Posted By admin on June 24, 2013
Massive Explosions in Gaza - June 24, 2013 Massive Explosions in Gaza Gaza City is hit by a huge blast shortly after midnight on Monday as the conflict with Israel enters its sixth day. Israel #39;s Iron ... By: FastNews365
Posted By richards on June 24, 2013
Ballston Spa Concerts in the Park series: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, beginning June 27, Wiswall Park, Front Street, Ballston Spa. June 27 concert featuring Jump Daddies, a swing band. http://www.ballston.org.
Foster parent meeting: 4 p.m. Thursday, June 27, Social Services Building, 152 West High St., Ballston Spa. Saratoga County is in need of foster homes for school-aged children and teenagers. The next certification class begins Fall 2013. Jennifer or Stacey, 884-4157.
Yappy Hour with Sloppy Kisses: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, DiDonna South Shore Restaurant, 113 Route 9P, Saratoga Lake. A night out for dogs and their owners. Summer cocktails and appetizers for owners and dog treats for the dogs. Event held weather-permitting. No cover; dogs must remained leashed in specified Yappy Hour area. http://www.sloppykissesofsaratoga.com.
Ballston Area Seniors meeting: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays, Milton Community Center, 310 Northline Road, Ballston Spa. Pot luck lunch every Thursday at noon, followed by bingo after meeting. 885-6740.
Friday, June 28
Double H Ranch annual gala: 5 to 11:30 p.m. Friday, June 28, Great Escape, 89 Six Flags Drive, Queensbury. Featuring gourmet food stations, silent and live auctions and a brief program to include a special Blaze a Trail camper scholarship appeal. Evening will also feature Digging into Dessert baking competition and the opportunity to vote for the winner. Afterwards guests are invited to enjoy the rides and snacks. General admission, $150 per person; $100 per junior committee member (35 and under); $40 children 12 and under. register online: http://www.doublehranch.org. 696-5921, ext. 228 or email rdemattos@doublehranch.org.
Brookside Bash rescheduled: 7 p.m. Friday, June 28, Brookside, 6 Charlton St., Ballston Spa. Performances by Ballston Spa High School band Assembly Required and The Familiars. Food and cash bar. $12; $15 door. http://www.brooksidemuseum.org. 885-4000 or admin@brooksidemuseum.org.
Artist reception at the National Museum of Dance: Homage to Dance: Sculptures and Drawings by Andrew DeVries, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 28, 99 So. Broadway, Saratoga Springs. During the reception there will be an unveiling of his most recent creation in bronze, Destiny. Festivities will also feature music performed by jazz trio Shades of Grey, with wine and refreshments. Free and open to the public. http://www.dancemuseum.org.
Town of Galway Farmers Market opening: 4 p.m. Friday, June 28, Route 147, Sacandaga Road, Galway. To feature locally grown produce, fruit, poultry, eggs, baked goods, hand crafted items and on-site food. Email questions to ssutch@townofgalway.org or mtillson@townofgalway.org.
Greenfield Farmers Market: 4 to 7 p.m. Fridays, beginning today, June 21, Middle Grove Park, Middle Grove Road, Greenfield. The market will feature a blend of products you would expect to find, including fresh organic vegetables and produce, honeys, maple syrup, fresh eggs, specialty olive oils and spices, fresh fruits, baked goods and home-made pickles and more. http://www.greenfieldhistoricalsociety.com.
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Bulletin Board: Week of June 24-30
Posted By admin on June 24, 2013
Israel Under Attack: IAF responds to renewed rocket attacks with airstrikes on Gaza Hamas targets At least six rockets were fired Sunday night from the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel, prompting sirens to sound in multiple regions. One of the rockets la...
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Posted By admin on June 24, 2013
Israel Under Attack: at least six Gaza rockets strike southern Israel breaking fragile ceasefire Six rockets were fired from northern Gaza into Israeli territory overnight , but they failed to cause damage or injuries.
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Posted By simmons on June 24, 2013
BREAKING: 6 Rockets Just Hit Israel "Prophecy Alert" Pastor Paul Begley had. Dream last month while in Jerusalem of 6 rockets hitting 3 cities in Israel http://www.paulbegleyprophecy.com also http://www.haaretz... By: Paul Begley
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Posted By simmons on June 23, 2013
Two-State Delusion: Israel erects concrete walls, corners Palestinians Recent comments from senior Israeli cabinet members expressing skepticism over a two-state solution, have prompted angry responses.
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Posted By richards on June 23, 2013
Polish dinner: 4:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, Saratoga-Wilton Elks Lodge, 1 Elks Lane, Saratoga Springs. Kielbasa, sauerkraut, stuffed cabbage, pierogis, potato pancakes, applesauce and more. $10 adults/take-outs, $9 seniors/military, $6 children, under 5 free. 584-2585.
Narrated slide program: Thailand Birding, Buddhas and the Bangkok to Burma Railroad, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, Crandall Librarys Community Room, 251 Glen St., Glens Falls. The local Audubon chapter will host an informal pot luck supper prior to the program. If youd like to participate, arrive at 6 p.m. with an item to share. Cold items or a dessert are preferable. Supplying your own cutlery and plate will help conserve resources. Beverages, cups and napkins will be provided.
Summer bicycle tours: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evenings throughout the summer, Saratoga National Historic Park, US Rte. 4 and State Rte. 32, Stillwater. Meet in the parking lot. In case of inclement weather, tour is cancelled. Bring bike, water, insect repellent; helmets required. 664-9821, ext. 1777. http://www.nps.gov/sara.
Wilton Seniors trip to Hukelou: 8 a.m. departure from Wilton Seniors and 8:30 a.m. pick-up at Saratoga Seniors, Wednesday, July 10. Trip to Hukelou in Chicopee, Mass. Lunch includes twin lobsters or prime rib and a comedy show with Joey Vincent. Group will leave Hukelou by 3:30 p.m. and be back to Saratoga Seniors by 6:30 p.m. and at 6:45 p.m. at Wilton Seniors. $55, includes tip for the bus driver. 587-6363 for more information.
Thursday, June 27
TRASK juried art show and benefit reception: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, Canfield Casino, Congress Park, Saratoga Springs. Art show and fundraiser to benefit the Foundations four-year campaign to restore the Spirit of Life sculpture and Spencer Trask Memorial in Congress Park. The silent art auction will feature works in all mediums from local artists; open bar, hors doeuvres, and music by Franklin Micare and LeRubb. Tickets range from $50-$500; http://www.spiritofliferestoration.org or at 587-5030.
SUNY Adirondack fundraiser: An Evening with Jimmer, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, The Recovery Sports Grill, Queensbury. Appearance by Glens Falls native/Sacramento Kings guard Jimmer Fredette; buffet dinner; question and answer period and a photo of Fredette. Silent auction with NBA and NHL memorabilia will be available to bid on. $60, $200 family four-pack. All proceeds benefit the SUNY Adirondack Timberwolves Athletics and the Fredette Family Foundation. 743-2200, ext. 2395 or http://www.sunyacc.edu/athletics/jimmer.
Ballston Spa Concerts in the Park series: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, beginning June 27, Wiswall Park, Front Street, Ballston Spa. June 27 concert featuring Jump Daddies, a swing band. http://www.ballston.org.
Foster parent meeting: 4 p.m. Thursday, June 27, Social Services Building, 152 West High St., Ballston Spa. Saratoga County is in need of foster homes for school-aged children and teenagers. The next certification class begins Fall 2013. Jennifer or Stacey, 884-4157.
Yappy Hour with Sloppy Kisses: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, DiDonna South Shore Restaurant, 113 Route 9P, Saratoga Lake. A night out for dogs and their owners. Summer cocktails and appetizers for owners and dog treats for the dogs. Event held weather-permitting. No cover; dogs must remained leashed in specified Yappy Hour area. http://www.sloppykissesofsaratoga.com.
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Bulletin Board: Week of June 17-23
Posted By richards on June 23, 2013
The coordinators of Madras Week recently announced that Madras Day, August 22, will this year be celebrated as what it has become, Madras Week, from August 18 to 25. But they went on to add that this years celebrations, as usual by institutions volunteering to arrange talks, quizzes, exhibitions, contests etc., already has programmes planned from the first week of August to the first week of September. And they hoped that even more institutions will volunteer to join what looks like becoming a Madras Month. The more the merrier, they say, if it means creating a greater awareness about this First City of Modern India. And one of those firsts, they pointed out, is the Corporation of Madras, the oldest municipal body in any British territory outside the United Kingdom.
This year it is also a significant year for the Madras Corporation. It is the 325th year of the Corporation beginning to function and it is also the 100th year of it moving into its new home, Ripon Building, after starting work in the Fort and then in premises in Errabalu Chetty Street. Two reasons to celebrate and particularly if those celebrations can be a year-long one that could be flagged off from the restored Ripon Building on September 29.
It was on that date in 1688 that the Corporation first sat, after the mayor and twelve Aldermen had come in grand procession to what was called the Town Hall. In this building in Fort St George, the first mayor of Madras, Nathaniel Higginson, read out the Royal Charter issued by King James II in December 1687 and thanked Sir Josiah Child, the Chairman of the East India Company, for seeing the need of a municipal body for a city with a population at the time of about 300,000 and making it become a reality. Left unsaid was that though the rather dictatorial Agent (Governor) heading the Companys Council in Madras carried out Londons orders, Elihu Yale was not at all in favour of the establishment of the Corporation, which he felt took away some of his powers. Curiously, Madrass first Mayor was American-born, like Yale; Connecticut where he was born and Massachusetts where Yale was born were British colonies at the time.
The first aldermen were three Englishmen, a French merchant, two Portuguese merchants, three Jewish diamond traders, also of Portuguese origin, and three Gentu merchants. The Gentu (a term use for both Telugus and Tamils at the time) were Chinna Venkatadri (younger brother of Beri Thimmappa who helped found the settlement), Mudda Viranna and Alangatha Pillai. Higginson also established, under the Charter, a Mayors Court to try minor offences and one of the Gentus always sat on the Bench with one of the Europeans when an Indian was being tried or was the victim. It was with such healthy practices that the Corporation of Madras got off to a start. Surely an event and an institution to celebrate.
During Madras Week a few years ago the Corporation held, in a shamianaed-enclosure on its lawns, an exhibition of photographs and prints narrating some of its story. Perhaps it should think of an even-better mounted exhibition during Madras Week this year and let it grow into a September celebration that would climax on September 29th and continue through the year ahead.
The father of Loyola
It was recently announced that Loyola College, Madras, was to be recognised as one of five stand alone colleges in the country who would be allowed to grant its own degrees. No one would be happier than this than someone up there, Pere Franois Bertrand, better known as Fr. Francis Bertram, the founding father of Loyola.
Father Bertram was French-born but there were many who took him to be English, as much for his speech as his knowledge of English Literature. This love of English and skills in Mathematics he acquired at St. Josephs College, Trichinopoly, to which the Jesuit Order in India sent him. Much as he wanted to do his degree in Literature, the Jesuit schools needed teachers of science and so mathematics became his major at St. Josephs. And natural science became his hobby; an unfortunate one when to his hearing-impaired left ear was added a blinded eye when a thorn pierced it while he searched for insects amidst prickly pears.
These handicaps nor his constantly indifferent health did not, however, slow him down. From 1896 till 1925, he taught Mathematics at St. Josephs as he progressed towards becoming Rector and Principal of the College. This progress was interrupted with spells at Sacred Heart College, Kodaikanal, where he was sent to study Philosophy, the Jesuit institution in Kurseong where he studied Theology, and the seminary in Ranchi where the focus was on spiritual training. Brother Bertram soon afterwards became Father Bertram.
Fr. Bertrams stewardship of St.Josephs came soon after the announcement in 1904 of University reforms. He not only implemented these reforms but by the Great War had made those seeking a St. Josephs education grow from 300 to 1000. And provide a steady stream of teachers of science, history and economics for all the colleges of the Presidency and for many beyond. Then came the mission to start a college in Madras.
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Posted By simmons on June 22, 2013
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Posted By simmons on June 22, 2013
2013 Steinlager Series - Israel Dagg Interview with Matt Todd Israel Dagg speaks to Matt Todd after his debut Test for the All Blacks. By: allblacks
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