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For Logan Hulett, autism speaks volumes through the means of a swimming pool.
While swimming has greatly changed the livelihood of this special needs individual, this outlet also brings immeasurable joy for the Moberly 22-year old and his family.
In addition, swimming also has awarded this sandy blond-haired lean athlete who often greets others with an illuminating smile a spot on Team Missouri's swimming squad.
In doing so, Logan will compete in the 2014 National Special Olympic Games to be held next June in New Jersey.
"Swimming is probably the best thing that ever happened to him. It's done wonders for him in so many ways especially socially, and it has given him confidence and a purpose," said his mother Doreen.
When Logan was about 18-months old, his parents Stanley and Doreen took notice of their son's eyes would often twitch and have a glazed-look about them. He began to pass-out and seizures developed. After consulting with a family physician, Logan was then taken to specialists at St. Louis Children's Hospital for further examination.
The Hulett's learned Logan had a brain tumor that was benign, and surgery took away a portion of his brain. The seizures disappeared immediately and never returned, but Logan was diagnosed having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
"It changed our lives," said Doreen. "We were told that this would affect his social development as he grows and learns. We went through several specialists - occupational therapists and physical therapists - to help him learn, and also to help Stan and I as we raise him at home. Things were pretty tough in the early years."
ASD and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development that typically is diagnosed to emerge in 2-to-3-year old children. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors.
According to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, 1 out of every 88 children in the United States is born with some form of autism. Studies also show that autism is four to five times more common among boys than girls. An estimated 1 out of 54 boys and 1 in 252 girls are diagnosed with autism in the United States reported the CDC in Atlanta.
Studies also have shown that each individual with autism is unique. Many of those on the autism spectrum have exceptional abilities in visual skills, music and academic skills. About 40 percent have average to above average intellectual abilities.
The Hulett family lived in Moberly until 2000 when a job change for Doreen took the family to Tampa, Fla. for nearly a decade, and it was another job opportunity with GE Capital that brought them back here in 2010.
While in Tampa, the Huletts searched for activities that would catch the attention of their son and help develop Logan's social skills.
Stan said taking his son into common, everyday public venues troubled Logan and made him very uncomfortable.
As challenging as it was, Stan remained steadfast in taking Logan with him to public places for him to witness and interact with others.
Trips to the grocery store seemed to open a gate of confidence for Logan when Stanley offered rewards if his son would accompany him to go shopping. Here, Logan learned about making choices when purchasing food or other items, the value of money and how to interact with other people.
At around the age of 12, the search of finding an activity that spurred Logan's social life ended when they found swimming was the answer. There was a YMCA in Tampa that offered swimming activities for persons with physical or mental disabilities. Water and swimming peaked Logan's interests, and he quickly picked up on learning to swim butterfly and crawl stroke.
Logan worked out at the YMCA two hours per day, six days per week. This led to him participating in swim meets and he was actively involved in Special Olympics. It didn't take long for Logan to be a common figure of having a medal placed around his neck.
"When I swim, it makes me happy," said Logan. "Sometimes the water is too cold. I don't like cold. I like to swim fast and get medals. When I get a medal, I tell them my name is Logan Hulett, I shake their hand and say thank you."
The process of maintaining an attention span long enough to know how to use different parts of his body to stay afloat and swim was slow in the beginning. But his parents said one day Logan suddenly caught great interest, listened to instructions intently and he quickly learned to coordinate motor skills properly to swim the formal strokes.
It did not take long for Logan to strengthen his stamina in the water, allowing him to swim several laps.
Goals were set for Logan to keep his focus on achieving, and when the doors of participating in Special Olympic swimming events opened up, Logan dived for every opportunity that presented itself. He even made his Tampa high school swimming team and Logan swam against non-disabled student athletes said his father Stan.
In the first few Special Olympics swimming meets, Logan was excited to learn that he was given a ribbon for completing the event no matter his finish.
However, he was quick to take notice that if he were to finish in the top three, a medal would be received and draped around his neck. This greatly motivated him to practice more in the swimming pool and it led to Logan becoming more of an accomplished swimmer and win many swimming medals.
"Besides having the opportunity to win a medal, swimming has opened doors for Logan to talk to other people and accept them. It has given him confidence to go out with others, make friends and have a good time," added Doreen. "Logan can keep his focus and attention on his main goal, and that is to swim as hard and as fast as he can. He has a strong desire to be one of the top finishers in every race because he gets so excited knowing that he will be rewarded with a medal."
Since returning to Moberly, Logan's swimming workouts differs greatly than what he was accostomed to do year round while living in Tampa due to a lack of aquatic resourses for special needs persons. He is involved with SOMO chapter in Columbia that meets once a week at the University of Missouri's indoor Mizzou's Aquatic Center, and occasionally he will swim here at the Randolph Area YMCA indoor pool.
Swimming has an advantage over team sports for autistic children because the focus is on the individual.
For example, in both basketball and baseball, an athlete does not have to anticipate when someone is going to pass the ball to him. Socially, therefore, Logan would not need that piece of knowledge to be at the forefront of his mind as he participates in a sport.
"I think the feel of the water and quiet time in the water can be therapeutic to people with autism. When you are swimming there aren't many distractions or noise," said Amy Wurst of Kansas City.
Wurst has been a volunteer with the Missouri Special Olympics for 30 years. She was Logan's swim instructor and evaluated him during a recent weeklong Special Olympics National Games selection camp that was held at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico.
As a result, Hulett became one of seven athletes selected to Team Missouri on its aquatics squad and compete in the 2014 National Special Olympic Games to be held at Princeton University on June 14-21.
"Some of the main challenges I have while working with autistic persons is making my instructions clear on what I want the athlete to do such as length of swim, stroke, etc. Logan is always eager to please and checks in often to make sure he is doing the right thing," said Wurst. "Logan is a very good swimmer and he works hard in practice. He fits in well with the rest of the team. He is polite and quick to help out when needed. Logan is always in a good mood and he makes every one around him in a good mood too! He has the best smile and his genuine happiness is infectious."
Logan will represent Team Missouri competing in either the 200m or 400m butterfly, and the 800m freestyle swim competitions. He also might serve as a leg in the 4x50m relay.
What was his parents' reaction upon learning Logan was selected to swim with Team Missouri?
"We got pretty teary-eyed learning he was invited to compete in the National Special Olympics. We're pretty proud of him," said his mother Doreen.
Soon, Logan will be selling mums as part of his goal to raise $1,500 to help pay for expenses incurred as he travels and spends more than a week participating in the National Special Olympics.
"Having a special needs child, you can never discount or think that the child cannot do something or that they simply do not know what they are doing because they can and they do. Logan is proof of that," said Doreen. "It might take them a little more time than other children, but they will adapt and learn and do it. Every day Logan will surprise us with something that he does. There are many times we are just so amazed in him. Logan was treated and respected by every one here at Moberly High School leading up to him graduating in May, even the students who were not in his special needs classroom. People from school and friends come up to us and tell us things they saw Logan do and that makes us pretty proud."
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NOTE: Every four years, Special Olympics conducts a National Summer Games in the United States that will showcase athletes competing in 14 official and 3 demonstration sports. For the first time next year, competitions will be offered in both traditional and Unified play, bringing together the community to support and play side-by-side with our athletes, in what expects to be the most inclusive Games in Special Olympics History.


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Wintry weather on the East Coast has led to multiple cancellations for flights in and out of DIA, and the number could snowball as the day progresses.
Airlines have canceled 50 flights through the weekend because of the blizzard bearing down on the northeastern United States, said Laura Coale, a DIA spokeswoman.
"It's possible we will see additional cancellations … and some delays as the snow starts falling in the Northeast," Coale said.
The blizzard, winter weather moving in from the Midwest in combination with a nor'easter, could dump up to three feet of snow in some areas of the Northeast by Saturday.
The National Weather Service has posted blizzard warnings for the East Coast from southern Maine south to New Jersey. Boston and New York City could be among the areas hard hit by the winter storm.
Travelers heading out of DIA Friday should check their flight status, as early as possible, at www.flydenver.com.
Denver International Airport averages about 1,700 departing and arriving flights daily.
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Veronica White's Banana Pudding
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Put a layer of Nilla wafers in the bottom of a glass dish.
Put a layer of banana slices on the wafers using about half of the banana slices.
In separate bowl, make the pudding using the recipe on the box and let sit for five minutes. Mix the cool whip into the pudding.
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Sit Back 'n' Relax necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 139 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Sit Back 'n' Relax
We are a Professional Assistant Services company who provide busy executives, new moms, care givers and everyone in between with many concierge-type services including, but not limited to, errand running, pick up and delivery of important documents, shopping, away-from-home services etc.
busy executives, new moms, working moms, care givers - professionals etc. Anyone who needs help getting tasks done and doesn't have the time to do it themselves!
Just an incredible, memorable logo that helps us to stand out and come across as professional. Please use a unique icon as opposed to just type face. We definitely want a catchy, memorable icon that gets everyone talking! I like nice, warm colors. Want to send the message that Sit Back 'n' Relax is professional and upscale - yet RELAXED. We are a laid back company but we take the tasks you need accomplished seriously! Please remember - you are creating our IDENTITY. It is important that you submit something that is professional and unique!!!
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How DRM Makes Us All Less Safe
from the you're-in-danger-thanks-to-bad-copyright-laws dept
That post also reminds us of Cory Doctorow's powerful speech about how DRM is the first battle in the war on general computing. The point there is that, effectively, DRM is based on the faulty belief that we can take a key aspect of computing out of computing, and that, inherently weakens security as well. Part of this is the nature of DRM, in that it's a form of weak security -- in that it's intended purpose is to stop you from doing something you might want to do. But that only serves to open up vulnerabilities (sometimes lots of them), by forcing your computer to (1) do something in secret (otherwise it wouldn't be able to stop you) and (2) to try to stop a computer from doing basic computing. And that combination makes it quite dangerous -- as we've seen a few times in the past.
DRM on its own is bad, but DRM backed by the force of law is even worse. Legitimate, useful, and otherwise lawful speech falls by the wayside in the name of enforcing DRM—and one area hit the hardest is security research.
Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is the U.S. law that prohibits circumventing "technical measures," even if the purpose of that circumvention is otherwise lawful. The law contains exceptions for encryption research and security testing, but the exceptions are narrow and don't help researchers and testers in most real-world circumstances. It's risky and expensive to find the limits of those safe harbors.
As a result, we've seen chilling effects on research about media and devices that contain DRM. Over the years, we've collected dozens of examples of the DMCA chilling free expression and scientific research. That makes the community less likely to identify and fix threats to our infrastructure and devices before they can be exploited.
DRM serves a business purpose for the companies who insist on it, but it does nothing valuable for the end user and, worse, it makes their computers less safe.


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Of course, I am still trying to use up lots of tomatoes with each and every meal. Last week I made up a half-batch of "Tomato and Rice Soup with Roasted Garlic and Navy Beans" (what a name!) from "Veganomicon." It was great! Hearty and light all at once - rich and flavorful but not excessively complex. So good, and definitely something I'll make again. Especially for Mr. Vegan Eats & Treats who loves Tomato Soup with Rice as much as anything else on this planet.
For dessert, I made a Pear Pie, following an old favorite recipe from "Quick Vegetarian Pleasures." This pie is so darned good! A lovely yoga student gave us a big bag of pears - Mr. VE&T's most favorite fruit, and so I made his most favorite dessert of all time. It was delicious, and it was devoured. Mmmmmm!
Next, I put some more tomatoes to good use and made some great tofu omlettes. I used the "Fresh Tomatoes and Corn Frittata" filling from "Fresh Food Fast" and instead of mixing it up with a bunch of eggs, I used it as the filling for the tofu omlettes from "Vegan Brunch." It was a perfectly delicious and filling summer meal. The omlettes are so fluffy and flavorful, and the fresh veggie-rific filling was a perfect balance.
An Indian-inspired meal:
Nima Sherpa's totally amazing Potato Salad. I love this recipe so much. It's really delicious. Nima Sherpa is from Nepal, and the flavors in this potato salad are surprising and unexpected, but totally harmonious and satisfying.
This was the "Indian Split Pea Soup" from "Olive Trees and Honey." It was good, but there are other Indian soup recipes and other traditional split pea soup recipes that I prefer... so I probably wouldn't make it again.
Of course, there had to be some tomatoes in the meal: a light Indian tomato salad - tomatoes, hot peppers, scallions, cilantro, and a light dash of oil and salt for dressing. Very fresh and refreshing!
A Tennis Party:
Mr. Vegan Eats & Treats' tennis team had a party to celebrate the end of their season, and their especially good results. I brought along a HUGE bowl of "Mexicali Chop" from "Real Food Daily" cookbook - one of my favorite dishes of all time, and a great potluck dish. It was all eaten up by the end of the party!
I also came up with the "great idea" of making a sheet cake and decorating it like a tennis court! The cake came out very yummy, but the tennis court decoration ended up looking a bit drab. Ha ha! Either way, those crazy tennis nuts all appreciated the idea!
Using Up More Cherry Tomatoes:
I love, love, LOVE this recipe: it's the "Fresh Corn Polenta with Cherry Tomatoes" from "Fresh Food Fast" by Peter Berley. It's light, summery, sweet and savory... totally delectable. I also love the way the corn kernels and the whole cherry tomatoes both literally pop their flavors in your mouth.
Family Dinner:
I loved Diann's recommendation for the "sofregit" recipe from one of the recent Daring Chef challenges... So, I made a big double batch of the sofregit, and mixed it up with some cooked farro & pearl barley for a very yummy dish. I cooked it up in the middle of a hot afternoon, thinking that we'd all enjoy a nice room-temperature salady-type dish. Well, by the time I got to my parents' house, the fog had rolled in, and we found out that it was great heated up as well. I really liked this combo, and I'd definitely make it again.
For dessert I made a beautiful and simple peach tart from an old Martha Stewart baking book that my mom and I picked up at the library book sale last year. I didn't have a fancy "flower-shaped tart pan," like Martha suggested, so I just free-formed it and it turned out great. Yummy!
Fruity Delights:
We have been eating SO MUCH WATERMELON. Maybe a 1/2 a melon every day? It's so delicious! Here you see my crazy system of just cubing the melon into big chunks right there in the peel. Then I dump the whole thing out into a bowl and we gobble it up!
We also went through quite a little blackberry phase... when the bushes near our house were abundant with yumminess. I'm always surprised that there aren't more people out there picking all that free and delicious fruit!


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Proposed Amended Wastewater System and Potable Water Supply Rules
The Wastewater System and Potable Water Supply Rules were last updated in 2007. This amendment comprehensively reorganizes and revises the rule to increase clarity. It incorporates legislative directives adopted after the last rule update, including requirements that permit applicants notify other landowners of pending applications, that groundwater potable water sources be tested for water quality prior to use, and that surface water can be a source for potable water supplies serving single-family residences. The amendment also establishes new water quality sampling requirements; adds provisions specific to non-pathogenic wastewater; expands options for the design of wastewater systems; creates additional permitting exemptions to reduce administrative burdens on the public; and consolidates provisions on potable water supplies. The Water Supply Rule is concurrently amended to remove provisions on potable water supplies and the Indirect Discharge Rules is concurrently amended to clarify they will not regulate small sewage and non-sewage wastewater systems.
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The Agency is holding public meetings to receive public comments on the proposed rules at the following times and locations:
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Nov. 7 at 1 pm at the Essex Regional Office, Act 250 Conference Room – Fish & Wildlife Building, 111 West Street, Essex Junction, VT
Nov. 8 at 1 pm at the St. Johnsbury Regional Office, UVM Extension Service Room, 374 Emerson Falls Road, St. Johnsbury, VT
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UPDATE: Minnesota Senate Passes Day Care Unionization Bill
ST. PAUL (AP) -The Minnesota Senate has passed a bill allowing the unionization of home child-care workers in Minnesota after an all-night debate that saw Republicans trying to block the bill.
The Senate finally voted just after 8 a.m. Wednesday. The bill passed on a vote of 35 to 32, with four majority Democrats voting with Republicans against it. The bill heads to the House, where the earliest it could get a vote is Saturday.
The bill grants two groups of workers the right to vote on whether to form unions. In addition to home child-care workers, it sets a union vote for personal care attendants to the elderly and disabled.
Republicans say unionization is not popular among those groups and charge the bill is meant to benefit the Democratic Party's labor allies.


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January 15, 2008
Biznet Improves Internet Performance and Broadband Experience for Indonesian Enterprise and Residential Customers with Switch and Data PAIX® Peering
TAMPA, Fla. - January 15, 2008- Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services, today announced that premium Indonesian broadband Internet service provider (ISP) Biznet has entered the company's Palo Alto data center to set up public and private peering agreements to improve Internet performance for its Indonesian enterprise and residential customers. Peering is the voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network. Peering is crucial to the operation of the Internet.
Biznet says it is the first Indonesian operator to set up direct peering in the United States. This will reduce transit time between the countries and accelerate the performance of U.S. and other global websites in Indonesia. This is important due to the explosive growth of Web 2.0 with its bandwidth intensive websites for social networking, rich digital content, and business software applications. The company expects that its network performance advantage versus its competitors will support its premium positioning in the Indonesian ISP market.
Switch Data's Palo Alto site and its PAIX® Internet exchange will be the main interconnection point for all of Biznet's traffic to and from North America. PAIX® was one of the world's first commercial Internet exchanges and is one of the most densely interconnected peering points in the world. PAIX® is the key hub for peering traffic between the North America and the Asia Pacific region. Switch and Data supports the interconnection requirements of regional specialists by providing the broadest footprint of facilities in key North American communications hub markets such as Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, New York, Buffalo and Toronto.
"Switch and Data's Palo Alto data center and PAIX® exchange gives us access to most of the leading U.S. and international ISPs, voice over IP carriers, and content providers. It will be our main Internet exchange point for all IP traffic between Indonesia and North America," said Adi Kusma, President Director for Biznet. "Indonesian customer demand for U.S.-based content is very high and Biznet, as the first Indonesian operator with direct peering in the U.S. market, expects to create a competitive advantage by offering faster network performance between the geographies."
Biznet, which operates a global IP network, will not only utilize PAIX®'s high density of networks to reduce latency and improve performance, but also to lower and in some cases eliminate IP transit costs. Biznet's access to the U.S. enables it to establish new transit agreements in the U.S. where rates are lower than those found in Indonesia, further enhancing its enterprise and residential broadband Internet services, including data (IP), voice (VoIP) and television (IPTV).
"We're excited that Biznet, one of Indonesia's leading ISPs, has chosen us as its gateway to North America." said Ernie Sampera, Chief Marketing Officer for Switch and Data. "Our Palo Alto facility serves as the leading hub for the rapidly growing volume of IP traffic between North America and the Asia-Pacific region. It is a good example of the way our sites in key geographic hubs interconnect global networks and improve the exchange of IP traffic worldwide."
Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country. Its population of 235 million created a gross domestic product (GDP) of about one trillion U.S. dollars in 2006 and its GDP is growing at a rate of 5.5% per year. Indonesia has about 20 million Internet users, which is equivalent to about 9% of the population, and Internet usage is estimated to have grown by about 25% from 2005 to 2006.
About Switch and Data
Switch and Data is a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services. Based in Tampa, Florida, Switch and Data operates one of the largest footprints of neutral Internet exchange and colocation facilities in North America serving more than 880 customers. Switch and Data's PAIX® is recognized worldwide as the premier name in peering and Internet exchange services and is home to one of the largest commercial exchange points in North America. For more information, please visit www.switchanddata.com.
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Biznet is one of the leading Network Access Providers in Indonesia delivering Metro Ethernet and Metro FTTH (Fiber To The Home) services, Internet related services and Data Center facilities that works with businesses whose daily operations rely on premium connectivity, providing Fiber Optic network access, a complete range of cutting-edge wired and wireless Internet related services, including disaster recovery facility and managed services under a secure and monitored environment to deliver an around-the-clock availability of IT mission critical operations. Biznet aims to be the dominant provider of Metro Ethernet and FTTH operator in Indonesia. More information can be found at www.biz.net.id or www.biznetnetworks.com.
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|2003-12-30, 01:59
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Looking for a gut wrenching anime
Hello all! New to these boards. Blah blah blah.
I was wondering if you guys and girls could help me with a small request.
I am looking for some SAD anime. I am looking for something really gutwrenching, something that will make me want to curl into a little ball on the floor and just cry.
Hope to hear your suggestions soon.
|2003-12-30, 02:07
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Michigan
Age: 35
Saishuuheiki Kanojo - The number one depressing anime at the moment. Has stuff about war and such going on in the background but it's all really about the sad relationship between two of the characters.
Narutaru - This anime doesn't hold back on torturing the good characters. Watch beyond the first episode or two, which may trick you into thinking it's some sort of kiddy anime. It's definately not. This anime has a few EXTREMELY disturbing scenes.
Kanon - Relationship anime. Not too much of a downer but some of the episodes are sad. About a kid who moves into a town he lived in many years ago when he was really young. He meets some of the people he once knew and good old relationship drama goes on.
Berserk - Well known for being the badass anime about swordsman Gatsu but it's also a very unhappy show in a few key points. It gets very disturbing at times and the show isn't very nice to the main characters at times.
Berserk is out on U.S. DVD and I think (but I'm not sure) that Saishuuheiki Kanojo has been licensed.
|2003-12-30, 04:31
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ugh. sai kano is completely retarded. don't watch it unless you want something so ridiculously overdone, that you will laugh from how NOT depressing it is anymore. seriously. that show will shove so much death into your face, that eventually it stops being sad, and just becomes funny.
good tragic series:
Violinist of Hamelin
Hoshi no Koe
Now and Then, Here and There
Kenshin - Tsuikohen (this ova will be much more powerful if you watch some of the series first)
and i second the Berserk nomination.
|2003-12-30, 04:52
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Yes i third Berserk. Not very common for an anime or anything that is based on violence to be that deep and gut wrenching sad.
Also i agree on some points about Saikano aka She the Ultimate Weapon. It is so overdone and they try to make it too sad. I found myself more pissed off at alot of the decisions these characters made than being sad for them. The one scene that got me however was
My favorite for just killing me was Grave of the Fireflies. God i cried like a baby watching this tragic but beautiful movie, another Studio Ghilbli masterpiece. Another i second is Hoshi no Koe aka Voice of a Distant Star. It's another futuristic love drama but much better done that Saikano in my opinion. It's only fault is the lack of time being that the ova is only about 40 minutes long. if that. X tv is good and yeah it was really sad in some episodes, a good one to watch and since it's 26eps, you got sadness to last you a while. Lastly i want to mention Samurai X the ova's to the Ruroni Kenshin tv series. This is another show that got me crying like a baby. All three has some really sad stuff in it. Though vol2 and vol3 are the ones that had the tear faucets running in full force.
I give Grave of the Fireflies though my saddest recommendation. Those who didn't cry or atleast all choked up, are idiots who have no emotion or are trying to macho and just end up looking like asses.
|2003-12-30, 05:26
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xiandu: make sure you delete that first post o' yours with the spoiler still intact ^_^;
yea, kenshin ovas, definitely good. but don't watch the second ova unless you've already seen anything kenshin you plan on watching, as itll ruin it all for you ^_^
|2003-12-30, 13:51
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Graveyard of the Fireflies
Berserk ... bad ending :\ it leaves things unsatisfying.... though its a good story and all it made me go ughh...
I heard Sai Kano once drove a man to suicide... perhaps a little to dark...and it does shove it way to much, you might find yourself callous to it after a while. It's full title is Saishu Heiki Kanojo by the way...
|2004-01-01, 17:41
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LEt's see:
The last few eps of Evangelion are really sad. (Poor Kaworu)
X is masterfully done with the requisite plot twists and betrayals.
Boogiepop Phanton is pretty disturbing and sad.
Yeah, Fruits Basket has one of the saddest story arcs.
Certain story arc endings in Naruto will leave you in tears. Like the Zabusa/Haku arc. (*SNIFF*)
Arc the Lad has some SERIOUS tissue moments.
That's all I can think of for now...
|2004-01-02, 23:18
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Caladan
Both Grave of the Fireflies and Dog of Flanders had me weeping like a child. Berserk is also a good and depressing one however for me it's the kind of sadness that I feel my heart aching but it's not to the point where I shed tears for it. The recent Twin Spica has its sad moment esp. ep 5 had me in tears. I also recommend Akachan to Boku.
|2004-01-04, 17:16
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Canada
Age: 29
Not overly sad but Pupper Master Sakon [it goes by Ayatsuri Sakon on animesuki] it is kind sad how he always encounters these huge blood-filled accidents, and right after another too ^^"
Also later in the series
Another sad anime is Scrapped Princess, again, not overly sad.
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Off-Road Rant - Editorial - March 2011Posted in Features on March 1, 2011
It dawned on me the other night, while watching my girlfriend sidestep in high heels down a few-inch-wide strip of pavement between a tow truck and speeding freeway traffic, that the women in our lives actually do put up with a lot. More immediately, I'm thinking of all my poor ex-girlfriends who have been stranded in the middle of nowhere, been dragged to some of the seediest dives ever, ingested burning transmission fluid smoke, waited for me for hours while not knowing what happened, had to jump in mud, run from crocodiles, or had to occasionally drive me to the hospital.
I could go on, but I think you get the point.
Yes, we off-road nuts certainly know how to show a girl a good time...but it's not just the girlfriends or wives who put up with it. It's the mothers (thanks, Mom), the daughters, the sisters, and all the females in our lives who don't exactly understand why we do the stupid crap we do and yet still stand by us and support us through all of it.
Though I'm still not exactly sure why these brave women stick by our sides, take care of us when we're hurt or sick, help us when times are bad, and indulge our egos when times are good. Without them, we just wouldn't be the same guys we are right now, and we'd surely be a lot worse off without the support we see from the cuter, sweeter, and more beautiful gender.
So I'm giving my salute (as should you) to all those women and girls out there who make our lives better. We're crazy about you, and we always appreciate you...even if we forget to say it a lot of times....
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Lisl Winternitz
Born: May 7, 1926
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Lisl was the youngest of two children born to a Jewish family in the Czechoslovakian capital of Prague, a city with a Jewish community that dated back to the eleventh century. Lisl's family lived on Karlova Street in the Karlin district of the city. Lisl's father owned a wholesale business that sold floor coverings.
1933-39: I was 12 when, on March 15, 1939, the German occupation forces entered Prague. I went to school that day and a teacher shouted at me, "You dirty, filthy Jew," and then spat in my face. Almost every day new Nazi restrictions were placed on the Jews. We weren't allowed in any public place and our ration cards were stamped with a red "J," meaning we could shop only at certain stores during certain hours.
1940-44: In December 1941 my brother, Peter, was deported. Before leaving he managed to send us a one-word note, "Terezin." Then in June 1942 my parents and I were deported, also to the [Theresienstadt] Terezin ghetto. That September, 5,000 Czechoslovakian Jews in Terezin were being sent to Auschwitz and my parents and I were on the list. Peter, determined to stay with us, was one of four who volunteered for that transport. That pushed the number to 5,004, so four from the original list were returned to the ghetto--I was one of them.
Lisl was assigned to a work detail making gas masks, and remained in Terezin until the end of the war. She later learned that her parents and brother were killed at Auschwitz.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Jenna Cunningham and Sarah Parsons scored two goals each to lead Dartmouth to a 6-2 win over Yale Saturday night at Ingalls Rink. Sophomore forward Aleca Hughes and senior forward Caroline Murphy scored Yale's goals.
Like Harvard did to the Bulldogs the night before, the Big Green scored early to take control of this game. Sophomore goalie Genny Ladiges made two quick saves 30 seconds in, stopping a shot by Kelly Foley and Jenna Hobeika's attempt to stuff in the rebound. But two minutes later Cunningham started the scoring with an unassisted goal, and she added another at the 9:38 mark. The Bulldogs did not get their first shot on goal until just over nine minutes remained in the period, as Murphy carried the puck in from the corner and attempted a backhander that Mariel Lacina (23 saves) stopped.
Yale (1-7-1, 1-7-0 ECAC Hockey) got within one on a nice play by Hughes. She got the puck at center ice, passed it to herself off the boards and went into the Dartmouth zone, then knocked in the rebound of her own shot at 4:17 of the second.
Dartmouth (4-3-1, 4-3-1 ECAC Hockey) quickly quelled any Yale momentum by taking advantage of a Yale penalty right after the Hughes goal. Kelly Foley's power-play goal got the Big Green lead back up to two goals, and Parsons added another power-play goal at 13:11 to make it 4-1.
Murphy drew Yale within 4-2 thanks to assists from freshman defenseman Jamie Gray and sophomore forward Becky Mantell at 18:49. But 5:35 into the third Amanda Trunzo redirected a pass from Parsons, the former U.S. Olympian, past Ladiges to make it 5-2.
The Bulldogs pulled Ladiges for an extra attacker later in the third, but Parsons quickly made them pay by putting in an empty-netter for the 6-2 final. Ladiges finished with 31 saves.
Yale hosts the Nutmeg Classic Friday and Saturday at Ingalls Rink. The Bulldogs play Sacred Heart at 4 p.m. Friday, followed by UConn-Quinnipiac. The consolation game is Saturday at 4 p.m. and the championship is Saturday at 7 p.m. Live video of both Yale games will be available through Yale All-Access.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – A dream job looking after a tropical island in Australia has attracted over 11,000 applicants -- including Osama bin Laden who failed to make the shortlist.
A spokeswoman for Tourism Queensland said the group had received over 11,000 video applications since advertising the A$150,000 ($96,000) "best job in the world" as caretaker of Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef.
One of the applications was a 30-second prank video showing the world's most wanted man, with nonsensical sounds dubbed over his real voice.
Using subtitles, bin Laden argues his case for the six-month contract, describing himself as "outgoing," "familiar with sandy areas" and experienced with "large scale event coordination."
He lists his interests as arts, crafts and renovating. Videos showing bin Laden speaking are widely available on the Internet.
A spokeswoman for Tourism Queensland said a person using bin Laden's identity had lodged an official application with required video that has made its way onto video sharing website YouTube, but the application has been rejected.
"While Tourism Queensland encourages people to be creative in their applications, they have to meet the selection criteria, including appropriate content, if they want to be considered for the job," said the spokeswoman.
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The $1.7 million "best job in the World" marketing campaign has attracted huge international interest, with applicants from 162 countries responding to the opening which closes on February 22.
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Her parents were Enos KAVCIC and Apolonia ALBRECHT. Enos was born 10 Aug 1856 in Austria. He married Apolonia in 1881 and the couple immigrated to the United States in 1892 with their two young children Mary and Helena. The settled in Beaver county, Pennsylvania and Enos became a natualized citizen on 5 Nov 1898 in Columbiana county, Ohio. He died 19 Oct 1908 and is buried at St Mary's Catholic Cemetery in East Palestine.
The children of Enos KAVCIC and Aplonia ALBRECHT were:
- Mary COUCHIE born 18 Dec 1889 in Austria. Married Jacob TROBEC on 24 Jan 1909 and died 20 Jan 1967 in East Palestine, Ohio.
- Helena COUCHIE born 5 Apr 1891 in Austria. Married Frank BOGATAY on 17 Jun 1907 and died 27 Mar 1916 in Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio.
- Charles Carl COUCHIE born 6 Sep 1894 in East Palestine. Married Stella Viola TYSON on 27 Nov 1916 and died 24 Mar 1980 in Alliance, Stark county, Ohio.
- Jean COUCHIE born 29 Dec 1896 in Pennsylvania. Married 15 Nov 1911 to Anthony BRELIH and died 16 Nov 1958 in East Palestine, Ohio.
- Anna COUCHIE born 25 Jun 1898 in Pennsylvania. Married George Bernard SCHULZ and died 8 Apr 1993 in Wildwood, Cape May, New Jersey.
- Angela Catherine COUCHIE (see above)
- Frank Martin COUCHE born 21 Sep 1902 in Pennsylvania. Married Alice Veronica KEGELMYER and died 28 Jun 1969 in Buffalo, Erie county, New York.
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LISLE – Twelve years ago this Sept. 11, George and Barbara Banas were on a boat, halfway between Morocco and Spain.
When word arrived that both World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon were struck by hijacked airplanes, the boat turned around and headed back to Tangier.
"We were detained because the Moroccan government didn't know exactly what the consequences of the attack would be on them, because there was at least one Moroccan national [who aided the attack]," said Banas, now 72. "So they didn't know if the U.S. government would retaliate against them one way or another."
Finally, after two tense weeks of being shuffled from hotel to hotel, the couple were released back to the U.S., he said.
Banas uses those two weeks as the jumping-off point for his debut fiction novel, "Terrorists and the Terchova Treasure." First published in 2010, it was named as an honorable mention July at the Hollywood Book Festival.
Banas, a resident of Lisle, gives $1 from every sale to the American Legion's efforts to help veterans. On Amazon.com, the paperback costs $14.42.
The thriller borrows stories and characters from Banas' experiences as an Army analyst during the Vietnam War, and then later as a government contractor and consultant to Eastern European countries, he said.
The plot follows a fictionalized version of himself, an aging analyst who has to call on old friends to help foil terrorist plots in the years after 9/11.
"People can read it as a sort of a thriller just looking at the action, they can look at it as a historical novel, or they can look at it on a wider scope – with a geopolitical or sociopolitical implications," he said.
The book reflects on who the American public was before 9/11, shortly after and now.
"Prior to the attacks, it seems that part of the American psyche was very naive," he said. "I think what's happening now – certainly we're weary about Afghanistan and Iraq, and we'd very much like to pull back and take care of our own business and be isolated. And I don't think the world is going to let us do that."
Banas started writing the book around the time of his retirement in 2003, two years after the attack. The first pressing, in larger type, ran around 700 pages. The new, Kindle edition in normal type runs about 550 pages, he said.
He hopes the added attention brought by the Hollywood Book Festival can aid his efforts to help area veterans in need.
"This is kind of one way I'm able to throw some money back into the pot and help folks get some income," he said.


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Faculty Handbook
Academic Leave Procedures for Faculty
I. Notification
Faculty members will be reminded by the Provost/Academic Vice President of the date by which sabbatic leave applications must be submitted (see III. 1.-2. below).
II. Eligibility
Eligibility shall be determined in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement or Board of Trustees resolution.
III. Application
A. Faculty members may apply for academic leave by completing the application form.
a. Teaching Faculty--to the Department sabbatical leave committee and/or Chairperson and the Dean of the School.
b. Librarians—to the Library sabbatical leave committee and/or Spokesperson and the Director of Library Services.
c. Counselors—to the Counselor sabbatical leave committee and/or Spokesperson, the Director of the Counseling Center, and the Dean of Student Affairs.
d. Administrative Faculty—to the immediate Supervisor and the appropriate management personnel.
3. The time sequence for completing the review follows:
a. By October 15th, Chairpersons, Spokespersons, Directors, and Supervisors shall submit written reviews of applications to the:
(1) Applicants.
(2) Chairperson of the Academic Leave Committee.
(3) The appropriate Dean, Associate Dean, or Director of Library Services.
b. By November 1, the Deans, Associate Deans, and the Director of Library Services submit written reviews of applications to:
(1) Applicants.
(2) Chairperson of the Academic Leave Committee.
B. In extenuating circumstances, an application for sabbatic leave maybe submitted two (2) years in advance because of the required time and/or funding commitments. Documentation of the need for an early decision must accompany the application so the Academic Leave Committee may present a rationale for recommendations to the University President.
IV. Review Procedures
A. Academic Department, Librarian Group, Counselor Group: Each application review shall be completed by the entire department or special committee elected by the department in accordance with its bylaws. The department review must be completed in accordance with the criteria stated in the Review of Sabbatic Leave form.
B. Administrative Faculty: Each application review shall be completed by the appropriate supervisor or director and must be in accordance with the criteria stated in the Review of Sabbatic Leave form.
C. Deans or Directors: Each application review shall be completed by the appropriate Dean or Director and must be in accordance with the criteria stated in the Dean's or Director's Review of Sabbatic Leave form.
D. An applicant may make a request to appear before the Committee to discuss his/her application. This request must be made to the Chairperson of the Committee within one (1) week of receiving the Dean's recommendation.
E. By December 15, the Academic Leave Committee's recommendations will be submitted to the University President and each applicant will be notified of the committee's recommendation regarding his/her proposal.
F. In January, the Board of Trustees acts upon the President's recommendations.
V. Disposition Of Academic Leave Applications
A. Upon completion of its deliberations, the Academic Leave Committee will submit to the University President copies of all material used in its deliberations along with its recommendations.
B. Committee members will destroy all remaining copies of the applications and other materials used in their deliberations.
C. The President will file the applications and related material in the personnel folder of each applicant.
Form: Application For Sabbatic Leave For Faculty
Form: Department, Library Faculty, or Counseling Center Review of Sabbatic Leave Proposal
Form: Dean or Director's Review of Sabbatic Leave Proposal
Revised: Aug. 1984; Mar. 1985; Sept. 1988
Senate Approval: Nov. 16, 1988
Admin. Approval: Jan. 2, 1990
Senate Approval: Apr. 26, 1991 (R91-4-8)
Admin. Approval: May 15, 1991


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Virtual Private Networking - PPTP
From NAS-Central Buffalo - The Linkstation Wiki
The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)[1] is a method for implementing virtual private networks.
Another method for VPN is OpenVPN.
PPTP implementation
- PPTP works by sending a regular PPP session to the peer with the Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) protocol. A second session on TCP port 1723 is used to initiate and manage the GRE session. PPTP is difficult to forward past a network firewall because it requires two network sessions.
- PPTP connections are authenticated with Microsoft MSCHAP-v2 or EAP-TLS. VPN traffic is optionally protected by MPPE encryption, which is described by RFC 3078.
- MSCHAP-v2 can be compromised if users choose weak passwords. The certificate-based EAP-TLS provides a superior security option for PPTP.
- Cisco first implemented PPTP and later licensed the technology to Microsoft. Mac OS X is bundled with a PPTP client. Palm PDA devices with Wi-Fi are bundled with the Mergic PPTP client.
- Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 and higher also support the PPTP protocol.
Poptop[2], is a PPTP Server for Linux, ports also exist for Solaris 2.6, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and others, it features:
- Microsoft compatible authentication and encryption (MSCHAPv2, MPPE 40 - 128 bit RC4 encryption)
- Support for multiple client connections
- Seamless integration into a Microsoft network environment (LDAP, SAMBA) using RADIUS plugin
- Works with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP PPTP clients
- Works with Linux PPTP client
- Poptop is free software, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)
Use apt-get to install Poptop:
apt-get install pptpd webmin-pptp-server
Then use the PPTP server configuration module for webmin to configure Poptop or you could configure it manually[3][4]
- ↑ Wikipedia:Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
- ↑ http://poptop.sourceforge.net/
- ↑ Debian pptpd HOWTO
- ↑ http://poptop.sourceforge.net/dox/
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HIV Prevention Counseling for Men Who Have Sex With Men
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000931
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 31, 2001
Last Update Posted : September 9, 2008
- Study Details
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- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
The purpose of this study is to see if a behavioral intervention, a special kind of counseling, can reduce the risk of HIV infection in men who have sex with men. The behavioral intervention will be compared to the standard risk reduction counseling that is given before and after getting an HIV test.
In standard pre- and post-test counseling, everyone is told the same things about how to prevent HIV. The behavioral intervention used in this study is designed to help each individual prevent HIV according to his specific problems and needs.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Behavioral: Behavioral intervention Behavioral: Risk-reduction counseling
|Phase 3
The intervention being evaluated in this trial is based on the extensive literature on behavioral approaches to risk reduction in MSM. These reviews recommend an intervention that, unlike the current standard HIV pre-test and post-test risk-reduction counseling, is tailored to an individual's unique problems and needs, lifestyle, and situations that contribute to high-risk behavior. Furthermore, there is a need for HIV-prevention intervention trials using biological endpoints (e.g., HIV seroconversion) in addition to behavioral change indices.
Participants are randomly assigned to receive either the behavioral intervention or the control risk-reduction counseling. The same counseling staff provides the two types of treatment. The behavioral intervention consists of 10 counseling sessions within a 4-month period followed by quarterly maintenance sessions for the remainder of the 3-year follow-up. The intervention is conducted on a one-to-one basis and targets condom use, change in sexual practices associated with HIV risk, and change in sexual practices in the context of alcohol and drug use. Participants in the control group receive pre- and post-test counseling at enrollment, then semiannually through Month 36. Beginning at Month 6, all participants complete routine semiannual visits. At each visit, Risk Assessment and phlebotomy for specimen collection for HIV antibody tests are administered. As is routine in most public counseling and testing venues, participants in the control condition do not see the same counselor consistently.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Enrollment :
|4350 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Clinical Trial of the Efficacy of a Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Acquisition of HIV Among Men Who Have Sex With Men
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Participants may be eligible for this study if they:
- Are an HIV-negative man who has had anal sex with another man in the 12 months prior to study entry.
- Are able to attend all scheduled study visits.
- Are able to provide information for locator purposes (address, phone number, etc.).
- Are at least 18 years old.
Exclusion Criteria
Participants will not be eligible for this study if they:
- Have been in a monogamous relationship for 2 years or more with an HIV-negative man. (Monogamous is defined as a relationship in which the members of the couple engage in sexual activities with only each other.)
- Have an obvious mental disorder or any another condition that would prevent them from completing the study.
- Are currently enrolled in any Phase III HIV vaccine trial, including the AIDSVAX Phase III trial sponsored by VaxGen, Inc.
- Are currently enrolled in HIVNET Protocol 014.
- Were enrolled in the HIVNET 015 Pilot Study.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00000931
|United States, California
|San Francisco Dept of Hlth / AIDS Office
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94102
|United States, Colorado
|Denver Dept of Public Health / HIVNET
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80204
|United States, Illinois
|Howard Brown Health Ctr
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60613
|United States, Massachusetts
|Fenway Community Health Ctr
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|United States, New York
|New York Blood Ctr
|Bronx, New York, United States, 10456
|United States, Washington
|Univ of Washington
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
|Study Chair:
|Chesney M, Coates T
|Study Chair:
|Koblin B
Publications of Results:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000931 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 31, 2001 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|September 9, 2008
|Last Verified:
|November 2006
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Homosexuality, Male
Behavior Therapy
HIV Seronegativity
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases


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The Lincoln Business
When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865 – only five days after Lee surrendered to Grant to end the Civil War – it marked the end of a giant of a man who led the fight to preserve the Union. But it was the beginning of a remarkable cult of personality unprecedented in American history.
When he died the next morning, his body was transported to the White House where he lay in state until being transported to the Capitol rotunda for further viewing. That was hardly the end of the Lincoln funeral as a grieving nation set out to honor their fallen president.
His body was placed on a train to Springfield, Illinois, for internment. Along the 1,654-mile journey that retraced the route Lincoln had traveled to Washington as the president-elect on his way to his first inauguration his body was taken to a dozen locations for massive funeral gatherings in Baltimore; Harrisburg, Penn.; Philadelphia; New York City; Albany, N.Y.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Cleveland; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; Michigan City, Ind.; and Chicago before arriving in Springfield.
In addition to the vast crowds that packed these sorrowful galas, millions more viewed the funeral train along the way. There would not be another such massive outpouring of national grief until President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Ga., in 1945. Like Lincoln, he had led the United States through a devastating war with the end in sight at the time of his death.
In the 147 years since his death, Lincoln has assumed even greater stature in the hearts and minds of his fellow Americans. As we marked the celebration of Presidents Day in February, an inevitable comparison arose between Lincoln and George Washington, known as "The Father of His Country."
Washington shepherded the United States to nationhood as its unquestioned leader during a tempestuous quarter-century that included the American Revolution and his two terms as the first president. This being the U.S., nothing is unquestioned but GW was definitely large and in charge. So why does he seem almost secondary to Lincoln in historical stature?
Historians will argue about this – and practically everything else – but a strong case can be made that it comes down to verisimilitude, the quality of realism. We don't really know what Washington looked like, beyond the powdered wig and the Gilbert Stuart portrait painted three years before Washington died in 1799 — there is no enduring image of him that seems really real, with the possible exception of a plaster cast of his face in a New York museum. His monument is an obelisk that looms large in the capital city that bears his name, but when you visit it George Washington is not there. Contrast that with the Lincoln Memorial, which leaves many visitors awestruck and talking in whispers.
That reaction was memorably captured the 1939 Frank Capra film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" with accidental Senator Jefferson Smith, played by Jimmy Stewart in one highlight of a distinguished career.
On his first visit to the Lincoln Memorial, Smith overhears a young boy and his grandfather reading aloud the Gettysburg Address from the inscription. Smith observes the scene with patriotic pride as an elderly black man with his hat against his chest looks up reverently. I first saw that film more than 30 years after its release and immediately identified with that scene – that could have been me and my dad the first time he took me there as a young child, the first of many visits over the course of a lifetime.
In a later scene, Smith recounts his first visit there on the Senate floor.
"I don't think I've ever been so thrilled in my whole life, and that Lincoln Memorial! Gee Whiz! And Mr. Lincoln, there he is. He's just lookin' right straight at ya as you come up those steps. Just, just sitting there like he was waiting for somebody to come along," Smith says in the film, an eloquent expression of an emotion felt by many of his fellow citizens.
The enormous statue of Lincoln sitting in a chair that dominates the interior of that Greek temple structure is all the more impressive because we know that is how Lincoln looked. He lived in the early days of photography when traveling Matthew Brady camera wagons captured the grim reality of the Civil War. They captured Lincoln as well, warts and all. The need for a photographic subject to remain perfectly still due to the long exposure time needed in those days lends additional gravitas to the pictures of the man. He stares out at us all these many years later, and we know this great man not just by his deeds but by his image.
There has never been the need for a Lincoln revival because he never went away in the public mind, but that awareness has been greatly magnified since the emergence from Illinois of another political leader onto the national stage.
Barack Obama launched his presidential campaign on the steps of the Illinois statehouse where Lincoln once served, and the symmetry between the author of the Emancipation Proclamation and the man who would become the first African-American to be elected president of the United States launched a new wave of Lincoln celebration.
An essay by Evan Thomas that appeared in Newsweek after the 2008 election described "two thin men from rude beginnings, relatively new to Washington but wise to the world, bring(ing) the nation together to face a crisis. Both are superb rhetoricians, both geniuses at stagecraft and timing. Obama, like Lincoln and unlike most modern politicians, even writes his own speeches, or at least drafts the really important ones — by hand, on yellow legal paper. …"
The comparison was undeniable – not that the Lincoln legend required any burnishing. As Business Journal writer Jill Swanson describes in a sidebar piece to this article, "There have been more than 15,000 books written about Lincoln, which include published speeches and pamphlets – more books that have been written about any other person in world history, with the exception of Jesus Christ."
Among the most celebrated Lincoln books in recent years was "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by noted presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Published by Simon & Schuster in 2005, this massive tome – 944 pages – emerged at a time when few predicted the rise of Obama. The book's theme rang true three years later when he established his own "team of rivals" by bringing former Democratic primary foes Joe Biden and Hilary Clinton into top positions in his cabinet.
The current Lincoln wave shows no sign of abating. Goodwin's book is being adapted for a big Hollywood movie scheduled for release at Christmas 2012. The movie – working title "Lincoln" – is being directed by Steven Spielberg and stars the British actor Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln. Both are Academy Award winners not exactly known for their cinematic restraint, so expect to see Lincoln's angst and melancholia laid out like industrial carpet – by the yard.
The supporting cast includes Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field, David Strathairn and Hal Holbrook, the veteran character actor who played Lincoln in a 1975 television mini-series based on the multi-volume biography authored by Carl Sandburg. Holbrook reprised the role of Lincoln 10 years later in another miniseries, "North and South," based on a family-saga trio of novels. The miniseries starred Patrick Swayze with Holbrook's Lincoln relegated to a minor role.
A more ambitious work was Gore Vidal's "Lincoln: A Novel," published in 1984, part of the author's Narratives of Empire series that spans the history of the United States from the revolution to the post-World War II years. This too was adapted into a 1988 miniseries starring Sam Waterston before his "Law and Order" days.
Indeed, the list of actors who have played Lincoln is lengthy in works that range from the ridiculous to the sublime. A young Henry Fonda starred in John Ford's "Young Mr. Lincoln." The fanciful 1939 film was based on a screenplay tailored to the Hollywood conventions of the time, but Fonda is impressive in the role.
Others with Lincoln on their movie or television resumes range from Gregory Peck, Raymond Massey and Jason Robards to Kris Kristofferson, Brendan Fraser and F. Murray Abraham.
Even more diverse are books about Lincoln.
"Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life," a book by Adam Gopnik published in 2009, starts from the fact Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born on the same date, Feb. 12, 1809, one in a cabin, one in a country house. Gopnik argues that both radically changed the way Americans and Englishmen think about the modern world – and they were born on the same day. What are the odds? At least Gopnik is brief.
Other themes explored in various books, essays and purportedly scholarly articles include speculation over whether Lincoln was mentally ill, a racist, an atheist, gay, a dictator, etc. Whatever your view of our 16th president, you can probably find some title among the over 15,000 books on the man to support your inclinations.
Another view of Lincoln exists among a minority of die-hard Confederates who disdain the term Civil War, preferring the more colorful "War of Northern Aggression," although the historical accuracy of that label is hotly disputed.
Prominent among these Lincoln-haters is Maurice Bessinger – and he doesn't like President Obama much either. In the 1950s and '60s, Bessinger's National Association for the Preservation of White People was a vocal opponent of desegregation, spoke out loudly against racial mixing, and refused to let blacks into the main dining room of his Maurice's Gourmet Barbeque restaurants in South Carolina. When that state permanently lowered the Confederate flag from its capitol dome a decade ago, Bessinger promptly hoisted it above his restaurants in defiance. For his trouble, Walmart pulled his Southern Gold barbecue sauce off its shelves, a move Bessinger said cost his company 98 percent of its wholesale business.
Eventually he pulled the flags down, but the damage was largely done. If you can overlook his racial attitudes, they do serve a good plate of barbecue at his restaurants. They also sell neo-Confederate literature including the book "Honest Abe Wasn't Honest" written by Pastor John Weaver, a graduate of Bob Jones University. Weaver – and Bessinger – argue that Lincoln was an evil man who issued "illegal" executive orders.
Contrast that with another book on the shelves at Maurice's Gourmet Barbeque entitled "Biblical View of Slavery," which argues that slavery is not evil because it is permitted in the Bible and that African slaves actually felt happy and blessed to be slaves, and they were sad when slavery was abolished. So Maurice, your view is Lincoln evil, slavery not evil? Got it. Think I'll pass on eating any more of that barbecue next time I visit South Carolina.
with Lincoln genre is the story "Wolfman Lincoln in Murder at the Astrodome," which portrays Lincoln as a time-traveling detective who also happens to be a werewolf. He is retained to investigate a murder by Houston legend Judge Roy Hofheinz, who built the Astrodome – and hilarity ensues.
The author is T. Sean Shannon, a comedy writer who worked on "In Living Color" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and won an Emmy and Writers Guild Award for his work on "Saturday Night Live." He directed the 2008 feature film "Harold" starring Spencer Breslin, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ally Sheedy – and is the younger brother of Business Journal editor James Shannon. The inclusion of "Wolfman Lincoln in Murder at the Astrodome" is not intended as a form of familial opportunism but to illustrate the absurdity of some entries in the Lincoln bibliography – although "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter" accomplished that feat all on its own.
To return to the original theme – that Abraham Lincoln is the focus of a remarkable cult of personality unprecedented in American history – the Lincoln business is thriving and shows no signs of abating more than 200 years after his birth. n


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I wonder if there is like a dot or something under the cup that lets the guy know its right? probably its in Indian?
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