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Small autograph album presented to Ora S. Jordan by his father at Otis, Maine, on Christmas Day in 1883.
[Note: See another post that features the 1879-1895 autograph album of Sarah Alexander (Colby) Crabtree of Hancock, Maine, who inscribed a page in Ora's album.]
Ora was not yet two years old, having been born on 9 April 1882. Apparently the intent was for relatives to sign his book for his future enjoyment.
He was born in Maine, the son of Louis Stuart Jordan and wife Augusta Wood (Kingman) Jordan, born in Otis, Maine, and Hancock, Maine, respectively.
His paternal grandparents were Lewis and Abigail Gray (Blaisdell) Jordan. His maternal grandparents were Joseph Morrison Kingman and Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman.
On 1 December 1911 at Ellsworth, Maine, Ora Spratt Jordan married Amy Belle Stratton, who was born about 1892 at Hancock, Maine, the daughter of Charles E. and Fannie Belle (Foss) Stratton.
Her paternal grandparents were Elijah and Elizabeth (Mercer) Stratton. Her maternal grandparents were Edmond N. and Eliza Jane (Stratton) Foss.
The couple made their home at Hancock, Maine. I didn't find any children living with them in the 1920 or 1930 Censuses of Hancock.
The autograph book contained a small label with the name of Mrs. S. L. Jordan, Mt. Desert Ferry, Maine, November 1926.
Ora's father signed the first page after the presentation page (at top, above), on 25 May 1884:
His mother, Augusta Wood (Kingman) Jordan, signed the facing page:
Ora's paternal grandparents, Lewis and Abigail Gray (Blaisdell) Jordan signed adjoining pages:
As did Ora's maternal grandparents, Joseph M. and Charlotte C. (Colby) Kingman:
Ora's father's brother, Humphrey M. Jordan and wife Elizabeth Della (Stratton) Jordan signed adjoining pages:
Ora's father's sister, Ida May (Jordan) Roberts and her husband Daniel Webster Roberts signed adjoining pages:
Also in the album are pages signed by three children of Daniel Webster Roberts and Ida May (Jordan) Roberts: Abby M, born about 1870; Charles F., born about 1872; Mary J., born about 1874.
Ora's mother's brother Hudson Barzilla Kingman, born 28 October 1851,and his wife Julia Evelyn (Tracy) Kingman signed adjoining pages. Julia Evelyn (Tracy) Kingman was born 25 September 1858 at Slatersville, Rhode Island, daughter of Lewis and Phebe (?) Tracy:
Farther along in the book are adjoining pages signed by Julia Evelyn (Tracy) Kingman's mother and brother.
Ora's mother's sister, Arvilla S. Kingman, signed at Waltham, Maine, in February 1884:
His paternal great aunt Alvonia R. (Blaisdell) Kingman and her daughter Adelaide Mary Kingman signed adjoining pages below, though I have the order reversed:
[Alvonia Recardo (Blaisdell) Kingman was born 24 October 1837 at Dedham, Maine, the daughter of Alfred Metcalf Blaisdell and wife Judith Howard (Gray) Blaisdell and married Eben Homer Kingman. Their daughter Adelaide Mary "Addie" Kingman, born 9 August 1864, would later marry George W. Jellison in Holden, Maine, in 1898.]
His mother's brother, Winslow Herbert Kingman, born 29 September 1853, and wife Ella, a Massachusetts native, also signed adjoining pages:
I believe the C. O. Blaisdell of Otis, Maine, whose page is below, is Charles Osgood Blaisdell, brother of Ora's paternal grandmother, Abigail Gray (Blaisdell) Jordan. Charles Osgood Blaisdell, born 15 December 1832 in Dedham, Maine, married Martha Levitt Warren and raised a large family.
The signed page below is that of Aaron Luther Colby, born 30 September 1830, brother of Ora's maternal grandmother Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman. Aaron married Pauline Smith and raised a large family.
Edmund Harvey Colby, another brother of Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman, and his wife Elvira J. (Cushman) Colby, possibly a Saint John, New Brunswick native born about October 1848, signed adjoining pages. They married in Tuolume County, California, in 1863. [Sounds like an interesting story]. I had to enhance Elvira's faint handwriting.
Asa and Sarah Crabtree signed adjoining pages. Sarah (Colby) Crabtree was a sister to Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman, Ora's maternal grandmother.
Signing adjoining pages in 1885 were Cousins Johney and "Fronia" from Crested Butte, Colorado. There was a Sophronia Colby, born in 1851 whose father Samuel Alexander Colby, older brother of Ora's maternal grandmother Charlotte Christiana (Colby) Kingman lived at Crested Butte, Colorado, at one time. This Sophronia married George B. Gross in 1869. Whether she is the Fronia who signed the page below, or it was her namesake from a succeeding generation, I don't know. Perhaps a reader can clear up the mystery of Ora's cousins Fronia and Johney.
Adjoining pages in the autograph book are signed by C. E. Brimmer and wife A. J. Brimmer, who refers to herself as Ora's "loving Aunt".
Cousin Annie B. Wilbur, Ellsworth, Maine:
Pages signed by sisters Laura M. Crabtree and Cora S. Crabtree of Mt. Desert Ferry, Hancock, Maine.
Page signed by Lew A. Spratt of Otis, Maine:
Page signed by Flora Jellison of Mount Desert Ferry, Maine:
Page signed by 88 year old Job Lawton, who was likely a friend of the Tracy family in Rhode Island:
If you have any corrections, additions or insights regarding the information presented here, please leave a comment or contact me directly. Thanks!
More information on Ora Spratt Jordan and wife Amy Belle (Stratton) Jordan.
A map of Hancock County, Maine:
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Ghosts dwell in all sorts of geographical locales, and brothels are no exception. Here are five cat houses (and one exotic dancing establishment) that have tenants from beyond the grave.
DISCLAIMER: Should any of these ghosts actually exist, please do not attempt to engage them in intercourse (intellectual or otherwise). The disembodied dead can be terrifically fickle, and if Hong Kong horror films have taught me anything, ectoplasmic loving isn't all Patrick Swayze laying the sexy on Demi Moore (by way of Whoopi Goldberg).
First up, we have the Birdcage Theater in Tombstone, Arizona. This old saloon is said to be inhabited by the spirits of deceased rowdy patrons. Says Atlas Obscura:
According to the operators of the saloon twenty-six ghosts apparently still love to party at this historic brothel/saloon in Southern Arizona, and is a frequent stop for ghost hunters from all over the world. Supposedly shouting and loud music is sometimes heard at night, and some tourists have claimed smelling cigar smoke and whiskey in the air.
Although it's not a brothel, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention Liquid Assets strip club in South Plainfield, New Jersey. It's apparently haunted by the spirit of gangster Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, who kicked it in 1932. Unsurprisingly, the spirit enjoys divesting the club's employees of their garments.
And here's a longer segment on Liquid Assets from the Biography Channel. On a somewhat related note, I realize there is an untapped market for raunchy, club-appropriate Halloween novelty songs. The Ying Yang Twins could make a fortune if they wrote a paean to trick-or-treating and waving one's bottom fore and aft.
In Sierra Vista, Arizona, a local bar and former brothel is supposedly haunted by a ghost named Max. Be forewarned that he's not a sexy ghost — most of his pranks are limited to screwing around with the jukebox and stealing nips from the whiskey supply.
FOX 17 in Michigan recently did some hard-hitting investigative journalism at downtown Kalamazoo's A-1 Printing Building, which was once a house of ill repute. Frankly, I find the notion of a haunted copy center a way more frightening proposition. An enterprising poltergeist could easily jam all the printers and waste expensive toner on scary wall messages.
According to the residents of Nevada's infamous Moonlite Bunnyranch, two ghosts haunt the premises, and one of these spirits has sparred with two US governors. Said a BunnyRanch employee in 2004:
Max, sitting in room 13A on a black faux fur bedspread, said she believes the BunnyRanch has a male and female ghost. The female ghost is kind and often stops by just to say "hey." The male isn't as friendly. "I've seen the door open and close and when it closes I've seen an energy there," she said. "And it looked like the alien in 'Predator.'" Max shook her hands in the air to demonstrate the blur. "He's male and he's not friendly."
In 2008, Ellen Page admitted that she lived in a haunted ex-whorehouse in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but I'm not sure "Kitty Pryde's old house" qualifies as a historical landmark.
Birdcage Theater photo via Hawkeye58 via Wikimedia Commons.


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It seemed so implausible 17 years ago when I published the Cordless Office Report. Back in 1994, people had never heard of wireless technology, or if they had they were worried about speed, reliability and security. The office world was obsessed with structured cabling and the networked PC. The talk was of cable managed systems furniture, of raised floor and intelligent buildings. Mobile phones were for the few.
Now the cable is dead, at least for voice and most data. People are used to wireless technology – indeed they rely on it; the iPad has no Ethernet port! And smart phones, tablets and new ultranotbooks synchronise with the cloud over wireless. The fears over performance, speed and security are now largely gone and people have embraced the flexibility and mobility that wireless technology brings.
Applications and data from the cloud will just work in the background – unconscious synchronicity will become the new normal, and a wireless 'bearer' will just work behind the scenes to keep everything up to date.
But 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth are not the full story. A range of new wireless technologies are set to enter stage, from wireless display or WiDi to 4G LTE or long term evolution. Add to this Zigbee, Z-Wave, Ultrawide Band, Near Field Communication, RFID, WiMAX, WiGig and more and an exciting future is in store. We predict that most innanimate objects will soon have embedded wireless which, with a unique address, will let them communicate with each other over the internet – so called machine-to-machine or M2M communication.
And now the last bastion of cordless technology, wireless power, is set to become a reality as well. A new global specification called Qi (pronounced "chee") has been launched – Qi means "vital energy" in Asian philosophy – and there are already products emerging that can power devices from kitchen blenders, mobile phones, handbags and even cars without any physical connection.
The future is wireless…
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text: People from all over Massachusetts will come to Boston Sunday for Project Bread's 46th annual Walk for Hunger. The event is the oldest continually held pledge walk in the country. Thousands of people obtain pledges to walk the 20-mile course in the Boston area, and this year's goal is to raise $3.5 million.


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A Swedish newspaper has a lengthy story (in English) about working conditions for flight attendants at Qatar Airways. The short version is that flight attendants are basically indentured servants whose every move is scrutinized and face begin fired for every small transgression.
I'm a little torn when I read the piece – sure, it doesn't sound good that adult women have to sign in and out of their dorms and face termination for coming home after curfew. Oh, and they have a curfew.
On the other hand, I don't think anyone is pretending that working in Qatar is like working in Houston. Except for the oil. And all the money. And the heat. Whatever. Foreign workers don't have the freedom they would have working elsewhere. But they would likely know that going in, so I'm not entirely surprised by what's being reported. The world has basically decided to turn a blind eye to working conditions in the Gulf States. I guess this article is outraged because the flight attendant they follow is from Sweden and not from Nepal.


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Sunday Sweets: Robot Rock
Robots are awesome.
Well, most of them, I mean. Obviously the Terminator/War of the Worlds/Furby models need to be killed with fire, but the REST are pretty dang cool. Cuddly, even.
No, seriously! C'mon, tell me you don't want to snuggle with K-9 here:
How adorable is he?! I just want to take him home and introduce him to my cats. After all, if they thought the Roomba was great...
Of course, some robots can be a bit more....debonair. Right, R2?
[beep boop WOOO-AAAH!]
That's droid for, "Check me out in my bow tie, ladies!"
Hey, kids, do you know what time it is?
That's right:
It's PRIME TIME!!
Submitted by Paula D. and made by The Bunny Baker
I guess technically Optimus is a kind of alien robot, but let's not get distracted from how amazing he looks on that cake stand. (Er, the stand made of cake, that is.) Every detail is just stunning.
Oh, and you can tell this isn't the movie version of Optimus Prime because he's not surrounded by a giant exploding fireball. Heh. Aheh. Heh.
When Doctor Who fans marry:
Submitted by Desiree L. and found here; baker unknown.
I like how the cake uses the same gold studs as the Daleks - very geek chic.
Ah, but I can almost hear some of you complaining that the Daleks themselves are not cake.
Not to worry: Big Daddy Dalek is IN DA HOUSE:
By Stacked Cakes (process pics at the link)
This killer specimen is over two feet tall, and his head can rotate from side to side. WOW. (I'd be terrified, but there's a little step up to my office. So, you know, I'm safe.)
When Androids go green:
By Mike Terry, photo found here.
In case the little cake in his hand didn't give it away, this guy is a wedding cake. And check out how his head is balancing on that tiny post: that is some impressive cake engineering!
Btw, you know your mascot is adorable when your competitor's customers have toy versions of it on their desks. Just sayin'. (Although mine's yellow, not green.)
And while we're talking robot wedding cakes, you guys have GOT to see this one:
Submitted by Gina F. and made by A Cake to Remember
Hang on a sec while I wrap my brain around this:
It's a cake robot...with a cake cake in his lap... SITTING ON A CAKE.
Ok. Yeah.
That is awesome.
When Robots Meet the Robinsons:
Submitted by Julie B. and made by Jean S. of Cakes With Character
I admit it: I just made myself giggle with that joke. Mostly because now I'm imagining the Robot and the T-rex trying to play patty cake.
Here's another shot of him:
Plus, I'd say the only danger here is that I might start gnawing on one of those slinky arms.
And speaking of slinky arms, I keep seeing this adorable robot all over, so I finally Googled him to find out his name:
Turns out this is Plex from the show Yo Gabba Gabba. Which I'm pretty sure all you moms out there already knew. And since he's from a kids' show, I'm now going to be forced to go investigate what kind of Plex toys are out there. (You know, 'cuz my Android toy is lonely.)
Has anyone else noticed that Doctor Who has all the best robots? K-9, Daleks, and - oh yeah - CYBERMEN:
By Truly Scrumptious Designer Cakes
I've actually featured this cake once before, but the photo I had then was tiny and not the best clarity. This time, I managed to find a great close-up shot:
Just look at all that detail! And this guy is also pretty massive - I think over two feet tall. Wouldn't you love to see him next to the Big Daddy Dalek?
Ok, let's wrap things up with what is arguably the cutest robot in the whole galaxy:
Now, I've seen a lot of amazing Wall-E cakes, but the added details of the boot planter and Wall-E's pet bug make this one of the BEST Wall-E cakes I've ever seen. It's Awwww-Mazing!
I did my best to find cakes of every famous robot I know, but I couldn't find any for Rosey from the Jetsons, Metropolis, Atlas and P-body, or the Horizons robots from Disney - and I've already posted a personality core (ala Wheatley) from Portal. So, if you know of any robot cakes I missed - or have any other nominations for Sweets - then please send them to me at Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com!


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Ratio underpins so much mathematics in our real world that it deserves occasional return visits. These sites deal mainly with making and building and constructing; mathematically, they concentrate on scale factor, a topic chosen by NCTM as a Focal Point for Grade 7. The very last site is just for teachers who may want a refresher at the professional level on basic but essential concepts. Please let us know any of your favorite sites for exploration!
All About Ratios
Designed to introduce the concept of ratio at the most basic level, this activity could open the idea to younger middle school students. Each multiple-choice problem shows sets of colorful elements and asks students to choose the one that matches the given ratio. The activity is from the collection titled Mathematics Lessons that are Fun! Fun! Fun!
Statue of Liberty
This activity asks students to determine if the statue's nose is out of proportion to her body size. It carefully describes the mathematics involved in determining proportion, then goes on to pose problems on enlarging a picture, designing HO gauge model train layouts, and analyzing the size of characters in Gulliver's Travels. The page features links to a solution hint, the solution, related math questions, and model building resources. Other ratio problems in the Figure This! Series include Tern Turn, Capture Re-Capture, Drip Drops, and Which Tastes Juicier?
Understanding Rational Numbers and Proportions
To work well with ratios, learners need a solid basis in the idea of rational number. This complete lesson includes three well-developed activities that investigate fractions, proportion, and unit rates—all through real-world problems students encounter at a bakery.
Scaling Away
For this one-period lesson, students bring to class either a cylinder or a rectangular prism, and their knowledge of how to find surface area and volume. They apply a scale factor to these dimensions and investigate how the scaled-up model has changed from the original. Activity sheets and overheads are included, as well as a complete step-by-step procedure and questions for class discussion.
Size and Scale
A more challenging and thorough activity on the physics of size and scale! The final product is a scale model of the Earth-moon system, but the main objective is understanding the relative sizes of bodies in our solar system and the problem of making a scale model of the entire solar system. The site contains a complete lesson plan, including motivating questions for discussion and extension problems.
Golden Rectangle (grades 6-8)
This virtual manipulative can help students visualize the golden rectangle. It shows how a golden rectangle is generated by using the golden ratio (the ratio of the longer side to the shorter side of a golden rectangle) to create smaller and smaller golden rectangles within an initial rectangle. Instructions for using this online manipulative are included on the site.
In this workshop session, elementary and middle school teachers explore scale drawing, similar triangles, and trigonometry in terms of ratios and proportion. Besides explanations and real-world problems, the unit includes video segments that show teachers investigating problems of similarity. To understand the ratios that underlie trigonometry, participants use an interactive activity provided online. This is session 8 of Learning Math: Geometry, a free online course.
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Former Norwich patrolman to be tried on sexual assault charges
Jury selection will begin Tuesday in New London Superior Court in the case of former Norwich patrolman Kenneth Nieves, who is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl while on duty.
Nieves, 45, has pleaded not guilty and opted for a trial. In August, he rejected an offer from prosecutor Theresa Anne Ferryman to plead guilty in exchange for a one-year-prison sentence, 10 years of probation and registration as a sexual offender.
The trial will take place before Judge Arthur C. Hadden.
Nieves, who joined the police department in 2002, resigned in September 2011 after he was placed on administrative leave while police investigated allegations that he was having sex with girls and women while on duty. He was arrested in December after a woman came forward with specific information about the charges.
He is free on $50,000 bond and has appeared in court about a dozen times since he was charged in December 2011 with three counts of second-degree sexual assault and three counts of risk of injury to a minor. Nieves is represented by attorney Charles E. Tiernan III.
According to state police, Nieves began a four-year sexual relationship with a 14-year-old in 2003-04. The alleged victim, now 22, told state police he would come to her workplace while on duty and in uniform and have sex with her before driving her home in his cruiser.
Lewandowski, House Democrats spar at 1st impeachment hearing
EPA to revoke California's power to set stricter auto emissions standards
GOP leaders want special session to correct 'badly written' meal tax law


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DUBLIN — Many high school students may grumble that public schools could be improved if students were listened to more, but one recent graduate is doing more than complaining.
Austin Ogden, 18, is attempting to become one of the youngest school board members in California by running in November against three incumbents on the Dublin school board.
Ogden said he's running a serious campaign against incumbents Greg Tomlinson, Amy Miller and Dan Cunningham because he thinks the school system focuses too much on teaching to bump up test stores rather than critical thinking to prepare for life after school.
He also wants more focus on technical training for careers.
"They teach to test," said Ogden, who graduated in June from Dublin High School and now attends Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill. "The school board hasn't done a great job. They haven't done a horrible job. I'm running to bring out the viewpoints of students."
The three incumbents — 40-something parents with children in local schools — defend their record and say they are a better choice because they have college and work plus political experience.
They said they are proud the Dublin school system has improved test scores, encouraged innovative teaching and adopted graduation requirements higher than the state minimum.
The trio said they are best suited to keep up the momentum in educational improvement, and a win for Ogden could upset the progress made by a cohesive school board.
"I appreciate his drive. I think he has good intentions," said Amy Miller, a special events coordinator appointed to the board two years ago. "My stand is we have done a good job, and I don't want to risk changing that."
The incumbents note that Dublin voters gave the school district a vote of confidence in June by passing a $99 million school bond measure to improve buildings and facilities.
Tomlinson and Cunningham of the board said the Dublin school system has made some of the state's most significant improvements in the past few years in the Academic Performance Index, a state cornerstone for measuring student performance.
The API in Dublin schools increased from 834 in 2008 to 884 in 2011, according to the state Department of Education.
But it's not just about tests, the board members said. The incumbents say the school board and administration has encouraged teachers to meet and learn from each other about teaching techniques effective with students who learn in different ways.
"We want all our students to learn," Cunningham said. "We think critical thinking is important."
Tomlinson said the school board has supported career education in the school system, although it has not been easy with limits on state funding.
For his part, Ogden said he thinks the school district could allocate more money to career education.
Ogden said he isn't attacking individual board members as he stresses the benefits of having someone on the board who has gone through Dublin schools.
Tomlinson said the school board already gets regular advice from a student nonvoting school board member who is elected by students. "We listen," he said.
All four candidates said they don't have a firm stand on whether the school district should pursue a Dublin utility tax to benefit the city and school district in 2014 when a school parcel tax expires.
When it comes to Election Day, a big issue in the race is whether a teenager can be taken seriously.
Joe Canciamilla, a former state legislator who was elected to the Pittsburg school board in 1973 shortly before his 18th birthday, said a teen candidate must campaign hard and learn the issues.
"You get this instant reaction of 'Isn't that cute,'" Canciamilla said. "Once that wears off, you have to prove you're a serious candidate."
Contact Denis Cuff at 925-943-8267. Follow him at Twitter.com/deniscuff.
Dan Cunningham
Age: 49
Occupation: Owner of a tax and accounting business, former chief financial officer for the San Jose Convention Center management group
Civic involvement: Member of Dublin school board, elected 2008; four years, served as scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 708; serves on Open Heart Kitchen board
Education: B.A. in economics from UC Santa Barbara; master's in business administration from Cal State Long Beach
Age: 43
Occupation: Has worked as an events coordinator for Dublin Partners in Education
Civic involvement: Dublin school board member, appointed 2010; former president of a parent faculty club for Nielsen Elementary; vice chair of Tri-Valley Regional Occupational Program
Education: B.A. in child development and psychology, CSU Northridge; master's in educational psychologist and counseling from CSU Northridge
Age: 18
Occupation: Student at Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill
Civic involvement: Served as rally commissioner at Dublin High School
Education: Graduated 2012, Dublin High School
Age: 48
Occupation: Construction finance specialist
Civic involvement: Current member of Dublin school board, elected 2008; served on Dublin Planning Commission
Education. B.A. in business administration from USC


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The Biscayne National Park Canvas Print is an original work created by Robert B. Decker. This canvas travel print is created in the style of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), when — in the 1930s and 1940s — the Federal Government commissioned hundreds of artists to create thousands of poster designs for public exhibits, community activities, theatrical productions, health, safety and educational programs, nature and travel. By the end of the WPA era, only 26 National Parks had been established and only 14 parks had posters created for them.
Photographer and graphic artist, Robert B. Decker, studied photography with Ansel Adams in the summer of 1979 in Yosemite National Park when he was just 19…an experience that solidified his love of photography and our National Parks. Now he is on a journey to photograph and create iconic WPA-style posters of all 59 major national parks in time for the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016.
The sole copyright of the original Biscayne National Park image is retained by the Artist, Robert B. Decker. Any unauthorized reproduction is a violation of international copyright law.
Don't forget to also check out the vintage-style Biscayne National Park Poster!


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A Frustrating Exercise, A Daunting Task
I debated whether or not to even post this morning after last night's demoralizing 7-4 loss to the defending American League champion Rangers, which saw Jake Peavy cough up three homers. There doesn't seem to be much to say that I haven't written before. You know, the struggles of Adam Dunn, Alex Rios, Gordon Beckham–yada, yada, yada.
So, we stand five games behind Detroit and three games under .500 in the midst of what is now a three-game losing streak. Just when you thought we might be making some headway, we crash. Certainly a familiar scenario in this season of South Side discontent.
It's getting increasingly more difficult (if not impossible), even for a glass half-full fan like me, to visualize the Sox playing in October. Part of me wants to keep the faith, part of me wants to bag it and start focusing on how to fix things for 2012.
The former is a frustrating exercise, the latter a daunting task.


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IMPORTANT: ARF typically does not approve applications for any animal that has not been altered to families that live outside of Illinois and/or beyond 100 miles of Wheaton or Glen Ellyn, IL.
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As Pope Francis takes office, there are lessons for communicators everywhere
In a year that has already brought many surprises in global affairs, none has been greater than the resignation of Pope Benedict XIV and the election of Pope Francis. Regardless of one's faith or views about the Pope and his church, the announcement presents a fascinating case study of one of the world's most venerable institutions facing the challenge of communicating in an era of dramatic change.
The key elements of the church's recent history are familiar to many organizations: a leader — Pope Benedict — succeeds a more charismatic predecessor. He's challenged to communicate with a massive, multicultural, multilingual follower base — with changing attitudes and a greater propensity to question authority. An empowered community of activists demands greater transparency and accountability for serious misdeeds in some quarters of the organization. And the organization's hierarchy is more suited to outbound communication than open dialogue. Pope Francis comes from the pastoral tradition — a type of experience and skill he will need.
In Australia a little over two years ago, I shared a stage with Monsignor Paul Tighe, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. An astute communicator, he is one of the Vatican's most senior media figures. Here are some insights I took away from that dialogue with him, which seem particularly relevant today — not just to the church, but to all organizations.
- Modern communication is not about the microphone. The dynamic in most church services is one of speaker and audience, and Monsignor Tighe pointed out that its leaders used each new technology – such as radio and television — as "a better microphone" to amplify their message. Today, however, people don't want to receive a message passively; they want to discuss or dismiss, interpret or reinterpret the message. The audience must take part in the conversation.
- Today's communication revolution is not technological; it's cultural. The advent of the Internet and social networks has given us more than new tools; these advances are changing the way we interact with one another. We form relationships and communities with less need and desire for intermediaries — unless they add tangible value.
- Don't aim for uniformity; aim for communion. While the basic structure of a Catholic mass is universal, the specific context varies dramatically in different regions, countries and cultures. This is a challenge for many multinational organizations — delivering on a consistent 'brand' experience while showing sensitivity and adaptability to different cultural contexts.
In most of the industrialized world, participation in organized religion is on the decline. It would, however, be wrong to interpret this as a loss of interest in matters of spirituality and meaning in life; if anything, our desire for connection, relationship and mutual understanding is deeper than ever.
In centuries past, the world's major religions pioneered communication on a massive scale, using not just the written and spoken word, but a rich array of visual tools and strategies that brought people together — even in times of limited mobility and literacy.
One challenge for Pope Francis — and leaders of other faiths and organizations — is to rediscover that leadership, and to use communication to facilitate genuine dialogue, human engagement and mutual understanding. May they all have wise communicators to advise them.


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Iron Man 3 might prove to be the most financially successful Marvel Studios production in between The Avengers and its summer 2015 sequel, but it may also be its most controversial. And it's all because of one major deviation from the source material.
Ever since Iron Man released in 2008, giving birth the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans of the comics and those who worked on the project were dying for the chance to properly introduce Iron Man's archenemy from the books known as the Mandarin. With Shane Black taking over the director's chair for the threequel and co-writing a script with Drew Pearce, they finally did, but not really.
In the biggest twist the Marvel Cinematic Universe has presented so far, Ben Kingsley's heavily advertised Mandarin character was a decoy, not only in the film but for moviegoers. Instead, the "cameo" appearance by new supporting character Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) was actually a major role and Killian ended up being the primary antagonist, even calling himself the Mandarin at one point in the final act of the film.
For Marvel Comics readers however, he was no Mandarin and according to the latest rumor, we still may meet the "real" one. Kingsley revealed last week that he was shooting a super secret project for Marvel Studios, one that involved the same crew from Iron Man 3. No details were revealed by the knighted actor outside of that but we speculated that it would be for a Marvel One-Shot short film that will likely come attached alongside the home video release of Thor: The Dark World or Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
I even suggested that the fact Marvel would want to bring Kingsley's character of drugged out Brit actor Trevor Slattery back, and giving more attention to that somewhat touchy subject, would mean that perhaps Marvel wants to make up for the Mandarin adaptation (read: deviation). Perhaps they could turn Kingsley into the villain Mandarin we know from the books by giving him the 10 magic rings that the Iron Man franchise wanted to stay away from in its efforts to remain tech-based and not magical.
According to Latino-Review, most of what we theorized may in fact, be true with the one key difference being that someone else will be playing the Mandarin. They claim to have knowledge of the Marvel One-Shot Kingsley has shot and that it revolves around the "real" Mandarin being upset with Aldrich Killian and Trevor Slattery for tarnishing his name and if true, it could be used to introduce the idea of magic in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, something we know from talking to Marvel President of Production Kevin Feige is part of the Phase 3 plans after The Avengers: Age of Ultron. We're talking about Doctor Strange, a property that's not officially greenlit, but on that Feige confirmed is coming in Phase 3 alongside Ant-Man.
While introducing magic in a Marvel One-Shot is a neat way to do so, and is especially fitting if it comes with the Thor 2 DVD/Blu-ray, the idea of introducing another Mandarin (i.e. not Ben Kingsley) would be essentially retconning the story of Iron Man 3. Marvel Studios made a creative decision and them going back on one of that magnitude could be more problematic than bringing The Avengers' Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) back from the dead to star in his own TV Show. Then again, perhaps Marvel Studios is setting up for the inevitable Iron Man 4 in Phase 4 or whenever Robert Downey Jr. re-signs or is replaced after The Avengers 3.
Expect to find out more in the coming months. The only things we can confirm are that Ben Kingsley is making a return appearance in some unannounced live-action project and that there will be original content (Marvel One-Shots) coming with every home video release of a Marvel Studios movie. If it's not a short film or feature appearance, then Kingsley is going to appear in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and we don't find that very likely if whatever he shot was filmed with the Iron Man 3 crew.
Should Marvel Studios re-introduce a magic-based Mandarin or has that ship sailed?
Iron Man 3 is now available on home video. Thor: The Dark World on November 8, 2013, Captain America: The Winter Soldier on April 4, 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy on August 1, 2014, The Avengers: Age of Ultron on May 1, 2015, Ant-Man on July 31, 2015, and unannounced films for May 6 2016, July 8 2016 and May 5 2017.
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The Lifelong Learning Center at Wayland Baptist University will offer two courses on Microsoft program software beginning in April.
A class on Intermediate Microsoft Word 2000 will be offered on Friday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. April 5 through May 3. The course will cover creating documents, saving, copying disks, cut, copy and paste features, formatting, special characters and tools, tabs, margins, spell check, enhancing documents, using tables and columns and adding art. Participants should already know how to maneuver in Microsoft Word and have a basic knowledge of the keyboard.
The class is $105 per person plus $10 for a study booklet, and students will receive 1.5 continuing education credits. Participants will need two 3.5" high density disks, paper and pen. Virginia Rogers, secretary at the LLC and Computer Lab Assistant for South Plains College - Plainview, will teach the course. Space is limited and registration must be completed by 6 p.m. on April 2.
A course on Beginning Microsoft Excel 2000 will be held on two Saturdays, April 20 and 27, from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The class will cover managing documents and files, entering, copying and moving data, formulas and functions, ranges, creating new worksheets, formatting, charts, macros and databases. Participants should know how to maneuver in Microsoft Word and have a basic knowledge of the keyboard.
Cost is $85 per person, and participants will need two 3.5" high density disks, paper and pen and the textbook "Microsoft Excel 2000 QuickTutorial," available at the Wayland University Store. Rogers will teach this course as well.
Registration is on a first come, first served basis and must be completed by April 16. For more information or to register, contact the LLC at 708 Yonkers or call 291-3650.


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Join NYC Parks in protecting and stabilizing new dunes in Staten Island. Dunes are essential for protection against damaging coastal storms. Beach grass helps to increase the size of dunes by trapping windblown sand and its fibrous root system strengthens dunes by keeping sand in place.
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MOBILE, Ala. — The Casino Del Sol All-Star Game is a newly minted affair, and the East-West Shrine Game is a quality event, played for the best of causes. And the NFL Players Association has tried to jump into the college all-star game biz with its invitation-only affair.
But for many in the league who crisscross the nation each year to search for the NFL's next generation of players, the draft season begins in earnest this week with the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
The league has gathered once again in the coastal city as it always does this time of year to see many of the best senior prospects the April draft will have to offer.
While it's far too early in the process to say with any sort of confidence who has snared the Broncos' eye, it is almost a can't-miss lock they will select some of the players they see on the field this week.
The Senior Bowl is the best place to see many of the best four-year prospects go one-on-one in as competitive an on-field situation as can be created before the choices get made.
Pro days are nice, a helpful tool, but the football players show up to match up at the Senior Bowl.
"Anytime you can see how a guy performs on the field is helpful," Broncos executive vice president of football operations John Elway said. "And when you can see him against other good players, that's a good tool to see how he competes, how he handles himself."
In last April's draft, the Broncos selected seven players, and three of those picks participated in the Senior Bowl. And it would have been a fourth — Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden — had the Broncos not signed Peyton Manning.
Defensive end Derek Wolfe, who was the Broncos' first selection of the draft at 36th overall (early in the second round), center Philip Blake and defensive tackle/end Malik Jackson were in Mobile, and all ended up in the Broncos' draft Class of 2012.
Wolfe caught many teams' eyes, and there was a pile of scouts who left the week's proceedings in southern Alabama last January thinking he was worthy of a first-round pick. Wolfe's workout numbers were good, but others' were better.
The competition he played was good, but others' was better. But when he played, when he practiced, when he squared up against offensive tackles, guards and centers, he consistently won the match-ups throughout the week in Mobile.
He ended up starting every game for a 13-3 team and was third on the team in sacks with six.
Jackson was a situational player on defense whose ability to play inside and outside on the defensive line was something the Broncos like.
Blake is a player Elway has said he expects to compete for playing time next season.
Former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan also made the most of his week in Mobile last year. Shanahan and the rest of the Redskins' staff coached the South team.
On the South roster was a late arrival, an injury replacement, a running back named Alfred Morris. When Morris arrived with practices already underway, Redskins running backs coach Bobby Turner asked Morris if he was a fullback.
Morris, an 1,100-yard rusher as a senior at Florida Atlantic, told him no, he was a running back. But a fullback was needed, and when faced with the choice of going home or competing for an NFL job, Morris told Turner he would play fullback.
So Morris played fullback the rest of the week and didn't get a carry in the game. But Shanahan and Turner saw enough up close to select Morris in the sixth round of last April's draft to do anything but be a fullback.
And Morris finished this past season with plenty of carries (335) in Washington as he finished second in the NFL in rushing with 1,613 yards and second in rushing touchdowns with 13.
So, it's far too early to know whom the Broncos will select in April, but take a look at the Senior Bowl rosters this week, it's a very good bet the names are in there somewhere.
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DOVER, Del. - A warrant to search the home of a Texas man who killed his former daughter-in-law and another woman at a Delaware courthouse shows that investigators suspect the gunman's wife and son of helping to plot the slaying.
The killings were the culmination of a bitter, years-long custody battle involving the slain woman and the gunman's son. The gunman, Thomas Matusiewicz, had previously complained that his family wasn't getting justice in a lawsuit that she filed against them over the kidnapping of the pair's daughters.
Matusiewicz (muh-TOO'-suh-wits) complained in a 2011 letter to a Delaware Superior Court judge that he and his family had no money to defend themselves in a lawsuit filed by Christine Belford after her ex-husband, David Matusiewicz, kidnapped the couple's three daughters and took them to Central America.
At the time Thomas Matusiewicz and his wife wrote the letter in August 2011, their son was serving time in federal prison for kidnapping and fraud.
'We've lost or spent over a million dollars trying to get our grand-daughters to safety and now THERE IS NO MONEY LEFT AND THEY ARE STILL IN CUSTODY OF THEIR MOTHER (who has been in the care of someone in the mental health profession for over 20 years)!,' Thomas and Lenore Matusiewicz wrote in boldface letters.
'Is it true as they say, you only get the amount of justice you can afford?' they added. 'Well, I guess we aren't going to be getting any.'
Delaware State Police said Thomas Matusiewicz, 68, walked into the lobby of the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington on Monday and shot and killed Belford, 39, and her friend Laura Mulford, 47, before taking his own life.
According to an affidavit filed by Texas authorities for a search of Thomas Matusiewicz's home in Edcouch, Texas, he was carrying handwritten death certificates for Belford and Timothy Hitchings, an attorney representing her in the divorce and custody battle, when he entered the Delaware courthouse on Monday.
Texas authorities also said in the affidavit that Thomas Matusiewicz, his wife and his son were all suspected of 'intentionally and knowingly participating in a murder.'
Sgt. Paul Shavack, a spokesman for the Delaware State Police, had no immediate comment about the Texas affidavit naming David and Lenore Matusiewicz as suspects.
Neither David Matusiewicz nor his mother has been arrested in connection with the shooting, but David Matusiewicz is being detained by federal authorities who say he has violated the terms of his probation. Federal authorities say he failed to disclose that he spent the night before the shooting at a home in Elkton, Md., and has not paid restitution and child support as ordered.
Hitchings said in an email that he had no firsthand information about being targeted. 'It's still being investigated,' he said. 'I will say that Thomas Matusiewicz likely resented my representing Christine.'
Outside a South Carolina courthouse on Wednesday, a man involved in a paternity dispute opened fire on a woman who he claimed had his baby, the sheriff said.
The Delaware shooting was the culmination of years of acrimony in a bitter divorce and custody battle. At the heart of the dispute were the daughters of Belford and David Matusiewicz, now ages 7, 9 and 10.
David Matusiewicz pleaded guilty in 2009 to federal fraud and kidnapping charges after fleeing to Nicaragua in a motor home with his mother and the three girls.
David Matusiewicz, who was released from prison last year, kidnapped the girls after telling Belford they were going to Disney World for two weeks. The two were divorced and sharing custody at the time. Prosecutors say he forged his wife's signature to obtain nearly $250,000 from a Delaware bank, then sent the money to his parents' bank account and had his father transfer the money to a Bank of New Zealand account.
Belford sued her former husband, his sister, Amy, and his parents in 2009, claiming they conspired to carry out the kidnapping. She sought compensation for 'medical, therapeutic, counseling, travel and other expenses.'
Belford dropped the lawsuit in December 2011 after Thomas and Lenore Matusiewicz filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas.
'It became obvious that it was not going to be collectable,' said Belford's attorney, James Woods. 'I had no doubt she would win, and probably a very significant amount of money, for that torture they put her through.'
Woods said the lawsuit was an attempt by Belford 'just to try to get some justice.'
'They had put her through hell, and it wasn't just David, it was certainly Lenore... and I found it incredibly hard to believe that Tom didn't know anything about it and participated in it, and Amy the sister as well.'
Woods said that after Belford dropped the lawsuit, Thomas Matusiewicz sent him two thick packages of documents containing 'all kinds of scandalous and ridiculous allegations' that Christine was abusing the children and was an unfit mother. The allegations were never substantiated, Belford was never charged and she was given full custody of the girls.
'It was obvious that there was so much venom they had directed toward Christine that it was almost palpable,' Woods said.
Lenore Matusiewicz made similar allegations in a handwritten letter she addressed to Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden in January 2011. She was on probation at the time after serving more than a year in Delaware state prison for endangering the welfare of her three granddaughters related to the kidnapping.
She said her son was 'paying the price for trying to protect his children....'
A federal judge who sentenced David Matusiewicz to prison noted that he never expressed any concern that his ex-wife was abusing their children until after he had been arrested.
A state judge who denied a motion by Lenore Matusiewicz to modify her prison sentence in 2010 also expressed skepticism about the abuse claims.
'Sadly, even if all the allegations of the defendant and her son are true, their decisions only seemed to harm the children more,' the judge wrote.
---- Sherman contributed to the story from Edinburg, Texas.


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I just had an offer from a potential buyer for my motorhome. Cash or check. The funds not available until next month. The funds part has all the makings of a scam. I would of course go for the cash, only...provided it was given to me on the spot. What say you all?
3. As for taking a deposit, I do not like the idea because it would tie up my motorhome, even if it is non-refundable, and I want the transaction to be over and done with, especially if his transaction does not materialize.
Non refundable of course. If no deposit, first guy with the cash gets it. People lie. Wait for no one, unless you are going to make a few grand for your troubles. As far as a cheque, or check as you all say, I would prefer a bank transfer into my account. Cheques can be fraudulent as well.
By the way, what is going to change next month that he will have the money but not this month?
RV's are more than a couple hundred dollars so even if the story is sort of legit you are dealing with someone who doesn't have their you know what together!
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We are in Glastonbury, Connecticut several times a year, but today is not one of those times. That is unfortunate, because at its annual meeting today in Glastonbury, the Connecticut Society of Genealogists will announce that my essay, Noah Agard of Litchfield, Connecticut Revolutionary War Soldier won the "Tell Your Family Story" Essay Contest. This essay contest is a component of the CSG 2014 Literary Award Contest.
I am honored and humbled by their selection of Noah's story. By utilizing several sources including Frederick Browning Agard's 1976 publication Agards in America, a handwritten account by Noah's grandson, and the Agard family bible pages, I shared parts of Noah's life that are not found elsewhere.
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Environmental Award Spotlights Grassroots Environmentalists
Environmental Award Spotlights Grassroots Environmentalists
Every April, six activists from around the globe are awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, the world's largest cash prize for grassroots environmentalists. "These six winners are among the most important people you have not heard of before," explains philanthropist and Prize founder Richard N. Goldman. "All of them have fought, often alone and at great personal risk, to protect the environment in their home countries."
Goldman's idea to launch an environmental prize emerged over breakfast one morning in 1988 as he was reading about the winners of several Nobel Prizes. He and his late wife Rhoda decided to offer a comparable award that recognized ordinary people for their grassroots contributions to the environment. They envisioned the Goldman Prize as a way to demonstrate the international nature of environmental problems, draw public attention to global issues of critical importance, and inspire others to emulate the examples set by Prize recipients.
Since 1990, 113 individuals from 67 countries have received the Goldman Prize, which includes a cash award of $125,000 and a 10-day media and publicity tour of San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Winners from six regions are selected by an international jury based on confidential nominations submitted by a worldwide network of environmental organizations and individuals. In the past, several awardees, including 1991 recipient Wangari Maathai and 1996 winner Marina Silva, have gone on to assume important political positions in their countries.
Detailed information on all current and past winners is available at www.goldmanprize.org.
The 2006 Goldman Prize Recipients
Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor
Monrovia, Liberia
A Voice for the Forest and Its People
Silas Siakor, 36, spent many years collecting evidence of illegal logging practices, falsified logging records, and associated human rights abuses in his native country of Liberia. Drawing on this documentation, he was able to reveal that former President Charles Taylor was using the profits of unchecked, rampant logging to fund a brutal 14-year civil war that left 150,000 people dead. Siakor passed the evidence to the United Nations Security Council, which subsequently banned Liberian timber exports as part of wider trade sanctions that remain in place today.
Under Taylor's corrupt regime, the government had granted Liberia's largest logging concession to a favored timber company, essentially giving it license to plunder the country's biologically rich forests and commit egregious human rights abuses. To document this activity, Siakor hired observers at three key ports, collecting information on 80 percent of the country's timber exports. The observers found that not only did actual exports greatly exceed official estimates, but timber company workers were directly involved in unloading arms shipments.
Since Taylor's ousting in 2003, Siakor has worked with Liberia's new leadership to create sustainable timber policies and give local forest communities a voice through the first Forest People's Congress, which he organized. As director of the Sustainable Development Institute in Monrovia, his work has led the interim government to protect 1.5 million hectares of forest.
Siakor has urged the UN to maintain timber sanctions until the corrupt logging companies that operated under Taylor's regime are removed, Liberia's forestry sector is reformed, and a workable forest management plan is in place. Demonstrating the power of the sanctions and Siakor's evidence, current President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has canceled all forestry concessions and vowed that new agreements not be issued until reforms are carried out.
Yet Siakor is still fighting powerful forces that want to tap into Liberia's forests. The UN is under intense pressure from China, authorities within the Liberian government, and others to lift the timber sanctions. But Siakor is undeterred. "Our struggle for the environment is not about trees," he explains. "It is a campaign for social justice and respect for human rights. It is about our right to have a healthy and safe environment.
Yu Xiaogang
Kunming, China
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Land of Many Voices
For years, Yu Xiaogang, 55, has worked to create groundbreaking water shed management programs in China, a country that has spent decades building hydroelectric dams to tame its powerful river systems. Yu's extensive research and documentation on the socio-economic impact of dams are considered a primary reason the central government has paid additional restitution to villagers displaced by existing dams and now conducts social impact assessments for major dam projects.
The founder of the influential organization Green Watershed, Yu embarked on his life's mission after writing about the effects of a dam at Lashi Lake for his Ph.D. thesis. The dam had destroyed the local ecosystem and severely disrupted the lives of fishermen and farmers. Yu brought together residents, local authorities, and private entrepreneurs to rebuild the area, which is now acclaimed as one of the top 10 sustainable developments in China.
In 2002, Yu submitted a report to the Chinese government on the social impact of the Manwan Dam on the Mekong River, prompting it to grant the affected community 70 million yuan (US$8.7 million) in additional resettlement funds. Today, the government now includes a social impact assessment in its decision-making for all proposed major development projects.
Yu is currently fighting to stop construction of 13 new dams on the Nu River in Yunnan Province, which would displace 50,000 people, affect the livelihoods of millions downstream, and damage the region's rich flora and fauna. To educate villagers about the impacts, Yu took them to dam-affected communities on the Mekong River to talk with residents whose livelihoods had already been destroyed. He also worked on a nationwide television program about the effects of dams. In 2004, Premier Wen Jiabao suspended the Nu project, citing insufficient research and analysis, although the provincial government has proposed a scaled-back version with four dams.
Yu is particularly interested in empowering local villagers in the dam decision-making process through workshops and training programs. His goal is to help Chinese non-governmental groups advocate for social impact assessments that represent the interests of communities threatened by dam construction. "To realize true sustainable development throughout China, we need the full participation of all Chinese citizens," he explains.
Olya Melen
Lviv, Ukraine
Protecting Wetland Heritage in the Face of Corruption
Olya Melen, 26, is a firebrand attorney who used legal channels to temporarily halt construction of a huge canal that would have cut through the heart of the Danube Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the world's most valuable wetlands. For her efforts, Melen was denounced by Ukraine's notoriously corrupt and lawless pre-Orange Revolution government.
In 2004, without public notice and in violation of international and national environmental laws, the Ukrainian government began dredging and shoring up sections of a 170-kilometer delta waterway to create a canal that would allow large vessels to travel directly between the Danube River and the Black Sea. The organization where Melen was working, Environment-People-Law (EPL), learned about the project and immediately filed lawsuits to prevent construction. Melen took the lead on the case despite having no previous courtroom experience. "I became an environmentalist accidentally," she says.
In the case, Melen opposed a team of government lawyers seeking to end the protected status of rivers and ponds in the Danube Biosphere Reserve. Over the next few years, government lawyers and ministers used scare tactics against her and her clients and she was publicly accused of being a traitor and a spy. Aware that Ukraine was bound by numerous international conventions, EPL filed complaints with the Aarhus and Espoo conventions to force the Ukrainian government to justify its canal plans at a time when it was seeking acceptance to the European Union.
Melen was able to prove that the Environmental Impact Assessment, which had been approved by the Minister of Environment, was inadequate. The judge ruled that the canal development flouted environmental laws and could adversely affect the Danube Delta's biodiversity. "I was always optimistic about our chances and never thought about defeat," Melen says. "I kept repeating the phrase 'Nothing is impossible.'"
Although the Ukrainian government, under the former President Leonid Kuchma, refused to halt the first phase of canal construction, Melen's high-profile challenge played a pivotal role in prompting the country's new government in August 2005 to reject plans for the second phase. However, the Danube Delta is still under threat: President Viktor Yushchenko has publicly voiced his support for completion of the canal. Melen and her colleagues are poised to use all legal means to continue to protect the most sensitive areas of the UNESCO reserve.ISLANDS & ISLAND NATIONS
Anne Kajir
Port Moresby, Papaua New Guinea
Indigenous Lawyer vs. International Logging Interests
Attorney Anne Kajir, 32, has devoted her career to uncovering and fighting widespread corruption in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government, which has allowed widespread illegal logging in the largest remaining intact tropical forest in Asia and the Pacific. In 1997, her first year practicing law, Kajir successfully defended a precedent-setting appeal in the PNG Supreme Court requiring logging interests to pay damages to indigenous land owners.
Timber has historically been a corrupting force in the politics of PNG, whose government has long-standing, lucrative relationships with timber interests. Although the constitution guarantees the land rights of traditional forest dwellers, Kajir has found evidence of extensive government corruption that has allowed timber companies to act as a law unto themselves, ignoring the terms of government-issued logging permits and terrorizing local communities into signing over their land rights.
Today, Kajir is chief executive officer of the Environmental Law Centre in Port Moresby. She is currently working on a case alleging that the PNG Forest Authority, the state, and the lead logging company repeatedly violated federal law by issuing and using illegal logging permits in PNG's western province. The case includes evidence of logging company repre-sentatives refusing to get informed consent and timber rights from landowners, and villagers' accounts of extreme intimidation, including having to sign documents at gunpoint and physical abuse and humiliation.
Kajir herself has faced considerable personal risks in her nine years of posing legal challenges, including being physically attacked and having her computer, containing all her case files, stolen from her home. But this has not deterred her. "Landowners depend entirely on their forests as a means of survival so they must be properly informed on the impacts of logging on their land before signing away their customary birth-given rights to these natural resources," Kajir says. "It will be genocide if the robber barons continue to roam at will or plunge deeper into our last remaining rainforests."NORTH AMERICA
Craig Williams
Berea, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Vietnam Vet Fights a New Battle at Home
A cabinetmaker by trade, Craig E. Williams, 58, is a decorated Vietnam War veteran who has built a national coalition to lobby for safe disposal of chemical weapons stockpiles around the United States. An estimated 24,000 tons of obsolete chemical weapons agents are in storage nationwide, most of which had been targeted for incineration by the Pentagon.
Williams started his campaign in 1985 after learning that one of nine weapons stockpiles to be burned was at an Army depot in his community. Worried that incineration would put local citizens and their environment at risk, he joined forces with citizens living near the eight other proposed incineration sites and formed a grassroots coalition, the Chemical Weapons Working Group (CWWG), to demand safe disposal solutions and openness within the Pentagon's program.
After nearly 10 years of petitioning, Congress agreed in 1993 to delay funding some of the incinerators while calling for a report on safer methods of destruction. However, the report recommended proceeding with incineration at six of the nine sites and failed to address the evidence that not only were there significant technical and environmental problems and huge cost overruns at the incinerators, but that safer alternative disposal methods were available.
Williams laid out the evidence to Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, who championed Williams' cause in Congress. In a major victory for Williams and his allies, the Army announced in 1996 that it would use a safer water-based process to destroy the weapons at two stockpile sites, while suspending funds for incinerators in two other states. At about the same time, Williams also played a key role in getting citizens access to previously closed-door government meetings on chemical weapons disposal.
Williams was also instrumental in efforts to get the Pentagon to release more than $300 million in federal funds for safe weapons disposal, money that allowed sites in Colorado and Kentucky to safely destroy more than 880,000 chemical weapons. In addition, Williams and CWWG brought forward numerous whistleblowers who reported fires, chemical agent releases, and other dangerous conditions at the incinerator sites.
Today, Williams is working with CWWG groups and citizens in Oregon, Utah, Alabama, and Arkansas, where incinerators are still being used to destroy chemical weapons. The activists use legal challenges, media campaigns, citizen organizing, and other means to ensure proper monitoring, air quality compliance, protection of workers rights, and local communication. CWWG also plays a critical role in overseeing weapons disposal at other sites where alternative technologies are being deployed, thereby assuring accountability and transparency.
This is not Williams's first foray into public activism. In 1980, he co-founded the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, one of six organizations that subsequently launched the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. The effort won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.
Tarcísio Feitosa da Silva
Altamira, Brazil
Creating a Mosaic of Protected Lands in the Amazon
In a lawless northern region of Brazil's Amazon, where land grabbing and illegal logging are destroying communities and the environment, Tarcísio Feitosa da Silva, 35, leads a grassroots coalition to protect the tropical forest and the people who live there. Despite death threats, Feitosa works with local organizations to create protected lands for residents and has exposed vast illegal logging activities and human rights abuses to the Brazilian government.
For more than 10 years, Feitosa has fought for human rights, environmental protection, and sustainable development in the remote Xingu and Middle Lands of the state of Pará. He works with the Pastoral Lands Commission, the social justice arm of Brazil's National Conference of Bishops, and is one of the elected leaders of the Movement for the Development of the Transamazon and the Xingu. MTDX has lost several leaders to assassination, including Sister Dorothy Stang, an American nun who worked in Pará alongside Feitosa, in February 2005.
Feitosa has documented illegal logging activity, and in one high-profile action tipped off government officials who raided the logging sites, seized 6,000 illegally felled mahogany trees, and sold them at auction to raise $1.5 million to create a fund supporting sustainable development and conservation efforts. Feitosa also helped organize a protest in which community members linked their boats to barricade the mouth of a major river, blocking barges carrying illegal timber and seizing about 2,000 logs.
Feitosa's efforts prompted the government to protect a 240,000-square-kilometer mosaic of tropical rainforest areas that, together with existing indigenous lands, make up the world's largest area of protected tropical forest, bigger than the U.S. state of Minnesota. "Here in the Amazon we have the greatest corridor of protected areas in the world," notes Feitosa. "This is important to guarantee the lives of the human populations that depend on the forest to survive and to give continuity to the forest and its resources. The municipal, state, and federal governments of Brazil should now assume their clear role in protecting these forests."


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Bloomberg reports that South Franklin Circle, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community in Chagrin Falls, has filed a "pre-packaged bankruptcy" with a plan to reduce its total secured debt by about 40%. The company listed assets of $167.2 million and debt of $166.3 million, measured by book value, as of Dec. 31 in Chapter 11 documents filed Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Cleveland, according to the news service. In fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the company had net losses of $9.3 million and $7.8 million, respectively, Bloomberg says. "The economic downturn has caused lower than expected occupancy rates at South Franklin Circle, which has led to South Franklin Circle not being able to independently service its debt," CEO Cynthia Dunn said in court papers. Bloomberg notes that about 53% of the 199 independent living units and more than half of the 40 assisted-living units are occupied, according to court papers. The company said the proposed plan "is supported by the requisite majority of its pre-bankruptcy secured lenders," Bloomberg notes. South Franklin Circle will swap current secured debt totaling about $100.6 million for a new bond and term-note secured debt of $66.75 million, court papers show. The 239-unit community, for adults over 50, sits on 90 acres about 25 miles southeast of Cleveland. The company employs about 103 full-time and part-time workers. Residents of the South Franklin Circle facility will be unaffected by the restructuring as membership agreements will be honored, according to court papers.
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A lot of ground to make up: This cannot be a good sign for Senate candidate Josh Mandel. The Wall Street Journal reports the battle for control of the Senate "has become even more volatile in the closing days of the campaign, with an increasing number of races across the nation becoming evenly matched. Less than two weeks before the election, several races that appeared settled are turning competitive. That includes Democratic-leaning states like Connecticut and Republican states like Arizona, a recent addition to the tossup list." The story highlights 10 races that are extremely competitive — three labeled as "Democratic-leaning," five characterized as "Republican-leaning" and two identified as "traditional tossups." However, Mr. Mandel's race is not among those 10. As The Journal notes, "Ohio and Florida were expected to be highly competitive, but incumbent Sens. Sherrod Brown and Bill Nelson have maintained consistent leads." The Rodney Dangerfields of the corporate world: Midsize companies get no respect, according to this piece from Businessweek.com. The National Center for the Middle Market, which is part of Ohio State University's Fisher School of Business, calculates that U.S. companies with revenue between $10 million and $1 billion a year "account for one-third of private-sector output," according to the website. "But big companies get all the attention, because they're big, and small companies get all the love, because they're perceived as the champions of job creation." Businessweek.com says the center is studying these neglected midsize companies with funding from GE Capital, the biggest supplier of financing to the sector. The center conducts a quarterly survey of 1,000 companies that's designed to reflect the composition of the entire sector. On Oct. 24, the website notes, "the center announced that middle market companies increased head count by 2.2 percent over the 12 months through the third quarter, outpacing what it said was 1.7 percent growth in economywide employment." (The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the economywide figure at 1.4 percent.) "Quarter after quarter, we see middle market firms emerge as the engine of growth in the U.S. economy," said Anil Makhija, the center's academic director, in a statement. Out of the past: If you want to know more about the Wari — who from about 600 to 1000 reigned over land stretching from the highlands of central Peru, centered near the present-day city of Ayacucho, to the Pacific coastal zones below — an exhibit opening Sunday at the Cleveland Museum of Art is a great place to do it. The Wall Street Journal interviews Susan E. Bergh, organizer of the exhibit, "Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andies." The newspaper says it's the first North American exhibition devoted to the Wari. "I want people to understand that civilization in the Andes way predates the Inca and that the Wari was a very complicated, sophisticated civilization," she tells The Journal. "And I want people to see how beautiful and enchanting it is." The paper says Ms. Bergh, the museum's curator of the arts of the ancient Americas, "has assembled about 150 objects — intricate textiles, ceramic vessels, colorful featherwork hangings and four-cornered hats, inlaid ornaments, and stone and wood sculptures — from 45 museums and private collections in the Americas and Europe."
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While championing the benefits of new energy extraction methods, Republican House members accused energy oversight agencies of research that misled the public on environmental and health risks.
The accusations came at a joint Energy and Environment subcommittee hearing focus on hydraulic fracturing—often called "fracking"—an extraction technique pioneered in Texas in the 90s, which taps deep ground reserves of natural gas and oil.
Rep. Ralph Hall of Rockwall slammed the Environmental Protection Agency at the Friday morning hearing. Hall said EPA reports on fracturing causing water contamination were later retracted by the agency.
"Cleary this agency's more interested in rushing to judgment and placing information in the hands of the media than they are for looking for a sound scientific approach," Hall said.
Hall directed his comments at Kevin Teichman, a science advisor testifying for the EPA. Hall accused the agency's representatives of lying to Congress in the past.
The House Science Committee Chairman, Lamar Smith of San Antonio, joined Hall in slamming the EPA.
"The EPA is at the center of this debate, linking fracking to water contamination in at least three cases, only to be forced to retract their statements after further scrutiny," Smith said.
Wyoming Rep. Cynthia Lummis went even further than her Texas colleagues. Lummis cited a report on fracking in Pavilion, Wyo., accusing the agency of inventing evidence of contamination.
"It was hugely prematurely released," Lummis said. "It has not been peer reviewed. It was exaggerated, and it appears, in fact, EPA itself was contaminating those wells itself in in their own efforts," Lummis said.
Rep. Randy Weber of Pearland endorsed his colleague's critiques of the EPA.
In Texas, the EPA withdrew a Fort Worth-area case in 2012 that had alleged water contamination by hydraulic fracturing.
Hydraulic fracturing injects a mix of water and other chemicals deep into the ground to break up formations, thus releasing previously un-tappable reserves of natural gas and oil. Environmentalists and health advocates have worried that the drilling and extraction process can contaminate local water supplies, as well as certain regions having increased earthquake activity.
At issue for the GOP members was EPA's $45 million spent on fracking research last year and $38 million requested for the year. Republican members demanded agencies release more specifics on their research plans.
EPA spokesman Teichman pushed back on some of the accusations, such as when Lummis questioned him on why the EPA had not released its research plan.
With all due respect, the plan is under development," Teichman said. "As soon as I'm able to have it released, I will get it to you."
Teichman said the EPA had not released a draft of its future water research because it money had not yet been appropriated. The EPA plans to publicly release a full study on fracking and drinking water in 2014.
On the issue of fracking-induced earthquakes, David Russ from the US Geological Survey said there is evidence supporting the hypothesis.
"We know now that there's relationships between currents of these induced earthquakes and the locations of subsurface injection wells," Russ said. "We know that there's been a significant uptick in the numbers of small to medium earthquakes in the central United States which we believe are associated largely with induced earthquakes," Russ said later.
Russ said these earthquakes have a low magnitude, registering 2 to 3 on the Richter scale.
Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth had a different perspective than committee Republicans. While most fracking occurs in rural areas, in Veasey's district the extraction techniques are used in urban and suburban areas.
Veasey said he has heard from constituents in Tarrant County saying they are concerned their drinking water has been contaminated.
"Energy, and the upswing that can be converted, is going to continue to be a challenge because people are rightfully concerned," Veasey said in a phone interview.
Veasey said congress should take citizen concern over contamination seriously, but does not foresee cooperation between the parties on environmental issues.