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Joseph and Chico: The Life of Pope Benedict XVI as Told by a Cat
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In this beautifully illustrated book for children, Chico the cat describes the life of his "best friend", Pope Benedict, in this authorised biography of the Pope for young people approved by the Vatican.
"Dear Children, here you will find a biography that is different than others because it is told by a cat and it is not every day a cat can consider the Holy Father his friend and sit down to write his life story," the Pope's personal secretary, Monsignor Georg Ganswein, says in the foreword.
The Pope is known for his fondness of animals, especially cats, and Joseph and Chico is narrated by Chico, a real cat who took up with the Pope in his native Germany long before he became the Pope. Chico tells the story of the life of "my best friend" from his birth in Germany in 1927, through his days as a young man, priest, bishop and cardinal.
With a colorful and sometimes amusing language, the author makes this funny cat tell us about the life of the young Joseph all the way up to his election as Pontiff on April 19, 2005. It recounts the Nazi era in Germany when the Pope was a teenager, calling the war years "one of the most dramatic and shameful times in the history of man". Later when he became Cardinal Ratzinger, Chico recounts how each time when the Cardinal returned to Germany from Rome for a vacation, the cat would run into his house and sit on his lap as he played the piano.
The lavish color illustrations throughout make this a wonderful gift book and a cherished keepsake for people of all ages!
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In years past, new mothers found solace, companionship and even advice while walking or sitting in the park while babies slept in their carriages. These days that park bench has been replaced by social media where a multitude of voices now take the place of the two or three friends of old. And the backdrop to the mothers' voices are the latest reports on "scientific" findings about child development and child rearing.
That's all to the good when women find the support they need in the challenging job of raising children. But one can wonder at times what that support consists of. I came across a reference to a mother participating in an online group saying that with the encouragement of her social media friends she had taken a series of small, reasonable seeming steps but now felt not only supported in her parenting decisions but rather entrenched in a camp.
Unfortunately, there is a tendency for points of view and supposed scientific facts to quickly become polarized and even politicized to a degree leading to anything but reasonable discussion or self-expression. At times commercial or financial forces are involved in supporting a particular position for reasons of self-interest.
A good example is the recent and ongoing controversy about breast-feeding. It's hard to remember that we lived through a period when formula and bottle feeding were considered far superior to, and healthier than nursing. Now women are often shamed into nursing by the idea that they are harming their babies in some way if they use formula.
There may be good – even scientifically based evidence – for the benefits of nursing. However, there are also good reasons that women may decide to use formula. This speaks to a deeper question about the conflict that exists at times between the needs of the mother and that of the child. Women may tie themselves into knots pumping milk while at work or become stressed in other ways to continue breast feeding in the belief that to do otherwise would be to the child's detriment. Unfortunately, some hospitals have been pressured into refusing to give formula to mothers upon discharge.
A more significant issue about peer advice or advice generally is that the answer to most questions that arise for parents requires both knowing their own child and more specifically, understanding the behavior or situation they are questioning. A common example is a question a parent raised about a child lying, saying she was reading on her iPad when mom knew she was watching something. She had used up her allowed screen time and her mother became focused on getting the child to acknowledge her lie rather than on her protest about the rule itself.
This is a familiar situation in which children try to argue their way into getting what they want – or what they don't want to do. "I did my homework on the bus." "I only ate one piece of candy." Children turn into lawyers arguing their case while parents get involved in determining the facts of the situation. In this situation it seemed the mother needed to prove to the child that she had lied in order to justify maintaining her rule.
But the issue was really the child wanting to watch something on her iPad at that time. The mother could make a decision about that without getting into the question of lying or breaking the rule. Parents are afraid that if they go along with the child they give up their authority for the future. But authority as a parent means deciding what is best for your child.
There is no rule or advice that applies to every situation. That's the hard part of being a parent.


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This still doesn't explain why we came out on our opening possession in the second half with a reverse for minus 1 yards, followed by two incompletions. Spurrier's playcalling was seriously flawed yesterday, sorry.
That was just a way to get Coles the ball, maybe it was a bad call but it also could have been a big gain.
yeah JBOOMA, I understand that they wanted to get the ball in Coles hands. But it seems like way too often this season, we are forced to get the ball in LC's hands through a reverse or WR screen. Can we not somehow find a way to throw him the ball in space?
Dallas had stacked the line to stop the run. Roy Williams lined up on the line of scrimmage the whole second half.
You have to take what the defense gives you. Unfortunatly Hasselback couldn't hit the broadside of a barn yesterday.
When you are down by two scores or more in the second half, and the other team is grinding out the clock because the DL can stop the run. You suggest running the ball on long 8-9 minutes drives to score 3 TDs?
The offense gave the Cowboys this game, 6 turnovers, unable to make first downs, or complete passes..... had nothing to do with game planning or play calling. It was a lack of execution.
If you had watched the same game by two other teams (with no loyalities too, or hatred for) No one would have said the game was lost because of the coaching.
Actually, in the first half we called 13 pass plays and 17 run plays. But the details don't really matter. Sorry, when CBS Sportsline's healdine reads Cowboys blank Redskins for first time in 32 years there are no excuses. Is this the worst team we've feilded against the Cowboys in 32 years? Is that what you are saying jbooma? Then I'm sure you predicted such a lop-sided game last week. I'm sure you bashed Kiper for picking us to win, right?
In 'The Man' contest, I picked us to lose 24-10. I didn't expect a miracle here. I knew we were hurting and the Cowboys were primed to bounce back and crush us.
But there is a world of difference between 24-10 and 27-0. One result can be excused with injuries, an inexperienced coaching staff, bad QB play, the weather ... whatever. There is no excuse for the other.
Is that what you are saying jbooma? Then I'm sure you predicted such a lop-sided game last week. I'm sure you bashed Kiper for picking us to win, right?
I thought if we could hold onto the ball and Tim played decent we had a chance. Well we know how that turned out. When you give the ball to the other team which is a better team 6 times you deserve to lose.
Yesterday's game (and the other Dallas game) are the perfect illustration of the difference between a coach like Parsells and a coach like Spurrier.
Spurrier said that our game plan was built around our expectation that the Cowboys would blitz us like they did last time. And guess what, Parsells didn't blitz us. He's too smart for that.
And Spurrier had no back-up plan. The man was outcoached, plain and simple. He said so himself.
Jbooma's initial post is probably one of the biggest problems this team has.
We have 7 or 8 players that make up the majority of our talent. Then we try to supplement those couple of players with a bunch of guys that would have to overachieve for us to get our expected results.
I have no clue how to do this, but it would be best to have a bunch of players with about the same talent playing with one another. That would be better for the cap and for performance IMO.
Bubba.....I see what you are saying, but let's remember that at 14-0 with a full half of football still to play, there is no reason to stop running the football. Especially when you are getting the ball first in the second half. Due to our insistence on throwing the football, in crap conditions I might add, we started out the second half with a brilliant 3 and out. The last thing that we needed. Now I'm not saying this lost us the football game (we were in trouble long before that), but at least keep the ball in Rock's hands. He had over 60 yards midway through the second quarter. It wasn't that bad an idea to keep running considering Hasselbeck's inability to throw yesterday.
We have problems all over the place. One of the things that I would hope would be realized by some posters on this board after watching yesterday is how serious a deficiency it is to have LBs who are not performing comparable to the amount they are touted, paired with safeties who are fairly inconsistent- and I would say tend to play poorly more than well. Compare that to the safeties of other teams in the leage- Dawkins, Woodson, Williams, and look at the play of those defenses- look at the impact those players are making- do you think that is ALL scheme (some, yes, but all- I don't think so)? And we pick up Taylor Jacobs in the draft. I wasn't a big Mike Doss fan, but I wanted to see that they recognized a big problem and fixed it- Bowen and Ohalete are actually (in my opinion) improvement over what we've had in the past, but there is still a big problem there if you ask me.
It doesn't help that our 7 or 8 have not been playing to their potential this year, due to injury or other issues.
I think you picked THE drive that I too would use to criticize Spurrier today. In the game thread, I posted that the opening drive of the second half would be extremely important. We had surrendered... 4 TOs in the first half I think... and were only down by 14. You open the second half with a positive drive, and even if you punt, you try to pin them back a bit and take away some positives about what works. Instead, the team loses yardage and punts.
One of the things you said in this thread that do I agree with is how momentum is so important. The Skins were building some momentum in the second quarter running Rock and making some stops on defense. We got the ball in the second quarter and ran rock 3 plays in a row for a first down. You could see that we were getting great blocks from the oline and the Pukes were having a tough time stopping us. So after this crucial first down, what does Steve do? That's right, pitch it around some. Within a few plays we had given the ball back to Dallas and it was over.
It was raining friggin sideways, our qb is as green as grass, we're running it well, and SOS throws on first. That just isn't smart any way you slice it. That incompletion on first and 10 was a total momentum killer. Sure, Steve didn't throw the pics, but he put Tim in position to throw them. In those kind of conditions, you keep running it until the other team stops you period. If the other team walks up the safeties, then you have a better chance of making some completions.
Also, I think it's maybe a little unfair to be to hard on Morton for the muffed punt. That was a booming punt in a driving rain. You could tell he couldn't see the ball, it hit him on the facemask.
FYI, Sonny said that the pick Tim threw on the one ok drive we had (although it took a fake punt to get it there, I believe) was done on an audible. Why you audible to that type of pass in those conditions in that situation, I don't know. Terrible idea by Tim if Sonny is correct. Whatever the case, they still could get out of the mess in the second half, which of course they completely failed to do.
Thanks for the info. The audible for the pic was on the fade to Coles. Serious duck. That play hasn't been a good one for Tim. I'm pretty sure that was the only audible into a pass in the whole game.
You didn't really think we had a chance to come back form 14 in the second half did you? In those playing conditions against the Pukes pass D?
I'm not saying we would have won had Spurrier ran it on that first and 10, but we would have had a much better chance. That was a game changing play.
In retrospect, we would not win yesterday in the second half. Yesterday - and I'm not going to bother going through the possible causes - Tim played terribly. Playcalling, preparation, weather, whatever- Tim was having a bad day. The Cowboys pass defense was less responsible for that, I think. The Cowboys pass defense has given them problems for the past month, in particular Mario Edwards.
But, going into the second half, I felt we would have a chance to win. The opening drive of the second half, it was our ball, and we have come back after looking pathetic in the past.
Jbooma, I totally agree with your premise about lacking talent. I'm not sure how anyone could argue that our D line or our saftey's are talented, or our RB's, or TE's, or How our Rookie O linemen are talented, or our 2 "rookie" qb's.
Coles, Thomas and co are new to the team.
I'm not even sure our talented players are "team" players, at least not all of them.
Lets' face it, the media didn't expect very much out of the Skins this year, yet they look to pounce on Spurrier for not making winners out of the guys we have.
I'm expecting the playoffs next year, if not, Spurrier will be gone. Simple.
Are we twins separated at birth or are you just another Gator homer? Excellent original post. Many of the talented players on this team have major attitude problems. I have watched the Giants closely as well for several years. You don't get nearly that sense with them.
Parcells is my favorite NFL coach. Spurrier is my favorite coach. I think if Spurrier had equal decent talent at all positions on offense, he would do well in the NFL. He had very few superstars on offense at Florida. His best player in 11 years IMO was Fred Taylor in terms of NFL talent (and Fred had off field issues and injuries then too). His offensive lines were better at pass protection than run blocking.
His major flaw IMO is his loyalty to assistants. If Snyder persuades him to make good changes in the offseason and get a GM, we'll hit the playoffs in 2004. No doubt!
The Giants have struggled with Tiki Barber, Amani Toomer, Ike Hilliard, Kerry Collins and Jeremy Shockey over the last two years. Talent and chemistry on offense like theirs took time to develop. Fassel's original offenses were very predictable. He was liked though by the players (maybe too much) and they went to a Super Bowl after a few years. The Giants have developed talent at every skill position on offense and a good OL coach. We have talent at WR and green talent at QB. Barber and co. didn't win overnight.
I never wanted to bring Spurrier back but if he is here next year I will still sit thought the mess. It's getting harder and harder to watch the games I get so high on expectations in the off season only to see Spurrier call some of the worst offensive games. Our defense even with the lesser of big name guys has been much better despite there numbers imagine if they didn't have to live on the football field every sunday due to the offensive impatence.


We start this month with a new #IlivePlasticFree challenge.
One of the reasons that led us to create Sinplástico was seeing how we spend such amount of time and money when buying healthy and quality food and then keep it, transport it and reheat it in unhealthy plastic containers.
Why should we give up our plastic airtight jars and containers when storing food?
Because it is not a healthy material and because eventually loses its mechanical properties and shatters into tiny particles that will mix with our food.
Because the additives plastics have, due to their low molecular weight, can migrate to food. And today we know these additives cause many diseases.
Because this material is not biodegradable, that is to say, it is not a food source to any living being what makes plastic last over time and become already the largest marine debris.
Because, of the great variety of plastics we can find in the market, only 6 types are recycled.
We believe people should eat quality food, healthy and tasty. We believe your meals at work, our daughters' and sons' snacks, or our picnics on trips to the country should not lose their freshness, or leave us with that plastic aftertaste.
Store your fresh food and cooking ingredients into glass, ceramic or stainless steel jars and containers. They are healthy materials and preserve your food much better.
Freeze your food with health. Stainless steel lunch boxes, for example, are a good substitute to freezer bags. Use quality glass, Pyrex type, which can withstand sudden temperature changes.
Plastic and heating does not get along well. In glass or ceramic containers your meals will retain all their flavor and quality.
Eating out must not be synonymous with eating poorly. An airtight jar is an original and practical option to carry your salads and meals to work.
Now it's your turn, let's start the challenge: Which are your tricks to store, heat and transport your food? What kind of jars, bowls or containers do you use to avoid the plastic taste of your food?


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Vehicle Abatement
As part of an effort to improve the quality of life and the appearance of our city, The Corning Police Department is responsible for the cleaning up abandoned, junk, wrecked, and inoperative vehicles from the city. In the past, the department has towed cars only from the roadway, but at the urging of the City Council and the City Manager, we are expanding our efforts to include private property.
In other words, any inoperative cars or hulks that are parked or stored on private property may be in violation of CMC 10.32.060, and may be subject to towing.
As envisioned by the City Council, and as written in the Corning Municipal Code, the removal of blighted vehicles witll make your neighborhood a safer place. It will make your property values go up, and it will improve the appearance of the whole city.
Officers assigned to this task have been directed to excercise flexibility. While it's true that we can legally tow a nuisance car in just ten days, we are much more interested in working with you to find a solution. We can provide information, advice, or just more time to solve the problem. Our main goal is dealing with cars that are obviously abandoned - affectionately known as "spider motels".
Q: My car is on private property. How can this be anybody else's business?
A: By living in a city, we all agree to cooperate with each other. It's unlawful to engage in activities that damage the community or antagonize our neighbors.
Q: I have a "non-op" from the DMV. Doesn't that allow me to store my car anywhere?
A: A non-op only makes it illegal for you to have your car on the street.
Q: I can't afford to have my car towed right now.
A: No problem. We'll try and work out a schedule that we can both live with.
Q: My car is insured and registered. Is it towable?
A: The law states that the car must be operational. Does it start? Is it ever used? Is it safe to operate? Is it wrecked or dismantled? We'll look at all the factors and come up with a reasonable conclusion.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Officer Ron Robbins at 824-7000.
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Better Times is an extended play (EP) by American country band Asleep at the Wheel. Recorded at Bismeaux on the Hill and Moonhouse Studios, it was produced by the group's frontman Ray Benson with Sam "Lightnin'" Seifert, and was released on May 28, 2021 by Benson's own label Bismeaux Productions. Better Times is the group's first release to feature steel guitarist Flavio Pasquetto, who replaced Eddie Rivers in 2019.

Background
According to Asleep at the Wheel frontman Ray Benson, the title track of Better Times was written "after nearly a year of this pandemic", referring to the COVID-19 pandemic, which he likens to "a war with an invisible enemy". Benson performs lead vocals on the track; fiddler Katie Shore performs lead vocals on "All I'm Asking"; and the pair duet on "Columbus Stockdale Blues". The band performed "Better Times" at Benson's "birthday bash" during the 2021 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

Track listing

Personnel

Asleep at the Wheel
Ray Benson – guitar, vocals, production
Katie Shore – fiddle, vocals
Flavio Pasquetto – steel guitar
Dennis Ludiker – fiddle, mandolin, backing vocals
Josh Hoag – bass
John Michael Whitby – piano
David Sanger – drums

Guest performers
Ginny Mac – piano, accordion
Floyd Domino – piano
Jason Baczynski – drums
Joey Colarusso – saxophone
Chloe Feoranzo – clarinet

Additional personnel
Sam Seifert – production, engineering, mixing, guitar
Curtis Clogston – engineering
Chris Gage – additional engineering, piano
Eric Conn – mastering
Ellie Newman – art direction
Brooke Hamilton – photography

References

Asleep at the Wheel EPs
2021 EPs

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Heirloom ducks? Yes, but before we get to that let's talk about my 2nd great-grandmother who is connected to them.
As with most Marys of her time, Mary F. Morris was called Polly. She was born in the Watts Creek area of Harlan County, Kentucky to Littleton Morris and Martha Mark. The year is debatable but it was probably about 1830. 1
Her birth date is unknown and her age in census records varies greatly from one census to the next but 1830 is the best guess. Her father's household had a female under 5 in 1830 and between 10-15 in 1840 that is almost certainly her and she was listed as 20 years old in 1850 living with her parents.2 She was listed as 35 in 1860, 37 in 1870, 45 in 1880, 59 in 1900, and 82 in 1910.3
Polly became the third wife of John Covey Howard on 10 Mar 1856 at the home of her parents.4 Seven years before that she gave birth to her first child, Emily Sylvania. From all indications, Polly and her daughter's father were not married but, according to my grandmother and Emily's death certificate, his name was Enoch Ball.5
Polly was half John Covey's age when they married. His first wife disappeared in 1849 or 1850 leaving him with 11 children, five of them under 10 years old. His second marriage only lasted two or three years but added two more children. Polly and John Covey had seven children together giving her a total of eight and him 20.6
John Covey and Polly owned a farm at Wallins Creek in Harlan County. If you've been to Wallins Creek, you know there wasn't much farmland there. (Just look at this Google Map view.) I don't know what kind of farmer John Covey was (yes, checking the U.S. Census Agriculture Schedule is on the to-do list) but most of their "farm" was mountainside.7
After John Covey's death in 1899, Polly lived with their daughter Lucinda Hopkins and her family.8 When they left Harlan County for Rockcastle County (and better farmland) about 1901, Polly moved in with daughter Sarah Brock and her husband.9
Polly's date of death is unknown, but she apparently died between 1910 and 1920. At least, she wasn't with any of her living children in the 1920 census. The burial location for Polly and John Covey is unknown.
Now about those stuffed ducks. . .
While I don't know what kind of farmer John Covey was, I do know the Howards raised sheep. Whether that was a few for personal use or a large number, I do not know. Polly spun their wool, dyed the yarn, and wove her own fabrics. When my maternal grandfather (Polly's grandson) died in 1980, two wool throws Polly had made were among his things.
My mother had two sisters living at the time.
That's two throws divided by three great-granddaughters.
Their solution?
Cut each one into three pieces.
My mother made the ducks from her pieces to keep the fabric from unraveling over time.
Written for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge from Amy Johnson Crow.
This post was originally published in 2014 but has been revised.
1850 U.S. census, Harlan County, Kentucky, population schedule, District 1, p. 32B, dwelling 325, family 325, Littleton Morris; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jul 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 203. ↩
1830 U.S. census, Hopkins County, Kentucky, p. 116, line 14, Littleton Morris; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Jan 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll 38. … 1840 U.S. census, Harlan County, Kentucky, p. 102, line 7, Littleton Morris digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 30 Jan 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 113. … 1850 U.S. census, Harlan County, Kentucky, pop. sch., District 1, p. 32B, dwell. 325, fam. 325, Littleton Morris. ↩
1860 U.S. census, Hopkins County, Kentucky, population schedule, p. 443, dwelling 822, family 822, ; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Jun 2004); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 371. … 1870 U.S. census, Harlan County, Kentucky, population schedule, Mt. Pleasant, p. 22, dwelling 144, family 144, John C. Howard; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Feb 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 468. … 1880 U.S. census, Harlan County, Kentucky, population schedule, 6th Magisterial District, enumeration district (ED) 46, p. 474D, dwelling 31, family 31, J. C. Howard; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 421. … 1900 U.S. census, Harlan County, Kentucky, population schedule, Wallins Creek, Mag. Dist. #7, enumeration district (ED) 54, sheet 9A, p. 94 (stamped), dwelling 147, family 147, James Hopkins; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 525. … 1910 U.S. census, Harlan County, Kentucky, population schedule, Wallins Creek, enumeration district (ED) 88, sheet 7A, dwelling 114, family 126, Elijah Brock; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 September 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 477. ↩
Harlan County, Kentucky, Kentucky County Marriages, 1797-1954, Vol A,1 1820-1905: pg 298, Howard-Morris, 1856; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 23 Feb 2018). ↩
Emma Ewers Taylor Hopkins, "Our Family History" (fill in the blanks family history book, Loyall, Kentucky, 1976-1978); privately held by Faye Hopkins McCauley Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, 1978. … Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, (Death Certificates, Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort), 27049 (1935), Emily Howard. ↩
Emma Ewers Taylor Hopkins, "Our Family History (1976-1978)". ↩
I've seen the property. ↩
Emma Ewers Taylor Hopkins, "Our Family History (1976-1978)". … 1900 U.S. census, Harlan County, Kentucky, pop. sch., Wallins Creek, Mag. Dist. #7, ED 54, sheet 9A, p. 94 (stamped), dwell. 147, fam. 147, James Hopkins. ↩
1910 U.S. census, Harlan County, Kentucky, pop. sch., Wallins Creek, ED 88, sheet 7A, dwell. 114, fam. 126, Elijah Brock. ↩
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Marian Wood says
Mary's weaving skills were clearly very good, as these ducks have lovely colors and a bit of personality.
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Those ducks are lovely. What a great way to preserve the heirloom fabric.
Those ducks are lovely. What a great way to preserve the heirloom fabric!


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I know christmas 2012 is a ways off, but I'm already thinking about some issues that might arise and how to deal with it.
Background Info: My boyfriend and I have been together for 4 years, and we've lived together for 2.5 of those years, and we're both atheists (although he's still a bit closeted). We're very much together and in love and we were tired of spending so much time apart for the holidays. Unfortunately, our families live 6 hours apart, so spending some time with each family for each holiday isn't exactly convenient. With that in mind, we decided to split the holidays; in 2012, I went to thanksgiving with his family and he came with me for christmas with family. As you all know, thanksgiving isn't a religious holiday so there weren't any issues there, but christmas for both of our catholic families means going to church and reading from the bible, etc. In 2012, I will be spending christmas with his family. I no longer go to mass with my family, but he still goes with his.
My family: For christmas we go down there for about 4 days, spend time together, play games, eat dinner, open gifts etc. Basically for me, it's an excuse to bring us all together (especially for my brother who lives clear across the country). My father still reads from the bible, they still pray, and my parents still go to mass. For a while after I came out to my parents, I also participated in all of these activities (because that's what I was used to doing with them as family) - but then they used it as a tool to get what they wanted. "You have to come with me to mass, it's mother's day," "it's father's day," "it's (insert some yearly occasion here no matter how trivial)." They weren't respecting my decision and I couldn't explain why I'd go for christmas and not mother's day, so I put my foot down and told them that I would no longer go to mass with them on any occasion, ever. I've stuck with that, and they now respect that I do not participate in religious ritual (even though they'd still love me to).
His family: He engages in active debate with his mother regarding skepticism and religion. Since he hasn't come out and said, "I'm an atheist," she thinks that he's exploring but that he's still religious. This has led to some conflict. We started talking about getting married at some point in the future, and she suggested the mission. My boyfriend let her know that if we did have a ceremony, we likely would not have it inside of a church. He's said to me that he would have a church ceremony to make his parents happy, but I, on the other hand, refuse to have a religious wedding for various reasons but particularly because I think it would be confusing for my family. Anyway, when he told her this, she flipped her lid for about week, saying thing like, "that girl ruined him." Thankfully, it only took her a week to calm down and apologize (unlike the 3 months to year with my family). Despite these discussions and conflicts, I still don't think that they get how much of a skeptic and atheist he is in his day to day life. She may expect us to all go to mass as a family for christmas,, as they always have in the past, and I understand that this changing would/will be difficult for her and that I'm the variable that's changing that in her mind.
1) Politely decline when asked to go to mass, but let my boyfriend decide what he would like to do himself. This is consistent with me, what I believe (or don't believe), and my past behavior, but it could lead to some conflict with my boyfriend and his family (which he may or may not be ready for). I fear that if this is the year that he decides to stay back with me that I will once again be blamed for his actions, even if he makes the decision himself.
2) Go with them anyway (if that is what my boyfriend decides to do). This keeps the peace for one more year (even though I think facing the issue is inevitable, I also think that it's his decision how he labels and works through things with his family, I would have hated it if someone pushed me to confront the issue with my family before I was ready). However, if my parents find out that I went to mass with his family even though I do not go with them, they would likely be rather hurt and/or confused, which might just stir up the whole issue in my family all over again.
What do you think? What would you do and why?
I would go with choice 1. It is important that you retain your integrity. I recently turned down an invite to my grandaughte's christening as I felt it would be hypocritical of me to attend.
I would choose #2... Maybe not for the reasons you might think.
Part of Christmas for me is about traditions to me doing things as a group is a part of it. It is important for some people, and others, not so much. It goes a long way with me. If the BF goes with the family, I would try to rough it and go along. If anyone asks, it is "just not your denomination".
I like songs about Frosty, but do not believe in him. I would likely take my kid to see Santa as well. I know my mother never cared for football, but went with us when we went as a family to the games. I bet your Dad took you to dance of some other activity he did not care for as well. It is important for me to be myself, but sometimes I would rather not push the issue. I would rather be with my family.
Now do not get me wrong here. I was raised Catholic. I do not participate in the mass. I go, sit and listen to the music and enjoy the cut glass. (Even if I think they are wrong I still have some respect for their beliefs. Not because of the beliefs, but because of THEM. Besides, I cannot convert them if they are not my friends, and do not talk to me.) I still go to weddings and christenings because it is important TO THEM. And hey, I like the parties! If you had an atheist wedding, would you ask them to attend?
Contrary to what some people believe, I hate proselyizers; both Christian and Atheists. You will have an OK time as long as no one is unkind to you and tries to push the issue. There are jerks in every crowd.
Relax, enjoy the other activities, and have a pleasent time.


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All 82 Alpine 4k's peaks linked by Ueli Steck
Aug 16th; 2015
In the lastest Alpine super-enchainment, Swiss Ace, Ueli Steck, has just completed a link-up of all 82 alpine 4,000m peaks in 62 days.
Steck and Wohlleben on the summit of Piz Bernina at the start of the trip. [Photo: #82summits]
Enchainment projects have grown in popularity in mountaineering, as well as other mountain sports such as ultra-racing, and now attract a dedicated hard-core of athletes keen to test their metal. On a domestic front, the UK has a number of such enchainment including the likes of the Bob Graham, the Paddy Buckley and the Charles Ramsay all of which are 24 hour endurance fell-rounds in the lakes, Wales and Scotland – to the uber classic Skye Ridge which is often done in winter over two days but has been run in a matter of hours in optimal summer conditions by experienced runners/climbers. Farther afield, mountain enchainment's recently hit Patagonia when US super-stars, Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold did the Fitz-Traverse.
The Alpine 4k summits however, is perhaps the big enchainment tick within Europe. Surprisingly, there was originally considerable debate and interpretation as to which of the mountains were 'on the list' and various teams had different summits on 'their' lists. In 1993 the UIAA and the Italian Alpine Club jointly issued a list of 82 summits that were on the 'round'. To further add to the difficulty, some teams attempt the round in winter whilst others opt for non-mechanised travel between the individual mountains.
One of the first rounds completed after the 'official' 1993 list was published was done by Martin Moran and Simon Jenkins. Sadly however, Moran and Jenkins planned their trip prior to the list being published, and they 'only' contained 74 summits which they did in an impressive 52 days working from the Piz Bernina in the east to Barre des Ecrins in the west. One of the early attempts at the full 82 list was made by Patrick Berhault and Philippe Magnon when they departed for a winter round in 2004. Sadly, Berhault fell to his death after the pair had completed 65 summits and hence their attempt failed. The first winter round was completed by the Slovenia guide Miha Valic over the 2006/7 winter season when, despite using motorised transport to travel back and forth to get the summits in good condition, he took 102 to complete the trip. The current record of just 60 days is held by Italian guides, Diego Giovannini and Franco Nicolini, who travelled west to east ending with the Bernina for their 2008 round.
Ueli Steck and Res Aeschlimann on the summit of the Grand Paradiso - Steck's third to last peak. [Photo: #82Summits]
Ueli Steck, well-known for his fast ascents – often solo – completed his round in 62 days – two days longer than the current summer record. Walking and cycling between the summits, Steck's trip involved over 1,000 km of cycling and 100,000 m of altitude gain over the 62 days. However, his attempt wasn't without considerable difficulties. His initial partner, Micheal Wohlleben, had to pull out of the attempt when he landed badly in a paragliding descent off one of the initial peak. Steck was later joined by other friends one of whom, Martijn Seuren fell to his death on July 22nd on the Rochefortgrat. Steck decided to continue despite the death of his friend and completed his round with an ascent of the Barre des Ercrins on August 12th.
Click through here to see more detail of Steck's route.
The list, in order of decreasing altitude, of the summits is below:
Mont Blanc, 15,781 feet (4,810 m)
Mont Blanc de Courmayeur, 15,577 feet (4,748 m)
Dufourspitze, 15,203 feet (4,634 m)
Nordend, 15,121 feet (4,609 m)
Zumsteinspitze, 14,970 feet (4,563 m)
Signalkuppe, 14,944 feet (4,555 m)
Dom, 14,941 feet (4,545 m)
Liskamm – east summit, 14,852 feet (4,527 m)
Weisshorn, 14,780 feet (4,505 m)
Täschhorn, 14,734 feet (4,491 m)
Liskamm – west summit, 14,695 feet (4,479 m)
Matterhorn, 14,692 feet (4,478 m)
Picco Luigi Amedeo, 14,662 feet (4,469 m)
Maudit, 14,649 feet (4,465 m)
Parrotspitze, 14541 feet (4,432 m)
Dent Blanche, 14,295 feet (4,357 m)
Ludwigshohe, 14,242 feet (4,341 m)
Nadelhorn, 14,196 feet (4,327 m)
Schwarzhorn, 14,180 feet (4,322 m)
Grand Combin – Grafeneire, 14,154 feet (4,314 m)
Dome du Gouter, 14,121 feet (4,304 m)
Lenzspitze, 14,088 feet (4,294 m)
Finsteraarhorn, 14,022 feet (4,274 m)
Mont Blanc du Tacul, 13,937 feet (4,248 m)
Grand Pillier d'Angle, 13,921 feet (4,243 m)
Stecknadelhorn, 13,914 feet (4,241 m)
Castor, 13,914 feet (4,241 m)
Zinalrothorn, 13,848 feet (4,221 m)
Hohberghorn, 13,842 feet (4,219 m)
Vincent Pyramid, 13,829 feet (4,215 m)
Grand Jorasses – Pointe Walker, 13,806 feet (4,208 m)
Alphubel, 13,799 feet (4,206 m)
Rimpfischhorn, 13,776 feet (4,199 m)
Aletschhorn, 13,757 feet (4,193 m)
Strahlhorn, 13,747 feet (4,190 m)
Grand Combin – Valsorey, 13,727 feet (4,184 m)
Grand Jorasses – Pointe Whymper, 13,727 feet (4, 184 m)
Dent d'Herens, 13,684 feet (4,171 m)
Breithorn - west summit, 13,661 feet (4,164 m)
Breithorn - central summit, 13,645 feet (4,159 m)
Jungfrau, 13,642 feet (4,158 m)
Bishorn, 13,625 feet (4,153 m)
Breithorn – Zwillinge West, 13,579 feet (4,139 m)
Grand Combin – Tsessette, 13,566 feet (4,135 m)
Aiguille Verte, 13,524 feet (4,122 m)
Aiguilles du Diable – L'Isolee, 13,497 feet (4,114 m)
Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey, 13,491 feet (4,112 m)
Grandes Jorasses – Pointe Croz, 13,484 feet (4,110 m)
Aiguilles de Diable – Pointe Carmen, 13,481 feet (4,109 m)
Mönch, 13,474 feet (4,107 m) - SUMMITED JUNE 18/19
Breithorn – Zwillinge East, 13,471 feet (4,106 m)
Grande Rocheuses, 13,458 feet (4,102 m)
Barre des Ecrins, 13,458 feet (4,102 m)
Aiguilles du Diable – Pointe Mediane, 13,442 feet (4,097 m)
Pollux, 13,425 feet (4,092 m)
Schreckhorn, 13,379 feet (4,078 m)
Breithorn – Roccia Nera, 13,369 feet (4,075 m)
Aiguilles du Diable – Pointe Chaubert, 13,366 feet (4,074 m)
Mont Brouillard, 13,350 feet (4,069 m)
Grand Jorasses – Point Marguerite, 13,337 feet (4,065 m)
Aiguilles du Diable – Corne du Diable, 13,333 feet (4,064 m)
Ober Gabelhorn, 13,330 feet (4,063 m)
Gran Paradiso, 13,323 feet (4,061 m)
Aiguille de Bionnassay, 13,294 feet (4,052 m)
Piz Bernina, 13,284 feet (4,049 m)
Gross Fiescherhorn, 13,284 feet (4,049 m)
Vincent Pyramid – Punta Giordani, 13,274 feet (4,046 m)
Grand Jorasses – Pointe Elena, 13,271 feet (4,045 m)
Grunhorn, 13,268 feet (4,044 m)
Lauteraarhorn, 13,261 feet (4,042 m)
Aiguille du Jardin, 13,238 feet (4,035 m)
Dürrenhorn, 13,238 feet (4,035 m)
Allalinhorn, 13,212 feet (4,027 m)
Hinter Fiescherhorn, 13,205 feet (4,025 m)
Weissmies, 13,179 feet (4,017 m)
Dome de Rochefort, 13,173 feet (4,015 m)
Barre des Ecrins – Dome de Neige, 13,173 feet (4,015 m)
Dent du Geant, 13,166 feet (4,013 m)
Punta Baretti, 13,166 feet (4,013 m)
Lagginhorn, 13,156 feet (4,010 m)
Aiguille de Rochefort, 13,127 feet (4,001 m)
Les Droitess, 13,123 feet (4,000 m)


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Shakespeare has a rich and varied performance tradition in Japan, stretching from the Westernising and modernising ferment of the nineteenth-century Meiji era to the postmodern performance culture. How has the tradition evolved? Where is it going? How is it to be accounted for in theatrical and cultural terms? What does it mean to perform Shakespeare in Japan? This book pursues such questions in fourteen essays on key aspects, moments and personalities in the performance tradition. These are followed by provocative interviews with four of Japan's leading directors (Deguchi Norio, Ninagawa Yukio, Suzuki Tadashi and Noda Hideki) and with one leading performer (Hira Mikijiro).
This explores the interaction of Japanese and Western conceptions of Shakespeare, and the assimilation of Shakespeare into Japan's richly traditional theatre practice. The first part deals with key twentieth-century moments in the production of Shakespeare, including the work of world-famous Japanese directors such as Ninagawa, Suzuki and Noda, while the second part considers parallels and differences between Japanese and western theatre over a longer time span, focusing on the relationship of Shakespeare to traditional Japanese Noh, Kabuki, Bunraku and Kyogen.
Details: both titles are published by Cambridge University Press in paperback, priced in local currencies.
Asian Books Blog is scarcely original in running a Shakespeare week, and Goodreads is a much bigger and more influential outfit with the same idea. They asked famous authors to write scenes supposedly deleted from the plays, including, e.g., Margaret Atwood who wrote a scene deleted from The Tempest - her upcoming novel Hag-Seed will re-imagine the play.
Inspired by Goodreads, I'm inviting readers of Asian Books Blog to imagine postcards home, from Shakespearean characters suddenly teleported and time-transported to modern Asia. If I get any responses, I'll post them on Sunday. Hamlet sending a postcard to Mum, from Beijing? Romeo writing to Juliet from Bangkok? Lady Macbeth writing to hubby, following a shopping spree in Hong Kong....????


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HSBC Pension Pledges $329 Million Investment in Green Energy Solar Ground Mounting System
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Time of issue:2018-11-16 11:22
(Summary description)HSBC Holdings Plc's pension manager plans to invest 250 million pounds ($329 million) of its pension scheme into renewable energy infrastructure for wind and solar ground mounting systems in the U.K.
HSBC Holdings Plc's pension manager plans to invest 250 million pounds ($329 million) of its pension scheme into renewable energy infrastructure for wind and solar ground mounting systems in the U.K., joining around 30 other firms making similar climate change pledges.
Amazon.com Inc. also committed to installing 20 megawatts of solar power at depots around the country, while EDF Energy Plc said it will electrify 1,500 of its vehicles by 2030 as part of the U.K. government-led "Green GB Week".
"Renewable energy infrastructure can provide attractive risk adjusted returns for investors seeking predictable cash flows derived from real assets over the long term," said Russell Picot, chair of the Trustee Board at the HSBC Bank Pension Trust.
The latest climate push from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has also seen the government ask climate change advisers whether it should set a date for a net zero emissions target. The announcements come in the wake of a United Nations climate report that called for urgent global action to slow the rate of global warming or face catastrophic consequences.solar ground mounting systems
It's now a decade since the publication of the pioneering U.K. Climate Change Act, one of the first pieces of legislation to tackle climate issues put in place by a developed nation, and the British government called on more businesses to help out in the fight to stop global warming.
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Teeth Tracks is a painting by Ellen Gallagher. It is in the collection of The Broad in Los Angeles in the United States.

The painting is a series of multi-colored oil and pencil drawings of what appear to be teeth marks or teeth charts from a dental office or laboratory. Each image is drawn on a piece of paper which is then adhered to a canvas.

The painting was acquired by The Broad on November 7, 1996. The painting was featured in the exhibition Creature held at The Broad from November 5 to March 19 2016.

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Press Conference on the Works of the NATO PA Annual Session
The Head of the Delegation of the RA National Assembly to NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Koryun Nahapetyan and the member of the Delegation and PN member, Tevan Poghosyan presented the works of the NATO PA Annual Session held in Croatia at the press conference on October 17.
According to Koryun Nahapetyan, numerous issues concerning the global and regional security on the agenda of the Annual Session have been: 17 reports have been discussed and 7 resolutions have been adopted. The key themes have been mainly the problems of Syria and Afghanistan, and a problem has been put in corresponding resolutions to continue the humanitarian support and the establishment of peace in other countries.
The representatives of the NA Delegation noted that they had also actively taken part in the works of all 5 committees of the NATO PA and presented different recommendations. In particular, the problem of using the measures aimed at sowing xenophobia and racism, the issues of ensuring security of the national and religious minorities in Syria, innocent people, especially, the Armenian community. They have proposed that the NATO resolution connected with the Syrian problem will be consonant with the UN resolution the external mediation will be excluded, as the settlement of the crisis is the Syrian people's problem. By Tevan Poghosyan, the parliamentarians of the NATO member countries did not deem obligatory that their adopted resolution corresponds the UN resolution by the substantiation that they condition their decisions by their interests, but not by the UN resolution.
In response to the issues relating to the perspectives of cooperation with the NATO, Koryun Nahapetyan has assured that the cooperation of our country with the NATO will be continuous and it does not contradict the policy adopted by our country in the issue of integration, particularly, the goals of joining the Customs Union. He also informed those present that different programs had been implemented with the NATO with parliamentary dimension and will be still implemented, particularly reminding that on June 16-19 six deputies and three employees of the staff of the National Assembly participated in the parliamentary training program organized by the NATO PA in Brussels, which was referring to the structure, the pursuing common and regional policy of the NATO PA, the issues of bilateral interest, and on July 1-3 the NA deputy Edmon Marukyan and him participated in the NATO cognitive program for getting substantial information about the policy and structure of the organization.
PN member Tevan J. Poghosyan has been Member of the Armenian Parliament since 2012. In addition, Mr. Poghosyan is President of the International Center for Human Development (ICHD) since 1999 and Executive President of the Armenian Atlantic Association since 2001. He has extensive experience in reconciliation and track 2 diplomacy projects between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Armenia and Turkey.
Originally published by the website of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.
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Home » Niagara Falls History » Niagara Falls Power Development » The History of Power Development in Niagara » The Canadian Niagara Power Company
The Canadian Niagara Power Company
The Canadian Niagara Power Company (CNP) was incorporated in 1892. Under the leadership of William Birch Rankine, the CNP built a hydro-electric generating plant which was located approximately 457 metres above the Horseshoe Falls. This hydro-electric power station was inaugurated as the William Birch Rankine Power Station in 1927 and began to generate electricity on January 1st 1905. The Rankine Power Station had two 10,000 electrical horsepower generators when it first opened.
Principal investors in this power project included the Rothchilds, J. P. Morgan, and John Jacob Astor IV.
The power house is built on what used to be Cedar Island and takes advantage of the normal river current which used to flow around the island. A submerged weir now diverts water into the forebay and enters the power house through steel penstocks. These penstocks lead to the turbines which are located near the bottom of the wheel pit, 40 metres under ground. After the water passes through the turbines it is discharged through a 60 metre long tunnel to the river below.
In 1907 another milestone was made by the power station. The Rankine Power Station provided its first long distance electricity to the Village of Fort Erie (36.6 km from Niagara Falls).
By 1927, construction of the Rankine Power Station was completed. The final cost of construction of this power station including the installation of its eleven generators cost $5,199,827.78.
The station is in operation today as part of the Niagara Mohawk and Fortis Incorporated Power Group. Also CNP continues to provide power to approximately 14,000 Fort Erie households, businesses and industries. A big portion of the power supplies are distributed throughout Ontario and New York State. The eleven generators produce 100,000 horsepower. The generators have vertical shafts, wound for three-phase current, producing 11,000 volts of 25 cycle power at 250 revolutions per minute.
The Canadian Niagara Power Company is the only Niagara Falls power company to remain privately owned. It was initially affiliated to the Niagara Falls Power Company and then in 1950, it became a subsidiary of the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.
In 2000, the Fortis Incorporated Power Group purchased this hydro-electric power generating station. It is the last of the low head power stations remaining at Niagara Falls since the former Toronto Power Station (Electrical Development Company) and the Ontario Power Company are not being used anymore.
Since 2001, based upon an agreement between the Fortis Group and Ontario Power Generation, the Rankine Power Station has not been producing any power. The 25 cycle power was produced at the Rankine Station is now being produced at the Sir Adam Beck Hydro-Electric Power Generating Station #1 in a more economical manner. As part of this agreement Ontario Power Generation is paying the Fortis Group for the amount of power that the Rankine Station would normally have produced.
Today the Rankine Station is motionless with reduced staffs that ensure the station is being mechanically maintained. This is done so that if required, it can, at a moments notice, begin producing power. Ironically, the Rankine Station receives electrical power from the Sir Adam Beck Power Station to do this.
Currently the future of the Rankine Power Station as a functioning power station is questionable. Negotiations were underway with Ontario Power Generation and the Niagara Parks Commission in order to renew the lease of the water rights, expiring in 2009, as well as to allow a switch from its current 25 hertz power to 60 hertz power. The problem is that the cost to retro-fit this power station from 25 cycle to 60 cycle power will be too expensive. It appears that its water rights may not be renewed in 2009 which would lead to the retirement of the Rankine Power Station.
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'We need everyone who can to unite with us': Fighting Outsourcing at the University of London
On Thursday outsourced staff at the University of London will be going on strike to demand they be brought back in-house. Joe Hayns spoke to workers and IWGB activists about how their campaign has grown and developed over the past year.
I'm a Social Work Student Who Went on Fee Strike. Here's What I Learned
Social work students at Goldsmiths university went on strike last year, when they discovered at the last minute that their NHS bursaries would not be enough to cover their increased course fees. One participant reflects on what he hoped to achieve and what he learned from taking part in the UK's first student fee strike.
The Occupation Is Over, But Justice for SOAS Workers Must Still Be Fought For
Outsourced staff at SOAS have won their most pressing demands, but management's behaviour, and the ubiquity of outsourcing at UK universities, means the struggle cannot end here.
'A Battle for the Soul of UCL': The Academics Confronting Corporatisation in Higher Education
A group of senior UCL academics have successfully challenged an attempt by management to wrest even more democratic control of the university from those who work there. But with the corporatisation of higher education sweeping across the UK, this fight will need to be taken beyond UCL.
Organised Rage: The LSE Cleaners Strike
The LSE cleaners, represented by United Voices of the World, have staged a two day strike to fight for sick pay, maternity and paternity leave, and pensions. Led by migrants and women, the strike shows the potential for grassroots, fighting trade unions to win big victories.
5 Things You Need to Know About the LSE Cleaners' Struggle
Organising through a grassroots union, cleaners at the London School of Economics have declared a formal dispute with their employer to secure a living wage, sick pay, holidays, and maternity and paternity leave.
What is #ShutdownSOAS?
Yesterday a SOAS trade unionist was suspended for "gross misconduct", having expressed solidarity with an ongoing student occupation. Today students and staff managed to close the university down in retaliation.
#ReclaimIWD: 7 Reflections from Inside the University of London's Feminist Occupation
8 March is International Women's Day, and to mark the occasion free education activists from across the country have spent the weekend in an occupation of Senate House at the University of London.
6 Reasons the Defence of ULU is Vital to Students Everywhere
The University of London Union is due to be closed down by University of London management on 1 August. If all goes to Vice Chancellor Adrian Smith's plan, the building will be seized and the union replaced by a management-run 'student service centre'. Since 2010, ULU has in many ways been at the heart of the student movement nationally, and its closure is indicative of a broader trend of commercialisation in the sector.


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«Photograph» es una canción de la banda de rock canadiense Nickelback, lanzado a través de Roadrunner Records el 8 de noviembre de 2005 como el primer sencillo de su quinto álbum de estudio All the Right Reasons (2005). La canción llegó a los 10 primeros puestos de las listas de éxitos de Estados Unidos y Reino Unido, alcanzando el número uno en varias de ellas.

Descripción
La canción es principalmente autobiográfica. El cantante Chad Kroeger dijo: "Es solo nostalgia, crecer en un pueblo pequeño y no puedes volver a tu infancia. Decir adiós a los amigos de los que te alejaste, dónde creciste, dónde fuiste a la escuela , con quién pasabas el rato y las cosas tontas que solías hacer cuando eras niño, el primer amor, todas esas cosas. Todos tienen uno o dos de esos recuerdos que les gustan, así que esta canción es solo el puente para todo lo que."

Kroeger dijo que la fotografía que sostiene en el video musical de él y su amigo Joey Moi con un enfriador de champán en la cabeza de Joey es la misma a la que se refirió en la letra. También admitió que había irrumpido en su escuela secundaria para robar dinero de la caja fuerte de la oficina once veces, pero "media docena" fluía mejor para la letra.

Video musical
El video musical comienza con Chad Kroeger, el protagonista del video, caminando por una calle solitaria y escasamente poblada, sosteniendo una fotografía de él y del productor de Nickelback, Joey Moi (a quien se hace referencia en la línea "¿Y qué demonios le pasa a Joey?"). A medida que la canción avanza hasta la línea "Y aquí es donde crecí", camina hacia un buzón oxidado, con la dirección número 29025. Mientras habla de escabullirse, la cámara no muestra la casa en sí, pero muestra una vista desde el interior mirándolo, posiblemente sugiriendo que alguien más vive allí ahora. Continúa caminando y llega a un edificio antiguo marcado como "Hanna High School" en el frente (ahora es el Edificio de Servicios Comunitarios: 210 6 Avenue East, Hanna, Alberta, Canadá) y anuncia: "Y aquí es donde fui a la escuela." Él y sus otros tres miembros de la banda entran al gimnasio con su equipo y hacen un concierto aparentemente improvisado solos. Durante el coro, dos miembros de la banda van a un antiguo depósito de chatarra y recuerdan un campo donde el resto de la banda y sus novias están de fiesta. Otro experimenta un evento similar cerca de una estación de tren abandonada, al ver a su antigua novia (probablemente Kim, quien fue "la primera chica que besé") correr cerca de las vías y besar a su yo más joven. Se muestra la Hanna Roundhouse. La cámara luego cambia a flashbacks de varias personas ("Extraño esa ciudad, extraño las caras"). Cuando el video termina, la gente del flashback se sube a sus autos para irse a casa mientras la banda termina la canción.

El video fue dirigido por Nigel Dick y fue filmado en Hanna, Alberta, Canadá, ciudad natal de la mayor parte de la banda.

Una toma particular del video, con Kroeger sosteniendo un marco de imagen con la letra "Look at this photograph" ("Mira esta fotografía"), se convirtió en un Meme de internet, y los usuarios reemplazaron el contenido del marco con otras imágenes. En el momento del lanzamiento de la canción, el meme ha sido parte de las actitudes negativas generales hacia la banda, y a medida que las actitudes hacia la banda cambiaron hacia una apreciación más favorable, el meme todavía se usaba con fines humorísticos.

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As we gather for Thanksgiving, miles away my son packs for his first deployment. 'Team Bro' will prepare their own turkey dinner, give thanks for friendships shared (and for their Moms far away!), and organize their medical packs and rucks in preparation for missions to come. On Thanksgiving, as I do everyday, I express gratitude for my brave young soldier and his buddies. I calm my anxious Mommy heart with an appreciation for their commitment to our freedom, for the perfection these Combat Rescue Warriors expect of themselves, and for the lessons these young men teach about human capability.
In spite of the immense pride I feel for our soldiers, the empty seat at our family's Thanksgiving table burns a spot deep in my heart. Until I held my son in my arms as a newborn, I didn't know such a place existed within my soul. Yet this place deep within is raw and tender on holidays when he is far away.
Three years. It is impossible for me to realize that it has been three years since my soldier has joined us at our Thanksgiving table. I am not yet used to his absence. I don't hail from a military family. I have not grown up with friends who joined to serve our country, and I don't understand the demands of a life that keeps my son away during this family celebration. The focus on country ahead of family doesn't always sit well with me. During holidays this tug on my heart is even more pronounced. In spite of longing for our family to be together on this holiday, the truth is that he can only join us in our hearts. So how do I cope with this reality? I do my best to focus on three simple actions that provide a measure of peace.
First, I write letters to my soldier. I'm fortunate that my son serves in a time in history when we can send texts back and forth. I offer up a goodnight texts, sending good wishes for the next day. It brings a sense of calm to know that his morning will start with a cheery greeting. I use Skype to cross the miles and catch a glimpse into his life. Nothing, however, replaces handwritten letters for long lasting reminders of love. At times my letters contain simple news from our daily home life; others are full of deeply held emotions. Every time my son packs to move to a new base, he has a bundle of carefully stored letters. It's the handwritten messages my soldier savors, rereads, and tucks away.
Finally, I look for opportunities to provide tangible expressions of the gratitude I'm unable to give my soldier when he is far away. Last week I paid for the lunch ordered by a young man standing behind me in a sandwich shop. I do my best to offer smiles to strangers. I call friends that I know are going through difficult times. These gestures act as a balm to sooth that empty place in my heart.
As hard as it is to give up time with my soldier, I admire his decision to serve our country. The empty chair at our holiday table reminds me to send letters, to ask friends to lend support, and to bestow kindness on others in my son's behalf. Perhaps you have other ideas to honor our soldiers who have given up their place at the holiday table.
Do you have ideas of ways to honor our country's soldiers? Can you think of ways a Mom can stay strong when her son is far away during the holidays? Has someone offered you an act of kindness? I appreciate your thoughts and ideas.
You know what would be really fun? Creating a Youtube Montage Video where different friends, family and community members tell your son Merry Christmas and thank him for being a soldier of our country, or even for his entire troup and upload it to Youtube. I bet that would make their Christmas a very bright one.
What a delightful idea! Loved ones far away would certainly have their spirits boosted by actually seeing and hearing messages of cheer. I hadn't thought of using Youtube in this manner. Thanks for the idea!


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Grassl dominates in first stage of Italian Grand Prix
Daniel Grassl (Photo by @diebarbieri3 on Instagram)
Reigning two-time Italian National champion Daniel Grassl was dominant in the first stage of the Italian Grand Prix of figure skating.
Grassl scored 284.99 points overall and took the gold medal in the men's event. The 18-year-old landed a quad Lutz, a triple axel, and triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination on his way to a 95.72-point short program. In the free skate, Grassl was the first skater in history to complete a quad Lutz, quad flip, and quad loop in a single program. With no negative grades of execution, he added an impressive array of jumps: a triple axel-Euler-triple Salchow combination, a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, a triple flip-triple toe loop combination, and a triple Lutz at the end. He earned 189.27 points – including a total program component score of 82.34 points – for the routine.
Former European Championship bronze medalist Matteo Rizzo took the silver medal with a total score of 214.01 points. Former Junior National champion Gabriele Frangipani was third with a total score of 206.82 points.
Last season's Italian Junior National champion Ginevra Lavinia Negrello won the senior ladies' event with a total score of 164.05 points. She beat out 18-year-old Elisabetta Leccardi, who earned a score of 143.41 points, and one of the event's foreign guests, Kristen Spours from Great Britain, who received a total score of 143.16 points.
In the pairs' event, two-time Italian National silver medalists Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini took the victory with a total score of 159.03 points. Sara Conti and Niccolo' Macii, who were third at Nationals last season, finished in second place with a total competition score of 138.82 points. Three-time Spanish National vice-champions Dorota Broda and Pedro Betegon took the bronze medals with a total score of 122.18 points.
Full results:
Daniel GRASSL – 284.99
Matteo RIZZO – 214.01
Gabriele FRANGIPANI – 206.82
Philip WARREN (France) – 175.69
Mattia DALLA TORRE – 171.44
Alberto VANZ – 135.33
Ginevra Lavinia NEGRELLO – 164.05
Elisabetta LECCARDI – 143.41
Kristen SPOURS (Great Britain) – 143.16
Francesca POLETTI – 141.00
Greta MORKITE (Lithuania) – 135.52
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Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI – 159.03
Sara CONTI / Niccolo' MACII – 138.82
Dorota BRODA / Pedro BETEGON (Spain) – 122.18
WD – Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE
Stage two of the series is scheduled to take place November 21-22 in Turin. The events held there will be the ladies category, ice dance, and junior ice dance. Reigning two-time National ladies champion Alessia Tornaghi and two-time National ice dance champions Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri will headline the event.
The Italian Ice Sports Federation has announced the creation of the Grand Prix series in early October. Italy will host four stages in different locations between October and December, as the top skaters in each discipline will attempt to qualify for the Final – scheduled to be held in mid-February.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic worldwide, many competitions have been cancelled or it is difficult to travel to them due to restrictions. With that in mind, the head of figure skating in the federation, Paolo Pizzocari, noted that the creation of an event, such as a local Grand Prix series, is important for athletes in order to maintain the habit of competing.
All of the best Italian figure skaters are expected to participate, as well as some foreign participants based on invitations. Those participants will be made public after the federations, for which the skaters are members of, receive the communication.
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Debate "Get England out of Ireland" NYC St. Patrick's Day parade banner
Attempts to remove the "England Get Out of Ireland" banners from the New York City parade continue.
Irish Voice Reporters
There appears to be a concerted attempt to remove the "England Get Out of Ireland" banners from the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade.
That campaign has quietly simmered away in the background while the issue of an Irish LGBT marching group in the parade was finally being resolved. Now there are efforts to bring it center stage.
It began with a Belfast Telegraph editorial two years back when a delegation from the Northern Irish police force, the PSNI, was marching.
The Telegraph decried the presence of the banners as a "time warp" and entirely unsuitable for the modern parade.
One wishes they had similar negative comments for the "kick the Pope" bands and anti-Catholic bonfires on the eve of July 12 when Taigs are burnt in effigy, but that's another story.
Since then, various luminaries have quietly suggested dropping the banners from the New York parade as they are seen as sectarian and ill-fitting.
But compared to the Unionists' and Loyalists' dreadful behavior, the Irish banners in the St. Patrick's Day parade are mild indeed, and an important reminder of how generations before felt about the occupation of their country.
This year there have been strong entreaties to convince parade marchers and Irish American leaders to drop the banner.
The notion of anything tribal in the parade clearly offends some, but it is a celebration of heritage created by the Irish who were driven off the land to America.
The banners may be a simple response to that, and they reflect the wishes of millions that all of Ireland be united.
There seems little likelihood that in a year which marks the centenary of the Easter Rising, the main of of which was indeed to get the British out of Ireland, that the banners will be lowered.
Too many Irish over the centuries went through too much in order to be able to make their sentiments clear.
'England Get Out of Ireland' could be phrased more artfully, perhaps, but it is an honest rendition of the way millions of Irish Americans feel. The banners have been part of the parade for years and should stay.
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