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Lebensborn was introduced into Nazi Germany in December 1935. Lebensborn was part of the Nazi belief in a 'Master Race' – the creation of a superior race that would dominate Europe as part of Hitler's 'Thousand Year Reich'. The initial success experienced by the Germans in World War Two gave the regime the opportunity to expand Lebensborn throughout Nazi-occupied Europe.
HEINRICH HIMMLER was the creator of the Lebensborn program. With his daughter Gudrun at a sporting event on 6 März 1938 in Berlin. March 1938 in Berlin. Source : Der Spiegel
The idea of creating a 'Master Race' was supported by Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and one of Hitler's closest confidantes. Lebensborn was Himmler's idea. Lebensborn – meaning the 'Fountain of Life' – was meant to provide Nazi Germany with elite generations for decades and centuries to come. Between 1935 and 1939, Lebensborn was restricted only to Nazi Germany.
Blonde hair, pure blue eyes: Grade A candidate
If a woman wanted to participate she had to prove her Aryan background as far back as her grandfathers and only 40% of those who applied to join Lebensborn passed this racial purity test. Lebensborn enabled women to get pregnant though they were not married and the Lebensborn clinics also acted as adoption centres and they ran homes for children born as a result of Lebensborn. By 1940, about 70% of those women involved in Lebensborn were unmarried.
The would be master race mothers: A 'school for brides' in Berlin
In total, ten Lebensborn homes were created in Nazi Germany with the first built just outside of Munich.
However, it was World War Two that gave Himmler the real opportunity to expand Lebensborn. The SS invariably followed the German military into a war zone. The SS had a variety of roles to fulfil after an area had been overrun. Its participation in the 'Final Solution' has been well documented. However, another role given to it by Himmler was to search out for young children who fitted his idea of Aryan supremacy.
Nurses carry the Lebensborn babies Source: Lager.it
LEBENSBORN (Source: Jewishgen.org)
Lebensborn means "spring of life". The "Lebensborn" project was one of most secret and terrifying Nazi projects. Heinrich Himmler created The "Lebensborn" on December 12th, 1935. The goal of this society ("Registered Society Lebensborn - Lebensborn Eingetragener Verein") was to offer to young girls "racially pure" the possibility to give birth to a child in secret. The child was then given to the SS organization which took in charge his "education" and adoption.
In the beginning, the "Lebensborn" were SS nurseries. But in order to create a "super-race", the SS transformed these nurseries in "meeting places" for "racially pure" German women who wanted to meet and make children with SS officers. The children born in the Lebensborn were taken in charge by the SS and it is important to know that most of them were also victims of this race policy. Without any contact with their mothers, without any parental love, most of them became autistic.
From 1939, one of the most horrible side of the Lebensborn policy was the kidnapping of children "racially goods" in the eastern occupied countries. These kidnappings were organized by the SS in order to take by force children who matched the Nazi's racial criteria (blond hair, blue eyes, etc....). Thousands of children were transferred to the "Lebensborn" centers in order to be "Germanized". In these centers, everything was done to force the children to reject and forget their birth parents. As an example, the SS nurses tried to persuade the children that they were deliberately abandoned by their parents. The children who refused the Nazi education were often beaten. Most of them were finally transferred to concentration camps (most of the time Kalish in Poland) and exterminated. The others were adopted by SS families.
In 1942, in reprisals of the assassination of the SS governor Heydrich in Prague, a SS unit exterminated the entire male population of a small village called Lidice. During this "operation", some SS made a selection of the children. 91 of them were considered as good enough to be "Germanized" and sent to Germany. The others were sent to special children camps (i.e. Dzierzazna & Litzmannstadti) and later to the extermination canters.
It is nearly impossible to know how much children were kidnapped in the eastern occupied countries. In 1946, it was estimated that more than 250,000 were kidnapped and sent by force to Germany. Only 25,000 were retrieved after the war and sent back to their family. It is known that several German families refused to give back the children they had received from the Lebensborn centers. In some cases, the children themselves refused to come back in their original family: they were victims of the Nazi propaganda and believed that they were pure Germans. It is also known that thousand of children not "good enough" to be Germanized were simply exterminated.
Norway was occupied in 1940. This country especially interested Himmler because of its Viking past. Himmler had a great interest in the warriors the Vikings produced and their success as fighters. Norwegian women were encouraged or forced into sexual liaisons with SS officers regardless of whether they were married or not and nine Lebensborn homes were established in the country. Children born as a result of such liaisons were brought up in Germany by approved Nazi parents. They were baptised in a SS ceremony where their adoptive parents swore that the child would have a lifelong allegiance to Nazi beliefs. Other Lebensborn clinics were established in Western Europe – France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Luxemburg all had one home built.
Lebensborn babies at a Bavarian maternity hospital in 1945. Image: smh.com.au
The SS scoured occupied Eastern Europe in search of Himmler's ideal young child – blonde hair and blue eyes. Here, children were literally taken from their parents and sent to Germany where they were brought up by approved Nazi parents who also had to fit the Nazi ideal. It is thought that as many as 250,000 children were taken from Eastern Europe but the actual figure is not known as much documentation was either lost or destroyed as the war in Europe reached its end. Effectively given a new identity, their past lives were all but destroyed and it is possible that some may not have even known that they had been forcibly taken from their birth parents. It is thought that as many as 12,000 children were born as a result of the SS campaign to produce as many Aryan children as was possible.
Ah! Balm to the eyes: The glorious Nazi future!
Children born as part of the Lebensborn programme faced many difficulties once the war in Europe ended in May 1945. The Norwegian government classed such children as "rats" and their mothers as "German whores". Many feared that the children would continue believing in what their SS fathers had believed in as they had been genetically 'programmed' to do so. The treatment of the Lebensborn children born in Norway was such that in 2008 those still alive took their plight to the European Court of Human Rights, which ordered that each person should receive £2000 compensation.
A lebensborn home: A SS affair
The Nazi ritual: Baptism of a child born to a Lebensborn member, Germany
Baptism of a child born to a Lebensborn member, Germany
Infant room at a Lebensborn facility, Germany, 1936
Maternity room at a Lebensborn facility, Germany, 1936
Operating room at a Lebensborn facility, Germany, 1936


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"Theatre that deserves to be seen"
"I was riveted by the dark and blood-thirsty machinations, which are served up with a healthy dose of humour" "Creative and effective staging and eye-popping costumes"
"A cracking good production…..riveting….sets the focus on language and great performances" –Kate Watson, The Coast
"Powerful … idiosyncratic and gut-wrenching" – Michael Lake, The Coast
"Delightfully ghoulish" – Alexander Quon, These Words of Mine Blog
"Innovative" "The cast's enthusiasm, the flamboyant costumes, and the richness of the text make it worth a trip to catch the performance" -Elissa Barnard, The Chronicle Herald
"mesmerizing performances….directed beautifully….captivating to watch"
"a fascinating and unusual piece of theatre history presented in a way that feels quite sleek and modern and boasts of some terrific performances"
"It's no secret that "the theatre" has had trouble over the last century shaking its wildly inaccurate reputation of being elitist, pretentious, irrelevant, solemn and dull. I wish that everyone who holds this opinion could head over to the Bus Stop Theatre and check out Vile Passéist Theatre's production of Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair, because it really captures the bawdy, joyful, cheeky and wild spiritof the days when theatres were centers of popular entertainment for the masses where frivolity and lasciviousness ran rampant." -Amanda Campbell, The Way I See It theatre blog (http://twisitheatreblog.com)
LOCAL XPRESS' BEST OF 2016: The Spanish Tragedy "Thomas Kyd's 16th-century revenge tragedy, set during the Spanish Civil War in the Villains Theatre's production, was almost unbearably contemporary as men of unremitting evil plotted against their pure-of-heart brethren, carrying out heinous deeds without the slightest hesitation. Directed with precision […] The motives and intentions in the play were effervescently clear, the characters deftly drawn."
MERRITT AWARD NOMINEE 2016: Arden (Outstanding New Script by a Nova Scotian Playwright: Dan Bray), The Duchess of Malfi, (Outstanding Production by an Emerging Company; Outstanding original score: Michael Robson), Outstanding original score: Michael Robson)
MERRITT AWARD NOMINEE 2014: The Roaring Girl (outstanding original score: Jenny Trites)
MERRITT AWARD NOMINEE 2013: The Jew of Malta (outstanding original score: Garry Williams)
THE COAST'S TOP PLAYS OF 2014: Gallathea "Sometimes a play just makes your heart sing, and this 16th-century script did that for me. It was beautifully staged and filled with memorable, quirky performances. It conveyed a simple but important message: love is love."
THE COAST'S TOP PLAYS OF 2013: The Roaring Girl "An original take on a 17th century comedy with original music and a feminist bent? Yes please!"
THE COAST'S TOP PLAY OF 2012: Kill Shakespeare "This was a unique theatre experience…[an] engaging storyline coupled with an intriguing format"
THE CHRONICLE HERALD'S TOP PLAY OF 2012: Kill Shakespeare "two independent Halifax theatre companies [VPT and Lions Den] brought an epic action story of Shakespearean superheroes alive as if it were a movie but used radio drama techniques"
Villains & Heroes: An Interview with the Villain's Theatre. Kate Kirkpatrick, Halifax Bloggers, November, 2016.
Centuries-old Tragedy explores timely themes of justice and revenge. Andrea Nemetz, Local Xpress, November 2016.
Vile Passéist Theatre Sheds Limelight on the Past. Rebecca Schneidereit, Fine Lifestyles Magazine, April 2014.
Vile Passeist Theatre: Dan Bray and Early Modern Theatre. John Baxter, Dalhousie University English Department Newsletter. September 2012.
Vile High Club. The Coast, June 30, 2011.
Old story, new theatre. The Coast, Jan 27, 2011.
Dan Bray: Bringing Back Those Old School Jacobean Classics, interview with Amanda Campbell on The Way I See It blog. Aug 24, 2009.
Photo: the cast of The Maid's Tragedy. Photo: Ashley Marie Pike.

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I have one last question about High Contrast.
Jakub Steiner and Lapo Calamandrei have suggested that icons from the Symbolic Icon theme be used in High Contrast (see Figures 8 and 9, HERE ). Symbolic icons are drawn in a simple, clear style, and are recolored by a theme engine so that they automatically match the text color on the graphical user interface. Because the text color already contrasts with the background color in the GUI, these icons are not outlined (note the contrasting outlines in Figures 10 and 11, HERE).
The question I have is this: is the contrasting color enough for the low-vision user, or do we need to maintain the outlines in the High Contrast theme?
Joseph, I hope it is not abusing your good will to ask if you could run this by your vision OT? Please let me know if this is an issue for you,and thanks so much for your previous response.
Meg Ford
Womens Outreach Intern, Summer 2011On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:31 AM, meg ford <meg387 gmail com> wrote:
Thank you, Joseph!On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Joseph Scheuhammer <clown alum mit edu> wrote:
Hi Meg,Here is what she had to say:
You wrote:
Joseph// Scheuhammer has agreed to show these drafts to the Occupational Therapist who works on site with him.
The high contrast figures would work best for a low vision user. Figures 4 & 5 can be easily seen when the colour scheme of the display is altered (from inverted brightness, to yellow and black to black and white inverted). Figures 6 and 7 are not as clear when using various colour schemes. I do find figure 3 hard on the eyes, and when magnified at higher magnification, it's hard to determine what the icon represents. Hope this helps.
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XBLIG: Knocking on death's door?
I'm changing the line-up a little & going to be talking about another subject that's dear to my heart: Xbox Live Indie Games or XBLIG for short. I've been a Xbox gamer since 2002 when I bought my first original Xbox. I've since moved on to the Xbox 360 in 2006. I was stoked when Microsoft showed off the first 7 XNA trial games at GDC 2008 that would foreshadow the Xbox Live Community Games service in November 2008.
The service has changed a little over the years: changing the price structure, adding support for avatars, party chat & video playback and a name change to Xbox Live Indies Games. Unfortunately it hasn't fixed it's biggest problem: lack of achievements, gamerscore & leaderboards. These features are probably why the service hasn't been taken seriously & has lead to poor sales & public image. However, the cheap novelty & me-too games like massagers take a major toll too.
The service has been plagued with it's biggest problems over the past year. It hasn't really gathered enough marketing attention from Microsoft or community support for the developers & has had all kind of problems with it's position in the storefront and freezes to the Top Downloads & New Arrivals lists. Those latter problems have been going on for 2 years & Microsoft has yet to fix the problems completely which has lead to low morale in the developer community because it directly affects sales. The problems wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that Microsoft lost it's Community Manager last September when Kathleen Sanders moved on inside the company. Microsoft has yet to fill her spot & the developer community support has waned as Microsoft has gone mum when issues with the dashboard arose.
One would have thought that with the recent XNA MVP Summit & Game Developer Conference that new & exciting details for the service would have been announced, but both events have come & gone with no new information. Recently Gamasutra had a round-robin interview with a number of high-profile XBLIG developers on what their plans are going forward & what they think the service needs to stay alive. Interesting is that most seemed to have made the decision to leave for better platforms. Platforms that have a bigger audience & the potential for more sales. But they did pretty much all agree that the platform really needs achievements & leaderboards and something needs to be done with the marketing and the storefront.


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I paid 7 US dollars for this wine and must say that I have had better. It's flavor was present, but definitely watered down. it had a plum nose which was mild and pleasant, but the taste left something to be desired. Honestly, not bad for 7 bucks, but not something i would soon get again. Spend another 3-4 dollars and get something that is more full-flavored.
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There are some incredibly valuable tips for aspiring cake decorators who love using fondant:
"Good art is borrowed, great art is stolen…"
Practice, Practice Practice
Goldman notes that his formal training in cake design consisted of two weeks worth of lessons in culinary school. The rest all came from trial and error.
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TH8 War Base Undefeated Anti 3 Stars | Fully Protected Bases
In Clan war, everyone wants 3 stars on the base where he is attacking TH8 War Base Undefeated Anti 3 Stars. Because clan war is mostly about the gaining of more stars then opponent clan. The clan will be the winner which have more star than another clan. Due to this keep in mind, we have selected these war bases for the players who really want anti-3-star war bases.
The mostly attacking strategy which every attacker used on town hall 8 is dragon attack or either golem, pPekkaattack. Dragon attack will be unsuccessful because all these bases are anti dragons. While golem Pekka attack can be made unsuccessful by using these bases strategy. First of all, one thing you have to do in clan war is to make 3 war bases. You have to see that your opponent have which type of max troops or the troops with which he can attack your base. For More Details.
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TH8 War Base 1:
This base is anti-3-star war base. In this base town hall is placed beside the clan castle. Clan castle holds the troops inside it. We advised you to place the wizards in clan castle.wizards will destroy the enemy troops because they have high damage point. On town hall 8 mostly attacker used dragon attack strategy. Because dragon have high damage point and they can easily destroy the whole clan within no time. But we have planned this war base according to anti-dragon war base. If attacker destroys one air defense then he has to face other two air defenses. The air sweeper will change the direction of the dragons and also create the problem by throw air flow. The dragon speed will automatically slow because from the opposite direction the air sweeper is throwing flow of air.
TH8 War Base 2:
This base is also anti-dragon war base the air defenses are also placed in the center of the clan. Townhall is also in the center, while the clan castle is beside the clan. Hidden Tesla is also placed near to the town hall. These hidden Tesla are hidden from the attacker .when anything comes in the range of these hidden Tesla they suddenly appear and burn everything which is in his range.
TH8 War Base 3:
In this war, base mortar is placed with the town hall and clan castle. Mortars have high damage point.they also have the high range. When anything comes in the range of the mortar they will be destroyed by the mortar.
TH8 War Base 4:
In this war, the base town hall is placed on the upper corner of the clan. The attacker will attack from this side. Because from this side town hall is near to the attacker. And also clan castle is placed behind the town hall. From this side to come out troops from the clan castle are easy for the attacker.
TH8 War Base 5:
In this war base, the town hall is placed between the center of the clan and all sides of the town hall are covered with giants bomb. When attacker troops will reach to the town hall these bombs will be blasted and all troops will be destroyed.
TH8 War Base 6:
This war base has no way from where the attacker can attack. Because all sides of the war base are covered with defense and other things.If the attacker will attack this base. All of his troops will be scattered around the base here and there. And in this way, his attacking strategy will be failed. This war base is also anti-3-star war base.
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text: Share: Comments Print May 20, 2014 at 12:06 PM Banning GMOs: No proof that GMOs pose a threat Posted by Letters Coordinator The threat to Oregon's organic farmers from contamination by transgenic pollen is entirely of their own making, and Oregon voters should reject their proposed GMO ban ["Voters weigh local GMO ban in Southern Oregon," Local News, May 17]. Pollen contamination flows both ways, and Syngenta could as reasonably ask voters to ban organic farming. In the '60s and '70s, the organic movement was about avoiding harmful chemicals and conserving topsoil to promote ecologically sustainable agriculture, not about genetic methods or promoting agricultural eugenics. However, in 1997 the organic industry insisted that USDA rules for organic foods exclude transgenic crops, later resulting in rules prohibiting transgenes in certified organic foods. Organic farmers could easily eliminate their threat and the cost of GMO testing by changing their rules, but their marketing now depends not on demonstrating any ecological benefit, but on playing to fear and ignorance of genetics that they have actively encouraged. Thirty years of research has found no nutritional difference between organic foods and other foods, GMOs or otherwise. Some evidence indicates that organic farming is better for biodiversity; organic farmers could instead ask voters to ban herbicides, which would better align with their historical ecological roots. But this does not market as well as unfounded fear of transgenes. Paul Talbert, Seattle Comments | Topics: GMOs, oregon, organic crops


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Livingston, Texas
|Livingston, Texas
Livingston City Hall at 220 West Church Street
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|United States
|• Total
|8.4 sq mi (21.7 km2)
|• Land
|8.4 sq mi (21.7 km2)
|• Water
|0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
|167 ft (51 m)
|Population (2000)
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|• Density
|649.9/sq mi (250.9/km2)
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Livingston is a town in Polk County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,335 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Polk County.[3] It is seventy-five miles north of Houston. This town was settled in 1835 as Springfield. Its name was changed to Livingston and became the county seat of Polk County in 1846.[4]
The Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation is just to the east of Livingston. The 2000 census reported a resident population of 480 persons within the reservation.
Livingston has one hospital, the Memorial Medical Center at Livingston, and recently, a new free-standing emergency room, Dow Emergency, was erected. The latter has a plan to grow into a fully functioning, state of the art inpatient hospital in the future.
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- Demographics 2
- Government and infrastructure 3
- Banking 4
- Transportation 5
- Education 6
- Notable people 7
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Livingston is located at (30.709518, -94.934443).[5]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.4 square miles (22 km2), of which, 8.4 sq mi (22 km2) of it is land and 0.12% is covered by water. However, the town of Livingston is about 10 mi (16 km) east of Lake Livingston, which is the largest drinking-water reservoir in the state of Texas.
Elevation: 148 ft
The zip code 77399 is used exclusively by a mail service called Escapees for those who full-time live in their RVs.
As of the census[1] of 2000, 5,433 people, 2,048 households, and 1,341 families resided in the town. The population density was 649.9 inhabitants per square mile (250.9/km²). There were 2,358 housing units at an average density of 282.1 per square mile (108.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 70.38% White, 18.50% African American, 0.64% Native American, 0.83% Asian, 8.08% from other races, and 1.56% from two or more races. About 13.90% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,048 households, 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.4% were married couples living together, 16.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.5% were not families. About 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the town, the population was distributed as 27.7% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.2 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $31,424, and for a family was $37,868. Males had a median income of $30,318 versus $21,774 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,214. About 18.2% of families and 22.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.7% of those under age 18 and 17.4% of those age 65 or over.
In the 2010 Census, Livingston lost 1.8 percent of its population.2010 Census for Livingston, Texas
Government and infrastructure
The United States Postal Service operates the Livingston Post Office.[8]
The Livingston Municipal Airport, operated by the City of Livingston, is located in West Livingston.[9][10]
Nearby West Livingston has the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Allan B. Polunsky Unit,[9][11][12] the location of the State of Texas death row since 1999.[13]
A few miles outside of Livingston is the IAH Polk County Secure Adult Detention Center, which houses around 700 immigrant men daily who have been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Run by private-prison company Community Education Centers, the facility has frequently been criticized for its sub-par treatment of migrants and is currently under fire in a nationwide campaign calling for the closure of ten of the worst detention centers in the nation.[14]
Livingston uses a manager-council system of government. The current mayor is Clarke Evans.
Livingston is the headquarters to two regional bank systems, the First National Bank and the First State Bank.
First State Bank has its main office in downtown Livingston and branches in Livingston (west side of town on Highway 190), Onalaska and Shepherd.
First National Bank has its main office on Highway 190 and branches in downtown Livingston and Onalaska.
Greyhound Lines operates the Livingston Station at the Super Stop Food Mart.[15] The city's airport, Livingston Municipal Airport (LMA) is located to the southwest of the city. It is classified as a general aviation facility serving private aircraft.
Major highways:
U.S. Highway 59
- U.S. 59 is scheduled to be upgraded to Interstate 69.
- U.S. Highway 190
- State Highway 146
The City of Livingston is served by the Livingston Independent School District.
A branch of Angelina College, Polk County Community College, opened in Fall 2014. The college offers various classes and two-year associate degrees.[16]
Notable people
Notable people from Livingston include:
- Paul Carr: NFL and University of Houston DB and LB. Moved to Livingston as the elementary school physical education coach.[17]
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- Billy Eli: Musician, songwriter
- Senator Clem Fain, Jr: Texas state senator, Honorary Chief of and Texas agent for the Alabama-Coushatta Indians
- Percy Foreman: notable criminal defense attorney
- Annette Gordon-Reed, law and history professor, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for History and 2010 MacArthur Fellow
- Lyda Green, Alaskan State Senator for 14 years
- Margo Jones: American stage director who launched the careers of Tennessee Williams and Ray Walston, and directed Williams' The Glass Menagerie on Broadway[19]
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- Sally Mayes: Award-winning Broadway actress and singer. Livingston named a street in her honor.
- Mark Moseley: Super Bowl XVII and the 1982 National Football League Most Valuable Player Award as a placekicker
- Lt. James N. Parker, Jr.: Co-pilot of Crew #9 in the Doolittle Raid (aka Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo),[20][21] awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross[22]
- Gene Phillips: professional basketball player
- Captain (Ike) Isaac Newton Turner: Captain in the Civil War with Hood's Brigade[23][24]
- Capt. (later Brig. Gen.) Samuel M. Whitside: commanded Camp Livingston in the late 1860s during the reconstruction period.[25]
- Brad Womack: star of ABC's The Bachelor "Season 11 and Season 15"
- KCTL Television
- KETX Television
- KXAX Radio (104.3 & 102.5 KXAX-LP) Kxax Radio Website for local news and events.
- KETX Radio (1440 KETX (AM) and 92.3 KETX-FM)
- KDOL Radio (96.1 KDOL-FM)
- PolkCountyToday.com (Up-to-date news website) PolkCountyToday.com (online version of the "PolkCountyToday.com")
- Polk County Enterprise (newspaper)
- East Texas News (online version of the "Polk County Enterprise")
Sports championships
High School Football:
- Livingston Dunbar (1A-PVIL) state champions 1953[26][27]
- Livingston Dunbar (1A-PVIL) state champions 1954
- Livingston Dunbar (1A-PVIL) state champions 1958
- Livingston Dunbar (1A-PVIL) state runner Up 1959
High School Basketball:
- Livingston High (All schools in one division) 1939
- Livingston Dunbar (1A-PVIL) Runner Up 1952
- Lake Livingston
- Lake Livingston State Park
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation
- Annual Pow-Wow
- Trade Days
- Light of Saratoga
- 391 Historical Markers [28]
- Polk County Museum
- Swartout: Former River Ferry Town, now a ghost town
- Trinity Neches Livestock show and Rodeo (founded in 1945)
- Polk County Fireworks on Lake Livingston
- Annual Jingle Bell Fun Run and Walk
- 5k Dam Run
Entertainment references
Lake Livingston was featured on the third episode of the first season of the television show, River Monsters, which airs on Animal Planet. The host, Jeremy Wade, was searching for alligator gar.[29]
Livingston is the hometown of a patient in the CBS television series M*A*S*H.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder".
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names".
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ City of Livingston, Texas, Information, History
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990".
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Post Office Location - LIVINGSTON." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on May 16, 2010.
- ^ a b "West Livingston CDP, Texas." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
- ^ "Municipal Airport." City of Livingston. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.
- ^ "Polunsky Unit." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 7, 2010.
- ^ Rainwater, Mary. "Death row inmate: No justice by execution." Rapid City Journal. May 5, 2010. Retrieved on May 9, 2010. "are heavy on the mind of 41-year-old former South Dakota resident Kevin Scott Varga, who sits on death row in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas."
- ^ "Death Tow Facts." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 7, 2010.
- ^ Expose & Close
- ^ "Livingston, Texas." Greyhound Lines. Retrieved on May 16, 2010.
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- ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CarrPa20.htm
- ^ a b "Alabama-Coushatta Indians", Texas Handbook Online
- ^ http://www.texasescapes.com/AllThingsHistorical/Tennessee-Williams-Texas-Director-Margaret-Virginia-Margo-Jones-BB506.htm
- ^ Doolittle Raiders Online
- ^ http://www.eaglefield.net/doolittleroster.htm
- ^ Thirty_Seconds_Over_Tokyo
- ^ http://www.historicmarkers.com/Texas/Polk_County_Texas/Captain_Isaac_Newton_Moreland_Turner%2C_C._S._A.__TX10428/
- ^ http://usads.ms11.net/randy.html
- ^ Russell, Major Samuel L., "Selfless Service: The Cavalry Career of Brigadier General Samuel M. Whitside from 1858 to 1902." MMAS Thesis, Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Command and General Staff College, 2002.
- ^ Friday Night History - PVIL Past Football Champions - Texas High School Football
- ^ UIL: Athletics - Champions Archives and Records
- ^ THC - Atlas - County Search
- ^ [4]
External links
- Livingston city website
- Livingston-Polk County Chamber of Commerce
- Livingston ISD
- Lake Livingston Recreational Home Page


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In a letter addressed to Caltrans Director, Michael Dougherty, dated March 5, 2013, California District 2 Senator, Noreen Evans, communicated concerns and asked a number of questions, on behalf of her constituents, regarding the current Willits Bypass Project.
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In its meeting of 16 February, the Commission of Fine Arts reviewed the proposal from the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities for the proposed Five by Five public art program to install 25 temporary artworks in public spaces throughout the city. The Commission members unanimously supported this initial program to provide the city with a variety of installations that will last from a few days up to four months in duration.
The Commission members look forward to seeing the artworks in place and, as always, the staff is available to assist you and your staff with the submission of future public art projects.
/s/Thomas E. Luebke, FAIA
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People in certain parts of the UK are up to 1pc better off following the recent series of interest rate cuts, a report claimed this week.
Economic analysts Business Strategies claims that although interest on savings has gone down, mortgage repayments have fallen even further, leaving people with more cash in their pockets.
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Business strategies' research director Dr Neil Blake said: "The estimates show that in London, interest on savings has gone down by an average of 1.8pc of disposable incomes. But mortgage payments are an average of 3.1pc lower. This leaves people with an average 1.3pc more money in their pockets."
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PARKLAND, Wash.—For the second year in a row, the Puget Sound baseball team came out on top in the cross-Tacoma rivalry series with Pacific Lutheran as the Loggers clinched their second victory of the weekend over the Lutes Sunday at PLU Ballpark in Parkland, Wash. The Loggers clinched the series by wrapping a 15-6 victory in game two, but couldn't get a second consecutive sweep as PLU held on for a 5-4 win during the rubber match between the two Tacoma-area teams.
GAME TWO: Puget Sound 15, Pacific Lutheran 6 (continued from March 22)
The Loggers and Lutes began play Sunday by finishing the second game of the three-game series, which was suspended March 22 due to darkness. At the time of the suspension the Loggers held a 13-6 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning, but PLU had one out and runners on first and second for Nicholas Hall. New Loggers pitcher Lucas Stone got Hall to ground into a double play to get out of the frame.
The Puget Sound bats didn't cool off after they added to their already lofty offensive numbers. Addison Melzer led the inning off, ripping a double and moving to third on a single from Stone. Melzer then scored on a Nathan Backes grounder, and Stone took second thanks to a Lute fielding error on the play. Two batters later, Stone scored when Nickolas Alarcio singled to third base in his first at bat of the contest. Stone then made all three outs in the ninth to finish off the 15-6 victory for Puget Sound.
The game was Puget Sound's best offensive game of the season as the club set yearly highs in runs (15), hits (20), RBIs (15), and doubles (6). Four different Loggers tallied three hits as Stone, Jeff Walton, Christian Carter, and JB Eary all hit that mark, and Walton led the team with three RBI and three extra base hits, two doubles and his first homer of the season.
GAME THREE: Pacific Lutheran 5, Puget Sound 4
Pacific Lutheran took an early lead in the rubber match between the two teams, plating a run on a single from Drew Oord. They added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth on two straight RBI base knocks from Jacob Clements and Alec Beal.
The Loggers got on the scoreboard in the top of the sixth. Connor Savage ripped a two-out single up the middle and moved to second on another base knock by Chris Zerio. Stone then tallied the Loggers' third hit in a row to score Savage by singling to second base. In the bottom of the frame, the Lutes got that run back and scored one more, taking a 5-1 lead into the seventh.
That wasn't it for Puget Sound, however, as they scored three more in the eighth to pull within one. With two men on, Backes ripped a single to left field to plate Savage and Zerio, and in the next at bat Walton ripped another single to left to bring home Backes. The three runs on three hits cut the Loggers' deficit to just one at 5-4, but the visitors couldn't push another run across in the top of the ninth and Pacific Lutheran held on to avoid the sweep.
Zerio led the Loggers with two hits in the nightcap, his second consecutive multi-hit game. Backes' two-RBI single gave him the team lead in that category, and Stone went 5.0 innings and struck out five batters after starting the contest on the mound.
Lutes starter Chris Bishop went 8.0 innings in the win, striking out nine batters while allowing all four Puget Sound runs. With the win, he advanced to 2-3 on the year while AJ Konopaski tallied his ninth save of 2014 after getting all three outs in the ninth. Oord, the home squad's first baseman, went a perfect 4-for-4 with 1 RBI in the final game of the series. The Lutes (13-7, 8-3 NWC) will head to southern California for their next four contests, beginning with a single game at Pomona-Pitzer on Friday, March 26.
The Loggers (7-10, 5-4 NWC)) next take the field Saturday, March 29, with a doubleheader versus Linfield. First pitch in that stretch of games is slated for 12:00 p.m. at Logger Field on the Puget Sound campus in Tacoma, Wash.


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Orgasm, healing and wellbeing.
Let us start with the question of where in your body you feel an orgasm, and the controversial figure Wilhelm Reich (1897 – 1957). Reich was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who had worked with Freud and went on to become one of the most controversial figures of his time. Loved and respected by many, he was jailed in America for promoting one of his inventions, the Orgone generator (which he contended could cure cancer amongst other things) and died just prior to his release. He has the dubious honour of having many of his books officially burnt in the US. Reich theories inspired many influential people and movements in Psychiatry and psychotherapy including Gestalt, Bioenergetics and Primal Therapy.
So what about sex? Like Freud, Reich was of the view that all neuroticism was based in sexual repression. In response to this repression, Reich maintained that the body established bands of "armour"; distinct areas of physical tension such as around the hips, that acted as protection.
Reich studied and detailed what he described as a healthy orgasm; something he maintained very few people in current times were capable of experiencing because of the inhibitory effect of their defensive armour. A healthy orgasm is to be felt throughout the body, not just in the genital area, a little up the spine, or in the head.
Now, this is not intended to create sexual tension or concern regarding your own experience. However, it certainly is an interesting theory; and if you do happen to feel an orgasm as a current of energy moving through your whole body, you are probably in a deeply natural state, free of any physical blocks. This notion of free energy flow always seemed to me to have quite a deal in common with the TCM view of energy flowing freely through the body's many meridians.
Regarding healing, the energy generated by orgasm can be directed through an area that is painful or in need of healing. No idea where else you might hear this, but if you want to try it, you can test it for yourself. It is a bit like directing white light through an area in an imagery exercise, but just could be a touch more fun! Again, from a TCM viewpoint, disease involves a blockage in energy flow and orgasm is a powerful way to release or clear such blockages.
What you may also notice is that the more relaxed you are, the more present or mindful you are, the more likely you are to have a natural orgasm that will spread widely through your body.
But now for the climax. The French call orgasm "the mini death". For good reason. When we have an orgasm, the energy release over-rides any active thinking. It is as if what we are familiar with in the ordinary world dies. Orgasm takes us directly into current time; there is no thinking of the past, or the future. There is just the present moment and that all encompassing surge of energy.
At orgasm, we may well have a moment of profound stillness, free of thought or analysis. Just very present, very aware. Undistracted. We may infact have a mini glimpse of what enlightenment is like. This is why it can be best to hold the state of mind that accompanies orgasm for as long as possible after it happens.
Now a final note. Seeing we have arrived in interesting territory, lets go just one step further, In quite a few spiritual circles, particularly amongst the yogis, you hear that it is best for men to withhold ejaculation and even orgasm, because if they do not they dissipate their energy; as if there is a limited store available. Mahatma Gandhi is famous for his struggles with this particular theory.
Speaking as an old athlete, this notion never made sense to me. It is like saying there is no point in training to become physically fitter, as you might just use up your life's energy quota in the process. Before my cancer, my resting heart rate was around 44. At the worst point of my illness it was 180+ for some weeks. I have often felt that if I had not been so fit, my heart may well have given out under the load it was under at that time.
So maybe sex is like the brain. Neuroplasticity says when it comes to your mental function, use it or loose it.
Have fun with the right person, at the right time, in the right place and the right state of mind.
SYNCHRONICITY, or coincidence is a curious thing. Having written all of the above some time ago, and then, just before posting it, being alerted to Sogyal Rinpoche's article on the Huffington Post (see below), I checked it out and in the process found this:
"In terms of strengthening our emotional wellness, it seems that while orgasm can make us hunger for the experience of sustained transcendence, meditation is the only path to actually achieving it." - from Riddhi Shah, Huffington Post 13/7/11 who also quoted a Scientific American article "The neurobiology of bliss - sacred and profane" by Nadia Webb which discusses Sex in the brain and what it reveals about the neuroscience of deep pleasure. Both are worth making the links and reading.
Reich's life and times
Relaxation in daily life
On enlightenment
Love and its conditions
1. Sogyal Rinpoche and meditation hit the Huffington Post
Link here for a terrific article from Rinpoche on meditation. The Post responds to interest and especially comments. So if you want to see more on meditation and great teachers like Rinpoche, act now!
2. Big anniversary coming
On 16th September next it will be 30yrs since the first Melbourne Cancer Support Group was held in a modest suburban house in Hawthorn, Melbourne. Next post I will indulge some old memories and share some of the landmarks that followed.
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- AnonymousAugust 8, 2011 at 2:40 AM
Thanks Ian,ReplyDelete
That's an interesting route to health!
Betsy xx
As per usual Ian, brilliant, slightly controversial and well worth a read. Thank you so much, Karen CanberraReplyDelete
- Eunice MAugust 8, 2011 at 9:01 PM
Very interestingReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 11, 2011 at 2:42 AM
So much great potential for fascinating exploration ,,, better get started !!!ReplyDelete
Wonderful holistic organic approach ,,,
Thankyou always Ian for so many things ,,, most of all for your generous inspirations & naturalness
Love Wunjo,
in Bunbury WA
- Swami shantanandaSeptember 11, 2011 at 11:15 PM
Welcome to Tantra. Your view has been supported by some streams of Yoga for zonks - the yogic point being to catch the moment where orgasm transcends mind and personality and so to relinquish them more thoroughly. Celibacy still gets a good press, though! I like your blog, IanReplyDelete
I like your article Ian.ReplyDelete
Yes being present, opening your heart, letting your energy flow from your heart to your partner's heart and dissolving your ego, brings you into a merging with the Divine [however you may see that] And yes clearing your energy blocks allows orgasmic energy to flow from your toes to your crown resulting in that timeless orgasmic moment… where every cell in your body explodes in ecstasy. Now that what I call a healthy and thoroughly satisfying orgasm…however, really it is going into the STILLNESS after an orgasm that is the true BLISS & ONENESS that I enjoy
You might like to check out my article that refers also to Maslow and Reich and their views on orgasm and health…such an interesting topic !
warmest regards
- AnonymousNovember 3, 2011 at 7:44 PM
Orgasm is sublime but it takes skill to achieve. Not every partner has the knowledge.ReplyDelete
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New Album for 2017.
A lot of work went into this one.
Funny enough, writing the song takes the least amount of time.
Making the tracks took a few months.
I made the tracks while floating between West Hollywood and Malibu after spending a couple of months in Berlin. I then went back to Berlin to connect with my Art Music Tech friends and mixed the album there. I also re-recorded most of the vocals there too.
This time around I'm releasing one track at a time, staring 07.17.17 once a week.
I'm also releasing the tracks without the vocals simultaneously.
So while this album is called 'CREATOR OF WORLDS', the collection without vocals is named 'CREATOR OF WORLDS 2'.
So let's get into the title, why 'CREATOR OF WORLDS' ?
I realized that with my AudioVisual work I was creating worlds for the human consciousness to experience.
I then realized that what I perceive as reality was a world that my levels of perception and awareness created.
We are creators of what we experience and how we perceive what we experience.
There are unforeseen aspects of what we experience as well as other forces playing a role, but the story we tell ourselves is the inner world we are creating.
This album is me voicing things that are deep in my psyche and subconscious in order to hear them consciously. This way they reveal what is happening on deeper levels, and it can help me grow, progress in ways that can help me and potentially others.
My influence of Minimalist Electronic Music in Berlin's dark clubs fuels the production inspiration, while I apply my rapping flows enriched with energy and thoughts.
Let me know what you think.
I make music that sounds different from anything else I hear.
As an artist I stay away from what is safe and what others are doing simply because it is not interesting to me.
I like energy so that tracks are uptempo while my voice displays the pain I may have felt due to my feelings which were triggered by how I perceived certain experiences.
Recording HipHop Artist: WILLPOWER LIFEFORCE
Writer: WILLPOWER LIFEFORCE
Producer: WILLPOWER LIFEFORCE
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I waited until the Dow Jones closed today before writing my comments unlike yesterday! We had the perfect storm in the corn market today. The U.S. Dollar basically crashed down over 200+ points for most of the day, crude oil was up $5.51 and the Dow Jones was all over the place waiting for the Fed's decision on interest rate cuts. When Dec '08 corn closed today the Dow Jones was basically unchanged and then fell to 74 lower at the close of the Dow. The Fed's did cut the rate by .50% which is what Wall Street was looking for and expecting. Stocks made most of the daily range in the last hour of trade.
Dec '08 closed up limit today at $.30 higher and settled at $4.20 3/4. The one thing I notice about days that we close toward our high is that we typically gap higher at the beginning of the next session. If the market gaps higher tonight, I would expect some follow through buying and then some selling should surface. I expect resistance at $4.27 3/4 tonight and then sell off some.
Bottom line - I expect tonight's open to be neutral to lower and then find follow through buying. I say lower because the Dow Jones sold off going into the close. If we open lower I expect the market to find some buyers and then take us up to $4.27 3/4 before hitting resistance. If $4.27 3/4 violated then the next level of resistance is $4.42 1/2. I expect the market to respect $4.27 3/4 for resistance and $4.11 1/2 for support during tonight and tomorrows markets. If the Dollar continues to crash and crude maintains its rally we could see better markets all day tomorrow.
Dec '08 meal started its rally around 10:00 a.m. this morning and follow through for most of the day but had trouble holding a limit up bid at $286.80. I was surprised we couldn't hold the meal market firm all day considering corn was up limit for most of the day.
Bottom line - I expect Dec '08 meal to slightly lower tonight and then find buyers and rally toward today's high of $286.80 and if it really gets crazy we could go to $291.30 from Sunday nights high. I don't think we will have a runaway market to the upside tomorrow like we did today unless we have the Dollar weak and crude oil strong again.
Dec '08 lean hogs did very little again today with a trade range of $1.05 it was relatively quiet compared to corn, soybeans and the outside markets. I don't understand why hogs have rallied when the Dollar was moving higher and now that it tanked today the market moves lower.??? After seeing the cutout number this afternoon I guess someone knew about it before it came out and that was some of the reason for the decline.
I have been saying for the last couple of commentaries that I didn't/don't like the Dec '08 hog contract and today's cutout number may prove me right. Cutout was down $2.51 today which is a very large one day drop; cash was up slightly so the packer margin just tightened. With the fundamental news we had today I don't think the contract low of $55.45 is safe any longer.
Bottom line - I expect Dec '08 hogs to be very weak tomorrow on the heels of tonight's cutout number. I believe some of it was factored into today's trade but the balance will hit tomorrow. Some to the buying over the past few sessions was short covering so we could see more selling come into the market tomorrow. I expect a test of $56.60 which was today's low in the Globex pit and a probable test of the contract low of $55.45 either tomorrow or Friday.
USDA ESTIMATED PORK CARCASS CUTOUT Based on FOB Omaha carlot pork prices and industry yields. Calculations for a 200 lb Pork Carcass 53-54% lean, 0.65"-0.80" backfat at last rib ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Today's Primal Cutout Values Date Loads Carcass Loin Butt Pic Rib Ham Belly ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/29 117.9 62.66 85.45 66.05 46.36 88.97 47.94 69.18 Change : -2.51 -2.86 -1.01 4.34 -3.89 -6.77 -1.46 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
National Direct Hog Price Comparison -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : National : Iowa : Western : Eastern : : Minnesota : Cornbelt : Cornbelt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Base Price is the price from which no discounts are subtracted and no premiums are added. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BARROWS & GILTS : .35 hgr : 1.04 hgr : .75 hgr : .09 lwr Negotiated : : : : CARCASS BASIS : 49.50-58.65 : 50.50-58.65 : 49.50-58.65 : 50.00-55.41 185 lb Base Hog : wtd avg : wtd avg : wtd avg : wtd avg Plant Delivered : 55.82 : 57.24 : 57.09 : 53.18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Head Count : 23,966 : 13,336 : 16,165 : 7,621 ==========================================================================
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Schierke is a small spa town, 600 metres high, in the Harz Mountains. It is a popular tourist destination, not least as a base for walks up the Brocken, the highest mountain in the region.
Schierke is home to a well-known local drink, Schierker Feuerstein, named after the Feuerstein rocks above the town.
Schierke is in the heart of the Harz, surrounded by the forests of the National Park. It has a long tradition as a spa and consequently has dozens of hotels and restaurants.
The Cold Bode (Kalte Bode) river flows through Schierke into the Bode Valley.
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Schierke is on the Brocken Railway, a narrow gauge line that starts in Wernigerode. It is also accessible by road from the B4, the main north-south federal road through the Harz.
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Schierke is small enough to walk around.
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