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The atrocities committed by Nazi soldiers during World War II are well known. I'd like to know what motivated those soldiers to do Hitler's bidding. Were they brainwashed? Did they believe they were doing the right thing in killing 6 million (Jewish) people? How could so many soldiers willingly and consistently execute thousands of defenseless and innocent people, including children, day after day?
I have to recommend the recent book Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing, and Dying by a historian and social psychologist here, as there isn't are more objective source for understanding the mindset of those German soldiers during WWII as their own conversations:
Let me quote some passages with author Neitzel in an BBC interview:
Both authors argue that Nazi soldiers were no more naturally violent than those anywhere else, but they did it in a very organized and systematic way. If you look at Chechnya war or some Wikileaks videos you see that obedience to orders even nowadays is the same dominant psychological pattern among soldiers and the "level" of brutality doesn't really differ qualitatively. The end justifies the means in war. Nearly everyone can become a mass murderer in war within few days.
Another article about the book states:
This got a bit long with mainly quotes, but it's a important and tricky question where any personal reasoning without facts would be highly unreliable to me.
The simple answer (and here I agree with @Evan Harper's comment) is deference to authority and careful planning by Nazis to hide the truth of what they were doing.
Deference To Authority
The most easily understood example of this it the Milgram exmperiment. This experiment was especially motivated by Holocaust trials. A summary from Milgram of the experiment read:
(65% of people committed what they believed was murder on the basis of authority, though they showed signs of stress and rebelliousness.)
Non-public Executions
The Holocaust was not really public information. For the majority of the Nazi Regime, Jews were mostly imprisoned in concentration camps. It was only in 1942 that extermination camps, where mass murders took place, were started. These extermination camps were not set up in Germany itself, but occupied Poland. Part of the reason was to hide the fact of the killings from the civil populace. Killing was mostly carried out by poison gas, which was considered to be psychologically acceptable to the soldiers operating the camp (besides being efficient). The holocaust was itself referred to the Holocaust as
I'm looking at "The Good Old Days" The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders, and at the Police Battalion studies, and I'm still thinking functionalism is more explanatory than intentionalism. Ordinary Germans, including the vast majority of the Wehrmacht, shared a racialist politics and during the circumstances of the war shared a common attitude towards resolving the racial problems of Jews and eastern and southern Slavs. Hitler's involvement was not decisive, as the rate of spontaneous massacre and the mixed class background of the Police Battalion soldiers demonstrates.
The historiography of the holocaust emphasises two causative accounts (both explained in depth at wikipedia with adequate citations there). The first is "intentionalism," this broadly focuses on Hitler's unique culpability for the decisions behind the holocaust, or limits these decisions to the inner circle of the NSDAP leadership or the Wehrmacht. Much of the US case at Nuremberg was intentionalist in its attitude to the causes of war crime.
Later scholarship evidenced the mass and widespread culpability of Wehrmacht soldiers, and in particular second line soldiers such at the soldiers of the Police Battalions. These soldiers were ordinary Germans. In the case of the Police Battalion studies, it was demonstrated that the class and occupational composition of these Battalions directly mirrored the class and occupational composition of Germany as a whole—they were representative males. In particular, they were older males who under the intentionalist schema of "brainwashed SS boys" should not have engaged in mass killings. But in the East, and in the West, and in the South—but, most particularly in the East and South (Soviet Union and Yugoslavia)—these ordinary men engaged quite willingly in voluntary Jew hunting and massacres of civilians. Evidence accumulated that Jew hunting and massacres were entirely voluntary, and that soldiers who showed no willingness to engage in massacres were allowed without punishment, scorn or humiliation to not engage in these activities. Jew hunting was discovered to be constructed as leisure by ordinary soldiers. This greatly strengthened the "functionalist" side of the argument, that the holocaust emerged out of functional requirements of the entire German war, that mass massacres and genocide were the ordinary business and outcome of war.
Genocide studies has furthered these findings. Current work in genocide studies engages the individual "massacre" as the unit of analysis, rather than the entire genocide. In part this is done because of the understanding developed from the German studies of the importance of ordinary participants and their attitudes.
While I primarily read genocide studies in the field of Soviet atrocities and attempts to analyse Soviet and Soviet-style atrocities as a singular whole, my understanding is that placing "Hitler" or "Nazism" as central to the holocaust is widely discredited; even where the unique contributions of Nazi ideology or organisational doctrine gave the holocaust distinctive colour. Historians rarely accept dichotomies without showing how they interpenetrate; but crude intentionalism is clearly discredited. Hitler was not directly responsible for the holocaust, except of course that he tolerated it, encouraged it, sought to order it, and perceived the German desire for it.
(Here you should consider reading about the history of Einsatzgruppen A in the Baltic states, its composition, and its eventual failure to achieve its stated aims due to psychological wear and tear. Einsatzgruppen A was comprised of NSDAP ideologues with higher University degrees, who believed in the racial purification of Germany and its mission of Empire in the East—and even they proved incapable of continuous intimate massacre despite their ardent beliefs in the NSDAP mission.)
Soldiers did not have to be motivated by or for Hitler to engage in atrocities. Atrocities were a historical part of the German method of waging war. (Even as they were part of the Japanese, or British, or Australian, or Soviet ways of waging war.) German soldiers voluntarily and with eagerness began implementing the basic program of the holocaust, and would have done so in the Soviet Union even without widespread official encouragement and support from directly NSDAP motivated and controlled organisations such as the Einsatzgruppern. In particular, the commissar order and anti-partisan operations were conducted with gusto and enjoyment. Germans also broadly agreed with the racial categories the NSDAP used, largely because the NSDAP's ideology was a mirror of German racialism.
German soldiers did not set out to kill six million Jews. They set out to punish Jews, Slavs and Communists as categories. The actual result of this was tens of millions of dead central and eastern europeans. Jews were especially singled out for special treatment in this schema, but the programme was the broad punishment including by collective death by massacre or starvation of Eastern and Southern Slavs generally, and specific cultural groups like Roma or Jews in particular. Even the formerly social democratic or communist German soldiers, such as in the police battalions, identified with the goal of punishing Jews and Slavs. Sometimes this punishment involved forced labour (conducted primarily as a form of ritualised humiliation with Jews, rather than for primarily economic gain). Sometimes this involved mass murder, industrial deportation of populations for a widely recognised final solution, or death marching prisoners with insufficient sources of food, clothing, shelter or medicine with a full awareness of the results.
Most current work points to the capture of large numbers of Soviet POWS in the transition from sporadic massacre to systematic attempts to destroy entire population groups, a "functionalist" analysis. POW camps for Soviet soldiers were run with a mentality of causing large scale deaths.
However, intentionalists can point to the NSDAP plans for the annihilation by starvation of all Jews and most Slavs West of the projected 1941 stop lines over the 1941-1942 winter. Indeed, the Wehrmacht's occupation planning attempted to implement just this. The targets of the holocaust, both in the minds of ordinary Germans, and in the planning of the NSDAP organs and organs that predated the NSDAP such as the junker dominated military synchronised in 1941. (Much of this comes out in Soviet evidence to Nuremberg which was always more functionalist).
Finally the question of how could soldiers willingly and consistently execute thousands of people day in day out? They couldn't. Einsatzgruppen A broke down under the psychological stress of mass executions, even using Baltic Hiwis to do the nasty work. Jew hunting and anti-partisan massacres were highlights, rewards, in the boring life of rear area policing. For front line units seconded to anti-partisan or clearance operations, they provided a welcome relief and a source of leisure in a far lower intensity environment.
The moral questions regarding personal culpability have for a long time focused on the blandness and ordinary nature of attempting to systematically annihilate civilian population groups. For current research I'd suggest starting with Chirot and McCauley (2006) Why Not Kill Them All?: The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder.
The gas chambers were intentionally chosen to make it easy to kill lots of people. The Germans tried shooting gypsies and disabled people (the first victims) but their soldiers wouldn't be able to do it for long. It upset them. The Nazi party needed an easier way to kill lots of people.
The gas chamber was easy for their soldiers because one group of soldiers could escort the victims at the start when they were alive, and the victims would take off their clothes and get naked themselves, then they'd be killed, then another group of soldiers would only have to deal with dead bodies. There would not be soldiers who saw the killings, nor soldiers who saw the live people and then pressed the buttons. Since the victims were naked, the soldiers didn't have to remove clothes from the bodies. It was easy to keep the dead bodies out of sight.
I usually don't share my family history, but here it goes: my grandfather was Waffen SS. My understanding is he wanted to be the best first and foremost. The Waffen SS was just that. Second, he actually believed what he was doing was right for Germany (I disagree). Third, as the war dragged on and many of his comrades were killed, he fought not so much for Hitler or das Vaterland, but for the man to his right and left.
He was later arrests and did not pay nearly enough of what he probably should have, but he paid. One of the other posters said this and I agree, war is the absence of civility and all soldiers from all countries have done some rather horrific things.
Jews were (and in many placed in East Europe still are) very much hated by the population mostly because it is believed that they are guilty in killing Jesus Christ.
In Russian Empire for instance there were multiple bloody anti-Jewish pogroms. The only reason why the Jews were not killed by the non-Jewish population at the time was that the state mostly made efforts to protect the Jews or at least to limit the extent of hostilities.
When the state power was becoming weak, the scale of hostilities usually rose dramatically. For example during Russian civil war about 200000 Jews were killed even though no party of the conflict officially endorsed extermination of the Jews.
So once the state power completely changed their attitude from protecting the Jews or at worst, negligence to officially endorsing the killings and supporting that with additional propaganda efforts the effect was predictable.
The already anti-Semitic population that in most cases was willing to kill the Jews even despite the resistance of the state, was intentionally further indoctrinated against Jews and any remaining restrains lifted.
Adolf Hitler's goal in life was initially to become an artist. However, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna denied Hitler's admission twice, in 1907 and 1908.
So, by the end of World War I, Hitler was strongly patriotic and anti-semitite. He stayed in the army after WWI and eventually was assigned to monitor the German Workers' Party (DAP). The DAP was strongly antisemitic, nationalistic, anti-capitalistic, and anti-Marxist. It favored a "strong active government, a 'non-Jewish' version of socialism, and solidarity among all members of society."
The president of the party, Anton Drexler was attracted to Hitler's oratory skills and invited Hitler to join, which he did. By 1921, Hitler had became known as a notorious speaker and became the leader of the DAP (which eventually came to be known as the Nazi party).
So as we see, Hitlers used his oratory skills to persuade the Germans to adopt his anti-sematic, anti-communist, totalitarian views. Hitler eventually rose to power and held grand rallies and made persuasive speeches with much Nazi Propaganda. Many Germans came to hold his views that Semitic and Romani races were inferior to Aryan races. Nazism openly declared Slavs as subhuman, however they slacked off on this idea somewhat when they became allies with Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia.
Also, many Germans were still bitter of their loss of WWI. Their was a popular stab-in-the-back theory which Hitler supported. It claimed that Germany had never lost a war and that the German Army did not lose World War I, but was betrayed by the civilians and politicians on the home front. It has been stated that the stab-in-the-back theory was "an ideological cement of Hitler's dictatorship." The Germans were bitter at the the Allied powers, but mainly at the French who had occupied Germany during post-World War I. This pushed them to obey Hitler as he promised to repudiate the Treaty of Versailles. So this wasn't a case of brainwashing. There were two main factors at play here:
These two factors were supported by Hitler and formed the basis and ideology of Nazism. This motivated the many of the Germans to the bitter end.


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In the eleventh hour – literally — Bridgewater filed notice with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission of its intent to enter into arbitration with Raynham Park after unsuccessfully attempting to hash out a surrounding community agreement for slots mitigation.
Bridgewater is the only community statewide to go to arbitration after failing to reach a slots mitigation agreement.
At 11:38 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7 Bridgewater filed notice with the Gaming Commission after negotiations Tuesday evening proved unfruitful, Bridgewater Town Manager Michael Dutton said. The deadline to file notice was 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Dutton said.
Negotiations were ongoing behind the scenes even as the Bridgewater Town Council held its regular meeting Tuesday evening, Dutton said.
"We went back and forth with negotiations. I think both sides realized we should file notice though we will continue to negotiate," Dutton said Wednesday morning.
Back in November, the Gaming Commission granted Bridgewater's petition to be designated a "surrounding community" after Raynham Park refused to assign the designation voluntarily.
Bridgewater was the only one of Raynham Park's five official "surrounding communities" that had to go that route.
"We're having a hard time understanding how we could be the town that essentially shares the longest border with Raynham and yet not be a surrounding community," Dutton said.
Under state law, surrounding communities are municipalities in proximity to a host community which the Gaming Commission determines "experience or are likely to experience impacts," according to the Gaming Commission's website.
Bridgewater is also the only town that shares a school system with Raynham, Dutton said. In addition to traffic and public safety impacts, the slots facility could have a profound impact on the school district if Raynham suddenly finds itself flush with mitigation cash, while Bridgewater has no such boost to its revenue. The imbalance could put a great strain on the regional relationship, he said.
Raynham Park voluntarily granted surrounding community status to Easton, West Bridgewater, Taunton and Middleboro. Raynham Park also turned down Dighton's request to be designated a surrounding community but the Gaming Commission denied Dighton's appeal on the same day it granted Bridgewater's.
Not only did Raynham Park agree to designate the other four municipalities as "surrounding communities," but Raynham Park has reached mitigation agreements with them without arbitration.
Raynham Park signed agreements for annual mitigation payments of $50,000 with Middleboro on Dec. 16; $200,000 with Taunton on Nov. 12; $250,000 with West Bridgewater on Dec. 18; and $362,000 with Easton on Jan. 6.
The Gaming Commission's regulations establish a binding arbitration process that calls for the parties to select a "neutral, independent arbitrator" and submit their "best and final offers" to that arbitrator.
The arbitrator then has until Jan. 27 to file a report with the Gaming Commission specifying the terms of the surrounding community agreement that will be imposed if the parties can't reach an agreement.
Page 2 of 2 - The parties then have until Feb. 3 to sign their own agreement or the arbitrator's report becomes the final agreement.
Dutton said he's "neither optimistic nor pessimistic" about the prospects of the parties reaching their own agreement.
"I'm hopeful we're close enough to get an agreement before that point," Dutton said.
In terms of the other two contenders for slots, Plainville and Leominster, both have reached surrounding community agreements with all of the communities that hold that designation.
Plainville has reached agreements with Mansfield, North Attleboro, Wrentham and Foxboro.
Leominster has reached agreements with Bolton, Fitchburg, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Princeton, Townsend and Westminster.
Raynham has also reached agreements with Stoughton, Berkley, Lakeville and Rehoboth, which have all been designated "nearby communities." Those agreements provide no annual mitigation payments but instead state that the parties will jointly commission impact studies two years after the facility opens to determine if the nearby communities have experienced a negative impact and, if so, they will negotiate mitigation at that time.
No "nearby communities" were designated for Plainville or Leominster.
Raynham also signed an "Impacted Live Entertainment Venue" agreement with the South Shore Music Circus of Cohasset. The agreement provides for no monetary compensation but sets conditions for Raynham Park's own proposed live entertainment venue designed to limit the impact on the Music Circus.
Neither Plainville nor Leominster signed any "Impacted Live Entertainment Venue" agreements.
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MILLER, Dr. Ruth Ann (Cuomo), Ph.D., 74, of Moon Twp., PA, died on November 8, 2012, at Lifecare in Suburban General Hospital.
She was born in Follansbee, WV, October 26, 1938, the daughter of the late Frank and Anna (Tornifolio) Cuomo.
Ruth Ann was a professor of nursing at the University of Pittsburgh & Slippery Rock University. She was a member of the Christian Assembly of Follansbee, WV.
In addition to her parents, Ruth Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Perry Kent Miller Sr., in 2002.
She is survived by her two children, Perry Kent Miller Jr., Moon Twp. and Alison Scanlon (Todd), Imperial; two grandsons, Brendan and Tyler Scanlon. Siblings, Josephine (Cuomo) Norman, Frank Cuomo Jr. (Sharon), Shirley Jean Cuomo and Joseph F. Cuomo.
Friends will be received on Sunday, November 11 from 1-4 and 6-8 p.m. in the Huntsman Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Moon Twp. (1522 Coraopolis Hts. Rd.) Where a funeral service will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. with her brother Pastor Joseph F. Cuomo officiating. Entombment will follow at Resurrection Cemetery, Moon Twp. www.huntsmanfuneralhomes.com


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Can you cite the foods that are low in fat but high in calories?
I'm 21, male, around 5'7" tall and I'm kinda skinny. I've read online that one of the things I should consider to gain weight is taking in food which is low in fat and high in calories.


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Project Providing Better Access to Mall, Plaza Is Completed
For the first time in about six months, traffic should be moving interrupted today through the busy Mall Road interchange situated between the Ohio Valley Mall and the Ohio Valley Plaza that has been reconstructed to provide easier access to and from the retail complex.
Completion of the project was expected Saturday afternoon following a few days of stop and go traffic and some brief tie-ups that occurred when the last coat of asphalt was being applied. That final phase of the project was somewhat delayed because of the weather.
To finish the project, Jim Graham, construction supervisor for the Ohio Department of Transportation, said the contractor had to wait for good weather to apply the top coat of asphalt. "We have that good weather now for three days," Graham said as the paving was being done on Thursday. "So the project should be completed by Saturday afternoon. After the paving all that remains to be done is add the striping."
The main focus of the $880,000 project was rebuilding and widening the ramp from westbound I-70 into the mall and plaza. Extra traffic lanes were added for both inbound and outbound traffic. The project also involved widening and resurfacing the access road to the motels, restaurants and other businesses on the east side of Mall Road.
Ron Salvador of Morristown, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel with a 21- year record of service in South Korea, Germany and Vietnam, will be the guest speaker at a Veterans Day service on Monday at 11 a.m. on the Belmont County courthouse plaza. Although today is Veterans Day, the holiday is being observed on Monday.
American Legion Post 159 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5356 are jointly sponsoring the tribute to veterans. Other speakers will include St. Clairsville Mayor Bob Vincenzo and Post 159 commander Joe Barker. Musical selections will be provided by the St. Clairsville High School Band. A free luncheon at the Legion home will conclude the observance.
All of a sudden the talk has switched from politics and candidates to more pleasant topics like the plans maturing for the coming holidays. The St. Clairsville Area Chamber of Commerce and Horizon Telcom have been busy getting things ready for the annual Christmas parade and tree lighting ceremony on Thursday.
Virgil Markovich of Iona Drive, St. Clairsville, has provided a 40-foot pine tree that will be erected on the Belmont County courthouse plaza and decorated on Tuesday. Mrs. Claus will throw the switch to light the tree at 6 p.m. Thursday, prior to the Christmas parade which is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.
"We have as many and possibly more than the 69 units in last year's parade," commented Jennifer Woollard, chamber executive director. "We have four high school bands this year from St. Clairsville, Union Local, Caldwell and Harrison Central."
Eugene "Doc" Householder of Barnesville, who was affiliated with the Barnesville Pumpkin Festival for many years and has been executive director of the Belmont County Tourism Council for the past 23 years, has been designated the parade marshal.
Members of the St. Clairsville Sunshine Rotary Club are going to get the Christmas season rolling with a "Pack the Truck" promotion next weekend to collect foodstuffs which will be passed on to needy families and individuals through the St. Clairsville Food Pantry sponsored by the St. Clairsville Council of Churches.
Rotarians will be stationed outside Wal-Mart on Friday from 4 to 9 p.m., at Sam's Club on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and at Riesbeck's Food Market on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a truck provided by Kathy Osovich of Harvey Goodman Realtors to collect vegetables, fruits, pasta products, all kinds of canned and boxed foodstuffs as well as bar soap, deodorant, toothpaste and toilet tissue.
The food pantry provides food assistance to families living in the St. Clairsville School District who meet certain income guidelines. It serves over 300 individuals each month.
Another drive to aid needy families at Thanksgiving as well as Christmas is being conducted by Whiteside Chevrolet through December. Non-perishable and fresh items with current expiration dates can be dropped off at the car agency on National Road east of St. Clairsville on Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 9-5 p.m. The food will be distributed to local families in need for the two holidays.
With total confidence that he would gain the support of his constituents in the general election, newly elected Belmont County commissioner Matt Coffland plans to start legal process to divest himself of one possession that created an adverse issue and personal problems during his pre-election campaign.
Coffland is owner of the Tiger Pub in Shadyside and in January when the license for the establishment comes up for renewal, his plans are to turn the business over to his son, Matthew, under an LLC arrangement or a land contract sale.
"He'll have total management of the place. Eventually I plan to include my daughter in ownership of the restaurant," Coffland noted.
His ownership of the Tiger Pub produced some problems when state liquor agents entered the establishment in April to check for underage liquor sales. When he notified the customers in the establishment at the time that the bar was closed due to agents being on the premises, Coffland was charged with interfering with the agents in performance of their duties. That and other charges still have not been resolved.
Then in July Coffland was charged with assault on a liquor agent on duty at the Jamboree In The Hills over a beer can throwing incident. His trial was set for January but Coffland was so confident of his innocence, he asked that the trial be held prior to the general election.
Conviction on the felony assault charge could have resulted in his removal from office. Following a three-day trial that ended less than three weeks prior to the general election, Coffland was found not guilty. "That just proved what I was saying all along, that I wasn't guilty." Coffland commented afterwards.
In Tuesday's election, Coffland piled up enough votes to outdistance his two challengers whose combined vote total was more than what the incumbent had gained.
An expansion of the Ohio Valley Mall was not included in the recently completed multi-million dollar renovation but one look inside the huge retail center gives the impression that it appears larger and more spacious than it had been. There are wide open spaces in the huge corridors that didn't existed before.
Removal of the columns in the main center court, the concrete water fountains that had been located at both the northern and southern ends of the main corridor and also the floor to ceiling electrical conduits has provided the more expansive look.
During a "grand reopening" celebration and ribbon cutting on Saturday, hundreds of shoppers and visitors had their first glimpse of the "new look" mall with its wall-to-wall carpeting, rebuilt and redesigned center court and satellite courts, new skylights that allow rays of sunlight to shine into the mall, five refurnished rest areas as well as colorful new main and west entrances. The festivities connected with the renovation project completion will continue today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Ease and comfort of the shoppers was apparently one of the goals of the massive project because new cushioned easy chairs and sofas have been installed in the five new rest areas as well as the larger one near the main entrance where new tables and chairs also are available for shoppers who take time to have a bite to eat. And to make their rest period even more relaxing, there are television sets available to watch while taking a break from their shopping excursions.
Continuing the festivities that started with Saturday's ribbon cutting, Kenton Duty from the Disney channel program "Shake It Up" will be at the mall today from noon to 3 p.m. and comic book characters Spiderman, Captain America, Ironman and Thor will be there to extend their greetings. A magic show featuring an illusionist will be presented at 2 p.m. in the promotional court.
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The fall sports season is well underway and this weekend provides three outstanding opportunities to see many of the area's best teams as they compete in marquee football, field hockey and soccer events.
On the gridiron, Ballard, Central and St. Xavier will converge with five out-of-state powerhouses at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Saturday for the second annual Click it or Ticket Bluegrass High School Football Showcase.
The event is designed to give local players more exposure to college coaches and is being organized by brothers Carlos and Andre Collins, who played at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, respectively, in the 1990s.
"We just want to give kids in Kentucky an opportunity to play on the big stage," said Carlos Collins. "Not a lot of people respect Kentucky as a football state so this is an opportunity for us to put (local players) in a situation where they can showcase their skills and market themselves."
Here are the matchups:
11 a.m. – Central vs. F.J. Reitz (Ind.)
2 p.m. – Trinity Christian (Fla.) vs. Goodpasture Christian (Tenn.)
5 p.m. – Ballard vs. Riverdale (Tenn.)
8 p.m. – St. Xavier vs. Dutch Fork (S.C.)
Tickets ($10), good for all four games, can be purchased at the gate. Youth football players donning their jerseys will be admitted for $5.
Field Hockey
Manual got first-half goals from juniors Hayley Barker and Sammy Moorin to edge Ballard 2-1 and win the second annual Stick it to Cancer tournament on Aug. 17 at Kentucky Country Day.
The defending state champions rolled past Mercy 2-0, CAL 10-0 and KCD 3-1 earlier in the week to reach the final.
Now the Crimsons are turning their attention to this weekend's 40th annual Apple Invitational Tournament, hosted by Sacred Heart. Other top teams include Assumption, Presentation, Mercy, Male, Hathaway Brown (Ohio), Charlotte County Day (N.C.) and the host Valkyries.
"We were not in the Apple last year…so we're excited to get back into it," said Manual coach Brittany Tolan. "It lets us see early on how we're going to handle pressure."
Pool play begins Friday and the following medal round games will be held Sunday:
Noon – 7th place
1:15 p.m. – 5th place
2:30 p.m. – 3rd place
3:45 p.m. – Championship
Top-ranked St. Xavier and No. 6 Ballard headline an eight-team field in the Land Rover Kentucky Cup hosted by Ballard. The tournament, which got underway Monday, will conclude Saturday with a four-game slate:
1 p.m. – 7th Place
3 p.m. – 5th Place
5 p.m. – 3rd Place
7 p.m. – Championship
"For some of us soccer junkies, it's a fantastic day," said Ballard coach and tournament organizer Rob Zoeller. "It's a great way to showcase some of the city's best talent along with other teams in the state."
St. X, guided by reigning NHSCA National Coach of the Year Andy Schulten, lost every starter from its 2011 state championship side, but looked plenty strong in a 5-1 win over Ballard on Aug. 18. Leading the way for the Tigers are senior defenders Jon Otting, Kaelon Fox and Campbell Weyland.
Rounding out the field are No. 9 Oldham County, No. 11 Covington Catholic, No. 12 Collegiate, No. 17 South Oldham, No. 25 Highlands and No. 28 St. Francis.
In girls' soccer, Sacred Heart and Notre Dame shared the No. 1 spot in the preseason coaches' poll released earlier this month. The two teams met in last year's state final with Notre Dame earning a 2-0 win.
The Valkyries will get a gut check this Sunday when No. 3 Assumption visits for a 7 p.m. tilt.
Other local teams in the Top 25 are No. 13 Oldham County, No. 14 Christian Academy, No. 17 Manual, No. 19 Male, No. 22 South Oldham and No. 24 North Oldham.
*The Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association recently released its preseason poll and, as expected, two-time defending state champion Assumption took the top spot, followed by Sacred Heart and Mercy.
Other local Top-25 teams are No. 5 Manual, No. 6 Holy Cross, No. 8 North Oldham, No. 14 Eastern, No. 17 Presentation, No. 20 Christian Academy, No. 21 Male and No. 24 Oldham County.*St. X's Stephen Stallings, the 2011 individual golf state champion, has committed to the University of Kentucky. The senior opened his final high school season with a win at the 5-Star General Lafayette Invitational last month at Gay Brewer, Jr. Golf Course in Lexington. He shot a 5-under 67 and downed West Jessamine's Travis Rose in a playoff.
*Matt Walker, a 1993 Male alum, has been named baseball coach at his alma mater. Walker had head coaching stints at Waggener (2007) and North Oldham (2008-'11) before serving as a Bellarmine assistant last season.
At North Oldham Walker went 76-55 in four seasons and copped the eighth region title in 2011. He replaces 17-year veteran Todd Driskell, who resigned last month.
Coaches' Pre-Season Volleyball Ratings
1. Assumption
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5 Classic Children's Books With Horrible Hidden Messages
Children's books serve an important function in the early parts of our lives, and we don't mean that of helping our parents bring us down from our perpetual sugar high at bedtime. Their fables are designed to teach us important moral lessons. But looking back at some of these stories from our now wiser and more experienced perspective (read: a little buzzed and with way too much time on our hands), you can see that some of the lessons they teach, if viewed in the right light, could be considered marginally to completely fucked up.
We're not saying these books are definitively bad for your kids, or that these messages are intentional. We're just saying, "Waaaiiiit a minute, what if ..."
#5. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Preaches the Worst Kind of Entitled Fatalism
Judith Viorst/Ray Cruz
The Story:
Poor little Alexander just can't catch a break today.
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"My job's a joke, I'm broke, and my love life's D.O.A."
After copious whining and inexplicable threats to move to Australia, that magical land where nothing bad ever happens, Alexander falls dejected into bed, resigned to the fact that some days are just plain shitty. The end.
Why It's Fucked:
Most of Alexander's issues are entirely his fault. He wakes up with gum in his hair -- maybe you should stop chewing gum in bed, Alex. He trips on his skateboard that he left on the floor -- pick up your shit, Alex. His teacher likes his friend's picture better than his -- because Alexander didn't draw anything. Draw something, Alex.
Judith Viorst/Ray Cruz
Get your goddamn shit together, man.
You'd think the book would end with Alex learning that all of his problems can be solved by taking some responsibility and resolving to do better, but instead he just shrugs his shoulders and concludes that God must hate him. Jesus, did Nietzsche ghost write this book? The worst part is that his mother totally reinforces this learned helplessness. Instead of teaching him any kind of life skills, she just reassures him that everyone has bad days sometimes.
Judith Viorst/Ray Cruz
"Sweetie, have you tried not being a little bitch?"
That's actually a fine lesson to teach a kid: Sometimes, no matter what you do, things will go wrong. There will be problems you cannot solve, and it's best to not let them get to you. But there are also problems you can totally solve, right now, and those are exactly the ones Alex is bitching about. Pick up that fucking train, kid; you're going to step on it tomorrow. Put your clothes away; you won't find your pants in time to make the school bus in the morning. Is that gum in your mouth, again?
Maybe you deserve the life you live, Alex.
#4. T Is for Terrible Is About Domestic Violence
Peter McCarty
The Story:
T Is for Terrible is the story of a lonely T. rex. He's sad that he has no friends because the other dinosaurs are scared of him. He mopes around as the smaller creatures run away in terror, explaining that it's not his fault he's so big and scary.
Peter McCarty
"Yeah, that makes sense. I guess."
Surely this is a nice T. rex who doesn't eat other dinosaurs and everyone's just jumping to conclusions about him based on his appearance, right?
Why It's Fucked:
Peter McCarty
"Yeah, that makes- fuck."
Oh no. He fully owns up to his violent tendencies -- it's just that he can't help it, so, like, cut him some slack, and don't give him that judgy face while he eats you. It's accurate to show the T. rex eating other creatures, and it's probably fair to teach children that they shouldn't hate nature because it is sometimes a brutal place, but this isn't a nature documentary. We gave up that angle when the T. rex started speaking English. We gave him an internal monologue, so he's a character now -- somebody the kids are supposed to listen to and learn from. If viewed in that vein, T Is for Terrible may just be a look into the flawed mindset of a bully or an abusive family member. He's clearly in denial about the effect his behavior has on others, projecting laughably wrong attitudes upon his victims.
Peter McCarty
"How could I have hit her, officer? Look how tiny my arms are."
Yes, T. rex: For the love of God, you would be exactly as terrible if you were pink. The problem is not and has never been your color; it's that you want to kill and eat everybody. By conveniently placing the blame on others ("You're all just prejudiced against green things"), he avoids taking any responsibility for his actions ("I wouldn't hit you if you didn't make me so angry"). He tries to elicit our sympathy, explaining that he started out as a cute little baby, just as we all did. It's just that ... something went wrong.
"He had a rough upbringing, so he can't help it."
Peter McCarty
"I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer,
no more than a poet can help the inspiration to sing." -H.H. Holmes
The T. rex doesn't learn anything. He doesn't become a vegetarian (he laments that he would if he could, but he can't, so he won't). And that's the overall theme of this book: The T. rex in your life cannot and will not change. No matter how badly you want him to, no matter how hard you work to make him happy, he will inevitably eat you.
That's ... that's actually a pretty good lesson about domestic violence. Good job, book!
(It's still a pretty horrifying thing to learn right before nappy time, though.)
#3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Thinks Binge Eating Is Great
Eric Carle
The Story:
This classic illustrated story begins when a cute little caterpillar hatches and thinks to himself, "I have arrived. I am born. I have mouth, stomach, hunger -- and with them, I will devour the world." And that's exactly what he does, eating huge portions of clearly human food.
Eric Carle
Aww, he thinks he's pupal.
As he eats more and more -- literally eating holes through the pages of the book -- he grotesquely inflates into what is no longer a "cute wittle caterpillar" and is more like Jabba the Hutt on St. Patrick's Day.
Eric Carle
"Just be glad this isn't a scratch-and-sniff book. Trust me."
He reaches the inevitable conclusion of his binge, when there is simply no more of this wicked world to consume, so he lies down, tucks himself into his cocoon, succumbs to sweet nothingness ... and wakes up fucking fabulous.
Eric Carle
"Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me. I'd fuck me hard."
Why It's Fucked:
We all know that person whose biggest source of pride is their ability to devour an entire pizza all by themselves in one sitting. Hell, maybe you are that person. It doesn't matter if you're obese or not -- that's not the point. Regardless of your metabolism, ramming ice cream into your face hole until you feel like someone loves you again won't just gradually kill you; it'll make you miserable.
Our caterpillar friend is no exception. He is not at all the portrait of fat and happy. Just look at his face as he steels himself for another serving -- look how sad he is.
Eric Carle
Dude, it's food. Not love.
He explicitly eats to the point of pain, and then he keeps right on eating. Now, if we're taking this story literally, that may be biologically sound information. A caterpillar does indeed need a lot of stored energy for metamorphosis. But most kids' books are made to be read into -- to be considered metaphorically so the children can learn some basic but important moral lesson at the end. Even if you're not meant to take this particular one as allegory, some kids will still be looking for it. And when they do find the moral, it will tell them: "Binge eating is great, and the worst consequence will be waking up the next day even prettier than before!"


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When Wanda Morsell's two older children needed help last year keeping up with schoolwork, the mother of three enrolled them in summer school.
This year, when her third child, 7-year-old Thaddeus, scored poorly on reading and math in first grade, it was a different story.
Because he scored "low-basic'" on skills tests, not "below basic,'' Thaddeus was ineligible for Washington's summer program.
"We were very dismayed,'' Morsell said, because the boy definitely needed the intervention.'
Because of lack of money, the city's program was cut back considerably this year, serving only those children who need the most help. Like Washington's, school districts nationwide are cutting back on summer school, just as academic requirements rise and students in many states are required to pass high-stakes graduation tests.
Added to the mix, the federal government is now tying millions of dollars in school aid to students' scores on standardized math and reading tests.
Summer 2002 represents a departure from the past six years, when school districts across the country spent millions of dollars both to increase academic standards and bulk up their summer programs.
In the nation's capital, summer school enrollment is "considerably smaller than it was last year," said Roceal Duke, director of the Summer Stars program.
Only about 10,000 students are eligible, compared to 24,000 last summer, she said. While in previous summers the program offered both academic and nonacademic courses, this year it focuses almost exclusively on helping children improve basic skills.


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Humans take courses to learn how to assess the risk of avalanches and how to deal with it. Additionally, they often use special gear to survive avalanches if they got caught in the middle of one.
What about animals that live in these areas like mountains with snow where avalanches occur (maybe wolves, deer, etc.)? Are they somehow aware of the risk? Do they handle it in any way (e.g. avoid especially steep regions) or able to manage getting out of it?


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Durango resident Joan Claire Fulton died Friday, June 29, 2012, at her home. She was 84.
Mrs. Fulton was born May 2, 1928, in Passaic, N.J., to Thomas and Helen Brown. She was raised in New Jersey, where she spent much of her life.
After graduating from high school and secretarial school in New Jersey, Mrs. Fulton worked for United Airlines in Newark, N.J.
On May 14, 1955, she married William G. Fulton in Nutley, N.J.
�She was introduced to her husband by her boss, who lost his dependable employee but gained a sister-in-law,� her family said.
In 1955, the couple moved to Mount Prospect, Ill., where they lived until moving back to Nutley in 1960. After having four daughters, three in Mount Prospect and a fourth in Nutley, Mr. and Mrs. Fulton moved the family to Spring Lake, N.J., in 1970.
After Mr. Fulton died in 1994, Mrs. Fulton spent seven years living in Vero Beach, Fla., before moving to La Jolla, Calif., in 2002 to be closer to her grandchildren.
She moved to Durango in 2007 to be near two of her daughters and their families.
�While she missed the ocean she lived near her entire life, she loved the sunshine and blue skies of Colorado,� her family said.
Mrs. Fulton was a member of St. Columba Catholic Church.
She enjoyed spending time with her five grandchildren, swimming in the ocean, traveling and playing Scrabble and Bridge. Her favorite memories include her �girls trips� to a houseboat on Lake Powell with her daughters, her family said.
Mrs. Fulton was preceded in death by her husband of 39 years, William G. Fulton.
She is survived by her daughters Mary Fulton and Kate Fulton, both of Durango, Julie Fulton of La Jolla and Nancy Fulton of San Francisco; and five grandchildren.
A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at Hood Mortuary Chapel. The Rev. James Koenigsfeld of St. Columba Catholic Church will officiate. Burial will take place at Greenmount Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project at www.woundedwarriorproject.org or the charity of one�s choice.


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The 6 Most Horrifying Health Foods in the World
We don't want to come off as ignorant of other cultures. After all, if we eat the eggs of chickens, can we still get grossed out by jellied moose nose?
Yes. Yes we can. We can't help it. All of the following dishes are considered healthy in their native cultures, but we still could not be persuaded to sit down to a nice bowl full of ...
#6. Shirako, aka Fish Testicles With Semen
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Shirako ("white children") is fish balls, often served up raw in the form of sushi. Not fish balls as in delectable little balls of fish meat coated in tempura and fried up nice and crispy -- fish balls as in the genitalia of male fish, all swollen up with milt, which is a less crude synonym for fish cum.
Recipes describe the eating experience like so:
"Steamed, milt is as soft as an egg custard; pan- or deep-fried, the surface crisps up while the interior remains soft and creamy. The taste of milt is subtle; there's a slight sweetness and just the faintest hint of its oceanic roots."
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It's a cumucopia of tastes that burst loads of flavor into your mouth.
But Apparently It's Good for You
Shirako often comes (ugh) from cod or herring, and the milt it contains has such a spectacular omega-3/omega-6 ratio that it's even been used to make dietary supplements. The company Nutratec, for example, used it to develop a supplement called Sementis. That's right: They didn't even bother to hide the fact that it was semen, they just put that shit right in the name. So why pop a boring old pill when you can instead (literally) pop shirako into your mouth-hole and savor the sensation of some fish's man juice ever so slowly flowing down your throat (while funk music plays in the background)? It's so healthy, it's practically pornographic.
After all, an ex post facto blowjob is the least you can do to repay that poor fish who sacrificed his nads for the sake of your cardiovascular health, don't you think?
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The problem is that you may feel like smoking afterward, thus ruining everything.
#5. Tiet Canh, aka Duck Blood Soup
The Vietnamese dish tiet canh is a sort of soup made from a whole duck -- the meat, the gizzard, the kidneys, the liver ...everything. And if you felt a cold chill go up your back at the way we italicized "everything," that's because the rich, ruby-red broth in which all of said duck parts are floating happens to be freshly squeezed duck blood.
Gross ... pulp.
Tiet canh is a very popular street food, so it should be relatively easy to order yourself up a serving during your next tour of Vietnam -- the bad news being that slurping down raw duck juice could possibly come with a bonus helping of the H5N1 bird flu. There is good news, however: If you have a hankering for a nice heaping bowl of blood soup but you're afraid of catching Captain Trips, you can still try it ... because sometimes it's made from dog instead of duck. Woof.
But Apparently It's Good for You
A protein-rich diet is a surefire road to packing a Roman-god-like six-pack, if the Internet is to be believed. And nothing packs a veritable bucketload of protein quite like the recipe for tiet canh -- it's fish sauce (protein), duck meat (protein), and duck innards (fuck yeah, protein!), served up with a dash of peanuts (yet more protein!) and fresh herbs for flavor. Oh, and blood. Protein-packed blood.
You can't tell, but there's a buffed-out vampire d-bag flexing in that mirror.
#4. Yartsa Gunbu, aka Fungus Caterpillars
Yartsa gunbu is the Tibetan name for the sac fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis, which loosely translates in English to OH DEAR GOD IT'S A FUCKING ALIEN MUMMY WORM.
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That's right, burn it with fire.
Yartsa gunbu is a caterpillar fungus that invades the larvae of the (as if this isn't already creepy enough) ghost moth common across Tibet. The relationship is all cool for a while, like that cousin who crashes on your couch but it's not a big deal since he doesn't eat that much. But then you realize that your couch-crashing cousin is some kind of obscene amalgamation of Ed Gein and the face-hugger from Alien.
The fungus mummifies the caterpillar from the inside out, then bursts through its little wormy face with a disgusting stalk of fungus. Then, humans will dig them up, wash off the dirt, and make soup out of them.
It's like if H.P. Lovecraft wrote cookbooks.
But Apparently It's Good for You
Oh, did we mention that people pay thousands of dollars for it?
The magic "herb" has proven so beneficial to the Tibetan economy that it's been known to kick off full-on civil wars among the villagers harvesting and marketing it. Just what's so special about it that makes it worth killing for? Well, for starters, it has the amazing ability to grant you the power to cleave the Red Sea in two with a wiggle of your staff, just like Moses. And by "your staff" we mean "your monumental boner."
Yep, yartsa gunbu is the superpowered Viagra of the Himalayas. If that fails to impress, it's also known to enhance stamina and improve liver function. Hell, a Chinese track coach once used it on his athletes as a type of natural steroid that wouldn't raise any red flags on a piss test. And it worked, too -- right up until people started wondering how said athletes managed to consecutively break five world records, despite competing with what we are assuming were plainly visible erections.
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He won by a hose.


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Let's Talk Marriage
By Rebecca Teti
Thursday: Marriage
(Join each day's Coffee Talk discussion: Mon: Parenting; Tues: Open Forum; Wed: NFP; Thu: Marriage; Fri: Education; Sat/Sun: Changing Roles)
Struggling in your marriage? Have some relationship advice to share? Have a marriage success story to share? Have a man/woman question? This weekly thread is the place to do it.
Come on in and join the conversation!
So, how do you handle things in your marriage when there is no "middle ground"? When one of you is on one side, and the other is on the other? Sometimes one cannot give in, because there is no way to compromise...homeschool versus public; more children or not; live in the city versus the country; paying off debts versus investing in real estate; etc. So, for years I have given up things that I thought were fairly to greatly important, and allowed my husband to make the decision as head of the household. I'm not a doormat, and I thought it was best at the time. Now, there are some decisions to be made that have brought us to a cross-road of sorts, and I believe I am better equipped to make family decisions that will be beneficial to most of us. Husband doesn't agree, and is not ready/willing to allow me to be the decision maker. So now what?
I've been there too, and still am there on some issues. The only thing that has gotten me through is lots of prayer, and realizing that so far, the issues we're dealing with are not moral ones, but essentially personal preference or personal opinion. For some time, I would literally picture myself as sticking out my hand and having the Roman soldiers pound nails through it: to be clear, I did not feel it was my husband driving the nails, rather, it was an opportunity for me to crucify my own will and desires and offer that to Christ (even when I feel I am right and he is wrong). While I still feel some decisions would be more "beneficial" if done my way, we are not truly being "harmed" by doing it my husband's way, and the peace of not arguing is better than any 'benefits' I might imagine if we changed course. It is tough, but know you are not the only one, and I will keep you in my prayers along with my own struggles.
Is your husband completely unwilling to "give in" to your preferences sometimes? Have you been unwilling to assert yourself more fully and let your husband know exactly how much your preferences mean to you? If there are some bad communication dynamics going on, it might be worth seeing a counselor or trusted priest to mediate discussions on some of these topics, especially the ones that will significantly impact your family life for a long period of time. Outside of that option, it seems to make sense that the spouse that will be more greatly impacted (like the stay-at-home mom that will also then have to homeschool) should have a greater say, though not necessarily the final or exclusive say. For other decisions, the person who has greater knowledge of a situation should have a greater say. Also, the person who feels most strongly about something should get a little more weight, too, though it sounds like these are pretty big decisions and you both feel strongly.
Actually all the things you mentioned can be compromised on. For example, homeschooling vs. public. There are people who homeschool but have their kids take some elective type classes in their local school. Also there are public homeschool curriculums like K-12 which are free and run by the state. More children vs. not: A possible compromise with that would be to not do NFP and just let what happens happen. Paying off debts vs. investing in real estate: a compromise would be to pay off some debt and invest in some real estate. Living in the county vs. the city: the compromise is called the suburbs. However, when there really is something that is absolutely impossible to compromise or neither is willing to compromise, then the next step is mediation. This can be a priest if it's a moral issue or a hired counselor if it's anything else.
I have to say in the past I have screamed and yelled to get him to give in to my input. Like mostly him charging too much and acquiring too much cc debt. Getting my very old kitchen done over without putting us in debt even further. Or there is the lack of him defending me against his family. Twenty years of this has brought me to saying nothing for the sake of peace. But I have to say I pray without ceasing for my heart to not harden. Because the kids are going to grow up and it will be me and him and I don't want to not like the man I have to look at for the rest of my life.
Unknown - I'm sorry you're going through that. Have you thought about going on a Marriage Encounter? Or maybe starting to pray with your husband if you don't already do that. Maybe if you both prayed together, his heart would soften......? However, if that doesn't work, I do like the idea of a marriage/family counselor...
Unknown, I think you used to post over on F&F, right? And I agree that a counselor would probably be helpful, along with a Dave Ramsey course. If he isn't willing to do counseling, you could go on your own. Absence of open conflict isn't the same as peace - and it doesn't sound like there is real peace in your home. You can't make him respect your view on things, but you can still learn not to be either angrily reacting to the problems nor pretending nothing is wrong so as to avoid a fight. Neither of those approaches is healthy for your kids to bring into their own marriages, so you want to be able to model what is healthy while there's still time.


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This question on subgroups of $GL(2,q)$ asked by Jan, and especially wonderful answers to it given by Geoff Robinson, Ralph, and Will Sawin showing that "almost no finite groups" inject in $GL(2,q)$ made me wonder (completely recreationally, I have to admit) whether there exists $N$ such that every finite group, or "most finite groups" inject in $GL(N,q)$.
Probably no such $N$ exists, but the ideas I had when thinking about the $N=2$ case use the specifics of the $2\times2$-situation way too much. Is it true, for instance that, along the lines of Ralph's and Will's answer, an abelian $p$-subgroup of $GL(N,q)$ may only have a bounder number of cyclic factors?


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Several forum postings say that the Camera Plate Arca-Swiss Style CP-S1, along with the Arca-Swiss Style Quick Release Clamp (F2105), provide a solid, aligned connection between NN3 MkII and a Sony Nex-5. Will these adapters also work with a Sony NEX-6?
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Dear Editor:
As one of the antique windmill enthusiasts who came to El Dorado during June 4-6, 2013, I write to send thanks to all the community members for the warm hospitality that you offered to me and to the over 200 other participants in the International Windmillers' Trade Fair.
We windmill enthusiasts came to El Dorado from all over the United States (from California to New York) and from across the border in Canada. We came to buy, sell, and trade historic wind machines and their parts, and that we did.
Each of the family groups either stayed in local motels or camped in local campgrounds, and we enjoyed delicious meals in many different El Dorado eateries. (The Mexican food that I enjoyed in downtown El Dorado (at Fiesta Mexicana) was just as tasty as that which we enjoy where I live on the Mexican border in Texas.) Every one of us enjoyed and appreciated the warm welcome that local residents offered.
Benton, Kansas, windmiller Chuck Jones coordinated efforts by a large team of local people who volunteered to plan, organize, and stage this event. Local organizations and places of business helped out with money and in-kind support.
Even the Cassoday 4-H Club operated a snack bar providing fare for midday lunches, morning coffee, and afternoon snacks.
All these people contributed to making the 25th Annual International Windmillers' Trade Fair an absolute success. Thanks to everyone who made this possible.
- T. Lindsay Baker, professor, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas
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Changing the Culture...Transforming the Conversation
From October 1 through October 24 staff once again had the chance to let their voices be heard by providing valuable feedback on the work culture at Yale via the 2014 Workplace Survey.
Thanks to all of you who took the 2014 Workplace Survey, which closed at midnight on October 24. Not only have you provided the university with valuable feedback about the work culture here at Yale, but you have also helped the university almost achieve its participation goal of 82%.
The university is committed to making Yale a great place to work. In order to do this, staff feedback is critical. The Workplace Survey provides the university with information on commitment, decision making, development, diversity, innovation, leadership, performance management, productivity, rewards, and teamwork. The results should be available during the first quarter of 2015.
The action plans based on the survey findings and results, will also be reviewed regularly to ensure that the plans address the areas identified for improvement by the survey and reflect staff needs.
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Boys basketball: Torrington edges Holy Cross
John McCarthy scored 19 points, including the winning basket on a midrange jumper with eight seconds left, as Torrington High nipped Holy Cross, 72-70, in boys basketball Tuesday night in Torrington.
Torrington's Desmond Langs followed with a steal, then mssed two foul shots, giving Holy Cross (6-8) another chance, but it didn't get off a shot. Mitchell Zagrodnik had 19 points for the Red Raiders (8-6), who qualified for the state tournament.
Jon Mowatt had a team-high 20 points for Holy Cross and Sean Colers had 14.
Wolcott 58, Woodland 49: Vincent Gambino scored 18 points and Cole Nelson added 15 for the visiting Eagles in NVL action.
Shamari Thomas chipped in 10 points for Wolcott (5-9), which jumped out to a 35-12 halftime lead.
Austyn Brown had 13 points for the Hawks (5-10). Tanner Kingsley added 11 points and Anthony D'Agnone 10.
Kennedy 56, Naugatuck 43: Jairo Suarez knocked in 12 of his game-high 19 points in the fourth quarter and added nine rebounds to help the Eagles pull away from the Greyhounds in Waterbury.
Don Jarrett scored 13 points while Darryl Flowers finished with nine points for Kennedy (12-2).
Ryne Griesenauer and Jordan Booker both had eight points for Naugatuck (6-8).
Derby 65, Ansonia 59: Eric Hicks scored a game-high 30 points for the Red Raiders, including five 3-pointers, in Derby.
Faris Korenic had 13 points for Derby (4-11).
Tajik Bagley scored 19 points for the Chargers and Thomas Majchrzak added 14.
Watertown 69, Seymour 46: Nick Mondak fired in a team-high 19 points as the Indians took down the Wildcats at Seymour.
Zach Kopp and Logan D'Agostino both had 12 points while Ryan Brown finished with 10 points for Watertown (5-8).
Tyler Stevens knocked in a game-high 28 points, including six from beyond the arc, while Tushar Spooner added seven for Seymour (0-13).
Lewis Mills 63, Gilbert 34: Alexander Daigle scored 17 points as the Spartans topped the Jackets in Burlington.
Spencer Maloney netted 12 points and Nate Cook followed with 10 for Lewis Mills (11-2).
Yoharky Sarmiento scored 11 points for Gilbert (8-6).
Litchfield 79, Shepaug 32: Darrin Newbury fired in 23 points and Steve Ringquist added 19, including three 3-pointers, as the Cowboys romped to the BL win on the road.
Spencer Persechino had 12 for Litchfield (9-5). Ben Levine led Shepaug (1-13) with six.
Northwestern 94, Housa-tonic 52: Zach Tuxbury led all scorers with 24 points, including five from beyond the arc, as the Highlanders outscored the Mountaineers, 27-2, in the final quarter en route to the win in Falls Village.
Ted Bremer had 21 points while Steve McGrath finished with 16 points. Ric Persechino scored 12 for Northwestern (9-5).
Nicholas Labbadia scored 12 points and Jesse Mohring added 10 points for Housa-tonic (5-8).
Abbott Tech 68, Wolcott Tech 38: Harry Brandon scored 30 points for visiting Abbott Tech (8-6) in CSC action.
Luke Pergola led the Wildcats (5-8) with 19 points. Brandon Oakes added eight points and Assante Maldon six.
Cheshire 70, Shelton 54: Andrew Yamin scored eight of his 20 points in the third quarter to lead the Rams in Cheshire.
Jon Rizzo chipped in with 15 points for the Rams (9-4) and Dylan D'Addio added 12.
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Members of city unit marooned in the Bahamas
Fortunately the passengers and crew all escaped with their lives, though most of them lost their baggage. The weather was pleasant at the time of the disaster, and the sea comparatively calm, to which Providential circumstances they feel they owe their preservation from a watery grave. After the vessel struck, the men made the best of their way to the shore, about five miles distant which proved to be Stranger's Key, one of the Bahama Islands. It is a small island of coral formation, and is about three miles long by half-a-mile wide. It is uninhabited, but the letters speak of parts of it as being rich in tropical vegetation — species of oranges, tamarinds, figs, &c., growing wild, and beautiful flowers scattered all over the island. The soldiers immediately set about making themselves as comfortable as their novel circumstances would allow, and for shelter put up rude huts covered with palm leaves. They had secured provisions enough from the ship for thirty days' rations, and hoped to secure more before it went to pieces. Fortunately they discovered a spring in the vicinity, though the quality of the water was not quite equal to that to which they had been accustomed at home.
About three o'clock on the afternoon of the day of the disaster, a small sail hove in sight, which proved to belong to "wreckers." From them they learned the name of the island, and that they were about 180 miles from Nassau, 300 from Key West, and 50 from the nearest human habitation. The climate is described as being delightful, resembling our July weather. The men went in bathing, and, on the whole, for shipwrecked voyagers on a long island, were "doing as well as could be expected."
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At her first swim practice, a 7-year-old Peyton Greenberg clung reluctantly to dry land.
"I didn't even get in the baby pool," said the Manual sophomore. "I'd hide behind the lawn chairs and cry."
It's safe to say she has overcome that fear.
Greenberg, 15, now spends up to five hours a day in the water and is considered one of the nation's elite junior swimmers.
Already this season she has posted two top-10 national times in the 200 breaststroke for her age and was recently invited to compete at the 19th Maccabiah Games set for July 18-30 in Israel.
The Maccabiah Games are an Olympics-style international competition held every four years for athletes of Jewish descent.
More than 8,000 athletes from at least 50 countries are expected to compete this summer, making the games the third largest sporting event in the world. The U.S. will send a delegation of more than 900, including Greenberg, who was one of 12 junior girls (ages 15-18) selected to the swim team.
"I'm very honored to go," said Greenberg. "A lot of people have said they are proud of me and that's a cool thing to know that they support me and they're going to be rooting for me."
After joining the nationally regarded Lakeside SeaHawks Swim Team four years ago, Greenberg raced up the state rankings as a breaststroker, then made a statement on the national scene in December when she qualified first in the 200-yard breaststroke prelims at Winter Junior Nationals in Knoxville, Tenn.
Greenberg eventually finished sixth at the event, but the experience solidified her status as a rising star.
"She's in that upper echelon of kids (nationally)," said Lakeside coach Mike DeBoor. "She's had a lot of progress and things continue to go in the right direction."
Her 200-meter breast time of 2:35.07 at the Austin Grand Prix in Texas on Jan. 18 was fast enough to land a spot in June's World Championship Trials in Indianapolis, this year's de facto national championship.
"At my last meet (in Austin) I was like, 'This is where I want to be,'" said Greenberg. "Now I feel like I have a different attitude. In the back of my mind, I know where I want to be."
In addition to the 200 breast, Greenberg also competes in the 100 breast, 200 IM and 400 IM.
At last year's KHSAA state meet, Greenberg took fourth in the 100-yard breast and swam a leg on Manual's third-place 200-yard medley relay squad to help the Crimsons to their sixth title in eight years.
Like many top-notch swimmers, Greenberg keeps a grueling schedule.
Three days a week she is up at 4:20 a.m. and in the pool at the Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center by 5 a.m. After a 90-minute session, it's off to school, where she maintains a 4.0 grade-point average. Following dismissal it's back to the pool for another two-and-a-half-hour session and then an hour of dry-land training. Her three "light" days each week consist of a two-hour afternoon session.
"After a while I'm just kind of numb to it," said Greenberg. "I just wake up and get in the car."
Greenberg hopes a strong showing at the Maccabiah Games will lift her profile and possibly serve as a stepping stone to her ultimate goal of competing at the Olympics.
"I know it's going to be a lot of hard work, but I'm really excited and I believe I can do it," she said. "And that's the most important part."
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With HIV/AIDS infection rates reaching pandemic levels within the African-American community, some Black churches have stepped in to fulfill a role greater than spiritual guidance. Merging science and religion, AIDS ministries serve both body and soul as captured by the documentary film "The Gospel of Healing Volume 1: Black Churches Respond to HIV/AIDS".
"The Gospel of Healing" debuted in Washington, D.C., which boasts the highest rates of HIV/AIDS in the nation, this past July. Aptly screening during the 2012 International AIDS Conference, the foremost gathering of HIV/AIDS medical professionals, scientists, and activist in the world, the film chronicles Black Christian community responses to the growing need for primary care and prevention services.
We talked with the film's director, writer, and producer Paul V. Grant about "The Gospel of Healing" and how faith without works is dead.
EBONY: "The Gospel of Healing" tells a very inspiring story of faith and community, what was the inspiration behind this documentary?
PVG: I began working on the project in late 2006/early 2007 and its inspiration came from my father was a reverend in South Carolina who suffered from a heart condition but believed his faith could cure him. My father had a faith that he believed could move mountains and therefore he didn't take his medication. Subsequently, his ailment deteriorated to the point that my sisters and I had to stage an intervention to urge that taking his medicine as prescribed would not disrupt or challenge his faith. It was a very emotional and difficult conversation.
From that experience I was driven to direct "Tangy's Song,"a short BET documentary about HIV-advocate and gospel singer, Tangy Major, who defined healing as God giving her the strength to live with HIV daily. I became interested in producing a follow-up project that looked at how churches were actively responding to the epidemic, by facilitating regular testing, needle exchange and even primary care services for people living with HIV/AIDS.
The BET project provided valuable lessons that led to identifying churches and learning about the local models used in their AIDS ministries.
EBONY: Tell us about the churches and models of care featured in the documentary.
PVG: We documented the Black church leaders featured in the film speaking directly to the camera in their own words. Five HIV/AIDS religious outreach models are featured in the film including Beautiful Gate Outreach Center in Wilmington, DE, Project Shalem/City Uprising in Baltimore, MD, Community of Hope in Temple Hills, MD, The Hats Luncheon of Bamberg, South Carolina, and The First Response Center located in Nashville, TN.
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While all the churches offer testing and HIV/AIDS education, others provide full service treatment literally filling in the gaps in the care system. For example, First Lady Renee Palmore-Beaman of the Beautiful Gate Outreach at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delaware, converted their Sunday school into a part-time primary care clinic by using her knowledge as a registered nurse to set up the facility, which is supported by one of the state's largest hospitals.
These churches often test more people than other medical care centers in their respective cities. They will minister to anyone and no one is turned away.
EBONY: Why would people go to the church instead of a hospital or clinic? What are the advantages?
PVG: Going to a traditional care system can be scary and/or intimidating and unfortunately the health care system in this country has earned Black America's mistrust. The benefits of going to the church are that it's in the neighborhood and people know your name. These churches offer the same full spectrum of services including counseling and triage and people will pray for you — but only if you want it.
EBONY: How are Black church ministries dealing with the stigmas associated with HIV/AIDS and the juxtaposition of a gospel that often preaches against homosexuality, drug use, and sex outside of marriage but states we should love and care for all our fellow (wo)man?
PVG: Pernessa C. Seele, Founder and CEO of the Balm of Gilead, says in the film that everybody can do something and that we have to do our part (according to the need within our communities). HIV/AIDS is affecting many populations within the Black community from the elderly who are often single and sexually active, to young single people to LGBT parishioners and even intravenous drug users. Many of the AIDS ministries we documented express that our belief shouldn't hinder us from doing something.
Arguing the fine points of literal Biblical interpretation can sometimes slow down our response to the overwhelming need of our community. We all fall short. Who are we to judge? As Rev. Silvester Beaman, Pastor of Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, DE states in the film, "Jesus didn't ask how people received their condition when he healed them." Too often we've done the reverse.
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Golden Eagle Casino was the 1st casino in KS to offer Las Vegas style gambling. The Golden Eagle Casino has over 700 of the newest and all time favorite slot machines. Additional offerings include ... More
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I've been studying topology lately and my teacher showed us some animations which were very very pretty. I'm interested in a freeware (possibly open-source) software that can deal with surfaces, I'm especially interested in polygons with identifications. By which I mean that I'd love to have a software that would render the surface given by a certain identification of edges of a polygon, but I wasn't able to find one, I'd appreciate anything that could get me started.
This is only indirectly related to what you asked for, but Jeff Weeks has some interesting topology / geometry software over at GeometryGames.org. You haven't played billiards until you've tried playing it on a hyperbolic surface...
It's not downloadable software but this paper describes an algorithm:
Automatic visualization of two-dimensional cellular complexes
On http://www.win.tue.nl/~vanwijk/seifertview/ you can download a program that draws Seifert Surfaces (oriented 2-manifold which are bounded by a link or a knot).


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Carlyle Lake
The largest man-made lake in Illinois (26,000 acres), is a premier location for outdoor sports. Known to sailors, it is one of the best and most challenging for sailboats. There is also boating, fishing, hunting, bird watching, sand beaches, and camping areas. Hotels, cabins and golf courses make the area a true outdoor lover's playground.
Rainmaker Campground
Approximately 25 weekend sites and 200 permanent sites on the east side of Litchfield's Lake Lou Yaeger. Site offers trail hikes, lake frontage, 30 amp RV service, city water and convenience store.
Historic National Road Scenic Byway
The National Road is called the "road that built the nation" because it was the first highway in American history. Today the National Road in Illinois covers 164 miles, from Marshall and the Wabash Valley to East St. Louis and the Mississippi River.
Indian Grove Campground
Overnight tent camping, overnight pull through spots and permanent camper sites. Call ahead -- space limited for overnight trailer sites.
Carlyle Dam East Spillway Campground
Swimming, fishing, boating.
Lincoln Park
Located across from the Statehouse in Vandalia, the park features a life-size, bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln. This is a favorite spot for photos with the 16th president.
Coles Creek Recreation Area
148 sites, electricity, shower, reservations
Vandalia State House
Step inside the Illinois' oldest surviving State Capitol building. Vandalia was the fourth statehouse in Illinois, and is best known for the era when Abraham Lincoln served in the Illinois House of Representatives. Visitors can enjoy guided tours of this restored landmark.
Boulder Recreation Area
Swimming and fishing, boating, tent camping
Rustic Acres Campgrounds
155 sites available April 1 - October 31, recreation building, swimming pool, lake fishing, boat rentals, tent camping, handicap access.
CITY:New Douglas
Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
As a major stopping point for migrating ducks and geese, this 9,486-acre area offers excellent public waterfowl hunting opportunities.
Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
22 species of fish are found in this lake, including bass, white crappie, channel catfish, bullhead, yellow bass, bluegill, and carp. This 1,100-acre lake is surrounded by native oak and hickory forests. Picnicking, hiking, and limited hunting and trapping.
Boulder Marina
The marina offers modern concrete docks, an air-conditioned lounge, private showers, dry dock, and winter storage.
Ramsey Lake State Park
A one-mile walking trail winds through the park, and a 13-mile horse trail is located at the north end alongside a campground for horses.
Carlyle Dam West Campground
Swimming, fishing, boating, tent camping
West Access Marina
A year-round facility for large and small boats located at the southwest end of Carlyle Lake. Suited for a complete variety of water sports.
Ripson Bridge
Located north of Greenville in Sorento, this covered bridge holds festivals every year that draw thousands of visitors.
Eldon Hazlet State Park
The largest campground in the Illinois State Park system. The park covers 3,000 acres on the west shore of Carlyle Lake. Every year more than 3/4 million visitors come here to hunt, fish, picnic, camp, boat, water ski, and hike.
Colonial Golf Course
This public 18-hole, par 70 course is open year round, with rental clubs and carts, plus a snack bar.
Lake Hillsboro
Located on Lake Hillsboro , many camp sites, hiking and horseback trails, picnicking areas, playground and swimming beach
Carlyle Lake Sailing Association
CSA has docking for 380 boats, 3 electric jib cranes, 1,300 ft. of dock and 2 launching ramps. Special events feature annual regattas.
Governors Run Golf and Country Club
This championship 18-hole course has 13 lakes scattered throughout the par 72 layout. It boasts five sets of tees to accommodate all skill levels on exquisitely manicured greens.
Archway Skydiving Center
Averaging over 10,000 skydives annually, more than 1,200 students make their first jump each year with high quality, USPA-rated instructors.
Twin Oaks Golf Club
Twin Oaks offers a scenic nine-hole golf course.
Vandalia Golf & Country Club
Opened in 1916, this nine-hole course features 2,782 yards of golf from the longest tees, for a par of 35.
Carlyle Lake Golf Club
This nine-hole golf course was designed by John Kueper.
Bremer Sanctuary
Trails for bird watchers and nature lovers; 200 acres.
Ramsey Lake Golf Course
This nine-hole golf course opened in 1965.
Tradewinds Marina
Able to accommodate boats up to 45 ft. in covered slips and 40 ft. in open slips, Trade Winds Marina is a great place to moor your boat. The new clubhouse features showers, restrooms, and a lounging area for members.
Timber Trails Camp Ground
150 sites, electricity, 100 sites with water, 50 sites with sewer, showers, reservations.
CITY:Mulberry Grove
Glenn Shoals Lake
Covering 1200 acres, has picnic areas, marina and public boat slips.
Keyesport Lodging
Five cabins, cable TV, lake swimming and fishing.
Kampground Okaw Valley
52 sites, electricity, dump station, showers, reservations.
South Shore State Park
33 sites, fishing, boating, tent camping.
Bail's Timberline Lake Camp Ground
140 sites, electricity, water, dump station, showers, reservations.
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Tomahawk Camp Ground
142 sites, electricity, water, sewer, showers.
Hideaway Campground
95 sites, electricity, water, sewer, showers, reservations.
Hillsboro Sherwood Forest Campground Montgomery County
Camping, Hiking, Fishing along with many special events. Call ahead for information.
McNair Group Camping
42 sites, lake swimming and fishing, boat rentals, tent camping.
Coles Creek
148 sites, swimming, fishing, boating, tent camping
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