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|Marion A. Habig, O.F.M.
In the year 1846, on May 10, the Fourth Sunday after Easter, Archbishop Samuel Eccleston and twenty-two bishops of the United States were gathered in the city of Baltimore, in the Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady, for the opening of the First Session of the Sixth Provincial Council of Baltimore.
Archbishop Eccleston offered up a Solemn Holy Mass, and Bishop Purcell of Cincinnati preached an appropriate sermon.
The ecclesiastical province of Baltimore at this time comprised the whole United States, and hence the Sixth Provincial Council was able to issue decrees for the entire country.
On May 13 the bishops of the United States who were gathered in the residence of the Archbishop and under his chairmanship for the third private meeting of the Council, which began at nine in the morning, adopted a decree by which they chose the Blessed Virgin Mary, conceived without sin, as Patroness of the United States.
This decree, translated from the Latin into English, is as follows:
Shea tells us that it was "to gratify a pious desire pervading the whole United States," that "the Fathers of the Council petitioned the Sovereign Pontiff to ratify their choice of the Blessed Virgin Mary, conceived without sin, as Patroness of the United States, and to transfer the solemnization of the feast to the following Sunday."1
In the fourth private meeting of the Council, held on May 15, same time and same place, the bishops of the United States agreed to ask the Holy See for permission, in all the dioceses of the country, to add the word "Immaculate" in the orations and preface of the divine office and Mass of the Conception of Mary; and also to add in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin the invocation: "Queen, conceived without sin, pray for us."
The latter favors were granted first, by Pope Pius IX, in an audience on Sept. 13, 1846, and announced by the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda (to which the Church in the United States was subject at that time) in a decree published two days later. When the Sixth Provincial Council of Baltimore met the ruling Pontiff was Gregory XVI. He died on June 1 of that year, and was succeeded by Pius IX on June 16.
The choice of Our Lady in her Immaculate Conception as Patroness of the United States was approved by Pope Pius IX in an audience on Feb. 7, 1847; and this approval was announced in a decree of Propaganda dated July 2, the same year. Both of these decrees of Propaganda have the signature of Cardinal Fransoni.
Two more decrees, issued by the Congregation of Sacred Rites on April 10, 1848, answered questions which had arisen. (1) The Mass of the Immaculate Conception, transferred to Sunday, has the Gloria and Credo and the Gospel of the Sunday at the end; and, if the Mass is sung, it has a commemoration only of the Sunday; if it is a private Mass, it has commemorations also of other feasts observed on that day. (2) The obligation of reciting the vespers of the divine office is satisfied by attendance at the vespers of the Immaculate Conception on the Sunday to which the feast is transferred.
It will be of interest to list the bishops who signed the decree by which the Immaculate Conception was chosen Patroness of the United States. The first was, of course, that of Archbishop Samuel Eccleston of Baltimore, the chairman of the Council. Then followed the signatures of twenty-two bishops, three of whom were coadjutor bishops (Louisville, New York, and Boston), one an administrator (Detroit), and one a vicar apostolic (Texas). The twenty-two bishops signed their names in the following order:
The request of the American bishops for permission to add the word "Immaculate" in the orations and preface for the feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin requires some explanation. The feast of the Conception of Mary was celebrated in some places already in the thirteenth century; however, it did not clearly teach the Immaculate Conception. That was done in the Office "Sicut Lilium" and the Mass "Egredimini" of Leonard of Nogarolis, which was approved in 1477 by Sixtus IV; in fact, these had the same oration we have today for the feast of the Immaculate Conception. When Pius V revised the Roman Breviary in 1568, though the Franciscans were allowed to retain the Office and Mass of Nogarolis, this office was dropped for the rest of the Church and the office of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin was substituted, the word "Conception" being substituted for "Nativity."
When the American bishops asked for permission to add the word "Immaculate," they anticipated and perhaps influenced a step taken by Pope Pius IX a year after he had granted the petition of the American bishops. On Sept. 30, 1847, this Pope authorized for the diocese of Rome a new office and Mass proper to the feast of the Immaculate Conception and clearly teaching the doctrine of Mary's Immaculate Conception; and, two years later, he extended the new office and Mass to the universal Church.
On Dec. 8, 1854, eight years and four months after the American bishops had chosen Mary Immaculate as the Patroness of the United States, Pope Pius IX solemnly declared the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary to be an article of faith. Numerous petitions for the definition of this doctrine had poured in during the preceding years; and Pope Pius IX had written the encyclical Ubi primum in which he asked the bishops of the world (1) how great the devotion of the faithful was toward the Immaculate Conception and how great their desire for the definition of this doctrine; and (2) what was the opinion and desire of the bishops themselves.
The American bishops, assembled in the Seventh Provincial Council of Baltimore, May 5-13, 1849, had given a favorable reply to both questions (in decrees I and II, on May 12), informing the Holy Father that the faithful in the United States were animated with a great devotion to the Immaculate Conception, and that they the bishops, would be pleased if the Holy Father declared the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception an article of faith.
The documents in which are recorded all of the facts mentioned concerning the Sixth and Seventh Councils of Baltimore are contained in volume three of the so-called Collectio Lacensis, containing the acts and decrees of the Councils of the bishops of North America and Great Britain from 1789 to 1869, and published by Herder at Freiburg in Breisgau in 1875.
It is interesting to note that among these documents there is one which tells us that Bishop Carroll had chosen the Blessed Virgin as patroness of the diocese of Baltimore at the time he was made bishop. The document in question is the minutes of the fifth session, on November 10, of the Diocesan Synod of Baltimore held in 1791, which was really the first national synod of the United States.
Long before the American bishops, in 1846, chose the Immaculate Conception as Patroness of the United States, a large portion of our country, namely that which has been called "Our Spanish Borderlands," had been placed under the patronage of Mary Immaculate.
It was in 1760 that Pope Clement XIII approved of the choice of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary as the principal and universal Patroness of Spain and its possessions; and that included Our Spanish Borderlands-the states of Florida, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Long before that, however, the Spaniards, both in their homeland and in their world-wide colonies, excelled all other nations and countries in their love and veneration of Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion. The flagship of Christopher Columbus on his epoch-making voyage across the Atlantic in 1492 was named not merely Santa Maria, but according to some historians Santa Maria de Concepcion. To the second island he found in the New World, Columbus gave the name of La Concepcion after he had named the first San Salvador. From that time on, countless rivers, lakes, towns, missions in Hispanic America were named for and placed under the tutelage of La Purisima Concepcion.
In our own Spanish Borderlands no less than ten missions were dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, four in Florida, two in Texas, two in New Mexico, and two in California. The two in New Mexico, at Hawikuh and Quarai, were the first; and one of those in Texas, Mission La Purisima Concepcion near San Antonio, still stands today as it did when completed in 1762-the oldest church of the Immaculate Conception in the United States. The church adjoining the Franciscan friary at St. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1584 and dedicated to Mary Immaculate, was the first church of the Immaculate Conception in territory now a part of the United States.
As early as 1644 Pope Innocent X permitted the feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin to be made a holy day of obligation in Spain and its possessions, while it was only in 1708, under Clement XI, that the feast of the Conception of Mary became such for the whole Church.
In 1761, the year after the choice of the Immaculate Conception as Patroness of Spain had been approved by Clement XIII, Spain and its possessions also received permission to make use of the office and Mass of the Immaculate Conception, which was then in use among the Franciscans and which clearly taught and praised Mary's singular privilege of the Immaculate Conception.
A further concession was made to Spain and its possessions in 1767, when this office and Mass of the Immaculate Conception were permitted, not merely on December 8, but on every Saturday of the year except during Advent and Lent.
A symbol as well as instance of Spain's devotion to Mary Immaculate are the beautiful paintings of the Immaculate Conception by the great Spanish artist, Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-82). El Maestro, as Murillo is called, painted numerous pictures of the Immaculate Conception, the most famous of which is in the Louvre. It represents the Blessed Virgin surrounded by cherubs and standing upon the crescent, her hands folded on her breast and her eyes turned upwards. Similar to it is his famous painting of the Assumption, also in the Louvre.
The spirit of Murillo is indicated by the fact that he never began a religious painting without prayer and penance, and also by the practice of the pupils of the art school which he founded, who met with the salutation: "Praised be the Most Holy Sacrament and the pure Conception of Our Lady!"
The latter became, in fact, a favorite greeting and aspiration among Spaniards everywhere, particularly in the following form: "Alabado sea el Santisimo Sacramento del Altar! Bendita sea la Limpia y Purisima Concepcion de Nuestra Senora Maria Santisima sin mancha de pecado original!-Praised be the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar! Blessed be the stainless and most pure Conception of Our Lady Mary Most Holy without the taint of original sin!"
In all the missions of Our Spanish Borderlands the Indians were taught to sing the beautiful Alabado at services in the church, similarly as we sing the Psalm Laudate after Benediction, and also at other times. The first verse of the Alabado praised the Blessed Sacrament; the second, the Immaculate Conception; and the third, St. Joseph. The first two verses are as follows:
The following is a literal translation:
Fr. Owen da Silva's book, Mission Music of California, has the following version in verse:
There is another form of the Alabado which combines these two verses into one:
And this followed by:
In 1846, therefore, when the bishops of the United States dedicated our land in a special manner to the Immaculate Conception, choosing the Blessed Virgin under this title as the special Patroness of our country, it was a re-dedication as far as that part was concerned which had once belonged to Spain-Our Spanish Borderlands, which were placed under the patronage of Mary Immaculate already in 1760.
In his History of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in North America, MacLeod tells us that in 1862, of more than eight hundred churches in North America which were dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, 145 were named for the Immaculate Conception. Another count made by Fr. Maynard Geiger, O.F.M., in 1943, shows that out of 4,817 churches and institutions in the United States dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, 637 honor the Immaculate Conception.
The United States of America is indeed the land of Mary Immaculate. Very fittingly the beloved poet-priest of the South, Fr. Abram J. Ryan, wrote one of his most beautiful poems in Baltimore on the night of Dec. 8, 1880, opening with these verses:
1 John Gilmary Shea, History of the Catholic Church in the United
States (New York, 1886-92), IV, 28-30.
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iPhone con man knifed to death in knock-off mobile brawl
Fraudster got more than he bargained for
A bloke was arrested after a brawl over a counterfeit Apple mobile led to the fatal stabbing of a con man.
The fight kicked off in Zhengzhou, northern China, according to Henan province newspaper The Dahe Daily [Chinese], which published grisly CCTV footage capturing the moment of the stabbing.
A 29-year-old cook surnamed Feng was out bargain hunting in a shopping district of the city when a man offered to sell him a brand new iPhone for only 2,000 yuan (£200). Realising too late that he'd been had and that the mobile was a knock-off, it is alleged that Feng returned to the area on a daily basis armed with a large knife in an attempt to find the con man.
In the end he didn't find the miscreant who conned him, but happened upon a group of fraudsters who were trying to trick a young boy in the same way. Feng brandished his chopper and they dispersed, it is claimed.
A few days later Feng came across the same gang and, it is alleged, a scuffle broke out, during which he stabbed one of the crooks in the chest and severed a major artery in the right leg of another. The second victim died a day later due to excessive blood loss.
The market in shanzhai - China's counterfeit products - has reached astounding proportions, with the highly sought-after iPhone providing knock-off merchants with a good source of income.
In the end, it's unlikely that this case will keep shanzhai pedlars off the streets, but it may teach a few consumers not to buy electrical kit from dodgy-looking chaps in anoraks. Cops are investigating the death after Feng told them he could not remember what happened during the chaos of the brawl. ®


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Poohblah wrote:I quite frequently drink mate with breakfast. It can give a good buzz even though it's lower in caffeine than a similar amount of coffee. I used to share gourds of mate with my friends in high school. I would recommend three brands (in this order):
1) Mate Factor
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3) EcoTeas
You should be able to find all three brands at natural food stores, such as Whole Foods and Natural Grocers. However, sometimes the grocery stores mark up the price quite a bit. You should be able to find each of those for around $10 per pound. Be careful, because an open bag of mate goes stale after a few months. I once tried ordering a 5lb bulk bag, but I had to toss around a third of it because I had it for 6 months and it was no longer good. In my experience, mate sold off of the grocery store shelves is sometimes not very fresh. One reason I prefer Mate Factor brand is because they vacuum-seal their bags, which increases the shelf life a bit.
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Many writers say you have to write every day.
That's BS.
"Write when you can" is a good rule of thumb for newbie writers trying to break in, or those who have busy lives and need to micro-manage their time.
My personal motto is: "Write before it's due."
I don't believe in muses, any more than I believe in writer's block. I heard a fellow writer once say, "No one ever gets farmer's block." I agree. If your job is to be creative, performing on cue is a must.
And please don't overplay your own importance.
A famous writer once said, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
She didn't ask for comments, but I'd offer, "Being trapped in a burning car seems a bit worse."
Writers tend to do two things really well: whine and inflate their own importance.
Who was that famous guy who spent an entire day anguishing over a semi-colon placement? Am I the only one who thinks this is ridiculous? And we're supposed to look up to him as some sort of ideal for artistic integrity?
Tell you what--spend two minutes fretting over the punctuation mark, then spend the other eight hours of the day volunteering at a soup kitchen. Then you'll have my admiration.
Writing IS NOT HARD. Laying bricks is hard. Curing disease is hard. Fighting in a war is hard.
Writing is sitting on your butt and stringing words together.
And what's with these writers who think all they have to do is write? They really, truly believe it is a publisher's job to sell the books, and all they have to do is turn in a decent manuscript.
Look, I'm the first person to admit that self-promotion is expensive, exhausting, time-consuming, and difficult. I'd much rather sit in my house and write books instead of doing all the travelling, lecturing, signing, and Internet busywork that currently occupies most of my professional life.
But name any other job that is 100% fun. Tell me who loves every second of their 9 to 5 day.
Imagine an executive saying, "It's not my job to take meetings" or a chef who insists "I won't cook vegetables."
Here's a shout out to all of my writing peers: We're entertainers. We're the folks who tap dance on the street corner for money. We should consider ourselves lucky to have this job, and be willing to do whatever we can to keep this job.
Save the drama for that journal your kids will throw away when you die, and realize how good you really have it.
And the next time you think that writing is hard, or that you don't want to self-promote, or that your precious words are the most important objects in the world, gimme a holler. I'll stop by with some matches and a can of lighter fluid and I'll help you readjust your priorities.
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Montana Grizzly football season ticket holders have until Friday, April 4 to receive a discounted price for renewing their seats.
Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Public Relations Brynn Molloy said on Tuesday, April 1, that the deadline for current season ticket holders to purchase their seats at a discount is rapidly approaching.
"If you purchase by 4:30 p.m. this Friday, April 4, you get a discount, which is $235 per season ticket," Molloy said. "Then, the actual extended purchase date for season ticket holders would be Friday, May 9th, and that would be the regular price of $257 each, so we definitely encourage current season ticket holders to save themselves a little bit of money."
Molloy said there are some season tickets available for those who have never purchased them before.
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A unique wildlife calendar is the centerpiece in the latest issue of
Outdoor Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's
official bi-monthly magazine.
Covering 24 pages in the Jan./Feb. 2001 issue, the calendar not only
showcases award-winning color photography of the state's most scenic
landscapes and wildlife, but it also provides tips for landowners, hunters and
fishermen to improve their fishing and hunting. Each calendar month lists up to
10 suggested habitat management practices, along with interesting fish and
wildlife notes for that month. Among others, featured photographs include a
strutting tom turkey, a foggy river bottom, a sunrise on a southeast Oklahoma
stream, a whitetail buck in velvet and scenic fall shots of bull elk and
migrating waterfowl.
"We recognize the important role sound land management plays in
promoting healthy fish and wildlife habitats," said Nels Rodefeld, Outdoor
Oklahoma editor. "From that standpoint, it's important for the
Department to provide timely management information to those who might implement
it on the landscape. Of course, anyone with an outdoor interest will enjoy the
stunning photography."
Rodefeld added that the current issue also features a special section
outlining odds for drawing hunts through the Department's controlled hunts
program. It also contains an article on the agency's Information and Education
Division, along with two popular magazine mainstays – Off the Beaten Path and
Watchable Wildlife Profile. The Jan./Feb. Watchable Wildlife Profile features
the porcupine.
"The controlled hunts information can help hunters better prioritize
the hunts they apply for," he said. "And we've received numerous comments
from hunters who used the information to improve their odds. For those who like
to study data, this is a must-see issue."
Individual copies of the Jan./Feb. 2001 issue of Outdoor Oklahoma are available for $3 if picked up at any of the Wildlife Department's offices, or $4 by mail (mail to Outdoor Oklahoma, 1801 N. Lincoln, Oklahoma City, OK 73105). One-year subscriptions, which are only $10, are available by calling 1-800-777-0019, or you can order over the Internet by logging on to the Department's website at www.wildlifedepartment.com.
auction set for Feb. 3 in Chandler
Hunters and trappers wanting to sell their furs will have an opportunity
Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Agri-Civic Center in Chandler, and based on initial
market reports, prices will be better than last year.
The auction, sponsored by the First Oklahoma Trappers and Predator
Callers Association, begins at 9 a.m., with doors opening at 8 a.m. The building
will also be open from 2-6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, for sellers to bring their furs
and register.
"Fur markets change daily, but the trend is for higher demand, and
better prices, especially on the top-end furs," said Bill Jackson, auction
coordinator. "The colder weather has also helped, making furs primer and more
marketable. Stabilizations of financial markets in China, Russia, Korea and
Japan have also helped create higher prices."
Results from a fur auction held in Kansas in mid-January provide a
reasonable baseline for what hunters and trappers might expect from the Chandler
sale. Average and top prices for pelts sold in Kansas were as follows:
Bobcat: $25 average and $43 high;
Raccoon: $9 average and $21 high;
Skunks: $8 average;
Beaver: $10 average and $20 high;
and Coyote: No furs offered.
Jackson said furs may be sold stretched or green, but that all sellers
must have a valid hunting or trapping license from Oklahoma or their respective
state. All bobcats must have an export tag affixed to the pelt before it can be
sold. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation personnel will be on hand to
tag bobcats. Bobcats from other states must have export tags on the pelts before
entering Oklahoma.
For reservations or more information on the auction, contact Jackson at
Phillips Petroleum Co. honored for commitment
In a ceremony Jan. 25, partners of the Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLVJ) honored Phillips Petroleum Company's commitment to support habitat conservation projects for waterfowl and other wildlife. †Since 1990, Phillips has contributed nearly $1.1 million to protect, enhance, and restore wetlands in the playa lakes region of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado and Kansas.
Additionally, Dr. L.J. Mayeux, president of Ducks Unlimited, presented the organization's top award to Jim Mulva, president and chief executive officer of Phillips Petroleum Co., at a luncheon at the company's headquarters in Bartlesville, OK.
"The Diamond Legacy award is the most prestigious of all awards from Ducks Unlimited," said Mayeux. "It honors donors whose commitment to waterfowl and wetlands conservation reaches $1 million or more in contributions-but the value of the contributions is even greater to the waterfowl and other wildlife who depend on wetlands to survive and to the people who care about our natural resources. To them, the value of a Diamond Legacy contribution is immeasurable."
"I am honored to accept this award on behalf of Phillips Petroleum Company," said Mulva. "We are proud to be a partner in habitat conservation work that ensures a special place where waterfowl and other wildlife can come to rest, feed, and reproduce. We are especially pleased that our contributions have been matched many times over by other partners to leverage the dollars in the most efficient and effective manner possible. I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the entire Playa Lakes Joint Venture for honoring Phillips Petroleum Co."
The ceremony also commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the Playa Lakes Joint Venture, a public-private partnership comprised of corporations, conservation organizations and state and federal agencies, which was formed in 1990 under the auspices of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.
PLJV funding has helped restore and enhance nearly 8,000 acres of critical habitat in Oklahoma. The Hackberry Flat restoration project (7,100 acres) in Tillman County near Frederick is the largest and most acclaimed project within the playa lakes region. Additional Oklahoma projects supported by PLJV dollars include the Cimarron playa in Cimarron county, Lunsford playa in Beaver county and Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area playa in Ellis county.
"Partners come together to accomplish collectively what is often difficult or impossible to do individually," says Ross Melinchuk, chairman of the PLJV. "It takes cooperation and teamwork from many different types of organizations and agencies to accomplish Joint Venture objectives. All of our partners should be recognized for 10 years of hard work and determination to turn goals into reality for waterfowl and other wetland-dependent wildlife-and Phillips Petroleum Company has played a pivotal role in this success story."
The PLJV Management Board partners include, alphabetically, the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Ducks Unlimited, the Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks, the Nature Conservancy of Texas, the New Mexico Dept. of Game & Fish, the Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation, Pheasants Forever, Phillips Petroleum Company, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept., Texas Tech University, the Texas Waterfowlers Association, the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service.
The PLJV partners work together to conserve playa basins, saline lakes, marshes, and riparian environments. The long-term objectives of the PLJV are to protect, restore and enhance 86,000 acres of critical habitat. Since 1990, partners have spent more than $9.2 million to protect, restore and enhance 55,000 acres.
Each spring and fall, 15 million birds migrate through the five-state region, with about one-third of the birds wintering in the 200,000-square-mile Playa Lakes region. An aquifer beneath this area is the largest in North America and gives rise to the vital wetlands that support millions of migratory and resident birds as well as other wildlife.
Playa Lakes Joint Venture projects will provide a reliable source of water during critically dry times of the year. Water levels are managed according to the habitat needs of waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, and other wetland wildlife. At times, the area's wetlands will no doubt be the only migration, wintering, and breeding habitat available in the Playa Lakes region.
Partners, including hundreds of private landowners, have demonstrated how corporations, agencies, and conservation-minded individuals can work together to safeguard our natural resources for the benefit of all society.
Governor recognizes Outdoor Oklahoma
At its regular January meeting, held Jan. 8 in Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission was recognized by Governor Frank Keating for its role in providing 25 years of outdoor programming through the Wildlife Department's weekly TV program, Outdoor Oklahoma.
"It's a very impressive legacy of celebrating our outdoor heritage," Keating said, referring to Outdoor Oklahoma's 25th anniversary. "I watch Outdoor Oklahoma frequently, and it has a very high viewership across the state."
Keating also presented the Oklahoma Education Television Authority (OETA) with a proclamation recognizing OETA's partnership with the Department in producing the show. Airing twice weekly on OETA 6 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. Sunday Outdoor Oklahoma also can be seen on the KSBI network at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, 5 p.m. on Monday, and 10:30 p.m., Thursday. An avid conservationist and outdoor enthusiast, Keating himself has appeared on the show, along with his wife, Cathy, and son, Chip.
Following the Governor's presentation, the Wildlife Commission voted to allow the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to purchase 357 acres for the Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge in eastcentral Oklahoma, and 670 acres for the Little River National Wildlife Refuge, located in far southeast Oklahoma's McCurtain County.
The property is being offered by willing sellers, but because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans on using duck stamp funds to purchase the land, state approval is required. In discussing the sale, several Commissioners indicated they would like to see the Fish and Wildlife Service continue to increase hunting and fishing opportunities at national wildlife refuges in Oklahoma, especially at the Deep Fork and Little River NWRs.
Wildlife Department Executive Director Greg Duffy recognized five Department employees for their tenure with the agency. Dennis Maxwell, assistant chief of law enforcement; Larry Manering, district one law enforcement chief; and Jim Rolin and Carlton Sallee, both law enforcement supervisors, were each recognized for their 25 years of service to the Department and state sportsmen. All four are excellent ambassadors for the agency, Duffy said. Also recognized at the January meeting was Dennis Geary, wildlife biologist at Fobb Bottom and Texoma WMAs. Geary has 20 years of service with the Department.
The Commission's regular February meeting will be held Monday, Feb. 5, at 9 a.m. at the Wildlife Department's headquarters in Oklahoma City.
Aquatic Resources Education training announced
Oklahoma has an abundance of fishing opportunities, but many Oklahomans still have not experienced the thrill of fishing and catching their first fish.
To help expose Oklahomans of all ages to the timeless thrills of fishing, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation offers basic angling instruction through its Aquatic Resources Education Program. The program is supported by volunteers which share their angling knowledge with those just starting out.
"Volunteers are very important to this program," said Damon Springer, aquatic resources education coordinator for the Department. "Most anglers are introduced to fishing by a family member or friend, but there are a lot of kids who have never had a chance to go fishing. The Aquatic Resources Education Program can provide them that opportunity."
Volunteer instructors are trained to coordinate and instruct beginning anglers at fishing clinics and other educational events. A typical clinic consists of several educational stations such as fish I.D., proper casting technique, outdoor ethics, knot tying and water safety. After completing the education portion, clinic participants test their newly acquired knowledge at a local fishing hole.
"We would not be able to provide the number of clinics we do without help from our volunteers, and we're always looking for new volunteers," Springer added. "Fishing clinics provide many kids and adults with their first fishing opportunity, and we want it to be an enjoyable experience. Our trained volunteer instructors share their knowledge and offer a helping hand to clinic participants, allowing those who attend to feel more secure and the opportunity to simply enjoy themselves."
Volunteers must be 18 years or older and must attend a free volunteer instructor workshop. A workshop will be held Jan. 30, 6-9 p.m. at the Department's Oklahoma City headquarters at 1801 N. Lincoln Blvd. (one block south of the State Capitol Bldg.). Pre-registration is required. For information, call (405) 521-4603.
Tournament results available
Bass fishing can be easy at times.
It is just a matter of knowing where to fish.
Anglers can get a jump on the action by checking out the Oklahoma Bass Tournaments 2000 Annual Report. The report ranks the top 22 bass lakes in Oklahoma based on fishing results from more than 700 tournaments held in 2000, providing anglers and tournament directors useful information for future outings.
The 14-page report is compiled by personnel from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's Fishery Research Lab in Norman. Charts within the report contain statistics such as angler success, average number of bass caught per day, average weight per bass caught and the number of hours of fishing taken to catch a bass five pounds or larger at specified lakes.
"The data generated from tournament anglers provides very useful information for fisheries biologist to help gauge trends in bass populations at specific lakes," said Gene Gilliland, senior fisheries biologist for the Department. "We can't survey every lake every year during our spring electrofishing surveys, so the tournament data is very important. It provides us continuous information on fishing conditions and success at these lakes.
"The program is voluntary, but tournament officials are contributing more data every year," he added. "This information benefits everyone in the long run. The more we know about bass populations in Oklahoma lakes, the better informed our management decisions will be."
Based on the 2000 data, Okemah Lake took the state's top honors. Kerr Lake came in second and Keystone Lake placed third in the rankings which factored five angling quality measurements.
Additional highlights from this year's report include the following:
Each tournament averaged 51 bass weighing 119.85 pounds.
The average bass weighed 2.35 pounds.
The average first-place weight was 12.31 pounds, the highest seen since the program began in 1994.
A report about the Largemouth Bass Virus.
Tournament report cards and instructions.
Table outlining the top 22 bass lakes in Oklahoma based on angler success, average weight per bass, number of bass caught per day, hours fishing per bass greater five pounds and average first place weight.
The reports are available by calling the Department's Fishery Research Lab at 405/325-7288.
2001 Fishing Guides available soon
The 2001 Oklahoma Fishing Guides will soon be available statewide at sporting goods stores and fishing license dealers. The 31-page booklets not only list regulations governing fishing in the state, but they also contain fishing tips and other helpful information.
The booklet outlines new regulations for 2001 and provides regional listings of lake-specific regulations. A sport fish of Oklahoma chart is also provided in the centerfold. The chart covers preferred spawning temperatures and locations, best bait choices and prime feeding times and key fishing areas for common fish species.
All of Oklahoma's state designated trout areas also are outlined in the new guide. Maps, individual area regulations and trout fishing tips are provided to help anglers enjoy greater success. Lake descriptions and contact information and a list of enclosed fishing docks also are listed in this year's booklets.
Anyone with questions about fishing in Oklahoma or about state fishing regulations should contact their local game warden, or contact the Department's Fisheries Division at (405) 521-3721. Further information also is available at wildlifedepartment.com.
Time to renew hunting and fishing licenses
While ushering in a new year on the calendar, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation officials remind sportsmen to renew their annual hunting and fishing licenses.
To hunt or fish, sportsmen must possess a 2001 annual hunting and fishing license, said Melinda Sturgess, chief of administration for the Department. The exceptions are the Trapping and Bobcat-Raccoon-Gray Fox licenses, which expire Jan. 31 and Feb. 28, respectively.
For those who enjoy both hunting and fishing, sportsmen can save more than 15 percent off the cost of individual hunting and fishing licenses by purchasing an annual combination license.
"A combination license is a great bargain," Sturgess said, "and it means one less license you have to carry, especially if you purchase some of the auxiliary permits at the same time."
Some of the more popular auxiliary permits are the special trout fishing permit, as well as permits for deer and turkey. Another auxiliary permit available is the unique Land Access Fee. For just $16, the permit gives hunters and anglers a passport to enjoy more than 725,000 acres of the Three Rivers and Honobia Creek wildlife management areas in southeast Oklahoma.
License requirements and exemptions are outlined in the Oklahoma Hunting Guide and Regulations and the Oklahoma Fishing Guide. These publications are available at hunting and fishing license dealers statewide.
Those who have questions about hunting and fishing license requirements should contact their local game wardens. The Oklahoma Hunting Guide and Regulations contains a complete list of game wardens and phone numbers for the entire state. Information is also available from the Department's licensing section at (405)521-4629 or at wildlifedepartment.com.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is responsible for managing Oklahoma's fish and wildlife resources. The department does not receive any general state tax revenues to accomplish its mission. Its operations are funded primarily from revenue generated by the sale of hunting and fishing licenses, and also from revenue generated by special excise taxes on guns, ammunition, motorboat fuel and fishing equipment.
Trout like it cold
The small bobber twitched, then slowly disappeared in the clear, blue water. The excited angler paused, then swept his spinning rod upward. After a brief tussle, he held a colorful rainbow trout in his hand.
With winter's cold setting its sights directly on the Sooner State, most anglers have traded their fishing rods for VCR remotes. But unlike many warm-water species, trout favor cold water and will actively attack an angler's bait this time of year. And with six wintertime and two year-round state-designated trout areas, there are good trout fishing opportunities within an easy drive of most anglers.
"The newest trout area is Pawhuska Lake, located in Osage County," said Barry Bolton, assistant chief of fisheries in charge of management for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. "Pawhuska is a clear-water lake with good bank fishing access. This area should be especially attractive to Tulsa-area anglers and those who live in north-central Oklahoma."
Bolton said that the Department also has adjusted its stocking strategy this winter and will be incorporating some large (14- to 24-inch) rainbow trout into its stocking schedules for each area and encourages anglers to periodically check the Department's official website (wildlifedepartment.com) for an updated stocking schedule.
Complete details on the Wildlife Department's trout areas, along with season dates, regulations, fishing tips and area maps are printed in the 2001 Oklahoma Fishing Guide.
"We certainly encourage anyone who enjoys fishing to give one of our trout areas a try this winter," Bolton said. "It's a fun activity and can really help cure cabin fever."
Anglers are reminded that anyone fishing in a designated trout area must have the required $7.75 trout permit. There are no exemptions, including lifetime license holders and nonresidents.


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Sometimes it's all about the timing of things that make can make a normal day exciting.
KidWorks, a special charity that helps children in the heart of Santa Ana, knew it would have an annual luncheon just before the college football game: UCLA vs. USC.
Terry Donahue, a Balboa Island resident who is highly instrumental with KidWorks, had always been excited about the luncheon. With each week, he became even more anxious, as UCLA improved and USC showed its weaknesses.
Now this Saturday is a big game. The luncheon became a pretty big deal too.
In the weeks and days leading up to the charity event, Donahue wanted to go to great lengths to get the word out about KidWorks.
As Pat Donahue put it, "Uncle Terry even spent three hours with T.J. Simers."
I have never spent time with Simers, but he's one of my favorite sports columnists. I've heard how he can get under people's skin. Yet you wouldn't know that after reading his piece on Terry Donahue and KidWorks, and Terry's brother that was in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday.
Terry's late brother, Dan, remains an important figure at KidWorks and a big reason Uncle Terry continues to talk about KidWorks.
"It's all about helping kids," Terry Donahue said a few minutes before the luncheon. "KidWorks is a tremendous charity right in the heart of Santa Ana. We want to give the kids the opportunity to rise, the opportunity to be successful."
Terry brought along some friends to help raise money for KidWorks, which includes the Dan Donahue Center, a community center in the heart of central Santa Ana's at-risk neighborhoods. The charity group doesn't want to see children head toward a life in gangs.
Sometimes it's all about the timing. Pat Donahue was happy to report $555,000 was raised toward KidWorks.
That turned a luncheon into a celebration. The event was sure to be a hit with the big game coming Saturday, but Terry and his friends wanted to make sure KidWorks would benefit.
The luncheon featured a panel, moderated by Ed Arnold, that featured John Robinson, former USC quarterback Paul McDonald, former USC fullback Brandon Hancock and two former UCLA Rose Bowl quarterbacks Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook, along with Terry Donahue.
They talked about their time in the sun and exchanged trash talk and good-natured jokes, all in the name of charity.
"This event is built around the big game and the luncheon is a type of kickoff for that," Terry Donahue said. "But we're also trying to support KidWorks and we want to try to help young kids get ahead."
There was plenty of local flavor at the event.
It was a pleasure to see former Raiders coach and assistant NFL coach Mike White, a Newport Beach resident, as well as former Newport Harbor High football coach Mike Giddings.
Both obviously have ties to Newport Harbor. White volunteered as an assistant one time under Jeff Brinkley. White and Giddings continue to have great respect for Brinkley, who leads the Sailors into a big game against Villa Park Friday night at El Modena. Villa Park is the No. 3 seed in the CIF Southern Section Southwest Division quarterfinal game. White and Giddings believe the Sailors can pull off the victory on the road. So do I.
As for my pick between UCLA and USC, I'll go with the Bruins. Terry Donahue, who'll be at the Rose Bowl as a fan, said UCLA will win in a high-scoring game.
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The balloons Carol Kane will tie to a Framingham Centre signpost Thursday pay tribute to her great-aunt Josephine Collins. The colors pay tribute to Lydia Taft of Uxbridge, Augusta Cheney of Natick, Louisa May Alcott of Concord, the "Women Taxpayers" of Milford, fellow Framingham resident Louise Parker Mayo, and the thousands of other local women who shared in Collins' goal to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920, and it became the law of the land on Aug. 26.
The balloons Carol Kane will tie to a Framingham Centre signpost Thursday pay tribute to her great-aunt Josephine Collins.
The colors pay tribute to Lydia Taft of Uxbridge, Augusta Cheney of Natick, Louisa May Alcott of Concord, the "Women Taxpayers" of Milford, fellow Framingham resident Louise Parker Mayo, and the thousands of other local women who shared in Collins' goal.
White, gold and purple symbolize the suffragette movement that brought voting rights to all American women 90 years ago, when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920, and it became the law of the land on Aug. 26.
The 90th anniversary "serves as a reminder of both the lengthy struggle that preceded it, and the relatively short period of time that women in the United States have been fully enfranchised," said Anita Danker, a Framingham resident and retired Assumption College associate professor of education.
"I think that Massachusetts women had a more visible presence during the first wave - Lucy Stone, Lydia Maria Child, Abby Kelley Foster and Lucretia Mott were among the most prominent," said Danker. "In 1850, the National Woman's Rights Convention was held in Worcester, and Susan B. Anthony herself was born in Adams."
And a century before the mid-1800s "first wave," Lydia Taft of Uxbridge became the first woman to cast a vote.
Her husband, Josiah, a military officer and Uxbridge's largest taxpayer, died in 1756, "immediately prior to an important vote on the town's support for the war effort in the French and Indian Wars. Josiah's untimely death opened the door for Lydia's step into America's history of women's suffrage," Taft's Wikipedia entry notes. The men of Uxbridge voted to give her Josiah's proxy, and she voted to increase the town's contribution to the war effort.
"Over half a century later, another Blackstone Valley woman, Abby Kelley Foster, who belonged to the Quaker Meeting at Uxbridge, would lead two later famous suffragists," Anthony and Stone, "into the anti-slavery movement," according to Wikipedia. Foster was also noted for refusing to pay property taxes before her death in 1887 because she didn't have the right to vote.
Eyes on the prize
Augusta Cheney, daughter of the Rev. Horatio Alger Sr., founded the Women's Suffrage Club of Natick in 1877.
"In 1881, the club succeeded in putting an article on the warrant for Town Meeting proposing that women be given the right to vote in local elections and hold town offices," Natick resident James Morley writes in his history of the Eliot Church, "From Many Backgrounds."
"The Town Meeting members were all men, of course. The motion was rejected. In 1882 it was put again. Again it was rejected." Even after it failed in 1883, "the women were not daunted." They fought, and won, a measure of equality as full members of the Unitarian Parish that year.
"Augusta kept hammering away at the men for the rest of her life," Morley writes. In an 1896 column Cheney wrote for The Natick Bulletin, "she took no prisoners."
"Home is not the place for every woman," Cheney wrote. "If a woman can do more for her fellows by a public life (and many can), then it is her duty to live her life for the public; if she can do more at home, then her duty is there, and the same will apply to men. There are many men today who would do the country immeasurable good if they would sink into oblivion."
Concord's Abigail May Alcott authored a petition to change the state constitution and grant equal political rights to women in 1853, and in 1880, her daughter, "Louisa May Alcott and 19 other women attended the Concord Town Meeting," massmoments.org reports.
"The year before, the Massachusetts Legislature had made it legal for women to vote in school committee elections. ... The author of 'Little Women' was the first woman in Concord to register to vote.
"She rallied the other women to exercise the limited franchise they had been given," and when their votes had been cast, "she later reported, 'No bolt fell on our audacious heads, no earthquake shook the town.' "
But three years after Alcott's triumphant Town Meeting vote, only seven women cast votes for school board candidates in Concord.
In Wayland, "women served on the school committee before the turn of the 20th century," said Jane Sciacca, president of the Wayland Historical Society, and the town had its share of suffrage sympathizers, "in particular, a Mrs. (Walter) Henderson."
The Wayland Woman's Club records from a March 1915 meeting at Henderson's home, held eight months before the state legislature was to vote on the issue, "the afternoon was devoted to consideration of the equal suffrage question from the point of view of an Anti."
"In spite of its leading role in the 19th-century women's rights movement, Massachusetts was the first state to organize an association of women opposed to suffrage," a Mass Moments article states. "Known as the 'Antis,' these women believed that they could be better, more effective citizens without the ballot. Many of the Antis were active in Progressive era causes; they feared that involvement in electoral politics would erode their influence."
Massachusetts was also home to many Catholics, "and while the Church took no official position, strongly worded statements by leading clerics were issued in opposition to the proposed bill," author Eleanor Flexner writes in her book, "Century of Struggle."
Dorchester native Margaret Foley, a working-class Irish Catholic, was not among those swayed by anti-suffrage sentiment.
Foley's "in-your-face tactics" didn't always sit well with the "largely middle-class leadership of Boston's suffragist movement," a Dorchester history website notes, but she did help Nevada women win the vote a year she addressed a large rally in Milford's Draper Park in July 1915.
Western states and territories were more open to female voters. In 1890, Wyoming was admitted to the Union as the first state to allow women full suffrage. Colorado women were enfranchised in 1893. Utah followed in 1895.
"The suffrage issue was due to come before the Massachusetts Legislature in November 1915," said Framingham resident Libby Franck, who is researching the era for her upcoming performance of Collins' "journey in the fight for a woman's right to vote."
"The Suffrage Parade in Boston on Oct. 16 was magnificent; 9,000 women marched; the spectators were well behaved. Yet despite this beautiful spectacle orchestrated by Alice Paul, the measure failed to pass."
Jailed for the cause
Framingham's Collins and Mayo "represented countless women throughout the country who interrupted their everyday lives to be a part of history," said Danker.
"Thousands of American women fought the battle for the vote. Hundreds of them were jailed and 168 received the suffrage pins. Framingham is honored to have been home to two of them," said Franck, whose Framingham History Center performance is planned Sunday, Sept. 26.
Mayo, the mother of five boys and two girls, left the family's Nixon Road farmhouse in July 1917 to picket at the White House.
"My grandfather, a tall Abraham Lincoln type, said 'Go ahead,' " said Jean Trifero, a Nantucket resident who spent much of her childhood with her grandparents, Louise and William. "He knew if that's what she was going to do, she would do it."
Mayo was among 17 women protesters arrested and sentenced to 60 days in jail. She was pardoned and released after serving two days, but her actions earned her a silver jail-door pin from the National Woman's Party.
"I always have an awful lot of pride in what she accomplished," Trifero said of the woman known to solve math problems for fun and drive "the school barge," a horse-drawn conveyance that ferried students in the days before buses.
Her grandmother's passion for equality included her belief that "college was the goal for everyone. I think only one son didn't go. My mother and my aunt did," said Trifero.
Collins, who was single, owned a teahouse in Framingham Centre and managed the family business, Collins Market, while her brother served in World War I.
Teahouses, such as the one Collins ran, "were all the rage in that era and were frequently patronized by suffragists," said Franck. "I also discovered the Nobscot Mountain Farm Tea House near the Wayside Inn in South Sudbury. Now a private home for sale, I visited it and envisioned suffragists from Framingham sipping tea and muffins there when it was in operation in 1917."
Collins "also had a dry goods shop, after the teahouse," said Kane. "It was that business that was impacted my her 'militant' activities. Husbands would not let their wives shop there" because she had spent eight days in the Charles Street jail after joining a suffrage demonstration during President Woodrow Wilson's visit to Boston in 1919.
"Aunt Jo was the backbone of her family," said Kane. "She was generous and cared for all. She made sure my mother had an education and financed her schooling," as well as paying for her niece to attend summer camp. "She also got my mother her first pair of long pants," the Framingham native said.
"The fact that I know these things, the fact that my mother shared all those memories with me so long after Aunt Jo was gone, just demonstrates the impact this one woman had.
"Of course, I knew from a young age the impact Josephine Collins had on women's rights. She made extreme sacrifices to improve the lives of women going forward," Kane said.
"Our town has much to be proud of," said Franck.
Framingham was also the site of a 1909 suffrage rally in Irving Square, and noted sculptor and local resident Meta Warrick Fuller was a member of the Equal Suffrage League.
The first voters
Milford's first woman to cast a ballot in a presidential election was Grace Nugent, wife of Selectman T.J. Nugent, the Milford Daily News reported on Nov. 2, 1920, and "not a single (woman) found any difficulty in voting" when 1,500 of the 3,800 town voters were female, and Warren Harding defeated James Cox.
In a letter to the editor published Feb. 17, 1921, a group identified as "Women Taxpayers" laid out their vision for their first town election in the spring:
"All we ask are clean upright men to conduct our affairs; our taxes levied equitably and justly; our schools and library maintained at a high standard; our beautiful parks kept clean and orderly; our streets kept clean and in good repair; our youth protected from pernicious influences such as gambling or the semblance of a saloon; our police department an efficient body of men; and each town official carry on his work all the more efficiently."
Wayland's Sophia Sears wasn't quite as starry-eyed about her first encounter with democracy at Town Meeting in 1921.
"I was embarrassed to tears," Sears told the Wayland Town Crier in 1971.
"She merely went along with her husband ... because he assured her all the other women in town would be there," the Crier reported. "They weren't and she was the only woman in the hall."
"The moderator introduced me, said he was honored to have me there and everyone clapped," said Sears. "All the other women in town were home washing dishes and doing their duty, I guess."
Hear us roar?
"For six decades after women obtained the right to vote in 1920, they voted at lower rates than men," Rutgers professor Susan Carroll said in a report posted on the university's Center for American Women and Politics site.
In 1980, both 59 percent of American men and 59 percent of American women reported taking part in elections, according to U.S. Census data that represents "voting and registration estimates alongside various demographic characteristics."
While the percentage of women has been slightly higher than men in each post-1980 Census survey, both sexes are less likely to vote than in 1964, when 71 percent of male and 67 percent of female voters said they cast a ballot. In 2008, the figures were 56 percent for men and 60 percent for women.
The Massachusetts Secretary of State's office doesn't have a breakdown of voters by gender, a spokesman said, nor do local town clerks surveyed.
"We don't pay attention to who votes" in regard to gender, said Hopkinton Town Clerk Ann Click.
Those who followed in the pioneering footsteps of state Reps. Susan Fitzgerald, D-Jamaica Plain, and Sylvia Donaldson, R-Brockton, who went to Beacon Hill in 1923, also said they aren't aware of differences in the number of men and women who cast ballots these days.
"It seems to be 50-50 when I'm standing outside" a polling place, said state Sen. Karen Spilka, D-Ashland.
State Rep. Pam Richardson, D-Framingham, said that's been her experience as well, and "of the volunteers that are helping me, I think it's 50-50."
But, said Richardson, "we still have a long way to go as far as equal representation. More men than women run for public office. More men than women hold public office."
That might change in coming years.
"I've been impressed by the number of women applying for internships" at the State House, said state Rep. Carolyn Dykema, D-Holliston.
"We've come a long way, but we're not there yet," said Spilka.
"I think it's something we take for granted," she said of the right to vote, "but that was an amazing thing that the women of that generation did."
"I go up to the Mayo-Collins Square every Aug. 26 and put white, gold and purple, the suffrage colors, balloons on the sign that bears (Collins') name," said Kane.
"And I write 'Votes for Women' on the balloons."
(Julia Spitz can be reached at 508-626-3968 or firstname.lastname@example.com.)


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SOCORRO, N.M., April 3, 2003 -- More than 500 middle school and high school scholars from throughout the state will exhibit their research projects on Saturday, April 12, at the 51st Annual New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair on the New Mexico Tech campus.
The student exhibitors will compete for more than $100,000 in awards and scholarships. Students qualify for the state competition by placing in one of six previously held regional science and engineering fairs. Four senior division grand award winners and two alternates will be chosen at the state level to advance to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 11 - 17.
Exhibits at the state science fair will be judged on Saturday, April 12, during the morning and early afternoon, with display areas opening for public viewing later that afternoon, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the New Mexico Tech Gymnasium.
The evening before the event, the Graduate Students Association features a talk by James Oberg, former NASA space engineer, author, and NBC News space analyst. Oberg will discuss "Investigating the Columbia Catastrophe." The talk is at 7:30 p.m. in Macey Center and is free and open to the public.
New Mexico Tech has been hosting the New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair since the science fair's inception in 1953.


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Draft a no-win proposition for UT's Brown
AUSTIN — Let's say Kenny Vaccaro is selected in the first round of Thursday's NFL draft, then signs a fair contract without letting a music mogul negotiate it for him.
Let's say Vaccaro never takes a Ricky Williams-like break from football to live in a tent in Australia. Let's say he never has a coach question his work ethic or mental well-being, like Vince Young's did. Let's say he avoids winding up with Cedric Benson's rap sheet, or Chris Simms' boos, or Colt McCoy's clipboard.
Let's say, instead, Vaccaro thrives in the NFL like dozens of other former Texas Longhorns before him.
Then the story won't be that Mack Brown coddles his talent. It'll be that he wastes it.
We've come to the point when, in terms of perception, Brown can't win anymore. If one of his stars falls on his face as a professional, it's because Brown didn't prepare him ("The whole coddling phenomenon is a University of Texas specialty," a national columnist for Fox Sports wrote last month). And if another makes a Pro Bowl, as many Texas-exes do, it's viewed as evidence Brown's teams underachieved.
Sometimes, such criticism is justified. Just as often, though, it's ludicrous. This week, The Sporting News released a ranking of all 125 coaches in college football's highest division. Brown was listed 39th.
That was not a typo. The same guy who won more games than any program in America from 1998-2009, the guy with seven top-10 finishes and 10 bowl victories at UT, was held in lower esteem than Air Force's Troy Calhoun, UCLA's Jim Mora and North Carolina State's Dave Doeren.
Brown's never coached against those relative youngsters, but a track record wouldn't matter anyway. He's 8-2 in his career against Mike Leach, he's 6-2 against Mike Gundy and last season he beat Hugh Freeze by five touchdowns on the road. According to The Sporting News, all three of those coaches are better than he is.
The only explanation is Brown makes an easy target. Leach emulates pirates, Gundy rants about being a man, and Freeze has become his generation's Coach February, and yet, universally, roasting Brown seems like more fun.
Part of that he brings upon himself. He is overprotective of his players. He does lose games to teams with less talent. And given all of the resources and inherent advantages at UT, maybe there are 38 coaches who would have won more than 22 games in the past three years.
So no one is going to feel sorry for him, especially when he's still earning more than $5 million per year. But when Vaccaro — who wasn't listed among the top-40 recruits in Texas four years ago — walks onto the stage in New York and dons the hat of an NFL team Thursday, no one will give Brown any credit, either.
This is how this stuff works, and Brown knows it. The Longhorns had an unparalleled 11 defensive backs in the NFL last year, but that's attributed to secondary coach Duane Akina. They had 45 active players overall, third most of any college program. But that just showed they can recruit. Five of those alums made the Pro Bowl, so why didn't Brown win more when they were around?
That brings us to one of draft night's few certainties. No one can be sure if Vaccaro will be a steal or a bust. But either way, somehow Brown's image will suffer.
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The Sun
by Helen Homa and Peter Grabarchuk
Put together three black wire pieces to form a
composition of three letters, S, U and N. The letters' shapes should
be the same as shown beneath the pieces and with no rotation or
reflection. In the final composition the letters can touch each other
with their corners only. It is not allowed to rotate the pieces,
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Rifle with crucifix
By Steve Schneck, director of Catholic University's Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies and a Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good board member.
This article first appeared as a Common Good Forum in the Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good website.
The current issue of Columbia, the monthly magazine of the Knights of Columbus, should give faithful Catholics pause. The cover is Orwellian, featuring an illustration of an apparent cowboy, astride a black horse, with a 30-30 Winchester in his right hand and a large crucifix around his neck. Emblazoned in red across the bottom the words read: "Freedom Is Our Lives." The issue is devoted to mobilizing Knights to fight for religious liberty against the Obama administration.
Cracking the cover, it turns out that the Cowboy With Rifle and Crucifix illustration is a stylization of General Enrique Gorostieta Velarde. In the 1920s, Gorostieta was a guerilla leader in the Cristiada uprising against the dictatorial Mexican president Plutarco Calles. Calles blended the '20s-flavored dictatorships of Mussolini and Lenin with homegrown peasant populism. A zealous atheist, he outlawed Catholic religious orders, outlawed Catholic education, and severely restricted the practice of faith, including the administration of the sacraments. Thousands died as a result of his persecution. Perhaps best known to Americans through Graham Greene's novel, The Power and the Glory, priests were summarily executed by firing squads, churches were burned and looted, and Church land and properties were seized by the state.
The head of today's Knights, Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson argues in the Columbia issue that the Cristero War and the atrocities of Calles should inspire Catholics with "lessons as we defend religious freedom today." "Today in the United States," he claims, "it is impossible to recall these events without thinking of current threats to religious liberty, including the Obama administration insistence that contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs be included in the health insurance programs of Catholic organizations." Anderson—formerly an aide to one-time segregationist Sen. Jesse Helms and subsequently head of public liaison for the Reagan administration—ends his exhortation by quoting Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, out of context: "We did not ask for this fight, but will not run from it. "
Such agitprop should frighten us all. This goes even beyond the over-the-top rhetorical comparison of President Obama to Hitler or Stalin—as Bishop Daniel Jenky did recently in Peoria while leading a 500 man march through that city. This is more than comparing the president with the dictator Hirohito, which seemed to be what Anderson intended in his remarks at this spring's National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. No, Columbia's implication is that things are so dire for American Catholics that even extreme rhetoric is not enough. Given the illustrated cover and Anderson's connecting-the-dots, the implication is what? That it's time for armed resistance?
A new Cristero War? Rifles with crucifixes? Let's note what's ridiculously obvious. There is no persecution of Catholics in the United States.
Catholics, though only one-quarter of America's population, hold the majority of seats in the Supreme Court, hold about one-third of American governorships and about one-third of the seats of Congress. The false charge that the Obama administration is anti-Catholic runs directly in the face of the fact that the Vice President is Catholic and that more Catholics hold Cabinet positions under this president than probably any other administration in history. Catholics are significantly over-represented in the leadership of both political parties. Catholics are freer to participate in the nation's public life than at any other time in American history—and overwhelmingly do so. By every conceivable measure Catholics are thriving today, thanks in no small part to American pluralism and to the modern protection of religious liberty by government since the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Catholic institutions are not denied religious liberty by the Affordable Care Act and not morally compromised by its contraception mandate. A pretty good wall of conscience protection surrounds the health care law, insulating religious institutions from complicity in providing drugs opposed by the Church. All diocesan health insurance plans (and all sub-plans organized under diocesan management) are completely exempt from providing contraception insurance. All plans for religious orders or sub-plans organized under religious orders are completely exempt. All Catholic colleges and universities with self-funded student plans can be completely exempt. And while employees of public Catholic institutions such as hospitals and charities will receive coverage for these drugs, the religious institutions themselves play no role in either paying for or facilitating that coverage. Planned accommodations shield Catholic hospitals and charities from involvement by having outside insurance companies or plan administrators pay for and facilitate the objectionable coverage. Moreover, these accommodations still remain open for tweaks and adjustments as religious groups work with the administration during the existing comment period that extends for many more months.
Around the world, in countries far more Catholic than the United States, the Church has found ways to co-exist with national health programs that include drugs and procedures at odds with its teachings. In these countries Catholic institutions still flourish. But in America, Columbia suggests, it must be another Cristiada? This is an unacceptable escalation of America's highly partisan culture war. It needs to be called out for what it is: dangerous. It's past time for cooler heads—perhaps sage Roman heads—to intervene before excesses driven by the deep pockets of organizations like the Knights of Columbus spiral out of control.
This is not to say that Church related groups ought not work for more Catholic friendly policies from government. Arguably, we must continue to work with Congress and the White House for more accommodations for our institutions in the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Likewise, it's appropriate for Catholic groups to complain if they think that the programs of Catholic Relief Services are not getting funded like they should by USAID or that Catholic charitable programs are being unfairly limited by regulations that undercut their opportunities for government funding. But for Columbia to wrap such everyday policy-wrangling in the battle flag of religious liberty, to convey to Catholics in the pews that there's a "war" being waged against their faith, or to suggest that the President of the United States should be compared to Hitler, to Hirohito, or to Mexico's rabidly anti-Catholic Calles is scandalous. To look to the rifles of the Cristiferos for "lessons as we defend religious freedom today" borders on something even more than scandalous.
The Knights of Columbus is an important and worthy organization that has rendered extraordinary service to America and American Catholics for more than one hundred years. Founded as a mutual aid society for what was then a largely immigrant Church, the Knights provided services that enabled generations of poor Catholics to bridge from their 19th century ghettos to the full inclusion and success in American society and public life they enjoy today. In those early years, Catholics faced real discrimination in the United States and the Knights were there to help. The Church owes an enormous debt to the organization. I honor its history and mission.
But, the machinations of the Knights' current leadership as evident in this month's Columbia are very troubling. Enough with the war footing. Enough with the totalitarian-atheist comparisons. Enough with the agitprop. Most importantly, shame on Columbia for that rifle.
Guest blog posts do not neccessarily reflect the opinions of U.S. Catholic, its editors, or the Claretians.


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Northeastern Junior College is announcing the re-establishment of its Spring Beginnings Scholarship program this coming January. This program has been offered in the past as an incentive for students to enroll mid-year. Only a limited number of these $1,000 housing awards will be offered. Deadline for application is January 4, 2013. Spring semester begins January 22nd.
Spring Beginnings is designed for students who may be graduating mid-year from high school and want to advance on to college in January. It is also available to traditional age students who chose not to begin college last fall and have now decided they want to move on with their education. Local students who are enrolling in college for the first time and want to live on campus instead of at home are especially encouraged to apply. It is also available to students who may have started at a university elsewhere in the fall and have decided, for whatever reason, they would like to downsize to a smaller, less expensive college. The scholarship helps cover the cost of a room on campus.
Anyone interested in applying for a Spring Beginnings Scholarship should apply for admission, submit a high school (or college) transcript, and complete the necessary application by January 4, 2013. The student must be a new student to NJC planning to enroll in the spring term for at least 12 credits and live in a residence hall. The application is available online at www.njc.edu/spring
This scholarship has not been made available for several years now as the college dorms have been full to capacity going into spring semester. The residence life program anticipates having some open rooms this spring.
If you have questions, contact the office of recruitment at 521-6652 or the housing office at 521-6655.
Northeastern Junior College • 100 College Avenue • Sterling, Colorado 80751 • 1-800-626-4637
The college is working on fully conforming the njc.edu website to the WCAG 2.0 AA standards for accessibility. During this transition, an alternative medium for accessing information about our programs and services can be provided by contacting Steven Smith at firstname.lastname@example.com or 970-521-6657. If you have any suggestions for improving the accessibility features of our website, please contact the webmaster at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Scientists have taken inspiration from Moby Dick to find a solution to hazardous space debris.
Like Herman Melville's fictitious whale hunter, Captain Ahab, they plan to use harpoons to spear orbiting junk that threatens satellites and astronauts.
The European Space Agency (ESA's) Clean Space project turned to the ancient technology after investigating numerous options, including nets, clamping systems and robotic arms.
A test mission known as e.DeOrbit is planned that will fly a hi-tech tethered harpoon into space between 500 and 600 miles above the Earth in 2021.
Using sophisticated sensors and an intelligent control system, the probe will select a suitable target probably weighing several tonnes and tumbling.
Once snared, the junk will be reeled in and steered down to make a controlled burn-up in the atmosphere.
More than 17,000 trackable objects larger than a coffee cup are known to be circling the Earth, posing a serious threat to space missions.
Even a one centimetre-wide nut could slam into a valuable satellite with the force of a hand grenade.
The harpoon is designed to deal with large items, such as rocket upper stages, that present an even greater danger.
Sooner or later they will be involved in collisions, resulting in debris clouds and a potential chain-reaction of destruction like that depicted in the movie Gravity.
The harpoon concept has already undergone tests on the ground at plane-making company Airbus's defence and space division facility in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
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- a canvas tool bag to keep everything in
- grass clippers (probably just hand clippers - not electric)
- a camera (we always bring that anyway)
- extra batteries for the camera
- a kneeling pad
- a notebook
- pens or pencils (more than one)
- an edging tool (I'm questioning this one - I'm not sure how it would look if you were "digging" around with an edging tool. Would people object?)
- In certain circumstances we could've used a loppers - but again, I don't know if it's acceptable to take one into a graveyard and start lopping away at the brush to get to the tombstones!
- a spray bottle of water
- a sponge or a very soft brush
Monday, October 11, 2010
Essential Items for a Graveyard Hopping Kit
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I love that your post coincides with exactly what I am writing about today! I am teaching an online course for Family Tree University about cemetery research.ReplyDelete
I have a kit based on Sharon DeBartolo Carmack's book. Here a photo:
I try never to "dig" in the graveyard without permission from whoever oversees the burying ground. It might be that the city or town needs to be notified if you want to use "tools".
Great post!
Oooh - I love the picture of your kit, Midge! Lots of great ideas.ReplyDelete
And stupidly, although I have the Sharon DeBartolo Carmack book for sale over in the right nav bar, I hadn't gotten it for myself yet. I just rectified that!
Thanks for stopping by!
One of the other bloggers (sorry, I know it's one of two people, but I don't remember which one!) includes a dry erase board and marker. You can write the inscription on it (for those hard to see inscriptions). Take one photo of the stone with the dry erase board and one without. At least when you get home, you know which marker it was supposed to be.ReplyDelete
That's a good idea too! Just tonight I've looked at photos of two stones that I can't read the inscriptions on. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Yes, people will question you if you walk into a graveyard with a few shovels or a chainsaw or a huge overfull garbage bag or something, but from my experience, people understand that if you are going to an ungroomed section of a cemetery, it's necessary to bring some gear with you, even if it's just for a non-photographic visitReplyDelete
You might get some looks, but people quickly get the idea when they get a closer look and most will respectfully try to ignore you
Unless of course you happen to be digging in one of their relatives graves, in which case you should also bring a witness our two with you
Also, this might sound strange, but a cheap dollar store toilet brush can go a long way with a bottle of plain water for cleaning then off, and the brushes last a long timeReplyDelete
A trowel is a good addition - there are cemeteries and have-been cemeteries that no one cares for, where a little digging is certainly excusable.ReplyDelete
I just discovered your blog through a genealogy newsletter and I'm surprised to find I'm not as alone as I thought I was in cemetery hopping!ReplyDelete
While these aren't necessarily tools for cleaning up gravesites, I have found it absolutely necessary to keep sunglasses, water and a snack with me as well. Maybe bug spray depending on the place and the season!
I don't usually end up cleaning off too many headstones, but I did pique someone's curiosity once while recording information from gravestones at a small cemetery in the town I grew up in. I was just mapping it out as part of a thesis I was writing, but this older couple admitted they thought I was working for whoever owned the cemetery, determining "who stays or who goes"! Strange.


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Slash, 'Made in Stoke 24/7/11′ – Album Review
What is the sound of a homecoming? If you're Slash — who recorded his 'Made in Stoke 24/7/11′ double-disc concert set earlier this year in his English birthplace of Stoke on Trent — it's beautiful, bestial and bombastic…just like the man himself!
Tapping Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) for vocals, the former Guns N' Roses guitarist turns in a celebratory 21-song set that spans his days with Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver, all while taking a look into the future of his burgeoning solo career.
Among the concert's heaviest cuts are undoubtedly 'Nothing To Say' (from Slash's long-overdue 2010 eponymous solo debut) and 'Speed Parade,' (from 'Ain't Life Grand,' the second post-Guns album the guitarist released back in 2000.)
'Nothing To Say,' co-written with Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows, sees Slash shedding his usual blues-based fretwork for some denim-and-leather style New Wave of British Heavy Metal riffing. Meanwhile, 'Speed Parade' finds the veteran six-stringer treading briefly on nasty sonic territory that's more commonly occupied by Bay area thrash metal bands.
As for Kennedy, he knows he has big shoes to fill in the shadow of Axl Rose and sometimes overcompensates — 'Night Train' finds him turning in a vocal performance almost more whiny and nasally than the original. But more often than not, the singer pays tribute without going overboard.
Despite its simplicity, 'Patience' never feels like it gels on 'Made in Stoke.' Maybe it's Kennedy's inability to do that most Axl-like of traits during the intro: 'Whistle if you feel free,' the frontman warns the audience. 'I can't whistle for s**t!' On the other hand, Slash & Co. nail 'Sweet Child O' Mine' in classic form from the moment its indelible intro riff starts cranking.
And what document of a Slash concert would be complete without a standalone guitar solo? The top-hatted rocker gets his shred on during "Godfather Solo." Slash even sees fit to get all neo-classical in an Yngwie Malmsteen kind of way during his loose take of Italian film composer Nino Rota's celebrated score.
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About UNC Chapel Hill
The University
About CarolinaWhat is a Tar Heel? What's the story behind the famous Old Well? Find the answers to these questions and more within the About Carolina site.
Visitor's Guide [.pdf]Check out UNC's latest Visitor Guide for information about Carolina including quick facts, athletics, and more.
Parking and Transportation
If you are visiting the medical campus, we suggest you either bus into campus or use the Patient/Visitor parking deck located off of Manning Drive. Employees and students must either bus into campus, join one of the many area carpools, or apply for a parking permit.
BusingSeveral Park and Ride lots are located outside UNC's major entrances. Busing is free within Chapel Hill. Take a look at the Chapel Hill Transit site for Park and Ride lots and bus routes.
Patient/Visitor Parking Deck
UNC's Department of Public Safety (DPS)Take a look at the DPS site for information about how to apply for a permit, parking maps, and how to pay/appeal parking tickets.
The Town
Chapel Hill Visitor's BureauThe visitor's bureau site contains information about what to do, where to stay, how to get here, and more!


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Done this site for hiring caravans.
What i need to know is what can i do to move up the google rankings. Im on page 3 at the moment when searching for flamingo land caravan hire.
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Did anyone see this? Benjamin Charles Watson of The L.A. Complex recently uploaded an amazing video where he shares his ongoing struggle with depression and low self-esteem.
"A lot of people suffer from depression but they just don't talk about it," says the actor who portrays the openly gay "Tariq". "I understand what it's like to not even want to get out of bed. But recently a lot of good things and good people have [come into] my life. Only because I just don't care anymore about [celebrity]."
Awwww. I just want to give him a huge hug. He's so honest and moving. Watson also credits fan reaction to his character on The L.A. Complex.
Speaking of disappointment: There has been plenty of emotion over the return of Tariq and his scene with Kaldrick. But what about the kiss with bland whatshisname? #Yawn.
Watson's moving video is AFTER THE JUMP ...
Continue reading "VIDEO: "The L.A. Complex's" Ben Watson on Depression, Self-Esteem" »


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With its striking colorful design, the RedRev watch lets you feel the rush of speed on the track.
The three-hand RedRev watch for Scuderia Ferrari fans that want to wear their passion every day features a bright combination of colors. The case and bezel are black, while the wide red dial stands out for its racing-inspired honeycomb pattern. Black details and the Shield in its unmistakable colors at 12 o'clock elevate it further. The watch is finished with a bold black silicone wrist strap with aerodynamic red details.
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Society Digital Badging
Society for Science & the Public and the sponsors of its competitions are pleased to present an online badging system to recognize high school students' participation and achievement in science fairs and independent student research.
Through this program, students who participate in Society-affiliated science fairs, as well as those who take part in the Society's premier high school science competitions -- the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) and the Regeneron Science Talent Search (Regeneron STS) -- will be able to claim, display, share and promote the badges they've earned. Badges also will be awarded to the science fair community at-large, including educators, mentors, judges and volunteers who take part in Intel ISEFand Regeneron STS. Each past participant will receive a public profile page featuring any awards they've won in the Society's competitions and, for more recent winners, the digital badges they've been awarded.
What is a digital badge?
Digital badges are a way to recognize skills and achievement gained outside of an official school or work setting.
Digital badging has gained popularity recently as a key ingredient in online and informal education -- it's a way to inspire learning, certify achievement and validate that you've acquired new knowledge or skills.
The Society and Intel, a longtime Society sponsor and partner, created this badging platform as part of the Mozilla Open Badges initiative, a new online standard to recognize and verify learning. The development of this website was made possible by a 2012-2013 grant from the Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition, part of the Digital Media Learning Competition, in collaboration with the Macarthur, Gates, and Mozilla Foundations.
How do I get started?
The Society notifies badge recipients by email whenever badges are awarded, typically following judging of our competitions. The Society uses the email address it has on file for students, judges and volunteers of our competitions.
You may view your badges by logging into the Society Badging site.
This digital badging project was made possible by a grant from the Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition, part of the Digital Media Learning Competition, in collaboration with the Macarthur, Gates, and Mozilla Foundations.


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