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I'd like to know how thoughts of hatred can be made to subside.
My mother's domestic partner likes to shout and yell at people, trying to control everything around him through orders and shouting, getting angry when people do not do what he wants. He shouts not only at me, but at everybody. But whenever he does that to me I can feel these thoughts of hatred toward him, like "What a nasty person he is, and senseless". And I don't like these thoughts because hatred is one of the three defilements and is the cause of bad kamma and dukkha.
So, any suggestions how I can deal with that?
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HTPC assembled and running.
Build specs:
Case Antec ISK110 - $105
CPU/GPU AMD a6 3500 - $79
Mobo ASRock A75M-ITX - $99
RAM 8GB Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 - $65
HDD Hitatch 80GB 2.5inch 5400rpm (recycled from my PS3)
OS1 Openelec
OS2 Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Remote controlSamsung Galaxy S with xbmc Remote Control
I went with voruxis's advice:
- Put the drive in the centre of the drive bays in case I put a MeORB CPU coolder in later.
- Got a 4 pin ATX power extender.
eskro's advice:
- Reduced the fan speed to 5 and you can hardly hear it.
- 8GB Corsair RAM CML8GX3M2A1600C9
So far I'm really happy with this build, super cheap and super quiet.
I love it how it can group movies in a series, ie. Harry Potter, Aliens. The meta-scraping is awesome too.
I've got my Galaxy S working with the xbmc remote control, and I'd forgotten how good the back button is while watching videos, instantly skipping back 5 or 10 seconds is such a convenient thing.
I can confirm the power board in the case is MD80 just as voruxis showed in a picture.
I picked up a nice cheap USB bluetooth dongle, unfortunately I didn't realise that it won't activate until Windows boots up. So it's unable to select the OS at the dualboot menu. I also haven't got it working in OpenElec yet and I'm not sure if I will be. I've read on the webs that standard bluetooth keyboards won't work until the OS is running because they need the drivers to have loaded, but Logitech unifying wireless keyboards will work at any stage because the boffins at Logitech have done some funky stuff with their devices.
I'll either buy a K400 keyboard w/ touchpad or switch to single-boot setup.
I still can't get Wake-on-LAN to work. No idea what's wrong, I've installed the ASRock LAN driver, enable Wake-on-LAN in BIOS, enabled in Windows, enabled Receive magic packets but it just doesn't work. I've contacted ASRock support to see if they can help.
Things to resolve:
1. Wake-on-lan
Solved Problems
Audio problems
Switched to using Optical out from the HTPC and now all sound is working.
My TV obviously can't pass DTS and DD through from HDMI in to its Optical out.
Long term solution I'm going to upgrade my amp to one with HDMI.
Windows fails to boot
Boot into Ubuntu via the USB drive.
Edit extlinux.conf and change the Windows line so that it says HD0 1 instead of HD1 0.
- My plan to have dual-boot openelec and Windows 8 didn't turn out perfectly, I got Windows 8 installed and then got openelec installed, but I now can't boot to Windows 8 when I select it. I get an error stating "Cannot get disk parameters". I need to read through the rest of the tutorial for setting up the dual boot and hopefully there's a solution there.
Subtitles won't turn off
Ok, so this one was just me not knowing how to use xbmc. It turns out the movie I was watching through Windows 8 just didn't have subtitles versus the one I watched in OpenElec did have subtitles.
I've found the option to switch off subtitles under the audio section when watching a movie. I'd love to know why the option to switch off subtitles is under "audio" and not "subtitles", it's fairly counter-intuitive.
- I can't work out how to turn off subtitles in OpenElec. All movies have subtitles on by default. I press menu while playing the video, go over to subtitles and the only option is None or No subtitles and if I select that nothing happens. No such problem in xbmc through Windows 8. I've just upgraded to OpenElec 1.95.2, hopefully that's fixed it but I'm yet to test.
DHCP message
Boot into BIOS.
Change boot order to 1 - USB, 2 - HDD.
I don't know if this message was to do with setting Wake on LAN.
- When I first boot the computer I get a screen with a DHCP message, like it's trying to aquire an address or something, but it takes about 30secs to finish before going the dualboot menu. Once I get to the dualboot menu I can easily and quickly get into OpenElec.
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I'll be ordering all the parts in the next week, here are the specs so far:
Case Antec ISK110 - $105
CPU/GPU AMD a6 3500 - $79
Mobo ASRock A75M-ITX - $99
RAM 4GB - undecided, single dimm or dual channel, suggestions?
HDD Hitatch 80GB 2.5inch 5400rpm (recycled from my PS3)
OS Openelec
What I want out of it:
Boot quickly
Stream music, pictures and videos up to 1080p from my server (over Gb ethernet)
Play emulators
Control via android app
Is wake-on-LAN possible?
I'd love to get my Logitech PS3 keyboard working on it too, but not sure if that's possible.
I'm opting for Openelec due to quick boot times and it's free, I may decide to do a Win7 combination down the track when I can get my hands on a cheap copy, and wouldn't have a problem using linux either.
I've looked at Corsair RAM and can see it's about half the price to get single dimm rather than dual channel, are there big arguments either way?
And I need to look into a game controller that'll work with it.
Let me know what you think I should/could change. Is this totally over the top for what I want to get out of it?
Thanks to eskro, beer40oz and waver123 for insprations!
Related threads:
beer40oz's HTPC build
eskro's thread on the ISK300-65 which includes waver123's build.


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Mercury Welcomes Lauren Snouffer in A BAROQUE CHRISTMAS, 12/7 & 8
Mercury is elated to welcome a Mercury-favorite, soprano Lauren Snouffer, to A Baroque Christmas on Dec. 7 & 8 at the Wortham Center, Cullen Theater. The repertoire is entirely Baroque, featuring both popular and unique Christmas favorites!
Lauren is a critically acclaimed soprano and graduate of both Juliard and the Rice Shepherd School of Music. Her bio is below; details about the program follow.
Lauren Snouffer graces the holiday season and the Mercury stage with vocal excellence that accents any season. In previous appearances with Mercury Lauren sang in Rameau's opera-ballet Les Indes Galantes (Zima) and presented the roles of Phénice and La Gloire in the modern adaptation of the Lully opera Armide. Critical acclaim has greeted Lauren on many occasions. She performed as a New Horizons Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival. The New York Times noted that in her performance of the arias in Handel's Judas Maccabeus she was "adept at Handelian filigree and gave beautiful accounts" alone and together with the mezzo-soprano. In fact Lauren was a finalist in the 2012 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, selected to represent our region in the Grand Finals Concert and thereby securing a reputation as among the very best. By the way, the video of a Brahms Requiem with The Texas Medical Center Orchestra is well worth a listen and establishes a bit of Houston home-town pride.
In fact Lauren has performed many times with Houston based groups, among them the Bach Society and the Houston Grand Opera where she is currently a member of the Opera Studio. She appeared recently with the Opera as Rosina in IL Barbiere di Siviglia, as Lucia in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, and as Thibault in Verdi's Don Carlos. International credits include performance at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, with more overseas engagements scheduled soon. Her modern repertoire includes Conrad Susa's two-act opera Transformations (as Princess). She embraces musicals as well; she appeared as Minnie in Annie Get Your Gun, and is scheduled in 2013 for Ellie in ShowBoat with The Houston Grand Opera.
Lauren did her undergraduate work in music at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, and holds a master's degree from the Juilliard School. She is a native of Austin, Texas, which is currently home base. On a national level, she sings soprano with Conspirare's Company of Voices, "a dream team of singers from around the country" headquartered in Austin, Texas. Coincidentally, Lauren has performed in a number of works associated with Christmas or the Christmas season, including Hansel and Gretel (Dew Fairy), Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio and of course Handel's Messiah.
The program features:
Corrette Noel Symphony No. 4
Bernhardt Christmas Concert: "Be Not Afraid"
Corelli Christmas Concerto
Scarlatti Christmas Cantata
Torelli Christmas Concerto
Handel Gloria
With so much music written over the past several centuries focusing on the Christmas season – everything from "Silent Night" to "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" – it is easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer volume of holiday- oriented material.
Fortunately, A Baroque Christmas! provides a refreshing alternative to this typical sort of holiday fare, presenting a selection of seasonal gems from the 17th and 18th centuries by composers Michel Corrette, Christoph Bernhard, Alessandro Scarlatti, Arcangelo Corelli, and George Frideric Handel.
Michel Corrette (1707 – 1795) was known as a virtuoso organist and distinguished pedagogue. He wrote over 20 volumes of instruction, including method books for violin, cello, bass, flute, recorder, bassoon, harpsichord, harp, mandolin, and voice, amongothers. These instruction books contained more than just musical exercises, featuring humorous observations on the position of musicians in contemporary English and French society. Additionally, these books provide scholars with valuable information regarding performance practices during the 18th century.
Corrette wrote a great deal of music, though it has been observed that he was perhaps a better arranger than composer. His concerts comiques were based on popular songs of the day, scored for three melody instruments and continuo. Similarly, the Christmas concertos, one of which is included on this program, included melodies from Christmas carols. Corrette also wrote dance music for the stage, concertos for a variety of instruments, sonatas, chamber works, cantatas, and sacred vocal music.


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Sleep-deprived, eyes feel like my corneas have been fried by my monitor,
just spent something like a nine-hour span working on what
less than 15 minutes after my marathon of fingerprints
I'm already thinking was a lame concept to develop.
But enough with the waaaahmbulantastic "tl;dr"—
lemme get this outta the way instead:
As an art fag, yeah:
I'm backin it.
Full Appreciation/Yes, Indeed
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Turns Up The Heat
That Much Higher
An A.D.D.-Addled Aries Having Concentration Issues?
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MASSIVE CONGRATS to that dang adorable Liz McGrath ♥—
who's not only one of my favorite visual artists, but also the lead singer of Miss Derringer.
Because I adore the poopsmear outta her, I can't help but give a big HOLLAH over their front page feature
in Spinner this week. I'm not an aol person, but allegedly this is the most downloaded site for music on-line…
Whatever the case, "Black Tears" is bitchen—& seeing a friend succeed makes me happy, indeed.
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Here Comes The Part Where I Tell You What's CHOICE Tonight
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The most innovative crew of Scissormeisters in town,
Who are ON the IT before it's even begun…
Owner Janine Jarman is one of five contestants in this year's
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Out of hundreds of applicants, it's now down to the Final Five.
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The Illustrious Double C's
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A member of R.A.I.D., upon their invasion at the brilliant Club Bootie:
The Once-A-Month,
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& TRUST: I Wouldn't Anoint Such A Title Unless I'm fully backin-it…
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at The Echoplex
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I went with my pals Pedro Z & the Never-Ceases-To-Be-Stunning Adele Mildred:
Milliner. Clothing Designer. Visual Artist—&
Pastel Pirate for the eve.
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Outlasted both of 'em on the dance-floor, though.
I'm telling you, & I'm telling you now:
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With my O.G. Bitches, D.J. Adrian
& The Mysterious D at the decks,
slingin' siiiick-ass mixes of tracks
that normally wouldn't rub shoulders with each other…
let alone get layered-up & thrown down
Keep it Fully D.L. re: my headshrinker, but I think
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Maybe two of them, even.
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What's in a name, asks Clint Catalyst, rhetorically.
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Interview Gokhan Saki
Gokhan Saki put on an impressive performance this weekend against Mourad Bouzidi, his first fight since moving from training with Team Golden Glory under the watchful eye of Cor Hemmers to Mike's Gym under Mike Passenier. This new team switch can be tough for some fighters, but for Saki, it seemed like business-as-usual. Our European correspondents Umut Ismik and Birol Topuz caught up with Saki after his fight to ask him a few questions, and if you know Saki, you know he tells it how it is.
LK: How has training at Mike's Gym been different than training with Golden Glory?
GS: After 10 years of working with Cor it was time for a change and when Cor told me that he accepted a function in the staff of Glory it became clear to me. I needed to think for myself for once in my life so I went to Mike. Everybody said that I was crazy but I believed in myself and in Mike of course. It was hard in the beginning but Mike did his best to make me feel at home so I made an extra effort to fit in and it worked so far. There is no way in hell to compare these two(Mike and Cor), you have to experience it to know.
LK: Is there anything different that fans should expect to see in Gokhan Saki's style since the gym change?
GS: After my first fight everybody including Cor was very excited so there must be something right. I will always fight like the old Saki because that style is what brought me my enormous fanbase. I'll never change that and Mike doesn't want to change that either. I am just evolving. I will take my style to the next level and maybe some levels more. Ha ha ha. So sit back, relax and enjoy.
LK: The loss to Badr Hari was a tough one, how would you feel about fighting him again? What would you do differently?
GS: First of all Badr is in K-1 and I am in Glory so this has never crossed my mind. Second of all I became his teammate. My first priority is to work with him and to learn from each other.
LK: Going into the Glory Grand Slam tournament, how do you feel about the rest of the competition?
GS: Last Saturday I have tried to make a statement. That was that I am on my way and will be ready on December 2nd. About the rest, I have no opinion! Opinions increase expectation. This is what I don't want. I just wanna stun my fans. The rest are side items which I don't care for.
LK: Does the new Glory organization feel different from the old K-1?
GS: Glory wants to improve the fighting game and I am very happy with that.
LK: Would you ever consider branching out into doing something else, like acting?
GS: Why? Did you see my last fight?!? Did you see me entering the ring??? Did you hear the fans and commentary????? Man, I have the best job in the world. I can beat up people with a screaming audience and get paid for it.
LK: How do you feel about other sports like Boxing and MMA, you've talked in the past about doing MMA, would you still like to do that?
GS: That is not in my mind. Didn't you hear what I've told you? I am evolving. I am taking it to the next level. Super Shane-style!!!!!!!!!
LK: What are your favorite fighters currently active that you like to watch fight and why?
GS: Canelo Alvarez and Nonito Donaire. Skills and will to fight. They never duck an opponent and are punching the lights out of everybody.
LK: If there was one fighter that you could fight, active or inactive, living or dead, who would it be and why?
GS: Pfff there are too many. Not out of disrespect but it would be my honour to challenge a fighting icon. I don't want to name names because I don't want to miss one.
LK: Glory is looking to run more weight classes, would you consider dropping in weight to compete, or is Heavyweight where you will remain?
GS: If it is possible I will. I have told you before: I want to fight everybody with the way I feel at this moment. Maybe two at the same time. Who knows man, fuck it. Bring them and we will see.
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Taylor Swift Releases New Song "Sweeter Than Fiction" [LISTEN]
Taylor Swift recently teamed up with Fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff to record a song called Sweeter Than Fiction. The fun bubble gum pop single will be featured in the new movie One Chance, which tells the true story of Britan's Got Talent winner and current opera singer, Paul Potts in 2007. Swifts song will be featured in the end-credits of the film which premiers October 25. What do you think of Swifts newest song?


text: Il Parco dei Mostri di Bomarzo — "The Park of Monsters" — is a rock sculpture park in central Italy. Commissioned in the 16th century by Prince Pier Francesco Orsini after the death of his beloved wife Giulia, the park was designed by architect Pirro Ligorio and was originally called "Villa of Wonders." Sculptures depict characters in history and mythology: Pegasus, Hannibal's elephant, Proteus, Ceres, Aphrodite. If I ever go to Italy, I'd love to visit this place and have a picnic.


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This herb-laced appetizer also makes a tasty side dish or light lunch.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly spray rectangle tart pan with vegetable pan spray.
Roll out pizza crust to line tart pan. Press crust into base and up sides of pan. Trim away excess dough. In large bowl, combine potato slices with olive oil, rosemary, oregano, thyme, salt and garlic; toss until slices are well coated. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese and 1 tablespoon Asiago cheese over pizza crust. Arrange potatoes slices over cheese, slightly overlapping. Sprinkle remaining Asiago cheese evenly over potatoes.
Bake 20-22 minutes or until crust is deep golden brown. Remove from oven to cooling rack; cool 5-8 minutes. Remove from pan; cut into squares and serve warm.
Makes 10-12 appetizers.


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WATCH: Franz Ferdinand unveils new 'Bullet' video
Listen to Franz Ferdinand on iHeartRadio
Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand are sporting a new greaser look in their latest music video.
The guys slicked back their hair and donned leather jackets for the black-and-white "Bullet" clip, which was directed by longtime associate Andy Knowles.
"Bullet" is the fourth single taken from Franz Ferdinand's just-released album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action.
Frontman Alex Kapranos tells "SPIN" the track is the perfect concert-opener, explaining that it's the equivalent of "walking out, grabbing someone by the scruff of their neck, and yanking them up."
Franz Ferdinand will get to test that theory when they hit the road later this week in Asia.


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If you've ever created an equation in MS Word then you've definitely used the Equation Tools Design tab.
It's got lots of great stuff in it… much more than many people would ever use… of course, that would also be why there's such a necessity for the mouse when creating your equations.
Actually, if you know a few keystrokes that correspond to a couple of the more common equation elements then maybe we could reduce our mouse and work time.
Sounds like a good plan to me so here's the scoop.
Once you've started an equation you can type the following keys and Word will interpret them as equation elements.
For example, if you want a fraction like this:
then type 1/2 into an equation placeholder.
Word will convert it to the vertical fraction format automatically.
Use parentheses to separate numerator and denominator around the / mark to create large fractions like this one:
(x^2+5)/(x-4) becomes
Here's a few more of the basics:
^ formats what directly follows as a superscript
_ (underscore) is used to indicate that what follows is a superscript
>= for greater than or equal to
<= for less than or equal to
+- will insert the plus or minus symbol
Oh… and here's a great one… to start the equation editor without the Insert tab stuff just use Alt + =.
Well, you get the picture. These are just some of the basic elements you may need and there's certainly a whole lot more that you can do with your keyboard when creating equations in MS Word. Some of it may require some experimentation but once you've found it life can certainly be much easier!
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Blake Shelton 2014 CMT Awards Performance Sneak Peek
Music started playing from a side stage outside the Bridgestone arena in Nashville on Tuesday evening and out walks Blake Shelton. What looked like rehearsals for the 2014 CMT Awards, quickly turned into a mini concert for lucky fans that were walking by.
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The OFR reports on the Group's development and performance during the past year together with its strategy and prospects, with particular reference to the business measures. The OFR also includes information in respect of financial and other risks under the heading of 'Key Group Risk Factors' and employee involvement and employment practices.
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The Group results are addressed fully in the financial statements and in the OFR. The Board has recommended to shareholders a final dividend of 47.60p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2007. If approved, this dividend will be paid on 7 May 2008 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 7 March 2008. Full details of dividends in respect of 2007 are given in note 8.
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LONG BEACH - A longtime chemistry professor at Cal State Long Beach has been named as one of the country's top undergraduate professors in The Princeton Review, university officials announced Tuesday.
Thomas Gufrey, a professor at Cal State Long Beach for 35 years, was named in the publication's "The Best 300 Professors" published in partnership with ratemyprofessor.com, one of the highest-trafficked college professor ratings websites in the country.
The professors from 122 colleges and universities all earned high praise from the undergraduate students they teach.
Gufrey has spent most of his career teaching one course - Chemisty 100. He says his job is to "un-bury" a love of chemistry in his students.
"There are many people more deserving than I, but it is still a very nice honor to receive," Gufrey said in a statement. "It is an honor to work with young kids. I try to show them how neat chemistry is in today's world, and I try to treat them with dignity and decency. The truth is I get to do a job that I love to do, and being an old geezer like I am, it is great being around young people."
Students have described Gufrey as a caring professor and "real goofball" who is "big on explosions."
"He is a great instructor, very entertaining," said Kris Slowinski, chair of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department. "Tom has been here for many, many years. He's very interactive, a good showman, and he is very popular among the students."
Gufrey, who admits he's obsessed with chemistry, says humor is vital when it comes to teaching science. At the same time, he says he tries to teach students a little about life in general.
"First, I try to tell them that being a decent human being is the most important thing. That is really what matters to me in life," Gufrey said. "It's not what fame you get, or money or power, but treating your fellow human beings decently."
The professors were selected based on data from survey findings and ratings collected by both the Princeton Review and ratemyprofessor.com.
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"It was discovered when the Erie Canal was dug through Medina here in 1824", says Orleans County Historian Bill Lattin.
We are talking about Medina Sandstone. Lattin goes on to say, "By the mid to late 19th century, most of the quarries were actually in the Albion, Hulberton, Holley part of the county, but the first commercial quarry to open was here in Medina, started by John Ryan in 1837."
"We're not the only ones, it happened to be quarried here first, so naturally, it became Medina Sandstone," adds Bob Waters, the President of the Medina Sandstone Society.
And once you start noticing its tell-tale look, you'll see it everywhere, in its many colors; brown, pink, even grey. In fact, 3/4 of the stone used in public and residential buildings in the Buffalo area is Medina Sandstone. You'll find it in just about every old church in Buffalo, New York City's famous Brownstones, even London Bridge.
Lattin says though "The least of the output from the quarries was in the form of architectural products, but that's what remains with us today as the most significant remnant of the quarry days."
What was the most common use? Well, take a quick ride around the First Niagara Center and your car's shock absorbers will give you the answer, paving stones.
Lattin says, "Civil engineers particularly liked it because it always had grit, it didn't wear smooth like granite. So as paving blocks in streets, horses didn't slip on it." Medina Sandstone could be found paving the streets of Buffalo, Cleveland, even as far away as Havana, Cuba.
Sandstone also built a tremendous economy in Orleans County. By the turn of the 20th century, 43 quarries were operating throughout the county, employing over 2,000 men. The entire "Million Dollar Staircase" at the state capital building was pulled from the grounds of Orleans County. But within 20 years, it was the beginning of the end. By the 1920's, cement had become a popular, inexpensive substitute for stone and the quarries soon started shutting down. Despite the fact that there is still plenty of Medina Sandstone out there, this is the only surviving quarry and even it is rarely used.
But the impact this industry had is still evident in the architecture. It is an impact the Medina Sandstone Society hopes to celebrate and carry-on through education and outreach. They also install historic markers, made of, of course, Medina Sandstone. Markers that celebrate a material formed in the Silurian Period more than 400 million years ago. One that sat under these rural fields just waiting to be discovered, putting Medina on the map, creating an economic boon, and now being rediscovered, as one of the Unknown Stories of Western New York.


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My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life.
"Why did you leave Sierra Leone?"
"Because there is a war."
"You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?"
"Yes, all the time."
I smile a little.
"You should tell us about it sometime."
"Yes, sometime."
This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.
What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived.
In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.
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Ishmael Beah was born in 1980 in Sierra Leone, West Africa. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Vespertine Press, LIT, Parabola, and numerous academic journals. He is a UNICEF Ambassador and Advocate for Children Affected by War; a member of the Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Advisory Committee; an advisory board member at the Center for the Study of Youth and Political Violence at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; visiting scholar at the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University; visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Genocide, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights at Rutgers University; cofounder of the Network of Young People Affected by War (NYPAW); and president of the Ishmael Beah Foundation. He has spoken before the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations, and many panels on the effects of war on children. His book A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier has been published in over thirty languages and was nominated for a Quill Award in 2007. Time magazine named the book as one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2007, ranking it at number three. Ishmael Beah is a graduate of Oberlin College with a B.A. in Political Science and resides in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently completing a novel set in his home country of Sierra Leone.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:
Chapter One
There were all kinds of stories told about the war that made it sound as if it was happening in a faraway and different land. It wasn't until refugees started passing through our town that we began to see that it was actually taking place in our country. Families who had walked hundreds of miles told how relatives had been killed and their houses burned. Some people felt sorry for them and offered them places to stay, but most of the refugees refused, because they said the war would eventually reach our town. The children of these families wouldn't look at us, and they jumped at the sound of chopping wood or as stones landed on the tin roofs flung by children hunting birds with slingshots. The adults among these children from the war zones would be lost in their thoughts during conversations with the elders of my town. Apart from their fatigue and malnourishment, it was evident they had seen something that plagued their minds, something that we would refuse to accept if they told us all of it. At times I thought that some of the stories the passersby told were exaggerated. The only wars I knew of were those that I had read about in books or seen in movies such as Rambo: First Blood, and the one in neighboring Liberia that I had heard about on the BBC news. My imagination at ten years old didn't have the capacity to grasp what had taken away the happiness of the refugees.
The first time that I was touched by war I was twelve. It was in January of 1993. I left home with Junior, my older brother, and our friend Talloi, both a year older than I, to go to the town of Mattru Jong, to participate in our friends' talent show. Mohamed, my best friend, couldn't come because he and his father were renovating their thatched-roof kitchen that day. The four of us had started a rap and dance group when I was eight. We were first introduced to rap music during one of our visits to Mobimbi, a quarter where the foreigners who worked for the same American company as my father lived. We often went to Mobimbi to swim in a pool and watch the huge color television and the white people who crowded the visitors' recreational area. One evening a music video that consisted of a bunch of young black fellows talking really fast came on the television. The four of us sat there mesmerized by the song, trying to understand what the black fellows were saying. At the end of the video, some letters came up at the bottom of the screen. They read "Sugarhill Gang, 'Rapper's Delight.'" Junior quickly wrote it down on a piece of paper. After that, we came to the quarters every other weekend to study that kind of music on television. We didn't know what it was called then, but I was impressed with the fact that the black fellows knew how to speak English really fast, and to the beat.
Later on, when Junior went to secondary school, he befriended some boys who taught him more about foreign music and dance. During holidays, he brought me cassettes and taught my friends and me how to dance to what we came to know as hip-hop. I loved the dance, and particularly enjoyed learning the lyrics, because they were poetic and it improved my vocabulary. One afternoon, Father came home while Junior, Mohamed, Talloi, and I were learning the verse of "I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B. & Rakim. He stood by the door of our clay brick and tin roof house laughing and then asked, "Can you even understand what you are saying?" He left before Junior could answer. He sat in a hammock under the shade of the mango, guava, and orange trees and tuned his radio to the BBC news.
"Now, this is good English, the kind that you should be listening to," he shouted from the yard.
While Father listened to the news, Junior taught us how to move our feet to the beat. We alternately moved our right and then our left feet to the front and back, and simultaneously did the same with our arms, shaking our upper bodies and heads. "This move is called the running man," Junior said. Afterward, we would practice miming the rap songs we had memorized. Before we parted to carry out our various evening chores of fetching water and cleaning lamps, we would say "Peace, son" or "I'm out," phrases we had picked up from the rap lyrics. Outside, the evening music of birds and crickets would commence.
On the morning that we left for Mattru Jong, we loaded our backpacks with notebooks of lyrics we were working on and stuffed our pockets with cassettes of rap albums. In those days we wore baggy jeans, and underneath them we had soccer shorts and sweatpants for dancing. Under our long-sleeved shirts we had sleeveless undershirts, T-shirts, and soccer jerseys. We wore three pairs of socks that we pulled down and folded to make our crapes* look puffy. When it got too hot in the day, we took some of the clothes off and carried them on our shoulders. They were fashionable, and we had no idea that this unusual way of dressing was going to benefit us. Since we intended to return the next day, we didn't say goodbye or tell anyone where we were going. We didn't know that we were leaving home, never to return.
To save money, we decided to walk the sixteen miles to Mattru Jong. It was a beautiful summer day, the sun wasn't too hot, and the walk didn't feel long either, as we chatted about all kinds of things, mocked and chased each other. We carried slingshots that we used to stone birds and chase the monkeys that tried to cross the main dirt road. We stopped at several rivers to swim. At one river that had a bridge across it, we heard a passenger vehicle in the distance and decided to get out of the water and see if we could catch a free ride. I got out before Junior and Talloi, and ran across the bridge with their clothes. They thought they could catch up with me before the vehicle reached the bridge, but upon realizing that it was impossible, they started running back to the river, and just when they were in the middle of the bridge, the vehicle caught up to them. The girls in the truck laughed and the driver tapped his horn. It was funny, and for the rest of the trip they tried to get me back for what I had done, but they failed.
We arrived at Kabati, my grandmother's village, around two in the afternoon. Mamie Kpana was the name that my grandmother was known by. She was tall and her perfectly long face complemented her beautiful cheekbones and big brown eyes. She always stood with her hands either on her hips or on her head. By looking at her, I could see where my mother had gotten her beautiful dark skin, extremely white teeth, and the translucent creases on her neck. My grandfather or kamor--teacher, as everyone called him--was a well-known local Arabic scholar and healer in the village and beyond.
At Kabati, we ate, rested a bit, and started the last six miles. Grandmother wanted us to spend the night, but we told her that we would be back the following day.
"How is that father of yours treating you these days?" she asked in a sweet voice that was laden with worry.
"Why are you going to Mattru Jong, if not for school? And why do you look so skinny?" she continued asking, but we evaded her questions. She followed us to the edge of the village and watched as we descended the hill, switching her walking stick to her left hand so that she could wave us off with her right hand, a sign of good luck.
We arrived in Mattru Jong a couple of hours later and met up with old friends, Gibrilla, Kaloko, and Khalilou. That night we went out to Bo Road, where street vendors sold food late into the night. We bought boiled groundnut and ate it as we conversed about what we were going to do the next day, made plans to see the space for the talent show and practice. We stayed in the verandah room of Khalilou's house. The room was small and had a tiny bed, so the four of us (Gibrilla and Kaloko went back to their houses) slept in the same bed, lying across with our feet hanging. I was able to fold my feet in a little more since I was shorter and smaller than all the other boys.
The next day Junior, Talloi, and I stayed at Khalilou's house and waited for our friends to return from school at around 2:00 p.m. But they came home early. I was cleaning my crapes and counting for Junior and Talloi, who were having a push-up competition. Gibrilla and Kaloko walked onto the verandah and joined the competition. Talloi, breathing hard and speaking slowly, asked why they were back. Gibrilla explained that the teachers had told them that the rebels had attacked Mogbwemo, our home. School had been canceled until further notice. We stopped what we were doing.
According to the teachers, the rebels had attacked the mining areas in the afternoon. The sudden outburst of gunfire had caused people to run for their lives in different directions. Fathers had come running from their workplaces, only to stand in front of their empty houses with no indication of where their families had gone. Mothers wept as they ran toward schools, rivers, and water taps to look for their children. Children ran home to look for parents who were wandering the streets in search of them. And as the gunfire intensified, people gave up looking for their loved ones and ran out of town.
"This town will be next, according to the teachers." Gibrilla lifted himself from the cement floor. Junior, Talloi, and I took our backpacks and headed to the wharf with our friends. There, people were arriving from all over the mining area. Some we knew, but they couldn't tell us the whereabouts of our families. They said the attack had been too sudden, too chaotic; that everyone had fled in different directions in total confusion.
For more than three hours, we stayed at the wharf, anxiously waiting and expecting either to see our families or to talk to someone who had seen them. But there was no news of them, and after a while we didn't know any of the people who came across the river. The day seemed oddly normal. The sun peacefully sailed through the white clouds, birds sang from treetops, the trees danced to the quiet wind. I still couldn't believe that the war had actually reached our home. It is impossible, I thought. When we left home the day before, there had been no indication the rebels were anywhere near.
"What are you going to do?" Gibrilla asked us. We were all quiet for a while, and then Talloi broke the silence. "We must go back and see if we can find our families before it is too late."
Junior and I nodded in agreement.
Just three days earlier, I had seen my father walking slowly from work. His hard hat was under his arm and his long face was sweating from the hot afternoon sun. I was sitting on the verandah. I had not seen him for a while, as another stepmother had destroyed our relationship again. But that morning my father smiled at me as he came up the steps. He examined my face, and his lips were about to utter something, when my stepmother came out. He looked away, then at my stepmother, who pretended not to see me. They quietly went into the parlor. I held back my tears and left the verandah to meet with Junior at the junction where we waited for the lorry. We were on our way to see our mother in the next town about three miles away. When our father had paid for our school, we had seen her on weekends over the holidays when we were back home. Now that he refused to pay, we visited her every two or three days. That afternoon we met Mother at the market and walked with her as she purchased ingredients to cook for us. Her face was dull at first, but as soon as she hugged us, she brightened up. She told us that our little brother, Ibrahim, was at school and that we would go get him on our way from the market. She held our hands as we walked, and every so often she would turn around as if to see whether we were still with her.
As we walked to our little brother's school, Mother turned to us and said, "I am sorry I do not have enough money to put you boys back in school at this point. I am working on it." She paused and then asked, "How is your father these days?"
"He seems all right. I saw him this afternoon," I replied. Junior didn't say anything.
Mother looked him directly in the eyes and said, "Your father is a good man and he loves you very much. He just seems to attract the wrong stepmothers for you boys."
When we got to the school, our little brother was in the yard playing soccer with his friends. He was eight and pretty good for his age. As soon as he saw us, he came running, throwing himself on us. He measured himself against me to see if he had gotten taller than me. Mother laughed. My little brother's small round face glowed, and sweat formed around the creases he had on his neck, just like my mother's. All four of us walked to Mother's house. I held my little brother's hand, and he told me about school and challenged me to a soccer game later in the evening. My mother was single and devoted herself to taking care of Ibrahim. She said he sometimes asked about our father. When Junior and I were away in school, she had taken Ibrahim to see him a few times, and each time she had cried when my father hugged Ibrahim, because they were both so happy to see each other. My mother seemed lost in her thoughts, smiling as she relived the moments.
Two days after that visit, we had left home. As we now stood at the wharf in Mattru Jong, I could visualize my father holding his hard hat and running back home from work, and my mother, weeping and running to my little brother's school. A sinking feeling overtook me.
Junior, Talloi, and I jumped into a canoe and sadly waved to our friends as the canoe pulled away from the shores of Mattru Jong. As we landed on the other side of the river, more and more people were arriving in haste. We started walking, and a woman carrying her flip-flops on her head spoke without looking at us: "Too much blood has been spilled where you are going. Even the good spirits have fled from that place." She walked past us. In the bushes along the river, the strained voices of women cried ...
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By Barb Kerns
Thursday, November 29, 2012 3:52 AM
Mabel-Canton School Board has started the preparations needed to hire a new district superintendent and business manager. The discussion on how best to go about replacing Superintendent Mike Moriarty and current business manager Chris Hanson was held at the Tuesday, Nov. 20, meeting. Both are planning to retire at the end of the fiscal year, which is June 30, 2013.
Moriarty led the discussion, explaining the replacement process was a part of the Nov. 12 school board retreat and was carried into the regular board meeting for those members unable to attend.
According to Moriarty, the needs of the district, in regard to the number of days necessary for a part-time replacement, could most likely be met in four to six days per month should the district opt to replace the business manager with a professional firm that would also handle district budgeting for building and management services.
Currently, Moriarty said, a great deal of his eight-day per month schedule is filled with those duties.
One company, SMS, will be present at the December meeting to discuss their proposal for services for the district and answer any questions that the board might have regarding their company's role in filling the business manager's duties.
No additional costs were anticipated for the district should it change to a management company rather than a full-time business manager. Moriarity noted it could be a similar expense, but there may even be a cost savings.
Moriarty informed the board that, in his opinion, the superintendent replacement process should move forward fairly rapidly. He also stated that he could be available as needed to help with the transition.
The possibilities of sharing an administrator with an area district or a part-time hire for superintendent were discussed.
Moriarty also stated that he was more comfortable with a dual supervision role, with a part-time superintendent and full-time principal with additional building management duties assigned as part of that full-time position.
He also recommended that the superintendent position be posted as a four-day-per-month position with the possibility of an additional one to two days per month if needed.
The goal was to post for the position by Dec. 1, with applications accepted until Jan. 15, 2013. The goal would be to interview candidates from the application deadline through Feb. 15, 2013. The next step of presenting the recommended candidates to the board for approval would hopefully be done at the March meeting.
Personnel issues
The board approved the assignment of winter coaches and the hiring of long-term substitute teachers.
For girls' basketball, coaches will be Adam Wilder for varsity; Chelsey Ardinger for B team and assistant varsity coach and Tim Danielson for C team.
Boys' basketball coaches will be Doug Wyffels for varsity; Doug Ward for B team and assistant varsity coach and Karl Urbaniak for C team.
Long-term substitute teachers hired included Tyler Augedahl for first grade and Jessica Buska for band. Both will be covering for teachers going on maternity leave.
The board also approved the resignation of Sandy Benson, a room cleaner, and thanked her for her service to the district. The board approved a temporary fill-in by Ellen Aasum as needed by the custodial department.
Board makes an exception in unpaid leave policy
Lonnie Morken was present at the meeting to request an exception to the one unpaid leave day policy. Morken told the board that he and his family had planned a vacation and he was requesting an additional day, for a total of two unpaid days, be granted to enable him to be gone for the trip. Morken had accumulated most of his required time off, but was two days short of the time needed for the days off requested.
Morken stated that he had turned in his request in September and at that time had realized that the additional day off would be an exception to policy.
The teachers union had also stated that should the board grant Morken's request, it would not change the current policy going forward.
Moriarty said he had investigated the exception history and had found that there had been an exception granted in the past but it had occurred many years ago.
Morken's request for two unpaid days off was granted with the acknowledgement that this is an exception to the established policy.
Playground update
In an update of the installation of the new piece of playground equipment, it was noted that the placement has been completed but fill is needed to level the area. Approval was given for the payment of $7,154 to Midwest Playscapes. It was also noted that several individuals and organizations have donated funds for the project.
The original dirt, which was removed for installation of the equipment had inadvertently been hauled away and additional fill will eventually be needed to make the area level.
Board member Troy Soiney offered to bring a load of dirt when needed to fill in the lowered area in the spring. No finishing will be completed immediately in order to minimize the amount of mud and inevitable problems associated with winter weather.
Approval was also given to the release of the $500 withheld for completion of the stuccoing by Midwest ICF. Moriarty explained that the project was completed as well as could be expected in the area in question and he recommended that the $500 be released.
Other building issues
Several miscellaneous building issues were discussed, including ongoing roof inspections. There has also been the addition of a new sign at the elementary entrance, which is made of a more weather resistant material. There will be a cougar painted on the surface.
It was also noted that the replacement of a shoulder bearing in the 1914 building air handling unit is needed. The unit, which interestingly enough had a 1914 patent, and the bearing had probably been neglected for many years. This was likely due to custodial staff not being informed of the need for attention to the unit.
The air handling unit problem was detected when the unit began making noise and the noise was investigated.
The bearing was then rebuilt at a minimal cost and the unit is reported to be operational once again.
Other reports, business
Principal Jeff Nolte reported that due to the current kindergarten enrollment of 30 students, continuing the current two sections is recommended.
There were three new student enrollments reported in the past four to six weeks.
The 90 Club induction ceremonies was a success, held on Tuesday, Nov. 20, with thanks given by Nolte to the board members in attendance. The PALS group was thanked for providing the refreshments for the event.
Nolte also commented that the winter concerts are right around the corner.
In other business, the board canvassed the results from the 2012 board election. Voters brought back board members Mary Kuhn and Jane Hall and elected Mark Wiedeman to the board.
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9 March 2011 • Off-campus Event • By Deborah (Malacky) Belonick
Priest David Mezynski, currently Associate Dean for Student Affairs at St. Vladimir's, became "Father-Doctor David," when he earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Fordham University this past week. Father David defended his thesis titled "The Effects of the Origenist Controversy on the Pastoral Theology of Barsanuphius and John" before a panel of his readers and advisers, which included Archpriest John Behr, dean of St. Vladimir's Seminary, and professors from the Faculty of Theology at Fordham University: his mentor, Dr. George Demacopoulos, and Dr. Michael Peppard, Dr. Maureen A. Tilley, and Dr. Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ.
Encouraging friends, such as Priest Nilus Lerro, the Director of Student Affairs at St. Tikhon's Seminary, as well as several seminarians from St. Vladimir's attended Fr. David's doctoral defense and were on hand to be the first to offer congratulations. From 2004 to 2005 Fr. David served as Assistant to the Dean, and from 2005 to 2009 as Director of Student Affairs, at St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Canaan, Pennsylvania, before joining the staff at St. Vladimir's.
"I'm still floating six feet off the ground, and all I can think about is that I'm finally done," said Fr. David. "It took me a total of eight years, which seems like a long time, but basically I was working on this part-time while working at St. Tikhon's, and then at St. Vladimir's. I especially want to thank His Grace Michael (former Dean of St. Tikhon's Seminary and now bishop of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey) for encouraging and supporting me as I pursued my doctoral studies, as well as Dr. George Demacopoulos, for his patience and guidance, and Fr. Nilus Lerro, for his never-wavering belief that I would actually finish."
Dean Fr. John Behr noted Fr. David's accomplishment, saying, "It has been a joy to work with "Father-Doctor" David on his dissertation over the last years, and especially to see him shine today as he faced his examiners. He has learnt a lot from working so closely through the letters of Sts. Barsanuphius and John, as I have from him, and I am sure that it will stand him in good stead in his future ministry."
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Kansas City prospect Justin Marks started the contest for Surprise. The southpaw held the Javelinas hitless with two walks and two strikeouts over the first three frames.
However, Peoria scored twice in the fourth off Red Sox right-hander Brock Huntzinger in his first of two innings on the bump. Huntzinger took the loss as the Javelinas were never headed.
Fellow Red Sox Chris Martin matched both the four hits that Huntzinger allowed and his results as he yielded a tally in each of his two-inning stint. Ryan Pressly was the third Boston prospect to take the mound when he tossed the eighth. The righty gave up an unearned run on a single and a subsequent error that capped Peoria's scoring.
Right-hander Carson Smith (Seattle) picked up his first win by holding Surprise to a single hit and a free pass in the fourth and fifth. Smith was the second of six Peoria pitchers in the game.
Surprise got on the board in the seventh when right fielder Bryce Brentz (Boston) opened the frame with a triple. Brentz raced home when centerfielder Darrell Ceciliani (NYM) hit a sac fly to left.
The Saguaros featured two familiar names at the top of their batting order in Springfield Cardinals' teammates Mike O'Neill and Kolten Wong.
O'Neill led off and went 0-for-2 with two free passes and a strikeout as the designated hitter. One of O'Neill's base-on-balls produced his team's final tally as he worked a free pass with one out in the eighth. He advanced to third when Wong reached on a throwing error by the Javelinas' catcher and scored on a sac fly to center by left fielder Brian Fletcher (KC).
Wong was hitless in four at-bats as Surprise's second baseman, including grounding into a double play. He also reached base in the first inning via a fielding error by the shortstop, then stealing second base before being left stranded there.
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Sunday, April 15 is Holocaust Memorial Day.
Eva Heyman started writing her diary in February 1944. Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944.
April 7, 1944
Today they came for my bicycle.
I almost caused a big drama. You know, dear diary, I was awfully afraid just by the fact that the policemen came into the house. I know that policemen bring only trouble with them, wherever they go. My bicycle had a proper license plate, and Grandpa had paid the tax for it. That's how the policemen found it, because it was registered at City Hall that I have a bicycle.
Now that it's all over, I'm so ashamed about how I behaved in front of the policemen. So, dear diary, I threw myself on the ground, held on to the back wheel of my bicycle, and shouted all sorts of things at the policemen: "Shame on you for taking away a bicycle from a girl! That's robbery!"
We had sold my old bicycle, my layette and Grandpa's old winter coat and added the money we had saved. My grandparents, Juszti, the Ágis, Grandma Lujza and Papa all had chipped in to buy my bicycle. We still didn't have the whole sum, but Hoffmann didn't sell the bicycle to anyone else, and he even said that I could take the bicycle home. My father would pay, or Grandpa. But I didn't want to take the bicycle home until we had all the money. But in the meantime I hurried over to the store whenever I could and looked to see if that red bicycle was still there. How Ági laughed when I told her that when the whole sum was finally there. I went to the store and took the bicycle home, only I didn't ride it but led it along with my hands, the way you handle a big, beautiful dog.
From the outside I admired the bicycle, and even gave it a name: Friday. I took the name from Robinson Crusoe, but it suits the bicycle. First of all, because I brought it home on a Friday, and also because Friday is the symbol of loyalty, because he was so loyal to Robinson. The "Bicycle Friday" would be loyal to "Éva Robinson", and I was right, because for three years it never gave me any trouble, that is, it never broke down, and there were no expenses for repair. Marica and Anni also gave their bicycles names. Marica's was called Horsie, and Anni's was called Berci just because that's such a funny name.
One of the policemen was very annoyed and said: All we need is for a Jewgirl to put on such a comedy when her bicycle is being taken away. No Jewkid is entitled to keep a bicycle anymore. The Jews aren't entitled to bread, either; they shouldn't guzzle everything, but leave the food for the soldiers. You can imagine, dear diary, how I felt when they were saying this to my face. I had only heard that sort of thing on the radio, or read it in a German newspaper. Still, it's different when you read something and when it's thrown into your face. Especially if it's when they're taking my bicycle away. Actually, what does that nasty policeman think? That we stole the bicycle? We bought it from Hoffmann for cash, and Grandpa and all the others worked for this money.
But you know, dear diary, I think the other policeman felt sorry for me. You should be ashamed of yourself, colleague, he said, is your heart made of stone? How can you speak that way to such a beautiful girl? Then he stroked my hair and promised to take good care of my bicycle. He gave me a receipt and told me not to cry, because when the war was over I would get my bicycle back. At worst it would need some repairs at Hoffmann's.
Ági said that we had been lucky this time, but that next time we should let them take whatever they wanted. In any case nothing could be done about it, and we shouldn't let those stinking scoundrels see how much we suffered. Still, I don't understand Ági. What do I care whether they know or don't know that we suffer. It isn't hard to see that if everything you own is being taken away from you, and soon you won't even have money to buy food, you suffer. But what does is matter? Ági doesn't have to hug the bicycle wheel and sob. Anybody looking at her can tell that not only does she suffer, but day and night she trembles over what is in store for Uncle Béla.
Eva died in Auschwitz on October 17th, 1944.
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That was absolutely heartbreaking.
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Yeah and the good cop "stroked her hair" because he felt "sorry for her"? Any guess what his next move was going to be? What would this "beautiful" girl have to do next to see her bike again? Nothing like getting screwed twice...
Being raised under Communism and in that part of the world, I doubt that there are many readers who can relate to what it feels like to live with constant fear, daily. Yes I burnt my communist manifesto book upon graduating from school and left my homeland to live in America. Unfortunately, many of the ugly trends felt as a child are being witnessed and felt here.
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Wow, heartbreaking indeed ... that's quite a story. Thanks for posting it.
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It's a sad story and it's worth passing along. I think about each of the millions of others who perished in the holocaust and each of them had their own personal stories of loss and deprivation. And the sad thing is this loss continues today -- perhaps not on the scale of the Holocaust, but to the child who's dying today that probably doesn't matter.
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We never knew how old Bell was when she came to live with us. The girls at the adoption center guessed her to be about a year and a half. We never found out much about her previous life before she landed at the orphanage.
There was a story around that the boys who ran a local auction barn had imported a border collie from England that fitted Bell's description—short blocky head, thick undercoat and "soft" ears that lay close to her head. As the story goes, the auction barn folded up and Bell wound up with no home.
At any rate, she was glad to be out where there were things that needed doing--mainly herding livestock.
We never knew if Bell had any training. She just naturally figured that the goats needed to be brought in from wherever they were. After the work was done she liked to spend time fishing in the creek. She would spend hours herding minnows up and down in the creek that runs behind the barn. It requred a good bit of barking at the wiggly things so we always knew where she was.
Bell's other passion was hunting armadillos. Before the drought that has taken a toll on them, there were dozens of the scaly critters living in holes along the creek bed. I don't think Bell ever caused the demise of one of the critters, but she never stopped trying to un-earth them.
Bell did stay close to the goats at kidding time. During one late cold spell, we had the bred nannies in the field just east of the house. I was sure we had all of the nannies and kids in the barn one night when I saw Bell sitting out in the field--not saying a word, just sitting there. She refused to come when I called her. Finally, I went to see what the holdup was. There was an almost frozen goat kid hidden among the grass. Bell looked up at me and I'll swear she was smirking. I felt pretty dumb.
Seems like the seasons roll around fast on the ranch with always so much to do. This spring we noticed Bell couldn't see as well as she used to and we had to help her get in to the truck when we went out to the pastures. She never gave up wanting to go.
One day back in March the Boss was patching a water gap a ways up the creek and Bell thought she should go along. She hopped into the four-wheeler with him. While he worked, Bell struck up the scent of something that needed investigating. She didn't come when called. When it was time to go home, we called and hunted for her that night and the next day but couldn't find her.
Finally, on the third day I saw a couple buzzards circling a few hundred yards up the creek. I was afraid of what I would find when I headed through the pasture gate.
Bell was lying stretched out peacefully under a liveoak tree, as if she was just taking a nap. She had evidently gone off on an armadillo hunt while the Boss worked and decided she would come on home when it got late. I guess her tired old heart just gave out. She was around 15 years old.
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CORTLAND, N.Y. – The nationally fifth-ranked Cortland men's lacrosse team went on an 11-0 run that spanned 35 minutes, 42 seconds from late in the first quarter to early in the fourth quarter and defeated Ithaca, 13-4, Wednesday night in non-conference action at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex. The Red Dragons improved to 6-2 with the win, and the Bombers fell to 5-3.
Nine different players found the back of the net for Cortland, led by senior Jay DiStefano (Huntington/Harborfields), who scored three times and added an assist. Junior Zack Mulvaney(Deferiet/Carthage) had two goals and an assist, freshman Mark Panneton (Niskayuna) scored twice and freshman Joe Slavik (Binghamton/Seton Catholic) recorded a goal and two assists. Five others tallied one goal each with freshman Matt DiMarco (Liverpool) netting the first of his career.
Senior Chris DeLuca (Sayville) chipped in with two assists and won 9-of-11 faceoffs. Freshman defender Brian Winterfeldt (Merrick/Calhoun) contributed team highs of six ground balls and four caused turnovers. Freshman goalieScott Tota (Webster/Webster Schroeder) made 10 saves in his second career start.
Junior Tom Mongelli (Kinnelon, NJ) scored two goals for the Bombers. Seniors Michael Silipo (Deerfield, MA/Williston Northampton) and Ryan Lowe (Fairport) each scored a goal, and junior Devin Weinshank (Long Beach) recorded two assists. Junior Chris Duncan (Denver, CO/Regis Jesuit) collected a game-high 10 ground balls. Senior goalie David Gal (Amherst, MA/Loomis Chafee) turned aside 17 shots.
Lowe gave the Bombers the lead at 10:51 of the opening quarter, and Mongelli made it a 2-0 game 47 seconds before the end of the stanza. Mongelli's score would be Ithaca's last until the 10:05 mark of the fourth quarter as Cortland took control of the game with 11 straight goals. The Red Dragons led 6-2 at the half as Panneton and DiStefano each scored twice.
Cortland outscored Ithaca, 4-0, in the third quarter to push its lead to 10-2. Junior Mike Tota (Webster/Webster Schroeder), DiStefano, senior Neal Hopps(Akwesasne/Massena) and Mulvaney each scored once. After senior Pat Hayes (Mastic/Eastport South Manor) opened up the fourth quarter with an unassisted goal to make it 11-2, Silipo ended the Bombers' drought off Weinshank's assist at 10:05. Sophomore Thomas Casey (Yorktown) and DiMarco followed with goals for Cortland, and Mongelli finished the scoring with eight seconds on the clock.


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