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NISE Net ASTC Sessions
August 27, 2009
Here's a full list of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Annual Conference sessions that will be featuring NISE Net work or findings from our work, sorted by date and time. Please keep in mind that session descriptions are taken from the Preliminary Program.
- Interpreting the Nanoworld through Juggling, Drama, Art, and Media
As science and technology move into the nanoscale, they become more challenging to interpret, see, touch, and manipulate. Properties and behaviors are less familiar; concepts more abstract; applications more detailed; societal implications more complex. Find out how collaborations with artists can provide powerful new dimensions in engaging audiences with complex ideas. This session will explore several creative, dramatic, and visual-based approaches to interpreting the science and technology of the very small.
Saturday, Oct. 31 at 12:30 pm
Convention Center room 204AB
- Public Engagement with Science and Technology Policy: How Far Should We Go?
What role should the informal science education community play in linking the public with scientists and policymakers? Should we simply teach about societal implications of science and technology? Should we provide our visitors with practice and skill development in making informed decisions? Or should we become active vehicles for public input into science and technology policy? Following up on a 2008 ASTC session, this open forum discussion will seek the wisdom of the crowd in exploring the potential policy role for science centers.
Saturday, Oct. 31 at 12:30 pm
Convention Center room 101
- Making the Invisible Visible: Visualizing Emerging Science with Artists
Many areas of science are "invisible"—too small, too large, too fast, or too slow for us to experience them directly. As new technologies increase the amount of data we have about invisible realms, the challenge is to find ways to visualize that data. Case studies will highlight artist collaborations on nanoscience, ocean sciences, social networks, and traffic patterns. A participatory discussion will explore some of the opportunities and challenges around working with artists to present the invisible in educational settings.
Sunday, Nov. 1 at 4:00 pm
Convention Center room 203A
- Dimensions of Public Engagement: Finding Your Footing in a Paradigm Shift
The March 2009 CAISE report Many Experts, Many Audiences: Public Engagement with Science and Informal Science Education maps out a new paradigm for connecting the public with science. Are science centers' current educational goals, programs, and exhibits now obsolete? This session will discuss audience role, expert role, and content focus as dimensions for seeing how your current activities fit in.
Sunday, Nov. 1 at 12:30 pm
Convention Center room 203A
- Public Impact Results for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education (NISE) Network
This session directly addresses ASTC's Strategic Priority on partnerships. We will examine public outcomes of one of the largest current partnerships for educating the public on a topical science issue. More than 50 ISE institutions are involved in the development and delivery of the National Science Foundation–funded NISE Net programs, exhibits, forums, and events. Attendees will hear summative evaluation results from Project Year 4 (of 5) and have a chance to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this model for communicating current science.
Sunday, Nov. 1 at 12:30 pm
Convention Center room 102
- Creative Programming and Current Science Learning
This session presents creative projects and performances that engage visitors in current science. Come experience interactive theater productions, programs, art projects, and craft activities that stimulate critical thinking, reveal complex concepts, and illustrate the creativity of the scientific endeavor. Participants will be given access to resources for implementing the programs.
Monday, Nov. 2 at 10:45 am
Convention Center room 204AB
- Sustainable Diversity Workshop: Conversation and Tools for Inclusivity
Do your diversity programs really reach your intended audiences and achieve your inclusivity goals? Are free days and community outreach enough? Participants will learn about basic tools others are using to reach diverse audiences and will develop knowledge of how they can achieve sustainable diversity in their own institutions.
Monday, Nov. 2 at 10:45 am
Convention Center room 101
- Science Alliance: Advancing Science Communication by Bridging Diverse Organizations
Increase the impact of your exhibits and programs through partnerships that extend beyond the science center community. In this session, attendees will hear a case study of ground-breaking collaboration on DragonflyTV; discover strategies for working with diverse institutions, including universities, museums, and television producers; discuss what works and what doesn't in collaborating with partners; and discover how one partnership made an intangible science topic (nanoscience) engaging, fun, and exciting.
Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 10:45 am
Convention Center room 203A
- Public Engagement in Current Science and Global Issues
This session showcases educational programming related to the application of nanoscale science and technology to key societal issues, including medicine, energy, and the environment. Participants will experience a variety of programs that bring current scientific knowledge and thoughtful discourse to bear on global problems. Program formats include public presentations, cart demonstrations, a museum theater performance, and a deliberative forum. Featured programs have been designed to be reproduced in a variety of informal science education contexts, to be relevant to a wide range of audiences from different backgrounds and demographics, and to be adaptable for greater relevancy to local audiences. Participants will learn how they can access complete instructions and resources to implement these programs at their own institutions through the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network.
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Maryland Alcohol Consumers - This Smoker Has No Pity
Monday, March 16, 2009
I just saw a piece on my local Fox news that made me pick up my mobile phone to hurry and write this post.
Maryland lawmakers are talking about raising the alcohol tax. Big whoop. it hasn't been raised since Eisenhower was in office!
I'm a smoker. I started out paying about $2 per pack, about 14 years ago. Now I pay (sometimes $5.50) a pack. Whose fault? MINE!
I don't care if they tax liquor more. Would you like to know why? I'm sure if you did the comparison, cirrhosis and cancers caused by smoking are probably equally as deadly.
Another reason? Some people can't hold their alcohol. I don't drink often (literally, a couple of times a year) and for good reason: drama! Alcohol brings the drama!
How about one more reason? Let's check out some more statistics to find out how many Domestic Abuse victims are at the hands of their alcoholic partners. (Been there, done that.)
So I say raise the liquor tax. Heck, it's been 51 YEARS! (How's that for discrimination smokers?) Cardin, Mikulski, hell, I'll even address the Governor on this one! Governor O'Malley, tax the HECK out of the drinkers like you have done us smokers! I vote yes!
Maybe it will help with our HUGE deficit! Balance those books! and leave smokers alone for once
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Thomas Aiken holds a two shot lead going into the final round of the Open de España, where the show went on amid all the tears shed for Seve Ballesteros - many of them inevitably by Jose Maria Olazábal.
South African Aiken still leads at El Prat near Barcelona after a third round 72, but the whole day's play was inevitably overshadowed by the death of the five-time Major Champion and three-time winner of his national title.
Flags were at half-mast, players wore black ribbons and a minute's silence in mid-afternoon was followed by a round of applause.
Olazábal had just finished a 75 by then after playing with Colin Montgomerie (73) - Ryder Cup Captains both, but only one of them, of course, the man who with Ballesteros had formed the most formidable cup partnership in history.
"Olly was in floods of tears most of the day. He has lost an older brother almost," said Montgomerie, his own voice shaky with the emotion of the day.
Another Spaniard, Pablo Larrazábal, was dressed all in black as he continued his bid to put his name on a trophy that Ballesteros last lifted in 1995 - one that made him the only player in European Tour history to record 50 victories.
Aiken doubled his one shot halfway lead by remaining eight under, but four players are now six under - Larrazábal (73), Dane Anders Hansen (69) and European Tour rookies Scott Jamieson and Romain Wattel from Scotland and France. They both shot 72.
Nobody scored lower than Hansen and while the wind and pin placings had most to do with that, the sombre atmosphere probably played a part as well.
Larrazábal fought back from an opening bogey with a five foot birdie at the fourth, but his emotions were clearly running high as he dropped shots at the 16th and 17th.
But the former Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year composed himself to birdie the last.
"Since I heard the news this morning I couldn't get it out of my head." He said. "It has been a tough day. I was on the eighth during the minute of silence, it was the saddest minute of my career.
"I only want to win the tournament for him; if I hit the ball well and putt correctly I have a chance to win it and dedicate it to him and to his family"
Aiken has never won on The European Tour, but seven top-14 finishes in nine starts this season suggest that may be about to change.
The 27 year old took seven weeks off prior to arriving in Barcelona, and they seem to have done some good as Aiken holed a string of important clutch putts.
"Seve's charisma is an inspiration for all of us," he said. "He played with passion and determination. We must put things in perspective in order to value everything he did for golf. Seve will somehow never die."
Olazábal and Miguel Angel Jiménez - vice-captain to Ballesteros at Valderrama in 1997 - embraced at the start of the day and again after the minute's silence.
They have been trying to win the Open de España since 1983 and their wait looks certain to go on. They are both three over.
Olazábal said: "I just played the most difficult round of my life. It was very tough to make it to the first tee and hit the first drive.
"I don't think there will ever be another player like him. There can be others that are very good, but none will have his charisma."
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|AIKEN, Thomas
|HANSEN, Anders
|LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo
|JAMIESON, Scott
|LAWRIE, Paul
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Let's get a potentially delicate bit of information out of the way right up front: We drove a Chevy Volt to the Holley LS Fest. For the record, piloting a lozenge-shaped gas/electric hybrid deep into Corvette country to attend one of the nation's premier high-performance driving events was not our original intention. Rather, we'd hoped to follow the same basic approach taken in our 2011 Fest trip, smashingly surmounted from behind the wheel of a then-new Grand Sport convertible ("Paddling Faster," Feb. '12). But when GM's regional press fleet proved depressingly Corvette-free in the days leading up to our most recent multistate jaunt, adjustments, as they say, had to be made.
On a positive note, our little bimodal brougham completed the approximately 1,700-mile round trip without incident, its battery pack evincing zero inclination to recreate a Hindenburgian conflagration along the way. The car also achieved a respectable combined fuel-economy average of 33 mpg, this despite not once being recharged during its time in our care.
But enough about that. Considerably more electrifying than our batteryassisted conveyance were the goings-on at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, site of the Fest since its inception in 2010. The wider economy may still be drifting along in the doldrums, but based on the number and quality of the cars we saw in BG, the market for Gen III and IV engine hardware continues to charge full speed ahead.
In addition to the typical drag-racing and autocross events, this year's Fest featured a "3S Challenge" in place of the previous Speed Stop competition. In 3S—whose name reflects an emphasis on "speed, stopping, and steering"—competitors accelerated flat out across a large parking lot, negotiated a 180-degree hairpin, and charged back in the opposite direction before coming to a halt in a short "stopping box" delineated by cones. Overshoot the box, and your run is DQ'd.
While our Volt's lack of an LS engine naturally rendered it ineligible for 3S and the rest of the Fest-ivities, we were content to enjoy the on-track action vicariously and from a safe remove, while documenting it for inclusion here. Corvette representation was once again strong, and with C7 production now in full swing, performance-tuned examples of Chevy's flagshiptwo-seater should prove top contenders at the next Fest, to take place later this year.
Note to GM: This time, we're got dibs on a Stingray. LT Fest, anyone?
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I have been using the PrimeTest 250 for a few weeks now testing IT equipment, and it is apparent that the manual is not the easiest thing in the world to understand.
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I can understand that the device is not a mind-reader, but this omission from the manual just seems to be unhelpful.
On the subject of plugged or unplugged, is there any advantage or is it better to perform differential over substitute leakage where IT equipment is concerned? The only difference I notice is that substitute appears to give a higher reading but still passes well below the 3.5mA threshold. I have always performed the differential test (tester is plugged into the mains) so far as that way I can turn the appliance on during the test, as was shown in my training on a Europa style tester.


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(If un-ladylike language upsets you, read no further…and honestly, maybe you'll want to avoid my blog altogether since you never know when I might let one slip out.)
"P" is for "pissed off"
"P" is for "peleando"
"P" is for "pinche"
In "real life", I don't usually cuss in polite company but as a writer, I love words, and that includes the dirty ones.
Latin America has a colorful rainbow of cusses to choose from, words as diverse as the countries themselves. When I first started learning Spanish and picked up a book subtitled "the words your teacher won't teach you", I was like a kid in a candy store, picking and choosing the words I liked best and committing them to memory. I noticed that most of the words I chose had a (mx) symbol next to them, signifying that the word was of Mexican origin. Ah, Mexican vulgarisms! They were by far my favorites.
And so it came to be that "pinche" became my word of choice. I love the way it looks, the way it sounds, the way native speakers linger on the first syllable, and the creative stream of unpredictable language that follows. It looks so cute and harmless to native English-speaking eyes, a false cognate for "pinch". I've heard that in Spain the word simply refers to a boy who works in the kitchen, and in other Latin American countries it can mean various other things which are equally mild. Really, there's no way to know if someone will be offended by it, whether they be Mexican or not, but that doesn't stop me from using it once in awhile. (Something I've discovered my husband fails to appreciate.)
The other day Carlos and I got into an argument, which isn't really news in itself. The thing is, our arguments have a new dimension to them now that we have text messaging on our phones. This allows me to not answer his calls but continue fighting through my preferred method – writing. Chévere, no? Well, my husband doesn't think so.
When we were finally face-to-face once again he said to me, "Stop texting me when we fight… And stop using the word pinche!"
"Hey, you can't tell me what words to use. I'll use pinche if I want to."
"I hate that word. We're not Mexican."
"I'm not Salvadoran either, what's your point?"
"Pinche is a Mexican word."
"Y qué? I don't tell you how to speak English. You can say 'bloody hell' like Harry Potter for all I care."
In the end, I knew that this conversation simply couldn't have a happy ending, and so I just walked away muttering, "… pinche tonterías…"


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Quickies: Inorog Interviewed, Konqi Konquers, Rikkus Rants
A new "modding site" has interviewed our own Cristian Tibirna, one of the first KDE core developers. Paul Wiegers wrote in to point out that Konqueror has gained more recognition in the Internet community, this time in the form of support for HierMenus. The same site also features a flattering introduction to Konqueror with screenshots. Out of frustration, our own Rik Hemsley has written up an article on dirty reporting. And, last but not least, congrats to the Gnomes on their new release! The latest GARNOME even features KDE 3.0.1.
Thanks Rikkus!
Thank you, Rik, for your very well written response to dep! You spoke off my
By Michael at Thu, 2002/06/27 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks Rikkus!
Yeah, thanks Rik.
I have to admit that despite me, dep really managed to get my spirits down with his bullcr*p FUD, ruining a whole evening for me. Although, it was only a matter of time after he posted that anti-german article...
Already feeling better with a new KOffice out. :)
By Navindra Umanee at Thu, 2002/06/27 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks Rikkus!
Huh? An anti-German article?? Did I missed something? Do you have a link?
BTW, congrats to the Gnomes. I like this kind of desktop competition. Its good for KDE to see another solution for system programming problems as a kind of inspiration and motivation. So...
Go Gnome, go KDE!
By Thorsten Schnebeck at Thu, 2002/06/27 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks Rikkus!
Mail me, I'll send you the link. I don't really want to spread his message of hate here.
By Navindra Umanee at Thu, 2002/06/27 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks Rikkus!
Why hating, isn't loving or respecting a better solution?
By Maarten Romerts at Fri, 2002/06/28 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks Rikkus!
Actually, I disagree, it wasn't a very good response, it talked in generalities and rebuted no specific claims DEP had just calling them "difficult to disprove untruths" and dismissed them. Possibly that attitude is what DEP was referring to in the article? Finally, you cannot claim DEP was feigning "some kind of friendliness" towards KDE as for the past 3 or 4 years, it was hard to find anyone lessKDE friendly. Are you saying that this was all some sort of act?
By hmmm at Fri, 2002/06/28 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks Rikkus!
It's about not descending to dep's level. Dep is at the lowest level.
By ac at Fri, 2002/06/28 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks Rikkus!
Oh, thats a good excuse. Seeing as the DEP's article gave examples and rikkus' one flamed DEP, called him a liar and many other things, I think I know which article was "the lowest level"
By hmmm at Fri, 2002/06/28 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks Rikkus!
Rikkus didn't say anything about dep at all.
By ac at Fri, 2002/06/28 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks Rikkus!
It was a sly dig at him. Who else has written such an article lambasting KDE, or is it just a coincidence that Rikkus wrote his article less than a week after DEPs?
By hmm at Sat, 2002/06/29 - 5:00am
You asked for it!
Once things are done a certain way, headed in a certain direction,
The KDE project is like Microsoft.
I have been using KDE as my Linux desktop ever since the
I'm an old timer, so I know what I'm talking about.
I kept using XFMail, Netscape, StarOffice, NEdit, and whatever else
I didn't actually use KDE 1, apart from the window manager bit.
The reason I might make the switch back is that after many months
I don't like KDE 3.
Initially, KDE3 was going to be little more than KDE2 ported to
They made some relatively minor changes to the user interface which I didn't
Then came an unhappy, "we know more than users do," attitude on the
So I whined on a mailing list and was shocked to find that everyone
changes were made; none that I can find that add to the utility of
All these changes
But I think that much of what I don't like about KDE3 is more a
People found my constant whining and refusal to listen annoying.
Take a look at freshmeat under email clients: you'll find a forest
It's much better to have 10 half-finished applications than 1 perfect
Yes, it's possible still to run third-party apps written to another
Bad KDE people conform to this.
Over the years KDE has had no greater advocate than I have
I have trolled the KDE mailing lists for a years, demanding instant
I long hoped that KDE would remain the benchmark Linux desktop. No
I have a new best friend now.
By Anonymous at Sat, 2002/06/29 - 5:00am
Is the Tibirna interview a new one? It only talks about old stuff and I think I read it somewhere years ago. And HierMenus seems old news too, the page was created in April (perhaps it was only mentioned in Kernel Cousin KDE then)?
By Anonymous at Thu, 2002/06/27 - 5:00am
Re: Deja-Vu
The interview is new, Cristian is old. :-) The HierMenus stuff is old, but we never posted it here and someone submitted it.
By Navindra Umanee at Thu, 2002/06/27 - 5:00am
What's Garnome? The link just takes me to a bunch of tarballs...
By AC at Thu, 2002/06/27 - 5:00am
Re: Garnome?
By Evandro at Fri, 2002/06/28 - 5:00am
Re: Garnome?
"GARNOME is a new distribution of GNOME, based on the GAR ports system by Nick Moffitt. Right now, it builds from the recent GNOME 2.0 Desktop tarball releases, and includes some extra software that has been ported to the GNOME 2.0 platform."
By Anonymous at Fri, 2002/06/28 - 5:00am
Re: Garnome?
Okay, so what does a GNOME distribution have to do with KDE?
By AC at Fri, 2002/06/28 - 5:00am
Re: Garnome?
Garnome can build Gnome as well as KDE 3.0 & 3.01
By Guy at Fri, 2002/06/28 - 5:00am
GARNOME features KDE 3.0.1 ?
whats that mean ?
By KDE fan at Fri, 2002/06/28 - 5:00am
# make dep clean
I think it's pretty clear that dep has mistaken the changing attitute of
I feel a bit bad for the GNOME guys now as it seems he will be writing
anyway what I really wanted to say was, bye dep...
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A Lack Of Scarcity Feeds The Long Tail By Increasing The Pie
from the rethink-the-pie deptContinuing the ongoing series on economics in the absence of scarcity, today's post is about rethinking the overall "pie." One of the problems that people have in grasping some of this is that they focus very much on the "haves" in the existing model, rather than the "have nots." In other words, in a world where scarcity is present, there are a limited set of options, and that means that many potential options never even make it to the market. This is what Chris Anderson talks about concerning "The Long Tail," when businesses are entirely hit driven.
It's what makes people ask the $200 million movie question, wondering how the same kind of huge blockbuster movies can be made without scarcity, or how rockstars will reach rockstar status. However, part of the problem with this is that while scarcity may create these types of huge hits, and abundance may decrease the likelihood of any individual work to be that same kind of hit, it expands the overall market by making it much easier for the long tail to exist. Without having to worry about stocking a limited number of shelves, an Amazon or a Netflix can carry unlimited products -- opening up an entirely new market for movies that don't need to reach the same level of blockbuster to be a success. In the same sense, a record label no longer needs to churn out a huge hit in Britney Spears to make up for all their duds, but can invest smaller amounts in many, many more artists, recognizing that it's possible to be modestly successful with many more artists, adding up to a much bigger pie overall -- and a much less risky business, since there's less reliance on just a few big hits.
What's important here is the recognition that as you remove scarcity from the equation, it may dilute the huge mega-successes, but inflates the ability to have a lot more moderate successes that add up to a lot more overall. The existing system, with scarcity, is often a bimodal distribution. There are the haves at one end, and the have nots (or the hoping to be the haves) all the way at the other end. However, as scarcity is removed, the distribution morphs into the famed power law curve. There are still hits at one end, though, there may be fewer of them. However, rather than simply jumping all the way from the super successful to the poor, starving and hopeful, you get a much nicer distribution from top to bottom of super successful, to moderately successful to less successful -- but with a much great overall value under the curve.
Unfortunately, many of the complaints about economics without scarcity focus on the fact that some at the high end of the bimodal distribution (the "rockstars" or the "mega hits") will lose some of that status without forced scarcity. But, the problem is that argument completely ignores what it does to the rest of the curve, moving up many who were at the other end (the poor, starving artists) into a position to be able to actually create a lot more product, rather than having to go out and find "a real job" that pays them a regular salary. The only "losers" here are a few people at the very, very top. Everyone else, however, benefits -- and the net benefit is tremendous. It does involve a shift in business models for those who relied on the hits, but it's a huge opportunity to expand a business while making it a lot less variable and a lot less dependent on catching one or two big hits to make the numbers work.
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Updated at 11:35 p.m. ET: Authorities are searching for a possible serial killer who has gunned down three Brooklyn business owners since the summer -- police believe the victims could have been targeted because they were Middle Eastern.
Detectives who specialize in hate crimes and FBI analysts who specialize in behavioral analysis have joined the case, authorities said.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Monday that police are trying to identify a tall, balding man with a mustache who was seen on surveillance video carrying a black duffel bag near the scene of the latest shooting. NBC 4 New York has learned the same man was also seen on video near the second shooting in August.
Authorities say two other possible witnesses seen on video have been questioned and released.
The latest victim, 78-year-old Rahmatollah Vahidipour, a Jewish man from Iran, was killed Friday in his women's clothing boutique on Flatbush Avenue.
"The possibility of a bias motive here is something that can't be excluded," Kelly said.
After the latest killing, detectives discovered the same gun was used in the fatal shootings of two other shopkeepers when ballistics matched the .22-caliber gun shell casings on all three.
On July 6, Mohamed Gebeli, 65, an Egyptian immigrant and a Muslim, was found shot in the back of his shop, Valentino Fashion Inc. On Aug. 6, Isaac Kadare, 59, also Egyptian but Jewish, was shot in the head in his store, Amazing 99 Cent Deal.
There were other similarities, authorities said: The bodies were all partially obscured by clothing or, in one case, a box. The shops all lacked surveillance cameras, and the owners were alone in the store. The locations of the shops are each about four miles apart, with addresses that contain the number eight. Money was taken from everyone but Vahidipour, who had $171 in his pocket.
"We're trying to put it together. We're talking to the FBI; we're doing an all-out effort to solve these murders," Kelly said.
Kelly said it's reasonable to think the shooter had canvassed the area to find locations where no cameras existed.
"Here you have three stores where the proprietor is there by himself, no cameras in any of these," he said. "You'd have to speculate that some sort of reconnaissance was going on before the murders took place."
Kelly said they would like the tall man to come forward and identify himself. The commissioner said no one has been named a suspect and no arrests had been made.
The killings chilled local shopkeepers.
"Pretty nerve-wracking that a serial killer is on the loose in Brooklyn. You know it's the third one with the same gun," said Howard Prince, the manager of a business near the She She Boutique. Prince said police were stressing that no one should work alone.
"I mean that's not the part that concerns me," Prince said. "The part that concerns me is you take somebody's life that's 78 years old for no reason."
Kelly said city shop owners should be alert and aware of their surroundings and should call police or 911 at the sign of trouble.


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Directors stepping down; new director selected
SNOW HILL � After three years of taking the Greene County Chamber of Commerce from inactivity to more than 100 members, Larry and Rebecca Pate are stepping down as co-directors.
In their place, the Chamber Board of Directors has selected Trudy Hardy to be the new director.
�We put in our resignation for Dec. 31,� Larry Pate told The Free Press, �with the understanding we put in however much time to find a new director.�
Pate said he would stay for awhile to train and assist Hardy as she acclimates to the new position.
Hardy, who is retiring from U.S. Cellular in Kinston, will begin her new position within the next couple of months, Pate said.
In late 2009, then-president of the board, Frank Harper, and member David Emory asked Pate if he would get the Chamber up and running again after at least a year of inactivity and no director. Pate said he would if his wife could work with him. The Snow Hill couple started as co-directors January 2010 with less than $4,000 in the Chamber coffers.
�The first year,� Pate said, �we basically worked for $100 a week.�
The Pates took off running with the arduous task of convincing businesses, local governments and individuals the Greene Chamber was going to be a viable asset to the community.
�It took some work,� Pate said, �but we did it member by member.�
In fact, Walstonburg was so skeptical, that Larry Pate said they could try the membership for free for the first year. The next year, the town became a member.
�We feel like we got the budget back,� he said, �we stabilized the membership and we�ve got a presence in the community.�
The Pates got the Chamber website up two years ago. They hold grand opening ribbon cuttings and business before and after hours nearly every month.
�The business before and after hours is a big part of what we do,� Larry Pate said.
This month, the Chamber held one at Ribeyes, Inc., in Snow Hill. About 70 people attended and the social event lasted well past the planned ending time of 7 p.m., he said.
The Chamber initiated monthly awards for business beautification and high school students of the month, as well as job shadowing with high school students.
The local Chamber is a member of the Eastern Region Chamber of Commerce and the Pates have been active with the regional agency and supporting business through the N.C. Legislature.
The Pates efforts have boosted the Chamber coffer to about $20,000 currently. This year�s budget is about $30,000.
Especially with the economic situation, Pate said having a Chamber is especially important.
�We will both continue to be Chamber members,� he said. �The Chamber is more important now than ever.�
There is still more work to do. The membership peaked around 150 and has dropped closer to 100.
�We need 100 percent of the businesses to be Chamber members,� Larry Pate said, �and we�re not there right now.�
Still, the Pates have had people coming to them to join the membership.
The couple�s 20-hour weeks have often become more than part-time. So with the idea there was some good candidate possibilities, the Pates made the decision to pass on the torch.
Larry Pate plans to spend more time working in his garden and playing golf, while both he and his wife plan to volunteer more in the community.
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Chicago White Sox outfielder Avisail Garcia has had season-ending left shoulder surgery.
The White Sox said doctors at Rush Oak Park Hospital on Tuesday repaired a torn labrum and avulsion fracture in Garcia's left shoulder.
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The 22-year-old Garcia was injured when he attempted a diving catch on April 9 at Colorado. Garcia is expected to be ready for the start of spring training next season, without any restrictions.
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In the years since his assassination, I have been troubled by what I consider to be the co-opting of Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision. What has troubled me over the years is how his revolutionary message has been hijacked, compromised and relegated to being that of just a dreamer.
People are comfortable with dreamers. Why? Dreamers are safe and in a restful state. Dreamers are docile and easy to manipulate. To cast King in the light of a dreamer allows people to be convinced that substantive change resulting from clear vision and direct action is not necessary.
All too often, King "the dreamer" is taken out of the historical context within which he developed. The 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, the founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the civil rights movement were not created in a vacuum. King and these events are a part of a historical continuum that began in August of 1619, when those first 20 and some odd African "indentured servants" disembarked from that Dutch Man-O-War in Jamestown, Va., and continues to this day.
King is part of the historical practice of slavery, Jim Crow, Black Codes and oppression. It is a narrative that has grown from Olaudah Equiano or "Gustavus Vassa, the African," born in 1745 in what is now southeastern Nigeria. He was enslaved at the age of 11 and sold to English slave traders who took him on the Middle Passage to the West Indies, where he eventually wound up a slave in Virginia.
King is a part of the freedom struggles of Harriet Tubman, who, when asked how many slaves she helped to free replied, "I'm not sure, but I would have freed a lot more if they had known they were slaves." He comes out of the legacy of Frederick Douglass, who told us, "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."
Only when you understand this historical context can you fully understand King's 1963 Letter From a Birmingham Jail, in which he wrote, "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue … Lamentably, it is an historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily." That sounds a lot like Douglass' "power concedes nothing without a demand."
In his Letter, King also wrote, "One may want to ask: 'How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?' The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust … An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself. This is difference made legal. By the same token, a just law is a code that a majority compels a minority to follow and that it is willing to follow itself. This is sameness made legal."
The power of that analysis of just versus unjust laws has one level of resonance if you view it in the context of 1955 Montgomery, when King led the historic bus boycott, or 1963 Birmingham. It has another level of resonance in the context of the Supreme Court decisions in Dred Scott or Plessy. In Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857, Chief Justice Taney told the country that "a negro has no rights that a white man is bound to respect." In Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 the court gave America sanctioned segregation. King's writings and actions must always be viewed as a struggle within a broader historical and ongoing struggle for human rights and social justice — not in the tiny vacuum of his particular space in time.
When one examines the ongoing struggle for human and civil rights in America, we look at certain historical events and the presidents who facilitated them. Abraham Lincoln with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863; Franklin Delano Roosevelt with the New Deal, as well as Executive Order 8802 in 1941 banning racial discrimination in government employment and defense industries; and John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson with civil rights and voting rights legislation of the 1960s.
Each of these events came about through struggle. Strong individuals pushing for them and strong presidents willing to put their administrations, if not their lives, on the line to make them happen. It's something King wrote about in his Letter — the need for "nonviolent gadflies" to help society shake the patterns of racism and prejudice.
Lincoln's nonviolent gadfly was Douglass. In his famous speech "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" delivered in 1852, Douglass said, "I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common … Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery? … There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven that does not know that slavery is wrong for him."
In the 1960s, Kennedy and Johnson's nonviolent gadfly was King himself. What gets lost in characterizing King as a "dreamer" or defining him by his "dream" is the clear understanding and appreciation of the horrific social, legal and cultural nightmare that African Americans were living through in 1963 when he delivered the famous address.
The best way to pay tribute to King and his total sacrifice is to understand what he stood for and what he died for. We must keep him in context. We must wake up from the dream and apply his vision in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of our much too recent past and to make today a better reality.
Dr. Wilmer Leon is the producer-host of the national talk radio show Inside the Issues With Wilmer Leon and a teaching associate in political science at Howard University. You can reach him at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter.


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With more than 1200 shops, 120 restaurants and cafés, an enormous aquarium with 30,000 fish, and an Olympic skating rink, the Dubai Mall is a spectacular attraction. Shop at Marc Jacobs and Manolo Blahnik and eat at Ping Pong Dim Sum or Yo Sushi. Enjoy a few rounds on the skating rink when the outside temperature soars to 40 degrees, or relax in a bubble bath at Acqua di Parma.
The Dubai Mall breaks world records. With more than 1.1 million square feet, this is the largest shopping centre in the world. It houses the world's largest candy store, called Candylicious , which measures 930 square metres. And the mall claims to be the most visited leisure destination in the world, welcoming 65 million visitors (in 2012) a year, far more than the entire city of New York.
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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
from the oh-the-people-you'll-sue deptAnother week, another batch of comments. This week on the insightful side, the top three votegetters were so close that I'm just going to post all three. Eking out the narrow victory to the top spot was an Anonymous Coward who compared the situation of Bernie Madoff to Kim Dotcom (who had all of his things seized illegally by the government):
If you run a giant ponzi scheme like Bernie Madoff, you're granted bail and none of your assists are initially seized. Billions of real dollars lost by regular people, no problem. Billions of imaginary dollars lost by Hollywood, SEIZE EVERYTHING!Coming in second was another Anonymous Coward, doing a FTFY version of Maynard James Keenan's whining about his fans sense of "entitlement." AC thought the sentence would read more accurately as follows:
I think 'entitlement' is probably the better word. I think, just in general, our society has gotten to the point where just sing a song, and you expect to be paid over and over for it, without having to do anything new.And, just narrowly behind that comment wasn't just any other Anonymous Coward, but That Anonymous Coward with his imagined dialog concerning Hollywood's
But but butFor the one editor's choice comment, then, I'm going to go with Richard's comment responding to my discussion about how there's a big cost in companies constantly having to "design around" patents. Richard pointed out that I missed one:
The entire plan is funded 50-50 by the **AA's and the ISPs.
Who are just going to recoup the cost by charging more.
Its just education about the law!
Except the **AA's have sued dead people and people without computers using this same tech.
*backpeddle* We won't cut them off entirely, people with VOIP will still have 911 access.
Except we want their speeds cut down to just above dial-up and Voip will not function very well with those kinds of limits.
Consumers can just change providers.
Except in the 71% of the country where the only choice is one of the companies signed up for this.
But but but we are losing jobs!
Except you claim job loss numbers higher than government recorded employment in your industry ever.
But but but we are losing money!
Much of this "lost" money is because you refuse to actually offer the product to the consumer when the consumer wants to purchase it.
But but but piracy!
This is not the 1700's, you are not on a galleon. There are no "pirates". (This mindset could be what is holding them back.)
But but but piracy!
Commercial copyright infringement is mostly dead. It is not worth their time and money to compete with the better offerings created by the consumers.
But but but the White House Agrees!
Because Biden is in your back pocket does not make it legal, right, or fair.
I expect people to push, shove, and make lots of noise until several acronyms have to give us half-hearted excuses as to why they will not investigate or why this is okay with them.
Then I expect wise government officials on the local level to terminate monopoly agreements, rights of way, easements.
I expect to see lawsuits asking why Government money is being handed to groups who answer to lobbyists not consumers.
I expect lawsuits to get back Government funds collected from all of us to expand coverage so everyone can be online, that was used to line pockets and stop competition.
I expect to see Sherman and Dodd having to explain how they have any rights to demand anything from service providers. I expect to laugh at those answers.
Maybe it is time to sue them ISPs and force them to be "common carriers", that thing they are so terrified of... having to let others use the pipes. Offering services not subject to 1 sided the customer is always a thief rules.
If you were pissed off about the SOPA protests, wait till you get a load of this.
They destroy the possibility of interface standardisation.Excellent point.
Imagine if the arrangement of pedals on a car had been patented - so every maker had to lay them out differently.
Learning to drive would be a nightmare - just like learning to use a new smartphone can be...
Moving on to the funny side of the ledger, by far the top scoring comment was Hulser's response to the makers of the Free Universal Construction Kit asking anyone who might sue them to "please think of the children." Hulser noticed something that plenty of you noticed (and which I have to confess to having missed entirely):
Maybe they should have thought of the children before giving their product a name with an acronym of FUCK.Coming in second was crade's response to The Pirate Bay's plans to try to host versions of the site in drones flying over international waters. Something occured to him:
I guess, in a roundabout way, the copyright system *is* promoting the progress :)For editor's choice, we actually get a two-fer from Gwiz who did both comments that I'm picking this week. The first was in response to some comments claiming that a record store they worked for in the 90s went out of business due to "piracy." Gwiz knew it was true because of where he read about it:
Yeah, I read about that in the National Enquirer...And, finally, I have to admit that I'm disappointed in all of you for not voting this other Gwiz comment to the top of the list. Despite being my personal favorite funniest comment of the week, it only came in 7th place on the list. However, here for your enjoyment is Gwiz's response to the estate of Dr. Seuss killing off a book about unemployment done in the style of Dr. Seuss. He entitled it Oh, The People You Will Sue:
They stormed the shop with cannons and cutlasses, raped all the women and pillaged all the records and cassettes before they scuttled the the shop to the bottom of the briny mall. It was pretty scary.
Oh, The People You Will SueWe'd make a book out of that, but I fear the estate would send a cease & desist...
From here you'll go far.
After trials and tribulations
You've finally passed the Bar.
You spent years in Law School
Listening to every Law Scholar
You are not anyone's fool
You are now an IP Lawyer
Everything is new, it's a brand new day
Then reality hits and you start to moan
You have to figure out a way
To repay all those student loans
You fire up your 'puter and look around
You see gatekeepers who need savin'
Against the evil pirates who abound
And think to yourself. I'll be the next Righthaven!
Oh, The People You Will Sue
As the plan forms in your mind
You'll sue mothers and printers
You'll sue anyone you can find
You'll leave the net in splinters
You'll sue anyone who utters "Fair Use!"
and companies who use Safe Harbors
'cause in your mind that's all just abuse
And that's just for starters
Oh, The People You Will Sue
With patents and trademark abuses
You'll sue anyone who innovates
Or dares to produce something with uses
And every single company who creates
You'll file class action suits
For artists against labels, it's true
You'll work hard on these pursuits
Because no one gets the money, well, except you.
You've become an IP Lawyer
You knew what you were doing
There's infringers out there
So...get suing!


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OTTAWA -- Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan kept the identity of his goalie quiet before finally revealing it on Friday.
It will be Matt Murray between the pipes when the Penguins and Ottawa Senators meet in the crucial Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Murray gave up one goal on 20 shots in relief in Game 3 while seeing his first postseason action since guiding Pittsburgh to the Stanley Cup in 2016. He was tabbed over Marc-Andre Fleury, who had started every playoff game for the Penguins this spring but was yanked in Game 3 after giving up four goals on the nine shots he faced.
"That's been a hard decision for this coaching staff all year long," Sullivan told reporters Friday morning. "As I said yesterday, it's a good difficult decision to have because we have two guys who are as capable as they are. Both of these guys have helped this team win all year long.
"They're both high-quality people and they're high-quality goaltenders. We never take these decisions lightly. They're extremely difficult decisions. This is the choice that we made for Game 4."
Murray had been sidelined with a lower-body injury prior to his return on Wednesday.
"It felt good to be back in there, but at the same time, I don't think I would say I needed (the work)," Murray said. "You don't need to play all the time to be good. You have to play like you haven't missed a beat, with no hesitation."
The Senators, who will be looking to extend their home winning streak to five games, are just two victories from getting to their first Stanley Cup finals in a decade. They are surprising a lot of people with a 10-5 record in the playoffs but not themselves.
"I think I'd be lying to you if I told you I would have bet the house on it, but, no, we're a confident group," Senators defenseman Chris Wideman said. "We believe in ourselves to the fullest extent."
Ottawa winger Bobby Ryan said the 5-1 victory over the defending champs in Game 3 on Wednesday will not disrupt the Senators' focus on the present.
"I don't want to say last game was a statement or anything," Ryan said. "I think we had a good start and they had a poor one. You certainly take that for what it's worth, and you move on because Game 4 is not going to be that. It's not going to happen again.
"They're a veteran team. They're a team that's been through it. They'll recognize that, and they're going to have a push. So we'll be ready."
Meanwhile, the Penguins will try again to solve Senators goalie Craig Anderson, against whom they have just three goals in three games.
"I think the chances have been there," said Penguins center Sidney Crosby, who scored his first goal of the series in the third period Wednesday. "We've hit some posts and had some good looks. So, I think just make sure we're hungry.
"I think, when it's not going in for you, you've just got to keep it simple and make sure you keep getting pucks to the net, keep getting guys there, and make sure we're competing in and around the net."


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'I've been asked "is she tough enough?" - a question that is unlikely to be asked of a male counterpart'
A little under a year ago I was bestowed the honour of being named the AJ Emerging Woman Architect of the Year. I had been following the AJ's campaign and its findings but I have to be honest it wasn't until I won the award that I considered the debate of women in architecture and the challenges and opportunities we face.
In the weeks following the award the reaction from colleagues, clients, contractors and strangers was incredibly positive but a common question was: 'What will you do now? Will you set up on your own?' It was interesting that, despite winning the award as a senior member of a well-established practice and, in doing so, celebrating the opportunity to break the so-called 'glass ceiling', there was an immediate assumption that setting up on my own would be a step up.
Why? Personally, I can think of many reasons why working in a larger firm is better, but there remains a preconception in architecture that to succeed you must have your name above the door. It is debatable whether this is correct, although of course much depends on the ethos of the practice in question. Typically, female partners are often overlooked, let alone senior female members of an office. While Zaha stands as the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, it is worth noting Robert Venturi won the prize in 1991 and, although his wife Denise Scott Brown had been a partner in their firm since 1969 and had co-authored many of his writings, the award only recognised him.
Is it helpful or even appropriate to have a series of awards dedicated only to women?
Another question raised was whether it was helpful or even appropriate to have a series of awards dedicated only to women? The message being that women would be unable to win the awards if they were open to all, or that women architects are somehow different to male architects. Discussing this with my colleagues the conversation has focused on why I won it.
Was my success at John McAslan + Partners down to a display of skills commonly seen more in men - workaholic, tough, confident, uncompromising? To be successful in the construction industry does a woman essentially have to behave more like a man? I sincerely hope not, because this question epitomises the problem - implying that it's men versus women rather than each architect, whether male or female, succeeding in differentiating themselves.
The AJ's survey itself revealed some frightening statistics, particularly the high proportion of women who leave the industry and the worrying presence of latent sexism. I refer to a 'latent' sexism (a term borrowed from a comment made by editor Christine Murray) as it's not so visible or at least I haven't experienced it.
I have often said how being a woman in architecture has never hindered me and I stand by this, but I have also said that I have not experienced sexism in the industry and this isn't true. I do recall many presentations or meetings where every question was directed to my male colleagues, despite my being the most senior member of the team.
I also recall being invited to an awards ceremony and rather unfortunately being copied in on the chain of correspondence preceding the invite noting 'invite Hannah as it will look good to have some skirt at the table'; I'm ashamed to say I still went but took great pleasure in wearing a trouser suit and lightheartedly raising the matter at the dinner with those in question.
I have also been asked by colleagues and clients alike when proposing a female member of my team as project leader on site 'is she tough enough?' - a question which is unlikely to be asked of a male counterpart. Saying that, however, I've enjoyed many opportunities where I expected sexism to play a role and it never showed its face. For instance, when we began the competition to design a mosque in the Middle East I questioned if I was best to lead. The project, now on site, proved my concerns unfounded. If anything the client struggled more with my northern accent than my gender.
The drop-out rate of women in architecture is detrimental not only to the profession but to our towns and cities
There is no doubt that architecture is a tough game and it is becoming increasingly difficult to produce something of quality in a world that holds less and less respect for our efforts. But is it tougher for a woman? Perhaps. Putting aside the imbalance in male and female architects it is extremely likely that an architect's working environment will be male-dominated. In more than 10 years of working I can remember working with only one female senior member of a site team, one female quantity surveyor, and a handful of female engineers.
It is clear to me that the drop-out rate of women in architecture is detrimental not only to the profession but to our towns and cities, which will only be richer with the contribution of a more pluralist and diverse mix of designers. I hope the award raises awareness that women in architecture can be very successful and, in so doing, gives confidence to those starting out that the opportunities for them are rich and varied.
The award celebrates one aspect of diversity in the field that desperately needs encouragement. Hopefully, in years to come, the numbers will rebalance and women will account for 50 per cent of those practising and we will no longer need an award recognising women in architecture. Until then it seems clear we need to do everything we can to show aspiring women architects that there is a very positive place for them.
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Girl Scouts of Nassau County's Blog offers the latest news, trends and fun happening within Girl Scouts! Girl Scouting Builds Girls of Courage, Confidence and Character Who Make the World a Better Place.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Girl Scout Teamwork is Stronger than a Storm!
First, as the storm began, our staff acted quickly to move all the girls inside the Activity Building for their safety. All of the girls and staff remained safe throughout the night. The storm took out power and phone service. A few staff were able to use their cell phones, but then the power outage rendered the cell phone towers out of service. The Counselors kept the girls singing for hours and hours, until they fell asleep on the floor. Some girls were a little shaken, but everyone of them was safe and well, and they have the stories to tell for many years to come!
Once we learned of the problem here in Nassau County, we posted word on our webpage and Facebook page that all the girls were safe, but with no electricity, we would not be able to send girls out for Session #3 the next morning. Until the sun came up, we would not know how bad the damage was, and with no electricity we could not run our water system. We knew that at a minimum we would need to delay camp by one day, and possibly more.
The next morning our Camp Staff jumped into action. Camp Director Catherine Mottola and our Rangers assessed the damage, while the counselors worked quickly to get all the girls ready to return home. The buses could not get in until the town roads were cleared. While most girls were expected by their parents that day, girls scheduled for multiple sessions also had to come home. Office staff back in Garden City got to work calling all the parents for the session that was being completed, and the one scheduled to go out that morning. It was hard to deliver news that was so disappointing since some girls wait all year to go to Camp Blue Bay!
By Thursday afternoon, we recognized that we would not be able to open Camp Blue Bay for Session #3. More calls were made to families, more postings to the internet to keep everyone informed. By 7:00 p.m. more than 100 families had received the news. We promised to work to try and reopen for Session #4 on July 29.
The next step was to get to work on repairs; so much to be done and only one week. The tasks were monumental and everyone at Blue Bay had an assignment. First was to clean up the debris and personal belongings that had been strewn throughout the camp by the storm. Simultaneously, they had to identify and prioritize the most hazardous sections of the Camp. Call the tree surgeons. Work with LIPA to determine when the electricity would be restored and once the power was restored, bringing the wells back up and running was a big job.
There were dozens and dozens of trees down. A few were on wires and structures, so they were the first that had to go. Then the ones that were in danger of falling on paths where girls needed to be. Catherine and her team identified the trees. The professionals got them down on the ground – many required the use of cherry pickers. Our Ranger staff then sawed the fallen trees into to moveable pieces, and our Counselors moved brush into piles and stacked wood. It was amazing organization and teamwork. And they did much of this work in 90+ degree heat and high humidity.
This was certainly not the job our Counselors had signed on to do, but they did it willingly and with great, good humor. Because of the leadership of Laura Bissett-Carr, Manager of Program and Outdoor Services, who spent that weekend with her husband working on the ground at Camp, the dedication and focus of Catherine in mobilizing her team, the sheer hard work of Rangers Jon Paul and Jim, and a great crew of professional tree surgeons, Camp Blue was able to reopen for Session #4.
I was on the bus with those campers who arrived on July 29 to the Camp, and I don't know who was happier, the girls or the Counselors that were awaiting them!. The improvements to what I witnessed between the Friday after the storm to July 29 were staggering. The Camp was not perfect, but it was safe and ready to go. And for that we can thank God, for leading our girls through the storm safely, and for providing the leadership of Laura and Catherine and the hard work and determination of all who worked through the heat to get Camp Blue Bay ready again for the GIRLS!
There is still work to be done and we will continue to work to restore the Camp throughout the fall and into next Spring. Some areas will be noticeably different with the trees cleared away, but it is the way of the forest to restore itself in its time. Meanwhile, we are so happy to be open for business for the GIRLS who make Camp Blue Bay a place of learning, leadership and laughter.
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- AnonymousAugust 18, 2010 at 10:55 AM
As a former staff member of Camp Blue Bay, I applaud all of the hard work that Catherine Mottola (Camp Director), Lexy van Binsburgen (Assistant Camp Director) and the entire CBB Staff did. They showed dedication, leadership, and a true love for CBB. You could not ask for a better group of women to care for and empower your daughters!ReplyDelete
With Love for Camp Blue Bay & Hogg Creek,
Mary A. Russell
- AnonymousAugust 18, 2010 at 11:52 AM
My daughter was there during the storm. It was scary but the counselors and those in charge did a great job. I will say there were no phone calls to the parents of the kids whose session was ending. Maybe communication could be reviewed since we couldn't reach anyone and did not know information would be posted on the facebook page instead of the GSNC website. It was a nervewracking 8 or 9 hours until the office opened up. As far as taking care of the girls and making sure they had a great time and were safe - everyone did a terrific job!ReplyDelete
I am a camper a CBB and i was there during the storm... I would like to say the staff did a wonderful job... I was supposed to be a 6 weeker and when i got back Cbb was different but it felt as if i was home again.ReplyDelete


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Environment Waikato has granted resource consents for a proposed subdivision in Rototuna.
Environment Waikato and the Department of Conservation are organising a field day at Lake Cameron, Rukuhia next month on riparian planting around lakes.
Environment Waikato is declaring war on the Region's weeds with a streamlined freephone to help people get information on how to control pests in their backyard.
Environment Waikato and the Consulting Officer Service (formerly Livestock Improvement Advisory) are organising a field day on an Otorohanga farm on December 1 to help farmers managing land and water.
The Waikato's remaining peat lakes are under threat from changes in land use and farm development, this week's Environment Waikato Environment Committee heard.
Taupo farmers have asked Environment Waikato to produce more proof that farming is the major contributor to deteriorating water quality in Lake Taupo - but environmental representatives say action needs to be taken urgently without waiting for further research.
Environment Waikato has issued infringement or abatement notices against three Waikato companies for environmental offences.
Environment Waikato has granted a consent to upgrade an access track on the Coromandel – but has censured the applicant's actions in starting the work before a consent was given.
Too few rear seat passengers are wearing seat belts, this week's Regional Road Safety Subcommittee heard.
Environment Waikato's Regulatory Committee has told Mighty River Power to consult with everyone affected before it will make a decision on the company's request to reduce minimum flows from Lake Karapiro over the summer.
Environment Waikato has been granted resource consents to build a stopbank along the Waikato River near Mercer West to protect an additional 355 hectares of floodplain and wetland.
Possums have been hard hit in a possum control operation throughout the Hauhungaroa Range on the western side of Lake Taupo.
Older drivers are facing a growing number of problems in keeping their licenses or giving them up with dignity, according to a report to Environment Waikato's Regional Road Safety Subcommittee.
Local authority representatives and Ministry of Emergency Management officials meet in Hamilton tomorrow to discuss the future structure to manage disasters in the Region.
Police will be out in force throughout the Waikato over the next few weeks spotting cars travelling with unrestrained children.
A change proposed to Environment Waikato's Regional Coastal Plan will allow control of invasive plants and unwanted organisms on the Region's coastline.
A change proposed to Environment Waikato's Regional Coastal Plan will allow control of invasive plants and unwanted organisms on the Region's coastline.
Environment Waikato has granted resource consents to authorise operation of a hard rock quarry and processing facilities near State Highway 3, Te Kawa.