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- Employer
- Hertz Corporation
- Location
- Sterling, VA
- Posted
- Sep 13, 2017
- Closes
- Sep 18, 2017
- Function
- Accountant, IT
- Industry
- Consulting, Technology and Software
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Description Herc Rentals is an industry leader specializing in construction and industrial equipment rental. Since 1965, we have provided rental equipment and services for projects and applications including but not limited to commercial and residential construction, industrial and manufacturing plants, and entertainment services. In addition to providing equipment and tools from brand names our customers trust, we employ knowledgeable and dedicated employees at our 260 branches throughout the US and Canada. We are committed to providing the highest quality of service to our customers. The purpose of the Yardworker position is to utilize the expertise of the candidate to support the needs of the branch in a professional, safe and timely manner. An individual in this position will work to keep all equipment clean and organized in order to provide our customers reliability, consistency and the highest standards possible. This individual is knowledgeable of heavy equipment and construction equipment. He/she has mastered the operating standards of the facility, the region and corporation. Key responsibilities: Clean, maintain and organize heavy equipment, construction equipment and various pieces of machinery Review special orders from management Read invoices and shipping statements and file them properly Deliver/pick-up of parts and equipment from various locations. Assist in the loading/unloading of rental equipment Maintain work area and yard area in an organized manner Assist with service and maintenance record keeping Perform other duties as assigned Requirements: Valid driver's license and a clean driving record Educational Background: High school diploma and/or GED Professional Experience: Previous general and manual labor experience, preferably in the equipment rental, construction or light industrial markets Knowledge: Possesses general knowledge of gas and diesel machinery and engines Skills: Understands the importance of time management, standards of operating procedures, owner's manuals and product/warning labels Ability to operate large, heavy machinery Ability to lift 50+ pounds Customer service skills Competencies: Team oriented General maintenance abilities Strong organizational skills Must exhibit a high level of safety consciousness and a clear understanding of equipment safety Good communication Sense of urgency Stress management If you are looking for an exciting and rewarding career with a growth-oriented company, HERC is the right place for you! As an industry leader, HERC offers the opportunity for training, development, and advancement. In addition, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits package, including a generous vacation program. Apply today to be part of a team built for success! Herc is a Drug-Free Workplace. All employment is contingent on successful completion of drug and background screening. EEO/AA: Females/Minorities/Disabled/Vets


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Life has been very full in our house lately. Lots of shifting around, playing, eating, sleeping, crying, visiting, conferencing, cleaning, sorting, praying, loving, bonding, eye rolling, bershon (yes, already!) and adjusting. We use the terms "family" and "home" a lot and I think that the new family understands the meaning now. We feel really blessed to have David and Aubri join us in this thing called "life" and we feel even more blessed by the outpouring of support by friends, family and even total strangers. The soccer moms had a shower for the new kiddos almost 2 weeks ago and Scott's work showered us with gifts a couple of weeks before that. And our kids inherited a lot of good stuff....many more items than I even imagined we'd need when we first heard about them a few months ago. Both have toddler beds and are sleeping in their own space (along with their big sister!) and they both have lots of toys and books, etc.
I have loved seeing the progress in the relationship between Emi and her new brother and sister. I mean she prayed SPECIFICALLY for a brother AND a sister, and not infants, she wanted sturdy toddlers to wrestle with and teach to sing and play. She got what she wanted, and we've all been blessed by her answered prayers. We'll try to remind her of this when she starts complaining about the Little Ones getting into her stuff! ;.)
I love to hear David with his raspy voice asking PeePaw "Are you here?" (because he can't believe his eyes that his grandpa is actually here!) and stopping to tell Daddy "I'm happy!" or "I love you!" or to Emi "I need a hug!" One time I put on a headband and when David saw me he said "Mama pretty!" ...was so sweet and I never wanted to take that headband off! And Aubri mostly sounds like a little gremlin with her one year old talk but she has a ton of new words that she uses (along with the sign)...and yes we have gotten her to say "Mogwai"
Favorite video is Jana Alayra
Favorite snack: Apple with Peanut Butter
Favorite activity: anything outside, swimming, swinging, riding bikes, running around

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Dialogue and reflexivity...
I am reflecting on a very stimulating conversation I had with a student of mine at coffee today...It was a filled out room, there were other familiar faces, and the tables were situated pretty close by, so we had to somewhat monitor how loud we could get, and also watch our language/content somewhat, given the setting and our topic "Reflexivity, the postcolonial moment, dialogue, and proselytizing missions." This was an extension of an earlier class discussion where I had noted that "I feel more violated when someone is trying to convert me religiously than when a right wing republican says something really offensive about one of my ideals." The discussion in class was fruitful but for the sake of time, we had to move ahead to other topics. Our coffee conversation today was beautiful as it recognized for me once again the potential for dialogue as transcendental...When we explored ideas such as faith, the limits it places on dialogue, the openings it creates for dialogue, and the possibilities of working through differences at the same time recognizing oneness...we found many common entry points...Entry points that made me think hard about my own position and that I know will stay with me for a long while...also reminded me of my conversation with my colleagues Bud Goodall and Kathy Miller on Facebook...I so miss these conversations with all the responsibilties of my bureaucratic functions...and am grateful for all these opportunities of learning and partaking in conversations that teach me new things, new ways of looking at the world, and new ways for appreciating difference!
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At Sundown Coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this Spring
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Last night I watched InStyle's Celebrity Weddings on ABC. These are the weird things you end up doing when you are slated to get married in a few months. It actually wasn't as gut-wrenching as I expected it to be until they got to the Star Jones-Al Reynolds wedding from last year. That's when the shit hit the fan for me.
If you know nothing about this wedding let me try to describe it in one sentence because I don't really want to rehash the whole horrible thing. Domineering D-list talk show host and gay banker wed in made for TV, corporate sponsored ceremony in front of big names and no friends. I think that just about sums it up. Gawker has a whole category dedicated to Star Jones so if you want more info go check it out. And if you really want to be sick visit the official website of the wedding, Starandal.com. Yuck, I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.
What sickened me the most on the TV special was her bragging about the 27 foot train on her wedding dress, apparently the longest train ever, two feet longer than Princess Di's. She even went so far as to point out that in the bridal industry they now say "Star Cathedral Length" when describing a long train. The audacity of this fake celebrity to try and one up Princess Di is just so ridiculous. I mean, I'm not a big fan of the royals, but a princess should hold this record, don't you think?
So, that being said, and since this nobody now holds some kind of record, I feel that someone has to one up this smarmy bitch. Preferably someone totally unknown to the rest of the world. Just a commoner if you will. And, not only that, but I would love to see this done as cheaply as possible. I'm thinking of a 30 foot train made of newspaper. 75 cents worth of material.
Please feel free to steal my idea. Go ahead and make one. Honestly, I'll probably never get around to it. Unfortunately Death? has already said no way, she won't wear the 30 foot newspaper train, but I'm sure some brave soul somewhere would be willing to. I'll do everything I can to publicize that you are wearing this train. I'll do my best to make sure everybody in the world knows that you are the new record holder topping that psycho Star Jones. I promise. Just let me know and I'll be right there with you.
DWP!'s Campaign Against Star's Wedding Train
Last night I watched InStyle's Celebrity Weddings on ABC. These are the weird things you end up doing when you are slated to get married in a few months. It actually wasn't as gut-wrenching as I expected it to be until they got to the Star Jones-Al Reynolds wedding from last year. That's when the shit hit the fan for me.
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Fashion's Top Tier Gets Smurfed
Italian artist AleXsandro Palombo has painted the iconic fashionistas blue.
The Smurfs, which was originally a Belgian comic strip, is TV about little blue creatures who live in mushroom houses in a forest.
The Fashion world's elite have been painted as Smurfs and I for one think it's Smurftastic!
I absolutely love the looks of haughty disdain on the Fashion Smurfs' faces. And how uncanny is the resemblance between AnnaSmurfs & Anna Wintour?
These Smurfs are très à la mode, non? J'adore.
Gros bisous
Ms Zanna
Versace Atelier at the Spring Paris Shows
Joan Smalls at the Versace Atelier Paris Show. Sublime.
Girl Crush: Chioma Nnadi
I remember when I discovered Chioma Nnadi. I had just read a piece she'd written & fell in love with her eloquence. Then I googled her and fell in love with her style. I have selfishly tried to keep her all to myself (& just the American bloggers) but I think, I ought to share her brilliance. So here goes …
As a fashion writer for Vogue, it's obvious that her style has some haute couture influences and that being front-row in the world of fashion ensures that this eclectically self-styled wordsmith is always impeccably dressed.
What has me crushing on Chioma is that she isn't just a vapid clothes mannequin: she studied English and French literature at England's Manchester University. She is gorgeous, well-read, a great writer, everything I'd like to be when I grow up. That is why she is my Girl Crush.
Vintage Vogue 1949
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For The Love Of Fashion?
Would you wear this belt? For the love of fashion …
Yes? No? Maybe?
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Vintage Harper's Bazaar 1956
A little more vintage inspiration.
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New York Fashion Week
As South African Fashionistas and Style Addicts impatiently await Joburg Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2012 to be held from 07 March to 10 March 2012, many of us have been getting our fashion fix from Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week currently underway in Bryant Park, New York.
"The Shows", as their more popularly known by citizens of the Couture community, have been a non-stop indulgence in walking art with designers such as DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger and Diane von Furstenburg showcasing their work on the ramps.
This year Donna Karan, of DKNY fame, showed us the true meaning of Power Dressing with menswear pieces tailored to fit and flatter the female figure. Imagine bespoke pinstripe suits modified into coats and dresses, with elaborate folds that to add depth to curves.
The collection essentially screams, "I am woman, hear me roar."
Tommy Hilfiger showed us that leather will be THE fabric of the 2012 Autumn/Winter season. The iconic designer used the classic fabric in dresses, coats and suits in bold hues. The leather was perfectly complimented by the use of suede, in keeping with the luxe theme of his show.
His menswear military-themed show, called Cadet Academy, echoed the military style prominent in recent European fashion weeks.
My favourite show so far has to be Tracy Reese. The only good things about winter, in my books, are coats, boots, hot chocolate and fires in the fireplace. If I could I would hibernate during the three months of winter mourning the loss of summer. But this year, Tracy Reese gives me reason to hope for a brighter winter, literally.
With bright prints and colours, Tracy shows us that there's no reason to mirror the grey, dreary skies of a cold, winter's day in your winter looks. Dare to show a pop of colour.
Personally, I can't wait to see how our talented South African designers will interpret this season's trends in our own Fashion Week's. Waiting with baited breath.
Ms Zanna
Vintage Harper's Bazaar 1954
I have always been intrigued by history.
I hated "History" as a subject at school; all those dates and events to be repeated parrot-fashion was dreary and tedious. But history itself; the people of the times, the actual event and feelings they evoked and of course what was en vogue or fashionable at the time.
The 1950's was one of my favourite periods. In fact, the 20th Centure itself is fascinating because more chnged occured in those 100 years that in milennia before.
But back to the 1950's. This set of photographs comes from a photoshoot at Harper's Bizarre in 1954.
Classic, beautiful and ladylike fashion. J'adore!
Ms Zanna
Rachel Roy Brings Us Shoes
Ask any female, worth her salt, who Manolo Blahnik is and she's likely to tell you in breathless, gushy excitement that Blahnik is the premier shoes designer. She'll probably tell you that his shoes are not just shoes; his shoes are Art – with a capital A. He is the master.
Now imagine studying at the feet of the master? That's exactly what fashion designer Rachel Roy did and so it comes as no surprise that she chose to walk a mile in his shoes. (I couldn't resist the shoes adage, forgive me.) Roy, who is best known for sportswear, accessories and sneakers in her lower-tier line will debut her footwear for her high-end line in August. The line will feature mid-range to high-end priced footwear.
I anxiously wait Roy's offering to us fashionistas and hopefully, they'll be made available online to South African fashionistas, because judging from the pictures and her history with Monsieur Blahnik, this line is sure to be a stunner.
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Ten years ago, The Husband and I enthusiastically said, "I do."
We promised to build a life together, and be each other's ultimate partners in life. Bottom line: We promised to have each other's back.
Not every day is perfect, of course.
But The Husband is the best partner for me. We laugh. We cry. We travel. We run errands. We raise children. And through it all, we always try to remember to have FUN.
Because without the FUN in life, what is there?
Happy 10th wedding anniversary to my partner in FUN. Cheers to 10 years, and here's to many more!


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Strange thing is, even though Atkins won, the state of Virginia is still trying to execute him:
At 18, Daryl Atkins had racked up a childhood of failures. He flunked out of second grade, barely made it through 4th, and took home a heavy load of D's and F's on his report cards. By high school, a teacher decided to put the books aside to focus him on more practical skills: reading menus, understanding road signs.
This was around the time that Atkins failed driver's education and did so poorly at football practice that he was kicked off his high school team in Hampton, Va. The teenager regularly confused his right with his left and had trouble learning plays, according to a recent psychological report.
Now, a decade later, there is a fierce debate about whether these details and others demonstrate that Atkins is mentally retarded. Prosecutors argue that he is not, with one of their experts pointing out his use of such words as parab le and deja vu and his recitation of the mathematical value of pi.
At a trial that will start Monday, a jury in York County will decide the issue, knowing that a death sentence hangs in the balance. Unless Atkins is deemed retarded, he faces execution by the State of Virginia.
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With the opening of the crab catch season still delayed beyond the crucial holiday months, a group of 11 state senators and representatives this week sent a letter imploring Governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency for California's crab industry. Doing so would pave the way for struggling fishermen to receive state aid.
Signed by Senator Mike McGuire and Assemblyman Marc Levine, the letter states that California's fishery is losing out on the average $60 million in annual crab landings as a result of continued high levels of domoic acid in Dungeness and rock crabs that state agencies have deemed unsafe for public consumption.
The delayed opening in November of the commercial and recreational seasons forced crabbers to miss out on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's and the Chinese New Year, when crab sales are highest.
"This unforeseen disaster has forced individuals to sell equipment and assets, further mortgage their future and seek low wage employment to put food on the table during the holiday seasons when the crab market is typically robust," the letter read. "Without immediate assistance, we may see thousands of hard working families with no choice but to leave the crab fishing sector, causing damage to our economy for years to come."
Domoic acid, prevalent in algal blooms (commonly known as red tides), occurs naturally in phytoplankton. If consumed by mammals in large quantities, it attacks the brain's hippocampus to cause severe memory loss and potentially fatal seizures.
The current algal bloom along the Pacific Coast is the most extensive bloom ever recorded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stretching from Alaska down past Central California. Experts have largely attributed it to warm water, an indication that the current El Niño episode may already be taking its toll on marine ecosystems.
Domoic-acid poisoning, first diagnosed by the Marine Mammal Center in 1998, has affected more than 210 sea lions so far this year, killing most of them.
Crab fishermen have also been hit hard by the delay, impacting Lawson's Landing in Dillon Beach. Co-owner Willy Vogler said he has lost around $100,000 so far in retail sales like bait and from fewer bookings at the Dillon Beach campground.
That's over 10 percent of annual retail income for Lawson's, which is about to lose even more revenue when—on orders from the California Coastal Commission—it will be stripped of the permanent trailers that have brought in critical rent money.
"It's like a perfect storm," Mr. Vogler said. "We've had some money put away, so we'll probably make it. But I'm a lot more concerned about things."
Even less certain about the future is lifelong Bolinas fisherman Rob Knowles, who catches as much as 10,000 pounds of crab a year that nets him around $20,000—the majority of his income.
"It sucks," he said. "Crab is the main money-maker."
Mr. Knowles has been out of work entirely until a few weeks ago, when he landed some construction work from a friend. But his boat—which cost $4,000 to fix up prior to the crab season opener—has been sitting idle in the Bolinas Lagoon, empty of the 7,000 pounds of crab he would usually have caught by this time of year.
"It's what I do in the winter," he said. "I didn't have any work until recently because I kept thinking maybe it'll open soon. There's not that much out there for a fisherman to do."
State officials will consider lifting the delay along stretches of coast once two sets of samples collected a week apart in specific areas show domoic acid have dropped to a safe level. So far, test sites along the North Bay coast have not returned favorably, though one area off Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.
For both Mr. Vogler and Mr. Knowles, opening the season soon would help, despite the huge losses already suffered. But others, like Gospel Flat Farm owner Don Murch, who also sells crab he catches off Bolinas, have moved on already.
"That window for crab fishing for us is over," said Mr. Murch, who has been focusing on growing more vegetables like kale, lettuce and carrots at the family-run farm. "We're just going forward here. Spring is happening."


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Israel's genre output is increasing, it appears. First, we were pointing you to a film called Rabies, today our attention has been drawn to Another World (official site), the country's first zombie film.
Director Eitan Reuven dropped Shock a line this morning to show us his impressive, slick trailer. The story is a familiar one: Bio-warfare leads to the release of a chemical that infects the population. There are survivors and, of course, they must contend with the "infected."
Hopefullyk, Reuven knows how to put a new spin on an old formula!
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|News and opinions on situation in Iraq
|Baqouba Sealed Off as U.S. Forces Lose Control of City by Dahr Jamail
As part of a coordinated offensive launched by Iraqi fighters today, clashes in Baqouba raged all morning. Dahr Jamail went there to cover the aftermath, and found sporadic firefights were still underway, but US troops had abandoned the city.
Baqouba Sealed Off as U.S. Forces Lose Control of City by Dahr Jamail, NewStandard Iraq Correspondent newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=605
Baqouba, Iraq, June 24 — Just six days before Iraq's interim government is to gain partial sovereignty from the US, resistance fighters launched a series of coordinated attacks against US forces and Iraqi government targets in Baghdad, Mosul, Ramadi and Baqouba today. Fierce fighting between the Iraqi resistance and US forces has killed at least 85 people and wounded 320, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Health..
Here in Baqouba, a small city 50 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, early morning attacks by resistance fighters and bombing raids by the US military killed 13 civilians and wounded another 15 , according to the Health Ministry. Sporadic fighting continued around Baqouba this afternoon after US forces sealed off the city.
A sergeant with the 1st Infantry Division, whose fatigue label said Johnson, said resistance fighters ambushed a US patrol in the city at 5:30 this morning, killing two soldiers and wounding seven others. This was later confirmed by a Multi-National Corps Iraq Press Release. Sergeant Johnson said his unit called in tanks for support after the initial attack.
Shortly after the attack, insurgents appeared to have taken control of the Al-Mufraq district in western Baqouba. Residents here said occupation forces had retreated from the area after being ambushed.
"This morning the mujahideen defeated the occupying forces in Al-Mufraq," said Amer Alwhan, a 29 year-old engineer who lives near the area. He also said that early this morning, resistance fighters, often referred to by locals as mujahideen, distributed leaflets throughout the city. The leaflets told residents to stay in their homes because US forces would be attacked in the city.
In another offensive apparently coordinated with the ambush, at least 30 resistance fighters attacked the police station in central Baqouba with small arms and rocket propelled grenades, according to the US military. Residents claim that 21 Iraqi Police (IP) were killed during the attack, and that Iraqi fighters subsequently took control of the station.
At the same time, according to residents, resistance fighters also attacked the Blue Dome government building in central Baqouba with mortars, rocket propelled grenades and automatic weapons, then proceeded to occupy the building,.
"There was so much fighting here this morning," said Abdel Humam who lives in downtown Baqouba. "The freedom fighters took control of everything here and kicked the Americans out of the city."
General Walid Khalid, the police chief of Diyala Province, told Aljazeera TV that the situation in Baqouba would soon be under control. Later, resistance fighters set Khalid's home ablaze.
"The resistance killed 21 [Iraqi police] here today," said a local Sheikh who asked to remain anonymous, "because they are collaborators with the occupation army."
Iyad Allawi, Iraq's interim prime minister and former Ba'ath Party strongman, blamed the Baqouba attacks on remnants of Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime, whom he called "isolated."
But witnesses in Baqouba said that some of the fighters who attacked the police station and government building proclaimed loyalty to Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi and wore yellow headbands similar to those adorning Al-Zarqawi's fighters, Reuters reports.
Residents of Baqouba, along with Major Neal E. O'Brien, a US 1st Infantry Division spokesman, said that at 9 a.m., US warplanes dropped three 500 pound bombs in the city near the soccer stadium. The strikes destroyed three buildings that the military says were used by resistance fighters for launching attacks.
Ken Backus, an assistant liaison for the Coalition Provisional Authority at the Ministry of Health in Baghdad, said the Administrator of the Baqouba General Hospital and his assistant had been assassinated during the fighting. He declined a longer interview at his office this morning. "We are in the midst of a national emergency," he said.
Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of operations for the US Army in Iraq, told reporters that fighting in the affected cities in Iraq had subsided by noon.
But at 12:15 p.m., two US Apache Helicopters were clearly visible, engaged in strafing runs that swept over parts of the embattled city.
Seemingly no one was off limits for US soldiers. American troops in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle fired at our car on the outskirts of the city.
Inside the city, several large bomb blasts were heard around 1 p.m., while the streets remained mostly empty and all of the shops closed for fear of continued fighting. However, no US military units were visible anywhere inside the city itself.
Unpiloted surveillance drones buzzed ominously overhead, their constant hum one of the only active signs of a US presence in all of Baqouba.
Many people here blame the occupation forces for instigating the resistance by conducting periodic home raids and continuing patrols inside the city.
Haji Faisal, a member of a very large family in the area, said: "The mujahideen are fighting for their country against the Americans, who are the occupiers. We all accept this resistance."
A local Iraqi engineer, Qahtan Mhamoud shared criticism. "We do not like the occupiers," he said. "Nobody here likes the occupiers."
Baqouba today stood eerily reminiscent of Fallujah in April. On April 4, US Marines sealed the city of Fallujah after losing control of most neighborhoods. A month long siege ensued before the military ceded their security authority to the Iraqi Police, Civil Defense Corps and mujahideen.
Scenes on the outskirts of Baqouba seemed transplanted from April's fighting in Fallujah. A car riddled with bullets sat on the median of the main road leading into and out of the town, while a pile of empty bullet casings lay 100 feet away near concrete mangled by tank treads.
The lifeless body of the car's driver lay beside the vehicle draped in a black mourning flag.
Sergeant Johnson said that the car had rammed a tank, forcing soldiers to kill the driver. He did not explain why the front of the car appeared to be perfectly intact.
Earlier today, General Kimmitt told reporters, "Coalition forces feel confident with the situation."
Standing nervously at a checkpoint set up to control access on the main road at 3 p.m., Sgt. Johnson said no US military were in the city, which he said was full of resistance fighters.
Asked if he felt the worst was over, Johnson said, "This is just getting warmed up."
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A voluntary code of conduct to regulate teaching in madrasas in Britain is due to be announced next month by the education secretary, Michael Gove.
Over the past decade, ministers from all parties have expressed unease at the inability to regulate teaching in the schools, which offer supplementary education outside of mainstream schooling. But they have held back partly due to the amount of regulation that would be required.


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Definition for Number and Numerals
Roman numerals are generally used as symbols that stand for numbers. The seven basic symbols that are used in Roman Numerals are : I (1), V (5), X (10), L (50), C (100), D (500), and M (1,000). Sometimes a bar is place over a numeral to multiply it by 1,000.
What is a Number ?
A number is actually a way of thinking, an idea, that enables us to compare very different sets of objects. It can actually be called an idea behind the act of account.
What are Numerals ?
Numerals are used to name numbers, in other words, a numeral is a symbol used to represent a number. For example, the numeral 4 is the name of a number four. And again four is the idea that describes any collection of four objects. 4 pens, 4 books, 4 people and so on. We recognize that these collections all have the quality of "fourness" even though they may differ in every other way.
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I'm not Jazz; I'm not Blues--I Am Rock and Roll
Nope. No music videos. Nope. No praise of musical style or of musicians. This essay is about musical preference and growth and maturation. Thinking about musical preferences in my case led me to consider how these preferences arose. I cannot talk in particulars because each of us has own preferences in music--and in friends, food, politics, and most everything else. If this essay turns to first person, as it frequently will, does not mean to imply about any one else's preferences. My path to music may not be typical of anyone else. But it one sense, musical maturation is a developmental process present in every one alive. No matter how we get there will be different but I doubt many people goes through stages in what type of music, what musicians or bands (or orchestras or plain chant, etc.) A person will always arrive at a choice.
In some cases the choice be so elementary exclusionary that people don't like music at all even though they can hear. I pity such people. Music is life. Imagine a day without it--whether you make it or merely listen. How empty then would life be. Slaving for a job, whether office cubicle, forest, or raising children; whatever a person does, music makes life bearable.
When does music appreciation begin? In mother's womb where the reassuring of maternal heartbeat is association of healthy birth. In those unfortunate cases, such as a still-born, the music stops too soon.
In the longer term, people generally undergo simultaneous growth and maturation. Growth can be defined as physical size. Growth can also be attained socially and on individual levels. In fact growth occurs, to greater or lesser degree, in all three aspects: physical, social, individual.
Maturation is the hopefully increasing ability gained through experience by which we use the fullest extent of all our faculties to the best of our efforts and circumstances. Circumstances means environment: what was your family life like when you were getting older? Getting older is not necessarily growing.
Some people are possessed of a rigid acceptance of new experiences. Some people are unable to synthesize experience into beneficial wholes--they are the ones whose life path has been less than totally benign. I place no value, either positive or negative as to the ultimate termination of their growth and maturation.
But a side-note is in order here. Psychopaths have arrested development, lacking empathy for anyone but themselves. The reasons for such cessation in social development are multifold most likely. And personal development can be arrested prematurely in physical growth and in maturation as defined above. Worse, all three areas may be stunted, twisted or even regress.
But my feeling about human nature, because I am a humanist, is that, absent external pressure, most people are well-intentioned and empathetic. Were this not, so life, as difficult as often it is, would be a daily hell for everyone. A few psychopaths can life like miserable far beyond their mere numbers in the population.
But, after this foray, rather obliquely, into politics, let's get back to music. Here I have to use first person to illustrate process rather than destination. My process and my destination will most likely not be yours. That's okay.
Soon after birth, the music of mother's womb ceases, even as mother's love typically increases for her off-spring. New sounds coming all jumbled, without meaning occurs immediately after birth. Most people, having little maturation that will rarely appreciate those noises as music. But with growth and maturation, some order emerges from cacophony. Only when that aural order is recognized, not necessarily cognitively, can sounds become music. In fact cognition in only the barest sense is necessary for appreciation of music. Music is emotion, aided and abetted by cognition to greater significance. If the music doesn't suit you nor do the words/sentiments, then obviously, that won't be your preference. But preferences change. Everything in life changes...for most persons.
And so I went from listening to Country and Western before electrification and commerciality. The old timey stuff. My choice of this style was somewhat involuntary in that local broadcasts featured little music otherwise. Later I was exposed to jazz, lots of it. I never played an instrument. Great jazz at times too. I even went to a few jazz concerts but I wasn't captivated by it, even though I realized the virtuosity of performance. Why was I not captivated? Don't know. Is such a thing even knowable? Why did my musical preference move me on?
My next style was pop of the type in the 40's and early 50's. I liked the music because of clear melodies and understandable lyrics. Many fine songs that perhaps millions still love. Human emotions across the entire range expressed clearly. Yet this was not my destination musically, just as my politics at that age were not as they are now.
Side note: I loved "classical" music (plain song, madrigals, toccatas and fugues, themes and variations, string quartets and symphonies) the whole genre and its lineage. Of course, my favorite was and has always been Beethoven. So why do I not say "I am Classical"? The emotion is certainly there, possibly greater in density than any other art form I know including raga, Tibetan chant, Chinese classical music and classic Japanese with their differing chromatics. All wonderful. Yet no connection. Why not? There's that lack of connection again, one which cannot be explained. I defy anyone to predict another's musical preferences with knowing that person quite well.
So, then along came rock rand roll, at once primal and cerebral, in varying proportions depending upon the artist and the artist's own maturation as well as mine.
Play it loud. That's Rock and Roll. You don't have to like it; fine with me. But I sure hope you love some kind of music.
This essay has been written while listening to Eric Clapton. It helps me express these thoughts but is not necessary to that.
For those of you rock and rollers, check out Blisland by Katrina Leskanich. Masterpiece--a term I do NOT use lightly.
So, readers, listen too. Whatever you like. Why your choice know one can know.
Play it loud!
There's very few things I don't like.
Unfortunately they seem to be the vast majority of what is promoted by the MSM.
I grew up with Episcopal Church Music, lots of sixties rock, and my fathers obsession with the beach Boys. I've been criticized my entire life for my choices in music, mostly by my family growing up, but moving on with my life, I just enjoy good music.
I take solace in their hatred of what I love, because let's be honest, the MSM has never been at the forefront of any musical trend. Most of the time, they act like typical politicians. Wait for a parade, then leap in front of it, claiming you were there all the time.
So, I'm currently into Folk Metal and New Classical compositions, because it's just fun music that does not take itself seriously. It's a rarity in these days when it seems every politician demands that artists censor themselves to fit the agenda de jour.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
My Dad and my Grandfather would discuss music/hi-fi for hours.
One piece of music never fails to bring tears to my eyes, and I've heard it many times: the soprano coming in towards the end of the chorus "Man born of desire", from Sir Hubert Parry's Invocation to Music... just sends me over the edge.
I also enjoy very hot peppers. Tears can be involved also.
from a reasonably stable genius.
Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll
My dad said rock n roll died the day of the British invasion. He used to hang out at the roller rink where Buddy Holly played, and from where Holly would broadcast live on a Lubbock radio station before he hit it big. Waylon Jennings was wracked with guilt for not dying the night Holly did. Incidentally, my childhood best friend's dad threw rocks at a young Jennings in Littlefield, TX when the two men were kids.
It depends on my mood as to the genre I'll listen to. My Bluetooth headphones and a varied play list on my phone give me something to jam to while doing menial tasks around the house.
"The gatekeepers must change."
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
As a c99er whose userID is pidgin Greek for "Dead head" because older Grateful Dead fans than me have the "Dead Head" userID sewn up long before I ever come on scene, it may surprise some of` my readers that I actually have a very wide-spectrum, eclectic musical taste. Blues, old-time bluegrass, old-time country, reggae/ska, all the way to heavy metal and, of course, baroque and "classical" classical music.
My point here relates to one of my favorite bands, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO), the current incarnation of the heavy-metal band Savatage. One published discussion that the TSO principals had stated that Mozart was history's first rock star, while Ludwig von Beethoven was history's first heavy-metal star. This article has more info on the Beethoven connection.
Attempting to locate that interview for enbedding here has proven painful to me. I was unaware that TSO's founder, Paul O'Neill, had passed away on 19 April 2017. It does appear that TSO will carry on after him. I wish them every success at that; the Grateful Dead didn't manage that at all.
Mr. O'Neill was little more than a year my senior. Nihil umquam in oblivione est!
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i've always told my kids that beethoven was the first rock and roller.
i've heard a lot of great mozart, but none of it rocked.
beethoven? oh, yeah -- he definitely rocked.
60's and 70's r & r were my rebellion, just go crazy
But when I sat down to my baby grand piano (a Chickering) it was always classical music. When I took those ballet lessons, it was classical music.
My parents loved "In The Mood", "Begin the Beguine" and all the music from the 40's, and so do I. WWII era stuff. Must have been their rebellion music. I hear tales when they got up and danced, everybody else sat down and watched.
I actually saw that happen a few times. They were so elegant and good looking.
In travelling, I am completely hooked on steel drum bands, and African music, with the earthy drums and chants. The songs of places in central Europe will stay with me forever. Estonia could not be other than "Russian", except in beautiful song.
Opera. I am addicted to it. But virtually nothing after 1910, and very little of the Baroque. I have had the pleasure to play for some extraordinary trained opera voices in my life.
Give me some Romantic classical music, and give me George Harrison love, and being Texan, I think Willie Nelson, whom I have met, would be ok with that.
I hear ya AE
Although there are songs I like from a lot of genres nothing moves me like Rock n Roll. Growing up in Chicago in the 60s and 70s there was always a good concert to go to and speaking of Eric Clapton I remember seeing him when he did the Slow Hand tour 78 or 79, one of the best concerts I have ever seen. My wife and I still try to go to a couple concerts a year. We went to see Paul McCartney a couple weeks ago he played almost 3 hrs straight and was amazing.
where is the line between blues and rock?
i don't know, but i do know that it must exist somewhere on Derek and the Dominoes' extraordinary musical documenting of the male soul in the grip of desperate love for an unattainable woman: The entire album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. I've occasionally considered that rock and roll's raison d'etre was simply so that Eric et al could put together that album ... Layla, Bell Bottom Blues, Why Does Love Got to be So Sad ... track after track of clapton, reeling from the booze and drugs, putting it all out there.


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Coincidence.. repitition.. mystery - fun and embarassment
DISCLAIMER: This has happened in real life, and resemblance to any character, living or dead, is not at all happenstance. Story is completely real, even though it might seem surreal to some of you. I am not responsible for that. Some names have been changed to honour privacy, that's about it. And now let me continue :)
My name is not changed. In first person singular, its "I" :) In third person it's "Aniket".
THE GENESIS OF CONFUSIONS. (Sunday) My home:
Situation: Monsoons, Sunday afternoon, 1500 hours. I am sleeping. Cell phone rings. I wake up, caller's number looks familiar though recalling right away results in a failure. Green button in action, receiver next to my ear.
I: Hello?
Mr. Kumar: Aniket, this is Mr. Kumar, Dilip's dad.
(Dilip is my pal, so I need to be alert while answering)
I: Yes tell me.
Mr. Kumar: Aniket, actually Dilip was supposed to send you regular updates via email. What did he say in the email you received? You had told me that Dilip had mailed you. It's been a while since I have heard from him.
I: Well.. err.. Mr. Kumar, you see, what I will do is get in touch with you tomorrow. It so happens that I did not check my email in 2 days.
Mr. Kumar: Okay Aniket, call me back and let me know.
I: Sure. Hangs up.
I am totally clueless about what is happening. Reason being I hadn't talked to Dilip for weeks now. Neither with his dad. So which email are we talking about? I thought like sleeping again, but when a friend's dad calls you, the least you should do is gather correct information and reply back. I start punching in numbers furiously, those who I and Dilip know in common, are called up. The first thing I ask is about Dilip's whereabouts and if he is in good shape. None of the common friends happens to know about any ill happenings per se. So far so good.
ONE DAY LATER (Monday). My office:
Emails shot off to more people whom I know in common with Dilip. Numerous offline messages sent to Dilip on Yahoo! messenger. By evening, I am waiting in desperation for Dilip's response. Progress so far: One friend tells me he is currently in the United States. And I get frustrated. Dilip's parents expect a feedback from me, and Dilip hasn't even told me where to look for. End of Monday, no response from Dilip. I call up Mr. Kumar twice, can't get through. I don't try further.
SIX DAYS LATER (Saturday) My home:
By now, Dilip has responded to my offline messages, conveying me that he is the United States, coated with an apology. Dilip doesn't know of my telecon with his dad as yet. Saturday evening - raining heavily. Cell phone rings, Mr. Kumar calling. The number is not stored yet, but the digits were etched in my memory.
I: Hello?
Mr. Kumar: Aniket.. this is Mr. Kumar. So..
(I cut him short)
I: Yes Mr. Kumar, I actually had a word with Dilip. He is..
(Mr. Kumar cuts me short)
Mr. Kumar: Yes, how is he?
I: He is doing fine. He said he will keep sending regular updates.
Mr. Kumar: Yes yes, you had told me. So did you get the batteries? More importantly, last time you'd said that the other one would be cost effective. Can you get the one you think is better? Please try and get them tomorrow. I'll be waiting. Hangs up.
I could not make head or tail of what Mr. Kumar said. I wanted to say "huh?" but then I couldn't. After all, I could be at fault here. Simply because I did not ask Dilip what all I was supposed to do in his absence. Please note, the previous sentence was in full sarcasm. You can expect Dilip to forget the most important of things and shrug it off saying "Oops". Hall of shame.
ONE DAY LATER (Sunday) My home:
It's pouring heavily. 1030 am, I clearly recall. Sitting in my balcony, I was lazing. Cell phone rings. Yes, you guessed it right.
I: Yes Mr. Kumar?
Mr. Kumar: When are you coming over Aniket?
I: Err.. well.. how about noon? Or maybe in an hour's time if it is urgent?
Mr. Kumar: Ya. I'll be waiting.
I: Okay. Hangs up.
I carelessly forgot. Time is 1600. As you would have guessed, the cell phone rings.
I: I am..
(cut short)
Mr. Kumar: Aniket, it is raining heavily right now. It is okay if you cannot make it now. Maybe next Sunday. And thanks for the information you gave about Dilip from his email as well as resolving the cost issue of the batteries. Get the one that costs lesser as we discussed.
I: Well, okay!
Mr. Kumar: Ya. Hangs up.
Goes without saying that I am extremely perplexed at what's happening. I am being told that I gave some information. I was also finding it a bit weird that I discussed something about the lesser cost. The cost issue was indeed brought up in the previous conversation, but then there was no conclusion. Everything seems to be in place except me finally giving those batteries. I did not give it a thought, simply went ahead and got 4 AA Duracell batteries. Next time he'd call me, I would immediately go to Dilip's place and hand them over.
TWO DAYS LATER (Tuesday) My office:
Cell phone rings (Can we abbreviate this to CPR? Next time onwards).
I: Yes Mr. Kumar!
Mr. Kumar: Hey Aniket, thanks for the batteries. It's good that you got them right away. Thanks!
I: Wha...
(cut short)
Mr. Kumar: Hangs up.
Good adjectives to describe my state at this point: Bewildered, flummoxed, awestruck.
FEW DAYS LATER. I continue to be in the same state mentioned above. No transition. I chat with Dilip on Yahoo!. As I state the facts, he goes into splits and uses up all emoticons Yahoo! has to offer to express extreme amusement. Plot thickens for me, his amusement makes me think laterally - was this all a cooked up plan between dad and son to fool a friend or something? Seems difficult given the level of familiarity I had with his dad. Dilip reveals it finally. A thing that was very basic. Which I had forgotten, but owing to it the fun part extended over a period of time. And the coincidences made it further funny for all of us. Except for Mr. Kumar, who was seemingly a bit embarassed about the whole thing. Reasons:
o There was another Aniket in the picture (Aniket Aryamane)
o Cell phone name sorting technology. Dilip, before embarking to the US, had added my number to his dad's contact list. In alphabetical order, I started preceding Aniket Aryamane since I was listed as "Aniket (EBC)" - note the parentheses.
o The tasks to be done and Dilip's whereabouts were being asked to me
o Aniket Aryamane was doing all the tasks expected by Mr. Kumar, and sending over the info, on a daily basis
o I was getting updates (the why's how's and thanks too) on my cell
And it all finally ended. I bashed up Dilip (using words of course). He continued to laugh eternally. Our friends did too.
My state transition diagram:
Cool (before things happened) -> Tense (Dilip's whereabouts not known) -> Anxious (what to get, when to do tasks, which ones to start with!) -> Bewildered (me not doing anything and receiving thanks from time to time) -> Normalcy Restored (after Aniket Aryamane's facts were brought to light).
Further interesting facts:
o I am yet to meet Aniket Aryamane in person, the one who was responsible for my bewildered state
o I am yet to speak with Mr. Kumar after all that happened (both of us are equally embarassed about how we reacted to things)
o LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST: I still have the 4 AA batteries for Dilip :D
When are you collecting them from me Dilip?


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Okay, you asked for an honest review, so I need to just say that this cock is really ugly. Alright I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say it looks ugly in this photo. Just the way it has that weird fold at the base of your shaft and the colour contrast that sort of makes you look like a girl with a dildo sitting on her. With that said, dildo or no this big old thing looks like it'd feel fucking incredible. I am personally a big foreskin fan so you are off to a good start, but also you have girth out the wazoo! Holy fuck you are thick. Girth is my best friend and you have more than enough to satisfy even my hungry cunt. I worry that you might be a little too long for me. I only have a little pussy, and nothing gets me going like getting fucked with hips slamming against hips. I don't think you and I could do that, you'd have to be careful with me. It's a nice cock, but I'm not sure you are really built for me ⅗
Olivia's Cock Review:
Oh hell yes! Look at this beautifully weird cock. Mmmmm mmm! You are a sexy fucking beast. That thing is massive. I'm getting all creamy already. I can just imagine what you could do to me with that thing! It looks like it's as long as your fucking thigh. It's ridiculous! And your girth! Oh my! I can picture it now. My tight cunt stretched tight around your thick member. Can you imagine it? Being squeezed tight by my little puss? There's no possible way I could fit that whole thing in me, my limit is about 8-9 inches, and your beast is so big I'm finding it hard to believe that it's real. It's quite intimidating, actually. Still I'm always up for pushing my limits, maybe yours is the cock that finally reaches my threshold. My cock threshold. I'd give it a good go, the girth wouldn't be an issue, I'm wet enough from thinking about this to slip in something twice your girth rn. It's just so sexy. ⅘
Katie's Cock Review:
Oh holy moly! You are pretty fucking big, and with all those big veins and.. Oh my god I need to pull it together… Okay. Now that I've calmed down a little let's start this review. I want to start at the top. With your head. I love love love un uncut cock. There is nothing like the texture of a foreskin fucking me hard and deep. Speaking of deep, that brings us to your shaft. That thing is too good to be true. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a shaft like yours, it's so thick and long. It's looks like a god damn horse cock! With all those thick veins and that dark color, it is so much darker than the skin on your crotch and legs. Which brings us down to your base and balls. The base of your cock looks sort of funny. Like the skin is folded there or something. I'm not sure what to make of that, but your balls look awesome. I love round floppy balls like that. The kind with really wrinkly skin, they are just so much fun to play with. I think your whole cock would be a lot of fun. ⅘
Kayla's Cock Review:
In all honesty I don't think I've ever seen a cock like this. I didn't even know they made them this big, this must be photo shopped or something! Hahaha! Just kidding I don't think you'd do that. But really though this thing is crazy! I'm not sure what I would even do with a cock like this. There's no way I'd be able to fit it in my mouth and I doubt that I could even fit it in my pussy! You know I can only take so much cock. I guess what I could do is use my hands. I'd have to use both hands, but I'm quite good with them. I know all the tricks. From the double thumb technique to the bottle cap. I am the goddamn queen of handies! Whatever you need, I got it, honey. I'd do just about anything for your gorgeous hunk. 4/5
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To my dear grandchildren,
Solitary Wasps
"O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! In wisdom hast Thou made them all:
the earth is full of Thy riches."
(Psalm 104:24)
You may have seen a wasps' nest made of paper, hanging in a protected place on the outside of your house. These wasps are called social wasps, because they live in colonies and cooperate with one another.
There are other wasps that make nests for their young in an entirely different way. They do not live in colonies and are called solitary wasps. One is the black wasp caterpillar hunter. The female makes a nest for her eggs and provides for her young by digging a hole several inches deep in well-packed sand. At the bottom of this hole she deposits her eggs. Then she hunts for a caterpillar that she paralyses with her stinger and drops it into the hole beside the eggs. The caterpillar is still alive but cannot move, and when the eggs hatch, the caterpillar becomes a fresh food supply for them.
It is common for various species to build similar nests, some of them dropping insects, spiders or caterpillars beside the eggs as a food supply when the larvae hatch. Wasps do not need to be taught these things nor to experiment until it is done right, for these instincts are the Creator's design for them, passed on from generation to generation.
Another variety is known as the bembix wasp. Several of them make holes side by side in the ground to form colonies, digging with front feet specially designed by the Creator. After placing her eggs at the bottom of her nest, each female wasp drops paralyzed flies down the hole. Something interesting about bembix wasps is that after the eggs have hatched into larvae and eaten the food left for them, they completely cover themselves with a hard coating of fine sand held close to their bodies with sticky saliva. After being wrapped up that way through the winter months, they come out of this hard cocoon and crawl up into the outdoors as adult wasps.
Sand and wood wasps follow habits similar to those of the bembix, but they sometimes drill their holes in fence posts rather than in the ground. These wasps use paralyzed spiders, and a few other insects for their food.
Another species feeds on nothing but paralyzed bees, which are right there when the larvae come out of their long sleep and find this food beside them.
As we think of how wonderfully the ways of the Lord God, the Creator of all things, are displayed, we can easily understand the psalmist who declared, after expressing verse 24 quoted above, "I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. . . . I will be glad in the Lord" (Psalm 104:33-34). Are you among those who happily join in that kind of singing?
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First of all, the prehistoric special effects extravaganza 10,000 B.C. (or 4000 B.C., dependent on how old you think the world is) is a Roland Emmerich movie, which means you're getting many movies in one. In this one, you're getting a bit of Quest For Fire and Clan Of The Cave Bear, a lot of Dances With Wolves, some Braveheart, some Apocalypto, some 300 and the "Let my people go!" aspect of The Ten Commandments. You also get woolly mammoths, one saber toothed tiger (friendly), many prehistoric ostriches (not friendly) and vaguely Native American-like cavemen in dreadlocks (not that the movie takes place anywhere near the Americas). Now if you think this is going to add up to a serious movie about our distant past, well, to scare up a quote from my distant youth, "You must be high!" It's also about historically accurate as The Land Before Time, and shares a similar approach to characterization with that movie. What 10,000 B.C. is basically is 109 minutes of goofy CGI action adventure, with a script that goes in such wild directions you may be inclined to think the scriptwriters were high when they were writing it. It's elevated by some great location work, and a general desire to entertain. It's definitely not a great movie, but neither is it boring, and as an undemanding popcorn movie, it works just fine.
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When Iowa City writer Rebecca Entel first traveled to San Salvador, Bahamas, for an academic workshop, she learned about small ships carved into plantation ruins throughout the island. Hundreds of ships, some very basic, others far more detailed.
"It's really haunting to see," she said in a recent interview. "You're on this tiny island and everywhere you look there's this gorgeous view of the water. But imagine you're someone who can't leave — what a ship in the distance might represent to you. There are also interpretations that the drawings could be of slave ships — not necessary indicating a dream of freedom."
How drastically different perspectives can simultaneously coexist is the foundation for Entel's debut novel, "Fingerprints of Previous Owners," out this month from Unnamed Press.
The story takes place at a resort in the Caribbean that's been built over the ruins of a slave plantation — a ripe juxtaposition. The book's narrator, Myrna, works as a maid at the resort, and secretly tries to excavate the ruins, risking both her job and her ties to her community, as citizens rarely discuss the island's history.
Entel, who is associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Cornell College, first began writing this novel while teaching Caribbean Literature in San Salvador. For the last six years, she has returned to the island about every 18 months to teach and conduct research for her novel.
"I was really fascinated by the fact that the plantation ruins were not being preserved," she said. "The only people who were interested in them were people like me who were coming from the U.S. to research or teach. People seemed really curious about why I wanted to go there and why I wanted to take students there."
The ruins were so overgrown, in fact, that Entel had to learn a new skill in order to access them. "When I told someone at the research station I was going to the ruins, they gave me a machete. I thought they were kidding."
They were not.
Entel quickly learned the most effective way to use a machete was not to hack her way in, but to go with the angle of gravity. This experience quickly served as a metaphor for Entel's approach to writing about a culture and geography outside her own.
"It was tricky. I wanted to be as historically and factually grounded as possible, especially when writing about a place that is not my place and my culture. And knowing how fraught that can be and wanting to get it right."
In her novel the island is fictionalized, but the questions of preservation and personal history are rooted in truth, both from Entel's extensive academic research, and her personal familial research.
"It's an interesting situation for people like me who popular genealogy services just can't help." Entel's maternal grandparents are holocaust survivors, and her mother was born in a refugee camp. "They came to the U.S. when she was a baby and never went back, and never had an interest in going back."
While Entel was writing this book, she traveled to Eastern Europe twice, becoming the first family member to do so.
"When I was going to Poland, where my grandparents were from, my grandmother did not want me to go to Auschwitz — that's where my grandfather was during the war. She said, "Why would you go there?" And then a family friend who was also a survivor was upset that I wasn't going, which was really interesting."
"When I thought about it in relations to the Bahamas, it wasn't that my grandmother thought Auschwitz shouldn't be preserved, it's that she didn't see any reason for me to go. For her it was for people who don't know the history or don't believe the history to go see that, and that's why it should be preserved. But she really didn't want me to go. And I didn't."
Her trips to Eastern Europe, coupled with regular research trips to the Bahamas, secured Entel's interest in public memory and commemoration.
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"I found that in the Bahamas I'm thinking as a researcher, that these sites need to be preserved, and then when I was in Lithuania at a mass gravesite, I could understand the perspective of another grandchild of survivors who said: "Don't you think they should just bomb all this out of existence?"
"I definitely have more questions than answers about what I think about all of this, but it's made me question how I think about other people's histories, and my personal history."
Up until this point she had always considered herself to be a short story writer, having published works in Guernica, Joyland Magazine, and other top literary journals, as well as landing on the shortlist for awards from Glimmer Train, Southwest Review and the Manchester Fiction Prize.
But she found inspiration for her novel in an unusual place: a pile of garbage. "The beach in the book where the garbage washes up — that's a true detail. It's really crazy to see. There's one side of the island where it's very calm and peaceful and the beaches look the way Caribbean beaches look in resort brochures. And then there's this other part of the island where there's something about the current that brings garbage from all over the world."
She started jotting down notes and ideas about the beach, and eventually, after working on a short story for years, found herself writing a scene in the voice of a character.
"This voice just kind of came out of nowhere. I hate it when writers say that, but it's true! This voice describing how to get to these ruins that no one will talk about. And that's Myrna, the narrator."
Entel decided to focus her sabbatical on writing a novel. When she got stuck, she pushed herself to keep writing using exercises she shares with her creative writing students.
And while Entel still writes short stories, she has another novel in the works. "My next book is set in Cleveland where I grew up. It's not autobiographical, but it's about a community where there are a lot of survivors, and what that means for the children and grandchildren."


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Sales tax revenue is not hitting projections in Kingman, according to current budget figures compiled by City Financial Services Director Coral Loyd, and the city is tightening its belt accordingly.
The city missed the revenue goal set for the first quarter of the 2008 fiscal year by 3.49 percent. Loyd said this mirrors the slowing nationwide economy and is not occurring because of the implementation of development impact fees.
"If you look at the number of homes for sale," Loyd said, "you'd have to say that (impact fees) are not affecting (local sales tax revenue.) Impact fees don't necessarily encourage home construction, but they're not the sole cause (of the decline).
"Even if there were no impact fees, there would still be a decline in the revenue due to the overall economy nationwide."
The city's 2 percent sales tax is a primary source of revenue for the general fund. That fund provides money for city programs, employee salaries and core city services.
The city budgeted $15.2 million in sales tax revenue for the 2008 fiscal year, which began July 1. So far, the city has received a little more than $3.2 million in revenue, or about 21.5 percent of the total budget. At the end of any given quarter of the fiscal year, the city expects to take in 25 percent of the year's budget.
Loyd, along with Acting City Manager Jack Kramer, said the city is already putting cost saving measures into effect. A hiring freeze is being imposed on city departments, particularly those focused on development issues. Offices currently vacant and those about to become vacant due to retirement will not be filled. In addition, $800,000 previously scheduled for transfer from the general fund to the street department will be cut back.
"We're currently asking each department for lists of priorities to decide what can be cut," Kramer said.
Loyd said she was concerned about the impending development of businesses such as Target, Marshall's and Kohl's in Bullhead City and the draining effect it could have on the economy here in Kingman. Loyd urged residents to shop locally as much as possible.
"(Local businesses are) part of the community," she said, "and they give back to the community by doing things like supporting soccer teams and other programs."
Long term plans to increase tax revenue are more complicated. Loyd said if voters approve the bond issues in November, the city would be able to put money back into the community via construction projects. "New construction equals jobs for citizens, which means they can afford to shop and put money back into the city," Loyd said.
Loyd said that in the 2001-02 fiscal year, Kingman experienced a stagnant economy along with the rest of the nation. She said the city issued bonds worth about $5 million for the East Golden Gate area, which "assisted area contractors in surviving the slump."
"We were hoping that we would be able to provide economic opportunities to a wide range of people at Rattlesnake Wash and Kingman Crossing," Loyd said. "Until issues with those projects are settled, we're not able to move forward."
Kramer said developers believe Kingman could support more retail.
"[Developers are] not going to be putting that kind of money into a community that can't support them."
Loyd said the burden of proof is on a developer to prove that a city can support the incoming business in order to obtain financing from lenders.