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I'm Dana Law. I've been hiking the Pacific Crest Trail for the last 10 years in sections. I've hiked a total of 2188 miles and I'm 470 miles from the terminus at the Canadian Border. Please enjoy this journal, pictures and video from the last ten years adventures. If you have any questions about hiking the trail please contact me at email@example.com
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The National Police Agency (NPA) was embarrassed after it emerged that officers had extracted "confessions" from four people who had nothing to do with the threats.
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6/09/2008 / Short Stories
An eleven-year old Aboriginal boy should be full of laughter, but not me, Jay. I am sad too many times. My mother, Great Bear says, "Be a happy Mi'kmaq."
My mother is Native, and my father who just died is White.
I love my mother. I also loved my father. And it is not nice when children call me "White Eyes" at school.
"You are Mi'kmaq my son. Your heart is Native, no matter what your skin speaks. Kisu'lk weswalata, our Creator took him," my mother says."
"I made a promise at your father's funeral," grandfather said. " To look after you. And become your teacher."
His words find refuge in my ears.
Getting back to school is not easy. The test of my healing now begins. Morning class is finished, time for lunch. And children's words follow me.
"No Tongue! No Tongue!" is a name with more names.
"I am Mi'kmaq," I tell them.
"Hey Jay! Not so fast!"
He runs quickly, to catch up to my swiftness.
"Why are you in such a rush, Jay?" he asks.
Always questions.
"Hurry up then," my lips finally speak.
Peter, my best friend is White. We are in the same grade six-class.
"Aren't you glad, No tongue, about our Social Studies class today? You know, learning about your people?"
I am Little Feather, not No Tongue. My grandfather spoke it. It made my mother smile. Grandfather is tall. And his wrinkles are like waves on Cobequid Bay's shore.
The tales he tells of Glooscap are many, as leaves in October. His love of the forest and its creatures become my prayer. I am eager to learn the ways of my ancestors.
"Long ago Mi'kmaq people were nomadic and respected each other's hunting and fishing areas. Their 'Wigwams' moved in the spring to the seacoast where fish were plenty," said grandfather.
"Native children are brought up to respect their elders," he also said.
All elders are 'Uncle' in our greeting, or 'Auntie' for the women. I learned to say these words of politeness as part of an Aboriginal family.
"Keep the circle strong," is my strength.
"Jay, I'll see you after lunch," Peter says. We always walk home together from school.
"Why," I ask at home, "must I go to that school? Many do not understand the traditions of my past."
"Names and faces can't hurt you," my mother speaks. Her skin is dark and her cheekbones like a raven, searching, hunting, and protecting.
"What's for dinner?" I ask.
"You're always hungry," mother bear speaks again. "I made some of your favorite Mi'kmaq bread, Lusginigen."
"Oh Lusgi!" I answer back, using the shorter name.
"Yes. Always hungry." An echo sounds from the corner of the room. Nan, my cousin is one year older.
She knows everything. She does everything well. Playing ball. Soccer. She has many friends. Sometimes I am jealous.
I am her opposite. My feet trip running to first base. Then my team at school was shamed. I became 'Mikchikch the Turtle' when their words created a path of sorrow to my heart.
In the woods last December, I watched Oapos hopping around eating the remnants of fallen apples trees.
I remember staring at the animal's eyes. They were trusting. His white color easily blended in with the snow. I wish to adopt his heart of bravery.
Jay was my father's name. And mother Bear wanted me to be like him. Study and read. Watch and learn. But my father worked in an office, in Truro.
He complained about being cooped up all day like a pigeon. It made my heart beat slower. His anguish pierced my skin. There was little time for father and a young son.
When he took sick, he went away never to return. And I became 'No Tongue.' If only my spirit listened more to my father. And learned the legends of my mother's people, their dances and songs.
It became easier to disappear among the weeds.
No longer to laugh and shout with happy thoughts. Yes, my White name is Jay. But inside my skin I am Mi'kmaq.
It was good that Grandfather became my trusted friend. Stories from his time at the residential school were lessons to be remembered.
"Why could you not wear your Native clothes?" I asked one day. His answer was a tear. "Never mind," his lips said. "My sorrow is not yours. You will be what you want to be."
My mother, Great Bear cut through my thoughts.
"Hurry up and eat Jay. You have to get back to school."
She always worries. My mouth is full of Lusginigen and beans. I must hurry.
"Your father's funeral was a celebration," my grandfather said. "And there is happiness in the sadness of his passing."
"What did you promise my father when he went to Niskam?" I asked. Grandfather's answer was the knowledge he taught me. I became Eagle Feather, his grandson. It was his gift to me.
My grandfather said, "The Great Spirit gave us instructions to take care of the earth and all the creatures."
The fireflies became my friends. The rabbit became my candle of trust. The birds and other animals in the forest became my family.
They also formed part of my circle.
My feet soon walked paths bathed in moonlight. And my heart was filled with songs from the past, my heritage.
I finished lunch and looked at my mother. "Your 'Lusgi' was great ma!"
"Such a beautiful boy. Isn't he Nan? And look at those teeth. I can't believe you are almost twelve years old Jay...then soon, a teenager."
My smile was like a quiver full of happiness for her. "What does it matter? I am a man now."
And my feet danced to the beat of drums made from deerskin.
Grandfather told me, " We must thank the deer for giving up his life, so we may share his hide."
Preparing for school, I watch my mother. She is like a partridge, moving quickly from one moment to another. "Wipe your face. Brush your teeth. Scoot, scoot to school."
Peter is waiting outside. Sometimes he tells me about his fears.
I will teach him some of the old ways, to make a shelter and a fire to cook and fill his belly.
My grandfather's face will be upon me with gladness. He taught me I should put away 'No Tongue.' That it was only a name to mock me. The voice of grandfather calls to me, when we are apart.
"Be a proud Mi'kmaq, young Son" he says.
And my mother's words also soothe me. "Such a beautiful boy. My baby."
I have warmth and protection. I soar above difficult things. My wings are as beautiful feathers.
Peter calls to me with impatience. "Hurry up, Jay! Or, we'll be late!"
I answer with new courage, "Eagle Feather is coming!"
My grandfather told me an Eagle Feather is an important symbol. It represents truth and carries prayers to the Great Spirit.
An Eagle flies highest and sees best.
I became Eagle Feather, a carrier of truth.
Sometimes I dream grandfather was sent to me by Glooscap. He was a God-man, warrior and leader among our people.
He built his Wigwam on top of Cape Blomidon and became the mighty guardian of Minas Basin. Glooscap taught his people to hunt and fish. The wildest animals were among his followers.
He was also strong and fearless, a wise leader and teacher. He never married, the legends say. His life was with Noogumee an adopted grandmother and a young boy named Marten.
They were his family.
In my teachings I pretend my grandfather is Glooscap. In my learning I become Marten, his son.
My grandfather brought me to many trails. In our searching I found truths. "A young boy can become a man," he said. "When you are no longer bothered by people who tease you."
My ears heard much.
"We are people of the Dawn. Mi'kmaq greet Dawn with a pipe. We hold on to the earth to make it good for everyone," grandfather said.
I learned the Circle Dance is an important part of our culture. In our Council Hall we stand sideways and move around the drums. Then we turn, place hands on shoulders and follow the leader in his deerskin lace suit of clothes.
The sounds of drums tingle in the back of my head.
Goosebumps make blood in my veins flow like a wild current.
As my steps dance, I hear voices. As if my ancestors are greeting the first Europeans.
In my evenings, I hear the song of Mother Earth that forms our bond:
"...voices are echoes from canyons
where laughter is free as the deer
and tears travel with the falling rain
when my soul is no longer in pain"
"Tahoe!" is my yell of triumph. It is said at the ending of each song. "I thank you, I acknowledge you."
Now I am a true Eagle Feather.
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Richard & Esther Provencher 2006
NOTE: This is a fictionalized account of a true story. Richard and Esther were surrogate parents to a native (Mi'kmaq) boy for three years. And Jay is the model upon which this story is built. It would be nice to see this story published as a picture book one day, by an E-book publisher.
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Wildlife photographer Matse Rangja has captured rare footage of a Chinese snow leopard. According to the Guardian, this is the first time in 8 years of filming that she's managed to record the incredibly shy and rare cat. The video was captured in the mountains of China's Qinghai Province using infrared cameras.


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CORAL GABLES, Fla., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ) today announced that its senior management will be in Miami Beach, Florida presenting at the Barclays Capital 2013 Industrial Select Investor Conference on Wednesday, February 20th, at approximately 9:45 a.m. Eastern time. One-on-one meetings with institutional investors and MasTec's senior management are also being arranged as a part of the conference.
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nice song..... can anyone please post violin instrumental lyrics for this song please its a humble request, i love this song very much..
ah... this song brought back some of the nostalligic times of my childhood....
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eagerly waiting for the next one....
Had forgotten this song, not heard it since the early 80's when the film released. Had forgotten about the film, about Khayyam having given the music. Thanks for reminding about so many things with a single song, a lovely song with simple delightful lyrics.
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Had almost forgotton this song !!Glad you posted this sweet song:))
Read the lyrics for the first time hey! And loveddddd it!!
Enjoyed the music...played it twice:)))
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The lyrics are simple, but meaningful. Naqsh Lyallpuri didn't get much popularity but some of his songs are really good. I might post a bunch of his songs. May be you would like those as well, if you liked these lyrics. :)) Cheers and Regards.
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Anaheim, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - A pinch-hitting John Jaso clubbed a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 3-2 win over Los Angeles at Angel Stadium.
Jaso drove a 1-2 offering from Angels closer Ernesto Frieri (0-1) to right field with one out. Josh Donaldson had singled to lead off the ninth.
"(Frieri) left a fastball right in the zone and Jaso didn't miss it," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia.
Luke Gregerson earned his second save with a 1-2-3 ninth that was not without a bit of controversy.
With one down, second baseman Nick Punto bobbled a Howie Kendrick grounder and fired to first base. Kendrick was called out on a very close play that was upheld by a video review.
Jim Johnson (1-2), who was removed from the closer's role, earned the win after pitching around a one-out double by Kole Calhoun in the bottom of the eighth.
The Athletics improved to 6-1 on their first road trip of the season.
Jesse Chavez tossed seven innings in the start for Oakland, giving up two runs -- one earned -- on four hits and recording nine strikeouts without any walks.
"I just tried to match the other guy," Chavez said.
He was referencing Angels starter Hector Santiago, who was in line to get the win in the opener of this three-game set before Jaso's late-game heroics.
Santiago also went seven frames, with Yoenis Cespedes' fourth-inning home run among the five hits he allowed.
Albert Pujols knocked in both runs for the Angels. He singled home Calhoun in the first and homered to left-center field two innings later.
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"Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined." (MATTHEW 7:24-27)
Winter is coming. The strong winds of winter will soon be rattling the widows of our homes. I know that at our home we have already done all the winterizing to keep as much of the cold out as possible.
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"Anyone who goes to Las Vegas and loses can't sue the croupier." So said Judge Milton Pollack, snappily summing up the gist of a judgment that this month became the toast of Wall Street.
The 96-year-old district judge had, in typically flamboyant style, kicked out three class action suits against Merrill Lynch and its discredited analyst Henry Blodget brought by investors who were drowned when the dotcom bubble burst.
The hope of the US investment banking community is that his scathing ruling will bring a quick end to a potentially nasty outbreak of investor litigation.
Judge Pollack's legal career started in the year of the 1929 stock market crash, but age has clearly not withered this judicial brain.
His judgment ran as follows: "Seeking to lay the blame for the enormous internet bubble solely at the feet of a single actor, Merrill Lynch, plaintiffs would have this court conclude that the federal securities laws were meant to underwrite, subsidise and encourage their rash speculation in joining a freewheeling casino that lured thousands obsessed with the fantasy of Olympian riches, but which delivered such riches to only a scant handful of lucky winners."
Commentators in the financial press have been only too happy to laud the judge's "Solomonic wisdom", as one paper had it, and seize upon his judgment as the definitive word on the madness of those bygone dotcom days.
The judge's line was that it was the collapse of the internet bubble that caused investors' losses and not research analysts such as Blodget, who became infamous when he was discovered to have rubbished the same stocks that his company Merrill Lynch was promoting.
This revelation prompted numerous legal actions and an increase in industry arbitrations. Judge Pollack is overseeing another 25 class action suits against investment banks but, as he put it, he refuses to allow New York's legal system to be used as some kind of "scheme of cost-free speculators' insurance".
Eliot Spitzer, the New York Attorney-General who conducted an investigation into conflicts of interest on Wall Street which exposed the behaviour of Blodget, called upon investors to make claims.
The US investment banks settled with Spitzer for £1.4bn earlier this year, after he accused their analysts of promoting internet stocks to private investors in a bid to win lucrative investment banking business.
Although many of the claims in the
recently dismissed suits have been characterised as unbelievably frivolous even by US standards and, critically, not concerning Merrill Lynch clients, as ever there is another side to the story.
"What Merrill Lynch and some of these other firms did was the worst kind of fraud ever perpetrated on the US public," claims Steven Toll, lawyer for the plaintiffs and a partner at Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll. "You believe that brokers recommend stock because they have a real and true belief that this stock is good, but the reality was that they were hyping these stocks solely to get investment banking business to make money. It's one of the worst scandals you can ever imagine and this is an astounding, horrible and disturbing result."
Daniel Woska, a securities lawyer at Oklahoma City firm Woska & Hasbrook who specialises in investor actions, reckons that by the end of the year he will have brought close to 1,000 complaints for investors alleging bias in reports by Merrill Lynch and others. "The spread of people who use their money to invest in brokerage houses runs from poor, blue collar people to the speculators who Judge Pollack was taking about," he says.
But he adds: "Unfortunately for Judge Pollack, when he delivered his decision it didn't address the people I represent, who are typically the uninformed, blue collar, elderly people who were taken advantage of."
Woska cites a Spanish-speaking client from Mexico who worked for Southwest Airlines as a machinist for 35 years, saving up all his own and his wife's money. "He put a million dollars with Merrill Lynch when he retired, thinking they'd take care of him," Woska says. "Well, they took care of it alright, and his saving was down to a little less than £300,000 in 15 months." This is the kind of person that Spitzer wants to see compensated, he adds.
So what kind of precedent does the ruling represent? In an interview following his judgment, Judge Pollack said the Merrill Lynch case is the first of a group of 160 cases involving 27 different stocks. "This was something of a test case for [lawsuits] involving similar facts," he said. "The question is, are the facts similar?"
Columbia University law professor John Coffee says the ruling was "a huge victory for Merrill Lynch" and represents "the death knell" for the 23 pending cases before Judge Pollack. "As for the other securities firms, this is one of the first real precedents of how the law of securities fraud applies to an analyst recommendation, as opposed to a statement by the company about its finances," he says.
Coffee reckons that Judge Pollack's most important line of reasoning is that the plaintiff has to prove "loss causation".
"They can't simply prove that the plaintiff was fraudulently induced to buy the stock by the false inflated and insincere recommendation, but rather he has to prove first, and then later, that the recommendation was causally related to the stock's ultimate fall." That is a very difficult burden for litigators to have to meet, he adds.
"Judge Pollack has dismissed cases brought by non-Merrill customers who were speculating on internet stocks and couldn't show that they relied upon fraudulent research," explains Jacob Zamansky, an arbitration lawyer in New York who won a $400,000 (£250,600) claim against Merrill Lynch in 2001. "By contrast, Merrill customers who bring arbitration claims against the firm and can show they actually relied upon fraudulent research in deciding to buy or hold the stock should be able to win."
According to Zamansky, the "key evidence" in such cases is Merrill Lynch customers "showing that they received research reports contemporaneous with their decision to buy or hold the stock", plus emails or notes of conversation with their brokers showing that "they actually discussed and relied upon the research in making their investment decisions".
"If you didn't even know who Henry Blodget is, and you didn't read the research reports, then you shouldn't be allowed to sue him, but that doesn't apply to a Merrill customer who has a contractual relationship with the firm who pays higher commissions and expects honest, unbiased research," Zamansky continues. "There's a hell of a difference."
Toll is considering an appeal on behalf of his clients. "Some of his views about the plaintiffs were just totally wrong and ignored the people before him," he said of Pollock.
In particular, he takes issue with the depiction of his clients as "rash speculators" and gamblers. "The evidence was to the contrary, these were people who had sold their businesses and as a result acquired their stock," he says.
If there is a criticism of Judge Pollack's judgments, Coffee believes it is that the nonagenarian judge characteristically "tends to paint in black and white" rather then "nuanced distinctions in shades of grey".
According to Michael Chepiga, a partner at New York firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett who clerked for the judge in the late 1970s, the Merrill Lynch ruling is "classic Milton Pollack".
"He wants to be clear, to the point, and deal with the problem," says Chepiga. "He doesn't have the time to waste and he goes straight to the heart of things. It's not a concern of his if it gets reversed."
Woska remains unimpressed with the spate of eulogies following Judge Pollack's judgment. "He's 96 years old, hates class actions, always has, and makes no bones about it," he says. "If you're one of the lucky few his decision is a good thing, but for the rest of us - that is, 90 per cent of us - it's not."
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The colonization of Mars vs. solving the problems at home
I am a space advocate and sci fi junkie. I look at the night sky like a teenage boy peeks at Playboy. The curiosity and wonder within me burns as red as that elusive rocky world next door.... And now, in this glorious age of technology, the dreams of Kim Stanley Robinson and geeks world round is finally becomming a reality. The colonization of Mars is just around the corner, and although many are thrilled, some are hesitant and even sour about the prospect. An argument aganist a human-occupied Mars is based on the belief that Earth has far too many problems, that are far more urgent and necessary to address, then the satisfication of curious scientists and hopeful investors. So, what do you think? Shall humanity step beyond our watery world and onto a rusty alien desert, or should we focus our efforts on Earth and find solutions to our dire issues before considering such a endeavor?
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Aug 10 2013: From my perspective, we have to first make sure everyone on earth has the things that thinkers like Maslow emphasized as being essential for the basic health and welfare of human beings. These are things like consistent access to nutritious food, clean water, warmth, human companionship, safety, etc. Far too many people do not have those things & this is wrong, especially considering that such things would not be expensive or difficult to provide.
Next we'd need to make sure that everyone has access to comprehensive and engaging education, and remove any / all barriers to learning (socio-economic, physical, physiological, emotional, etc.). Far too many young people, even in developed countries, don't have what you clearly have had in your life--parents interested in education and a supportive educational atmosphere. Far too many kids grow up in the world's inner city areas and can only see a life of drugs and gangs in their futures. 25 million US school-age children can't read, as is true for 1 in 5 American adults. Reading ability predicts future success more than any other skill, dooming these people to poverty.
I grew up looking at the stars (& Playboy), built a star drive for my telescope, and dreamed of being an astronaut. My father was interested in everything and provided me with all the opportunity I needed to be able to learn & grow.
My point is basically that before we spend a trillion dollars to send a favored few to Mars, we should first make it possible for ALL children and adults to be able to dream like you and I have. Even though I was glued to the TV set during the Apollo Moon Landings and Shuttle Missions, there were millions of people on earth who were much more worried about their next meal than watching a few very privileged people do things that did not change their reality at all.
We can have a world of 'enough' for everyone, but first we must care enough to act responsibly--so one day everyone can dream...
Take care, Prof. Schneider
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