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Essay by Robin Morrow
When a full account of the rise and fall of the printed book is written, the year 2010 will be seen as a turning point. It had become clear to even a mildly interested observer that the book as physical object was under siege. To read long-text books and journal or news articles, many people were turning to tablets and e-books; even I had begun to read Dickens novels on an iPad. But the picture book was mounting a powerful defensive skirmish. Lane Smith's It's a Book! appeared in the US, with cartoon animals asking 'Do you scroll down? Does it need a password? No, it's a book!', a reminder that, as Adam Gopnik wrote about it,'what books do depends on the totality of what they are'. In Australia, where picture books have for decades been both innovative and respected, books without words were among leaders of the charge. The Picture Book of the Year award in 2010 went to Gregory Rogers' wordless The Hero of Little Street; three years earlier the winner had been Shaun Tan's The Arrival, an album of 128 pages, with nary a word except for some signs in an invented language.
Picture books were not to be easily gobbled up by new technologies. As far back as the seventies, Barbara Bader had forged a definition of this unique art form, which was to become my favourite:
A picturebook is text, illustrations, total design; an item of manufacture and a commercial product; a social, cultural, historical document; and foremost an experience for a child. As an art form it hinges on the interdependence of pictures and words, on the simultaneous display of two facing pages, and on the drama of the turning page. (p. 1)
Australian artist Jeannie Baker had been in the forefront of demonstrating the possibilities of this art form with her emphasis on 'total design', on a book's constructedness as an 'item of manufacture'. Bader's definition fitted her books admirably, and seemed slightly out-of-date only as Baker came to omit words entirely. And her 2010 book, Mirror, was to throw a special spotlight on 'the simultaneous display of two facing pages'.
Most children in Australian schools, and many adults, recognise Baker's books because of her trademark collage constructions. A popular early book, Where the Forest Meets the Sea,depicts a pristine beach and the hollow trees and lush vines of the Daintree area in Queensland; the artist had collected sand, twigs and leaves from the region, then in her studio built miniature landscapes which, when photographed, provide scenes of intricate detail and 3D realism. A brief text tells of a father and son enjoying the peaceful forest, while ghostly figures call to mind their predecessors, the Aboriginal inhabitants; and then a shadowy future is depicted, of what may lie in store if developers are allowed to do their work. An endnote sets out facts about the Daintree and the need for conservation.
By the time she produced Window in 1991, Baker had done away with words altogether. The three hallmarks of a Baker book had now become the 3D collage art, a serious engagement with a major theme of environmental concern, and wordlessness. Window tells the story of a young man's growth from babyhood to becoming a parent himself, and the simultaneous changes in the environment around his home, as bushland changes to built-up cityscape. Baker had devised skilful ways to tell a story without words; her readers, too, had developed the ability to read pictures. Belonging, sequel to Window, published a surprising 13 years later, is a more optimistic book, showing the renewal of urban space both by greening and by community-building. The author's note states: 'People are discovering the need to nurture and be nurtured by the unique character of the place where they live'.
Baker's oeuvre developed in parallel with the growth of graphic novels and manga, as teenagers especially became used to reading wordless texts. It is rare these days to hear the querulous remarks I would overhear in my bookshop about earlier wordless books, such as 'What are we supposed to do with this book?' I now teach postgraduate courses in Australian youth literature, and include Jeannie Baker works on the booklist; one student commented that she really loved reading these books, as it is like people-watching: the book does not tell you what the people are thinking, you as reader must infer it from their actions. Books such as these have trained us all, as readers, to undertake what UK picture book critic Jane Doonan calls close looking in context – poring over the illustrations to spot tiny details of colour and texture, inferring, as the US student said, whole life-stories from pictures on the page: these are the challenges and rewards of spending time with a Jeannie Baker book.
Secrecy surrounded the release of Mirror in 2010. Nobody was supposed to know where it was set, nor anything about its format. When it did appear, the book was first perceived as unusual – even eccentric – in shape: the reader was straightaway conscious of it as an 'item of manufacture', and needed to work out how to approach it. To pick up a copy of Mirror was to experience something quite at odds with the whole tendency of books to enter the e-world, the virtual and slippery place where textbooks and novels cluster, waiting for the click of a button to whisk them into existence. Those experienced in handling picture books instinctively opened the cover to full width, to reveal two equivalent scenes, each one showing a boy looking out at the night sky from an upstairs window. One scene is of a building with lacy decoration, against a pink and green landscape of cultivated farmland; the other shows an urban skyline, with tall buildings many Australian readers would recognise as those of Sydney. The title, Mirror, appearing in both English and Arabic, on two 'front' covers is the first of a number of unsettling experiences, certainly to those who assume there is a correct, left-to-right way to start the reading process. The right-to-left text of Arabic script versus the left-to-right of English serves as a literal marker of two different regions, as well as a metaphor for reading the world in Paulo Freire's term. Readers not accustomed to right-to-left tracking of images may be forced to recognise that Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen were right, when they pointed out that marking of progress by movement towards the right-hand edge of the page is cultural, not universal.
Then, when the book was opened, it was found to be shaped like some kind of very large butterfly, with as wings two sets of pages that open wide and require an ample desk or floor space to display the whole spread. Soon readers discovered, by trial and error or by following the instructions at the start ('The Western and Moroccan stories in this book are designed to be read side by side'), that Mirror should be read in symmetry. Reading it this way allows the pairs of spreads to disclose the parallel stories of a day in the life of each of the two boys shown on the cover – one boy who lives in the Valley of the Roses in Morocco, and another in urban Australia. The first young reader with whom I shared the book, spent a few minutes turning pages and peering at the early spreads, then, as though solving a puzzle said 'Oh, I get it', and methodically set to read his way through the pairs of facing pages. And reading it is: this book has all the elements dear to an English teacher's heart, such as setting, characters and plot; it just happens that they are delivered without a verbal text . . .
And I must confess it made my old bookseller's heart sing, knowing that to introduce Mirrorto a class would require the handling of physical books (multiple copies!), and opening them up on desks and lecterns, letting the readers' individual senses get to work on the business of reading.
Picture books have a special relationship with the passing of time, a vital element in any story but challenging, of course, for the creator of a wordless book. In Window, Baker had planted clues, such as birthday cards on the windowsill, to help the observant reader to follow the growth of the main character. In Mirror the reader tracks the time of day through the two boys' stories, which begin with waking up and having breakfast, and continue with a father-and-son journey to the market or shopping centre, their return with something traded in the marketplace, and on to evening meal-time and engagement with the newly acquired possessions. The Moroccan family enjoys their first home computer, and the Australian family has bought a colourful handwoven carpet (maybe a magic carpet) about which the reader has built up special knowledge.
The hinge to this story – and a hinged mirror seems to me a perfectly suitable image, recalling the mirrors on my grandmother's dressing table –is an item of craft, the beautiful handmade carpet of colourful patterns, that glows against any background. Examining the carpet as a woven object sends the reader back to close looking at the collage constructions of the whole book. Baker has depicted the two contrasting landscapes within which the boys and their families live and move, by combining natural and artificial materials from which she built her collages – as she states in her endnote to the book, from 'sand, earth, clay, paints, vegetation, paper, wool, tin and plastic'. Like the Moroccan mother in her story, she has lovingly constructed an artifact for others to examine and enjoy.
Within the pages of Mirror are many rich themes to ponder. To what extent can people from opposite ends of the earth be connected? Are there core human values that each of the two families reveals? Is their daily life mostly a matter of trading (as my more cynical students would claim)? Mirror has much to offer as a text to study, and issues to debate.
But turning from these larger questions, I decided to go back to the book and practise close looking, trying to look with fresh eyes at the familiar scenes, to see which elements of Mirrorwould claim attention this time round. I was struck anew by the depth of blue in the Moroccan night sky. And what time and care the Moroccan family needed in order to prepare even a simple meal, one shared by the extended family, unlike the Australian family with their takeaways for just four people. I found myself drawn again to a favourite image, that of the spice-seller's stall in the market, with its colours so rich that the reader seems able to inhale the diversity of spices. I noticed again the mother in Morocco starting the day on her prayer mat, and the secular character of the Australian family's daily life. And marvelled that, even among the modern amenities of Australian life, the urban family seemed to spend just as much energy in lugging and heaving awkward-shaped parcels through traffic. And just as the central boy characters were different in many ways, their red clothes were a marker of similarity; and the ending of the book highlighted each boy's eagerness to learn new things and share this knowledge with his family. All these assorted impressions served to confirm the book's role as 'a social, cultural, historical document', in Bader's phrase.
And then I found myself being forced to admit that, even in a wordless book, the creator has gently nudged the reader in certain directions. Baker provides forewords and endnotes that give factual information about where the two families live, and about the materials and processes used for the collages; but she also guides the reader towards the underlying ideology of her work – in this case stating that 'outward appearances may be very different but the inner person of a "stranger" may not be a stranger at all'. It would be hard to resist this message of community and goodwill.
Returning to Bader's definition, I note that there is one phrase which really does need updating: the statement that a picture book is 'foremost an experience for a child'. Mirror is a fine example of the picture book as an experience for a reader of any age, child or adult, to learn from, ponder and discuss, savour and enjoy.
Referenced works
Bader, B. American Picturebooks from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within. New York: Macmillan, 1976.
Baker, J. Where the Forest Meets the Sea. Sydney: Julia MacRae, 1987.
—. Window. Sydney: Julia MacRae, 1991.
—. Belonging. London: Walker Books, 2004.
Doonan, J. Looking at Pictures in Picture Books. Stroud: The Thimble Press, 1993.
Gopnik, A. It's a Book review. The New York Times. 17 October 2010: p. BR16.
Freire, P. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Herder and Herder, 1970.
Kress, G., van Leeuwen, T. Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design. London: Routledge, 1996.
Rogers, G. The Hero of Little Street. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2009.
Smith, L. It's a Book! New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2010.
Tan, S. The Arrival. Lothian Books 2006.
© Copyright Robin Morrow 2014
Publisher Walker Books
ISBN 9781406309140 (print)
Category Children's Books
About the essay author
Dr ROBIN MORROW AM is National President of IBBY Australia (International Board on Books for the Young). She founded the first specialist children's bookshop in Sydney and managed it for 25 years; has been book reviewer for a national newspaper, worked as a children's publisher, and taught children's literature at universities including Macquarie and UTS. She now teaches (online) for Simmons College, Boston, a postgraduate course in Australian children's and YA books. Robin has served on many judging panels including the Children's Book Council of Australia awards. Her special interests include the picture book as bearer of cultural messages; the importance of introducing books to babies; and international children's books.
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Two Star Review: Falling Stars by Krys Janae
Kindle Unlimited Copy Publisher: Self-Published Released: March 31, 2015 Genre: Contemporary Romance Length: 202 Pages BUY IT NOW Synopsis You met them in Seeing Stars, and now they're back. After celebrating the success of their movie Gateway and a leap into wedded bliss, Alisa and Logan Rider separate for a few months as they each venture into their own new thing: Logan is cast in a high-budget action film which is the stepping stone into the next chapter of his stardom, wh
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New Research: Unequal Zoning Changes and Black City Council Members in Durham, NC
Previously, we've discussed new research from Jessica Trounstine that shows how stricter land-use and zoning regulations in white neighborhoods work as a mechanism for white homeowners to exclude potential black residents and preserve their property values.
In CityLab, UNC Chapel Hill professor Andrew Wittemore discusses his new case study on the effects of race on zoning decisions in the city of Durham over the past 70 years.
[This study] presents quantitative evidence that prior to 1985, racial demographics offer a better explanation for the distribution of these potentially exclusionary decisions than median incomes or homeownership rates. This finding is substantiated by qualitative evidence from plans, records of public hearings, and other primary materials pertinent to zoning decisions affecting residential land use…[S]ince 1985, the city has made residential zoning decisions that have collectively entailed less dissimilar treatment of areas of different racial characteristics, and suggests reasons for this shift based on further research of primary materials. These findings inform us of the role of racial bias in zoning beyond the era of explicit racial zoning in the early 20th-century.
More specifically, "from 1945 through 1984" he finds, "down-zonings occurred in neighborhoods that were on average 71 percent white, and refused up-zonings occurred in neighborhoods that were on average 74 percent white. But the city as a whole was on average only 59 percent white in this period."
The racial disparity is striking, especially when comparing Durham's response to similar problems that can be addressed by zoning changes in white versus black neighborhoods.
[L]egislators agreed to increase residential density in a black neighborhood experiencing school overcrowding, but in the same period they reached the opposite conclusion in a white area experiencing the same problem. The clearest disparity in the handling of similar residential re-zoning cases was in public housing, which legislators continued to concentrate within black areas through the 1960s. Another example involved a builder that civil rights activists associated with exploitative practices in black neighborhoods: The city council repeatedly rebuffed his requests in white neighborhoods while accommodating his requests for up-zonings in black areas.
The city council also allowed economic development arguments to outweigh community protest when it came to accommodating heavy commercial and industrial uses in black areas…While property owners and developers were interested in establishing these uses in white and black-majority areas alike, they had more success in doing so in the latter, where the council approved 31 out of 40 requests between 1945 and 1984, despite mobilization against these rezonings (by comparison, the council approved only half of the requests in white-majority areas).
This dynamic began to unravel as more black members of the city council became elected beginning in the 1980s. After 1985, at least 5 of the 13 members of the Durham City Council were black.
These legislators, in concert with a growing number of white allies on the council, began to assert a dominant hand in zoning and other affairs, and spurred by crime and a number of industrial accidents in black areas, began to tackle the uneven distribution of lower-income housing and industrial uses in the city. Consequently, from 1985 on, the racial disparities that characterized the distribution of the various zoning decision types disappeared.
It's no secret that stricter zoning and land-use regulations increase rents in the areas where they're implemented, to the detriment of everyone but most particularly people of color.
But this recent wave of research demonstrates that race is a strong motivator to either stop development altogether, or shift it to majority-minority neighborhoods. The ability of local governments to exclude minority residents is compelling evidence of the need to roll back the regulations that make this possible.
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Billy Bennington
by John Howson
This article in our series of portraits of singers and musicians from East Anglia comes from John Howson, co-founder of EATMT, who recorded the masterful Norfolk dulcimer player Billy Bennington in the 1980s. In more recent years, the incidental conversations on these recordings have proved fertile ground for further researches into the dulcimer, some of which was presented during EATMT's Playback project in 2005. Inspired by Billy's playing and companionship, John and Katie Howson's research into other dulcimer players and makers in East Anglia continues to develop, even 25 years after his death.
Billy Bennington was born in 1900. His mother played melodeon and his father played tin whistle but it was his grandmother who gave Billy his first instrument, a glockenspiel, when he was about six. He first heard a dulcimer when he went to Hingham show where Billy Cooper was playing. His father had taught him and subsequently taught Billy Bennington. Mr Cooper also played euphonium in the Hingham and Watton Band and as Billy said 'He taught me in the band master style. He used to stand by the side of me with his little baton and if I went wrong I got a tap. Of course me being a boy, I was a bit nervous of him. I used to bike to Hingham and I was so afraid I was going to make a
mistake I used get off about a mile before I got there and get into a gateway, take the dulcimer off my back and have a tune at the side of the road.'
After the First World War, Billy Cooper lodged with the Benningtons, who then kept the King's Head in Barford. The two Billys used to go around to different villages, to play for village hops and other social occasions, together with the fiddler Walter Baldwin. The three of them travelled in a motorbike and sidecar, with the two dulcimers and fiddle in a basket and Billy Bennington standing up at the back hanging on for dear life! At other times Billy would cycle with the dulcimer on his back, and with the ends of it sticking out above his shoulders, earned himself the nickname of the 'Barford Angel'.
Billy had a variety of ways of playing the dulcimer, the more usual one being striking the strings with cane beaters, but for some particular tunes, he would pluck the strings with the nails of the first finger and thumb. He was a gardener and diligently wore plastic gloves for any task that might threaten to break the nails of his dulcimer-plucking finger. He played one particular tune, Lovely Lucerne, by plucking with one hand and using a beater in the other hand. He knew a wide range of tunes, including hornpipes for stepdancing, polkas and schottisches for couple dancing, a jig or two for the Norfolk Long Dance and also played song tunes and a number of marches and more complex pieces. In his later years, Billy taught several people, and also gave pairs of traditional cane beaters to many more. These beaters, bound with wool, give a very distinctive mellow sound, and a number of Billy's are still in use today.
In the early 1980s, we went out with Billy a lot, and we always seemed to have some adventure or other! As well as performing at his local folk festival in Norwich, he was also a guest at Sidmouth and Dartmoor festivals in Devon in 1982, accompanied by his ever-supportive wife, Iris. They were the most elderly of the party we took that year, but never lacked in energy when it came to playing music! The dulcimer was Billy's life, and he welcomed interested visitors to his home, Rose Cottage, where Iris supplied the tea and home made cake while Billy supplied the talk – and, of course, the music! Billy died on 18th October 1986 and we are unlikely to see his kind again.
Click here for a "Personal Portrait" of the Old Hat Concert Party with whom Billy played on many occasions in the 1980s.
Click here for a video of Billy playing on a visit to Swindon in 1983, with the Old Hat Concert Party.


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ODM Presidential Candidates Given More Time To Submit Applications
By Richard Kamau / Friday, 26 Feb 2021 06:47AM / Leave a Comment / Tags: 2022, odm, presidenial candidates
The Raila Odinga-led Orange Democratic Movement(ODM) has extended the deadline for prospective presidential flagbearers to submit their applications.
Candidates had until February 26 to apply but this has been pushed by a month to March 31, 2021.
"Further to the notice of the National Elections Board (NEB) of 21st January 2021 calling for the submission of applications by individuals interested in consideration as the ODM Party presidential candidate for the 2022 general elections, this is to extend the deadline for the submission of applications from 26th of February 2021 to 31st March 2021," ODM National Elections Board chairperson Catherine Mumma announced Thursday.
"All interested interest candidates are required to submit their application in the prescribed manner."
Interested candidates are required to obtain application forms from the Party Headquarters at Chungwa House or from the party's website.
Any interested applicant should be a Kenyan citizen by birth, a registered voter, be a life member of the ODM Party, be a holder of a degree from a university recognized in Kenya and of high moral standing and integrity.
"Have demonstrable commitment and participation to the Party's activities and agenda; meet the minimum requirements for Presidential Candidates as set out by the IEBC," adds the party.
Applicants are also required to pay a non-refundable application fee of Sh1 million.
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Mr. Roger Rudderham, who welcomed members of the Littleport Society to the Annual General Meeting in this the 30th Anniversary.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT WERE: ROGER RUDDERHAM, BRUCE FROST, RAY YOUNGS, ANN LIGHTOWLERS, BRIAN CADNUM, ANDREW MARTIN, JOYCE RAWKINS, MAUREEN SCOTT, FIONA GILBERT.
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE: Janice Johnson.
Roger Rudderham gave a Synopsis of the previous minutes to the meeting. He also gave further information about the onward progress of The Littleport Society and invited members to join the committee.
3. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES: There were none.
4. PRESIDENT'S REPORT: This position is not filled.
Roger Rudderham said it had been a successful year for The Society with the Riots Exhibition, various Open Days and the joint production of the Riots radio play 'The Year Without a Summer' held at the Village Hall. He told the meeting that our Fossils had been inspected, stabilised and treated by Fossils Galore. These could now be seen at the Barn together with all other archives and artefacts in safe keeping of The Society.
Bruce Frost referred members to the Report of Accounts which had been distributed. He gave details of expenditure and thanked members for the many donations received for which we are very grateful.
Proposer: Reg Brown, Seconder: Lloyd Johnson. Carried unanimously.
David Clarke had signed the Accounts and was thanked for his work for which we are very grateful.
That David Clarke should continue as Independent Examiner was voted on and carried unanimously.
The Secretary was asked to send a letter of thanks to David Clarke.
Bruce Frost read out the details of the report which had been circulated to members prior to the commencement of the meeting. He particularly thanked all the overseas ambassadors of The Littleport Society for their help throughout the year.
Roger Rudderham told the meeting that there are currently vacant positions on the committee for Programme Organiser and Press Officer, and invited volunteers to take up these positions.
Roger Rudderham informed the meeting he was pleased to relate that Mr. Chris Jakes, formerly of the Cambridge Collection, had agreed to be our President. Roger Rudderham proposed: Chris Jakes for President of The Littleport Society this was seconded by Maureen Scott. This proposal was passed unanimously.
Bruce Frost nominated Roger Rudderham for Chairperson and praised his hard work and his dedication to The Society. Bruce Frost propose: Roger Rudderham for Chairperson This was seconded by Ray Youngs. This proposal was passed unanimously.
SECRETARY: Nomination: Ann Lightowlers, proposed by Roger Rudderham Seconded by Mrs. P. Neale – passed unanimously.
TREASURER/MEMBERSHIP: Nomination: Bruce Frost, proposed by Roger Rudderham, Seconded by Ann Lightowlers-passed unanimously.
Maureen Scott, Joyce Rawkins, Andrew Martin, Fiona Gilbert, Brian Cadnum, Roger Rix. These nominations were proposed by Roger Rudderham and seconded by Ann Lightowlers And passed unanimously.
14. NO OTHER MATTERS WERE RAISED FOR THIS MEETING AND IT CLOSED AT 8.05 PM.


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The volunteers support businesses and service groups in the Mesquite area and put smiles on people's faces.
Some of the Mesquite Showgirls show off the variety of headpieces and costumes they wear on an appearance at City Hall on Oct. 11, 2016, to mark Arts Month Proclamation. From left: Betty King, Marilynn Ridgway, Maggie Calhoun, Joni Robinson and Jean Watkins.
Anyone who's attended a special event in Mesquite — whether it be a community event, fundraiser or ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new business — has most likely seen the Mesquite Showgirls there, volunteering while dressed up in dazzling costumes and smiling while greeting others and helping things run smoothly.
Founder Jean Watkins was inspired to start the group after she won the "Miss Congeniality Nevada" title at the Miss Senior Nevada Pageant in 2005. At the pageant, Watkins met Marlene Koppenhaver, who was wearing a blue showgirl costume and greeting those in attendance. Watkins was impressed. She saw the value of having greeters in showgirl attire at events and desired to create a similar group in Mesquite.
Watkins said a lot of steps were taken to finally organize an official Mesquite Showgirls group in January 2011, and their first appearance was on Feb. 14, 2011, at "Hearts for the Arts." The inaugural Showgirls were Watkins, Joni Robinson, JoAnn Hopper and Pat Fizer. The group's mission statement is "to support the businesses and service groups in the Greater Mesquite area." They do this while following their principles of respect and congeniality, service to the community, self-determination, individual contribution and having fun.
Since their beginning, the Mesquite Showgirls have made 481 appearances with 50 women representing them. Currently there are 10 main members: originals Watkins and Robinson as well as Anne Pratt, Becky Boyd, Dorothy McMurray, Geni Barton, Lila Williams, Linda Gault, Maggie Calhoun, and Nancy Tebaska. There are also seven guest members: Deb Parsley, Gail Laird, Reenie McFarland, Shandi Stiner, LE Kalstein, Linda Villaneuva and Tara Terwiske.
"Most people are interested in what our group is doing today. They want to know how long we have been around, and some general information about how we formed," Watkins said. "The last time I made a speech, I had to stop because everyone started clapping when they heard we will be making our 500th appearance this year."
The women expect to reach that milestone in November.
Watkins said when they appear at events, they learn more about the community's needs and the many ways they can contribute. The Mesquite Showgirls support over 50 businesses and service groups. Of the 481 appearances they have made since 2011, about 60 percent were for the Mesquite Chamber of Commerce, Sun City, CasaBlanca Resort, Mesquite Parks and Recreation, Virgin Valley Theater Group, and the Mesquite Arts Council. Their most recent appearance was at the Chamber of Commerce Luncheon last Wednesday — their 41st appearance this year.
Other services the Showgirls provide include assisting with award ceremonies and providing photo ops.
"It's always good to mention that we have no membership fees," Watkins said. "We are a 501(c) nonprofit organizations and don't charge for our services either, so we rely on donations, which are welcome and needed."
Lila Williams has been a showgirl since 2012.
"What has been the most rewarding for me is being able to give back to the community by assisting with fundraising and special events," she said. "Also, I enjoy interacting with a variety of organizations, civic leaders, business- and professional people, and charitable organizations in the community."
People who have seen the Showgirls often are interested in their costume inventory and how they select certain attire for each event. Obtaining the outfits they have was a major undertaking that took over six years to complete, Watkins said.
"My most memorable event was the three-day music fest held at the CasaBlanca," said Showgirl Becky Boyd. "I loved wearing the big headdress for the first time, and walking around just talking with people waiting in line was really fun and interesting. I met people from all over, including a lot of locals. I loved how the people were excited for the Showgirls to be there."
Gail Laird recently joined as a Guest Showgirl and expressed how much she enjoyed her first experience when she attended a Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
"I was a little nervous, but when I saw so many familiar faces and with Dorothy's support, the day turned into a very fun time," Laird said, speaking of fellow showgirl Dorothy McMurray. "I am amazed at how many smiles we received when folks saw us standing there in our flashy and classy outfits. I could see how much everyone enjoyed our presence, and even after the event I got numerous comments, smiles and compliments. I loved my first experience, and I love brightening people's day."
Having Showgirls and Guest Showgirls who represent the various aspects of the community strengthens them and is good for the businesses and nonprofits they support, Watkins said.
For more information, email showgirls@rconnects.com or find "Mesquite Showgirls" on Facebook.


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Dhanmattie Harripersaud and son Gurudeo clean a beach in New York City on Earth Day 2011.
Photograph by Seth Wenig, AP
Earth Day Facts: When It Is, How It Began, What to Do
Find out more about Earth Day, which has grown into a global tradition since its not-so-humble beginnings in 1970.
ByJohn Roachfor National Geographic News
From not-so-humble beginnings in 1970, when 20 million participated across the U.S., Earth Day has grown into a global tradition, with a billion expected to take part in 2009. Find out when it is, how it started, how it's evolved, and what you can do.
When Is Earth Day?
Every day, the saying goes, is Earth Day. But it's popularly celebrated on April 22. Why?
One persistent rumor holds that April 22 was chosen because it's the birthday of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union.
"Lenin's goal was to destroy private property and this goal is obviously shared by environmentalists," the Capitalism Magazine website noted in a 2004 article perpetuating the theory.
Kathleen Rogers, president of Washington, D.C.-based Earth Day Network, said in 2010 that the rumored communist connection is untrue.
Instead, April 22, 1970, was chosen for the first Earth Day in part because it fell on a Wednesday, the best part of the week to encourage a large turnout for the environmental rallies held across the country, Rogers said.
"It worked out perfectly, because everybody was at work and they all left," she said.
In fact, more than 20 million people across the U.S. are estimated to have participated in that first Earth Day.
(See pictures: "The First Earth Day—Bell-Bottoms and Gas Masks.")
Earth Day is now celebrated every year by more than a billion people in 180 nations around the world.
Mad People and a Frustrated Politician
Earth Day's history is rooted in 1960s activism. The environment was in visible ruins and people were mad, according to Rogers.
"It wasn't uncommon in some cities during rush hour to be standing on a street corner and not be able to see across the street" because of pollution, she said.
Despite the anger, green issues were absent from the U.S. political agenda, which frustrated U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, whose campaigns for the environment through much of the 1960s had fallen flat.
First Earth Day "Took off Like Gangbusters"
In 1969 Nelson hit on the idea of an environmental protest modeled after anti-Vietnam War demonstrations called teach-ins.
"It took off like gangbusters. Telegrams, letters, and telephone inquiries poured in from all across the country," Nelson recounted in an essay shortly before he died in July 2005 at 89.
"The American people finally had a forum to express its concern about what was happening to the land, rivers, lakes, and air—and they did so with spectacular exuberance."
Nelson recruited activist Denis Hayes to organize the April 22, 1970, teach-in, which today is sometimes credited for launching the modern environmental movement.
By the end of 1970, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had been born, and efforts to improve air and water quality were gaining political traction.
"It was truly amazing what happened," Rogers said. "Blocks just tumbled."
Earth Day Evolves
Since Earth Day started, environmentalism has moved from a fringe issue to a mainstream concern, Amy Cassara told National Geographic News in 2010, when she was a senior associate at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C.
"As many as 80 percent of Americans describe themselves as environmentalists," Cassara said.
Environmental issues today, however, are less immediate than dirty air, toxic water, and a hole in the ozone layer, she added.
For example, the impacts of global climate change are largely abstract and difficult to explain "without coming off as a doomsday prognosticator," Cassara said.
"As we become more industrialized and our supply chains become less transparent, it can be more difficult to understand the environmental consequences of our actions," she noted.
Earth Day Network—which was founded by the original organizers of Earth Day—is pushing the Earth Day movement from single-day actions, such as park cleanups and tree-planting parties, to long-term commitments.
"Planting a tree, morally and poetically, requires taking care of it for a really long time, not just sticking it in the ground," Earth Day Network's Rogers said.
To help make the transition, the organization is aligned with a hundred thousand schools around the world, integrating projects with an environmental component into the year-round curriculum.
"They announce the results on Earth Day, so Earth Day becomes a moment in time," Rogers said.
Cassara, of the World Resources Institute, said her organization uses Earth Day to convene with leaders in the movement and assess progress in their campaigns.
"[Earth Day] doesn't raise awareness among the general public in the same way that it used to. But it still provides a benchmark for reflection among those of us in the environmental community," she said.
What to Do on Earth Day?
For those whose inner environmentalist speaks loudest on April 22, Earth Day Network's Rogers encourages them to make a public commitment to take an environmental action.
"We are headed for a billion commitments to do something green," Rogers said. "And that doesn't mean think about it—it means do something."
Commitment ideas promoted by the Earth Day Network include pledging to educate friends and family on global warming or buy green products such as energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).
In 2012, Earth Day Network is asking people around the world to take the Billion Acts of Green pledge. Already, 980,878,787 people have participated in a green act, such as planting a garden or participating in an Earth Day event, according to the Earth Day Network website.
The group's goal is to reach one billion actions in time for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June 2012.
"We will present this accomplishment at Rio +20 and use it as a lever to address the UN's inaction and inspire leaders to reach a global agreement at the Rio+20 conference," according to the Earth Day Network website.
(See pictures of quirky Earth Day stunts.)
According to Rogers, everyone is part of this generation, which marks the transition from the industrial revolution to the green revolution.
"It is also about the green generation of energy and the generation of green jobs. ... The name [Green Generation], whenever I say it to people, they have their own idea of what it means, which is exactly what we want."


I purchased a new Dell Inspiron 3670-17 on March 8, 2019. My former computer had Webroot installed through March 23 of this year. I purchased a new year of Webroot when I purchased the Total Tech support with the new computer and was installed on 3/10/19. My new computer is asking me to purchase for Webroot for another year although I have done so and don't know how to update the purchase.
Supposedly when it was installed on March 10 at the Best Buy Legacy in San Antonio. Service Information # GHoFZ600. Agent notes at Check-In: Computer setup. Install MS Office and Webroot.
How do I get Adobe Reader to be my default when I open and email with an attachment? Right now it is Word.
I am billed for a service that was cancelled last year.
My gateway pc was purchased in 2007. It came with window vista.


June was the first month of winter in Australia. Here in Queensland we had a little rain but mostly it was sunny and warmish, and usually around 21 degrees Celsius during the day with quite cool mornings and evenings. We had our regular visitors, an unwelcome visitor, and an abundance of furry visitors!
Here are my photos of some of the wildlife that came visiting our backyard during June.
The wet weather brought in a lot of rainbow lorikeets looking for shelter out of the rain.
The rainy weather also brought out these monstrosities – a cane toad. These are introduced species to Australia and are an invasive pest.
One of our regular adult pied butcherbirds.
One of the regular juvenile pied butcherbirds who should start to colour up by the end of this year.
These two torresian crows are a pair that are resident on our property. It is said they have a white iris, but I think they look like they have brilliant blue eyes.
These are a male (on the left) and female king parrot, happily munching on leaves on this tree in our yard. We've been seeing a lot of them lately.
This is one of the three juvenile magpies on our property. He's starting to get his adult colouring now.
The pair of kookaburras are still hanging around which is good to see.
I almost came face to face with this big golden orb spider when I was watering the pot plants one afternoon.
This is one of the many noisy miners that are around.
This is my friend Ramsey the magpie. You can find out more about him in one of my earlier posts here.
We had lot of night activity from the possums in June. It's difficult to get good photos of them. Here's one on the veranda railing looking for a snack.
This one took his piece of banana as a take away snack and incredibly perched himself between the end of the veranda and a small tree.
And our possum box was used regularly too. As far as I can tell, these are all different possums.
And I'll leave you with a video of one of the young magpies practising his song. The Australian magpie has one of the world's most complex songs in the bird kingdom. It's a very beautiful flute like melody. You might have to turn up the volume as he was competing with the neighbour's mower.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post and think it's a great idea to record the wildlife you see in a given month.
Spectacular photographs Sue! I get excited with my two lorikeets, I could not imagine having hordes of them lining up on the veranda.
Thanks Christine. They are bright and beautiful but they can be very noisy when there are a lot of them!
A beautiful collection Sue, hard to choose a favourite, but the sleeping possums and line of rainbows stand out.
Thanks Denis. I was surprised to see two possums in the box together seeing as they don't like to share. Both must be young females, and it was cold that day!
Your winter doesn't look drab to me at all!! I'm so impressed with the wide array of wildlife, especially your birds! It's great so see so many unusual (to me…) animals–a treat of a post, thanks for participating in Wildlife Wednesday.


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Our family worship service happens every Sunday in the church auditorium between 10:00am and around 11:30 and is followed by an informal time of tea, coffee and conversation. Our children's church programme for school aged kids begins after the singing and runs throughout the sermon. For the younger ones créche facilities are also available.
Are you school age but not old enough for high school? Then you will fit right into our Children's Church. Each week we engage in activities, listen to stories, pray, share, discuss and grow in our faith and understanding. Sometimes we put together dramas, make things, learn memory verses or action songs. We always look out for each other and together aim to learn what God is teaching us.
We have a wonderful upper room with a great range of toys and activities. There are a number of mothers (and grandmothers) on a roster that look after these young ones.
Three days of fun, excitement, teams, drama, stories, small groups, obstacle course and more! Great food, great leaders! Caters for 8 to 12 year olds and is run during the School holidays. Watch this space for the next one!
Various activities for kids are run throughout the year. Picnics in summer through to game evenings in winter. Check out what else is happening here.


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The Island Community Chorus opens its 15th anniversary season with what its lisping character Winthrop Paroo would describe as "thumpin' very, very thpecial."
Two one-act plays at the Vineyard Playhouse last weekend packed a double whammy "" absurdity and amusement.
Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen, Halle Berry, Jessica Alba, Gwyneth Paltrow are just a handful of the celebrities who had babies around the time I birthed my children.
American Letters: 1927-1947: Jackson Pollock and Family, Polity Press 2011, April 2011.
At Work: In many ways, Donny Benefit is a throwback to the days when Islanders had to make do and figure things out.
Tisbury failed to muster a quorum of 100 voters for Tuesday night's special town meeting.
Due to extreme winds, the Martha's Vineyard Women's Network has cancelled the Constant Contact event scheduled for April 5.
A search team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has located the wreckage of Air France Flight 447 some 3,900 meters, or nearly 2.
The Steamship Authority (SSA) resumed service following a day of cancellations Tuesday between Vineyard Haven and Woods Hole, due to weather conditions.
Marine matters topped the agenda at the Edgartown board of selectmen's regular Monday meeting.
If you've recently found yourself wheeling your cart around Stop and Shop in pajama pants, now is the time to let your personal style blossom with spring.
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School tennis team swept its first two matches of the season.
Police from three Martha's Vineyard departments were waiting Thursday at Oak Bluffs Harbor for the early morning Patriot ferry to arrive with work crews from the mainland.


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Gabrielle Ducomble | Jazz Singer
"Charismatic, sophisticated and charming performer leaving audiences spellbound in her wake" JAZZ FM
"Wow. Just wow." LONDON JAZZ NEWS
"An astonishingly beautiful voice" BBC RADIO 4
Gabrielle Ducomble is a Belgian-born vocalist and composer, renowned for her pure, beautiful voice, which combines sophistication and powerful emotion. She has earned wide acclaim for her Parisian jazz and tango arrangements, presenting a fresh, contemporary take on iconic songs by the likes of Piaf, Piazzolla, Legrand and Brel, and becoming an ever popular performer in the UK and across Europe.
Ducomble's latest innovative self-penned album, Across the Bridge (release – September 2018), features twelve original compositions in English and her native French. Drawing on her love of jazz, chansons, tango, latin rhythm and new-age, the songs tell of uplifting stories and dreams on themes of nature, art, social justice and ideology.
Gabrielle has embarked on her fifth UK live tour last autumn to promote the new album with her band including guitar virtuoso Nicolas Meier.
Gabrielle moved from her native Belgium to London following success reaching the final of the French Pop Idol in 2003 and studied jazz at the Guildhall in London. She is now performing with her own quintet and big band in addition to touring, television and radio appearances.
Gabrielle has performed at top London venues, from intimate jazz clubs to concert halls. She sang with the Aurora Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall as part of Southbank Centre's 2013 The Rest Is Noise festival, at Ronnie Scott's Upstairs, The Royal Albert Hall, Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, Pheasantry, Crazy Coqs and Hideaway.
At St James Theatre, she played to great acclaim at the EFG London Jazz Festival in 2015, 2017 and will appear again this year 2019, also for its Jazz Divas series twice alongside Jacqui Dankworth and Tina May. Another significant appearance was at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2017, singing to a full house, further establishing herself as one of the rising stars on the jazz scene.
Interviewed on London Live TV and on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends for the release of Notes from Paris album (Jazz FM's Album of the Week) where presenter Emma Freud praised Gabrielle's "astonishingly beautiful voice".
She has recorded three albums and completed five UK tours, gathering fans in jazz clubs, theatres and arts centres from Wakefield to St Ives. Further afield, she has performed in Europe and the US.
Gabrielle received rave reviews for her two special shows in 2015 and 2016, The Michel Legrand Songbook ("Wow. Just wow" London Jazz News) at Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, and The Music of Claude Nougaro ('Parfait' Jazz in Europe) at the Crazy Coqs, two artists that have deeply affected and inspired her musical career.
More about Gabrielle…
Gabrielle was born in Belgium – her mother tongue is French – and started singing at a young age. Her talent was soon noticed, and she had success at local and national singing competitions. She first came to fame when she reached the final of the French Pop Idol in 2003. Along with the other finalists, she signed to BMG Sony France and the resulting album went double gold. Gabrielle then wrote music and recorded with Belgian jazz and pop artists Mimi Verderame and Jean-Louis Daulne, and worked with the pop star Lara Fabian on her international tour 'Un Regard Neuf'.
After hearing Dee Dee Bridgewater's album Dear Ella, Gabrielle was inspired to explore deeper the Jazz realm. She came to London and study jazz at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and, after graduating in 2009, soon made a name for herself as a technically brilliant singer in many styles, from bossa nova to swing to French chansons. Her speciality soon became Parisian-style jazz and tango, including well-known songs by the likes of Edith Piaf, Michel Legrand, Jacques Brel and Astor Piazzolla.
In London she formed the Gabrielle Ducomble Band – Nicolas Meier on guitar, Richard Jones on violin, Nick Kacal on double bass and Saleem Raman on drums.
She wrote many of the unique jazz arrangements of well-known French songs that appear on her albums J'ai Deux Amours (2011) and Notes from Paris (2014).
Notes from Paris album features modern jazz arrangements of songs such as 'Je ne regrette rien' , 'I Will Wait for You' and 'Sous le Ciel de Paris', with international musicians Nicolas Meier, Gilad Atzmon and Chris Garrick. Notes from Paris was acclaimed by critics, who called it "Polished, classy and refined … such a strong statement". Jazz UK Magazine.
With her own band Gabrielle has performed in many venues gathering fans in jazz clubs from Wakefield to St Ives, and received warm praise for her performances at Lichfield, Marlborough, Norwich and Porthcawl Jazz Festivals. A highlight of 2014 was guesting at Georgia Mancio's ReVoice festival at the Apex. Further afield, she was delighted to play a series on concerts in Italy, with the accordionist Vincenzo Castrini, and at the Savanna Jazz Club in San Francisco.
Nicolas Meier – Guitar
Richard Jones – Violin
Nick Kacal – Double Bass
Saleem Raman – Drums


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Burundi + 3 more
IRIN Update 814 for the Great Lakes
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BURUNDI: Mandela widely welcomed as facilitator
The government and one faction of the main opposition party FRODEBU have welcomed Wednesday's designation by eastern and southern African leaders of former South African president Nelson Mandela as facilitator of the Burundi peace negotiations in Arusha. "Mandela can help us in this negotiation process. He's a man of international stature ... very experienced in resolution of conflicts and, I think, acceptable to the majority of Burundians. We are glad he has been chosen to lead this process," Hirondelle news agency quoted Burundi President Pierre Buyoya as saying. Jean Minani, leader of the external wing of the opposition Hutu party FRODEBU, said it was very happy to hear Mandela had been chosen as mediator because he was "someone of the highest stature" who had fought all his life against oppression, the agency added.
Buyoya also said "the question of the venue, who should assist (and) who should not assist" were for the new facilitator to decide, and he denied that the government had ever said it was against Arusha as a talks venue, Hirondelle reported.
BURUNDI: Annan hopes Mandela can "reinvigorate the process"
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan also welcomed Mandela's designation as facilitator of the Burundi peace talks, and expressed the hope that Mandela's prestige and authority would "reinvigorate the process." Calling the appointment a timely decision, in light of the unstable political and security situation prevailing in Burundi, Annan called on all the Burundi parties "to extend maximum cooperation to the new facilitator towards the successful and urgent conclusion of the peace negotiations." The UN Secretary-General also reiterated his view that "there is no alternative to a negotiated settlement to the Burundi conflict."
BURUNDI: Hutu rebel coalition rejects South African involvement
The Union pour la liberation nationale (ULINA) - an umbrella grouping of minor Hutu rebel factions - said, however, it "strongly opposed" Mandela's nomination, and "would never participate in the talks of hypocrites". "South Africa has joined Rwanda and Uganda to assist Dictator Buyoya militarily, as well as ammunition (sic) to conduct killings of innocent Hutus in the concentration camps whereby hundreds of Hutus are being slaughtered daily," a press release from ULINA and the president of the Parti pour la liberation du peuple hutu - Forces nationales de liberation (PALIPEHUTU-FNL), received by IRIN, stated.
Some other Hutu representatives, including from the main rebel group CNDD (Conseil national pour la defense de la democratie), who attended the Arusha summit said in private they would have preferred the choice of former Botswana president Ketumile Masire because they do not accept that South Africa is neutral in Burundi or the Great Lakes region, Hirondelle reported.
BURUNDI: Buyoya says civilian camps an internal issue
President Pierre Buyoya on Wednesday rejected the criticism by regional leaders at the Arusha summit of Burundi's civilian regroupment camps, and their call that the camps be disbanded immediately. He told a press conference in Arusha the camps were "a problem of management of the situation in the country... not to be discussed in the peace process." The government has forced hundreds of thousands of civilians into regroupment camps, in which humanitarian conditions are reported to be deplorable and which have drawn strong condemnation from the international community.
BURUNDI: 10 reported killed in army-rebel clash
Ten rebels were killed and two soldiers wounded during clashes on Tuesday night in Gituro, Kamenge zone, north of Bujumbura, news organisations reported on Wednesday. The fighting occurred when a group of soldiers happened upon the rebels during its return from military operations in Bujumbura Rural, Radio Burundi quoted military sources as saying. At least 43 people have been killed in three separate attacks by ethnic Hutu rebels around the country since Saturday, according to military and government officials cited by Reuters news agency on Wednesday. The dead included 22 civilians, 19 rebels and two soldiers, they added.
TANZANIA: Mkapa "fed up" with Burundi accusations
President Benjamin Mkapa on Wednesday reiterated his government's denial that it has allowed Burundi refugees to train, equip themselves and launch attacks on Burundi from within Tanzania, and added that his government was "fed up with endless but baseless accusations" when that has never been its policy. Tanzania was finding it ever more difficult to cope with the number of refugees and earnestly asked "those countries that generate refugees... to create that political dispensation and those security guarantees that will stop their citizens from looking for sanctuary in other countries," the Tanzanian 'Daily News' reported Mkapa as saying. "We do not want to be a scapegoat for procrastination in the negotiations, and we abhor even the perception that Tanzania is an obstacle to the speedy resolution of the Burundi conflict," Mkapa added, in a speech that analysts considered evidence of severely strained relations between the neighbouring countries.
DRC: Inter-Congolese dialogue to be funded by the EC
The European Community has said it will finance the inter-Congolese dialogue, scheduled to take place in the DRC under the Lusaka ceasefire, if leaders agree on a timetable and the peace agreement holds. "We are waiting to get information on the ground before committing the funds," the German press agency on Wednesday quoted Finnish diplomat Leo Olasvarta as saying. Finland currently holds the presidency of the EC.
DRC: Bemba claims capture of 120 government troops
The Mouvement du liberation congolais (MLC), led by Jean-Pierre Bemba, on Thursday claimed to have captured 120 government soldiers during "Kabila's continuing offensive" in Equateur Province in the northwest of the country. Kinshasa had "vainly tried to retake the town of Bongandanga so as to continue their offensive to Lissala" but had 120 prisoners of war taken in the clashes, according to an MLC statement quoted by Agence France Presse (AFP). Meanwhile, the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) claimed to have retaken during heavy fighting on Wednesday positions at Bokungu, Equateur Province, that were lost to Zimbabwean forces on Tuesday.
DRC: Kabila allies allege new rebel ceasefire violations
The armies of three southern African states: Namibia, Zimbabwe and Angola, who are supporting President Laurent-Desire Kabila against Ugandan- and Rwandan-backed Congolese rebels in the DRC conflict, on Wednesday alleged that their bases in Ikela, northeastern Equateur, and also in the provinces of East and West Kasai in central DRC, had come under rebel attack in violation of the Lusaka ceasefire.
DRC: Minister calls for action to avert a catastrophe
The government on Wednesday warned that the floods engulfing Kinshasa as a result of the River Congo having burst its banks had already caused great distress and risked becoming a disaster if timely action were not taken. The Congo, fed by unusually heavy rains, made an estimated 10,000 homeless when it burst its banks and flooded 15 of 24 districts in the capital Kinshasa, Congolese media quoted government officials as saying. "The situation is very worrying. We must take precautions to avoid this turning into a catastrophe," said Health Minister Mashako Mamba, who appealed to the donor community for relief funds.
UGANDA: World Bank approves funding for projects
The World Bank has approved a total of $114.9 million for two development programmes it is supporting in Uganda: the Local Government Development Programme and the Second Economic and Financial Management Programme. The $80.9 million equivalent Local Government Development Programme will support the government of Uganda's national development strategy, contained in its Poverty Eradication Action Plan (1997). The plan is designed to ensure that the benefits of development are widely spread throughout the population. The objective of the $34 million equivalent Second Economic and Financial Management Project is to improve the effectiveness of public expenditure management, such as government planning, budgeting, financial management, monitoring and evaluation.
Nairobi, 2 December 1999, 15:00 gmt
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: River Floods - Dec 1999
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DR Congo + 2 more
Central Africa Appeal No. 01.06.2000 Situation Report No. 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo - River Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 4
IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 51 covering the period 18-24 Dec 1999
Disease threat follows Kinshasa flooding


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Reminder to support local food businesses
(Radio Iowa) – Many of us will enjoy a Thanksgiving meal today (Thursday) prepared at home — while some have purchased a prepared meal and will have it delivered. The Iowa Farm Bureau's director of agriculture analytics and research, Sam Funk, says it is important as we move past the holiday to continue supporting local restaurants and other businesses. "I think there is a lot of that food service sector right now who are depending on people being able to use carry out and bringing those cash flows into your local community," he says. Funk says it helps those businesses — and it also helps those ag producers who supply food to them. "We depend on all segments of our food service industry in order to make for a strong and thriving community. And frankly, to strengthen the opportunities that we have to be able to market products all throughout that supply chain," according to Funk.
Funk says the U-S has one of the lowest costs of food in the world — but there are still people struggling — and that is important to remember. "I'm hopeful that we will all remember those that might not be as fortunate as even we are. And at the same time, if we have a warm place to be able to lay our heads at night and a roof over our families, hopefully, we will be able to think about those who are having a tougher time right now," Funk says. He says the pandemic has forced us to become isolated from others and limited the opportunities to go out and volunteer. But he says that doesn't mean we still can't help out by donating to food banks and to organizations that help others. "There's still opportunities that we have to be able to give. And if there is an opportunity that we have to be able to volunteer again — I think that's an important aspect to carry forward," Funk says.
Funk says he is confident Iowans will continue meeting the challenges we are facing and will continue helping others as well.
Iowa Tribe creates national park on Nebraska-Kansas border
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska is creating the nation's largest tribal national park on a forested bluff overlooking the Missouri River and a historic site of its people. The tribe says the 444-acre park will allow it to tell the story of the Ioway people and provide a rustic getaway where people can hike, camp and bird-watch.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that the Ioway Tribal National Park will overlook a historic trading village once used by the Ioway people to barter for buffalo hides and pipestones with other tribes. That site includes three burial mounds that date back 3,000 years.
Atlantic FFA places 4th in Iowa FFA Farm Business Management CDE
Atlantic High School Agriculture Instructor and FFA Advisor Eric Miller reports the Atlantic FFA Chapter placed 4th in the annual Iowa FFA Farm Management Career Development Event virtually on November 12th. Members of the first place team included: Drey Newell, Caroline Pellett, Gunner Kirchhoff, and Garrett Reynolds.
Drey Newell, Caroline Pellett, Garrett Reynolds, Gunner Kirchhoff
FFA teams from 26 chapters participated in this year's Career Development Event designed to provide the student an opportunity to display their agricultural knowledge and skills in the area of Farm Management. The 95 individuals who participated in the event each completed an objective test which had three sections: economic principles, records and analysis, and risk management. All team members worked together to solve a problem related to break even analysis.
The Iowa FFA Farm Business Management Career Development Event was made possible with support from the Iowa Farm Business Association through the Iowa FFA Foundation. Dr. Ron Deiter, Professor of Economics at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, was the Career Development Event coordinator and prepared the test.
The Iowa FFA Association is a youth organization of over 16,100 student members as part of 246 local FFA chapters across Iowa. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. The Iowa FFA Association was organized by delegates from 23 schools at Iowa State College on May 17, 1929 and is an integral part of public instruction in agriculture. The Iowa Department of Education provides leadership and helps set direction for FFA as a service to local agricultural education programs. For more, visit the Iowa FFA Association online at IowaFFA.com, on Facebook, and Twitter.
Pheasant season going well
(Radio Iowa)n – The pheasant season opened on October 31st with a lot of optimism about bird numbers and the prospects for a good season. Iowa D-N-R wildlife biologist, Todd Bogenschutz says a lack of phone calls to his office tells him things are looking good. "I haven't gotten hardly any calls at all –so that means it's going well," Bogenschutz says. "Because, if it's going bad I get the complaints."
He says the one complaint he's gotten is a lack of birds in eastern Iowa near Davenport. Bogenschutz says that's due to a lack of habitat there. He says everything heading into the opener pointed to the potential for success. "We kind of expected that things would be pretty decent. It was a little hard with the roadside counts and the drought, because that does impact the birds that we count. Generally in those regions where the counts weren't as good, people are pretty pleasantly surprised,"Bogenschutz says. "The weather has been pretty challenging. We've had a lot of windy days, some dry days, warm days at least in the first part of the season that make hunting challenging."
He says calm winds make it easier for dogs to smell the birds and keeps them from moving. "A little bit of snow and the lack of wind is generally ideal. The birds tend to hold better when its calmer and scenting conditions are a better when we've got a little moisture," he says. Bogenschutz says they will have some exact numbers when they get the survey information in after the season ends.
New Dates just released for Ethanol Emergency Response Webinars – December 2020 – April 2021 Ethanol Emergency Response Webinar – FREE + Certificates
Area Emergency Responders, firefighters, EMT's, law enforcement and EMA personnel are being informed Due to current circumstances and social distancing the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) will be offering 4-hour long Ethanol Safety Webinars. The FREE webinars are instructed by a nationally accredited and professional instructor with an extensive background in emergency management/firefighting/hazardous materials response. The goal of these seminars is for attendees to gain a full ethanol and ethanol-blended fuel emergency response training experience that can be put to use immediately in the field.
The training program will include the following elements: Ethanol and Ethanol-Blended Fuels, Chemical and Physical Characteristics of Ethanol and Hydrocarbon Fuels, Transportation and Transfer, Storage and Dispensing Locations, Fire Fighting Foam Principles, General Health and Safety Considerations, and Storage and Pre-planning Considerations. Certificates of Participation will be awarded to all registered attendees once the webinar has been completed.
The RFA has conducted nearly 300 in person Ethanol Safety Seminars across the country.
Registration: https://www.transcaer.com/training/training-events/ethanol-emergency-response-webinars/10065
Tue, 12/08/2020 08:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT
Wed, 12/09/2020 12:00 PM to 04:00 PM CDT
Wed, 01/27/2021 08:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT
Thu, 01/28/2021 12:00 PM to 04:00 PM CDT
RFA also offers Ethanol Emergency Response – Train the Trainer webinars which is a pay-it-forward type of program. A single webinar can train a group of individuals who can then turn around and pass that information forward, equipping entire communities with the knowledge necessary to respond to any potential ethanol-related emergency. The Train the Trainer courses are intended to develop instructors to lead operations level training. The instructors are responders who have an awareness level of hazardous material storage, handing, and emergency response. The learning objectives established are relevant objectives that the instructors must understand. The webinars are open to all professional individuals above the technical level of training who are interested in learning how to teach ethanol emergency response. However, the instruction is tailored toward ethanol production facility employees, ethanol safety professionals, railroad safety professionals, emergency responders, firefighters, police officers, emergency management professionals, etc. Certificates of Participation will be awarded to all registered attendees once the webinar has been completed.
Registration: https://www.transcaer.com/training/training-events/train-trainer-ethanol-emergency-response-webinar/10071
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Tue, 03/09/2021 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM CST
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Traditional Thanksgiving pheasant hunt will be a little different this year
(Des Moines) – With many holiday gatherings put on hold due to the pandemic, pheasant hunting is one way to keep an annual holiday tradition alive, while staying apart. "Pheasant hunting is a big part of Thanksgiving for many families but with health experts advising against gatherings, this tradition won't look the same as in year's past, but it can still be part of the holiday," said Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife biologist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. He said hunters who do not live in the same house are encouraged to drive separately to the hunting spot and when they arrive, to space out and not congregate while in the field.
What they'll find in the field is a pheasant season that's off to a good start. "I'm hearing really good reports, good pheasant numbers from all parts of the state despite the state experiencing an unusual number of days with gale-force winds and temperatures in the 70s," said Bogenschutz. "Everybody that's hunting in good cover is finding and getting birds." That's good news heading in to the Thanksgiving holiday and might be just enough incentive to delay the trip to the couch until the afternoon hunt is completed.
Iowa's pheasant season closes Jan. 10, 2021.
The Iowa DNR's online hunting atlas lists nearly 700,000 acres of public hunting land, including 22,000 acres of land enrolled in the popular Iowa Habitat and Access Program (IHAP) allowing hunter access to private land.
Each area on the atlas includes a link to a map with property boundaries, the size of the area, habitat type, species of wildlife likely found, if nontoxic shot is required and more. The map is available as a downloadable pdf that can be printed or saved to a smartphone.
To view the atlas, go to www.iowadnr.gov/hunting and click on Places to Hunt and Shoot in the left column.
Final field work wrapping up
(Radio Iowa) – Farmers took advantage of good weather last week to wrap up some of the remaining harvest work. The U-S-D-A crop report out Monday shows only scattered cornfields remain to be harvested across the state — amounting to about two percent of the crop. Some of the derecho damaged cornfields still have to be disked down — and the report says some farmers are doing extra tillage in areas where corn was knocked down with the worry that the downed corn will come up as volunteer corn in the spring. The harvest finished up three weeks ahead of last year.
Virtual cover crop boot camp will explore soil health, weed control and grazing – Dec. 3-4
AMES, Iowa — Registration is open for Practical Farmers of Iowa's second annual cover crop boot camp. The event is free, and will be held virtually Dec. 3-4 from 9 a.m. to noon. The two-day workshop will explore how cover crops boost soil health, improve weed control and provide grazing opportunities. Row crop and livestock farmers of all cover crop experience levels are invited to attend. Certified crop advisor participants can earn one continuing education unit (CEU) for each session, for a total of six credits in the soil and water category across both days.
Registration is open until Dec. 3. To sign up, visit practicalfarmers.org/ cover-crop-boot-camp. Farmers without access to a computer or reliable internet connection will have the option of calling in to participate. For questions – or technical support with Zoom or the call-in option – contact Lydia English at lydia@practicalfarmers.org or (515) 232-5661.
Boot Camp Agenda: Attendees will hear from a combination of farmers, university researchers and agricultural professionals.
Day one will focus on the basics of cover crops in each topic area, and will provide a good introduction for those just getting started with cover crops. Sessions this day will explore:
how cover crops improve water storage
initial adjustments farmers should consider if they wish to use cover crops for suppressing weeds
the ways in which cover crops link the forage chain for livestock grazing.
Day two will feature more advanced strategies for those row crop and livestock farmers wanting to advance their cover crop journey. Participants will learn:
how cover crops affect soil biology, as well as how to measure soil health on their own farm
the ways that cover crops improve weed control over the long-term
innovative ways to graze cover crops, including stock cropping
Each presentation will be followed by 20-minute small-group discussions, where participants will have a chance to network with one another and share their experience using cover crops. Sarah Carlson, PFI's strategic initiatives director, says "These breakout discussions will be a fun way for farmers to interact with and learn from one another. They will also help to overcome Zoom meeting burnout by creating deeper connections between farmers." Farmers are encouraged to attend both days of the boot camp, but may also attend just the day that best suits their experience level. More details, including the full agenda and speaker information, are available at practicalfarmers.org/ cover-crop-boot-camp.
The cover crop boot camp is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency, and is made possible by the support of Agribusiness Association of Iowa; Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers; Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance; Iowa Corn Growers Association; Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship; Iowa Learning Farms; Iowa Pork Producers Association; Iowa Seed Association; Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crop Initiative; Iowa Soybean Association, Iowa State University; Natural Resources Conservation Service; and Soil Health Partnership.


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Lifeguards to do their part to help the planet by biking between towers
City of Encinitas
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By Barbara Henry
Encinitas lifeguards could soon be spotted biking on the beach instead of using their trucks for routine trips, in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from city-owned vehicles.
On March 14, the City Council unanimously agreed to accept a donation of two beach cruiser-style bikes from the Electra Bike Co. Valued at $1,840, these non-electric bikes will be fitted with special racks and other equipment and will be exclusively used by the city's marine safety division.
"These would be for non-emergency use — to transport guards to remote towers and to provide medical resupply also to the remote towers," Crystal Nejara, the city's Climate Action Plan program administrator, told the council. "And, this would actually alleviate some of the vehicle use and reduce emissions ... because we would be reducing the vehicle miles traveled on the beach."
Mayor Catherine Blakespear said the lifeguards' bike use could have other benefits beyond environmental ones.
"I really like the idea of us having lifeguards on bikes because I think ... (people on the beach) don't really like to have vehicles driving around next to them or going by," she said. "You're just so much more friendly when you're on a bike and you can say, 'Hello,' and it's easy to stop."
If the lifeguards later decide they want more bikes, she'd support that, she added.
Councilman Mark Muir, a retired city fire chief, said he wanted to make certain that the new bikes wouldn't be used for emergency calls.
Encinitas Lifeguard Capt. Larry Giles told him that the lifeguards wouldn't jump on the bikes to respond to an emergency call, "but if they're biking on the beach and somebody needs help, they're going to stop and deal with it."
Accepting the bike donation was part of a host of actions the council took March 14 to cut the city's carbon emissions and thus help ease global climate concerns. Other actions included:
Agreeing to enter into an agreement with Del Mar, Solana Beach, Carlsbad, Oceanside, Camp Pendleton and the North County Transit District to create a regional bike share program. The one-year pilot project would allow residents and tourists to rent bikes for short trips and thus avoid using their cars.Authorizing the city manager to put together a licensing agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric for 10 electric vehicle charging stations at the city's Public Works Yard.Upgrading three electric vehicle charging stations in the City Hall parking lot.Buying electric or low-emission vehicles to replace city fleet vehicles that are scheduled for retirement this year.The city's fleet currently includes 11 hybrid vehicles, one plug-in hybrid vehicle and one all-electric vehicle, a city staff report notes. A Climate Action Plan, which the City Council approved in January, calls for Encinitas to convert all its gasoline-fueled cars and light-duty trucks to zero-emission vehicles by 2030.
The city currently has 33 heavy- and medium-duty diesel vehicles and 56 light-duty vehicles in its municipal fleet, a city staff report notes. Plans call for the city's heavy-duty diesel vehicles to switch to renewable diesel fuel.
Finding a supplier for the renewable fuel should be relatively easy as Carlsbad already gets it delivered for its city vehicles, Nejara told the council.
-- Barbara Henry is a reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego County supervisors to study new voting system
The county is studying a new way to vote in San Diego County elections.
Del Mar's racing season to begin July 17
Confirmed cases of E. coli from San Diego County climbs to 10
The number of confirmed cases of E. coli that might be tied to animals at this year's San Diego County Fair has risen to 10, the county's Health and Human Services Agency said Wednesday, July 10.
Council has change of heart on leaf-blower operating hours
New proposed ordinance now doesn't ban blowing on Sundays
Teen shark attack victim throws out first pitch at Padres game
When Keane Webre-Hayes stepped up to throw the first pitch at the Tuesday, July 2 Padres game — about nine months after he nearly lost his arm in a shark attack — he had one goal: make it over the plate.
Finishing touches complete on Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline Project
Finishing touches on the "first of its kind" Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline project were completed last week, with final Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) measures and road striping completed along the 2500 block of Highway 101 just in time for the summer beach season.
Del Mar strengthens safety standards after Santa Anita deaths
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club staged the safest horse racing among major tracks in the country in 2018, but after a recent meet with 30 horse deaths at Santa Anita Park, Del Mar's leadership hardly felt like it could go about business as usual.
A fifth San Diego County child has been infected with E. coli bacteria after visiting animal exhibits at the San Diego County Fair, prompting local health officials Tuesday, July 2, to reach out to concerned parents who might be worried their children are next.
Surf, jousting and rock 'n' roll: Switchfoot's Bro-Am festival celebrates 15 years
Encinitas band uses the festival to raise money for youth charities and teach challenged athletes to surf
The boy was identified as Jedidiah King Cabezuela, one of four children sickened in the outbreak. Health officials suspect they picked up the bacteria from the petting zoo.
Boy, 2, dies from E. coli linked to San Diego County Fair; 3 other kids sickened
The source of the E. coli bacteria remains under investigation, but all four children reportedly visited animal areas or the petting zoo, or had other animal contact at the San Diego County Fair. County DEH officials re-inspected food facilities that the children visited and found no links there to the sickness.
A new name for Sunset High School?
Sunset High School is scheduled to be demolished on July 2, making way for a "sparkling" new permanent home for the school, replacing aging portables and district warehouse structures.
Two local residents warn of danger to pets from sago palm
On Memorial Day morning, Encinitas resident Ronnie Steinau was talking on the phone when she noticed her and her husband's pet dog, Luna, had picked something up in the backyard and began chewing on it.
Rainbow flag to fly over Encinitas City Hall this month
North County city appears to be only one in San Diego County to commemorate Pride Month
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COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS CALLS ON HARRISBURG TO PROVIDE REGULATORY RELIEF FOR BARS, RESTAURANTS
In Council News, Isaiah Thomas, News by PHL Council April 8, 2021
Extended happy hours and bar hours will entice visitors and new residents while provided much needed revenue to Philadelphia schools
Philadelphia, PA. — As Philadelphia begins to reopen, an emphasis needs to be put on Philadelphia nightlife in a way it wasn't before the pandemic. Councilmember Isaiah Thomas is calling on the Pennsylvania State Senate and Pennsylvania House of Representatives to provide regulatory relief to local bars, restaurants and other liquor licensees. The City Council Arts and Culture Task Force, released March 22nd, recommended that the nightlife sector could be an amenity and tax base for Philadelphia, more so than it currently is. Specifically, Councilmember Thomas is calling for extended bar hours and increased happy hours which will allow for industry recovery, job preservation and a renewed focus on the afterhours aspects of Philadelphia's arts and culture sector.
"We created lifelines for the hospitality sector and arts community to get through the pandemic but we have to start to think about reopening and the long term," said Councilmember Isaiah Thomas. "We haven't properly valued our nightlife community but these businesses and performers are vital to our city. They create jobs, generate revenue, attract tourists and new residents and are the backbone of our cultural identity. By providing much needed regulatory relief, we will see the return on investment from an economic and a social perspective."
Throughout 2020, while the city was on lockdown, saw a 23 percent decline in liquor-by-the-drink tax revenue collections compared to 2019 which resulted in significant business closures and job loss. The majority of this tax (collected predominantly from restaurants and bars) supports the Philadelphia School District which, in addition to the business hardship, saw budget shortfalls.
As outlined by the City Council Arts and Culture Task Force, extended bar hours and additional happy hours are more than revenue generators. Nightlife is a way for communities to create revenue as well as socialize. Nightlife businesses and performers attract tourists and new residents, give artists and creators preferred venues and spaces – it helps define and anchor commercial corridors and more.
This regulatory relief is more than a means for recovery, this is a way to reopen Philadelphia as a bigger and better City than pre-pandemic levels. This resolution is cosponsored by Councilmembers Parker, Brooks, Henon, Gilmore Richardson, Green, Bass, and Domb.
Read the resolution: CM Thomas Nighttime Revenue Resolution


Three cases of rabies have been reported in the Serian Division of Sarawak. Two of the cases reported being bitten by a dog in the weeks prior to developing symptoms.
Rabies pre-exposure vaccine is available for those considered to be at risk. Travellers to Malaysia should avoid all contact with animals and dogs in particular. Immediate first aid and wound care of any animal bite is very important. The incident should be reported promptly and assessed carefully.


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Rebecca Allan: The Landscape is a Manuscript
October 6, 2017	- November 17, 2017
Alice R. Rogers Gallery & Target Gallery, SJU
Rebecca Allan, a painter who works at the confluence of the Hudson and Harlem Rivers in New York City, will exhibit new paintings and works on paper from recent travels in New Mexico, Maine, and the south of France. These works explore the geological, botanical, and atmospheric conditions of the landscape, which Allan sees as having a relationship to illuminated manuscripts. As we move back and forth from words to images on a scroll, a manuscript, or in a painting, we try to perceive deeply, and to develop a deeper knowledge of our environment. A selection of works in the exhibition are also featured in The Crossroads Project, a multidisciplinary performance piece that explores sustainability of the Earth's resources through the lens of environmental science, music, and visual art.
Rebecca Allan is a New York-based painter whose investigates watershed environments of the Northeast, Pacific Northwest, New Mexico, the Gulf Coast, Lebanon, France, and Norway, and is inspired by her interest in landscape ecology, botany, and geology. An alumna of Allegheny College in Meadville, PA, her work is exhibited at James Gallery in Pittsburgh. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally for more than 25 years, and her most recent exhibition, Rain in the Arroyo, was presented in February 2017 at Meredith Ward Fine Art in New York.
Since 1993, Allan has been awarded artist's residencies at The Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France (2016); The Hermitage Artists Retreat, Englewood, Florida; Centrum Foundation, Port Townsend, WA; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA and Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA.
Thursday, November 9, 2017, 5-7 p.m.
Artist Talk beginning at 6 p.m.
There will also be a reception in the gallery following the public performance of The Crossroads Project on Friday, November 10, TBD.
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Saint John's Art Center, SJU
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Then Jesus said to them, "Tonight all of you will run away because of Me, for it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. But after I have been resurrected, I will go ahead of you to Galilee." Peter told Him, "Even if everyone runs away because of You, I will never run away! " "I assure you," Jesus said to him, "tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times! " "Even if I have to die with You," Peter told Him, "I will never deny You! " And all the disciples said the same thing.
We are so sure of our faithfulness. We will never leave. We will always love. We will be strong. We won't fail.
In those confident moments and declarations of commitment, is our boasting based on our own resolve? The focus is often on our own power rather than God's.
God knows where we are weak and when we will falter. He wants us to cling to His goodness and faithfulness rather than our own.
His grace is more powerful than our will-power. And His loving-kindness will hold us tightly, even when we lose our grip.
Who we can be truly sure of is Jesus.