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PAIS Index includes access to PAIS International and PAIS Archive.PAIS International indexes articles, books and some government documents in the areas of public policy, social policy and the social sciences from 1972 to present. PAIS Archive indexes books, periodicals and selected local, state, national, and international government documents in the areas of public policy, social policy and the social sciences (primarily economics, anthropology, sociology, public health, and political science), going back to 1915.Expand
PAIS Index includes access to PAIS International and PAIS Archive.
PAIS International indexes articles, books and some government documents in the areas of public policy, social policy and the social sciences from 1972 to present. PAIS Archive indexes books, periodicals and selected local, state, national, and international government documents in the areas of public policy, social policy and the social sciences (primarily economics, anthropology, sociology, public health, and political science), going back to 1915. To acquire results prior to 1960, be sure to change the first part of your date range to "earliest."
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Subjects: Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Health, Law, Government Information
Index of links to online worldwide newspapers.Expand
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The PapersFirst database provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, PapersFirst covers every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast proceedings collection since October 1993.Expand
Users may order the full text of papers cited in PapersFirst from The British Library using the FirstSearch online ordering service.
Subjects: Multidisciplinary Databases
Parker Library on the Web
Parker Library on the Web offers users online access to high resolution digital images of more than 550 manuscripts at Corpus Christ College, from the 6th century through the 16th.Expand
Within the Library is one the best collections of extant Anglo-Saxon manuscripts; a large collection of key Anglo-Norman and Middle English texts, and a magnificent collection of English illuminated manuscripts. The manuscripts are described and annotated, with references to relevant editions, translations, and other literature. The web site also includes on-line tutorials on searching the collection and in viewing results.
Subjects: Comparative Literature, English and American Literature, History Middle Ages 400-1450
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Industry trends and strategic analysis on over 20 consumer products and services. Select Search from top navigation bar or use search bar in upper right of page.Expand
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Full-text electronic editions of classic western philosophical, theological and literary authors, from ancient times to the early twentieth century and including personal writings as well as major works.Expand
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Official web site of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including patent and trademark search engine and online applications.Expand
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The Patrologiae Latina (Series Latina) offers influential works of late ancient and early medieval theology, philosophy, history, and literature. The Patrologia Latina Database (PLD) contains 221 volumes and represents a complete electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina (1844-1855 and 1862-1865).Expand
The main chronological sequence of authors in Migne's Patrologia Latina covers the Latin Fathers from Tertullian in A.D. 200 through Pope Innocent III (d. 1216). AD. However, Migne did incorporate medieval texts written after 1216 where these were traditionally attached to an earlier work, often as a commentary or an introduction to it. Texts, as well as notes and other glosses, Migne's column numbers, and the original printed indices (in four volumes) are also included as part of the Patrologia Latina Database.
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Patrologiae Graecae
The Patrologiae Graecae is a collection of the Greek writings from the Christian Church from its beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439. The Patrologiae Graecae Database contains over 160 volumes and represents a complete electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologiae Graecae (1857-1866).Expand
The collection includes both the Eastern "Fathers" and those Western Christians who wrote before the Latin takeover of the West in the third century.
Subjects: Classics, History Middle Ages 400-1450, Religion
People's Daily - Renmin Ribao
With publication started in June 1946 and a current circulation of 3 million, People's Daily is the most influential and authoritative newspaper in China. It is the official voice of the central government of the People's Republic of China For the last 70 years, the People's Daily has published daily issues that provide the single location where the central government and the Communist Party of China announce their respective policies and disseminate governmental, political, and economic messages to the public and the world.Expand
Most importantly, since its inception the newspaper has been the true barometer of the political climate of Chinese society on a daily basis.
Subjects: Area Studies, Chinese Studies
PEP Archive
The PEP Archive is a full-text, indexed and hyper-linked collection of many premier journals on psychoanalysis from 1920 on, including the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis.Expand
Searching is by author, title, journal, or year, and also by indicating any word or phrase, including a dream or a clinical dialog. The software's thesaurus function can automatically expand the search based on variations of psychoanalytic concepts and terms. In addition to the regular updates of the journals already included in the Archive, PEP will also periodically add new psychoanalytic books and journals to its collection.
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Perdita Manuscripts: Women Writers, 1500-1700
This resource is produced in association with the Perdita Project based at the University of Warwick and Nottingham Trent University. Perdita means "lost woman" and the purpose of the project has been to find early modern women authors who were "lost" because their writing exists only in manuscript form.Expand
Over 230 entries have been selected and digitized. In addition to the digital facsimiles, the site includes biographical and bibliographical information and essays by specialists in the field.
Subjects: Archives and Primary Sources, Art and Architecture, English and American Literature, History Early Modern 1450-1800, Philosophy, Religion, Theater Studies, Womens and Gender Studies
Periodical Source Index (PERSI)
Indexes genealogy periodicals. Also referred to as Ancestry.Expand
Subjects: History Early Modern 1450-1800, History Middle Ages 400-1450, History Modern 1800-, History World, Multidisciplinary Databases
Supported by the Ministére de l'éducation nationale, de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche and l'université Lumiére Lyon 2, PERSEE is similar to JSTOR in providing full text in pdf format to back issues of hundreds of prestigious journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences (including a moving wall of three to five years depending on the journal). PERSEE is free of charge and the first phase of the project includes the following journals:Expand
- Les Annales
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- LéHomme
- Matériaux pour léhistoire de notre temps
- Revue économique
- Revue de léart
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Subjects: Comparative Literature, French Literature and Language, History Early Modern 1450-1800, History Middle Ages 400-1450, History Modern 1800-, History World
PERSEUS Digital Library
The Perseus Project is an evolving digital library of resources for the study of the humanities. Collaborators initially formed the project to construct a large, heterogeneous collection of materials, textual and visual, on the Archaic and Classical Greek world....The classical foundation has paved the way for literary and historical collections ranging from the English Renaissance to the American Civil War, and Greek tools became a foundation for the development of resources in Latin, Italian, and Arabic.Expand
The project continues to explore new ways of presenting complex resources for electronic publication.
Subjects: History Early Modern 1450-1800, History Middle Ages 400-1450, History Modern 1800-, History World
Peterson's Guides to Higher Education
Petersons.com brings together, at one central address, consistently organized information about educational opportunities at all levels, and gives individuals the ability to search Peterson's databases, as well as to request more information, apply to a school or program, and interact in other ways with faculty and administrators at educational institutions.Expand
Subjects: Education, Multidisciplinary Databases
Philosopher's Index (EBSCO)
Indexes books and journals in philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, and logic as well as material on the philosophy of law.Expand
Subjects: Comparative Literature, Philosophy
PhilPapers is a comprehensive directory of online academic philosophy. It is a publication index of philosophy journal articles, book reviews, books, and book chapters in all languages.Expand
The site also serves as an open access archive and aggregator. It is the single most useful tool for finding content relating to philosophy.
Subjects: Philosophy
PhilPapers is a comprehensive directory of online academic philosophy. It is a publication index of philosophy journal articles, book reviews, books, and book chapters in all languages.Expand
The site also serves as an open access archive and aggregator. It is the single most useful tool for finding content relating to philosophy.
Subjects: Philosophy
Physical Education Index
Indexes a wide variety of literature in the field including scholarly, trade and popular journals, reports, conference proceedings and related patents. Includes information on physical fitness, education, and therapy as well as coaching, biomechanics-kinesiology and sports activities.Expand
Subjects: Dance
The PILOTS bibliographic database covers the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage.Expand
Subjects: Psychology
Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002, available via Proquest Historical Newspapers.Expand
Subjects: African American Studies, Archives and Primary Sources, News Sources
Play Index
Provides citations to plays published individually or in collections from 1949 to date. Covers wide range of plays written in or translated into English, including one-act plays, pageants, plays in verse, radio or television plays, and classic drama.Expand
Subjects: English and American Literature, Theater Studies
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Theatre news, listings, and reference including awards.Expand
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February 11, 2013 12:15 ET
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 11, 2013) - In an effort to improve prosperity in developing countries, the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation, Lois Brown, Parliamentary Secretary for International Cooperation and Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary for International Trade today convened a roundtable to engage Canadian expertise on ways to leverage the private sector for development. The private sector, including firms from Canada, is the driving force behind sustainable economic growth and as such can play an important role in reducing poverty around the world.
"Our Government is deepening our engagement with the private sector to achieve lasting development results that move individuals, families and countries from poverty to prosperity," said Minister Fantino. "Sustained economic growth in developing countries will improve living conditions on the ground and help develop business environments that have the potential to become new trade and investment markets for Canada in the future."
"Some of Canada's most coveted trading partners were until recently recipients of Canadian development investments," said Parliamentary Secretary Keddy. "By connecting businesses to markets and encouraging investment, innovation, training and trade we are helping people in developing nations grow their own economies which create more jobs and opportunities for Canadian exporters."
"The experience of the Aga Khan Development Network in Africa and Asia demonstrates that the private sector can make a significant contribution to improving quality of life, especially for the poor," said Mr. Khalil Z. Shariff, Chief Executive Officer of Aga Khan Foundation Canada. "Our work is helping to identify new business models that embrace both commercial and development objectives."
"We welcome this consultation initiative," said Ms. Anne Gaboury, President and CEO of Développement international Desjardins. "For more than 40 years, Desjardins has been collaborating with CIDA to increase access to financial services in developing countries. We think it is essential that our efforts be directed to supporting the development of local assets, an essential condition to sustainable economic growth."
In November 2012, the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development tabled a report entitled Driving Inclusive Economic Growth: The Role of the Private Sector in International Development. Today's consultation will further inform the Government of Canada's response to this report.
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Parents Irate Over Teachers Using Examples Of Slavery In Math Word Problems [Video]
It's 2012, and racism is still standing tall. Beaver Ridge Elementary school in Norcross, GA is facing heat for some interesting math problems that teachers decided to send home for homework.
These Math problems included,
"Each tree had 56 oranges. If 8 slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?" and
"If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?"
I guess they were trying to incorpoarate history (Frederick Douglass) and numbers with "cross curriculum" activities for the 3rd graders.
The school is comprised mostly of minorities and has about 1,200 students. 62% of the students are Hispanic, 24% are Black and 5% are White.
Obviously parents were outraged and some refused to let their children complete the assignments.
What are your thoughts on this???


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Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless of age. Others found their life's work in sheltering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. After the gunfire ended at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the trail of loss was more than many could bear: 20 students and six adults at the school, the gunman's mother at home, and the gunman himself.
Here are some images from the town that was the scene of the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.


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Royals strike early, hang on for 3-2 win over O's
Baltimore falls to 28-24 on road
Royals strike early, hang on for 3-2 win over O's
Baltimore falls to 28-24 on road
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Bruce Chen tossed six strong innings, Greg Holland pitched out of a ninth-inning jam, and the Kansas City Royals held on to beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on Tuesday night.
The loss snapped the Orioles' season-best, five-game winning streak.
Holland, who logged his 25th save in 27 chances, gave up a leadoff single in the ninth to Nick Markakis and a run-producing triple to Adam Jones with none out.
Holland preserved the victory by striking out Chris Davis, and retiring J.J. Hardy and Henry Urrutia on grounders.
Chen (4-0), who was making just his second start after replacing Luis Mendoza in the rotation, limited the Orioles to three hits and one run, retiring the final 10 batters he faced


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It's the familiar paradox: when your days actually do bear retelling, i.e., when you're out there doing things and seeing people, you don't have time to write about them. I haven't added to these pages because my two weeks in New York (plus a weekend in East Hampton) didn't leave me a free hour. I got into town on October 15th, staying on the Upper West Side with Karen Clark and Jonathan Bernstein, who invited friends James Byrne and Sandeep Parmar to dinner that first night. James is spending 2009-2010 in New York, enrolled in the MFA program at NYU and Sandeep is doing post-doctoral research on the British modernist poet Hope Mirlees. After so many encounters in London, meeting them in New York added a new thread to the text of our friendship.
Next day Karen and I went to see the Blake exhibition at the Morgan Library, which might sound like an exercise in déja vu, after the Tate Britain. The difference is that the Tate's prints are on permanent display and therefore have to be kept behind thick plate glass in semi-darkness. At the Morgan the prints were well lit and right there on the wall, allowing for up-close inspection. Given that many of the works are small, the pleasure of focusing on detail was magnificent. Also, quite a few items included were drawings, watercolors, or holograph mss. from the museum's holdings, including the Job watercolors, which are among Blake's most successful. There were a few works as well by Blake's contemporaries or followers, the group that called themselves "the Ancients." For example, Fuseli and Samuel Palmer. To be immersed for an hour in early English Romanticism is an experience not easily described or matched.
It was only a short walk from there to the CUNY Graduate Center, the plan being to attend a reading from Michael Montlack's My Diva anthology, which includes an essay I wrote about Billie Holiday. Michael hadn't known I was going to be in New York and already had a full slate of participants (Mark Doty, Wayne Koestenbaum, Christopher Murray, Jason Schneiderman, and Richard Tayson); but, when I said I would attend, he asked me to read at least a short poem. The choice seemed obvious: "Billie's Blues," which includes some comments about my "diva," arguably the greatest jazz singer of the 20th century. I'd never actually met Michael face to face, and the event also was an occasion to renew friendship with Wayne Koestenbaum, whom I hadn't seen for nearly two years. I made appointments to meet both Michael and Wayne for the following week.
From there I took a cab to the New School to join Marilyn Hacker for the annual awards ceremony and dinner of the Academy of American Poets. Marilyn had flown in from Paris just to attend, as Chancellors of the Academy are generally expected to do. We had a few minutes to catch up before proceedings got underway. She'd received her first copy of her new book, titled The Names, most of whose poems I've read with enormous admiration as they were written and published. We found a seat down front in Tischman Auditorium, and, while people were milling around, I had a chance to speak to Jean Valentine (this year awarded the Wallace Stevens Prize), Frank Bidart, and Kay Ryan, whom I'd seen only once before, several years ago, when we were both participants in the West Chester writing conference. The ceremony went like clockwork, each award accounted for in an introduction, then followed by readings from the recipients. Afterward, drinks and snacks were served in the hall outside, and I spoke to several poet friends I hadn't seen for a while, Marie Ponsot, Carl Phillips, Rita Dove, and David Baker, for example. It was a chance to exchange news—to me one of the main reasons for attending events like this. The reception was followed by dinner at the Café Loup, and Marilyn and I, by the luck of the draw, were seated at the same table as Tree Swenson, Director for the Academy and an extraordinarily intelligent and friendly person, whose work for the Academy deserves special commendation. After our dinner Marilyn, Marie and I took a cab uptown together and summed up what we'd seen and heard during the evening.
After my weekend in East Hampton with Walter Brown, one of my oldest and closest friends, I came back to New York and stayed in his loft in SoHo (described in blog entries for March 2008). The following week I devoted to revisiting favorite places around the city, seeing friends (Jaime Manrique, Michael Feingold, Elizabeth Macklin, Michael Montlack, James Byrne, Ben Downing, David Shapiro, Wayne Koestenbaum), and having a look at three special exhibitions at the Met Museum: Robert Frank's photographs for The Americans, a ravishing assembly of Watteau paintings having to do with music and theatre, and a blockbuster show of American paintings billed as American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life 1765-1915. Many familiar pictures in the latter show, including Eakins's homoerotic picture The Swimming Hole, which I first saw many years ago at the Amon Carter Museum in Texas. One Winslow Homer painting in the show I've often admired for its handling of color and chiaroscuro depicts African-Americans celebrating carnival; Homer is one of the few 19th century artists to depict African-Americans in non-stereotypical ways. And our greatest water-colorist.
I saw one more Met exhibition, in the company of David Shapiro and his wife Lindsay. In the Asian wing, it gathered works by the 18th c. Chinese painter Luo Ping, juxtaposing to them works by his mentor Jin Nong and others by his family members. Luo Ping belonged to the group known as the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou," and his images justify the designation. David knows a whale of a lot about classical Chinese art and gave me a running commentary about it as we strolled among the vitrines. He has a particular liking for the "scholar's rocks," bizarrely shaped but natural mineral formations used as objects for reflection in Chinese culture. But David's conversational style is digressive, so he also spoke of music (he plays violin expertly) and friends like John Ashbery, Meyer Schapiro, Jasper Johns, and Kenneth Koch, for all of whom he provides a special perspective. When you have as much learning as David, it's only natural that the abundance will spill over in conversation. We went for coffee afterward, whereupon David presented me with several of his lovely and, I guess, "eccentric" collages. Not sure what I'd done to deserve them, I was nevertheless touched, and pause here to look them over again.
I had been invited by a poet named Alex Dimitrov to attend a meeting of a group of young gay poets he formed and named "the Wilde Boys." It was held at the apartment of Tom Healy, whom I remembered from his days in the MFA program at Columbia. I was glad to see Tom and again and to hear that he had just published his first collection, titled What the Right Hand Knows. (Tom gave me a copy and now that I've read it I can recommend it as one of the most startling and original first books I've seen in a long time.) Among the guests were pals David Groff and Mark Bibbins, not seen for a couple of years and both prospering. It was also interesting to meet John Stahle, editor of the magazine Ganymede and a poet himself. The younger poets I didn't know but found them all bright and sophisticated, a whole new crop of talent that clearly will soon be publishing their first books. It made me wish there had been an equivalent group when I started out, but gay poetry in those years (excepting Duncan,Ginsberg, and Gunn) was mostly marginalized and unmistakably a career disadvantage. I'm glad the current generation doesn't have to confront the poorly concealed hostility we had to put up with back in the day.
On October 28th, I participated in an event celebrating the poetry of Thom Gunn, sponsored by the Poetry Society of America. The coordinator of the event, Joshua Weiner, is the editor of a recently published collection of critical articles about Gunn, titled At the Barriers, where an essay of mine about Gunn and existentialism appears. All the program participants had in fact contributed to the book—Joshua Weiner, Wendy Lesser, Robert Pinsky, Tom Sleigh—with the exceptions of Elaine Equi and Robert Polito. I enjoyed talking with everyone before and after the program, when we all went to dinner (again, at the Café Loup, which seems to be the preferred venue this year). I had a long conversation with Alice Quinn, now the Director of the P.S.A., whom I first met when she was an editor at Knopf, an early architect of their celebrated poetry series. During the years when she was poetry editor for The New Yorker, she was also my colleague in the Writing Division of the School of the Arts at Columbia. One achievement of hers from that time was to plan a program of poets from England, Ireland and Scotland, in collaboration with the magazine and the Writing Division. It brought poets over that I hadn't known about beforehand, and I count the event as one of the factors that led to the decision to go and live in Lonfon. One of the poets invited was Thom Gunn. In fact, it was the last time I saw Thom. To conclude this blog, I will append the comments I made for the PSA program. The poems of Thom's I read after presenting the comments below were "The Hug," "The Vigil of Corpus Christi," and "The Girls in the Next Room."
Remembering Thom
The example of Pound, Eliot, Auden, Hughes, Plath, and Thom Gunn suggests that results are likely to be good when American poets go to live in Britain or British poets come to live in the United States. Thom Gunn has meant many things to me, and his expatriate courage is one of the reasons that during the last decade I've lived in London as much as I have. I say "courage" because of course home may decide to take offence when you go away, and you sometimes find that away's welcome is mixed. It's not a choice for the faint-hearted, and Thom was certainly not that.
I first met Thom in October or possibly November of 1982. At that time I was living, with J.D. McClatchy, at James Merrill's apartment on East 72nd Street in New York. Thom and I had begun a little correspondence—letters on my side, postcards on his. Possibly you remember his poem "Interruption," in which he says, "I manage my mere voice on postcards best." When he wrote that he was planning to be in New York, I asked him to drop by for a drink. I knew what he looked like from book-jacket photographs, plus one drawing that depicted him in a tank top, a clothing choice that would be startling even now, twenty-seven years later. He struck me as handsome in a craggy, unadorned mode; he wore jeans, a leather jacket, and of course no tie.
I wouldn't say he was so very warm during that first meeting, though certainly keen-witted. It might have had something to do with the fact that we were in Merrill's apartment; they weren't friends, though I think he had a qualified admiration for Merrill. It was a reserve that could plausibly be extended to anyone he perceived as being a follower of his very famous American contemporary. We exchanged comments about not much in particular that I can recall. He asked at one point where the toilet was, and I gestured toward a door off the next room. Although he closed the door, while he was there I could hear him whistle a little melody, not one I recognized, but spirited and quite in tune. And then he left.
Exchange of letters (on my side) and postcards (on his) continued. And then in Oct. of '84, I had a reading date at Berkeley so I proposed meeting in San Francisco the day before. The suggestion was accepted. I'd always been a fan of San Francisco, ever since my first visit in the summer of '69, in the aftermath of its years as epicenter of the "Counter-culture." I took a bus from the place I was staying in the mission District, went along Haight Street past Ashbury and Fillmore, all the Victorian gingerbread painted in Flower-Power colors, liquidambar trees trimmed perfectly spherical along the sidewalks. And the signature fog hanging in the air. A turn up Cole Street, past Parnassus, Waller, and Alma to number 1216, where I rang the bell. Steps bounded down the stairs and Tom threw open the door. He was suntanned and offered a closed-mouth smile, with creases at the cheek, his black hair salted with white. His voice had an original timbre, breathier and higher in pitch than you might expect, and American-tinted British in accent.
He said we should hurry out to a restaurant directly before it closed. We took a five-minute walk to an unpretentious café with ferns levitating at the window, sat down, placed our orders, and gazed at each other. I noticed he wore a delicate gold earring and looked a little heavier than he'd been two years earlier; but I on the other hand had been working out regularly and was quite fit, as didn't escape his sharply observant dark eye. Truth to tell, Thom and I were never altogether easy with each other, both of us a little intimidated, I think, though the reason for that is hard to state. Imagine a couple of tom cats circling each other, intrigued but wary.
After lunch we walked back to his place, entered, walked up a flight of stairs. A series of rooms opening on something like a central atrium. His partner Mike Kitay had assembled a collection of commercial graphics, metal signs and posters advertising soft drinks and whatnot. These were displayed along the walls instead of the usual cutting-edge paintings expected in poets' digs. In the bedroom was a glass case filled with pop figurines—comic-strip characters and American folk heroes like, say, Paul Bunyan or Billy the Kid. We sat and talked for a while, but the previously mentioned wariness prevented conversation from getting confessional, though it was cordial enough. Thom said he'd be in New York the following month and we promised to meet.
But in fact we didn't. I don't recall any further meetings except for a public encounter when Thom came to participate in a celebration of British, Irish, and Scottish poetry that The New Yorker co-sponsored in the late 1990s with the Graduate Writing Program at Columbia, where I was teaching.
If I'd lived in San Francisco, I think we'd have been close. But I didn't and that was that. I reviewed one of Thom's books in the years following and suspect he didn't much like it, never mind that the comments were favorable. I can imagine him feeling I was too young and unseasoned, that I hadn't yet earned the right to praise him; which was plausible enough. Meanwhile, the year he won the Brandeis Poetry Prize, he was unable to attend the ceremony in Boston, and I was asked to accept the award for him. I recall sending him a letter about the event, concluding with a tercet in iambic dimeter that went this way: "Isn't it fun,/Being a pun/For Thompson Gunn?"
I had a few more postcards from him and faithfully read whatever he published, even the blurbs he gave younger poets, some of which provoked a puzzled "What?" from me. I speculate that Thom was a soft touch where his friends or even acquaintances were concerned. He also gave me a comment for my book Autobiographies, one sure to have been equally puzzling to my fellow blurbees. Thom had unpredictable taste, one that could make room for Fulke Greville, Ben Jonson, Mina Loy, and Robert Duncan. I like it that he was unpredictable, hard to pin down. He had the courage of his convictions and his convictions could change. I wish, how I wish, he were here now.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
New York Friends and Thom Gunn
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NEW YORK (AP) — Casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Monday it will pay a special dividend of $2.75, distributing about $2.26 billion to its shareholders by the end of the year.
The company said the dividend will be payable Dec. 18 to shareholders of record on Dec. 10. Chairman Sheldon Adelson said returning capital to shareholders is a priority for the company.
The casino operator is the latest company to move up its quarterly payout or issue a special end-of-year payment to protect investors from potentially having to pay higher taxes on dividend income starting in January.
Many companies are reviewing their dividend policies now that it appears investors could soon pay higher taxes. Since 2003, investors have paid a maximum 15 percent on dividend income. But that historically low rate will expire in January unless Congress and President Barack Obama reach a compromise on taxes and government spending. As it stands, dividends will be taxed as ordinary income in 2013, the same as wages, so rates will go up depending on which income bracket a taxpayer is in. For the highest earners, the dividend rate would jump to 43.4 percent.
Las Vegas Sands runs casinos in Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, Singapore and Macau. The company had 823.4 million shares on the market as of Nov. 1.
Adelson is the majority shareholder in Las Vegas Sands, holding 431.5 million shares, or more than 52 percent of the company, according to FactSet. Based on that total Adelson stands to receive $1.19 billion from the special dividend payment.
Las Vegas Sands shares lost 15 cents to $44.03 Monday and gained $2.02, or 4.6 percent, to $46.05 in aftermarket trading.


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Q: I'm a young guy in the pizza biz and not really sure where to get the answer to this question. If someone walks in and orders, then pays, waits 15 minutes until the pizza is done and ready to go out the door … they then ask for a refund for no other reason than the pizza was too expensive. ($16.99 for a five-topping Chicago style pizza) Do I refund the money?? Or can I legally refund only 50 percent to pay for food and labor? Let me know your thoughts please, and Thanks a lot!
Dereck Washburn
3 Style Pizza, owner
Leesburg, Alabama
A: Sounds like you have just bumped into the weenie of the week. You are legally in the right to keep all the money and send him out the door with his pizza, or not. His choice. You contractually, legally fulfilled your duty by providing him a good and service for a pre-determined price. If you send him packing he will bad mouth you and 3 Style Pizza, only telling his side of the story to anyone who will listen. I'd handle it this way:
I'd cheerfully refund all of his money. I'd educate him on why your menu price is fair and let him know how you use only the very best ingredients available, and plenty of them. I'd let him know that you take it personally when customers don't have a wonderful experience at your place. I'd apologize and then I'd give him an additional free $20 gift certificate to your favorite cheap competitor down the street (I used to buy and have on hand a few, in advance, just for these kind of people). I'd let him know that you would be happy to personally call his order in to the manager and let him know you'll be right there. I'd also advise him that you will be not able to provide any future pizzas to him for six months. I'd do everything I could to be as sweet, kind, understanding, empathetic and firm with the jerk.
Your reputation is worth more than $17. You have taken away his power to bad mouth you. You win. Donate the pizza to on-duty cops, firemen or paramedics. Tell them your story. They will thank you and tell people good things about you and your place. They deal with jerks every day. Make delicious lemonade out of this experience.
Ain't being in business great?
Big Dave Ostrander owned a highly successful independent pizzeria before becoming a consultant, speaker and internationally sought-after trainer. He is a monthly contributor to Pizza Today.


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I'm going to chuck this one out their just to see if I hook a good well-balanced response.
I've always liked the idea of contact printing - done properly of course on an Azo-like paper, etc., etc. That, and the fact that silver, or whatever, prints still have commercial value over inkjet prints in the gallery. Unfortunately, the sizes I would like to use, essentially Ultra LF, aren't particularly practicable for the images I envisage, i.e., landscapes.
One way around this is to enlarge your 4x5 or 5x7 negative and print it out on film via inkjet (a digital negative) and then using that as your contact negative. Now, I gather these only produce an image that is around 100 lp/inch (or maybe more with ever-improving printer technology?) so nothing like what the original negative can produce. The final print, of course, will only be as good as the negative used and I know they will be inherently poorer than a contact print made from the original negative, but by how much? I'm not keen on following this course but have no firm reasons.
I have no experience of digital negatives so I would like to know if these are worth the effort, and to what extent they differ in their characteristics (if any). Do they still retain that depth, tonal range, etc., so often seen with contacts?


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You can apply artistic effects to a picture or a picture fill to make the picture look more like a sketch, drawing, painting, or to blur the entire picture.
You can apply only one artistic effect at a time to a picture, so applying a different artistic effect will remove the previously applied artistic effect.
Apply an artistic effect
Click the picture that you want to apply an artistic effect to.
Click Picture Tools > Format, and then click Artistic Effects in the Adjust group.Adjust group on the Format tab under Picture Tools
If you don't see the Format or Picture Tools tabs, make sure that you've selected a picture. You may have to double-click the picture to select it and open the Format tab.
Click the artistic effect that you want. You can move your mouse pointer over any of the effect thumbnail images, and use Live Preview to see what your picture will look like with that effect applied, before you click the one that you want.
To fine tune the artistic effect, click Artistic Effects Options at the bottom of the list of thumbnail images. In the Format Picture pane or dialog box, you can apply a variety of additional effects, including shadow, reflection, glow, soft edges, and 3-D effects.
Apply a color effect or picture correction
Artistic effects are just one set of tools you can use to enhance a picture. The Adjust group on the Format tab also includes the Remove Background, Corrections, and Color tools. You can use these tools to apply additional effects on top of any artistic effect you've already applied.
Applying a color effect is much like applying an artistic effect. Simply click the picture, click Color in the Adjust group on the Format tab, and choose a Saturation, Tone, or Recolor option.
To learn about applying picture corrections, such as brightness, contrast, or sharpness, see Change the brightness, contrast, or sharpness of a picture
To learn how to remove the background from a picture, see Remove a picture background
Remove or undo an effect
Click the picture with the artistic effect that you want to remove.
On the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects.
In the Artistic Effects gallery, click the first effect, None.
To remove all the effects that you've added to a picture, including effects from not just the Artistic Effects gallery but also from other galleries, click Reset Picture.
File too big? Compress the photo before applying an artistic effect
Artistic effects can make the image's file size larger. One way to make the file size smaller is to compress a picture. However, compressing a picture changes the amount of detail retained in the source picture. This means that after compression, the picture can look different than before it was compressed. Because of this, if you plan to compress the picture, do that first and save the file, before applying an artistic effect. If the compression plus the artistic effect is not the look you want, you can redo the compression even after saving the file, if you have not closed the program you are working in.
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major macro economic indicators
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|Inflation (yearly average, %)
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|Current account balance (% GDP)
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- Diverse natural resources (agriculture, energy, mining)
- Highly competitive thanks to low labour costs
- Dynamic tourism industry
- Huge internal market
- Strong banking sector
- Sovereign bonds rated "Investment Grade" by the three main rating agencies
- Low investment rate
- Exports of commodities increasingly dependent on Chinese demand
- Infrastructure shortcomings
- Persistent corruption and lack of transparency
- Very extensive archipelago with numerous islands and diverse ethnic groups and religions
- High unemployment and poverty rates sharpening inter-ethnic tensions
Risk assessment
Growth buoyed by internal demand
Growth is expected to remain lively in 2018, driven by dynamic internal and external demand. Private consumption (57% of GDP in 2016), the main source of economic growth, is stimulated by a growing population, ever growing urbanisation and a rise in per capita GDP enabling the emergence of a middle class. The moderation of inflation, now in the lower tranche of the central bank target of 4±1%, should sustain this private demand. Meanwhile, the infrastructure development programme launched by President Widowo's government in 2016 (225 priority infrastructure projects), as well as recent reforms to simplify administrative procedures, are expected to boost investment (32% of GDP). These reforms, aimed at improving the still poor business climate, have enabled Indonesia to jump 19 places in the Doing Business 2018 Index to occupy 72nd place. However, there is still a long way to go on the path to reform and conclusion of the projects remains uncertain (only 20 projects completed out of 225 in July 2017) for administrative reasons and because of a lack of finance (only half the projects were financed in autumn 2017). In addition, growth will remain constrained by a sluggish mining sector, which is yet to recover, despite the lifting of the ban on exporting unrefined ore in January 2017 (in place since 2014). This is partially explained by unrest at the Grasberg gold and copper mine in Papua. In conflict with the Indonesian government over the terms of a mining licence, the US company Freeport faced protests lasting over four months in 2017, then security threats from separatist rebels – 2 police officers killed in autumn 2017 - some of the many factors affecting production.
Finally, exports (19% of GDP) of commodities (oil and gas, palm oil, copra, lignite, and copper), as well as of electrical and IT components, automotives, paper, clothing, and jewellery are dynamic, but are offset by imports to meet internal demand.
Deficits under control
Constrained by a constitutional limit of 3% of the annual deficit, the Indonesian government has embarked on tax reforms aimed at controlling expenditure and increasing revenues. Subsidies (particularly on energy) have been cut so as to redirect public spending to infrastructure investments. On the income side, the increase associated with the repatriation of funds following the tax amnesty introduced in 2016 (+3.6% of income between 2015 and 2016) is unlikely to enable the government to achieve its aims. This shortage of income could lead to spending cuts. In this context of a controlled public deficit, the public debt is expected to remain low with interest rates falling after the three main rating agencies raised Indonesia's credit rating to Investment Grade. From the perspective of the current account, the trade balance shows a surplus (at 1.6% of GDP in 2016), thanks to the lowering of the oil bill, with oil making up 14% of imports in 2016. The balance of services shows a small deficit (-0.8% of GDP) but the main cause of the current account deficit lies in the income deficit (-3.3% of GDP), associated with the repatriation of dividends and debt interest payments. This current account deficit is largely financed by FDI flows (1.7% of GDP) and portfolio investments (2.0% of GDP), allowing the Indonesian Central bank to accumulate reserves. The latter conducts a monetary easing policy as illustrated by the surprise cut in the key rate in August 2017 to stimulate activity. The rupiah remains dependent on the influx of short-term capital, with 39.5% of rupiah-denominated sovereign bonds held abroad.
Joko Widowo put to the test by religious and ethnic tensions
In power since 2014, Joko Widowo, known as Jokowi, enjoys great popularity thanks to the economic progress made since the start of his term in office. However, his re-election at the next presidential election in 2019 is not yet assured, due to growing challenge from the opposition candidate, Prabowo Subianto (Gerindra Party), supported by ultra-conservative Muslims. The municipal elections in Jakarta in April 2017 highlighted the country's worsening religious and ethnic tensions. Basuka Tjahja Purnama (known as Ahok), the candidate supported by Jokowi and from the Chinese Christian population, was accused of blasphemy by the ultra-conservative Muslims, strongly discrediting him in favour of his rival Anis Basedwan, supported by Prabowo Subianto, who ultimately won through. The June 2018 local elections will be a new test for the president in regions accounting for 43% of the total population. Based on local issues, these elections are crucial for the political parties in the run-up to the presidential elections, with support for the "right" candidate determining voters' future loyalty. Finally, Indonesia's political landscape is dominated by a hardening anti-terror policy aimed at curtailing the spread of religious fundamentalism in the country.
Last update : January 2018
Standby Letters of Credit constitute a reliable means of payment because a bank guarantees the debtor's quality and repayment abilities. Furthermore, the Confirmed Documentary Letters of Credit are also considered reliable, as a certain amount of money is made available to a beneficiary through a bank.
SWIFT bank transfers are becoming more popular as an instrument of payment for both international and domestic transactions due to the well-developed banking network in Indonesia.
Debt collection
Amicable phase
The first step to recovering a debt is to negotiate the issue with the debtor to attempt to resolve the issue amicably. There is an inherent Indonesian culture and ideology (Pancasila) where amicable settlement is encouraged. Creditors usually issue a summon/warning letter to the debtor, which outlines a statement concerning the debtor's breach of commitment. The letter also calls for a discussion to determine whether the dispute should be settled through the court system. If the amicable phrase does not result in a settlement, the parties may trigger legal action.
Legal proceedings
The Indonesian judicial system comprises several types of courts under the oversight of the Supreme Court. Most disputes appear before the courts of general jurisdiction, with the Court of First Instance being the State Court. Appeals from these courts are heard before the High Court (a district court of appeal). Appeal from the High Court, and in some instances from the State Court, may be made to the Supreme Court.
Ordinary proceedings
Ordinary legal action may commence when the parties have been unable to reach a compromise during the amicable phase. The creditor may file a claim with the District Court, who is subsequently responsible for serving the debtor with a Writ of Summons. If the debtor fails to appear at the hearing to lodge a statement of defence, the court has discretion to organize a second hearing or to release a default judgment (Verstekvonnis).
Prior to considering the debtor's defence, as previously mentioned, the court must first verify whether the parties have tried to reach an agreement or amicable settlement through mediation). If the parties have undergone the mediation process, the panel of judges will continue the hearings and the parties' evidence will be examined. The judge will render a decision and may award remedies in the form of compensatory or punitive damages.
District Court will usually take from six months to a year before rendering a decision in the first instance. The proceedings may take longer when a case involves a foreign party.
Enforcement of a legal decision
When all appeal venues have been exhausted, a domestic judgment becomes final and enforceable. If the debtor does not comply with the judge decision, the creditor may request the District Court to commend execution by way of attachment and sale of the debtor's assets through public action.
Indonesia is not part to any treaty concerning reciprocal enforcement of judgments, making it highly difficult to enforce foreign judgments in Indonesia, or to enforce Indonesian court decisions abroad. Because foreign judgements cannot be enforced by Indonesian courts within the territory of Indonesia, foreign cases must therefore be re-litigated in the competent Indonesian courts. In such a case, the foreign court judgment may serve as evidence, but this is subject to certain exceptions as regulated by other Indonesian regulations.
Insolvency proceedings
There are two main procedures for companies who are experiencing financial difficulties:
Suspension of payments proceedings
This procedure is aimed at companies that are facing temporary liquidity problems and are unable to pay their debts, but may be able to do so at some point in the future. It provides debtors with the temporary relief to reorganize and continue their business, and to ultimately satisfy their creditors' claims. The company continues its business activities under the management of its directors, accompanied by a court-appointed administrator under the supervision of a judge. The company must submit a composition plan for the creditors' approval and for ratification by the court. The rejection of the plan by the creditors or the court will result in the debtor's liquidation.
The objective of liquidation is to impose a general attachment over the assets of bankrupt debtors for the purpose of satisfying the claims of their creditors. It can be initiated by either the debtor or its creditors before the Commercial Court. Following the submission of the petition, the court will summon the debtor and its creditors to attend a court hearing. Once bankruptcy has been declared, the directors of the debtor company lose the power to manage the company, which is transferred to the court-appointed receiver who then manage the bankruptcy estate and the settlement of the debts. The debtor's assets will be sold by way of public auction by the appointed receiver.


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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Tabbed as the preseason favorites, the King University women's wrestling team lived up to that billing in their first event of the season. The Tornado cruised through pool play and both the quarter and semifinals before facing defending WCWA national champion Simon Fraser University in the finals of the Cliff Keen Duals. King didn't slow down, topping the Clan 35-9 to take the title.
The day started with a near perfect team effort as King defeated McKendree University 48-0. King earned pins at eight of the 10 weight classes en route to the victory. At 116 pounds, freshman Haley Augello pinned Lindsey Spjut in 32 seconds while Sarah Hildebrandt pinned Anna Divins in the same amount of time at 123 pounds. At 136 pounds, Alli Ragan pinned Sonia Beri in 41 seconds while Daisy Santos (109), Kayla Brendlinger (130) and Amanda Hendey (143) all earned pins.
In the semifinals, the Tornado squared off with Wayland Baptist University, and Shannon Constantine started the match with a pin in 2:45 at the 101 pound weight class. Santos followed with a pin in 1:49 at 109 and Ragan took a victory via pin in 53 seconds to give King a 28-0 lead. Lorrie Ramos and Malexis McAdoo capped King's 41-3 victory with tech fall wins at 170 and 191 pounds, respectively.
King then took on defending WCWA National Champion Simon Fraser in the finals. The Tornado fell behind 4-0 early, but Santos gave the 5-4 lead to King with a pin at 109 pounds. Augello followed with a win by tech fall at 116, and King held a 9-5 lead that they would not relinquish. At 136, Ragan took another pin victory, defeating Mallory Velte in 1:32. Julia Salata and McAdoo earned the final two King victories of the day as Salata earned win on a tech fall at 155 while McAdoo ended the 35-9 triumph with a pin of Jenna McLatchy in 1:46.
For the weekend, King win 7-0 en route to the Cliff Keen Duals championship.
The Tornado will be action again next Saturday when they host their only event of the season. King will face University of the Cumberlands and McKendree University at the Student Center Complex starting at 9:00 a.m.


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It is hard to believe that for over a year now (16 months by our count) that Zero Motorcycles has gone along without a hand on the rudder. Well…that's not entirely true of course, as we hear that Zero's COO Karl Wharton has been calling the shots at the Scotts Valley company in the interim, but the duration certainly has been done without a formal leader at the electric motorcycle manufacturer. That all ends today though, as Richard Walker has been appointed as the new CEO of Zero Motorcycles.
Walker comes with references from Hewlett Packard & Control4 (a home automation controller company). At HP, Walker was the VP and General Manager of the Consumer Desktop Business Division, which was responsible for the HP Pavilion, Compaq Presario, and HP Touchsmart product lines. While at Control4, Walker was the Executive Vice President of Product Development and Product Operations, so we are guessing he knows a thing or two about bringing a product to market.


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To honor our state's outstanding public school teachers, the Montana Professional Teaching Foundation annually recognizes three teachers through the Montana Teacher of the Year Program and chooses one to be the Montana Teacher of the Year.
The Montana Teacher of the Year becomes our state's candidate for the National Teacher of the Year, receives a cash award, a sculpture of Montana, and other recognitions including a personal meeting with the President of the United States. The Montana Teacher of the Year will serve for one year as an advocate for the teaching profession across Montana.
Qualifications: Full time classroom teacher or specialist with 5 years or more of experience. Nominations may come from a teacher, administrator, trustee, local teacher association, student, or parent.
To Nominate a Teacher for 2015 Teacher of the Year:
Provide name, home address, school where the nominee works, phone number(s), email address, and a brief paragraph or two about the nominee. Also provide name and phone number(s) of the person nominating. Mail nomination(s) to Montana Teacher of the Year, 1232 E. 6th, Helena, MT 59601 or email nomination to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Nomination deadline: April 30, 2014.
Application deadline: Teacher-completed applications are due June 30, 2014
Read more about the Montana Teacher of the Year program.
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Re: The causes for wisdom
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:47 am
So, until we are sotapanna there is no real point in practicing sila, for that would be naught more than clinging to sīlabbata-parāmāsa? And actively trying to cultivate sila, like bhāvanā it would seem, has no more significance that choosing one sandwich shop over another as far as Dhamma practice is concerned? Your above comment suggests as much. Please clarify.robertk wrote:In essence Sam I think wisdom will condition sila . But it is a long process, remember even the sotapanna still has wives and children : but they don't drink alcohol or steal or cheat or take other men's wives.
And they could never dream of killing a cockroach or flea say .
I read of even a monk, who is under vinaya : which is very different life from householders, who brought in pest exterminators to get rid of a flea infestation. He had been a monk for years but it shows that we could keep strict sila but without sufficient wisdom under certain circumstances break it.


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Making a home for hope
An interview with Rebecca Solnit
Editor's Note: The following article, though presented in a question-and-answer format, is actually a boiled-down version of Laura Paskus' original interview with Rebecca Solnit. Paskus condensed the interview in order to make a very long exchange fit into the allotted space, and to add clarity.
After the interview first appeared on www.hcn.org, Ms. Solnit contacted us to express her dissatisfaction with the end result. She feels that important statements had been left out and that her words had been taken out of context. HCN has offered Solnit the opportunity to air her concerns and clarify her statements in both our print edition and on the Web site. Read her response at the end of the article.
What are the stories of the West that most compel you?
The single most important and transformative story for me is something I wrote about in Savage Dreams: Yosemite National Park and the fiction of virgin wilderness was manufactured by making Native Americans disappear.
The park management made Native Americans disappear from photos, from the record - and that's how white people think about nature. They imagined it as static and stable and without human intervention and fire. We all know that story now, but in 1991, when I was writing about it, it was quite radical.
Then there are the grimmer stories, nuclear stories like Yucca Mountain, which is as far away from opening as when it began. And the Nevada Test Site. One of the battles right now is uranium mining is starting up again because there is that unfortunate belief that nuclear energy is the clean, green solution.
And water, of course. It is clear that it was Coyote, not Yahweh, who made these places like Glen Canyon Dam, which ran out of water in only 40 years. People thought they were saying goodbye forever, but it turns out there isn't enough water. You can't store water if the Southwest is going to drink it all as soon as it comes. Canyons reappear, and they don't look as bad as people imagined. Not that that's a hopeful story, but it's a funny one.
Even when you're writing about pretty overwhelming topics, I feel like you avoid surrendering to despair. Do you have hope for the future?
Cheerfulness and hope are a form of ferocity for me. I feel that tone (of despair) is a conventionality of the left and the environmental movement. Most environmental fundraising works by telling people, "All these bunny rabbits are going to die if you don't write a check immediately." You don't hear a lot of victory stories. Terrible things are happening, but they're not all that's happening. The West is full of stories like Mono Lake, where the water is rising because of the Mono Lake Committee.
I think that we're on a pretty grim course with climate change, subtle pollution, plastics, but there is also a lot of hope for what gets saved, and what gets changed. The fact that things could be a lot worse is evidence that we have power.
In Storming the Gates of Paradise, you write of eating dinner with some Europeans when the topic of love for country comes up. For you, what does it mean to love one's country?
Conservatives imagine the government is the father to whom we are obedient.
Radicals see the government as the child we're trying to raise right ... potty train, keep from sticking its fingers in the light socket. You need to keep your government under control, keep it from its course of destruction.
I think it's also part of that stubborn part of me - I'm not going to give up my country to them. I think you also need perspective, and despite having the worst government we've ever had in this country, in this really scary, imperial century, there are some remarkable possibilities there. This is the country that gave birth to a lot of the ideas around the environmental movement, and the liberatory movement worldwide. Some people will still say that the civil rights movement didn't succeed, but it changed the world profoundly. There are lots of valuable tools that matter. There is a creative legacy here. Then there are the landscapes. There is a lot to love.
Another essay I loved in Storming the Gates of Paradise was titled "Making It Home: Travels outside the Fear Economy." For you, what does it mean to be at home in the West?
You don't inherit rights to be in a place. You earn them. So you can become, if not native, then local, by knowing where you are and participating. By knowing where you are - for me in San Francisco, that's knowing that all my showers are snowmelt from Hetch Hetchy - knowing those here before us, knowing these things is part of what it means to call a place home.
So many people nowadays live in an airport-like limbo of chain stores and transnational trends - a CNN bubble world, where you could be anywhere, and don't have a strong sense of spaces.
A more specific sense of being home is the sense of being a pedestrian. We live in an era where people don't go anywhere except by car and are afraid of strangers, or ill at ease outside. Or there are those who are okay with being outside in wilderness, but not okay in public. Democracy rests with having faith in strangers, becoming more reliant on them.
The author writes from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The work of both women can be found in the new book, The Future of Nature: Writing on a Human Ecology from Orion Magazine.
Rebecca Solnit responds:
Dear Editors, I know the intentions were good, but the interview with me in High Country News was damagingly distorted. Readers should know that the conversation was not recorded, but reconstructed from the interviewer's notes and should keep in mind that even the absence of a single word or change of tense of a single verb can invert the meaning of a sentence. Many statements attributed to me appear to be garbled or condensed down beyond coherence. For example, I am quoted as saying: "The park management made Native Americans disappear from photos, from the record - and that's how white people think about nature. They imagined it as static and stable and without human intervention and fire. We all know that story now, but in 1991, when I was writing about it, it was quite radical." I always say and believe that I said that what is radical is not the old story of virgin wilderness untouched by man, but the new one of a long-inhabited continent that calls into question the old dichotomy between humans and nature, civilization and wilderness. This revision of the non-indigenous way of thinking about American landscapes emerged from the political discourse around the Columbian Quincentennial of 1992 and the resurgence of Native American visibility and political power. Park management did not make Native Americans disappear from the photos with some metaphysical airbrush. Many forces, including the old environmental imagination as embodied by John Muir, the language of the Wilderness Act and the ideals of uninhabited landscape as represented by Ansel Adams's work, made Native Americans largely invisible in key sites such as national parks (this invisibility and its consequences are the subject of the second half of my 1994 book Savage Dreams and the profound changes in visibility and imagination over the past fifteen years are discussed at great length in my 2006 book with the photographers Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe, Yosemite in Time). Both High Country News and I have revised our interview policies as a result of this unfortunate incident. I appreciate the cooperation of the staff in trying to amend this situation. I have been both a subscriber and an admirer of the publication for many years.
Rebecca Solnit
San Francisco


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GOP's Innis aims to cut taxes, regulationBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 29. 2014 6:12PM
MANCHESTER — In a year when the mood among the electorate appears to be "throw the bums out," Dan Innis thinks the fact that he has never run for or held public office is one of the best assets he has in his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 1st District congressional race.
In an interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader, Innis made the case that he, not former 1st District congressman Frank Guinta, is best suited to take on incumbent Democrat Carol Shea-Porter.
"People I know and respect have told me this is a good thing for me to do because of my background and experience, and the fact that I haven't been a politician," said the longtime academic, now on leave from his position of dean at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire.
An educator who also operates his own business, a Portsmouth hotel, Innis sees first-hand the burdensome regulations that he says are crushing entrepreneurial spirit, a tax code that no one can understand and a corporate tax rate that is causing businesses to ship jobs off shore.
"I've spoken to many business owners, large and small, who've said, 'If I had to start my business again today, I don't know if I would, because it's gotten so difficult to meet the regulations,'" he said.
Innis believes his success as a business owner and administrator of a large institution would play well in the general election. In his seven years as dean of the business school, Innis said he managed a large budget and always returned a surplus to the university. "I tried to run it like a business," he said. "We grew enrollment 40 percent and built the Peter T. Paul College with no taxpayer money."
His positions on issues like Obamacare, the economy, deficits, taxes, regulation and immigration are consistent with the Republican Party platform. He would vote to repeal Obamacare, cut taxes, reduce regulation, and bar any path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
He said he favors a "multi-modal" approach to planning and funding transportation.
"I would be an advocate for a transportation trust fund instead of dedicated trust funds," he said. "I think that will promote better decision-making around transportation options. When you look at history, the countries that win wars, military wars or economic wars, are the countries with the best transportation systems."
Innis said he supports a "reasonable increase in the federal gasoline tax to raise money for strategic investments dedicated to transportation."
When it comes to breaking the gridlock in Congress, Innis proposes a five- to 10-year budget blueprint that would give politicians cover for unpopular budget cuts.
"The trouble with Congress is that the wolf isn't at the door, and until the wolf is at the door, Congress doesn't want to act," he said. "So I like the idea of a five- to 10-year plan that sits on top of the annual budget process and forces Congress' hand. Congress would have to hit the targets that are laid out."
The blueprint would function much like the so-called "sequestration" that led to the fiscal cliff budget cuts. "Sequestration was a way that Congress could hide and not take hard votes on the cuts," he said.
One place Innis said Congress needs to vote openly is on increases to entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare. Those are now on auto-pilot, he said.
"Entitlements are the biggest part of the problem," he said, "and that's where we've got to go. Too much of the budget is pre-programmed increases. Congress should vote on them every year, and the public needs to see what's happening."
When it comes to entitlement reform, Innis won't rule out any options.
"These are big problems and we've got to put everything on the table," he said. "We've got to explore changes in the retirement age, means testing, how we're collecting the payroll tax — all of that has to be considered."
Even when facing such big problems, Innis says he prefers a more piecemeal approach.
"I don't like big bills, like comprehensive immigration reform," he said. "When you pass big bills, I don't care if it's Dodd-Frank (financial regulations) or Obamacare, you end up with a lot of unintended consequences, and things start happening that you didn't anticipate. You've got to take one bite at a time, and deal with the problem in a step-by-step fashion."


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Taylor Swift Donates $500,000 for Nashville Flood
Taylor Swift is donating $500,000 to flood relief in Nashville, which will go directly to various flood relief organizations in the city (the flooding killed 30 in three states).
"Being at home during the storm, I honestly could not believe what was happening to the city and the people I love so dearly," the 20-year-old country cutie told The Associated Press via e-mail. "Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love. I have always been proud to be a Nashvillian, but especially now, seeing the love that runs through this city when there are people in crisis."
Added Taylor, "Please keep Nashville in your heart. Seeing a picture of the Grande Ole Opry halfway underwater was a kind of heartbreak I can't describe." (T-Swift moved to Nashville when she was 14.)
On June 16th, Ke$ha, a Nashville native and resident, will perform during a special flood benefit concert in Nashville.


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6th regular chapter of the week.
For those who don't know, I have a Patreon. You can check out the exact posting day on my Patreon where I have attached a schedule. You can also have access to early, unedited chapters if you become a patron. You will have access to google drive links and the chapters will be updated with every release.
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Wednesday 2nd March 2005 - 11:30 to 12:30
INI Seminar Room 1
I will discuss some strange analogies between some probabilistic methods for recognition of "black box" finite groups and the theory of groups of finite Morley rank. As an application and illustration, I will give a short elementary proof of the following fact.
Let G be a group of finite Morley rank. If a Sylow 2-subgroup S of G is cyclic then S intersects trivially with the connected component of G.


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100 Breweries near Bennidito
Bennidito's Brewpub
1909 East Sprague Avenue
Spokane Washington 99202
Telephone: +1 509-290-5018
Brewer: Zach Shaw
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Budge Brothers Brewery
2018 East Riverside Avenue
Suite 1
Spokane Washington 99202
Telephone: +1 509-426-3340
Hours: Friday-Sunday 2:00pm-9:00pm.
Brewer: Brad Budge, Bruce Budge
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No-Li Brewhouse
1003 East Trent Avenue
Suite 107
Spokane Washington 99202
Telephone: +1 509-242-2739
Hours: Monday-Thursday 11:00am-10:00pm, Friday-Saturday 11:00am-midnight, Sunday 11:00am-9:00pm.
Brewer: Damon Scott
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Perry Street Brewing
1025 South Perry Street #2
Spokane Washington 99202
Telephone: +1 509-279-2820
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Black Label Brewing
19 West Main Avenue
Spokane Washington 99201
Telephone: +1 509-822-7436
Hours: Monday-Thursday 1-8pm, Friday-Saturday 1-10pm, Sunday 1-6pm
Brewer: Steve Wells, Wayne Milford, Barry Wood
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Steam Plant Brewing Company
159 South Lincoln Street
Spokane Washington 99201-4420
Telephone: +1 509-777-3900
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 3:00pm-9:30pm, Friday-Saturday 3:00pm-11:00pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Whistle Punk Brewing
122 South Monroe Street
Spokane Washington 99201
Telephone: +1 509-315-4465
Hours: Monday-Thursday 4:00pm-9:00pm, Friday-Saturday 3:00pm-11:00pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Iron Goat Brewing Co.
1302 West 2nd Avenue
Spokane Washington 99202
Telephone: +1 509-474-0722
Hours: Open Daily 11:00am-11:00pm
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
River City Brewing Company — Spokane
121 South Cedar Street
Spokane Washington 99201
Telephone: +1 509-413-2388
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Badass Backyard Brewing
1415 North Argonne Road
Spokane Valley Washington 99212
Telephone: +1 509-242-3225
Hours: Monday-Thursday 2-9pm, Friday-Saturday noon-9pm, Sunday noon-7pm
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Waddell's Brew Pub & Grille
6501 North Cedar Road
Building 1
Spokane Washington 99208-4571
Telephone: +1 509-321-7818
Hours: Open daily at 11:00am.
Brewer: Bryan Utigard
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Hopped Up Brewing
10421 East Sprague Avenue
Spokane Valley Washington 99206
Telephone: +1 509-413-2488
Hours: Wednesday-Saturday 2:00pm-9:00pm.
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12 String Brewing Co
11616 East Montgomery Drive #26
Spokane Valley Washington 99206
Telephone: +1 509-990-8622
Hours: Wednesday-Thursday 3:00pm-10:00pm, Friday 2:00pm-11:00pm, Saturday noon-10:00pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
English Setter Brewing Company
15310 East Marietta Avenue
Suite 4
Spokane Valley Washington 99216-1876
Telephone: +1 509-928-6063
Hours: Open daily 3:00pm-9:00pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Orlison Brewing Company
12921 West 17th Avenue
Airway Heights Washington 99001
Telephone: +1 509-244-2536
Brewer: Bernie Duenwald
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Big Barn Brewery
16004 North Applewood Lane
Mead Washington 99021-7818
Telephone: +1 509-238-2489
Hours: Friday-Sunday noon-6:00pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
238 Brewing — Planned
10321 East Day Mountain Spokane Road
Mead Washington 99021
Telephone: +1 509-238-2739
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Knucklehead Brewery — Planned
24614 East San Carlos Avenue
Newman Lake Washington 99025
[Map] [Update]
Downdraft Brewing Co.
418 West Seltice Way
Post Falls Idaho 83854
Telephone: +1 208-262-4233
Hours: Monday-Thursday 2-9pm, Friday 2-10pm, Saturday noon-10pm, Sunday 2-7pm
Brewer: Nick Brayman
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Post Falls Brewing
112 N Spokane Street
Post Falls Idaho 83854
Telephone: +1 208-773-7301
Hours: Monday-Friday 2-10pm, Saturday noon-10pm, Sunday noon-8pm
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Zythum Brewing — Planned
101 North Railroad Avenue
PO Box 50
Fairfield Washington 99012
Telephone: +1 509-795-9192
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Zythum Brewing Company
101 North Railroad Avenue
PO Box 50
Fairfield Washington 99012-0050
Telephone: +1 509-998-6263
Hours: 2nd weekend/month Friday-Saturday 2-10pm, Sunday noon-6pm
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Selkirk Abbey Brewing
6180 East Seltice Way
Suite 102
Post Falls Idaho 83854
Telephone: +1 208-292-4901
Hours: Monday-Thursday 3:00pm-7:00pm, Friday-Saturday 1:00pmp-8:00pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Trickster's Brewing Company
3850 North Schreiber Way
Coeur D'Alene Idaho 83815
Telephone: +1 970-764-7128
Hours: Monday-Saturday 11:00am-7:00pm.
Brewer: Matt Morrow
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Bombastic Brewing
11100 North Airport Drive
Hayden Idaho 83835
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Daft Badger Brewing
1710 North Second Street
Coeur d'Alene Idaho 83814
Telephone: +1 208-665-9892
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 11:00am-8:00pm
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Matchstick Brewing — Planned
Coeur D'Alene Idaho 83815
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Paragon Brewing
5785 North Government Way
Coeur D'Alene Idaho 83815
Telephone: +1 208-772-9292
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11:00am-10:00pm
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Slate Creek Brewing
1710 North Fourth Street
Suite 115
Coeur D'Alene Idaho 83814-6000
Telephone: +1 208-664-7727
Hours: Thursday-Saturday 2:00pm-10:00pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Mad Bomber Brewery
9265 North Government Way
Hayden Idaho 83835-8278
Telephone: +1 208-762-7343
Hours: Open Daily 11:00am-Close
Brewer: Tom Applegate
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Seven Bays Trading Co. — Planned
Davenport Washington 99122
[Map] [Update]
Top Frog Brewery
221 Vista Drive
Newport Washington 99156
Telephone: +1 509-671-2884
Hours: Saturday 4:00pm-8:00pm
[Map] [Update]
Lost Art Brewing — Planned
Newport Washington 99156
[Map] [Update]
Beljica Brewing
2523 Six Mile Road
Chewelah Washington 99109-9506
Brewer: Alexander Freeman
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
MickDuff's Brewing Company
312 North First Avenue
Sandpoint Idaho 83864
Telephone: +1 208-255-4351
Toll-Free: +1 800-777-7240
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11:00am-9:00pm, Friday-Saturday 11:00am-10:00pm.
Brewer: Duffy Mahoney
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
MickDuff's Brewing - Beer Hall/Production Facility
220 Cedar Street
Sandpoint Idaho 83864
Telephone: +1 208-209-6700
Hours: Monday-Thursday 3-9pm, Friday noon-11pm, Saturday 11am-11pm, Sunday 11am-9pm
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Laughing Dog Brewing
805 Schweitzer Plaza Drive
Ponderay Idaho 83852
Telephone: +1 208-263-9222
Hours: Open Daily 2:00-8:00pm
Brewer: Fred Colby
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Radio Brewing
319 Main Street
Kellog Idaho 83837
Telephone: +1 208-786-6633
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11am-10pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-midnight
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Paradise Creek Brewery
245 SE Paradise Street
Pullman Washington 99163
Telephone: +1 509-338-9463
Hours: Open daily 11:00am-11:00pm.
Brewer: Tom Handy
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Rocky Coulee Brewing
205 North First Street
Odessa Washington 99159
Telephone: +1 509-345-2216
Hours: Friday 2:00pm-10:00pm.
Brewer: Tom Schafer
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Palouse Falls Brewing Company
1335 SE Bishop Boulevard
Pullman Washington 99163
Telephone: +1 509-334-6427
Hours: Open Tuesday-Thursday at 2:00pm, Friday-Saturday at noon.
Brewer: Jeff Green
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The Moscow Brewing Company
630 North Almon Street
Suite 130
Moscow Idaho 83843-9701
Telephone: +1 208-874-7340
Hours: Wednesday-Thursday 4:00pm-8:00pm, Friday 4:00pm-9:00pm, Saturday noon-9:00pm.
Brewer: Lucas Rate
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Lost Falls Brewery
347-D West Second Avenue
Colville Washington 99114
Telephone: +1 509-684-0638
Hours: Wednesday-Thursday 4:00pm-6:00pm, Friday 4:00pm-8:00pm.
Brewer: Chip Trudell
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Hunga Dunga Brewing
333 North Jackson Street
Moscow Idaho 83843
Telephone: +1 208-596-4855
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 4:00pm-10:00pm
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Rants & Raves Brewery
308 North Jackson Street
Moscow Idaho 83843
Telephone: +1 208-596-4061
Hours: Monday-Thursday 4-10pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-11pm, Sunday 11am-9pm
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
North Idaho Mountain Brew
108 Nine Mile Road
Wallace Idaho 83873-5021
Telephone: +1 208-556-1885
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11:00am-10:00pm, Friday-Saturday 11:00am-10:00pm. Closed on Mondays during the winter months.
Brewer: Mark Burmeister
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Wallace Brewing
610 Bank Street
Wallace Idaho 83873
Telephone: +1 208-660-3430
Hours: Monday-Wednesday 1:00pm-6:00pm, Thursday 1:00pm-7:00pm, Friday-Saturday 1:00pm-8:00pm, Sunday 1:00pm-6:00pm.
Brewer: Jack Johnson
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Northern Ales, Inc.
325 West Third Avenue
Kettle Falls Washington 99141
Telephone: +1 709-738-7382
Hours: Wednesday-Saturday noon-10:00pm.
Brewer: Steve Hedrick
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Hardware Brewing
701 East Main Street
Kendrick Idaho 83537
Telephone: +1 208-289-5000
Hours: Wednesday-Thursday 4:30-8pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-9pm, Sunday 11am-7pm
Brewer: Doug Lohman
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Shattuck Brewery
52106 Highway 8
Elk River Idaho 83827
Hours: Friday 2pm-7pm - Saturday 11am-7pm Sunday 11am-5pm
Brewer: Nate Schwartz
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Riverport Brewing Company
150-B Ninth Street
Clarkston Washington 99403
Telephone: +1 509-758-8889
Hours: Monday-Saturday noon-8:00pm.
Brewer: Pete Broyles
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Kootenai River Brewing Company
6424 Riverside Street
PO Box 1901
Bonners Ferry Idaho 83805
Telephone: +1 208-267-4677
Hours: Open daily 11:00am-10:00pm.
Brewer: Joe DeVita, Mike Naumann
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
MJ Barleyhoppers Brewery and Sports Pub
621 21st Street
Lewiston Idaho 83501
Telephone: +1 208-746-5300
Toll-Free: +1 800-232-6730
Hours: Monday-Wednesday 4:00pm-midnight, Thursday-Saturday 4:00pm-2:00am.
Brewer: Marv Eveland, Doug Howell, Travus Best
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Republic Brewing
26 North Clark Avenue
Republic Washington 99166
Telephone: +1 509-775-2700
Hours: Wednesday-Thursday 2:00pm-8:00pm, Friday-Saturday noon-10:00pm.
Brewer: Billy Burt
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
St. Brigid's Brewery
10333 Road 5.6 NE
Moses Lake Washington 98837
Telephone: +1 509-750-8357
Hours: Wednesday-Saturday 3:30pm-9:30pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Ten Pin Brewing
1165 North Stratford Road
Moses Lake Washington 98837
Telephone: +1 509-765-1248
Brewer: Jim Madden
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Chief Spring's Fire and Irons Brew Pub
148 East Main Street
Dayton Washington 99328-1351
Telephone: +1 509-382-4677
Hours: Monday-Thursday 11:00am-8:00pm, Friday-Saturday 11:00am-10:00pm, Sunday 11:00am-7:00pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Cabinet Mountain Brewing Co.
206 Mineral Avenue
Libby Montana 59923-1952
Telephone: +1 406-293-2739
Hours: Monday-Saturday noon-8:00pm, Sunday 3:00pm-7:00pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Rossland Beer Company
1990-A Columbia Avenue
PO Box 2290
Rossland British Columbia V0G 1Y0
Telephone: +1 250-362-2122
Hours: Tuesday-Wednesday: Noon-6:00pm, Thursday-Friday: Noon-8:00pm, Saturday-Sunday: Noon-5:00pm, Monday: closed
Brewer: Ryan Arnaud, Petri Raito
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Laht Neppur Brewing
444 Preston Avenue
Waitsburg Washington 99361
Telephone: +1 509-337-6261
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 2:00pm-8:00pm, Friday-Saturday 11:00am-9:00pm, Sunday 11:00am-7:00pm.
Brewer: Court Ruppenthal
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Labatt Columbia Brewery
1220 Erickson Street
PO Box 1950
Creston British Columbia V0B 1G0
Toll-Free: +1 800-565-2633
Hours: Open daily 9:00am-4:30pm.
Brewer: Kevin Hryclik
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Trestle Brewing
413 Main Street
Ferdinand Idaho 83526
Telephone: +1 208-962-7233
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 11:00am-10:00pm
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Burwood Brewing Co.
602 Piper Avenue
Walla Walla Washington 99362
Telephone: +1 509-876-6220
Hours: Wednesday-Thursday 4:30pm-7:00pm, Friday 4:30pm-8:00pm, Saturday noon-8:00pm, Sunday 2:00pm-6:00pm.
Brewer: David Marshall
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Basement Brewing — Planned
721 Lewis Street
Walla Walla Washington 99362
[Map] [Update]
Big House Brewing
11 North Palouse
Walla Walla Washington 99362
Telephone: +1 509-522-2440
Hours: Open daily 11:00am-11:00pm.
Brewer: Troy Robinson
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Clearwater Brewing
212 Fir Road
Kamiah Idaho 83536
Telephone: +1 208-816-2438
[Map] [Update]
Wolftrack Brewing
505 King Street
Cottonwood Idaho 83522
Telephone: +1 208-507-1187
Hours: Wednesday-Thursday 4:00pm-8:00pm, Friday 4:00pm-9:00pm, Saturday 1:00pm-8:00pm.
Brewer: John Candalot
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Nosdunk Brewing
214 Chapelwood Avenue
Walla Walla Washington 99362
Telephone: +1 509--540-8784
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Ancient Lakes Brewing
21547 Road 11.2 NW
Quincy Washington 98848
Telephone: +1 509-398-2703
Toll-Free: +1 888-270-2760
Brewer: Michael Silk
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Dragon's Gate Brewery
52288 Sunquist Road
Milton-Freewater Oregon 97862
Telephone: +1 541-215-2622
Hours: Friday-Saturday 1:00pm-5:00pm.
Brewer: Adam Gregory
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Nelson Brewing
512 Latimer Street
Nelson British Columbia V1L 4T9
Telephone: +1 250-352-3582
Brewer: Mike Kelly
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Torchlight Brewing Company
511 Front Street
Nelson British Columbia V1L 4B4
Telephone: +1 +1 250-352-0094
Hours: Tuesday 11am-6pm, Wednesday-Thursday 11am-7pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-9pm
Brewer: Chris Swendson
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Ice Harbor Brewing
206-C North Benton Street
Kennewick Washington 99336
Telephone: +1 509-545-0927
Toll-Free: +1 888-701-2350
Hours: Monday-Wednesday 11:00am-9:00pm, Thursday-Saturday 11:00am-11:00pm, Sunday noon-7:00pm.
Brewer: Russell Corey, Adam "Red" Crane
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Shrub Steppe Brewing
2000 Logston Boulevard
Suite 122
Richland Washington 99354
Telephone: +1 509-375-9092
Hours: Monday-Wednesday 11am-9pm, Thursday-Saturday 11am-10pm, Sunday 11am-8pm
[Map] [Update]
Bombing Range Brewing
2000 Logston Boulevard
Suite 126
Richland Washington 99354
Telephone: +1 509-392-3377
Hours: Monday-Thursday 3-9pm, Friday-Saturday noon-10pm, Sunday noon-6pm
Brewer: Mike Hopp
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
White Bluffs Brewing
2034 Logston Boulevard
Richland Washington 99354
Telephone: +1 509-578-4558
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 4:00pm-7:00pm, Saturday noon-7:00pm.
Brewer: Michael Sutherland
[Map] [Update]
Alpine Brewing
821 14th Street
PO Box 2320
Oroville Washington 98844
Telephone: +1 509-476-9662
Brewer: Bart Traubeck
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Paper Street Brewing Company
701 The Parkway
Suite A
Richland Washington 99352
Telephone: +1 509-713-7088
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 3-9pm, Friday 11am-10:30, Saturday noon-10:30
Brewer: Robby Burns
[Map] [Update]
Atomic Ale Brewpub and Eatery
1015 Lee Boulevard
Richland Washington 99352
Telephone: +1 509-946-5465
Hours: Monday-Friday 11:00am-10:00pm, Saturday-Sunday 11:00am-11:00pm.
Brewer: Dave Acton, Arron Burks
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Rattlesnake Mountain Brewery
2696 North Columbia Center Boulevard
Richland Washington 99352
Telephone: +1 509-783-5661
Hours: Open daily 11:00am-11:30pm.
Brewer: Doug Ryder
[Map] [Update]
Beer Falls Brewing Company — Planned
1361 Chardonnay Drive
Richland Washington 99352
Brewer: John Kadinger
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Badger Canyon Brewing — Planned
532 South Clodfelter Road
Kennewick Washington 99336
[Map] [Update]
Ridge Brew House
9913 Highway 3
Osoyoos British Columbia V0H 1V2
Telephone: +1 250-495-7679
Brewer: Neil Ball
[Map] [Update]
Methow Valley Brewing
201 North Methow Valley Highway
PO Box 1038
Twisp Washington 98856
Telephone: +1 509-997-6822
Toll-Free: +1 888-220-3360
Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 11:30am-9:00pm.
Brewer: Jesse Bonn
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Two Sisters Brewing
69204 North SR 225
Benton City Washington 99320-8664
Telephone: +1 509-628-8221
[Map] [Update]
Crazy Dick's Brewing
1040 Eastmont Avenue #7
East Wenatchee Washington 98802
Telephone: +1 540-308-3093
[Map] [Update]
Wenatchee Valley Brewing
7 North Worthen Street
Suite W8
Wenatchee Washington 98801
Telephone: +1 509-888-8088
Hours: Monday-Thursday 11:30am-8:30pm, Friday 11:30am-9:30pm, Saturday 9:30am-9:30pm, Sunday 9:30am-8:30pm
Brewer: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Badger Mountain Brewing
1 Orondo Avenue
Wenatchee Washington 98801-2234
Telephone: +1 509-888-2234
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 11:30am-10:00pm, Friday-Saturday 11:30am-midnight.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Saddle Rock Pub & Brewery
25 North Wenatchee Avenue
Suite 107
Wenatchee Washington 98801-2201
Telephone: +1 509-888-4790
Hours: Monday-Thursday 11:00am-10:00pm, Friday-Saturday 11:00am-11:00pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Brew Haven Brewery — Planned
207 River Park Avenue
Suite B5
Wenatchee Washington 98801
Telephone: +1 509--433-4234
Brewer: Ben Seims
[Map] [Update]
Big Water Brewing Company — Planned
228 Ramona Avenue
Wenatchee Washington 98801
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Homestead Ales - HA Brewing
2525 Grave Creek Road
Eureka Montana 59917-9609
Telephone: +1 406-889-3950
Hours: Sept-May: Wednesday-Sunday 3-9pm, Jun-Aug: Tuesday-Thursday 3-9pm, Friday-Sunday 11am-9pm
Brewer: Chris Neil
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Old Schoolhouse Brewery
155 Riverside Drive
PO Box 577
Winthrop Washington 98862
Telephone: +1 509-996-3183
Hours: Sunday-Monday noon-10:00pm, Wednesday-Thursday noon-10:00pm, Friday-Saturday noon-11:00pm.
Brewer: Kyle Koger
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Columbia Valley Brewing
538 Riverside Drive
Wenatchee Washington 98801
Telephone: +1 509-888-9993
Hours: Open daily noon-midnight.
Brewer: Joe Nestor
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Milepost 111 Brewpub
407 Aplets Way
Cashmere Washington 98815-1033
Telephone: +1 509-888-0222
Hours: Monday-Thursday 11:00am-9:00pm, Friday 11:00am-10:00pm, Saturday 8:00am-10:00pm, Sunday 8:00am-9:00pm.
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Brewing Academy of Montana at FVCC — Planned
777 Grandview Drive
Kalispell Montana 59901
Telephone: +1 406-756-4359
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Kalispell Brewing
412 Main Street
Kalispell Montana 59901
Telephone: +1 406-756-2739
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday noon-8:00pm.
Brewer: Cole Schneider
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Bias Brewing
409 1st Avenue East
Suite B
Kalispell Montana 59901
Telephone: +1 406-730-3020
Hours: Open Daily noon-8:00pm
[Map] [Update]
Tamarack Brewing Company Alehouse and Grill
105 Blacktail Road
Suite 1
Lakeside Montana 59922-9628
Telephone: +1 406-844-0244
Hours: Open daily at 11:00am.
Brewer: Craig Koontz
[Contact] [Map] [Update]
Colockum Craft Brewing — Planned
109 North Main Street
Suite 1
Kittitas Washington 98934
Telephone: +1 509-968-3187
[Contact] [Map] [Update]


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Marsha Holman expected healing from her miscarriage to take time -- physically and emotionally. But months later she still felt something was wrong.
"I'd done my research and knew that every woman's different in how she recovers, but I just wasn't getting back to normal," she says.
Her intuition led to a pelvic exam and ultimately the discovery of a large uterine fibroid. Many women have uterine fibroids, but they don't cause symptoms or require treatment. Marsha had symptoms: cramping, heavy menstrual bleeding and pressure in her lower abdomen.
A business analyst at Noridian in Fargo, Marsha faced important questions: Surgery to remove the fibroid? What type of surgery? What about a future baby?
She takes a bright blue notebook from her purse. "I relied on this a lot, especially at the doctor's office," she says. "I wrote down my questions, took notes and made sure I had all the information I needed to make good decisions for myself."
Marsha knew a traditional hysterectomy was a possibility, but disliked the idea of a large incision, days in the hospital and several weeks' recovery. "I kept thinking there had to be a better way," she says. "Plus at 35, I wasn't ready to give up the hope of having children."
An appointment at a Sanford OB/GYN clinic opened a new door. In an hour-long appointment, Marsha learned about her options, including robotic hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) and robotic myomectomy (removal of the fibroid while leaving the uterus intact).
Both procedures offer all the benefits of a minimally invasive approach:
Marsha chose robotic myomectomy. "First, it preserved fertility. Second, I loved the fact this was a quick recovery," she says. "And I was comfortable with the surgical team doing this procedure."
Sanford in Fargo was the first in North Dakota to offer robotic hysterectomies and robotic myomectomies. In the past two years, the highly trained team has performed hundreds of them, drawing patients from across the state.
Marsha underwent the procedure on Oct. 14. The surgery took longer than expected because the fibroid had grown to volleyball-size. Even so, the surgical team was able to piece apart the fibroid and remove it through five quarter-inch incisions. Experience combined with today's advanced robotic surgical system made it possible.
With the three-dimensional visualization and precise instrumentation now available, even complex surgeries can be performed. Robotic-assisted surgery typically takes more time in the operating room, but patients reap the benefits. Many describe it as a night-and-day difference.
Just hours after her surgery, Marsha was up and walking the halls at Sanford Hospital. The next day she went home. And the pain? "Barely any," she says. "I'd compare it to the soreness you feel from a few too many sit-ups." Within two weeks she returned to work.
Today Marsha is symptom free. "I'm healthy," she says. "And it feels good to know a family may one day be possible."
A voice student for 10 years, Marsha has a passion for singing. "Opera, Broadway, pop -- I love them all," she says.
Since her miscarriage last June, she's found strength and comfort in singing "I Believe" by Diamond Rio. "The words reassure me and give me hope," she says, eyes filling with tears.
Every now and then
Soft as breath upon my skin
I feel you, come back again...
And I believe...
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Treat them better: Bad medicine for veterans, military
June 30. 2014 7:46PM
As the Fourth of July nears, politicians won't miss a chance to extol America's history of democracy and freedom, a priceless heritage won and protected by our military. For that we applaud them all, Democrats and Republicans alike.
It is right and proper for them to participate in Independence Day celebrations and in events such as last Saturday's tribute to Korean War veterans in Concord. At that emotional ceremony, Gov. Maggie Hassan acknowledged the debt still owed to those who served in that "forgotten war" by saying, "You carried the pain of the injuries you suffered, the memories of what you had endured and the belief that the very people you had protected did not fully appreciate your sacrifices." The governor and the entire congressional delegation deserve praise for coming together to right that wrong.
But even during this week of patriotic celebration, citizens must demand more than inspirational words from leaders. There is no better time to ask hard questions about the federal government's failure to ensure the quality of the health care it promises to our veterans, our active military and their families.
The Veterans Administration debacle remains an open wound. Oklahoma's fine U.S. senator, Tom Coburn, uncovered evidence that the death toll from VA waste, incompetence and cover-ups in the past decade may exceed 1,000. The recent work by our state's senators that may allow most New Hampshire veterans to receive medical care from providers outside a corrupt VA structure is a step in the right direction. But more answers and more action are needed now.
Last Sunday, an extensive investigation by the New York Times showed the problem of shoddy health care for those who serve and protect goes far beyond the VA. The Times reported that our busy military hospitals, which serve millions of Americans, are a health care system "in which scrutiny is sporadic and avoidable errors are chronic."
Active-duty military and their families rely on these essential services. But the federal government does not bother to investigate scores of unexplained deaths. Babies are twice as likely to suffer injuries at birth in military hospitals than in civilian facilities. Some basic quality-of-care statistics are not kept. Others are covered up when convenient. Critical patient safety data was kept from reporters by classifying it as confidential.
Conservatives have long argued that the federal government would be an inept manager of civilian health care. Liberals disagree. But who can dispute the evidence that decades of government control have given us military and veterans health care that is deeply and dangerously flawed? These inept bureaucracies are killing people.
There is much to celebrate this week. Go to your local parade, wave your flag high and enjoy all the color and excitement of America's signature holiday. But if you get a chance, talk to your U.S. senators and representatives or to their challengers. Tell them that America's shoddy delivery of health care to veterans and active military is an unacceptable outrage, especially when we celebrate the freedoms they made possible.