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For the third consecutive year, the Texas Recreation Vehicle Association (TRVA) has recognized outstanding RV parks in the Lone Star state.
During the TRVA's 39th annual convention held Aug. 10-13 at the Sheraton Austin at the Capitol in the heart of Downtown Austin, the association honored the following parks:
- Small Park of the Year, Palmdale RV Resort, Harlingen, Michael and Carolyn Fuller (at left above).
- Medium Park of the Year, Bentsen Palm Village RV Resort, Mission, Guy and Juanita Carvajal (at right above).
- Large Park of the Year, Victoria Palms RV Resort, Donna, Karen Pike (center above).
The awards are based upon many factors that demonstrate excellence in facility, customer service and overall superior park operations. Awards and recognition are open to all RV parks that are TRVA members and meet its requirements.
Overall convention attendance was 275 from the campground, manufacturing and dealer sectors. The theme for this year's convention was "Growing the RV Lifestyle – Together."
"We had a great turnout, almost 60 parks attended," said Clark McEwen, TRVA executive director. "This was the largest park participation we've ever had but also the largest convention we've ever had. It's a sign of the times; everybody is feeling pretty good right now compared to where we were."
Brian Schaeffer, executive director of the Texas Association of Campground Owners (TACO), provided an update on all legislation passed in recent years that is campground specific, including a modification to the Theft of Service Law, enumerating campgrounds in the new Trespass Law, and modification of Property Code 94 with regard to the definition of an RV, and nontaxation of RVs.
In addition, Schaeffer updated park owners on the status of the Americans with Disabilities Act requirements for campgrounds, specifically on the issue of pool lifts. To fully take advantage of the new Texas laws, attendees were referred to www.tacomembers.com where there are many forms available that incorporate the new legal language. Schaeffer also reviewed a potential eviction case drawing attention from HUD, which could impact all campgrounds in Texas and across the country.
Other speakers included:
- Dr. Peter Tarlow, who spoke on safety and security issues for parks and dealerships.
- Margo Richards, travel information director with Texas Department of Transportation, who spoke on how to work with the department to get information out to Texans and visitors alike on their parks.
TRVA is now gearing up for its annual Southwest RV Supershow to be held Sept. 13-16 in the Dallas Market Hall. More than 10,000 people will attend the show, the largest in the Southwest, to see over 400 RVs from Texas' best RV dealers in more than 350,000 square feet of exhibit space.
TRVA's 2013 convention will be held in Austin Aug. 9-12.


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51 games went out, I didn't get one. I'm not sure if this is a mistake because I don't see a schedule.
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Nate the Great wrote:1st game of the season & it's a rematch of last year's championship! Should be a good one!
flexmaster33 wrote:thanks for the heads up...I took the SEC schedule straight off the SEC site, so that shouldn't be a problem...I'll switch how the standings are listed though.
flexmaster33 wrote:My deepest regrets to all involved in my favorite CC event, but I must absolve myself from this website. My marriage has collapsed and my addiction to sites such as this one has played a sizable factor in that. I post this message with a hole ripping through my heart. Please take care to make your relationships a priority, so that games such as this don't suck time away from those closest to you. Many can manage to keep those things in a healthy balance. I cannot. I failed in attempts previous to this, and now have decided to leave the site (and others) permanently, although I regret I may be too late to repair the damage done to my marriage.
Robespierre__ wrote:I volunteer to save this tourney if Flex is willing/able to pass along the info how to run it. I am sure a team of us can do it. It is too good a tourney to let die.
schiballs wrote:Robespierre__ wrote:I volunteer to save this tourney if Flex is willing/able to pass along the info how to run it. I am sure a team of us can do it. It is too good a tourney to let die.
Robespierre__ wrote:It will all be about divide and conquer ... if we get a team of people and divide up the responsibilities (creating games, reporting results, formatting the results, writing a weekly summary), we will not find ourselves in the spot our awesome but troubled friend is in. No one wants to be buried by something that is simply supposed to be fun. I have written two members of the Tournament Organizers offering my help (as well as reaching out to FLex to see if he would share his docs) ... let's see what happens ...


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Pumpkin is popping up everywhere these days — lattes, doughnuts, and more! But you don't have to head to Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts to taste the sweet gourd. We've found main dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and delicious desserts loaded with real pumpkin, an ingredient you can feel great about feeding your kids. Along with having a naturally sweet flavor, pumpkin is packed with antioxidants, vitamins C and A, and protein. Toss together a creamy pasta dish or savory soup or bake a batch of pumpkin cookies that will have your family clamoring for more.


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Discussion in 'Battle Scooters' started by Jarvis, Oct 2, 2005.
Post yours here...
Woot! Pics already. Good start.
My buddy Mike. May he get his own scooter soon...
And Bikeless, Ditto.
This is what you see when you loan your scoot to a ridercoach...
2003 Stella
2005 Super 9
Why, yes, it DOES have bigass dual disc brakes.
What next, a sidecar forum, for crying out loud? Hey, wait a minute....
THese scoots were in a S/TEP class I helped teach last July:
A friend of mine used to have a pretty cool collection of vintage and custom scooters; I have some great photos, but it is a pain in the ass to post pix on ADVrider anymore and I don't have time to mess with it now.
Gorgeous pics.
And the award for "Best Scooter in a Supporting Role" goes to...
A Zuma rental in Marmaris, Turkey... What a hoot, we rode the piss out of them Even a ratted out rental Zuma was good for a tad over 60mph (in a aero tuck!). Edit - now that I think about it could it have been 60 on a 49cc? Speedo said 100km/ph...
Recently traded this P.O.S
For this one.
Both 1980 P 200s. The new one is low miles with a 210 Malossi head and piston. Pollini pipe is on order from Scooterworks! Even upgraded to the oversize milk carton carryall. :eek1
1974 Rally 200. Bought new by dad in 1974.
Good idea.
Feel free to start a thread, too, if you want some input.
I'm still trying to dial in my Pinasco 177. Hasn't kept me from riding it, though.
Excellent idea.
I'd like to familiarize myself with 'em.
Did you change the mainjet? I think with a more freeflowing exhaust and larger piston, jump up a size or 2 for a richer mix? Am I correct in this thinking?
OMG. I love the CT's. My neighbor had a CT-70 when I had a Z-50, and it was the "big bike" in the neighborhod. I think Sochiro Honda had us all hooked by age 7.
Speaking of CT's...I'd sell my soul for a perfect CT-110. Probably one of the kewlest camp bikes ever made, next to the TW-thingey.
Basically, yes. But the scoot also has a Dellorto 24G carb, which is very finicky to dial in. Started with a 120, backed down to a 110 and soft-seized, now I'm at a 112, and it's still not quite there because the idle is handling most of the around town stuff and it's rich but on long country rides it's a bit lean.
This is the only pic I have. My Alienware crashed taking all my pictures and old camera software with it (limping along on an old notebook for now). Got a new Canon SD400 and snapped this with it before the wife stole it and took it to Las Vegas with her (to do a Track Day at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway).
What? No 100 mirrors?
Actually, not even 2 mirrors? You don't find it annoying that you can't see what's behind you? :eek1


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"I want there to be an article in the declaration of children's rights and human rights in every constitution that gives everyone the right to escape. I would like statistics in a well-known web encyclopedia on how many young people fell head-over-heels in love for the first time this year, not only how many died from unfortunate sexual experiences, bulimia, and homemade LSD. I want to know the average age of people who will write a collected book of verse, not only how many girls get plastic breasts." —Margo Ovcharenko
Margo Ovcharenko's Untitled from the series Escape, was featured in reGeneration 2: Tomorrow's Photographers Today, the second book in the Aperture's series shining a spotlight on the next generation's rising stars. Ovcharenko focuses on Russian youth, with whom she shares early experiences of adult life. She photographs young people with whom she has become friends or with whom she has a close relationship. She also chooses to work under natural light to communicate the affection of the bond that links her to her subjects. She never tries to be too close, too intrusive—or, conversely, too remote. Her images convey a sense of hope that thse youth should be able to escape from the restrictive circumstances in their lives, whether it's a city where they feel ill at ease, a job, a school lesson. Passion, energy, and opportunity are her wishes for the world.
Margo Ovcharenko (born in Russia in 1989) currently studies photography in Fabrica, Italy. She has had solo shows in Copenhagen, Denmark, and St.Petersburg, Russia, and has participated in group shows in France and Russia. She is represented by RUSSIANTEAROOM in Paris.
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Glenn Close stars as Albert Nobbs, an odd little man with a big secret, and an even bigger wad of cash hidden beneath the floorboards. When a young woman shows up at the guest house where he works, he falls in love -- and risks losing it all. Steeped in a sense of melodrama, Close and co-star Janet McTeer save the movie with little moments of human humour, but overall, this Rodrigo Garcia movie fails to make a dramatic impression.
Starring: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Rating: Three stars out of five
Nobody talked much about sexual identity at the early part of the 19th century. People didn't go into the local pub and have extended conversations about gender, stereotyping and self-perception.
Indeed, the language we now use to understand ourselves, and our place in the world, simply didn't exist, leaving the ordinary and uneducated dumb in the face of dysfunction.
That said, meet Albert Nobbs, a frail, gnome-like figure trying to make his way in the cutthroat world of 19th-century Irish innkeeping.
A servant who's been working the same job for close to three decades, Albert is what you might call a dumb waiter: Not only does this human being passively wait for the world to unfold around him (in addition to actually waiting on guests), he's completely unable to express himself in any functional way.
Albert is emotionally mute, verbally stunted and sexually ambiguous. He's also considered a bit of a freak, but before we had words to describe and pigeonhole such human anomalies, people like Albert Nobbs simply existed.
And they were tolerated -- up to a point.
The boundary of acceptability is where this movie from Rodrigo Garcia (Mother and Child) finds its tension, and it's also where lead actress Glenn Close dances a nimble gender jig on the head of a pin.
In short, we're always waiting for the outrage of discovery, because, from the moment we meet Albert, we know he's different. We can tell from his tiny hands, girlish hips and Close's name on the marquee that Albert is a woman.
From that point on, we wait for the rest of Albert's world to lift the veil. It takes a surprisingly long time for people to spot the ruse, and, as a modern viewer, this may seem entirely unfathomable -- and just a tad irritating.
After all, if the central hook of the movie depends on gender deception, one might want a more convincing man centre-frame.
Close doesn't really come close to manly, but that's where great acting saves the day, because, even if we don't believe in his gender, we believe in Albert Nobbs -- a muddled pool of oppressed sexuality.
We believe in Albert's struggle to be who he is, and that's enough to keep us engaged in the overall narrative, as it bounces from melodrama, to comedy of manners, to a modern examination of sexual identity.
That probably makes the plot sound more interesting than it actually is, because, on the surface, this movie can get a little dreary. We enter the inn as Albert Nobbs is closing in on his dream of owning a tobacco store. He's been saving money under the floorboards for years, and he's even got the ideal location picked out downtown. He could retire as his own boss, and end his life as a very odd little man.
Yet, just as Albert seems on the verge of possessing happiness for the very first time in his life, he falls in love with the wrong girl: an ambitious but apparently true-hearted co-worker named Helen (Mia Wasikowska).
Helen thinks Albert is interesting and amusing and altogether odd, but she has no real desire for him whatsoever. She wants to rock the bedposts with bad boy Joe (Aaron Johnson).
You don't need a crystal ball to see how things will unfold from this point on, but just when Albert Nobbs starts to feel like a gratuitous melodrama with a gender gimmick, along comes the genius of Janet McTeer.
The statuesque stage actress takes on the role of Hubert Page, professional painter. Channelling all the energy, charisma and estrogen-tainted testosterone of k.d. lang, McTeer brings a believable masculinity to the fore, and convincingly blurs the boundary for the modern viewer.
Not only that, she's awfully funny and verbally astute -- and she's not ashamed of her identity. So, after enduring the first act in emotional denial, McTeer's presence feels a bit like undoing a corset after a big meal: a huge relief.
The fact we're as uncomfortable as we are is a huge testament to Close's talent, and her complete immersion in the role. Albert emerges as a tragic figure, in an epic sense, thanks to Close's ability to convey the monolithic dimensions of desire and heartbreak.
Yet, for all the great levels of performance elicited from this star-studded cast, the movie never really clicks into a narrative groove. Skipping from one track of narrative to another, we lose the emotional thrust -- and get lost in stagey asides that are supposed to affirm the central idea of duplicity.
A stage play needs these moments, if only to facilitate a costume change. But a movie does not.
As an assembly of performances, Albert Nobbs is altogether stellar, but the stars don't equal a full constellation, leaving us with a cinematic "so what?"
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South African Journal of Science
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S. Afr. j. sci. vol.111 no.1-2 Pretoria Jan./Fev. 2015
Plagiarism in South African management journals
Adele Thomas; Gideon P de Bruin
Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Plagiarism by academics has been relatively unexplored thus far. However, there has been a growing awareness of this problem in recent years. We submitted 371 published academic articles appearing in 19 South African management journals in 2011 through the plagiarism detection software program Turnitin™. High and excessive levels of plagiarism were detected. The cost to government of subsidising unoriginal work in these journals was calculated to approximate ZAR7 million for the period under review. As academics are expected to role model ethical behaviour to students, such a finding is disturbing and has implications for the reputations of the institutions to which the authors are affiliated as well as that of the journals that publish articles that contain plagiarised material.
Keywords: academic values; ethics; government subsidy; reputation; universities
In 2003, an editorial1 in this journal alerted readers to the developing concern about misconduct in the sciences, and acknowledged that the extent of such misconduct and its various manifestations were largely unknown. In 2012, Honig and Bedi2 published the findings of a study in the prestigious Academy of Management Learning and Education journal in which they examined 279 papers submitted for the 2009 Academy of Management conference. They found that 25% of papers contained some degree of plagiarism, with over 13% evidencing significant plagiarism (defined as comprising 5% or more of the content). In addition, they reported that a greater amount of plagiarism appeared to emanate from countries outside North America. Against the background of these studies, and given the paucity of research relating to this problem, in the present study, located in a country outside North America, we have attempted to contribute to deliberations in this area.
The objective of the study was to investigate the degree of plagiarism evident in articles published in 2011 in South African management journals that attract subsidy from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). As a subcategory of research dishonesty, plagiarism is the representation of the work of another, or one's own work, without acknowledgement of such work and can include careless paraphrasing, the copying of identical text or providing incomplete references that mislead the reader into believing that the ideas expressed belong to the author of the text.2,3
Over the past years student plagiarism has commanded much research attention48, with increasing focus on the detection of plagiarism9 and ways of addressing it4. However, relatively little has been published about plagiarism committed by academics1013, with research thus far regarded as largely anecdotal and speculative2. In this regard, Honig and Bedi note:
Although many in our professions appear to be suspicious of students cutting corners in an effort to marginally improve their grades, we seem to have full confidence in our colleagues, whose incentives to skirt rules and policies are limited to less significant issues such as tenure, reputation and six-figure salaries.2(6105)
Plagiarism is intellectual theft14 and transgresses the fundamental values of the academy15, preventing learning, the dissemination of new knowledge, and the integrity of the scientific record16. Schminke13 notes how plagiarism is sometimes committed by experienced and established authors for whom the blame is apportioned to junior co-authors.
The DHET remits approximately ZAR120 000 to higher education institutions for each peer-reviewed academic article published by a member of the institution in any of the local or international journals that appear on a list compiled by the DHET each year; this funding is an essential income stream for universities.17 Accordingly, increasing pressure has been placed on academics to publish in these accredited journals; and such publication is usually linked to financial and promotional rewards.1,18 This pressure can contribute to a research culture in which output is promoted at the expense of research quality, which can manifest as plagiarism by those who attempt to achieve the greatest publication output in the shortest time.19 In this regard, self-plagiarism - which portrays previous work as new - also contributes to this problem.20
Academics have a role to play in developing student moral literacy21 and a link has been shown to exist between the dishonesty of academics and student cheating behaviour22. Furthermore, academics have been found to be reluctant to report and take action on student academic dishonesty.23 Accordingly, it is important to understand research integrity or the lack thereof amongst academics themselves.
We submitted 371 peer-reviewed articles that were published in 2011 in 19 South African management journals (spanning the major fields of management) through the Turnitin™ software program to identify similarities between the articles and other published material, i.e. to identify plagiarism. Once a manuscript is submitted to the program, it is compared against billions of Internet pages, online publications, journal articles and student assignments, dissertations and theses, and a report is generated that highlights the actual text that has been copied and indicates the percentage of similarity between that manuscript and those documents that appear on the Turnitin™ database. In the remainder of this article, this percentage is referred to as the similarity index.
Only South African journals that appeared on the Thomson Reuters Web of Science (WoS, previously ISI) or the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) lists or on the local list of journals compiled by the DHET, thereby qualifying for subsidy, were included in the study. Two journals (not included in the 19), containing 17 articles, could not be accessed. The results for each article were checked twice and a conservative approach was adopted in the interpretation of the similarity indices, in which the benefit of doubt was in favour of the authors. For each article, the following content was not included in the assessment of similarity: bibliography/list of references, quotations, strings of words of less than 10, student write-ups on which the article was based, conference proceedings and abstracts detailing the main features of the article. In addition, during the second inspection of the data, specific methodological terms and statistical or mathematical formulae were excluded in the analysis of similarity. The Turnitin™ software program has been used in other studies to detect plagiarism.2,24 It has been reported that the Turnitin™ program itself is conservative in the generation of the results.25
Across the 371 submissions, the similarity index (i.e. the percentage of similarity between an article and the documents in the Turnitin™ database) ranged from 1 (indicating almost no similarity) to 91 (indicating almost complete similarity). The latter pertained to a single article that was published in two journals under two different titles. Figure 1 shows that the distribution of the similarity index across the 371 submissions was positively skewed. In addition, several outliers were detected, which called for the use of robust statistics in subsequent analyses.26 The mean similarity index across the 371 submissions was 17.10 (SD=12.15), the mode was 9, the median was 14 and the 20% trimmed mean was 14.70 (95% confidence intervals: 13.61 and 15.89, Winsorised SD=6.67).
To gain an overview of the relative frequency of plagiarism we categorised the similarity indices as follows: 1 to 9 as low; 10 to 14 as moderate; 15 to 24 as high and >24 as excessive. Table 1 summarises the frequencies in these categories.
The most striking aspect of Table 1 is the proportion of submissions that fell into the high (27.2% of the submissions) and excessive (21.3% of the submissions) categories. Whereas one might have expected the bulk of the submissions to fall into the low to moderate categories, the results show that high levels of plagiarism are relatively common in these journals. If we use a cut-off point of 9% for the similarity index, then it is evident that 68.2% of the submissions were above the cut-off point. It is noteworthy that 21.3% of the submissions contained an excessive amount of similarity.
We compared the 20% trimmed means of the similarity indices among the types of submissions. For submissions to journals in the DHET list (/7=201), the trimmed mean = 13.69 and Winsorised SD=6.15; for submissions to journals indexed in WoS (/=62), the trimmed mean=14.84 and the Winsorised SD=5.65; and for submissions to journals on the IBSS list (/=108), the trimmed mean=16.71 and the Winsorised SD=7.90. Robust ANOVA26 showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the trimmed means across the different journal categories (F=2.2, df1=2, df2=96, p=0.11).
We also isolated the 10 journals with at least 20 submissions during the period under review (/=270 submissions). Across these journals the trimmed means of the similarity index ranged from 11.67 to 27.24. Robust ANOVA26 revealed statistically significant differences in the trimmed means (F=2.6, df1=9, df2=62, p=0.012), with a medium effect size (ξ =0.40). Robust post-hoc tests26 revealed that the differences could be traced to excessively high levels of similarity in one journal only (i.e. the journal with a trimmed mean similarity index of 27).
We also examined whether single versus multiple authorship played a role in the similarity index of an article. The difference in trimmed means between three categories of authorship - single (//=169, trimmed mean=15.75, Winsorised SD=6.76), dual (/=148, trimmed mean=15.42, Winsorised SD = 7.08) and three or more authors (/=54, trimmed mean=10.65, Winsorised SD=4.28) - was statistically significant (F=9.6, df1=2, df2=115, p=0.0001) with a medium effect size (ξ =0.32). Robust post-hoc tests revealed that the similarity index of articles with three or more authors was significantly smaller than that of a single or dual authored article. No significant difference between single and dual authored articles was observed.
We complemented the three robust analyses of variance reported above with standard analyses of variance and non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis tests, both of which yielded a similar pattern of results as the robust tests.
Our results indicate that there was extensive plagiarism in 19 South African management journals during the period under review, confirming the findings of other studies.2,10-13 The findings also indicate that although one journal appeared to contain more plagiarised articles than the others, the problem of plagiarism existed across the board. The type of journal (i.e. whether it appears on the DHET, WoS or IBSS lists) was not a factor in the level of plagiarism. However, the findings indicated that articles submitted by three or more authors contained significantly less plagiarised material than did those articles submitted by a single or by dual authors. A possible explanation for this finding is that potential plagiarism can be more readily detected and corrected when several authors are involved. Conversely, a single author may more easily be able to hide plagiarised work.
We suggest that the intense pressure on universities and their academics to increase their research output within short time periods, plays a role in this problem. In addition, academics are rewarded in a variety of ways for such output1,19, which can contribute to a culture of expedience and opportunism18.
An additional problem of governance also emerges when one considers the payment of government subsidy to universities based on research output. If at least one author of an article is affiliated to a South African higher education institution, government will pay a research subsidy of ZAR120 000 per article, which may be proportionally split according to the institutional affiliation of authors. Excluding those articles submitted by authors not affiliated to a South African higher education institution (/=47), it was estimated that government paid ZAR32 400 000 in subsidies for articles published in these 19 journals during the period under review. Given that 21.3% of these articles contained excessive plagiarism, a government subsidy of almost ZAR7 000 000 was paid for questionable publications.
The problem of human error in data coding always exists in studies such as this one, but we tried to minimise this risk by checking the data twice. The findings indicate the existence of plagiarism in the published articles we submitted for study. This finding has implications for government, for the universities to which the authors are affiliated and for the journals themselves.
The culture of research expediency that may be developing in academic institutions in order to increase subsidised research output can have longterm implications for the reputation of universities. Their contribution to society can also be compromised in terms of both the dissemination of new knowledge and the upholding of moral values transmitted through the students who graduate from these institutions and who can be expected to be influenced by unethical role models.22 It is critical that the DHET engages with universities to devise measures to subsidise research output without inadvertently promoting the sacrificing of the quality of such research and inadvertently encouraging shortcuts, such as plagiarism. In a similar vein, internal rewards to academics should not be based on the quantity of research output without considering that a greater contribution could be made by researchers who publish fewer articles but in highly cited journals with greater stringency in requirements pertaining to quality. It is also recommended that, in order to preserve the reputation of journals, editors subject manuscripts to plagiarism detection through software programs and that the penalties for detected plagiarism be severe for authors.
It is recommended that future studies of this nature explore the extent of plagiarism (if any) in journals related to other disciplines in order to ascertain whether this problem is pervasive in other fields as well. In addition, a qualitative study of the experiences of journal editors in addressing plagiarism may throw some light on how the extent of plagiarism, noted in this study, managed to appear in articles that are deemed to contain original material for which the DHET remits subsidy to academic institutions.
We thank Ms Ziyanda Makupula for her assistance in sourcing some of the literature used in the article and Mr Richard Devey of Statkon at the University of Johannesburg for assistance with the initial data analysis.
Authors' contributions
A.T. was the project leader and was responsible for the literature review and the data collection. G.Pd.B. conducted the data analysis. Both authors were involved in the interpretation of the data and the writing of the manuscript.
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Adele Thomas
Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management
University of Johannesburg
PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006
South Africa
Received: 14 Jan. 2014
Revised: 21 July 2014
Accepted: 23 July 2014


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It might seem odd that the Left always wants to talk about gun crimes, gun murders, gun deaths as if putting a gun into the equation makes a violent crime less violent somehow. Personally, I do not wish to get shot, nor do I wish to be stabbed, or beaten with a bat, or hammer, or to be jumped by a gang of thugs, a gang of NFL cheerleaders is a different story but that is a another matter altogether. The point here is that the Left cannot win the debate over guns by sticking with legitimate stats. So they use emotional appeals, or cooked statistics that are meant to make us believe that gun violence is a raging epidemic, and that America is awash in gun deaths. Of late their tactic seems to be to segregate crimes, committed with a gun from other violent crimes committed with other weapons. Zion's Trumpet links to Mark Steyn who explains that while the Left loves to hold the UK up as a shining example of the glorious bliss that are gun bans, the truth is that the UK is a lot more violent than America.
Between the introduction of pistol permits in 1903 and the banning of handguns after the Dunblane massacre in 1996, Britain has had a century of incremental gun control—"sensible measures that all reasonable people can agree on." And what's the result? Even when you factor in America's nutcake jurisdictions with the crackhead mayors, the overall crime rate in England and Wales is higher than in all 50 states, even though over there they have more policemen per capita than in the U.S., on vastly higher rates of pay installing more video surveillance cameras than anywhere else in the Western world. Robbery, sex crimes, and violence against the person are higher in England and Wales; property crime is twice as high; vehicle theft is higher still; the British are 2.3 times more likely than Americans to be assaulted, and three times more likely to be violently assaulted. Between 1973 and 1992, burglary rates in the U.S. fell by half. In Britain, not even the Home Office's disreputable reporting methods (if a burglar steals from 15 different apartments in one building, it counts as a single crime) can conceal the remorseless rise: Britons are now more than twice as likely as Americans to be mugged; two-thirds will have their property broken into at some time in their lives. Even more revealing is the divergent character between U.K. and U.S. property crime: In America, just over 10 percent of all burglaries are "hot burglaries"—committed while the owners are present; in Britain, it's over half. Because of insurance-required alarm systems, the average thief increasingly concludes that it's easier to break in while you're on the premises. Your home-security system may conceivably make your home more safe, but it makes you less so.
Conversely, up here in the New Hampshire second congressional district, there are few laser security systems and lots of guns. Our murder rate is much lower than Britain's and our property crime is virtually insignificant. Anyone want to make a connection? Villains are expert calculators of risk, and the likelihood of walking away uninjured with an $80 television set is too remote. In New Hampshire, a citizen's right to defend himself deters crime; in Britain, the state-inflicted impotence of the homeowner actively encourages it. Just as becoming a drug baron is a rational career move in Colombia, so too is becoming a violent burglar in the United Kingdom. The chances that the state will seriously impede your progress are insignificant.
Now I'm Canadian, so, as you might expect, the Second Amendment doesn't mean much to me. I think it's more basic than that. Privately owned firearms symbolize the essential difference between your great republic and the countries you left behind. In the U.S., power resides with "we, the people" and is leased ever more sparingly up through town, county, state, and federal government. In Britain and Canada, power resides with the Crown and is graciously devolved down in limited doses. To a north country Yankee it's self-evident that, when a burglar breaks into your home, you should have the right to shoot him—indeed, not just the right, but the responsibility, as a freeborn citizen, to uphold the integrity of your property. But in Britain and most other parts of the Western world, the state reserves that right to itself, even though at the time the ne'er-do-well shows up in your bedroom you're on the scene and Constable Plod isn't: He's some miles distant, asleep in his bed, and with his answering machine on referring you to central dispatch God knows where.
Yes, I know, Liberals will screech that this piece was written over a decade ago, but, as recent stats show, the UK is still a lot more violent than America. The murder rate, burglary rate, robbery rate and stabbing rate are all much higher in the UK. Yes, I understand the Left will ignore those facts. In fact, I have heard more than one Liberal say that somehow a gun makes every crime worse. Not sure how that happens, but we are dealing with Liberals here, their arguments do not have to make sense, they just have to feel like they do to Liberals. Despite the negative impact on the feelings of liberals facts still do matter. And the fact is this. the Left has been pushing gun control for a long time, and they often use the UK as the shining example of how the UK is a more safe nation. This is simply not true
Britain's violent crime record is worse than any other country in the European union, it has been revealed.
Official crime figures show the UK also has a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and even South Africa – widely considered one of the world's most dangerous countries.
The figures comes on the day new Home Secretary Alan Johnson makes his first major speech on crime, promising to be tough on loutish behaviour.
The figures, compiled from reports released by the European Commission and United Nations, also show:
- The UK has the second highest overall crime rate in the EU.
- It has a higher homicide rate than most of our western European neighbours, including France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
- The UK has the fifth highest robbery rate in the EU.
- It has the fourth highest burglary rate and the highest absolute number of burglaries in the EU, with double the number of offences than recorded in Germany and France.
But it is the naming of Britain as the most violent country in the EU that is most shocking. The analysis is based on the number of crimes per 100,000 residents.
In the UK, there are 2,034 offences per 100,000 people, way ahead of second-placed Austria with a rate of 1,677.
Less guns means less crime? No, it does not. The USA has a violent crime rate of 466 per 100,000 people. Canada, another panacea of strict gun laws has a rate of 935 per 100,000 people. In the UK, which bans guns, the rate is 2,034 per 100,000 people. FIVE TIMES the rate in America.
This is why the Left talks only of GUN crimes, rather than violent crimes. They are lying by omission. And they KNOW they are lying. So, ask yourself this. Why? If their agenda is not truly reducing crimes, what is it?


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Israel responded to rockets fired from the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on sites used by Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules the Palestinian territory, the military said yesterday.
It said its jets struck "a terrorist weapon storage facility and a Hamas training installation" after rockets landed in southern Israel the night before.
It also closed a closed a key border crossing with the territory.
Gaza health officials said nobody was hurt in the strikes.
On Saturday, thousands of Israelis had been outside in parks and forests celebrating the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer with traditional bonfires. The rockets exploded in open areas and caused no injuries.
Rocket fire from Gaza has declined since a military campaign in November last year, before which militants were firing rockets on an almost daily basis and launching other attacks on Israeli towns across the border. However, sporadic fire still persists.
The military said it "will not tolerate any attempt to harm Israeli civilians" and that it will not allow the situation to return to where it stood before the November campaign.
Israel holds Gaza's militant Hamas rulers responsible for all attacks from the territory. No group claimed responsibility for the latest rocket attacks.
A shadowy extremist Muslim Salafi group was behind recent attacks, including one last month where rockets were fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after that attack that the perpetrators will "pay a heavy price."
Hamas sees the Salafis as a threat to its rule and routinely arrest members of the ultraconservative movement in Gaza.
Salafis view even Hamas' hardline interpretation of Islamic law as too moderate and the two groups have clashed violently in the past.
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Walker Family Band
The Walker Family Band plays music that comes from their common and uncommon experiences. When the band is at full force, they have three "boomer generation" guys with serious time logged in Irish, old time and jazz, complemented by a "now generation" fiddle gal extraordinaire, who has her own unique style. They can also break it down and play as a duo, a trio, and for a bit more fun, add more of their talented family members into the mix.
For over ten years The Walker Family Band has delighted audiences throughout the Southeast with a distinctive take on traditional styles. They perform Irish dance music and songs and American old time music with a forward reaching attitude. They especially enjoy sharing original tunes, which grow naturally from these basic roots and from their thorough training and experience in classical music and jazz. On stage The Walker Family Band creates a confluence of sound with an end game plan; a fresh connection with each audience. Based in Piedmont North Carolina, the band plays festivals, weddings, private parties and other events. True to Irish and American tradition, the band shares their experience and knowledge by conducting multi- instrumental workshops and hosting an annual summer camp that is attended by youngsters and families from coast to coast.
The Walker Family Band includes:
Scott Walker – fiddle/guitar/cello/singer – is a well known performer in the Greensboro area, and has taught for decades in the Piedmont and as a clinician across the nation. The leader of the band, Scott brings the continuity, clarity, and vision that feeds the family on and off the stage.
Scott's daughter, Jennie Brunner, is a dynamic fiddler and composer of lively dance tunes and haunting, deeply touching melodies. She plays with a fine balance of energy and grace that is a real joy to experience. She will capture your heart with her depth of tone, then cut loose with a tune your feet can't resist!
Scott's brother Landon Walker – bass/accordion/flute – whose 35 year musical career in Jacksonville Florida included performing on bass in the highest echelons of jazz and other styles ranging from symphonic to the avant-garde. His unexpected and intricate bass lines bring an unconventional approach to traditional fiddle tune formulas.
Scott Manring, a seasoned pro, who tours all over the East Coast, playing many styles of music, including Jazz, New Orleans Swing, Old Time, and more. Well-known in the Greensboro area for many years, he adds his highly personal style on guitar, banjo, dobro, and mandocello, giving The Walker Family Band serious versatility.
32 Responses to "Walker Family Band"
Jim Says:
December 7th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Looks and sounds great!!
great work all –
selena Says:
December 8th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Website looks fabulous!!! Can't wait to see what you all are doing next.
Kelly & Kay Rudisill Says:
December 14th, 2008 at 8:00 am
We so much enjoyed the music at Statesville. You are so a talent.
Best wishes from old friends.
Kay and Kelly
Susan Ahlberg Says:
December 14th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Hello! It is so good to hear from you! The site looks great, I love the tree…. We can't wait to see you this summer for fiddle camp. Take care and Merry Christmas – Happy Holidays to ALL!!!!!
Susan Boyd Says:
December 23rd, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Walker Family! I so enjoyed your performance this afternoon at The Wesley Long Community Hospital! Our son Michael, is coming through Greensboro tonight and I will print your bio for him and give him your card. He and his wife Amy would love to hear your music and the Irish club in Raleigh would do well to have you come play with them. It is called Tir Na' Nog (sp?) and they probably have a website also you might like to visit. Thank you for the pleasure of your music – wonderful! Susan Boyd
While The Flashes Snapped And The Girls Clamored For More, It Really Was Just A Family Affair » the dotmatrix project Says:
March 1st, 2009 at 8:16 pm
[...] Landon Walker (stand up bass), Scott's daughter Jennie Walker Brunner on violin (all of the Walker Family Band), Renee Mendoza (lead singer of Filthybird, our April headliner) on vocals and David "Driveway" [...]
Karla M. Burnet Says:
July 15th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
We sure missed you guys at the reunion.Hope everyone is in good health.
David and Karla Burnet
Chip Watkins Says:
July 28th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Hey Scott:
Great seeing you yesterday. Thanks for the info on the website. Looks great. Hope to see you soon.
Jensen Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I Miss you guys!!!!!!!!!!!! :,(
By the way i am making flyers for you guys and i is going to putt them up at my skool!!!!!!!!!!! What month should i tell them to come?
Jensen Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
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Jensen Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 pm
JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY, OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH,hey! DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW ON A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH, OVER THE HILLS WE GO LAUGHING ALL THE WAY……
you get the point, so ….. Merry Early Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <]:o HO! HO! HO!
teresja Says:
December 11th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Hi Jensen!
I hope you are doing great and looking forward to the holidays! I am babysitting for Nathan tonight and I will give hi a big hug from Jensen!
jensen Says:
March 13th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
thank you! is he gonna come for the next workshop in blowing rock?
by the way i just saw robbie wells today we jammed out i had him for 3 out of the four classes i took at the workshop that i went to!
and i am almost done with those flyers
Michael Mauldin Says:
March 23rd, 2010 at 8:13 pm
A message for Landon…
Hi old WJCT friend. Glad to see you're in God's country and still making great music. Saw Carlton a couple of years back. (Man, you guys got old! hee hee)
Best of luck,
Michael Mauldin
John C. Jarboe Says:
April 13th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Hi ! Trying to purchase the music book of tunes you played in Ireland while touring there. It also includes some American fiddle tunes as well. I don't see it under the music books drop-down menu. Please inform. I need about 10 of them. Thanks !
teresja Says:
April 13th, 2010 at 10:45 am
Hey John,
We're delighted that you want to purchase the books! It's a terrific tune list! We hope to offer those books very soon. We're waiting on some final correspondance in regard to copyrighted material. Please be sure to add your name to our mailing list. We will send a notice when the details are finalized and the books are added to the shopping page!
Martin Says:
August 10th, 2010 at 9:22 am
I am trying to locate recordings of Landon Walker's NPR radio show " Radishes" which aired late on week-end nights in the 1990′s on the Jacksonville station. Even a list of the songs he played would be great.
Thanks. Martin
landon Says:
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:21 am
Thanks for your e-mail, and for remembering that show. As you know, it ran for some years, and covered a wide range of music, recordings from all over the world and diverse idioms. I did not keep a record of what was played, so to re-create a song-list now is quite impossible. And there is no audio archive of the program – I do have a box of dusty cassettes of random shows, but they aren't available for distribution, practically or legally.
I have happy memories of those days and the programs I produced and the people who enjoyed them, but I'm afraid that's all there is now, the recollection of a time when radio was allowed to be creative and exciting.
Thanks again for writing.
Landon Walker
landon Says:
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:44 am
At the time, I was living on a small sailboat in Fernandina Beach
marina and working as sous chef at the Beech Street Grill. I would be
home in time for Radishes and would sit in my tiny cabin, drinking a
bottle of good pinot noir my boss gave me every night, with a little
oil lamp burning, listening to the likes of Thomas Matfumo, the Lion
of Zimbabwe, and, then, " Juggler's Etude".
Radishes inspired me to collect little musical instruments, a coconut
ukelele from Tonga, a flagolette, a harmonica, a rhythmn egg, a little
Cuban conga drum, and my friends who visited the boat would jam. To
this day I play a baritone ukelele.
To me, your show was to radio what Charles Kurault's CBS Sunday
Morning was to television, enlightening.
Thank you so much for the joy you brought to my life and the memories
I carry with me.
All the best to you , sir,
Danny Crump Says:
September 3rd, 2010 at 3:06 pm
My first band director in 1962 at Icard Elementary was Mr. Landon Walker. He was also at Hildebran High. My father was principal at Hildebran which is near Hickory,NC. I think Mr. Walker went to Newton Conover after he left Hildebran. He would have been in his late 80′s by now. I am sure that he died several years ago. Are you related to this Landon Walker?
He was a very likable man and sure had his work cut out to try to teach me to play the Cornet.
I regret that I won't be at the Contra dance in Greensboro on Saturday.
Danny Crump
Kathleen McGirty Says:
September 5th, 2011 at 11:36 am
I am the entertainment chair for Art in Arboretum and we have an international stage at the event and the Walker Family Band would be perfect for the event. The event is Sunday, October 2 and I have a couple of afternoon time slots available. The stage is the gazebo stage in the Arboretum and we will provide a sound system. Can you let me know if you are available and what is your fee for a 60 minute set. I hope to hear back from you soon.
Michael Hess Says:
September 20th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
Hi, This is Mike from Bur-mil Park. We are having our Fall Festival on October 8. Last year, we had more than 5,000 people attend. We would love if you or some of your students could perform.
Harold Cooper Says:
October 5th, 2011 at 8:13 pm
I.would like to know if you have.an opening for the 29th of October at 6:00 pm for about an hour gig….this is the Lions 65th anniversary party) give me your cost if you would please.I believe you have played for us in the past….you can e-mail…Thank You
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October 30th, 2011 at 10:39 am
Over a half century ago I had the pleasure of attending Viewmont Elementary School in Hickory North carolina, with two most talented individuals, Scott Walker and George Grove. It was obvious even to a "tone deaf" kid like me that both were headed for greatness and would make a mark on this world. Way off down here in Florida I have heard a lot of good things about the Walkers and the fine beautiful music they play. It is then, I am so very proud to say, "yes I knew them when we were in elementary school together.
I hope someday to sit and listen to their fine music before I am able to play my own harp in the clouds! Scott you are blessed! Ric Hafer
Edison Says:
April 13th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
Looking for a song called dragon ship that was taught to my daughter. Is it in any of the song books?
Chris Miller Says:
April 25th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
To Landon Walker
Mr. Walker,
I don't know if you can help me with this request, but I hope that you can. One afternoon early in 1993, I was listening to "The Metro." You did a program about Finnish people in the United States, specifically in Lake Worth, Florida, and Ashtabula, Ohio. I remember enjoying the program and thinking I should try to get a copy of it, but I never did. My former husband, whose father was Finnish, died of cancer two years ago. Our daughter, who took care of him in the weeks before his death, has been thinking a lot lately about his family and her Finnsh heritage. If you could help me obtain a copy of your program after all these years, I would really appreciate it. I realize that too much time may have passed, but I wanted to ask anyway. Thank you for reading this.
Chris Miller
Jacksonville, FL
Michelle Says:
August 9th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Hi, Scott! I'm writing from the Green Hill Center for NC Art. Wondering if you could drop me a line when you have a moment? Scott Manring gave us your band's name. Thanks, looking forward to catching up! -Michelle
Richard Stewardson Says:
March 7th, 2015 at 11:06 pm
I am happy to have found your family band website. Things are fine here–older–but fine. I hope all is well with you and your family. Drop me a line if you like.
All the best,
Don Hurst Says:
September 1st, 2015 at 5:55 pm
I am looking for my long lost roommate from FSU in the early 60′s If Landon Walker happens to be that individual have him get in touch though my E-mail. Thanks
Carmen Says:
May 31st, 2016 at 3:09 pm
Hey can't wait to see all y'all this summer!!!!!!!!!!!
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Last Saturday we revealed the Top 10 Best-Dressed Men of Windsor and Essex County nominated by our readers and chosen by our esteemed panel of judges. This week we're revealing the Top 10-Best-Dressed Women.
Just like the men, it was difficult to make our final selection based on our loosely structured criteria. Quirky, chic, avant garde, classic … It didn't matter what kind of style our winners had. It only mattered that they owned it.
To recap the rules: The identity of our judges was kept a closely guarded secret, because in this tight-knit community, everyone knows everyone. You sent in your entries, we went through them, and if there was a chance someone turned out to be a friend or relative, we politely excused ourselves from the vote.
Our judges were picked because of their own personal style and fashion expertise. I got to be head judge, because it's my contest. Ari Freed, co-owner of Freeds and the most impeccable dresser I know, agreed to join the team. So did the stylish Anne Waters, president and CEO of Anne's on the Avenue and the glamorous Houida Kassem of Houida and Friends on Cogeco 11.
For this shoot, Anne Waters was wearing a wrap-tie top in a blue museum print with matching pants by Rock N Karma. It was designed in Toronto, and it's available at Anne's on the Avenue. The blue patent shoes are by Nine West.
Anne's philosophy of fashion is this: She believes a woman's wardrobe is the outward expression of how she sees herself. "A great wardrobe can empower her, make her feel beautiful, reflect her self-image and bolster her self-esteem," she says. Anne's been helping women do that for more than 25 years, first on Ouellette Avenue and now at her Manning Road boutique.
Ari Freed was wearing a 100 per cent linen jacket made to measure in Canada by Coppley for our shoot. The pant is also by Coppley, made in a wrinkle-resistant wool and Lycra stretch fabric by Scabal. The dress shirt is by Eton, the tie from Canali. Ari's colourful socks are from Bugatchi, and his Mezlan dress shoes were handmade in Spain of natural linen and burnished calfskin. It's all available at Freeds of Windsor, of course.
Houida Kassem isn't a fashion retailer, but she definitely has an eye for fashion. She calls her style "all over the map. I don't favour one designer over another, as it's more about a look than a label on an outfit. I do, however, love my 7 For All Mankind jeans simply because they make my butt look smaller."
Houida shops locally and if something makes her feel and look good "it's found a new home in my closet and it's a best friend for life . . . or at least a season."
Some of the following winners are names you'd expect to see on a best-dressed list. Others will surprise you.
Here, in alphabetical order, are the females nominated by our readers and selected by our judges as the Top 10 Best-Dressed Women in Windsor and Essex County:
Zita Bobbie, Diane Bertolin, Sophia Chisholm, Kim Dendiuk, Christina Fanelli, Maria Farah, Melanie Gardin, Jasmine Jasey, Doris Lapico, Diane Saba.
Zita Bobbie has been considered one of Windsor's most beautiful women since she began modelling as a teenager. Ralph Lauren is her favourite designer, and she was wearing one of his tunics for our shoot, along with leggings by HUE. Zita's hat and wedges were by Aldo. Her style is eclectic and elegant, and she favours a turquoise/western vibe. Married to David Zultek, she loves to fish and boat and volunteers with WETRA. Zita's brother Brian, by the way, was named one of the Top 10 Best-Dressed Men last week. Must be those good genes.
Diane Bertolin is the owner of The Collective Publishing Company Inc. In her business, she says "it's all about presentation. I work primarily with creative people who are in the fashion industry, so the style I present is bold and colourful." Diane's favourite designers include Coral Turner, Frank Lyman, Franco Mirabelli and Samuel Dong, who designed the coat she wore for the shoot. She loves rings in unusual shapes and stones like amethyst and turquoise, and says for her, style isn't about the trends, it's about quality and fit. Her partner in life is Charles Mady.
Sophia Chisholm describes her style as classic with a twist. "I'm not a fan of following the lastest fashion fads," she says. Sophia enjoys classic designs, but in unique patterns and bright colours, and prefers tailored and fitted pieces over slouchy or baggy. Her favourite designers are Milly, Trina Turk, Jovani and Luisa Spagnoli. For our shoot, Sophia wore a silk day dress by Kay Unger New York and shoes by Prada. For casual events, she loves Lululemon clothing, Miss Me and True Religion jeans.Her favourite purses are by Harvey's Seatbelt Bags. Sophia is secretary-treasurer of Rose City Ford and married to John Chisholm, who was named one of the best-dressed men last week. They have two daughters.
Kim Dendiuk is a business development, fundraising and event production professional. She says she has a "passion for fashion," and loves to model for area boutiques and charity fashion shows. Her local fashion inspirations are Janis Miller and Elaine Chatwood, and she shops at Franco Angileri and Chatty Collection. Her historical fashion icons are Princess Diana and Jackie O. For our shoot, Kim wore an outfit by Fever of London, England, sold exclusively at Chatty Collection. She describes her style as "chic fashionista." Kim and Joe Malec have two young sons.
Christina Fanelli works for Mastercraft Homes Windsor Inc., and describes her sense of style as "very feminine, polished and sophisticated." She says her outfits are always chosen and put together well, but she always wants the effect to look "effortless as opposed to being too contrived." She loves designers like Alice+Olivia, Nha Khanh, Black Halo and Halston Heritage. Her favourite accessory? Shoes and lots of them. Christina is married to Dave Schild and they have one child.
Maria Farah moved to Windsor five years ago to study biological sciences at the University of Windsor and wants to get her MBA in health care management. She currently works at Accucaps. Her favourite fashion quote comes from the legendary Coco Chanel, who said "A woman can be overdressed, but never over elegant." Maria believes it isn't about what brand a woman wears, but how she wears it that reflects her style and personality. "I like to have fun with my style and switch it up every now and then, but most importantly I have to feel comfortable and confident in what I'm wearing," she says. Maria is a former Miss Lebanon Emigrant winner and placed in the Top 15 in the Miss International pageant in 2011.
Melanie Gardin has been fashion conscious since she was little girl. She says she drove her poor mother crazy when she was in kindergarten, because she refused to wear any outfit that came in contact with paint at the classroom's art station. As a partner at Chapman Gordon Gardin Stewart law firm, her Monday to Friday look is suits and heels. In fact, she has about 40 suits in different colours and styles. When the work day ends, she goes for a classy, chic and feminine look. Melanie would rather hunt for rare and unique pieces than go for designer labels. She does have a bit of a shoe fetish, and her prized possession is a pair of Figgie hand-painted black high heels.Her pet peeves: Bunny slippers and PJs in public.
Jasmine Jasey thinks fashion should first and foremost be all about fun. She likes to shop at places like Savvy Boutique, Freeds of Windsor and Victoria Boutique for her dresses. Her one rule for buying a dress? It has to give her an OMG feeling. As a busy mom on the run, Lululemon fits the bill for casual attire. Jasmine thinks her hair is very important to her look, and she goes to Salon Utopia forcolour and cut. She takes ballroom dancing with her two children, and loves shoes by Kenneth Cole, Nine West and Ferragamo. Jasmine trained as a registered practical nurse and has been married to Dr. Gregory Jasey for 10 years.
Doris Lapico was born in Switzerland and studied in Perugia, Italy during the punk era. That was her first fashion influence. She moved here, completed her studies at the University of Windsor, co-founded Transition to Betterness and now works as a realtor. Her fashion icons include Sienna Miller, Kate Moss and Sophia Loren. Doris describes her style as having a "minimalist approach, filled with contrast and a love for current trends." This season, she's smitten by the shorts she sees on the runways, and she's incorporated them into her wardrobe. An "independent fashionista," she favours street wear and rock-inspired, edgy looks by Blondie and Gwen Stafani. Doris is married to Anthony Lapico and they have a son and a daughter.
Diane Saba is president of D. Saba & Associates Insurance and Financial Services. Her signature style is timeless and classic and her favourite designers are Donna Karan, Escada, Vince and St. John. In fact, she's wearing an outfit by St. John Knits in this photo. But Diane also likes current trends. For her, it's mixing the two to find the right balance. She loves travelling with family, entertaining, golf, theatre and the cinema. A founding board member of the Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital Foundation, Diane thinks giving back to the community is important. She has two daughters and one pet peeve: Tardiness.


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So, I posted this news article on my facebook page, and a distant relative who loves her Jesus commented, "You realize that by believing that this happened by chance, just randomly, takes as much faith as believing there is a God behind it, orchestrating it... Just food for thought..."
I replied with, " This is showing that it's not random chance. They took a colony of single-celled organisms, subjected it to hardship that they felt would simulate "primordial soup", and watched to see what happened, and lo and behold, the natural selection theory prevailed. They watched as heavy single-celled organisms survived at first (heavy most likely due to the fact that they were about to split into two daughter cells), then they watched as the cells seemed to "learn" that retaining the daughter cells, rather than fully splitting, was beneficial, starting the process to becoming multi-cellular organisms. They even watched as division of labor started to occur. It had to have been the most exciting time of their life up to this point.
There is no "chance" here. This was the very exact display of evolution that scientists have been predicting. The only leap of faith that I am taking is that this work is done ethically and honestly. If it has, then scientists will replicate this work and this will confirm one more piece of evolutionary theory.
If believing in a god is necessary to answer the questions that scientists haven't answered yet, then fine, whatever. I'd much prefer sitting there wondering how it works, and then marveling when someone figures out the answer. That's far more awe-inspiring than anything else."
And assumed that would be it, because she doesn't really like confrontation. But she replied with something that is admittedly above my education level, so I am coming here to ask those smarter than me what is an appropriate reply. Her response was, "I agree with you, Elyse, in how awe inspiring it is! And I even trust that the scientists were ethical in doing it. I just think that something that amazing wouldn't happen randomly in nature because of the laws of thermodynamics. For something that complex to occur, I believe it shows the hand of a creator putting it into motion! Does that mean I believe in Creator-induced evolution? Haha, maybe!"
What, exactly, would make one think that the laws of thermodynamics prevents this from happening outside of a laboratory? It may have taken more than a few months initially, but that shouldn't affect anything.
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