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New York, Dec 8 (UNI) Eating plenty of seasonal fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of cancer and even help stop cancer in its tracks, a new research shows.
According to American researchers, while there's not really an ''anticancer diet,'' eating plenty of certain fruits and vegetables can help reduce your risk of getting cancer, the WebMD reported.
''The big take-home message is, eat a variety of fruits and vegetables. Eat what is in season. The real goal is to try to increase your overall consumption of fruits and vegetables and the proportion of your diet that is made up of a plant-based diet, '' says Laura Kresty, one of the researchers.
In fact, the research suggested that black raspberries are good for warding off esophageal cancer and raw vegetables like broccoli for preventing bladder cancer.
In the study, 20 patients ate an ounce or an ounce and a half (more for the men) of freeze-dried black raspberries daily for 26 weeks after which the level of 8- Isoprostane was measured during the urine test, which worked as the marker of oxidative stress triggering cancer.
At the end of the study, 58 per cent of the patients had marked decline in the 8-Isoprostane, reflecting less oxidative stress.
The researchers also looked at tissue levels of an enzyme called GSTpi, which helps detoxify carcinogens (chemicals leading to cancer).
They found that 37 per cent of patients had an increase in this protective enzyme which helps fighting cancer.


Born in 1960 in Tulsa, OK; son of a bass player; married to Connie Heard (a violinist); children: one son. Education: Studied at Georgia Tech before transferring to Indiana University. Addresses: Management--IMG Artists, 825 Seventh Ave. New York, NY 10019, (212) 489-8300.
Double-bass player and composer Edgar Meyer has won critical accolades for his work in such distinctly different musical fields as classical and bluegrass. He tours, performs, and records with such musicians as Yo-Yo Ma and Joshua Bell, and has garnered respect both for his compositions and virtuosity. He also has been praised for his work in the bluegrass genre, having been a member of the 1986-92 superstar bluegrass band Strength in Numbers, which respectively included mandolin, dobro, violin, and banjo virtuosi Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Mark O'Connor, and Bela Fleck. He continued to record and perform with various combinations of Strength in Numbers members through the early 2000s, playing both traditional songs and new compositions by Meyer and others that are steeped in Appalachian and Celtic musical traditions. Of these albums, Appalachia Waltz and Appalachian Journey, both collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor, are the most popular and critically acclaimed; the latter earned the trio a Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album in 2000. Meyer won two more Grammy Awards in 2001, including one for Perpetual Motion, his collaboration with Bela Fleck.Meyer's solo work in more traditional chamber music is also noted for its incorporation of American and Celtic musical sounds, and has drawn comparisons to the work of Aaron Copland.
All the instruments he has played for extended periods hold some connection to his father. The first was a bass from Czechoslovakia that was made in 1933. Meyer's father bought the instrument for $25. "It was a flower planter at the time; it had fallen off the back of a truck and people had hung it from the ceiling," he explained on the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center website. Meyer also has played an instrument that was made in the 1800s, which his father purchased in the early 1960s. The instrument that he plays most often, however, is a 1769 bass built by Johann Baptiste Gabrielli in 1769. "My father ran into Sam Hollingsworth playing it in the '50s. Hollingsworth sold it to George Hofer in the late '50s and he decided to sell it in 1983. It's the instrument my father was really ambitious to have since before I was born," Meyer commented.
Meyer was born in 1960 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and moved with his family to Oakridge, Tennessee, when he was four years old. He displayed an interest in music at an early age, but focused mainly on playing bass. "My father played the bass and from age two or three I was very interested in playing the bass. I don't remember anything much before five years old, but there are pictures of me with a broom pretending it was a bass. My parents tried to get me to play violin instead but I insisted on bass, and by age five I was playing one," he reminisced on the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center website. "I invested my personality in the instrument before it was a conscious decision," he continued, "it was my natural mode of expression since before I remember. It was a complete identification with it--that was who I was and what I did, which was combined with an insatiable curiosity about music from the earliest ages."
Intending to study mathematics, Meyer enrolled at Georgia Technological University; he eventually transferred to Indiana University, where he changed his major to music and studied with bass teacher Stuart Sanky. He also took advantage of the opportunity to play with famed double-bass players Gary Hoffman and Jamie Buswell. During this period, he appeared on a recording by Bela Fleck, and eventually moved to Nashville. His first major label recording was as a session musician on Vince Gill's "Colder than Winter." When he asked Fleck to help him record a demo tape, the banjo player brought along dobro player Jerry Douglas and mandolin player Sam Bush for the session. They gave the tape to MCA Nashville executive Tony Bride, who released Meyer's Unfolding as part of the label's Masters Series.
Meyer's demo group of musicians began to evolve into the band Strength by Numbers, beginning as a loose contingent that together and separately played the bluegrass festival at Telluride, Colorado, during the mid-1980s. Meyer also continued to work as a session musician in Nashville, contributing to recordings by country stars Garth Brooks, Hank Williams, Jr., Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris, Reba McIntyre, and Travis Tritt, as well as recordings by Lyle Lovett, James Taylor, the Indigo Girls, T-Bone Burnett, the Chieftains, and Bruce Cockburn.
His collaboration with violinist Mark O'Connor and cellist Yo-Yo Ma on the 1996 recording Appalachia Waltz earned him performances on the David Letterman Show as well as the 1997 inauguration of President Bill Clinton. Recorded in four days in Nashville in August of 1995, Appalachia Waltz prompted O'Connor to remark in the CD's liner notes: "Edgar's going to create a new breed of bass player by his presence both in the Chamber Music Society [of Lincoln Center] and at the various festivals in which he participates. He's going to inspire a new level to attain."
Appalachia Waltz remained on the classical charts for 16 weeks, and became an impetus for the trio's Grammy Award-winning album Appalachian Journey. In 1997 Meyer collaborated with Fleck and mandolin player Mike Marshall on Uncommon Ritual; he also opened the 1997-98 season of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In 1998 Meyer teamed with Joshua Bell, Mike Marshall, and Sam Bush to record Short Trip Home, which resulted in a national tour, a Grammy Award nomination for Best Classical Crossover Album, and an opportunity to perform on the national telecast of the awards ceremony. Meyer also performed regularly in a bluegrass trio with guitarist Russ Barenberg and Jerry Douglas.
While recognized as a country musician and the architect of a chamber music-bluegrass hybrid, Meyer is also respected for his classical work. From 1985-93, he was a guest at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, composing six works for the festival during this period. Meyer premiered his Bass Concerto with Edo de Waart and the Minnesota Orchestra in 1993, and joined the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in 1994, the same year that he became the first bass player to be awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant. In 1995 he premiered his Quintet for Bass and String Quartet with the Emerson String Quartet. His Double Concerto for Bass and Cello, performed with Carter Brey on cello and Jeffrey Kahane conducting the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival Orchestra, was underwritten by a grant that same year from the Meet the Composer/Reader's DigestCommissioning Programme.
Meyer released his recording of Schubert's "Trout" Quintet and "Arpeggione" Sonata with Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax in 1996. In 1999 Meyer's work appeared on Listen to the Storyteller: A Trio of Musical Tales from around the World, an album that also contained compositions by Patrick Doyle and Wynton Marsalis. In 2002 Meyer premiered two new compositions, Double Concerto for Cello and Double Bass and Concerto in D for Double Bass and Orchestra, which prompted L.A. Times critic Josef Woodard to write: "Echoes of Copland, Minimalism and Bill Monroe, and perhaps a hint of klezmer, pass through the score. Intersecting lines, gracefully tumbling arpeggios, and phrases that can only be called riffs for the strings cleverly underline the clarinet's cryptic melodic statements. This is not to say, however, that it's a cheeky stylistic pastiche. Creative logic lines its path. With this music ... the composer deploys polyrhythmic ideas and a cerebral approach. These strategies, though, don't detract from the basic visceral charm and a certain languid beauty. Country music in the chamber? It's no stretch, given Meyer's able hands and mind."
by Bruce Walker
Edgar Meyer's Career
Released solo album, Unfolding, 1985; member of bluegrass band Strength in Numbers, 1986-92; collaborated with Mark O'Conner and Yo-Yo Ma on Appalachia Waltz, 1996; collaborated with Bela Fleck and Mike Marshall on Uncommon Ritual, 1999; collaborated with Joshua Bell, Sam Bush, and Mike Marshall on Short Trip Home, 1999; released Meyer & Bottesini Concertos with guest instrumentalists Yo-Yo Ma and Joshua Bell, 2002.
Edgar Meyer's Awards
Won Zimmerman-Mingus Bass Competition, 1981; Avery Fisher Career Grant, 1994; Avery Fisher Prize, 2000; Grammy Award, Best Classical Crossover Album for Appalachian Journey (with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor), 2000; Grammy Awards, Instrumental Arrangement for "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" from The Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, and Classical Crossover Album for Perpetual Motion (with Bela Fleck and others), 2001; MacArthur Foundation Grant, 2002.
- Selected discography
- (With Strength by Numbers)Strength by Numbers , MCA, 1986.
- Work in Progress , MCA, 1990.
- Schubert: Trout Quintet , Sony, 1996.
- (With Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor) Appalachia Waltz , Sony, 1996.
- (With Bela Fleck and Mike Marshall) Uncommon Ritual ,Sony, 1997.
- Quintet: Rorem: Quartet No. 4 , Deutsch Grammophon, 1998.
- Listen to the Story Teller: A Trio of Musical Tales from around the World , Sony, 1999.
- (With Joshua Bell, Sam Bush, and Mike Marshall)Short Trip Home , Sony, 1999.
- (With Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor) Appalachian Journey , Sony, 2000.
- (With Bela Fleck)Perpetual Motion , Sony, 2001.
- Meyer & Bottesini Concertos , Sony, 2002.
- Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites , Sony, 2002.
- Concerto No. 2 for Double-Bass and Orchestra , Sony, 2003.
- Billboard, August 10, 1996, p. 1(2).
- Other Side, November 1999, p. 25
- U.S. News and World Report, April 3, 2000, p. 64.
- "A Talk with Edgar Meyer," Bass Frontiers, http://www.bassfrontiers.com/articles/edgar (August 30, 2002).
- "Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Presents New Work by Edgar Meyer at Lafayette Feb. 8," Lafayette University, http://www.lafayette.edu/press/releases/chambermusicsociety.html (August 30, 2002).
- "Edgar Meyer," Andrew De Grado Foundation, http://www.andrewdegrado.org/adv_board/edgar.htm (August 30, 2002).
- "Edgar Meyer Discography," St. Paul Sunday, Minnesota Public Radio, http://www.saintpaulsunday.org/discographies/disc_meyer.html (August 30, 2002).
- Edgar Meyer Official Website, http://www.edgarmeyer.com (August 30, 2002).
- "Edgar Meyer's Classics for Everyday Folk," Los Angeles Times, http://events.calendarlive.com/.../1,1419,L-LATimes-Calendar-0!ArticleDetail-20254,00.htm (August 30, 2002).
- "The Grass is Sometimes Bluer: Edgar Meyer," Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, http://www.chambermusiclincctr.org/bios/meyer.htm (August 30, 2002).
- Sony Classical, http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/meyer/index.html (August 30, 2002).
- Additional information was obtained from the liner notes to Appalachia Waltz, Sony, 1996, and Short Trip Home, Sony, 1999.


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Illinois County Boundaries: 1790 to Present – by Michael L. Hébert
1875 Township Map – USGenWeb Project – Illinois Digital Map Library
Modern Township Map – Illinois Secretary of State’s website
Cities and Towns
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps – This map collection is only available to the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) member libraries. Here is a list of libraries. A login is required.
1940 Aerial Photographs – 1937-1947 Illinois Historical Aerial Photography
1954/55 Farmsteads – American Aerial County History Series – by John Drury

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Of all the genres in horror, the one that consistently offers the most rollickingly bad movies has got to be zombie cinema. Why is that, do you suppose? Well, they’re usually made on extremely low budgets; the performers in the zombie makeups could hardly be called “actors”; and they’re often Italian films hilariously dubbed into English stateside. But there are other countries to whom the bony finger can be extended as well. Let’s take a look at some of them…
1. City of the Walking Dead (1980). Neopolitan director Umberto Lenzi, who cut his teeth (ha!) with the notoriousEaten Alive and Cannibal Ferox, worked with the real living dead in this goofy flick. The plot: an unmarked aircraft roars unannounced into an airport, and security officers surround it.
Unfortunately, all the passengers have been poisoned by the trademark mysterious movie radiation and have been transformed into crazed, flesh-consuming killers. They spill out onto the tarmac, attacking and killing the cops. This film should really be called City of the Running Dead, because it was made 20 years before Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later and its sprinting killers.
But “walking dead” is a misnomer, too, because these folks are still alive, just irradiated and hungry for human flesh. And something about the radiation process has caused them to go to health spas for mud packs. Or maybe they put the mud on themselves to soothe their scorching skin?
At any rate, this goofy movie is about a reporter trying to save himself and his wife as the creatures run from location to location, slaughtering all the way. And American actor Mel Ferrer (looking for a paycheck) pops up as an army general who wants to keep the apocalypse under wraps to prevent the populace from panicking. Now, how can you cover it up when the killers…er, zombies…er, whatever they are…keep racing from place to place and killing people?
As you can tell by this bare-bones plot, it really is a bare-bones film. It tries to get serious by touching on such deep subjects as governmental cover-ups and the rape of the environment, but it’s just too damn goofy to make a serious statement about either.
My favorite scene involves the creatures invading a television studio where girls are inexplicably dancing in spandex outfits, only to slab, slice and otherwise mow them down. Whoo-hoo! Down with Disco! And Lenzi doesn’t even know how to end the film—the reporter wakes up in bed with his wife safely beside him and realizes he’s dreamt everything. He heads off to the airport to get the scoop on the unmarked plane. The plane’s doors open, the creeps rush out, and hey! We’ve started over again!
Too light and disappointing on its own, I recommend that City of the Walking Dead be viewed with another goofy zombie movie for a full evening of quality trash entertainment.
2. Porno Holocaust (1981). Another prolific Italian director, Joe D’Amato (aka Aristide Massacessi) worked in both the horror and hardcore porn genres. He must’ve thought, “What two great tastes would taste great together?” and launched—yes—the zombie porn genre.
One of his most hilariously titled messes has got to be Porno Holocaust (1981). Just like the above-described film, the plot is super-simple: A group of scientists travel to a mysterious island where they discover a zombie king with a gigantic penis. This well-hung zombie kills all the men and rapes all of the females (also murdering them with his enormous phallus). The female lead is kidnapped by the monster, but is rescued by the last surviving male. And that’s it.
I really don’t understand what kind of audience D’Amato was hoping to attract by combining these two genres. I’m sure there are kinksters out there who get excited about the idea of zombie sex, but certainly not that many (I hope). Thanks to Google, I just watched a couple of sample sex scenes from the film featuring coupling on the beach, and they’re about as exciting as open-heart surgery. The soundtrack is a combination of cheesy sci-fi music and jungle sounds, and the actors go about their business like they’re riding the subway to work on Monday. The picture is also rather racist, since the scientists are all white and the “primitive people” they’re studying—and the zombie king himself—are darker.
Another zombie-porn combo film has an even more hilarious title—Erotic Orgasm. Not only does it not even mention zombies, it suggests something that I’d assume is a given. I mean—are there also not particularly thrilling orgasms? Maybe there are.
3. Dr. Butcher, M.D. (Medical Deviant). Originally titled Zombie Holocaust, this is the opportunistic U.S. title of another Italian mishmash of genres. Released a scant year after Fulci’s bizarrely wonderful Zombie, Dr. Butcher also stars Zombie‘s leading man, Ian McCullough. The hitch is that there are both zombies and cannibals in this schizophrenic film.
McCullough plays a New York doctor who is investigating the mysterious disappearance of limbs from corpses in the city’s morgues. His investigation leads him to an Indonesian island inhabited by a cannibal tribe. See? The plot sounded exactly like Zombie until we got to the cannibals, didn’t it? There’s also a seemingly kindly doctor (like Zombie) on the island who is actually performing sinister experiments on the natives.
Huh? What the… This film is really a throwback to Make Them Die Slowly and Man from Deep River. The zombie scenes seem to have been arbitrarily added to remind viewers of Fulci’s more successful film. In fact, I’m sure that’s exactly what happened. The producers were almost finished with their ten-day shoot and the moneymen called up and said, “Hey! Fulci’s film is a goldmine! Add zombies!” And stir.
The U.S. release, with the Dr. Butcher title, confusingly adds a prologue with a completely mismatched zombie rising from a grave that has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the proceedings.
4. Zombie Nightmare. Let’s head over to Canada for a Great White North slice of cheese starring Jon Mikl Thor, the bodybuilder and heavy metal rocker who fronts the imaginatively-titled band Thor and starred as the zombie in this 1986 opus.
Whether the zombie causes nightmares or is having nightmares himself is never explained, but Thor plays a hunky baseball player who is run down by a gang of teenage thugs, only to be resurrected by a handy voodoo priestess. He then lumbers off to wreak revenge on the gang.
Man, is this movie lame. It moves along at a snail’s pace, the effects are sub-par, the killings aren’t particularly interesting, and the actors are truly obnoxious. “Batman” himself, Adam West, plays a police captain who doesn’t really give a shit even as the bodies start turning up, and future director of forgettable films Shawn Levy (The Pink Panther remake, Night at the Museum, Cheaper By the Dozen, all of which I have not seen) plays the douchebag leader of the teenage gang. With his feathered hair and skintight ’80s jeans, he’s just begging to be punched.
Rightly ripped to shreds by Mystery Science Theater 3000, it’s the MST-d version of Zombie Nightmare that I would recommend watching. I can’t imagine having to endure this vacuous, unimaginative cheesefest without Mike, the ‘Bots and their colorful commentary.
There’s a traumatic scene in a gym featuring a pale, skinny guy and his girlfriend. They get into a hot tub, and the guy is wearing tiny, tiny white underwear. When the zombie attacks, he jumps out of the tub and runs toward the camera in his skimpy, white, wet shorts. It still makes me shiver to think of it. And it’s one of those movies in which the zombie can catch up to—and overpower —the victims who always seem to be moving much faster than him.
It seems that lovers of ’80s metal hold the soundtrack in high regard, but not being one of them, I thought all the songs sounded the same. The following year Thor appeared in Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare, which involves—what else?—heavy metal and demonic possession. The MST3K gang didn’t get around to it, but as represented by the still shown here, it looks like that movie was also ripe for the plucking.
5. I, Zombie: The Chronicles of Pain (1998). Let’s wrap this up with an English film that’s not a laff riot, but a really intriguing study of a poor student who has to deal with the day-to-day reality of becoming a zombie.
David (Dean Sipling) is a PhD candidate who goes into the woods to collect some samples, and comes upon a nasty-looking woman in pain in a tumbledown house. Hoping to help her, he tries to take her to hospital, but she rips into his throat. He staggers into the woods, gradually losing focus until he doesn’t comprehend what’s happening to him.
Regaining understanding, David starts to chronicle his journey into zombiehood with written journals and a tape recorder. He’d been living with his fiance, but he suddenly disappears from her life because he doesn’t want her to see what he’s becoming. As the film’s title explicitly describes, it’s a day-to-day account of his metamorphosis. And though the budget is minuscule, writer-director Andrew Parkinson did a pretty good job with both the angst and gore effects.
Armed with a bottle of chloroform, David goes out in search of victims, eating their flesh and then disposing of the remains matter-of-factly. After devouring parts of one of them, he lights up a cigarette. Isn’t that what some people do after a good meal? And the sequences showing David attempting to rebuild his deteriorating body with screws and pieces of metal—as well as a scene I won’t mention here—but will make guys groan in horror, are well-realized.
It’s such a melancholy film. Parkinson cross-cuts dream sequences, flashbacks and interview clips with David’s fiance (Ellen Softley) and her new boyfriend (Giles Aspin) to give a well-rounded portrait of who he was before he became a monster.
There are also false flashbacks and hallucinations to not only keep us guessing but also to remind us that as his exterior flesh is rotting, surely his internal organs (like his brain) are also deteriorating,
The budget, deliberate pace and (intentional) banality may be off-putting for some viewers, but it’s a really interesting approach in the cinema of the undead. And the final sequence, in which the completely rotted David lies weakly in his bed and recalls snapshots from his youth, is incredible.
And still he’s not dead. The nightmare will never end.


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MY GRANDMOTHER HAD HER OWN STYLE
of storytelling, a style that avoided accommodating her listeners in
any way. She never started right in with what happened, which was,
of course, what you wanted to hear. First, she had to make you see
where the story took place, especially if it took place in her village,
which was where most of the stories she considered worth telling took
place. You had to hear about the fence cleverly woven of branches,
the dirt yard full of chickens, the four fat pigs that her son sold
off when our mother was pregnant with Madeline and couldn't stand the
smell of them. "What's the matter with her nose, huh?" Staramajka
asked us. "Everybody else can stand to smell a pig, no matter what
special condition they are in, but my Marko, to make his brother's
wife happy, he sells all the pigs. 'I can buy them back later,'
Marko said, but then the army came and took him, so we ended up
with no men and no pigs either. That's why the mayor asked us to
take the Turk in the first place no pigs on the premises."
My ears perked up at this early mention of the Turk, but it was a
false alarm. We had yet to hear (not for the first time) about the
crucifix that guarded the end of the single street flanked with
yellow houses, about the thick clay walls of the houses and their
thatched roofs, about storks who liked to nest in summer on the
chimneys big birds with long pink legs. "Pretty to look at but
they make a big mess. Not at our house, though, because of my
rooster. He didn't like those storks. If one came, he would
crow like crazy and make it fly off. He was better than a guard
dog, my rooster. When soldiers came to the village and stole our
chickens and pigs, they never laid a finger on that rooster of mine.
Your grandpa called him " and for the rooster's name, she always
switched from Croatian to Hungarian, which my sister and I had never
learned to speak, adding, as if she were sorry to inconvenience us,
"His name means something I can't say to children."
"We're not children," I protested, but my sister Madeline, who
was sitting in a cloud of featherbeds with her greased and
gauze-wrapped hands in her lap, looked satisfied, under the
circumstances, to be a child for a while. I think she liked
Staramajka's long preambles anyway, probably because she
remembered the village herself she was five or six when they
left it and she liked to have the lines and shapes of the place
redrawn for her now and again to keep them sharp and clear.
"Speak for yourself," she said to me. "And don't interrupt."
Staramajka made a great show of ignoring both of us, sitting
back in her wooden rocking chair. This was the same chair she
hauled out to the porch every fine morning and dragged back
inside every night, the same one in which she spent most of
her evenings beside the radio in the dining room, listening
to the Voice of Firestone, the same one in which we would find
her dead one day, looking very much the way she did right now:
her eyes closed and her face toward the ceiling, the cheekbones
high and round like apples, the rest scooped hollow by her lack
of teeth. When she was ready to resume her story, she opened her
eyes and peered at us from deep caverns under the bony shelf of
her forehead, making us feel that we were in the presence of one
both ancient and timeless. In years, she must have been about 65.
Reprinted with permission
Copyright © 2001
by Mary Helen Stefaniak

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Time waits for no man, and Roger Federer's spot among tennis' elite seems like it's slipping away.
There's a lot of discussion about the big four in men's tennis. For the second half of the 2000s, Federer's rivalry with Rafael Nadal took hold of the sport. But by early 2011, Nadal even recognized that the two-player "monopoly" on the game was no longer, per Kate Flory of ATPWorldTour.com.
Nadal singled out Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray as the biggest threats to he and Federer, telling Flory, “You have to have a little bit of patience and see how things are going to work out. By that, I don’t mean that there won’t be a change because the other two – Djokovic and Murray – are very good."
Nadal has proved to be prophetic, as Djokovic (four) and Murray (two) have gone on to win six combined Grand Slam titles since then. Meanwhile, Federer's triumph at the 2012 Wimbledon stands as his only Grand Slam title in four years. In all, that's 34 of the past 36 majors won by Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray.
That's not to say Federer can't win another major championship at the age of 32 or beyond. Despite the physical setbacks he endured in 2013, Federer looked to be in good form before losing to Nadal in the Australian Open semifinals recently.
Federer was able to move around well, hit his spots and give Nadal a good match, but the Spaniard is simply too tough.
The latest rankings shed a more accurate picture of how the hierarchy of tennis shakes out.
|ATP Men's Singles Rankings (Jan. 27)|
|4||Juan Martin Del Potro||25||Argentina||5,370|
|6||Andy Murray||26||Great Britain||4,720|
|7||Tomas Berdych||28||Czech Republic||4,540|
In essence, there is no more big four. It's Nadal and Djokovic at the top, and then the rest.
To this point of Federer's career, he's already established himself as one of the greatest of all time. The 17 Grand Slam titles in 24 finals appearances. The 77 career tournament wins, tied for third most in the Open Era with John McEnroe. The class and the way he carried himself through it all.
There's no shame in being in the second tier of the world's tennis players, but I think that's where Federer finds himself. In fact, Federer might not even be the best player from Switzerland right now. Fellow countryman Stanislas Wawrinka jumped to No. 3 in the ATP world rankings after beating an injured Nadal in the Australian Open final on Sunday.
Everyone's body wears down eventually, and Federer's showed major signs last season with back issues. He also reached the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, his best showing in any Grand Slam, but would only win one title at the Gerry Weber Open by the end of the season.
As 2014 wears on, it wouldn't be unexpected if Federer's body continues to show signs of fatigue, and this might have been his best shot at a Grand Slam all year.
At 32, he's the oldest of any player currently in the top 10, which features an average age of 27.8 years. Still, he's a rare talent and if anyone can have a big comeback and capture a major title, it's Federer.
It won't be easy, though. Ultimately, a player of Federer's caliber is judged by Grand Slams, and with the new wave of talent establishing itself, it appears his window has closed.


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Malas is the traditional language in the two villages of Simbukanam and Malas, on the coast of Madang. The Malas language is losing speakers. Most Malas people in their thirties and below have limited proficiency, and instead prefer speaking Tok Pisin. Give thanks that their growing proficiency in Tok Pisin gives them growing access to God's word in the Tok Pisin Bible. Pray that older and younger generations remain united despite the language shift.
The North Coast Road runs directly through the land of the Malas. This makes it so easy to access markets to sell their cash crops or to access a service center. Their main cash crops are cocoa and coconut. They also sell betel nut, food crops and livestock. Give thanks for their livelihoods.
Andrew Pick from the University of Hawaii recorded many stories told by the Malas people from both villages in 2017 and 2018. Andrew has made those stories and their translations available online, giving us valuable insights into their culture. Give thanks to God for his creativity that shines through the Malas culture.
Most all Malas people profess Christ.
This people needs both audio and written scriptures in their heart language.
Pray for clear communication of the scriptures to the Malas people in their cultural context and in their heart languages, including those that rely on Malas and don't speak Tok Pisin well. There is evidence that three in four people in this district cannot read, so please also pray that the Malas people are able to access audio scriptures.
Pray that God continues to bless the Malas people both materially and spiritually.
Scripture Prayers for the Malas in Papua New Guinea.
Wycliffe Bible Translators
|Profile Source: Joshua Project|
|People Name General||Malas|
|People Name in Country||Malas|
|Population this Country||1,200|
|Population all Countries||1,200|
|Progress Scale||5 ●|
|Frontier People Group||No|
|GSEC||5 (per PeopleGroups.org)|
|Pioneer Workers Needed|
|Country||Papua New Guinea|
|Region||Australia and Pacific|
|Persecution Rank||Not ranked|
|Location in Country||Madang province: Tokain area. Source: Ethnologue 2016|

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Ouch !! Corporal Punishment & Other Means to Rein In Unruly Students [Archives:1997/39/Culture]
Fatima Muttahar* The controversy surrounding the punishment of pupils at schools still rages on. Some teachers argue that there is no way to deal with undisciplined pupils but to punish them in one way or another. This problem is universal. Corporal punishment is not prohibited by the Yemeni law. It is left to the discretion of the teacher to deal with rowdy behavior at the classroom as he or she sees fit.
Means of Punishment Teachers often resort to varying means to punish their pupils for misbehaving, depending on the teacher’s temperament and individual traits and how serious is the individual pupil’s misconduct. Means of punishment include caning, standing up in the corner for a long time with hands raised, kicking the pupil out of the classroom, sweeping the school’s grounds, deducting marks from the “behavior grades,” writing a word or a sentence repetitively for a large number of times, or calling up the pupil’s parents by the school’s principal. The above means of punishment are for individual pupils. However, there are means for collective punishment. These include the above plus other methods devised by individual teachers. Some teachers leave the lesson altogether, forcing the pupils to study it on their own later in the exams.
The Pupils One pupil said that her teacher hit her hard on her hand palm until it bled. She told her eldest sister at home who talked to the teacher later on. The eldest sister blamed the young one, not the teacher. In contrast to that, a punished pupil brought his father to school who quarreled with the responsible teacher. Such parental behavior makes an impressionable pupil disrespect his or her teachers thereby making the teachers eventually lose their status as respectable educators.
Teachers’ View Female teachers often complain that girls talk a lot; but because of the veil they wear, the teacher cannot correctly identify the culprit. However, in general, boys are more likely to misbehave. They are more noisy and usually hyperactive. There is usually a specific group of undisciplined pupils who usually sit at the back of the classroom. Unruly boys usually stand up to their teacher and may counteract, whether immediately within the classroom or later on outside the school. Girls, on the other hand, respect their teachers more. No acts of “vengeance” are carried out, except maybe for the odd shouting match. Some girls, however, inflict some sort of a prank or a practical joke on their teacher – exploding pens are a favorite.
How To Deal With Undisciplined Pupils Souad Bolbol, a teacher at Sana’a Private School, said: “all pupils must be treated firmly right from the beginning of the school year. Pupils can be classified according to their behavior – disciplined and undisciplined. The latter must be treated with firmness and understanding at the same time.” Mansoor Al-Raji’i, an Egyptian teacher of Arabic at a public secondary school, said: “a teacher must treat all students fairly and equally. Outside the school, a teacher must befriend his or her pupils – barriers must come down. This makes the pupils respect and love their teacher and refrain from any misconduct during classes.” From Mansoor’s experience as a student, he found that students did not like to attend or may even misbehave in lessons by unpopular teachers.
Why Do Pupils Misbehave? Abdu Ali, a second-year student at Al-Thawra Preparatory school in Sana’a, admits that he is often punished for talking and laughing during lessons. He claims that he wants to relieve himself of boredom because of the distressing atmosphere of the classroom, “It feels like I am in a dungeon,” he said, “the walls are painted with dark paint and it smells because of the large number of students.” Mohammed Fadhil, a third-year primary-school pupil, said that he is often punished for failing to do his homework.
Pupils Protest Most pupils complain that collective punishment is very unfair because the innocent are punished along with the guilty. “The misbehaving is usually done by a certain group of undisciplined pupils. So teachers may have to target those instead of the whole class as sometimes happens,” said a group of smart-looking students. One female teacher admitted that she resorts to collective punishment when she is in a particularly bad mood. “When I am feeling too upset to deal with individual pupils, I just punish the whole class, ” she said. Another teacher said that she resorts to collective punishment in overcrowded classrooms where it is difficult to pinpoint the misbehaving pupil or pupils. “Collective punishment is unfair because the innocent are punished with the guilty;” said a preparatory school teacher, “affecting the psyche of the well-behaved pupil.”
Conclusion It seems that punishment in the school is generally accepted by Yemeni society. However, some teachers go too far in punishing their pupils. The fact that corporal punishment is not prohibited by law gives the teachers a free hand in administering various forms of punishment. They are oblivious to the fact that when punishment exceeds reasonable limits, it becomes a physical and psychological aggression against another human being, which can be seen as a kind of torture. A pupil is a human entitled to his or her rights as specified by the international Convention of the Rights of the Child. Both the teachers and the pupils’ families are responsible for directing the young ones to behave in a correct manner by approved means of education. —————————————– * Fatima Muttahar is doing an internship at Yemen Times. She is a third-year student at the Media College, Sana’a University.

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Is Now A Good Time?, podcast produced by Bill Ehrlich ’09, Michael Benz ’09. Is now a good time to change jobs, get married, start a business, travel the world? What are you doing right now? What have you learned along the way? The 45-minute podcasts, produced in Oakland, California, check in twice a month with people in their 20s and 30s, including recently a food photographer, hatmaker and software engineer, as they share their journeys. Available at isnowagooddtime.com and through Soundcloud and iTunes.
Food for a Journey, Tom Gannon ’60 (Antrim House). Life’s mutable moments sparkle in this autobiographical journey of poems. The former priest, teacher, lawyer and associate editor of America magazine, who turned to painting and poetry after his retirement from a long-standing law career, here captures images of life’s many scenes: the Italian grandmothers of his South Philly neighbors timidly retreating to the kitchen, the dying football coach receiving Communion and the immigrants hunting scrap metal in the trash of suburbia.
The Runaway Prophet, Michele Dietz Chynoweth ’83 (Morgan James Publishing). In this contemporary spin on the Old Testament Book of Jonah, the novel follows ad agency executive Rory Justice as he unwillingly must help investigators rooting out a plot to destroy Las Vegas with an underground nuclear bomb. The third in the author’s line of Modern Day Bible Stories is preceded by The Faithful One, based on the Book of Job, and The Peace Maker, based on the story of David and Abigail in the First Book of Samuel.
Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama, Kenneth L. Woodward ’57 (Convergent Books). The author, who was Newsweek’s religion editor for almost 40 years, traces the story of Christianity in the United States over the past 60 years. His blend of memoir, reporting and historical analysis offers a look at how faith shapes American culture and politics and vice versa. He also presents portraits of such religious figures as Billy Graham, the Dalai Lama, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and Dr. Sun Myung Moon.
Old MacDonald Had a Truck, Steve Goetz ’98, illustrated by Eda Kaban (Chronicle Books). The interactive, oversized, sing-along picture book features a dump truck, bulldozer and other big machinery taking center stage in the lyrics/story of the classic folk song. In this version, Old MacDonald’s farm has a woman helping with the chores. “Loads of infectious fun make this a read-aloud treat,” says Kirkus Reviews.
Win/Loss Analysis: How to Capture and Keep the Business You Want, Ellen Naylor ’77 (Park Hill Press). Do you know why that customer left your business? What attracted that other customer to sign on? And exactly who is your ideal customer and how do you identify and cultivate them? The book presents a 12-step formal process that allows managers to gain customer insight beyond guesswork so the company can win or retain business. The author combines theory and experience in her presentation of the win/loss analytic tool.
See the Good, Alex Montoya ’96 (Tate Publishing). Following the death of his sister and other challenges, the hard-charging motivational speaker found that life had left him less than inspired. Then he took to heart a sign he’d seen on a friend’s desk, See the Good, and decided he needed to adopt that attitude. This life philosophy of seeing the good in “your adversity . . . in every situation you previously cursed . . . in all difficult people,” he says, can lead to redemption and renewal. Montoya is also the author of Swinging for the Fences and The Finish Line.
Marsco Triumphant: Book Two of the Marsco Saga, James A. Zarzana ’85Ph.D. (Create Space). In this follow-up to The Marsco Dissident, insurgents realize escape from the solar system to another habitable planet may be the only way to gain freedom from the authoritarian regime of Marsco on Earth. But the corporation that controls computer access, commerce and most space travel may be facing its own war, which could lead to even more disastrous consequences for those living on Earth.
Fifty Years with Father Hesburgh: On and Off the Record, Robert Schmuhl ’70 (University of Notre Dame Press). Father Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, often made headlines when he served as Notre Dame’s president from 1952 to 1987. He was frequently interviewed by Schmuhl, the ND professor of American Studies and Journalism who covered him for various outlets and became a friend and confidant. This volume offers both excerpts and commentary from those interviews and a warmhearted view of the influential priest.
Monk’s Tale: The Presidential Years 1987-2005, Edward A. Malloy, CSC (University of Notre Dame Press). The final installment of Father Malloy’s three-volume memoir examines his leadership at Notre Dame following the long-term presidency of Father Theodore Hesburgh, CSC. “I’ve tried to be truthful without being hurtful,” Monk says, as he details the rigors of overseeing a university, from meetings with various constituencies, journeys both domestic and international, fundraising, teaching and dealing with controversial issues.
Historical Style: Fashion and the New Mode of History, 1740-1830, Timothy Campbell ’00 (University of Pennsylvania Press). The University of Chicago professor surveys art history, philosophy and literary history in his investigation of the role of fashion trends in British perception of time and history. The burgeoning consumer society began tracking the traansformations, he says, which resulted in a new expectation of continual change.
Fates and Traitors: A Novel of John Wilkes Booth, Jennifer Chiaverini ’91 (Dutton). Through five woven narratives, the best-selling author of historical fiction here shapes the story of the once-celebrated actor who assassinated President Lincoln. Four of the five voices are those of the women who loved and were loved by Booth — his mother, sister, sweetheart and possible co-conspirator. Kirkus Reviews calls it, “Engaging, sweeping historical fiction that complicates politics by teasing out the domestic and romantic repercussions of treason."
Carol Schaal is managing editor of this magazine.


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China crushes Guam, Australia blanks Nepal in Qatar qualifier whitewash
Veteran striker Yang Xu scored four goals in 25 minutes during China's 7-0 blitz of Guam while Australia easily bested a struggling Nepal in Thursday's World Cup qualifiers.
China struggled to keep up the pressure and would have gone scoreless in the second half without a sudden strike by Brazil-born Elkeson, who in August became the first player without Chinese heritage to be named in the national squad.
At the Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou, southern Guangdong Province, Yang found his first in the sixth minute off a cross from Wang Gang but Guam looked like leveling soon after with some gaping holes in the hosts' defense.
Winger Wu Lei's feint around Travis Nicklaw into goal from the penalty line checked the brief burst of momentum from the visitors and Yang's second moments later kept the hosts on the front foot for the rest of the half.
Yang scored his fourth in the 31st and shook off a tumble soon after that saw a yellow card for Nicklaw, while Yu Xi's header brought China to six.
With the other scorers benched after the break, Yang's best shot at a fifth was flagged offside.
Elkeson, or Ai Kesen as he is called in Chinese, stepped up in the 75th but missed his chance at matching the double he made on debut against the Maldives last month in the final shortly before the whistle.
With the victory, China moved top of Group A with two wins. Eight first-placed teams from each group and the best four second-ranking teams qualify for the next round, in which 12 teams will compete for spots at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
"Although our opponents are not strong, our players played a good game. We had some good combinations and got three points. Our target is to qualify for the last 12 stage," China coach Marcello Lippi after the match. "The players were very focused, that's good. But they can improve their touch in some cases."
China next plays the Philippines away on October 15. Syria, which defeated the Philippines 5-2 as the away team in their first game, is the main rival for China in the group. The Syrians were playing the Maldives later.
In Canberra, Jamie Maclaren scored a hat-trick in Australia's 5-0 thrashing of Nepal earlier.
The Socceroos missed several opportunities against their 161st-ranked visitors but maintained a tight defense and dominated possession through the match.
Their opponents were flagging by half-time, with a dogged showing by goalkeeper Kiran Chemjong avoiding a bigger blowout.
"We created a lot of chances, but we got a bit more ruthless when it counts," said Australia coach Graham Arnold after his side's biggest home win in three years. "Overall, I'm very happy."
Melbourne City's Maclaren opened scoring in the 6th when Chemjong lost his grip on a drive from the top of the box.
He doubled the lead in the 18th with a header off Rhyan Grant.
International debutant Harry Souttar followed five minutes later with his own nod into goal, but a potential fourth by Mathew Leckie seconds before the break was controversially ruled offside.
By then the Aussies had made 16 shots on goal against a solitary attempt by the visitors — a 44th-minute Hail Mary from Abhishek Rijal from near the half-way line.
The visitors rallied in the second half but notched an own goal after failing to deflect Souttar in the 59th.
Late substitutes Ajdin Hrustic and Awer Mabil kept up the pressure but could not capitalize on their attempts before Maclaren scored his third in the closing moments.
Striker Kim Shin-wook scored four in South Korea's 8-0 drubbing of Sri Lanka while Japan triumphed 6-0 against Mongolia in Thursday's other second round group matches.


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Massive Disneyland Attraction Database
Above: A giant view of The Golden Rocketshoe when it's not shrounded in mummies
The Golden Rocketshoe
December 31, 1965
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Within The Golden Rocketshoe, you can get your daily supply of calories and watch child-boring entertainment. Make sure to check show times so you can catch a display of artistry with fiddle-masters, Cody Bubble and the Bubblecodies.
- If you are in a hurry, you may want to see what you can do to get thrown out of the park.
- If you are traveling with fairy fans or very small children, you may want to leave copious time for the nearby character meet-and-greet thingy.
- Minimum height 37".
- Emotionally-impaired guests may ask a cast member for an electronic translation device.
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By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and DÁNICA COTO, Associated Press
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Dorian unleashed massive flooding across the Bahamas on Monday, pummeling the islands with so much wind and water that authorities urged people to find floatation devices and grab hammers to break out of their attics if necessary. At least five deaths were blamed on the storm.
“We are in the midst of a historic tragedy,” Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said, calling the devastation “unprecedented and extensive.”
The fearsome Category 4 storm slowed almost to a standstill as it shredded roofs, hurled cars and forced even rescue crews to take shelter until the onslaught passed.
Officials said they received a “tremendous” number of calls from people in flooded homes. A radio station received more than 2,000 distress messages, including reports of a 5-month-old baby stranded on a roof and a grandmother with six grandchildren who cut a hole in a roof to escape rising floodwaters. Other reports involved a group of eight children and five adults stranded on a highway and two storm shelters that flooded.
Forecasters warned that Dorian could generate a storm surge as high as 23 feet (7 meters).
Police Chief Samuel Butler urged people to remain calm and share their GPS coordinates, but he said rescue crews had to wait until weather conditions improved.
“We simply cannot get to you,” he told Bahamas radio station ZNS.
On nearby Abaco Island, Parliament member Darren Henfield said he received reports of deaths but officials had not been able to confirm them.
Meanwhile in the United States, the National Hurricane Center extended watches and warnings across the Florida and Georgia coasts. Forecasters expected Dorian to stay off shore, but meteorologist Daniel Brown cautioned that “only a small deviation” could draw the storm’s dangerous core toward land.
By 5 p.m. EDT Monday, the storm’s top sustained winds fell slightly to 145 mph (230 kph). It was crawling along Grand Bahama Island at 1 mph (2 kph) and then remained stationary.
The water reached roofs and the tops of palm trees. One woman filmed water lapping at the stairs of her home’s second floor.
In Freeport, Dave Mackey recorded video showing water and floating debris surging around his house as the wind shrieked outside.
“Our house is 15 feet up, and right now where that water is is about 8 feet. So we’re pretty concerned right now because we’re not at high tide,” said Mackey, who shared the video with The Associated Press. “Our garage door has already come off…. Once we come out of it with our lives, we’re happy.”
On Sunday, Dorian churned over Abaco Island with battering winds and surf and heavy flooding.
Henfield described the damage as “catastrophic” and said officials did not have information on what happened on nearby cays. “We are in search-and-recovery mode. … Continue to pray for us.”
A spokesman for Bahamas Power and Light told ZNS that there was a blackout in New Providence, the archipelago’s most populous island. He said the company’s office in Abaco island was flattened.
“The reports out of Abaco as everyone knows,” spokesman Quincy Parker said, pausing for a deep sigh, “were not good.”
Most people went to shelters as the storm neared. Tourist hotels shut down, and residents boarded up their homes. Many people were expected to be left homeless.
On Sunday, Dorian’s maximum sustained winds reached 185 mph (297 kph), with gusts up to 220 mph (354 kph), tying the record for the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever to make landfall. That equaled the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, before storms were named. The only recorded storm that was more powerful was Hurricane Allen in 1980, with 190 mph (305 kph) winds, though it did not make landfall at that strength.
The Bahamas archipelago is no stranger to hurricanes. Homes are required to have metal reinforcements for roof beams to withstand winds into the upper limits of a Category 4 hurricane, and compliance is generally tight for those who can afford it. Risks are higher in poorer neighborhoods that have wooden homes in low-lying areas.
Dorian was likely to begin pulling away from the Bahamas early Tuesday and curving to the northeast parallel to the southeastern coast of the U.S. The system is expected to spin 40 to 50 miles (64 to 80 kilometers) off Florida, with hurricane-force wind speeds extending about 35 miles (56 kilometers) to the west.
An advisory from the hurricane center warned that Florida’s east-central coast could see a brief tornado sometime Monday afternoon or evening.
A mandatory evacuation of entire South Carolina coast took effect Monday covering about 830,000 people.
Transportation officials reversed all lanes of Interstate 26 from Charleston to head inland earlier than planned after noticing traffic jams from evacuees and vacationers heading home on Labor Day, Gov. Henry McMaster said.
“We can’t make everybody happy, but we believe we can keep everyone alive,” the governor said.
A few hours later, Georgia’s governor, Brian Kemp, ordered mandatory evacuations for that state’s Atlantic coast, also starting at midday Monday.
Authorities in Florida ordered mandatory evacuations in some vulnerable coastal areas. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper warned his state that it could see heavy rain, winds and floods later in the week.
A hurricane watch was in effect for Florida’s East Coast from Deerfield Beach north to South Santee River in South Carolina. A storm surge watch was extended northward to South Santee River in South Carolina. Lake Okeechobee was under a tropical storm watch.
A National Guard official, John Anderson, said many people were complying with the evacuation orders.
“We have not seen much resistance at all,” he said in a phone call with reporters. “People do understand that Dorian is nothing to mess around with.”
Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Associated Press writers Ramón Espinosa in Freeport, Tim Aylen in McLean’s Town Cay and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.

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I’m starting to see among some Democrats the introspection and critiquing one would expect from a political party that has taken an almost decade-long electoral drubbing. Some of the Democrat party’s deep-thinkers that have decades of liberal credentials are finally stepping up to the plate and saying that their party’s core beliefs are not in line with the majority of America and need some significant changes.
Long time Democrat strategist Ted Van Dyk recently wrote about how he has seen his Democrat Party turn away from their middle-class worker base by embracing social positions that are totally out of line with the values of these voters.
The Democrats have lost almost 1000 legislative seats across America since President Obama was first elected. They are politically weaker now than they have been since the 1920s. The same Democrat Party leaders that have led their party into this mess have stayed in their leadership positions and are now saying that all they needed was a little rebranding of their message. Those leaders (Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer) use their seniority and their campaign financing capabilities to keep control of the younger House and Senate Democrats that might otherwise seek change. But even far left publications like Salon.com are now admitting that it’s not the brand or message of the Democrat party that is turning away voters. It’s is a variety of cultural issues that may line up nicely on the coasts but repel traditional Democrat voters in “Fly over country”.
I see this as the beginning of battle lines being drawn in an upcoming Democrat Party Civil War. On one side you have Democrats like those above that recognize that their core voters that they need to win national elections are still blue collar low to-middle-income workers with more traditional American values. On the other side you have some hard-core liberals who don’t think they have gone far enough in pushing a far-left socialist agenda. In the next year or so you’ll see those lines turn into full-scale battles as the two sides try to determine the future direction of the Democrat Party.
It will be interesting to see if this Democrat Party Civil War is completed before the Democrat primaries start for the 2020 election season. If it is not then you will see Democrat contenders holding very vicious primary campaigns that may tear down all of their candidates enough to give President Trump an easy walk to reelection.

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By AmazingPolly – Published April 23, 2021
I discuss the horrifying reality behind “Scientific” Medical Journals using snippets from recent exposé by Off Guardian & a clip from Dr. Tenpenny & Dr. Lee Merritt.
Video via Rumble(30:54): https://rumble.com/vfzq83-boom-medical-journals-corrupt-to-the-core.html
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(Humans Are Free) Occasionally, humanity is confronted with a series of events, oftentimes accompanied with tremendous human suffering, that appear to be so intricately linked and coordinated that to explain them as mere coincidence or conspiracy theory is not only reckless, but potentially criminal in itself.
This month a petition was drafted for the federal government to call on Congress to investigate the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for “medical malpractice & crimes against humanity.” →
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Compile Heart has released a lot of new information about their upcoming title Black Rose Valkyrie. The developer has made a video showing off the combat. The game’s official website has also been updated to include detailed information about the Valkyrie weapon system and how they play into the Tactical Combat System or T-C-S.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZdyIIetuDQ
The video is only the first in a series of short videos Compile Heart will be releasing about Black Rose Valkyrie. This inaugural video displays the various combo attacks players will be able to use in combat. Chained attacks can be achieved as players land hits on the demonic looking enemies with their massive weapons.
Black Rose Valkyrie’s website gives insight into how these gigantic weapons can be used in battle. Valkyrie weapons will be extremely customizable through switching out parts and developing new ones. Not only will players be able to make their weapons more powerful but they will be able to spec them specifically for the type of combat their facing and fighting style they prefer.
Long, short and mid range attacks will be available if a weapon is appropriately assembled. The default Valkyrie form is designed for melee but by switching out “Armament Parts” the weapon can be modified for ranged attacks instead. Armament parts can be crafted as well using a “development” process.
That’s not all the Valkyrie weapons can do though. These over-the-top devices will have a special mode as well called “Overdrive.” In Overdrive the weapons will access their full power and deal more devastating attacks. However, because this process is taxing for the soldier melded to the weapon (To learn more about the relationship between Valkyrie soldiers and their weapons read here) the use of Overdrive is limited. So we can assume that means Overdrive will have a limited duration with a cool-down.
The massive weapons in Black Rose Valkyrie appear to have a crucial, if not central role in the upcoming game’s mechanics. More videos from Compile Heart will be released as it grows closer to the titles release in Japan on June 30th for PlayStation 4.


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Can I fly on a regular flight with an infectious disease or do I need an air ambulance?
If you contract an infectious disease while abroad, or were hoping to fly out of the country, but have caught a contagious virus or bacteria, you might be wondering if you need to reconsider your travel plans. Depending on certain factors, though, it might still be possible to make your original flight and avoid the need for an air ambulance.
Research has shown that the risk of any infectious disease being transmitted on board an aircraft is very small. The quality of the aircraft cabin air is carefully controlled. Transmission of infection can occur between passengers who are seated in the same area of an aircraft, for example through a cough or sneeze, or by touch. This is no different from being close to someone in any other form of transport such as a bus or train. In order to minimise the risk of passing infections in an aircraft, passengers who are actively unwell, especially if they have a fever, should delay travel until they have recovered.
Different airlines have different policies
Airlines can refuse travel to a passenger, if they suspect they may be contagious. It is worth checking your airline’s policy and possibly contacting them before travelling to the airport. There are several conditions, such as rubella, measles or mumps, that require a medical certificate before you are allowed to fly. This is even true when you have recovered from the disease but are still showing symptoms, such as spots following chicken pox. In such cases it’s worth carrying a letter from their GP confirming that you are fit-to-fly, to make sure you are allowed on the plane.
In general, airlines take infection risk very seriously and where an individual has travelled and is subsequently found to have been carrying a serious infectious illness with potential risks to other passengers, contact tracing of passengers will be carried out by public health authorities.
How can I get home if I’m not allowed to fly?
If you’ve been denied passage on a flight, there are many reasons why you might still want to get home as soon as possible. Maybe there are medical reasons: the treatment you need is not available or you are unhappy with the level of care at the local hospital. Or you might simply want to be closer to family and friends as you recover. Medical transport companies like EMS can help you get home wherever you are. At EMS we have our own fleet of ICU equipped road ambulances that allow us to repatriate patients over long distances, even outside the borders of Europe. If you do need to travel by plane, we can arrange a private air ambulance for you. Our medical team will travel to you, pick you up and accompany you on your way home to make sure you receive all the care you need.
If you have any questions on how to get home, be it by road ambulance or private air ambulance, or just want to discuss your situation and chat through the options, don’t hesitate to get in touch either by phone, email or through our online chat function. We are here to help you get back home safely!

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Adrian Enright is Limerick’s sole representative on this week’s GAA.ie Football Team of the Week following an inspirational performance against Cork in the All-Ireland qualifiers on Sunday.
Unfortunately for the Abbeyfeale man, his four point salvo wasn’t enough with Limerick who fell to a 2-18 to 1-16 defeat that ended their season.
Cork have three players named on the team, as do Munster rivals Clare and Armagh with each of that trio progressing to the knockout stages.
Enright was clinical in the first half in slotting over three fine efforts during a period where Limerick were guilty of missing a number of chances.
He added to that with a brilliant score that brought Limerick within two point following Brian Donovan’s goal.
But Cork hit back with a goal that ultimately ended Enright’s intercounty season that had already delivered promotion to Division Two for the first time in 16-years.
Mayo, who join Cork, Clare and Armagh in the last eight have a pair chosen while there is one each for Roscommon, Kildare and Donegal.
GAA.ie Football Team of the Week
- Rob Hennelly (Mayo)
- Lee Keegan (Mayo)
- Sean Powter (Cork)
- Kevin O’Donovan (Cork)
- Pearse Lillis (Clare)
- Niall Daly (Roscommon)
- Jamie Malone (Clare)
- Jarlath Og Burns (Armagh)
- Kevin Feely (Kildare)
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Beyond Content Delivery: Identifying Which Edge Applications and Edge Platforms Are Ready To Go Today
With all the hype of edge computing and edge cloud, everyone is now claiming to have products that are focused on the “Edge”. This branding and edge washing has created a lot of confusion around “What is the Edge”, “Where is the Edge” and “Who owns the Edge”? Furthermore, the futuristic view around autonomous cars, virtual reality and remote surgery is over used: is this the best we can do for use cases for edge?
At the EdgeNext Summit, taking place Monday October 15th in NYC, Yves Boudreau, CMO/VP of Ecosystem Strategy for Ericsson’s UDN will discuss what they have learned in the 12 months on real edge computing and learn which applications are likely to exemplify the near team user of the edge.
Held in association with NAB Show New York, the one-day EdgeNext Summit will focus on content distribution at the edge and all that is taking place with CDN, WAF, DDoS, DNS & more. With a focused lineup of companies showcasing all the new decentralized ways services are being brought closer to the eyeballs, you’ll hear how the Edge is improving the end-user experience. From the last mile to the last inches. What’s next at the Edge?
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Conversations Below the Waterline: why we won’t catch drift and weak signals
Conversations Below the Waterline: why we won’t catch drift and weak signals by Rosa Antonia Carrillo and Neil Samuels was published in the Safety Professional Journal in January 2015.
The idea that certain types of conversations are crucial to incident prevention is part of relationship-based safety (Carrillo, 2012) and the application of relationship psychology, an offshoot of complexity theory, to safety (Carrillo, 2011). These studies address questions such as, Why are there still incidents due to people do not following procedure? Why do we still struggle with getting management to listen to employees despite learning from the Columbia and Challenger disasters? Why, despite stated goals such as no incidents, no harm to people and no damage to the environment, do all three continue to occur?
Read more…Carrillo & Samuels PS Journal 2015


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If it is the first time you are soldering copper pipe remember; clean and dry. If you don’t clean the pipe where the connection is being made it will leak and then you will have to drain the entire line and start over. Time is valuable so take the time to do it right. Make sure all of the water is drained from the line before starting your project. After shutting off the water you can insert white bread into the line to soak up the water ( no crust). Sand all the parts clean and bright and apply flux to the pipe immediately. Then when you solder you will get a good seal. Remember you are to heat the connections with the torch not the solder. A properly soldered connection will suck the solder into the joint.


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Hey everyone, it’s Elsie here and I’m so excited to share my first layout using the new Whimsical collection! Although I seem to say this whenever Paige releases a new collection, but this collection might really be my all-time favourite… I’m so in love!
And of course, the two papers I immediately fell in love with were papers 03 and 14…
These two papers are full of the most delectable florals, which are also so easy to fussy-cut. I fussy-cut all of the flowers from both papers and was left with a seriously large pile of the most gorgeous floral embellishments to use on this layout and future projects!
I arranged all of these florals in a frame around my entire page. These make such a statement so they don’t need much more added to them, but I did pop them all up with some foam dots for some dimension and shadow, which helped frame and set the scene for my “night sky” design.
To create a bit of a separation between the flowers and my photo and to also emphasise my “night sky” scene, I cut and stitched a simple crescent moon shape using white cardstock. This moon ended up framing my photo really nicely and was an ideal place to write my title/journalling.
I love how this layout was created entirely with patterned papers and I didn’t use any special tools, just some scissors and glue. It’s nice to get “back to the basics” and create layouts like this which are so easy to do when the patterns are as beautiful as they are in the Whimsical collection!

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The best description I heard for the experience of attending the Electronic Entertainment Expo (a.k.a. E3) was "a rock concert in the middle of a battlefield." Indeed, the 10,000 square feet of the Los Angeles Convention Center were so full of flashing displays, thumping sounds and distracting stage shows, it could lead to a bad case of sensory overload for the unprepared. The show floor itself is so massive — over 1,000 completely new games were shown — that three days isn't nearly enough to experience it all. Three weeks might not be enough. Picking out hints of the industry's direction in such a massive, confusing environment is a bit like guessing the plot of a movie based on the trailer. Still, based on my own spotty experience at this year's show, I did notice some trends.
This was the year of new hardware at E3. Microsoft was the first out of the gate, unveiling their new Xbox360 in a prime time television special almost a week before the show officially started. The impact of the grand unveiling was partially spoiled by Internet leaks, but it still generated quite a bit of buzz in the gaming community. That is, until Monday afternoon, when Sony stunned the press audience at the massive Sony Pictures soundstage by revealing their PlayStation 3, complete with hardware details and gameplay videos (but no playable demos on the show floor to match Microsoft's). Microsoft will get another head start when its system is released in late 2005, in advance of Sony's expected Spring 2006 launch for the PlayStation 3.
Nintendo, always reluctant to part with corporate secrets until absolutely necessary, officially revealed the hardware casing for its new system, code-named Revolution, but remained painfully vague about important areas like controller design, hardware power, or planned games. The company generated its own buzz, though, by announcing that the new system would allow gamers to download and play over two decades worth of Nintendo games for older systems. But even this tidbit lacked explanation of details like game availability and pricing.
Wireless (WiFi) was a major buzzword at this year's E3. The three major console manufacturers (see above) announced their new systems would hook up to the Internet via local WiFi connections and would support wireless controllers, a move likely motivated as much by style as by lowering wireless costs. Mothers everywhere should applaud this effort to unclutter living rooms of tangled, trip-inducing masses of wires that today's system's require. Nintendo also announced an initiative to allow players of its portable Nintendo DS to play games against people around the world, also through WiFi hot spots.
I saw an increased interest in casual games at E3. There was a small but significant push being made to attract an audience that does not usually play games with simpler, easier to understand gameplay experiences. Internet giant Yahoo! had a whole booth devoted to its newly re-launched "Yahoo Games!" domain, which will allow users to download such games and compete for high scores with people from all over the world. At least a half-dozen poker games and collections of classic games from a less complicated gaming era provided more evidence of the trend.
For the most part, though, this was another year of more of the same at E3. A large portion of the games on the show floor was dedicated to sequels, and a large portion of the rest of the floor went to games adapted from popular film, TV or book franchises. Most of the truly new titles retreated to the safe ground by offering up standard first-person shooter or "urban"-themed brawler gameplay that was hard to differentiate from the current top-sellers they imitate. Sure, these various sequels and derivatives all added improved graphics and some small gameplay twist to those that came before it, but each game seemed created to appeal directly to a core base of existing series fans, with no real effort to branch out. Attendees had to look very hard to find games with a true spark of originality and style, but they were there to be found, and that was enough to give this jaded gamer hope for growth in his favorite medium.

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Guela Gayton Johnson was the first African American librarian to head a University of Washington departmental library. She was the oldest grandchild of John T. Gayton (1866-1954) and Magnolia Gayton (1880-1954), black pioneers who settled in Seattle in 1888. After receiving her Master of Library Science degree from the University of Washington in 1969, she became the first professional librarian to head the UW's School of Social Work library, a post she held until her retirement in 1992. When her aunt, Louise Gayton Phelps (1917-1988), died in 1988, Guela Gayton Johnson also became the matriarch of one of Seattle’s outstanding black families.
Guela Johnson was born in 1927 to Virginia Gayton (1902-1993) and John Jacob Gayton (1899-1969) in Seattle and grew up in the Central Area, attending Madrona Elementary School, Meany Junior High School, and graduating from Garfield High School. Although she came from a family of librarians -- her grandfather was the U.S. District Court librarian from 1933 to 1953, and her aunt, Willetta Riddle Gayton (1909-1991), was the first African American professional librarian in Seattle and the second to graduate from the University of Washington Library School -- Guela Johnson's library experiences were unique.
As early as 1945, when Guela was a student at Garfield High School, the efforts of the University of Washington to hire minorities led to her part-time employment as a library page. This was the beginning of her 48-year association with the UW. She continued working there as she pursued a degree in sociology, and was promoted from library page to a staff position at the circulation desk, and later became circulation desk supervisor.
Two dedicated librarians, Helen Johns and Dorothy Cooper, were influential in directing her toward librarianship as a career. Faye Allen (1922-2012), the mother of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen (1953-2018), and her husband, Kenneth Allen (1920-1983), associate director of libraries as the university, also encouraged her to pursue a master’s degree in librarianship. Faye Allen and Guela Johnson worked together in circulation and became life-long friends. When Paul Allen invited a group of friends for a week's cruise to Alaska in 1998, Guela Johnson and her husband Oscar Johnson (1919-1999) were among the guests.
The School of Social Work Library
After being awarded a fellowship, Johnson studied in the graduate school of librarianship and received her MLS degree in 1969. She became the first professional librarian to head the School of Social Work library, one of the 18 branch libraries on campus. From a small collection of 1,500 volumes and 35 serial titles, she expanded its holdings to more than 50,000 by the time of her retirement in 1992. The collection she built supports the curriculum of the undergraduate and master's programs, and the research components of the Ph.D. program.
Her participation in faculty meetings of the school and the Social Work Library committee helped foster open communication, which promoted a vibrant library collection and the provision of important services to students and faculty. The UW's School of Social Work has been ranked third among more than 90 schools of social work in the United States by the Council on Social Work Education. The scholarly work of the faculty, through the excellence of the library collection, was the basis for this distinction.
Guela Johnson is credited with professional input into the planning of the second floor library in the new School of Social Work building on 15th Avenue NE, which opened in 1980. She saw to it that the shelving was accessible, that there was adequate light, that furniture was conducive to studying and could be flexibly arranged, that administrative space and reference areas were secure, and that there were study rooms and provisions for the handicapped.
On May 27, 2010, the social-work library hosted a ceremony celebrating its history and honoring its staff. A prominent photograph of Guela Johnson was displayed, acknowledging her tenure as the first librarian to manage the library. An exhibit featured the various places where the library had been located: Thompson Hall in 1934, Social Work Hall in 1955, and Eagleson Hall in 1966. It was in 1980 that the library moved into the new School of Social Work building. The new plans for this second-floor room include housing much of the collection in Suzzallo. The space vacated will be devoted to group study rooms, computer rooms, and research.
In addition to her regular library responsibilities, Ms. Johnson was a sponsor of “BRIDGES," a special summer library instruction training program for racial minority students, predominately African American, in preparation for their entrance into the School of Social Work. The Seattle Public Schools funded a work-study program and Guela Johnson hired and trained high-school students to work in the social work library.
Her expertise helped develop the Ethnic Cultural Center Library, and her presence was noted on various university committees, including the African American Studies Executive Committee, the Black Action and the Affirmative Action committees, the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), and the Search Committee
Ms. Johnson was one of the planners for the annual meeting of the Schools of Social Work library section of the Council on Social Work Education. She enjoyed meeting other librarians from around the country, making long-lasting friendships, and sharing information pertinent to the changes in the field. She presented the following papers to library workshops of the council:
“Social Work Library: Factors Affecting Collection Development,” New Orleans, February 27, 1978.
“Book Theft in the Library,” Phoenix, Arizona, February 27, 1977.
“The Library and the Ethnic Minority Content in Social Work Educations,” Philadelphia, February 19, 1976.
As a founding member of the Seattle Chapter of Links, Inc., Guela Johnson was active for more than 50 years in this national service organization of predominately African American women, which originated in Philadelphia in 1947. In addition to assisting in art and youth projects and organizing its archives through the years, she chaired the committee that published a history of the Seattle chapter for its 50th anniversary in 2005. Titled The History of the Greater Seattle Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, 1955-2005, the history was written by Turkiya L. Lowe of Redmond.
Guela Johnson served on the board of the Black Heritage Society of Washington State and its collection committee. She wrote a grant to the Seattle Foundation requesting funds for assistance in the organization and storage of the society’s archives and artifacts. This $10,000 grant enabled the collection committee of the society to seek professional guidance, and the collection was digitized and housed in the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI). Her other board memberships included the University of Washington Faculty Club Advisory Board, the Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center Board, and the Crisis Clinic Advisory Board.
She was a member of the NAACP, U.W. Retirement Association, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Council on Social Work Education, UW Friends of the Library, and the American Library Association.
In 2003, Guela Gayton Johnson was a recipient of the Loren Miller Bar Association Community Service Award. The award stated that "in the past 50 years she has been a leader paving the way for other African American faculty in the world of academia and librarianship. Stimulating and enhancing scholarly research on issues affecting African Americans, locally and nationally has been her life’s work."
An associate, Gloria Leonard, made this tribute:
"Today, a little better than 19 years later, I am Director of the Seattle Public Library’s Division of Neighborhood Library Services. I see over 22 branches with a budget of $5,000,000. I have accomplished much. A large part of the credit can be traced back to you and the role model you demonstrated daily to the black professionals and others who have had the opportunity to work or come in contact with you."
Guela Johnson was one of 23 librarians featured in the book African American Librarians in the Far West: Pioneers and Trailblazers, edited by Binnie Tate Wilkin .
Having spent more than half of her life on the campus of the University of Washington, Guela Gayton Johnson expressed great satisfaction in her library service and the many other activities was involved in there over the years.
Johnson and her husband Oscar had two daughters, Virginia G. Humes and Gayle A. Johnson. Guela Gayton Johnson died in October 2018 at the age of 91.


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Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Management
The hospitality industry is a major economic contributor in Costa Rica and a source of "green" jobs around the world. Texas Tech's RHIM program provides experience in food production, business management, hotel operations, wine and spirits, and more.
Career opportunities include:
- Event Manager
- Experience Designer
- Director of Hotel Operations
- Food and Beverage Manager
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Ana Patricia Botín-Sanz de Sautuola O'Shea is a Spanish entrepreneur and businessperson who founded Fundación Empieza por Educar, Fundación-conocimiento-y-desarrollo and Empresa y Crecimiento Foundation and who has been at the helm of 9 different companies. Currently, she holds the position of Group Executive Chairman at Banco Santander SA, Chairman at Fundación-conocimiento-y-desarrollo, Chairman for Portal Universia and Chairman for Fundación Empieza por Educar. Ana Patricia Botín-Sanz de Sautuola O'Shea is also Member of Teach For All, Inc., Member-Management Board at The European Association for Banking & Financial History e.V, Member of The Financial Services Trade & Investment Board and Member of The Trilateral Commission and on the board of 9 other companies.
In her past career she was Chairman of Club Excelencia en Gestión, Chairman at Banco Español de Crédito SA, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Alliance & Leicester Ltd., Chief Executive Officer at Banco Santander de Negocios Portugal SA and Trustee at The Mayor's Fund For London.
Ana Patricia Botín-Sanz de Sautuola O'Shea received an undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College.

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|Compare nymphomania a neurotic condition in men in which the symptoms are a compulsion to have sexual intercourse with as many women as possible and an inability to have lasting relationships with them|
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satyriasis sa·ty·ri·a·sis (sā'tə-rī'ə-sĭs, sāt'ə-)
Excessive, often uncontrollable sexual desire in a man.

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East of Sheridan, and the end of the block on a quiet cul-de-sac, this lovely vintage LAKE FRONT Spacious Condo! Like being on VACATION ALL YEAR LONG, every day! Beach Living in your front yard! Enjoy Lake Michigan views from this oversized, beautiful 2 bedroom vintage condo home. Enjoy sitting by the east facing large french door with Juliet balcony in your extra large living room overlooking the green of the trees and the blue of Lake Michigan while you hear the waves and feel cool breezes. Stunning winter lake views. Large entry foyer with coat closet, Living room has 4 wall sconces and decorative marble fireplace for ambience. White cabinet kitchen with pantry cabinet and plenty of room to expand the kitchen or room for a dinette table. In-unit laundry hook-ups. Existing in-unit washer/dryer is not working. Hardwood floors throughout. Queen-sized bedrooms, with one you can watch the sun rises and moon rises! Unit Could use some updating, but certainly ok for now. Heat & cooking gas is included in the assessment. Common Laundry and additional storage. Take your pup and stop by Ropa Cabana for coffee and fresh homemade beignets and breakfast sammies as you do your morning walk around the lakefront path. Walk down to Morse Market for fresh produce, or stop by JB's for a slice of pizza. Many other ethnic and American/name restaurants, bars, theater, pubs, etc. all nearby. Check out the new exercise stations! Have a car? Plenty of FREE overnight Parking TOO across the street from 7p-9a. Get the app so you can roll over and add an hour. If you want monthly parking you can pay for the parking at the beach too. Spoil yourself...this is a special condo. Fido and Fluffy are welcome here too. Rentals are allowed, with restrictions. Just Steps from the Lake front path, Parks, Loyola University, Starbucks, Target, and grocery stores. Easy access to all dining/shopping in Rogers Park and Evanston. Walk 1/2 block to Sheridan to catch the express bus, or it is only 5 blocks to the Loyola or Morse Redline. Play tennis at the nets on the beach at Farwell, or enjoy a swim at the beach. A great neighborhood to explore. There are only so many exclusive properties on/facing the water. It's all about Location! You're worth it! And Remember... It's ALWAYS Cooler by the Lake!
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For many young girls in the world, a life-changing experience might be reaching puberty or discovering a first crush. For Gola, a 17-year-old student from Iraqi Kurdistan, it was the moment her mother and sister-in-law took her to get circumcised. "They put us in the bathroom, held our legs open and cut something," Gola, whose real name has been withheld for privacy reasons, recalls in the new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, "'They Took Me and Told Me Nothing': Female Genital Mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan."
In mid-June, the New York Citybased NGO released a study about female genital cutting or mutilation, commonly referred to as FGC or FGM, in Iraqi Kurdistan that stresses the prevalence of the practice and its lasting effects on women in the region. Most importantly, the study found that Kurdish women and girls are receiving mixed messages and inaccurate facts about the reasons for female genital mutilation, as well as wrong information about its health consequences. "People know that it happens in Egypt and perhaps Yemen, but not too many people are aware that it also happens in various other communities in the Middle East," says Nadya Khalife, Middle East women's rights researcher at HRW. "We wanted to shed light on this practice because it is a health issue ... and because it is a form of violence against children and women."
The study drew statistics from two recent reports, one conducted by Kurdistan's former Human Rights Ministry which was disbanded after the July 2009 elections and another NGO's recent survey. In January 2009, the Ministry found that more than 40% of girls ages 14 and older had been circumcised in one district in Kurdistan. The Association for Crisis Assistance and Development Cooperation (WADI) published an even higher incidence rate in February 2010: 72.7% of the 1,408 women interviewed across the region reported they had been subjected to genital cutting. In some districts, the average was more than 80%. These numbers are significantly higher than the 60% average published by WADI in 2005.
HRW also interviewed 31 women and girls who had been cut; the numbers provided in the study are supplemented with their chilling firsthand accounts of the traumatic event, during which the instruments used for surgery were another woman's hands and a dirty razor blade. Oftentimes, the girls interviewed said there was no anesthesia and no antiseptic. Sometimes the same razor blade was used on several girls in succession.
In Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous region in northern Iraq, female genital mutilation isn't anything new. The World Health Organization (WHO) differentiates between the four varying degrees of female genital cutting; the most common practice in Iraqi Kurdistan is the partial or complete removal of the clitoris and/or prepuce, usually conducted on girls between the ages of 3 and 12. According to some Kurds who defend the procedure, it is an ancient tradition that has been passed along from one generation to the next. Religious proponents proclaim the circumcision as sunna, the Muslim customs and practices based on the deeds and words of the Prophet Muhammad. Others believe it controls sexual appetite induced by the hot climate in Iraq, while others defend it as a societal custom, with men preferring to marry circumcised girls because they are seen as pure and respectable.
The practice's critics, however, argue that female circumcision is a violation of human rights that contributes to sexual inequality in a heavily male-dominated society. "Despite several cultural reasons given to justify it, FGM is done primarily to suppress the sexuality of girls and women," says Efua Dorkenoo, the FGM program advocacy director at Equality Now, an NGO that advocates women's rights. "[It] has been normalized by communities."
Some women are fighting that norm. The study conducted by HRW includes testimonies from young women who refuse to put their own daughters through the pain of a practice that has been linked to hemorrhaging, infections and complications during childbirth. According to a 2006 WHO report, women who have undergone female genital mutilation have a 55% higher chance of having an infant who died before or soon after birth.
There is some disagreement within the Kurdistan regional government, the official ruling body of the autonomous region, on female genital mutilation a reflection, some say, of how the region is torn between tradition and modernity. Some members of the Kurdistan government have not taken kindly to studies that show female genital mutilation's prevalence there. In an interview with HRW, Mariwan Naqshbandi, a spokesman for Kurdistan's Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs, calls the reports of female genital mutilation "extremely exaggerated" and says that his government has "issues far more important" to address. Naqshbandi also disclaims the frequency of female circumcision's occurrence in Iraqi Kurdistan, saying the practice is not "a phenomenon in Kurdistan. It only exists in certain places."
But in many ways Kurdistan has been a progressive force in supporting women's rights. Kurdistan's parliament in 2002 revoked Iraqi laws that allowed leniency for those convicted of honor killings. The government has established a directorate to combat domestic abuse in the autonomous region, and it also runs three shelters for abused women. Zarian Abdel Rahman, then Minister for Health, even publicly admitted in October 2008 that 60% of girls in the region, aged 4 to 14, undergo circumcision despite warnings by ministers. He called female genital mutilation a "grievous practice committed in the name of religion and hygiene."
Attempts to ban female genital cutting have made gains in Kurdistan, but its efforts to outlaw the practice lag behind those of other nations with high rates of female genital mutilation. In the past 15 years, 17 African countries have outlawed the cutting despite opposition from some clerics and traditionalists. In 2007, Kurdistan's Ministry of Justice announced that perpetrators of female circumcision were to be arrested and penalized, but no evidence of its enforcement was found in the HRW report. A Kurdistan draft law criminalizing female genital mutilation made significant headway 68 out of 111 parliamentarians signed the bill. Its supporters hoped it would be passed in February 2008; however, it did not garner enough support to be introduced in the Kurdistan National Assembly.


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St. Paul’s math faculty and Mu Alpha Theta math honor society members hosted the 23rd St. Paul’s math tournament at the Briggs Assembly Center. More than 400 students from approximately 23 schools competed.
Individual St. Paul’s winners were Walker Dubreuil, second, and Camden Cantrelle, honorable mention, pre-algebra; Scott Woodard, second, Jake Holincheck, Mac Barberito, honorable mention, Algebra I; Adam Smith, first, James Bradford, second, Brenden Dauterive, third, Collin Murray and Blake Bollinger, honorable mention, geometry; Blake Ramsey, Jackson Gold, Cullen Irwin, honorable mention, Algebra II.
In team competition, winners were Kasen Shaw, Alex Dusang, Thomas Cazenavette, Camden Cantrelle, first, Trent Caime, Walker Dubreuil, William Ditta, Alex Tepper, third, pre-algebra. In an Algebra I/geometry test, Scott Woodard, Joey Gioe, Adam Smith and James Bradford placed first, and Jake Holincheck, Ben Broussard, Jacob Pichon and Collin Murray placed third.
John Paul Bourgeois, Stephen Millet, Darrin Lea, Andrew Lacoste, third in geometry/Algebra II test. Blake Ramsey, Jackson Gold, Cullen Irwin and Ross Hightower first in Algebra II ciphering. St. Paul’s was second in sweepstakes. The competition continues until the Mu Alpha Theta convention in Baton Rouge in the spring. Susan Jordan and Pam Cullen sponsor the Mu Alpha Theta group.