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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University has again drawn itself into summer reading programs at public libraries across the Twin Tiers.
And taking a cue from this year's program theme, "Dream Big," the Quick Center has nearly doubled the number of library stops scheduled by the ArtMobile and its driver/educator Miranda Earley, museum educator at The Quick Center.
"We'll visit 17 libraries this summer, which is up from about 10 or 11 stops last year," said Earley. "We're all over the place – five counties in two states, from Jamestown to Alfred to Port Allegany."
This is the fourth year that The Quick Center has been invited by local libraries to inject a dose of art into the unified, themed summer reading program held by public libraries across the country.
Earley will load up the ArtMobile with supplies and make two trips to each of the 17 participating libraries. Each hour-long visit will present a lesson and activity aligned with the "Dream Big" theme of the summer reading program.
In Session I, participants will view prints of artwork created by the late Marc Chagall, a Russian artist known for his dreamlike paintings that reflect his favorite childhood memories. Participants will then use a variety of materials to create their own dreamlike mobiles.
In Session II, participants will view photos from The Quick Center's Native American collection and explore the history of the dream catcher, an object consisting of a web woven around a circular or tear-shaped frame. Hung over the bed of sleeping children, it is said to "catch" bad dreams while letting good dreams through. Participants will build their own dream catcher from materials found in the home.
Earley will be assisted by two students: Patrick Alfonso from Tampa, Fla., a senior at St. Bonaventure majoring in finance and philosophy; and Brooke Skroback, who will be a senior next year at Portville Central School. A budding photographer, Skroback will keep a visual journal of the summer sessions.
Each library hosting the ArtMobile will announce the dates for those visits, the age range of the intended audience, and the procedure for signing up. Those interested are encouraged to contact their library for details.
There is no cost to participants, thanks to support from The Ink Well, an art supply, design, instruction and framing center in Allegany.
"This is really a nice opportunity," said Earley. "We supply all the materials; all the participants have to do is show up."
And show up they do, said Tom Sharbaugh, director of Salamanca Public Library. "Our youngsters look forward to the ArtMobile visits each year. The Quick Center does a fantastic job and the kids just love it," he said.
Evelyn Sabina, curator of education at The Quick Center, said she looks forward each year to expanding the reach of St. Bonaventure's arts center. "Not everybody can get to this incredible resource, so this allows us to bring The Quick Center to them," she said. "We're excited that so many libraries in our area appreciate the connections between literature and art. And we're also grateful to The Ink Well for sponsoring this summer's program."
Participating libraries in New York include those in Alfred, Allegany, Belfast, Canaseraga, Cuba, Ellicottville, Franklinville, Jamestown, Olean, Portville, Randolph, Salamanca, Scio and Whitesville. Participating Pennsylvania libraries include those in Coudersport, Duke Center and Port Allegany.
St. Bonaventure's Artmobile was purchased and equipped with a $50,000 grant secured in 2009 with the assistance of Sen. Catharine Young of Olean.
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Cancellation Policy: A store credit or refund can be given if cancellation is received with at least 48 hours notice. A store credit will be given for individuals canceling with at least 24 hours notice. Loss of payment occurs for no-shows or if notification occurs less than 24 hours prior to class start time. By completing the check-out process you agree to this policy.
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Enjoy drinks, upbeat music and hanging out with your favorite people while you paint! It's as fun for first-time painters as it is for experienced artists.
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Signing up is easy. Click the "Event Calendar" link on the top of the page to view our calendar of paintings. Select which painting you would like to paint and click "Add Painting to Cart." Follow the on-screen directions to complete the order. Feel free to call us at 208-930-4763 if you have trouble completing your order and we will be more than happy to help you over the phone.
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Metallica's James Hetfield Secretly Attends Mastodon Performance in Halloween Mask
During Mastodon's set at the Portugal's Rock in Lisboa Festival last month, there was one crowd member who stuck out from the rest.
Fully geared up with Metallica merch and a Halloween mask over his face, the crowd member attended the rocking musical evening while swaying to Mastodon's beat.
However, due to closer inspection from fans, the masked fan was reportedly none other than Metallica frontman James Hetfield.
Set to play the festival later into the night, the masked Hetfield was checking out Mastodon's May 25 set while being closely watched by security. An eyewitness account as well as a picture of the masked man was posted on 9gag, where the story was told in full:
So, during Mastodon at Rock in Rio, into the snake pit comes a guy fully dressed in metallica apparel, hoddie over the head, gloves in hands (with that heat!) and a mask. I was "ok, seen weirder stuff" and continue to rock on. But a friend of mine (the blonde girl on the picture below) grabbed me and said: " That's James!" And it really was him. Made some eye contact with him a few times, it really were his blue eyes. Also, the way he was rocking out, full of his manerisms (is this how you spell it?).
To add everything up, there was a security guy (not from the venue's security) at the entrance of the pit, ALWAYS looking at him. To top it off, Jeff came in and snapped a few pictures of him. James was right behind me.
Most of the people in the pit didn't notice it, but the ones around him did. Nobody made a fuss about it, we let the man rock out, but we KNEW, and he knew we we're on to him. In fact, he elbowed this friend of mine twice in a row, despite the fact she was not too close to him. Elbowed her once, she didn't care, elbowed her twice, she looks back and he's all relaxed, just watching the show… He wanted us to notice him.
A few songs later, he walks out and a venue security grabs him; the other security guy that came with him talked with him. We couldn't hear of course, but we later went to the venue security and asked him "Hey, was that James?" and his reply? "Yeah, he was in Metallica.".
Very sneaky, Hetfield. It's pretty cool to know that the Metallica frontman is still in tune with modern metal, having braved the massive crowd at the Portuguese fest to check out Mastodon. If someone had ripped Hetfield's mask off, the crowd would have likely converged zombie apocalypse style and could have even broken Hetfield's legs … all four of them. Zing!


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There's no way the Dallas Cowboys will reveal any potential plan involving Johnny Manziel ahead of next week's draft.
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"There's not anything I can say about it," Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones told KRLD-FM (via The Dallas Morning News) on Tuesday. "We haven't quite gotten into sorting out the quarterbacks yet, that will come, in terms of finalizing our board."
"The only thing I'll say about Johnny Manziel is he obviously had a great career in college -- one of the greatest college football players that I've watched in terms of exciting and being a great competitor," he added. "Those are things we'll work through and there's a lot of things that go into where you ultimately put a player on your board."
The Cowboys pick 16th overall. There's been speculation that the depth in this draft will cause the top quarterbacks to drop later into the first round. If that happens, Manziel could be there for Dallas' taking. Would the Cowboys be able to resist The Last Temptation Of Johnny Football?
"I think those are all things that we'll have to work out," Jones said of picking Manziel at No. 16. "Purely speculation."
Well, you can't blame the radio guys for trying. In truth, the Cowboys have far more pressing needs than quarterback, a position Tony Romo -- back surgery notwithstanding -- has held down extremely well for close to a decade.
Still, the Cowboys and Johnny Football kind of seem like they belong together, don't they? You have to wonder if Jerry Jones agrees.
A possible future for Johnny Football at Jerrah World was discussed with great passion on the latest edition of the "Around The League Podcast."


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From homelessness and housing to big tech and budgets, the forces shaping urbanism in the coming year. Beginning with a partial federal government shutdown, 2019 has started with a potent reminder of dysfunction at the national level. The current budget brinkmanship only reinforces the importance of innovative local government to address pressing issues.
Last year, pundits from Richard Florida to Deborah and James Fallows talked about the power of localism, how local governments?from small towns to superstar cities?represent innovation, collaboration, and progress. At the same time mayors and local leaders are trying and testing new ideas, urban growth, especially when it comes to inequality, has created challenges and setbacks for growing cities. Here are 10 big issues expected to play oversized roles in shaping the story of cities in 2019.
The elimination of single-family zoning and parking minimums
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GLENDALE — The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene.
SIX LOCALS SET FOR JUNE BOUTS Vanes "The Nightmare" Martirosyan will not only be squaring off with "Mean" Joe Greene in the biggest fight of his young career on Saturday night, but the Glendale boxer will also begin quite a stretch of local boxers and mixed martial artists taking to their respective rings and cages.
Martirosyan (27-0, 16-0 KOs) will face Greene (24-0, 13 KOs) live on HBO with the broadcast beginning at 7:15 p.m.
As it relates to local fighters, the month will close on June 20 with MMA fighter Karen Darabedyan (9-2) facing Will Kerr (8-2) at World Extreme Cagefighting's first event in Canada. The card will air live on Versus at 6 p.m., but Darabedyan's fight is currently scheduled for the unaired prelims, but could make air pending on the duration of the main card fights.
In between, MMA fighter Roman Mitichyan and boxer Artur Bernetsyan are part of a hybrid card on June 12 at the Hollywood Palladium put on by MEZ Sports.
And, tentatively scheduled, Art Hovhannesyan will box on June 18 in St. Louis against an as-of-yet undetermined opponent just six days after Vardan Gasparyan is set to box in St. Louis.
NCAA LOCALS ON THE TUBE Softball players Baillie Kirker of the University of Arizona and Kathryn Poet of Missouri, along with baseball player Christian Bergman of UC Irvine, are all slated for NCAA tournament action this week.
On Thursday, Poet and the Tigers (51-11) will lead off the Women's College World Series with a game against Hawaii (49-14) that will air live on ESPN and ESPN3.com at 1 p.m.
Kirker and Arizona (48-11) will take on Tennessee (47-13) later in the day with a scheduled 7 p.m. start. That contest is to be televised on ESPN2 and can also be seen on ESPN3.com.
Bergman and Irvine will begin play in the NCAA baseball tournament at the Los Angeles Regional against LSU (40-20) at 5 p.m. on Friday. The series, which continues through the weekend with an if-necessary game on Monday, is not set to be televised. However, UC Irvine's home web site — www.ucirvinesports.com — offers a game tracker option.
REBELS EARN LEAGUE HONORS Three members of the Flintridge Prep boys' tennis squad were named to the All-Prep League team.
Seniors Jonathan Kim and John Lee were named to the all-league first team in doubles. The duo combined to go 37-8 overall and 15-3 in league en route to helping the Rebels appear in the CIF Southern Section Division II playoffs. Kim and Lee also participated in the CIF Individual Tournament on May 21.
"They did real well and realized they played their best together," Flintridge Prep second-year Coach Ron Catano said. "The chemistry was there between the two and they committed themselves to find ways to win."
Junior Alex Wood earned all-league second-team honors in singles.
Wood went 34-7 overall and 14-4 in league.
"He's just picked up a lot of experience these last couple of years," Catano said. "He worked on his game and raised his game to the next level and he can be one of the top players in league next year."
MINAS TABBED AS ALL-STAR Crescenta Valley High junior guard Melanie Minas has been named to the East roster for the 2010 War on the Floor/Future Stars Class of 2011 All-Star Game.
The game will be played on at 4 p.m. June 12 at Los Angeles Pierce College in Woodland Hills.
Minas, who averaged 6.9 points per game in the winter for the Falcons, who advanced to the CIF Southern Section Division I-A quarterfinals, will be joined on the East team by fellow area athletes Lisha Elsenbach of Burroughs and Layana White of Bell-Jeff.


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Broncos tackle Ryan Clady needs shoulder surgery to repair the injury that forced him to miss the Pro Bowl and his replacement in the game is also headed for a date with doctors this offseason.
Bengals tackle Andrew Whitworth replaced Clady and played on Sunday even though he needs to have surgery to deal with scar tissue in his knee. Whitworth told the Bengals website that the procedure is minor enough that he wasn't at risk by playing in Hawaii and that he was well used to playing in pain after dealing with the issue for the last two seasons.
"It's just a little repair; nothing big," Whitworth said. "Everybody in the league deals with something like this. I did it about two years ago and it just wasn't getting any better. Now we've got a chance to get something done with plenty of time to rest."
Whitworth is expected to miss the team's OTA schedule in the spring while he rehabs from the surgery. He should be back in time for a full training camp, however, and hopes to have a pain-free 2013 season.


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Eleven Weeks, Eleven Epic Illusions That Get Viewers To "BeLIEve"
Guest Appearances by Shaquille O'Neal, Ice T, Ludacris, Randy Couture, Michael Strahan and More
New York, NY, Sept 30, 2013 – Criss Angel sets out to confirm that he is the greatest magician of all time in his new weekly series "Criss Angel BeLIEve" which premieres on Spike starting Tuesday, October 15 at 10 PM, ET/PT. Over the course of 11 weeks, Angel will perform epic demonstrations that will feature incredible acts of magic, death-defying escapes, fearless exhibitions and astonishing physical feats that challenge the very laws of nature.
For more than a decade Criss Angel has been revolutionizing the art of magic, and in his new series Angel will take his performance and magic to a whole new level. Each episode will focus on Angel's quest to perform a fresh, bold and mind-blowing demonstration. For the first time in any magic programming, Angel will take viewers "behind the curtain" for an intimate and revealing look at the creative process behind his magic. Viewers will get unprecedented access to Angel's "think tank" where his team brainstorms, debates, constructs and helps him execute the most spectacular magic, illusions and escapes in history.
Angel's career, and in some cases his life, are on the line as he attempts to perform demonstrations never contemplated or successfully attempted, by any magician in history including a real "Bullet Catch," "Cement Grave," "Blindfolded Beam Walk," "Double Straight Jacket Escape" and his most controversial demonstration ever, "Raising the Dead."
Throughout the season Angel will be joined by a number of his friends including Randy Couture, Ice T, Ludacris and Shaquille O'Neal as they witness the impossible, forever questioning their perception of reality.
Fans are encouraged to join in the "Criss Angel BeLIEve" conversation by following @SPIKETV and @CRISSANGEL on Twitter and using #CrissAngelBeLIEve. Biographies on Criss and his team, photo galleries and highlight videos can be found on Spike's dedicated "Criss Angel BeLIEve" destination online, believe.spike.com and on CrissAngel.com. There users can also find full episodes and blog posts, which will be updated throughout the season. For additional series updates, follow Spike on Facebook and on Instagram.
"Criss Angel BeLIEve" created, executive produced and directed by Criss Angel for APWI, Inc., David Baram and Erich Recker for LBI Entertainment. Sharon Levy is Executive Vice President of Original Series, Chris Rantamaki is Senior Vice President of Original Series and Hayley Lozitsky serves as the Executive in Charge of Production for Spike TV.
Spike TV is available in 98.7 million homes and is a division of Viacom Media Networks. A unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), Viacom Media Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike TV's press site at http://www.spike.com/press. Follow us on Twitter @spiketvpr for the latest in breaking news updates, behind-the-scenes information and photos.
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Britain's Rolls-Royce on Thursday announced the shock departure of Mark King, the highly regarded boss of its key aerospace business.
Rolls, the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines behind U.S. group General Electric , on Thursday said King, the president of its aerospace unit had decided to resign from the company at the end of June and would be replaced by Tony Wood, the president of Rolls' marine unit on May 13.
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King joined Rolls in 1986 and was appointed president of its civil aerospace business in August 2007 and then president of aerospace in January 2013 when Rolls' civil and defense businesses were brought together to create one aerospace division.
Jefferies analyst Sandy Morris said King was "a highly regarded member of the management team ... reflected in the perceptions of investors and analysts alike" and that his departure was "not going to pass unremarked".
Morris said he assumed King was leaving Rolls "for personal reasons".
Aerospace accounted for 8.8 billion pounds of the group's 12.2 billion pounds of revenues in 2012.
Late last year Rolls said it could face prosecution after Britain's Serious Fraud Office ordered it to conduct an internal inquiry into possible bribery and corruption by intermediaries in China, Indonesia and other overseas markets.
The FTSE-100 firm has hired lawyer David Gold to lead a review of its compliance procedures after the allegations emerged. Gold started his review in February.
Rolls, a major British exporter which dates back to 1884, said it was on track to report good growth in underlying profit in 2013 after a strong first quarter from its civil aerospace unit. Last month it won a $1.6 billion order from IAG for Trent XWB engines to power 18 of its new Airbus A350 long-haul jets.
The company is expected to report an average 2013 pretax profit of 1.74 billion pounds, according to a Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S poll of 18 analysts.
The group also expects to deliver modest growth in annual underlying revenues with cash flow around breakeven.
Shares in Rolls-Royce, which have risen 30 percent so far this year, closed at 1,133 pence on Wednesday, valuing the firm at around 21.2 billion pounds.
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Getting Started with ECF's RFC119 Implementation
Revision as of 20:20, 27 May 2009 by Slewis.eclipsesource.com (Talk | contribs) (→Service Interface)
Install ECF 3.0. See ecf download.
Service Interface
As with any OSGi service, you need to define your service interface. Here is a trivial 'hello' service interface:
package org.eclipse.ecf.examples.remoteservices.hello; public interface IHello { public void hello(); }
This service is defined, along with a simple implementation, in this project in CVS:
cvs: :pserver:email@example.com:/cvsroot/rt module: org.eclipse.ecf/examples/bundles/org.eclipse.ecf.examples.remoteservices.hello
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We already know that money can be the cause of major problems in a relationship -- but what people might not realize is the extent to which we're not even sharing the information about our finances with our partners.
It might come across as less than romantic, but before getting seriously involved with someone -- at least, to their point where their money problems become yours too -- it's necessary to talk dollars and cents.
Huffington Post blogger Maria Lin says there are nine questions to ask your partner before you get married, including 'what is your credit score' and 'should we have a prenup?'
But the fact is, you can't always trust what someone else tells you, even if they're about to commit to you for life. The money-savvy folks at Mint.com have put together a compelling infographic that takes a look at the secretive ways people spend their money. Why not let this serve as a jumping-off point to get the conversation going?
While getting this information out in the open doesn't necessarily guarantee living happily ever after, it could save you some cash to help get the fairy tale ending.
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Back by popular demand, here is my English Premiership All Star team for the first half of the season:
Shay Given — Newcastle
Ledley King — Tottenham
John Terry — Chelsea
Jamie Carragher — Liverpool
Steven Gerard — Liverpool
Frank Lampard — Chelsea
Danny Murphy — Charlton
M.G. Pedersen — Blackburn
Marlon Harewood — West Ham
Wayne Rooney — Manchester Utd.
Yakubu — Middlesboro
For those who like fullbacks, my choices are
Pascal Chimbonda — Wigan
Asier Del Horno — Chelsea
Player of the year — Frank Lampard
Everton player of the year — Joseph Yobo


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MARIETTA, Ga. --- Lockheed Martin delivered a C-130J Super Hercules to the Iraqi Air Force at formal ceremonies here today. This is one of the initial three aircraft of a total of six C-130Js ordered by Iraq.
The other two of these initial three aircraft departed yesterday for Iraq. The remaining three C-130Js will be delivered in 2013. The Iraqi Air Force will use the airlifters for intra-theater support for its troops and to provide humanitarian relief operations in various locations.
"Fifteen countries have already selected the C-130J Super Hercules to meet their airlift requirements," said George Shultz, Lockheed Martin's vice president and general manager for C-130 Programs. "Be it recapitalization of existing fleets, or new operators seeking proven airlift performance and capability, the C-130J is always the logical, low risk, affordable, proven answer."
Acquisition of new transport aircraft will provide Iraq with the ability to operate seamlessly with U.S., NATO and coalition forces engaged in a wide range of operations and missions.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 120,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation's net sales for 2011 were $46.5 billion.


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Help installing Windows 7 (or XP) in UEFI laptop
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We have a laptop that runs Windows 10 OS.
We need to install an older Windows version (7 or XP), either by removing Windows 10, or running dual mode (W7+W10 or Wxp+W10).
The laptop has InsydeH20 rev 5.0 Bios, that seems to support UEFI only (we haven't found a way to use legacy mode).
We've tried a few ways to install Windows 7/XP, but all failed:
- Used Rufus to create a bootable EFI USB, the Windows 7 instalation starts but stops after a few seconds (a red bar appears on top of screen)
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Two-Tone Sterling Silver & 18 Karat Yellow Gold Medium Hoop Earrings with Round Diamonds.*Prices are subject to change based on fluctuations in metal prices and currencies
Local designer Janice Designs produces affordable pieces of jewelry that are hand made in Bali, Indonisa that look familiar to John Hardy and David Yurman's work. Her pieces are sterling silver with 18 karat solid gold accents. All gemstones and diamonds are hand-chosen by Janice. Janice's mission is to create employment for the local Balinese people as well as build schools for the children of Bali.


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20" x 25" x 5" Pleated Filter Cartridge fits most all brands (1-Filter)
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4-3/8" Thick Air Purifier Replacement Media Filters(1-PACK)
Pleated Filter Genuine Replacement Filter Cartridge
Used in Air Bear, Carrier, Bryant, Honeywell White Rodgers.
Replaces Filter Part Numbers:
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Durable construction for easy, slide-in replacement.
Manufacture recommends Changing Filter Once Every Three to Four Months.
Changing Filter Timely will keep the Performance of your Heating and or Air Conditioning Equipment running to its Peak Performance.
This Deluxe Filter will catch upto the smallest particles, as small as one micron, can be filtered out at 95% effectiveness.
The only maintenance required is the periodic replacement of the disposable filter media which only takes few minutes.
Filter CFM: 2000.
The Manufacture of this Filter Cartridge Recommends changing once every three month to keep the performance of the Heating and or Air Conditioning equipment running to its peak performance.
If filters are not replaced once every three to four month over heating of furnace controls may Accrue, evaportor coils can become dirty over a period of time reducing airflow.
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Manufacture of Filter Cartridge Recommends changing once every three month to keep the performance of your equipment running at its peak performance. CARFC100A1037.
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Emeritus Professor Raymond Williams Named Deanby Jim Amidon • May 12, 2005 Share:
Wabash President Andrew T. Ford has appointed emeritus religion professor Raymond B. Williams as Dean of the College. Professor Williams, who retired from a distinguished teaching career in 2002, steps in for Mauri A. Ditzler '75. Ditzler will become President of Monmouth College on July 1.
"It is hard to imagine anyone better suited for this assignment," said Ford in a note to the Wabash community. "Raymond knows the College extremely well, and he earned the respect and admiration of all our constituencies. He enjoyed a distinguished teaching and advising career, and he has a long history of vigilantly guarding faculty prerogatives and advising deans and presidents."
Williams joined the Wabash faculty in 1965, rose to full professor in 1977, and became the Charles D. and Elizabeth S. LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities in 1989. In 1995, through a $5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., he founded the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. He served as Director of the Wabash Center until his retirement.
A magna cum laude graduate of Johnson Bible College and Phillips University, Williams earned his master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He also earned his master's of divinity degree from Phillips University in 1960.
"Raymond has also managed an extraordinarily effective administrative career, most notably as chair of the Philosophy and Religion Department and founding director of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning Theology and Religion," added Ford.
In 1993, Williams received the Ray L. Hart Award from the American Academy of Religion for his work in organizing Lilly-funded teaching workshops for young scholars in the field of religion. Those workshops served as the precursor to the establishment of the Wabash Center.
Williams is a leading international authority on Swaminarayan Hindusim and the religions of immigrants to the United States by people of India and Pakistan. He has written six books on the subject, including An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism and Christian Pluralism in the United States.
During his teaching career at Wabash, Williams was honored with the McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Award for Excellence in Teaching; he also won the McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Research Fellowship. He is an honorary member of the Wabash Class of 1968.


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Friday, April 23, 2010
Playtime with Micki
HeathCliff Rothman submitted this picture of his mom, Micki, in a playsuit in the 40's. And to him I tip my hat (also because his name is HeathCliff so that's just what you do). I would like to wear this outfit and not look like Lilly Tomlin playing a 6 year old. But I'm not Micki, by a long shot.
You can check out a few modern versions like the ones below over at Kaboodle.
Also check out mom's spectator shoes. They're kind of like these bad boys.
Labels: 1940's, get that look, jumper, playsuits
2 comments:
Micki doesn't look comfortable in this picture. I wouldn't either if I were wearing that getup.
- April 23, 2010 at 10:08 AM
- Piper Weiss said...
i think she looks FABULOUS
- April 23, 2010 at 10:08 AM
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Sustainability Education
Sustainability education helps connects communities of learners to opportunities for change by helping them understand the interdependent relationships that exist between the environment, the economy and the culture. At UAF, disseminating sustainability knowledge takes a broad range of forms. Sustainability is being integrated into new and existing curriculum, life long learning offerings, student orientations and public service programs. UAF is providing opportunities where teachers, students, youth, citizens and policy makers are coming together to find solutions for creating a sustainable society.
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Looking to incorporate sustainability into your courseload? For historical comparison, UAF offered 157 sustainability focused and 653 sustainability related courses from Fall 2010 through Summer 2011. The departments listed here offer sustainability course and programs. View the current complete course listings here.
A "sustainability-focused" course concentrates on the concept of sustainability, including its social, economic, and environmental dimensions, or examine an issue or topic using sustainability as a lens.
A "sustainability-related" course incorporates sustainability as a distinct course component or module, or concentrate on a single sustainability principle or issue.
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UAF Sustainability in Curriculum Definition
Sustainability curriculum at University of Alaska, Fairbanks addresses the integration of cultural, economic, environmental, and energy components and supports projects and perspectives that have positive impacts on future resources, ecosystem health, and human wellbeing... Full text .docx
Resilience and Adaptation Program (RAP)
UAF offers a Resilience and Adaptation Program for graduate students. It is an interdisciplinary program that considers issues of sustainability in times of rapid global change. RAP is designed to prepare students for leadership positions in academia, government, native organizations and agency management.
Master Sustainable Gardening Program
The University of Alaska Cooperative Extension Service offers a sustainable gardening training to individual wanted to become Master Gardeners. Trained volunteers who aid staff by helping people in the community better understand horticulture and their environment. The class consists of 40 hours of instruction on different areas of horticulture and pest management. The payback of volunteer time is set at 40 hours, which equals the hours of training received. For more information, please also visit the main page for all the Master Gardener groups statewide.
Alaska Research Summer Academy
The Alaska Summer Research Academy (ASRA) is an academic experience for students entering 8th through 12th grades. At the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change session, students met pioneers in renewable energy and have hands on experience using tools and techniques to combat climate change. They learned how geothermal and hydrogen energy are generated, and how to create solar water heaters and panels with their own hands.
They also participate in local sustainable technology projects. We will experience carbon-neutral technologies by helping construct straw bale buildings in the local Fairbanks area, and tour a local biodiesel cooperative where fuel is being made out of used vegetable oil. We will travel to places and meet people who create the future everyday, sustainably and with their own two hands.
School of Natural Resources and Agriculture Sciences
The School of Natural Resources and Agriculture Science offers a joint Ph.D. Program in natural resources and sustainability. The program prepares future leaders as academic researchers, agency professionals and analysts of non-governmental organizations and communities for careers at the frontiers of science in the management of natural resources and environment. The program objectives and its curriculum center on three thematic areas of study: 1) resource economics, 2) resource policy and sustainability science, and 3) forest and agricultural sciences. Course work includes: NRM 647--Regional Sustainability--3 credits, NRM 649--Integrated Assessment and Adaptive Management--3 credits, NRM 694--Natural Resources and Sustainability Ph.D. Seminar Complete two semesters--2 credits.
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|The Hobbit
|J.R.R. Tolkien
|George Allen & Unwin; Houghton Mifflin
|21 September 1937; 1938
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is the first of J.R.R. Tolkien's published books about Arda. It was first published on September 21, 1937, and is now seen as a prelude to Tolkien's more monumental work The Lord of the Rings (published in 1954 and 1955).
The novel
Tolkien recollects in a 1955 letter to W.H. Auden (Letters, no. 163) that, in the late 1920s, when he was Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College, The Hobbit began when he was marking School Certificate papers, on the back of one of which he wrote the words "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit". He did not go any further than that at the time, although in the following years he drew up Thrór's map, outlining the geography of the tale. The tale itself he wrote in the early 1930s, and it was eventually published because he lent it to the Reverend Mother of Cherwell Edge when she was sick with the flu; while the Reverend Mother was in possession of the manuscript, it was seen by the 10-year old son of Sir Stanley Unwin, Rayner Unwin, who wrote such an enthusiastic review of the book that it was published by Allen and Unwin.
Tolkien introduced or mentioned characters and places that figured prominently in his legendarium, specifically Elrond and Gondolin, along with elements from Germanic legend. But the decision that the events of The Hobbit could belong to the same universe as The Silmarillion was made only after successful publication, when the publisher asked for a sequel. Accordingly, The Hobbit serves both as an introduction to Middle-Earth and as a link between earlier and later events described in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings, respectively.
Although a fairy tale, the novel is both complex and sophisticated: it contains many names and words derived from Norse mythology, and central plot elements from the Beowulf epic, it makes use of Anglo-Saxon Runes, information on calendars and moon phases, and detailed geographical descriptions that fit well with the accompanying maps. Near the end, the tale takes on epic proportions.
SynopsisThorin, Óin, Glóin, Dwalin, Balin, Bifur, Kíli, Fíli, Bofur, Dori, Bombur, Nori, and Ori) show up and begin excitedly discussing their planned treasure hunt while the hapless Bilbo provides the obligatory hospitality. After the dwarves clean up their mess, a map is produced and Gandalf arranges for Bilbo to get the burglary job—as well as to break the unlucky number 13. The company's quest: kill Smaug, the dragon who seized the Lonely Mountain (Erebor) from the Dwarves' forefathers, and, using a secret door into the mountain, recapture it, dividing the riches within its halls.
The next morning, after oversleeping and nearly missing the start of the journey, Bilbo goes off with the Dwarves. They are nearly eaten by three Trolls, but Gandalf tricks the trolls into staying up all night whereupon they are turned into stone by the first light of dawn. (The stone trolls appear later in The Lord of the Rings.) In the troll's cave they find some swords. Bilbo acquires Sting, which glows blue in the presence of Goblins (another name for Orcs).
The party travels to Rivendell where they enjoy the hospitality of the Elves, then proceed eastwards towards the Misty Mountains. There they are ambushed by goblins (Orcs), and carried under the mountain. They run away, and during the escape Bilbo loses the Dwarves. Alone in the dark after running away from the goblins, Bilbo finds a ring on the floor of a cave passage and puts it into his pocket.
Continuing down, he finds himself at the shore of an underground lake. Gollum quietly paddles up in his boat, and the two enact the Riddle-game, under the condition that if Bilbo wins, Gollum will show him the way out, but if he loses, Gollum will eat Bilbo. After several Riddles, which each manages to answer, Bilbo, whilst fiddling in his pocket unable to think of a riddle, asks himself aloud "What have I got in my pocket?" Gollum thinks this is supposed to be the next riddle, and as it doesn't comply with the rules of the riddle game, demands three guesses; in the end he fails to guess the answer. Bilbo demands his reward, but Gollum refuses and paddles off in his boat to an island in the lake, upon which he lives. After searching around for a while asking aloud "where is it? wheres my precious!?" to which Bilbo replies, "I don't know and I don't care, I just want to get out of here", Gollum becomes suspicious, gets in his boat, and starts paddling back across the lake towards Bilbo. Gollum is unable to find the one weapon he could use to betray and kill Bilbo, a magic ring that makes its wearer invisible; driven by rage, Gollum starts to realize the real answer to Bilbo's previous question "What have I got in my pocket?". Bilbo realises his life is in mortal danger and makes his escape down the maze of pitch black tunnels, and Gollum gives chase. Bilbo trips, and finds the ring on his finger. Realising he has no chance to escape his pursuer, he stays where he is and prepares to meet his fate, but Gollum runs right over him. Bilbo realises the ring makes him invisible. He manages to escape past Gollum, who has gone to guard the only exit, and finds his way to the surface where he rejoins the Dwarves.Descending from the Misty Mountains, they survive an encounter with Wargs (wild wolf creatures) by climbing trees. Eagles rescue them. Then they meet Beorn, a man who can transform into a bear. They depart, having rested for several days. Gandalf leaves soon on an errand. The party traverses the great forest Mirkwood, eventually running out of supplies. Gandalf had warned them not to leave the path, but they saw fire and heard singing, so, hopeless, they leave the path to beg food from Wood-elves, only to get lost. They are captured by giant spiders, but Bilbo rescues the Dwarves by becoming invisible and killing many spiders with Sting. Elves then capture the Dwarves and imprison them, but Bilbo manages to sneak into the Elvenking's palace unnoticed using the ring; he then helps the Dwarves escape in barrels floated down the river.
After staying for a short period of time at Lake-town, the treasure-seekers proceed to the Lonely Mountain. Finding themselves unable to locate the secret door, the company sit down disconsolate on a cliff. Hearing a thrush knocking on a stone, Bilbo looks up just in time to see the last rays of the Sun of Durin's Day, shining on the cliff wall, to magically reveal the secret door (as was foretold by moon-letters upon a map that the company was in possession of). Bilbo is sent down to encounter Smaug. The dragon, realising the Company received help from the people of Laketown, sets out to destroy it. However, the thrush that had been knocking on the stone, was no ordinary bird but of an ancient race with whom the men of the lake could communicate, and it had heard Bilbo's report to the dwarves, that Smaug had a bare patch on his belly that could be used to slaughter him, if only you could get close enough. It conveyed this message to one Bard the Bowman, who seeing the bare patch in the belly of Smaug, despatched the dragon with a single arrow, thus allowing the party of Dwarves to take possession of the treasure.
The citizens of Laketown arrive to make historical claims and demand compensation for the help they had rendered, as well as reparations for the damage Smaug inflicted during his attack. They're joined by the Elves, who also demand a share based on historical claims. The Dwarves refuse all negotiations and in turn summon kin from the north to strengthen their position. Seeing no other way to avert a war, Bilbo uses the ring to steal the prized Arkenstone from the Dwarves, which he uses to broker peace.
Just as a grudging truce is agreed to, the three armies at the Lonely Mountain (Elves, Men and Dwarves) are attacked by Goblins and Wargs from the Misty Mountains. A bitter battle ensues, named the Battle of Five Armies. Though suffering heavy losses, Elves, Men and Dwarves prevail. The treasure is apportioned. Bilbo refuses most of the riches, realising he has no way to bring them back home; he nevertheless takes enough with him to make himself a wealthy hobbit and live happily thereafter, unaware of the dangerous nature of his ring.
First Edition
The Hobbit has been published in two editions. The second intended to be more in tune with The Lord of the Rings. For example the first edition makes a reference to "tomatoes" which was altered to "pickles" by Tolkien in the second.
In the first edition, Gollum willingly bets his magic ring on the outcome of the riddle game. During the writing of The Lord of the Rings Tolkien saw the need to revise this passage, in order to reflect the concept of the One Ring and its powerful hold on Gollum. Tolkien tried many different passages in the chapter that would become chapter 2 of the Lord of the Rings, "The Shadow of the Past". Eventually Tolkien decided a rewrite of The Hobbit was in order, and he sent a sample chapter of this rewrite ("Riddles in the Dark") to his publishers. Initially he heard nothing further, but when he was sent galley proofs of a new edition he learned to his surprise the new chapter had been incorporated as the result of a misunderstanding.
Tolkien explained the two different versions in the introduction of The Lord of the Rings, as well as inside "The Shadow of the Past", as a "lie" that Bilbo made up, probably because of the One Ring's influence on him, and which he originally wrote down in his book. Inside The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo finally confesses the real story at the Council of Elrond, although Gandalf had deduced the truth earlier. As Tolkien presented himself as the translator of the supposedly historic Red Book of Westmarch, where Bilbo and Frodo's stories were recorded, he further explained the two differing stories in The Hobbit by stating he had originally used Bilbo's original story, but later retranslated the work with the "true story" recorded by Frodo.
This first edition also mentions "gnomes", an earlier word Tolkien used to refer to the second kindred of the High Elves — the Noldor (or "Deep Elves"). Tolkien thought that "gnome", being derived from the Greek gnosis (knowledge), was a good name for the Noldor he created to be the wisest of the other Elves. But with its English connotations of a small, secretive, and unattractive creature, Tolkien removed it from later editions. He made other minor changes in order to conform the narrative to events in The Lord of the Rings and in the ideas he was developing for the Quenta Silmarillion.
However this still does not fit perfectly: even revised, The Hobbit is so much different in tone that it sometimes seems to belong in another universe from other Middle-earth works. Examples include the following:
- Anachronisms: Bilbo has a clock. Many artists like John Howe prefer to omit it from their paintings. Bilbo also is mentioned to have matches for his pipe. In the world of Lord of the Rings matches had not yet been invented and all use flints.
- The Trolls have English first and last names, like fairy-tale characters.
- Lighthearted use of "magic": when Bilbo tries to steal a purse from the Trolls, the purse shouts.
- Elves appear either as silly mischiefs (Rivendell) or hostile (Mirkwood).
- Orcs are still called Goblins, and are more like bogeymen than man-eating humanoid warriors.
- Gandalf mentions Radagast as his cousin. (Then again, both Gandalf and Radagast are angelic Maiar spirits, and thus in a sense are "related", both being children of the thought of Eru Ilúvatar.)
- The extensive mentioning (and brief appearance) of Giants. Giants were never developed in Tolkien's other works, but since they should exist and possibly take a grand part in the past and upcoming Wars, they are never mentioned again. Even if Giants are seen as a kind of large Trolls, they are hard to justify, as trolls are described as either incredibly stupid or incredibly evil: quite unlike the Stone Giants of The Hobbit.
Some of the tone differences can be explained by accepting Bilbo as the author of the work: Bilbo wrote the story of his journeys to recount them to the children of Hobbiton and therefore changed the story somewhat. Apparent major differences such as the different perception of the Ring can also be explained by Bilbo's lacking knowledge of these matters.
Similarities to Beowulf
During his time as a professor at the University of Oxford Tolkien studied Anglo-Saxon. One of the Anglo-Saxon pieces of literature he studied is the epic poem Beowulf, about which he wrote essays such as The Monsters and the Critics. Interesting parallels can be found between The Hobbit and Beowulf.
The plots of the two stories are very similar. In both of them a party of 13 sets out to seek satisfaction for a crime committed by a dragon. Both parties contain a thief, which in The Hobbit is Bilbo, who steals a cup from the sleeping dragon's hoard by using a secret passage. Both dragons then awake from their deep slumber and cause terror and destruction. Both dragons are well protected by their armour, a natural one in Beowulf and one made of gold and diamonds in The Hobbit, but finally they are killed.
But not only the plots share similarities, both main characters, Bilbo and Beowulf, share characteristics. Both heroes defy their enemies with their supernatural power, which in Bilbo's case is the ring and in Beowulf's case is his supernatural strength. While Beowulf has the help of God, Bilbo often prevails because of his sheer luck. Both are of noble ancestry and both get separated from their group, Bilbo in the mountains, Beowulf when he is captured by Grendel's mother.
Additionally some elements of Anglo-Saxon culture can be found. In both books a king, which in Anglo-Saxon sometimes is called ring or gold giver, awards his warriors with treasures and war gear. In Anglo-Saxon culture poems are important, as they contain the people's history and they are sung by scops. Two of these songs are found in Beowulf and more in The Hobbit. Tolkien's dwarves particularly mirror Anglo-Saxon society, both in their warrior nature and in their desire for jewelry and war gear. The dwarven writing system, or Cirth, also has clear influences from Anglo-Saxon runic alphabets such as Futhark.
Adaptations and influences
The Hobbit has been adapted for other media. BBC Radio 4 broadcast The Hobbit radio drama, adapted by Michael Kilgarriff, in eight parts (4 hours) from September to November 1968, which starred Anthony Jackson as narrator, Paul Daneman as Bilbo and Heron Carvic as Gandalf.
Middle-earth has been featured in songs notably by Enya and the Brobdingnagian Bards. Led Zeppelin's songs "Misty Mountain Hop" and "Ramble On" both contain references to Tolkien's mystical world. For The Hobbit itself, "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins", performed by Leonard Nimoy as part of his 1968 Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy album, is the most pertinent because it recounts the book's storyline in its two minutes. The ballad's music video became a minor Internet meme in the early 2000s when The Lord of the Rings movies were released.
An animated version of the story debuted as a television movie in the United States in 1977.
The "Graphic Novel" adaptation of The Hobbit by David T. Wenzel is one of the most successful graphic format adaptations of a piece of classic literature.
Several computer and video games, both official and unofficial, have been based on the story. One of the first was The Hobbit, a computer game developed in 1982 by Beam Software and published by Melbourne House for most computers available at the time, from the more popular computers such as the ZX Spectrum, and the Commodore 64, through to such esoteric computers as the Dragon 32 and Oric computers. By arrangement with publishers, a copy of the novel was included with each game sold.
Vivendi Universal Games published The Hobbit: Prelude to The Lord of the Rings in 2003 for Windows PCs, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. It is a hack and slash game produced as a prequel to The Lord of the Rings video games, but also as a softer version of those two games: less brutal, fewer enemies but with an important platform aspect, the game was designed for smaller children. A similar version of this game was also published for the Game Boy Advance.
Filming on The Hobbit films began in 2011, under the direction of Peter Jackson.
George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. of London published the first edition of The Hobbit on 21 September 1937. It was illustrated with many black-and-white drawings by Tolkien himself. The original printing numbered a mere 1,500 copies and sold out by 15 December that same year due to enthusiastic reviews. Houghton Mifflin of Boston and New York prepared an American edition to be released early in 1938 in which four of the illustrations would be colour plates. Allen & Unwin decided to incorporate the colour illustrations into their second printing, released at the end of 1937.[1] Despite the book's popularity, wartime conditions forced the London publisher to print small runs of the remaining two printings of the first edition.
As remarked above, Tolkien substantially revised The Hobbit's text describing Bilbo's dealings with Gollum in order to blend the story better into what The Lord of the Rings had become. This revision became the second edition, published in 1951 in both UK and American editions. Slight corrections to the text have appeared in the third (1966) and fourth editions (1978).
New English-language editions of The Hobbit spring up often, despite the book's age, with at least fifty editions having been published to date. Each comes from a different publisher or bears distinctive cover art, internal art, or substantial changes in format. The text of each generally adheres to the Allen & Unwin edition extant at the time it is published.
The remarkable and enduring popularity of The Hobbit expresses itself in the collectors' market. The first printing of the first English language edition rarely sells for under $10,000 US dollars in any whole condition, and clean copies in original dust jackets signed by the author are routinely advertised for over $100,000. Online auction site eBay tends to define the market value for those who collect The Hobbit.
The Hobbit has been translated into many languages. Known languages, with the first date of publishing, are:
See also
External links
- collection of edition covers, 1937–2005
- Every UK edition of The Hobbit
- Every Dutch edition of The Hobbit
- Hobbits around the globe - gallery
- ↑ Laura Massey, "Identifying & Collecting Tolkien First Editions" dated 9 January 2012, PeterHarrington.co.uk (accessed 12 January 2012)


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Quick Firefox Tip: Word Count Bookmarklet
Firefox Bookmarklet Counts Words, Not Tags
Articles written for Linux Planet have to meet a specified word count. Articles must also be HTML-tagged.
That means we authors need a way to count words. It would be easy in emacs ... if you don't mind counting all the HTML tags as words. Otherwise, not so easy. I can view the HTML in a browser, copy, then paste into a terminal where I'm running wc -w. But Firefox sometimes has some issues pasting large chunks of text (I thought it was bug 56219, but that's marked fixed; perhaps it's related to bug 84973) and anyway, it's a hassle to have to use two windows like that.
When I was writing my second bookmarklet article, I ran across a neat word frequency bookmarklet from wizard Jesse Ruderman. It counted words but also did a bunch of other stuff I don't need.
I've pared it down to make a simple but neat little Count Words bookmarklet. To use it, right-click on the link and Copy Link Location. Then paste it into Firefox when you're pointed at a page where you want to count words. To keep it, make a new bookmark and paste the bookmarklet into the URL field, and you'll be able to call it up on any page. Or give it a Keyword, like countwords, when you're saving the bookmark, then when you're on any page, type
countwords in the URLbar to run the bookmarklet.
Roll Your Own Custom Bookmarklets In Firefox, part 2
Stupid Firefox Tricks, Part I
Akkana Peck is a freelance programmer whose credits include a tour as a Mozilla developer. She's also the author of Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional.


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Some thoughts from Katie (thesmallwonder)
Spring has sprung and April showers have started raining down here at HQ.
Winter rain makes me want to crawl back into bed, get a hot cup of coco, and read a book all day. But there's something different about April showers...
Maybe it's because it's less cold outside, or that the days are longer, but springtime rain makes me want to play in puddles.I want to go outside and smell the fresh air, and I just feel rejuvenated. Spring is a time for me to dust off old projects and start new ones. Forget New Years, April's when I get inspired!
:thumb292604413:I want to hear from you!
Do you play in the rain?
Does spring inspire you?
Share your thoughts in the comments below!
Do you play in the rain?
Does spring inspire you?
Share your thoughts in the comments below!
Tea in the RainLets drink tea in the rain,
As the silver trails of steam are teased
And pulled in circles by the wind;
With water gently sifting through our hair
And the lush trees dancing;
Branches coaxed to sway with a gentle grasp
Of the breeze.
Lets play hide and seek with the sun
And sit under an umbrella
Of fresh leaves and lime.
Discover exotic animals
In the pungent orange illusions
Of the huddled bougainvillea flowers.
Lets drink tea in the rain,
To feel the warmth
And the kiss of sugar
On our tongues -
And in our hearts.
Spring ShowersFlowers decorate the trees,
white against the green spring leaves,
perfume punctuates the breeze
putting on a show.
Petals from the blossoms white,
catch the breeze and taking flight,
twirl and shimmer in the light,
falling down like snow.
RainThe rain against the window
letting me sleep
pulsing in my heart
through my heart
splashing in my mind
making my heart
just a little bit more
the thunder tightens
lashing into me
blinding in my mind
angry and cold.
I pretend
I hide
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In a recent New York Times op-ed piece, a San Francisco dad writes persuasively about how marijuana makes him a better parent. Mark Wolfe's provocative story has people asking, Can pot help with parenting? If so, is it acceptable to be stoned around young kids?
A few years ago, Wolfe found himself exhausted and overwhelmed by the hurly-burly of family life. With three kids under age 5 and a full-time job as an art dealer, he was anxious, irritable and groggy—and his back hurt. When the pain worsened, the 44-year-old father decided to meet with a CannaMed doctor, who prescribed him a cannabis treatment.
The pot brownies didn't help with Wolfe's chronic pain, but two years later he finds that he's a much more "loving, attentive and patient when he takes his medication as prescribed."
Wolfe writes:
I find the time I spend with my children to be qualitatively different and simply more fun when I take my medicine (always in private, never in front of them, never too much). I am able to become a kid again, to see things through my daughters' eyes and experience, if I'm lucky, the wonder of each new game, each new object and sound, as they do.
With humor, Wolfe gives specific examples of how his parenting has changed.
Before pot
Child: Daddy, can you show me how to make a Q?
Father: (sipping bourbon and soda, not looking up from iPad) Just make a circle and put a little squiggle at the bottom.
After pot
Child: Daddy, can you show me how to make a Q?
Father: (getting down on the floor) Here, I'll hold your hand while you hold the pen and we'll make one together. There! We made a Q! Isn't it fantastic?
Before you pass judgement, Wolfe wants you to think back on those times when you got stoned in college and learned that "cannabis enhances the ability to perceive beauty, complexity and novelty in otherwise mundane things (grout patterns in your bathroom floor, the Grateful Dead, Doritos), while simultaneously locking you into a prolonged state of rapt attention." Now think about how that "enhanced" state-of-mind might help in enduring a prolonged game of dolls with a 3-year-old who insists that you feed and burp her plastic baby doll. Wolfe argues that tedious toddler play becomes tolerable, even fun when you're using pot and as a result the child gets the attention she deserves and needs.
New York Times op-ed pieces don't have online comments, but the news site runs letters from readers and several responses to Wolfe's story were posted online yesterday. In all eight of them readers attack Wolfe's approach to parenting.
Jennifer Grellman of Kentfield, Calif., wrote in:
Parents need to model for their children healthy ways of dealing with daily stress and anxiety rather than turning to bourbon or pot, as suggested by Mark Wolfe.
Charles Skyes of San Jose, Calif., wrote:
When a stoned parent forgets that there is food cooking on the stove or in the oven and nods off as the child takes his nap, it can have tragic consequences.
Doug Howard of Weston, Conn., shared:
A little pot may help Mark Wolfe roll around the floor with his giggling daughters, "clicking into an easy dynamic of goofy happiness and love." But what about later when he has to help them with their math homework?
On the parenting site BabyCenter where a blogger wrote about Wolfe's piece, readers were more understanding and many pointed out that smoking pot and taking antidepressants are similar. Many parents are using prescribed drugs to deal with the anxiety, depression and overall exhaustion that sometimes comes with raising kids—is that any different from eating pot brownies?
A BabyCenter mom named Chrissy shared:
I think society is full of hypocrites. If a doctor gives you Xanax it is socially acceptable to take. Addiction to this drug is very high and the side effects are dangerous. But folks its all good because it is legal. This father should not be judged because he is using an all natural remedy a non addictive remedy.
Some BabyCenter readers also felt that there's a big difference between regular and occasional pot users. Regular users are often using marijuana to treat a specific malady and get only mildly stoned, while the recreational smoker might get stoned to a state of delirium.
A mom named Linda writes:
When you are in chronic pain, the majority of the medication's effect is simply off setting the pain. Marijuana is the same way. Someone using marijuana recreationally may be very effected and not be in a great position to care for children. A person in continual pain would use the same amount of marijuana and be completely cognizant and a wonderful parent.
Parents smoking pot is a controversial topic but is it the real issue here? What about our frenzied society that's driving a dad like Wolfe to use pot? Parents these days are drowning in their overbooked lives filled with too many birthday parties, too much homework, too many activities, too much screen time. Combine that all with a bad economy, a struggling public school system, and a culture that says our kids need to excel in all areas and parents are left feeling depleted. When you consider a typical family's chaotic weekend (3 birthday parties, 2 soccer games, 1 school cleanup), it's not surprising that so many parents are medicating, whether by popping pills or using marijuana.
Yes, you can tell a parent to relax, to step back from it all, to sign up for a meditation class, and to start seeing a counselor—but that counselor will most likely hand out a prescription (1 in 10 Americans takes antidepressants). Once you're running on the hamster wheel, it's hard to stop—but maybe our society as a whole needs to figure out a way to slow down that wheel. Wolfe's New York Times story just might be a wake-up call.
What do you think? Is it acceptable for parents to use pot if it helps them be more patient and attentive?