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Lightning's last request: Greenway legacy
Focus on Gay Politics - N.C. mayor finds acceptance
Gay community pleased with win in Carrboro
Verdict offers little solace to town still scarred...
An anniversary for gay rights in Chapel Hill
Oral History Interview with Joe Herzenberg, conduc...
Note from Joe - Saw the preview of Kids
Birth of gay rights movement observed: 13th annual...
Detailed plan for Chapel Hill museum ready
Gays, lesbians ask to reword partners plan: Propos...
Chapel Hill may expand rights of gays
Franklin St. 'Pure' post a sign of times gone by
Where would we be without Hinton James?
Gun control drive resumes
911 tapes tell what witnesses saw
Street of death - Gunman kills 2, wounds 2 others
Gunman kills 2 at UNC
Neighbors, community gather for AIDS home's open h...
Neighbors tour group home for people with AIDS
By MARK SCHULTZ
CHAPEL HILL -- He picked the name because he has always loved the look of electricity streaking across the night time sky.
"It's just my favorite thing," Lightning Brown said Tuesday afternoon. "It's so exciting. I used to take people out in rain storms just so we could see it."
Like the name he chose for himself, Brown, 47, said he also always has liked to stand out.
That's why he says it was no big deal, when honored for service to Chapel Hill this week, that he used the occasion to ask a favor -- to have the council name the Bolin Creek Greenway after him.
"I don't think anyone was surprised," Brown said. "I don't think there are any other contenders."
And, if the fact that he's dying wins support, Brown said he'll take it -- because he's earned it.
"It puts my life in perspective," he said from his bed at the residence for people with AIDS in Carrboro. "It shows that I've given [the town] the last full measure of my attention until I need it, just for dying."
Allan Brown, the oldest of five children of a Catholic family, was born in Virginia, grew up in Los Angeles and studied German comparative literature at the University of Oregon in Eugene.
He came to Chapel Hill in 1976 to help friends renovate a house. All he knew about his new home, he said, was that Chapel Hill was "the Berkeley of the South."
He interrupts himself and looks over at his sister Nancy, a 42-year-old trial lawyer from Los Angeles who has come to North Carolina to help care for her older brother.
"I think I want my covers," he says, looking down at the blanket folded beneath his feet.
"Are you cold?" Nancy asks. "My arms are cold," he replies, lifting bone-thin arms up and under the blanket. Never a big man, Brown used to weigh 150 pounds. He's down to 102.
He realized he was gay in graduate school when he was 24. "I was a good Catholic boy," he jokes, his eyes expressionless behind large framed glasses. "Which means socially retarded."
He took the name Lightning after he told his parents and they temporarily disowned him.
"They didn't want to have a gay son; they disowned me for about 2 1/2 years," he explained. "So I changed my name as a way of claiming my new identity."
Brown quit his computer programmer job in UNC's Health Affairs Division in the late 1980s to attend law school.
He graduated in 1991. That same year he brought a 10-minute video to the Town Council showing sewage debris and cracked manholes along the Bolin Creek sewer line down the hill from his Clark Road home.
The line had been overflowing after heavy storms for 15 years, Brown said. His persistence -- he threatened the Orange Water and Sewer Authority with the state's Clean Water Act -- pressured OWASA to finally make repairs.
"He was persistent and persuasive, and sometimes that is required to get public agencies to pay attention," said OWASA Chairman Barry Jacobs, who was not on the agency at the time. "Hopefully that wouldn't still be the case."
Ironically, Brown was appointed to the OWASA board of directors earlier this year but could serve only a few months. He moved into the AIDS Service Agency house about two months ago.
"I think it's a pity I didn't get in two years ago," he said. "I just would have had more of a hand in the excitement of taming [OWASA's executive director] Everett Billingsley."
Monday night's recognition honored Brown for serving on the town Planning Board, Greenways Commission, Low and Moderate Income Housing Task Force and Stormwater Management Task Force.
Brown, who most recently lobbied the county commissioners on putting gay people in the county's civil rights ordinance, also was commended for his commitment to "civil liberties and rights, affordable housing, recycling and the environment."
"He's always been in the forefront about standing up for gay rights," said Joe Herzenberg, who worked with Brown for Jim Hunt in the 1980s. "But most of the things he's stood up for have not been gay rights. Nobody has done more for the greenways system in Chapel Hill than he has."
"Some might think it's presumptuous for him to ask [that the town name the Bolin Creek Greenway after him]," Herzenberg added, "but it's highly appropriate."
Chris Moran, the new executive director of the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, worked with Brown on the low-income housing task force.
"He was really determined to get it right," Moran recalled Tuesday. "In fact he typed the report himself."
"He's a terrific guy, he's always been for the underdog," Moran added. "We need more like Lightning in this community to remind us of the things that need to get done."
At the AIDS Service Agency residence, Brown continues to get visitors and people seeking political advice. And he continues to speak out for the way he wants Chapel Hill to be.
"We still haven't learned to take care of our poor people," he said, referring to Monday night's report calling for an overhaul of the town's public housing department.
"We're so expensive that if you don't make a certain amount of money you can't be here," he added. "It's a great injustice and great pity. Things used to be cheaper. Rents were cheaper. The percentage of black people was greater."
Brown talked frankly Tuesday and said he wanted to speak about his illness for this article.
"I am dying of AIDS," he said. "I got it from a boyfriend who I didn't have the sense to say `No' to when he wanted to have intercourse without a condom."
He takes 12 to 15 pills a day and is in an experimental drug trial to prevent going blind. Each afternoon he gets hooked to an intravenous saline solution to keep his body from drying out.
Last year Brown fought off lymphoma in the right side of his face with chemotherapy. Last summer doctors finally discovered he had esophogeal reflux, where food comes back up. "I'd choke a lot. It was very difficult," he said.
Now, a good day is being able to sit up for breakfast at the table. Tuesday was a good day, he said.
He even got to visit his Clark Road house. "The views are irreplaceable," he said.
As difficult as Brown's illness has been on him, it has been hard too for family and friends. His last partner cared for him through his cancer, but "ultimately he looked at it squarely and decided it was more than he could handle," Brown said.
A few months ago he had to give up his dog Magic, a mixed breed that sat patiently outside as his master sipped an afternoon latte at a downtown coffee house.
"I wish him as much happiness as we can ring out of every day," his sister Nancy said. "But it hurts. It's like my heart is being torn out."
Grainger Barrett, for whom Brown worked before going to law school, had trouble speaking about it.
"He's the first person I felt close to that I've known to have AIDS," the Chapel Hill lawyer said in a halting voice Tuesday evening. "I have hurt so much. Both my wife and I have always loved him."
Barrett praised Brown, who made an unsuccessful run for Town Council in 1981, for never compromising on his goals.
"He was a brave person when it took a lot more bravery and tenacity to be gay and high profile the way he was," Barrett said. "He never wavered from saying, 'I have the right to be who I am.' "
Brown could have moved back to California to be with his family. But he decided years ago to stay in Chapel Hill, Nancy said, "and we all respected his wishes."
Asked the hardest part of having AIDS, Brown beats around no bushes.
"Wanting to die ... and knowing it's going to take a while," he said. "I want peace."
Photo Caption: PUBLIC SERVANT - Community activist Lightning Brown, presented an award for public service by Chapel Hill on Tuesday, wants the town to name the Bolin Creek Greenway in his honor.
Labels: Lightning's last request: Greenway legacy
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Nov. 25, 1995
From Carrboro, N.C., to Maine to San Francisco, openly gay and lesbian politicians are making an impact. Gay activists also hope to play an influential role in the upcoming presidential campaign.
By KRISTIN EDDY, Staff Writer
Carrboro, N.C. - At the White House, he was confronted by Secret Service agents wearing rubber gloves, but here in the town where he will become mayor Dec. 5, Michael Nelson is hardly noticed when he lunches at Maggie's, a soup and sandwich spot on the main street.
As an openly gay candidate, Nelson won handily, garnering more votes than his two opponents combined, and managed to defuse an issue that once meant certain political failure, not just in this conservative state, but anywhere.
"I think being openly gay is a political positive," said Nelson, 31, in an interview last week. "People think - and rightly so - that if you can be open and honest about something that can damage your career, you are going to be honest about other things."
Joe Herzenberg, a former town councilman [in Chapel Hill] who is gay and Nelson's political mentor, agrees.
"A gay candidate gives people something to come out and vote for, whether the voters are gay, or not gay but sympathetic," Herzenberg says. "I think Mike's being gay made him distinctive in a positive way."
Growing up near Camp Lejeune as the son of a Marine, Nelson came to this area as a student at the University of North Carolina, majoring in political science. He says he was always involved in social issues, campaigning for the equal rights amendment, the National Abortion Rights Action League, gay rights and the local Democratic party.
He became Herzenberg's campaign manager in 1987 on Herzenberg 's third and finally successful try for public office.
"I think he was one of those people who became a political junkie early on," Herzenberg, 54, says of Nelson. "He is not obsessed with politics, but a good deal of his life is involved with it."
Nelson says his family, which includes a brother in Atlanta and a sister in Chicago, may have found his success in politics a segue to acceptance. Although supportive of him now, Nelson says their reactions to his coming out as a gay man ranged from "some anger and hostility, then stunned disbelief." The turning point for Nelson's mother, he says, was when he ran for the board of aldermen several years ago and lost by just 32 votes:
"I almost won, and she said, 'Hey, there are people out there who support him even though he is gay'."
Labels: Focus on Gay Politics - N.C. mayor finds acceptance
The News & Observer, Nov. 9, 1995
CARRBORO - Being mayor of this former mill town may not carry much political clout around the country. But now that Mike Nelson has been elected to the office, there will be a lot of people looking to him for leadership.
That's because on Tuesday, Nelson became only the fifth openly gay mayor in the country. And though Nelson insists nothing is extraordinary about his win, he still finds himself the highest-ranking openly gay elected official in the state. One day after his election, members of the local gay and lesbian community were beaming with pride. For them, Nelson's win shows that they can be judged on their ideas and not their sexuality. And for Chapel Hill and Carrboro, it cements a reputation for tolerance and being a kind of Southern haven for homosexuals.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro earned their liberal stripes years ago. Howard Lee became the first black mayor of a Southern town when Chapel Hill voters picked him in 1969. For some gays, that was a defining moment that showed the area was open to different peoples.
"I thought it was very important," said Joe Herzenberg, who became Chapel Hill's first openly gay council member in 1987. "His election was indicative of the degree of political acceptance here."
But perhaps the best example of the area's attitude toward homosexuals is Nelson's victory. Just two years after being elected to the Board of Aldermen, Nelson won almost twice as many votes as each of his two opponents.
"I think that in this area - and nothing indicates this more than Mike's victory - there are not very significant barriers for gay people," Herzenberg said.
Labels: Gay community pleased with win in Carrboro
Verdict offers little solace to town still scarred by shootings
By Jane Stancill, Staff Writer
Chapel Hill - In a stone wall on peaceful Cobb Terrace, soon there will be a simple black and silver plaque.
"Two young men lost their lives near this spot on Jan. 26, 1995, in a shooting tragedy that wounded the whole community," it reads, along with the names of the victims - Kevin Eric Reichardt and Ralph Woodrow Walker.
The deadly outburst of Wendell Williamson left a bruise on Chapel Hill's soul, a mark unsoothed by an Orange County jury's verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.
For many in the college town, the terror of that sunny January day remains fresh. They remember the image of a young man wearing army fatigues and a blank stare, marching matter-of-factly up Henderson Street with a high-powered rifle. Then the shots.
Joe Herzenberg, former Town Council member and resident of Cobb Terrace...was one of the first people to dial 911 when the shooting began. Herzenberg plans to install the memorial plaque in his stone wall.
"The unofficial slogan of the town is 'the Southern Part of Heaven,' " he said. "Memorials to the dead help bring us back to Earth where we really are."
Labels: Verdict offers little solace to town still scarred by shootings
Chapel Hill Herald, Sept. 20, 1995
On Sept. 15, 1975, the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen (as the Town Council was called then), in response to a petition from Carolina Gay Association (as B-GLAD was then called), adopted by unanimous vote a town personnel ordinance that included protection on the basis of "affectional orientation" for town employees.
At the time there were 26 jurisdictions in the nation that offered protection of some sort, by ordinance, on the basis of sexual orientation, but none of these were in the South.
We indeed owe our thanks to then Mayor Howard Lee and the members of the Board of Aldermen -- Gerry Cohen, Tommy Gardner, Shirley Marshall, the late Sid Rancer, R.D. Smith, and Alice Welsh -- for this advance in civil rights protection.
Over the last score of years, Chapel Hill and then Carrboro elected openly gay officials, the first (and only, so far) in North Carolina, and more recently Carrboro and the Chapel Hill adopted domestic partnership legislation. (Indeed Orange County is the only county in the nation with two municipalities offering such legislation.) And now there is a gay candidate for mayor in Carrboro.
All this in many ways started 20 years ago this month, when a handful of UNC students petitioned the Chapel Hill governing board and then got what they asked for. Let us rejoice.
Joe Herzenberg
Labels: An anniversary for gay rights in Chapel Hill, Joe_Letters_to_the_Editor
Oral History Interview with Joe Herzenberg, conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Joe Herzenberg, conducted by Joseph Mosnier, July 27, 1995.
Interview Number: A-0381. Archived for listening as part of the Southern Oral History Program at the Southern Historical Collection Manuscripts Department in Wilson Libary, UNC-Chapel Hill.
Nearly four hours in length, this was Joe's most in-depth, wide ranging recorded conversation about his life and times. Having conducted several oral history interviews himself with figures like Anne Queen and the Rev. Charles M. Jones for the Southern Oral History Program during the 1970's, Joe was aware this interview was an opportunity to record what he had witnessed during three decades of immersion in the North Carolina political scene, as seen from his perspective as a historian, activist, and political strategist.
As described by his interviewer, Joseph Mosnier, Joe "seemed genuinely pleased to have the chance to set down his recollections of gay politics for archival purposes."
No transcript of this interview is currently available, but the interviewer's field notes, handwritten life history drawn up by Joe, and a tape log that summarizes the topics covered are all reproduced below.
Labels: Oral History 1995 Interview with Joe Herzenberg - the most in-depth recorded conversation about his life and times
Note from Joe, 1995.
A lot of the notes I got from Joe were on leftover pieces of campaign literature from past elections. Even more so than when he backed Jim Hunt against Jesse Helms in 1984, Joe put his heart and soul into supporting Harvey Gantt's two campaigns against Helms for US Senate.
Labels: Note from Joe: Saw the preview of Kids - 1995
Birth of gay rights movement observed: 13th annual Stonewall Supper
Commemorates riots, raises money for local groups
Chapel Hill Herald, June 23, 1995
CHAPEL HILL -- There's a time to party and a time to get political, the former head of North Carolina's gay political-action committee told about 75 people at the 13th-annual Stonewall Supper this week.
The supper is held each June in Chapel Hill to commemorate the Stonewall riots in New York City, generally regarded as the birth of the modern gay rights movement. This year's speaker was Derek Charles Livingston, the former director of N.C. Pride PAC and one of the organizers of the 1993 National March on Washington.
"We spend millions on all-gay cruises, all-lesbian cruises, we support several magazines, the most successful of which have virtually no political content," Livingston said.
"And yet Sharon Bottoms [a lesbian mother denied custody] is still separated from her son, Jesse Helms can hold the Ryan White Act hostage, and the Supreme Court says one group of Irish can discriminate against another group of Irish."
"The party's over -- go home," Livingston said. "It is time to go home to every institution and demand our recognition and what belongs to us."
The Stonewall Supper began in a Carrboro restaurant with about two dozen people in 1983. Organized by a committee headed by former Town Council Member Joe Herzenberg, the event raises money for community groups, this year the new Triangle Gay Men's Chorus and Durham's Lesbian and Gay Health Project's breast cancer program.
As he does each year, Herzenberg recapped the year's achievements. Topping the 23-item list, he cited domestic partnership legislation in Carrboro and Chapel Hill, adding sexual orientation to the city schools' multicultural program and U.S. Rep. Fred Heineman's pledge not to discriminate against gays and lesbians in his office hiring.
Carrboro Alderman Mike Nelson received mention and applause for his recent trip with other elected gay and lesbian officials to Washington, D.C., and for his work getting domestic partners recognized in Carrboro.
"I think we've come a long way," Herzenberg said. "Although, of course, there's still a long way to go."
Livingston linked discrimination against gays and lesbians to sexism and racism and said the gay community must build coalitions and also work against these prejudices within the gay movement.
For example, the NAACP supported the March on Washington and Coretta Scott King supported lifting the ban on gay people in the military, Livingston said. "When we fail to support these organizations in favor of a myopic view, we hurt ourselves," he said.
"There is a time to party and celebrate and dance," Livingston said. "But in life there is a time for party and time for work and there is much work to be done in North Carolina."
Labels: Birth of gay rights movement observed: 13th annual Stonewall Supper
The News & Observer, May 29, 1995
By JANE STANCILL
CHAPEL HILL -- A plan for the town's first permanent history museum is taking shape.
After months of research, a museum study committee appointed by the Town Council last year has come up with a detailed proposal for a Chapel Hill museum.
The group's report says a museum could be up and running in two years if the town donates the former library on Franklin Street for its use. Support would come through grants from business and government, and private donations.
The idea first gained popularity last year during the town's bicentennial celebration. Museum backers asked for space in the town's old library, and before long, yard signs popped up all over town supporting the notion of a museum. About $30,000 in pledges also poured in.
A 12-member study committee spent the past year researching museum funding possibilities and visiting other museums across North Carolina. Members spent more than 1,000 hours on the task.
They were encouraged by what they found. They looked at eight museums in North Carolina, with annual budgets ranging from $120,000 to $5.3 million. A few were in small towns.
"There are towns with far less in financial resources than we have that have made quite a go of their museums," said committee member Joe Herzenberg.
Some are run by local governments; others are owned and operated by non-profit corporations.
Herzenberg and other members think the non-profit organization may be the better way to go.
"I'm not the first one to say this is not the best time for local governments to be thinking about taking on new departments," Herzenberg said.
The key, committee members say, will be the use of the old library. Having a place to begin part-time museum operations is the only way to get major support through grants and corporate donations.
During the two-year beginning phase, the museum would probably require about $44,000 in operating money each year, the committee estimated.
Herzenberg said the success of the bicentennial demonstrated the town's interest in history.
"We've only begun to tap the barrel of volunteers in this town," he said. "The main questions are time and money. But I think there are a lot of interested and clever people who want to make this happen."
Labels: Detailed plan for Chapel Hill museum ready
Gays, lesbians ask to reword partners plan: Proposal due before council
Chapel Hill Herald, April 24, 1995
By SHARON BROOKS HODGE
CHAPEL HILL -- While generally pleased with a domestic partners policy the Town Council is expected to consider tonight, the Orange Lesbian and Gay Association will recommend minor changes.
The association, with about 10 active members and some 200 on its mailing list, is a political group that lobbies for gay rights. The group met Thursday night to discuss proposed changes in town policies that would broaden the rights of gay and lesbian town employees.
Discrimination based on sexual orientation has been prohibited in Chapel Hill's hiring practices for two decades, but some benefits -- such as medical coverage -- remain out of reach for partners of gay workers.
If passed, the domestic partners policy would allow unmarried couples to register with the town. It also would allow town employees to use sick leave to care for a gay or lesbian partner.
Such partners first must provide documents, such as a joint mortgage, proving financial and legal ties. Providing sick leave would cost Chapel Hill about $6,700 annually, Town Manager Cal Horton said.
Horton is also recommending that domestic partners be defined as: "Two individuals who live together in an intimate, long-term relationship of infinite duration, with an exclusive mutual commitment equivalent to that of marriage."
That wording is more restrictive than a similar policy Carrboro's Board of Aldermen adopted in September. Carrboro, which became the first municipality in the state to extend formal, legal recognition to unwed couples, does not stipulate that they have a "long-term relationship of infinite duration."
Association member Joe Herzenberg, a former Town Council member, said reaction to the policy was "generally positive."
But several lawyers associated with the group "went over it with a microscope and prepared a small list of things they'd like to see changed," Herzenberg said. Suggested changes included the proposed definition of a domestic partnership.
Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos, who met with a small association contingent Friday, said he was aware of members' concerns. However, he said he does not think that there is any substantive difference between the Chapel Hill and Carrboro definitions of domestic partners.
"We came up with a definition that we thought was appropriate. Just because it isn't the same as Carrboro's doesn't mean there's something wrong with it," he said.
Doug Ferguson, also an association member, said he does not want the dialogue Monday to turn into "quibbling over details." Consequently the group may recommend delaying a vote while specific issues are ironed out, he added.
Ferguson described the registration of domestic partners as being mostly symbolic. But it will become increasingly important as more private companies extend benefits to couples who have registration certificates, he said.
In a memo to the council, Horton said that eight town employees would extend health insurance to same gender partners, if allowed. Another 22 employees would do so for partners of the opposite sex. But the town does not have clear authority to insure domestic partners, Horton and Karpinos said.
Ferguson said association members disagree with the town's interpretation of state law.
Also the policy proposed by Karpinos and Horton does not mention children of the domestic partnerships, which is something Herzenberg said the association would like to see included.
"It's a minor, but significant issue," he said. Herzenberg said he believes tonight's meeting will proceed without controversy.
In Carrboro, the issue drew opposition from members of a local church. But during the eight years Herzenberg served on the Chapel Hill Town Council, only two people voiced any opposition to "anything gay related," he said.
"Chapel Hill is a town that is tolerant and accepts diversity," Herzenberg said.
Labels: Gays and lesbians ask to reword partners plan: Proposal due before council
CHAPEL HILL -- For 20 years, the town of Chapel Hill has had a policy that prohibits discrimination against its gay employees.
Now town leaders are considering going further, extending some benefits to gay employees and allowing gay residents to register their unions officially. If enacted, the policies would be among the most liberal in the state. On Monday night, the Chapel Hill Town Council will consider a series of policies that would affect its employees. Among them:
- Allowing paid sick leave to care for partners.
-Redefining the word "family" in the development ordinance to include registered domestic partners.
-Prohibiting supervisory relationships between employees who are domestic partners.
-Requiring domestic partners of elected leaders to disclose their real estate holdings.
Chapel Hill Council member Mark Chilton, who proposed the changes last year, said it's a matter of fairness.
"I think that essentially this is recognition on the part of our town government that families are a lot different and more complex in the 1990s than they were in the 1950s," he said. "It is perhaps even overdue."
On Thursday, gay leaders applauded Chapel Hill's initiative.
Former Town Council member Joe Herzenberg, who was the town's first openly gay elected official, recalled the story of a town employee who had been fired from a previous job in another state because he was gay. When the man moved to Chapel Hill, he was protected by the town's anti-discrimination clause.
"Some people kind of growl at things that are symbolic, but I think symbolic things are very important," he said. "This isn't just symbolic. Some people will benefit from this, will feel better and have better lives."
Labels: Chapel Hill may expand rights of gays
Chapel Hill Herald, March 26, 1995
Q: There's a tall, metal signpost standing between the Kinko's Copies and Walker's Funeral Home properties on West Franklin Street that has intrigued me since I moved to the Triangle seven years ago.
The rusting, circular sign has the word "Pure" written in large black letters on a white background., with smaller letters spelling out "The Pure Oil Company, U.S.A." around the sign's outer edge.
Did a gas station or oil company used to stand on this site? Does Pure Oil Co. still exist? Why is the sign still standing if Pure isn't?
A: Q&A contacted (unofficial) Town Historian Joe Herzenberg for some information on this mystery. As expected, he knew the history of Pure Oil.
According to Herzenberg, the whole building which now houses a restaurant, a convenience store and Kinko's used to be the Pure Oil Company gas station and garage.
About 15 or 20 years ago when Pizza Hut moved in, they were persuaded to incorporate themselves into the original structure instead of tearing it down.
"I guess that was in the mid-'70s," Herzenberg said. "I remember going to a meeting to protest."
As for the sign, apparently it's been kept as a memento of times past. Pizza Hut is gone without a trace but the Pure Oil sign remains.
Labels: Franklin St. 'Pure' post a sign of times gone by
Chapel Hill Herald, Feb. 12, 1995 - Letter to the Editor
In the old days, during the argument, mainly with the University of Georgia, over which state university came first, Frank Graham put it this way: the University of North Carolina was "the first state university to open its doors," and those are the very words on the state highway historical marker on East Franklin Street at the foot of McCorkle Place.
And it was on Feb. 12, 1795, that Hinton James, after his trek up from Wilmington, arrived in Chapel Hill, became the first student here, and thus initiated the active life of the University. After two hundred years of comings and goings, it is appropriate to acknowledge this anniversary and to express our gratitude to the two centuries of students who have provided the main reason for our town (and now for Carrboro too).
Labels: Joe_Letters_to_the_Editor, Where would we be without Hinton James?
The News & Observer, Jan. 31, 1995
CHAPEL HILL -- Even though Chapel Hill has the toughest gun law in the state, some town residents say it's not enough.
In the wake of last week's shooting rampage that left two dead and three wounded, gun control was again on the Chapel Hill Town Council's agenda Monday. A petition with about 1,000 signatures was submitted calling for an outright ban on all guns in Chapel Hill.
Others suggested the council start with something a little more modest, such as passing an ordinance that would prohibit someone from carrying a large gun in the town limits.
"It seems to me a lot of people in Chapel Hill think if someone walked around the neighborhood with a large gun, that is threatening," said Joe Herzenberg, a former Town Council member and Cobb Terrace resident who made the first 911 call to police when the shooting started last week.
"It did occur to me that what that guy was doing was not illegal until he started shooting. I think that's wrong and I think most people in Chapel Hill think that's wrong."
Labels: Gun control drive resumes
Chapel Hill Herald, Jan. 28, 1995
The following is a transcript of the first two 911 calls -- of about 20 -- from residents reporting the shooting spree on Henderson Street Thursday.
The first call, from Joe Herzenberg, former Town Council member, came in at 1:48 p.m. Herzenberg, calm and articulate, was calling from his home at 6 Cobb Terrace.
Operator: Orange County 911. This is J.P.
Joe Herzenberg: There is someone with what looks like a rifle.
O: Where at?
JH: On Henderson Street, at the intersection of Henderson and North. In downtown Chapel Hill.
O: Henderson and North?
JH: Henderson and North, yes.
O: OK.
JH: He's been firing. He's fired about seven times. I can't see him well enough to describe him.
O: Can you tell if it's a white guy or a black guy?
JH: He's white.
O: And that just happened?
JH: Just now.
O: Hold on just a moment.
JH: I'm going to go look, I'll come right back. (pause) I can't see him.
O: OK. Can you tell me if it's a white male or a black male?
JH: White male.
O: White male. Can you tell me any other description of him?
JH: He had, it looked like a blue, dark blue coat on with a hood.
O: OK. Which direction was he walking?
JH: He was walking south, toward town, toward Franklin Street.
O: Can you tell me about how old he was?
JH: No. I would guess he's under 30 but I'm not sure.
O: OK. Can you tell me any more about him? Just carrying the rifle? Shooting the rifle?
JH: He's still shooting it. I mean, it looked like a rifle. It might have been an air gun or something. I'm not very knowledgeable about those kinds of things.
O: OK. What is your name, sir?
JH: My name is Joe Herzenberg. (spells it)
O: And your telephone number?
JH: (gives it)
O: OK, we've got officers in the area now. Thank you.
Labels: 911 tapes tell what witnesses saw
By SUSAN BROILI and RAY GRONBERG
CHAPEL HILL -- Two people are dead and three wounded after a man opened fire on passers-by, vehicles and police at Thursday afternoon on Henderson Street.
The shootings appeared to be random, according to police officials.
The gunman allegedly began at Cobb Terrace, an extension of Henderson Street, and walked towards Franklin Street carrying a WWII-type, M-1 30-06 high-powered, semi-automatic rifle.
"I just happened to look out my window. There was nobody else on the street," said Cobb Terrace resident Joe Herzenberg, one of the first to call 911.
"He was carrying this rifle, and I was thinking, 'Is it illegal to carry a rifle on the street?' " Herzenberg said.
"And while I was thinking, he turned to the house next door and started firing on it. ... He was actually killing somebody."
The gunman shot and killed two people -- first Ralph Walker, who was standing on the front porch of a rooming house at 2 Cobb Terrace, and then, a man on a bicycle, who died in front of Phi Mu Sorority on Henderson Street, police officials and eyewitnesses said.
Labels: Street of death - Gunman kills 2 and wounds 2 others
Two are killed and two injured as a gunman sprays bullets over two blocks near the UNC-Chapel Hill campus
Greensboro News & Record, Jan. 27, 1995, Page A1
Joe Herzenberg looked out from his second-floor window and was astonished to see a man walking along Henderson Street casually clutching a semi-automatic rifle.
"I really wondered whether he was violating the law," Herzenberg says.
That question became academic seconds later.
"He started firing at the house next door," says 53-year-old Herzenberg, a former Chapel Hill town council member. And the man kept on firing for the next 10 minutes, aiming at people and autos ...
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Neighbors, community gather for AIDS home's open house
By SUSAN BROILI
CARRBORO -- Throngs of people literally created a warm reception on a cold Sunday afternoon for the AIDS Service Agency of Orange County's open house.
Cars lined both sides of North Greensboro Street for several blocks as neighbors, agency members and supporters came to see what had taken three years to realize: a home for people who have AIDS.
"There was such a need. I never really lost hope that it would be built some day," Agency President Joe Herzenberg said.
In about two weeks, the first residents are expected to move into the one-story brick house at 1700 N. Greensboro St., according to Herzenberg.
"They've done a wonderful job. They've managed to make what could have been a clinical environment very homey," Mike Nelson said. He helped during the fall fundraiser at Crooks Corner which raised $25,000, according to Nelson.
For many of the residents, it will mean a roof over their heads rather than sleeping on the streets and in cars.
"If you're too sick to work and you don't have the support of family, it's awfully hard to pay rent and buy food," Nelson said.
"We probably need 10 homes," he added.
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CARRBORO -- A new group home for people with AIDS welcomed friends, politicians, supporters and neighbors, some of whom once opposed its construction, during an open house Sunday afternoon. Well-wishers as well as the curious toured the six-bedroom house at North Greensboro Street and Robert Hunt Drive. The house is intended to provide a less expensive alternative to a hospital forpeople with AIDS who desire a homelike place to live while receiving treatment.
The road to opening the house has been filled with roadblocks, said Joe Herzenberg, a member of the board of directors. "This has been a long and very frustrating experience, but we're happy," he said.
After being turned down repeatedly for grants and facing opposition from the neighbors, the board was excited when construction actually began, Herzenberg said. "When they were building it, I came out here almost every day to see every brick added," he said.
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Few peoples conjure up images of aloof non-believers quite like the Scandinavians. But it turns out these blonde-haired, blue-eyed skeptics aren't as non-believing as you think.
During Easter Week it's important to note that these godless detractors are not really atheists and not really agnostics. In fact, they hold on to their Christianity, albeit a diluted version, in more ways than religious Americans would think.
Like so much that is important in the U.S.--overzealous litigation, an indomitable work ethic, big cars--religion is just not immensely relevant to day-to-day life in Scandinavia. Phil Zuckerman, a sociologist at Pitzer College spent 14 months in Sweden and Denmark mining residents' religious fervor and was able to map out some of the gray area between non-theological belief and atheism.
Not surprisingly, he found that in two countries with some of the lowest rates of church attendance in the world, most people do not spend a lot of time contemplating God. Of the Danes, Zuckerman said "they were agnostics, they just didn't self-describe that way" noting the unfamiliarity with the word "agnostic" in Danish.
"For the vast majority of Scandinavians," he explained, "their Christianity was based on family and lifestyle rituals but not theological beliefs." This "cultural religion" might only include a handful of church visits over the course of someone's life.
Zuckerman found only 2-5% of Scandinavians he polled held deep Christian convictions like evangelicals in the U.S. Still only about 10% said they were avowedly atheist. Most fell somewhere in the middle where religion was a "non-issue."
The sociologist attributed the low incidence of atheism to the fundamentally weak role of Christianity in the first place. "When religion is quite weak in society, you don't find many people opposing it." Scandinavian atheists were far less vocal than atheists in the U.S., for example.
Zuckerman noted American Jews--and Christians as well--have long subscribed to Scandinavia's version of a cultural religion, in which "believers" are more passive practitioners who go through the motions of church and synagogue without a deeper connection to the underlying precepts.
"Million and millions of people may be religiously involved but are not holding on to firm beliefs about God," Zuckerman said.
The Scandinavian approach researched by Zuckerman would likely find a friend in Sam Harris who when, visiting Big Think, said "I just see continually our attention bound up in these competing ideas about God. At best this is often just a waste of time but at worse it is manufacturing violence and unnecessary conflict and misuses of our resources."


Ever since it opened the Metropolitan Opera in 1883, Gounod's operatic adaptation of Goethe's immortal tragedy has been an audience favorite. Throughout, the score juxtaposes poignant lyricism with playful melody, martial vigor with scintillating drama—not to mention some of the most popular arias in the French repertoire. In this performance from 1964, celebrated conductor Fausto Cleva leads some of the era's most exciting artists. Tenor Barry Morell sings the title role, an aging philosopher yearning for a new lease on life. He meets his match in the suave yet sinister Méphistophélès of bass Cesare Siepi, who gives Faust that second chance in exchange for his soul. Rounding out the principal trio, the radiant soprano Anna Moffo is Marguerite, the unfortunate victim of circumstance who ultimately receives redemption in the opera's glorious finale.


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Definition of Gestation: (1) the process by which something (such as an idea) forms and develops forms and develops. (2) conception and development especially in the mind (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gestation).
Depending on how big or small a desire is, it will have a gestational period – a time for the budding and expansion of a dream.
During the gestational period, there will be aches and pains, as the dream takes root and grows. There will be seasons of slow growth, and other times rapid transformation. There will be times of tears and times of triumph.
All the changes, the peaks and valleys, are necessary in birthing a dream.
Understanding the gestational period is imperative in finding patience and peace when you feel like your dream is futile.
You can deliberately create ways to hasten the evolution of your dream, but nevertheless, your dream will go through a gestational period.
It is up to you on how you behave and believe through this time that will either make or break your dream's unfolding. You always have choice.
You could choose to kick and scream your way through the gestational process, each step more agonizing than the first. Or, you could choose to take the observer's chair and enjoy the process, even during times of frustration. Kicking and screaming, fighting, and sulking will not speed up the manifestation, it will only grind it to a halt.
What births a dream in a more aligned and easier way is by appreciating the moments – big and small – that are shaping your dream. Being grateful is paramount in gaining more of what it is you are grateful for. If you are grateful for your dream, even before you see it on the physical plane, you are signaling to the Universe that you love this unfolding and align to it, so more of it can come to and through you.
Taking a few minutes each day to visualize your dream manifesting is vital as it gives you inspiration on what small or big steps you will take to push your dream. Visualization and prayer is the watering of your dream. You still need to feed your dream with inspired action, but the first step is to plant it (thought) and to water it (prayer/meditation). There will be times where no action or visualization will occur, but your dream has taken root and is growing.
When you have quiet moments where you are being One with God, you can then be divinely led step by step to birthing your dream. You will be given all the tools necessary to deliberately create what you want.
Women who complain throughout their entire pregnancy find more reasons and ways to complain and it feels like eternity before their baby is born. The woman who enjoys each moment of her and her unborn baby's growth, finds time moves quickly and she has more reasons to celebrate the changes leading to her baby's birth. It is the same thing for those of us birthing a dream – woes and complaints won't expedite your dreams, if anything it only complicates and procrastinates the joy you are divinely given to have right now.
Ask yourself whether you are allowing your dreams to go through their natural gestational period. Are you always hurrying through the process or are you savoring each moment moving you closer to the birth of your dream? What are some ways you can celebrate right now where you are in your dream's journey to fruition?


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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says there's a major shift happening in business software
Eugene KimMar 8, 2016, 03:43 IST
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says there's a huge shift taking place in the business software space that'll shape the future: smarter and more predictive software.
Speaking at the Forbes CIO Summit on Monday, Benioff shared his thoughts on the future of enterprise software and pointed out that systems capable of analyzing data and recommending the right course of action will be where the next wave of opportunity comes from.
"This will be the huge shift going forward, which is that everybody wants systems that are smarter, everybody wants systems that are more predictive, everybody wants everything scored, everybody wants to understand what's the next best offer, next best opportunity, how to make things a little bit more efficient," Benioff said.
Salesforce has been doubling down on this space in recent years by acquiring a number of machine learning and data analysis startups such as PredictionIO, MinHash, and Tempo IO. Two years ago, it spent $390 million to buy RelateIQ, a software that helps automate data-input and gives sales recommendations.
In fact, RelateIQ was a big part of this year's Dreamforce, Salesforce's annual big conference, making its debut as a new service called SalesforceIQ. The new service is now available to all Salesforce customers and can make suggestions on who to contact when, based on the user's calendar and email interaction data.
But despite all the excitement around predictive technology, Benioff pointed out the biggest opportunity still lies in the core customer relationship management (CRM) software Salesforce sells, which helps companies organize customer data and respond easily. Even after all these years, a lot of companies still fail to use CRM in the right way, to keep themselves connected to their core customer base, Benioff says.
"The reality is a lot of our customers still don't have a comprehensive customer database, their core employees are not connected in a robust way with their customers," Benioff said. "That remains the biggest opportunity."
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Instead of getting on an airplane to visit cities around the world, users can access cities with just one tap.
Anyone who has a Snapchat account has the ability to see a day-in-the life of different cultures through an authentic "story" perspective.
You may not realize you're watching an "ad" for that place or event, but you are.
One of the versatile approaches that Snapchat is incorporating into their advertising scheme is 3V: Vertical Video Views.
Since Snapchat is made for mobile, the company believes their advertisements should be as well.
Incorporating this policy enhances the users' experience on the app. The videos will always be full screen in a vertical context. Research has shown that these advertisements are received nine times better than the letterboxed mobile ads.
Publishers on Snapchat curate immersive video unique to the story. Something the company prides itself on whether it's a Live Story feed or a video on the Discover feed.
Advertisements in the vertical format make them viewable on screens which captivate user's full attention.
Many brands that advertise on Snapchat are going back to the drawing board because of the 3V philosophy. Snapchat is pushing this because of the benefits that come with vertical video views.
When brands pretend to be pals with consumers, Snapchat finds it to be inauthentic. Instead, Snapchat seeks to remain friendly with brands, but also ensure that they are creating content and advertisements with a valuable message to the consumer.
In April, Snapchat ran promotions for Furious 7 on the Live Story feed. The likelihood of a Snapchat user going to the movies to see Furious 7 was three times higher if they had seen the promotion.
Running advertisements on Live Stories and the Discover feed are not the only places companies can promote their brand on Snapchat. Brands may submit geo-filters when users are in a location range of their specific store.
McDonald's is trying to reach Millennials in a BIG WAY and incorporating this to their marketing campaign.
Any time a Snapchat user takes a picture or video in McDonald's, they're instantly offered a new filter option that frames users' faces with animated French fries. This is just one of the many ways brands can sponsor their products on an ever increasingly popular platform.
As Snapchat continues to expand, their advertising policy remains the same. Snapchat isn't making it easy for brands to take advantage of their platform, yet charging big $$$ to brands.
The company holds true to a curated content mindset. While the application is based on disappearing images, in no way will the company standards disappear anytime soon.
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in: 1962 Grands Prix, Belgian Grand Prix, Formula One races in Belgium
1962 Monaco Grand Prix 3 of 1962 1962 French Grand Prix
Spa Francorchamps since 1950
Race details
XXI Grand Prix de Belgique
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
Temporary road circuit
14.120km (8.776mi)
32 laps, 451.200km (280.423 miles)
Lotus-Climax
3:55.6 on lap 15
Phil Hill
Lap Leaders
The XXI Grand Prix de Belgique, otherwise known as the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix, was the third round of the 1962 FIA Formula One World Championship, held on the 17th of June 1962.[1] Held on the legendary Spa Francorchamps road course, the race witnessed a scary accident between Willy Mairesse and Trevor Taylor which saw the former's car catch fire when it landed upside down.[1] Fortunately both drivers were unhurt, for Mairesse had been thrown from his car just moments before it burst into flame.[1]
With Mairesse and Taylor escaping unharmed, the race would instead be remembered for the coming of age of a future double World Champion.[1] Having missed out on pole position to Graham Hill, Scottish racer Jim Clark duelled with the Englishman and three other drivers for the first half of the race for the lead.[1] It took some time for the Scot to pull away, however, with team mate Taylor putting together a ferocious defence from Mairesse, Hill and Bruce McLaren to allow Clark to escape.[2]
Clark was over ten seconds clear when Mairesse and Taylor came together through Blanchimont, the two having battled since the start of the race at average lap speeds north of 130 mph.[1] Graham Hill was running just behind when Taylor and Mairesse flew off the road at over 100 mph, and was able to drag his limping BRM home for a well earned second place.[2] Third place went to his name sake Phil Hill, the American having had to duel with team mate Ricardo Rodríguez for the entire race, the two charging across the line just a tenth of a second apart.[2]
1.1 Entry list
2 Practice Overview
3 Qualifying
3.1 Report
3.2 Qualifying Results
3.3 Grid
5 Milestones
6 Standings
7 References:
Like many other races in the earliest decades of Formula One, the organisers of the Belgian Grand Prix had the option to invite teams to the race, and so sixteen drivers were offered automatic places on the grid, with the rest of those willing to go to Belgium left to qualify.[2] Yet, not everyone whom submitted an entry was able to attend the race, with the Owen Racing Organisation originally planning to take four BRMs to the race, only for Gerry Ashmore to fail to arrive.[2] His place on the list ultimately went to John Campbell-Jones, but the Brit was likely to be among the also rans for he would be equipped with an old Lotus 18.[2]
Elsewhere, Porsche were torn between attending the race or not, with only one car planned to be sent to Spa, Jo Bonnier listed as their driver.[2] Dan Gurney therefore had to find his own entertainment for the weekend, securing a drive with Wolfgang Seidel, whom had loaned the Lotus-BRM being run as a test car by Team Lotus.[2] Ferrari, in contrast, would send a quartet of gleaming 156s to the Ardens, with Phil Hill joined by Willy Mairesse, Lorenzo Bandini and Ricardo Rodríguez.[2]
Team Lotus arrived with their two usual drivers of Jim Clark and Trevor Taylor, although Clark remained the only one of the two with the 25 chassis and would use an updated Climax FWMV for the weekend.[2] Other Lotuses would be in the hands of Maurice Trintignant, whose car had been fully rebuilt after its Monaco smash, while Jack Brabham fielded his now familiar Lotus 24.[2] UDT Laystall Racing Team were also running with Lotuses once again, and it was hoped would be able to reveal whether the BRM V8 was stronger than the Climax V8, for their two cars were split: Innes Ireland running a 24 with a Climax, while Masten Gregory ran with a BRM powered 24.[2] They had done so in Monaco too, but engines could only do so much on the tight streets, while in the forests of the Ardens, a V8 could sing.[2]
Indeed, it would be a BRM engined runner whom was singing ahead of the Belgian race, for Graham Hill arrived in Spa at the top of the Championship, level on points with name sake Phil Hill after the first two rounds. Bruce McLaren was next after his Monaco victory, ahead of the only Team Lotus driver to have scored in the form of Trevor Taylor. Ten drivers had so far scored in 1962, and many hoped to add their names to the board around the forests.
Victory for McLaren had also put his team, Cooper-Climax, at the top of the Intercontinental Cup for Manufacturers, with the honours allowing them to complete work on a second T60 for Tony Maggs. BRM and Ferrari were level on ten points, just one behind the early leaders, while Team Lotus found themselves down in fourth after Clark's dramas. Lola-Climax, only sending one car into Belgium, and Porsche rounded out the scorers.
Entry list[]
The full entry list for the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix is outlined below:
Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM P57 BRM P56 V8 1.5 D
Richie Ginther Owen Racing Organisation BRM P57 BRM P56 V8 1.5 D
Tony Marsh Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48/57 BRM P56 V8 1.5 D
John Campbell-Jones Emeryson Cars Lotus 18 Climax FPF L4 1.5 D
John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Lola Mk4 Climax FWMV V8 1.5 D
Carel Godin de Beaufort Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 718 Porsche 547/3 F4 1.5 D
Heinz Schiller Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 718 Porsche 547/3 F4 1.5 D
Phil Hill Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 156 Ferrari 178 V6 1.5 D
Willy Mairesse Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 156 Ferrari 178 V6 1.5 D
Giancarlo Baghetti Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 156 Ferrari 178 V6 1.5 D
Ricardo Rodríguez Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 156 Ferrari 178 V6 1.5 D
Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Lotus 24 Climax FWMV V8 1.5 D
Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 25 Climax FWMV V8 1.5 D
Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus 24 Climax FWMV V8 1.5 D
Maurice Trintignant Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus 24 Climax FWMV V8 1.5 D
Lucien Bianchi Equipe Nationale Belge Lotus 18/21 Climax FPF L4 1.5 D
Innes Ireland UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus 24 Climax FWMV V8 1.5 D
Masten Gregory UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus 24 BRM P56 V8 1.5 D
Jo Siffert Privateer Lotus 21 Climax FPF L4 1.5 D
Dan Gurney Autosport Team Seidel Lotus 24 BRM P56 V8 1.5 D
Jo Bonnier Porsche System Engineering Porsche 804 Porsche 753 F8 1.5 D
Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper T60 Climax FWMV V8 1.5 D
Tony Maggs Cooper Car Company Cooper T60 Climax FWMV V8 1.5 D
Source:[3]
* The #4 entry was initially given to Jackie Lewis, before his withdrawal. It was subsequently handed to Gerry Ashmore as a fourth entrant for the Owen Racing Organisation, before he too was withdrawn.
Practice Overview[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying and practice would, as ever, roll into one during the build up to the Belgian Grand Prix, the cars first hitting the circuit on Friday evening.[2] With the evening warm and dry, many drivers were targeting a sub-four minute lap given that Phil Hill had managed a 3:59.3 lap to take pole the year before.[2] The mad rush on that warm June evening was not required, however, as the good weather carried over onto Saturday afternoon, where the times tumbled around the Ardens.[2]
Report[]
It was 1961 pole sitter Phil Hill whom hit the circuit first on Friday, with Jim Clark and Bruce McLaren also out as the pits opened.[2] Yet, with problems affecting many of the expected front runners on Friday, including the impressive Graham Hill who required a brake bleed after just a handful of laps, Willy Mairesse was the man to start the quick times rolling.[2] That led to a fight within Ferrari, for all four wanted to be the first to break the four minute barrier before the end of the day, a feat ultimately achieved by Phil Hill with a 3.59.8.[2] Yet, that was almost instantly beaten by Trevor Taylor, with the Brit claiming a 3:59.3 second lap late on Friday to end the day fastest.[2]
Saturday saw Jack Brabham join the action, having just arrived with his Lotus 24, while Clark would sit out the session as his Climax engine had expired on Friday before he could challenge team mate Taylor.[2] Rival Graham Hill, meanwhile, would be quick to begin pounding round on Saturday afternoon, with the Brit almost instantly besting Taylor's time from Friday, before setting a 3:57.0, a time he judged to be good enough for pole.[2] The rest continued on, with Taylor and McLaren inching ever closer to Hill's time, but they would not best it before the session's end.[2]
Elsewhere, Innes Ireland and Masten Gregory had swapped cars overnight, with Gregory besting his time in the BRM with Ireland's Climax powered car.[2] Ireland, however, was unable to beat his times from Friday with the Climax engine, and once the pair swapped back once again, the Brit was able to break the 4:00.0 barrier to claim fifth.[2] That meant six cars were already quicker than the fastest race lap from 1961, while problems for big names such as Clark, Surtees and Brabham meant they found themselves way down the order.[2] All three did manage to get running in on Saturday, Clark being given Taylor's car in the final minutes of the day to set a time over four minutes as the Scot tried to avoid putting stress on his team mate's machinery.[2] Yet, even that seemed to go wrong for Clark, as the Lotus managed to lock itself in two different gears as he made his way back to the pits at the end of the session.[2]
Absent from qualifying were Jo Bonnier, Tony Marsh and Heinz Schiller all three failing to arrive, while Dan Gurney refused to take part in the race, stating that the Lotus 24 being run by Wolfgang Seidel was too dangerous to drive.[2]
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix are outlined below:
1 Graham Hill BRM 3:57.0 —
25 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 3:58.8 +1.8s
17 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 3:59.3 +2.3s
9 Phil Hill Ferrari 3:59.6 +2.6s
20 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 3:59.8 +2.8s
10 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 3:59.8 +2.8s
12 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 4:01.0 +4.0s
21 Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM 4:01.0 +4.0s
2 Richie Ginther BRM 4:01.4 +4.4s
26 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 4:03.6 +6.6s
5 John Surtees Lola-Climax 4:04.4 +7.4s
16 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 4:04.9 +7.9s
7 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 4:07.7 +10.7s
11 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 4:08.0 +11.0s
15 Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax 4:08.2 +11.2s
18 Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax 4:09.2 +12.2s
22 Jo Siffert Lotus-Climax 4:11.6 +14.6s
19 Lucien Bianchi Lotus-Climax 4:18.0 +21.0s
4 John Campbell-Jones Lotus-Climax 4:26.9 +29.9s
23 Dan Gurney Lotus-BRM 6:42.2 +165.2s
3 Tony Marsh BRM Withdrawn
8 Heinz Schiller Porsche Withdrawn
24 Jo Bonnier Porsche Withdrawn
* After just a few laps, Gurney declared the Lotus-BRM undrivable and refused to drive the car any further.[2]
Grid[]
1 ______________
Graham Hill 2 ______________
Bruce McLaren 3
Trevor Taylor
Phil Hill 5
Innes Ireland
Willy Mairesse 7 ______________
Ricardo Rodríguez 8
Masten Gregory
Richie Ginther 10
Tony Maggs
11 ______________
John Surtees 12 ______________
Jim Clark 13
Carel Godin de Beaufort
Giancarlo Baghetti 15
Jack Brabham
Maurice Trintignant 17 ______________
Jo Siffert 18
Lucien Bianchi
John Campbell-Jones 20
Race[]
Another day under the sun greeted the field on race day, with no threat of rain in the skies over the Ardens, although a sudden shower could never be ruled out. Minor modifications were being made to the cars, many receiving expanded fuel tanks for the long runs at full throttle, with Team Lotus fitting a brand new fuel tank into Trevor Taylor's car in just half an hour.[2] They had also been busy replacing Jim Clark's engine, with all nineteen engines running sweetly as the 30 second signal was shown at the front of the grid.[2]
A huge roar signalled the start of the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday, with all nineteen cars getting away smoothly and evenly.[2] Or so it was for the front row, as Clark was immediately off to a flyer, splitting Tony Maggs and Richie Ginther ahead of him, before taking Ricardo Rodríguez and Phil Hill before the cars made their way past Eau Rouge.[2] Innes Ireland would also fall on the Scot's charge to the front, as Graham Hill led the field through the first lap, re-passing Bruce McLaren after the New Zealander had snuck through at Malmedy.[2]
Willy Mairesse had had a good start too, and was running in fourth behind Hill, McLaren and Taylor, as the cars came to the La Source hairpin, where he found the inside line taken by a seriously shifting Clark.[2] The top five came across the line to start lap two nose-to-tail, and it was Clark who many were paying attention to as he lined up a move on team mate Taylor through the long run up the hill once again.[2] Behind them came a battle for sixth involving Ireland, Phil Hill and Rodriguez before a further battle behind involving John Surtees, Jack Brabham, Tony Maggs, Masten Gregory and Ginther.[2]
With a severe lack of cameras around the circuit, most of the on track action was reported through a telephone system, with details difficult to obtain, although all confirmed that a five way epic was developing.[2] As the leaders steamed into La Source for a second time, it was Taylor leading from McLaren and Mairesse, with Graham Hill almost opting to slip into the pits, as Clark stalked him from behind.[2] The quintet would continue on, however, and had already dropped Ireland and his Ferrari flankers by a fair margin by the start of the third lap.[2]
The lead continued to swap down every straight over the following laps, although at the end of lap three the order was unchanged from the previous charge through by the leaders.[2] The next time through it was Mairesse whom had pushed through to the lead, the Belgian crowd responding to the lead of the scarlet Ferrari with a huge cheer for Mairesse was one of their own.[2] In the excitement of the lead battle many other events were being overlooked, with Ireland appearing behind both Phil Hill and Rodriguez a few seconds later, while Surtees led his group even further back.[2]
Over the next few laps, the lead battle could almost be described as a duel between Mairesse and Taylor, for they were taking turns to lead across the line, while McLaren and Graham Hill swapped countless times for third.[2] The only man not playing among the tight group was Clark, who was content to sit in their wake for the early stages, not pushing his brand new engine at all as the others scrapped on ahead.[2] At an average lap speed of 130 mph, no one could doubt that the leading quintet were some of the most talented drivers in the field, often seperated by inches through some of the most feared corners of the era.[2]
On lap eight, there was a distinct flash of green and gold at the front of the leading pack, as Taylor led from Clark in the Team Lotus cars, the Scot having taken Mairesse, McLaren and Hill one after another in the space of a single lap.[2] By the time the cars made their way through La Source on lap nine Clark was leading from Taylor, although the battle was far from done as Mairesse, McLaren and Hill still roared on in the wake of the two Lotuses.[2] As they continued to pound round the circuit almost as one, Mairesse nearly attempting to run side by side with Taylor through Eau Rouge before thinking better of it, the first retirements were confirmed, as Giancarlo Baghetti called time on his limping Ferrari.[2]
Elsewhere, Ireland was in strife, having stopped earlier in the race to report a strange handling issue.[2] A quick inspection revealled nothing of note, but a lap later Ireland had slithered to a stop once again, stating the problem was worse.[2] More thorough probing revealed that a rear wishbone was failing with no sign of impact damage, causing some concern among his fellow Lotus 24 competitors.[2] A few laps later the decision to call in and withdraw the sister car of Masten Gregory was made on safety grounds by the UDT Laystall Racing Team, while Brabham eased off his pace to such a degree that a struggling Maurice Trintignant was slowly drawing him in outside the top ten.[2]
As others hit problems, Team Lotus tried to exploit the situation at the front of the field, with Clark gaining a few yards of space on team mate Taylor, who was valiantly trying to hold off Mairesse and co. and allow the Scot to escape.[2] Clark's car was now singing around Spa, the Scot already setting times faster than Hill had managed in qualifying, although the quintet still remained together, albeit with ten seconds now covering them.[2] The pace was still frantic among the leaders, however, with the average speed of 131 mph by lap fifteen meaning that all five were running quicker than the best lap from 1961.[2] It was on that tour that Clark set the fastest lap, setting a stunning time of 3:55.6 seconds, some four seconds off of Brabham's lap record of 1960 but with only two thirds of the engine capacity that the old Cooper had had.[2]
The battle still remained tense as half distance flashed by, with Taylor still putting together an excellent defence from Mairesse and co. although Clark still had trouble pulling clear.[2] Graham Hill's BRM, meanwhile, had not sounded healthy for some time and it was still a miracle that the Brit was still running, let alone at the pace of the leading group as he battled with Taylor, Mairesse and McLaren.[2] Further down, Rodriguez and Phil Hill were having a private, and well mannered duel for sixth, while Maggs and Ginther, both with over twenty seconds of empty track around them, completed the runners still on the lead lap.[2] John Campbell-Jones also continued to run on at the back of the field, but the Brit was constantly in and out of the pits meaning he was, by far and away, the slowest driver in the field.[2]
As the twenty lap mark approached it seemed as if Clark had finally broken clear, running some ten seconds ahead of Taylor and pulling away at a rate of two seconds a lap.[2] The Scot's team mate was still doing all that he could to deny Mairesse, with the two exchanging punch and counter-punch at every opportunity as Clark slipped ever further ahead.[2] Graham Hill and McLaren were still a threat for the podium too, although they were in a private duel as well, until the New Zealander had to retire after losing all of the oil pressure in the Cooper.[2] That left Hill to sit and watch as "inexperience and exuberance" did battle ahead for second place, Clark now running in clear air ahead with ten laps to go.[2]
The remains of Willy Mairesse's car burn by the side of the circuit.
Mairesse and Taylor were throwing their cars at each other at over 130 mph, narrowly avoiding making contact several times as they continued to battle away.[2] Contact seemed inevitable, and on lap 26, as the cars came charging through Blanchimont, Mairesse gave Taylor the slightest nudge, throwing both into huge slides.[2] Running at over 100 mph, and mere millimetres from the grass at the edge of the circuit, both cars were sent flying into the narrow strip of land before the edge of the forest.[2] Taylor slammed into a telegraph pole with enough force to bring the solid lump of wood to the ground, while he himself was thrown from the car and landed, miraculously, unharmed.[2] Mairesse, meanwhile, was ejected from his car as it hit the lip of a ditch near the edge of the circuit, and as he landed relatively safely some distance away, his car slammed onto the ground an immediately burst into flames.[2] Both received medical attention almost instantly, with Mairesse having treatment for minor burns and countless cuts from his landing.[2]
The mood was some what subdued by the accident, and it was only after Surtees slowed to a crawl by the Team Lotus pits a few minutes later that news that Taylor and Mairesse were alive and, relatively well that raised the mood, with Surtees quickly blasting back into the race.[2] Yet, the race it self was now done, and a few laps later, Clark swept home to claim a memorable maiden triumph, although the victory would never change his opinion of the Spa circuit.[2] Graham Hill spluttered over the line to take a well earned second in his limping BRM, while Phil Hill came screaming out of La Source with Rodriguez glued to his rear, flashing past the pits just a tenth of a second ahead to claim a sixteenth, and ultimately final, podium.[2]
The full results for the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix are outlined below:
Time/Retired
16 Jim Clark Lotus 32 2:07:32.3 12
1 Graham Hill BRM 32 +44.1s 1
9 Phil Hill Ferrari 32 +2:06.5 4
12 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 32 +2:06.6 7
5 John Surtees Lola-Climax 31 +1 lap 11
15 Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax 30 +2 laps 15
7 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 30 +2 laps 13
18 Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax 30 +2 laps 16
19 Lucien Bianchi Lotus-Climax 29 +3 laps 18
22 Jo Siffert Lotus-Climax 29 +3 laps 17
17 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 25 Accident 3
10 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 25 Accident 6
2 Richie Ginther BRM-Climax 22 Transmission 9
26 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 22 Gearbox 10
25 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 19 Oil pressure 2
4 John Campbell-Jones Lotus-Climax 16 +16 laps 19
21 Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM 13 Withdrawn 8
20 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 9 Suspension 5
11 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 4 Ignition 14
23 Dan Gurney Lotus-BRM
3 Tony Marsh BRM
8 Heinz Schiller Porsche
24 Jo Bonnier Porsche
Milestones[]
This was the first time that the race organisers in Belgium had issued odd numbers to drivers.
First Grand Prix start for Jo Siffert.
First pole position for Graham Hill.
Jim Clark's maiden World Championship victory.
Also the 20th win for engine manufacturer Climax.
Final podium for Phil Hill (sixteen in total).
Standings[]
Victory for Jim Clark meant he leapt into the top three of the Championship, level on points with Monaco winner Bruce McLaren. Up ahead, however, the title fight was still being fought between the two Hills, with Graham now two points clear of Phil. With Clark, Ricardo Rodríguez and Jack Brabham now on the board, thirteen drivers had now scored points in 1962, with Carel Godin de Beaufort at the foot of the scorers.
The title battle in the Intercontinental Cup for Manufacturers was also looking intreguing as the Championship passed the one third mark. BRM were back at the summit, a point clear of Lotus-Climax whom had jumped back up to second. Ferrari left Belgium still in third, having seen Cooper-Climax fall to fourth, with just five points separating the leading four. Lola-Climax and Porsche were the only other scorers.
Drivers' World Championship
Graham Hill 16 —
Phil Hill 14 —
Jim Clark 9 ▲8
Bruce McLaren 9 ▼1
Trevor Taylor 6 ▼1
John Surtees 5 —
Lorenzo Bandini 4 ▼2
Giancarlo Baghetti 3 ▼1
Ricardo Rodríguez 3 ▲2
Jo Bonnier 2 ▼2
Tony Maggs 2 ▼2
Jack Brabham 1 ▲1
Carel Godin de Beaufort 1 ▼3
Intercontinental Cup for Manufacturers
BRM 16 ▲1
Lotus-Climax 15 ▲2
Ferrari 14 —
Cooper-Climax 11 ▼3
Lola-Climax 5 —
Porsche 3 —
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Images and Videos:
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 'GRAND PRIX RESULTS: BELGIAN GP, 1962', grandprix.com, (Inside F1 Inc., 2016), http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr105.html, (Accessed 27/05/2016)
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51 2.52 2.53 2.54 2.55 2.56 2.57 2.58 2.59 2.60 2.61 2.62 2.63 2.64 2.65 2.66 2.67 2.68 2.69 2.70 2.71 2.72 2.73 2.74 'XXI Belgian Grand Prix', motorsportmagazine.com, (Motor Sport Magazine, 14/07/1962), http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-1962/14/xxi-belgian-grand-prix , (Accessed 27/05/2016)
↑ 'Belgium 1962: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), http://www.statsf1.com/en/1962/belgique/engages.aspx, (Accessed 27/05/2016)
↑ 'Belgium 1962: Qualifications', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), http://www.statsf1.com/en/1962/belgique/qualification.aspx, (Accessed 27/05/2016)
↑ 'Belgium 1962: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), http://www.statsf1.com/en/1962/belgique/classement.aspx, (Accessed 28/05/2016)
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Home Technology Twitter Now Allows 15MB GIFs
Twitter Now Allows 15MB GIFs
Twitter users who are fans of GIF images will surely rejoice at the latest announcement from the microblogging site.
According to the Twitter Help Center, the maximum size for GIFs allowed on the site has been increased to 15MB. It was previously 5MB but that had become prohibitively small, writes Valentina Palladino for Arstechnica.
Twitter makes low key limit change
Despite the move being good news for Twitter users, the company didn't make a big deal of the change. It didn't mention the development on social media, nor did it make a big media announcement.
In fact the only news of the change came on the Help Center page related to image, video and GIF-posting regulations. "Photos can be up to 5MB; animated GIFs can be up to 5MB on mobile, and up to 15MB on web," the page states.
As a result you will only be able to post 15MB GIFs from your computer. Users that are posting from a smartphone will still only be able post GIFs up to 5MB in size.
New looser limits for GIFS, posts and Vine videos
It might not sound like much space, but the new limit represents a three-fold increase over the previous 5MB. Twitter users have been cramming music videos, TV shows and even The Matrix movie into single tweets, just to show what can be achieved thanks to a seemingly small improvement.
There has been no announcement as of yet on whether external applications such as TweetDeck will support the new GIF limit. However they are usually slightly behind the times when it comes to Twitter updates.
Many users were attracted to Twitter by its in-built limits, but the company has demonstrated a willingness to become more flexible. It recently stopped counting images, usernames and polls in the 140-character limit for each post. It also increased the video length limit of quick-video platform Vine from 6 seconds to 140 seconds.
There is still some debate as to whether Twitter can be called a social network, and the company has gone through some rough periods as it tries to turn high user numbers into advertising revenue. However that has not stopped rumors that Alphabet may be considering a bid for Twitter in the future.
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While studying economics, Brendan found himself comfortably falling down the rabbit hole of restaurant work, ultimately opening a consulting business and working as a private wine buyer. On a whim, he moved to China, and in his first week following a triumphant pub quiz victory, he found himself bleeding on the floor based on his arrogance. The same man who put him there offered him a job lecturing for the University of Wales in various sister universities throughout the Middle Kingdom. While primarily lecturing in descriptive and comparative statistics, Brendan simultaneously earned an Msc in Banking and International Finance from the University of Wales-Bangor. He's presently doing something he hates, respecting French people. Well, two, his wife and her mother in the lovely town of Antigua, Guatemala. <i>To contact Brendan or give him an exclusive, please contact him at [email protected]</i>
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import (
	"encoding/binary"
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)

const (
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	// sample_data	0	1	flow_sample	sFlow Version 5
	// sample_data	0	2	counter_sample	sFlow Version 5
	// sample_data	0	3	flow_sample_expanded	sFlow Version 5
	// sample_data	0	4	counter_sample_expanded	sFlow Version 5
	TypeFlowSample            = 1
	TypeCounterSample         = 2
	TypeExpandedFlowSample    = 3
	TypeExpandedCounterSample = 4
)

var (
	ErrUnknownSampleType = errors.New("sflow: Unknown sample type")
)

type Sample interface {
	SampleType() int
	//	GetRecords() []Record
	//encode(w io.Writer) error
}

func DecodeSample(bs []byte) ([]byte, []byte, Sample, error) {
	if len(bs) < 8 {
		return nil, nil, nil, ErrInvalidSliceLength
	}
	format := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(bs)
	length := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(bs[4:])

	if len(bs) < 8+int(length) {
		return nil, nil, nil, ErrInvalidSliceLength
	}

	switch format {
	case TypeFlowSample:
		next, s, e := DecodeFlowSample(bs[8 : 8+length])
		return bs[8+length:], next, s, e
	case TypeCounterSample:
		next, s, e := DecodeCounterSample(bs[8 : 8+length])
		return bs[8+length:], next, s, e
	case TypeExpandedFlowSample:
		next, s, e := DecodeExpandedFlowSample(bs[8 : 8+length])
		return bs[8+length:], next, s, e
	case TypeExpandedCounterSample:
		next, s, e := DecodeExpandedCounterSample(bs[8 : 8+length])
		return bs[8+length:], next, s, e
	default:
		return nil, nil, nil, ErrUnknownSampleType
	}
}

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In 1944, Hans Gál composed his Violoncello Concerto in the most difficult circumstances, when World War II was still going on and his economic situation was very bad.
All the more fascinating is his unscathed creativity– which might have helped him dealing with those terrible times. In an interview he gave shortly before his death, he reflected the following regarding this work: "It was a blessed time", during which he was able to write the whole concerto "in one rush".
Antonio Meneses was one of the soloists to be thanked for the rediscovery of the concerto. Being the first one to record it in 2012, he praised it enthusiastically: "It's a very rich concerto, with so many things going on. The more I was able to enter, the more I started enjoying it, and the more I started discovering that it is actually a jewel of a concerto, a concerto that should be part of the normal repertoire of all cellists in the world." This can no doubt be accomplished more easily with the present modern-day piano reduction. This "Breitkopf Urtext" is based on an earlier transcription which was supervised by the composer himself.


Even before your home Moss On Roof development begins, be certain to assess the design plan as well as all associated specifics January 17, 2016 at 10:46 pm. When you see one of these house plan issues, you should modify your home design swiftly.
Numerous smaller rooms are unfavorable. A property with a couple of large rooms has been found to gain a higher reselling valuation as well as attracts far more prospective buyers rather than a home with excessive small rooms Nancy Henderson.
Main bedroom around busy spot is a bad miscalculation. The main bedroom is the ultimate spot to obtain spirit after daily activities outside. You need to be certain that it is not located next to Moss On Roof the dining room or family room.
Placing garage away from from the cooking area is an error in judgment. It is important to construct the two rooms near to each other to conveniently bring groceries from the car to the kitchen. One thing for sure is that a growing number of house buyers prefer a property 1884 with kitchen and garage developed next to one another.
Foyer is the initial spot visitors see as soon as they come in your house so you must keep away from designing a small unattractive foyer. An attractive and spacious Moss On Roof foyer is likely to make potential home buyers to smile.


Desire and sacrifice: The existential need for a seed ball, as caricatured in the warm Robin short. Watch the film.
The Robin wants nothing more than to devour a seed ball for breakfast but two stubborn pigeons stand in his way.
The first animated short by London-based artists Tom Sanders and William Long, The Robin is so simple in storytelling and design that it seems a 5-year-old could do it (but don't try it at home).
A single desire which is abandoned the moment it is fulfilled (in order to support a more humanistic cause) proceeds as a matter of course, with pigeons only registering as shadows that inhibit the robin's aim. But the real obstacle is robin's own pride. Music by Jamie Long gives the necessary gravitas to the seemingly effortless (but accomplished) animating style.
The story is set in the morning, this allowed for a rich colour scheme. Making the sky orange created an instant warm and friendly outlook. By having the sun rise slowly over the course of the story meant that we could include long shadows adding to the depth and overall colour scheme. Going back to the simplicity of the film I tried to limit the palette both in saturation and amount of colours. Sticking to greens, oranges, yellows and browns really helped to set the tone for the film. I have always been a fan of loosing a lot of the saturation in the backgrounds and adding it in the characters. I feel that it makes the animation pop and your focus is more on the action rather than the aesthetics of the world .
See more at The Robin page.


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Charter schools better for Māori than the state system
Monday, August 6th, 2018
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Pasifika students excel at 'aunty' and 'uncle' school in NZ
Six of the 11 charter (partnership) schools have a Māori roll of 87 percent or higher.
High-profile Māori leader Lance O'Sullivan says self-serving interests and protectionism from the old establishment are at the heart of the move to close them down.
He says such a move will force Māori youth back into a state system that has "already failed them."
He is calling on the government to "put aside ideology" and give Māori youth an opportunity to learn in an environment that worked for them.
O'Sullivan comments come after by Sir Toby Curtis and Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi spoke out against the closures.
Curtis and Tāwhiwhirangi said the decision breaches the Treaty because it forces Māori out of an education model which works for them – and back into a state system which has long failed them.
O'Sullivan says he is an example of such a failure.
"I was a student who failed twice in the traditional education system," he said.
"It was only when I had the privilege of attending a school where my own culture and language was valued and encouraged that I understood that I had the ability to succeed and create a better life not only for me and my family but also for others," he said.
A Murupara-based long-time educator has also called on the minister of education to reconsider his decision to close partnership schools in favour of special character schools.
Pem Bird, who won the 2018 Matariki Award for contribution to education, said, in his opinion, Chris Hipkins' actions were "profoundly disrespectful."
"It's condemning these children to return to a system where Māori and Pasifika underachievement is chronic, intractable and systemic."
Bird said partnership schools were making a positive difference for Māori and Pasifika students.
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> environment can extort life out of mere matter".
> the explanatory gaps being present in Physicalism.
> answers for these questions than it was during the times of Charvaka.
> Mumukshutva (desire for liberation) definitely sounds purposeful.
> starts is not an independent entity. It has hidden in it the highest Ananda.
> The course of development is a transition from the potential to the actual.
> the state i'm in.


Assemblyman Scott Rumana, R-Passaic, wants to know why COAH moved ahead with affordable housing plans based on flawed information. My colleague Michael Symons found that a Rutgers study in July, 2008, showed a look at Somerset County land use over-estimated the available land for development by 15 percent. The Department of Community Affairs, led by former mayor, former Assembly speaker, former senator and current long-time public trough-swiller Joe Doria, moved ahead anyway. Rumana wrote Inspector General Mary Jane Cooper, calling for a probe. Besides Cooper, there is the Attorney General's Office and the Comptroller's Office, all of whom are paid by the taxpayers to investigate and all of whom should have launched this investigation without being asked. All of whom probably will ignore this because the bum's rush seems to come from Corzine's office.
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COAH has nothing to do with providing affordable housing in this State.
Essentially COAH is about diluting the strength of a political party in its strongholds of support.
The DEMs have spent years talking about revitalizing cities here in NJ, and have done nothing about it. Since COAH has set up certain guidelines (access to public transportation, food stores and shopping nearby) why wouldn't the State government lean heavily on the cities to provide this? Maybe because the pols in those cities control the real estate, and couldn't get top dollar, So they force it on the suburbs and small towns?
This has nothing to do with helping out low/moderate income folks, and is all about political power, and social engineering.
After Trenton slams COAH down our throats……tey will begin issuing driving cards to individuals who are in this Country illegally.
Will someone please tell me just what the hell the State Comptroller's office has accomplished since it's creation. Hopefully it is past the choosing office furniture stage and into becomming a workable office and producing answers to the people of NJ!
C'mon fred. Intentions, whether real or imagined, are all that matter to democrats.
Results, like facts, are meaningless to these socialists.
Yeah well that is the buearcratic mindset.
Ignore facts except sick time and vacation time accumulation.
You have to wonder on another topic, why there are never people in Trenton who are well blamed? I mean is there anyone who made the report? Who made the report ? On the otherhand, one does wonder why we have idiots who claim responsibility for the pettiest of achievements.


Thank you for the compliment. I haven't made on these in a few years. It's difficult and time-consuming. I could not make them at a reasonable cost.
Fantastic job. Your attention to detail shows.
Thanks for the note. Hope it works well for you. We're a generation apart but from one veteran to another, thank you for your service.
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The lens rest on top of the screen so no space.
It's difficult to fix the cabochons (lens) next to the screen without some fixation. You could make some frame using plastic board or wood. It does look much better with the lenses and personally, I would find it not ideal to just glue the lens to the screens but it could be done.
You might just want to copy and paste the line. It's much longer than the box would imply.
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Cardinal McCarrick acknowledges abuse complaint, ceases public ministry
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the retired Archbishop of Washington, DC, has announced that he has been accused of sexual abuse and has accepted the decision of the Holy See "that I no longer exercise any public ministry."
Cardinal McCarrick, who is now 87 years old, revealed that the charge against him involved "an allegation of sexual abuse of a teenager from almost fifty years ago." At the time, he was serving as a priest of the New York archdiocese.
New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan said that an investigation into the complaint, conducted by the archdiocesan review board at the request of the Vatican, "found the allegations credible and substantiated."
Cardinal McCarrick, who made the first public statement about the finding, said:
While I have absolutely no recollection of this reported abuse, and believe in my innocence, I am sorry for the pain of the person who brought that charge has gone through, as well as for the scandal such charges cause our people.
Rumors about Cardinal McCarrick's behavior had circulated for nearly twenty years. In 2003, at the height of the sex-abuse scandal in the US, several secular media outlets reported that activists had threatened to identify an American cardinal with a history of homosexual activity. That threat was never carried out, but it was widely understood that the reference was to Cardinal McCarrick.
Cardinal Joseph Tobin on Newark, New Jersey—where Cardinal McCarrick had been archbishop from 1986 to 2000—also issued a public statement about the complaint against the older cardinal. While he said that the Newark archdiocese had never received a complaint about Cardinal McCarrick involving a minor, he disclosed:
In the past, there have been allegations that he engaged in sexual behavior with adults. The [Newark] Archdiocese and the Diocese of Metuchen received three allegations of sexual misconduct with adults years ago; two of these allegations resulted in settlements.
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Posted by: unum - Jun. 21, 2018 7:31 AM ET USA
U.S. Catholic Church once again proves that no one is doing God's work because politics and scandal are more interesting. The faithful (few) are still waiting to be fed. I can't recall that Our Lord ever spoke to reporters in order to get His name in the paper! ... "and Jesus wept!"
Posted by: TheJournalist64 - Jun. 20, 2018 7:03 PM ET USA
This was about that time that those of us who were seminarians and religious were being encouraged by psychologists and some priests to "explore our sexuality." God help us and protect us from such.
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