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Tunisia: Nation's Dangerous Identity Politics
What do the attacks on shrines around the country reveal about Tunisia's identity politics?
The increasing attacks on representations of saints (awliya') and shrines (zawaya) up and down Tunisia, defacing and burning over 30 such sites so far, culminated in the burning of Sidi Bou Said's shrine on the eve of the second anniversary of the January 14 revolution that toppled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
The attack on the shrine of al-Beji, known as the 'Captain of the Seas' (Rais Labhar) for his 'legendary' protection of ships and sailors since the 13th century, struck a nerve across the country.
President Moncef Marzouki, al-Nahda party leader Rachid Ghannouchi, former Prime Minister Caid el Sebsi, and the Culture Minister Mehdi Mabrouk rushed there within 24 hours. But so did angry local residents, who received them with either the famous slogan "degage" ('get out'), or lukewarm applause.
The incident brought to head a 'proxy-identity politics' between Wahabism and a locally-based identity which defends icons either on sacred grounds or for their aesthetic, historical and social importance to Tunisia.
This Sidi Bou Said vs. Mohamed ibn Abd al-Wahhab clash brings into focus and extends the long-term Wahhabism vs. Zaytouna conflict, which started in the early part of the 19th century when Zaytouna scholars wrote their famous response to debunk Wahhabism: "al-minah al-ilahiyya fi tams al-dhalala al-wahabiyya" (God's Gifts in Obliterating the Wahhabi Deviation). In it, they specifically defend the legitimacy of shrines, burial rites and scarifies.
This dispute has been reinvigorated and taken on a new significance. But what do these identity conflicts have to do with the causes and aims of the revolution? What fed them and by what means? And can they find sufficient ground to take hold in Tunisia?
The Islamist project
It is important to stress from the start that expressions of identity, whether ethnic or religious, were one of the victims of Ben Ali's regime. It is equally important to recall that the repression of identity may have fed into the general climate of discontent but it did not drive the revolutionary movement, nor did it bring down the dictatorship.
However, two years on, to take the example of the draft constitution released in December 2012 as summative of debate and negotiations, it has become clear that concerted attempts have been made to codify, and thereby make permanent, a recasting of identity in Tunisia with a clear Islamist accent.
Indeed, buoyed by victory in the polls and a sudden surge in visibility of religious culture – dress; beards; public preaching; spectacular communal prayers in stadiums and on beaches; colossal meetings, such as the one held in Qayrawan's historic mosque; an influx of preachers from the Arab East and the Gulf; an explosion in religious book sales, to name but a few signs – al-Nahda and other groupings, such as Hizb Tahrir and Ansar al-Sharia, have entered the public sphere and behaved with nothing short of entitlement.
This was of course understandable in light of the repression they had been subjected to, the public sympathy they deservedly enjoyed, and the tight group solidarity they fostered over decades of isolation and common purpose.
This sense of self-importance was also amplified by international recognition, which took the form of high-profile positions given to Islamists in foreign missions, media appearances, and national-level negotiations amongst others.
During this stage of the revolution, there was what one might call an Islamist continuum, where Islamist figures, parties, associations or informal networks, acted as one and supported one another.
It was remarkable to notice, for example, that the radical Egyptian preacher Wajdi Ghunaym, invited by associations close to Ansar al-Shari'a was also welcomed and hosted by the Zaytouna University and Abdelfattah Morou, a founding figure of al-Nahda, and self-styled moderate.
The leitmotif was that the Islamist project was a shared aim, hoping for the re-Islamisation of a society believed to have been led astray by decades of secular rule and culture. The leading perception was that the 'soul' of Tunisia was, thanks to the revolution, once again capable of redemption. From setting up religious nursery schools and Koranic associations, to taking over mosques and intensive presence on the airwaves, religiosity and the need to regain it became the shared motto among all Islamist tendencies.
However al-Nahda, being the largest group and the leading block in government, often found itself embarrassed and exposed. After a number of incidents, largely around the limits of artistic and media freedoms – such as the vocal and violent protests against the airing of the film Persepolis on a private TV channel and the Abdellia art exhibit – the deadly attack on the US embassy in Tunis in September 2012 exposed al-Nahda's inability to reassure its new local and international allies and appease Salafis at the same time.
The incident put the government in hot waters with local opposition as well as with its American and European supporters. Further embarrassment was to come.
In October 2012, a leaked video featuring Ghannouchi, the party president, in conversation with Salafi leaders seems to have revealed a side of the leader that many have feared all along.
It has been used by al-Nahda's opponents to show how the Salafis were part of this party's strategy, and to suggest that the two movements agree on the ultimate goal of the re-Islamisation of Tunisia's people and institutions, such as the army, police and media.
Ghannouchi says in the video, "secularists still control the economy, the media and the administration … the army and police also are not guaranteed". He then advises the Salafi leaders to "use the popular associations, establish Koranic schools everywhere and appeal for more religious preachers because people are still ignorant of Islam". Attempts to discredit the video and diffuse the crisis did not succeed in dispelling this growing mistrust.
Tunisia's shared Arab-Islamic heritage
Two years on from the uprising then, al-Nahda is torn between identity politics and politics tout court as never before. It is conducting both of these on a terrain it still cannot dominate. A number of concessions were needed, the most striking and spectacular of which has been on the subject of Sharia, which no longer figures in the first article of the draft constitution. Another was the arrest of several Salafi activists.
The reasons behind the Islamists' inability to fully dominate the field are multiple. Indeed, other than the fact that Islamists, of all hues, remain only a sizable minority, other factors are worth sketching here.
Even amongst Tunisia's secular activists and intellectuals, there remains an overwhelming proportion which faithfully promotes the Arab-Islamic heritage. One would be hard-pressed to find a significant exception to this and the explanation of this phenomenon is complex.
Its main elements however lie in the fact that the education system, set up by former president Habib Bourguiba's closest advisers, particularly the late humanist writer Mahmoud al-Mas'adi, did not neglect this heritage – teaching it alongside humanist education and foreign languages and cultures. The universal, free and compulsory character of education contributed to the homogenisation of an already fairly harmonious society.
Bourguiba's nationalist elite, including Bourguiba himself, were grounded in the Arab-Islamic heritage as well is in the local constructions of Islam in their own way: Bourguiba was bilingual and his command of the Arabic language rivalled any Muslim scholar of his time, not to mention al-Mas'adi himself, as well as a raft of nationalist scholars like Tahar Haddad and Fadhel Ben Achour. This bilingual education, rooted in the reformist project of the 19th century, led by Khayreddine Pasha al-Tunisi and others, ensured the nationalist elite were fairly rooted in the Arab-Islamic heritage.
This was also the case regarding the opposition to Bourguiba in the shape of Leftists and Arab nationalists. Aside from Youssefists, who were pan-Arabists and largely Nasserist in orientation, the early Perspective Movement (Harakat Afaq), which would give birth to the radical left in place today, was clearly borne out of the humanism of their own Bourguibist culture as well as the global humanism dominant at the time.
Even the former leader of the former Tunisian Workers Communist Party, Hamma Hammami, is a specialist in Islamic civilization; so too is the Iraq-educated Chokri Belaid as well as many others. For this reason, it is not uncommon to find veiled women and practising Muslims in the ranks of Leftist parties.
A third strand has been led by figures who are primarily specialists of Islam (Abdelmajid Charfi, Hichem Djaiet, Mohamed Talbi), and whose students can be found across the cultural and academic spectrum, some gaining iconic status, and leading observers to speak of a "Tunisian" reformist Islam.
This trend includes several prominent women, such as Olfa Youssef, Amel Grami, Latifa Lakhdhar, who use new theoretical paradigms and methodologies, ranging from anthropology and discourse analysis to feminism and psychoanalysis to study and interpret Islam. They are now leading figures in the traditional and new media and in civil society, largely positioning themselves against the "Islamist project".
At the popular level, two things continue: respect, if not veneration, of saints and shrines and the practice of an Islam passed down from generation to generation, known schematically as Maliki Islam. Each of these features deserves more sustained commentary, but here it is simply worth recognising how this side of Muslim identity in Tunisia bears out in the competing identity politics in place today.
At the socio-economic level, people began to realise that identity politics in itself does not provide jobs or daily bread. The economics associated with it – mainly in the shape of timid Islamic banking, loans from Muslim countries and Gulf investment – has not really taken off, and was soon associated in the mind of a large section of the political class with new forms of domination closely tied to the wider re-Islamisation project mentioned above.
This is not to mention the fact that it has been argued, from inside the current government itself, that loans from Qatar, for example, were far less favourable than those offered by Japan and the World Bank.
Disheartening unemployment, rising prices and pressure for pay adjustments, not to mention the compensation of martyrs, wounded and thousands of former political prisoners, are far beyond what the economics of identity can handle or disguise.
This is one of the main reasons why the national labour union (UGTT) and the left-leaning parties, such as the Popular Front (al-Jabha al-Sha'abiyya) and al-Masar, as well as grassroots activists for economic and social rights have managed to fuel ongoing protests.
Work, freedom and dignity
The current situation in Tunisia shows how identity politics, even supported by an identity economics, is a perilous business at this stage of the revolution. In fact, it may prove to be the end of Islamism as we know it in that country.
This end would include the real possibility of further radicalisation and its ensuing violent consequences, signs of which have been too obvious to ignore. Whether through attacks on shrines, attempts to insert Sharia into the constitution, the targeting of secular and artistic practices, or violent responses, Islamists have been attempting to drag their opponents to the terrain they know best: identity politics.
If there is any real meaning behind accusations of 'hijacking' or 'stealing' the revolution, this would be it. It consists of displacing the terrain, changing the slogans and inventing a narrative.
Identity politics and its attendant economics are not commensurate with the revolution and are therefore seeds for further unrest and continued protest. The Tunisian revolution will fall or succeed depending on how Tunisians handle this battle and stay on the original grounds of the revolution: work, freedom and dignity. The outcome hangs in the balance.
Dr. Omri holds a BA from the University of Tunis and MA and PhD from Washington University.
Before joining the University of Oxford, Dr. Omri was Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis in the US.
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Lifesaving Defibrillators
We grow up thinking that we know exactly what a Defibrillator is. It's one of those big machines that they use on Casualty and Holby City, where the patient jumps up in the bed and that it's dangerous. Right?
But infact, automatic external defibrillators are often just the size of a first aid box. More importantly, they talk to you. They are safe, easy to use, and designed specifically to be out in the community, in your workplace, so that someone can pick it up urgently and use it.
Imagine a scenario, you find someone unconcious on the floor, you're not sure what it is because likely you're not a medical professional! You shout for someone to call 999 and get the defibrillator. You press the button to open the lid, and it will begin talking you through some instructions as seen in the video below. You place the pads on the persons chest and the button to deliver an electric shock will not work until the AED (automatic external defibrillator) is aware the patient is in cardiac arrrest. So you can press it all day long and it will not deliver a shock until it detects an abnormal heart rhythmn, to shock in to restarting.
Early defibrillation is part of the chain-of-survival, which includes calling for help, early cpr, early defibrillation and hospital care.
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Advocacy Alert: ACAR Joins Others Championing for Housing Policy in Cuyahoga County
Earlier this month, the Akron Cleveland Association of REALTORS (ACAR) joined dozens of housing related and non-profit organizations in a letter to Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish.
The letter urges County Executive Budish and his team to take a closer look at the County's housing policy. Specifically, the groups are calling for:
- The creation of a Housing Task Force to evaluate current initiatives and assist in the development of a housing strategy for the next four years.
- Encourage that a Housing Director be added to the County's administration.
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introduces the Korn shell and tells you how to install it as your login shell. Then it gives an introduction to the basics of interactive shell use, including overviews of the UNIX file and directory scheme, standard I/O, and background jobs.
discusses the shell's command history mechanism, including the emacs- and vi-editing modes and the fc history command.
covers ways to customize your shell environment without programming, by using the .profile and environment files. Aliases, options, and shell variables are the customization techniques discussed.
is an introduction to shell programming. It explains the basics of shell scripts and functions, and discusses several important "nuts-and-bolts" programming features: string manipulation operators, regular expressions, command-line arguments (positional parameters), and command substitution.
continues the discussion of shell programming by describing command exit status, conditional expressions, and the shell's flow-control structures: if, for, case, select, while, and until.
goes into depth about positional parameters and command-line option processing, then discusses special types and properties of variables, such as integer arithmetic and arrays, and the typeset command.
gives a detailed description of Korn shell I/O, filling in the information omitted in Chapter 1. All of the shell's I/O redirectors are covered, as are the line-at-a-time I/O commands read and print. Then the chapter discusses the shell's command-line processing mechanism and the eval command.
covers process-related issues in detail. It starts with a discussion of job control, then gets into various low-level information about processes, including process IDs, signals, and traps. The chapter then moves out to a higher level of abstraction to discuss coroutines, two-way pipes, and subshells.
discusses various debugging techniques, starting with simple ones like trace and verbose modes and "fake signal" traps. Then it presents kshdb, a Korn shell debugging tool that you can use to debug your own code.
gives information for system administrators, including techniques for implementing system-wide shell customization and features related to system security.
compares the 1988 UNIX Korn shell to several similar shells, including the standard Bourne shell, the IEEE 1003.2 POSIX shell standard, the Windowing Korn shell (wksh), public domain Korn shell (pdksh), the Free Software Foundation's bash, and the MKS Toolkit shell for MS-DOS and OS/2.
contains lists of shell invocation options, built-in commands, built-in variables, conditional test operators, options, typeset command options, and emacs and vi editing mode commands.
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Visiting The Last Bookstore on South Spring Street in Los Angeles is like stepping into a fairytale. When one of the clerks at Skylight Books learned I was exploring independent bookstores during my stay, he recommended I visit this new-and-used bookstore located downtown. His description was a little cryptic--he told me it was pretty magical and that there were two floors with lots of books upstairs. I thought, okay--great. Two floors. Books upstairs. Magical. That's nice, right?
I walked three miles from my cousin's apartment in Koreatown and arrived blistered and breathless at the entrance. The security guy tucked my backpack into a cubby and told me to enjoy myself. He seemed genuinely excited to see me and even more thrilled when I told him it was my first visit. You know a place is special when the security crew are smiling about it.
And then I stepped inside. Maybe it's because I've been boxed away in the big box chain store world of Chapters-Indigo and Barnes and Noble--the gloss of these stores are shiny and appealing, but also sterile, the uniformity and efficiency busying me into a mode of comatose book buying--but, from the moment I stepped into The Last Bookstore I felt like I was unraveling some great mystery, as if I had stepped into some secret world where bright-eyed bookish people gather to frolic.
The store's sky-high ceilings and rows of white columns speak to its architectural origins--the building, called the Spring Arts Tower, was built in 1914 and housed the Citizens' Bank. There are old leather arm chairs, worn and torn, soft and deep, along with velvet backed claw-foot chairs that look like they're from 1930s Hollywood hotels. These are set up against columns, people sinking in, heads bowed, books splayed across knees.
|Sky-high ceilings
|Who perched on this chair and had their afternoon tea before it made its way to book heaven decades later?
|A distinguished library chair. Also the most appropriate place to smoke a cigar.
|A tattered, but lovely reading chair and ottoman.
Upstairs, there are thousands of books, all on sale for $1. When you're up there, you really feel like you've fallen down the rabbit hole. You're in a labyrinth of books, strange little art installations tucked into hidden corners, as if this is an old curiosity shop--which in many ways it is. An elderly gentleman, cap and all, shelves endless carts of books and offers a multitude of historical tidbits when asked. He tells us that "unfortunately" they do have children's books--far too many. An entire back room overflows with them, bright paperbacks slipping haphazardly off shelves that wind back and forth and round and round, never ending.
|Looking up
|Looking down through an art installation (apologies to the artist--I did not write down your name!)
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|Through the rabbit hole! Photo Credit: Aditi Mahmud
Their science fiction collection is housed in what used to be the bank's vault. An actual, bolts, combination, straight from the movies vault. If you get trapped inside, the original notice on how to ensure a nice flow of oxygen while you wait patiently for help, is posted in the window--the paper is yellowed, the typeface faded and it very clearly indicates that the vault cannot be opened from the inside.
The text reads:
Procedures to follow if accidently [sic] locked in the vault
The wheel located directly above the vault door should be turned as far to the left as possible. Pull wheel and attached spindle out.
This leaves a small opening through which air may come into vault. It also may be used to communicate with out-side the vault.
It is not possible to open the vault door from the inside.
The store regularly hosts readings, musical events, lectures, and other "unforeseen combinations" accepting applications from the public on a quarterly basis. They also feature art installations by local artists and display them throughout the store.
|Bicycle wheels!
|I couldn't figure this one out--but something was happening inside a birdcage.
|A table--with pipes for legs!
|It's all about the decor. Photo Credit: Aditi Mahmud.
One of the things I truly loved about this store was how new and used books are placed side by side on the same shelves. If you go looking for a book, you're likely to find the used version sitting alongside a new copy of the same title. Of course they make a profit on the used books they sell, I wouldn't expect anything else. But even so, the focus seems to be on the dissemination of books, rather than simply selling for the most significant profit. And look, I am an avid book buyer--it's the one thing I will readily buy guilt free, money gone in seconds. I think the publication industry needs readers to buy books and I think we should buy them. I just feel that a store that puts reading at the forefront and makes it more financially accessible deserves plenty of accolades.
There's a genuine feeling that this store is an informed participant in the larger literary and cultural community of Los Angeles. It's part of the culture and in many ways defines it, but it also cultivates it and takes an active role in promoting and fostering a healthy book culture and community. I think this, in the best way possible, describes what a bookstore should aim to be: a dynamic, constantly evolving community hub where words and ideas fuel a cycle of creativity.


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Faith groups, social provision and the 'big society'
Commenting on the debate occasioned by Baroness Warsi about government encouraging faith groups to take responsibility for social provision, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesia, said:
"In the head-rush of 'big society' rhetoric, church groups are in danger of being flattered into a position where they may be used to paper over serious cracks in public service provision.
"Policy confusion, budget panic, reckless out-sourcing, economic inequality, social anxiety and the cuts agenda are major features of the present landscape which should not remain unquestioned by faith and voluntary groups.
"Nor should equality of provision and fair treatment be relegated to secondary or dispensable matters, by churches or by government.
"If communities are to be mobilised for social change, they need to be properly resourced and equipped, and they need to operate in ways that bring people together rather than pull them apart on religious or any other grounds.
"There are serious ethical and political issues here. Churches should be encouraged to approach these questions with theological and moral wisdom based on priority concern for social justice and the needs of the most vulnerable, not self-preservation or institutional self-interest.
"Some serious rethinking of vision, priorities and responsibilities for government, civic and faith groups is going to be required.
"In reality, a 'big society' that remains unjust and unequal is no society at all."
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Star players could risk injury for national pride
By Rachel Mangan
This year marked the start of the third World Cup of Hockey, which starting with this year's will occur every four years, much like the World Cup of Soccer. It's for this reason that the World Cup of Hockey generates so much excitement: from line combinations and teams you would never see in the NHL to a cure for the "offseason blues."
But, there are some risks that come with playing in the World Cup, the biggest one being injury. As we've already seen, many players had to drop out before the start of the tournament due to lingering injuries or the risk for aggravating a current injury.
One of the players I found in the tournament to be most concerning is the presence of Montreal Canadiens goalie, Carey Price. Continue reading "Is the World Cup of Hockey Worth the 'Price?'"


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Every parent with kids aged 13 – 19 will have experienced the frustration of trying to get them out of bed and to classes in a morning. Typically they stay up late at night; then lie in bed until lunchtime
Are they simply being lazy or is there something else going on?
Discount the fact that some of them may have been up all night smoking 'herbal' preparations (which in itself is a major contributor to disturbed sleep patterns) and discount the fact that the majority of teenagers are difficult to manage and dig a little deeper.
You may be surprised to learn that this apparent 'laziness' is in fact a matter of biological programming. Teens are biologically programmed to need more sleep and at different times from adults.
During the teenage years sleep patterns become disrupted. The vast majority of teens have boundless energy when it comes to staying up late playing computer games and watching late night TV but when school time comes around that energy has dissipated. It is tempting to believe that this is sheer laziness or bad behaviour; however we would be wrong to assume this is all that is going on with our 'little darlings'
Research suggests that teenagers' brains are wired differently to adults'. Generally, the average teenagers' brain has a time delay of two hours compared to an adult. Our bodies and minds do not work in the same way throughout the day. We have a 24 hour timing mechanism which regulates all our bodily functions. When darkness falls; so do the heart rate, blood pressure and urine output. Then when the sun rises our bodies start to wake up.
The average adult begins to secrete Melatonin – the hormone which helps us fall asleep, at around 10pm but teens don't begin to secrete the hormone until at least 1am. This hormonal shift causes teens to feel more alert later at night and to wake up later in the morning.
Sleep Deprivation
enough sleep at night is essential for teenagers because it is while they are asleep that
they release a hormone called hGH or Human Growth Hormone that is essential for
their growth spurt. Although they need more sleep
than adults or small children they typically get much less than either. An average teenager is actually getting less than 7
hours sleep per night when they actually need around 9 hours.
Because we are getting them up at 8am for school we are depriving them of that essential sleep and this can have consequences. Not only are the kids not reaching their full potential in school but we could be putting their mental and physical health at risk too. In America, studies showed that many teenagers were driving to school whilst drowsy!
Fact! Teenagers are moody, uncommunicative and bad tempered. Maybe, just maybe we are making matters worse by getting them up too early. Worryingly, it seems that most parents feel that their children are getting sufficient sleep.
School staff would report otherwise – a study carried out in secondary schools showed that at least a third of pupils were either dozing off or falling fully asleep at their desks.
What can be done?
Some American schools have delayed the start of their classes to give their students extra time in bed following a study undertaken by National Sleep Foundation (NSF)
Last year in the UK a school in North Tyneside followed this lead and carried out a trial; scheduling classes to start at 11am rather than 9am. It was found that pupils were more alert and their capacity for learning greater in the afternoon than in the morning.
So perhaps one day soon we adults will 'wake up' and let our sleeping teens lie.
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Cindy! Are you my mother!!?? Seriously, I am guilty of the same thing, staying up past when Hubby heads to the bedroom and falling asleep hours later on the couch. But I'm able to get myself up for work in the morning.
The biorhythms of teens are definitely different. It makes me wonder why schools insist on starting so darned early. Do they not have access to the scientific evidence? I see that in the UK "normal" schools start at 9am. Good Lord. That's already 2nd period in many US schools.
I would love to see an experiment that shows the powers that be that changing the hours of teens' schooltime will increase their learning capacity.
Having said that... in a more general sense, I do wonder about many of the teens I see these days. Lack of motivation abounds.
I did put in a request about this very same thing, not sure if this is you answering my request or whatever, but I'm very grateful tio you for writing this. My almost 14 year old teenager is driving me scatty with her laziness! Her latest is that she's too lazy to go to bed and falls asleep on the couch every night, then sometime in the middle of the night she wakes up and goes to bed, but then complains how tired she is the next day. Asking her to go to bed results in you being shouted at.


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Shoppers in Sheffield are being encouraged to recycle their Christmas cards and wrapping paper.
The Sainsbury's supermarket in Wadsley Bridge is running a card collection until Tuesday, January 13.
The collected cards will be recycled by Sainsbury's and used to make a donation to the Forest Stewardship Council.
Chris Addleton, store manager, said: "It's a great way to continue that goodwill feeling and ensure your cards are put to positive use."
Rosie Teasdale, deputy director of FSC UK, said: "Sainsbury's Wadsley Bridge donation provides essential support for our education and awareness-raising work.
"Recycling paper results in less waste going to landfill and it's helping to give future generations the gift of healthy forests."


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Images of Finale Ligure, Finale Marina and Finalpia to give a photographic tour of this Ponente Riviera seaside town.
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Suggestions: Stroll along the beautiful promenade, walking and window shopping around the historical centre, take a walk up into the surrounding hills through the olive groves.
Finale Marina, Finale Pia and Finalborgo are the main districts of the municipality of Finale Ligure. They now form an almost unbroken conglomerate that stretches along the coast between Caprazoppa promontory and the mouth of the Sciusa river and towards the final stretch of the Pora Valley.
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The Department Store at the Ends of the World
With the windows of the train pushed up by just about five centimeters, the smell of the sea was already drifting in slowly.
It was a Sunday afternoon, and there were no other passengers aboard other than me. There will be a lot of visitors heading down to the beach once it hits the summer holidays. But for now, which was early April, there was still quite some time to go before the beaches were available. Therefore, middle school students might be the only ones who would be taking a trip to the beach during spring break...... which included me.
The double-carriage train rumbled past a gentle turn. The walls of mountains and bamboo forests suddenly disappeared before my eyes, and my line of vision broadened, along with the increasing smell of the sea. The clusters of rooftops and the copper-rust colored sea were darkened under the gloomy sky.
The train wobbled and stopped at a small station.
I grabbed my backpack from the luggage rack. As I walked onto the open platform, I could immediately see a grey band between the dark green mountains on my right.
I have no idea when it all started, but the valley has turned into a huge dumping ground. I don't know if the dumping ground is legal or not but, there are plenty of trucks from all over the place that come here to dispose broken electric appliances or furniture. As time goes by, that place became strangely silent. It was so quiet, it felt as though it was fifteen minutes after the apocalypse of the world - an enclosed space was thus formed. The middle school which I studied at is located close to the beach,
and ever since I stumbled here by accident after being lost one day, I have secretly named this place <The Department Store of Hearts' Desires>. That name appears in a certain novel, and even though it is long and mouthy, it doesn't matter since I don't plan to tell anyone about it.
My father has a weird occupation as a music critic (though that is really rude towards other critics, but I just want to emphasize how uncommon my father's job is to me), and due to that my house is filled with all sorts of sound systems, records, CDs, musical scores and other related items. My mother left the house about ten years ago as she couldn't take any of it much longer. As for me, though I had no plans or inspirations back then, I swore to myself the night when I became six, that I will never be a music critic.
Let's put all that aside for the moment. The equipment in our house are tools of the trade, and yet my father handles them carelessly. He breaks everything - be it the speakers, the turntable or the DVD player. Since there weren't many people who bought toys for me when I was young, I resorted to dismantling the broken equipment, and slowly learned how to repair and assemble them. As of now, it's sort of like a half-hobby to me.
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The Nikkei is looking at a fourth straight session of losses after poor earnings announcements from the U.S. and after the yen strengthened against the euro and the dollar.
Asian markets are also taking a hit on concerns that Greece will need more debt restructuring which the Troika - the ECB, IMF and European Commission - might not agree to.
Here's how the markets look:
Japan's Nikkei 225 is down 1.18%
Korea's Kospi Index is down 0.96%
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 is down 0.59%
China's Shanghai Composite is down 0.13%
Hong Kong's Hang Seng is down 0.35%.
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4th of July in 2017
We had a lovely 4th of July here in our tower by the Sea of Monsters. For several days our small selection of chicken drummettes had been soaking in a solution of buttermilk, garlic, and special sauces and those went in the oven until crisp all over (requiring several turns). From the local farmer's market we had chilled watermelon, corn on the cob (roasted in the oven), and green tomatoes, which my skilled wife breaded and converted into fried green tomatoes.
Said tomatoes were served with homemade remolade sauce, fashioned with homemade mayo, and a lovely homemade orange sauce to dip the drummetes in. On the side was a tasty little salad with some homegrown peas tossed in, and some delicious bread from Cisse's Bakery — a bit of a drive for us, but worth the trip. And speaking of drives, our old friend Bruce drove down and supplied dessert. Now my wife's an amazing cook AND chef AND baker, but we do love a Grand Travers pie, especially the blueberry crumble, and that's what Bruce brought out of the sack.
Soon after we watched a DVD of Hidden Figures, which was just as good as we'd all been told, and then took a walk and watched my son, still suffering from an upper respiratory infection and sounding a little like an asthmatic Mickey Mouse, light our small, low-key fireworks. My daughter, alas, was away being a camp counselor. Highlights were the little fireworks that whirled into the air with a faint buzzing whish, the one that went awry and spun off into the grass (dubbed the Wheel of Doom), the grand finale fountain that set its box on fire (and continued to burn and spin for long minutes until it was christened the Flaming Box of Death), and then the conclusion, wherein we each lit and launched a lantern, AKA miniature hot-air balloon. If you've seen Tangled, you know what these are like.
It was a good day. And near its conclusion we sampled a great new root beer, one of the finest I've ever tasted, though not quite as fine as my friend Hal Hackleman's home-brewed root beers. Unlike Hal's, though, this root beer was found in the local market and purchased by me on a whim so we had something new to try out on the 4th. I've been staying away from sodas of late and mostly they taste over sugary to me, but Henry Weinhard's Root-Beer was most pleasing, with a smooth, well blended flavor.


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Three years after the Fukshima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered a triple meltdown, doctors are seeing a significant rise of thyroid cancer in children and young adults. Last month, cases of thyroid cancer in individuals between the ages of 18 and below increased to 75. Out of those patients, 33 cases were confirmed to have cancer.
So far, doctors have tested 254,000 out of 375,000 Fukushima children. They will continue to be screened throughout their lives. Thyroid cancer usually affects one to two people per million. The individuals who develop the illness are within the age range of 10 to 14 years old.
According to the UN Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, more than 6,000 cases of thyroid cancer in children live in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Emeritus professor of Pathology at Cambridge University Dillwyn Williams noted that most of the radiation blew over the Pacific Ocean. The thyroid doses were low compared to Chernobyl.
However, the rise in thyroid cancer in Fukushima children might not be directly linked to the nuclear accident. Professor of thyroid gland surgery at Fukushima Medical University said doctors are looking for other unknown types of genetic mutations associated with the cancer. He also noted the study could serve as "markers" to determine if the illness is in fact caused by the radiation.
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The Broward County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. celebrated, with class and style, its first Big Hats and Bow Ties Jazz Luncheon. Guests were entertained with live jazz music, performed by the Press Play Band led by Kyle Woodard.
True Delta style was showcased in an elegant and sassy Greek Allure fashion show, featuring members of the sorority and their guests. Proceeds from this sold out, jazzy event will benefit the scholarship fund and other public service programs of the sorority.
The Broward County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has a long, successful history of providing public service programs to the residents of Broward County. Incorporated in 1955, the chapter, through its Delta Education and Life Development Foundation, Inc., has provided college and vocational scholarship awards, programs recognizing high school students who have excelled academically, tutorial programs, early child-hood reading programs, seminars on economic development, as well as programs in adolescent health and development.
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I will be doing a variety of different activities next year to help motivate my readers and one of them is "Book Clubs."
I will be teaching all subjects next year and I am extremely excited to be self contained/GT next year!!! I am very happy to have my own class all day again!
I developed some book club discussion cards to help my students work independently and guide them through their discussions. I have also been working on some graphic organizers :o)
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New Year's Eve is sooo close, and you need a fashion inspiration? Wondering what will everyone wear on New Year's Eve? Here are three hot combination for New Year's Eve.
Black & Gold
It seems that black is the new black. Add a bit of gold to the mix and that's a serious modern combination.
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When you wear a strapless dress please note that you have to hide the transitions from skin tones on the face and neckline. If you can't mask them apply a self-tanning cream or cosmetics, and as a finishing touch to the cleavage apply a shimmering powder.
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September 19-25, 2002
Dock of the Bay
Our General Advice after The Primary Campaign
We congratulate the winners in Marylands primary election, and we thank the losers for tossing themselves and their ideas into the public arena and for bringing more of us into the process.
One of the great things about the early stage of election season is that theres a candidate for every point of view. So we hope that the first in the path leading to the November 5 election brings winners and losers together.
Weve seen just that happening. On Election Night, Bill Rinehart, the victor in the race for Anne Arundel County Council District 7, carried an olive branch to the Harwood home of Peter Perry, whom he was even then defeating. Democrats have staged kiss and make up rallies.
These reconciliations are good for the voters, for they serve to guarantee that the 12 to 49 percent of their partys most loyal voters dont lose across the board when their candidates fail.
Our second hope is that candidates in Chesapeake Country remember where they live. In this wonderful and fragile region, each of us must be an advocate for our lands and waters. And we must demand environmental advocacy from our leaders.
In last weeks Bay Weekly Interview, Department of Natural Resources chief Chuck Fox presented a sobering prognosis, saying that to restore the Bay we must work harder in the next five years than we have in the previous 15.
As for the land, Marylands rural land is disappearing faster than any states in our region, with subdivisions of ranchettes and mansionettes sprouting like zucchinis in a rainy year.
Where are these building permits coming from? Even candidates with abysmal environmental records are paying lip service to growth management.
If Smart Growth doesnt shift from slogan to guiding rule, we could be the last generation that wrestles with development. For we will have completed the suburbanization of southern Maryland.
Its up to us as voters to give candidates this message now, while theyre listening. Go to the breakfasts, the forums and the debates. Dont be satisfied with newspapers even ours and television where, though you can hear their voice, they cant hear yours.
Tell them that unless we give up the 19th century notion that all land is ours to master, we will have built our children and grandchildren out of Chesapeake Country.
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Leather Skirt: BCBGMAXAZRIA (thank you Max & Lubov!).
Denim Shirt: TopShop (similar here).
Jumper/Sweater: Minnie Rose (in other colours here).
Boots: Zara.
The boy and I drove out to Palm Springs for new year's eve celebrations. It's almost obligatory to stop for a photo shoot when you drive through the desert ;)


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H. C. BARTON was born March 4, 1867, in Will County, Illinois. He received a public school education and when a boy his parents moved to Kansas. After a residence of four years there he went to Missouri and in 1894 came to Nebraska, where he has been engaged in the poultry business. He was married October 8, 1902 to Myrtelle Morgan. He is a member of the Democratic party and is serving his first term as Mayor of Falls City.
Rock County is one of the newest additions to Nebraska counties, having been organized in 1888. It has a population of 2,809, and an area of 1,056 square miles. Bassett, the county seat, has a population of 270 people. The surface is composed of a plain, sand hills and valleys. A few canyons are found. The soil is dark and sandy and a little over half of it is tillable. The water supply is composed of the Niobrara and a great many small streams and lakes. There is a comparatively, small crop acreage, the raising of live stock being the principal occupation. Potatoes. wheat, oats and corn are raised to some extent, but hay is the principal crop. The market of sheep is greater than that of any other live stock. Land has increased 50 per cent in value recently, and there is a large demand for ranch land at present. There is some vacant government land. The county has two flour and grist mills. In the majority of schools, the terms last from six to nine months. There are 59 districts and 55 school houses. The entire school property is valued at $25,612.55 and 50 of the districts own their own textbooks. There are 1,151 children of school age in the county.
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This outfit was from day 2 in Vegas. It was still hot out like if it was summer! We stayed at Planet Hollywood and walked over to the neighboring Paris Casino for a lovely breakfast at Mon Ami Gabi. I've never been to Paris, so I had to get a little Paris fix with french toast and crepes.
About the Outfit: Dress worn as skirt: Forever 21// Collared Shirt: Marshalls// belt: H&M// Flats: borrowed :)// Purse: Tory Burch (worn as a clutch previously)// Earrings: Gift
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NCSD Transportation Begins Using Zpass+
As a way to keep our parents informed and our students safe, the NCSD Transportation Department has started using the ZPass+ card system for our elementary students.
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Fingerprinting for School Volunteers by Appointment
All chaperones, sponsors, and volunteers that will be leaving campuses with students to call Human Resources at 253-5455 to schedule a fingerprinting appointment. This is a high-volume period for fingerprinting, and we are not always able to accommodate walk-in's.
For the safety of our students, Natrona County School District (NCSD) requires chaperones, sponsors, and volunteers to complete a background check:
- Volunteers in a school setting that have direct teacher/administrator supervision may not need to be fingerprinted; principal discretion.
- Non-NCSD employee chaperones, sponsors, and volunteers that will be leaving campuses with students need to complete the fingerprint process before participating in school-sponsored events.
- There is NO CHARGE to the non-employee chaperone, sponsor, or volunteer.
NCSD Inclement Weather Protocol
Cooler weather is on the way, visit our NCSD Blog for information on NCSD's Inclement Weather Protocol. If you are in need of securing cold weather items for your child, please click here for information on Coats for Kids!
Click here for NCSD's Inclement Weather Protocol!
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This page is designed to share information on community events and activities for students and their families.
Check back weekly for updates!
Upcoming Events:
Kelly Walsh High School Cheer Camp – Oct. 15th
Kids Against Hunger Packing Event – Oct 7th & 8th
Casper Amateur Hockey Club – Try Hockey Free Day for Girls 10yrs or older
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To day I drove up to the depot and waited until the cars arrived, in order to see William Leaverton, who came in them from Sour Lake, in route for Houston. Fannie & Florence are sick again with fever. Weather variable & hot. Ther: 86°.
Thus closes my notes for the month of December and also for the year just passed and gone and now numbered with the things that were. Whether the Almighty will spare me to chronicle the daily events of the incoming year is more than I know but trusting in Him I shall enter upon the pleasing task, which is useful as a reference and may be profitable to those who have an interest in me.
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Tuesday, August 8th, 1865
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Labels: 1865, August, depot, Fanny, Florence, Houston, illness, Leaverton, Liberty Co., railcars, Sour Lake, temperature, travelers
Friday, August 7, 2015
Monday, August 7th, 1865
To day I drove up town in company with Col. Jim Wrigley and while there I purchased on a credit from Mr. James ? 55 lbs. of bacon for which I owe him $7.30. I then drove over and locked up Mrs. Beale's house [Elizabeth Lemaire Beale nee Waring]*. I then drove down to the warehouse and brought home the balance of the corn named in yesterday's notes. Susan, Mrs. Beal's negro woman, who occupied her house, having refused to to to Mrs. Beale in accordance with her written contract. I sent her adrift. Weather variable and hot with a very hard rain in the afternoon. Ther: 84°.
*3rd great-grandma to the Keeper of this website
*3rd great-grandma to the Keeper of this website
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Sunday, August 6th, 1865
To day I sent the negro boy Crockett down to Mr. Cooks after six bushels of corn that I had ? from him. Crockett brought a part of it home and left a part of it at the warehouse. I remained at home reading. Weather changeable and hot. Temp: 81°.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Saturday, August 5th, 1865
To day the Steamer Lone Star arrived from Galveston with 3 companies of Federal soldiers on board. The infernal rascals as soon as they landed commenced plundering through the premises of all the citizens who lived in their route ? &c. They were very ? and rude. I drove up town in company with ? in hopes of seeing the Federals leave. one company left on ? others came in their place. The Lone Star left in the evening for Galveston and thank God one of the companies named above left on her. Fannie & ? were again taken sick with fever. Weather variable and hot with a light shower of rain. Ther: 84°.
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Friday, August 4th, 1865
To day I drove up to the cars to see William Leaverton off. he left on the train for Sour Lake. . . . bushels of corn from Capt. Cameron and carried it to the mill being . . . The Steamer Mary Hill left for Galveston. Weather clear and warm with occasional showers of rain throughout the day. Ther: 86°.
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Monday, August 3, 2015
Thursday, August 3rd, 1865
To day my new woman Jemima came back home, bringing her Mother home with her who I suppose I will now have to support in order to keep Jemima with me. I drove my horse and buggy (with John Booth in Company with me) down to Richard Coles. we remained there for dinner. William Leaverton spent the evening with us. he is waiting for the cars to carry him to Sour Lake. The steamer Mary Hill arrived from Galveston. Weather cloudy and warm. Ther: 88°.
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Sunday, August 2, 2015
Wednesday, August 2nd, 1865
To day William Leaverton arrived from my mills. he informed me that my relatives are well and the mill in successful opperation. He is on his way to Sour Lake. He brought the little woman some apples and a package of letters. He remained for dinner in order to wait for some letters I am engaged in writing. Weather cloudy and warm with a very hard rain. Ther: 86°.
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Oy - Before Pictures. Whether it is a chubbie chick or an underdeveloped spring garden, they are never pretty. I hate showing them, but I know in a few months it will be fun to look back. Above is the circle in the middle of the corner garden. It was a happier spot once, but the frosts hit the palms and the squirrels decimated the gingers, and frankly, last year I kinda gave up on it. I'm now trying to revitalize it, and, as almost always, with no budget. The biggest problem is lack of definition. Ideally, I'd like to add a limestone border around it, in a more natural shape than the tight circle I originally created. That was a great plan until I priced out limestone. $10, per stone! For a girl that has a garden budget of right around $10 per week, more or less, that seems out of my price range. I could feel the spirits of my ancestors waiting to kick me if I even thought of spending $10 for a rock.
At times like these, I sit down and think: "What would Pearl do?"
Some of you know exactly who I am talking about. For those of you who don't, stop reading this and immediately get yourself a copy of the movie, A Man Named Pearl. It is a documentary about gardener and topiary artist Pearl Fryar. He is practically the patron saint of frugality and creativity in the garden. One of the reasons he took up topiary was that he could take a cheap discarded nursery plant and shape it into something totally unique and special. He is such an inspiration for me. So when I look at the area above, the thought comes in to my mind, "What would Pearl do?" How can I use the resources I have to make something really special? Unfortunately, I don't have Pearl's brain, so I still don't know what I am going to do with this area. I have filled it with with red canna I picked up from the Master Gardener's sale last year and some grass divided from the front yard. But I still have no idea how I'll define the bed. Suggestions, especially for cheap rock sources, are welcome.
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Friday, April 16, 2010
And the Winners of my Undying Respect and Admiration are . . .
Congrats to Garden Lily and Susan for correctly identifying the mystery plant as an Amaryllis! I'd tell you the variety, but since it looks nothing like what was on the package, there is no telling.
Whatever. I'm just happy to have something blooming in the garden!
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Mystery Plant
Monday, April 12, 2010
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KOKOMO, Ind. – Indiana University Kokomo will add club sports to student activities this fall semester – offering competitive men's basketball and women's volleyball with an eye on joining the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) by fall 2012.
"We are excited to introduce athletics as a dimension of student life," said Chancellor Michael Harris. "We believe that this move will add spirit, a sense of community, enthusiasm, and pride to our campus. It also will bring community involvement."
Men's basketball and women's volleyball are the first of sports to be offered, as campus officials plan to add multiple sports teams in the future.
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Amanda Shoultz, president of the IU Kokomo Alumni Association, said she is ecstatic to hear the news of adding the club sports, and the possibility of becoming a member of the NAIA.
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Via The Australian, a remarkable opinion piece by John Graham, chair of the department of medicine at Sydney Hospital: Australia unprepared for epidemic. Excerpt:
If and when a pandemic next occurs, if the new virus retains the same pathogenicity of the current avian influenza virus, we can expect about 4 billion people to die in the world over a six-month period. And that is how long it will take for a truly protective new vaccine to be developed and produced.
And the virus will be no respecter of wealth or class or education or intellect. In fact, if it behaves like past influenza viruses, it will not spare any age group. Even physical fitness will provide little or no protection.
If any nation has even the slightest chance of avoiding a catastrophic outcome, it is only the island nations such as Australia and New Zealand that have any glimmer of hope.
Sadly, successive Australian and NSW governments have done almost nothing to medically empower the most likely entry portal for a new pandemic virus, namely the central business district of Sydney, so that the first case can be detected, isolated and offered best available treatment in time.
Given that the first case is most likely to be a foreign national, probably from Asia, but possibly even from England or some other first-world country, and given that such a person is more likely to end up falling ill whilst residing in a hotel in the Sydney CBD, one would have thought that prudent national security considerations might have led to serious upgrading and virological preparedness at the only hospital inside the Sydney CBD, namely Sydney Hospital.
That "4 billion" estimate is astonishing. It assumes that all 6 billion of us will catch H5N1. But I can't recall any estimates of an attack rate of 30 percent. In other words, as ghastly as a pandemic might be, two-thirds of humanity wouldn't be infected.
Dr. Graham is clearly a respected authority, concerned about how to deal with H5N1 when it arrives in his hospital. But his mortality estimate seems wildly exaggerated.


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Pre-School Phonic Crosswords (by The Pre School Apps Academy) is a children's pre-school Education (iPhone and iPad) app that features 100+ crossword puzzles in 5 game levels using phonic letter sounds to help kids identify, recognize, and learn how to spell words — while also earning reward points to unlock prizes. Being able to recognize, identify and verbalize words is a huge deal for young kids, opening up their little child minds to the world around them and helping them communicate better. This Education app provides a nicely done spelling and word identification learning method for young kids, with audio letter phonic sounds, word images, as well a letter-by-letter word spelling to complete the crossword puzzles.
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