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URL: http://www.entrepreneur.com/answer/221573First, realize you are still a relatively small company and too much emphasis is being placed on a seeming need for titles. The real need is to generate business and to draw up an organizational chart of how your business will look when you get to the size you want the business to be. Your name will be in the COO box--but it will be in others as well. And until you are big enough to hire for those positions, you will need to fill those roles (and others will need to fill their multiple roles as well).
The key is to find a model that works for your company, in your industry, and realize that there have to be people working in specific roles being led by one leader--not necessarily by multiple managers.
Consulting businesses thrive on finding individuals who develop great relationships with clients. To find those people, however, you need to be clear on your own organizational structure and in creating a company culture that attracts and retains those individuals.
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The use of needles that break the skin and cause pain is a common practice around the world with babies aged between one month and 12 months (Appendix 4). In this review we were interested in whether giving babies sugar-based solutions to taste when the needle breaks the skin will help reduce their pain. We found 14 separate studies that had asked this question. However, the differences between the studies were often too great to let us combine their findings. Overall, the studies show that different types of sugar-based solutions were effective but we were not able to confidently assert that there is strong evidence for this treatment in reducing pain. We did find some evidence that babies may not cry for as long if given sugar-based solutions. This review is broadly in agreement with two other reviews, one asking this question in younger children, and one in older children. There is a need for better studies in this field.
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"So I see you're not in denial, you're in an erectile dysfunction ad."- Zoe to George
This week's episode of Hart of Dixie, "Destiny & Denial" was all about the fallout from last week big revelation. You know, the one about Lemon and Lavon hitting it while George was in New York?
Like I said last week, it's not the affair that bothered me so much as it was the lying. George's decision to move to New York isn't an excuse for Lemon to have cheated but people make mistakes, especially in times of crisis. She should've confessed to George. No one should enter into a marriage with a partner who is hiding something major from him or her.
That said, the amount of relief George felt for most of this week's episode is an indication that there were doubts on his part as well. He also clearly has feelings for Zoe. Even though he hasn't acted on them while he was engaged to Lemon, he waited just about a hot second before he made his move tonight.
These two need to work some major shit out before they reconcile, which let's face it, they probably will.
I just don't want my little Zoe getting her hopes up. She is so friggin smitten the way she rushed to New Orleans and saved the napkin as a love token. And hello? Those movie choices! You don't suggest watching Unfaithful with a guy if you're not looking to get down.
In other news, Dash's show was semi irritating, Tom is shockingly older than I thought, and Wade deserved that hangover after last week's bitchslap to Zoe. What'd you guys think of "Destiny & Denial?"


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Set the scene for Joseph Capelli's epic journey across Chimera infested America
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Driver: San Francisco offers 11 online multiplayer modes. This video highlights several of these modes in action.
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Return to the Sanctuary, a world of dark fantasy, and take a look at gameplay footage from the Diablo III beta.
League of Legends : Dominion is an all-new game mode for Riot Games' hit online battle arena title League of Legends. Capture. Defend. Dominate.
The Sims Social is pleased to present the first producer video for the game which will be going live soon.
Preview the newly enhanced player vs. player action in the Rift 1.4 Legacy of the Fallen update.
A tips-driven, in-depth look at Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Enjoy this behind-the-scenes video that showcases the field recording work done by the Guild Wars 2 Audio Team.
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, a fast-paced, 3rd-person shooter developed for PS3 and Xbox 360 has been shipped to North America today. Enjoy this launch trailer.
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"Why Can't We Solve Big Problems?"
I'll be giving a TED U Talk in Longbeach at the end of the month. I'll be asking "Why Can't We Solve Big Problems?" I think that blithe optimism about technology's powers has evaporated as big problems that people had imagined technology would solve, such as hunger, poverty, malaria, climate change, cancer, and the diseases of old age, have come to seem intractably hard.
I'd love to know what the TED Community thinks our difficulties are - or, even if the idea is true at all.
Here's a URL to the story I wrote in MIT Technology Review on the subject: http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/429690/why-we-cant-solve-big-problems/
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Feb 16 2013: Technology is nothing more than Convenience given physical form, so the answer does not lie with technology itself. It is a tool that requires correct and purposeful use to achieve anything of merit. The actioneer (human being, to be clear) is still the vital spark and without it, technology is just another thing to be consumed.
The difficulties in "solving the big problems", I believe, stem directly from the threshold between the individual (self) and the many (community). Each is as important as the other but, in my view, they pull in different directions at times.
This is not really a new concept but I think it's the key to dealing with social issues and problems.
Feb 16 2013: Scott,
Well said.
As for how this threshold between Self and Community the connects solutions to problems that you suggest. It might be at once well-served and yet also undermined by technologies. This effect likely lies around the dynamics of individuals and the social realms they interface, which, not surprisingly can be amplified by technology. In both positive and negative ways by both the connective, collective and awareness-enhancing features and/or the insidious insolation if not anti-social effects over-dependence on technology can result in.
Feb 17 2013: Hi Andrea,
it's the old "double-edged sword" thing, I guess. I have fleeting concerns for the younger generations but try to balance my views, as you say, with the belief that the mad advance of digital technologies won't wreak complete social havoc either. In fact, I feel it has lent a new facet to 'mainstream' media that will help keep the headlines somewhat honest. Of course, we now live in the Age of Propaganda so we need, more than ever, to breed a healthy amount of skepticism in our kids.
Feb 17 2013: Hi Scott,
Agreed, but I'd amend your 'Age of Propaganda'. We've been in it since early 20th Century when Edward Bernaise, et al were called in to 'manipulate the masses' through psychological techniques applied to marketing. I'd say we're at the peak of this Age. One hopes a realization that we're being 'sold' bills of goods will inspire us to eschew such tactics.
The internet in particular has been a critical force in social change to, as you note: keep things honest. I look at civic engagement outcomes, and there's no Q this effect is building transformative momentum worldwide.
The best evidence is we're seeing an acceleration towards an impending disruptive clash, I expect. As powers-that-be push back on the emergent power of open, democratic ideals and practices many in tech are employing to illuminate consciousnesses for greater good. As transparency-preferring techies use their unique power to hold gained positions for open dialogue, widespread awareness and related outcomes. Needless to say the powers-that-be are deploying their own technologists. Why I think an impending clash looms large.
All of this much informs a For-Benefit technology company I'm just now raising capital for: WetheP. It will marry online and offline techniques that maximize the best of both while minimizing their less constructive features, too.
Needless to say I'm excited about what we're doing--and go so far as to say its 'huge.' In great part because we are at this crossroads were synthesizing the expedient and profoundly extrapolative power of tech with the intrinsic wisdom and authenticity of 'real-world' human interactions, which can achieve a far more sustainable and beneficial interdependence.
A critical place leadership must engage is business. So, last year I wrote this essay "Killer App for Angel Investors: Authenticity" http://bit.ly/HID9yF to set the tone.
I'm delighted themes like 'conscious capitalism' are coming into media focus. There's hope!
Feb 16 2013: Making our daily choices we automatically choose what is better for 'me', in the hope it will be better for all. ( in case we think about 'all ') And it's wrong. It doesn't work this way, but the other way round : what is better for all , eventually will be better for 'me'
I agree with you and ' not really a new concept ' :)
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"Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition" Matthew 15:3
Truth or Tradition? The Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Eden was an apple.
. ""And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed." "And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." (Genesis 2:8, 16-17).
What was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? Was it an apple tree?
We have heard it said that it wasn't the apple on the tree that was the problem, but the pair (pear) on the ground.
We call the larynx the Adam's Apple, because a piece got stuck in Adam's throat when he tried to swallow it. So the forbidden fruit in the Garden was an apple, right?
Some believe the tree was a fig, because after eating of it, Adam and Eve sewed fig leaves together to cover their nakedness. But that would seem to be reading more into the text than is really there. We must be careful about "reading between the lines."
The apple idea probably goes back to the Latin word "malum" which can mean both evil and apple. That would seem to be a logical conclusion, except for the fact that Moses recorded the event in Hebrew, long before there was a Latin language.
A careful reading of Genesis Chapters 2 and 3 will reveal that not once is the fruit specified. It is simply called "the tree of knowledge of good and evil." That tree was probably removed from the earth when the tree of life was taken away. Whatever the fruit was, it gave Adam and Eve an immediate knowledge of good and evil, of right and wrong. While it might well be said "An apple a day keeps the doctor away", eating an apple doesn't immediately open one's eyes to good and evil. The only fruit that can do that is God's Holy Word.
What do you think? The forbidden fruit was an apple..Truth or Tradition?
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James Koehl
on August 27, 2009 at 2:55 AM
So, Robert, where are you in the silly hat parade?
Vickie Boyd
on August 27, 2009 at 5:52 AM
Those are great. :) But is it bad that I recognize all the BGE hats, and the fact that you're at the shop just outside Big Bad Wolf (RIP)? Looks like lots of fun. I'll have to remember this trick of taking pictures next time I go.
Anthony Murphy
on August 27, 2009 at 6:37 AM
Its bad I know the Disney Hats.....
Yeah, where are you Robert?
Dan Babbitt
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I thought there were 4 people on this trip! I count only 3.
I wonder who the third is and where he was?
Robert Niles
on August 27, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Hey, someone's gotta take the pictures....
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BTW, I thought I'd leave it to readers to ID where the hats were from. And it looks like you've got it: First five are from Mad Hatter shop in Fantasyland at Disneyland. The new two are from Dollywood. Final three are from outside the BBW in Busch Gardens Williamsburg.
From 220.127.116.11 on August 28, 2009 at 11:55 AM
The leprechaun hat/facial expression is the best!
When I think of all the people who try these hats on and don't buy them, it skeeves me out. Your family looks a lot less skeevy than some of the people I've seen in the Mad Hatter!
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i have a grumpy baseball cap from disney, i get funny looks visiting other theme parks wearing it.
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National Cancer Advisory Board Will Meet Next Week
The National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) will meet December 5–6 in Building 31 on the NIH main campus in Bethesda, MD.
The agenda is now available, and the proceedings will be broadcast live online. An archived videocast will be available a few days after the meeting.
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Proposals Sought for Use of PLCO Data and Biospecimens
Data and biospecimens from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial are available to qualified researchers through a peer-review process. The Etiology and Early Marker Studies (EEMS) program accepts proposals for access to PLCO biospecimens twice a year, with the current cycle ending on January 16, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. ET.
By collecting biologic materials and risk factor information from trial participants before the diagnosis of disease, EEMS—a component of the PLCO—provides a resource for cancer researchers who are studying cancer etiology and early detection. Etiologic studies investigate the environmental, biochemical, and genetic risk factors for cancer. Early detection studies aim to develop reproducible, reliable biomarkers of early disease.
Proposals will be accepted for the next EEMS review cycle starting December 1. Details of the review process and application materials are available online. Questions may be directed to email@example.com or 240-314-2313. Proposals for the next cycle will be accepted in June or July 2012.
Cyber-Seminar Will Address Systems Thinking to Solve Public Health Problems
The December 14 NCI Research to Reality (R2R) cyber-seminar will feature an overview by Dr. Allan Best on systems thinking and practical tools to help solve complex population health issues.
Addressing these health issues often requires intervention and engagement with key stakeholders and organizations across many levels, ranging from local entities (schools, churches, and work environments), to regional systems (health departments and hospital networks), to entire countries (national agencies). This multilevel, multiparticipant view is at the heart of systems thinking, a process of understanding how parts influence one another within a whole.
Drs. Ross Brownson and Ken McLeroy will provide real-world examples of how systems models can be applied in a variety of settings. Dr. Brownson will highlight the use of concept mapping and discuss the different levels that should be considered when implementing evidence-based programs within organizations or developing public health policies. Dr. McLeroy's presentation will focus on the use of social network analysis as a tool to analyze community capacity and ensure that organizations and communities are working together to develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain effective programs.
For more information and to register for this event, visit the R2R website, where you can watch presentations and join discussions. This cyber-seminar will be available on the R2R website approximately 1 week after the presentation.
If you missed any of the past cyber-seminars, you can view them in the R2R archive.
NCI Guide on Communicating Data to Lay Audiences Now Available
Making Data Talk: A Workbook helps public health practitioners, scientists, health educators, clinicians, researchers, students, and statisticians effectively communicate data to lay audiences.
The workbook, based on the book Making Data Talk: Communicating Public Health Data to the Public, Policy Makers, and the Press, by Drs. David E. Nelson, Bradford W. Hesse, and Robert T. Croyle of NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, provides key information, practical suggestions, and examples on how to successfully communicate health-related scientific data.
The workbook also offers recommendations about selecting and presenting data and introduces the OPT-IN (organize, plan, test, integrate) framework, which guides public health practitioners on how to present health data to lay audiences. Many chapters also include practice exercises that use real-world examples to reinforce and apply key concepts.
Making Data Talk: A Workbook is available in print and electronic formats. Visit NCI's website to order a copy or download the workbook.
Major League Baseball Limits Players' Use of Tobacco
Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB Players Association announced a 5-year collective bargaining agreement on November 22 that includes limits on smokeless tobacco use.
The agreement prohibits players, managers, and coaches from using smokeless tobacco during televised interviews, club appearances, or other events where fans are permitted. In addition, players, managers, and coaches may not carry tobacco packages or tins when fans are in the ballpark. Individuals who violate the policy will be subject to discipline.
The agreement also expands tobacco education programs for players and calls for a program of education and public outreach on the dangers of smokeless tobacco.
The effort to promote "tobacco-free baseball" is supported by numerous national health and medical organizations, including the American Cancer Society, the American Medical Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, as well as many youth organizations, researchers, public health organizations and others. More information about the effort can be found online.
Further reading: "House Committee Convenes Hearing on Smokeless Tobacco"
President Obama Encourages Smokers to Quit
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November 17 marked the American Cancer Society's 36th annual Great American Smokeout, a day set aside every year to encourage smokers to make a plan to quit smoking for good and to remind nonsmokers not to start.
President Barack Obama congratulated those participating in the Great American Smokeout in a short video message.
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A graveside service for Joseph E. Welch was held at Epps Cemetery, Epps today (Monday, Sept. 3, 2012) at 2 p.m. Pastor Martin Ferguson officiated the service. Visitation was at Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012 from 2 until 5 p.m.
Joseph was a member of Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Minden He enjoyed fishing, hunting, aviation and especially spending time with his family.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred and daughter, Sharon.
He is survived by daughters, Joanne Daniels and her husband, Richard of Minden, Millie Smith of Poland, Maine, Connie Morgan and her husband, Jack of Minden, Sheila Welch of Minden, Allison Elliott and her husband, Ron of Keller, Texas and Vicki Welch of Longview, Texas. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Angel Lee and husband, Greg, April Linebarger, Sara Carnley and husband, James, Samuel Weems, Emily Love and husband, G.W, Riley Griffin and Jennifer Brackett and husband, Jason, Tyler Welch and eight great-grandchildren with whom he made countless memories. Brothers, William T. Welch and wife, Shirley and Earl Welch and wife, Shirley and sister, Leona Eubanks also survive him.
Pallbearers were Adam Welch, John Welch, James R. Dick Tinsley, Sam Ferguson, Josh Ferguson and Toby Wilemon. Honorary pallbearers were Gage Daniels, Casey Green, Gunnar Linebarger and Gavin Green
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Vikings are still searching for their first victory of the 2013 NFL season.
Their performance at Chicago in the 31-30 loss on Sunday was better overall than the opening defeat in Detroit. But there are several areas in need of improvement if the Vikings are going to return to the playoffs.
Last season, the Vikings went 5-1 in games decided by seven points or less. This time, they lost their first truly close game of the year. Up next is their first contest at home, against also-winless Cleveland.
The Vikings were lamenting on Monday how they let their lead slip away in the closing seconds. Coach Leslie Frazier took the blame for the breakdowns on the last drive.
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I used to work Top 40 Radio. The Drake-Chenault format for those who know the industry. CKLW Windsor and CFUN Vancouver were huge radio stations in my youth and they played basically that format (CHED in Edmonton would be similar although they were more innovative with things like album cuts, etc) with the top songs rolling over a few times an hour. After that I worked for several years on formats that were contemporary (hits) but had older songs and a much larger song universe.
One of the subcategories of that format was "recurrents" which contained songs that were hits a year ago or less and "spiced" up the sound of the station. That "Goddam Arms Race" song my kids kept playing all summer might be a recurrent by now, that sort of thing. Rest the song after it wears on the listeners, wait a few months and then spice it in along with the current hits.
In hockey terms, players like Robert Nilsson, Marc Pouliot and JF Jacques have moved out of prospect (hit) status and are not yet golden. They are in between the two, kind of a no man's land. Radio is still playing the song, but the record isn't selling. Recurrents. The worst recurrent I ever saw in sports who ended up having a fine career was Andres Galarraga. Long after he wore out his welcome as a prospect Galarraga was still swinging at that damn outside curveball that no RH batter could hit. I swear he looked as bad as any major leaguer in history when down 0-2 (and he didn't look much better down 0-1).
In the EJ today Craig MacTavish indicates that Nilsson will be back in the lineup, and says "Nilsson was scratched when Hemsky came back, before that Sam Gagner sat out. It's possible Patrick Thoresen will move into that rotation." The writer is Joanne Ireland. The article also quotes MacT on Nilsson: "It doesn't hurt to miss a game or two if they focus in on their game and use the time to their advantage. (Nilsson) has done that."
What he's done is learned in bp to layoff that sweeping curveball to the point the manager is going to bat him 7th. He's nowhere near batting cleanup, he's no longer a prospect and he's most certainly not golden.
Recurrent. Some make it, some don't. The time for Robert Nilsson is Jan-Apr 2008. We'll see.


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FULTON -- As one of just two seniors on the Erie volleyball roster, Paige Rus remembers a not-too-distant time when a situation like Thursday night would have derailed any hopes of victory.
After taking the opening set of a key Three Rivers Conference match with Fulton, the Cardinals had to deal not only with a second-game delay as officials tried to work out a glitch with the Steamers' rotation, but a wild finish in which Fulton was one point away from forcing a decisive third set.
With Rus and sophomore Savannah Mettler (nine kills each) stepping up their games down the stretch, Erie was able to avoid that third game, holding off the Steamers for a 25-22, 29-27 win. That victory boosts the Cardinals (16-8, 7-3 TRAC-9) past Fulton (8-12, 7-4) and into second place behind only three-time reigning champion Riverdale.
"We really have come a long ways,'' said Rus. "In years past, we might have given up, but we've got determination and fire underneath us. All of us really wanted this one, and we were all focused and fired up.''
Down 4-3 early in the second set, there was a bit of drama as questions arose regarding who was supposed to be serving for Fulton. After it was determined that the wrong player was serving for the Steamers, but that it was an officials' error resulting in no loss of points, the hosts gradually worked their way to an 11-8 lead before the Cardinals hit their stride.
"We just felt we had to start over,'' said Rus. "We had to start fresh, and not let that get into our heads.''
Having been named the No. 1 seed of its own Class 1A regional tournament earlier Thursday, Erie showed the resolve of a top-seeded club as the front-line play of Rus and Mettler was augmented by freshman Rachel Cobert's five kills and four blocks. Senior setter Katelyn Temple dished out 11 assists, followed by Deanna Black with seven helpers and four digs.
"Even in the midst of that long (second set) lull, the girls kept on pushing. They knew what they wanted, and they got it,'' said Erie coach Alicia Murphy, whose club dropped a three-set heartbreaker to Fulton at the Cardinal Cage nearly a month ago. "Our setters did a good job of feeding whoever was on fire. This is where we want to be, where we want to build from.''
However, the Steamers came away from Thursday's match feeling better about themselves in spite of the loss, with strong play from several Fulton players reinforced that feeling. Rachael Beiermann had an outstanding all-around game with eight kills, 12 assists and two aces, with Morgan Wierema checking in with seven kills and five blocks and Kylie Kennedy adding 10 digs and five kills.
"We've been struggling lately, so even though this was a loss, it almost feels like a win,'' said Fulton coach Stacy Germann. "We put it all on the table, and played with a lot of heart. I think if we'd gotten it to a third game, I like to think we could've taken it all, but unfortunately, we didn't get that chance.''
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Going Public
In many ways, this is an odd decision. I'm leading a fairly comfortable life here. I have job security, the nicest landlord I've ever had, and I always said I wouldn't live in the U.S. as long as W was still in office.
However, I've been here for 4 years now. I haven't seen most of my family in 2 years. And I miss the comfort level that comes with living in your home culture.
So, I'll be arriving in Seattle at the beginning of July. My immediate plans are to stay 1-2 years, and then very probably come back to Poland. Or maybe move to another country. Or maybe stay in Seattle longer. Or...some other option as yet unconsidered.
Keep in mind, I came to Poland in 2003 with the intention of staying for 1 year. I'm not terribly good at long-term plans.
My current, immediate plan is to find a teaching job in the greater Seattle area, ideally one that won't require me to acquire any additional qualifications. Do think of me if you happen to be a member of any hiring committees which are seeking an experienced, well-traveled, only slightly jaded ESL instructor.
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- Anna said...
Wow ....I hope you'll still write your blog :) I really enjoy reading it ..:)
- 15 May, 2007 21:36
Wow - So I might actually get to meet up with you again for the first time in...has it really been 20 years?! Good grief :(
- 17 May, 2007 22:41
- Robert said...
I'm afraid you won't be back in Poland. In two years from now Poland would be for you faded memory. I know. I had it with Romania. I thought I would be back and I never was (yet).
- 18 May, 2007 23:28
- The Wendy Lady said...
The fate of this particular blog is uncertain, though I think it'll go on hiatus for a bit - it seems nonsensical to write a blog called The Poland Diaries if I'm not in Poland. But that's not to say I'll be giving up this outlet for writing. Stay tuned for further developments.
Tracy, thanks for reminding me just how old we've become. :)
And Robert, don't make the same mistake others have made about me, assuming that I'm just like everyone else. "They" told me I'd never go back to college after I dropped out - I now have an MA. I even told myself, after my first stay in Poland, that I'd never go back, and here I am. If you haven't been back to Romania, that's your own fault for not making it happen.
- 19 May, 2007 11:20
hi Wendy, I totally love your blog. And I wish I had noticed the absence of glasses, but I didn't simply because I it doesn't matter if you have them or not. I liked your classes anyway...
good luck in the US. We'll miss you.
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- 24 May, 2007 13:16
okay..first one didn't post..argh..so yay, you're finally coming home..gonna be here before the 7th?? for my 50th!!??
let me know so T can invite you to the fete...*G*
there's more but I won't take up space...talk to you soon!!!
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As we celebrate our 125th Anniversary, we'd like to capture your reflections of your time at Rollins. Read on for reflections submitted by fellow alumni or click here to share your favorite stories. Help us make your experience a part of our permanent history!
Dr. H. Eugene Simmons '50
Gene Simmons went to Orlando High School and was a day student who took the bus to Rollins. He is an avid student of Rollins history who has an autographed book by Alfred Hanna, former professor of history and dean at Rollins who wrote several books on local history. Gene was a member of the Bach Choir and the Chapel Choir all four years and worked under Nita Mutispaugh in the Rollins Bookstore.
In the Chapel and Bach choirs, I had four years of marvelous experience learning the world's classical religious music under the inspired direction of Dr. Christopher Honaas and Dr. Herman Siewert, Chapel organist and organ professor. Sunday morning rehearsals began promptly at 9:00 a.m., and one was only late once, for Dr. Honaas would stop the music with a feigned mock welcome to the latecomer, and the 60-member choir would go, "Tsk, tsk, tsk." The chapel choir would make concert trips to St. Petersburg and Palm Beach, and we once provided choral background in Orlando to Gladys Swarthout, the Metropolitan Opera star of the era.
The independent (non-Greek) students used to hold an annual show in the Annie Russell Theatre that would send up major Broadway productions and lampoon various things. Annie Get Your Gun was the big show one year, so we did "Fannie Get Your Harpoon." My senior year, a year after the Soviets detonated their first atomic bomb, the student show was "Up and Atom." Fred Rogers '51 played the mayor of an interplanetary town. He was such a cut-up in those days and was a major contributor.
The Animated Magazine was a major event. I sang in the choir when President Truman came to Rollins, and I also saw the actress Greer Garson. She had flowing red hair, and had pinned a sprig of white azaleas in her hair. I was in elementary school when FDR came to Rollins in 1938. They let us out of school at Princeton Elementary to see the motorcade, and I saw him drive by in his limousine.
Alice Smith (Jackie) Johnson '51
I was a Kappa Alpha Theta and enjoyed being part of the Thetas a lot. I made a lot of friends, and after leaving Rollins I moved around a lot, but could always get involved in local Theta alumni organizations. We had a lot of dances and parties, and played the Kappas every year in a football game; that was crazy. We would all greet Hamilton Holt at the train station when he returned to campus. He was so interesting.
Even though Rollins was so small, we had some really remarkable people there. Some of my classmates were Fred Rogers '51, you know who he was; Shirley Fry Irvin '49, who won Wimbledon while I was there; Nancy Morrison Orthwein '49 and Pauline Betz Addie '43, who were also great tennis players; Alice O'Neal Dye '48 and Pete Dye '50, who were excellent golfers and later designers of golf courses. It was quite remarkable.
Gwen Ogilvie Salyer '60
Gwen attended a "huge" high school in Winnetka, IL. As she walked home "in a mini-blizzard one wintry day, my mother picked me up in the car and casually asked if I would like to go to college in Florida. I said yes and immediately had visions of sandy beaches and majoring in 'Sunbathing 101.' Rollins wasn't exactly that but it was pretty close to it."
Her husband and fellow Chicagoan, Don Salyer '59, attended Rollins on a full athletic scholarship and rowed varsity crew for four years. He became a Reinsurance executive with Marsh and McClennan Cos., based in New York. They lived in New Jersey almost 30 years.
As a freshman, I lived in Corrin Hall, which had no air conditioning -- hence a trip to Miller's Hardware for a much-needed fan. We all soon found out that there were only two places on campus with air conditioning: the Administration Building ("The Pink Palace") and the stacks in the library (Mills Memorial). We spent a lot of time "studying" in those stacks.
Part of freshman orientation consisted of passing (or not) a swimming test in Lake Virginia. No fancy pool for us. The legendary Fleet Peeples had us swim 50 yards or so out to his boat. This ordeal proved to be fortuitous for me, as the student lifeguard on duty the day of my test became my future husband.
Joyce Powers Diehl '40
Joyce's father, John Powers graduated from Rollins in the late 19th century and rode his horse to school every day from the family's cattle ranch in Orlando. She played basketball in junior and senior high and at Rollins. She worked for Hamilton Holt as a student assistant. In 2006, at the age of 88, she traveled to the Galapagos Islands with the Alumni Travel Program.
One day in 1936, I was lying on the grass on the library lawn, reading Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, which was a new book then. Dr. Holt came along, saw what I was reading, and asked if I would like to meet the author. I glanced over my shoulder and said, "Not particularly, but I surely love the book." He paused and said, "Well, I think I'll introduce you anyway." I turned all the way around and saw Margaret Mitchell standing with him. I wanted to crawl into a hole. But she was sweet as can be and got a kick out of it. That story got around campus.
I lived in the old Cloverleaf dorm, which is gone now. Across the hall was a lovely girl named Alice Booth [Alice Booth Blodgett '39], whose older sister also went to Rollins with us. We became close friends, and one day she came up to me and said, "Before anyone else tells you, I have to let you know that our great-grandfather was John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin. We feel very embarrassed about it, but we weren't there."
I got to know Dr. Holt rather well and he was a very kind and generous man. He was beloved by the students. He spent a lot of time walking around the campus, talking with students; there couldn't have been a more caring man. Students would skip up the steps of the Administration Building wanting to see him, and he would always take the time unless he was doing something very urgent.
Flora Harris Twachtman '43
Flora grew up in Winter Park and joined her older sister Rachel, and brothers Billy and Paul Harris, at Rollins, all attending at the same time. Flora was a Gamma Phi Beta and her brothers were members of Kappa Alpha. Paul and Billy interrupted their college careers for World War II; Billy was killed, and Paul later became the crew coach at Rollins for many years. She and her husband were married in the Knowles Memorial Chapel, and President Hamilton Holt gave the Rollins blessing. When they renewed their vows 40 years later, then-President Thaddeus Seymour re-read the blessing.
We all made it a point to attend the Animated Magazines and we'd make a little extra money selling programs. When President Franklin Roosevelt came to Rollins in 1938, I saw Eleanor Roosevelt on Holt Avenue. I went up to her and asked her to shake my hand, which she did.
Mary Martin Hayes '55
Mary grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and visited Rollins one summer while investigating colleges. She found it so beautiful and "far enough away from home, but not too far" that she decided to attend. She was a Pi Beta Phi. She studied elementary education and became a teacher for a time after graduation.
We loved President McKean. He embraced everybody, and he could speak easily to students. He was so funny during his Convocation speeches. No one wanted to miss them. He wanted to keep the campus small to preserve the intimacy of the College environment. I was once invited to his house with a group of other women when Jeanette was out of town, and we were asked to cook his food. He provided the food, of course. Afterwards, he invited us to talk about various topics and showed real interest in our views.
Mary Martin Hayes with friends at 2010 Grove Party
What stands out in my mind about campus life in our era is that you could always try out new things and you were always welcomed. You could play a sport or try out for a play or whatever you wanted to do. I had been a swimmer in high school but there was no swim team at Rollins, so I tried out some sports I hadn't played. I played basketball for a year and became very proficient at archery, so much so that I could teach it at summer camp. Everyone had an opportunity to do things they were interested in, and Rollins was a friendly place.
The grove parties took place at several different places. I remember going to a place near the Wekiva River and to the Iron Bridge in Oviedo, over the Econ River.
Women had a curfew and men didn't, but we didn't mind too much because most of us had curfews at home. Some of the men were entrepreneurs who would make bologna sandwiches and come up to our dormitory door at night offering to sell them to anyone who wanted one.
Jack Liberman '42
Dr. Holt ("Prexy," slang for President) was a fine gentleman whose Conference Plan and Animated Magazine were great accomplishments. For some reason, he chose me as a member of a small group who got to discuss things with H.G. Wells, the great English writer.
We met Wells sometime after 1 September 1939, when the Germans invaded Poland, and before 7 December 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. We met in a building on campus and he sat in an armchair and, I believe, I sat on the floor at one side of the chair or in front. I had written a "News of the Week" item for the Sandspur. Not news of Rollins, but of the world. I'm sorry to say this but I was probably the campus spokesman for the isolationists; that is, those opposed to our becoming involved in the war. I was not a traitor because once Pearl Harbor happened I backed our nation, and I did serve in the armed forces from 1943-1944.
Katherine "Kit" Bowen Harra '50
Kit describes herself as "loquacious" with a mellifluous Southern accent and is very happy to reminisce about her Rollins days. A native of Chickamauga, GA, site of the first national battlefield, Kit went to a girls' prep school in Chattanooga, TN. She first applied to Florida State University for Women but they were filled for two years. A friend recommended Rollins, and her father hit it off with Dean Wendell Stone, with whom he came to an agreement how to pay off tuition. She was a Chi Omega and majored in Commercial Art. Her classmate Charles Harra '49 later became her brother-in-law.
I remember serving dessert to President Truman when he came to Rollins for Founders' Day and the Animated Magazine in 1950. Television has copied the Animated Magazine. President Truman traveled in a motorcade to President Holt's gorgeous house on Interlachen Avenue; he had a Florida room that stretched across the entire back of the house, with French doors the entire length of the room. Several sorority women and fraternity men were invited to serve at the event, and I was on the dessert team. I think we served key lime pie. President Truman was very charming and I spoke to him for a moment. Hamilton Holt often had students to his house to talk by the fireplace.
Jim Lyden '60
Jim met his wife Kristin Allen Lyden '60 his freshman year, and they got married at the end of their freshman year. They moved to a tiny apartment off campus and had two children by the time they graduated, so they did not live the stereotypical "carefree" existence of a collegian. Jim succeeded his crew coach, U.T. Bradley, at Rollins upon graduation and spent the next 20 years coaching here. His son Scott '80 also rowed crew at Rollins.
Hugh McKean was a great guy, very friendly, and he loved to mix with students. On Wednesdays, we didn't have classes until noon, so Dr. McKean would come into the Student Union at 8:30 or 9:00 or so and just sit around shooting the breeze with students for three hours.
Don Tauscher '55 and Jeanne Rogers '56 Tauscher
Don and Jeanne Tauscher are a quintessential Rollins couple, attending the College together and sending their daughter Heidi '82 there.
Don: A major event comes to mind that has stayed with me since my graduation -- I was on the baseball team that went to the College World Series in 1954 in Omaha -- the smallest college ever to participate in that event, and the last to ever occur, as college sports were divided into divisions thereafter and Rollins could never again participate against major colleges for sports championships. Divisions took place depending on the size of the college. Being a contender in the 1954 College World Series was indeed a highlight -- I believe we finished second, losing out to the University of Missouri.
Jeanne: I loved it when President McKean would call a Fox Day. And the trek to find white deer on his property the morning before we graduated, followed by breakfast in the McKean's beautiful home. President and Mrs. McKean were always so hospitable and warm.
Nancy Neide Johnson '50
Nancy is a native of Winter Park at one time lived in the town's oldest house on Bonita Drive, which used to be the camp of Chief Osceola. She grew up across the street from Hugh McKean and his brothers. She met her husband, George Johnson '50 at Rollins. George joined the military and actually turned what used to be the Orlando Air Force base over to the Navy in the late 1960s, whence it became the Naval Training Center and then the Baldwin Park mixed-use development. He also had the idea for the Rollins Sports Hall of Fame and worked with Bill Gordon '51 and the committee to develop it.
I knew Hamilton Holt very well. Around 1940, Hamilton Holt took in a ward, Penny Drinkwater, whose father was the poet and playwright John Drinkwater. They sent Penny to Florida to be safe during the Blitz. She attended Rollins for three years before leaving when President Holt retired in 1949. She and I became great friends and for many years we would see each other every summer in England. She became a wine expert who traveled all over the world.
Tom Grubbs '56
Tom arrived at Rollins in 1954 after two years of college at Kent State and six years of military service. His first tour with the Army was at the end of World War II, serving with the Military Government in Germany. Following his discharge, he attended Kent State in Ohio. In 1950, when the Korean War broke out, he reenlisted. After teaching infantry basic in Kentucky, he volunteered for Korea. He became Sergeant Major of the 6th Tank Battalion on November 1951, serving in that position until July of 1952, both in Korea and Japan. "Wanting to get away from the cold of Lake Michigan, I took a furlough to Florida. While here, I saw Rollins College and became intrigued. After returning to duty, I wrote to Rollins for information. Wow, was I impressed. After sitting in classes of 50-plus at Kent, the Rollins approach appealed to me.
As a theatre arts major, Tom first met Wilbur Dorsett when he cast Tom in the opening show. Later that year, Wilbur transferred to the English Department, where Tom had him for a Shakespeare professor. The following story begins after he graduated.
In 1957, I dropped by the campus. Across from the then Student Center, I saw a policeman putting a ticket on Wilbur's car. Knowing an opportunity when it knocks, I immediately headed for the library. I found a book of Shakespearean quotes and began looking for quotes about laws, policemen, etc. I found about ten of them; authenticated them by listing play, act and scene, and headed back to Wilbur's car. I folded my notes in with the parking ticket, and hid nearby.
Finally, Wilbur appeared. He removed the papers from his windshield wiper and read the ticket. He was furious. Then he began to read my quotes, and started to laugh and laugh. Time passed. In 1961, Wilbur had written a play, "Song for Rollins," which was staged in late April to celebrate Rollins' 75th anniversary. In the cast were faculty members, former theatre arts majors... a huge group. Wilbur called me and I was cast as Mr. Lyman. After our Saturday closing, we all headed for Wilbur's house for a cast party. I had gone into the kitchen to fix a drink, when Wilbur approached me.
"Tom Grubbs, I want to ask you a question," he said, "many years ago I got a parking ticket, and with the ticket were some Shakesperean quotes. I have thought and thought and the only person I can think of who would do something like that is you. Did you do it?" I confessed. He said, "Let me ask you this. Did you remember them or did you have to look them up?' Without missing a beat, I said, "I remembered them."
Valerie Baumrind Bonatis '60
One of the most memorable things during the late 1950s was a McKean campus party. The girls had to check into their dorms at 10:00 o'clock on weeknights, so we were usually already in our nightclothes. Then we would hear the bell on the patio of the Student Center ringing. That was a message that President McKean was throwing a party. Everyone hurriedly put on their robes (or quickly got dressed) and headed to the patio. The males were usually dressed since they didn't have any specific time they had to be in their dorms.
Hugh McKean threw a good party--refreshments (all non-alcoholic) were on him, usually sodas and cookies. He usually called one of those parties when he had an important announcement to make. The most memorable announcement, as far as I am concerned, was the night that he announced that the peacocks on the Windsong property (where he and Mrs. McKean lived) were breeding and if we were all quiet we could hear them calling to each other. The entire college, standing in the patio of the Student Center, got quiet so we could hear.
Richard "Dick" Knott '50
Richard grew up in Ottawa, IL, about 80 miles from Chicago. He was thumbing through a Collier's magazine in the back of English class his senior year and saw an article entitled, "Rollins College: We Major in Tennis." It showed pictures of the lakefront and the campus architecture, and talked about The Pelican and free memberships to Dubsdred Country Club, and Richard thought, "Hey now, this may be the place for me." He took the train to Winter Park, staying up all night in the day coach, and "hit the campus on September 8, 1946." He met his wife, Carol Reed '52, whom he married in the Knowles Memorial Chapel, and later sent their two daughters, Diana Knott Bridwell '72 and Sally Knott Lundquist '78, to Rollins, so it must have been the place for him after all.
One gorgeous Florida day, Economic Professor Paul Fenlon held class on the Mills Lawn. As in high school, I got way in the back, and leaned against a huge tree. Finally I went behind the tree, laid out, and went to sleep. I was awakened a short while later from pressure on my chest, applied by none other than Hamilton Holt. He was a big man, and he kept his foot on my chest as I woke up. He smiled at me and said, "This is what I like to see: a student who doesn't let his class work interfere with his education."
Norm Copeland '50
Norm was a Marine in World War II, joining up in 1942 and serving in a support battalion for the 3rd Marine Division. He participated in the invasion of Guam. Norm came to Rollins in 1946 as a star tennis player and served as the Rollins tennis coach from 1955-95. His teams won NCAA championships in 1966, 1972, and 1991. The tennis stadium adjacent to the Warden Arena is named for him.
When I played tennis at Rollins, you didn't really play as a team; you played individual singles and doubles. The team concept came in the 1960s. But we played a lot of top teams from other schools, and in 1948 and 1949 we probably had the top team in the country. We never lost a match, and Gardner Larned was national champion.
Many of the men at Rollins when I attended were returning GIs from World War II. They had a lot of kindred spirit and camaraderie that carried over to the fraternity system. They had very strong commitment to their fraternities. [Norm was a KA.]
Students really rallied to the Animated Magazines, and they brought together faculty, students, and staff as well as the community at large. I saw Harry Truman speak at an Animated Magazine.
I got to be very friendly with John Tiedtke, who did so much behind the scenes for Rollins. He built the first hard courts on campus, which are still there, and he at times paid out of his own pocket when Rollins faced financial difficulties. He was a tennis player, a pilot, and an avid duck hunter. I went duck hunting with him in the '50s.
Joe Justice was another one who was a giant at Rollins. He was a great football player and coach. He used to pay for his own recruiting trips to Maine and other places up north and for follow-up calls. Rollins had no budget for that stuff.
When Paul Wagner came to Rollins in 1949, he was a brilliant businessman who was charged with putting the College on firm financial footing. He wanted to do away with things that weren't paying for themselves, such as the football team, and some academic traditions that were very dear. He was very personable and outgoing. But he stirred up too much opposition, and when they decided on a new president, Hugh McKean was the logical in-house person. He was an art professor but a good friend of John Tiedtke and he also gave a lot of his own money to help the school, even as a faculty member. We had a quite a rally, and I remember people saying things like, "Here comes The Kid," and "Youth will be served."
Dean Waddell '43
Dean Waddell and his older brother George '38 attended Rollins. George died on January 17, 2010, unfortunately, and so could not be contacted for this article. He and George regularly attended the Bach Festival through the years. Dean, who turned 89 on March 2, 2010, shared his memories.
I went to Rollins for two-and-a-half years. I had my 21st birthday in March 1942, three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. I went to a military prep school and had a certificate of commission. I got a letter from the War Department saying, in so many words, you can come into the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant or be drafted as a buck private. They had no recruitment office in Orlando, so I found a federal judge and he made me swear officially to everything in the War Department letter, and I left Winter Park and went north. I never returned to Rollins.
I served as a navigator on a B-24 and was based at the island of Kwajalein in the Western Pacific, and later in Western Australia. I flew over Hiroshima two days after the atomic bomb was dropped there, and it was a sobering experience. There was nothing there, just some smoke in the air.
I had some fantastic professors at Rollins, such as Charlie Rendell in the English Dept. I was upset the war interrupted my time there. I was a KA, and I remember during Hell Week they dumped a bunch of us off in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night, on a February night and it was sort of cold. We were left in the Dr. Phillips area, which was mostly orange groves. We went to the packing plant there and banged on the door of the loading dock, and asked the guy who was working to let us use the phone to call someone to pick us up.
Hamilton Holt was a very gracious gentleman, courteous, a great sense of humor, generous with his time, who enjoyed talking to anyone. He knew most everyone by name, and if he didn't, he would ask you.
Bill Caldwell '76 (From transcription) "It changed me, coming to Rollins… I learned more about people."
Bill Caldwell with friends
Dave Berto '56 (From Transcription)
Dave Berto '56 with Trustee Francis H. "Frank" Barker '52 and Peter T. Fay '51
"Discipline. I learned discipline at Rollins College because I had to have it."


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Equality Begins at Home: Day 5!!
Civil Rights Bill Clears Colorado House Committee; Wisconsin Legislators Sweetened Up; Equality Begins at Home Sweeps Into Iowa Senate
Roberta Sklar, Director of Communications
Midweek activism garnered historic firsts for supporters of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality in states across America. For the first time, a Colorado House Committee released a GLBT civil rights bill for floor debate; Delaware organizers staged a lobby day; and activists in Iowa met with leaders of the House and Senate, as well as with Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack.
The legislative happenings, and dozens of other events, were part of Equality Begins at Home, one of the largest grassroots mobilizations in the history of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) movement. More than 350 events are taking place throughout the country during the week. The following highlights describe some of the actions that have taken place:
Today's vote by Colorado's House Appropriations Committee in favor of a civil rights bill marks the first time ever that local activists have been able to get the bill to the House floor, and they are optimistic about its chances for passage. Today's vote came on the heels of a rally yesterday at the State Capitol for hate crimes legislation, also pending in the state legislature. A town hall meeting immediately following last night's rally focused on protecting GLBT families, and a tremendously successful community forum Tuesday, entitled "Who put the 'T' in my GLB?" confronted transgender inequality. Equality Begins at Home in Colorado was also marked at a number of religious services at which GLBT people were celebrated. The Rev. Georgia Humphrey of St. Barnabas Church in Denver reminded her congregation that "saying 'I believe' in diversity and the tolerance of all people is just not good enough. You can't sit. You have to stand. You have to be ready to reach out and do something."
In other legislative happenings during EBAH week, Delaware's GLBT civil rights bill failed on a close vote in the House. Delaware activists consider the attempt nonetheless to have been a crucial stepping stone to the eventual passage of the bill. The vote was held in conjunction with yesterday's EBAH lobby day, Delaware's first-ever for GLBT issues, which was attended by more than 80 people. A number of religious leaders and the House and Senate sponsors of the civil rights bill participated in a press conference at Legislative Hall with representatives from Equality Delaware and NGLTF. In Maryland, the House of Delegates passed a civil rights bill Wednesday. However, the bill was amended to exclude transgender people. The Maryland State Senate is expected to vote on the bill soon.
There were many firsts in Iowa during Equality Begins at Home week. For the first time in memory, a group of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activists and allies were invited to visit with the Governor in his office. In an unprecedented lobbying effort, 130 people from all over the state met with and lobbied the Senate's president, majority and minority leaders, and the House's minority leader. Senate President Mary Kramer presided over the Senate wearing GLBT-supportive buttons. For the first time in the Capitol's 115-year history, an openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender choir sang in the rotunda.
Today in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, an Equality Begins at Home luncheon united local elected officials and corporate executives who are GLBT allies. Activists hope to educate the participants about GLBT issues in an effort to pass municipal civil rights ordinances and domestic partner policies at local companies.
Several hundred people gathered Thursday for a hate crimes vigil in Norfolk, Virginia, site of the still unresolved murder of Henry Edward Northington. Northington, a gay homeless man, was murdered earlier this month, and his severed head was left near an area known for gay cruising. Although anti-gay bias may have played a role, the motive of Northington's murder remains unclear; several other murders of homeless men in the area have yet to be solved. In Richmond tomorrow, a "March and Rally for Equal Justice" will converge on the State Capitol, where activists will hold hands in a circle around the building.
In Madison, Wisconsin, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender "citizen volunteers" mixed with school groups, lobbyists and legislators at the State Capitol on Tuesday as Action Wisconsin conducted "Sweeten 'Em Up," Wisconsin's first-ever GLBT lobby day. Volunteers carrying plates laden with homemade cookies, bars and breads stopped at legislators' offices to deliver letters which announced Equality Begins at Home and thanked legislators "for doing the often challenging work of representing all the people who reside in [their] district[s]." Attached to each letter were names of GLBT people and people who support equal rights for GLBT people. Also in Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission passed a resolution earlier in the month calling on the city to create a domestic partnership registry.
African-American state legislators from around the country were contacted by the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum as part of Equality Begins at Home. Willa J. Taylor, chair of the Forum's board of directors, told legislators in a letter: "not all African Americans are straight and not all gays and lesbians are white. In your district alone, there are hundreds of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people of African descent you are not fully serving when you ignore the concerns of the queer community. During this week of Equality Begins at Home, when the LGBT community will be concentrating our efforts on state houses around the country, the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum calls on you, as African American legislators, to remember that the fight for civil rights and social justice is not the exclusive domain of any one group. As a race of people who has known — and continues to experience — the bitter taste of inequality, we must embrace all of our people in the struggle for freedom or none of us will ever be free."
Dozens of events slated for this weekend will mark an enthusiastic climax to a week of unprecedented activity throughout the country.
Equality Begins at Home is coordinated by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and organized by the Federation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Statewide Political Organizations.
The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community from the ground up. We do this by training activists, organizing broad-based campaigns to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation, and by building the organizational capacity of our movement. Our Policy Institute, the movementís premier think tank, provides research and policy analysis to support the struggle for complete equality and to counter right-wing lies. As part of a broader social justice movement, we work to create a nation that respects the diversity of human expression and identity and creates opportunity for all. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., we also have offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis and Cambridge.
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