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By Janet Curran, Registry Number W0477
2005 has flown by and 2006 has arrived
with all kinds of wondrous Corvette events on the calendar.
This past year was very rough for many of the Corvette Community. Weather has caused some horrendous problems no matter which part of the country you live. The Gulf area is trying to recover from the hurricanes, and flooding has taken its' toll from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Right now Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas are suffering from a drought, and unseasonably hot weather that has spawned devastating fires. Way Out West flooding and mudslides began 2005 and have now also begun 2006. We must remember that we cannot control nature, but we can do our best to help our friends. When we were in harms way, friends helped us pack up our treasures and cars and took them to their home for safekeeping. We must all try to be there for our friends and families. Our Corvette Community is small and close knit, but it is also widely dispersed, we cover the globe, yet we are all family.
2005 was also a fabulous year for the Corvette Community with the introduction of 2006 C6 Automatic Paddle Shifter and the incomparable 2006 C6 Z06. Corvette Racing made all of us proud with their outstanding 2005 season. There were Corvette events both organized and impromptu that gave us a great choice of activities in which to participate, including a tour of Jay Leno's magnificent garage - more about the later.
The Monterey Sports Car Championships at Laguna Seca were held Oct 14-16. Corvette Racing finished 1 and 2 in the GT1 class clinching the GT1 Championship. The No. 4 C6-R driven by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta came in first, followed by the No. 3 C6-R of Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell. Team Gavin and Beretta took the title from their teammates by a narrow 19 point margin (197-177 points). This was an exciting 4 hour race with the last part being run at night. The Corvettes had to battle a pair of Aston Martin's, a Saleen and a Maserati to win the race. It was not a bad year as Corvette won the GT1 Manufacturer's Championship, the Driver's Championship, the Team Championship, and the Pit Crew Championship.
The Corvette Corral was hosted by Chevrolet, Co-hosted by the National Corvette Museum (NCM) and the Western States Corvette Council (WSCC). The Facilitator for the weekend event was the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). We must really thank these sponsors and hosts for providing all of the Corvette fans a great weekend of racing, fun, and seminars.
On Friday afternoon there was a Corvette-only Parade Lap that took us around the track. Laguna Seca is an amazing track with elevation changes including the famous "Cork Screw". It was exciting to drive on the same track that the Professionals race on; it gives us a brand new respect for their talents.
The National Corvette Museum, WSCC and Courtesy Chevrolet of San Jose, CA hosted the Friday night C6-R Racing Banquet where we were treated to personal racing accounts as told by the #3 and #4 Corvette race teams. These guys are so funny and you can really tell that they are committed to their jobs. Whenever they decide to retire from professional racing, they can take up new careers as stand up comedians.
David Hill, Corvette Chief Engineer, gave a slide presentation and information about the new Corvette.
Chevrolet brought a Z06 rolling chassis to the Corvette Corral tent so that David Hill and Tadge Juechter could explain the workings of this wondrous vehicle. They also brought a Velocity Yellow C6 Pace Car, and a Victory Red C6 Z06. Rich Mason brought his SR2 1957 Corvette Race Car for all to admire. Karen Rafferty was there to answer a myriad of questions from those waiting for their new C6 or deciding whether or not to order one.
Carl and Bonnie Corbett [C5R# X2309] brought their brand new Victory Red C6 Z06, Motorsport West Buzz & Ruth Marston [C5R# Y4432] brought their brand new Velocity Yellow C6 Z06 and '06 C6 LeMans Blue Convertible with the new 6-Speed automatic paddle shifter for everyone's viewing pleasure.
In November, the National Corvette Museum held a never-to-be-forgotten California event. The object was to raise money for the NCM building program and to give members an opportunity to visit special Southern California garages that most people only read and dream about.
This special tour began at Dick Guldstrand's shop in Burbank. Many of us have had the pleasure of hearing Dick's stories, but few have had the opportunity to listen to him in his own shop surrounded by Corvettes. Dick recounted stories of Corvette racing from the very beginnings. He made us feel as if we were actually there with him during these historic events. Not always politically correct, but always entertaining, Dick leaves us wanting to know even more about how Corvette Racing evolved into our fabulous current Corvettes.
Next we went to Burbank Studios to view the Jay Leno Show. I believe that everyone knows Jay is a "real" car guy. He made sure we had special seats and then a group picture with him after the show. The show was great, but what was BETTER was a trip to Jay's garage where he keeps his fabulous collection of cars. Jay believes that cars are to be driven and chooses a different car from his collection to drive every day. Jay gave us a personal guided tour and told us a little about many of his cars and motorcycles. Every car is special to him and he drives every one of them. We could have spent a lot more time there, but Jay did have to get back to work and write his monolog for his next show. Thank you, Jay!
The following day we toured the famous So Cal Speed Shop. So Cal was established in 1946 by Alex Xydias. So Cal is legendary for the many custom and race cars that helped define the Southern California Car Culture. There were Land Speed racers, drag racers, show cars and cruisers. There were cars of every description and in all stages of build or restoration. So Cal has worked closely with GM for many years and there were GM Performance trucks and trailers in the yard during our visit.
That afternoon we ventured into Los Angeles and the fabulous Petersen Automotive Museum. Instead of going directly to view the exhibits, we were taken to the storage area for cars not currently on display. Dick Messer, Director of the Petersen Museum, guided us around the cars and answered questions, but we had complete freedom to wander around to see what was of particular interest to each of us. There was everything from one-of-a-kind special interest cars to diplomatic cars, to extremely limited exotics. Anything that you could imagine as a vehicle was in that storage area. Sitting off to the side was one of Steve McQueen's old motorcycles, looking like it had not been touched since his last ride. It was obvious each vehicle had its own story to tell.
Auto collector Bruce Meyer, former Chairman of the Petersen Automotive Museum, invited us to his home to view part of his personal collection. In this collection is the first Corvette to run LeMans, Clark Gable's last car, a 1956 Mercedes 300 Sc Cabriolet, Ferrari's, street rods, many other cars and personal memorabilia documenting Southern California auto history.
Any single stop during the NCM Southern California Tour would have thrilled automotive fans, but collectively they were Christmas, Halloween, 4th of July and the 24 Hours of LeMans all rolled up together. This was truly an unforgettable adventure. Our Thanks to the National Corvette Museum for this memorable experience!
On December 1, Mike and I picked up our new Machine Silver Metallic Z06 at the National Corvette Museum. This was a dream come true. There is no better way to celebrate the acquisition of a wonderful new Corvette than taking possession at the NCM. We began the day with a very special tour of the plant. Our Delivery Team Member was Ron Barton. Ron retired from the Bowling Green plant and was really able to give us a great tour. He knew nearly everyone working there and let us advance at our own pace. He was so knowledgeable about the Z06 that it really added to our pleasure. When we got back to the museum we took a quick tour and then started the paper work. This was so easy, the Museum makes it effortless.
Then we went to our Z06 - WOW!!!!!! it was now ours. Ron took us through all of the little ins and outs of the Z06, pointing out things and answering questions. It took a little longer because my cell phone kept ringing with greetings from well wishers and Paul Eggermann reminding me to wave at everyone. I felt as if all of our friends were with us at the Museum. Chaz Cone captured pictures and put up a web page for us:
http://t-rexsoftware.com/chazcone/corvette/curranz06/
I really want to thank everyone for sending us the pictures they captured from the web cams. Our drive home was fun and uneventful. Mike and I split the driving duties and both came to the conclusion that this Z06 is WONDERFUL!
Special THANKS go out from Mike and I to everyone for being a part of our R8C Museum Delivery.
Upcoming events -
February 4 & 5, 2006 Corvette Track Days, Spring Mtn, Pahrump Nevada
www.springmountainmotorsports.com
March 17-19, 2006, Gamblers Classic, Primm, NV www.corvettesofbakersfield.com
April 1 & 2, 2006 Corvette Track Days, Spring Mtn, Pahrump Nevada
April 8, 2006 San Simeon Tour www.svcorvettes.com
April 20-23, 2006 C5/C6 Birthday Bash, National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, KY
May 21, 2005 Plastic Fantastic, San Diego, CA
June 17-18, 2006 24 Hours of LeMans, France
July 14-16, 2006 ALMS Utah
July 21-23 Big Bear Bash, Big Bear Lake, CA
July 27-30 Vettes on the Rockies www.lgcacorvette.org
Aug 19-20, 2006 Vapor Trails Corvettes, Santa Maria, CA
Oct 4-8 Tombstone Corvettes & Ghost Riders
www.corvettes1.com/tombstone.htm
Oct 20-22, 2006 ALMS Laguna Seca, Monterey CA
Oct 31 - Nov 3, 2006 SEMA Las Vegas NV www.sema.org
November 4-5, 2006 Corvette Track Days, Spring Mtn, Pahrump Nevada www.springmountainmotorsports.com
If there is an event that you believe others might care about, please let us know.
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Chinese Military Power
The rise of China has long been a growing concern among U.S. foreign policymakers. Of particular concern is the strength of Chinese military power and its relation to U.S. military capability. This i…
Task Force Report by Joseph Prueher, Adam Segal, and Harold Brown Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies
Defending an Open, Global, Secure, and Resilient Internet
This CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force warns that "escalating attacks on countries, companies, and individuals, as well as pervasive criminal activity, threaten the security and safety of the Inte…
Task Force Report by Samuel J. Palmisano, John D. Negroponte, and Adam Segal
Innovation and National Security: Keeping Our Edge
This Task Force Report by the Council on Foreign Relations explores how innovation in national security in the U.S. is being outpaced by China.
Task Force Report by Adam Segal, James Manyika, William H. McRaven, and Anya Schmemann
Adam Segal
Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

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Three-Member Panel Proposed For Healthcare
The Three-Member Panel To Hear The Arguments
Chief Judge Joel Dubina and Circuit Judges Frank Hull and Stanley Marcus are selected to serve the eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals panel. The three-judge panel will review the strongest challenge until date associated with the federal healthcare overhaul. The three-member panel that is selected to hear the arguments between the government and twenty-six states comprises a jurist known to pick apart lawyers and an ex-federal prosecutor who has been instrumental in fighting organized crime.The Panelists
In 1983, Dubina first became a federal magistrate and was appointed to the eleventh circuit by President H. W. Bush by the year 1990. Although, he is recognized as the right member in the three-judge panel; however, many believe that he may not be as conservative as his other colleagues are. He will be joined by Hull and Marcus in the panel who were appointed by President Clinton in 1997. When Hull joined the Fulton County State Court bench in 1980, she was a partner with a prestigious law firm in Atlanta. After a four-year period, she was selected as a superior court judge. In 1994, she was elected to serve as a U.S. District judge and after three years selected to the appeals court bench. During the late 1970s, Marcus was a part of the team of an elite task force that fought against organized crime. Between 1983 and 1985, Marcus became the attorney in Miami where he oversaw thousands of cases. Later he worked as a federal judge in Florid for twelve years.
The Legal Battle
Georgia and twenty-five states are fighting to ask the appeals court to uphold the Florida court decision stating that the Congress cannot enforce a law where all Americans are required to be insured. The battle commenced last year when the twenty-six states filed a suit stating that such a requirement was unconstitutional. In the 31st January ruling, District Judge Roger Vinson agreed stating that the complete overhaul to the healthcare policy passed by the Democratic Congress and later signed by President Obama was unconstitutional.
The Verdict Till Date
Until now, the three federal judges have upheld the new law. Incidentally, the three federal judges are all Democratic appointees. However, Roger Vinson and another Virginia judge have ruled against the new law. The two judges are appointed by the Republicans. Judge Vinson ruling follows the reasoning of the Virginia judge who has struck down the mandatory insurance coverage required by the new bill. However, the ruling by the Florida judge invalidates the provision that range from Medicare discounts for senior citizens requiring high prescription medications expenses to the modification that enables adult children up to twenty-six years of age to continue on their parent's insurance coverage.
The largest legal challenge between the government and the twenty-six states appears to be eventually decided by the country's highest court. According to Roger Vinson, the proposed March ruling by the Supreme Court may ultimately be split on the overhaul of the healthcare rules.
Tagged as : Democratic appointe, Democratic Congress, federal healthcare, federal judge, Florida court, health policy, Medicare discount


Beautiful 3 bedroom home with finished basement in a great Port Perry neighbourhood! Enjoy the open concept layout & recent upgrades. All stainless steel appliances replaced with kitchen renovation in 2016, including Caesarstone counter with undermount sink & ceramic backsplash. Hardwood floors in living room with gas fireplace overlooking fully fenced yard with large garden shed & perennial gardens. Lower level has large rec room with pot lights & 2 piece bathroom. Updated floors in all bedrooms & master with 4 piece jacuzzi ensuite. Main floor laundry renovated in 2017 with cabinetry, sink, washer & dryer. Roof 2015. Water softener 2016. Upper floor laminate, bannister & front door all in 2017. New toilets and freshly painted. Great location, close to parks, schools & shops!
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The National Havurah Committee (NHC) Chesapeake Retreat is a weekend-long gathering of individuals and families from the Mid-Atlantic region and elsewhere who come together to build community, study, pray, sing, dance, work on an organic farm, relax in a beautiful rural setting, make new friends, and otherwise have fun. Held at the Pearlstone Retreat Center outside Baltimore, Maryland, the annual gathering draws people of all ages, Jewish identities and practices, and interests. For some attendees, this is an opportunity to catch up with their NHC friends living in other cities. For others, this is a first introduction to the NHC community. The Chesapeake Retreat prides itself on being welcoming and accessible to newcomers, individuals with disabilities, individuals with all types of Jewish education and practice, individuals of all ages, and all others. This is a space to be ourselves, to learn from each other, to explore an annual theme, and to recharge our spirits within a warm and welcoming community.
The annual retreat begins with schmoozing and check-in, followed by songful, soulful Friday night services. Post-dinner activities include Shabbat singing and the first of the weekend's four workshop sessions, each of which feature teachings and discussions on a variety of topics, including this year's theme.
Saturday morning brings both traditional and alternative Shabbat service options, led by community members and designed to engage our hearts, minds, bodies, and souls. The afternoon brings more workshops, singing, outdoor activities, and time to relax. Another workshop follows dinner, as well as socializing, a campfire, and games. All activities on Shabbat are designed to be compatible with a range of religious practices.
Sunday morning includes a chance to work on Pearlstone's organic farm, the final workshop session, and a farewell circle. Many members of the community will gather for lunch at a nearby kosher-certified restaurant before heading home.
How you spend your Chesapeake Retreat is up to you. Some attendees go to every workshop session; some go to none. Some join spirited conversations with old or new friends. Others relax, read, or go for a hike. Do what you find meaningful and fun!
In the wake of a difficult election, terrifying prospects for our country, ourselves, and our neighbors, we prepare to gather together for a retreat – a communal breath at Pearlstone.
We will continue to ask the big questions this weekend at Pearlstone. Particularly now, we will ask them. What steps can we take to rectify racial injustice? How can we use inclusive language to respect diversity in our communities and in all spaces we occupy? In what ways can our communities be welcoming to refugees and minorities seeking asylum from unsafe spaces? How does Jewish law and history reinforce our obligation to pursue justice?
We will also make time during this weekend to ask questions such as, how do I know when I am burning out? Am I allocating my personal energy in a healthy way, sustainable way? How do I get more involved or conversely, shed some of my responsibilities? Additionally, we will focus on our whole selves with workshops focused more on mindfulness, breathing, and yoga.
The 2017 Chesapeake Retreat will explore all of this and more from both theological and practical perspectives through workshops, age-appropriate children's programming, and communal prayer. Together, we will renew our dedication to justice, dignity, and peace in our communities and our world.
The Chesapeake Retreat is held at the Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center in Reisterstown, MD on the weekend of February 24-26, 2017. Programming will begin around 4pm on Friday and conclude around noon on Sunday. All meals at Pearlstone are kosher-certified and include vegetarian and fish options.
The co-chairs of the retreat are Michele Leah, who lives in Washington, DC. and Liat Melnick, who lives in Baltimore, MD. Our Workshop Coordinators are Ben Dreyfus of Silver Spring, MD and Michael Freiman of Washington, DC. Our Services Coordinators are Rachel Roberts of Silver Spring and Yona Leviton Gorelick of Baltimore, MD. Clare Feinson is our Accessibility Coordinator. We are of course supported by the National Havurah Committee's wonderful executive director, Sarah Brodbar-Nemzer.
We are always looking for additional volunteers, teachers, and service leaders to help make the weekend a success. Some of these roles can be done as work-study to help defray the cost of the weekend retreat for those seeking financial assistance to attend. Please contact Michele and Liat at chesapeake-retreat@havurah.org if you are interested in a volunteer role, facilitating a workshop, or leading a service.
The cost of attending the retreat depends on whether you attend as a commuter or an overnight guest, your age, and the type of housing you stay in at Pearlstone. The early-bird registration costs listed here are all-inclusive: housing, meals, and programming. For full details, please consult the registration form.
Register online for the 2017 NHC Chesapeake Retreat at https://www.regonline.com/chesapeakeretreat2017. This allows for easier registration and stamp-free payment using PayPal! Payment by check is also available; details are on the check-out page at https://www.regonline.com/chesapeakeretreat2017.
Register by Sunday, January 15th, 2017 to guarantee your space and avoid an additional $36 fee.
Unfortunately, we cannot accept registrations after Sunday, January 22nd, 2017.
We don't want cost to be a barrier to anyone in our community. If the price of the retreat presents a problem for you, please contact Michele and Liat before you register in order to arrange a scholarship. Please also contact Michele and Liat before you register if you are interested in a work-study role that can result in a 10-50% discount on the cost of the retreat. Kindly reach out by January 15th.
Commuters are welcome to attend all or some of the retreat without staying overnight at Pearlstone. We ask that you let us know which meals you plan to attend. Please see the registration page at https://www.regonline.com/chesapeakeretreat2017 for details.
We also have discounted housing in heated cabins and the Teen Center, which offer twin beds, bunk beds, and shared baths. Details are on the registration page at https://www.regonline.com/chesapeakeretreat2017.
Most sleeping spaces and all public spaces are wheelchair-accessible.
Children and teens are full participants in the NHC community and are welcome at all Retreat gatherings, meals, and services. During each workshop time, Jewish educators will run workshops geared to the under-12 crowd but open to all. Children and teens may choose to attend the adult sessions together with their parents/guardians.
In keeping with Chesapeake Retreat tradition, we will share vegetarian meals with vegan options. Pearlstone's food service is certified Kosher under the supervision of Star K. We'll serve Fair Trade Certified™ coffee, tea, sugar, and hot chocolate. Please indicate any additional dietary needs or restrictions in your registration submission.
We will gather at the Pearlstone Retreat Center in Reisterstown, MD. The Center is close to Baltimore, 1.5 hours from the DC metro area, and 2 hours from Philadelphia. It is 30 minutes from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. Directions to 5425 Mt. Gilead Rd. are available at www.pearlstonecenter.org. Organizers will help facilitate rideshares/carpools. If you have questions or concerns about getting to the retreat, please email chesapeake-retreat@havurah.org.
Please arrive at Pearlstone on Friday, February 24th between 4 and 5:30 pm to register and settle in. Candle-lighting is at 6:12 pm, and Kabbalat Shabbat services will begin at 6:15 pm.
Our Sunday programming will end by noon. Retreat organizers will provide information about kosher and other lunch options in the area.
Thanks for reading all of that!
We look forward to seeing you at Chesapeake!


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50 Cent Releases Public Service Announcement For Street King Initiative
by StevenHorowitz
With his Street King initiative, 50 Cent has already provided millions of meals to those in need. In anticipation of Thanksgiving, Fif took to his Facebook page to thank everyone for their support but emphasized that the movement has a long way to go.
"For Thanksgiving this week, wanted to thank you all for supporting my Street King movement," he wrote. "We've provided millions of meals through the World Food Programme but we've got a long way to go to reach 1 billion. Let's remember why we're doing this. Watch my Thanksgiving video and click Share below to pass it on to your friends."
The G-Unit leader released a video in connection with Street King titled "For a Just World." Watch the clip below.
RELATED: 50 Cent Speaks On His "Street King" Mission To Feed One Billion Kids


2010 (retired) Lemax Spooky Town Wheel of Horror in MINT condition. This is a huge piece and among the largest of all LEMAX Spooky Town buildings.
ALL lights (& there are very many of them) shine bright and function exactly as they should. The Wheel rotates perfectly smooth and absolutely silent. The soundtrack is also flawless and without crackling or static. The on/off switch/volume control also operates smoothly & flawlessly.
There is nothing on this unit that has been broken off and re-glued - totally solid. Without a doubt, this ranks as one of Spooky Town's best ever pieces and probably has more lights built into it than any other.
The Wheel of Horror will be the first thing that your eyes are drawn to in your display as it stands towering large and bright above all the others. This is truly the Spooky Town piece to make your display pop & has fast become the Lemax Spooky Town building of choice to own and display in your collection. Comes with outer box (in very good condition), styrofoam enclosure, AC adapter & BOTH elastic straps. The item "LEMAX SPOOKY TOWN WHEEL OF HORROR LIGHTS, ANIMATION & SOUNDTRACK!	MINT" is in sale since Tuesday, August 21, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Holiday & Seasonal\Halloween\Current (1991-Now)\Decorations\Other Current Halloween Décor". The seller is "snipsearcher" and is located in Clinton Township, Michigan.


A cute and beautiful Moroccan rug. This wool carpet is wonderfully comfortable under your feet.
A perfect and creative addition to your kids' room. But also very beautiful in your own bedroom or living room.
Even in your home there is room for such a beauty as this one. If you don't want the same but want to have something unique.
☆ Due these rugs are vintage, they may have some minor irregularities and signs of use and age, like small repaired and unrepaired holes, fading, spots and stains. We think that these signs give the item that beautiful vintage character.


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Home People Race and Ethnicity ATC Will Capitalize Both "Black" and "White" Racial Identities
ATC Will Capitalize Both "Black" and "White" Racial Identities
For the foreseeable future, Across The Culture will be capitalizing both "Black" and "White" when using these terms as racial identities.
It had been years since the last time I considered the question of how to present racial identities in writing. Recently revisiting our piece on the appeal of White supremacist communities to Asian American men refreshed the dilemma.
Capturing big-T Truth through our writers' perspectives requires wide, adjustable lenses. When I decided ATC would capitalize "Black" but leave "white" lowercased, it felt like a grain of justice. The big "B" was meant to restore dignity to people historically stripped of it by the invention of race and racism. The little "w" shamed the architects. Peers of mine in the throes of their growing racial awareness looked to divest from the idea of White as superior in every way possible. My editorial decision was applauded.
The intent was agreeable, but the effect was trivial. What used to feel like small punches upward now seem like nothing but performance. In today's United States of America, unarmed and non-threatening Black people still get killed by cops at a terrifying rate. The racial income gap is gross, the racial wealth gap is hopeless, and legal slavery still exists hand in hand with the world's biggest prison population. Globally, Black people and those closest to "Black" suffer disproportionately at the hands of COVID-19, state violence, and capitalist exploitation.
In capitalizing "Black" but leaving "white" lowercased, the lens of ATC's language was limited by the need for validation in a world of aesthetic activism. But widening the lens through which we understand race means acknowledging that White, like Black, is an ascribed identity.
Sociology jargon aside, race is man-made and slapped onto us before we're even born. So to capitalize "Black" and "White" is to say race, broadly, is unnatural and requires all of us to address it in order to end racism.
The reasons for examining Black identity differ greatly from the need to dissect White identity. But the designation and oppression of so-called Black people is the foundation on which so-called White people stand. And the social statuses of Asian, Latin American, and Indigenous peoples depend largely on their distance from "Black" or "White."
To capitalize "Black" is to understand Black, in James Baldwin's words, as a condition. This condition has been historically imposed on people to justify taking wealth, life, and humanity from them. Black thinkers first documented the individual effects of this condition, and many a great thinker has gone on to also capture the big picture of the world's racist fabrication.
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To capitalize "White" is to acknowledge that it, too, is a recent human creation. It was crafted to distinguish people from "Black." To save certain people from what society does to those designated as or closer to "Black." The definition of "White" is just as shaky and manipulated as other racial definitions—perhaps more so. Its existence depends on this shapelessness in order to shift on a whim and maintain its distance from others.
Publications that claim "White" does not deserve capitalization due to a lack of "shared culture" attached to the identity are not seeing "White" for what it is. Even if the shared culture argument held water (it doesn't), racial identities at their simplest are physical descriptions with social class branded onto them. Any shared experience and culture born of these man-made conditions is after the fact and not the fact.
I believe anyone who cares to undo and end racism must make "White" as visible as "Black." Trying to diminish "White" in our writing doesn't diminish the concept's power, it just makes it less visible and harder to confront. Harder to observe when it changes shape to survive.
Whiteness has historically survived on exclusion and ambiguity. As a publication, ATC will do everything it can to end the idea of "White" as humanity's default and help readers see the concept as clearly as possible. As racial definitions shift to maintain the power of a few people, spotlighting them one capital letter at a time makes it easier for us to fight the same fight, to the benefit of every person who cares about their humanity and our collective humanity.
This editorial stance will be reassessed periodically.
Related reading which informed this position:
Associated Press will capitalize Black but not white | David Bauder, Associated Press, July 2020
Time To Capitalize 'Black'–And 'White' | Kwame Anthony Appiah, The Atlantic, June 2020
Here's Why I Capitalize 'White' | Eve Ewing, Zora, July 2020
Why we now capitalize Black but continue to lowercase white | Nancy Yang, Minnesota Public Radio, August 2020
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On Saturday (10 May 2014) I attended the #JoziMeetUp at the Sunnyside Park Hotel with a bunch of amazing bloggers, teeters and instagramers (no such word I'm sure).
I was so excited before the event and it WELL exceeded my expectations, not necessarily because we got cool gifts (although I loved that) but because I finally got to meet the KIND and CARING people who have donated to The Grace Factory and who keep on supporting us!
I got to meet Laura-Kim from Harassed mom, Wenchy from Nocturnal Wenchy and saw Sharon from Blessed barrenness who organized this amazing event! I also got to chat to Robyn from Memoirs for my munchkins, Chantal from Toppie se vrou, Heather from SA mom blogs and Sasha from @See_me_baby (just to name a few).
Thank you so much to everyone who brought goodies for The Grace Factory and also to the AMAZING sponsors, the gifts we received are out of this world, and I just LOVED the specialized touches!


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Beholden Quotes
I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.
Happiness I Am Die Joy
I'm not beholden to anyone. I'm not waiting for a pension or a carriage clock.
Waiting Clock Pension Anyone
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
Men Others Write Much
As a former lifelong Republican, it pains me to tell you that today's Republicans - and their standard-bearers, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan - just aren't up to the task. They're beholden to 'my way or the highway' bullies, indebted to billionaires who bankroll ads and allergic to the very idea of compromise.
Me Today You Way
I am not in the stock market. I am beholden to no one in what I do. If I spend billions on a fashion show, I spend billions. It's not public. And if I am in the stock market, I am obligated to account for things, and to show what the business is doing.
I Am Business Fashion Doing
The simple fact is we do not live in a democracy. Certainly not the kind our Founding Fathers intended. We live in a corporate dictatorship represented by, and beholden to, no single human being you can reason with or hold responsible for anything.
Simple You Democracy Live
The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.
Harold H. Greene
Words Real Constitution Independent
When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.
Iqbal Quadir
People Corruption Results Who
God is not beholden to us at all. He doesn't owe us anything.
God Us Anything He
I don't think there's an interesting boundary between philosophy and science. Science is totally beholden to philosophy. There are philosophical assumptions in science and there's no way to get around that.
Science Think Way Philosophy
One thing I'm so grateful for is sidestepping the usual venture capital, private equity route. My friends who have gone that way are many times beholden to their boards of directors, to 'sell' ideas to a team.
Blake Mycoskie
Grateful Friends Team Ideas
I feel like moderate Republicans, who would support sensible gun violence legislation, are pushed aside by those folks who are absolutely beholden to the NRA.
Support Gun Feel Violence
To reform the Secret Service, the agency needs a director from outside the agency who will be immune from that culture and not beholden to entrenched bureaucrats within the agency.
Ronald Kessler
Culture Service Will Secret
I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.
Think News Television Nirvana
Pablo Picasso would paint a painting and hang it on the wall, and you would go and see the painting exactly how he wanted it to be made. But if you have an idea for a TV show, for example, you're beholden to studios to produce it and distributors to distribute it.
You Painting Go See
On Hillary's side, I don't think it gets more establishment than Hillary Clinton. If I had one word to describe Hillary, it would be 'beholden.' Nothing's gonna really change. Government's gonna have the answer to everything, and that's gonna mean taxes are gonna go up.
Change Government Think Nothing
Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of environmental protection; even the courts are beholden to local officials, and they are not open to environmental litigation.
Ma Jun
Environmental Growth Ahead Open
The Shins is, in a way, a recording project that turned into a live band. So I don't really keep myself beholden to any rules when I'm in the studio for Shins. I just gotta get it done as best I can.
James Mercer
Myself Best Live Way
I've never believed that 'Idol' as a franchise is beholden to any individual because everybody said it would die the minute Simon Cowell left, and it hasn't.
Die Never Idol Left
Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
E. L. Doctorow
Money Progress Justice Feel
Washington is designed not to solve problems. Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
Money Progress Justice Problems
In the NBA, as in nowhere else in America, white people are utterly beholden to black people, and they're not about to let us off that easily. It's a kind of very mild payback for the last 500 years.
People Black America White
Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves as stakeholders in the well being of society as well.
Society Think Need Only
It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans - those who have sealed the Deal, who aren't beholden to liberal indulgence any more than they are to the disdain of the hard Right. It is time to praise blacks who are merely undeniable in their individuality and exemplary in their levels of achievement.
Achievement Time Black Celebrate
There's a reason publishers don't build on top of social platforms: publishers are an independent lot, and they naturally understand the value of owning your own domain. Publishers don't want to be beholden to the shifting sands of inscrutable platform policies.
Value Your Understand Own
Independent documentary isn't beholden to some of the interests that the mainstream media are influenced by. It's a pathway to renegade, independent reporting in an in-depth, investigative fashion, and it can do so with a compassionate lens; it allows people to speak in a way that is more human than the mainstream media approach.
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People Fashion Speak Way


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Pokhara, Bharatpur collaborate for tourism promotion
Published On: November 11, 2019 10:00 AM NPT By: Republica
POKHARA, Nov 11: Pokhara and Bharatpur metropolitan cities have announced collaboration for promotion of tourism, targeting both international and domestic tourists.
Chitwan district, where Bharatpur is located, is important destination for wildlife tourism, whereas Pokhara is famous for scenic view of lakes and mountains. Chitwan National Park of Chitwan is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Pokhara is Nepal's major tourist city. Mayors of the two metropolitan cities, after signing an agreement for collaboration, said that both the cities will benefit from the collaboration.
Besides tourism promotion, the collaboration is expected to boost overall economic and social activities, conservation of natural heritage, and transfer of information.
Man Bahadur GC and Renu Dahal, mayors of Pokhara and Bharatpur of metropolitan cities, signed a memorandum of understanding in this regard on Sunday. The two cities had also signed an accord of sisterhood relation back in 2015.
According to Mayor Dahal, the agreement was made targeting Visit Nepal Year 2020. Tourists who reach Chitwan will be encouraged to visit Pokhara and vice versa, according to Dahal. She added that more tourist places were being explored and developed in Bharatpur. The metropolitan has identified 27 new destinations.
"Both Pokhara and Chitwan are tourist destinations of the country. Collaboration between the two will surely benefit us all," said Dahal. Besides wildlife and forests, Chitwan has other possibilities in education, health, agriculture, and technology, she added.
According to Mayor GC, though the agreement was not detailed enough, it would be totally put into implementation. Exchange visits of civil servants between the two metropolitans would be an important beginning point of the cooperation, GC added.
He also stressed on building appropriate infrastructure for tourism and providing targeted service to high-end tourists.
Stating that domestic tourists spend more than foreign tourists in recent times, he called upon tourism entrepreneurs to give special attention to those high-spending tourists. "We need to make tourists eager to visit our place by themselves, rather than us calling them to visit," he said.
According to tourism expert Biswa Raj Subedi, tourists generally stayed in Chitwan for two nights and three days, which could be extended to three nights and four days with a little effort from the concerned people.
"Jeep, elephant, boat safari, jungle safari are old activities. We are starting new destinations in the district, so there should be new activities," he said.
According to Basu Tripathi, former member of Nepal Tourism Board and tourism entrepreneur of Pokhara, the collaboration would benefit all. Likewise, Ganga Lal Subedi, head administrative officer of Pokhara metropolitan city, said that tourism packages will be developed to encourage tourists to stay longer in both the cities.
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In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, Minister of the Displaced Moeen Merehbi said the Lebanese State would call on the worldwide community to increase the amount of assistance provided to both the displaced Syrians and the Lebanese society, and would reaffirm the need to ensure the appropriate conditions for the safe return of the refugees, as "the recent developments in Syria are delaying and complicating this return".
Lebanon's General Security issued a statement declaring that it "secured the safe passage of hundreds of Syrian refugees from the villages of Shebaa, Kfarchouba, and al-Habbarieh to their hometowns in Syria".
In January, Syria's Minister of Reconciliation Ali Haidar said that Syria was preparing for the return of refugees from Lebanon.
The return of Syrian refugees from Lebanon to Syria has been discussed between both governments.
Lebanon's General Security Service will supervise the transfer, said the daily, and will check their identity papers and accompany them with logistical and security measures.
Yesterday's convoy of 15 buses, adorned with posters of Syrian President Bashar Assad, was organized by the Lebanese government, with the United Nations refugee agency insisting that it had played no part in the arrangements.
The buses carried 472 refugees, including men, women, and children who voluntarily elected to return to their home country after years of living in dire conditions.
Almost one million United Nations -registered Syrian refugees now live in Lebanon, most in dire economic straits that Lebanese leaders say they can not afford to ease.
In a country of around four million Lebanese, the influx has put a strain on water and electrical infrastructure. "It is a prelude to a series of successive operations under a Syrian-Syrian coordination, and has nothing to do with the Lebanese government".
Genesis said in December Portman's prize money had been doubled to $2 million by a donation by Israeli philanthropist Morris Kahn. Cast member Natalie Portman poses at the premiere for "Annihilation" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 13, 2018.
The GDPR is a new piece of legislation that enhances data protection and privacy for all residents in the EU. As of December, Facebook had 239 million users in the USA and Canada and 370 million in Europe.
Police say there is no immediate danger from the 1,100lb (500kg) British bomb , which was found on Heidestrasse last Wednesday. Buildings were evactuated from 8am in an 800m (2,625ft) radius from where the bomb was found.
Oil prices jumped about 2 percent, lifted by a reported decline in US crude inventories and the risk of supply disruptions. VIX was up 0.16 points at 15.41, on track for its first daily increase after closing lower for six days in a row.
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After facing much backlash for her abusive comment and offensive gesture against Pawan Kalyan , Sri Reddy has issued an apology. The Jana Sena chief also said that he was ashamed that he could not defend the "honour" of his mother.
The girl was allegedly confined in a devasthan (temple), sedated and raped thrice before being suffocated and bludgeoned to death. Talking about criticism which he faced, the former PM said, he 'had lived with comments like these his whole life'.
The duo reportedly had seven residential properties on their names - two in Amina Bi's name and five in Hasina Parker's name. Friday ordered the central government to seize the properties of underworld don and fugitive Dawood Ibrahim .
Comey said Trump's comment came after he learned there was a delay in returning a congratulatory phone call from a foreign leader. Comey writes how Trump repeatedly denied to him having been in an encounter with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel.
Britain can only atone for this damage caused in the world by adopting policies exactly opposite to the ones now in place. They have faced harassment and violations of their rights as well as the denial of health care, housing and employment.
I'm not an overly vocal captain but I would like to think that I will lead by example. It hasn't totally sunk in that I am the full-time Test captain.
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Nepal's only global airport remains closed after a passenger plane attempting to take off skidded off the runway. The jet skidded to a halt on grassland and came to a stop in mud about 30m from the runway.
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Much of what is in the memos, most notably Mr Trump's demand that Mr Comey pledge his loyalty, has been known for almost a year. Recently released memos written by James Comey revealed that Donald Trump thought Flynn "had serious judgement issues".
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District Decide Harry Leinenweber granted Chicago's request for a short lived nationwide injunction. It vowed to continue fighting for tough immigration policies.
TDP leaders say this is the first time in the country's history that Chief Minister of a state is observing fast on his birthday. Later, the BJP took part in the State Govt. led by Naidu while the TDP was given two important portfolios in the Union Cabinet.
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ACCOMMODATION AND MEETING FACILITIES
PARADISE ISLAND PARK AND BEACH RESORT
PARK AND BEACH RESORT
WE ARE AMAZING!
Paradise Island Park and Beach Resort is very proud of its humble beginnings. What started out as a weekend picnic destination back in the seventies, catering mostly to friends and their families has become what it is today as not only the preferred island getaway for families but is also the byword for those growing impulsive groups who are so busy and yet wise enough to squeeze – in leisure in their hectic schedules at the spur of the moment.
Having a shoreline of almost eight hundred meters (800 m), it is the only place in this part of Samal Island that has maintained its shores by feeding the fishes, clean them with having periodic "Scubasurero Activities", and has placed a "safety pole" to ward off jelly fish and rubbish, discouraging anglers from poaching the area and encouraging its visitors to enjoy the marine life and leave the same so that others may also enjoy them. Its white sand beach as well as its surroundings are combed and cleaned throughout the day giving a pure and clean ambiance for its visitors and workers alike.
SWIMMING AREA
The Swimming area is adequately manned by lifeguards all day which makes swimming more enjoyable and worry-free even for young kids. A few strokes farther, leads you to an area perfect for snorkeling or even diving. Surely, a wet experience beyond compare to a man- made swimming pool.
Only five (5) minutes away and traffic-free from Davao City, Paradise Island is very near. Visitors are ferried by a fleet of colourful and sea worthy boats efficiently operated by the management of the resort from 5:30 AM up to 4:00 PM. After 4:00 PM, those who wish to go to Samal Island may ride the Ferry Boat (see Travel Map for directions) which serves the public 24/7.
WATERFRONT INSULAR HOTEL
Guests staying at Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao may arrange a boat trip to Paradise Island and back at the reception. This is the shortest route from Davao City which only takes five (5) minutes.
Car owners need not worry where to park their cars when going to the resort. Our parking area is wide, fenced and canopied that can accommodate a sizeable number of vehicles and is secured 24/7. If you wish not to part with your cars and plan to bring them to the island, we also have an equally secured place to park your cars inside the resort.
DIVING ZONE
We have made taking care of the Marine Life on our shores a serious business and a commitment. The Management is aggressive and is doing everything to stop all forms of fishing within the resort's perimeter.
With this strong commitment in mind, we go out of our ways to find solutions in keeping up with a modern approach in taking care of our environment and set the pace among the industry players in Samal Island.
TOUR RATES
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BOMB THREAT MANAGEMENT
This exercise is undertaken yearly with the help of the Provincial Police Office of Davao Province.
The drill is being undertaken every month. This is the time when all fire fighting equipment are tested and accounted for.
FIRST AID SEMINAR
Being conducted bi – annually before each peak season (Christmas holidays and summer).
LIFEGUARDS RE-ORIENTATION
Taking place just before each peak season wherein the lifeguards are re – trained on their swimming and life – saving techniques.
CCTV cameras are installed in strategic places around the resort.
SEA-TRAGEDY DRILL
A major activity which requires almost everybody and also taking place before summer and Christmas holidays.
Security Guards surround the resort and augmented by the Philippine Army.
GUN HANDLING TRAINING
This is done twice a year for the Guards so that they can perform effectively during emergencies.
NURSE ON DUTY
Nurse on duty at the resort's infirmary.
PARADISE ISLAND SOCIETY
Thousands of satisfied guests already served since it began its operations in the 80's, the Paradise Island Society have established its own brand
of hospitality called "The PAP".
P– stands for Pahiyom the local dialect,
every resort staff is enjoined to wear a
smile on their face when inside the resort
and encouraged to do the same outside.
A– stands for Abi – abi in the local dialect,
each guest must be provided with
whatever is needed for their well-being
during their stay.
P– stands for Pasalamat in the local dialect,
each employee must be thankful for every
given opportunity in serving our guests and
invites them to come again.
All these traits are inherent in every member of the Paradise Island Society and we intend to keep it that way forever.
Copyright © 2016 Paradise Island Park & Beach Resort


STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Museum Store Sunday is an international celebration and appreciation day, and the Museum Store at Steamboat Art Museum will be participating this year, joining more than 700 museum stores representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 10 countries and three continents.
As part of Museum Store Sunday, the Museum Store at Steamboat Art Museum will offer drop-in holiday projects on Saturdays and Sundays. A leather tooling demonstration will be offered by local artist Dan Rhodus at noon Sunday, Nov. 25.


To Save a Monster is a team piece performed by the poets of the Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Slam Poetry Team: seniors Essie Linzy, 18, and Jamar Wilson, 18, alongside junor Nina Posner, 16, and freshman Shelyse Opio, 15. This was the first year in the competition for Jamar and Shelyse, and the second year for Nina and Essie (who can also be heard performing here).
This chilling piece takes on the unusual topic of pedophilia, and the need for sympathy and compassion for those with the illness.
Though everyone knows "the points are not the point, the point is the poetry" – congratulations to Whitney Young High School, who successfully advanced to the Final round of competition, one of the top four teams in the 2012 Festival, out of a field of over 90 schools and community organizations who participated.


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Attorney David F. Kirby Earns 2019 AV Preeminent Judicial Rating
Edwards Kirby Founding Partner David F. Kirby has been consistently regarded among the most acclaimed and accomplished trial attorneys in the nation. In addition to having earned the trust of victims and families across North Carolina and beyond, David is also widely respected by his fellow attorneys and professional colleagues. That respect is evident in his recent Special Judicial Edition AV Preeminent Rating® from Martindale-Hubbell®.
One of the legal industry's oldest professional ranking organizations, Martindale-Hubbell has set the standard for objective Peer Review Ratings. According to Martindale, its AV Preeminent Rating is one of the most sought-after ratings available, and is granted to lawyers who've demonstrated unparalleled success, professional ability, and ethical conduct.
While Martindale's Peer Review Ratings have been trusted for decades because they're based on the opinions and feedback of fellow legal practitioners, the organization's Special Judicial Edition Rating is an even higher honor. As Martindale notes, the prestigious Judicial Rating is its highest possible distinction, and is representative of the opinions of both a lawyer's peers and members of the Judiciary.
Throughout his years in practice, David has had a stellar reputation among his colleagues, many of whom regard him as one of the most likeable and respected attorneys in the state. That's not only because he's spent more than 25 years handling high-profile cases and securing record-setting results in courtrooms across the country, but also because of his commitment to upholding the highest standards of professionalism, and his genuine respect for peers, opponents, and presiding judges.
You can learn more about Martindale-Hubbell and its Peer Review Ratings here.
A Nationally Recognized Civil Trial Lawyer. A Passionate Advocate for Victims.
David Kirby has been a driving force behind Edwards Kirby's success. The son of a lawyer and former State Senator, David has earned a name for himself among the most elite litigators in the nation. His practice is largely focused on personal injury, wrongful death, birth injuries, and commercial trucking accidents.
A member of the illustrious Inner Circle of Advocates, an invite-only organization comprised of the top 100 plaintiffs' attorneys in the U.S., David is also a frequent lecturer at legal seminars, universities, and high schools, and is actively involved in supporting his community and various public service engagements.
If you have a potential case to discuss, you can be confident about placing your trust in David Kirby and the Edwards Kirby legal team. Call (919) 335-7005 or contact us online to speak with an attorney.
Seven Members of the Edwards Kirby Team Named to 2021 NC Super Lawyers
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Q: C++ Game Clock Timer I have this code that makes a working timer that fits perfectly for my game! It does everything right, their is just once small issue. When ever the clockTicker less than 10, the clock displays the time like 0:4, instead I want it to display like 0:04. I tried this code out, cout << setfill('0') << setw(2) << clockTicker. Which works perfectly! The 0 will only in front of the number when it's less than 10! But I need to save the clockTicker in a text document for my game also, which technically. The 0 doesn't "save" itself in front of the int. So my question is, if the clockTicker is less than zero, how can I add a 0 in front of the number, AND save it into the variable like so. Example: 0:08. 1:04
#include <iostream>
#include <Windows.h>

using namespace std;

void clickTime(int &, int, const int);  // Timer for the display clock

//---- Display Clock----------------------------------------
const int Time = 0;
int Minute = 0;
int loopRepeats = 0;
int clockTicker = Time;

bool stoptimer = false;
// Set position of text
void CPos(int x, int y)
{
    COORD cPos;
    cPos.X = x;
    cPos.Y = y;
    SetConsoleCursorPosition(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), cPos);
    }
int main()
{

    while(stoptimer == false)
    {
        clickTime(clockTicker,loopRepeats,Time);
        loopRepeats++;
        CPos(0, 0); cout << " Time is:         ";
        cout << Minute << ":" << clockTicker;
        Sleep(100);     // This is the game of the game's speed
    }

    return 0;
}

void clickTime(int &time, int loops, const int Time)
{
if(stoptimer == false)
{
    // This tells the program after the loop repeats 7 times, to decrement a second!
     if((loops % 8) == 7){
        time++;
      }

     // This says if timer is 60 seconds, add a minute, reset time!
     if(time == 60){
        ++Minute;
        clockTicker = 0;
     }
    } // end if
}

A: You don't.
Numbers are numbers are numbers are numbers. Not decimal, human-readable representations. They are numbers. They don't have zero-padding. Zero-padding only affects serialisation.
You have correctly discovered how to zero-pad a number when you serialise it into std::cout; now simply do the same when you serialise it into a std::ofstream. They are both output streams, with the same interface: that you're streaming into a text file rather than to console does not matter.

A: Wouldn't a simple if statement do the job?
int main()
{
    string separator; // separator variable
    while(stoptimer == false)
    {
        clickTime(clockTicker,loopRepeats,Time);
        loopRepeats++;
        CPos(0, 0); cout << " Time is:         ";
        if(clockTicker < 10) // check if it is neccesary to adapt the separator
            separator = ":0"; // include a 0 in the separator
        else
            separator = ":"; // else don't

        cout << Minute << separator << clockTicker; // use a variable instead of a set value

        Sleep(100);     // This is the game of the game's speed
    }

    return 0;
}

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Heroes Welcome
Fifty years ago, they worked around the clock to keep Berlin from starving. Now, in a year-long celebration, Berlin invites them back.
Linda Shiner
It was a British idea. On June 25, 1948, Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin ordered his Chiefs of Staff to put together the largest force of transport aircraft possible to carry food to the civilian population of Berlin. The day before, Soviet occupation authorities had cut the supply of electricity to the Western half of the city and had stopped rail, road, and barge traffic from going in or coming out. Bevin organized an airlift, he told a U.S. diplomat, to boost the morale of the Berliners and show the Soviets what Western air power could do.
The U.S. Army had concluded months earlier that supplying Berlin by air would be impossible. At the end of the war, U.S. forces had been brought home faster than you can say "de-mobilize," and the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe at the time, Major General Curtis LeMay, had only about a hundred Douglas C-47s to carry men and cargo. In the tense weeks preceding the Soviet blockade, the U.S. military governor in Germany, General Lucius D. Clay, reappraised his situation but reached the same conclusion. "We can maintain our own people indefinitely," he cabled Washington on June 13, "but not the German people if rail transport is severed." Two weeks later as the blockade began, Clay cabled again: "Our people are calm and quiet. Personally, I have little fear of crisis affecting us. What I do fear [is that] such suffering [may be] brought upon Germans in Berlin as to drive us out to relieve their suffering."
Unlike the British Foreign Minister, Clay had witnessed the privations Berlin endured while its supply routes were open, and he understood the city's predicament. Clay knew that Berlin had been importing as much as 12,000 tons of supplies daily--that it needed 2,000 tons of food a day for the most meager subsistence--and he never dreamed of bringing it in by air. Instead, he repeatedly asked for, and was denied, permission "to force the issue" by sending an armed truck convoy across the hundred miles of Soviet-occupied Germany.
As the blockade began, Clay called on LeMay to supply the U.S. garrison, as he had done for a few days in April when the Soviets had interfered with military trains. He asked LeMay to fly 45 tons of food into Berlin. LeMay sent 80. And Clay decided to go for it. With the Royal Air Force already committed to throwing everything they had into an airlift--40 Dakotas (British C-47s), 35 Avro Yorks, and 26 Handley Page Hastings--Clay cabled the War Department on June 27: "it is urgent that we be given approximately 50 additional transport planes to arrive in Germany at the earliest practicable date." LeMay told Clay to get Douglas C-54 Skymasters, the biggest transport the Air Force had in any significant number. They could carry 10 tons each.
On June 28, 21 C-54s from the Panama Canal Zone and Alaska arrived at Rhein-Main Air Base. The following day 22 more flew in from Bergstrom Air Force Base in Texas and Hickam Field in Hawaii. Another 43 reported for duty in July. By October, the newly formed Military Air Transport Service had committed to the operation 300 of the approximately 400 C-54s left in military service; 19 more were sent to Great Falls Air Force Base in Montana to train pilots solely for the lift. The U.S. Navy pitched in with two squadrons and 24 R5Ds, the Navy C-54. No one, not even Bevin, thought airplanes could sustain the city for more than a few weeks; after that, it was hoped that diplomacy would open the land routes once more. No one would have predicted that the operation would see Berlin through the winter, that it would become an aerial conveyor belt in continuous motion from June 1948 to September 1949, delivering 5,500 tons of food, medicine, and coal a day.
Lockheed's C-5 Galaxy, today the biggest airlifter in the U.S. fleet, can carry 130 tons without breaking a sweat. When the Air Force sends a C-5 to an airshow, it goes with a placard noting that it would have taken only 17 C-5s to do the job of the aircraft that flew in the Berlin Airlift. On the other hand, the Air Force also points out, the total tonnage delivered to Sarajevo between 1992 and 1996--179,910 tons--is less than the amount delivered to Berlin in March 1949 alone. Despite the remarkable movements of men and machines that the Air Force accomplished in Vietnam and Desert Storm, after 50 years, Berlin is still the standard by which airlifts are measured.
"It was so constant," says Bill Voigt, who flew to Berlin 116 times between July and November. "If you don't think that sharpened your ability to fly--making all those precision landings." Voigt, a stocky 78-year-old with a gray crewcut, has 11,300 hours in military aircraft, 6,000 of them in C-54s.
Landings were tricky at Tempelhof, the airport in the U.S. zone of Berlin. Seven-story apartment buildings stood not far from the end of a 5,000-foot runway. "You'd come in at a pretty steep angle," says Voigt. "It's not a heck of a lot of space with a fully loaded airplane. And the surface [pierced steel planking] would slide with you. It was pretty hard on the brakes and tires.
"The regs tell you not to cut power till you're on the deck," Voigt continues. "But there's two ways to cook eggs. Everybody has his own technique. As soon as the apartment buildings disappeared from my peripheral vision, I pulled back to idle. Then I put power on to flare." Pilots flying the same approach two or three times a day, day after day, for three months had a lot of chances to refine their techniques.
Besides all the hours flying military aircraft, Voigt has thousands more restoring them. He works as a volunteer on airplanes rescued by the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware--among them, one of the C-54s he flew in the lift. We are sitting in the museum's 20,000-square-foot exhibition hall, admiring a past project: a grandly restored Douglas C-47--one of the hundred that hauled groceries into Berlin, two and a half tons at a time, until the bigger, four-engine C-54s took over.
In the presence of this icon, Voigt confesses that he wanted to fly fighters. Instead, after basic, he was retained as a flight instructor, "finally wiggled out of it," and was sent to Air Transport Command. "Ended up flying Gooney Birds," says Voigt. "Big deal."
But in 1948, flying transports became a very big deal. The mission facing the new Air Force--to keep Berlin from the clutches of the Russians--couldn't be done with fighters and bombers. Not that the Air Force didn't try. In early July the service experimented with coal delivery by stuffing bags of it in the bomb bays of a couple of B-29s, which released their stores at low level. When the coal hit the ground, it disintegrated. And after the dust settled--everywhere--the Air Force faced the dirty, time-consuming, labor-intensive reality, and coal was instead loaded on C-54s, bag by 100-pound bag. It became the airlift's chief commodity; a million and a half tons were delivered by the time the lift ended.
"I never made a trip to Berlin that I didn't carry coal," says Voigt. "We were dirty. The planes were dirty." When C-54s returned to the States for their 1,000-hour overhauls, they were sometimes hundreds of pounds heavier because of the coal dust that had settled in their innards. In 1989, when curator Jim Leech and volunteers at the Air Mobility Command Museum started working on Voigt's old C-54, they found coal dust still clinging to the bulkheads.
The Military Air Transport Service hadn't planned for a situation in which coal would be its primary cargo and hadn't anticipated the requirements of a strategic airlift in general. MATS C-47 and C-54 transports were derived from passenger aircraft, awkward to load and unload. The first freighter designed as such, Fairchild's twin-engine C-82 Packet, was a boxcar hung between two booms with rear clamshell doors for straight-in loading at ground level, but it had less capacity and less power than the C-54.
The most daunting problem facing MATS, however, was not how to load airplanes or even how to keep them in flying condition, though the maintenance tasks for the operation were Herculean. It was how to get all those airplanes into two--later three--airports. "You had an airplane landing or taking off every 90 seconds," says Michael Leister, the director of the AMC museum.
MATS solved the problem with Ground Controlled Approach, a precision landing aid using a radar operator to tell the pilot his position relative to the approach path. The operator would pick up an aircraft on his scope from about two miles out and talk the pilot down to a landing. "GCA was very reassuring," says Harold Watson, who was called back to the Air Force from his job at TWA and made about 200 flights in the lift. "Berlin is what made it acceptable to civilian pilots. The operator was continuously talking and very calm. He'd say for example: 'You're 50 feet below the glideslope, coming up slow' or 'two degrees left.' If we didn't correct, he'd remind us. It was life-saving to us."
Though the accident rate was low--31 U.S. fatalities in 189,963 flights--the congested airspace over Berlin dramatized the need for ever larger transports to lift the same loads in ever fewer trips. The airlift helped fuel a "bigger is better" trend as well as a push for mission-specific airlifters--both apparent in the heavy-lift C-5 and the short takeoff-capable McDonnell Douglas C-17A flying today.
"We have policies today that are directly related to the Berlin airlift," says Tom Cossaboom, the historian of the Air Mobility Command. "It's more than Air Force policy. Airlift is today an instrument of national policy."
The success in Berlin, he continues, also had a tremendous impact on the course of U.S. foreign relations. "Remember there was a Republican-controlled Senate at the time," he points out, "and Republicans were historically reluctant to get involved in long-term foreign alliances. The airlift influenced the decision to stay in Europe." Not only did it make the U.S. Congress a more willing participant in NATO, says Cossaboom, "it did a lot to push European governments into the alliance."
It instantly changed the attitudes of the people involved in it. Some of the pilots who flew to Berlin had bombed the city just a few years earlier, and most flying the lift still considered Germans the enemy. Earl Moore, a retired Navy commander, remembers the animosity he and his colleagues felt toward the Germans at first. "I didn't give a damn whether they lived or died," he says, "until I saw them."
Werner Hauer, a communications specialist living in New Jersey, was a young man in Berlin during the lift and says he witnessed the conversions. "In those days [before the airlift], no troops were friendly," he says. "Not Russians, not Americans or British either. There was a very hostile feeling. It wasn't over. They terrorized us as badly as Hitler. It changed through the airlift. We knew we were in the same camp." He adds: "Until the '60s."
The airlift's effect on the Soviets was no less significant. "Oh, it stands head and shoulders above anything else in embarrassing the Russians," Cossaboom says. The Russians were so badly outmaneuvered in terms of world opinion that one has to wonder what they had hoped to gain from blockading Berlin. Until a few years ago all any Western historian could do was wonder. Nearly all cold war interpretations of Russian motives followed the lead of George Kennan, U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1952 and a towering figure in Russian studies. Kennan argued convincingly that expansionism, the inescapable product of Soviet history and ideology, drove the country's foreign policy. Now with increased access to Russian and East German archives, some scholars propose that the Soviets had not hardened their policy of expansionism in Germany by the time of the blockade. Recent studies maintain that the Soviets wanted to negotiate, an opinion held at the time by General Clay, and that the blockade was, as Soviet historians have claimed, a response to the Western introduction of a separate currency in their zones and other moves to cut Germany in half. Whatever the motivation, the Soviet blockade was clumsy, cruel, and, thanks to the airlift, mortifyingly ineffective.
Although four powers--Soviets, Americans, British, and French--occupied four zones of Germany and its capital city, only the Soviets had unlimited access to Berlin. The others relied on a 1945 agreement stipulating that Western aircraft would enter and depart the city through three air corridors, each 20 miles wide. The corridors channeled traffic between Berlin and three urban centers in the Western zones: Hamburg, Hannover, and Frankfurt. During the lift, the Americans flew into Berlin through the southern corridor, while the British--and Americans flying coal from British air bases--used the shorter, northern corridor. All outbound flights used the central corridor. Airplanes took off every three minutes, 24 hours a day. Yak fighters buzzed a few from time to time, but for the most part the Soviets did not interfere with their movement.
"When the weather was good, you could see as many as six airplanes in front of you," says Ken Herman, a past president of the Berlin Airlift Veterans Association. Herman was a 25-year-old pilot testing Boeing C-97s for the Air Force when he was called to Berlin in August 1948. He flew 190 missions, most of them carrying coal from Fassberg, a British base near Hannover where 45 C-54s had been staged.
"Once you entered the corridor, there was no turning back. You went to Berlin," says Herman. And if a pilot missed his approach in Berlin, there was no second try. He had to take his cargo back where he came from.
"That was Tunner," says Gail Halvorsen, a retired Air Force colonel who made 126 flights to Berlin. "You couldn't believe the number of lives he saved."
General William Tunner is renowned among airlifters. He had run the Hump, the legendary World War II supply route over the Himalayas into China, and was brought to Wiesbaden, Germany, in August 1948 to direct Operation Vittles, the Air Force designation for the Berlin airlift. The ultimate efficiency expert, Tunner standardized operations and frowned on heroics. "A successful airlift," he wrote in his memoirs, "is about as glamorous as drops of water on a stone." And as steady. Tunner ordered the pilots to maintain the three-minute interval in the corridors, and outlawed stacking over Berlin. Pilots had one shot at delivering cargo.
"We hated like the devil to take it home," says Halvorsen. "We'd sometimes sneak a little bit."
If the minimums for Tempelhof required half-mile visibility and a ceiling of 400 feet, for example, pilots would sometimes descend to 350 or even 300 feet before they broke out of the cloud. But they wouldn't let on to the controllers in the tower that they were exceeding the minimums.
"You'd hear the last pilot to let down in front of you answer an inquiry from the tower that the ceiling was at 500 feet," says Bill Voigt. "And you'd glance down at the altimeter--you saw 500 feet and you can't see out to the wingtips. So you drop down another hundred feet or so.
"It wasn't disgraceful to take the load back," he adds, "but you just didn't want to do it."
The Air Force built another runway at Tempelhof in October, but for the first three months there was only one way in regardless of weather. "We could operate our -54s in 35 mph crosswinds," says Voigt. "If you're drifting, you drop a wing into it, land on one wheel. We were good."
At an airlift veterans' reunion last October, old-timers remembered the group of young pilots who had a wild time before Tunner showed up. "You'd take off after your buddies, scream around the circuit [to Berlin and back], and try to be there when they got back so you could ask what took 'em so long," Halvorsen recalled, shaking his head. "Stupid."
"People really did that?" a listener asked.
"Oh, yeah," said Halvorsen, adding sheepishly, "I did that. Once."
Well, he was young. And, as Berliners will tell you, he more than made up for his hijinks. They may not know the name Halvorsen, but every one of them can tell you the story of the Berlin candy bomber.
Halvorsen was a fresh-faced beanpole from Utah when he volunteered for the airlift. One day he spotted a group of kids watching the airplanes land at Tempelhof and, after a brief chat, got the idea to drop them his candy rations. He did it secretly at first, fearing he'd get in trouble, his copilot and flight mechanic adding their chocolate bars and chewing gum to his, tying their handkerchiefs to the small bundles as parachutes, and bombs away! on final approach. Somehow a reporter with the Frankfurter Zeitung got wind of it--almost bonked on the head with a candy bar, the story goes--and Halvorsen came back to his bunk one night to find it piled high with handkerchiefs and chocolate bars. The other airmen on the base had read the paper. The Air Force loved it, and sent him home for a weekend to do a couple of national TV shows. The candy drops became Operation Little Vittles, complete with corporate backing and its own statistics. Chocolate and handkerchiefs came into Rhein-Main from all over the United States. The town of Chicopee, Massachusetts, which set itself up as the U.S. headquarters for candy bombing, alone shipped to Germany 2,000 sheets for parachutes, 3,000 handkerchiefs, and 18 tons of candy.
This year Halvorsen, 78, is returning to Berlin to drop candy from The Spirit of Freedom, a C-54, restored by the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation, that carries airlift memorabilia and photographs instead of coal or flour. One of Berlin's favorite heroes, Halvorsen will be a popular figure at the events commemorating the airlift's 50th anniversary. At the 40th celebration in Berlin, he signed autographs for hours from the cockpit of a parked C-54, frequently on tattered pieces of cloth handed him by middle-aged Berliners who had been lucky enough to catch them many years before.
In Halvorsen's estimation, the real heroes of the airlift were the mechanics. "They weren't in covered facilities," he says. "The airplanes were out in the weather. Sometimes it got so cold, they were freezing their fingers to the head bolts of the cylinders."
"We had an hour and forty minutes for everything--refueling, reloading, preflight inspection, reservice, and any maintenance that had to be done." says James Spatafora, 69, who left his job in a Brooklyn necktie factory when he was 17 to join the Air Force. Spatafora had been trained as a hydraulics specialist on P-51 fighters and says he "really had to crack the books" when he got to Rhein-Main and started working on C-54s. "But there was no such thing as staying in your specialty," he recalls. "I helped props people change props, instruments people, electricians, towed airplanes. I loved every minute of it. Nothing heroic about it. Just ordinary people living in extraordinary times."
Katharin Brandt lived in Friedenau during the blockade, in what was once the American zone. She lives in the same district today and recalls that in the first weeks of the blockade, her greatest fear was that the Americans would abandon the city to the Russians. "I remember that in the night when I heard trucks moving in the streets, I thought--we all thought--Oh, now maybe the Western allies are moving out of Berlin," she says. Brandt was a secretary in the U.S. liaison office of the Kommandatura, the four-power military administration that governed the city. The liaison offices were located in the Russian sector--in the same building as the city's elected government--and Brandt remembers the violence that terrorized Berliners as the city divided.
"There were riots in the streets," she says. "When Parliament was in session, the Russians mobilized workers to go out in the streets, brought in by trucks. They tried to get into the Stadthaus and disturb the session of the Parliament--they have done that several times before the blockade started."
Waltraud Kuck doesn't remember fear, only hunger. She was an 18-year-old girl in the "working brigade" that built Tegel Airport in the French zone. She earned 15 marks a week and one hot meal a day, which was her only meal. The only time she could forget her hunger, she says, was when she was dancing, and she went out nearly every night. "Even today, I'm not able to throw a bit of bread away," says Kuck.
"The majority of the people there were clearing the ground with shovels. And I was lucky. I was responsible for preparation work, for measurements and things like that," Kuck says through a translator. "The other young girls who really had to work hard--they had blisters on their hands.
"On the working brigade, the atmosphere was great," she continues. "Much better than today. Everybody was helping each other. We had the feeling that things would improve." She also remembers that her father quit smoking because on the black market "with cigarettes you could pay for everything," that some of the young boys who unloaded the aircraft carried sacks of flour that weighed more than they did, and that whenever she and her friends heard an airplane overhead, they would call to it, "Airplane! Please drop some chocolate!"
"Those who lived in this time have a knowledge about it and they will never forget. But it's up to people like me to bring this subject into the city," says Heinz-Gerd Reese, a large, friendly administrator in the city government.
Reese is also the director of Berlin's Airlift Foundation, which the city founded in 1959 to give assistance to the families of the 78 British and American men who died in the airlift. Part of his job as director has been to oversee the stipends and scholarships that are still paid to some of the widows and children. But Reese, who has a zest for public relations, has also been working since 1992 in anticipation of this year's million-dollar celebration. In the elegant Berlin Rathaus, Reese describes his plans.
"I want to shake this city," he says. Berliners who buy tickets to an open air concert in the city this month are making a donation to CARE Germany. The ticket itself is a return address label--to be filled out like a raffle ticket--that will be affixed to a package from CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere). "All the CARE parcels will be flown out of Berlin into somewhere where people need it," explains Reese. "Every parcel gets a name so the receiver knows from whom it comes. We want to show that the Berliners have not forgotten what was done for them, and we reverse the airlift to other parts of the world."
This June 27 and 28, the foundation will sponsor an open house at Tempelhof Airport, which will coincide with the opening of the Allied Museum located near the former U.S. military headquarters, and will donate 30 flights around Berlin in a C-54--"a candy bomber," says Reese.
Reese has asked all the Berlin hotels to place on their guests' pillows little chocolate airplanes. He has arranged a parade of flying boats on the Havel River, where British Sunderlands delivered salt, an international conference of scholars and airlift contemporaries, airshows, high school band competitions, and fireworks displays. For 11 months, "we'll cook it," says Reese, "until the last event on the 12th of May 1999, we'll have a military concert in the Olympic Stadium to honor the veterans. They will march in at the gate and then to their seats. And I hope there will be 60,000 Berliners in the Olympic Stadium."
Katharin Brandt and Waltraud Kuck say they will attend. And Werner Hauer is planning to fly in from New Jersey. Because Berliners are proud of living in what was the capital of the cold war and memorialize the airlift as a defining moment--they quote political speeches from the time in the same way Americans remember "Give me liberty or give me death"--Reese may just fill the stadium. Will the younger generation be represented? A translator in her 20s said yes, she thought she'd go; the people of her generation want to remember the airlift because it is something good. "They are tired of feeling the need to explain Germany's history in the second world war," she said. "It's nice to have something for a change that is positive and can make them feel some pride in being German."
In a small green park near Tempelhof Airport is a concrete sculpture, a heavy 1950s design intended to represent the flight paths of three aircraft--symbolic of the British, French, and American allies--in a steep climb. The paths emerge from a concrete slab and form three prongs; Berliners call the sculpture "the hunger claw." The memorial is dedicated to those who died during the airlift. Their names are inscribed on its base.
On an afternoon last September, a friend and I visited the memorial. Three boys lounged on the lawn in front of it, backpacks and a soccer ball in the grass nearby. My friend asked them in German what the memorial was and they all answered "Die Luftbrfcke," the air bridge. Yes, but what was it, my friend went on, what did it mean? Airplanes were flown into Berlin, the three spoke at once. And who was flying the airplanes? we asked. The Americans, the French, and the Russians, one said after a brief consultation, and another directed us to the sign that had been placed there for pesky tourists like us.
Poor old Bevin probably rolled over in his grave and the history teachers in Berlin wouldn't be overjoyed either. I wonder if the veterans who will fly to Berlin again this year would mind the confusion over who exactly the good guys were. There are some who would set those youngsters straight. But there are more who would, after all these years, welcome the Russians aboard. At least three Berliners already have.


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Two New Species of Tweezer-Beaked Hopping Rats Discovered
Scientists have discovered two new species of tweezer-beaked hopping rats in the Philippines. The scientists say the rats hop around like little kangaroos. Worms are the preferred diet of the new species named Rhynchomys labo and Rhynchomys mingan.
The rats were discovered by a Field Museum reseaerch team led by the late Danny Balete. The researchers discovered the rodents love earthworms after they were unable to capture them using peanut butter as a lure.
Larry Heaney, a curator at the Field Museum and a co-author of the study, says in the announcement, "Once we began baiting the traps with live, wriggling earthworms, we discovered that these little animals are common and widespread."
The species names are for the mountains the rats are found on, Mount Labo and Mount Mingan. R. mingan is pictured in the drawing above and R. labo is below. The discovery was announced in the Journal of Mammalogy.
Study lead author Eric Rickart, a curator of the Natural History Museum of Utah at the University of Utah, says, "They're quite bizarre. They hop around on their sturdy hind legs and large hind feet, almost like little kangaroos. They have long, delicate snouts, and almost no chewing teeth."
Heaney also says, "They're very docile, very cute. Their fur is short and very, very dense, like a plush toy. They make little runways through the forest and patrol these little trails, day and night, looking for earthworms."
Image: Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum
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