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The greyhound in retirement should be maintained at a body weight of four to eight pounds more than its racing weight. Any increases beyond this should be considered obesity, which is a pathological condition, which may require medical intervention and the services of a veterinarian. The number one reason greyhounds become obese: Too little exercise, too many calories. When a racing greyhound that is bred for performance stops performing, that dog tends toart02 put on weight. In addition, big dogs burn fewer calories than small dogs, neutered and spayed dogs burn fewer calories than sexually intact dogs, older dogs have slower metabolic rates, and indoor dogs burn fewer calories than outdoor dogs. Remember that five pounds to a dog is like thirty pounds to a 180-pound man.

How can you tell if your dog is overweight? Your dog is overweight if you cannot easily feel his ribs, if his abdomen is no longer concave, if his waist is missing, if he has fat deposits or pads over the lumbar area or base of tail.

Why is obesity bad? Bone and joint function can be severely harmed by being overweight. Obesity intensifies orthopedic and arthritic conditions to the point that the dog becomes uncomfortable, doesn’t want to exercise and the obesity becomes a vicious cycle. Obesity can also play a role in liver and kidney dysfunction. The organs in your dog remain the same size, but his larger body produces more toxins and wastes for the organs to dispose. This may lead to serious health problems or death. Obese pets have significantly higher levels of cardiovascular disease (potentially fatal), cancer, diabetes, and stomach and intestinal problems. In addition, obese pets are at much greater risk for heat stroke.

What can you do? Take your dog to monthly greyhound events so you can compare your dog’s body shape to the other greyhounds, especially the newly retired racers. Sometimes it’s hard to notice your dog is putting on weight until you see him with other greyhounds or a vet points out the fact that he is becoming obese. So… your greyhound needs to lose a few pounds. Remember, your dog doesn’t hunt his own food. You, the owner, must take charge of your dog’s diet and exercise routine.

• Exercise, exercise, exercise. Daily walks, playing ball-anything that burns calories.
• Use special formula food for weight loss, available at pet stores and through your vet.
• Decrease food amounts gradually so that your dog doesn’t move in with the neighbors (who have been feeding him when he’s in the backyard).
• No free choice food – YOU control the pantry doors, YOU control the bags and cans. Feed twice-daily giving one-half of his total daily portion at each meal.
• Eliminate “People Food”. People food is very calorically dense and may be worse than you think. One Twinkie may not be much to a person, but it’s terrible for your dog.
• Keep treats to a minimum and always use low calorie treats.
• Spend more time with your dogs. Bored dogs tend to eat more.
• Weigh the dog regularly. We recommend once a month at the vet, once a week at home.
• Please remember that unless diet is managed after weight loss, the excess weight will return. Also, any program that is based on moderate calorie restriction should allow safe weight loss in healthy dogs. So, you can substitute green beans, carrots, and broccoli, just to name a few, in your dog’s diet. (Broccoli stalks are great treats. They can be cut in bite-size pieces or you can give an entire stalk as a “chew stick”.)

I would recommend a good physical exam, blood work (especially for any dog over eight years of age) that should include a thyroid function test, heartworm test, and chest x-rays as s minimum place to start before beginning a new diet and exercise program.

Remember, it’s up to YOU. I have never seen a greyhound in the checkout line at the grocery store. It’s up to YOU, the caregiver, to ensure that your dog has the best possible quality of life.


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Go to this link and read the instructions for the I-765: http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-765instr.pdf

You need to determine which category you fall under to be eligible for EAD. Once you figure out the category you fall under, enter the code in line 16 of the I-765 form.

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I'm a non-US citizen married to my husband ( a USA citizen last year), filling form I-765 how do I answer question number 16? I came with a R/B2 visa. Is a9 correct?

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No A9 is not correct. A9 is the category you would use if you entered the US on a K-3 visa. You did not.

Did you file adjustment of status yet? If not, you cannot file form I-765.

If you did file, then your category will be C9--adjustment applicant.

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Due to the current protracted AOS processing times, it is generally recommended that when you file your I-485 (AOS), you concurrently file for the EAD/AP (I-765/I-131) combo card. There are no additional fees if concurrently filed. There are numerous forum threads lamenting the fact that folks need to travel home for family emergencies, etc. prior to the processing of their AOS and then they have to scramble around trying to get an Advance Parole document (I-131). Save the potential hassles, and concurrently file for EAD/AP combo card. :thumbs:

Good luck on your immigration journey.

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Hi friends, I am in US with R/B2 visiting visa now and I got married with a US citizen in April 2014. I wanna send my i-485 and other forms for getting green card. I wanna know do I need to get a K visa now? Do I need to change my visa to K or it is useless?

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Hello everyone, I'll enter the US after 1 week for the first time with DV visa package, I will stay for 40 days to receive the green card and will stay in different hotels, will go back to my country and did the final relocation in 5 months.I have a question in the DS260 form i put one of my relative address as our address there and his mail box to receive the SSN and green card, while I will stay at the same state and will get the green card through his mail box as I filled in the DS260, but will not live in their house? is that a problem that I need to worry about and notify the USCIS ??

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Yet another major storm is making a beeline for the Gulf coast. Just a head’s up that if the storm keeps up its current path and significantly strengthens over the week, there likely won’t be an update this Friday seeing as we’ll be busy bracing for impact–or making a run for it.

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Naomi tends to Iccari's woundsHere’s a piece that I forgot to upload here. Naomi is tending to Iccari’s wound, though he wishes it wouldn’t hurt so much. It’s not actually a scene from the story, but I felt like sketching it out one day.

Line art was done with a simple #2 pencil, then cleaned up and painted in Photoshop.

Sketchbook Monday #44

Missed two Sketchbook Mondays in a row because, to be honest, there was nothing to show! Also, last Monday was Labor Day, and I didn’t feel like doing anything. 😛 Despite a cold that won’t go away, I can’t stand missing three Sketchbook Mondays in a row. Not that anyone actually reads these things. 🙁

sketchThis is some random, generic girl I sketched this morning just to have something to show this week. How pathetic of me! :/

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Here's my latest monthly fashion column on Vista Magazine on 5 Must-Have pieces that never go out of style. It's in Spanish, but here's my translated version:

With the New Year in full swing, there's nothing better than to start with an organized closet and get rid of clothes we don't use anymore. But as much as trends come and go, there's always those key pieces that never go out style. Here are 5 key pieces that no girl should ever go without.

1. Leather Jacket: A leather jacket in a neutral color like black or brown never goes out of style. You can also combine it with almost any look, whether it be a cocktail dress
or jeans and a top for a casual look. Consider pairing it with feminine pieces to balance out the masculine look.

2. Jeans: Since they first came around in 1873, jeans have become a favorite amongst women. And how many times has it saved us from those "I have nothing to wear" moments.
Look for a cut that flatters your body. The boot-cut, for example, is a style that flatters most body figures.

3. Cardigan: A cardigan is so versatile and definitely another must-have. You can pair with pants, skirts or a dress. The great thing about the cardigan is there is no color
restrictions. Find a color that will make your skin pop. An animal print cardigan is a great option to give a modern twist to this classic piece.

4. White Button-Down Shirt: Designer Carolina Herrera is the number one fan of the white-button down shirt. The great thing about a white-button down is that it doesn't matter
the age, it's always in style.

5. Under the Knee Boots: Boots in either black or brown are another key piece that should always be in your wardrobe. As you'll see, the key to most of these pieces
is finding neutral colors like black, navy or brown. This way you can combine it so many ways and with various colors.

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  1. Great post! and my favorite piece is the leather jacket, we are never tire of it!
    Kisses, happy Friday and come to visit me!

  2. Love this post...I'm really all about polshed & versatile pieces. I get a weird high off of being able to wear a piece many different ways. Great post xo

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The love of 53 couples, all former members of the LTTE, will culminate in marriage under the auspices of the state they once fought to overthrow.

Rehabilitation Commissioner General Brig. Sudantha Ranasinghe said these lovers are now undergoing rehabilitation. They will take each other’s hands at a special collective wedding ceremony. It will be held at Pompemadu Rehabilitation Centre on the 13th of next month. He said the couples will be given the opportunity to start a new life at the Kaithadi collective village, where they are to be settled.

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Sri Lankan military encroaches into civilian economy after end of war

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MANKULAM, Sri Lanka (AFP) –

In a wooden shelter in north Sri Lanka a soldier has swapped his gun for a pair of scissors, trimming hair and beards of civilians who now travel through what was a war zone until last year.

Business is brisk at the army-run salon, which also offers scalp and foot massages by battle-hardened soldiers.

Business is brisk at the army-run salon, which also offers scalp and foot massages by battle-hardened soldiers~pic: courtesy: AFP~click on pic for larger image

Next door is the "Military Cafe", where veterans of the government's long civil war against the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels now serve up tea and snacks to passing domestic tourists.

"The food is fresh. It's made in the nearby army camp. Prices same as elsewhere," said Corporal Nimal Karunaratne at the cafe in Mankulam, 190 miles (300 kilometres) north of Colombo as uniformed soldiers wipe plastic tables.

The small businesses are just two signs of how the end of the war last May has affected life in Sri Lanka.

Situated on the main A9 highway that links the northern Jaffna peninsular to the island's south, Mankulam was a stronghold of the Tamil Tiger rebels who controlled one-third of Sri Lanka as recently as 2006.

After a massive military offensive that attracted international concern about civilian deaths, the Tigers were eventually crushed in May last year.

But the northeast of Sri Lanka, scene of much of the fighting, has been left a scarred and deserted landscape as former residents are unable or unwilling to return to many of the villages destroyed by the war.

The area is still littered with landmines and other unexploded ordnance. With little or no civilian life, the military has set up shops along the highway selling groceries, top-up phone cards and food.

A few miles up the road, Malaysian mobile phone operator Dialog has erected advertising over a military hut selling snacks to local tourists. Many pose for pictures near the burnt-out shell of a bulldozer used as a makeshift tank by the rebels.

Back in the capital Colombo, a former naval troop carrier is being used as a venue for cocktail parties.

A sound system plays hits by Swedish pop-group ABBA as guests sip drinks and watch the sunset from the decks of the Jetliner.

As the vessel leaves port on its short evening voyage, dozens of navy women release colourful streamers and balloons. A naval tug blares horns and a sailor points out passing landmarks to guests.

"This is the new image that the Sri Lanka government wants to project," navy chief Thisara Samarasinghe told AFP as he mingled with guests aboard the ship, including diplomats, leisure industry executives and socialites.

During the final years of war, the Jetliner ferried 3,000 men and military supplies to the battlefields up and down the northeast coast.

It came under attack many times but was never hit, Samarasinghe explained to his guests as they took pictures of Colombo's shoreline.

The Jetliner began its new life in January as a floating banquet hall and a venue for corporate events, weddings and seminars.

Now operated as a commercial venture by the navy, the bill is 18,000 dollars for a five-hour cruise with a navy band and meals cooked by staff from a Colombo five-star hotel for 350 guests.

"We are not losing money, we are not making a lot of money, but let's say our order book is nearly full until Christmas," Samarasinghe said, declining to say when the vessel will be returned to its Indonesian owners.

In another example of military marketing, at Palaly airbase in the north of the island, airforce helicopters are on hire to businessmen.

Prices for an hour range from 950 dollars for a four-seater Bell 206 to 3,000 dollars for ride in a Russian-built Mi-17 transporter, airforce spokesman Janaka Nanayakkara said.

Despite the end of the civil war, the government recently proposed maintaining defence spending at about 1.8 billion dollars a year.

And the army size will remain at 200,000 men and women to ensure that the Tigers are unable to stage a comeback.

Critics say the military presence in all areas of Sri Lankan life is dampening entrepreneurial spirit and holding back post-war development.

"Without downsizing the military after the war, or returning leased equipment, the military is encroaching into the civilian economy," complained Muttukrishna Sarvananthan, a consultant economist to foreign donors.

Sarvananthan, who conducts surveys on the northern and eastern economy, said the military must be cut back to allow Sri Lanka to grow a stable peacetime economy.

"It is a waste of public resources to pay specially trained people to do mundane things like pour tea and cook food for passing travellers. If there is no work, the military should be downsized to save money," he said.


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A special "telemetry" message format for exchange of arbitrary information (up to 71 bits) Decoding sensitivity for the new messages will be essentially the same as for the FT8 and MSK144 modes presently in WSJT-X v1.9.1. The existing FT8 DXpedition mode will still be supported, and a more powerful DXpedition mode may be offered as well. In this document we'll call the new FT8 protocol "FT8+". It will be a superset of the FT8 implemented in v1.9.1, providing at least temporary compatibility and inter-operability with older program versions. We may decide to remove support for old-style 72- and 75-bit messages after a specified switchover interval. In contrast, the new MSK144 protocol will replace the old one without backward compatibility. We believe the smaller and more specialized group of MSK144 users will upgrade quickly and not find this restriction to be a problem. Here are some examples of message formats that will be supported by FT8+ and MSK144 in WSJT-X v2.0. The list is not exhaustive. Parameters i3 and n3 (shown in column 1) are used in the software to define major and minor 77-bit message types. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i3.n3 Example Messages Comments ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.0 TNX BOB 73 GL Free text 0.1 K1ABC RR73; W9XYZ -08 DXpedition Mode (sent only by Fox) 0.2 G4ABC/P R 570007 JO22DB EU VHF Contest 0.2 PA9XYZ 590003 IO91NP EU VHF Contest 0.3 K1ABC W9XYZ 6A WI ARRL Field Day 0.3 W9XYZ K1ABC R 2B EMA ARRL Field Day 0.5 123456789ABCD Telemetry (18 hex digits) 1. W9XYZ Compound call 1. W9XYZ 73 1. CQ FD K1ABC FN42 1. CQ K1ABC FN42 1. CQ TEST K1ABC FN42 NA VHF Contest ("TEST" is optional) 1. CQ TEST K1ABC/R FN42 1. K1ABC W9XYZ EN37 1. K1ABC W9XYZ -09 1. K1ABC W9XYZ R-17 1. K1ABC W9XYZ RRR 1. K1ABC W9XYZ 73 1. K1ABC W9XYZ RR73 1. K1ABC/R W9XYZ EN37 1. K1ABC W9XYZ/R RR73 1. W9XYZ -13 Nonstandard call 1. W9XYZ R+02 1. W9XYZ RRR 1. W9XYZ RR73 2. CQ G4ABC/P IO91 2. G4ABC/P PA9XYZ JO22 2. PA9XYZ G4ABC/P RR73 3. K1ABC KA0DEF 559 MO ARRL RTTY Roundup 3. K1ABC W9XYZ 579 WI ARRL RTTY Roundup 3. KA1ABC G3AAA 529 0013 ARRL RTTY Roundup 3. TU; G3AAA K1ABC R 559 MA ARRL RTTY Roundup 3. TU; KA0DEF K1ABC R 569 MA ARRL RTTY Roundup 3. W9XYZ K1ABC R 589 MA ARRL RTTY Roundup 4. CQ KH1/KH7Z Compound call 4. CQ YW18FIFA Nonstandard call ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some examples of minimal QSO sequences that take advantage (where necessary) of the new protocol capabilities. Model QSOs number 1 and 2 are supported already, with the present FT8 and MSK144 protocols, and number 3 with the existing FT8 DXpedition Mode. Model QSOs 4-8 (and others not illustrated here) require the new protocols with 77-bit messages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Standard QSO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CQ K1ABC FN42 K1ABC W9XYZ EN37 W9XYZ K1ABC -11 K1ABC W9XYZ R-09 W9XYZ K1ABC RRR K1ABC W9XYZ 73 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Short-cycle QSO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CQ K1ABC FN42 K1ABC W9XYZ -09 W9XYZ K1ABC R-11 K1ABC W9XYZ RR73 W9XYZ K1ABC 73 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. FT8 DXpedition Mode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CQ KH1/KH7Z KH7Z K1ABC FN42 K1ABC KH7Z -12 KH7Z K1ABC R-14 KH7Z W9XYZ EN37 ... possibly other callers ... K1ABC RR73; W9XYZ -08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. ARRL Field Day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CQ FD K1ABC FN42 K1ABC W9XYZ 6A WI W9XYZ K1ABC R 2B EMA K1ABC W9XYZ RR73 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. ARRL VHF Contests ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CQ TEST K1ABC/R FN42 K1ABC/R W9XYZ EN37 W9XYZ K1ABC/R R FN42 K1ABC/R W9XYZ RR73 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. ARRL RTTY Contest ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CQ TEST K1ABC FN42 K1ABC W9XYZ 579 WI W9XYZ K1ABC R 589 MA K1ABC W9XYZ RR73 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. EU VHF Contest ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CQ TEST G4ABC/P IO91 G4ABC/P PA9XYZ JO22 PA9XYZ 590003 IO91NP G4ABC/P R 570007 JO22DB PA9XYZ G4ABC/P RR73 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Compound call ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CQ PJ4/K1ABC W9XYZ W9XYZ K1ABC -11 K1ABC W9XYZ R-09 W9XYZ RRR W9XYZ 73 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To minimize confusion that's likely to arise during a switchover from v1.9.1 to v2.0, we propose to follow a well advertised schedule: "RC1 Date" -- perhaps as early as September 15, 2018? ------------------------------------------------------- This will be the first chance for beta testers to try WSJT-X using the 77-bit messages. We may restrict this opportunity to specific volunteer testers, and we'll probably include an "upgrade by xxxx_date" message to remind people that they are using a release intended only for testing. FT8+ will support the old (v1.9.1) protocol as well as the new message types outlined above. To avoid QRMing legacy FT8 users with messages they can't decode, we'll recommend testing FT8+ on frequencies formerly used for JT9. MSK144 will be fully functional between any two stations using the RC1 software, but it will not be backward compatible with earlier program versions. "RC2, RC3,... Date" -- perhaps in October? -------------------------------------------- As needed, depending on results of testing. GA Release Date -- perhaps in November? --------------------------------------------- Official General Availability release of WSJT-X v2.0.0. The original MSK144 protocol will be declared obsolete. For reference: Dates of relevant upcoming ARRL contests ------------------------------------------------------- VHF QSO Party: September 8-10, 2018 RTTY Roundup: January 5-6, 2019 VHF SS: January 19-21, 2019 Our proposed schedule should make WSJT-X Version 2.0 usable for relevant ARRL operating events in 2019.


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Charting an artist’s mind

“The beauty of the physical world becomes a metaphor for the capacity of the spirit to reveal itself,” says Ira Barkoff, whose “Mindscapes” are at Canfin Gallery in Tarrytown Saturday, Oct. 15 through Nov. 6. Here’s what the gallery notes had to say about him:

“Evocation of light is ever-present in his romantic and experiential landscapes. His recent works convey the spontaneity and the maturity of the artist’s hand and dedication to his life’s subject, the landscape.

Reveling in nature’s glory, the artist dictates from memory and utmost confidence this familiar terrain, immortalizing the influence of light on his subject and thereby its dynamic essence. His canvases are suffused with color, his choices are rich effervescent hues, gleaming reminders of places and moments that captivate and enchant the viewers to participate in their own revelry and experience.

“With renewed assurance in his approach to his work, Ira has abandoned the traditional landscape for the abstract, altering his approach and technique and allowing for the spontaneous to influence its direction.

“Born in 1934 in Brooklyn, Barkoff has enjoyed a long and celebrated career. He has a BFA from Pratt Institute and has studied at The Art Students League of New York with such notables as Robert Beverly Hale. He continues to teach at the Washington Art Association in Connecticut.”

There’s a reception Saturday, Oct. 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. Canfin is at 39 Main St. For more, call 914-332 4554 or visit And for more on the arts, look for WAG’s November issue, out Nov. 1. – Georgette Gouveia

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The cost of "Truth!"

Papa John was mentioned on this blog, when he was looking for his original Camaro.

Today he bought it!

And he paid a $25,000 finder fee, and $250,000 for the car.

Why the original car? In the words of Papa John, "Because this one's the truth!"

So if you're a Camaro owner, stop by Papa John's tomorrow, because the pizza is on the house!!

And let me give some free advertising to Papa John.

Because he knows what truth is!

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War Poet.ca - A CFAP Project by Suzanne Steele

Remembrance 2011

Two years ago Nov. 11th, I was in Afghanistan with 14 next-of-kin, the Minister of Defence, Peter MacKay, the Governor of Kandahar, and several hundred heavily armed mercenaries and Canadian and Afghan soldiers attending a Remembrance Day Ceremony at KAF.

It was hot and I was unnerved. All that weaponry around me, I couldn’t help but think that only a few weeks previously, Afghan soldiers had turned around and shot their British allies point blank- Taliban apparently, posing as ANA- in Helmand. My imagination was on over-drive as I looked at those in attendance and thought, “high value.”

And though I always had a “minder” nearby, an assigned soldier who would look after me (shield me with his body, shove me to the ground, shoot and hand-to-hand if needs be, or get me to a bunker if we were rocketed), I was suffering from jet lag, some private issues, and was anxious to fly outside the wire to where Delta Company, the rifle company I knew best and felt at home with best, were.

And to be honest, my “minder” for the first few days I was in A’stan, was an acting ass-adj who clearly did not know or care about who I was (a case of the old WTF is a poet doing here and why should I bother” scenario, which at Shilo, Suffield, WWx etc. had been worked out) and the fact that he’d been a half hour late picking me up from my flight to KAF, leaving me, a civilian without weapon or training, not knowing where the hell I was, in a war zone, did not exactly inspire confidence.

Fortunately, a Padre I knew from Suffield saw me, got on the phone, and stayed with me until a driver (a 2006 vet who DID impress me) and the young Lt. (who clearly didn’t) came to get me. Because of the acting ass-adj’s ineptitude, I missed a helicopter out to Nathan Smith where I was supposed to meet up with a CIMIC Warrant I’d spent time with at WWx. I never got to see her which is too bad as I’d hoped to compare her experience in training and see how different it was over there, but it’s okay, because the permanent ass-adj returned shortly thereafter and made the best of it for me. A few weeks later he was sent outside the wire to take over a platoon after the brilliant young officer who led the platoon was killed.

In theatre, or whenever one is around war, it’s a case of stop, go, stop, change plans… Who knows if I had caught that helicopter how things might have been different…the young journalist Michelle Lang, and four soldiers were killed only a month later, near to where I was heading. I had spent time at WWx with two of the soldiers who were killed that day.

I often think about the young Lt. who was my minder, the young officer who took over from the inept “acting” babysitter, first assigned to me. The young and very capable officer’s dream was to lead a platoon into war, he had trained for it, was ready for it, and yet he was bound to a desk in KAf escorting VIPs around. He knew his only chance to lead a platoon over there would be through the death or injury of another officer, and then he was in line to step in. An unenviable position. This young officer must have had such dreadfully conflicted feelings as he took over from his dead comrade several weeks into the deployment. It was both the worst sort of nightmare to lose his colleague, and so horribly, and a dream come true to finally have a chance to lead a platoon in theatre. A terrible, terrible paradox. Such is the stuff of war. But I heard from others that he did a very good job. One can’t imagine it. Stepping into a literally shattered platoon and taking command. But that’s what they do. They soldier on.

A year ago I was with X in Edmonton. We strolled arm-in-arm down Whyte Ave. He so polished and smiling in his DUs, his red sash with the tied knots (one for each of his dead men), his beret perfect, his boots polished perfectly, and I in my hunter’s check and amber and knee high boots, a blue pea jacket, my poppy and little Patricia pin. We’d walk by a pub and he’d see some of his boys hanging outside the bar without their tunics and ties, having a smoke, joking and hanging, with one eye on the lookout for a jacking up, as young soldiers always are, and they’d straighten up, hide their smoke behind their back as we passed, say, “Evening Sir” and he’d say, “Evening boys. Have a good one.” Then after we passed them he’d laugh because it was his job to jack them up for not wearing their full Dress Uniform in public, but he didn’t “Because it’s Remembrance Day” but still he enjoyed the little “show”.

At the restaurant we were put at the front of the line by some older couples and we were served first. Everyone smiled at us, some shook his hand. I thanked the older couples, said, “this time last year we were both in Afghanistan, thank you. he’s a very tired man, we’re very, very tired.” His fatigue from a rough tour, and another sort of shitshow (not in theatre), I from the long wait for them to come home, and my own personal shitshow. Later that night we watched the CBC program on TV that had little stories about his 5 lost men. We had each other.

Two days ago, I rose at 5 am and took a train to London. I met my host, a CO from the Royal Fusiliers, at Westminster Cathedral where the annual Garden of Remembrance Ceremony is held. We whisked through security and onto the lawn outside the cathedral to an enclosure filled with uniforms, bowler hats, thousands of little crosses lined up in front of each Regiment’s ensignia, and thousands of medals – Victoria Crosses, Crosses from Korea, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Afghanistan – on uniforms and suits.

We walked along a poppy-red carpet to a place where the Fusiliers had placed hundreds of little crosses with poppies on them, and stood behind the crosses until Prince Phillip arrived. At 1050 there were prayers, then at 1100 hrs, a moment of silence. The CO said to me, “look up onto the roof.” On the rooftop of Westminster Cathedral were two trumpeters dressed in full royal livery. I couldn’t help but think that I was witnessing something that had been carrying on for hundreds of years – long ceremonial trumpets on the rooftop sounding remembrance for the dead. After the moment of silence and the trumpets, Prince Philip, in his naval uniform, made his way around to all the Regiments and stopped at each one and spoke to each Commanding Officer.

After the Prince passed, we made our way out of the compound and grabbed a cab down to the Tower of London where the Fusiliers have their Regimental Headquarters. As we were driving we were caught in a traffic jam. In the other lane, her car creeping slowly along the traffic jam and coming in the opposite direction, was the Queen and her lady in waiting. Her car adorned with her Royal Standard. She wore beautiful rich purple hat and dress and her skin was gorgeous. She looked very, very annoyed. Even Queens can’t avoid traffic jams. As we passed her, and she was maybe ten feet away, and with the Thames on our right, I thought, “this must be what it was like to be a Londoner in Elizabeth the First’s reign, but one would be in a wagon and the Queen would be in a coach, but she’d probably have looked just as annoyed at being stuck in traffic.” We guessed she was on her way to the cathedral to pick up Philip for lunch.

We shared a cab with S, a retired senior officer full of entertainments. Knowing I’m Canadian, he told me about the time he dined with Trudeau in the 1970s and how tried to poach Trudeau’s girlfriend… “no luck, the chap was absolutely magnetic… but by God that woman was a gorgeous bird.”

At the Tower we got out and were waved through the gate by the first woman Beefeater, we walked along past the Traitor’s Gate, and into the forecourt, into the little castle which houses the infantry regiment’s HQ. Inside HQ we were shown into a huge dining room, its walls covered with paintings of Generals and Commanding Officers from the 18th century and on I’m guessing from their wigs and uniforms. Old flags, (colours), hung on the walls as did other remnants of old campaigns. An old flag printed with the battles of Afghanistan 1889-1890 caused me to shiver.

The dining room was empty but for a single heavy mahogany table placed dead centre. The table was set with regimental silver and cream coloured linen. But before we dined, 9 Generals and I, we had to have drinks. I paced myself carefully conscious that in my own way I represented myself, and my country.

Luncheon was announced and I was led to the table, all the gentlemen stood while my chair was held out and placed and then they all sat down once I was seated. More wine, this time served in very old, solid silver cups bearing Regimental insignia, then a beautiful salad of mixed greens with warm buffalo mozarella wrapped in smoked salmon, and lovely sourdough bread. This was followed by a gorgeous rack of lamb, creamed celeriac, scalloped potatoes, and the ubiquitous UK green peas.

The conversation at the table was fascinating. Nine Generals with several hundred years of command between them makes for interesting conversation.

I was particularly taken with the eldest General who had served in Korea as platoon commander in a rifle company. He and I spoke of the Van Doos with whom he served. He knew the Patricias well even though his regiment is closely associated with the RCR. The old General laughed as I described 12 hour shifts inside a Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) with a section of chain-smoking Van Doos listening to heavy metal and bivving out in the field with them.

Finally, after our meal was cleared, coffee was served and a plate of little dark wafers were passed around, first to me. “What are they?” I asked the general to my right. “Little chocolatey-minty things,” he replied.

“Oh, like posh After Eights,” I said. “Yes, how poetic,” said another General, “that’s a perfect description, posh After Eights!” which is what I think they’ll now describe those wafers from now on when asked.

I asked if the coffee was any good because ALL army coffee (except in the Engineers’ LAVs) is terrible. A general assured me it would be fine and it was.

3 hours later we gathered our coats and left. I thanked them all. The old General said, “no, Thank you, it’s nice to have this ugly bunch broken up by a pretty face.” He really was an officer and a gentleman.

Later, the CO and I had a 1/2 pint in a pub and went to the National Gallery for a few minutes to see my favourite painting/object in the entire world, The Wilton Dyptch. I then told him that I was heading off.

As I rode the train home, I talked to a young Italian who teaches Psych. at Plymouth University. I told him about my day and showed him my pictures.

“Now you can say you’ve eaten a meal at the Front, and as far from the Front as possible, with a tableful of Generals.” (though most of these Generals have been at the Front.)

And he was correct.

I have.

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silver goblets.

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rest in peace comrade, poet-in-arms

I just heard that one of my comrades from the Scottish School of Poets (Edinburgh), the poet Donnie MacNeill, has died. Donnie has been a great supporter of me and my work and has followed this project closely. he wrote me faithfully, encouraged me during dark personal times, and sent me some of his own war words. a gentle man, a fierce patriot. ’n aire do litrichean mór my friend.

Helmand Elegy

Death flew out of
a sun-burned sky;
Too high, to set off IEDs
But low enough
To pluck the flowers of youth
Not long sprung from
Childhood’s bud.
Snatched where they stood
In stifling sand ,that once was
Clinging mud.

Death left a souvenir
For those who feared
That this would be
Their fate.
In cool clear
Air they will return
To those who wait;
Not in a bud
But in a box
With unfurled flag
Contoured with tender
Care along its length.

God give them strength
Who wait, anticipate
An empty life with nought
To fill the void but grief.
Death is never sought.
Death is a thief.

Donnie MacNeill

Written on the news that eight young soldiers were killed in a fight with the Taliban Helmand province in Afghanistan.

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Technology Training for Teachers (T3) Program

Technology Training for Teachers

Warrensburg School District

"T" to the 3rd Power!

The T3 program is a model for effective professional development that focuses on integrating technology within the existing curriculum. Students, parents, teachers, and administrators have come to expect technology integration in the classroom as a component of quality education, and teachers in their first and second years in the district are required to attend a specific number of training sessions to meet this expectation.

Based on the district's Instructional Technology Performance Benchmarks for Teachers and inspired by ISTE's National Technology Standards for Teachers, this is an extensive professional development program for all teachers in their first and second years with the district. Year One participants attend a series of workshops focusing mainly on basic technology skills and how technology can support authentic learning. For Year Two participants, the focus shifts to integrating technology into the curriculum, with a plan for designing and implementing technology-infused activities with students.


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Nationalizing Iran

Culture, Power, and the State, 1870-1940

Afshin Marashi

  • Published: 2008
  • Subject Listing: Middle East Studies; Politics
  • Bibliographic information: 200 pp., 15 illus., 6 x 9 in.
  • Territorial rights: World Rights
  • Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity
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When Naser al-Din Shah, who ruled Iran from 1848 to 1896, claimed the title Shadow of God on Earth, his authority rested on premodern conceptions of sacred kingship. By 1941, when Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi came to power, his claim to authority as the Shah of Iran was infused with the language of modern nationalism. In short, between roughly 1870 and 1940, Iran's traditional monarchy was forged into a modern nation-state.

In Nationalizing Iran, Afshin Marashi explores the changes that made possible this transformation of Iran into a social abstraction in which notions of state, society, and culture converged. He follows Naser al-Din Shah on a tour of Europe in 1873 that led to his importing a new public image of monarchy-an image based on the European late imperial model-relying heavily on the use of public ceremonies, rituals, and festivals to promote loyalty to the monarch. Meanwhile, Iranian intellectuals were reimagining ethnic history to reconcile "authentic" Iranian culture with the demands of modernity. From the reform of public education to the symbolism surrounding grand public ceremonies in honor of long-dead poets, Marashi shows how the state invented and promoted key features of the common culture binding state and society. The ideological thrust of that century would become the source of dramatic contestation in the late twentieth century.

Marashi's study of the formative era of Iranian nationalism will be valuable to scholars and students of history, sociology, political science, and anthropology, as well as journalists, policy makers, and other close observers of contemporary Iran.
Afshin Marashi is assistant professor of history at California State University at Sacramento.

"Marashi's argument and theoretical approach are original and convincing and his conclusions are sound. This book promises to be a classic on the early formation of Iranian nationalism."
-Kamran Aghaie, author of Martyrs of Karbala: Shi'i Symbols and Rituals in Modern Iran

"Nationalizing Iran is a very interesting book for a wide readership. Especially original and insightful is its emphasis on continuities underlying what are commonly viewed as ruptures within modern Iranian history, such as the Constitutional Revolution, Reza Shah, Mossadeqh, and the Islamic Revolution of 1979."
-Sibel Bozdogan, author of Modernism and Nation-Building: Turkish Architectural Culture in the Early Republic

1. Staging the Nation: City, Ceremony, and Legitimation in Late Qajar Iran

2. Nationalizing Pre-Islamic Iran: The Return of the Archaic and the Authentication of Modernity

3. The Pedagogic State: Education and Nationalism under Reza Shah

4. Nation and Memory: Commemorations and the Construction of National Memory under Reza Shah

"[Marashi's] study is an accessible and meaningful contribution to the history of late Qajar and early Pahlavi Iran, and can be read profitably by scholars and students alike. And, like all the best academic research, it reminds us how much more there is to learn."
-American Historical Review


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Artists participating will receive a $25 gift card courtesy of Logan Hardware. Boxes will be available starting Tuesday, September 4th and will be due Monday, October 1st.

The final boxes will be voted upon by the public to pick a winner. The winning artist will receive the Best Local Artist award in the 2018 Best of Gay DC Awards and a $500 cash prize.

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Kirkland Arts Center: To Die For: Clay Extrusion Workshop

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Event Description: Learn how to create sculpture and functional objects using different extruder dies through demonstrations and hands-on experience. Forms include boxes, tubes, triangles, ribbons and coils. Aaron Murray will show easy ways to shape tubes into different animals including owls, cats, pelicans, whales, hippos, human figures, and more. No experience necessary and lots of fun!

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Title of the Event: To Die For: Clay Extrusion Workshop

Date of the Event: Sat, November 18, 2017

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