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Gideon D. Gaskins
Gideon D. Gaskins was born September 15, 1859 and raised in the vicinity of Ray's Mill, GA. His father was William Gaskins and his mother was Elizabeth Clements. The Berrien County tax digests of 1884-1886 show the twenty-something young Gideon Gaskins in the 1144 Georgia Militia District, the Ray's Mill district, although he was not a land owner.
On October 17, 1886, Gideon D. Gaskins married Lourene "Lula" Clements in Berrien County, GA.
Lula was born September 5, 1866, a daughter of John C. Clements and Mary Patten.
Some time before 1887, Gideon Gaskins moved his family to Willacoochee, GA where he worked as a merchant. The 1887 property tax digest show "Giddie" Gaskins owned property in the town of Willacoochee valued at $135, and $25 worth of household furnishings. His stock of merchandise was valued at $300. The 1890 property tax digests show Gaskins' town property in Willacoochee valued at $200, as well as $50 in household furnishings and $20 in livestock.
An 1898 society item from offered a tongue-in-cheek critique of the Willacoochee merchant's physique. Gaskin's fellow businessmen and neighbors were: Albert Padgett, merchant; William L. Moore, merchant; Joe Vickers, merchant; Henry Paulk, merchant. Gid Gaskins was apparently leaner and cleaner shaven than his colleagues.
Tifton Gazette
June 17, 1898
Clever Joe Vickers is waxing fat, selling good goods and eating fish these days. The same would be true of our friends Padgett and Moore, but Gid Gaskins is not quite keeping up with the boys in the matter of flesh. Like Henry Paulk, however, he is better prepared to stand hot weather.
In the census of 1900, Gideon Gaskins gave his occupation as merchant and indicated he was working as a wage employee. By 1902, Willacoochee was a growing concern and Gideon was ready to run his own shop. He built a brick store in Willacoochee on the south side of the tracks of the Brunswick and Western Railroad. The Brunswick & Western Railroad ran 171 miles from Brunswick, GA to Albany, GA passing through Waynesville, Waycross, Waresboro, Pearson, Sniff, Kirkland, Pinebloom, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Enigma, Brookfield, Vanceville, Tifton and other towns. In the 1870s and 80s the Brunswick & Western had been the stomping grounds of the notorious outlaw Ben Furlong; in the 1900s Jack Alsea "Joe" Furlong, son of Ben Furlong, was residing at Willacoochee, GA in the household of his foster parents Benjamin B. Gray and Ellen Gray .
Tifton Gazette
March 21, 1902
A Growing Town
Tifton's sister city Willacoochee is showing more evidence of thrift and interprise than any town along the Brunswick and Western.
The Bank of Willacoochee has just finished two handsome brick store rooms on either side of the bank building, and these are occupied by D. E. Gaskins and by Carter & Ford.
Mr. G. D. Gaskins is erecting a handsome brick store, 25×90 feet, as is also Mr. J. J. Vickers, the former on the south and the latter on the north side of the railroad, where his store was burned last Christmas.
Both these buildings will soon be completed and occupied. Messrs. M. Corbitt and J. F. Shearer have also put a handsome line of groceries in the post office building.
Several more improvements are contemplated.
Gideon D. Gaskins and Lula Clements had only one child, Mattie Mae Gaskins, born October 10, 1890. A 1904 news clipping from the Tifton Gazette suggests that Mattie Gaskins may have attended the Sparks Institute as a teen ager.
The 1910 census records show that Gideon's nephew, Thomas R. Cox, had come to live with the Gaskins in Willacoochee by that time. It was a banner year for Willacoochee in 1910. The opening of the line of the Georgia & Florida on October 1, 1908 had brought a second railroad to the town and by 1910 the town was experiencing a boom in construction. The Peoples Bank building went up, along with half a dozen still-existing brick and wood commercial buildings. and the Willacoochee Electric Plant. And in 1910, the Oak View Hotel was built in Willacoochee; Gideon Gaskins would be the proprietor.
The former Oak View hotel still stands on the corner of McCranie Street and Gaskins Street in Willacoochee, GA. The hotel was built in a prime location, one block south of the tracks of the Brunswick & Western Railroad and two blocks east of the depot of the recently opened Georgia & Florida Railroad. After 1908, the route of the G&F was from Jacksonville, GA to Madison, FL and provided convenient transportation between Willacoochee and Ray City by way of Nashville, GA, a run of about 34 miles. The Gaskins were one of many south Georgia families that shared a Ray City – Willacoochee connection.
The costs of constructing the Oak View Hotel may have strained Gideon D. Gaskins' finances. In 1910 he received a judgment of bankruptcy, but later determined that he would be able to make good on all his debts.
Tifton Gazette
April 29, 1910
Does Not Appear Bankrupt
Brunswick, Ga., April 23. – The case of G. D. Gaskins of Willacoochee, recently adjudged to be a bankrupt by the local refferee in bankruptcy, will come up for a hearing in this city on May 2.
The schedule of liabilities and assets of the bankrupt were recently filed in the court for this district, and they show that he has assets of about $7,450, while his liabilities are only about $2,982.11.
Some of the indebtedness has been paid off since the filing of the petition, and it is expected that when he comes to the hearing he will offer to pay dollar for dollar.
Despite earlier struggles, business was good in Willacoochee. By 1916 Gideon's nephew, Thomas R. Cox, had secured a position as bookkeeper for the Bank of Willacoochee. When Cox disappeared in May, 1916 there were allegations of malfeasance.
Gideon D. Gaskins died at his home in Willacoochee, GA on October 23, 1916.
The Tifton Gazette
Oct 27, 1916
G. D. Gaskins, Willacoochee.
Willacoochee, Ga., October 24.-(Special.)- G .D. Gaskins, proprietor of the Oak View hotel and a well-known citizen of this county, died at his home here last night about 6 o'clock. He is survived by a wife, one daughter, Miss Mattie Mae Gaskins, of Willacoochee; four brothers, Bart, Tom and John Gaskins of Ray City, and Bryan Gaskins, of Sparks, and three sisters, Mrs. Ida Sirmans, and Mrs. Catherine Roberts of Nashville, and Mrs. Mary Cox of Ray City. The funeral was held at 3 o'clock this afternoon, followed by the interment here.
The grave of Gideon D. Gaskins lies in the Willacoochee City Cemetery.
The information from the grave marker is somewhat problematic. First, the given name on the grave does not follow the expected spelling – "Gidian" instead of "Gideon." Second, the date of death on the grave -March 21, 1916 – does not match with obituaries published in local and state newspapers which clearly establish the date of death as October 23, 1916. It appears that the marker on the grave of Gideon D. Gaskins was placed well after the time of his death, perhaps after the time of his wife's death, and that the date of his passing or even the spelling of his name was not well known to those tending his grave.
After the death of Gideon D. Gaskins his widow, Lula Clements Gaskins, operated the Oak View Hotel for a few years, then returned to Ray City, GA with her daughter, Mattie Mae Gaskins. They lived in a house on Main Street, Ray City, until Lula's death in 1947.


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President Obama talks security and free trade with Japan's Shinzo Abe during a trip to assure Asian allies concerned about China's rise.
TOKYO — Declaring that "the United States is and always will be a Pacific nation," President Obama launched an Asia tour designed to assure leaders of ally nations that they have a strong U.S. backup at a time of rising regional tension.
Appearing with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday morning, Obama said the "U.S.-Japan alliance is the foundation not only for our security in the Asia-Pacific region but also for the region as a whole."
Abe and Obama also discussed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed free-trade pact that constitutes the other major part of Obama's Asia agenda.
"Now is the time for bold steps needed to reach a comprehensive agreement," Obama said, trying to nudge negotiations on the 12-nation accord forward. No immediate breakthroughs were reported.
Obama and Abe held talks Thursday morning after a private dinner Wednesday at Sukiyabashi Jiro, a tiny restaurant made famous in the recent documentary "Jiro Dreams of Sushi." The leaders had agreed to postpone their formal welcome ceremony and royal reception until they had met one-on-one in a casual setting.
The sushi session opened a week of delicate diplomacy for Obama as he finally makes the Asia trip he canceled last fall because of a government shutdown in Washington.
At the heart of his mission is a complicated task: to promise a strong U.S. commitment to Japan, South Korea and other allies without provoking too much concern in China, which has bypassed Japan to become the second-largest economy in the world. Washington also must be careful about tripping in its allies' complicated web of disputes with China and one another.
"We want to continue to encourage the peaceful rise of China," Obama said, while noting that "all of us have responsibilities to help maintain basic rules of the world and international order."
Relations between Japan and its neighbors are deeply colored by historic grievances, fresh reminders of which arose while Obama made his way to the region. Abe sent a ritual offering Monday to the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, a memorial to Japan's war dead that he had visited in December, angering China and South Korea. On Saturday, authorities in Shanghai seized a Japanese ship over claims dating to the 1930s, a move denounced by the Japanese government.
"We're trying to thread the needle between China and Japan," said Charles Morrison, president of the East-West Center in Honolulu. "China is very important to us; we want to engage China constructively in a relationship with us and the rest of this region."
Washington, though, is worried that Tokyo is not "repairing or handling the relationships with neighboring countries very well," Morrison said. "That puts a lot of pressure on U.S. diplomacy." The U.S. in particular needs South Korea and Japan to cooperate on issues surrounding North Korea, he said.
South Korean officials said Tuesday that they had detected signs of stepped-up activity around North Korea's nuclear sites, and White House officials said they didn't discount the possibility that Pyongyang could be planning a weapon test to coincide with the president's visit.
"North Korea has a history of taking provocative actions," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said. "We are always mindful of the possibility that such an action could be taken.... That is something that they have, unfortunately, done many times."
Although China, Japan, South Korea and the United States have tried, in fits and starts, to work together to effect change in North Korea, the countries have at the same time been challenged by various disputes over territory and air and sea navigation rules.
Beijing has been asserting its power in the region, particularly the last two years, proclaiming the right to interrogate and intercept unknown aircraft in an air defense identification zone over the East China Sea. It also has asserted control over parts of the South China Sea.
China's military also is expanding, while Japan's pacifist postwar constitution has limited its military capabilities. Abe is pushing for revisions that would allow Tokyo to come to the aid of the U.S. or other allies under attack.
Japan and other allies have been seeking reassurance that they have American support in territorial disputes with China, even as U.S. budget cuts have limited the flow of military resources to the region.
"There is a bigger risk now of a military combat situation occurring, even by accident, between China and Japan," said Koichi Nakano, professor of political science at Tokyo-based Sophia University.
Appearing alongside Obama, Abe said "Japan has been walking on the path of peace based on its peaceful orientation in a consistent manner" for the last 70 years.
But in a suggestion of his ambitions to bolster Japan's military, Abe said his administration "intends to continue to contribute to regional peace and prosperity more proactively than ever." He added that he looked forward to speaking more with Obama about how the alliance should look in the future."
Obama, for his part, pledged that as the U.S. modernizes its defense posture in Asia, U.S. forces in Japan would include America's "most advanced" capabilities.
After Japan, Obama will visit South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines before returning to Washington next week.
Parson reported from Tokyo and Makinen from Beijing.

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All praise to Allah SWT~
"Just because there is something wrong with your own head that does not mean you are allowed to label people as Liberal and Moderate Muslims."
"What can be wrong with my head, you ninja weirdo!! ?"
"It's called "inferiority complex syndrome".
She frowned back at her friend and walked away. Her friend was not really impressed.
As I stood there and thought about it what just happened in front of my eyes.. Inferiority complex?? What did she mean by that?? The girl did look normal to me. My bad habit of googling everything made me Google the definition of the word. So there it was: " an unrealistic feeling of general inadequacy caused by actual or supposed inferiority in any one sphere sometimes marked by aggressive behaviour in compensation"
And I got her point. And then I started noticing it in every girl in the college.
an INFERIORITY COMPLEX: a lack of self worth, a doubt and uncertainty, a feeling of not measuring up to standards.
When I talked to people around, noticed their way of talking, topics of general conversations, their sense of dressing, their ideas of enjoyments, i noticed they all believed "that they were less worthy or important then the other people". Every single person is working hard to imitate west. You must be thinking em way too judgemental, "extreme" or "harsh".. But no! I'm not writing this to insult anyone. I'm just making an effort so that at least people around me stop being proud of their "enslavement"(( if they can't live as free people)). If I'm a bad judge, let's see! Imagine a very stylish, modern and civilised person. One day he decides to change. and he decided to go extremely against his nature, changes his best life style into worst lifestyle, changes his highest goals and sets the lowest goals, changes everything.. even his way of walking, talking, eating, sleeping and every other habit and he does this all just to impress the uncivilised people around him. What will your thoughts be about him?? A charlatan, a bluff? Or perhaps 'an absolute idiot'? What would u like to call him? Will you call this act "revolution","modernisation" or "Enlightenment? Will you think him as "cool" for degrading himself? No you won't!
The whole Ummah today is going through THIS. This is one major setback.
I would rather call it "Crises of Identity"…
we don't know who we are anymore. And those who know a little act like they are ashamed of their identity.. Ashamed of "ISLAM" as their identity.. Ashamed of the fact that they are civilised. Today Muslims are so ashamed of their values that they have turned into desperate beggars, begging for "non civilisation" with beggar pots in their hands, taking one thing from the west and the other from Hindus ((I don't feel like calling their non-values 'values' so I would call them 'thing')). And the worst part is beggars are so proud of their begging. The problem is we have started following that 'jahil' society which is so impressed by the lifestyle of animals. U don't agree? Animals don't wear clothes, so Gora made this a fashion. Bloody hell! How come animals don't need to marry and we do? So let's just finish this 'humane' thing. So the Gora decided to 'live freely'..like animals All their fashions fascinate me a lot. Looks like they are living to prove that nutter Darwin right. Lol. Monkey got big nails, so let's make that fashion too.
Yakk. What pride is in following this inhuman society, I fail to understand. Islam is a DEEN. You don't pick and mix things with Islam. Take the kalima, peace, tolerance from Islam and mix it with valentine days, birthdays, mehdi mayo, hijab-free, namaz-free life.
So,the civilised, modern, stylish person has decided to change himself into an absolute idiot to impress the desperate non civilised secular society around him and he is proud of this non sense. The Muslim of this "Badmaash" century is so desperate in taking after cultures, lifestyles, habits and ways of non Muslims like never before in history. An "unrealistic feeling of general inadequacy".. What else can we call it if not 'complex' ??? He does not want to follow Islam. Islam has taken its new form from 'Deen' to 'less than a religion'. And the one who practices Islam is mocked so much that he has become ashamed of following it. He is called 'molvi', 'Mullah', 'Taliban' etc etc.. People are extreme in there arrogance that they don't realise they are mocking the appearance of Rasool Allah SAW or the Ayah of Holy Quran. This is ' "aggressive behaviour in compensation": the outcome of Western enslavement, that they start bullying those (practicing one) they know are better than them. The one who obeys his Lord, there is indeed none more stylish than him.
So question arises.. What is the reason behind this state of Ummah? Why is everyone imitating non believers?
Muslim sociologist Ibn Khaldoon explains that those who've experienced a military defeat tend to suffer from a defeated mentality which then leads them to imitate their conquerer. (Al-Muqadimah, 147). He explained, "The defeated person is always infatuated, and imitates the conqueror in his motto, his clothes, his religion and all his conditions and habits as well. Naturally a person always thinks that power, superiority, and excellence are with the one who conquers, so he glorifies him by imitation." Hundreds of years later, the Muslim Ummah has been defeated militarily by the West, and the effects of this can be seen in the social and cultural behaviors of Muslims as he described in his book.
So people, so proud of imitating west, are those who are conquered by west. Their minds, their hearts, their souls are all slaves of their GORA master. So what exactly are all these slaves so proud of?? Their slavery?? What makes them mock a fully practicing Muslim (a free-man) ? How dare a slave call a free civilised man 'paindu', 'weirdo' or 'backward'? Yes a free man. Free because he did not get trapped into the enslavement of Western media, fashion or any other tactic. Ah!! Worst form of slavery is indeed that in which the slave does not know that he is a a slave.
What are you gonna wear?
What are you gonna eat?
Where are you gonna eat?
What & how are you gonna think?
What are your worries gonna be?
Who are you gonna call terrorist. Fundamentalist, radicals??
All decided.
Every single thing is all decided for you through media, through educations system, through fashion trends,… West had taken away all your worries. Congratulations!!!
Muslims try to hide their Islamic identity for fear of being labeled as "fundamentalist". Men are shaving their beard and women are trying to make their hijab look like the latest fall. If presented with food or drink that is haram, they say we are full at the moment, or they say we do not like the particular food. Only few say that they cannot eat it because it is unlawful in Islam. This is not the way of the companions of the Prophet SAW, behaved. When the companions accepted Islam, they became proud of it and felt that all other ideologies and ways of life are inferior to what has been revealed to them from above seven heavens.
In the battle between the Muslims and the Persians, Rostom, the leader of the Persian army, asked to negotiate with the Muslims. Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, the Muslim leader in that battle, sent a group of companions among which was Rabi`e ibn Amir.
The Persian leader prepared a magnificent reception in order to impress those "Bedouins" and weaken their position. The Persians asked Rabi`e to enter without his arms. He refused and entered with his arms and his horse and tied his horse next to Rostom.
Rstom asked: "What brings you?"
Rabi`e said: "Allah has sent us to convert mankind from the worship of people to the worship of Allah and from the NARROWNESS OF THIS LIFE TO ITS WIDENESS and from the oppression of the religions to the justice of Islam. Allah has sent us to His creatures with His religion. Whoever accepts it, we accept from him and whoever refuses, we fight him until we get the Promise of Allah?"
"And what is His Promise?" asked Rostom.
"Paradise for those who die and victory for those who survive" answered Rabi`e.
Rostom said: "Can you delay this matter until we think about it?"
Rabi`e answered: "Yes. How many days you need, one or two?" Rostom said: "More. Until I write to my people."
Rabi`e said: "We can't. Our Prophet does not authorise us to delay our enemies more than three days. So make up your mind."
This companion came from a society which was materially far behind the Persian empire. Nevertheless he had in himself the seed of Truth and righteousness that allowed him not to be distracted or impressed with the glamour surrounding the Disbelievers.
Civilization starts with the correct belief and faith. The material aspects of civilization will come later as a by-product. On the other hand, the disbeliever, no matter how materially advanced he might be, is an uncivilised person and bears in his soul the germs of his own destruction. This is why you should take pride in your religion. This is why you should take pride in Islam.
I do not hate Western people. Our relationship with the non believers should be only of Doctor-patient. We are the doctors and they are the patients. Their souls are sick and ill as is evident from all the bloodshed, oppressions, crime rates, and other Terrorist activities going on today. By Allah, the whole World today is thirsty for Islam and Quran. It is so mean on our part that we are hiding the most beautiful thing of this planet from them: Islam. We are not supplying them any medicine. We are not only increasing them in their disease but also taking their diseases from them. We, Muslims, are responsible for all the oppressions going on in this World, because we have abandoned "amar bil maroof". Instead of curing them we have taken pride in following their footsteps.
Just by taking shahada and telling the World that we are Muslims is no good. We need to implement Islam completely in our individual as well as collective lives just like Suhaba so that the World knows the beauty of Islamic Principles and System. This is how we conquered World in the past..this is how we can conquer it now. As Omar Bin khattab RA rightly said "We were humiliated and Allah gave us honour through Islam and if we try to find honour in something other than Islam, we will be destroyed"
Get rid of your complexes and be proud of Islam..
Be the trend setter. We are divine people, we don't follow humans, we follow divine trends.
(This post is contributed by Anonymous Sister. Hope you guys like it)
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – It wasn't so long ago that there was a common knock on Kyle Beckerman: He was a good MLS role player, but didn't quite have what it took to reach the next level, that little extra bit of size, speed or attacking ability that would have made him a truly dominant player.
Jurgen Klinsmann saw things differently, though. A year into the German-American's tenure with the US national team, the Real Salt Lake midfielder has risen from a peripheral place in the selection pool to a central cog in the squad.
It's a sign of the boss' faith in the RSL man that he looks likely to be handed a crucial place at the base of the USMNT midfield in Friday's World Cup qualifier against Jamaica (8 pm ET, beIN Sport, live chat on MLSsoccer.com).
"Yeah, it seems like that," Beckerman said on Thursday evening when asked whether he feels he's earned Klinsmann's trust. "It's always a good feeling when a coach gives you chances and seems to have trust in you. So I'm just going to continue what I've been doing, working hard, put my head down and try and help the team any way I can."
Beckerman earned a number of caps under Bob Bradley, including a substitute's appearance in a World Cup qualifier back in 2009 against El Salvador. But he credits his recent progress at the international level to the opportunities handed to him by Bradley's successor.
"Different coach," he said. "I think when you get to this level, everybody's good. So then it becomes a preference of a coach. And it just seems that I'm more preferred than I was with the last coach. So that's helping me out – I've just got to take full advantage of it, really. But there's just been a lot of fun challenges and really neat experiences I've gotten over the past year. I think the more you play, the more confidence you get."
Beckerman explained that he's handed a more conservative assignment with the national team than the one he enjoys with RSL. It's one he is eager to bear, though, and he expects to be kept busy Friday night by an athletic Reggae Boyz attack raring to fire up their home fans.
"It's a bit of an adjustment. Here it's a bit more disciplined, I guess," he said. "It's a different style, different formation. Here, it's more of a defensive role, where in Salt Lake it's more of a balance, defense-offense. So that's fine – whatever role it is, I'm willing to take it.
"As a team, [Jamaica] have a lot of speed, they're physical, they get stuck in," noted Beckerman. "They're going to be playing with this crowd that I'm sure is going to have a lot of energy, and it sounds like they have a lot of confidence and they're really up for this game."


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ConAgra Foods Inc., the packaged- food company that owns Chef Boyardee and Healthy Choice, said earnings will miss its forecast amid slow sales of consumer foods and shrinking profit at its private-label business.
Fourth-quarter earnings will be about 55 cents a share, excluding some items, the company said today in a statement. ConAgra had previously predicted 60 cents for the period, which ended on May 25. The sluggish results, which also prompted a fourth-quarter writedown of $681 million, sent the shares on their biggest intraday decline in more than four months.
ConAgra's consumer-foods business saw volume decline 7 percent, while profit was "weak" in its private-brands division. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company, which sells private-label products to supermarkets, drugstores and other retailers, is facing pricing pressure in the competitive market. Quarterly operating profit for that unit is expected to show a year-over-year decline of about $60 million, ConAgra said.
"We are disappointed with the consumer foods volume performance," Chief Executive Officer Gary Rodkin said in the statement. "We are in the process of improving product mix and promotion strategies."
ConAgra shares fell as much as 6.2 percent to $30.82 in New York, the biggest intraday decline since Feb. 11. The stock had dropped 2.5 percent this year through yesterday.
Chef Boyardee
The private-label struggles contributed to the writedown last quarter, as well as profit challenges at certain retail brands such as Chef Boyardee, the company said. ConAgra's other brands include Hunt's ketchup, Orville Redenbacher's popcorn and Reddi-wip.
To get back on track, the company is cutting administrative costs and boosting productivity, Rodkin said. Growth of earnings per share should accelerate to a high single-digit rate by fiscal 2016 and 2017, he said. The company plans to deliver its full results on June 26 for the fiscal fourth quarter, which ended May 25.
"Throughout this period of anticipated stabilization, recovery, and eventual acceleration of EPS performance, we expect to have the flexibility to invest in our business for good long-term growth," Rodkin said.


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The terrible images and video of the devastation from the tornado in Oklahoma are completely heartbreaking. We wish everyone in Oklahoma and Oklahoma City well along with a speedy recovery. If you are looking for ways to help, here are some suggestions from USAToday :
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross has several shelters open in Oklahoma and Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles have begun delivering hot meals throughout the affected areas. The Red Cross is also working to link loved ones in Moore who are OK through a website called Safe and Well. Text REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief, donate online, or donate by phone at 1-800-RED CROSS.
Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is activating disaster response teams and mobile feeding units to help residents and rescuers in Moore, as well as in other locations in the Plains and the Midwest that were impacted by tornadoes. Donate online or text STORM to 80888 to contribute $10 to the Salvation Army's relief efforts or make a donation by phone at 1-800-SAL-ARMY. If you're sending a check make sure you put the words "Oklahoma Tornado Relief" on the check, and mail it to: The Salvation Army, P.O. Box 12600, Oklahoma City, OK. 73157.
Operation USA
Los Angeles-based international relief agency Operation USA announced it's providing emergency aid where needed to community-based health organizations across Oklahoma. Donate online, by phone at 1-800-678-7255, or by check made out to Operation USA, 7421 Beverly Blvd., PH, Los Angeles, CA 90036. You can also donate $10 by texting AID to 50555. Corporate donations of bulk quantities of disaster-appropriate supplies are also being requested.
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief says it has deployed at least 80 volunteers to respond to severe weather in Oklahoma. Those interested in helping can make a tax-deductible donation to the BGCO's Disaster Relief ministry online or call (405) 942-3800. You may also send checks to: BGCO Attn: Disaster Relief 3800 N. May Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73112.
Samaritan's Purse
Samaritan's Purse, which also provided relief to residents of Moore after the devastating tornado in 1999, deployed two Disaster Relief Units from their North Carolina headquarters before dawn on Tuesday. One will be based in Moore, and the other in Shawnee. Samaritan's Purse is looking for volunteers to help with the relief effort. You can donate online or by phone at 1-800-528-1980. To give by mail, please send donations to: Samaritan's Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607-3000.
Save the Children
Save the Children is mobilizing staff to provide support, relief and recovery services to communities and families in Oklahoma. The organization is prepared to deploy their Child Friendly Space kits in shelters, creating safe play areas for kids. They are also ready to deploy infant and toddler hygiene materials to support young children displaced from their homes. Text TWISTER to 20222 to donate $10 to Save the Children and help the response effort. You can donate online or call 1-800-728-3843.


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It was a choppy, two sided trade today at the Chicago Board of Trade which led to some large intra-commodity swings. Corn was the upside leader finishing 9 ½ cents higher in the may contract. At one point it was trading as much as + 16 ½ cents higher during the day session. May soybeans settled ¾ of a cent lower at $13.37 ¾, which is almost 20 cents from its day session high. May wheat finished 8 ¼ cents higher at $6.43.
The USDA report this morning was somewhat of a surprise to the market in a few ways. For one the US carryout numbers were NOT lowered like the market was expecting except for a small decrease in the US wheat. The world soybean numbers were however lowered due to more production cuts in Argentina and Brazil. With a drop in world soybean, corn, and wheat carryouts this initially could have been viewed as slightly bullish but the reaction in the OTC market said otherwise. At about a half an hour into the trading session the corn market started to make its way higher. The rumors were that China had bought a significant amount of corn. By the time Informa's estimates were released we had already made the highs.
Informa's estimates were a surprise in themselves with a whopping 95.5 million corn acres estimated for 2012/2013! This is beyond most of the estimates we have seen so far for corn plantings and would certainly be a concern for the bulls. For soybeans they are still estimating 75.1 million acres which was also an increase.
Today's Commitment of Traders report shows the "managed money" increasing their net long positions in corn by 30,449 contracts and are now long 246,137 contracts. This is a net increase of 53,637 contracts from January 3rd. For soybeans, the "managed money" increased their net long soybean position by 38,689 contracts bringing it to a net total of 156,366! This is a net long increase of 123,346 contracts (616.73 million bushels and/or 20% of the total 2011 US production) of soybeans in only 2 months! In this same timeframe, we have rallied May soybeans $1.20.
So where do we go from here? Now that we have passed the first March USDA report, we still have the stocks data as well as the Planting Intentions report, which could arguably be the most important report of the year. If we get the massive amount of expected acres planted we could have quite a bit of downward pressure going into the summer markets. Ultimately much of the price will obviously depend on the weather, but knowing that we have a lot of leeway with acres is going to be a major factor for the market. Even with the decline in world wheat carryout estimates on today's report we still have a significant amount of feed wheat in the world to help carry us through to the next growing season. This is ultimately going to help keep the price of corn in check in our opinion. As for beans, for the US carryout to dwindle from current levels for the 11/12 crop will be difficult without seeing a large increase in demand in the short term. I would expect those rallies to taper off at some point just as we found resistance on today's rally. Please call an EHedger broker today at 1-866-433-4371 if you would like to get set up with a free trial of our research. Thanks and have a great weekend!!!
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Barring an upset in a special election to fill a vacancy, California Democrats will have a full two-thirds majority in each chamber for at least the next two years.
It's the first time since 1978 that either party has enjoyed that exalted one-sided domination over the other.
You may recall that when Californians passed the famous/infamous Proposition 13 that year, the initiative contained a provision that required a full two-thirds vote from the legislature to raise taxes.
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That provision, more than anything else, has made it almost impossible ever since to add new revenues.
The most recent election results now afford that possibility, assuming the Democrats remain united--an assumption that should never be taken lightly when discussing Democrats in California! No doubt, liberals concerned about the state's weakened social welfare safety net are already preparing dozens of tax proposals to meet those needs.
Should the Democrats succumb to such requests, their tenure will be brief. Despite passage of Proposition 30, Californians are not fond of raising taxes. Rather than address unpopular causes, the new Democratic super majority should use its muscle for institutional reform.
The state Constitution requires that the legislature can submit such proposals with a full two-thirds vote. The Democrats could do the state a world of good by asking the public to end gridlock through changes in the way the legislature operates.
Chief among those changes would be to constitutionally alter the vote requirements for revenue increases and veto overrides (last managed in 1979), which currently require the full two-thirds vote--at least 54 votes in the 80 member Assembly and 27 votes in the 40 member Senate.
Two possibilities would be to lower the requirement to two-thirds of the members present or to a full sixty percent of the memberships in each chamber.
Either one of these modest proposals would go a long way toward ending gridlock, or California's version of tyranny of the minority.
There is precedent for this kind of change. The U.S. Senate once required a two-thirds vote of those present to end a filibuster, a tool where an individual member or few members talk a bill to death until sponsors drop the measure.
That threshold allowed civil rights opponents to thwart legislation for decades. When the Democrats gained an overwhelming majority in 1975, they lowered the requirement to 60 votes. The change was rather minor, but enough to allow legislation to flow.
Today, there are still filibusters, but it's a bit easier to stop them. Of course, there are times where super majorities are necessary for crucial votes, including revenue raising and veto overrides.
But if the requirement is so great that it impedes all efforts, perhaps it is too high. If the legislature places the full two-thirds issue on the ballot, voters will have the opportunity to consider changing the requirement.
Passage would go a long way toward making the legislature functional again, something with the potential to last a lot longer than two years.


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As a participant in this blog hop, I've been asked to write a review of my favorite educational gift. I've decided to blog about the four best educational toys of all time, including dress-up clothes, wooden blocks, a cardboard box, and magnetic letters.
Age range: Pre-K – 3rd grade (and beyond)
Subject areas: Social Skills, Reading, English, Math, Fine Motor, Gross Motor, and specific language development skills including Syntax, Morphology, Phonology, and Phonemic Awareness (not to mention imagination!)
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You're all on the hunt for the perfect educational toy, right? I'm guessing you've found tons of high-tech gadgets, snazzy apps, and gizmos. Call me old school, but I believe it's a "gift to be simple." So today, I've chosen four of the Best Educational Toys of All Time, and I'm betting your holiday budget will be glad I did.
1. There's no better educational toy than a good old-fashioned dress-up box. Children learn best through hands-on play, and the benefits of imaginary role-play are endless. They won't know it, but while pretending to be dragons, teachers, or superheroes, they'll actually be learning sequencing, storytelling, language, and creativity, not to mention the social and communicative skills involved when acting out scenes with peers. But there's no need to spend a fortune to gather a spectacular imagination kit.
- Visit local thrift stores or garage sales for treasures.
- Include old costumes, scarves, hats, vests, and shirts.
- Consider clip-on earrings, necklaces, watches, and bracelets.
- Don't forget used cell phones, appointment books, or calculators for the briefcase or purse.
- Antique suitcases can store the clothes and double as props.
- A cape is a must. For a great selection of budget-friendly capes, visit: http://powercapes.com/ready-made-capes
2. If you splurge on one manufactured toy this holiday, consider a set of wooden blocks. These target much more than motor skills, and your children will still be playing with blocks long after the batteries have died in all their other toys.
- Create castles, farms, skyscrapers, and camps and then add action figures to put these original playsets in motion.
- Build balance beams and obstacle courses and then practice moving through the maze.
- Construct roads and bridges, and pretend those roads lead all sorts of places, both real and imaginary.
- Target basic skills such as counting, shapes, and cognitive concepts including more, less, big/bigger/biggest, tall, short, and prepositions (in front, behind, next to, on top, above, under, etc.). Ex: "Challenge: What can you build with five blocks?" "Now, can you make something bigger/smaller/taller/shorter, etc." "Add two more on top."
- Decoupage family photos (or classmates) to the blocks, helping young children recognize faces, or attach flashcards to teach letters and numbers.
3. If you really want to encourage free spirits and a wild imagination, give your kids a sturdy cardboard box. It can become a runaway train, a secret hideout, a roaring racecar, or a spectacular spaceship. Upside down it becomes a stove, a table, a mountain, or a desk. Stuffed animals make fun play companions and with a little encouragement, children can spend their best years converting that simple box into an infinite world of wonder.
4. Finally, for teaching letter recognition, phonics, reading, and spelling, you can invest in tons of expensive programs, OR you can purchase a cheap set of magnetic letters. I encourage you to purchase lowercase letters because most of the words we read are written in lowercase. Use these on your refrigerator or with a metal cookie sheet for lap work.
If Lakeshore doesn't have what you're looking for, here's another site with tons of letter kits at bargain prices http://www.abcstuff.com/magnetic-letters.php They offer great sets with multiple letters (so you can spell words), uppercase and lowercase, various sizes, and they even have foam letters that can be used for bathtub fun. (Also be sure to look for their Daily Special and Web Specials for super deals.)
How to use Magnetic Letters to teach kids at various levels:
- I Spy the Letter A . . . : For the early letter-learners, reduce the set to five letters at a time and challenge children to find the letters you spy from that set. For example, show the letters: A, T, B, S, W. Then say, "I spy the letter S." If they can't find it, point to it, repeat the letter name, and then prompt with a new challenge. Reduce the set to two or three letters for beginners, and make the set larger as their skills increase.
- Who Goes There?: Put the letters in alphabetical order but then remove a few random letters. Place the 'lost' letters under the alphabet and ask kids to help the lost letters find their way home.
- Word Families: Help little ones learn to read by changing the first or last sound to make new words. For example: Place the letters "_at" together and slide various consonants in front to make real and nonsense words (cat, bat, rat, zat, wat). Laugh hysterically when they read a "silly word."
- Morph: It's fun to teach difficult morphological concepts with magnetic letters. Simple add 's' to the end of a word and VOILA! You suddenly have more than one. Start with dog, cat, etc. and show your kiddo how to make one into many. Try learning other prefixes and suffixes such as: er, est, ly, y, re, un, pre, mis, less, ful, etc.
- Message Me: Place all of the letters in one cluttered group on the fridge and encourage kids to stop by to create a word or two. Surprise one another with creative word creations throughout the week. Start with simple CVC words (dog, cat, pat). Write family members' names, pets' names, etc. This is also a great way for you to leave sweet messages for your readers (many letter kits on the site linked above include multiple letters to build words).
- For a Grade: Challenge older children to put the letters in alphabetical order or to create their spelling words each week on the fridge!
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The city lights of Riyadh shine in a picture taken Nov. 13 from the International Space Station.
Saudi Arabia's capital city glitters in this picture-perfect night view captured from Earth orbit last month from the International Space Station. The spread of Riyadh's city lights hints at a bustling population, which has grown from 150,000 in 1960 to 5.4 million this year. Click on over to NASA's Earth Observatory to identify landmarks such as the Riyadh Air Base, universities and the financial district.
This view from above is tonight's offering for the Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar, which serves up a fresh picture of Earth as seen from space every day from now until Christmas. For still more outer-space goodies, check out The Atlantic's Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar or the Zooniverse Advent Calendar — and stay tuned for another cosmic nighttime vista on Wednesday.
More views of Earth from space:
- 2012 Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar
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Morocco's Office of Vocational Training and Employment Promotion (OFPPT) has chosen the world's largest software maker Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) for deploying vocational education across 35 fields of study through its 327 training institutes across the African nation.
Morocco's OFPPT opted for Microsoft Office 365 software to improve its education and vocational training offerings provided to students in the country. The OFPPT will create 100 new Microsoft IT Academies throughout the country. The partnership will benefit Morocco by improving the employability of its people. It will also leverage Microsoft's strength in offering quality training and vocational exercises and at the same time help teachers and students to keep pace with the ever-evolving technology sector.
Microsoft's Office 365 is a cloud-based, subscription-based software service. It was officially launched in 2011. The new Office comes with the traditional word processing, spreadsheets and email programs.
IT certifications are gaining importance in the job market, as certifications are considered a key factor for getting employed. Moreover, Microsoft itself can employ the certified students. Thus, Microsoft will have an ideal workforce for its local businesses.
Microsoft's Office 365 is gaining traction in the market as it recently launched its online version focusing on touch devices. Further, it is being deployed in the stores of retailers such as J. C. Penney Company Inc. (JCP) and U.K.-based retailer Tesco.
Currently, just like other PC makers, Microsoft is also battling the slump in the PC market caused by the sluggish economy. In addition, the popularity of smartphones and tablets from Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) has been cannibalizing PC market sales, further deteriorating the scenario. Whether it can come out of the slump on the back of its new software and OS is a wait and see game.
Microsoft reported revenue, excluding deferrals, of $21.46 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2013, which was up 34.0% sequentially and 2.7% from last year, in line with our estimates. All except the Entertainment & Devices segment grew both sequentially and from the year-ago quarter. Entertainment & Devices were down year over year.
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On a stroll along the peaceful tree-lined walkway leading to the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, you will see thousands of names. They're part of the Museum's Wall of Honor, a permanent memorial created of airfoil-shaped stainless-steel plaques honoring men and women who have had a passion for flight. Along with icons of aviation and space—the Wright brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, John Glenn—you'll find the names of people whose fame is not as great but whose love for flying has been as strong. We'd like to tell a few of their stories.
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Major General William Gorton
"It never dawned on me that I wouldn't be a fighter pilot," says retired Air Force Major General William Gorton. His father, A.W. Gorton, was U.S. Navy aviator number 1,720, a test pilot, a member of the U.S. Navy racing team, and winner of the Curtiss Marine Flying Trophy.
"What surprised me," Gorton continues, "was that I ended up in the Air Force instead of the Navy. But that was on the advice of my father. In 1954 the Air Force was expanding and my father thought I would have a greater chance of flying fighters in the Air Force. So in February 1954, I went up to Jacksonville, Florida, and enlisted in the aviation cadet program. From the first actual fighter I flew, the F-86, until the last fighter I flew the day before I retired—the F-16—I was fortunate to do exactly what I set out to do."
For six years, Gorton's ride was the F-100. "In 1956, I was full of attitude and not much brains, and the F-100 was by far the hottest airplane in the inventory at that time. And it had some fascinating idiosyncrasies about it. It taught me an awful lot."
Gorton is the president of the Super Sabre Society, which is dedicated to honoring the history of the F-100 and the men who flew it. The Museum's F-100D is undergoing restoration; it will eventually be displayed at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Under Gorton's guidance, the Super Sabre Society has made a donation to reserve an airfoil. "It's a natural fit for our members to have their names inscribed on an airfoil leading up to the Museum," says Gorton.
Mary Dominiak
Mary Dominiak can't remember a time when she wasn't interested in aviation. "As a kid, anytime I heard an airplane engine, I had to look up and see what it was," she recalls.
Dominiak is a longtime supporter of—and donor to—the Museum. "When I heard they were going to build the Udvar-Hazy Center, I was in transports of delight," she remembers. "The idea of having an air and space museum virtually in my backyard was irresistible." A resident of northern Virginia, she visits the Center frequently, and attends airshows whenever possible. "I think pilots are among the most positive people on the planet. There's a can-do and friendly vibe that you get when you go to an airshow. There's always a very positive mindset, that you can do anything, go anywhere, and achieve anything, and have a gay old time while you're doing it." Dominiak added her name to the Wall of Honor because it combines two of her interests: history and aviation. "When you put those two things together, there's something very powerful. For me it's the chance to give back to something that has given me a lot of pleasure over the years."
Dominiak started working toward her pilot's license in the mid-1990s, but put it on hold without having soloed. "I ran into a problem that afflicts a lot of people: This business of having to work full time really gets in the way," she jokes. Dominiak is determined to complete her pilot's license, but achieving the goal may have to wait until retirement. "In the meantime," she says, "I just keep looking up."
Pam Cain
Pam Cain was almost 13 years old when her father, Air Force Colonel Oscar Mauterer, was reported missing in action over Laos. "I can remember the day like it was yesterday," she says of that winter morning in 1966. "I remember everything about it."
Mauterer piloted a Douglas A-1E Skyraider, providing cover for O-1E forward air controller aircraft. He hoped to enter the space program after his tour ended. But in February 1966, Mauterer's aircraft was hit by enemy fire. About five miles south of Na Phao in Laos, he was forced to bail out. He has never been found.


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I've added myself into the sudoers users list by using the command
root@debian:/home/oshirowanen#adduser oshirowanen sudo
If I try to run that command again,
root@debian:/home/oshirowanen# adduser oshirowanen sudo
The user `oshirowanen' is already a member of `sudo'.
All looks good so far.
When I then exit the root user and try to install/remove/search something using my own account, it doesn't work and complains that I am not a sudoer... For example
root@debian:/home/oshirowanen# exit
oshirowanen@debian:~$ sudo aptitude search ice
[sudo] password for oshirowanen:
oshirowanen is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Why is this happening?
This is what I get from
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
# Please consider adding local content in /etc/sudoers.d/ instead of
# directly modifying this file.
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
Defaults env_reset
Defaults mail_badpass
Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
# Host alias specification
# User alias specification
# Cmnd alias specification
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
# Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
# See sudoers(5) for more information on "#include" directives:
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As I continue to toil away on some outside writing projects (you'll find out about them soon…), give a read to this Washington Post op/ed by David Lat and Kashmir Hill of Above the Law.
Entitled, "Justice Clarence Thomas seems bored. Why doesn't he run for president in 2012?", Lat and Hill go on to make an argument that should make any Court watcher and student of law and politics wonder, "Why haven't I thought of this before?" That is no slight – this article is refreshingly provocative and plausible. There's no better kind of commentary. Here's a sample:
The Republican Party is in disarray, with no clear message — as shown in last week's primaries — and with no obvious candidate to challenge President Obama in 2012. Thomas could be the GOP's new standard-bearer. He has enviable name recognition, both as a long-serving justice and as the author of the bestselling 2007 autobiography "My Grandfather's Son." And he has already survived the nasty political attacks that marked his 1991 confirmation hearings.
No matter what one thinks of Justice Thomas, I think there's a little something for everyone in Lat and Hill's proposal.
ATL Echoes F1@1F Re: Wood
Over at Above the Law, David Lat makes the case for Diane Wood as the natural pick for the next justice. In doing so, he echoes my thoughts as expressed on F1@1F's first day of existence in late December, as well as in several other pieces I've posted since.
Lat's piece, however, amplifies my thoughts tenfold with his own expertise, personal experience, and colorful commentary. Give it a read.


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Originally written by Ben Atkin
These instructions are for Django 0.91. I hope to update this with most new releases.
I prefer the latest tarballs for general development. If I ever start to get really into the software I get the CVS or SVN.
Before beginning, install XCode. XCode contains make, gcc, and other things you'll be needing when compiling from source.
As an alternative to these instructions, consider installing DarwinPorts. It simplifies installing up-to-date versions of apache2, python 2.4, mod_python, PIL, and the various databases that Django supports. A write up walking through the packages to install with DarwinPorts to get a quick install running is available at http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp/2006/07/20/installing-django-on-macos-x-development-version/
Installing Python
- Download and unpack latest stable python tarball
./configure --prefix=/opt/python; make; make install
- Add
export PATH=/opt/python/bin:$PATHand
export MANPATH=/opt/python/man:$MANPATHto
- Open a new terminal session
- Type
pythonand check that it is the version you just installed
Installing PostgreSQL
- Create a new user, postgres in the Accounts Pane of the Mac OS X System Preferences
- Download and unpack latest stable PostgreSQL tarball
./configure --prefix=/opt/pgsql; make; sudo make install
- Add
export PATH=/opt/pgsql/bin:$PATHand
export MANPATH=/opt/pgsql/man:$MANPATHto
- Add
export PGDATA=/opt/pgsql/datato
~/.profileNOTE: If this isn't set, postgres will complain about a missing conf file.
- Open a new terminal session
- Type
psql -Vand check that it is the version you just installed
- Create a data directory:
sudo mkdir $PGDATA
- Change ownership to postgres:
sudo chown postgres:postgres $PGDATA
- Create the initial data area:
sudo -u postgres initdb -D $PGDATANOTE:
sudomeans substitute user and do, and in this case with the initial
-uparameter, we are telling sudo to run the command as postgres rather than root.
- To run the database (will not be automatically started on boot):
sudo -u postgres pg_ctl start
- Open a new window, and type
sudo -u postgres createdb test. If it says
CREATE DATABASE, it's working. :)
Installing psycopg (PostgreSQL Bindings)
At the time of this writing, the only stable version of psycopg is psycopg1. The development version psycopg2 is not supported by Django.
- Download the latest stable tartball of mxDateTime
- Unpack the tarball and go into the directory
python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install
- Download the latest stable tarball of psycopg1, unpack and go into the directory
export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.4
export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/python/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mx/DateTime/mxDateTime"
./configure --with-postgres-libraries=$(pg_config --libdir) --with-postgres-includes=$(pg_config --includedir)
sudo make install
- Run
python, type
import psycopginto the interactive read-eval-print loop (REPL), and
quitthe REPL.
I had some issues with the above instructions for installing psycopg, and had to refer directly to the untarred installation source for mxDateTime in order to get the headers. To do this change the configure command to:
./configure --with-postgres-libraries=$(pg_config --libdir) --with-postgres-includes=$(pg_config --includedir) --with-mxdatetime-includes=[path/to/mxdatetime]/egenix-mx-base-2.0.6/mx/DateTime/mxDateTime
Alternative method for installing psycopg is using the darwin ports
sudo port install py-egenix-mx-base sudo port install py-psycopg
Darwin ports are available at http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/


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14TH TRIENNIAL 2019 (FELLBACH SMALL SCULPTURE TRIENNIAL)- 40,000: A MUSEUM OF CURIOSITY (intl event)
EXHIBITION SYNOPSISAbout Fellbach Small Sculpture Triennial 2019 (The 14th Triennial) - 40,000: A Museum of Curiosity
The 14th Triennial will be opened on Saturday, 1 June 2019, in the Alte Kelter in Fellbach, and will run until 29 September 2019.
The 14th Small Sculpture Triennial will be curated by Dr Brigitte Franzen (*1966). An expert in art and cultural studies, Brigitte Franzen is currently chair of the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation. Between 2009 and 2015 she was director of the Ludwig Forum for International Art in Aachen. From 2005 to 2008 she worked as a curator for contemporary art at the Westphalian State Museum and curated the Sculpture Projects Münster in 2007. She has authored and edited numerous publications on contemporary art and has taught extensively, including at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the University of Cologne. She describes her approach as "research−based curating".
For the Triennial Franzen has drawn inspiration from the spectacular findings of the prehistoric figurines in the caves of the nearby Swabian Jura, which, dating back some 40,000 years, include the lion-man and the Venus of Hohle Fels, pieces that have generated enormous international interest. From this local background she argues the case for taking a perspective on contemporary art that is at once many−voiced, model-based and anthropological. Historical objects, in part as high−quality replicas, will thus be integrated into the exhibition.
40,000. A Museum of Curiosity is the title of the 14th Small Sculpture Triennial. The small sculptural format is particularly suitable for demonstrating key aspects of the drive behind artistic expression such as mimesis, world interpretation, experimentation and innovation. Smallness is a unique dimension. In terms of sculpture, the small implies transportability, the handmade, or at the very least an appropriately scaled dimension and model quality.
Religious objects, talismans, totems, fetishes, toys, horcruxes or attributes − throughout history small sculptures have had a physical closeness to humans or been in the immediately surrounds. Inherent to the small sculpture, these possibilities are still relevant for art production today. This gives rise to an unusual intimacy, or indeed an affinity, between the object and owner or viewer, which in turn impacts on the meaning assigned to the piece. The archetypical or prototypical resides in this scalability. It demands greater attention to the details and closer inspection.
More than 50 international artists are taking part in the 14th Triennial and their works will illustrate the explorative impulse in sculptural practice, one that is oriented on gaining knowledge and insight. Artists are experts for an anthropological inquisitiveness, for creating a work through the interplay of memory and hand. This aspect will be examined in detail and is especially relevant today given current developments in the areas of automatization and digitalization.
To tell a heterogeneous, mutually−inspiring history between art objects and cult and everyday objects is the basis of the exhibition concept. Despite the uniformity of our current globalised world, there exist cultural and aesthetic differences across a broad spectrum of cultures. Taking a look back at the art production of earlier times shows how curiosity and the sheer necessity to interpret the surrounding world or − since the rise of modernity − to respond to it with (counter−) models, has been an anthropological constant of artistic work. Art then arises when nature is being investigated, weighed up, both the surrounding nature of our environment and the nature of the human body, be it in the form of transgressing the boundaries set by nature or the attempt to find reconciliation with nature. This is reflected in the exhibition design by the renowned landscape architects from the atelier le balto, which employs garden−like structures.
As a Museum of Curiosity, the imposing venue of the Alter Kelter in Fellbach will enable visitors to take part in a special art experience and, at the same time, embed the Triennial in the broader context of the Remstal Garden Show, to be held concurrently in 16 municipalities along the Rems River.
A diverse supporting programme, including around 250 guided tours for adults, children and school groups, as well as workshops, lectures, readings, panel discussions, concerts and participative events, will further enhance the exhibition experience.
moonrise. east. april(Series: works with no series), 2005
sculpture, cast aluminium, brown enamel, wood plinth, 1870x1050x1100mm|580x1215x1195mm
ARTIST: Ugo Rondinone


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I am going to plan Friday posts about men's issues for the rest of Movember. If you have any suggestions or anything topical, please send it my way.


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In addition to the above philosophical influences, there was a range of issues and debates which also contributed to the rise and popularity of Idealism. For example, Idealism did respond very effectively to the social issues of the time. It was a philosophy that radiated optimism at a time of extreme social dislocation and pessimism concerning the appalling social and industrial conditions of the age. It offered a philosophy and a form of sophisticated understanding of political practice that gave a much needed emphasis to social cohesiveness and to the closeness of the relation between individual and collective responsibility. Its highlighting particularly of the importance of active social citizenship subsequently became an important theme in the early twentieth-century politics of welfare. In this sense many aspects of its output became associated, in some interpretations, with the development of a new social liberalism in the period from 1906 to 1914.In the case of Bradley, at least, this seems implausible. I get the sense reading Bradley that it was the link between Mill's empiricism and Mill's liberalism that motivated Bradley to attack Mill's empiricism so thoroughly.
A point which Vincent emphasizes and which is more plausible is the internal divisions within British idealism:
By the later 1890s and early 1900s, younger members of the Idealist school began to divide up into factions. The key binary (although it is still a marked simplification) was between Absolute Idealists (Caird, Bradley and Bosanquet) and Personal Idealists (Andrew Seth Pringle Pattison, C.C.J. Webb, Hastings Rashdall, Boyce-Gibson, Henry Sturt and McTaggart). Absolute idealism, because it tried largely to characterise the totality of experience, was indicted for a multitude of crimes. It was accused of losing God in man, or man in God; dissolving things into thought; matter into spirit; abolishing all right and wrong; and truth and error. Its comprehensiveness and inclusivity was a virtue for some, but it was also the source of major problems for others. Idealist and non-Idealist critics alike were concerned largely about the idea of a unity above and beyond the individuals who comprised it, and which had a will of its own. This doctrine of the Absolute can also be found, to a degree, in Green's problematic idea of the eternal consciousness, as well as in Hegel's notion of Geist. What role God has in relation to these terms remained a divisive and unresolved issue, even among the more Absolutist-inclined thinkers. The metaphysical, moral and political danger of a diminution of the individual and subordination to a 'higher' entity was connected by some critics, such as L.T. Hobhouse, to both German militarism and the conflict of the First World War. These critics of Idealism became known as the Personal Idealists. Amongst them, though, there was -- as amongst the Absolute Idealists -- a good deal of internal diversity of opinions. The Absolute / Personalist debate is most vividly illustrated in a meeting of the Aristotelian Society in July 1918 entitled 'Do individuals possess a substantive or adjectival mode of being?'I hope that Mander's book and other scholarship on the internal history of idealism can lead to new contacts with historians of analytic philosophy who are not always ready to recognize the important internal divisions within their own movement.


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The color of summer = vibrant shades of watermelon ...in thread!
This yummy thread is Lizbeth from Handy Hands. Size 10 #628 Salmon Med & #679 Lime Green.
And the gorgeous, tatted rosette pattern is from Jon at Tat-a-Renda.
So while the kids are in the pool & the dogs and I are lazily lounging in the shade...
...there is tatting to be done.
I'm not sure if I have developed a full-blown problem, but I find myself needing to keep my hands busy with some sort of thread work. And I mean ---> constantly! there must be some sort of yarn or thread passing through my fingers or I start to get physically fidgety in my chair.
This drives.my.husband.nuts.
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Resources & Links
There are many resources available for those who are living with a burn injury and their families, friends, and caretakers. Here are some that we have found most helpful.
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Every year, the Phoenix Society, in an effort to support burn survivors and burn care professionals, holds an international conference in the United States or Canada. The three-day conference provides opportunities to meet new people, share stories and experiences, and learn more about advances in burn recovery. Many of the attendees, which include burn survivors, their families, care givers, burn care professionals, firefighters, and volunteers, describe the event as life changing with the many stories of hope and courage.
The North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center has been proud to co-host this conference twice, in 2004 and in 2008.
Some financial support is available through the Phoenix Society. More information on the upcoming event.
Changing Faces: The Challenge of Facial Disfigurement
James Partridge
Coping Strategies for Burn Survivors and their Families
Norman R Bernstein, Alan Breslau, and Jean Graham
Helping Children Heal the Effects of Loss and Trauma after Burn
Injury: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
Megan Bronson, RN, MSN, CS
Severe Burns: A Family Guide to Medical and Emotional Recovery
Andrew Munster
Rising from the Flames: The Experience of the Severely Burned
Albert Carter and Jane Petro
Just Get Over It!: We All Have a Choice
Susan Lugli
Burn Support News
The Phoenix Society publishes this newsletter with articles written by burn care professionals and survivors on burn prevention programs, recent burn events, and the emotional effects of burn injuries.
The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors
International support organization for burn survivors, families, caregivers, and fire fighters.
American Burn Association
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Changing Faces
A UK charity that supports and represents people who have disfigurements of the face or body from any cause.
Because each person has strengths and qualities to offer, AboutFace advocates on behalf of those touched by facial difference with peer connections, information, emotional support and opportunities to enhance their life circumstances.
Facing Forward Inc
Facing Forward is a non-profit organization that helps individuals who have congenital or acquired facial or physical differences cope with staring and communicate with confidence, control, and courage.


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Path, the social networking app that does a little bit of everything, has added some new features in its latest update. Path 3.0 now does private messaging (one-to-one or group), has something called 'Stickers' which are like Emojis on steroids and is opening up a new shop for you to buy stuff from. Basically, more of a little of everything.
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I have to say that I am grateful for this blog because it's a wonderful way for my family and friends to keep up with what Lexie and I are up to as well as how much she's changing and growing. I'm also grateful that I'll have something to share with Lexie when she's older and wonders when she was potty trained (still isn't so the final date is sometime in the future - hopefully before she goes to the prom) or what her first Halloween costume was or about when we first met in Kazakhstan. But I'm MOST thankful for this blog as a storage tool for my pictures. Unfortunately the computer Geeks and all my computer wizard friends couldn't find the 6 months of pictures my brother-in-law Jim accidentally deleted. He was only trying to help and I was sitting right there next to him when he did it but the end result is ALL my pictures from mid June through the end of Dec are gone. Yes that includes Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, the Fair, dance class and all the wonderful moments in between. My mom and sisters are gathering what they have for me and anything I might have sent on Yahoo is saved in my sent mail box (yahoo Yahoo!) and at least all the great ones that I put on the blog are preserved for all time but all the simple little smiles, multiple costume changes and silly little dances that I caught of Lexie will just have to be fond memories of mine alone. I know there are a lot of true tragedies in the world right now so I'm drying my foolish mommy tears and learning from my mistake. One ALWAYS back up my pictures as I down load them. I have had my little external hard drive sitting right next to my computer since I returned from Kaz (where I always back them up) with the intention of backing them all up but never getting to it. And TWO if I do delete something that I want to save, be it pictures or documents, immediately shut the computer down and take it to my nears computer geeks. I guess when you delete something from your computer you then write over the space you deleted them from. So if it happens to anyone else, don't try to fix it or download software from a website since you will be writing over what you want to save. Either buy the software now before you need it or better yet, shut down your computer and call for a police escort to get it to your closest computer expert without delay. And rest assured that everything will then be okay.
The good news is that Lexie is still as cute as ever and I have had my camera out taking more pictures to try to make up for the lost ones. I do hope to get some Christmas pictures from my sisters and Mom to share with you sometime. Lexie looked so cute in her dress and had such a ball Christmas morning. But until then I'll keep sharing pictures of the ever growing, funny, smart, silly and even more beautiful Miss Lexie Lou!
We made this PRETTY hat for one of our weekend projects. She thinks it's sooooo fabulous that she won't wear it yet. And who can blame her? I'm just glad she hasn't asked me to wear it out of the house. How could I say no to that sweet little face?
And here she is being silly and charming and trying to tell jokes. Just a few of her many tricks that she uses to try to delay me from saying "it's time to go to bed." You would think I was asking her to lay down on a bed of nails the way she resists getting into it.
These hats were given to Lexie by a good friend of mine and when I gave them to Lexie she was so excited she wanted to wear them to bed. When I told her she'd have to take the dark pink one off.....well you can see the results. She was sobbing (not crying but sobbing) so hard that I let her wear them while I changed her into her jammies but she first had to get pictures taken wearing both. I promise you will NOT see her on "Toddlers and Tiaras." This girl just loves hats.
And here's why she could never be a pageant queen (besides the fact that her mother is completely against that nonsense.) This too is a favorite look of hers - a shower cap. Who knew what a big forehead she had under all those bangs?


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Jesper Börjesson breathes new life into Cerruti's tailoring.
Cerruti has struggled for the past few years to find a new identity and a consistency in terms of its chief designer. The collections have never been bad; more lacked the unique personality that Paris demands of its designers on the menswear schedule. But all of that is about to change.
With the elevation from within of Jesper Börjesson to the top job, the brand is hoping to blow fresh air into the suit based brand. His style is a modern take on Cerruti's heritage and could very well make Cerruti the fashion force it deserves to be. At Palais de Tokyo, Cerruti presented a tight and slim silhouette – bar a few loose pants – that impressed with elegant mohair knitwear under the traditionally brilliant suits. The colour palette was mostly sombre, but livened up by a couple of exciting check patterns.
Börjesson's coats often came in a trench or biker format, and his ever-present bomber jackets were 'glammed up' through shimmering fabric. The choice of fabric is always a point of discussion after a Cerruti show, but this time we left talking about another detail as well: throughout the show Börjesson had cleverly layered his outer garments – a jacket over a coat, a waistcoat over a leather jacket and so on. One to watch, people!
Dazed Digital: What was the general theme behind the collection?
Jesper Börjesson: We wanted to create a new and modern army with a really rich fabrication. I don't have a direct reference for the collection, but we did our fabric esearch in depth, and we have spent a lot of time with our tailor to define every seam and shape of the collection.
DD: What would you say is the Cerruti heritage and its strong points?
Jesper Börjesson: I would say it is the spirit of masculine elegance that Mr Nino Cerruti once created.
DD: How did the fabrics research process work?
Jesper Börjesson: I am lucky to start my first collection on a winter season where you have much more variety of fabric qualities and weights. The idea for the fabrics this season was to contrast the very textured and hairy fabrics in cashmere, mohair and alpaca on very sharp cut and linear clothes. We used some fabrics inside out, and we printed wool in a copper foil. The fabrics should be interesting for the eyes as well as the hands.
DD: Are biker and bomber jackets your staple pieces?
Jesper Börjesson: They are at the core of a man's wardrobe and they are two of my personal favourite garments because they're timeless. For this collection the biker jacket comes more in a flight jacket version in shearling, and the bomber jacket has a big wrapping collar.
DD: Will you take Cerruti in a younger and edgier direction?
Jesper Börjesson: The idea was to create pieces that are really well cut, and there are a lot of military and sub cultural references in the show - and I hope a younger crowd might find that attractive.
DD: What's your favourite piece from the collection?
Jesper Börjesson: All the mohair knits with blown up butterfly wings patterns in black and pink, anise and grey.