibility and morale of the Liberian National Police (LNP).
But let me close this chapter and leave these few questions for the attention of the Hon. Minister of Justice.
Well, I ask indulgence from my former colleagues and pathologists for what I might have added, subtracted or erred. That is the risk of trying to revive a memory that has survived many trials and tribulations.
1 University of Madrid, Spain, and later University of Paris-Sorbonne 2, "Ph.D" and the School of Higher Studies in social Sciences (Ecoles des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales –EHESS), Paris.


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Hi from Wisconsin
I recently started toying with sourdoughs and baking techniques. I'll post lots of pics and hope to get lots of feed to lots of questions as I progress in this new venture. I baked two sourdoughs this morning from two different natural leavens about a month old and one has the crust I like while the other, the flavour. Both have great crumb with large holes. I just gotta work on making the crust lighter. I'll post photos later as I am off to bed now. Glad to be here!


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There is no shortage of judgment on the internet.
Erin: It's like End of Days.
Ellen: You've watched the fights . . .
Erin: Munching along on your popcorn.
Ellen: Brawls are a dime a dozen between Work-at-Home Mothers Who Macramé Diapers and Stay-at-Home Moms Who Milk Their Own Soybeans.
Erin: And there is no shortage of rants about all of the judgment. We even got a little uppity ourselves with all of the Judgy McJudge-A-Lots when we published "Mommy Wars: You Are Not Cherishing Correctly."
Ellen: But this is not going to be one of those rants.
Erin: This is going to be more of an urging for everyone to just be happy to swim in her own lane, as it were.
Ellen: A pleading to stop making yourself crazy by comparing yourself to another woman. You don't deserve to be judged, but SHE doesn't deserve to be your yardstick.
Erin: We get that Malibu Mommy and her Barbie dream baby carrier can make you feel a little frumpier than your usual Tuesday.
Ellen: We really do. I can picture the scene. You're sitting there in your Baby Olympians of the Future class when Ms. Malibu walks in with her freshly washed ponytail swinging and nary a bodily fluid crusting on her yoga pants.
Erin: Basically, she's just rocking the level of cleanliness that passes for normal in the general population, but is akin to putting on airs in the land of New Motherhood.
Ellen: But your hackles rise. "Who does she think she is trotting in all fresh faced to make ME feel bad about myself? I was up all night with a screaming infant. I'm lucky to have pants on, let alone worry about them being clean."
Erin: But is she really your problem? Maybe Ms. Malibu doesn't deserve the hounds of hate unleashed upon her, no matter how much she looks like a walking Pinterest board.
Ellen: Maybe she doesn't deserve to be your yardstick because the truth is we are all just wobbling. We're all just doing our best to stay upright, to keep moving, and to be happy.
Erin: What you're seeing of that woman's life is just the tip of the iceberg. You can't judge for good or ill by the cute little handbag.
Ellen: Judging someone for looking good is just as bad as giving them the stink eye for handing out non-organic fruit roll-ups. Appearances of having your act together don't always mean you actually have it together.
Erin: I know this. When my fourth son was a year old, he was outfitted with glasses for his very poor eyesight. Then his eyesight kept deteriorating for no apparent reason. We were worried, the doctors were confounded, and scary words and tests were filling up my formerly open schedule. My life with four small children and a husband working full time, attending school part-time, and traveling every other week was quickly spiraling out of control.
My life was a wreck and I was headed towards the ledge. I couldn't take even one sweet inquiry into how things were going without losing it, so I decided to deflect all attention. If I looked like I was okay, maybe people would stop asking. I used a gift card to get the best haircut I had ever had as a new mom, bought some new, CLEAN Gap t-shirts, and headed out to parks, libraries, and playgrounds looking if not like a supermodel, at least like a reasonably competent and together Mom. He's fine now, but it was a rocky time for sure.
Ellen: The point is that most moms are out there doing the job: making meals, wiping noses, checking homework, and holding the family together.
Erin: And we all have things that make that hard. Whether it's a present hurt that wounds us or a past that wears us down, we all have a finite number of straws until the proverbial broken back. We all are just wobbling, although there are times we look steady.
Ellen: I'm having a heck of a wobble as I make it through this year of firsts without my mother. Catch me on a good day and I look like Suzie-Has-Her-Shizz-Together. Sometimes, remembering to shower is an accomplishment. I can be judged on both sides of the coin. Yay me.
Erin: So the next time we want to tear Ms. Perky Buns a new one, maybe we should pause for a second. She may be using exercise to stave off depression or she may live in fear because her father died of a heart attack at the age of forty-two.
Ellen: Or maybe she is just allowed to be fit without you having a reaction to it. Unless the "she" is Maria Kang, because yeah, she IS trying to make you feel bad.
Erin: But in general, we need to acknowledge that all moms are doing what they can for their kids and let go of the anger, resentment, and judgment. Sure, you might think Miss Mani-Pedi might benefit from a taking down once in a while, but she didn't ask to be your yardstick. Maybe you should ask her how she finds the time. She might just offer to babysit your kids while you get your own pampering.
Ellen: So toss those yardsticks away because really, you're judging yourself when you get wrapped up in all of the comparisons. Treat yourself with the kindness you deserve and direct your wrath towards something worthy, like those damn over-the-top bento box lunches.
Erin: She kids. Maybe.
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Sounds like a great time with good food and a fun atmosphere. I completely understand being able to move away from the big town life, especially after living abroad. I feel the same way now. We live in rural Japan now but have much more available to us then when we lived in the Azores. I could just as easily live in the middle of nowhere in the US without a Target or Walmart around. I won't lie though, I order from Amazon all the time! It's how I get just about everything I need (SD card for the camera, running shoes, etc). It's just cheaper than the local Japanese economy, although I do shop locally here too.
Everything looks fabulous! I'm super excited about going this weekend. I love that they have a pot of herbs outside the door with the little bluebirds!
Melinda – It's so great to hear you've had a similar experience. And we do a lot of ordering too! It's so much easier. 🙂
Candy – You will love it! Also, they have cute little bluebirds like that all around the store. A nice touch.
Oh I can't wait to try it! I had hoped to be able to go with the group on Saturday but we're headed to another little KY spot, Smith-Berry Winery for their dinner concert series! Thanks for the great review.
Breakfast fries! I love that. This is something I need to try soon.
Looks like a really wonderful place!
Gosh, I love those breakfast fries! Great pictures!
Ooh I'm all about places that use technology like that! So cool.
Danielle – You'll love it! Have fun at the winery!
lisa – I know! The wheels have been turning with how I can recreate them with my own twist.
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) – A man and a woman were arrested Saturday in connection with a Framingham double shooting that gravely injured one man and seriously injured another, authorities said.
Christian Castro-Lainez, 18, of Worcester, was arrested and charged with assault with intent to murder (two counts), unlawful possession of a loaded firearm and misleading investigators. His girlfriend, Margaret Desrosiers, 17, of Framingham, was charged with being an accessory to armed assault with intent to murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, and misleading investigators.
Police were called to 370 Hollis Street at about 12:45 a.m. Saturday for a report of a shooting. Shortly after receiving the call, authorities were informed two men arrived at an area hospital with gunshot wounds.
One of the victims, a 20-year-old Framingham man, suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Tufts Medical Center via medical helicopter. He is currently on life support.
The second victim, a 21-year-old man also from Framingham, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to University of Massachusetts Medical Center also via medical helicopter. He is listed in stable condition.
Following an investigation, police concluded the two victims went to the Hollis Street residence to see Desrosiers and got into a fight with Casto-Lainez. The fight ended, and the victims got into their car to drive away, at which point it is alleged that Casto-Laniez shot the victims, police said.
It is also alleged that both Casto-Lainez and Desrosiers lied to authorities and misled them to believe that another party was responsible for the shootings.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Castro-Lainez and Desrosiers are scheduled to be arraigned on Monday in Framingham District Court.
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FORT THOMAS – The excitement continues to build at Highlands High School. The softball team is eagerly anticipating the debut of its new field, dubbed "The Bird Cage." In the meantime, the Bluebirds are playing in two early season tournaments to own their skills and prepare for a challenging regular season schedule.
"The field is unbelievable and we cannot wait to get on it. We can't thank the city and the school district enough for collaborating to make this happen," said head coach Rob Coffey, who also thanked the Highlands Athletic Boosters and Fort Thomas Lions Club. "This entire project is a true testament to what a great community we live in."
Before embarking on spring break, Highlands played five games in two days at the Uncle Pete Noll Invitational at Softball City. After enjoying a nearly two-week break, the Bluebirds will play at least three games in two days at the Jaguar Classic hosted by East Jessamine, beginning on April 11.
"Early in the season, we feel it's important to get games in and jump-start the team. With the weather we have around here, you never know when you are going to be able to get on the field," said Coffey. "We use the two tournaments to get a good look early at what we need to improve on for the rest of the season and through districts and regions. We get a chance to identify our weaknesses and work hard to repair them."
Last year, the Bluebirds stormed to an 18-12 record and advanced to the Ninth Region semifinal in Coffey's first season at the helm. It was the program's first winning season since 2008. The entire roster returns in 2014. There are three seniors on this year's squad; last year, there was not a single senior on the team. Even the underclassmen are experienced, as many have been playing on varsity since they were in junior high school.
"Most of the girls have been playing for years now, so they know how to approach the beginning of the season. It's important for the team to understand the season is a marathon and not a sprint," said Coffey. "They have to make sure they don't get down with any early losses and make sure they stay healthy, playing in cold weather. The younger girls that contribute to the varsity program are mature beyond their years."
Seniors Ashley Grosser, Kendall Turner, and K.C. Broering lead the way, but the Bluebirds also have a seventh-grader in the starting lineup in Rachel Gabbard.
"We need to continue to work on team chemistry. We have kids at all ages contributing on the field, all the way down to a seventh-grade starter," said Coffey. "We must learn to come together as one team or we will not reach the goals we have placed on the team for this year."
Those goals are high. In Coffey's first season, he was getting to know his team and each individual player's personality. Now, he has a better grasp of what his team is capable of accomplishing. Likewise, the players - from middle schoolers to high school seniors - have higher expectations for themselves.
"As a first-year coach last year, I was learning the players and the players were learning our expectations. We also had very limited depth last year," said Coffey. "We feel we have all the expectations set for this year and we have definitely created more depth this year and several players will contribute to our varsity success this year. We absolutely have entered this season with high expectations."


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Photo: pwbakerThe Weavers Way Co-op, a member-owned grocery store and farm, was founded in 1972 to nourish a food de
sert in the West Mount Airy neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. Of course, that term wasn't in wide use back then, but providing affordable fresh food to residents, regardless of income, has always been a core mission of this member-owned grocery store. Over time, the mission has expanded to include issues of sustainability as well as support for organic and locally produced food.
The farm, on the grounds of the nearby Awbury Arboretum, dates back almost a decade, but it wasn't until 2007, with interest in locally grown, pesticide-free produce on the rise, that the co-op decided to hire a full-time farmer and try to make the effort commercially viable. Since then, the Weavers Way farm has grown to nearly two acres, producing a wide variety of fruits and vegetables — many of them hard to find heirloom varieties — and now includes a satellite "production farm" solely dedicated to high-demand crops like eggplants and tomatoes.
While Weavers Way has a profitable farm operation, the real "action" is in its non-profit efforts. Weavers Way runs a fully subscribed CSA program in partnership with the W.B. Saul High School, an agricultural high school in Philadelphia. It started the successful school garden at Philly's Martin Luther King Jr. High School, now run by a full-time employee of the school with plans to expand it to other locations.
The co-op currently also grows food on a one-third acre site at the Stenton Family Manor, a local homeless shelter, that produces enough food not only to feed residents, but also to sell at local farm stands. According to Weavers Way Co-op General Manager Glenn Bergman, this kind of project represents the future of Weavers Way farming efforts — putting food gardens in schools, prisons, and work-release facilities that can offer education and skills creation while feeding hungry residents.
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Greensgrow Local Initiative for Food Education (LIFE) CSA
Northeast Philadelphia
Mary Seton Corboy's newest Community-Supported Agriculture program was, as she put it, "born out of frustration." She'd built a thriving farm and nursery, with a successful multi-farm CSA, at Greensgrow Farm in Philly's gritty Kensington neighborhood, but she wanted to see more of the low-income and working class residents who live nearby eating the products of her hard-won farming success. Yet it just wasn't happening.
Figuring it was a "price point issue," Seton Corboy decided to construct a CSA program for the area's many food-stamp recipients that would take advantage of Greensgrow's creation of a community kitchen at a nearby church. She dubbed the program LIFE (for "Local Initiative for Food Education") and it's a combination of a weekly food basket and cooking classes. To pull this off, Seton Corboy had to find a way around the numerous USDA roadblocks that prevent a typical CSA from accepting food stamps — mostly due to the fact that the "pre-paid" concept of a typical CSA violates USDA regulations. So Seton Corboy partnered with Philadelphia's The Redevelopment Fund, the nonprofit finance group that had made the "anti-food-desert" Fresh Food Financing Initiative such a success. TRF loaned Greensgrow the money to grow the crops for the CSA shares, which is to be repaid as participants spend their food stamp benefit on the weekly box of produce.
That was just the first challenge. Seton Corboy also knew she had to get past certain issues regarding fresh food and the typical food-stamp recipient. The most frequent objections: fresh food takes too much time to prepare and requires cooking skills that many low-income people don't possess. So she created a "cooking show" style set of cooking lessons. Participants receive chef's jackets and are videotaped as they learn from a lineup of local chefs from local restaurants. The idea was that videos are shared with participants who have to miss a lesson, as well as other CSAs who don't have the ability to host lessons themselves.
But things haven't exactly gone as Seton Corboy had hoped. Only 17 of 25 available LIFE CSA shares were purchased — and several of those were bought by young Americorps anti-poverty volunteers working in the neighborhood. To this point, the community hasn't embraced even this low-cost version of the weekly produce box.
Seton Corboy chalks some of it up to communications. By and large, food stamps recipients don't live online — old-fashioned word-of-mouth and paper flyers are the best tools to spread the news. Complicating matters, the LIFE marketing materials referred to the SNAP program, the program's new official name for food stamps. But many recipients aren't aware of the name change — to them they're still "food stamps" or perhaps "EBT," a reference to the ATM-style card used to pay for food.
Seton Corboy is sympathetic. She she put it, "I'm confused – and I've got a masters degree!"
In terms of the dizzying array of public and private initiatives attempted to improve nutrition and provide benefits, "we're making it more complicated than it needs to be." To her, it's got to stay simple: easy access to healthy food, lessons on how to use the ingredients and continued effort to overcome recipients' perception that healthy food is more expensive.
Seton Corboy admits she hasn't figured out the right formula. But she's not done trying. What has become clear to her is that the prime obstacle remains kitchen literacy. "My job is to bring their sense of what cooking is into the modern era." Yet competing with a blizzard of junk-food advertising has worn thin her patience. As she sees it, the approach to cooking by people on food stamps isn't all that different from many affluent food lovers: "We watch it on TV. Nobody makes it." Until that changes, Seton Corboy seems to suggest, little else will.
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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Growers Alliance
Growers Alliance is trying to make small-plot urban farming a viable commercial enterprise. This initiative sprouted from PHS's City Harvest program, which is in turn part of Philadelphia Green, one of the nation's largest urban landscape renewal projects. With City Harvest, inmates in the Philadelphia prison system grow vegetable seedlings in greenhouses. The seedlings are then distributed to over 40 community gardens throughout the city. To date, most of the harvests go to feeding the inmates, the growers themselves, or local food pantries. But this year, thanks in large part to a $300,000 grant from the USDA, PHS has begun experimenting with directly supporting commercial growers.
Dubbed Growers Alliance, the program is designed to encourage chemical-free commercial growing on small plots. The project finances the construction of up to six 4-by-8-foot raised beds and provides seedlings gr
own by inmates or at an expanded greenhouse facility operated by Philadelphia's Weavers Way Co-op farm. Growers are encouraged to sell their produce, and sell they have to neighbors, to restaurants, at local farmers markets and to the Weavers Way Co-op, which operates a dedicated, refrigerated truck (paid for by the USDA grant) that will pick up from any interested Growers Alliance sites.
The 15 current participants have in aggregate an acre of land in production and have grown 9,000 pounds of produce so far this year in their or their neighbors' backyards or in church yards — not bad for what amounts to a pilot program.
So far, most of the growers are in the west and northwest parts of the city and run the gamut of Philly gardening types. Some are urban-ag aficionados, some are young people and a few are exploring the possibility of making urban farming a career.
But it's the emphasis on distribution infrastructure that makes Growers Alliance stand out. By supplying a truck to make the rounds of the participating sites, the project addresses one of the main challenges to any business — i.e. where to sell your product. Only in its first year, Growers Alliance has the potential soon to rival the largest Philly farms.
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The local high school is having a Halloween / Homecoming dance, and three friends decide they are going to ditch the official festivities and scare the pants off of their dates, figuratively speaking. Topher, Snail and Ricky (played by Andrew St. John, James Immekus and Diego Torres respectively) convince their young companions to accompany them to an abandoned grapefruit orchard, having previously arranged for their friend Derrik (Will Stiles) to precede them and make scary noises and jump out from the shadows and whatnot. Their plans are dashed when Derrik and his girlfriend Missy (Lola Davidson) are brutally murdered pretty much as soon as they set foot on the grounds of the orchard by the eponymous Caretaker.
The three young men arrive an hour or so later, along with their dates Chloe (Victoria Vande Vegte), Sonja (Jennifer Freeman) and the new girl in town Ella (Kira Verrastro). Unaware that the real Caretaker is wandering around killing attractive youth, the boys proceed to tell his story. It seems sixteen years ago or so, he got married and was so jealous that he chained up his wife and wouldn't let her out of the house. When their daughter was born, she tried to run away and he killed her, disappearing with his child. His trademark method of murder involves rolling a grapefruit at his victim, and then slashing them to death with a modified fruit picker. Soon enough, the Caretaker steps in and begins to kill the cute young things that are trespassing in his former home.
There are some problems with this film. First off, a serial killer that rolls grapefruit at you comes off as less than menacing. Furthermore, the film fails to build up any considerable tension or fear. Sure, the killings are bloody (though somewhat underwhelming), but the super secret twist ending is obvious from about the thirty minute mark, and little is done to enhance the scares. The acting is merely passable across the board, and the actors aren't given a lot to work with in terms of dialogue or motivation. The characters are all standard, horror movie teens: pretty but dumber than average. One couple even tries to hide from the killer while never thinking to turn off their flashlight.
The star power, such as it is, is provided by Judd Nelson and Jennifer Tilly, neither of whom does more than provide a run of the mill performance. Nelson is stern as the overprotective father of Ella, and Tilly is big breasted and flighty as the half off her nut teacher, Miss Perry. In short, The Caretaker isn't terrible, but doesn't do anything more than go through the motions. The plot is interchangeable with a hundred other teen slasher films. It fails to be either very funny or very frightening. The identity of the killer is obvious from early on. Nothing new or inventive is tried. It's just sort of blah. Rent this one, at most.
The DVD
The video is presented in 1.78:1 widescreen, and is okay but not great. There is some murkiness at times. However, this review is based on a check disc, so no comment can be made on the quality of the final product.
The sound is Dolby 2 channel, and is also nothing special. The dialogue is always clearly audible. However, this review is based on a check disc, so no comment can be made on the quality of the final product.
The only extra included is an uninspired trailer. However, this review is based on a check disc, so no comment can be made on the quality or quantity of the extras included on the final product.
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The Caretaker starts with a stock plot involving a serial killer stalking and butchering a group of attractive teens in an isolated location, and doesn't do anything to move beyond these inauspicious beginnings. The kills are bloody but understated. The thrills are slim to none. The final plot twist is predictable. It's not horrible, but not worth much effort either. This one is a rental at best.


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Steve Powell Will Remain In Prison For Now
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Susan Powell's father-in-law will remain in prison until he receives approval for plans once he's released. That's the official word on Steve Powell who was eligible for early release May 23rd. He's serving time for his conviction on voyeurism charges. Once Powell's post-prison plan is approved he will be released 35-days later.


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I see you. Surrounded by little hands always needing something. Covered in yesterdays dreams still wearing yesterdays yoga pants. You listen again and again. Vigilantly watching and try desperately to manage, coordinate and plan. You sometimes scream. You go all day and do all night and stay up late to finish. With unending laundry and always empty orange juice jugs, the morning coffee is not ever quite early enough, and by dusk the list is never more than half way done.
Its ok. Love, it is ok.
The disruptions are great and frequent, as the stewarding of these young lives is never clear cut. Teaching character along side arithmetic is a lot harder than it seems. Cleaning up messes is as tedious as is the tender mending of little broken hearts. Identifying and rectifying attitudes outside your own is a skill, but you've got this.
I see you. I know these days are long and the hours even longer. I know the wrestle deep in your bones and the exhaustion in your eyes. I know.
Sweet one, I am with you. You are not failing. This tilling and sowing, this nurturing and care-taking – it is kingdom work. You may not see the fruit of all of this effort, but I do. I see it all. I see your faithful giving and I see the coming harvest. Yes, I know, you feel less than adequate today but don't worry, please don't worry. Love, I filled in today where you lacked. Their souls and hearts are covered in my presence. That's grace, sweet one. Free and unmerited, for you and for them.
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Virgin Islands National Park(noun)
a national park in the Virgin Islands having tropical plants and animals; sandy beaches and coral reefs
Virgin Islands National Park
The Virgin Islands National Park is a United States National Park, covering approximately 60% of the island of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands, plus nearly all of Hassel Island, just off the Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas harbor. The park is famous for scuba diving and snorkeling and has miles of hiking trails through the tropical rainforest. Ferries from Red Hook and Charlotte Amalie on Saint Thomas make regular stops at Cruz Bay, Saint John, near the park, which averages about 500,000 visitors per year.
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