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Scouting in the
Chisholm Trail Council
1940's - 1950's
Lueders, Texas - Troop 46
Being ask by Professional Scouter, Frank Hilton to write about your youth as a Boy Scout in the Chisholm Trail Council and more specifically as it was in the 40's
and 50's in Troop 46 at Lueders, Texas brings up all sorts of fond thoughts as you begin to reflect back and the immediate problem is how to begin and where did my very first Scouting desires begin to develop.
Located 45 miles north of Abilene Texas, Lueders in the 40's and 50's was a fairly poor little farming community of around 900 folks including those living out in the country.
Some of our fathers as mine did, worked in the Oil Fields. Lueders also had a small oil refinery and in season a grain elevator and two cotton gins employed a few people.
Lueders was known as having one of the largest limestone deposits in the world and additional employment was available in the rock quarries and three stone mills.
Lueders was also well known for the Baptist Encampment Grounds which was located a couple of miles east of town on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River. However, employment at the encampment consisted of only one caretaker as the encampment was run mostly by volunteer help from the churches.
It might sound impressive but, these were all manual labor type jobs and one must also remember in the 40's and early 50's America was at war and still coming out of the depression of the 30's and folks working for wages and farming just didn't have much except for the necessities of life.
I would also say that Lueders was a thriving, bustling, little community of hard working and happy folks. Just very low on the economic ladder.
Kids of my era and raised in Lueders all have the wonderful memories of going barefooted. But, not because we enjoyed it as much as because lots of times we didn't have shoes or we were saving the one pair we did have. World War II in the 40's necessitated shoes being rationed and for one period I wore a pair of my older sisters oxford shoes because I had no ration coupon to purchase a pair of my own.
The beginning of my Scouting memory is fairly easy because of a man named "Little Joe Delwaide" who was a great promoter of Scouting and who happened to be a friend of my father and the Lueders Scoutmaster.
My father and Little Joe met because we had moved into Lueders from the 4 room box house we lived in out in the oil field three miles east of town.
To a 9 year old boy the most amazing thing about the new house in town was the bath room commode. After living in the country with an outhouse the commode was a fascinating machine for me and I would stand and flush it time after time with nothing but paper in it and wonder were it all went.
My father met Little Joe when he had a car garage built at the new house from Lueders Lime Stone. Little Joe was a stone mason and worked for one of the local stone mills.
He and my father would sit around the kitchen table drinking from brown bottles with little blue ribbons on them and tie rope knots.
My father was never a Scout but, he knew knots and how to tie a bowline knot. Little Joe tied it one way and Dad tied it another and they would argue which way was best and who could tie the bowline the fastest.
I was around 9 or 10 at the time and was fascinated by what they were doing and lots of times had to hold out my arm for my Dad or Little Joe to demonstrate how to tie a certain knot. That was when the neck of one of the little brown bottles with it's blue ribbon wasn't suitable.
Little Joe taught every Scout and lots of others the way to tie a bowline was that the "Rabbit ran out of the hole around the tree and back in the hole" to tie a bowline knot.
How my father tied the bowline I don't know but, I never forgot Little Joe's "Rabbit" way.
On one of Little Joe's visits he brought his Boy Scout Manual which showed all the knots and lots of other interesting things and I immediately wanted to be a part of all that little book was showing me.
My sadness still haunts me today when I recall Little Joe telling me "You're not old enough ."
The age requirement to be a Boy Scout was lowered in later years to eleven but in my era the age requirement for becoming a Boy Scout was twelve.
Little Joe and his wife Irene had two girls and no boys so perhaps Little Joe didn't know what he had just said "NO" too. I never left him alone about wanting to become a Boy Scout. I hounded him every time he and my father were together. Either to shut me up or out of frustrations, he finally told me I could attend one of the troop meetings but, could not yet participate and could not yet be a real Scout.
However, at some point after I started pestering him, Little Joe was able to find a lady to be a Den Mother and he established a pack of Cub Scouts in Lueders and although only a Cub I was finally a Scout.
I don't recall much about my Cub Scout days but, I do recall being a Wolf, a Bear, and a Lion. I won't deny that perhaps those memories could also be coming from my son Ray Jr. being a Wolf, a Bear, and a Lion. I know I never had a Cub Scout uniform and my son did.
I do recall my becoming a Tenderfoot and getting the badge at I believe the Methodist Church in Stamford, Texas. I remember being real proud of my badge and at last what I considered a real Boy Scout. I didn't much like being called a Tenderfoot because in my young mind I had just climbed a real high mountain of accomplishment. 12 years old and a Scout at last, even through they wanted to call me a Tenderfoot I was one proud Scout in 1946.
One minor disappointment of being a real Scout was not having a real uniform. After a period, I was one of the lucky ones and did get an official Boy Scout shirt but, the pants I wore were always a pair my mother had dyed a green army color to make them look as official as possible.
The dye came in a small paper package similar to Kool-Aid and I can still remember the big old pan full of green boiling water on top of the stove. Dying clothes at home was not unusual in those days and we always took full advantage of the dyes strength and any faded garments in the house were subject to being turned army green.
The fortunate ones of us had an official shirt, scarf and hat. The not so fortunate were lucky to have a scarf and hat.
The official Scout things we did get were purchased at J. C. Pennys in Stamford, Texas or at Minters Department Store in Abilene, Texas.
The Minters Department Store in Abilene was one of those wonderful old 2 or 3 story tall department stores right down town and the Scout stuff was either on the 2nd or 3rd floor and they carried most all of the official Scout items.
The J.C. Penny store in Stamford only handled a minimum amount of Scout items and it was always a big thrill when on rare occasions we got to go to Abilene and rummage through all the Scout stuff at Minters.
J. C. Pennys in Stamford had a fun side also because you got to watch the clerk put the customers money in a little jar device and then shoot it up a cable to the 2nd floor were a cashier handled the money, made the change and returned it by the cable back to the sales clerk.
Lots of the other boys dyed their shirts or pants and never got a real one. But, we were never bothered by it too much because most all the other troops in the surrounding towns looked as we did. And besides Scouting was too much fun to worry about little details like a real uniform.
I think in West Texas at the time, it could have been said that the official Boy Scout Uniform was a green shirt and Levi blue jeans.
Badges, rank, and awards was another thing, we were all very competitive and took great pride in our Scouting Achievements.
We loved the district meetings which were often times held in the big old Methodist Church in Stamford, Texas which is located 14 miles west of Lueders, Texas.
At the district meetings which were called "District Courts of Honor", we would get our next badge of rank and/or merit badges and then have competition events between the troops which made up our district of the Chisholm Trail Council.
Although we took our competition events serious some were just pure fun and one of the fun events was a district contest to see which Boy Scout had the most freckles.
One night at a district meet at the Methodist Church in Stamford Old Troop 46 let out a war whoop heard all over the church when we learned one of the contest for the night was, "Who has the most freckles". We knew we had that rascal rapped up because a pure red head, Fredrick Lieb had recently joined Scouting and was with us. Fredrick had more freckles then a porcupine has quills and he did take the 1st place trophy which was a regular old tin coffee cup with "Most Freckles" painted on the side. But, to us it was a gold medal and Fredrick our hero.
Our biggest Scouting asset living in Lueders was the Clear Fork of the Brazos River and Cotton Wood Creek which was a feeder creek to the Clear Fork.
The south side of Lueders residential area starts right were the Clear Fork and Cotton Wood join.
At one time the Boy Scouts had a Scout hut up on the highest bank overlooking the point where the Cotton Wood joins the Clear Fork. But, I don't recall ever using this hut in my era which should indicate Lueders had several years of serious Scouting prior to my years. By the time I was in high school the hut had lost it's roof. However, as of today the walls being made of river rock are still partially standing.
The Missouri, Kansas, and Texas (MKT) railroad came through Lueders and the railroad bridge was also located were the Cotton Wood joins the Clear Fork.
We always worried a little about being caught on the bridge when we walked across it. But, we also pretty well knew the train schedules.
It was very exciting and a wonderful experience to be down by the bridge when one of the old steam locomotives came rambling across pulling a long freight train.
In the early 20's, a Dam was built across the Clear Fork a little down river from the railroad bridge to provide a water supply for the City of Stamford, Texas and surrounding towns including Lueders.
The Dam with it's pump house and water reservoir was a wonderful place to explore, play and hang out.
The Clear Fork and the Cotton Wood became our home away from home as we truly lived on the river in all our spare time.
Scouting and the river provided a Tom Sawyer like environment for us. We had forts, hide outs, and camping spots on the river from one end to the other relative to Lueders.
An island was made were the Cotton Wood branched into two streams to enter the Clear Fork and the island was one of our favorite spots on the river.
We always did pretty good at Scout meets in the outdoor events and I've always believed it was because of the experiences we got living on the river.
The railroad bridge, river dam, 2 cotton gins, 3 stone mills, rock quarries, an oil refinery, grain elevator, box cars and a large cotton wharf loaded with bales and bales of cotton to explore only added to the excitement.
In my era I don't recall the Baptist Encampment ever being used for camping by the Boy Scouts but, I understand it has been used.
In my era the Scouts did camp and hold meets at a place called Swenson's Jog which was located a mile or two down river from the Baptist Encampment Grounds. The Swenson Jog was so named because it was on the SMS Ranch at a jog in the Clear Fork of the Brazos River.
I recall one camping trip when we spent a day or two at Swenson Jog and we came in 2nd or 3rd in the competition events.
That was also the trip when me and my Scouting buddy Albert McCurdy got into a big big argument because he was assigned the task of getting some large bridge nails to use for our tent stakes and he forgot them.
Albert's came by the assignment because his father ran the Lueders Lumber Yard and that made the nails purchase price pretty cheap.
Albert's father had driven part of our troop out and was still there. He told us both to "Shut Up and get your axes". He then helped us cut some tree limbs for our stakes and that ended the argument.
Now we knew how to do that but, cutting green mesquite trees with thorns all over them in a hot Texas sun is not easy or fun. It appeared to us it was easier to argue.
Albert and I argued a lot because we were the best of friends and very competitive with each other. His father was wonderful with all us boys and I give credit to him for his part in raising me.
At this same meet, Albert and I were teamed together to start a fire using only friction.
We choose to use flint stones to strike together to get a spark to start our fire and we were having a hard time getting it started. Albert was doing the blowing and handling the kinlin, I was doing the striking. I had brought along a file to strike the flint with but, didn't use it at first because for some reason I felt like it was kind of cheating to use a file. After a little while I did start using the file and started achieving some good sparks. Also about that time the two Scouts next to us were hustling around trying to get their fire started and kicked some straw over next to Albert and he reached down and got part of their straw and put it in with our kinlin.
We then got the fire started rather quickly and came in either 2nd or 3rd or something like that in the friction fire building event.
Our troop had already made some pretty good scores overall but, the fire contest got some needed points and afterwards, I was making the remark that you guys better be glad I brought the file. Albert's comment was, "Shoot you better be glad I stole them other old boys straw". I had to admit it was some fine straw.
Some of the fire building contests would be judged on who boiled water in a coffee can first and another would require tying two or three strings on sticks across the top of the fire and up a foot or so and the contest was judged on who got their fire started and burned the strings into first.
Other out door competition events I can recall were First Aid, Knot Tying and one I will call Troop Signaling. The Troop Signaling was to signal a marching patrol behind you when to turn left or right or stop or kneel down or move forward in a walk, trot or run.
Frankly, I didn't know then and don't know now what the signals were or what they were for and the funny part is, none of my fellow scouters did either. We simply had never heard of such an event when we got to the Scoutmaster Station judging the event.
Fortunately, our group had to wait our turn to be tested and it was while waiting and watching that we figured out what the event was about and to some extent how the other scouts were giving their signals. We didn't know what to do because we had never seen the event before and it was too late to learn any signals. I happened to be the Patrol Leader at the time and together we decided I would send some kind of hand signal but, pay no attention to it and just as fast as everyone could they were to do whatever maneuver I did. In other words we faked it all. Amazingly, we came in second or third in this event and I will never know how we did that unless we were expert fakes or none of the other troops were use to the event either.
The knot tying competition was conducted by placing several even numbered patrols in a line and using a tag type game, each Scout would run about fifty feet to a Scoutmaster who gave the Scout a knot to tie and when the chosen knot was successfully executed and verified by the Scoutmaster the Scout would then run back to the line and tag the next Scout to run up to tie a knot. The patrol which completed all the knot tying sequences first was the winner. It is funny to recall now the time our group lost out totally in this event because the Scoutmasters son Keith, had trouble trying a square knot. He finally got it but, took so long we finished last in the event. In Keiths defense, he had only recently became a Scout and we forgave him.
First aid contest were performed in a similar manner and each Scout would demonstrate how to care for a certain wound.
I recall an occasion being assigned to demonstrate a Rattle Snake bite and the judging Scoutmaster said I was perfect and right out of the Scout manual but, I had drawn and treated only two fang wound marks. The Scoutmaster reminded me, a Rattle Snake has two fangs on top and two fangs on bottom for a total of four fangs and I had only demonstrated how to treat two fangs. Well shucks, I've never been bitten by a Rattle Snake before and that's how the manual showed it, I challenged. I still got a reduced score.
To view a newspaper article about the Boy Scouts Camporee at Swenson Jog, Click:... HERE
Our tents were World War II pup tents. I remember each of us owning half of a tent and the two halves went together with button like snaps. I don't recall how the other Scouts got theirs but, my brother-in-law, Ferman L. Rains was in the army during World War II and gave me the half I owned. (Borrowed from Uncle Sam)
Our local Scout Troop Meetings were held, mostly at the Methodist or Baptist Church in Lueders and these meetings consisted of the normal things of reciting the Scout oath, motto, slogan, practicing knot tying, checking merit badge status, etc. and Scoutmaster, Little Joe Delwaide usually had some fun stuff up his sleeve.
We did not do it at every troop meeting but, one of my favorites was the scavenger hunts he would send us on. He did this by breaking us up into teams of 3 or 4 Scouts per team which on a normally meeting night would usually give us 3 or 4 teams of scavengers.
He then gave us a list of things to bring back in a set period of an hour or two. The list might go something like this, 1 solid green sock, 1 pair of flowered color boxer shorts. 1 hack saw, 1 red apple, last Sundays sports section from Abilene Reporter News, a size 6-3/4 felt hat, 1942 August issue of Look Magazine.
Some parts of the list might be the same for all teams but, then parts of the list would be different.
In a town as small as Lueders everybody knew what Little Joe and his Scouts were doing and also knew they would get their stuff back the next day in good shape. So, most of the folks in town actually joined in on part of the fun and once we had chose their house to ask for items they would help find the things on the list by calling neighbors or friends who they thought might have a certain item. If no luck, it was on to the next house. Of course Joe kind of knew who had what and usually he had the list made so we had to go to a dozen places or so to fill the list.
Afterwards. Little Joe usually had some wonderful prize for the scavenger winners. i.e. "wonderful" usually meant a gotcha type prize.
I was saddened when for employment reasons, my first Scoutmaster, Little Joe Delwaide relocated to Fort Worth, Texas. Little Joe had been a strong influence on my young life.
He was called "Little" Joe because he worked for another fellow named Joe who was bigger then he was. So, it was Big Joe and Little Joe.
Little Joe was a very talented man with his hands and he had constructed a cabin in his back yard from wooden railroad ties. In the cabin next to the ceiling and all around was a book shelf from wall to wall and the shelf held back issues of Popular Mechanics Magazines.
I spent many an hour going through all his Popular Mechanic Magazines, when my parents visited with him and Irene.
Joe was a stone mason by trade and he and his own father did the stone work on most of the buildings at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.
Even after their leaving Lueders, I never forgot Little Joe or Irene and stayed in touch with them either by Christmas cards or their two daughters, Beverly and Mauda Alice.
In 1990 I visited with Joe and Irene in Azle, Texas just outside Fort Worth were they had lived since moving from Lueders and spent the night with them.
At 81 years of age Little Joe was still promoting Scouting and doing things with his hands. He gave me a corn cob back scratcher and a rocking horse he had just built.
While we were out in his work shop two young boys stopped by to visit and ask him a few words of advice which reminded me of how so long ago he often did the very same for me.
Irene told me about Little Joe being recently honored for being one of the oldest living Eagle Scouts and I would think that correct because he became an Eagle Scout in 1925 at age 16.
Not many men can stand 5 foot five in height and be 9 feet tall but, Little Joe and my first Scoutmaster did.
My fondest and appreciation of a man who kept me on track and provided me guidance in my youth as he did prompted me to ask his daughter Mauda Alice for any mementos she might have of her father and a few of those are now here on the web site to document an exceptional life time of dedication to the Boy Scouts of America. To view Joe's Mementos, Click:... HERE
Curtis Hardwick from Brownwood, Texas arrived in Lueders at just the right time to become the new Scoutmaster and I also consider him a great roll model in my life. Curtis was a telegraph operator for the Refinery Division of the Humble Oil Company and on a few occasions he took me to work with him and tried to teach me to operate a telegraph key and use Morse Code.
Curtis arrived at an OK time for me because I was about ready to have one of the grandest adventures of my young life and without Curtis I might not have made the National Boy Scout Jamboree held in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in 1950 when I was fifteen years of age.
I say that because I think Curtis provided the influence necessary for my father to approve my going. I just didn't think I had a chance to go and Curtis was my Rock of Gibraltar that made it happen.
He gave me the courage to ask my father to help me go and he then convinced my father it was the thing to do.
As I recall, each troop within the Chisholm Trail Council was allowed to send two Scouts. In other words, Lueders, Texas Troop 46 could send 2 Scouts.
Unfortunately I can not say the 2 Lueders Scouts were selected based on merit as it probably should have been. Based on the economical times and the backgrounds previously given, it boiled down to who could rake up the green stuff to pay for the trip.
I happened to be one of the unlucky-lucky ones who might just be able to come up with the funds.
Previously, I had thought unlucky because my father was a tough old Irishman who believed in hard work but fair pay and he believed I should learn that at a very early age. Therefore since age 12, I had been working on an Oil Well Service Unit he owned and had been paid a wage of 50 cents an hour. I washed tools, tailed rods, and helped the regular guys.
Since I only got to work when school was out for the summer and on weekends it took a long long time to save much money at 50 cents an hour and especially so, because since age 12 I had been buying all my own clothes.
Buying my own clothes at age 12 was not my fathers idea. I did it because I wanted too. After all I was now a Boy Scout and being taught responsibilities.
So, at age 15 and the opportunity to take the trip of a life time I was now very lucky to have had that tough old Irish man for a father because my savings was up around $50.00 as I recall.
But, the $50.00 was not near enough. I believe the trip cost $150.00 and that was to be paid to the Chisholm Trail Council to cover their cost.
Then there was a list of official Boy Scout Jamboree equipment which had to be purchased. Each Scout was required to have two complete official Boy Scout uniforms. Other specified equipment I can recall was eating utensils, first aid kit, sewing kit and some special sleeping gear of which one was a straw tick for a mattress. I think the cots were furnished by the council. If I remember correctly counting spending money, we were looking at somewhere around $250.00 total to make the trip.
In Lueders, Texas in 1950, $250.00 was over a months wages for lots of folks.
Curtis Hardwick told us that if our parents would pay half, we would raise the other half from the community and he purposed to do that by throwing a bean supper in the high school gym and inviting all of Lueders to attend.
This Curtis accomplished by getting the two ladies who worked in the school lunch room to cook the beans and accessories in the school kitchen with help from our Scouting mothers and serving them in the high school gymnasium.
The bean supper raised $150.00 to go to scouter Ron Spinks and I because by this time it had been decided we were the two able to go.
Ron Spinks had to drop out later and I ended up getting all the $150.00 which meant the community of Lueders, Texas paid the Chisholm Trail Council part of my trip. My parents and I provided the special gear required and I remember leaving with $24.00 and coins in my pocket for spending money.
I will always be grateful to Scoutmaster Curtis Hardwick and the community of Lueders for without either I would not have been part of the National Boy Scout Jamboree of 1950.
A journal of my activates while attending the 1950 Jamboree is available:... HERE
A few things not mentioned in the journal was the fact the Korean war broke out the day we left on the Jamboree and it was news flowing back and forth on the train because some of us realized in just a few years it would be our turn to defend our country and were thankful Scouting had prepared us patriotically and for the outdoor life prevalent in wars.
For a West Texas youngsters the jamboree was an unbelievable experience in ways not thought of today. I saw my first television set in a tent at the Jamboree in Valley Forge. The screen was about 10 inches and in black and white.
No jet planes or diesels for us. Our train was pulled by a steam engine and going through the mountains in Pennsylvania and around Horseshoe Curve we had to have two steam engines.
Underground Subways, Cathedrals larger then Barns, an Empire State building higher then Oil Derricks, Nigeria Falls, the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Yankee Stadium, and looking at the United States Constitution that Thomas Jefferson put his pen too and being in the U. S. Capitol at Washington, D.C. was pure dreamland for a fifteen year old boy from West Texas.
Shortly after the Jamboree our Scoutmaster Curtis Hardwick relocated and for the remaining three years of my Scouting career Scoutmasters were hard to come by in Lueders, Texas because farming and the jobs of the time were not likely to be 40 hours a week. Jobs were usually sunup to sundown or can to can't. Free time and things like a paid holiday were few and far between.
Accordingly, Scouting in Lueders for a period of time was an on again - off again thing as we were without leadership.
The highest rank I obtained in the Boy Scouts was Life and I have always regretted not becoming an Eagle. I have used the gaps we had in Scoutmasters as my excuse and today still believe had we had continuity between Scoutmasters I would have reached my goal.
One of our Scoutmaster in this period was Mr. Moody Galbraith who was also the Lueders High School Principle.
Mr. Galbraith was a fine heavy set gentleman as gentle as he was heavy and he was our Scoutmaster in several of the camp outs at Swenson Jog.
I can recall Mr. Galbraith coming over to our house to examine a model I had made to obtain my machinery merit badge and being with us at some of the District Meetings at the Stamford Methodist Church but, I don't recall our regular Scout Meetings.
One of my Scouting Buddies, Carol Felts and I grew up together living across the street from each other and I asked him what he could recall about our Scouting days.
Carol remembers Mr. Galbraith having us hike all the way out from Lueders to the Swenson Jog for one of the camp outs. We probably were working on a hiking merit badge.
It was at this camp out that a minor flood nearly washed away some of the tents of a group of scouts camped too close to the river. In this area of the Clear Fork of the Brazos it had about 3 different levels of river banks and it wasn't a good idea to be too entrenched on one of the lower banks, especially after a heavy rain.
Carol also recalls winning a contest at the Jog by having the brightest flashlight. The contest was conducted by forming all the Scouts up in a circle and with each flashlight shining into the night sky the Scoutmaster judging the event had the dimmest flashlights turned off one at a time until only the brightest flashlight remained and Carols new flashlight he had recently purchased from the Lumber Yard won.
Carol remembers being a Den Chief and on den meeting days he got to wear his Scout shirt, neckerchief and lanyard that marked a Den Chief to school and then in the afternoon he rode the school bus out to the Ivy farm north of town were Mrs. Ivy was the Den Mother. After the meeting the Ivy's would take Carol home.
The final Scoutmaster of my youth was our High School Ag Teacher, Truman Tidwell who I personally recruited to be our Scoutmaster.
When I first asked just before school started, he said he was too busy and turned me down. However, he was a young teacher fresh out of Texas A & M and after school started and he discovered how rowdy a bunch of country farm boys could be in class, he decided there might be some advantage to being part of us rather then an outsider. So, one afternoon he came to me and wanted to make a deal that if me and my other Scout buddies would help with class discipline then he would be glad to be our Scoutmaster.
So, Mr. Tidwell became our Scoutmaster for a period but, I don't recall us doing much except when school let out for the summer, we did get Mr. Tidwell to take about six of us on a camping trip to Possum Kingdom Lake for a few days. We went in a school bus and used the Boy Scout Cabin.
The Boy Scouts had a fairly large cabin on Possum Kingdom Lake and it could be reserved by different Scout Troops and used for a few days during the summer months. I recall it having a big old rock fire place.
As I recall it now, the weekend at Possum Kingdom Lake in the Boy Scout Cabin just about wound up my Scouting career as a youth.
Adult life brought me the pleasure of raising 2 girls and a boy.
The girls had there turn in the Brownies and Girl Scouts and the boy had his turn in Cub Scouting.
When our son Ray Jr. reached Cub Scout age my wife and I were instrumental in helping start Cub Scout Pack #351 in Titusville, Florida in the late 60's and it remains a very active Pack today.
She was a Den Mother and I was one of the Pack Scoutmasters as shown:... HERE
In the mid 90's I was involved with the Space Explorers Post #7 of the Boy Scouts in Titusville, Florida. An interesting experience since one of our meeting places was the Astronaut Hall of Fame at John F. Kennedy Space Center.
The Space Explorer Post was formed by special authorization from the Boy Scouts of America.
Today in full retirement, I hold the fondest of memories about all my Scouting experiences and wish every boy could have the same, for I believe it makes one a better person and a prouder American.
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FAIRHAVEN — With a smoking ban being considered by the Fairhaven Housing Authority, a large number of residents turned out for a special meeting Nov. 5 at Oxford Terrace.
After listening to a presentation on the dangers of smoking, one resident, who doesn't smoke, cut to the chase, asking if people who smoked and couldn't quit would be forced out if the smoking ban is implemented.
"What do you do about those people who are living here?" she asked. "Will the Housing Authority say, 'You're here, now you have to get out'?"
Jay Simmons, chairman of the authority, said it hasn't made any decision yet about banning smoking in about 285 public housing units it oversees in Fairhaven.
Mr. Simmons said if a ban is implemented, residents won't be forced out of their apartments; they just can't smoke in them. He said the residents will just have to smoke outside.
When a male resident asked if they would be allowed to smoke on their porches or patios, Executive Director Krisanne Sheedy said it was unlikely. She said they would probably have to smoke a specified distance from buildings.
"I don't really see where...allowing it on the porch would be a beneficial idea," she said.
The residents have been asked to complete two surveys. Ms. Sheedy said the results have been tabulated for the first but not the second, with 70 percent wanting a smoking ban and 30 percent opposed.
Ms. Sheedy said it can take months to eradicate cigarette smoke from a unit someone has occupied, even if they just lived there a few months. She said the smoke travels through ducts, inside walls, into carpets and even into appliances.
Judith Coykendall of Seven Hills Behavioral Health's Tobacco-Free Community Partnership brought rat poison, lighter fluid, batteries and household cleaners. She said the carcinogens they contain, like arsenic, ammonia, benzene, acetone, cadmium and mercury, are found in cigarette smoke.
Among other things found in cigarette smoke, hydrogen cyanide was used in gas chambers and nicotene was used in DDT, Ms. Coykendall said. While most people associate cigarettes with lung cancer, they also cause heart attacks, strokes and emphysema.
"It just wears your heart down," Ms. Coykendall said of harmful ingredients in cigarettes.
Ms. Coykendall, said the survey results match "the 30 percent smoking rate in the South Coast," which she said is higher than statewide. She said the results are similar at every public housing authority she goes to in this area.
One resident said Chantix, which is used to help people stop smoking, causes weird dreams, depression and changes in behavior.
Ms. Coykendall acknowledged it has been found to cause harmful side effects in some users. She said if it does, they should stop taking it.
When a resident wanted to know how close the Housing Authority is to making a decision, Mr. Simmons said they were just in the "beginning stages" and would hold more public meetings.
A female resident said she'd feel more comfortable if the local board waited until the state issues smoking regulations. And a male resident said, "We don't want Big Brother making decisions."
The Fairhaven Housing Authority oversees units in several developments throughout town, including at Oxford Terrace, Dana Court, Green Meadows, Anthony Haven and on Ash Street. There are income limits and residents must be at least 60 years old, disabled or handicapped.
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Scottish independence: MPs claim Yes vote would damage education
A Westminster committee has said independence would have a damaging effect on higher education and research in Scotland.
MPs on the Scottish affairs committee said the impact would be "far greater than that acknowledged by the Scottish government".
Scottish Education Secretary Mike Russell said the committee was mainly made up of anti-independence MPs.
"It is little surprise their report opposes independence," he said.
Voters in Scotland will go to the polls on 18 September when they will be asked the "yes/no" question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"
The committee's report said the Scottish government's proposals to make students from the rest of the UK pay tuition fees while allowing free access for students from the rest of the EU "would not be legally sustainable".
It said that based on current student numbers it would cost £150m for Scotland to treat UK students the same as those from the EU.
The report also found Scottish universities currently received 50% more in research grants from the UK Research Councils than they would if allocation of funding was based on population share.
It said the Scottish government must make clear how it would deal with this loss of financial support.
Labour MP Ian Davidson, chair of the committee, said: "Higher education and research is one of the policy areas where the divergence between the assertions of the Scottish government and reality are at their starkest.
"The Scottish government has a clear responsibility to tell the Scottish people how it would manage the damaging effects of changes in higher education and research that separation would bring."
However, Mr Russell said: "With independence, it will be in Scotland's and the UK's interests to maintain a common research area including shared Research Councils. We would negotiate a fair funding formula with Westminster for the future.
"On tuition fees, the requirements of the EU allow for objective justification - that is clear evidence of exceptional circumstances - this is explicitly acknowledged on page 199 of Scotland's Future and also made in independent legal advice sought by Universities Scotland."
A spokesman for pro-independence group, Academics for Yes, said the biggest threat to Scotland's higher education and research sector "comes from further Westminster cuts in 2015".


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Doctor Who Van Gogh TARDIS Mug
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Human Security
Human security refers to the security of the individual as opposed to the security of states. When individuals and communities are put at the centre of analysis, there are implications for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of security and peacebuilding initiatives. The human security approach is not only centred on people as objects of interventions, but also as providers of security in their own right.
Sustainable Development Goals
Through our engagement with the SDGs, GPPAC aims to strengthen the role of local civil society in fostering conflict prevention and peacebuilding by ensuring a truly inclusive multi-stakeholder approach based on local ownership is realised in the SDG implementation across the globe.


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Changing Paths: Chyna Whyte (Lil Jon's Former Artist) Walks Away From The Industry & Turns To The Lord! (Here She Is Performing At Church With Her Daughter)
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Mobile Technologies Inc. (MTI)
MTI is a global leader in merchandising security, technology servicing and tablet mobility solutions that increase the engagement level and interactivity of mobile devices.
MTI's Integrated Product Lines:
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how about having a dinner and talk a walk beside a beach having fun together
Drankje, hapje en we zien wel verder dan
Full 5 course Italian dinner .. no leftovers allowed :)
Get to know me and find out
My master suite is a love chamber. I have a sex swing and all the toys one can imagine.
First we can have a lovely evening eating at a nice restaurant of your choosing and then after that may be a movie or some other activities like bowling ,etc
Flying to a romantic location and having a romantic candlelight dinner and 2 dozen pink long stem roses.
Dinner & a movie?
Was 17 yrs old with my pocket full of my hard earned money ready to buy what my dated wanted
We would to dinner and dancing and what ever else we decide on doing is great with me.
It would be entirely up to you, your wish my command kind of thing!
Dinner movie a walk threw the park talking
a girl that loves to have fun love sexand please me a lotand I make her feel like a queen
First date could be or would by coffee or dinner movie cuddles great conversation communication and getting to know each other


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The best part? About two minutes before they announced the winner, I turned to her and said, "Oh, hey, did you write up a speech in case you win?" And she said "Oh heck no. I'm up against the Ugly Betty head writer."
And when she did win, and recovered from the shock of it, she then proceeded to give the funniest off-the-cuff acceptance speech I've ever heard. She's pretty awesome, that one.


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Exhibition Expert
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- Hill International
- Location
- North Africa
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 27 Feb 2013
- Closes
- 27 Mar 2013
- Sector
- Architecture, Building Services, Heating and Ventilation, Construction Management, Engineering, Property
- Function
- Architect, CAD Technician, Design
- Job Type
- Contract
Hill International, Inc., (NYSE:HIL) the worldwide construction consulting firm is expanding. With more than 3,000 employees in 100 offices worldwide, Hill provides program management, project management, construction management, and construction claims services worldwide.
Hill International (www.hillintl.com) seeks to recruit for a major museum project of total cost of about 800 million $ an:
Exhibition Expert
Job Description:
- A Leader of Team Producing Working Drawings & detailed shop drawings Coordinated exhibition design With All Activities (electric, lighting, air condition, Fire Fighting, Audiovisual, security system, art work etc...).
- Responsible for final technical inspections for project items (loose furniture, fixed & custom made furniture, etc.)
- Responsible of producing details shop drawings for all carpentry task in project and door schedules and follow up working at wood manufacture and material procurement .
- Responsible of showrooms and factory production shop drawings using computer program [AutoCAD].
- Follow up and executing manufacture basic products and mass-Production.
- Calculating products budget.
- Responsible of showrooms and factory production shop drawings using computer program [AutoCAD].
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Related University Degree
Native speaker of the English language
Min.15 years of experience
Extensive experience in similar nature and value projects
The company offers a competitive remuneration package and possibilities of career development within a dynamic working environment.
Region: MENA countries
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Still holding on to Windows 2000, XP RTM or XP SP1? No more Firefox for you, my friend - Mozilla has just upped its minimum supported Windows version to Windows XP SP2. In addition, support for Firefox 3.6 will end April 24. Asa Dotzler presents Opera as an alternative for you crazy people still on Windows 2000, XP RTM or XP SP1.


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The Nebraska offense came to play in its Big Ten opener on Friday afternoon at Illinois Field, as the Huskers (7-13, 1-0 Big Ten) pounded out a season-high 16 hits on their way to a 9-5 win over the Illinois Fighting Illini (13-5, 0-1 Big Ten). The Husker win snapped Illinois' six-game winning streak and was only the second loss for the Illini in their last 14 games.
Nebraska made Illinois starter Kevin Johnson work, as the senior threw 114 pitches over 6.0 innings, giving up five runs on nine hits and two walks. Every Husker hitter totaled at least one hit on the day, while five Huskers had multiple hits, including three-hit performances from Rich Sanguinetti and Pat Kelly. Six Huskers notched an RBI on the afternoon, with Josh Scheffert leading the way with a pair of RBIs.
Nebraska produced three extra-base hits, including a triple from Kash Kalkowski, who was also hit twice, and a double each from Scheffert and Austin Darby.
Junior starter Christian DeLeon ate up 7.0 innings for the Huskers and got the win to improve to 2-2 on the season. DeLeon gave up five runs on 11 hits, but was able to work out of a couple tough situations with no walks and three strikeouts. Senior Dylan Vogt closed the game for the Huskers to pick up his fourth save of the season, as he worked a pair of shutout innings.
After stranding a pair or runners in both the first and second innings, the Huskers gave DeLeon a 4-0 lead heading into the bottom of the third inning. Michael Pritchard got the offense going with a one-out single and moved first-to-third on a well-executed hit-and-run by Chad Christensen to put runners on the corners for Darby. The sophomore lefty laid down a squeeze and it looked as if Pritchard would be out at the plate, but Johnson threw the ball wide of catcher Jason Goldstein, allowing Pritchard to score, Christensen to move to third and Darby to second. Scheffert followed with a RBI groundout, his team-leading 12th RBI of the season. Kalkowski kept the inning going with an RBI triple down the right-field line and then scored when shortstop Thomas Lindauer committed Illinois' second error of the inning on a ground ball off the bat of Tanner Lubach.
Illinois cut the Nebraska lead in the half with a pair of runs on three hits, including two doubles, in the bottom of the third. After facing just six Illini hitters through the first two innings, DeLeon retired Brandon Hohl before Reid Roper lifted a double into the right-field gap. DeLeon got a fly out from Goldstein and was close to getting out of the inning when he induced a grounder from leadoff hitter Will Krug, but the Illini right fielder was able to leg out an infield single. It was a big play for the Illini, as Michael Hurwitz followed with a two-RBI double. DeLeon then sat down No. 3 hitter Justin Parr to end the third inning.
Nebraska got one run back in the fourth to take a 5-2 lead, starting with a pair of leadoff singles from Sanguinetti and Kelly, followed by a sacrifice bunt from Pritchard. With two Huskers in scoring position and one down, Christensen hit a soft groundball to short that scored Sanguinetti, but Kelly was thrown out at third. Christensen then stole second to put himself in scoring position with two down, but Johnson retired Darby to end NU's fourth.
The Illini responded with a pair of leadoff singles in the bottom of the fourth, but DeLeon dug in and got a pop up and a 5-3 double play to quickly end Illinois' scoring threat. DeLeon was unable to escape the fifth without damage, as Justin Parr came through with a two-out two-RBI single that cut NU's lead to one, 5-4.
Illinois evened the game, 5-5, in to the bottom of the sixth when Brandon Hohl plated David Kerian with a one-out double, after Kerian led off the inning with a single.
After putting zeros on the board in both the fifth and sixth, the Husker offense scored three runs on three hits in the seventh to retake the lead, 8-5. Releiver Jay Tyler took the mound and walked Pritchard, who moved to second on a sacrifice from Christensen. Darby and Scheffert followed with back-to-back doubles, putting Nebraska up 7-5. After Kalkowski was hit for the ninth time this season, Lubach executed a hit-and-run that scored Scheffert. Illinois turned the momentum in its favor when Goldstein picked off Kalkowski and third and Wed Edrington groundout to end the NU seventh.
The Illinis got its leadoff batter on in the seventh when Edrington committed a throwing error, but DeLeon came up big, as he retired Illinois' 2-3-4 hitters in order to keep NU on top, 8-5, headed to the eighth.
Dylan Vogt took the mound for the Huskers in the bottom of the eighth, where Kerian welcomed him with a double down the right-field line. Vogt's defense then got behind him, as Kelly climbed the ladder on line drive, Sanguinetti chased down a fly ball in the left-center field gap and Kelly retired Roper on a ground ball to strand Kerian at second.
The Husker bats added an insurance run in the ninth when Sanguinetti drove in Kalkowski, who reached when he was hit for the second time today, with a two-out single to give the Huskers a 9-5 lead going into the bottom of the ninth.
Edrington made a pair of slick plays at short to start the bottom of the ninth, before Hurwitz singled off Vogt. The senior righty quickly put an end to Illinois' hope as a two-out rally when he got Justin Parr to fly out to end the game.
The Huskers and Illini wrap up their three-game series tomorrow with a doubleheader at Illinois Field, with first pitch set for Noon (CT). The series finale was originally scheduled for Sunday, but it was moved to Saturday due to impending weather.


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Cofrin Memorial Arboretum
The Cofrin Memorial Arboretum forms a natural boundary of 290 acres encircling the UW Green Bay campus and providing ready access for recreation, field trips, and research projects. The purpose of the Arboretum is to restore and preserve some of Wisconsin's native ecological communities and to provide a place where people can enjoy and appreciate nature. Emphasis is placed on the protection, enrichment, and development of native Wisconsin plant communities and areas of special ecological significance. Forests, prairies, ponds, and creeks represent some of the major communities thriving in the Arboretum. The Arboretum also contributes significantly to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay environment, making it one of the most beautiful college campuses in the United States.
Benefits of the Cofrin Arboretum extend to the campus and to community members. More than 6 miles of trails are open to the public for passive recreation such as hiking, biking, bird-watching, cross-country skiing, and simply meandering. School and non-profit organizations regularly conduct walks and bike rides to raise funds or draw attention to their causes. University and high school classes make use of the Arboretum for lab exercises, field trips, and student projects. Grants are available to UWGB students to conduct independent research on the arboretum lands.
The Arboretum provides food and shelter for wildlife, including an estimated 45 mammal species, more than 200 resident and migratory bird species, as well as significant populations of native amphibians, reptiles, insects, and other arthropods. The physical proximity to the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary increases the movement wildlife between the Arboretum and the sanctuary.
The Goals of the Arboretum are to preserve existing natural communities and to develop examples of other communities of this geographic area.
- To preserve and reinforce existing natural areas
- To re-establish plant communities and wildlife indigenous to northeastern Wisconsin at the time of European settlement in the mid 1800's
- To establish plantings of non-indigenous species that can be expected to
- 1) survive in this climate and
- 2) provide educational benefits for students and visitors
- To promote opportunities for research in natural history, environmental science, ecological restoration, and related fields
- To foster appreciation of nature through public trails and exhibits
- To coordinate planning and activities with other ecologically significant areas in northeastern Wisconsin
- To support recreational activities that are harmonious and compatible with the above goals
- To prohibit or discourage activities that threaten the integrity of the natural communities and educational opportunities for future generations
Development of the Arboretum is an ongoing process. In addition to the plantings for the purpose of establishing new, representative communities, trail construction and maintenance, pond excavation and landscaping, and the annual controlled burning of the prairie are part of the continuing effort to enhance the ecology and beauty of the Cofrin Arboretum.
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Failed businessman Sean Quinn Jnr was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly on a train on Sunday – just months after his release from Mountjoy Prison.
The son of bankrupt billionaire Sean Quinn Snr is alleged to have been drunk and to have caused a disturbance on the train.
Quinn was handcuffed and taken from the Wesport to Dublin train by police officers, according to a report in the Irish Sun.
The paper says the driver on the train called police to report an unruly passenger on board the 3.15pm service to Heuston Station.
The report adds that it is believed that Quinn had been drinking and that there was a complaint about his behaviour.
Police boarded the train when it arrived at Tullamore station in County Offaly.
They found Quinn near the toilet area and brought him to the local station where he was quizzed about the matter but was not charged.
A police spokesman confirmed: "Gardai (police) were called after a disturbance was reported on a train.
"A man was arrested and detained for a short period of time and subsequently released."
The paper adds that the 'adult caution' mechanism, where officers warn a person about their behaviour without leading to a full criminal investigation, is being applied in the case.
It is understood that Quinn made alternative arrangements to return to his Dublin home after his release from custody.
Reports also suggest he has since contacted police to apologize.
He served a three-month jail term last year for contempt over his family's ongoing legal fight with IBRC.


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With Brian Crookham
This Edition: "Plenty To Be Thankful For"
The 2006 season has come and gone in Major League Soccer. Both the Rapids and MLS should have plenty to be thankful for.
First let's talk about the Rapids:
The regular season especially on the road was nothing to write home about. Timing is everything though and big results away from Denver landed the team in the Western Conference Final for the second straight year.
The club also this year claimed two trophies winning the Rocky Mountain Cup over archrivals Real Salt Lake for the second straight season in what has become the best rivalry in MLS as well as the MLS Reserve Division Championship Trophy which the Rapids Reserve squad won handily in its second year of inception.
The nucleus of a very talented team appears to be gathering here. The entire group of Senior Internationals is contributing to this team. When is the last time you could say that about the Rapids?
Add Cannon Beckerman and Mastroeni to the mix and there is certainly a core of players to build from. We even saw a little of the old Cleetus in the post-season. This team still needs some work but a couple of moves could make it a very exciting team to watch in 2007. I'll share more of my thoughts on player personnel in my next column in December.
Off the field the KSE have made a commitment to the future of the club.
In April the team will call Dick's Sporting Goods Park its new home. I have talked before about the importance of a soccer specific stadium to the ability of a franchise to control its own future. Most of the talk has been about the financial implications and not the human side of having a new home.
The players will be able to dress meet get treatment train and compete while being based out of the same locker rooms. The coaches will be able to come to work game days included and enjoy one stop access to everything they need. The support staff from trainers to equipment managers to public relations and game day operations will no longer have to set up temporary shops in a foreign building on game days.
Few people ever see behind the scenes but creating a big-time environment around such an organization goes far beyond the 90 minutes the teams spend on the field each week.
The Rapids organization will also make a commitment to youth development. Most of that development will take place as the Rapids' youth teams start to train next year on well-groomed fields in the shadow of the first team's pitch at the new stadium. One way of developing emotional ties to your team is by putting people in your jerseys.
Overall fans of the Rapids this year can give thanks this year for a great run through the playoffs coupled with the fact that the organization under KSE appears to have come a long way in a fairly short period of time.
On to MLS:
The last year has really been proof of the maturation of this league. It has always been stated that the league wants to learn from past successes and failures (read NASL) to ensure their long term viability. Controlled growth has put the league in a position where it has a more diverse group of owners dedicated to the future of the game. The health of the league has now presented the opportunity to move forward.
League-owned player contracts have kept salaries in check as support has been built for the league. In some cases the new Designated Player Rule will now open the door to more "big name" players playing in the league. You can bet that not every franchise will use this opportunity but this is an indicator of the confidence the league has in its future.
Other changes will help as well. The importance of regular season games has always been an issue. This year as in years past it was all about getting into the top 4 and seeing what happens from there.
Next year it won't be that simple. Many factors will make watching the regular season a little more exciting in 2007. You can count on Los Angeles and Real Salt Lake the two Western Conference teams that didn't make the playoffs not being pushovers in 2007. The Western Conference is only guaranteed two post-season spots so winning crossover games is even more important. Spots in future MLS/MFL competitions will also be based on regular-season finishes.
Add a new franchise in Toronto television rights deals the availability of all MLS league games on television for the first time and youth development schemes to the mix and there is plenty to be excited about for 2007.
Rewind to 1995 and I remember sitting in a ballroom in downtown Denver as they officially announced that teams such as the Clash the Burn the MetroStars and the Wiz would compete with the Rapids in this new league called Major League Soccer. It was a day that was met with excitement and a lot of uncertainty. As we close out 2006 there are still lingering doubts but there is an overriding feeling of excitement.
More importantly there is eleven years of history to be thankful for."
Brian Crookham's "Stoppage Time" column runs exclusively on ColoradoRapids.com. Brian is the Assistant Technical Director for the Colorado State Youth Soccer Association and serves as color commentator for Rapids broadcasts on Altitude TV. Views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and not necessarily those of the Colorado Rapids or ColoradoRapids.com. Send any questions or comments to Brian at email@example.com


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Easy DIY Outdoor Rug
This month we've been focusing on how to make your outdoor space look and function best for your family. If you're in need of a super cheap outdoor rug fix, we've got a solution for you. This bright and cheery burlap rug is easy to make and cost us less than $15!
• burlap
• acrylic paint
• painters tape or stencils
• clear acrylic caulk
Step 1: Spread out your burlap (fabric.com has an awesome selection of colors) and decide how you'd like to decorate it. You can use stencils, tape off stripes with painters tape, or freehand it. We laid out some paper squares to try to get the spacing right.
Step 2: Paint your design with outdoor quality acrylic paint and a paintbrush. Be sure to spread plastic or papers under your burlap because the paint will ooze through the fabric. Let the paint dry completely.
Step 3: On the back of the rug, squirt a bead of caulk around the perimeter and work your way around adding smaller concentric rectangles toward the center. The caulk will keep the edges from unraveling and will give the rug more body in general. We used one 10 oz tube, but you could use additional tubes if you'd really like to bulk it up. Make sure you use clear caulk so it doesn't show from the front. Let the caulk completely cure from white to translucent before turning it over.
You're finished! Well done. Enjoy your outdoor space!
- Katie Steuernagle
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Archaeology lecture explores history of ancient Roman highway
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The Loyola University New Orleans Department of Languages and Cultures presents Greek scholar Yannis Lolos, Ph.D., in "Via Egnatia: A Journey Across the Lower Balkans Through Time," a lecture about the first Roman highway built east of the Adriatic Sea, on Monday, April 16 at 8 p.m. in Nunemaker Auditorium in Monroe Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Lolos will explore the history of the Via Egnatia, which was constructed in the second century B.C., and extended almost 685 miles long and lasted throughout many centuries. It crossed the Roman provinces of Illyria, Macedonia and Thrace, running through territory that is now part of modern Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and European Turkey. Although the largest part of the roadway has been obliterated or covered by modern roads and land development throughout the 20th century, some sections are still visible, especially near the districts of Peqin and Librazhd in Albania and the cities of Kavala and Alexandroupoli in Greece.
Lolos is a history professor at the University of Thessaly in Volos, Greece. His specialties include archaeology of the Hellenistic city, Greek and Roman architecture and topography.
This event is co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Classical Studies Program and the New Orleans Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.
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It appears that the landscape has changed on immigration policy, now being discussed in terms that suggest long-overdue reform may at last be at hand:
It appears that the landscape has changed on immigration policy, now being discussed in terms that suggest long-overdue reform may at last be at hand:
A proposal from a bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators was presented Monday; the president put forth a plan on Tuesday that suggests they're on the same page; and the GOP-controlled House is mulling a version that tracks the Senate's.
This is good news, both for the 11 million undocumented aliens in the U.S. and the 315 million citizens who have borne financial and social costs associated with the 11 million.
Between the Senate and presidential proposals, though, there exist enough differences to wipe out the progress. President Obama would place less emphasis on border security before implementing the new path to citizenship; he offered no provisions for temporary workers who frequently fill low-wage jobs, the ones frequently cited as being unattractive to American workers; and he wants marital rights to be offered to same-sex as well as traditional couples.
The common ground is the best news, though, as it appears all are willing to offer citizenship in a way that prevents the socially insensitive and logistically untenable policy of Mitt Romney's "self-deportation," a quicker path for children of parents in the country illegally, and ineligibility for federal benefits for those with probationary legal status before citizenship is acquired.
Florida Republican Marco Rubio, one of the "Gang of Eight" who crafted the Senate proposal, warns that the president's offering could lead to another huge influx of illegal residents if border security isn't addressed. Of course, neither plan presents the degree of detail necessary to guarantee good law, but Rubio's argument at this stage is more than valid. The political process needs to work on plugging the holes in our borders through which millions have passed.
Make no mistake, though: Millions of U.S. citizens have benefited from the presence of millions of undocumented workers, otherwise a "clear path to citizenship" would not be on the table today. Agricultural and domestic workers are here because of consumer demand. Obama's promise to make it harder for businesses to employ undocumented workers is vital to blocking the figurative holes in our border, as well as the physical ones.
There are still those on the far right who will kick and scream over any path to citizenship for those in our country illegally, but some of the loudest voices from that camp have softened, clearly from the recognition that Republicans who ignore issues important to Hispanic voters will win fewer and fewer of their votes.
Whether Republicans have come to bipartisanship in this debate the hard way or the easy way, it remains vital to the strength of the country to reform immigration policy, and the willingness to bring reform cooperatively must prevail. The burden of that responsibility rests with both the president and Congress.


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I've mentioned many times before in this blog that we are big fans of the new cloud based approach to GIS (WebGIS). As Bill Meehan at Esri describes, connecting desktop, Web and mobile apps via your central GIS cloud based hub provides access, awareness and analysis. Moving from server to platform has many advantages. Its transforming GIS.
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The New York Yankees are dead. They are not merely tapping the bucket with their tootsies, sampling the dust with their teeth, booking refundable tickets on the Stygian Ferry. They are on Line 1 with Dr. Kevorkian asking for the soonest appointment possible, please.Daily News:
The Yankees held a players-only meeting less than an hour before Tuesday night's game in an attempt to reinforce the sense of urgency that filled the visitors' clubhouse at the Rogers Centre. ...Post:
Damon dropped what would have been the third out in the eighth inning, allowing the winning run to score from first base. ...
Another small nail was driven into the Yankees' pinstriped coffin last night by a leather hammer that was Johnny Damon's glove. ...AP:
The Yankees' ninth defeat in 14 games dropped them 11 games behind the Rays in the AL East and left them 6½ lengths back of the wild card-leading Red Sox [with 37 games remaining]. ... So, a six-game road trip that can only be described as critical started with a disaster.
Former Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was arrested Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a bartender after drinking 20 mugs of beer, a police official said.
Irabu, 39, became angered after his credit card was rejected. He then allegedly pushed the bartender against the wall, pulled his hair and smashed at least nine liquor bottles at a bar in Osaka, western Japan ...


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