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This is part 2 of a two part post. The first was here.
Bearing in mind Richard North's take on the elite in this comment, then let's go to Rifleman 1853 again:
Right, so the political elite have made up their minds what's best for us, and we plebs and peasants can just shut up and do what we're told.
Also bear in mind Quiet Man's post about history and which should be taught.
Why is it that people happily accept things only up to a point and then refuse to look further? I completely agree that we should only take on board as read that which has been established and not wild speculation but if things beyond the range of vision of the average joe are just as much established, why not take them onboard?
So, it's not enough for me to just utter the vague term "political elite" without exploring who in the hell they actually are. I began blogging in 2006 and called them The Third Force at first, then took to calling them Them but that hurt me in that it looked too much like aliens, whereas I was referring more to Eisenhower's military industrial complex and as I explored, other organizations came up – the CFR, TLC, C300, Bilderbergers etc.
Now why would the single word "Bilderberg" raise such heckles, such guffaws? It's justa meeting of the wheelers and dealers, yes – and what? Why wouldn't they have a meeting? Etienne Davignon was asked about the people who were invited and he answered, in a German interview, that he and his colleagues were "good talent spotters".
Again, and what? Of course they are. They would like to influence who is in power, even nominal power such as the PM of this country – everyone wants to influence that, that's why there are lobby groups. The Bilberbergers are just a lobby group who try to own governments by means of getting their boy into power. Thus they had Brown in 1991 and Blair in 1993 and he denied 1997 after the word had gone mainstream. He was called out in parliament over it.
And it wasn't the Bilderberg per se who got those bozos into power because there is overlap the whole time. One might just as well have said the IMF got them in or the BIS or C300. I'm not interested in what names the power divides itself into and then turns the discussion to whether the Bilderberg or the TLC or whoever got them in – the point is that there is a power behind these "leaders".
And look at the calibre of the leaders – Blair, Brown, Balls, Cameron, Osborne, Clark, the Milipedes. What mental characteristics do these people share?
They're all at it – look at Common Purpose, for example. Ostensibly coming out of the ODPM in Labour's time, they were heavily connected with Demos and Tavistock.
Now what could possibly be a connection between those two bodies and Chatham House? I ran posts on Common Purpose from 2007 and people just smiled at Mad James. Now, after Brian Gerrish, Ken Craggs, Graham Roberts, Stop CP and many more have done such spade work, CP is mainstream – look at Leveson and what the Mail ran on them.
If I say it in 2007, then I'm Mad James. If the Wail says it in 2012, suddenly they've newly discovered something.
Certain bloggers have said we don't need to look at history.
Why not? To say history is written by the victors is a cop out and the skill of the historian is to take the extant texts and archaeological record and glean meaning from them, taking into account biases etc., e.g. Josephus on Jesus. Again – and what? This is what history is about.
More recent history has Woodrow Wilson writing in The New Freedom [1913]:
Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the U.S., in the field of commerce and manufacturing, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something.
They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
Now what – are you going to call him a "conspiracy theorist" or might he have known something? Similarly, when Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. said about the Fed:
This act establishes the most gigantic trust on earth. When the President signs this act the invisible government by the monetary power, proven to exist by the Money Trust investigation, will be legalized …
… then there are many today who will take that one on board because we see it in the Geithners and others today. Read Jesse, Zero Hedge, Karl Denninger and Max Keiser. Read Janet Tavakoli.
And what did Lindbergh Snr say?
The worst legislative crime of the ages is perpetrated by this banking and currency Bill.
And later, Louis McFadden said, on the floor of the house:
When the Federal Reserve Act was passed, the people of these United States did not perceive that a world banking system was being set up here. A super-state controlled by international bankers and international industrialists acting together to enslave the world for their own pleasure.
Every effort has been made by the Fed to conceal its powers but the truth is – the Fed has usurped the Government. It controls everything here and it controls all our foreign relations. It makes and breaks governments at will.
OK, so bear with me here before expostulating "conspiracy theory", "right wing nutter". Look at what has actually been said by people who count, people actually supposedly in power. Wilson and many others have identified the money power. Old Dixie himself took on the banks and temporarily won – any American kid knows about that.
But there was also talk of the industrialists, was there not and we could look at anyone from IG Farben to Standard Oil to Carnegie to Exxon [with the double cross in the name]. Cue Eisenhower's farewell speech and talk of the Military Industrial complex. So we'd probably have to accept that this is a pretty powerful combination of interests, from the central banks to the industrialists.
Are they working together? How can I know? I don't have the documents.
Let's move on to other things we actually do have. Every President, at least from Wilson onwards, had a minder. The original was Colonel House, a nondescript of no achievement [see the type the Bilderbergers talent spot, e.g. Ed Balls] and he stuck close to Wilson and "advised" him on policy. He was still advising Roosevelt.
Who the hell was this man? Come to think of it, who were Kissinger and Cheney? Who is Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski? An obscure Pole who wrote in a Machiavellian way. For anyone with political nous, all of these were either very good bedtime reading and the presidents liked them or else they were the ones influencing policy or else they were the presidents' minders – see Wilson's reference again to the hidden power.
Now, if these people from the left are identifying part of the political elite, what of Churchill in 1920?
From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, to those of Trotsky, Bela Kun, Rosa Luxembourg, and Emma Goldman, this world wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested development, of envious malevolence and impossible equality, has been steadily growing.
Of course it had. One of the planks of the communist manifesto had the central bank as a feature. And a glance at the champagne socialists today shows how far removed they are from true communist principles. Churchill traced it back to the French Revolution and again – so what? A reading of that time shows that Voltaire was the main philosopher of influence, sitting back and influencing thought – cf. thinktanks today – just as the Frankfurt School heavily influenced people like Keynes in that day and later the 60's cultural revolution which ran neatly along Marcuse's critical theory lines.
Now these things are not speculation – they are there for you to dig out if you so wish. What these people wrote is what they wrote and if Leary and others acknowledged the debt, then there is the connection. Now rather than go into denial, I'd rather throw all of this onto the table and see how there is any connection and if I can't find one, I shan't try to join dots but just leave it all sitting there on the table for you to make something of.
Let's throw in now the SPPNA. This was a CFR thinktank policy doc, powerful enough to get Bush, Martin and Fox to the table on March 13th, 2005 and they agreed on its broad principles [see here and here – this latter quoting Richard North and mentioning the CFR discussion on how to handle an international disease pandemic, should it happen to occur in the future].
It would only regulate these areas in North America:
a. defense
b. the judiciary
c. education
d. social security
e. opens the borders and creates access and egress via the state constructed NAFTA Superhighways
f. creates a free economic zone within NA shores
g is advised by the North American Advisory Council [CFR appointees – p53]
One of my readers, Lord Nazh, poo-poohed it, saying it would never get through. I'm not disagreeing and when the major right media in the States got onto it, it was dead in the water. However, with all due respect, he did not consider that these people have a habit of repackaging and re-presenting in another form – see Lisbon Treaty and the Irish Referendum.
Summary so far
There are elements including communism, the industrialists and the central banks which we can pretty well agree on. Throw in Ike's MIC.
Any more?
Well yes – what about that obscure little cult in Germany which listed, in 1776, as its objectives:
1) Abolition of all ordered governments
2) Abolition of private property
3) Abolition of inheritance
4) Abolition of patriotism
5) Abolition of the family
6) Abolition of religion
7) Creation of a world government
How obscure? In 1798 – George Washington:
It is not my intention to doubt that the doctrine of the Illuminati and the principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On the contrary, no one is more satisfied of this fact than I am.
You don't see that name mentioned by me because it is highly emotive and causes people to shriek with laughter so let's move on. Remember, I'm not saying these things exist because how can I know? I am saying that people of influence referred to them.
Freemasonry became a major issue in the Presidential election of 1796 in the United States. John Adams won the election by opposing Masonry, and his son John Quincy Adams warned of the dire threat to the nation posed by the Masonic Lodges:
I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry is, if not the greatest, then one of the greatest moral and political evils.
Now you can laugh me down as a left field blogger but how do you laugh down John Quincy Adams?
And this is the beauty of the historical record. This is not history written by victors but simply history, i.e. someone wrote it and therefore it is to be considered. But if you won't consider it, i.e. I've read it and you haven't because you're not interested and if you then continue to speculate politically about who the power is, then I'd suggest you're tying one hand behind your back in doing so.
I'd suggest that in order to come to a rational conclusion on what this power actually is, you'd need to consider ALL the evidence, not that which has been cherry-picked and suits one's psychological set. I'm not trying to convince you, I'm not preaching, I'm not remotely interested in how you handle what is presented.
I am interested in presenting it though.
Why? Because if we're freedom fighting, isn't it as well to know just what we're up against? And if you dismiss this with an airy wave of the hand and "well, I don't believe any of that guff", I'd like to ask on what historical basis you are rejecting JQ Adams' and Churchill's words? That is, what bank of data, of knowledge, superior to the historical record, do you have to present?
Anyone know who said the following and it then went ahead in 1816?
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
Anyone know who wrote on the methodology of assuming power which goes:
First you foment a crisis. Then there is an enormous public outcry that something must be done about the problem. So you offer a solution that brings about the changes you really wanted all along, but which people would have been unwilling to accept initially.
Hint – he wrote it in 1821 but if you reject history, then you would know nothing of this. A good example of this would be the killings at Dunblane and Hungerford. In both cases public outrage was accompanied by the passage of stringent new gun legislation in the British parliament; yet serious questions remained unanswered about both incidents.
Ditto the Patriot Act. Ditto Leveson today and the paedo-fear. Ditto these two idiots in Australia and the whole question of press behaviour. Did you note that those two were a mess afterwards but the radio station were unrepentant and defiant? Who was the power in there? Jeff Kennett immediately came in to defend them and he's a former Premier of Victoria and one of the establishment.
So, any others?
In 1870, John Ruskin was named Professor of Fine Arts at Oxford. He taught his students that the government should take control of all means of production and distribution, and he was prepared to place control of the government in the hands of a single man:
My continual aim has been to show the eternal superiority of some men to others, sometimes even of one man to all others.
As a recent advocate of meritocracy, I'd agree but he was referring to himself and his kind and what characterizes all elitists is that they see themselves as the kind of people who should be in charge. Ed Balls? Maxine Waters? Harriet Harman?
On Feb. 5, 1891, Rhodes [a Ruskin admirer] joined his group from Oxford with a similar group from Cambridge headed by social reformer William Stead. Rhodes and Stead were members of the inner "Circle of Initiates", the secret society which they founded.
There was also an outer circle known as the "Association of Helpers."
If you think this was a curious historical anomaly, then how do you explain Chatham House today and why do all major political figures who visit these shores address Chatham House audiences? This elitism is at the core of all the major movements, including depopulation.
Why, for example, did Lord Alfred Milner, from 1909-1913, organize the "Association of Helpers" into various Round Table Groups in the British dependencies and the United States? For what purpose? And do you think he had any influence at all on the powers that be at the time?
Oh and just before I forget – who actually reorganized the American branch of the Institute of International Affairs into the Council on Foreign Relations in 1921?
Yep, our old friend Colonel House. And soon after its formulation [not forgetting the League of Nations and other pushes by the PTB at that time], on December 15, 1922, the CFR's Philip Kerr, in its magazine "Foreign Affairs", wrote:
Obviously there is going to be no peace or prosperity for mankind as long as the earth remains divided into 50 or 60 independent states, until some kind of international system is created. The real problem today is that of world government.
We're not talking of people without influence here – we're talking about a conduit to the movers and shakers. And let's face it – why would they aim anywhere lower?
But it's not just influencing the people at the top which is important. Right through the society, in every council in the UK, are Common Purpose. In America, it came out in various ways, e.g. in 1932, a "Plan for Peace" by American Birth Control League founder Margaret Sanger was published. In it, she called for coercive sterilization, mandatory segregation, and rehabilitative concentration camps for all "dysgenic stocks," including Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians and Catholics.
The Birth Control League eventuated, changing its name to Planned Parenthood – the nation's foremost promoter and provider of abortion services. How many were aware of that?
How many were aware of the Demos roots of the Media Standards Trust and the Marxist roots of Demos? Google Geoff Mulgan and find out.
So Churchill does appear to be vindicated here. And corroboration comes from different corners of the world. In 1954, Senator William Jenner said to a US Senate hearing:
We have a well-organized political action group in this country, determined to destroy our Constitution and establish a one-party state. It has a foothold within our Government, and its own propaganda apparatus. One may call this group by many names. Some people call it socialism, some collectivism. I prefer to call it 'democratic centralism.'
The important point to remember about this group is not its ideology but its organization. It is a dynamic, aggressive, elite corps, forcing its way through every opening, to make a breach for a collectivist one-party state. It operates secretly, silently, continuously to transform our Government without our suspecting the change is underway.
This secret revolutionary corps understands well the power to influence the people by an elegant form of brainwashing. We see this, for example, in the innocent use of words like 'democracy' in place of 'representative government.
Now focus on Obama.
And if you mock the connection between the White House, major firms and communism, if you shriek "right wing conspiracy nut", then what do you make of Rowan Gaither, President of the Ford Foundation, who in 1953 told a Congressional commission investigating tax-exempt foundations:
We at the executive level here were active in either the OSS [forerunner of the CIA], the State Department, or the European Economic Administration. During those times, and without exception, we operated under directives issued by the White House. We are continuing to be guided by just such directives, the substance of which were to the effect that we should make every effort to so alter life in the United States as to make possible a comfortable merger with the Soviet Union."
Now please tell me one place in this post where I've gone off on my own and joined dots? I'm not saying all the people quoted didn't join dots – they did – but I am suggesting such people were sufficiently in the know to be able to do that. A left-liberal commenter at my place, Don Qui Scottie, said I had a habit of providing links and resting on the authority of those links.
Guilty, m'lud. If I can't rely on JQ Adams, Churchill, Wilson, Lindbergh, Jenner, Gaither and others of that calibre, then just whom can I rely on?
On Feb. 9, 1950, the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution #66 which began:
Whereas, in order to achieve universal peace and justice, the present Charter of the United Nations should be changed to provide a true world government constitution.
The resolution was introduced by Senator Glen Taylor (D-Idaho), who later stated, by way of explanation:
We would have to sacrifice considerable sovereignty to the world organization to enable them to levy taxes in their own right to support themselves.
This ain't thinktanks – this is people in government and moves like this, in the light of the later climate scam legislation and its purposes, e.g. the Davidson and McLaughlin Valdez Principles, shows that "the power", whoever it is, is behind it.
Or are you trying to say that Taylor acted entirely on his own? The overwhelming record in our parliament of PMBs have been those going for more freedom, not less. Ditto in the States. This was no PMB Taylor introduced.
So we're really not talking powerless kooks out in the community who are coming up with these things. We're talking of quite powerful kooks within the processes of power who are coming up with these things – or did Kyoto and all the rest of it happen by accident?
Not to mention Agenda 21.
And what do you make of this one? In 1975 in Congress, 32 Senators and 92 Representatives sign "A Declaration of Interdependence," which stated that:
We must join with others to bring forth a new world order… Narrow notions of national sovereignty must not be permitted to curtail that obligation.
Now you can ferret out yourselves whether or not that actually happened. Congresswoman Marjorie Holt refused to sign the Declaration saying:
It calls for the surrender of our national sovereignty to international organizations. It declares that our economy should be regulated by international authorities. It proposes that we enter a 'new world order' that would redistribute the wealth created by the American people.
So just who is David Cameron?
Well, we know he's a Bullingdon, along with Osborne. We know he's keeping Osborne, an utter incompetent, in there against the odds. He's obviously in thrall to the EU, makes populist noises and might even believe his own rhetoric but very quickly succumbs once again.
We all say Cameron is spineless. Wilson again, from 1913:
Some of the biggest men … are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
I'm suggesting Cameron is in thrall, not so much to the visible EU and Barroso but to the power behind the EU. Very, very simple exercise – who set up the EU?
OK, have you ever explored the people behind the Club of Rome? Have you seen any connection with Chatham House and the Scottish Rite or the Italian families? I'm not going to help you by providing them. That's for you to explore. Or not.
I am going to suggest though that the vast majority of us are not taking all the foregoing into account. I'm suggesting that the real power is somewhere between all those thinktanks and powerful people in the community. Plus the old money.
I'm also going to suggest that an exploration of the Bertelsmann family in Bavaria is well worth the effort.
When, on Friday morning, October 13th 1307, King Phillip IV, together with the Avignonese Pope Clement V, began suppression the Templars throughout Europe, a large number escaped and found refuge abroad. On the eve of the arrests, the entire Templar fleet mysteriously vanished from the port of La Rochelle carrying with it a vast fortune, the fate of which remains a mystery down to this day.
Rollicking good pirate stuff but that was real bullion, real collateral. Where did it go? It didn't cease to exist. Coincidentally, trace the rise of usury and banking in Europe. Where did it start from? What is a Lombard? How did the Bank of Amsterdam come about? Who were the names behind that?
Interesting study, that one. Not conspiracy theory – it is coin and notes and it therefore has a history. Exploring that history recalls the words of Deep Throat in Watergate: "Follow the money."
The EU? It's a project, is it not? It's a bit of kite-flying that succeeded beyond the Club's wildest expectations. I'm suggesting that it has little to do with convincing Cameron not to give us a referendum but that there is a far more invisible power who are the ones fomenting things and always have been.
This power is the one I've been blogging against since 2006 and which is not in the least interested in the ramblings of a little blogger like me. The online minions will note it and I'll be mopped up later, along with LR, Julia and all the others and it won't mean diddly squat whether you wish to utterly dissociate yourself from this post, it's author and all it says or not – and I imagine my two colleagues would very much wish to distance themselves a long, long way.
It matters little in the wash-up because all of us, from DK to Leg-Iron to Captain Ranty to me are going to be mopped up once the focus is elsewhere, e.g. after the Leveson legislation has separated us from our readers. At least that's as the PTB possibily see it.
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Keep sending your emails about how much detail you want/need. So far some of you are super superstitious, like me, and are urging caution in coverage. The other half of you are like - TELL ME EVERYTHING AND PUT A CAMERA UP IN THERE IF YOU CAN. The world press, as you can imagine, is trying. And is it true that some American networks have sent reporters out there to camp outside the hospital? I will totally volunteer to camp outside the hospital next year, when the heir is crowning. Um. Sorry. That time I couldn't help it. Here's how I put it to my friend and producer Laura yesterday -- if I was sent to Florida to camp outside the morgue for the Anna Nicole Smith situation (true story), I should totally be sent to camp outside the hospital for the arrival of the future monarch!
But we aren't there yet, are we. We're not even close.
Princess Catherine's condition is pretty serious and I'm told it came on fast. According to one source I spoke to yesterday, it's only 6 weeks. The concern is that in severe cases, Hyperemesis Gravidarum can lead to excessive weight loss and even muscular atrophy. The good news is that Kate was treated quickly and they're obviously hoping she will respond quickly. But there's also a chance it could be this way through her first trimester if not her entire pregnancy, as some women have experienced. Some UK outlets, naturally, are attributing all of this to a twin situation because the condition often accompanies multiple births. Right now there are no reliable sources who could possibly confirm this as Will and Kate kept this so tightly to themselves, up until yesterday, that the suggestion that anyone would know any more than the fact that she is pregnant and isn't feeling well is ridiculous.
It's very delicate right now. Are you as uncomfortable as I am? No jinx. Until she's ok and safe then, no name talk, no gender talk -- even though, I KNOW, there's so much to say.
Here's Prince William visiting Kate today.

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Being first matters at the box office. Also, having a good movie helps, but being first counts since viewers feel like if they've seen something before, they don't want to revisit the exact same premise or character set again unless it's part of the same franchise. This weekend, I went to see Bridesmaids and there was a trailer for Friends with Benefits and you could almost feel the audience wondering "Didn't we see this already with No Strings Attached?" And while I think Friends with Benefits looks better, it has to overcome the stigma of recently-been-there-done-that.
Universal had previously set their Snow White and the Huntsman for December 21, 2012, but Deadline reports that the studio has kicked the film all the way up to June 1, 2012 (and sent Judd Apatow's new film to December 2012) ahead of Relativity's The Brothers Grimm: Snow White, which opens June 29, 2012. This move either forces Relativity to kick their film up even further, move it back, or wait and see if audiences are willing to see two Snow White films in the same month. Hit the jump for a refresher on both films.
Snow White and the Huntsman has director Rupert Sanders at the helm and stars Kristen Stewart as Snow White, Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman, Sam Claflin as the Prince, and Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen. The premise was originally set up that Snow White was banished from the kingdom, forced to live on her own, and the Hunstman would be played by an older actor who served as a mentor figure that taught Snow to fend for herself. But with the casting of Hemsworth, it's possible that the script is being reworked to accommodate a romance between the title characters. At June 1, 2012, the film's only competition at the box office is the star-studded musical Rock of Ages.
The Brothers Grimm: Snow White (which is a tentative title) will be directed by Tarsem Singh. The film is being billed as a "spirited adventure comedy" where the evil queen (Julia Roberts) and exiled princess Snow White (Lily Collins) vying for control of their kingdom. Armie Hammer will play the Prince, Robert Emms is the Prince's valet, and Nathan Lane has the role of the Queen's servant. The only competition the film has on June 29, 2012 is Star Trek 2.


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I've been receiving tons of questions on how to check if their PSP can have custom firmware installed. Here's a complete and concise guide to get you going. Make sure to read through the guide fully since it will answer all your psp motherboard related questions.
First of, you need to understand that there are three types of PSPs:
1) 1000 Series (Also known as PSP Phat/Fat)
2) 2000 Series (Also known as PSP Slim or Lite & Slim)
3) 3000 Series (Also known as PSP Brite)
So why install Custom Firmware on a PSP?
People install Custom Firmware so they can run Homebrew, programs developed by people that don't have a contract with Sony. A PSP with Custom Firmware could also back up your games from the UMD to your computer; it also allows you to play those backups from your Memory Stick (MS). You could also do some serious customizations to your theme. Basically, you free your PSP from the hands of Sony.
Why can't I install Custom Firmware on my PSP?
Your PSP probably has a TA-088v3 (Found in some 2000 series units) or TA-090v2 (Found in all 3000 series units) motherboard, which are, to-date, still aren't supported by the current Custom Firmware versions so you can't install it on them.
From here on, Here's some clarifications:
All 1000 Series (or PSP Phat) PSPs are crackable to date. You can use Pandora and an MMS to install Custom Firmware or some other method.
The 2000 Series is a split family. It has 3 generations, differentiated by the motherboard installed on them.
1) 1st Generation 2000 Series uses TA-085xx and is supported by Custom Firmware.
2) 2nd Generation 2000 Series uses TA-088v3 and is not supported by Custom Firmware.
3) 3rd Generation 2000 Series uses TA-090v1 and is supported by Custom Firmware.
So if you have a PSP Slim and don't have TA-088v3 motherboard, rest assured that you can install Custom Firmware on it.
All 3000 Series (or PSP Brite) have the TA-090v2 Motherboard, which is still unsupported by Custom Firmware. Sony has made the latest iteration of the PSP hardware secured under a bigger lock and key. A few enterprising people claim to have the PSP-3000 hacked but it's nothing more than smoke and mirrors.
Here's a list of all the Motherboards made & released by Sony:
We all know how to tell if a PSP is a PSP 1000 because of it's bulk. The same goes for the 3000 Series because of the PSP-3000's features. What's difficult is telling if your PSP Slim (PSP-2000) can have Custom Firmware installed.
Here's 7 ways to tell if you can install Custom Firmware or not:
1) What is the Firmware the PSP came with?
The original firmware that came with the PSP right out of the box is an indication of its Motherboard, & here's the list:
1) Official Firmware 3.60: Supported by Custom Firmware
2) Official Firmware 3.71: Supported by Custom Firmware
3) Official Firmware 3.72: Supported by Custom Firmware
4) Official Firmware 3.80: Supported by Custom Firmware
5) Official Firmware 3.90: Supported by Custom Firmware
6) Official Firmware 3.95: Supported by Custom Firmware
7) Official Firmware 4.01: Very high chance of no Custom Firmware support
If you've bought a PSP with Official Firmware higher than 4.01, chances are it doesn't support Custom Firmware, any attempt to install it will be met with a Game could not be started error.
Note: If you updated the PSP or the PSP you've bought has been upgraded before you got your hands on it then you need to find out what was the first firmware installed on it as the list above only applies to said version.
2) What is the PSP's Serial Number?
The Serial Number is found on a label where the battery is supposed to go. Refer to the picture below for a better illustration:
Note that this applies to Piano Piano Black PSPs (for now). If the serial starts with HU2, then the PSP most likely has a TA-088v3 Motherboard. Any other serial (Say starting with HC or HB or HJ) can have CFW installed.
3) What's is the PSP's Identification Letter
It's the letter on a label on the box that indicates the version of the unit. A picture is shown below:
Note that this label is only present on the normal PSP box and not those large "Limited Edition" ones.
Anyways, See the G there?
That G is the letter in question. Here's a list of all the letters that the 2000 series ship with:
1) No Letter) = 3.60
3) B = Doesn't exist
5) D = Doesn't exist
8) G = 3.95 (TA-088v1) / 4.01 (TA-088v2) / 4.01 (TA-088v3)
If the letter is absent or is from A to F, then you can install Custom Firmware. If it's a G then you can't.
4) What's the Box's Serial Number?
If your box doesn't have a label with a letter in it, like the G in the third method, then it should have a label with another serial that's not related to the PSP unit.
Note that American 2000 series (2001 PSPs) & Japanese PSPs (Both 1000 series & 2000 series) Don't have those date codes on them, just like the 2001 Piano Black PSP pictured above.
The 2000 Series Date Codes go as follows:
7C: Supported by Custom Firmware
7D: Supported by Custom Firmware
7(Any later Letter): Supported by Custom Firmware
8A: Supported by Custom Firmware
8B: Supported by Custom Firmware
8C: very high chance it's not supported by Custom Firmware
8D: Not supported by Custom Firmware
5) Using Dark_AleX's TA-088v3 Identifier:
It's pretty straight forward. If it doesn't work, it's a TA-090v1 or TA-088v3 meaning you can't install anything on it.
6) Got a limited Edition PSP?
Daxter Limited Edition Pack:
3.80 OFW & TA-085v2 Motherboard: supported by Custom Firmware
God of War Limited Edition Pack:
3.95 OFW & TA-088v2 Motherboard: supported by Custom Firmware
Madden 09 Limited Edition Pack:
3.95 OFW & a TA-088v2 Motherboard: supported by Custom Firmware
4.01 OFW & a TA-088v3 Motherboard: isn't supported by Custom Firmware
Now, if you're still not sure how to proceed, ask a friend who's familiar with Custom Firmwares to check for you. If you have a suggestion or a question, just post a comment.


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What happens when you offer cash prizes to developers in order to create telephony-based mashups? We found out last week at the O'Reilly ETel Emerging Telephony Conference where they and StrikeIron announced the winners in the O'Reilly Media and StrikeIron Telephony Mashup Contest (see our previous coverage). And as it turns-out, there were some very good entries. Who won? You can now see the top three in our directory:
- First Place : After Hours Doctor's Office is a clever and useful mashup that takes the Amazon Mechanical Turk API and the Strikeiron SMS API to transcribe office voice mail left by patients for doctors into text and then sends them via SMS to the doctor. By Thomas Howe, who has also put the presentation slides and other details up on a Backpack page.
- Second Place: RoboCal uses the 30 Boxes API, the Google Calendar API, and Voxeo to enable users to listen to events listed in 30 Boxes or Google Calendar. Can also save voice messages to your calendar. By Ted Gilchrist of Botcast Network.
- Third Place: FishLign: Demo social app using StrikeIron Driving Directions and LignUp Recording, TTS and Personalization to perform Click2Call and allowing community members to receive voice messages without disclosing their actual phone numbers and advertisers can offer voice callbacks to site visitors. By Claire Umeda and Dharmesh Desai of LignUp.


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(CNN) -- The annual San Diego Comic-Con, North America's biggest popular arts convention, is a gathering of fans and celebrities from all over the world.
Micro-video apps like Vine and Instagram were everywhere this year at the convention, and CNN iReporters took on the challenge of doing 15-second interviews with interesting people -- both famous and not-so-famous -- that they ran into during the long weekend.
The results, though not always exactly 15 seconds, were a snapshot of the many varying events and people who populate the Con each year.
From fans celebrating their favorite shows on Syfy, to the ever-growing phenomenon of cosplay, to the stars of the TV series "Impractical Jokers" talking about their favorite practical joke, Jack Black's cape, unusual hats, and yes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle stalking, here's a quick look at how the Con has evolved into a smorgasbord of pop culture.
Thanks to iReporters Joyce Chow, Christiane Elin, Lisa Hernke, James Lewis, Chris Morrow and Tony Perri for sharing their video interviews.
First, William Shatner confesses his most memorable (if not downright scary) fan moment to a group including Chris Morrow.
Meet just a few of the other celebrities who promote TV series at Comic-Con every year, as Christiane Elin interviewed Aisha Tyler and the "Impractical Jokers." (truTV is a Time Warner network, like CNN.)
Cosplay, short for "costume play," has grown in popularity at Comic-Con, as seen in this video from Tony Perri.
Jack Black spoke to Morrow about his love of the capes that came with the official Comic-Con bags.
Another example of the random encounters at the Con comes from Lisa Hernke and Christiane Elin (who spoke to "Haven" fan Jon Allen from Riverside, California).
TV's No. 1 show, "The Walking Dead," had a big launch at Comic-Con in 2010, and every year the show's elaborate booth outdoes itself. Perri and James Lewis checked it out.
The chance to play the Playstation 4 was one of the big gaming draws this year, as Morrow found out.
Stars of "Defiance" and "Impractical Jokers" talk at Comic-Con, in videos from Elin and Cherry Davis.
"The Incredible Hulk" himself, Lou Ferrigno, who has portrayed the character in live action and animation, is an annual presence at the Con. Perri spoke to him.
Davis and Elin present more favorite practical jokes and Kristen Hager from Syfy's "Being Human."
Where do cosplayers get their inspiration? Joyce Chow asked this man playing Wolverine.
Lewis attended the "Game of Thrones" panel when Emmy nominee Emilia Clarke spoke about her character.
Elin came across Los Angeles resident Nikki Renieris wearing a pineapple hat (unusual hats are prevalent at the Con) at an event for the TV series "Psych," and also interviewed cast members from "Lost Girl."
Ryan "Agent M" Penagos from Marvel Comics gave Morrow the rundown on their oversized booth this year.
Elin learned more about gaming at the Con from Konami's John Choon, and met Ksenia Solo from Syfy's popular "Lost Girl."
Comic-Con spokesman David Glanzer discussed the past and future of the convention with Morrow.
Perri shot video of the ferry ride to the Con from his home of Coronado, California.
Andrew Garfield was in costume as Spider-Man for his panel on "Amazing Spider-Man 2."
Women are driving the social media conversation at Comic-Con, according to a recent study, and have embraced cosplay more each year, as Morrow found in this series of short interviews.
You can't have Comic-Con without preview night, a parade of toys and other merchandise on the convention floor.
Here's writer Jane Espenson ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Battlestar Galactica," "Once Upon a Time") and a representative for the Girl Scouts at a panel on bullying the last day of Comic-Con for the year.


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Year in Review: September
Photos by Ryan Donnell | Falafel Sandwich at Bitars
- Foobooz readers had great opinions on a go-to beer.
- Guapos Tacos debuted at Amis Industry night.
- We provided a back-to-school guide for University City.
- It seemed like everyone was at Barbuzzo the second it opened.
- Stu Bykofsky gets grumpy old man on outdoor seating.
- Coffee shops can bring it in the food category too.
- Kevin Sbraga wins Top Chef.
- Sugar House opened and predicted huge food business even if it wasn't high end.
- Craig LaBan held the presence of a mouse outdoors against City Tap House.
- Troegs three medals at the Great American Beer Festival were tops among local breweries.
- Deal sites were definitely a trend in 2010.
- Trey Popp got slutty for dosas.
- Former mob guy, Angelo Lutz sets up shop in Collingswood.
- Philly Mag sexily photographs 18 delicious sandwiches.
- Fall arrives and that means braising.
Dish of the Month
Pierogies at Adsum
[M]iraculous half-moons of slippery pasta dough filled with an ethereal puree of potato, topped with butter-fried onions and plated with sporadic dollops of smoky buttermilk. The iconic Polish comfort food was brought up to date without losing its sense of identity—a brutally difficult trick to pull off. Brian Freedman, Philadelphia Weekly
Quote of the Month
"Strip Club Hopes to Make it Ta Ta Taj Mahal" – Foobooz
Notable Openings
Barbuzzo, Blackbird Pizzeria, Fork & Barrel, Hop Angel Brauhaus, Philadelphia Bar & Restaurant, Watkins Drinkery
Notable Closings
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Going to back door to ask for handout, Omaha, Nebraska: photo by John Vachon. November 1938
Through the darkening groves;
Pat their rumps and leave the stall;
Even the eyeless cat perceives
Things are not going well.
Fasten the lock on the drawingroom door,
Cover the tables with sheets:
This is the end of the swollen year
When even the sound of the rain repeats:
The lease is up, the time is near.
Pull the curtains to the sill,
Darken the rooms, cut all the wires.
Crush the embers as they fall
From the dying fires:
Things are not going well.
Leaving house from which he failed to get something to eat, Omaha, Nebraska: photo by John Vachon, November 1938
Window in rooming house, Omaha, Nebraska: photo by John Vachon, November 1938
Weldon Kees (b. 24 February 1915, Beatrice, Nebraska; d. 18 July 1955[?], San Francisco, California): When the Lease is Up, from The Last Man, 1943
Photos by John Vachon (b. St. Paul, Minnesota, 14 May 1914; d. 20 April 1975, New York, New York) from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress
Weldon Kees grew up in Nebraska during the Depression years. He was the only child of John Kees, a prosperous businessman who ran the F.D. Kees Manufacturing Company (producers of handles, hooks, cornhuskers and other hardware items) and was for a time president of the Nebraska Association of Manufacturers; the poet's mother, Sarah, claimed membership of the Society of Americans of Royal Descent. At the time John Vachon, a fellow native of the prairie region, took these pictures, Kees would have been in Lincoln, working on a guide to Nebraska for the Federal Writers' Project.


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Cracks in the Universe
The Oxford Book of Aphorisms
We know what an "Oxford Book" is, but what exactly is an "aphorism"? Etymologically the word is traced to the Greek for "setting a boundary," "defining." It is impossible to set precise boundaries but we might propose, as a broad definition, that aphorisms convey general truths or tenets while epigrams tend to be more specific in occasion and more personal in application (often aimed at somebody's bad habits) and maxims offer moral advice ("Neither a borrower nor a lender be") trotted out, as John Gross has it, "in the spirit of Polonius." Aphorisms incline to be subversive, and "indeed, it is often a maxim that they set out to subvert." What most significantly distinguishes them from proverbs is that they are not anonymous: as opposed to what we call the "proverbial style," they bear or ought to bear "the stamp and style" of the minds that created them. They are in that sense personal.
Aphorisms are not obliged to be satirical, skeptical, or even chastening, yet it must be admitted that deflation is more commonly experienced among them than inspiration, admonition more often than consolation or good cheer. "Maximiste, pessimiste" (Joseph Roux, 1886), the shortest entry in this book, occurs on the first page. But we should also attend to Montaigne's opinion that whatever beings of a more elevated species may say against us, it is contrary to nature for us to run ourselves down: "'tis a disease particular to man, and not discerned in any other creatures, to hate and despise itself."
These thoughts I had jotted down, in some form, before reading John Gross's introduction, only to find them all there, and a good deal more besides. "Summaries that contain most things," says the seventeenth-century Samuel Butler, "are always shortest themselves." And indeed, this introduction, brief but substantial, is itself an extended aphorism.
When introducing The Oxford Book of Death, which (so to speak) is due shortly, I quoted an anonymous and aphoristic couplet—
For what was there none cared a jot;
But all were wroth with what was not
—in part because it happened to be the first words in a collection of last words from which I had begged or borrowed, but chiefly by way of self-protection. As such, a vain measure, of course, since reviewers never notice when authors have spiked their guns in advance. Consequently I am bound to renounce the device, particularly useful to reviewers of anthologies, of listing all the delightful, profound, indispensable items that the editor has unaccountably omitted. Actually I cannot at the moment think of any, though no doubt if I racked my brains…. I doubt I would have noticed that Wittgenstein was missing had not the editor regretted the literary executors' refusal to allow him to quote. Did they, one wonders, consider such usage demeaning, a regression to more ancient conceptions of philosophy as "literature"?
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We've just completed our weather unit and we've tried some really neat things! We recorded the weather each day for a week.
We wrote "weather words" in our journals and even illustrated the pictures.
One of my students gave me these wonderful weather wheels for Christmas. We colored the wheels and put them together, then used them in our circle time weather watching activities.
The publishers over at Scholastic's "Clifford The Big Red Dog" preschool classroom magazines sent us a class supply of the weather issue to try out. We used them as a small group activity, reading together and doing the activity on the back. We especially enjoyed the rainbow, as we've been learning about the colors that comprise a rainbow. Thank you, "Clifford The Big Red Dog" magazine, and especially, Janice, for sharing these with us! We really enjoyed them!
We tried some really cool experiments to simulate weather and cloud processes. This experiment allowed use to see how clouds fill and then rain falls.
This experiment helped us "see" condensation and rain.
We made some cloud murals after reading "It Looked Like Spilt Milk".
We found a way to incorporate some movement in with our weather activities. The teacher calls out a weather word, and the students have to "be the weather"!
Here are some of our favorite weather themed books:
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In Reach Adventure 4: Last Flight of the Amuar, a Leviathan-class merchant cruiser was engaged in an exploratory trade cruise into the so-called Outrim Void, a region of sparse star systems just over the border from Imperial space. Long-range merchant cruisers were built for regions like this, and have been successful. However, there have been losses too. Among them was the Amuar, which 'went Outrim' as the saying goes. She is long overdue, presumed lost, and has not been located by a search of the trans-border worlds.
The Travellers are engaged by a relative of one of Amuar's crew, who has an idea of where she might have been headed. What was the fate of the Amuar and her crew, and can either be recovered?
This adventure takes place in Egryn and Pax Rulin subsectors of the Trojan Reach sector, and would make an excellent introduction to this region's many adventuring possibilities. Almost any group of Travellers will be suitable for this adventure, though they will need to be able to operate their starship or have suitable crew available to do it for them.
Reach Adventure 4: Last Flight of the Amuar contains background information on the Senlis Foederate and Belgardian Sojurnate, both pocket empires within the Trojan Reach, along with a detailed view of Leviathan-class merchant cruisers, and the Lancer-class corvette.
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Fort Bragg soldier dies during parachute training
Officials at Fort Bragg say an 18th Airborne Corps soldier has died in a parachute accident during a training exercise.
A statement from the Army post says the soldier's identity has not been released pending notification of family. The accident is under investigation.
The Fayetteville Observer reports it was the first parachute training death involving a Fort Bragg soldier in two years.
Staff Sgt. Jamal Clay died on June 25, 2011, when he fell 800 feet to his death during a training jump at Fort Bragg's Sicily Drop Zone.
Clay was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division. Officials said he died using one of the Army's newest parachutes. Early reports blamed a parachute malfunction for Clay's death.
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THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- Dying to specialize: Take cues from funeral industry
I write a lot about the importance of specializing in your career. The bottom line is that if you're great at what you do, you'll get better hours, better pay, and more flexibility in how you run your life. But no one is great at everything.
Specializing means figuring out what you don't do. If you're a programmer, you can't be great at hardware and software. If you're in marketing, you won't be great at marketing to kids and business-to-business marketing. You need to know your niche if you want to be great.
But I receive tons of mail from people arguing that if you specialize, you run the risk of being great in an area that no one hires for anymore. This is true– especially now, when the workplace is changing so quickly. The solution to this problem is that everyone, no matter what their career, must be not only a specialist, but a trend spotter as well.
For a good look at how people become trend spotters in order to stay relevant in their field, check out the new book, Remember Me: A Lively Tour of the New American Way of Death, by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen.
The book explains the process of the shifting of the funeral industry and the process that individuals take to shift their careers so as not to get left behind. This is a great lesson in specializing because the funeral information is hilarious (for example Costco breaking the casket monopoly) and shocking (people turning their loved ones into diamonds– yes, there's a new process...)
The biggest problem for funeral directors is that by 2025 most funerals will not involve caskets. This means no big profit from last minute panic. No profit from renting a room for a viewing. In fact, there's the possibility that most funerals could bypass the funeral home altogether.
But something happened after 9/11. People needed to hold funerals without having any part of the body to bury. And, since many of the dead were very young and well-connected in the community, the funerals included literally thousands of people. So funeral directors became event planners.
Then smart funeral directors noticed that if they honed their event planning skills they would be useful even as the industry shifts away from casket-centered funerals.
Your industry is like this one. Whatever industry you're in is shifting because all aspects of culture and business are shifting. These funeral directors are not happy about having to change, but they face the need head on and figure out, in the funeral world, how they can be specialists in a way that will keep them relevant to their customers.
This book shows that there are many ways to adapt to change, and you only need to find one that works. For example, not everyone is abandoning the casket world. Some are adapting it– Goliath Casket Co. is making caskets to fit the obese. Another company offers low-cost wood veneer alternatives. And to address the fact that more people are choosing cremation, a casket company partnered with Nambe– the renowned purveyor of wedding registry silver– to create silver jewelry that holds an ounce of cremains.
To become a specialist in your field takes a little vision and a little luck. Uusally one's specialty comes via the opportunities that present themselves. Trend spotting takes diligent information gathering with an open mind, but there's big payoff in having a relevant, specialized career. I always aim for a dynamic, innovative career like one of those trend-spotting funeral directors, and you should, too.


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Ridge and Davis: Stand up for Simpson-Bowles
- Many have been disappointed in Obama%27s explanation for why he hasn%27t endorsed the plan.
- If the president fights for enactment of Simpson-Bowles%2C both houses of Congress will support him.
- We also know that this issue must be framed as a moral issue%2C not just an economic issue.
We have heard the president and leaders of both parties talk about the need for a "balanced approach" in addressing our nation's unsustainable and unconscionable $16 trillion national debt. Now the president has a chance during his State of the Union Address, scheduled at his request on Feb. 12, Abraham Lincoln's birthday, to state specifically what he means.
We hope the president says and does the following as the nation watches on television:
"Members of Congress: I have invited here tonight, as guests of honor, two great public servants, Republican Alan Simpson, former United States senator from Wyoming, and Democrat Erskine Bowles, President Bill Clinton's former chief of staff.
"They co-chaired the bipartisan debt reduction commission that I appointed. I ask them to stand and be recognized for their important work and their specific recommendations that, if enacted, would reduce our nation's deficits by more than $4 trillion over the next 10 years.
"Their recommendations called for substantial and specific spending cuts, reduction in corporate taxes, elimination of tax loopholes and deductions to raise revenues, and fundamental cost-saving reforms to Medicare, Social Security and other entitlement programs, with those who are most well off in our society bearing more of the burdens of these specific measures to reduce our deficits than those who are least well off.
"Those specific recommendations were supported by more than 60% of the members of the commission — including progressive Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad from North Dakota and Richard Durbin from my home state of Illinois, and conservative Republican Sens. Tom Coburn from Oklahoma and Mike Crapo from Idaho.
Face the cameras
"I am now going to state clearly, for the first time: I support the recommendations of the Simpson-Bowles commission.
"Do you?
"If you do, stand up, and let Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and the American people see you. And let them also see those of you who remain seated."
At that point, the president should pause as the TV cameras slowly pan both sides of the aisle, with close-up shots of those who stand up and face Simpson and Bowles to show their support, and close-ups of those who remain seated.
The American people will see — dramatically — who is standing up for our children and cutting deficits, and who is not.
Debt is a moral issue
Many Democrats and Republicans have been disappointed in President Obama's explanations for why he hasn't supported the recommendations of his own commission. His former chief economic adviser recently said the reason was that the president knew the recommendations were dead on arrival in Congress.
Since when is that a reason for a president not to lead? The president is the only person who represents all the American people. In fact, if the president chooses to lead and fight for enactment of Simpson-Bowles, a majority in both houses of Congress — and a majority of the American people — will support him.
We also know that this issue must be framed as a moral issue, not just an economic issue. It is immoral for one generation to use credit cards for much of its spending and then turn over the bills to children, grandchildren and probably great-grandchildren. It is flat out wrong.
Of course, we realize the president may not take our recommendation. But if he did, or at least publicly challenged all members of Congress to stand up on national TV to join him in endorsing the specifics of Simspon-Bowles, we predict many members of Congress who decided to sit in their seats during the telecast would not be eligible to sit in those seats after the 2014 elections.
Those who remain in their seats may run for re-election, but if they failed to join the president in embracing the recommendations of the Simpson-Bowles commission, they can no longer hide their evasion on a key moral issue of our time — the unsustainable debt.
Americans are tired of deficit reduction talk. If the president embraced the Simpson-Bowles recommendations and made this public challenge to Congress, presidential leadership would own the night, and action would follow.
Tom Ridge was the first secretary of Homeland Security and is a former governor of Pennsylvania. Lanny Davis was special counsel to President Clinton and is a partner with former RNC chairman Michael Steele at Purple Nation Solutions.
In addition to its own editorials, USA TODAY publishes diverse opinions from outside writers, including our Board of Contributors.


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Box 1: GENEALOGY AND CORRESPONDENCE
a-Holt-Atherton Center Newsletter text announcing gift of the McGee Papers.
b-McGee Family Genealogy, General Information and Listing of Descendants
c-Genealogy Chart of the McGee Family, descendants of Archibald and Ellen Lowe McGee
1.2: WILL of RICHARD C. MCGEE, 1889 [photocopy, 2 pp.]
a-August 10, 1893. Austin [Ill.] "Mama" to Lewis Horton, Stockton, Cal.
b-Oct. 17, 1895 "To Mary" [with Oct. 22, 1895 letter]
c-Oct. 22, 1895. To Lew Horton from Maurina, Austin, Ill.
d-Sept. 26, 1897 To Lewis B. Horton from "Papa," Cincinnati, Ohio
e-March 20, 1910. To Mrs. Ed McFarland [with birth announcement of Joseph Gilbert]
f-Aug. 1, 1911 To Russell from George L. Richardson, County Surveyor's Office, Marin County, Calif.
g-July 11, 1912. To Miss Horton (envelope Santa Cruz) from "Nan"
h-July 24, 1912. To Miss Horton from "Nan"
i-Consignment Demand to E. McFarland. [form from Cook Co., Ill.]
j-March 7, 1913. To Miss Claire Horton, 45 West Oak St., Stockton from Luke W Peart, Heald's College
k-May 16, 1913. To Claire Horton from Wm.Biddick, Young Men's Christian Association, Stockton
a-Aug. 20, 1921. To Clair [Horton] from Russ [McGee], San Diego
b-July 31, 1923 To Claire (envelope Mrs. Russell McGee 522 No. Madison St., Stockton) From "Grandmother"
c-Aug. 15, 1921. To Clair Horton from Russell McGee, Venice, Calif.
d-Aug. 18, 1921. To Clair Horton from Mack [Russell Mcgee], Venice, Calif.
e-August. 24, 1921. To Claire from Mack, [Russell McGee], Venice, Calif.
f-August 26, 1921 To Claire from Russ, Venice, Cal.
g-July 4, 1922. To Claire Horton from Elsie Schaefer.
h-July 18, 1922. Telegram. to Mrs. R C. McGee from "Mama"
i-July 30, 1922. To Aunt Claire and Uncle Russ from Helen Moore.
j-Dec. 19, 1922. To Claire from Grandmother Horton
k-Dec. 27, 1922. To Claire from Gertie Moore.
l-December 28, 1922. Too Uncle Russell and Auntie Claire from Helen Moore.
m-Nov. 23, 1923 Telegram to Mrs. Russell McGee from Weymanns
n-Nov. 30, 1923. To "Little Mother" [Mrs. Russell McGee] from Eda Simon
o-Nov. 13, 1924. To Frances M. McGee from Great Grandmother Horton
p-Nov. 17, 1924. To Frances Marie McGee from Aunt Charlotte.
q-Jan. 11, 1930. To Claire from Grandmother B., Plainfield
1.6: CORRESPONDENCE, 1940s
a-June 27, 1942 To Russ McGee, Jr. c/o L.R. Moore Bolinas, Marin County, Cal. from Dad, Stockton, Cal.
b-July 5, 1942. To Russ[Jr.] from Dad [Russ McGee, Sr.]
c-Undated, page on boat idea.
d-June 14, 1944. Fathers' Day Card from Russ Jr. to Russ McGee Sr.
e-Jan. 8, 1945 p. 2 From Dad.
f-Sept. 25, 1945. To Russ from Mom, letter #215
g-July 5, 1946. Western Union. To R C McGee from Russ, Washington D.C.
h-July 7, 1946. Western Union. R.C. McGee 1470 West Walnut St. from Russ, Chicago
1.7: CORRESPONDENCE, 1950s [Russell McGee correspondence as City Manager]
a-Letters and cards congratulating McGee on appointment or retirement and responses
b-March 6, 1951. R.V. Carey, City Manager's Office to R.C. McGee, Oxnard, Cal.
c-March 11, 1952 W.B. Hogan, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
d-March 17, 1952. RCM response to Hogan
e-March 18, 1852 To F.M. Gauthier, in response to napkin with limerick, attached.
f-March 18, 1952. To Jerry Keithley, City Manager, Palo Alto
g-March 18, 1952. Stuart Gibbons
h-March 18, 1952. To Lloyd R. Fronefield, Cal State Auto Association, Stockton
i-March 18, 1952 To Edward H. Pilon, Stockton Musicians Association
j-March 18, 1952 E.C. Dutcher, J.I. Case Co., Stockton
k-March 18, 1952. J.A. Kasper, Stockton
l-March 18 P.H. Keller, Fireboard Products
m-March 18, 1952 Frank McKeegan
n-March 18, 1952 Lois Miller
o-March 18, 1952 Wesley G. Young, Stockton High School.
p-March 18, 1952 Albert E. Robinson
q-March 18, 1952 Mrs. B.L. Walker
r-March 18, 1952 Simpson Hornage, Austin Brothers
s-March 18, 1952. Chris Papas, Attorney
t-March 18, 1952 Edgar H. Whiteside, County Treasurer and Tax Collector
u-March 18, 1952 Dave S. Matthews
v-March 18, 1952 Mr. C.V. Wilbur, Stockton Division Manager
w-March 18, 1952 Mr. Angelo Sanguinetti, El Dorado Drug Store
x-March 18, 1952 George L. Avery, Oakland
y-March 18, 1952 Richard H. Towns, Dept of Employment
z-March 24, 1952 Dede and Leon Casson
aa-March 26, 1952. Telegram and response from RCM to Raymond V. Carey, Home Builders Institute, Los Angeles
bb-March 25, 1952 To D.A. Marino (card)
cc-March 28, 1952 To Nelson D. Holmes, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.
dd-April 4, 1952 Robert O. Bailey, City Manager, Chico
ee-May 21, 1952 Louella
ff-March 23, 1953. John Joseph Fuhring to McGee
gg-Nov. 13, 1953. Olin F. Fulmer, Mayor, Savannah Georgia
hh-Nov. 20, 1953 George W. Young, Sioux City Council-Elect
ii-November 16, 1953 LeRoy Johnson, Congress, House of Rep.
jj-November 17, 1953. Note to Fellow employees about fishing gear gift
kk-Nov. 19 Ross Miller, City Manager of Modesto
ll-Nov. 19, 1953 Bruce Craver, Secretary-Manager Stockton Chamber of Commerce
mm-Nov. 24, 1953 Richard Graves, League of California Cities
nn-Nov. 24, 1953 N.S. DeMotte, Stockton Record
a-Littlejohn Creek and Calaveras River Stream Groups. Resolution of Board of Directors of Linden Irrigation District, Concerning Storage of Water in the Calaveras River, August, 5, 1940
b-April 17, 1952 To Felix Gauthier, Crescent Show Case and Fixture Co., Stockton thanks for photo of McGee Corner, attached
c-May 5, 1952 Sterling S. Winans, Director of Recreation, Sacramento congratulates him for hiring John Lilly as Assistant Manager.
d-May 7, 1952 From R.C. Mcgee to Sterling S. Winans, Director of Recreation, Sacramento.
e-May 23, 1952 Howard Gibson, Stockton Realty Board
f-June 1952 The Big Wheel. Rotary publication. McGee to talk in June.
g-June 11, 1952. Alonzo L. Baker, COP
h-Jan. 14,1953 Kiwanis Club of East Stockton, certificate of appreciation
I-Sept. 30, 1953 Western Union Telegram to R.C. McGee, Jr.
j-Sept. 30, 1953 From Nelma and Kids to Russ re new car
k-Feb. 16, 1972 To Mr. and Mrs. McGee. Wedding invitation to Hirai wedding
a-Feb. 3, 1953. California Central Valley's 20 Years of Progress Exposition. Program. [2 copies]
b-6th Annual General Hilario C. Moncado Stockton Goodwill Open, Swenson Park, Stockton, Cal., July 6-July 11, 1953.
c-Charter of the City of Stockton, Article IX The City Manager, 2 pp.
d-Sept. 28, 1953. To Our Consumers from California Water Service Co. to be sold to City.
a-Lists of friends and relatives with addresses. Crossed out as if for party invitations.
b-Drawing of Fjord by "Dad" [Russell McGee]
c-Numbered lists of letters by Dad and Mom with Date. (Does not relate to letters in collection, only one is numbered)
a-May 9, 1935. Dance Drama College of the Pacific
b-March 1, 1941. Spring Music Festival, Stockton High School
c-May 17-18, 1941 YMI and YLI I am an American Day.
d-May 22, 1941 11th Annual Concern of Stockton High School
a-Christmas 1909 card
b-Catalina Island, Summer Service, June 17, 1922
c-Catalina Island, via Steamship Avalon, July 1922
d-Wedding Announcement of Clarissa Taylor Horton, daughter of Marie McFarland to Russell Charles McGee. July 15, 1922, Stockton.
e-"Our Wedding Day" [marriage certificate of Russell and Claire, July 15, 1922]
f-Mrs. Marie McFarland announces the marriage of her daughter.
g-A.A.E. Organization Dinner Stockton, Feb. 2, 1924.
h-Cradle Roll Promotion Certificate of Frances Marie McGee, Congregational Church, Stockton, Sept 25, 1927.
i-Card, R.C. McGee City, Engineering Dept.
j-Let's Step On It! Menu and program
k-Identification Card (Picture I.D.) Russell C. McGee, Executive Assistant, 1951.
l-Flyer, Gates Hotel
m-Super "Express Steamers Yale and Harvard, Los Angeles Steamship Company. [color postcard]
n-June 12, 1941 Stockton High School Commencement Exercises [2 copies]
o-Fannie McGee. Remembrance by Reverend Ernest Bradley, Bolinas, California Sept. 1945. [3 copies]
p-Stockton Blue Print Co. advertising
q-Card to Mrs. McFarland
r-"Trouble Brewing," Chicago Daily News [poem]
s-Oct. 22, 1953. Dinner Menu and napkin, in form of Grant Deed, Stockton Legal Secretaries, grantors, to our bosses, grantees.
t-In remembrance of Meta Marie McFarland, passed away September 13, 1956. Floral Record, Funeral of Meta Marie McFarland, Sept 17, 1956.
u-"Irish Washerwoman."
v-Invitation to attend Retirement banquet Nov. 12,
w-February 26, 1974. In memory of Russell C. McGee, Services in the B.C. Wallace Chapel. Feb. 28, 1974. Register of Visitors, B.C. Wallace and sons.
Box 2: FAMILY DIARIES, 1920; 1954-1960
2.1: DIARY OF CLAIRE HORTON MCGEE, MAY-JUL 1920 [Travel diary from California to the East Coast and back. Clipping states that Miss Dora Ames and Miss Claire Horton traveled by train from Stockton, California to Washington D.C., Philadelphia and New York. Claire's diary concentrates on New York visit. Staying with relatives she uses New York City as a base to visit Newark, Boston, Bear Mountain, Albany, Niagara Falls. Activities include shopping, museums, libraries, and historical sites.]
2.2: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1954, January 1-December 31
2.3: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1954-1956. [entries for January 1-31, 1954; January 1-4, 1955; January 1-4; 1956]
2.4: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1955 January to December
2.5: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1956 January to December
2.6: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1957 January 1 to December
2.7: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1958 January 1 to December 31
2.8: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1959, January 1 to December 31
2.9: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1960 January 1 to December 31
Box 3: DIARIES OF RUSSELL MCGEE, 1961-1966
3.1: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1961, January 1 to December 31
3.2: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1962. January 1 to December 31
3.3: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1963. January 1 to December 31
3.4: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1964 January 1 to December 31
3.5: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1965. January 1 to December 31
3.6: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1966 January 1 to December 31
Box 4: DIARIES OF RUSSELL MCGEE, 1967-1972
4.1: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1967 January 1 to December 31
4.2: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1968 January 1 to December 31
4.3: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1969-1970. January 1 to December 30, 1969 and January 1 to 10, 1970
4.4: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1970. January 11 to December 31
4.5: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1971 January 1 to December 25
4.6: DIARIES OF RUSSELL C. MCGEE, 1972 July 15 to December 26
Box 5: SCRAPBOOKS, LEDGERS, DAILY EXPENSES
5.1: Surveyor's Tables, being the tables from the manual of Land Surveying by F. Hodgman. Climax, Michigan, 1910. Signed R.C. McGee, Jan. 1, 1913. Notes and graphs on front and back graph paper. Sept. 15, -September 25, [1913?]
5.2: ca. 1915 to 1920s newspaper clippings (17) from black ledger, 1923. [family events and Stockton news; some duplicates of clippings found in above]
5.3: July 23, 1917 to May 12, 1942. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings pasted in Day book. [clippings note McGees wedding, birth of children, jobs, etc.]
5.4: 1922 Record of gifts and person given to [many to Alpha Omega members]
5.5: 1923 January 29 to April 16 {1923?} Record book of Claire McGee [Dues payments, April 18, 1923 to October 1923. Lists of groceries purchased and costs. At back 2 pages of notes on Eylet Embroidery Club dues Jan-Feb.]
5.6: Scrapbook of Newspaper clippings pasted in D.E. Ledger, previously used as McFarland's Store, Corner of Oak and El Dorado St., Stockton Cal. [List of customers' balances, clippings 1923 to 1952: social events, news of friends, crime in Stockton]
5.7: 1932. Robert Browning Birthday Book. [Lists birthdays of Alpha Omega Birthday Club members (see MSS 189), family members, and friends]
5.8: Oct 1, 1946 to Feb. 21, 1961. Financial Record Book for Stockton properties in brown D.E. Ledger book.
5.9: Daily Expenses, 1954-1971. [Lists dates, money spent, items, individual prices]
Box 6: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 1948-1952
6.1: 1948 City Council
6.2: 1948 Misc. Topics
6.3: 1948 Sewage Service and Annexation
6.4: 1949 Elections
6.5: 1949 Miscellaneous Topics
6.6: 1949 Miscellaneous Topics
6.7: 1951 Sanitary Issue
6.8: 1951 Miscellaneous Topics
6.9: 1952 Miscellaneous Topics.
Box 7 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 1953-1955
7.1: 1952 Miscellaneous Topics
7.2: 1952 City Council
7.3: 1953 City Council
7.4: 1953 Miscellaneous Topics
7.5: 1955 Miscellaneous Topics
Box 8: PHOTOGRAPHS
8.1: CLAIRE HORTON MCGEE, 1890-1920 [info taken from notes on backs of photos]
a-Claire Horton McGee about 1900--my home at 236 N. American St- Stockton, Calif. and my new red chair.
b-Claire Horton McGee, 236 N. American St- Stockton, California. My new little piano! (faded)
c-Claire Horton McGee about 1900-- Do not remember name of this Doll
d-Claire Horton McGee at left about 2 1/2 years old- Eddie Stoetzer at right, Bob's cousin. This was taken at the old Stoetzer home- SW Corner of American and Fremont Sts. about 1896 or 97.
e-Group shot, 4 women and 6 men. Front Row (left) Claire Horton (McGee), Marie Horton (Claire's Mother) white blouse. Claire Horton; Ida Salbach
f-Claire Horton. Home at 45 W. Oak, northeast corner. 18 years old, about 1912.
8.2: KAPLAN FAMILY (Horton family friends?)
a-Frank Kaplan, Roussum photographer
b-Kaplan family- old family friends. Harry, "Auntie Maggie Kaplan, Frank Jr., "Uncle Frank Sr." (Hollis, Stockton Calif., studio).
c-Harry and Veda Kaplan (Logan studio, Stockton, Cal).
8.3: SCHAEFFER FAMILY (friends of Hortons?)
a-Schaeffer family Dvodov's friends. (F.L. Huff, Newark, N.J. photographer)
b-Mr. and Mrs. Schaeffer. People who had bakery in Orange N.J. where Doodoo worked for years. She loved them. "DooDoo" is Mary Wymann McFarland.
a-4 unidentified photographs (2 cyanotypes) taken from 1923 black ledger
b-Girl child, unidentified [cyanotype]
c-Two girl children, unidentified [cyanotype]
d-Unidentified woman
e-7 cyanotypes and one tintype in 1897 letter addressed to Mr. Louis B. Horton, 619 E. Fremont St., Cal.
f -? Whitehead, Beth, Edith and George
g-Beth, Gertrude Lee & Edith
h-Geraldine starting on a trip
i-Papa and Gerald
j- Papa, Gerald, Mamma, Isabel
k-Ella, Gerald and Isabel
l-Beth, Edith, Gertrude Loflin
m-Baby on studio chair. Mother's arm supporting [tintype]
n-Aunt Geraldine, Edith, Ella, Beth [Horton]
o-Lewis Bartlett Horton. [Elliott's Stockton Art Gallery]
p-Mrs. W.A. Weymann, wife of my Uncle Will-Dvodna's brother. This is his first wife, second wife, Elsie who later remarried Muth? of West Point, California
q-Covert Weyman, son of Wm. A. Weymann, Dovdov's brother, Covert, her nephew.
r-Freda Beckman Polenske (studio, Cutberth, San Francisco, Oakland)
s-Man in high collar shirt and jacket.
t-Grandma Horton (Mary E. Jessup)
u-Aunt Ella Horton Pither (Sister of Lewis B. Horton)
v-Great Aunt Ella Baker (Ella Jessup Wanda's Mother, Aunt of Lewis B. Horton) 1924
8.5: SUSAN PEARCE [ex-slave and friend of McGee family]
a-Susan Pearce, to all we McGees known as Aunt Susan, She was born June 13, 1827.
b-July 19, 1904 Photocopy of letter to Gertie L.R. Moore . Note on back that "Gertie Moore is sister of McGee. Susan Pearce is black ex-slave."
a-Men in automobile. Dad and buddies, R.C. McGee
b-Two men playfully kicking at each other. Russell Charles McGee Sr., Radioing, Calif. 1913. [ 2 different views]
c-Two men at side of house. [2 views] One marked Russell Charles McGee, Sr., Redding, California, 1913. Other marked Ross Hotel Carpenter. E. Coverdale.
d-R.C. McGee May 26, 1918.
e-Al Fraira? Crippled Indian cook for road gang, survey crew, Edgewood, Siskyou Co., about 1912
f-3 men in front of tents. Dad's job near Weed Highway Commission, 1912-1913; another view labelled Hiway Construction Crew, 1913.
g-3 men. Surveyor view. Chief of party R.C. McGee, chainman, teamster-Dick, about 1912.
h-Russell C. McGee with surveyor's equipment,
i-4 men in snow in front of cabin, R.A. Trumper? T.A. Bedford head northern California Hiway Construction, 1913.
j-2 men in front of tent, labelled "about 1912."
k-Russell C. McGee (looks like magazine or book illustration)
8.7: MCGEE FAMILY, 1920's-1930's
a-Couple in redwood tree. Dad, Mom, Muir Woods, July 17, 1922.
b-Frances M. McGee (Atwood), Russell C. McGee, Jr., 1926.
c-2 views of Stockton Blueprint Co. [R.C. McGee, owner in both views] Laminated.
a-Photograph scrapbook, black. 34 snapshots. Primarily the McGee Children Frances and Russell, and their parents. [ca. 1933].
b-Men at site of Hogan Dam, Russell McGee
8.9: MCGEE/PEARCE FAMILY SCRAPBOOK, 1939-42 [Russell McGee's mother and siblings]
a-inside cover photos by Franklin Pearce, Riverside, Calif., 1942. "To my Aunt in Stockton, Cal. This little work is affectionately inscribed, F.P., Riverside, Calif, July 1942."
b-Photos identified at front, Pearce family
8.10: MCGEE FAMILY, 1940s-1950s
a-Russell C. McGee Jr. in uniform, with parents?
b-Russ's 24th birthday, Nov. 1949. Family members and friends labelled.
c-[Russell and Claire McGee] about 8:30 p.m. Portland, Ore, July 21, 1950
d-Two women at Redwood by car. "Yours Truly [Claire McGee?] and Mrs. Lawrence Moore
e-Camp photo [Russell McGee, Jr.?] (poor condition)
f-Gloss Prints photo booklet No. 1 Snapshots of children and McGees: Robin C. McGee, January 1950; Robin, Nelma McGee, Kathleen Atwood; R.C. McGee 1950
g-Gloss Prints photo booklet No. 2 Meta Marie McFarland, 1950 (Claire McGee's mother): Meta Marie MacFarland and Claire McGee, Lake Tahoe Mother's Day, 1950; Robin McGee, age 17 mo. (5 snapshots)
h-Gloss Prints photo booklet No. 3. Views at King's Canyon 1951.
8.11: MCGEE FAMILY, 1960's
a-3 snapshots of Russell and Claire McGee in front of house, 6/21/65
b-Russell McGee in garden.
a-Color family portrait of 50th Wedding Anniversary, July 15, 1972 of Claire and Russell C. McGee. Family members labelled at back.
b-Grandpa [Russell] McGee, June 1968
c-Claire McGee, Grandma's teeth, June, 1968.
a-Paddleboat in Stockton Harbor. Masonic Temple at head of Stockton Channel west side of El Dorado St.,1915.
b-Photo illustration of Stockton, 1849.
c-Water Front, Stockton. Courthouse in background.
d-The Hatch-Armstrong Fruit and Nut Co., Acampo, Cal.
a-9 Photographs of Parade, ca 1920s
b- Elk Grove '41 NSGW
c-Caliz de Oro Parlor Float and women accompanying (7 photos) [San] Joaquin Par[k] float
d-2 8x 10 photos. Group shot of Caliz de Oro members. October 4, 1921, 7th anniversary. [Notes identify many individuals]
a-North Eldorado St., Stockton, Cal.
b-Fremont Park Stockton California, 1913
c-North San Joaquin St., cor Channel St., Stockton, Cal., color. July 25, 1915. To Miss Claire Horton, 22 Sycamore St., Santa Cruz.
d-S.P. Depot, Stockton, Cal. 1913
e-Western Pacific Depot, Stockton, California, 1913.
f-Main Street, Stockton, California, 1913.
g-Auditorium Hotel, LA, 1913. To Mrs. J.E. MacFarland from Claire McGee
h-Looking West on Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Cal. 1918. Mrs. J.E. MacFarland from Claire.
i-The Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1918. To R. J.E. McFarland from Claire.
j- New Southern Hotel. San Diego to Mr. J.E. MacFarland from Claire.
k-Christmas greeting, Dec. 23,1922
l-Lakewood, N.J. July 26, 1922


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Meet and Eat: Amalia Safran, Serious Eats Intern
Getting to know the folks behind the food and drinks you love.
Name: Amalia Safran
Location: Manhattan
Occupation: Recent college graduate, SE intern
Website/Twitter: amalialsafran.wordpress.com / @amaliasafran
Guilty pleasures? Food court Chinese food. There is something about entering a shopping mall and seeing the Chinese food counter that I can't resist, even if it's terrible Chinese food. And also anything salty and sweet in the same bite, like chocolate chip cookies with sea salt on top.
Describe your perfect meal. A meal that starts off with a warm bread basket and butter. It's nice when friends or family are at the table, too.
What food won't you eat? I will really try anything and usually enjoy it, but I did not take seconds on blood sausage when I was in Argentina.
Favorite food person? Michael Pollan because he combines food, politics and journalism in a riveting way. But I also can't get enough of Anthony Bourdain, especially on Parts Unknown.
When did you first realize you were a serious eater? I think it was after I discovered how good hamburgers could actually be at Burger Joint when I was in high school. I started reading up on restaurants and wanted to try everything.
What do your family and your friends think of your food obsessions? My parents just want me to bring home good food and empty the dishwasher if I've cooked at home. Friends like to check out new places with me and are always willing to mess around with recipes.
Favorite food sites or blogs? On top of Serious Eats, I always go to Smitten Kitchen for recipes. I also can be caught on Food52, Food & Wine, Eater NY, and Food Porn Daily when I want to drool over pictures.
Everyone has a go-to person they call for restaurant recommendations. Who's yours? My friend Oliver always has a good suggestion and always knows about new food events going on. Besides that, I really learn about restaurants from websites and conversations in passing.
What is your favorite meal of the day and where do you get it? Definitely breakfast, and I can't help but always want a bagel. Sometimes it's an everything bagel with egg and cheese, other times it's a sesame bagel from Absolute Bagels with cream cheese and lox.
Do you ever cook? What's the best dish you make? I do enjoy cooking, though it usually ends up being some combination of vegetables, tofu, soy sauce and rice. I don't know if it is my best dish, but it's easy, quick, and I'll eat it if no one else does.
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Oct 6, 2010
I'm ready,
*Thank you all so much for the well wishes!*
My surgery went well and the recovery is going well. My margins were clear, which is exactly what we wanted! I do need to go in for follow up treatments starting this month, but like I told Peter, it doesn't matter. I'm perfectly ready to do whatever I need to, in order to be healthy again. I'm just ready to be a normal healthy mommy again!
It's been 4 weeks today. I've had alot of breakdowns, which as I've been told, is most likely due to my 'sleeping ovaries'. The overall fatigue and hormonal fluxes kind of wear me out, but again it's normal given how big of a surgery this was. I've tried so many things to lift my spirits! I've listened to the Hawaiian music I loved so much while I lived over there. I had Peter rearrange some of the furniture for me. I tried making a few things...... and... nothing.
So last Saturday afternoon, while I sat on the couch resting, for the second or third time that day, the phone rang. I picked it up and I heard a familiar little voice on the other end.
"Hi Tara." our little next door neighbor
"Hi sweetie, what are you doing?"
"You know when you said I should be sushi for Halloween? Well, I'm wondering if you can help me make my costume?"
"Sure, give me an hour and come on over."
I got up, grabbed a piece of paper, and just like that, the ideas started flowing and I was excited to be making something again! I think that's one of the great things about kids. Nap times and hormone issues don't matter to them. Who knew that a sushi costume would be my saving grace!!
I can't wait to show everyone the finished costumed!! I've made all of the sesame seeds, the front part of the costume (imitation crab meat, cucumbers, avocado and rice) the seaweed is all glued and sewn into place, and I made a little headband with sushi grass, ginger and wasabi. I want to do one more 'fitting' before I finish the costume and then I'll be taking lots of photos!
21 comments:
- Paz said...
Yay for being back in the game again. Happy to hear that you are starting to feel better. I am excited to see that sushi costume:)
- 6.10.10
- RachelG said...
I've been thinking about you, sending positive thoughts your way. I'm glad your back and on the mend.:) Looking forward to seeing the finished costume.
- 6.10.10
- Dawn McVey (dawnsing) said...
So glad to see you again, Tara! You've definitely been missed! And even better to hear that you're feeling better and doing well. So happy for you!
Smooches, Dearie!
- 6.10.10
- Michelle Wooderson said...
Tara, have been thinking of you while I miss your beautiful posts. Take care and welcome back!
- 6.10.10
- Alicia said...
I am so happy to have seen a new blog post from you! I have been thinking about you hoping you were doing well and checking every couple of days on your blog.
Glad to know you are getting better!
Cant wait to see the sushi costume. Sounds so cute!
- 6.10.10
Glad your feeling better. Can't wait to see what your hands create.
I have been missing your posts and admiring your work. Take it easy and get your rest.
Have a blessed day.
- 6.10.10
- Danielle said...
YOUPPIE, I am sooooooooooooooooooo glad that you are feeling better sweetie and OMG that's too cute that the Sushi costume is what you needed to uplift your spirts <3 ADORABLE!!!!
I cannot wait to see your finished creation <3 It's going to be amazing!!!!
- 6.10.10
- Diana Martin said...
It's wonderful to hear that you are feeling a little better. I can't wait to see what this costume looks like, I bet it's a wonderful distraction!! Thinking of you xox
- 6.10.10
I'm so happy to see this. You have definitely been missed here in blog land. Such great news!
Creativity is so good for our health. Looking forward to all of your inspiration (I need it lately).
Take care of yourself. I'm so happy for you and your family;)
- 6.10.10
- Meghann Andrew said...
How cute! Can't wait to see how it turns out. Glad you've got your mojo back!
- 6.10.10
- Heather Simpson-Bluhm said...
Glad your surgery went well and you are recovering. Yay for the the innocence of kids and sushi costumes, can't wait to see!!
- 6.10.10
- anai said...
sometimes kids can help, when nobody can :) It's harder to say "no" to them ;)
Good to see that you're coming back. I still hold my fingers crossed for your full recovery. Take care!
- 6.10.10
- Bonnie said...
Glad the surgery went well, was wondering how you have been and anxiously checking your blog for the next update! Hope you find your strength and mojo again, but most importantly to just rest and take it easy and get slowly back into the swing of things!
- 7.10.10
- Kim H. said...
It is so great to see you back! I am glad your surgery went well. So glad!
And this costume sounds amazing! I can't wait to see it!
Welcome back!
- 7.10.10
- Amy said...
So happy to see you posting again Tara!!! You have been in my thoughts and prayers and I am so happy to see you back!! Take care!!:)
- 7.10.10
- Ania said...
What a joyful and happy little tale :) Best wishes :)
- 7.10.10
Yipee, Yippee, Yipee, Tara your back!!!! As you know from my emails I missed you!!!!! I wish I could call you and have you whip up a costume....lol!!! Glad to have you back but please take care of yourself first......Julie
- 7.10.10
- Gladys said...
Hope you recover fast! Love your work!
- 7.10.10
- anya said...
Glad that you're back and I hope things continue to get better for you! Can't wait to see the sushi costume, what a fantastic idea!
- 7.10.10
Tara, I had been checking in regularly to see a blog post with healthy news!!! So glad to finally see it and that you're doing well! Hope you're feeling better and better with more energy and desire to create with each passing day! Welcome back!! ;) xo Kendle
- 9.10.10
- Merissa Revestir said...
Aloha Tara!
So good to hear that you are doing well! And hope that you will be creating and crafting as much as you want to. I've been waiting for your blog posts and was so glad to see that you're back! You are a wonderful creative talent and I am in love with your work (^•^)
Hope you will be dancing the hula to your Hawaiian music today, heehee. Wishing you a speedy recovery! xo, Merissa.
- 14.10.10


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From Makhaza to Rammulotsi: reflections on South Africa's "toilet election" of 2011
Tempelhoff, Johann W.N.
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In the run-up to South Africa's 2011 local election, the event was labelled the "toilet election" in the media. The message that struck a sensitive chord in the national newspapers was that some local authorities were not compliant in terms of water and sanitation service delivery. Service delivery, in itself, had been a crucial issue in municipal politics since the previous local election of 2006. Four years later, as local politicians prepared for the 2011 countrywide municipal election, the townships of Makhaza in Cape Town and the rural Rammulotsi near the Free State town of Viljoenskroon, were in the news. There was a pubic outcry because of the undignified manner in which local residents had to use the outdoor toilets that were not properly enclosed. From time to time news reports on the open toilets provided moments of comic relief in a tense election campaign that saw the two leading political parties of the country, the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance, wooing the electorate. The outspoken public disdain over highly unsatisfactory sanitation services, underlined the need for politicians and the management of local authorities to pay serious attention to efficient governance at the municipal level in a democratic society. In the article dedicated attention is also given to the way in which the local election influenced water and sanitation service delivery planning in Moqhaka Local Municipality, the local authority that oversees Rammulotsi township.
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Annual growth rates in 2035 of gross value added (a close approximation of GDP), comparing baseline growth in 2035 to an artificial intelligence scenario where AI has been absorbed into the economy.
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