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Eyman, Frances, 1921-1949
Extent: 1.2 linear foot
A.(Alice) Frances Eyman, Assistant Curator and Keeper of the American section of the Penn Museum was educated at Oberlin College and the University of Pennsylvania (B.A.) and did graduate work at Columbia and the University of New Mexico. While at the University of New Mexico, Eyman participated in archaeological field work with the Navajo. Eyman taught as a part of the education departments of both the American Museum of Natural History and the Penn Museum. Her special interest involved American Indian objects and how they fill the gap in the ethnology of the native people. The American Section records of A. Frances Eyman consist of three boxes of information. The collection is divided into three series; correspondence, notes and writings/manuscripts.
Biddle Law Library: Manuscripts Collection [Contact Us]
Levin, A. Leo, 1919-
Extent: 30 linear feet
A. Leo Levin, born in 1919 received his B.A. from Yeshiva University in 1939. He attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School and received his J.D. in 1942. Levin then took his first teaching job at the University of Iowa where he taught for two years before returning to his alma mater Penn Law School. Levin taught at Penn Law until his appointment as Director of the Federal Judicial Center in 1977. Levin participated in numerous legal professional organizations such as the American Bar Association, the Association of American Law Schools and the Order of the Coif. Levin also served on a number of high profile judiciary committees such as the Legislative Reapportionment Committee from 1971-1973, the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System from 1973-1975, and the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group. Levin produced or contributed to a number of publications related to the law including Dispatch and Delay: A Field Study of Judicial Administration in Pennsylvania with Edward A. Woolley and Cases and Materials on Civil Procedure with James H. Chadbourn. Levin's interests were not limited solely to the law as evidenced by his active role in the Jewish Community serving on numerous boards of Jewish centric organizations such as the Jewish Exponent, a weekly newspaper published in Philadelphia, the Jewish Federation of Jewish Agencies and the Jewish Publication Society.
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(Bulk: 1940-1960)
Extent: 90 linear feet (91 boxes)
Academy of Stomatology (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Extent: 1 linear foot (3 boxes)
The Academy of Stomatology was founded in 1894 with the goal of advancing the field of oral medicine. The Academy of Stomatology records contains the minutes from the Academy's monthly meetings from 1930 to 1955 and the council meetings from 1941 to 1955 as well as a small amount of information regarding fluoridation of water in New Castle, Pennsylvania.
(Bulk: 1940-1954)
Aitala Family
Extent: 5 boxes (and 1 oversized folder)
Documents, notebooks, and diary entries relaying the narrative of the Aitala family's migration through and immigration from Italy to the United States during and after World War II.
Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
Fern, Alan Maxwell, 1930-
Extent: 0.2 linear foot (1 box and oversized folder)
Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) was a figurative sculptor, graphic artist, poet, printer, and founder of the Gehenna Press. This collection documents the printed works of Leonard Baskin and his Gehenna press through announcements; cards; exhibition advertisements; invitations; printing examples, bookplates, and keepsakes; printed complete works; and prospectuses and catalogs.
Baugh, Albert C. (Albert Croll), 1891-1981
Extent: 15 boxes
Consists of 15 boxes of Albert Croll Baugh's professional papers, including correspondence, research materials, a catalog of the book collection he donated to the University of Pennsylvania libraries, and reproductions of various medieval manuscripts. The correspondence is professional and overwhelmingly relates to Baugh's research. The research materials consist primarily of notes, unpublished article reviews, reprints of articles, and newspaper clippings, and make up the greater bulk of the collection. These materials cover Middle English, French and Anglo-Latin literature and literary history in the twelfth through sixteenth centuries. Specific topics covered in the research materials include Arthurian legends, Chaucer, Middle English language (including spelling, grammar and punctuation) and literature (especially romances, plays and lyric works), Piers Plowman, and the concept of the table dormant, as well as the teaching of English and the editing of medieval texts. The catalog records Baugh's extensive personal research library and can additionally be found on microfilm, along with various medieval manuscripts on microfilm. The bulk of the manuscript reproductions are, however, in photograph, facsimile or photocopied form. These manuscripts are primarily in Middle English (with a few in Latin) and include various transcriptions of the Ancren riwle (a 13th century text of rules for anchoresses, one version of which Baugh edited and then published in 1956), two versions of Piers Plowman, (the B and C texts), various English public records, and miscellaneous other Middle English works.
Albert Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing.
Extent: 0.75 linear feet
The Albert Einstein Medical Center (AEMC) School of Nursing was founded in 1953 upon the consolidation of the nursing schools of Jewish Hospital and Mt. Sinai Hospital. Until its close in 1987, it had one of the highest enrollements in the Philadelphia area, including many students of color. This collection contains administrative records, catalogues, evaluation studies and reports, and other materials.
(Bulk: 1951-1968)
Extent: 6 cubic feet
The Albert M. Greenfield Center for Human Relations Records document the activities of the Center, and it's first director Martin P. Chworowsky. Included in this are documents related to the creation, operation, and eventual closing of the center.
(Bulk: 1925-1983)
Alexander family.,
Alexander, Raymond Pace, 1898-1974,
Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell, 1898-1989,
Alexander, Virginia Margaret, 1900-1949,
Anderson, Elizabeth Mossell, -1975,
Extent: 250 cubic feet
Raymond Pace Alexander (1897-1974) and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1898-1989) were pioneers among African Americans in the legal profession and leaders in public affairs, politics, and government throughout the middle half of the twentieth century. Raymond Pace Alexander was a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1920 and from Harvard Law School in 1923. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander earned all three of her degrees (A.B. 1918, M.A. 1919, and Ph.D. 1921) from the University of Pennsylvania. The Alexander Papers constitute a highly significant resource for the social and political history of the city of Philadelphia and, in particular, for the history of the city's black professional and political elite, black civic organizations, and institutions concerned with race relations and civil rights.
Alexian Brothers.
Extent: 0.4 linear feet
The Alexian Brothers are a Roman Catholic religious order devoted to the care of the sick. This collection consists of photocopies of historical information and records regarding the Alexian Brothers Hospital in Chicago, established 1866.
Bendiner, Alfred
Extent: 5 boxes
The papers of architect, artist, author, and Penn alumnus Alfred Bendiner dating from 1938 to 1955, featuring his caricatures and other drawings among some of his other papers. Images of performers in stage productions, concerts, and operas in Philadelphia were created chiefly for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. The caricatures are original pencil drawings, ink drawings, or lithographs with some newspaper clippings.
Caldwell, Alfred Betts, Author
Extent: 15 linear feet (3 boxes and 1 oversized folder)
Alfred Betts Caldwell (1900-1980) was a 1924 graduate of The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and an author of mystery novels. The Alfred Betts Caldwell papers are comprised primarily of Caldwell's writings, including typescripts and some of his published novels. Also there are assignments and projects undertaken 1963-1965 while completing correspondence courses with the Professional Writers School located in Westport, Connecticut, and a scrapbook kept by Caldwell from 1917 to 1936.
Kidder II, Alfred, 1911-1984
Extent: 2.5 linear feet
Born on August 2, 1911 on Nantucket Island, Alfred Kidder II was named after his grandfather, Alfred Kidder. The eldest child of famous archaeologist Alfred Vincent Kidder, he was the only one of his four siblings to follow in his father's footsteps. Kidder attended Harvard University where he earned his B.A. in 1933, M.A. in 1935, and Ph.D. in 1937. After graduating, he taught at Harvard until 1950, when he was appointed Associate Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. The records of Alfred Kidder II Chiripa, Bolivia records measure 2 linear feet and contain professional correspondence, field notes, plans and drawings, reports, artifact analyses, catalogs, and travel diaries.
(Bulk: 1925-1966)
Richards, Alfred N., (Alfred Newton), 1876-1966,
Extent: 38 cubic feet
Alfred Newton Richards arrived at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1910 to be chair of Pharmacology, a position which he occupied until 1946, when he became Professor Emeritus. The University series consists of Richards' class lectures, notes regarding his courses, and laboratory experiment work. The laboratory experiments include those carried out by colleagues and students and those carried out solely by Richards or in conjunction with colleagues and students. Kidney function is the general subject of most of the experiments, but many specific aspects of this subject are examined.
Biddle Law Library: American Law Institute Archives [Contact Us]
Extent: 1 cubic feet
Chun, Alice Lee
Extent: 8.75 linear feet
The papers of Alice Lee Chun, a distinguished nurse in the public health field in New York, reflect a broad career. She obtained her degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and New York University. This collection includes administrative records, correspondences, reports, articles, conference programs, and research projects for the various organizations she either worked for or with during her nursing career: Coney Island Hospital, National League for Nursing, Inc., the Department of Health Education and Welfare, Council of Community / Home Health Services Agency, Community Service Society, the Department of Educational Nursing, and others. Her personal papers contain essays and research in the public health field. This collection also includes copies of a radio series she did in both English and Chinese for the Chinese-American community in New York in 1952.
Robinson, Alice Merritt, 1920-1983
Extent: 8 linear feet
The strength of this collection lies in the materials which relate to the professional training of nurses and nursing education issues, particularly with regard to psychiatric nursing. Robinson's work as a nursing instructor, administrator, and author are well documented by her speeches, annotated manuscripts for publication, personal and professional writings, employment files, and photographs. The collection also contains several journal issues and reprints of Robinson's writings.
Frantz, Alison, b. 1903-d.1995
Extent: 1 linear feet
Alison Frantz, born in 1903, was a classicist and photographer. She attended Smith College and Columbia University. She first went to Greece in 1929 as a member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. In 1934 she joined the staff of the newly begun excavations of the Athenian agora. Frantz became the official photographer for the excavations there in 1939 and remained in that position until 1964. During her time as official photographer, Frantz also served as a Cultural Attaché for the U.S. Embassy in Athens from 1946 to 1949.
(Bulk: 1960-2009)
Solomonow, Allan
Extent: 34.8 linear feet (36 boxes)
Allan Wayne Solomonow (1937-2020) was a Jewish peace activist who was active in New York City and the San Francisco Bay area from the 1970s through the 2010s. His particular concern was Middle East peace, especially the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This collection documents Solomonow's life's work and primarily comprise his professional papers related to the Jewish peace community as well as collected secondary material that informed his thinking.
(Bulk: 1947-1961)
Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964
Extent: 0.2 linear foot (1 box)
Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel (1879-1964) was a composer, author, and editor. Born in Vienna, she was forced to leave Austria in 1938, after the Anschluss, seeking refuge in the United States. Her husband, Franz Werfel, was a life-long friend of Willy Haas, editor of Die Welt, who assisted Alma with the German edition of her autobiography, Mein Leben. This collection consists almost entirely of letters written by Alma Mahler Werfel and sent to Willy Haas. The letters are all in German. There are two additional letters, one: a photocopy of a letter from Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980), an Austrian artist, poet, and playwright; and the other: a photocopy of a letter from Alma to Baroness Annie Schey.
Alumnae Association of Mercy-Douglass School of Nursing.
Extent: 1.5 linear feet
This collection consists of two parts: records of the alumnae association in the period of Mercy Hospital and records of the organization under its present name. It complements the Mercy-Douglass Hospital records (MC 78) in that the latter are exclusively hospital and school records organically created before the hospital closed in 1973. The alumnae association collection contains historical accounts of the hospital and the school as prepared by the alumni, minutes of alumni meetings, programs of various kinds of activities the association sponsored, newsletters, correspondence, clippings, and material the association collected of other organizations.
Extent: 19.2 linear feet
This collection contains photographs related to Philadelphia General Hospital. Images includes people, activities, buildings, and equipment, ranging in date from the early 1900s through the 1970s.
Alumni Association of the Albert Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing records and historical collection
Alumnae Association of the Training School for Nurses of the Jewish Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Alumni Association of the Albert Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing.
Mt. Sinai Nurses' Alumnae Association (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.).
Nurses Alumnae Association of the Jewish Maternity Hospital (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.).
Extent: 44.5 linear feet
This collection contains materials documenting the development of nursing and nurse alumni groups at institutions founded by Jewish benevolent groups and organizations in Philadelphia from the 1890s through the 1990s. The historical material includes minutes, reports, administrative files, artifacts, and photographs depicting nursing and nurse education. These materials primarily concern three establishments which were merged to form the Albert Einstein Medical Center in 1952: the Jewish Hospital, established 1867; the Mt. Sinai Hospital, established in 1905; and the Northern Liberties Hospital established in 1920. (It should be noted that there are no significant records of the Northern Liberties Hospital in this collection.)
Alumni Association of the Training School for Nurses of Philadelphia General Hospital.
Extent: 18 linear feet
This collection consists of papers, administrative records, artifacts, and photographs that document many operational aspects of the Alumnae Association of the Philadelphia General Hospital. Of note are the personal papers of Alice Fisher.


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Thanh Giong: A son of God
Mai Duong
Once upon a time, there was a country where people did not live happily, but were always in poverty and misery. Because their lives were so miserable and difficult, they always hoped that someone would come to save their country from the dominance of the cruel and violent king. Years by years, they had been waiting and praying to God with all their hearts and minds, but there was no any miracle happened to their country. They kept living in difficulties without any complaints since they strongly believed that God would hear and see them from the Heaven soon. Every day, the King's soldiers came to all villages and houses to plunder almost everything that the families worked all days and nights to earn. If one family did not give food, treasuries, jewelries, or anything the soldiers wanted, all the members in that family would have to die or to be beaten to dead by the thick rope. Not only did the soldiers take assets away from the families, but they also had their eyes on beautiful girls and tried to get those girls for them or brought back to the King to get rewarded. Those terrible things happened every day and night that made people feel scared and resentful. They wanted to stand up and take over the King, because he did not bring any good things to people's lives during his era. However, they were not powerful and wealthy enough to prepare equipment for the revolution or a war to fight against the well-prepared and strong troops of the King. Therefore, they worked hard and prayed diligently every night to the God with a strong hope that one day Gods in Heaven would hear them and respond to them with a specific action.
As the time passed, Gods in Heaven finally listened to prays of people in that country. Gods saw them working hard every day and suffering through those terrible things that the King and his soldiers caused to them. Eventually, Gods were so angry at violent and cruel scene that the people in that country had to endure. They decided to do something in order to save people from the King and help them to gain independence for their own country. After a week of discussions and debates, they all agreed and came up with the final solution that they thought it would be the best option for this situation. They went to see a God of War and asked him if his son was willing to reincarnate to a boy in order to help fight against the troops in that country. Without any concern and consideration, his son immediately accepted that offer and asked when he needed to get ready for this mission, although his father was quite worried for his son's safety. Since it was his first mission on the earth, he was quite worried whether he could succeed or not. Nevertheless, with courage and help from his father and other Gods, he felt more confident and was more ready than ever. On the day that he started his mission, he said the last goodbye to his parents and his siblings and told them to believe in him. He said, "I would try to finish this mission successfully and save those poor people from the evil King quickly, so that they would not have to tolerate any more pain and would be free sooner. Believe in me." After that, his new life as a boy of a poor family began.
Meanwhile, on the earth, there was an unfortunate and poor lady living alone by herself in a very faraway town. She was thirty years old and did not have kids. Her husband died on a trip to the mountain in order to pick up medical leaves for her severe sickness. Her husband left her alone pretty soon when they just got married and had not spent enough time together. From that day, although she was sad, she had to stand up by herself and work hard to make earning and live on. Every day, she went to the field and studiously worked on the field from sunrise until sunset. People in that town felt sorry for her, but they did not know what to do to support her, because all of them were so poor as well. One day, she went to work as usual and suddenly saw a big footprint on the rock nearby the steam. Curiously, she put her foot on it and realized how big and abnormal the footprint was. Right after she lifted up her foot, she was fainted.
When she opened her eyes, she realized that she was lying on her bed at home and people were looking so nervously at her. However, when she tried to sit up, she felt something strange on her stomach. As she looked down at her stomach, she could not believe in her eyes that it was getting bigger, which it seemed like she was pregnant. She was so frightened that she did not why and how come her stomach got bigger after a day. People in a town also looked at her with a big surprise and had the same question as she did. Some bad-mouth people said that it was because she was playing around the town with all the men and got pregnant after a night; while some people worried that she might get a severe sickness in her stomach. Opposite to what people guessed, after 9 months and 10 days, she actually gave birth to a little boy. The day he was born, the sky changed color from blue to dark and lightning appeared so many times. This was a sign of Gods to claim the existence of one of the God's son. Some elder people in the town believed that this kid was not like other kids here. He was very special and was brought with miracles that could change the whole country in the future. No matter what other people said about her and the kid, she did not care; instead, she was so happy with the fact that she had a kid and was no longer lonely. She thanked Gods for giving her a child, so that she could spend time with him and devote herself to raise him.
Since the day she had a child, she had a bigger goal to live and work in order to give her child a more comfortable life. She worked harder and harder to make living to raise her child, but she did not forget to spend time with him and take care of him with all her love. Nevertheless, no matter how hard-working she was, she did not earn enough to buy food and milk for him. Unluckily, in that year, the weather was so dry and hot that all the harvests were almost in danger. On the verge of the cliff, she could not find a way out for both her and her child and cried out for help from the Gods. Surprisingly, while she was crying to Gods, she suddenly heard a voice speaking to her, "Don't worry. I can grow up strongly and healthily, even though our family was poor. Don't cry!" Then she turned her head around and realized that that voice was from her child's mouth. She was so astounded that she thought she was dreaming, but when he started to talk again, she could not say anything. Instantly, she stood up, ran into his bed, and asked him, "Was that you who just spoke to me those words?" Her child nodded his head and smiled at her saying, "Yes, it was me, mom. You should not be worried and cry anymore. I do not need lots of food to grow up." Naturally with a love of a mom, she embraced his son tightly and had a happy smile on her face. Her tears began rolling down on her face. She cried because she was so happy for his son. She cried because her son understood her situation and her love. At that time, a name for her son popped out in her mind. She called him Thanh Giong, which meant a son of Gods. She named his son like that because she wanted to express her gratefulness towards Gods for giving her a best child ever in her life.
Rumors was passing around the town that people knew about Thanh Giong. Because some nice people wanted to help her family, they brought some food they had left in their families in order to help her raise her kid. On the other hand, some people with bad intention reported her family to the King and added some inaccurate information to the story. As the story went to the King's ears, he was so afraid that if he did not kill that child, probably some day that child would be the person take over his crown or fight against his troops. Bearing that thought in mind, he asked his troops to go there and bring the mom and her son back to him. After 7 days travelling by horses, the King's troops finally arrived to that town and looked for her family everywhere. By the time the trooped arrived to the town, the child was not a little kid, but he grew up so fast and became a muscular, intelligent, and handsome man in a town. He helped people in town do work and manage almost all the heavy tasks. His mom was very proud of him for being nice and helpful to people, who had helped the mom and her son during a difficulty period. Now it was the time for him to pay back what people had done to his family. When the King's troops came to find him, the elder people could sense that something bad would happen to Thanh Giong. Thus, they did not help out the troops to find his house. In contrary, they showed the troops a longer way to get to his house, so that they would have time to let him know about this unexpected visit from the King.
When his mom knew about the bad news, she was so worried about her son's safety that she wanted to run away and temporarily hid in somewhere, until the King's troops left the town. However, Thanh Giong did not agree on his mom's idea; instead, he knew it was time to stand up and do something to save not only her mom and people in this town, but also the whole country. He still remembered word by word that the Gods said to him before he transformed to human being. Therefore, he persuaded his mom to let him stay and deal with the soldiers. He wanted to know who they were and what things they could do to him. Besides, in order to protect his mom's safety, he commanded his mom to come and stay over at other's people house for a while until he finished his business with the soldiers. In the next morning, when the soldiers came to his house, he was working on the yard behind the house without knowing that there were people coming to visit him. The soldiers came up to him and asked if he was Thanh Giong. He replied them without looking at their faces. After a few questions, as the soldiers were about to get mad at his attitudes, he stopped working and looked up to see all the faces. Then the soldiers asked him to go back to the palace with them to see the King. Quickly, he realized that this was the best moment for him to see and talk directly to the King. The night before he left the town, he went to see his mom and said goodbye to her and other people in the town. His mom kept crying and begging him to stay since she knew there would be no happy ending for him in the palace. No matter what his mom said, he resisted in going and said this was his mission that Gods had given to him in the previous life. Knowing that there was no way to persuade him to stay, she said those final words to him:
My son, you have been always a good son to me and nice person to people in the town. I thank Gods for giving me a son like you to live for and work hard for. You have been working hard here and I believe it is time for you to go outside and help the whole country. I just hope you can protect yourself in front of danger. No matter who you are and where you are from, I am always your mom and you are always my only son. Thank you for appearing in my life, my son. Gods bless you!
After that, they hugged so tightly in tears as if this would be the last time they could see each other. Then, the sun gradually went up from the mountain and sky started to brighten. The soldiers rode horses to his house and asked him to get on the horse quickly, so they could make it back to the palace before night. After a long day of travelling, he was brought to a nice room to take a rest before meeting with the King the following morning. At night, he could not sleep because he was busy thinking of the way to save this country. As the night passed by and the morning came, he dressed up and got ready to see the King. It was an enormous room with lots of professional decorations on the ceiling and on the poles. He was amazed by how gorgeous it was compared to the real life of people outside the palace. At the end of the room, the King was sitting still and waiting for his visit. When Thanh Giong saw the King, the King's face looked so evil that explained why he could do those terrible things to his people. Very quickly, the King went straight to the topic that he wanted to offer him a very good and high position on his troops. Since the King heard about his power and talent, he wanted Thanh Giong to lead his troops to invade the neighbor country. However, Thanh Giong turned down the King's offer immediately without any consideration, even though the King promised to pay him lots of money. Thanh Giong said:
I am sorry that I could not listen to you and do as you want me to. I still have old mom at home and lots of housework to finish. I think you should find another person who suited for this position. By the way, aren't you afraid of consequences for those bad things you have done to other people? I just want you to stop before it is too late.
Hearing those words and feeling insulted, the King was so upset and felt humiliated that he asked his troops to arrest him. With his power as a son of a God, he easily beat up all the soldiers and walked away. Nevertheless, the King did not stop there. He asked his troops to come to his town and burn down the whole village at night. As a result, when he arrived at his town, he was so surprised with what he was seeing in front of him. A whole town was burnt down and no one was alive. He knew immediately who caused this trouble to his town. After cleaning up the town and burying all dead bodies, he was rushing toward the palace to take revenge for his people in the town. By the time he got to the palace, his anger raised and he was more powerful than before. On that day, the sky was full of lightning which clearly showed that the Gods in Heaven were as angry as he was as well. In a short time, he finally got to the place where the King lived. The King was so surprised and scared since he did not know that Thanh Giong would be that strong. Then, Thanh Giong went straight to his place with angry face and bullet eyes as if he wanted to kill the King right away. He lifted up the King on his hands and shouted loudly:
Why did you do such that thing to my town? Are you human? You killed my people and my only mom in that town. How dare you do those things to me? You are going to die in my hands today.
The King was so afraid of his power and his words that he kept begging Thanh Giong to put him down and forgive him for this time. However, Thanh Giong did not listen to the King and still looked at his face with mad eyes. The moment Thanh Going was going to kill him, there was a voice from the sky saying, "Son, do not kill him. The death to him is nothing. Let him suffer
what he had done to people. That would be the most suitable consequence for him in order to understand how poor and miserable his people had to tolerate for a long time. Leave him for me. You should come back to visit your mom's tomb."
Eventually, Thanh Giong listened to that voice and decided to do what he was told to. He put the King down and left him the Gods; then, he was heading back to his old town. He spent three days and night without eating anything beside his mom's tomb. He did not cry, but he just sat there and kept looking at her tomb to remember all memories they had together. After three days, Thanh Giong decided to go back to Heaven since he had accomplished his mission for this country. Before he left, he went to visit and knelt down in front of all people's tombs in the town and said "goodbye and thank you" to each of them.
Later, no one knew what happened to the King, but people were saved from the evil king and now they could live happily in a peaceful country.


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Beautiful cartography and attention to detail are the hallmarks of this beautiful United States map, first published in the June, 1951. The map shows all the major highways of the time, along with a key to national parks and monuments in the US and provincial parks in southern Canada. A perfect companion to the world map published in December of the same year.
Coverage Area: Continental US, southern Canada, Northern Mexico, New York City


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When I look back at my time as an independent advisor, there are some things I would have done differently, and other things I wouldn't change. In this post, I'll share both.
One of the most important duties of a small-business owner is to closely watch the bottom line, especially when you're growing and income is rising. Obviously, you must be careful about how you allocate resources.
One of my "worst" decisions occurred in the middle of 2010. I was contacted by a fairly new company who had developed a product to measure diversification. The reason I was excited is that I had been working on the same theory myself. Here's what I mean.
Take a portfolio with three holdings, which we'll call A, B and C. All three holdings rise and fall. Simply put, if they all rise and fall at exactly the same time, then you have not achieved diversification. However, if A rises while B falls (or remains level), and C reacts very differently than A and B, then you have achieved a strong level of diversification. And, as long as each holding provides good 3- to 5-year returns, then the portfolio should grow (with modest fluctuations).
Although this concept has been recognized by our industry for years, quantifying it is rather elusive; that is, until Gravity Investments developed GSphere. After much discussion, I agreed to a three-year lease. That was my mistake. Nothing wrong with the product per se. Rather, after I had been in the agreement for about 5 months, they decided not to distribute their software, but instead opted to become a subadvisor. In other words, they would develop portfolios and create models for a fee. And their fee was rather substantial in my view. I declined their offer.
Although I believe the product has credibility, without adequate training, your benefit will be limited. To complicate matters, they contracted with a leasing company, to which I am bound to pay, as they received their money up front. The moral of the story? Never commit to a long-term agreement with a startup company. My mistake.
But it's not all bad. The greatest satisfaction of my career stemmed from my decision to go independent. If you are contemplating the move, why wait? As long as you have a reasonable amount of discipline to manage your time, you'll find the rewards are plentiful.


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As the Texans brace for a visit from the Legion on Boom, they won't know whether they'll have two key offensive components for Sunday's game.
Coach Gary Kubiak told reporters on Wednesday that both receiver Andre Johnson (shin) and left tackle Duane Brown (toe) will be game-time decisions for the Week Four contest against Seattle.
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Kentucky State Police have arrested a man accused of assaulting Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) at his home in Bowling Green, the senator's office confirmed on Saturday.
"Senator Paul was blindsided and the victim of an assault," Kelsey Cooper, a spokeswoman for Paul, said in a statement. "The assailant was arrested and it is now a matter for the police. Senator Paul is fine."
The Warren County Attorney's Office issued a warrant for Boucher's arrest shortly after the assault on Friday. The suspect was identified as 59-year-old Rene Boucher of Bowling Green, Kent., according to a statement from Kentucky State Police.
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS), the main organization of the International Science and Business Belt project in South Korea, has announced that a group of researchers, led by professor Won Do Heo, have developed a new technology in the field of optogenetics that can remotely control specific receptors by light. They have named this new technology "OptoTrk" and it has succeeded with neuronal differentiation inducement.
The most significant feature of OptoTrk technology is that it requires only light to activate neuronal functions without the need of other substances. The receptors are activated when exposed to blue light, and then induce both neuronal growth and differentiation by upregulating downstream cell signalling.
"We are now conducting neuroscience research on several mouse models using our OptoTrk technology," says professor Won Do Heo, who led the research. "This newly developed technology will play a ground-breaking role in investigating the functions of neurons in the brain, specifically those functions in the most complicated of neural networks, which existing technologies have limitations exploring."
Before the development of this new technology, natural ligands or agonists were widely used as tools to specifically control receptor activity. However, they did not allow spatiotemporal control, and so required a time period to bind with the receptor. Therefore, there were limits to understanding the dynamic nature of intracellular signalling networks. To address these limitations, the researchers developed this new technology using optogenetics. Recently optogenetics is attracting attention from many, various fields in the biological sciences. This study applies light-sensitive proteins - found in microorganisms and plants - to human (and/or animal) cells and can manipulate several cell functions.
"We have found that optoTrk can be regulated by simply switching light on and off," says professor Won Do Heo. "We were able to control the functional duration of down-stream signalling by adjusting the frequency of blue-light illumination."
Professor Won Do Heo added that he plans to publish an additional paper related to source technology in another renowned journal by the end of June. This will bring the Professor's number of published research outcomes related to the study of optogenetics to a total of 3 in the last two months. These publications include the paper regarding "Light-Activated Reversible Inhibition by Assembled Trap (LARIAT)". This paper on LARIAT was published in May in the prominent science journal, Nature Method, in the field of biochemistry.


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In sailing, when the wind shifts direction, you must move your sails or risk losing the wind. The first indication of a shifting breeze comes from the telltales, strips of lightweight material attached to the sails that foreshadow a change in conditions. Recently, the market telltales have been active.
For the last five years, "growth" stock indices have outperformed "value" stock indices. Additionally, U.S. stock indices have dominated the global indicies. Within the strong and steady U.S. growth indices, internet and biotechnology stocks provided the largest gains. While the MSCI All World stock index has appreciated 14.38 percent annually for the last 5 years, the Nasdaq Biotech index (ETF: IBB) returned 28.92 percent annually and the Nasdaq Internet index (ETF: PNQI) returned 33.90 percent annually. Filling your sails with those tailwinds would have brought home the America's Cup!
Unfortunately, after gains of this magnitude, opposing natural forces come into play. Valuations become stretched and buyers lack vigilance, leading to lower quality shareholder offerings and fundamental excuse making. Unfortunately, sea changes in momentum only become obvious in hindsight. But with the fast money crowd growing in size and influence, these shifts have become more recognizable. Over the last month, the two indices collapsed 13.23 percent and 10.63 percent, respectively, while he S&P 500 has been flat. Clearly, the winds have changed.
We mentioned last week that some defensive sectors like utilities and energy have recently caught a bid. However, these sectors resemble heading to port more than seeking new gusts. Those intent on winning the race need to pursue a more rapid wisp. Over the last month, the most substantial gains have occurred in the heretofore least favored locations. The emerging market indices have experienced significant turmoil and outflows over the last few years. However, in the trailing month, momentum has appeared. The Brazilian market (ETF: EWZ) has advanced 9.84 percent, the Indian market (ETF: PIN) has advanced 8.81 percent and the Chinese mainland market has bounced 3 percent above its March 20 low. The Emerging Market index, has taken the performance lead from the S&P 500.
Do these telltales indicate a more durable change in market momentum? It's too early to judge. However, this is how shifts occur. Fast money departs a momentum trade that has overrun and relocates to another, historically volatile, under-appreciated market address. The most attentive market observers take note and begin reporting on the rotation, alerting more mainstream media. As word spreads that a new profit source has appeared, larger and larger money players will investigate.
However, for slow money to follow fast money, the fundamental factors must support the case. As we have discussed, emerging market valuations are far lower than developed market valuations and well below the stretched valuations in the U.S. Money has poured out of emerging market funds with sentiment readings decidedly negative. Negative money flows, bearish sentiment and historically low valuations paired with higher growth rates will entice investors should the winds accumulate. With the fundamental case compelling, a turn in momentum could revive broad investor interest in investment tourism.
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Microsoft's Turn 10 Studios recently announced two new add-on car packs for Forza Motorsport 3, both of which will be made up entirely of cars selected by the gaming public.
Starting this week gamers can hop over to sister site Jalopnik to vote from a list of 120 cars. The voting ends Jan. 29 and the car packs hits Live this summer.
While the round one polls have already closed, round two is still alive and kicking. Get over there if you're interesting in having a say in which cars you'll be able to buy for Forza 3 down the line.
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Spring is here, and that means one thing: the serious Oscar movies and post-apocalyptic trudge-fests of winter are over. Get ready for explosions, sexy mad science, and cyborg-on-cyborg violence. Here's our guide to the science fiction/fantasy movies of spring.
Note: According to the calendar, the first day of summer is June 21 (in the Northern Hemisphere) this year. According to Hollywood, summer begins in a few weeks. For the purposes of this article, we'll be using the calendar definition of summer, meaning that some "summer movies" are actually coming out in the spring.
So here are a dozen movies that can tide you over until summer:
Clash Of The Titans (April 2)
The classic mytho-porn adventure is back, starring Avatar's Sam Worthington. Which means lots and lots of Ray Harryhausen-inspired kaiju action. Just hearing the line "Release the Kraken!" in the trailer gave us a few goosebumps. Here's hoping Bubo the mechanical owl is in this version.
After.Life (April 9)
In limited release, this weird horror film features Christina Ricci as a woman who "dies" in a car accident, and then wakes up in a morgue where the sadistic funeral director Liam Neeson is experimenting on her and injecting her with lots of drugs. He claims she's really dead, and he's a go-between, preparing her for the afterlife. But is she really alive, and the subject of sick experiments? First-time director Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo aims to keep you guessing. But one thing's certain: Neeson and Ricci are enough to get us interested. (Watch the trailer here.)
Kick Ass (April 16)
Is America ready for a sick, violent superhero film about the powerless but determined Dave "Kick-Ass" Lizewski — not to mention the psycho Big Daddy and his 11-year-old daughter, Hit-Girl? We enjoyed the ultra-violence and superhero in-jokes when we caught this film at SXSW, but it'll be interesting to see if it does as well as Wanted, the last film based on a Mark Millar creation.
The Losers (April 23)
Another cool comic-book movie, The Losers is hardly science fictional, but it does fit into the broad category of "spy-fi." Most of all, it's based on rock-solid source material that we love: Andy Diggle and Jock's hit Vertigo comic about a group of CIA superspies who get double-crossed and left for dead on an assignment. They go seeking revenge on their handler, "Max," and uncover a larger set of conspiracies. The strong cast includes Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba and Chris Evans.
A Nightmare On Elm Street (April 30)
Another remake, this time of a classic horror film. At least they got Jackie Earle Haley (aka Rorschach) to play Freddie. There have been tons of reshoots, which is usually a bad sign, but you never know. The trailer looked fun.
Iron Man 2 (May 7)
The first "summer" movie, this is the follow-up to one of 2008's best films. The original Iron Man combined body horror, cyborg imagery and quirky humor to make Tony Stark into one of movies' most recognizeable superheroes. Plus the first movie managed to be political without alienating liberals or conservatives, and it felt both timeless and timely. So can the second film repeat the trick? The only reason to doubt it is the greater number of characters, and the fact that Mickey Rourke seems to be going kind of over the top as Whiplash. But we're optimistic, especially with Jon Favreau still at the helm.
MacGruber (May 21)
This spoof of MacGyver premiered at SXSW and... it's sort of funny. It's based on a Saturday Night Live sketch, so you know what to expect. We're really only mentioning it because MacGyver is an honorary science fiction icon.
Survival Of The Dead (May 28)
George Romero returns to the genre he's best known for: romantic comedy. (Just kidding.) Slow zombies once again shamble across the land. Unfortunately, they're not the only thing that's slow, according to early reviews. Sigh.
Splice (June 4)
A pair of feckless scientists (Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley) are experimenting with genetic engineering, and Polley decides to try splicing human DNA in with various animals. The result is Dren, the fast-growing half-human creature... who looks both sexy and creepy, and seems like she develops a taste for blood. We've been dying to see this film, from Cube's Vincenzo Natali, for ages.
The A-Team (June 11)
This one sort of belongs in the same category as The Losers (and MacGyver, if there were a straight-up MacGyver movie coming out.) It's definitely an over-the-top action movie in which technology does some pretty incredible things — at one point in the trailer, a tank flies — and with Neeson and District 9's Sharlto Copley on board, it should be geeky action-adventure fun, at any rate.
Jonah Hex (June 18)
Another comic-book movie, this one tends toward the weirder side. Jonah Hex is a Wild West bounty hunter who's been shot so many times, he has one foot in this world and one foot in the afterlife. We weren't too optimistic for this supernatural Western film, starring Josh Brolin and Megan Fox — until the "crow-barfing" footage we saw at Comic Con changed our minds. This film also had a ton of screenshots, apparently beefing up Megan Fox's character.
Toy Story 3 (June 18)
Going head-to-head with Jonah, the long-awaited third outing in Pixar's sentient-toys series debuts. Once again, the toys are self-aware and vaguely grappling with their role in a world where they're either beloved playthings, collectible items, or junk. This time, their original owner, Andy, has gone off to college, and they're stuck in an attic, until they run away to a day-care center. Will they become reunited with Andy one last time? Timothy "James Bond" Dalton plays Mr. Pricklepants, a hedgehog.


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New Science on How Human Genes Shape Behavior
Researchers are making big strides understanding how genes work with the environment to shape behavior. Jonathan Rockoff and University of Arizona human development professor Bruce Ellis explain on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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Insider trading, pyramid and Ponzi schemes—one involving $600 million—and illegal penny stock sales were among the enforcement actions taken by the SEC recently. Also active were FINRA, which took action against a broker-dealer, and the Department of Labor, which ordered the restoration of millions to a pension fund.
SEC Busts Investing Site's $600 Million Ponzi Scheme
The SEC announced an emergency asset freeze and the filing of fraud charges surrounding a website that promised customers ways to earn money but that in reality was, according to the agency, a Ponzi scheme on the verge of collapse.
ZeekRewards.com, the brainchild of online marketer Paul Burks of Lexington,N.C., and his company Rex Venture Group, was launched in January of 2011, promising its Internet customers numerous ways to earn money through its rewards program. Two of those methods involved the purchase of securities in the form of investment contracts, and neither was registered with the SEC.
SEC allegations say that investors were collectively promised up to 50% of the company's daily net profits through a profit sharing system in which they accumulate rewards points that they can use for cash payouts. However, the company was not profitable but instead relied on cash inflows from new investors to fund payouts to older ones.
The emergency asset freeze, said the agency, was to help investors recover more of their money; last month, it said, ZeekRewards took in approximately $162 million while total investor cash payouts were approximately $160 million.
The SEC's complaint said that ZeekRewards has paid out nearly $375 million to investors to date and holds approximately $225 million in investor funds in 15 foreign and domestic financial institutions. Those funds will be frozen under the emergency asset freeze. Meanwhile, Burks has personally siphoned several million dollars of investors' funds while operating Rex Venture and ZeekRewards, and he distributed at least $1 million to family members.
Burks has agreed has agreed to settle the SEC's charges against him without admitting or denying the allegations, and agreed to cooperate with a court-appointed receiver. He is to relinquish his interest in the company and its assets and also pay a $4 million penalty. The receiver will collect, marshal, manage and distribute remaining assets for return to harmed investors.
New Charges Brought on Insider Trading by Pro Baseball Player, CEO
The SEC has filed a second round of charges in an insider trading case that involves former professional baseball players and the former top executive at a California-based medical eye products company that was the subject of the illegal trading.
Originally, the SEC had charged former professional baseball player Doug DeCinces and three others of insider trading on confidential information ahead of an acquisition of Advanced Medical Optics. DeCinces and his three tippees made more than $1.7 million in illegal profits, and agreed to pay more than $3.3 million to settle the SEC's charges.
Now the source of those tips is being charged: DeCinces's close friend and neighbor James V. Mazzo, who was the chairman and CEO of Advanced Medical Optics. Also charged in this new round are two others who traded on inside information that DeCinces tipped to them: DeCinces' former Baltimore Orioles teammate Eddie Murray, and another friend, David L. Parker, a businessman living in Utah. According to the SEC's complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Murray made approximately $235,314 in illegal profits after Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories publicly announced its plan to purchase Advanced Medical Optics through a tender offer. The total unlawful profit resulting from Mazzo's illegal tipping was more than $2.4 million.
Mazzo tipped DeCinces with confidential information about the upcoming transaction, and DeCinces began to purchase Advanced Medical Optics stock in several brokerage accounts. DeCinces bought more and more shares as the deal progressed and as he continued communicating with Mazzo. DeCinces tipped at least five others who traded on the inside information, including Murray, Parker and the three traders who settled their charges along with DeCinces last year: physical therapist Joseph J. Donohue, real estate lawyer Fred Scott Jackson, and businessman Roger A. Wittenbach.
Murray, without admitting or denying the SEC's allegations, agreed to settle the SEC's charges by paying $358,151. The SEC's case continues against Parker and Mazzo, the latter of whom was directly involved in the tender offer and tipped the confidential information to DeCinces along the way.
Puerto Rico-Based Ponzi Scheme Targeted Evangelicals, Factory Workers
The SEC charged a Puerto Rico resident and his company with conducting a Ponzi scheme that targeted evangelical Christians and factory workers in Puerto Rico.
According to the SEC's complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Bonilla Rojas and his firm, Shadai Yire, raised at least $7 million from as many as 200 investors living primarily in Puerto Rico but also on the U.S. mainland in states including Florida, New York and North Carolina.
The complaint alleges that Rojas actively solicited investors through personal discussions with individuals both over the phone and in person, and he also marketed the investment opportunity in presentations to evangelical Christian groups and factory workers who were often inexperienced investors. He hired some sales agents to help him solicit investors, and paid commissions based on a percentage of the investor funds they raised.
Rojas and his sales agents pitched the investment opportunity to individuals as a risk-free way to earn high returns in a short period of time. Rojas also created phony account statements that were sent to investors to hide his misuse of investor money and lead them to believe their investments were growing.
Falsely assuring investors that their principal contributions were "100% guaranteed" and promising returns up to 50%, Rojas said he'd be investing their money in commodities. However, he used new contributions to pay earlier investors, in classic Ponzi fashion, and kept $700,000 for himself.
In a parallel action, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico announced criminal charges against Rojas.
Resale of Penny Stocks Brings Charges
The SEC charged a New York-based firm, E-Lionheart Associates, and its owner, Edward Bronson, with conducting a penny stock scheme in which they bought billions of stock shares from small companies and illegally resold those shares in the public market.
According to the SEC's complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Bronson, who lives in Ossining, N.Y., and E-Lionheart, which also does business under the name Fairhills Capital and is located in White Plains, reaped more than $10 million in unlawful profits from selling shares they bought at deep discounts from approximately 100 penny stock companies and then resold at about double the price they paid. No registration statement was filed or in effect for any of the securities that Bronson and E-Lionheart resold, and no valid exemption from the registration requirements of the federal securities laws was available.
Bronson and the firm purported to rely on an exemption from registration under Rule 504(b)(1)(iii) of Regulation D, which exempts transactions that are in compliance with certain types of state law exemptions—in particular, a Delaware state law registration exemption. But the transactions had little or no connection to the state of Delaware and no such state law exemptions were applicable.
Acting at Bronson's direction, E-Lionheart personnel systematically cold-called penny stock companies quoted on the OTC Link to ask if they were interested in obtaining capital. If the company was interested, E-Lionheart personnel would offer to buy stock in the company at a rate that was deeply discounted from the trading price of the company's stock at that time. Typically, Bronson and E-Lionheart began reselling the shares to the investing public through a broker within days of receiving the shares from the company.
The SEC seeks disgorgement of more than $10 million in ill-gotten gains and penalties, as well as penny stock bars against E-Lionheart and Bronson. The complaint also names Fairhills Capital as a relief defendant for the purpose of recovering the illegal proceeds it received.
FINRA Fines Rodman & Renshaw, Sanctions Three
FINRA announced that it has fined Rodman & Renshaw $315,000 for supervisory and other violations related to the interaction between the firm's research and investment banking functions. The agency also took action against its former chief compliance officer, William Iommi Sr., and two research analysts, Lewis Fan and Alka Singh.
Rodman, the New York-based broker-dealer subsidiary of Direct Markets Holdings Corp., provides investment banking services, including private investments in public entities (PIPEs) and registered direct offerings, to public and private companies. It also provides research, sales and trading services to institutional investors and therefore must have supervisory and compliance procedures to monitor potential conflicts of interest between research and investment banking, given concerns that research analysts could be pressured to tailor their coverage to the interests of a firm's current or prospective investment banking clients.
FINRA found that from January 2008 to March 2012, Rodman failed to have an adequate supervisory system to monitor interactions between its investment banking and research functions. As a result, Rodman failed to prevent research analysts from soliciting investment banking business.
In addition, the firm compensated a research analyst for his contribution to the firm's investment banking business and failed to prevent Rodman's CEO, a member of the firm's research analyst compensation committee while simultaneously engaged in investment banking activities, from having influence or control over research analysts' evaluations or compensation.
Iommi was fined $15,000, suspended from acting in a principal capacity for 90 days and must requalify as a general securities principal. Fan was fined $10,000 and suspended for 30 business days for violating NASD Rule 2711 by participating in efforts to solicit investment banking business from two public companies, and Singh was fined $10,000 and suspended for six months after FINRA found that she attempted to arrange a concealed fee from a public company for which she provided research coverage.
In concluding the settlement, Rodman, Iommi, Fan and Singh neither admitted nor denied the charges, but consented to the entry of FINRA's findings.
DOL Sues to Restore $34 Million to Pension Funds
The U.S. Department of Labor has sued to restore more than $34 million in assets to two retirement funds of Michigan-based vehicle parts manufacturer Metavation that allegedly were used in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
George Hofmeister, chairman and director of Metavation, and Bernard Tew, managing director of Tew Enterprises and Bluegrass Investment Management, were named in the DOL lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The latter two companies acted as investment advisors to the two plans. The suit also names Metavation, a subsidiary of Lexington, Ky.-based Revstone Industries.
In 2008, the Revstone subsidiary Cerion acquired Metavation, formerly Hillsdale Automotive, and took control of the pension plans. The results of an investigation by the Labor Department's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) found numerous ERISA violations beginning in February 2009, just three months after Hillsdale had been acquired. The violations include prohibited loans to related companies within the Revstone Industries corporate family, prohibited use of plan assets for the purchase and lease of employer property, prohibited purchase of customer notes from companies within Revstone Industries, prohibited purchase of investments from adverse parties, payment of excessive fees to services providers, and the improper allocation of income and expense payments between the pension plans.
The suit alleges that, as a result of the defendants engaging in these prohibited transactions, approximately $12.1 million from the Hillsdale Salaried Pension Plan and approximately $22.5 million from the Hillsdale Hourly Pension Plan were improperly used.
The department's suit asks the court to order the defendants to correct all prohibited transactions related to the loans and use of plan assets, restore any losses to the plans (including interest) resulting from fiduciary breaches and transfer to the plans all gains resulting from their ERISA violations. The suit also asks the court to remove the defendants as fiduciaries of the plans and prohibit them from serving as fiduciaries or service providers in the future to any plan covered by ERISA. Finally, the suit seeks the appointment of an independent fiduciary to administer the plans.