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150th anniversary of the Civil War brings unique opportunity to remember and to pay tribute to our past New York, NY April 11, 2011 – In concert with its ambitious four-year programming commitment to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, HISTORY is launching a massive educational and fund-raising initiative to enhance Civil War education nationwide, and to protect and preserve battlefields and other key sites from this pivotal period in American history, it was announced today by Nancy Dubuc, President and General Manager, HISTORY.
The GIVE 150 program invites Americans to make contributions – be it as much as $150 or as little as $1.50 – to a cause that will keep us from losing touch with our past. By protecting and maintaining these locations and landmarks, by insuring that they continue to have a physical presence, future generations will be able to have a tactile understanding of Civil War history. HISTORY is partnering with the Civil War Trust and the National Park Foundation for GIVE 150, and will direct donations to those respective organizations, so that an important and course-changing chapter in the story of our country can be kept alive in the consciousness of future generations. The National Park Foundation is the official charity of America's national parks, working directly with the National Park Service, which maintains over 70 historic places integral to the story of the Civil War. The Civil War Trust is America's largest non-profit devoted to the preservation of our nation's endangered battlefields.
"It is HISTORY's mission to create and provide programming that is informative and entertaining – and to tie in a rich educational and public affairs component especially when we feel we can make a real difference. In the case of the Civil War, we relish the opportunity to do even more, to play a part in protecting endangered Civil War sites and contributing to their stewardship for the future," Ms. Dubuc said. "We owe it to our national memory, we owe it to ourselves, we owe it to our children's children's children. This is integral to what we do."
U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Kenneth Salazar said, "Our National Parks and classrooms help tell the full story of the Civil War and draw the larger arc from Civil War to Civil Rights,"said Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. "HISTORY's partnership with the Civil War Trust and the National Park Foundation provides students the opportunity to fully understand the significance of this monumental chapter in our history and will help inspire a new generation to pursue a more perfect union."
James Lighthizer, President of the Civil War Trust, said, "We are deeply grateful to HISTORY for helping us mark this sesquicentennial period in such a meaningful way. There can be no more fitting or lasting legacy for the Civil War's 150th anniversary commemoration than setting aside the battlefields where that conflict was decided. By giving future generations of Americans the opportunity to walk those hallowed grounds and follow in the footsteps of heroes, we are ensuring that the causes, costs and consequences of this tumultuous conflict will never be forgotten."
Neil Mulholland, President, National Park Foundation, said, "With over 70 national park units commemorating the Civil War, we are excited to welcome HISTORY's support," said Neil Mulholland, President and CEO of the National Park Foundation. "Preserving our American history in the places where it happened, our national parks are time capsules -- forever teaching us the important lessons of our past."
Dr. Libby O'Connell, Chief Historian for HISTORY said, "HISTORY is proud to partner with the Civil War Trust and the National Park Foundation in the Give 150 Campaign, to preserve Civil War sites and heritage. These two groups provide the added bonus of being committed to educational outreach and service. Together we can have an important impact during the 150th anniversary of the Civil War." Public service announcements and a VIP press lunch to be held in April also will direct viewers to online giving and service opportunities as part of the GIVE 150 initiative. To learn more go to: www.give150.com. In conjunction with the CIVIL WAR programming and GIVE 150, HISTORY will launch a national educational campaign tied to the Civil War to serve schools for years to come, with the following initiatives: Civil War Educator's Manual with content in multiple subject areas including History, English, Drama, Science, and Math (publication date- April 2011). HISTORY Classroom email communications about GIVE 150 and Civil War week: 160,000 emails to be disseminated each week. Original short-form video with nationally recognized historians on Civil War topics on History Classroom and History.com. Gettysburg: Their Sacrifice Made America poster mailed to 34,000 middle and high schools nationwide, with 8 panel full color teacher's guide and reproducible activity sheets on the back (mails in April 2011). Newspaper in Education Civil War supplement: Will reach 4MM students and families, and all members of Congress (print date: April 11, 2011). Electronic field trip (webcast) organized with the National Park Foundation (date TBD). National History Day Educators guide (mails in June- includes tips for using Civil War content in National History Day projects). Co-sponsor of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Civil War "Of the Student, By the Student, For the Student" Civil War-themed vodcast program – students will embark on training to write, act and shoot their own Civil War film. HISTORY has also launched a dedicated website, Civil War 150, to launch on April 12, bringing consumers – from history enthusiasts to those with a casual interest in the War – an immersive, in-depth look at one of America's most important, tragic and fascinating events. Hosted on History.com, the site identifies the 150 people, places, events and technology that defined America's greatest conflict, using cutting-edge design to create a multi-media online experience. History.com worked with a variety of 16 prominent Civil War experts and historians to create an authoritative list for the Civil War 150, asking them to cast their votes for what they thought were the most important people, places, events and technology to highlight. Users can check out what the experts picked, vote for their own choices and share with friends via social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. The distinguished experts and historians that contributed to the content of the Civil War 150 include: Garry Adelman, Director of History and Education, Civil War Preservation Trust; Edward Ayers, President, University of Richmond; William Blair, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University; Charles Bryan, Jr., President Emeritus, Virginia Historical Society; Spencer Crew, Professor, African American History, George Mason University; Drew Gilpin Faust, President, Harvard University; Gary Gallagher, Professor, History of the American Civil War, University of Virginia; Harold Holzer, Chairman, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation; James O. Horton, Professor, American Studies and History, George Washington University; Bob Kirby, Superintendent, Gettysburg National Military Park; Bruce Levine, Professor of History, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); Edna Greene Medford, Professor & Chairperson, Department of History, Howard University; James McPherson, Emeritus Professor, Princeton University; Matthew Pinsker, Associate Professor of History, Dickinson College; Dwight Pitcaithley, Professor, New Mexico State University; and Nina Sibler, Professor, Department of History, Boston University. As well, as part of GIVE 150 and the broad scope educational initiative, HISTORY also recently announced THE NATIONAL CIVIL WAR STUDENT CHALLENGE, a trivia competition launched by HISTORY and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
The Challenge – which will award a total of $35,000 in college scholarships, including a $15,000 scholarship to the grand prize winner – and began on April 7. During the CHALLENGE, high school students who excel in Civil War history will have the opportunity to turn their knowledge into college scholarships In addition, HISTORY has joined with the Library of Congress, with whom the network has a longstanding relationship, as a key corporate sponsor of their upcoming exhibit, "The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection". The exhibit will be free and open to the public from April 12 to August 13, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, in the second-floor South Gallery of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. The exhibition commemorates the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, which started on April 12, 1861, and will serve as a memorial to those who gave their lives during the devastating conflict by displaying images of 360 Union soldiers—one for every 1,000 who died—and 52 Confederate soldiers—one for every 5,000. HISTORY's previously announced four year commitment to Civil War-themed programming, beginning this Spring, will explore all facets of a war that pitted American brother against American brother, a conflict that nearly tore a nation apart. One highlight of the of network's programming is Gettysburg, a two-hour feature documentary executive-produced by acclaimed filmmaker brothers, Tony (Unstoppable; Man on Fire; Top Gun) and Ridley (Gladiator; Black Hawk Down; American Gangster) Scott. Organizations HISTORY is working with: The Civil War Trust, the National Park Service, the Library of Congress, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership and National History Day. About HISTORY® HISTORY® and HISTORY HD® are the leading destinations for revealing, award-winning original non-fiction series and event specials that connect history with viewers in an informative, immersive and entertaining manner across multiple platforms. Programming covers a diverse variety of historical genres ranging from military history to contemporary history, technology to natural history, as well as science, archaeology and pop culture. Among the network's program offerings are hit series such as American Pickers, Ax Men, Brad Meltzer's Decoded, Ice Road Truckers, Top Gear, Pawn Stars and Top Shot, as well as acclaimed specials including America the Story of Us, WWII in HD, 102 Minutes That Changed America, The President's Book of Secrets and Life After People. HISTORY has earned four Peabody Awards, seven Primetime Emmy® Awards, 12 News & Documentary Emmy® Awards and received the prestigious Governor's Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the network's Save Our History® campaign dedicated to historic preservation and history education. Take a Veteran to School Day is the network's signature initiative connecting America's schools and communities with veterans from all wars. The HISTORY website, located at www.history.com, is the leading online resource for all things history, featuring over 20,000 videos, images, audio clips, articles and interactive features that allow visitors to dig deeper into a broad range of thousands of historical topics. For more information go to www.historypressroom.com . About the Civil War Trust The Civil War Trust is America's largest non-profit organization (501-(C) 3) devoted to the preservation of our nation's endangered Civil War battlefields. The Trust also promotes educational programs and heritage tourism initiatives to inform the public of the war's history and the fundamental conflicts that sparked it. With each square foot of battlefield land that is consumed, whole chapters of America's history are being ripped out of the book of our national memory, and an irreplaceable piece of our important heritage is lost forever. The Civil War Trust needs your help today! About the National Park Foundation From the Grand Canyon to Yellowstone, Gettysburg to Golden Gate, the National Park Foundation works to strengthen and preserve America's most treasured places. There are 84 million acres of cherished landscapes, ecosystems, and historic sites in America's nearly 400 national parks – and they all belong to you. Join the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, in supporting these iconic places so they may be enjoyed today and for generations to come.
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Tuesday, the Houston Astros and the Oklahoma City Redhawks extended their PDC for two more years, while the Nashville Sounds and the Milwaukee Brewers did the same. ?The Marlins and New Orleans Zephyrs already extended their relationship through 2014.
There are only four AAA teams without a PDC for 2013: Buffalo, Las Vegas, Memphis and Tucson. Memphis is Cardinals' country and a lock to resign with St. Louis. Tucson is a Padres affiliate, and surely will resign. That leaves the Blue Jays and Mets on the Major League side and the Bisons and Las Vegas 51s on the AAA side. At least the 51s have a sweet new logo (pictured at right).

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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - The police chief at the center of a fatal neighborhood watch shooting says he is stepping down temporarily because he has become a distraction.
Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee made the announcement at a news conference Thursday. Lee has been criticized after police did not arrest George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teen to death on Feb. 26.
The police chief has said authorities were prohibited from making an arrest based on the facts and circumstances they had at the time of the shooting.
Zimmerman claims the shooting was self-defense. He told police 17-year-old Trayvon Martin attacked him after he had given up on chasing the teenager and was returning to his sport utility vehicle.


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That was quick. The Obama campaign is wasting no time playing up the president's recent endorsement of same-sex marriages. Just a day after President Obama said on ABC that he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to get married, his campaign tweeted this photo:
While the president said his announcement was a reflection of his personal evolution on the issue and not a political statement, it's hard to see how that's entirely true after seeing this. It should also be noted that the campaign sent this photo out just a day after it tweeted this one labeled simply as "History."


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Lime Rock Park is the historic motorsports venue in Lakeville, Connecticut, in the state's famous Northwest Corner, and has been New England's road racing home since 1957. Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County, renowned for its vast historical, cultural and recreational resources.
It can be argued that Lime Rock is the most significantly historic sports car road racing circuit in North America. Busy all year round, in 2019 Lime Rock will host the Memorial Day Classic featuring the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli with SVRA and International GT, IMSA WeatherTech Northeast Grand Prix, the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, and the well-known Labor Day weekend vintage racing extravaganza, Historic Festival 37.
In between those televised spectator race weekends, Lime Rock hosts corporate events, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) days, summer and winter autocross, car shows, foot and bicycle races, racing schools, driving schools, private and public track days, testing, consumer automotive events – even weddings, receptions and parties. Lime Rock Park is also home to the private and exclusive Lime Rock Drivers Club.
Lime Rock is unique and cannot be compared to any other track, arena or sporting venue: Great, safe racing at an historic but modern track, in a beautiful yet easily accessible setting.
Lime Rock Park is... Tradition. Beauty. Speed.
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Gold rush not over in Barkerville, B.C.
BARKERVILLE, B.C. — You spot the tiny flecks in the pan and you begin to understand why tens of thousands fought through all manner of pain, death and privation to get to it and why, today, they still seek it.
Gold fever gripped the world a century and a half ago and it never really left, prospector/guide/restaurateur Dave Jorgenson indicates as he surveys a site while holding a $6,000 nugget he once unearthed, one he refuses to cash in. This is near Wells, eight kilometres from Barkerville in central B.C. Those flecks of gold mesmerize.
"From host town to ghost town," he describes Wells, a once-bustling centre after gold was discovered and went from a 0 to 4,500 population when the Cariboo Gold Quartz mine was opened in 1932. Still, they pan for gold here and around Barkerville, now a national historic site named after Billy Barker who kicked off the gold rush in 1862 when he and his pals hit the mother lode in Williams Creek to ignite a 20-year multi-billion dollar industrial revolution and the arrival treasure-seeking hordes.
The payoff to Billy and friends? In today's dollars at today's gold prices, more than $2.5 billion.
But back to Jorgenson's pan and what is called placer mining. Gold is 10 times heavier than anything else in the pan, so it settles as you gently slosh a shovelful of sand around and tilt the pan. There, at the bottom are the flecks, termed "colour" by the prospectors. If you spot as many at 50, keep at it, you're onto something. If it's consistently less, move on.
For former Byron resident Jorgenson, it's a thrill to find gold but it's more than that.
"It's like fishing; the activity is the joy," the owner of the popular Bear's Paw restaurant says. "Placer mining is romantic, which is why it keeps attracting people."
Some can make it pay. Darrel Nippard over at Echo Valley Ranch and Spa teaches fly-casting among other duties there and pans for gold occasionally. He figures he could make $2,000 a month if he really went at it dawn to dusk but enjoys his ranch duties more.
For tourists, there's a lot of enjoyment discovering a part of Canada they might know little about. If you want a peek back 150 years, it's right here in historic Barkerville.
More than 140 historic buildings line the streets, most in their original locations. Folks in period clothing, stage coach rides, mining demonstrations, restaurants and live theatre are right in the heart of the Gold Rush. There are plenty of B&B's. You can literally touch history from one end of town to the other.
You can't touch it but over at Echo Valley, you can feel it. It's something owner Norm Dove mentions, along with Nippard and several guests. There is something special, something spiritual, about the gorgeously appointed pine log buildings and the enormous mesa-like grounds they stand on.
"There's something magical about it," says San Francisco guest Harold Lustig. "I can't describe it."
Neither can Michael Blackstock, a First Nations artist who does tree carvings around the property he calls Faces In The Forest. He feels it relates to water, which explains why his art adorns Douglas firs near water sources.
"The water has a spirit," he says.
Whatever it is, maybe it has helped keep Echo Valley safe. During our stay there, a forest fire raged up the mountainside. It helped that two helicopters, each dipping 200-gallon buckets into one of the resort's ponds, dumped them all day to quell the blaze.
Most hotel owners would be loaded with angst over such things. Dove, who made his millions through paper production patents, remained utterly calm, even though two guests left early because of the nearby fire. All staff seems to have that same serenity no matter what.
There's a manager, Alan Pineo, but after that the multitude of duties common to a large horse/cattle ranch of 26 employees levels out.
"There's no chain of command," Dove says. "It's level. Everyone here feels this place is theirs, too, and it is."
If you decide to vacation this way, consider a jet boat ride up the Fraser River. You'll see ancient abandoned prospector's cabins occasionally among the sheer walls and some intriguing rock carving petroglyphs thousands of years old.
Perhaps Jet Boat Adventures owner Doug Green, a native river person, hit the nail on the head when he discussed B.C.'s riches.
"The gold nowadays comes in two forms — gold and tourism," he said.
For thousands of years, the treasure for natives has been in the river. It's the salmon.
At the Bridge River Fishing Grounds near Lillooet, Sandra Terry of the St'at'imc people demonstrates how to cut salmon for wind-drying while men from the band net leaping salmon in the background. The chewy dried salmon is a neat snack.
Nearby, there's another kind of digging. An extensive archeological site contains over 80 pit houses, the traditional winter homes of the St'at'imc people.
If you go
Barkerville: www.barkerville.ca
Echo Valley Ranch and Spa: www.evranch.com
You can fly Central Mountain Air from Vancouver to Williams Lake, rent a car and explore the region and drive to Barkerville or fly Vancouver to Quesnel and drive one hour to Barkerville.
Gordon Jorgenson served as city councillor
A travel story featuring former Londoner Dave Jorgenson published in last Saturday's @ease section incorrectly noted Dave's father's first name.
Gordon Jorgenson served as a London city councillor in the 1980s. Jorgenson Park in Byron is named in his honour.
The Free Press regrets the error.


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Sony yesterday unveiled preliminary details of the successor to the PlayStation 3 (PS3) at an event in New York's Manhattan Center, including the news that it will go on sale in time for Christmas.
"Cloud gaming" will form a core part of Sony's new device, allowing consumers to stream games from previous generation consoles and play them instantly. The technology that drives this has been developed by Gaikai, a company Sony bought in 2012.
The console will be significantly more powerful than the current PS3, with hyper-realistic graphics and hardware features including a controller bearing a touchpad and reflector strip to allow users to interact via motion-sensing with the console's Eye camera.
Industry observers said these tactile elements of control have been driven by the growing popularity of touchscreen devices such as the iPad and Sony-manufactured Android-powered devices.
DuBose Cole, a strategist at Mindshare UK, said: "The social functions of the PS4, including the dedicated 'share' button for game video clips, Ustream multicasting and live 'spectator' modes all treat gaming as something to be celebrated, shared and viewed by others."
But he stressed that PS4's new social functionality might be merely preaching to the converted.
He said: "The social functions link] directly into video elements of gaming already found in social media like YouTube.
"But it raises the question if it will increase the amount of people who frequently share gaming content. For those that would already watch a video of someone beating a game or pulling off an amazing feat, these features are incredibly useful, but the risk remains that it won't scale to foster wider sharing behaviour on the level the hardware integration anticipates."
Third-party games publishers expressed enthusiastic support for the new console, with launch games to include Ubisoft's Watch Dogs.
But stiff competition is set to come from rival console-maker Microsoft, which itself is gearing up to unveil its Xbox 360 successor, which games industry observers expect will occur at the E3 Show in Los Angeles in June.
The PlayStation 3 went on sale in 2006 and to date has sold around 75 million units.


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If you're a Facebook user, there's a good chance you got an email over the last 48 hours with the subject: "Re: LEGAL NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION." It's not of the Nigerian riches variety. For one, it's only offering you up to $10. For another, it's legit.
The email stems from a lawsuit we've been covering exhaustively here at the Not-So Private Parts. "Fraley vs. Facebook" stems from Facebook's decision in 2011 to put users in "Sponsored Story" ads based on things that they had "Liked." The ads didn't always reflect the context in which someone "Liked" something, as the dude who famously wound up promoting a 55-gallon drum of sexual lubricant last Valentine's Day can attest, and there was no way of opting out (beyond not Liking anything).
Within three months of the announcement, an enterprising group of plaintiffs led by seamstress Angel Fraley sued Facebook in California saying the company had violated the law by using their names and likenesses in ads without their permission and without paying them. (Lead plaintiff Fraley later dropped out of the suit citing Facebook lawyers' aggressive tactics, which basically consisted of digging up embarrassing material about her from her Facebook account.)
According to Social Bakers, Facebook has nearly 165 million American users; court filings suggest about 125 million of them got this notice. If they all wanted a piece of the full $20 million pie, they'd get 16 cent slices. If more than 4 million people claim their share, that would mean less than $5 each. And we can assume that the actual amount of money to be divvied up is going to be significantly reduced by the plaintiff's class action lawyers taking a cut. In the website about the settlement, the lawyers suggest the amount left over after their fees is going to be $12 million. If 3 million people -- or 2.4% of those that received the notice -- apply for a piece of that amount, it'll take the per-person payment below the $4.99 each threshold. Given that, it seems fairly likely this money is going to be split among non-profits -- including the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society (full list here) -- rather than by users, meaning those 14 non-profits will get almost a $1 million each. That's assuming that 99% of people who receive the email don't just delete it as spam.
But even if you don't get paid, there is an upside from the settlement. Facebook has to give all users "additional information about and control over the use of their names and profile pictures in Sponsored Stories." Maybe that means Facebook will give you a better way to control this than currently exists.
Here's the notice, in all of its legalese glory:
NOTICE OF PENDING CLASS ACTION AND NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT ANGEL FRALEY V. FACEBOOK, INC. You are receiving this e-mail because you may have been featured in a "Sponsored Story" on Facebook prior to December 3, 2012. A federal court authorized this Notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer. Why did I get this notice? This Notice relates to a proposed settlement ("Settlement") of a class action lawsuit ("Action") filed against Facebook relating to a particular Facebook feature called "Sponsored Stories." According to available records, you may be a "Class Member." What is the Action about? The Action claims that Facebook unlawfully used the names, profile pictures, photographs, likenesses, and identities of Facebook users in the United States to advertise or sell products and services through Sponsored Stories without obtaining those users' consent. Facebook denies any wrongdoing and any liability whatsoever. No court or other entity has made any judgment or other determination of any liability. What is a Sponsored Story? Sponsored Stories are a form of advertising that typically contains posts which appeared on facebook.com about or from a Facebook user or entity that a business, organization, or individual has paid to promote so there is a better chance that the posts will be seen by the user or entity's chosen audience. Sponsored Stories may be displayed, for example, when a Facebook user interacts with the Facebook service (including sub-domains, international versions, widgets, plug-ins, platform applications or games, and mobile applications) in certain ways, such as by clicking on the Facebook "Like" button on a business's, organization's, or individual's Facebook page. Sponsored Stories typically include a display of a Facebook user's Facebook name (i.e., the name the user has associated with his or her Facebook account) and/or profile picture (if the user has uploaded one) with a statement describing the user's interaction with the Facebook service, such as "John Smith likes UNICEF," "John Smith played Farmville," or "John Smith shared a link." What relief does the Settlement provide? Facebook will pay $20 million into a fund that can be used, in part, to pay claims of Class Members (including Minor Class Members) who appeared in a Sponsored Story. Each participating Class Member who submits a valid and timely claim form may be eligible to receive up to $10. The amount, if any, paid to each claimant depends upon the number of claims made and other factors detailed in the Settlement. No one knows in advance how much each claimant will receive, or whether any money will be paid directly to claimants. If the number of claims made renders it economically infeasible to pay money to persons who make a timely and valid claim, payment will be made to the not-for-profit organizations identified on the Settlement website at www.fraleyfacebooksettlement. com(if clicking on the link does not work, copy and paste the website address into a web browser). These organizations are involved in educational outreach that teaches adults and children how to use social media technologies safely, or are involved in research of social media, with a focus on critical thinking around advertising and commercialization, and particularly with protecting the interests of children. In addition to monetary relief, Facebook will (a) revise its terms of service (known as the "Statement of Rights and Responsibilities" or "SRR") to more fully explain the instances in which users agree to the display of their names and profile pictures in connection with Sponsored Stories; (b) create an easily accessible mechanism that enables users to view, on a going-forward basis, the subset of their interactions and other content on Facebook that have been displayed in Sponsored Stories (if any); (c) develop settings that will allow users to prevent particular items or categories of content or information related to them from being displayed in future Sponsored Stories; (d) revise its SRR to confirm that minors represent that their parent or legal guardian consents to the use of the minor's name and profile picture in connection with commercial, sponsored, or related content; (e) provide parents and legal guardians with additional information about how advertising works on Facebook in its Family Safety Center and provide parents and legal guardians with additional tools to control whether their children's names and profile pictures are displayed in connection with Sponsored Stories; and (f) add a control in minor users' profiles that enables each minor user to indicate that his or her parents are not Facebook users and, where a minor user indicates that his or her parents are not on Facebook, Facebook will make the minor ineligible to appear in Sponsored Stories until he or she reaches the age of 18, until the minor changes his or her setting to indicate that his or her parents are on Facebook, or until a confirmed parental relationship with the minor user is established.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM This is the only way to be eligible to receive a payment, if the Court orders payment to Class Members. Deadline: May 2, 2013 EXCLUDE YOURSELF This is the only option that allows you to retain the ability to file your own lawsuit about the legal claims in this case. Deadline: May 2, 2013 OBJECT Write to the Court about why you object to (i.e., don't like) the Settlement and think it shouldn't be approved. Deadline: May 2, 2013 GO TO THE "FAIRNESS HEARING" The Court will hold a "Fairness Hearing" to consider the Settlement, the request for attorneys' fees and expenses of the lawyers who brought the Action ("Class Counsel"), and the class representatives' request for service awards for bringing the Action.You may, but are not required to, speak at the Fairness Hearing about any Objection you filed. If you intend to speak at the Fairness Hearing, you must follow the procedures stated on the Settlement website to notify the Court and parties of your intent when you serve your Objection. Hearing Date: June 28, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. DO NOTHING You will not receive a payment, even if the Court orders payment to Class Members. You will also be giving up your right to bring your own lawsuit related to the claims in the Action. You may be eligible to receive the non-monetary benefits of the Settlement, if the Settlement is finally approved. No deadline To Parents and Guardians of Children on Facebook: The Settlement also involves the claims of minors featured in Sponsored Stories on Facebook. Please see the Settlement website for more information. More information? For more information about the Settlement and how to take the actions described above, please visit www.fraleyfacebooksettlement. com(if clicking on the link does not work, copy and paste the website address into a web browser) or write to the Settlement Administrator at Fraley v. Facebook, Inc., Settlement, c/o GCG, P.O. Box 35009, Seattle, WA 98124-1009, or GCG@fraleyfacebooksettlement. com. You may also contact Class Counsel, Robert S. Arns of the Arns Law Firm, by calling 1-888-214-5125 or by emailing email@example.com.
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This month, we shine the spotlight on two careers that relate to assessment – one that requires a graduate degree, and one that does not.
Psychometrist: Think you might like to administer tests for a living? Here's a career you can pursue with a bachelor's degree working under the supervision of a psychologist. Read more at the National Association of Psychometrists' website.
School Psychologist: Ready to take on graduate school for a couple of years? Interested in working with children and also assessing their academic abilities and needs? Think about school psychology and learn more at the National Association of School Psychologists' website.


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Kaye Beach
Dec. 16, 2013
Ohio is the first state to reject the federal Real ID Act solely on the basis of the biometric (facial recognition) collection.
(Read Biometrics 101 -Your Body is Your Id)
When people really understand that the mass collection of biometrics on ordinary people turns all of us into suspects and transforms our rights into privileges, sensible people will reject it.
State officials balked at the "one driver-one license" rule and at being required to store and share copies of personal documents, such as birth certificates, said Joe Andrews, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Public Safety…The objection is that it's not acceptable in many circles in Ohio to do facial recognition on everyone who comes in to get a license," http://www.dispatch.com//content/stories/local/2013/12/06/state-pulls-plans-to-comply-with-federal-id-law.html
Ohio had been set and ready to go with Real ID but when residents and legislators got a whiff of what Real ID with its facial biometric requirement was really about, they weren't so happy.
After Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine
quietly added a facial recognition capability to the
Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway, which gives government officials unified access to databases for their browsing pleasure, state residents became a tad creeped out that they'd been conscripted into an ongoing police line-up. Link
The actuality of harm to our rights inherent in mandatory biometric ID is beginning to become apparent. Compared to a few years ago, it is now much easier for the people and their legislators to see what this technology is and how it is being used and they are taking issue with it.
Recently Missouri legislators completed an investigation into privacy violations of Missouri residents and found that the state's Department of Revenue has continued implementation of the federal Real ID Act in spite of state law prohibiting it.
Mo. House Committee Releases Report Accusing DOR Of Breaking 2009 Anti-REAL ID Law
"The Department of Revenue adopted a system of scanning and retention of source documents," Cox said. "They acquired and they spent considerable money in obtaining biometric information on citizens, they adopted the central issuance of driver's licenses, and finally adopted what's sometimes referred to as Level Three security, which is also a feature of (the) REAL ID Act, according to the Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano."
But the federal government says it still intends to force the Real ID Act on the states.
National Conference of State Legislatures (NSCL)
Oct. 2013
REAL ID Enforcement on Its Way
In a recent meeting with NCSL, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) confirmed it is on schedule to announce, later this year, a timeline for the phased-in enforcement of the federal REAL ID Act.
There will likely be four to six phases, with each phase focusing on the use of REAL ID-compliant IDs in different settings, such as to board commercial aircraft.
Each phase will consist of three steps: 1) signage regarding the upcoming enforcement, 2) verbal warnings of enforcement and 3) hard
Full enforcement of REAL ID is expected to begin
in two to three years. Approximately 21 states are expected to already be in full compliance when DHS releases the timeline this year.
While the stealth national/international biometric ID has remained largely hidden from mass awareness, that is going to change. More and more citizens and legislators will become aware of the reality of mandatory biometric ID being forced upon the American people and we can expect that this reality will create a new wave of battles. It won't be a moment too soon though because the fact is that all states are collecting digital facial images suitable for use with facial recognition technology which means you can kiss your privacy, autonomy and religious freedom goodbye unless its stopped.
I am engaged in my own battle against mandatory biometric ID right now. I want to know if I have the right NOT to be enrolled into this system of biometric identification and financial control. Many would benefit from a favorable ruling in my lawsuit and I am asking for your support to help me win my case.
Please help me stop mandatory biometric enrollment by making as generous a contribution to my legal fund as you are able to today.
If you wish to donate to my legal defense fund, you may do so online through Paypal.com
By US mail, you can send a check or money order to;
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(Please make the check out to "Kaye Beach". You may write "legal defense fund" in the memo section of your check or money order)
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Life Science: Session 1
Childrens Ideas about Whats Living, Dead, and Nonliving
Below are common ideas children in grades K-6 have about this topic, compiled from research on children's ideas about science (see the Session 1 Children's Ideas Bibliography). For each idea, consider why a child would be likely to believe this and what evidence might refute it.
1. If it moves, it is alive.
Many things that move aren't alive, such as cars, clouds, and flowing water. The living things that are most familiar to children are likely to be animals that move. Since they consider animals to be alive, they may associate the characteristic of movement with life. Hide Response
2. If it seems to move by itself, it's alive; if it's moved by something else, it's not alive.
A shadow moves by itself, but it's not alive. Fire also moves by itself. Once children recognize that there are nonliving things that can be moved by an external force—like clouds moved by the wind, or a bicycle pedaled by a person, they may make the finer distinction that something is alive only if it can move itself. Hide Response
3. If it makes light or a noise, it's alive.
A burning candle and a flashlight make light but are not alive. A ringing bell and a piano make noise but are not alive. Younger children may believe this because they associate "doing something" with being alive. Hide Response
4. It's not alive unless it's "doing something."
A potato doesn't appear to be doing anything, yet a potato is alive. If you plant a potato in a suitable environment, it will grow into a potato plant. At the cell level, all living things are constantly "doing something," even if this can't be detected. Children may hold this idea because they connect life with activity, particularly movement. In contrast, familiar examples of nonliving things—like rocks or books—don't demonstrate activity. Hide Response
5. To be alive, something has to "breathe."
Not all living things "breathe" in the same way that animals do—by inhaling and exhaling. Plants, for example, do not breathe. However, the cells of all living things do take in and release gases. Children's firsthand experience of the need to breathe and their observations of other animals may lead them to think that all living things have to breathe. The process where plants take in CO2 and release O2 during photosynthesis is sometimes likened to breathing, so children may equate it with breathing. Hide Response
6. Growth is not a prerequisite of life.
One characteristic of life is a life span, which includes a period of growth. From a living beginning as a single cell, all life forms can be observed to grow—even organisms that are made of only one cell. Growth occurs as cells get bigger and, in multicellular organisms, as cells divide to form new cells. This idea may arise because children observe some living things when they are no longer growing. A full-grown plant, for example, may not appear to grow. Hide Response
7. Objects like seeds, spores, eggs, and pupae are not alive, but they can give rise to living things.
Because seeds, spores, eggs, and pupae appear to be "doing nothing," many children think they're dead or nonliving while at the same time believing that they can give rise to living things. Just as all cells come from an existing cell, all life comes from something that is alive—there is no "discontinuity" of life during a life span. Seeds, spores, eggs, and pupae represent the living beginnings of a life span and have the potential for growth, development, reproduction, and death. They also demonstrate the other characteristics of life. This makes them alive. Children may believe this because they do not observe any activity in these objects, and they can't see the developing organism inside. Hide Response
8. Plants and fungi are not alive.
Because plants and fungi don't move, some children think they aren't alive. Nonetheless, both plants and fungi demonstrate the characteristics of life. They are built from cells, have life spans, require matter and energy, respond to their environment, and carry the hereditary material DNA. Children who consider movement a requirement for life may hold this idea. In this case they may consider animals to be the only things that are alive. Hide Response
9. Plants have a different kind of life than animals.
Plants and animals differ in many ways. However, the characteristics of life apply equally to both groups of organisms. Each is made of cells, has a life span, uses matter and energy, responds to its environment, and carries the hereditary material DNA. Children may think this because the observable differences between plants and animals seem to make them "opposites" of each other. This also may be reinforced by placing the emphasis on differences while teaching about these groups of organisms. Hide Response
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A Health Care Proxy is a legal form that identifies a spokesperson
Your health and wellness can change quickly. One serious accident or unexpected illness can turn your world upside down — that's why planning for your advanced care and having an Advance Directive is critical when health care decisions need to be made and you are unable to make them.
An example of an Advance Directive is the Health Care Proxy. A Health Care Proxy is a legal form that identifies a spokesperson (or Agent) who will make decisions on your behalf if you are unable to.
There are a few common misconceptions:
Misconception 1:
My spouse or next of kin can make health care decisions when I am unable to.
Not all decisions can be made by the spouse or next of kin.
Misconception 2:
I can "name" someone as my spokesperson or Agent, without completing the form.
An Agent can only speak for an individual when he or she is named on the official Health Care Proxy form, and the forms are properly completed.
Misconception 3:
The Health Care Agent will be allowed to make decisions as soon as the Health Care Proxy form is completed.
The Agent can only make decisions once a physician caring for the form's owner activates the Proxy due to the owner being incapacitated or incompetent.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health also recently approved the use of MOLST (Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment). This form is completed by you and your physician, and lists specific treatments which you may choose to accept or not accept when needed (such as CPR or dialysis). The MOLST form is considered a "physician's order" and is recognized by all health care providers through all settings: home, nursing home, hospital and ambulance transport.
Here is a summary of the steps you should follow in Advance Care Planning:
1 Consider the types of health care you want under specific circumstances. Do you want life-prolonging treatment only if there is a good chance of complete recovery? Under what circumstances would you accept or not accept treatments?
2 Discuss your wishes with the person you plan to name as your Agent, as well as family and close friends. This is important because you cannot anticipate every possibility in your Proxy or MOLST forms, so some decisions may have to be made based on your spoken words.
3 Complete the forms. The Health Care Proxy form requires you to sign and date in front of two witnesses (not family members). The Agent is not required to be present but does need to be notified in advance of the form's completion. The MOLST must be completed by the owner or the Agent/Guardian for the owner, as well as the owner's physician.
4 Keep original copies of your forms in an accessible place at home. Also give a copy to your Health Care Agent, family members and your physician. Bring copies to the hospital if you are admitted.
5 Review your forms annually, or whenever your health situation or philosophical outlook changes. The Health Care Proxy and MOLST forms can be changed at any time.
Although talking to your loved ones about end-of-life care is not easy, planning ahead for life's unexpected twists can help make an emotional time a little less stressful. In the end, Advance Care Planning can provide everyone peace of mind.
To obtain a copy of the Healthy Care Proxy form, call Morton Hospital at 508-828-7370, or visit www.mass.gov and search for "Health Care Proxy Form."
Deborah Rogers, RN, BS is Care Management Manager at Morton Hospital


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GOP Seeks Policy Leverage From Debt-Ceiling Negotiations
House Republicans Consider 'Rifle-Shot' Assault on Health-Law Provisions
House Republicans are considering demanding a small number of discrete policy changes—most notably to the 2010 health-care law—as an opening salvo in negotiations over raising the government's borrowing authority.
House GOP leaders have made no final decisions on their debt-ceiling plans, which will be a top focus during a strategy session at a Maryland resort next week. But aides and lawmakers say party leaders believe a "clean" debt-ceiling bill, devoid of policy demands, can't pass the Republican controlled House....


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Obama's Order Embraces Privacy Principles While House Fails to Protect Privacy, says ACLU
February 13, 2013
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WASHINGTON – President Obama tonight signed an executive order to protect U.S. critical infrastructure from cyberattacks by improving cybersecurity information sharing between the government and owners and operators of the nation's critical infrastructure. Unlike legislation that will be introduced into the House tomorrow, the president's executive order seeks to protect Americans' digital privacy when information-sharing occurs, according to the ACLU.
"The president's executive order rightly focuses on cybersecurity solutions that don't negatively impact civil liberties. For example, greasing the wheels of information sharing from the government to the private sector is a privacy-neutral way to distribute critical cyber information," ACLU Legislative Counsel Michelle Richardson said. "More encouragingly, the adoption of Fair Information Practice Principles for internal information sharing demonstrates a commitment to tried-and-true privacy practices – like consent, transparency, minimization and use limitations. If new information sharing authorities are granted—especially the overbroad ones being pondered by the House—these principles will be more important than ever. We look forward to working with the administration to make sure that the devil isn't in the details when privacy regulations are drafted."
In Congress, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Ranking Member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) will reportedly reintroduce the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) tomorrow, which passed the House last Congress but failed to gain traction in the Senate.
"The ACLU still opposes CISPA, which once again allows companies to share sensitive and personal American internet data with the government, including the National Security Agency and other military agencies," Richardson said. "CISPA does not require companies to make reasonable efforts to protect their customers' privacy and then allows the government to use that data for undefined 'national-security' purposes and without any minimization procedures, which have been in effect in other security statutes for decades."
The ACLU continues to support the strong privacy protections in the Senate's cybersecurity bill from the last Congress, which is expected to be reintroduced sometime soon.
"The Senate bill and the executive order make significant progress in the privacy arena and it is discouraging that the House persists in taking the low road," Richardson added.


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My 5-day-old baby in a fitted cloth diaper.
Eco-novice urges you to consider cloth.
Even if you use disposables for the remainder of your child's diapering months, I would encourage anyone who is even remotely interested in cloth diapering to consider using cloth for the first six months of your baby's life.
Here's why:
1. If you are a bit concerned about all the toxic chemicals in your child's world, then both the known ingredients and the undisclosed ingredients (such as the components of the fragrance) of disposable diapers will give you pause. If you are going to pay attention to the ingredients in any product, it might as well be the product that comes in contact with your baby's private parts all day long. During this newborn period, your baby is extremely vulnerable to endocrine disruptors and other harmful chemicals. In addition to being more sensitive, newborn skin is also more permeable than the skin of older children and adults. Chemicals in diaper wipes, disposable diapers, and personal products can easily pass through your infant's skin into her body, so this is the time to be super-conscientious about ingredients.
2. Cloth wipes are better at getting off that yellow runny poop than disposable wipes. Also, the ingredients in disposable wipes are weird.
3. Cloth diapers prevent pooplosions! And, as many parents know, newborns are prone to poopy explosions because of their runny poops. I am now cloth diapering my third child and I have never had cloth diaper leak poop.
4. You don't have to do a darn thing about the poop. Dealing with poop is one of the big reasons that folks steer clear of cloth diapers. But if you breastfeed, newborn poop is completely water soluble and washes right out in the wash. You toss the poopy diaper in the wash and you're done. The diapers will stain, but personally I don't care about that (line drying helps with that, if you do care).
5. Young babies stay put. There is a small learning curve to using cloth diapers, especially if you are accustomed to using disposables, and it's easier to become a whiz at using cloth diapers with a newborn than with a squirmy 9-month old or toddler.
6. Newborn babies go through a lot of diapers. I change my 2-month-old baby about 8 times during the day, I'd say. If you change your baby's disposable diaper in the middle of the night, you may go through even more diapers. Let's assume 6 diapers per day for the first six months (I'm trying to estimate conservatively here -- feel free to argue with my calculations in the comments). That's almost 200 diapers per month! Let's estimate that you spend $40 a month on diapers, night time diapers, and wipes. (If you choose to buy "greener" brands of disposables, you will spend significantly more.) As long as you spend less than $240 on cloth diapers for the 0-to-6-months period (and you can spend far less than that if you choose a less expensive system, buy used, or make your own) you will come out ahead financially. Plus you've kept hundreds of diapers out of the landfill.
I'm not going to argue about the environmental impact of cloth versus disposable diapers here, but there is no doubt that cloth diapering exposes your child to fewer potentially toxic chemicals during a very susceptible period. Add to that the fact that the first six months are in many ways the easiest and most economical time to cloth diaper, and I think we have a pretty good argument for cloth diapering your newborn.
How much do you spend on diapering supplies each month?
Have you considered using cloth diapers?


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It got flagged for "inappropriate content". That's a crap excuse. My video contained anime "nude art" not anime "pornography". It was only ecchi because I deleted all the hentai scenes. Mild nudity is usually accepted on Youtube, and I've seen slightly LESS MILD nude vids on Youtube than mine, that aren't flagged. Youtube tends to allow nudity that isn't pornographic and it just gets labled with a mature content flag that means any viewer has to have their account show they are 18+. They don't usually get deleted unless they are blatant porn. Yet mine got flagged and deleted!!!! And now I'm ticked off VERY STRONGLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They could have at least given me a day to retrieve my video (such as using a Firefox plugin to download it directly off Youtube). But NOOOOO, those BLOOMING IDIOTS had to delete it. And I don't even have a hardcopy of in on my computer. I'd been depending on my ability to download it back off of youtube if I needed it back for any reason. And now I have NO WAY TO GET IT BACK. It was an AMV that took me HOURS TO MAKE!!!! AND NOW IT IS GONE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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There is a common misconception that writing always comes easily to "good" writers. "Good" writers seem to have a never-ending supply of words, ideas, and creativity, while "bad" writers struggle. Regardless of your level of comfort with writing, I think we've all had those days (or late nights) when we've stared at the blank computer screen, waiting for essays to magically write themselves or for the writer's block-dam in our brains to burst.
I recently came across an article from O, The Oprah Magazine called, "Advice for Aspiring Writers" in which six best-selling and award-winning authors (including Toni Morrison, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Michael Cunningham) discuss the difficulties and frustrations of writing as well as the joys that can arise from it. Read more here: http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Advice-to-New-Writers/1
Whether you're an aspiring writer or a student who only writes in order to pass a class, this article shows that writing is often a difficult task for everyone regardless of their experience. So, the next time you have a bad case of writer's block, just remember: even Pulitzer Prize winners have their off days.


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Until this month, eating an éclair was a matter of walking down to Le Panier and grabbing one of the delectable confections. But all of this changed with our most recent Daring Bakers Challenge (suggested by Meeta and Tony) which was to make Pierre Hermé's éclairs. Now, admittedly we haven't made éclairs before but this recipe seemed like rather a quirky one (check it out here).
But like we always do, during all of those between-steps moments we had to do something to keep ourselves from eating the unfinished masterpieces, so we turned to discover a bit more about the sweet treat. Here's what we discovered, along with our little helper above (who we like to call Pierre Eclair):
What is an éclair? To those who may have grown up eating the version peddled at Dunkin' Donuts, you've been living a lie. That is what would technically be referred to as a "long john"--basically a doughnut dressed up like an éclair. Not that we'd turn our nose if offered a box of them.
Likewise those of you who have sampled the "eclair" by Cadbury and Co. are also not eating the French pastry--these confections are a caramel coating around a chocolate center.
"long, thin pastry made with choux pastry filled with a cream and topped with icing.
The dough, which is the same as that used for profiterole, is piped into an oblong shape with a pastry bag and baked until it is crisp and hollow inside. Once cool, the pastry then is filled with...pastry cream (crème pâtissière), custard or whipped cream, and topped with fondant icing."
Of course, if that seems a bit long, this definition for the éclair seems rather succinct: according to the Chambers English Dictionary, an éclair is "a cake, long in shape but short in duration."
Where do they come from? Like a sweet mirage, the eclair's origins are hazy. According to foodtimeline.org, "The food history encyclopedias (including the Larousse Gastronomique) and reference books all describe eclairs but provide little if any details regarding their origin. This probably means the eclair is a product of food evolution. There is some conjecture that perhaps Antonin Carême (1784-1833), a famous pastry chef for French royalty might have created something akin to éclairs."
But wherever they may have come from, they caught on fast. They'd jumped the pond by 1884, garnering a writeup and recipe in the Boston Cooking School Cook Book. You can find the original American recipe here.


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Spencer County native and former resident James Allen Cox found his recipe for Farmer's Seafood Boil at the Texas State Fair.
"I picked this up at the Texas State Fair over twenty years ago, and it has not failed me yet," said Cox. "It is an easy one pot meal."
Cox reads this paper online and decided to share one of his favorite recipes with his hometown.
The recipe was created by the Texas Extension Service.
What do mashed potatoes and martinis have in common? Not much unless you attended Terri Cooper's Mashed Potato bunco party in February. It was Cooper's turn to host the monthly bunco club, and she thought it was time for something a little different.
"I felt like we were all tired of winter and tired of the same old thing," said Cooper. "I wanted to do something fun to get us out of the winter blues."
Cooper told all of her guests to bring their favorite martini glasses and dress in '50s attire.
Valentine's Day has an unusual history in our household. I do not expect flowers or candy, and I generally do not get them. In all the years that my husband and I have been together, I think I have received flowers for Valentine's Day maybe once. It is not that I do not like getting flowers. I just prefer not to get them at holiday prices.
I go get a box of candy occasionally, but even then my husband gets more brownie points for buying it on sale than he does for bringing it to me on the "correct" day.
Terri Cooper grew up with the apple dip recipe that she serves to her children. Her mother got the recipe from her aunt and she said it is possible that it originally came from her great-grandmother.
"Mom used it for an after school snack for Sunday afternoons," said Cooper. "Basically it was a way to get us to eat fruit and it works. It works for my kids too."
Marlene Stark discovered a new favorite recipe when she opened her Southern Living magazine before Christmas. The pecans and apples in the praline apple bread drew her to the recipe.
"I crave apples," she said. "I love to bake during wintertime. I happened to have the ingredients on hand."
Stark has made the bread about 6-8 times since she came across the recipe a little over a month ago. She baked some of them in smaller aluminum pans to give to neighbors for Christmas.
Are you running out of things to do to entertain your children during snow days? Are you getting cabin fever and need to find something to do to change the scenery, but you can not get out of your driveway? Try planning ahead for the next snow day with these ideas.
Have a plan before the meteorologist ever announces the first snowflake. Make sure to have all the supplies and directions for several activities already purchased and set aside for the first call of "Mooom! I'm bored!"
Sweet potato dumplings have become a favorite dish at Adina Milburn's home over the past few years. She was first introduced to it at a potluck dinner at her church, Highview Baptist Spencer Campus.
Angie Melton brought the dumplings and Milburn liked them so much that she asked for the recipe.
The sweet potato dumplings call for sweet potato patties, but sweet potatoes can be used.
"Angie originally told us to use sweet potato patties," said Milburn. "It's so much easier to use the patties."
It's a new year, and many people are making their New Year's resolutions. I have always had trouble keeping resolutions for more than a few weeks. It seems like too much, too fast. There's so much expectation surrounding them that they become easy to break.
A few years ago, I heard about a different way of making resolutions called One Little Word. The concept is to choose one word that becomes your focus for the entire year. The word reminds you of your goals and intentions.
Charlotte russe has been in Judy Broyles' family for several generations. She knows her grandmother, who she never knew, made it and taught the recipe to Broyles' mother but is not sure how her grandmother learned the recipe.
"It was tradition for it to be our Thanksgiving dessert," said Broyles, who has been making the dessert for 51 years herself. "My daughter and granddaughter are making it now too."
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Recently, I found myself poring over the fantastic volume Hungry for Wisconsin: A Tasty Guide for Travelers. The reason why I was looking through this book is this: I was seeking out unusual regional specialties or bakeries that I simply needed to visit. What can I say? I love armchair food travel.
One thing caught my eye right away, as in on page 2: a story about wild rice in Wisconsin. As it turns out, wild rice is a pretty big deal in what many would consider the Dairy State. It grows "freely in cool, northern rivers, shallow lakes, and other wetlands", and commands a high price, because the harvest is done by hand. This love and care gives it a unique, nutty flavor that Uncle Ben could only dream of attaining.
For generations, the Native Americans of the area have harvested rice in a ritual that brings together the whole family. Unfortunately, this tradition seems to have been dying in recent years.
But at least a few brave Wild Rice soldiers want to bring back the tradition. And as part of their dedication to bringing back the wild rice harvest, the fine people of Bear Clan Wild Rice do various events to raise awareness.
At these events, they hand out recipes for wild rice, including this unusual one, which is in the book and caught my attention right away: Wild Rice Dessert Topping. At first it struck me as an odd recipe, but when I thought about it further, it came to me sort of like this: I like rice. I like dessert. I think rice pudding is great, but why should it have all the fun?
And so I gave it a try. If you have wild rice on hand, the recipe is a snap. Getting used to the flavor might involve a learning curve--it's definitely different. Earthy, and nutty, sort of granola-esque but with that distinct rice flavor, it works best with fairly neutral flavored desserts--I tried it on top of vanilla ice cream. It's a fascinating flavor, and once I got past the "oh! weird!" aspect of it, I found it highly enjoyable.
Wild Rice Dessert Topping (Printable recipe here!)
- 1 cup cooked wild rice
- 1/2 cup brown sugar or maple sugar
- 1/2 cup dried cherries (original recipe suggests dried cranberries or raisins)
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (original recipe calls for pecans)
Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl.
Cover and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes, so that it can all meld together.
Spoon the mixture over ice cream, custard, or pudding directly before serving.


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For centuries, peoples of the circumpolar North lived in semi-nomadic communities, moving from place to place as food availability shifted with the changing seasons. People relied on their surrounding environment for food and other materials through hunting, fishing, and gathering, their fortunes closely tied to the seasonal changes in the seemingly barren landscape around them. It was not often an easy life, but it was one deep-rooted in ecological knowledge and traditional life ways.
Community-based whale hunt in the Chukchi Sea (off Chukotka, Russian Federation). Photo: Tobias Holzlehner
About a hundred years ago, many of these semi-nomadic communities began to be pressured into settling in permanent locations under state-induced policies that sought to stabilize the economy and mainstream the native population. The United States, Canada, Greenland, and, to a lesser extent, Finland and Scandinavia, attempted to assimilate native communities into the mainstream population by forcing an immobile lifestyle in which native families were required to send their children to state-run schools. Established communities were sometimes relocated again at the whim of far-off policy changes.
Between the 1950s and 1970s, the Soviet Union relocated hundreds of small indigenous Siberian communities in order to make the administration of these places more convenient, reasoning that it would be easier to control the birth rate if peoples' whereabouts were known, particularly if they had come to rely upon government rations and services.
What were the impacts of these government-sponsored relocations?
"Moved by the State: Perspectives on Relocation and Resettlement in the Circumpolar North" (MOVE) is an international project within the BOREAS scheme of the European Science Foundation. Peter Schweitzer, a professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), leads the overall MOVE project as well as the U.S. portion funded by NSF and housed at UAF. He and his team of post-docs and graduate students are working to answer the question raised above. They study the physical, psychological, and economic consequences of state-induced relocation in 20th century Chukotka, Russia, and Alaska.
But they are not just looking back. By documenting experiences of indigenous peoples in Alaska and Russia, the MOVE team hopes to assist coastal communities in Alaska and elsewhere to cope with pending relocations resulting from climate change.
Post-doctoral research fellow Tobias Holzlehner, who has worked in Chukotka since the 1990s, is documenting historical relocations there by collecting sometimes heartbreaking narratives and by travelling to and studying abandoned settlements, an easier feat following the disbanding of the Soviet Union. Schweitzer attended the Beringia Days conference in Andyr last September. While there, he focused on reestablishing relationships with indigenous elders and government officials, who are cautious but helpful because they realize that his project has relevance to their lives.
Schweitzer says recording stories of historical relocations while keeping current with Chukotkan representatives are goals "imperative to understanding the bigger picture. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the government abandoned the region. Suddenly, there was no one providing rations, so many people were on the brink of starvation as they tried to eek out a subsistence lifestyle." What we are seeing now is a re-appropriation of space. People are starting to reoccupy old settlements since the state is no longer creating new opportunities and they must fend for themselves again."
Coastal Alaskan communities have a long tradition of being adaptable to changing environmental conditions--a good thing given the state of the coastline. The State of Alaska currently monitors more than 30 communities identified as potential candidates for relocation. Neither the state nor these communities want the move (an important contrast to Chukotka), but relocation may become necessary for many as beach erosion and thawing permafrost intensify with climate warming. The problem, says Schweitzer, is that unlike a hundred years ago, native Alaskans are now stuck in an "infrastructure trap" with their reliance on many modern conveniences as well as a strong sense of place.
Ph.D. student Elizabeth Marino works in the community of Shishmaref, one of several Alaskan villages the MOVE project works with; Shishmaref clings tenuously to the northern coast of the Beringia Land Bridge National Preserve. On a sand and permafrost barrier island three-miles long and only about a thousand feet wide at its narrowest point, Shishmaref is highly susceptible to beach-front erosion. Although people made camps on the island 4,000 years ago, no permanent settlements existed until the turn of the century with the opening of a post office in 1901.
Since 1969, more than 200 feet of sand has eroded from the north shore--large storms in the Chukchi Sea create dangerous conditions for people and property alike. As a proactive measure, the city government along with the Indian Reorganization Act Council and the Shishmaref Native Corporation Board formed the Shishmaref Erosion and Relocation Coalition in an effort to take action. In July, 2002, Shishmaref residents voted to relocate their community of 600 people to the mainland across the Shishmaref Inlet. The MOVE team hopes that understanding this contemporary relocation in a longer historical context will give light to how vulnerability is constructed, and how to decrease these vulnerabilities in the future.--Marcy Davis
For more information, please contact Peter Schweitzer: ppschweitzerATalaska.edu


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:::Fuchsia Swing Song:::Posted: Monday, 28 June 2010 by jazzlover in Etykiety: Anthony Williams, Jaki Byard, Ron Carter, Sam Rivers
Recorded in 1964 immediately after leaving the Miles Davis Quintet, Sam Rivers' Fuchsia Swing Song is one of the more auspicious debuts the label released in the mid-'60s. Rivers was a seasoned session player (his excellent work on Larry Young's Into Somethin' is a case in point) and a former member of Herb Pomeroy's Big Band before he went out with Davis. By the time of his debut, Rivers had been deep under the influence of Coltrane and Coleman, but wasn't willing to give up the blues just yet. Hence the sound on Fuchsia Swing Song is one of an artist who is at once very self-assured, and in transition. Using a rhythm section that included Tony Williams (whose Life Time he had guested on), pianist Jaki Byard, and bassist Ron Carter, Rivers took the hard bop and blues of his roots and poured them through the avant-garde colander. Today, players like Joshua Redman, Branford Marsalis, and James Carter do it all the time, but in 1964 it was unheard of. You either played hard bop or free; Davis' entire modal thing hadn't even completely blasted off yet. The title and opening track is a case in point. Rivers opens with an angular figure that is quickly translated by the band into sweeping, bopping blues. Rivers legato is lightning quick and his phrasing touches upon Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins, Coleman, and Coltrane, but his embouchure is all his. He strikes the balance and then takes off on both sides of the aisle. Byard's comping is actually far more than that, building in rhythmic figures in striated minors just behind the tenor. "Downstairs Blues Upstairs" sounds, initially anyway, like it might have come out of the Davis book so deep is its blue root. But courtesy of Byard and Williams, Rivers goes to the left after only four choruses, moving onto the ledge a bit at a time, running knotty arpeggios through the center of the melody and increasingly bending his notes into succeeding intervals while shifting keys and times signatures. He never goes completely over the edge as he would on his later Blue Note dates. The most difficult cut on the date is "Luminous Monolith," with its swing-like figure introducing the melody. Eight bars in, the syncopation of the rhythm sections begins a stutter stem around the time and then the harmony with Byard building dense chords for Rivers to jump off of. On the Connoisseur Series CD (shame on Blue Note once again for making some of its best outside records "limited editions"; titles like this should be as readily available as Horace Silver's Song for My Father, but the label had been playing it ever so safe for a while and making fans buy the limited number of titles over and again) there are alternate takes of "Luminous Monolith" and three more of "Downstairs Blues Upstairs," making it a very worthwhile look at the entire session. This is a highly recommended date. Rivers never played quite like this again.
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Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song (1964)
Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song (1964)
1. Fuchsia Swing Song 6:03
2. Downstairs Blues Upstairs 5:33
3. Cyclic Episode 6:56
4. Luminous Monolith 6:30
5. Beatrice 6:12 6 Ellipsis 7:42
Bass - Ron Carter
Drums - Anthony Williams
Piano - Jaki Byard
Saxophone [Tenor], Composed By - Sam Rivers
Bass - Ron Carter
Drums - Anthony Williams
Piano - Jaki Byard
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S.A. worker mistakenly jailed
Authorities recently detained the wrong man on a sexual assault warrant, arresting a San Antonio construction worker with the common name of Jose Hernandez — despite an apparent 6-inch height difference with the actual suspect, records show.
Jose Gabriel Hernandez, who stands 6 feet 1 inches and weighs 230 pounds, was arrested at his home Oct. 22 by Bexar County sheriff's deputies, who had a warrant out of Harris County for another Jose Hernandez with the same date of birth. But the wanted man stood only 5 feet 7 and weighed about 190 pounds, according to court records.
"It's pretty obvious it's not me," said Hernandez, 49.
In the days after his arrest, his wife and other relatives scraped together $22,500 — 15 percent of his $150,000 bail — and reached out to a friend who is an attorney in a Houston law firm. That friend connected the family with Billy Belk, a former Houston police detective and a defense attorney, who took the case for free and pointed out several problems with the identification to prosecutors.
Harris County prosecutors dismissed the charges against Hernandez on Wednesday after a Houston police detective confirmed that photos of the wanted man and the arrested man did not match, according to the district attorney's office. A note by the prosecutor on the dismissal paperwork reads: "Wrong 'Jose Hernandez' arrested."
Belk said he is still unsure how his client came onto the Bexar County Sheriff's Office radar. He said Hernandez recently applied for a part-time job as a school bus driver, which might have brought the outstanding warrant to the attention of authorities conducting a criminal background check.
Bexar County sheriff's officials declined to comment on the case. Houston police did not immediately return a call Monday.
"I don't think there was anything malicious," Hernandez said. "It was just that somebody got lazy and didn't do their job. They just jumped the gun and arrested a Jose Hernandez" with the same birth date as the suspect.
Hernandez said he is out the $22,500 his family paid the bail bondsman. He contacted the company after the charge was dismissed but said he was told there are no refunds, even for wrongful arrests. The owner of the company, Albert Saenz, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Hernandez said he still has to formally expunge the charges from his record, which can be time consuming. He added that he is considering a lawsuit against state and local law enforcement to recoup some of his costs for the wrongful arrest.
The other Jose Hernandez is still wanted in the 2005 sexual assaults, and a warrant with additional information has been reissued for his arrest, authorities said.
"As odd as it sounds, I'm almost glad it was me that got arrested and not some poor soul who didn't know anybody who could help him," Hernandez said. "He'd still be sitting in jail."


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