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Whilst Mr. Myrt is sleeping soundly, I've been updating my genealogy database, comparing it with what I've attached to folks on my Ancestry.com Tree. For some reason I decided to search GenealogyBank.com for my maternal grandfather, Lowell Froman. I found a hit for him in the Seattle Times obit of his mother Mrs. Louise Gielow. Boy, am I excited! I recognized her last married name and those of her grown children.
Here's the link to the scanned image of the full page, shown in this partial screen shot below. Note that GenealogyBank thankfully highlights text with light yellow boxes if it matches the search criteria.
I am always curious to learn more about my great-grandfather, Lowell Simpson Froman, whom I met only once when I was about 4 or 5 years of age. He was divorced from my mother's mother years before. I knew he played the clarinet, and in fact I have one of his clarinets at our home in Utah.
You can imagine I was thrilled to find the obit on Lowell's equally elusive mother. She married a series of men after the death of her first husband William Gist Froman from whom our side of the family descends. In fact it was Louise who told my mother via telephone in the early 1950s that the "G" stands for "Gist" though all his records seem to refer to him as Wm G. or William G.
So, here are the steps I took to incorporate this digital image into my genealogy data files.
SAVED THE FILE from GenealogyBank in my Froman genealogy data folder on Dropbox. Oops! It could only save in .PDF format, and my RootsMagic won't take that. So I also zoomed in and cropped the obit itself, saving it as a .jpg file. Since I am using my laptop in a hotel room right now, I resorted to using Windows Paint, a freebie program that came with this machine.
VERIFIED THE NEWSPAPER TITLE AND DATE as transcribed is the same as that found on the scanned image. YUP! I like to copy/paste transcribed info to avoid my own typographical errors, with which my DearREADERS are entirely too familiar, but I digress.
LABELED THE OBIT (shown in red below) with the name of the newspaper and publication date, again, using Microsoft Paint. Any photo editing software will do the trick for you.
TRANSCRIBED THE OBITUARY in my RootsMagic notes for Louisa's death as follows:
Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Mae Gielow, 89, of 6559 35th Av. N. E., were held yesterday at the Washington Memorial Chapel. She died Thursday in a Seattle Hospital.
Mrs. Gielow came to Seattle five years ago from San Diego. She was born in Coffee, Mo.
Surviving are three sons, Lowell Froman, Prairie Village, Kas., Leland Froman in Nebraska and Herbert Froman, Kansas City, Mo., and three daughters, Mr.s Helen Hall, St. Joseph, Mo., Mrs. Ada Drake, Federal Way , and Mrs. Louise Arthurs, Seattle. Burial was in Washington Memorial Park.
Obituary for Louise (Higgins) Froman Gielow appeared in the Seattle Times 12 February 1967 page 18. Scanned image found online at GenealogyBank.com
CALCULATED THE DEATH DATEJust what IS the date of "Thursday" (we're assuming the immediately prior Thursday) if the obit was published 12 February 1967? Easy, smeasy! Just go to www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadd.html and type in the known date. Then click the little calendar icon to view Feb 1967 and make the determination. From this you can see that the 9th is the previous Thursday.
ENTERED THE DEATH DATE AND PLACE for Louise in my RootsMagic software. We had previously guessed the death was in the late 1960s or 1970s somewhere in California, but I learned from the obituary that Louise had moved from San Diego to Seattle some five years prior to her death in 1967.
ATTACHED THE OBIT IMAGE to the death information for Louise in RootsMagic, completing the note taking and citations.
At this point, the obituary is the only indication of a death date and place I have for Louise. This newspaper entry is a secondary source of information in that it is derived from another source, most likely the personal knowledge of someone reporting the information to the newspaper.
I'll want to obtain a copy of Louise's death certificate since it was an official record created for the government to report the event of her death and is considered more reliable. Fortunately, Ancestry.com has the Washington State Death Index online, so I looked and found the following entry:
Washington State Death Index
Name: Louise M Gielow
Date of Death: 9 Feb 1967
Place of Death: Seattle
Residence: Seattle
Gender: Female
Certificate: 002999
Ancestry.com. Washington Death Index, 1940-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: Washington State Department of Health. State Death Records Index, 1940-1996. Microfilm. Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington.
SHOULD I HAVE WAITED FOR THE DEATH CERTIFICATE to arrive before typing the death information in my RootsMagic? The quick answer is no. Information about ancestors doesn't come to us in perfect form -- it comes in dribs and drabs, a bit at a time. So it is a matter of recording what I have at this point in time - the obit, not the death certificate.
Since it is 2:07am, I can hardly contact the Washington State Department of Health and have them fax over a copy of Louise's official death record.
But I do want to order it, as cause of death will be important in compiling my medical family history.
And there is nothing like getting it straight from the horses' mouth... or in this case, a notation to hopefully include the actual death date from the attending physician at that "Seattle hospital."
FOR THE OVERLY CURIOUS, here's a picture of my great-grandmother in her earlier years. It was sent in as proof of her relationship to Union Civil War soldier, William G. Froman who served in Company D, 3rd Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia.
|Louise M. Froman (front of image)
|(back of image with notation from her attorney to the US Pension Office.)
Can my DearREADERS mention at least six additional things Ol' Myrt should do with that obituary before I move on to the next project? Post your suggestions in comments to this blog entry. I'll keep checking back throughout the next few days to see what you come up with for me to do. Maybe you'll think of something I've missed entirely.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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Davidson County Courthouse, Lexington
Louis Orr
Davidson County Courthouse, Lexington, 1951
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Master etcher Louis Orr was born in Hartford, Connecticut to a family of artists- his father, his uncle, and his grandfather were all engravers and printers. Despite their best efforts to discourage him from following in their footsteps, he studied at the Hartford Art School, the Art Student's League, and the Academie Julian in Paris.
While in Paris, Orr met and married his wife and built a reputation as a talented printmaker. It was also in Paris that he met North Carolina native, Robert Lee Humber, with whom he developed a plan to create a series of etchings of North Caroline landmarks.
In 1940, Orr settled in North Carolina where, over the next twelve years, he would bring his vision to fruition. He completed fifty plates of historical sites, landscapes, houses, and plantations around the state, which he released in portfolios of five per year. Today, Louis Orr etchings of North Carolina are displayed in museums, courthouses, and libraries and play a distinguished role in the visual preservation of the state's history.
After completing his North Carolina series, Orr returned to Connecticut, where he lived in his hometown of Hartford for the remainder of his life.

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Researcher Says Simple Security Fixes From Carriers Would Have Prevented NSA Collection Of Cell Communications
from the we're-nos.-1-whatever,-why-try-harder? dept
Hanlon's Razor states: never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Replace "stupidity" with "laziness" and you've got one researcher's theory as to why cell phone carriers failed to make basic efforts to provide a secure product -- one that would have prevented the NSA's collection of communications. (h/t to DSLreports)
The world's mobile phone carriers have failed to implement technology fixes available since 2008 that would have thwarted the National Security Agency's ability to eavesdrop on many mobile phone calls, a cyber security expert says.Were carriers compelled to leave this hole open for NSA exploitation? It's a good question, but Nohl says the more likely explanation is that carriers simply didn't find the problem worth addressing.
Karsten Nohl, chief scientist with Berlin's Security Research Labs, told Reuters ahead of a highly anticipated talk at a conference in Germany that his firm discovered the issue while reviewing security measures implemented by mobile operators around the world…
None of the carriers surveyed had implemented measures for thwarting a method that allows the NSA to eavesdrop on most mobile calls by unscrambling a widely used encryption technology known as A5/1[…] Nohl said that method would have been blocked if carriers had applied two patches released in 2008.
"I couldn't imagine it is complicity. I think it is negligence," he said. "I don't want to believe in a worldwide conspiracy across all worldwide network operators. I think it is individual laziness and priority on network speed and network coverage and not security."As has been observed everywhere, the path of least resistance is favored by many entities, even those not explicitly performing government work. Making a minimum of effort dumped customers' conversations right into the NSA's lap.
Of course, if the NSA had knocked on these carriers' doors and asked for a small favor, like leaving a security hole big enough to drive a semi full of unused privacy protections through, chances are many would have said, "Sure, why not." Verizon and AT&T have only very belatedly joined the national conversation on intelligence gathering, after spending months shuffling around the periphery while staring at the floor. For years, these providers have handed over everything the agency's asked for and shown an active interest in helping it anticipate what it might need next.
But Nohl's theory dismisses a worldwide conspiracy to dump cell phone customers' conversations into the waiting ears of the NSA -- something that's more likely to be true. While American carriers have proven to be useful NSA allies, very little has been exposed about the compliance rate of foreign carriers. Not that their resistance would matter much (or that they'd even be approached directly), as foreign intelligence agencies have been just as "helpful" as AT&T and Verizon in terms of granting access to data and communications -- much of which ultimately ends up in the NSA's sprawling lockboxes.
The moral here, if Nohl is correct, is that the industry's idle hands are the NSA's workshop. Not doing something can be just as harmful as complete complicity.


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So when I got an email from Sydera from World of Matticus, I realized I may have made a mistake. Lets take a look at her email.
Hi Graylo,Great question. First, lets take another look at what the change to Eclipse is doing.
As always I love your blog, and as our guild has lost our moonkin to summer school woes, I'm going to be changing over from resto. I have used your site to figure out what I need to do currently, but my question is about 3.2. You are suggesting a "Twisting" rotation. I'd like more exact details on that. If you get on the PTR (or once it goes live) can you sticky a little guide with EXACTLY what to do (moonkin for dummies, if you will). I haven't played moonkin long enough to intuit what the changes to my rotation will be, or even what I'll be looking for on Squawk and Awe now.
I'm not quite sure I understand how both Eclipse procs and both cooldowns will function.
With the old (3.1) Eclipse, you have two buffs on the same cooldown. The best example that I can think of to describe it is the old Potion mechanics used in TBC. You could have multiple pots in your bag for Health, Mana, or DPS, but once you used a one, all of your pots were on cooldown for 2 minutes. So you had to choose which was most advantageous to use.
With the new (3.2) Eclipse. you will have two buffs on two connected cooldowns. The perfect example of how this should work are "On Use" trinkets. Back in TBC I had two "On Use" trinkets, and both trinkets had a 2 minute cooldown. If I used trinket A it went on cooldown for 2 minutes. Trinket B would also go on cooldown, but only about 15 seconds. This prevented me from using both trinkets at the same time, but could effectively use both trinkets in a fight without losing any of the benefits.
Basically, we are currently choosing which Eclipse we uses. After 3.2 we will use both Eclipse buffs.
So when I call our future rotation a "Twisting" rotation I mean that it switching or changing rotation, where we will "twist" or switch which of the Eclipse buffs we use with each proc.
I took the name from the old Shaman practice of Totem Twisting. Because of how the Windfury totem worked it was possible to have the Windfury buff and that of another Air totem for most of the fight. The practice is dead and gone, but when I was looking for something to call the new rotation Twisting seemed to fit.
So, how exactly will the new rotation work?
Actually, it is fairly simple. You will start your rotation the same way you do now. FF, IS, MF, Wrath until Eclipse, Starfire. The change comes when your Eclipse buff drops off. At this point you continue to cast Starfire until Eclipse, and then switch to Wrath.
What about DoTs:
The big question that no one really has a great answer for is when do you refresh DoTs. Obviously, you don't want to refresh DoTs before the old DoT drops off. You will always want to refresh your DoTs when neither buff is up, but there is some debate on what to do while you have an Eclipse buff.
Some people say, that you should never refresh DoTs during Eclipse, but that doesn't seem to be a popular opinion. I presented the most common opinion back in February with this post. The basic theory is that you refresh DoTs early in the Eclipse buff, but wait if they don't drop off right at the start of the buff. I don't think this is bad advice, but I'm no longer convinced that it will result in the absolute best DPS.
When I looked at this question before, I looked at it as if I was losing a Nuke GCD when I cast the DoT. However, I now think it is more of a trade. I'm casting a DoT now instead of in 8 seconds from now, and I will be casting a nuke 8 seconds from now instead of right now. So the cost of casting the DoT now is not the entire cost of the GCD, but only the change in DPS between a Nuke now and a Nuke later.
I will have to sit down and do the math some time, but this idea has changed the way I reapply DoTs. I will now reapply Dots very late into an Eclipse buff. As long as I have about 5 seconds on the buff I will reapply the DoT. I don't have any solid evidence to support my opinion yet, but I think the logic is sound.
Addons like Squawk and Awe (SnA) are going to be much less important with the new Eclipse. The most important piece of information that SnA provides is when the Eclipse cooldown is up. After the new Eclipse that won't matter.
This doesn't mean that SnA won't still be useful. If your using it as a DoT timer then that benefit will still be there. It will also be good for reminding you which Eclipse is up since the Blizzard animation fades fairly quickly. There also may be a couple of times when it is good to know when a buff is off cooldown.
I plan on keeping Squawk and Awe for the foreseeable future, but you could get the same benifit from a more global addon like Power Aura's or Scrolling Combat Text.


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Include as much information as possible. Where did they work? What years did they work? What position did they hold?
Often the best place to start is with the U.S. Census, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, local newspaper collections, or a local History Center of the Latter Day Saints.
Mid- or high-level official will often have a short biography available through The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America (published from 1885 to 1922 and available through many libraries) or the follow-on Who's Who in Railroading (published through the present day). Some examples of the type of positions listed in these volumes are superintendent, chief mechanical officer, general freight agent, chief engineer, etc. A few extracts from Northern Pacific entries may be seen at Who's Who on the Northern Pacific. This is only a draft, I hope to add more biographies as time becomes available. If you have a relative you would like to add to the list, please send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Unionized crafts, such as locomotive engineer, conductor, or dispatcher, often produced seniority lists. These will show the date someone was hired for a particular craft, and what date they were promoted. (A locomotive engineer's roster may show the date someone was hired as a fireman, and what date they were promoted to engineer.) Engineer's seniority rosters are the most common form of roster available, they become harder to locate for other crafts.
The corporate records of the Northern Pacific Railway, along with the records of the Great Northern Railway and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, are located at the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, Minn.
The records of other Northwest railways are at the following institutions.
The records of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad are held by the
Newberry Library in Chicago, Ill.
The records of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway are held by the
Milwaukee Public Library.
If you know where your relative worked, when they worked, and what position they held with the Northern Pacific, it may be possible to find information about them either through biographical directories of officials, or seniority lists. Please feel free to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I will try and answer your questions for you. There are no guarantees that anyone can answer your question, but there are many veterans and fans of the Northern Pacific who are more than willing to try.
The Minnesota Historical Society has a number items which may help you in your search through the Northern Pacific's corporate records. These are:
The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board -- set up in 1936 -- is the equivalent of the Social Security Administration for railroaders. Their Web site has two pages devoted to railroad genealogy. These are:
I cannot help with requests for information about railroads other than the Northern Pacific. Over the years My suggestion is to contact the Railroad Retirement Board, or try using your favorite Web search engine to look for information about the railroad your relative worked for.
Unless an individual was a senior manager/executive on the NP, it is very unlikely that a search of NP records will be successful. A more conventional genealogical search would be more likely to produce results. Here are some suggestions:
1. I would start by going to a Latter Day Saints (Mormon) church library and ask for help deciding what records to search for. Perhaps someone has already done some relevant family research. This can be checked. The volunteers at these libraries are very helpful to anyone who comes in. The library can also order microfilms from the big library in Salt Lake City.
2. I would try to trace where your relative lived at various times. Many NP people moved from place to place during their career; others stayed pretty well in one place. It helps to pin down any moves.
3. I would check census records.
4. I would look at the roll of microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society that contains a card file record for some NP middle and senior officials. It is far from complete, has only fragmentary information, but is easy to check.
5. I would go to the county courthouse that has records from their home town and look for the marriage record, birth records, and property records. The latter might show where and when your relative settled there, if they did, and when they may have left.
6. I would get the local newspaper on microfilm through interlibrary loan and search for additional information, though this is a slow process and hard on the eyes.
Author: John A. Phillips, III. Title: The Northern Pacific and
URL: www.netcom.com/~whstlpnk/genealogy.html.
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When we first met Bears general manager Phil Emery, he considered Jay Cutler a "franchise quarterback.''
And now Emery is betting more than $50 million of the Bears franchise's money on it.
Hope this works out better than Emery's bet on his first-ever draft pick Shea McClellin.
Emery announced Cutler's new seven-year deal during Thursday's postmortem at Halas Hall, but forget the seven years. Cutler won't see the end of that deal. Nobody does in the NFL.
Instead, it's the guaranteed money, which is more than $50 million for a quarterback who has won one playoff game and isn't always available.
Cutler is getting the going rate for a quarterback who has won a Super Bowl.
He's also getting the going rate for a quarterback who has never even been to that game.
Which tells you that Cutler is getting what quarterbacks get, whether they're actually franchise quarterbacks or someone thinks they are.
But hey, at least the Bears finally have someone at the most important position worth risking massive overpayment.
Emery believes the Bears can win not just with Cutler, but because of him. He cited Cutler's fourth-quarter comebacks early in the season and Cutler's coming back from his own bad start later in the season.
Cutler sounded happy and relaxed the way someone guaranteed more than $50 million might. He showed a form of a personality. He has been praised for his toughness and leadership.
Cutler is coming off his best statistical season with the Bears, and he should've considering he had an offensive-minded head coach, a better offensive line and more weapons than ever.
He's also coming off two potential division-clinching games, neither of which he won. He did nothing in Philadelphia, but he played well enough to beat Green Bay.
Fact is, Cutler outplayed Aaron Rodgers in the regular-season finale. Then came the last minute. Then Rodgers found a way to win. Cutler didn't.
Emery is betting more than $50 million that Cutler will change that.
One of the questions posed to Emery was whether Cutler could beat Rodgers, and I'm thinking, the question really should've been whether Cutler can beat Emery's defense.


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Although Rick Springfield's music was frequently dismissed as vapid teen idol fare, his best moments have actually withstood the test of time far better than most critics would ever have imagined, emerging as some of the most well-crafted mainstream power pop of the 1980s. A singer-turned-soap opera star-turned-singer, Springfield was born Richard Springthorpe on August 23, 1949, in Sydney, Australia, to a military man; the family moved around Australia and England a great deal during Springfield's childhood, and he sought his escape from the difficulty of making friends in books and music. He formed a band in high school and eventually joined a '50s revival group called Rock House, moving on from there to join the teenybopper band Zoot in 1968. Zoot became one of the most popular groups in Australia until 1971, scoring several hits. Springfield went solo after the breakup and garnered his first U.S. success the following year with a re-recording of his Australian hit "Speak to the Sky"; the song reached number 14 in the U.S., but would prove to be his last major success for quite some time. Subsequent '70s albums stiffed, and record company difficulties prevented Springfield from recording after 1976.
Springfield had begun taking acting classes. He signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1980 and appeared on several television programs. Although Universal dropped him shortly thereafter, he was able to secure a recording contract with RCA on the strength of his demos; in the midst of recording his debut for the label, he was signed to play the young, eligible Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital in 1981. Springfield's popularity skyrocketed, setting the stage for the release of Working Class Dog later that year. Powered by the classic single "Jessie's Girl," which eventually hit the top of the charts, and the Top Ten follow-up "I've Done Everything for You," Working Class Dog was a smash success, and Springfield eventually returned to his first love of music when concerts conflicted with his television career. The follow-up, Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet, was released in 1982, spawning the Top Ten smash "Don't Talk to Strangers." 1983's Living in Oz offered more of the same, including the Top Ten "Affair of the Heart," although it betrayed signs that the gears were beginning to wear down on the Springfield machine.
Springfield returned with a new album, Karma. Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance and Day After Yesterday followed in 2004 and 2005, respectively. In 2007, Springfield released the holiday-themed Christmas with You, along with the Early Sound City Sessions collection. The following year, a live DVD documenting his ultra-popular '80s concerts (Beat of the Live Drum) was issued, as well as an album of all new material, Venus in Overdrive. A year later, he released the children's album My Precious Little One: Lullabies for a New Generation. In 2012, he returned to major labels, signing with Universal's Hip-O for a new album called Songs for the End of the World.
Springfield's profile got a boost when he appeared in Dave Grohl's documentary Sound City, in which Springfield spoke of his experiences recording at the California studio that gave the film its name. Springfield also appeared on the film's companion album, Sound City: Real to Reel, performing the song "The Man That Never Was" with members of Grohl's band the Foo Fighters. Springfield looked back at his career on an album of songs and stories, 2015's Stripped Down, but the record was overshadowed by his acclaimed performances in the second season of True Detective and, especially, his role in Jonathan Demme's Ricki & the Flash, where he held his own with Meryl Streep. Next up was the February 2016 release of Rocket Science, a studio album that featured songwriting collaborations with Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts and Tad Kubler of the Hold Steady. Springfield returned in January 2018 with Snake King, a heavy blues album for Frontiers.


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Pedicab service could be coming to Downtown Los Angeles, something many other cities have done with great success in dense downtown regions. Attempts to start pedicabs failed in the past due to lack of regulation, but renewed interest in pedicabs stems from efforts to revitalize downtown. Sounds great, but leave it to the LADOT to taint anything it touches with a clueless detachment from reality and an extra helping of bureaucratic disaster the likes of which Terry Gilliam could barely fathom. Eric Richardson broke the news on Blog Downtown, and I read through the document outlining the LADOT proposed pedicab rules and restrictions, which drones on for 16 pages.
The biggest kickers in this document are that both driver and passengers would not only be required to wear helmets in addition to a seat belt, but the driver could be fined $500 dollars for carrying a passenger without a helmet or seat belt for a first time offense. Second offense and it escalates to a $1000 fine. An SUV driver caught speeding while texting on a cell phone, a scenario that is a vehicular manslaughter waiting to happen, would likely get off with less penalty.
No where is there pedicab service with mandatory helmet requirements, including fellow American cities like Austin, New York, and our neighboring San Diego. The other stand out example of bureaucracy gone absolutely amok is the restrictions on pedicab driver dress code. These rules mandate black shoes (no-sandals), collared shirts with sleeves and a belt. Violating the "Failure to present a neat personal appearance" mandate, results in a $25 dollar fine and immediate removal from service. For more details read the Blog Downtown post, and for the real specifics, check out the LADOT document if you can stand to do so without gauging your eyes out.
Looking over this document the only conclusion I can come to is that the LADOT would like pedicab service to become legal again so they can say they tried, but really they would like it to fail so as to not disturb the status quo. I imagine some exuberant entrepreneur setting out to start a pedicab business and being run into the ground by tickets in a matter of days. Your tax dollars hard at work with the LADOT, Moving LA Forward. Hopefully some of the red tape can be cut before this becomes policy, but this is LA, so I'm not holding my breath.


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Two times a year, lovebugs swarm across highways in front of vehicles, splattering windshields, clogging radiators and damaging paint jobs.
They are the bugs people love to hate.
Two times a year, lovebugs swarm across highways in front of vehicles, splattering windshields, clogging radiators and damaging paint jobs.
Everyone living along the Gulf Coast knows too well that the two lovebug mating seasons — April to May and August to September — are nightmares.
That's when lovebugs are on the move and collide with vehicles, leaving behind a sticky white goo that hardens quickly in the hot Florida sun. That messy explosion marks the end of the short life of one of nature's most misunderstood and demonized insects.
The lovebug, which is actually a fly, is a legend in local lore. In fact, the biggest ruse has been that lovebugs were genetically engineered by mad University of Florida scientists to kill mosquitoes.
"People can come up with the darnedest things," said UF entomologist Norman Leppla, one of the nation's renowned lovebug experts.
Leppla said the biannual lovebug swarms are reminders of nature's cycle of life, like the migration of birds and butterflies.
"I find the occurrences nice ... welcoming the change of seasons," said Leppla, who holds a doctorate in entomology.
While Leppla respects the pesky insects, he also knows the habitat survived just fine before lovebugs arrived in Florida in 1947.
On the road again
It was 1940 when Galveston, Texas, native and entomologist D.E. Hardy began researching lovebugs, an aggravating insect mainly found at the time in Texas and Louisiana.
Early research found that lovebugs had reached Mobile, Ala. From there, scientists used traps to chart the movement eastward to Florida.
By 1949, lovebugs were discovered in Fort Walton Beach and had traveled about 10 miles per year eastward during the 1940s.
By the 1950s, the insects began moving faster, about 20 miles per year. Lovebugs were first found in Tallahassee in 1957 and in Ocala in 1966, researchers reported.
After passing through Marion County, the lovebug expansion accelerated again, this time to 30 miles per year until it reached South Florida in the mid-1970s.
Lovebugs originated in Central America and expanded northward into Mexico and into Texas by the early 1900s, Leppla said.
Some experts believe that, a century ago, lovebugs were stowaways on Central American ships that had docked in New Orleans. They believed the lovebug stowaways aided in escalating the population expansion.
Leppla dismisses the theory. He said since lovebugs only live for a few days, they are just too fragile to make such a journey.
Instead, the rapid lovebug expansion parallels the evolution of automobiles traveling coastal highways, Leppla noted on Wednesday.
And when President Eisenhower's federal Interstate Highway System was approved in 1956, Leppla believes lovebugs then began expanding at an even faster rate.
Most cars didn't have air conditioners and lovebugs were sucked inside while traveling. Those that survived flew out of cars at stops down the highway.
A lovebug's life
During mating season, right after both male and female lovebugs emerge from the pupal stage, they begin each day finding flowering vegetation to eat nectar. Nectar, not other insects, is a lovebug's food supply, according to Hardy's research.
Between 4-8 p.m. during mating season, males swarm to attract females, which have 350 eggs inside. She flies through the swarm until she is taken by a male.
After mating concludes, the female lays her eggs in damp areas, like under leaves or other organic material, including cow manure. The male dies within 72 hours and the female about 20 hours later.
When the eggs hatch several months later, the larvae eat organic debris — leaves, grass roots and such.
It is that stage of life when lovebugs are the most beneficial to nature, according to David Holmes, Marion County extension agent.
The larvae "are good at breaking down organic matter," Holmes said.
He noted that without such insects or other creatures — including termites and earthworms — then land would be overrun by trees and other plant life. Nature needs the insects and other species to help rejuvenate the earth, Holmes said.
The larvae feeds off the land for about 20 days before evolving and taking flight as lovebugs.
Lovebug attraction
Most people surmise it is just luck when a car meets a lovebug, which only has a few natural predators — like spiders — in the wild.
But scientists believe lovebugs are attracted to the formaldehyde found in gasoline and diesel fumes. That chemical attracts female lovebugs seeking an organic place to lay their eggs.
They are also attracted to highway intersections, traffic lights, filling stations and truck stops, specifically hot engines and vehicle vibrations.
"I hypothesize that hydrocarbons in vehicle exhaust may mimic chemicals emitted from lovebug habitat," Leppla said. "Additionally, attraction to highways can be increased due to the roadside plants that produce nectar."
The females are full of about 350 fertilized eggs when they hit a windshield, hence the white sticky mess that causes so much anguish.
"What you get are the eggs and the fatty tissue (around the eggs)," Holmes said.
Holmes said there is little a person can do to prepare for the lovebug onslaught. Holmes said residents should wax their car before lovebug season. He said some people use baby oil on the grille, though he has never tried that to keep the bugs off.
Leppla said residents should wash lovebug remains off windshields and paint jobs as soon as possible. The white mess can damage paint. He said a water-soaked clothes dryer sheet works well at removing the mess.
Though many people believe that lovebug guts are acid-based and that's why it damages paint, Leppla said it appears that theory is not true.
"It is assumed that damage to car paint results from heating (the remains) by the sun and perhaps action of microorganisms," Leppla said.
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Do you know of any EO "skeletons" in the historical closet? Anything that makes you think "Gosh, we probably shouldn't have done that"?
That, on the other hand, totally enamors you to everyone.
As in inquirer who's very busy learning church history right now, I'm curious. Do you know of any EO "skeletons" in the historical closet? Anything that makes you think "Gosh, we probably shouldn't have done that"?Thanks,Anna (the newbie)
Here is the information requested; accounting for the persecution of the Coptic Orthodox Church by the Chalcedonians under both Justinian and other pro-Chalcedonian rulers:Peace.
Most of these so-called 'skeletons' people are associating with the church are actually the conduct of the State. It was not the Church that Persecuted Heretics and Jews, but rather the Emperor or King. When forces, be they foreign or domestic, threaten the stability of the Empire the authorities have a responsibility to respond. This has been the Case with Jews, from time to time, as well as with heretical sects since the time of St. Constantine; and measures that today may be regarded as excessive were, at the time, both appropriate and necessary.
Nice way to excuse the church from blame "It's not our fault"
If you would like me to defend the Imperial Authorities I can...
....secular authorities, interested in maintaining the stability of the empire and understanding that heretics disrupted society and be the focal point of treasonous ideas and activities, who most vigorously pursued dissident sects.
Timos: And so was the empress St. Pulcheria (who is also hated by non-chalcedonians).
Paradosis:The way it is being put, it makes it sound like Justinian attempted no compromises at all. Quite the contrary, he bent over backwards, and even strayed into perhaps unorthodox territory, trying to come up with a compromise formula that everyone could accept.
you would like me to defend the Imperial Authorities I can...but I was simply pointing out that it was the secular authorities, interested in maintaining the stability of the empire and understanding that heretics disrupted society and be the focal point of treasonous ideas and activities, who most vigorously pursued dissident sects.
When you shamelessly and without fear of God, attempt to defend the atrocities inspired by none other than Satan himself (i.e. mass-slaughters and persecution under the authority of Justinian & Co.) which were performed against the One Holy Universal and Apostolic Orthodox Church, with reasoning along the lines of...:
...then objectively explain why such reasoning would not also justify the mass-slaughter of Christians in general performed under the pagan imperial authorities throughout the early centuries; else be consistent and admit that the pagans had every right to shed the blood of the martyrs of the early Church.
Pulcharia started her life as a monk before breaking her vows of celibacy and committing adultry with Emperor Marcian. She tortured St.Dioscoros and together with Marcian, by the inistigation of Leo of Rome, led massacres of the Orthodox. You will have a hard time justifying the sainthood of such a person.Why is a person who strayed into unorthodox territory, in fact ending his life believing in the Julian heresy, among your saints ? His unorthodox ways, together with his massacres against the non-Chalcedonians hardly justify such title. In addition, whatever compromises he tried does not take from the fact that he butchered millions.
I will use the same logic to justify the massacres of the Turks in Asia Minors against the Chalcedonians, for they too (the Turks) were interested in maintaining the stability of the Empire and understood that infidels such as the Pontians and Greeks disrupted the society. I find the same logic very fitting to excuse the Turks from butchering the Greeks as well, for the Greeks are infidels who were plotting against the Ottman Empire.
Moreover, the crusaders of 1204 who sacked Constaninople were fighting heretics and as such, their deeds are justified.
That by the killing of the Greeks the Turks were being Good Moslems (whatever that's good for) I will not contest
I'm sorry you dont approve of the actions of St. Justinian
but he expanded and strengthened the boarders of the Empire, helped elevate the Church to an even higher place in society, giving her bishops more authority than they had enjoyed prior to his rule, and ushered in a Golden Age for the Empire
You mean Saints of the Church who acted under the Guidance of the Holy Spirit for the preservation of the Empire, Christian Governance, and the Holy Church.
Aaaaaaaaand Anna~here is your skeleton in the closet. Our terrible preoccupation with arguing on the internet A huge problem for us all to overcome if we are earnestly pursuing our salvation and presenting what is real and good in Orthodoxy online.
Muslims have no problem justifying their actions from their primary religious sources, but for you to justify the crimes of Justinian, Leo of Rome, Marcian, Pulcharia, Hercules and all the congregation of Chalcedonian saints is a blasphemy and hypocrisy. Justify your opinion by reconciling killing of innocent people with christians values, using the Tradition and not the Quran. ÂÂ
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Before going into the political insanity of Justinian Emperor and his role in the decline of the Byzantine Empire, it is worth noting that expanding the Empire does not grant anybody the title of saints. It is very similar to the islamic view of their "Suhabah", the pioneers and eraly leaders, whose crimes are evident yet overlooked as a result of military excellence. What is the relation between military conquests and sainthood ?
Speaking about the reign of Justinian, it was a disaster from all aspects. Winning over the West without laying the foundation to perserve such victory leading to its loss in two years after his death, and securing such military victory by a humilating treaty with the Persians that destroyed the finance of the Empire, is hardly a work of a great man. His extermination of the Non-Chalcedonian dealt a fatal blow to the Empire by his dirty tactics against the "bani Hareth" and "Manazerah" kingdoms in the North of the Arabic Penninsula. They were the defense line against the Arabs, and by his destruction of both kingdoms for their rejection of the council of Chalcedon, Justinian Emperor opened the door wide open for the islamic conquests a century after.
I say this from a historical point of view. I wonder how can occupation be justified and supported by christians and extermination of whole nations be reason for sainthood ? The Holy Spirit does not move people to murder and mutilate other nations, whether these nations are believers or not.
But you got to admit.  The Greek Christians "might makes right" philosophy is very disturbing........In light of the Beatitudes and such.  This is something more reminscient of Nietzche, or Machiavelli than Jesus.yes/no?
Might does not make Right, but Right is justified in using Might to protect itself.
I just realized what this comment makes it out to be: Dominionism
Ummmm.... Turn the other cheek?
'Synergy' between Church and State would be a more accurate term.
The several Emperors had a duty to Protect the Empire and their Subjects from threats External and Internal...be it a Foreign Invasion or Political Instability or Heresy.
as for those who sought aid from foreign despots, we can add treason to the list of their crimes.
He Strengthened both Empire and Church and was a servant to both, for these many reasons he is more than diserving of the title of Saint.
Including the Non-Chalcedonian kingdoms who tried to undermind the influence of and loyality to the Imperial Authority amongst those who had rejected the Fourth Oecumenical Synod
choirfriend: In light of the Beatitudes and such.   This is something more reminscient of Nietzche, or Machiavelli  than Jesus.
Why is a person who strayed into unorthodox territory, in fact ending his life believing in the Julian heresy, among your saints ? His unorthodox ways, together with his massacres against the non-Chalcedonians hardly justify such title. In addition, whatever compromises he tried does not take from the fact that he butchered millions.
EkhristosAnesti said:...then objectively explain why such reasoning would not also justify the mass-slaughter of Christians in general performed under the pagan imperial authorities throughout the early centuries; else be consistent and admit that the pagans had every right to shed the blood of the martyrs of the early Church.GiC said in response:I actually have some sympathy for the pagans in that argument. The Christians were upstarts who were all of a sudden causing problems and instability in the Empire and committing acts of treason by refusing to sacrifice to the emperor, from a political point of view their actions were probably appropriate, and I'd add that they were even serving their pagan gods by their actions.
This again sounds more like propaganda that someone read, rather than an attempt at a discussion.
Latero n she was wed to the Emperor-not commited adultery
Pulcheria lived an austere life and made the Imperial Palace as if it were a monastery but she never gave herself to the vows of monasticism.
Please let not twist the scripture in order to justify the crimes of the church of Constantinople and its unholy Emperors. To cite the epistles of St.Paul to serve as a justification for murder and massacres is outrageous, implying that such a great saint actually approves of such crimes and uses theology to serve hypocrisy. Your understanding of scripture is very elementary, as your approach to scripture is flawed. You treat christianity as an ideology and not as the truth, and your interpretation shows its inferiority by defending sin to the extent that makes you look igonrant.
Do you approve of the massacres of the Greeks ? With your flawed intepretation, I the atrocities of the Turks against the inhabitants of Asia Minor and Greece are very much justified, for they too are the hand of God and His messangers to fulfill his commandments. Try to appeal to Tradition to understand the scripture, and it will help you a great deal become a christian.
Hypocrisy is the true expression for the state of a Church supporting a butcher like Justinian and canonizing him among its saints. Yet, with Leo of Rome being called the Great and Maximos being viewed as a Confessor in your Church, it would not surprise me much if criminals like Justinian or even Hitler are among your congregation of saints.
Be specific. Protect what exactly ? The Church is protected by God and by His mighty hand and not by the plans of men or by the Emperor hand. There is no difference between Justinian and Diocletian, with the latter being of better personal attributes. "Cursed is he who reply on the arm of man".
The problem is not so much in your approach but more in your experience, for the EO church has always been protected by an Emperor and by the State, and in the process has made enormous concessions in the faith to accomodate the wishes of Emperors and their political ambitions.
It is not a surprise that Christianity ceased to exist in Asia Minor altogther when your Church lost the protection of the Emperors and its weakness was exposed.
The fact that the EO churches are Emperial churches, not apostolic ones, drives Eo to excuse the crimes of EO Church Fathers. The fact that it was an Emperor, and not Christ, who leads the Church motivates such attitude.
The only act of protecting against heresy is when Justinian summoned the 5th council to reject CHalcedon and the heresy of the Three Chapters that Chalcedon introduced into the Church. I give him that.
He caused the greatest instability and was the cause of the decline of the Empire. How can massacres be a reason for stability ?
He ended his life a heretic himself, believing in the Julian heresy. So not only a butcher, he was a heretic.
Fine Hypocrisy. You defend occupation by calling the struggle against the occupier "treason". How would you then evaluate the liberation of the Greeks from the hands of the Turks in 1821 and there constant connections and foreign aid they received from the russians and the English ?
In addition, because of your ignorance, you try to portray the struggle as a political one. The martyrs on the Orthodox side, butchered by your saints like Leo of Rome, Justinian, Hercules , Maximos, and others died defending their faith and not defending occupation, although it would have been their natural right to do so.
Again, you cannot exist without the protection of the sword, yet the faithful, under 2000 years of persecution, have flourished. On equal grounds, without the heavy hand of Emperors, the Chalcedonians vanished from Egypt and Syria, Palestine and North Africa.
I'm glad you're objective enough to concede to the fact that in attempting to defend and justify the crimes committed against The One Universal and Holy Apostolic Orthodox Church of God, that you must necessarily place your own saints on the same level as blood-thirsty and heartless pagans who worshipped rocks. Thank you for your honesty.
I have never heard such blatant blasphemy in my life...
Furthermore, do not even dare to bring the Holy Church into this; your leaders had no allegiance to God or true doctrine, else they wouldn't have compromised true doctrine for the sake of politics; your leaders did not worship Christ, they worshipped the See of Constantinople...
The only work of the Holy Spirit evident throughout these events is seen in a) The mercy He showed upon you when He opened your eyes to the errors of Chalcedon and gave you opportunity to correct, abrogate, and qualify this failed council via the subsequent councils and b) the steadfast faith, endurance, perseverance and ultimate survival and victory of the Oriental Orthodox Church and the miracles performed through her to aid her in the process. Copts flourished and dominated Egypt through faith; the Chalcedonians attempt to forcefully impose their decrees upon us were made in vain, for as our great father once said: "If God is for us, who can be against us?"
The allegiance of the non-Chalcedonians was to God, and hence The Holy Orthodox tradition which they shed their blood for. Again, your reasoning would have us submit, not only to false council decrees in compromise of true Orthodoxy, but also to false pagan worship in compromise of true Christianity...
Your survived by selling out the Empire to the Moslems; and it Should be noted that the Orthodox Church yet survives in those Places, and still maintains considerable influence despite several invasions and occupations over the centuries.
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Furyk spending too much on TV – in locker room
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Jim Furyk has had a chance to win the last two weeks – both times from the locker room.
Last week at Quail Hollow, Furyk closed with a 65 and had cameras on him in the locker room as he watched J.B. Holmes knock in a 3-foot bogey putt for a one-shot victory. Sunday at The Players Championship, Furyk was televised again from the locker room as Martin Kaymer made a 30-foot par putt on the 17th hole and got up-and-down with his putter from short of the 18th green to win by one shot.
Furyk has few regrets. His 66 was the second-best score of the final round. He could just do without the attention.
"I think it (stinks) to have a TV in your face, really," he said. "I'll be honest with you. Every time you scratch your nose it's on television. But I understand it's part of the deal. You're looking for a reaction when you know you're not going to get one, considering a guy knows that there's three cameras pointed at him. So it seems a little pointless to me, but I understand."
Furyk also understands that it's not the worst thing in golf. It means he still had a chance. And he figures it's better to finish second with a great final round than to shoot something like even par and have another player pass him.
The money isn't bad, either.
Furyk has earned $1.825 million for finishing second the last two weeks. That's more than he earned his first three seasons combined on the PGA Tour.
NO MOVE AT THE TOP: Tiger Woods stays at No. 1 for at least another week.
Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson and Matt Kuchar all fell well short of what they needed to move to No. 1 in the world. Kuchar (71) was the only one of the four to break par in the final round.
Scott is not playing next week and still is likely to move past Woods and reach No. 1 for the first time in his career. Stenson is not playing next week. Kuchar is playing the Byron Nelson Championship, though the strength-of-field is not likely to allow him enough points even if he were to win.
WALKER RALLIES: Jimmy Walker hates playing poorly, and he wasn't at his best on Thursday at Sawgrass. He made consecutive double bogeys and opened with a 75, and then headed straight to the range to let off some swing. Walker swung about as hard as he could with his driver.
"My caddie said, `Is this productive?"' Walker said earlier in the week with a laugh.
Apparently it was.
He bounced back with a 68 to make the cut with one shot to spare. He followed with a 71. And then the PGA Tour's only three-time winner this year made eight birdies and an eagle in the final round for a 65 that gave him a tie for sixth.
"After the start – 3 over – I knew I needed to make a pretty good run Friday to make the cut," Walker said. "And I finished strong. That's big."
Walker hasn't won since the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am three months ago, though he took small issue with the suggestion he was struggling. He had six straight finishes in the top 25, including a tie for eighth in his debut at the Masters, until missing the cut at Quail Hollow last week.
"I feel like I've been playing pretty good – just maybe a fraction off," Walker said. "Making cuts, finishing in the top 20 is good. It just shows that the game's right there and you never know when you get four solid ones and jump back into the having a chance to win."
GETTING CLOSER: Rory McIlroy matched his best round at the TPC Sawgrass because of how he played the front nine – he broke par.
In a most peculiar tales of two nines, McIlroy was 17-under par on the back nine, compared with 8-over on the front. He closed with three straight birdies for a 66, equaling the score he shot in the first round a year ago.
"Things are heading in the right direction," McIlroy said after a week of making 25 birdies. "As I've been saying the last few weeks, I'm seeing enough really good golf in there to be really positive going into the main stretch of the season."
And it's a busy time of the year. He has the BMW PGA Championship in England, Memorial and the U.S. Open in America, the Irish Open, Scottish Open and British Open, then a return to Ohio for a World Golf Championship, the final major in Kentucky, and then four straight weeks in the FedEx Cup.
Next up for McIlroy is a little R&R in London. He was going to Italy until his fiance, Caroline Wozniacki, pulled out of a tennis tournament.
"Do a bit of shopping and see a few shows and take it easy," he said.
STAY DRY: Martin Kaymer's shot on the 17th hole was a foot away from spinning off the green and into the water Sunday. While it led to his victory, it also ensured a record at The Players Championship.
There were only 28 shots in the water all week, the fewest ever since the PGA Tour began keeping track in 2003.
Angel Cabrera was the only player to go in the water on Saturday, a record low. On Sunday, the water balls belonged to John Senden, Geoff Ogilvy and Brian Davis.
The previous record was 29 balls in the water in 2003 and 2010.
DIVOTS: Martin Kaymer's victory was the first by a European on the PGA Tour this season. … Rory McIlroy's 25 birdies were the most of any player this week. He still finished at only 9-under par. … Jim Furyk earned $1.08 million as the runner-up, the same amount Tiger Woods earned when he won The Players Championship in 2001. … Russell Henley was 14 shots better Sunday. He followed his 80 with a 66.


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By using MeetingTime, you can import profile and group information using a comma-delimited ASCII file. The import file must contain the user ID and profile number for each user profile record. If used, the group name and group number values must also be included.
Including other fields is optional. If fields are excluded from the import file, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace takes the values from the guest profile or from the user group to which the user has been assigned. The first line of the ASCII file must contain field names that denote the order of the data in the import records.
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Before you perform a manual file import, remember the following information:
- Only the User ID (Uid) and Profile number (Prfnum) fields are required. Any fields that are not included in the import file automatically derive their value from either the guest profile or the user group to which the user has been assigned.
- If you do not assign users to groups, make sure the settings in the guest profile are correct for the users you add to the system. For example, to allow users to outdial from meetings when the value of the guest profile's Can Call Out from Mtgs parameter is No, change this setting in the guest profile before importing the profiles. After importing, make sure the values for the guest profile are correct.
- If you assign users to groups, you must include the Group Name or Group Number field in the import file.
- You must use unique values for the user ID and profile number. For example, if you import the data from your voice-mail system, use each person's phone number as the profile numbers. If an e-mail system database is your source, use the person's e-mail user ID as the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace user ID. If used, the group name and group number values must also be unique.
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- Fields with an asterisk (*) are user-specific fields. When you add users to the system, these are the most important fields to include in the import file.
- Fields with two asterisks (**) are group-specific fields. When you add groups to the system, these are the most important fields to include in the import file.
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I have not forgotten this mod.
The good news is I did get those g5 battle scripts fully updated and modified to work as well as they can in RTW. (which seems to be quite well enough in fact) Also the animations are pretty much done. For g5 battle scripts I think I may even just do a general release as I was discussing before... It will take some time though for that since Anarchon and myself wanted to get the patch out first. His map last I saw was looking fantastic, so that is also something to look forward too.
For myself, I basically have to finish the EDU which is a painful drag but that can be done.
Unfortunately my work (but not Anarchon's map though last I heard) will have to probably stop for a long time due to extreme course load coming up in school (on my part but not on Anarchons). One last thing, I didn't get to test much at all.. I do know that it's in working condition for the most part but there's a geography.db potential issue I think I should look into fixing which may take some time to figure out as it is one of the most complicated sides of modding RTW.
We had planned a ton of things, but it was a lot of code and my career path changed so I became less interested in modding although it is still fun for me.
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Nick Cannon Reveals How He Really Feels About Mariah Carey & It's Shocking
In the upcoming episode of Nick Cannon's sketch comedy show Wild 'N Out, which airs on Thursday (Jan. 4), the mogul admitted how he really feels about his ex-wife, Mariah Carey.
The former couple secretly got married in 2008 and had all fans in complete shock when everyone learned of their private nuptials. During their marriage, Cannon and Carey had two kids, twins Monroe and Moroccan. But, they divorced in Nov. 2016 after almost eight and a half years of marriage.
Though Cannon and Carey have a past and a bond that will last forever, the Wild 'N Out host truly is over his ex. During the show's upcoming "Plead The Fifth" segment, Jess Hilarious asked Cannon, "Which one of [Keyshia Cole's] hits would you say best describes how you feel about Mariah Carey now?" The choices were "I Should Have Cheated," "I Just Want It To Be Over" and "I Don't Love You No More."
After some thought, Cannon eventually said, "I Don't Love You No More." Then, he added, "OK, I still love her. But maybe, a little bit."
If you'd like, you can watch that moment here. The episode airs Thursday (Jan. 4) at 11:00am ET on MTV.
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Is it really worth putting another state law on the books just to head off one greedy, shameless former public "servant"?
Well, yes, in the case of Vernon's litigious ex-city manager, who is trying to force the taxpayers he defrauded to pay him an obscene pension it is. He needs to be stopped. But more important, those who might follow in his avaricious footsteps must be deterred.
Bruce Malkenhorst is the first to try this scam, but he might not be the last. Some of the infamous former officials of Bell or some other unscrupulous retired officials could follow his lead. Malkenhorst is suing Vernon to regain the portion of his once-outrageous pension that CalPERS slashed after he was convicted of misappropriating public funds.
As was noted in a July editorial, it takes real chutzpah to sue the city you've admitted to defrauding. But Malkenhorst has no shame, and is suing Vernon to try to get the $430,000 a year that the California Public Employees Retirement System cut from his pension. You read that figure right: Malkenhorst's original pension was $545,000 a year, but CalPERS reduced it to $115,000 — still too much for someone who scammed the public he was supposed to serve — because there was not sufficient documentation to support his final Vernon stated salary of $911,000 in 2005.
So state Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, who represents Vernon, convinced the Legislature to pass his Senate Bill 39, which would prohibit any "local public officer" convicted of a felony for actions taken in office from suing his former employer over the amount of his pension. Instead, the convicted officer would have to take up the matter through administrative channels with CalPERS.
The urgency bill would apply to any claim still pending as of Jan. 1, 2014, or filed after that date.
It's not only critics of pension abuse that should support this bill, but also public employee unions and other supporters of public pensions. The blatant abusers of public employment and pensions do the most to give the pension system a bad name.
While it's true that many, perhaps most, public pensions have been overpromised by pandering politicians and are unsustainable in the long run, it's the outrageous cases like Malkenhorst's that make taxpayers livid. Why should any public official be paid $545,000 a year in retirement by taxpayers? There can be no justification for it.
The "regular" CalPERS and CalSTRS pensioners who did the public's work — honestly — for 30 or 35 years and retired with a pension of $50,000 or so a year should be outraged too.
It's not without qualms that we recommend the governor should sign this legislation, because it's a gut-and-amend bill — and in general we hate gut-and-amend bills. (When it was introduced back in December, SB 39 was called the "Clean Energy Employment and Student Advancement Act of 2013.") But this is not the usual gut-and-amend procedure that is aimed at currying favor with a lobbyist or slipping something past the public at the last minute.
This bill falls into the only category that's a legitimate reason to pull out the content of a bill and replace it with entirely unrelated legislation: It's a situation that arose after the deadline for introducing bills and it's an urgent matter that should not wait until next year.
Cities should not have to spend public money on legal fees to defend themselves against convicts who defrauded them. Gov. Jerry Brown should sign SB 39.


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2 cups light brown sugar
1 1/4 cup flour
2 eggs, at room temperature
6 tablespoons butter, melted
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour or spray with cooking spray with flour one 8 inch square baking pan. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, throughly combine the sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture until just blended. Pour batter in pan. Bake 40-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle of the pan comes out almost clean. It may seema little gooey in the middle but it will set up as it cools. Cool in pan on wire rack then cut and serve.


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I've been camping several times in my life. I have to admit that my earliest camping memories were extremely pleasant ones. I was twelve years old. But then who doesn't like camping at twelve? We had family friends who had a camp site on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire and they invited us up at least twice every summer. My sister Kathy and I loved it. Now I tell you this....my mother would have rather thrown herself down on a bed of nails then spend a weekend communing with nature. But because they were good family friends, she went anyway.
Our friends had a swell campsite complete with a huge firepit, two huge dark green tents, a camper and a trailer. My parents (of course) stayed in the main trailer and all of the kids, five in total, slept in sleeping bags in the tents. With the bugs. Tents that smelled like mildew. But I didn't care.
I was twelve.
I loved the fact that when morning came, we jumped out of our sleeping bags and we were already dressed. How great was that? After bolting down a glass of milk and a Pop Tart, we headed down the gravelly road to the lake. Our friends had a couple of boats and all of the kids would head down to the docks and hang out around the boats all day. In fact, I can vividly recall when four of us, all ages 12 and under, took a small motorboat out on the lake by ourselves for most of the day. By ourselves. We were told by our parents to wear life jackets and to " be careful". We did and we were. What a blast! Do kids do stuff like that anymore? Why was it not such a big deal back then but in today's society, someone would probably call Social Services? Anyone?
My next camping experience was when I was 21. Myself and a group of friends decided to go camping at Nickerson State Park on Cape Cod. I borrowed a tent from a neighbor and we headed down for the weekend. I remember that there was a huge party going on at one of our neighboring campsites. It was late and they were loud. It was also really cold and had started to rain. Technically it is still "summer" at the end of August, but when you're in the woods.....at night....in the rain, you may as well be sitting on a glacier in Alaska. We ended up packing up our gear (in the pouring cold rain) and headed to friend's house in a nearby town. My friend's mother took pity on me and my shivering friends and let us stay in one of her rental cottages for the night. For free of course.
My last camping trip was about ten years ago. My good friends Donna and Bill have a place at Point Sebago in Maine. I have to say that out of all of my camping experiences, this one was by far..............the best. I stayed in a trailer...in a bed......with clean, crisp sheets. It was warm and cozy. In the morning, I woke to Donna frying up bacon in a skillet just outside my window. As I sleepily emerged from the trailer, she handed me a fresh cup of coffee and directed me to a comfortable camp chair. Now THAT'S my idea of camping.
My project this week was........you guessed it....... a camping theme. The cake was to be in celebration of a couple's 30th wedding anniversary and they were avid campers. So many options with this one. What to do? What to do? So I started with the basics...............
I shaped the tent using a firm piece of cardboard and set it down to dry for a couple of days.
Cool rushing water. Looks good enough to eat, doesn't it? Oh wait.
You can.
So tell me your stories......I'm dying to hear them.


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- 3.25 CHP Commercial Motor
- 10" Full Color Touch Screen
- 28 Workout Apps
- 20" x 60" Treadbelt
- iFit Live™ Built-In
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Like airbags in a car, the Commercial Pro uses preventative engineering to keep you safer, including high-grade wiring and insulation ratings, a thermal cut-off switch and a stringent UL certification process. And, through the use of high-end, commercial bearings and brushes, this motor delivers the longest, most powerful drive possible. The Commercial Pro is also dynamically spin-balanced and extensively tested for superior performance in vibration and noise, making it the smoothest, quietest motor available today.
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Pfaltzgraff 20-Piece Flatware Set, Arabesque Frost
International Home Arabesque Frost Flatware brings a pattern with a unique look to it, with frost and mirror stainless steel on the pattern it will go with any table setting. Crafted of superior quality 18/0 stainless steel, this set will stand up to the rigors of everyday use. Dishwasher safe.
20 piece set, service for four, includes (4) each:
- Dinner fork
- Salad fork
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BrooksBarrow necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 135 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Barrow Stoneworks
Barrow Stoneworks is a business focused on custom fine stonemasonry and designer concrete. In addition, we provide architectual carvings, custom cast stone, and hardscaping. We have a love for traditional, old-world materials and techniques but always try to reinterpret them with a contemporary twist. We're not your average masonry company in that we bring artisan techniques to every job, employing tools usually only utilized in sculpture studios.
We want both residential and commericial customers to understand our custom approach to all projects. Target customers are homeowners and businesses that appreciate fine craftsmanship, materials and details. We're looking to establish a recognizable identity.
We are looking for an eye-catching,bold, legible design that alludes to and balances our old-world craftsmanship with our contemporary, minimalist designs.
The brand identity/logo will need to translate into graphics for our truck cabin doors, onto business cards, letterhead, advertising, website, stickers to place on our equipment and on long-sleeve t-shirts.
We are interested in both text and some sort of icon.
We have no set ideas on colour or specific styles but legibility is key. Things we want to avoid are column capitals or other identifiable roman/greek architectural elements.
For delivery we will need a fully vectorised logo on a transparent backgound.
The vector graphic can be in any of the following formats .png, .ai, .psd as long as it is vector and layered.
Ideally all layers should be named but it doesn't matter too much if they are not.
Any fonts used should be specified.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
Thanks in advance for your efforts and we look forward to seeing your designs! We'll provide feedback daily.
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Liberty News
Bluegrass artist Ricky Skaggs visits LU's Center for Worship
Country and bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs spoke to Liberty University students Tuesday at the school's Center for Worship.
Skaggs shared his testimony, saying he eventually came to a point in his career where he realized "that my ministry was not to be a Christian artist, but to be an artist that was Christian, and to go out and take the love of Christ in my heart … to touch as many people for Christ as I can in this lifetime."
It's all about humility, he told students.
"When you get through this thing and you have the training you have, one thing that you know more than anything is that it is better to be famous in Heaven than to be famous on the Earth. Because God doesn't care for our famousness here. It's where our name's written – in Heaven – is what He cares about."
He also told students how although they all may be called to music ministry, God will use each of them differently and for His own purposes.
"We're all different and we all have the abilities to influence others for Christ in the way our brother couldn't do. I'm always amazed how the Lord would use a bluegrass mandolin player to be here talking to you guys."
In his professional career, Skaggs has won eight awards from the Country Music Association – including Entertainer of the Year in 1985 – and nine Grammys.
He was at Liberty to serve on the worship center's advisory council, alongside other successful musicians, songwriters and others in the entertainment industry.
The list includes Christian singer/songwriter Al Denson, who led worship for part of the session. Denson has written 19 top 10 songs, with seven reaching No. 1. He has been nominated for five Dove awards, including Song of the Year. He won a Dove for the Choral Collection Album of the Year for his Youth Chorus Book. He has also been a featured performer on many Billy Graham and Franklin Graham Crusades as well as Dawson McAllister Ministries. Denson said being on the Liberty University campus was, in one word, "energetic."
"We didn't have this [Center for Worship] when I was in college. It's amazing, it draws you in, it makes you want to be here."
Dr. Vernon Whaley, Director of the Center for Worship, said he wanted to pull together a council of professionals, industry people, church people and educators.
"They're all helping us stay focused on what our mission is: training and equipping worship leaders for the evangelical community," he said.
The Center for Worship is an attractive option for students who feel the call to full-time music ministry.
"We've developed a program that's cutting edge and we didn't even know it was cutting edge," Whaley said. "We have a new worship degree that is market-driven, it's set up so that it meets specific needs in the church market. Right now there are little better than 1,500 job openings for our students … it's huge, the opportunities."
For more on the Center for Worship at Liberty University, visit their website, http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=1191.


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Thanks to some glorious weather, the three of us spent most of the weekend enjoying the sights and sounds of NYC parks. The first was the very private Gramercy Park, which opened its imperious gates to the rabble for its annual Look At Our Really Old Trees festival. Somehow, I was distracted by these pants, which belonged to a gum-smackin' hoochie-mama who had snookered someone into hiring her as a nanny. Despite the two young kids in her care, her hands never left her waistband. She just kept striking that pose, waiting to be discovered. With classy drawers like those, can stardom be far behind?
Speaking of behinds, Robert found real joy this week by thrusting his own into the air and grinding his forehead into the sandpit at Prospect Park. Sadly, his arse had no adjectives on it. But if there were, it would be "divine." Would it not?
The shirt on the right lacked the boldness and raw sexuality of Little Miss Soggy Bottom, but I was so enamored of its simple eloquence that I took a photo. If I knew where to get them, I'd buy a dozen.


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It all began late one night at a pub in Dudley, England; staffers of the Chapel House Pub were cleaning up, closing down the bar at the end of the night, when they were given quite the scare.
Eerie footage uploaded to YouTube shows a wet floor sign moving around on its own as a staffer leaves the room.
The sign then falls over and the staffer looks horrified.
Moments later, a man comes to inspect the area, and as soon as he turns his back, a mop falls over.
The staff says the cellar at the pub was formerly used as overflow cells for the nearby police station.
"Sometimes you can hear footsteps coming upstairs-- but then they just stop," Ben Parke told The Express and Star.
Watch the full surveillance video below, then weigh in: Is it a hoax or is it haunted?


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Care Package From Soldiers For Sandy Victims [AUDIO]
Being thousands of miles away in Afghanistan didn't deter two New Jersey soldiers from showing support to neighbors affected by super storm Sandy.
This week, a box arrived at the American Recreational Military Services (ARMS) headquarters at the Toms River Armory postmarked from Camp Eggers in the Middle Eastern country. What was inside was a nice surprise to those collecting goods for displaced shore area residents.
Usually, care packages leave from the building on Whitesville Road en route overseas - They don't usually receive one. That is, until now. Thomas Morris of Brick and Anthony Allotta of Bloomfield included a short, handwritten letter in the box which contained socks, soap, hand wipes, hand warmers, non-perishable foods and other things. According to Ronnie Micciulla, ARMS executive director, it was the first time a care package came from the soldiers back home.
Micciulla says, "This is what it is all about, things going full circle."
A garage at the National Guard armory in Toms River is filled with donated clothes, food and toilet paper. The community daily has been dropping off items since Hurricane Sandy devastated the Jersey Shore according to Micciulla.
Besides hundreds of local donations, trucks have arrived from South Carolina, Missouri, Michigan and Oregon delivering everything from disposable diapers to bedding.
The out pouring of support for the military has been wonderful according to Micciulla, but she currently sees a greater need for gift cards.
In the letter sent from the National Guard Servicemen, they said, "if you need anything else, let us know." Micciulla adds they have sent them an e-mail saying thanks and are waiting for a response.
Volunteers assist displaced service member families in getting items they lost in the storm daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Uniformed service members in need can stop by the ARMS facility at 1200 Whitesville Road which will be open through the end of the year.


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Offering a variety of different costumes to meet your themed parties needs with funny and functional designs.
These costumes are premium and high quality models that can be rented and worn by any parent or adult size 5'2 to 6'1 . All costumes are cleaned after each rental and if faults or rips are discovered they are promptly repaired. Don't settle for expensive characters to show up to your party, be the character for a fraction of the cost. Its easy to entertain kids and as a parent you should have a multitude of experiences doing so! These costumes are well designed and create the perfect illusion that these characters are actually there and singing and dancing with your kids.
They have Yo Gabba Gabba characters, a variety of random animals, the Cat in the Hat, Hulk, Curious George, Ninja Turtles, Mario, Sonic and friends, Transformers, Shrek, Strawberry Short Cake, Scooby Doo, Tele Tubbies and tons more so if you can't find your favorite character directly listed contact them over the phone and inquire about whether or not they stock a costume for it. Even if they don't they'll go out and buy the costume and permanently add it to their list of available characters. All costumes rent for $125 each with special 2 costume deals going for $230.
Theirmitment to stocking every costume out there on the market today is what sets them apart from thepetition and they'll go out and purchase character costumes from any popular kids TV show that they don't already have. If kids like it, they like it and are always seeking out new ideas and inspirations. Call today to book services and due to the popularity of their services do so at least 2 weeks prior to the date of your event to guarantee certain costumes are available. Don't fret however, even if your party is tomorrow they do overnight and expedited shipping for a $30 additional fee.
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Adaptive reuse by definition is something repurposed, reinvented, reinvigorated and regenerated. When it comes to building design, rather than demolish an existing structure and start again, the architect is tasked with the integration of old and new, often with wonderfully creative results. These types of projects span all typologies and sectors to create some very imaginative renovations, meaning that this particular WAN AWARDS category is always highly anticipated and we think with good reason.
One recently initiated renovation project of note is the regeneration of Battersea Power Station in London, masterplanned by Rafael Vinoly. Part of the wider Nine Elms development scheme, this project looks set to be one of the largest and most highly anticipated adaptive reuse designs in the capital since the Tate Modern, which was redesigned by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Conserving one of London's largest recognisable landmarks and developing an entire district is a perfect example of preservation and simultaneous regeneration of a prime location.
Outside the UK but still within Europe is another highly celebrated and large scale adaptive reuse project that we feel sums up the nature of this technique to recycle and breathe new life into an empty and disused space: the Wiener Gasometer Complex in Vienna. Designed by architects Jean Nouvel (Gasometer A), Coop Himmelb(l)au (Gasometer B), Manfred Wehdorn (Gasometer C) and Wilhelm Hozblauer (Gasometer D) the cluster of four former gasometers was completed between 1999 and 2001.
The full transformation of what was once a set of industrial buildings for gas production completely changed the area which soon became a mixed-use district for living, shopping, working and socialising, whilst retaining the stunning Victorian-era architecture through the exoskeleton of each column. Both case studies focus on more than just the preservation of something 'iconic': they consider local context and respond to the modern user.
Not all adaptive reuse projects take on such grand proportions but the same core values can apply no matter what the scale may be. Another project that has caught our attention is a recent entry and residential adaptation by architects Fougeron Architecture in San Francisco. Flip House seeks to reconnect an erratically laid-out home with its surrounding landscape. Rather than bulldoze the site and construct something new, the architects worked with their clients to create a more rational and smoothly integrated piece of architecture, taking advantage of an ideal plot of land with dynamic city views.
With adaptive reuse rather than new build becoming more and more relevant in today's practices, greener and more environmentally-conscious building is aligning with keeping costs down and salvaging cultural or historical elements within a project. The result? We are very much looking forward to finding out through this year's award entries!
For further information on the WAN Adaptive Reuse Award please visit our dedicated WAN Adaptive Reuse Award page.
Alternatively, you can contact: firstname.lastname@example.com. There is currently a 15% early bird discount, which will be available to everyone who registers before 30 November 2013.