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The head of a Russian neo-Nazi group that claimed responsibility for the kidnap and torture of gay Russians was arrested in Russia Monday after fleeing to Cuba last month, LGBTQ Nation reports.
Maxim Martsinkevich, leader of the anti-gay vigilante group "Occupy Paedophilia," is in custody in Russia this week after being apprehended and deported from Cuba.
A spokesperson for the Russian Federal Security services told LGBTQ Nation that Martsinkevich, who has the nickname "Tesak" (Russian for "cleaver"), landed in Moscow Monday from a direct flight from Havana, Cuba, and was immediately turned over to Russian authorities.
Martsinkevich was formally charged and arrested in absentia on Dec. 13, 2013 by Moscow's Kuntsevskiy court. He has been charged with crimes under article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code, which is the incitement of hatred or enmity and human dignity with violence.
When Martsinkevich was arrested earlier this month in Cuba, officials confiscated his passports and other alleged falsified identity documents. His laptop, cell phone and other equipment was also seized as evidence.
For several months, reports out of Russia surfaced, claiming Martsinkevich's group, "Occupy Paedophilia," lured LGBT teens via social media and tortured them. The group filmed the young men being tortured and then shared the clips to the victims' friends, families and school via social media, effectively outing them.
In one report, Martsinkevich allegedly fled Russia to torture an openly gay contestant of Ukraine's "The X Factor."
LGBTQ Nation reports that a spokesperson for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine said that her office has issued an arrest warrant against Martsinkevich because of the criminal complaint filed by Alexander Bohun, who said Martsinkevich beat him repeatedly, threatened him with violence and forced him to make a series of false statements while being recorded.
"I was referred to as 'pedophile' illegally, mocked, and forced to admit actions and desires that I have not committed in any circumstances, and I had to admit all that publicly," "The X Factor" contestant said.
Soon after Martsinkevich was charged in Ukraine, he posted on his vk.com profile
in December, a Russian social media website, saying that he fled the country to Cuba.
"Attention! Official dispatch from Freedom Island (i.e. Cuba)!
An offer regarding the investigation and trial.
The case against me is very unusual. There are no victims. No damages. The investigation was done by incompetents. The crimes were committed virtually. I was charged without being present. I was arrested in absentia.
Contrary to Interpol statutes, there has been an international arrest warrant issued in my name. I do not recognize my guilt. I am currently in Latin America and do not have the money to return to Russia."
Earlier this month it was reported Martsinkevich was arrested in Cuba.


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Hey.. many years have gone by since I've done this exercises..so I need to check some answers..
2 number cubes are rolled. a)What is the probability of getting 6 at least on one cube? b)What is the probability of getting a number 6 if we know that the sum of two numbers is 8?
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(a) 11/36
(b) 2/5
I am absolutely sure about the first one, but have a slight nagging doubt about the second.
The thing that occurs to me is Bayes Theorem, and I haven't studied that for a long time.
I therefore decided to think about how many possible combinations added to 8:
Then noticed that two of them contained a six. So (2/5)
The thing that made me think of Bayes was that it was "something given something else", but I cannot think how
Bayes could be used in this example. Perhaps it is ((2/36)/(5/36))
Bayes formula would be: P(K|C) = P(KC)/P(C)
So would it be valid to let P(KC) be the chance of getting an 8 which also contains a six ?
With P(C) as the chance of getting a total of 8.
With P(K) as the chance of the role containing a six.
With P(K|C) as the chance of the role containing a six given that the total is 8.
(Someone needs to check all of that because I am not sure of it. Haven't done this for ages.)
Using a gf:
P(at least 1 six) = 1 - 25 / 36 = 11 / 36
b) Enumeration is fine but for a gf, here is one.
The ways to make an 8 are 2sx^2 and 3x^8. So the answer is 2 / 5.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
great.. I got the same results!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
hi noemi
Well done for getting the answers. Too late but here's my way. See diagram.
Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
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Lana Del Rey Gets Biblical + Modern in 'Tropico' Short Film [VIDEO]
Lana Del Rey looked to the Bible, among other things, for inspiration for her 'Tropico' short film, in which she plays Eve and encounters Jesus Christ, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne and more, in addition to being an exotic dancer.
There's even a unicorn who appears while LDR cavorts with lambs and a scantily-clad Adam.
To say this film is rich with meaning and metaphor would be like saying Lana Del Rey has a nice (as opposed to utterly gorgeous) face.
It's just under 30 minutes and it's a three-part story that finds Del Rey shifting from the Garden of Eden to modern-day Los Angeles. She lets it rain, too.
The concepts of good vs. evil and swapping out beauty for money are the connective tissue, as are Del Rey's songs 'Body Electric,' which mentions some of the characters she encounters, 'Gods and Monsters' and 'Bel Air.'
There's a lot going on and we just gave you a bit of the framwork, but we will leave the rest to you to watch, enjoy and interpret. It's visually beautiful and possessed of a complicated narrative, especially during the sun-splashed ending.
You can enjoy the visuals or try and piece together the meaning, or both.
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Masterful effort lifts Tribe past Yanks
Cleveland, OH – Justin Masterson cooled off the New York Yankees, tossing his second shutout of the season, as the red-hot Cleveland Indians nipped the New York Yankees, 1-0, in the opener of Monday's makeup doubleheader at Progressive Field.
Masterson (6-2) held the Yankees, who were riding a season-high five-game winning streak, to four singles. The Cleveland right-hander walked three and struck out nine.
"From the very first pitch of the game he had power, he had a breaking ball, he attacked hitters," Indians manager Terry Francona said.
David Phelps (1-2) was the hard-luck loser for New York, allowing a first- inning homer to Jason Kipnis. Phelps gave up just three more hits over 6 2/3 innings. He fanned seven and walked five.
The Indians are a major league-best 16-5 since April 20.
The twinbill was scheduled after rain halved a four-game series last month.
Kipnis crushed Phelps' 2-2 offering to right-center field after Michael Bourn was thrown out on a close play at second base on an attempted steal. All five of Kipnis' homers this season have been hit in the opening frame.
New York's best chance to get to Masterson came in the second inning. The Yankees loaded the bases with two outs on a pair of infield hits sandwiched around a walk. Alberto Gonzalez, though, went down swinging to end the threat.
The Indians had opportunities to expand their lead, but stranded two men on base in the second, fourth and seventh innings.
Brennan Boesch kept the Yankees' hopes of a comeback alive with a two-out base hit in the ninth, but Masterson struck out Vernon Wells to seal the third shutout of his career.
"We ran into a guy who was really on his game," Phelps said of Masterson.
Game Notes
Masterson, who recorded his sixth career complete game, became the first Indians pitcher to throw two 1-0 shutouts in the same season since Bud Black and Greg Swindell in 1989. Masterson also went the distance in a 1-0 whitewashing of the Chicago White Sox on April 12 ... New York second baseman Robinson Cano finished 0-for-4, snapping a 13-game hitting streak against the Indians ... The Yankees had won five in a row on the road, matching a season high ... New York's Corban Joseph made his major league debut, going 0-for-2 with a walk while playing first base ... The Yankees are playing their first doubleheader in Cleveland since taking both games on July 29, 1990.


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It was 20 years ago that Roger McGuinn — whose musical credentials include playing with the Limelighters, the Chad Mitchell Trio, Bobby Darin, founding the Byrds and with them inventing folk rock, touring with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review, being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — decided that on the first day of each month he would upload a recording of a folk song, create a page with lyrics, tablature, and a brief bit about each song and share it all for free with everyone.
That first song was one had first I heard my father sing, based on I think the same version sung by Woody Guthrie and the Almanac Singers, "I Ride an Old Paint." That song was also sampled as part of Aaron Copland's Rodeo and in Virgil Thomson's film score for The Plow that Broke the Plains." I still don't know what a hoolian or houlihan might be or why one would throw it, but I love the simple tune and the way Roger's Martin D-12-45 is played on this first Folk Den song.
Kenton Adler at the University of Arkansas, who was later to appear in the liner notes to the CD collection Treasures from the Folk Den, hosted the first Folk Den site.
It wasn't long though before Kenton started running out of room and out of bandwidth. We had just been given one of the first Real Audio servers at what is now ibiblio.org. We offered Kenton some relief and Roger a new home for the Folk Den which while only a few months old was obviously a treasure trove in the offing and in the offering of free for all to hear music.
We later helped Roger move the Folk Den to the higher quality MP3 format — and all along he never missed a month. It's been an honor and a privilege to work with Roger on the Folk Den.
The 240th song for the 20th anniversary of the Folk Den is There a Meetin' Here Tonight. In a personal note about the song selection, Roger says:
In 1960 The Limeliters hired me as an accompanist on banjo and guitar. One of the songs in their setlist was "There's A Meetin' Here Tonight." Bob Gibson had rearranged and sanitized an old Methodist camp meeting song by taking the words "sinner" and "Satan" out. This is the original version as would have been sung in the nineteenth century in rural North America.
I thought this would be an appropriate way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Folk Den with one of the first songs I played professionally over 55 years ago.


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I remember when I first met Daddy D. When his smile or an unexpected compliment to me would make me light up and grin until my cheeks hurt. How I loved to watch him fix things while working his summer job doing maintenance. His sense of humor and how he made everyone laugh (and groan) often.
We got married. We had kids. Lots of kids. And somewhere in the midst of the hustle and bustle of life those moments of random pleasure in my husband's demeanor got fewer and farther between. Occasionally there are those brief glimpses if I remember to look for them.
Right now we are busy. Crazy busy. With the start of school comes cub scout meetings, church commitments and of course Daddy D's ever present volunteer fireman status. Add to that moving the six of us into a new house and all of the work that entails, lately we have been very physically and emotionally depleted.
The other day on Daddy D's day off we painted the trim in the little boyz room. Well, navy paint over white doesn't go on very easily. Hours and hours, coats and coats into the project the day had gotten away from us. My best friend came over for her standing Wednesday night down time and our house was in chaos. Her and Daddy D went out and got McDonalds drive-thru and brought it back for the family. All the while I stayed in the room painstakingly touching up places where the painters tape had bled through.
The six of them sat down to dinner in the kitchen. Our new house, sans carpets, is echoey still and I could hear the conversations as I painted. And then it happened. Nate, our third son who has sensory issues, had had about all he could take. After a day at pre-K and a rather tumultuous afternoon he was at his wits end. He was trying to open that dang toy that comes in the Happy Meal and was not succeeding. So his very helpful older brother leaned over and applied pressure to both sides of his toy bag and made it pop. Nate was a wailing, screaming, crying mess. The noise coupled with frustration was the straw that broke the camels back.
I listened as Daddy D tried to reason with him, telling him to be thankful that his brother had helped him out. I listened as he tried to calm him down with words. None of it worked. But then I heard Daddy D take Nate into the living room with blown up sandwich bags and together they tried to make them pop. And in all his Daddy D glory he was all silliness, eventually breaking Nate down into laughter.
After awhile I realized that somewhere along the line I had stopped painting with the brush and my arm frozen in mid air. I also realized my cheeks were burning from smiling, my heart was pounding and my eyes had teared. In the day in and day out I sometimes forget. But in that moment I was reminded beautifully why I love this man.


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Stunning Timelapse Shows Southern Lights From Charter Flight
Astronomers and nature photographers were treated to a stunning view of Aurora Australis, also known as the southern lights, on an eight-hour charter flight from New Zealand on March 23-24. The 150 passengers were aboard an Air New Zealand Boeing 767 flight that departed Dunedin at 9 pm on March 23 and headed two-thirds of the way to the South Pole, as far as latitude 62 degrees south, before returning at 5 am. The flight was timed to take advantage of the equinox aurora effect, where there was 12 hours of daylight and 12 of darkness, so passengers were nearly guaranteed a view of the Aurora Australis, the New Zealand Herald reported. On a Facebook group devoted to the flight, tired but starstruck passengers gushed about their trip. "Our lives are forever altered by this incredible experience and we are eternally grateful to have been a part of this remarkable event," wrote Roz Charlton. Others called it "magical" and "amazing". The experience wasn't cheap. Tickets were NZ$3950 (US$2775) for two economy seats and NZ$8500 (US$5973) for a pair of business-class seats. Organisers sold the seats in pairs to avoid squabbles over who would get a window seat. The flight flew in a zig-zag pattern, crossing the international dateline four times, so both sides of the plane could capture a glimpse of the light show, according to the Otago Daily Times. While sightseeing flights to see the Northern Lights are not uncommon, this was the first-ever to see the Southern Hemisphere's version. Given the success of this year's flight, with tickets selling out within five days of going on sale, organisers hope to schedule another one in 2018, Newshub reported. This video shows a time-lapse of the lights. Other social media reaction is shown below, however, those posts have not been licensed and are for embed only.


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Ontario Strengthening Protection for Home Buyers
McGuinty Government to Consult on Minimum Qualifications for Home Inspectors
Ontario is taking steps to help home buyers make informed choices and protect their investment when buying a home.
This fall, as part of a broader consumer protection initiative, the province will consult with home inspector associations, consumers, representatives from the real estate sector and other industry stakeholders on mandatory minimum qualifications for home inspectors.
Currently, anyone can offer home inspection services in Ontario, but only registered members of the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors can call themselves a registered home inspector. The province will work with industry partners to explore minimum qualifications that would aim to:
- Increase transparency of the profession
- Ensure a minimum standard of training
- Improve consistency in home inspections
- Enhance consumer protection.
Protecting Ontario consumers is part of the McGuinty government's commitment to educate and protect Ontario families by ensuring a fair and safe marketplace.
Quick Facts
- The cost of a home inspection in Ontario ranges from $350 to $600.
- An inspection will typically report on the condition of the roof, structure, foundation, drainage, heating, cooling, plumbing, insulation, walls, doors and electrical system.
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- Get tips on buying a house.
- What you need to know about home renovations.
- Learn more about the Ministry of Consumer Services.
"When you are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a home for you and your family, you want to know you've made a sound decision guided by a qualified and reliable home inspector. Today's announcement is one of several we plan this fall to give Ontario consumers stronger rights and more choices."
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"Raising the standards for home inspectors will help all home buyers as well as those selling their houses by creating a more level playing field where greater transparency helps inform one of the most important purchases of an individual's life."
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"This has been a long time coming. BC and Alberta are already on it. Now it's Ontario's turn. And I want to see the rest of Canada get behind this and push for higher standards. Homeowners should get what they pay for – a home inspection that protects their investment."
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Minnesota Man Gives $7,000 Reward To Kidnapped Girl He Helped Escape
On August 8, a family in Alexandria, Minnesota reported their 15-year-old daughter missing. A month after she vanished from her home, authorities reunited the teen with her family, but the entire situation proved to be very bizarre.
According to the authorities, a man found the girl running through a field in a nearby county and helped her call 911. Turns out, she had been kidnapped and held in captivity in a closet for several weeks by three men who physically and sexually assaulted her.
Apparently one of the men approached the girl outside of her home around 11 pm "on the pretense that he needed help with a situation," but when she went to offer him a hand, she was threatened with weapons and abducted.
She was taken to various locations over the weeks, before they finally settling at a foreclosed property in Grant County. Then, after being left alone "for the first time in 29 days," the teen decided to make a run for it. She tried seeking help from the nearby homes, but when that didn't work she swam across part of Thompson Lake in hopes of finding someone who could rescue her.
Thankfully, she stumbled upon a farmer named Earl Melchert, who came to her aid. Melchert called the police right away, and they were eventually led to the girl's captors.
"I could make out her face, and I went, 'Oh my gosh, this is the gal from Alexandria that's been gone for 29 days,'" Melchert told the New York Times. "It'd been on the news, it'd been online. It went national. It was on posters, in stores, her face, her picture. Right away, I recognized her."
Last week, Melchert, who is being dubbed a hero, was given a monetary reward for his help in the case, but he chose to do something really special with it.
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Treviso beat their Italian rivals Zebre for a second time in two weeks with a 26-16 victory at their Stadio Monigo home.
Edoardo Gori and Leonardo Ghiraldini scored Treviso's tries and Italy fly-half Kristopher Burton landed a brace of conversions, penalties and drop goals to keep Treviso out of reach. Paolo Buso and Davide Venditti crossed for tries for Zebre.
The win means Treviso have now won three matches in a row and allows Franco Smith's team to move above Cardiff Blues to seventh in the table.
Burton put Treviso ahead with a second-minute drop goal and he doubled the lead with another five minutes later as Treviso sought to capitalise on their early control of possession.
Zebre fly-half Luciano Orquera narrowed the deficit to three with a penalty of his own, but they went a man down when Mauro Bergamasco was sent to the sin bin for a high tackle.
Burton punished Zebre immediately as he knocked over a penalty to restore Treviso's six-point lead. Soon after Gori opened the lead after he exploited a gap after Treviso had moved the ball wide and Burton converted.
As Bergamasco returned to the fray, Treviso hooker Ghiraldini was sent to the sin-bin for a dangerous tackle on Buso. Zebre were not able to use their numerical advantage though and they were limited to a solitary penalty from Gonzalo Garcia.
Just before half-time Burton scored his second penalty after more Zebre indiscipline at the breakdwn to send his side in with a 19-6 lead. Soon after the break, Ghiraldini made up for his earlier yellow card when he went over for his side's second try just a minute into the half.
Fullback Buso gave Zebre some hope with a try on the hour mark and Venditti came off the bench to add a second with a minute remaining.


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|Bertram Cooper
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|Robert Morse
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|Ladies Room
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| Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency Senior Partner
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Senior Partner
Never without a bow tie, Bertram Cooper (d. July 20, 1969) was one of the founders of Sterling Cooper in 1923 along with Roger Sterling, Sr., and is a founding partner in the newly formed Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce advertising agency. Bert Cooper is an avid collector of Japanese art and architecture as reflected in the decor of his office. Cooper rarely wears shoes indoors. ("Ladies Room")
Sterling Cooper
Cooper's eccentric nature sometimes masks his crafty, cunning side. When Pete Campbell attempts to blackmail Don Draper about his past, Cooper cleverly eliminates the problem by claiming that he doesn't care. ("The Wheel")
A founding partner of the original Sterling Cooper, Bertram expressed his distaste at the idea of selling it to British agency Puttnam, Powell, and Lowe, but eventually agreed to the merger. After PPL is sold to the McCann Erickson agency, Cooper realizes that he will most likely be forced into retirement, and becomes a partner in the new agency. ("Meditations in an Emergency")
When Conrad Hilton's lawyers persist in Don signing his contract before they do any business, Cooper has no qualms about using Don's past to coerce him into signing. "Would you say I know something about you, Don?" he asks. "I would," Don agrees. "Then sign," Cooper says. ("Seven Twenty Three")
A New Company
When rumors of the purchase of PPL, the parent company of Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency, reached Don Draper, he pushed Burt Cooper and Roger Sterling, the original senior partners, to attempt a purchase of the company. After presenting an offer, they realized it was a lost cause, until they hit upon an idea. Pryce, the representative from PPL with authority over everyone at Sterling Cooper, agreed to fire the senior partners, thereby severing their contracts (including the no-compete clauses in their contracts).
They secretly rounded up a list of clients loyal to them and stole important documentation that would smooth the transition. They then secretly selected Pete Campbell, Peggy Olson, Joan Holloway, and Harry Crane as the first employees. ("Shut the Door. Have a Seat")
One Year Later
Bert's contribution to the firm seemed to have diminished. He consistently likes to point out to the other partners that he does not even have an office. He is sometimes seen in the lobby.
When they got word that Honda was looking for a new advertising agency, Bert was actively involved due to his knowledge of Japanese culture. Roger was against the very thought of working with the Japanese, and in the middle of the meeting with the Honda executives, Roger burst into the office and started a rant, stating that they "don't want any of your Jap crap." After he left the room, Bert and the other members of SCDP apologized for Roger's rude behavior, but he soon realized that their chances had likely been blown when Honda did not send them a gift in the following days. ("The Chrysanthemum and the Sword")
When it is revealed that Lucky Strike is no longer going to remain in business with SCDP, Bert told Roger why he failed: Roger never took himself seriously, and so neither did Lee. He was active in trying to bring in accounts and hold on to current accounts when the crisis hit the rest of the firm's business. ("Chinese Wall")
Bert was frustrated with Don's full page ad of "Why I'm Quitting Tobacco," mentioning the hypocrisy of including Don's name and not the rest of the partners. Don declared that he was able to get a good night sleep, to which Bert declared he was resigning from the agency. He last says of Don, "We've created a monster." On his way out he tells Peggy and Stan that "It's been a pleasure," to slightly confused faces However, by mid-1966 he had returned to the agency, with no explanation given. ("Blowing Smoke")
On the evening of Sunday, July 20, 1969, Bert Cooper, like millions around the world, was watching the televised coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Cooper was at his private residence watching. At the moment following Astronaut Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon, Cooper smiled and uttered one word, "Bravo!" Later that night, Roger Sterling received a call that Bert Cooper had passed away.
After announcing the news of Cooper's death to the company, Don Draper has a vision of Bert Cooper cheerfully singing "The Best Things in Life Are Free." ("Waterloo")
- While listening to Roger Sterling's tapes for his book, it was revealed to Don and Peggy that Cooper had his testicles removed in an orchiectomy by Dr. Lyle Evans. In modernist literature, it often refers to the history of the Fisher King. Cooper's testicles removal is further defining his growing impotency or his seemingly diminishing contribution to the firm. ("The Suitcase")
Clothing/Fashion Style
Bertram Cooper is the sage of Sterling Cooper. He is fond of argyle and bow ties. Bertram is wealthy, but his fashion speaks of man who is delicate, eccentric, and prefers to be comfortable without being sloppy. Bert Cooper is fascinated by Japanese culture, which shows up in his office, but he only adds the cultural influence to his attire when wearing a kimono at home. Bert is almost never seen with shoes, but that is likely due to his respect for Japanese customs, who often remove their shoes at home as Japan is known for dust and volcanic dirt, but also a sign of respect for hearth and home.


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The city of Joppe/Jaffa/Yafo on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, immediately south of modern Tel Aviv, has a long history of importance as an urban centre, from the Middle Bronze Age onward until the 20th century. It was one of the few sites along the Palestinian coast that had a usable anchorage. The present article focuses on the Hellenistic, Roman, and late Roman periods, giving a brief survey of the major events, the political, social, and administrative history, and the major sources of information.
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Scythopolis (now Beth–Shean), a Canaanite, then Israelite, city on the right bank of the Jordan, its Greek name of unclear origin. It was conquered by *Antiochus (3) III from the Ptolemies (see Ptolemy (1)); an inscribed dossier reveals his intervention to protect illegal billeting in nearby villages (SEG 41 (1991), 1574; Eng. trans. in S. Sherwin-White and A. Kuhrt (eds.), From Samarkhand to Sardis (1993), 49 f.). Passing to the *Hasmoneans in 107


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Bite-Size Stuffed Bread Bowls
Frozen mini bread bowls are surprisingly good. Just bake them according to the package directions and, when they cool, spoon in the dips, recipes below.
Gingered Tomato Confit
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
- 1 small red onion, finely diced
- 1 green onion, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon grated ginger
- 4 cups tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup sugar
White Bean Dip
- 1 15-ounce can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/3 cup olive oil, plus 4 tablespoons
- ¼ cup loosely packed fresh Italian parsley leaves
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Spinach Artichoke Dip
- 1 cup thawed, chopped frozen spinach
- 1 ½ cups thawed, chopped frozen artichoke hearts
- 6 ounces cream cheese
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
Gingered Tomato Confit
In the olive oil, sauté the garlic, red onion, green onion, and ginger until soft. Add the tomatoes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 25 minutes until a thick sauce consistency is achieved. Add the sugar. Cook for another five minutes.
White Bean Dip
Place the beans, garlic, lemon juice, 1/3 cup olive oil, and parsley in the work bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the mixture is coarsely chopped. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Spinach Artichoke Dip
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Statement on Oklahoma
Early Learning
ESEA Flexibility
Student Loan Interest Rates
Condition of Education
Odds and Ends
Commencement Addresses
Upcoming Events
Statement on Oklahoma
On May 21, President Obama delivered a statement on the deadly tornadoes that impacted Oklahoma. Some excerpts:
"As we all know now, a series of storms swept across the Plains yesterday, and one of the most destructive tornadoes in history sliced through the towns of Newcastle and Moore, Oklahoma. In an instant, neighborhoods were destroyed. Dozens of people lost their lives. Many more were injured. And, among the victims were young children, trying to take shelter in the safest place they knewtheir school. So, our prayers are with the people of Oklahoma today."
"Our gratitude is with the teachers who gave their all to shield their children; with the neighbors, first responders, and emergency personnel who raced to help as soon as the tornado passed; and with all of those who, as darkness fell, searched for survivors through the night."
"[T]he people of Moore should know that their country will remain on the ground... as long as it takes. For there are homes and schools to rebuild, businesses and hospitals to reopen, parents to console, first responders to comfort, andof coursefrightened children who will need our continued love and attention. There are empty spaces where there used to be living rooms, bedrooms, and classrooms. Over time, we're going to need to refill those spaces with love and laughter and community."
Secretary Duncan also issued a statement: "I offer my deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones because of the severe weather that has swept through Oklahoma. I commend the courageous efforts of first responders, including teachers and educators, working on-site to respond to this tragedy. The thoughts and prayers of the entire Department [of Education] are with the people of Oklahoma."
The White House is compiling information and resources here and is directing those who want to help to the American Red Cross.
Early Learning
The Administration continues to promote federal early learning initiatives.
First, the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services posted Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Annual Performance Reports for Fiscal Year 2011 state grantees: California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Washington.
Second, the Departments proposed priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for the FY 2013 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge grant competition. The agencies propose to maintain the overall purpose and structure of the previous FY 2011 competition, with priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria almost identical to that competition. Comments must be received on or before June 19.
Third, Secretary Duncan delivered remarks at a special Family Focus dinner honoring Barbara Bowman. "In so many respects, President Obama's Preschool for All plan marks a culmination of Barbara's work," he said. "She helped establish the idea that everything else we do to educate our children starts with early learning. Under the federal-state partnership in the President's plan, states would have great latitude to implement early learning programs responsive to their local needsbut only if they meet the high-quality standards that Barbara has tirelessly promoted. And, I think it's clear that Barbara's vision of a seamless continuum of early learning from birth-to-five, cutting across departments, is at the heart of the President's plan."
Fourth, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius proposed a new regulation to strengthen standards for health, safety, and school readiness of children in federally funded child care.
Finally, the Department of Education announced applications for new awards under the Grants for Enhanced Assessment Instruments Program, to support development or enhancement of Kindergarten Entry Assessments aligned with a common set of early learning and development standards. The agency will give priority to early learning collaborative efforts among states. The deadline for applications is July 8.
Moreover, President Obama took part in a literacy lesson with pre-kindergarten students at Moravia Park Elementary School in Baltimore. The students are part of the school's Judy Center, which provides comprehensive early childhood services, including child care, Head Start, intervention services, and family engagement. And, Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Munoz met with a coalition of mothers and advocates delivering 30,000 letters and art work thanking the President for his preschool proposal.
Meanwhile, with support from the Department, teaching artists from the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts and preschool educators are pioneering an innovative approach to teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects through the arts as part of high-quality preschool programming. Presently in classrooms in the Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools, the Early STEM/Arts Program will soon be replicated in 16 locations nationwide.
ESEA Flexibility
Secretary Duncan recently announced that Alaska, Hawaii, and West Virginia will receive flexibility from the burdensome mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). In exchange for this new flexibility, the states have agreed to raise academic standards, improve accountability, and undertake essential reforms to boost teacher effectiveness. The Department has now approved waiver requests from 37 states and the District of Columbia. Ten other applications are still under review, and five states have not requested flexibility through this process. California has notified the agency that the state does not plan to request flexibility for the next school year and, instead, will focus on implementing Common Core state standards. The Department will continue its consideration of a separate request for waivers from California Office to Reform Education (CORE) school districts. (Note: In a new video, Chief State School Officers explain what Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility is all about.)
Student Loan Interest Rates
On May 22, the day after he testified before the House Education and the Workforce Committee about the President's Fiscal Year 2014 budget request, including reducing a focus on reducing the high cost of college, the Secretary issued a statement on federal student loan interest rates, declaring, "Our priority is to ensure that Congress doesn't allow federal student loan interest rates to double [from 3.4% to 6.8%] on July 1. President Obama has put forward a comprehensive solution that will help middle class students and their families afford college by lowering interest rates on July 1without adding to the deficitand Senator [Tom] Harkin and Congressman [George] Miller have been leaders within Congress to prevent rates from doubling for students and families. While we welcome action by the House on student loans, we have concerns about the current approach, which does not guarantee low rates for students on July 1, makes students bear the burden of deficit reduction, and fails to lock in interest rates when students take out a loanso their rates could escalate in the future."
Condition of Education
On May 23, the Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), released "The Condition of Education 2013," a Congressionally mandated report to the country on education in America today. The report presents 42 indicators grouped under four areas: population characteristics, participation in education, elementary and secondary education, and postsecondary education. The report also spotlights some areas of interest: trends in employment rates by educational attainment, kindergarten entry status (on-time, delayed-entry, and repeating kindergartners), the status of rural education, and financing higher education.
Also, a new NCES report on postsecondary institutions presents key data on price of attendance in 2012-13 and enrollment and degrees and other awards conferred in 2011-12.
Odds and Ends
Today, in Hartford, Connecticut, for a town hall on school safety with Governor Dannel Malloy, Secretary Duncan will announce a Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant for Newtown Public Schoolstotaling more than $1.3 millionto help with ongoing recovery efforts following the December 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Last week, the Department announced a new partnership with the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) to advance family engagement in education across the country.
This week, the Secretary announced Arizona will receive funding to turn around persistently lowest-achieving schools under the School Improvement Grants (SIG) Program. Awards are being made on a rolling basis. To date, 35 states have been approved to receive SIG funding.
Three more blog entries from Teacher Appreciation Week (May 6-10): on ED Goes Back to School Day, on regional officers' school visits, and on the National Language Teacher of the Year.
On May 14, the Department announced the winners of this year's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts, funding for entrepreneurial small businesses using cutting-edge research to develop commercially viable technologies to solve tough problems. More than half12are for games and game-related projects.
On May 21, the Department published a Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for the Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) Program, designed to improve education and career outcomes of low-income children with disabilities receiving supplemental security income (SSI). This competitive program is open to all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and states may apply together as a consortium. The agency intends to fund three to six projects between $4.5 million and $10 million a year for five years. An intent to apply is requested by June 20. Applications are due by August 19. (Note: To assist with the application process, the Department will host webinars on May 30 and June 4.)
In the latest session of the Department's Student Voices Series, Secretary Duncan and Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education Brenda Dann-Messier met with 11 inspiring adult learners.
A new report from the Reform Support Network provides data on the growing use of social media by states and school districts striving to reach key stakeholder groups and engage with primary audiences.
Department guidance supplies answers to Frequently Asked Questions about using federal grant funds (discretionary or formula) to: host a meeting or conference, pay for food, and pay for the costs of attending a meeting or conference sponsored by the agency or a third party.
Getting America's schools covered (information on the Affordable Care Act): If your children are under the age 26, you can generally insure them if your policy allows for dependent coverage.
Commencement Addresses
Secretary Duncan, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, May 17. "Some seek to build influence and success through sound bites or an unyielding ideological agenda. That is a seductive road to takebeing brash and controversial attracts attention. But, I'm convinced it's a road that leads in the opposite direction from wise policy.... Today, I want to offer a different road, which, I believe, leads in the right direction to wiser policy. I want to talk about what I see as the three essential threads that weave together in the most effective people I know. They are passion, expertise, and vision."
Secretary Duncan, Morgan State University, May 18. "I learned two valuable lessons in thinking about the future from my teachers, my family, and my mentors. First, I learned the importance of following your passionthat your ability to adapt and be creative, to skillfully manage the inevitable uncertainty that would come, would, in large measure, determine one's success in a knowledge-based, global economy.... Second, I learned I should strive to lead a life of consequenceto try to demonstrate my respect and gratitude to all those who had helped me growing up by working to help others."
President Obama, Morehouse College, May 19. "I understand there's a common fraternity creed here at Morehouse: 'Excuses are tools of the incompetent used to build bridges to nowhere and monuments of nothingness.' Well, we've got no time for excuses. Not because the bitter legacy of slavery and segregation have vanished entirely; they have not. Not because racism and discrimination no longer exist; we know those are still out there. It's just that, in today's hyper-connected, hyper-competitive world, with millions of young people from China and India and Brazilmany of whom started with a lot less than all of you didentering the global workforce alongside you, nobody is going to give you anything that you have not earned."
Upcoming Events
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Joseph Cordery is an ancestor of my brother-in-law – I spent this morning searching out some information on him and his family.
Joseph was born in 1800 in Richmond, Surrey. He married Mary Chuter in 1824 – before civil registrations, but I found them in Piggot's Marriage Index.
Mary died in 1826, and on 7 January 1827 he married Mary Ann Chalcroft in Teddington, Surrey.
I've found eight children, the youngest of which was Caroline Cordery, born 1851, from whom my brother-in-law is descended.
In the 1861 census, Mary is shown as head of the family – the only Joseph Cordery I can find in the census is in Richmond workhouse. The right age, but shown as a former servant – our Joseph was a labourer, so it doesn't look like the right man. I haven't checked all his adult sons to see if he was living with them. I have found his death in 1869, in Richmond, but have only seen the index.


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Summer's Ending – But You Can Still Work Free From the Office
I always dread summer coming to an end.
Sure, it's not like the old days when summer meant no school and running around free, but like most people, summer still makes me feel like I have more personal time and freedom. It must be the extra daylight.
Even if I can't have the feeling of summer, it makes a huge difference to me if I can work in different ways – from home or even handling some to do items from the car.
One of the best things about the new, free version of WebEx, is that having a host account (yes, it's free) means you can host a WebEx on your mobile. And that means I don't have to be tethered to your computer.
Get your own free, basic WebEx account here.
In 2007, Cisco commissioned a study: Understanding and Managing the Mobile Workforce that looked at ways to really grasp how mobility was emerging. Of course, since then, "going mobile" has really become the norm.
In that study, they found:
Successful mobile workers tend to be resilient extroverts. They are open to new experiences and highly adaptable. And, contrary to the stereotype of the harassed and disoriented road warrior, they are supremely organized and independent-minded. With the right kind of tailored support, their productivity and adaptability make them superlative operators in an era of increasing demands and constant change.
In 2007, the Cisco study cited a prediction that "within two years, one quarter of the world's working population will be mobile workers." Not to freak anyone out but this was BEFORE Apple's iPad was even released!
More recently, from an iPass study released in Q1 of 2012, they found
- 64 percent of mobile workers now carry a tablet, rising to nearly 80 percent within the next six months according to respondents' buying predictions.
- 67 percent of mobile workers now use social media for work.
- 92 percent of mobile workers believe their Smartphones should be enabled for both work and personal use.
- 61 percent of a mobile worker's day is within range of a Wi-Fi network.
Don't Get the Summertime Blues: Get Out of the Office
The last bullet is especially interesting as it brings me back to freedom and using my mobile to get work done. We did a survey of 500 U.S. small business owners that found 15% surveyed intend to work remotely 36 days or more. Almost half of small business owners plan to work remotely for at least two weeks before the summer is out, the survey showed (see infographic).
That means I am not alone!
And none of us have to be locked to our desks. Try WebEx mobile and take those meetings from someplace amazing. Like watching your kid's soccer practice or the ducks migrate at the golf course or any place that lets you be productive without being trapped.
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Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Plant Manual
Common Name: English Ivy
Scientific Name: Hedera helix L.
English ivy, a member of the Araliaceae or Ginseng family, is an evergreen perennial vine. This plant continues to be a popular ornamental and has been developed into hundreds of varieties. In many natural areas throughout the United States it is known for creating "Ivy Deserts". These areas are often devoid of native herbaceous plants with trees trunks being covered with dense green ivy. When used as a solution for soil erosion, English ivy is a particularly poor choice. It does not form an extensive underground root system as it covers areas to the exclusion of other plants. As a result, surface flow easily undermines the soil on steep slopes.
Similar Species
English ivy is quite unique, but may be confused with other native climbing vines such as wild grape (Vitis sp.), Dutchman's pipe vine (Aristolochia macrophylla), or the non-native cinnamon vine (Dioscorea oppositifolia). H. helix can be distinguish by its palmate leaves, dark green color, thick cuticle, and evergreen character.
English ivy prefers moist, successional deciduous woods. However, it will grow on a variety of exposures, moisture regimes, soil types, and slopes. This plant will not flower under dense shade but will persist and continue to spread.
Management Recommendations
Mechanical Control
Cutting: Cut climbing or trailing vines as close to the root collar as possible. This technique is feasible on small populations, as a pretreatment on large impenetrable sites, in areas where herbicide cannot be used, or if labor resources are not sufficient to adequately implement herbicidal control. Severed vines may continue to live on tree bark or other porous surfaces for several growing seasons. English ivy will resprout unless cut so frequently that its root stores are exhausted.
Grubbing: This method is appropriate for small initial populations or environmentally sensitive areas where herbicides cannot be used. Using a pulaski or similar digging tool, remove the entire plant, including all roots and runners. Juvenile plants can be hand pulled depending on soil conditions and root development. Any portions of the root system not removed will potentially resprout.
Mulching: Mulching is an effective control on small infestations or in areas where herbicides cannot be used. Cover the entire infestation with several inches of mulch. This may include wood chips, grass clippings, hay or similar degradable plant material. Shredded or chipped wood may be the best option since hay and grass may potentially carry weed seeds. Covering the area with cardboard may improve the effectiveness and longevity of this method. The mulch should stay in place for at least two growing season and may need to be augmented several times.
Herbicidal Control
Stump Treatment: Use this method in areas where vines are established within or around non-target plants, or where vines have grown into the canopy.
Glyphosate: Cut the stem 5 cm (2 in) above ground level. Immediately apply a 25% solution of glyphosate and water to the cross-section of the stem. This procedure is effective at low temperatures (as low as 40°F) and may require a subsequent foliar application of glyphosate.
Triclopyr: Cut the stem 5 cm (2 in) above ground level. Immediately apply a 25% solution of triclopyr and water to the cross-section of the stem. This procedure remains effective at low temperatures (<60°F) as long as the ground is not frozen. A subsequent foliar application may be necessary to control new seedlings.
Foliar Spray Method: Use this method to control large populations. It may be necessary to precede foliar applications with stump treatments to reduce the risk of damaging non-target species. Since English ivy is evergreen, the ideal time to spray is after surrounding vegetation has become dormant to avoid affecting non-target species.
Glyphosate: Apply a 4% solution of glyphosate and water plus 0.5%-1% non-ionic surfactant to thoroughly wet all foliage. Do not apply so heavily that herbicide will drip off leaves. Glyphosate is a non-selective systemic herbicide that may kill non-target partially sprayed plants. Ambient air temperature should be above 65°F
Triclopyr: If native grasses are intermingled with the ivy, triclopyr is preferred since it is selective to broadleaved plants. Apply a 2% solution of triclopyr and water to thoroughly wet all foliage. Do not apply so heavily that herbicide will drip off leaves. A 0.5% non-ionic surfactant is recommended in order to penetrate the leaf cuticle, and ambient air temperature should be above 65°F.
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Derr, J.F. English ivy (Hedera helix) response to postemergence herbicide. Journal of Environmental Horticulture.11: 45-48. 1993.
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Gleason, H. A.; Cronquist, A. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 2nd ed. The New York Botanical Garden; 1991.
Johnson, Kristine. National Park Service: Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Personal Communication. Dec. 11, 2002.
Kartesz, J.T. A Synonymized Checklist and Atlas with Biological Attributes for the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First Edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC. 1999.
Le, Terry and Sonu, Debbie. Competitive Interaction between Hedera helix and Native Riparian Vegetation. University of California, Berkeley. Nov. 5, 2002.
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Okerman, Anne. Combating the "Ivy Desert": The Invasion of Hedera helix (English Ivy) in the Pacific Northwest United States. University of Minnesota. Nov. 5 2002. <http://www.hort.agri.umn.edu/h5015/00papers/okerman.htm>.
USDA, NRCS. 2002. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 <http://plants.usda.gov>. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. Nov. 1, 2002.
Radford, A.E., H.E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Flora of the Carolinas. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. 1968.
Ross, Susan. National Park Service. Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Personal Communication. Nov. 18, 2002.
Thomas L. Topographic alterations, forest structure, and invasion by English ivy (Hedera helix L.) in the Rock Creek floodplain, Washington, D.C. Natural-Areas-Journal. April, 1998; 18 (2) 164-168.
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Franklin County Youth Baseball/Softball Association opening ceremonies Friday, April 5
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The Franklin County Youth Baseball/Softball Association will conduct opening ceremonies for the 2013 season at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 5 at the Franklin County Sports Complex.
During the event, the all-star teams from last year will be recognized, and the 2013 Board of Directors will be introduced. For more information, see the April 4 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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It's the mid-point of the season, so players are being asked to provide mid-term grades.
Colts quarterback Andrew Luck gave himself a C. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, in a Monday appearance on PFT Live, declined to apply a grade, saying that winning is the most important thing.
Packers tight end Jermichael Finley, in a Tuesday appearance on NBC Sports Network's Pro Football Talk, gave the Packers a C-plus — and himself a C-minus.
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The public weighed in Wednesday on the cleanup plan for the Koppers property, the site off Northwest 23rd Avenue that has been on the federal Superfund list since 1983.
It was a meeting 30 years in the making.
The public weighed in Wednesday on the cleanup plan for the Koppers property, the site off Northwest 23rd Avenue that has been on the federal Superfund list since 1983.
For two hours, dissatisfaction filled the air in a half-filled auditorium at Stephen Foster Elementary School.
The Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency organized the meeting to solicit comment on the consent decree, the legal agreement binding the company Beazer East to the cleanup plan for the property.
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Wednesday evening brought renewed calls to buy up homes and relocate residents away from the area and to haul off contaminated soils instead of consolidating and containing them on site behind a slurry wall stretching 65 feet under the ground.
Speakers also pushed to expand the cleanup of residential properties beyond the removal of yard soils contaminated by dioxin, a carcinogen released in some wood treatment processes. Speakers wanted the cleanup to include the interior of homes.
There was skepticism over the EPA's conclusion that tests of indoor dust samples showed no health risks from dioxin inside these homes.
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Sharon Sheets said she has lived down the street from the Koppers property for more than 30 years. Wednesday evening, Sheets was one of several residents of the Stephen Foster neighborhood who attributed their health problems to the Koppers plant.
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Yes, it is. I'm going to start now though.
Talking with a couple of agents, a player here and there, an NHL management type here and there the last few days, and it's clear to me that the impossibility that we all would assume for the NHL — that it is THE league we'd least have to worry about with regard to another long work stoppage, because of its recent past — is indeed possible.
I'm going to keep this kind of general for now, because it's a blog and the expiration of the current NHL CBA is still another two seasons away, in September of 2012. I still have a hard time — a really hard time — believing that the NHL and its players would ever let another disastrous canceled season happen. The lost year of 2004-05 remains a dark, awful memory for everyone involved with this game. All that griping, all that posturing, all those "drop-dead deadlines", all those false starts and crushed hopes. It was awful, and it really hurt the game a lot. Many fans still haven't come back to the sport, though revenues have grown since '05, the cap has grown from $39 million to the current $59.4 million and TV ratings have improved greatly.
So why am I worried already? Because I'm a bit of a neurotic first off, a classic glass-is-half-empty kind of guy. In my kind of outlook on life, you go into everything expecting the worst and if it doesn't happen, it's a wonderful day, so you're "happy." If the worst does happen, you were ready for it. And I'm not changing my stripes at this point.
But secondly, this guy makes me a little nervous:
Charming looking fella isn't he? That's Donald Fehr (pronounced "FEAR"), in case you didn't know, the man who led the baseball players union for 26 years and a couple of work stoppages, including the one that led to the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. Fehr left the MLBPA last year, but he could become the next director of the NHLPA as soon as Wednesday. The NHLPA is holding meetings Tuesday and Wed. in Toronto and could name the successor to Paul Kelly, who was ousted in a despicable, ugly palace coup by scheming, infighting players and other underlings. (This story by longtime hockey writer Jim Kelley summarizes the situation nicely).
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Editor's Note: The New York Times is one of the few (perhaps, only) national newspapers to pay attention to man & nature on the editorial page. And Verlyn Klinkenborg, an accomplished poet-essayist of the rural, is the steady voice on the page to all that is green within us. We need more writing of this nature to preserve us—and the meaningful role of good newspapers in our lives. –Norbert Blei
Sow Those Seeds!
by Verlyn Klinkenborg
In August 2004, I wrote a Rural Life editorial about the
victory garden movement during World War II, noting that a
national crisis had turned Americans — for a few years at
least— into a nation of gardeners. Now we are in the midst of
another crisis. And perhaps this is the moment for another na-
tional home gardening movement, a time when the bur-
geoning taste for local food converges with the desire to cut
costs and take new control over our battered economic lives.
There are signs that some people are already thinking
this way. A number of friends have said to me, wistfully, that if
things get worse, they'll just go to the country and learn to
farm, as if learning to farm were like studying shorthand or
learning to weld.
This is daydreaming. But there's every reason to think
about putting in a garden. In fact, many seed companies are
reporting higher sales — especially in Britain, which has a
rich tradition of home gardening. At grocery stores and farm
stands, the difference in cost between organic and convention-
ally grown vegetables can be substantial. In the garden, the
difference is negligible.
I can't help noting, too, that half of "The 11 Best Foods
You Aren't Eating" — a widely e-mailed Web article by Tara
Parker-Pope of The Times — are easily grown in a northeast-
ern garden, including beets, chard, pumpkins and blueberries.
Growing a vegetable garden isn't going to balance the
budget or replace lost benefits or even begin to make up for
the shock of a lost job. But part of the crisis we face is a sense
of alienation and powerlessness. You don't meet many alienat-
ed gardeners, unless it's been a terrible woodchuck year.
It's also tempting to assume that a garden can't really
make much difference in your annual food budget. But you
would never convince my parents of that, who raised four kids
on the fresh and home-canned produce of a big backyard gar-
den. And I can think of few better distractions from the news
of the day than the offerings of seed catalogs and the Edenic
visions they inspire.
But over the years, something odd has happened to seed
catalogs. They've come to resemble grocery stores and, in
some sense, the culture at large — fuller and fuller of inedible
stuff to buy, like copper plant labels and sunlight calculators
and fan-cooled sunhats. One of the hard things for beginning
gardeners to learn is that very little of that stuff is needed.
What beginning gardeners need most, in fact, is old garden-
ers, the ones who've made do all along and who are starting
their seedlings in windowsills right about now.'
[from THE NEW YORK TIMES 2.15.09]
Verlyn Klinkenborg was born in Colorado in 1952 and raised in Iowa and California. He graduated from Pomona College and received a Ph.D. in English Literature from Princeton University. Mr. Klinkenborg joined the editorial board in 1997. He is the author of "Making Hay" (The Lyons Press, 1986), "The Last Fine Time" (University of Chicago Press, 1991) "The Rural Life" (Little Brown, 2003) and "Timothy; Or, Notes of an Abject Reptile" (Knopf, 2006).
His work has appeared in many magazines, including The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, National Geographic, The New Republic, Smithsonian, Audubon, GQ, Gourmet, Martha Stewart Living, Sports Afield and The New York Times Magazine. He has taught literature and creative writing at Fordham University, St. Olaf College, Bennington College and Harvard University and is a recipient of the 1991 Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. He lives in rural New York.


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