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SA National Parks Week 2017: Enjoy free entry at all national parks this week
Tourism Month is in full swing, with the South African National Park (SANParks) once again opening its doors for free for South African National Parks Week from Monday, 18 September until Friday, 22 September.
The initiative is part of the annual South African National Parks Week. The campaign is held under the running theme 'Know Your National Parks'. It allows locals, with valid identity documents, a chance to spend a day at a national park of their choice free of charge.
The week-long campaign is at all national parks managed by SANParks, with the exception of Boulders at Table Mountain National Park and Namaqua National Park.
Some of the parks will be extending the week to include the weekend. For individual park dates, please visit: www.sanparks.org/about/events
SANParks Head of Communications, Janine Raftopoulos, on Friday said the objective of the week is to cultivate a culture of pride in all South Africans in their relationship with the country's natural, cultural and historical heritage.
"When people start to take pride in national parks, then we believe that they will start to understand the importance of conservation," she said.
The idea of a national parks focus week is a worldwide campaign and was conceived in South Africa in 2006 after realising that the majority of South Africans were not visiting national parks.
The feature element of this campaign is the free access granted to all South African day visitors carrying their official IDs.
Persons under the age of 16 will be allowed free access without proof of identity. It should be noted that the free access to the parks will not include accommodation and any commercial activities in the park such as guided safaris in vehicles or guided walks.
This year's SA National Parks Week will include exhibitions around the country at various key national parks, which will represent the different geographical regions of SANParks.
The expo will include cultural, conservation, nursery and tourism aspects from the community, rangers and various conservation entities in order to highlight the broader South African biodiversity landscape.
The annual SA National Parks Week has been made possible with support from First National Bank (FNB) and Total SA.
"The spin-off of this initiative is that it boosts the local communities of the areas around the parks, while creating awareness of the need to preserve our natural heritage.
"I would like to encourage all South African citizens to come out in their numbers to experience our country's natural heritage in its abundance," said Kgosi Ledimo, CEO of FNB Public Sector Banking.
Total South Africa has again stepped up to the plate to help South Africans access these beautiful acres of land across the country.
"Total South Africa is proud to be a long-standing partner of the SANParks Week since its inception in 2006 – 12 years ago – and our company fully endorses SANParks' commitment to developing and promoting a system of sustainable national parks countrywide," says Pierre-Yves Sachet, MD & CEO Total South Africa and Vice-President Total Southern Africa.
"Total views environmental conservation as a key priority and we are committed to preserving the natural environment for future generations," Sachet said.
SANParks encourages all South Africans, especially educators and school groups, to diarise these dates and plan a visit to a national park nearby.
"The survival of the South African national parks system and our natural and cultural heritage lies in the people of South Africa," Raftopoulos said. – SAnews.gov.za
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Patriot Games
Clancy, Tom
While vacationing in London, CIA analyst Jack Ryan saves the Prince and Princess of Wales from a terrorist attack and gains the gratitude of a nation and the enmity of its most dangerous men.
Publisher: New York : Putnam, c1987.
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Bookworm1562 Jan 13, 2019
Most of us have seen the movie. I became interested in the Jack Ryan series due to the mini-series and started reading the novels as I can get them - not necessarily sequentially. I was going to skip "Patriot Games" because I saw the movie. That would have been a mistake. It's a fine read and not quite the same story as the movie. It also introduces and further defines existing characters that you'll come across in later books. If you only read a few Clancy Novels, this should be one of them.
Sarah1984 Oct 13, 2011
The plot was good and the action scenes were engaging, but the writing was a bit weird. Clancy added too much description of details that were completely unnecessary to the narrative of the story. For example he would write something like "Jack retrieved the steaks, which he'd picked up from the butcher on his way home from work before marinating them in his own special steak sauce, from the fridge and placed them on the barbeque, where they started sizzling immediately." I don't think Clancy should have spent so much time and energy describing mostly irrelevant information like this in such detail. As I said before the action scenes were engaging, but the long, slightly boring and overly wordy breaks in between the action scenes left me feeling bored and wanting to skim the pages to find the action and parts of the plot relevant to the story. I would recommend the first few chapters while they are in London and then the final few chapters while they are on the final chase for the terrorists - they were the most interesting parts. Most of the story in the middle could be condensed into one or two chapters quite easily without losing anything of the plot. Might try one of Clancy's later books to see if his style of writing has changed in the 25 years or so since he wrote Patriot Games.
rahmmie May 17, 2011
Excellent book, great read!
Keogh Apr 13, 2011
Clancy at his best.
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Jack Ryan stops a terrorist attack by the Ulster Liberation Army. When the terrorist leader escapes from custody, Jack and his family become targets.
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Someone Claims To Have An Audio Recording Of The Michael Brown Shooting
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Police officers patrol a street in Ferguson, Missouri August 11, 2014.
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What's thought to be an audio recording of the shooting death of Michael Brown has reportedly surfaced. According to CNN, an unidentified man, who has since been interviewed by the FBI, is said to have managed to record the incident in which Michael Brown was shot by Officer Darren Wilson earlier this month, setting off a national firestorm.
The most notable tidbit from the short recording (and what will become subject to the most immediately scrutiny and parsing) is the existence of two distinct volleys of gunfire from Officer Darren Wilson's weapon. From CNN:
In the recording, a quick series of shots can be heard, followed by a pause and then another quick succession of shots.
Forensic audio expert Paul Ginsberg analyzed the recording and said he detected at least 10 gunshots -- a cluster of six, followed by four.
The man who recorded the shooting was talking to someone on video chat when the sounds of gunfire erupted in the background. The Daily Mail added:
Lopa Blumenthal, the attorney for the unidentified man who recorded the alleged gunfire nearby said that she believed the audio shows, if it is authentic, that Officer Wilson had a clear 'point of contemplation' while pulling the trigger and aiming at Brown.
Also of some serious importance, should the tape's authenticity be confirmed, is the fact that ten (or, by some counts, eleven) shots were fired at Brown by Wilson.
Here is the segment as it aired on CNN with the audio recording:
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The Neiman Marcus Group, Dallas, said that first-quarter profit almost doubled and sales showed their best increase in three years as shoppers bought more jewelry, designer handbags, and dresses.
Net income climbed 97%, to $56.2 million from $28.5 million a year earlier, when the company wrote down the value of some assets. Sales in the period, which ended Nov. 1, increased 12%, to $824.9 million, Neiman Marcus said.
Neiman Marcus also tightened inventory, permitting it to sell more dresses and purses without the help of discounts.
Sales at stores open at least a year increased 5.8% in November, the first month of the holiday selling season. Demand was strongest for women's sportswear and dresses, shoes, handbags, cosmetics, and designer jewelry.
Neiman Marcus said it expected second-quarter revenue to increase as much as 9%.


The Fox Sports MLB 'Beware Of Things Made In October' campaign earned a Cannes Gold Lion.
Beware of Things Made In October insight came from the fact that baseball fans are completely absorbed in the baseball playoffs - even at work. Baker Smith of Harvest directed the campaign. The spot 'Nailgun' was nominated for an Emmy.
The spot 'Nailgun' was nominated for an Emmy and featured in Shoot magazine.


Yangzhou Joytoys Co. , Ltd. was established in 2005, is located in the famous tourist city - Yangzhou, Jiangsu. Yangzhou is located in the central part of Jiangsu Province and is located in the economic belt of the Yangtze River Delta, adjacent to Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou and other large-scale industrial clusters. The unique advantages of human resources and transportation resources make it an important production base for stuffed animal toys.
The factory specializes in all kinds of plush products, including stuffed animal toys, plush hats, animal pillow cushions, plush scarves, plush earmuffs and so on. The annual production of plush stuffed animal toys is about 1 million. The products are mainly exported to Europe, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region, with an annual production value of about 6 million US dollars.
Equipment Overview: Our factory has 40 high-speed electric sewing machines, 1 cotton filling machine, 2 laser cutting machines, 1 computerized embroidery machine, 1 high-sensitivity needle detector, as well as balers, blowing machines and other equipment.
General Staff: 80 production workers, 2 sample design staff, 4 quality management staff, 6 professional foreign trade teams, and 3 administrative staff.
We have professional proofing design personnel who can make the customer's design sketches into solid plush toys. The sample can generally be completed within one week. And it can be repeatedly modified according to customer requirements until satisfied. Customers can also copy and quote.
The factory attaches great importance to product quality, regarding product quality for the company's life. It has a perfect quality control system, strict quality management rules and regulations. Our factory has set up a quality inspection department to ensure that the quality of each product meets the requirements of customers.
The factory has a professional foreign trade export team with rich experience in foreign trade operations to ensure the establishment of a good relationship of trust with customers, and maintain full communication. This web page instant messaging software keeps working hours online and is ready to receive merchants from all over the world.
We welcome merchants from all over the world to cooperate with our factory for mutual benefit and win-win, and jointly create a better future.


Let's look a little deeper into the value of mnemonics for knowledge acquisition. By "knowledge acquisition", I mean the sort of information you learn from textbooks — information that is not personal, that you need for the long-term.
The most obvious connection between language and music is that music can be used to help us remember words. It has been convincingly shown that words are better recalled when they are learned as a song rather than speech - in particular conditions.


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Надежда Степановна Бублик — советская, хозяйственная, государственная и политическая деятельница, Герой Социалистического Труда.

Биография
Родилась в 1930 году на территории современной Николаевской области. Член КПСС.

С 1946 года — на хозяйственной, общественной и политической работе. В 1946—1985 гг. — доярка колхоза имени Калинина Новоодесского района Николаевской области.

Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 24 декабря 1976 года присвоено звание Героя Социалистического Труда с вручением ордена Ленина и золотой медали «Серп и Молот».

Делегат XXV съезда КПСС.

Жила в Николаевской области.

Награды и звания
 Герой Социалистического Труда (24.12.1976).
 орден Ленина (08.04.1971, 24.12.1976)
 орден Октябрьской Революции (06.09.1973)
 орден Трудового Красного Знамени (06.03.1981)

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Victorian Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Victorian Studies welcomes submissions in all areas of Victorian studies. Our mandate is to publish the best international research in this interdisciplinary field, as well as to provide critical reviews of new books in Victorian studies by experts from around the world. Finally, our regular Victorian Review forum provides a unique venue in which diverse scholarly voices may address a topic from multiple points of view. The journal, which began publication in 1972, is published twice annually.


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2 Afghan police, 20 militants killed in Afghan violence
By Sadaf Shinwari
Sadaf Shinwarihttps://www.khaama.com
According to local authorities in western Herat province of Afghanistan, at least 2 Afghan police officers were killed following an explsoion at Adraskan district.
The officials further added two other police officers were also injured following the blast.
Adraskan district security chief Sher Aqa Alokozai confirming the report said the incident took place early Saturday morning after a police vehicle struck with the roadside bomb at Mir Ali area.
No group including the Taliban militants has so far claimed responsibility behind the incident.
In the meantime Afghan interior ministry following a statement on Saturday announced more than 20 militants were killed following military operations by Afghan security forces.
The source further added Afghan security forces also detained more than 21 other militants during the operations which were conducted in Kabul, Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Logar, Ghazni, Khost, Paktika, Paktiya and Helmand provinces of Afghanistan.
Anti-government armed militant groups yet to comment regarding the reports.
Prominent Haqqani Leader killed in eastern Afghanistan
Thousands protest over Anti-Islam film in Karachi city


This sword is a replica of a 15th century Irish original. It was used by the Scottish-Irish Galloglass (Galloglaich). Galloglaich were mercenaries of Scottish-Irish descendant who fought from the 13th century until the 16th century in the many Scottish and Irish wars against the English and themselves. The original swords can be seen in several 15th century Irish drawings and prints. Several similar originals are nowadays part of the collection of the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. This sword has an Irish ring pommel and has a striking wide blade. It was primarily use for hewing.


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Ames , United States
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Scholarship & funding
Founded in 1858 and coeducational from its start, Iowa State became the nation's first designated land-grant institution when the Iowa Legislature accepted the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act on September 11, 1862, making Iowa the first state in the nation to do so.
Iowa State's academic offerings are administered today through eight colleges, including the graduate college, that offer over 100 bachelor's degree programs, 112 master's degree programs, and 83 at the Ph.D. level, plus a professional degree program in Veterinary Medicine.
30 credits minimum earned or in progress
2.5 GPA in foundation OR ISU cumulative
Enrolled in any remaining foundation requirements at Iowa State
Student must be enrolled in or completed English 150 (treated as a Foundation course)
English 101 courses complete (English 99 courses completed or being taken concurrently with Engl 150)
4 years of English or your native language
3 years of science (including at least two years of laboratory science courses which emphasize elements of biology, chemistry, or physics)
3 years of math (including algebra and geometry)
2 years of social studies
SAT or ACT test scores are not required for admission, but providing them will speed up your admission decision. SAT or ACT is required for freshman scholarship consideration.
Duolingo English Test (DET) - 100 overall score
TOEFL (iBT) - Score of 71 with a minimum score of 17 in both the Writing and Speaking sections
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While you'll want to spend a lot of your time at one of our cabin rentals in the Smokies, a visit to the nearby restaurants in Pigeon Forge shouldn't be missed. And since that will undoubtedly be a meal consisting of a good amount of calories, a workout will certainly be on your mind. Our exercise facility will be close enough to your cabin that you also won't feel inconvenienced. Enjoy a great Southern meal and feel good that you can work it off as well!
An exercise facility shouldn't feel like a dungeon, and a visit to the exercise facility at our cabin rentals in the Smokies will feel more like a delight. Our facility was already a great place to get in a workout, but we made some improvements anyway, so you can feel more like a king or queen training in a room such as this one. Your surroundings should enable you to get a fulfilling time with your activities.
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With the CALP approach, students have to be able to master the language.
This type of language acquisition and learning is more formal learning than the basic and informal BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills hereinafter referred to as BICS). Teachers will describe students in terms of CALP and BICS depending on their language adeptness.
Students that develop more in BICS, which is more conversational fluency, may not be strong in CALP because it is more academic in nature and requires more cognitive skills.
For a child to master CALP, they have to be able to learn how to listen, speak, read and write their second language.
CALP is an essential part of academic learning and students need this to be successful in school. It requires learning over time to gain proficiency in specific academic studies that are prerequisites of passing a grade.
It takes between five to seven years to learn CALP and can take up to even ten years if the child does not have teacher and parent support or previous schooling in the development of the language they are trying to learn in. Catching up with their peers in a classroom setting might be more difficult than socializing using BICS.
CALP is more than just being familiar with the content of the vocabulary. It does need certain skills that include classification, comparison, evaluation and making inference.
The difference between BICS and CALP is that BICS is contextualized in specific social situations while CALP is more context reduction. A textbook is used to teach the student and this kind of academic language is necessary for CALP. As the student increases in age the tasks for academic context becomes more reduced.
The more context reduced the academic language becomes, the more demand there will be for cognitive learning. This is why college work is much harder than middle school or high school because new concepts, language and ideas are presented to student simultaneously.
Jim Cummins, who created the Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills approach to language, thinks that in the event of comparing two languages, there is a familiar basic proficiency known as CUP. This means that the same skills and concepts that children learn in their native language will be carried over to the second language.
Teachers that use CALP know that it is far more advanced than BICS. They also know that BICS is easily adaptable and students that have knowledge of Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills are not necessarily good at Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency.
This type of language skill is best used in social settings where there is a lot more interaction with people. This is similar to the kind of language communication that preschoolers and toddlers first learn.
Jim Cummins is to be credited for the research of BICS as it relates to language acquisition. It can take up to three years for students to adjust to BICS in a second language.
Therefore, Cummins suggested that students who master the aspect of BICS should not be put in a classroom setting that demands more cognitive skills and assume that they will do just as well.
Conversational fluency in a second language does not necessarily mean that students will perform well academically in the same language. This is why CALP is combined with BICS that completes the full learning phase to operate confidently in a second language.
With BICS, there are parts of the communication process that include routine gestures and exchanges even while eating, playing and dressing. These are automatic modes of communication that represents the familiar aspects of social conversation.
Children that can master the art of BICS will be able to identify word and phrase combinations that are new to them and still be able to use them to produce short sentences or single words.
Second language learners use BICS skills to interact with their peers on the playground, on the school bus, in class, at home, on the telephone, at parties and while playing sports.
Children that immigrate to the United States, for example, can learn English through the BICS process a minimum of six months and a maximum of two years. The younger they are when they arrive in the United States, the quicker they will be to adapt to their new language and social surroundings.
The mistake that teachers and administrators make is to think that once the child masters BICS and socially interacts with other students, they will be just as strong academically.
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A really interesting and unusual item from Nepal.
A dice made from ox bone, in oblong shape. The 4 long sides carry circular marks representing the numbers 1, 2, 5 and 6. They are used in a Nepalese game called Chausar or Chaupur (known as Pachisi in India). This game is actually the origin of western games such as Ludo.
Dimensions approx 8cm x 1cm x 1cm.


Netflix subscriber numbers are up 35 percent from the same time period last year, driven primarily by the growing availability of the company's Watch Instantly service.
Netflix ended the first quarter with about 13.9 million subscribers, up 35 percent from 10.3 million last year, and up 14 percent from 12.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2009. Of that 13.9 million, 98 percent are paid subscribers, while the other 2 percent are unpaid.
Those paid subscriptions brought in $493.7 million in revenue for the first quarter, up 25 percent from the same time period last year, and up 11 percent from last quarter. Profits were $32.3 million, up from $22.4 million last year and $30.9 million in Q409.
"It is clear that our performance, and the overall appeal of the Netflix service, is being driven by subscribers watching instantly," Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings said in a statement. "On that score, we reached a milestone in the quarter as more than half of all members – 55 percent and growing – enjoyed movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix over the Internet."
About 55 percent of subscribers watched more than 15 minutes of a TV show or movie via Watch Instantly in the first quarter, up from 36 percent last year, and 48 percent last quarter.
Netflix has made its Watch Instantly service available on a number of platforms in the last year or so. Most recently, it released an app for the Apple iPad, enabled streaming capability on the Nintendo Wii, as well as Sony Bravia TVs and Blu-ray players.
When asked about the iPad during a call with analysts, Hastings said that the tablet "is a great device; it'll grow over time in both its impact and usage."
Hastings reiterated the company's plan to expand onto the iPhone, and mobile in general.
"I would say mobile is a relatively small part [of our business.] Most of our focus is on television, either directly with Wi-Fi TV or Blu-ray player or the video game console, but it's easy enough to support mobile so we're doing that too," he said.
In February 2009, Netflix said it would offer streaming-only plans, but Hastings said the number of people who have taken advantage of that is "pretty small" and that most people also watch movies on DVD as well. But Netflix is focused on "driving up the percentage of people who do some streaming."
When asked if Netflix is becoming a replacement for traditional cable service, Hastings said Netflix has "a subset of the content available" – no sports, for example, so Netflix is "not much of a substitute for packages that [cable and satellite] offers."


An abundance of variations exist for this idea and these koftas, in one shape or another, appear at our barbecues whenever we entertain. Simply peruse the pantry, gather up friendly flavours and stir them in. They are rarely the same twice, so tweak as you please.
Mix together the falafel mix, lamb, egg, pistachio nuts, currants, pears or apricots and coriander.
Mould half-cupfuls into sausage shapes around pre-soaked bamboo skewers. If time permits, refrigerate for 10 minutes to allow the mix to 'set'. Make the sauce in this time.
Heat a well-greased barbeque hot plate and cook the koftas over a moderate heat for around 15 minutes, turning regularly so they cook right through without burning.
Serve on a bed of sliced tomatoes, scattered with crumbled feta cheese, black olives and watercress leaves.
Accompany with the Mint and Cumin Yoghurt.
Stir the yoghurt mint and cumin seeds together and season with a pinch of salt or a squeeze of lemon juice.


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Title photo: 'Coming Home', a painting by Don Breckon. It depicts NG142, A2-H, of 'C' Flight, 514 Sqn., returning from an operation in 1944. NG142 completed 57 ops and survived the war, despite being hit by flak on four separate sorties. Image by kind permission of Mrs. Meg Breckon.
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Welcome to the website for 514 Squadron RAF. The information and photographs on the site are the result of research and information supplied by many people with a connection to the squadron including veterans and their families.
The purpose of the website is to commemorate all who served in 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, between September 1943 and August 1945. It is through the sharing of information, photographs and other records that the memory will be preserved of those who fought for our freedom, some 435 of whom paid with their lives.
Striking Through Clouds -
The War Diary of No. 514 Squadron, RAF
Published in May 2014, Striking Through Clouds is the only comprehensive history of 514 Sqn. Drawn from the squadron's official Operational Record Book, Striking Through Clouds covers the entire life of the unit from its formation in September 1943 to disbanding in August 1945. Every raid is documented with the contemporaneous summary and combat reports with night fighters. Details are given of the losses of all aircraft and crew, along with a researched explanation of the circumstances.
With a foreword by Flight Lieutenant Alex Campbell RCAF, DFC, the book brings to life the efforts and travails of 514 Sqn and its members.
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A Brief History of 514 Squadron
Extracted from Striking Through Clouds
In 1943, 3 Group had fallen behind some of the other groups, primarily operating the obsolescent Short Stirling heavy bomber compared with the later models of the Handley Page Halifax and, of course, the Avro Lancaster which equipped the rest of Bomber Command. Along with 115 Sqn, already in existence, 514 Sqn was equipped with Mk.II Lancasters, the aircraft being powered by four 1650hp Bristol Hercules radial engines rather than the iconic Rolls-Royce Merlin. The rationale behind the modification of the Lancaster was a concern in 1942 / 43 that there might be a shortage of the Merlins. Some 300 Lancaster airframes were equipped with the air-cooled Hercules; 67 such aircraft passed through 514 Sqn's hands with 59 being lost through enemy action or accident before the type was withdrawn in September 1944. With an operational strength of thirty aircraft, the squadron's fleet was to be lost, along with the crews, nearly twice over in the next eleven months with a total of eighty aircraft destroyed or written off by the end of the war.
3 Group itself was moving towards specialisation in blind bombing techniques, in an attempt to improve the concentration of bombs on specific targets. Cloud cover being a regular feature over targets in Northern Europe, a means was needed to ensure that this did not result in wasted effort. The requirement had resulted, by 1943, in the wider use of H2S radar and the Gee navigation system. Both systems had their known shortcomings; H2S could distinguish only certain specific features of the ground beneath the aircraft, whilst its signals could be detected and tracked by enemy night fighters. Gee, based on a number of radio transmitters in England, was limited by the Earth's curvature and was susceptible to jamming.
Towards the end of 1943, a new location system was being trialed. With an accuracy of 150 feet at 300 miles range from a transmitter in England, Gee-H could effectively place an aircraft over a relatively small target, such as a large factory, an oil plant or railway yard. The system did not require the bomb aimer to see either the target or markers, and so bombing through ten-tenths cloud cover with sufficient accuracy to hit a high-value target was feasible. The system could handle, in theory, up to 100 aircraft at the same time, though in practice rarely more than 70 would use it simultaneously. By late 1943 this would constitute a relatively small force however, so the 'GH Leader' tactic evolved. This entailed a GH-equipped aircraft bombing when its receiver said it was over the target; up to four other aircraft would formate on the leader, releasing their own weapons when they saw bombs falling from the leader. The system really came into its own when the Allies enjoyed sufficient air superiority to allow Bomber Command to attack in daylight as well as at night.
Having developed the GH tactics to a degree that impressive results were regularly being achieved, 3 Group was allowed the latitude to operate independently of other Bomber Command groups when required, although the group's aircraft participated in major raids until the end of hostilities.
514 Sqn was born on 1st September 1943, though the Adjutant was the first member of its staff to arrive at RAF Foulsham in Norfolk on 6th September. Five days later the squadron's first Lancaster Mk.II, DS735, arrived. Nearly two months' hard work led to the squadron making its operational debut, to the Mannesheim Works at Düsseldorf, on a raid to trial GH bombing on November 3rd 1943. 514 Squadron was thus fully operational by the start of the winter-long Battle of Berlin, which started in earnest on 18th November 1943. The sixteen operations in which 514 Sqn took part cost seven aircraft through enemy action along with another which over-ran the runway on its return, fortunately without casualties on that occasion.
Midway through November 1943, 514 Sqn received orders to move from its Norfolk base to RAF Waterbeach, four miles north of Cambridge, where it remained for the rest of its existence. The move was shrouded in secrecy, the official reason being that the runway needed resurfacing. The truth was that RAF Foulsham had been transferred to 100 Group, whose aircraft operated counter-measures against German defences. The movement was organised and carried out in just over a week. Three of the squadron's aircraft travelled from Foulsham to Waterbeach via Berlin, carrying out a bombing raid en route. The crew's kit, including bicycles, was stowed on board for the trip.
The strength of the squadron was soon increased to three flights of ten aircraft. 514 Squadron aircraft bore two means of identification; the serial number, unique to each aircraft and which stayed with it permanently along with the squadron code, which was often changed, particularly when individual aircraft were transferred between Flights. This was in the form JI- followed by a single letter (for aircraft of 'A' and 'B' flights) and A2- (for 'C' Flight). The ORB usually shortened this to the single letter itself, e.g. JI-B was shortened to 'B' whilst A2-B was shortened to 'B2'. 'A' Flight used the codes JI-A to JI-K (omitting JI-I), 'B' Flight JI-L to JI-U and 'C' Flight A2-B to A2-L (again omitting A2-I). It has been suggested that this was to confuse German Intelligence. Each flight was commanded by a Squadron Leader, these changing periodically as the individual officer reached the end of his tour, was transferred elsewhere or, in the sad case of S/Ldr Ernest Sly, lost on operations. A decorated veteran of previous tours, S/Ldr Sly was the highest-ranking officer lost by 514 Squadron on ops.
Survival was partly a matter of skill, but mostly of luck, as demonstrated by the loss of the highly experienced and decorated S/Ldr Sly on the same operation as the crew of Flight Sergeant PE Mason, on their first op. One pilot, continually riding his luck, was Flying Officer Lou Greenburgh. F/O Greenburgh ditched his aircraft in the North Sea at the end of December 1943, his crew surviving to tell the tale. On another raid, two of his crew baled out of their out-of-control Lancaster before F/O Greenburgh regained control and made a safe return to England. Undeterred, F/O Greenburgh returned again to ops and was shot down again in June 1944, with the loss of his Wireless Operator and the capture of his gunners and Flight Engineer. The intrepid F/O Greenburgh evaded capture, and having had his aircraft shot down twice and damaged twice in 22 operations, survived the war.
As winter wore on, the emphasis of Bomber Command's operations switched from Berlin to targets linked to aircraft production, this becoming predominant from mid-February 1944 onwards. Following 'Big Week', the combined RAF / US Eighth Air Force assault on aircraft production, a brief return to Berlin was followed by sporadic attacks against other German cities. In early spring, the strategy of Bomber Command moved from destroying the industrial infrastructure to paving the way for the Allied landings on D-Day. This played to the strength of GH-equipped squadrons, targets being smaller and, being in the territory of our occupied allies, requiring precision if friendly casualties were to be avoided. Through April and May most such ops were against the railway infrastructure in Occupied France, primarily marshalling yards and repair depots. The targeting of maintenance facilities was to ensure that the rail network could no longer be easily patched up after the final raids before D-Day itself. German officials commented after the war that crippling the railway network had been the most significant factor in preventing German forces from fighting off the Allied invasion.
The Luftwaffe, recognising the switch in focus from Germany to more tactical targets in France, lost no time in moving its night fighters in response. This resulted in continuing losses to the squadron's aircraft and crews, though greater support was available on the ground to aircrew who managed to escape from their crippled Lancasters, including the irrepressible F/O Greenburgh, shot down over France in June 1944.
As D-Day approached, a variety of targets offered themselves, particularly coastal gun batteries posing a very real threat to the invasion fleet. Most of these were in the Pas de Calais area. These attacks also supported the intention to deceive the Germans into believing that the imminent invasion would be in that location, rather than on the Normandy beaches.
Bomber Command had, by now, demonstrated its capabilities as a tactical force, capable of the precision bombing of entrenched German forces even whilst in close proximity to Allied troops. There were occasional, nonetheless tragic, errors; a number of Canadian ground troops were killed by bombs when they had, for an unknown reason, used yellow flares which were confused with target indicators of the same colour, in use that day. Civilian casualties were also, regrettably, inevitable though these were much lower than might have been anticipated. With air supremacy established over the Normandy bridgehead, and most targets within range of supporting fighter cover, Bomber Command was now able to operate over France by day as well as night.
The flexibility of the bomber force was admirably shown when, for six weeks in July and August 1944, the South East of England was menaced by V1 and V2 flying bombs. An intensive campaign to eradicate the construction sites and storage depots was effective in eradicating the threat. Other targets at this time included the German E-Boat light naval strike force at Le Havre, which was decimated in a spectacularly successful attack, in which 514 Sqn played a full part, whilst other raids were made against beleaguered German forces dug into fortified defences in the Channel Ports, particularly Boulogne and Calais.Northern France having been secured by the Allies, the next campaign for Bomber Command was 'The Oil Plan', targeting German oil production and storage. Whilst Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, Air Officer Commander in Chief of Bomber Command, famously had little time for 'panacea' targets, he did accept that the continuing availability and supply of fuel was of fundamental importance to the German war effort, and to the Luftwaffe in particular. Attacking the transport infrastructure in Germany went hand-in-glove with attempts to destroy fuel storage and, especially, the synthetic oil production facilities. Naturally these were vigorously defended, most notably the Rhein-Preussen facility at Meerbeck, Homberg, where an attack on July 20th 1944 saw four of the squadron's aircraft lost. 514 Sqn would ultimately lose as many Lancasters attacking that single facility as it did during the sixteen raids the squadron conducted against Berlin.
As the war approached its conclusion, operations continued against oil facilities, as well as communications lines and troop concentrations as the Allied ground forces moved towards, and eventually into, Germany itself. The squadron took part in the controversial raid on Dresden, this being seen at the time as a routine operation to a communications target. In the prevailing circumstance of total war, morals and ethics could not be a key concern for the squadron as an organisation. It must never be forgotten that this was a fight for national, as well as personal, survival. The atrocities of the Nazi regime, now so clear, mean that the endeavours of the squadron and its crews were never anything less than absolutely necessary.
The war's end meant a few short months of more rewarding activity for 514 Sqn. Operation Manna, the dropping of desperately needed food parcels for the Dutch, was followed by a long series of flights to collect prisoners of war from France and Italy. Tragedy was still not finished with the squadron when a Lancaster carrying 24 POWs and six crew crashed on leaving Juvincourt in France with the loss of all on board.
In the course of its two-year operational life, 514 Sqn flew 3675 sorties on 218 bombing raids, in the course of which it dropped 14,650 tons of bombs. A further four mining operations were also undertaken, with 70 sea mines being dropped. 426 aircrew and nine ground crew lost their lives whilst serving with the squadron. 66 Lancasters were lost on operations with a further fourteen crashing either on ops or local flying. Twelve were brought down by flak, 38 by night fighters (other unaccounted losses are considered as most likely to have been shot down by night fighters, due to intense enemy activity on the occasion in question), one collided with another aircraft, and at least three were brought down by bombs from higher-flying aircraft whilst six were lost without trace. Of these it is possible that two 514 Sqn aircraft collided over the North Sea whilst en route to or from Leipzig, and another aircraft possibly collided with another squadron's Lancaster which crashed near Caen. None of these aircraft ever having been found, it is impossible to know for certain.
Whilst most losses occurred singly, it was inevitable that some raids saw heavier losses, Magdeburg and Leipzig costing three Lancasters each, an ill-starred trip to Homberg four aircraft whilst the worst occasion was the attack on Nuremberg. The raid on the night of 29th / 30th March 1944 saw four Lancasters from 514 Sqn shot down by night fighters whilst a further two crash landed on their return. The night was the bloodiest of Bomber Command's entire war, as well as 514 Sqn's worst raid.
On 22nd August 1945, the ORB simply noted '514 Squadron disbanded'. The written record suggests no fanfare or fuss to mark the end of the two-year life of the unit. There was a Farewell Dinner in the Officers' Mess, and on that note 514 Squadron passed into history.
FURTHER INFORMATION ON 514 SQUADRON
There is an active page on Facebook commemorating the squadron. It is updated daily with 'on this day' posts and links to other information of interest. Please visit https://www.facebook.com/514SquadronRaf
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Australians deserve a job guarantee
September 28, 2020 September 28, 2020 / Media Articles
Originally published in The Mercury, Monday 28 September 2020
By Noel Pearson
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." -Winston Churchill
On Wednesday the Tasmanian Parliament confronted a great truth. The truth is that while the private market creates many, many jobs – it does not and will not create enough jobs for all Australians.
To the long-term unemployed this is self-evident.
But to the political class, who occasionally stumble on it, they are quick to hurry off as if nothing has happened.
This truth which is so evident to ordinary citizens is denied by governments and ignored by the Reserve Bank of Australia whose charter it is to manage the economy to maintain full employment.
Instead of facing the truth that long-term unemployment has become a fixture in our economy, some politicians would divide Australia into "lifters" and "leaners". A $12 billion Job Network industry churns legions of the unemployed through mutual obligation procedures pretending to place jobseekers into non-existent jobs.
Johannes Leak's cartoon in The Australian on Monday tells the story of a thousand words, with Treasurer Frydenberg flicking through his tennis magazine insouciantly answering the unemployed man's question about how mutual obligation is supposed to work: "We pretend there's loads of jobs out there and you pretend to apply for them."
On Wednesday evening, Cassy O'Connor, Leader of the Greens, introduced a motion in the Lower House imploring the Gutwein Government to investigate the concept of a Job Guarantee for Tasmania.
Her speech was eloquent, informed and one for the times.
She pointed to the need for Australia to return to a policy of full employment which officially ended in 1975 after being introduced by Prime Minister John Curtin in 1945.
She highlighted the intergenerational poverty and disadvantage resulting from the disempowerment and isolation of too many people who are denied meaningful work.
She spoke about the worrying increase in long-term unemployment and underemployment, erosion of worker's rights and ongoing wage stagnation.
And she spoke about the disproportionate impact of this malaise on our young people.
Although I hail from the opposite end of Australia, on Cape York Peninsula, everything Cassy O'Connor said rang true for me as it would have for many unemployed Tasmanians.
For over fifty years my people have been denied entry-level work opportunities and a place in the real economy.
After the equal wages case in the 1970's Aboriginal workers were laid off in the thousands the transferred onto the welfare rolls.
Ever since then the Government has been telling us the private market will deliver the jobs if we just take responsibility.
I am the first to agree to the need for responsibility. My first book was entitled "Our Right to Take Responsibility". But the problem is no amount of responsibility can create opportunity where the private market fails and government is unwilling to step in.
What my people and many Australians need is real opportunity. And the best real opportunity is a job.
Those who are denied a job know that unemployment is a slippery slope. For those Australians who are unemployed for more than 12 months, there is a 70% chance they will remain unemployed in the following year; and 80% the year after that and 90% the year after that. If not addressed quickly, unemployment can easily turns into a condition. And if you have that condition the private market won't treat you.
For close to four generations, the private market hasn't wanted my people. Now my communities are ravaged by passive welfare and hopelessness. This is not something that I want for my fellow Australians to experience and this is why I am arguing for a Job Guarantee.
A year ago I met Professor Bill Mitchell, the founder of the Job Guarantee concept. Since then I have worked with him to develop a proposal for an Australian job guarantee. Such a jobs scheme that could be universally applied, or applied to places of high unemployment or applied to vulnerable groups like the young or long-term unemployed.
The concept is simple. It is a job for all those who are able to work. The job pays the minimum wage, superannuation contributions and leave entitlements. It brings the dignity of work to every Australian including the disabled, mentally ill and extremely disadvantaged. And it is a better alternative to passive welfare.
The jobs would be provided by State and Commonwealth Governments, local councils, accredited NGOs and social enterprises.
In arguing for this concept, I have been told by political advisors these jobs would be 'unproductive', 'not real jobs', 'not interesting to people' and would 'undercut the private market'. This is simply untrue.
Nobody should underestimate the benefits that flow from a child seeing their mother or father go to work.
The Centre for Equity and Full Employment and Jobs Australia identified hundreds of jobs that could be performed under a Job Guarantee scheme in communities all across Australia. We have the imagination and ingenuity to create productive jobs. Innovation and creativity will enable us to deploy our unutilised labour in new endeavours that can serve our communities.
For those that need to put a number against the investment, our conservative modelling shows that unemployment is costing Australia $200bn a year in lost productivity. If a Job Guarantee was introduced to reduce unemployment to 4% (as a first step) the Australian economy would grow by $100 billion annually and GDP would increase by 5.3%. In short, this would be the biggest productivity reform a government could commit to.
I think there is a great opportunity for the Tasmanian Government to lobby the Federal Government for a Job Guarantee for this State most disadvantaged communities and its young people. Which parent of an unemployed child would oppose an entry-level, minimum wage work opportunity to welfare?
Cassy O'Connor brought the motion to the parliament and to their credit the Labor Party, Independent Madeleine Olgivie and Speaker Sue Hickey supported it. The parliament and government should carefully consider the benefits that would flow to the people of Tasmania and its economy. We have to change our mindset back to the idea that the opportunity of a job for all those who need and want one, is the very definition of being an Australian citizen.
Noel Pearson is a director of the Cape York Partnership and co-chair of Good to Great Schools Australia.


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Senator Supports Defunding Planned Parenthood at Critical Moment
CONTACT: Kerry Brown at (703) 470-1926 or kbrown@sbaprolife.org
NH Sen. Ayotte Slams Abortion-Driven 'Corporate Business Model'
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) released a Skype video interview with Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) revealing her support for the effort to defund Planned Parenthood of taxpayer dollars in the Continuing Resolution (CR).
"Senator Kelly Ayotte understands what Senator Harry Reid does not: that Planned Parenthood does not truly serve women and children, and does not deserve the $363 million in taxpayer funding that it currently receives," said Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of the Susan B. Anthony List, who conducted the interview. "Planned Parenthood has revealed a disregard for federal law, and taxpayers should not be compelled to invest in a group that protects an environment that is unsafe for young girls. In our interview yesterday, Senator Ayotte demonstrated the strength of her pro-life commitment, her support for women's rights, and her leadership on defunding Planned Parenthood."
Video of the interview and full transcript are available here (https://sbaprolife.org/Ayotte). A partial script follows:
Dannenfelser: Now that the defunding has gotten to be a truly viable possibility… I'd like to just get your comments, what you think about this debate and where you think it ought to lead.
Ayotte: I certainly think that, when we look at the fiscal state of this country right now, we've accumulated a $14 trillion debt and Planned Parenthood is a private non-profit organization that should be sustaining itself and their corporate business model relies on abortions. Abortion yields 37 percent of all Planned Parenthood revenues by conservative estimates. And also I'm troubled by what's come out in the videos that have shown that they were essentially looking the other way on sex-trafficking. They obviously need to look at their internal management as well. And, so that's another reason I don't think it's appropriate to provide taxpayer dollars.
Ayotte's statement comes on the same day that SBA List launched a nearly $40,000 ad newspaper ad buy in The Washington Examiner, Politico, Roll Call, The Hill, and The Washington Post Express, highlighting Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger's roots in the eugenics movement.
The Susan B. Anthony List spent $11 million during the 2010 midterm election cycle. Overall, the SBA List was involved in 90 races including 62 wins and 28 losses. Successes included: defeating 15 of 20 so-called "pro-life" Democrats who voted for abortion funding in the health care reform bill; increasing the number of pro-life women in the House by 70 percent; filling the void of pro-life women in the U.S. Senate and increasing the number of pro-life women governors from one to four.
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What are Fillmore Restaurants People are Raving About?
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Centered on Fillmore street south of Geary, The Fillmore District is a neighborhood rich in history. Aside from its popular jazz culture, Fillmore is one of the best areas in San Francisco to find a unique yet delicious food to eat. It features a bunch of coffee shops and upscale restaurants that offer diverse culinary options. Here's a look at some of the best Fillmore restaurants that feature delectable neighborhood food and awesome space.
The Grove features delicious food served in a fun, accommodating space. It puts a uniquely tasty twist on a range of popular cafe dishes made with fresh ingredients. Diners can enjoy its hearty breakfast, such as its tasty sandwich paired with fresh orange juice or a Bloody Mary cocktail, or its lunch favorites, such as its delicious salads and hot or cold sandwich on fresh bread. The Grove is also open for dinner, and it's an ideal time to hang out with friends as the restaurant serves a warm meal and a glass of wine, beer or lavender lemonade on its many comfortable couches.
Tacobar
Located on the corner of California and Fillmore Street, Tacobar is one of the most popular spots in the city for taco and burrito lovers. Apart from its delectable lunch and dinner entrees, Tacobar also serves scrumptious classic Mexican breakfast, including its huevos rancheros, which is a combination of fried eggs on tortillas and spicy tomato salsa with beans; breakfast burrito, which is stuffed with scrambled eggs, pinto beans, rice and pico de gallo; and huevos con chorizo, which is a combination of scrambled eggs and chorizo with beans.
DOSA on Fillmore
DOSA is a renowned upscale restaurant with two locations in San Francisco, serving authentic and innovative South Indian dishes with a top-notch spice-driven cocktail program. What makes this restaurant popular among foodies is its unique fusion of South Indian cuisine and San Francisco's progressive urban culture. Keeping the theme of its Mission-based location, the DOSA in Fillmore not only continues to source quality local, sustainable, organic ingredients but also extends this idea into the physical build-out of the restaurant. Some of the popular items in its menu include bhel puri, which is a sweet-sour blend of chutney, green mango, crispy noodles and puffed rice; and idli fries, which is sauteed with onion and garlic. DOSA also serves exotic desserts, including its popular rasmali, which are patties of cheese in sweet cream flavored with rosewater and cardamom.
Ten-Ichi
Located in the Pacific Heights, Ten-Ichi has been serving a variety of Japanese dishes for more than three decades. It features home-style cuisine, healthy vegetarian dishes, unique sushi creation, rotating specials and a wide selection of premium sake. It also features a large space with a warm and inviting ambience, as well as a friendly staff that delivers quick service. Ten-Ichi serves exceptional tempura rolls and a wide variety of Japanese beers that provide diners with great experiences and taste of Japanese culture.


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These days when I walk by a construction site or when a dog comes close or when I'm crossing the street, I sometimes have horrible visions of something happening to Gus. Like a brick falling on his head. Accidents like that.
I suppose it's because he's so very small and he's relying 100% on me to protect him. And because it's all very new. And because I already love him so much that it breaks my heart to even think of these things happening.
But I do think of them quite a bit. And it doesn't help that things actually happen to other people.
There was a woman in Melbourne last year who was talking on her cell phone while walking her newborn. When she turned around, someone had stolen her pram. Can you imagine? But then when the police and everyone started looking, they found it had actually rolled over the bank and into the water.
When I heard about this last year I thought 'how sad'. And when I think of it now I can hardly keep it in my head, it makes me feel such incredible pain for the mother.
I also am feeling particularly empathic towards parents of kids who get diseases as well as towards babies who don't have people to dote on them.
Before you call for an intervention, I'm not feeling this way for hours at a time -just little flashes. I'm actually very happy these days and loving it. He's getting a bit rolly polly, by the way and his eyes are starting track more things. Oh, and I went to the doctor today to get a pill that boosts milk supply. She said Gus was cute -clearly she's a very smart woman.
Are you going to be the sort of parent who underestimates their progeny? Rather than rolly-polly I think he is well built and robust and not only are his eyes tracking he is clearly reading that book.
Yes it is difficult really to imagine other peoples feelings until you experience something of their situation yourself. I often look back to when I was a young doctor and think how differently I would feel for those patients now.
If I seem to underestimate him it's only because I don't want to hurt the feelings of all the other mums out there who have children who clearly aren't as smart or cute. Poor things.
Not only is Gus reading that book, he is reading it out loud to his mommy.
I am incredibly happy that you are loving being a mom, Em. I can't wait to see you and meet your Sun, Gus.
Can we get side by side baby photos of Chuck und Gus to see if they look alike?
I'll try to find one. Gogo, do you have any lying around by any chance?
Jake, before digital I was not much of a photographer. I will try to unearth a photo for comparison but it might take a while.
The picture of Em as an infant is the one I fondly call "the baby that ate New York" so Gus would have to pack on about 20 more pounds before we could see the resemblance.
Gogo means girl in the language of Republic of Georgia.
Gogo means Granny in Xhosa (South Africa) and in Chichewa (Malawi). And most likely in many other Southern African native languages. Where did Gogo in Australia come from??
I must add, pronounced totally differently to the dancer type 🙂 Kinda like Gawgaw.
Gogo is my "grandmother" name given to me by my first grandchild, the lovely Harriet. Came from a cartoon character on a T-shirt I used to wear when looking after her as a baby. She used to point to the bright colours and I would say that's Gogo.
It seems almost the norm here. I know of grandmothers who are Beebee and Gaga.


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Is there anyone who hasn't loved or lost a dear one or experienced both? Is there anyone who does not get flashes of memories from childhood every now and then, or just wonder at how the world one read about or saw as sci-fi is now leaping towards reality? Is there anyone who does not feel outraged by the lack of humaneness on display at times? Is there anyone who has not asked this question to themselves, "Where am I? What am I doing?"
Watch the Nib Dance is an anthology of poems traversing through a range of areas and emotions – nature, society, war, peace, gender issues, law, love, grief, finding oneself, and nostalgia. Poetry is much like dance – you can learn a thousand techniques but when you actually start dancing, it innately flows. That is what happens when you put pen to paper – whatever it is that has left an impression on your senses, soul or conscience, finds its way out. That is where the poetry in this book comes from.
It will resonate with some part of you – personal or professional, or just by virtue of being human – for words are powerful enough to stir what lies beneath.
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The film stars Mark Ruffalo as Cam, a charming, fun-loving man, who's untreated bi-polar condition is likely the cause of a lifetime of him burning through a wealth of opportunities. He is a descendent of one of the most richest and most powerful families in Boston, but all of those resources are in the hands of his grandmother, who is as stingy as she is disconnected from reality.
As the film begins , his wife, Maggie (Zoe Saldana) has reached her limit, and takes their two girls, and attempts to drive off when Cam pulls the distributor cap, frantic; she calls the police. Maggie tries her best to support her family while Cam is off at a treatment facility The film is set in Boston in the 1970s, she is black, and realizes that she will never be able to get a good job without a masters degree. When she earns a full scholarship to Columbia She can see no way to attend, save to leave the children with Cam.
She is torn, she loves her kids, but knows this is the only way she will be able to provide for them, send them to a good school and later college. She also knows Cam loves his children, and they miss him terribly, but is he ready for the pressure of taking care of two kids when he has never been able to care for himself.
This is a film filled with love and sacrifice by well meaning people. The film is sensitively directed and superbly acted, giving us great insight into the challenges facing a person inflicted with bi-polar disease, particularly before current meds were available. This is easily Mark Ruffalo's the best performance, and it is wonderful to Zoe Saldana in a non Sci-Fi roll, where her skin is not blue or green. This was a movie I missed during its theatrical release, with such a strong cast I'm surprised the studio did not promote the film more aggressively. I'm happy Michael Moore decided to bring this to the TCFF, and actually make this the opening film.


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Crow Wing County commissioners face vocal Pequot Lakes critic
Instead of the sound of crickets chirping, the Crow Wing Board of Commissioners got an earful during the usually mundane portion of its meeting from a resident who had a lot to say.
Vic Kreuziger of Pequot Lakes lets loose with a barrage of criticisms of the Crow Wing County Board of Commissioners during the open forum portion of the Tuesday, Nov. 27, board meeting. Frank Lee / Brainerd Dispatch
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Vic Kreuziger of Pequot Lakes first asked the board for more time to speak before the open forum even began Tuesday, Nov. 27, meeting and then went through a laundry list of criticisms.
"You've addressed us before, Vic, so we know you're schooled in many things. ... Just be reasonable because we know that you can 'wind it up' pretty far," Chairman Paul Thiede said.
Kreuziger replied to much laughter, "I'm a taxpayer. Taxpayers aren't reasonable."
" I'm a taxpayer. Taxpayers aren't reasonable." - Vic Kreuziger of Pequot Lakes
Kreuziger began with how county commissioners are compensated. They serve a four-year, $30,000-a-year term, but that could change when the 2019 levy and budget is finally approved.
"You want a 3 percent increase according to the local scandal sheet, article in the newspaper, and my commissioner, Mr. Thiede, objected to that-saying this was not a good time to have a pay increase when you're throwing a 7 percent increase at the taxpayers," Kreuziger said.
Kreuziger then made reference to Commissioner Paul Koering's comments about having earned the proposed increase in salary at the Sept. 25 board meeting during which Thiede made a failed motion-seconded only by Commissioner Doug Houge-to forgo the proposed raise.
"By what barometer do you guys decide if you're doing a good job or not? Coming to meetings? That's not a good job, that's your job. Keeping the taxes down? That's not a good job, that is your job. Balancing the budget? That's not a good job, that is your job," Kreuziger said.
Koering challenges disgruntled to run for elected office
In December, the board passed a reduced levy for 2018 for the eighth consecutive year but approved the 2019 preliminary budget in September with a levy increase of 6.99 percent.
"In my view, the $30,000-a-year attracts people who are looking at the dollars. Below that is people who are looking to share their talents with the county," Kreuziger said at Tuesday's open forum.
"And my suggestion, as a taxpayer, is that you limit your income to $25,000 a year. On top of that, you can get additional money by committee assignments ... so by increasing your activity on committees you get more income."
Driving the county's 2019 preliminary budget-and a proposed levy increase of almost 7 percent-are the growing use of methamphetamine in the county and rising employee health insurance costs. Final approval of the budget occurs next month.
"If it's a vet who is on pain medication, and he gets hooked on drugs, I say, 'Let's help that person,' but if it's a voluntary sort of thing, I'm not interested in helping those people," Kreuziger said.
County community services started a policy in November through the state of Minnesota to drug test people who have a drug-felony conviction within the past 10 years who want financial assistance or help buying groceries from the government.
"I don't like the idea that my tax dollars is helping those people who are on drugs and having a hard time. If these people made a conscious, informed decision to get on drugs, they've made their decision-make them live with it," Kreuziger said.
The county's drug-testing program, which cost $2,012 after state and federal reimbursements, saved the state a total of $3,299 for those who were permanently disqualified. Those figures do not include savings due to those who are, for example, incarcerated or who have relocated.
"I don't want my tax dollars saving those people from themselves," Kreuziger said. "And if you do help these people on drugs, it seems to me that the very least you can require is that every single one of those people that gets any benefit from we, taxpayers, has to show that they have a job."
The county paid Mid-Minnesota Drug Testing Inc. a total of $3,815 for drug tests from November to August, but received $1,803 in state and federal reimbursements, so the actual cost to the county was $2,012.
"Vic is a constituent of mine. I did not ask Vic to come and say anything here, but he does espouse a few issues that my constituency has espoused over the years, but I had nothing to do with Vic coming this morning-just to be perfectly clear," Thiede said.
Koering added, "Vic, first I want to say thanks for coming here and expressing your opinion. I appreciate it, and if I was a smart politician, Vic, I would probably keep my mouth shut and not saying anything, but that's not me, so I'm going to take you to task on a couple of things."
Koering of District 1 and Houge of District 5 were not up for election this year. Their terms end in 2021. Commissioner Rosemary Franzen represents District 4 and was unopposed for a fourth term in the Nov. 6 general election.
"You didn't mention that there was eight years of a zero levy in Crow Wing County where this board, here, actually tried their best to keep property taxes at zero, and sometimes I wonder if anybody even cares what we do. I know I care. Otherwise, I wouldn't run for office," Koering told Kreuziger.
"And as far if I'm making too much money, I'm up in two years, Vic. You're more than welcome or anybody can run against me if they think I'm making too much money and I'm not doing a good job, and I'll be glad to just go home, and sit and look at the lake."
Thiede comments about re-election loss to Brekken
The county cost of out-of-home placements for children more than doubled from about $1.5 million in 2013 to $3.5 million in 2017, according to County Administrator Tim Houle, which was a factor in Houle's recommendation earlier this year of a 2019 preliminary levy of 6.99 percent.
"As for the 6.99 percent increase, I don't like that either. I don't like it all. But out-of-home placement is children that are living in bad situations ... and the county has to take those children out of their house ... and we have to pay for that as a civilized society," Koering said.
"You can come up here and say a lot of things and try to make us look bad, but it isn't necessarily the truth, Vic. ... I'm not going to sit here and take it. ... If somebody is going to criticize something I'm doing or the wages I'm making, I'm going to fight back ... so thanks."
At the conclusion of Kreuziger's remarks, Thiede emphasized he had nothing to do with Kreuziger's open forum comments, even though Kreuziger resides in Thiede's district.
"I do want to agree with Commissioner Koering-having just lost an election by 85 votes-it is very discouraging sometimes to see the complexity of government and the lack of ability of people to be able to discern who it is they want to vote for," Thiede said of Bill Brekken.
The First Assessment District candidate and political novice Brekken beat Thiede in the Nov. 6 general election in the District 2 race for commissioner, while Baxter City Council member Steve Barrows defeated Keith Johnson of Brainerd and will represent District 3 starting next year.
"I have not said this publicly-I will say it publicly now, since Commissioner Koering has baited me-my opponent ran without taking positions on issues. I have gotten 16 years of taking positions on the issues," Thiede said at Tuesday's board meeting.
Thiede said at Tuesday's board meeting that he has taken "many difficult positions" in his political career but did not elaborate.
"And I can tell you without equivocation-including employees of this county who were out campaigning against me based on fallacious information about the positions I've taken-that's something that I have no regrets over," Thiede said.
"But it's very difficult to tell the story. It's becoming more and more complex. There's more and more cynicism about it. For that very reason, people don't know where to go to get the truth, and yet the truth does still exist. It's very hard to find, and it takes work to find it."
Crow Wing County Commissioner Paul Koering defends the board's record after commissioners were criticized during the open forum portion of the Tuesday, Nov. 27, meeting by Vic Kreuziger of Pequot Lakes. Frank Lee / Brainerd Dispatch
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Ed Sakamoto's "Life of the Land"--seen here in '81 at the East West Players--has found a life in New York, at the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. It's a sequel to Sakamoto's "Manoa Valley," in which a young man leaves Hawaii for the mainland to seek his fortune. Here he returns after 20 years, not exactly burned out, but ready to settle in with his family. D. J. Bruckner of the New York Times was impressed.
A high school reunion--Hawaiian style--is the setting for Ed Sakamoto's "Stew Rice," which just opened at East West Players. "It's my fourth 'Hawaii play,' " noted Sakamoto, who grew up in Honolulu. "In them, I try to recapture a time, a place, a people--give audiences an accurate picture of how we were, how we are, how we lived, thought, what we liked, didn't like. So, hopefully, it reflects a truth. Also, I use pidgin English.
Henry Denker is a busy man. He's written seven television specials, two screenplays, published 14 novels (two more are in the works). For 10 years he wrote, directed and produced "The Greatest Story Ever Told" on radio and television. Seven of his plays have been produced on Broadway--including "Horowitz and Mrs. Washington," which has its West Coast premiere this weekend at the Main Stage Theatre.


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