It's time to wrap up my Fall Into Reading 2008 Challenge list. Katrina at Callapidder Days hosted the challenge and, as always, it was fun.
I read 26 books. Some of them were on my original list, but most were just added as I found them or they came up on my list in the library. Most I liked, some I didn't.
I read some delightful Christmas Books, including The Paper Bag Christmas, by Kevin Milne, and Finding Father Christmas and Engaging Father Christmas, by Robin Gunn. I had my first taste of an author responding to a negative review when I reviewed Chasing Diana, by Jack and Robin Firestone. I thoroughly enjoyed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Schaffer, but was disappointed in Going Down South, by Bonnie Glover.
The books I read are as follows, in reverse order and all have been reviewed here on the book blog.
Your Roots are Showing, Elise Chidley
Let Them Eat Cake, Sandra Byrd
More Letters from Pemberley, Jane Dawkins
White Christmas Pie, Wanda Brunstetter
First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives, Bonnie Angelo
American Wife, Curtis Sittenfeld
Doesn't She Look Natural?, Angela Hunt
When the Soul Mends, Cindy Woodsmall
When the Morning Comes, Cindy Woodsmall
The Paper Bag Christmas, Kevin Alan Milne
Going Down South, Bonnie Glover
Dark Pursuit, Brandilyn Collins
When the Heart Cries, Cindy Woodsmall
The Quilter's Kitchen, Jennifer Chiaverini
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Schaffer
One Perfect Day, Lauraine Snelling
Engaging Father Christmas, Robin Gunn
Finding Father Christmas, Robin Gunn
Chasing Diana, Jack Firestone
The Secret Journal of Brett Colton, Kay Lynn Mangum
Sisters, Ink., Rebeca Seitz
Midwife of the Blue Ridge, Christine Blevins
Matrimony, Joshua Henkin
Nice to Come Home to, Rebecca Flowers
Talk of the Town, Lisa Wingate
The Tenth Case, Joseph Teller
Thanks Katrina, for hosting this. I read anyway, but it's fun to have a little challenge to motivate me along. I'm now off to find another challenge. Any suggestions?


Name: Barca Food & Wine
Location: 1007 High St
Armadale 3143 VIC
Phone: (03) 9822 8515
We dined on a Saturday night at 6:30pm. The street was extremely quiet and there was plenty of street parking.
Atmosphere: 4/5. The style of the restaurant was contemporary and a mixture of browns with gold furnishings. Very clean and well spaced. We sat at a table for two - I had the booth and Ryan had the chair. Both were comfortable. The room was dimly lit with a few lamps and 1 tea light per table. We were the first to arrive, but by 7/7:30 2/3 of the restaurant tables were full - there was an additional dining space upstairs with a fireplace.
Service: 4/5. Very attentive - we were served by 4 different waiters and there was little waiting time between being seated, orders being taken and plates being cleared.
Food: 3/5. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't memorable either - no dish really stood out to me.
Bill: $127 - 2 entrees, 2 mains and 1 dessert platter.
We were given freshly bakes rolls with butter and lemon oil. They were nice.
Entree: Soupe de Jour (mushroom soup with truffle oil) - $12 (3/5)
ROQUEFORT SOUFFLÉ – Twice baked served with a waldorf salad - $16(3/5)
The soup was halfway between a smooth puree and whole mushrooms, so the texture was thick as it was also quite heavy. I could barely taste the truffle oil and have made nicer mushroom soups myself. The portion size though was quite large and I only consumed half before feeling full
Ryan somewhat enjoyed the souffle, I however only had one bite as the souffle was more like a soggy custard/bread - not much flavour either.
Main: BEEF WELLINGTON – Tender beef eye fillet pieces with chopped mushrooms, chick liver pate, wrapped in pastry and served with blackened silverbeet & a red currant jus - $31 (4/5) FISH OF THE DAY - Blue eye fillet with fennel & pea rissotto - $34 (3/5)
Once again the portion size was HUGE. Ryan really enjoyed his beef wellington -the e meat was cut up into chunks and then wrapped in the pastry. There was a tiny amount of silverbeet put on the top.
I originally ordered an eye fillet by accident which they nicely returned and then gave me the Blue eye fillet 10mins later. The waiter did not mention that the risotto had bits of bacon in it - so I was unable to eat much of it. The fish was nicely done - nicely seared on the outside, and soft on the inside. However, due to being unable to eat much of the risotto, there wasn't much flavour.
We also ordered a side of Patata Bravas with Aioli, but they did not bring it or charge for it - which was a blessing as we were too full.
Dessert: DESSERT– a selection of lemon tart, chocolate fondant, steamed rhubarb sponge pudding , mocha brulee, and a Barca bomb $34 (2.5/5)
I shall start with the Barca bomb - it came in a shot glass and consisted of a Redbull sorbet with Jagermeister in the bottom. The sorbet was refreshing and lovely, however the Jagermeister was too strong for me. Ryan downed it in one go and enjoyed it - it was both of our favourites of all the desserts - 3.5/5.
Mocha Brulee: came in a small ramekin with muscat icecream and a cherry on top. It cracked well but the brulee was very grainy. I could not taste the muscat in the icecream. I give it a 3/5.
Rhubarb Sponge Pudding: it consisted of a sponge pudding served with vanilla icecream, custard and rhubarb sauce. This was absolutely putrid to me, I actually gagged. The ice cream was nice though - 1/5.
Chocolate Fondant: served with blackberry coulis and vanilla bean icecream (same as above). This wasn't bad, very cocoa-y, but it wasn't as good as the chocolate pudding being served at McDonald's - that one is better by far - 2.5/5.
Lemon Tart: served with clotted cream. A very average lemon tart, had two small spoonfuls - 2/5.
Overall score: 3.5/5. Whilst the atmosphere, location and service are great, the food was only average compared to its price. I will not be returning to this restaurant again.


Here in Cambridge, the wheel of the seasons has turned and autumn has arrived in a flurry of umber leaves. Although I am at my happiness when the skies are blue and the air balmy, I treasure the fact that in England, we experience each season in turn (a novelty to a girl who grew up in Australia).
As the leaves begin to fall and the evenings grow longer, I love watching the countryside change and then racing indoors after bracing walks to spend cosy nights indoors. These are a few of my favourite ways to spend the autumn (I’ll be aiming to check them all of again this season):
1. Leisurely weekend walks in all the most beautiful areas of my city as the leaves change colour – not missing a single opportunity to jump in a big pile of crunchy leaves underfoot, of course. I’ll be strolling along the Backs in Cambridge (the beautiful paths that line the River Cam, with magnificent views of all the grandest colleges), my family’s neighbourhood of Chiswick in West London, and the beautiful London parks.
2. Homemade pumpkin pies. The sweet, nutmeggy taste of my mother’s pumpkin pies is one of my earliest memories, and there is nothing quite as delicious as the smell that fills the house as it bakes in the oven.
3. Making the home decadently cosy; an inviting haven on cold, dark evenings. I’ll be stocking my place with gorgeous scented candles (to make coming home each evening that little bit more wonderful), good books and board games for rainy weekends, beautiful lamps to cast a warm glow, some jazz tunes and a few bottles of champagne for romantic evenings, fluffy pillows and snuggly blankets for cosying up.
4. Visiting new galleries and museums on grey days. When the skies outside are steely, I love venturing indoors for a hearty dose of cultural enlightenment in the form of a new exhibits or previously unexplored museums. I’m embarrassed to say that I’ve never visited more than a few rooms of the British Museum, so that is at the top of my list, along with the marvellous galleries around the Upper East Side when I head to New York later this month.
5. Spend a whole afternoon lazily browsing the shelves of a favourite bookshop, or sitting in a coffee shop with a stack of good reads. I love getting lost in the wonderful second hand bookshops of Cambridge, or spending hours lazily reading the papers over coffee and cake at Fitzbillies.
6. Visiting the farmer’s markets for new season produce. And then turning it into delicious soups and tartelets.
7. Apple-picking in the local orchard. Every year, the Clever Boyfriend and I ride our bikes (or amble through riverbank meadows for a wonderful hour) to the Granchester Orchards (a Cambridge treasure, where generations of students idle away sunny weekends; Lord Byron even immortalised it in a poetic ode). There, we sit beneath the apple trees for for tea and scones from the little outdoor cafe, say hello to the happy cows and geese in the meadows, and then cycle home with out baskets creaking beneath the weight of the freshly-picked apples and pears.
8. Packing a picnic (or better yet, an overnight bag) and venturing further afield, where the air is clean and the scenery beautiful. I love autumnal weekends away, even if they’re in my own city (see: last year’s ‘staycation’). This year, I’m planning a romantic weekend trip to Oxford (where I took the above picture) or the beautiful Cotswolds.
9. Changing my beauty routine to match my mood. Plummy nail polish, bright berry lips, winged eyeliner and glitter eyelids for when sugary pastels no longer feel appropriate.
10. Refreshing my wardrobe with beautiful new-season essentials. There’s something so satisfying about taking everything out of my wardrobe, having a good old clearout, storing away my summery dresses for the season and replacing them with snuggly new buys in the form of a gorgeous coat, cashmere jumpers and crisp new basics.
What are you favourite things to do at this time of year?
Love, Miss B xx


This is my catch for you this week dear followers..I knew he saw me but what a look!
This is one of my favorite streets for shopping, people watching, coffee drinking, and of course cycling. I never tire of watching the stylish peeps riding by. Boots, scarves, beards, berets, colorful bags. Eye candy galore!
Plus, everyone always slows down to look at the shop windows (which are always oh-so enticing). Some people see me taking photos and give a smile. Thanks guys!
The best way of taking a Peugeot out to the grocery store!
Last weekend I went to the Ij Hallen flea market over in Noord. Have you been? It’s fun to check out all the funky stuff people are selling–and of course to people watch. Hipster mania! But all types of people, too. Old and young, local and foreign, it doesn’t matter.
My favorite parts of the journey are waiting for the ferry to get there, and waiting for the ferry to go back. Then you get to see all the cool stuff people picked up — often tied to their bike in creative ways. I always end up saying to myself “What!? How did I not see that!” Ugh, next time. Next time.
It’s winter, so bring on the boots! Low boots, tall boots, boots with heels, cowboy boots–no matter the size, color or shape, Amsterdammers love their boots. Check out these Sunday boots on bikes…
Happy 2014 to all of you, guys! In the Netherlands, a new year only properly kicks off with the New Year’s dive. This sportive tradition is the ideal way to accomplish (for one day..) New Year’s resolution #1: losing weight! For those not able to make it to the North Sea, Amsterdam has it’s own alternative: the Lightbattle.
On the most beautiful bike lane in Amsterdam, right below the Rijksmuseum, the young design collective VENIVIDIMULTIPLEX created the Lightbattle-installation for the Amsterdam Light Festival. Jump on one of these ten fancy VANMOOF’s and cycle together with friends or complete strangers. Try to get as many lights illuminated as possible.
Go have a look, you can find the Lightbattle right below the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and it will be there until January 19th 2014. This saddle is waiting for you…
So it’s almost Christmas. Everyone is already talking about it although temperatures are not at the usual X-mas low. Admitted, the weather is even still quite enjoyable but I would not lay down on the grass of the Museumplein like these 2 do next to their bikes. So I wonder:
or they are listening to a classical concert performed in the Concertgebouw right in front,
or they are trying to get a cold not to go to work,
or they are in love!
Loving. This. Hair.
I am lucky that the social enterprise JO Cadeau that I founded has its headquarters (and to be honest, only quarters) in this amazing building by Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck. It is an anti-squat arrangement; you pay very little and rent a space in a building that would otherwise be empty or occupied by squatters. It is great. It is in the city centre, in the old Jewish neighbourhood. The only disadvantage is that you can suddenly be ‘kicked out’ when the building is sold.
For lunch I love to go out to get some bread and nice Dutch cheeses that we eat all together (interns, freelancers and ourselves) in our office. When outside, I look at the cyclists. It is a diverse scenery at the Plantage Middenlaan. Check it out:


DO WE KNOW MORE ABOUT WEREWOLVES AND VAMPIRES THAN WE DO ABOUT BLACKS AND JEWS?
January 4, 2013
Even though I’m half-Black and half-Jewish and allowed to use “Oy” and “Yo” in the same sentence, I’m the first to admit that I know very little about either culture. As a kid I knew that I could stop a vampire with a silver cross, or keep werewolves away with garlic, but I couldn’t stop the Jewish bullies in school from picking on me for insisting I was Jewish.
It seems that you’re considered a Jew only if you’re mother is, and since my father was the one to carry the blood of Abraham…I didn’t count!
The “colored” and Puerto Rican kids who were starting to dominate the formerly all-white Bronx neighborhood were more than happy to think of me as Jewish, since it gave them another reason to kick my ass. I relied upon the genes my father (who I never met) to outsmart them, and the genes of my strong African-American mother to give me the athletic prowess to outrun them.
As I grew up I never was allowed to become part of “Team David” which I name for the kid who slew Goliath in the Bible, or join “Team Martin”, I named for Martin Luther King who slew other kinds of monsters in the ‘60s. I was an only child, and stayed a loner as I examined each of the cultures I had roots in.
As a “Negro”, I was trying to assimilate into the White American culture and at first considered Jews and Blacks, who were militantly leading the fight for civil rights as troublemakers, until I realized they were fighting for me.
As their opponents were sharpening their wooden stakes, and melting down their silver and turning them into bullets, I said to myself, “Wait a second…it’s time to choose sides, and then I realized that the sides had already been chosen for me!”
I weighed fact against fiction, put fantasy aside and finally realized that I am related to all men genetically and spiritually, and I have to do whatever I can to promote a dialog between opposing factions whenever I could.
After all Understanding begins with conversation.
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Fifty Years after Brown v. BOE
May 17, 2004
Fifty years ago, the civil rights movement started in earnest when the Supreme Court handed down its revolutionary verdict in the Brown v. Board of Education case. Declaring that separate rarely is equal, the court, in a unanimous decision, ordered schools integrated and opened the door to education and opportunity to millions of children across the country. Simply put, it was one of the proudest days in American history. It’s because education is exactly that sort of moral obligation that the Campaign for Fiscal Equity’s lawsuit against the state is so historic. CFE rightly argued that, like in Brown, New York effectively has an unequal education system. The governor spent more than $12 million fighting this decision, arguing that an eighth grade education is as far as the state’s obligation to its students goes, but the court rejected those arguments and told the state to find a fairer way of funding schools. If the state government cannot do so by July 30, the court will impose its own system. My Assembly colleagues and I see this as more than a mandate; it’s an opportunity and a responsibility as well – a chance to correct the glaring deficiencies in the way we fund our schools. In so doing, we can radically improve the lives of countless children and put New York on a stronger footing as we march into the information economy. For too long high-need school districts like Brentwood and Central Islip have had to deal with over-crowded classrooms and too few essential programs. If only Governor Pataki and Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno saw things this way our children would be better off. Governor Pataki showed just how disinterested he was in leveling the playing field by waiting until two months after the court’s decision to appoint yet another commission to issue yet another report on school financing. Worse, he set a March 1 deadline for the commission’s report – which is two months after his budget proposal was due – and then issued them a further extension. For his part, Senate Majority Leader Bruno suggested that state government give up entirely and let the courts come up with a plan – a plan that, because the CFE case dealt specifically with New York City schools, would only benefit New York City. That’s not acceptable. Rather than sit back and allow the courts to create a system that will only benefit some students, we must see to it that all schools statewide get their fair share. That’s exactly what the Assembly is fighting for, working to come up with a solution that, like a rising tide, will lift all boats. If the governor and Senate were willing to seriously commit to this challenge, we could come up with a solution that benefits the entire state rather than pass our obligation onto the court. It’s important that we look back this week and not only see how far we’ve come, but also how much further we have to go when it comes to educational opportunity. The battle started with Brown v. Board of Education, but it didn’t end there. Only when all children have access to quality education will we be able to say that this landmark case is truly part of our past.


Go ahead, bat those lovely eyelashes! The eyes are the windows to the soul, absolutely — but did you really know what is going on within them? Turns out, a whole lot! From eyelashes to your eye color sensitivity, here are 10 things no one ever tells you about your eyes.
1. You lose eyelashes every day. “While it is hard to track exactly how many lashes we lose each day, it is generally estimated losing 1-4 eyelashes per day is considered normal,” says Dr. Ellen Marmur. However, some women do lose less or more but that is relative to the treatment of the lashes. Some causes of women losing more than four lashes per day are too much makeup, allergies to makeup, harsh removal of makeup, rubbing eyes, and poor nutrition or hydration. Our eyelashes only grow about one centimeter every 2-4 weeks, so treat your lashes well — it takes a lot of work to get them back!
2. You should consider sleeping on your back. Sleeping on your side or stomach can push fluids to collect under your eyes, creating under eye bags, says New York City based dermatologist and Clear Clinic founder Dr. Eric Schweiger.
3. What you eat can affect your eye health. Healthy eating habits will also help reduce the risk of certain eye diseases such as cataracts and macular degeneration. Eating a variety of antioxidant-rich foods can protect your eyes from various eye diseases, and help preserve your vision at its current state, says Dr. Cindy P. Wang, an optometrist with the California Optometric Association.
4. Sunglasses do not always protect your eyes from UV Rays. Sunglasses that provide no UV protection are actually worse than wearing no sunglasses because it tricks the eye into thinking it is protected.
5. Lighter eye colors are more sensitive. From a vision clarity standpoint, people with varying shades of blue eyes to brown eyes can see equally well. Individuals with light eyes tend to be more light-sensitive. “They have less pigment to block out or reflect back the light. Individuals with light eyes may be more at risk for developing macular degeneration,” says Dr. Wang.
6. Your eye color can change as you age. Most babies with European ancestry have light-colored eyes before the age of one. As a child grows, melanocytes produce melanin. Melanocytes are cells found within the iris of human eyes. Most eye color changes occur when the child is around one year old, however it can happen up to three years of age. Eye color (lightening or darkening) may change with age. “This occurs in 10-15 percent of the population. Eye color changes may indicate certain diseases, such as Fuch’s heterochromic iridocyclitis, Horner’s syndrome or pigmentary glaucoma,” says Dr. Wang.
7. When your eyes are watering, they are actually dry. “There is a gland that holds all of your tears, and when your eyes are extremely dry, the gland releases all of the tears at once causing your eyes to water,” says Dr. Kerry Assil, an expert in eye surgery.
8. In the same way it’s important to protect our skin from UV damage, it’s also important to protect our eyes. “Short term damage to the eyes may be hard to notice, but over the long term the sun can cause irreversible harm to all structures of the eye and surrounding tissue if left unprotected or under-protected. These conditions may not manifest for years at which point the damage is already done and it is too late to reverse the effects of the sun. For comprehensive protection, consider the triad of protection: A hat with a brim, UV blocking sunglasses that have a wrap or wider temples on the sides, and for contact lens wearers, ask your eye care doctor about UV blocking contact lens. It’s especially important to protect our eyes during the highest UV exposure hours (10am-2pm), but also when the sun is lower in the sky, early in the morning and later in the afternoon,” says Dr. Stephen Cohen, O.D., of Doctor My Eyes in Scottsdale, Arizona.
9. Your eyes are more delicate than you think: You can scratch your cornea with your fingernail or even from a foreign object such as dirt or sand. Abrasions can also happen if something falls into the eye during home improvement projects or working out in the garage. “Symptoms of a corneal abrasion include tearing, pain, the sensation that something is in the eye and often extreme light sensitivity,” says Dr. Wang.
10. Your eyelashes serve an important purpose: Not only are the eyelids and lashes beautiful, but they also serve to protect the eye. “The eyelids spread lubricating tears like that of a windshield wiper across the surface of the eye with just a single blink, and the lashes act like specialized antennae sensing the smallest incoming offending particles,” says Dr. Wang.


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Located on 655 acres of magnificent mountain woodlands within the Pike National Forest at an altitude of 9,000+ feet on Colorado’s Front Range just north-west of Colorado Springs. Abundant wildlife and three fishing lakes. Enjoy a mountain getaway with a real backwoods feeling yet within driving distance to many area attractions. A wide range of support facilities is available at the US Air Force Academy, Peterson AFB, and Fort Carson.
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$25 - $125
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2 Jul 2015
Awesome! Location was fantastic...great mountain area. Only about 5 miles away from town of Woodland Park & Hwy 24, which has many amenities. Later found out that it is a 8-mile (one-way) hike to ASAFA. The staff was very helpful & friendly. We stayed in a tiny cabin that only had bunks & queen bed (which was fine!)and a porta potty nearby...both were very clean. The campsite included a fire ring and picnic table as well. The only downside was that the showers were located near the duplexes...not walking distance. One lake had paddle boats which my daughters' loved. Will definitely be back for a longer duration.
Gorgeous location; perfect views of Pikes Peak at top of park. If taking a larger RV (I have a 35' fiver), I highly recommend trying to get into Pavilion 4. It is at the top of the hill directly behind the office. The availability of water is a bit deceiving. Water is a community spigot on the side of the road across the street from Pavilion 4. If coming in dry, you will definitely want to fill fresh water before parking. 110 electric is also available; however, it is 20amp service. This worked okay for me as I was testing out my new solar system, but a little frustrating when thinking you are paying for electric. Luckily, the temperatures were very mild and we didn't need to use the a/c. The staff was very friendly and helpful. One thing they didn't mention (of course we didn't know to ask) is that if you plan on going to the Air Force Academy after being there, if you get a fishing license (they issue their own), it is good at both Farish and the Academy lakes. Overall, this experience was very pleasant and would definitely consider doing it again.
My boyfriend and I recently attended a wedding in Manitou Springs. I was looking for a cheap(er) place to stay with amazing views. I figured since I was using PTO for this a Holiday Inn just wouldn't cut it. Needless to stay I came across FRA and booked my weekend there. There were no pictures so I crossed my fingers! All I could say when I first got there was WOW OMG WOW. You drive on 24 past Manitou up higher into the mountains into Woodland Park. Then you drive in the woods for a while, you feel lost at times but just keep going! You drive into a cabin office where you can buy maps, t-shirts and get your keys. We got the keys and drove back to the 'duplex/cabin' area and right there to take your breath away is Pike's Peak, clear as day, right there above all the aspen birch trees. Depending on where you are you can't always see the mountain but whoever built the sight made sure it was in your face the WHOLE time. The window over the sink looked out at the mountain! The trials were AWESOME. Clean room with flat screen, DVD/VHS and cable to keep you company at night. All the forks, pots/pans/towels anyone could need. The price was great, only $85 a night! If you want to rough it you can rent there cottage/rustick cabin that doesn't have electricity or rent a camp site by the lake. They have a VERY nice community bath for people who choose those options. You can rent mountain bikes, fishing poles, paddle boats you name it! This place is so awesome and SO BEAUTIFUL. Trails are right outside your front door, LITERALLY! This is the best place to stay to take advantage of the Colorado wilderness during a short stay. I highly recommend it.
June 6, 2008
H.H. left this review using the Directory software: We did not stay here, but we drove thur and checked it out. The staff were very friendly and the camp sites all had fire pits and tables. Some had covered picnic areas. There were nice and clean shower facilities. The Vistor check-in building had some supplies and fishing equipment to rent and buy. There are three trout lakes here open for year round fishing. One lake had paddle boats and life vests for use.
My rating of 4 stars is an average grade for tent and cabin camping. Tent camping - 5, Cabin camping - 3, RV camping (small) - 3, RV camping (medium) - 2, and RV camping (large) - 1.


GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Calvin Oratorio Society has appointed a Calvin College graduate as its principal conductor.
Sean Ivory, who teaches choral music at Forest Hills Central High School, becomes the seventh leader in the 94-year history of the venerable music organization.
Ivory succeeds Joel Navarro, a professor of music at Calvin College, who has been music director for 11 seasons. Navarro, a native of the Philippines, is leaving Calvin College to take a post at Singapore Bible College.
Ivory, who will be styled principal conductor instead of music director, is Calvin Oratorio Society's first leader who isn't also a full-time faculty member at Calvin College. That's the reason for the change in title, according to Vicki VanWingerden, administrative director of the Calvin Oratorio Society.
"I'm excited about what it'll bring and the new perspective and what it'll bring to the future," she said.
A 1992 graduate of Calvin College, Ivory sang with the Calvin Oratorio Society in his student days and served as its interim director in the 1997-98 season following the retirement of music director Howard Slenk.
Ivory rehearsed Handel's "Messiah" for Kenneth Jennings, conductor emeritus of the St. Olaf Choir, who led its performance in December, and Ivory prepared the Oratorio Society for Jennings' successor at St. Olaf College, Anton Armstrong, who formerly taught at Calvin College, and returned to Grand Rapids for its spring performance.
The opportunity to rehearse and perform publicly with the Oratorio Society was one of Ivory's reasons for taking the post.
"The other reason is that I simply like the idea of working at Calvin again," he said. "It's my alma mater, and I care about the future of the school and of the music department."
Calvin Oratorio Society has given an annual performance of Handel's "Messiah" since 1921, the year after the organization was established in founder Reese Veatch.
In recent years, the "town and gown" ensemble of Calvin College faculty and staff, students and alumni, and interested community members, has performed such works as J.S. Bach's Easter Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion;, Brahms' "A German Requiem," Requiem), Haydn's "The Creation," Mendelssohn's St. Paul Oratorio and Vaughan Williams' "Five Mystical Songs."
The Oratorio Society's schedule of weekly rehearsals on Mondays will move to Tuesday's to accommodate Ivory's duties as artistic director of the Grand Rapids Symphony Youth Chorus.
The founding artistic director of the Grand Rapids Symphony Youth Chorus, which made its debut in 2008, Ivory has led choirs that have performed at both state and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association and have toured Ireland, the Netherlands, Finland, Estonia, and Ghana.
A published composer in collaboration with former Grand Rapids choral director Paul Caldwell, Ivory's works have been performed and recorded by choirs all over the world.
Navarro's final performance with the Calvin Oratorio Society will be a program titled "Rise Heart, Thy Lord is Risen," on April 27. The 5 p.m. program will be held in the Calvin College Chapel.
Calvin College professor of music Pearl Shangkuan, who formerly was music director of the Oratorio Society from 1998 to 2003, will become director of Calvin's top choral ensemble, Capella, next fall, in the wake of Navarro's departure.
Ivory also will be appointed an adjunct professor of music at Calvin College and will take over leadership of the Campus Choir, a mixed-voice choral ensemble with student membership from across all disciplines of the college.
"I've conducted the Campus Choir on and off for 10 years and have always loved my time there with the students and the faculty," he said.


For any head of a new government, cabinetmaking is hard enough. For Philippe Couillard, the task of selecting his ministers (to be unveiled Wednesday) is further complicated by a need to distance his government from the Quebec Liberal Party’s recent past — and from the possible futures of some of the party’s members.
While competence is an asset for a prospective cabinet minister, it’s not the most important qualification. Political considerations are.
A head of government tries to ensure that as many constituencies as possible are represented in the limited number of places at the cabinet table — two dozen, including the premier, in the outgoing Parti Québécois government.
The presence of women is increasingly important, especially in Quebec. Former Liberal premier Jean Charest achieved numerical gender parity in his cabinet from 2007 to 2009, and the outgoing government is headed by a woman, Pauline Marois.
Quebec Liberal cabinets must also reflect the linguistic and ethnic diversity of that party’s representation, which PQ premiers haven’t had to consider.
The head of government must make do with whatever material is provided by the electorate, which almost never elects members of the governing party from all the regions.
In the April 7 general election, Couillard’s party won 70 seats in the National Assembly — a majority, but the second smallest in nearly 50 years.
The Liberal seats are not evenly distributed throughout the province’s 17 administrative regions. They’re concentrated in the urban centres of Montreal, Laval and Quebec City, in the central Mauricie region and in the border regions. Elsewhere, however, Couillard has little or no Liberal representation with which to work.
Montreal Island gave Couillard 21 MNAs, or 30 per cent of his caucus. Many of them are cabinet material, but some may be passed over in favour of less-qualified colleagues from Quebec City and other swing regions where elections are decided.
In other circumstances, previous cabinet experience would be an asset for a prospective minister. But in the case of Couillard’s cabinet, it may be a liability.
The Liberals are returning to power after less than 20 months in the opposition, and that wasn’t enough time for them to renew their representation.
Not counting Couillard himself, who was health minister from 2003 to 2008, 18 Liberal MNAs served in Charest’s various cabinets. The more of them there are in Couillard’s, the more it will look like the old Charest government repudiated by the voters less than 20 months ago.
In particular, Couillard needs to distance his government from the Charest administration’s reputation for lax ethical standards. That will be harder to do if any of his cabinet choices is held personally responsible for illegal or unethical acts during the Charest regime.
Liberal fundraising practices during the Charest years are being investigated by the Charbonneau commission and by UPAC, the provincial anti-corruption unit.
Some current Liberal MNAs have been mentioned in public testimony at the Charbonneau inquiry, while others were to meet with UPAC after the election. And last week, Radio-Canada television reported that one Liberal MNA re-elected on April 7, whom it did not identify, is under investigation by UPAC.
The day after the election, Couillard promised that as premier, he will make “no compromise” on ethics. And he said “deep verifications” would be made before he appointed a minister.
This could cast suspicion over a prominent former minister who is left out of Couillard’s cabinet without a convincing explanation after being named in either the Charbonneau or UPAC investigations.
Couillard said it would take “established facts,” not mere allegations, for him to exclude someone from his cabinet. This implies that he would consider a prospective or appointed minister to be innocent until proven guilty.
The standard of proof in the court of public opinion, however, is somewhat lower. And in that court, Charest’s former party and its new leader may not be entitled to any benefit of the doubt.


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Mrs. Debbie McMullin, City Manager
City of Mount Pleasant
100 Public Square, P.O. Box 426
Mount Pleasant, Tennessee 38474
Dear Mrs. McMullin
You have asked if the city can impose any permit fees or other fees on a private solid waste facility and operator within the City of Mount Pleasant? It is my opinion that the city cannot impose any fees on the operation of the private owned facility, but can impose a franchise fee on the collection system operator’s use of city streets.
TCA 68-211-835 (g) (3) provides that a solid waste disposal fee shall not be imposed on any generator of solid waste when the generator’s solid waste is managed in a privately owned solid waste disposal system or resource recovery facility owned by the generator. It appears that the city cannot charge any tipping fees or other fees associated with the operation of a transfer station or other solid waste facility not owned by the city.
Landfills and solid waste transfer stations are permitted and managed by the State of Tennessee’s Solid Waste Division of the Department of Environment and Conservation. TCA 68-211-116 requires a performance bond be posted by the operator to the Commissioner of Environment and Conservation to ensure proper operation and closure of solid waste disposal and processing facilities. Perhaps the owner has met the zoning condition by posting the bond with the commissioner.
You may want to ask the city attorney to review the applicability of TCA 68-211-707 as it relates to local approval and subsequent rejection.
A franchise fee can be imposed for the collection system operator’s use of city streets. If the city charges other franchise operators for the use of city streets, perhaps the collection system operator’s franchise fee could be similarly calculated.
Please let me know if you want MTAS to assist with the development of a franchise.
Municipal Management Consultant
Cc. MTAS Senior Legal Consultant Sid Hemsley


“You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family.”
These are clearly not the words of a doting parent nor were they possibly encouraging to a budding scholar and scientist. They are, however, the rantings of Charles Darwin’s father.
Charles Darwin’s beginnings might not be described as humble (being the son of a wealthy, and clearly demanding, English doctor); his accomplishments are impressive nevertheless. This week (Feb. 12 to be exact), we celebrate the birth of this scientist, naturalist and all-around overachiever.
As a child, young Charles was pushed toward a career in medicine. It was assumed that he wouldbe willing and able to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfatherinto this respectable family vocation. As he grew up and furthered his studies, however, it became clear that he would not become a successful physician because he was unable to stomach cadaver dis sections or even be present during surgeries.
Darwin’s father was disgusted in his fifth son, though he did relent and let Charles join the voyage of the HMS Beagle on what came to be a very important trip. Perhaps in a later answer to his disapproving father, Darwin observed that, “Doing what little one can to increase the general stock of knowledge is as respectable an object of life, as one can in any likelihood pursue.”
No matter his father’s displeasure, Charles Darwin went on to lead an accomplished life of inquiry, discovery and scholarly study, writing and developing one of the most important tenets of science: the theory of evolution.
He published many books, traveled worldwide and undertook extensive study of individual organisms and their collective populations. He both shared his studies with the world and applied them to his own life.
Though Darwin knew much of breeding and genetics, titling one chapter of his book The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, “On the Good Effects of Crossing, and on the Evil Effects of Close Interbreeding,” he still chose to marry his cousin, Emma Wedgewood. All his life, Charles fretted over the effects of this decision, wondering if he and Emma “hadn’t passed constitutional weaknesses along to their children.”
On the week of his “origins,” it is interesting to consider how far we have come accepting and then rejecting his ideas. A few recent studies have found major changes in Americans’ acceptance of evolution and its place in our public schools. Highlights of studies reported in Science and National Geographic show that only about 14 per cent of Americans think that evolution is “definitely true.” A full 33 per cent of us completely reject the theory of evolution, calling it “absolutely false.” In our schools, its teaching simply hasn’t evolved. In another educator’s study, 13 per cent of teachers “strongly support” teaching creationism.
It is not surprising that we have become a nation of nonbelievers. The United States ranks 34th out of 35 developed countries on public acceptance of evolution. Only Turkey has more doubters. Most Europeans won’t be made a monkey out of, and claim an acceptance rate of evolution at 80 per cent.
Many groups undermine the teaching of evolution and provoke controversy and doubt about the origin of species. Stephen Jay Gould, one of the best writers about Darwin and evolution, wrote, “Why has Darwin been so hard to grasp? Within a decade, he convinced the thinking world that evolution had occurred, but his own theory of natural selection never achieved much popularity during his lifetime. It did not prevail until the 1940s, and even today, though it forms the core of our evolutionary theory, it is widely misunderstood, misquoted and misapplied.”
As was his way, Darwin had an answer for those doubters: “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”
Suzan Bellincampi is director of the Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown.


No one knows for sure the impact that the government shutdown in Minnesota will have on conferences in that state. But judging by the way the press is talking about it, it seems the general feeling is that the state will suffer. Several conference meeting facility owners fear that if the shutdown does last a while, the state’s economy will suffer.
One person, it appears, seems to think that the government shutdown is a good thing. Former governor and Republican presidential candidate, Tim Pawlenty, thinks that the longer the shutdown last, the more likely that government spending on whole will be slashed. Pretty safe to say that Mr. Pawlenty prefers that Minnesota addresses its current $5 billion deficit with tax cuts verses raising revenues.
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) has put together a great article that lists the costs associated with the shutdown. Of course the actual costs will depend on exactly how long the shutdown lasts. Estimates are that the shutdown could cost around $12 million per week in lost tourism dollars alone. And that’s from only one of the many affected industries in the state.
Conferences and meetings are usually planned well in advance. So for most, unless the facility itself is shut down, the conference meeting will likely proceed as planned. Smaller meetings, on the other hand, are more last minute in planning. These conferences are the ones that would likely cancel.
As a northern state, Minnesota should be enjoying the summer tourism season. For many small business owners, this is the time that their business is strong. If you’re a planner thinking about taking a group to Minnesota, now may be a good time to see what deals are available. Check out WTTC – Minneapolis / Saint Paul – where you can search for and contact vendors directly. You just never know what awaits you.


STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A former Steamboat Springs woman accused of faking cancer to raise $7,000 in charity has turned herself in at the Routt County Jail.
Steamboat Today reports (http://bit.ly/ZUooEp) 34-year-old Elizabeth Emilie Bateman, who now lives in New Mexico, was arrested Friday after a judge signed off on a warrant earlier this week. She is accused of hosting a fundraiser for a fake cancer charity and spending the proceeds on herself.
The arrest warrant says Bateman's blog and Facebook page show her on beach vacations, a skydiving trip and riding a helicopter.
Detectives say they identified 28 people who donated money.
Police began investigating in March after they say friends became suspicious and Bateman posted on Facebook that she had faked having cancer. She faces a charge of felony theft.
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Understanding Bank Runs: The Importance of Depositor-Bank Relationships and Networks
We use a unique, new, database to examine micro depositor level data for a bank that faced a run. We use minute-by-minute depositor withdrawal data to understand the effectiveness of deposit insurance, the role of social networks, and the importance of bank-depositor relationships in influencing depositor propensity to run. We employ methods from the epidemiology literature which examine how diseases spread to estimate transmission probabilities of depositors running, and the significant underlying factors. We find that deposit insurance is only partially effective in preventing bank runs. Further, our results suggest that social network effects are important but are mitigated by other factors, in particular the length and depth of the bank-depositor relationship. Depositors with longer relationships and those who have availed of loans from a bank are less likely to run during a crisis, suggesting that cross-selling acts not just as a revenue generator but also as a complementary insurance mechanism for the bank. Finally, we find there are long term effects of a solvent bank run in that depositors who run do not return back to the bank. Our results help understand the underlying dynamics of bank runs and hold important policy implications.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w14280
Published: Rajkamal Iyer & Manju Puri, 2008. "Understanding bank runs: the importance of depositor-bank relationships and networks," Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, issue May, pages 280-281.
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Advocates for Mamie's outdoor dining
Published 12:35 am, Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Dear friends, we've been Roxbury residents since 1961.
At age 86 and 89, we're delighted we can eat two meals a day at Mamie's, except when they are closed Tuesdays.
It saves us gas and energy. We're delighted to enjoy this privilege.
Many Roxbury residents are older and less driving helps them and helps the environment.
Perhaps zoning should consider updating its regulations to accommodate older residents save mileage and gas expense to enjoy the privilege of eating in town.
The (next-door) nursery is run by a member of Mamie's family. It would be closed during the evening meal.
We often sit by the window so we can enjoy seeing children run around outdoors as their parents eat their meals at the outdoor tables.
We believe it took a long time before zoing was accepted in Roxbury.
Zoning should adapt to changes. I'm sure the regulation quoted was written before today's gas prices.
When in high school, we bought gas at six gallons a dollar.
We want local business to succeed.


February is American Heart Month, and as a leading nonprofit dedicated to improving the nation’s health and well-being, the Channel Islands YMCA offers the following tips to help families in the Tri-Counties to be heart healthy.
» 1. Get physical: Being physically active every day is fun and can improve the function of your heart. Plan and schedule opportunities for active play; for example, include a brisk, 10-minute trip around the block after meals or a 10-minute walking break during the day. If your family enjoys active video games, select versions that require moving the body’s large muscle groups while playing.
» 2. Take a snooze: Lack of sleep has been associated with elevated cholesterol and blood pressure. Adults need at least seven but no more than nine hours of sleep at night to aid with the prevention of heart disease. Children need 10 to 12 hours of sleep per night.
» 3. Shape up those recipes: Makeover your family’s favorite recipes by reducing the amount of salt and saturated fat and substituting a lower fat food (for example low-fat yogurt instead of sour cream) can make a recipe healthier without sacrificing taste.
» 4. Feeling the pressure: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lowering or maintaining normal blood pressure can greatly reduce your risk for heart disease and stroke. Nearly 1 in 3 adults (about 67 million people) has high blood pressure and more than half of them don’t have it under control. Get your blood pressure checked regularly and discuss the results with you doctor.
» 5. Play together: Spending time together as a family is a great way to reduce stress, which is important to heart health. Make homemade valentines for your children’s classmates or build a snow fort together in the yard or the park.
For more information on how your family can live a healthy, active life, click here or contact your local YMCA for detailed information.
» Camarillo Family YMCA, 3111 Village at the Park Drive, 805.484.0423
» Lompoc Family YMCA, 201 W. College Ave., 805.736.3483
» Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa Lane, 805.969.3288
» Santa Barbara Family YMCA, 36 Hitchcock Way, 805.687.7727
» Stuart C. Gildred YMCA, 900 N. Refugio Road in Santa Ynez, 805.686.2037
» Ventura Family YMCA 3760 Telegraph Road, 805.642.2131
— Lynnette Ferrari represents the Channel Islands YMCA.


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As the sizeable Baby Boom generation reaches retirement age, Massachusetts communities will need to rethink how they are going to deal with housing, transportation, and social service needs, as well as how the public sector will be financed. Join Professor Bluestone as he explores the demographic revolution before us and how we can plan for a different — but better — future in the Bay State.


U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged Kenyans Friday to end the political and ethnic crisis that has claimed more than 800 lives.
In Nairobi to add his diplomatic clout to mediation efforts, Ban warned that recent violent developments threaten to escalate to "catastrophic levels."
Ban met with former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is the chief mediator in the Kenya conflict, for a briefing on the progress of the peace negotiations. The pair once again appealed for an end to the violence that has lasted more than a month.
Ban met Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Thursday at the African Union summit in Ethiopia. Ban is also scheduled to meet with opposition leader Raila Odinga and others.
The violence in Kenya began after Kibaki's disputed re-election in December. Odinga has charged that Kibaki rigged the outcome, while Kibaki said he was legitimately elected. International observers said the count was so chaotic it was impossible to tell who won.


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Fifty-six years later, I wonder what Jinnah would tell my family and countless others who lost loved ones
because of rising religious intolerance in Pakistan. On April 2, 2000, my uncle, Sibtain Dossa, a doctor, was
gunned down at his medical clinic by Islamic radicals seeking to cleanse Pakistan of its minority Shiite
Over the past few years, extremist Islamic groups in Pakistan have mounted a unilateral terror campaign.
But Americans and Christians have not been the only victims. Women, secular advocates and even Muslims --
Ahmadis, dissenting Sunni Muslims and Shiite Muslims -- have also come under attack.
Recently two gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a truck full of policemen, killing 11 and wounding nine
in the Pakistani town of Quetta, near the Afghan border. Nearly all the victims belonged to the minority sect
of Shia Islam. The attack on Shiites was the third in Quetta in less than two weeks. Speaking of the attack,
Rahmat Ullah, a Pakistani senior police official, accurately noted, "It was sectarian terrorism."
The gruesome cycle of violence against Pakistan's minority citizens could not have occurred without the
complicity of the Pakistani government. Consider the example of Azam Tariq, a religious cleric and former
leader of the radical, Saudi Arabia-inspired Sipah-i-Sahaba. In an interview with the BBC in 1995, Tariq
openly praised the Taliban and endorsed attacks on Shiites in Pakistan. Instead being brought to justice,
Tariq was rewarded. Today he is a member of Pakistan's National Assembly.
There is a tendency to view the Muslim population as a monolith, with a uniform agenda and little dissent.
This outlook on Islam has prompted a slew of articles with titles like "Why Do They Hate Us."
But in Pakistan, many Islamic radicals hold equal (and sometimes more) animosity toward dissenting Muslims
(particularly Shiites) than toward westerners. The Sipah-i-Sahaba have even killed many of their own Sunni
clerics, because the clerics rejected their divisive agenda. Often, implementing a skewed understanding of
Islamic sharia (religious law) -- and not hatred of the West -- is their prime motivation.
If the United States wishes to gain credibility in South Asia, it should pressure Pakistan and India to
treat all of its residents with respect and not just isolate Pakistan for its abuse against Christians
and westerners. The more the US ignores India's state abuses against Muslims in India, the more fuel US will
be adding to popular notions in Pakistan that its South Asia policy is unequitable and unjust.
As Muslims lobby the United States to treat its religious minorities with respect, Muslims themselves have
averted their gaze while minority groups -- particularly Ahmadi and Shiite Muslims -- are butchered by their
"fellow" Muslims. Indeed, much of the Muslim world looked away when Saddam Husssein was executing
Shiites in Iraq and ignored the Taliban's mass beheading of Shiites in Afghanistan.
This does not absolve Shiite Muslims of guilt. Many Shiite clerics have irresponsibly inflamed sectarian
tension by denouncing beloved Sunni icons or, worse, endorsing retaliation. But a Muslim group that condemns
violence when Islamic radicals kill Christians, then remains silent when Islamic radicals kill Shiite Muslims,
is not a human rights group but a PR firm.
My last memory of my uncle was sitting with him in the sprawling garden next to the tomb of Jinnah in
Karachi. I asked if Pakistanis -- particularly Pakistani Shiites -- still respected Jinnah.
"We do," he told me. "Because at least Jinnah tried to create an open Islamic country where
all could flourish."
That seems to summarize the history of Pakistan: It has always tried but never achieved Jinnah's goal.
Zahir Janmohamed is writing a book about the rise of religious violence in South Asia.
Thank you to all those who have taken the trouble to read the article and share their thoughts. Out of the arguments made here, there are two that perhaps need answering. So here they go.
1. The first part of the article compares outcomes (relative percentages of population of the religions concerned) irrespective of the process that led to those outcomes - whether immigration, relatively faster population growth or conversions. This was for two reasons. One, to put the figure of 2.3 per cent in "numerical perspective", as the article itself explained. The second reason was that outcomes are ultimately what the crux of debate is about. The rest of the article in any case dealt with process - or conversions in this case, from both a contemporary and historical perspective.
2. Some commenters have tried to cast doubts on the reliability of Census 2001. Those who do this should bear in mind that Census 2001 was conducted by a BJP government. Considering the extreme importance that BJP gives to this issue, it would be reasonable to expect that IF it had perceived a problem with the methodology that was distorting the numbers, it would have fixed it. As the article mentioned, BJP or BJP-supported governments have been in power for 10 of the last 40 years, or about a quarter of the time, and the only reasonable conclusion one can arrive at is that any misreporting of numbers, real or perceived, would be marginal and hence, not of importance.
To all other arguments made, my answer is the following: Please read the article again, with particular focus on the quotations of Vivekananda and Monier Williams, and the history of the missionary efforts in Bengal and their outcome.
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Mushkin Callisto 120GB SSD Reviewjlqrb - May 24, 2010
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Muskin's decision to use the SandForce SF-1200 controller in its new SSD line has really turned out to be a good call. With this controller, you will not only get a drive that is capable of 285MB/sec read and 275MB/sec write speeds, but one that gives some of the best small write performance available for a consumer-based SSD. This allowed the Callisto drive to stay on par with, or ahead of, the INDILINX Barefoot controller throughout the read performance test, but it also allowed the Callisto to absolutely dominate the other drives when it came to write performance. The write performance will lead to real-life performance increases and is definitely a strong selling point for SandForce-based drives. However, the Callisto also comes with an added bonus that helps set it apart from the majority of other drives that use the same controller - a 20% capacity increase.
The reason for this capacity increase is that most SF-1200 drives use a firmware version that sets aside a large amount of Flash memory to be used for Wear-Leveling, DuraWrite and RAISE technologies. All of these are very important when it comes to longevity and data protection, but the 28GB standard was developed for both enterprise and consumer grade devices. We all know that an average consumer's needs are not going to match the requirement needs of an enterprise-based product, so it only makes sense that the 28GB could be lowered to a more consumer-friendly level. In the end, the amount of memory set aside was reduced to 8GB, effectively changing the drive from a 100GB model to a 120GB model - at no additional cost! This not only frees up more storage area, but also helps eliminate one of the main complaints leveled toward SandForce-based drives - that you pay the same price or more than that of SSDs using alternative controllers and yet receive less storage capacity. So, with Mushkin increasing the capacity of the drive without passing the cost to the consumer, the Callisto ends up in a much more competitive price range.
The fact that drives using the relatively new SandForce controllers can match and even exceed the performance of controllers that have been around for some time is very impressive. And with the controller being new, we can mostly likely expect future firmware releases that improve upon the performance even further. Changes to the firmware would require a utility of some kind from Mushkin though, and as of this review, the company has yet to release such a program. The Callisto drives can be found in either 60GB, 120GB and 240GB capacities, which thanks to the SandForce controller, all have the same amazing level of performance. The only real downside with the Callisto drive is that the firmware caps the 4K random writes at 10,000 IOPS. Even with this limitation though, the small write performance was still amazing when compared to the drives we had available for our side-by-side testing. Overall, the Mushkin Callisto paired with the SF-1200 controller is one of the fasted SSDs that I have tested to date.
- Strong Overall performance
- Very strong small write performance
- 20% extra capacity (compared to other SandForce-based SSDs)
- 2.5" to 3.5" adapter
- TRIM support
- Price per GB better than most SandForce-based drives
- 4K random writes capped at 10,000 IOPS


A grand prize of $213.4 million is waiting to be claimed by one lucky winner in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing.
According to the game's website, the ticket was sold in California that matched the winning numbers of 3, 23, 31, 34, and Powerball number of 13.
The estimated cash value of the jackpot is $124.8 million.
In Pennsylvania, one person is $40,000 richer after buying a ticket with the Powerplay option that matched four numbers plus the Powerball number.
Three other tickets sold in Pennsylvania matched four numbers plus the Powerball, but did not include the Powerplay option. Those tickets are worth $10,000 each.
To play Powerball, players pay $2 and select five white balls from the first set of 59 numbers plus a single red ball, the Powerball, from a second set of 35 numbers.
Saturday's drawing will be worth an estimated $40 million.


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This historical study considers the working lives of deaf men and women in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the establishment of an industrial-based class during World War II. It examines the strategies deaf adults used to prepare for, enter, and advance through the nation’s mainstream workforce. In doing this, deaf workers are portrayed, to the extent possible, as they saw themselves. In the working world, they typically sought to de-emphasize their identity as sign language-using deaf persons and to be integrated into the mainstream work force. In their schools, however, they usually favored a bilingual approach, celebrating the centrality of American Sign Language and recognizing the value of English. In fact, as early as the latter half of the nineteenth century, deaf people defined themselves socially as members of a distinct community with shared formative experiences and language as well as full members of hearing society.1 Outside the workplace, deaf adults have long defined themselves as bicultural, bilingual Americans.2
This study also demonstrates that the accomplishments and failures of deaf workers are inextricably linked to the language, identity, schooling, and general status of deaf adults. In addition, the position of deaf workers has been influenced by the changing relationship between the dominant able-bodied hearing culture and other minority communities and marginalized groups in this country.
Consequently, this book attempts to explain the varied factors within the deaf community and U.S. society at large that have alternately restrained and advanced the fortunes of deaf workers. I argue first that sign language-based educational methods have been of particular importance in shaping the identity, intellectual growth, and vocational success of this nation’s deaf citizens. Indeed, the nineteenth century’s greatest advance was the development of an incomplete but extended national system of sign language-based vocational and academic instruction for deaf students. Through the efforts of hearing and deaf leaders, education thus was recast from the privilege of the few to a right of the majority, and deaf people in the United States were brought into close association.
Second, I claim that the most intractable obstacles restraining deaf workers were centered not in the workplace as, one might expect, but in the classroom. By the late nineteenth century, a powerful constituency of hearing educators, parents, and professionals—oralists—opposed the creation of a signing deaf community and sought to assimilate deaf children and adults into mainstream society. Oralists gained control of the nation’s schools where they forced deaf adults from the classroom and administrative positions, undermined vocational instruction, and replaced instruction in sign language with marginally useful oral-based approaches dependent upon speech and speechreading to convey information. My research indicates that the reduction or suppression of sign language restrained the academic, vocational, and intellectual progress of many, if not most, deaf students.


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Monday, February 24, 2014
Manks Concert is a Sell-Out!
recent Manks concert organised by the Isle of Man branch of the Celtic Congress
at the Centenary Centre in Peel proved a sell-out, as people from across the
Island joined together to enjoy a cross-generational evening of entertainment.
was a night of music, song, dance and poetry with well-known Manx speaker, Bob
Carswell, acting as compére.
based traditional dance group Ny Fennee kicked off proceedings, followed later
by a selection of versatile singers which included Marlene Hendy (past winner
of the Traditional Song Class at the Pan Celtic Festival), Ruth Keggin (debut CD
now available) and contributions from Manx Gaelic choir Caarjyn Cooidjagh, with
music by Tree Cassyn and Scammylt.
readings with a Manx flavour provided a cross-section of sobriety and humour with
contributions from brothers John and Philip Kennaugh, and a rare opportunity to
hear an old master at work. At 98 years old Laurence Kermode remains unfazed by
the sight of a full house, and without a script in sight was able to hold the audience
in the palm of his hand with a command that belies his years.
second half of the evening was dominated by the Michael Players with their
final showing of the popular dialect play The Dumb Cake. It was the last
performance, before retirement, of lead actors Ann Corlett and Win Callister,
who were presented with a bouquet of flowers at the close of the play.
for the Manx branch of the Celtic Congress, Roy Kennaugh, remarked, “Besides
the objective to raise funds, it was a great opportunity to bring together a
variety of quality acts for a very enjoyable evening.”
of the concert will be used to help finance travel and accommodation costs for
musicians and a speaker to represent the Isle of Man at the International
Celtic Congress in Cardiff later this year.


My friends Shara and Richard recently finished building their new house. And when I say "built" I am being literal. As in hammers, nails, boards, roofing, windows, flooring, installing fixtures... you name it; they did it. So when they invited us to the long awaited housewarming party, I knew I needed to make something special.
Shara asked me to make the dessert and said there would be around 50 people in attendance. I immediately thought of chocolate dipped strawberries. This is one of those dishes that are more technique than recipe. And the technique is super simple. But the results look impressive (you always get loads of oohs and aahs), taste delicious and pack really well. This is the dish I bring to most summer gatherings when strawberries are in season.
For the housewarming party, I made a selection of dark chocolate dipped strawberries, Then dipped a quarter of the batch in white chocolate for color, taste, and interest. You can get very creative with this recipe. Sometimes I drizzle warm caramel sauce over the chocolate. Often I will add a liqueur such as Grand Marnier or Chambord to half of the melted chocolate for a more sophisticated taste. You can roll the strawberries and melted chocolate in coconut, chocolate shavings or chopped nuts.Get creative...the fun comes from different creations. Happy Summer!
White & Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
(quantity depends on the size of strawberries)
2 pints fresh strawberries (with stems if possible)
10 oz best quality dark or bittersweet chocolate chips
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 tsp pure Tahitian vanilla
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
4 oz white chocolate
dark chocolate sprinkles
Wash strawberries and pat dry with kitchen towel. Strawberries should be totally dry before dipping so chocolate will adhere. Set aside.
Line 2 large rimmed cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
Melt dark chocolate in the top pan of a double boiler. Add butter, vanilla and salt and stir until melted and combined. Remove from heat. Dip each strawberry about 3/4 from the top into chocolate, Swirl to evenly coat. Set on prepared cookie sheet and allow to harden. (about 30 minutes)
Wash double boiler and melt white chocolate. Dip 1/4 of the chocolate-dipped strawberries halfway into the white chocolate. Cover with some of the sprinkles and set back onto the cookie sheets. Set in a cool, dry place and allow to harden.
Serve at room temperature.
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