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We're excited to announce that registration is officially open for our summer swap! We've been busy this spring - canning, cooking, crafting, and preserving - and we so look forward to swapping with you all. For those of you who've attended our swaps previously, please feel free to scroll down to the registration form at the bottom. If you're new to the PDX Food swap - hello and welcome! See below for details, and please don't hesitate to ask questions. We hope to see you all on June 17th!
What: A Food Swap is part silent auction/part village marketplace/part open house where your homemade creations (breads, preserves, infusions, canned goods, etc.) become your own personal currency for use in swapping with other participants. What better way to diversify your pantry and meet a few new food-minded friends?
When: Sunday, June 17th, 4-6pm
Where: Abby's Table, 609 SE Ankeny Street, Portland, OR 97214
What: Bring an assortment of your homemade edible specialties (and even a few non-edibles, such as: lip balm, soap, etc.) to exchange for other handcrafted delights. We will provide swapping cards, name tags, and organization for the event. You will be given the opportunity to offer trades in a silent-auction type format, and you will be free to choose which trades to accept for your products. Bring as much or as little as you like; there are no caps or minimums.
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History Professor Jim Davis to hold lecture with photos Nov. 16, San Jacinto Campus board room
A Mt. San Jacinto College professor will be able to provide students with a better understanding of India after he spent time in the country as a National Endowment for the Humanities summer scholar.
Jim Davis, who teaches history and humanities at MSJC, spent a hot and humid five weeks in India traveling, listening to lectures, attending seminars and photographing his journey thanks to a grant from the federal agency.
"I had high expectations and they were met. We were exposed to an incredible array of people," Davis said. "I can now tell personal stories about some of the things I teach."
The NEH supports seminars and institutes at colleges, universities and cultural institutions. Through a grant award, educators are given the unique opportunity to study with experts in humanities disciplines. The aim of the NEH program is to prepare summer scholars to return to their classrooms with a deeper knowledge in key fields of the humanities.
A fulltime faculty member at Mt. San Jacinto College for 18 years, Davis teaches 10 history and humanities courses every academic year.
The NEH award is the ninth federally-funded grant that Davis has received but it is the first one he has attended outside the United States. A prior NEH program in Honolulu allowed Davis to develop a new course based on the history of Pearl Harbor. Another trip prompted him to create a course about New England Transcendental Meditation.
During his India trip, Davis snapped photos of everything from the Taj Mahal to street scenes depicting daily life in the country. He said he took more than 1,000 photographs and has already earmarked some to use in the classroom.
"Photos add a dimension to my teaching that's very valuable," he said.
Davis said he was honored to meet Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of Mohandas Gandhi. Tushar Gandhi led the group to the assassination site where Gandhi fell on January 30, 1948. At the site, Davis said he was touched to see schoolchildren in their uniforms, learning for the first time about the rich legacy of one of India's founding figures.
"The sustained interest in Gandhi reminds us that India produced a generation of impressive political founders, statesmen, and essayists, not terribly unlike the generation that founded the United States over 200 years ago," he said.
Davis said it is important for him to offer courses that relate to the reality of his students' lives. He has written curriculum for many new classes, including world history that encompasses Latin America and Asia. He believes these are places that will most likely impact his students' futures – personally and professionally – so it's important they learn about it.
"India is a surprisingly open country," said Davis. He said this allowed for guest speakers to talk freely about politics and the importance of strengthening India's relations with America.
Davis' students study economics, sociology and even the relationship between politics and American motion pictures through his course on the cultural history of American pictures. One of his humanities classes provides an introduction to world cinema as a way to explore culture, nationalities, ethnicities and historical periods.
"When I first came here, the only real history being taught was western civilization," said Davis, who was an Air Force historian at March Air Force Base in Riverside prior to teaching.
He said he became committed to the subject of history when he was a college sophomore.
"What drove me to it is that I have a broad interest in almost everything," he explained. "I like music, food, the military, art and literature. With history I can cover all that. As long as it happened yesterday – or before – I can teach about it. Every other subject looked so limiting."
Davis was raised in the Bay Area and received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University. He credits his longevity at MSJC to being allowed to develop new courses and not feeling boxed in.
"It is very rare to have that kind of freedom. I couldn't have done what I've done here at a university," he said.
Davis will share his impressions and photographic images of India on Wed., Nov. 16
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Some airlines are making travelers work harder to find a deal.
Carriers are offering more deals to passengers, who book flights directly on their websites. It's an effort to steer consumers away from online travel agencies such as Expedia , Orbitz and Travelocity, which charge carriers commissions of roughly $10 to $25 a ticket.
While travelers save money, they also must do without the convenience of one-stop shopping.
Frontier Airlines is the latest carrier to jump into the fight, announcing Wednesday it will penalize passengers, who don't book directly with the carrier. Those fliers won't be able to get seat assignments until check-in. And they'll pay more in fees, while earning half as many frequent flier miles.
"Particularly for families, it provides an incentive to book directly," said Daniel Shurz, Frontier's senior vice president, commercial. "There is no logical reason for our customers to want to book anywhere else."
Contracts with the online travel agencies prohibit airlines from offering lower fares on their sites. Instead, airlines such as JetBlue Airways , Spirit Airlines and Virgin America often provide discount codes in emails to their frequent fliers or through Facebookand Twitter.
The savings for booking directly can be significant.
Toronto-based Porter Airlines frequently offers codes that save travelers up to 50 percent. A recent search of flights from Chicago to Toronto for November produced an airfare of $249.61 using a code at flyporter.com. The same flights would have cost $404.38 through Travelocity.
Airlines' Delicate Balance
The airlines face a delicate balance. The online travel agencies account for the lion's share of ticket sales. But the airlines want to trim the fees that eat into their profit margins.
Besides the discounts, the airlines say their sites offer passengers a better experience, providing up-to-date seat maps, details about in-flight entertainment and more seamless booking.
Henry Harteveldt, co-founder Atmosphere Research Group, said the airlines and travel sites have "a very, very dysfunctional business relationship." The travel sites treat all flights equally. Price is the only differentiator.
"The online travel agencies either won't or can't talk about how an airline might have Wi-Fi on a plane or extra legroom seats available," he said.
The online agencies say they provide travelers with several advantages, including comparison shopping and the ability to mix and match airlines for a single trip.
"That's something you can't do on an airline's site," Dara Khosrowshahi, president and CEO of Expedia, told the AP.
CNBC: Expedia CEO on Frontier's Move
Expedia on Wednesday also launched a rewards program that targets small-business travelers.Khosrowshahi appeared on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" and was asked about Frontier's latest move.
"We've had long relationships with airlines on a global basis and we understand that the airlines want a balance of direct bookings and bookings through travel agencies," Expedia CEO Khosrowshahi said on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street."
"Frontier is a small airline in the grand scheme of things. And we think as long as we give consumers the breadth of choices that we give, the package deals, etc. on Expedia.com, we'll have consumers coming to us and we'll have lots of airline and hotel partners."
Old Battle Between Travel Agencies and Carriers
Simon Bramely, vice president of transportation and lodging for Travelocity, part of Sabre Holdings, said "the flight is one element of the trip," the AP went on to report. He said online travel agencies can save travelers hassle and money by creating packages that include hotel rooms and car rentals.
The battle is not new. Southwest Airlines was a pioneer in cutting out the middleman. The airline does not list its fares on third party sites. That means travelers have to search both southwest.com and then elsewhere to compare fares. Southwest hopes fliers will never make it to another site.
"We think we can have better control over the customer experience by dealing directly with them," said Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz.
Most of the big carriers have remained quiet. American Airlines, part of AMR Corp., was the exception. In December 2010, American cut off Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. from displaying its fares and selling its tickets to protest the commissions and the failure to displays extras like seat upgrades. The site had been selling about 3 percent of the airline's overall tickets. Expedia joined the fight by making American's fares harder to find. All sides eventually settled their disputes.
Frontier Cuts Commissions
Frontier, part of Republic Airways Holdings, is making its changes specifically to cut the commissions.
A four-segment itinerary — say a roundtrip flight from Sioux Falls, S.D., to Phoenix connecting in Denver each way — booked directly through Frontier costs the airline $1.60 to process. That same itinerary booked through an online travel agent costs Frontier $20 to $26, depending on which website the ticket is booked on, according to Shurz.
Those commissions add up: Shurz said Frontier spends about $55 million to 60 million annually on distribution fees. In the first half of 2012, 42 percent of Frontier's $713 million in revenue came through tickets sold directly with the airline. Shurz hopes to increase that figure to 65 percent in a few years, cutting expenses in the process.
Frontier's customers have a big incentive to book directly.
Only those going through the airline's website will get to pick their seats in advance. Travelers booking through third-party websites will only get half the frequent flier miles. Fees for changing itineraries, going standby, traveling as an unaccompanied minor or bringing a pet onboard will be $50 higher for those booking elsewhere.
Frontier is a low-cost carrier based in Denver. It flies to 80 destinations in the United States, many smaller cities, as well as leisure destinations such as Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. Through August, it carried 9.1 million passengers. In that same period, United Continental Holdings carried 96.1 million passengers.
In a related move to increase loyalty, Frontier is lowering the amount of frequent flier miles needed for a free flight by 5,000. The airline also changed its website URL to flyfrontier.com.
About the only thing not changing are baggage fees: They will remain $20 for each of the first two checked bags regardless of where you buy a ticket.
AP Airlines Writer Samantha Bomkamp and CNBC.com's Justin Menza contributed to this report.


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As America marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day this Monday, it will be a time for many to pause and consider the life and legacy of the late civic-rights leader. But for retailers, party promoters and others, it will be a time to cash in — often in a way that critics say is at odds with King's message of peace, faith and unity.
Already, many stores and brands are touting discounts connected to the holiday, from a luggage sale at Samsonite.com (shoppers are advised to use the promo code MLKOFFER) to a buy-one-get-one-free offer at clothing retailer Delias.com (promo code MLKFREE). And nightclubs are hosting holiday bashes, often using Photoshopped images of King (think the civil-rights leader as a gold chain-sporting DJ) in their promotional materials.
Topping it off: Hennessy, a cognac brand that's popular in the African-American community (Ebony magazine dubbed it the "unofficial official spirit of Black America"), suggested Martin Luther King Jr. Day cocktail ideas (or "Drinks MLK Jr. Would Be Proud Of"). A publicity firm representing the brand sent out an email offering recipes for such sips as the "Introspective Moment" and the "Privateer," both made with Hennessy, that "are perfect for any indoor gathering to celebrate Dr. King's life."
To say the least, many civil-rights activists, including those connected with Dr. King's family, have not been pleased with such promotions.
"We do try to discourage that as much as we can," said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the Atlanta-based King Center, which was established by King's widow, Coretta Scott King, as a memorial and educational institution.
At the same time, retail and marketing experts say the trend is not unexpected: Just as other dates on the calendar have lost some of their original meaning over time — think Thanksgiving sales that now start before the turkey is even out of the oven — it was only a matter of time before King Day became a selling opportunity. Even Steve Klein of the King Center agreed: "In the United States, holidays do get commercialized," he said, though he added that Martin Luther King Day has also become a platform for community service — to the point that "we feel like the high tone dwarfs the crass commercialism."
In some cases, the commercialization has been greeted with a certain skepticism, if not comical indignation (consider this "Colbert Report" take). In other cases, it's been subject to considerable backlash: When word got out this year about a "Freedom 2 Twerk Martin Luther King Day Weekend Party" in Flint, Mich., a public uproar ensued, and the owner of the party space canceled the event.
Similarly, Hennessy has already distanced itself from the Dr. King Day cocktail pitch it sent out on Wednesday. "Hennessy deeply regrets the release of this … inappropriate media communication," said brand spokesperson Lily Rougeot in an email on Thursday. "The tone and content of the communication are contrary to the core values of Hennessy. We are reviewing the incident to make sure that mistakes like this do not happen in the future."
It's difficult to estimate just how significant a marketing and merchandising bonanza King Day, established as a federal holiday in 1986, has become. The National Retail Federation doesn't track its sales figures, as it does with other key holiday shopping periods. But Jamie Catmull, a spokesperson for the financial site GoBankingRates.com, said that "year after year we see more stores and institutions doing something."
Still, as Catmull added, it's a bit of a tightrope act, since retailers know the holiday is held in a slightly different regard than the sales spree that is, say, Presidents Day. Martin Luther King Day, Catmull said, "seems the wrong kind of holiday to commercialize."
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The Apple TV has been updated to software version 5.1.2 with fixes for a number of security bugs, but the big news in this update is the Hulu Plus app which has been completely redesigned.
When opening Hulu Plus, content categories can be found across the top of the screen, separating TV, Movies, and Kids programming for quick access. There is now a "Shows You Watch" section on the first screen of the app for easier navigation to the programs you watch regularly. Hulu also added a couple of small but very useful tweaks for controlling playback. First, when you find the show you want to watch, just highlight it and press play to start playing the latest episode. Finally, during playback, hold down the "Select" button on your Apple TV remote to bring up the Subtitles and Audio options.
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Hello all,
Gonna be heading to PDX next week. With luck will be heading to HR. I've never been. I'm a good kiter with a good range of gear.
Any tips for where to park? Where to launch? Family friendly beaches while I'm kiting? (+dogs?)
Tips for Gorge newbie?
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Tips for Gorge newbie?
Hello all,
Gonna be heading to PDX next week. With luck will be heading to HR. I've never been. I'm a good kiter with a good range of gear.
Any tips for where to park? Where to launch? Family friendly beaches while I'm kiting? (+dogs?)
Re: Tips for Gorge newbie?
The GORGE!!
Head to the town of Hood River, camp in at the Tucker Campground on the Hood River if you are camping. The event site is literally across the freeway from downtown Hood River... pretty sweet gig. You park West of the small Marina and then pump up on the grass, walk through the water to the sandbar, and rig and launch on the sandbar. If you are a freestyler kite below the sandbar in the butter (kickers and sliders), if you want swell head upwind (west) to the White Salmon Bridge or to Swell City. Bring a shortie and a full suit, bring ALL your gear!!! and a 5M!
The winds fill in differently every day, like the bay area, and you have to chase it. The Eastern Gorge is AWESOME... go to Rufus for sure. Big swells, big winds, and strong current. Stevenson is to the west of the event site and can be great but the launch is sketchy. There are tons of spots all over, so do your homework. Try to meet up with some people and do a downwinder. I didn't do one and totally regret it....
The thing is the current is nutso! You can ride a 7M in 19mph of wind cause the current is so strong. If you drop your kite it will kinda float at you, or in other words you and your kite will float downriver (upwind) until you get it launched... yea its a weird effect. If you are in that situation swim sideshore to the kite and get it to rotate into the window. It can be super frustrating.
Getting upwind is SO EASY... it will spoil you and when you come back you will not even want to kite the local spots. Its the escalator effect. Boards are lost frequently cause they will float upwind/downriver if you breakdown or get stuck in a lull. Its like Crissy but different...
check out NWkite forum.. lots of good gorge info.
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Re: Tips for Gorge newbie?
I was recently there, about two weeks ago.
We camped in Tucker and had a blast.
First day we went to Event Site. Parking for the day is $5. Kited there for about 4 hours on my 12m. Wind varied from 8 to 20 but was awesome to practice jumping, etc.
Second day, was low wind but I found wind at 6pm in Stevenson. You drive from Hood River town, across the bridge to WA, then take a left and go for about 20 mins until you reach Stevenson. There I launched on a very tricky launch site, and kited for about 1 hour at winds of about 15.
Third day was THE BEST!. The Event Site had 15mph wind but Swell City (4 miles upwind down the river) was nuking at 30. So I Rigged my 9m, kited 4 miles Upwind from Event Site to Swell City, which took only about 20 mins because the river current helps you.
When I got to Swell City i was shredding some serious swell there with some aggressive windsurfers (dont get in their way cause they will sail right through you:) ) for about 1hour at winds of 30ish. After an hour or so, I did a downwinder back to Event Site, practicing jumping and tricks. Whole thing took about 4 hours and was AWESOME!!!
ENJOY! I think THE GORGE is one of the best kiting spots in the world.
The nutshell is:
Stay at Tucker and try to hit "Event Site" "Swell City" and "Stevenson" (get these on your windalert iphone fav list before you go)
Re: Tips for Gorge newbie?
Tucker is an awesome spot very quiet!
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Tips for Gorge newbie?
I was up there last month. The place is totally set up for wind sport. There is about 100 miles of river that blow all the time!!
Re: Tips for Gorge newbie?
When the wind is west, Hood River and east of that are best. When the wind is east, Stevenson is usually good, but the launch is tricky and you must be good enough to get back to where you left (current and wind in same direction means you best stay upwind well). Rooster Rock, almost all the way back into Troutdale, can also be good on easterlies. Sometimes when the Gorge is dead you can find wind at Jones Beach (watch out for ships) or hit the coast. Long drive but worth it if you camp there while high pressure is sitting still inland.
NAK makes a good point on nwkite - when the wind is easterly don't underestimate it by reading the water. It can be blowing 30 with no whitecaps due to the current being in the same direction. Also Jones is camp-able but no facilities (I forgot you have family with you). Westerlies build in the afternoon, easterlies tend to fade.
Judging by the time of your post, you missed some good sh!t at Rooster yesterday...
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I am preparing for Biggerplate Unplugged on the 31st January in London. 70 people are going! Some I know well, some are acquaintances and some I have never met. The map below outlines how I prepare for such meetings. It's a technique I have used for many years. It helps me to get the most out of the day. You can't expect to meet everyone, you know you must meet some people, you know you must avoid others for good (you frequently interact with them) and bad reasons (you can work that out for yourselves). This is what I do.
Preparing your Meeting Map
Get the Attendee List
Copy the attendee list from the web page, Word, PDF etc. Pasting it direct to a Mindjet work may work but quite often I go via Word or Excel to tidy things up and then paste to the map. This blog about Converting tables in to MindManager maps may help.
Add Markers
Use markers to categorise people:
- "New to you"
- "Recent acquaintances"
- "Old friends"
I rename the flag marker set for this purpose.
Identify your targets
- Which "new to you" people do you want to meet?
- Which "old friends" do you want to catch up with?
- What's your strategy for "old friends" you don't want to spend time with?
I use Task Priorities for this.
- Which "No Shows" do you need to follow-up with afterwards?
- Maybe there are people attending via the web.
I use my participant marker set. Note I have edited one of the standard Mindjet icons to create a "no-show" marker.
Use the Index Tab
It's on the right hand side of your screen. It displays groups of markers and lets you click to the indexed topic. Use this to double-check that people are in the correct marker group. It also gives an indication of quantity in each group.
Use Power Filter
Show high priority people you want to meet, the Priority ONES. Focus your pre-meeting research on them.
Add Content and Links
- Add an e-mail link
- Add their Outlook Contact
- Web links
- Twitter Stream
- Notes
- Questions for them
- Further research action pre-meeting for you
For Biggerplate Unplugged in London you may find these maps which have been uploaded useful starters if you are attending:
- Keynote Speakers – A visual summary
- Getting ready for Biggerplate Unplugged – A map of all the attendees plus links to web pages relevant to them. Download this map to get the Map Markers mentioned above.
I will publish a blog about creating, editing and managing map markers shortly.
About Andrew Wilcox
Andrew is an experienced user of MindManager who shares his knowledge and advice for free here. And provides commercial training and consulting on how to exploit MindManager and other mind mapping software applications in business, organisations and for individuals at Cabre For more information about Andrew please visit his Google + profile.


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Ever wonder about that unknown plant in your yard — is it a good weed or a bad weed? Thanks to the efforts of a group of volunteers, that plant can be identified, dried, and even archived. The Cochise County Herbarium, a facility that houses mounted plant specimens, is a little-heralded resource for residents of the county to identify the thousands of plants found in backyards, alleyways, mountains and deserts.
Cecile Lumer, the curator of the herbarium, pulled out some yellowed files of plant identifications performed 50 years ago from 1958 to 1962 in the Chiricahua Mountains. Though the plants have lost color from the drying process, they still hold all the attributes necessary to identify them. What has piqued her interest, though, is the mapped recordation of plots and a list of the plants found in them.
"We could go back to these same plots today with GPS and see what, if any, change has occurred," she said. "There could be something different there now."
It is just one of the projects she has on the back burner.
Volunteer Virginia Bealer was working on mounting a plant that had been dried and then frozen (to kill any bugs). Delicately, she placed the long stemmed wildflower onto mounting paper. The paper notes the genus, species, year of collection, location, and who provided it.
Ms. Bealer, from Sierra Vista, is a retired schoolteacher who said she has always liked botany as she glances as an enormous source of information, the "Arizona Flora" written by Thomas Kearney and Robert Peebles, that provides listings for 3,438 plants in the state. She has been volunteering with the program for the past three years.
It is just one of many guides that volunteers use to identify an unknown type of plant, said volunteer Bob Ballard. He has contributed more than 300 types of plants to the herbarium.
"I enjoy the study of plants," he began as he pulled out another guide and leafs through the pages. "There are ways to find out what a plant is by knowing its leaf structure or flower structure. Some require the use of a microscope to find the characteristics that help you identify it. There are seeds and flowers of many plants that are so tiny you need the microscope. It can be quite challenging."
Mr. Ballard emphasized that it took him a few years to get up to speed in the plant world. He found that the books with detailed line drawings were the best sources for identification.
Lumer points out that Ballard is the go-to guy who enters all the data on the Web site. So far, there are 2,697 entries in the database.
When asked what was the most amazing thing he found, Ballard replied, "The most amazing thing will be what I haven't found."
Several years ago, Lumer went back to college and earned a doctorate in botany. With her degree came the urge to find a place that would serve as a repository for all the plant life found in the sky islands and high desert area of the county.
The herbarium is currently in a former potting shed on the University of Arizona South campus in Sierra Vista and is quickly outgrowing the small, 8-by-12-foot facility. Several cabinets hold thousands of files. A long counter provides a table to work on while identifying and mounting the specimens. In one corner, a computer awaits the input of new data; another holds a bookcase stacked with reference books. There is little room to move around.
Lumer has managed to get half-a-dozen more needed storage cabinets, but there is no room for them in the facility.
All the volunteers would like to see the herbarium receive more attention and find a new home where there is room to carry on their work. Overhead expenses are a concern.
"We don't have to pay any rent here," said Lumer. "I don't know how we'd pay for something larger."
Mimi Kamp is another avid collector as is Cindy Sprecher, who also a birder. Both women like to hike and bring back things of interest.
"I knew nothing about plants when I started this. Then I got addicted," added Ms. Sprecher.
Lumer explained, "When you have a passion for plants, you have it for the rest of your life."
Editor's note: For more on gardening, see the Monitor's main gardening page. Our blog archive. Our RSS feed.
You may also want to visit Gardening With the Monitor on Flickr. Take part in the discussions and get answers to your gardening questions. If you join the group (it's free), you can upload your garden photos and enter our next contest. We'll be looking for photographs of fruits. So find your best shots of summer's blueberries, peaches, plums, etc., and get out your camera to take some stunning shots of early fall apples. Post them before Sept. 30, 2009, and you could be the next winner.


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You may have heard of Twitter over the past few months. DiS has spent some time exploring it and stalking musicians to bring you "A multi-part guide for music-y things on Twitter" But first, a quick introduction and explanation of what it is and why our Editor thinks it's great...
Wut is Twitter?
Essentially, Twitter is a site dedicated to micro-blogging. Users engage in conversations and discussions via Facebook style status-updates (or what you might call public 140 character text messages). You've probably heard of it because Jonathan Ross seems to talk about it all the time on the TV and radio (@Wossy) or because @theSonicYouth have been sharing details about their album on there. You've maybe just read about it because, like MySpace six years or so ago, after a few years of being a little nerdy-network of tech-types it's now all gone apeshit.
Like anything in life, especially on the web, it is only what you make it. It is as addictive as it is (arguably) pointless. Like a pub conversation, if you're sitting with a bunch of dullards and have nothing entertaining to share with the group and nor do they, then yeah, I can see why you'd side with Anne Widecombe and think it's an abhorrent waste of time and a place purely for egomaniacs and the saddest of sad sacks. For me, however, it's a place to share your passions, mixed with a little self-documentation to help express who you are, as well as a place to find out how folks like you are spending their time (much like people do on our hugely popular Social board)
Is it for you?
I suspect so. Being the sort of person who reads DiS and is reading this article, the penny has either dropped and you're obsessed with it already, or you've signed up but not yet really used it. More likely you tried it and like Little Boots on Pitchfork last week quickly rubbished it (although she's back already @iamlittleboots. But if you're scared off by the hoards of media-savvy techies who worship @StephenFry and enjoy checking out his photos of endangered birds and read his short reviews of gadgets), it may not be for you.
I for one love it. It's like being able to have a huge pub-full of interesting tables to sit at all at once. Currently, it feels like those meandering hours before the party has actually started, people are still getting their bearings whilst @David_Lynch tells what the weather is like in LA today, with most people looking over the legendary director's shoulder, seeking evermore interesting people to arrive to inform and entertain us. Being as much a music geek as a tech nerd, I've been stunned how many, and how quickly, music-related people and organisations have signed up and embraced the site. Musicians especially, both big, like @Coldplay and small, like @dataselectparty, have cottoned onto it, sharing anything from thoughts of the day to the music they love, to excitement and frustrations direct from the road or studio.
Yeah, yeah, grunt-not-talk-of-blogging-again-grunt-grunt... we understand what you're thinking; if you have nothing interesting to share, then what on earth can be interesting about it? Yes, like you'd expect, the narcissistic are dancing away in one corner whilst the unexceptional, living dull lives, meakly mumble "I'm eating toast..."
On the one hand, if you sign up as a 'follower' (reading other's posts but not making your own) ready to join a conga-line, rather than looking at it as a creator, there's a lot to learn, bundles of insight to be gained, as well as it being an increasingly compelling way of keeping abreast of what's going on in the world. The reason I love Twitter is because, like Facebook statuses and news headlines, it gives me, and information junkies like me a short, snappy, soundbite-like overview, after having spent time selecting people to follow, tip-offs on news, music and technology.
Not only is Twitter great for finding things but I've found that it's great place to be found by both a new audience, as well as reaching out to our current readers. For instance, Twitter is now the 4th most popular traffic source for people coming to/finding DiS, behind Google, Wikipedia, Facebook.com and ahead of the likes of music-reviews-agregator Metacritic.com, the BBC and Pitchfork.
Hang on, so it is and isn't just like Facebook status updates?
I love the simplicity of Twitter; the way it can be syndicated/embedded on others sites and the choice it offers. I love that people I know in various cities around the globe write mini-reviews of gigs they're at, recommend the better things they've been reading and share recommendations of anything from mp3 blogs to furious reactions to the rubbishness of reality (and I'm hoping all the hilariously miserable bastards from BBC's Grumpy Old... series get on there asap!).
The reason why it's better than Facebook is the succinct and singular purpose of Twitter. There are no sodding vampire attacks, feeds of posed photos or DogBook invites here. Unlike Facebook, you can avoid kids who bullied you in school who now want to be your 'friend' and pick 'n' choose who you want to follow, they don't even need to follow you back, meaning you can get updates from anyone you wish. Also, it means you have the choice to remove people who're boring or post too much crap (like @Bjork was), without it being some massive modern-cuss of 'de-friending' someone.
Essentially, if you don't 'get' Twitter yet, I urge you to give it a (second) chance. If you don't need or want any more information or insight in your life thankyouverymuch then fine, thanks for reading, bye! For the rest of you...
So I've signed up, I love music, what should I do?
You could add your address book and then spend hours finding and following friends-of-friends and seeing who people you know are 'following'.Twitter is almost intentionally super-simple but invest the time and you'll find there are quite a lot of your and our favourite bands on there too, documenting what they're upto, as well as labels and websites sharing quick snippets of news. Rather than spending hours finding bands you like, DiS has done a lot of the legwork for you (wandering around a new digital frontier is our kinda nerdy fun!) and over the course of today will be revealing our favourites.
However, for starters, start following @drownedinsound for updates from DiS HQ, including first reactions to records and a feed of the site, also check our own herd of "followers" for a list of websites and labels we like. Also on Twitter Tom our webmaster is running updates of the site's status if it's ever down, as well as revealing new features and major fixes as they are added @DiSsiteStatus. Or follow DiS' founder/editor @seaninsound for a mixture of life-documenting, link sharing, reactions to stuff and the like. And if you fancy seeing which bands we're following have a browse @DiSmusicians.
Also, if you don't feel like signing up but would like to see what people are saying, visit musictwitters.com.
DiScuss: Do you love or hate Twitter? Who's your favourite person to follow? What musicians do you follow? What labels or music-y related things do you follow? Have you found the fake @NotoriousBIG or @NickCave yet? What's your Twitter address?


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Thanks Crystal! Readers, see more of Lennon's party on The Weekend Homemaker.
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Cruise Itinerary
|Ports of call
|Total length of cruise: 7 nights
Coach Transfers
Complimentary coach transfers depart Adelaide Fri 1.30pm Central Bus Station (85 Franklin St), 1.45pm Stamford Plaza (150 North Terrace) and 2.00pm Mercure Grosvenor Hotel (125 North Terrace) & return Fri 12 noon-12.30pm
Friday: Mid-afternoon the PS Murray Princess departs historic Mannum, the birthplace of the Murray River trade and communication, and heads downriver while you enjoy a Welcome Dinner. As you cruise under floodlight to the overnight mooring at Mundurra, you may see nocturnal wildlife on the riverbank. Watch for kangaroos, hairy-nosed wombats, tortoises, egrets and many other species. There is also on-board entertainer provides music for the night owls.
Saturday: In 1879 the first bridge to span the Murray River was built at Edwards Crossing, which quickly became the bustling township of Murray Bridge. After a hearty breakfast, join a guided tour of the town's historic landmarks and local attractions. The vessel continue cruising upriver with a brief stop-over in Mannum for a fascinating visit to Mannum Dock Museum (additional cost). This afternoon, as you continuing cruising upriver to overnight mooring at Salt Bush Flat; you will have the opportunity to inspect the wheelhouse with the Captain. After dinner, enjoy being entertained by the talented crew.
Sunday: All ashore for the guided nature walk where guide will share the secrets of the local flora and fauna. It's a great way to get in a little exercise before the PS Murray Princess departs for the big river gorges and 90 metre cliffs of the upper river. Mid-morning, join in the Sturt Dining Room for a special presentation on the bounty of food and wine produced in the riverlands. Just after Fromms Landing, the vessel turn and head downriver to River View Lodge (near Piggy Flat / Coolcha) where discovery vessel awaits for a wildlife tour. Travelling in small, personalised groups, you will explore the maze of the river and the birdlife is amazing. Watch for darters, herons and egrets feeding along the river's muddy edges. The afternoon offers a choice of bocce or fishing challenges before joining the Captain and Officers for pre-dinner drinks and the Captain's Dinner and Dance.
Monday: You will head back to Mannum and after breakfast, discover Australia's richest and best known wine making region – the Barossa. Depart Mannum by coach to the famous Barossa, the beautiful 'valley of the vine' and the source of about a quarter of Australia's world-renowned wines. You will visit two premium wineries, enjoy lunch and fantastic scenery before returning to the PS Murray Princess at Mannum and cruising towards overnight mooring at Caurnamont.
Tuesday: Daybreak and time for the keen photographers to be out to capture the special light and the morning movement of wildlife. Prolific birdlife includes pelicans, wrens and swans. Enjoy a leisurely morning and lunch cruising upriver to Blanchetown through one of 13 locks which maintain the flow and levels of water. This afternoon you moor opposite to the township of Blanchetown for overnight anchorage. As the last rays of the sun fade, join a guided tour of Burk Salter vineyards and surrounding vineyard and enjoy wine tasting at the cellar door which is fitted out with beautiful red gum bars. After dinner, join for all the fun and excitement, and participate in "Murray River Cup".
Wednesday: After breakfast the vessel cruise downriver to picturesque Swan Reach. The town was first settled in the 1850s, was originally the largest of five sheep and cattle stations in the area and is now home to native flower and fruit growers. The original Swan Reach homestead is now the Swan Reach Hotel where you can enjoy an ale or cappuccino overlooking the Murray River (additional cost). Join the guided walking tour and visit the Swan Reach Museum – a must for every visitor. Cruise downriver after lunch and take in the tranquillity as the landscape slides by. When you arrive at Sunnydale, it's all ashore for the Woolshed Show as you recreate typical Australian woolshed history. Later you will visit the Native Wildlife Shelter where some of South Australia's most interesting native animals are cared for. And then of course, there is the great Aussie Barbecue – cooked and served in a bush setting on the banks of the mighty Murray River. An optional Nocturnal tour by tractor and cart is available after dinner (additional cost).
Thursday: After an optional early morning Bush Tucker Breakfast (additional cost) or a bush walk with the Captain, the vessel cruises slowly downriver past magnificent cliffs scoured by the river over millions of years. The vessel reach Ngaut Ngaut Aboriginal Reserve, one of Australia's most significant archaeological sites, for a step back in time – tens of thousands of years – for a guided boardwalk tour to view ancient rock carvings and to learn about Aboriginal history in the area. After that, you will return to the vessel to cruise downriver to Younghusband. Along the way, adventure seekers can also take a speed boat ride. Tonight the Captain and his officers host a spectacular Farewell Captain's Buffet Dinner. Dress up and dance, if you wish.
Friday: The vessel leave Younghusband and head back to Mannum. After breakfast, reluctantly say farewell as the vessel arrive at the Mannum Wharf.
Discover the dramatic South Australian outback on a cruise along Australia's great inland highway. The seven night cruise is a unique historic and nature based adventure through ancient gorges and red gum forests, past towering sandstone cliffs and exploring historic ports, local vineyards and nature trails.
- The Murraylands spectacular landscape of cliffs, gorges and bio-diverse wetlands
- Barossa Valley Tour
- Most tours
- Complimentary scenic coach transfers from Adelaide or car-parking in Mannum
- Guided nature walks & eco-tours
- Onboard presentations
- Daybreak photography
- Aboriginal Cultural Tour
- All meals
- Captain's Dinner
- Shipboard accommodation
- Use of spas & saunas
- Entertainment
- 24 hour self-service coffee bar.
Prices exclude drinks, personal purchases, any optional tours and fuel surcharges.
If you need flights to get to this cruise, talk to us. We have teamed up with JetAbroad to offer you a huge range of flights at the lowest prices. You can search flights by calling us today on our contact number above.
If you require accommodation the night(s) before or after your cruise, please let us know. Our sister website HotelSaleFinder.com offers a huge range of hotel options at the lowest web rates. You can search hotels by calling our contact number above.
|Vessel: Murray Princess
|Length: 220ft
|Beam: 49.00ft
|Draft: 3.90ft
|Cruising speed: 6kn
|Bars/Lounges: 2
|Onboard Currency: AU Dollar
|Passenger Capacity: 120
|Registry: Mannum
|Tonnage: 1,500
|24 Hours complimentary coffee & tea
|Air Conditioning
|All Meals Included
|Free use of spas & saunas
|Gift Shop
|Guided nature walks & eco-tours
|Laundry Service
|Spa & Sauna
PS Murray Princess is purpose built for the Murray River. She is faithfully designed as a modern romantic representative of a time when hundreds of such vessels plied the river. Unlike most modern-day river vessels with imitation paddles, Murray Princess is propelled by an authentic, massive stern paddlewheel.
There is no better way to see the Murray River and a slice of the hauntingly beautiful and dramatic Australian outback, its unique flora and fauna, and the rich legacy of old riverside ports and indigenous culture close up than to drift unhurried and quietly under the power of the paddle-wheeler.
Accommodating just 120 passengers, Murray Princess brings the unique advantages of small ship cruising to the Murray River. The Captain and crew know the river intimately and are delighted to share with you their knowledge and stories. The lounges and dining saloon are spacious with a character and charm of yesteryear. Grand in name, yet relaxed and informal by nature, Murray Princess fosters a warmth and friendliness unique to the river.
60 cabins and staterooms each with private bathroom ensuite, adjustable air-conditioning, electric blankets soaps, shampoo and towels; serviced daily. Each cabin is approximately 12 sq metres.
Staterooms (6) on Randell and Cadell Decks open onto the outside deck and have a fridge and tea and coffee making facilities. All staterooms have a double and a single bed except rooms 35 & 36.
Outside Cabins (45) on Randell and Cadell Decks open onto the outside deck and have picture windows (twin/double)
Inside Cabins (9) on Chaffey Deck open onto an inside passageway and have portholes facing the outside.
ABOUT Captain Cook Cruises
Captain Cook Cruises
Captain Cook Cruises began in Sydney in 1970 and for over four decades has proven to be the market leader and premier Sydney Harbour cruise line. Our fleet of restaurant, sightseeing, ferry and sailing vessels offer an exciting range of public cruises and private charters for 2 to 2000 guests.
Captain Cook Cruises Murray River operates the largest inland paddlewheeler in the Southern hemisphere "Murray Princess" from Mannum South Australia. A choice of three to seven night cruises offers a true outback river adventure for up to 120 guests through towering sandstone gorges, ancient red gums forests and flood plains.
Some of our guests and events have included the Pope, the Presidents of China and the United States of America, Vice Chancellor of Germany, members of the British Royal family, the American basketball `Dream Team'; Incentives for Ford, Amway, Mazda and Nissan; the Supreme and Federal Courts Judges Conference, Commonwealth Games Fundraising Dinners and the Oprah audience – to name just a few. We are proud to have provided employment opportunity for thousands of young Australians, many of whom have gone on to become leaders in their fields including actor Hugh Jackman
Captain Cook Cruises is a family-owned, Australian mall ship cruise operator and the recipient of numerous awards including Australian, New South Wales, Tropical North Queensland and South Australian `Tourism Awards for Excellence, and the Australian Federation of Travel Agents `Best Cruise Line.
Mission Statement
Captain Cook Cruises strives to be the market leader and premier small ship cruise line in Australia.
Our aim is to provide the highest quality of day, night and extended cruise product for our customers. We do this by being market focused and also identifying that it is not only the quality of our ships, but the high value we place in our crew and their dedication and commitment to our customers that creates this result.
Inside Cabins
- Inside cabins are located on the lower Chaffey Deck and open onto a wide inside passageway. Inside cabins offer a twin or double bed configuration and have portholes facing the outside
Outside Cabins
- Outside cabins are located on the Randell and Cadell Decks. Each outside cabin opens onto the outside deck area with picture windows to view the passing scenery
- Bedding is 2 x single beds only. Queen beds can be requested at a surcharge of $50 per night
- Our spacious 6 staterooms are located on the Randell and Cadell Decks. Each stateroom offers a double bed (some have an extra single bed) and opens onto the outside deck area. Mini-bars, fridges and tea and coffee making facilities are also included.
- Dining aboard Murray Princess includes delicious table d'hote menus, Captain's Dinner and buffet dining, with a special campfire barbecue (seven and four night cruises only). Breakfasts are buffet style. There is one sitting for all meals.
- Breakfast: 7.30am or 8am - 9am
- Lunch: 12noon or 12.30pm
- Dinner: 6.30pm or 7.00pm
- The Gift Shop is located on Chaffey Deck and contains a selection of souvenirs, toiletries, film and hats.
Located on Cadell Deck
- A selection of books is available for your reading pleasure in the upper level of the Paddlewheel lounge, kindly return or swap the books so that others can also enjoy them.
Located on Chaffey Deck
Bars and Lounges
Paddlewheel Lounge
The Paddlewheel Lounge offers a relaxed lounge area seating. The lounge is split over two levels of the Murray Princess, connected by a spiral staircase
Located on Randell Deck
Spas and Sauna
- The spa and saunas are open for bookings between 9.00am and 9.00pm. Passengers under 16 years of age are not permitted without a supervising adult. Use of equipment is at own risk.
Located on Sturt Deck
- If you wish to swim in the river please seek advise from one of our deck staff as to the easiest and safest method of doing so.
Located on Cadell Deck
Murray Princess Photos
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Once a deposit is made towards your cruise holiday it is deemed that you have accepted our terms and conditions, so are subject to any cancellation fees. Bookings cancelled after the deposit is paid, will incur a cancellation fee of $200 per cabin plus any additional cancellation fees set out by the cruise line. There are no cool down periods. Please see the Cruise Company's terms and conditions for cancellation and amendment policy. All cancellations are required to be sent in writing by the lead passenger in the booking. Due to the issuing of refunds via Cheque by the cruiselines, refunds can take 4-6 weeks to reach us should you be entitled to any refund.
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'Guarantee' (GTY) Bookings
From time to time, we may offer you the option of making what we call a 'Guarantee (GTY) booking. This means you may book a stateroom of a guaranteed category type (Inside, Outside, Balcony) on your chosen ship and cruise. However, the exact grade, number and location of the stateroom on the ship will be allocated at the cruise lines discretion and at any time until checking in at the Port. Once your GTY stateroom has been allocated to you, we are unable to accept any changes requested by you. The benefits of a GTY stateroom are that after your booking has been confirmed, the cruise line may (at their discretion) upgrade your stateroom to a higher classed category to that originally booked at no extra charge to you. In any event, you are 'guaranteed' the minimum category you decide to book at the time of the cruise including obstructed view cabins.
If travelling with Family and Friends where you require cabins to be near one another we strongly recommend for you not to book on a Guarantee.
We cannot guarantee your cabins will be assigned near one another, on the same deck, same side or forward/aft on the ship nor accept any requests.
Complimentary Upgrades
Depending on any last minute availability the cruise lines will automatically upgrade cabins to higher categories. The upgrades can place you towards the front of the ship, midships or at the back of the ship and not necessarily on a higher deck level (i.e.: Insides Deck 10 may be upgraded to Ocean view Deck 5). As the cruise lines cannot upgrade every booking, you should book a category in which you are happy to sail.
Once the upgrade has been assigned, should you dislike the cabin location we are unable to accept any changes or requests and cannot be reversed.
If travelling with family and friends where you require cabins to be near one another we strongly recommend for you to decline the upgrades. The cruise line do not guarantee all of the cabins will be upgraded, or that they will be upgraded near one another.
Future Cruise Credits
While we are happy to apply your Future Cruise Credits from the cruiselines to your booking with us, this may affect your online discounted pricing. We will still do our best to provide competitive pricing based on the discount we can offer on the new cruise fare once the future cruise credits have been applied to your booking. Please note if Future Cruise Credits are applied after your deposit has been paid may affect your final balance.
Passport & Visa Requirements.
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Visa's may also be required and at the sole responsibility of the passenger. Please check with the relevant embassies or a Visa Services company for assistance.
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All amendments and any cancellations must be approved through the first person named on the booking. In the case of any in-cabin disputes our contract is with the first person named on the booking and we will only follow instructions given by them.
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All costs, itinerary details, package inclusions, ferry schedules and accommodation information are correct at the time of publishing; however these can be subject to alteration, sometimes without notice. All services and reservations provided are subject to the conditions of the principal providers and no responsibility is accepted by SeaLink Travel Group for misrepresentation, unforeseen omissions or additional costs incurred, including those arising from adverse weather conditions or any situations beyond the control of SeaLink Travel Group.
All fares and prices are in Australian Dollars. All fares and prices are subject to availability, surcharges, blackout periods, minimum night stays and seasonal variations.
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If booking is made within 70 days of travel, full payment must be made at time of booking.
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Room Configurations
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As most cabins on the Murray Princess have twin beds, a surcharge applies to cabins with a double bed.
Cancellation Fees:
All cancellations must be in writing
Cancellation fees detailed below:
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$50 admin fee from Captain Cook Cruises*
Between 30 – 60 days before departure
Loss of deposit
Between 15 – 30 days before departure
50% of the Total Fare*
Less than14 days before departure
100% of Total Fare
For cancellations made 15 days or more before departure, the full value (less an administration fee of $100 per person), may be applied to another cruise if completed within 12 months of the original booking.
If the re-booked cruise is of a greater value, the difference must be paid upon re-booking. Special payment and cancellation conditions apply for groups of 15 or more and Special Event Cruises, which are available on application.
* An additional Online Republic cancellation fee of $200.00 per cabin will apply.
Amendment Fees
Due to the complexity, staff time and communication costs of the booking process, a charge of $72 (incl GST) may apply to each modification made after the original booking.
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Loss of deposit
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50% of the Total Fare*
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100% of Total Fare
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If the re-booked cruise is of a greater value, the difference must be paid upon re-booking. Special payment and cancellation conditions apply for groups of 15 or more and Special Event Cruises, which are available on application.
* An additional Online Republic cancellation fee of $200.00 per cabin will apply.
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Liberty falls at home to Maryland
November 16, 2012 | Lynchburg, Va.
The Maryland Terrapins took an early lead at Liberty University Friday night, and though the Flames managed to trim the margin, the Terps held on to defeat Liberty's Division II men's hockey team 4-3.
Maryland put the puck in the net twice in the opening period to secure a 2-0 lead while holding the Flames scoreless.
Liberty broke through and scored its first goal in the second period thanks to Jeff Boschman. DJ Dinnison found the back of the net as well in the period, but the Flames were unable to cut the lead going into the break as the Terrapins matched Liberty's goals with two of their own.
Brent Boschman put the Flames in tying position with a goal in the third period, but that would be as close as Liberty would get before time would expire in the game.
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At the University of Notre Dame, gay and lesbian students will soon have a campus-wide organization responding to their needs, while the Catholic University of America announced yesterday it would not accept student-driven drive for such a group.
Notre Dame, following a months-long review process, announced that it would form a student organization supporting LGBTQ students and allies.
Fr. John Jenkins, CSC, the president of ND, told the school's newspaper that the organization, "grows out of our mission as a Catholic university, it's directed by that fundamental mission in a profound way."
The program, Beloved Friends and Allies: A Pastoral Plan for the Support and Holistic Development of GLBTQ and Heterosexual Students at the University of Notre Dame, will include "training of appropriate student leaders, staff and faculty, and the education of all students, so as to create and sustain a safe and supportive environment for all members of the Notre Dame community," according to its website.
Alex Coccia, a junior Africana and Peace Studies major at Notre Dame, told me that he and 7 other students submitted an application to the university for an LGBT-focused student club in February and were then involved in talks with student activities administrators during the review process that culminated with this announcement. He said that "the student body is generally very welcoming" but noted that some gay students on campus feel threatened by comments that stem mostly from ignorance, not malice, "like when someone says 'that's so gay' and things like that."
The University will hire a full-time administrator to oversee the organization and serve as a liaison between students and administration. The school stresses that the organization "adheres to the Church's teaching concerning homosexual actions." Coccia said this caveat was not a surprise, adding, "all Notre Dame students are called to live chastely." He said that the group would not be engaged in any political advocacy, but instead serve as a "peer to peer support group" for students, hosting events such as academic panels, sensitivity training, and opportunities for socializing.
At The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., junior politics major Ryan Fecteau organized a group of LGBT students and allies last year into an unofficial student group called CUAllies. They had requested official club status from the school earlier this year, and after months of waiting, he was informed in a private meeting with the school's president, John Garvey, and other student leaders that the school would not recognize the group.
A press release from CUAllies says that administrators rejected the proposal, in part, because they feared the group could become an advocacy organization at odds with church teaching. Fecteau told me today that the group had spent the past several months demonstrating through its programming that this was not the goal of the organization.
He said he was disappointed in the school's decision, but was hopeful that the conversation would continue on campus.
"I think it was disappointing because Notre Dame had just made their announcement the day before," he said. "They took a big, bold step forward, and I thought that was a good sign for us at CUA. Unfortunately we were wrong."
He's hopefully that the situation will improve for LGBT students on campus. "We need something more than a statement saying students are welcome. Anything is better than nothing at this point. We got some dialogue out of the process," he said. President Garvey's "comments and his words made me feel that he was going to make an honest attempt to figure out something, though I don't know what that will be."
"We're not giving up hope on this organization," he said. "We'll continue doing everything we've been doing before this decision" including hosting service days, faith reflection, support, and social activities.
Thank you for bringing a balanced article on the topic. I found it quite hopeful - in both decisions. Respect was shown by both parties. Serious listening appeared to have occurred. Reasoned missions were shared. Decisions were made. The relationships continue on. Remove the hype, and progress can be made - which I believe occurred at Notre Dame and Catholic University. Different places with different journeys. We have a lot to learn and look forward to, as these organizations and the issue evolve. The Church and its institutions need to address the needs of those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning in a loving and clear way. This is not always easy for either individuals or organizations. It does not require a yes to be "compassionate" or a no to be proper. It may be in the nuance, the action in the discussion, the reponse to outcomes, and the doing of what is right and true, in time and place. But with growth and partnership of institutions and student organizations, as a body of Christ with many parts, the difficult balance can and must be struck. Onward goes the dialogue.


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Verizon Figures If It's Already Involved In A Patent Lawsuit With TiVo, Why Not Sue Cablevision For Its DVR Too
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So is it any surprise to hear via Broadband Reports that Verizon is now suing Cablevision, claiming patent infringement on its set top box/DVR offerings as well? Cablevision and Verizon have had a really nasty battle going for years on Long Island, with all sorts of dirty tricks being played by both sides. But patent infringement? Given the odd timing of this lawsuit coming so quickly on the heels of the counterclaims against TiVo, you have to wonder if Verizon "woke up" to the fact that it could use these patents against Cablevision, only after provoked by TiVo.
Indeed, if you look down the list of patents in the Verizon Cablevision spat, you'll see that there's some overlap with those found in the TiVo suit:
- 5,666,293: Downloading operating system software through a broadcast channel
- 5,635,979: Dynamically programmable digital entertainment terminal using downloaded software to control broadband data operations
- 5,608,447: Full service network
- 6,367,078: Electronic program-guide system with sideways-surfing capability
- 7,561,214: Two-dimensional navigation of multiplexed channels in a digital video distribution system
- 6,055,077: Multimedia distribution system using fiber optic lines
- 5,864,415: Fiber optic network with wavelength-division-multiplexed transmission to customer premises
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FORT VERMILION, Alta. — Little Lexi Ribbonleg drowned in a batch of homebrew while her mother, who had earlier been seen drinking the alcohol, slept soundly near her in their mobile home in a remote northern Alberta community.
The baby was head down in a crate of the fermented potato-yeast concoction, her legs sticking up in the air.
Details about the 10-month-old's death last spring near Fox Lake emerged publicly for the first time in court this week.
A document obtained by The Canadian Press says the baby's 12-year-old brother made the discovery May 29 when he came home from school.
Their mother, Viola Ribbonleg, entered a guilty plea Tuesday to a charge of criminal negligence causing death for failing to provide adequate child care. The 32-year-old woman is to be sentenced in Fort Vermilion court July 15.
Court heard that Ribbonleg's son saw her and another man drinking brew in the trailer on the night of May 28. The next morning, Ribbonleg was drinking again and her son believed she was drunk. She asked her son to come home at lunch and babysit for the afternoon.
When he returned with two friends, the door was locked, so one of them climbed in through a window.
The boy's mother was sleeping on the floor. Two men were asleep on one of the couches in the living room.
The boy pulled the baby out of the brew, which was in the crate beside a couch, and then woke up his mother.
The document says Ribbonleg got upset, tried to wake the infant and told her, "I love you." Clutching her child's limp body, the woman ran to a nursing station.
As paramedics tried to revive the baby, the mother knelt on the floor, crying.
When they declared Lexi dead, Ribbonleg begged staff to do more to save her and hit one of the paramedics on the chest.
She picked up the child and refused to put her down, repeating "dead baby, dead baby" and some words in Cree.
She also tried to breast feed the dead child.
The court document, called an agreed statement of facts, says a nurse noticed Ribbonleg was slurring her words and smelled strongly of homebrew — and that the same smell was coming from the baby's body.
Ribbonleg denied drinking, but the document says the nurse, Sara Peters, believed the woman was intoxicated and "shouldn't have been doing any activities that require attention."
The document says Peters told investigators Ribbonleg refused to let go of Lexi for about three hours, even as the little body turned cold and blue.
The document says the baby's diaper was dry, but her fingers were wrinkled from being immersed in the alcohol.
The document quotes the nurse as saying Ribbonleg insisted she had been "watching the baby the whole time."
Ribbonleg "kept looking in Lexi's mouth and saying that Lexi must have choked on something … She said she and some other men had been outside the house when this happened to Lexi."
Medical staff had alerted tribal police and Mounties later joined the investigation.
Fox Lake, a community of about 2,000 along the Slave River, is part of the Little Red River Cree Nation.
The document says an autopsy confirmed the child drowned.
Toxicology tests also showed the homebrew contained about eight per cent ethyl alcohol, slightly higher than in beer.
The person who made the brew told police it was a mix of water, rolled oats, sugar, potatoes and yeast. It had been left to ferment for about a week in a plastic bag inside the crate, typically used to hold milk cartons.
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amazincc wrote:BRAVE Ruby, getting that close to a baby!
pitbullmamaliz wrote:And that pic of your mom in the protective eyewear is fantastic.
bluegreen13 wrote:My favorite is the picture of Annette kissing Ruby. No one told her to do it, we all just stood back and let the two of them sit together to see what she would do. Annette just decided to kiss her on the nose. She doesn't even kiss most people. I guess she has very discerning tastes. Pretty smart for eleven months.
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Students Find Respite on Sugar Creekby Steve Charles • May 8, 2006 Share:
"I will never think of Indiana as only a domesticated landscape of cornfields," acclaimed author and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams wrote in March after Wabash bookstore manager Mike Bachner '70 showed her Sugar Creek and Shades State Park. "Wildness resides in the heart of America."
Wabash students have tasted that wildness these past few weeks, as Bachner has led a series of kayak floats down Sugar Creek (see Photo Album).
The creek lured Bachner to Crawfordsville and Wabash more than 30 years ago, and he can be found paddling it any season of the year—sun, rain, or snow. His love of the stream is evident as he teaches students a little geology, biology, birdwatching, and some Wabash and Sugar Creek history—an eye-opening introduction to the peace and wonder he finds in this "pocket wilderness."
"The kayak trip down Sugar Creek was amazing, and Mike was a great tour guide," says senior Nikeland Cooper, who has traveled the world—including time in Kuwait as a Marine in Operation Iraqi Freedom—but had never been on an Indiana stream before. "I have traveled to different countries and have seen many things, each with its own unique beauty. Sugar Creek is a beautiful place to find serenity from the rigorous course load at Wabash."
The trek offered several firsts for Bolivian-born Reynaldo Pachec first kayak trip, first eagle and osprey sightings, and first time on Sugar Creek.
"I was amazed with the wildlife and the beauty that we ignore in our everyday living here," Pacheco said. "I only regret that this is my last semester and I am only now discovering these adventurous, healthy experiences that can happen only here."
Junior Andrew Dits grew up in Indiana, but he, too, found respite on the trip.
"I used to try and despise the cornfields," says Dits. "That's funny, because I realize now how much a part of my spirit the land is. Indiana is a part of me. By coming to peace with that, I find more peace by going to it now."
Students get another chance to taste the peace and wildness of Sugar Creek Tuesday, as Bachner leads a group of seniors on a "Final Float" to Deer's Mill. Cooper highly recommends it—from the views of the crinoid beds to the mini-rapids near Davis Bridge.
"I'm glad I had a chance to experience this side of Montgomery County," the Mississippi native says. "It's a trip I'll never forget."
Photos: Nikeland Cooper(top right) paddles through the ripples above Davis Bridge; Dustin Foster '09 enjoys his day on Sugar Creek. For more photos, see Photo Album.