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Drone victim to appeal ruling over UK support for CIA strikes in Pakistan
December 21, 2012
A Pakistani man whose father was killed by a US drone strike is to appeal a judgement handed down today in a case seeking to determine the legality of intelligence sharing in relation to GCHQ assistance in CIA drone strikes.
Noor Khan – whose father was killed in a CIA strike on a peaceful meeting in March 2011 –issued legal proceedings in March of this year against the Foreign Secretary in order to clarify the British Government's reported policy of supporting the CIA's covert campaign of attacks on his home region of Waziristan, using remotely-controlled robotic aircraft. Supported by legal action charity Reprieve and solicitors Leigh Day & Co, Mr Khan's legal challenge asserts that this practice are illegal. British law makes it clear that in these circumstances UK intelligence staff and those who direct their actions could be committing various criminal offences, including conspiracy to murder.
Mr Khan was today denied permission to progress his case to a full hearing, but intends to appeal his case immediately.
The issue of CIA drones killing innocent civilians is also being pursued before the Peshawar High Court in Pakistan, where Chief Justice Dost Muhammad has already instructed the Pakistani Government to share details of strikes including that of March 2011 with the parties in order to determine the extent of the casualties.
Kat Craig, legal director of Reprieve, said: "CIA drone attacks in Pakistan terrorise entire communities of innocent civilians in a country with which the UK is not at war. By avoiding judicial scrutiny over drone attacks, combined with its ongoing attempts to push through secret courts, this government is showing a disturbing desire to put itself above the law. We should not be involved in secret, dirty wars, where civilian casualties are ignored or hushed up. If the Government is supporting the CIA's campaign of drone strikes which are illegal, the British public have the right to know."
The suit in the Peshawar High Court is also asking the Pakistani government to disclose their involvement – if any – in the drone strikes. The next hearing in this case is expected early next year when the Pakistani government will have to disclose the identities of those killed in the strikes.
Rosa Curling, from Leigh Day, said: "We are disappointed that the court has decided not to engage in this very important issue, leaving our client no option but to appeal the decision. This claim raises very serious questions and issues about the UK's involvement in the CIA drone attacks in Pakistan. This case seeks to determine the legality of intelligence sharing in relation to GCHQ assistance in CIA drone strikes. Those providing such information could be committing serious criminal offences, including conspiracy to murder."
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1. For further information, please contact Clemency Wells in Reprieve's press office: +44 (0) 207 553 8166 / clemency.wells [AT] reprieve.org.uk or see http://www.reprieve.org.uk/cases/2012_03_28_noor_khan/
2. Reprieve, a legal action charity, uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay. Reprieve investigates, litigates and educates, working on the frontline, to provide legal support to prisoners unable to pay for it themselves. Reprieve promotes the rule of law around the world, securing each person's right to a fair trial and saving lives. Clive Stafford Smith is the founder of Reprieve and has spent 25 years working on behalf of people facing the death penalty in the USA.
Reprieve's current casework involves representing 15 prisoners in the US prison at Guantánamo Bay, assisting over 70 prisoners facing the death penalty around the world, and conducting ongoing investigations into the rendition and the secret detention of 'ghost prisoners' in the so-called 'war on terror.' Follow Reprieve on twitter: @ReprieveUK; if you were forwarded this release, sign up to join our press mailing list.
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Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it's recalling 6.39 million vehicles globally for various safety defects. The total rises to 6.76 million if vehicles with multiple recalls — like the Yaris subcompact — are counted for each recall.
No one has been injured due to the recalls, but the company says two fires have been linked to a defective engine starter.
This is a breakdown of the vehicles and defects involved.
PROBLEM: Electric connections can be damaged when the steering wheel is turned, which could deactivate the air bags.
VEHICLES INVOLVED: 3.5 million. Includes the RAV4, Vanguard, Corolla, Matrix, Yaris, Land Cruiser Prado, Highlander, Tacoma, Reiz, Camry, Hilux, Fortuner, Innova and Pontiac Vibe (which was developed for General Motors by Toyota). Vehicles were made between June 2004 and December 2010.
PLACES SOLD: Mostly North America, but also Japan, China, Europe, India and elsewhere.
PROBLEM: Spring in the front seat rails could break, so the seat may not lock into position.
VEHICLES INVOLVED: 2.32 million. Includes the Ist, Vitz, Belta, Ractis, Scion xD, Urban Cruiser and Yaris built between January 2005 and August 2010.
PLACES SOLD: Mostly Japan, but also North America, Europe, China and elsewhere.
PROBLEM: Weld that connects the steering column bracket to the instrument panel can break if the steering wheel is repeatedly turned with full force. The steering column may tilt out of position, but the driver can still control the car.
VEHICLES INVOLVED: 760,000. Includes the Ist, Vitz, Belta, Ractis, Scion xD, Urban Cruiser and Yaris built between September 2005 and February 2009.
PLACES SOLD: Mostly Europe, but also Japan.
PROBLEM: Faulty windshield wiper motors.
VEHICLES INVOLVED: 160,000. Includes the Ist, Vitz, Belta and Ractis built between September 2005 and February 2008.
PLACES SOLD: Japan.
PROBLEM: Metallic particles may accumulate in the engine starter's circuitry, increasing the risk of a fire.
VEHICLES INVOLVED: 20,000. Includes the Porte, Spade, Corolla Axio, Corolla Fielder, Auris, Ractis and Subaru Trezia (developed by Toyota for Subaru). Vehicles were built between March 2012 and August 2013.
PLACES SOLD: Japan and Hong Kong.
Source: Toyota Motor Corp.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's latest DLC expansion pack 'Uprising' is available to download now on PlayStation 3 and PC.
PS3 players are able to download the pack through the in-game store or via the PlayStation Store. The DLC will set you back £11.59.
Uprising introduces four new maps - Magma, Encore, Studio and Vertigo - as well as a brand new Zombies campaign, Mob of the Dead.
But is the DLC worth your cash? We gave the pack 6/10 in our review, calling it "different from the norm".
The pack launched on Xbox 360 last month.
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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
Paine is well known for having penned a number of patriotic songs during the period of the American Revolution such as "The Liberty Tree", "The Boston Patriotic Song", and the one which is our quote of the week - "Hail Great Republic" (which is to be sung to the tune of "Rule Britannia").
HAIL great Republic of the world, Which rear'd her empire in the west, Where fam'd Columbus' flag unfurl'd, Gave tortured Europe scenes of rest ; Be thou forever great and free, The land of Love, and Liberty !
Where'er the Atlantic surges lave, Or sea the human eye delights, There may thy starry standard wave, The Constellation of thy Rights! Be thou forever, &c.
About this Quotation:
After having played a significant role in both the American and French Revolutions, Paine had fallen into almost complete obscurity by the time of his death. William Cobbett tried to repatriate Paine's body to Britain but somehow "lost" it en route. It is in keeping with Paine's efforts to delegitimize the British monarchy by rewriting traditional pro-monarchy and pro-empire songs and putting new republican words to them. This hymn to the republic uses the tune of "Rule Britannia" to new effect.


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Overtime FAQs
How do you calculate overtime for employees in non-exempt job classifications?
FLSA requires that overtime be calculated on the employee's regular rate of pay, by multiplying 1.5 the regular rate of pay by the number of hours over 40 in the work week. The employee's regular rate of pay includes all remuneration for employment paid (e.g., hourly rate or comp rate) to or on behalf of the employee. The FLSA requires the inclusion in the regular rate of such extra premiums as shift differentials and nondiscretionary lump sum payments (e.g., stability or career bonus payments). The city utilizes the higher of applicable hourly rates to calculate overtime payments. FLSA excludes some payments from the regular rate of pay (e.g., discretionary bonus payments, reimbursement for travel expense, contributions to retirement funds, and health insurance).
How does travel affect overtime?
Employees in non-exempt job classifications who travel on city business are paid in the following manner:
- One-Day Assignments in another City: Non-exempt employees who regularly work at a fixed location but may be required to travel to another city for a one-day assignment (but not gone overnight) should be compensated for the hours spent in travel. Regular meal time is deducted as well as any "home-to-work" time which may be included.
- Travel of More Than One Day: Employees working in non-exempt job classifications whose positions require them to travel and be gone overnight should be compensated for any travel time that occurs during their regular work hours occurring any day of the week. For example, if an employee regularly works 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, travel time during these hours is considered work time whether it occurs on a week day, Saturday, or Sunday. Time spent in travel outside of regular work hours is not considered work time.
How is overtime calculated for V-Class, Part-Time Employees?
V-class part-time employees shall be paid or receive compensatory time off at the straight-time rate for all hours worked in excess of their appointment percentage, up to 40 hours. They will be paid at one and a half times (hourly rate of pay or in comp time off) for all work over 40 hours in a week.
How are payments calculated when temporarily filling in for a V-Class positions?
Whenever an employee is temporarily filling in for a V-class position (through a $/hour augmentation), the department has the option of either paying the time and one half for any overtime hours worked, or granting the employee the extra half day vacation allowance per month for the duration of the temporary augmentation.
How is overtime paid with multiple appointments?
City employees may hold more than one appointment (i.e., multiple appointments). There is no limit to the number of appointments an employee may hold either simultaneously or consecutively. Appointments can be held, simultaneously, in more than one employee group. Employees can simultaneously hold appointments in both exempt and non exempt job classifications.
Generally the overtime and record keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act do not apply to employees working in exempt job classifications. However, overtime and record keeping provisions apply when an employee simultaneously holds appointments in exempt and nonexempt job classifications.
The Multiple Appointments Within and Across Employee Groups matrix explains overtime pay requirements for employees with multiple appointments.
Do technical consultants receive overtime payments?
Individuals employed as technical consultants (job code 0011) are not eligible for time and half. This exempt classification is not covered by the Civil Service Rules.
Does on-call time count for overtime?
Hours spent in on-site (on the employer's premises), on-call status count as regular hours worked and also are counted towards overtime (if the total hours worked that work week exceed 40). However, a different base pay rate, not lower than the federal minimum wage, may be established for on-site, on-call hours.
Does paid time-off count for overtime?
Overtime worked in a work week in which an employee has taken paid time off (vacation, sick leave, or paid holiday) is compensated at the appropriate premium rate. For example, a nonexempt employee that works three extra hours on each of two evenings a week during which a scheduled holiday falls should receive overtime pay for the six hours. The City practice is to count paid time for hours not worked toward the 40-hour work week requirement.
What is comp time?
FLSA allows most city employees to choose comp time at one and one half times for each hour worked over 40 in a week rather than a cash payment. The FLSA limits accrual of comp time at 240 hours or 160 hours of actual overtime hours worked for all non-exempt employees. Police, emergency response, and seasonal employees have a maximum accrual of 480 hours of comp time or 320 hours of actual overtime hours worked.
Units have full discretion to: Reasonably restrict the amount of comp time that can be accumulated (with a maximum of 240 hours or 160 hours of actual time worked for all nonexempt employees) and the length of time a comp time-off balance can be carried. Units can establish a rule that employees use comp time before using vacation time.
How is comp time paid out?
Cash payments for accrued comp time can be made at any time and must be paid at the regular rate earned by the employee at the time the employee receives payment. If an employee is transferring or moving from one unit to another unit, the unit where the employee accrued the comp time off must pay it out.
Upon termination, an employee must be paid for unused comp time figured at the average regular rate received by such employee during the last three years of employment (immediately prior to termination) or the final regular rate received by such employee, whichever is higher.
How is overtime calculated for dual appointments?
Overtime pay of one and one half times is required for hours exceeding 40 hours in a work week in the nonexempt appointment. Overtime pay is calculated on the hourly rate of the higher paying appointment (base pay plus an augmentation). No lump sum payments are permitted.


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Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve is located in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas mountain range on the southeastern coast of Veracruz, 墨西哥. The Sierra de los Tuxtlas contains volcanos mostly extinct but the San Martin Tuxtla erupted as recently as 1793. Hundreds of cinder cones can be found throughout the Sierra.
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OEF Update, Dec. 4, 2009: US Marines Start Operation in Helmand Province
Dispatches from the Front:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2009 -- More than 1,000 International Security Assistance Force troops are partnering with Afghan forces to begin a large-scale operation in northern Helmand province.
About 900 U.S. Marines and sailors and British forces began partnering today with 150 Afghan soldiers and police to start Operation Khareh Cobra, or Cobra's Anger, to clear insurgent forces in the Now Zad valley.
Marines from 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7 and 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion are partnered with Afghan army and police. The forces began helicopter and ground operations in the Now Zad valley early this morning.
Now Zad was once Helmand's second largest city, but is now empty due to years of fighting. Insurgents have heavily mined the area, and a key purpose of the operation is to provide enough security for the Afghan government and non-governmental organizations to begin clearing the mines and improvised explosive devices in order to enable the eventual repopulation of the city.
A company of Marines is stationed in Now Zad along with 150 Afghan soldiers and police.
(Compiled from a Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan news release.)
Labels: Afghanistan, Dispatches from the Front, GWOT, Military, NATO, OEF, Terrorism


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Oh boy, oh boy, I have so much to tell you today.
March is gone (can you believe it?!!) and then comes my favorite month: APRIL, not sure if it's because Spring HAS to happen (enough of this cold!) or could it be because of Easter and what it means to me or maybe because I may or may not get
older wiser in one of its days. 😉
You might remember last week when I joined my fellow bloggers all around the world in a silent day event honoring "FOR JAPAN WITH LOVE",to raise money and awareness for the disasters in Japan, they were able to raise over 6oK and thru Shelterbox families in Japan are being helped.Shelter Box provides emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies for families around the world who are affected by disasters at the time when they need it the most .
Tomorrow and Friday ( March 30th and 31st) we'll have an Event On Facebook: UNITE TO HELP For Japan With Love.
You can also be part of it by checking their page here.
Be part of it, donate and spread the word
On another note, for the first time ever I'm going to participate on the Ultimate Blog Party 2011, hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom. If you have a blog this is a major online event with a great opportunity to showcase yourself and your products. You can read more about it here
I'm also thrilled to be part of the "Top 25 Plannin' Moms" from Circle of Moms and I'd love if you could vote for me (lots of kuddos going your way <3) from now until April 11th and you can vote once a day.
Also if you have Facebook come check us out and stay tuned for a nice giveaway coming your way *it rhymed*
Happy Wednesday to you!


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2014 Latest Oracle 1Z1-574 Exam Dump Free Download!
Oracle Web Services Manager uses an agent-based approach to providing Web Services security. Where are these agents deployed?
A. In any IPv4 of Later network firewall
B. In the Oracle WebLogic Server Web Service request Interceptors
C. In the Oracle Service Bus proxy pipeline
D. In the Oracle Access Manager web gate
E. In the Oracle WebLogic Server access gate
Answer: D


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Making Sense
Behind HSI
Travis Posey
VP of Business Development
Travis Posey currently serves as Vice President of Business Development. Travis began his career at HSI in the finance and accounting side of the business. Travis now oversees business development and marketing for Genisco Filter and HSI Sensing. Born and raised in Chickasha, Travis is a graduate of Chickasha High School. Following high school, he...


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Really, hasn't been my experience. Dragging your kite on a self launch has though? Unless you get that roll spot on, the kite will drag along the sand. When I tether the kite hardly moves, unless really strong conditions, where I tend to either get a launch preferably or I will self launch as normal..
In light to meduim conditiions, my kite just rests on its tips ready to go..
carpet hey, novel approach especially if you have an abbrasive coarse sand ...or worse that really fine silty sand from a river or esturay...man that stuff can wear the ktie quick.
Our sand is soft(relatively) and white! oo yeh.


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" We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" – Oscar Wilde
I'm Cece Alexandra and I have Epilepsy.
Since being diagnosed, my life has changed significantly.
After studying and teaching Humanities and Literature for all of my adult life, I was bullied and lost my job a month before qualifying to become an English Teacher. Once you fail the Teacher Training course in England, you cannot ever retrain; I then became too sick to work because of my Epilepsy. I am now currently studying an MSc in Mental Health Psychology with the University of Liverpool.
My disability provokes me into raising awareness for invisible disabilities, which I also actively partake in with Epilepsy Action. Part of that awareness is to help fight against invisible disability discrimination – I believe that this behaviour is not cognitively unconscious; modern society is actively partaking in a hierarchy of disabilities and I believe that there is not enough psychological research to prove this.
I am also clinically interested in Cultural Psychology – particularly Collectivist Culture, and wish to pursue this further in my academic career.


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Add a little spice to your popcorn - olé!
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 5 mins
Yield: 12 x 1 cup servings
In a small saucepan, melt the buttery spread; stir in cilantro, taco seasoning and cheese blend.
In a 4 quart mixing bowl, drizzle the seasoned spread over hot, freshly popped popcorn. Stir popcorn gently to coat kernels. Serve immediately.


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The old guy has always admired people who ride motorcycles. He has never been on one in his life and would be foolish to consider any such thing now. His brittle bones would never be able to handle even the shortest of rides, let alone any type of accident. Insider always smiles when he sees a leather-clad man riding his bike with a leather-clad woman behind him. There the woman is with her arms wrapped around the man, who seems to be thinking life does not get any better. When Insider was young, that was his idea of a good date, but it was not on a motorcycle on a major road, just a trusty old bike in his neighborhood with a banana seat big enough for him and his first girlfriend, who went by Norma.
This week Insider realized that this year is the first year ever that he has not had to set out traps for the few field mice who take up residence in the kitchen, usually right after the great winter freeze. The reason for their absence came to Insider's attention one night last week as he lay in bed reading a Nero Wolfe mystery. Ever so slowly, the sound of a hoot owl outside of his bedroom window made its presence known. Insider had been adopted, and with an owl in residence who needs to worry about mice.
They never left. All of Insider's feathered friends of summer actually hang around all year as he noted during the recent snowfall. As soon as the snow covered the ground, the old guy dipped into the birdseed bin and filled the feeder twice a day for four straight days. The snow was long gone by then, but first came the sparrows and finches joining their winter companions, the snowbirds. On day two, Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal arrived followed by a family of bluejays. Also showing up was the solitary and very independent Jaybird who left two years ago after Insider cleared some brush at the rear of his backyard. On day three, a flock of about two dozen robins swooped in and stayed just long enough to clear the berries from every bush on the property. Also on that day, during the fluttering and feeding, the old guy's three turtle doves popped up and came trucking across the snow to see what was going on. By this time, Insider was wondering whether any birds ever flew south for the winter or was that just something humans did. The snow faded quickly, as it always does around here, the birdseed bin needs replenishing and most of the birds have gone back to doing what they were doing before the snow, but many still stop back occasionally to check on the old guy.
"Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed." — Anthony Powell


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Hispanic and Latino Community Remains Untapped Banking MarketMarch 7, 2013
Credit unions from the West Coast to the South and the Midwest are waking up to the fact that reaching out to potential Hispanic members is an important part insuring a growth for the industry.
According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, there are roughly 52.0 million Hispanics living in the United States, representing approximately 16.7% of the total population, making people of Hispanic origin the nation's largest ethnic or race minority. The U.S. Hispanic population is estimated to reach 132.8 million by 2050.
"Reaching and serving the Latino community is not only philosophically a good thing for our credit union, it is also an investment for membership growth for our credit union," said Chad Cunningham a loan officer for the $385 million in assets Consumers Credit union in Kalamazoo, Mich. "We want to live out our mission statement of providing quality products and services that contribute to the economic and social well-being of our entire field of membership. It is essential that our strategies take into account the fact that the Latino population is currently the fastest growing demographic in Michigan. Over the past 10 years, while the total state population has decreased, the Latino population has grown 35%."
Consumers CU created a strategic Hispanic outreach plan as well as a local Hispanic businesses group, similar to a Hispanic chamber a commerce with the help of Des Moines, Iowa-based firm Coopera Consulting.
"To truly compete in a rapidly changing financial marketplace, credit unions must be strategic about their positioning within the communities they serve," said Miriam De Dios, CEO of Coopera. "Not all credit unions have embraced the prospect of increasing efforts to attract, serve, and retain Hispanic and new American populations and I think this is still an untapped market."
With the Hispanic population on the rise and nearly half of the Hispanic community lacking mainstream financial services, credit unions are in the perfect position to distinguish themselves from the competition, De Dios said.
"The Hispanic community can be very hesitant to join credit unions because of the history many have with the financial institutions in their home countries," she said. "There are also policies that have been created that prevent Hispanic consumers from obtaining financial services. Without traditional forms of identification, Hispanics are reluctant to try and become members."
With that in mind, credit unions such as Security Service Federal Credit Union headquartered in San Antonio and Santa Cruz Community Union in Santa Cruz, Calif., accept the matricula card– a form of identification issued to Mexican nationals by consulates–as a valid form of identification to open a checking account.
Late last year, the $103 million in assets Santa Cruz Credit Union hosted a Mexican consulate's matricula ID event, and more than six hundred people attended to obtain identification cards. In the weeks following the event, account openings in the credit union's Watsonville branch increased nearly 5% as a result of the credit union's participation. California's Hispanic population is 14 million, the highest of any state and in Texas, Hispanics are the fastest-growing population group, making up 38% of the population according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Some credit unions struggle with persistent, yet false, assumptions that most of the Hispanic population is undocumented. A recent poll by the National Hispanic Media Coalition found that more than 30% of Americans believe that more than half of Hispanics are in the country illegally. The reality is that 37% of U.S. Hispanics are immigrants, and only 18% of Hispanics are undocumented.
"We accept the matricula, and I know other financial institutions in the area do not, and I think that's ridiculous," said John Worthington, senior vice president for the $6.7 billion Security Service Credit Union. "This is an underserved population and we go above and beyond to serve our Hispanic members because we are all part of the same community."
Once credit union are able to get Hispanic members inside their doors, there is still a lot of work to be done, De Dios said. "What we have seen is that Hispanic consumers prefer high levels of member service, valuing personal relationships over things like speed and efficiency," she said. "We believe credit unions are well-suited to providing the Hispanic community with the financial services it needs."
American Hispanics show a great deal of loyalty towards brands and companies that cater to their needs. When Hispanics find a product or service that they have confidence in, they tend to stick with it. Research by the Pew Hispanic Center has found that 61 % of Hispanics find it difficult to change brands once they find one they like. Further, 59% claim to have no time to investigate the quality of different brands. Given this reputation for brand loyalty, the Hispanic market should prove to be the credit union community's dream said Worthington.
"It's in a lender's best interest to develop a strong relationship with the burgeoning Hispanic market," he said. "We didn't just discover this though, we've been serving this market for more than 50 years."
Hispanics also have a purchasing power that's expected to reach $1 trillion next year, according to the Selig Center for Economic Growth, Athens, Ga. And yet 40% to 55% of U.S. Hispanics don't have a relationship with a traditional financial institution.
That's a rich vein for credit unions to tap. With Hispanics' wealth and population rising three times faster than the U.S. average, the FDIC predicts that they will account for more than 50% of U.S. retail banking growth over the next decade. That amounts to more than $200 billion in new business, since U.S. retail banking revenues are projected to increase 44%, to $963 billion over the decade, according to Economy.com.
A report commissioned by the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues and Applied Research Institute conducted estimates for California and Nevada, estimating that if 10% of each state's Hispanic adults were members of a credit union, the numbers would be compelling. In California, they would contribute an estimated $2.1 billion in loan balances and $592 million to annual income. Nevada's Hispanic adults would contribute an estimated $82 million in loan balances and $28 million to annual income.
"Working closely with local organizations with deep connections to our Hispanic community is key," said Elizabeth Carr, CEO of Santa Cruz Community Credit Union. "These partnerships provide a conduit for our credit union to do financial education, teach the value of saving, borrowing and credit building, as well as help underserved Hispanic members open accounts in a safe environment."


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SAN FRANCISCO — In one ad after another, voters in California and Maine were besieged with images of what would supposedly happen if same-sex marriage were legal: Students on a field trip to a lesbian wedding, elementary kids gobbling up books featuring gay couples, kindergartners learning about homosexuality from their teachers.
The strategy worked. Overruling the courts and lawmakers, voters defeated gay marriage ballot measures in California last year and in Maine this week after conservatives convinced residents that same-sex unions would become common classroom fodder without any say from parents.
The punch-to-the gut claim has emerged as the latest tool in the ever-evolving playbook of same-sex marriage opponents, and the Achilles' heel of the gay-marriage movement. Voters seem to be swayed by the notion that gay marriage will be a corrupting force among children, even though critics blasted the message as a blatantly misleading case of fear-mongering.
"It was very effective. It's drawing on the fears of the unknown," said Sandy Maisel, director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at Maine's Colby College. "There's no evidence that it's going to happen, but there's very clear evidence that it's an effective campaign tactic."
Gay marriage opponents discovered the effectiveness of the schools message in last year's successful effort to pass Proposition 8 to outlaw gay marriage in California.
After signing up to lead the campaign, political consultants Frank Schubert and Jeff Flint knew they had a problem: Polls were showing that residents tended to not have much of a problem with gay relationships.
With the help of focus groups, surveys and ammunition unwittingly supplied by their opponents, Schubert and Flint soon found a new way to frame the issue, by focusing on education.
It was a departure from past elections when the issue was defined in simpler terms — that marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. The various strategies have helped conservatives win 31 consecutive ballot initiatives on gay marriage.
Most 'emotionally charged' consequence
"We bet the campaign on consequences, especially on education," Schubert recalled in March when he and Flint were named the "public affairs team of the year" by the American Association of Political Consultants for their work in California. "Education from the beginning, while it was one of three consequences, it was the one that was the most emotionally charged and the most powerful."
In California and Maine, gay marriage supporters countered the claims with spots featuring prominent elected officials — California's chief of public instruction, Maine's attorney general — who insisted that same-sex marriage had nothing to do with schools.
They also angrily denounced as deceptive the visuals the Sacramento team employed, including a Massachusetts couple who lost a lawsuit seeking parental consent before same-sex families are discussed in elementary classrooms.
But the response did not defuse the hot-button issue, advocates on both sides of the issue observe, in part because they failed to address what many parents knew to be true: Many public schools already have lessons that include references to gay families in the younger grades and confronting anti-gay discrimination for older students. Although the topics usually are broached in the context of appreciating diversity and tolerance, for some parents any discussion of gay people is too close to talking about gay sex.
"The trend that we are seeing is homosexuality is being promoted more and more in schools, and the increase in this is creating a hostile environment for kids with Christian or socially conservative viewpoints," said Candi Cushman, education analyst for the Christian group Focus on the Family.
Cathy Renna, a public relations consultant in Washington who is married to a woman and has a 4-year-old daughter, said that equating references to gay parents with sex is "like saying that introducing someone's mother and father to a class means you are talking about heterosexual sex." But Renna agrees that same-sex marriage supporters need a different comeback to the kids-and-schools argument.
"This idea that gay people are coming to eat your children is a long-standing tactic of the right wing," she said. "The response to those ads that not only has more truth, but more integrity, is that we live in a diverse world and our kids know that and it's irresponsible for us not to talk about the world we live in in age-appropriate ways. Dismissing them as lies actually does a disservice not only to the people in our community, but to the public that knows better."
In California, some gay rights groups want to try to repeal Proposition 8 at the ballot box next year. There has been talk about including language in the new measure that would state that nothing in it is meant to mandate the teaching of same-sex marriage in schools. Some gay rights advocates fear, though, that the wording could be used to undermine the way gay subjects are treated in schools now, said Chaz Lowe, founder of Yes! on Equality.
Strategy focused on individual rights
Melissa Murray, an assistant professor at the UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law who researched the messages used in the Proposition 8 campaign, said gay marriage advocates underestimated how deeply Schubert and Flint's carefully crafted schools message resonated with the public.
One reason it resonated so deeply is it changed the debate from one of equal rights to the equally cherished notion of individual rights, something gay activists should keep in mind as the marriage moves to other states, Murray said.
"Parents are always thinking about how do I keep unwanted influences out of my children's lives, and it's a lot harder to do that as a parent if that influence is the state," Murray said. "That's the fear they are tapping into. ... and they are just going to keep repackaging it, because it works."
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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It was kismet, it is now hiraeth, a homesickness for a place to which we cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places in our past.
I think someone, somewhere on these boards has already pointed out that Tolkien's writing seems to evoke this sensation. Inspired by him, we have recreated that same sense here in the virtual Middle Earth of TORC. We may not be able to repeat the feats of the past, for like the peoples of the Third Age, we have dwindled. Still, we may do much...
...There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners,
Souls' that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me—
That ever with a frolic welcome took
The thunder and the sunshine, and oppos'd
Free hearts, free foreheads—you and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honor and his toil;
Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
'T is not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Mov'd earth and heaven, that which we are, we are:
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
[from Ulysses by A. Tennyson]
Too much?
Well then, what shall it be? Tea and crumpets in the drawing room? Or margaritas by the pool?


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Surgical Procedures for Osteoarthritis
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Surgical procedures are usually reserved for patients who have noted no improvement with medications or procedures.
During an ]]>arthroscopy]]> , several tiny incisions are made on the sides of your knee. A small lighted camera is inserted through one incision. The view inside your knee can be broadcasted onto a large monitor in the operating room. Operating instruments are passed through a second incision. These instruments are used to clean out shards of bone and cartilage that might be causing your pain and interfering with movement. The procedure usually takes less than an hour and is done as an outpatient surgery.
It takes 4-6 weeks for the affected joint to recover. You can probably will return to work or resume daily activities within a few days. A specific activity and rehabilitation program may be suggested to speed your recovery and protect future joint function.
In this procedure, a deformed joint, usually of the knee, thigh bone, or leg bone (femur and tibia), is realigned to redistribute body weight on the joint. By doing this, the healthy joint cartilage, usually on the outside of the knee, is aligned to bear more weight and thus alleviate pressure on the damaged tissue.
You will need to walk with crutches for 1-3 months. Next, you will begin rehabilitative leg strengthening and walking exercises. With a successful osteotomy, you will probably be able to resume your full activities after 4-6 months.
This is a joint replacement surgery. The joint is usually replaced with a synthetic joint, usually made of a chromium alloy metal and a high density polyethylene plastic. ]]>Knee replacements]]> and ]]>hip replacements]]> are particularly common.
Hip Replacement
The surgeon makes an incision along the joint, moves aside muscles, and removes the damaged bone and cartilage. The remaining bone is prepared to receive the prosthesis, and the new polyethylene and metal joint is placed in position. Depending upon the type of prosthesis, the surgeon may use bone cement to hold one or both parts of the artificial hip. The incision is closed with stitches or staples, which will be removed in about two weeks. The procedure will take a few hours and may require a blood transfusion.
Within 6 weeks, you should be able to resume light activities. To speed your recovery and protect future joint function, follow the recommended activity and rehabilitation program.
Knee Prosthesis
This procedure is a last resort for patients who have not had good pain relief from other efforts. In this procedure, the two bones making up a joint are permanently fused together. While this can greatly improve pain, it also means that the joint is permanently nonfunctional.
Arthritis Foundation website. Available at: http://www.arthritis.org/ .
Conn's Current Therapy . 54th ed. W.B. Saunders Company; 2002.
Way LW. Current Surgical Diagnosis & Treatment. 10th ed. Appleton & Lange; 1994.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases website. Available at: http://www.niams.nih.gov/ .
Last reviewed September 2009 by ]]>Jill D. Landis, MD]]>
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Suzi has hypothyroidism and high blood pressure. She sends the following story describing how t3 treatment appeared to help normalize her blood pressure. This is the first time I have come across this effect and thought it would be helpful to share her story on the main blog. Does anyone else have a similar (or contradictory) experience?
Hi Dr. Pepper,
I was diagnosed hypothyroid 2 years ago and given levothyroxine. On diagnosis I had lots of symptoms and my BP was 175/115 despite my whole family having low BP. After some months on T4 I did feel an improvement in a lot of ways and my BP got better. Then after a year, things started going wrong, as if my body didn't like T4.
I tried reducing my dose of T4 back down to 75µg but went hypo. But each time I increased above 75µg my BP increased again, then on 112µg it became a serious problem, especially the diastolic. I still had fatigue, constipation, red eyes, swollen legs and so on.
About 3 weeks ago I started on 10µg T3 and reduced my T4 from 112 to 75µg and pretty much immediately felt clearer headed and more energy, the constipation went etc….. My BP has gone down by an average of 20, which I know because I check it regularly myself. I'm doing a 24-hour BP monitor this week too, because my doctor put me on Amlopidine 6 weeks ago after being shocked by the monitor results from then while on 112µg T4 (only took Amlopidine for 2 weeks after terrible side-effects incl. overwhelming fatigue and massively swollen legs).
So, it looks as though my body goes weird on T4 tablets when the dose is above 75µg, but if I stuck to that dose I'd be really hypothyroid. The T3 has changed my life completely!!
Now I'm wondering what the ideal balance T4 / T3 tablets would be? Is that possible to say or does it depend on each individual body and genetics? My typical BP now is around 120/ 95; it goes down after eating, and gets worse when I'm hungry or tired. The T3 reduced my BP so much more than the Amlopidine did, and on T3 I feel great whereas on Amlopidine I felt half dead. I'd like to get my BP back to before I got hypo, so that'd be 110/70.
All I need to do now is find my ideal dose of T4 and T3, could you possibly advise me on that? If I started 20µg T3 instead of 10µg, would you advise a reduction in T4 from 75µg? ( I'll be doing a TSH, fT3 and fT4 test in about 5 weeks' time, maybe I should wait till then?).
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I've had a few complaints in the last week that I'm not updating enough. Well, I've been busy with some very important work. Like such:
Taking advantage of the first beach-friendly days of the season.
Getting out my short-shorts and working out how to use my fish-eye lens with my iPhone.
Watching my boyfriend play with his dog.
Finding the right shade of red lipstick for my complexion.
Ambushing friends' birthday photos with peace signs.
Taking photos of friends while they are mid-sentence.
Making my friends wear this gimmicky bird-purse on their arms.
And now you know. So quit whingeing and understand that some people have to work for a living, and that we are not all living the holiday.


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There is really no story to go with this recipe, beyond the fact that I was craving them. After all, just because I am pre-diabetic does not mean I am immune to the siren call of peanut butter and chocolate. It simply means that I cannot indulge my cravings with a Reese's. So what's a girl to do?
I've been making my own peanut butter lately, which isn't all that hard. It is time-consuming, since I haven't been able to find unsalted shelled peanuts, so I've had to shell my own. But I've discovered that an episode of Parenthood is exactly the right length for shelling enough peanuts to make a pint of peanut butter. Quite a relaxing endeavor, actually!
And one night when I had no low carb treats around for dessert, I spread a little of my homemade peanut butter on two squares of 85% cacao chocolate. Oh my! True deliciousness, the dark chocolate and lightly sweetened peanut butter. I've always preferred dark over milk chocolate, and I think it actually makes a better foil for nuts and peanut butter. Give me a Milky Way Midnight over a regular Milky Way any day. Well, don't give me one at all, actually, since I can't eat them any more. But I think you get my point.
These really are bittersweet peanut butter cups. I used unsweetened chocolate so that I could control the carbs more, and sweetened it only with some stevia extract and a few drops of liquid sucralose. I've developed quite a taste for intensely dark chocolate. If you have not, you could add more of any sweetener, but liquid forms are going to work best. Alternatively, you could purchase sugar-free chocolate chips that already have the sweetener in them, or buy a high% cacao chocolate bar and add a touch more sweetener to it.
Finally, a word about the peanut butter. When I make my own, I try not too add too much oil, I like it rather thick. This helps with the filling of these PB cups, so it doesn't squish out when you bite into it. But if you are using commercial peanut butter, use all-natural and don't mix the oil from the top into it. Scoop out the thick peanut butter from towards the bottom of the jar and let as much oil drip off as possible.
If you're not counting carbs or sugar, go ahead and make these with dark chocolate chips. Use some powdered sugar to stiffen and sweeten the peanut butter filling and away you go!
Bittersweet Peanut Butter Cups
5 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 tbsp butter
30 drops stevia extract
4 drops liquid sucralose
1/2 cup natural peanut butter (as thick as you can get it)
2-4 tablespoons powdered erythritol, depending on your taste for sweetness
Place 18 small round petit four cups on a baking sheet.
In a small saucepan, melt butter and chocolate together over low heat. Stir until smooth. Stir in stevia and sucralose. Let cool 5-10 minutes until it is thicker but still spreadable.
With a pastry brush, coat the bottom and sides of each cup, thickly enough so that none of the cup shows through the chocolate.
Reserve remaining chocolate and chill cups in fridge for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, mix peanut butter and powdered erythritol together in a small bowl. When chocolate cups are set, spoon about a tsp full of peanut butter mixture into each cup. Even tops slightly with a small spoon. Chill in fridge for another 10 minutes.
Rewarm remaining bittersweet chocolate as necessary to keep it spreadable. Spoon enough over filling in each cup to cover completely. Spread gently with spoon to even top.
Chill completed cups in fridge until completely set, about 1 hour. Store in refrigerator.
Serves 18. Total carbs per cup is 4.8g. 3.5g subtracting erythritol.


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Sarah Palin has dismissed the new HBO movie "Game Change" as a waste of time.
The movie, which is set to run March 10, focuses on the 2008 presidential election and depicts Palin in unflattering ways through out the movie.
According to the New York Post, Palin has released a 67-photo gallery called "Game Change we can believe in," where she is smiling with McCain and Schmidt throughout the election to counteract the movie.
Palin has stepped up efforts to paint the movie as fiction in recent weeks, but HBO says it stands behind the movie.
"The events depicted in 'Game Change' have been thoroughly sourced," HBO said yesterday in a prepared statement. "We hope that people will withhold any judgment until they have viewed the film."
Game Change stars Ed Harris as John McCain, Woody Harrelson as campaign manager Steven Schmidt. Julianne Moore stars as Palin.


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Photo: Query: What's the diameter of that tree stump, 25, 30 feet?
Answer"…it is really not a stump. It is actually a very small twig from a larger tree.
"An entire island, 50 x 100 miles, completely petrified. Covered with the petrified remains of a forest of super giants. Trees of incredible/impossible size, destroyed by a cataclysm that collapsed the island itself into the surrounding sea.
Having remained secret for all time. Now, this place has decided to make itself known.
Here is just the beginning of an astounding photographic documentation of this petrified island. A little glimpse of an entirely unknown condition upon the Earth. Giants indeed." Joseph C. Bennett www.beholdgiants.com
Scientists recently concluded that the maximum height of a tree is 425 feet. So how does one account for trees in the past of such huge size as to be impossible to imagine–up to 1/2 mile in circumference (distance walking around it)–and larger? For instance, a 900 foot petrified tree found in Texas in 1927 had "upright trunks are so large that they appear from a distance to be great symmetrical columns of natural rock."
If what Joseph has found in the Black Hills of South Dakota is true, then as he says;
"It is a major historical discovery and will cause a major upheavel in the "science"; and religous sectors.
…….."this isn't "rocket science". Any self respecting boy scout can identify petrified wood." www.beholdgiants.com
……."When you get to the top of one particular ridge, overlooking a long meadow to the south and a larger valley to the south east, you see a vast landscape, littered everywhere with large petrified tree sections similar to the ones you have seen so far. Then when you look out a little further, you notice right away that things get a lot bigger and you realize that everything else you have seen is most certainly smaller giant trees and branches of much larger giant trees.
Wow. Time to burn some brain calories. First, is this for real?"..Update
Joseph Bennett made these discoveries while hiking in the Black Hills of South Dakota himself. As he says, these artifacts aren't going to go away. Anyone with the time, a little knowledge and the inclination can verify these discoveries-and their implications themselves.
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Immunization, yellow fever: A live attenuated (weakened) viral vaccine that is recommended for people traveling to or living in tropical areas in the Americas and Africa where yellow fever occurs. Because it is a live vaccine, it should not be given to infants or people with immune-system problems.
Yellow fever is an acute systemic (bodywide) illness caused by a virus called a Flavivirus. In severe cases, the viral infection causes a high fever, bleeding into the skin, and necrosis (death) of cells in the kidney and liver. The damage done to the liver from the virus results in severe jaundice which yellows the skin (provides the "yellow" in "yellow fever").
The virus of yellow fever is transmitted in most cases by a bite of the Aëdes aegypti mosquito. (In a very few cases, the virus may be transmitted by a monkey bite.) Yellow fever once ravaged port cities in the United States, but no more. Today it is most common and concentrated in tropical areas of Africa and the Americas.
There is no cure for yellow fever. Prevention of the disease with the vaccine is most important. The vaccine is based upon classic medical research done under Dr. Walter Reed. When yellow fever broke out among U.S. troops in Cuba in 1900, Dr. Reed, a member of the Army Medical Corps, headed a commission of physicians on yellow fever. They discovered that the fever was transmitted by the Aëdes aegypti mosquito which breeds near houses (and also transmit dengue). Reed's team later showed that the mosquito injected a virus that caused the dread disease. Sanitary engineers eradicated the mosquito and freed Cuba of yellow fever in 1902 (the year of Reed's death from appendicitis).
The vaccine against yellow fever is also based on the work of Max Theiler. Dr. Theiler, from South Africa, worked at the Rockefeller Foundation (now the Rockefeller University) in New York. In 1929 Theiler contracted yellow fever (not an uncommon experience among those studying the disease) but recovered and became immune to it. The following year Theiler discovered that yellow fever can be transmitted to white mice, which are easy to handle and are available by the thousand at small cost. This was a critical finding for the production of the vaccine. In 1951, Max Theiler (1899-1972) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it."
Understanding the Disease. Yellow fever is caused by a virus that is carried by a biting mosquito. Only humans and monkeys can be naturally infected with yellow fever virus.
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It's not so often these days that I feel like sharing something longer than a Facebook status update, but it's nice to still have a blog for these rare occasions.
Kostia now has a gig as a columnist for the Russian online magazine Snob. He gets paid to write rants, every blogger's dream! Certainly every one of his columns is worthy of translation to English, but his most recent one mentions something dear to my heart: my alma mater, Simon's Rock. Not only Simon's Rock, but its similarities to Pushkin's Lyceum, and its dissimilarities to Kostia's own alma mater, and the value of a liberal arts education, and everything that needs to be better in Russia and this world. And so I've spent the day translating it. The original is here: http://www.snob.ru/selected/entry/50280
To my fellow Simon's Rock alumni: the description of Simon's Rock may be a tiny bit idealized, and for that I take partial, but not complete, responsibility.
Real education prepares one for a world that doesn't exist yet
Imagine that your name is Sergei Lvovich and you want to enroll your slacker kid in a proper educational institution. So that he'll, like, amount to something.
Your brother Vasily recommends an experimental boarding school nearby. With all the latest teaching methodologies, the personal approach, excellent facilities. Solid teaching staff with European experience. Each student gets his own room and four meals a day. They say the biggest big shots are thinking of sending their kids there.
"Est-ce que c'est vrai?", you mutter. "Interesting, if so".
The only problem is that your brother Vasily is an overgrown directionless hipster who never recommends anything good. Wanting confirmation that this is all on the up and up, you go to your uncle, who works directly under one of the big shots. He waves his hand dismissively. The individual approach and the dorm rooms, it's all true, but the biggest boss of all has changed his mind about sending his kids there.
"The place would be great", explains your uncle, "only, they don't prepare the kids for life in this Russia, but for life in one that doesn't exist and isn't expected to".
It's a solid argument. You thank your uncle, hop in your carriage and go home, where all talk of these new-fangled schools is nipped in the bud. Your slacker kid isn't going to get any freethinking lectures on natural law, be spared the rod, or have exciting conversations with his peers about the Constitution, equality, fraternity, whoring, or first love.
And thus, we will not have the lines "service to the muses does not tolerate vanity", "my first friend, my priceless friend", and, "in others' [cunts] you see the straw, and in your own you don't even see the logs". There will be no depths of Siberian ores, nor souls' beautiful impulses. Bluntly speaking, we won't have anything at all. Because you, Sergei Lvovich, denied Pushkin the Lyceum.
I studied for five years in a place that was 30 minutes' walk from the Lyceum, and with cold reason have long understood/the role in our native literature/played by it. However, the first time I was able to imagine what the Lyceum meant to Pushkin's cohort was only this spring, near the town of Great Barrington. Seven thousand kilometers from Tsarskoye Selo. There, in a lush forest inhabited by skunks, sits an educational institution by the name of Bard College at Simon's Rock.
Simon's Rock differs from other American liberal arts colleges in the age of its students. It's a so-called "early" college: students enroll here at sixteen instead of eighteen. Elizabeth Hall, the founder, noticed in the 60's (when else?) that for many teenagers, the last two years of school are two years of belaboring the point. In the best case. In the usual case, it's two more years in a vile little world that only values pretty jerks of both genders.
With regard to the geographical and social isolation from the surrounding universe, characteristic of many small colleges, Simon's Rock is in a league of its own. Of course, students are allowed to leave the campus at any time of day, and Great Barrington is only a twenty-five minute walk away. But the best isolation, as we know, is voluntary. These sixteen-year-old young people (as well as the eleven-year-old son of Woody Allen), having arrived here, sometimes do not leave campus for months at a time. Because they don't want to.
Why would they? Here there are no parents and no schoolteachers; instead they have liberal pedagogues. Who can be addressed by first name. And who are always interested in your opinion. They know pretty much everything, if not more, but when they're wrong – and they're wrong all the time! – you can argue with them. There are few pretty little idiots here; instead you have disheveled geeks with sparkling eyes. They, just like you, want one thing: to endlessly discuss music, literature, philosophy, human rights, protecting the environment, and peace on earth. In between discussions, everyone sleeps with each other and does their homework. Alcohol is prohibited here, because nobody is twenty-one years old yet, but in the absence of alcohol everyone walks around drunk and stoned on the most high-minded of thoughts and the deepest of feelings.
And then Simon's Rock ends. Like this:
Don't be fooled by my wife's ear-to-ear grin. She already knows the awful truth: while she was studying, the world around Simon's Rock didn't change. Just like before, very few people are interested in her opinion. Wherever you spit, you hit a hierarchy taller than the Empire State Building. Where you have baseball instead of philosophy. Wal-Mart instead of concern for the environment. Narrow-minded specialization instead of the multi-disciplinary approach. Where the daughter of a social worker and a schoolteacher, just like before, starts life a hundred steps lower than the offspring of an oil baron. Why, you ask, did they mess with this girl's head for four years?
And this Speransky, with his ideas? Abolish serfdom! Limit autocracy! Nurture the youth for a new Russia! Well, he should have abolished and limited, before starting the whole lyceum thing. Look how it turned out: outside is the Russia of Arakcheev and the slave trade, while in a certain wing of the Catherine Palace, they are instilling the idea of "natural rights" in thirty young people who don't actually have any. Allowing an uncensored press and mass protest. Is it any wonder that after such an education, four Lyceum graduates (13%) immediately joined the Decembrists, and two eventually ended up in a labor camp? The rebel Pushchin later confessed: his fellow mutineers told him that the views and convictions he had taken from the Lyceum had made him fit for the cause.
My alma mater, not to be mentioned in front of children, is another matter. Leningrad State Pushkin University is a jeweler's replica of Russian reality. The University of Real Life!
This is not about the facilities, ladies and gentlemen: as the son of a miner and a schoolteacher, the facilities hardly bothered me. No, my institute of higher education reflected realities ideological and systemic. The ideology of Potemkin villages and jingoistic patriotism; the system of checking useless things off pointless lists. The educational process depended on the enthusiasm of particular instructors willing to give their best under any circumstances, and on the sloppy routines of the rest. The students were the lowest caste. It didn't even occur to us that this process was supposed to be for our benefit. Nobody was interested in our opinion. The process existed for the benefit of the university's permanent president, the father of the nation, who wielded absolute power and was able to punish and pardon on a whim.
My wife spent four years learning to believe in herself and in humanity; my education was a five-year course in applied cynicism. I learned a lot. Shall I tell you what I learned? This:
That most university courses are there for the sake of appearances. That in a transcript, an official document, you can write in a dozen courses that you didn't take. That you are required to join the Club of the Funny and Inventive. That elective courses are not electable. That people are best managed through threats and hypocrisy. That the higher the authority, the more arrogant the ignorance. That power is above the law. That legally adult citizens of the Russian Federation can be forced to collect signatures for the "Our Home is Russia" party (the current generation of students learns that they can be whisked away to a pro-Putin demonstration and a viewing of Kremlin propaganda). That a factory churning out the Russian electorate can take the name "Pushkin". Calling it "The Leningrad State Pushkin University" is like naming a KGB academy after Bulgakov. Why not? Didn't he write a play about Stalin? He certainly did. So, he must have been a Soviet patriot.
See? I got a first-rate education. They prepared me for life in the Russia that exists. The only problem is that Russia shouldn't be like this. And America should be better than it is, too. The whole world needs to be better, a lot better, than it is now. The product of any educational system can deduce this, but deduction isn't enough. Inhumanity must be sensed instinctively – and so acutely that coming to terms with it is impossible. How can this be achieved? How do you develop a persistent allergy to the ugliness of the world in which you grew up? There is only one proven way: spend some time in another world.
Nearly 200 people gathered at this year's Simon's Rock reunion, at which I was an appendage to my wife. Fully-grown nerds hugged their aged professors. They attended lectures cooked up for the occasion. Everyone glowed with nostalgia and the alcohol that was no longer contraband. These people, spoiled by Simon's Rock, all but wept from gratefulness for the four years they spent in this parallel world. Five, ten, twenty years ago, after the withdrawal and culture shock, they started to look for their place in the world off campus and slowly found it. The platforms from which the offspring of the oil barons launch themselves are not the only ones. There are many other paths: in science, film, humanitarian work, journalism and business, where the odds are given to self-confidence, multiplied by the ability to think and the inability to accept the world as it is.
While the Simon's Rockers got drunk on nostalgia, I, forever a stranger at this party, couldn't get the words "to us the whole world is a foreign land; our motherland is Tsarskoe Selo" out of my head. Pushkin's graduating class, 30 noblemen's sons who were spared the rod, with their high hopes, were a drop in the bucket in Russia in 1817. Most of the Lyceum graduates joined the military or civil service and became part of the system: one became Chancellor; another, an admiral; others, senators and privy councilors. But hardly any of the careerists idolized their school with the same passion as the "losers", who never recovered from the "rays of the clear lyceum days": the lazy poet Delvig, the irascible Küchelbecker, who spent ten years in solitary confinement, the convict Pushchin, who was so anxious to improve the motherland that before the rebellion he served briefly as a judge in the penal department (unheard of for a nobleman). The Lyceum did not cripple their fate – it was mangled by a society in which lyceums were too few.
Among the losers was the lowly courtier Pushkin (3.3%). Sergei Lvovich allowed his brother Vasily to take the slacker to the entrance exam personally.
As for the Leningrad State "Pushkin" University, I once tried to show my wife the place. I wanted to visit my old department, see one or two of my instructors. I explained to the security guard that I was a former student. But, you know. We didn't have entry permits.
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Fellow classmates stopped to pat him on the back or slap a high five, while Braden River teachers offered handshakes and congratulations of their own. During the past three months, the sophomore has become sort of a school celebrity. And it's easy to see why.
After earning a bronze medal in the 20-and-under age category and finishing in the top nine of all weight classes in the 17-and-under age category at the Junior Nationals this past February in San Francisco, Borges was selected to represent Team USA at the Youth World Championships in Thailand May 19-24.
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But of all his accomplishments, nothing has been more satisfying than qualifying for the Youth World Championships — a feat he didn't know he had accomplished until his coach approached him more than a week after the competition.
"I was really happy because I didn't expect it," Borges said. "I'm looking forward to just actually getting to represent the country and the just the joy of hearing my name called.
"The most important thing now is just making sure to make whatever weight is put on the bar," he added. "I just want to go out there and make every lift that I have."
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'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' Recap: Scott Goes Wild In Vegas & Kris Jenner Thinks She's A Horrible Mom!
Scott had to go to Vegas for a paid appearance but Kourtney didn't think he could handle it — are you shocked he let her down again?
Kourtney Kardashian must be really disappointed after watching the Aug. 7 episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Kourtney was worried that Scott Disick would fall back into his hard partying ways and boy was she right!
As soon as Scott landed in Vegas he was drinking alcohol and acting like a single bad boy. At one point Kourtney tried to call Scott and he ignored her call!
After all of the hard work Scott went through to convince the family that he had his life together — out the window! The most shocking moment came when Scott came back and told Kourtney that she needed to apologize for not trusting him. What a jerk!
Meanwhile, Kris Jenner has no idea what is going on in the lives of Kylie and Kendall. Bruce tells her she's not as involved as she was with Kim, Kourtney, Khloe and Rob. So Kris decides to spend tons of time with the girls — too much. Finally Bruce tells her she's suffocating them. After a Kardashian heart-to-heart all works itself out.
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Cornell Woolrich is one of the more unusual writers of the pulp crime era. My understanding of his life is that he was a deeply unhappy, closeted homosexual who lived most of his life with his mother, and spent much of that life cranking out, as most pulp writers did, dozens of novels over the decades, many of which are forgotten, with others managing to cling to some level of respect and recognition. This was helped by some of his work being adapted into famous films, most notably his short story "It Had to Be Murder", which was transformed into Rear Window.
It hardly begins and ends there, however. I admit, I've only read, along with a small handful of his short fiction, two Woolrich novels, Rendezvous in Black and the deeply bonkers, as well as deeply ambitious and psychologically withering, Night Has a Thousand Eyes. Woolrich wrote a number of books which are now referred to as his "black series," and I remember thinking, as I read Rendezvous in Black that the structure was so ingenious, that it was surprising that nobody had thought to rip it off yet. The idea is basically that a man lost the woman he loved in a freak accident (improbable ways of dying seem to be a common theme in Woolrich; this could be read as Woolrich regarding death, the fear of which is thick in his work, or at least what I've read of it, as absurd. This itself implies that Woolrich not only feared death, but loathed it) -- the responsibility for that accident can be laid on the doorstep of a group of men whose carousing led, wildly, to the woman's death. The man, in a fevered, but somewhat calculated madness, sets about exacting revenge on the men one by one, and the novel -- this is the ingenious part -- takes the structure of a series of connected short stories, each describing the life of the victim, and the day on which he meets his end.
I have quickly picked up on the possibility that structure is something of a big deal with Woolrich (Night Has a Thousand Eyes basically begins with a massive, novella-length chapter that sets everything up, and continues with a series of much shorter chapters that move the pieces around until the inevitable-after-the-fact climax), so I was rather taken aback to realize, very early into my current reading of his 1940 novel The Bride Wore Black, that the structure of the book was basically identical to that of Rendezvous in Black, which was published in 1948. That structure being very particular, I have no choice but to assume the plot will follow suit. There are other indicators beyond structure in The Bride Wore Black that this will be the case, but if memory serves the reveal of the motivation behind the murders in Rendezvous in Black comes very early in that novel, maybe even right at the beginning, and this hasn't happened in Bride, so I guess we'll see. In any case, if I didn't know any better I'd think that Woolrich's "black" novels had not only that title color in common, but also that they were all the same book. Except I know that another book, Black Alibi, served as the basis for Val Lewton and Jacques Tourneur's The Leopard Man, so I'm going to go ahead and assume this isn't the case.
Anyway, regardless of how it all plays out, The Bride Wore Black (which was adapted by Francois Truffaut in 1968) strikes me as thus far significantly better than Rendezvous in Black, just on a basic writing level. I'm in no position to analyze why this might be, not least because I read Rendezvous a very long time ago, but another interesting thing about Woolrich is that he started his writing career trying to emulate F. Scott Fitzgerald, and only turned to crime and suspense fiction when he failed to set the world on fire in his chosen mode. I don't know that this was a strictly commercial-oriented decision on his part, but either way he certainly seemed to take to the genre. It does seemed to have matched view of the world.
In closing, though, I'd like to note that it's not all despair and sad-sackery in Woolrich's fiction. There's life in it, not just death, and even some level of post-modern laughter. Early in The Bride Wore Black, a character named Ken Bliss (not long for this Earth, to be sure) reacts to some surprising news, and Woolrich describes the reaction, and in his own way -- and this is the point -- reacts to the censorship and publishing restrictions of the day, like this:
"Well I'll be a -- " Bliss said. He went ahead and said what it was he would be.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Off the Shelf #3
Labels: Cornell Woolrich, Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Off the Shelf, Rendezvous in Black, The Bride Wore Black
2 comments:
- P. McKelway said...
Totally off the subject, but just read Stark's COMEBACK. I've never seen one of his books move this fast. 291 pages whoosh by like a bullet train. Have you read that one?
- February 28, 2012 at 11:41 PM
- bill r. said...
No, I haven't made it that far in the series yet. Next up for me is DEADLY EDGE. Pretty much all the books in the series I've read so far, though, have moved like lightning.
- February 29, 2012 at 12:15 PM
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