text: @article{JIL, author = {Sophie Bury}, title = { Faculty attitudes, perceptions and experiences of information literacy: a study across multiple disciplines at York University, Canada.}, journal = {Journal of Information Literacy}, volume = {5}, number = {1}, year = {2011}, keywords = {information literacy; faculty; academic libraries; higher education; survey research; information literacy assessment}, abstract = {This Canadian-based survey research study investigates the information literacy (IL) instruction practices, attitudes and knowledge of university faculty. Findings are based on results from an online survey of all full-time faculty at York University. The value of this paper lies, firstly, in its contribution to a field of enquiry where a research deficit has been identified. Second, it contributes to IL research and practice by both synthesizing and corroborating some of the findings of earlier studies of a similar nature. This and other studies establish that many faculty attitudes and practices regarding IL instruction have remained relatively constant over time by revealing evidence of a strong and enduring faculty belief in the value of solid student IL proficiencies, concerns that these proficiencies fall below desired standards; the view that IL instruction is beneficial; and evidence of disconnects between expressed beliefs and actual IL practice. Third, this study builds on what is already known by uncovering disciplinary differences in faculty opinions and practices in the domain of IL instruction and by providing insights on how faculty's perceptions and rankings of different types of IL competencies are evolving and changing in an increasingly web-based information universe.}, issn = {1750-5968}, pages = {45--64}, doi = {10.11645/5.1.1513}, url = {https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/JIL/article/view/PRA-V5-I1-2011-1} }


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Americas Trophy and Festival
July 26, 2015 in Airshow, Photo's
On Saturday we went to the Americas Trophy and Festival in Portsmouth. Great day, lots of things to do and see. I took about 1000 photo's and we enjoyed all of the Air show's, Sailing and live music featuring Spandau Ballet, WetWetWet, McBusted and Carly Rae!
Here is an impression of the day!
Walking around Burghfield
January 11, 2015 in Photo's, Uncategorized, Walking
A Nice day for a walk today (Length: 5.46 miles 8.79 km) Let's stay local for a change. Through the village, woods, fields and woods. Just enough to walk of the laziness on a Sunday afternoon!
Here is the route:
Walking around Aldermaston Wharf
September 28, 2014 in Photo's, Walking
Very nice weather today, so time for another walk, this time one around Aldermaston Wharf. Nearly 6 Miles this time! Alway good to see the narrow boats and how relax they go through the canal!. here is the route and photo's


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This morning, Secretary of State John Kerry arrived at NATO to take his seat for the first time at the North Atlantic Council, the governing body of NATO, as ministers of the 28 Allies converged to discuss some of the world's most sensitive questions. Secretary Kerry strode past the cameras and photographers, as journalists pleaded with him in French to make a comment. "Apres, après," Kerry said, "afterwards."
The atmosphere inside the meeting room was somber, as developments in Syria and Korea were on the morning agenda. Just before the meeting began, NATO Secretary-General Rasmussen told the journalists outside, "We can see that the situation in Syria is getting worse. We cannot ignore the risks of a regional spill-over with possible implications for Allied security. NATO has come to the support of Turkey with the rapid deployment of Patriot missiles, but we must continue to remain vigilant." The NATO meeting was a unique opportunity for the Foreign Ministers of Europe and North America to share information and ideas on the crisis in Syria.
The second meeting of the day was the NATO-Russia Council, attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The Council was briefed on the recent series of meetings between high-level U.S. and Russian diplomats in Moscow, and possibilities for an intensified NATO-Russia dialogue that could follow from that. Afterwards, Secretary Kerry took the opportunity to meet individually with Minister Lavrov, with whom he has already met several times in recent weeks, to continue the search for common ground.
Secretary Kerry's schedule inside the NATO HQ building was, as always, choreographed to use every minute. Between other meetings he sat down with the Greek Foreign Minister, and signed an agreement on the control of nuclear materials with the foreign minister of Lithuania.
Late in the afternoon, Secretary Kerry gave his first press conference in NATO's Luns Theater. He began by calling Europe "America's partner of first resort," and then talked about how NATO would transform its mission in Afghanistan from combat to training by the end of 2014. "Afghanistan will not again, ever, become a haven for terrorists," Kerry declared.
Turning to the question of Syria, Kerry said that there was no specific role for NATO in Syria right now, but that all the Allies agreed that "the mass murder taking place outside of Damascus was unacceptable," and there had to be a political solution. "The U.S. will continue supporting the opposition coalition," he said, with the goal of achieving "a non-sectarian democracy that respects all human rights." After answering questions, the Secretary apologetically excused himself and moved to the next meeting with the NATO Allies and partners working together in Afghanistan.
In his first day inside the NATO headquarters, the Secretary showed that he is very much at home in the Alliance. Secretary Kerry's day won't end until late this evening, and tomorrow his schedule is booked with meetings with Afghan President Karzai and the leaders of Pakistan. Stay tuned to DipNote and @USNATO and @USAmbNATO on Twitter for more from his visit.
Alivia in India writes:
Thank you so much to provide the great information. Thank you so much.
Michael G. in the U.S.A. writes:
Kerry's rhetoric: All hat, no cattle.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Well if NATO "has no specific role in Syria right now", let me suggest one to Sec. Kerry that needs to be implemented right now.
Simply the specific role of eliminating Bashar al Assad's capacity to make war on his people, with an "ALL IN" attitude to prevent any further, ongoing genocide.
Using every means of every member to do so.
Oh, and you'all might as well invite Russia to either physicly help in this process as full partners in the prevention of genocide, or to quit complaining every time the US and partners feel the need to stop dictators tyrants and terrorists in their tracks, and level the playing field for people to determine their own futures.
At least if Russia is invited to be part of a "coalition of the willing" then it will be a lot harder for them to cry "foul!" from the sidelines when NATO finally gets the gumption and the political nerve to do the dirty work neccessary to safeguard humanity.
The comes a time when the policy of having a people generally determine the fate of their leadership for themselves, is not in keeping with the interests of the rest of humanity.
I don't believe President Obama would have said it is time for Assad to go, without having this understanding before making the statement.
Let alone now that circumstances involving chemical weapons use pose a "game changer" as an imminent threat to everyone in the region.
Ashim C. in India writes:
Political Executive in any state does not rule using brute force of the state. If lakhs of Syrians are prepared to stand up against President Assad and be prepared to die, leave their country as refugees in neighbouring countries, it has to be assumed that dissension against President Assad is genuine and sufficiently wide spread. This having been said, one has recognize that as executive of the Syria he has indeed the responsibility to maintain law and order and integrity of the country. The way events have unfolded in Syria suggest that President Assad has escalated use of force gradually after his forces tasted the fire power of the opposition. Fears of President Assad possessing & using chemical weapons were heard only a couple of months ago and the fear remains shrouded in doubt still. If there is an iota of truth in it, pure humane considerations demand that the matter is thoroughly investigated and conclusively established before NATO acts. International community - especially NATO, Russia and other permanent members of of UNSC must undertake this exercise jointly. If this requires limited action by international military intervention that should be welcome. No country and it's citizens can be left abandoned to suffer atrocities from the Political Executive of any country.
It is good to see US exercising much restraint. What Mr. Kerry has said implies that option for action against President Assad is open and that would be exercised at an appropriate time, when fear of use of chemical weapons stands fully verified. As for Russia & China, they have been playing a limited role in regional crises every where be it - North Korea or Iran. They should be as proactive as NATO is and join efforts in assessing atrocities in Syria and determine future course of preventive and curative action and keep that proportionate to the situation. It is not job US alone to ensure peace and progress. But if US is left alone to deal with problems anywhere and commits mistakes in judgement as indeed it did - for example in Iraq, where apparent reason for action against Saddam was possession of WMD, which were never found. US spirit and courage to be with people and countries is admirable. US is indeed deterrent to many untoward happenings though, one's sense is, Americans generally no longer approve of US direct intervention with it's human resources particularly. Imagine what Asia Pacific and South East Asia would be like if China is allowed a free hand.


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Mancini confident of chasing down United
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is anxious to pounce whenever rivals Manchester United slip up.
The champions have fallen seven points behind their neighbours at the top of the Barclays Premier League but are confident of clawing back the deficit. City memorably recovered from eight points behind with just six games remaining last season and see no reason to panic with 17 left this time.
Mancini said: "Until now United played very, very well. They deserve to be on the top, maybe not seven points more than us but this is football. There are some moments during a season that even a top team like United can lose points. It is impossible to win every game like last year. We should be ready when United lose a point."
He added: "For this reason, it is important for us to go our way and to continue to win.
"We don't look at the table, in this moment the table is not important. We know we are in second position."
Sunday's action could have a key bearing on the title race, with United hosting fierce rivals Liverpool and City facing a tough trip to Arsenal.
The gap at the top could shrink to four points or grow to 10 but even if the outcome is the worst for City, Mancini claims he would not give up hope.
Such words contrast sharply with what the Italian said after a damaging loss at the Emirates Stadium last April, when City handed United that seemingly insurmountable lead during the run-in.
Mancini said: "Everything is possible but it doesn't change the situation.
"Last year United recovered when we were five points up and after Arsenal we went eight points behind. United recovered 13 points. So we can recover 10, it is not a problem."


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Man looks to save venerable Monroe castle
Stone fortress: Developer looks to save estate once owned by nuns
MONROE -- A chandelier hangs by the barest of threads in the dining room. It sways with the breeze from a gaping hole.
In the living room, sections of the oak floor are charred, coated with a dull chalky film, or are missing altogether. It's a trifecta of damage caused by fire and a roof that leaked until it let loose an avalanche of water.
Even if you don't know the property's address or that it's owned by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, you probably know the place. It's "The Castle" -- the stone fortress that sits high above Route 111 in Monroe.
After sinking into ruin, the castle's prospects of being restored and becoming a home are promising. So are the chances of a residential-based business on the 141-acre parcel.
Part of the development plan includes creating an equestrian-themed community with stables and boarding facilities, along with trails and horses available to anyone. Being a castle-in-distress, the property has an advocate who wants to save it.
"The first time I walked through, it was hard for me to envision that someone would ever knock this place down," said John Kimball, a developer and investor with a penchant for local projects and a love for old houses, including Monroe's castle.
More InformationThe castle at a glance
Original owners: Robert and Anne Lipari Dietrich
Year built: 1936
Square footage: 10,000 square feet over two stories
Number of bedrooms: 7
Total size: 16.7 acres (part of a 141-acre parcel)
Owners: Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth
In-contract developers: John and Jill Kimball
Kimball plan highlights: Restore the castle for the family's home and develop an equestrian-themed community with homes, stables, trails and boarding facilities
Kimball and his wife, Jill, have a subdivision application before Monroe's Planning & Zoning Commission to subdivide the 16.7-acre castle estate into four building lots. They would like to keep the castle on 8.85 acres and a stone cottage on a two-acre parcel where two priests now live, along with building two new homes on the remaining parcels.
For years, the nuns tried to sell the castle, but with a listless real estate market, the offers never came.
"My wife and I would drive by with our children, and my daughter would point up the hill and say, 'I want to live there. I want to live in that castle,' " Kimball said. "And we'd tell her this is the nuns' place. That's not going to happen. And she'd insist, `I still want to live in the castle.'"
The castle was in countdown mode for the wrecking ball, even as some Monroe residents urged officials to do what the town couldn't afford -- buy the castle.
That's when Kimball got involved.
He said he enjoys reviving great old houses. If all goes well, Kimball hopes to close on the castle property in a matter of days.
Kimball plans to bring the castle back to the splendor it enjoyed in 1936 when Robert and Anne Lipari Dietrich built it for themselves and their two young daughters.
"My father loved stone. He liked the solid feel it had," said Lucy Dietrich Renac, who spent about a decade growing up in the castle. "Being the youngest son in a family that traveled a lot, my dad was often shipped off to boarding school. There was one he was especially fond of in Switzerland. It felt like home to him. And he wanted to build a house for our family that resembled it."
Dietrich was the youngest brother of Phillip Musica, also known as F. Donald Coster, who was the Bernie Madoff of his time, and the mastermind of one of the greatest Depression-era investment swindles. His scheme at Fairfield-based McKesson & Robbins caused Dietrich to lose his home.
"What's remarkable about this house is that it is a living, breathing example of history," said Ed Coffey, Monroe historian. "The rose quartz embedded in the fireplaces came from a mine at the back of the property. So did a lot of the other building materials."
Kimball intends to move his development company to basement of the castle and build a five-car garage with two levels accessible to employees from their office and an upper level accessible from the first floor of the castle.
"There is a lot of interest in this property because it's one of the last remaining large tracts of land left," said Marven Moss, a community activist. "Had this developer not come forward with the proposal he's presented to the nuns, this castle would have been leveled. The nuns couldn't afford to keep it up."
All the while the Dietriches lived in the house, they never referred to it as the castle.
"It was always just home to us," said Grace Dietrich Main. "It was a cozy, wonderful place to grow up. We'd spend hours playing hide and seek with our uncle. So, I'm glad my old home isn't going to be knocked down.
"It makes me happy to hear that a family with kids will move in and is fixing it up," she said. "It has all these nooks and crannies, and my sister and I could spend hours exploring and finding something new, something we hadn't noticed before."
Beyond the subdivision, Kimball has designs to acquire the nuns' remaining 124.3 acres, and to build the sisters, most of whom are in their 90s, a 20,000-square-foot convalescent center.
He wants to create a community centered around equestrian interests with trails, stables and paddocks for horses. There would also be access for the non-horse owning set to rent horses, take riding lessons and ride through trails that would connect with Webb Mountain Park and the Webb Mountain Discovery Center, which back up to the property and contain more than 640 acres.
"It will be something that will bring back the town's rural character," Kimball said. "I can look back and remember so many more farms around here. Over the years, with development, that's slipped away and I want to restore that rural feel with a project that has an equestrian focus that's open to everyone."
While there are two small horse farms that offering riding lessons in Monroe, and a few in neighboring Newtown and Southbury, none of them appear to offer riders access to as much acreage as Kimball's plans.
To put the horse-riding acreage into perspective, it would give riders access to trails that span an area more than triple the size of Fairfield University's campus and more than 10 times bigger than Sacred Heart University in Fairfield.
Back inside the castle, where a curving, majestic staircase leads to the bedrooms, Kimball points out the one that will belong to his son, Jack, a student at Masuk High School. At first glance, the closet appears to be the smallest in the house, but tucked to the rear is a right-angled turn that ends (or appears to) with a shoulder-wide cubby space and a thick wall.
Kimball raps on the wall. For a few seconds his visitors wait, as if someone on the other side might knock back.
Nothing happens.
"My son's been knocking on walls all over the place, looking for secret passage ways and walls that move," he said. "I promised him that I would put a hidden elevator in here and a sliding bookcase in the den downstairs where it would lead. Then he could push a hidden button that makes the bookcase slide open to mysteriously make his entrance."
Call it Kimball's man cave.
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Blog Archive
05.05.07 Playdates (Formerly Confetti Egg)
Strap on your sneakers, pack up some snacks and get going, — awaits in London, LA and New York?
Tally-ho, U.K. Rejuveniles! Shadowy benefactor Gideon Reeling (either the name of an esteemed 71-year-old British mogul or the moniker of a production company run by a cheeky group of London theater geeks) is footing the bill for a fantastic weekend of creative fun on the banks of the Thames. The Hide & Seek Festival is the first U.K. event to showcase "pervasive games," those gussied-up scavenger hunts and elaborate make-believe scenarios that have begun to trickle down to us plebes from the gaming elite (witness the Come Out & Play Festival in New York, which recently announced dates for its second annual event). The esteemed Mr. Reeling has assembled a roster of activities described as "all the best games you played as a kid with a grown up twist." The games will "transform the city into a playground, make your heart race, change the way you see the world and get you playing nicely with others." Game titles include Sheer Lunacy, Drunkpunch and Mr. Reeling's Assistants (in which players will experience the thrill of running pointless errands for a 71-year-old mogul! Bonus round: sponge bath!)
Mighty Mamas Skate! Mother's Day approacheth, a day of beautiful bouquets, breakfasts in bed and insane ollies on the half pipe (cue comical record scratch). For the fourth year running, Barb Odanaka (the Orange County housewife-turned-skate rat profiled in chapter two of Rejuvenile) is organizing the Mighty Mama Skate-O-Rama, a day of wicked tricks, awesome raffles and party-hearty celebration for skateboarding moms. Festivities begin at 10 am, Sunday May 13 at the Laguna Niguel Skatepark in south Orange County. More information here (click on "Barb's Blog").
Books + babysitters + booze = awesome playdate. Parent Play, the Manhattan party planners that specialize in family-friendly weekend parties, have another great event coming up: Get Up & Giggle, a pre-Memorial Day bash that will feature a discussion with Christie Mellor, author of the seminal momoir The Three Martini Playdate, along with the usual assortment of spa treatments and gift bags for adults and supervised fun for the kiddies. You'll have to dig deep into your allowance for this one, however: tickets are $70 a family ($80 at the door).
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Composer and pianist Keith Kirchoff will present a guest recital at Hope College on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Kirchoff's "The Electro-Acoustic Piano" performance will include two works specially commissioned for the event and explore several completely different aspects of electro-acoustic performance. The program will feature Robert Seaback's "Seed. Signal. (2012)" for piano and electronics; John Gibson's "Blue Traces (2009)" for piano and live electronics; Brian Belet's "Summer Phantoms: Nocturne (2011)" for piano and electronics; and Kirchoff's "White Canvas (2012)" for piano and live electronics. The recital is designed for all listeners and will be presented in a casual lecture/recital format.
Kirchoff has performed throughout all of North America and much of Europe. A strong advocate for modern music, he has premiered more than 100 new works and commissioned over two dozen compositions. As part of his commitment to fostering new audiences for contemporary music, Kirchoff has appeared at colleges and universities across the country as a lecture-recitalist. He has played with orchestras throughout the United States, performing a wide range of concerto, including the Boston premiere of Charles Ives' "Emerson Concerto" and the world premiere of Matthew McConnell's "Concerto for Toy Piano."
Kirchoff has won awards from the Steinway Society, MetLife Meet the Composer and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and was named the 2011 Distinguished Scholar by the SMSA. Specializing on works which combine interactive electro-acoustics with solo piano, Kirchoff's Electro-Acoustic Piano Tour has been presented in five countries, and the first album in the Electro-Acoustic Piano series was released in 2011 on Thinking outLOUD Records. He has also recorded on the New World, Zerx Bridge, and SEAMUS labels.
Nykerk Hall of Music is located in the central Hope campus at the former 127 E. 12th Street between College and Columbia avenues.


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Four city employees — two of them Glendale police officers — are currently on paid administrative leave for undisclosed reasons.
The employees, who officials declined to identify due to personnel reasons, work in Glendale Water & Power and the finance and police departments, according to a city report. One of the officers has been on paid leave since Oct. 31, 2011.
"That's very uncommon for [a case] to go that long," Human Resources Director Matt Doyle said. "Although, situations can drag longer than we wish they would."
At a Civil Service Commission meeting last week, Doyle said the situations involving the employees "are such that we truly believe it's appropriate to have these individuals on administrative leave."
Some of the cases "are far more complex than others" and all involve extensive investigations, he added.
"We are attempting to conclude those investigations and come to some resolution on these cases as quickly as possible," Doyle said.
Employees on paid administrative leave have an "abundance of due process rights," which he said includes an investigation phase, a notification letter and appeal rights.
The action of placing an employee on leave must reach a certain threshold, including safety, security and disciplinary circumstances, or it won't be approved, Doyle added.
"I don't want to see this process abused in any way shape or form," Doyle said.
City officials want to keep the number of administrative leave employees low because it's paid and the employees are mostly at home, Doyle said.
The report came after Commissioner Garo Ghazarian expressed concerns in January about the number of months employees — specifically police officers — would be on administrative leave, and whether it they would be on the city's pay roll.
He was also concerned about whether it's fair to taxpayers for employees to be on paid leave for an extended period of time.
At the meeting last week, Commissioner Sam Manoukian said he was "confident" that Doyle had the administrative paid leave process under control.
-- Veronica Rocha, Times Community News
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True Grit
From Wiki
Article in Adult Fiction and Big Read categories.
Printable versions of this booklist are available as .pdf's here.
- 1 About the Author
- 2 Works by Charles Portis
- 3 Guns for Hire and Hardscrabble Heroes: Adventures & Untamed Characters
- 4 Home on the Range: Tales from the Frontier
- 5 Classic and Not-so-Classic Westerns
- 6 Lawmen & White Hats: Featuring Texas Rangers and US Marshals
- 7 Revenge & Justice
- 8 Tenacious Heroines
- 9 Nonfiction
- 10 DVDs to Watch
- 11 Books for Youth?
- 12 External Links
About the Author
- Read a New York Times profile about Charles Portis, which describes his eluding of public life and his writing's characteristic deadpan humor: "Mr. Portis evokes an eccentric, absurd world with a completely straight face. As a result there are not a lot of laugh-out-loud moments or explosive set pieces here. Instead of shooting off fireworks the books shimmer with a continuous comic glow."
- A profile in the Wall Street Journal.
- An article in The Believer.
- The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture entry on Charles Portis.
Works by Charles Portis
- Norwood (1966)
- True Grit (1968)
- The Dog of the South (1979)
- Masters of Atlantic (1985)
- Gringos (1991)
Short pieces:
- Escape Velocity: a Charles Portis Miscellany
- Portis contributed stories and articles to The Saturday Evening post, the Atlantic Monthly, the Oxford American, and the New Yorker
Guns for Hire and Hardscrabble Heroes: Adventures & Untamed Characters
- The Thicket, by Joe Lansdale
- The Big Sky, by A. B. Guthrie
- When the Legends Die, by Hal Borland
- Far Bright Star, by Robert Olmstead
- Shavetail, by Thomas Cobb
- The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy, start with All The Pretty Horses
- The Son, by Philipp Meyer
- Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger
- Desperadoes, by Ron Hansen
Home on the Range: Tales from the Frontier
- Roughing It, by Mark Twain
- Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather
- Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner
- A Sudden Country, by Karen Fisher
- Butcher's Crossing, by John Williams
Classic and Not-so-Classic Westerns
- The Virginian, by Owen Wister
- Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey
- The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour
- The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick DeWitt
- Spoon, Robert Greer
- Buffalo Girls, by Larry McMurtry
- Deadwood, by Pete Dexter
Lawmen & White Hats: Featuring Texas Rangers and US Marshals
- Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry, and its prequels Comanche Moon and Dead Man's Walk
- Raylan, by Elmore Leonard
- Elmer Kelton's Texas Rangers series - start with The Buckskin Line
- Jon Land's Caitlin Strong series - start with Strong Enough to Die
Revenge & Justice
Tenacious Heroines
- Winter's Bone, by Daniel Woodrell
- Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward
- Once Upon a River, by Bonnie Jo Campbell
- Bohemian Girl, by Terese Svoboda
- The Passage, by Justin Cronin
- In Calamity's Wake, by Natalee Caple
- Missy, by Chris Hannan
- Rooster: the Life and Times of the real Rooster Cogburn, the Man who Inspired True Grit, by Brett Cogburn
- 1870s
- Arkansas
DVDs to Watch
- True Grit (John Wayne)
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- True Grit (Coen Brothers)
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- Rooster Cogburn
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- Django Unchained
- Justified
Books for Youth?
Case of the Deadly Desperadoes
External Links
- The NEA's Big Read website has a Reader's Guide and more information about the book and the author.
Others? Doc, by Mary Doria Russell Cottonwood, by Scott Phillips Literary Westerns on goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9853.Literary_Westerns Contemporary Westerns on goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9697.Best_Contemporary_Western_Novels Best Westerns on goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1243.Best_Westerns


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Do you send an annual Christmas card? How about a family newsletter? Perhaps you do both … or neither. It seems everyone has a different approach (and a different opinion) when it comes to sending holiday greetings.
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.. Demographic-Economic Profile
This document is part of the ProximityOne America's Communities Program. It is unique both in content and the manner in which data are provided for consumption and use. It is an important resource for leaders and stakeholders in assessing current conditions and planning for the future. Working with neighborhoods, cities, businesses and stakeholder organizations, ProximityOne uses these data in combination with models and other data to forecast/examine alternative future scenatios.
This document is comprised of the lead narrative section followed by structured data tables. The tables provide detailed characteristics of the city/place in context of corresponding county and state. This document is updated periodically as new and refreshed data become available.
Overview Narrative
01 Trends
02.1 General Demographics
02.2 Social Characteristics
02.3 Economic Characteristics
02.4 Housing Characteristics
03. Using this Document; About these & Related Data
Overview. Salem is located in Marion County (41047). The population of Salem changed from 155,109 in 2010 to 167,419 in 2016; a change of 12,310 (7.9%). The county population changed from 315,984 to 336,316, a change of 20,332 (6.4%) during the same period.
Salem is located in the Salem, OR MSA (CBSA 41420). The CBSA population changed from 391,560 to 418,139 during the period 2010 to 2016, a change of 26,579 (6.8%) Among all 933 CBSAs, this CBSA ranked 127th based on 2016 population, 91st based on 2010 to 2016 population change, and 119th based on 2010 to 2016 percent population change.
Race/Ethnicity. Based on the most recent ACS 2015 5-year estimates, the total resident population was 160,008. The population of one race include 80.4% White alone, 1.5% Black alone, 1.1% American Indian/Alaska Native alone, 2.8% Asian alone, and 1.1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander alone. The Hispanic population (of any race) was 21.7% of the total population. These characteristics are based on more detailed data in section 02.1 below.
Housing, Households, Economic Situation. Of the 61,417 total housing units, 57,729 were occupied housing units (households) or 94.0% of total units. Of the 30,589 owner-occupied units, the median housing value was $182,800. Of the 30,589 renter-occupied units paying rent, the median rent was $793. These characteristics are based on more detailed data in section 02.4 below.
Among the 37,054 family households, 13.7% had income below poverty level in the previous year. Among the total population, 18.2% had income below poverty level in the previous year. The median household income was $47,191 with median family income of $56,668. These characteristics are based on more detailed data in section 02.3 below.
Education. Of the 42,854 population 3 years and over enrolled in school, 19,693 were enrolled in grades K-8. Among the 102,941 population 25 years and over, 86.9% were high school graduates and 27.0% were college graduates. These characteristics are based on more detailed data in section 02.2 below.
01. Demographic Trends - goto top
02.1. General Demographics - ACS 2015 5-year estimates - goto top
02.2. Social Characteristics - ACS 2015 5-year estimates - goto top
02.3. Economic Characteristics - ACS 2015 5-year estimates - goto top
02.4. Housing Characteristics - ACS 2015 5-year estimates - goto top
Using this Document; About these & Related Data goto top
The following notes summarize features of data included in this report.
01. Trends
The Trends section presents model-based demographic estimates developed by the Census Bureau. While these data are intended to be consistent with the ACS data described below, they will typically differ some; even when comparing the ACS 2015 1-year estimate to the model-based 2015 estimate.
.. U.S. by County Interactive Table
.. U.S. by City/Place Interactive Table
.. Updates annually March/June.
02. Demographic-Economic Tables
Reference to "with ACS 1-year data" means that 02 sections of the report use ACS 1-year estimates (available area 65,000 population and over). Where there is no ACS reference, ACS 5-year data are used (available for all areas). In general, the 1-year estimates should be used when available (more recent, more accurate) but there are reasons to prefer the 5-year estimates even when 1-year estimates are available. See more about using 1-year and 5-year estimates.
ACS 2015 5 Year Estimates Demographic-Economic Profiles
City/Place Interactive Tables
.. 02.1. City/Place General Demographics
.. 02.2. City/Place Social Characteristics
.. 02.3. City/Place Economic Characteristics
.. 02.4. City/Place Housing Characteristics
.. Available for each/all cities/place
.. 5-year Estimates are centric to mid 2013.
.. Updates Sept/Dec 2018.
County/State Interactive Tables
.. 02.1. US-State-County General Demographics
.. 02.2. US-State-County Social Characteristics
.. 02.3. US-State-County Economic Characteristics
.. 02.4. US-State-County Housing Characteristics
.. Available for each/all cities/place
.. 5-year Estimates are centric to mid 2013.
.. Updates Sept/Dec 2018.
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Urban/Rural & Locale Code
The percent urban value in the Oveview is computed as the ratio of the population in urban census blocks to the total population in the area based on Census 2010 SF1. No adjustment is made for areas which may have changed boundaries since 2010. If the Census 2010 area geocode does not match to a ACS 2015 geocode, the percent urban is shown as NA.
Local code (defined by the Department of Education):
where UA: Urbanized Area; UC: Urban Cluster; PC: Principal City
11 = City, Large: area inside UA & inside PC & population >= 250,000.
12 = City, Midsize: area inside UA & inside PC & population 100,000-250,000.
13 = City, Small: area inside UA & inside PC & population < 100,000.
21 = Suburb, Large: area outside PC & inside UA & population >= 250,000.
22 = Suburb, Midsize: area outside PC & inside UA & population 100,000-250,000.
23 = Suburb, Small: area outside PC & inside UA & population < 100,000.
31 = Town, Fringe: area inside UC that is <= 10 miles from UA.
32 = Town, Distant: area inside UC that is 10-35 miles from UA.
33 = Town, Remote: area inside UC that is > 35 miles from UA.
41 = Rural, Fringe: non-urban area <= 5 miles from UA & <= 2.5 miles from UC
42 = Rural, Distant: non-urban area 5-25 miles from UA & 2.5-10 miles from UC
43 = Rural, Remote: non-urban area >= 25 miles from UA & >= 10 miles from UC.
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Last year, outfielder Yoan Alcantara was named the No. 1 Prospect in the Arizona Rookie League after hitting .348 with 13 doubles, eight triples, seven homers, 46 RBI and a league-leading 50 runs scored for the AZL Padres.
This season, the same player became the first Single-A Fort Wayne player ever to lead the Midwest League in hitting -- batting .323 with 21 doubles, four triples, eight homers, 61 RBI and 47 runs scored in 92 games.
But he's no longer Yoan Alcantara. And he's 2 ½ years older than he was in the fall of 2011.
Like many Latin American players, Yeison Asencio used false identification documents when he originally signed with the Padres in 2009.
His true identification was uncovered last winter by a Major League Baseball department established in the wake of the 9-11 terrorist attacks to verify the identification of Latin American players signing with Major League clubs.
Asencio was not the only Padre prospect caught with false papers this season. Left-hander pitcher Jose De Paula spent the entire season stuck in the Dominican Republic after his identification documents were determined to be false.
The Padres are far from alone. Most teams with Latin American players have had prospects caught using false identities.
"It's not the player's fault," said Randy Smith, the Padres vice president of player development and international scouting.
"Many of these kids are out of school by the third grade. Baseball becomes their ticket to a better life. They wind up getting bad advice from 'handlers' who tell them lying about their identity and age to make themselves younger is something they have to do to be signed."
The Padres thought they signed Alcantara at the age of 16. Instead, they signed Asencio at the age of 18 1/2. The documents Asencio originally submitted were excellent forgeries. MLB cleared him off those documents and he got a visa to come to the U.S. off those documents.
"Yeison's name didn't come up until two years later," said Smith.
That was last fall as Asencio's name was also popping up on the list of Padres top prospects after his Rookie League season.
And while the Padres and Asencio are both embarrassed that the outfielder was caught in a document check, Smith still regards the free-swinging Asencio as a top prospect.
"In his case, we'd have given him the same $150,000 bonus if we knew his real age," said Smith of the Dominican Republic product. "All we've lost here is a year of development. This kid can play. He might be a 4 ½-tool prospect to Rymer Liriano's five-tool rating. Liriano is a better runner."
There is much to like about Asencio, including his attitude. When Asencio came to the plate last Monday with both the Midwest League batting title and a post-season playoff berth on the line for his team, Asencio put down a sacrifice bunt.
"This is a real good kid," said Smith. "He got bad advice. He was remorseful and embarrassed. He cooperated with officials and us.
"In the long run, this will not slow him down that much."
But the incident has changed a couple key elements to his progress. Because of Asencio's age, the Padres must make a decision this winter about protecting him of an already crowded 40-man roster. And he spent the 2012 season at least one level below his "age-appropriate" level in the minor leagues.
Minor Notes
--Reigning high Single-A California League champion Lake Elsinore was eliminated in the first round of the 2012 playoffs, losing two straight in Lancaster after winning the best-of-three series opener Wednesday night at The Diamond. Lancaster won the rubber match 3-2 Friday night. Right-handed starter Burch Smith suffered the loss for Lake Elsinore, giving up two runs on five hits over five innings. He walked one and struck out seven.
--The Arizona Instructional League opens Tuesday with the Padres roster numbering 46 players.


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Names: Black Elder, European Elder.
Habitat: Europe and the British Isles, commonly growing in hedges.
Collection: The flowers are collected in spring and early summer and dried as rapidly as possible in the shade. The bark and berries are best collected in August and September.
Part Used: Bark, flowers,
berries, leaves.
Constituents: Flowers
Indications: The Elder tree is a medicine chest by itself! The leaves are used for bruises, sprains, wounds and chilblains. It has been reported that Elder Leaves may be useful in anointment for tumours. Elder Flowers are ideal for the treatment of
colds and influenza. They are indicated in any catarrhal inflammation of the upper respiratory tract such as hayfever and sinusitis. Catarrhal deafness responds well to Elder Flowers. Elder Berries have similar properties to the Flowers with the addition of their usefulness in rheumatism.
Priest & Priest tell say it is a "mild diffusive &relaxing diaphoretic with alterative properties,
indicated for children subject to frequent febrile reactions. Relaxing to the eliminative organs, soothing tothe nervous system and gently laxative." The indications are: Colds & `flu with dry, hot skin; chronic nasal catarrh or sinusitis; dry coryza; spasmodic croup; weakening nightsweats; skin eruptions from metabolic disturbance; eczema; dermatitis.
Dispensatory describes the uses of a related species S.canadensis thus: "In warm infusion, Elder Flowers are diaphoretic &gently stimulant; in cold infusion they are diuretic, alterative & cooling, & may be used in all diseases requiring such action, as in hepatic derangements of children, erysipelas. The expressed juice of the berries evaporated to the consistence of a syrup is a valuable aperient and alterative;
l ounce of it will purge. An infusion of the young leaf-buds is likewise purgative, and sometimes acts with violence. The flowers and expressed juice of the berries have been beneficially employed in scrofula, cutaneous diseases, syphilis, rheumatism. The inner greenbark is cathartic; and infusion of it in wine or cider, or the expressed juice, will purge moderately, in doses of from l/2 to l fluid ounce; large doses produce
emesis; in small ones, it proves an efficient deobstruent, promoting all the fluid secretions, and is much used in dropsy, especially that following scarlatina, and other febrile and exanthematous diseases, as well as in many chronic diseases."
Combinations: For colds and fevers it may be used with Peppermint, Yarrow or Hyssop. For influenza combine it with Boneset. For catarrhal states mix it with Golden Rod.
Preparations & Dosage: Infusion: 1 cup of boiling water onto 2 teaspoonfuls of the dried or fresh blossoms and infuse for l0 minutes. Drinkhot 3 times a day. Juice: boil fresh berries in water for 2 to 3 minutes, thenexpress the juice. To preserve, bring to the boil with l part honey to l0 parts of juice. Take l glass diluted with hot water twice a day. Ointment: take 3 parts of fresh Elder Leaves and heat them with 6 parts of melted vaseline until
the leaves are crisp. Strain and store. Tincture: take 2-4ml of the tincture (made from the flowers) three times a day.


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LyncPage address: http://www.mnsu.edu/its/lync/
Lync is an enterprise ready unified commutations platform and offers the following features:
- Instant Messaging and Presence
- Desktop and application sharing
- Polling
- Soft Phone
- Conferencing (very similar to WebEx and Adobe Connect)
- Online meetings
- Integration with campus phone system
What username and password do I use to log into MS Lync 2010?
Use your MavMAIL username and password.
Where can I get the Lync Client?
- Windows Client can be installed from the "Run Advertised Programs" in your control panel. Or you can manually install Lync from \\mavdisk\software\Staff\Microsoft\Lync-Client\Lync-PC\
- Macintosh Client can only be installed from \\mavdisk\software\Staff\Microsoft\Lync-Client\Lync-Mac\
- MavCHAT or Lync is integrated into the new MavMAIL.
What is Instant Messaging and Presence?
Instant messaging lets you send quick short messages to one or multiple people.
Presence enables real-time status of staff, faculty and students (based on calendar information, login/activity status, and user preference) to be displayed across the University to enable users to contact the right person using a quick chat session.
Available Presence states: Available, Busy, Do Not Disturb, Be Right Back, Away, Appear Offline.
How do I change my presence status?
Presence is automatically updated based on your MavMAIL or Outlook Calendar. If you want to change your presence status, you can do so by clicking the small arrow next to the Presence indicator in MavMAIL or Lync.
How do I start a chat session with someone in my contact list?
Double-Click the name of the person you would like to chat with. A pop-up window will appear.
Double-Click the name of the person you would like to chat with. A pop-up window will appear. In the pop-up window you can start typing a message to that person. Notice that IM (Instant Messaging) is selected.
How do I share my desktop or an application?
In your chat window, click on the down arrow next to "Share". Then you can select the monitor you would like to share, and this will only display your selection. You can use the same process to share an application. In the chat window, click on the down arrow next to the word "Share" and select your program. A new window will open up, in which you can choose what you would like to share. The other people in your meeting will only see your selection.
How can I create an online poll?
In your chat window, click on the down arrow next to "Share" and select "New Poll", which you can name in the "Create a Poll" box. A newly created poll can be used later in an online meeting or chat session. Write your question in the question box, and your offered answer under "Choices". Click 'OK' to start sharing the poll.
How can I create an Online Meeting with Outlook?
After you have Lync installed, there will be a new button in the Outlook rib that says "New Online Meeting" in the calendar view. Click the "New Online Meeting" button.
In the body of your meeting message you will notice some instructions on how to join the meeting. The attendees can join by clicking the "Join online meeting" link, or you can copy the URL to a web browser. You can also join the meeting by phone.
Once you click on the URL to join the meeting, it will automatically launch Lync. If you do not have Lync installed, a web page will open instead, and offer three options:
- Join the meeting using your web browser.
- Download and install Lync Attendee
- Use Communicator
Joining the meeting with your web browser comes with two options. Join as a guest, which is very useful for attendees who are not students, faculty or staff at Minnesota State University, Mankato. They will have limited functionality in the meeting, but they do have an option to type their name and then click "Join Meeting".
Guests will have to wait in the lobby to be admitted by the presenters who are hosting the meeting. The presenter will have to click on "Admit" in Lync or *8 on their phone to allow everyone in.
Now that everyone has been admitted to the meeting, the meeting can begin. Make sure to look at other sections of the document that discuss joining a meeting using your phone, sharing your desktop or using polls.
How can I create an Ad Hoc Meeting?
To start an Ad-Hoc meeting click on the down triangle settings gear in the upper right hand corner and select "Meet Now". This will start a "Group Conversation". To add people to your Ad-Hoc meeting, you can drag and drop names from the contact list into the group conversation window. If you click on the "Join Information and Meeting Options" link, you will see the details for the meeting. There will be a dial-in number. (507) 389-2800 and a conference ID: ##### followed by a meeting link. The meeting link can be emailed to anyone so they can join the meeting through a web browser.
How can I attend a meeting using a phone?
To attend a meeting using your phone dial (507)389-2800 and then enter the conference ID of the meeting that you would like to join. The conference ID can be found in the "Join Information and Meeting Options" within your meeting or if the meeting information that was emailed to you.
Can people who are not faculty, staff or students attend an Online Meeting?
Yes, but you will need to send them the meeting link through email. Once they click on the link, a web page will open. If they have Lync install on the computer, it will automatically start and join them to the meeting. If Lync is not installed, the web page will provide links to join the meeting using the web browser, download and install Lync Attendee or use Microsoft Communicator. Joining the meeting with a web browser will be the easiest option.
What is the difference between using a web browser or Lync Attendee to join a meeting?
Lync Web App or joining a meeting with your web browser will give you basic Lync functionality. You can instant message, share your desktop or share a program. Lync Web App does not have voice or video. However, you can still call into the meeting with a telephone, or if you have enterprise voice enabled with your Lync account, Lync can call you.
Lync Attendee does not have the contact list that Lync has. Lync Attendee cannot initiate meetings. But it still can join meetings with instant messaging, voice, video and program and desktop sharing.
How can I record a meeting?
In a group conversation click on the two ">>" near the upper right hand corner and select "Start Recording". This will announce to all participants that the meeting is being recorded.
This will record the following actions in the meeting:
- Instant messages
- Voice
- Video
- Desktop sharing
- Application sharing
- Powerpoint
- Polling
- White board
To stop recording, click on the stop button in the lower right hand corner. It looks like a square. Once the recording has stopped, Lync Recording Manager will open or display a balloon message near the clock that Lync Recording Manager is processing the recording. You can also open Lync Recording Manager by using the start menu. Once the status is complete, the recording can be played. The recordings are saved on the local computer running Lync in .wmv format. This format can be play with Windows Media Player.
Can I chat with someone outside of MSU (MSN, AOL, Yahoo, and Google)?
At this time, Lync can only communicate with other Lync users in our campus organization.
Where can I find more information?
If you would like more information regarding Lync, please contact the ITS Help Desk @ x6654.
MavCHAT is a subset of features available from the Microsoft Lync 2010 Server. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/Lync for more information on Microsoft Lync 2010.


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Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down
Final countdown
THUMBS DOWN: The Minnesota Legislature seems poised to finish up its business on time Monday, now that the governor and the DFL-controlled House and Senate have decided just how far into the taxpayers' pockets the state will be sticking its hands.
Gov. Dayton and the other privateers running the Legislature came up with an agreement on taxes on Thursday, one that will raise the income tax on the highest-earning two percent of taxpayers, will bump the tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1.60, will squeeze commercial taxpayers a little harder, and extend the sales tax to some business-to-business transactions.
The tax increases will raise $2 billion to cover the $627 million budget deficit, and then some.
North Dakota is responding with billboards touting the tax-free living in that state. Why shouldn't they?
Good weather for farmers
THUMBS UP: Spring came roaring in like a breeze from a blast furnace on Tuesday, but at least the weather is turning into something suitable for farmers who have been itching to get out into their fields.
Farmers are way behind their planting, especially compared to last year when an early spring made for a fast start.
This area's economy is very dependent on agriculture, so we hope farmers can catch up in good time for the growing season.
Gophers' Chalk Talk
THUMBS UP: The University of Minnesota Athletics Department is making a real push to connect with outstate Minnesota this spring. On Friday, Athletic Director Norwood Teague and nearly all the U of M coaches stopped in New Ulm for lunch and a talk at Turner Hall. It is one of 16 stops they are making around the state.
We don't recall the last time such a collection of U of M coaches made a swing like this through the state. It is a good way to build support, and for folks around here to get an idea of what will be going on up on campus.
We hope the U of M makes this a regular event.


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Rockin Party in the Mountains With DJs, Vendors, Ticket Discounts, and more
Wrightwood, CA – January 13, 2010: College Night, Mountain High's rocking college party, returns to the mountains this winter with DJs, vendors, ticket discounts, and rail jams. Now a series of six Thursday night events, College Night is a free and fun way to meet students from all over Southern California and party on the snow. College Night will take place from 5pm to 10pm in the Bullwheel Bar & Grill on January 14th, January 21st, February 4th, February 11th, February 25th, and March 4th, 2010. This season the January 21st, February 11th, and March 4th events will also include a rail competition complete with its own prize pool.
Need more incentive? College Night specials include a $20 Night Ticket (with college ID), half-off appetizers, half-off draft beer (21+), $1 hot dogs, live DJs, and hookups from a collection of industry partners. Transworld Snowboarding, FUEL TV, Active Ride Shop, and the Southern California Collegiate Snowsports Conference (SCCSC), will also be attending to ensure College Night rocks to its fullest potential.
Hookups include:
- Product tosses courtesy of Elm Company and others.
- Snowboard from Omatic.
- Transworld Snowboarding magazines.
- Discounts and giveaways from Active.
- Event coverage from FUEL TV.
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8 March 2006 - Last month, I was sitting in the headmasters office of a primary school in Samfya, in the heart of rural Zambia. Mr Ben Charma leads 46 teachers in his school of 1,700 children, more than half of whom have been orphaned by AIDS.
The son of a copper miner, Ben Charma worked hard at school and avoided the mining life that ruined his fathers health. He knows what lies in store for children when educational chances are limited by poverty.
The exam results were out and the final year pupils at the primary school had done well Zambia too has its league tables. Yet this is the most heart-breaking time of all for school staff. They have worked so hard to achieve a good pass rate for their pupils, yet for many children particularly girls this will be their very last day at school, at the age of just 11 or 12.
Without money for school clothing, shoes, books, stationery and fees, these children have no chance of going on to secondary school.
And so it is that parents come to beg. Mothers who have never been to school themselves know only too well what they have lost. They know that, without the benefits of education, their daughters will be forced to marry young and face lives of back-breaking agricultural and domestic toil with babies born into families too poor to give them more than life.
This tragic scene is played out across the continent of Africa year after year. And on International Womens Day, a day when we are supposed to celebrate womens achievements across the globe, it is a scandal that more than 24 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa are still not able to go to school.
This has a devastating impact, particularly on rural communities. Children die younger when their mothers do not know about basic hygiene; HIV spreads more rapidly when uneducated women do not know how to protect themselves from the disease; and earnings are lower when women do not have access to education.
Send a girl to school and the opportunities are multiplied across her whole community. When women farmers have the same access to education as their brothers and husbands, crop yields rise by 22 per cent. In Africa, if mothers receive just five years of education, their children are 40% more likely to live to their fifth birthday. And educated women are three times more likely to protect themselves against AIDS than those with no education.
Lamentably, the world has been slow to heed the urgent message that educating girls is the key to eradicating poverty. Last year saw the failure of the first Millennium Development Goal: to get an equal number of boys and girls into school by the end of 2005. The millions of girls who are waiting for an education across sub-Saharan Africa have no idea that this Goal was established in their name or that its failure met with so little censure.
The time to create change in the lives of these girls is now. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recently said: Without achieving gender equity for girls in education, the world has no chance of achieving many of the ambitious health, social and development targets it has set for itself.
This year, the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) has been invited to co-chair the United Nations Girls Education Initiative, a coalition of governments, international agencies and charities. We are working tirelessly to make sure that the world doesnt forget the 2005 Goal, which can still be met if we keep fighting for it. And we are making sure that the world doesnt miss the next Millennium Development Goal to give boys and girls equal access to all levels of education by 2015.
Internationally, there is a renewed effort to invest in girls education as the first crucial step underpinning all other plans to defeat the double threat of poverty and AIDS. But far more resources and political will are still needed. Unless world leaders take drastic action over the next ten years, the lack of progress on girls education will account for over 10 million unnecessary child and maternal deaths.
Only with the worlds continued commitment will it be possible for girls to receive the education they deserve. Only then will teachers in Samfya and across Africa be able to unlock the potential of their brightest girl students and celebrate with them as they graduate from primary and then secondary school. Only then will we be in a position to celebrate International Womens Day and say that girls and boys are truly equal across the world.


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The number of hate crimes committed in Los Angeles County rose 15% last year after falling to a 21-year low in 2010, the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission announced Wednesday.
The commission's annual report on hate crimes documented 489 incidents in 2011, up from 427 the previous year but far below the peak of 1,031 in 2001.
Last year also saw more than 220 other incidents involving animosity toward victims' race, nationality, gender or sexual orientation that were reported to law enforcement but did not meet the legal definition of a hate crime.
Hate-related events included a verbal confrontation in La Cañada Flintridge and three incidents in La Crescenta, said Sgt. Debra Herman of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station.
In each of those cases, angry people "said something to push the buttons of another person," but did not make a direct threat of violence, according to Herman.
In La Cañada Flintridge, a man used homophobic slurs during an Aug. 6, 2011, verbal altercation with two residents and an out-of town visitor that started as a road-rage incident.
No other incidents involving hate or prejudice have been reported in La Cañada or La Crescenta this year, Herman said.
"These types of incidents are very unusual in this area," Herman said.
Two of the hate-related incidents last year in La Crescenta involved statements disparaging Armenian Americans, and one involved homophobic remarks. Each resulted from a verbal confrontation — one stemming from road rage, and two between people who already had standing disagreements with each other.
Slightly more than half of the 2011 hate crimes in L.A. County documented by the Human Relations Commission were violent, including physical assaults, stabbings and attempted shootings. Others included criminal threats, disorderly conduct and vandalism.
Hate crimes related to a victim's perceived sexual orientation had the highest rates of violence, but crimes involving religious intolerance increased at the greatest rate, 24%.
"These numbers can often be lost on people as just numbers, but they are really victims," said Robin Toma, the commission's executive director.
"Each one of these 489 crimes represents people who have been attacked, injured and offended."
Nearly half of the 2011 hate crimes were racially motivated, and African Americans were the most frequent targets.
Of 98 suspects identified in 154 hate crimes against African Americans, about two-thirds were Latino and equal numbers were involved with street gangs.
The number of hate crimes in which gang members were suspects increased from 40 in 2010 to 57 in 2011, breaking a three-year downward trend.
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Houston Quilt Market–part 1 (and Sunday Stash Report)
Before we begin…I'd just like to say that doing a stash report during market…aka after SAMPLE SPREE is humbling.
Very very humbling.
Now that that's out of the way, here's what I left with:
Basic Grey's new line Hello Luscious for Moda. Luscious indeed.
Flower Sugar by Lecien (which I learned this weekend is pronounced Loo-shehn)
Folk Heart by Rosalie Quinlan for Lecien
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a little bit of Ruby {purchased here}
some 2 1/2 square samples from market, and block 5 in the 2011 FQS block of the month.
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Used year to Date: 42.0 yards
Added this Week: 24.1875 yards
Added Year to Date: 92.2525 yards
Net Used for 2011: -68.065 yards
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Le sorelle Macaluso
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Premiere on January 22nd 2014 | Napoli, Teatro Mercadante
"Le sorelle Macaluso (Macaluso sister) are a flock of crows that participate at their funeral and that of others. Suspended between the earth and the sky. In confusion between life and death. The family is mainly formed by seven sisters, all girls, Gina, Cetty, Mary, Katie, Leah, Pinuccia and Antonella died some years before. During the ceremony, the sisters stop to remember, to evoke, to reproach, to dream, to cry and to laugh at their history. It is the funeral of one of them. The dead are in the bottom, ready to take away the deceased with a strip of adhesive tape on the floor that marks the border between here and there, between now and ever, between "is" and "was", a line over which to fight again, in the manner of Sicily puppets, with swords and shields in hand.
I imagine a backlight, dark clothing and a journey. A moving family into and out of the darkness. I see a young father to appear at fifty years old daughter, a wife clinging to her husband in an eternal embrace, a man failed even in death, I see the dreams stuck between shadows and solitude, and I see the dead can stand in front of us with ease. Everything is inspired by the short story that once a friend of mine told me. A night, in the delirium of the disease, his grandmother called her daughter screaming. The daughter ran to her bed and her mother asked her, "ultimately I'm alive or dead?" The daughter replied: "You're alive Mom!" And the mother said, mockingly: yes, alive! I died for a while and you don't tell me not to scare me)."
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Like the Great Walenda, Secretary of Agriculture Anne Veneman, addressing the National Cotton Council annual meeting in Dallas, tiptoed cautiously across the treacherous high wire of the Grassley amendment to the Senate farm bill. She slid safely across without falling to either side.
All she said on the matter was: "I've heard a lot of concerns about the Grassley Amendment. A big difference exists between the House and Senate and this will be a big area for negotiations."
She then turned to homeland security.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, was less reserved in her remarks.
"The Grassley Amendment is an absolute abomination," she said. "It is horrible." She said the amendment makes a bad bill even worse. "We see a lot of bad things about the Senate bill," she said. "We'll be trying to make it better, and agricultural groups will need to explain the negative effect of this bill."
She said payment limitations in the Grassley amendment pose a serious threat to farm stability. "And it includes a severe marriage penalty. A husband and wife farming together, with separate farms, receive considerably less than if they were not married."
Hutchinson also noted that the Senate bill does not protect state water rights and provides limited access to loan programs. "We'll have a huge war on the water rights issue," she said, "with the South and West against the Midwest."
Hutchinson expects a "real knockdown, drag-out in conference. It will be as heated as the confrontation last December," she said, "and this bill is worse than the one we had at year-end."
She hopes most of the provisions in the House bill will prevail when conference completes its work. "If not, we'll have a major filibuster."
Without a new farm bill, "we'll have to ask for another emergency funding program to make the 2002 crop," said James Echols, NCC chairman.
Echols also expressed optimism that a final farm bill will improve on the Senate version. "I think sanity will prevail, and we'll get a law without significant reductions of benefits," he said.
Veneman provided an outline of what the Bush administration wants to see in a farm bill.
"It has to be generous but affordable," she said. "The $73.5 billion in additional baseline spending for the next decade will remain intact, as agreed by the Senate and House last year."
She cautioned that the funds should be spread out evenly over the entire 10-year period and not "front-loaded in the early years."
She said farm policy should include a "safety net without encouraging over-production. If the loan rate is set too high, acreage increases are more likely.
"We have to strengthen the farm economy over the long term with a market-oriented program that encourages farmer independence. The policy should not hurt producers."
Veneman said international trade would play a huge role in the administration's program. "We export nearly 50 percent of our cotton and we'll exceed that this year. We must eliminate unfair trade practices."
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"I think I was there for a month and he never gave me a job at all. It was just horrible." Don had been hired for $75 a week because the studio owner liked his portfolio and was willing to give him a desk to sit at. "Unfortunately," says Don, "the place just wasn't all that busy. I did a couple of samples not really knowing what he wanted or what I was to do."
|"Time Pieces" by Don Crowley, 1953
Meanwhile, one of Don's friends from Art Center, Ben Wholberg, had secured a spot at the much renowned Charles E. Cooper studio...
Don said, "About that time Mr. Cooper came up with the idea of doing some still life samples to try and get some ads for grocery stores and things like that because illustration was slowing down."
Don had shown Cooper his portfolio when he first arrived in New York ("Cooper's was my first stop," he said)... but Chuck had not been interested at that time. Now he had Ben Wholberg call Don to say he'd like to see his book again.
"That was really fortunate," Don said. "So I went back and he did hire me - for $50 dollars a week."
"So I went to work right away... and worked diligently, night and day, and did whatever they asked me to." When I asked about his willingness to take such a drastic pay cut Don said, "It didn't make any difference. Not a bit. Because Cooper gave me what I needed: he gave me work."
Within a month or two, with his work selling well, Don was able to move up from the weekly studio artist starter's salary to the more lucrative freelancer's arrangement of spitting project commissions 50/50 with the studio. "They had six or seven salesmen and they kept me pretty busy," said Don. "They had a much larger range of contacts and places to go."
"I worked at Cooper's for about seven years and things went really quite well most of those years."
Continued tomorrow...
* Most of today's images are from the Greenwich Workshop Press book, "Desert Dreams" by Don Hegpeth and Don Crowley © 2003
* Thanks to Piper Hobbs for the 1953 Cooper Exhibit brochure that appears in today's post. The photos of Don Crowley and Ben Wohlberg are taken from that brochure. ("Time Pieces", shown near the top of today's post, was Don's entry in the Cooper Studio Exhibit)


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I think that's a valid point, it definitely crosses my mind every time I've seen the movie, but it's hard to reconcile that idea with the emotional response I had to the film (at least the initial ones I had). Rosenbaum dealt with this in his original review:matrixschmatrix wrote:I've always been a List defender, but it does seem oddly similar to the kind of "A white hero saves the oppressed people" stories you get about the American South, or Blood Diamond or whatever- it's true enough that its stated aim is to be a movie about Oskar Schindler and not about the Jews, but there still something dehumanizing to the Jews in that design, particularly given the ending of the film. In that respect, it's very similar to Amistad, which as I recall is far more interested in the heroism of Quincy Adams than in the plight of the actual black people.
JonathanRosenbaum wrote:Despite both the subject matter and the fact that Spielberg himself is Jewish, Schindler's List is anything but a Jewish film. Indeed, as I hope to show, even Jews who see this film are implicitly transformed by the narrative structure into gentile viewers...
On a few special occasions, the film also asks us to identify with the Jewish victims–again as gentile viewers, using Schindler's humane sympathy as our guide. On these occasions the shots generally become newsreel-gray and hand-held, and the language we hear often switches from English to guttural European tongues, increasing our terror with both a sense of actuality and a sense of the unknown. But more often we're asked to sit with Schindler or Goeth in the catbird seat. That's why, when Goeth sadistically flirts with, interrogates, and finally beats his abused Jewish maid (Embeth Davidtz) in the wine cellar where she usually hides from him, Spielberg takes care to show us Davidtz's nipples through the slip she's wearing–to ask us to share Goeth's unresolved sexual attraction to her.
It might be inferred from the above that I'm only denouncing Spielberg's tactics. But the fact remains that if he weren't this ruthless or this efficient I wouldn't have wept at the end of Schindler's List both times I saw it. And as tempting as it is to ridicule Spielberg's reasons for making it–which probably include a narcissistically far-fetched identification with Schindler, and may even, for all I know, incorporate George Bush's evocation of a "kinder, gentler" America–it would be stupid to deny that art often grows out of just such contradictions.


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He further added that the film is an important piece of historical information for everyone.
"I am not making the film for 2014. I think that it will continue to be relevant. The constitution is the Bible, which we live by. This is why I decided to make it", Benegal told IANS.
He spoke on the sidelines of an event to launch Zee Classic's month long film festival Benegal@Work dedicated to his films. Ankur, Trikal, Bhumika-The Role, Mandi and Nishant are some of the films that will be shown during the fest.
Directed by Benegal and produced by Rajya Sabha TV, Samvidhaan featuring Sachin Khedekar, Divya Dutta, Ila Arun, Dilip Tahil and Shama Zaidi, among others, will go on air on Rajya Sabha TV.
This is not Benegal's first stint with Doordarshan. He had earlier made Bharat Ek Khoj, a 53-episode historical series based on the book Discovery Of India by Jawaharlal Nehru.
Now he is happy to make Samvidhaan for Doordarshan. "When I was making the film, no one thought that it had a future. Fortunately, I was making it for Doordarshan and they can afford to not make profit", he said.
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