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[edit] Millennium Dreamers
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[edit] Introduction
The Millennium Dreamers, also refered to as the Millennium Dreamer Ambassadors, is a group of 2000 noteworthy young adults who have shown great volunteerism and community service around the begining of the millennium. This young people have made great strides in serving their communities, from the United States and several other countries.
[edit] The Contest
In October of 1999, fast food giant McDonalds and entertainment mogul Disney teamed up with the UNESCO or United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, to find 2000 youths from around the world to represent their countries, towns, and states. The contestants were given a form handed out at various schools, volunteer organizations, and even McDonald's resteraunts in order to find the youths who were destined for the prize. The prize was a free trip to Walt Disney World where they can not only have a nice relaxing vacation, but share their stories on volunteering to others who have the same passion, as well as show the world that children can make a difference in the world.Contestants had to write a small essay and get a letter of recomondation from a sponser in order to be accepted.
[edit] The Winners
In March of 2000, the 2000 youths selected recieved word of their winnings, thanks to a special ceromony of the unveiling of the winners in front of the United Nations Building in New York City
Such winners ran the gauntlet from a girl who built a safe play arera for her friends in Puerto Rico to a blind girl who coaches Special Olympics outside Philadelphia. Other winners included a girl who made Braille blocks, a boy who started an anti-violence club, and a girl who took in refugees from Kosovo. All the winners ran the age range from 8 years old to 15, all have made some kind of impact on their communty.
[edit] The Prize
On May 8, 2000, the 2000 youths made their way to Disney World and were treated to a celeberty style life, from walking on red carpets, recieving medallians, free souviners, and national and international press coverage as well.
The most noted events of the three day long celebration included a free concert by Youngstown,MyTown,Sammie,and Nobody's Angel who were big pop bands of the era. Another noteworthy event was the award ceromony with a speech by Christopher Reeve, known for his role in the Superman movies. Another big event, the Power Of One Symposium, included panel talks from selected Dreamers, as well as famous personalities such as Lavar Burten and Sally Ride. The purpose of the symposium was to spread the word around the world that young people can make a difference in the community.
[edit] The Hype
Oprah Winfrey, famous american talk show host, did a special on the Millennium Dreamers, but thats not the only place where the dreamers have shown up at. Local and reginal news stations covered the trips of several dreamers, as well as the Disney Channel,Radio Disney,The Wonderful World Of Disney, and several other television appearances.
[edit] Where are they now?
Today, the Dreamers have continued to make an impact on the lives of others, several of them still run their own non profits to this day. Meanwhile, others are making their way to college, while others are entering the work force. ASll these Dreamers share one common goal, to make the world a better place.
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A Millennium Dreamers Diary
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WDWMagic.com's article on the Dreamers
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[edit] Food Ethics
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Ethics of Food Production and Consumption Michiel Korthals
1. Introduction: the importance of ethical considerations in food choice Modern western consumers are no longer involved in food production, and have less and less knowledge of, and trust in, production processes. Food, however, is and continues to be an intrinsic good for consumers; rice, for example, in some cultures has not only monetary value, but cultural, social and ethical value as well, because it has an intrinsic role to play in individuals experiencing life according to their ideas of what constitutes a good life (Visser 1986). It is not clear how consumers’ preferences can be communicated to food producers if the gap between consumer preferences and what is actually being done by producers remains in place. After discussing some political and ethical positions that do not align with consumer’s values and responsibilities, I will go into details of current consumer attitudes towards ethics of food, as well as discussing recent trends, such as the increasing diversification into various food styles and corresponding farming and production styles. Many consumers complain about barriers which prevent them from realizing ethically conscious food choices. As a consequence of many social scientific studies framing the buying, cooking and eating person as both a citizen concerned with ethical issues related to food production, and as a (materialist, profit maximizing) consumer, researchers may neglect the fact that consumers are confronted with various difficulties, such as what and who to believe regarding the information about food and ingredients provided on product label and by the media. In this context, where conflicting and potentially untrustworthy information is being presented, consumers often decide to buy the cheapest food stuffs available. Only recently are these potential barriers to optimal consumer choice being addressed, with remarkable results. However, we can identify barriers from the producer’s side as well: the “productionist paradigm” applied to food production practices during the last sixty years actively militates against the producer taking heed of ethical concerns.
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Critser, G., 2003, Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World, Boston: Houghton Mifflin FAO/WHO, 2003, Report: Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases, Geneva (WHO TRS 916) Korthals, M., 2001, Taking consumers seriously: Two concepts of consumer sovereignty. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental ethics, 14, 2, p. 201-215 Korthals, M., 2004, Before Dinner: Philosophy and Ethics of Food, Dordrecht: Springer Lang, T. and E. Millstone (Eds.), 2002, The Atlas of Food, London: Earthscan Books Lang, T., and M. Heasman, 2004, Food Wars, London: Earthscan Books Nestle, M., 2002, Food Politics: How food industry influences nutrition and health. Berkeley: University of California Press Potthast, Th., C. Baumgartner and E.-M, Engels (Eds.), 2005, Die richtigen Maße für die Nahrung? Biotechnologie, Landwirtschaft und Lebensmittel in ethischer Perspektive, (Series/Reihe:) Ethik in den Wissenschaften Vol. 17, Tübingen: Francke Verlag Shell, E. R., 2002, The Hungry Gene, London: Atlantic Books Thiele, F. and R. Ashcroft (Eds.), 2004, Bioethics in a small world, Dordrecht: Springer Watson, R., 1998, The Philosopher’s diet. How to lose weight and change the world, Boston: Non-pareil
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[edit] A Leader is Born
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Dr. Fuad Hameed Rai, born in the year 1967, in the city of Lahore the heart of Pakistan, had his nursery education in Glasgow UK where his father had gone to do his Master of Letters in Politics and later studied at Aitchison College ( Also known as Chief's College) for ten years. Dr. Fuad was good both at studies as well as sports. He was captain of his Houses Junior Football team. He stood second in the Secondary School Certificate exam in among all the students of Aitchison College. He later passed his higher Secondary School Certificate exam from Government College Lahore. During this time because of his academic excellence he was also awarded Hijra Scholarship. He also stood First in the Pakistan Day Essay Competetion in Government College Lahore.
Later he joined one of the best Medical Colleges of Pakistan, The Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore and was awarded a gold medal for standing first in one of the three major subjects of the first professional exam by the then President Of Pakistan H.E Ghulam Ishaq Khan. He passed his MBBS exam with flying colours and joined the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Lahore. Soon he passed his Fellowship entery exam and moved to the Institute of Public Health where he taught Public Health Practise/ Hospital Administration and epidemiology for three years as a Lecturer. During this time he also did a course in Hospital Waste Management sponsored by the British Council and faciliatated by the department of Toxicology, University of Bristol UK. During his stay at the Institute of Public Health he also passed the Membership exam of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the speciality of Community medicine/ Public Health.
In 1998 Dr. Fuad Hameed Rai joined Royal Government Of Netherland funded project on "Hospital Waste Management" (the first of its kind project in the history of Pakistan) as a Training Manager. Due to his extra ordinary management, creative and academic capabilities he was hired as the Medical Superintendent of Shalamar Teaching Hospital (a three hundred and fifty bedded hospital) Lahore. Under his dynamic leadership the hospital progressed at leaps and bounds and m,any new hospital departments were established with the help of philinthropists. He served as a medical Superintendent opf thje Hospital for three years to later take up the assinment of the Managing/Project director of the Hospital Waste Management (Garuntee)Limited Company which he managed till Feburary 2004. During this time he authored many training manuals and created a lot of communication materials, He also lobbyed with Health Minister, Environment Minister, Judges, Lawyers, Civil servants, media and other opinion leaders to seek there support to implement proper hospital and clinical waste management services in Pakistan in order to prevent the Infectious disease burden.
He was nominated by the Health Minister Dr.Tahir Ali Javaid to the Core group on Hepatitis Awareness. He was also nominated to a Commision on Solid Waste Management consitituted by a division bench of The Lahore High Court. Dr. Fuad can be truly called the Father of Clinical/Infectious Waste Management in Pakistan.
In 2000, Dr. Fuad also did his Masters in Business Management. He also completed his Social Enterprise Management Programme (Spread over approximately one year) in 2004 from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and conducted jointly by LUMS and McGill university Canada.
In 2004 he took up an assignment with Himont Pharamaceuticals sa Manager Special Projects and formed to companies Himont International and Himont Integrated Medical Support Systems. He was then appointed as the Chief Operating Officer. Under these companies he established state of the art Clinical Laboratories and in this regard signed a contract with Beckman Coulter in Switzerland for provision of Clinical lab services. He also establishe a chain of twelve Pharmacies in four cities of Pakistan which also had lab samples collections centers in them.
In 2006 Dr. Fuad took up an assignment to establish a state of the art two hundred bedded tertiary care hospital in Islamabad.
Dr. Rai has written several articles ranging from Nuclear Power to Disaster Preparedness and Management to Social Sciences. Presently he is also an Executive Board Member of the "Maternity and Child Welfare Association Of Pakistan" and Honourary Medical Advisor to the Medicare Trust. His picture was aired on the National Pakistani Television Network's National Anthem for more than twenty two years.
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[edit] Jose Joaquin de Olmedo
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Jose Joaquin de Olmedo was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador in march 20, 1780. He made his studies in Quito and followed his career of jurisprudence at the San Marcos University in Lima.
He returned to Ecuador and was named member of Cortes españolas in Cádiz, Spain. He flew to Spain after a absolutistic regime and he returned to Guayaquil. He was named president of the Government Junta.
He was against the annexion of Ecuador to Gran Colombia proposed by Simón Bolívar.
He modified his position and defended the independence. The leaders of the 9th of october of 1820 placed him as head of the insurrection, defending the maxim "God, home country, Freedom and Victory".
He created a constitution for Guayaquil, reorganized the army and colaborated with Sucre for the triumph at the Pichincha battlefield.
He wrote "La victoria de Junín o Canto a Bolívar" (The victory of Junín o Chant to Bolívar), a epic poem of 1824.
Among his poems there are "Al General Flores, vencedor en Miñarica" (To General Flores, winner of Miñarica).
He headed the revolution of march 1845.
He died in Guayaquil the 19 of february of 1847.
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[edit] Family Troubles (Our Gang short)
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Family Troubles is a one-reel comedy short subject and is an episode of the Our Gang series. It was released to theatres on April 3, 1943, produced by Loew's Incorporated for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and directed by Herbert Glazer.[1]
The film casts Janet Burston in the lead role and co-stars Billy "Froggy" Laughlin, Robert Blake, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Mickey Laughlin (Froggy's younger brother, who is given the nickname of "Happy"), Dickie Hall (as a kid who witnesses the gang helping Janet leave home) and teenager Beverly Hudson as Janet's sister Aurelia. Adult actors include Sarah Padden and Harry C. Bradley as Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jones, Barbara Bedford and Byron Shores as Janet's parents Mary and Jasper, and Elspeth Dudgeon as Aunt Aurelia (who Janet's sister was named after).[2]
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Janet feels that her parents don't love her anymore, as her sister, Aurelia, is always being doted upon. When her parents made her sister the definite center of attention (her sister sang a song and their father played the guitar) during her aunt's visit, it was the last straw.[3] Filled with anger and despair, Janet decides to run away from home. The gang volunteers to help Janet become "adapted" by another couple and choose Mr. and Mrs. Jones as potential candidates.
However, the Joneses immediately discover that Janet is a runaway and decide to teach her and the gang a lesson. They agree to adopt her, but make her life twice as miserable by making her scrub the floors (Janet bawls, "Why did I ever leave home?"). When Mrs. Jones begins to call Janet's family to return her home, Janet and the gang run away again to live in their hideout (which is a nearby cave). They soon discover that living in the cave is no easier, so they bring Janet back home.
Janet's family now realize how fortunate they are to have her. Her mother apologizes for being neglectful and unfeeling towards her and assures that it will never happen again. With everything happy, Froggy says "'All's well that ends well,' I always say." Janet's father corrects him, saying that his phrase was originally made by Shakespeare. "He did? Shucks!" answers a disappointed Froggy.[4]
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The song that Janet's sister sings for her aunt is entitled "She May Have Seen Better Days." It was written by James Thornton, published in 1894, and was a hit in 1896 for George J. Gaskin.[5]
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Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan was sworn in as Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on July 25, 2001 for the second time. Universally respected in Azad Kashmir for his adherence to principles, his courage, competence, and above all, his dedication to the development of Azad Kashmir.
He was born into an eminent political family of Kerala, Nikayal in Kotli district on June 1, 1934, he is the son of Sardar Fateh Mohammad Khan Karelvi whose name is synonymous with one of the first major uprisings against the repressive Dogra,regime in 1931. He, it was who led the popular agitation against an arbitrary tax on salt imposed by the Maharaja's regime. Three years later in 1934, running as a candidate for the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, he was elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature,
He, it was who led the popular agitation against an arbitrary tax on salt imposed by the Maharaja's regime. Three years later in 1934, running as a candidate for the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, he was elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature, the Praja Sabah, from his home constituency of Mendhra-Poonch, an office he successfully held through the elections of 1938 and 1944. Later, he also served as a member of the State Council during 1969-70. He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the struggle of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for their rights under the tyrannical and alien rule of the Dogras.
Growing up and receiving his early schooling in his native village of Karela, now in District Kotli and in Poonch city, Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan came to Rawalpindi's famous Gordon College from where he, graduated in 1956 before going on to the University Law College in Lahore to obtain a law degree in 1958.
He returned to Kotli to start a law practice and also formally joined the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, an association he has maintained with the consistency that has come to be recognized as the hallmark of his politics. He also successfully ran for membership of the local council, a position he occupied for eight years and during this period was also elected as President of Bar Association Kotli. In 1970, he was elected to the first Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
It is a sign of his personal popularity that he has been returned to office from his constituency in every election held in Azad Kashmir in the last 30 years, barring the years when he was President of Azad Kashmir.
Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan was inducted into the Azad Jammu and Kashmir cabinet as Minister of Revenue, Forests and Finance i 1972 and retained that portfolio for the next three years. He served as acting President of the Jammu and Kashmir Mislim Conference in the 1976-78 period 'and was elected President in 1978, a position he held until 1988.
In 1985, he was elected Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and retained that office for the next five years. He remained leader of the opposition in the Assembly during the next two years, before he was elected President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir for a five years term in 1991.
Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan as Prime Minister, a proven record of 'clean administration and public accountability. He is considered a tough but fair administrator, moderate as a politician and skillful as a negotiator, talents that stood him good stead.
He has announced his retirement from politics in runup to the 11 June 2006 elections held in Azad Kashmir.
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Draven Valentine is the pen name of a young Scottish writer who has been making waves on fictionpress.com in recent years with the widely popular "Emo Boy Stories", a series of short stories which center around Matt Harris, his band Anavrin and his girlfriend, Angel.
Known for her plot twists and constant mocking of figures such as Courtney Love, Draven Valentine is one of the most talented unpublished writers in the Western world.
Aimed at the teen market, The Emo Boy Stories cover everything from religion to sexuality, family and addiction. Draven Valentine began out growing her pre-puberty audience through 2005 with much loved characters like Matt relapsing back into heroin abuse, infedility and hate crimes all taking place.
Draven Valentine is a confident but wary writer, with a dedicated online following. Renowned for mentioning a wide range of bands in her series, the effect Draven Valentine has had on the musical tastes of her readers cannot be underestimated.
Definitely someone to watch!
Her stories can be found at: www.fictionpress.com/~dravenvalentine
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Hafnarfjörður is a port town located on the south-west coast of Iceland, about 10 km south of Reykjavík. It is the third most populous town in Iceland, after Reykjavík and Kópavogur, with a population on 1st December 2005 of 22,451.
The town is the site of an annual Viking festival where Viking culture enthusiasts from around the world display reconstructions of Viking garb, handcraft, swordfighting etc.
Tourists with a New Age mindset enjoy a guided tour of the habitats of elves and other hidden people in the town area.
Locally the town is famed in Iceland for being the butt of generic jokes, such as the joke about the women of the town carrying ladders to the supermarket to check if the prices have gone higher.
Hafnarfjörður is now arguably considered to be the rock n' roll capital of Iceland (a title that once belonged to Keflavík). Popular Icelandic bands such as Botnleðja, Sign, Úlpa, Lada Sport and Jakobínarína all trace their origins to the town of Hafnarfjörður.
Hafnarfjörður is the home town of the famous Icelandic pop singer Björgvin Halldórsson and the actor Stefán Karl Stefánsson.
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Just two kilometers outside of Hafnarfjörður is an aluminium smelter, run by Alcan. Alcan has applied for an extension for the smelter, which will make it the fourth largest smelter in Europe. The local governing body has sold Alcan land for the extension, Alcan has received permission for the extension from the government and a deal has been struck for selling energy to the smelter, even though the neighbouring area is the only place around Hafnarfjörður with available domestic building area for Hafnarfjörður. Local elections were held in May 2006, and the people of Hafnarfjörður will vote on the future of the extension for the smelter in 2006.
The smelter was originally built in 1969, and it has improved it cleaning process since then, especially regarding fluoride. The effect that the extension will have on the environment and the local residents is though a huge concern for the people of Hafnarfjörður.
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Hafnarfjörður takes its name (meaning harbour fjord) from the area's excellent natural harbour. The town is first named in the medieval "Book of Settlements", and the earliest reports of voyages to Hafnarfjörður date from the end of the 14th century. Englishmen began trading in Hafnarfjörður in the 15th century, but German merchants followed in their wake and eventually drove the English out. After that, Hanseatic traders prevailed in town until 1602, based at Hvaleyri. At this point, the Danish monarchy established a Danish trade monopoly in Iceland which lasted until late in the 18th century. During this period, Hafnarfjörður was the nation's busiest trade centre.
In 1793 Bjarni Sívertsen settled here and became influential in local business and international trade, setting up a major commercial fishing operation. His enterprise and initiative signalled the start of impressive commerce in the town. Ever since, he has been called "the father of Hafnarfjörður" and nicknamed "Sir Bjarni." Around 1870 dramatic changes took place in Icelandic fishing. Residents followed the growing trend in Iceland of using decked boats rather than row-boats. This led to even more employment and rapid growth, and Hafnarfjörður attained official municipal status in 1908.
After World War II, more advanced trawlers and numerous motorised ships were added to the fleet. The town's first stern trawler appeared in 1973. Today, Hafnarfjörður is one of the nation's largest fishing centres and the site of Iceland's first fish wholesalers' auction market. Through the years, Hafnarfjörður's dynamic local economy has been strongly linked to fishing, although freight transport has recently become the major harbour activity. And now, the town is Iceland's second-ranked import and export harbour.
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Each year in May, the Bright Days festival is held . The events include short movies and concerts, and usually concludes on a day memorating the sailors of Iceland.
[edit] Viking festival
Each year on the summer solstice a viking festival is held in Hafnarfjörður. A local pub and resturant, Fjörukráin, started the festival and maintains it to this day.
Hafnarfjörður is known as one of the most popular residences for elves in Iceland. The town is built on lava and around huge boulders, which are believed to be homes for elves. A popular mythology is that it is very hard, and almost impossible, to destroy these homes. Tours around Hafnarfjörður to visit the most popular elven homes are available, and even though belief in elves has diminished in recent years, these are very popular amongst both Icelanders and tourists.
[edit] Swimming pools
Hafnfjörður has three swimming pools, despite its low population. This is common amongst any town in Iceland, due to the geothermal energy. In 2005, the total number of visits to these swimming pools was 350.085, averaging to 16 visits per resident.
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Hafnarfjörður was first mentioned around the year 1400, although the town is mentioned in the book of Landnámabók.
The first Lutheran church in Iceland was raised at Háigrandi, opposite Óseyri, just outside of the small boat harbour in the year of 1533.
Favourable harbour conditions made Hafnarfjörður a popular commercial harbour early on, and it was the main harbour for German merchants in the 15th century and during the early part of the commercial monopoly in the 16th century.
The first road between Reykjavík and Hafnarfjörður was finished in 1898.
The first hydrological power plant in Iceland was built in Hafnarfjörður in 1904.
The first Icelandic trawler, Coot, was stationed in Hafnarfjörður between 1905 and 1908. Its kettle stands by the roundabout on the junction of Reykjavíkurvegur, Strandgata and Vesturgata.
The first mayor was Páll Einarsson. He later became the mayor of Reykjavík.
A harbour for large commercial ships was raised in 1912.
The first car arrived in Hafnarfjörður in 1913. The Bookless-brothers owned the car, which was an Austin Martin.
Out of 6000 voting imigrant in Iceland almsot 3000 live in Hafanrfjörður, therefore it has Icelands largest immigrant population.
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Nicholas Perrot (1644 - 1717), explorer, diplomat, and fur trader, was one of the first white men in the upper Mississippi Valley. Born in France, he came to "New France" around 1660 with Jesuits and had the opportunity to visit Indian tribes and learn their languages. He formed a fur trading company around 1667 and undertook expeditions to various tribes and land in and around present-day Wisconsin. He was sometimes the first white man seen by the native peoples and was generally well received.
In 1670 he was an intepreter for Daumont de Saint-Lusson, a French commissary assigned to "the country of the Ottawas, Amikwas, Illinois, and other Indian natives to be discovered in the direction of Lake Superior or Freshwater Sea". He continued to travel around these areas and engage in fur trading, giving the natives such items as cooking kettles and hatchets (to replace stone tools). In 1671 he married Madeleine Viennot. He was given a land grant on the river Saint-Michel, and the 1681 census showed him having six children.
He continued to be involved in Indian affairs. In 1684 he succeeded in bringing the warriors of several nations to Niagara to meet with the Governor' army, where a peace was signed. In the spring of 1685 he was appointed commandant in chief of Bais De Puants (present day Green Bay, Wisconsin) and the neighboring regions when war broke out between the Fox tribe and the Sioux and Chippewa tribes. He worked hard to bring about peace, and was successful, at least for a time. After this, Perrot traveled to the northern waters of the Mississippi River, in the territory of the Sioux, where he built Fort Saint-Antoine.
In the spring of 1687 he was in the region of Detroit, and while taking part in an expedition fire broke out at the Jesuit mission, where 40,000 livres worth of his furs were destroyed. Perrot was financially ruined. He returned to Montreal where in the spring of 1688 he served as an interpreter for the treaty between Governor and Onondaga chief Otreouti, who promised the neutrality of the Onondagas, Cayugas, and Oneidas. In 1689 he built Fort Saint-Pierre at the mouth of the Wisconsin River, and established peace among area tribes. In subsequent years he was involved in the discovery of lead mines brought to his attention by Miami chiefs.
In 1695 Perrot brought the Miami, Sauk, Menominee, and Potawatomi and Fox chiefs to Montreal at the governor's request, regarding war with the Iroquois. Perrot returned west where his concern was to maintain unity and peace among them in their efforts against the Iroquois. However there was danger, and on two occasions he was almost sent to be burned at the stake with the Mascouters and the Miami tribe.
Perrot then settled on his land grant at Becancour. The Indian chiefs whom he had known saw him for the last time in 1701 at a peace treaty signed in Montreal. He still served as interpreter, but this period of his life was marked by financial difficulties and harassment from creditors. He asked the authorities for a compensation he said was due to him, and a pension in consideration of services long provided, but was not satisfied. He was involved in court cases involving lawsuits filed by and against him.
Nicolas Perrot died on the 13th of August 1717 at about the age of 74 and was buried the next day in the church at Becancour. Nine of his eleven children outlived him. His wife died in 1724.
Perrot was often unappreciated even during his lifetime. He was France's best representative among Indians in the western territories of French North America in the late 1600's. He was able to learn languages and customs of native tribes and earn their esteem and confidence.
The Perrot State Park near Trempealeau, Wisconsin is named after him. It is located in a place he used as headquarters around 1685 and 1686.
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"Our French-Canadian Ancestors", Thomas J. La Forest, shelf 971.4 Family Hist. Library, Salt Lake City "Mariages Perreault 1647-1900 de la Province de Quebec", 1976
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[edit] Russian and Turkish Baths
From the Roman Baths of Caracalla to the sumptuous marble pools and steam rooms of the Ottoman Turks, the ancients new instinctively that bathing and sweating are good for you. Not only does sweat carry off toxins from the system, but the process produce's a sense of sweet, overwhelming relaxation. To this day, that makes bathhouses among the favorite places for Russian's to sweat away their afternoons. Since 1892 The Tenth Street Baths between First Ave and Avenue A in the East Village of New York has been the place for Russians and Americans alike to sweat the day away. Generations of Celebrities have passed through its doors over the years, Frank Sinatra, John Belushi, Bill Murray, and more recently the likes of John F. Kennedy Jr., Darrel Hannah, Robert De Niro, Veronica Webb and L.L. Cool J. Now after 100 years as one of the most literally "hottest" spots in New York, The Russian and Turkish Baths has come to Miami. The Russian and Turkish Baths, 5445 Collins Ave at the Castle Beach Club is the place where the Old World blends with the new. The baths on Collins Avenue are an experience, an unexpected paradise, and you're liable to take off a few pounds with the routine. What does the day look like? You might start the day (12:00p.m-12:00p.m.) in "The Cave"- a cave like setting where you can relax in the Salt Water Jacuzzi as the heated natural ocean salt water pounds at your body, massaging every part of you, from a well 95 feet below the ground. Try a few minutes under the ocean waterfall and you will feel like you've been instantly swept away thousands of miles from civilization to your own personal island. You will notice at the Bath's that the mood is more than relaxed, it's almost zen. Guys will be stretching, girls are assuming yoga positions, or even meditating. A couple might be frolicking in the Jaccuzi, or engrossed in conversation in the Steamroom. "Dunk!" one woman instructs a newcomer as she comes out of the Steam Room and gets into the ice-cold pool nearby. Another ten people are hanging out in the Russian Room, filling up buckets-and before passing out-dumping it over their heads. "Feels Good", says a lady named Paula, who barbecues herself once a week here. "I've been to spas that are much more elegant, " says Paula's friend, an aerobics teacher, 'but here there's a lot of tile and the steam room is all stone and it's like walking into the 1900's." No one seems self-conscious, lounging or walking in almost naked bliss, whether their body resembles Jackie Gleason or an Olympic Russian Gymnast, no one seems to care, and the feeling of total freedom from worrying about appearances is the big attraction. The goal at the baths is to get in touch with your real self; to be free and un-burdened and in the process to truly enjoy yourself. Here at the Baths you will be free to do just that! Now that you are free, there are so many options from here: Try the Turkish Steam Room, built in the same manner as centuries ago, once in, you will be surrounded by the same marble walls and columns that the ancient Turks used to bathe in. Maybe the wet steam room with eucalyptus is the thing you need to get rid of your head cold. The aroma bath will tingle every cell of your body. Try our gym for a great workout or play tennis after you loosen up. After an hour or two, head to one-of- the- many massage rooms for a Swedish massage or shiatsu. Here the Russian strongman or woman, will pound, squeeze, un-wind and de-tense muscles you didn't even know you had. If you can't take the pounding, one of the more easy-going massage experts, will more gently ease, kneed and work out your kinks. After your massage, you can nosh on bagels and cream cheese, eggs, salads, or take-a-stab at one of the Russian traditional meals. Maybe after all that shvitzing: a huge bottle of seltzer, or fresh carrot juice is the thing you'll want most. At the "restaurant" you can gain back some of that weight you lost, while enjoying cable TV and lounging around in one of the robes supplied to you when you enter. After eating, you might want to take a short nap, at the baths there is even a relaxation room where a very comfortable "Log Bed" awaits you.
Now that you're relaxed, and out of bed, lets get down to the real business, and head on down to "The Russian Room" where a huge cavernous chamber awaits you. There on two tiers of benches, surrounding a huge rock-walled furnace where women and men alike will be immersed in a most wonderful 3-part routine called The Schvitz. Here's how it goes: First you go into the bath-a very hot, very steamy, stone furnaced "radiant heat" room. When the heat starts to get unbearable, take one of the dozens of buckets around the room, fill it with ice cold water, and like the Russians hundreds of years before you have done, dump it over your head. Now don't be self-conscious because as you will soon notice, everyone is dousing themselves with buckets of water. In that sheer moment as the ice cold water pours over you, comes one of the most enjoyable moments you will ever experience. It is sheer delight. Now for the third part, lie down on the uppermost bench, and the platza specialist will scrub you (actually beat you) with a broom made of fresh oak leaves, sopping with olive oil soap. The oak leaves contain a natural astringent, which will open your pours, remove toxins, and actually take off layers of dead skin. The sensation is so relaxing that one client described the platza as "Jewish acupuncture". Now, for the real men or woman: outside the Russian Room is an ice-cold bath, equal to the coldest region's of the Russian Front. Now, the trick here is to dunk yourself in as fast as you can. Once in the water, the transfer of your body from hot to cold will be the most exhilarating feeling you will ever have. Once dunked, you will probably feel like a car that just passed through a car wash, so here there is another rest area where bathers relax between stints in the sauna. There is a sign overhead that says, "There are no places like this anywhere within thousands of miles from here, so this must be the right place", at this point, you will nod your head and certainly agree! The late John Belushi and others used the baths in New York to steam away the after effects of too many drugs and booze. Actress Tia Carrere likens the place to a depressurizing time zone. "I walk through the door and my biorhythms instantly slow down, she says. It reminds me of the kind of place where Cleopatra would have gone." "The Dead Sea mud treatment is great for the skin." Rap impresario Russell Simmons views the baths as the perfect place for unwinding and impressing his model of the moment, he insists it's the ideal place to conduct business. You got two guys sitting there half-naked on the rock; you're talking, you're bonding, you're solidifying your relationship. It's a good place for making deals, especially if you're good with the heat and the other guy is getting his brains fried." Either way, it doesn't matter, whether you're rich or poor, fat or small, actor or struggling waiter, whether making a deal, or you're there to get the most reasonably priced massage of your lifetime. It just doesn't matter! What a way to rejuvenate! "There's no competition, like when you go to the gym, says Margaret, a 28-year old viola player who has been coming once-a-week for the last year. "At the gym, you see everybody trying to build up his or her bodies. Here, we just are the way we are- big, fat, tall, short, tiny, large breasted or flat-chested. You don't have to pretend," she says. "There's no need to defend against the beauties or the beasts." So don't be self-conscious, Take a one-day vacation and treat your body and soul to the deal of a lifetime. At only $25.00 dollars a day, it's a wonderful opportunity to do yourself a world of good. Stay by us! And for those of you who would like to stay longer we have luxurious ocean front townhouse vacation rentals which are only a step away from the Atlantic Ocean and a giant pool!
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[edit] AM 1320 WCVG Covington, KY/Cincinnati, OH
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WCVG-AM 1320 is a radio station licensed to Covington, KY and serving the Cincinnati, OH market. WCVG operates with 500 watts during daytime hours and 430 watts during nighttime hours from its tower site behind the Latonia Shopping Center in Covington, KY. WCVG's daytime signal is directional, and resembles a "figure-8" pattern that covers the Cincinnati market inside the I-275 loop. WCVG's nighttime pattern points to the south and west and does not cover much of the Ohio portion of the market. The northern Kentucky counties still have a listenable nighttime signal.
As of July 16, 2006, the station had flipped to a Regional Mexican format under Davidson Media Group.
WCVG started life in 1965 as WCLU, owned by WCLU Broadcasting Company headed by former Kansas City radio executine Irving Schwartz. WCLU was a daytime-only station that played "Modern Country" music and that went by the "Big CLU Country" nickname. The station also ran auto racing, Notre Dame football, and Cleveland Browns football. In 1981, WCLU switched to a rock and roll format. The city's former AM Top 40 station, WSAI, had flipped to country in 1978. WCLU had a decidedly "New Wave" sound until about 1983, when the station became "Cincinnati's Hit Playin' AM" and was dubbed "CLU-132." It was a moniker that sounded very similar to the city's FM Top 40 powerhouse station WKRQ, or "Q-102." In 1985, announcers on the station stopped calling it "CLU-132" and went with the easier to say and remember, "AM 1320 WCLU." In April 1987, Schwartz sold the station to Richard L. Plessinger, who also owned WJOJ-FM in Milford, Ohio. Plessinger immediately moved the station from Covington to the WJOJ studios in Milford. WCLU's call letters were changed to WCVG and the format became "Kwick-Sell Classifieds." During this format, the station played Soft Adult Contemporary music from the WJOJ library, and ran free on-air classified ads at specified times. The station also received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to operate with nighttime service during this time. In late 1987, WCVG flipped to a contemporary country format. That didn't last long as WCVG became the country's first "All Elvis" station in late 1987. According to a web site operated by former WCVG General Manager Rod Williams (http://members.tripod.com/~rodwilliams/), WCVG discontinued the "All Elvis" format on August 1, 1988. On that date, WCVG became an affiliate of the Business Radio Network with 24 hours of business news and talk. WCVG later became a County/Sports Talk mix format as "Sports-Country 1320" in 1992, with an emphasis on northern Kentucky high school and Cincinnati professional sports talk. In 1993, WCVG started a long run as the city's "Urban Gospel" station under LMA agreements with groups such as Kingdom Life Ministries. That ended in April 2006, when Plessinger flipped the station to Classic Country. A deal was made in July 2006 to sell the station to Davidson Media Group, an operator of Latino and Inspirational stations. Davidson flipped WCVG to Regional Mexican as "La Ley 1320" on July 16, 2006 under an LMA. An application to sell WCVG has been filed with the FCC.
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