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Ducks goaltending prospect John Gibson has excited so many in leading the U.S. to the world junior championships and a bronze medal in the world championship, it's easy to get carried away with his potential.
But the 20-year-old came cold off the bench Tuesday and the Kings greeted him with a sobering display of NHL goal-scoring ability — three in the final period of their 6-0 exhibition victory over the Ducks at Honda Center.
"Any time you lose, you're not happy," Gibson said. "They just beat me, not much to say. I've got to get better."
Jeff Carter followed a Kings rush at Gibson to poke a shot past him and extend the Kings' lead to 4-0. Carter then rifled another shot past Gibson three minutes later before Anze Kopitar also beat Gibson.
Kopitar, Drew Doughty and off-season addition Matt Frattin each scored three points for the Kings, who were swept in split-squad games Sunday.
"We weren't happy … ," Doughty said. "The coaches kind of gave us that one first game to get our feet going, to get used to playing. Tonight, it was back to normal. No excuses. [Coach] Darryl [Sutter] was on us. ... We made sure we were prepared for this game to come here and get a win."
As for the Ducks' perspective of watching their phenom struck by three goals in less than seven minutes: "Gibby's a great goalie, a young guy coming into the last period after sitting there cold for almost two hours," said Ducks goaltender Viktor Fasth, who gave up three goals on 26 shots in the game's first two periods. "I don't think you should put down too much thoughts about those goals."
On the other end, Kings goalie Jonathan Quick cruised in his first exhibition appearance by shutting out the Ducks, who sent only 12 shots his way in two periods.
The Ducks took just three shots in the first thanks to pressure from defenders and plays such as center Trevor Lewis' knocking down a Sami Vatanen shot similar to one he converted to a goal Monday.
The Ducks had first-line stars Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf playing, but the Kings met them with resistance. Sutter cautioned not to read too much into a performance such as Tuesday night's.
"You've got to base it on the whole camp, not one period, not one shift or one game," Sutter said.
Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler was penalized for a double-minor, four-minute high-sticking violation later in the period.
The Kings took advantage, with Frattin getting a Doughty pass and firing it into the net.
Fasth spent the second period dealing with more intense pressure. The Kings led, 2-0, when 21-year-old right wing prospect Scott Sabourin charged down ice and fired a goal that went over Fasth's left glove.
"They came out hard after losing two, and showed they wanted to win ... with a lot of speed," Fasth said.
Doughty then smacked a shot that went between Fasth's legs for a 3-0 lead with 1:43 left in the period.
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It is our pleasure to inform you that The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing a five-day residential climate research school in collaboration with Uni Research, Norway. The theme for this year is Weather and Climate Extremes. The program is designed for advanced Masters level students, early PhD students and early career scientists in the field of atmospheric, ocean science and modelling to provide them an understanding on the dynamicity and predictability of extremes events along with laboratory work on analysis of datasets. This activity is being supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in India and will be organized at TERI University, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi from September 18th 22nd, 2017. World renowned climate and weather scientists from institutions like University of Reading, Uni Research -Norway, INMET-Brazil, IITM, IIT-Delhi, SERB would be a part of the faculty team this year.
In this context, we invite meritorious nominations from various research departments/institutes/universities to join as a participant at the summer school. There is no registration fee for the school. The meals and accommodation during the duration of research school will be covered for the participants. Limited travel grants (AC-III tier train fare) may be provided for only Master level students participating from Indian Universities to attend the research school based on financial need and scientific merit of proposed abstract. Participants must attend the entire research school in order to benefit from the financial support that includes travel and boarding.
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Obituary for Margaret Cameron of Long Sault, genealogist & Hugh Pearson MacMillan, founding force of Glengarry Historical Society and writer of the Adventures of a Paper Sleuth
John Sandfield Macdonald Statue (Ontario Parliament Buildings - Toronto
Note, on changing computers I have had some problems with this webpage and am working to fix.
I have now attached a link "New at Glengarry Genweb" to summarize the updates and available pages and downloads to make it easier for repeat visitors to locate new material.
I have created a Favorite Pages heading at the left for the pages most often visited for your convenience.
Evelyn Goulet
Host, Glengarry County Genweb
Finlaggan Councillor, Castle Tioram, Clan Donald International
Visit her website at emswritecraft.com
Clan Donald Canada. In 2011 the AGM was in Cornwall, Sep. 9/10, 2011. Guest Speaker was myself talking
mainly about the pursuit of genealogy info, applied to my interest in Glengarry County.
Here is a copy of my speech.
THe Glengarry Highland Games occur the Friday and Saturday of the August long weekend each year.
In 2012 the featured clan was Clan Donald. August 4th I was invited to speak and my topic was Ional and its relevance to Clan Donald and Glengarry County. - See my IONA webpage
If you are interested in Macdonalds - Clan Donald, visit their updated website at www.clandonaldcanada.ca
Happy 201st Birthday December 12, 2013 to John Sandfield Macdonald, Premier of the United Canada's and 1st Premier of Ontario. See the pages dedicated to his life and accomplishments.
Glengarry County was established in 1792. The first settlers, United Empire Loyalists' Herkimer's Batteau Company, Kings Royal Rangers (New York) and the 84th Regiment of Foot, arrived in 1783.
In 1786 500 settlers arrived from Glengarry, Scotland and were the first to settle inland, away from a river.
By the early 1800's the population of Glengarry was primarily Scottish but began to change when French Canadian settlers arrived. They had left neighbouring communities in Quebec due to land shortages.
"Farming was the main occupation of Glengarry families and although the county is well watered by the Raisin, the Baudette and the Delisle Rivers, as well as several branches of the Rigaud River, the land did not produce too many
rich farms and it became customary for the young men to winter in the lumber shanties to supplement their income. The men also left for parts of the United States and the western provinces seeking a more lucrative way of life."
Town of Alexandria
Wikipedia reference to Glengarry County
Person Profile - Story of the Week
Angus Ban McDonald (Munial)
In Glengarry, where so many carried the same last name (and often the same first name as well), banks, post offices and government departments carried lists of nicknames for identification purposes. Many of these names are still carried by Glengarry families, such as the Angus Ban McDonalds. In 1785 the original Angus Bàn ("Fair-haired") came from Muineil ("the neck of land") in Knoydart, that remote area known as the Rough Bounds of the Western Highlands. His family were known as the Big People, and one of his sons earned the name Big Finnan the Buffalo for his epic wrestling match with a maddened bull buffalo on the Western Prairies in 1824. Another son, known in French as Le Borgne because he was blind in one eye, became a partner in the North West Company and was a friend and supporter of the explorer Sir John Franklin. (More on this later).
From the Newspaper: Highland Paths, Dec. 22, 1997 Glengarry News
Allan and John Sandfield Macdonald were first cousins of other shipmates, Angus Ban Macdonald of Muniall, and Malcolm Macdougall, reports George Sandfield. The mothers of all four had been sisters, it seems.
From the Book: Some of the Sandfields
For her grave is thirty paces from that of Angus Ban a Mhuinneal, the old McDonald, who on the ship McDonald led ashore at Québec, in September 1786, five hundred and forty Highlanders to seek new hills and glens to hide their homes from the relentless pursuit of English policy. [The grave of Isabelle McRae (Belle John)], by Gregory Clark
Highland Paths
Monday, December 29, 1997 - Page 19
More on Gaelic names
We ended the previous column HIGHLAND PATHS with the Angus Bàn McDonalds who came to Glengarry over two centuries ago. Archibald and Isabel MacDonell and their family live on Muineil Farm here on the Summerstown Road in South Glengarry. lsabel is a direct descendant of the Angus Bans and is the sister of Angus Hughie Angus Ranald Rory Angus of St. Raphael's. In a 1979 book "Inheritance - Ontario's Century Farms Past and Present' authors John and Monica Ladell had the privilege of interviewing Archibald's mother about the barn that had been erected on the farm before she was born: "At eighty-two, Florence MacDonell knows much of the history of the family and the farm. Her notes on the construction of the barn, and on later alterations to it and other outbuildings, record the continuing process of accommodation to new farming methods and machinery. The skeleton of the fifty-by-one hundred-foot barn, she noted, was erected in a single day in 1886, when a crowd of neighbours gathered for a raising bee that had every last rafter in place by nightfall. The timber for the barn had been cut from the bush months before, then laid out in a field, where it was cut to fit by a man nicknamed "Koovish" McDonald, a skilled carpenter although he could neither read nor write". Koovish is the phonetic rendering of the Gaelic 'cuimheas' which means "sure of aim - unerring - an adjusted -in other words, the ideal word for a man who could frame a building. Although most of the people of Glengarry in those days spoke Gaelic, few could read or write it. It was not taught in the schools and children were often punished for speaking it, not only here but in Scotland as well. The general attitude was that the language was useless and a deterrent to the learning of English. But not everyone agreed. English may have become the language away from home, but in many families Gaelic was still the mother-tongue for many generations.
The authors of "Inheritance" make one small error when they state that the Angus Ban family "were evicted during the clearances" in 1785. To be more accurate, the notorious Highland Clearances belong more to the 19th century, and, more specifically, to the years after (he War of 1812. After Waterloo, great numbers of men were no longer needed to defend Britain 'and British interests and landlords in the Highlands were faced with an increasing population and a worsening economy. To hold onto their lands, they had to make a choice between profitable sheep and unprofitable tenants. For the first time in history, land was cleared of people to make room for animals, and the excesses of this sad epoch of Highland history are well documented. By the middle of the 1800s vast areas were emptied of almost all human life, but Glengarry in Canada had been settled long before.
There had always been evictions in the Highlands. In the days of clan feuds, the victors often replaced the vanquished with those of their own clan. If an all-powerful chief decided, for whatever reason, to evict an individual or family from the clan lands, they were evicted. This process, or the fear of it, was certainly accelerated after the defeat of the Jacobite clans at Culloden in 1746, the destruction of the clan system and the vengeance of the government, but it would be a century before wholesale evictions became the norm. Angus Ban of Muineil was probably of the tacksmen class, the clan leaders who held a position just under that of the clan chief, and were identified by the names of their holdings, or tacks, so familiar here in Glengarry - Scottas, Greenfield. Aberchalder, and a dozen more. They were the more educated members of the clan, often schooled in Europe and speaking more than one language. Knowing that the old ways were gone forever in the Highlands, They looked across the sea to new lands and new beginnings before all was lost. And their clansmen and neighbours came with them. They had more choice in their decisions to leave than later emigrants.
These early arrivals in Glengarry seemed to have had a self assurance and confidence that may not have been so apparent in later arrivals, when generations of ill-treatment by the landlords had reduced and degraded the highland people. Many of the Macdonalds, MacLeods, the MacMillans and their kinspeople who first came here still lived in much the same way as they had in the latter half of the 18th century in the Highlands. And the Gaelic language was a basic part of that life.
From the Newspaper: Highland Paths, More on Gaelic names, Glengarry News, December 29, 1997
Alice M. Fairhurst
McRae and McDonald, Matheson and McKenzie - these names came down from my mother's mother's line. Towards the end of their lives, my mother, Elizabeth, and her two sisters would ask what new things I had uncovered about their ancestors. Sadly there had been a break in the chain from Scotland to the Canadian Wilds. Would I be the one who could heal that break?
Why did they leave Scotland? "they would ask." Can you trace them back to the beginning of each Clan? " After 20 years of work, the answer is resoundingly, " yes!
The first to come to Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada were the McDonalds and McRaes. The story of our people is found in The People of Glengarry: High/cinders in Transition, 1745 - 1829 by Marianne McLean. The drivers for this great migration were agrarian transformation, population growth, and the clans marginal, economic and social position. Absentee landlords jettisoned Celtic social values and substituted self interest for the common good. Our people emigrated communally to maintain community ties and to obtain land ownership for their families.
Our McDonalds lived at Muniall, a farm on the estate of Barisdale on the peninsula of Knoydart between Loch Nevis and Loch Hourn, on the west coast of Scotland, opposite the Isle of Skye. Today this rugged country with alpine lands, rising sharply from the sea has been allowed to revert to its natural state under the protection of the John Muir Trust. A stronghold of Clanranald, 960 Highlanders lived in Knoydart in 1764, about 450 in the Barisdale estate. In 1997 there are only 70 residents in the area.
In 1755, the society and agriculture remained essentially traditional and Donald Ban McDonell, the tenant at Muniall, had taught his 11 year old son, Angus Ban, the planting of potatoes, gray oats, and barley and the keeping of the main crop -- black cattle. But change came as the land was surveyed that year by the Commissioners of Annexed Estates. By 1760 the appointed factor, Henry Butter, insisted that the people build stone houses with proper interior divisions. Next, they must build dikes and fences between the farms so cattle could not wander. Crops planted on the small amount of arable land were strictly regulated. Oats could be grown on the same plot only every third year; the other two years must be peas or other green vegetables.
From 1755 - 1771 the number of cattle on the Barisdale Estates had increased by 31% while the number of sheep had increased 64%. Under the leadership of young Angus Ban, Muniall had increased grass and good pasture acreage from 4 to 61 acres; Angus Ban became an influential tenant farmer. The records (in Shillings) for Muniall in 1771 show sale of cattle: 250; Other Sources: no butter, wool, cheese or sheep; Tenant expenses: Meal - 48, Rent -- 133, Servants' Pay -- 100; Loss By Bone Break: 75. As for Servants' Pay, men were paid 33 shillings and women 16. Even though the clansmen were more controlled, many of the improvements did make their life better and more children survived. The push to leave Scotland was not great enough until the rents began to be raised. For instance, the small estate of McDonell of Scotus rented for 56 pounds in 1775 and 385 pounds in by 1795. The increase came from the stocking of sheep in 1785.
In 1782 / 83, there was a failure of the potato and oat crops, resulting in a famine. Than in 1784 Glengarry recovered the forfeited estate of Barisdale. Would this fancy dresser with expensive tastes behave as a true clan chief and care for his people? In November 1775, he sent for the tenants of Barisdale. What he said to them is not known, but it is reported that Glengarry planned to remove the tenants in the northern part of Knoydart and stock the land with sheep. Before he could issue an order of eviction, most of the Peninsula tenants signed an agreement to emigrate. Between 1786 and 1793, more than one third of the population of Knoydart left Scotland for British North America.
The first emigration was led by three men:
Lieutenant Angus Mcdonell of Sandaig, Father Alexander McDonell, a younger son of Scotus, and Angus Ban McDonell of Muniall. These were men of relative substance and the back bone of the community. Sandaig had served in the Revolutionary War in the 71st Regiment and was returned to Scotland on half- pay in 1785. His reports on the new world could be believed; he served as a spokesman for the emigrants. Father Alexander McDonell was the spiritual leader and would care for his flock. If Angus Ban of Muniall, the model tenant, was ready to go, then it was time. Sandaig and Father Alexander went to Greenock to charter the ship. The MacDonald was expected to arrive in Knoydart on May 23; not until June 29th, 1786 did it sail with 530 brave souls from Knoydart and North Morar to the new world. Kin sought out kin. Angus Ban's brother Finnan, uncle John, and cousin Duncan were Loyalists, who fought in the Revolutionary War for the British. They were given land grants in 1 784 to settle the newly surveyed Glengarry County. just west of the French territory, bordering on the St. Lawrence River. Father Alexander also had kinsmen who were loyalist settlers, including his half - nephew. Spanish John. Kin brought kin. Two of Angus Bans first loyalist settlers, including his half-nephew. Spanish John. Kin brought kin. Two of Angus Bans first cousins, Malcolm MacDougall and Allan [Sandfield - EMS] Macdonald came with their families.
Angus Ban brought his son-in-law, Farquhar McRae and Farquhar brought his younger brother, John. (John's grandson, Duncan Mc Rae, married Angus Ban's grand-daughter Mary McDonald to form our family line.)
They arrived in Québec, Canada on August 31st, 1786. The Québec commander-in-chief, General Hope, decided that the new Glengarry settlements were too recently established to support the newest arrivals over the winter so he supplied the emigrants with minimal provisions to help them survive until the 1787 harvest; the sum to be repaid in two installments in October 1788 and 1789. The provisions, women and children were placed in bateaux ( flat bottomed boats ), and the men walked along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Some French Canadians gave them cucumbers, green corn, and pumpkins. Those that ate too many of these unfamiliar foods suffered from diarrhea which slowed the trek. They reached Glengarry County in October, 1786.
No longer renters, but new landlords, they swiftly went to work to tame this new land and to imbue it with their Celtic values and traditions.
<This material was submitted to Finlay McDonell by a Clan Donald Glengarry - Stormont Director, Archibald MacDonell. He states that he received it from his cousin George MacDonald who resides in San Marino, California. A copy of this material was placed in the Clan Donald Society Newsletter in California. Thanks Archibald.> From the Newsletter:, Clan Donald Glengarry - Winter 2000.
St. Raphaels Church
St. Raphaels Ruins
St. Raphaels Cemetery St. Andrews West
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Allegaeon - "A Path Disclosed"
Allegaeon (pronounced: uh-lee-juhn) was formed in 2008 by founding member and guitar player Ryan Glisan. Soon thereafter joined the classically trained guitarist Greg Burgess, vocalist Ezra Haynes and bassist Corey Archuleta to round out and form what people have come to know now as the Colorado Kings of Melodic Metal. In 2008, Allegaeon released their 4 song, self-titled EP and quickly gained attention from the local, national and international metal fans as well as Metal Blade records. In 2009, barely a year after releasing their first EP to the world, Allegaeon agreed to a deal with Metal Blade Records and thus began their relationship and Allegaeon's entry into the ever expanding metal community.
Lyrics, an oft over-looked facet of death metal is one the more interesting aspects of Allegaeon. The band crafts their prose with a bit of a different mindset - often touching on space, civilization and philosophy. Vocalist Ezra Haynes elaborates: "Lyrically speaking, this record carries more depth to me than the last. The song Twelve is actually a concept I've had in mind for roughly five years. It's about a pairing of serial killers, but instead of going about it in a more typical death metal setting, such as glorifying it; I chose to point out the stupidity and unfairness of the judicial system. I've always wanted to write an anthem-esque type song; something that involves the listeners with present day topics. With 'controlled media' as the target I feel A Path Disclosed is a perfect example of that. Tartessos: The Hidden Xenocryst is definitely one that sticks out to me. I was raised on Edgar Cayce readings and tales of Atlantis. When Greg [Burgess] and I knew we wanted to touch base on an ancient civilization, Atlantis was the logical choice. Hopefully the meaning in the songs will be 'found', if you will."
Allegaeon's second full-length album, Formshifter, has significantly out-performed its predecessor and debuted at #29 on the Billboard New Artist Chart and #99 on the Top Hard Music Albums! This is a huge achievement for the band as they continue to carve out their rightful place within the metal community. Formshifter has been incredibly well received by press worldwide; the UK's Kerrang Magazine raves in a 4/5 review: "It's not just the magnificently blended barrage of monstrous riffs and insidious hooks. Nor is it solely due to the fact it sounds like the quartet are trying to bring the sky crashing down on your head. And it's not just the wealth of complex leads that will make many guitarists petulantly sulk in the corner after a single exposure. It's all of those elements – combined with great songwriting that makes the record truly special."
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Take 4000 feet of cable, 10 cameras, one mobile television studio, one steadicam, HMI stage lighting, one jib, one really long zoom lens, 4 laptops and a 15-member student and intern crew and what do you get? A successful video recording and broadcast of the 44th Annual Lehman College Graduation.
From the beginning our production goal had two parts to it, both equally important. The first was to capture the full commencement along with the energy on campus during the day. The second was to have students and interns work as the crew, having them be part of a professional production from beginning to end.
From the beginning, it was the collaboration between the Multimedia Center, Buildings & Grounds, BronxNet, Student Affairs, and Media Relations that was essential in making the event run smoothly.
2 months before the event:
- A meeting with the commencement planning committee to discuss budget, equipment needs, power, logistics personnel and deliverables: a roundtable of people making sure everyone was on the same page along with an idea of dates and deadlines.
3 weeks before the event:
- Our team comes together with B&G to confirm our needs: safety guidelines, power requirements, building access, construction of a platform for our Sony Flightpack, camera platforms and any other setup help that we will need the days leading up to and after Commencement.
- A production meeting with BronxNet to finalize arrangements for Commencement. It's during this meeting that we finalize crew assignments along with the content to be covered during the day.
- We will have 5 camera crews throughout the campus before commencement along with 6 cameras shooting live during the ceremony so timing and schedule are essential.
2 weeks before:
- Set-up of our Sony flight pack in our studio for testing. Thank you to Sony help with wiring upgrades and switcher inputs.
- Input of all graphics and logos for the live broadcast to our Harris Character Generator.
3 days before:
- Confirmation of all graphics with Media Relations. Spelling, titles, grammar, colors, logos. You name it, they check it to make sure everything is perfect.
2 days before:
- Rental equipment arrives from Bexel Rentals. Wireless intercom, 42x Fujinon Lens, and several hundred feet of BNC cable.
- All gear is staged in the studio. Final tests are made and everything is checked and double-checked.
1 day before:
- Crew meeting with the students and interns. Crew assignments are given along with expectations of coverage, schedule, etiquette and safety.
- Set-up begins out in the field where commencement will be held.
- A very big thank you to Cliff from Profoto for coming down to help with our lighting setup. We always walk a fine line of lighting a tent up in daylight and keeping the heat down. Their new HMI lights did the job perfectly.
- The remaining gear is moved onto carts and prepped for an early morning setup.
Commencement Day
- 6:00 A.M. - The first call time for select staff as there is a lot to be done. B&G meets us at 6:15 sharp to help truck out the Flightpack and other large items to their field location.
- 7:00 A.M. - The second call time for interns and students. Without missing a beat everyone jumps in and helps move the rest of the gear out to the field.
- 8:00 A.M. - Half of the crew continues working with field setup while the other half grabs their pre-assigned camera kits and heads out to their scheduled field location. The buzz on campus begins as graduates and their families start to arrive.
- 9:00 A.M. - Flightpack setup begins. 6 HD cameras running through our BRS 200 switcher, audio feed from the main mix, intercom setup with 8 access points including 4 wireless, and finally an audio/video feed to Ustream where the full ceremony will stream live online.
- 10:00 A.M. - The Ceremony begins with the procession of the graduates to their seats. The Lehman College Orchestra begins Pomp and Circumstance and everyone is on point. Live stream is up and all cameras are synced and running smoothly.
- 12:00 P.M. - It's a wrap! The graduates are celebrating as the wrap up begins. The whole crew comes together with the assistance of B&G to break all of the equipment down and bring it safely back to the studio.
- 3:00 P.M. - The post-production process begins. First in line is the full Commencement Ceremony that was recorded live at the Flightpack. The 2-hour video is encoded overnight for an on-air time slot of 11am the next day on BronxNet channel 67.
1 day after
- Gear is packed away and rental equipment is packed for return.
- Post-Production continues as the 2-hour video is encoded into MPEG-2 format for on air broadcast. 11:00 A.M. comes and it is on the air successfully.
- Next is the rest of the media. 350 gigabytes of video and images are logged and ingested into the memory system.
That sums it up. A small idea of the how things transpired from our point of view. The key is that everyone involved came together to make a successful production from beginning to end. Whether typing in graphics, setting crew assignments, running cable or assembling camera kits, it was an awesome team effort.
Now for the fun stuff. Below are some of the results of this student production.
- Behind the scenes photos from the production team.
- The full Commencement Ceremony
- 2012 Graduate Photo Booth
Lastly is a little time-lapse fun. Our still camera crew setup a photo booth with the graduates and asked them to have a little fun with the camera. Enjoy and stay tuned for more!


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Feeling the Spiritual Flow
Rap music is often associated with many negative things, but there are a lot of artists who are taking it in a different directions. These musicians take their rhymes and use them for positivity, encouraging a generation of young people to better things. Religion and positive rap seems like a natural pairing. For these artists, it is.
Jennifer Jones is Beliefnet's inspiration editor and Stephen Russ is Beliefnet's music editor. If they were a rap group they would be called Double J Danger Russ.


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(Daithi O Se is one of Ireland's top TV presenters who annually hosts the Rose of Tralee the most popular program on television)
For the past few birthdays I've been surrounded by beautiful ladies dancing and singing on stage in front of me. If I told you I was even on stage with them you might call me cheeky, with 54 of them over three nights and getting paid for it you'd say I was a liar.
Before I get carried away I'd like you to take your mind out of the gutter for a minute and I'll explain all.
Portlaoise smack bang in the middle of Ireland has become a hub for the Irish home and abroad over the past few years. The regional selections of the Rose of Tralee was introduced in 2005 with 32 Irish Roses going for 7 places at the international festival at the end of the summer.
In 2008 this changed to where all national and international Roses (excluding Australia, Kerry, Dublin and Cork, who go straight to the international selection) had to go through this process. The same year the regional selections moved from Tralee to Portlaoise.
When you have a Festival so big and TV shows that have some of the highest rating sof the year some people find it an easy target and would have a constant go at it.
As host of the TV shows I'm constantly asked if I thought it was out of date and relevant in today's world. Well in my eyes it's totally up to date and is as relevant as ever. It's the Roses themselves that bring the festival and the TV shows up to date every year. If you had a time machine and brought a Rose from 1973 into this year's show, she'd stand out like a swan among ducks! She would have done well in 1973 but would probably be lost in the accomplishments of today's Roses, with respect to all who took part in 1973.
For all who sit in front of their computers and write negative things about the Rose of Tralee on TV just remember you have a remote control and don't be afraid to use it. You probably don't understand the importance of the Irish Diaspora!
The Rose of Tralee is probably one of the biggest connections the Irish world has. It's a celebration of who we are and what we have achieved at home and overseas. In America we know of the Irish in New York, Chicago, Boston, Philly and Washington D.C. so it was great to see Roses from Kentucky( the first ever), Denver and Arizona being represented and to hear of their connection with Ireland and how the Irish make their way to those places. The same in Britain, I wasn't aware of the large Irish connection with Derby and Sunderland. London, Manchester and Liverpool would have always been seen as the big Irish communities.
Then we move onto places like Luxemburg and Dubai. Not a place where the Irish went traditionally you might say, but now they boast a big number of us. Half a million people live in Luxemburg of which 2,000 are Irish. Canada is becoming home now to a lot more Irish for different reasons, visas being one of them. Again over the weekend we heard of the Irish diaspora there and how it is changing.
The world has changed so much. When you think of people who left Ireland in the 1930's and 1940's, when they left they were gone and that was it never to see Mam and Dad again. No phones around that time really not to mind Skype and facebook! I spoke to a man from Ottawa at the weekend who is originally from Athlone and he told me that him mother has Skype now and they chat every day. So not alone can he get all the news but he can see his mother on a daily basis.
My mother went to Chicago in 1960. Like many other she went over to family. She often speaks of the great times the Irish always had. Worked hard by day and played as hard at night. In 1963 she went for the Chicago Rose. She says she only entered so she could win a trip home to Ireland as of course this is part of the prize. To make a long story short she didn't get through. I'm not sure if she ever recovered from the defeat! Only joking.
Back to the weekend at Portlaoise. 54 Roses over three night and out of them 23 go through to the International festival at the end of summer. What is to be the climax of the event i find the hardest.
You make friends with these Roses over the course of the weekend. There is the initial feeling of disappointment when you don't get through but I think this goes away when the Roses think of how far they have gotten.
That was my last public duty as a single man. Most of the Roses reminded me that the next time I'll be on stage with they I'll be married, a sobering fact. At least I'm marrying a Rose. Her name is Rita and with my surname being O Se. Take her first initial R and add it to that you get ROSE! Weird or faith? I'll let you decide.


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Thank you for sharing this with us, Warner :clap:more info on John Lotton please?
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Thank you for showing us, Warner! I love Lotton glass! I've promised myself I WILL have a piece eventually. I would be satisfied with a paperweight but your vase is simply stunning :mrgreen:
Thank you, Warner - beautiful website! Please excuse my bad English, but WHO is father, WHO is son? You wrote 'John now retired son of Charles' ? :huh:
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Updated: 04/08/2013 01:26pm
Disney's official fan club has just broken the news on Twitter:
Annette Funicello has died at age 70.
The actress, singer and beloved Mousketeer had been hospitalized due to complications from multiple sclerosis, according to Extra.
The Disney Fan Club says Funicello died today at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif.
Her family confirmed to Extra that Funicello died from complications of multiple sclerosis. They were by her side when she was taken off life support. Funicello had been in an MS coma for years, reports the site.
Funicello was 12 when she became a Mouseketeer. As a teen, she was launched on a successful singing and acting career, but she really gained popularity when she co-starred with Frankie Avalon in a series of "Beach Party" movies in the mid-1960s.
In 1992, Annette announced she had MS.
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E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo, is an annual convention where the hottest video games of the year are shown. This week wraps up the 3-day convention for 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Tons of press conferences and interviews and demonstrations with game developers sadly draw to a close. Are you wondering why YEW is talking about this, if we don't even sell video games? Well, we want to know the trends in all generations of electronics and entertainment. That's why we are bringing you just a few technology highlights from E3. Here's a brief look at the coolest tech to look forward to: Kinect Fun Labs Microsoft has long been marketing the Kinect, motion-based technology for the Xbox 360, and announced many new games that will be integrated next year. But the most intriguing new feature is voice control. You'll be able to speak dialog lines and issue commands and have game characters respond. The new Xbox activity is called Kinect Fun Labs uses both voice and new kinds of gesture control are available to Xbox Live members today. The company also announced that Google's YouTube is coming to Xbox and Bing will also be integrated. You'll be able to search via voice command for content on Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, and Live TV. For those of us that don't have a gaming system, LG already offers Smart TVs for access to limitless content with many customizable applications, streaming movies and videos pre-loaded (with subscription and internet access). It has web browsing and services from Netflix, Hulu Plus, Vudu and more. They recently announced AG-S110 3D active shutter glasses with liquid crystal technology to deliver images with virtually no ghosting or image trailing. It has a rechargeable battery for long lasting entertainment. Playstation HDTV At E3, Sony boasted that there will be more than a 100 games available in 3D this year. Almost all first and third-party Playstation exclusives showcased at this year's show can be played in 3D. And so in a major effort to make 3D gaming more accessible to everyone, Sony has announced the Playstation 3D Display, a 24" LED LCD 1080p HDTV that will retail for $499 when it launches later this year. The price is a stimulating point because currently price is the biggest obstacle for 3D TVs, and electronic retailers like us will be anxious to see how the industry leaders react. Sony also exclaimed that starting this fall they will be selling more affordable 3D glasses for $69 each. It is yet to be seen if these glasses will be universally functional on all 3D TVs. Besides that, this new TV has some impressive tech behind it. Sony's Two Player Mode allows two individuals to see two separate fullscreen images using stereoscopic active shutter glasses synched to only one screen. Previously, during a co-op or two-player gaming session the screen would be split down the middle, hindering the total viewing area for each player. This way both people can play without sacrificing any screen size. You get a unique, immersive experience sharing "two" TVs in one because the images superimpose on top of each other. Few testers of the product did comment on subtle signs of ghosting. So, at this point it is unclear what level of development the model is and whether or not will be a persistent issue. This is not the first time we've seen this technology of sharing screen images on the same TV using shutter glasses. At CES, the consumer electronic show in Las Vegas, NV earlier this year, Vizio presented their version of multiplayer mode. More importantly, we predict the future potential affordability for 3D glasses. XpanD offers Universal 3D Glasses® for $129.99. They have been designed to have the broadest possible compatibility with today's and tomorrow's 3D. The XpanD X103 glasses work in combination with state-of-the-art LCD technology, high-performance software, and simple and comfortable lightweight frames to deliver games, movies, pictures, and graphics in the highest quality 3D. The fast switching speed is an active solution to no headaches, ghosting or eyestrain as associated with other 3D solutions. Here is a list of 3D TVs and Projectors compatible with the XpanD Universal 3D Glasses (as of March 2011): Panasonic, LG, Mitsubishi (with compatible emitter), Phillips, Samsung, Sony, Sharp, Toshiba Microsoft is positioning itself with this Kinect Fun Labs technology to platform with individual developers or the general public in creating a community that invites innovation from everyone. Meanwhile, Sony may have success in popularizing 3D using its Playstation brand. This new morsel of gaming information from E3 helps drive innovative technology and entertainment industries. We can get excited how to use the capabilities of these technologies, versus traditional entertainment systems.


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I'm planning on running TARC 50 on 6/14. I'm doing a 36 mile out & bk night training run on Martha's Vineyard this weekend. The guys I'm running with are experienced ultra runners and their instruction to me were, " dress warm & bring food." I've only used gu at the marathon distance & an addtl 1/4 pbj at the 50k distance. They've estimated that this training run including breaks & walking will take 9 hours. My 50k trail was 5:15. I'm perplexed and concerned now.
I would take 9 x 250-300 calories with you. Not sure water - depends on if you have access.
Read a few responses I've just gotten for my question and think about playing with the same things.
Definitely dress warmly. The body has a natural temperature pattern where early AM is at its coldest. It is a mistake to think that you will stay warm just because you are moving.
Food, hydration, and electrolyte need is pretty individualized. One of the reasons for doing a long run like this is to figure that out. 9 hours is still in the easily-digested carb-laden zone. Take a gel an hour, generally, but also consider noshing on non- or not-so-sweet classic ultra fare: pretzels, potato chips, salted boiled potato chunks, cookies. It is also better to eat while walking, and drink while eating to speed stomach emptying. Even if you haven't yet taken any salt (Endurolytes, Thermotabs, S! caps) during a long run or race, it is prudent to carry a few of these pills, just in case.
I failed to add I'm known for needing massive salt & fluids as I'm prone to dehydrate. I will definitely bring pretzels, but wouldn't have thought if it so thanks for reminder.
Thank you for the tip & explanation about dressing warmly in the middle of the night. I never would have known this... I will definitely pack for cold even though I don't typically get cold.
I've only done one all night training run with a few guys. It was on a loop so it was easier to manage gear. Will you have drops set up on this? Bail out points in case of emergency? 36 miles is a long way to go having to pack everything you may need.
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Aravind Eye Care Systems, Waste Capital Partners, Shree Kamdhenu Electronics, are three companies who have come forward to improve the lives of low-income people in India. These three organisations came together last week under the Business Call to Action (BCtA) initiative backed by the UNDP. The workshop was held at Mumbai.
Three companies have made new commitments to help thousands of low-income people in rural India improve their livelihoods, health and environment through the Business Call to Action (BCtA), an anti-poverty initiative backed by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
"By thinking differently about how to meet basic needs, companies are realizing the added value of incorporating in the value chain under-served populations who could ultimately become key stakeholders in alleviating poverty," BCtA Programme Manager, Sahba Sobhani, said.
"Business Call to Action is pleased to once again highlight unique models of inclusive business, especially as the private sector envisions new market-based approaches."
Three innovative companies— Aravind Eye Care Systems, Waste Capital Partners, Shree Kamdhenu Electronics —are working through the BCtA platform to generate new opportunities by providing key supply and distribution channels in their respective regions of India.
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Some 30 per cent of India's population needs eye care while 80 per cent of vision loss is believed to be preventable.
Aravind Eye Care System, the country's largest provider of ophthalmological services, has committed to train 750 healthcare workers through a new on-line system with the aim of increasing the number of eye surgeries from 350,000 to 500,000 yearly by 2016 and to 1 million by 2020. In addition to basic eye care and preventative treatment, Aravind, is a leading company in providing cataract, glaucoma and retinal surgeries.
Aravind trains Mid-Level Ophthalmic Professionals (MLOP's) to make ophthalmologists more productive. The company expects to recruit and train 650 women from rural communities, after which they can be certified as MLOP's. All of the systems are oriented towards enabling the doctors to reach as many patients and ensure support through a well-trained paramedical staff. In addition, community outreach programs are central to Aravind's mission, since most of the blind are often living in remote, rural areas. The company's all-women teams of professionals are a key component of its workforce.
"The training platform offers a way for our company to efficiently scale up training capacity while standardizing the learning process," the company's Administrator, Dr. S. Aravind, said. "By providing training opportunities, we will be able to expand our reach and optimize resources."
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In India, rural and urban areas produce significant levels of waste and hazardous materials, with only an estimated 50 per cent properly collected in accordance with health and safety standards—leading increasingly to vector-borne illnesses and contaminated ground water.
Waste Capital Partners is piloting a progressive model for waste disposal in emerging-market cities while disseminating the model through its nonprofit social enterprise, Waste Ventures, based in Vizag.
"We are working to empower waste collectors, many of whom are women, and also create a sustainable revenue model for improved waste collection, composting, and recycling," Waste Capital Partners and Waste Ventures founder, Parag Gupta, said.
As part of its commitment to BCtA, Waste Ventures will employ 10,000 formerly-independent waste pickers as collectors, composters, and recyclers by 2017. The company also plans to offset 200,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide over the next five years. Already, the company has instituted an Employee State Insurance and Provident Fund for its employed waste pickers along with opening up individual bank accounts.
By using a thermophilic composting technique, Waste Capital Partners also eliminates methane – a gas that according to them is 24 times as harmful to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide – and prevents it from forming in rotting waste.
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India has quadrupled milk production over the past 40 years and now leads the world in dairy output. But yield per cow is relatively low in quantity and quality. Shree Kamdhenu Electronics Pvt. Ltd., based in Vallabh Vidhyanagar in central Gujarat state, has designed a milk collection system to improve productivity at the grassroots level, called Akashganga.
Meaning "Milky Way" in Hindi, Akashganga comprises an automated, electronic milk collection system geared toward village dairy cooperatives. It efficiently weighs milk output, indicates fat content, calculates prices payable to suppliers, and provides customer numbers and date-time labeling.
The company aims to raise smallholder income for 600,000 farmers mainly in northwestern Gujarat, parts of Maharashtra and a few other selected states by 2014. It is also working to increase efficiency in the milk collection process and improve the payment system for dairy farmers.
"We believe the new system will increase trust between farmers and cooperatives by generating pay slips in regional languages and devising technology to eliminate bottlenecks in collection, replacing therefore outdated weighing methods," Akashganga programme director, Ujval Parghi, said.
The company plans to replicate the Akashganga business model in other key farming states in India.
G20 Inclusive Business Workshop in Mumbai
The Governments of Germany and Saudi Arabia as co-facilitators of the G20 Pillar "Private Investment and Job Creation" have extended a special invitation for BCtA members to attend the G20 Inclusive Business Workshop in Mumbai on 16-18 April.
With its theme "Scaling Impact through Innovation", the G20 Inclusive Business Workshop is a highly exclusive business forum that will bring together the G20 Challenge winners with business leaders and experts to discuss best practices and solutions for accelerating inclusive business models.
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Key and Peele's Jordan Peele Gets Laid In Europe On Drunk History
A fun game when you're watching last night's season two premiere of Funny or Die's Drunk History is to pretend the reenacted accounts of racial struggle and civil rights are clips of prestige biopics from an alternate universe where everyone is perpetually hammered. Also in this universe Lee Daniels directs everything. It's hands-down the better universe.
This segment, where Allan McLeod describes Percy Julian's overcoming prejudice to accidentally discover a way efficient way of making steroids (while generally being a bomb-ass chemist who gets real laid on his semester abroad), is a choice (re-) introduction to the show. That's thanks in large part to the ever more evident acting chops of Jordan Peele, who flings himself around like a muppet operating a human being.
McLeod's got this great twangy sandy voice, and Peele always seems both shocked and delighted to find it coming out of his half-cocked mouth as he shoots off hydrodrons, oxydrons, and carbatrons left and right. It's a beautiful synthesis, and it does right by Julian's story's, which is equal parts badass and quintessentially American, with a chaser of horse piss.
Funny as it is, there's this awesome warmth infused through Drunk History that I think ultimately sells it. Undergirding the whole show is a reminder of the intimate, exuberant pleasure of getting together one-on-one with an old friend and a bottle of liquor just to get smashed and giggly in the comfort of their home; it's the closest we get in our waking lives to how good bed feels (though I've always assumed that's maybe what heroin feels like?).
If anything, Drunk History's a great reminder of drinking at its best, how it taps us into the absurdity of ourselves and everything else as we stumble and embellish our way through great stories, shocked and delighted at what's spilling out of our mouths. Until, you know, gut gunk comes spilling out too. But hey, you can't get soybean steroids without handling a bunch of horse dicks.
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By Ellen Keohane
A soon-to-be-built 16-story blue building on Norfolk St. on the Lower East Side is getting reviews from local residents and some of them are not rosy.
Aptly called BLUE by developers, the proposed condo building at 105 Norfolk St. will house between 30 and 40 units, some with private outdoor access. According to promotional materials, the 700-to-2,000-square-foot condos will range in price from $700,000 to more than $3 million. The building is scheduled to be completed by late 2006.
The height is what bothers me, said Al Orensanz, of the Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts, which is just a couple of blocks from BLUEs construction site. It will change forever the skyline of our neighborhood. Most of the buildings on the block between Delancey and Rivington Sts. are less than half as many stories tall.
Construction has begun on the formerly vacant lot at 105 Norfolk St. On the scaffolding, which wrapped around the corner of Delancey and Norfolk Sts., there was a large sign advertising the new high-rise. In an artists rendering of the building, the modern structure appeared to have an exterior of blue-tinted glass with upper floors that extend over an adjacent low-rise building.
The modern structure is designed by Bernard Tschumi and SLCE Architects. Both firms, which have offices in Manhattan, would not comment on the buildings design. Neither would On the Level Enterprises Inc., the buildings developer. In addition, the public-relations representative for the property said she would not release any additional information about BLUE until next week.
Orensanz first learned about the proposed building, like many others, by walking by the advertisement. [It] seems extremely sleek, he said. The color is all right I dont have a problem with the color blue.
Others feel less positive about the choice of color. Its not going to fit in at all, said Earl Holloway, 32, an administrator for the School of Visual Arts who lives across the street from the site. It will look like one of those big toilet bowl cubes that turn toilet water blue, he said.
What the neighborhood needs is more affordable apartments here, not high-end condos, said Antonia Garcia, 56, who paused to talk on the sidewalk near the construction site. Now staying with a friend in Baruch Houses, a public housing develpment, Garcia said she was priced out of her Lower East Side home. The rents are too high, she said.
Some see the new building as a positive change in the neighborhood. Five years ago this used to be a dangerous neighborhood. You used to be afraid to walk around here, said Frank Gonzalez, a 34-year-old contractor working at a new bar/lounge called Backdoor opening on the same block.
Its much safer now, Gonzalez said. At the same time, hed hate to see the Lower East Side turn into another expensive Manhattan neighborhood. I hope the neighborhood stays the same, he said, not like Soho, where its too expensive to live.
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SILVA, Ricardo V.. A dictatorship against the republic: economic policy and political power in Roberto Campos.Translated byMeryl Adelman. Rev. Sociol. Polit. [online]. 2007, vol.3Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0104-4478.
This article examines Roberto Campos' political thought from 1950-1970. During this period, in addition to holding important governmental positions, Campos also devoted himself to struggles in the terrain of ideas, publishing a large number of articles and essays. Our hypothesis is that his political thought sees the institutionalization of an authoritarian political system as the most adequate for the cultural and political conditions of Brazilian society. The main characteristic of this type of system is the hypertrophy of State executive power - in relation to other republican powers - under military and technocratic command. The main function of the hypertrophied executive is the collaboration with and implementation of institutional reforms and "rational" economic policies, against the supposedly particularist and irrational resistance of different sectors of Brazilian society. This view clashes head on with Campos´ suggestion that the regime that was instituted after 1964 represents a sort of updating, under prevailing societal conditions, of the ancient Roman republic institution of the "comissary dictatorship", in which the election of a dictator for a short period of time in order to contain possible threats to republican institutions was permitted.
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"I liked it," the first grade student said following a presentation by Jay Mankita at St. Mary's School in Ticonderoga recently. "We have to eat like a rainbow."
Jay Mankita recently taught proper nutrition to St. Mary's School students in Ticonderoga by presenting a concert.
That's right, we should all "eat like a rainbow." That phase is the title of an album by Mankita that teaches lessons about proper nutrition. With songs like "Junk Food Man" and "Try New Foods," the album is a Parents Choice Approved Award Winner.
Mankita presented his program to St. Mary's students, asking them to join in the songs and dance about the gym. It was fun, but the point was serious — good nutrition leads to good health.
"This is part of our wellness curriculum," Ellie Berube, St. Mary's physical education teacher, explained. "We want our children to understand the importance of eating a healthy diet. Healthy food can still be good."
And fun, if you believe Mankita.
Mankita is a Massachusetts-based songwriter, guitarist and recording artist. He writes songs for children about animals, ecology and healthy food and performs at schools, libraries, fairs and festivals.
He also performs for adults, singing about life, love, baseball, dogs and social justice. He has performed with well-known artists such as Pete Seeger, David Bromberg, Leon Russell, Tom Paxton, Paul Winter and others.
St. Mary's students were particularly impress by Mankita's van, which is fueled by recycled vegetable oil.
"It smells like French fries when I drive," he told students. "That's really cool."
The St. Mary's School performance was made possible by a grant from Fidelis Care to the Diocese of Ogdensburg.
Fidelis Care is a non-profit, faith-based health plan that provides coverage through New York State's Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus and Medicaid programs. It also offers a Medicare Advantage program, featuring no monthly premium and the freedom to choose doctors and hospitals. The firm does not sell commercial coverage, but reaches out solely to the poor and medically under-served.
Fidelis has given the Catholic schools of the Diocese of Ogdensburg a $32,000 grant to purchase materials and implement wellness programs.


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The Art Of Electronics Student Manual
- Publish Date: 1989-09-29
- Binding: Plastic Comb
- Author: Thomas C. Hayes;Paul Horowitz
Regular price $17.02 Sale price
This manual is both a guide and aid to users of The Art of Electronics. It is carefully organized to follow the chapters of the main text, providing extra explanatory notes, worked examples, solutions to selected exercises and laboratory exercises. Learning aids such as glossaries, reading assignments, objectives, data sheets and summaries are also included. The manual is a product of many years' teaching at Harvard University, which has given the authors direct knowledge of concepts that students find difficult. The extra explanatory detail makes this manual an essential purchase for students using The Art of Electronics.


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Lille (lēl), city (1990 pop. 178,301), capital of Nord dept., N France, near the Belgian border. With its central position in NW Europe, Lille became a great commercial, cultural, and manufacturing center, long known for its textile products—notably lisle (the name is derived from an older spelling of the city's name). Intense industrial expansion began in the 1960s, strengthened by the establishment (1967) of a metropolitan community uniting almost 90 towns with a total population of over 900,000. Steel, iron, metalworking, and chemicals were among the city's flourishing manufactures. By the 1990s, however, competiton from Southeast Asia and within Europe, including the former Eastern bloc, resulted in reduced production and high unemployment in the area.
Lille was the chief city of the county of Flanders, a brilliant residence of the 16th-century dukes of Burgundy, and (after 1668) the capital of French Flanders. Taken (1708) after a costly siege by Eugene of Savoy and the duke of Marlborough, it was restored to France in the Peace of Utrecht (1713). Among Lille's principal buildings are the huge citadel (17th cent.), one of the finest works of the French military engineer Vauban; the old stock exchange (17th cent.); several fine churches; and the unfinished cathedral (begun 1854). Lille has a large university, transferred there from Douai in 1808, and one of the most important art museums in Europe; its paintings include many of the best works of the Flemish, Dutch, French, and Spanish masters.


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Sofia Hilvano and Harry Styles were bestmates since primary school. Their parents were bestfriends so it was impossible for them not to be. Although they were bestfriends, they never really dated or developed any feelings for each other. They were almost the same, like boy and girl versions of one another. But both were blind to see that. Harry dated tons of girl including her present girlfriend, Taylor Swift. But Taylor was a bit on the jealous side of everything. She was always jealous of how Sofia and Harry bonded, it almost killed her. Anyway, as bestfriends, they needed to support each other, no matter how it killed them. But, could supporting each other in everything make them happy, or hurt becase they know it's not real?
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The omnibus spending bill that President Barack Obama signed into law on Jan. 17 provides $38 million for operations at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-managed site through the end of the federal fiscal year, according to the DOE's Moab Federal Project Director Don Metzler.
That's about $2.2 million more than the DOE requested for the current federal fiscal year, which runs through Sept. 30.
Metzler said he hasn't figured out which member of Congress is responsible for the funding boost. But the inclusion of line-item funding for cleanup work at the site indicates that someone is there to champion the project, he said.
"In my own words, that was very surprising and that was very, very positive," he told the Moab Tailings Project Steering Committee on Jan. 28.
Portage, Inc., the Idaho-based company that holds the federal contract for the Moab cleanup project, had to recently pause tailings shipments to its long-term disposal cell near Crescent Junction as a result of last year's federal government shutdown. But there will not be any further curtailments this fiscal year, Metzler said.
"It's clear sailing from here to the end of September," he said.
Contract workers at the site have already made significant progress since cleanup activities began in April 2009.
As of last November, 40 percent of all tailings, or 6.4 million tons, had been shipped to the Crescent Junction-area disposal site.
While colder weather late last year slowed things down, Metzler said that cleanup activities are back to normal.
Further down the road, the DOE plans to move debris from the old Atlas Uranium mill away from the site. Atlas kept pretty good records, Metzler said, so the DOE knows for the most part what's remaining in the pile, including huge bags filled with asbestos.
However, the cleanup of that material probably won't begin under the current federal contract, Metzler said.
In the meantime, Grand County UMTRA liaison Lee Shenton said he's been telling people not to assume that the tailings shipping rate will increase in the next week, or even the next month.
"There is a backlog," Shenton said.
Metzler said the DOE still has to determine if it will need to hire additional workers.
The good news for now, though, is that the agency plans to retain its existing staff, which included 133 contractors and four federal employees as of early January.
"We really don't want to lose anyone because we think it's a great project," he said. "We know we have a great workforce."
Portage, Inc., was awarded the five-year, $121 million contract for the project in 2011.
For more information about the UMTRA Project, go to: www.moabtailings.org.


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Pirate adventure blends Victorian history, high-seas fun.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that The Pirates! Band of Misfits isn't your typical pirate adventure, but there's still action, mild high-seas peril, a little bit of colorful language ("hell," etc.), and some parent-targeted jokes about the two historical characters depicted in the movie: Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin. Although the pirates use guns and swords and have hand-to-hand fights, they don't face any real danger until the climactic battle with the queen; before that, their enemies are schoolchildren, lepers, and ghosts. That said, the queen is quite menacing, and Darwin is greedy in his attempts to steal from the pirates. But the pirates themselves, rather than being bloodthirsty and selfish, are more like a family that sticks together, loot or no loot.
Educational value: If they're paying attention, kids will learn some historical facts -- like that in 1837, Queen Victoria ascended the throne, or that that's when a young Charles Darwin was keeping his early notebooks about the environment. Obviously, there are some exaggerations and liberties taken with the truth, but the portrayals of the queen and Darwin are so amusing that kids are bound to want to learn more about whether they're real and what their place in history is.
Messages: Subtle messages about unconditional friendship, loyalty, tolerance, and what constitutes a family. The Pirate Captain's crew is indeed a bunch of misfits (an albino, a woman pretending to be a man, a peg-legged pirate, and a captain who can't seem to find any booty), but they stand by one another, even when times are dire.
Role models: Pirates aren't exactly positive role models, but a couple of them act honorably. The Pirate Captain rescues his pet from the clutches of the movie's villain, even though he could have ended up in prison or dead. And pirate Number Two and the rest of the crew save the day, even though the Pirate Captain had betrayed them. On the flip side, Darwin is depicted as weaselly and selfish, and young Queen Victoria is homicidal and bloodthirsty when it comes to endangered animals.
Violence and scariness: Some gun, sword, and hand-to-hand violence. There are explosions and close calls, but no one is killed or permanently injured, although the queen must be subdued in order to save the Dodo bird that was going to be slaughtered and eaten. The pirates face off against ghosts.
Sexy stuff: Female pirate Cutlass Liz has noticeable cleavage, and the male pirates stare at her curves in one saloon scene. Darwin has an overwhelming crush on the queen and says her severe bun "does it for him." The Pirate Captain flirts with one of Darwin's female friends during a night at the pub. The "Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate" is actually a woman, and she ends up in a tub, but nothing is ever shown.
Language: Language includes infrequent use of "hell," "ass," and "crap," plus "idiot" and "stupid."
Consumerism: Not an issue
Drinking, drugs and smoking: The pirates are often shown at a saloon or celebrating the Pirate of the Year Awards, so there's a noticeable amount of drinking (what looks like beer, wine, or mead/grog). The Pirate Captain gets drunk hanging out with Charles Darwin and his friends.
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Europe vs. America
It's a well-known fact that Americans love to work. We endure long shifts, often without breaks, and carry work home with us in the evenings. Where do we fit in leisure time and relaxation? How do we decompress?
European countries have mastered this problem by prioritizing small pleasures and daily breaks. Countries like Spain, France, Sweden, and Greece practice age-old traditions that optimize happiness and one's ability to deflect stress. Public transportation is highly effective, midday work breaks are never skipped, and meals are fully enjoyed without rushing back to the office with deadlines in mind.
So, the big question: do Europeans live better than Americans? The following countries give good reason to argue in Europe's favor.


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Carolyn Hax: Try understanding girlfriend's worldview
Dear Carolyn: I'm male, late 30s. I've been seeing a woman, and getting along with her in many great ways, for over a year. One of her strengths is her ability to get along in life on her own; she's a fairly independent, "lone wolf" type, not afraid to disappear to a foreign country, or the wilderness, by herself.
But I'm having trouble coming to grips with a flip side to this: Her self-reliance seems to go hand-in-hand with a lack of ability, or interest, in maintaining many close friendships or ties with family.
She's made sincere efforts given the parental hand she was dealt. But she has few close friends, none in the same time zone. I asked myself, "Who would I invite if I wanted to have a surprise party for her?" Unless I invited all my friends and family, I'm afraid it would be a very small, very tame party.
I can't imagine being who I am, being sane and happy, without having such a network of family and friends. So while I feel pretty solid with our one-on-one time, I feel like I'm getting very little in terms of expanding my circle – not just for me, but for any children I might have. Just knowing she doesn't maintain many friendships makes me wonder what kind of person she is.
I feel like she depends on me for a large amount of her social life, and suspect she and I are fundamentally different in terms of what we seek and value.
I keep telling myself to focus on the many positives. But I'd be lying if I said that it's what I'd really want out of a relationship.
A: Then you're kind of lying to her by staying, no?
I could end this answer here, after reminding you that forcing yourself to focus only on the good (or only on the bad) hampers your ability to read people accurately, and that it's OK to break up with someone just for not giving you what you need – even someone you love. Figuring out stuff like this is what dating is for.
But even though I'm not getting paid by the word (wow, right?), I think there's information here to warrant a longer answer.
For one thing, you're staying. Unless you're prone to inertia, that says you want her in your life.
And, you're framing arguments against her using your own worldview, versus trying to understand about hers.
Your assumptions, of course, might still be correct; maybe she is dependent on you for her social life, her scant emotional attachments are a warning, and you and she value different things.
But isn't it also possible that she enjoys the gift of your social group without actually needing it? And that if you and she broke up, she'd revert to lone-wolfism without unraveling?
Isn't it possible her few close ties are solid, and therefore signs she's emotionally healthy – just in a way you're not used to seeing?
Isn't it possible she wouldn't want a surprise party?
Not all differences create a net loss, right? Often they balance us out.
Granted, even if all these questions have best-case answers, she still might not be right for you. Among other things, it's OK to have no interest in learning to speak Introvert; an extro-intro pairing can require just as much education, dedication and open-mindedness as an interfaith, interracial or cross-cultural one, and no one who isn't game for the challenge should take it on.
Just don't leave because you can't imagine any other definition of "sane and happy" than your own. What matters is whether her definition is sound for her, yours is sound for you, and they can coexist without one of you surrendering more than you care to give.


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Panel considers value of a liberal arts education
The Dartmouth
September 20, 2013
College President Phil Hanlon and Dean of the Faculty Michael Mastanduno moderated a panel on Thursday about the value of liberal arts education as national debate on its relevance to career preparedness in an increasingly technical job market continues...
...Panelists included physics and astronomy professor Stephon Alexander, history professor Leslie Butler, College trustee Annette Gordon-Reed '81, Dean of Thayer School of Engineering Joseph Helble and English professor Donald Pease...
Helble addressed Dartmouth's five-year liberal arts and engineering program, where students earn bachelor's of arts and bachelor's of engineering degrees. He said he did not see the missions of liberal arts and engineering programs as separate.
"The liberal arts teaches us to question, explore broadly and ask 'why?'," he said. "I think engineering complements that well by teaching us to ask 'why not?'"
Noah Rickerich '16 said he saw similarities between liberal arts and engineering programs.
"I was very compelled by Joseph Helble's mandate to include engineering as a liberal art and apply what we're learning here at Dartmouth in a more practical and solution-oriented sense," he said. "I think in the future the two will be intrinsically linked."


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CALISTOGA, Calif. — Fitness is a fine goal when you're on vacation but not always easy to talk yourself into because, well, you're on vacation.
So it behooves you to find a way to trick yourself into burning a few hundred calories. For this, bicycles have lots to recommend them: A well-chosen ride lets you experience your destination from a great vantage point and at a pace that suits you.
A DIY ride through Calistoga in Napa Valley was our third wine-country rendezvous with bikes, and it was our best. Much credit goes to Calistoga Bikeshop (calistogabikeshop.net), not least for the sensational Jamis hybrid bikes they rent. Retailing around $700 each, the bikes provided a comfortable and streamlined ride, great handling, ergonomic handgrips and — key for the skittish — very efficient brakes. (For more elite cyclists, higher-end Cervelos are available, but you'll pay extra for the privilege of renting a $3,000 bike — $85 a day.)
But it was more than the equipment. The service is low-key and never preachy, and the route the shop mapped out was perfect. There are several variations; we settled on a 21/2-hour trip that was distinguished by wine country's iconic vistas in the peak harvest month of September, and a minimum of hills (keyword: vacation). Only occasionally were we on busy highways. Our two-hour route also took us through charming neighborhoods and, more to the point, past several tasting rooms, had we been inclined to stop and sip, as well as great spots for a picnic. There also were very few steep inclines.
The bike trip set us back about $25 apiece — a bargain we took to heart, in more ways than one.