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Two aspects of local color that help illustrate the attributes of a locale and its people are humor and hyperbole. Harte uses comic scenes, dialogue, and descriptions to offset the tragedy of the story and to keep it from turning into melodrama. Much of the humor is based on hyperbole—language that is exaggerated or overstated for the situation. Sometimes this is reversed to understatement, in which the words seem too insignificant for the occasion. The language is often a parody of romantic or sentimental fiction. Also involved in balancing the tragedy is the gambler's stoical approach to life. Outwardly impervious to pain or anger, Oakhurst faces life as if it were a game of cards, and his attitude is defined in language associated with gambling. The ridiculous or pathetic aspects of the others are contrasted with the dignity of Oakhurst.
The opening pages are filled with language that seems too grand for the events. Oakhurst notices that there is a change in the "moral atmosphere" of the town. There is a "Sabbath lull" in a community "unused to Sabbath influences." Poker Flat is experiencing a "spasm of virtuous reaction" to the crimes that have been committed. The secret committee rids the town "permanently" of two alleged criminals, while it "sits in judgment" on the "impropriety" of the "professional ladies" it decides to banish. The gambler is saved from hanging caused by "local prejudice" only because of a "crude sentiment of equity" in the breasts of several townsmen who had been lucky enough to win from him.
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In contrast, Oakhurst sees the situation from the stoical viewpoint of a gambler who has not unexpectedly fallen on hard times but who has to make the best of it in an honorable way. He tries to hide Billy's treachery from the others by suggesting that he and the mules only got lost in the blizzard, but their morale is damaged by the loss of the supplies. Only Simson enjoys the "prospect of their forced seclusion," and he tries to entertain them with "square fun," including tales about Homer's "Ashheels" (or Achilles). Oakhurst, however, concerns himself with the "losing game...
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A Meme Conferred: Chatroulette Missed Connections
We've shown you their lonely faces, now it's time to look at the sad Craigslist Missed Connections posts of your average Chatroulette user. One forlorn internet Thing feeds into another forlorn internet Thing, and the world spins into itself.
In case you're not a lonely weirdo like the rest of us: Chatroulette is a new social service thing that connects you to a stranger, with webcam and audio enabled and everything. So you can talk, not talk, eat snowpeas, or even masturbate to your giddy heart's content with a complete stranger. It's weird and fascinating. One problem with the thing is that it's very easy to get disconnected from someone you're really vibing with, thus where Craigslist comes into play. It's a good bet that the solitary mouth-breathers on Chatroulette are also scouring the windswept plains of Craigslist, so it's a wise place to start if you fell in love while e-jerking.
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Chances are, you think you have never had whooping cough, the bacterial infection known medically as pertussis. You may well be wrong.
Children get five doses of the DTaP vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus before entering school. But �mild illness is almost always overlooked,� Dr. James D. Cherry, an expert in whooping cough, told me.
Neither the vaccine nor the actual illness confers lifelong immunity, and every three to five years there is an epidemic of this disease in the United States. One is occurring now, and it could turn out to be largest reported outbreak of pertussis in 50 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cherry, a professor of pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles, explained that in a person who has had the disease or been immunized for it, its symptoms � a runny or stuffy nose, little or no fever and a cough � typically resemble those of a common cold. Most people weather it without ever going to the doctor.
Pertussis is highly contagious, spreading from person to person through coughs and sneezes. If someone with the infection comes in contact with an unprotected infant, the result can be catastrophic. Babies who are not fully immunized may develop pneumonia, severe breathing problems and terrifying seizures; they may even die from pertussis. More than half of the babies who get it must be hospitalized, the CDC reports.
Currently, the vaccine is administered at ages 2, 4 and 6 months, and again at 15 to 18 months and at 4 to 6 years. In 2005, DTaP replaced the old �whole cell� pertussis vaccine, called DTP, which often caused severe side effects, including high fevers, seizures, uncontrollable crying and floppiness. Although the old vaccine was blamed for some cases of sudden infant death, this turned out to not be the case, Cherry said.
In 2010, 27,550 cases of whooping cough were reported to the CDC, which estimates that many more infections actually occurred but were not recognized or not reported. By the end of August of this year, more than 25,000 cases were reported, including 13 deaths, most in children younger than 1.
Why is this preventable disease still such a problem?
A very thorough new study by researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center in Oakland, Calif., documented for the first time how quickly immunity can wear off with the current vaccine.
Dr. Nicola P. Klein and colleagues showed that even after all five doses of the acellular vaccine were properly administered, protection against pertussis waned during the next five years, and the chances of getting the disease rose by an average of 42 percent a year. Furthermore, the infected children were surprisingly young, 8 to 11, not the teenagers who were mainly affected in prior epidemics.
�The old vaccine lasted longer,� Klein, a pediatric vaccinologist, said in an interview. �Originally, we didn�t think this vaccine would be substantially different from the old one.�
It was known that the current DTaP vaccine does not induce as strong an immune response as did the old vaccine. Children are supposed to get a booster shot, Tdap, at age 11 or 12 to prevent outbreaks in their teens.
The new evidence suggests that the booster vaccine ought to be given earlier, perhaps at 8 or 9, to protect children, Klein said.
The same booster is recommended as a one-time injection for adults through age 64 in lieu of a 10-year tetanus shot. But even though the Food and Drug Administration has approved it for one-time use only, Cherry expects this will soon change to a recommendation for repeated Tdap boosters to replace the once-a-decade tetanus shot.
�Tdap is a relatively new vaccine, and we don�t yet know how long its protection lasts,� Klein said.
Whooping cough, caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, gets its popular name from the whoop that can accompany periodic coughing spells in the full-blown illness.
The disease starts innocently enough, much like a cold, and may linger for weeks before morphing into the telltale symptoms of whooping cough. Studies have shown that 13 to 20 percent of prolonged illnesses involving coughs in adolescents and adults are caused by pertussis.
This is why Cherry, among other experts, urges anyone with a cough to stay away from infants who have not yet had at least one or two DTaP shots, unless it is certain that they are immune to pertussis or they have had a definitive lab test � called a polymerase chain reaction assay � that is negative for pertussis.
In infants and others lacking antibody protection, pertussis can cause coughing spells so bad that it is difficult if not impossible to eat, drink, sleep or even inhale. Infants may stop breathing for a spell, a terrifying condition called apnea.
Uncontrolled pertussis can cause vomiting, fainting spells, weight loss and cracked ribs. As many as 2 in 100 adolescents and 5 in 100 adults with pertussis have to be hospitalized or suffer serious complications like pneumonia and death.
Anyone who has routine contact with infants should be immunized against pertussis. If pregnant women have not recently had a booster shot, the CDC recommends that it be given late in the second trimester or early in the third trimester.


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For such a simple item, I had a heck of a time testing the Ice Huggy ($6.99/2), This product is designed to hold ice pops—you know, the sweet frozen treats that come in a long plastic tube. At first, I thought it was designed to insulate the ice pop to keep it from melting from the heat of your hand. I wasn't sure how much of a problem that could be, but that's what testing is all about.
First, I tried to find a volunteer mom who would be willing to test the Ice Huggy with her kids. I thought that would be easy, but either the kids were too old or too young for ice pops, or the moms made their own frozen treats. Hmmm... not quite as big a market as I expected.
So I went looking for ice pops that I didn't have to buy in a big box and finally found them at a little local store that carries items the big chain stores don't. That mission accomplished, I immediately understood the real problem. Those things are cold! Just carrying them to the register, my delicate ladylike hands were getting a serious chill.
The Ice Huggy acts as an insulator, but it's not protecting the ice pop; it's protecting hands from the chill. That makes more sense. Kids aren't going to want to hold something that's super-cold for very long. The Ice Huggy is made from a soft, thick, squishy material that no doubt is a good insulator. So far, so good.
The ice pop slips into the Ice Huggy sleeve that stretches a bit to hold the ice pop snugly. There's a flap that secures with Velco so you can fold the Huggy down as the ice pop gets shorter as you eat it. It's a really good concept. Unfortunately, the ice pops I bought were fatter than the Ice Huggy was designed to hold. It was like trying to put a toddler's sock on an adult foot.
Maybe there are regional or brand differences in ice pops and the ones I picked up were mutant super-large versions. It wouldn't make sense for these folks to make a product that doesn't fit the major brands of ice pops, so I have to assume that these would fit most of the ice pops you might buy.
But the story doesn't quite end there. I, uh...acquired an adult version of the ice pop that is essentially a frozen margarita. And the ice pop fit perfectly into the Ice Huggy and did a fine job keeping my hands protected from that evil frozen margarita. So I guess I can use them, even though I don't have kids.
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Bing Overlord Satya Nadella Promoted to President of Server and Tools at Microsoft
Satya Nadella (pictured here), the Microsoft exec who has been in charge of its Bing search effort, has been promoted to president of its Server and Tools Business.
He replaces Bob Muglia, a longtime exec who was ousted recently in CEO Steve Ballmer's effort to shake things up at the company and stress the company's technical expertise.
A 19-year Microsoft veteran, Nadella has most recently led the engineering efforts as an SVP in the Online Services Division, which includes Bing, the MSN portal and online advertising efforts.
"Nadella brings deep engineering and online services knowledge to $15 billion business," said a Microsoft press release just issued.
In related news, Amitabh Srivastava, the SVP in the Server and Cloud Division who runs its Windows Azure cloud and Windows Server efforts, will leave the company. He was considered a leading internal candidate for the top job in the Server and Tools Business that Nadella got.
Both internal and external execs were eyed for the job, but it's likely Nadella got it because of his early career in the server arena at Microsoft, as well as his experience running one of the biggest and most complex cloud efforts on the Web at Bing.
Indeed, though his efforts were costly and perhaps even futile, Nadella has had some success in innovating search for Microsoft with Bing, including delivering a well-regarded and quickly evolving product and improving market share.
He also was key in striking Microsoft's advertising and search partnership with Yahoo.
He will have his hands full running the Server and Tools Business, which is critical to the company's future and its cloud computing aspirations.
Microsoft said Nadella will be in charge of strategy, engineering, marketing and product development for Microsoft's server, tools and cloud platform efforts.
"This includes developing the technology road map and vision to drive adoption of the company's products, tools and services, and delivering the company's next generation of cloud solutions for business customers," Microsoft said.
Delivering such cloudtastic results will be a tall order, of course.
According to a recent post by New Enterprise's Arik Hesseldahl:
"The Server and Tools Business is at $14.9 billion in annual revenue (fiscal 2010) Microsoft's third largest division behind the Windows/Windows Live Division and and the Microsoft Business Division, both of which reported revenues north of $18 billion in 2010. On Muglia's watch sales at STB grew more than 12 percent, and its operating margins went from 31 percent in 2008 to 37 percent in 2010. However, STB is nowhere near as profitable as the other two divisions: Business Division reported operating margins of 63 percent in 2010 while Windows saw 70 percent. Ballmer says in his memo that he's eager to see stronger growth from STB."
Here is the official press release, but more to come:
Microsoft Appoints Satya Nadella as President of Server and Tools Business
Nadella brings deep engineering and online services knowledge to $15 billion business.
REDMOND, Wash.–Feb. 9, 2011–Microsoft Corp. today promoted Senior Vice President Satya Nadella to president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business.
"We're already making strong traction across our Server and Tools Business by embracing cloud services," said Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. "Satya has deep experience in both our server business and online services, which will help accelerate our momentum while setting the course to deliver the cloud computing scenarios of the future."
As president of the Server and Tools Business, Nadella will oversee the overall strategy, engineering, marketing and product development for Microsoft's server, tools and cloud platform efforts. This includes developing the technology road map and vision to drive adoption of the company's products, tools and services, and delivering the company's next generation of cloud solutions for business customers.
"Our server and tools business is one of the fastest growing and most profitable businesses at Microsoft," Nadella said. "I see great opportunity for Microsoft to grow the business and also lead the way in the transformation of enterprise IT. I'm excited to work with such a high-caliber team to chart the path for our continued success today and growth in the future."
Nadella, 43, has been with the company for 19 years and most recently led the engineering efforts in the Online Services Division, which includes overseeing the technical strategy for one of the largest cloud infrastructures in the world, spanning the company's Search, Portal and Advertising platforms.
Nadella joined the Online Services Division in April 2007, and was instrumental in leading the technical efforts for several critical milestones such as the launch of Bing, new releases of MSN, and the integration of Yahoo! across Bing and adCenter. Under his leadership, the Online Services Division has also built a strong engineering organization by attracting some of the most experienced technical minds from within Microsoft and across the industry.
Before joining the Online Services Division, Nadella led Microsoft Business Solutions, which focuses on the Microsoft Dynamics line of enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management products, and spent several years leading engineering efforts in Microsoft's Server Group.
As announced in January 2011, Bob Muglia, previously president of the Server and Tools Business, will leave the company this summer. Muglia will work with Nadella as he transitions to his new role leading the Server and Tools Business.


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From 1861 to 1863, William Washington Knight served as 2nd Sergeant in the 29th GA infantry in Company K, the Berrien Minutemen, a Confederate army unit organized by his father, Levi J. Knight. William W. Knight was born March 4, 1829 and grew to a man in the neighborhood of Beaverdam Creek, near present day Ray City, Berrien County, GA.
In October of 1861, William W. Knight left his farm, 26 acres of cleared land and 464 acres forrested, in the care of his wife, Mary (See The Poetry of Mary Elizabeth Carroll). He left Mary with their one horse, $25 worth of farm implements, six cattle, 35 hogs, about 350 bushels of Indian corn, 120 pounds of rice, 50 bushels of peas and beans, 100 bushels of sweet potatoes, 75 pounds of butter, 80 gallons of molasses, and 50 pounds of honey. Their farm was situated next to that of William's uncle, John Knight, and also the farm of William A. Jones, who was also serving with the Berrien Minutemen.
In a Civil War letter dated June 3, 1863, transcribed below, William W. Knight observes that deserter Elbert J. Chapman had rejoined his unit. Chapman, known to his troop mates as Old Yellow or 'Old Yaller,' was shot for desertion about five weeks later, in a tragic episode of military discipline. In the letter, Knight mentions several other soldiers (see notes below), including his brother, Jonathan David Knight.
As noted in previous posts, this is one of 37 of Civil War Letters of William W. Knight which have been scanned and placed online by Valdosta State University Archives. He wrote home to his wife, Mary Elizabeth Carroll Knight, and father numerous times while on deployment with his unit.
In the letter of June 3, the quality of the original document combined with Knight's affinity for run on sentences makes for rather difficult reading. For clarity, the transcription below takes some interpretive liberties with punctuation. Knight's letter of June 3, 1863 can be viewed in the VSU archives.
Camp Near Yazoo City June 3rd 1863
Dear Mary,
Again I seat myself to write to you few lines th[ough] I wish you could see the seat and place we are camped at. We are in a narrow bottom with a creek running through it, clear limestone water. It is all the running water we have seen in any creek since we have been in this State. We are below Yazoo city three miles, or rather we are sout[h] of it, fifty miles from Vicksburgh. There are more men here than you ever saw in all your live, the number I will not give, not knowing but this might fall in the Federals hands. We came here yesterday. We lay up day before two miles from here.
We left our camp at Deasonville, Saturday near twelve o'clock and marched till night. Sunday was the hardest days march we ever taken, not the farthest, we have marched farther in the day, but the country very broken, the weather very hot and not water enough to barely sustain life. Many men gave out and could go no further. Some fainted in the road and had to be taken up and carried off but none of our brigade died from the march so far as I can ascertain. This country is the barest of water of any I ever saw.
We are gradually closing up around Vicksburgh. The Abrahamites are around it, our men inside under Gen. Pemberton, our outside army under Gen. Johns[t]on or he commands the whole army. We are under Gen. Walker. He is my General now and in command this squad here. They are from different states.
There is some sickness among the men but none of them dangerous. I think in our company there the following men sick but they can walk about and tend to their business: John S Adams, William Cameron, Henry A. Lastinger, Mathew R. Lindsey, Edmond Mathis, Aaron Mattox, John A. Parrish, Corpl. John R. Patterson, Alfred B. Findley, Jacob J. Truitt. They are only too weak to hold out to march. They have fever or diarrhea. Jonathan had the fever two days ago but he is better, he did not have much fever yesterday, he got too hot Sunday of the march. Lt Parrish is well again. All the rest of the Company are well.
Manning Fender got a letter from James Fender last week he was getting better. We left him at Columbus, Ga.
Elbert J. Chapman, or as the boys called, Old Yellow, is with us again. William D. Warren of the Sharpshooters from Thomas County found him at Canton. Warren did belong to our regiment before he was put in the Sharpshooters battalion. Chapman is heartier than I ever saw him, he was in the 20th Mississippi Regiment of mounted infantry. He had been there five months and two day[s]. The regiment has been in several battles since he has been in it. He went by the name of Manning Coleman. He says he does not know any thing of Benjamin Garrett, that he has not seen him since last December. They got parted at Brookhaven in this State.
We have no tents in our regiment, we take the world and weather as we find it. We have four fry pans and one oven for our company. The rest of the companies are no better off than our[s]. Where we are stopped we get enough to eat, but when we are marching we do not have any chance to cook enough to eat, and water to cook with is often not to be had. We marched seven miles Sunday. After sunset we stopped to camp where it had been represented we could get water but it was not there to get, and we had to come seven miles further before we could get it, and then there was not enough and what there was was very bad.
I will describe the kind of water we have been using until we come to this place. That is, if your imagination will help draw the picture. It is in holes in the creeks, the soil thick yellow mud void of sand, the water yellow muddy stuff with a green scum on it – but seldom over a foot deep – some times half covers holes. And no more near enough to be got at, and that the chance for several thousand men, and a great many of them like hogs. If they are not minded out, they will be in it, washing there hands, face, feet or old, nasty clothes. Its astonishing how many men there in this world that are only animals in human form. Ask one and he will tell you it is wrong, but he saw somebody else do so and he had as well do so as any body else. That is always the answer you get. They have a kind of elastic consciences that expand to fit any case.
This is a very rich farming country. They make fine corn with the least work of any country I have ever been in. They break up their land, plant their corn, side the corn, turn the dirt from it, hoe it out, let it stand about two weeks, side it again turning the dirt to the corn, let stand about the same time, and plough out the middles, and they are done that crop. They make from thirty to fifty bushels to the acre. Their lands are nearly all bottom lands. It averages fifty bushels to the acre.
Mary, I got two letters Saturday from you dated the 9th & 17th of last month. I was very glad to hear that you and the children had been well since I left Savannah. I say had been, for the[y] had been written so long they were almost out of date, but I recon mine are quite as old before they get to you if they ever get there.
Well, Mary, I recon you need not be uneasy for fear I will suffer for money because of what I sent you. I have quite as much as I will need, I hope. If I had not have left Savannah I should have sent you as much more. I have sent you this year one hundred and ten dollars in money and a little over thirty dollars worth of things. I have about sixty dollars with me now. I recon it will last me till we draw again. I had much rather see you and the children than any amount of money we will ever have at one time.
I am in hope I will keep well and able to do all the duty that may be required of me. I think all the men in our company would get well in a week if they could have that long to rest. There is no chance for them to write when we are on a march. We have but one ambulance for the regiment. It will not carry more than eight men. I will write when ever I have a chance.
Your Faithful Husband
William W. Knight
Some additional notes on the men of the 29th Georgia Regiment mentioned in Knight's Letter:
William W. Knight, Enlisted as a private Company D, 29th Georgia Regiment, October 1, 1861 in Berrien County, GA. Made 2nd Sergeant in December, 1861. Was sent for Camp equipage in December 1862. September 5, 1863 receipts show he accepted at camp in the field a delivery of two pairs of shoes. Receiving equipage in the field, October 31, 1863, "the men being in a destitute condition." Requisition records show he was at Dalton, GA on December 6, 1863 where he received additional equipment for the unit. Died of chronic diarrhea at Milltown, GA. December 27,1863. A son of Levi J. Knight, and husband of Mary Elizabeth Carroll.
John S. Adams was from Duval County, FL. He enlisted as a private in Company K, 29th Georgia Regiment on April 3, 1862 in Savannah, GA. By the late spring of 1863 service records show he was a patient at the Confederate hospital at Point Clear, AL. He apparently recovered to return to his unit, but in the summer of 1864 he was again sick, this time appearing on the register of patients at Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, GA and suffering with chronic diarrhea. He was furloughed on May 16, 1864.
Alfred B. Finley, private, Company D, 29th Georgia Infantry. Born in Georgia on January 15, 1840. While in the Confederate service he contracted measles and St. Anthony's Fire (erysipelas), a streptococcus infection which resulted in loss of his left eye. Captured near Nashville, TN on December 16, 1864, during the Battle of Nashville, TN. Released at Camp Chase, OH, June 12, 1865. Died at Nicholls, GA on October 18,1921.
Benjamin S. Garrett, private, Enlisted October 1, 1861 Company K, 29th Georgia Infantry at Berrien County, GA. August, 1862 at Convalescent Camp. Service Records include the notation "Deserted." Reported absent without leave for December 1862. Some say Garrett was later killed in Florida, but regimental records show he joined the 17th Georgia Infantry Regiment, was sent to Virginia, caught typhoid pneumonia and died November 9, 1862 at Chimborazo Hospital No. 5, Richmond, VA.
Jonathan D. Knight, Was the brother of William Washington Knight. Jonathan D. Knight was Captain, Company D, 29th Georgia Regiment. He was captured near Decatur, GA on July 22,1864 during the Battle of Atlanta and held as a prisoner of war until released at Fort Delaware, DE on June 17,1865. Later elected a senator in the Georgia state government, and signed the Georgia Constitution of 1877.
Henry Andrew Lastinger, private, joined the Berrien Minute Men (later renamed Company K, 29th Georgia Infantry) officially inducted on August 1,1861. He was a son of Louisa English and William Lastinger. His sister, Elizabeth Lastinger, was present at the Grand Military Rally for the Berrien Minute Men held in May, 1861 at Milltown (now Lakeland), GA. Four of his brothers also served with the Berrien Minute Men. A fifth brother served with the 5th Georgia Reserves. On September 19,1863 Henry A. Lastinger was shot in the right foot at the Battle of Chickamauga, GA, leaving him permanently disabled. Received extra pay from March 18 to August 2, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. Born in Georgia in 1832. Died December 24,1908. His brother, Lacy Elias Lastinger, wrote about the execution of Elbert J. Chapman after the war.
Matthew R. Lindsey, private, Company K, 29th Georgia Infantry. According to Widow's Pension records he enlisted May 10, 1862, was wounded in right shoulder at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864; was furloughed for 60 days in 1864, and was unable to return the unit.
Edmond W. Mathis, enlisted in Company K, 29th Georgia Infantry as a private on October 4, 1861, later Corporal. He was captured near Nashville, TN on December 16, 1864 during the Battle of Nashville, TN. Died February 11, 1865 of pneumonia at Camp Chase prison, Columbus, OH. Buried in Grave #1175, Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery.
John R. Patterson, born about 1830, enlisted in Company K, 29th Georgia Infantry as a private October 1, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Wounded near Atlanta, GA, August 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign. Evacuated to a temporary Confederate field hospital at Forsyth, GA, known in confederate service records as "Ford Hospital", established by Andrew Jackson Foard, Field Medical Director for the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Died in the hospital at Forsyth, Monroe County, GA August 14, 1864. Buried at Forsyth City Cemetery.
John A. Parrish, Private, Enlisted in Company D, Georgia 29th Infantry Regiment on November 1, 1861. Absent, sick, December 31, 1861. In Convalescent Camp August 31, 1862. On June 14, 1864 he was wounded at Pine Mountain, GA; that was the same day Confederate General Leonidas Polk was killed atop Pine Mountain by a lucky cannonshot from Union forces. After June 14, John A. Parrish never returned to his unit. He was born February 18, 1844 a son of Josiah and Mary M. Parrish. Died October 28, 1885; buried Antioch Cemetery, Adel, GA.
Jacob Truett, Private. Born in South Carolina February 9,1834. Enlisted December 5, 1861in Lowndes County, GA. Service Records show in October 1862 he was "absent on expired sick furlough," and still absent sick in November and December, 1862. In the Spring of 1864 he was issued new clothing and detailed with Captain O. D. Horr. He was again issued new clothing on September 30, 1864. Wounded in left shoulder at Murfreesboro, TN on December 7, 1864, the date of the Battle of Murphreesboro. Admitted to Way Hospital at Meridian, MS, on account of wounds, January 19, 1865. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, NC April 26,1865, the date and location of General Joseph E. Johnston's surrender to General William T. Sherman.
James Fender, Corporal, Company K, 29th Georgia Infantry. Absent sick, October and November 1862. Listed as Absent without Leave in December 1862. On September 3, 1863, he drew pay for July and August. Buried at Fender Cemetery, Clinch County, GA
Manning Fender, private, Company K, 29th Georgia Infantry. At Convalescent Camp August, 1862. Killed in battle at Chickamauga, GA, September 19, 1863.
Aaron Mattox, enlisted in Company G, 29th Georgia Infantry. On August 22, 1864 he was captured at Atlanta, GA and sent to Camp Chase, OH. From there, he was transferred to Point Lookout, MD on March 22, 1865. He died while imprisoned there in 1865 .
William Cameron. Private. Shot in the left arm during battle on June 15, 1864 with the ball lodging in the left elbow. Admitted to Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, GA on August 23,1864 where apparently the lead ball was removed from the wound. Furloughed home to Clinch County, August 29, 1864. Surrendered and Paroled at Thomasville, GA on May 26, 1865.
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A rare opportunity on Manhattan's Upper West Side, this former home of Hollywood siren Mae West is a six bedroom, nine bathroom mansion built all the way back in 1896 by prominent Ecole Des Beaux Arts-trained New York architect Rudolphe Daus. First on the market in June, this six story, 14,000 square foot home is still undergoing extensive renovations, with plans to include a sauna, wine cellar, and other custom-designed delights. Carved oak details, solid brass fixtures and windows, stained glass, ornate plaster, and designer fittings compliment the murals by Francois Desportes that are featured throughout this spectacular home. If one ballroom isn't enough to suit your social calendar, consider this: zoning in this area of the city allows for 28,000 square feet of floor space—plenty of room to expand until your heart is content. View property.
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Scientific Linux
Scientific Linux 5.0
The ATI driver installer ati-driver-installer-8.36.5-x86.x86_64.run has the ability to build RPMs.
ati-driver-installer-8.36.5-x86.x86_64.run --listpkg
shows the packages it can build. There is no RHEL 5 option yet, but I've read somewhere that RHEL5 is based on FC6. Given that I tried to build
ati-driver-installer-8.36.5-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Fedora/FC6
and it generated the following RPMs:
ATI-fglrx-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm ATI-fglrx-control-center-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm ATI-fglrx-devel-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm ATI-fglrx-IA32-libs-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm fglrx_6_8_0-8.36.5-1.i386.rpm kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
fglrx_6_8_0-8.36.5-1.i386.rpm is for 32-bit.
To install these RPMs run
rpm -Uvh ATI-fglrx* kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
aticonfig --initial
and you could try it with:
telinit 5
When you happy with the new driver you need to ensure that you have
in your /etc/inittab and reboot the box. Please note, that SL5.0 installation did not recognise my card: ATI X1600 [Asus A6000KT laptop] so I had no X running and the default init mode was 3 [not 5]. YMMV.
I still do not know how to rebuild the kernel module for the different kernels. By default the kernel module is being build for the current kernel [uname -r] Today was the first security kernel upgrade revision 2.6.18-8.1.4.el5. So after new kernel installation I repeated the same procedure and installed new kernel module with
rpm -ivh kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
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Director Duncan Jones was clearly well served by having been raised by rock legend David Bowie. That said, the man needs dearly to put behind him his obsession with "Space Oddity."
The structural and thematic similarities shared by "Moon," the 2009 space thriller starring Sam Rockwell which is Jones' fantastic debut film, and "Source Code," starring Jake Gyllenhaal, are too numerous to recount. Both center on men living isolated in tin cans in a remote location an effort to benefit humanity at large, a condition that slowly eats away at their sense of reality.
"Heeeeeeeeeere am I sitting in a tin can…"
Gyllenhaal stars as Capt. Colter Stevens, a man who awakens to find himself inside the body of a schoolteacher, Sean Fentress, riding on a commuter train. Sitting across from him is a beautiful woman, Christina (Michelle Monaghan), whom he doesn't recognize, but who clearly knows him. Less than eight minutes later, the train is torn apart by a fiery blast.
But Stevens survives, awaking this time strapped upside-down in a seat, staring at fellow soldier Carol Goodwin (Vera Farmiga) via a monitor. Goodwin tells him he's part of a top secret program—Source Code—that allows him to repeatedly relive the last eight minutes of Fentress' life until he can learn the identity of the bomber, who is planning to detonate a dirty bomb in downtown Chicago. If Stevens can find the bomber in time, he can help the Army prevent the second bomb from going off. "Source Code" is basically "Moon" disguised as "Groundhog Day" meets "Avatar"—or "Being John Malkovich," if you prefer—with the fate of the world at stake.
The story leaves so many questions unanswered, like: Couldn't they have given Stevens just a whiff of training? Isn't Goodwin woefully unprepared, as well? Did it not occur to anyone that Stevens might ask WTF he was doing? And how come they keep telling Stevens the past can't be changed, but then insist on him changing it? Any time you delve into time-travel scenarios, things need to be very clearly or very loosely defined—but "Source Code" cheats toward the middle to just confuse the issue.
Duncan makes great use of the limited space—essentially a commuter train--he gives himself, but it's not quite enough. One of the lessons of "Groundhog Day" is that if you're going to make your audience relive the same moments over and over, it needs to be a dynamic experience of discovery, something Duncan fails to do. Rather than revealing itself progressively, the film moves forward in fits and starts.
Gyllenhaal's performance is great, particularity coming off a very different role in "Love and Other Drugs." He gives the film a little of everything: some action, some humor, some humanity… it's a well-rounded turn. Monaghan reaffirms her status as an underused talent—she's sexy, approachable, smart. She's everything you'd want in a leading lady, but for some reason can't get past second billing.
"Source Code" has a pair strong leads, an interesting--if flawed--premise and some tight action sequences, but it comes up short of being the truly great entertainment it strives to be.


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#include <linux/module.h>#include <linux/usb.h>#include <linux/netdevice.h>#include <linux/etherdevice.h>#include <linux/wireless.h>#include <net/iw_handler.h>#include <linux/string.h>#include <linux/if_arp.h>#include <linux/firmware.h>#include <ieee802_11.h>#include "zd1201.h"
We starting to investigate in RF field with something like this one https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10534What do you think about it?
There are bluetooth *wifi* modules that have all the protocols and packet handling built in for less than $10 on eBay and similar shop. Buy enough, the price gets down towards $5 ea.
If you want real cheap wireless, it takes 2 pins, 1 led and 1 resistor. http://www.merl.com/papers/docs/TR2003-35.pdf
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GoForSmoke make me recall 10+ years ago, I am in Philip Morris HQ building NYC. The building is freelysmoke/GoForSmoke building. The only No Smoking sign is at elevator which is federal regulation. You could put "GoForSmoke" sign anywhere your house but please remove it from house elevator. QuoteWhen I first learned Fortran in 75I miss the Fortran, but code at Basic almost at same time.
I only wrote as much BASIC as I did because of people who insisted the code be in BASIC or they wouldn't pay for it. What's your excuse?


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You can reach us on phone number (210) 637-3950, fax number or email address . Our office is located on 13905 Nacogdoches Rd, San Antonio, TX,
For full contact details to this financial advisor have a look at the the column to your right (or scroll if you're viewing this on a mobile device.)


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Callum Crayshaw is a character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. He is voiced by Sean Modica.
Callum is interviewed by Maurice Chavez on the Pressing Issues show on VCPR. He is interviewed alongside John F. Hickory and Congressman Alex Shrub. Crayshaw is a socialist activist and an extreme liberal. He is a stereotypically-concerned rich boy who wants to "help the poor" in completely unfeasible ways with an organization he formed called "Speaking for the Underdog", and often talks about his trips to other continents (funded by his wealthy businessman father, who doesn't seem to care about the same issues). In 1986, he is twenty-three years of age and is 5'5" tall. He mentions that he was bullied because his voice didn't break until he was 19.


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In honor of both Iron Maiden releasing their own beer this week and it's name sake being my favorite dive bar in Orange County I present to you my version of the M
oscow Mule. With history steeped in the British colonial presence in India, Crabbies Scottish Ginger Beer has been brewed since the early 1800's and enjoyed world wide! They suggest drinking this ale over ice, but I took it to the next level with a little bit of vodka and some fresh ingredients.
Simple and refreshing, this cocktail can be premade in a pitcher and enjoyed during the warm days to come! Continue Reading


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We are the vanguard of the digital design revolution. We're here to pull the web out of the bloated and verbose past into the elegant and effective future. Our standard of beauty includes efficacy and return on investment.
Full stack? And then some. But we don't hire generalists. Our .NET developers, tend to hang with our enterprise clients while the PHP crew believes in software by the people for the people. Both groups are allergic to peanuts though – on that, they are aligned.
When the code stops flying we start testing. Depending on the size of the project, our team takes between one to four weeks for the Alpha phase. Then it's time for you and your stakeholders to make sure it all meets expectations. It's like Christmas but with more swearing.
Regardless of the task, start with why. The first step of any good strategy is defining our motivations, our goals and our metrics of success. Once that's nailed down, the rest falls into place.
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The internet has a wealth of slick, digital, glossy, and/or vector icon sets – but there are only a handful of traditional hand-drawn icon sets around, and I've found many leave something to be desired in terms of style, the amount of icons, usability, or overall quality. With that in mind, we bring you this set of hand-drawn black & white artistic icons, exclusive to GraphicRiver.
March 19th, 2010 – UpdatedAdded 60+ icons, including many new Social icons (which are also available in color), new folders, documents, user icons, and more!
- There are 203 icons in this set (not all are pictured above).
- The icons have transparent backgrounds (and where there are brush strokes 'outside' the icon, this is semi-transparent).
- They look best on white/light backgrounds, but they can fit damn near anywhere. We wanted this set to be highly customizable
- Add a color layer blended with a 'color burn' and these icons will come to life in a new way.
- Wide range of icon subjects: media folders, documents, mail, hardware devices, browsers, socials, users, many other web-oriented icons and some random ones for good luck.
- Available in transparent .PNG format as well as .ICO for those who care to use them on their desktop.
- Many sizes available: 24×24, 32×32, 48×48, 64×64, and even 128×128!
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 26, 2012) – U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and his Italian Serie A League team Copra Elior Piacenza scored an upset victory over Lube Banca Marche Macerata, 25-19, 25-18, 20-25, 25-20 on Jan. 22.
Holt scored nine points on four kills, four blocks and one ace as Piacenza, ranked 11th in the league, defeated second-place Macerata.
U.S. setter Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania) helped his Italian team Sisley Belluno to a 19-25, 25-20, 25-17, 27-25 victory over Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia on Jan. 22. Suxho scored three points on one attack, one block and one ace. He also set his team to a 51.0 kill percent and a 0.429 hitting efficiency.
Belluno is in sixth place in the league and Vibo Valentia is in eighth.
U.S. opposite Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) led his Italian team Energy Resources San Giustino with 24 points as it took a 25-21, 32-34, 25-20, 20-25, 15-9 victory over U.S. middle blocker Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.) and CMC Ravenna on Jan. 22.
Patak scored on 19 attacks (41.3 kill percent, .370 hitting efficiency), one block and four aces. U.S. setter Riley McKibbin (Honolulu, Hawaii) started the first set and scored one point on a kill. Brunner scored 12 points on nine attacks (60.0 kill percent, .600 hitting efficiency), two blocks and one ace.
San Giustino is in 12th place in the league while Ravenna is 14th.
U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Casa Modena fell to Acqua Paradis Monza Brianza, 28-26, 25-22, 25-18 on Jan. 22. U.S. outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) did not play in the match due to a minor injury (according to the team's coach).
Anderson scored six points on five attacks and one ace. Modena is in fourth place in the league and Monza Brianza is in fifth.
Monza Brianza played Modena again on Jan. 25 in the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup on Jan. 25. This time, Anderson's team came out on top, 35-33, 25-21, 25-27, 25-17.
Anderson finished with 22 points on 19 attacks (59.3 kill percent, .531 hitting efficiency), one block and two aces. He also had 27 receptions with 67 percent considered "positive."
Rooney started the final two sets for Monza Brianza and scored seven points on four attacks and three blocks.
Suxho and Belluno defeated Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo, 25-22, 21-25, 25-16, 25-22 on Jan. 25. Suxho scored eight points on three attacks and a match-high five blocks.
Jastrzębski Węgiel, the Plus Liga team of U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and setter Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.), advanced to the final match of the Polish Cup where it lost to PGE Skra Belchatow, 25-16, 25-20, 25-19 on Jan. 22.
In the semifinals, Belchatow defeated U.S. outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) and his Polish team Asseco Resovia Rzeszow, 21-25, 26-24, 25-23, 25-23 on Jan. 21. Lotman scored eight points on seven attacks and one block. He also led the team in positive and excellent receptions.
To view photos from the match, click here.
U.S. outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) and his Russian Super League team Zenit Kazan continue to lead the league's east division with a perfect 12-0 record following victories over Kuzbass Kemerovo (25-18, 25-19, 25-22) on Jan. 21 and Gazprom Ugra (21-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-23) on Jan. 25.
Against Kemerovo, Priddy scored nine points on four kills, four blocks and one ace. Against Ugra, he scored 15 points on 13 attacks (46.0 kill percent and .464 hitting efficiency), one block and one ace.
U.S. setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Ural Ufa are in fourth place in the east division after winning their last five matches. On Jan. 21, Ural defeated Ugra, 24-26, 25-19, 25-22, 25-22. Ball scored five points on two attacks and three blocks and also set the team to a 49.1 kill percent and .417 hitting efficiency.
On Jan. 25, Ural beat Lokomotiv-Izumrud Ekaterinburg, 25-16, 25-18, 25-16. Ball had three points on an attack and two blocks and set his team to a 53.7 kill percent and a .493 hitting efficiency.
U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky scored 12 points on nine kills (41.0 kill percent, .364 hitting efficiency), one block and two aces as his German league team Berlin Recycling Volleys defeated TV Buhl on Jan. 21, 25-15, 25-17, 25-22.
U.S. setter Kawika Shoji (Honolulu, Hawaii) also started the entire match for Berlin, scoring two points on two attacks and setting the team to a 51.2 kill percent and a .465 hitting efficiency. U.S. outside hitter Cory Riecks (Auburn, Calif.) played as a substitute for Buhl, but did not score.
Berlin is in third place in the league and Buhl is in fourth.
Tourcoing, which includes U.S. setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) and outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.), defeated Narbonne on Jan. 20, 25-19, 25-21, 21-25, 19-25, 15-12 on Jan. 20. Jablonsky started all five sets and scored 10 points. Tourcoing is in fifth place in the league.
U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) and Tours have fallen to second place in the league after losing to U.S. outside hitter Robert Tarr (Cape Canaveral, Fla.) and Cannes on Jan. 21, 25-17, 25-21, 21-25, 25-21.
Tarr finished with 17 points on 16 kills and one block. Smith scored six points on four attacks and two blocks.
U.S. coach Shawn Patchell is the head coach for the Lausanne University Club in the Swiss league and has three U.S. players on his team: middle blocker Andy Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.), outside hitter Andrew Stewart (Sandy, Utah) and opposite Evan Romero (Miami Lakes, Fla.).
Lausanne is in fifth place in the league. On Jan. 21, it defeated VBC Münchenbuchsee, 25-6, 25-14, 25-15.


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If you're a careful reader of the Purl Bee, you may have noticed by now what a big fan I am of hand warmers. I love how practical they are (no holding dirty mittens between your teeth while you fish around for keys); I love how fast they are to make (you just can't say that about too many knitted things!); I love how flattering they are on everybody's hands; and, for all these reasons, I love how perfectly suitable they are as gifts (I'm remembering recent recipients: friend Claudia has a pair, so do aunt Bretta, cousin Katie, and sister-in-law Jen.).
Ever since Joelle made the Log Cabin Baby Blanket for her new niece out of Anzula's Squishy, I have been really anxious to give it a try. Joelle is a tough customer when it comes to yarn, so her rave reviews of this one set my expectations high. I was not disappointed! This is a seriously pleasurable yarn to knit with, maybe because of the 10% cashmere, or the lofty spin, or the super high quality merino, or the generous 385 yards per skein, or because of all those things plus some magical ingredient. Add to its luxurious feel the beautifully hand dyed palette of sophisticated, quirky colors, and I've got a new favorite yarn!
The Materials
- 1 skein of Anzula's Squishy, 80% Superwash Merino, 10% Cashmere, 10% Nylon. This color is "Plum". One skein is enough for at least 2 pairs of hand warmers.
- A set of US #3 double pointed needles.
The Pattern
16 stitches = 1 inch in 3 x 2 rib, unstretched
5 1/2 stitches = 1 inch in 3 x 2 rib, comfortably stretched
Finished Size
11 inches long and stretch up to 9 inches around to fit most women's hands.
Cast 50 stitches onto double pointed needles.
Join for working in the round, being careful to not twist the stitches and placing a stitch marker if you want to.
Round 1: *K3, p2, repeat from * to end of round.
Repeat Round 1 until the piece measures 8 inches from the cast on edge.
Thumb Hole
NOTE: For the thumb hole, you will work back and forth in rows, turning the work between each row, as you would a flat piece of knitting. Work the stitches on the double pointed needles just as they are, moving from one needle to the next.
Row 1: [K3, p2] four times, k4, turn so the inside of the hand warmer is facing you. (You work only 24 stitches for Row 1.)
Row 2 (wrong side): K1, *p3, k2, repeat from * to last 4 stitches, p3, k1, turn so the outside of the hand warmer is facing you. (Row 2 and all following rows work all 50 stitches.)
Row 3 (right side): K4, *p2, k3, repeat to last stitch, k1, turn.
Repeat Rows 2 and 3 until the thumb hole measures 1 1/2 inches, ending with Row 3. If you were using a stitch marker, you can remove it on the last row.
NOTE: For the hand section you will work in the round again with the outside of the hand warmer facing you. You will begin with a joining round that connects the two sides of the thumb hole. For the joining round, just continue to work from the end of Row 3 with the outside facing you. (See the picture below.)
Joining Round: Place a stitch marker, p1, *k3, p2, repeat from to last 4 stitches, k3, p1.
Next Round: P1, *k3, p2, repeat from to last 4 stitches, k3, p1.
Repeat the last round until the piece measures 2 inches from the top of the thumb hole.
Bind off in the 3 x 2 rib pattern.
Weave in the ends, make a second identical hand warmer, and you're ready to go!


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The medium is changing
By Matt Adams on June 10, 2011
Do you remember when news was only in print and on the TV? Then came the internet. CNN.com would have all the latest news on demand, a simple click or two away. Things are changing faster than ever. This week I have been really thinking about blogs and RSS feed readers. For a few years I was really big into google reader, and I subscribed to 200 or so RSS feeds. Designers, Firms, Gallery sites, Businesses, Authors, etc. Anything I found useful or insightful consistently, I would subscribe.
In the last year or so, my RSS readership loyalty has dropped like a rock. I went from checking in to google reader a few times a day, to a few times a week, to now maybe 2 – 3 times per month, usually out of some odd self obligation. What's interesting, is that the content hasn't become less interesting, I'm just overwhelmed with information. The mediums have changed. Twitter and facebook feeds now dominate the landscape. I don't think I'm alone either.
So what does this have to do with design, the web and small businesses or non profits? Everything. So as I was analyzing this over the week, I was thinking about the content. The content is still there, just the method changed. First I used to visit sites for updates, then RSS, now its twitter and facebook. Here is there interesting fact, with each change, the content headline, the call to action gets less visually stimulating.
Back when you manually checked a site for news, you had photos, graphics, buttons, etc. Then in RSS you still had some of that, but only what was IN the post. No pretty site frame, logo or nav bar. Now, you hve the headline and maybe a small intro in 140 characters or less. That's a big change to entice your dedicated traffic to actually reading your content.
So what about my site? Well I am still a firm believer in a well designed, well planned and well constructed site that meets your needs and goals. But more importantly these days your content matters more than ever. The headline, the sub headline, the first few sentences all matter 10x more.
So as you have us make your awesome website, remember we can't write killer content for you. We can work with a copywriter to help shape it, but ultimitly the source of info is you. Want people to read your stuff? Well, think about the headline, in 140 characters or less, and what the call to action is to get the user to read on. Your users attention span is smaller than ever.