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American Free Press
Oct 20, 2010
Texas legislators plan to push a law that would permit college students to carry concealed weapons on campus, citing the Virginia Tech incident in 2007 when a disturbed young Asian man shot and killed 32 unarmed fellow students in one morning before committing suicide.
That story was never fully explored regarding the man's strange background and the true reasons that he mercilessly attacked students. But what is known is that police were woefully tardy in responding and many lives would have been spared if at least some students had been armed, as campus concealed-weapons advocates argue.
State Sen. Jeff Wentworth and Rep. Joe Driver are sponsoring the measure to allow students who meet certain conditions to be armed. Since the Virginia Tech incident, several copycat attackers have been stopped by armed students.
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Driver (R-Garland) has filed H.B. 1983, while Wentworth (R-San Antonio) has filed S.B. 1164.
Texas enacted a concealed handgun law in 1995, allowing people 21 and older to carry concealed weapons if they pass a training course and background check. Schools, businesses and churches, if they wish, can set rules banning guns inside their establishments.
On college campuses, guns are banned in buildings, dorms and certain grounds surrounding them. The planned legislation would impact only colleges. Lawmakers in support of allowing students to be armed appear to have a powerful ally in Republican Gov. Rick Perry, though in an election year Perry's words have to be carefully filtered.
"There are already guns on campus," Perry told the Associated Press. "All too often they are illegal. I want there to be legal guns on campus. I think it makes sense—and all the data supports—that if law-abiding, well-trained, 'backgrounded' individuals have a weapon, then there will be less crime."
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Interest in the issue erupted after a man ran around the University of Texas campus firing wildly on Sept. 28, 2010. Colton Joshua Tooley then ran into a library and shot himself. No one else was injured. But there was a lot of discussion about how much worse it could have been. If more people carried guns, many argue, schools would be safer.
"There are a lot of combat veterans like me, and if we had concealed carry, the threat would be reduced significantly," said Casey Kelver, 25, a student and Army veteran from Houston who did two tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Instead you're left to sit there and wait for somebody to come save you."
Perry's Democratic opponent for the governor's seat, Bill White of Houston, says that he supports the state law that lets people with licenses carry concealed handguns. But individual schools should decide whether to allow guns on their premises, he said. White claimed that Perry's position is "the government ought to coerce campuses to allow concealed handguns on campus."
Daniel Crocker, a Texas A&M student and board member of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, said it is absurd to have an "invisible line" at the edge of campus, inside of which guns are forbidden. Lawabiding citizens heed the line but criminals do not, he said. "There was one fundamental problem" with the Sept. 28 incident in Austin, Crocker said. "Everyone was depending on the kindness and mercy of a deranged lunatic."
An increasing number of campuses are allowing guns, Crocker said, but they are not the majority. His group also supports letting students defend themselves against thousands of other crimes that occur on campuses, such as rapes and robberies.
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Your work can become your life in unexpected ways. Prosecutor Lee Tae Sung (Kim Kang Woo) spends a great deal of his time trying to bust a major crime family in Haeundae, the eastern section of Pusan, South Korea. He goes undercover as a gangster to try to infiltrate the family, get the evidence he needs and bring the criminals to justice. But the prosecutor gets into an accident as he is working undercover and loses his memory. In his amnesic state, he mistakenly believes that he is really the gangster he was portraying. He then falls in love with Ko So Ra (Jo Yeo Jeong), the mob boss's daughter, even though he is already betrothed to Yoon Se Ra (Nam Gyoo Ri) in his real life. Will the prosecutor be able to recover his memory and return to his law-abiding life? "Haeundae Lovers," also known as "Lovers of Haeundae," is a 2012 South Korean drama series directed by Song Hyeon Wook. It also stars Jung Seok Won, T-ara's Soyeon, and Davichi's Kang Min Kyeong.

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Every three weeks, join librarian hosts Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley, and Miranda Ericsson with special guests from the library and community. In each interview, the guest makes recommendations for one square from the "Reading Bingo" card. Listeners are encouraged to read along throughout 2017 and mark their own Reading Bingo cards. Use the podcasts, show notes, book displays in the library and book lists in the library catalog to discover what other people are reading and recommending.
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ANOKA, MINNESOTA, September 07, 2010 – Colvin & Co. LLP today announced the appointment of Dr. Marc Faber, Dr. William Wilson, and Mr. Tom Olson to its Advisory Board.
"Dr. Faber, Dr. Wilson, and Mr. Olson are some of most respected experts in their fields. We are very excited to have them join Colvin & Co.'s Advisory Board," said Greyson Colvin, Managing Partner. "Their expertise and advice will be very valuable to Colvin & Co.'s investment strategy and its new farmland fund, Colvin Farmland LP."
Colvin & Co.'s Advisory Board has expertise in a variety of disciplines, including agriculture, economics, education, investing, and the real estate industry. A full biography for each director can be viewed on Colvin & Co.'s website (www.colvin-co.com/).
Dr. Faber has over 35 years of experience in the finance industry and is the Managing Director of Marc Faber Ltd., an investment advisory and fund management firm based in Hong Kong. Dr. Faber is the publisher of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report and is the author of several books including Tomorrow's Gold - Asia's Age of Discovery. A renowned commentator on global market trends and developments, he is also a regular contributor to several leading financial publications around the world, including Barron's Roundtable. Dr. Faber received his PhD in Economics magna cum laude from the University of Zurich.
Dr. Wilson received his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Manitoba in 1980. Since then he has been a Professor at North Dakota State University in Agribusiness and Applied Economics. Recently, he was named as a University Distinguished Professor at NDSU, an honorary position. Dr. Wilson's focus is risk and strategy as applied to agriculture and agribusiness with a particular focus on marketing, procurement, transportation and logistics, international marketing and competition.
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Gun manufacturer leaving Connecticut for South Carolina
CONWAY, S.C. -- A Connecticut gun manufacturer is moving to South Carolina after Connecticut state lawmakers passed stricter gun control laws after the Sandy Hook School shootings.
PTR Industries will make the formal announcement next week at a ribbon-cutting to be attended by Gov. Nikki Haley, The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported.
Horry County Council Chairman Mark Lazarus says he's excited about the development. The county council has approved a resolution setting out the terms of the company's move.
PTR's chief executive officer, Josh Fiorini, says the plant will employ 140 people, many of whom will relocate from Connecticut. The move will take place over three years.
The average wage of the company is $22 an hour, Fiorini said. . Some shop workers are highly-skilled and well-paid, but Fiorini said that those hired in Horry County would probably be paid less as they learn the skills to make the guns.
The company said it has been contacted by 41 states and selected South Carolina from six finalists.
Brad Lofton, CEO of the Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corp. said PTR has agreed to the terms in the resolution, which provides for the company to lease the building that it will eventually be deeded by the county.


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Hello folks. Been a long time but I had to come back.
I had to re-register because I could not remember my last account.
I can see Campbell has made some improvements to the ADRIFT engine and I look forward to trying to get my hands on the newest version.
I STILL have Crystal Caverns tucked away and just found it the other day. It's all there, but I may need some help to get it finished.
It will take time for me to learn ADRIFT again and all it's command but that is it's charm. Time to wrack my brain and get CC finished.
Hope all is well and I look forward to talking with other IF authors here very soon.
Looks like ADRIFT is still going strong and for this I am thankful.
Hello to everyone and yes, it's been a very long time as I had problems in the past getting back online. I hope this won't happen again.
Toodles everyone and look forward to checking out all those amazing IF games you guys are making, no matter how big or small they are.
May IF live forever and all you authors keep them going.
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text: As you should be able to tell by my crazy title I could not decide what the title of this post should be, but bear with me and, as usual I will explain. You see I'm very frugal when it comes to buying phones. I do not believe in spending a couple hundred dollars for a phone. Why? I have the biggest trouble with phones. If I'm not dropping them in water, I'm losing them. That's exactly what happened to my last phone. I dropped it in water. So, I have been without a phone for a little over a week now. But, it doesn't bother me. Not having a phone has actually allowed me a few moments of silence. I have been able to be alone with myself & my thoughts. It's badly needed. Sometimes the ties that bind, really bind. You know what, it's not so bad to be alone with yourself & your thoughts!


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Part the second of a rapid scurry through the best releases of the year as nominated by some Salford City Radio DJs and a select band of followers of The Fall
Deerhoof – Secret Mobilization – vs Evil (January) – the slow drip release technique was either a clever marketing ploy or the sign of a band that knows it's audience. In any event their best yet in that it retains the quirky nature of the bands work to date whilst adopting a more accessible approach. The selected track merges a funk approach with astringent rock in a sort of 1970s aesthetic.
Gnod – Visions of Load – Chaudelande Volume One (November) – the second album this year from our local space rock monsters. They started their last European tour by spending a couple of days in the Studio Chaudelande, a small house in the Normandy countryside. The sessions will be as a two volumes LP series on Tamed Records, of which this is the first. I sense a slight change in direction here but the core Gnod manifesto still persists. Unfortunately due to the need to fit a lot into the show only half of this track could be played.
Dum Dum Girls – Bedroom Eyes – Only In Dreams (September) Does the Raveonettes production wreck the original lo-fi wonderment of the Dum Dum Girls? Well you can hear Dee Dee's voice a lot more clearly and the production is clearly more "professional" as it were. Adding a proper band for this album tends to shift the emphasis away from her as musician and develop her more as vocalist/lyricist. The original charm of the band may have been lost but this is a fine album, and the selected tracks is a fine piece of American pop.
Girls – Alex – Father, Son, Holy Ghost (September) – some grumpiness about this in the reviews – too polished and not as adventurous was one comment. Disagree completely – this is original brain flipping stuff – almost subversive in it's adoption of pop mores into the area of psych and prog. Owens and White write well and put some effort and thought into the music.
Feist – Caught A Long Wind – Metals (October) I'm not completely sold on this nu-folk stuff (especially the UK end of things) but Leslie Feist is able to take the core elements of this genre and develop it into something a little more compelling. There is a gentle feel to this album which provides a nice counterpoint to a lot of the stuff I listen to. There are times where is gets a tad chocolate box cover in parts but generally more agreeable.
Thurston Moore – Illuminine – Demolished Thoughts (May) In which Thurston works with Beck to go in a Nick Drake direction – well to my ears anyway in the string arrangements if nothing else. Some said it was similar to Murray Street, which as far as I am concerned is damn fine, as that's one of Sonic Youth's best albums. With the dissolution of his marrage to Kim, and the future of the Youth uncertain one wonders where he will go next.
Tom Waits – Get Lost – Bad As Me (October) a common theme of the albums in this exercise is artists coming back to form after a long lay off – this time seven years. Tom is back to his gnarly, bluesy, jazzy best on this album. An enjoyable set of songs proving he still has it in him to deliver cutting edge music.
The Jar Family – Debt – The Jar Family (November) a collective of five singer-songwriters from Hartlepool – this is their debut and rather impressive it is too. There is a variety of excellent writing and styles on this album. I would guess world domination is not far away for these as they certainly have the tunes.
Efrim Manuel Menuck – I am no longer a motherless child – Plays High Gospel (May) debut album from the chap behind Godspeed!You Black Emperor and A Silver Mount Zion. Some serious guitar distress on this album with walls of heavily processed sound allied to Efrim's trademark keening vocalisations (my good lady leaves the home when I play ASMZ tracks she thinks he is in pain). Some nods back to early Eno material with Frippisms appearing in places.
Mike Patton – Calculus of Finite Differences – The Solitude of Prime Numbers (November) Patton's third film soundtrack to date and his most accessible. Simply put its sounds nothing like he has done before, in his many incarnations in the business. If you like his more extreme work be in for a shock, this is formally constructed, ambient in parts, and definitely highly listenable.
Perplexa – Tribal – Gone Beyond (January) – Detroit's space-rockers moving into entirely new territory with a bold world music sound. There are links to Spaceman 3 here with Caruthers on bass and some stunning cello work from Phil Myers. Marvellous!
Peaking Lights – Hey Sparrow – 936 (February) fascinating stuff – drifting, dub, space-rock psyche from Wisconsin. Drum machine, basic keyboards, guitar, and bass grooves make for gorgeous low-fi pop. Vashtu Bunyan guests on this selection.
This City of Takers – This City is a Pipe Bomb – The Felt (November) Indie-Rock band from St. Louis playing Post-Punk music not dissimilar to Sonic Youth, Cursive, and Spoon. Self released album on Bandcamp which is free also…..mightily impressive sound.
Psychic Ills – Midnight Moon – Hazed Dream (October) and to close a beautiful piece of dreamy psychedelia…….
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Wednesday 25th September
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Wells Cathedral is famous for its remarkable medieval stone carvings. Here we have figures, heads, stories, scenes of medieval life, monuments, many Green Men, and both natural and mythical creatures. Do come and see for yourself some of this fascinating collection. (Binoculars are recommended). No booking is required; please join a Guide underneath the organ in the Nave to begin the tour of your choice.


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A local television station reports that Chicago recently put out a bid for someone to supply goats to trim the grass at O'Hare International Airport. The bid also calls for a goat herder.
Amy Malick is the department's point person for sustainability, and she says the city is looking at a pilot program of 30 goats to eat grass and weeds in one, hard-to-mow area. She says the area is outside the security fence, so there's no danger of goats straying onto the runways.
Malick adds that the department also worries about pollution produced by mechanical mowers, so they're turning to the four-legged variety.
Atlanta recently started a similar effort, and San Francisco has been using goats for years.


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When you arrive to Lobby Cam you will find yourself inside an art gallery. On the walls are a variety of oil paintings which I have done over the years and if you look around you will also find a train ticket departing from Saskatoon to Toronto. There is a person in the gallery looking at the paintings and her name is Fern. This scene at the start is actually the optimal ending for this story. It is where the main
character travels to Toronto to have an art exhibit hosted by the mysterious woman who he names Fern. This room means nothing unless the visitor goes through the story and writes an appropriate letter to Fern which convinces her to offer him an exhibit at her gallery. And it also requires that person to come again another day to the exhibit and realize that the scene is related to that, as it is natural to forget this first room after leaving it to experience the rest of the story. To everyone else this gallery setting is the starting point where they obtain a hud to experience the narrative for Lobby Cam. It illustrates the notion of the evolution of immersion from the painting to the virtual space.
Walking down a hallway the visitor will come to an oil painting of a Saskatchewan grain silo with its accompanying railway. In front of this is a rich field of wheat painted in cadmium yellows, oranges and reds as only an oil painting can truly achieve. Sorry acrylic painters but your acrylic emulsion binders sadly don't allow for the full range of pigments and their spectrum to show compared to what linseed or safflower oils permit. I wont rant about that, but I bet you didn't know that artists get snarky with each other over the paints they use. I am not saying acrylic painters are necessarily bad people, I think that goes without saying, but I do think in general they are morally questionable types, and perhaps if you cross referenced crimes
Anyway, if you walk closer to this painting on the wall you will see if break apart and float away revealing the paintings location as a 3D virtual space. Almost immediately you will discover a torn page on the ground which, when touched, adds a page to the hud which is a recreation of a man's diary. The
diary itself lays outside the converted grain silo in a torn mess as though someone, in frustration, wanted to be rid of it. The first page in the diary reads...
A European couple came today. They were quite friendly and it took me a while to realize they had journeyed to see the toys. It has been so long since people have come now that the train no longer runs this route.
As we were talking I saw myself through their eyes, how I must appear to them. A middle aged man living alone in a remote converted grain silo. To the side a weathered and disused Cafe echoing of better times. An eccentric who builds toys that nobody comes to see. I couldn't tell if they pitied me or found me interesting.
Turning over the page (by clicking on the July 20th entry) reveals another entry on the back written a few days later.
Turning over the page (by clicking on the July 20th entry) reveals another entry on the back written a few days later.
July 23rd
Today was much like the others. I tended my fields and watched the wheat move like waves in the wind, the red winged blackbirds singing and the crickets chirping. I don't know why I keep this diary really, I seem to write the same thing over and over. It's routine I guess, as it all is.
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Good Day Sunshine. This is not the Summer of Love, but in the Chicago area, it could be the Summer Of The Beatles. In addition to Fest For Beatles Fans, which is set to reveal the lineup of guests for its August 13 - 15th convention at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare any day now, the critically acclaimed tribute band Tributosaurus will present two performances (7PM and 10PM) of The Beatles Vol. 2 at the Martyrs' club on north Lincoln Avenue on June 2nd. This group has built a loyal following for its amazing ability to 'become' virtually any famous act. 1964, which bills itself as the #1 Beatles Show in the World, will play the Rosemont Theatre on Saturday, June 5th. Palatine's Sounds Of Summer outdoor concert series kicks off with American English on June 18th.
Turn Me On, Dead Man. On an uglier, but hopefully funny note, author Alan Goldsher casts the Fab Four as flesh eaters in his mashup, Paul Is Undead - The British Zombie Invasion, which will be published by Pocket Books on June 22nd. According to Kristen Callihan in Paste magazine, the novel, which could become a movie, depicts John, Paul, George, and Ringo as "brain-hungry zombies who use their subliminal-message-laced tunes to lure fans back stage." That's one way to deal with groupies. No word yet if Pamela DeBarres will release a companion book. Paste is asking people on Facebook which characters from Beatles songs they'd like to see as zombies. My suggestion: Eleanor Rigby, unburied along with her name. Just thinking, if the Paul Is Undead book and movie become hugely popular, will tribute bands feel obliged to - - - well, never mind.
Independence Tap, on Irving Park Road in Chicago, continues its FretKnot Fridays series tonight with featured performer singer-guitarist Shelley Miller. The event, which is held on the second Friday of each month, also serves as a jam session with an open mic. Miller cites Lucinda Williams and Patti Griffin among her many influence and released her latest CD, When It's All Gone, You Come Back in March. Tonight's jam session kicks off at 8:30 PM.
International Pop Overthrow has moved on, but The Abbey on the northwest side is still a great place to see indie bands. Tomorrow night's double bill of The Handcuffs and The Hushdrops is a prime example. The Handcuffs weren't officially on this year's IPO lineup although drummer Brad Elvis was part of Ellis Clark's Epicycle extravaganza. The Handcuffs, who have been working on their third CD, will take the stage at 11:00PM. Psychedelic popsters The Hushdrops will follow them.
Aaron Fox & The Reliables logged two performances at this year's IPO in support of their impressive new CD Late Too Soon. They'll be at The Abbey on June 5th, along with Los Angeles alt-rockers Nico Vega. The hard-edged Chicago quartet The Great Crusades, will also be on the bill that night, promoting its latest effort, Fiction To Shame.
Magatha Trysty and Van Go both notched impressive performances at IPO Chicago, and they'll be sharing a double bill at Phyllis' Musical Inn on Division Street, next Saturday, May 22nd.
If you enjoyed the Tutu & The Pirates/Da! double bill last weekend at The Empty Bottle, you can soak up more vintage Chicago punk scene ambience tomorrow when Club Foot, located on Augusta, presents a La Mere Vipere Reunion. LMV was the very first punk club in the Windy City and had quite a reputation. DJs at Club Foot will spin records that would have been on La Mere Vipere's turntables back in the day.
Bryn Packard, a funny and gifted actor who worked with me when I performed with the Famous In The Future comedy group, is part of the cast of Christopher Durang's The Marriage Of Bette & Boo, which The Village Players will be staging at their theatre in Oak Park from May 15th through June 27th.
James Moeller is a Chicago-based actor/musician/deep thinker who always seems to have something intriguing going on. His blog can be poetic or hard-hitting, and he often uses it to promote upcoming gigs for his bands. It's now also a site where people can listen to some of his tunes, including a couple from WhiteWolfSonicPrincess, the dreamy indie band he fronts with Carla Hayden. The band will be performing at The Red Line Tap on Sunday, May 22nd.
Ah, Look At All The Blogging People. Speaking of blogs, they seem to be commanding more respect these days. The Reader, as part of its Best Of Chicago 2010 Readers' Poll has a Best Local Music Blog category. In related news, Robert Loerzel, a freelance writer and former editor of mine when I wrote for Palatine Countryside, has noted on Facebook that Lollapalooza is looking to connect with Chicago-based music blogs to help promote its August 6th - 8th Grant Park event. Loerzel's Underground Bee site is notable not only for his well-written concert reviews, but also for the great photos he takes.


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Okay, call me un-American. Call me a liberal. Call me names if you must. But it is time to move on.
I wasn't in New York or even in the United States when the World Trade Center was targeted by terrorists. I was in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. I lived in the States, but was studying across the border. Soon after I moved to Canada permanently, partly because politics in the Untied States was beginning to threaten Constitutional freedom. I had a good job offer, and I took it, and I have never returned for more than a few days at a time. I do not intend to live in the United States again.
So if someone wanted to tell me to get out of the USA if I don't love it like my own dear mother, well, too late. I left.
Tragedy falls to everyone. Everyone. No one is exempt. Sometimes it is a manmade tragedy – the use of commercial jetliners as bombs against national symbols of power and prosperity – and sometimes it is the inexplicable nature of things – hurricanes, earthquakes, cancer, epidemics. We will all suffer loss, if we are not the victims.
The tragedy nine years ago is now tied by political opportunists to conservative Christianity and Christianity in general. (Not regarding conservative Christians like myself who are pacificists, believing that is the Way that Jesus Christ taught us by dying a painful, bloody death as a falsely-accused criminal for our salvation.) 9/11 is rapidly becoming an ethnic schism in the United States, taking its place with other hotspots of ethnic violence. "Remember, do not forget," is the key phrase. "Hate those who did this. Keep the hate alive by making a moment of tragedy into a national warcry."
Armenians and Turks; Serbians and Bosnians; Palestinians and Israelis. There are a thousand other ethnic conflicts fueled by "Never Forget" rhetoric. Atrocties, injustices, ugly human vitriol are the continuing result.
Time to move on; forgive, forget. God has forgiven your sins simply because you asked Him to do so, and He has put them far from you, as if they were drowned in the deepest ocean. He forgets. He always forgives. Weep over those who were lost, but weep more for the tortured souls who would take a human life to make a political point.
Jesus said, as he suffered agonies on the cross, "Forgive them, Father, they don't know what they have done."
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The humorous tale of an old Maine fisherman who caught a whale by the tail and then used a multicolored Band-Aid to cover the hole.McCloskey, Robert is the author of 'Burt Dow, Deep-Waterman A Tale of the Sea in the Classic Tradition' with ISBN 9780140509786 and ISBN 014050978X.[read more]
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|Action at sea: French Revolutionary Wars by Louis Philippe Crepin
In August 1803 James Caithness joined HMS Calcutta and a new chapter opened in his career. He was about to visit
and circumnavigate the world, an adventure beyond his wildest dreams. Australia
that James Caithness was one of the seven added to the complement.
|James Caithness listed on muster of HMS Calcutta 1803
Further research should establish when he was discharged from HMS Mars and give a clue as to why he turned up at Simon's Bay in August 1803.
Interestingly, HMS Mars, after refitting at the Hamoaze anchorage,
at the end of February 1803, was involved in the fruitless pursuit of some foreign
ships supposedly headed for the Cape of Good Hope
under the Dutch Admiral de Winter.
* The diary of the Reverend Robert Knopwood, 1803-1838 : first chaplain of Van Diemen's Land edited by Mary Nicholls
** By the Treaty of Amiens 1802 between
England and France, the Cape
Colony was returned to the Netherlands and came under the rule of the Batavian Republic
from February 1803 to 1806 when the 2nd British Occupation of the Cape commenced. It's likely that the presence of Dutch
ships at Simon's Bay came as a surprise to those on board HMS Calcutta.
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Sunny Leone's images most downloaded on mobile
Adult film star and Bollywood actress Sunny Leone has topped the imagery downloads category in an annual survey of mobile attitude of customers.
Airtel Mobitude 2013, the fifth edition of Indian annual survey, reveals that Sunny is the most downloaded actor, both in female and male categories, with a whopping 300 percent more downloads than even superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
"Mobitude captures these trends to bring out the true reflection of the customer's likings and usage habits. The verdict this year has interesting findings of the preferences of more than 194 million customers across the country," Govind Rajan, chief marketing officer, consumer business, Bharti Airtel (India), said in a statement.
In the female category, the "Jackpot" star is followed by Sherlyn Chopra while Priyanka Chopra takes the third spot.
Priyanka's cousin Parineeti Chopra made it to the fourth place, and Poonam Pandey rounds up the top five in the category.
Among males, Ranbir Kapoor has the maximum imagery download. The second place goes to Shahid Kapoor followed by Ranveer Singh. Shah Rukh takes the fourth place while "Dabangg" star Salman Khan is in the fifth spot.
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The Misconception: You do nice things for the people you like and bad things to the people you hate.
The Truth: You grow to like people for whom you do nice things and hate people you harm.
Benjamin Franklin knew how to deal with haters.
Born in 1706 as the eighth of 17 children to a Massachusetts soap and candlestick maker, the chances Benjamin would go on to become a gentleman, scholar, scientist, statesman, musician, author, publisher and all-around general bad-ass were astronomically low, yet he did just that and more because he was a master of the game of personal politics.
Like many people full of drive and intelligence born into a low station, Franklin developed strong people skills and social powers. All else denied, the analytical mind will pick apart behavior, and Franklin became adroit at human relations. From an early age, he was a talker and a schemer – a man capable of guile, cunning and persuasive charm. He stockpiled a cache of cajolative secret weapons, one of which was the Benjamin Franklin Effect, a tool as useful today as it was in the 1730s and still just as counterintuitive. To understand it, let's first rewind back to 1706.


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Homes near recreational amenities score big with buyers
Chicago Tribune
By Erik J Martin, Special to the Tribune
For more than 25 years, Todd Serpico has been cheering on the White Sox as a perennial season ticket holder, ever faithful that each season could be a magical one for his beloved ball club.
Though 2011 didn't bring home a pennant for the Sox, it did prove to be a winning year for Serpico, who moved his growing family into a new residence at Lexington Square in Bridgeport only a mile away from U.S. Cellular Field, which can be easily seen from his rooftop balcony.
"Living within close proximity of my favorite team's ballpark was a significant factor in our decision to purchase at this community," said Serpico, 32, whose wife, Lori, gave birth to their first child, Max, in September, just a few months after they closed on their home.
"It's a nice luxury to be able to walk to ballgames and grill out on our deck. Plus, my friends and family can park by us for free and join us at the game," he said. "It's a die-hard fan's dream come true to live so close to his favorite team."
Being a hop, skip and a home run away from the stadium isn't the only recreational benefit that Todd and Lori are looking forward to this spring. They also chose the Lexington Homes community of 39 row homes because it's close to Donovan Park, which features two baseball fields, a basketball court and a playground, ideal for a growing boy and two sports-minded parents.
The Serpicos aren't alone among buyers who prefer to live near athletic facilities and recreational attractions. Many new-construction shoppers gravitate toward places that are conveniently accessible to recreational opportunities.
Fitness centers
Case in point: Allison Nichols, who recently settled into her new condo at 550 St. Clair, a high-rise in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood that has 111 condos built by Sutherland Pearsall Development Corp.
Aside from its proximity to her job in River North, which she can now walk to, Nichols selected the building for its ample playtime perks.
"It's very close to the lakeshore, where I can go running or biking, and I can play volleyball in the summer at North Avenue Beach," said Nichols, 29, who works out "religiously" and enjoys playing flag football with friends.
"My fitness center is just a few blocks away, and there's a dog park within five minutes where I can let my Chihuahua, Max, run around and let off some steam. And if I ever want to take in a Bears game, Soldier Field is nice and close."
Court Airhart, president of West Chicago-based Airhart Construction, said purchasing preferences have changed for many homebuyers, who now place a higher value on partaking in pastimes, staying in shape and socializing with other active friends and loved ones.
"Physical health has become much more important, and healthy lifestyles are key, since we are all living longer," Airhart said. "People's time needs are changing, and their focus has changed from backyards to what is beyond."
Airhart noted that his College Station development of 14 cottage-style single-family homes in Wheaton is attracting attention in large part due to its location near the biking-and-jogging-friendly Illinois Prairie Path, as well as Triangle Park, featuring a basketball court and children's play area.
"We have a large segment of our population that has really taken on athletic activities as part of their lifestyle," said Airhart. "So a purchasing decision for them involves asking, 'How does this home or location expand those possibilities?'"
Swimming pools
"Buyers are looking to save time and money as the economy has shifted. Having affordable recreational options right by the home means saving both. Also, people are traveling less, and a stay-cation or special weekend activity is more attainable and fun when recreation is nearby," said John Wozniak, president of Wheaton-based J. Lawrence Homes, builders of Midlane Country Club, a new-home development in Wadsworth where residents can enjoy an on-site golf course, driving range, fitness center and swimming pool.
The latter helped persuade Tim and Kris Kester to buy a William Ryan Homes two-story single-family house at Highland Woods, Crown Community Development's subdivision in Elgin offering attached and detached homes. An Owners Club complex on the property provides homeowners with access to tennis, volleyball and basketball courts in addition to a water slide, splash park and swimming pool.
"Our kids love the water, so having a pool and a kids swimming area on site really impressed us," said Kris Kester, 35, mother of 6-year-old twins Dylan and Corryn. "My husband and I also work out at the fitness center. We're a pretty active family."
Skating rinks
Other neighborhood attributes for the active-minded that are in demand, said Jeff Benach, co-principal of Chicago-headquartered Lexington Homes, are recreational buildings hosting exercise classes and sports programs; nature preserves, rivers and streams; beaches; sledding hills; and ice and roller skating rinks.
"People are especially interested in ice skating facilities to take kids to hockey practice with the increasingly popularity of hockey, particularly due to the Blackhawks' recent Stanley Cup win," said Benach. "Being near major professional sports stadiums and arenas is also a big draw, especially in a city like Chicago where it can be a hassle to drive in traffic and deal with parking at the games."
Additionally, "being near parks is always a plus, especially in the city. But the park needs to be no more than about a three-minute walk away to be meaningful," Benach said.
Other valued amenities "should be within walking distance or less than a five-minute drive away. They should be conveniently close, but not on top of you to cause significant traffic or disruption of privacy," he said.
Tim Kester recommends that buyers carefully examine athletic and recreational features before choosing a home.
"You have to look at the amenities as a whole and determine how accessible they are to you, because you're only going to use them if they're convenient," he said.
"Nobody wants to come home after work when they're tired and then drive another 15 or 20 minutes to get to the health club. But if it's five minutes away or less, that's a different story."
"The staff is pretty knowledgeable and very helpful with giving out information at the right time."


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WASHINGTON — Defying the Obama administration's threat of a veto, the Senate on Tuesday voted to increase the role of the military in imprisoning suspected members of Al Qaeda and its allies — including people arrested inside the United States.
By a vote of 61 to 37, the Senate turned back an effort to strip a major military bill of a set of disputed provisions affecting the handling of terrorism cases. While the legislation still has several steps to go, the vote makes it likely that Congress will eventually send to President Obama's desk a bill that contains detainee-related provisions his national-security team has said are unacceptable.
The most disputed provision would require the government to place into military custody any suspected member of Al Qaeda or one of its allies connected to a plot against the United States or its allies. The provision would exempt American citizens, but would otherwise extend to arrests on United States soil. The executive branch could issue a waiver and keep such a prisoner in the civilian system.
A related provision would create a federal statute saying the government has the legal authority to keep people suspected of terrorism in military custody, indefinitely and without trial. It contains no exception for American citizens. It is intended to bolster the authorization to use military force against the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which lawmakers enacted a decade ago.
The administration has strongly opposed the mandatory military custody provision, saying it "would raise serious and unsettled legal questions and would be inconsistent with the fundamental American principle that our military does not patrol our streets."
In recent days, several top national security officials — including the secretary of defense, Leon E. Panetta; the director of national intelligence, James R. Clapper; and the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert S. Mueller III, have voiced opposition to the proposal, as have several former counterterrorism officials from the Bush administration.
But among Republican senators, there was nearly unanimous support for keeping the detainee provisions in the bill: 44 Republicans voted for them, while two — Mark Kirk of Illinois and Rand Paul of Kentucky — voted to remove them.
By contrast, members of the Democratic caucus were deeply divided: 35 wanted to strip the detainee provisions from the bill, but 17 voted to keep them in it. About half of the Democrats who supported keeping the provisions were members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, whose chairman, Carl Levin of Michigan, shaped the package with Republicans.
"We are at war with Al Qaeda, and people who are determined to be part of Al Qaeda should be treated as people who are at war with us," Mr. Levin said in the debate leading up to the vote.
Mr. Levin also said that he supported the use of civilian trials for some terrorism cases and said that the waiver in the bill would leave that option available to the administration. And he repeatedly quoted from a 2004 Supreme Court case approving the detention without trial of an American citizen captured in Afghanistan and accused of fighting with the Taliban.
Senator Mark Udall, a Colorado Democrat and a member of the Armed Services Committee who sponsored the unsuccessful proposal to strip the detainee proposals from the bill, warned that the provisions could "destabilize" counterterrorism efforts, "open the door to domestic military police powers and possibly deny U.S. citizens their due process rights." He argued that lawmakers should slow down and revisit the issue later.
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said that the time had come for Congress to enact a statutory framework for how terrorism cases should be handled.
Mr. Graham also argued that detaining a terrorist for the purpose of interrogating him about planned attacks — even on domestic soil — should be viewed as a wartime act, not an exercise of "police" power that should raise any concerns about the military taking over law enforcement functions.
"I don't believe fighting Al Qaeda is a law enforcement function," Mr. Graham said. "I believe our military should be deeply involved in fighting these guys at home or abroad."


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This is a reading which should be absorbed and not tucked away in a corporate cubby hole somewhere. The copyright statement from Origins clearly tucks this content away from anyone who is not a paying customer. If one reads my previous post on Pope Francis, who believes that anarcho-capitalism and crony capitalism leads to expanded wealth in the hands of the few and expanded poverty among those without access to the same means of wealth creation, then the hardline position of Origins becomes rather hypocritical.
I subscribe to Origins because it's the primary source of church homilies, speechs, encyclicals, letters, fairly-presented and reasoned arguments on differing views within the church . . . . I highly recommend subscribing, if that is what you seek. Origins, unlike almost every other Catholic publication, is NOT slanted or apologetic. It simply presents the most valuable documents regarding the contemporary voice of the church without political taint.
Rather you are Catholic, Christian or spiritual in an otherwise manner, this statement of Pope Francis', I believe, should be considered. I'm not telling you to believe him. I'm asking you to consider his position.
I personally am Roman Catholic but have not been to mass in about three years. There are many like me. There are many who, for their own reasons, have just plain left and joined other churches. I believe in Roman Catholic Christianity, but, among the church heirarchy, I see mega-arrogance and a mega-disconnect with the people they serve. I simply had to step away from it all, and I know I'm nowhere near alone.
Pope Francis' statement is bold and controversial. Many who so much as see the title of this post will experience outrage. I say read it in the context of the scriptures he references, and then exercise your God-given free will, along with prayer, as to how to act in going forward. –SB
Apart From the Church, It Is Not Possible to Find Jesus
Pope Francis
Following Jesus means belonging to the church, the community that gives Christians their identity, Pope Francis said. "Apart from the church it is not possible to find Jesus," he said in a homily April 23. "The great Paul VI said: It is an absurd dichotomy to wish to live with Jesus but without the church, to follow Jesus but without the church, to love Jesus but without the church." Dozens of cardinals living in Rome or visiting the Vatican joined the pope in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace for the Mass on the feast of St. George, the martyr. The feast is the pope's name day; he was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio. In his homily, Pope Francis spoke about the persecution of the first Christian communities and how opposition did not stop them from sharing their faith in Christ, but went hand in hand with even greater missionary activity. "At the very moment when persecution broke out, the church's missionary nature also 'broke out,'" the pope said. When the first Christians began sharing the Gospel with the Greeks and not just other Jews, it was something completely new and made some of the apostles "a little nervous," the pope said. They sent Barnabas to Antioch to check on the situation, a kind of "apostolic visitation," he said. "Perhaps, with a touch of humor, we can say that this was the theological origin of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith." The pope spoke in Italian; a Vatican translation of his homily follows, copyright (c) 2013 by Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
I thank His Eminence, the cardinal dean, for his words: Thank you, Your Eminence, many thanks.
I also thank those of you who came today. Thank you! Because I feel warmly welcomed by you. Thank you! I feel at home with you and that pleases me.
Today's first reading makes me think that at the very moment when persecution broke out, the church's missionary nature also "broke out." These Christians went all the way to Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch and proclaimed the word (cf. Acts 11:19). They had this apostolic fervor in their hearts; and so the faith spread!
Some people from Cyprus and Cyrene, not these but others who had become Christians, came to Antioch and began to speak also to the Greeks (cf. Acts 11:20). This is yet another step. And so the church moves forward.
Who took this initiative of speaking to the Greeks, something unheard of, since they were preaching only to Jews? It was the Holy Spirit, the one who was pushing them on, on and on, unceasingly.
But back in Jerusalem, when somebody heard about this, he got a little nervous and they sent an apostolic visitation: They sent Barnabas (cf. Acts 11:22). Perhaps, with a touch of humor, we can say that this was the theological origin of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: this apostolic visitation of Barnabas. He took a look and saw that things were going well (cf. Acts 11:23).
And in this way the church is increasingly a mother, a mother of many, many children: She becomes a mother, ever more fully a mother, a mother who gives us faith, a mother who gives us our identity. But Christian identity is not an identity card. Christian identity means being a member of the church, since all these people belonged to the church, to mother church, for apart from the church it is not possible to find Jesus.
The great Paul VI said: It is an absurd dichotomy to wish to live with Jesus but without the church, to follow Jesus but without the church, to love Jesus but without the church (cf. Evangelii Nuntiandi, 16). And that mother church who gives us Jesus also gives us an identity that is not simply a rubber stamp: It is membership. Identity means membership, belonging. Belonging to the church: This is beautiful!
The third idea that comes to my mind – the first was the outbreak of the church's missionary nature and second the church as mother – is that, when Barnabas saw that crowd, the text says, "and a great many people were brought to the Lord" (Acts 11:24), when he saw that crowd, he rejoiced. "When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced" (Acts 11:23). It is the special joy of the evangelizer.
It is, as Paul VI said, "the delightful and comforting joy of evangelizing" (cf. Evangeli Nuntiandi, 80). This joy begins with persecution, with great sadness and ends in joy. And so the church moves forward, as a saint tells us, amid the persecutions of the world and the consolations of the Lord (cf. St. Augustine, De Civitate Dei, 18:51, 2: PL 41, 614).
This is the life of the church. If we want to take the path of worldliness, bargaining with the world – as the Maccabees were tempted to do back then – we will never have the consolation of the Lord. And if we seek consolation alone, it will be a superficial consolation, not the Lord's consolation, but a human consolation. The church always advances between the cross and the resurrection, between persecutions and the consolations of the Lord. This is the path: Those who take this path do not go wrong.
Today let us think about the missionary nature of the church: these disciples who took the initiative to go forth and those who had the courage to proclaim Jesus to the Greeks, something that at that time was almost scandalous (cf. Acts 11:19-20). Let us think of mother church, who is increasing, growing with new children to whom she gives the identity of faith, for one cannot believe in Jesus without the church. Jesus himself says so in the Gospel: But you do not believe because you do not belong to my sheep (cf. Jn 10:26).
Unless we are "Jesus' sheep," faith does not come; it is a faith that is watered down, insubstantial. And let us think of the consolation Barnabas experienced, which was precisely the "delightful and comforting joy of evangelizing." Let us ask the Lord for this parrhesia, this apostolic fervor that impels us to move forward as brothers and sisters, all of us: forward! Forward, bearing the name of Jesus in the bosom of holy mother church, as St. Ignatius said, hierarchical and Catholic. Amen.
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Pope Francis called for an end to slave labor and human trafficking as well as greater efforts to create dignified work for more people.
The problem of unemployment is "very often caused by a purely economic view of society, which seeks self-centered profit, outside the bounds of social justice," he said, marking the May 1 feast of St. Joseph the Worker during his weekly general audience.
"I wish to extend an invitation to everyone to greater solidarity and to encourage those in public office to spare no effort to give new impetus to employment," he said. "This means caring for the dignity of the person."
The pope touched on the same theme during the homily at his early morning Mass, before a congregation of unwed teenage mothers and their children in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives.
In his homily, the pope said unemployment "is a burden on our conscience" because when society is organized in such a way that it cannot offer people an opportunity to work, "there is something wrong with that society: It is not right!"
"It goes against God himself, who wanted our dignity to begin with (work)."
"Power, money, culture do not give us dignity," he said. "Work, honest work, gives us dignity."
However, he said, "today many social, political and economic systems have chosen to exploit the human person" in the workplace, by "not paying a just (wage), not offering work, focusing solely on the balance sheets, the company's balance sheets, only looking at how much I can profit. This goes against God!"
"People are less important than the things that give profit to those who have political, social, economic power. What point have we come to?" he asked.
The pope recalled the recent tragedy in Bangladesh, where more than 400 garment workers were killed when the building they were working in collapsed. The workers reportedly earned $38 a month.
"This is what you call slave labor," the pope said.
The biggest threat to the church is worldliness, Pope Francis said in his daily morning Mass homily. A worldly church becomes weak, and while people of faith can look after the church, only God "can look evil in the eye and overpower it," he said April 30.
The pope celebrated the Mass with members of the Vatican's investment agency in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The day's reading from the Gospel of St. John recounts Jesus telling his disciples, "I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming;" but Satan "has no power over me."
The pope said, "If we don't want the prince of this world to take the church in his hands, we have to entrust her to the only one who can defeat the prince of this world. Entrusting the church to the Lord is a prayer that makes the church grow" and is an act of faith because "we can do nothing. All of us are poor servants of the church," he said. Israeli President Shimon Peres officially invited Pope Francis to Israel, telling the pope "the sooner you visit the better, as in these days a new opportunity is being created for peace, and your arrival could contribute significantly to increasing the trust and belief in peace."
The Israeli president's remarks were reported in a statement released by the Israeli Embassy to the Vatican after Peres met Pope Francis April 30. The statement said Peres told Pope Francis about efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, mentioning specifically the meeting April 29 in Washington between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and the foreign ministers of the Arab League.
Peres also told the pope that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "is a genuine partner for peace," the statement said. Peres left the meeting at the Vatican telling the pope, "I am expecting you in Jerusalem and not just me, but all the people of Israel."
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told reporters, "The pope would be happy to go to the Holy Land," although there are no concrete plans for the trip. The Vatican said that during their half-hour private conversation, the pope and the president discussed "the political and social situation in the Middle East, where more than a few conflicts persist."
Going to confession isn't like heading off to be tortured or punished, nor is it like going to the dry cleaners to get out a stain, Pope Francis said in a morning Mass homily. "It's an encounter with Jesus" who is patiently waiting "and takes us as we are," offering penitents his tender mercy and forgiveness, he said April 29.
Members of the Vatican's investment agency and a group of religious women joined the pope for the Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. "God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all," the pope said, quoting from the First Letter of John.
While everyone experiences moments of darkness in life, the verse refers to the darkness of living in error, "being satisfied with oneself, being convinced of not needing salvation," he said.
As John continues, the pope said, "If we say, 'We are without sin,' we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." People have to start out with the humility of realizing "we are all sinners, all of us," he said.
Christians should pray for great courage and great humility as they respond to the call of Jesus to share his Gospel with the world, Pope Francis said. Preaching the good news must be done with "humility, service, charity, fraternal love," the pope said April 25 during his homily at a morning Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
Some might respond, "'Lord, we must conquer the world.' That word 'conquer' just won't do," the pope said. "The Christian shouldn't be like soldiers who, when they win a battle, take away everything in sight."
While aggression is not part of the missionary call of Jesus, courage is, the pope told staff members of the secretariat of the Synod of Bishops and Vatican police officers attending the Mass. "A cowardly Christian doesn't make sense," he said.
A generous heart and outgoing spirit are part of the Christian vocation, offering "always more" and moving "always forward." At the same time, he said, recognizing that one "preaches the Gospel with witness more than with words," a Christian also must have humility and treasure the little things.
Please see my previous posts on Pope Francis for more on him and his papacy:
Is Pope Francis a Socialist ? (16 May 2013) ;
Pope Francis: His First Homily: the Journey – Walking, Building, Professing (15 March 2013)
Pope Francis of Argentina: a Response to "Urbi et Orbi" (to the City and the World) (14 March 2013)


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On NetTuts.com there's a new post spotlighting an interesting tool you can use to help make debugging an easier (and prettier) experience in PHP, the Whoops library.
Whoops is a small library, available as a Composer package, that helps you handle errors and exceptions across your PHP projects. Out of the box, you get a sleek, intuitive and informative error page each time something goes pants-up in your application.
It provides you with detailed error messages, a "code view" of where the error was found, support for Ajax/JSON requests and providers for several popular frameworks. The system is made up of a set of handlers that execute in order to provide the resulting page of output. He goes through how to install the tool (via Composer) and what you'll need to know to put it to use. He shows how to change up some of the configuration options and add in some extra info to the output. There's also a section specifically about integrating it with the Laravel 4 framework.


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WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (JTA) — In Kansas, the state school board decides to remove evolution from its science curriculum. In Cleveland, a federal judge throws parents and students into a state of turmoil when he blocks a state-funded school voucher program that lets students attend private or parochial schools at taxpayer expense — and then reverses his decision. In Mississippi, school officials bar a student from displaying a Star of David symbol in class and then change their policy concerning "gang symbols" in the face of a public outcry. Elsewhere around the country, school districts contemplate posting the Ten Commandments to help counter what they see as a lapse in morality. As the school year begins, no ground has proved more fertile in the ongoing debate over the constitutional separation of church and state than America's public schools. While church-state watchdogs say there is no evidence of any trend linking the disparate controversies that have been playing out across the country, such issues appear to have gained a higher profile in recent months. In recent years, prayer in public schools and during graduation ceremonies has been the primary source of church-state contention. Now issues such as school vouchers and displaying the Ten Commandments — topics that are playing out in both the political and educational arenas — have been providing additional grist for the church-state mill. Some experts believe that recent incidents of school violence provided the impetus behind some of the recent activity. But in many ways there is little new about the debate over religion in schools. "Adults have been playing these games with children for a very long time," said Marc Stern, a lawyer with the American Jewish Congress. Schools have long provided a testing ground for many of the most divisive issues on the national scene, Stern said, pointing to the battles fought over segregation, women's equality and multiculturalism. "If you're going to fight about the values that the government has and that are spoken in the name of society, the only place that surfaces in any systematic way is in the schools," he said. Most experts say the recent attention to religion in schools is simply part of the normal ebb and flow of the debate. "These issues kind of wax and wane," said Joseph Conn, a spokesman for Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. "Sometimes there will be a few months or a few years when the issues aren't so important, then suddenly you'll have a dozen different fronts. Right now we're just at one of those points where there's a lot of discussion on the issue." The recent spate of violence in schools — particularly the massacre in Littleton, Colo., in April — may have a lot to do with that. In the wake of the shooting spree and other incidents of gun violence, elected officials around the country have been pushing the Bible as a solution to what they say is a breakdown in morality. School board officials in Kansas made no explicit mention of moral concerns in voting in August to delete any references to evolution from the state's recommended science curriculum and its standardized tests. But some observers believe that the decision reflects parental worries that their children are growing up without an agreed-upon moral compass. Others see a larger trend. Nathan Diament, director of the Orthodox Union's Institute for Public Affairs, sees the focus on religious issues as a reaction to what he calls a long-standing "anti-religion" bias in schools — an attitude he believes is at odds with the fact that most people in this country are religious. "A lot of this has to do with the fact that the pendulum swung much too far in one direction, which is that religion across the board was really driven out of the schools, and there's still a bureaucratic suspicion, if not antipathy, toward religion." Now he said, the pendulum is swinging back because parents have become "frustrated" by seeing "such a central part of their lives trod upon and sometimes abused in their kids' schools." Other Jewish observers see it differently. "One of the things that I think a lot of these issues have in common is that they're all instances in which religious issues are being advanced for political purposes," said Mark Pelavin, associate director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. He pointed to the juvenile justice bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year as an example of elected officials "trying to play political games with our first freedom." The measure, which lawmakers said was aimed at instilling children with traditional values, permits schools to display the Ten Commandments in schools and other public places. The measure stands little chance of becoming law because the Senate has not approved it and President Clinton is likely to veto any such legislation. Meanwhile, most church-state watchdogs emphasize that they are not calling for America's public schools to be "religion-free zones." In fact, most continue to support a wide variety of privately initiated religious activities in accordance with a set of guidelines drafted five years ago by the AJCongress together with a coalition of religious and public policy groups. The guidelines, intended to clarify permissible activity in order to help schools avoid divisive debates over religious issues in cases in which the law is clear, have since been updated and circulated by the Clinton administration. While the guidelines delineate, for example, that students cannot be compelled to pray and that religion cannot be promoted in schools, they also make clear that students are permitted to pray individually and that teachers may teach about religious contributions to civilization. "I think these guidelines have gone a long way toward addressing that confusion," said Pelavin, formerly of the AJCongress. But he added, "one of the things we've said all along is that in a country this size, there are still going to be school officials that get it wrong."
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How would education expert Father Joseph O'Keefe, S.J. reboot Catholic schools if he could start from scratch? In a time and place not so far away, O'Keefe has imagined a Catholic school utopia where everyone is plugged into the same mission.
For many years, Nearfutureville was a just small desert town with very few Catholics. Today, it is emblematic of the Catholic Church in the United States, with migrants from the Northeast and Midwest and immigrants from every part of the globe. Its Catholic population includes a few extremely wealthy entrepreneurs, a significant number of middle-class professionals, and many lower-income people who mostly work in the service industry.
Three years ago, the bishop of the newly established Diocese of Nearfutureville, convinced that Catholic education is the best way to foster faith, established an innovative network of schools. When diocesan leaders reflected on how well their Catholic education had prepared them for leadership today, they realized that they had to prepare young people for leadership in 2050. "What will the world be like then?" they wondered. "How can we prepare young people today for what they will face tomorrow?"
Diocesan leaders knew that they had a golden opportunity to be visionary pioneers; they wanted to complement the best of the past with cutting-edge innovations to prepare for the future. They identified three distinctive elements of their educational enterprise: fostering 21st-century thinking skills, sustaining vibrant faith communities, and being anchored in and anchoring the greater community.
Yesterday's schools cannot provide the knowledge and skills that will be needed by those who will be society's leaders in the mid-21st century. In the past, schools transmitted knowledge in routine and often fragmented pieces through courses and written materials five days per week for 180 days in an academic calendar created to accommodate an agricultural society.
Over the past decade, discoveries in neuroscience and cognitive psychology reveal that traditional ways of organizing curriculum and instruction fail to provide optimal learning experiences. Schools today need to foster creativity over rote memorization, differentiated learning rather than one-size-fits-all, problem solving over quick right-and-wrong answers.
Along with advances in our understanding of the way the brain processes knowledge are dramatic changes in the way knowledge is passed on. Information about anything is just a Google search away, and heavy encyclopedias and newspapers are being replaced by Wikipedia, news websites, and blogs. School libraries are not so much physical places that own books and journals; they are virtual sites that provide access to e-books and e-journals.
More than transmitting knowledge, schools must give students the ability to sort, to evaluate, and to synthesize the knowledge that is constantly at their fingertips.
Schools must be nimble and creative if they are to meet the needs of the 21st-century workplace. Sadly, public school systems-with teachers' unions, highly politicized school boards, and centralized bureaucracies-too often stifle creativity. The stagnancy of public education has given rise to charter schools, which are more responsive to contemporary needs. But they too are often straitjacketed by high-stakes tests based on state-mandated curriculum frameworks.
Catholic schools certainly have challenges but they are relatively free from bureaucracy, and unlike charter schools they have a long track record of academic integrity. In other words, Catholic schools are uniquely poised to meet the needs of 21st-century learners.
Catholic schools today must be more than a building. Through government grants, corporate contributions, and private donors, Nearfutureville Catholic Schools expand the "walls" of the school by providing every student a laptop, and they ensure that every home has wireless capabilities. Courses for all students, from kindergarten through grade 12, are a blend of in-class and online activities, and the divide between schoolwork and homework gradually has disappeared. Home is as much of a learning space as the school building but, paradoxically, the need for the school building has never been as great.
Public schools and charter schools can well afford to buy the infrastructure and human resources required to build such 21st-century educational institutions, but they lack the faith-based grounding to teach young people to discern what is worth knowing in a vast ocean of information and unlimited virtual possibilities.
While reading the signs of the times, educational leaders must remain faithful to the primary goal of a Catholic school: passing on the joy of a Catholic way of life to the next generation, Catholic and non-Catholic alike. At the heart of the Catholic way of life is community, and while much relationship-building can happen online, there is no substitute for being physically present to each other.
The Catholic leaders of Nearfutureville are pleased that they have focused most of their attention on the spiritual development of the adults who work in the schools. They were careful to hire for mission. Even though they hired some non-Catholics, every person, from principal to custodian, is enthusiastic about the religious character of the schools.
The schools promote a Catholicism that brings the tradition to life in a joyful and vibrant way. The religious art depicts heroes of the tradition, contemporary and ancient, and intentionally reflects the multicultural reality of the Catholic Church. The atmosphere echoes the rhythms of Catholic life, its stories and seasons.
Laypeople have a central ministerial role, having been prepared to lead public prayer, reflect publicly on scripture, and offer spiritual counsel to peers, parents, and pupils. Local clergy, freed from management, have more time and energy to minister in frequent sacramental celebrations. High school students work on catechetical programs for younger children as well as acting as peer ministers.
All of the staff members do annual retreats to reflect on their own vocation and the collective vocation of the school community. Are they people of hope? Are they passionate about what they teach, and is that passion rooted in their experience of God? Do they respect and care for each other as adults in the school? Is their community marked by forgiveness, mutual concern, and tough love when needed? Do they love those who aren't very lovable? Do their priorities reflect solidarity with the poor, the oppressed, or anyone in need? Does their behavior witness to a belief in God?
Of course, no one on this side of heaven could give an unequivocal yes to any of these questions. But these are the building blocks for the kind of vibrant religious community that the next generation will find attractive and compelling.
It has often been said that knowledge without virtue is dangerous, and virtue without knowledge is ineffectual. Nearfutureville Catholic Schools endeavor to provide young people with a sophisticated understanding of scientific and technological developments that will have an impact on how we define human life. Those who will be leaders in 2050 will face a number of pivotal questions-about the beginning and end of life, genetic engineering, cloning, ecology, economics, and politics-that will demand both knowledge and virtue.
In seeking to provide a strong moral compass, the educational leaders take as their guiding principle the dictum often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, "Preach the gospel always; use words when necessary." In the Nearfutureville Catholic Schools, teachers and staff don't just talk the talk; they walk the walk.
It takes an entire village to educate a child. Catholic schools have an incomparable strength in their ability to build and sustain a strong multifaceted community. Sociologist James Coleman found that students do well in Catholic schools because they experience a sense of belonging, cohesiveness, and connection. This is the legacy of the traditional parish school. Catholic schools still excel at building community.
Children bring to school an array of issues that can impede intellectual growth and faith formation. At times, these issues are medical, and those from low-income families may go without the services. The administrators of Nearfutureville Catholic Schools have formed strong working relationships with hospitals and clinics not only to provide medical attention to individuals, but also to devise curricula and activities to promote healthy living for families.
Sometimes children bring emotional or psychological challenges to school. Nearfutureville Catholic Schools work with social service and mental health providers to offer individual and group therapy and also to help teachers and families create wholesome environments in school and at home.
And while all children in these schools are immersed in Catholic culture, not all of them are Catholic. Nearfutureville Catholic Schools have strong, cordial relationships with local clergy from other faiths and provide opportunities for students of all traditions to find common ground.
Educators in Nearfutureville espouse the idea, "Think globally, act locally." They recognize that they are members of a family of Catholic schools, 120,000 strong, that encircle the globe. Each school has a twin Catholic school in a developing country. There are occasional exchanges and study trips, and via videoconferencing and other technologies, there are cyberspace "pen pals," classes taught collaboratively, and teleconferenced worship.
The schools are preparing students for a world where economic and political forces will require them to be not only good citizens of the United States but good global citizens. The Roman Catholic Church is the most expansive and richly multicultural organization in the world. Nearfutureville Catholic Schools take full advantage of this invaluable niche.
Most Catholic schools traditionally function as islands unto themselves. In Nearfutureville they knew that, unless they partnered with an array of institutions, they could never face the daunting challenges of educating in faith for the 21st century. Wisely, they anchored the schools in the community. They also knew that partnerships are, by their very nature, reciprocal; if these schools were to be anchored in the community, they must be anchors for the community.
Each campus is open from early morning to late evening, all year round. Intergenerational educational initiatives abound, including classes to learn English, parenting, and life skills; GED classes; educational programming for the elderly; and ongoing theological education. A variety of groups meet in the schools-12-step programs, parish councils, youth groups, and civic organizations. Diocesan leaders ensure that their schools are exemplary neighbors committed to the betterment of all of the citizens of Nearfutureville.
This enterprise, of course, is very expensive. How do the schools of Nearfutureville avoid the financial disaster that so many Catholic schools-900 of which have closed since the year 2000-have experienced?
Before founding their schools, Nearfutureville's diocesan leaders scoured the country to find best practices in other dioceses for sustaining good fiscal health. They knew that they had to take a multifaceted approach to school financing.
One diocese had success at tithing because of a long and compelling campaign to change the way Catholics think about the weekly collection. But that would not be enough.
Though the U.S. Constitution prohibits the direct funding of faith-based schools, government funds are available. U.S. Department of Education grants are often left untapped by Catholic educators, but they learned that in successful dioceses, skillful administrators were able to identify government funding opportunities and negotiate the complexities of the proposal process.
Nearfutureville administrators did the political groundwork to minimize competition with the public sector. Politicians are advocates of children in all schools. Collaboration provides other resources that help to sustain Nearfutureville schools: transportation, textbooks, and nurses for children both in public and Catholic schools.
The leaders of the Nearfutureville diocese knew that the days of bingo and bake sales were in the past. When they launched their schools, they invested heavily in development activities. Each school has an annual fund that attracts local philanthropists, Catholic and non-Catholic alike. Without an alumni base, Nearfutureville schools tapped into a donor base of people who had attended parochial schools elsewhere.
While high participation rates in annual funds are very important, it is major gifts that make a real difference. Leaders of the Nearfutureville diocese learned that Catholic schools cannot survive without strong and active boards. Board members will not invest significant resources into the schools if there is a "pray, pay, and obey" mentality or if the commitment of the clergy and administrators is one of "contrived collegiality." They must be true partners with clergy and administrators in forming vibrant institutions. In Nearfutureville, the board members make the schools their most significant charitable cause. The schools have begun to build endowments because of these major gifts.
Leaders of the Nearfutureville diocese also know that successful development is a long-range effort. They launched a successful estate planning venture which will have a major impact for generations to come.
Philanthropy comes in services as well as dollars. Entrepreneurial school leaders leverage local businesses for a range of services at reduced price and they exercise economies of scale through common purchasing. They counterbalance lower teacher salaries creatively with subsidized housing, opportunities for reduced-rate or pro bono services from Catholic physicians, attorneys, and other professionals, and guaranteed tuition discount at Catholic colleges that want visibility among the growing population of 18-year-olds in Nearfutureville.
The creative and entrepreneurial leaders of Nearfutureville Catholic Schools are able to sell a compelling vision of what a Catholic school can be. Parents and grandparents, Catholics without children, corporations, foundations, and local businesses provide high levels of support because they believe that something unique and tremendously important is happening in these schools. These philanthropists care deeply about the future of Nearfutureville and they know that education is the only way to prepare today for a bright future tomorrow.
The emblem of Nearfutureville Catholic Schools is fitting: a tree with strong, deep roots and with broad branches, old and new, that flower afresh each year. Without deep and strong roots in the tradition, Catholic schools could not exist. But without branches that reach into new places and buds that flower afresh with every generation, they will not be able to accomplish their noble mission.


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Anyway this year for Halloween we did the same thing we have been doing since we moved here and went to the Trick Or Truck at the school they used to go to when they were in school here. They got a lot of candy but the weather was pretty cold so most of the time they were in coats but wanted to get pictures without them. We also got lucky because the begining of the day was very raining and windy but the rain dried up just in time for trick or trunking and stayed like that till they were done, just pretty cold. We had rain mixed with snow in the morning though.
After they finished with the trick or Trunking they walked to my friends house down the street to go to the houses on the way. So they got plenty of candy!
Other things they've been doing alot lately is going skating at the rec center with friends. Picture to the left is Kenzie and her friend Wyatt. They get a lot of teasing about flirting. Which they both do although I think that they are both just the type who flirt naturally without even realizing it. They don't necessarily like us pointing it out but it's cute.


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Letter, C. K. Holliday to Dear Wife [Mary Holliday]
Author: Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Date: October 17, 1856
Three days after the Pennsylvania state election, Cyrus K. Holliday wrote from Monongahela House, a hotel in Pittsburgh, PA to his wife, Mary Holliday, in Meadville. Results were unofficial, and Cyrus hoped that John C. Fremont, republican presidential candidate, had won at least by a slim majority, if not by the expected large margin. Concerned about the November 4th national election, Cyrus anticipated fraud in Kansas Territory and prayed that the people would do right. He mentioned counties he had spoken in; his next stop, Philadelphia; and his planned return to counties near Meadville.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Collection, #386, Box 1, Folder 3
Item Number: 101694 Number of images: 2
Keywords: Election fraud; Elections; Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900; Holliday, Mary; Meadville, Pennsylvania; Philadelpia, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Republican Party (U.S.: 1854- )
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As you're standing around the barbeque this Fourth of July stuffing your gullet with hot dogs, potato chips, sudsy libations and apple pie while watching your neighbor light his backyard on fire with rogue bottle rockets, think about your next bike-oriented purchase. Whether it's something as small and inexpensive as a pair of grips or something as wallet busting as an entire bike, do our entire country a favor and buy American.
Most people are patriotic in their spending habits when it comes to talking about spending money. They'll tell you that they buy American all day long. But when it comes time to open their measly wallet, they look at the increased cost of the American product versus the overseas one, and they suddenly turn into the consumer version of Benedict Arnold.
Talk is cheap; even cheaper than the endless container ships of junk being shipped across the Pacific. Don't get me wrong, there are of course many high quality products coming from outside the US, but for a little bit more money, you can have a quality American made product that helps support the resurgence of American manufacturers.
Spending money is a hell of a lot easier than making it, but many people think spending it on a quality, American made product is difficult because most everything is made overseas these days. While it's true that it's not simple to source products with a Made in USA badge, nothing in this life worthwhile is easy. God forbid we have to take a few minutes, use our brains and scour the Internet.
Intense Cycles has been American made since its inception in 1991, and made patriotic bikes like this for Shaun Palmer.
But the reality is that buying American-made actually isn't as difficult as you might think. Thankfully for us lazy folk who simply can't be bothered with doing our own research, there's a terrific website featuring American-made mountain bike parts called Oldglorymtb.com.
Old Glory has a long, long list from A to Z of custom American frame builders. Working with virtually all materials from steel and aluminum to titanium, carbon fiber and even bamboo for crying out loud, there's a builder perfectly suited for everyone. And if you want to really localize your patriotism, find a custom builder close to your hometown and buy from them. Not only will you get an incredible customer service experience, but you'll also have a completely unique and custom bike tailor-made for you.
Even if you're not in the market for a new bike, Old Glory can still help you source American-made components. Yes, there actually still is such a beast. Not every stem, seatpost and handlebar is made overseas. Popular brands like Chris King, Cane Creek, Moots, DEAN, ESI, ENVE, Hadley, Industry 9, Lynskey, ODI, Oury, Paul, Phil Wood, Thomson, Wheelsmith, White Brothers and White Industries all make components right here in the United States.
Chris King Precision Components are all made in Oregon.
With a list of names like this, you could possibly build an entire mountain bike with American-made parts. It would be a bit of a challenge for a geared bike, since most drivetrains are made in Taiwan, but as the ASS always says, "derailleurs are for failures". Building an entirely red, white and blue singlespeed is no sweat.
What about American-made clothing? You're in luck there too. Companies like Voler, Canari, Club Ride, Alchemist, DirtBaggies, Sock Guy, Pace Sportswear and Boure make their garments employing American workers in American factories.
If you're looking for a new set of lights for night rides, then check out Jet Lites, Light and Motion, DiNotte Lighting and NiteRider, all of whom make their lights on American soil.
If you're the do-it-yourself type and love to buy tools as much as new bike parts, then buy from Park Tool. Based in Minnesota, most of their 300-product catalog is made in the USA. How can you tell which Park Tool is American-made or not? American-made Park Tools say "Park Tool USA" on them. If it just says "Park Tool", it was made overseas.
Shinola Bikes are all designed and assembled in Detroit, with their steel lugged frames and forks being made by Waterford in Wisconsin.
One of the most interesting American bike brand stories is Shinola. In addition to making handcrafted steel commuter bicycles in a renovated Detroit factory, Shinola also handcrafts beautiful precision watches. Their dedication to American manufacturing and the city of Detroit is the cornerstone of the Shinola brand, and simply looking at their website conjures up a deeply patriotic feeling. Even if you don't need a new watch or commuter bike, the Shinola story is so compelling that it makes you want to buy one anyway.
Every steel lugged Shinola frame and fork is handmade in Wisconsin by Waterford Precision Cycle, the same company that made the iconic Schwinn Paramount. Hand polished head badges, custom Shinola dropouts and classic leather saddles round out an American-made product that's as much a work of art as it is a form of transportation.
Now I know some people in the industry will get all defensive and bent out of shape about this article, thinking that I'm hating on companies who do business overseas. I want to make it clear that I'm not Asia bashing. I have a lot of Asian-made products myself. But if we want to see a positive change in our country, we need to stop buying everything we own from overseas manufacturers and start supporting good 'ol 'Merica.
Since 1981, Moots has built handmade frames in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Over the next 10 years, as the Asian factory worker continues to grow in prosperity, buying cars, TVs, houses, designer clothing and God knows what else, the cost of doing business in Asia must rise to feed the financial needs of workers who've fallen into constant consumption mode.
If we can simultaneously help support a resurgent American manufacturing economy by purchasing more American products, many businesses that are overseas now will see the changing dynamic and start coming back. If consumers demand American made, bike brands will have to deliver American made. And perhaps blighted, post-industrial places like Detroit will see a revival, only this time the revolution will be pedal powered, not gasoline powered.
List your favorite American made bike brands in the comments below.
Editor's Note: The Angry Singlespeeder is a collection of mercurial musings from contributing editor Kurt Gensheimer. In no way do his maniacal diatribes about all things bike oriented represent the opinions of Mtbr, RoadBikeReview, or any of their employees, contractors, janitorial staff, family members, household pets, or any other creature, living or dead. You can submit questions or comments to Kurt at [email protected]. And make sure to check out Kurt's previous columns.


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During the past 15 years allergic reactions to latex have become a significant public health problem, particularly among health-care workers. Approximately 800,000 American adults and children have become allergic to natural rubber latex, found in gloves and pacifiers. When exposed to latex or latex dust, sensitized persons can develop hives, nasal and eye irritation, asthma, and anaphylaxis, a life-threatening condition in which the breathing passageways swell closed. About 1% of the general public and 4.5% to 17% of health-care workers and others exposed to latex on their jobs have become sensitized. Some have even been forced to terminate their careers for this reason. Medical and dental procedures on sensitized individuals may be complicated by anaphylactic events, as may the use of latex pacifiers by infants. The FDA has received more than 2000 reports of injury and several reports of death associated with latex allergy. In 1996, the agency published regulations that would require all latex-containing gloves and other devices to be labeled accordingly, including warnings about possible allergic reactions.
Latex is a common component of disposable gloves, intravenous tubing, syringes, stethoscopes, catheters, dressings, bandages, and other medical supplies. Among health-care workers, gloves are the most significant source because they are frequently used, and the powder used to line some of them can absorb latex proteins and become airborne. Asthmatic reactions have occurred among people who did not use gloves but merely inhaled latex-containing dust. Thus, sensitive workers can be affected not only by their own gloves but also by those worn by co-workers.
The surge of latex allergy among health-care workers is primarily attributable to greater use of disposable gloves to prevent the spread of AIDS and hepatitis B. Increased demand and cost pressures for gloves has led some manufacturers to shorten the manufacturing time by reducing the number of washing and purifying steps, which increases the amount of sensitizing protein that the gloves will transmit.
The American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology has published guidelines and recommends that people who have been diagnosed as allergic wear an identification card (or bracelet) and a self-injectable adrenalin device. Sensitive individuals should be sure that their health-care providers are aware of their condition so that they are not exposed to latex during medical procedures or surgery. A few states have introduced bills to ban the use of powdered latex gloves in medical facilities.


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Police Mounted Unit partners with Last Chance Ranch to save horses from slaughter
SPRINGFIELD, PA – Congressman Patrick Meehan (PA-07) will join representatives from animal welfare organizations on Friday (5/10) at the headquarters of the Philadelphia Police Department's Mounted Unit to call on Congress to pass legislation banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption.
Meehan led a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers from both the House and the Senate last month to introduce H.R. 1094, the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act, which bans horse slaughter for human consumption and prohibits the transportation of horses for purposes of consumption.
Representatives from national animal welfare organizations, including the Animal Welfare Institute, the ASPCA and The Humane Society of the United States will be in attendance.
The Philadelphia Police Department's Mounted Unit has partnered with Last Chance Ranch of Quakertown, Pennsylvania, to rescue horses from potential slaughter. Horses threatened by slaughter are adopted by the Mounted Unit and receive training and veterinary care during their service with the police department.
WHAT: Media Event In Support of the SAFE Act
WHO: Rep. Patrick Meehan, Representatives from Animal Welfare Organizations, Members of the Philadelphia Police Department's Mounted Unit
WHERE: Headquarters of the Philadelphia Police Department's Mounted Unit
8600 Krewstown Road, Philadelphia PA 19115
WHEN: Friday, May 10, 2013 2:00 p.m.
Media Contact:
Chris Heyde: email@example.com, (202) 423-8689


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Selling my hardtop, put new seals on it and wrapped it satin black. Bonus If you have a yellow car as its yellow underneath the wrap. Comes with hardtop stand aswell. Has a tear in the on roofliner that has been repaired.
Roof is in edmonton, prefer to keep it local but will work it out for serious buyers.


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