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School Sucks!: Arguments for Alternative Education (Educational Psychology 20 New edition)By: Rochelle Brock (editor), Greg S. Goodman (editor)Paperback
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DescriptionSchool Sucks! is designed to complement the dominant discourse of school reform by presenting a compendium of critical pedagogical writings that analyze the current issues in urban education and demonstrate alternative praxis for failing schools. The two editors of this volume also serve as the series editors for Peter Lang Publishing's Educational Psychology and Black Studies and Critical Thinking series, giving them remarkable resources from which to draw this selection of writings that represent the very best concepts of pedagogy and praxis. School Sucks! furthers the reader's knowledge of the pretext of urban educational problems and promotes a positive praxis of urban educational reform. Inspired by mentors Mary McLeod Bethune and Paulo Freire, School Sucks! employs a critical pedagogy and praxis in calling for wholesale changes within our urban schools.
About AuthorRochelle Brock is Associate Professor of Urban Education and Executive Director of the Urban Teacher Education Program at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Indiana. She is also an editor for The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy and series editor of Black Studies and Critical Thinking (Peter Lang Publishing). She has written books and articles on White privilege, teacher identity, critical pedagogy, African American popular culture, and Black feminist theory. Greg S. Goodman is Associate Professor of Education at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include school psychology, educational psychology, distance learning, and how people learn.
ContentsContents: Christopher Knaus: Developing Urban Youth Voice: A Framework for Culturally Responsive Classrooms - Greg S. Goodman: Students' Stories: Bear & Antoine - Christopher Knaus: You Are the Ones Who Need to Hear Us: The Role of Urban Youth Voice in a Democracy - Alfred W. DeFreece, Jr.: Where Do We Go from . . . Where? Identifying the Ideological Bases of Low-Income, Urban Black Adolescents' Views on Racism - Chance W. Lewis/Terah Venzant Chambers/Bettie Ray Butler: Urban Education in the 21st Century: An Overview of Selected Issues That Impact African American Student Outcomes - Floyd D. Beachum/Carlos R. McCray: Through the Fire: How Pretext Impacts the Context of African American Educational Experiences - Floyd D. Beachum/Carlos R. McCray: Dealing with Cultural Collision: What Pre-Service Educators Should Know - Luis F. Miron: How Do We Locate Resistance in Urban Schools? - Greg S. Goodman/Adriel A. Hilton: Urban Dropouts: Why Persist? - Susan Fuhrman: Urban Education Challenges: Is Reform the Answer? - Rochelle Brock: What Does "Good" Urban Teaching Look Like? - Christine Sleeter: The Quest for Social Justice in the Education of Minoritized Students - Ebony Elizabeth Thomas: The Next Chapter of Our Story: Rethinking African American Metanarratives in Schooling and Society - Julia Ellis/Susan Fitzsimmons/Jan Small-McGinley: Encouraging the Discouraged: Students' Views for Elementary Classrooms - Jane Bean-Folkes: Schools of Hope: Teaching Literacy in the Obama Era - Rochelle Brock: A Pedagogy of Wholeness - Larry F. Forthun/Jeffrey W. McCombie/Caroline Payne: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Life Space Crisis intervention (LSCI) - Shanesha R. F. Brooks-Tatum: Transformative Educational Spaces: Black Youth and Education in the Twenty-First Century - Mary Hollowell/Donna Moye: Therapeutic Art, Poetry, and Personal Essay: Old and New Prescriptions.
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Since I read fiction for my March book of the month I decided to step outside my comfort zone and read something a bit more difficult (although The Fisherman's Lady was very thought provoking - I'll have to post some great quotes later)
I just got through the first chapter this afternoon and I'm having a hard time absorbing it all. I've underlined so much that I wanted to go back and ponder I might as well just go back and re-read every page.
This book is no "Mere Christianity". Where as "Mere Christianity" is a conversational approach to religion, TAOM starts with education.
Some great quotes so far:
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts. The right defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments. By starving the sensibility of our pupils we only make them easier prey to the propagandist when he comes. For famished nature will be avenged and a hard heart is no infallible protection against a soft head.
(This in response to the educator that seeks to fortify the young person against being led astray by his emotions by teaching him not to be so emotional.)
He goes on to argue that there is nothing wrong with emotions
"Can you be righteous" asks Traherne, " unless you be just in rendering to things their due esteem?"
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"St. Augustine defines virtue as ordo amoris, the ordinate condition of the affections in which every object is accorded that kind and degree of love which is appropriate to it."
"No emotion is, in itself a judgement: in that sense all emotions and sentiments are alogical. But they can be reasonable or unreasonable as they conform to Reason or fail to conform. The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can and should obey it."
(I haven't finished reading the Wiki summary of the book but I think it will help me understand his premise a bit better)
Ahhh ... so much good stuff in just the first chapter! It's been good especially since recently I have found myself constantly trying to present a logical argument as to why one or the other of my kids shouldn't feel what they feel about a particular situation. Maybe instead l I should teach them how to respond properly to a situation and help them exercise the self control necessary to allow their heads to rule their hearts.
Maybe, just maybe it's time for me to let go of the tight reign I have been holding over my emotions and let my self "weep with those that weep" as well as rejoice with those that rejoice. One of the hardest things about being pregnant for me is that at times I actually flush out my tear ducts inadvertently. It invariably is a humiliating experience (especially when Zak and Eliannah who have never seen me cry, keep bringing up the time I lost it in Costco and sobbed my eyes out to a deer-in-the-headlights- manager that didn't know what to do with me --- but that's another story) but aren't emotions one of those unique features that make us human? Something for me to think about while re-reading chapter 1!

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"We cannot sacrifice what is right for what is expedient." – RadioMattM
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
A Musical Interlude
In one instalment of that feature, Aragones showed the protagonist at a boxing match. After the match most of the people from the audience went to get the autograph of the winning boxer. The diplomat, however, sought the autograph of the referee.
That comic came to mind while I was listening to this song. In the United States, more people are familiar with the 1962 version of Apache by Jorgen Ingmann. The song originated in 1960 by the British group The Shadows, who took it to the number one spot on the British charts for six weeks.
You cannot have this recording without the haunting lead guitar of Hank Marvin. However, like the diplomat seeking the autograph of the referee, the thing that really makes this recording for me is the acoustic rhythm guitar of Bruce Welch. Clean, clear, and exquisitely timed, Welch is what makes this something I can't get tired of hearing.
Even if they have him on an electric in the video.
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I've always loved this, I was a Shadows fan growing up. They are part of my musical canvas. Thanks for posting Matt xReplyDelete
That was awesome.ReplyDelete
How does Welch achieve that crisp of a sound??? I mean, it looks like he's playing an electric guitar (solid body), but is it plugged in? Or is it miked somehow? I want to know how he does that.
It's superb. I'm not sure I've ever heard anything that good from a rhythm guitar player.
Fantastic Matt. Now I'm going to listen to it for a third time.Replies
It was the instrumental equivalent of lip syncing. Perhaps you noticed you could still hear the bass after Jet Harris stopped playing and got his cigarette.Delete
Some of these videos were hilarious, though (perhaps) not intentionally. I should do a post on that sometime.
I thought you would appreciate the playing, Lady Red.Delete
Yes, please do a post! I admit that I didn't notice they were "intrument-syncing". That explains the acoustic sound emanating from the solid body guitar, lol!Delete


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I've been trying to decide, for quite some time, whether I should talk about this or not. Part of me thinks that it will be disrespectful to people who are really ill, and part of me just wants to get it off my chest, so to speak, one way or the other. If the following does offend anyone, please let me know and I'll delete the post.
I lost quite a lot of weight recently – a couple of stone, and I wasn't exactly a weighty chap to start with – and, though I felt well, it was decided that I should go to my GP and see if he could work out what was going on.
So, I went to the GP, and he poked and prodded me and agreed that, yes, the weight loss was something that needed looking into, and he booked me in for a series of tests at our local hospital.
All the blood tests came back normal, which was nice to know, but the chest x-ray I'd had done showed a shadow on my lung, which was not nice to know.
I was referred to the chest clinic at Barnet General, and when I went to see the specialist, there was a certain amount of head scratching and umming and ahhing. The x-ray showed that there was something there, but it was a shadow only in the sense that if you sort of scrunched up your eyes and looked at it with your peripheral vision you might just be able to make something out. The specialist sent me for a CT scan and told me, in the meantime, not to worry too much.
Of course, I did worry. Weirdly, though, I seemed to leapfrog most of the Kubler-Ross model; I didn't go through Denial and Anger and Bargaining. I did get worried, and there were tears, but that was the extent of my Depression about the thing. I arrived more or less immediately at Acceptance. Or rather I did the thing I usually do when I'm sitting on an aeroplane waiting to take off. I'm not a very good flier, but down the years I've come up with something which helps me to cope. I say to myself, "Either this plane is going to crash and I'm going to die, or it's going to land safely, and there's nothing at all I can do to influence the outcome." I kind of said to myself, "Either it's going to turn out that I have lung cancer, or it's not, and there's nothing I can do about that."
Anyway, it turned out I didn't. There was a shadow, but it was from the fracture of an old broken rib. I don't remember ever breaking a rib, which I presume hurts like a bastard and is hard to miss, but that's a mystery for another day.
It's what happened afterward that is a little strange.
You'd think, given the all-clear after a couple of months of thinking you might have lung cancer, that I would have been gamboling like a lamb. And please don't get me wrong, I was pleased. But not as pleased as I should have been, and it took me a while to work out why.
I think, in the month or so between getting the diagnosis of the shadow on my lung, and being told it wasn't cancer, that somewhere in my head I had managed to say goodbye to everything, and it's been hard to step back from that. So hard that I think I'm still trying to deal with what happened. There is cancer in my family, so I have some idea of what was coming, and I had prepared myself for it, as much as I could. And when it didn't come it was like running up a flight of stairs and discovering, all of a sudden, that the top step isn't there.
I don't want to sound ungrateful, because trust me, I am delirious that I am not going to die of lung cancer – at least, not yet, anyway – but ever since I've felt, I don't know, lost. It's been harder to say hello to the world again than it was to say goodbye, and I don't think I've quite got there yet.
Now, there's nothing particularly special or out of the ordinary about me, and statistically there must be many others out there who have gone through similar experiences to mine, and I have found myself wondering over the past few months if there are others out there who, like me, said goodbye and then found out they weren't going anywhere and feel a little disconnected by it all. I do wonder if this might be a Thing.
I'm sorry if this comes across as whiny, because I don't mean it to be. I know just how lucky I've been, but I haven't gone through anything like this before, and I'm more puzzled to be feeling this way than anything else.
And the reason why I lost weight? Still a mystery. I stopped drinking last year, which may have been a factor, and I'm walking a lot – two or three hours a day. It may be nothing more complicated than that.


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Oven Baked Fried Chicken Recipe
I have been making this version of Oven Baked Fried Chicken for almost 30 years. It is a hand-me-down recipe from my mother-in-law. She always made the best oven chicken that I can remember.
I continue to use this same simple recipe for family dinners and also as a special treat for dinner guests. My husband has claimed for many years that this is his favorite chicken dish. My 9 year old granddaughter visited a few weeks ago and ate an entire chicken leg quarter!
Give it a try. This recipe is pure southern comfort!
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- 4 Chicken Leg Quarters, Thawed
- 1 cup White Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
Oven Baked Fried Chicken 101
What is Your Favorite Chicken Dish?
How to Make Oven Baked Fried Chicken
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Thaw chicken let quarters.
- Remove excess fat from each leg quarter but leave skin intact.
- Mix flour and spices together well in a pie plate.
- Spread 1 tsp of sunflower or vegetable oil on the bottom a large baking pan to prevent chicken from sticking.
- Dredge each chicken leg quarter in flour mixture until entirely covered. Shake off excess flour.
- Place chicken on baking sheet with skin side up.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. At 40 minutes, remove chicken from oven and baste any floured areas that have not yet cooked.
- Return to oven for another 20 minutes or up to 50 minutes depending on how well done you like your chicken.
- Remove from oven and serve with salad and baked potato.
Cook Oven Baked Fried Chicken With Skin Left On
Leaving the skin on the chicken is very important in this recipe. But, it is just as important to remove any excess fat. Once dredged in the flour mixture, the skin of the chicken provides the fat needed to fry it in the oven. The skin will cook down to a really thin crispy outer shell. It is delicious to eat and is something my kids fight over!
Use a large oblong baking sheet or pan with at least 1 inch sides. Oven Fried Baked Chicken will accumulate some drippings in the pan that are needed for basting midway through cooking.
Choose a Large Baking Pan with Sides for Baking Chicken
This recipe doesn't require much. 10 minutes to prepare it, and then bake. Choosing the right baking pan is important, though. If the chicken legs are too close together, the chicken will not brown as well and you may have some portions of the skin that do not get crispy because they were touching other pieces.
I like to use a sheet cake pan for my oven chicken. This pan is large enough that I can easily place from 4 chicken leg quarters on it with no worries of them crowding each other.
Use a Pie Plate for Dredging Chicken Leg Quarters
Use a 9 inch pie plate for mixing flour and spices and dredging chicken before baking. The gently sloping sides of the pie plate catch flour that drifts when you are dredging the chicken and helps keep your kitchen tidy.
Dredge Chicken Leg Quarters in Flour and Spices
Coat the chicken well in flour mixture. Place each piece with the skin side up on your baking sheet. Bake for at least 1 hour and up to 1 1/2 hours for really crispy and tender chicken.
I love making oven fried chicken. Easy to make and I think it tastes better than deep fried. Useful directions and pics. Thanks for sharing. Up and useful.
This oven-baked fried chicken recipe looks really good. The recipe seems simple and easy to make. The images of the cooking process really help to show how to make this recipe.
A wonderful idea for baked chicken. Non-fried, less oil and taste similar to KFC? I sure would love to try out soon. I like the way you lay out the recipe information and your pictures were well taken. Voted up


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I don't normally post family stuff on this blog, but I have to post some photos of my newest nephew, Sebastian. I finally met him on Tuesday, and he's already seven months old. The fact that he lives in Sweden makes it harder to stop in for a visit!
Isn't he adorable? I'll have to get a photo of him in his turtle clothes :)
He seems pretty enamored with his Uncle Gustav (Helene's brother), who will soon be his godfather as well.
Gabe is enjoying the visit as well -- check out the wild rastafari hat he got at Disney last month.
And, of course, the four siblings. We're all actually in the same country! We'll get better pictures on Saturday when we're all not sleep deprived from our various journeys.
26 November 2008
Meeting Sebastian
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- Barrier Island Girl said...
Ahhhh...what a pretty baby! And all the sibs look very happy to be back together for a while.
- Sunday, November 30, 2008
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October 24, 2011 Rock the Shot: Kids and Fall
Fall is my favorite time of year. This morning I laid out more "fall" things around the house. Unfortunately for us, leaves don't begin to change until later in November. Here is an image I captured last year of our Oldest, laying in the leaves.
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6. Stimulates the hormone and oil-producing glands
7. Tightens the skin preventing premature aging
8.Tones the muscles
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I've been looking for a way to detoxify, but a lot products out there are not suitable for breast feeding mothers. I think I may have found the solution.Check out this youtube video that explains the technique.


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RT: The blurb in the front of The Cotton Candy Catastrophe at the Texas State Fair characterizes you an "active, professional storyteller." How long have you been telling stories? When selecting stories to tell, how do you decide what will make a good story?Dotti: I started as a storyteller in 1993. I've since told hundreds of stories at numerous schools, libraries, museums, and festivals. I placed three times in the Houston Storytellers Guild's Annual Liars Contest. Sadly, I only took Second Place, which probably makes me just a second-rate liar. But when choosing a story, I go for anything that's ironic, or allows the audience to participate. I started writing seriously in 1995, and I sold lots of magazine articles, stories, and poems.
RT: Do you have a favorite type of story? Your Fortune Tellers Club series is quite different from The Cotton Candy Catastrophe at the Texas State Fair, particularly the target audience.Dotti: The age range may be different, but not the underlying concept. In The Cotton Candy Catastrophe at the Texas State Fair the main character (and the State Fair of Texas) is faced with the "bizarre." That's pretty much the same as in my Fortune Tellers Club series. As for my favorite type of story, I love anything eerie or with an odd twist.
RT: The Fortune Tellers Club seems to be taking off, and there doesn't seem to be any slowdown in the pace you've set for adding books to the series. Can you give us a hint at what's next for Anne, Juniper, and Gena?Dotti: They just keep getting deeper and deeper into the paranormal. In Book 7, The Burning Pendulum, Juniper is faced with the topic of censorship, an issue very close to me personally. And in Book 8, The Ghost of Shady Lane, Anne finds herself caught up in her own "old-fashioned ghost story."
RT: Clearly, you love to tell stories for children of all ages. Do you ever have the chance to meet with kids to talk about your books or read with them? What are those experiences like? Do the kids give you ideas about what to write?Dotti: I've never had a child give me an idea for a book, but after Hand of Fate came out I actually had a child E-mail me to say, "Write more like this one." I got a real kick out of that. Kids are fun to interact with, and they aren't afraid to tell you what they think. Luckily, so far, I've only had positive feedback from them concerning my books.
RT: Is it possible for people to read excerpts from the Fortune Tellers Club series or The Cotton Candy Catastrophe at the Texas State Fair? Where should they go to purchase the books? While they are readily available online, not everyone uses the Internet. Do traditional bookstores carry them or do they have to be special ordered?Dotti: Barnes & Noble has been excellent about carrying them in their stores. But if one or two is missing, they can order them. As for an excerpt, you can read those at Amazon or on my website, www.dottienderle.com. Be sure to check out the official Fortune Teller's Club Web site, too.
RT: Is there anything else you'd like to add?Dotti: Only that I hope everyone is reading, reading, reading … whether it's my books or others. No matter what anyone tells you, reading is power. So empower yourself often. And as I like to say, "Read On!"
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I went to the Isle of Raasay on my two days off. Here's a Google Map showing the journey in blue (sorry for the poor resolution and all, I would just link to it but I'm not able to do that). Here's all my pictures from Raasay, with some selected ones below.
Ok, so I went to Raasay since the SYHA (Scottish Youth Hostel Association) Hostel there was going to close for the season within the week and I can stay for free since I'm Association staff, so it was an opportune time. I can see Raasay on clear days from Kyleakin, under the Skye bridge, with it's distinctive flat peak of Dun Caan, so it was good to go one of the landmarks around here.
I took the ferry from Sconser, as I indicated on the map. The ferry's a Caledonian MacBrayne, or CalMac as they're generally referred to, and that company opperates most of the ferries in Scotland. Because of bus difficulties, I hitched a ride from Broadford, and then when I landed on the island I was offered a lift to the hostel by some folks from the Raasay Outdoor Centre, and since it was 4 miles it was appreciated. Then I wandered into the village (about a 2 mile walk), where I saw this playground sign. Most people on Raasay belong to the Free Presbyterian Church, which is pretty strict about the Sabbath.
The next day I walked up to Dun Caan, which on clear days is apparently one of the best views in the Highlands. When I walked up to it, it was like an island in the clouds, the mist was so thick. The wind was blowing the mist as well, so I was gradually getting wet although I didn't realize it until I got back. On my walk, I did get to see either some pheasant or some tarmigan (not sure which) and some deer later in the evening, so that was neat. And lots of heather and rocks - there's only really any forest on the south of Raasay, and where the hostel was you had to go about a mile to get to a tree.
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It looks as though it's a busier day for births than deaths today, and to this end we start off with gunpowder plotter and popular figure for protestor's masks, Guido (Guy) Fawkes set the world on fire in 1570. British Prime Minister during the American Civil War Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford didn't put any peer pressure on being born in 1704. Keeping with the American Civil War theme, third President of the United States of America and main scribbler of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson revolutionised things when born in 1743. Builder of the first full scale working steam engine, Richard Trevithick was stoked at being born in 1771. Founder of 'Five and Dimes' shop bearing his name, Frank Winfield Woolworth didn't get to haggle over which day he was born in 1852. American outlaw Robert Leroy Parker, (or Butch Cassidy), broke out in 1866. Film maker responsible for the first film release in India, Dadasaheb Torne started to project his voice in 1890. Scottish inventor Robert Watson-Watt came on the radar in 1892. 13th Australian Prime Minister, Arthur William Fadden left it a few months from today in 1894 to cross the floor. Having mentioned Alfred Mosher Butts, inventor of Scrabble, back on 4th April when he scored six points by dying, here he is again, also scoring six points having being born in 1899. Novelist/ playwright Samuel Barclay Beckett wasn't the unnamable in 1906. I'm sure actor Harry Clifford 'Howard' Keel would have sung, 'Oh What a Beautiful Morning' in celebration of his 98th birthday, but given he's dead that's unlikely to happen. Roberto Calvi or the 'Gods Banker' who was found dangling from Blackfriars Bridge, found himself dangling from his mum in 1920. Co-creator of Sesame Street, Jon Stone pulled the strings in 1931. Known for his role in The Day of the Jackal (among others), Edward Fox had the squeeze on him in 1937. Black shirt leader's son and ex-FIA president with an 'adventurous' personal life – Max Rufus Mosley is 77 today, though hopefully he won't celebrate like he did in 2008. Soul singer Albert Leornes 'Al' Green wasn't tired of being alone after being delivered in 1946. Soppy singer Peabo Bryson was closer than close with his mum in 1951. Also born that year is vets assistant and one time Dr. Who, Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffatt, or Peter Davidson, was under the doctor. Chess champion without a chequered past, Gary Kimovich Weinstein/Kasparov didn't create a blockade given he was born in 1963. German one hit botherer David Lubega who changed his name to Lou Bega hasn't given it up since 1975.
As for deaths, Paul the Deacon found himself Paul the Dead Deacon in 799. Emperor of Ethiopia, born Kassa Haile Giorgis, baptised Sahle Dingil but known as Tewodros II didn't get to meet Bob Geldof given he expired in 1868. Greek Prime Minister, Konstantinos Demertzis sunk his last retsina in 1936. Annie Jump Cannon, (an American astronomer and not a circus performer), joined the stellar constellation in 1941. Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan got his servant to hang up his tunic for the last time in 1981. Finally, having mentioned her mum (Gloria Hunniford), the other day in celebration of her birth, here's her daughter Caron Louisa Keating who dropped anchor in 2004.


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His family, of French origin, originally named Casaus, settled in Seville. His father accompanied Columbus on his second voyage and brought Bartolome as Taino slave as a trophy. which at that point in his life did not concern him.
Bartolome obtained a law degree and sailed to the Indies on the third voyage of Columbus 1n 1498, acquiring slaves and land under the encomienda system. But by 1510 he had become a secular priest, without yet giving up his possessions. He did however oppose the Spanish treatment of the Indian slaves, who were harshly treated and forced to labor hard at tasks for which they had not training. By 1514 however, as his conversion depended, he renounced all claim on his Indian serfs.
He made a series of voyages to Spain to gain support for towns were the Spainish and Indians could live together in equality. They dying King Ferdinand gave him the title of "Protector of the Indians" and a set of laws which were largely ignored, in spite of Barthome's efforts. The Dominicans had preached against slavery and Bartholome followed suit with his own sermons. By 1523 he joined the Dominicans.
He began to write on the history of the Indies. He was made the Domican Vicar of Guatamala and helped draw up petitions to the Pope on behalf of the Indians. He persuaded the Spanish not to use force in Guatemala and used peaceful means of conversion. He remained it Vera Paz. He founded what today is the oldest church in Central America, at Rabinal, Guatemala where my friend Tim Conlan is (see http://roominhouseblues.blogspot.com/2010/12/these-blog-is-about-all-those-who.html)
He made several trips to Spain to defend himself from charges, debate his opponents publically, and petition the court for support of his policies. In 1542 he got the "New Laws" that abolished slavery and the encomienda system.
But his opponents maneuvered to get him appointed a Bishop hoping that his hands would be tied to a Bishopric and he would not be free to travel to Spain or elsewhere in Latin America. He accepted the Bishopric of impoverished Chiapas hoping to settle up model communities there. He went to Chiapas with 45 Dominican missionaries. His efforts in Chiapas nearly cost him his life and he had soon to return to Spain to defend himself against the charge of high treason. He appointed vicars to enforce his run that no one who continued to profit off slavery could be granted absolution. He successfully debated his opponents and ultimately no verdict was handed down in the case.
He retired to a convent in Madrid where he published many works and fought King Phillip II plan to use Indian labor for mining gold in Peru. He remained largely in silence until his death.
The process of his beatification at Rome began in 2000, although he is already a saint on the Anglican calendar. Las Casas Institute at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, was inspired by his work.
De las Casas said, "Now Christ wanted his gospel to be preached with enticements, gentleness, and all meekness, and pagans to be led to the truth not by armed forces but by holy examples, Christian conduct, and the word of God, so that no opportunity would be offered for blaspheming the sacred name or hating the true religion because of the conduct of the preachers. For this is nothing else than making the coming and passion of Christ useless, as long as the truth of the gospel is hated before it is either understood or heard, or as long as innumerable human beings are slaughtered in a war waged on the pretext of preaching the gospel and speading religion."
Similar to de las Casas was Bartolomeo de Olmedo, Chaplin to Cortez who tried to moderate his actions in Mexico. The two together are held up as examples of correct treatment of the indians.
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Let your continual mercy, O Lord, enkindle in your Church the never-failing gift of charity, that, following the example of your servants Bartolome de Las Casas and Bartolomeo de Olmedo, we may have grace to defend the children of the poor, and maintain the cause of those who have no helper; for the sake of him who gave his life for us, your Son our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.


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Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, was in town this week to address the annual shareholders' meeting. Despite losing 3 billion (and climbing) dollars of their money due to bad investments, he was cheered and praised. He gave a great "My bad" speech instead of blaming the weather, the regulators, or his pencil. Wait and see if that is his response to the FBI inquiry just begun.
Why should we care if we aren't shareholders or investors? Well, as taxpayers, we have a stake because we are guaranteeing those funds through FDIC, and Morgan has access to low cost capital from the Federal Reserve. For those of us who worry if our checking account is off by a few cents, how can we ignore this misuse of our money?
How they did it is not too complex. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. Greed brings risk. Hedge funds are risky, and some people are willing to assume those risks. However, this risk was taken with ordinary deposits in their commercial bank, not their investment bank or a hedge fund.
Hedging is not complex. We do it every day. Buying more beans than you need today when they are on sale is a hedge against paying higher prices next time you run out of beans. Grandma said not to put all your eggs in one basket, so we don't put all our rainy-day money into some speculative investment. We stash some under the mattress.
This debacle is a prime example of why we need more regulation of the financial industry. Next time a politician cries that regulation is killing business, think about a company "losing" 3 billion dollars by gambling away funds that we have insured. Mr. Dimon, incidentally, is on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank, thus responsible for more of our money.
Makes us want to stash a bit more under the mattress, doesn't it? Now don't ask me to explain credit default swaps. Nobody understands them.


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April 28, 1987
EDWARD A. WILLIAMS, PLAINTIFF AND COUNTERDEFENDANT-APPELLANTv.FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, RECEIVER OF TRI-STATE BANK, DEFENDANT-APPELLEES
508 N.E.2d 337, 155 Ill. App. 3d 633, 108 Ill. Dec. 176 1987.IL.549
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Albert Green, Judge, presiding.
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PRESIDING JUSTICE SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court. BILANDIC and STAMOS, JJ., concur.
This case involves Edward A. Williams' (Williams) claim against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver for the Tri-State Bank (Tri-State) to collect compensation for certain services he allegedly rendered to Tri-State. The FDIC counterclaimed, contending that Williams was indebted to Tri-State pursuant to a promissory note. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the FDIC on Williams' claim as well as on the counterclaim and awarded the FDIC its attorney fees. The TSB Corporation and Central National Bank (Central) are not parties to this appeal. The only questions presented for review are whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the FDIC as count IV of Williams' amended complaint and on the counterclaim and whether the award of attorney fees was warranted by the evidence. We affirm.
Williams was an officer, director, and shareholder of TSB, an Illinois bank holding company, since its inception in 1974, at which time TSB purchased 91.7% of the common stock of Tri-State. As a result of the acquisition, Williams became a member of Tri-State's board of directors and eventually succeeded to the positions of chairman of the board of directors and acting chief executive, which he held from February 1980 until his resignation in December 1980. The Tri-State purchase was financed by a $1,800,000 loan from Central, made possible by TSB's pledge of the Tri-State stock to Central as collateral. TSB did not have any significant assets other than the Tri-State stock, and TSB financed its loan payments to Central with the dividends from the stock.
In January 1979, the FDIC issued to Tri-State a proposed "Cease and Desist Order" demanding, among other things, that Tri-State increase its capitalization and cease paying dividends to its shareholders. Tri-State subsequently stopped paying dividends to TSB, which, as noted previously, owned over 90% of the outstanding shares of Tri-State. Without the dividends, TSB was unable to make its payments to Central and consequently defaulted on the loan.
Williams claims that after receiving the proposed cease and desist order, he negotiated with Central to restructure TSB's debt and also sought other investors for additional capital. Williams alleges that in October 1979, he and TSB entered into an oral agreement with Central whereby Central agreed that it would not demand payment on the defaulted loan, but would instead restructure the indebtedness, invest $300,000 in TSB to satisfy the FDIC's requirements, and forebear from selling the pledged bank stock, provided that Williams gained control of TSB and waived collecting any compensation for his services as an employee of Tri-State. Williams maintains that he performed his obligation under the agreement by acquiring rights to 6,700 additional shares of TSB stock, replacing two officers and directors of Tri-State, and waiving receipt of his salary for his services, effective June 1, 1980, and for as long as the debt of TSB to Central remained in default. Williams asserts, however, that Central breached the oral agreement with Williams and TSB on November 26, 1980, by refusing to restructure the debt of TSB and causing the shares of Tri-State pledged to it by TSB to be cancelled and new shares issued directly to Central, thereby giving Central control over Tri-State.
Central also allegedly threatened to sell certain shares of Tri-State stock which Williams had pledged to Tri-State to secure a personal loan. On August 8, 1980, more than three months prior to the date when Central gained control of Tri-State by allegedly breaching the agreement with Williams, Williams made a demand promissory note with Tri-State as payee in the amount of $140,000 for the purpose of restructuring his then existing personal loans. On the face of the note and by attached security documents signed by Williams, Williams pledged a certificate of deposit, two trust accounts in the Evanston Bank, and a savings account as collateral. When Williams did not make any payments on the note, Tri-State, on May 7, 1981, offset $23,166.68 of one of the accounts assigned to it by Williams as security and applied it against accrued interest. On October 7, 1981, Tri-State offset the remaining $3,429.65 of the pledged account against the outstanding principal, thus reducing the principal amount to $136,570.35.
After Central's alleged breach of the oral agreement, Williams filed a three-count complaint in chancery seeking injunctive and other relief. Williams later amended his complaint to include five counts. Counts I, II, and III of his amended complaint alleged breach of the purported
On October 8, 1982, the Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies of the State of Illinois took possession of Tri-State, appointed the FDIC as its receiver, and filed a complaint for dissolution of the bank. The FDIC was subsequently granted leave to be substituted for Tri-State as a party to this action. The FDIC answered Williams' amended complaint, alleging that counts I, II, and III failed to state a cause of action against Tri-State, responding to count IV with the affirmative defense that Williams waived any claim to compensation, and responding to count V with the affirmative defense that Federal law precluded redemption of the stock of a bank in liquidation.
The trial court subsequently granted the FDIC's motion for summary judgment on all counts of plaintiff's amended complaint as well as on the counterclaim previously filed by Tri-State against Williams. The court first found that counts I, II, and III failed to state a cause of action. Concerning count IV, the court stated:
"FDIC's affirmative defense of waiver to Count IV of plaintiff's amended complaint is taken as true, based upon plaintiff's omission to respond to the defense. Furthermore, the facts presented to the court have proven the affirmative defense. Williams' claim in Count IV for ...
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Checkpoint Therapeutics is developing a checkpoint inhibitor called CK-301 which is a fully human antagonistic antibody designed to bind to PD-L1 on the tumor cell and block its interaction with PD-1 on the T-cell. It is a high affinity PD-L1 specific, fully human IgG1 antibody which blocks binding of PD-L1 to PD-1 and B7.1 and is able to reverse PD-L1 mediated inhibition of T-cell functions. The company licensed global rights to CK-301 along with several other compounds from Dana Farber Cancer Institute in March 2015. Preclinical studies for CK-301 are complete and the company expects to launch its Phase I study in late September 2017. If early safety results are positive, the first expansion cohort will be launched early next year followed by a pivotal study by year-end 2018 assuming that data are supportive.CK-301, as with other anti-PD-L1s, removes a cancer cell's ability to hide from the immune system's killer T-cells. This is a proven technology, with other examples such as Tecentriq (atezolizumab), Bavencio (avelumab) and Imfinzi (durvalumab) grabbing headlines in both Europe and the US for moving through the approval process in a number of cancer indications. In a preclinical comparison of CK-301 with the above FDA-approved anti-PD-L1s, T-cell activity was similarly positively correlated with higher levels of drug antibody, as shown in the below experiment from the company's poster presentation at the 2017 AACR annual meeting.
PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors are widely applicable to many types of cancers, but generally only benefit 20% to 25% of patients as a monotherapy. Success rates are higher when CD8+ T-cells have infiltrated the tumor and the T-cells have acquired the ability to recognize specific antigens that exist within the tumor cells (i.e., turning a cold tumor into a hot tumor). For example, using the company's EGFR inhibitor, CK-101, in conjunction with CK-301, a checkpoint inhibitor, may have synergistic effects as it lyses tumor cells which releases these antigens and activates the adaptive immune system in the tumor micro-environment. Combination therapy that uses checkpoint inhibition as a backbone has shown substantial promise in numerous preclinical and clinical studies performed across a menu of companies. 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It is such a blessing that God does not wait for us to get everything together before He works through us. "It is His delight to make straight lines with crooked sticks." (RC Sproul Jr)
My dear life-long friend Martha is going through a very tough time. As I write this, she is in the University of Washington Medical Center with her son Sam (30 years old.) Sam's liver is failing, and he is waiting to be admitted to the liver transplant active list. A few weeks ago as I was reading in Isaiah, God impressed me with a few verses from chapter 58 for Martha and Sam. I knew I should write an email to her, but due to busy hectic days and an unwillingness to sound trite or overly spiritual I put it off. Finally, I knuckled down and wrote, admitting that there were no words I could say that could fit her pain and situation, but sending her God's words..'sent from God's heart, through me, to her and Sam'. Martha's sister has been sending out email up-dates for the last two months, and I sent the email to her to get to the hospital. Due to Sam's severe health situation they do not go in to visit every day. She wrote back that she had printed it out, and would get it up there when they could.
Sunday was Mother's day, so the whole family went for visits. It was not a good day for Sam, so they mostly visited with Martha. She received several emails, and started crying, the first tears they had seen her shed. She told them they were 'good tears', and explained that she and Sam had read those same verses in Isaiah THAT MORNING! She was totally awestruck that those same verses came to her again that afternoon 'from God's heart'! In spite of my busyness and procrastination, in spite of the human delays in getting the email to them, God orchestrated it perfectly to be on the very day He ordained. Here are the verses:
Isaiah 58: 8-12
"Then your light will rise in darkness, and your gloom will become as the mid-day. And the Lord will continually guide you, and satisfy your soul in scorched places, and give strength to your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters do not fail. Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your recovery will speedily spring forth; and your righteousness will go before you, the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call and the Lord will answer; you will cry and He will say, 'Here I am'."
Whenever we see God's hand working actively in a moment of time, it is good to mark it with an 'Ebenezer Stone', or a stone marker along the path of life. We are too prone to forget, to let it slip away. This post this morning is my 'stone of remembrance', my marker to remember God's faithfulness, God's mercy and everlasting goodness to His people and to me. HIS beauty is the greatest beauty we could ever write about on this blog dedicated to beauty...God's design in each of us.


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My DIY DAC really gave me a whole lot of problem so much so that I really should've gotten a 2nd-hand Go-Vibe DAC or a premade DIY DAC or something. Paying more for the power cleaning circuit, better finish, CASING, SIZE, SOUND QUALITY (from the op-amp), and most importantly...
...is definitely worth it.
It was thursday (Labour Day) morning after I finished building my Power-Booted USB Cable and I wanted to test it out. Fearing it might kill the amp, I tested it with my USB card reader cum hub. My com froze and it refused to load past the starting Windows screen ever again. Thinking it was some sort of file system corruption that XP is famous for, I tried the setup disc, and it hung at Setup is starting Windows. Fearing that the cable might have taken out the mainboard or worse, the harddisk with loads of my irrecoverable precious data, I immediately took out the HDD to test with the IDE/SATA-USB converter with my bro's laptop (and played a bit of The Typing of The Dead while at it). It works. So it might be the SATA controller that's dead. I tried the IDE HDD. It works. Backed up the data onto the backup HDD, tried formatting the HDD. Couldn't reformat due to some program monitoring the HDD. Tried Ultimate Boot CD. Cannot format NTFS. Tried with my bro's laptop. Program monitoring. Entered Computer Management -> Drive Management. Forced the format from there.
Lesson 1: You can force a format of a HDD through Drive Management
Lesson 2: If possible, keep the OS and data on seperate physicak HDDs. This also boosts performance.
I can't do that because I'm an SPCR forummer i.e. I like my PC silent.
It's all okay until after the install that I forgot I had forgotten to backup a file.
Lesson 3: Always backup the entire part of a partition/disk you're going to format
Usually I do that. But this time I'm really, really short of HDD space.
So I spent the next day or more trying to get back that file. No I won't be able to get it again off the internet, because it's a song that I wrote. And by song, I don't mean just the text file, but the midi script. Which takes a long time to make.
In the end, I gave up and proceeded with another reformat. Why? Because I have installed too many unformat softwares, plus I was afraid that I might have gotten a virus from a possibly infected ATi Southbridge Driver setup file.
Lesson 4: Always scan suspicious files
Right after the 2nd reinstall I decided to try my luck with the Power-Boosted USB Cable again, because it worked with the USB DAC. But this time, with the USB hub cum card reader. And guess what, it froze the com again. Same thing as last time. Except this time I also couldn't setup the IDE HDD.
Now I'm totally stranded; without a HDD I could work with and now without my bro's laptop, I have to live for a week before my brother probably comes back with his laptop. Luckily, my pop had installed a KVM set-up with another computer (my trusty old Pentium II 350Mhz) and I could use it to search the internet for solutions to this problem of setup hanging at "Setup is starting Windows".
And this, was after I tried many many many many ways to play with the file system using the Ultimate Boot CD.
Apparently the usual cause for this is Setup being unable to identify a hardware. So I tried by disconnecting the USB hub cum card reader. Didn't work. Removed the IDE/SATA-USB adaptor too and viola!
And I'm guessing that Windows and Setup (and BartPE) hung because of these two devices. (Windows can work with the IDE/SATA-USB adaptor so it was the USB hub cum card reader that hung it)
Lesson 5: A bad hardware (or ACPI or BIOS setting) can hang your com and make it impossible to load or setup
Good lord, I reformatted my com, lost a piece of my music, and wasted 3 whole days, over a stupid USB DAC, a Power-Boosted USB Cable, and because I didn't bother to to a skeletal boot!?
This is so fucking dumb...
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Joan Bryden's interesting article on the interview includes this comment on the extraordinary significance that such cooperation might have :
On a national scale, however, it would be difficult for the Liberals and Greens, without the help of the NDP, to unseat the Conservative government. Based on the 2011 election results, a combined Liberal-Green vote could have theoretically defeated the Tories in just over a dozen ridings — not enough to defeat the governing party, although sufficient to reduce it to a minority.
|MP Joyce Murray - Reformer
Harper's new Tories only gained their majority through razor thin margins in a small number of seats, and is vulnerable to any kind of cooperation which reduces the splitting of the vote in ridings where the sitting Conservative MP won by less than 50% of the votes cast.
Joyce Murray and Elizabeth May are both to be congratulated for listening to the wishes of the majority of non-Tory voters, and continuing the critical discussion of electoral cooperation and post-election electoral reform.
If only more politicians would actually walk their talk and listen to Canadians rather than rushing off blindly on courses that clearly are not consistent with what voters really want, perhaps Canada might be able to remedy its crushing democratic deficits.
With a little bit of luck, Murray and May might usher in a new era of democratic reform in our country, as leaders of our very own, Canadian-style Arab Spring.
The best of luck to both of them!


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It would be an understatement to say that Santa Barbara is one of the best places on the West Coast to show horses. While the town most certainly provides fun-in-the-sun daytime adventures and a friendly atmosphere for eating and nightlife, it is the great competition that makes the Morgan Medallion a show not to miss. Every class seems to have a past World Champion in it and each rider is turned out impeccably. Team Dragonfire not only gave many stylish performances, but also had a fantastic time doing it!
Merriewold Hanah with Earl McFall
Earl McFall and Merriewold Hanah presented a picture of power and grace in the Working Hunter division that was unstoppable. Hanah's flair over a fence combined with Earl's experience proved too tough for the competition as this pair won the Working Hunter Under Saddle, The Low Warm Up Hunters and also the Low Working Hunters. Proudly owned by Merriewold Morgans, Hanah is well on her way to establishing herself as one of the best sport horses in competition with wins in Dressage as well as over fences.
Taylor McFall
Ironforge Aire Command and Taylor McFall
Ironforge Aire Command and Taylor McFall
In one of the most entertaining classes of the show, young Taylor McFall really gave it her all in the Walk/Jog/Trot Pleasure Championship. After working the kinks out in the qualifiers with her partner, Ironforge Aire Command, Taylor was really up for the challenge of competing against the older and more experienced riders. The crowd and the judge alike could really see that she was "feeling the rhythm" in her championship. The announcement that Taylor and Ace had won the Reserve Championship was met with great approval from the stands and a teary eyed congratulations from her coach Melissa Votaw.
Rosy Outlook and Earl McFall
Rosy Outlook continued her winning ways under the guidance of Earl McFall. This perky, but sensible chestnut filly has a smooth and forward motion that gives her definite advantage over her competition. Bred to be a sport and show winner, she is by Dragonfire Kirin who not only won World titles in Dressage but also the Open Hunter World Championship, and is out of a Holiday Compadre daughter. Compadre was also a show/sport crossover with Open Western Pleasure World Titles along with victories in Reining. Rosy gave winning performances all week with a win in Dressage Suitability and in the Three Year Old Hunter Pleasure. She then went on the be named the Reserve Hunter Pleasure Junior Horse Champion.
Dragonfire Timeless and Jennifer McFall winning in a CWD saddle
Dragonfire Timeless is living up to his family's winning reputation with a red-hot season in his first year on the circuit. By the ever popular Minion Millennium who has produced World Champions in Park, In Hand and Hunters, and out of the beautiful Raintree Ala Bella, "Timmy" is a serious class act. When this colt hits the ring he inspires comments from the crowd about his square and smooth uphill motion, and also his obvious ease in which he performs his paces. Timeless gathered up more victories at the Morgan Medallion with the win in the Four and Under Hunter Pleasure and the Junior Hunter Pleasure Grand Championship, to go along with his Far West Championship.
Dragonfire Nefertiti and Jennifer McFall
Dragonfire Nefertiti and Jennifer McFall take a victory pass in a CWD saddle
The Ladies Hunter Pleasure Championship, along with the qualifier, went to Dragonfire Nefertiti and Jennifer McFall. Owned by Antonia Casados, 'Faye' is an undeniable beauty in the Hunter division. Every season this mare gets better and better, as she combines sexy good looks with tons of heart. Dragonfire is extremely proud of this perennial winner and granddaughter of our senior stallion, Dragonfire Kirin.
Not pictured, Macy McCallion piloted her own Chehelam Cassanova to a Reserve Championship victory in the Amateur Hunter Pleasure. Macy is one of the most elegant riders, with long legs and impeccable poise. Cassanova is as steady as he is forward, and the two of them make a lovely picture.


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GEORGE TOWN, April 22 ― It is the highest vantage point on the island with a stunning panoramic view so it is no surprise that many rich Penangites had homes up on Penang Hill.
Back in the late 1800s, it was supposed to be an Europeans-only enclave. This was the reason why the first-ever Penang Hill Railway was built in 1904. Never mind that it failed on the very day it was launched, said writer Mike Gibby.
The retired teacher who loved hiking up the many trails up the hill was so fascinated by the stories he heard about the hill and its many beautiful, heritage mansions that he wrote a book titled Penang Hill, A Journey Through Time.
"They started building bungalows, actual real bungalows, you know ― the wooden, single-storey ones with a nice veranda around it ― back in 1802 but most didn't last very long because of the materials used to build them," Gibby said.
Due to the nice cool weather on the hill and its superb view, there were plans to turn it into an elite European suburb where only the "rich and white" were allowed to take up a lot and build a home on it.
"When they first publicised the lots available on the hill, the lease specified that they can only be owned by Europeans and cannot be sold to non-Europeans at that time," he said.
That's when they started building a railway to bring building materials up the hill. Embarrassingly, the first railway could not work.
"They built the railway but the engine was not powerful enough so on the day they launched it, what happened was, they got all these important guests sitting on the coaches and then when they started the engine, nothing happened, it didn't move... it was a very embarrassing moment," he recounted.
Some parts of the first original railway can still be seen along a trail on the way up the hill.
The spritely 69-year-old said the best way to know more about the resort hill is to hike up along its many trails and explore the more than 40 mansions and old bungalows on it.
The previous plan to turn the hill into a European enclave also did not pan out as the world was first hit by an economic depression and then as things were looking up again, World War II happened.
"The clause that the lots were for 'whites only' disappeared after the war as a lot of properties were then put up for sale and whoever had the money could buy them because they just wanted to get rid of the properties," he said.
Many of these were built in the early 1900s so they should be considered heritage buildings but Gibby said it was disappointing that some are not even listed as Category II buildings under the Penang Island City Council's heritage building listings.
"One of the most beautiful bungalows up there, I think, is the Mon Sejour, that was built by Loke Chow Kit back in the 1880s," he said.
The building is located along Moniot Road West which is halfway up the hill and has a unique architecture which is a mix of Colonial, Baroque, Italian and Straits Eclectic influences.
Gibby's book is not only about the history of Penang Hill and the bungalows but an overall view of its past, its present and future..
The hardcover book, published by Entrepot Publishing, is available at all major and local independent bookstores. Find out more at: http://entrepotpublishing.com.


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1. A data center should be situated on stable
geography. Choosing (or building) a data center
situated in a flood plain or on a tectonic fault that
regularly generates earthquakes is not such a
good idea. Much of New Orleans, for example, is
several feet below sea level, as the public
discovered during the Katrina hurricane disaster.
As global warming continues to energize the
world weather "heat engine," tornadoes will
become a greater problem, leading to either the
construction of bunker-like facilities, or else data
centers in such areas will be placed securely
2. Given today's terrorist threats, plopping down
such a computer facility in the middle of major
cities is not such a good idea either. After an
international telecommunications company
named Interoute Telecom was hit by two
terrorist attacks (the Irish Republican Army blew
up one of their buildings in London's Docklands
area housing a huge Ericsson AXE10 telecom
switch area - which continued to run; and then
the company lost its New York office in the 9/11
disaster) the company's founders, Simon Taylor
and Nick Razey, decided to go into the data
center business. They noticed that many New
York businesses relocated their data centers out
of New York to New Jersey, Connecticut, and
various other relatively distant points. So when
they founded Next Generation Data and built
Europe's largest data center, the 750,000 square
foot NGD Europe (also known as NGD1), they
situated it far from London, in Wales, where
property was inexpensive and electrical power
was in abundance.
3. Make sure you are building a computing nexus
where there are major tax incentives. U.S. state
and local governments offer all sorts of
incentives for data center operations, even
customized incentives programs offering partial
or even a full exemption of sales/use taxes on
equipment, construction materials, and perhaps
even electricity and backup fuel expenses.
4. In a world of skyrocketing user demand, you
want a data center that offers big optical fiber
pipes, simultaneously connected to the building
by several carriers. (A "carrier-neutral"
collocation facility.)
5. You also need your optical pipes to be capable
of supporting redundancy in case of a disaster,
and diverse paths to distribute the data traffic
6. Your building should be near an emerging
population of users: China, Singapore, etc. It's not
absolutely necessary, but it's good to lessen the
number of "hops" to customers and with it, the
possibility of outages or high latency in signaling
back and forth. Silicon Valley encompasses some
of the world's largest technology corporations
(Apple, Cisco, Google, HP, Intel, etc.) as well as
top universities. It's no wonder that data center
construction has boomed in the region, with a
market measuring over 5 million square feet of
facility space as of mid-2011.
7. Don't place or select a center near locations
were other companies manufacture, store or
transport hazardous materials. New Jersey's
"chemical coast" is one such example.
9. Don't pick a data center situated in the flight
path of a major airport. (Once in a blue moon,
they fall down and go boom.)
10. Keep your racks and computers out of the
basement of your building, or anybody else's, for
that matter. Secondary computing and storage
should be safely distant and not below a
population that can cause trouble (set accidental
fires, set off sprinkler systems and flooding, and
so forth).


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Last issue Sara defeated a spectral horror that was decimating an orthodox Jewish population in New York. Dani confronted the abuser and would-be pimp of one of her dancing students.
I must sound like a skipping CD by now. Stjepan Sejic's artwork makes Witchblade a joy to absorb. In this issue, the tone of the story becomes darker, and Sejic casts Sara Pezzini and Danielle Baptiste in the constant glow of rain excited by lightning. Weather reflecting the character's mood is an old trick, but it's a good one. In the hands of a masterful artist, it never loses its potency. Sejic is such a master.
There's an outstanding moment among the uniform extraordinary artwork where Sejic displays Sara and Dani in full Witchblade armor, complimented by insectoid wings, that makes them look like alien angels descending upon the earth. In addition, Sejic generates between them believable emotional cues to their expressions and body language that enhances the drama of a potential split.
In addition to Sejic's illustrious artwork, Ron Marz crafts possibly the best script of his life. It's original. It fully utilizes the characters. It connects two apparent separate plots that have been running through the past few issues, and it serves as the plausible wedge that outside forces intend to use to break Dani and Sara apart. They are linked by the Witchblade not by love.
You also cannot help contrast the subtlety in the way the L word is dealt with in Witchblade to the blunt force of this week's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Dani's student kissed her. Marz however does not dwell on the kiss. He does not mention the kiss capriciously. That kiss in Sara's cop mind complicates matters and may serve as an underling explanation for the actions Dani undertook that led Sara to her predicament.
This issue of Witchblade provides a satisfying conclusion, and actually intrigues me enough to check out the storyarc that's about to be woven. This is the issue that has impelled me to add the title to my pull list.
What did you think of this book?
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How to Trade the Bounce Play
The technical stock bounce play is the main focus of this blog. It is a high probability setup where a stock makes a relatively high volume upward or downward move, and then an exhaustion candle forms, signaling a possible reversal. The high volume initially signifies strength in the direction the stock is moving, but when the exhaustion candle forms, the high volume represents the bulls starting to buy (if the initial move was downward). On the candle after the exhaustion candle, if the price moves above the high of the exhaustion candle, this is a buy signal. One thing to be careful of is if the price opens the next candle by gapping up. If the price jumps, especially over 0.5%, the trade is not as high a probability trade, because a portion of the targets profit has already been taken away by the gap up. Also, gaps often like to close, which means there is pressure for the stock to move in the opposite direction we would hope for.
At this point, I watch the price very closely, because no amount of technical analysis can guarantee stock movement, no matter how good a setup looks. If the price moves upward, I only take what is given to me initially. As soon as the momentum runs out, I sell. It is more important to hit consistent singles than to hit home runs every time in trading. You will hit the occasional home run with this setup, and you will miss some with this strategy, but it is more important to protect your capital than to go for the big gain every time. Also, keep tight stops with this setup. If the stock starts going against you, it can move very quickly because there is momentum in that direction anyway.
Good examples of how to trade the bounce play
Daily Bouncer - YRCW
Intraday Bouncer - CROX
Intraday Bouncer - NVGN
Intraday Bouncer - MTOR