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Cuban Cohiba cigars hit the Cuban cigar stage in 1966. The Cohiba cigar brand name would became famous upon registration of the Cohiba brand in 1969. When it was finally brought to the market, it was by then the most coveted Cuban cigar in the world.
The origin of Cohiba cigars begins with one of Fidel Castro's bodyguards introducing Cuba's President to cigars privately made by Eduardo Ribera - at the time a top roller at the La Corona cigar factory in Havana, Cuba. The unique blend of tobacco from the Vuelta Abajo region of Cuba so impressed Castro that a high-security cigar factory was set up in El Laguito, to maintain an exclusive supply for 'El Presidente'.
The brand was officially named Cohiba (a Cuban Taino indian word for cigar) in 1968 but was restricted to distribution within diplomatic circles until 1982, when it was made available to VIPs such as the King of Spain and other heads of state.
The tobaccos used for Cohiba cigars are quite special. It is grown at full length in selected plantations in the Vuelta Abajo region, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Production began with three sizes, each a personal favourite of Castro - the Cohiba Lancero, the Cohiba Corona Especiale and the Cohiba Panetela. They were re-christened Laguito No.1, No.2 and No.3 - and the first two sizes featured a unique, tiny pigtail on their cigar caps.
In November 1992, to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of Cuba (and even more importantly, its cigars), five new sizes known as the Cohiba Linea 1492 (the six former sizes have now been renamed the Cohiba Linea Clasica) were launched at a cigar dinner at Claridge's Hotel in London. Named Cohiba Siglo (for century) I, II, II, IV and V, i.e. the five centuries since Columbus landed on Cuban soil.
Year brand established: 1966
Tobacco Region: Vuelta Abajo, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Cigar Factory: El Laguito
Cohiba is a brand within the range of Habanos cigars. The Habanos Denomination of Origin certification is applied to all cigars in which 100 per cent of the tobacco used in the cigar has been grown in Cuba. Likewise, it is an essential requirement that all cigars manufactured in Cuba are subjected to numerous quality control checks, both during the agricultural and curing process, as well as during all stages of manufacturing in the cigar factory.
The same rigorous procedures are applied to the selection of the appropriate leaves, quality control, of draw, of the true flavor of each of the Cuban cigar brand names and, finally, the quality of the cigar's appearance and presentation. The quality of the Habanos Cuban cigar is the result of the mystical union of four elements: soil, varieties of Cuban black tobacco, climate and the wisdom of Cuba's agricultural workers and cigar makers.
Numerous attempts to achieve the standards of authentic Cuban cigars in other areas of the world with seeds of Cuban origin have failed to attain the unequalled quality of genuine Cuban cigars. These same elements: the harmonious combination of the sun, the average temperature, atmospheric humidity, soil and subsoil composition are those which make the quality of the Cuban cigar, both in terms of agriculture and manufacturing, unique to Cuba. Therefore, the Habanos Cuban cigar trademark printed on the boxes of brand name Cuban cigars is the guarantee that these cigars are backed by Habanos Denomination of Origin Protection. This is a guarantee of quality and origin that is awarded to only the finest Cuban cigars manufactured in Cuba under the strictest quality control measures, with the best leaves selected from Cuba's tobacco regions.
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Bloomberg has published an editorial suggesting various approaches to address the looming bankruptcy of the US Federal Highway Trust Fund. The Fund is facing a crisis because most of its revenue comes from a US$0.184 per gallon tax on fuel (for those of us in the metric world it is only U$0.04 per litre). As that tax has not increased since 1993, a combination of inflation and improving fuel efficiency has eroded revenues to the point where additional funding is claimed from other sources to try to bridge the difference.
The three main political proposals to address it are all fundamentally flawed. The President wants to use savings from reduced defence spending to transfer to expenditure on highways. Not exactly sustainable and in effect a subsidy from all taxpayers (and future taxpayers whilst the US remains in budget deficit) to highways. It is unlikely this could buy more than a few years in any case.
The Senate has proposed a tax on imported vehicles and to raid another trust fund set up to fix leaking underground storage tanks. This is even more esoteric and unsustainable.
The House of Representatives bill proposes ending the funding the Highway Trust Fund provides to urban mass transit (to make the Fund last a bit longer) and to get funds from royalties for future oil drilling projects. It also proposes abolishing "earmarks" (dedication of specific funds for specific projects in Federal legislation, effectively bypassing any processes of appraisal and comparison for such projects). Again, whilst the first part might buy some time (and raise another issue), the second seems an odd cross subsidy. However, opposing earmarks is gaining increasing support.
Neither of the main political parties advocates an increase in fuel tax, so the obvious answer is blocked. The Bloomberg editorial proposes some alternatives which appear to be off the radar at the Federal level, but strongly advocated by some states and think tanks:
- The long term solution proposed is distance charging (vehicle mileage tax or VMT in US parlance), which is widely considered to provide the platform for optimal forms of road pricing. However, although the article wrongly thinks the technology doesn't exist to do it (it does and it is being used today), the big issue is rolling it out for all vehicles.
- In the shorter term, the article proposes greater use of tolls and congestion pricing, as is already being seen.
- It also advocates more PPPs for new capital works and governance reform to reduce bureaucracy.
It is good to see more media coverage of the need to develop long term solutions to highways funding in the US. VMT is an obvious option to replace fuel taxation, but it may be that more private investment could be the way to facilitate that as well. What's important is that a rational debate proceed on this issue, but it is telling that the level of political debate on this issue remains extremely short-term focused, indicating that neither major party is willing to really move substantively on doing something to make highways financing in the US at the Federal level truly sustainable (and yes, one way to do for the medium term would be to inflation adjust fuel tax every year, although that would not address the issue of improving fuel efficiency and alternatively fueled vehicles).

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Sometimes, funerals, wakes and celebrations of life need some space, and Mullins Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Service has answered that need.
The company has opened a second funeral home in Fort Myers to provide a more spacious setting where larger crowds are expected.
Shannon Mullins, owner, operator and mortician, along with his wife and co-owner, Sheila Mullins, acquired the previous Anderson Funeral Home at 3654 Palm Beach Blvd. in Fort Myers and officially opened it for business on June 30.
"We were really not looking at going into Fort Myers. An opportunity presented itself with regards to the Anderson Funeral Home that became available," Shannon Mullins said, "It was such an appealing opportunity that we couldn't say no."
Unlike the Cape Coral location, this facility was built specifically to be a funeral home, Mullins said. The facility is nearly 5,000 square feet and has been cleaned, re-decorated and has undergone re-landscaping on its 1.41 acres.
The facility will offer seating for up to 125 guests in its chapel, with plenty of off-street parking, as well as on-site banquet facilities for up to 50 guests that offers a parklike setting. There also is a larger merchandising area.
Mullins said he has continued to fine tune the home.
"The facility needed a lot of attention to bring it up to my standard for the community we serve," Mullins said. "We repainted the interior, tile is being put in and chairs will replace the pews, and the landscaping has been overhauled."
The work should be finished in the next two weeks.
All preparation services will be provided at the Fort Myers location. About the only thing the new funeral home won't have is a cremation facility. That function will be provided at the Cape Coral location, which has an on-site crematory.
"Competitors say my Cape location is small with little parking. The Cape facility is intimate, but not set up for 150 people," Mullins said. "Our Fort Myers location is, and the facilities are only 10 miles apart."
Anderson Funeral Home had been run by the Patterson family since 2005, which also had a Lehigh Acres facility. Two months ago, they decided to downsize and put Anderson up for sale, Mullins said.
The Mullins opened their first full-service funeral home and cremation service as a start-up in Cape Coral in 2011. In 2013 they added their state-of-the art, on-site crematory.
They specialize in cremation, traditional funeral services, advanced planning, out-of-state and out-of-country transfers. They can be reached at 288-7000 or online at www.MullinsMemorial.com.
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(Sacramento, CA) – Democratic California Assembly Members Nancy Skinner (Berkeley) and Das Williams (Santa Barbara) have introduced Assembly Bill 1014, a bill that would allow anyone to ask a court for a "Gun Violence Restraining Order" and "firearms seizure warrant" against California gun owners. The measure was immediately and viciously opposed by the gun rights group California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees (CAL-FFL), which called the bill "a wanton violation of nearly every guarantee of liberty contained in the Bill of Rights."
Under the proposed law, California gun owners could face a loss of their Second Amendment gun rights and confiscation of their firearms without prior warning. The proposed law allows the government up to two weeks following the issuance of a restraining order to set a hearing in which the subject of the order could argue for the reinstatement of their Second Amendment rights and return of any firearms seized.
"AB 1014 is a gun control nightmare," said Brandon Combs, president of CAL-FFL. "California Democrats are taking their radical anti-gun agenda to an entirely new and horrifying level." Combs, who debated the bill with Assemblymember Williams and UCLA Law Professor Adam Winkler on the Los Angeles-based radio talk show "Which Way, LA?", said that the bill "guts due process" and the presumption of innocence.
"The subject of a restraining order and confiscation warrant may not even know they have been accused until there's a SWAT team at their door."
According to the bill's text, courts would be required to issue a restraining order if a person--who doesn't even have to know the target of the order--submits a form saying that a gun owner "poses a significant risk of personal injury to himself, herself, or others by owning or possessing" guns.
Remarked CAL-FFL's Combs, "In a fit of circular logic, AB 1014 makes the very exercise of Constitutional rights, like purchasing guns or knives, evidence supporting the issuance of a restraining order that would strip a person of those same rights. It's absolutely insane."
But the restraining orders aren't the only problem with the bill, according to CAL-FFL. Assembly Bill 1014 would also mandate that courts order a "firearms seizure warrant" following a restraining order, forcing police and local law enforcement to "seize any firearms in the possession of the named person...from any place, or from any person in whose possession the firearm may be."
CAL-FFL warned that the broad language of the seizure warrant could lead not only to midnight "no-knock" raids against the subject of the restraining order--who may not even know that their gun rights have been stripped away and that they are now a "prohibited person"--but also the homes of their friends and family, and even places of employment.
Combs believes that the bill's language is ripe for abuse. "Cyber-bullies like Shannon Watts and her 'Moms Demand Action' extremists could simply go on Facebook or Twitter, grab a photo of you and your gun, and slap it on a restraining order request. There's no criminal or civil penalty for filing false or vexatious reports and no provision for the recovery of damages and someone's loss of rights. AB 1014 would make it open season on California gun owners."
Combs continued, "On mere hearsay, an anti-gun judge could instigate a life-ending terror campaign against a gun owner and everyone who knows them."
In a press release, Assemblymember Williams said that AB 1014 will "help prevent mass killings like the tragic Isla Vista rampage near UC Santa Barbara." However, the Washington Post reported on Friday that "a half-dozen sheriff's deputies knocked on Elliot Rodger's door last month in response to concerns raised by his mother about his well-being," but the "deputies did not check [California's gun registration] database."
Ironically, in spite of Elliot Rodger murdering three people with knives, AB 1014 targets only firearms.
"Even were AB 1014 law at the time of Rodger's Hollywood-inspired killing spree, it simply wouldn't have stopped the Isla Vista tragedy from happening," noted Combs. "It doesn't require the seizure of knives like those Rodger used to kill many of his victims, and budget-strapped local law enforcement agencies aren't going to be able to dedicate all of their resources to the Legislature's newest feel-good policy."
State Sen. Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) followed the introduction of the restraining order legislation with a new push for his own gun control proposal, Senate Bill 53, that would mandate ammunition sales and purchase permits and ammunition registration.
"We will fight AB 1014 and SB 53 until they're tossed in the scrap heap of history," said Combs. "CAL-FFL will do whatever it takes to kill these bills."


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Hey readers,
PJ Sharon here on a lovely autumn day in the Berkshires. I've actually seen a few patches of yellowed leaves on the trees and the star-filled nights here are getting cool. This crane will likely be taking flight to warmer climes soon enough.
It's also the time of year for the spreading of colds and such.*sniffle…sniffle*
I guess I can't complain. It's the first time I've been sick in a few years and it gives me some needed downtime to rest and reflect…and write.
As I swim through the murky middle of my current work in progress, PIECES OF LOVE, I'm reminded of my own teen dramas and those of my many siblings. You see, I grew up in a pretty crazy, dysfunctional family. Lots of alcohol, a dash of mental illness, secrets, lies, some seriously scary and frequent catastrophes, and lots of drama! Yes, we all loved each other in our own way, but each person in that house of seven children and three adults, was flawed. As we all are. It's what makes us human. It's also what makes us interesting to paint into the canvas of a story.
There's a reason that I write YA dramas that touch on taboo topics that encompass everything from grief and loss of a loved one, to teen pregnancy, bulimia, the effects of war, and even sexual abuse. I draw as much as possible from personal experience and from all that I have seen to be true in the human condition.
So when I began PIECES OF LOVE, I wanted to make sure to give Ali's plight its due. Not that I've ever lost someone to an alcohol overdose or been arrested for marijuana possession, but I've certainly seen my share of these kinds of family dramas to draw real emotion and conflict from them. Understanding the motivation behind why people do what they do is a key element in making your fiction believable. As is sharing accurate and interesting detail to utilize your setting to enhance your character's journey. Since I've been on a Mediterranean cruise, I have lots of insights into how Ali sees the world anew with each port she visits. It's been fun and interesting to revisit the places I went and relive it all through her eyes, watching her transformation from self-centered, immature teen trying desperately to avoid dealing with the painful realities of life, to a young woman who learns to appreciate the people in her life who love her.
Here's the blurb for PIECES OF LOVE:
Sixteen year-old Alexis Hartman wants nothing more than to smoke pot and play guitar. What's the point in planning for the future? Her world is shattered by her sister's accidental alcohol overdose at college, and she is arrested for marijuana possession a second time. Her mother's breakdown is the final straw that forces Ali to spend the summer with her Grandmother in Malibu.
But problems aren't so easily dismissed. After Ali steps over the line one too many times, she's certain her life is over and that she's destined for juvenile detention. Her 'Malibu Barbie' grandmother, Maddie, takes desperate measures…a Mediterranean cruise…for seniors. If overwhelmed and motion sick Ali needs further torment, Maddie has decided that her granddaughter's childish name could use an upgrade and renames her Lexi. Can a new name and a French haircut fix everything that's wrong with Ali's life? Maybe when Ethan Kaswell says the name.
Eighteen year-old Ethan, the poster child for being a good son, who is stranded on the cruise when his famous heart surgeon father is kept away by an important consultation, finds Lexi irresistible. Although he's smart enough to see that there is no future in falling for a "vacation crush," Lexi's edgy dark side and soulfully sad eyes draw him like an anchor to the bottom of the sea. As she spirals out of control, will she bring him down too, or was he already drowning? Maybe by saving her, he can save himself.
Visiting such ports as Portofino, Italy; Palermo, Sicily; and Rome. From the Greek Islands to Tunisia, North Africa; and Barcelona, Spain to Dubrovnik, Croatia; you'll see the sights and walk on sacred ground with Ali as she learns about herself, her family, and what it means to love someone–even when you have to let them go.
Infusing our own experiences, we can create flawed but redeemable characters who are on a journey of self-discovery. The more vividly we can paint that portrait, the more we bring the story to life with their color, depth, and the rich texture of emotional reactionary drama that makes us connect to them in an intimate way. When the character's fatal flaw forces them to face the consequences of their actions and choices, and we see them grow, it's satisfying and uplifting. Readers heart's are touched. It's what all writers strive for and is so challenging to do, and do well.
One thing I'm sure of is that we can't shy away from addressing tough issues when writing for teens, but we have to be willing to step fully into their shoes to get it right. Knowing that "pot" is now mostly referred to as "weed" and other such specifics, are important for authenticity, and can only be known if you hang around teenagers and ask questions. It's been my experience that they are most willing to share their opinions and ideas when I tell them why I'm asking. They seem to appreciate that I'm willing to have an open dialogue and that I'm not interested in judging them. I don't think any of my teen library group kids are "potheads," or "stoners" as they call them, but they are fully engaged in the youth culture in a way that I am not.
I'm hoping for the book to be ready for release in the first part of 2014. A cover reveal and the ability to pre-order the book through Smashwords should be coming up at the end of November. I'm also working on recording a theme song for the book–possibly two, written by yours truly!
So if you're a writer, write what you know, 'they' say. I agree. Either draw from your own experiences, or find a way to walk in someone else's moccasins for a mile or two. Your characters will be so much richer for it! Just be real, and let your characters take the story where it needs to go. You might even experience some healing as you create/or re-create a painful real-life event that still holds you back from being the best you can be–just like your characters.
I often have to remind myself that 'do-overs and make-believe are not only allowed in fiction writing, but encouraged.'
Today's unlocked secret: Infuse your personal experiences into your writing to create vivid, authentic, and memorable characters. Don't be afraid to tackle the tough problems, and keep it real.
I'm heading back to bed for more rest. I have to be better for my trip to Nashville and New Orleans later this week, where I'll be at my step-son's wedding and doing some research for book three in the Chronicles of Lily Carmichael trilogy. I hate getting on a plane and being THAT person who gets everyone else sick. I'm also thinking my sinuses aren't going to appreciate the flight…uggh!
To happier thoughts and my original statement in this post, I really do love it here in the hills. Our town has the cleanest air on record in Massachusetts, and has one of the healthiest ecosystems. I routinely see lots of wildlife, including a host of various birds here. Although with hunting season commencing, and flight of the migratory bird populations, that will likely be less now. I am so grateful to live where I live and feel blessed to be part of my small community.
As such, I'm participating once again at the Granville Harvest Fair coming up Columbus Day weekend (October 12-14). I'll be hanging out in front of the library signing books with a few other authors. If you're in North Central CT or Western MA, I hope you'll stop by and say hello. There's tons to see and do. I swear, we have one of the BEST harvest fairs in New England!
Do you write what you know, or rely on a mix of research, empathy, and experience? I'd love to hear from you about your process and how you make your characters authentic.


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A little-noted fact of life in the Windows administrator's world is that in spite of the next shiny thing that attracts his or her manager's attention, the admin still has to keep the wheels of IT rolling along with not-so-sexy technology.
Such as, well, Group Policy.
Perhaps it's an indicator of a new law of technology: the one that says, "The greater its importance to the successful running of everyday IT, the greater the mysteriousness of the technology, and the greater its troubleshooter's frustration when it doesn't work the way he or she wants."
Enter Group Policy expert Darren Mar-Elia's company, SDM Software.Having toiled in the dusty fields of Group Policy for many years, Mar-Elia has learned a thing or two and applied it to his company's Group Policy solutions.
For example, recently SDM Software announced GPO Reporting Pak 2.0, composed of the GPO Compare and GPO Exporter products. GPO Reporting Pak 2.0 offers visibility into Group Policy Deployments and lets you quickly find redundant and conflicting policy settings. You can also search and report on Group Policy across your environment.
Below is a screenshot from a report from SDM Software's Exporter solution:
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SDM Software will be at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) next week, showing demos of its award-winning Group Policy Automation Engine, the only solution for automating the management of Group Policy.
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By TODD RICHMOND?
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly approved a polarizing mining bill Thursday and sent the measure to Gov. Scott Walker for his signature, completing a long push to help a Florida company open a giant iron mine on the shore of Lake Superior over environmentalists' objections.
The Assembly passed the measure 58-39 after nearly nine-and-a-half hours of debate. The state Senate approved the plan last week. Walker, a Republican who has touted the bill as his signature job-creation plan, has promised to sign it into law.
Wisconsin Republicans have been working for nearly two years to help Gogebic Taconite launch its project in the Penokee Hills just south of Lake Superior. The company has refused to move forward until lawmakers ease their regulatory path.
The bill would make sweeping changes to state mining regulations, including setting a 480-day deadline on a permitting decision, prohibiting public challenges until after a permit has been granted and exempting mining companies from paying the state's recycling fee on waste materials.
Republicans say Gogebic's project will create hundreds of jobs around the mine and thousands more for heavy equipment manufacturers across the rest of the state.
Environmentalists, though, say the bill clears the way for the mine to pollute one of the last pristine areas in the state. They appear poised to challenge the legislation in court. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, whose reservation lies just north of the mine site where the Bad River empties into Lake Superior, could pose a potent legal roadblock.
The tribe fears runoff from mine waste will poison the watershed with sulfuric acid and sulfates. As a sovereign nation, the tribe could ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce the reservation's own water quality standards if a mining permit doesn't meet them.
Tribal leaders also have repeatedly complained they've been left out of mining discussions. That could help them make a case that state lawmakers violated treaty conditions that require them to consult with the Bad River on any actions that affect the tribe's hunting and fishing rights.
Associated Press writer Scott Bauer also contributed to this report.


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Joe's Karting presents Kart Mania (Season Finale) on Friday, August 26thlittleeagle
Joe's Karting presents Kart Mania (Season Finale, Final Points Night) on Friday, August 26th
Pit gates will open at 5:30pm, Pit Meeting at 6:30pm, Hot Laps at 6:45pm, and Racing at 7:30pm.
Regular Pit Pass (not allowed in staging areas or on the track)- $5
Hot Pit Pass (allowed in staging area to start karts ect…)- $10
Nightly Driver Registration (Includes Pit Pass)- $20
Please remember, any minors entering the pit area will need a minor release waiver signed by parents or guardian in front of either a notary or in front of our event staff at the track. Any Drivers who are minors will also need to bring a photocopy of their birth certificate along with the minor waiver.
Questions? Please feel free to call the office phone (402-238-2595)
Mini E Raceway is located at Eagle Raceway, 617 South 238th St., Eagle, NE 68347
Flat Karts:
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Jr. 1 Alcohol
Jr. 2 Medium Alcohol
Jr. 2 Heavy Alcohol
Adult Stock Medium Alcohol
Adult Stock Heavy Alcohol
Adult Clone 370 Gas
Adult Animal
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Cage Karts:
Rookie Gas
Jr. 1 Gas
Jr. 2 Gas
Adult 206 Gas
Adult 206/Burris Alcohol
(All adult classes will receive 50% payback for the top 3 drivers, 1st place takes home a trophy)
(All Rookies will receive an award)
(Top 3 in all other classes will receive a trophy)
Thanks for supporting Mini E Raceway "America's mini Home Track"


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Cumbria Museum Consortium
The Cumbria Museum Consortium is a partnership of three Cumbrian museums, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust in Carlisle, the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere and Lakeland Arts. The Consortium is funded by Arts Council England through their Renaissance Major Grants Programme, with a grant of £3.2 million over three years (2012 – 2015).
Cumbria's Living Heritage
Cumbria's Living Heritage brings you an exclusive collection of great houses, gardens and cultural attractions in and around the Lake District. With 30 unique properties on offer all for you to explore, from castles to much loved family homes and glorious gardens to the magic of theatre, the only problem you'll have is deciding where to visit first.
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Arts & Crafts Links
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All Things Ransome
All Things Ransome is a website for those interested in discovering more about the works and life of Arthur Ransome, and the sources and influences relevant to his work. In particular, the goal is to provide a permanent home for Ransome-related materials, especially for non-ephemeral works such as the literary pages, essays, articles, and the like.
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Can a student and a professor fall in love?
Vancouver Island University has come up with a new twist on policies in regards to student professor sexual relationships. As part of their statement on consensual relationships between students and profs, they have a sort of FAQ and they address the question- "Can't a student and faculty member fall in love?"
Now it is addressing the process of falling in love that the dankprofessor finds to be exceptional in this context. Understandably, bureaucrats, university or otherwise, would seem the least likely to be concerned with falling in love or being swept away or love at first sight. Of course, the bureaucratization of love would seem to me to be the ultimate oxymoron.
So following is the VIU response to "Can't a student and faculty member fall in love?" The VIU statement is highlighted and it interspersed with comments from the dankprofessor.
Yes, of course, that can occur. Many of our students are of similar age and experience to our faculty and, except for the circumstance of the employee/student relationship, could be considered very appropriate matches
Hold on for a moment; the question was can they fall in love, not whether such falling is appropriate. In any case, for VIU, falling in love can appropriately occur if people are of the same age and experience.
Such is a rather narrow definition, is it not? In fact, VIU tells me that my parents could not have appropriately fell in love since my father was 20 years older than my mother. For VIU when does an age difference become too much of an age difference. Now their similar experience thing opens up a Pandora's box. I guess that people of dissimilar national, ethnic and racial experiences are just not eligible for falling in love with each other. And I expect that the highly educated and the not so highly educated are also ineligible for falling in love with each other, and so on and so on, no fraternizing with people from the wrong side of the tracks. Just stick to your own kind! And, of course, it would be unthinkable, unmentionable, for an administrator to fall in love with a student!
Often students and employees will share the same interests and the learning environment can encourage close collaboration and interpersonal support. However, the faculty member must remember that it is their responsibility to maintain appropriate boundaries with a student. There is no way to check out whether an attraction is mutual without crossing that professional boundary with a student.
OK, I get it, it appears OK for the faculty member to develop a crush on a student, have feelings of love toward a particular student. But checking this out with the student in terms of finding out if it is mutual would not facilitate the maintenance of appropriate boundaries. So confessions or professions of love to the student are simply out of line. But, I guess it would be OK to direct ones feelings of love into other creative enterprises such as writing love poems and songs of love as long as any particular student is not known as the subject of such artistry. Of course, the VIU statement does not preclude the student from professing love for the prof. If such becomes the case, I guess VIU would expect the professor to tell him or her that you are violating my boundaries and to please stop!
It is recommended that any employee who wishes to initiate a sexual relationship with a student wait until the institutional relationship has ended before taking any steps.
OK, now VIU has dropped the love thing and deals with not initiating a sexual relationship. Wait to the institutional relationship has ended they state. But for some of those adhering to VIU waiting rules, the long wait could very well lead to the waiting prof having a mental breakdown and end up being institutionalized. Or just when the prof thinks it is now safe to approach ones love object, the prof now finds that he is two months too late and the student has accepted the hand of another, and the other being another professor. Or after a four year wait and love now just around the corner, the prof finds out that the student has re-enrolled for another degree program. But there is more from VIU on this.
Making a practice of initiating sexual relationships with former students, however, would also be problematic. It could be understandable that a faculty member "falls in love" with a student once. It is not understandable or acceptable for a faculty member to "fall in love" with students and to initiate relationships with former students, on a routine basis. In those circumstances, a decision-maker would question whether the faculty member was exploiting their professional role to enhance their personal and social life.
So after the four year wait and now the student is a former student, the prof in VIU terms is still not on safe ground as to dating students since VIU finds dating former students to be "problematic". Given VIU standards, it is acceptable for them to "fall in love" with a student once, but not more than once. If love with the student goes astray or leads to love and then divorce, then the professor should have learned his or her lesson and just give up on falling in love with students. As VIU states, such is simply not understandable.
Well, the dankprofessor will help out the VIU administration just a little bit. Just because a prof asks out a student does not mean that the prof is in love with the student or the student with the prof. Most dates end up being just another date. One generally does not instantly meet the right one. And if the pool of nearby eligibles for dating happens to be mainly former students, it is the most "natural" thing in the world to end up dating and possibly mating with a former student. And the VIU administration engages in gross stereotyping when they refer to only the profs initiating. Are they not aware that students, and more specifically female students are quite capable of initiating and do initiate?
And finally in their last sentence it becomes quite revealing of who are these VIU people- "In those circumstances, a decision-maker would question whether the faculty member was exploiting their professional role to enhance their personal and social life". The revelation is that the VIU administrators are the decision-makers, not the professors and certainly not the students. In the VIU world view, the administrators are the adults who make decisions as to what is best for their children- their profs and their students. This is authoritarianism and arrogance at its worse. Or to put it in still other terms, VIU administrators are the VIPS who must control the behavior of the peasantry.
Now as for faculty members using their professional role to enhance their personal and social life. Is not such the norm in social life, that people use their professional role to enhance their personal and social life? Even university administrators do this, even presidents, priests, parents, prophets and politicians do this, even Lithuanians and Latvians do it. We all do it!
Shame on VIU for lending their so called good name to this dribble. Such has no place in university life.
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Another excellent article by the Dank professor!
That last sentence of the administration statement really slays me! As boys growing up, we saw some contemporary girls dating older guys, since they had greater status and better resources than we did. Now that WE have attained some status & resources, are we supposed to be ashamed of our present state, and not let those things enhance our desirability with the female gender? This is paternalistic oppression at its worst, by college administrations!!
Comment by Donald Visconti | July 10, 2010 |
"…even Lithuanians and Latvians do it"
whats this????? :))
Comment by mmmm | February 4, 2011 |
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Great news about Jawai.ReplyDelete
Missing training camp and early season games will be a big setback for his rookie season though. All this time off the court, not sure what to expect from this season.
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I feel like we've been down this road with project centers. Where's Sharone Wright? Does anybody know?ReplyDelete
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NV Gaston Chiquet Tradition
This shouldn't be taken to imply that I don't like Champagne--on the contrary, I'm quite fond of it. I've had Dom Perignon, Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Mumm, Taittinger, all of the big producers. But this year I wanted to ring in 2010 with something different, and so I turned to a pair of friends who happen to be both wine bloggers and wine retailers: Michael Hughes of Joe's Wines & Liquor in Midtown Memphis, and Samantha Dugan of The Wine Country in Signal Hill/Long Beach, California. Both of them have tasted much more Champagne than I have, so I issued them a challenge: collaborate, pick out an interesting selection for me around $50, and I'd buy a bottle here in town while plugging both stores*.
It didn't work out quite like I expected, but Sam and Michael performed admirably. Turns out that the selections and prices were much different between the two sides of the US, and without an individual bottle to recommend, it was time to switch to a certain category of Champagne.
There's an interesting trend of récoltants-manipulants or harvester-producers: farmers who have historically supplied grapes to the big houses, but have begun making their own small-batch Champagne. In the US, these wines are known as grower Champagnes, or sometimes the more casual "farmer fizz". While I've read quite a bit about this movement and admire it in the broader trend towards small production food and wine, I haven't ever had one myself.
Consensus was reached on the NV Gaston Chiquet Tradition, which I purchased at Joe's on Saturday. $53, 12.5% abv, made from 35% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Meunier, 20% Pinot Noir. (A plurality of Pinot Meunier? Be still my beating heart!) According to the importer website, it's a blend of the 2004, 2002, 2001, 1998 vintages. I'm really excited about trying this wine, but I have to just stare at it for the next ten days.
Is this my official recommendation for your New Year's celebration? Well, it's what I'll be drinking, but I think I bought Michael's last bottle and Sam doesn't carry it. But if you're looking for my formal advice, I'd say try a grower Champagne. It's going to be something different, something individual, something with personality. I like Veuve Clicquot, but you can find that yellow label anywhere in the world at any time of year. When you buy a grower Champagne, you're one of a select few people who will be enjoying that specific wine as the clock ticks down to midnight. You can brag to your friends, impress that girl you've been dating, and most importantly, you'll be drinking a solidly produced wine rather than just an excuse for breaking out the sparkling wine flutes.
Many thanks to Michael and Sam for their assistance, and I'm sure this will be a New Year's Eve to remember!
*This isn't advertising, and I didn't receive any financial compensation for this project. Basically two good writers happen to be passionate about Champagne and are in the retail business. A knowledgeable wine salesperson who has the bottles on hand in your city is worth more than all of the Top 100 lists ever written. If you stop by Joe's or The Wine Country in search of a great Champagne for New Year's, tell 'em I sent you.
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- fredric koeppel said...
as you see, the problem w/ recommending grower champagnes is the random nature in which retailers will carry the wines. in Memphis, v. few retailers will; they want to stick with the familiar accepted labels. and once they sell the few bottles they carry, if they do, they tend not to restock. the Gaston Chiquet is lovely.
- 21 December, 2009 04:17
- Samantha Dugan said...
See that was the problem with finding a wine for Benito here, there was just so little grower Champagne to choose from. We ended up settling on an importer rather than a Champagne house...and even then, (and God I hope this does not come off wrong) it seemed as if the Champagnes that were available were not the really good ones, no H. Billiot, Pierre Peters, Jean Milan, ended up being harder than I had thought.
Thank you my dear friend, both for the fun little project and for the mention. So sorry that we could not find you a Rose or one of my beloved Champagnes. One day, one day kid, you and I will share a fantastic bottle of grower Champagne....even if I have to lug a bunch of bottles out there in the new year, (the hubby wants to head out to Memphis next year).
Happy Holidays Ben.
- 21 December, 2009 06:45
- Michael Hughes said...
Hopefully we will get that availability ramped up. Its an uphill battle to get most consumers to realize that Veuve Clic is swill & for 10-15 bucks less they can have an actual wine thats delicious as opposed to some industrial produced pollutant. I'll be sure to get some more Gaston (& my fave Chartogne-Taillet) back on the shelves this week!
Sam-I have to warn you that when we finally get together in person I might just spontaneously combust!
- 21 December, 2009 08:33
- Benito said...
When readers ask me for specific wine recommendations, I always just suggest a generic category or style and suggest they ask for help at their local wine shop. After all, I have no idea what the inventory is like in Wisconsin or Idaho, and while I could rattle of a dozen perfect bottles, there's a chance that none of them are available in that state, much less the reader's city.
So what do I do? I ask for a specific bottle recommendation from someone in California, who is unfamiliar with our local wine distribution.
I barely look at Champagnes when I go into a Memphis wine shop--again, I don't drink a lot of it, but also in many places the bottles are kept locked in a case or behind the register. Certainly understandable, but difficult for browsing purposes.
I might try this again in the future if Sam and Michael are willing. I've got some other blind spots out there, like Burgundy...
- 21 December, 2009 12:24
- Samantha Dugan said...
I'd love to!
- 21 December, 2009 15:11
- Hampers said...
Finally, a resolution I love and really want to keep. Good article. Being a wine lover, I enjoyed going through it.
- 21 December, 2009 18:50
OK here comes the wholesaler!!!
We would love to sell these wines. But the reality is that few Memphis consumers would know them. As well as, Tennesse being a franchise state makes small producers wary of coming here for fear they will be stuck in a house that doesn't support their brand. Also, most of these wines are hand sell items and Michael you know how fast hand sale items fly off the shelves in your store. It is all about the staff, have they been trained properly, and if they like the wine. We, as a wholesaler, have started bringing in small amounts of special things for certain stores, upon request, for them to sell. This seems to be working. We all wished we worked in a market like Sam's.
Maybe one day between Fredric, Benito, Michael and the others working hard trying to educate our consumers we might get there. Please continue the good fight and let me know where I might be able to help.
Ben, great post as always. Sam and Michael you did a great job with very limited resources!!!
- 22 December, 2009 06:32
- Benito said...
Thanks as always for the industry perspective! As I read back over this post I see myself as more indicative of the problem than the solution: I've been heavy into wine over the past six years, but it's taken about two years of suggestions, teasing, and the occasional downright insult about my sparkling wine preferences to get me to try a grower Champagne.
Obviously it's difficult to sell a luxury product that doesn't have a well-known brand association, and I don't think the solution is for rappers to start featuring farmer fizz in videos.
However... I never thought Memphis would be receptive to things like Fresh Market, Whole Foods, and the amazing farmers markets we now have. We're becoming a town where people have serious opinions on different types of goat cheese. Wine is a little harder, since there's not that local connection, but I'm optimistic about the River City.
- 22 December, 2009 10:23


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Fraser Health hospitals are diverting or transferring stroke patients to Vancouver hospitals, creating "less than ideal" care, according to an external report prepared for the provincial government.
This is despite the fact two hospitals — Royal Columbian and Surrey Memorial — are designated stroke sites and have stroke specialists — including stroke neurologists and other experts — on staff, the review found.
Rapid care is key in the treatment of stroke patients since a special class of drugs called thrombolytics may be used to break up blood clots in the brain that cause ischemic strokes. But they must be administered within 4½ hours from the onset of symptoms to be potentially effective.
So when every minute counts, those in the Fraser Health region who are transported to Vancouver hospitals instead of their nearest local facility face critical time delays, the Fraser Health Review report states.
A Fraser Health medical director downplayed the criticisms in the report on Tuesday, saying steps have been taken to address many of the concerns since the review was conducted, although he acknowledged some patients are still transferred to Vancouver.
"I can't change what's written there ... and it's not a question of disputing it," said Dr. Dave Williams, Fraser Health's program medical director of medicine. "But we do use thrombolytics and patients are receiving the best stroke care, whether they go to Royal Columbian or Surrey."
The Fraser Health Review, ordered by Health Minister Terry Lake last year, was released earlier this month. It flagged numerous areas of concern in the region, including adverse events suffered by patients in hospital and an over-reliance on acute care hospital beds. When it was released, Lake announced an injection of $60 million more over the next two years, on top of the $3.1 billion Fraser Health already receives from the government annually.
The report says the transfer of patients to Vancouver General Hospital from Fraser Health facilities — including Surrey Memorial — also has a negative impact on ambulance resources and patient volume at VGH.
"This is not good patient care as it introduces undue time delays to a treatment that is time sensitive. As well, it impacts (ambulance) resources and it impacts volumes at VGH," it says.
On the issue of stroke, the report also identified these problems:
• Royal Columbian Hospital "is a designated stroke site, but their emergency (department) is resistant to accepting further volumes given their current capacity issues."
• At Surrey Memorial, "the emergency department and neurology have not embraced or implemented the use of thrombolytics."
Thrombolytics — specifically a drug known as tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) — were first approved for use in Canada in 1999. Since then, various advocacy organizations — including the Heart and Stroke Foundation and Canadian Stroke Network — have been agitating for greater awareness of the "time is brain" messaging, improved use of TPA and the need for designated stroke centres.
Yet the Fraser Health Review report says even hospitals designated as stroke sites — Royal Columbian, Surrey Memorial and Abbotsford Regional hospitals — are diverting or transferring stroke patients to Vancouver.
"Fraser Health has not been successful in implementing consistent use of thrombolytics in the emergency departments of designated stroke sites ... As a result, they have not been fully able to implement ambulance bypass to designated stroke sites."
Williams said he thinks the report was based on outdated information since, in the past year, aggressive efforts have been made to improve stroke care across the region. The report looked at hospital visits in 2012/13.
He believes the report failed to consider efforts such as the hiring of new stroke neurologists, which helps hospitals like RCH provide 24/7 stroke care and consistently offer thrombolytics.
In the case of Royal Columbian, an American stroke neurologist was hired in the past month, giving the hospital two such subspecialists in addition to five other neurologists. It plans to recruit another three, he said.
Williams didn't deny that ambulances transport some patients to VGH from areas like Langley and Delta. He said it's part of a historical pattern based on the fact that VGH is a centre of stroke expertise.
But Williams said that as Fraser Health builds capacity to care for such patients, they will eventually all be treated in the region in which they live.
Nearly 7,000 B.C. patients are admitted to hospitals each year with strokes, including nearly 3,000 in Fraser Health. Most of them suffered ischemic strokes as opposed to hemorrhagic.
Thrombolytic drugs are given to patients in the acute stage of an ischemic stroke after a CT scan has shown it is probably safe to do so.
Williams said only 250 Fraser Health ischemic stroke patients fit the criteria last year for receiving a thrombolytic drug, and approximately 135 such patients were transferred to VGH. He said this number will be far lower this year.
The report noted the number of "stroke neurologists " is "very skewed toward" the western end of the Lower Mainland (Vancouver Coastal). Williams said there are more than 50 neurologists in the Vancouver area, while there are only 14 in the much bigger Fraser region.
"You do the math," he said, referring to the fact that as the most-populated, fastest-growing part of Metro, Fraser Health has to catch up. "Yes, it is a work in progress."
He said while there is a natural inclination to feel defensive when presented with such a hard-hitting report, "we are learning from it. We need to be more aggressive in getting patients access to TPA."
Part of the solution lies with public education, since only a third of stroke patients get to hospital fast enough to be considered for TPA.
Dr. Devin Harris, a Kelowna emergency doctor who is medical adviser to Stroke Services BC, was one of several co-authors of the report.
He praised Fraser Health leaders such as Dr. Andrew Dawson for starting to make significant strides in the right direction. And he said patient transfers are not necessarily a bad thing; it's always better to treat patients in a hospital with lots of experience handling strokes rather than in low-volume community hospitals lacking expertise.
Harris said Fraser Health has one of the best stroke rehabilitation programs in the province but there is still room for improvement when it comes to increasing the use of thrombolytics. Told that Williams had said most eligible patients will now be receiving the treatment, Harris said: "I would be excited, optimistic, hopeful and happy if that was the case."
He said sometime later this year, the public will have access to a stroke report card so they can see how hospitals compare. The provincial initiative, based on data that has been collected but not yet publicly accessible, is a collaboration between the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council, Ministry of Health, Stroke Services BC and health authorities.
Hospitals will be required to measure and report the proportion of patients who die in hospital after a diagnosis of ischemic stroke. They will also have to measure and report the percentage discharged to their original place of residence, the percentage discharged to long-term care facility or nursing homes, and the proportion who received acute thrombolytic therapy.
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