Wintersong, S. Jae-Jones (St. Martin's Griffin/Dunne 978-1-250-07921-3, $18.99, 438pp, hc) February 2017.
Back in December, I took an advance look at Thoraiya Dyer's first novel Crossroads of Canopy. It turns out to be just part of a remarkable display of new talent in early 2017. Wintersong and The Bear and the Nightingale take inspiration from folktales, while Time's Oldest Daughter reworks Miltonic myth, but they all explore the junctions between our lives and the cosmos of birth, death, and time – leaving room for the grotesque and the absurd.
The ''Overture'' to S. Jae-Jones's Wintersong is a kind of fairy tale with hints of poetry and song: ''Once there was a little girl who played her music, for a little boy in the wood. She was small and dark, he was tall and fair, and the two of them made a fancy pair as they danced together … to the music the little girl heard in her head.'' Things seem to change only for her, since he's the Goblin King. She grows up working at the family inn, and finally stops going into the woods to play. When his last plea of Will you marry me? gets no reply, the silence feels like winter and this boy – Lord of Misrule and Winter King as he may be – intensely feels the cold.
Almost age 19 as Part One begins, Liesl (now the first-person narrator) thinks of goblins much as her grandmother does. When an errand takes her, and slightly younger sister Käthe, to a town square that turns into a Goblin Market, she sees the darkness beneath its glamour. Though such Markets are heralded in the first of many lead quotes from poems by Christina Rossetti, they don't give the book a Pre-Raphaelite air. Unlike her famous brother Dante Gabriel (artist and advocate of the medievalesque), Christina mixes weirdness and passion in a way much closer to this book's complex essence.
What does the unearthly monarch have to do with the boy she once thought she knew? What does he really want? As Goblin King, Der Erlkönig, and Death (who would reduce the world to endless Winter without a long succession of human brides), he should be satisfied with either sister. As a young lady devoted to family (though brat enough to mention Käthe's flaws openly), Liesl can't imagine what special charm she might hold for him. Yet by now, both players have enough guises to change the nature of the game.
When the ''boy'' asked her to marry him, he didn't call her Liesl, preferring the more formal version Elisabeth. Over the course of Wintersong we learn (as she does) how little what the king desires resembles the young woman who calls herself Elisabeth in the world outside his realm. He wants all of her: physical, mental, emotional, unique. This breaks down the barriers between romance and epic fantasy, creation myth and mystery – the changing faces in official portraits of the king.
Another key element is music, and one composer helped shape the book. Historically, ''The Earl-King'' (Der Erlkönig), ''Unfinished Symphony'', the title piece, and more are works by Franz Schubert. Jae-Jones plays her own games by reimagining and recasting him as the heroine's young violin-virtuoso brother (not a composer in his own right), while still invoking the full passion of the time when Baroque gave way to early Romantic – and the world changed.


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There's a saying at home that you can take the man out of the bog but you can't take the bog out of the man. I'm not sure what's in me. Urban or rural? City or countryside?
When I moved to Hungary, I wanted city. I wanted noise, life, chaos … anything that would take me away from the quiet, somnolent, comatose life I had had in Chichester. That said, I thoroughly enjoyed the chapter I spent in Valdez, a small Alaskan town of about 4000 people. So I suppose it depends very much what I'm in the mood for and given that my moods can last years, it's little wonder that I've stayed in Budapest as long as I have.
Or have I stayed so long because I leave so often? Because I go to places that are far quieter than Pest? Places where traffic in a given day is counted in donkeys and not cars? Places where kids still play in the street and all five families in the village know each other. Places where you stop and wonder what in God's holy name do people do here all day?
The High Atlas are something special. Yes, the valleys and the rivers are spectacular and the scenery is jaw-dropping, but it's the Berber villages that left me awed. You can do lots of day trips from Marrakesh,** there's something for everyone – be it overnighting in the desert or visiting the beach or four-wheeling through the Sahara. Me? I wanted to see the villages and the people – the Berbers. What's not to like about an ethnicity where the women get to choose their husbands?
We visited three valleys in the High Atlas, each one different in its own right. Ourika Valley is very popular with the Marrakeshis – a weekend retreat from the heat of the summer where they come to wallow in the cool waters of the Ourika River. Imagine taking Szimpla Kert or any other ruin pub in Budapest and plonking it outdoors beside the river … then you'd have Ourika and the village of Setti Fatma. It's all a little bit mad really. Seeing sofas and dining tables and chairs set up on the banks of the river and even mid-river is quite something.
Our end goal was a waterfall. A waterfall at the back of the village and up a few stoney ridges. Our Berber guide reminded me of the young MT. While the rest of us were huffing and puffing and trying to find our feet, he was bouncing along up and down the rocks like a goat. We'd been
warned to wear flat shoes and we were first that morning. On the way down, it was mayhem. They needed the flag ladies out to direct traffic … and some of those heels !!!! Mad. The lower part of the path was lines with artisan stalls selling all sorts of Berber handicrafts and once again, I was cursing the luggage allowance on Ryan Air and making a mental note to myself for next time. There were plenty of cafés along the trail for those who dropped by the wayside and tempted though I was to let the others go on ahead, I'd never have lived it down. God bless those who have to hump in the cans of Fanta and bottles of water. It must be a thankless job. Gotta love the natural refrigeration though.
One of the most remarkable things about Morocco is its colour. It is so vibrant. So not what I'd have expected from a society that is 98% muslim. I don't know why I expected sobriety to match with somber shades but I couldn't have been further from the truth. The waterfall, when we got there, was lovely. But beside Horsetail Falls or Bridal Veil Falls in Valdez, it would have looked more like a dribble. Then that's life, though – a mishmash of perspectives that vary with time. But I didn't give up. I made it to the top. I persevered.
The next valley over is Oukaïmeden Valley, distinctive because of its tricolour ridges shaded by basalt, copper, and iron oxide and famous as one of the premier ski resorts in Africa. No snow this year though – it's been unseasonably warm. Many of the rivers we passed by were dry and the farmers are feeling the pain. The terraces hewn from the mountain faces that should by now be full of wheat were empty. It's worrying, especially for a largely subsistence people who depend on what they can produce.
There aren't enough schools or classrooms or teachers to go around so the kids go to school in shifts from 8 to 12 and from 12.30 to 5, older ones in the afternoons. There are two secondary boarding schools, too, and all education, what there is of it, is free. French is taught from 3rd class onwards and most kids are trilingual – French, Arabic, and Tamaziɣt (Berber). Juxtapose this with women still congregating by the river to do their laundry and you have to pinch yourself to make sure you're not dreaming.
We were booked in to have lunch at one of the village houses in Tachedirt, the highest village in the valley. Home cooking has never tasted better. We'd been on the road since 8.30am and I was hungry enough to eat a Berber bag, buttons and all. With tagine and couscous on the menu, we weren't
disappointed. Such is globalisation: this woman and her daughter catering lunch for some Austrians, Irish, Americans, and Australians, each of whom was marvelling at the simplicity of it all and no doubt a tad envious, too. The view was stunning. The food spectacular. And the air – so clean you could smell a blade of grass growing. Not for the first time this week I found myself wondering what it would be like to come back and stay a little longer…
The third valley, Asni, is by far the most developed. It's here that the rich people have houses and where Richard Branson has a hotel, with a swimming pool and room for a few ponies. I wonder what the locals make of the choppers flying in and out and whether the residents ever leave the poolside?
Asni, being that much more populated, has its markets at which most of the locals shop just once a week. Esnee has one on Saturday and some other village has one on Tuesday. Coming down from the mountains takes on a whole new meaning [anyone old enough to remember Come Down from the Mountains Katie Daly? – must be the altitude getting to me]. It's here, too, that the majority of the fruit is grown – apples, walnuts, almonds, and peaches – as well as the bamboo used as roofing in the Berber houses. And with lots of houses going up, the urban sprawl from the city is making itself felt.
It was a spectacular day. One that will live on in the memory bank for a few years yet. I'm grateful indeed to be able to kick off this 2016 Grateful series by giving thanks, yet again, for the opportunities I have to travel, to see new places, to meet new people, to get a glimpse of other ways of life. And were I in the habit of making New Year's resolutions, my first one would be: Travel … more.
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ola66 says:
3rd January 2016 at 1:41 pm
'Air so clean you can smell a blade of grass growing'………..now there's a phrase to remember. Morrocco looks facinating, sounds like a great way to see in the new year………great insight for me thanks……..I'm really looking forward to my trip. How cold was it in the mountains?
4th January 2016 at 1:55 pm
Chilly enough in the morning and later afternoon – warm in the sun. Bring layers and a scarf and hat.
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4th January 2016 at 2:28 am
Oh the memories this brings back. (and this links to my 'grateful for being ABLE to REMEMBER!) of the times on the Pass during extreme ski – a fire pit dug in the snow and recliners and chairs around… each 'society' creates its 'peace' of perfection. I've been so blessed to have MANY!!! And, that includes you, dear Mary, for your ongoing editorial energies that are so GENEROUS and MAGNIFICENT in content. I'm so thrilled that you are re-igniting your 52 weeks of Grateful.
4th January 2016 at 11:19 am
Thanks for reading Donna – makes it more meaningful to know that you're at the other end enjoying…
zsoltbabocsai says:
Wonderful, and well documented. Thanks for sharing!
Anywhere near where you were?
Oh yeah, much of it is familiar… I didn't get to see the waterfall, but in return we wondered around and discovered this village by accident http://zsoltbabocsai.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/berber-village-s2.jpg Not sure if it's the same as one of yours… it was really high up… The Atlas is just fabulous, both nature and the people…
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Have been to a collectors fair today, and bought this bowl. Almost clear glass, but just a hint of ice blue - which shows up in the side on view. 25 cm or approx 10 inches diameter, 7 cm or 2 3/4 inch high. beautifully finished polished base - no pontil mark. Any ideas ? Just looks scandinavian to me - or it could be Ikea?? I like it anyway. Doesn't look very old - very few wear marks to base. Any help appreciated.
Just a suggestion but a few months ago I bought a Schott-Zwiesel fruitbowl from a charity shop - it was still labelled and boxed - but I sold it very soon afterwards at a show before I had the chance to photograph it. It was contemporary production and was similar in style and shape to your bowl, quite large also - but ours was a smokey grey colour.
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Gov. Brad Henry of Oklahoma prepares to sign legislation that strengthens high school course requirements, during a ceremony at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City on June 7.
—Courtesy of Oklahoma governor's office.
It has been less than six months since the nation's governors gathered for a summit on high schools, and already at least half a dozen states have enacted policies that require students to complete tougher academic programs to earn a diploma.
Although Arizona lawmakers voted to give high school seniors added flexibility in passing the state's exit exam, states typically are sending a stricter message by telling students they must take more courses in mathematics, science, and other core academic areas.
The flurry of activity is evidence that demands for making high school more rigorous, which state and business leaders echoed at the Feb. 26-27 conference, have gained traction in the states.
"The number of states that have moved, just in this legislative session, to increase graduation requirements is clearly based on the momentum coming out of the summit," said Matthew Gandal, the executive vice president of Achieve Inc., a Washington-based nonprofit group that co-sponsored the Washington event along with the National Governors Association. "I see that continuing to build."
See the related story, "State Tests Can Influence High School Learning, Report Finds."
On June 7, Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, a Democrat, signed the Achieving Classroom Excellence measure, which requires all high school students to take a college-bound curriculum, starting in 2006-07, unless their parents sign an opt-out consent form.
The legislation, which passed with bipartisan support, also increases current graduation requirements to include three years of high school mathematics at or above the level of Algebra 1. Starting with entering 9th graders in 2008, students must pass four out of six end-of-instruction tests in core academic subjects to receive a diploma. To encourage high school seniors to take college courses, the plan requires the state to pay tuition for up to six hours of college instruction per semester.
Gov. Henry said his initiative, which had strong backing from the business community, "pushes students to take a tougher academic workload to better prepare them for life after high school."
Indiana also enacted legislation that requires students to complete a college-preparatory curriculum—known as the "Core 40"—to earn a diploma, beginning with the class of 2011. As in Oklahoma, parents would have to request that their children be exempted from the requirement. Students with disabilities would follow the recommendations in their individualized education plan.
Starting with the class of 2011, with some exceptions, students would have to complete the Core 40 curriculum for admission to Indiana's four-year public colleges.
Indiana is one of 13 states that joined the American Diploma Project Network at the summit. States in the Achieve-managed project commit to preparing all students for work and college, in part by raising graduation standards. This month, Achieve announced five new members— Alabama, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Oklahoma—bringing the total to 18.
Rigor and Relevance
Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, a Democrat, also made strengthening graduation standards one of his top legislative priorities.
Under his High Standards, Better Schools plan, which passed the Senate by 56-0 and the House by 104-10, students will have to take a third year of math (including algebra and geometry), two years of science, four years of English, and two years of "writing intensive" courses to earn a diploma.
Oregon lawmakers similarly are considering boosting the number of math and English courses needed to graduate.
In Mississippi, the state board of education in April passed a plan that increases graduation requirements for all students, beginning with 9th graders in the fall of 2008. Under the plan, students will have to complete four years each of English, math, science, and social studies to earn a diploma, including two years of math beyond Algebra 1, at least one laboratory-based science course, and economics.
The state has been revising the actual content of its high school curriculum since 2004, when an independent study by the Washington-based Council for Basic Education concluded that the curriculum lacked rigor.
South Carolina, in contrast, has not increased the credits needed to graduate. Instead, the Education and Economic Development Act of 2005, signed by Republican Gov. Mark Sanford in May, will reorganize the curriculum around "career clusters of study," such as health science, information technology, and finance.
State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum said: "This is about helping students see the importance of the skills they're learning. If they can apply those skills to real-life situations, then it's more likely that they will buy into what our schools are trying to accomplish."
The law also requires the state to provide more guidance counselors to work with students and their parents to explore career interests and plan for the future. It calls for an average of 300 students per counselor by the 2006-07 school year, instead of the current average of 500 students.
Model Core Curricula
Other states are working on model high school curricula that provide students with better preparation for work and college.
Legislation signed by Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa this month requires the state board of education to devise a model core curriculum. The bill also sets a goal that 80 percent of Iowa graduates, excluding special education students, successfully complete a core curriculum by July 1, 2009.
The law requires districts to report publicly on the percent of graduates who complete a core curriculum. Beginning in July 2006, every district must develop a plan with each 8th grader for completing a core curriculum in high school and report to the student and his or her parents each year on progress.
"There was some concern that we just, literally, didn't know with certain kids what kinds of classes they were taking," said Jeff Berger, a legislative liaison in the state department of education.
The Delaware education department also is working on a model curriculum that would better prepare students for college or technical careers. The state plans to assist interested districts in doing a "gap analysis" to see how well their requirements align with the state's model curriculum, and it will provide professional development for teachers.
Delaware lawmakers also scrapped a three-tiered diploma system, which was never implemented, after many parents voiced concern that the lowest-level diploma, intended for students who did not pass state tests, would have little value in the marketplace.
Instead, Delaware will offer two types of diplomas for the classes of 2006 and 2007: a "standard" diploma and a "distinguished" diploma. In addition to meeting course requirements, the latter will be based on a combination of state test scores and other academic indicators, which are still being determined. Beginning with the class of 2008, the state will offer only one type of diploma for all students.
Reprieve in Arizona
In contrast to the ratcheting up that is going on in many states, Arizona has temporarily lowered its graduation requirements.
In March, the state board of education reduced the passing scores for the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards, or AIMS, tests that students must pass to graduate, beginning with the class of 2006.
Then in May, lawmakers voted to permit students scheduled to graduate in 2006 and 2007 to apply grades of A, B, or C in some high school courses toward their scores on the tests in reading, writing, and math. The extra points can count for up to 25 percent of a student's AIMS scores.
Amy Rezzonico, a spokeswoman for the state education department, said this month that the specifics were still being worked out by the state school board.
Tom Horne, Arizona's state superintendent of schools, opposed any lowering of the requirements and has requested a state attorney general's opinion on which coursework might apply. The state board was tentatively scheduled to discuss the plan last week.
In California, bills to delay the high-stakes exit exam for students in low-performing schools and to permit districts to give alternative assessments have been diluted since their introduction.
Assembly Bill 1531 now would not authorize the use of any alternatives objected to by the superintendent of public instruction. Senate Bill 517 would require the state to certify that students in low-performing high schools had access to the minimal resources needed to pass the tests, such as certified teachers, counselors, adequate textbooks, and supplementary instruction. It also would require the state to study alternatives to the exit test.
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The 2013 exhibit schedule
January* "Half Empty": Our January exhibition and first of our three-part "Collinwood Rising" series features Cleveland artists Liz Maugins and Dale Goode. The work in Half Empty addresses the uncertainty and anxiety surrounding our current political and economic conditions. Using found signage and personal testimonials as source material, Half Empty is a project about making this confusion tangible and creating an active record of how people are living through the basic challenges of the everyday.
February* "Pretty Vacant": Five regional artists, Joseph Carl Close, Ron Copeland, Dana Depew, Dave Desimone, and Greg Ruffing, whom have spent the last decade exploring the abandoned factories and vacant neighborhoods of the region, will create an intricate, site-specific installation exploring the ideas of vacancy, potential, and how they apply directly towards Collinwood and the greater Cleveland. "The rustbelt region is full of reminders of a more prosperous past. Vacant residential and commercial spaces have left neighborhoods like Collinwood exposed and vulnerable to a myriad of social and economic hardships. However, with this vacancy comes an opportunity to start anew, to rebuild and begin again." *Funding for these exhibits comes from Collinwood Rising, a special initiative of Northeast Shores Development Corporation, made possible through the generous support of ArtPlace.
March The Fourteenth Annual National Arts Program in Cleveland: Features work by Cleveland artists of all ages, backgrounds and artistic experience. The Leonard E. B. Andrews Foundation established The National Arts Program in 1985 to inspire, acknowledge and reward creative accomplishment throughout the nation. Cleveland is one of fewer than 50 cities nationwide participating in the National Arts Program. A panel of prominent artists and art educators judge the show. If you are interested in exhibiting, please Pick up an application at Arts Collinwood or visit our website.
April "Das Wird Sich Alles Finden (Everything Will Turn Out Alright)": This international group show includes 16 artists from 7 countries. The collection of work addresses how artists and people across the globe connect to the many uncertain- ties of contemporary life. 'Everything will turn out alright' may be sincere, sarcastic, or questioning, depending on the artist. This exhibition showed at Bloc Projects in Sheffield, England in December of 2012. Arts Collinwood will be a second, and expanded, stop for this exhibit where it will be curated by Christopher Richards.
May C.I.A. Biomedical Art Exhibition: Featuring the best of CIA student work. The Cleveland Institute of Art is one of only a handful of colleges in the United States that offers a BFA degree in Biomedical Art. The program combines applied art, science, and technology to create visual education materials on scientific and medical topics. Based on the traditional field of scientific and medical illustration, the curriculum incorporates leading-edge digital media techniques, interactivity, and animation.
June "Annual Members Show": This juried show features work from members of Arts Collinwood. Membership: $10. Members may submit up to three pieces to be juried by our gallery committee. This show will be on display during the largest event on Waterloo Rd., the 11th Annual Waterloo Arts Festival!
July "Plain, Ordinary and Human": Comic books have again exploded into popular culture. Cleveland is ground-zero for much of the graphic narrative scene as we know it today. Arts Collinwood is set to honor those contributions alongside Cleveland's current vibrant comic scene with Plain, Ordinary and Human. Love comics. Love art. Love Cleveland. "POH" is curated by Angela Oster, a freelance illustrator based in Rocky River. She holds a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and is a 2009 Creative Workforce Fellow. Her focus is to support all emerging and established comic artists in Cleveland.
August-Mid September "Perceptual Beauty": This solo exhibition will feature the work of Michelle Murphy. Working in a contemporary culture where the attainment of beauty is paramount and science strives to engineer the ultimate look, Murphy's photography and video explore opposing positions in the relationship between consumption and rebellion of these ideals. Inspired by op art, scientific imaging, and third- wave feminism, Murphy produces macro close-ups of the adorned, treated body and beauty "tools". Through her processes of scientific observation and interpretation, she playfully uses beauty products as art materials going against their intended purpose to conceal or accentuate parts of the body.
December "Holiday Sale": This annual holiday sale will showcase one-of-a-kind gifts made by regional, professional artists. From jewelry to paintings and pottery to knit- wear and ornaments, there's something for everyone!
The 2014 exhibit schedule:
March-Mid April "VACANCY/NO VACANCY" A national call for entries with a theme of 'Vacancy/No Vacancy' will be juried and selected for this show by guest curator, Jon Seydl, Cleveland Museum of Art: The Paul J. and Edith Ingalls Vignos, Jr. Curator of European Paintings and Sculpture.


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Richmond–Winton Road is a continuous  road route in the Richmond and Winton local government areas of Queensland, Australia. It is a state-controlled district road (number 5803) rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It is part of the shortest route from the  /  area to  and . It is also part of the inland freight network linking cattle properties to major freight routes on the Landsborough and Flinders highways.

Route description
The Richmond–Winton Road commences at an intersection with the Flinders Highway in , about  west of the town. It runs generally south-west through Richmond and Albion, and then roughly follows the boundary between  and , ending at an intersection with the Landsborough Highway at the Corfield / Kynuna midpoint. This intersection is about  north-west of Winton.

Land use along this road is mainly stock grazing on native vegetation. There are no major intersections on this road.

Road condition
Much of the road remains unsealed, but approximately  was sealed in 2018-19 under an $4.7 million project funded by the Northern Australia Beef Roads Program. In July 2021 the Minister for Transport and Main Roads announced the following projects, funded by various other arrangements, for the road:
 Culvert replacement: $2.7 million to replace two culverts - completed December 2020.
 Progressive sealing: $3.3 million to seal over  - completion expected July 2021.
 Widen and seal: $13 million to seal  - completion expected mid 2022.
 Pave and seal: $5.39 million to seal  - completion expected July 2021.

As at April 2022 the road has approximately  single lane sealed, split into sections, and approximately  single lane unsealed.

Upgrade
A project to pave and seal two sections of road, at a cost of $10.27 million, was completed in June 2022. It is unclear if this is part of the projects announced in July 2021.

History

Richmond Downs pastoral run was established in 1864. Gold was discovered at , just north of Richmond, in 1880, and Richmond became a stagecoach stop for prospectors on the way to Woolgar. The town was surveyed in 1882, and the railway arrived in 1904. Other pastoral runs were established in the area, and the town soon became the administrative centre for the district.

After a short attempt at settlement in 1866 the first European settler came to what is now Winton in  about 1875 to set up a shop and public house. Winton began as a town about 1878 when a group of businessmen decided that a town site proposed by the government further west was unsuitable. The proposed site became a ghost town and Winton became the administrative centre for the district. Pastoral runs were established in the area, including Corfield Downs, about  to the north.

Early roads were cut from both Richmond and Winton to provide access for wheeled vehicles to the pastoral runs and other settlements. Over time these tracks were improved and extended to eventually form a through road.

Modern usage
Although not yet fully sealed the road is used extensively by road trains carrying cattle, and by other large trucks conveying heavy goods.

References

Roads in Queensland

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FULMER, Ft.McLeod, 1920 Looking for the burial site, or any information on my Grandmother, Ada Fulmer, who died at McLeod in 1920,she was married to Judson Fulmer, they lived in or near McLeod from 1911-1920, and were married in Cardston July 11 1911,maybe there is a marriage record,their first child, George H was born July 26 1912,I have a picture of Judson working in a blacksmith shop,could be in Cardston, a calendar on the wall is Feb 1914. Thanks for any help. Lenore , CANTON, MI U.S.A.


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(i) In order for a donee organization to meet the distribution requirements of subparagraph (1)(i) of this paragraph, it must, not later than the close of the first taxable year after its taxable year in which any contributions are received, distribute (within the meaning of this subparagraph) an amount equal in value to the contributions received in such prior taxable year and have no remaining undistributed income for such prior taxable year. In the event that a donee organization redistributes less than an amount equal to the total contributions from donor organizations which are required to be redistributed by such donee organization by the close of the first taxable year following the taxable year in which such contributions were received, amounts treated as redistributions of such contributions shall be deemed to have been made pro rata out of all such contributions regardless of any earmarking or identification made by such donee organization with respect to the source of such distributions. See paragraph (d)(2)(ix) of 53.4942(a)-2 for the treatment of amounts deemed not to have been so redistributed. For purposes of this paragraph, the term contributions means all contributions, whether of cash or property, and the fair market value of contributed property determined as of the date of the contribution must be used in determining whether an amount equal in value to the contributions received has been redistributed.
26 CFR § 53.4942(a)-3


Right now our students are super stressed with finals. Whether they are in high school or college, doesn't matter, they are maxed out. Now if your middle schooler is anything like mine, he's just stressed out about having to get up and actually go to school (insert rolling eyes). Looking for ways to help your student?
So, what can we do as parents to help our kids as they are preparing for finals? Let's help them to have the best semester ever! Here are a few ideas… *This post may contain affiliate links. This means , at no additional cost to you, we will earn a small commission if you click the link and make a purchase.
Encouragement is helpful, and can go a long way towards your child keeping on with their work. I find that if I nag, then we get into a fight, and that goes nowhere fast. So, the next time your grouchy teen snaps at you, take a deep breath, count to 10 (or 50 or 100), and respond in a non-snappy way. I know, easier said than done, because I am the queen of snapping! Hang in there, deal with the current situation, then go open a nice bottle of red!
Ask them for ways you help.
Maybe, for now, you could expect less from them around the house so that they aren't having to deal with as much for the moment. Stock their favorite snacks in the pantry and fridge for easy access. My boys like me to even serve them in their rooms on a tray–I try to get seasonal party plates and cups for cookies, cheese and crackers or any other goodies.
This is the only time that I do this, so it's fun to order things that I wouldn't normally have in the house.
Send quick texts if your kids are away at school at times you know they would be between classes. Send them a card or a pre-made finals care package, healthy and not so healthy, to ease the pain of studying. They LOVE this! Here is a great guest post on our blog about putting together care packages!
Make them take a break every now and then.
Everyone needs a break. I know one of my boys would never think to take a break, and would get mad if I even suggested it. But, make this happen occasionally, and they might just thank you later. Watch a favorite episode or movie. Bake a batch of cookies together. Run up to their favorite fast food joint together and let them order what they want.
Even just giving a quick hug or high five can be all the affirmation that they might need. Any of these activities would be great for getting their mind off of school just for a while. Then they can go back to work refreshed.
Put it on their bathroom mirror or on their desk with a motivational quote or verse. My boys have often left these for months because they knew I was thinking of them!
If your kiddo is away, even out of college and in a stressful period with maybe a first job, you can do something similar. Send them a card with some encouraging words. It is always so fun to actually get snail mail, and I bet they keep it!
I still have a silly card my dad sent me when I was in college during some stressful period-probably finals. I love the fact that my dad took the time to write it (even though he mentions that my mom told him to!) It meant the world to me!
This seems like a no brainer, but a lot of kids skip this meal. I fix breakfast during the week for my boys for that reason alone. If you aren't in this habit, make the time to until finals are over. Feed their bodies and their brains. Cooking is the way I show my love to my family. I love to cook, and it makes my heart happy to feed everyone.
When kids have any kind of test and especially when preparing for finals, this is the most important meal!
They will be tired and most likely grouchy during this time. Encourage them to get enough sleep. Make sure they are eating enough of the right things. Let them know you love them. Be patient.
This too shall pass. Every finals season, I feel like I'm taking them too because the stress is almost contagious!! Deal with it a minute at a time, then go hide in your room with your latest Netflix binge!
Look for more ways to help your student.
Do you have any strategies that have worked for you as your kids are preparing for finals? Please share!
**A great website for ordering care packages is Home Sweet College Home! They offer personalized, unique, affordable, fast and easy packages. They put together any type of package for anyone, but they love to put them together especially for college students. They have pre-made and build-your-own packages. They also have a monthly option which is awesome! Check out Home Sweet College Home.
Great post! I love the sticky note idea. Knowing that someone cares is always great motivation. Thanks for sharing!
Hey, so glad you liked the idea:) We are still learning this blogging stuff, and I just realized that we had a comment! My boys love their post its! Did you try it? Let me know if you have any other ideas! We always like to try new things out.
All such great ideas Melanie! My son was home from college over Fall Break, and he was stressing trying to get some school work done. I was kinda hurt that he wouldn't take a little time to talk to me that day. And then I remembered…snacks! Took him a little snack up to his room along with a water bottle. He immediately calmed a little and said thanks! Mom win!


Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is also sometimes called uterine fibroid embolization. About 85-90 percent of women find significant symptom relief from UAE. This procedure can be done in an outpatient setting or require a one-day hospital stay. Recovery time is typically between five and 14 days.
In this procedure, your doctor blocks the uterine arteries with small, non-allergenic beads to cut off blood flow to the uterus and fibroids. The small incision leaves the uterus intact. The uterus typically recovers but the fibroids don't.
You can expect some pelvic pain after the procedure and may have to take pain medications for several days. One in five women experience a recurrence of their symptoms within five years of the treatment.
Although most women can still conceive, the effects of UAE on childbearing and pregnancy isn't known at this time.
There is a slight risk that the procedure could cause early menopause by blocking blood flow to the ovaries. There's a very small risk for a severe infection or not enough blood flow to the uterus, which could require a hysterectomy (about a 1 in 500 risk).


Not Here to Please you: One second is all you need to see your life change.
One second is all you need to see your life change.
There are moments in life where time stands still, and for a split second your heart stops beating you. Then everything returns to move, but you know that something has changed and nothing will ever be the same.
Then we tend to want to return to that previous state where tranquility and ignorance reigned, where everything was fine. But we are unable to return as the experience is burned into our brains, and we cannot forget what happened, especially if through deception, the deception of someone you trusted.
That's when anger comes, tears, fear, doubt and pain. It is then, when we are most vulnerable, that we become stronger, we grow. That's when, after struggling viscerally against what your heart, shattered and broken yells at you, when you get up and start walking again.
Never forget that second when the world stopped. Go on, but don't forget ... learn, grow, walk. And thank that after all, another day the sun rises.
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Town Council of Marine Parade (Penalties and Administrative Fee for Late Payment of Conservancy and Service Charges and Licence Fees) By-laws
1998 RevEd
2 Calculation of penalties for conservancy and service charges in arrears
3 Administrative fee
4 Right of action or other remedy
5 Application of payment
6 Remission
7 Saving
Town Councils Act
(Chapter 329A, Sections 24(2)(a) and (c))
REVISED EDITION 1994
(30th March 1994)
[1st July 1993]
1. These By-laws may be cited as the Town Council of Marine Parade (Penalties and Administrative Fee for Late Payment of Conservancy and Service Charges and Licence Fees) By-laws.
Calculation of penalties for conservancy and service charges in arrears
2. Where any conservancy and service charge payable by any tenant or owner to the Town Council of Marine Parade is in arrears, the tenant or owner shall be liable to pay for every month in which there is an arrear a penalty at the appropriate rate set out in the Schedule.
Administrative fee
3.—(1) Where any conservancy and service charge, licence fee, penalty or any part thereof remains unpaid for a period exceeding 6 months from the date on which it was due to be paid, the tenant, owner or licensee shall, in addition to any penalty which may be further imposed under by-law 2, be liable to pay to the Town Council an administrative fee of $50.
(2) The administrative fee of $50 referred to in paragraph (1) shall be payable only once so long as the conservancy and service charge, licence fee, penalty or any part thereof remain unpaid.
Right of action or other remedy
4. Nothing in these By-laws shall prejudice any right of action or other remedy of the Town Council for the recovery of any moneys due to the Town Council under any licence agreement entered into between the Town Council and any licensee.
Application of payment
5. The Town Council may, in its discretion, apply any moneys paid by the tenant or owner firstly towards the payment of the amount of any penalty payable under these By-laws and subsequently apply any balance thereof towards payment of any amount of outstanding conservancy and service charges.
6. The Town Council may, in its discretion, remit wholly or in part any penalty payable under these By-laws.
7. Where any penalty which has been imposed under the revoked Town Council of Marine Parade (Penalties for Late Payment of Conservancy and Service Charges) By-laws remains unpaid on 1st July 1993, such penalty shall remain payable as if it had been imposed by the Town Council under these By-laws.
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7.5km on a safe course, this fun run is for everyone! Plenty of team prizes such as five team categories including Husband and Wife, Parent and Child (U12), Out of Town Family of Four, Bathurst Business and School Teams. Get training and be part of this Bathurst annual event.


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Beales 'needs cash injection' that comes with low buyout bid
21 January 2015 By Tara Hounslea
The chief executive of Beales has urged shareholders to accept an offer from a company controlled by property tycoon Andrew Perloff, which values the department store business at £1.2m.
The offer to buy Beales outright, made on Monday through Perloff's investment vehicle English Rose, represents a discount of about 48% on Beales' share price, valuing each share at 6p, compared with a closing price of 11.5p on January 16.
Beales' board agreed to the "disappointing" offer, but said it could have achieved a higher price in different circumstances. The deal is now subject to shareholder agreement.
Beales, whose like-for-like sales fell 1.1% in the year to November 1 but rose 1% in the 26 weeks to the same date, tried to raise capital last year to stabilise and improve its performance. However, this was blocked by a group comprised of Perloff and his associates.
"The business is undoubtedly turning around, but it needs to turn around quicker and to do that it needs a significant cash injection, which Andrew's offer presents," chief executive Michael Hitchcock told Drapers.
"I would look at it as a car coming to a crossroads, where we tried to go forward to raise additional capital, but the road was closed. We could go right and carry on as we are, but there is substantial risk associated with that.
"Our other option is to turn left with Andrew's offer. I believe that all stakeholders will benefit from looking at it sensibly."
Perloff already owns 29.72% of Beales through various companies and associates, including Panther Securities, which holds 19.85% of the ordinary share capital. Panther also owns the freeholds on 10 of Beales' 29 stores and has agreed a deal to buy another.
If his offer is successful, Perloff will provide a loan of £1m through his Portnard business, which owns English Rose, once the bid becomes unconditional and a further £1m once his team has undertaken a strategic review.
Beales and Perloff have had an uneasy relationship since the retailer removed Panther's representative Simon Peters from the board in July last year, sparking a furious response from Perloff.
Chairman William Tuffy and non-executive director Catherine Norgate-Hart plan to resign from the board if the offer is accepted. English Rose said it intends to appoint Stuart Lyons as non-executive chairman and Andrew Perloff and Simon Peters as non-executive directors.
Perloff plans to re-register Beales as a PLC.
Perloff said: "We have a very heavy investment in the company already as the largest shareholder, the biggest landlord and the biggest creditor, with loans set to be repaid from 2016/17, so if we can help it to trade a little more successfully, then it is good for us. If we are in control, they will have an owner with money."
The Beales management and English Rose directors are in agreement about the need to review and address the operation of certain loss-making stores and the need for investments for selective store refurbishments.
"If I could come out of the stores that are loss-making tomorrow, I would do it, but we can't break the contracts," said Hitchcock. He declined to give a number or the locations of the stores but confirmed he "could count the loss-making on one hand".
Intu seeks cash injection
20 January 2020Emily Sutherland
Shopping centre owner Intu is seeking to raise equity as it looks to restructure its balance sheet.
£1m business rates overpayment for Beales
15 January 2020Grace Whelan
Department store Beales, currently at risk of administration, is estimated to have overpaid £1.06m in business rate since 2017.
Retailers take action on property
Retailers are seizing the opportunity to take "decisive action" on their property portfolios in 2020, say experts, as restructurings and company voluntary arrangements continue to put downward pressure on rents.
Profits drop 40% at M&Co
25 September 2019Isabella Fish
Value fashion retailer M&Co has reported a 40% drop in operating profits to £3.6m for the year to 28 February, which it blames on economic and political uncertainty.


President Obama made waves last week by announcing significant changes to the government's stance on the deportation of certain illegal immigrants. Most analysts portrayed the decision as a smart move to shore up Obama's flagging standing with Latino voters.
1) Latinos are underrepresented in swing states. While the Latino vote is frequently portrayed as a critical voting bloc, in truth it is concentrated in only a few swing states with just a handful of electoral votes. The only states where Latinos make up more than 10 percent of the electorate are: Arizona (16 percent of the electorate in 2008), California (18 percent), Colorado (13 percent), Florida (14 percent), Nevada (15 percent), New Mexico (41 percent), and Texas (20 percent).
Of these, only Colorado, Florida, and Nevada are swing states; New Mexico and Arizona are at best borderline swing states. In Florida, the Latino vote largely (though decreasingly) comprises voters of Cuban descent and is therefore atypical of other Latino electorates.
So in the end, we're talking about Colorado and Nevada as the states where this is likely to produce dividends of any size, for a total of 15 electoral votes.
2) There is a trade-off here. Fifteen electoral votes could still be crucial in a close election. But here's the rub: The analyses that focus only on the potential effect among Latino voters miss half of the equation: The potential effect among white voters.
I've made this point before, but consider the case of Arizona. For many liberal commentators, the silver lining to the state's immigration bill was that it presaged the eventual death of the state's Republican Party. By alienating Latino voters, Republicans would soon find it impossible to forge winning coalitions in the state.
To be sure, Latino voters were alienated. In 2004, George W. Bush won 43 percent of that group in Arizona. Four years later, John McCain won 41 percent. In 2010, Jan Brewer pulled in a paltry 28 percent.
Yet Brewer ran ahead of both McCain and Bush overall. The key is that her policies played well with white voters. In particular, McCain captured 60 percent of whites without college degrees and 58 percent of whites with college degrees.
Brewer actually ran somewhat behind McCain among whites with college degrees, capturing 55 percent of their vote. But among whites without college degrees, Brewer won 66 percent of the vote. This is where her increased victory margin came from.
This is important, because Obama has ongoing weaknesses with working-class white voters. So weak, in fact, that they threatened his presidential bid during the Democratic perfect storm of 2008.


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Supreme Productions Presents: Philly vs. Gyro Sept. 2 @ 8pm eastern
October 2, 2021 October 2, 2021 Byron Hayes Events, Featured, News
Gyro and Philly Supreme clash in an epic Philly Street Fight, a battle that's been brewing for years now. After the Supreme family lost Sanders Suzuki to the mysterious Shadow Realm and Cheesesteak fell into a deep depression, the family experienced nothing but loss after loss, culminating in the return of Sanders as a part of the newly formed Shadow Realm stable.
I can't live like this no more.
Philly, I'm inviting you to have the match of a lifetime. @SCFLHighlights @TheSuperchat
Let's settle this right here where it started, at Supreme Family Buick. pic.twitter.com/HpsVed7hLQ
— Big Gyro 💉 full vaxxed 💉 (@SupremeBuick) September 29, 2021
Gyro, afraid of what would happen if Cheesesteak came under the influence of this new, supernatural presence, made a blind crusade against them, unable to see the returning members from the alternative universe were not malevolent, only coping with their personal journeys. Although The Hand, the mastermind behind the kidnappings, was bent on destruction, the rest were his victims, returning confused and dazed, only to find Gyro assaulting them.
The Wedding of Cheesesteak and Sanders saw Gyro, Cheesesteak and Philly's uncle, absent from the guest list, attempting to crash the party. Upon his appearance, a wild brawl broke out when Philly assaulted him. In the following weeks, things only complicated further, when Gyro attempted to destroy an old CRT television that served as a portal between the worlds. When Cheesesteak confronted his uncle on the roof and pleaded for him to stop, that there were other victims trapped on the other side, he refused to listen, pushing too hard and accidentally sending Cheesesteak over the ledge, the television tumbling after.
The explosion was seen for miles, effectively sealing off any stable link between the realms and the fate of Cheesesteak Supreme. Now Gyro, estranged from his remaining nephew, has asked for forgiveness.
Join us at 8pm Eastern time on Saturday, October 2nd for Philly vs. Gyro.
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Betchworth – St. Michael's Churchyard, War Memorial & War Memorial Hall
Posted on July 1, 2021 by Magicfingers
Another locked church, I'm afraid,…
…but the war memorial makes our visit worthwhile.
The panels of the memorial list twenty nine men killed in the Great War, with the names of eight Second World War casualties on the angled base of the plinth beneath. Two Navy stokers are included among the Great War names, one, on the left panel here, who died when the submarine E6 was sunk by a mine in the North Sea off Harwich on Boxing Day 1915 and went down with all hands. A trawler had hit a mine and sunk in almost the same position not long before, but despite a warning from a British torpedo boat to steer clear of the minefield, the E6, for reasons unknown, continued on its course to disaster.
The second stoker on the memorial served aboard H.M.S. Aboukir. On 22nd September 1914, in the space of an hour, three obsolete British cruisers, H.M.S. Aboukir, H.M.S. Hogue & H.M.S. Cressy, patrolling the North Sea's extreme southern reaches, some twenty five miles north of the Hague, were attacked and sunk by a single German submarine, the U-9.
The Aboukir begins its death roll in Norman Wilkinson's painting of the action. Aboard the three ships, over 1,450 men, mostly part-time sailors of the Royal Naval Reserve, were drowned. Incidentally, we visited the grave of a man who died on H.M.S. Houge that day (a boy really – he was fifteen) not so long ago at Witley Cemetery.
Elsewhere, I spy two CWGC headstones,…
…Private W. Miles, Royal Army Service Corps, who died on 6th September 1918 (he had actually been transferred to the Labour Corps before his death),…
…and the second,…
…Private Alfred Mackrell, Cheshire Regiment, who served under the name Private Peace, and who died on 22nd July 1918 aged 27.
Another CWGC headstone,…
…this time a Queen's lance corporal who died in 1942.
The grave of Major Noel Shipley Thornton D.S.O., M.C., Rifle Brigade, or you'd think it was, but apparently, according to the CWGC, he's buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, on the Somme. Enlisting in the Public Schools Battalion in September 1914, by March 1918 he was commanding 7th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Severely wounded east of Amiens on 3rd April 1918, in the final days of Operation Michael, the first phase of the German Spring Offensive, he would die on 10th April at No. 2 Stationary Hospital in Abbeville, where he is indeed buried in the communal cemetery extension. Both his D.S.O. & M.C. were awarded posthumously.
…a couple of pictures of the nearby Betchworth Village War Memorial Hall,…
…because, as Mallory famously put it, it's there.
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6 Responses to Betchworth – St. Michael's Churchyard, War Memorial & War Memorial Hall
Alan Bond says:
Nice little church thank you
Indeed. I shall get inside at some point. Cheers Alan.
Nick Kilner says:
Very interesting. As soon as I read HMS Aboukir I thought, that rings a bell.
Looks a bit like Everest that memorial hall lol, they're rarely the prettiest of buildings. Shame really.
I shoulda superimposed a shot of Hillary & Tensing on top of the roof…….well, maybe not.
Steve Monk says:
Thank you for another interesting article.
It is such a shame that in this day and age we have to lock our churches. I wonder what our brave soldiers of the past would think of things as they are today.
It is a shame, although church theft is hardly a modern vogue – the means to get away quickly, however, is. Cheers Steve.


Bolshakov, Nikolai, Russian tenor; b. Kharkov, Nov. 23, 1874; d. Leningrad, Jan. 20, 1958. He studied in St. Petersburg, making his debut there with the Kharkov Opera Co. in 1899. In 1902 he went to Milan, where he studied voice with A. Brogi. He then sang with the Maryinsky Theater in St. Petersburg (1906–29), participated in the spectacles of Diaghilev's "Russian Seasons" in Paris and London (1911–13), and also gave recitals. From 1923 to 1953 he taught voice at the Leningrad Cons. He was noted for his interpretations of Faust and Don José.
"Bolshakov, Nikolai." Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. . Encyclopedia.com. 23 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.


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        end
        curData = ieReadSpectra(tmpName, wave, 1);
        if max(curData(:)) <= 1
            cntRefl = cntRefl + 1;
            reflFileNames{cntRefl} = tmpName;
            nSamples(cntRefl) = size(curData, 2);
            reflData{cntRefl} = curData;
            % fprintf('Max reflectance for %s: is : %f\n', tmpName, max(curData(:)));
        end
    end
end
end

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In a beautifully told blog post, David McRaney, tells the story of survivorship bias.
Does the above strike a chord?
I would argue that marketing often suffers from survivorship bias. Our challenging task is achieving success and recreating it in a volatile environment filled with unknown parameters. So our outlook gets highly biased towards success stories.
This is most apparent in what is commonly referred to as 'best practices'.
The well-meaning concept of best practices remains questionable in most instances. Fundamentally, best practices emerge from reverse engineering, which is nearly an impossible manoeuvre with creative and media output. It's like trying to figure out a cake recipe by using a lab analysis of its ingredients. Most results are either too generalised (the cake works because it's sweet), or too minute (this cake has 5g of protein) to offer pragmatic direction.
Survivorship bias compounds the issues with best practices. It might be the concept's most acute structural flaw.
If you are trying to recreate success based on a best practice case, you will inadvertently try and define the factors that led to success. But as you try to identify said factors, all you're looking at are the winners. You can't help but ignore all the similar cases that failed on those same factors, because most of the time no one records them and they become invisible. No one tracks those cases, certainly not by factor. Such knowledge is not available publicly via desk research and not even on a more rigorous level.
Case studies, another central narrative device in recording marketing history, are also clearly biased towards stories of success. Especially the popular plot of problem –> solution –> result (or challenge-solution-outcome or ambition-action-outcome, or any other synonymous structure).
You can try and list the viral qualities of Gangnam Style all you want. You can point to anything from the tune to the choreography and wardrobe choices. But catchy tunes with quirky choreography and wardrobe choices are, of course, much more common than viral mega-hits. We don't count them, because they've remained relatively unknown. Invisible failures.
Trying to define best practices is important, but chasing them is futile. The world's most successful brands experiment a lot, they fail well and often (and obviously don't brag about the latter), and you're better off trying to head down that path and create your own success stories (and failure stories) than trying to imitate success.
So the next time you are trying to figure out things like what makes a video viral or what makes a certain social media success a success, when you think you have the answer, ask yourself: how many 'losers' are we eliminating from the picture?
You may discover that creative success is a lot more mysterious than we'd like it to be, or care to admit.


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In the event of a tie (if each player has the same sum), war is declared. Each player deals out three more cards face down. Then each player turns over two more cards and adds the sum of the numbers on those cards to the original sum. The highest sum wins all of the cards.


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The building was built in 1941 by the project of the Kharkov Institute. The building consists of three floors, built in the style of "H", in a classic style. The wall is covered with granite tiles. The interior design is decorated with various ornaments and a symmetrical design of the main building with two wings. Ironworks – is the pride of Aktobe. In its workshops, various grades of ferrochrome and ferrotitanium are produced. The plant has developed a completely new types of convertible and vacuum alloys, installed the latest equipment. In 1978, the building of the Metallurgical House of Culture became an architectural monument, in 1986, on December 10, they were documented for state protection.


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Italy – "Valdocco today": from oratory seminar, a reminder for Provinces
(ANS - Palermo) - The seminar on the Salesian youth center oratory in Italy, entitled "Valdocco today: which oratory for the Third Millennium?", took place in Palermo from 12 to 14 November. Organized by the Salesian national office for parishes and oratories, the seminar left a handout to all participants: seven key words that must then be translated into concrete measures in the individual Salesian Provinces. These are the terms: relationship, co-responsibility, discernment, home, mission, accompaniment and synodality.
Every ten years or so, Salesian Italy meets to reflect on the pastoral health of its oratories and youth centers, in order not to waste the treasure left as a legacy by Don Bosco. This year's edition, in particular, was designed in the light of the ecclesial renewal inaugurated by the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, and with a view to provoking a rethinking and re-launching of the Salesian youth oratories, so that, as new Valdoccos, they are places of youthful protagonism and evangelization carried out and fulfilled by young people for other young people.
The seminar was developed with an interactive and articulated methodology, which provided with expert reports, presentation of good practices and group work, as well as moments of shared spirituality, of fraternity and also a visit to the oratory, symbolic of Palermo, the "Santa Chiara", located in the working-class district of Ballarò.
On the first day, Fr Michal Vojtas, SDB, Extraordinary Professor of Salesian History and Pedagogy at the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS), offered a charismatic historical reading of the oratory-youth center; while prof. Johnny Dotty, social entrepreneur, educator and lecturer at the Catholic University of Milan, presented the summary of the results that emerged through the questionnaire previously created by the National Office for Parishes and Oratories to photograph and map young people between 18 and the 28 years present in the Salesian oratories in Italy.
On the second day, Fr Michele Falabretti, Head of the National Service for Youth Ministry of the Italian Episcopal Conference, gave his vision on the current state of the oratory at the national level; then, after the presentation of six good practices, representative of the different provincial realities and of different pastoral areas, Fr Sala, professor of Youth Ministry at the UPS and Synodal Father at the last two Synods of Bishops convened by Pope Francis, led a reflection to interpret the stimuli that reach oratory directors from the Synod on Youth and today's status.
Finally, on the third and final day, the work was summarized, with a focus on the aforementioned seven words. Words that do not constitute a document, but "a reminder for us, because we are the first witnesses of what we have experienced. Our task will be to create other similar experiences where we are, locally," said Fr Silvio Zanchetta, Coordinator of the National Parish and Oratories Office during the concluding statements.
For more information, visit the seminar page, where you can review the reports (and download the documents), the homilies and the photos.
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"I walked in on them, mom. You think I don't know what my own fiancé looks like?" The thought of her fiancé and sister's naked bodies intertwined was seared on Lily's mind. It was almost like looking in a mirror— watching her twin sister, Dahlia, betray her with the man she loved. The man she was ready to pledge her life to.
"Well, you know how your sister is, it could've been anyone," her mom replies.
Lily looks up from her pillow at her mother and around her room, still the same since she went away to boarding school eleven years ago. Pink and purple with a large, canopy bed, a bed "fit for a princess," her mother had always said. And for all intents and purposes she was a princess, living a privileged life in New York City—the best schools, the right friends, and the (former) perfect fiancé.
"Are you saying Dad cheated on you?" Lily sits up, wiping away her tears.
"But why didn't you tell me sooner? I never imagined Jack would cheat on me." Lily falls back onto the bed.
"But it was love. I've loved him since the first day I laid eyes on him," Lily says, remembering how he offered to share his umbrella with her when they walked out of Intermediate French one afternoon.


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Apple donates $500K to help fight poverty
By Luke Dormehl • 3:38 am, May 5, 2014
Apple has donated $500K to the anti-poverty initiative SF Gives, according to people close to the matter.
Launched in March this year, SF Gives is the joint venture of Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and Daniel Lurie, CEO of the nonprofit Tipping Point. Their goal is to get 20 businesses to contribute $500,000 each to fund local charitable programs.
Of course, when you've got more money in the bank than the gross domestic product of the whole of Luxembourg, giving $500K to charity isn't exactly breaking the bank. But it's interesting because it shows a public commitment to charity in line with Tim Cook's vision for Apple as a philanthropic "force for good" in the world.
Tim Cook Wants Apple To Be A "Force For Good"
By Luke Dormehl • 8:43 am, October 29, 2013
Apple is spreading its green initiative to China. Photo: Apple
Write it off as a smokescreen to cover sliding profit and margins if you want, but Tim Cook's belief in the culture of Apple came across loud and clear during Monday's conference call with analysts and reporters.
Speaking about Apple as a "force for good in the world beyond our products" Cook claimed that, "Whether it's improving working conditions or the environment, standing up for human rights, helping eliminate AIDS, or reinventing education, Apple is making substantial contributions to society."