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V. The African American Experience in Baltimore and Maryland (Selected Bibliography)
Dean Krimmel, BCLM Curator of Local History
April 1996 [amended 2009]
Beirne, D. Randall. "The Impact of Black Labor on European Immigrants into Baltimore's Oldtown, 1790-1910." Maryland Historical Magazine 83 (Winter 1988): 331-45.
Berlin, Ira. Slaves Without Masters. New York: Oxford U. Press, 1981.[EPFL: E 185.18.B47]
Bogen, David S. "The First Integration of the University of Maryland School of Law." MHM 84 (Spring 1989): 39-49.
Brackett, Jeffrey R. The Negro in Maryland. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University, 1889. [EPFL: Af-Am XF 175.2.B7]
___________________. Progress of the Colored Population Since the War. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University, 1890. [EPFL: X E 185.93.M2.B7]
Brugger, Robert J. Maryland: A Middle Temperament. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988.
Bruns, Roger and William Fraley. "'Old Gunny': Abolitionist in a Slave City." Maryland Historical Magazine 68 (1973): 369-82. [Dangers of militant Baltimore anti-slavery in the 1850s.]
Burkhart, Lynne C. Old Values in a New Town: The Politics of Race and Class in Columbia, Maryland. New York: Praeger, 1981. Brugger: Assessment of bi-racial success. [EPFL: HT 164.U6 B87; also Af-Am & MD]
Calderhead, William. "How Extensive was the Border State Slave Trade? A New Look." Civil `War History 18 (1973): 53-54.
Callcott, Margaret L. The Negro in Maryland Politics, 1870-1912. Baltimore: The JHU Press, 1969. [EPFL: JK 1929.M3 C3]
Campbell, Penelope. Maryland in Africa: The Maryland State Colonization Society, 1831- 1857. Urbana: U of Illinois Press, 1971. [EPFL 175.2.C2]
Chilton, John. Billie's Blues: A Survey of Billie Holiday's Career, 1939-1959. London: Quartet Books, 1975.
Clayton, Ralph. Black Baltimore, 1820-1870. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1987.
______________. Slavery, Slaveholding, and the Free Black Population of Antebellum Baltimore. Bowie: Heritage, 1993.
————. Cash for Blood. The Baltimore to New Orleans Domestic Slave Trade. Bowie: Heritage Books, 2002.
Coates, James R. Jr. "Recreation and Sport in the African-American Community of Baltimore, 1890-1920." Ph.D, University of Maryland, College Park, 1991. [UMCP (McKeldin): LD 3231.M70d folio]
Curry, Leonard P. The Free Black in Urban America 1800-1850: The Shadow of the Dream. Chicago: The U. of Chicago Press, 1981. [EPFL: E185.9.C87]
Douglass, Frederick…Narratives, Bondage and Freedom
Farrar, Hayward. "See What the Afro Says: The Baltimore Afro- American, 1892-1950." Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1983. [Dept Leg Ref/City Hall; UMCP (McKeldin):E 185.5.F37 1983q]
Favor, Homer E. "The Effects of Racial Changes in Occupancy Patterns Upon Property Values in Baltimore." Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1960. Covers period 1947-1958. [EPFL: Af-Am XHD 268.B15F3]
Fee, Elizabeth, Linda Shopes and Linda Zeidman, eds. The Baltimore Book: New Views of Local History. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991. [F 189.B157 B342 1991] [Social and community history of Baltimore for popular audience. See essays on old west Baltimore by Karen Olson and racial change in Edmondson Village by Ed Orser.]
Fields, Barbara J. Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground: Maryland during the Nineteenth Century. New Haven, CN: Yale University Press, 1985. [EPFL: E 445.M3.F54 1985]
Gardner, Bettye Jane. "The Free Blacks in Baltimore 1800-1860." Ph.D., George Washington University, 1974. [GWU Gelman Library: AS 36 G3]
Goldberg, Robert M. "Party Competition and Black Politics in Baltimore and Philadelphia." Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1984. [EPFL Af-Am XF 190.9.N4 G64 1984a; also, Dept Leg Ref & UMBC]
Goldin, Claudia D. Urban Slavery in the American South, 1820- 1860, A Quantatative Study. Chicago: U of Chicago Press, 1976. See Fields comments. [MSU (Davis & reg): E 449.G63]
Graham, Leroy. Baltimore: The 19th Century Black Capital. Washington, DC: University Press of America, Inc., 1982. [F 189.B19N43 1982]
————-. [Elisha Tyson biography–I think this was Graham's thesis. Available at EPFL
Hayward, Mary Ellen. "Baltimore 1795-1825" in Joshua Johnson Freeman and Early American Portrait Painter by Carolyn Weekley et al. Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1987. [see also Leroy Graham's essay.]
Hicks, Helena S. "The Black Apprentice in Maryland Court Records from 1661 to 1865." Ph.D., UMCP, 1988. [no search done]
Krimmel, Dean. "Timeline of Black Churches in Ante-Bellum Baltimore," in Conference Proceedings: Black Church in
Early Baltimore (Balto: Baltimore City Life Museums and Baltimore Urban League, 1989.)
Kulikoff, Allan. Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake,
1680-1800. University of North Carolina Press, 1986. [EPFL: HC 107.A12 K85 1986]
McConnell, Roland C. Three Hundred and Fifty Years: Chronology of the Afro-American in
Maryland, 1634-1984. Annapolis: Commission on Afro-American History and Culture, 1985. [not in Md Union Cat; more like a pamphlet/timeline]
McDaniel, George. Home and Hearth. [African-American vernacular/folk culture in Southern MD]
—————-. "Voices from the Past: Black Builders and Their Buildings." Three Centuries of Maryland Architecture. Annapolis, MD: Maryland Historical Trust, 1982, pp. 65-79.
Meier, August and Eliot Rudwick, eds. Along the Color Line: Explorations in the Black Experience. Chicago: University
of Illinois Press, 1976. [Includes chapter on Frederick Douglass.]
Olson, Sherry H. Baltimore: The Building of an American City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. HC 108.B2 047
Orser, W. Edward. Blockbusting: The Edmondson Village Story University of Kentucky Press, 199?.
Orr, Marion E. "Black Political Incororation–Phase Two: The Cases of Baltimore and Detroit." Ph.D., UMCP, 1992. [not in Md Union Cat.]
Preston, Dickson J. Young Frederick Douglass: The Maryland Years. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
Quarles, Benjamin. Frederick Douglass. New York: Atheneum, 1974.
Rose, Al. Eubie Blake. New York: Schirmer Books, 1979.
Ryon, Roderick. Old West Baltimore (Balto: Baltimore City Planning Dept & UB, 199?).
Wade, Richard C. Slavery in the Cities: The South, 1820-1860. NY: Oxford U Press, 1964. [Includes some mention of Baltimore.
Wickham, DeWayne. Destiny 2000 – The State of Black Baltimore. Baltimore: Baltimore Urban League, 1987. [EPFL: Md XHC.B33.W5 1987]
Windham, Joseph E. "Bondage, Bias and the Bench: An Historical Analysis of Maryland Court of Appeals Cases Involving Blacks, 1830-1860." Ph.D., Howard University, 1990. [no search done]
Wright, James M. The Free Negro in Maryland, 1634-1860. New York: Octagon Books, n.d.


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Scott Dunlap's blog of trail running, ultrarunning, triathlon, and other life adventures. I enjoy the physical, emotional, and spiritual journey of outdoor events and the chance to meet cool people. This blog contains interviews, research, original fiction, new product ideas, and all things trail running.
Friday, January 07, 2011
The Showdown at Chuckanut in March, 2011
Men: Anton Krupicka, Max King, Geoff Roes, Erik Skaggs, Scott Jurek, Yassine Diboun, Scott Jaime, Andy Martin, Brian Morrison, etc., etc.
Women: Ellie Greenwood, Darcy Africa, Amy Sproston, Allison Hanks, etc., etc.
Phew! That's going to be quite a showdown.
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Awesome line-up! I might have to go down and volunteer/cheer.ReplyDelete
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stacked field indeed. can I switch races? ha ha good luck with your 2011 season scott, hope to meet you out on the trails sometime in the future.ReplyDelete
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SPLH/IPCD Graduation Ceremony Information Page, May 18, 2019
STUDENTS (Bridget Rennard and Anna Schaue) TO PRESENT AT KANSAS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY AT THE CAPITOL
Dr. Julie Washington is coming as the invited speaker on February 11, 2019: The Annual Betty H. Bunce Multicultural Lecture
Dr. Holly Storkel leads a research project aimed at developing effective interventions for kids with DLD called KAW Story. The project just earned a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to continue research with 60 Kansas kindergarteners across several school districts.
SPLH Professor, Holly Storkel, has been selected as Associate Dean for Academic Innovation & Student Success
SPLH Acting Chair, Nancy Brady, has been promoted to Professor by Chancellor Douglas A. Girod - Chancellor announces faculty awarded promotion and tenure for 2018
Three students received Undergraduate Research Awards for SPLH projects in the Spring 2018 semester! Congratulations to Grace Carlson (mentored by Navin Viswanathan), Beth Fentress (mentored by Holly Storkel) and Bri Marsh (mentored by Jon Brumberg).
Ana Paula Mumy's TEDxKU talk- Placing Value on Human Imperfection
Holly Storkel and Navin Viswanathan receive Friends of the Life Span Institute Investigator Awards in 2017
McKenzie Butcher is one of 13 students to receive Undergraduate Research Awards in fall 2017
Kate DeJarnette, a student in KU's speech-language pathology program, walks us through why she chose to study augmentative and alternative communication.
Explore a degree in audiology or speech-language pathology at the University of Kansas
"The Impact of Parenting on Fragile X Syndrome" in "Research Features", UK online science magazine, featuring research by Steven F. Warren and Nancy C.Brady
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2001 Press Releases > June 2001 > Amarillo artist to exhibit works at Wayland gallery
Amarillo artist to exhibit works at Wayland gallery
Amarillo resident Ben Konis, noted as Artist of the Southwest, will have recent works on display at Wayland Baptist University's Abraham Art Gallery June 28 through August 6. A reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on June 28 will kick off the exhibit.
The show, titled "Down the Road A Piece," will feature some of Konis' signature oil and pastel paintings that have won him international acclaim. Best known for his vibrant colors and depictions of the Southwest and Native Americans, Konis claims that subject matter as his muse.
"When I moved west from New York in 1969, the Native Americans of the Southwest had a profound influence on me. The whole focus of my art changed," Konis said. "The Indians, their heritage and customs, their land, the color and culture that they embody, captivated me completely. I wanted to portray their proud struggle and deep reverence for life in my work.
"Now that I have traveled extensively and painted in many countries, I've found that the common man, in all the richness of everyday life, is what inspires me to paint."
Dr. Candace Keller, associate professor of art and curator for the Abraham Gallery, said Konis is well known in the Panhandle area and his show should appeal to many.
"He's a long-time Panhandle resident and has been a self-supporting artist since 1969, which is pretty remarkable in this area," Keller said. "His colors are brilliant, which I really like, and he works in a quick, impressionistic style, which is pleasing."
Keller said Konis is also known for his instruction, and he leads many workshops on his pastel painting techniques and other art skills. He takes regular trips to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to lead art classes and does many seminars in his hometown of Amarillo.
Konis is a member of the Salmagundi Club of New York City, the Pastel Society of America, Lone Star Pastel Society and several other regional art associations. He has won numerous awards for his work at exhibitions including several Best of Show awards at the "Best of the Southwest Show." He was also the first winner of American Artist magazine's Achievement Award for Excellence in Pastel in 1992.


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Orange Coast College sophomore football player Jon Roche, a two-year starter on the offensive line, has signed a national letter of intent to continue his career at Southern Utah University.
Roche, a 6-foot-3, 320-pound left tackle in 2011, helped the Pirates rank No. 2 in the state in regular-season rushing yards with 2,792. He also helped freshman All-American Domenic Betts set the school single-season record with 1,772 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns.
Roche, a product of Aliso Niguel High, was a starter in 2009, when OCC sophomore Ray Holley set what was then the school single-season rushing record of 1,457 yards.
He sat out the 2010 season to concentrate on academics.
OCC was 4-6 in 2011, 2-3 in the East Conference.
Southern Utah competes in NCAA Division I-FCS, formerly known as Division I-AA.
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Kazarian earns honor
UC Irvine senior Jon Kazarian has been named Big West Athlete of the Week in men's tennis.
It is Kazarian's first time being named Big West Athlete of the Week and the first for the team in 2012. The 'Eaters, as a team, claimed seven Athlete of the Week awards in 2011.
Kazarian won at No. 3 doubles and lost to a red-hot, 94th-ranked Adrien Puget in singles against No. 9 UCLA.
Against UNLV, he lost in doubles, 9-8, alongside Sam Gould, but won singles, 6-4, 6-2.
Against Fresno State, he was winning his match, 5-7, 6-3, 2-1, to upset Zachary Leslie from Fresno State when play was stopped after being bumped up to the No. 4 role. Earlier in the day, he and Gould dropped their doubles match, 8-6.
Kazarian followed that up with a win against Alabama in singles, where he was the only Anteater to record a point, and was tied, 5-5, in doubles when played was stopped.
Kazarian and UCI will try to keep it up Friday when it plays host to San Diego State.
— From staff reports
Renkens coming to speak
Jack Renkens, a national keynote speaker, will bring his 55-minute presentation on college athletic recruiting to the Newport Harbor High gym Monday at 7 p.m.
The presentation – "It's a Game … know the rules" – is free and open to the public.
Renkens of Recruiting Realities has spoken at state athletic conferences, football clinics, college financial planning groups, sports camps and high schools from across the nation.
Renkens is a former high school/college coach and athletic director. He has written 12 books on the recruiting process.
For more on Renken's presentation, visit http://www.recruitingrealities.com.
— From staff reports
Weaver honored
Jered Weaver, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim starting pitcher, was honored as the 2012 Sportsman of the Year during a special banquet last week in Newport Beach.
The Orange County Youth Sports Foundation roasted Weaver during the banquet.
Since 1972, the OCYSF has celebrated the accomplishments of sports figures as a means of raising money for boys and girls in Orange County.
Tickets for the banquet, as well as a silent auction helped raise money for the foundation's cause.
Weaver is entering his seventh year with the Angels. He is coming off a career-best 18-8 season with a 2.41 earned-run average. He started for the American League in the All-Star game last year.
Weaver was the first Angeles player honored by OCYSF since former Angel Tim Salmon was roasted in 2006.
Weaver became the 39th honoree. Past OCYSF honorees include Tommy Lasorda, Jerry West, Pete Carroll, Bill Walsh and Peter Ueberroth.
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Thanks for carrying the BSG flag for so many years.
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You will be missed.
May you pilot your Viper straight and true into that long good night.
And May the Gods be with you.
This cylon sheds another tear this day.
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So i'm making my own sheet music. I'm not sure if this is good or not. Can anyone check if its good? Its still in progress by the way, so for now i've added an ending
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So i'm making my own sheet music. I'm not sure if this is good or not. Can anyone check if its good? Its still in progress by the way, so for now i've added an ending
Although, I'm not a sax player, they are TECHNICALLY woodwinds... So... In or not?
曲名は「morning tea」です。
Comments welcome
I have several different versions for this piece. What's your opinion about the current violin version ?
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Alles in dieser Ehe ist außergewöhnlich charmant; Zarte Blumen und hübsche Büromaterialien, im Temperley-Hochzeitskleid und beim Fairy Enlightened Wedding Breakfast. Machen Sie sich also bereit, sich in den wunderschönen Sonnen- und Olivenhainen von Castello di Vicarello, Toskana
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i need orchestra arrangement for this score please string instruments only https://musescore.com/user/194325/scores/5525045
dose anyone have sheet music for metallica songs.
I am trying to find Undertale Clarinet solos, any help?
I think the sound of the Warm Synth is very good, and I wish this was the default sounds - - with a few adjustments - - to the group string sounds, i.e., Violins, Violas, Violincellos, Contrabasses. Please have a listen!
This work is taking the piece called ''Reminiscence'' by @romain_gandillet (link here:
) and creating a melody that sits on top of the piece, thus creating a new piece. The idea is inspired from the comment section of the gandillet's piece, where @Jenne Van Antwerpen commented how the piano sounds like Bach's prelude C major from WTC band 1 and that one could try adding a melody on top like Gounod did for Bach.
I have heard this question asked many times during my early professional career, and each time I recoil when I hear it. The fact is, this question is just a way for composers to point an accusatory finger because their art was not met with the glowing reception they crave. Although the question is inherently selfish, the sentiment behind it is legitimate; people do not respect new "intellectual" music anymore. That said, the question approaches the issue from the wrong angle. Composers should instead look inwards to search out what they could be doing to make the listener's job easier, while at the same time not sacrificing their sense of artistry.
It is the opinion of the author that all music lies on a spectrum of purely popular to purely intellectual. Although these definitions change with the times, all music, contemporary and ancient, fall on this spectrum. For instance, Katy Perry's newest hit single would fall as close to the "purely popular" side of the spectrum as possible. This ensures that she has as much popularity as possible, but it limits the intellectual nature of the art. Similarly, Milton Babbit falls as close to the "purely intellectual" side of the spectrum as possible, crafting highly complex music that the average music lover would not enjoy. There is certainly a place for those composers in this day and age, and maybe someday that music will be accepted, but since the academic composer of the last eighty years has met with little success in this area, it would be a safe assumption to say that this scenario is unlikely.
To get to the source of the issue, we must ask ourselves: "what is the role of music?" This question is deceptively simple, but ask the academic composer and the average listener alike, and they will come up with answers that may seem the same on the surface, but are in reality very different. The academic might say: "music is for the expression of the inward thought processes, shaped by personal experience and self-growth, managed by our interpretation of those experiences through our intellectual compositional paths," while the average listener will probably say "music makes me feel good." This satirical comparison aside, you can see that the listener listens to music to feel, while the academic thinks to compose. This is the author's opinion of the state of the art. Composers have invested so much in their ability to think up something that no one has thought of before, while ignoring the listeners who love listening to a genre that bases itself upon music that is mostly creatively stagnant and alike to itself.
The question composers should be asking is not pointed towards the audience, but rather towards themselves: "what can I do to reach the audience while not sacrificing my intellectual identity or artistic style?" If the academics ask themselves this question, they will begin to make a connection with the listener, even if the two do not agree completely on style, for at least then, the composer is working for the listener, and not the other way around. When classical music was at its peak, this was the preeminent mindset of the composer. There was no guaranteed second performance of their newest piece, so they wrote to please their audience, but in the case of Beethoven (and others), he still adjusted the musical language for his intellectual purposes. This is why classical music (referring to music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) and jazz are still the most popular recital hall concerts – the genres balance intellectual pursuits of the composer and the desires of the listener.
New music of any intellectual degree will never eclipse the popularity of Katy Perry or the Rolling Stones. That is a given. However, when the composer removes himself from the listener, claiming that it is the listener who owes him and not the other way around, music will never again make a true connection with the listener. Only when the academic composer decides to reach out to the listener will the listener reach out in return, meeting each other in the middle, experiencing music through both the creative lens of the composer and the emotional heart of the listener. Until that happens, the listener owes the composer absolutely nothing.
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What kind of ligatures do you guys use?
(This is for a School Competition)
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There are two types of garment screen printers when it comes to mesh: those who keep a wide variety of mesh counts on hand and those who get by with three or four mesh counts for the majority of their work. Each approach has its benefits and trade offs.
Printers who have lots of mesh choices benefit from the wide selection, but they also may suffer from additional overhead costs associated with holding excessive inventories. Smaller shops typically make a more conservative assortment of mesh counts work for most of what they do and usually only order specialty meshes on an as-needed basis. They benefit by not having to store lots of mesh, but the lack of a broad mesh selection may slow down turnaround time on a job or make the job impossible to handle. The trick here is to find the happy medium between the two.
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A large facility with automatic presses may stock monofilament polyester meshes in 86, 125, 140, 160, 180, 230, 255, 305, and 420 threads/in., as well as one or two meshes for glitter. Such an inventory really is overkill for all but the biggest garment printers, and that wide array of materials must be managed carefully. Garment printers who use manual presses can get by with the following mesh counts:
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• 125 threads/in. for underbases and high-opacity prints
• 230 threads/in. for overprints and light-colored garments
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In her Star Tribune column today Katherine Kersten profiles Dr. Zuhdi Jasser of Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Jasser is not a fan of the flying imams or of their lawsuit against US Airways and the John Doe defendants, for whom he has vowed to raise a defense fund, if necessary. Perhaps most of interest are these nuggets regarding Dr. Jasser's personal knowledge of the imams:
At home in the Phoenix area, the imams often mix prayer with politics, according to Jasser. He cites the Tempe Islamic Community Center, where Ahmed Shqeirat, one of the detained men, is imam, and where Jasser often used to attend prayers. Shortly after the Iraq war began, Jasser says, Shqeirat displayed during Friday services an inflammatory picture of an American soldier making sport of an Iraqi child. When Jassser objected, saying that he had come for spiritual nourishment, not politics, Shqeirat accused him of being "secular" and causing division, he says.
In response, Shqueirat says that he displayed the picture only to demonstrate that American soldiers need more multicultural education. Jasser's views on separation of religion and state are extreme, Shqueirat adds.
Jasser also cites the imams' refusal to participate in a rally called "Standing with Muslims against Terrorism," which he organized in Phoenix in April 2004. The Arizona Republic newspaper in Phoenix endorsed the rally, and praised Jasser as "one of the most vigorous and articulate spokesmen in America denouncing indiscriminate violence in the name of Islam."
But Jasser says the imams backed out after they learned that the rally would focus only on Islam's prohibitions against the targeting of innocents, and not on potential justifications for terrorism such as American foreign policy and Israel.
Shqeirat responds that they did not attend because Jasser insisted on approving their speeches and signs in advance. Jasser, he says, is seeking attention because he aspires to political office (a claim Jasser denies), and is not authorized to speak for any Muslim community.
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- Global super-rich had at least $21 trillion of wealth in tax havens, a new study says
- The size is equivalent to combined U.S. and Japanese economies
- The study was released Sunday by advocacy group Tax Justice Network
The world's super-rich had between $21 trillion and $32 trillion of wealth hidden in tax havens by the end of 2010, a new study says.
The size of these unreported financial assets is equivalent to, or even larger than, the combined GDPs of the United States and Japan, representing up to $280 billion in lost tax revenues.
The study, titled "The Price of Offshore Revisited," was released Sunday by the advocacy group Tax Justice Network.
Written by James Henry, former chief economist at McKinsey & Co., the study drew data from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations and central banks.
The number of the global elite who parked their fortune overseas is fewer than 10 million people, or 0.14% of the global population, the report says. It also shows that major private banks such as UBS, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and HSBC handled the most assets on behalf of the super-rich.
According to the group's 2011 Financial Security Index, which ranks nations and territories providing tax havens, Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Hong Kong and Singapore are among the biggest destinations.
In a statement, Henry, senior adviser of the Tax Justice Network, said that "it turns out that this offshore sector --- which specializes in tax dodging -- is basically designed and operated, not by shady no-name banks ... but by the world's largest private banks, law firms and accounting firms, headquartered in First World capitals like London, New York and Geneva."
The report also calculates capital flight from 139 developing countries between 1970s and 2010. Of the top 20 developing countries that lost tax revenue overseas, China ranks first, with nearly $1.2 trillion siphoned offshore by 2010. Russia and South Korea follow, with $798 billion and $779 billion missing respectively.
"Since most of missing financial wealth belongs to a tiny elite, the impact is staggering," Henry said. "For most countries, global financial inequality is not only much greater than we suspected, but it has been growing much faster."
The Tax Justice Network says the estimated offshore fortune is conservative, adding it excludes non-financial assets such as real estate, yachts and artworks.


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The outcome of the recent referendum notwithstanding, the process and result of congressional redistricting in Maryland was a disgrace and remains a badge of shame for the state ("Against Question 5," Nov. 6). It would be hard to imagine a clearer case of politicians choosing their voters, rather than the other way around, undermining the fundamental purpose of the election process. But that was the only transparent part of this exercise, since the actual wording of the referendum question seemed intended to mislead.
A "yes" vote was not presented as an endorsement of the recent gerrymander but as establishing the boundaries of the state's U.S. congressional districts based on recent census figures, as required by the U.S. Constitution. What sensible citizen would support an unconstitutional outcome — unless that citizen had already been elected to office in Maryland? If John Sarbanes' 3rd District map were superimposed on a 20-year-old map of South Africa, a reasonable observer would take for granted that such a political alignment was intended to undermine the political rights of the unfortunates collected there.
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The LA Roadsters club was founded in 1957 and started to produce its Fathers Day car show in 1964. The show was originally for nothing but '36-and-earlier roadsters, and those are still the only cars allowed inside the main show corral. Likewise, the only cars that get past the main gate must be "finished," as in no primer. That's why Gray Baskerville's '32 was famously turned away one year: the daily driver had a primer splotch on a rear fender.
The show's spit 'n' polish legacy makes it somewhat ironic that the LA Roadsters event is now enjoying a major boom thanks the down 'n' dirty retro rodding crowd that embraces patina'd bodies and works in progress as completely legit hot rods. With those cars and their fans packing the show's home at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, our eye tells us this 46th annual event was one of the biggest LA Roadsters Fathers Day events ever.
Here we've got 385 photos of the best stuff we saw, and it's mostly from the swap meet "outside the fence," as they say. We continue to be stunned by the volume of original vintage sheetmetal and untouched '50s-built hot rods that keep coming out of the woodwork, and you'll see plenty of them here along with a bunch of pictures of the oddball and retro-styled rides at the 2010 show.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A total of 16 UC Santa Barbara student-athletes were named to the Big West Academic All-Conference teams for the fall 2011 season it was announced by the league on Friday. The women's soccer team led the way with six honorees.
To be eligible for the Big West Academic All-Conference team, student-athletes are required to maintain at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average, complete one full academic year at the member institution prior to the season for which the award is being received (at least a sophomore academically), and compete in at least 50 percent of their team's competitions.
The six women's soccer honorees are Allie Ariniello (pre-biology major), Makenna Henry (undeclared), Alyssa Oldham (communication major), Erin Ortega (biopsychology major), Alexa Stringer (environmental studies major) and Cory Yoshida (environmental studies major).
The women's cross country team had four honorees with Ashley Beechan (pre-biology major), Erin Fabris (pre-biology major), Megan Petkovic (English major) and Sarah Vitug (communication major) each garnering recognition.
On the men's side, Bhavik Kanzaria (pre-biology) and Nate Cox (literature major) represented the Gaucho cross country team.
The women's volleyball team had three honorees: Stacey Schmidt (attending graduate school in economics), Chelsea Lowe (global studies major) and Erica Lau (economics major with an emphasis in math).
Junior Machael David (sociology major) of the men's soccer team rounded out the Gauchos' fall honorees.


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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Rosie, the first judicially approved courtroom dog in New York, was in the witness box here nuzzling a 15-year-old girl who was testifying that her father had raped and impregnated her. Rosie sat by the teenager's feet. At particularly bad moments, she leaned in.
When the trial ended in June with the father's conviction, the teenager "was most grateful to Rosie above all," said David A. Crenshaw, a psychologist who works with the teenager.
"She just kept hugging Rosie," he continued.
Now an appeal planned by the defense lawyers is placing Rosie at the heart of a legal debate that will test whether there will be more Rosies in courtrooms in New York and, possibly, other states.
Rosie is a golden retriever therapy dog who specializes in comforting people when they are under stress. Both prosecutors and defense lawyers have described her as adorable, though she has been known to slobber.
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When you start looking at ultrasound technician schools, you will find out that diagnostic medical sonography is a highly sought after career. This position not only diagnoses conditions, but detects pregnancy. But their skills are not limited to pregnancy. Ultrasounds are used for other conditions as well.
Typically, ultrasound technician schools offer programs ranging from 24 to 48 months of training. At the conclusion of the program, the student has either an associates or a bachelors degree. If students already work in the health care field, they can participate in a one-year certificate program. These programs can be found at junior colleges and technical schools pretty affordably. But there are also programs at the sonography and radiology departments of major universities. Students study a science-heavy curriculum, which will include classes like anatomy & physiology, basic physics, instrumentation, radiology, patient care, medical ethics, and ultrasound principles.
There will also be clinical classes, which take place at an actual medical setting.
The focus of ultrasound technician schools is to provide students with practical, hands-on experience and knowledge. Everything the student learns can be immediately applied on the job—on the first day! Diagnostic medical sonographers work in clinics, hospitals, and diagnostic imaging centers.
Students learn various specialties in the field of diagnostic sonography. Breast sonography, neurosonography (which is focused on the nervous system and the brain), obstetric and gynecological sonography, cardiac sonography, abdominal sonography (which focuses on pancreas, spleen, liver, kidneys, and male reproductive system), and vascular sonography (which focuses on the circulatory system).
Sonography touches nearly every specialty within the medical field. Diagnostic sonography is quickly becoming the diagnostic tool doctors turn to first.
Sonography uses sound waves, which bounce off the part of the body that is being targeted for diagnostic answers. The equipment used during the process captures the echoes created and turns them into images that can then be read by a physician trained in examining those images. This non-invasive means of getting answers regarding patient symptoms and conditions is a preferred method of diagnosis.
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Diagnostic medical sonography is a rewarding and fast-growing field. Gaining employment should be fairly easy with the proper credentials and training. The education needed can be gained in a relatively short period of time. The field allows you to help patients get answers to their concerns and questions and provide reassurance. Many people enjoy their jobs as sonographers.
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CHICAGO – Derrick Rose wants to do what's best for Derrick Rose. He has been clear about that from the start of his long, painstaking rehab from knee surgery last spring, and there's nothing wrong with that.
The Chicago Bulls are going to do what's best for Derrick Rose. That has been their default position whenever the topic has come up, which only has been every day, repeatedly, for the past 10 months.
Fans of the team should want all parties involved to do what's best for Derrick Rose. They have been bystanders, cheerleaders and skeptics through this process, investing both money and emotions into the lengthy wait, constantly weighing the short-term against the long-term and mostly coming up stumped.
So let's make it easy for them here and now:
The Bulls should shut down Derrick Rose till October.
Enough already. The networks and affiliates have more footage of Rose working out and shooting jump shots before Bulls games, locked in eternal preparation, than they ever will be able to use. Fans who arrive early see him out on the United Center court looking so much like the guy they remember, save for the practice gear, and then – poof! – he's gone. They and everyone else spend much of each evening there bandying about his fate, and then some of them call talk shows or post comments on Web sites and vent as if Rose has changed his name to LeBron or something.
Where Rose's brother Reggie once laid blame on Bulls general manager Gar Forman and VP of basketball operations John Paxson for somehow contributing to this limbo with their roster management, the player himself recently thrust the timeline of his return into the hands of his deity, whose "honey-do" list already was a little long.
Sorry, but this decision – should he or shouldn't he? – has to stay between Rose, his doctors, his coaches and the team, erring always on the side of caution.
They're there now. Shut him down.
The Bulls have only 14 games left on their regular-season schedule. One comes tonight in Minnesota, the tail end of a back-to-back. The next comes Wednesday against the barreling locomotive that is the Miami Heat. After that, it's down to a dozen, a small window – more of a transom, actually – for Rose to work his way into NBA game shape and pace, for his teammates to adapt, for head coach Tom Thibodeau to fight his orneriest instincts and manage Rose's minutes for the player's benefit rather than the team's.
Three weeks from next weekend, the playoffs begin. Chicago is mired in that pack of five East wannabes-to-also-rans (some would say seven) who are neither good enough to seriously challenge Miami nor, with No. 9 Philadelphia sputtering at 16 games under .500, bad enough to fall out of the seedings. The Bulls look like a one-and-done team without Rose; with him, still rusty and maybe on a slightly longer minutes leash, they could push it to the second round.
That is not worth it. Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and the Bulls' other owners don't need and shouldn't want two or three extra home gates that badly. Fans in Chicago, who have deferred their gratification this long, surely can wait a little longer – they're good in this town at the wait-till-next-year mantra. And Rose, when he does come back, needs to be on the floor as a recovering knee-surgery patient in the final stage of his rehab, not as a savior or a leading scorer or as the hero of a slick campaign of sneaker commercials.
Look, it was one thing when doctors' pegged Rose's return, on a purely physical timeline, at late February or early March. That left 20 or more games to adjust, assimilate, navigate some lows along with some highs.
It was different, too, when the Bulls were a team in waiting, all pieces in place, ready for Rose's return to chase the same prize they'd have been eyeing had he never gotten hurt at all. But that team doesn't exist anymore. Several of his teammates are broken down physically, most recently center Joakim Noah missing this weekend with a flare-up of some persistent plantar fasciitis. Kirk Hinrich and Richard Hamilton have been eternally banged-up. Rose himself, like others who undergo ACL procedures, always figured to need a full year or more to regain all or most of his powers.
Meanwhile, some of those not hurting physically beyond the NBA norm for March have been wrung out by the heavier load they've lugged in Rose's absence. And frankly, by the moving goal posts of his return. Luol Deng wouldn't be making any All-Star teams off his low-ebb performances this month.
Bottom line: The team he would come back to isn't worthy of what Rose would be expected, or would try himself, to do if he returned this late. Does anyone want to see the Heat's Dobermans set loose on Rose in his uncertain state for anywhere from four to seven games? Even a feisty George Hill, a rejuvenated Deron Williams or a tenacious Avery Bradley might be too much in a playoff situation and put Rose in harm's way.
Compared to that, the opportunity to work his way back through eight meaningless games in October when his teammates are fresh and everyone is coming off a layoff of his own (three months if not 15) holds great appeal and all the common sense.
Shut Derrick Rose down. Now.


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Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems recently unveiled a new laser-based missile defense system that officials said was like something straight out of Star Wars.
Dubbed the "Iron Beam" - a play on the currently-active Iron Dome missile defense system - the new weapon uses fast-acting radars and laser beams to superheat the warheads of incoming short-range rockets.
The Iron Beam would fill a gap left by the Iron Dome, which is capable of downing medium range missiles, but is not quick enough to defend against short range projectiles like Gaza's locally-produced Kassam rockets.
The idea of a fast-firing laser defense system has certainly sparked the imagination of many in Israel, not least of all Rafael's own engineers.
The Iron Beam is "exactly like what you see in 'Star Wars,'" Amit Zimmer, a spokesman for the company, told the Associated Press. "You see the lasers go up so quickly, like a flash, and the target is finished."
The Iron Beam was officially presented the next Singapore Air Show earlier this month. While the system works, it remains in active development, with Rafael saying it requires more funding from the government in order to install higher power lasers, at which point the Iron Beam could be ready for deployment.
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What is it in Middlebury's water that makes town and school officials react like Nazis to the community's youth and their related activities?
OK. That's a loaded and unfair question, but let me explain: The latest incident happened this past week when a parent of a high school basketball player was booted out of the game at half time because he was leading other students and adults in cheering for the Tigers. The alleged violation was orchestrating a waving of the fans' collective hands and arms (foot-stomping is no longer allowed) in support of their team. The parent who took the lead was later escorted out of the bleachers by a local policeman to talk to Middlebury Union High School Principal Bill Lawson, and then told not to return to his seat. The police log listed the incident as dealing with a fan who was annoying other fans around him and the opposing team. No joke.
The response from those most closely involved — other parents and fans in the auditorium — was outrage at a school policy that is overzealous and, worse, that is zapping the spirit out of MUHS athletics. About 30 athletes and sports boosters (parents) appealed to the MUHS school board on Tuesday to ease up on policies that one parent said is "driving students away" from the games and is now causing "loyal fans to rebel." (See story Page 1A.)
"When there are less than two dozen students who show up for a big game and the visiting team has a larger cheering section than the home team, something is clearly amiss," said area resident Linda Pitkin, who co-authored a letter to the school board urging members to review school policy.
Two-bits, four-bits, six-bits a dollar (stomp, stomp, stomp), all for Linda and team, stand up and holler! (Oh, sorry, that's not allowed.)
Pitkin and other parents and students upset with the current policies said they recognize the need for crowd restraint when it comes to disrespectful behavior. "We certainly do not want the players, coaches or officials to be taunted or disrespected… and do not wish to limit the administration's ability to deal with these concerns… However, the current extreme policies have driven away students who feel they won't have any fun at the games…" (See the full letter at www.addisonindependent.com.)
Furthermore, the letter and parents involved sought to find a workable compromise with the administration. "Please help us open a serious discussion with all the parties, so we can bring out the natural school spirit in our students, allow them to have some good harmless fun and improve their high school experience."
The parents' goals — cultivating the student's natural school spirit, allowing harmless fun and improving their school experience — are right on target.
The administration needs to reassess its goals, which according to Lawson come from UD-3 Superintendent Lee Sease and attempts to assure a "civil and respectful climate" at athletic contests. Not that there's anything wrong with being civil and respectful, but Sease and crew make a critical mistake when 'civil and respectful' replace 'fun and enthusiasm' as if the two should never overlap.
But that is what is at the heart of Middlebury's malaise concerning its teenage citizens. For some reason, Middlebury — both the town and school — has adopted a climate of intolerance for teens. We impose scriptures they have to abide by, but few avenues for fun and exploration. We offer punishment for violations, but few safe harbors in which to grow and learn.
A strict school climate over the past decade or more, for example, has been accompanied by a tough approach by the town toward its teens — police monitoring (some would say harassment) of teenage drivers, the town turning a cold shoulder to suggestions of a skateboarding park, the police busting up even small groups of friends who might congregate on the town green or other public venues, a militant police approach to school parties. Unfortunately, this intolerance has left too many bitter memories for the very same young people we'd love to have return home when they're ready, and in the meantime we have driven our youth culture underground. (The recent attempt to start a teen center is in reaction to the town's dilemma and is a good first step in trying to embrace our teens and accept them as full-fledged members of the community.)
What's the appropriate response?
Ease up a little; relax the police state mentality.
Take it from Middlebury resident, former high school football player, fireman, and Middlebury blue-blood from the get-go, David Shaw: "I'm quite concerned that the athletic department, the principal, and the school board have driven high school athletics off the playing field, off the gymnasium floor and out into the streets," Shaw told the school board. "These kids are being regulated right out of the sport. Somebody is staring at you every moment in the gym, watching your every movement, watching your comments. And then somebody is called on the phone and somebody is sent up to sit next to you to talk about your lack of ethics." The result? "In the gymnasium, I've heard more noise before a communion at a Catholic Church than I hear in a basketball game. It's funny, but it's sad."
Long-time radio broadcaster David Sears, who covers MUHS sports games, added his voice to the chorus of parent's concerned with the decline in fan involvement. Referring to the fan's spirit at home games as the "morgue of Middlebury," he said he's seen the spirit "continue to deteriorate here at Middlebury in that the continued control of fans has discouraged people from coming."
The very fact that more than 30 adults and students have petitioned the school board to tackle the lack of school spirit at sporting events is evidence enough that the problem is real. The next hurdle will be getting the board to convince the administration the problem has a serious impact on student life — both academic and extra-curricular. There's plenty of scholarly evidence that the two go together and it would be a shame if the powers that be — at the superintendent's office, high school and middle school (where the problem of low school spirit may be even worse) — miss this opportunity to reshape its culture. From that, we can hope, the town will rethink its approach as well.
Angelo S. Lynn


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AIDS Is Twenty -- It Is Time to Grow Up!
As you may have gathered from a quick perusal, this issue of Survival News is for lack of a better word, "dedicated" to the 20th Anniversary of AIDS. Twenty years and still counting. Counting new infections, the dead, T-cells, viral loads and my pills. Counting on a cure? I would like to think so. What I do count on however, is for AIDS to grow up.
As AIDS enters its "adulthood," the thought comes to my mind that it is high time the community (read: AIDS service organizations [ASOs], people with AIDS [PWAs], as well as pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, the medical community and our government) to grow up and act its age. I recently had the opportunity to attend AIDSWatch 2001 in Washington. It was there I became increasingly aware of the need for all of us involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS to come together in one accord and put an end to this present-day holocaust.
Within the community there is fighting. One agency vying against another for funding is common throughout the country and even in Atlanta. Duplication of services drains a dwindling supply of funding. Who loses in this battle for funds? Persons living with AIDS.
Those of us utilizing these services must also be aware that there is a limit to what we can expect as "necessary services." My favorite recent story is a request from a client at a Ryan White Planning Council meeting wanting to know who was going to pay for a washing machine for them because they were tired of going downstairs to the apartment's laundromat! I don't think there is a "title" for washing machines.
I may be blasted for daring to recognize the proverbial "elephant" in the room. That is fine. I believe editorials are intended to provoke thought and discussion -- even a little discomfort -- maybe a lot of discomfort. I, too, have been party to complacency probably born out of my own weariness with this disease, both personally and professionally. Writing this editorial makes me squirm in my seat as well.
What really disturbs me is how our fighting appears to those who only see us as a "special interest group." They are the ones with the power to fund the services we know are so vital to bring about an end to the suffering and death of HIV/AIDS. No wonder they question the dollars we request when we bicker among ourselves about the size of our "piece of pie" compared to someone else's.
As I write this, I am being notified via our list-serve, "The Department of Human Resources announced that effective immediately, enrollment for the Georgia AIDS Drug Assistance Program will be capped at its current levels and a waiting list will be instituted." None of us should be surprised at this news.
I wish our elected officials, personally, had to tell each of the people on the new waiting list, "Gee, I am so sorry you can't get your life-saving medications. But you see, we need to give a big ol' tax cut to the wealthiest Americans and then there is the "Star Wars" program. You never know when there might be a war!" Where are the AIDS activists? Where is ACT UP? Where are you? Where am I?
If you have not read Cleve Jones' call to action go back and read it. Read it twice. Read it three times. Read it until you get it. Yes, it is time for AIDS to grow up; it is time for us to grow up. It is time for us to hit the streets and with one voice let it be known that we want an end to this pandemic. If we do not, we will all surely die. That is something you can count on.


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Writer and intellectual Hitchens died of pneumonia Thursday at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, after battling esophageal cancer. He was 62.
Born in Portsmouth, England, Hitchens studied at Oxford University and moved to the United States in 1981. As a journalist, known among his peers and colleagues as "Hitch," he reported on national and international affairs for publications including The Nation, The Atlantic and Vanity Fair, for which he was a contributing editor. Targets of his often-inflammatory criticism included Mother Teresa and Bill Clinton.
He is also the author of several books, including his 2010 memoir, Hitch-22 and 2007″s God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, which became a bestseller.
"Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from, dare I say it, God," Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter wrote in a tribute.
Hitchens, an unwavering supporter of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, also famously wrote a piece on the firsthand experience of being waterboarded in 2008 for Vanity Fair.
A staunch atheist, he scoffed at the notion of converting to religion late in life after he was diagnosed with cancer in 2010.
In his final essay for Vanity Fair, dated January 2012, Hitchens affirmed: "So far, I have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me, and to stay combative even while taking the measure of my inevitable decline."
Hitchens is survived by his wife, Carol Blue; their daughter, Antonia; two children from a previous marriage, Alexander and Sophia; and his brother, Peter.


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Siddharth Pandey Named Asst. Prof. of Chemistry, Oct. 27, 2000
SOCORRO, N.M., October 26, 2000 -- Siddharth Pandey recently was appointed to the full-time, tenure-track position of assistant professor of chemistry at New Mexico Tech.
Prior to assuming his new position at New Mexico Tech, Pandey spent the past two years working as a post-doctoral research fellow and instructor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Pandey earned his master of science in a five-year integrated program at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India, and attained his doctoral degree in chemistry at the University of North Texas in Denton.
This fall semester at New Mexico Tech, Pandey is teaching "Quantitative Analysis," an undergraduate-level chemistry class. He also currently is serving as one of the faculty advisors to the Tech Chemistry Club.
"I have two major goals I'd like to accomplish in the near future," Pandey relates. "One is to do a good job of teaching my classes, and the second is to establish a research lab, including a collaborative research group, which would focus on research in my specialty, which is optical spectroscopy.
"Basically, optical spectroscopy occurs when you shine light on things and observe what happens," he explains. "The research I do in that field deals mainly with its environmental aspects,
but optical spectroscopy also has several practical applications in pharmaceuticals and energy-related topics, as well."
Pandey has written or co-written over 50 research publications in his career and has made nearly 30 presentations on his research at various scientific conferences.
"The quality of students here is really good," says Pandey. "I've been favorably impressed with the students I've been teaching in my class and also with the ones I've been advising."
Pandey says he and his wife, Shubha, " . . . were tired of living in big cities" and are now fitting in well to the pace of life in a small town.
"Although we don't do too much in the way of outdoor activities, we like this place very much," he says.


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Innovation for Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality
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From the eradication of foot binding to foot pedaled water pumps, from the Pill to property rights, innovation can transform womens lives. Virtuous circles of change can be sparked by womens use of a seemingly simple technology; a shift in social attitudes about what is possible for women; or increased access for women to economic opportunities, employment, savings and credit.
At the most basic level, innovations can benefit women simply by improving their well-being in terms of health, nutrition, income, even life span. Beyond vital improvements in well-being, innovations can lead to womens empowerment, securing freedom and resources for women to make decisions, build confidence and act in their own interests. Deeper and truly transformative innovations reshape mens and womens roles on a longer-term basis. Examples abound where only yesterday women were immobile, but today move freely, where women= were silent but today have a voice, where women were dependent but today are the engines of progress for their families, businesses and communities.
This research is the first scholarly assessment of its kind to understand how innovations have improved womens well-being, empowered women and advanced gender equality. We examine eight catalytic innovations in three domains that intersect areas with the greatest need and most creative entry points for realizing womens empowerment: (1) technology use (2) social norm change and (3) economic resilience.


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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Inspiration for beginning this blog about my Ancestor tracking trip - a dream come true.
My dream trip leaves from Fayetteville, North Carolina in May 2001, where I retired from the Army Nurse Corps at Ft. Bragg. I drove for two years - both for genealogy research and to see the great sights of America. I headed north and spent most of my travels in North Eastern United States -- with a stint up to Nova Scotia, and a couple flights to Wales and England. After New England much time was spent in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Colorado. I made it as far west as Las Vegas, where my brother lived, and down to San Antonio, Texas, then back east and up through the Shenandoah Valley, VA to Pennsylvania where I sold the van and flew to Hawaii to find my retirement home, at last, in 2003. Since I am from Los Angeles and grew up in California, I didn't cover that more recent part of my ancestors' journeys.
So here will be the record of my own amazing Genealogical Journey - my solo vagabond journey along the paths of my ancestors.
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Hi Donna, I just found your blog through a link in facebook posted by Thomas. I haven't been doing much research on my journey thus far but that may be changing soon. I'll be going back to "catch up" on existing posts and look forward to reading about your amazing Genealogical Journey!ReplyDelete
Hi, I have just come across the reference to your blog via Thomas at Geneabloggers. I am now just about to have a read of your travels. You have truly lived the dream!ReplyDelete
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This is an incredible trip and an incredible story. I'm so glad that you were able to do this and that you recorded it for your own memories and for sharing with us. I'm sure you will inspire many others to take on similar "dream trips" of their own. I look forward to reading about your adventures.
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By Steve Raymer
In late December, Getty Images photographer John Moore was only 20 yards away from the armored sport utility vehicle carrying Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto when a suicide bomber set off an explosion that mortally wounded the Harvard and Oxford-educated former prime minister, killing more than 20 people in the military garrison town of Rawalpindi. Moore, a member of the Associated Press photography team that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for their coverage of the war in Iraq, did what he was trained to do, keeping his finger on the shutter release at the first sound of gunfire and a fireball. He rushed toward Bhutto's burning vehicle and created a series of heart-wrenching images of the fiery carnage – an event that plunged nuclear-armed Pakistan further into political chaos.
"They wanted to get her," the Pakistan-based Moore told Editor & Publisher magazine, "and they did." Bhutto's assassination, blamed on Islamic militants with ties to Al Qaeda, left a street full of dying and dismembered Pakistanis whom Moore, a University of Texas graduate, set about photographing. Only when he arrived home in nearby Islamabad did Moore realize that his face and clothes were spattered with the blood of the dead and injured.
Moore's images, transmitted to newspapers and magazines worldwide from the scene of the blast, were so powerful that television networks scrambled to be first to broadcast them and to have Moore do his own cogent on-air narration. But as powerful as Moore's images were, they also raised the decades-old controversy about when should a photojournalist act as a professional and when should he, or she, act as a so-called Good Samaritan — a person who voluntarily gives aid and comfort to another human being in need, sometimes at their own personal risk.
Put another way, it's the age-old question many photojournalists have faced at one time or another: "What do I do now — keep shooting and document a piece of history, or maybe help save a life that's hanging in the balance?"
In Moore's iconic image of a crying man, his hands uplifted toward what seems a merciless God, the street was strewn with bodies. Moore also photographed the dead, injured, and merely stunned, though he told NBC News' Lester Holt that, "I prefer to photograph the living." Yet Moore was no voyeur — his images were too intimate — but his pictures do make one wonder, "What would I have done if I were in Moore's bloody shoes?"
And the debate isn't just academic. Since 1985, the National Press Photographers Association annually has given a Humanitarian Award to a person who plays a "key role in the saving of lives or in rescue situations." Often the recipient is the person who missed the picture, and perhaps paid a professional price, in the process of saving a life.
I know from personal experience.
In August 1985, I was waiting for my luggage in the Kabul Airport, then under Soviet occupation, when a powerful bomb exploded in the departure area, killing 28 persons, wounding 350, and leaving me – for a split second – with that same frightening thought. What next? Soviet soldiers pointing their AK-47 assault rifles in my face as I went for my camera bag made my decision easier. But the right thing to do in Afghanistan that day also was the human thing to do – help the injured, comfort the dying. And that's what I did.
But my story doesn't end there. The National Geographic writer, miles from the airport when the bomb detonated, made the episode the lead of his story, insisting it was emblematic of Afghanistan resistance to foreign occupation. Yet I had no picture to accompany his dramatic story-opener – a fact that made Bill Garrett, then editor of National Geographic, a decidedly unhappy man when I was summoned to his 10th floor corner office in Washington, DC, some weeks later.
"We sent you to Afghanistan to shoot pictures," Garrett reminded me, "not to play Florence Nightingale." I lived down the stigma of not getting the picture, but the episode remains instructive for journalism students in my ethics and values class at Indiana University.
Why? Because in the overwhelming majority of situations, our job is to get the picture and record history for our readers and viewers. Simply put, it's our job.
Bill Foley, another Pulitzer Prize winner and former AP and Time magazine shooter, says that "looking over John Moore's images and hearing his voice describe the events, I had a moment of déjà vu." A veteran of nine years in the Middle East, Foley says, "Surrounded by chaos, carnage, screaming, crying victims and survivors, there was not really a question of whether he did the 'right thing' or not. There was no 'right thing.' There was the only thing – recording what was in front of him."
Rich Clarkson, former National Geographic director of photography, is one of several top photo executives and mentors who understand these split-second decisions are never easy and, hence, why we want students, photographers, and their editors to plan in advance for these moments of truth. "In the case of John Moore and Benazir Bhutto," says Clarkson, a former NPPA president, "where a crowd with many to help was present, the importance of documenting the moment was far more important. But in the case of actually saving a life when no one else can, the photographer certainly should put down the cameras. Every situation is different."
Recognizing this, photojournalists need to know where they stand. Most will come down on the side of doing what benefits society, even if their presence might cause further alarm, pain, or grief. A few photographers will hold to a universal belief that we never use our fellow man or woman as a means to an end and always put down their cameras to help the sick, the injured, and the dying. A few of us will try to find some virtuous middle point in the many shades of gray that is real life in the field. The point is that we need to know where we stand before we are confronted with what Moore saw through his viewfinder that grim December afternoon.
"Photographers take those risks. That's the reality. They chose to be there to document history," says Time magazine picture editor Deirdre Finzer. "And if all hell breaks loose, they should document it."
Full disclosure: Ms. Finzer is a former student who knows where she stands. What about the rest of us?


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Here is a repost of my classic posting from 2008 ;)
It's that time of year again...
When families are faced with the choice, to celebrate or not celebrate Halloween. Personally, I am sure all of you know, I not only celebrate Halloween, I revel in it! I LOVE Halloween, and would prefer to get rid of Christmas and Thanksgiving all together ;)
But I swear, the more I read people's arguments on why to NOT celebrate Halloween, I am filled with a dread that I can't shake. Are people really so paranoid of a holiday that PartyWorks and Hershey's have so corrupted from it's original form, that it is barely recognizable?? I understand the not wanting to expose your children to excessive blood and gore, okay, I get that. But to not even let them dress up and trick or treat?? Or worse yet, to be a TOTAL hypocrite and let them go to a trunk or treat at the local church. If they are trunk or treating, you are celebrating, so get over yourselves.
Let me give you a few thoughts to ponder. First off, if you have EVER gotten your information about Halloween from a Chick Tract, then please, click away from my page now and go and pray or something, cause you are too stupid to continue reading.
First off, Halloween started out as a harvest holiday known as Samhain. Now contrary to popular Christian belief, there was NEVER a pagan god known as Samhain. Samhain is derived from the Celtic word for Summer's End, cause DUH! it happened at the end of summer, LOL! So, no pagan god Samhain, and therefore no human sacrifices to him. Also, pagan's don't believe in Satan, and they sure don't worship him, cause he's NON-EXISTENT in pagan culture. So, no human sacrifice to him either. In fact, there is NO human sacrifice in paganism today, AT ALL! And if you look at history, Christians have killed many, many more humans then any pagans, I'm just sayin...
Secondly, the whole idea of poisoned, tampered with, or booby trapped candy. This is a myth that has been blown so far out of proportion, it's absurd! TWO, yes TWO cases of children being killed by Halloween candy have been recorded in the news since 1964 (yep, that was 44 years ago people). The first was a boy in 1970 who ate his uncles stash of heroin, and then the family tried to cover it up by saying the drugs were in his Halloween candy. The second, in 1974, a boy ate a pixy stick that was laced with poison. Upon investigation it turned out the boys own father planted the candy in his sons bag, to collect on the boys insurance money. NEVER has there been a recorded incident of a stranger handing out laced, tampered with or poison treats on Halloween, and contrary to the Chick tract above, it is not common practice to do this to harvest sacrifices for Satan!
So, while I can go on and on about the non-horrors of Halloween, I do want to make a point. These days, Halloween is another hallmark holiday, cleansed of all it's original roots, and make palatable to the masses. If you are a family who chooses to NOT celebrate Halloween because of it's pagan roots, then I recommend you think twice about Easter and Christmas too. Because while the historical activities attributed to those holidays, namely the birth of Christ and his resurrection, are widely accepted as accurate, the actual dates of said activities and the celebrating of those holidays are NOT specifically condoned in the bible. Shockingly the dates and MOST of the activities now celebrated for those holidays are in fact PAGAN in origin ;) Christmas trees or Easter bunnies anyone??
I will accept reasonable discussion of this topic in my comments. BUT keep in mind, any argument you make to me that uses God or the Bible as it's basis, will be countered with the teachings of the ALL POWERFUL AND KNOWING SQUIRREL IN MY BACK YARD :) After of course, the appropriate offerings of nuts and seeds are made ;)


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Space Launch System eyed as the platform for a new U.S. hydrocarbon rocket engine
Before the dust settles from the post-shuttle shift in human access to space, the U.S. could find itself with a big new high-performance hydrocarbon rocket engine to boost NASA's planned heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) off the pad. There is a chance it might even replace the Russian-built RD-180 that carries the United Launch Alliance Atlas V.
A dual-use rocket burning refined petroleum-1 (RP-1), a form of kerosene, instead of liquid hydrogen or solid fuel, might hit the sweet spot in next-generation U.S. space launch needs. It could give NASA enough thrust to build its congressionally mandated 130-metric-ton heavy lifter, while removing Russia from the critical path to launching sensitive national security payloads.
"We know the [Defense Department] is interested," says Dale Thomas, associate director-technical, at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. "They are a little apprehensive about using a foreign-sourced engine on a strategic capability for our nation."
Thomas helped set up the National Institute for Rocket Propulsion Systems (Nirps) at Marshall to find ways to strengthen the U.S. industrial base in the field. One of the Nirps projects is finding "intersecting interests" for collaboration in rocket propulsion, and large hydrocarbon engines may fill the bill.
"We have to have higher lift capabilities out of the Space Launch System, and it turns out one of the options we are looking at is RP-based engines, which potentially intersect with the core-stage engine for the Atlas V," Thomas told the Fifth Von Braun Memorial Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., this month.
NASA is in talks with the Air Force about joining the Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator program, a relatively low-level Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) effort to develop advanced kerosene rocket technology. Among the AFRL contractors on the program is Aerojet, which is developing a 1-million-lb.-thrust, LOX-rich staged combustion kerosene-fueled engine designated the AJ-1E6 that could fill the civil and military roles, according to Julie Van Kleeck, the company's vice president of space and launch systems.
NASA is negotiating with Aerojet to bring the AJ-1E6 into the mix of potential powerplants for the advanced boosters it must develop to raise the SLS from its 70-metric-ton initial capability to the 130 metric tons Congress ordered (AW&ST Oct. 22, p. 34). The talks are complicated by the need for agreement among the Air Force, NASA and the company on how best to proceed, according to Rex Geveden, president of Teledyne Brown Engineering, a Huntsville-based supplier that has an agreement with Aerojet to manufacture components for the new engine.
"There is more complexity in this one because there are multiple players," says Geveden, a former associate administrator of NASA, stressing that his company is not involved in the talks directly. "There is some potential Air Force funding and some things like that going on that make this at least a three-party discussion."
NASA has already awarded Dynetics Inc. of Huntsville a $73.3 million study contract to demonstrate components of an Apollo-era F-1 kerosene main engine, updated with modern manufacturing techniques, as the engine for the advanced boosters, as well as a separate contract with ATK on new versions of the solid-fuel boosters that launched shuttles into space, and with other companies for technology that could help provide the needed extra lift for SLS.
According to a paper presented at the recent 63rd International Astronautical Congress in Naples, Italy, an upgraded F-1 would provide more than enough capability for the SLS application, and could power other vehicles that might even serve as a U.S.-powered replacement for the Atlas V.
Lead author Steve Cook, director of space technologies at Dynetics, wrote: "The high-cost, non-recurring engineering typical of engine development was accomplished during the Apollo-Saturn program, eliminating significant risks (e.g., turbopump design and combustion stability). This permits the current focus to be on affordability rather than technical feasibility."
In the Dynetics concept, two of the F-1 engines originally developed for the Saturn V first stage would drive twin strap-on 18-ft.-dia. SLS boosters, using shuttle-heritage attach struts and other hardware to save more on development. The engines would use vintage-design F-1 valves and injectors, and simplified F-1A turbomachinery, with modern Hot-Isostatic Press (HIP)-bond construction for the channel wall main combustion chamber, and a channel wall nozzle (see illustration).
The F-1 remains the most powerful U.S. liquid-propellant rocket engine ever built, and with the proposed modifications it would deliver as much as 1.8 million lb. thrust at sea level, throttlable back to 1.3 million lb. thrust, according to Cook's paper. If used on the early version of the SLS, without the planned upper stage powered by the J-2X version of the Saturn J-2 upper-stage engine, it would be able to generate 105-metric-ton capability, Cook and his coauthors wrote.
Dynetics has teamed with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR), which built the original F-1 and J-2, and is developing the J-2X. Although Aerojet is in the process of acquiring Rocketdyne, the two companies remain competitors for now with their different approaches to the SLS booster engines, according to PWR President Jim Maser.
A significant difference between the modernized F-1 and the AJ-1E6—itself a modernized version of the Russian NK-33 engine Aerojet acquired to power the Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares launch vehicle—is the engine cycle. While the F-1 is a gas generator, which vents part of its propellant over the side after using it to turn the turbomachinery, the AJ-1EJ is a closed-cycle staged combustion engine that burns all of the propellant. Aerojet argues that the closed cycle makes its engine more efficient, while Dynetics says the gas generator's lower operating pressures allow the use of less expensive materials and components.
Before joining Dynetics, Cook was program manager for the Ares I crew launch vehicle that was canceled along with the rest of the Constellation program of shuttle-replacement human-rated vehicles. While the F-1 upgrade is not intended to power the Atlas V, a "single-stick" configuration using one F-1-powered booster and an upper stage, just as the Ares I used a shuttle-derived solid-fuel first stage, could more than match the Atlas V lift capability.
"The F-1 is not a plug and play for an RD-180 on an Atlas V," Cook says. "However, our dual-engine booster, combined with an upper stage, can deliver over 30 metric tons to orbit—a single-stick version of an EELV–heavy."
The former NASA engineer argues that the F-1 modification is aimed at affordability, since the capability is already inherent in the design. Under its 30-month advanced-booster study contract, Dynetics and Rocketdyne plan to hot-fire-test the modern F-1 powerpack at Stennis Space Center to demonstrate its performance and reduce risk.
"Think booster versus engine application," Cook says in an e-mail. "We are engaging the larger space launch community (e.g., commercial, Defense Department) about applications beyond SLS and we have had interest from several parties. When you plan to hot-fire the key components of the largest engine ever built in the U.S., people get pretty interested."


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