Often referred to as the Nobel Prize for the environment, The Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded each year to six grassroots leaders fighting to protect the planet in their own communities. Inhabitat talked with David Gordon, the executive director of the Goldman Environmental Foundation about why the jury focuses on grassroots leaders and the stories behind this year's six winners. He said, "Richard and Rhoda Goldman wanted to not just recognize amazing work that was being done, but also to inspire others to get involved. In thinking about the kinds of people that are most likely to inspire others to action, they really wanted to focus on grassroots leadership – people who were coming from the communities, people that we can all identify with because we also live in those same communities – recognizing that anyone can take this kind of action and help better the environment." Meet this year's six winners from all around the world.
Destiny Watford, who is now 20, began fighting construction of an incinerator that was planned for her high school in the Curtis Bay neighborhood of Baltimore. The incinerator would be located "less than a mile away" from the school, and every year would emit 240 pounds of mercury. Her community already grapples with pollution; 2013 data showed that more people died in Baltimore from toxic emissions than anywhere else in the country. A total of 22 local organizations agreed to purchase energy generated from the planned incinerator, so, through music and art, Watford led her classmates to take a stand, persuading 18 of the 22 organizations to end their contracts with Energy Answers. After fighting for years, Watford won a major victory just this March when the Maryland Department of the Environment pulled the permit for the incinerator. Now she's exploring possibilities for community solar to generate clean energy instead.
Over 70 percent of people in Cambodia rely on the land to make a living, but a 2001 law decreed the government can take away land for agricultural and industrial development. Leng Ouch, 39, noticed that most of the seized land was being used for illegal logging. Although Cambodia is incredibly dangerous for activists – just last month Global Witness reported that one was harmed in a machete attack – Ouch decided to fight the criminal activity he saw. He went undercover, and for several years acted as an employee for Try Pheap, a logger connected to the Cambodian prime minister. Ouch secretly gathered evidence until he had enough to implicate the Cambodian government. When they ignored his reports, he organized people to protest peacefully. The government finally canceled contracts with Try Pheap, including 50,000 acres that is home to various endangered species. The fight isn't over for Ouch; through his organization, Cambodia Human Rights Task Forces, he continues to bring attention to illegal practices ongoing in Cambodia, advocating for sustainability and justice.
Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor is home to 50 rare species and ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrass beds. Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera, 43, grew up near there and was inspired by the natural beauty to become an environmental scientist. Yet in 1999, resort projects to which Marriott and Four Seasons were attached threatened to destroy the local environment. They planned to build three golf courses and around 3,000 tourist and residential units. In addition to destroying the area, the resorts wanted to restrict access to the beaches that local residents had enjoyed for years. To combat the project, Herrera gathered data on the ecological importance of the area and started educating the community about what they stood to lose. His goal was to designate the area as a Natural Reserve, and encourage ecotourism instead. So he campaigned for a bill protecting the corridor for nearly 10 years. In 2012, the bill was signed by Puerto Rican governor Alejandro García Padilla. Herrera is now raising money to purchase the private land left in the Northeast Ecological Corridor, a condition of the bill.
Pezinok, Slovakia already had one illegally-built landfill. It held waste in the millions of tons, including hazardous waste. Many have linked the landfill to health issues, including rates of cancer several times greater in Pezinok than other areas in the country. So when another landfill was planned for a location less than a mile away from residential homes, citizens turned to Zuzana Caputova, 42, who lives in the town with her family, to fight it. According to Pezinok's 2002 city plan, the new landfill was illegal, so Caputova put to work her career skills as a lawyer for Via Iuris to fight the environmental issue. She helped organize the citizens for years to protest the landfill, and worked to shut down the old one. Via Iuris described the efforts as "one of the most important cases of civic engagement in Slovakia since the Velvet Revolution" as thousands of people were emboldened to speak up for their home. Since winning the case, Caputova has helped several other nearby towns fight similar cases of environmental injustice. Now she's working to enact change at the federal level, focusing on the country's 40-year-old Construction Law.
Grandmother Máxima Acuña, 47, farms on 60 acres of land by Laguna Azul, a lake in Peru that provides water for her family and other local residents. She and her husband purchased the land over 20 years ago, but in 2011, the Peruvian government gave her land away along with over 7,000 acres to Colorado gold mining company Newmont Mining Corporation. The land would be used for their planned Conga Mine, to be built by their Peru branch Yanacocha. The mine was also expected to pollute local water with toxins such as cyanide and arsenic. Acuña didn't belong to any activist organizations. She lacked a formal education. But she refused to back down when Newmont tried to take her land. Representatives asked her family to sell; when she refused, they took the case to court, claiming her family was squatting on their land. A court declared in 2014 that Acuña's family is not guilty, but Newmont appealed the decision. As recently as March they continue to maintain the family lives there illegally. Acuña's family has reported so many cases of harassment that Amnesty International called for "urgent action." A crop of potatoes was destroyed, the family dog was stabbed in the neck, and in 2015, reportedly 200 policemen came on to the property and destroyed an extension the family was building on their home to keep out rain. Acuña even reported that she and her daughter were beaten until they were unconscious. Despite threats to her life, she has still refused to sell her land.
In Tanzania, hunter-gatherer peoples such as the Maasai and Hadzabe have had their lands wrested away from them by the government. Lacking a voice, they lost many of their resources. Maasai member Edward Loure, 44, didn't just sit by and watch. He's on the staff of Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT), an organization that works to protect land rights for these indigenous people who are too often marginalized. Without their land, they cannot live their traditional pastoral lives. Loure fought for their rights and built trust with people not from his own community, who were initially wary after watching land forcibly taken by the government. UCRT has worked to empower people to manage their own land, which benefits local wildlife, since conservation is at the core of their way of life and the government does not have the natural incentives to utilize the land as sustainably. Loure began his work around 10 years ago, and since then has helped protect over 200,000 acres granted to local communities. UCRT has also worked for women's rights, empowering hundreds of women to legally own their land.
The Goldman Environmental Prize foundation hopes through winning the prize, the six leaders will be able to bring about even more change.
Destiny Watford, United States Destiny Watford, who is now 20, began fighting construction of an incinerator that was planned for her high school in the Curtis Bay neighborhood of Baltimore. The incinerator would be located "less than a mile away" from the school, and every year would emit 240 pounds of mercury. Her community already grapples with pollution; 2013 data showed that more people died in Baltimore from toxic emissions than anywhere else in the country. A total of 22 local organizations agreed to purchase energy generated from the planned incinerator, so, through music and art, Watford led her classmates to take a stand, persuading 18 of the 22 organizations to end their contracts with Energy Answers. After fighting for years, Watford won a major victory just this March when the Maryland Department of the Environment pulled the permit for the incinerator. Now she's exploring possibilities for community solar to generate clean energy instead.
Leng Ouch, Cambodia Over 70 percent of people in Cambodia rely on the land to make a living, but a 2001 law decreed the government can take away land for agricultural and industrial development. Leng Ouch, 39, noticed that most of the seized land was being used for illegal logging. Although Cambodia is incredibly dangerous for activists - just last month Global Witness reported that one was harmed in a machete attack - Ouch decided to fight the criminal activity he saw. He went undercover, and for several years acted as an employee for Try Pheap, a logger connected to the Cambodian prime minister. Ouch secretly gathered evidence until he had enough to implicate the Cambodian government. When they ignored his reports, he organized people to protest peacefully. The government finally canceled contracts with Try Pheap, including 50,000 acres that is home to various endangered species. The fight isn't over for Ouch; through his organization, Cambodia Human Rights Task Forces, he continues to bring attention to illegal practices ongoing in Cambodia, advocating for sustainability and justice.
Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor is home to 50 rare species and ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrass beds. Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera, 43, grew up near there and was inspired by the natural beauty to become an environmental scientist. Yet in 1999, resort projects to which Marriott and Four Seasons were attached threatened to destroy the local environment. They planned to build three golf courses and around 3,000 tourist and residential units. In addition to destroying the area, the resorts wanted to restrict access to the beaches that local residents had enjoyed for years. To combat the project, Herrera gathered data on the ecological importance of the area and started educating the community about what they stood to lose. His goal was to designate the area as a Natural Reserve, and encourage ecotourism instead. So he campaigned for a bill protecting the corridor for nearly 10 years. In 2012, the bill was signed by Puerto Rican governor Alejandro García Padilla. Herrera is now raising money to purchase the private land left in the Northeast Ecological Corridor, a condition of the bill.
Zuzana Caputova, Slovakia Pezinok, Slovakia already had one illegally-built landfill. It held waste in the millions of tons, including hazardous waste. Many have linked the landfill to health issues, including rates of cancer several times greater in Pezinok than other areas in the country. So when another landfill was planned for a location less than a mile away from residential homes, citizens turned to Zuzana Caputova, 42, who lives in the town with her family, to fight it. According to Pezinok's 2002 city plan, the new landfill was illegal, so Caputova put to work her career skills as a lawyer for Via Iuris to fight the environmental issue. She helped organize the citizens for years to protest the landfill, and worked to shut down the old one. Via Iuris described the efforts as "one of the most important cases of civic engagement in Slovakia since the Velvet Revolution" as thousands of people were emboldened to speak up for their home. Since winning the case, Caputova has helped several other nearby towns fight similar cases of environmental injustice. Now she's working to enact change at the federal level, focusing on the country's 40-year-old Construction Law.
Grandmother Máxima Acuña, 47, farms on 60 acres of land by Laguna Azul, a lake in Peru that provides water for her family and other local residents. She and her husband purchased the land over 20 years ago, but in 2011, the Peruvian government gave her land away along with over 7,000 acres to Colorado gold mining company Newmont Mining Corporation. The land would be used for their planned Conga Mine, to be built by their Peru branch Yanacocha. The mine was also expected to pollute local water with toxins such as cyanide and arsenic. Acuña didn't belong to any activist organizations. She lacked a formal education. But she refused to back down when Newmont tried to take her land. Representatives asked her family to sell; when she refused, they took the case to court, claiming her family was squatting on their land. A court declared in 2014 that Acuña's family is not guilty, but Newmont appealed the decision. As recently as March they continue to maintain the family lives there illegally. Acuña's family has reported so many cases of harassment that Amnesty International called for "urgent action." A crop of potatoes was destroyed, the family dog was stabbed in the neck, and in 2015, reportedly 200 policemen came on to the property and destroyed an extension the family was building on their home to keep out rain. Acuña even reported that she and her daughter were beaten until they were unconscious. Despite threats to her life, she has still refused to sell her land.
Edward Loure, Tanzania In Tanzania, hunter-gatherer peoples such as the Maasai and Hadzabe have had their lands wrested away from them by the government. Lacking a voice, they lost many of their resources. Maasai member Edward Loure, 44, didn't just sit by and watch. He's on the staff of Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT), an organization that works to protect land rights for these indigenous people who are too often marginalized. Without their land, they cannot live their traditional pastoral lives. Loure fought for their rights and built trust with people not from his own community, who were initially wary after watching land forcibly taken by the government. UCRT has worked to empower people to manage their own land, which benefits local wildlife, since conservation is at the core of their way of life and the government does not have the natural incentives to utilize the land as sustainably. Loure began his work around 10 years ago, and since then has helped protect over 200,000 acres granted to local communities. UCRT has also worked for women's rights, empowering hundreds of women to legally own their land.


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Today's Saint: St. Stephen of Hungary (975-1038) played an important role in Christianizing his country. Stephen was born a pagan, but as a youth, he and his father, Duke Geza, were baptized by the Bohemian bishop St. Adalbert of Prague. At the age of twenty Stephen married Gisela, the sister of the Emperor St. Henry II.
In 997 Stephen succeeded his father as duke, and immediately began promoting Christianity (for both religious and political reasons). After consolidating his rule, he asked the pope to confer the title "king" upon him; this was done on Christmas Day 1001.
Stephen energetically guided and assisted the establishment of the Church in Hungary. He abolished pagan customs (sometimes violently, for that was the accepted manner of the age); he established monasteries and aided efforts to convert the common people. Though successful in many ways, Stephen's last seven years were bitter ones. His beloved son Emeric (also revered as a saint), whom he had carefully prepared to be his successor, was killed in a hunting accident in 1031, and his relatives shamelessly fought over which of them would be the heir to the throne (with some of his nephews actually trying to kill him). Stephen died in 1038; in 1083 both he and his son Emeric were canonized.
We beseech You, almighty God, that Your Church be worthy to have as her glorious defender in heaven blessed Stephen, Your Confessor, whom she had as her champion while he reigned on earth.
Look with favor, almighty God, upon the offerings we bring to you, and grant that we, who celebrate the mysteries of our Lord's passion, may strive to imitate what we commemorate.
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that we may follow in proper reverence the faith of blessed Stephen, Your Confessor, who as a reward for spreading that faith, was found worthy to pass from an earthly throne into the glory of Your heavenly Kingdom.


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Aluan - make good with coconut.
Aluan Make Good With Coconut.
It's time to make good - with a jar of the finest & rarest, certified organic, sustainable raw coconut oil.
From a rare island dialect, āluān is all about your trajectory. It's a reminder to keep an eye on ourselves and to make good in a world of tricky, unsustainable business.
With a premium, cold-pressed and entirely raw production process, we're maximising the value added to coconuts in the same place they're grown, supporting communities who depend on coconuts for their livelihoods. By disobeying a little and interfering just enough we're protecting oceans and rainforests in unconventional ways.
āluān's sustainability story begins with failure: Founders Jane Dunlop and Luke Swainson, (New Zealanders from Taranaki and Manawatu), learned first-hand that global environmental projects they were involved with would end abruptly once aid money ran out. This not only damaged relationships with Indigenous Peoples and local communities, but the environment too. Getting support for ambitious not-for-profit partnerships was also challenging, especially for politicians who needed to show economic growth and job creation.
We've come to realise the absolute importance of all three pillars of sustainability: environmental, social AND economic. We need an integrated approach. Our solution is to have a stake in the local economy to prove that for-profit ventures really can have a positive impact. They can make good.
THE PROBLEM – R.I.P to The Jungle Book.
Living and working around Sumatra, we see first-hand that forests and wildlife are disappearing. Fuelled mostly by the ongoing demand for unsustainably sourced palm oil, we risk of losing the cast of The Jungle Book – tigers, elephants, orang-utan, rhinos.
We understand that a lack of work opportunities forces people into extractive industries as people with limited options still have to make ends meet. We're providing alternative options, and set out to prove that sustainable business is possible. If it's possible here, it's possible everywhere!
OUR SOLUTION – Visible farming with positive environmental impact.
We're on Simeulue Island, producing the finest, rarest, raw, virgin coconut oil. We've gained organic certification for 10 remote Islands around Simeulue, plus additional mainland plantations owned by small-scale farming families.
We're weaved ourselves throughout the entire supply chain so we can tell each coconut's story, from tree-to-you.
Implementing GPS traceability so that we know exactly where our coconuts come from (by comparing this to satellite imagery we can ensure we don't source from areas of cleared rainforest).
WHERE WILL YOUR PLEDGE GO?
Your contribution is critical: you'll enable us to launch our first bottled coconut oil and connect remote Simeulue Island with New Zealand, and the world.
We measure our impact against leading international standards (IRIS). We're brand new on the scene, but have completed baseline assessments in order to set a benchmark from day one. Our policy is for radical transparency, we'll share our stories with you - even if there are a couple of uncomfortable ones! It's all learning. We believe openness is transformative - its where the best learning comes from.
Our applied technologist and Bioengineer, Angie, is building partnerships and designing sytems to convert, husks, spent shells, leaves and retired trunks into bioenergy. First to power our factory and then, the entire island.
That's us turning coconut waste and byproduct into energy to provide sustainable electricity to the 100,000 population of Simeulue - just a little more appealing than the Island's current diesel generator!
The āluān staff lottery: new rewards added!
It looks as though we may have a tortoise and hare situation on our hands!
We're halfway through the campaign, and just under halfway to our goal.
We need your continued help to spread our campaign, beat the $30K goal, and to ensure you get what you've pledged for.
A massive thank you for your contribution, for giving back to the coconut's origin, and for consuming sustainably.
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Followers of Aluan - make good with coconut.
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It's the ultimate symbol of the tropics and the most impactful way to to support remote communities. You'll improve employment and income opportunities for farming families - guaranteed rainforest friendly.
The āluān Staff Travel Lottery!
Believe it or not, the majority of Simeulue Islanders have never left the Island! You'll help to expand the experiences of our staff by offering an annual lottery, where two or more staff members can travel from the Island to a place of choice in Indonesia, and in future internationally! This will open our staff to cultural and educative experiences otherwise not available. We will document the staff members' experiences and share this with you. Last year we sent Pardi & Faisal to Bali to visit leading processing sites. It's suffice to say it blew some minds.
You're equipping Turtle Rangers with resources, building a new Ranger station, and paying salaries. Your contribution enables us to expand our ongoing monitoring and protection of endangered sea turtles on the Islands we collect coconuts from and beyond.
You're supporting up to four women from Simeulue Island to up-skill through Green School Bali's Educator Course. We're building a learning programme to inspire young people in Simeulue to become sustainability leaders. The programmes will intertwine with āluān's biodiversity conservation and environmental initiatives. You'll directly help Simeulue Island's youth learn and grow experientially.
Boat Trip Through The Simeulue Archipelago + Resort Time.
A 200 L Barrel Of The Finest & Rarest, Raw Coconut Oil!
We're not exactly sure what you'd do with this. But to each their own. Melt it and take a bath? Split it up amongst friends and create your own natural beauty products? It could change your life, you know.
Plant 5 Hectare Of Community Coconut Plantations!
You'll help us replant communities with coconut trees on degraded, under-utilised land. You'll provide employment, boost farmer incomes, give direct a incentive for people to make the most of existing agricultural land - reducing the need to turn to extractive industry or chop into rainforest.


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Effect of raw versus boiled garlic, onion and ginger extracts on platelet aggregation
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The effects of aqueous extracts of raw and boiled garlic, onion and ginger were studied in vitro on the ADP-induced platelet aggregation using human platelet-rich plasma. Raw garlic extract completely inhibited ADP-induced platelet aggregation. Raw onion and ginger extracts also showed significantly inhibitory effects on the ADP-induced platelet aggregation, with 45.3% and 40.6% platelet aggregation of control, respectively. Boiled garlic, onion and ginger extracts revealed 56.4%, 64.0% and 83.4% platelet aggregation compared to 100% in the control, respectively. These results indicated that ADP-induced platelet aggregation was inhibited by garlic, onion and ginger extracts. The raw extract form demonstrated a stronger inhibitory effect than the boiled extract. The platelet aggregation inhibitory effects were the greatest for garlic, followed by ginger, and onion for both the raw and boiled forms.
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Greece, a peninsular and mountainous country located in Southern-Eastern Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula and has the largest coastline in Europe (13,676 km) due to its numerous islands. It has more than 2,000 Greek islands but only 168 are inhabited. The country is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, ranking in the world's top 20 countries. According to the Greek Ministry of Tourism, the nation received about 17 million visitors in the 2013, a very large number for a small country of 11 million. Visitors are drawn to the country's beaches and its reliable sunny summer weather, its nightlife, historical sites and natural beauty. Over 90% of visitors who come to Greece come from other European countries, although in recent years there has been growing numbers of tourists from other parts of the world. The vast majority of visitors that arrive during the tourism season, which is April through October. The high season is July throughout August. Many of the first-time visitors that arrive in Greece with specific images in mind are surprised to discover a country with such regional and architectural diversity with many medieval churches and castles and classical ruins and temples.
Greece is a full member of the European Union since 1981, a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001, NATO since 1952, the OECD since 1961, the WEU since 1995 and ESA since 2005.


Spring is here and summer is on the horizon, which means it is time to start grilling! If you don't have a grill, you need to get one to take advantage of this timeless summer tradition. When it comes to grills, be sure to consider a pellet grill. Pellet grills offer some distinct advantages over gas and charcoal grills.
One of the great things about a pellet grill is that when you want to make food, you can get started fast. Pellet grills heat up really fast. They don't take any longer to pre-heat than the oven in your home. That means that when you are ready to cook, your pellet grill will be ready as well. There is no long wait time for things to heat up; in the time it takes you to prepare your food, the grill should be ready to go.
With a charcoal grill, it can be hard to know exactly what temperature the grill is at. Sure, you can use a thermometer to measure the temperature; however, keeping the grill at the same temperature can be challenging.
With a pellet grill, you can keep the temperature consistent the entire time you are cooking. That means no more burned burgers because the grill suddenly heated up, or cooking food that takes forever because the temperature keeps dipping down. With a pellet grill, you can cook food that comes out the same every time.
A pellet grill allows you to cook in a wide variety of different ways. You can grill food just like normal. Or you can smoke some meat and get some really great smoky flavor. The smoky flavor that is produced by pellet grills is really smooth and subtle.
You can even braise or bake food in your grill. You can use more cooking methods with this type of grill than you can with a charcoal or gas grill. You can do all of this with one device; you don't need to purchase a smoker as well.
Finally, pellet grills create really great flavored food. You can choose what type of pellets you want to use with your grill, swapping out the different types of wood to produce different types of flavor in your food. For example, you can go with cherry pellets, or apple wood pellets, or hickory pellets. Each type of pellet brings a unique flavor to your food.
Pellet grills offer great temperature control, are east to heat up, provide you with access to multiple cooking methods, and produce a great flavor every time you use them.


The beauty of the exposed structural concrete in this facility enhances the artistic endeavors of the students. A high, smooth slab roof with angled clerestory roofs, channels north light into the main ceramic studio space. The roof slab cantilevers 18 feet to the southern sky, tapering to a slim 6 inches at the tip. A thin concrete slab defies gravity as it floats above the walkway to the field-house support facilities.


What are the mysteries that Moses and Aaron perform "in the sight of the people?" According to Exodus Chapter 4, they are three bits of magic; throwing his staff on the ground which turns into a serpent and then back again to a staff, turning his hand leprous and healing it, and taking water from the Nile and changing it to blood.
All of these "miracles" actually occur within the story thread of the Burning Bush.[i] It is the Burning Bush which represents the true mystery and magic of creation. The Burning Bush is the first historical record of the nature of true oneness. It is a symbolic representation of what I have come to call inter-arching oneness[ii]. The Burning Bush contains two element: Fire and Bush. As the Holman Christian Standard Bible says, "Fire is frequently associated with special displays of God's presence." In other words, fire represents divinity and all heavenly aspects. The bush represents the earth and all earthly aspects. If the fire and the bush were next to each other, in separate spaces, the symbolism would have been one of duality; spirit and matter as separate. But that is not what happens. The fire and the bush occupy the same space. This represents nonduality or the essential oneness of all spirit and all matter; all creation. Here are visual representations of this using circles.
From these stories and happenings, it becomes clear that Moses brought to the world, the message of "all-oneness." In each of the three magics that Aaron performs "in the sight of the people" a change of physical state occurs. What he is actually doing is peeling back the illusion of the material world to show that the world we can see with our eyes is fluid. Snake/rod, clean hand/leprous hand, water/blood. All are one and the same. All are one. Only the magician/prophet/wizard/shaman who understands the nature of true oneness can perform such seemingly miraculous acts.
What this tells us is that Moses didn't just bring a message of a one god but he brought the message of the oneness of all creation.
[i] The basis for my understanding of these teachings come from my former teachers, Rev. Dr. JC and Rev. Sherry Husfelt. I thank them for their many insights. They teach "interpenetrative radical nonduality" as the essential oneness of all creation.
The first clue comes from Delphi at Apollo's temple (photo above). Inscribed at the temple were the words "know thyself." This is a hallmark of mystery school teachings. A crucial part of "knowing thyself" is recognizing and honoring ones ancestors. Moses was adopted by the pharaoh and so, presumably, did not grow up knowing his earthly lineage. But as a member of the pharaoh's household he would have had access to the finest education available in his day. That would have certainly included both military and spiritual training. But then one day, he went out to learn of his ancestry . . .
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
What happened "after Moses had grown up"? What changed his outlook? Why did he suddenly yearn to "know thyself" so urgently that, with no prior inducement, he went "out unto his brethren"? And when he did, he was filled with so much emotion that he actually ended up slaying an Egyptian in defense of his ancestral kin.
Egypt was known for having the most renowned and ancient mystery schools in the world, existing from long before the time of Moses. How could their spiritual message not be an integral part of its culture and thusly a part of Moses' education? This story was set in motion because Moses, at some point in his life, felt a burning desire to "know thyself" and set off to learn of his ancestry. This is a primary lesson of mystery schools.
Another clue to Moses and his possible knowledge of the mystery school is his use of the Mystery Play. The mystery play is a tool of mystery schools used to ripen the initiate for the transformational experience.
Performing one or even viewing one is designed to be just such a transformational experience. Experiencing a mystery play entrains one to grasp knowledge not only with the mind, but with the heart. Their themes deal with issues of life, death, rebirth, and the potential of seeds. Perhaps the most famous of the ancient world is the Greek story of Persephone traveling to the underworld. Her story was enacted at the mystery school in Eleusis. The crux of the story lies in the fact that Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds while in the underworld. The result is the mythic foundation of the cycles of the seasons stressing the themes of cycles and fertility.
Egypt, too, had its mystery plays, often involving the story of Osiris, his journey to the underworld and ultimate resurrection which was enacted by the raising of a sacred pillar called a Djet column. I discuss one such play in my book ONE GODS: The Mystic Pagan's Guide to the Bile.
And lest you think this is an older paradigm that is no longer applicable today, ponder this. There is one special mystery play that is still regularly performed in modern times, in spring, the season of rebirth. It is the familiar passion play of Christianity that relives in detail the life story and final days of Christ. The themes are familiar mystery school themes; life, death, and rebirth.
And turning back to the Bible, Moses performed a play, a mystery play, "in the sight of the people." Although some of the underlying themes are different on the surface, it was performed so the people witnessing it would experience a transformation. The phrase that the King James bible translates to "did the signs" is often translated as "performed," linking Moses's and Aaron's actions to the mystery play.
and did the signs in the sight of the people.
Next up: What mysteries was Moses performing and why they are so important and so unique to history.
Arguably the most famous Mystery School came from Greece; the Eleusinian mysteries. But the Egyptian mysteries were far older. According to Plato, Solon, a Greek statesman, met with Egyptian priests in the sixth century BCE. One of the priests said to Solon, "O Solon, Solon, you Greeks are never anything but children, and there is not an old man among you." When Solon asked what he meant, the priest answered, "I mean you are all young in mind."[i] In other words, the Egyptian mystery schools were considered ancient, while the mystery schools of Greece were still in their initial stages.
Don't forget the people of the Bible, according to the Bible itself, came out of Egypt.
One can only imagine what it must have felt like to live at that time period and in that desert with the dry beige sand stretching as far as the eye can see in almost all directions. Only in one direction, facing the waters of the Nile was there any greenery, any lushness of life at all.
When the Nile flooded her banks, the life-giving waters with its treasure of moist, fertile silt would spread out on earth transporting life to land and people alike. Then as the growing season ended, the desert would reclaim its land returning it to dryness and aridity. Season after season, year after year, century after century, the cycles of life and death would be present at one's doorstep. It can be seen how important the Nile's waters would have been to both the physical well-being, and the spiritual well-being, of the people. How joyously they must have welcomed the Nile's season of flooding. How obviously it would have been part of the collective imagination of their society.
In fact, over the course of hundreds of miles, the long banks of the Nile contained a system of temples and initiation centers, all connected with the mysteries of Isis and Osiris.[ii] These are the same mysteries that taught the lore and invoked the cycles of life/death/rebirth. In Egyptian mythology, Osiris is cut up and strewn throughout the world by his brother Horus. Isis finds him, in some versions by gathering his pieces together and in others by finding him within a wooden pillar. In one particularly beautiful telling of the myth, she uses her wings to pump air (breath) into his body, thereby reviving him.
Because Moses was raised as Egyptian royalty for the first 40 years of his life, it is reasonable to assume that he participated in the religious rites of the country and possibly even experienced the mysteries of the most ancient teachings.
Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
In upcoming posts, I will discuss how Moses and some of the Hebrew patriarchs (and one matriarch) could have easily been influenced by the Ancient Mystery School. I will argue that this can be seen both in their life stories and in the teachings they bring to the world.
[i] quoted in Naydler, Jeremy, Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts, Inner Traditions, 2005; 40. The quote comes from Plato's Timateus.
[ii] Temples such as Dendera, Kom Ombo and Karnak.


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SWFWMD gives landowner until Thanksgiving to fix drainage
By PHIL ATTINGER Staff Writer
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SEBRING — Residents on Lakewood Road hoped to have some relief from flooding by Halloween.
It will likely be Thanksgiving weekend before they see a permanent solution, according to a letter from the Southwest Florida Water Management District to the landowner whose access trail behind residents on that road ended up trapping water in their backyards and front swales.
The letter, dated Wednesday, Oct. 27, and signed by Agricultural Regulation Program Manager Mark A. Luchte of the Environmental Resource Permit Bureau Regulation Division, thanked the landowner for meeting with District staff on Oct. 21 at a piece of land behind residents to the east of Lakewood Road to discuss drainage from a raised trail.
District staff, the letter states, found a 29-inch difference in water-level elevations between the western side of a raised trail on that property and the eastern side. Study of the vegetation corroborates that the usual elevation should match up with the east side: 124.9 feet.
"It is highly recommended that you temporarily address this matter immediately in order to relieve the adjacent homeowner flooding situation to the west of this parcel," Luchte's letter states.
It then suggests that the landowner either cut through a section of the trail or employ emergency drainage relief pumps, and then remove the drainage impediment permanently no later than Nov. 26, 2021, the Friday after Thanksgiving. The letter suggests incorporating GEOWEB material with imported gravel backfill into the design of the trail, depending on the types of vehicles that will use it.
Carmen Orona, whose backyard has been flooded since heavy rains brought the water table and runoff levels up at the end of September. She was not available on Friday, but the previous week she spoke of seeing water management people walking the adjacent property with the property owner, and then later getting an update from water district staff.
"The water is down a bit," Orona said of her backyard, which had attracted waterfowl as early as a couple of weeks after the flooding started. "We still have lots of birds with fish."
Rotarians feed 305 first responders
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Rotary District Governor Deborah Williams, at left, helps Sebring Sunrise Rotary members set and pack barbecue pork lunches on Thursday for local first responders on National First Responders Appreciation Day. All told, local Rotarians fed 305 first responders this year.
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Sebring Sunrise Rotary members grab stacks of packed-up barbecue lunches for National First Responders Appreciation Day to deliver to various agencies and stations throughout the county.
From left, Kim Heinz with Sebring Sunrise Rotary talks with Rotary District Governor Deborah Williams after they and fellow Rotarians finished packing and sending out 305 barbecue pork lunches to local first responders for National First Responders Day.
SEBRING — Sebring Sunrise Rotary fed a total of 305 first responders in this year's annual First Responders BBQ.
Debra Weiser, one of the organizers of the event, said 21 people turned out the 305 meals in just 50 minutes, the fastest time compared to previous years.
This year had the added enjoyment of having Rotary District Governor Deborah Williams join in the packing and stacking at the annual event that Rotary District 6890 — Highlands, Hardee, Hillsborough and Polk counties — recognized last year as the Service Project of the Year.
"This district is amazing," Williams said. "It has some amazing Rotarians: 'Service above self.' We serve to change lives."
Rotarians have scheduled their event each year to take place on National First Responders Appreciation Day. Sebring Sunrise Rotary members grab stacks of packed-up barbecue lunches and deliver them to various agencies and stations throughout the county. They set up their base of operations this year at Fireman's Pavilion at the Highlands County Fairgrounds.
"I get invited to a lot of great things," Williams said. "These are my Rotarians. I'm here to support the clubs."
Rotarian Eric T. Zwayer, Highlands County's tax collector, said he and Rotarian Greg Griffin barbecued 20 pork butts to get the pulled pork for the meals. Each meal had a pulled pork sandwich with potato salad, homemade baked beans and a cookie.
National First Responders Appreciation Day was designated as Oct. 28 in 2017 to recognize the men and women who make it their business to take immediate action when disaster strikes, whether they are firefighters, police, paramedics or others who rush into a dangerous situation to help others.
SNL road repair list approved
SEBRING — Sun 'N Lake supervisors have approved a list of road improvements to be made throughout the Special Improvement District.
The list did not have much discussion at the Board of Supervisors meeting, with supervisors expressing their wish that the district will move forward on the work as soon as possible, project by project.
They are listed below as they were in the approved list, with cost amounts submitted by Excavation Point Inc.:
- Florida Avenue from Tangier Street to Santiago Street — $46,118 to replace mill and pave, grade the swale and put in road base for 365 linear feet of road.
- Mendoza Avenue from Granada Boulevard to Orduna Drive — $26,448 to mill and repave 1,278 linear feet of road.
- Loretto Avenue from Granada Boulevard to Orduna Drive — $27,192 to mill and repave 1,310 linear feet of road.
- Harlando Avenue from Granada Boulevard to Orduna Drive — $28,115 to mill and repave 1,348 linear feet of road.
- Garienda Avenue from Granada Boulevard to Orduna Drive — $28,925 to mill and repave 1,400 linear feet of road.
- Fonseca Avenue from Granada Boulevard to Orduna Drive — $30,217 to mill and repave 1,460 linear feet of road.
- El Rado Avenue from Granada Boulevard to Orduna Drive — $31,182 to mill and repave 1,522 linear feet of road.
- Granada Boulevard from Ortego Street to Vilabella Drive — $88,904 to mill and repave 3,422 linear feet of road.
- Granada Boulevard from Vilabella Drive to Ponce de Leon Boulevard — $36,692 to mill and repave 1,450 linear feet of road.
Sun 'N Lake also has a quote of $5,936 to do 1,218 linear feet of broken yellow line and 740 linear feet of double-yellow line on Granada Boulevard, from Ortego Street to Ponce de Leon Boulevard.
McCoy: Defense attorney loves saxophone and law
By JOHN GUERRA Staff Writer
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Yohance Kefense McCoy.
SEBRING — Yohance Kefense McCoy loves Dee's Place restaurant on Ridgewood Drive, so it's the perfect place to talk about his life as a defense lawyer. McCoy, who uses his middle name in his law firm's title, Kefense, P.A., talks about lawyering and the opportunities he would like to see for young people.
McCoy has been practicing law in Highlands County and the rest of the 10th Judicial Circuit since 2012, the year he opened his law office above Dee's. He has represented many criminal defendants, until recently including Stephen Craig Sholtz, charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. He also represents Daryl Cason, charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors allege Cason and Frederick Leneal Washington shot Aaron Hankerson on Oct. 9, 2016. The attack occurred just before 2 a.m. as Hankerson and his girlfriend walked in the parking lot of Shooters bar in Sebring.
McCoy is a native of Plantation, Florida, a community on the west side of U.S. 441 in Fort Lauderdale. His mother, father, and family members took a strong interest in the young man's future.
"I have been involved with music most of my life," McCoy says as he sips his coffee. "Saxophone and piano, since I was 11, 12 years old. I played in the jazz band in school and in the marching band at South Plantation High School."
His father, Jack McCoy, and his Uncle, Samuel "Bubba" McCoy — both career U.S. Marines who also embraced their own education — urged him to go to law school.
"Playing music led to me getting a music scholarship to Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach in 1992," he said. "I majored in criminal law there." As Yohance closed in on his bachelor's degree, his uncle gave him "The Defense Never Rests," the autobiography of F. Lee Bailey, the famed defense attorney who defended heiress Patty Hearst, the alleged "Boston Strangler," and of course, O.J. Simpson, for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in June 1994.
"Uncle Bubba got me that book, and he told me, 'Your dad tells me you are interested in law, here's wishing you success," Yohance says, smiling at the memory. "He also told me, 'I hope this book will inspire you.' I read the book and it was very inspirational for me in understanding you never stop defending your client throughout the entire process. I go back through it and read it from time to time."
A note: McCoy did get to hear Johnny Cochran speak at Bethune-Cookman after the trial. McCoy watched the trial with other students at Bethune-Cookman — as did the rest of the world.
It must also be noted that McCoy does not employ the theatrics and emotional appeals Bailey and Cochran used while defending Simpson. McCoy arrives prepared for court and communicates clearly with the judge, something a busy Circuit Court Judge Peter Estrada probably appreciates.
"The defense never rests, that's the approach you take, you approach it all out, you keep looking for ways to protect your client," says McCoy, who is married with two children. "You make sure you give them the defense they've come to you to receive."
McCoy says he gives his clients who may be facing many years in prison, the truth. "You're managing a lot of expectations, you want to give your clients a true objective assessment of where they are and what the case presents for them," he says. "You have to be realistic with your client, just laying it out to them, because no one else around them will."
Like other defense lawyers, McCoy represents young people growing up with fewer opportunities than their parents.
He would like to see jobs training, technology classes, and other enrichment programs for the children in Sebring, Avon Park, and other parts of Highlands County.
"I think generally, all across America, we have a younger generation that has few opportunities to express themselves," he says. "I believe in order to help any generation, you have to have community centers, the places they can go and feel safe when they gather."
He is thankful he had his music.
"When I was coming up there was a place for me to go to learn about music, to help develop my love and interest in music," he said. "That helped me get to college, I got a music scholarship."
His clients and other kids he sees have talent, inquisitive minds, interest in social media and Internet technology, but they don't see a path to reaching their goals.
"We definitely have to something for the youth, to help them out. I think if you give a child an opportunity to develop in the things they love, and an alternative to negativity, they will develop positivity."
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Fmr Clinton aide resigns after profanity-filled, finger-wagging attack on cops at a traffic stop video gets out
April 25, 2018 | Frieda Powers | Print Article
A Port Authority ethics chairwoman and a former financial adviser to Hillary Clinton was forced to resign after a profanity-filled confrontation with police at a traffic stop.
Police released video Tuesday showing Caren Turner, a commissioner with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and chairwoman of its ethics committee, berating officers and attempting to use her position to intimidate them, Politico reported.
A spokesman for the Port Authority called Turner's behavior "indefensible," as the video showed her at one point telling an officer, "You may shut the f— up!"
Turner once served on finance committees for Hillary Clinton, New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine. She was appointed by former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to the Port Authority, which controls the area's crossover bridges and tunnels, major airports and the World Trade Center site.
New Jersey police had pulled over a vehicle with tinted front windows and an "unclear" rear license plate on March 31, according to a police report, Politico reported. Turner's daughter was one of the passengers and called her mother when N.J. police officer Matthew Savitsky informed the driver that the car would have to be impounded because he didn't have a current insurance card and the car's registration had expired.
Turner arrived and can be heard in the video introducing herself as "the commissioner of the Port Authority."
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"She immediately walked up to PO Casper and I and began attempting to hand me a business card identifying herself as 'the commissioner of the Port Authority,'" Savitsky wrote in the report. "She also exhibited a full-size gold badge in a badge wallet that had the same printed on it. She then began a line of questioning in a demanding nature."
"You're just here as a ride, right?" the officer is heard in the video asking.
"No, I'm not. I'm here as a concerned citizen and friend of the mayor," Turner replied, adding "trust me, I'm very involved."
She became annoyed when she was informed that the officers were under no obligation to provide her with information since all of the passengers in the car were over 18 years old. The officer directed Turner "to speak with the driver of the vehicle for more information," based on the way she was "attempting to misappropriately user her professional position to gain authority in this situation," the report indicated.
She curtly corrected one officer who called her "Miss."
"No, don't call me miss, I'm 'Commissioner,' thank you" Turner said, repeatedly swearing and accusing an officer of being "an ass" and of having a "smug ass look" on his face.
She unloaded when the officer attempted to end the exchange.
"You may not tell me when to take my child. You may shut the f— up!" she told him.
Turner resigned after the Port Authority was alerted to the incident and the bistate agency's inspector began to investigate
"The Port Authority has zero tolerance for ethics violations," Port Authority spokesman Ben Branham said in a statement Monday.
"This is on me and I take full responsibility for it," Turner, a public relations professional, said in a text message, Politico reported. "It's a bit more involved than what meets the eye "
"The video speaks for itself," Branham said. "The conduct was indefensible. The board takes its recently adopted Code of Ethics for commissioners extremely seriously and was preparing to form a special committee to review the findings of the inspector general investigation and take action at this Thursday's board meeting. Commissioner Turner's resignation was appropriate given her outrageous conduct."
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During his English studies, Sebastian was involved with experimental linguistics, where he had a chance to investigate how confusion influences language comprehension. Now, keen on conducting experiments, he decided to pursue his career in QA where he can make use of his inquisitive attitude. Apart from that, Sebastian is generally interested in the arts and spends lots of time listening to music, playing a guitar and watching films.


Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) suggest how community-level entrepreneurs can tackle local problems.
The JRF pilot project in Bradford shows the untapped potential that locally based social enterprises have to solve local problems.
The report also says that local authorities should place a higher importance on this as a way to help the problems, and be willing to take the risk to back them.
The Bradford Social Future Awards is a pilot scheme in partnership between JRF, UnLtd and Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Between May 2011 to June 2012, it showed the untapped potential of local people to find local solutions to local problems, and a readiness to take risks through backing social entrepreneurs with flexible finance and support.
See a full summary of the pilot here.


She is the beacon of modern classical music and the diva of international opera. Her exquisite soprano has impressed audiences all over the world. Galina Vishnevskaya has suffered the hardships of exile and reaped the delights of international success. Her path towards a multitude of awards, a collection of the most prestigious operatic roles and personal happiness was peppered with a multitude of difficulties. It began when she was abandoned by her mother, who sought new romantic conquests, and was left in the care of her drunkard father, who was not overly concerned about he welfare of his young daughter.
Vishnevskaya was brought up by her grandmother in the city of Kronstadt, not far from St. Petersburg (then Leningrad). They lived in a large communal flat, surrounded by relatives and constant buzzing activity. Her singing talent was noticed early; as a little girl, Vishnevskaya liked to impersonate popular Soviet singers, climbing up on a chair to perform during family gatherings. At the age of 10, she received some opera recordings as a present. The gift would change her life forever.
Vishnevskaya was overwhelmed by the unmatched nature of operatic singing and immediately decided to become like one of the voices she heard on the gramophone. She was naturally endowed with an amazing memory when it came to music. As a child, she would sometimes run off to the river shore to practice songs she had heard on the radio.
starvation. It was during that difficult time that she met her first husband - a marine officer. They married quickly, but their relationship fell apart just as swiftly as it had begun. However, this turn of events helped her survive the war - she was taken to the local air defense unit where people received extra rations for their work.
In 1944, Vishnevskaya made her stage debut by performing in a local operetta theater. The ensemble traveled all over the Soviet Union, performing at military garrisons, villages and communal farms. In her autobiography, she vividly remembers the images of those days: "We slept in piles, wherever we could and we would perform every day in chilly concert halls with snow on the walls." Nevertheless, she was glad to finally be a part of the world she longed for - the world of music.
Her music teacher, Vera Garnia, an 80 year old woman who gave lessons for the miserly price of one ruble per hour, opened up her soprano talent and predicted a dazzling opera career for her student. However, the young singer continued to lead a nomadic existence. She became involved in another unsuccessful relationship, this time with the ensemble's manager (who was 22 years her elder). In 1945, Vishnevskaya gave birth to a son, who died two months later from food poisoning. Shortly after that, the young singer contracted tuberculosis - a result of the meager lifestyle she led.
round and was accepted into the theater's ensemble. Her natural beauty, talent and acquired professionalism played their part - she was the only one to be offered the position out of the thousands who auditioned all over the Soviet Union.
"She just suddenly appeared in the Bolshoi Theater. Out of nowhere, absolutely unknown, but already well equipped, and a professional in her own right!
The ensemble gladly accepted her: she was immediately offered a most difficult part in "Fidelio" - the only opera written by Beethoven – in which she played Leonore. What followed was imminent success. Vishnevskaya was very selective of her roles. She didn't want to perform in meaningless operas created by some Soviet composer on order of the Communist Party.
"I awaited a love, for which it would be worth dying, like my opera heroines. We rushed towards each other and nothing could possibly hold us back."
In 1959 Vishnevskaya made her debut performance in the U.S. She performed Tatyana in "Eugene Onegin" by Tchaikovsky at Carnegie Hall and brought the audience to rapture. Tickets for her next solo concerts sold out immediately. She excelled on the world's major opera stages, making her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1961 as Aida and sang at La Scala in 1964. It was a golden time in the singer's career. In 1966 she received the "People's Artist of the USSR" order.
in their country house, which made them tacit enemies of the state by default. Pressure from the government was soon to follow: Rostropovich was prohibited from touring abroad and was expelled from the Bolshoi Theater. Vishnevskaya's performances received no coverage in the Soviet press and TV and radio stations were banned from broadcasting her concerts.
To this day, the unstoppable soprano continues to be an enormous presence on the world's cultural and social scene. In 2007, despite losing her husband that same year, she starred in Aleksandr Sokurov's movie "Aleksandra." She played the role of a grandmother who comes to see her grandson during the Second Chechen War. Despite her age, she endured the tough shooting conditions. The film received massive critical acclaim and was nominated for the Golden Palm award in Cannes in 2007.
Galina Vishnevskaya currently lives in Moscow. Her two daughters - Elena and Aleksandra - live in France and the U.S. respectively. She has six grandchildren, all of whom are U.S. citizens.
Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Glinka was the founder of the nationalist school of Russian composers and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music. Aleksandr Vertinsky Aleksandr Vertinsky was the most popular singer of Russia's 'Silver Age,' a revival in Russian poetry and arts at the beginning of the 20th century. Miliy Balakirev Mily Balakirev was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor. He founded and led a group of musicians called The Five. Modest Mussorgsky Today Modest Mussorgsky is considered a pioneer of Russian opera alongside such musical giants as Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Dmitry Shostakovich. Viktor Tsoy Viktor Tsoy is a man called "a legend" and "the last hero" of Russian rock, whose life is the life of his band Kino. Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Vysotsky was an iconic figure, an actor and a poet, loved by both factory workers and Communist Party secretaries.


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Q: The direct image sheaf For a ringed topological space$(X,O_X)$,let $f:X\to Y \space $be a continuous map between topological spaces. We know that $f_*O_X$ defines a sheaf on Y. So is the stalk of $f_*O_X$ just the same as the stalk of $O_X$, i.e.,
${(f_*O_X)}_{f(x)}={(O_X)}_{x}$
Does this hold?

A: We can explicitly write out the stalks in terms of their definition (as colimits):
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$$\mathcal{f_{*}O}_P := \varinjlim_{V \ni f(P)} (f_{*}\mathcal{O})(V) := \varinjlim_{f^{-1}(V) \ni P} \mathcal{O}(f^{-1}(V))$$
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It was a family gathering. My mom got shot and paralyzed from the incident.
DeTerrence's Mother: It's a struggle, because like I said they're in a structure with no father figure and all that's going on around us, the shooting, and I lost a niece in a drive by. I lost a cousin; he got shot getting off his bus, going home. So right now I'm just trying to keep him close and help him through this time.
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COVID drop in Danbury area doesn't mean 'let your guard down'
Nor'easter could bring 14-plus inches of snow in Danbury area
New Milford mayor could get an $18k salary raise
Danbury to close satellite school in Brookfield
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If you're looking for holiday treasures from around the world, the fifth annual St. Rose of Lima "You Can Never Have Enough Christmas" boutique may have what you're seeking.
The boutique, sponsored by Rev.
Robert Weiss , opened Nov. 30 with a Men's Only night of shopping and continues to tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. Up for purchase are Santas, snowmen, holiday jewelry, nativity sets, collectibles such as Hummel, house decorations, Christmas decorations and many one-of-a-kind items.
The boutique's gala opening is tomorrow night, from 6 to 10 p.m.
Admission is $5 per person and includes live music, wine and cheese and a free gift.
There is no admission to the boutique on Saturday and Sunday. Sale hours on Dec. 3 are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Dec. 4, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Besides cash and checks, credit cards are now accepted.
Sale proceeds benefit the parish's building program.
The Garden Club of Newtown will hold its annual Greens Sale at the Meeting House on Main Street at the flagpole Friday and Saturday.
Wreaths, roping and many other items used in decorating the home for the holiday season, all handmade by club members, will be available.
An event highlight this year will be the presence on Saturday of Newtown author, master gardener and speaker Sydney Eddison who will be signing her newest book, "Gardens to Go - Creating and Designing a Container Garden."
A special raffle item, a one-night stay at the Dana-Holcombe House , the town's new bed and breakfast establishment, will be offered. Tickets are $5.
Sale hours are 1 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 2 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 3 or until sold out.
The Newtown Choral Society under the direction of Mary Andreotta , accompanied by Maureen Kelly and featuring harpist Susan Thomas , perform Benjamin Britten 's "Ceremony of Carols" this Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in the Meeting House on Main Street at the flagpole.
Also on the program will be "O Holy Night," a collection of 13 carols and Christmas hymns arranged by John Rutter .
Tickets are $9 and $7 for seniors and under 12.
Call (203) 426-3769 for more information.
The Newtown Tercentennial Commission sponsors "Celebrating Newtown's Historic Families," a showcase for the history and memorabilia associated with families with names such as Glover, Ferris, Nichols and Hanlon and others who have lived in town for 75 or more years, on Sunday at the C.H. Booth Library from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Among those items on display will be a quilt made in the mid-19th century that has many recognizable Newtown names on it, such as Botsford, Jackson, Johnson, Fairchild, Taylor and Sanford and is a new addition to the Newtown Historical Society 's collection of historical Newtown artifacts.
"The showcase is a great way for children to learn about the town's history," said Mae Schmidle , the project chair and tercentennial commission vice chair, "and it's a wonderful way for newcomers to learn about the people and families remembered in the names of the town's roads and buildings."
Call (203) 426-2607 or (203) 426-3651 for more information.
This Sunday residents have a chance to do some holiday shopping and support the C.H. Booth Library at the same time.
From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library are selling upscale books as well as Booth book bags, bookmarks, maps, Sarah Booth Cookbooks and other stocking stuffers.
The sale takes place in the lower level of the library along the wall opposite the meeting room where the Festival of Trees raffle will be held.
Please note: The sale begins one hour earlier than the library usually opens on Sundays).
For more information about the Holiday Book Emporium , call the library, (203) 426-4533.
Dine at My Place Restaurant on Dec. 5, when the eatery is donating 20 percent of its proceeds on all orders, eat in, take out or delivery to help Newtown High School Orchestra students raise funds for their trip to Italy this coming April.
Remember, though, when placing an order, tell the wait person you're supporting the Newtown High School Orchestra.
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A kick-off meeting for anyone interested in volunteering is for this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Old Court House room in Edmond Town Hall.
A race logo design contest, open to students in grades kindergarten through 12, began Nov. 22 and will end Jan. 20.
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Entries go to Newtown Youth Services, 10 Glen Road, Sandy Hook, 06482.
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MG and I gave Chubs a bath for the first time! We always joke that his head smells funny. MG says it's cause he has stinky breath, but I think it might be because I kiss him too much… True story. Hence the reason why he got washed!
MG had been doing some research on bathing techniques for cats, especially ways to destress the cat during a bath. It was suggested to wash a cat in the sink instead of a bathtub because a tub is synonymous to a never-ending ocean. So we did that.
I gave him some turkey afterwards as a treat. I think Chubs enjoyed his bath because it was nonstop purring after. He likes to be clean and now he smells so fresh!
I can't… this picture is just toooooo fricken cute!
If you have a cat, do you wash him/her? Is it a good or bad experience? And how often?
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That is the most adorable thing ever!!!!
<3 <3 <3 His little stinky self needed this really bad!


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Comedian Tim Conway of 'The Carol Burnett Show' dies at 85
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(CNN/AP) -- Actor and comedian Tim Conway, best known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show," died on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, according to his publicist.
Conway was 85. He had been battling a longtime illness prior to his death, Howard Bragman, Conway's representative, told CNN.
"The Carol Burnett Show" aired on CBS from 1967-1978. The ensemble cast included Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner. Conway joined the cast as a regular in 1975 after being a frequent guest.
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