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Ludovic Halévy, Hector-Jonathan Crémieux
Czech translation of the song lyrics: Ivo Fischer,
Czech dialogues: Ivo Fischer, Šimon Caban
Musical preparation: Jan Chalupecký
Stage director: Michal Caban, Šimon Caban
Sets: Šimon Caban
Costumes: Simona Rybáková
Choreography: Jan Kodet
Light design: Pavel Dautovský
Chorus master: Adolf Melichar
Dramaturgy: Jitka Slavíková
State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Extra dancers
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) was referred to by Gioachino Rossini as the "Mozart of the Champs-Élysées". An inspired artist, whose oeuvre encompasses dozens of vaudevilles and operettas, Offenbach provided a model of music theatre, reflecting by means of comedy and persiflage the issues of his time. The most acclaimed were his operettas Orphée aux enfers and La belle Hélène, which against the background of the mythological stories wittily parodied the political and social situation during the time of the Second French Empire under Napoleon III. Orphée aux enfers, a brilliant comedy replete with gods, is set in Thebes, on Olympus and in the realm of Pluto, the ruler of the Underworld. Offenbach and the librettist Ludovic Halévy turned one of the best-known Greek myths inside out, transforming the couple into a dysfunctional family, with the two partners cheating on each other and Eurydice ultimately running away for a better life to join her lover, Pluto, in the Underworld. The widowed Orpheus does not rejoice for long, as Public Opinion compels him to go to Olympus in order to coax Eurydice back. The gods on Olympus rebel against their eventless and boring life. Eurydice too grows weary in the Underworld and so she willingly yields to a fly, the disguised Jupiter. And owing to Jupiter, Orpheus' expedition to the Underworld fails and everything ends happily: Eurydice becomes a Bacchant on Olympus and Orpheus is finally free! Offenbach's operetta has attained immortality thanks to its engrossing melodies, effulgent dialogues and, last but not least, the "Infernal Galop" (the music for the "can-can"), which in the wake of the work's premiere, on 21 October 1858 at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, went on to become a musical symbol of Paris. In Bohemia, Orphée aux enfers was first staged on 13 December 1863 at the Royal Czech Provisional Theatre in Prague. Some 158 years since its premiere, the operetta remains a dashing, still topical, satire entertaining audiences worldwide. And it doesn't matter if it is set in Antiquity or – as is the case of our production – in the very present, on the grounds of the European Parliament.
The opera is staged in Czech original version. English surtitles.
One Interval: after Act I
Approximate running time, including an interval: 2 hours 40 minutes


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These are hard things to acknowledge about oneself, looking in the mirror, finally listening to that voice and knowing that you fucked up.
Though I have spent the past few years fighting with all of my might to stay on top of this all, to bury it, to run from it and pretend it wasn't so, or that it would magically change, I am now forced to look at it for what it is and to see what damage I have allowed to begin growing roots in all the wrong places. Most importantly, above anything else, I now cannot deny that I am breaking and it is affecting Makiya.
The things that I need to do, say and become have brought me to a familiar point, one that screams out at me to get busy. Once, many years ago, I reached the same point, and was forced to ask myself the question, "Never mind five or ten years, never mind next year or next month, I do not want to wake up TOMORROW feeling/living like this again.", of course, the answer being no, the very next morning I found my voice and made a permanent change. While the place that I find myself now is much different than that moment, that question is getting louder in my ear again.
It's funny, I know that I am not stupid or weak, I know that I am strong, courageous and smart, and that when I allow it in myself, I can also be very determined and accomplish whatever I desire. Yet, here I sit, in a position that I allowed myself to slide into, struggling to find a way to make it all right again.
As always, I do know that I WILL find my way through this, just as I am meant to, when I am meant to, but I think that for a time, the "flow" may need a little more self direction.

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Gossip Girl Fashion Credits: Season 6, Episode 8
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Gossip Girl's third-to-last episode aired last night, and while the series may be winding down in the most fashionable of ways. Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) went for a menswear-inspired look in a gray suit and silk Gucci blouse at Serena and Dan's Thanksgiving fete, while host, Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), made a statement in a McQ Alexander McQueen dress. For more looks from the "It's Really Complicated" episode, click through the gallery. Be sure to catch Gossip Girl Mondays at 9/8c on The CW, then come back to news.instyle.com for our weekly fashion credits.
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The Kid Question
When I first began sharing my newest research endeavor—to explore the role of homemaking in healing our current global crises—I spoke with a slight tremor in my voice. I was afraid of what people might think: that I'd stepped onto a slippery path that begins with being a small-scale farmer and ends with a silenced woman diligently serving husband and a vast brood of children in a cloistered household far removed from society. But when I talked about homemakers, I had an entirely different idea in mind. Both sexes were involved, and they were people who used the home as the foundational unit for profound social, ecological, and economic change. Homemakers could have children or be child-free; they could be male or female. My argument to reclaim the home was not a statement about reproductive choices.
Most people got it. But sometimes the message was lost in translation. Two weeks ago, for example, I received a letter from a reporter in Turkey who had not seen my own writing on the topic, but who was exposed to the idea of radical homemaking second- or third-hand, through a language barrier. It was like a game of telephone, made scary for the real world. Her initial interpretation of my argument was essentially this: In order to live more ecologically and socially responsible lives, women (not men) need to return to the home; there, they should bear many children so that they could help with household duties and grow food. This, she had surmised, was my definition of a new feminism. She being a young, career-oriented, ecologically aware woman, I don't think it sat well with her. It certainly didn't resonate with me (as was evidenced by the fingernail marks on my desk). But, working carefully with our language barriers, I think we came to an understanding about what I mean by radical homemaking (although I'll never know for sure, since I can't read Turkish.)
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She wasn't the first to misconstrue my message. Since I've begun communicating these concepts in lectures, I've been taken aside several times by zealous, rather domineering men who want to have what my husband Bob and I now dub "the talk." To be blunt, "the talk" is an invasive discussion about my fertility. The lecture starts out with assertions that I think are genuinely meant to be complimentary. These men observe the health of my children—their good eating habits, their resulting "proper bone structure" and robust health, their "stability from being in a home where a loving mother is preparing home-cooked meals." "It is a pity," I am therefore informed, that I do not bear more of them, since Bob and I seem to be the "right kind of parents." These men then typically toss in a few Biblical verses for good measure.
Always alone and unsure of how to respond to these conversations, my skin crawls and I inwardly seethe. They may be well-intentioned comments that are simply grounded in beliefs wildly variant from my own, but I cannot help but hear them as statements of cultural supremacy, as conniving suggestions that a woman's highest purpose is a functioning uterus. Typically, I use my absent husband as a scapegoat and blithely remark to the offender that "if I had more kids, I'd probably be a single mom," in hopes that he will conclude that perhaps we aren't the "right kind of parents" after all.
Truthfully, until that Turkish reporter contacted me, I'd done soft shoe dances around the whole child-bearing issue. I never came forward and stated my opinions on this matter. I dodged discussions with people who think having children makes me an eco-sinner and bit my lip through the "go forth and multiply" lectures. This is, in part, because I don't think prescriptive proclamations about childbearing are pragmatic. Our world is rich with too many differing cultural views on human reproduction, and our global problems too complex for a single solution to prevail. Also, my own views have been, admittedly, inconsistent.
When Bob and I started dating, we agreed it would be better for the Earth if we didn't have kids. A few years later I wanted one kid, and so I argued that a new generation would be beneficial for our rural agricultural community, with its population in decline. But we decided that if we had just one, at least we would still be contributing to a net population decline. That worked for a while, and then this screaming, raging, passionate desire for a second child simply overwhelmed me. I argued that I couldn't bear to see my first-born daughter without a companion; that we had so much to give in terms of time and family; that, with grandparents helping full-time, we had too high a parent-to-child ratio for Saoirse. And our rural community still had a serious lack of children. In my most conniving moments, I pointed out to Bob that our personal ecological footprints would actually be lower if we had a fourth family member (I know. That was a pretty cheap argument. But I was desperate.)
To his credit, Bob toed the line on ecological concerns. But seeing my strong desire, and Saoirse's longing for a sibling (and probably liking the idea of some unfettered sex), he eventually gave in. So along came Ula, the kind of kid who likes to turn on farm equipment, hide keys, play with knives, and lick batteries. The child-rearing equivalent of four 3-year-olds, she balanced out our parent-to-child ratio … or did she? I remember vividly one day last year, sometime after she was out of diapers and into trouble, cleaning out her dresser and bagging up clothes to take to the local thrift store. It was a pair of fuzzy, purple-footed sleepers that did me in. I had loved zipping her into them, seeing those fat baby cheeks pop out the top, sniffing her neck and nuzzling her as my personal cuddle toy. Suddenly, that unbearable urge washed over me again.
I wanted a third baby. Knowing this was not going to be a popular idea with Bob, I sat down in the chair where I'd rocked and nursed both my daughters and attempted to sort through my emotions.
There was no doubt that I loved my babies, that they had pushed Bob and me to experience and evaluate our world and life choices in new ways. They helped us grow immeasurably in strength and confidence. Our children taught us about our imperfections, and they filled us with empathy, grace, and new understanding about our own childhood experiences. For us, having two kids had been a great move. But what was I hoping for with "just one more?"
I was surprised at the first answer that came to me: "To stay young." I wanted to have another baby because I didn't want to let go of this lovely phase of life, where my body was fulfilling a primal biological function. I didn't want to surrender that youthful vibrancy that surrounds childbearing.
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There were other reasons. When pregnant or nursing, I experience a place of honor as one entitled to rest, a reduced workload, good food, and emotional vicissitudes, all for the sake of creating another life. As I reflected on those ideas, they seemed unfair. How did I come to believe I wasn't entitled to those things unless I had a fetus in my uterus or a baby at my breast? Rest, appetite, and the freedom to express one's emotions should be an entitlement for everyone. They shouldn't be regarded as socially aberrant conditions excusable only in those who are pregnant or nursing. And I saw another quirk in my compulsion: I seemed to be confusing biological fulfillment with creative fulfillment. As I pondered having a third, I began to see that I was at least partially seeking a distraction from my personal creative challenges. If I constantly had the work of seeing to my young infants and children, I could sidestep the personal creative challenges that loomed in front of me: taking a greater role on my family's farm, researching and writing about issues that I felt were important.
Still, the sweet milk-scented sighs of little babies, their soulful gazes as they suckle at the breast, and the coos, giggles, and naked bummies that eventually dart across the kitchen floor are just fantastic. As I rocked in my chair, I wasn't sure I was ready to let them go. But just then, I heard my eldest, Saoirse, burst inside and ask her dad about taking out the canoe. She had been learning about dragonflies, and wanted to see some of them in action as they guarded their territories on a nearby pond.
Ula was finally old enough to put in the boat as well, and I wanted to join them on the adventure. And while nursing babies are lovely, they really don't belong in canoes. As I stood up from my rocking chair, I acknowledged that it was hard for me to let go of a period in my life that I have found joyous and fulfilling—but I knew that if I didn't, I was going to miss some other marvelous part of my life's journey.
Today, I am thankful that I have only two children. Once I left my rocking chair that morning, my longing for a third disappeared. But I intend to remain non-committal about reproductive policy prescriptions. I am as opposed to "only one child" arguments as I am to "go forth and multiply" arguments. Instead, I think we need to be asking ourselves the deeper questions—about our need to care for and honor our health and the Earth, to seek creative fulfillment, to experience relationships and contribute to our communities, to create a better future, to do what makes us happy. Each of us will have a different answer about how children figure into this picture, but hopefully the result will be a more sustainable future.
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Legendary A&M Records exec Gil Friesen got the idea for the film that became "Twenty Feet From Stardom" while attending a Leonard Cohen concert with his wife.
When the show began, Friesen smoked a joint, then found himself musing about Cohen's talented back-up singers – who they were and what their lives were like.
Later, he called it "the most expensive joint I'd ever smoked," as he bank-rolled filmmaker Morgan Neville's documentary that is one of the opening-night films at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Sadly, Frieson died last month on Dec. 13. "Gil was an amazing guy," Neville said in a phone interview. "He was a real gentleman in the music industry. He was the ampersand in A & M music."
But amid all of the mourning, there's a lighter note. "He knew that the film had gotten into Sundance, and he was thrilled," said Neville, who was at Sundance in 2011 with "Troubadours," a documentary about the nascent singer-songwriter movement in Southern California in the early 1970s. "His wife, family and friends are coming."
Shining a spotlight on undiscovered musicians was an integral part of Friesen's work, so it's appropriate that his final labor of love was a film that feted back-up singers, the most under-appreciated musicians in the industry.
"[Friesen] came on all the shoots," said Neville, also a producer of HBO and The Rolling Stones' "Crossfire Hurricane," to be released on DVD this month, and Cameron Crowe's brilliant "Pearl Jam Twenty" retrospective. "We talked every day."
Bette Midler, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder and Sheryl Crow were interviewed for the film, but the focus remains on the back-up singers. Neville said some of the singers were happy to sit down and talk with him, but didn't want to be shot on camera.
"That doesn't happen in our culture," said Neville, still amazed at the restraint in a reality TV culture where everyone, it seems, wants to be a star.
But those who did talk included:
Merry Clayton, who sang on Carole King's "Tapestry" and Lynryd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," and is most famous for being featured prominently in The Rolling Stones' frightening powerhouse "Gimme Shelter."
Lisa Fischer, who currently tours with The Rolling Stones, and has sung with Sting and Chris Botti.
Judith Hill, who was booked to back-up Michael Jackson on his "This Is It" concert series at London's O2 Arena before Jackson's death. She ended up performing as a lead vocalist in Michael Jackson's memorial service, with an estimated 1 billion people watching her sing "Heal the World."
And Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Darlene Love, who before an acclaimed solo career was a member of the Blossoms, who sang on dozens of Top 40 tracks in the 1960s and was an important brick in creating Phil Spector's famous Wall of Sound production style.
"[Spector] always did things to stop my momentum," said Love, 71, in a phone interview, who was so important to Spector that he threatened her livelihood if she ever left his studio.
Love said she is approached all the time by various people to have her participate in film projects. She usually responded, "Oh, this is cute. Where is this going?" before politely declining.
She had the same blasé reaction when she was approached by "Twenty Feet From Stardom" until Dick Donner (director of "Superman: The Movie" and the "Lethal Weapon" franchise, in which Love portrayed Danny Glover's wife) and Lou Adler (record producer, manager, director, owner of the famous Roxy Theatre, who often sits with Jack Nicholson during Lakers games) convinced her to take a meeting with Friesen. That's when she realized that this would be an important project for an important man, and decided to sit for interviews.
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A letter from President Wiewel,
This academic year presents both opportunities and challenges to Portland State that I want to bring to your attention.
The reTHINK PSU initiative is a university-wide effort to deliver an education that serves more students with better outcomes while containing costs through curricular innovation, community engagement and effective use of technology. ReTHINK efforts to date include the Provost's Challenge to reward innovative ideas from faculty and staff and the four-year degree guarantee to help students save money and graduate on time. The next effort is to analyze all of our operations to identify ways to increase revenues and cut costs to balance a $15 million projected shortfall in our 2014-15 budget. That amount represents about 5 percent of our education and general fund budget.
In the past, we have tapped our reserves and made across-the-board cuts to balance PSU's budget. We are taking a more far-reaching approach this year by starting discussions early to bring the campus into a deeper conversation about our future.
The goal is to make strategic budget decisions that not only balance our budget but put us on a sustainable fiscal path. By creating a sustainable revenue and spending plan, PSU can make the kind of long-term investments in academic programs, faculty research and student support that are essential to our growth and success.
Some have raised questions why PSU has a $15 million budget gap after the Legislature allocated more money to higher education this year. The Legislature reduced future pension costs and allocated state money to "buy down" tuition increases, which does not result in a net increase to universities. The relatively small increase in state support still leaves us millions of dollars short of what we received from the state five years ago.
Tuition is by far our main source of revenue. Increases in tuition over the past five years have been substantial, but they are more than offset by the drop in state support, increased wages, PEBB health insurance costs, PERS pension benefits and increased costs in our supply and service expenses. The gap is $15 million. In the past, we have tapped reserves to avert a deficit. Our fund balance has been sharply reduced and is no longer an option because sound fiscal practices require that we set aside 5 to 15 percent of our annual budget for cash flow and contingencies.
University leaders are studying six areas:
• Administrative restructuring
• Academic priorities
• Energy and real estate savings
• Student services savings and efficiencies
• Staff and benefit savings
• Savings in other areas such as athletics and public safety
No decisions have been made, and the review process will take several months. Here's where we need your help: We have created a budget feedback link on the PSU Finance and Administration website at https://www.pdx.edu/fadm for your suggestions and comments on specific savings or revenue opportunities. This website also will be your source for background and developments as university leaders consider the six areas above before making strategic budget recommendations next spring. In addition, PSU's schools, colleges and administrative units will schedule meetings in the upcoming weeks to discuss proposals, and we also will use our shared governance channels to engage all of our campus stakeholders. I will provide further updates when appropriate.
Thanks to your good work, Portland State has become a vital urban university that anchors our region with a rising national reputation. These deliberations will help us focus on our future.
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Former North Pacific Union Conference treasurer, Norman W. Klam, passed away Sunday evening, January 1, 2012. He was 66. Klam died, surrounded by family, at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, where he had been a patient since suffering an auto accident on Monday, December 26. He leaves his wife, Marlene; daughter, Cheri, a physician in Vancouver; son, Jeffrey, assistant treasurer for the Northern Calfornia Conference; and several grandchildren.
Canadian by birth (and proud of it), Klam graduated from Walla Walla College in 1968. He began his work for the Seventh-day Adventist Church as assistant auditor for the Canadian Union Conference in 1971. In 1976, he took over the treasurer position for the Alberta Conference, moving to the same role for the Canadian Union Conference in 1981.
Klam joined the Oregon Conference as treasurer in 1986, moving to a similar position for the Lake Union Conference in 1992, where he led the treasury for 10 years.
Klam moved back to the Northwest in 2002 as North Pacific Union Conference treasurer, working in that capacity until 2008.
Throughout his long career in church financial leadership, Klam served on numerous health system and university boards. He was instrumental in developing Beyond the Bottom Line, the highly successful training seminar for church financial workers and leaders.
"Norm was a great friend and mentor to so many of our church workers," says Mark Remboldt, NPUC treasurer. "He was a special presence and will be greatly missed by his church family throughout the North American Division and around the world."
Memorial Service
A memorial service for Norm Klam has been scheduled for Sabbath, January 14, at 3:30 p.m. in the Meadow Glade Seventh-day Adventist Church, 11001 NE 189th Street, Battle Ground, WA 98604. The service will be followed by a reception in the church's fellowship hall. Messages and cards for Norm's wife, Marlene, son, Jeff, and daughter, Cheri Oellrich, can be sent to the Meadow Glade Church Office at the address above.
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North Pacific Union Conference
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The Biggest Overlooked Trends of 2013
What Bill Gates, David Petraeus, Anne-Marie Slaughter and other big thinkers want you to know about the events that quietly changed the world this year.
As the year comes to an end, it seems every corner of the Internet has its own list of the Biggest, Most Important Developments of 2013. But many of them are by now unsurprising. Here's our question: What about the big changes we're missing—those potentially revolutionary shifts that took root outside the media and the public's eye? Politico Magazine asked leading thinkers like Bill Gates, David Petraeus and Anne-Marie Slaughter to nominate the most overlooked development in their fields this year, whether game-changing new inventions, market-shaping regulations or consequential but little remarked-on news events halfway across the world. Here are the big shifts they noticed, from France's resurgence to America's budding robot advantage to the rise of autocrats abroad and the onset of a new battle for supremacy in space.
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Bill Gates | Co-chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Negotiations started in New York this year to develop a global consensus on how to get levels of extreme poverty worldwide close to zero. This opportunity is real. In 2000, all countries, including ours, signed up to the United Nations' eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which set ambitious, measurable 15-year targets to drastically reduce poverty and gender inequality and improve health and education worldwide. There was no binding law or treaty, but the MDGs galvanized and focused global efforts to do the right thing. The advances in the past couple of decades have been momentous: Millions more children are in school, the tide has started to turn in the global battle against HIV/AIDS and the number of children who die worldwide before their fifth birthday has fallen by almost half. I'm hopeful that the effort started this year to come up with a successor to the MDGs will do more good for more people than anything else in 2013.
Alec Ross | Former State Department senior adviser for innovation
Nothing says state sovereignty like our currency. That is why countries put pictures of their kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers on their banknotes. But 2013 will eventually be remembered in part as the advent of cryptocurrencies. Massive swings in valuation, money laundering risks and a lack of regulation give regulators around the world heartburn, but anonymous, code-based payment systems with no centralized structure are here to stay. Watch for what is $10 billion in cryptocurrency circulation today to be $100 billion sooner than later (with or without Bitcoin).
Richard Epstein | Professor, NYU School of Law
The most underappreciated and dangerous development of this past year has been the fusion of left and right populism in the United States. The simplest way to see this is to note three events. First, the left wing of the Democratic Party and the Tea Party members (who no longer have any coherent ideology) have joined forces to oppose the expansion of free trade agreements, all on the shortsighted view that free trade spells the loss of jobs at home, without any awareness of the huge growth that results. Second is the endless calls for further redistribution made by Pope Francis on the one hand and Paul Krugman on the other. In this instance, gains from cooperation are denigrated as "trickle-down economics." Third, the systematic destruction of the patent system is supported by a coalition that unites big business, staunch libertarians and liberal leaders in and out of government. In all those cases, the classical liberal ideals of open borders, free trade, voluntary exchange and private property take a back seat to short-term initiatives that will only lead to further economic stagnation and higher levels of unemployment. Right now, this coalition looks to be unstoppable. Unless the trend is reversed, the United States shall enter into a prolonged period of gradual decline.
Robert Kagan | Scholar, Brookings Institution
The year 2013 has been a good one for autocrats. In Egypt, a military dictatorship seized power from a democratically elected government and has been crushing opposition. In Syria, the Assad regime survived probably its greatest challenge and may continue in power indefinitely. In Burma, a potential political opening has been left dangling, while in Thailand, a fledgling democracy is under siege. In Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega is consolidating his hold on power, while the Venezuelan dictatorship has seemingly outlived its founder. Events in 2014 will tell us whether this was coincidence or a trend. If the latter, it may be a foretaste of the much-anticipated "post-American world."
Bill McKibben | Environmental activist
The fossil fuel divestment movement is quietly gaining steam. A study from Oxford University found that a campaign to get investors to take their money out of the fossil fuel sector—which has had 41 institutions join since 2010—is the fastest-growing divestment drive ever. The effect, I think, is that more and more savvy people, especially in the investor community, are coming to understand that the fossil fuel industry's business plans are physically impossible (by a factor of about 5) if we make even minimal attempts to slow climate change.
Anne-Marie Slaughter | President and CEO, New America Foundation
In foreign policy, France's emergence as an important global foreign policy actor, trying to provide leadership and resources as the United States is pulling back, has been a major overlooked trend this year. It is French troops who went to Mali to stabilize the situation after a coup and the loss of huge amounts of territory to jihadist-rebels and who are now in the Central African Republic, seeking to prevent a nasty situation from escalating and further destabilizing the heart of Africa. And it is the French who were immediately ready to use force against Syria after the August chemical weapons massacre; indeed, the French had been pushing for months to get the United States to recognize publicly that chemical weapons were being used in Syria on an ongoing basis. It is noteworthy that President François Hollande's leadership on Syria matched his conservative predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy's activism in Libya. For all the discussion of France's economic woes, no one has noticed just how important France's military assets are. Moreover, if France and Germany can achieve a rapprochement on economic policy within the European Union, then France can supply the political will and power to match Germany's economic might. It will then be up to Britain to decide whether to amplify its own global role by joining them or to remain a smaller power caught between two continents.


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SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A group of Mormon women seeking access to a male-only session of the faith's semi-annual conference with church leaders have been rebuffed and warned that they may be kept off church grounds if they try to get in.
Ordain Women, which has pressed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to ordain female members to the priesthood, sought 250 tickets to the meeting, which is part of a weekend devotional held at the faith's headquarters in Salt Lake City.
The request was denied in a letter sent to the group on Monday through the church's public affairs office.
"The priesthood session of general conference is designed to strengthen men and boys as they receive specific instruction about their roles and responsibilities; therefore we are unable to fill your request," the letter read. It was signed by church spokeswoman Jessica Moody.
The women were invited instead to watch the proceedings on television, on the Internet, or by satellite feeds, and to participate in a separate women-only conference that will precede the General Conference, scheduled for April 5 and 6.
The church also asked that if Ordain Women insisted on demonstrating, members restrict activities to "free speech zones" set up around the church's four-block campus in downtown Salt Lake City, which includes a 21,000-seat conference center and the Salt Lake Temple.
Those areas are on city sidewalks and are typicality used by evangelical Christians who regularly picket the conference.
"Activist events like this detract from the sacred environment of Temple Square and the spirit of harmony sought at General Conference," the letter stated. "Please reconsider."
"Obviously we're disappointed," Ordain Women spokeswoman Lorie Winder said. She said members of the group still planned to line up outside the church conference center to gain entrance to the Saturday night priesthood meeting.
Winder said it was hurtful and troubling that the letter had branded Ordain Women, all members in good standing of the church, as protesters and outsiders.
"We're not protestors. We don't belong out on the sidewalk," she said. "We are men and women who have given countless hours to the church and we see our efforts with Ordain as a continuation of that."
Although women are allowed to serve church mission and hold some leadership roles, only Mormon men can be ordained into the faith's lay ministry. Boys are ordained into the priesthood as deacons at age 12 and are given increasing responsibility as they age. Only men are allowed to perform some sacred rites, such as blessing a child.
Last October, more than 200 members of Ordain Women lined up outside the church conference center, seeking entrance to priesthood session, but were turned away. In response to advance publicity of Ordain Women's intention, the church announced it would live broadcast the priesthood session for the first time.
(This version of the story corrects paragraph 12 to say Mormon boys are ordained into the priesthood as deacons at age 12, not that they are made priests at age 12 and removes reference in headline to leadership conference.)
(Editing by Dan Whitcomb)


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All kids are winners - running without any pressure to perform! IRONKIDS Rapperswil-Jona will take place as a run only to motivate all kids to move. All girls and boys in the age of 3 to 14 years are cordially invited to come and participate in the IRONKIDS Rapperswil-Jona. All kids can choose their preferred race distance. The organizer just gives recommendations.
All kids will get an IRONKIDS shirt as well as a medal after crossing the finish line. Your time will be ordered by distance and alphabet. There won't be an awards ceremony.
|Saturday, June 6th 2020
|Starts from 4 pm to 5.25 pm
|Ice hockey stadium, Lido Rapperswil-Jona
|Entry Fee
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|250m Bunnies
800m Foxes
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|Wednesday, 3rd June 2020
|2.00 pm - approx. 4.00 pm
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Please read the following schedule carefully and adhere to it! There are many kids who want to start in a short period of time. If you follow the times below, you help us and the other participants to make the race a fun experience for everyone.
1. Collect your bib number
Do you already have registered online? Please visit on-site registration anyway on Friday, 05th June 2020 between 12.00 pm and 06.00 pm or on Saturday, 6th June 2020 between 10am and 3pm. This is where you get your bib number, your IRONKIDS shirt and all the other material which you are required to have for your race. All participants are further requested to let their legal guardian sign this waiver. Please bring a signed copy with you to the on-site registration.
Please note: Your timing chip has to be worn during the race. You will get your chip at the on-site registration. After crossing the finish line our volunteers will help you to remove it. It would be great if you are going to wear the IRONKIDS shirt during your race.
2. Assemble
30 Minutes before your race is starting: Please join the Meeting Point 30 minutes prior to your race starts near the ice hockey stadium at the start area.
15 minutes before your race is starting: Now you are going to prepare yourself for the race. Here our volunteers take over and bring you to the starting line.
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|4.00 pm
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|6 - 8 Years
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Our volunteers will collect your timing chip and we offer food and drinks right after the finish line. Refuel and relax! Your parents meet you again at the exit of the finish line area (all kids left behind will be brought to the Meeting Point).
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There will be no awards ceremony. All kids are winners - neither distance nor time becomes important!
You can choose your distance on your own, independently of your age. One parent can accompany the kids on the shortest distance (250m). For all other distances, parents are not allowed to join their kids on the race course and in the finish area.
Information for Parents
Parents are not allowed to stay in the finish area. Parents are not allowed to accompany their child on the race course (except on the 250m distance).
Please do not take your child out of the race personally. All kids need to cross the finish line, otherwise we will have to search for them. If a child does not want to finish, he/she will be accompanied by our volunteers to the finish area or medical services if necessary.
Please meet your child directly after the race at the exit of the finish area.
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How do I sign up for the IRONKIDS Fun Run?
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How much does the IRONKIDS Fun Run cost?
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GARNER, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today that Butterball, LLC, a Garner, N.C.-based turkey processing company, violated federal law by subjecting an employee to a hostile work environment based on the fact that she has Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and firing her because of that disability.
According to the lawsuit, Butterball subjected Tracy Montgomery to harassment throughout her employment in October and November 2009. Specifically, three of Montgomery's co-workers expressed to her on a daily basis that they did not want to touch her or work with her because she is HIV-positive. The three employees also referred to Montgomery using derogatory names to describe her HIV status. The EEOC further alleges that Montgomery complained to her supervisor about the harassment on a daily or near-daily basis, but the harassment persisted. Butterball's plant manager was also aware of the harassment after conducting a meeting with Montgomery and one of her co-workers to address an altercation that the co-worker provoked. However, the next day, the plant manager fired Montgomery.
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) protects employees with disabilities from being harassed, fired, or from other employment decisions based on disabilities that are covered under the act, such as HIV. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Butterball, LLC, Civil Action No. 5:11-cv-00685) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The EEOC seeks monetary damages for Montgomery as well as certain injunctive relief.
"Harassment that targets a person with an ADA-covered disability, is just as much a violation of federal law as harassment based on a person's race, color, gender, age, religion, or national origin," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District. "HIV/AIDS has always been a sensitive health issue, and an employer has no excuse for failing to intervene when an employee complains of vicious harassment based on her HIV status."
EEOC Supervisory Trial Attorney Tina Burnside added, "Employees have the right to work in an environment free from harassment, and Title VII prohibits both harassment and firing an employee because of her disability."
President Barack Obama has charged federal agencies to implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which includes addressing and preventing employment-related discrimination against people living with HIV.This case serves as an example of how the EEOC will strongly enforce federal laws to ensure that qualified people are not wrongfully deprived of an opportunity to earn a living simply because of their HIV status.
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Leaders of the Kansas House and Senate education committees aren't sold on Gov. Sam Brownback's five-year, $80 million plan to pay for full-day kindergarten.
The Arkansas City Traveler reports that House Education Committee Chairwoman Kasha Kelley says she "would like to take a look at it a bit more." Kelley says she wants to know how the added spending would affect other services and the state's reserve fund.
Senate Education Committee Chairman Steve Abrams says he hasn't seen the bill and noted that the research is mixed. Studies generally show children in all-day kindergarten programs make bigger academic gains than students in half-day programs, but research is inconclusive on how long the benefits persist.
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Zduriencik showing Mariners mean business
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- When the Mariners arrived at the Winter Meetings, general manager Jack Zduriencik warned not to be surprised if there were a bevy of rumors involving the club having trade talks with other teams and negotiating for free agents.
And for good reason.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- When the Mariners arrived at the Winter Meetings, general manager Jack Zduriencik warned not to be surprised if there were a bevy of rumors involving the club having trade talks with other teams and negotiating for free agents.
And for good reason.
Last week, the Mariners made a major investment in free-agent second baseman Robinson Cano, agreeing to a 10-year, $240 million deal that will become official once Cano completes his physical in Seattle on Thursday.
You don't hang the Mona Lisa in the garage, and you don't bring in a player of Cano's caliber without making sure he has a veteran support system if you are serious about bringing a a quick end to more than a decade of disappointments.
So when the Mariners were made aware that the Dodgers were not looking to deal Matt Kemp, and with agent Scott Boras continuing to draw out contract talks for teams interested in free-agent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo, the M's found a couple answers elsewhere on Wednesday.
Seattle signed free agent Corey Hart and sent reliever Carter Capps to Miami for outfielder/first baseman Logan Morrison. Both have offensive potential. Hart hit 87 home runs for Milwaukee from 2010-12, and Morrison had 23 home runs for the Marlins in '11.
The Mariners aren't making any announcements until each of the players passes a physical.
They both are a health concern.
Hart didn't hit any home runs last year, because he underwent two knee surgeries and spent the season on the disabled list. Morrison underwent knee surgeries each of the past two Decembers, which limited him to 17 home runs and just 178 games over the past two seasons.
Both, however, have the ability to add the veteran offensive pieces to a lineup that will provide some protection for Cano, who may be one of the game's elite players but isn't Superman, capable of carrying a team on his own into the postseason.
And the Mariners are looking to undo a lot of disappointments in a hurry.
The Mariners have been left out of the postseason the past 12 years. They have had a winning record in only two of the past 10 years. The M's not only have lost 374 games combined the last four seasons, but they avoided a fourth consecutive last-place finish in the American League West in 2013 only because a fifth team, Houston, was added to the division and finished behind the Mariners.
That's why the Mariners brought in new manager Lloyd McClendon and have focused on giving him new options on his roster.
Seattle would still like to add another starter for a rotation that is led by the impressive duo of Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma. The sights are set on acquiring David Price from Tampa Bay, although word surfaced Wednesday that Price, two years away from free agency, might consider a multiyear contract with several teams, but not Seattle, at least not now. Given the fact the Mariners would have to part with top prospect Taijuan Walker in a deal for Price, the M's would have to swallow hard if they weren't confident they could tie Price up for more than two years.
That could prompt the Mariners to pick up their talks with a free-agent pitcher such as Matt Garza.
The Mariners would seem to have their quest for offensive help answered, however, with Hart and Morrison.
Now comes the process of McClendon figuring out just where the new faces fit in the lineup.
There's no debate on Cano's spot.
McClendon said third was a good fit, but with a smile he said, "He bats where he wants to bat."
After a pause, McClendon added, "I said [last week in the manager's] office, 'That couch over there is mine, and that one is yours, but if you'd like that one, you can have it.'"
With Hart and Morrison, there's going to be more give-and-take with the rest of the roster. They both can play first base. They both can play the outfield. They both could serve as the designated hitter.
The Mariners do have Justin Smoak returning at first base, but last year's primary DH, Kendrys Morales, left fielder Raul Ibanez and right fielder Mike Morse are all on the free-agent market.
The Mariners' current outfield depth chart provides ample options for McClendon, who could provide rest for the aching knees of the two additions by using them occasionally in the DH role.
That, however, is the easy part.
The challenge was to add the quality options to the roster.
That mission has been accomplished.
Tracy Ringolsby is a columnist for MLB.com.


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'It wasn't porn, it was a real-life rape' claims one
Three former ministers in the Indian state of Karnataka have until Monday to explain themselves to the Speaker of the local assembly after they were allegedly caught watching porn on a mobile phone during a debate in the House.
The trio, accused of ogling the grumble flick in the state assembly building in tech town Bangalore earlier this week, resigned amid widespread outrage and condemnation. All three - Krishna J Palemar, Laxman Savadi and C C Patil – hail from the conservative ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
And according to CNN, Patil, who was minister for women and child development, also recently made comments suggesting that female rape victims were to blame for wearing provocative clothing.
All three have denied any wrongdoing: Savadi, the minister for co-operation, said the clip he was watching was not porn but footage of a real-life rape of a woman by four men as part of an investigation into the dangers of the rave scene.
The Porngate scandal first broke on Tuesday after TV cameras in the House appeared to show Savadi sharing a salacious clip with Patil on the phone belonging to Palemar, the minister for ports, science and technology.
The BJP, which is known for its hardline stance on issues of sex and morality, has stood behind the men and will not expel or suspend the three.
In a deft political move which would have The Thick of It's foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker cooing with approval, Speaker K G Bopaiah has ordered an inquiry into the matter which will report in a month's time. ®
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 (UPI) —
U.S. radio icon Casey Kasem has only a few months to live, his wife Jean said.
The Kasems were sued by a former caregiver, Hilda Loza, who said the couple mistreated her while she was under their employment. The case was heard Friday and Jean Kasem didn't appear, TMZ reported.
Her lawyer appeared on her behalf, saying Jean wanted a continuance for a few months because that's how long it would take for "the situation to resolve or end, unfortunately."
Jean clarified that statement with legal documents she submitted, saying "My husband is terminally ill and unable to leave home."
The 81-year-old former "American Top 40" host has advanced Parkinson's disease.
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WASHINGTON — Motorcyclists and ATV riders are revved up by a Republican plan that would remove restrictions on motorized access to 43 million acres of public land nationwide, while environmentalists say it would be a big mistake.
It's part of a broader debate on Capitol Hill over whether Congress should move to increase recreational opportunities on the nation's vast holdings of public land.
"Our public lands are intended to be multi-use in order to give the public full access to America's great outdoors," said Republican Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington state, the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee.
Hastings and other critics have long complained that current federal policies put far too much land off limits for motorized access, making it impossible for motorcyclists and snowmobilers to take their vehicles to remote wilderness areas.
Opponents of the legislation say it eventually could lead to opening up more public land to oil and gas extraction, mining and logging, among other things.
Jim Akenson of Joseph, Ore., the executive director of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, a nonprofit conservation group, told a House subcommittee Wednesday that "there are plenty of places to ride off-road vehicles" on public lands.
"However," he said, "we must also have places — big, wild habitat — that is completely separate from the noise and disturbance that comes from motorized traffic. ... Once our backcountry is gone, there's no getting it back."
Testifying before the Natural Resources' subcommittee on national parks, forests and public lands, representatives of off-highway vehicle groups from around the nation said it's time for Congress to loosen up the restrictions as a way to help their industry and the economy at the same time.
Dick Lepley, the owner of a dealership called Street Track 'N Trail in Conneaut Lake, Pa., and the executive director of the Pennsylvania Off-Highway Vehicle Association, said his dealership employs 50 people and pays more than $2 million in state and federal taxes in a good year.
"Clearly, the power sports industry contributes mightily to the nation's economy during both good times and bad, but regardless of the economy, nothing threatens dealerships and the industry at large like having no place to ride," Lepley said.
And Karen Umphress, a Minnesota recreational trail activist, said that in 2010 there were more than 360,000 off-highway vehicles registered in her state. Noting that Minnesota is the home to the headquarters of both Polaris and Arctic Cat, companies that make both snowmobiles and ATVs, Umphress said off-highway vehicles are used for everything from berry-picking and hunting and trapping to serving as replacements for cars.
"They are an important part of the lifestyle, culture and tourism within the state," she said.
The bill's chief sponsor is the House's third-ranked Republican, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California. When he introduced the legislation, McCarthy said that "millions of acres of land across the United States are being held under lock and key unnecessarily." He said his plan "is just common sense," adding that it would boost local economies and help create jobs. It would include public land that has been studied and recommended as not suitable for an official wilderness designation by either the Bureau of Land Management or the U.S. Forest Service.
Scott Jones, a board member of the Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition and vice president of the Colorado Snowmobile Association, said McCarthy's bill "is a great first step." He said that off-highway vehicle riders have played an important role in keeping local economies healthy as other industries, such as mining and logging, have disappeared in some parts of the country.
"Many of the economic impacts are disproportionally located in small mountain towns, which would simply disappear without the income provided from those who are utilizing recreational opportunities on adjacent public lands," Jones said.
But Akenson, of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers told the panel, that members of Congress should not forget that "the economic value of wild lands and waters in America is huge," with billions of dollars spent on commercial outfitters who take people on float trips on rivers and horse and mule pack trips in mountains and canyons.
"These high-quality experiences are dependent on wild backcountry that is free from the noises of man's machines and high-tech devices," he said.
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A Sandwich a Day: Italian Sub at Italia Imports in Orland Park
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I recently visited a whole bunch of Italian delis, traveling up to Edison Park and down to Tinley Park. While each had its own character, they shared a similar aesthetic that can best be described as old school. They felt like they were bedrocks of their communities, with a lived-in and comfortable vibe. The one real exception was Italia Imports in Orland Park. Though it actually was built in 1999, it feels like it could have opened last year, thanks to an open layout, high ceilings, and plentiful parking.
While I visited for an Italian beef—which is good—I was much more impressed with the deli's Italian sub, which is distinguished by a light and flaky roll that kind of tastes like a better version of the bread you'd find at Jimmy John's. I realize this sounds like a dis, but I hope not. The lighter, airier bread made it easier to appreciate the freshly sliced meats and cheeses. I can't say it's worth a special excursion out to Orland Park just to try, but if you happen to find yourself near the southwest suburb, it's the kind of neighborhood lunch spot we'd all be glad to live by.
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Synthesizing sources are the encyclopedias, specialized dictionaries, discipline handbooks, reviews of literature and reference works which summarize the "state of the art" about a subject or topic at a particular time. When starting to learn about a subject, synthesizing sources written by experts are the best place to begin. The cited references in synthesizing and secondary sources can direct searchers to primary sources. They are also an indication of the thoroughness of these sources and an indication of their reliability. Synthesizing sources are a good place to start.
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1. Library Catalog. Card catalog or computer database, the library catalog directs to its holdings. The Busse Center Library's catalog has several indexes so it may be searched by subject, author, and keyword. A keyword search will search for the word within a subject heading. Most college catalogs use Library of Congress Subject Headings. Use the large red LCSH books to find the subject heading(s) commonly used for the topic you are researching.
The books in the catalog are identified as reference books or reserve books if they are not circulating books (may be checked out). The indexes and lists of references at the end of chapters or end of books are helpful in locating source materials. Audiovisual (videos, tapes, kits, slides, CDs) materials are also cataloged.
2. Reference Books. The general and specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, almanacs, literature reviews, legal materials, census and statistical materials are found in the Reference Section of the library.
These are excellent starting points and are the synthesizing sources mentioned on page 1. Again, pay heed to the lists of references.
The Busse Library also maintains collections of websites in the library research guides similar to the materials held in a print reference section. This permits you 24 hour access to online reference works.
3. Periodical Indexes. These databases index and sometimes abstract large collections of citations of literature published throughout the world. It is important to select the correct database(s) for the topic under investigation. Busse Library subscribes to many electronic periodical indexes and full-text article databases. These are accessed on campus from the databases' directory webpage.
Periodical indexes often have lists of subject headings or a thesaurus which alert the user to the terms used in that particular database for the subjects included. The terms used may vary considerably from database to database. Use them. Electronic periodical indexes can also be searched by keywords.
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5. Government Publications. The various governments and governmental agencies around the world produce and store vast amounts of primary and secondary source material on every imaginable topic. They also produce synthesizing documents in the form of censuses, statistical compilations, etc. The Busse Center Library collects some government publications which are integrated into the Reference and regular Circulating Collections. There are also many governmental websites linked to pages in the library research guides.
6. Use your contacts and your senses. Ask your instructors for suggestions of source materials. Ask the reference librarians. Browse periodicals, newspapers and the books in the vicinity of those you locate using the Library Catalog. Listen to the radio and watch television to collect information as well as to be entertained. Much relevant and useful information is found serendipitously. You never know when a reference will be handy.


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Hal Colebatch
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Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch, Ph.D. (born October 7, 1945) is an Australian lawyer, poet and author. The son of the Australian politician sir Hal Colebatch, Colebatch has been writing poetry, nonfiction and political commentary, and also wrote several books in Larry Niven's Man-Kzin Wars.
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- 1990: Return of the Heroes: The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Social Conflict
- 2003: Return of the Heroes: The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Social Conflict (second edition)
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- 1989: Quadrant
- "Tolkien and His Critics"
- 1989: Antipodes : a North American journal of Australian literature
- (December): "Reading The Lord of the Rings"
- 2006: J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment
- "Capitalism"
- "Communism"
- "Politics"
- 2007: The American Spectator


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Univ of Iowa prof raises havoc in response to Republicans "coming out"
When we speak of people coming out, I think such generally implies that one is coming out of some sort of "closet". One has been closeted since one fears that being known would lead to one being hurt in some sense.
Apparently Republicans at the University of University of Iowa have been living in fear and have been closeted. So some UI Republicans have called for a coming out on campus at specific times and places via sending a coming out announcement to all university personnel.
Such has raised quite a ruckus at the University of Iowa. Even a UI Women's Studies professor engaged in some very foul language regarding the coming out announcement. Even the President of UI has issued a statement on the issue.
Following is a detailed report as to the situation at UI and Iowa City.
A University of Iowa professor who studies same-sex relationships was so upset by a mass email from a campus Republican group promoting "Conservative Coming Out Week" that she fired off a vulgarity aimed at all Republicans.
Ellen Lewin, a professor of Anthropology and Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies in the Department of Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies, responded to the email by writing, "F*** YOU, REPUBLICANS" from her official University of Iowa email account.
Lewin's message prompted a flurry of e-mails in response, all of which were published on The Iowa Republican, a GOP news website.
UI student and Chairwoman of the Iowa Federation of College Republicans Natalie Ginty demanded an apology from Lewin's supervisors.
"We understand that as a faculty member she has the right to express her political opinion, but by leaving her credentials at the bottom of the email she was representing the University of Iowa, not herself alone," Ginty wrote to James Enloe, the head of the Department of Anthropology.
"Vile responses like Ellen's need to end. Demonizing the other party through name-calling only further entrenches feelings of disdain for the other side. I am sure you understand that nothing is ever accomplished by aimless screams of attack," Ginty wrote.
Lewin later wrote back to explain, "This is a time when political passions are inflamed, and when I received your unsolicited email, I had just finished reading some newspaper accounts of fresh outrages committed by Republicans in government. I admit the language was inappropriate, and apologize for any affront to anyone's delicate sensibilities. I would really appreciate your not sending blanket emails to everyone on campus, especially in these difficult times."
In a later email to the group, Lewin wrote the following:
"I should note that several things in the original message were extremely offensive, nearly rising to the level of obscenity. Despite the Republicans' general disdain for LGBT rights you called your upcoming event 'conservative coming out day,' appropriating the language of the LGBT right movement. Your reference to the Wisconsin protests suggested that they were frivolous attempts to avoid work. And the 'Animal Rights BBQ' is extremely insensitive to those who consider animal rights an important cause. Then, in the email that Ms. Ginty sent complaining about my language, she referred to me as Ellen, not Professor Lewin, which is the correct way for a student to address a faculty member, or indeed, for anyone to refer to an adult with whom they are not acquainted. I do apologize for my intemperate language, but the message you all sent out was extremely disturbing and offensive."
UI President Sally Mason responded in an email to the university community:
"Dear Members of the University Community:
The University of Iowa encourages freedom of expression, opposing viewpoints, and civil debate about those opposing viewpoints. This is clearly articulated in our core values of Diversity and Respect. Because diversity, broadly defined, advances its mission of teaching, research, and service, the University is dedicated to an inclusive community in which people of different cultural, national, individual, and academic backgrounds encounter one another in a spirit of cooperation, openness, and shared appreciation.
The University also strongly encourages student engagement in such discussions and supports students acting on their viewpoints. Student organizations are sometimes formed along political lines and act on their political beliefs. Even if we personally disagree with those viewpoints, we must be respectful of those viewpoints in every way. Intolerant and disrespectful discord is not acceptable behavior.
Sally Mason
The original e-mail from the College Republicans was sent out under the university's mass email policy, in which campus groups can e-mail all or parts of campus so long as the message is approved by UI Student Services:
From: UI College Republicans
Subject: [NonAcadStudorg] Conservative Coming Out Week
Conservatives in Iowa City it is now time to come out of the closet!
I know at times it feels like you are the only person that disagrees with this liberal town, but you are not alone! We are asking all Republicans, Independents leaning right, or just anyone slightly frustrated with the current one party controlling every level of Johnson County, and some levels of Iowa and U.S. government to STAND UP!
Conservative Coming Out Week will be April 18th – April 22nd. Here is the schedule of events that will be going on throughout the week:
Monday: Whose Conservative Anyway? Guess which athletes, movie stars, and performing artists are Republican. 11-1 on Kautz Plaza off of the T. Anne Cleary Walkway.
Tuesday: Red vs. Blue Blood Drive from 2 to 6pm at the Carnival Room in Burge. Competition between the Republicans and Democrats for a good cause!
-College Republican meeting that night at 8pm in 71 Schaeffer Hall with showing of "Journey's with George" in honor of President George W. Bush.
Wednesday: Come pick up your Doctors' Notice to miss class for "sick of being stress", just like the Wisconsin public employees during the union protests from 11 to 1 on the Pentacrest.
Thursday: Red vs Blue games! Beat the UDems in kickball and flag football from 4-6 in Hubbard Park. Wear your respective political parties color!
Stick around for a Animal Rights BBQ at 6 p.m.
Friday: Wear RED Day! Come out of the closet and show your true colors!
Should be a great week! Lets come out!
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(reads the UI College Republicans mass-mail)
Yes, because all I ever hear about Iowa is that it's owned lock, stock and barrel by the liberals. The whole state is one nonstop gay pride parade and abortion clinic! Thank god some brave men and women are standing up to Iowa's relentless liberal colossus.
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Vanessa Hudgens's Easter Egg Nails: All the Details!
"They're ridiculous!" Vanessa Hudgens told InStyle.com of her extra-long acrylic nails (we snapped this pic, inset) at the after-party celebrating the completion of the 12th annual 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, a theater experience presented by Montblanc in which six short plays are written, rehearsed, and performed in a 24-hour time period, all to benefit the Urban Arts Partnership. Her wild talons actually helped her character—she played a just-out-of-school assistant with a very-green attitude, sharing the stage with Amber Heard, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Maura Tierney, and Anthony Mackie. Hudgens is crafty with nail art—she painted her digits herself: "Me and my little sister got acrylic long nails for Halloween, so they were red," she explained. "Then I got bored, so I painted them white. Then I got bored of the white, so I got mint and glitter, so now I'm left with Easter eggs! It's good for now, but they're going to change soon." As for the length? "It's very impractical," she said. "I could barely button my shirt!" What women do for beauty, eh?
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'Human Events' for sale, may close
Human Events — the venerable, but struggling, conservative weekly revered by generations of Republicans — has been put up for sale, and may close entirely if a buyer can't be found, POLITICO has learned.
"We're trying to figure out the right thing to do with a property that is sort of the cornerstone of the conservative movement," Joe Guerriero, an executive at Eagle Publishing, the parent company of Human Events, said Thursday.
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"We have a number of parties that are really interested in its property," he added. "I mean, I have literally been on a couple calls today with potential buyers of Human Events."
Guerriero would not identify the potential buyers, but he did not reject characterizations that the journal is struggling financially and could fold if a buyer isn't found.
"Boy, that would be a really emotionally difficult thing for us to do," he said. "There are too many conversations right now ongoing with potential buyers, so to even go in that direction right now, I don't think it would be fair to a potential buyer, or us, either."
Human Events — which has a full-time staff of about 15 and distributes 40,000 copies, 44 times a year — was described by a biographer as Ronald Reagan's "favorite reading for years" and still holds sway in some conservative quarters.
But it's also seen its market share eroded by the addition of edgy new Web-based conservative outlets like the Free Beacon, the Daily Caller and Breitbart.
Eagle Publishing also counts among its many properties RedState.com, a leading conservative blog, and Guerriero suggested its rise may have made Human Events expendable.
"We have a property in Red State that we're very excited about," he said. "It's grown in influence. It is sort of the quick, essential new media property — tons of contributors, [editor-in-chief] Erick Erickson is a rising star in conservative media. And sometime, it's tough to support a number of different initiatives, so I think that's one of the things that may have led to it."
The efforts to save Human Events come at a time of great tumult, both for the media, as a whole, and the conservative movement.


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This month, ADDAM CHAVARRIA will be playing music at our North End store from 4:30-7:30 pm, and ZACK QUINTANA will be playing at our location at the Village from 3-6 pm. TGIFF!


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I'm facing following problem:
1. I have a Java program which calls other java program.
2. I call the other java program by:
---> I run the batch file.
Process proc =Runtime.getRuntime().exec(batchFile);
---> This batch file calls the java program.
Now In my main application that is main java program I'm capturing error and output stream of DOS command
line so that it will be displayed by my swing application.
proc.getInputStream() and proc.getErrorStream().
But I'm not able to capture the error stream
If I don't capture the streams and run command window it will display error as
well as o/p on command window.
I'm not getting what is going wrong over here.
Thanks in advance.