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Barntrup ist eine Stadt im nordrhein-westfälischen Kreis Lippe (Deutschland).

Geografie

Geografische Lage

Barntrup liegt jeweils im Ostteil des Kreises Lippe und der Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe im Naturpark Teutoburger Wald/Eggegebirge und sein Stadtgebiet grenzt im Osten an den niedersächsischen Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont. Sein Kernort befindet sich rund 5,5 km nordnordöstlich des Blomberger Kernorts und etwa 17 km ostnordöstlich von Detmold (jeweils Luftlinie). Südöstlich des Barntruper Kernorts entspringt die Bega, die westwärts aus dem Stadtgebiet fließt, und östlich der Grießebach, der nordostwärts verläuft, und westlich des Ortsteils Alverdissen die Exter, die in nördlicher Richtung abfließt.

Das Relief des Stadtgebiets ist stark gewellt, Kuppen und Senken wechseln sich kleinräumig ab. Der höchste Punkt von Barntrup liegt mit 342,9 m ü. NN. auf dem Gipfel des Saalberges. Der niedrigste Punkt liegt am Abfluss der Bega aus dem Stadtgebiet auf .

Geologie

Das Gebiet von Barntrup gehört zum Lippischen Keuper-Gebiet und besteht aus Festgesteinen, die sich im Trias vor 240 bis 210 Millionen Jahren aus Meeres- und Flussablagerungen bildeten.

Der bis zu 600 Meter starke Festgesteinsuntergrund im Stadtgebiet wird wesentlich aus Kalkstein und zu kleineren Teilen von Mergel- und Dolomitsteinen des ehemaligen Muschelkalkmeeres gebildet. Der Untergrund wurde im Lauf der Erdgeschichte herausgehoben und zu Sätteln und Mulden zusammengeschoben. Häufig sind in den Kalksteinen Versteinerungen von Meerestieren wie Kopffüßern und Seelilien zu finden.

Der tiefere Untergrund besteht aus Gesteinen des Buntsandsteins und des Erdaltertums. Nicht selten finden sich im Stadtgebiet Erdfälle, die durch die chemische Auflösung von Kalksteinen durch kalkaggressive Wässer entstanden sind.

In den Tälern von Bega, Grießebach und Exter sowie im Uhlental ist der Festgesteinsuntergrund mit Lockergesteinen des Eiszeitalters oder mit Löss, Sand und Kies überdeckt.

Für die Trinkwasserversorgung im Gemeindegebiet haben besonders die zum Teil verkarsteten Kalksteine des Oberen Muschelkalks Bedeutung. In geringerem Umfang wird Trinkwasser auch aus anderen Gesteinen gewonnen. Östlich von Barntrup und südöstlich von Alverdissen wird in zwei Kalksteinbrüchen Trochitenkalk für die Schotter- und Splittherstellung abgebaut. Mehr als die Hälfte des Stadtgebietes wird landwirtschaftlich genutzt. Dabei überwiegen jedoch ertragsarme Böden. Aus den Gesteinen des Muschelkalks haben sich Braunerden und Rendzinen entwickelt, aus den Gesteinen des Keupers meist lehmige Braunerden. Alle Böden sind durch die bereits eintausendjährige Nutzung stark in die Täler erodiert. Das abgeflossene Bodenmaterial befindet sich in Trockentälern und Rinnen oder ist als Kolluvium zusammengeschwemmt. Für die starke Erosion wird insbesondere die Vernichtung der nordlippischen Wälder ab dem 16. Jahrhundert infolge von Übernutzung verantwortlich gemacht.

Barntrup eignet sich durchweg gut bis sehr gut zur Nutzung von geothermischen Wärmequellen mittels Erdwärmesonde und Wärmegewinnung durch Wärmepumpenheizungen (vgl. dazu die nebenstehende Karte).

Ausdehnung und Nutzung des Stadtgebiets
Die als "Kleinstadt" klassifizierte Stadt erstreckt sich über eine Fläche von 59,46 km². Das Gemeindegebiet hat eine maximale Ausdehnung in Ost-West-Richtung von ca. 11 km und in Nord-Süd-Richtung von etwa 9 km.

Nachbargemeinden
Das Stadtgebiet grenzt (im Norden beginnend und Uhrzeigersinn fortlaufend) an Extertal, Aerzen, Bad Pyrmont, Blomberg und Dörentrup. Aerzen und Bad Pyrmont liegen im Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont in Niedersachsen, die anderen Gemeinden so wie Barntrup selbst im Kreis Lippe.

Stadtgliederung

1 Stand: 1. Juli 2014
2 Die Zuordnung der eingemeindeten Teilgebiete der ehemaligen Gemeinden Bega und Schönhagen zu einzelnen Ortsteilen von Barntrup ist unbekannt. Der Hauptteil der Gemeinde Bega inkl. Ortskern gehört heute allerdings zur Nachbargemeinde Dörentrup, der Hauptteil inkl. Ortskern von Schönhagen zur Nachbargemeinde Extertal.

Klima
Klimadaten für Barntrup sind nicht verfügbar, daher werden im Folgenden die Temperatur- und Sonnenscheindaten des etwa 13 km entfernten Schieder-Schwalenberg und die Niederschlagsdaten von Extertal (Messstation Meierberg, rund 15 km Entfernung) herangezogen.

Barntrup gehört der gemäßigten Klimazone Mitteleuropas an und liegt im Bereich des subatlantischen Seeklimas. Die Winter sind unter atlantischem Einfluss meist mild und die Sommer mäßig warm. Die Jahresmitteltemperatur liegt bei ca. 8–9 °C.

Durch die Lage im subatlantischen Seeklima herrscht ganzjährig ein humides Klima mit relativ gleich verteilten Niederschlägen vor. Insgesamt fallen an der Messstation Schieder im langjährigen Mittel 867 mm Niederschlag jährlich.

Zum Klima in der Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe, zu der die Stadt gehört, siehe auch den Artikel Klima in Ostwestfalen-Lippe.

Geschichte
Oberhalb der Gemarkung Herborn und auf der Passhöhe des "Gaffelberges" befinden sich bronzezeitliche Hügelgräber. Früheste Spuren einer Besiedelung der örtlichen Umgebung wurden durch Funde aus dem jüngeren Mesolithikum im Kontext der archäologischen Untersuchungen von Grabhügeln im "Frettholz" festgestellt. Die Fundstücke (Faustkeile und Steinäxte) liegen im Fundus des Lippischen Landesmuseums in Detmold.

Barntrup und Alverdissen sind städtische Gründungen der Grafen von Sternberg, deren Territorium im Jahre 1220 vom Herrschaftsgebiet der Schwalenberger Grafen abgetrennt wurde. Ursprünglich hieß Barntrup Barendorf und lag als frühe Siedlung am Schratweg, wo noch heute ein altes Katasterstück "Aule Kerke" heißt. Zwischen 1317 und 1359 entstand auf dem "Thornesberg", dem Hügelrücken, der sich von Osten nach Westen in das obere Begatal hineinschiebt, ein neues Berninctorp, das planmäßig als Siedlung auf der höchsten Stelle des 189 m hohen Bergrückens angelegt wurde und mit seinem Dreistraßensystem den alten Kern des heutigen Barntrups bildet. 1376 wurden Barntrup die Stadtrechte durch den Grafen Heinrich der V. von Sternberg verliehen.

In Barntrup wurden von 1657 bis 1660 in der Zeit der Hexenverfolgungen zehn Hexenprozesse durchgeführt. Erstes Opfer war Claren Düvels, die nach dem 26. Oktober 1657 durchs Schwert hingerichtet und verbrannt wurde. Der Rat der Stadt Barntrup rehabilitierte am 1. September 2015 die Opfer der Hexenprozesse.

1836 wurden Barntrup zum zweiten Mal die Stadtrechte durch den seinerzeitigen lippischen Regenten verliehen.

Der Ort wurde insgesamt sieben Mal von Feuersbrünsten heimgesucht. Am verheerendsten war der Brand vom 30. Juni 1858, dem 50 Gebäude zum Opfer fielen, nahezu ein Drittel aller Häuser.

1886 fiel bei Barntrup ein 17 Gramm schwerer Meteorit. Er gehört zur Klasse LL4 der Chondriten.

1896 erhielt Barntrup einen Eisenbahnanschluss durch die Eröffnung der Begatalbahn von Lage nach Hameln. Die Strecke wurde ab Lemgo im September 1980 für den Personenverkehr stillgelegt, eine Reaktivierung von Lemgo bis Barntrup ist geplant, jedoch auf lange Sicht verschoben. Die Strecke von Barntrup bis Hameln wurde zurückgebaut. Eine weitere Bahnstrecke entstand Ende der 1920er-Jahre mit der Extertalbahn nach Rinteln. Auf der Strecke zwischen Rinteln und Barntrup-Alverdissen ist heute eine touristische Draisinenstrecke eingerichtet.

Religion
In der Stadt Barntrup bestehen drei evangelisch-reformierte Kirchengemeinden in den Ortsteilen Barntrup, Alverdissen und Sonneborn. Seit 1940 existiert eine römisch-katholische Pfarrgemeinde namens St. Peter und Paul in Barntrup. Die zugehörige Kirche steht an der Hamelner Straße. Daneben gibt es zwei evangelisch-freikirchliche Gemeinden: die Mennoniten-Gemeinde in der Straße Im Kälbertal und eine junge Baptisten-Gemeinde in der Südstraße. Die Gemeinde der Neuapostolischen Kirche bestand von 1963 bis 2006. Sie wurde aufgrund sinkender Mitgliederzahlen geschlossen. Die übriggebliebenen Gemeindemitglieder übernahm die Nachbargemeinde aus Extertal.

Ein Indiz für die heutige Verteilung der Religionen kann die konfessionelle Zugehörigkeit der Schüler in Barntrup sein. Demnach gaben im Schuljahr 2006/2007 68,5 % der Schüler evangelisch, 7,5 % katholisch und 2,4 % islamisch als Religionszugehörigkeit an. 6,1 % gaben eine andere Religionszugehörigkeit und 15,5 % keine Konfession an.

Als politisch-religiöse Folge der Reformation war, wie auch in den anderen lippischen Ämtern und Gemeinden, für fast 400 Jahre jegliches katholisches Leben in Barntrup verboten. Der erste katholische Gottesdienst fand erst wieder 1940 statt. Aufgrund des Zweiten Weltkrieges wurde 1943 ein katholischer Seelsorgebezirk etabliert, um Evakuierte, Vertriebene und Kriegsgeschädigte zu unterstützen. In den 1940er-Jahren wurden die Gottesdienste in den Räumlichkeiten der evangelisch-reformierten Kirche (z. B. im Konfirmandensaal) abgehalten. Durch den Zuzug von Heimatvertriebenen und Flüchtlingen kam auch der aus Breslau stammende Pastor Thomalla nach Barntrup, der sich für den Bau einer katholischen Kirche einsetzte und 1952 erreichte, dass ein Bauvorhaben an der Hamelner Straße genehmigt wurde. Erstmals seit über 400 Jahren läuteten zu Weihnachten 1964 wieder die Glocken einer katholischen Kirche in Barntrup, welche ein Geschenk der niederbayerischen Gemeinde Kaikenried waren. 1988 wurde das neue Pfarrhaus eingeweiht und 1996 der Pfarrbezirk auf die Ortschaft Bösingfeld in der Gemeinde Extertal ausgedehnt.

An die ehemalige jüdische Gemeinde von Barntrup erinnert der vor 1840 angelegte und bis 1936 belegte, heute unter Denkmalschutz stehende, jüdische Friedhof an der Hagenstraße.

Eingemeindungen
Mit dem Gesetz zur Neugliederung des Landkreises Lemgo (Lemgo-Gesetz) wurden zum 1. Januar 1969 die Stadt Barntrup und die Gemeinden Selbeck, Sommersell und Sonneborn, sowie der überwiegende Teil der Gemeinde Alverdissen zur neuen Stadt Barntrup zusammengeschlossen. Aus den Gemeinden Bega und Humfeld, die nach Dörentrup eingegliedert wurden, und Schönhagen, das nach Extertal eingemeindet wurde, wurden weitere Gebiete nach Barntrup eingegliedert.

Seit dem 1. Januar 1973 gehört die Stadt zum neuen Kreis Lippe, der auf Basis des Bielefeld-Gesetzes die ehemaligen Kreise Lemgo und Detmold vereinte.

Einwohnerentwicklung
Die folgende Übersicht zeigt die Einwohnerzahlen der Stadt Barntrup. Bei den Zahlen handelt es sich ab 1975 um amtliche Fortschreibungen des Landesbetriebes für Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die Zahlen von 1975 bis 1985 sind geschätzte Werte, die Angabe für 1987 beruht auf einer Volkszählung und die Zahlen ab 1990 Fortschreibungen auf Basis der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung von 1987, ab 2012 Fortschreibungen auf Basis des Zensus 2011. Die Angaben beziehen sich auf die Wohnbevölkerung und ab 1985 auf die Bevölkerung am Ort der Hauptwohnung.

Der Ausländeranteil liegt bei 3,25 % und damit deutlich unter dem Bundesdurchschnitt. Die meisten ansässigen Ausländer sind niederländische und türkische Staatsbürger.

Laut Bevölkerungsprognose der Bertelsmann-Stiftung wird die Bevölkerung von Barntrup gegenüber dem Jahr 2012 bis 2030 um etwa 14 % abnehmen.

Ortsname
Neben der Ersterwähnung als Barendorf sind im Laufe der Jahrhunderte folgende Versionen belegt: Berrentorpe (1317), Berningtorpe (1337), Bernincthorpe (1353), Berlinctorpe (1357), Berlincktorpe (1359), Bernyncthorpe (1361), Berntorp (1367), Perlinchtorpe (1374), Beirentorpp (1376), Barningtorpe (1378), Berningdorpe (1391), Beringtorpe (1400), Berrentorpe (1411), Berentorpe (1430 bis 1480), Barntorppe und Barrentorpe (nach 1450), Barnichtorpe (1466), Barrentrup (1502), Barrintruppe (1507, im Landschatzregister), Barntroppe (1535, im Landschatzregister), Barntrup (1545, im Landschatzregister), Barntorff (1574), Barnendorff und Barrendorff (1612), Berndorp und Berndorpf (1614, in Salbüchern), Barrentörpf (1618, im Landschatzregister), Berentorff und Barentorff (1620, in Salbüchern), Brandorp (1621), Bardendorp (1627), Barndorff (1663), Bardendorff (1679), Barntrup (1698, im Lemgoer Bürgerbuch) sowie Barentrup (um 1764).

Es liegt der Kurzname Berno zugrunde. In früher Siedlungsphase dürfte der Ortsname *Berning gewesen sein (siehe -ing). Noch vor den ersten Schriftzeugnissen wurde -torp etc. angehängt. Möglich sind ursprünglich zwei Siedlungskerne; ein Gehöft oder Weiler Berning und eine daneben entstandene Siedlung *Berningtorp, die zusammenwuchsen.

Politik

Stadtrat
Der Stadtrat aus Barntrup setzt sich seit 1999 aus 28 Ratsfrauen und Ratsherren zusammen. Die Sitzverteilung seit der Kommunalwahl am 13. September 2020 zeigt das Diagramm. Hinzu kommt der Bürgermeister als Ratsvorsitzender.

Die folgende Tabelle zeigt die Kommunalwahlergebnisse seit 1975:

1 UWB: Unabhängige Wählergemeinschaft Barntrup       2 ohne Berücksichtigung von Rundungsdifferenzen

Bürgermeister
Zum Bürgermeister von Barntrup gewählt wurde 2020 Borris Ortmeier (CDU) mit 78,86 Prozent der Stimmen. Sein Vorgänger war Jürgen Schell (parteilos), der am 25. Mai 2014 mit 54,52 % gewählt wurde.

Quelle:

Abgeordnete
Barntrup gehört zum Landtagswahlkreis Lippe II-Herford III, in dem bei der Landtagswahl 2022 Alexander Baer (SPD) als Direktkandidat gewählt wurde. Auf Bundesebene gehört Barntrup zum Bundestagswahlkreis Lippe I, in dem bei der Bundestagswahl 2021 Jürgen Berghahn (SPD) als Direktkandidat gewählt wurde.

Wappen, Flagge und Banner
Der Stadt Barntrup ist mit Urkunde des Regierungspräsidenten in Detmold vom 27. Januar 1971 das Recht zur Führung eines Wappens, einer Flagge und eines Banners und verliehen worden.

Städtepartnerschaften
Barntrup unterhält keine Städtepartnerschaften. Das Gymnasium hat zwei Partnerschulen im Humberside-District in England. Seit 1997 pflegen die Jahrgangsstufen neun und elf den Kontakt durch Klassen- und Stufenfahrten. Eine weitere Partnerschule liegt in Le Raincy, Frankreich. Die Oberstufe des Barntruper Gymnasiums führt auch Schüleraustausche mit einer Partnerschule in Oława, Polen. Die Partnerschule verbindet die gymnasiale Oberstufe mit Berufs- und Handelsschule.

Kultur und Sehenswürdigkeiten

Theater
Die Lila Bühne war ein mobiles Puppentheater, welches seit den frühen 1980er Jahren bis 2019 existierte. Von 1966 bis 2016 existierte das Laientheater Barntrup, das in den Monaten Januar und Februar in Barntrup Theater spielte. Im Monat März gab die Gruppe Gastspiele in anderen Städten.

Für weitergehende Angebote müssen das Landestheater Detmold oder das Theater Bielefeld in Anspruch genommen werden.

Museum
Das Heimatmuseum Alverdissen stellt zu Kultur- und Heimatgeschichte von Alverdissen aus. Zu sehen sind neben historischen Werkzeugen und Arbeitsgeräten und Präparaten der einheimischen Tierwelt auch Fossilien und Mineralien sowie versteinerte Seelilien. Die im Alverdisser Steinbruch gefundenen Exemplare gelten als die weltweit schönsten ihrer Art.

Musik
In Barntrup existieren drei Posaunenchöre, ein Jugendfanfarenzug, ein Mandolinenorchester, ein Blasorchester, das Lipperland-Orchester, sowie drei Männergesangsvereine, drei Kirchenchöre und der Kammerchor der Volkshochschule. Der Oberstufenchor des Städtischen Gymnasiums gewann 2010 unter der Leitung von Dirk Brödling eine Goldmedaille beim Landeswettbewerb "Jugend singt". Seit 2011 existiert der "Junge Chor Barntrup", der seit 2013 den Titel "Meisterchor" führt. In der Barntruper Grundschule befindet sich auch eine Musikschule.

Bauwerke

Die Evangelische Kirche Barntrup, ehemals wohl St. Maria, wurde 1317 gegründet. Das Gewölbe des Langhauses wurde 1636 bei einem Brand durch den teilweisen Einsturz des Turmes zerstört. 1638 erfolgte die weitgehende Erneuerung des Schiffes. Die Kanzel und die Emporen der evangelisch-reformierten Pfarrkirche wurden in der zweiten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts geschaffen.

Kerßenbrocksches Schloss. Bauherrin der Anlage war Anna von Canstein, die 1567, im Alter von 31 Jahren den Söldnerführer Franz von Kerßenbrock (1520–1576) geheiratet hatte. Schon kurz nach dessen Tod begann sie mit dem Bau des jetzigen Schlosses unweit eines schon bestehenden Wirtschaftshofes. Von 1577 stammt der große, in den Hof führende Torbogen. 1580 folgte die Errichtung des an der Oberen Straße gelegenen Zehnthauses. Das eindrucksvolle, das Ortsbild bestimmende Herrenhaus entstand 1584–1588 nach Plänen des Baumeisters Eberhard Wilkening aus Hameln. Es handelt sich um einen zweigeschossigen Bau mit drei Ecktürmen. An der Hofseite befinden sich ein polygonaler Treppenturm und eine große Utlucht. Der verputzte Außenbau ist reich mit Kerbschnitt-Bossensteinen dekoriert, die innerhalb des Weserraumes hier erstmals in Erscheinung treten. Diese vermutlich dem Rustika-Quader der italienischen Renaissance entlehnte Schmuckform wurde später zu einem charakteristischen Merkmal der so genannten Weserrenaissance. Das Innere wurde durch Umbauten 1879/90 stark verändert. Ursprünglich war das Dach des Herrenhauses mit schweren braunen Sandsteinplatten aus dem Solling belegt, die in der Region früher häufig als Dachdeckung Verwendung fanden. Erst seit dem 19. Jahrhundert ist das Dach mit roten Dachziegeln eingedeckt. 1952 diente das Schloss als Kulisse für den von Hans Deppe inszenierten Spielfilm "Ferien vom Ich".

Das Rathaus wurde 1907 anstelle eines 1603 in Fachwerk erbauten Vorgängerbaues errichtet, der 1906 abbrannte. Der vielgestaltige, mit Erker und Schweifgiebeln ausgestattete Bau präsentiert sich in historistischen Formen.

Im Ortskern haben sich bis heute mehrere giebelständige Fachwerk-Dielenhäuser des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts erhalten. Diese, in erster Linie wohl von Handwerkern bewohnten Bauten, prägten noch bis weit in das 20. Jahrhundert hinein ganze Straßenzüge. Mittlerweile wurden jedoch viele von ihnen durch Umbauten stark entstellt oder gar völlig abgebrochen und durch Neubauten ersetzt. Nach dem großen Brand von 1858, der vor allem die östliche Hälfte der Stadt betraf, wurden zunehmend auch Traufenhäuser errichtet. – Mit dem 1616 datierten Haus Untere Straße 39 ging 1972 eines der ältesten Wohnhäuser des Ortes verloren. Das schon 1955 für baufällig erklärte und lange Zeit leer stehende Gebäude wurde abgetragen und soll später einmal im Westfälischen Freilichtmuseum in Detmold wiederaufgebaut werden.

Das wohl älteste noch erhaltene Wohnhaus der Stadt ist Untere Straße 33, das laut Inschrift 1596 errichtet wurde. Zum ältesten Baubestand gehört ferner Untere Straße 29 von 1614, das reich beschnitzte Füllbretter aufweist. Mittelstraße 55, dessen Giebel über Knaggen vorkragt, stammt noch aus der Zeit des Dreißigjährigen Krieges. Es ist 1646 bezeichnet und verfügt wie das 1671 erbaute Haus Untere Straße 51 über eine Auslucht. Letzteres ist überdies mit Schnitzereien versehen. Erwähnenswert sind ferner Mittelstraße 57, das 1661 errichtet wurde, Mittelstraße 45 und Untere Straße 53 (beide 17. Jahrhundert). Hinsichtlich seiner Baugeschichte außerordentlich interessant ist Mittelstraße 37, das aus drei verschiedenen Bauteilen besteht. An das traufständige Vorderhaus des 19. Jahrhunderts schließt sich ein kurzer, wohl noch aus dem 16. Jahrhundert stammender Bauteil an. Es handelt sich anscheinend um den Rest eines älteren giebelständigen Dielenhauses, das bei dem Stadtbrand von 1858 vernichtet wurde. An den Seiten sind noch Kopfbänder zu sehen. Diesem ältesten Kernbau wurde anscheinend im späten 18. Jahrhundert ein größeres Hinterhaus angefügt. 1859, ein Jahr nach dem großen Stadtbrand, wurde Untere Straße 7 erbaut. Es steht noch ganz in der Tradition der älteren giebelständigen Dielenhäuser, weist aber im Gegensatz zu diesen bereits massive Außenwände auf. Allerdings wurden sowohl die Innenwände, als auch der Giebel in Fachwerk erstellt.

Parks
In Barntrup existiert der Gutspark Mönchshof, der nicht öffentlich zugänglich ist. Der historische Landschaftsgarten erstreckt sich über vier Hektar und umgibt das 1764 erbaute Gutshaus. Im Park befinden sich zahlreiche Bäume aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, allerdings wird ein Großteil als Weide genutzt.

Der 1,5 Hektar große Schlosspark Barntrup befindet sich in Privatbesitz und ist nicht öffentlich zugänglich. Allerdings ist der Schlosshof zugänglich und der Park von außen einsehbar. Die Anlage entstand zusammen mit dem Schloss im späten 16. Jahrhundert. Ende der 1990er Jahre musste ein Teil der alten Bäume aus Krankheitsgründen gefällt werden. Der Parkbesitzer konnte weitere Bäume durch ein Zisternensystem vor der weiteren Austrocknung retten.

Der Schlosspark Alverdissen ist im Besitz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen und öffentlich zugänglich. Die 1,5 Hektar große Anlage entstand vermutlich im 17. Jahrhundert. Der Altbaumbestand stammt aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, viele Flächen wurden jedoch in Grünflächen umgewandelt.

Naturdenkmäler
In Barntrup sind fünf Naturschutzgebiete ausgewiesen. Dies sind im Einzelnen ein Hecken- und Grünlandkomplex auf der Sonnenborner Hochfläche und dem Knappberg, das Begatal, die Wälder bei Blomberg, das Tal der Exter und ein Biotopkomplex am Mühlenturm. Insgesamt sind gut 1.140 Hektar unter Naturschutz gestellt.

Sport
In Barntrup existieren drei allgemeine Sportvereine, drei Schützenvereine, eine DLRG-Ortsgruppe, ein Tennisclub, ein Schachverein und eine Reha-Sportgemeinschaft. Die meisten Sportvereine sind im Stadtsportverband organisiert.

Das Barntruper Freibad hat ein 50-Meter-Becken und eine große Liegewiese. Am Schulzentrum existiert eine Sportanlage mit Rasensportplatz, einer 100-Meter-Bahn, Weitsprunggrube und einer Kugelstoßgrube. Das Waldstadion hat einen Ascheplatz und wurde 1997 um einen Rasenplatz erweitert. Zusätzlich sind Umkleide- und Duschkabinen vorhanden.

Der örtliche Fußballverein RSV Barntrup stieg in der Saison 2007/2008 als Meister der Bezirksliga Staffel 3 in die Landesliga auf und spielte in der Saison 2008/2009 in der Landesligastaffel 1.

Die Fußball-Damenmannschaft des RSV Barntrup stiegen als Meister 2012 in die Bezirksliga auf und erreichten damit als erstes Damenteam den Sprung in den überkreislichen Fußball. Zudem gewannen sie die Titel der Hallenkreismeisterschaften in den Jahren 2013 und 2015.

In der Saison 2014/2015 holten sich die sogenannten "Pink Devils" des RSV sogar die Meisterschaft in der Bezirksliga Staffel II und spielen fortan in der Landesliga Staffel I. Aufgrund des großen sportlichen Erfolges wurde den Damen die Ehre zuteil, sich ins "Goldene Buch" der Stadt Barntrup eintragen zu dürfen.

Regelmäßige Veranstaltungen
Jährlich am ersten Sonntag im Mai findet rund um den Barntruper Marktplatz das lippische Fischfest statt. Am letzten Wochenende im September findet das Barntruper Stadtfest mit Kirmes statt.

Kulinarische Spezialitäten

Unter Lippischem Pickert versteht man kleine Kuchen aus Hefe, Mehl und Kartoffeln, die mit Korinthen und Rosinen in der Bratpfanne gebacken werden. Der Pickert wird warm gegessen und mit gesalzener Butter, Rübenkraut, Marmelade oder Leberwurst bestrichen.

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur

Verkehr
Die B 1 verläuft durch den östlichen Teil von Barntrup, wodurch die Stadt an das Bundesstraßennetz angeschlossen ist. Aus der B 1 in Barntrup entspringt die B 66, oftmals scherzhaft Route 66 genannt, welche über Lemgo und Lage nach Bielefeld führt.

Nach Rinteln führt die Extertalstraße, die im Tal der Exter direkt neben der Extertalbahn verläuft.

Die Regionalbuslinien 700 Lemgo–Bad Pyrmont und 772 nach Blomberg–Bad Meinberg–Detmold verbinden Barntrup mit den Bahnanschlüssen. Die Linie 912 fährt werktags über einige Nebenstrecken in Richtung Detmold. Die Stadt gehört zum Tarifverbund Westfalentarif (Netz "TeutoOWL"). Außerdem verbindet die Buslinie 809 Barntrup mit Hameln.

Die nächstgelegene Bahnhöfe sind Schieder an der Bahnstrecke Hannover–Altenbeken sowie Lemgo-Lüttfeld an der Begatalbahn nach Bielefeld und Horn-Bad Meinberg an der Bahnstrecke Herford–Altenbeken.

In Barntrup befinden sich der Anfangsbahnhof der Extertalbahn und der Endbahnhof der Begatalbahn. Auf beiden Strecken wird zeitweise von der Landeseisenbahn Lippe e. V. ein musealer Zugverkehr angeboten.

Der nächste internationale Flughafen ist der Flughafen Paderborn-Lippstadt.

Medien
Die einzige Lokalzeitung, die im Kreis Lippe erhältlich ist, ist die Lippische Landes-Zeitung. Ende 2003 wurde die Lippische Rundschau eingestellt. Das Radio Lippe sendet lokale Nachrichten aus dem Kreis Lippe. Das WDR-Studio Bielefeld deckt Ostwestfalen-Lippe, und damit auch Barntrup, im Bereich des Lokalfernsehens ab.

Öffentliche Einrichtungen
Das Wasserwerk der Stadt Barntrup fördert jährlich etwa 415.000 Kubikmeter Trinkwasser aus den sieben von ehemals elf Brunnen. Zur Zwischenspeicherung dienen fünf Hochbehälter mit insgesamt 1760 Kubikmetern Fassungsvermögen. Die 2500 Wasseranschlüsse werden über das 84,53 Kilometer lange Rohrnetz, welches sich im Besitz der Stadt befindet, erreicht.

Zur Brandbekämpfung steht eine Freiwillige Feuerwehr bereit, die sich in die Löschzüge Alverdissen, Barntrup und Sonneborn gliedert. Für das gesamte Stadtgebiet existiert eine Jugendfeuerwehr zur Nachwuchsförderung.

Die öffentliche Bücherei hat eine Fläche von 300 Quadratmetern auf der knapp 12.000 Medien benutzt und ausgeliehen werden können. Die Ausleihen belaufen sich jährlich auf etwa 40.000 Vorgänge. Die Bücherei ist mit einem Internetcafé ausgestattet.

Bildung
Die Stadt bietet zwei Grundschulen und ein Gymnasium an. Im Jahr 2007 wurden an den Schulen der Stadt mit 99 Lehrkräften insgesamt 1616 Schüler unterrichtet, davon 29 % an den Grundschulen, 16 % an der Hauptschule und 55 % am Gymnasium. Die Hauptschule wurde 2015 geschlossen.

Für die frühkindliche Bildung existieren sechs Kindergärten. Vier werden von der Evangelischen Kirchengemeinde getragen, die übrigen vom Deutschen Roten Kreuz und vom Westfälischen Kinderdorf.

Zusätzlich gibt es für die Erwachsenenbildung Angebote der Volkshochschule Lippe-Ost, die in Barntrup eine Zweigstelle betreibt.

Ansässige Unternehmen
Barntrup zeichnet sich durch eine ausgesprochen mittelständische und diversifizierte Wirtschaftsstruktur aus. Bedeutendster Wirtschaftszweig in absoluten Zahlen ist das verarbeitende Gewerbe, in diesem Sektor sind rund 900 beziehungsweise 42,7 % der sozialversicherungspflichtig Beschäftigten in Barntrup tätig, dies sind 8,5 % mehr als im Durchschnitt des Kreises Lippe. Im Erziehungswesen als nächstgrößtem Zweig sind 21,1 % der Beschäftigten tätig sind (Kreisdurchschnitt 20,9 %). Größter Arbeitgeber in Barntrup ist die Firma KEB Automation KG, ein Unternehmen für Automatisierungstechnik mit weltweit über 1000 Mitarbeitern.

Persönlichkeiten

Ehrenbürger
 1895: Otto von Bismarck, Reichskanzler

Söhne und Töchter der Stadt

 Hermann von Kerssenbrock (1519–1585), in Barntrup geboren, langjähriger Rektor des Gymnasiums Paulinum in Münster (Westfalen)
 Heinrich Meibom (1555–1625), in Alverdissen geboren, Dichter und Historiker
 Johann Christoph Struchtmeyer (1698–1764), in Struchtrup geboren, Theologe, Historiker und Rhetoriker
 Ludwig Deppe (1828–1890), in Alverdissen geboren, Komponist und Dirigent
 Rudolph Blankenburg (1843–1918), in Barntrup geboren, US-amerikanischer Geschäftsmann und Politiker mit deutschen Wurzeln
 Ludwig Winter (1894–nach 1945), in Barntrup geboren, Politiker (NSDAP)
 Ulrich Born (* 1950), in Barntrup geboren, Jurist und Politiker (CDU)
 Ernst Bier (* 1951), in Barntrup geboren, Jazzschlagzeuger
 Rainer Sontowski (* 1959), in Barntrup geboren, Staatssekretär a. D., Politikwissenschaftler und Publizist

Literatur

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Website der Stadt Barntrup

 Geschichte von Barntrup – Publikation des Städtischen Gymnasiums von Barntrup
 Private Seite mit alten Ansichten und Fotos von Barntrup

Ort im Kreis Lippe
Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Stadtrechtsverleihung 1376


Mine is not showing in general.
I tried making some sounds on mabinogi and hope that the computer would pick it up and put it on the list of applications... but it's like... mabinogi is mute or something.
Which reminds me, I was kicked from guild?
its not like you didnt hit on her or nothin..
ya... but i stopped! and she was talkn 2 me as a fwiend. and she was helpn me thru my problems!
true, but to mochi all that means is that she's spending a lot more time with you, and meggi mentioned that mochi gets jealous easily,im sure that if you hadn't hit on her in the first place mochi might be more okay with it.


Tom Phardel—sculptor, ceramist, and curator; beekeeper and bonsai enthusiast—has long played a critical role in the Detroit art community as both an artist and a supporter of other artists, and of course of the ceramic tradition. Serving as (much beloved) teacher and chair of ceramics at CCS for thirty years, he has inspired successive generations of students while pursuing his own artistic path, a path that has led him to a body of work notable for its sense of mystery, spirituality, and devoted connection to the natural world.
Phardel's curiosity about the magic of ritual, paired with a strong respect for spiritual practices, has been prominent in his mind and art ever since childhood, when his fascination with the intricate, mysterious ceremonies of the Catholic Church left an indelible mark on him. Inspiration from trips to far-flung countries such as Japan and India remain evident in his work many years later, including his fascination with bonsai trees.
Although he has been sculpting bonsai for around 25 years, Phardel is adamant that he is only a beginner. He is an attentive caretaker of a small yet captivating forest of bonsai (over 30 trees), many in their own handmade containers, and each one with a distinct personality. Phardel sees the meticulous pruning and shaping of the trees as consonant with his art practice, although he does admit it takes an added knowledge of horticulture to be successful. Many of his trees made their public debut in a 2014 exhibit at Detroit café and exhibition space Trinosophes.
Phardel is consistently busy, wanting to stay active and maintain his creative vigor. He is intent on rethinking and expanding his visual vocabulary in order to effectively convey his ideas and feelings about the connectivity between art and nature, and between human beings and the lessons proffered by the natural world. Working both within his previous wheelhouse as well as venturing outside his comfort zone, his objects embody strength, precision, and mystery. He also revisits and rethinks relationships between forms (circles, swelling curves, rectangles), materials (steel, clay) and space.
As if floating serenely above a thin sheet of brushed stainless steel, the rough-hewn Levitating Mountain (2016) reveals a rich gold leaf underside reflected on the mirrored surface. The labor-intensive creation of the petite mountain required multiple firings, which slowly built up the geologic history of the form with each trip to the kiln. The Space Between (2016) also features an undercut bottom and an exterior rich with texture, but the form itself is entirely different. Two long, slim, tube-like extrusions gracefully separate from the base, leaving an exquisite, impossibly thin slice of powerful negative space betwixt the duo.
In a departure from the earth tones of his previous work, Phardel has introduced blue and red, two vivid primary colors specifically selected for their importance in various global religions. In Red Bindu (2016), a wall-mounted relief, two circles merge to suggest a shape not unlike a cell undergoing mitosis, an expansion that represents the pure potential in everyone. The two-lobed aperture in the middle of the form evokes a darkened, "unseeable" inner space, redolent of mystery and intrigue. The fabricated steel of Red Bindu boasts a brilliant saturated surface consisting of over 30 coats of paint painstakingly sanded down between layers. Blue on Blue-The Couple (2016), meanwhile, features two blue spheres in a cage stacked one on top of the other. The place where they make contact is a cool burnished silver. The curved, acid-etched opaque glass rectangle lends the work a sense of obscure, time-worn mystery.
One of the artist's main ambitions is to transport his audience to a contemplative, entranced state. "I want to make work that you want to be with, as well as look at," Phardel explains. Though his cryptic, mixed media structures may sometimes feel intangible—as if the answer from the oracle is enticingly just beyond reach—as always, the aura of his imagery and the generosity of his spirit carry the day.
Levitating Mountain, 2016, ceramic and gold leaf, 6" x 36" x 6". Photography by Tim Thayer.
Levitating Mountain detail, 2016. Photography by Tim Thayer.
The Space Between, 2016, ceramic, 28" x 12" x 9". Photography by Tim Thayer.
The Space Between detail, 2016. Photography by Tim Thayer.
Red Bindu, 2016, fabricated steel, 32" x 18" x 10". Photography by Tim Thayer.
Blue on Blue-The Couple, 2016, steel, glass, wood, 16 ½" x 24" x 9 ½". Photography by Tim Thayer.


Congratulations Kirin D. (7th Grade) for correctly spelling "castellated" to win Lake Harriet's 2017 Spelling Bee! Kirin is off to represent LHCS at the district wide Bee February 2. Congratulations and good luck!!
A special thank you and congratulations to our two 2nd place winners Jonathan F. (7th Grade) and Mason P. (8th Grade) who exhibited exemplary sportsmanship.


New York-based online marketplace SecondMarket has announced its plans to launch later this year a professional-level Bitcoin exchange service targeted at institutional traders.
This exchange will allow Bitcoin transactions of a minimum of 25 BTC, which is equivalent to more than US$12,000, emphasizing that its full-service trading platform is directed toward investors aiming to move large blocks of the virtual currency.
This move will address the market that is currently supported by only a few companies, and it serves as the company's initiative to attract interested investors through its website.
In fact, SecondMarket CEO Barry Silbert previously shared that already 15% of institutional investors believe in the power and potential of Bitcoin, hinting a brighter future for the company's venturing into digital exchange.
However, due to the recent collapse of Mt. Gox and the erratic operations of some trading marketplaces online, SecondMarket's Bitcoin trading platform will enact the necessary measures before giving investors the green light to trade.
According to the company's website, interested customers will be required to complete a compliance application and to communicate with the exchange's representatives before they can begin buying and selling bitcoins. Moreover, SecondMarket will assume the middle-man position as it will negotiate between the buyers and the sellers.
Upon an agreement, investors buying the digital currency will transfer their bitcoins to the wallet provided by SecondMarket, which will deliver the funds to the seller's bank account after the transaction has received six confirmations.
Meanwhile, buyers must send their funds and wallet address to the company, which will be the one to deposit the bitcoins to the specified Bitcoin wallet once the parties involved have agreed upon a price.
Although a new page for Bitcoin 'market making' was recently added to the company's website, Silbert cleared over Twitter that the trading exchange is yet to be launched.


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There can be no biography of him. Facts are few, stories many. He seems to have been known by different names in many parts of India, appearing and disappearing through the years.
This is the name given to Him by his western devotees. This website is a tribute to Him and His greatness.
He is one of the greatest saints of the 20th century. He is among the very few true 'sadhus' (saints) that India has had in the recent times.
He had two identities — to his devotees, he was Neem Karoli Baba and to his family, he was Lakshmi Narayan Sharma — a husband, father and grandfather.
Maharajji established many temples in the Himalayas around Nainital and in the Gangetic plains in Delhi, Vrindavan and Lucknow. Temples in the West were built by devotees in Germany and the USA.
Several of Baba's devotees have written books on their experiences with Him. There are several social networking groups for and by Baba's devotees on Facebook, Yahoo and Google.
Social Networking Groups. By and for Baba's devotees.
Swami Chidananda writes about Baba Neem Karoli — the wonder mystic of Northern India.
Maharajji's prediction on smallpox: Smallpox will be quickly eradicted.
It is said that Maharajji's word was the last word on any matter. Soon after Maharajji said that smallpox would be eradicated from this world — smallpox really vanished. A post-card was released to mark this occasion.
''But the mystery is why this modest ashram would attract such a steady stream of American tech visionaries. Along with Jobs and Zuckerberg, Google's Larry Page and Jeffrey Skoll, co-founder of eBay, have also made the pilgrimage.


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linguistics and lexicography • Love English
Pearl clutchers, snowflakes, elites and SJWs
by Stan Carey
In his linguistic review of 2016 last month, editor-in-chief Michael Rundell discussed the rise in people's use of the word elite and showed how it 'now seems to mean whatever anyone wants it to mean'. Lane Greene at the Economist reached a similar conclusion, writing that elite is 'becoming a junk-bin concept used by different people to mean wildly different things'.
Though the word's traditional meaning and connotations are positive – elite sportsperson, elite team of astronauts – nowadays it's often used pejoratively, much as the derived words elitist and elitism usually are. Discussing elite as her word of the week, Nancy Friedman noted that while it is 'ubiquitous and positive' in branding, in political discourse it has 'become a term of opprobrium'. Macmillan Dictionary's entry presents the difference neatly.
Elite is not the only insult currently in vogue. Public debate has produced a plethora of terms – some new, some newly reworked – that have been weaponised in rhetorical battles. With the contentious Brexit vote and the US presidential debate dominating the year's news cycles, there was ample opportunity for heated debates that spilled over into barbs and jibes (not jives).
Among the more prominent examples is the seemingly innocuous seasonal word snowflake. This gained a new sense that was recently added to Macmillan's crowd-sourced Open Dictionary: 'an insulting term used to criticise anyone who objects to your views or actions, implying that they are fragile and delicate'. The related phrase generation snowflake, also new to the OD, extends the criticism from the individual to the societal level.
SJW, short for social justice warrior, is another new term of opprobrium aimed at anyone who 'holds and promotes socially progressive ideas on issues such as civil rights, animal rights, feminism, gender equality, multiculturalism, etc.' Ideologically it's akin to the negative use of politically correct. Macmillan's entry for SJW includes the label 'showing disapproval', which adds pragmatic detail on how the term is used. SJW and snowflake both featured in Liz Potter's review of the most notable OD additions of 2016.
On the other arm of this rhetorical axis are the slightly older phrases pearl clutcher and pearl clutching, also recent additions to the Open Dictionary. These are used to describe (and sometimes mock) prudish or traditional views, or the people who hold them. At Slate, Torie Bosch showed how pearl clutching emerged in the late 20th century and 'went blockbuster' in 2007. Like the adjective swivel-eyed, pearl clutching uses a vivid physical image to poke fun at opponents in a moral or political battleground. This field, unfortunately, is unlikely to be overrun with politeness any time soon.
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Stan Carey is a freelance editor, proofreader and writer from the west of Ireland. Trained as a scientist and TEFL teacher, he writes about language, words, books and more on Sentence first, Macmillan Dictionary Blog and elsewhere. He tweets at @StanCarey.
Adrian Morgan says:
The term "SJW" is a textbook case of how propaganda works by blurring the distinction between what is actually meant and what might reasonably be meant.
Reasonably, we would expect a social justice warrior to mean someone who pursues their socially progressive cause of choice with a counterproductive warrior mentality. We've all met people like that. In their zeal they can be quick to make enemies based on out-of-context remarks, and lack the listening skills to distinguish between the nuances of human opinion. Sometimes you can almost hear the brain going: "Goody! A social conservative! Here's my chance!"
(And while I scarcely speak a word of Irish I can copy and paste with the best of them, and so, to people like that, I say … ná bí ag troid liom anois … tuigfidh tú sa deireadh … thiar thall nach do namhaid mé …)
Whereas, in practise, the term SJW is used to attack any advocate of social progress, including those who excel at a reasonable and nuanced approach — and typically it's not the progressive who is quick to put perceived enemies into unwarranted boxes. But it's effective as propaganda because the real target is the invisible person in the background, who hears: "You know that feminist who was rude to you once? Well, they're all like that."
Of course, the sensible conclusion upon meeting social progressives with human failings is to realise the inevitability of this, given that social progressives are — almost invariably — human. To say "You are flawed, therefore your cause is flawed" is a response that makes no sense whatsoever.
Stan Carey says:
Unfortunately, arguments (especially online) are seldom conducted with complete honesty, more often with whatever rhetorical tools come to hand, including fallacious and abusive ones. Anyone who uses insults in a debate is unlikely to adhere to reason and logic.
It's also worth noting that terms like SJW, snowflake, and others I didn't mention in the post (such as deplorables) are quickly appropriated by their targets and used as a badge of pride and tribal belonging.
Michael Rundell says:
Happy New Year, Stan! Another fascinating post. I hadn't realised "pearl clutcher" was such an old word – I'd only recently become aware of it. To me it has some affinities with "the blue-rinse brigade" – which refers to elderly women of conservative views. I like to imagine that these blue-rinsed women also wear pearls (ready to be clutched when the occasion arises). How true that SJW seems only to be used negatively, though the concept sounds quite positive to me. We have a few older words which operate in the same counterintuitive way: when someone is called a "do-gooder" or described as "well-meaning", you might think they're being praised (I mean, what's wrong with doing good?), but both words are pretty disparaging.
Many happy returns, Michael! I was actually surprised pearl clutcher was so recent. Maybe it's a case of semantic interference, but the phrase struck me as a vintage sort before I learned otherwise. Do-gooder is an interesting example in the SJW vein: curious, as you say, that it's used as an insult.
Traditionally, a "do-gooder" is someone who superficially does "good", but only out of a desire for public admiration. As with any insult, the description may or may not be merited.
I once read a terrible book by a conservative religious practitioner which portrayed the term 'do-gooder" as a tool of the Devil, a way to criticise people for doing good. All I could think of were the emphatic criticisms of do-gooders in the Bible (notably Matthew 6:2).
I think there is a current trend toward using terms like "do-gooder" dishonestly, to attack people who are legitimately doing good. But as far as I can tell, that is a very recent development.
There's also the related phrase do-good, used as both a noun and an adjective. It emerged in earnest in the 19–20thC, according to the OED, but there is a trailblazing example from back in 1654: "That they may be accounted somebody, and Do-goods." (Richard Whitlock, Ζωοτομ́iα; or, Observations on the present manners of the English).
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Clawed Lemieux (Claude) is our own stud and we are very proud of him. He is a chocolate mackerel tabby and white, standard Minuet. He is a quad-grand champion in TICA and a regional winner of 2017 and 2018 before we retired him from showing because he became more interested in girls than proving how beautiful he is. He is a loving boy and has a wonderful personality. He produces some amazing babies, which you can see and judge for yourself below. These are only the babies he had for us. We loaned him to Lynn Brown, of 406Paws Cattery in Montana to breed with her girls.
Leo, on the left, and Ceviche, on the right, are two of Claude's first litter. Their mother is Lady Bing and they are also her second live litter. Leo is a long-haired nonstandard brown classic tabby and white like his mother. Ceviche is a long-haired nonstandard brown classic tabby with white as well. He is an odd-eye cat, meaning he has one blue eye.
Cleo, on the left, and Duchess, on the right, are Claude and Bing's second litter. Cleo is a brown classic tabby and white standard girl and Duchess is a brown classic tabby and white nonstandard girl. Duchess looks a lot like her dad. Cleo is going to look just like her mom.
We call Duchess Mizzy 2.0 because she is a super-energetic kitten. Cleo just wants to snuggle with people and love them, although she enjoys playtime just as much as Duchess does.
Otis, to the left, was the only kitten from Claude's third litter with Lady Bing. There was only one kitten in the litter and Otis was cherished dearly. He is such a darling and he went home with Milo's parents. He is a brown classic tabby and white.
Claude's fourth litter was his first one with Ellie (Gabrielle Landesclaw). Teddy (left) was the very first kitten and he's a hyperactive chocolate smoke bi-color. Claude's first non-agouti kitten (non-tabby). S'more (immediate right) is an energetic chocolate silver shaded mackerel tabby. Vincent (far right) is also a chocolate silver shaded mackerel tabby, and he'll look just like his mom. All three kittens are standards.


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Sweet Valentines Project to do With Your Kids: Cookie Houses!
Gingerbread houses are fun to bake and build, but these little Valentine cottages, from my book, Candy Aisle Crafts, are made from graham crackers, allowing you to skip the baking and get to the best part -- decorating! They make a pretty Valentine's centerpiece or mantle decoration, too. For a great playdate or snow-day activity, pre-make the house bases, one for each kid, and set out bowls of candy for decorations.
1. To cut graham crackers, use a serrated knife and a very light sawing motion with almost no downward pressure. On one graham cracker, cut off some height (A), and then cut off the angles to form a peaked piece. Use the first peaked piece as a template for cutting a second peaked piece. Cut the remaining two graham crackers in half. Two will be used for the side walls and two for the roof.
2. Pipe a thin line of icing on the bottom of one square wall (make sure that the graham cracker perforations are going in the same direction on the square walls and roof pieces), and stick it onto one side of the cardboard (or a paper plate). Use a small jar (like a spice bottle) to hold up this first wall (B). Glue one of the peaked pieces to the square wall piece by piping a thin line of icing along the bottom and the side edge of the peaked piece. Attach the peaked piece just inside the back of the square wall. Repeat with the other peaked piece to attach to the other side of the square side wall. (Remove the jar when set.) Pipe a thin line of icing on the remaining side edges of both peaked pieces. Pipe a thin line of icing on the bottom of the last square wall. Attach the wall to the two peaked pieces.
3. Decorate the roof. Pipe a line of icing along the bottom edge of one of the roof crackers. Adhere a row of bottom "tiles" first -- think Necco Wafers or sticks of chewing gum. Pipe another line above that row of tiles and let those candies overlap the first row (C). Repeat until the roof is covered. Repeat the process to make a second roof piece. Let dry for about 30 minutes.
4. Attach the roof by piping icing along the top edges of the wall and peaked pieces and setting the roof pieces on top (D). Cover the top seam by gluing on additional candy with icing, if desired.
5. With the icing, glue on the door, attic window, and other embellishments.
1. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or by hand, mix the sugar, meringue powder, and water until smooth.
2. If the icing is too thin, add meringue powder one teaspoon at a time until thickened. If it's too thick, add water. The consistency should be slightly looser than toothpaste.
3. To make a piping bag, put one corner of the resealable plastic bag in a small juice glass. Pull the rest of the bag over the sides of the glass. Fill the bag with about a cup of Royal Icing. Twist the bag closed in your hands, tightly cinch it with the rubber band, and seal the bag closed. Cut the tiniest hole (less than 1/3") off the corner of the bag with scissors. Squeeze out some icing to see if the hole is big enough.
Try decorating these little cottages for any holiday or occasion.


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Auxiliary Unit
The Auxiliary Units were a very secret unit of guerrillas operating from within the Home Guard. It was their task to selectively attack the enemy during occupation following an invasion. The Imperial War Museum has additional info https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205063855.
Auxiliary Unit badge
WHAT I KNOW …
Their tasks would be similar to those of the French Resistance, namely destroying lines of communication and supplies, assassinating key enemy figures and generally causing mayhem behind enemy lines. Perhaps it was a blessing that they never had to be used because the German's usual means of retribution, after an assassination of a high ranking soldier, was to execute local civilians. Old men and young boys, women and children. No one would be spared.
The Auxiliary units in Eastern England were assigned to the 202 Battalion, although they were still officially listed as Home Guard members and served with their local Home Guard units. Men would discreetly be invited to join a local Aux unit because they possessed a valued skill, such as marksmanship or a knowledge of the lay of the local land. They would then have to sign the Official Secrets Act and have their own, and their families', backgrounds checked for security. On parade their only distinguishing difference from the Home Guard would have been the 202 Battalion flash on their shoulders.
Operating Bases
Each unit were responsible for their own 'patch' and operated from an Operation Base (OB). Hidden underground bunkers, with 2-feet thick walls and set 12-feet into the ground, often formed an OB. Over 500 bunkers were dug in 1941 across the nation and at that time over 3,500 civilians volunteered for service in the Auxiliary Units. Each unit were well supplied with munitions, such as – booby traps; grenades; time fuses; mines; explosives and detonators; Sten guns; pistols; sniper rifles;
Because of the secrecy surrounding these units the British Government did not acknowledge their existence until recently and therefore no medals were awarded to any Auxiliary Unit servicemen. This changed in 1996 when the Ministry of Defence authorised the award of the Defence Medal for those men who served at least three years.
Brandon's Aux Unit
The following is sourced from research by Steve Woods, of Brandon Country Park (2005).
Brandon was chosen to site an OB because it was thought any invading German Army would rest up and regroup in the cover of the Thetford Forest. There was also a need to control the strategic road junctions between East Anglia and the Midlands along with Brandon's excellent rail links. The large flat expanses of Breckland heathland around Brandon would have undoubtedly made an ideal landing area for parachutists. Brandon's OB would have been expected to wage a guerrilla war against the resting enemy.
In July/August 1940 Brandon's first hideout, was built in the Forestry Plantation and was sufficient for fifteen operatives. However, this base was prone to flooding and so a second base had to be constructed. It contained sleeping accommodation for eight men in bunks. The hideout was 12-foot underground, with trees cut down and used for the rafters. Corrugated iron was laid for the roof, with earth covered over with a final layer of leaves and pine cones to disguise the underground base. An air vent ran up alongside a tree, and below it a Primus Stove was used for cooking. An OP was also built on the edge of Lingheath along the Bury Road.
Training was carried out every Sunday. On 15th September 1940 Brandon's Aux Unit carried out their first training day, which was a joint effort with Lakenheath OB and twelve men reported to a chalk pit on the Elveden to Bury St Edmunds road. Over the coming months they were taught by the regular army to prime and throw Mills bombs, dismantle fuses – especially the seven second fuse, which was commonly known as "count to five and duck"! They were also taught how to wrap plastic explosive around rail tracks to cut 3-foot lengths of rail.
A second joint training day was carried out in November 1940 and participants were taught about tank sabotage, how to keep low, revolver use using the New York Police Department preferred .38 revolver and how to track their target. The unit also used the rifle range at Cawston in Norfolk, with .303 packed in grease that had been stored since the previous World War.
Brandon's OB was given a dozen Mills bombs, High Explosive plastic (like a yellow putty), twenty minute pencil fuses, detonators, five and ten minute fuse wire (for railway sabotage).
Items were found buried in the walled garden of Brandon Country Park which led to Steve Woods' appearance on the Ken Bruce Radio 2 show on 23rd July 1990. These items included a bayonet, earphones, ammunition, candles, matches, pickled plums, syringe, generator handle, unopened medicines, margarine, miscellaneous food and tubs of grease.
Brandon had an OB situated in Lingheath, an area south-east of Brandon, between the B1106 and B1107, set in scrubland and edging on the Thetford Forest. An eyewitness reported being shown the underground bunker by his father, who had served with the Auxiliary Unit, shortly after the war, but he thinks it was demolished. All that is there now are craters in the ground. The OB was reached by clearing brush from the ground and opening a trapdoor to the bunker. Little else is known about this OB due to its secrecy.
The men of Brandon's Aux unit
They belonged to the Norfolk Area – 10th Group which contained 40 civilians split into an H.Q. and 5 squads. Each squad would have operated from an Operational Base near a town or village without knowledge of who was in the next OB, or indeed if there was another OB nearby, only the H.Q. would have had this information. All would have been recruited from the Home Guard.
The H.Q. Consisted of …
Capt. Walter G. Gentle, M.C. (Group Commander); Captain Gentle M.C. was awarded the M.B.E. in the 1945 New Year's Honours List for "services rendered to the 202 Battalion Home Guard".
Lt. Eric G. Field (Assistant Group Commander); (both were Brandon men, with descendants still living in Brandon.)
Lt. D.C. Carey (Assistant Group Commander);
Lt. R.F. St. B. Wayne (Assistant Group Commander);
Brandon's OB members were …
Sgt. Philip R. Field (Thetford Road, Brandon)
Cpl. S. William "Bill" Baker (Railway Terrace, Brandon)
Pvt. Roy D. Budden (Garage owner from Elveden)
Pvt. Albert L. Drewery
Pvt. George A. Eagle (Bury Road, Brandon)
Pvt. George H. Holden
Pvt. D. Smith
Jack Randall* (not confirmed); (plumber & builder)
Walter Blake* (not confirmed)
Billy Stead* (not confirmed)
Henry Berry* (not confirmed)
Lakenheath's OB members were …
Sgt. Freddy A. Crowther
Cpl. Hector W. Crocker
Pvt. George Palfrey
Pvt. A.E. Rolph
Pvt. S.W. Rolph
Pvt. H.W. Smith
Pvt. Reg H.T. Young
Hockwold's OB members were …
Sgt. W.T. Cooper
Cpl. A. Maggs
Pvt. R. Bartlett
Pvt. J.A.M. Enefer
Pvt. E.A.A. Hicks
Pvt. R.C. Rolph
Pvt. A.E. Starling
Other OBs under Capt. Gentle's Command (Do you have any further details?)
Sgt. H.E. Parfitt;
Cpl. M.H. Thompson;
Pvt. R.C. Beck;
Pvt. J. Goram;
Pvt. F.H. Ottoway;
Pvt. E. W. Pratt;
Pvt. B.P. Walpole;
Sgt. B. Warnes;
Cpl. C.J. Williams;
Pvt. G. Brown;
Pvt. R. Fuller;
Pvt. H. Gates;
Pvt. D.F. Gilder;Pv
t. E.C. Huggins;
(Special thanks to the BRO Museum, Parham, Suffolk, for details from the nominal roll stored there.)
Recollections of Brandon's Auxiliary Unit
Les Bond (Home Guardsman) –
"One weekend we were on some sort of skirmish and our section was billeted in a shop. Our 'enemy' was what you called the secret unit, we knew them as the Home Guard Commandos. One of the Home Guard Commandos got onto the roof of the building we were in and put a firecracker down the chimney of a pot belly stove we had and 'blew us all up'."


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The ideal candidate will be a highly creative and self-motivated problem solver with the ability to handle numerous projects simultaneously. In addition, this strong communicator requires a proven ability to articulate ideas. S/he will possess excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills, strong interpersonal skills, solid judgment, and the ability to work successfully in a team programming environment throughout the analysis and development process.
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What's your favorite place to go boating in South East Queensland? Is it the beautiful island in Moreton Bay, or one of the rivers or dams.
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There are many moments in this book where I laughed out loud at the humor. The characters are amazing and in the Audiobook Dan Hill does an amazing job bringing them to life. This book was more of an action thriller with a very small dose of mystery. It was entertaining enough to keep me turning the pages but I wish it had been more of a 'who done it' like Deutermann other works. There are some plot twists, but for the most part you know what's going on and are just long for the ride.
I recommend this book. The writing is great, character development was top notch and the narration was brilliantly performed.
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Discussion in 'Mortgages and buying and selling homes' started by discovery101, 19 Mar 2019.
I have moved back to my family home to care for my elderly parent and I have rented out my residence with approx 30k of a mortgage remaining.
I have the means to pay off the outstanding balance.
So is it a no brain'er to go and just pay of the mortgage?
For a small sum like that, tidying up your affairs is probably more important than any tax planning issue.
You might consider keeping it if you have a cheap tracker. The interest would be 1% and after tax-relief at the marginal rate, that would bring it down to 0.6%.
If it's a cheap tracker and you might trade up at some stage, then you should probably keep it too.
But overall, I think that tidying up your affairs trumps the rest.
Thanks Brendan......sorry for the late reply.
Hi Brendan.....just an update my current interest rate is 1.05%.
Also do you think they should offer me a discount if I pay the balance off early...? there is 8 years left to go on the mortgage.
What I think doesn't matter. They won't offer you a discount as there is such a short term left.
Hi Brendan, I am in a fixed rate mortgage until May 2020. I am in a lucky position to clear my mortgage in full this summer. Should I clear and would I have to pay a penalty or should I reduce my mortgage by half? Just not sure what is the best way to go about this.


U.S. policy in Asia will face unique challenges and opportunities as Barack Obama assumes the office of president. Many Asian nations are dealing with the ramifications of the global financial crisis. Other countries like North Korea have a problematic relationship with America.
Jamie Metzl, the executive vice president of the Asia Society, speaks with Martin Savidge about China's position on the global stage, Japan's role in the financial crisis and what form the Obama administration's relationship with North Korea may take.


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Un miroir convexe fait diverger des rayons incidents parallèles.

De tels miroirs peuvent être utilisés comme miroirs panoramiques, ainsi ceux placés sur les carrefours dangereux et sorties de garage, ou certains rétroviseurs de véhicules routiers.

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The Soviet Past Research Laboratory (SovLab) has addressed the state authorities and representatives of the Batumi Eparchy to conduct an anthropological-criminal investigation and comprehensive autopsy of 150 corpses found on the territory of the military base in Georgia's Black Sea coastal city Batumi.
1. Provide public access to materials that will allow researchers to use this information.
2. If anthropological and criminal examination and research are not being conducted, expert groups should be able to study the remains.
3. If these are the remains of victims of the Soviet period, the State should give this fact a legal framework - to initiate an investigation in a prescribed manner and to ensure that the process is documented.
Otherwise, the Soviet Past Research Laboratory believes that it is unreasonable and premature to claim these corpses are of the victims of the 1937-1938 Soviet terror.
Information about the discovery of a mass grave was released on April 5 on the official website of the Batumi and Lazeti Eparchy.
The remains of 150 people were found in the grave. Killed, it is assumed, during Stalin's repressions, but there are also other opinions circulating. The State has yet to release an official statement as to what steps will be taken in this regard.
The graves of victims of Soviet repressions have been found in Batumi since 2014. In 2015, a special commission was created which was tasked to work on this issue but ultimately proved ineffective.
The Batumi and Lazeti Eparchy stated the place where the graves were found was given to the Patriarchate of Georgia for temporary use, adding four graves were found there with a total of 150 human remains.
The clergy have announced that the corpses will be reburied, in the same place they were discovered, on April 21.
It is unknown whether the reburial ceremony will be a religious or civil one, as the remains have not been identified.
The Eparchy claims that the excavation process started openly in 2016 and the state agencies were actively involved in it.
The statement reads that with the cooperation of the Ministry of Health a base of DNA of the remains will be created and an examination of the corpses can be done at any time.


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Floras provides a spark for SNHU men's basketball
Merrimack graduate Dimitri Floras, a 6-foot-3 junior guard, has played a major role in the Southern New Hampshire University men's basketball team's 6-0 start to the season.
Heading into Wednesday night's game at Stonehill, Floras has averaged 14.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game for the 23rd-ranked Penmen. Floras scored a season-high 19 points in SNHU's 87-67 victory over Bentley on Saturday and is the team's third-leading scorer and distributor on the year.
Giles dishes out assist for game-winning goal
Merrimack native Amanda Giles provided an assist on the game-winning goal to help Salem State edge St. Michael's 1-0 on Friday, Dec. 2.
Giles fed Madison Black for the game's only goal at the 14:38 mark of the second period, boosting the Vikings' record to 2-5 for the season.
The helped marked Giles' first point of the season. She has registered 10 shots on goal.
Giles and Salem State play next on Saturday with a trip to Franklin Pierce University for a 2 p.m. faceoff.
Hollis Brookline will host Nor'Easter wrestling tournament on Dec. 17
The Hollis / Brookline High School Wrestling team is hosting its annual Nor'Easter wrestling tournament on Saturday, Dec. 17 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hollis Brookline High School gymnasium. This event showcases the best grapplers in the area, with 17 teams competing for the title. Come on down and enjoy some great food and cheer on your local team.


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Oklahoma Wheat Producers Expecting Modest Returns After a Tough Year
That sums up the year for Oklahoma wheat producers. As if drought was not enough of a challenge, one of the state's largest cash crops also faced disease, spring freezes and hail storms.
With harvest shifting into high gear this week, producers are bracing for modest returns as combines rumble through their fields.
"The way I've been describing the 2018 wheat crop so far is it's been a struggle from start to finish," said David Marburger, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension small grains specialist. "There's been a lot of punches to the body, a lot of punches in places where we don't normally take them all at one time with a wheat crop in Oklahoma."
Although the season started off well with good moisture, Marburger said the fall armyworm attacked and stuck around for a long time, and then the weather turned dry for the rest of the fall and winter. Cool temperatures coming out of winter certainly helped give the crop a chance, but an ongoing lack of moisture did not.
Oklahoma experienced the second coolest April on record, including some freezes, followed by the warmest May on record.
"Thinking about overall production compared to the last few years, we're going to be close to 2014 in terms of total production for the state," Marburger said. "We might have a little bit better average yield compared to 2014, but our harvested acres will be a lot less."
Woods County producer Kent Martin, whose crop was not only damaged by drought, but also by a May hail storm, said it has been a challenging year for his wheat operation.
It has been a challenging year for Woods County wheat producer Kent Martin.
"I have several fields where it seems like we were so close to a permanent wilting point this year that if we could get a little shower to carry it through we could make grain and really hold on for that next rainfall event," Martin said. "In certain situations, the fields were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Even some of those small rainfall events that held some of these wheat fields, then, unfortunately, we had hail come through on the next event which led to the ultimate destruction of that field."
This year, Martin will only harvest two quarters of wheat – and estimated a yield between 25 and 30 bushels. The rest of his crop was either destroyed or grazed by cattle.
"It's not impressive, but in a year where a lot of our estimates from an insurance standpoint are in the single digits, or at best 10 to 12, 30 bushels an acre makes me feel pretty good," he said.
Meanwhile, in Dewey County, producer Brandon Drinnon is planning to bail half of the 1,500 acres of wheat he planted this year while cattle will graze the other half.
"We're just shooting for next year. This year is kind of done for us," he said.
Drinnon estimated the area has received two and a half inches of rain since October and an inch of that fell in the last two of weeks. Beyond a lack of moisture, he also dealt with the effects of a massive wildfire that swept through western Oklahoma in April.
"We fertilized to grow a crop and we planted to grow a crop. We made our decision in the first of March to graze a little more than normal," he said. "We did graze an extra two quarters after the fire."
Meanwhile in Washita County, producer Jeff Sawatzky expects to harvest half his wheat crop and graze the other half.
After receiving about 5 inches of rain since November, with most of that moisture coming in the last month or two, and decent weather recently, he is anticipating moderate results.
"I might be optimistic, but I think it could be in the 15 range, which is not great but it's better than what we thought," he said. "We have one field that's a little bit better that was planted in October but never grazed. Then the rest of it, most of Washita County will look like this. It's thin."
Tyler Oxford, who raises wheat on his family's centennial farm in Tillman County, said lack of moisture has been the biggest challenge this year. The area has received only a couple inches of rain since the crop was planted in October.
"When we planted it, we pretty much had to mud it in and that was the last moisture we had until this spring," he said. "Moisture was definitely the biggest problem we had."
Still, the operation, which mainly cultivates cotton, is hopeful of reaching a double-digit yield.
"Considering the year, it looks pretty good," Oxford said of the crop. "Hopefully, we'll get 25 to 30 bushels. That'd be pretty good for this year."
As the 2018 wheat crop speeds to its annual early summer close, Marburger said every growing season provides new lessons, and this year is no different.
"We're definitely going to test drought resistance, for example, in looking at the variety trials. Not only who was able to tiller under these conditions, but also who was able to retain those tillers after the drought and freezes and who was able to fill what potential we had when it turned very hot during grain-fill," he said. "There's always something to learn, even in a poor year."
Source: Leilana McKindra, Southwest Farm Press


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Remembering a Couple of Legends
By River of Rock May 29, 2017 October 3, 2017 Music Events, Newsletter
In the past few weeks, the rock n roll world has lost a couple of legends with the passing of Chris Cornell, front man of the group Soundgarden, and Gregg Allman, founding member of the legendary Allman Brothers Band. Both of these guys were unique talents the likes of which we will never see again.
We've lamented about how the likes of Chuck Berry. Let's hope that some of the remaining rockers and stick around for a while and continue bring us great music!
Brand New Feature – Select Seven
Roots Rock Review has launched a brand new periodic feature which looks at seven select albums that were recently released. this initial incarnation features the following seven albums:
All For Loving You by Alexis P Suter
Furnace by Dead Man Winter
The Kingdom Belongs To a Child by Cashavelly Morrison
Maniac World by The Good for Nothin' Band
Moved to Duarte by Les Bohem
Rainmakers by AP Mauro
Two For the Blues by Generations
Spring 2017 Select Seven
A Southern rock band with a truly original approach, the South Carolina based quintet Cranford Hollow seems to have found their niche with their fifth album, 2016's Color/Sound/Renew/Revive.
Review of Color/Sound/Renew/Revive
Live HMAC and Mauch Chunk Opera House came about as sort of a happy accident by Bret Alexander & Nyke Van Wyk, as a few 2016 live performances were recorded for other purposes but the resulting works are reinterpreted songs with fresh, new musical arrangements that are performed differently from original versions.
Review of Live by Bret Alexander & Nyke Van Wyk
A bit of a turn away from his early psychedelic-influenced work. Dr. John's Gumbo is a finely performed and produced tribute to the distinct, traditional music of Dr. John's hometown of New Orleans.
Review of Dr. John's Gumbo
Top 9 Songs of Summer
We revisit a list of nine classic rock songs which in some way celebrate the season of Summer. Here we look at some of the great classic rock songs that explicitly mention or implicitly conjure images of Springtime.
See the Top 9 List
Classic Rock Review Recent Features
The Colour and the Shape by Foo Fighters – 20th Anniversary
Little Queen by Heart – 40th Anniversary
Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix Experience – 50th Anniversary
Flaming Pie by Paul McCartney – 20th Anniversary
Argus by Wishbone Ash – 45th Anniversary
Business As Usual by Men At Work – 35th Anniversary
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Dear EarthTalk: Do you have current facts and figures about how much rainforest is being destroyed each day around the world, and for what purpose(s)? -- Teri, via e-mail
Pinning down exact numbers is nearly impossible, but most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily, and significantly degrading another 80,000 acres every day on top of that. Along with this loss and degradation, we are losing some 135 plant, animal and insect species every day�or some 50,000 species a year�as the forests fall.
According to researcher and writer Rhett Butler, who runs the critically acclaimed website, Mongabay.com, tropical rainforests are incredibly rich ecosystems that play a key role in the basic functioning of the planet. They help maintain the climate by regulating atmospheric gases and stabilizing rainfall, and provide many other important ecological functions.
Rainforests are also home to some 50 percent of the world�s species, Butler reports, �making them an extensive library of biological and genetic resources.� Environmentalists also point out that a quarter of our modern pharmaceuticals are derived from rainforest ingredients, but less than one percent of the trees and plants in the tropics have been tested for curative properties. Sadly, then, we don�t really know the true value of what we�re losing as we slash, burn, and plant over what was once a treasure trove of biodiversity.
According to the United Nations� Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), overall tropical deforestation rates this decade are 8.5 percent higher than during the 1990s. While this figure pertains to all forests in the world�s tropics, researchers believe the loss of primary tropical rainforest�the wildest and most diverse swaths�has increased by as much as 25 percent since the 1990s.
Despite increased public awareness of the importance of tropical rainforests, deforestation rates are actually on the rise, mostly due to activities such as commercial logging, agriculture, cattle ranching, dam-building and mining, but also due to subsistence agriculture and collection of fuel wood. Indeed, as long as commercial interests are allowed access to these economically depressed areas of the world, and as long as populations of poor rural people continue to expand, tropical rainforests will continue to fall.
Some scientists see light at the end of the tunnel. Joseph Wright of the Panama-based Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute says the tropics now have more protected land than in recent history, and believes that large areas of tropical forest will remain intact through 2030 and beyond: �We believe that the area covered by tropical forest will never fall to the exceedingly low levels that are often predicted and that extinction will threaten a smaller proportion of tropical forest species than previously predicted.�
Only time will tell whether Wright�s optimistic predictions ring true, or whether a more doomsday scenario will play out. To stay informed and be part of the solution, stay tuned to the websites of Rainforest Action Network, Rainforest Alliance, the Rainforest Site and, of course, Mongabay.com.
CONTACTS: Mongabay, www.mongabay.com; Rainforest Alliance, www.rainforestalliance.org; Rainforest Action Network, www.ran.org; Rainforest Site, www.rainforestsite.com; FAO, www.fao.org.
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About Weight Loss & Glycemic Index: Several problems make weight loss difficult for Diabetics. Blood sugar spikes lead to excess insulin production; the liver converts it to triglycerides that become fat on the body.
The key difference between a good or bad carbohydrate is the speed in which it converts to sugar in your blood! Good carbs convert slowly. They make your body work harder to be digested and they have a measured sugar conversion that does not cause a sugar or insulin spike. These are often considered complex carbs.
Not all carbohydrate foods are created equal; in fact they behave quite differently in our bodies. The glycemic index or GI describes this difference by ranking carbohydrates according to their effect on our blood glucose levels.
Choosing low GI carbs � the ones that produce only small fluctuations in our blood glucose and insulin levels � is the secret to long-term health reducing your risk of heart disease and diabetes and is the key to sustainable weight loss.
Granola Gourmet ingredients are very low on the Glycemic Index, Granola Gourmet does things with their recipe that help make the bars even lower. A great example of this is how the oats are treated using differently than you do with oatmeal. Oatmeal is hydrated when it is cooked. This makes it easier to break down in your body. Granola Gourmet oats are not hydrated. This makes your body work harder to digest it.
The Latest on H1N1 flu from the Harvard Health Letter
So far, the 2009 swine flu (H1N1) pandemic has been more widespread than lethal, notes the Harvard Health Letter. The novel H1N1 virus has some properties that seem to make it less capable of causing serious disease than had been expected.
At least early in the flu season, in the relatively rare instances when H1N1 has caused complications that result in hospitalization (and even more rarely, death), the people most likely to be affected have been young, especially school-age children, whereas older people seem relatively protected, reports the Harvard Health Letter.
The pattern for regular �seasonal� flu virus that circulates every winter is just the opposite: it�s the old who are far more vulnerable to complications, which typically involve a secondary bacterial infection that causes pneumonia.
The explanation most often given for the difference is that older people may have some residual immunity from past exposure to H1N1 flu viruses�viruses similar to, but not exactly the same as, this year�s novel H1N1.
Harvard experts discussed the latest on the H1N1 pandemic at a forum held on the Harvard Medical School campus on September 25. The video is posted here: http://hms.harvard.edu/public/h1n1/index.html.
�The good news is that virtually everything we have learned since the early days of this pandemic has pointed toward a lower level of concern,� said Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health and a member of the H1N1 scientific advisory group to the White House.
Lipsitch said data collected in the United States show estimates for the death rate for H1N1 range between one death for every 2,000 symptomatic cases and one death for every 14,000 (which in percentage terms works out to 0.007%). In comparison, the death rate for seasonal flu is roughly one death for every 1,000 to 2,000 cases.
�But that�s not the only point of comparison,� said Lipsitch. �Seasonal flu tends to symptomatically infect (very roughly) between 5% and 20% of the population each year, whereas pandemics tend to cause symptomatic infections in 25% to 40% of the population. This H1N1 epidemic may not come up to that level, but it is a potential difference between pandemic and regular seasonal flu.�
In its H1N1 coverage, the Harvard Health Letter gives several prevention recommendations:
Get vaccinated.
Don�t shake hands.
Wash your hands often.
Cough and sneeze into your sleeve or into a tissue.
Stay home if you have symptoms.
Stock up on supplies (canned food, bottled water, some medicines) in case of social-distancing restrictions.
You can get more advice from Harvard Health Publications� new Swine Flu video: http://www.health.harvard.edu/flu-resource-center/swine-flu-precautions.htm.
While fall has only just arrived, the time has come to start planning for the holidays.
While many take the time to visit family, others use the time off around the holidays to take the family and visit other places. The attractions in Madera County, California�s Gateway, to Yosemite make for a perfect holiday retreat.
For people looking to escape snowy weather, the valley communities of Madera and Chowchilla offer a temperate climate and fun things to see and do, such as the Tractor Parade of Lights December 5. The Tractor Parade, which is now open to nearly any type of vehicle as long as it is adorned with at least 100 Christmas Lights, is a fun way to usher in the Holiday season.
�They get really creative,� said event coordinator Jerry Noblett, speaking about the entrants. �We have farmers who have decorated tomato harvesters and have them in there,� he said. �They were huge.�
Noblett said the entries range from tractors and other farm vehicles to classic cars and even children�s electric cars. �It gets pretty wild in terms of what they can do with the lights,� he said.
In addition to the Tractor Parade, adults can enjoy the Wine Stroll. Local businesses in the downtown area sell wine glasses for $10, and those glasses are good for samples from regional wineries that will be on hand at the participating businesses. For those who would prefer something warmer, hot beverage mugs are available for $6.
The other communities of the valley also stage Christmas Tree Lightings. The Chowchilla Lions Club has a long history for theirs, as they celebrate the 42nd Annual Christmas Tree Lighting with numerous activities for the family, including an appearance by Santa Clause, December 5. When combined with the Coffee Cats & Chowchilla Art Guild Christmas Boutique, one can make a whole day of the Holiday fun. The community of Madera Ranchos will also hold a Christmas Tree Lighting. The festivities there are planned for December 4.
Someone looking for the perfect holiday wine to compliment their dinner plans, or perhaps as a gift for their favorite connoisseur, can check out the Madera Wine Trail. Created by the Madera Vintners Association, the wine trail encompasses one dozen wineries located throughout the county. Wine lovers can find the perfect compliment to their turkey, ham or any other delicious holiday entr�e, while having the opportunity to actually meet the vintners themselves, a fun experience that has been lost in many of the larger wineries elsewhere in California.
For those who reside in warmer climates and are looking for the traditional winter feeling, eastern Madera County offers numerous options as well. Christmas Tree Lightings take place throughout the region, from the 10th Annual Bass Lake Tree Lighting in late November, to the December 4th lighting in Oakhurst.
�Numerous events occur throughout the region during the Holiday months that make a great excuse for a get away,� said Jarrod Lyman, Director of Media for the Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau. Additional events include Christmas at Fresno Flats Sunday, December 6 and Christmas in the Mountains in Oakhurst December 11 and 12.
Additionally, great holiday rates can be had at nearly every hotel, bed and breakfast and vacation rental. �While we are a year round destination, summer is our biggest season. As such, families looking for a holiday retreat are able to do so here while saving enough money for a that anticipated gift for their kids or someone special,� Lyman said.
The region�s proximity to Yosemite National Park and Badger Pass Ski Area, as well as numerous snow play areas, makes it the ideal spot for someone looking for the picturesque winter wonderland. For more information, log on to www.yosemitethisyear.com, or www.facebook.com/yosemitesierra.
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ESSENCE OF NURSING Article
ADVANCE honors nurses who exemplify the best of the profession, combining science with soul and caring.
ESSENCE OF NURSING: SCIENCE & SOUL
MEET SOME AREA NURSES WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, ON AND OFF THE JOB
A blend of science, soul and caring, nursing offers a diversity of practice settings and experiences. From bedside nurses who maintain their stance as passionate patient advocates to those who serve their communities and nation in roles outside the profession - nursing options are unlimited. In the feature below, we highlight nurses in different settings and practices doing whatever is necessary to exemplify the Essence of Nursing - the soul of a profession that offers daily variety.
Music as Medicine
Suzanne Geimer heals with the universal language of music
ADVANCE: Why did you create The Special Angel Project?
SG: When my daughter turned 15, I began having a lot of problems with her. It was like someone came in the middle of the night and switched my good girl with someone I didn't know. We had no communication. I've always been a singer and a nurse, and I discovered that when I asked her opinion about my newest song, she'd respond. Soon, we'd be talking about life through discussing the lyrics in the songs. About that time, I'd seen Lois Lee on TV. She runs a homeless shelter for runaway teens in Hollywood and it made me want to help kids and parents, just based on my own experience. After my family moved to California from South Carolina, I got to meet Lois Lee and began playing and speaking to her group, along with my daughter. I saw these kids just open up. Eventually, I began going into
ADVANCE: What's involved in a session?
SG: It's very relaxed, a lot like MTV Unplugged. We can talk to the kids about love, life and even sex without them feeling like they're being lectured. One song I perform is called, "Dear God, Are You Listening?" I wrote it one morning at 4 a.m., waiting for my daughter to come home. I'm always amazed when the kids really begin to see these situations from another perspective. Counselors have told me these kinds of experiences are really what they need to begin to get better. As a nurse and mother, I'm proud I can be just one piece of the puzzle that helps them put their lives back together.
ADVANCE: Why is working with children so rewarding for you?
SG: I had a brother who had a really tough time growing up, beginning at age 16. By 19, he'd died. During those days, especially down South, you just didn't talk about anything like this. Years later, when I was going through tough times with my daughter, I felt very close to my brother. I knew if I didn't get a handle on the situation right away, it might end up the same way. I really felt like he was the angel that guided me through the entire experience. That's where the organization's name, Special Angel, came from.
ADVANCE: Because you're willing to be so honest with children about your life experience, do you feel that establishes an essential trust with them?
SG: Teenagers have built in 'BS detectors.' They know right away if you're giving them a bunch of bologna. Because we're up front and honest from the beginning, it breaks down that barrier. At every session, I can pick out that one child who is distant or holding back. Because I don't push them and know how to set them at ease, they eventually come around. Trust is what opens the door with these kids.
ADVANCE: What do you think it is about music that has such a unique healing effect?
SG: Every once in awhile, we get some kids who roll their eyes when they hear we'll be singing country music. I always tell them not to worry about it. Music is universal and in about 5 minutes, we'll all be talking the same language. Pretty soon, the kids are pulled right into the experience. You know what? It never, ever fails.
You can learn more about The Special Angel Project at: www.specialangel.com.


Late-breaking abstracts for ASHG 2017 were due August 31, 2017 at 8:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time.
Up to four (4) of the submitted late-breaking abstracts will be chosen for presentation at a Plenary Session on Saturday, October 21, 2017 from 1:00-2:00 pm. Authors must be available to present on this date at this session. Abstracts not chosen for this session will not be programmed in any way, including as other oral presentations or as posters.
The ASHG 2017 Program Committee reserves the right to not schedule this session if there are not enough excellent abstracts to program. Abstract notifications are sent to authors in late September.


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New God Of War Game Means New God Of War Cosplay
Maul, perhaps most famous for his Witcher work, is back as Kratos
Image: eosAndy
We've featured German cosplayer Maul a ton of times on Kotaku, maybe more than any other individual cosplayer, and there's a very good reason for that: just look at these photos.
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While he's best known for his recurring takes on Geralt of Rivia, ranging from "being Geralt" to "being Geralt skateboarding in LA," Maul has also done a ton of work, both paid—like this, this one's an ad for PlayStation—and personal, on series like Dishonored, Cyberpunk and Metal Gear Solid as well.
Today, though, we're looking at his latest shoot, an incredible take on God of War's Kratos. It's for the release of Ragnarok that sees Maul (and his team) nailing just about everything, from the costume to the weathered leather to the bodypaint to the muscles to the beard to...more muscles (which, despite Maul's considerable size IRL, are in this case a suit).
He's joined by Korriban Cosplay, as Kratos' son Atreus, and together they make about as good an inspiration for Amazon's live-action TV adaptation as you're ever going to get.
Also working on the costumes and shoot were Maja Felicitas, Lenora Costumes, hair specialists Bakka Cosplay, Tingilya Cosplay, Bucky Props & Cosplay, Flying Illustration, while all photos were taken by one of the best in the business, eosAndy.
Ragnarok is out today, but we reviewed it last week, where Zack had this to say:
Yes, the axe is cool. Sure, the fights are tons of fun. And I definitely enjoyed exploring every nook and cranny of the large worlds you get to visit. But what kept me glued to my PS5 for nearly 40 hours was the story of a son becoming a man and a father trying to figure out how he feels about that. I probably could have enjoyed this story a tad more with about half as many puzzles and skill menus, but even so, I found myself smiling, feeling satisfied, as the credits rolled. As I said at the start, God of War Ragnarök is very good.
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Herkimer Elementary school social worker Kathy Orts is among the educators from the region honored at the Genesis Group's "Celebration of Education" event on Nov. 16.
The not-for-profit organization, which was founded in 2000, aims to unite business and community leaders to advance regional economic, social and cultural interests throughout the Mohawk Valley region, according to its website.
Orts, who has worked in the school for close to two decades, said she is honored to be recognized by the Genesis Group for her work with the district and that she is grateful to work with "such an amazing group of people who support me in my work every day" at HES.
"Both personally and professionally, I recognize the importance of extending myself to meet the needs of children and families in our school community," said Orts, who coordinates holiday giving and other outreach efforts at the school, in addition to her work with students.
Orts and her fellow educators were honored in a ceremony at Hart's Hill Inn in Whitesboro, which included a raffle to raise funds for local food pantries.
"To have the value of my position at Herkimer Elementary School acknowledged and to receive this recognition of my work as a social worker means the world to me," Orts said.
This year's celebration also recognized the "Project Lead the Way" engineering program partnership hosted by Frankfort-Schuyler CSD and attended by Herkimer students.
Held each year during American Education Week, the Celebration of Education recognizes individual educators and programs that are making a positive impact with students. Herkimer Jr./Sr. High School vocal music teacher John Krause was honored by the Genesis Group in 2015.