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The Templars Falter
Holly Blackstone
(The Void Chronicles, #3)
Publication date: July 23rd 2016
Genres: Erotica, Fantasy
Julianna Foss, full fledged Templar, finds herself in an impossible situation.
The High Templar and Julianna's lover, Tristan, seemed about to commit himself to their relationship when he became entranced with Iris, the lone survivor of the attack on Hayden's Gate. The thrall he and many of the other Templars are under is unnatural and Julianna is at a loss as to how to break the spell until Prior Basil asks for her help. It seems that Tristan and his lieutenant Tor have taken deathly ill, and the High Templar's death would practically assure the Void dragon Dryx succeeds in enslaving the land.
She is forced to confront Lucas, the captured necromancer, and ask his assistance in understanding the source of Iris' power – but it will come at a price, as Lucas grows increasingly possessive and entranced by Julianna, the first female Templar in hundreds of years.
Julianna succeeds in destroying Iris, but in some ways it is a Pyrrhic victory. Iris really is Reena, sister to the head necromancer Vaux, and that means Julianna has a price on her head. Vaux is ruthless and bloodthirsty, and will stop at nothing to avenge the death of his little sister.
So begins a chain of events that leaves Julianna on the outside once more, confused by her attraction to Lucas, who should be her enemy, and her wounded love for the Tristan. She is further alienated by the secrets she carries, and the terrible knowledge that has been revealed to her about VoidCleaver, the godsword she wields. Basil and Tristan are convinced that she is the Deorwyn, a woman prophecy claimed would help rid the world of Dryx, but she chafes under this new expectation
Julianna is stressed beyond endurance – she carries the fate of the world on her shoulders, will it prove to be too much for her?
*Contains explicit depictions of warfare and sex and is intended for adults.
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Julianna threads her way through the corridors until she stands in front of a large door. The sentries look at her a moment, then at one another and open the portal for her and once she is inside, they close it.Lucas is kneeling near the centre of the cage, his hands and arms bound together, his body bare except for the cloth that covers his sex. I am sure he has hidden his clothes somewhere handy for future use, she thinks as she scans the room briefly before resting her gaze on him.
"Ser Foss", he says coolly, but his eyes betray the lust he is trying to contain.
"Lucas", she answers and squats down, pushing her scabbard out of the way.
They stare at each other a moment and then he stands, forcing her to stand once more.
"Are we playing a game, Lucas?"
"I know why you are here."
"Do you?"
"Yes, I believe I do. The High Templar is ill, and you want my help restoring your former lover to his old glory."
She sighs, and rubs the heel of her hand against her forehead. "I don't know what the future has in store for any of us, Lucas, but I know he has been afflicted by something horrible, and I believe he will die – and soon – if nothing is done."
"I have no reason to help him."
Julianna quickly erects a ward to ensure privacy. "Do you have any reason to help me?"
"To aid you in this defeats my purpose, my desires. You KNOW this, Julianna." He looks at her hotly.
"Why are you still here? You could have left last night; I'm sure those clothes are secreted away somewhere."
"My reasons for remaining are my own."
"Lucas – I just want to know if my thinking is sound; is it so much to ask that you help me with that?"
"You know what you ask of me!"
"What do you want from me, Lucas? Do you think that allowing him to die will endear you to me? I defended you to the Prior and Calix; we all know Iris is behind this but lack proof. I can take care of her but I want to know what she used on Tristan and Tor; what can we do to unmake that sorcery?"
"I will extract payment from you for this. Is that understood?"
"Yes, Lucas." She doesn't hesitate, despite the ominous tone to his voice.
"There is only one thing that can cure their illness – a life."
"What?" Julianna blanches.
"The magic is strong in their bodies – too potent for most people to combat; only perhaps a few might have a chance, myself included. The quickest and swiftest way to stop the illness from progressing is to end the life of the one who begat it; the sorcery is tied to her power and life force."
"Iris' life is forfeit then – so be it."
"You do not realise what you will unleash once you kill her; it will pave the way for other… difficulties, other challenges. Her death will not go un-avenged; it may be – will be – a terrible price to pay."
"If Tristan dies the Order will falter; there is no choice to be made. Whatever happens in the future we will deal with it then."
"I warn you again – the cost may be great." Lucas' brow furrows. "I can feel Fate move beneath our feet. Julianna! I…", he shakes his head. "I do not advise it."
"I take that responsibility." As she says it, Lucas' shoulders slump and Julianna feels as if something has passed in front of her.
"I will pray to the gods for you, for mercy. Go then, hatch your plan", Lucas says and walks towards the bars of the cage. "As for you, love – I will see you again very, very soon." He casts one more hungry look at her before turning and walking to the far side of his enclosure. Julianna stares at his muscular back for a moment, watches him breathe, and then removes the ward and stalks from the room.
Author Bio:
Holly was born in New Jersey and moved to the Pacific Northwest at the age of eighteen. She's always loved writing and expressing herself and scrupulously kept a journal at a young age. She started her first book around the age of eight, although she never completed it, and in high school was co-editor of her school's literary magazine. She enjoys blogging, reading, and writing poetry and novels. Although an American, Holly is fascinated with British and Scottish history and culture; this interest is reflected in her choice to often use British spellings for words because she likes them better.
Holly likes exploring how a character's personality changes and adapts as they are introduced to new experiences that are challenging. She also enjoys creating worlds and tales that are deep and complex and are driven by a solid story, yet have intense erotic elements.
Much to her chagrin, Holly has many interests and has a hard time keeping up with them all. She enjoys cooking and has made wine with friends; she likes gardening, drawing, reading, video and board games, dancing, eighties music and yoga, to name a few of her more regular preoccupations.
She welcomes comments and questions at her website: http://www.hollyblackstone.com
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Tonight marks the end of Hostages on CBS. Though the "limited series" has not been officially cancelled, the ratings have been so poor that there's just no way that they're going to bring it back for a second season.
On the two final episodes — titled "Suspicious Minds" and "Endgame" — Duncan (Dylan McDermott) discovers Sandrine's (Sandrine Holt) betrayal and decides to use her to save Nina (Francie Swift) and Sawyer (Lola Cook). Before Ellen (Toni Collette) operates on President Kincaid (James Naughton), the First Lady (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) confronts her and forces Ellen to tell the truth about the assassination plot.
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Translation of the Paezeriai chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
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Written by Josef Rosin
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem, 1996
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In Yiddish, Paezhere A county town 9 km east of Vilkaviskis, the district's city. In 1923, 24 Jews lived in Paezeriai among its 200 residents. In June, 1941, when Germany conquered Lithuania, the fate of the Jews of Paezeriai was the same as the fate of the Jews in the surrounding areas.
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Immersed in India: The Kumbh Mela festival
Shoba Narayan (Writer)
The royal religious procession begins in Jwalapur, a dusty town an hour outside Haridwar, where two million sadhus (Hindu holy men), ascetics, healers, mystics and saffron-clad monks have camped out overnight. The fifth royal bath, shahi snan, or ritual immersion into that holiest of Indian rivers, the Ganga, whose cold waters run through Haridwar, is taking place. This royal bath coincides with the auspicious Shivaratri, or Night of Shiva, on February 12, and marks the halfway point in this mammoth celebration and spectacle, which ends this year on April 28. I'm standing in line on the road to Haridwar to watch the saints go marching by; the crowd and procession is orderly, thanks to a large police presence, but the religious fervour is palpable. With me are Hindu men and women offering sweets, water, fruit and flowers to the sadhus.
They mutter prayers and prostrate themselves on the road, clasping their hands in a fervent namaste. Countless camera-toting Indian and foreign tourists squeeze through for better vantage points, their faces delirious, as if they cannot believe they are actually here. Occasionally, burqa-clad women emerge from within homes to throw flowers at the saints. "The Kumbh Mela is a symbol of our secular democracy in action," says Swami Avdeshananda, whose sprawling ashram (religious hermitage) is in the old Kankhal neighbourhood of Haridwar. "For example, most of the Hindu religious offerings used in the Kumbh are packaged by Muslim craftsmen, and the music bands have Muslim and Christian performers." The bands are actually the sideshow. They walk along with the saints but even their spirited drums and trumpets cannot drown out the chants of "Bum Bum Bole" and "Har Har Mahadev", words that refer to Lord Shiva, from whose matted locks, the legend has it, the river Ganga sprang forth.
The origin of the Kumbh – which means rounded pot in Sanskrit – dates back to the Vedic period some 4,000 years ago. According to Hindu mythology, the gods and asuras (demons) churned the Ocean of Milk for the nectar of immortality. When the holy pot bearing this nectar of immortality arrived, one of the gods took it before being chased by the asuras. The four places that the god rested the kumbh were Haridwar, Allahabad, Ujjain and Nasik and it is in these places that the Kumbh Mela is now held on a rotational basis. Devotees believe that drops of the nectar of immortality fell from the pot at these places, which is why bathing in the river is so sacred. For a Hindu, it symbolises many things: the triumph of good over evil, a glimpse of immortality as well as being in the presence of countless revered sadhus.
Some call the Kumbh Mela the world's largest religious gathering, with an estimated 60 million people attending over the course of four months. As Mark Twain said in 1895, after attending the Kumbh, "It is wonderful, the power of a faith like that, that can make multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining." The gathering has gone from strength to strength in how it is organised. Haridwar, for instance, has troops from the elite Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to help with law and order, a separate budget to fund the set up of a sprawling campsite for the visiting sadhus and feed them over the four months and a media centre especially for the event.
The time and place where the Kumbh Mela will be held depends on a specific astrological confluence. The Haridwar Kumbh happens when Jupiter enters Aquarius, the Sun enters Aries and the Moon enters Sagittarius. During this time, millions of Hindu ascetics, called naga babas, who spend their lives sans clothes, desire and food and drink, converge at the Kumbh Mela to engage in religious discourse. They live in makeshift campsites and take holy dips in the Ganga on 10 bathing dates. It is estimated that somewhere between five and six million people pass through on these bathing dates and today is one of those days. First in line in the procession are the mahants, or seers, who are at the top of this particular hierarchy. As they go by on grand golden chariots we throw yellow flowers at them.
After the mahants come the heads of the various religious orders or Akharas, Swami Avdeshananda among them. He rides by along with many of the religious heads, whose faces are plastered on billboards all over Haridwar. There is Pilot Baba (Baba means saint), so called because he used to be a military pilot. There is Somnath Baba, riding along with some western women, drawing stares from the crowd. "What is he doing with these foreign women?" people mutter. Next in line are the senior sadhus (a holy person, often referred to as a mahatma or given the prefix Sri before their name), riding by on horses, elephants and camels. Finally, the younger ones come walking by, and the true spectacle begins. The walking naga sadhus are, in the main, completely naked, their matted locks coiled on top of their heads. Gray ash is smeared all over their mostly lean and lithe bodies.
As the procession heats up, many of these naga babas engage in feats of skill and strength – stick and sword fighting, pulling chariots with their bare hands and lifting other sadhus on their shoulders. All these displays are to prove to their eager audience that they can and will protect Hinduism: the naga sadhus' declared purpose. They demonstrate their strength and skills all the way to the river, where, in a final act of purification, they immerse themselves en masse into its chilly depths. It would be hard to overstate the importance of the river Ganga to the Hindu Indian. For my mother, who accompanied me to the Kumbh, the high point of the visit was not the parade, prayers or blessings from the sadhus. It was immersing herself into the Ganga every morning while chanting "Ganga Mata Pavitra hai", or "Mother Ganga is pure". "Make me pure too," she would whisper to the river.
Although my mother had visited Haridwar before, it was her first time at the Kumbh, which somehow made the Ganga more sacred to her. Like many older Hindus, my parents had made the prescribed pilgrimage to sacred Hindu towns like Varanasi, Allahabad, Rishikesh and Gaya to pay homage to their departed ancestors, but the Kumbh Mela was another matter altogether. Most Hindus I know, particularly those who live in the south of India, far away from the spots where the Kumbh is held, rarely attend the Kumbh, even though they long to. They are intimidated by the crowds and the accompanying inconveniences, like the lack of suitable accommodation. When I returned home after the festival, I got dozens of phone calls from relatives and friends, all of whom were thrilled and envious that I had attended. They wanted photos, detailed descriptions, links to the article I was writing. They wanted the Kumbh experience even though they were afraid to make the actual trek.
I had come to Haridwar determined not to bathe in the Ganga. I didn't buy into Hindu ideology and I was worried about contracting germs because I was sure the river would be polluted and dirty. I was wrong. The Ganga in Haridwar, which is relatively close to the river's head in the Gomukh glacier upriver in the Himalayas, is fast-flowing and playful, just like the long-haired tempestuous maiden she is depicted to be. She is always freezing cold. As the sun rises and the glaciers melt, the Ganga gets colder, which is why the faithful bathe before sunrise. Over breakfast at the Haveli Hari Ganga, Haridwar's best hotel, where I am staying, a British couple tell me that they had come with the same qualms. "But it is so clean," exclaims the retired man called Tony. His wife, Claire, adds, "When I immersed myself in the Ganga, I began crying. I don't know why. I mean, we aren't Hindu or anything. But I saw the faith of the people here, I suppose some of it rubbed off."
Also at my hotel, some 80 yogis from Europe and America have descended for 10 days to attend the Kumbh. I speak to a handsome Swede who is clad in saffron but has short platinum blonde hair. He tells me that the group are all teachers of the Sivananda yoga method. They plan to spend their mornings learning scriptures from a visiting guru who speaks English, and the afternoons visiting the campsites and talking to the sadhus. Har ki Pauri is the most sacred place in Haridwar and it is where the procession ends. It resembles a water tank with a strip of the Ganga running between two concrete platforms, interlinked by bridges. By late afternoon, I am positioned on a wooden platform that has been erected for press photographers. People are squeezed together as far as the eye can see. Finally, the first batch of sadhus arrive for their holy dip. With smiling faces, they run down the steps of the bathing ghat and jump into the Ganga.
I had expected pandemonium, masses of people running -helter-skelter down the steps. I feared stampedes. It wasn't an orderly march, but it wasn't a stampede either. The naga babas came lithely down the steps and immersed themselves into mother Ganga to the reverberating chant of "Ganga Mata Pavitra Hai". Cameras click furiously all around me. After the requisite three auspicious dips, the sadhus climb out and make their way back up in a streaming U-formation that never seems to stop. The river bank at Har ki Pauri is bordered by temples on either side (one to the river Ganga and the other to Shiva). Strange and wonderful things happen during the ritual immersion. One naked yogi stands in a corner, dancing in sheer delight. He demonstrates a series of virtuoso yoga poses before melting back into the crowd. Somnath Baba – he who rode with white women – appears wearing a fire-engine red loincloth. "Must be a present from his foreign devotees," titters someone and we all laugh.
People wait in serpentine lines to pour milk on the Shiva-ling idol in the temple. Monks with begging bowls march past, collecting donations from the waiting masses. As the sun sets, the lines of sadhus keep coming. Having had my fill of the mass immersion, I too melt into the crowd and walk along the river to my hotel's private bathing ghat. The Haveli Hari Ganga and its two sister properties have prime locations along the river, each with private access to the Ganga. As I wade into the Ganga's chilling depths, I ponder my predicament. You see, I am at the Kumbh to make peace with my faith. Although I grew up in a devout Hindu family, I am uneasy about religion for all the usual reasons.
The Kumbh, I figured, was a good way to watch the Hindu faith in action. It had everything: temples, sadhus, prayers, rituals, colour and especially the Ganga upon which is posited much of the Hindu faith. Jawaharlal Nehru explained it best: "The Ganga, especially, is the river of India, beloved of her people, round which are intertwined her memories, her hopes and fears, her songs of triumph, her victories and her defeats. She has been a symbol of India's age-long culture and civilisation, ever-changing, ever-flowing, and yet ever the same." As I take my first dip into the river, the temple bells clang. Is it a sign? No, it's just the beginning of the daily evening aarthi or lamp-lighting. Soon, tiny boats made of leaves and flowers come floating by, each carrying adiya, a little twinkling oil lamp. Devotees send these lamps down the river to make their wishes come true. So many wishes, I think, so much pollution.
Swami Avdeshananda thinks that devotees shouldn't throw a single thing into the Ganga. "I just dip my flower into its waters and bring it back," he says. It is a progressive thought for someone steeped in ancient Hindu principles but then, Haridwar is a special place. The entire city is vegetarian. Drinking is not allowed and police can throw people into jail if they are caught with alcohol. But Haridwar too, like Hinduism, makes allowances. The naga babas eat and drink little beyond tea, but in their campsites they all smoke.
The day after the procession, I wake up early and take a walk along the Ganga. As always, men and women are immersing themselves into its waters, temple bells are clanging, roadside carts are selling tasty hot samosas, kachoris and jilebis, saffron-robed sadhus are walking the streets. It's just another day in the holy city. For information about the remaining baths this year, visit the Kumbh Mela's website. Shoba Narayan is the author of Monsoon Diary (published by Random House). Available at www.amazon.com


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Suenalo, the Miami-based 8-piece Afro-Latin-funk-jam band, explodes on to The Green Parrot Stage for two pelvis-grinding nights of of funk, mambo, cumbia, and hip-hop, Any Parrot patron present for Suenalo's past Parrot shows will remember a barrage of music that's simultaneously Afro-Cuban, Dominican hip-hop, R&B, Latin-Funk, Cuban Rumba, and Colombian Cumbia. The ensemble employs rhythms from Brazil to Jamaica, including samba, rumba, son, hip-hop, and reggae, mainly focusing on fusing Afro-beat and Latin rhythms with funk and rhythm and blues.
The group's members form a multicultural cocktail, a crashing wave of African beats, reggae, dancehall, and samba that make Suenalo one of the most eclectic bands to emerge from Miami in years. Formed in 2002 in the vibrant neighborhood of Little Havana, Suénalo has won legions of loyal fans and recently garnered Best Local Latin Rock Band honors from the Miami New Times, where they were dubbed as the source of Miami's best new spin on rock, Latin or otherwise.


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"It's a big play at the end by Dubi," said Head Coach John Tortorella following a last minute victory by the New York Rangers in their final preseason home game.
With just over one minute remaining, Brandon Dubinsky took a cross ice pass from Marian Gaborik and worked the puck along the boards, warding off the Washington defense as he entered the offensive zone.
Dubinsky fought the puck to the net just enough to catch Jose Theodore off-guard and give Chris Higgins a shot at the goal.
Higgins capitalized and the Rangers held on to win 3 - 2, in the two teams' first meeting since Washington ousted the Rangers from the playoffs in seven games last season.
Dubinsky, in his first game of the preseason following his week-long holdout, didn't look out of place and had a little extra jump in his step, working hard to be the first player to the puck nearly every shift.
"I felt good all week, but you never know since it's preseason and there is still another level to jump to," said Dubinsky.
He must have felt particularly good with new linemate Marian Gaborik who tallied two goals of his own and added an assist on the game-winner.
"He was great tonight and that shot of his is pretty scary," said Dubinsky. "If I play with him it's just an indicator that I'm trying to get him the puck as much as I can in scoring areas..."
Higgins was equally impressed with his Slovakian linemate's first two games.
"He's such a phenomenal talent, it's pretty much a guaranteed goal," said Higgins who added an assist on Gaborik's second goal.
Originally, Vinny Prospal had centered Higgins and Gaborik, but Dubinsky was phased into that spot later in the game. Tortorella, however, has not committed to either combination and vows to continue and "try different things there and see where it goes."
The game went back and forth and featured a lot of time on specialty teams. Both teams took seven penalties apiece , but neither could rally any momentum from the power play.
Gaborik broke the game open early in the second period with a breakaway shorthanded goal that went five-hole on Theodore, nearly knocking him over.
Later in the period, following a strong defensive play by Matt Gilroy on Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin corralled the puck from the corner and out to the faceoff circle before roofing a shot over Henrik Lundqvist's pads.
The teams traded goals again as Gaborik got the lead back at 12:37. However, the Rangers missed a coverage on the backcheck and Alexei Semenov was left all alone to face a 2-on-1 with Ovechkin and Keith Aucoin. Ovechkin slipped a pass beyond Semenov's reach and Aucoin buried it with three minutes left in the period.
During the third, neither team had a tremendous number of opportunities, but the physical play did pick up with big hits on both sides. There were a couple fights to speak of as well, as Donald Brashear and Brandon Sudgen had a quick spat in the second period followed by a near minute-long re-match in the third.
Brashear won by decision.
Throughout the game, Brashear sat for four penalties, much to the dismay of the Garden faithful. But the smattering of boos, cheers, and jeers were heard by more than just the fans.
"Donald Brashear is gonna be a big part of this hockey club, I don't think he needs to be disrespected," said Tortorella. "[The media] disrespected him when we brought him in here...He's gonna serve to be a pretty important guy for this hockey club."
Tortorella also intends to use Brashear in a variety of roles, including the power play which he saw some time on tonight, setting himself atop the crease.
The Rangers now look to Sunday as they travel to Washington to close out the preseason. Both teams used predominantly veteran lineups in preparation for next week's start to the regular season. There may be at least one more cut prior to Sunday's game.
- Henrik Lundqvist played the full game, recording 23 saves for the victory
- Wade Redden was a +2 and led the team in time on ice with 23:50. He was named Third Star of the Game. Dubinsky received the Second Star and Gaborik the First Star
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That is exactly why I never go downtown -- I can't stand the parking hassles and I refuse to pay for parking. I love the parking in the suburbs -- vast oceans of parking spaces all for free...gets my business every time.
I thought I knew the answer to that. Admittedly, I've only been driving for seven years and rarely park in downtown Denver, where most of our parking meters are located. But I had familiarized myself with the rules before I took my driving test. I thought I had it down. I guess I was wrong.
My family and I decided to spend Monday doing a little shopping in a terrific area of Denver that has all sorts of funky old stores. Of course, old stores means no parking lots. Instead, it's street parking with plenty of meters.
We found a meter, put in enough money for two hours and went on our merry way. We did some shopping, had a bite to eat, watched our two girls argue over a piece of battered fish, you know, the usual stuff. I looked at my watch and was worried we didn't have enough time to get back to the car, but when there was still 20 minutes on the meter when we opened the car door.
We strapped the kids into the car seats, talked about our next destination and then I checked my mirrors before pulling out. That's when I noticed the obnoxious yellow envelope jammed into my left wing mirror.
We thought it was a piece of crappy advertising at first, but sure enough, it was a violation. We couldn't figure it out. We had plenty of time left, we hadn't parked crooked or too far out into the road, we were genuinely puzzled.
So, we called the toll-free number at the bottom and spoke to a representative of the city. She asked how much the fine was for and what the officer's notes were. Then she told me exactly what my violation was; my front bumper wasn't fully behind the parking meter. This was a violation of something called ordinance number 54-513. Here's the write-up:
Improper Use of Meter Space, ordinance number 54-513, was enacted to ensure that citizens park in such a way as to occupy only one parking space. Your front bumper must not extend past the meter pole.
A couple of things really bugged me about this. First, I was maybe a foot in front of the pole, due to the fact that the guy behind me wasn't obeying ordinance number 54-513 and I had to give him room to pull out. Second, and even more annoying, was that I was at the end of the street. There were no spaces in front of me, just 10ft of curb and a corner. So, I wasn't occupying anyone else's space anyway.
However, I had violated ordinance number 54-513 and I now have to pay the $25 asap, or it becomes a $50 fine. I can, of course, take time off work and spend half a day waiting to see a magistrate so that I can dispute this violation, but I just don't have the time.
Does ordinance number 54-513 apply in your city? I really don't know. It may have a different name, it may not apply at all. But I would definitely play it safe and make sure no part of your bumper is extending past the parking meter pole. You don't want to pay a silly fine, especially at this time of year.
And, while we're on the subject of parking meters, here are some other basic rules and guidelines that we all should know.
1: Most meters give you around two hours of parking. Some give you less. In really busy areas, it may be only 30 minutes.
2: Rates vary according to the meter and location. Some give you way more time for your quarter than others, so check that out before you pull away.
3: You shouldn't feed the meter: If the regulation allows for a certain amount of time, usually two hours, you are not supposed to run back to the meter and add more quarters. This is being a meter hog and it can get you a violation if the parking control officer is keeping an eye on your length of stay.
4: There are NO free all-day parking passes. If you're at a meter that's broken, you can't claim ignorance and park for the whole day. In NYC specifically, you're allowed one hour at a broken meter, even if the meter allows longer stays. In your city, it may be longer. And if your meter is missing completely (a pole with no meter) don't take this as free all-day parking either. Usually, that missing meter means you can park for the allotted time on that street. Any more and you're risking the wrath of the meter maid.
5: Don't park on someone's dime. Even if there's plenty of time left on the meter that was paid by a previous driver, you are supposed to add their own money on top of that. No free parking folks.
6: Don't top up someone else's meter. Why would you, right? But if you see some old lady struggling to walk back to her car, and the meter has ran out, you can't go topping it up to help her avoid a ticket. In NYC, these random acts of kindness obstruct official business. By adding money, you're robbing the city of potential revenue. And the last thing you want to do is get in between a city and its cash.
7: If you're in a busy city with lots of meters, keep plenty of change in the car at all times. You don't want to park, run and get change, and come back to a parking ticket.
8: Some new electronic parking meters let you pay with change or a debit card. Miami is one city that's testing this out.
9: Meters are free in my city on Sundays. Check your meter to see if/when the meter allows free parking.
10: And if there are no meters, you're not off the hook. Unmetered parking has plenty of potential landmines to avoid, too. Here are just a few:
If you have any more tips or parking meter knowledge, let us know. And if you're a parking control officer, let us in on some of your fabulous inside info.
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That is exactly why I never go downtown -- I can't stand the parking hassles and I refuse to pay for parking. I love the parking in the suburbs -- vast oceans of parking spaces all for free...gets my business every time.
Go to the suburbs for the parking? We moved *from* the suburbs at great cost just to get away from mile after mile of concrete, strip malls and chain restaurants. We live in the Highlands, and were able to donate one of our cars because we can walk everywhere. But we're also fans of population density and its efficiencies, and we'll do whatever we can to encourage people to use alternative methods of transportation to their cars.
Smarter as well.
Here in Orlando they now have meters that incorporate a "presence detector", for lack of a better phrase, so that when you pull your car out it automatically resets to Zero on the time.
They get to Double or Triple Charge for the same minutes and you don't get the chance to use up what somene has left.
And they wonder why Downtowns are dying...I only go to downtown under the direst of circumstances only because I feel because I pay the taxes that maintain the streets I shouldn't have to pay extra to park on them.
~ Roland
No parking hours trump meters. Meaning, even if you put, say, two hours on a meter, if that part of the street converts to no parking during those two hours, you will get a ticket and/or towed for parking illegally during the no parking time period.
Also look out for meters that are reserved for handicapped vehicles.
Frustratingly, when I was a student (hence: no garage), I came out one morning to find that the city had put up "2-hour only" parking signs on my street. Overnight. And that exactly 2 hours after they had done so, they sent out a meter maid to ticket all the cars on the street for violating it.
When I went to contest the ticket, I was yelled at for parking in the street *at all*, even though it was 100% legal, because the employee at city hall felt that parking in the street was "dangerous." More than ten years later, it still pisses me off.
New meters have the ability to eliminate the free parking 'float' that occurs when the previous occupant of a parking space pays for more time than they use.
There are new meters that, when fed, print out a ticket with the expiration time and date. These tickets have a gummed tab (like a sticky Post It note) that the driver sticks to the inside of the door (driver or passenger - varies locally) window so that the ticket faces out. When the driver leaves, they take the ticket with them, and the next driver has to pay for their own ticket.
And a common way time restrictions are enforced is to mark tires (on the tread) with chalk - in a two-hour zone, a car with a chalk mark is in violation if it's still there two hours after being marked. When the driver leaves, the chalk wears away from road contact.
Check the meter (usually inside the glass) for hours of operation. Meters are usually enforced during daytime hours Monday through Saturday, often 7am to 6pm, sometimes later.
That's just ridiculous. Either Denver is getting really desperate for revenue or you got a meter reader with a chip on his/her shoulder, but you should not stand for that. You can't contest by mail?
Chicago's city council is as I type this plotting to quadruple our meter rates and eliminate free Sundays. I have such mixed feelings about this. On one hand, since street parking in Chicago has long been much cheaper than private lots, the city has been subsidizing drivers for years. It's actually good policy to charge a higher rate for the luxury of driving downtown than for taking public transit. BUT ... anyone who lives in Chicago knows that the money the city takes from us does not do us any good. It doesn't improve the El or other public transit. It disappears into the pockets of insiders and their cousins.
If I ever get a parking ticket like this I take the oppurtunity for a spot of creative writing! So I will work out whatever the fine is, say £30, then with the minimum wage being £5 something an hour. For me to recoup that money from them in fun will take about 12 letters if we assume it takes about half an hour for them to deal with each letter.
Now the fun part! Write to them with a completely crazy letter that asks lots of questions and just rambles on and on for a good few pages (A4 size as a minimum) it doesn't matter if you go off topic, just keep writing as much as you can. For some reason this has gotten me out of two (unjust) parking fines :P After reading the first letter they just seem to not want to deal with you and cancel the fine!
I'm puzzled by #6. The city is still getting the money you add to the meter. Are there really cases of people getting in trouble for helping others?
Yes, and I actually saw it on the show Jackass. They had a guy in a fairy costume going around putting quarters into expired meters. The meter maids were *pissed*. It seems ridiculous, but the city must make a lot of money on tickets to get so high-n-mighty about it.
And I really don't see the problem of using the leftover time of someone else. They paid for that much parking time, what's it matter if I use it? Me putting money into it too only extends the time for the next guy. I'm glad the town I live in doesn't have the zero-out meters.
Here in L.A. where parking is at a premium, sometimes parking at a broken meter is unavoidable - so I have learned to put a note on the street side of the windshield stating that I TRIED to put in $ at such & such a time - which, if you are not stopping long, usually avoids problems - because the meter probably has not been reported broken - I ALSO found out in another parking snafu that the number scrawled in what looked like red nailpolish on the meter was its official number - which I had to look up one time to verify that the meter had been broken at the time.
As for signs put out in the middle of the night - ILLEGAL. I found out in L.A. by going to the citycouncil person's office that they were SUPPOSED to have put up warning signs and had a GRACE period! So the ticket was wiped! So check with your local representative - that's what they are there for.
In fact, many dubious tickets can be successfully contested as irrational - who would know that obscure ordinance - You could have taken a picture (we all have camera phones now) and proved that because of the other drivers you were FORCED to park as you did.
I have made these consumer complaints mostly by mail, too. Given enough evidence, the cases usually fall apart - as they are so unused to facing any opposition whatsoever...
So I encourage you to fight these tickets whenever you feel you are in the right.
Our downtown revived itself with two things: free downtown parking on weekends and evenings after 6:00 PM, and police on bicycles to maintain security. Our downtown is no longer dead--it's the place to go (and the place to live).
Here in Albuquerque, hybrid owners can obtain a sticker for their vehicles which allows free parking at meters.
Park in front of a fire hydrant at your own peril! :)
There's a picture on the 'net of a fire hose going through a car's windows because it was parked in front of a fire hydrant. LOL!
Just because this happened to me...
Make sure your tags aren't expired. I don't park downtown too often and where I normally park and drive around there aren't a lot of cops checking. So, when I parked at a meter downtown, at a place where cops are constantly checking, I got a ticket because my tags were expired. So, make sure you don't make my mistake.
A meter maid was waiting next to a vehicle about to expire. My husband ran over and put a quarter in and was told it was illegal to do that. My husband said that it was his car and walked away. Crazy. The sad part is there are so many older folks in this area that it probably was one of them at the doctor's (medical center area).
Another time, he got a ticket for being over the "line". The reason he was over the line was because a police car was over the line behind him and he wanted to give him room to pull out.
It's a work situation so it's not like we have much of a choice with these crazy parking rules.
Free parking isn't the answer. "Not driving" is the answer.
New York isn't New York because of its excellent parking. It's where the entire world wants to live because you can *walk* (or take transit) to everything.
"But if you see some old lady struggling to walk back to her car, and the meter has ran out, you can't go topping it up to help her avoid a ticket. In NYC, these random acts of kindness obstruct official business. By adding money, you're robbing the city of potential revenue."
Sure, I can help her out so she won't get a ticket. I really don't care if official business is obstructed for a few minutes, or if the city loses a few dollars because I put another quarter in the meter for someone who is physically struggling. Geez, I hope when I'm old and frail that someone would help me out if I needed it.
We have to use parking meters every day @work - the only parking is either a metered garage or metered parking on the street. The County will only forgive ONE ticket per person - and since most people have been working here for years, everyone pretty much has had @least one ticket. And they've been writing tickets like crazy even though people have paid in many cases. McShady.
Moreover, they've also just extended the metered hours from 7am-10pm (was til 7pm).
Move to Barack Obama's Chicago, where we've not only decided to hike public transit fares for 2009, but the City Council just voted yesterday to hike parking meter rates 400 percent, eliminating free holiday, Sunday, and overnight parking. So start hoarding quarters! Oh and did I mention that the city's privatizing the meters? That the alderman were given 72 hours to consider a 75-year $1.0+ billion contract that will hit the poorest Chicagoans the hardest? Change you can believe in!
Back to the new meter rates. You'll need $1 for every hour. You can only put money for two hours into a meter. So if you parked overnight (when it's free) on a metered street before, get ready to set your alarm so you can wake up and go feed the meter every TWO hours. It's that or add to the congested side street parking. Parking downtown? Bend over, Obama and his butt buddies Dick Daley & Co. are gonna give it to ya good!
Did I mention that Chicago has the highest sales tax (11 percent) in America?
Change you can believe in!
I would certainly not put money in a meter if there was already sufficient time left from the previous parker. Me putting in money on top of that just enables the next guy to park free on my dime.
"Move to Barack Obama's Chicago... Change you can believe in!"
What anything in your ridiculous post has to do with Barack Obama, I fail to see.
He was a Senator, and last time I checked, they don't really run cities.
I live in Denver Proper and we have meters on my residential street. However, as a resident of the street I can apply for a permit and be allowed to park on my own block without having to pay the meter. They signs say you must pay the meter, or have a permit for block #DB.
A few months after getting my permit, I got a ticket for parking two far from the curb. Mind you, there is a huge pot hole in front of my house, if I put my wheel in it, the bumper would hit the ground. The ticket states my front wheel was 10.5 inches from the curb. I called and was told that I can't park more than 10 inches from the curb. I asked what to do if there is a hole making it dangerous to park so close, they told me to park somewhere else or I will get a ticket. I said I now know and since ignorance is no excuse, I would pay it, but I would like it if they could assure me that my fine would go to wards repairing the street. They said they could not assure me of that, so instead, they will reduce my fine by 50%. That was two years ago, and the hole is still not fixed.
Then today, I got a ticket for extending beyond the meter pole, just like the poster. This is after almost 3 years of parking in front of my own house. Great! And I was 1" over, I frickin measured it! I called and was told this is a brand new law, and has not been publicized, and that the only way to appeal this is to appear in person, during work hours. That isn't possible, I will loose more that $25 in pay, if I took half a day off. They assured me, the law was posted on the wall of city hall, so I have no excuse to not know about it. Who goes to City Hall? And just like the poster, I am at the end of my block, I was not stopping anyone from parking anywhere.
Denver is becoming a bureaucratic nightmare to live in.
I just got a parking ticket for this very reason. I have been driving for 48 years and grew up on the East coast- where I have plenty of experience parking by meters. Never in my life have I gotten a ticket for such a more ludicrous reason.
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- March 10, 2023 at 6:16 pm
Hi Jackson– can I get complete song list and how often do you post new songs?
- October 4, 2018 at 5:31 pm
Hi Jackson,
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Hey Jackson I just like your style of teaching. In the past I've learned a lot from you. Keep up the good work. You are absolutely better than the best of the rest. Keep up the good work and have a happy day . Dan Mason.
- February 19, 2018 at 8:02 pm
can i get the full list of songs? does the premium give you all songs 24\7 and is lifetime?
- February 2, 2018 at 6:54 pm
Could you send me the song list and details on how to buy the premium membership, thanks.
- May 31, 2017 at 10:36 am
Easy to follow your detailed songs!keep smiling!
- April 8, 2017 at 10:03 am
I'm interested in your song list and lifetime access for lessons. What is the difference between that and what I see currently?
- June 24, 2016 at 7:16 pm
"Your the Best teacher Bro.;and I mean that..and l've played a long time to know how much I Don't know.And I've seen all kinds of Cats think ,they know how to play.I grew up in a musical Family.You'ev got the right disposition to teach…Keep up the good Work Man!".You"ve got my attention..
- November 21, 2015 at 5:10 pm
Hi Jackson,
Love the site!! You mention to drop you a line regarding a deal on the premium content. I'd love to join if I can scrape together the cash. Thanks so much!!
- October 12, 2015 at 4:07 pm
Loved your lesson on Johnny b Goode. Can you get me a great deal on your premium content
- October 7, 2015 at 12:14 pm
Dear Sir (Jackson)
After all I've read on your comments I believe that you my friend are a great TEACHER
I do come from a family of entertainment ; I for one would love to join, but at my financial demise I am straped..you are indeed one hell of a teacher ..I've seen your videos (just great)…I am a Vietnam Nam Vet and a lot of your songs that you teach bring me back to the days when my buddies and I could hardly wait to get back home…..God Bless you my man…keep on playing…wish I could afford you….
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Hi Jackson Just joined took the Mid Summer Offer well actually about 2 1/2 hours ago the price did put me off in the past. What have i been missing? Money well spent i have spent loads in the past on other guitar tutor sites. As you can see was going to take a look for about 5 minutes nearly 3 hours later? Brilliant know most of the songs revived my interest can't put my guitar down now. How about CCR long as i can see the light. Keep up the brilliant work, song mentor for ever now.
Thanks Terry
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this is the best thing to help me on my guitar
- March 25, 2014 at 4:38 am
Jackson, I saw your Baby Blue on YouTube. Nice. So, I come to your website. I'm interested in the Premium package, but I'd like to see the names of the songs of the full catalog. I can't seem to find access to just the names. Is there a place I can go to see the full catalog names only.
- February 17, 2014 at 5:51 am
Hi Jackson
How do I register or login?
I have subscribed for the free leasons and find them great. I just opened your Valentine's Day e-mail and want to subscribe.
Please advise on what process is used.
- December 16, 2013 at 6:53 pm
Hi Jackson from South Africa.
love your info and help I thought I could play guitar which I have been doing since 1963, It's only now that while I'm now in my 70's I'm starting still learn to play properly. I play almost every day and try and learn a new riff or tune solo every week which I can now do With the use of your site and lessons on YouTube. Thanks .thanks. And thanks again. Cedric
- November 3, 2013 at 2:09 am
Hello from France,
Thanks a lot Jackson for everythings.
- September 13, 2013 at 8:43 pm
Jackson , I'm really glad I joined Songmentor . It is a pleasure to learn to play guitar with your methods. You present such a pleasant way to learn guitar and I like the little bit of history that you present on each song . It's been only a short while and my fingers are sore and getting calloused . I love your site and it's a pleasure to have a fellow Canadian teach such a nice variety of songs . Keep them coming Jackson .
- March 24, 2013 at 1:36 pm
I was born 1931 going back to guitar after65 years and loving it
Thand you so much Jackson. Scotland
- February 22, 2013 at 6:14 pm
I have been with you for about 6 months now and I am learning and improving everyday. Your method keeps me inspired to learn more. Good choice of songs. Keep up the good work! John
- February 13, 2013 at 10:36 am
You're song lessons are user friendly, informative and fun. I am considering subscribing to the premium Songmentor membership.
- February 2, 2013 at 3:14 pm
I hadnt played in I a while and recently picked up my guitar again. I found some of your instructional videos and was very impressed. Learned the intro to long cool woman already.
Thanks, Jerry
- January 23, 2013 at 7:45 pm
Never before have I learned so much and enjoyed it more……….Thanks Jackson
- January 7, 2013 at 12:57 pm
Hey Jackson – Great site! Nice to see what you're doing.
- December 29, 2012 at 5:52 pm
At last! Someone to teach me in a way I understand! Thank you!
- December 13, 2012 at 9:05 am
Hello Jackson, I really want to learn guitar and I`m glad to join your lessons! Thank you! Greetings from Germany Arno
- December 10, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Jacksn, how do i go about registering for this web site as a member?
- December 9, 2012 at 8:41 am
Jackson, I am a 60 yrs old and have all my life wanted to play guitar, now that I am retired and disabled, I have the time to learn! I have looked into many online sites to learn. You bye far have the best. I am looking forward to your lessons! I thank you so much!
- December 9, 2012 at 4:16 am
Hello Jackson,
thank you that I may join your lessons.
The way you teach makes it much easyer to learn.
- November 15, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Just signed up for one year and wanted to help out since you do such a great job to teach
people. Its nice to that you tell a little history sometimes about the song. Cool
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- September 29, 2012 at 11:06 am
awsome job…playing guitar is so much fun! thanks for the lessons..your the best!
- September 14, 2012 at 12:39 pm
loved your chuck berry lession
- September 10, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Thank you very much! You make it look easy but very helpful to me thanks once again!
- July 26, 2012 at 8:24 am
Great teaching, great songs, great site. Thank you for helping others and sharing your skills.
P.S. Its been a few years since I was in beautiful B.C. Amazing part of Canada.
- July 18, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Hi, Jackson-Mentor,
I really appreciate what you have done and what you are doing. Sounds and looks great! Your site inspired me to resume my almost forgotten drive with guitar. Your interpretation of You Cant Do That riff is fantastic! This the first Beatles song I heard long-long time ago so it means a lot to me. Your friendly and cheerful teaching manner is appealing. I think your tutorials are useful both for beginners and those having guitar expertise. Steady as you go, Jackson, good luck!
Vladimir in Moscow (Russia).
- June 26, 2012 at 6:46 am
Jackson, voçe é um professor de altíssima qualidade e com muita façilidade em nos ensinar, estou aprendendo e muito com voçe, se eu tocar 10% do que voçe toca já vou me considerar um tremendo profissional, muito obrigado por seus ensinamentos.
- June 18, 2012 at 4:20 am
Just signed upafter watching your classy Scottish impression on the 500 Miles Youtube lesson.
Couldnt resist , its looking great.
Cheers from Gretna Green,Scotland.
- April 30, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Hi Jackson. like your style man and great tuition that's easy to follow and understand for begginers and intermediate players like myself. Thanks. Addy
- April 30, 2012 at 4:47 am
Wow! Great site. I wish you huge success. (C'mon people, the keys are in it…)
- April 21, 2012 at 3:02 pm
you are a good guy for taking the time to teach, well let's just say the not so gifted. thanks from the uk.
- April 8, 2012 at 10:23 am
thanks again Jackson, a great site you got here, i'm lovin playin again since watching your tutorials.
- March 28, 2012 at 12:43 am
HI Jackson
Thanks for all your cool songs …. a nice mix ;of Neil D,
Neil Y, etc. …. something for everyone!
Muchas Gracias …. Rob in Spain
- March 3, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Mr Mace you are a all around nice person. You are a great teacher and you really like to help people thanks. Jim in Baltimore.
- January 31, 2012 at 8:37 am
Well done my friend! What a huge amount of work! Looks great. I wish you every success with the project. People who sign up will get solid teaching from a solid teacher! Keep on Rockin' in the Free World!
- January 30, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Hey Jackson,
Very cool, now I wanna learn guitar.
Luv ya
- January 30, 2012 at 8:09 am
Congratulations on this program Jackson. It is wonderful that you have conceived of a way for individuals to learn to play the guitar without leaving their home. Just one more of your great condtributions to putting music in people's hearts.
Well Done
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Auhagen (santa catarina, brazil)
Augagen was a small Russian Mennonite settlement established under the auspices of the German government in 1930 some 40 miles (65 km) from Hammonia in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, adjoining the Krauel settlement, on land purchased from the Hanseatic Colonization Company (headquarters at Hamburg, Germany). In Mennonite history there have been only a few instances of Mennonites abandoning a settlement they had begun; e.g., Terek in Russia and Auhagen in Brazil. Whereas in the Caucasus the move was motivated primarily by the question of local political security, in Auhagen it was in the first place the unfavorable situation of the Stoltz Plateau on which the settlement was located, and in addition, economic conditions, that compelled the Mennonite refugees from Russia to abandon the settlement.
The settlement was founded in 1930, under unfavorable conditions. The immigrants, the last Brazil installment of the group who escaped from Russia in 1929, took it for granted that they would be settled in connection with the nearby Witmarsum settlement that was already established, and they were deeply disappointed when they learned that they were not to settle on the Pinhal River near Witmarsum. The Stoltz Plateau is a high elevation very difficult to reach, which is probably the reason why it had never been settled. By foot the top is reached from the floor of the valley in an hour; but a wagon requires six hours, which adds greatly to the expense of transportation of produce the 40 miles to Hammonia-Ibirama, the nearest market town. When the settlers arrived they were faced by an impenetrable forest, which would, of course, first have to be conquered. The second problem seemed less difficult: what crops should be raised here? The settlers assumed that the corn and aipim, a tuber used like potatoes and in the manufacture of starch, which grew in the neighboring Krauel settlement, would succeed here. But these crops did not thrive on the plateau, and were abandoned as commercial products. The settlers then tried shipping the wood of the forest to Hammonia. But this also failed, for the supply was not adequate on all the farms, and the cost of shipping devoured the income.
Although it gradually became clear also that their land was not worth the price they paid for it, negotiations with the Hanseatic Colonization Company in Hammonia failed to bring about a reduction in price. Likewise the company refused to build a new road to the settlement to reduce the expenses of transportation. In order to ease the scarcity of money the settlers began to let their daughters and then also their young men work in the neighboring towns (Hammonia, Blumenau, Jaraguay, and as far as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro). The money earned was of value to the settlement, but the loss of its youth weakened it.
By 1934 the fate of the settlement was sealed and the settlers decided to look around for other possible sites. They found nothing promising, and the Dutch Mennonites as well as the German government declined further financial help. The report of a committee of experts that it is impossible to raise corn and aipim on the plateau and that the colony would have to change over to dairying, only served to accelerate the dissolution.
Since there were no prospects of a united settlement elsewhere the emigration proceeded without plan. Most of the Auhagen group settled in the outskirts of Curitiba, the capital of Paraná, and took jobs as laborers, craftsmen, merchants and especially as dairy farmers. They bought and bred cattle and sold the milk in the city. They were soon able to purchase their land and founded the settlements of Boqueirão and Xaxim.
There is not the least doubt that the settlers were right in abandoning Auhagen. To have consumed their strength there would have denoted indecision and lack of vision, since their problem could be solved at other places in Brazil to far greater advantage. The last families of the 96 (464 souls) in 1934 left at the beginning of World War II.
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Quiring, Walter. "Auhagen (santa catarina, brazil)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 29 Sep 2023. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Auhagen_(santa_catarina,_brazil)&oldid=120060.
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Quiring, Walter. (1953). Auhagen (santa catarina, brazil). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Auhagen_(santa_catarina,_brazil)&oldid=120060.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 189-190. All rights reserved.
©1996-2023 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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WASHINGTON - US President Bush keeps revising his explanation for why the
U.S. is in Iraq, moving from narrow military objectives at first to
history-of-civilization stakes now.
But 3 1/2 years later, with no weapons found, still no end in sight and the
war a liability for nearly all Republicans on the ballot Nov. 7, the
justification has become far broader and now includes the expansive "struggle
between good and evil."
Republicans seized on North Korea's reported nuclear test last week as
further evidence that the need for strong U.S. leadership extends beyond Iraq.
Bush's changing rhetoric reflects increasing administration efforts to tie
the war, increasingly unpopular at home, with the global fight against
terrorism, still the president's strongest suit politically.
"We can't tolerate a new terrorist state in the heart of the Middle East,
with large oil reserves that could be used to fund its radical ambitions, or
used to inflict economic damage on the West," Bush said in a news conference
last week in the Rose Garden.
When no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, Bush shifted his war
justification to one of liberating Iraqis from a brutal ruler.
After Saddam's capture in December 2003, the rationale became helping to
spread democracy through the Middle East. Then it was confronting terrorists in
Iraq "so we do not have to face them here at home," and "making America safer,"
themes Bush pounds today.
"We're in the ideological struggle of the 21st century," he told a California
audience this month. "It's a struggle between good and evil."
Vice President Dick Cheney takes it even further: "The hopes of the civilized
world ride with us," Cheney tells audiences.
Except for the weapons of mass destruction argument, there is some validity
in each of Bush's shifting rationales, said Michael O'Hanlon, a foreign policy
scholar at the Brookings Institution who initially supported the war effort.
"And I don't have any big problems with any of them, analytically. The
problem is they can't change the realities on the ground in Iraq, which is that
we're in the process of beginning to lose," O'Hanlon said. "It is taking us a
long time to realize that, but the war is not headed the way it should be."
Andrew Card, Bush's first chief of staff, said Bush's evolving rhetoric,
including his insistence that Iraq is a crucial part of the fight against
terrorism, is part of an attempt to put the war in better perspective for
The administration recently has been "doing a much better job" in explaining
the stakes, Card said in an interview. "We never said it was going to be easy.
The president always told us it would be long and tough."
"I'm trying to do everything I can to remind people that the war on terror
has the war in Iraq as a subset. It's critical we succeed in Iraq as part of the
war on terror," said Card, who left the White House in March.
Bush at first sought to explain increasing insurgent and sectarian violence
as a lead-up to Iraqi elections. But elections came and went, and a
democratically elected government took over, and the sectarian violence
Bush has insisted U.S. soldiers will stand down as Iraqis stand up. He has
likened the war to the 20th century struggles against fascism, Nazism and
communism. He has called Iraq the "central front" in a global fight against
radical jihadists.
Having jettisoned most of the earlier, upbeat claims of progress, Bush these
days emphasizes consequences of setting even a limited withdrawal timetable:
abandonment of the Iraqi people, destabilizing the Middle East and emboldening
terrorists around the world.
The more ominous and determined his words, the more skeptical the American
public appears, polls show, both on the war itself and over whether it is part
of the larger fight against terrorism, as the administration insists.
Bush's approval rating, reflected by AP-Ipsos polls, has slid from the mid
60s at the outset of the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 to the high 30s now.
There were light jumps upward after the December 2003 capture of Saddam, Bush's
re-election in November 2004 and each of three series of aggressive speeches
over the past year. Those gains tended to vanish quickly.
With the war intruding on the fall elections, both parties have stepped up
their rhetoric.
Republicans, who are also reeling from the congressional page scandal, are
casting Democrats as seeking to "cut and run" and appease terrorists.
Democrats accuse Bush of failed leadership with his "stay the course"
strategy. They cite a government intelligence assessment suggesting the Iraq war
has helped recruit more terrorists, and a book by journalist Bob Woodward that
portrays Bush as intransigent in his defense of the Iraq war and his advisers as
bitterly divided.
Democrats say Iraq has become a distraction from the war against terrorism ¡ª
not a central front. But they are divided among themselves on what strategy to
Republicans, too, increasingly are growing divided as U.S. casualties rise.
"I struggle with the fact that President Bush said, `As the Iraqis stand up,
we will stand down.' But the fact is, this has not happened," said Rep.
Christopher Shays, R-Conn., a war supporter turned war skeptic.
The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John
Warner of Virginia, said after a recent visit to Iraq that Iraq was "drifting
sideways." He urged consideration of a "change of course" if the Iraq government
fails to restore order over the next two or three months.
More than 2,750 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of
the war, most of them since Bush's May 2003 "mission accomplished" aircraft
carrier speech. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have died.
Recent events have been dispiriting.
The United States now has about 141,000 troops in Iraq, up from about 127,000
in July. Some military experts have suggested at least one additional U.S.
division, or around 20,000 troops, is needed in western Iraq alone.
Dan Benjamin, a former Middle East specialist with the National Security
Council in the Clinton administration, said the administration is
overemphasizing the nature of the threat in an effort to bolster support.
"I think the administration has oversold the case that Iraq could become a
jihadist state," said Benjamin, now with the Center for Strategic and
International Studies. "If the U.S. were to leave Iraq tomorrow, the result
would be a bloodbath in which Sunnis and Shiites fight it out. But the jihadists
would not be able to seek power."
Not all of Bush's rhetorical flourishes have had the intended consequences.
When the history of Iraq is finally written, the recent surge in sectarian
violence is "going to be a comma," Bush said in several recent appearances.
Critics immediately complained that the remark appeared unsympathetic and
dismissive of U.S. and Iraqi casualties, an assertion the White House disputed.
For a while last summer, Bush depicted the war as one against "Islamic
fascism," borrowing a phrase from conservative commentators. The strategy
backfired, further fanning anti-American sentiment across the Muslim world.
The "fascism" phrase abruptly disappeared from Bush's speeches, reportedly
after he was talked out of it by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Karen
Hughes, a longtime Bush confidant now with the State Department.
Hughes said she would not disclose private conversations with the president.
But, she told the AP, she did not use the "fascism" phrase herself. "I use
`violent extremist,'" she said.
· UN imposes sanctions on N.Korea for nuclear test
· Bush keeps revising war justification
· China insists on peaceful dialogue
· Foreign firms called on to set up unions
· U.S. says North Korea blast radioactive
· US troops unlawfully killed UK journalist : coroner
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The famous first words uttered by the first person on the moon, Neil Armstrong, may not have been as spontaneous as commonly thought, according to Armstrong's brother.
Armstrong, after becoming the first human to set foot on Earth's nearest neighbor in July 1969 during NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission, said, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." (Although the "a" isn't audible in his transmission, the moonwalker insisted that the official quote included the extra word.)
In numerous interviews, and even in his own autobiography, Armstrong said he thought of the words after arriving at the moon, while waiting to exit his lunar module Eagle. But in a new BBC documentary, the astronaut's brother Dean Armstrong says the two discussed the statement months earlier, when Neil passed Dean a handwritten note during a late-night game of Risk, according to British newspaper the Telegraph.
"On that piece of paper there was 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.' He says 'what do you think about that?' I said 'fabulous.' He said 'I thought you might like that, but I wanted you to read it,'" Dean Armstrong said, according to the Telegraph.
Neil Armstrong, who died Aug. 25 at the age of 82, had never mentioned the conversation publicly. If that scene took place just as Dean Armstrong says, it would contradict numerous statements by the first moonwalker. [Neil Armstrong Buried at Sea (NASA Photos)]
"Neil Armstrong said multiple times in multiple venues that he did not think about what to say until he got to the surface of the moon," said space history and collectibles expert Robert Pearlman, editor of SPACE.com partner site collectSPACE.com. "There were several hours after he landed, during which time he had the opportunity to give thought to what his first words would be."
That version of the story has been corroborated by other astronauts, as well, including the two other men who flew on the Apollo 11 mission with Armstrong.
"His crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins have said he did not discuss what he would say with them either before the mission or as the mission was progressing," Pearlman told SPACE.com.
This new information from Dean Armstrong has ruffled some space enthusiasts and historians, who wonder what Neil Armstrong himself would say if he were still alive.
"Whether intentional or not, Dean Armstrong's account now suggests his brother has been lying for 40-plus years," Pearlman said.
The new BBC documentary, "Neil Armstrong — First Man on the Moon," is available to watch online here to those in the U.K.
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Industrial TSI, Dukatenburg 82 B, 3437 AE Nieuwegein
Date and Time
30 November 2011, Start 18:30 hrs, End 22:30
If your company is willing to co-sponsor this event, please contact Yuri Kok.
If you plan on presenting please add your name and company to the list below. If you don't have an Eclipse Wiki account you can also send an email to email@example.com, bare in mind there are limited presenting slots. Your presentation must be Eclipse related. It's the Eclipse Foundation 10th year anniversary, Industrial TSI and the Eclipse Foundation will treat you on cake, slices and drinks!
- Ralph Müller, Eclipse Foundation, KEYNOTE
- Martin Taal - Eclipse Modeling Framework - Teneo/Texo/CDO
- Wim Jongman - PDE Headless build - a matter of minutes
- Jos Warmer - Eclipse Modeling - Spray: a quick way to generate Graphiti (Zie: [1])
- Martijn Burger - BonitaSoft BPM (built on Eclipse)
- Roald Hopman - Talend ESB demo (built on Eclipse)
- Free slot
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If you plan on attending please add your name and company to the list below. If you don't have an Eclipse Wiki account you can also send an email to email@example.com.
- Yuri Kok, Industrial TSI
- Wim Jongman, Industrial TSI / Remain Software
- Marco Kok, Industrial TSI / Remain Software
- Roald Hopman, Industrial TSI
- Walter Ridderhof, Industrial TSI
- Ahmed Aadel, Remain Software
- Ralph Müller, Eclipse Foundation
- Jos Warmer, Warmer IT
- Wing Yu Chong, Remain Software
- Branko van Abel, Edmond Document Solutions
- Manuel Polling, Edmond Document Solutions
- Piet Koopmans, Edmond Document Solutions
- Pim Goossens, Edmond Document Solutions
- Koen Truijen, Edmond Document Solutions
- Eric Hendriks, RIGD Loxia
- Erik van den Heuvel, Objectif Lune
- Miroslav Kratchounov, Objectif Lune
- Antoine Aarts, Swets
- Martijn Burger, Paston
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Reading a newspaper, watching CNN or even just looking around can bring on a feeling of impending doom. But in late October I ran into a few individuals who recharged my batteries. Because they do things like figure out better ways to recharge batteries. They were the 10 teams of finalists in the National Inventors Hall of Fame's 20th Annual Collegiate Inventors Competition in Alexandria, Va.
I first covered the competition, which awards prizes to the best undergraduate and graduate student inventing teams, back in 2004 [see "The New College Try," February 2005]. The grand prize winner that year was Ozgur Sahin. When he was 11, he built a mechanical adding machine from his Lego set. He won the 2004 competition for his improved atomic force microscope. (My greatest intellectual achievement to date was figuring out how to set the time on a digital answering machine.)
Of the 2010 efforts, the one I wanted to own immediately was an ingenious device invented by Lehigh University undergrads Michael Harm (whose nickname would be "First Do No" if I had anything to say about it), Gregory Capece and Nicholas Rocha. As freshmen, they were told to come up with a kitchen product that would help elderly people to remain in their homes longer.
Let's think. A refrigerator with a built-in magnification system so elders can more easily see what's in back? A table with legs of variable length that automatically levels itself on uneven floors, so that diners aren't reduced to wedging matchbooks under a leg in a vain attempt to stop the wobble? A countertop TV that reduces anxiety by switching to soothing music whenever it detects a politician scaremongering about nonexistent death panels?
One of the intrepid undergrads, Rocha, instead did a truly novel piece of research to put his team on the right track: he spoke to senior citizens. "I'm from Vero Beach, Florida," he told the audience at the awards dinner. "Quite a few retirees. I talked to my grandparents and their friends to find out what they had troubles with in the kitchen. And they said, 'I like to use my blender, my toaster oven, my electric can opener, all sorts of things, and it clutters the counter space to have all that up there at once.' So they're constantly plugging and unplugging, which is a pretty big chore for them." I'm still a far piece from Social Security, but even I sometimes think that ripping three-pronged plugs out of the wall should be an Olympic event.
Guided by the philosophy that a grandmother's necessity is the mother of invention, the young men came up with a two-part cylinder they call the MPlug. One part plugs into the wall outlet permanently. The other part stays connected to the plug at the end of the cord of the coffeemaker or other appliance. (You'd want a few of this second part of the cylinder, one for each of the other appliances that will be shuttled in and out of the available socket.) Simply bring the two parts close to each other, and, voilà (or a trumpet fanfare if you dislike a word that looks like a string instrument), built-in magnets snap them together. And there's no preferred orientation, as in a three-prong plug—as long as the two faces are flush, the electronics will complete the circuit.
The kids showed off a prototype, but they say that they need to fine-tune the magnet strength—so that the two parts stay together, but your sainted mum can still easily pry them apart to remove the coffeemaker after breakfast and plug in the blender to start on the postgolf daiquiris.
Other undergrad projects included a surgical sponge that, if accidentally left inside the patient, can harmlessly break down, much as the hopes and dreams of surgeons currently do if their sponge counts come up short. Another was an intelligent drill for teaching novice orthopedic surgeons to zap bone in exactly the right direction. (Present-day practice includes the experienced surgeon touching the far side of the bone and having the newbie aim for that highly trained finger.) The graduate student projects were even more complicated than Sahin's adding machine. For a complete roundup of the finalists and winners, go to www.invent.org/collegiate. And keep plugging


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Novartis case enters Indian Supreme court
1 October 2012. Related: Treatment access.
Rebecca McDowall, HIV i-Base
The long running Novartis legal challenge to India's patent law entered the Supreme Court in New Delhi, on September 11.
This is a final bid by the company in a six-year attempt to undermine India's pro public health patent laws, and has been met by protests across the world.
The Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has been engaged in a legal battle over a part of India's patent law (known as Section 3d) which says that a new form of a known medicine can only be patented if it shows significantly improved therapeutic efficacy over existing compounds; this is a provision to stop the common industry practice of extending, or 'evergreening,' their patent monopolies for routine modifications of known compounds.
Section 3d, which is in line with international trade rules, formed the basis for Novartis not being granted a patent for its cancer drug imatinib mesylate (marketed as Gleevec) in 2006. Novartis' patent application was on a new form of the imatinib molecule already described several years previously in patents in the US and other developed countries.
MSF flashmob brings Novartis protest to Geneva
On Wednesday 19 September, at noon, 200 people froze in the streets of Geneva to protest against Novartis. The group included an ambulance, removing a patient on a stretcher, emphasising the potential impact for access to healthcare from the case. "If Novartis wins, everything stops. Millions of people around the world will no longer have access to affordable medicine. We therefore urge Novartis to drop the case in India". (MSF protestor) [2]
Act-Up Paris protesters arrested outside of Novartis
In order to coincide with the start of the trial, Act-Up Paris activists gathered at Novartis HQ in order to deliver a petition of 18,000 signatories condemning the case, which led to the entire group being arrested. The activists were detained separately for 48 hours whilst being prevented from accessing medical care, basic hygiene facilities, lawyers or phone calls. One HIV positive activist was denied access to HIV treatment for the duration of his detention. [3]
Stop AIDS Campaign demands Novartis drops the case
The UK based Stop AIDS Campaign held protests outside the Swiss Embassy and Novartis' UK offices. Lotti Rutter, from the Stop AIDS Campaign said: "This case is about a cancer drug, but the result will have a much wider impact on the health of poor people all around the world. If they win, the change will make it easier for drug companies to get unjustifiable extensions to their monopolies, and make it more difficult for generic companies to produce and sell the affordable generic medicines health care providers across the developing world rely on." [4]
- MSF press release. Novartis' six-year legal challenge against India's pro-health patent law heads to Supreme Court (11 September 2012)
- MSF Geneva video. STOP NOVARTIS: Flashmob in Geneva (20 September 2012).
- Act Up-Paris press release. Un ressortissant français, détenu en Suisse, privé de médicaments contre le sida pendant 48 heures (14 September 2012).
- Stop AIDS Campaign press release. Novartis: stop strangling the supply of affordable medicines from India (19 September 2012).


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Pumpkin Pound Cake with Buttermilk Glaze (Adapted from CL)
For the cake
1 3/4 cups mashed pumpkin
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup buttermilk
For the glaze
1/3 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat oven to 350
To make the cake
Scoop the pumpkin out onto 2 layers of paper towels - cover with 2 additional layers of paper towels and let sit for about 10 minutes. Scoop the mixture into a small bowl.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each one. Mix in pumpkin and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Spoon the batter into a 10" tube pan coated with nonstick spray. Bake until golden and a toothpick placed in the center comes out mostly clean with a few moist crumbs attached, about 50 to 60 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan to cool completely.
To make the glaze
In a small saucepan, combine buttermilk, sugar, butter, cornstarch and baking soda over medium heat. Bring to a boil and cook until thick, stirring constantly, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and drizzle over the cake.
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Alyssa Pendant Necklace | 18K Gold
The textured lava inspired Alyssa Pendant. Handcrafted using 925 sterling silver and coated in 18K gold, this piece certainly catches the eye.
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