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Bruins Believe in Kindness Club
Gamer's Guild
MURAL PROJECTS
Section from mural from Spring 2016
Mural completed Spring 2016
New mural in 6th grade campus up close
Having fun!
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Bruins paws!
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Mural project - Under the Sea
BEAUTIFYING BROWNELL THROUGH ART
Beginning with the 2015-16 school year, the Brownell Parent Club started working with local artist, Sheryl Cathers, to lead the Brownell Art Club in the process of beautifying the school through art. Additional murals have been added over the last year.
The initial project, as seen on the Learning Center wall, was a Trompe L'oeil style design, which is a French term meaning "trick the eye." Sometimes called illusionism, it's a style of painting that gives the appearance of three-dimensions, or photographic realism. As part of this initial project, there was also improvements to the adjacent landscaping and "Library" lettered over the main entrance.
The murals will be located in high-traffic areas, help build pride by the students and staff and make the campus less institutional-looking.
The process includes Ms. Cathers helping students brainstorm concepts, guiding them in sketching out ideas, coordinating the final design and then directing the students as they paint the murals. Parent volunteers also help students prep the mural sites by general cleaning, scraping old paint, power washing surfaces, and planting appropriate greenery.
TBD, Club Advisor
Meetings: TBD
"A club where like-minded individuals can come together in a common space to create their own art and visit with one another."
THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS
Sheryl Cathers owns and primary art instructor at Dabble Art Center. She has many years experience teaching art, including 18 years at St. Mary School, grades K-8, for the City of Gilroy, just to name a few. With extensive experience teaching all ages, she was awarded Educator of the Year in 2007 by San Jose Magazine. A celebrated artist in her own right, she specializes on murals and acrylic on canvas.Many of jer murals can be found throughout Gilroy.
Brownell's Associated Student Body represents all Bruins, and works to enrich the school day. With students meetings on a regular basis, we provide the students with countless activities to participate in.
School Dances: The dances are open only to students attending Brownell. Students suspended during the time between dances may not attend. When attending school dances, students must bring their ticket, a signed parent permission slip, and a current school ID card. The school dress code is in effect at all dances, and students who arrive wearing clothing that breaks that dress code will be sent home. Parents MUST pick up students from dances promptly.
Spirit Days: Held throughout the year, students have the opportunity to show their Bruin spirit by participating in a theme day.
Appropriate student behavior is a requirement for participation in all students activities, including ASB. Student leaders are expected to represent high ethical standards. Students must attend at least half of the school day to be eligible to participate in ASB and related activities. GUSD board policy states that to be eligible for a position of leaderships, students must maintain a 2.0 GPA or higher with no more than 1 failing grade. In addition, ASB students must have satisfactory citizenship. Eligibility shall be determined at the end of each quarter.
CURRENT ASB MEMBERS
OFFICERS - 2019/20
President: Logan Corona
Vice President: Aliisa Rosti
Secretary: Olivia Goldammer
Treasurer: Harrison Lee
Parent Club Liaison:
Spirit Day Commissioner:
Dance Commissioner: Ella Donohue
Kymberli Brower - ASB Advisor
email: kymberli.brower@gilroyunified.org
Every Tuesdays in room 44 @ 2:46 - 3:15 p.m., Officers 3:30 p.m.
UPCOMING EVENTS - DANCES
October 25, 2019 - Halloween Dance 6-8pm in the MPR
Spirit Week - October 21-25
Monday - Meme Day
Tuesday - Disney Day
Wednesday - Decades Day
Thursday - Twin Day
Friday - Black, Orange, Purple Day
Mr. Adam Martinez is a new band director for the Gilroy Unified School District. Aside from being a band director, he is an active performing musician in both Santa Clara and San Benito County. Mr. Martinez has played double bass and electric bass for many local organizations such as the South Valley Symphony, San Benito Stage Company, and South Valley Civic Theatre.
Mr. Martinez received his B.M. in Music Education and teaching credential from San Jose State University. His previous teaching experience includes teaching elementary classroom music along with middle school band, choir, and string orchestra. Mr. Martinez is passionate about spreading his passion of music to all of his students.
He can always be contacted via email at adam.martinez@gilroyunified.org
HOMEWORK HELP AND MORE
Bear Den starts immediately the first quarter of the school year.
This is a program designed to assist students in meeting standards, and credit recovery for students missing assignments.
Students that do not complete homework are referred by teachers to the main administration at scheduled intervals.
Once referred, students are placed on a Bear Den list, and are expected to gather their lunch and come into the Bear Den classroom for tutoring and completion of their assigned work.
Students are assigned for a two week block of time, Monday through Friday, and may exit early if all work is completed.
Students are assigned to Bear Den unless a parent opts their student out. Surprisingly enough, parents are very supportive of this program.
We strongly urge families not to opt out of the program as most students are able to get back on track academically within the first session.
Our goal is to assist students in not receiving 0's for assignments and provide a place where they can get help needed for any assignments they did not understand.
This program allows students to still earn some credit, grow academically, and have the support of teaching staff and college tutors.
Students develop good learning habits by attending this program.
Since Bear Den is open during lunches, some students find this program a place for them to feel safe, meet another friend, and express their inner thoughts with their peers in a classroom environment.
Thank you to all students, parents, and teachers for making this program a success!
Mrs. Mukai, Advisor
Open during lunch in the Learning Center.
Bruins Believe in Kindness Club with Mrs. Fortino in Room 34
Wednesday @ 2:45-3:45 p.m. You can make a difference!
Mission Statement: The club's main goals are to raise kindness awareness beginning on campus, then stretching into our community. Students will come up with their own ideas as I guide and facilitate activities.
The Brownell Choir received $4,621 from the Gilroy Foundation. Monies were received for this year's transportation as well as next year's transportation. Along with this, the grant money will allow our program to purchase a couple of instruments as well as a piano cover for the choir room, to keep it from going out of tune with the hot/cold temps. The Brownell Choir received $3,000 from Gilroy Assistance League (GALs). This money will purchase performance gowns for the students for the first time in the history of the program! The program also received $519 from the Latino Family Fund grant! This will help purchase music and instruments that will encourage and celebrate our Latino community. The Brownell Choir and its Director, Mrs. Laurie Avey, are extremely grateful and honored by this community gift to our program.
Mrs. Laurie Avey has been involved in music since a very young age. After singing solos in church at the age of 4, she started playing the piano at age 8 and has never stopped! Mrs. Avey has taught piano since the age of 14 and still has a few students on the side. She has been in and involved with Choirs of all ages, many different musical groups, and she currently plays in the Worship Band at South Valley Community Church.
Educationally speaking, she has a minor in music from Sonoma State University. In 2000, she was hired by GUSD to teach Choir and Physical Education for Brownell Middle School. This continued for 5 years, until Solorsano Middle School opened and a teacher was hired to teach Choir at all three middle schools. Programs changed, things evolved, and Brownell is back to having its own Choir, beginning the school year of 2011-2012.
Mrs. Avey's goals are to spread her passion for music to her students. She hopes they find music to be an expression they can turn to when times that are tough, that music can give them opportunities to do things and meet people that they might not do or meet otherwise, that the confidence they gain from this experience, will spill into many other aspects of the students' life. She hopes that many will continue their music learning and involvement at the upper levels of education and beyond!
A Sampling of Choir Events?
District Concerts, which included singing with and listening to elementary choirs, elementary honor choirs, other middle school choirs, and high school choirs
Concerts with our own Brownell Bands
Memory Lane Concert, with just our Choir, singing songs from the entire year. This is also the Choir where alumni from past Brownell Choirs join us on one song, "From the Heart."
Sing the National Anthem for Brownell's Promotion Ceremony.
Field Trips:
Vocal Arts Festival at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo (CalPoly) where we sing and listen to other middle school choirs in California
Disneyland (if accepted), where we sing at the California Adventure Backlot Stage and attend a vocal workshop with their professional musicians
Live Oak Adult Day Center in Gilroy, where we spread holiday cheer
One of the High Schools to attend their Chamber Choir Class (advanced choir)
Building the Bridge for Music - where we visit the elementary schools and share about Brownell's music program.
Caroling through the classrooms
1-3 students are selected to sing in the CMEA (California Music Educators' Association) Conference in January
1 or 2 fundraisers, including the Spaghetti Feed held by the Choral Boosters at Gilroy High School
We get our picture taken with a professional photographer. Individual photos and Buddy photos are also available for purchase.
Coach Avey, Advisor
School Tel: 669-205-5100
Besides singing, what else do we do in the Choir class?
We sing WARM-UPS to increase our breath control and to work on our pure vowel sounds. We play creative games and share in reading and answering questions from our Music Book, to help with understanding the written part of music, so we can improve our scores for our Quarterly Assessment. We get to invite friends to come and check out choir. We have had guest presenters. We get two extracurricular activities stickers, one per semester, which allow us to participate in fun activities at Brownell.
~~CALLING ALL CHOIR ALUMNI~~
We are so excited to have you join us for our Memory Lane/Legacy Concert. Each year, at the end of May, or beginning of June, we perform all of our songs for the entire year. Included in that, is our Choir legacy song, "From the Heart," for alumni to sing with us.
From the Heart accompaniment
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From the Heart both parts
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Part 2 - Altos and Tenors
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Part 1 - Sopranos and Basses
ATTENTION All Returning
6th and 7th graders!
If you are interested or possibly interested in joining Choir next school year, please let Coach Avey know. You can reach her during your PE class or through a current Choir Member. We are getting ready to recruit all incoming 5th graders and we don't want to give away spots you may want for yourself.
You are always welcome to check out Choir by coming to one of our Choir classes, held from 2:45-4:00 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We would LOVE to have you join this Fearless and Focused Family!"
MORE INFO/FORMS
Choir Dress Info
Choir T-Shirt
-Upcoming Choir Schedule-
WEDNESDAY, June 3rd @ GHS - 8th Grade Promotion. More info to follow!
DOWNLOAD CHOIR SCHEDULE 2019-20
Founded in 1967, CJSF fosters high standards of scholarship, service and citizenship in the middle school grades. Like CSF, CJSF emphasizes service to the school and the community while fostering pride in scholastic achievement.
CJSF Fabulous five OFFICERS - 2019/20
Aliisa Rosti
Shiven Bharol
Olivia Goldammer
Chiara Bouissou
Aubrey Archuleta
Barbara Kalman, Advisor
Meet Wednesdays during 8th grade lunch in Room 20
Multicultural Club with Mrs. PascualDomingo in the Library
Friday @ 2:45-4:00 p.m.
Mission Statement: We are a club that promotes awareness, acceptance and an appreciation of diverse cultures.
Gamer's Guild has no officers, no mission statement, no fees, no tournaments -- just a quiet place to come to plug in and game for 45 minutes. Gamer's Guild is a drop-in club, which means that students can come and join as they wish -- no commitments.
Games that encourage taking drugs, stealing things, or committing sexual violence is not permitted, but chasing Creepers and assorted mobs of roving dragon-kin is acceptable. Students may bring board games to the club as well. We meet every Thursday after school in room 22 from 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm.
Club Advisors
Mrs. Kalman, Mr. Bryde and Mr. Feisthamel
Meetings - Every Thursday in Room 20, 2:45 - 4:00 p.m.
ROBOTICS Club - Every Friday
Robotics is being held in room 33 every Friday from 2:45 - 4:00 pm. We have been blessed with a student volunteer from GECA, Gavin Jampani, a former Bruin, who has an amazing technological knowledge in assisting Mrs. Groppe. Robotics Club is a parental-driven after school program. This activity requires committed parents to participate and donate their time. The program consists of 1 Session for two (2) hours, once a week. If you have more questions and are interested in considering getting more involved please contact Mrs. Groppe, our club advisor.
The Robotics Program's objective is to enrich students' learning experiences and expose them to the wonderful world of science through robotic engineering! The program emphasizes flexible approaches toward understanding, responding and solving problems through playfulness and practical application utilizing LEGO MINDSTORM Robotic Educational sets. The Students are exposed to computer programming, building, and critical thinking.
Currently, the program is for 6th through 8th grade students with maximum of 12 students per session. Our goal is to supplement grade level standards(ca) with this program. This requires committed parents to participate and donate their time. The Program consists of 1 Session for two (2) hours once a week.
If you have more questions and considering getting more involved please contact the front office or email Mrs. Groppe @ vicky.groppe@gilroyunified.org.
The Brownell Community Garden Project's mission is to educate students in the art and science of horticulture while connecting the garden with other disciplines that allow students to relate the learning in the garden to both classroom and real life experiences. Our students will create a shared vision, work collaboratively, and cultivate a place to learn about and experience the rewards of gardening.
S U M M A R Y
The Brownell Community Garden Project has been in the planning and development stages for several years, but it has only recently started becoming a tangible reality.
Our garden is operated with and funded by donations of both time and materials.
In the future, our garden will consist of trees, bushes, flowers, herbs, fruits, and vegetables with an area completely developed to native rocks and plants.
The garden area will also have outdoor classrooms for students, a green house, outdoor kitchen, benches, and workstations.
On hold until the new location determined!
Mrs. Kalman, Advisor
If our garden can be a peaceful place, then our schools will be peaceful, then our community, then our city, then our country, then our continent.........and then that peace will spread to the whole world!
--Unknown student
Garden Master Plan
Garden Wish List


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I'm NC25/30 do you think it will show off in my skin?
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Your eyes are beautiful! Thanks for this video, I may have to go with Deep Bronzer, it looks like it would be a nice shade for me 🙂 thanks for the video!
I just got this bronzer in the mail yesterday…felt like I had to try it since it was so highly raved about, and let's be honest, I'm obsessed with bronzer haha. I tried it today and my first thought was that it went on very smoothly and easy to blend out, and I love the color of it! I have it in the shade "Bronzer" and the color is so beautiful, it looks so natural and not orange at all wich I like, a very natural brown color. I know that people love the smell of it, I don't hate the smell and I have nothing against that it is scented at all…but I would prefer a more fruity scent or something like that to be honest 🙂 I feel like that coconut-ish smell can be a bit too much. But I am not the biggest fan of coconut-scented stuff so it could be that haha…but I feel like a fruity smell would feel more fresh to be honest! But that's just personal preference 🙂 But in the end it doesn't matter because the bronzer is beautiful and I honestly think the best bronzer I've ever tried, so impressed.
I'm wearing hoola bronzer, I'm wondering if the PF bronzer is good for my med/deep skin tones…. the darkest one?
Really love your hair color. What color is it?


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His and Her Hookworm: Same Rash Strikes Couple on the Rear
By Cari Nierenberg 2018-01-19T21:45:56Z
The mouth parts of the hookworm Ancylostoma braziliense.
(Image: © CDC/ Dr. Mae Melvin)
Editor's note (Feb. 22): The journal BMJ Case Reports has retracted this case report. According to the notice, the article was removed "voluntarily at the request of the patient concerned."
A husband and wife returned home from a Caribbean cruise with identical souvenirs from their vacation: parasitic infections that caused itchy, red rashes on the couple's backsides, according to a report of their case.
After sunbathing on a sandy beach in Martinique one afternoon, the wife said she felt a burning sensation on her rear end. By the next day, this irritation had blossomed into an extremely itchy rash with "red pinprick marks," according to the report, which was published Jan. 13 in the journal BMJ Case Reports.
The woman's husband also developed a rash on his backside after spending time with his wife on the beach. So, the British couple sought help from the medical staff on the cruise ship, who prescribed antibiotics and anti-fungal medications, as well as a steroid cream to relieve the rash and quell the itchiness, the report said. [8 Awful Parasite Infections That Will Make Your Skin Crawl]
But these treatments didn't help, so when the couple returned home from the cruise, they went to the hospital. By this point, it had been 10 days since they'd sat on the Martinique beach.
When doctors at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, England, examined the 52-year-old woman, they saw a wavy, red rash on her bottom. Her husband had a similar-looking rash on his backside, and doctors diagnosed both of them with "cutaneous larva migrans," according to the case report.
This is a skin condition caused by a hookworm infection. The most common culprit for the infection in the Caribbean is the hookworm Ancylostoma braziliense, according to the case report.
Larvae on the beach
People can pick up the parasite after encountering hookworm larvae; these can be excreted in the feces of an infected animal, typically a dog or cat, onto sandy beaches or moist soil, the report said.
A high percentage of dogs and cats are infected with hookworm, especially strays, said Dr. Peter Hotez, the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, who was not involved in the couple's case. When these animals defecate on the beach, hookworm larvae can easily migrate through the sand, he said.
But Caribbean beaches aren't the only places you can find hookworms; some beaches along the Gulf Coast of the U. S. and the Atlantic seaboard may also be teaming with the parasites, Hotez told Live Science. [10 Ways the Beach Can Kill You]
For a person to become infected with hookworm, there has to be direct contact between the skin and the larvae of the worm, Hotez said. That means that walking barefoot on contaminated beach may cause the infection. Hotez said he speculates that this couple may have sat bare-bottomed on the sand, or the sand may have gotten into their bathing suits.
Once a hookworm larva penetrates a person's skin, it can burrow around, leaving a trail-like rash of inflamed skin known as a "creeping eruption," Hotez said. Sometimes, the rash can have a winding appearance, as was the case for this couple, or sometimes it can look like lines on the skin, he noted. (The species of hookworm that is thought to have infected the couple can't reproduce in humans; as a result, when the worms infect humans, they typically burrow around in the skin until they die, Live Science previously reported.)
Doctors prescribed anti-parasitic medication to the husband and wife, according to the report. But five days later, the woman went to the emergency room because she was experiencing shortness of breath, a dry cough and chest pain. Her husband also developed a dry cough.
A small percentage of people with cutaneous larva migrans may get symptoms in their lungs, Hotez said. When this occurs, it means the larvae got into the bloodstream and were carried to the lungs, he said.
A chest X-ray can show if the larvae have infiltrated the lungs, Hotez said. And indeed, there was evidence of this in both the man and the woman, according to the case report.
Lung-related symptoms tend to happen when there is significant exposure to hookworm larvae, Hotez noted; in other words, a person would have to be infected with a large number of larvae.
The couple was given a second dose of anti-parasitic medication, and the treatment quickly helped clear up their skin as well as their lungs, according to the case report.

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Home » Art museum vandal asks for exhibition of local art
Art museum vandal asks for exhibition of local art
If you haven't yet visited the Perez Art Museum of Miami (PAMM), the gorgeous new space between Biscayne Bay and Downtown, you are missing a tremendous experience of some of the finest contemporary art in the world. If you do make it out, you will have already missed part of a main exhibit, recently destroyed in an act of protest by Miami artist Maximo Caminiero.
The vandalism itself was a shock to the art world. But as a work of protest art, the act was as fitting as it was justified. To understand the justification, look to the destroyed art for insight.
Ai Weiwei is likely the world's most famous artist. The Chinese icon, keeping with his social criticism of development, had photographed himself shattering a 2,500 year old priceless Chinese vase, displayed in front of several dozen more ancient vases he had wantonly painted on. The piece originally commented on the destruction of Chinese tradition at the hands of the Cultural Revolution and the rapid growth of China as wealthy modern country.
When Caminiero approached the vases, as he later told the Miami New Times, he took his cue from Ai, calmly picking one up, and dropping it to the floor. The estimated price of the destroyed vase? Over $1 million. Caminiero was booked with criminal mischief, a felony.
As Caminiero explained, "I did it for all the local artists in Miami that have never been shown in museums here"
As a statement of art itself, there are reasonable critiques to what Caminiero did. In painting over the vases, Ai had already transformed archeological value into artistic value. Caminiero's vandalism was only poorly documented in low-quality video, so there is no physical legacy to his act.
Ai himself, objecting to the method, said, "If he really had a point, he should choose another way, because this will bring him trouble to destroy property that does not belong to him."
But consider that the original piece existed only because Ai was concerned with the destruction of authentic Chinese culture. Miami has become a hotbed for the international art scene every December at Art Basel, when the PAMM first opened. Hidden underneath this expensive world is an authentic, local culture with world-class murals and galleries. When Ai's work supplants that of a Miamian, it isn't unreasonable to suggest that the Chinese activist has become what his art originally spoke against.
Tellingly, PAMM's next main exhibit will be Little Haiti's own Edouard Duval-Carrié, so hopefully this will be the last broken art for a while.
In any event, do visit the PAMM. Go to Artwalk in Wynwood, too. Miami is a city that is uniquely international in scope, but we can still try and build a little local culture as best, or destructively, as we can.
Patrick Quinlan is a sophomore majoring in international studies and political science.
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Some photos from Tuesday night's I.T. show with Bryant, Cindie and Emily. Opted for that visually depressed painter look (a term i dubbed whilst trying to explain my outfit to my parents; in re 'you kind of look like a classy emo french dude'). Trying to redeem my lack of posts in bokeh- is it working? Probably not. Was exposed to a myriad of runway looks only explainable with this photo (only time i will link a meme but don't say i didn't warn you) but managed to steal some snaps from Bryant get some snaps of some highlights.
Also i would love it if you all could sign my friend's petition to close down the world's cruellest zoo. It's so saddening to see how animals are treated in this place and i would love it if you all could take action and spread the word. Pretty please?
wearing: beret c/o American Apparel, sweater from Aland, waistcoat from choies, easy jeans c/o American Apparel, boots from Asos, bag from KARA. Photos by Bryant and I.
Heading to another show tonight, can't wait to show you guys more!
I love your painter look, suits you very well.
and those caps on the runway!
That show looks so awesome. I bet it was even more visually jarring that in these photos. Love the exaggeration of certain elements of the clothing. And of course you look wonderful as well as the gang! That peek-a-boo of pinstripe is my favorite detail of your photos.
You're so pretty! Love your description of the look :) I think it captures its essence perfectly. Though it is kind of New York chic as well.
love love love this joe.. pretty as alwaysss..
So much love for those striped platform shoes!
loved the outfit.. if your parents says that you look like a emo, tell them that you are the most fashion emo in the world!
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Nature Valley returns to St. Martin Book Fair 2015, with arrowroot workshop
by Bajan Reporter / May 27th, 2015
The Nature Valley association of Colombier will coordinate the "how to do" workshop on arrowroot at the 13th annual St. Martin Book Fair, June 4 – 6, 2015, said Shujah Reiph, book fair coordinator.
The association is well known for its hands-on exhibitions of traditional culture, agriculture, and nature conservation in Colombier, the St. Martin village that is well known for its fertile agricultural land. "Nature Valley had such a successful workshop on 'how to make guavaberry' at book fair 2012, that it makes even the idea of an arrowroot workshop so exciting for book fair 2015," said Reiph recently.
According the Vernicia Brooks, president of Nature Valley, the association members will show and discuss the arrowroot plant and rootstock history and its uses in St. Martin; the traditional pounding method of the arrowroot; how the starch is made from the Caribbean herbaceous plant; and "medicinal virtues" and cooking uses of the fine-grained starch that is made from arrowroot.
Brooks said that the workshop will touch on what Nature Valley has learned about arrowroot uses in other Caribbean islands but the emphasis will be on the history, cultivation, cultivators, preparation, and uses of arrow throughout the island of St. Martin.
In some villages of old-time St. Martin, the arrowroot harvest and preparation were very ceremonial. The ceremony included dance, celebratory songs, and specific work songs sung to the rhythm of drums and the pounding of the arrowroot with long pestles in large mortars, according to Thomassillienne Arnell, a former research source about Traditional St. Martin at House of Nehesi Publishers.
Arrowroot, both as a plant and food native to the region, also has a persistent air of mystery about its preparation and uses, especially in connection to pregnant women, and with regard to its ancient Amerindian use as an anti-toxin. The origin of the name arrowroot might be the Arawakan term aru-aru ("meal of meals"). According to wikipedia, "Archaeological studies in the Americas show evidence of arrowroot cultivation as early as 7,000 years."
Although arrowroot starch can be made from several tropical plants, the particular plant popularly used on an island or in an area, along with its tuber and the starch obtained from it, often go by the same name: arrowroot.
The free arrowroot workshop will take place on Saturday, June 6, the main day of book fair sales, book signings, and workshops at the University of St. Martin (USM).
Conscious Lyrics Foundation and House of Nehesi Publishers organize the St. Martin Book Fair in collaboration with its strategic partner the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau, USM, LC Fleming Foundation, and St. Martin Tourist Office.
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Der Victoria Peak () ist ein kegelförmiger und  hoher Berg im Süden der Brabant-Insel im Palmer-Archipel vor der Westküste der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Er ragt 3 km östlich des Mount Bulcke auf.

Zuerst gesichtet und fotografiert wurde er bei der Belgica-Expedition (1897–1899) des belgischen Polarforschers Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery. Der Name des Bergs ist erstmals um das Jahr 1921 auf Landkarten verzeichnet. Der Benennungshintergrund ist nicht überliefert.

Weblinks
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 Victoria Peak auf geographic.org (englisch)

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Students participate in about 400 club and circle activities.
Being a student is one of the most important and memorable experiences of a person's life. In addition to academic pursuits, extracurricular activities make up a valuable part of the overall university experience. Students can develop their social and interpersonal skills by getting involved in running organizations. This will help to improve their teamwork skills, and ability to build meaningful relationship with friends and peers, as well as with junior and senior students. Responsibility, good judgment and endurance can also be developed during such activities.
At Doshisha University, there are about 170 official extracurricular activity groups and 240 groups registered with the Student Support Services Center in a wide range of areas including arts, sports and culture. The groups range from those with a long tradition at the university to those more connected with contemporary culture, and all are run by the students themselves. The university supports these activities within the scope of nurturing individuals with the spirit of autonomy and self-reliance. Both the Imadegawa and Kyotanabe campuses house various facilities related to many of the extracurricular activities.
featuring a wide range of activities of student clubs and circles, such as recent results and upcoming games of sports groups, event schedules of music groups and research presentations of academic groups. Students can also find information on extracurricular programs organized by the Student Support Services Center, as well as movies, plays and concerts offered on campus.


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meaning in the words "preliminary hearing."
The mischief here, as I see it, is that after we have reaffirmed the importance of the jury, now we take that great
group of cases—and there are many, particularly those kinds of subtle investigations that are initiated by an investigation by the grand jury into various types of syndicated gambling, corruption by public officials, and many more than that, or the case of the fleeing felon—the person whom you know committed the crime, but has not been taken into custody. Perhaps you are attempting to extradict this person from Idaho while you are simultaneously presenting the case to the grand jury. Under this proposal as it appears, if this person is obtained by way of extradition back from Idaho, you would then have to give him a preliminary hearing.
Now, I support the minority report. I would also support Delegate Lennon's amendment, because I think it addresses itself to the matter I discussed this morning, that if you allow
__in the future—prosecution by way of information, which in
my opinion would be beneficial—not harmful—to the accused, then you should provide a preliminary hearing to establish probable cause prior to the filing of the information in court. I think Delegate Lennon's amendment accomplishes that.
Other than that, I think the majority report is building into this constitution as a constitutional right—and I want you to bear this in mind—something that exists neither in this state nor in any other state in the Union. It confuses entirely the province and office of the preliminary hearing, which is not an adversary proceeding, which is simply a device to determine probable cause. Thank you very much.
MRS. PAPPAS:    Question.
PRESIDENT WITWER:    Thank you Mr. Karns.
May the record show that the Chair has—the president has resumed the Chair, and we thank Vice-President Lyons for presiding throughout the day up to this point.
The question has been called, but I believe that there are several delegates who wish to be heard; and we have no right to cut off the debate unless they wish to yield to the will of the body on this. Mr. Jaskula?
MR. JASKULA: I would like to ask Mr. Tomei one question. Mr. Tomei, when did your case take place—in what year? When you were forced to trial without a preliminary hearing.
MR. TOMEI:    I am sorry, I didn't hear that.
MR. JASKULA: In what year did you have that case where you were forced to trial without a preliminary hearing?
MR. TOMEI: Well, as I pointed out, this was ultimately a misdemeanor charge, but the answer is 1967 or '68—'68, I believe.
MR. JASKULA: This is within the last couple of years; is that it?
MR. TOMEI:    Absolutely.
MR. JASKULA: Well, under the statute, you were entitled to a preliminary hearing in any case after any arrest— under the 1967 statute.
MR. TOMEI: Well, I didn't get one, and I asked for one, too.
PRESIDENT WITWER:    I beg your pardon. Mr. Durr? MR. DURR:    A good deal of what I was going to say was
said a good deal—a great deal—better by Delegate Karns. I just wanted to point out, I share the concern of Delegate Fennoy that an individual not be subjected to a public trial without some preliminary determination by an impartial body—be it a judicial officer or a grand jury—that there is sufficient cause to require the citizen to engage in that—to endure that. I submit to you that Delegate Lennon's proposed amendment does precisely that.
I submit further that this is a balancing act, not merely between the rights of the individual accused of a crime and the rights of society as the body aggrieved; it is also a balancing act between the rights of the person accused and the rights of those other persons waiting for their trial in a judicial system so clogged with repetition that they can't get to trial. And it is also a balancing act with the rights of complaining witnesses who have to come to the courthouse to make their initial complaint, then have to come to the courthouse to testify before the grand jury—and that may take a day or two to wait their turn, then come to the courthouse to testify at a preliminary hearing and have it continued two or three times after they have taken off work, and finally get so disgusted that they refuse to come to the courthouse for the trial on the merits, and have the matter dismissed for want of prosecution.
I submit that, on balance, Delegate Lennon's proposed amendment protects the rights of the accused without doing injustice to the rights of the complaining witnesses and those other persons awaiting disposition of their matters in an uncluttered system. Thank you.
PRESIDENT WITWER: Mr. Raby, do you wish to be heard? Mr. Raby, did you wish the floor?
MR. RABY: Yes. Mr. Chairman, as a member of the committee and as a person who voted in the majority, I would like to explain what seems to be some confusion on—at least, as to my position in voting for the continuation of the grand jury, and my very strong feeling that a preliminary hearing is a necessary protection for defendants as raised by Mr. Karns.
I would call to your attention—and I have a transcript made of testimony before our committee, and I don't intend to read all of it—but I would like to point out at least two answers which I asked directly to the prosecuting attorneys who were brought down to share with us their knowledge and their experience.
The testimony transcript—or the testimony from which I will be quoting—is Prosecuting Attorney Bertaina from Will County.
And I asked this question very directly of him, and I quote: Now I would ask you very directly, out of the last 100 indictments that you have recommended, not the situations which you have described (other than the ones he had recommended) for which the grand jury became—became political, if you will—and I am not saying this disparagingly, but a kind of political cushion for the young kid with the marijuana and for the man who was hit—how many recommended indictments out of the last 100 which you presented to the grand jury—how many were negative?
His responses were: "If you would take a hundred." His response in essence was that "exactly one hundred."
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Transcript VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF JUNE 3, 1970 1465 meaning in the words "preliminary hearing." The mischief here, as I see it, is that after we have reaffirmed the importance of the jury, now we take that great group of cases—and there are many, particularly those kinds of subtle investigations that are initiated by an investigation by the grand jury into various types of syndicated gambling, corruption by public officials, and many more than that, or the case of the fleeing felon—the person whom you know committed the crime, but has not been taken into custody. Perhaps you are attempting to extradict this person from Idaho while you are simultaneously presenting the case to the grand jury. Under this proposal as it appears, if this person is obtained by way of extradition back from Idaho, you would then have to give him a preliminary hearing. Now, I support the minority report. I would also support Delegate Lennon's amendment, because I think it addresses itself to the matter I discussed this morning, that if you allow __in the future—prosecution by way of information, which in my opinion would be beneficial—not harmful—to the accused, then you should provide a preliminary hearing to establish probable cause prior to the filing of the information in court. I think Delegate Lennon's amendment accomplishes that. Other than that, I think the majority report is building into this constitution as a constitutional right—and I want you to bear this in mind—something that exists neither in this state nor in any other state in the Union. It confuses entirely the province and office of the preliminary hearing, which is not an adversary proceeding, which is simply a device to determine probable cause. Thank you very much. MRS. PAPPAS: Question. PRESIDENT WITWER: Thank you Mr. Karns. May the record show that the Chair has—the president has resumed the Chair, and we thank Vice-President Lyons for presiding throughout the day up to this point. The question has been called, but I believe that there are several delegates who wish to be heard; and we have no right to cut off the debate unless they wish to yield to the will of the body on this. Mr. Jaskula? MR. JASKULA: I would like to ask Mr. Tomei one question. Mr. Tomei, when did your case take place—in what year? When you were forced to trial without a preliminary hearing. MR. TOMEI: I am sorry, I didn't hear that. MR. JASKULA: In what year did you have that case where you were forced to trial without a preliminary hearing? MR. TOMEI: Well, as I pointed out, this was ultimately a misdemeanor charge, but the answer is 1967 or '68—'68, I believe. MR. JASKULA: This is within the last couple of years; is that it? MR. TOMEI: Absolutely. MR. JASKULA: Well, under the statute, you were entitled to a preliminary hearing in any case after any arrest— under the 1967 statute. MR. TOMEI: Well, I didn't get one, and I asked for one, too. PRESIDENT WITWER: I beg your pardon. Mr. Durr? MR. DURR: A good deal of what I was going to say was said a good deal—a great deal—better by Delegate Karns. I just wanted to point out, I share the concern of Delegate Fennoy that an individual not be subjected to a public trial without some preliminary determination by an impartial body—be it a judicial officer or a grand jury—that there is sufficient cause to require the citizen to engage in that—to endure that. I submit to you that Delegate Lennon's proposed amendment does precisely that. I submit further that this is a balancing act, not merely between the rights of the individual accused of a crime and the rights of society as the body aggrieved; it is also a balancing act between the rights of the person accused and the rights of those other persons waiting for their trial in a judicial system so clogged with repetition that they can't get to trial. And it is also a balancing act with the rights of complaining witnesses who have to come to the courthouse to make their initial complaint, then have to come to the courthouse to testify before the grand jury—and that may take a day or two to wait their turn, then come to the courthouse to testify at a preliminary hearing and have it continued two or three times after they have taken off work, and finally get so disgusted that they refuse to come to the courthouse for the trial on the merits, and have the matter dismissed for want of prosecution. I submit that, on balance, Delegate Lennon's proposed amendment protects the rights of the accused without doing injustice to the rights of the complaining witnesses and those other persons awaiting disposition of their matters in an uncluttered system. Thank you. PRESIDENT WITWER: Mr. Raby, do you wish to be heard? Mr. Raby, did you wish the floor? MR. RABY: Yes. Mr. Chairman, as a member of the committee and as a person who voted in the majority, I would like to explain what seems to be some confusion on—at least, as to my position in voting for the continuation of the grand jury, and my very strong feeling that a preliminary hearing is a necessary protection for defendants as raised by Mr. Karns. I would call to your attention—and I have a transcript made of testimony before our committee, and I don't intend to read all of it—but I would like to point out at least two answers which I asked directly to the prosecuting attorneys who were brought down to share with us their knowledge and their experience. The testimony transcript—or the testimony from which I will be quoting—is Prosecuting Attorney Bertaina from Will County. And I asked this question very directly of him, and I quote: Now I would ask you very directly, out of the last 100 indictments that you have recommended, not the situations which you have described (other than the ones he had recommended) for which the grand jury became—became political, if you will—and I am not saying this disparagingly, but a kind of political cushion for the young kid with the marijuana and for the man who was hit—how many recommended indictments out of the last 100 which you presented to the grand jury—how many were negative? His responses were: "If you would take a hundred." His response in essence was that "exactly one hundred."


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Coventry City fans 'gutted' as Swansea City set to sign Cian Harries
The 20-year-old Sky Blues Academy graduate has attracted interest from the Welsh club and is close to a move to the Liberty Stadium
Coventry City fans have reacted on social media after news broke that centre-half Cian Harries is set to join Premier League side Swansea City.
The 20-year-old Sky Blues Academy graduate has attracted interest from the Welsh club and is close to a move to the Liberty Stadium.
Harries, who represented Wales Under-20s in the Toulon Tournament last month with City team-mate George Thomas - who has also been linked with interest from the Swans - didn't feature in Saturday's opening pre-season friendly at Sutton United and has not travelled to Spain with Mark Robins's 24-man pre-season tour squad.
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The defender, who has made 17 first team appearances for the Sky Blues, clearly doesn't figure in the manager's plans and, as a highly-rated prospect on a long-term deal, is a saleable asset for the club although it's understood that a relatively small fee is involved.
City only extended his deal last November, tying him up at the Ricoh Arena until 2020, but now it appears he is heading onwards and upwards.
Cambridge United's Luke Berry (left) and Coventry City's Cian Harries battle for the ball.
Sky Blues fans took to Twitter and Facebook to have their say after the news was revealed on the Telegraph website, with many expressing disappointment.
Plenty of supporters were saddened to see Harries leaving, but admitted that the offer was a very good opportunity for the youngster.
Robbie Fisk wrote on Twitter: "Gutted to see him going.
"Not surprised at all really though!"
"Disappointing but not unexpected," Anthony Hornsby added.
George Baker, meanwhile, wrote: "Decent move for him.
"Under Clement could get some game time.
"Concerning to read we'd only receive a 'small fee' though..."
"I wish you all the best buddy in the Premier League!" Nick wrote.
Cian Harries
@CelebCelery added: "A good move for Cian Harries and not a huge surprise.
"L2 is not really the place for a defender doing Cruyff turns.
"Good luck to him."
Coventry City pre-season: Mark Robins makes late changes to tour squad to Spain
Liam Cook added: "Good prospect but with Willis staying, he's by no means essential.
"Good luck to him!"
Swansea City to sign Coventry City defender Cian Harries
Harries had a trial with Liverpool FC in January, playing in an Under-23s game against Bangor City, but is now heading to South Wales to continue his development with the Swans' Under-23s.
Harries, who has been likened in style to Anfield legend Alan Hansen, was described by ex-Sky Blues boss Tony Mowbray as 'an immense talent' when he signed professional terms in 2015.


On Nov 16th we will celebrate the release of Lorenz Kellhuber's first solo record, "Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival", at Zig Zag Jazz Club. After the concert you will have the chance to meet the artist and let your CDs and LPs get signed!
You can reserve your seats on the Zig Zag website!


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The Moscow Project Looms
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Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, pleaded guilty earlier today to a charge of "false statements," for lying to Congress about the extent of his and President Trump's involvement in plan to build a "Trump Tower" in Moscow, Russia. Cohen falsely represented, in a letter sent to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, that 1) "The 'Moscow Project' ended in January 2016 and was not discussed extensively with others in the Company;" 2) "Cohen never agreed to travel to Russia in connection with the Moscow Project and 'never considered' asking [President Trump] to travel for the project;" and 3) "Cohen did not recall any Russian government response or contact about the Moscow Project." In fact Cohen communicated with Felix Sater, a real estate developer with Russian ties, about the project; told Sater he would travel to Russia; addressed Trump about the possibility of Trump traveling to Russia; and communicated directly with Russian officials about the project.
Obviously this looks bad for Trump. The evidence of these ongoing communications with Russian agents strengthen the case for collusion/conspiracy to defraud in that it helps to establish, at least, that Trump's confidant and fixer had strong ties to Russia while Trump was campaigning for office, and goes a long way towards establishing that Trump had such ties as well. While that doesn't get us all the way to conspiracy to defraud, it certainly helps to bring us closer. One email written by Sater in November 2015 about the project may be damning. It read in part: "our boy can become President of the USA and we can engineer it."
Mary Altaffer, AP
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Of campaign finance law violations and plot! "Tuesday was one of the darkest days of Trump's year and a half in office." That's a quote from a Politico article describing the beating Trump's presidency took today from Paul Manafort's and Michael Cohen's respective guilty verdict and plea.
Manafort has been convicted on 8 counts of tax fraud, bank fraud, and hiding foreign bank accounts. This is exciting news, but has been largely overshadowed by the accusations which accompanied the guilty plea of Michael Cohen, which came only hours before. When Cohen stepped into the New York federal district courtroom to plead guilty to breaking campaign finance laws, he also admitted that the payments he made to the adult film stars were issued at the bequest of President Donald Trump.
If this it true, it is groundbreaking news. Though Trump has brushed it off, stating that it has "nothing to do with Russian collusion," it still (shockingly) warrants consideration. First off all, the payments very well may have something to do with Russian collusion. The money used to pay Stormy Daniels (one of the actresses) could have come from Russian officials (a full post about that subject can be found here). Additionally, regardless of whether the payments were related to collusion, Trump could still be considered a conspirator to Cohen's crimes. This is almost certain to result in an article of impeachment, and perhaps someday indictment. And lastly, the simultaneous plea and verdict are bound to light a fire under Mueller's investigation as each conviction adds to its credibility. If there is treason and plot, Mueller will find it.
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Italy [1954] - 85m
Drama, Romance
It is said that Rossellini was only interested in making a film about the Napoli region, the drama between Bergman and Sanders was merely an excuse to do some sightseeing at the major hotspots. Now, I've been to Napoli and the region is indeed a sight to behold, sadly Rossellini fails to do it justice.
A big part of that is the grim and bleak black and white cinematography. It takes out all the life out of the area, a truly baffling choice. The camera work and editing are pretty poor too and the 4:3 ratio feels suffocating, especially when capturing a region that has such beautiful vistas. Based on this film, Napoli would be the last place I'd want to visit.
The drama is pretty dire too, with wooden performances, a lot of spiteful back-and-forths and a weird ending that feels incredibly forced and random. There's a lot of talk about history, death and memories, if that's your thing you might get something out of this, but that's just not my cup of tea. This was probably the worst vacation ad every shot.
Paisan
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Kristie Thompson is a dedicated educator within the Cincinnati Public Schools that has had a love of teaching since she was a kid herself. Kristie first got her start in education through her family's influence and her passion for creativity.
Kristie now teaches First Grade with a unique and hands-on perspective by embracing technology and focusing on the students' efforts rather than their mistakes.
Through her efforts, Kristie fosters opportunities for her students' brains to grow and improve their literacy skills. Keep reading to see her approach to the classroom, technology, and more.
I have always been part of a family where education was important. When I was in college, I was a business major at first. I was working at a DayCare and decided my Junior Year that I wanted to be a teacher. That meant I had to spend five years in college instead of four.
I have always liked working with children, even at a young age. My mom was a teacher, my Dad teaches bible classes and preaches, and my Grandmother also taught bible class. You can say it was in my blood. It is always something I thought I would be interested in because I love being creative.
One technique that I use is teaching close to them. What I mean by that is bring them to the carpet where you can see all their faces. You can determine much better who is getting it and who is not. I always tell my students, Mistakes Happen, I don't care if they get it right or wrong, I care that they tried. More of my students are willing to do the work if they know it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong. They try it and then ask me how did they do. We talk about what their goals are in the classroom and how to make their brains grow. I also give them rewards for trying.
I use technology in the classroom all the time. It has been the best thing to really help the younger students. With Elementary students you have to model everything that you do, so with SmartBoards and Elmo's you can take worksheets and activities and project them so all students can see. With all the programs out there, I can assign students books for them to read online or at home. I can supplement learning with games and interactive learning. We can watch videos and songs. This is a technological world right now, so students love when they can have interactive learning. When the technology goes out in my classroom, sometimes I feel lost.
I do different things like choral reading, guided reading, leveled readers, and decodables. I use a combination of Orton-Gillingham and Reading Mastery techniques to help with blending. I am also a big component of students learning sight words to help build fluency. Through the combination of all these things, I have seen real growth in students.


Last year Suneha Mishra, a Class XII commerce student and a law aspirant, went through a harrowing time managing to keep track of law entrance exams. To her dismay she realized rather late that three entrance exams that she had applied for were being held on the same Sunday in May. Call it poor planning or due to lack of proper tools, she ended up applying for three entrance exams while she could only attempt one because of clashing dates. What really happened with Suneha is not uncommon. Talk to parents and students who have been in the situation before and you will find more such stories coming out in the open.
So, why did this happen to Suneha and to many others like her? Importantly, what can one do to avoid such lapses? What are the best practices to follow when planning for the exam season? Let me try to address some of these issues through some simple techniques and suggestions.
- Entrance exams in India are usually held in the months of April through June and in rare cases in July.
- Number of exams that are usually held during this period: 350+. That's almost 10-12 exams on Saturdays and Sundays in this period!!
On an average 10-12 exams are conducted on weekend's falling between April & June. Therefore, unless one has a clear view of exams conducted on each day during this period, decision making regarding opportunities becomes unmanageable and difficult. Students and parents do not factor this in while applying for entrance exams. Consequently, they end-up with anxiety and confusion, and of course money!.
I personally find maintaining this data in an excel table very useful. But if you do not know how to use an excel table, go ahead and keep simple written notes.
AILET: Last date to apply: 16th March, Admit Card download starts: 10st April, Date of Exam: 22nd May etc.
2. Each time an exam registration starts, note these dates in the notepad or excel file without fail. Compare dates each time an announcement is made. Some exams are conducted within a date range. This allows flexibility to students if they plan well.
3. Starting February, keep checking this notepad or excel sheet every day without fail. Else, you may risk missing last date to apply for an exam, or date for downloading admit card. Worse, you may apply for entrance exams having same date of exam, as in Suneha's case.
4. Use your smartphone smartly. Learn how to set calendar alerts 2-3 days before a key date.
These tasks are a must if one needs to go through the exam season with minimal stress. Of course, the stress of cracking the exam remains!
So, good luck and all the best in planning for your exams.
Always rememeber the adage 'Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail'.
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I have said it before I am a big reader now. There are many reasons I love the iPad. I can write, surf the web but reading if a key feature of its use. This can come in the form of RSS feeds through Reeder or more commonly books purchased through iBooks ( the Amazons Kindle app is nice to but I prefer iBooks). Reading on the current iPad with the Retina display is fantastic.
I love the iPhone as well. It is the probably my second favorite Apple device ever after my MacBook Air. It is a personal computing device in my pocket. But I have relegated it to email, texts, music, podcasts etc. I have never thought of it as a reading device.
I just finished "Insanely Simple" by Ken Segall. I purchased the book on my iPad through the iBookstore. I quickly got engaged in the book on my iPad. for me it was one of those books I could not put down. but whipping the iPad out at the Drs.. office or while sitting in the coffee shop did not always work. But I was really hooked on this book. So I turned on iBook synching and I had a few books download to my iPhone.
I started reading and found I really enjoyed it. I was completely surprised. The retina display makes the text look gorgeous and the reading experience was very nice. I found over the course of reading this book I was finding myself using this method more and more. The other night I went to bed and forgot my iPad but had my iPhone on the bedside table so I picked it up and continued reading. Reading on the iPhone is certainly not for everyone. I don't think the current magazine subscriptions would lend themselves well to the small screen but I think it is perfectly acceptable for a book and I recommend everyone give this a try at least once.


In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Sun Ra's arrival on Earth, The Galleries at Moore and Ars Nova Workshop (ANW), in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum), present This Planet is Doomed: A Sun Ra Celebration, an evening of poetry, futuristic sounds, archival films and an Afro-Futurist dance party. The event is free and open to the public.
This Planet is Doomed: A Sun Ra Celebration will take place on Thursday, July 10 from 7-10 pm at the Penn Museum (3260 South St, Philadelphia) and has been made possible through capacity-building support from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. This special multi-disciplinary event will feature readings of Sun Ra's remarkable science fiction poetry by Pew Fellow CAConrad, writer Ras Mashramani, and Sun Ra biographer John Szwed, accompanied by the sounds of Buchla Music Easel pioneer Charles Cohen. The readings will be followed by an Afrofuturist dance party with DJs Anthony Campuzano and Jack Sloss spinning a music mix that includes the sounds of Sun Ra and his legendary Arkestra. Projections of a selection of archival Sun Ra films, courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, will provide the backdrop, and a cash bar will be available.
Sun Ra, a jazz master and longtime Philadelphia resident, would have been 100 this year. A bonafide cultural hero, flamboyant outsider and self-made genius, Sun Ra left the genre of jazz with an incredibly prolific collection of music, poetry and philosophy. Many know Sun Ra for his cosmic, avant-garde music and costumes, as well as his pioneering role in the Afro-Futurist movement, but there is not as much discussion of the poetry he wrote, which he often coupled with his music. He did say, "Poems are music: some of the songs I write are based on my poems," yet very few have analyzed the relationship between music and poetry in his work.
The Penn Museum is the ideal location for this event, as parts of Robert Mugges's 1980 film Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise were shot in the Museum's Lower Egyptian Gallery, with its monumental granite sphinx as the backdrop for Sun Ra's intergalactic philosophical musings on the bleak fate of Planet Earth. The program readings and music will be presented in the Lower Egyptian Gallery, before moving to the open Dietrich-Kintner gallery space for the dance party.
paperback novels, and song lyrics. His work has been exhibited widely, including solo exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art and Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia; as well as Churner & Churner and White Columns, New York. Campuzano is a 2009 recipient of the Pew Fellowship in the Arts. Jack Sloss is an artist who, through the Outer Space Employment Agency, has found work at a number of record stores including Third Street Jazz & Rock, and Weekend Records & Soap. He is a selector who has sent out transmissions from time-to-time from such stations as WKDU and Free Radio West Town.
Photo: Penn Museum's Lower Egypt Gallery, where the poetry readings and music segment of The Planet is Doomed: A Sun Ra Celebration will take place.


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1883 - New York Gothams owner John B. Day proposes a resolution to prohibit a team from signing a player who has broken the reserve clause of his contract. This resolution, eventually adopted by both the American Association and National League, effectively changes the reserve clause from a device to protect owners from their own greediness to a vindictive weapon to be used against uncooperative players.
1888 - The National League adopts a salary classification plan that puts all players into five categories with a standard salary for each ranging from $1,500 to $2,500. The scheme is vehemently opposed by the Players League's Brotherhood.
1890 - At the American Association annual meeting in Louisville, the Philadelphia Athletics are expelled for violating the league's constitution. A new team in Philadelphia is admitted, plus entries from Boston, Washington and Chicago, replacing Syracuse, Toledo and Rochester.
1908 - In the first game between a Japanese and an American professional team, the Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda University in Tokyo, 5–0.
1932 St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Charley Gelbert shatters his leg in a hunting accident. He will return as a part-time infielder in 1935, playing until 1940.
1934 - The Chicago Cubs acquire future Hall of Fame infielder Fred Lindstrom and pitcher Larry French from the Pittsburgh Pirates for outfielder Babe Herman and pitchers Guy Bush and Jim Weaver.
1952 - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Harry Byrd, who won 15 games and posted and a 3.31 ERA is selected American League Rookie of the Year by BBWAA voters. Byrd will be the last Athletics player to win the Award until José Canseco in 1986.
1954 - The Pittsburgh Pirates draft outfielder Roberto Clemente from the Triple-A roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Although Clemente hit only .257 for the Montreal Royals, he will become a Hall of Fame member with the Pirates.
1957 - In a controversial vote, Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams, 233 to 209, to win the American League MVP Award. Mantle batted .365 with 34 home runs for the first-place New York Yankees, while Williams, of the third-place Boston Red Sox, led the AL with a .388 average and 38 home runs, as well as a stunning .731 slugging average. Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey fumes at the news, noting that two Chicago writers listed Williams in the ninth and tenth places on their ballots.
1957 - After 22 seasons, Larry Goetz is unwillingly 'retired' as a National League umpire by Warren Giles. The discharged arbitrator had been critical of Senior Circuit because of the league's refusal to include umpires in the players' pension fund.
1960 - The American League proposes that both leagues expand to nine teams in 1961 and begin interleague play. There will be expansion in the American League in 1961, but interleague play does not arrive until 1997.
1961 - Frank Robinson becomes the first Cincinnati Reds player in 21 years to win the National League MVP Award, taking 219 of 224 possible votes.
1965 - Outfielder Curt Blefary of the Baltimore Orioles edges California Angels pitcher Marcelino López for American League Rookie of the Year honors.
1967 - Minnesota Twins second baseman Rod Carew wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award. Receiving 19 of 20 first place votes, Carew easily outdistances Reggie Smith of the Boston Red Sox.
1968 - Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench edges out New York Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Bench becomes the third member of the Reds player in six years to be named the top rookie.
1971 - Cleveland Indians first baseman Chris Chambliss receives 11 of 24 first place votes to win the American League Rookie of the Year Award.
1972 - Future Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds wins his second National League MVP Award in the last three years. Bench beats out Chicago Cubs outfielder Billy Williams, who also ran second to Bench in the 1970 MVP balloting.
1977 - Andre Dawson of the Montréal Expos wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award by one vote over Steve Henderson of the New York Mets. Dawson hit .282 with 19 home runs and 65 RBI, while Henderson had .297, 12, 65.
Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award with 21 of 28 first places votes over Paul Molitor of the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Yankees sign pitcher Tommy John, a reentry free agent formerly with the Dodgers. John will be a valuable addition to the Yankees, winning 43 games in the next two seasons.
The Ford Motor Credit Company purchases holdings of the General Electric Credit Company, thereby acquiring 100 percent interest in the Houston Astros.
1982 - Second baseman Steve Sax is named National League Rookie of the Year, becoming the fourth consecutive player of the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the award. Sax hit .282 and stole 49 bases as the replacement for Davey Lopes in the Dodgers infield.
Ron Kittle of the Chicago White Sox, who hit 35 home runs with 100 RBI, wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award beating out Cleveland infielder Julio Franco and Baltimore pitcher Mike Boddicker.
The Players' Association fires executive director Kenneth Moffett and chooses Donald Fehr as his successor.
1984 - Alvin Davis of the Seattle Mariners easily wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award over Mark Langston and Kirby Puckett.
1989 - Free agent outfielder Kirby Puckett re-signs with the Minnesota Twins for $9 million over three years, making him the first ML player ever to sign a contract that calls for an average salary of $3 million per year.
1992 - Milwaukee Brewers SS Pat Listach is named American League Rookie of the Year. Listach was recalled on April 7 to replace the injured Bill Spiers and hit .290. He also became the first Brewers player to steal 50 bases in a season.
The Texas Rangers sign free agent 1B Will Clark to a multi-year contract. Clark, who batted .283 with 73 RBI for the San Francisco Giants, will raise his average to .329 with the Rangers in 1994.
Free agent pitcher Sid Fernandez sign with the Baltimore Orioles to a three-year contract.
1995 - The Angels sign free agent IF Randy Velarde to a three-year contract.
Although offered more money by three other clubs, switch hitting shortstop José Valentín elects to stay with the Chicago White Sox signing a three-year deal with a fourth-year option worth $5 million a year.
The Blue Jays obtain pitcher Steve Parris from Cincinnati for pitchers Clayton Andrews and Leo Estrella.
2002 - Houston Astros RF Richard Hidalgo is shot in the left forearm during a carjacking in Venezuela. He is released from the hospital and is expected to go to Houston for more tests.
2003 - The oldest player in the majors next season could still be Jesse Orosco. The 46-year old relief pitcher agrees to a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks and will earn an $800,000 salary when he is added to the big league roster.
2004 - The recently relocated Washington National League franchise (ex-Montreal Expos) announces its new name, logo and colors. Using official original name of the district's team which used the nickname the Senators from 1901-56, the club clad in red, white, blue and gold will be known as the Nationals.
1901 - Harry Rice, outfielder (d. 1971)
1907 - Dick Bartell, All-Star infielder (d. 1995)
1926 - Lew Burdette, All-Star pitcher
1943 - Wade Blasingame, pitcher
1950 - Lyman Bostock, All-Star outfielder (d. 1978)
1950 - Greg Luzinski, All-Star outfielder
1955 - Wayne Tolleson, infielder
1958 - Lee Guetterman, pitcher
1965 - Mike Benjamin, infielder
1972 - Jay Payton, outfielder
1973 - Ricky Ledee, outfielder
1974 - Joe Nathan, All-Star pitcher
1980 - Jonny Gomes, outfielder
1981 - Oscar Villarreal, pitcher
1955 - Danny Murphy, infielder (b. 1876)
1990 - Joe Bowman, pitcher (b. 1910)
2006 - Pat Dobson, pitcher (b. 1942)


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Justin Diraviam (* 8. April 1907 in Palakurichi, Britisch-Indien; † 25. Januar 1991) war ein indischer Geistlicher und römisch-katholischer Erzbischof von Madurai.

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Justin Diraviam empfing am 6. April 1935 das Sakrament der Priesterweihe.

Am 13. April 1967 ernannte ihn Papst Paul VI. zum Erzbischof von Madurai. Der Internuntius in Britisch-Indien, Erzbischof James Robert Knox, spendete ihm am 9. Juli desselben Jahres die Bischofsweihe; Mitkonsekratoren waren der Bischof von Tiruchirappalli, James Mendonça, und der emeritierte Erzbischof von Madurai, Jean Pierre Leonard SJ.

Am 3. Dezember 1984 nahm Papst Johannes Paul II. das von Justin Diraviam aus Altersgründen vorgebrachte Rücktrittsgesuch an.

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Erzbischof von Madurai
Römisch-katholischer Bischof (20. Jahrhundert)
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Geboren 1907
Gestorben 1991
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