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True Crime Museum – 4th June 2016 – Steve
True Crime Museum ghost hunt 4th June 2016
The True Crime Museum is an odd place, hence why we hold ghost hunts here, but our first event in February didn't reveal anything unusual or menacing. This time though, is a different story.
This was in many ways, one of the strangest ghost hunts that I have ever undertaken. There were only a few guests, which may explain why it happened but the team were all affected by spirit at one point or another. Some of us were only affected once in a minor way, whilst others were affected all night.
We started the ghost hunt with a séance in the aptly named "Death Chamber", the idea behind this was to build the energy that would last throughout the rest of the evening.
It all started well, with two brother spirits who joined us, starting to move guests by their hands and arms and as happened on our previous visit in February, the spirits tried to pull people backwards over the railings. The two male energies were Royal Mail post men from the year 1900, only one gave his name as David Webb.
Sue (team) was picking up on a smell of horses and was telling us about what she was sensing, when she announced that she wasn't feeling right. So I made my way over to remove her from the circle. After she came out she explained that she became dizzy and didn't feel right. Emma (guest) during this time also had dropped her head and was unresponsive to us calling her name. As Sue and myself made our way to Emma, she collapsed on the floor. I decided that closing the séance circle was the safest thing to do.
When then took a break so that those that were affected could recover.
After a tea break we continued with a table tilting session which was something sporadic, one minute the table was walking and moving, next it was stationary followed by some more movement. At one point this table was walking between the two rooms (the two rooms were linked by a small tunnel) which was interesting in itself.
After a short break we handed out equipment to the guests (and instructed them on how to use them) and let them wander around the museum, communicating and asking questions of the spirit.
I had just walked back into another room to collect another piece of kit, when Louise (team) came out of the "Death Chamber" and looked at me in an odd way, it was more of a surprised look. When I spoke to Louise and asked if she was alright it became clear that she wasn't as her eyes were glazed over and she was unresponsive. It was necessary that Louise should exit the venue as the spirit that had more control over her than she did herself. It took three of us to remove her from the Museum and she was kicking and fighting with us that she didn't want to leave, although gave no reason as to why.
After she was outside she couldn't remember anything that had happened and only remembered going into the "Death Chamber" with a KII (EMF Meter).
As I walked back into the Museum on my own I could feel a malicious spirit energy present, although didn't pay much attention to him as I was heading to see how the guests were getting on. At this time, I felt disorientated, dizzy and lost. As I stood there I was aware of these feelings but unable to do much about it and then whatever had stopped me, had gone away and I was able to move again, although I had no idea what I was doing or going to do, so I returned to the base room.
Jason (team) also felt a sensation of being confused and disorientated once in the "Death Chamber" during the séance and at other times throughout the evening.
Guests continued to communicate with spirit and had a long conversation with a spirit using a Ouija board which revealed truths about what had happened on the night. Unfortunately, I wasn't present so don't know the full details. Louise during this time was still recovering as she felt weak.
Once we left the venue everyone felt OK, albeit tired.
Watch the edited highlights videos:-
https://youtu.be/1J9adUlxy7w – Séance
https://youtu.be/t7s7P3EKR0s – Table Tilting
All in all, this was a very unusual ghost hunt with some strange activity felt by various people including guests and team.
We look forward to returning in July
Tags: arm movement, east sussex, emf, energy, ghost, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, hastings, KII, ouija board, paranormal, psychic medium, pushing, seance, second world war, spirit, table tilting, true crime museum
True Crime Museum – 13th February 2016 – Kym
True Crime Museum 13th February 2016
Human Pendulum
This was the first time we had visited the True Crime Museum, and we were all looking forward to the night very much. Just looking around the museum and seeing the artefacts and stories was disturbing but fascinating. Who would we talk to tonight?
With only a small amount of guests we kept the group together and each team member took turns to control a session. Mine was the Human Pendulum, and we had three male spirits that came through, all knowing each other. The first spirit was a soldier in his 30's, had lived in Hastings and was married. He had passed in the First World War, 1915, in water, with an explosion to his face. Enemy fire from the Germans at the French Maginot Line. It was very wet and muddy. His two friends who were with him, who were medics, couldn't save him. Donna (guest) was in the circle at the time and she could visualise him with blond curly hair and blue eyes. I asked all to clear their minds, and I asked spirit to tell us his name. Donna had the name James, which was correct. Myself and Kerry (team) had the names Bob and Eric, these were the names of his two friends.
The next spirit was his friend Eric, and confirmed he was with James when he died, he was a medic, and had passed in 1916.
Bob then came through, and again he was a medic and had died in 1916. Bob was married with two children. His family were farmers, arable farming, in Hastings, but there were houses on his land now.
All three were childhood friends from Hastings. All three were together when James had died but couldn't save him. When talking to James Kerry had felt a feeling on her face and nose, James confirmed there was an explosion on his face when he died.
Tags: communication, east sussex, energy, first world war, french, german, ghost, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, hastings, human pendulum, investigation, medic, paranormal, spirit, true crime museum
True Crime Museum – 13th February 2016 – Steve
On this first ghost hunt (at this location) I thought I would aim for something that many wouldn't; 13 people on the 13th February. It proved to be a good decision as we had lots of activity on Ouija board and table tilting as well as the séance held in part of the museum called the Death Chamber.
During the séance we had a number of spirit present, the two most prominent ones were an Army Captain and a Bobby (an old fashioned Policeman) both of whom were able to move us beyond what we thought possible. Some of the movements were painful, but were actually on command of what someone had asked for, not necessarily the people who were being moved!
The Ouija board had lots of communication as well as our electronic gadgets and dowsing rods and pendulums.
It was an interesting ghost hunt and a location we look forward to returning to in the summer.
Tags: arm movement, communication, dowsing rods, east sussex, energy, ghost hunt, ghost hunt events, hastings, investigation, ouija board, pendulums, policeman, psychic medium, pushing, seance, spirit, swaying, true crime museum

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I've been reluctant to write about this, but given it is the most compelling issue for me … and that I am devoted to making this blog into a real expression of my life … here goes.
For those of you who don't know, I am separating from my partner of 20 years. It is one of the hardest experiences I've ever had, and much of the grief I've written about is my response to this loss.
How can I convey and understand and accept such a painful decision? Certain details aren't appropriate for the blog, but I will be forthcoming if you want to message me personally.
Unraveling the fabric of a life together, going back, going back – questioning decisions I made, all the times I acted out of fear or anger, regrets for not being loving or compassionate, for arguing, controlling, no stone is unturned in this reckoning. Too hard on myself? No! Not hard enough. Not willing enough to feel, to open, to embrace this pain.
And here I am, out here, 500 miles from home. From a home that I have broken. Who am I, why am I here, why am I doing this?
Last fall, the tour seemed almost a hero's quest. This time it feels like I am running away. From what? Running to what?
I am alone out here. As I need to be. For only alone will I encounter this fear, this pain.
And through the cycling, riding, riding riding … something moves. Moves me. Moves in me.
I left the quaint hippie town by first wandering through a bustling farmers market. So much beautiful food, beautiful people, celebrating with laughter and music. Tailwinds carried me along through Eureka and up to Fortuna. Then on to the Avenue of the Giants, more great ancestor trees, more chances to connect with the depth of existence.
I write now from my tent, warm and dry. Tears have dried again, as they always do. And I feel better after crying, as I always do. Something has moved in me.


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Isaac Ramos Teodósio, mais conhecido como Isaac Ramos (Olinda, 14 de março de 1970) é um multi-instrumentista reconhecido nacional e internacionalmente, ex-integrante da banda Toque no Altar e guitarrista e violonista do conjunto cristão Trazendo a Arca.

Biografia
Nascido em Olinda, despertou interesse pela música desde os seis anos de idade, quando começou a tocar o baixo, sendo que aos catorze anos começou a trabalhar profissionalmente tocando violão.

Casa-se com a cantora cristã, Josely Gomes, o grande amor da sua vida, em 26 de fevereiro de 2000.

Em 2006, após receber um convite do pianista Ronald Fonseca, Isaac Ramos passa a ser integrante do grupo Toque no Altar, o que levou o Isaac a se mudar de Olinda para o Rio de Janeiro.

Alguns anos se passam e o Isaac, ao lado de seus amigos Davi Sacer, Luiz Arcanjo, Verônica Sacer, Ronald Fonseca, André e Deco Rodrigues, deixam o grupo musical "Toque no Altar" e fundam o Ministério Trazendo a Arca, grupo em que atua como guitarrista e violonista até os dias de hoje.

Ele permanece na "Cidade Maravilhosa" até 2019, pois após sentir um chamado de Deus volta para Olinda com a sua Esposa.

Na Região Metropolitana do Recife, ele passa a integrar a Assembléia de Deus do Brás - Pernambuco, Igreja em que passou a exercer o cargo de "Diretor Musical", que exerce até os dias atuais.

Sua relevância dentro do cenário musical e cultural não passaram em vão, vindo a ser convidado pelo recém-eleito Prefeito da Cidade do Paulista, Yves Ribeiro, para exercer o cargo de Secretário Executivo da Secretaria de Turismo, Cultura, Esportes e Juventude.

Isaac Ramos foi responsáveis pela limpeza do Forte de Pau Amarelo, um dos principais pontos turísticos desse Município.

Ele também organizou diversos eventos culturais enquanto esteve no cargo de Secretário Executivo e seu desempenho foi tão expressivo, que foi homenageado pelo "Movimento Pró-museu", uma organização que trabalha em defesa da preservação do patrimônio histórico e cultural da cidade do Paulista e do Litoral Norte do Estado de Pernambuco, cuidando da memória e da identidade dessa região.

Atualmente, Isaac Ramos ainda exercer a função de Secretário Executivo da pasta de Turismo, Cultura, Esportes e Juventude do Município do Paulista.

Carreira Musical
Isaac Ramos começa a dar os seus primeiros passos no protagonismo musical aos 4 anos de idade, tocando baixo, depois, aos 4, aprende a cantar; aos 9 anos começa a tocar violão e aos 12 inicia seu aprendizado na guitarra, instrumento em que se especializou, sendo sua principal referência.

Além de dedicar-se pessoalmente ao aprendizado musical, a Igreja teve um papel fundamental em seu desenvolvimento, uma vez que integrou vários grupos musicais ligados da Igreja que fazia parte, a Assembléia de Deus de Pernambuco.

Inclusive, foi nessa Igreja que anos mais tarde, no final de sua adolescência, Deus usou o cantor Sérgio Barreto para dizer-lhe que não passa muito tempo em Pernambuco, pois seria levado para outro lugar e pouco tempo depois é convidado por Ronald Fonseca para fazer parte do Ministério Toque no Altar, no Rio de Janeiro.

Sua criatividade e estilo único tornaram Isaac Ramos uma pessoa influente dentro do cenário musical brasileiro, o que o levou a, apesar de jovem, ter uma extensa carreira musical fora do Trazendo a Arca, chegando a produzir mais de 300 discos gospels, dentro os quais estão personalidades como  Álvaro Tito, Sérgio Lopes, Rose Nascimento, Oséias de Paula, entre outros.

Além disso, Isaac Ramos realizou uma participação especial na apresentação feita pelo Corpo dos Fuzileiros Navais em 21 de agosto de 2017, no Theatro Municipal, Centro do Rio de Janeiro.

Seu reconhecimento não é só nacional, uma vez que já realizou diversos show fora do Brasil, chegando inclusive a gravar nos EUA o DVD "Live in Orlando", em, como próprio título do álbum, Orlando, cidade situada no Estado da Flórida.

Isaac Ramos também é um Endorsement da Boss Audio, Made in Brazil e Capcase.

Atualmente, além de integrar o Grupo Trazendo a Arca, Isaac Ramos é diretor musical na Igreja Assembléia de Deus do Brás - Pernambuco.

Discografia
Álbuns pelo Toque no Altar
 2007: Deus de Promessas Ao Vivo
Álbuns pelo Trazendo a Arca
 2007: Marca da Promessa
 2007: Ao Vivo no Japão
 2008: Ao Vivo no Maracanãzinho
 2009: Pra Tocar no Manto
 2009: Salmos e Cânticos Espirituais
 2010: Entre a Fé e a Razão
 2011: Live in Orlando
 2012: 10 Anos
 2012: Na Casa dos Profetas
 2014: Español
 2015: Habito no Abrigo
Como instrumentista convidado
 2005: O Que Me Falta Fazer Mais - Toinho de Aripibú (guitarra, violão)
 2007: Getsêmani - Sérgio Lopes (violão, slide-guitar)
 2009: Sérgio Lopes Acústico - Sérgio Lopes (guitarras, violões)

Guitarristas de Pernambuco
Violonistas de Pernambuco
Membros de Trazendo a Arca
Baixistas de Pernambuco
Naturais de Olinda

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Worship is a BIG word!
I realized again, following a discussion on praise and worship, that worship is indeed, a big word. Maybe that's because God is BIG… It's one of those words that bear personal and corporate meanings. It is both a noun and a verb and looks slightly different depending on the angle that you are considering it from.
I also realized that, in the church, it has possibly become somewhat of an overused word not unlike the word 'love'. It has become the name of church gatherings (worship service), been labelled the reason for division (worship wars) and branded as a genre of music. In some ways it has developed into all we do from the preaching to the gathering to the praying. Somehow I can't help but wonder if the essence of worship, the true, specific meaning of it has been encumbered by all of the things that we do. Have we made the term so broadminded, that we have forgotten its meaning?
wor·ship [wur-ship] Show IPA noun, verb, wor·shiped, wor·ship·ing or ( especially British ) wor·shipped, wor·ship·ping.
or to any object regarded as sacred.
4. to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing).
When I consider God, my focus of worship, I am struck by His majestic power and payment for my sin, His kindness and mercy toward me, His gift of bringing me into His family and giving me eternal life. I find that I am so enamoured with Him that I am compelled to find ways to show my affection. I want to bow in reverent honour, pour out my thoughts with expressive adoration, and give my life as service to my King. I want to learn what pleases Him and love-on-Him in that manner; so much so, that He becomes my passion … my appetite and desire.
That's why I suggest that 'worship' is a big word. It is a serious one that has great significance. It is something that I can only give to one, and that is God. And, because of that, I need to know His definition of it.


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'We are not asking to be talked at:' PA, NJ officials unite against NJ DOT rockfall project
Colleen Wilson
UPPER MOUNT BETHEL, Pennsylvania — In defiance of the NJ Department of Transportation's decision to keep local public officials from joining a public advisory group over a controversial rockfall mitigation project, representatives from New Jersey and Pennsylvania staged their own group meeting Wednesday night.
Knowlton Township Mayor Adele Starrs was joined by 10 representatives from both sides of the Delaware River to discuss their concerns, which they say have gone unaddressed by the DOT about the $64 million project to keep rocks from falling on a 0.31-mile stretch of Interstate 80.
"Since 2017, 22 towns have either opposed or asked this project to be substantively changed, and in three years there has been not one single substantive change," Starrs said. "They have given presentation after presentation after presentation, we are not talking, we are not asking to be talked at, we have gotten that, we are asking to work together to find a solution for our community."
The response DOT provided to this request, Starrs said, was the formation of the public advisory group, only to find out the mayor and her peers in neighboring towns could not participate.
The creation of the group was announced by the DOT in July at a private bi-state summit meeting with local officials. Representatives from those 14 municipalities were asked to nominate three people from each of their communities, but several opted to put forth one name from the group after they realized public officials were not allowed.
When asked why public officials were not excluded, DOT spokesman Steve Schapiro said the "officials have always had, and will continue to have, access to NJDOT staff to raise any questions or concerns about the project."
He added in response to written questions Wednesday: "The group members are expected to bring community-specific issues of concern to the table as well as share information from the project team to the community."
NJ DOT Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti addressed the project after being pressed during a budget hearing this week by Assemblyman Hal Wirths, whose district includes the Delaware Water Gap.
"We are only at the beginning of this process, we are not at the end and it is very frustrating that this is a battle that we discuss every day when we could just let the preliminary engineering and the process move forward and set up the public advisory group and have meaningful discussion about the right way to mitigate that risk," she said.
Some 35 members of the public attended the 6 p.m. meeting at a community park in Upper Mount Bethel where the views of the Delaware Water Gap could be seen in the distance.
Richard Gardner, a Warren County representative, said among his concerns is the obstruction to that view that would take place if this project moved forward.
"So they're going to blast into the mountain, put up a Jurassic wall fence, and that's going to do what to alleviate the s-curve and the probability of more deaths occurring?" Gardner asked. "It's high time that the public gets the respect it deserves to see that their money goes in the right direction, and also to pay some respect and listen to the public."
John Birmingham, chairman of the board of supervisors of Upper Mount Bethel, raised the issue with how the traffic caused by the narrowing lanes for the project would affect nearby communities.
"The situation will affect not only the people who live here, but the people who are our neighbors," Birmingham said. "This rockfall project will affect the businesses in our communities and it will also affect our commutes to and from work, and will affect the road and infrastructure in our towns."
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By banding together as a group, the representatives hope their voices will be louder as one united front against a project they say isn't needed.
The project area is part of what the locals call the S-curves that sees an average of about 70 vehicle crashes per year, and several documented fatalities, not related to rockfall. That crash rate is almost twice the state average and the project will not address the road conditions causing those accidents. DOT officials said there has been one fatal accident caused by rocks, but have provided no evidence of the 2014 incident.
Pennsylvania state Senator Mario Scavello shared his personal story about the dangers of the s-curve.
"I lost my brother on that s-curve in an accident, to tell me that they're going to do this rockfall and not touch that s-curve with all these accidents is absolutely, you know, you're supposed to protect the residents that travel on that road," Scavello said.
On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office wrote a letter to the NJ DOT indicating it was withdrawing its opinion of finding that the rockfall mitigation project would have "no adverse effect." The withdrawal, the letter said, was because that finding was "based on incomplete information" provided by NJ DOT and will revisit the issue once additional analysis is provided.
As opposition to the project has grown in the last several years, locals have accused the transportation agency of bulldozing forward with planning for the project without consulting local officials, lack of transparency about their plans, or following the public involvement process outlined in federal law. Federal Highway Administration funds would be used for the project.
Meanwhile, construction cost estimates and the timeline of work have inflated from being a $5 million, nine-month project a decade ago to $64 million for five years of work, including rock blasting and narrowing the already-substandard highway lanes. Preliminary engineering design costs alone have so far cost $7.8 million.
Here are the members chosen to be part of the public advisory group that will meet twice a month starting Sept. 23.
Chosen by the Delaware Water Gap Borough: Lauren Chamberlain and Crista Schaedel;
Chosen by Knowlton Township, Hardwick Township, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Lower Mount Bethel Township and Smithfield Township: John Donahue, retired superintendent of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area;
New Jersey Motor Truck Association executive director Gail Toth;
Delaware River Greenway Partnership executive director Maryann Carroll;
Appalachian Mountain Club director of conservation policy engagement Mark Zakutansky;
New Jersey State Police's Hope Station Troop "B" station commander Lt. Jeffrey Shotwell;
New Jersey State Police's Hope Station Troop "B" assistant station commander SFC. Brian Weis.
The purpose of the group, according to Schapiro, is: "We want to develop a PAG that is regionally balanced and includes interested citizens eager to participate and contribute to the planning process. The meetings will be an opportunity to discuss the project's progress, issues of interest to the community, and quickly respond to community concerns."
Colleen Wilson covers the Port Authority and NJ Transit for NorthJersey.com. For unlimited access to her work covering the region's transportation systems and how they affect your commute, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.
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The players have worked extremely hard during the first week of preseason. The buildup to Saturday's scrimmage has been very good, especially with a large influx of first year players. We've had our first casualty of preseason in the form of a player quitting ("thought it would be more fun") but other than that we're healthy and gaining fitness!
I've adjusted my preseason approach the last two seasons by focusing on attacking soccer to begin with and then teach defending, team shape, etc. later on in the process. I believe this has helped us in a few ways, but the end product yesterday was pretty good. We had several scoring chances and controlled the ball effectively for the majority of the game. We won 4-0, but the opposition wasn't a fair test of what we'll be facing. Nonetheless, it's a positive start for players and coaches.
1. We have no injuries.
2. We have a lot of work to do.
4. The first parent email I receive is from one that isn't even on our team anymore.
When I was first notified by my agent that SoccerBanter.org wanted me to submit a weekly blog throughout the fall season my first response was, "Soccer-who dot-what?" However, after weeks of intense negotiations I agreed to participate in the project in exchange for a $1 tax write off.
The summer is winding down and I'm grabbing my final week of "family time." AKA, the calm before the storm. I've learned not to start obsessing too early or I run the risk of not being my sharpest when training begins. Hurry up and wait is not a fun or healthy way for me to start the year.
Soon enough all of the thoughts and objectives that have been scribbled down for the upcoming season will begin to materialize. There is a lot to do in a very short period of time. The absolute worst part of beginning any new season is fulfilling all of the paperwork requirements before we can even start training! Compliance, physical forms, medical screening with trainers, insurance forms, concussion testing, and sports information forms are all done once the players get to campus…and all we want to do is PLAY. The second necessary evil is fitness testing. Here's a little secret, I hate fitness testing as much as the players do! Nonetheless, I truly believe that testing benefits our team even if they get in the way from a time perspective.
Anyway I'm getting a little ahead of myself and I'll share those fun experiences when we get to them. Overall, this time of year is the best because I'm at my absolute most optimistic. (The fact that I say I'm optimistic while the first things I point out about preseason are negative is an irony does not escape me. I get it, work with me.) I believe that every game is winnable but not foolish enough to think that we'll win every game. In fact, I don't even want to saddle my team with any expectations from a win-loss perspective because each team is different from each year to the next. My focus is to get this team to compete physically and intelligently. That's the big picture. The details are crucial and those will be accounted for on a daily basis, but for me, it's important to keep an eye on the big picture by getting the group to pull in the same direction.


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darn! the panting syllable →
there's a new book on the market, a hermeneutical work, and everybody's talking about it, so i'll be having a peruse of it as soon as i can get hold of a copy. for those of you clambering for my wise help and guidance, i'll let you know whether it's worth a gecko or not. shlomo zand or sand is the author, and The Invention of the Jewish People is the book. i've ordered the paperback -paupers must live like paupers – so watch this space.
without knowing what zand has said, i have to applaud his title. i've always been a great believer in the invention of, not the jewish people, but of the popular notion of the jews, as a fantasy to sustain the bible account of creation. but the real, original jewish people are elusive enough.
on the subject here's an interview i did with etty moloji, while researching the exodus of cornish people from exeter, which our history bod, Hiss, Dorian tells me is dated to the 10th century, but dates that far back can't be considered reliable because every household kept different records and even if they had any calendar at all, they weren't synchronised. so the chronologies are a bit of a giggle. lights! action!
herman newt: good day to you, etty, i'm seeking insight into the reality of the character behind the name tewdar. he became the leader of the cornish when, in driving them out of exeter, aethelstan's soldiers killed his father. can you help us with the etymology, etty?
etty moloji: ooh heaven's yes, there's such a lot of it there, herman. panting syllables as far as the eye can see. now the first thing to do, ooh thank you, is that elderflower? how refreshing, all sparkly. now the first thing to do is to hold the word down with one foot, and divide it carefully into its written and spoken components. the written bit is hard and firm, so we hold it by that, and now squint about for the phonetic possibilities. say it. how would you say that, herman? t*e*w*d*a*r?
herman newt: well, i'd say tew rhimes with dew, or it's stew without the s, so i'd go for chew for the first syllable, and d@ for the second, and i'd put the emphasis on the first. chewdah. oh i get it. in cornish that's mutate to jewdah. like judah.
etty moloji: only if they spelt it chewdar, but they didn't. that doesn't mean they never did, only that we haven't recorded it. but you could bet your last mudworm at least some of them would have and yes, that does support the hypothesis of a link between the two. but can you think of any other ways? for example, your assumption that tew rhymes with dew or stew is pretty packed for an etymological foray. it assumes that the t is, like that in stew or like the d in dew, slender. perhaps it was at least sometimes, but let's feel about for all the possibilities and see what sort of contexts they guide us to. you see the spelling must have the power to represent the sounds it represented in some way to the writer, bearing in mind that, for example in modern english, spelling gets almighty surreal sometimes, so we can assume a range of pronunciations loosely referred to at least by the letters.
herman: oh, i see. yes, well tew, as in ''e didn't tew me why'.
etty: that's it. and of course the vowel will vary from speaker to speaker e, o, i, a, @, u, etc. you see spelling was well, idiosyncratic, and writing was getting a tad cryptic. butcher's hooks, you know. rows and rows of them, and when you get ms and ns and and vs and us and ws and double ls and double is and things like that all in a row its anybody's guess, especially when you're learning the school language out of text books, like they did latin, and gaulish and oh, all the inflected ones, for chrissakes they're not old, they're jerrybuilt from potted grammars, and you could so easily get taught the wrong word and there's your tell turned into a tew before you know it.
herman: is this what happened?
etty: oh no! woah, hold your horses, herman! this is only one possibility. but we'll come back to it. let's now glance at http://wapedia.mobi/kw/Tewdar where we see this:
Furv Latin y hanow a via nepprys Teutharius, nepprys Theodoricus. An Frankyon a's galwa Thierry, ha'n KembroyonTewdr
lynn gwyst translates that for us as 'the latin form of his name would be sometimes teutharius, sometimes theodoricus. the franks called him thierry, and the welsh, tewdr.' this gives us a glimpse of the sort of range of phonetic possibilities.
herman: um, this isn't exploring the relationship between the names tewdar and judah, etty.
etty: well, not yet, but there's a lot of work to do and a lot less if you do it right the first time. and it's probably just as relevant and to the point to pick up the word jew and consider its relationship to the french word dieu, the irish día, the jo of joseph(us) and diel, devil, deva, devon and all. we'll look at other aspects next time.
herman: well, all right, class. Etty has given you your homework: making copious reference to at least a good beginner's knowledge of at least six languages including hebrew, cornish, ancient greek, old irish and english, french, spanish, morroccan, dutch, gothic, persian and german, explain the relationships between these several words: the word jew, the french word dieu, the irish día, the jo of joseph(us) and diel, devil, deva, devon tracing their origins and noting every appearance in the literature. note any overlap in distribution with the words tewdar, judah, and tudor. try not to leave england yet. for next week, have read about athelstan and the expulsion of the cornish under tewdar from exeter. more wine, etty?
etty: no thank you herman. i am not a lush. (fading out)


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22 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said 1 Thing Separates People Who Achieve From Those Who Only Dream
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Steve Jobs set extremely high expectations. He challenged other people to work harder, work longer, and do more — sometimes more than they thought was possible.
Jobs was … well, let's just say that Steve Jobs was demanding.
But he also believed in the power of asking.
I've never found anybody that didn't want to help me [Jobs says in the video below] if I asked them for help … I called up Bill Hewlett when I was 12 years old. "Hi, I'm Steve Jobs. I'm 12 years old. I'm a student in high school. I want to build a frequency counter, and I was wondering if you have any spare parts I could have." He laughed, and he gave me the spare parts, and he gave me a job that summer at Hewlett-Packard … and I was in heaven.
I've never found anyone who said no or hung up the phone when I called. I just asked. And when people ask me, I try to be responsive, to pay that debt of gratitude back.
Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask, and that's what separates, sometimes, the people who do things from the people who just dream about them.
Granted, it's often not easy to ask for help. Asking can make you feel insecure. Asking can make you feel vulnerable.
But oddly enough, that's a good thing.
When you ask for help, without adding qualifiers or image enhancers, when you just say, "Can you help me?" several powerful things happen, especially for the other person.
You show respect. Without actually saying it, you've said, "You know more than I do." You've said, "You can do what I can't." You've said, "You have experience [or talents or something] that I don't have." You've said, "I respect you."
You show trust. You show vulnerability, you admit to weakness, and you implicitly show that you trust the other person with that knowledge.
You show you're willing to listen. You've said, "You don't have to tell me what you think I want to hear; tell me what you think I should do."
By showing you respect and trust other people, and by giving them the latitude to freely share their expertise or knowledge, you don't just get the help you think you want.
You might also get the help you really need.
You get more — a lot more.
And so do other people, because they gain a true sense of satisfaction and pride that comes from being shown the respect and trust they — and everyone — deserve. Plus, you make it easier for them to ask you for help when they need it. You've shown it's OK to express vulnerability, to admit a weakness, and to know when you need help.
And then, best of all, you get to say two more incredibly powerful words:
And you get to truly mean them.
And if that's not enough to convince you: If a guy like Steve Jobs was willing to ask for help, shouldn't we?
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David Rockwell, a designer of wonders
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Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Main Junction (Check In, Reception)
In this interview the icon of American design discusses turning theatricality into a design tool and discloses how seriously he takes the experience a space can generate.
The embodiment of the designer-as-entertainer who shuns vapid showboating, David Rockwell is the longest-living icon of American design and a mastermind of parallel worlds that he ceaselessly recreates in every field of design. Rockwell Group is a 250-person design practice that was founded by David Rockwell in 1984 in New York and now has satellite offices in Shanghai and Madrid. The Group delivers projects across the entire spectrum, from interiors to hotels, set and stage design and museums, all recently portrayed in "Drama", a new book published by Phaidon that explores the firm's kaleidoscopic activities. Whether it's sets for Academy Award-winning movies, design-driven luxury hotels or forays into product design, David Rockwell deploys imagination and empathy as tools for sensing an audience's vibe and amping it up with visual stimuli and sheer joy. From his base in New York, Rockwell offers us his own privileged perspective on post-pandemic scenarios for the hospitality industry, the growing need for stronger community ties, and the very special bond that Salone del Mobile has forged with the design community as a whole.
David Rockwell © Brigitte Lacombe
In your decades-long career, you have designed hotels, restaurants, and sets, among others. What role do entertainment and awe play within the design process? Is there a specific approach that contributes to the memorability of your projects?
As an architect, I'm interested in places that bring people together. At the beginning of every project, we ask how we want the guests or visitors to feel, not how we want the space to look. That's a consistent approach, whether for a restaurant, hotel, university, museum exhibition, or play. Then we use a variety of tools to produce the kind of emotional experience that we've agreed we want to create. The methods and creative principles behind them come from our experience in—and are applicable to—both architectural and theatrical disciplines.
Your firm has designed dozens of hotels. How do you identify your idea of luxury and how much does it have to do with the specific venue where you are working?
Luxury can be less about the cost of particular design features and finishes and more about how guests experience a space. For example, at the new Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, we wanted to create an inclusive series of lounge and dining spaces that invite guests to linger and explore. The hotel is located a couple of miles away from the iconic Strip, and we chose to accentuate this separation by creating a luxury destination that taps into the wider context of the desert landscape with pure forms and sculptural moments. Our public spaces reference desert Modernism and, wherever possible, blur the lines between indoors and out, with skylights, glazing, and an outdoor terrace. We imagined taking guests on an adventure along a desert highway spotted with natural wonders and follies.
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You are the New York designer par excellence. How do you think the offer of hotels and restaurants in the city that never sleeps has changed in recent years? Do you see new preferences and habits emerging?
I think design in service of rituals, community-building, culture, and comfort will be prioritized. There's a power now in the post-pandemic city, an electricity of liveness and togetherness, that we can harness in the ways that we design and build. For example the upcoming Civilian Hotel in New York City's Theater District is built around placemaking and community building that serves different groups of people. We wanted to create a space where creative insiders and visitors can gather, collaborate, and unwind. It's envisioned as a new home to serve the needs of New York's local performers, designers, directors, producers, and writers.
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With DineOut NYC, a pro-bono tool kit made available to the city's restaurateurs, you helped over forty restaurants reorganize their activities outdoor. Do you think Covid will have a long-term impact in terms of how we use these spaces?
Yes. DineOut NYC, along with other outdoor dining efforts across the world, really taught us a great appreciation for the benefits of public space around different uses. This summer, The Seven Deadly Sins transformed streets in Manhattan's Meatpacking District into a playhouse. We designed sets in empty storefronts for seven new plays, each addressing a sin—pride, sloth, greed, lust, wrath, envy, and gluttony.
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The pop-up bar you launched in 2018 with Surface magazine, The Diner, has entered the annals of Fuori Salone. What is your relationship with the Salone del Mobile of Milan?
Salone del Mobile is incredible! What I love about Milan Design Week is that it is the design industry's version of the World's Fair. There is such a sense of wonder and discovery that spills over into the city, which has its own rich history of design. The grand scale combined with the feeling of excitement and energy there attracts people from around the world. It's also very inclusive in the sense that established, emerging and student designers are well represented at the various events.


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The Valuation Process
The county assessor is responsible for discovering, listing, classifying and valuing all property within Broomfield in accordance with state law. The Colorado law stresses fairness and all county assessors, including Broomfield's, are bound by the law. The market approach to value must be used to value residential properties. Actual sales of property for a 24 month period are used. This data is analyzed and qualified to determine a fair market value amount. The assessment date is Jan. 1 of every year. Property is valued based on its condition as of the assessment date.
Reappraisal Value and Intervening Year Information Colorado statute require all assessors to revalue all properties in a reappraisal (odd) year. The market approach to value must be used to determine the value of residential properties. State statute requires that the market value of a home is determined by sales of comparable residential properties that occurred during the 24 month sales period. For tax years 2021 and 2022, the sales period is from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020.
In intervening (even) years, the value remains the same unless changes to the property have been made that would affect value as of the January 1 assessment date. These changes generally includes things like basement finishes, additions, etc.
2021 Reappraisal Fact Sheet
Notices of Valuation
A Notice of Valuation (NOV) will be mailed to all real property owners on May 1 on every reappraisal (odd) year. NOVs are only mailed out on intervening (even) years when there is a change in value due to things like finished basements and additions. The Notice of Valuation contains prior and new actual value, property classification (vacant land, residential and so on), and a summary of the property's characteristics along with an appeal form. You will receive two copies of the NOV. One copy is for your records and the other is for you to submit if you wish to appeal your property valuation.
The month of May is set aside in the assessor department for assisting property owners with questions and concerns. If you disagree with the assessor's valuation of your property, you may appeal the value by emailing, coming into the Citizens Assistance Center office, mailing or faxing the appeal form that is included with the Notice of Valuation. The form must be signed by a property owner or their agent. Appeals cannot be accepted by phone.
The appeal period for real property is May 1 through June 1 of every year.
Appealing in a Reappraisal or Intervening Year
Colorado statute require all assessors to revalue all properties in a reappraisal (odd) year. In a reappraisal year, all property owners will receive a mailed Notice of Valuation. In an intervening (even) year, only properties with a change in value due to things like finished basements, additions, receive a mailed Notice of Valuation. Complete this form to appeal your value if you did not receive a Notice of Valuation.
By Colorado statute, only sales from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020 can be used to appeal the value. Qualified comparable sales can be accessed using the links below. Sales are listed by subdivision. Broomfield experienced significant increases in overall value for all residential property, reflecting the strong economic conditions across the city and county.
Sales that have occurred after June 30, 2020 cannot be used to appeal a value. Property listings cannot be used to appeal the value. Sales that have occurred after June 30, 2020 will be used in the 2023 reappraisal.
View Single Family Home Sales (PDF document-68 pages)
View Single Family Home Sales (Excel spreadsheet-Do a Save As function to edit)
View Condo Sales ( PDF document-7 pages)
Reasons to Appeal
An appeal should concern one of two items:
The property characteristics. The number of baths, square footage of home or the basement being finished or unfinished are just a few things that can affect the property valuation.
The actual value is too high. By law the appraiser sets values on property using information from a 24 month sales data gathering period. Perhaps a property owner has proof that similar properties have sold for less during that time period.
Reasons Not to Appeal
You should not appeal if you feel your taxes due are too high. If you feel your value is fair but that your property taxes are too high, this is a matter to discuss with the taxing authorities.
The taxing authorities (school boards, special districts, etc.) hold annual public budget hearings to determine the funds needed for next year's operations, which will determine the mill levyMost hearings are in the fall. Being present at the budget hearings makes you more involved and informed about the cost and quality of services provided. The assessor reports the total assessed value to the taxing authorities in December each year so an accurate mill levy can be set. View the FAQs for more information on mill levies and taxing authorities.
Places to Appeal
By Fax
assessor@broomfield.org
Complete the appeal form (with owner or agent signature), scan, and attach to email.
Emails must be received no later than midnight of June 1. Broomfield County
Assessor Division
Broomfield, CO 80038-1149 Citizen Assistance Center
Broomfield, CO 80020 Fx: 303.438.6252
Faxes must be received in our office no later than midnight of June 1.
*Keep in mind that the statutory deadline for the 2021 reappraisal is June 1. Real Property Appeals must be in the assessor's office or postmarked by June 1 according to Colorado law.*
After Filing An Appeal
The assessor must review your appeal and mail a Notice of Determination on real property by the last working day in June.
The back of the Notice of Determination has information about continuing the appeal process to the Board of Equalization (BOE) . Owners of real property may file an appeal to the BOE by July 15. The BOE will conduct hearings through Aug. 5. BOE hearing results are then mailed as a Notice of Decision.
If you are unhappy with the BOE's decision, you can file an appeal with the Board of Assessment Appeals, District Court or enter into binding Arbitration, within 30 days of the decision. This information is provided in the decision mailed to you by the BOE.
Abatement Petitions
The abatement process is required to change tax amounts after the tax warrant is delivered to the Treasurer on Jan. 1. Abatement petitions must be filed within two years of the date the tax warrant was delivered to the Treasurer. 39-10-114(1)(a)(I)(A), C.R.S. Please contact the assessor department for more information. The completed, signed form should be returned to the assessor department along with any additional documentation.
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Exeter Airport offers flights to Larnaca in southern Cyprus from May through to October flying on a Saturday.
Larnaca is the third largest city in Cyprus and being in the Mediterranean has a wonderfully warm climate the year round. The average low temperature during the coldest winter month is around 8ºC and the average warmest month during the summer is around 33ºC. The sea temperature is also very typical of the Mediterranean with lows during the winter month of 18ºC and highs in the summer of 30ºC.
Larnaca has many tourist destinations that are situated within easy reach of the town centre or vehicles can be hired relatively cheaply to get to more off the beaten track destinations.
Larnaca Castle is within walking distance of the city centre and is situated on the coastal avenue Foinikoudes. The castle dates to the 14th century which was during the reign of James 1st. The castle now houses a small museum which consists of three room above the entrance which give a quick history of Cyprus.
The Stavrovouni Monastery is set at the top of the Stavrovouni Mountain, the Monastery was founded by the mother of Constantine the great, Helena or St Helena. The Monastery has undergone much renovation over its history but is certainly worth a viewing.
Larnaca, the beaches and the harbour at studded with restaurants serving fresh caught sea food and more traditional dishes as well as local wines and spirits. There are other options for cuisine available from all around the world and they are situated in the same areas.
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Best Literary Thrillers to Sink Your Teeth Into
Literary fiction, like most other genres, comes in many guises. If you enjoy suspenseful plots, twisty surprises, dark themes, and rich character development, then these literary thrillers will be right up your alley. These books run the gamut from chilling tales of dark academia and haunting family dramas to thrillers that explore violence against women and beautifully written stories about the aftermath of deadly crimes. No matter what kind of book you're in the mood for, these six literary novels will satisfy your desire for beautiful writing, big themes, and spine-tingling suspense, all at the same time.
The Holdout
Graham Moore
The Holdout has a fascinating premise: ten years after the trial, the jurors from a case that received a lot of national media attention are reunited for a true crime docu-series. The story centers on Maya Seale, the young woman who convinced her fellow jurors that a Black teacher on trial for murdering his white student was innocent. Now one of those jurors is certain they got the verdict wrong. Maya, a successful defense attorney, reluctantly agrees to the reunion. And then one of the jurors is found dead, and Maya is the number one suspect. This is a fast-paced literary legal thriller that explores racism in the criminal justice system and offers plenty of sharp social commentary.
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The Big Nowhere
by James Ellroy
A classic of crime fiction, The Big Nowhere is the second book in Ellroy's famous LA Quartet. Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, it follows three men whose lives become entangled amid a backdrop of violence, corruption, and greed. Danny Upshaw is a young detective working the case of a murdered jazz musician that nobody but him seems to care about. LAPD veteran Mal Considine is gathering evidence of communist activity at the height of the Red Scare. He's aided by ex-cop Buzz Meeks, who's as comfortable taking money from criminals as he is locking them up. As the cases collide, these three men are forced to wrestle with the consequences of their actions, both in the present and in the past.
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The Majesties
Tiffany Tsao
If you enjoy suspense thriller books that focus on the why of a crime, rather than the who or the how then you'll want to pick up The Majesties. The story follows two sisters, Gwendolyn and Estella, part of a large and very wealthy Chinese-Indonesian family. They've always been incredibly close, until the day that Estella poisons the entire family. Gwendolyn wakes up in a coma, the only survivor, faced with a terrifying question: why did the sister she thought she knew so well commit such an atrocious act? This dark and richly layered novel delves into the dangerous secrets families hold, and the many ways the past continually haunts the present.
The Opium-Eater
by David Morrell
In The Opium-Eater, David Morrell revisits the protagonist of his bestselling Victorian mysteries, Thomas De Quincy. De Quincy was a real person, a strange and brilliant 18th-century writer, whose book Confessions of an English Opium-Eater was one of the earliest books to portray drug addiction. In this chilling and atmospheric short story, based on real events, Morrell reimagines De Quincy's story of a deadly snowstorm in the hills of the Lake District. A married couple died, and their six children were trapped in the mountains. What happened afterward was even more harrowing, and reveals how De Quincy became the titular opium-eater.
One of the most beloved and well-known literary fiction thriller books of the last thirty years, The Secret History is a must-read for fans of dark, suspenseful dramas. It follows a group of students at an elite New England college who fall under the spell of their charming classics professor, Julian Morrow. The students—smart, passionate, and all outsiders in one way or another—are drawn in by the allure of Morrow, and the secret, enthralling life he offers them. But as the students become more and more insulated from the rest of the world, their obsession soon becomes dangerous, eventually leading to a murder that will change their lives forever.
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The Body Lies
Jo Baker
The Body Lies is a psychological thriller about the costs, seen and unseen, of living as a woman in a society that so often devalues, dehumanizes, and fetishes female bodies. The story begins with a young writer accepting a job at a remote university town, desperate to flee London and the memories of the violent assault she suffered there. But when the subject of violence against women comes up in her creative writing seminar, her past traumas resurface in every facet of her life. She soon realizes that one of her students is writing about her, and that the story he's writing is a grim one. In order to save herself from the fate of her fictional doppelgänger, she's forced to confront both her student and her past.
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Booking Steve Miller Band
To book Steve Miller Band or another Rock artist for your private party, corporate event, fundraiser or other function, please fill out our Artist Request Form to quickly connect with one of our Booking Agents.
The staff of Headline Booking Group will work with you to produce a memorable event. Get started now by filling out our no-obligation Artist Request Form and we will work with you to book Steve Miller Band or another Rock artist for your event.
Steve Miller's career has encompassed two distinct stages: one of the top San Francisco blues-rockers during the late '60s and early '70s, and one of the top-selling pop/rock acts of the mid- to late '70s and early '80s with hits like 'The Joker,' 'Fly Like an Eagle,' 'Rock'n Me,' and 'Abracadabra.' Miller formed a blues band, the Marksmen Combo, at age 12 with friend Boz Scaggs. Miller moved to Chicago in 1964 to get involved in the local blues scene. He then moved to San Francisco and formed the first incarnation of the Steve Miller Blues Band.
The band built a local following through a series of free concerts and backed Chuck Berry in 1967 at a Fillmore date later released as a live album. The follow-up, Sailor, has been hailed as perhaps Miller's best early effort; it reached number 24 on the Billboard album charts. His 1973 LP, The Joker, was an instant success, with the album going platinum and the title track hitting number one on the pop charts. Fly Like an Eagle was released in 1976 and eclipsed its predecessor in terms of quality and sales. Book of Dreams was almost as successful, selling over three million copies and producing several hits as well. All of the hits from Miller's first three pop-oriented albums were collected on Greatest Hits 1974-1978, which to date has sold over six million copies. Miller rebounded with Abracadabra; the title track gave him his third number one single.The early '90s saw Miller return to form with Wide River (the title track becoming a Top 40 chart entry) and the release of a retrospective box set compiled by the artist, himself. Miller continued to headline shows into the 2000s, sharing the bill with classic rock acts such as 2008 tourmate Joe Cocker. In 2010, he and his band released Bingo!, the first release on Miller's own Space Cowboy Records and the group's first new studio album in 17 years. Let Your Hair Down followed a year later in the spring of 2011.
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J. M. Pearce, Pennsylvania State UniversityFollow
R. W. Collins, Pennsylvania State University
C. R. Wronski, Pennsylvania State University
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Insights into the growth processes and microstructural evolution for intrinsic (i) hydrogenated silicon (Si:H) films obtained from real-time spectroscopic ellipsometry (RTSE) are extended to the characterization of the optoelectronic properties of the corresponding solar cells. Numerical modeling of the J-V characteristics and their temperature dependences support the RTSE results and provide new information about the optoelectronic properties of the i-layer materials. Experimental results are presented that strongly suggest changes in the mobility gap of the i-layer materials as their microstructure evolves with thickness, further confirming the important effect of the hydrogen dilution ratio R(R ≡ [H2]/[SiH4]) on the transitions from the amorphous to the microcrystalline phase in plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.


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A FORTY YEAR SNIPPET
It was 1962 and the year of our graduation when our world was colored by the possibility of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis; John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth; Kennedy sent troops to Mississippi to enforce integration and the UN sent troops to control civil war in the Congo; Pop Art was at a high, the first Wal-Mart opened; a 22 year old named Jack Nicklaus won the US Open and Marilyn Monroe died.
One year later, President Kennedy was assassinated and Jack Ruby shot and killed the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald; Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President; Martin Luther King delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial; Diem's government in South Vietnam was overthrown by anti-Communist officers in a military coup; the Profumo scandal erupted; "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was the Beatles first big US hit; Congress voted to guarantee equal pay for equal work to women and The Feminine Mystique was published; the first artificial heart was used by Michael De Bakey, the Thresher sank off the coast of Cape Cod; the Supreme Court ruled that criminal defendants are entitled to a lawyer, the first state lottery was held in New Hampshire and the Chicago Bears are pro football champs.
By 1964 the North Vietnamese attacked naval destroyers prompting Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which allowed the re-elected President Johnson to "take all necessary measures" in a massive military buildup in Vietnam; the Civil Rights Bill was passed; Nelson Mandella was sentenced to life imprisonment, smoking was linked to lung cancer; the first Chinese atomic bomb was exploded; Khrushchev was ousted by Kosygin; Medicare was passed and Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston in the heavyweight boxing championship.
1965 saw the American bombing of North Vietnam as the war escalated and the first Marines were deployed in a full-scale offensive; the anti-war protest began at a "teach-in" at U of M; Malcolm X was assassinated; King marched to Selma and Chicago's City Hall; President Johnson sent troops to the Dominican Republic; the most popular songs were "I Can't Get No Satisfaction", "Sounds of Silence", "I Got You Babe" and "Yesterday"; the miniskirt covered London but not much else; Suharto was defeated in a coup and Nader's book urging consumer protection, Unsafe At Any Speed, was published.
The mid 60's witnessed the birth dates of Miranda Rights, the Black Panthers, the National Organization for Women, South Africa's apartheid and Mao's Cultural Revolution in China; the first Endangered Species list was published; the bombing in North Vietnam escalated despite questions of validity; France withdrew troops from NATO; Star Trek was on TV and Ghandi was elected Prime Minister of India.
As US anti-war sentiment increased, Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged draft evasion and thousands demonstrated in NY and at the Pentagon but public outcry had no impact and more troops were deployed to Vietnam; Thurgood Marshall was the first black Supreme Court justice; the Arab-Israeli War ended with Israel capturing the Golan Heights; civil rights riots were on the rise; the first heart transplant was performed in Cape Town by Christian Barnard; the first counter-culture magazine, Rolling Stone, was published and Biafra seceded from Nigeria.
The later 60's saw the birth of Ralph Lauren's fashion empire; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were both assassinated; the Tet Offensive became a turning point in the war and the My Lai massacre in South Vietnam occurred; civil rights riots continued; Japan became the world's second strongest economic power; the Poor People's March on Washington protested hunger; popular movies included the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" and Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the first cash dispensing machine was installed.
A year later, Richard Millhouse Nixon was our president; Neil Armstrong walked on the moon; the gay rights movement began; Charles de Gaulle resigned and died a year later; Woodstock happened; the SALT talks began and Sesame Street debuted on public TV.
The 70's exposed CIA activity in Laos, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both died; The Beatles "Let It Be" and "Déjà vu" by Crosby, Stills Nash and Young were popular songs; students protested at Kent State; the first NY Marathon took place with 126 runners; Qaddafi assumed power in Libya; Love Story was a popular book; Nasser died and the EPA was created by Congress.
Nixon visited Mao in Bejing and made an historic trip to the USSR; "The Godfather" and "American Pie" were both popular; Richard Leakey discovered a skull that dated the first humans to 2.5 million BC; Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky as the first American to hold the world chess title; "Bloody Sunday" occurred in Northern Ireland; Federal Express and Nike were founded; bombing resumed in Hanoi and Haiphong; the Dow crossed the 1000 point mark for the first time in history and five men were arrested inside the Democratic National Headquarters to mark the beginning of the Watergate Scandal that ultimately destroyed the Nixon presidency.
The Vice Presidency encountered problems too as Agnew resigned due to tax evasion; Gerry Ford replaced him and Henry Kissinger became secretary of state; the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade as women gained the right to abortion; Billie Jean King triumphed over Bobby Riggs in tennis' famous "battle of the sexes"; Picasso died at 91; Erica Jong's Fear of Flying was published; George Foreman knocked out Joe Frazier; a global energy crisis emerged; direct US involvement in Vietnam ended with a January declaration of a ceasefire but bombing in Cambodia continued in an effort to retrieve POWs.
Nixon finally resigned as president; word processors, the first money-market fund for small investors, the Heimlich Maneuver and CAT scans all were born; OPEC jacked up oil prices; Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert won Wimbledon and the Chicago Bulls the division; India detonated an atomic bomb to become the fifth nuclear power in the world; inflation climbed around the world; French President Pompidou died of cancer and Congress approved the Election Reform Act designed to limit contributions to presidential campaign budgets.
In 1975 the last American troops left Vietnam; Cambodia's Khmer Rouge defeated Lon Nol's government instituting Pol Pot's reign of terror; Microsoft was founded by a 19 year-old Bill Gates; disco dancing was the rage; civil war erupted in Lebanon; Gandhi was convicted of electoral fraud but stayed in office and the Helsinki Accords outlined détente between the East and West.
The last half of the 70's saw Mao die of Parkinson's and Zhou Enlai of cancer; Ted Turner took the first step to create his media empire by establishing WTBS Superstation in Atlanta and Rupert Murdock bought the New York Post; Apple Computer was born; fax machines and word processors that were linked to central computers for office use become more common, the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty constitutional; Jimmy Carter was elected president; Roots was written by Alex Haley; blue jeans were in such demand that they nearly doubled the textile production in three years and Drexel Burhham Lambert was formed and was soon to be a driving force in the high yield "junk" bond market.
Den Xiaoping was restored to power and The Gang of Four Expelled; Indira Ghandi was arrested on charges of corruption; Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam draft dodgers; lung cancer became the second most common cancer among women; Elvis Presley, Charlie Chaplin and Bing Crosby died; "Annie Hall" won the Oscar for Best Picture and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Star Wars" and "Saturday Night Fever" were at the movies; the last known case of smallpox appeared in Somalia.
1978 saw Coca-Cola and Pepsi signing deals with China and the USSR for exclusive selling rights; Carter, Begin and Sadat reached the Camp David Accord; the world's first test-tube baby was born in London; 98% of American households owned a TV; the US recognized the People's Republic of China; Jim Jones and 900 others drank cyanide spiked Kool-Aid in a mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana; after nearly 20 million cars, production was halted on the Volkswagen Beetle; Christo's latest sculpture was nylon draped over paths in a Kansas City park; Prime Minister Botha began dismantling apartheid in South Africa and Muslim fundamentalists sparked riots in Iran to demand removal of the Shah.
A year later in 1980 the Ayatollah Khomeini invaded Iran as thousands were killed in fighting and mass executions; the Shah sought a gallbladder operation and asylum in the US; Sadat and Begin signed a peace treaty with help from Jimmy Carter; Lord Mountbatten was killed as violence continued in Northern Ireland, Sony gave birth to the Walkman; Three Mile Island was the site of a nuclear-related accident that caused the evacuation of over 100,000 people; Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority attempted to block the Equal Rights Amendment and the Gulf of Mexico became the site of the largest oil spill ever with over 3.5 million barrels blown into the sea.
The 80's saw Iraq's air strike begin the 8-year Iran-Iraqi War; Ted Turner launched CNN; "Ordinary People" won Best Picture and DeNiro Best Actor for "Raging Bull"; Voyager 1 explored Saturn; the US attempted to rescue American hostages held in Iran but failed; Yugoslavian President Tito died and John Lennon was shot and killed in New York City; former actor and Governor of California, Ronald Reagan, was elected President; inflation was running in double-digits with gas at $1.20 a gallon; supply-side economics was born; the US and 57 other countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics to protest Soviet occupation of Afghanistan; Mount St. Helens erupted and cigarette sales exceeded $600 billion.
1981 recognized AIDS as an epidemic; IBM sold it's first personal computer; Walter Cronkite retired and Dan Rather succeeded him; Reagan's economic program of tax and budget cuts lead to an explosion in the national deficit; Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman to sit on the US Supreme Court; MTV was launched on cable; both Pope John Paul II and President Reagan were wounded in assassination attempts; Jim Brady was severely wounded and eventually became the namesake of The Brady Bill, advocating greater gun control; Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married as millions witnessed the televised nuptials.
82 saw the first successful heart transplant performed; "E.T." was the highest grossing movie yet; US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop spoke out against cigarette smoking; Columbia was the first space shuttle; Cheers began its 11 year run on TV; Helmut Kohl became chancellor of West Germany; Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands; telephone giant, AT&T split into several companies after an 8-year anti-trust suit; violence re-ignited between the PLO and Israel in an Arab-Israeli war and the Vietnam War Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
The US Embassy in Lebanon was bombed in a terrorist attack that killed 63; cell phones made their first US appearance in Chicago; Cabbage Patch dolls hit toy stores everywhere; crack cocaine was developed; David Mamet's play, "Glengarry Glen Ross" premiered in London and won the Pulitzer Prize for drama the following year; Reagan sent troops to Grenada; the US economy started coming out of the recession and the Dow began to recover; after 131 years the US lost the America's Cup sailing trophy to Australia II and "Thriller", "Beat It", "Karma Chameleon" and "All Night Long" were US chart-toppers.
Madonna's first hit, "Like A Virgin" and Prince's, "Purple Rain" were hot; McEnroe won both Wimbledon and the US Open tennis championships; Shimon Peres became prime minister of Israel; the Macintosh personal computer was born at Apple; Ansel Adams died at 82; the Olympic Games took place in LA but were boycotted by 14 countries of the Soviet bloc; famine in Ethiopia killed hundreds of thousands; Reagan was re-elected and Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman from a major political party to run for Vice President.
"Les Miserables" premiered in London; The Accidental Tourist was published and made into a movie four years later; Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party; the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act was signed into law; Sandinista Daniel Ortega became president of Nicaragua despite America's policy supporting the Contras; a $600 million class-action suit was brought against the manufacturer of the Dalkon Shield and John Gotti was suspected of masterminding the murder of Paul Castallano in a bid for control of the Gambino crime family, ruler of the NY streets for much of the century.
1986 saw the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl; the national debt exceeded $2 trillion; Oliver Stone's, "Platoon", won Best Picture and Best Director; Nintendo made it's debut; the space shuttle Challenger exploded after lift-off; Desmond Tutu became archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa; the US bombed Libya after terrorist groups attacked a West Berlin disco; a bombshell landed in American politics as congress investigated the Iran-Contra affair and was discovered to have sold arms to Iran during the war with Iraq in order to fund contra forces in Nicaragua and the Chicago Bears ruled the NFL.
Oliver North testified to Congress about the Iran-Contra Affair; John Huston directed his last film titled "The Dead" which starred his daughter, Angelica Huston; music videos were the rage; Gorbachev and Reagan signed the INF Treaty designed to reduce nuclear stockpiles; Nazi leader Klaus Barbie was convicted of World War II crimes; the US and Canada signed a free-trade agreement and Toni Morrison published Beloved which went on to receive a Pulitzer Prize.
After 8 years of fighting and a death toll of 1.5 million, the Iran-Iraq War ended; the US indicted Panama's dictator Noriega for bribery in an attempt to remove him from power; George Bush won the presidential election; the SEC began an investigation of Michael Milken for violation of securities law; The Satanic Verses is published; "Rain Man" won Best Picture and Dustin Hoffman Best Actor; an investment firm paid nearly $30 billion for R.J. Reynolds-Nabisco in the largest leveraged buyout ever.
1989 saw the failure of US savings and loans along with billions of dollars lost; the US invaded Panama to arrest Noriega on charges of drug trafficking; Soviet forces left Afghanistan after nine years of war; the Exxon Valdez ran aground polluting Alaskan waters with 10 million gallons of oil; the Berlin Wall was dismantled piece by piece as the decades-old divider of East and West went down.
In the 90's 70% of America's citizens lived in cities; Nelson Mandela was released from prison after serving 27 years for his opposition to apartheid; Sammy Davis, Jr. died at age 65; Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Great Britain and John Major took over; "Dances With Wolves" received the award for Best Picture; East and West Germany were united as one country for the first time since WW II; Lech Walesa became president of post-communist Poland and former priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide became the first democratically elected president of Haiti; Syrian troops entered Beirut to intervene in Lebanon's civil war; the Hubble Space Telescope was shuttled by Discovery; Operation Desert Shield began in the Persian Gulf as the US sent troops to Saudi Arabia; the Chicago Bulls won the first NBA championship of their 25 year history, followed by a repeat, followed by a three-peat and repeated the three-peat to total six NBA championships by 1998.
The Persian Gulf War began in earnest as the US and it's allies bombed Iraq and Kuwait led by General Norman Schwarzkopf and ending in a cease-fire shortly afterward; Neil Simon's play, "Lost In Yonkers" premiered and later won a Pulitzer Prize; South Africa repealed the remaining laws of apartheid and Winnie Mandela was sentenced to six years in prison; Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested after kidnapping and cannibalizing 17 victims; Pam Smart was convicted of murder after seducing a student to kill her husband; the Warsaw Pact was dissolved; Clarence Thomas became the second African American to serve on the Supreme Court despite allegations of sexual harassment; the Dow topped 3,000 for the first time; the USSR officially ended as the Baltic republics declared their independence and the Communist Party was stripped of its power; the UN sent peacekeeping forces to South Korea and agreed with the Soviet Union to cut by 30% long-range nuclear weapons by 1999.
By 1992, thirty years after graduation, the Internet Society was chartered with 1,000,000 host computers connected in a network as surfing took on a whole new meaning; John Gotti was finally convicted in New York and Noriega in Miami; Euro Disney opened in France and McDonalds in Beijing; about a third of American businesses were owned by women; riots erupted in LA after the acquittal of Rodney King; NAFTA was signed by Canada, Mexico and the US to establish the world's largest trading bloc; US forces went to Somalia to distribute food to starving civil war survivors; Bill Clinton was elected president; women were allowed to be ordained as priests by the Church of England; the government of Yugolsavia collapsed as Europe officially recognized the republics of Croatia and Slovenia; the civil war in El Salvador was ended; three French officials were convicted of allowing HIV infected blood to be used in transfusions; US forces leave the naval air station in the Philippines; Eric Clapton's "Unplugged" won the Grammy for Best Album and the International UFO Museum opened in Roswell.
Elvis' 58th birthday rated a commemorative stamp in 93; the World Trade Center bombing killed 6 people as fear of terrorism escalated on American soil; "Schindler's List" was released and won the Oscar for Best Picture and the Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington; ATF agents raided the ranch of the Branch Davidian's in Texas; Queen Elizabeth II opened Buckingham Palace to tourists in order to raise funds to repair a fire-damaged Windsor Castle; President Clinton instituted the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy for gays in the military; Czechoslavakia split into two new countries; researchers successfully cloned non-viable human embryos; the Hubble space telescope was repaired in space; American soldiers were killed and missing after coming under attack in Somalia and the monarchy in Cambodia was re-established.
The US statistics stated that 56% of men and 52% of women over the age of 15 were married; Janet Reno was the first female US attorney general who appointed an independent counsel to investigate the Whitewater scandal which was a big problem for the Clintons; Nancy Kerrigan was assaulted and Tonya Harding later prosecuted for it; four men were convicted of bombing the World Trade Center; the first multiracial, free elections were held in South Africa leading Nelson Mandela to the presidency; Jackie Kennedy died; health care reform fell through but Paula Jones did not and sued President Clinton; OJ was arrested for murder; "Forrest Gump" won the Oscar for Best Picture; AOL subscribers totaled 1 million; Rabin and Hussein sign a treaty to end the countries' formal state of war; the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Yitshak Rabin, Shimon Peres and PLO leader Yasir Arafat for the Middle East Peace Accord; the Chunnel opened between Britain and France; Bill Gates spent $30.8 million for a da Vinci manuscript which recorded his theories on the movement of air and water and the median income for the American family was nearly $39,000.
By the mid 90's Newt Gingrich was under investigation by the house ethics committee; the US sent $20 billion in aid to Mexico; UN peacekeeping forces were removed from Somalia; the worst terrorist attack ever on US soil occurred when the Oklahoma City bombing killed 168 people and Timothy McVeigh was arrested; the first rendezvous occurred in a historic advance of the space program as the Mir space station and a NASA spacecraft joined forces; the federal government shut down due to federal budget issues; Shannon Faulker became the first woman admitted to the all-male Citadel College; Louis Farrakhan lead the "Million Man March" in Washington; the Atlanta Braves won their first World Series; Hillary Clinton published her book, It Takes A Village; the Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated.; Susan Smith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her two sons and OJ was acquitted; Dean Martin died; the Dow closed the year at over 5100.
Gene Kelly, Minnesota Fats and Ella Fitzgerald died; the US population was over 264 million people; Ted Kaczynski was discovered to be the Unabomber when his brother turned him in for mail terrorism; protease inhibitors came to the battle against AIDS; Boris Yeltsin was re-elected the leader of the Communist Party; TWA Flight 800 exploded off the coast of Long Island killing 230; Clinton signed the line-item veto into law; Benjamin Netanyahu defeated Shimon Peres to become prime minister of Israel and cast the peace process into uncertainty; Price Charles and Lady Di were divorced after fifteen years of marriage; Tiger Woods turned pro at age 20; US servicemen were killed when a bomb exploded in Saudi Arabia; rapper Tupac Shakur was shot in Las Vegas; Clinton was re-elected; Madeline Albright became the first female secretary of state; Jon Benet Ramsey was found dead and OJ lost his civil suit with the families of his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ron Goldman.
"Titanic" became a blockbuster hit, winning the Oscar for Best Picture with it's theme song by Celine Dion taking the Oscar for Best Song; Tim McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma bombing; the tobacco industry offered to pay $368 billion for states to drop lawsuits against them; Pol Pot was tried by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; 39 members of Heaven's Gate cult committed suicide in preparation for boarding a spaceship following the Hale-Bopp comet; Wall Street continued to rebound and climb; the Democratic party was accused of receiving illegal donations; Albanian citizens lost $1.2 billion in a nationwide swindle that resulted in riots killing more than 1,500 people; Hong Kong was returned to the Chinese; Princess Diana was killed in an automobile accident caused by a drunk driver and Mother Theresa died of a heart attack; the world's only surviving sextuplets were born; AOL membership reached 10 million and Dolly the sheep became a celebrity.
1998 was hit by large-scale periodic warming of the Pacific Ocean as El Nino upset normal weather patterns all over the world; 30 to 60 million people hit the Internet; President Clinton's sex scandal was all over the place as the Starr Report was released and Clinton became the second American president to be impeached; 258 people were killed when American embassies were destroyed by terrorist bombings allegedly orchestrated by Osama bin Laden and the US retaliated with air strikes against Afghanistan and Sudan; Microsoft was charged with operating a monopoly; a fragile peace came to Northern Ireland after 30 years of violence when the Good Friday Accord was signed following 22 months of negotiations; hurricane Mitch hit the Caribbean and Central America nearly wiping out the infrastructure; Clinton mediated peace talks between Netanyahu and Arafat and the US and Britain launched air strikes against Iraqi targets in retaliation for failure to cooperate with UN weapons inspections; Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris' home-run record finishing the season with 70 and the Cub's, Sammy Sosa, broke it with 66.
More sports milestones in the late 90's saw the retirement of Chicago Bulls star guard, Michael Jordan; Clinton was acquitted of impeachment charges, Jordan's king Hussein, Joe DiMaggio and Stanley Kubrick died; Columbine High School was the scene of two teenagers' rampage that ended in the death of 15 of their fellow students; John Kennedy Jr's plane crashed off the coast of Massachusetts killing all on board; 17,000 people were killed by an earthquake in Turkey; Boris Yeltsin resigned and Putin was named Russia's prime minister; Y2K was ominously approaching as the world prepared for the perceived challenge and Panama took back control of the canal.
In 2000 Y2K came and went without much fanfare; Charles Schultz died at 77 just hours before his last original Peanuts strip hit the newsstands; Pope John Paul went to Israel to apologize for sins committed against the Jews by the Roman Catholic Church; the Human Genome Project announced a scientific breakthrough and the successful mapping of the genetic code; Elian Gonzalez returned to Cuba with his dad; Microsoft was found guilty of antitrust violations but appealed the ruling; Putin was formally elected Russia's president; the notorious "Butcher of the Balkans, Slobodan Milosevic stepped out of office in former Yugoslavia, the NASDAQ declined 39% over the year in the worst one-year slide in its history; the New York Yankees won the World Series for the third year in a row; Hillary Clinton won her bid for the Senate and Bill became the first president to visit Vietnam since Nixon; George W. Bush was finally declared the president-elect over a month after the election and much talk of chads; the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung for his efforts at cooperation and reconciliation with communist North Korea.
Last year saw the inauguration of George W. Bush following one of the most controversial elections in American history; departing President Bill Clinton pardoned dozens of convicted criminals in an eleventh hour commutation of their sentences; California's energy shortage worsened; more students were killed by fellow students as California was added to the growing list of states impacted by shootings; Dale Earnhardt was killed when his car hit a wall at 180 miles an hour during the final lap of the Daytona 500 race; a US Navy spy plane collided with a Chinese fighter plane during a surveillance mission off the South China Sea; Tim McVeigh was executed by lethal injection; Milosevic became the first former head of state to face the international war crimes tribunal at The Hague; President Bush signed a tax cut; Gary Condit denied having an affair with a 24 year old missing intern, later found dead; Bush announced his decision to allow federal funding of the 60 stem cell lines already derived from human embryos but prohibited research funding on stem cells from frozen human embryos in labs across the country.
During the morning rush hour of September 11th the United States was attacked by terrorists led by Osama bin Laden who hijacked two 757 airliners and crashed them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, sending it into collapse only moments later; nearly simultaneously, a third plane crashed into the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania as part of the largest coordinated terrorist attack on our country; anthrax was mailed to major media and government officials through the US Postal system; Bush addressed the nation and set the agenda for bringing the terrorists to justice as the nation grieved for those lost and hundreds were lauded as heroes; more repercussions of 9/11 were manifested as the New York Stock Exchange opened to plummeting markets and the Dow suffered its largest one-day point-drop in history; after repeated warnings to the Taliban, the US led a multi-national coalition that began bombing Afghanistan and the war on terrorism continues.
Over the course of the last 40 years, we members of the Class of '62 managed the maintenance of our lives and major appliances and a myriad of life's silly details. We continued educating ourselves through learning and living. We found direction and jobs and careers; we married, divorced, had operations and babies and breakdowns and regrets. We protected our families and our country. We built homes and businesses and relationships, buried some of our loved ones and some of our dreams. We wrote and painted and created; we made music and love as well as mistakes and friends and memories. We enjoyed vacations and grandchildren and accomplishments and milestones and fun. We hit highs and lows, and spent lots of time in-between. We experienced adventures and challenges and joy, shed tears and shared belly laughs and the kind of hugs that sway back and forth. We gained new understanding and ounces and pounds and uncovered new wrinkles of all kinds. We saw our vision fade and some of our hopes; we shifted both our thinking and perspective. We healed our broken bones and mended our broken hearts, lost our way to find it again and gave up one day to fight the next. We won and lost a few of everything. We grew older, some wiser, some wondering whether if given the chance to do it all over again, we would change a single thing that brought us to this place and time. Wherever we go…there we are. We've had quite a journey.


Maroons coach Kevin Walters will really be sweating on the fitness of Johnathan Thurston now.
Accotding to News, Broncos five-eighth Anthony Milford dislocated his shoulder on Friday night, during his side's victory over the Rabbitohs. The injury occurred when he landed awkwardly on his left shoulder, while diving for a loose ball.
Conveniently for the Broncos, former Kiwis half Benji Marshall was in fine touch when he came onto the field, and they also have the option of calling up 3-Test Kangaroo Ben Hunt from reserve grade.


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