Those who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, will benefit from a recent grant awarded to Utahns Against Hunger by USDA's Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive program. The $247,038 two-year grant will provide additional resources for Utah SNAP recipients to purchase fruits and vegetables.
Carrie Durward, Utah State University Extension nutrition specialist and assistant professor, co-wrote the grant with Utahns Against Hunger, the Utah Department of Workforce Services, the Utah Department of Health and Salt Lake City Corp. Through the grant, the community partners will implement a Utah Double-up Food Bucks program that will provide a match of up to $10 for SNAP customers to purchase additional produce at farmers markets.
Durward said the benefits will make a huge difference in the lives of SNAP beneficiaries and the funds will make it much more affordable for SNAP participants to purchase local fresh fruits and vegetables.
In addition to the benefits the grant provides for SNAP customers, farmers will also benefit from increased business, and food dollars will stay within the local economy, Durward said. The Michigan Double-Up Food Bucks program has reported huge impacts, with increased sales at farmers markets and large economic benefit to the local economies.
Currently 21 Utah farmers markets accept SNAP benefits. The program will provide matching funds at each of these markets as an incentive to attract further SNAP benefit customers and purchases.
Farmers markets must be approved through USDA to accept SNAP benefits, and Utahns Against Hunger has funding available for those markets interested in pursuing a license to accept SNAP. For more information, contact Marti Woolford at 801-328-2561, woolford@uah.org.
April 17 is tax day for 2018, and even though it is almost 6 months away, you are nearly out of time to put important tax preparation measures into place.


When you work somewhere as eclectic and diverse as Southbank Centre it's easy to become blasé to the out-of-the-ordinary. But even here, in a place where it's not uncommon to find a meeting in your diary labelled 'Giant Gnome phone call', there are still occasions when you stumble upon a sentence that stops you in your tracks.
Earlier in August came one such instance. Buried in a bullet point list, on an email regarding points of interest about the Gewandhausorchester, sat the following line.
That's not a sentence you can easily skip past. I had to know more. How exactly can the conductor of an orchestra bring down a whole country? The answer - you'll be glad to hear - is a truly fascinating story of determination, bravery, and above all the power of peace.
The conductor at the heart of this story is Kurt Masur, a man who, as chance would have it, has often captivated classical music audiences in our own Royal Festival Hall. Between 2002 and 2007 Masur regularly frequented our stage in his role as principal conductor of one of Southbank Centre's Resident Orchestras, the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Born in inter-war Germany, Masur trained as an electrician - the trade of his father - but it was in music that his true passion and happiness lay. A keen pianist he returned from conscription to the Second World War to study conducting, composition and piano at Leipzig's University of Music and Theatre. However, in 1948 he gave up his studies in order to take up a position with the Halle Opera House. From there Masur moved onto roles as conductor with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra and the Komische Oper of East Berlin, before returning to Leipzig in 1970 to take up the role of Kapellmeister of the city's famous Gewandhausorchester.
The Leipzig to which Masur returned was very different to the one he had left. The city had become the industrial production centre of the communist run German Democratic Republic (GDR). A third of the city's 300,000 inhabitants were now employed in heavy industry at foundries, chemical plants, and open cast mines, and these huge new plants, created on the outskirts of Leipzig, were severely polluting the city's air, land and waterways. Housing was in short supply, and though Leipzig's turn of the century housing blocks had survived two world wars they were in serious disrepair. Add in the general difficulties borne of living in a controlled state, with sporadic shortages of imported foodstuffs and very limited access to luxury goods, and for the people of Leipzig times had rarely been tougher.
These were testing times too for the Gewandhausorchester. Without a home since the destruction of the city's main concert hall during the Second World War, for the first decade of Masur's tenure as Gewandhauskapellmeister, the orchestra remained temporarily housed in a convention hall at the city's zoo. 'When the music was quieter you could hear the lions roar,' Masur told the magazine Der Spiegel in 2010, 'we were on the verge of embarrassing ourselves'.
Determined for his orchestra to be taken seriously by the rest of the music world Masur wrote to the leader of the GDR's ruling Socialist Party, Erich Honecker, to campaign for a new concert hall for the Gewandhausorchester. Recognising the cultural and symbolic importance of the orchestra to Leipzig, and in acknowledgment of Masur's passion and commitment to the city at a time when many and artists and musicians were turning their back on East Germany, Honecker was won over. The leader duly gave the order for the construction of a new venue - it was to be the only dedicated concert hall to be built in the 41 years of the German Democratic Republic. The Neue Gewandhaus was opened, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the orchestra taking up residence in the original Gewandhaus, in October 1981.
The significance of the hall's construction hadn't gone unnoticed. Masur, though never a member of the Socialist Party, had been recognised by authorities and Leipzigers alike as someone with considerable standing in the city; a man of influence. As the journalist Michael White would later write in The Independent, it was widely acknowledged in the city and beyond that Masur was 'someone who could ring up Erich Honecker and get through'.
Whilst Masur and his orchestra were settling into their new home, just a couple of hundred metres away on Ritterstraße, the seeds of future political change were being sewn. In Nikolaikirche (St Nicholas Church) the recently appointed pastor, Christian Führer, sensing a restlessness among Protestant youth organisations, began to bring the group together with a series of peace prayers. In September 1982, Pastor Führer opened up these sessions for anyone in the city to attend, and Nikolaikirche's Prayers for Peace became a Monday night staple.
Initially the congregation was small; people were still fearful of being seen to be attending anything which the Stasi (the State Security Service) may view as being subversive. However, word began to spread that, unlike in wider East German society, Führer's church was a place where people could express themselves freely. The Pastor had made it clear, there was to be no censorship in Nikolaikirche.
Here the young could say openly what made them angry; the suppression and the patronisation. And it was expressed without restraint.
At the other end of Leipzig's Augustusplatz, despite his unique position between the voice of the people and the ears of Herr Honecker, Kurt Masur had long kept his distance from the country's political situation. 'I was busy with music for too long,' he told Der Spiegel in a 2014 interview. But in the summer of 1989, Leipzig's music tradition and the politics of the GDR came crashing together, and Masur could distance himself no longer.
On 19 June, Straßenmusikfestival, a street music festival organised by a collection of the city's grassroots action groups, was violently suppressed by the police. Musicians were beaten by officers, and forcibly removed from the city's streets. 'When I learned that all of a sudden street musicians were being arrested for wanting to protest peacefully, I realised that change was overdue,' said Masur. In the following months the conductor would reach out to, and begin to work closely with civil rights group Neues Forum (the New Forum), to try and facilitate peaceful discussions with local GDR politicians.
By now the numbers attending the weekly Prayers for Peace at Nikolaikirche had grown so much that they could barely be accommodated inside the church itself. Growing frustration among citizens at not being permitted to travel beyond the GDR's borders, coupled with anger at the way the Stasi had cracked down on Straßenmusikfestival, had seen attendances at Pastor Führer's weekly gatherings rise sharply. But with greater numbers of people inevitably came greater interest from the Secret Police. Tensions across Leipzig were high.
The fear spread deliberately by the system was hard to bear. You didn't even know whether your friends were working for the Secret Police.
Though word of the weekly gatherings had spread across Leipzig, the GDR's lock down on western media access meant that few beyond the city were aware of the growing unrest. Any Western media entering the GDR had to apply for special permission and their access to subjects would be heavily restricted. However, for the annual Muster Messe (Leipzig's traditional trade fair) these restrictions were relaxed to enable coverage of the fair's city-wide events. In early September 1989 a number of western media outlets took advantage of this fact to head to Nikolaikirche and shine a light on the Prayers for Peace.
At the end of the 4 September prayers people spilled out into the streets in a peaceful protest. A banner was produced for the cameras; 'Für ein offenes Land mit freien Menschen' (For an open country with free people). The banner was quickly pulled down by plain clothes officers of the Stasi. But the people of the GDR could receive western television broadcasts. They had the seen the protests, and more importantly they had seen the way in which they were silenced. Throughout September the crowds streaming to Nikolaikirche grew and grew, as too did nationwide unrest.
On 7 October the GDR celebrated the 40th anniversary of the founding of the state with a series of celebrations in East Berlin. On the night of the anniversary a protest by youths outside the city's Palace of the Republic was crushed, whilst army units and plain clothes Stasi operatives also attacked demonstrators in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district. Again, the people of the GDR saw western footage of the protests being silenced; the anger only served to swell their numbers.
Two days later, whilst 2,000 people packed Leipzig's Nikolaikirche for the weekly Prayers for Peace, a further 68,000 massed outside to join in a peaceful protest. Via television broadcasts and newspapers Honecker made it known that any demonstrations would be stopped, and potentially with force. It wasn't an empty threat. Earlier that summer, East German politicians had praised the Chinese decision to use violence against democracy activists camping in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. And in the past month, East German police had cracked down forcefully on protesters in Dresden, Berlin and Plauen. That evening, as the protestors left Nikolaikirche and massed on the city's streets, so too did a huge number of soldiers, policemen and secret agents, issued with live ammunition, and with order to shoot if necessary.
Masur had been sitting in his office at the Gewandhaus on the Monday morning when he received word that the police had been instructed to beat down the evening's gathering. 'It was a clear message: they would shoot,' Masur told The Independent, 'I phoned my wife and said, I think I have to intervene. She said OK'. Masur's office very quickly became an impromptu communications centre as he worked with Neues Forum to open dialogue with local government officials to ensure orders to shoot would not be given. Between them they drafted an appeal for peace from all sides, which Masur then rushed to record.
To a chant of "Wir sind das Volk" (we are the people) the protestors moved from Nikolaikirche onto the city's ring road, under the full glare of the massed ranks of army and police. As they did so Masur's statement for calm was broadcast on city radio stations, and from loudspeakers in the city itself.
'Our common worries and responsibilities have brought us here together today. We are concerned about the developments in our city and are searching for a solution. We all need the chance of a free discussion about the future of socialism in our country. We urge you to remain level-headed in order to enable a peaceful dialogue. This is Kurt Masur speaking'.
As the protestors reached Augustusplatz, Masur opened the doors to the Gewandhaus and invited them inside to continue a free discussion about the city's future. Knowing that Masur had a direct line to Honecker, local police officials refused to give orders to interrupt the march, or to infiltrate the Gewandhaus. And so, despite provocation, thanks to Masur's statement, and the repeated mantra of the crowd for 'keine Gewalt' (no violence), the protest passed off peacefully.
High above the thousands of marchers, on the tower of the city's Evangelisch Reformierte Kirche, journalist Siegbert Schefke had filmed the demonstrations as they unfolded below. His footage was smuggled out of the country that night, and the following day appeared on West Germany's main evening news, Tagesschau. The broadcast was seen across the GDR, and throughout the state people, having seen how peaceful protest could take place without incurring police action, began Prayers for Peace in their own cities.
At the time, we weren't thinking about changing the world. The most important thing was to act. For weeks, the public mood had been at breaking point.
In the wake of the Monday demonstrations the GDR's Politburo convened a crisis meeting, and a week later Honecker was removed from office. But the protests against the ruling Socialist Party didn't let up, and on 9 November, under pressure from peaceful protests nationwide, the party gave the order to allow citizens of the GDR freedom to travel into the west. In Berlin, the gates of the city's dividing wall were opened; within hours people from the East and West began to tear down the wall. By the following October the GDR had ceased to exist; Germany had been reunified as a single country once again.
Ever loyal to his city, Masur remained with the Gewandhausorchester until 1996, but from 1991 his duties were split either side of the Atlantic, as he took up the role of music director for the New York Philharmonic, a role he held until 2002. Masur then returned to Europe, dividing his time between his role with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France, of which he was music director until 2008. Four years later Masur revealed that he was suffering from Parkinson's disease. He would die from complications related to the disease in 2015; his funeral took place in Leipzig, with music played by his beloved Gewandhausorchester.
The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, led by new Kapellmeister Andris Nelsons, performed two very special concerts at Southbank Centre on 8 & 9 October 2018.
Lead image of Kurt Masur conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra, kindly provided by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.


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Region nets 166 people per day during 12-month period
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Between April 2019 and April 2020, the Puget Sound region grew by 60,800 people, which is the equivalent of 166 per day, according to Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC). The organization, a leading source of data and forecasting, anticipates an additional 1 million people will live in the region by 2040.
PSRC said King County added 34,500 people during the latest reporting period, accoounting for 57% of the region's increase.
The latest regional population trends reported by the organization stated the region's population reached 4,264,200, which reflects a gain of one million people since 2000. It noted last year's growth was less than recent years when population increases sometimes topped 80,000.
More than half the region's population growth occurred in King County each year since 2011. Pierce and Snohomish counties together accounted for 40% of the latest growth. Three percent of the growth was in Kitsap County.
PSRC indicated the 2020 estimates are subject to revision based on 2020 Census results. It also plans to track data to see possible impacts of COVID-19 on growth in the next year.
PSRC's mission is to "ensure a thriving central Puget Sound now and into the future through planning for regional transportation, growth management and economic development." Its work is directed by the elected leaders of King Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties, the region's cities and towns, port districts, transit agencies, and tribes.

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The 1901 Theodore Luling House - 118 East 70th Street
Theodore W. Luling, born in 1875, was admitted to the banking firm of the Fifth Avenue Trust Co. in 1898. He was, as well, a director in the large dry goods firm James H. Dunham & Co. John H. Dunham was the father of Luling's wife, Grace Louise Lathrop Dunham. The couple were living with the Dunhams in their comfortable rowhouse at No. 37 East 36th Street at the time.
It was most likely the arrival of their first child, Rosamund Elena, on November 23, 1899, that prompted the couple's search for a new home. In June 1900 they purchased the old three-story brownstone house at No. 118 East 70th Street from the estate of David Babcock.
The block between Lexington and Park Avenues had recently seen an influx of moneyed families; several of whom transformed the outdated Victorian houses into modern, upscale residences. The price the Lulings paid for the property, about $660,000 in today's dollars, reflects the growing exclusivity of the block. As was common at the time, the title was put in Grace's name.
The Lulings hired the architectural team of Trowbridge & Livingston to remodel the house--adding a floor, and expanding the building to the front and rear. The extensive renovations would cause a standoff of sorts between the architects and the Department of Buildings.
According to the New-York Tribune, "The plans for the improvements were submitted to the Department, and as they called for the practical rebuilding of the structure the architect was told to file plans for a new building." On September 15 the architects submitted the revised plans--now calling for a completely new structure.
It may be that the Lulings were reticent to advertise what they were paying for what had become an extremely expensive project; but for whatever reason when the Department official asked the Trowbridge & Livingston associate to insert the construction costs, which had been left blank, he refused. The Tribune reported "He refused to fill in the cost at first, but on being told that his plans would otherwise be rejected he placed the cost at $100." To this day the construction cost on record for No. 118 East 70th Street is a mere $100.
The 20-foot wide neo-Federal style residence was completed in 1901. With no stoop hogging real estate, the architects could have pulled the facade to the property line, thereby increasing interior floor space. Instead they used the former entrance to the basement as a fenced areaway which contributed to the stately tone of the house.
The entrance of the five-story residence sat with a planar limestone base. Leaded sidelights flanking the single door and an over-sized fanlight admitted sunlight into the foyer. A full-width iron balcony fronted the pair of French doors at the second floor, the tympana of which were decorated with delicate carved wreaths and ribbons. Burned headers of the Flemish bond brickwork, splayed lintels and double keystones added to the colonial flavor of the style. The top floor took the form of a steep mansard above a stone cornice.
It appears that one of Grace's maids came up with a clever way of seeing the world; or at least of getting free passage on a liner. On June 2, 1902 her advertisement appeared in the New-York Tribune:
Maid--A young, intelligent girl, going to Europe, desires position as maid to ladies or children while crossing. Apply to H. Sullivan. 118 East 70th-st.
If Miss Sullivan was unsuccessful in finding children to tend to on the Atlantic, she would have had a newborn to take care of on 70th Street. Theodore Dunham Luling was born on October 30, 1902.
Four months later the Lulings hired architect H. Davis Ives to design a two-story addition in the rear. This time the architect and the Department of Buildings did not butt heads. Ives filled in the construction costs at $5,000--around $145,000 today.
The Lulings had a summer estate in Ridgefield, Connecticut when the 70th Street house was constructed. By 1905 they had a "villa" in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. And while they continued to maintain that home at least through 1908, on August 6, 1905 The New York Times reported that they were building in Lenox, as well.
"Theodore W. Luling of New York, who last season bought a fine building site on the Cone estate, is preparing to build a costly Summer residence. Plans have already been prepared. Mr. and Mrs. Luling are in Stockbridge for the Summer."
Interestingly, while Theodore and Grace were busy with summer estates and garden parties, they appear to have been highly interested in the education of black children, as well. At the time both were writing back and forth with Booker T. Washington. While Washington enjoyed the patronage of several Manhattan philanthropists--John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Collis Huntington among them--the relationship between him and the Lulings appears have been personal.
Following the formation of the Union of South Africa, E. B. Sargant was appointed South African Commissioner of Education by Lord Milner. Charged with developing a "system of Public School education among the natives," he turned to Grace Luling to help in connecting with Washington for advice. Grace enclosed a list of Sargant's questions in a letter to the author and educator, which he answered. On February 12, 1909 she followed up, sending Washington a letter saying in part that "Mr. Sargant has successfully accomplished this work."
The Lulings sold No. 118 in September 1910 to Francis Leonard Kellogg and his wife, the former Emilie Baker. The couple paid the equivalent of $1.3 million for the house.
The Kelloggs had three sons and a daughter; Alexander, John, F. Leonard Jr., and Virginia. F. Leonard Kellogg had graduated from Princeton University in 1894 as an electrical engineer. By now he managed the Electric Storage Battery Company, and was a member of the prestigious Ivy Club of Princeton, the Union Club and the University Club.
Emilie was an accomplished artist, having studied at the Art Students' League as a teenager. She now immersed herself in charitable causes, like the vaudeville entertainment at Sherry's in December 1912 for the benefit of the Convalescent Home for Babies.
The Sun reported that one act, which involved children, also relied on Emilie's artistic bent. "A series of Dickens tableaux in which young people will pose after illustrations of Cruikshank will be given under the direction of Mrs. F. Leonard Kellogg and will be accompanied by English glee songs."
On August 22, 1916 the funeral of Francis's widowed mother, Josephine Kellogg, was held in the house. Five years later, in November 1921, it was the scene of the funeral of Emilie's father, William Edgar Baker.
Much happier events would come as the children neared adulthood. The winter season of 1927 saw Virginia's debutante entertainments, the first of which was "a large luncheon," as described in The New York Times on December 9, at the Savoy-Plaza. The extensive guest list inluded the daughters of some of Manhattan's most prominent families.
Virginia's education reflected her privileged upbringing. She had graduated from the exclusive Spence School, and later studied at the Miss Sheldon and Miss Nixon's School in Florence, Italy. Like most debutantes, she was a member of the Junior League.
On June 15, 1928 the house was the scene of a double wedding. Virginia was a bridesmaid for her cousins Josephine Leonard Kellogg Reeve and Imogen Jewell Kellogg Reeve. The engagements of sisters had been announced just weeks apart and now they were married together in the Kellogg house.
F. Leonard Kellogg retired in 1929 after two decades with Electric Storage Battery Company. Two years later, on New Year's Day 1931, he and Emilie announced Virginia's engagement to William Kemble. The New York Times noted "Both Miss Kellogg and her fiancé come of distinguished ancestry," reminding readers that her great-grandfather was Cornelius Baker, the philanthropist and founder of New York University.
Virginia's wedding took place in Bedford Village, New York, where the family maintained their country home. It was there on December 20, 1941 that F. Leonard Kellogg died at the age of 74.
Francis L. Kellogg, Jr. would go on to an illustrious career. He would serve as special assistant to two Secretaries of State, William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger, earning him the title of Ambassador. He was also chairman of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and head of the United States Delegation to the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration in Geneva.
Emlie Kellogg sold the 70th Street house in the mid-1940's. It was home to Mrs. Charlotte Coursay Kulka in 1948. She was the victim of 38-year old George Feld, called the "Celluloid Burglar" by newspapers because he favored motion picture actresses as his targets. He was arrested after breaking into the apartment of actress, comedienne and actress Gertrude Neison on October 16 that year and making off with $10,000 worth of jewelry. The grand jury charged him at the same time with burglarizing the homes of actress Gene Tierney, Kay Long, and Charlotte Coursay Kulka.
While many of the mansions on the 70th Street block were converted to apartments in latter part of the 20th century, No. 118 remained a private house. It was purchased by the multi-talented director, screen writer, actor and musician Woody Allen in 2005 for $22.62 million.
Outwardly, the home which the Theodore and Grace Luling never really intended to build essentially unchanged.
photographs by the author
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The Down East Dilettante March 23, 2018 at 4:44 PM
Mrs. Kellogg's fortune came by inheritance from her aunt's late husband, railroad financier John Stewart Kennedy. Mrs. Kellogg's sister, Charlotte Baker, was the life partner of Miss Spence, of the eponymous school, which was largest funded by Muss Baker.
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Stop the BBC producing new program "Will my puppies make me rich?"
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BBC Three has commissioned a new program called "Will My Puppies Make Me Rich?". The film will follow young dog breeders as they try to build their businesses and make them reputable.
The show hasn't been aired yet so we don't know what kind of angle it's going to portray - but anything that promotes animals as commodities to make money from is absolutely disgraceful.
The show says it has an emphasis on "puppies for life and not just for lockdown". Unfortunately there are people who will watch this show as a 'how-to-guide' to buy dogs solely for the purpose of breeding and making money. Dogs used for breeding often lead miserable lives, locked in crates being bred from until they're dead. The puppies also often end up dying due to bad husbandry.
The show will highlight so called "designer dogs" promoting the buying of dogs, many of whom have been bred to have a certain aesthetic. This leads to painful health conditions; flattened skulls, compressed spinal cords, extreme breathing difficulties, eye and ear problems to name a few.
There are thousands of dogs in shelters needing homes, we do not need a program that promotes breeding and selling puppies as a get rich quick scheme or a career.
I am not suggesting the people involved in this show are neglecting their own animals, but they are promoting an animal welfare pandemic.
Please sign this petition to urge the BBC to not produce and air this show


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TAKE YOUR CANDLE, GO LIGHT THE WORLD!
Aug 9, 2018 | News
-by Ms. Jansi Dharamraj
"Let your light shine before men!". Matthew 5:16
The students of class 6A presented their class assembly on 7th August, 2018, at 9.15am in the gym area of the school. The students of class 5 and 6,their respective class teachers, and Father Bernard Fernandes, the Principal, gathered for the programme. The theme of the assembly was, 'Take Your Candle, Go Light the World!'
The assembly began with the National anthem followed by the morning prayer and pledge. Miss Jansi, the class teacher of standard 6A, led the assembly into a meaningful meditation. The students of the class presented a skit which brought out a powerful message on anti-bullying and how our neighbour becomes our responsibility. It also showed practical ways to help others around us and make their lives beautiful. The song 'There is a candle in every soul…' was sung by the students with a symbolic holding of candles in their hands. The lyrics of the song had a message for everyone – that we have the power within us to light the world around us in a unique way.
Father Bernard, appreciated the class 6A along with the class teacher, "Well-prepared assembly, well thought which has brought out a deep message." A student from class 6D said, "The meditation by Ms. Jansi calmed me and it was incredibly presented." "I was in need of some encouragement. The meditation and the song soothed me," said Ms. Angel with a touch of emotion.
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Travel with toddlers and preschoolers can be daunting. There's a lot to consider between naptimes, attention spans, age-appropriate activities, diapers and potty-training, and mealtime challenges. However, the reality is sometimes you just need to get away. Walt Disney World may not be the first vacation destination you think of for children in this age range since it usually means traveling quite a distance, staying for more than a couple of days, and more expense than a local amusement park. That being said, you should give it a second look. There are a lot of reasons why Walt Disney World is the perfect vacation destination for young families. Here are the top ten.
#10: No Ick Factor – In my experience, it's rare to be out in a very public place and not say, "Ick." As parents of small children, we spend an inordinate amount of time in public restrooms, wiping down restaurant high chairs and tables, and saying, "Dirty. Don't touch." Visitors to Walt Disney World will marvel at its cleanliness, even at the end of a busy day when thousands of people passes through its gates. It's unusual to see stray garbage on the walkways, restaurant tables and high chairs don't have that disconcerting sticky feel to them, and restrooms are amazingly clean. Walt Disney World's cleanliness is one of the reasons we return time and time again.
#9: Family Friendly – "Pooh," "More!" and "Cool!" are about the extent of the four-letter words you'll hear at the Walt Disney World Resort. This emphasis on a family-friendly atmosphere makes the Walt Disney World Resort stand out among other theme parks. My husband stopped taking our son to the large, local theme park because he couldn't stand in a line at the entrance or the refreshment stands without hoping our son didn't pick up any words that would embarrass mom and dad. In all my visits to Disney World, I can't remember hearing inappropriate language or conversations.
#8: Miles and Miles of Pathways – If you've traveled with a baby or toddler, you've probably experienced the challenges of naptime while on vacation. My kids, who are consistent sleepers at home, just won't take afternoon nap in the hotel room – being in a new place is much too exciting for them to settle down. The most effective way to get them the sleep they need is to walk with them in the stroller; they can't fight the gentle, soothing motion and before we know it, they've dozed off. Traditional hotels with their very limited grounds or locations on major roadways make pushing a stroller either very boring or very dangerous. The theme parks have plenty of quiet places to explore with a cool beverage while the kids drift off to dreamland. If we're at one of the resorts, its sprawling grounds and gorgeous landscaping make a couple of hours pushing the stroller relaxing and enjoyable.
#7: Baby Care Centers – The Baby Care Centers in the Disney World theme park have everything needed to make visiting with little ones easier and more convenient. Need a quiet place to feed infants, complete with rocking chairs and high chairs? There's a place for that. Did the baby drop his pacifier and you need to replace it? There's a place for that. Is your little princess potty-training and does she need a smaller toilet to feel comfortable? There's a place for that. It's called the Baby Care Center.
#6: No Whining with your Dining – Dine with princesses, eat under the stars at a drive-in theater, or enjoy a vegan and gluten-free treat at Walt Disney World. There is no shortage of unique and immersive dining experiences that are sure to keep your kids entertained. As a parent, I love that there is a focus on delicious but healthy eating at Disney World. Fruit, vegetables, water, and milk are offered as healthy alternatives to fries and soda at dining venues. Disney World also places special emphasis on accommodating family members with food allergies or dietary restrictions. By contacting the special diets department (SpecialDiets@DisneyWorld.com) at Walt Disney World, guests are able to work with Cast Members to ensure they can safely dine while at Disney property.
#5: Kids Under Three Eat and Ride Free – What's better than free? Between travel expenses to get to Orlando, lodging, tickets, food, and souvenirs, you can run up your credit card balance pretty quickly while on vacation. Park entry as well as buffets and family-style restaurants are free for children under the age of three. The best part is that many of the character meals such as Chef Mickey, Crystal Palace with Winnie the Pooh and friends, and Princess Storybook Dining at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, are buffet or family-style experiences. This means your toddler can meet their favorite Disney friend for free.
#4: Attractions for the Whole Family – Many amusement parks are oriented either to adults or to children. For those that accommodate both, the park usually features thrill rides with a smaller area with kid-sized attractions. Walt Disney World bridges the divide with many attractions that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Like many Disney films, there are layers of humor and attraction detail. Children may focus on one aspect while older guests enjoy the attraction in a different, more adult way. Some of my favorites are Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Mickey's PhilharMagic, Jedi Training Academy, Kilimanjaro Safaris, and Living with the Land.
#3: Multi-Day Destination – A weeklong beach vacation can be difficult if the kids tire of the sand and surf. Having built-in entertainment is definitely a plus with small children who often have short attention spans. Families can easily spend a week at Disney World without running out of things to see and do. Within the parks themselves, there are rides, theater attractions, and playgrounds where little ones can let off some steam. Outside of the parks, families can do a little shopping at Downtown Disney, play a round of miniature golf, or watch an outdoor movie at Fort Wilderness.
#2: Service with a Smile – Cast Members are Walt Disney World are truly a cut above and take great pride in making guests' vacations magical; there are no ambivalent cast members here. You'll always be greeted with a friendly smile and are never made to feel you are "bothering" the cast member with your question or request. Oftentimes, the Disney difference is a small but noticeable gesture that improves your vacation. I still remember the young Cast Member who saw us looking at our park map and approached us asking how he could help us find what we were looking for.
#1: Kids Believe – Small children unconditionally believe in the magic without hesitation or doubt. The looks of pure delight on their faces as their favorite Disney character or princess comes to life makes the Walt Disney World Resort THE perfect vacation destination for young families.
Big thanks to Lisa Battista for writing this special Disney Top 10 article, she is an expert on kids and Disney! Lisa M. Battista is the author of Beyond the Attractions: A Guide to Walt Disney World with Preschoolers. You can connect with her on Twitter @DisneyExplorer or become a fan of Beyond the Attractions on Facebook.
This entry was posted on Monday, December 13th, 2010 at 3:12 pm and is filed under Walt Disney World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
I can give you twenty reasons NOT to take toddlers to Disney World!
@D – Go ahead and list them, I would love to see all 20, and I hope they are better than the 10 reasons provided that show WDW is a great place to bring your toddlers. This should be good.
I agree with Keith. I can list two reasons to go per everyone reason not to go, for any age group out there.


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The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) program (formerly FASTLANE) provides federal financial assistance to highway and freight projects of national or regional significance.
The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for FY 2017-2018 INFRA grants has additional details and information on how to apply. DOT made FY 2017 Small Project selections from previously submitted applications under the FASTLANE criteria, due to the comparatively small amount of funding statutorily reserved for Small Projects, while reserving the bulk of the funding to be awarded under the improved INFRA Grant criteria.
Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao proposed 10 awards totaling nearly $79 million in funding that addresses the INFRA program's small projects criteria for rural projects of at least $5 million.
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$9.9 million – Port of Moses Lake in partnership with the Washington state DOT to help complete construction of the Northern Columbia Basin Rail Project.
$9.85 million – Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor for intermodal improvements to move cargo between different modes.
$8.67 million – Taylor County, FL, to upgrade the freight-hauling Georgia & Florida Railway to improve grade crossings, harden bridges and resurface tracks.
$7.89 million – Maine DOT to upgrade 22 bridges on the state-owned Maine Northern Railway.
$7.54 million – North Central Mississippi Regional Railroad Authority to improve 90 miles of freight rail tracks and a bridge.
$7 million – Texas DOT to repair the Presidio-Ojinaga International Rail Bridge and rehabilitate approximately 72 miles of the state-owned South Orient Railroad.
$5.72 million – Akron, OH, to build bridges that will separate Evans Avenue road traffic from two heavily used rail crossings.
$5 million – Replace and update ferry docking and berthing facilities in Ludington, MI, and Manitowoc, WI.
$5 million – New Hampshire DOT to replace the load-restricted Rodgers' Rangers Bridge.
For a complete list and description of FY 2016 INFRA grant projects, click here.


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The men's 100 metres event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium on November 10–11.

Medalists

Results

Heats
Wind: Heat 1: -1.0 m/s, Heat 2: -1.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.8 m/s, Heat 4: -0.5 m/s

Semifinals
Wind: Heat 1: -0.6 m/s, Heat 2: -1.1 m/s

Final
Wind: -0.1 m/s

References
Results

2009 Asian Athletics Championships
100 metres at the Asian Athletics Championships

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Choral Music Minor
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Success Story — Nathan Siple, Class of 2016
As part of his personal commitment to ministry, current student Nathan Siple has performed in concerts for various events around campus including the Prayer Breakfast, an Ike NDolo concert, and various Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) events. He is also active with Campus Ministry. He plans on being a worship leader for his church while continuing his education in dental school.
Success Story — Rusty Carbaugh, Class of 2015
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"Newman has offered me many opportunities to speak and lead worship. I could not be more grateful for Newman's trust and honor that is shown me every time they bless me with an opportunity. Music is not required for ministry. But music has the profound ability to break down emotional walls. It is such a beautiful tool for ministering to people."
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The South Carolina Republican lawmaker pointing to the elections of former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris as an example.
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In computers, hardware performance counters (HPC), or hardware counters are a set of special-purpose registers built into modern microprocessors to store the counts of hardware-related activities within computer systems. Advanced users often rely on those counters to conduct low-level performance analysis or tuning.

Implementations
The number of available hardware counters in a processor is limited while each CPU model might have a lot of different events that a developer might like to measure. Each counter can be programmed with the index of an event type to be monitored, like a L1 cache miss or a branch misprediction.

One of the first processors to implement such counter and an associated instruction RDPMC to access it was the Intel Pentium, but they were not documented until Terje Mathisen wrote an article about reverse engineering them in Byte July 1994.

The following table shows some examples of CPUs and the number of available hardware counters:

Versus software techniques
Compared to software profilers, hardware counters provide low-overhead access to a wealth of detailed performance information related to CPU's functional units, caches and main memory etc. Another benefit of using them is that no source code modifications are needed in general. However, the types and meanings of hardware counters vary from one kind of architecture to another due to the variation in hardware organizations.

There can be difficulties correlating the low level performance metrics back to source code.  The limited number of registers to store the counters often force users to conduct multiple measurements to collect all desired performance metrics.

Instruction based sampling

Modern superscalar processors schedule and execute multiple instructions out-of-order at one time.  These "in-flight" instructions can retire at any time, depending on memory access, hits in cache, stalls in the pipeline and many other factors.  This can cause performance counter events to be attributed to the wrong instructions, making precise performance analysis difficult or impossible.

AMD introduced methods to mitigate some of these drawbacks.  For example, the Opteron processors have implemented  in 2007 a technique known as Instruction Based Sampling (or IBS). AMD's implementation of IBS provides hardware counters for both fetch sampling (the front of the superscalar pipeline) and op sampling (the back of the pipeline). This results in discrete performance data associating retired instructions with the "parent" AMD64 instruction.

See also
 perf (Linux)
 Row hammer

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Corn mazes, pumpkin patches, and hayrides, oh my! In this weeks Life Map adventure my cousin Dave and I get up to some Farmtastic fun!
I'm always amazed how much you can learn by opening yourself up to new experiences. We had no idea what to expect during this day-long adventure, but that's the beauty in being present, letting life lead the way and releasing any expectations.
I don't know about you, but usually I have the most fun when life happens spontaneously. Even if it means getting a little lost. That's the beauty of life sometimes. You're meant to find your way by exploring different paths. That's how you find clarity in knowing which path feels like the right one.
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Leeds based exotic car enthusiast Amandeep Singh Aka Deepyyy dies
Amandeep Singh Aka Deepyyy:
Real Name: Amandeep Singh
Age: 22yrs
Profession: Exotic Car Enthusiast
Cause Of Death: Suicide
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Leeds based exotic car enthusiast popularly known as Deep or Deepyyy has been reported dead.
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Possibly the young dude died after committing suicide on Thursday.
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He said he lost his mental battle to depression in his long emotional post.
Deepyyy is known for displaying fleets of exotic and classy cars on his Instagram page with over 28K followers. No one has yet revealed why he had to end it at such a time in his life.
He said has been battling depression for the last few years with loads of back and forth some days were good some days he nearly did it. He said he tried everything to help it but to no avail, " Everyone I have shared memories with has helped me a great deal like an unimaginable amount".
Indeed mental health issue is a very serious problem in the world today.
A post shared by Deep (@deepyyyyy)
Below is the full details of his last lengthy post on Instagram:
My name is Deep some of you know me as Deep and some of you as Mr Singh.
Some of you knew me on a friend level and some of you knew exactly on a family level.
It's me the guy who's always active at the meets, always ready to give WYP the SMOKE anything cars I'm on it. If you knew me you knew that I never wanted anything but the best for my people if you looked after me I looked after you! I was the guy you could ring at 3 am and I'd back your beef or I was the guy you could call at 3 am and I'll wipe your tears.
A friend who would pay just to have your company there is a person who would never take you for granted and would always put you before me in any situation.
Today I lost my battle with depression… if you're ready for this now you're probably thinking Deep? Depressed never? It's been something I've been battling over the last few years with loads of back and forth some days were good some days I nearly did it. I tried everything please don't think that you didn't help me every single one of you that I ever spoke to or that I ever shared memories with has helped me a great deal like an unimaginable amount! I can't thank you all enough that shared memories please hold on to them and treasure them because I sure know that I will.
Please if you're going through something similar to what I was please speak to someone I cannot stress enough to talk to someone! I tried and I couldn't but maybe your story is different to mine but it does matter as much as mine!
No matter how big or small we all go through the shit I can't stress enough to talk to someone! The suicide number is 116123. My time has come to an end it was short but it was most certainly fun hopefully those that share memories with me can hold on to them for a long time I'll hold on to them forever!
It wasn't a motoring accident it was a choice that I made. And for whoever finds my phone the password is 257007 my phone is full of nothing but memories so to the family or friend that finds it please hold on to that phone!
One last time it was great for those of you that I ran into in my short time please don't cry because I'm gone but remember I was smiling!
KEEP 333SMOKING ALL OF YOU!.
Who Was Amandeep Singh Aka Deepyyyy? Few Things You Need To Know About Him!
Not much was written about Deepyyyy on the open internet, Amandeep Singh was a Leeds based exotic car enthusiast who had worked for a purposeful and brighter future. He was a good-spirited king young man who touched the lives of people around his community.
Throughout his active life on social media, Deepyyyy has never revealed his face or identity until December 17 2021 when announced to the world about the issues of life has been battling for years. In the last post he made on his IG page, Deepyyyyy described himself as the guy who's always active at the meets, always ready to give WYP the SMOKE anything cars I'm on it.
Deepyyyy fondly called by friends as Mr Singh was only active on Instagram and has amazed over 32 thousand followers. His Instagram page was filled with pictures of flashy and beautiful cars.
What Was Mr Singh Aka Deepyyyy Cause Of Death?
There is still no public press release about Mr Singh sudden demise but from indications, the young talent took his own life after a long battle with depression. In a lengthy post he made through his Instagram page, Deepyyyy did not reveal the issues has been battling with. Shortly after his shocking post, his sister took over his Instagram account.
Deepyy aged 22 was reported to have lost his life after falling from a multi-story car park in Leeds City centre.
Deepyyy was earlier reported missing the previous evening and a search to find him was initiated. Police confirmed he died at the scene of the incident.
Confirming the news of his death, his friend Pbs. Audi said he had wished Deepyyyy changed his mind.
Rest in peace brother! @deepyyyyy Wish you'd have changed your mind but only you know what you were going through. We are all sorry we couldn't do anything to save you! Hope you're free of pain now. Fly high brother! if anyone is in a dark place, please turn to a friend, family, someone you trust because that may change the way you think or feel.
Also Read: Illinois Mother Whose Son Died By Suicide While On COVID-19 Isolation Sues Governor


An authentic pizzeria will be opening in the Italy Pavilion at Epcot this fall. The restaurant will have traditional Florentine architecture and outdoor seating. The food is set to compliment the offerings from Tutto Italia with pizza made in wood-burning ovens. Rumor has it that they will be importing water from Naples, Italy to be used to make the authetic pizza dough. The picture is of the current construction that I saw last week. I have to say that I'm excited to see what this restaurant will have to offer. I can't wait to try it and compair it to real Italian pizza from Italy.


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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2014)]
[Pages 4953-4955]
[DR.5A211.IA000414]
Final Determination Against Federal Acknowledgment of the Tolowa
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of final determination.
SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior (Department) gives notice that
the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (AS-IA) declines to acknowledge
the petitioner known as the Tolowa Nation (Petitioner 85) as
an Indian tribe within the meaning of Federal law. The AS-IA makes this
final determination
[[Page 4954]]
(FD) because the petitioner does not satisfy one of the seven mandatory
criteria in the applicable regulations (25 CFR 83.7), specifically
criterion 83.7(b), and therefore, does not meet the requirements for a
government-to-government relationship with the United States. Based on
the limited nature and extent of comment, and consistent with previous
practices, the Department did not produce a separate detailed report or
other summary under the criteria pertaining to this FD. This notice is
the FD.
DATES: This determination is final and will become effective on April
30, 2014, pursuant to section 83.10(1)(4), unless a request for
reconsideration is filed pursuant to section 83.11.
ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the Federal Register notice should be
addressed to the Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs,
Attention: Office of Federal Acknowledgment, 951 Constitution Avenue
NW., MS: 34B-SIB, Washington, DC 20240. The Federal Register notice is
also available through www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/AS-IA/OFA/RecentCases/index.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Lee Fleming, Director, Office of
Federal Acknowledgment, (202) 513-7650.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 18, 2010, the Department issued
a proposed finding (PF) that the Tolowa Nation was not an Indian tribe
within the meaning of Federal law because the petitioner did not meet
one of the seven mandatory criteria for Federal acknowledgment as an
Indian tribe, criterion 83.7(b). This criterion requires that a
predominant portion of the petitioner comprises a distinct community
and has existed as a community since historical times to the present.
The evidence for the PF was insufficient to demonstrate that the
petitioner met criterion 83.7(b) from first sustained contact in 1853
to the present. The Department issued a PF denying acknowledgment under
that one criterion, 83.7(b). This FD affirms the PF and concludes that
the Tolowa Nation does not satisfy criterion 83.7(b).
The acknowledgment process is based on the regulations at 25 CFR
Part 83. Under these regulations, the petitioner has the burden to
present evidence that it meets the seven mandatory criteria in section
83.7. Failure to meet any one of the mandatory criteria results in a
determination that the petitioning group is not an Indian tribe within
the meaning of Federal law. The Department issues this determination
under 25 CFR 83.10(m) and the Guidance and Direction notice (73 FR
30148) published by the AS-IA on May 23, 2008, which permit decisions
against acknowledgment based on failure to meet fewer than seven
The Department published a notice of the PF in the Federal Register
on November 24, 2010 (75 FR 71732). Publishing notice of the PF
initiated a 180-day comment period during which time the petitioner,
and interested and informed parties, could submit arguments and
evidence to support or rebut the PF. The initial comment period ended
May 23, 2011. At the petitioner's request, the comment period was
extended 180 days to November 21, 2011. The petitioner submitted 267
pages of documents on that same day by express service, which the
Department received on the following day. None of the interested
parties submitted comments. Two third parties, however, submitted
comments. Wesley D. Taukchiray submitted a five-page letter on February
9, 2011, and Gordon Bonser submitted a two-page letter on May 17, 2011.
The petitioner submitted no response to these third-party comments.
On June 21, 2013, the AS-IA announced a ``preliminary discussion
draft of potential revisions to Part 83.'' By letter dated May 31,
2013, the Department provided the petitioner the option to request a
suspension of consideration of its petition during the process of
revising the regulations or to continue under the existing Part 83
regulations. By letter postmarked July 23, 2013, received at OFA on
July 29, Petitioner 85 requested to proceed with a FD under
the existing regulations. The Department started active consideration
of the FD on September 3, 2013.
Criterion 83.7(b) requires that ``[a] predominant portion of the
petitioning group comprises a distinct community and has existed as a
community from historical times until the present.'' As stated in the
PF, the petitioner contends its membership and its ancestors lived as a
continuously existing tribe of Indians descended from the Tolowa, a
group of Indians residing in Del Norte County, California at first
sustained contact. The petitioner also claims its members are the
descendants of those Tolowa who were not enrolled at the Smith River
and the Elk Valley Rancherias (``Tribe'' or ``Tribes''), two federally-
recognized Indian tribes from that region. The Federal Government set
aside land for the Smith River Rancheria and the Elk Valley Rancheria
in 1906 and 1908, respectively. The PF, however, concluded that the
evidence in the record was insufficient to show the petitioner's
ancestors existed as a distinct community from first sustained contact
in the early 1850s to the early 1900s before lands for the Smith River
and the Elk Valley Rancherias were set aside. The evidence in the
record was not sufficient to show that the petitioner's ancestors
constituted an entity distinct within, or from, the Smith River and the
Elk Valley Tribes. The evidence in the record was insufficient to show
the petitioner's ancestors evolved as a distinct community after the
lands for the Smith River and the Elk Valley Rancherias were set aside,
or from any other Tolowa entity that may have existed before 1908. The
evidence in the record was not sufficient to show that the Del Norte
Indian Welfare Association (DNIWA) was a distinct community or provided
leadership over an evolving entity that included both the petitioner's
ancestors and the Smith River or the Elk Valley Tribes from the 1930s
to the 1980s. The evidence in the record did not show that petitioner's
ancestors were distinct within the DNIWA or that the DNIWA evolved into
the petitioner as a community after the 1980s. Noting the shortcomings
in the evidence in the record, the PF requested the petitioner to
provide a list of its ancestors, their locations, and an analysis of
their relations with others in a community to determine whether the
petitioner evolved from one or several villages. The analysis also
needed to show how those ancestors evolved as a community to become the
current petitioner with its specific membership (PF 12). The PF
encouraged the petitioner to submit evidence that its ancestors
constituted a distinct community from the time of sustained contact in
1853 to the setting aside of land for the Rancherias from 1903-1915,
that it was distinct from or evolved from the tribes inhabiting the
Rancherias, and that its present-day activities involve the broader
membership on a consistent basis (PF 41). The comments the petitioner
submitted, however, do not provide evidence that changes the analysis
or conclusions in the PF that the petitioner's ancestors did not form a
distinct community.
Many of the petitioner's submissions are brief excerpts from both
old and recent secondary sources covering the pre-contact period, the
Spanish Colonial era, or the very early years of American settlement in
northern California in the 1850s and 1860s. These documents did not
provide any new evidence because they discussed the Tolowa Indians or
northern California Indians in very general terms and provided little
evidence about the petitioner's ancestors.
Many of the petitioner's documents for the period from the 1900s to
the 1980s were secondary sources that dealt
with individual Tolowa Indians associated with the Smith River Tribe.
These documents do not show the petitioner or its ancestors were a
community distinct within, or from, the Smith River Tribe during those
years. Other documents from this period were marriage and death
certificates or land records from the first three decades of the 20th
century. These documents dealt with just a few of the petitioner's
ancestors, particularly the Fred Charles family, who were Elk River
Rancheria members. While these records provided some evidence of
genealogical connections or residence and land ownership for some of
the group's ancestors, they did not demonstrate any social interaction
among those ancestors as a distinct group. Nor did they show the
petitioner was part of a community of Indians separate from the Smith
River and the Elk Valley Tribes. The petitioner also submitted Indian
censuses from around the 1920s for the Hoopa Valley Reservation of
northern California. These same censuses were evaluated and cited in
the PF and did not provide evidence that the petitioner's ancestors
formed a distinct social community.
The petitioner submitted some articles from unidentified newspapers
from the 1950s and 1960s that dealt with the Smith River Tribe and not
the petitioner. A few articles, some already referenced in the PF,
discussed activities related to the DNIWA. These documents also did not
show the DNIWA later evolved into the petitioner or that petitioner's
ancestors were distinct within the DNIWA.
Given that Petitioner has failed to satisfy 83.7(b) for the period
from 1930 to 1980, petitioner has failed to satisfy this criterion. The
petitioner's evidence for the 1980s to the present is also insufficient
to demonstrate criterion 83.7(b). For example, some documents dealt
with the activities of the Smith River Tribe, while others, like
portions of the Advisory Council on California Indian Policy
Recognition Report (1997), dealt with recommendations for revising the
Federal acknowledgment regulations as they applied to California Indian
groups in general. Two letters from 1982 concerned a group much broader
than the petitioner and did not provide evidence of community for the
petitioner. Other documents included flyers from the 1990s and 2000s
announcing gatherings the petitioner sponsored. These events, such as
the ``National Indian Observance Day,'' ``Drums on the Beach,'' or
``California Indian Observance Day,'' without more information,
appeared pan-Indian in orientation and standing alone did not provide
sufficient evidence that the petitioner was a distinct community. Other
evidence, such as photographs, minutes of limited meetings attended by
some council members, and environmental efforts attended by the general
public and a few of petitioner's members were insufficient evidence to
demonstrate significant social relationships.
Comments on the PF by two third parties added no significant
information on community. Wesley Taukchiray detailed his analysis of
the location or composition of the Tolowa Indian villages in the late
19th century. He believes that the modern-day petitioner's ancestors
are ``successors in interest'' to these villages. Mr. Taukchiray did
not provide any documentation with his submission to support his
arguments. None of his analysis shows the petitioner's ancestors were a
community distinct within or from the Smith River and the Elk Valley
Tribes, or that the petitioner evolved out of those two Tribes.
Gordon Bonser wrote that he had lived in the Crescent City area
since the early 1990s and had many friends among the petitioning group.
Based on his personal experience, he attested to the fact the
petitioner's members viewed ``themselves as being both Native American
and Tolowa'' and as ``separate from the Smith River or Elk Valley
people.'' He provided no documentation to support this opinion and
contrary evidence in the record outweighs his claims.
In summary, the evidence for the PF and the FD does not demonstrate
that the petitioner's ancestors evolved as a community distinct either
from the Smith River and Elk Valley Tribes or from any other Tolowa
entity that may have existed before 1908. The evidence does not
demonstrate that the group's claimed precursor, the DNIWA, was an
entity that constituted a community distinct from the membership of the
Smith River and the Elk Valley Tribes from the 1930s to the 1980s, or
that petitioner's ancestors were distinct within it. Finally, the
evidence of the petitioner's activities since the 1980s does not
satisfy the regulations or change the conclusion that the evidence was
insufficient between 1930 and the 1980s. Thus, the evidence in the
record is insufficient to demonstrate that the petitioner constituted a
The evidence in the record for the PF and the FD is insufficient to
change the conclusions in the PF. Thus, the Department declines to
acknowledge the petitioner known as the Tolowa Nation as an Indian
tribe within the meaning of Federal law. The Department will provide a
copy of this Federal Register Notice to the petitioner and interested
parties, and is available to other parties upon written request or as
posted on the BIA Web site. Those parties wishing a paper copy of the
FD should address their requests to the Assistant Secretary as
instructed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. After the
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, the petitioner or
any interested party may file a request for reconsideration with the
Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) under the procedures in section
83.11 of the regulations. The IBIA must receive this request no later
than 90 days after the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. The FD will become effective, as provided in the regulations,
90 days after the Federal Register publication unless the IBIA receives
a request for reconsideration within that time.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
BILLING CODE 4310-G1-P


NEW BEGINNINGS-IT TAKES COURAGE TO CHANGE ©: WHAT ARE YOU REACHING FOR?
I humbly thank God that He is always right beside us when we seek Him. I thank Him for the anointing that has been put on our desire to strengthen our relationship with Him-He answers us when we call to Him. To God be the glory through our lives. In the Name of Jesus, Yea Amen.
Let us tell God in the name of Jesus, how much we appreciate Him. Amen. By heeding the directions that He sends to us, by fully obeying Him, you are letting God know How Much you Appreciate Him and All that He Has Already Done for you.
Thank You Jesus-Thank You Jesus!
No matter where you stand within your journey today--right now--By opening up your mouth to Praise Him you are appreciating Him because He is God, and for what He has done for you and He Will Honor His Promises to you. Amen.
Faith makes all things possible-Love makes it easy! The Call IS for us to be the hope in times of hopelessness, to be the love that erases fears. To use our voices to tell of what His Love has done- Are you a living witness for God? (Acts 4:19-20/ Acts 5:29-32). God will ALWAYS be right there when you call on Him--He will send you the answers before you need them. He will grab you when you fall.
As the title asks you-and please think on it...What are you reaching for?
Is it gold things? silver things? honor from man? recognition from man? awards from man? are you reaching for security? happiness? strength? tangible things?
Are you busy reaching for the things that you see others with?
Are you reaching for the gifts of the Spirit? Are you reaching for the corner of Christ's garment? are you reaching for His healing? His guidance-His presence?
And Why, are you reaching for these things?
Are You reaching by your own power or through the Power of Jesus?
Are you following the pre-destined plan that God placed for you-or-are you following a plan that you set forth for yourself?
What Are You Reaching For and How are you going about it?
You really need to ask yourself these questions so that you are very clear about every step, consequence, situation, every motive, every decision that you make and go through. That you have His wisdom and understanding about such things.
Everything that you go through is designed to bring you through to The Divine Destiny that God spoke out for your life! He said, that every word out of His mouth will come to pass. That nothing will return to Him empty! (Psalms 4:1) Yea amen.
Your faith is being tried by fire. Just as metal is heated in order to change the properties of it so that it will be stronger than before the fire. Just think, after the fire, You will be stronger than you ever were! And nothing that comes your way-NOTHING will be able to shake your faith in God- the anointing that He has placed upon you will show everyone and yourself, that you posses such courage--it will be a privilage to see such courage!
Remember, there are no shortcuts.
What are you reaching for? Fear or Faith?
What are you walking in, Fear or Faith?
God has put destiny into us and in order to get it out of us...He has to pull disorder and fear out of you. He has to pour discipline into you.
Please know this-the gifts, talents, and skills that you have been blessed with--are nothing without God's Anointing upon them-- Mixed in with them. They are NOTHING unless you are obeying His directions on how, when, and what to do with them. When you replace His Light with one that you power--you will not be able to see very far-nor will you be able to lead people by being His Light and letting it shine.
None of your gifts, talents, and skills will help the people they were intended to help if you are not allowing His Anointing to be upon you and to shine through you. To allow this- you have to be totally obedient.
So, if you are trying to reach higher levels by your own little power, with your motives- with your skills, talents and gifts (with no anointing)...you will obtain a higher place than you started out from--But, it will be much lower than where God pre-destined you to be!
Please know this, that this place-this level you obtained all on your own = SHALL BE CALLED= "the place that-is-lower-than-you-should-be-" And, you will have to maintain that level on your own--God will not help you or invest in your actions.
Now, ask yourself this and ask God this...."Lord, is this why i am not happy? Is this why i am anxious for what you promised me? Is this why I have my eyes, heart and focus on the things and not You? Am I reaching for the wrong things Lord? Is this why i can't see You in the midst of my situations? Lord, have i moved before You? Lord, Have i stopped when You told me to keep going?" Oh In Jesus' Name I call upon Your wisdom, knowledge and understanding to help me, Amen.
Now, wait on His answers to you...He will impart them into your spirit-your heart and you will know the truth. Thank You Lord. Amen.
Give Him your time, your space, your heart, your mind-think on Him...Give Him your All- and know that impartations are always Established Truth. The are given to change our perspective-they produce His Living Water for a thristy crop to be harvested from you. And once you encounter this rain of impartation that Only God can give us-We are left with a deeper understanding and love of God and for God-greater than anything that we have ever known--it is a greater and higher knowledge and peace that leaves us changed.
It's that sweet fragrance that lifts the tired soul after a rain! Oh Jesus--that name-there is something about that Name!
Please know that established truth, that is delivered to us–by people, events and circumstances, are wrapped in a purity by God that the world cannot rival. Without a doubt, I believe that God designed our lives to be containers sent for many purposes-He fills us up with what the people will need-He also sends us into places, situations, settings that have been orchestrated for the purpose of change and for increase to all involved = of true spiritual substance and for promise filled deliverances. Bless Your Name Lord!
Father God, In the Name of Jesus, I ask that You stand against all that can break Your nations and crush Your people. I pray that Your nations will not be broken but will be strengthened by Your virtue and Your steadfast love of us. I declare out of my mouth-that what You speak, You will bring to pass. Yea Amen. Excellent Father that You are, I declare all will fear the Lord and revere You- for "You spoke and they came into existence!"
I ask You in the Name of Jesus, to spoil plans and purposes that are not of You, and I declare instead that the purposes of Your heart-what pleases You will be established in the present generation and will realease the seeds, planting, water and harvests that You spoke into existance: "From heaven God looks down and sees all men and watches the inhabitants of earth. He considers everything they do and calls them to allow Him to form their hearts. Because of Him, no army saves a ruler; but the eyes of the Lord watch those who fear Him and He delivers them from death, famine and lost hope."
Lord, I testify with my life that You are Everything we need. I testify out of my mouth to be that voice of hope-that voice of agreement when it seems that nothing but chaos lives-that voice of unconditionaLove when hate seems to grow in 3's. I will speak of All the things that Your love has done for us.
I will continue to build Your Kingdom Here on earth, as IT IS IN HEAVEN, as You have spoken it into existance. To do what we were Told To Do, ALL That Jesus Did and Greater Things.
Lord, I thank You for giving me the faith that pleases You, In Jesus' Name, I humbly pray, praise and thank You-as i know it is done. Yea Amen.