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Massachusetts Mason Membership Cards are available for searching at the New England Historic Genealogical Society website www.americanancestors.org and at this link at Ancestry.com http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5061
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Was Your Ancestor A Mason?
Massachusetts Mason Membership Cards are available for searching at the New England Historic Genealogical Society website www.americanancestors.org and at this link at Ancestry.com http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5061
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i enjoyed this article and loved the pictures. The hospital and grounds were beautiful. My grandfather was a mason. I looked into writing to the Florida lodge my grandfather belonged to only to discover it longer existed.ReplyDeleteReplies
Kathryn - even if the local Lodge is not longer in existence, their Grand Lodge (i.e., the Florida Grand Lodge) should have the records transferred to them. Here's the link - just write to them c/o "Archivist" with your questions: http://www.glflamason.org/Delete
My great grandfather was a mason, i found out in a round about way. There were many articles in their local newspaper about the order of the eastern stars that mentioned his wife. I wrote to them to find out who her sponsor was. Once I had the information (that it was her husband) I emailed his mason chapter and they emailed me his registration card.ReplyDelete
The wife was more involved in the OES than he was with the Masons. I would love to find more information, but will probably have to wait to get back to west virginia.
This is great, thank you. I have several Masons in the family, most notable Mortimer Lawrence of Denver, who was a founding member of the first lodge there, and came up with it's name, "El Jebel", meaning, "the mountains". This was a very interesting look at New England sources, and that is very appreciated! ~ JenReplyDelete
Often fathers or grandfathers may have been Masons as well, in the Old Country - so do check there as well once you find which place they originated from. I've had wonderful luck with Archivists of Grand Lodges in Ireland and other places. I write first (rather than email), using the most interesting stamps I can find on the envelope, and later, always snail-mail a Thank You card!ReplyDelete
I have reason to believe that one of my Brick Wall Jonathan Seavey's sons, Lyman Seavey, was a founding member of the Lodge in Whitefield, NH. Hope to get up there to verify. The Lodge has been defunk for many years.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 23, 2013 at 1:17 AM
@ Pam Schaffner - As a result of your query to the Grand Lodge of NH, you will shortly be receiving information on the Masonic history of Brother Lyman V. Seavey. I found this posting in doing a little further research on him for you!ReplyDelete
Thomas A. Ladd, Secretary
North Star Lodge No. 8
Free & Accepted Masons
Lancaster, NH
I was told my ancestors' records would still exist in the Lodge in Richfield Springs, NY. His grave stone with a Masonic symbol on top was one of my first family history clues. I didn't get a reply to my letter several years ago - I suppose I should try again.ReplyDelete


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Binoculars, Tennis Shoes and a Shower
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Brandon Tovey trains toward Olympic dream
Weight lifter Brandon Tovey dreams in color, specifically in red, white and blue. The 2010 Barlow High graduate has accepted an invitation to train at the U.S. Olympic facility at Northern Michigan University just off the shores of Lake Superior.
Tovey began his career as a power lifter and holds world records in the bench press, but two years ago he shifted his focus to the Olympics, which specialize in the clean-and-jerk technique snatching the bar from the ground to your chest before heaving the weight over your head arms extended.
I loved the bench press for the longest time, but it got to the point where I wanted to use my body more, Tovey says. Its a different ballgame but Im going to master it.
He came into the new exercise brimming with confidence, pushing metal discs in the air was where he excelled. The transition wasnt quite as simple as he expected.
I had world records in the other lifts, so I came into it with a pretty hot head, Tovey says. My first time out, I lift just the bar, my balance is all off and I ended up on my butt. I got over my ego pretty quick.
Still, he proved a fast learner.
Shortly after making the change, he competed at the 2012 Olympic Trials where he didnt register a mark in the snatch, but was among the top half of the competitors in the clean-and-jerk just a few kilos short of a top-five finish. He went on to watch the London Games on television and knew exactly where he wanted to be in four years.
I want to win a gold medal thats the dream, Tovey says. The sport isnt huge in the U.S., but Id like to be one of the few lifters who changes the game.
He has spent the last few years working out at the CrossFit PE gym with Vulkan Weightlifting, fitting in workout sessions around three jobs. He works at the Shriners Hospital, at Guiseppes Pizza and takes on clients as a personal trainer.
He heads off to the Olympic facility in mid-August, allowing him the hyper-focus required to compete at a world-class level.
Its a 24-7 facility and they are there to help you grow as an athlete, Tovey says. It will be good to be in a competitive environment where everyones goal is to get to the Olympics. Its a chance to eat and sleep weight lifting.
Olympic lifting has 10 weight classes, akin to wrestling and boxing. Competitors are scored based on the amount of kilos they lift in proportion to their body weight. Tovey competes in the 62-kilo (136-pound) class. Toveys best effort in the event is 320 pounds roughly two-and-a-half times his body weight.
At first I would add large amounts of weight to the bar, but at this level even getting an extra kilo up makes a huge difference, Tovey says. Once you hit those max numbers its a matter of fine tuning technique thats the biggest struggle.
Perhaps the biggest benefit of being at the Team USA center is constant access to the training table. Tovey fuels his multiple workouts by consuming 6-7 meals each day. That starts with oatmeal and egg whites in the morning, followed by a mix of chicken breast, buffalo and sweet potatoes. Almonds are a treat. Downing two gallons of water can be a chore. He doesnt go four hours without fueling his body. His evening ends with a protein shake and a cooking session to prepare the next days food in portable containers that follow him wherever he goes.
When you have a goal in mind, it helps knowing that what youre putting in your body is helping you get closer to that goal, Tovey says.
He does mix in a free week once or twice a year when his competitive schedule allows. Its his chance to indulge in some of his favorite foods such as pepperoni and olive pizza or Chinese takeout.
Tovey used to indulge a bit too much. He was always the biggest of his friends, describing himself as chubby growing up.
I was the fat kid in the group, and I kept telling myself every summer that Id be fit when I came back to school but it never happened until high school, Tovey says.
His dad bought him a gym membership when he was 14 years old, and Tovey was determined to start his time at Barlow with a new look. Getting the ball rolling was slow, but by the end of the summer he had dropped more than 30 pounds.
I had to start somewhere, so it was 10 crunches a day and I went from there, Tovey says. Fitness has been important to me ever since. It changed my life. I went from the fattest kid to the fittest kid.
He found himself in the weight room for football practice one of the smallest players in the mix, but pushing up the same bars as his teammates.
I kept a lot of the strength that I always had, so there I was this 120-pound center lifting with all the big linemen, Tovey says.
The fitness fad quickly became a lifestyle for Tovey, who would at times skip out on nights with his friends because he worried about adding pounds.
Id look in the mirror and see a different crease in my arm or a new ripple across my stomach, Tovey says. The changes I was seeing in my body were phenomenal.
Terry Camp introduced Tovey to the world of competitive lifting and was a constant encourager to his fitness goals, sharing countless hours in the gym and traveling to events together. Camp held his own set of world bench-press records while competing for more than 20 years with Team Oregon. He died at the age of 67 in August of 2011, shortly after Tovey decided to switch his focus to Olympic-style lifting.
Terry was the nicest guy I ever met, Tovey says. He was there when I started lifting, and when he passed away it was hard on me. It gives me more of a purpose in my lifting there is a meaning behind being in the gym two or three times a day.
A month after Camp passed, Tovey had a colorful tattoo stitched into his right biceps a mix of flowers and weight slabs a constant reminder of his old friend.
The Olympic center covers Toveys training costs, but he is still responsible for coming up with entry fees and travel expenses to his competitions. To donate to his journey visit gofundme.com/bax508.


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TONY EASTLEY: For years gay and lesbian people in Australian country towns have kept a low profile in their communities for fear of violence and harassment, but things are starting to change.
Increasingly they're organising Equal Love rallies in support of gay marriage rights.
On Saturday the border town of Albury-Wodonga held its first rally and it was the largest gay and lesbian event in the town's history.
Suzi Taylor reports.
SUZI TAYLOR: For some people in regional Australia, being this openly gay is quite a change.
VOX POP 1: Amazing. Liberating and inspiring!
A lot of the time I think also it's people - their family don't support them. And coming out and being able to meet everybody else in the gay and lesbian community, it's like another family that understands you and you can relate to.
ANNOUNCER: So please give a round of applause for the Victorian convenor of Australian Marriage Equality, Mr Carl Katter.
(Applause and cheering)
CARL KATTER: I've been on the record in the past for saying this, and I firmly believe it, that the strongest Australians I know are the gays and lesbians that live in regional Australia, because the stuff they have to put up with...
SUZI TAYLOR: When it comes to dealing with social stigma, the stakes are particularly high for young people in the country.
A 2010 Latrobe University study found that same-sex attracted young people in regional areas have much higher rates of self-harm and suicide than their urban counterparts.
VOX POP 2: It's a lot harder in regional communities and obviously because we're a lot more tight, like closely knit, like everyone's opinions are out there.
VOX POP 3: Me and my group, we had a lot of rubbish thrown at us from day to day. We were told we were trash. Yeah it was just a really bad environment.
VOX POP 4: Whenever I walk down the street or something, it's obvious like the way I dress and stuff, people always will be like oh "faggot" or something. And I'm like, tell me something I don't know! Like where are you getting at? I don't understand.
I want to walk down the street, whatever I want to wear or whatever, and you know, I just want to be happy.
VOX POP 5: I went to high school in Mildura and I didn't actually know anything about gay and lesbian. And I just felt so out of place. There was no support there for it, there was no such thing.
And I actually asked my mum and dad to send me away to another boarding school so I could actually commit suicide because I didn't want to do it around people that I loved, and that loved me, so...
SUZI TAYLOR: Carl Katter believes that changing the law could have a very real impact on people's lives.
CARL KATTER: The most important thing for regional youth is that they are equal under the law and they know that, and that is the most affirming and powerful thing for young people.
SUZI TAYLOR: Albury's first Equal Love rally was organised by a young heterosexual woman, Rhiannon Konigson.
RHIANNON KONIGSON: My main aim is to bring together the community. And if somebody higher up in politics takes note, that would be lovely too. But it's not particularly my main aim, it's just to make people feel comfortable with who they are.
CARL KATTER: I've got to be honest, I've never felt happier than I feel right now (applause and cheering) and seeing so many enthusiastic faces at the first rally in Albury-Wodonga.
(Applause and cheering)
SUZI TAYLOR: Organisers say they plan to hold more of these regional rallies around the country.
TONY EASTLEY: Suzi Taylor.
The full story...
Suzi Taylor reported this story on Monday, November 19, 2012 08:23:00
TONY EASTLEY: For years gay and lesbian people in Australian country towns have kept a low profile in their communities for fear of violence and harassment, but things are starting to change.


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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court announced Friday that it would enter the national debate over same-sex marriage for the first time, agreeing to hear a pair of cases challenging state and federal laws that define marriage to include only unions of a man and a woman.
One of the cases, from California, could establish or reject a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Another case, from New York, challenges a federal law that requires the federal government to deny benefits to same-sex couples married in states that allow such unions.
The court's move comes against the backdrop of a rapid shift in public attitudes about same-sex marriage, with recent polls indicating that a majority of Americans support allowing such unions. After last month's elections, the number of states authorizing same-sex marriage increased by half, to nine.
The court's docket is now crowded with cases about the meaning of equality, with the new cases joining ones on affirmative action in higher education and the future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Decisions in all of those cases are expected by June.
The new California case was filed in 2009 by Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, two lawyers who were on opposite sides in the Supreme Court's decision in Bush vs. Gore, which settled the 2000 presidential election. The suit argued that California's voters had violated the federal Constitution the previous year when they overrode a decision of the state's Supreme Court allowing same-sex marriages.
A federal judge in San Francisco agreed, issuing a broad decision that said the Constitution required the state to allow same-sex couples to marry. The decision has been stayed.
A divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision. But the majority relied on narrower grounds that seemed calculated to avoid Supreme Court review or, at least, attract the vote of the court's presumed swing member, Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Judge Stephen Reinhardt, writing for the majority, relied heavily on a 1996 majority opinion from Kennedy in a case which struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment that had banned the passage of laws protecting gay men and lesbians. The voter initiative in California, known as Proposition 8, had done something similar, Reinhardt wrote.
That reasoning, he added, meant that the ruling was confined to California. "We do not doubt the importance of the more general questions presented to us concerning the rights of same-sex couples to marry," he wrote. "For now, it suffices to conclude that the people of California may not, consistent with the federal Constitution, add to their state Constitution a provision that has no more practical effect than to strip gays and lesbians of their right to use the official designation that the state and society give to committed relationships, thereby adversely affecting the status and dignity of the members of a disfavored class."
The high court has several options in reviewing the decision. It could reverse it, leaving California's ban on same-sex marriage in place. It could affirm on the narrower theory, which would allow same-sex marriage in California but not require it elsewhere. Or it could address the broader question of whether the Constitution requires states to allow such marriages -- banned by 31 state constitutions.
The second case challenges a part of the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996. Section 3 of the law defines marriage as between only a man and a woman for purposes of more than 1,000 federal laws and programs.
The case concerns two New York City women, Edith Windsor and Thea Clara Spyer, who were married in 2007 in Canada. Spyer died in 2009, and Windsor inherited her property. The law did not allow the IRS to treat Windsor as a surviving spouse, and she faced a tax bill of $363,000 that a spouse in an opposite-sex marriage would not have had to pay.
Windsor sued, and in October the federal appeals court in New York struck down the law. It also was the first decision from a federal appeals court to say that laws treating same-sex couples differently must be subjected to heightened judicial scrutiny.
Minnesota same-sex marriage advocates are encouraged by the move. They defeated a proposal similar to Proposition 8 in November and are beginning a push in the Legislature to legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota.
"It goes to show that the conversation is robust now on this topic," said Richard Carlbom, campaign manager for Minnesotans United for All Families, the lead group that defeated the amendment. "We are happy the courts are going to take it up."
While the court's eventual decision could create a range of possible outcomes for Minnesota, same-sex marriage advocates believe momentum and public opinion is already tilting in their favor.
Same-sex marriage opponents are just as hopeful. They interpret the court's decision as a sign justices disagree with a lower court ruling against Proposition 8. They believe the justices will ultimately strengthen states' -- and voters' -- rights to ban same-sex marriage.
"Such a reversal would affirm that the power to make basic policy decisions, like the definition of marriage, rightly belongs to the people, not judges," said Chuck Darrell, a spokesman for the Minnesota for Marriage, the group that unsuccessfully pushed the marriage amendment this year. "It's a significant move."
Staff writer Baird Helgeson contributed to this report.


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So to start with today, I've got a few (non-spoiler-y) words about J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek Into Darkness, which I had the chance to see last night. Now… I should say up front that I knew pretty much all of the twists and reveals of the plot going in, and have for a while now. That was my own choice, it's just how I decided to roll this time. And yet I still quite enjoyed this film. Much has been made of the fact that there are "surprises" in the film, but I actually think its strength revolves instead around a set of very strong character performances by Chris Pine, Zach Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch and Bruce Greenwood. They deliver in a very big way here and their interactions are really the beating heart of the film. Their performances help carry this sequel through no small amount of mechanical obviousness in the plot and its twists – which will be especially apparent to longtime Trek fans. If you go into this film looking for flaws, you'll find them. And if you go in having memorized your battered old copy of the Starfleet Technical Manual, you'll probably have an aneurysm. But like Star Trek (2009), this film is undeniably fun. The set piece action sequences here are many, surprisingly creative and absolutely relentless. This Trek is bigger, bolder and much more aggressively paced than the original. And I actually quite enjoyed it. More than I expected in fact. If you let yourself just go with it, Star Trek Into Darkness is a helluva fun ride... and the 3D conversion is actually pretty nice too. The best thing in my opinion is that, by the end of the film, this "new" Trek franchise is finally where it needs to be. Much like the latest Bond film, Star Trek Into Darkness clears the decks for new (and hopefully completely original) adventures to come. With film three, if the filmmakers play their cards right, this Trek universe can finally be about "boldly going" and "seeking out new life and new civilizations" again. And that would really be something to see. If I'm grading the film, I'd probably give it a good solid B or B+. I'm certainly going to see it a few more times on the big screen, so I guess that probably speaks for itself. By the way, since it's likely that J.J. Abrams isn't going to be able to direct the next film (given his involvement in the new Star Wars trilogy), I'd like to submit my suggestion for the ideal director to take his place: Nicholas Meyer anyone?
By the way, for another good and much more in-depth review of the film (though with perhaps a few minor spoilers), I recommend Drew McWeeny's take on it over at HitFix. I definitely agree with him – I think he pretty well nails it.
Now then… here at the site today, our own Russell Hammond has posted the weekly update of the Release Dates & Artwork section with all the latest Blu-ray, DVD and Video Game cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, a portion of anything you order from them after clicking through our links goes to help support our work here at the site and we surely do appreciate it!
On to today's announcement news…
First up, Universal has just set The Host for Blu-ray/DVD Combo release on 7/9, preceded by a digital-only release on 6/25. Extras will include deleted scenes, a Seeker PSA and the Bringing The Host to Life featurette. This is the film based on the Stephanie Meyer book.
Meanwhile, Sony has announced the DVD only release of Damages: The Final Season on 7/16. Extras will include deleted scenes and outtakes.
Fox will release Wedding Band: Season One on DVD on 6/11.
Inception Media Group has set The Unbroken for DVD release on 6/11.
Lionsgate has set The Definitive Guide to the Mob for DVD only release on 7/16, followed by Blaze You Out on DVD on 7/30.
BBC Home Entertainment has set The Royal Collection box set for DVD release on 5/21 (SRP $24.99), including The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy, Queen Victoria's Children and How to Be a Prince, plus "a replica of a booklet for Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation, featuring original photography from the ceremony."
And our friends over at the Warner Archive have made some great new titles available starting this week on MOD/DVD-R, including the Al Brodax-produced Popeye: The 1960s Classics – Volume 1 (2-discs, 72 episodes), Penrod and Sam (1931), Tenth Avenue Angel (1947), The Secret Garden (1949), Duffy of San Quentin (1954) and Without a Trace: The Complete Sixth Season.
Finally today, we really must take a moment to acknowledge the passing of legendary stop-motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen, who died early this morning in London at the age of 92. Inspired by Willis O'Brien's work on the original King Kong, Harryhausen proceeded – over the course of his long and distinguished career – to take the art of stop-motion to the next level in such films as Mighty Joe Young, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, 20 Million Miles from Earth, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Mysterious Island, Jason and the Argonauts, One Million Years B.C. and 1981's Clash of the Titans. His final animated work was The Story of the Tortoise and the Hare in 2003. Or course, that list of titles by no means complete. Harryhausen's work inspired the likes of Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Peter Jackson, George Lucas, John Landis, Nick Park, Dennis Muren, Tim Burton, Guillermo del Toro, Stan Winston and so many others. For my part, I was fortunate enough to meet him in person on a number of occasions over the years at various appearances and other events. In fact, I had the great honor of chatting with him for nearly 30 minutes during a lull in a DVD signing at the now closed DVD Planet store in Huntington Beach back in 2003. Ray was simply one of the nicest gentlemen you could ever meet and he loved talking about animation, his own work and the works of others he admired. You just got the sense from him that he loved what he did and was truly humbled and honored by how much it had impacted others. As it happens, our own Dr. Jahnke interviewed him for The Bits back in 2005 and I highly recommend you give it a read.
Thank you, Ray. We'll dearly miss you.
Back tomorrow with more. Stay tuned…
- Bill Hunt


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REPEAL Act Reintroduced
With the strong support of AIDS United and many other organizations in the HIV, health, LGBT and criminal justice communities, Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) reintroduced the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal (REPEAL) HIV Discrimination Act into the 113 th Congress. The bill was given the number House Resolution (HR) 1843. If passed, the bill would register a sense of Congress that federal and state laws, policies, and regulations should not place unique or additional burdens on people solely due to their HIV status and should instead accurately reflect HIV transmission, the health implications of living with HIV and the benefits of treatment and the impact of punitive HIV specific policies. The bill also calls for the Attorney General to conduct a review of state and federal criminal and civil commitment laws related to HIV. Such a review has also been called for in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The bill would not prevent prosecution of cases of intentional transmission of HIV.
Representative Ros-Lehtinen is the first Republican to endorse the bill, an important step in the House of Representatives, which has a Republican majority. In a press release, she stated, "I'm pleased to co-sponsor this bipartisan bill that will help end the serious problem of discrimination in criminal and civil cases against those who are HIV positive. Singling out and discriminating against those living with HIV is not in line with our American values and we must do better. The legislation seeks to modernize our current outdated laws and bring them into the 21st century. I urge my Republican and Democrat colleagues to join Barbara and me in helping those persons living with HIV live as healthy and normal a life as possible."
Reintroduction of the bill is the second effort of Representative Lee to introduce the REPEAL Act, which had attracted 41 co-sponsors, all Democrats. The new version of the bill is slimmed down from the previous version. It contains fewer findings from Congress than the previous version and would not appropriate new funds for activities. It can be found here.
Click here for the two Representatives' press release.


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As a social media junkie that has been addicted to twitter since 2008, I have been trying to figure out a way to implement twitter into some blog writing over the last little while. Marry the two loves of my social media life: Explaining thoughts in 140 characters or less and writing opinions on stupid NHL rule changes, Gary Bettman, the NHL lockout and of course, the reason I started blogging in the first place, the Vancouver Canucks.
So this is how it works. Every Monday before 7PM, Pacific standard time, I will put up a topic on twitter hash-tagged #TMT and the topic of choice, and in 140 characters or less, you tweet me a response. On Thursday before 7PM, Pacific standard time, I will put up an article containing and tying in some of the answers followers and readers have sent my way via twitter. It's pretty simple and doesn't cost you a thing.
With this introduction of what we are trying to accomplish here on CC, why don't we get it kicked off with something fun.
With the lockout happening, I was thinking about how we can all keep talking hockey and mainly the Vancouver Canucks without having to bitch and moan about the billionaires shutting out the millionaires and their PR campaigns to the fans. It a topic that has been hashed out and re-hashed from all angles.
As I was driving into my parking garage the other night, U2's "Where the Streets Have no Name" starting blasting in my car. As I felt the steady 'thud' of Larry Mullin's bass drum pelt against my back from the sub-woofer, I started to really miss my team. I started to think of the awesome "WWE-esque" entrance the Canucks had going on. Lots of blue and green lights, smoke machines, added sirens to the song and the cheering of us fans. It will be another while until we hear and see that again.
For quite some time now, U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name" has been the Canucks entrance theme but it's been up for debate over the last few years if the team needs a new entrance song. Some say that 'Streets' isn't "in your face" enough and it's too subdued. Others love it, and link the song to their beloved team and especially at the start of every season, they can't wait to hear it belt through the speakers at Rogers Arena. So I am asking you, to give us here at CC some thoughts to what you think of the Canucks introduction song of "Where the Streets Have no Name" . Do you like it? Do you hate it? Do you simply don't care and just want NHL hockey back?
How do I feel about it? Well, what can say in 140 characters or less?
@Aviewfromabroad: One might want to rethink a team entrance song when the 1st lyrics sing "I want to run, I want to hide…" #TMT #CanucksThemeSong
Now "Twitter Me This" and let's see how the rest of Canuckland feels about "Where the Streets Have no Name" as the Vancouver Canucks theme song.
Column hashtag: #TMT
Topic hashtag: #CanucksThemeSong
We'll revisit this topic again on Thursday with your input and hopefully I can tie it all in neatly and timely. I've also noticed, this is the first time I have ever given myself a deadline to write a Canucks blog, or any blog for that matter. Another reason I am welcoming this new addition to the CC columns. So is it time to change the theme song? A little old for your liking or does it stay? Heck, even the name of the building has changed, is "Streets" next?
Justine Galo


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I have just discovered (thanks to the State Library of Victoria's Family Matters Blog) that Parish and Township plans for Victoria from VPRS 16171 have been digitised and are accessible as PDF files online through the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) catalogue.
As an example, I searched for 'Elphinstone' within the series '16171' (see below).
Clicking 'Search' took me to the following results page (see below).
I wanted to see the plan for the Parish of Elphinstone rather than the Township of Elphinstone, so I clicked on the hyperlink below the first search result. This then presented me with the 'Sub Item Details' (see below).
Clicking on the 'pdf' link below the headline 'Download' (see the lower right hand corner of the screenshot above) opened a PDF copy of this Parish Plan within my browser using Adobe Reader.
This particular plan was coloured and high resolution. I could zoom in and out and read the numbers and names related to each portion of land. It certainly is much easier than viewing the plans on microfiche!!
For further information and instructions on how to search these digitsed plans and how to use the information gleaned from them to access related Lands files at the PROV please read PROV Guide 30.
Happy Researching!
(All screenshots are from the PROV web site)


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Waterslide Has 50 Ft. Drop! Would You Do It? [VIDEO]
Looks like some pretty cool summer fun in the natural beauty of Utah! Wait until you see all the AMAZING Go Pro cam shots! I love the one where the girl has the camera on a single stick-mount! It's like you're falling with her!!!!


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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted the 2011 International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony with special guest First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday, March 8. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer and other U.S. and foreign dignitaries also participated, including Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia; Cherie Blair; and Lloyd Blankfein, CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs.
The prestigious Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage annually recognizes women around the globe who have shown exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for women's rights and empowerment, often at great personal risk.
Secretary Clinton said, "Now, for anyone raising children in today's world, it seems that there are not enough heroes and heroines, so I am particularly privileged to honor nine other women who have truly done heroic work to advance freedom, equality, opportunity, and dignity for all. They have risked their lives. They have served in prison. They've been harassed and oppressed. Sometimes their own children's lives have been at risk. They have been insulted, beaten, and tortured.
"And yet, each of these women has found the strength to persevere in the face of fear, isolation, or repression. And they've done so not just one day or one year, but day after day and year after year.
"Now, two of our honorees, Nasta Palazhanka from Belarus and Yoani Sanchez from Cuba, could not be here because their governments would not allow them to travel here. But we are with them in spirit and we salute them for everything they are doing on behalf of their countries and their people.
"Now, as you hear more about each of these women from Mrs. Obama and from me and from the citations, you will understand that each has pushed the envelope of what was considered permissible. And they have been inspirations, and I believe they can inspire generations of women and girls who follow after.
"Now, I was struck to learn the other day that our planet that we all share is now host to the largest generation of girls and women every born. There are now more than 850 million girls and young women age 10 to 24. What kind of world will they inherit? What kind of world will their children inherit? How will they lead the next generation? Who will they look to as models?"
She continued, "Each of these women -- and I mention them in a personal way because this has been a personal mission for them. They have reached down deep and done what was necessary. And I often wonder how many of us, including myself, under those circumstances, could have done the same. Their courage, their compassion, their commitment, their quiet moral authority has come from putting the well-being of others before their own..."
CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs Blankfein followed the Secretary. He said, "Investing in women is one of the most effective ways to stimulate growth in emerging markets. But equally important, it has a huge effect on these women's families and on their communities. Children are healthier, homes are more stable, and communities are more vibrant. And that is why we're especially honored to partner with the State Department to extend this initiative to new countries. This public-private partnership establishes a training program for 100 female entrepreneurs in new countries identified by Secretary Clinton and her team. Over the past two years, the Office of Global Women's Issues and Ambassador Verveer have been vital partners for 10,000 Women. I want to especially acknowledge Melanne's support and guidance when 10,000 Women was just getting off the ground. There is no better example of these programs' impact than in the graduates themselves. I'm humbled by their passion and resolve every time I meet with them..."
Australian Prime Minister Gillard followed Chairman Blankfein. She said, "[A]s we celebrate International Women's Day, we celebrate the courage of women who have shaped our world -- women like Susan B. Anthony in your own country and Jessie Street in mine, women who are publicly noted for shaping events that led to a world where we better recognize women's equality and women's rights. Now, there are so many women who contributed to that story whose names we do not know. Indeed, today, we honor every brave mother who ever raised a strong daughter and helped us get here. Those women worked for more than political rights. They worked for the opportunity for women to hold high office, but they worked for so much more..."
Secretary Clinton then awarded this year's honorees:
Her Excellency, Roza Otunbayeva, President of the Kyrgyz Republic;
Maria Bashir, Prosecutor General, Herat Province (Afghanistan);
Nasta Palazhanka, Deputy Chairperson, Malady Front (Young Front) non-governmental organization (Belarus);
Henriette Ekwe Ebongo, journalist and publisher of Bebela (Cameroon);
Guo Jianmei, lawyer and Director of the Beijing Zhongze Women's Legal Counseling and Service Center (China);
Yoani Sanchez, Innovator and Blogger, Founder of Generación Y blog (Cuba);
The Honorable Agnes Osztolykan, Member of Parliament, Politics Can Be Different Party (Hungary);
Eva Abu Halaweh, Executive Director of Mizan Law Group for Human Rights (Jordan);
Marisela Morales Ibañez, Deputy Attorney General for Special Investigations against Organized Crime (Mexico);
Ghulam Sughra, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Marvi Rural Development Organization, (Pakistan).
Kyrgyzstan President Roza Otunbayeva's said, "Secretary Clinton, I accept this award on behalf of all women of Kyrgyzstan who struggle from the day to day to make their voices heard. This award belongs to those who, despite their condition, rise above and demand respect to their human dignity. In big politics, when a woman stands up to dictator or it is a domestic situation when she refuses to accept violence and humiliation, what do we have celebrating today? The courage is one of the same quality and scale. Many millions of women do not have the fame and publicity that I enjoyed in my political career. It is so to these nameless, but truly heroic women that I dedicate this award and mostly humbly pledge to continue my work for the cause of social justice and the rule of law..."
Henriette Ekwe Ebongo, a winner from Cameroon, also delivered remarks. She said, "We do appreciate this award of International Women of Courage as a wonderful umbrella and shield to protect us in our daily activities. We welcome this precious award as a tremendous (inaudible) tool for younger generation to stand up and fight and pave the way for the future, a better future. The International Women of Courage Award represent for all of us a new beginning and a good reason to stand firm. This country has done a lot in shaping the mentalities and contributing to building a modern, democratic society."
In closing, Grammy Award-winning composer and lyricist Tena Clark performed a song she wrote to honor the International Women of Courage and the women they represent around the world.
You can read the complete remarks from the event here, and you can find the honorees' biographical sketches and more information about the event here.
Ashutush J. in India writes:
It is amazing how women are so wonderfully giving and loving. Their love is unconditional and forever. And once they forgive, they really forget. They don't dig out the heavy artillery, even when they have the best opportunities to do so.
Kudos to the Mother who loves others even more
Kudos to the brave lady
Kudos to the business woman
Kudos to the sports woman
Kudos to the politician
Kudos to the women for all her successful and enduring Missions.
W.W. writes:
Women 's day
God save Kate and Sir Lancelot
N.S. in Texas writes:
Praying for ALL the Women in BRAZIL!
Jolene A. in Washington writes:
Watching these Women of Courage receive their awards is a testament to the courage of all the women who paved the way for us and continue to pave the way for women of the next generation to have better access to education, health care and equality. An inspiration to women of courage to unite around the globe to foster peace, and a healthier planet for our children.
Tania in New York writes:
You're the most inspiring and amazing woman ever HILLARY! God bless you. Only woman redy to be president from day 1!
Ayukoben A. in Cameroon writes:
Am honoured to see this lady, Henriette Ekwe Ebongoy, from Cameroon.
Mario in Washington, DC writes:
Hillary, you are so beautiful and inpiring! I'll love you forever! I'm your #1 fan!
Smith in Montana writes:
Once Secretary Clinton has finished her duties as Secretary of State, she should look at pursuing global women's issues full time.
Jody F. in the U.S.A. writes:
You can download the song performed today by Judith Hill, written and composed by Tena Clark, here with profits benefiting Vital Voices: "http://www.dmimusic.com/ibelieved/"
Hamka in Indonesia writes:
Interesting international event
Catherine S. in Australia writes:
Please reverse the decision to cancel funding to the East West Center Women's Leadership program.


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611: Disaster Voyeurism
| This explanation may be incomplete or incorrect: Created by a Voyeur. Explain Black Hat's three examples, especially the last.
If you can address this issue, please edit the page! Thanks.
The comic is referring to a phenomenon known as gaping or rubbernecking. The terms are applied to people who stand around as spectators at the site of a disaster. Apparently, many people are attracted to terrible scenes out of a sort of morbid curiosity. While fascinated by the spectacle, most people also feel a sense of shame and guilt at the same time, unsure of whether it is morally wrong to be entertained by other's misfortunes.
This feeling of conscience is expressed in the comic by Megan, who secretly cherishes hope that a hurricane might strike. Black Hat on the other hand regards these feelings as perfectly natural. In the course of the comic, it becomes clear that he actually enjoys it when other people are hit by tragedies. He reveals that he even actively promotes the tragic fates of others. His being a sadist concurs with the characterization depicted in other comics. Megan understands that the two of them are in fact leading entirely different conversations, as Black Hat is not in the least able to comprehend her scruples.
The title text aims at hurricane enthusiasts in internet forums, who are distracted by their scientific curiosity from the danger a hurricane may present to humans.
- [Megan is watching TV. Black Hat is leaning on the back of her chair.]
- Megan: I've realized that I always secretly root for hurricanes. I watch the news hoping that they'll get really big and hit a city. I know my hopes don't actually affect it, but I feel bad.
- Black Hat: Nah, that's just natural human attraction to spectacle. It's like watching the shuttle launch because you don't want to miss it if there's a disaster.
- Megan: ...I guess?
- Black Hat: Or dressing as an intern to sneak into operating rooms, in case a patient dies and you can watch them harvest organs.
- Megan: Wait, you do that?
- Black Hat: Or stealing detour signs to direct highway drivers down backwoods roads strewn with caltrops. After the tires burst, you start shooting out their windows.
- Black Hat: Then, when they flee the car in terror, you hunt them on horseback, like men once did.
- Megan: I realized a while back that we're having entirely different conversations.
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For reasons expounded here, I have given Black Hat my own name. "Mac" for Machiavell, a character who delights in playing the system, often to the detriment, intentional or otherwise, of others. In Mac's case, he plays the system to cause detriment. In a similar vein, Danish is "Sadie" for sadist, the literal, as opposed to literary, version of a Machiavell, and who more often causes others pain. I'm not saying these should be their names, and I will still refer them to as "Black Hat" and "Danish" on site, but I am putting my view out there. Anonymous 07:36, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- That's very clever. Orazor (talk) 12:59, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
- That he or she managed to circumvent the IP address monster or the revelation of the world of their own?
- Can someone please upgrade this Wikipedia entry for the likes of us dyscalculics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_vorticity so that I can look cool on "Hurricane forums"?
I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 08:45, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Surprised nobody thought to explain 'caltrop'. Sure, you can go and look it up for yourself, but doesn't that also apply to just about everything else that is 'explained' here, too? Anyway, in my experience, it's one of those words a substantial majority of folk don't know, having never heard it at all, or having not bothered to look it up. Do I just move in ignorant circles? 184.108.40.206 11:37, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
You must not be a Dungeons & Dragons[1] player or at the least watched the original A-Team [2] on TV as both in the early days Caltrops were required equipment. 220.127.116.11 11:49, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
This explanation should probably explain what the three incidents mentioned in the title text are. --Flicky (talk) 15:22, 11 May 2019 (UTC)


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The Innovative Housing Demonstration Program expired on August 23, 2013.
The Innovative Housing Review Panel meets as needed to review projects submitted under Redmond's Innovative Housing Demonstration Program. The Panel evaluates proposals according to the goals of the Innovative Housing Ordinance, which include increasing variety of housing choices, demonstrating superb design compatible with surrounding single-family neighborhoods, improving housing affordability options, and contributing to a sense of community.
Meetings take place as projects come forward for review, typically at 7 pm at City Hall. Meeting notices are mailed to property owners within 500 feet of a proposal, posted on the web, and advertised on RCTV.
Information: Innovative Housing program home page
Contact: Sarah Stiteler at 425-556-2469
The panel seats are currently not filled.
The distribution is:
Design Review Board - 2
Neighborhood Representative
Planning Commission - 1 plus alternate
Technical Committee
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Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix is the budget re-release of 2005's Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition. Rather than simply hitting store shelves at a more attractive price, Remix actually includes all new content that wasn't found in the original release. New to this version is the city of Tokyo, plus more custom rides (cars) and additional tunes for the soundtrack. Even though the full-price version was released almost a year ago, Rockstar's street racer is still one of the most entertaining arcade racing experiences available on consoles.
MC3 Remix has a lot to offer, mainly through its lengthy Career mode. You start off in a standard car and are thrown straight into the action. For the opening few hours of your career you'll be cruising around the streets of San Diego, looking for challenges and entering small-time tournaments. A few wins will give you the money required to buy some custom parts, and then you're on your way to car (and bike) customisation heaven, with more wins opening more tournaments, further cities (Detroit and Atlanta) and more cash. Eventually, even the most prized vehicles will be available to you.
New to Remix is the Tokyo Challenge mode which runs in parallel to the main career mode. It's available right from the start (whether you've imported a save from the first release or not) and features the same race types and structure as the main career mode. Certain races will require you to be racing in set vehicles so you'll have to head back to the main career mode now and again to make sure you have the vehicles required.
During your career you'll predominantly race in checkpoint races, speeding through the open-ended cities from checkpoint to checkpoint. These races rarely fail to be enjoyable, but on occasion their 'find your own way' style can be frustrating. One wrong turn can send you off down a path that you just can't recover from, so you'll often have to run through courses multiple times before you have the route fixed in your mind. Certain sanctioned races take place in sectioned-off parts of the city, but you'll generally have to contend with busy streets and congested motorways.
As you progress you'll acquire new vehicles that will let you take part in special tournaments. These speciality races force you into changing vehicles and make sure the game doesn't become stale. Of course, you'll want to make sure that your cars and bikes are fully tricked out with all the performance upgrades you can afford, and as many decals and body-kit additions you can fit on. The game includes parts from a multitude of real life part manufacturers, so anyone who fantasises about tuning up their battered old Ford Fiesta can finally have the car of their dreams. MC3 Remix doesn't quite offer the same customisation depth that NFS Underground 2 offers, but the user interface is a lot easier to use and what's on offer is more than enough for most players.
Racing isn't as simple as you may think. Cars can be equipped with Nitrous, enabling you limited bursts of insane speed, and slipstreaming opponents can give you speed boosts - how well you use these boosts becomes vital in the more difficult races. Rather oddly for a semi-serious arcade racer is the inclusion of 'special moves'. Certain vehicle classes have their own special abilities that are unlocked during the career mode, which, if used at the right time, can help you achieve what seems impossible: AGRO is a special ability for trucks, SUVs and luxury sedans that allows you to plough through any vehicles that get in your way; ROAR is available to choppers and muscle cars, and when activated clears the path ahead of you; and Exotic cars and sportbikes gain the ability to get into the ZONE, allowing you to slow down time and easily manoeuvre yourself out of trouble.
As new race types, car classes and special abilities are opened, the game shows you short informational videos to make sure you're familiar with what you're about to do, meaning you'll never have to consult the game manual. You'll also be treated to some cutscenes with a number of garage mechanics who tell you about new challenges that have opened up. You're not going to get much in the way of story, but the cutscenes work well and help break up the racing.
Outside of the career mode you have a series of instant action arcade modes, ranging from 'capture the flag' to 'tag'. All of these modes can be played with a number of pick-ups available to racers, but you can tailor this to how you wish. If you get bored of playing by yourself (or with a single friend) you can take your vehicles online and race against seven other street racers. You can also form clans online and race against rival clans to see who really owns the streets (not literally). Online play is generally pretty smooth and lag-free, but just as with almost every online game, there are moments when players will warp to new locations. The Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions offer pretty much the same online experience, but the PlayStation 2 version doesn't include voice chat, making online games far quieter.
An excellent feature is the game's route creator. By flying through the streets of any city you have unlocked (plus Tokyo, which is available from the start), you can place markers down to create your own custom made course. If you spot a nice section of the city while cruising, exit out to the editor and create the course you imagined. Due to the game's totally open nature, these custom made courses feel no different to what you play in the main game and the feature is an excellent life-extending addition to the game.
The sense of speed in MC3 Remix is pretty phenomenal. It's comparable to that seen in the Burnout series, but the increased level of traffic found here makes high-speed racing an intense experience. City lights illuminate the dark skies and headlights smear across the congested freeways. It might not look as crisp or as vibrant as Burnout Revenge, but its rough, urban aesthetics fit the game perfectly. The only slight blemish is the game's somewhat faltering frame rate. The Xbox version generally runs pretty solidly, but the PlayStation 2 version is a little less stable.
The game's soundtrack is perhaps the most fitting I have ever heard. Rockstar has put together a track-listing which includes artists such as Twista, Beenie Man, Queens of the Stone Age, Ash, Calyx, Stereophonics and more. Remix actually includes more tunes than were featured in the first release, but if you want to listen to some tunes of your own, and you're playing on the Xbox version, you can set up your own custom soundtracks.
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix is unashamedly an arcade racer, and a thoroughly enjoyable one at that. While anyone who already owns the first release might find the budget price too much to pay for one new city and a few new vehicles, newcomers will find over twenty hours of offline play, and an online mode that could be played for months. Even if you've had no interest in street racing in the past, Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition Remix should be experienced for the sheer adrenaline rush that it offers, and at this budget price it's a steal.


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A lot of people I know seem to spend a lot of their time rearranging the furniture in their homes. I never can figure out why.
I've been living in my present domicile for 24 years now, and everything is right where it was when I first moved in. Oh, I've added a few things here and there, and thrown some stuff out. But basically, if you'd been here for the housewarming in 1989, you'd find all the tables, chairs, sofas, beds, dressers, cabinets, bookcases and whatnot in their original configuration if you stopped by for a visit today.
I think I know why, too.
When I was a kid, my parents were constantly moving. That meant that the rooms in one house were never quite like those in another � in size or in shape. So a typical layout in one could be all wrong for another.
In preparation for a book about my mother that my siblings and I are grinding away at, we have been combing through her diaries and audio tapes. It shows that from the day I was born 'til I left home for college � a 17-year span � we lived in no fewer than 30 different places.
Now, in terms of history, it must be noted that the entire period encompassed all of the Great Depression and almost all of World War II. It was a restless and brutal time for the country, and especially so for my parents, who had eloped to get married in Canada when my mother was 16 years old.
To say we didn't have much would be an understatement. At one point, I think my favorite toy was a suitcase. When jobs got really scarce, we often picked berries and peddled them around to the "summer people" on the ocean side of the cape where we lived in a little house my grandfather bought for us for $700, his bonus for service in the War to End All Wars.
Making things even harder was our lack of transportation. Without a car for much of the decade of the '30s, my father was forced to take only jobs to which he could walk. Such jobs were so hard to find that he was unable to save enough for an automobile. Catch-22. The severity of the Maine winters only trebled the adversities.
But we made do. Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal spawned an agency called the Works Progress Administration to provide some local construction work on infrastructure such as roads and bridges. Often scorned dismissively as standing for "We Putter Around," the WPA nonetheless kept more than one family's heads above water, ours included.
Some of our moves, I expect, may have been made to keep us one step ahead of our creditors. We didn't get a lot of mail, but even as a youngster, the implication wasn't lost on me that the return addresses on many of the envelopes were those of attorneys-at-law. And one day, when a would-be bill collector rapped at our door, my father ordered me to "stand still and don't say a word" 'til the man left.
Getting back to furniture arrangement, the happiest item in our cape house was left there by a previous owner. It was a wind-up gramophone that played old Edison records � by Caruso, I remember, and Sir Harry Lauder. I still remember the words to many of the songs these fourscore years later.
As for our family, I think we recognize that a rolling stone gathers no moss. But moss is sometimes overrated.
Reach Sid McKeen at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Fluid Power Conference & Expo co-locates at WasteExpo, which will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans May 20-23. The event will feature more than 550 exhibitors, and numerous conference sessions targeted to fleet operators and maintenance personnel.
Because hydraulics is used so extensively in waste reduction and recycling machinery and vehicles, the Fluid Power Conference & Expo will offer a variety of topics on hydraulic fundamentals, symbols, circuits, schematics, and troubleshooting. The Conference will be held the first two days, Monday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 21, of WasteExpo.
Click here to visit the webtie for Waste Expo 2013;
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Click here to see a detailed description of sessions.
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Remembering College of Medicine's founding chair of pathology, Dr. Richard Naeye
Remembering College of Medicine's founding chair of pathology, Dr. Richard Naeye
Dr. Richard Naeye, founding chair and professor emeritus of pathology at Penn State College of Medicine, died last week at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Over the 40 years Naeye gave to Penn State Hershey, he played a pivotal role in the growth and development of the campus and its programs. He was instrumental in the development of the medical student curriculum, mentored numerous faculty, residents and staff, and contributed to science through his work in the area of placental pathology. A strong desire to help others served as a defining characteristic of his professional life.
Naeye earned a bachelor's degree at Colgate University and received his medical degree in 1955 from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed an internship in medicine at The New York Hospital and a residency in pathology at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. In 1958, Naeye moved to the University of Vermont-Affiliated Hospitals in Burlington to continue his pathology training, joining the faculty of the University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1960. In 1967, he accepted the position of founding chair and professor of pathology at Penn State College of Medicine, serving on the faculty here until his retirement in 2008.
Naeye was active in three principal areas of research: coal worker's pneumoconiosis, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and pregnancy disorders with particular emphasis on placental abnormalities and fetal brain damage.The author of more than 270 scientific papers and 37 book chapters, he made significant contributions that advanced medical knowledge and practice in each of these areas. In addition to his accomplishments as a physician, scientist, teacher and administrative leader, Naeye was also a talented photographer who delighted in sharing this passion with colleagues. His legacy will endure, not just through his former students and colleagues, but also through the hundreds of his scenic photographs that grace the hallways of the Medical Center and College of Medicine.
Richard Naeye is survived by his wife, Patricia, and their children, Nancy Naeye Locke, Susan Naeye and Robert Naeye. A memorial service will be held at a date to be announced.


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Posts Tagged 'bangladesh'
Darn that Onion! ;)
BBC News online is reporting that two Bangladeshi newspapers have had to apologize after running an article taken from The Onion (a satirical US "news" website) claiming that the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing was faked.
Apparently, the two newspapers, The Daily Manab Zamin and the New Nation were unaware that The Onion is not a genuine news website. The Daily Manab Zamin ran the story first, and it was later picked up by the New Nation.
Bless their hearts. I'm sure we've all either been in their shoes, or known someone who has. The Onion has a knack for creating "news" stories that often sound very plausible.
Conspiracy Theorist Convinces Neil Armstrong Moon Landing Was Faked


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As the Packers prepare to make their push for the postseason, the only negative from Sunday's positively impressive thumping of the Titans may not be all that bad, after all.
X-rays on receiver Randall Cobb's injured ankle were negative, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
An MRI will be conducted on Monday. Currently, it's not believed that Cobb has any significant damage.
He could play on Sunday against the Vikings; he should be ready to go for the postseason — especially if the Packers end up with a bye.


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Is Christ Enough?
In the letter he wrote to the Colossians, Paul had to deal with a false teaching that scholars often refer to as "the heresy of Colossae." This designation is due to the unique character of the teaching and the fact …Read More
Eastern Bankruptcy
My son, Danny, came home from his Japanese baseball practice exclaiming, "Dad, coach is making us worship the ground." The coach had required them to bow toward the ground in worship. I called a Japanese pastor who said that this …Read More
For the Love of God and Man
When Paul called the elders of Ephesus to meet him at Miletus for a final opportunity of fellowship and instruction, he warned them of serious problems that would emerge in the church. "I know," he said, "that after my departure …Read More
We Wrestle Not with Flesh and Blood
It was the coldest day of the winter as I trudged through the parking lot of the local Wal-Mart. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man, nicely dressed, approach the young lady as she was …Read More
Confusing Truth and Fiction
If you do much witnessing to people these days, you have probably run into this phenomenon: You tell them about Jesus, and they say something like, "Well, the church has twisted around what Jesus really said." You press them …Read More
The Cults as Theological Judgment
Writing early in the last century, J. K. Van Baalen argued that "the cults are the unpaid bills of the church." Van Baalen's influential work, The Chaos of the Cults, represented one of the first comprehensive efforts to evaluate …Read More
Cults 'R' Us
There are any number of ways that cultural confusion always walks down the aisle with relativism. Divorce, in this instance, isn't an option. If, for instance, we all agree that there is no such thing as right and wrong, then …Read More
Angels of Darkness
Christ warned His disciples, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits" (Matt. 15–16a). Like every word uttered by the mouth of the Lord, He …Read More
Modern Cultic Tendencies
Since the nineteenth century, the U.S. has proven to have a cultural soil that is particularly well-suited to the growth and spread of diverse cultic movements. The nineteenth century alone witnessed the rise of numerous small cults as well …Read More
No Other Gospel
As I write about the theological characteristics of cults, I think of my own ten-year involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses. Deliverance from the organization and salvation came when I acknowledged my spiritual condition (Rom. 3:23; Eph. 2:1) and …Read More
The Cult of Personality
Religious liberty is one aspect of American life that almost every citizen of the United States cherishes. Common is the pastoral prayer in any Protestant congregation that includes gratitude for the liberties that Christians enjoy, which permits them to worship …Read More
A Snare in Your Midst
When is a church not a church? This question has received various answers throughout history, depending on one's perspective and evaluation of certain groups. There exists no monolithic interpretation of what constitutes a true church. However, in classic Christian …Read More
Sects of Seduction
From time to time I get a knock on the door from two exuberant representatives of one of the local cult chapters. Although such visits have become less frequent in recent years, it is generally my practice to step outside …Read More
God's Holy Love
The notion of retributive justice — which has been the hallmark of human law since premodern times — has been under assault for many years in Western cultures. Led by utilitarian philosophers such as John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham …Read More
Intolerable Tolerance
One of my seminary professors had a true story that he would tell in order to illustrate the false humility of postmodern relativism. While he was a professor at a state university, he had a student who was an evangelical …Read More


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Kobe Bryant was a popular topic last week, opening up to Jimmy Kimmel for an hour of conversation on Thursday in front of a packed house at Nokia Theatre.
The Lakers All-Star guard told Kimmel he isn't sure if he'll play on opening night (Oct. 29), although he had said in recent interviews that his surgically repaired Achilles tendon feels "really, really good."
Shaquille O'Neal chimed in to say he sees Bryant trying to be ready for the season opener. Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak admitted, "Kobe is a big question mark."
Bryant also sees a return to Pau Gasol as a return to winning. He's also not a fan of how ESPN ranked the Lakers in the Western Conference.
Robert Horry recalled a confrontation with Bryant that ultimately helped the two bond.
New Lakers player development coach Larry Lewis said Bryant is a basketball genius.
A Lakers fan's donation to the Kobe & Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation resulted in a meet and greet with Bryant before the event with Kimmel.
Lakers owner-executive Jim Buss said Dwight Howard was never really a Laker. Kupchak admitted the transition from Mike Brown to Mike D'Antoni was clumsy, especially in how it involved Phil Jackson.
In perhaps the oddest story of the week, Jackson tweeted advice to rapper Kendrick Lamar.
Kupchak also said he doesn't see a reason for the Lakers to tank for the lottery.
Nick Young and Wesley Johnson put up shots at the Lakers' practice facility.
Lakers legend Magic Johnson celebrated his 54th birthday on Wednesday. World Poker Tour will hold a tournament in honor of the late Jerry Buss.
Director of scouting Bill Bertka said his proudest Lakers moment was the drafting of Jim McMillian, which helped lead to the franchise's NBA record 33-game winning streak.
Former Lakers assistant Jim Cleamons joined Larry Drew's staff on the Milwaukee Bucks.
Finally, the Lakers let the trade exception for Christian Eyenga expire.
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AARP: Older African-Americans continue to face workforce obstacles
Washington, DC – Nearly four years after the official end of the Great Recession, African-American older workers continue to confront a difficult job picture across the country.
Federal unemployment statistics for January show that African-American workers between 45 and 74 had an unemployment rate of 9.9 percent, compared with 6.1 percent for whites of the same age. For African-American workers of all ages, the jobless rate for January was a whopping 13.8 percent, compared with an overall rate of 7.9 percent.
New AARP research shows that a large number of older African-Americans are anxious about continuing weaknesses in the economy and small businesses in which they are involved.
"For many years, older African-Americans have faced an extremely difficult job market," said AARP Vice President for Multicultural Engagement Edna Kane-Williams in announcing the release of the research. "Others have confronted major problems as well, but the situation has been – and continues to be – especially acute for diverse communities."
An AARP fact sheet, released in conjunction with Black History Month, summarizes preliminary data from a "Multicultural Work and Career Study" that will be released later this year. The overall survey included those ages 45-74 who were either employed or actively looking for work; it was conducted last November and December.
The strain among older African-Americans is apparent in the fact that a large number – 39 percent – said that it was either "very likely" or "somewhat likely" that they will either lose their job or have to give up working for themselves in the next year.
Among those who said that they were likely to give up working for themselves, 15 percent said that "business is slow", 12 percent cited the "weak economy" and 11 percent mentioned "my health".
Reflecting anxiety on a separate question was the response from 25 percent of all African-Americans in the sample that they anticipated that they may need to take a leave from their job to "care for an adult family member in the next five years." Nineteen percent said that they had already taken a leave to care for an older relative in the last five years.
AARP has a variety of programs and resources to support older workers. Most recently, AARP has begun offering a new way for experienced workers to advance themselves through Work Reimagined, a social network-based jobs program that connects employers seeking experienced workers with qualified professionals searching for new or more satisfying careers. The site (www.workreimagined.org) leverages the platform of the social media site, LinkedIn.
Work Reimagined offers job listings independent of LinkedIn, as well as articles, columns, tips and tools to help people navigate today's workplace.
AARP has also developed an alliance with the Small Business Administration (SBA) to offer resources and advice to encourage older entrepreneurs. Last October, AARP and SBA collaborated to host a National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Day in several cities around the country.
To see a summary of the preliminary data from the "Multicultural Work and Career Study," visit www.aarp.org/stayingaheadofthecurve2013


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Cory Arcangel (b. 1977, New York) is often described as a "digital media" artist, although he is more fully understood as an artist concerned with the forms and processes of digital and media culture. Having first gained widespread recognition for his reworking of obsolete video game systems, his practice has grown to encompass imagery and sound drawn from across popular culture, ranging from Guns and Roses' iconic Sweet Child of Mine music video to Glenn Gould's landmark recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. Arcangel, who studied classical performance and electronic music composition (under tape-music pioneer Pauline Oliveros) at the Oberlin Conservatory, approaches these familiar sources—and the technology by which they are delivered—with the unusual but effective combination of compositional rigor and pitch-perfect deadpan humor. Arcangel's work has appeared in numerous important group exhibitions and has attracted international attention in recent years. This will be Arcangel's first solo exhibition in a North American museum. His installation at UMMA is a newly commissioned work.
This project is made possible in part by the University of Michigan Office of the President and UMMA's New Visions Venture Fund including the Susan and Richard Gutow Fund.


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ABBES officially stands for the Association of Bilingual/Bicultural Education Students. But that does not really answer the question, does it? ABBES provides many opportunities for its members that they would not otherwise have. ABBES is an organization that brings together people with a common interest, bilingual education, to provide an academic support group, a way to network outside and within WIU, a place to foster professional development, and a means to increase cultural awareness.
Members in ABBES are all bilingual/bicultural education majors and minors attending WIU. Membership includes freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, non-traditional students, graduate students, and faculty. Members take several bilingual classes together and can provide a group to study for tests, ask questions, and gather ideas. Also, because all bilingual majors and minors have to take the same classes with the same instructors, we can help new students decide who and what to take, as well as answer questions about the content of the courses.
ABBES has provided its members with a network of resources both within and outside the WIU community. Through the leadership roles our members assume, they learn to work with other campus organizations as well as various offices on campus. Through the organization of various events, ABBES members network throughout Macomb, for publicity purposes. ABBES members are also given chances to participate in ESL tutoring in the surrounding schools, which allows them to gain experience for the future. ABBES also sponsors trips to schools throughout the state with bilingual programs and the members are able to make connections with administrators and teachers. Another way ABBES does this is by having teachers and administrators come to WIU and give presentations. We are able to meet and discuss issues and problems with these people and they are able to see what type of program we offer at WIU. Finally, ABBES members have presented and attended many conferences that allow us to meet a wide variety of people in the field of bilingual education.
All the activities help promote professional development as well as many others. The EIS department has hired a graduate assistant that is fluent in Spanish and offers conversation hours in which members can practice Spanish in a relaxed, non-threatening environment in order to become proficient in our second language for certification and communication with future students and parents. ABBES also has purchased published resources for bilingual education, including activity books, CD-ROMS, children's books, and other educational materials. Not only can these resources be used by students for class work, it is also there to give members an idea of what is out there for future reference.
To finally answer the question "What is ABBES?" we are a diverse group of students with diverse interests, but our commitment to bilingual education keeps us striving to achieve more and more each year in the areas of academic support, professional development, networking, and cultural awareness.


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Welcome to Dallas, and the most carefully-studied track walk this year. Yes, everyone was eagle eyed on track walk, but not because of the track, or because the 250 East SX riders were taking to the track for the first time this year. No, everyone was watching Chad Reed just walk around to see if he looked somewhat normal. And there he was, entertaining his son Tate, even picking him up at once. "Oh, he picked up a three-year-old, that means something!" was the thought.
Finally, we talked to Chad (who crashed on the last lap last week while battling for third, in case you were living under a rock). He explained the main injury is a broken bone near his shoulder which anchors the pectoral muscle and some shoulder ligaments. Right now, he has four fractures, but it's that one that is the real factor. Right now, none of the bones are displaced, so as long as he can deal with the pain, he's okay. But that one bone, with so many ligaments pulling on it, could come displaced, and if it does, it's over—he will need to have a screw put in and he's done. So that's the whole key for making this work—that bone has to stay in place.
Will it? Chad has no idea. He hasn't ridden, run, cycled or exercised in anyway since the crash. Pushups? "I don't need to do pushups, I just need to be able to ride a motorcycle," he said. "They way I see it, if I don't try to race here, the championship is over. If I try to race here, and I can't, the championship is over. So why not try? Even if it doesn't work the result is the same."
When he went out on the track for the first practice, he rolled most of the jumps, did some doubles here and there and hit the whoops. At no point was he charging or logging fast laps, but he got around okay. We hear he'll probably skip the second practice in a bit, which was his plan all along. We'll see how it goes from there.
Okay, you want more than just Chad Reed news?
The dirt here is crazy hard. It felt like walking on a brick sidewalk. That's the way it usually is in here in Dallas so no one is surprised or anything, and riders commented that you'll have to be perfect with the jumps, because if you clip anything it's gonna hurt. The whoops look gnarly but they're close enough together that the riders can just clip over the top pretty easily, not much separation there. We do also have at least one quad in play, very similar to last week's into the bowl turn, but now it's into a 90 degree. It's pretty simple and most riders are already doing it.
250 East riders had a practice session already, Martin Davalos looked fastest first, but late in the session his rookie teammate Adam Cianciarulo logged the top spot. Yes, that was an untimed session but they showed the times on the big scoreboard here anyway—they don't count for anything 'cept bench racing. Most of the 250 East riders weren't putting in full hard, fast laps yet anyway so it's hard to get a good measure on speed this early.
Now timed practice has begun. Look for more updates on twitter and instragram @racerxonline See ya!


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Andy Murray's mother Judy could be facing her own audience - as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Judy Murray, 54, is thought to be in talks to foxtrot her way into the limelight and on to the BBC1 ballroom dancing show.
None of this year's potential contestants are thought to have signed contracts for the next series, to be presented by Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly.
But an insider said: "She'd be a fantastic signing on the show."
The tennis coach, who is a big fan of Strictly and has posted comments about the dancers on her Twitter account, kept schtum about rumours that she could compete on Strictly when she was asked about the possibility on TV show Daybreak earlier this year.
The Daily Mail has now said she is in the advanced stage of talks to join the next series.
The news came as her son arrived on Centre Court yesterday, to a standing ovation, to become the first British man to defend a Wimbledon singles title for 77 years.
The newspaper quoted a source as saying: "The final line-up is due to be announced in four weeks' time and Judy is a long way down in talks to appear on it."
Earlier this year, her friend and former tennis star Andrew Castle hinted that she would love to take part.
"She's a huge Strictly nut and would love to do the show. I reckon she'd surprise people. I'm sure she's got the moves," he told The Sun.
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The good news for the Oakland A's is that Josh Hamilton is leaving the Texas Rangers. The bad news is that he's staying in the division, joining Mike Trout and Albert Pujols with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Hamilton agreed to a five-year contract worth $125 million with the Angels Thursday, according to multiple reports.
The addition of the 31-year-old Hamilton marks the second year in a row the Angels have signed the top position player on the free-agent market. Pujols left the Cardinals for a 10-year, $240 million deal with the Angels last offseason.
Hamilton, a career .304 hitter with 161 home runs and 553 RBIs in six seasons, had another outstanding season for the wild card Rangers in 2012. He hit 43 home runs and drove in 128 runs and had a batting line of .285/.354/.577.
The Hamilton signing comes on the heels of the Angels losing pitcher Zack Greinke to the Dodgers in free agency earlier this week.
Texas, meanwhile, has now lost Hamilton and catcher/first baseman Mike Napoli in free agency this offseason and also traded Michael Young to Philadelphia.


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Welcome to the Home of lets-duet. I make album covers for Glee, The Glee Project, and more. Some covers are inspired by fellow fanartist Maxdume, so credit where credit is due. For more, check out Alternate-Maxdume.
Important Notice: The covers are made out of order, but there is an index, and all covers are tagged with the title, singer, original artist, episode, and more.
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Thy memory be as a dwelling place
For all sweet sounds and harmonies' - William Wordsworth 1798
|Temple Hill - the original house.
|Myself aged 22 months sitting on the gatepost of my first home at 24 Crescent Avenue.
|My father and myself at my first home at 24 Crescent Avenue Enoggera, Brisbane
|24 Crescent Avenue in 2011- and a new generation of father and child..
|Swinging with my sister, left and cousin, right. My bedroom window pictured.
|My Fourth Birthday at 24 Crescent Avenue Enoggera.
|Oakleigh State School
|Oakleigh State School.
|My Grandparent's Home at 16 Garfield Drive, Paddington 2011.
|Another garden which my mother planted at our home in Kenmore.
|My last family home,at Jindalee, Brisbane during the 1974 Brisbane Floods.
|Riding my tricycle at 24 Crescent Avenue.


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New York -- Town Sports International Holdings Inc. (TSI), an operator of clubs in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, opened its 100th New York Sports Club in the metro New York area.
"The opening of our 100th club in the New York area is a significant milestone for Town Sports International, as it underscores the degree of penetration of our unique strategy in the metro area," says Bob Giardina, TSI CEO. "Through our clustering model that focuses on densely populated metropolitan areas in both urban and suburban core markets, we have successfully made fitness convenient to our members both where they work and where they live."
The 15,000 square-foot club is located in midtown Manhattan. Along with equipment with audiovisual entertainment, a variety of fitness options will be available, including multiple studios featuring cycling and group exercise classes.


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"Don't assume your dreams are just fantasy. If you can imagine a world, believe in it…and dive in."
Originally aired at Disney's D23 2017, this trailer provides an in depth look at an incredible new world Sora, Donald, and Goofy will explore in KINGDOM HEARTS 3.
New friends, Toy Story-themed looks, and Keyblade transformations are also revealed as KINGDOM HEARTS goes to infinity…and beyond!
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Encyclopaedic Companion to Medical Statistics, 2nd Edition
Encyclopaedic Companion to Medical Statistics, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 978-1-119-95740-9 June 2011 516 Pages
Key Features:
- Contains accounts of over 400 statistical topics central to current medical research.
- 80% of first edition entries updated and revised.
- Presents the latest techniques used at the cutting edge of medical research.
- Covers common errors in statistical analyses in medicine.
- Real examples from the biomedical literature and relevant illustrations feature throughout.
- Contains contributions from over 70 experts in the field.
Medical researchers, researchers and practitioners in medical research and statistics will benefit greatly from this book.
Table of contents
Preface to the Second Edition.
Biographical Information on the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Abbreviations and Acronyms.
Encyclopaedic Companion to Medical Statistics A–Z.
"I would happily recommend this book to all medical libraries … Public libraries should try to counteract this, in the interests of public health and safety, and might find this book to be a useful back-up tool for the purpose, though it is really designed for a more specialised readership." (Reference Reviews Journal, 2011)
"About 400 entries, updated and revised for this edition, are provided, including 30 new ones, ranging from active control equivalence studies to multiple linear regression to z-score." (Booknews, 1 April 2011)


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H&K Mark 23
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Any of you folks ever shot the mark 23? I love the looks and the capacity of this pistol and im seriously debating selling one or two of my guns to cover the cost of one. The only problem is ive never even held one or spoken with anyone who has. Think i might have to run down to Brunswick and check one out soon.
Nope...sorry to say I never even heard of it.
Want to fill us in on the details...?!
The H&K Mark 23 is a .45 semi auto pistol with a 12 round mag capacity. Its the first .45 cal pistol to be issued to US troops on a large scale since WWii. It is pricey but lord its a beautiful gun. Comes with a thread on barrel for a suppressor. heres a link for those who are interested in its specs.
Theres quite a few H&K pistols with all most the same options but the Mark23 is the crown prince of the line. Well at least in my opinion. Was thinking of selling my Colt Anaconda 44mag and using the money for the Mark 23. I never shoot the 44 anyways. Just a thought i had what yall think?
I own a few Thompson's myself...a solid platform for the .45 ACP...over a century old.
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Company's Policy Requiring Immediate Notification of Pregnancy Is Discriminatory, Federal Agency Charges
DETROIT - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it filed a lawsuit against Muskegon River Youth Home in Muskegon, Mich., for maintaining a discriminatory pregnancy policy for its employees.
According to the EEOC's suit, the home's policies require employees to immediately notify the company once the employee learns she is pregnant, and requires her to produce a certification from her doctor that she is capable of continuing to work."
The EEOC filed suit against Muskegon River Youth Home in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, arguing that the policy is a form of pregnancy discrimination that violates the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, a part of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (EEOC v. Muskegon River Youth Home., Case No. 1:12-cv-01049). The EEOC's suit seeks an injunction against the company which would prohibit Muskegon River Youth Home from maintaining its pregnancy policy.
"Maintaining such a policy violates the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which safeguards the rights of pregnant employees to the same treatment as others," said EEOC Trial Attorney Nedra Campbell. The EEOC takes seriously a pregnant woman's right to the same terms and conditions of employment."
Muskegon River Youth Home is a private detention center for troubled teens. Muskegon River Youth Home is based in the city of Muskegon, and has been in business since 1996.
The EEOC is the federal agency that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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The Kalamazoo Public Library and a large group of community
partners plan to find out! On February 17, 2003, the Kalamazoo Public
Library will launch Reading Together with funding from the Kalamazoo
Community Foundation's BetterTogether initiative and support from
more than 50 partner organizations, including every public library
in Kalamazoo County. Modeled after successful reading programs all
across North America, Reading Together invites people of all ages
and from all walks of life to read and then discuss important
issues raised by a single book.
A community book selection committee chose Ray Bradbury's
Fahrenheit 451 for this first Reading Together project based
on several criteria: it deals with universal social issues;
it appeals to both teens and adults; and it's available in
many formats: large print, Spanish, audiobook, and the 1966
film on video.
Free copies of the discussion guide are now available
at all libraries in Kalamazoo Country. The final
discussion leader training
session will be held March 8. Call 553-7913.
Twenty group discussion events are already
scheduled throughout the county; more are added every day.
Special events include two screenings of the 1966 Francois
Truffaut film at Kalamazoo College, two readers theater
productions of the stageplay by Whole Art Theater, a panel
discussion with the ACLU, and a talk by Ray Bradbury's
authorized biographer and personal friend, Dr. Garyn Roberts.
Check the calendar frequently for the growing list of
discussion groups and special events.
Fahrenheit 451 is available in many formats at libraries and
bookstores throughout the county. Check the
list. Several bookstores are selling some versions at a discount. Get a Reading Together button when you
borrow or buy Fahrenheit 451!
Book groups from throughout the county
can check out Fahrenheit 451 sets, which include 10-15 copies of the
book and a discussion guide, from Kalamazoo Public Library. Call
269-553-7809 or drop by the Outreach Services office at the Central
Library, downtown, Monday to Friday, between 9 am and 5 pm.