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BELLEAIR — The prospective owners of the Belleview Biltmore hotel, once hailed as saviors who would restore the deteriorating landmark to its former splendor, will be not be closing on the property this week — or perhaps ever.
And to make matters even more ominous for the "White Queen on the Gulf," current property owners Raphael and Daniel Ades are requesting approval to demolish it.
Not only that, the brothers are asking the town to release the lien on the Cabana Club and Belleview Biltmore Golf Club properties. If the town doesn't comply, their attorney warned, a foreclosure could be initiated and the town could lose more than a quarter-million dollars in fines.
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Mayor Gary Katica said things were getting "a little ugly."
According to Katica, Raphael Ades recently told commission members (in individual meetings) he didn't think Coral Gables architect Richard Heisenbottle and partners Hector Torres and Charles Kropke (a.k.a. the Belleview Biltmore Partners) were going to be able to obtain the financing for the hotel.
"He (Ades) said he didn't want to delay any longer and would be filing for a permit to demolish," Katica said. The owners had filed a request to demolish in January but the application was deemed incomplete.
On Sept. 21, the town received a five-page cover letter along with the application to destroy the massive 115-year-old wooden structure.
The letter, written by the owners' attorney, states that the Belleview Biltmore Partners were unable to close on the loan and are in default of the contract. (Heisenbottle and his team bought the hotel in March and were given six months to close.)
The letter argues that "restoration is simply not achievable, regardless of our desire to change that reality." It cites a study that says the hotel would compete poorly because of its non-beachfront location, limited on-site amenities, lack of nearby attractions and recreational venues, and location within a residential community.
When contacted by phone, Heisenbottle would not comment on the failure to close, outlook for financing or plans to restore the hotel.
"I will only tell you that the present contract expires on Friday and I just had a meeting with Daniel Ades and we are in the process of renegotiating an extension for the contract," he said.
Luciano Lautenberg, director of marketing for Kawa Capital Management, a Miami-based asset management firm founded by Daniel Ades and Alexandre Saverin, said, "We are in the middle of negotiations and cannot comment at this time."
The letter of application gives a Dec. 31 deadline for Heisenbottle or any prospective buyers to close on the property before demolition occurs.
It also says the owners plan to apply for a zoning change to allow residential development of the property.
And, it states the owners plan to seek removal of the hotel's historic designation. The 820,000-square-foot structure has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979.
Recently Heisenbottle and his group asked the town to approve a highly contentious tax exemption for renovations on historic commercial properties — such as the Biltmore — saying it was needed to make the project financially feasible.
The town was divided with preservationists on one side and those who feared the town would go belly up from losing a potential $5 million in tax revenues on the other.
A month ago, the Town Commission approved the ordinance by 3-2. Now that it is enshrined in town law, it may all have been for naught.
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During a Tuesday work session, Ray Allen, an attorney for the owners, asked the town to grant a partial release of liens for the Cabana Club and golf course. The town's Code Enforcement Board has imposed a $250 per day fine as a result of hotel code violations ever since the previous owners, Legg Mason, were involved. When the Ades brothers bought the three properties the lien was attached to all three.
As of Wednesday, the fines had accrued to over $266,000, said assistant town manager J.P. Murphy.
If the town won't release the two properties from the lien, the owners say they could begin foreclosure proceedings. If the first mortgagee (Kawa) is the successful bidder, the amount of the lien would be cancelled with no payment to the town since the town is considered the secondary lien holder.
However, the attorney offered that if the town releases the lien on the Cabana Club and golf course, the town would be given the right to collect the lien money when the hotel is sold.
The Town Commission is working on a counterproposal.
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In the meantime, Katica and plenty of others worry about the fate of the Biltmore.
"It's on 23 of the finest acres in the state of Florida," said Katica. "It's 45- to 50-feet above sea level and in a private community. It's worth more to the Ades brothers if the hotel isn't on it. But the best thing for the town is if the Belleview Biltmore is restored.
"I have strong feelings for the people that are true preservationists and have to see this process unfolding in front their eyes. Some are so into it they would lie down in front of a bulldozer."


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He said: "India wants cordial and peaceful relations with its neighbour. India has taken many initiatives to ensure that both the neighbouring countries co-exist in an atmosphere of peace and mutual trust.
"We expect reciprocity to our repeated overtures of friendship and goodwill from Pakistan in future," Rajnath Singh said in his address. Hussainiwala border is about 250 km from here.
Pakistan Punjab Minister of Industries Shiekh Allauddin was present in the viewers' gallery and exchanged greetings with Rajnath Singh. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Border Security Force (BSF) Director General K.K. Sharma were also present on the occasion.
Terming the BSF as the first wall of defence of the country, Rajnath Singh lauded its troopers who he said guarded the border whatever the weather.
The Home Minister said people living in border areas were strategic assets for the country. He urged the BSF personnel to take care of the border residents while performing their duties.
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The numbers, still, are relatively small, especially before 1950 and the development of the two league system. Since it's inception, the professional league in Japan was less-than-open to foreign players, in part due to the political nature of the time (in 1936, the leagues first year, Japan was in the middle of preparations to invade China and signing pacts with Nazi Germany). Most foreign players in the game were Nisei (second generation Japanese) from Hawaii, or, like Bozo Wakabayashi (the Hall of Fame pitcher, pictured right) and Herb North, world travelers from birth. However there were a few players from the mainland US, most notably Bucky Harris (not the same Mr. Harris who took Washington to it's lone World Series victory in '24- his real name was Harris McGaillard and he was the first foreign professional player in Japan).
After the war and the move to a more complete system consisting of a Central and Pacific League, the amount of foreign players began to increase, beginning with Wally Yonamine, the only American to be honored for his playing with a spot in the Hall of Fame (Bozo, born in Hawaii, had revoked the Japanese part of his dual citizenship in 1928, but then switched during the War and was, from then on, only a citizen of Japan), in 1951. From that point, a steady stream of players began to arrive from Hawaii and the continental US, though they were still mostly Nisei. Below is the list of the first ten, including the first three non-Nisei players from the US:
Wally Yonamine 1951
John Brittian 1952
Jun Hirota 1952
Tomoharu Kai 1952
Dick Kitamura 1952
Katsumi Kojima 1952
Masoto Morita 1952
Jimmy Newberry 1952
Bill Nishita 1952
Marion O'Neil 1952
For more information about Yonamine (whose superstardom paved the way for the rest), Hirota and the other early Nisei, check out the books of Rob Fitts. The second foreign player after the war, Brittian, was also the first star from the Negro Leagues to make his way over to Japan, accompanied by his former Birmingham Black Barons teammate Jimmy Newberry. The fact that former Negro League players, as opposed to former minor or major league talent, were the first to play makes sense: though harboring some 'anti-foreigner' sentiments for decades, the pro leagues in Japan had been open to a variety of nationalities and country-less wanderers since their inception in 1936 (during the height of the Nationalism that would catapult the country into a two-front war). Hall of Famers Wakabayashi and Victor Starffin, as well as Harris and Nisei like Kaizer Tanaka and Den Yamada, had always been a part of the system. With the collapse of the Negro Leagues imminent, and the other pro leagues (slowly) opening their doors to diversity, the 1950's were a golden era for the wayward ballplayer. And, with segregation still strong (especially in spring training facilities well into the sixties), many of these players probably felt more at home in a foreign country.
Britton, or Brittian (as it is sometimes spelled in Japan), was born in April of 1919, and made his way in 1940 to the Negro American League, filling the 3rd base slot for the New Orleans/St. Louis Stars. By 1944 he was sharing the left side of the Birmingham infield with Artie Wilson, leading the Black Barons to a championship that year. Perennially at the top of the standings for the next seven seasons, the Barons fielded such stars such as Ed Steele, Lester Lockett, Lymon Bostock, Sr., Willie Mays, Jimmy Newberry and Piper Davis (who, as manager, made sure to keep the hard drinking Newberry away from the wunderkind Mays). Newberry was the star pitcher of the Birmingham team in their greatest years, and as such garnered the admiration and attention of Black Barons business manager Abe Saperstein. Saperstein is best known as the owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, but he also served as president of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association, and managed the affairs of the Black Barons- he also had connections in Japan.
Thanks to Saperstein, Newberry and Britton came together and joined forces once again on the Hankyu Braves for the 1952 season, after a stopover together with the Winnipeg Buffaloes in the Mandak league of Western Canadian Baseball (Japanese Baseball and Canada had been linked for decades already, going back to college tours and of course the first pro tour's arrival in Saskatoon). One rumor persists that the pair were on loan from the St. Louis Brown, with whom Saperstein had a relationship as well. For the Braves Britton hit .316 (fifth in the league) with 5 triples, and Newberry went 11-10 with 100 strikeouts (second in the league), helping the Braves to a fifth place finish, just a few steps out of the gutter. Look here (scroll about three quarters of the way down) to see a great photo of the two with their Hankyu manager Shinji Hamazaki.
The following season Newberry went back to Canada, but Britton stuck around for another year of Braves baseball. He wasn't left alone, however- he was joined by a few more Americans- once again former Negro League players Rufus Gaines (though there is little evidence he did actually play with the Elite Giants) and Larry Raines, another product of Abe Saperstien's extended reach.
Born in 1930, by the time he was twenty Raines was playing for the Chicago American Giants in the Negro American League, manning the shortstop position and helping out Satchel Paige during his stay between Major League tours. It was the twilight of the Negro Leagues, and the CAG were not the same as the team Rube Foster put together a quarter century before- they finished last in the league, but Raines stayed for one more season before making the trip to Japan, most likely riding on the success of Newberry and Britton.
It was in Nishinomiya with the Braves that Larry became a star. In his first season in the Pacific league, he hit .286 while leading the league in at bats, runs scored and stolen bases (he had 61). What was most impressive, though, was his ability to combine power with that speed- his 16 triples not only led the league, but beat out his nearest competitor by nearly twice the amount. He came close to breaking Masayasu Kaneda's two year old NPB record of 18, and still holds the record in the Pacific League.
His fielding, however, was not his strong point- for instance, in '54 he was next to last in fielding percentage and one of the leaders in errors. These contributions helped the Braves move out of the cellar and into second place, closer to the top than they had been since 1949. However, his accomplishments at the plate the next season made 1953 look tame.
In '54, Larry won the batting crown with a .337 clip, beating out MVP Hiroshi Oshita by .016 points. Add to that the league lead in doubles, hits and at bats, and one could make the case that HE should have been the MVP. Yet, he also scored 96 runs (10 more than his nearest competitor), swiped 45 bases and drove in 96 runs, good enough for second overall. His .535 slugging percentage was behind only Futushi Nakanishi. This was enough to earn him his second trip to the All-Star game (it was in '52 that Britton had been the first foreign All-Star) and, more importantly, the shortstop spot on the Best 9 team- making him one of the first two non-Nisei to be so honored (Charlie Lewis earned the catching spot that same season).
The success he earned in Japan prompted Raines, once again with the assistance of Saperstein, make the journey back to the States, where he struggled for a bit before once again finding success at shortstop with Indionapolis of the American Association. He again led the league in triples (as well as stolen bases) and earned a tryout (along with a young Roger Maris) with the Indians in 1957- not before honing his skills with Almendares in the Cuban Winter league, where he hit 4 triples in only a hundred or so at-bats.
Though he impressed Cleveland enough to earn a spot at short and third (and even a garnering a Sporting News All-Rookie spot at third), but his lackluster glove work and less than stellar bat (though he did hit the ball well and scored 39 runs in only 266 PA's) caused him to lose his job to Minnie Minoso the following season.
He once again found fire in the minors, first in the Puerto Rican Winter league, then improving his glove work and hitting a respectable .303 with San Diego in the PCL, where he might have run into Larry Doby, who had played with the Padres the previous season. Doby would be traveling to Japan to play for the Dragons with Don Newcombe the next season. Whatever the circumstances, Raines found himself back in Japan to start the '62 season, back with the Braves, while Doby and Newcombe were with Chunichi in the Central League. It's possible that, revived by his stint in the PCL, (where, according to Larry Moffi and Jonathan Kronstadt, he learned to throw harder and shorten the time it took to get the ball to first), Raines thought he could capitalize on his previous Japanese success. He only played in 73 games but drove in 27 runs, splitting infield duties with Chico Barbon, also nearing the end of his long career.
Japan Baseball Daily mentions a possible problem with alcohol, a problem that can account for his diminishing skills as well as his early death. He finished his career with at least 265 stolen bases through the various leagues he appeared in, an impressive mark that may never had been appreciated once he was back in the states, without fame in Lansing. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Lansing, and few other records indicate how he lived out those final years.
Before the end of the 50's, another 36 men from the continental US, Cuba and Hawaii would play in Japan and set a precedent for all Gaijin (Japanese term for foreigner) to come:
Billy Wyatt 1952 11
Tsutomu Yaji 1952 12
Rufus Gaines 1953 13
Charlie Hood 1953 14
Fumi Kashiwaeda 1953 15
Len Kasparovitch 1953 16
Leo Kiely 1953 17
Al Long 1953 18
Ben Mitsuyoshi 1953 19
Phil Paine 1953 20
Larry Raines 1953 21
Mitsuru Watanabe 1953 22
Larry Yogi 1953 23
Harvey Zenimura 1953 24
Howard Zenimura 1953 25
Jim Doole 1954 26
Charlie Lewis 1954 27
Mitsuo Matsuoka 1954 28
Jimmy McCabe 1954 29
Sal Recca 1954 30
Chico Barbon 1955 31
Don Bussan 1955 32
Fibber Hirayama 1955 33
Andy Miyamoto 1955 34
Bill Pinckard 1955 35
Alvin Spearman 1955 36
Noboru Fujishige 1956 37
Dick Pariene (or Parente) 1956 38
Stan Hashimoto 1957 39
Allen Yamamoto 1957 40
Carlton/Haruo Hanta/Handa 1958 41
Jack Ladra 1958 42
Bob Alexander 1959 43
Ron Bottler 1959 44
Glenn Mickens 1959 45
John Sardinha 1959 46
15 of the players are Nisei, and a few more were players looking for a home just like Raines, Newberry and Britton. Al Spearman was another former Negro American League player who also played in the Mandak league and was also, apparently, a gold glove boxer. Same as Rufus Gaines, who came over to the Braves with Raines- he pitched brilliantly for Hankyu, going 14-9 with 142 strikeouts. However, little else on his baseball career exists.
Some made the best of their time in Japan- Marion O'Neil (one of the first 10) and Billy Wyatt were stationed in Japan with the US military and ended up playing for the Lions, at the peak of their dominance. Many others, like Charlie Hood, were in Japan b/c of military reasons, and others, like Harvard educated Jim Doole, in Hawaii. And Leo Kiely became the first former Major Leaguer to play in Japan, pitching, and winning, six games in 1953 after pitching for Boston in '51 before being drafted and arriving in Asia courtesy of Uncle Sam.
Even Glenn Mickens, a former UCLA star and Brooklyn prospect, mastered the shuuto and was a two time All-Star.
The Giants had a monopoly on the first wave of Nisei to make their way to the NPB, but some made their mark elsewhere. Howard and Harvey Zenimura were the sons of Kinichi Zenimura, a giant in Japanese American baseball, who was instrumental in, among other things, the continuation of baseball in the internment camps into which most Japanese Americans were forced during WWII. Zenimura also helped to get Fibber Hirayama to Japan, where he became one of the greatest bespectacled players of the 50's, and one of the most celebrated Carp players of all time.
It was the 31st player, though, Chico Barbon, who was, along with Fibber, the biggest star. He could never really hit for average, but in every other category he was at the top of the list.
Barbon was born, according to Japan Baseball Daily, in Matanza, Cuba, and began his career in Western Canada with the Florida Cubans and Indian Head Rockets(though some sources put him in one of the Negro Leagues, and the Rockets had been the Jacksonville [FL] Eagles of the Negro American League before moving to Canada, well before Chico was in the picture; others also place him in the outfield of the Matanzas team, and then with the Havana Cubans in 1953 as Humberto Barbon). It was once again through the efforts of Abe Saperstien that Barbon was introduced to Hankyu management, and he made his way to Japan in 1955.
By that time, Raines had left the Braves, and the only remaining American was Al Spearman- though anyone in the crowd may have seen two Americans. However, that season Barbon became the first Cuban-born athlete to play professional baseball in Japan, and he immediately became a star. His 49 stolen bases led the team, and with 105 runs scored, he was the only one in both the Pacific and Central leagues to score over 100. In addition, he led the Pacific league in at bats, hits and triples. On top of all of that, he was, by far, the best second baseman around: his .975 fielding percentage in '55 was tops, and his totals in every other category were first or second in the league. His performance, though, was not enough to earn either an All-Star selection or a place on the Best9.
Barbon would not have to worry about unrecognized glory- he would go on to play 1228 games for the Braves over the next ten years, and another 125 for the Buffaloes in one final season. Though he was recognized only once (in 1958) for his play at second with a spot on the Best 9, his impact was felt all around the league. In his first four seasons, during which he played his best ball, the Braves never went below .500 and finished at the top of the heap every season. And he would finish with the top four base thieves in every year between 1955 and 1961, leading the league from '58-'60: his 308 lifetime thefts are still good for 24th on the all time list.
Yet he was only an All-Star once in 1959, and finished his career with only one Best 9- it must have been his consistently low average. He was a run scorer, a league leader, and a great fielding second baseman- for instance, in 1958 he had almost twice as many putouts, assists and double plays turned than any other second baseman. It was not a fluke- he did it every year. But his play was never enough to help the hapless Braves to a pennant, despite their two stellar pitchers: Testuya Yoneda and Takao Kajimoto. But his dedication and consistancy laid the foundation for the Braves Pacific League dynasty of the late 60's and 70's.
After sharing the infield with Raines in 1962, Chico spent only two more seasons with Hankyu. His final season was spent with last place Kinetetsu, scoring 50 runs and imparting some of his fielding and base stealing knowledge with all of the young players on the team. Then, unlike a lot of his contemporaries, he decided that his career was over, and that the place which had accepted him so openly as a fresh faced Cuban (a face that would have brought him adversity had he gone to find stardom in the States) was his real home. Of course, his birthplace was in the midst of a revolution, a fact that may have persuaded him that he had no choice. Whatever the reason, he continued the association with Hankyu fostered a decade before by Abe Saperstein, and worked (according to Japan Baseball Daily) as an interpreter for the Braves. He married, settled down and remains there to this day.


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Wahey I have finally finished the flash & the story board projects. I came in at 10 this morning thinking it'd take an hour or two to touch up the Flash & scan in the story board.. but no, ended up taking me 8 hours... Gaawwwd. Feels good to be finished except me heads aching pretty severely..!
Anywho here is the flash
These were both projects of things I really enjoy. I would like to be a story board artist maybe when i'm done. I really like films too so maybe that is ma way into the film industry.. Flash too is good. I have been doing it for years but have not attempted a lip sync for a while. It was good fun adding character to the voice. But I hope I neveer meet that girl.. built up a hatred for her while animating.
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The Camille Conte Show 1-21-14 Hr 2
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Still on a high from talking with Vini Lopez, we roll into hour two and reconnect with Kathy Phillips, host of the Better Beer Show who has recovered from the Alaska Beer Festival and gives a recap. Also great music from several Light of Day performers including WIllie Nile, The Alarm and Jessie Malin. And New Jersey remains in a state of emergency and I don't mean just from the snow!


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Pre-K: After we learned about how butterflies eat with a mouth called a "proboscis" last week, this week, we took a look at how some birds eat. We learned that a bird's mouth is called a "beak," and that many birds like to eat seeds. Since birds don't have hands, they need to use their beaks to pick up seeds to eat them. We practiced eating like birds, using forceps (tweezers) as our "beaks" and a plastic cup as our bird tummies. The students were given a seed mix on a plate to practice picking up seeds with their beaks and putting them in their tummies.
Pre-K SpEd: This week, we made rain clouds with cotton balls and blue-colored water. The students were given cotton balls, a dish of blue water, and a pipette. Using the pipette, they transferred water to the "cloud" until it was saturated with "rain." Then, using their hands to squeeze the water back into the dish, we made the rainclouds rain.
Kindergarten: This Monday, Rooms 2 and 3 went on a field trip to the symphony, so only Room 4 had science that afternoon. We remembered the different kinds of wood we had observed, and talked about how wood is a very useful material. Room 4 brainstormed a long list of things that are made of wood, and I wrote each idea on the board, accompanied by a simple drawing. Afterwards, the students were given a story sheet to fill out, similar to what we had read at the beginning of our unit about wood, "The Story of a Chair." The first panel in the story read, "Wood comes from trees. Many things are made of wood." The students were told to draw a tree to illustrate the first panel. The three following panels each had a sentence to complete, "___________ is made of wood." From the list on the board, the students were allowed to select whichever wooden items they liked, wrote the name of the item in the blank, and drew a picture of the item. On Thursday, I posed a question to the students. We are learning about wood because wood is a very useful material that can be made into many things. One example is that wood can be used to build a boat. We have had a chance to observe and compare five different kinds of wood. The question was, if we were going to pick one of our five kinds of wood to build a boat out of, which wood would be the best choice? We narrowed that question down into a question that we could experiment to find the answer to: which kind of wood floats best? First, we determined that all of our five types of wood do, in fact, float in water. So the way to test which wood floats best would be by adding weight to it until it sinks to see which type of wood can hold the most weight before sinking. The students worked with a partner to test a wood sample. The sample had a rubber band around its middle, and the students took turns adding one large paperclip at a time, then testing to see whether the wood still floated with each additional paperclip. (To save time, we defined "sink" to mean when any part of the wood touched the bottom of the container, rather than being completely submerged.) To help us compare the results, after their wood sample was "sunk," the students would work together to link the paperclips into a chain. The chains were hung on the white board in columns labelled with the name of each kind of wood, and the students were asked to count the clips and to write the number on the board below the chain. Once each type of wood had been tested at least once, we met together on the rug to compare our data, and see if we could answer the question: which kind of wood floats best? Results varied by classroom, but from each classes' results, they were able to see that the wood that held the most paperclips before sinking was the best at floating, and therefore the best for building a boat. We were also able to determine which types of wood are not good for building a boat (particle board), although those types of wood can be good for building other things.
Vocabulary: observe, compare, basswood, pine, redwood, particle board, plywood, float, sink
Try this at home: Look for examples of how wood is used, and think about why. Is there a reason that the object is made of wood? Could it be made of another material instead?
First Grade: Last week, we began our investigation of gas by using a set of solid objects to observe some things that a gas (air) can do. We saw that air can push things and pull things. This week, we continued to investigate what air can do, this time using liquid. Working in groups of two or three, the students were each given a 12-dram vial, and a 1 gallon clear bin of water to share. After taking some time to do unguided exploration, the students observed that air can make bubbles. Since they had made the observation, I asked the students to consider the following question: What is a bubble? How can we describe a bubble in terms of matter? Thinking about the bubbles we had observed, and about bubbles that we play with outside, we were able to say that "A bubble is a gas inside of a liquid." After defining what a bubble is, I challenged the students to try making as many bubbles, and the biggest bubbles that they could, using the vials. Students had many different strategies: filling the vial with water and pouring the water from the vial back into the basin, holding the vial side ways when submerging it, submerging it upside down and then turning it over. After sharing our ideas, I gave the students a new challenge: given one of the small styrofoam balls from last week, which floated on top of the water, could we get the ball to touch the bottom of the basin without touching the ball? The students were told that they could use their vials to help them, but that the vial itself could not touch the ball either. Some students tried to submerge the ball by pouring water onto it with their vials, but that did not move the ball far enough down to touch the bottom. Once some students found the solution, it quickly caught on with the rest: Turning the vial upside down over the ball and lowering it into the water, the air inside the vial pushed the ball down to the bottom of the basin, without the vial or hands touching the ball.
Vocabulary: matter, gas, air, bubble
Try this at home: We observed that bubbles are usually spheres or hemispheres, but we didn't discuss why. Blow some bubbles with your child and observe their shapes. Is it possible to make a bubble that isn't round? There is also something else for them to consider: we have defined a liquid as being matter that gets its shape from its container, and a bubble as a gas inside a liquid. So how is a bubble a sphere? Where is it getting its shape from? The answers to these questions are probably too complex for most first-graders, but they are fun to contemplate.
Second Grade: With our meter tapes that were made last week, the students had a chance to practice estimating and measuring objects around the classroom. We learned that estimate means to make a good guess, trying to get as close as you can to the real value. They selected an object (anything they could find and reach in the classroom), estimated its length in centimeters, and then measured it with the meter tapes to find its actual length. They then had to compare the estimate with their actual measured length. I explained to them that their estimates might be far from the actual measurements at first, but given practice, they would get better at estimating, and their estimates would get closer to their measurements.
Vocabulary: standard units, metric system, meters, centimeters, estimate
Try this at home: Students will be bringing their measuring tapes and worksheets home. On the reverse of the estimating worksheet is a place to compare the sizes of different body measurements. This is a fun activity that we just don't have the time to finish, and it is interesting to see how closely some body measurements align; for example, comparing your height and your arm span from fingertip to fingertip, or the length of your forearm between your wrist and elbow to the length of your foot from tips of toes to heel.
Third Grade: We know that matter is defined as anything that has volume and mass. We investigated the concept of volume and the tools and units for measuring volume last week, so this week, we investigated mass. We know that mass is how much stuff an object is made of, and that we can tell differences in mass by observing differences in weight, i.e. things that have more "stuff" in them will feel heavier. To demonstrate this, students worked with a partner to sort a series of three objects, a metal circle, a plastic circle, and a wooden square, from greate


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I started a series of articles about heaps a few months back, but then got sidetracked with other projects and didn't complete my article series. All that was lacking was the code and some detailed explanation of some parts, but I'd already covered the important theoretical stuff.
I probably won't finish those articles any time soon, but the code is complete and usable. The download file, HeapCode, is a .zip file that contains the
IHeap interface and the
DHeap class. Using them is straightforward. If you're at all familiar with .NET generic collections and you've looked over my heap articles, you'll be able to use the DHeap class without trouble.
For reference, the articles in the series are:
Priority queues
A better way to do it: the heap
A simple heap of integers
Uses for heaps
The d-ary heap
Heaps: cleaning up some code
The IHeap interface
Heaps: constructors for the DHeap class
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On his last visit to Tutankhamun's tomb, the thief had probably been surprised by the inspectors whom the priests and the pharaohs regularly "appointed" to watch the tombs. Like modern night watchmen, these inspectors were constantly making rounds. When they discovered a theft, they "marked" it by placing a seal on the masonry which they, themselves, had applied to hermetically seal the tomb.
It therefore appears that Tutankhamun's tomb, if it hadn't totally escaped pillagers, had probably not been violated more than two or three times, no doubt a very long time ago; the inspectors must have afterwards succeeded in sufficiently masking its entrance, to render it completely invisible. The construction, above it, of the huts of Ramses VI's workmen, would have finally plunged Tutankhamun's tomb into oblivion, at the same time, protecting it from thieves for three thousand years.
So, Carter and Carnavon are reassured on the subject of thieves. But something else worries them. In the room, there is neither a sarcophage, nor a mummy. Should it be concluded that they have only found a hiding-place of precious objects? Is the real tomb of Tutankhamun somewhere else, or must it be admitted that the thieves were able to destroy the sarcophage and its mummy, or remove it? Once more, an attentive examination tranquillizes them: at the end of the antechamber, on the right, between the two statues of the king, they discern a new door, also sealed. There are therefore other rooms, other treasures to exhume. But Carter soon realises that this door has also been pierced, then resealed. Another cold shower!
As can be imagined, Carter and Carnavon burn with desire to continue the dig. To know if they are going to find the mummified body of the little unknown pharaoh of whom they have dreamed for more than fifteen years. But their scientific minds win against their curiosity. Before going any further, they decide to do a complete inventory of the antechamber's riches. This is the only way to definitively shield them from theft and assure their conservation.
For three months, Carter launches himself into laboratory work. He decides to do everything on site, for fear of damaging the precious objects by transporting them to Cairo. He buys photographic material, cartons and wrapping paper, planks on which to fix the most fragile pieces – enrobed in cotton wool. Each object will be cleaned and manipulated with antisepticised instruments. Carter installs his photographic workshop inside one of the ancient tombs discovered years before, that of Pharaoh Seti I, then a laboratory. He hires some collaborators: a chemist, an expert in Egyptian writing, a doctor specialised in anatomy, an Ancient Egypt historian, photographers and craftsmen used to the manipulation and cleaning of delicate objects. Until mid-February, this team lists, numbers, photographs and classes the one hundred and sixty pieces found in the antechamber, from the biggest piece of furniture to the smallest piece of jewellery. Under three a day, on average. This seems very slow. But so many precautions have to be taken. The pearls, for example, fall into dust at the slightest knock… And then, in December, administrative and diplomatic complications interfere with Carter's efforts, obliging him to interrupt his work.
The dig permit accorded to Lord Carnavon expires on 31 December 1922. And the Egyptian Government, which fears – correctly – that Tutankhamun's treasure will leave the country, does not hide its intention of taking over the tomb's exploration.
So, Lord Carnavon leaves for London, at the beginning of December, to solicit the support of the British Government. To his great disappointment, the public servants of the Foreign Office are extremely circumspect: the Egyptian Protectorate is already giving enough worries to His Gracious Majesty, who does not wish to provoke a nasty quarrel with the Egyptian Government… over some old mummy!
Carnavon has more luck in Brussels where, on the recommendation of the Belgian archaeologist Jean Capart, he is received by the wife of Albert I, Queen Elisabeth. The Queen, who will not cease until her death, in 1966, to protect the Arts, Sciences and Letters, promises him her support. She intervenes with the Cairo authorities. Action crowned with success: Carnavon obtains the authorisation to continue the inventory of Tutankhamun's tomb. Just one condition: a delegate from the Antiques Service will be permanently present at Carter's side, to see that no piece leaves the territory.
In January, the work begins again at an accelerated pace. The whole world is passionately following it now. At the end of January, Carter accepts, to calm the impatience of international public opinion, to let journalists visit "his" antechamber. He states that it will be the first and last time.
So, on 25 January 1923, thirty British, American, French and Egyptian reporters descend the famous sixteen steps behind Carter. He tells them that a new little room, which he has baptised "the annexe", has been discovered at the end of the antechamber, on the left, opposite the staircase. It contains dozens of other objects, similar for the most part to those found in the first room. As for the door which masks the entrance to the room where it is hoped that Tutankhamun's sarcophage and mummy rest, Carter announces that it will be opened in a few days, at a date to be fixed by Lord Carnavon, whose return from England is imminent.
A disagreeable surprise awaits Carter and the journalists as they leave the tomb. Behind a police cordon, about a hundred Arabs – not all of them fellahs – are gathered, and appear very excited. Seeing the group formed by Carter and his guests, they start to hurl. Small stones bombard the journalists who retreat hastily. The policemen then decide to push back the demonstrators. One of them cries out:
"In your country, tomb violators are condemned. And when you do it here, it's a feat which gives you rewards, that makes you rich… You are just sacrilegious vandals who dig up bones to amuse the visitors to your museums. Sorrow upon you!"
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 15 (UPI) -- Michael Phelps, who has been through a historic and turbulent last nine months, won two events Friday in his return to competitive swimming.
Phelps appeared at the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix and won both the 200-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly in dominating fashion.
He had not competed since winning a record eight gold medals at last summer's Olympics in Beijing.
Since then, a photograph showing him smoking a marijuana pipe landed him a three-month suspension by USA Swimming, the sport's national governing body.
He turned in a time of 1:46.02 in the freestyle and then won the butterfly in 51.72.
"I wanted to come back and do something respectable in the pool," Phelps said. "The next few weeks are going to be really important in my training. It didn't matter how I felt tonight, I was just excited to race. That's what is important, that I still have that passion to race."
Phelps, 23, has won 14 Olympic gold medals overall. He will return Saturday to compete in the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter backstroke. Phelps will finish his weekend with the 100-meter freestyle on Sunday.


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Program animation is the use of computer graphics and animation techniques to visualise the behaviour of an executing program. This paper describes a program animation system being developed at Victoria University. This system (called tarraingim from the gælic for to draw) is designed to include facilities of both graphical debuggers and algorithm animation systems; that is, tarraingim will provide both low level views of program components and user-defined higher level views. As well as discussing the motivation and general architecture of tarraingim, this paper discusses some of the technical problems arising in the implementation of such a system, and our solutions to them.


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This type is for you if you like your mattress to mould to your body's contours and provide a personalized support. It also absorbs movement, so if you will be sharing a bed with a fidgety sleeper, this is a good buy. In addition, foam mattresses are flexible, soft and resilient that can last long since they can be regularly turned.
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- Single: 3'0" x 6'3" or 90 x 190 cm
- Small Double or Queen: 4'0" x 6'3" or 120 x 190 cm
- Double: 4'6" x 6'3" or 135 x 190 cm
- King Size: 5'0" x 6'6" or 150 x 200 cm
- Super King Size: 6'0" x 6'6" or 180 x 200 cm


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Leach argues that, in the years around 1900, a new American culture emerged that was secular and market-oriented, elevating personal pleasure over other values (work, religion, civic responsibility) as never before. This change was partly engineered by enterprising retailers and the advertisers who helped them invest a desire for luxury in the American people. However, he also observes that a variety of institutions, including government, universities and even, peculiarly, labor unions like the IWW, joined in the project of popularizing and validating consumer culture. The book can be read as a prequel to the mission of New Deal liberalism, which sought to shore up capitalism by ensuring consumer demand for its goods as a matter of public policy. Land of Desire focuses instead on the cultural work necessary to foster mass consumption, rather than a government economic program to expand the fold of people financially capable of participating in consumerism. Leach suggests that an older view of America as a "New Jerusalem" where people could find physical and spiritual bliss was "transformed, urbanized and commercialized, increasingly severed from its religious aims and focusing ever more on personal satisfaction and even on such new pleasure palaces as department stores, theaters, restaurants, hotels, dance halls, and amusement parks."
One crucial element of this process required infatuating people with the idea of "the new," casting off a traditional tendency to value things old and proven for the current. Americans also had to be persuaded to shed their pragmatic preference for long-term use and instead appreciate disposable, temporary goods – a change Leach documents well in his chapter of fashion. "Like window display and the toy store, it democratized desire…" Leach writes. "Its intent was to make women (and to a lesser extent men) feel special, to give them opportunities for playacting, and to lift them into a world of luxury or pseudo-luxury, beyond work, drudgery, bills and the humdrum everyday. Its effect was often to stir up restlessness and anxiety, especially in a society where class lines were blurred or denied, where men and women fought for the same status and wealth, and where people feared being left out or scorned because they could not keep up with others and could not afford the same things other people had." One notices a striking parallel to the story of gentility in the 18th and 19th centuries. Fashion marketing enabled (relatively) ordinary people to appropriate a little of Parisian or "Oriental" allure and improve the way others perceived them – and the way they perceived themselves.
The figures for these new tokens of enticement are astounding. Leach credits the explosion of industrial and agricultural production for making the careers of professional enticers possible: food output increased 40% from 1899 to 1905, readywear clothing and cheap jewelry increased 100% from 1890 to 1900, glassware and lamps more than tripled from 1890 to 1914, and nine times as many pianos were made in 1904 than 1890. Emily Fogg Mead observed at the time that people could buy specific forks for pickles, olives, strawberries, ice cream, oysters and fish, as well as spoons individually calibrated to berries, sugar, soup, salt and mustard. Again, the profusion of goods emerged from what historians generally call the "second industrial revolution," which used oil, coal, electricity and other energy sources to produce heavy goods, like steel and cars. Leach contrasts these new firms with their predecessors, providing a useful insight about the changed nature of markets: "The earlier firm was small-scale and low volume and strove for success through product differentiation or by manufacturing a single unique product in a secure, relatively noncompetitive niche. The newer corporations cared little for differentiation, everything about high volume, full capacity production, and domination of mass markets." Leach suggests that there had been a greater variety of unique goods made by small business, which were isolated in less competitive markets, while later trends saw more standardized products sold throughout a national market, often via retail chains, themselves standardized.
After a rough postwar depression in 1921, and the quashing of labor radicalism in a "red scare," the twenties ushered in another round of prodigious consumption. This time, the key items included "refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, toasters, fans, stoves, and dishwashers," as well as radios, phonographs and automobiles. One in six Americans owned a car by the end of the decade. Wages also rose for workers in a number of fields. Henry Ford is most famous for recognizing the need for workers to have the funds to purchase consumer goods, mandating the five-dollar-a-day wage as early as 1914. Other historians have noted the rise of corporate welfare in the twenties, as companies sought to ward off unionization and government intervention by providing employees with amenities and some benefits. Managers formed "company unions" for their workers, discouraging independent organization. Most of these programs collapsed with the onset of the Great Depression, as the promise of corporate largesse could no longer be sustained. (It is worth noting that some industries experienced chronic unemployment during this time, and the ensuing economic crash was already previewed in a prolonged and painful downturn in agriculture that followed World War I. Due to corporate welfare and other policies, those who had jobs did enjoy greater material prosperity, but many could not participate.) Leach observes that "mergermania" occurred, as companies sought to combine for economies of scale, both absorbing their direct competitors and synthesizing diverse outlets in single enterprises. "Chains honeycombed the country," Leach says, "in groceries, drugs, meats, hardware, dry goods, and so on, doing more than any other institutions after 1920 to create a genuinely national market." Hotel construction in this period was unmatched until the 1980s.
See also John Kasson, Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century (New York: Hill and Wang, 1978); Roland Marchand, Advertising the American Dream: Making Way for Modernity, 1920-1940 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985); and Jackson Lears, Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in America (New York: Basic Books, 1995).


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Our New Technology
By using an innovative non-birefringent capture tape, our new method makes it possible to perform polarising microscopy analysis on a fibre taken from a crime scene without interference from the background substrate. Although fibres are currently collected at crime scenes using adhesive tape, the tape itself is also bifringent, so it is necessary to transfer individual fibres from the tape to a glass slide and coverslip for examination under crossed polars. This procedure is time-consuming (and therefore expensive), requires a high level of skills and increases the risk of contamination leading to the risk of a court rejecting the evidence.
Methods to manufacture and use the films have been devised.
The direct analysis of fibres on the collecting tape will make the examination of fibres much faster, easier and more cost-effective, enabling fibre analysis to become a routine method in criminal investigations. By overcoming existing practical difficulties, it will also be feasible to construct a database of fibres using existing resources for routine use in forensic examinations.
Forensic fibre analysis. The method may also be useful for analysis of fibres in the garment and textile industry.
Available for licensing in all fields and in all territories. Industrial collaborators to develop the invention further are welcome, either as a co-partner for funding applications or as licensees of the IP.
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apple cider. tights. boots. crunchy leaves. layers. cinnamon.
sweaters. pumpkin pie. cooler temps.
Love that knit top on you! Mmmmm... yes, I love a nice pointy sharpened pencil just waiting to draw something awesome.ReplyDelete
LOVE that top!! soo cute!! and i can't wait for pumpkin pies!!ReplyDelete
I LOVE You've Got Mail! That is such a great line! That and the line about how she likes to pretend that they are the oldest and dearest friends.
Also I am SO ready for fall! crisp air, crunchy leaves...
You've Got Mail = my favorite movie. Wishing it would hurry up and be fall. LOVE. ♥ReplyDelete
Your man got you that dress? That is awesome! Love You Got Mail!ReplyDelete
Oh my gahhh, I LOVE You've got mail haha. And the fall/winter scenes in that movie are to die for! I'm in love with your outfit, it gets me excited for cooler days ahead!
ps, can I please have your bag?! :D
yah! i love fall :) and i really loved you've got mail! xoxo jillian:: don't miss my fishs eddy dish giveaway!ReplyDelete
i'd forgotten about You've Got Mail...had to do a movie review for a College Class {Intro to Communications believe it or not} & had forgotten about that line totally! LOVE <3ReplyDelete
I was JUST talking about how much I'm aching for fall!! I need to do some sweater shopping!ReplyDelete
YAY! I won! Thank you so, so, so much!:)
I love You've got mail!! I may have to re-watch it now that movie now that the weather has {kind of} cooled down!
So glad to come across your blog! Love your style and I am so impressed with how much success you've had with it! I really like this sweater and skirt you're featuring, it looks fantastic on you!ReplyDelete
E-mail sent! Thanks so much, Illy :)ReplyDelete
Fall is by far my favorite time of year. I can't wait for foggy, chilly mornings and nights spent cuddled up in front of the fireplace. Great outfit Illy!ReplyDelete
gorgeous gorgeous photos! love the color and texture of your top - and I know, I can't wait for fall either! I just want to wear my boots...
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Oh you look great! Love the colour of the top, it really suits you
YOU are sooooooooo darling. Love this style girl- muah! x EmilyReplyDelete
I absolutely LOVE this outfit... you look so beautiful :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! The dress is beautiful and the color of that sweater is just perfect for you! :)ReplyDelete
NYC this fall sounds fantastic!:D
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You totally nailed my favorite line of one of my favorite movies!! I knew I liked you;)
Yay for the oncoming of my favorite season!
Just stumbled across your blog! I LOOOOOVE it. Love your outfit posts and silliness.
i love how you kept the outfit summery with those white shoes!:) you look great!! i love that top!! been wanting a layering piece like that!
have a lovely wednesday:) xoxo
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You are darling, and I can't wait any longer for autumn either!! I'm so ready for cooler temperatures. Though, I doubt that will actually happen until winter. Hummp... We'll just have to wait and see. ;)
Those sandals are totally adorbs!ReplyDelete
Very cute layering! That dress is so nice!ReplyDelete
how do you manage to always look so gorgeous in all your photos?! love it!!
ps. I think the shoe addict thing is a Filipino gene!!! I'm addicted to shoes as well :)
I love the dress!ReplyDelete
You look SO darling! I love this whole outfit! Your bag is amazing, and your knit cover-up is sooo cute! ECK! <3ReplyDelete
You've Got Mail is one of my all-time favorite movies! One time I dressed up as Kathleen Kelly for a New York themed party. I carried around a copy of Pride & Prejudice with a rose in it along with a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils.
On another note, I too cannot wait for it to be Fall.
aw, shucks! thanks for reading and leaving me some LOVE. you (yes, YOU!) seriously rock my face off.
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Thanks to J for posting about the conference. J has also posted some on her own blog.
Here's what I posted on my news research blog a couple days ago:
The News Division blog I started a few years ago for one of the SLA conventions is still available for posting from attendees, but no one has updated the blog in a long time. I've been tempted to at least add job postings there but since I'm not really a member any more (despite occasional contributions to the listserv), have hesitated to do it. If anyone attending the conference is reading this and wants to post to the blog, email me and I'll set you up.
The News Division, however, has a great program for the annual meeting. Hope everyone's having fun! (I would love to be a fly on the wall at this morning's Future of News Libraries seminar just to hear Mark Hannan, Jr, Reference Desk Director at USA Today. His father was my beloved boss, research director at the Washington Post, long ago.)
For news of the meetings, InfoToday's Blog is again covering the convention from inside. The buzz from yesterday and today is mostly about Al Gore, who did a book signing and a keynote speech. Of course there's also an SLA blog by attending members, including, I hope, some News Division members.


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Dear Wanderlust Scarlett,
thank you for the chance to interview you.
Great Lion btw. Love how he's gone exploring!!!
Here are your Five questions:
1. That list you have in your purse of 25 things you want to do before you die...what are the top 10?
1. Get pilots license (almost done with that)
2. Serve a mission/serve in a 3rd world country for 1 year helping build communities and teaching (not yet... but soon)
3. Learn to play piano/organ - check
4. Visit Disneyland/Disneyworld - check
5. Go back to college (2nd tour) - check
6. Travel the world - partly checked (France, England, New York, Massachusetts, Florida, California, Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Kansas, South Dakota, Cabo San Lucas, Washington)
...I think I got them all... hmmm... still have most of the world to get to!
7. Learn French, Italian, Spanish & Japanese languages (si... working on that... )
8. Fly an F-16 (not holding my breath on this goal...)
9. Win a ribbon at a county fair (not yet and not with brownies...)
10. Learn to ballroom dance - check
2. You say that you are a good friend. If that novel that you are about to finish (one more chapter right?) makes a good friend of yours (who happens to write too) unhealthily envious...would you share your novel's success with your friend? Or would you dial down its success to spare your friend's feelings?
I would do neither. The obvious answer (and the wrong one) is to 'dial down' it's success to save my friends feelings... but really, this does a disservice to us both. If my friend is jealous, there is a reason; likely an insecurity on their part that needs to be addressed, not petted. If I know of an insecurity, I would never ignore it and pretend that things are fine, I would try to help them overcome it... help them with their writing, help them see the value in what they create - any product of creativity is produced from within us; from pieces of our souls, and that makes it invaluable. One is not better than the other, they're just different. The focus and my support would be turned to their efforts, not mine. Giving my friend compassion, understanding, patience, love, support and encouragement would be the best way for me to be a true friend.
3. Japan, Egypt or Ireland--where would you like to go first and why?
You're killing me. OH ouch. Probably Japan (I have some friends there), Egypt (fascinated with it's history) and then Ireland - (oh for the castles and countryside...) preferably for 6 months at least in each place. Siiiiiiiiiigh.
4. You seemed to have cured yourself of road rage. Aside from prayer do you offer your readers any other advice for living well?
Emm... well, not cured, but definitely cut way back. There's enough hate and anger out there in the world today, I do not want to contribute more to it. Perhaps if I am kind, it will be paid forward. Living well - YES!
a. take good care of yourself... oftentimes we think we should put our families and others ahead of us, but if we do that, then who would they rely on when we fall sick or aren't giving 100% because we don't have it to give? sleep good, eat healthy, dress well, exercise, meditate (prayer, quiet time, whatever... give your mind some 'away' time too). Not only does this give us the strength and energy to care for others, it is an excellent role model for our friends and families... people learn behaviors from watching not from listening. How many of us would tell our children 'do as I say, not as I do'... change that. Show them how you want them to be by
living it yourself.
b. speak positively - always - India Arie sings a song called 'Get it together' in which she says "because the words that come from your mouth, you're the first to hear. Speak words of beauty and you will be there. No matter what anybody says, what matters most is what you think of yourself" The idea is that whatever comes from you... comes out of you, originates from within. When we say something mean, or crude, or crass... when we swear... the ugly things that are uttered come from inside us and reflect who we are. Most of us are a lot better than that... show your best side when you speak - you do a disservice to yourself if you show anything less. Let go of those things inside you that are not who you really want to be, you are the master of your future... you own it, it's all yours. You write it. You make it. You do it. Blame no one else. Speaking positively all the time (or at least as often as possible) keeps your mind in a positive state, improves your mood, and improves the moods of those around you. There's not really a downside!
c. forgive yourself & forgive others - we are all human, fallible as a consequence of birth. We make mistakes. Sometimes the wrong that we do is intentional and then we regret it later. Carrying guilt around in your heart does you no good, nor does it benefit anyone else. There is no benefit to guilt, not even to one who tries to give it. If you are sorry for a wrong you've done, say you are sorry - not expecting forgiveness, only because you truly are sorry. Apologize and then walk away. If you are forgiven, great! If not, it is irrelevant. Is your apology contingent on it's acceptance? It shouldn't be. You are admitting a mistake, it's up to the other person to accept it or not, and that has nothing to do with you; you did your part, you said you were sorry... let the guilt go and be at peace. Dragging guilt around with you only weighs you down and holds you back. Don't do that to yourself, no one is going to save you from it. You have to let it go... and walk away.
d. laugh often, love much, forgive always (even if you don't forget - these are two totally different things) and choose to make some of your dreams happen, even if they are just little ones.
5. In your 4th painting called "Tuscany" is there a metaphorical meaning behind the 4 cypress trees on the right? Please share.
I laughed at this a bit. There is no relevance in the four trees. They are just four Cypress trees. The relevance in the picture is the connection of the whole place, the land connected to the sky and the water, the roots of the tree in the land that are so deep they reach beyond the sea, the vines of life that grow beyond their boundaries. In the 'worn frame' I painted are the ages of time that have held it all together, somewhat faded in places, but solid and strong, lasting. Simple, beautiful, all connected... all the parts are one, like everything in life. Humans, plants, animals,That was a fun and interesting interview Chesca, thank you!
from an atomic level to the very obvious... it's all the little things connected together that make a whole. Spirits to atoms to cells to tissue to bodies to human kind and far beyond.
Do YOU want to be interviewed? Interview rules:
1. Leave me a comment saying "Interview me."
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
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The News repeats "ludicrous" claimsNov 19th, 2011 | By admin | Category: The News
A curious article appears in The News today which claims that Jang Group researchers discovered that Mansoor Ijaz, the American millionaire at the center of the "memogate" controversy, had previously "negotiated between the United States and the Sudanese government in an otherwise failed effort to apprehend Osama bin Laden". This is an old and well known claim of Mr Ijaz, and one that this blog researched when Mr Ijaz originally published his infamous opinion column in The Financial Times. While researchers at The News found quite a bit of information, what is curious is just what information they found – and what information they didn't.
Despite their hard work, researchers at The News failed to discover news reports in the international media over the past two days that quote Clinton's former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger terming Ijaz's claims about his role in negotiations with Sudan as "ludicrous and irresponsible".
The News's research staff didn't even read this blog where we revealed that in 1997, The Washington Post reported that Mr Ijaz used his political connections to advance his financial interests in Sudan1.
Wealthy and well-connected, Ijaz was more than willing to pitch in. By Election Day in November, he had raised $525,000 for the Democratic cause, including $250,000 from his personal funds and $200,000 donated by guests at a fund-raising reception for Vice President Gore at Ijaz's New York penthouse in September, according to Federal Election Commission records, White House documents and Ijaz.
Now Ijaz is trying to reap what he has sown. Having earned access to the Clinton administration through his fund-raising prowess, Ijaz has met with a succession of senior officials in the White House, State Department and Congress to further his business interests through changes in U.S. policy toward Islamic countries, particularly Sudan, a government long accused of sanctioning international terrorism.
Unfortunately, researchers at The News also forgot to read the report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States AKA The 9/11 Commission that says, "We have not found any reliable evidence to support the Sudanese claim."
What information was The News able to find? Apparently they could only find the testimony of Mr Mansoor Ijaz himself before US Congress. Testimony that was considered by the US government as too unreliable to be included in the 9/11 Commission Report.
It appears that US officials who have met Mansoor Ijaz have a habit of terming his claims as ludicrious, unreliable, and uncredible. It is quite unfortunate that The News either could not find or forgot to include in their report all of the independent, third-party information. It might have been a little more informative than only taking Mr Ijaz's word.
1. Ottaway, David B. 'Democratic Fund-Raiser Pursues Agenda on Sudan'. The Washington Post. 29 April 1997.


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