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I received a phone call yesterday from an Anne Marie Mistretta. She explained she is involved in the Crail Ranch Conservators and wanted to know if I was Kathleen Halley related to Fanny (Crail) Halley, I said that I was and asked how she found me, she said she was researching the Halley surname and she came across my web site, then googled me! Anna Marie explained that the Crail Ranch is a historic site and that she was researching the ancestry of the Crail family.
Fanny (Crail) Halley is my 2nd great grandmother, and the sister of Augustus Franklin Crail, who established the ranch. She told me she had pictures of Fanny, her two daughters, and Fanny's brothers. She e-mailed them to me! I was so excited; I now know what they look like!
Fanny (Crail) Halley - unknown date Martha & Mary Halley – unknown date
I do not know which one is Martha or Mary
Fanny's brothers
Augustus Frank Crail –unknown date Albert Crail –unknown date John Crail & family – unknown date
Established Crail Ranch
A brief history about the ranch
In 1902, Augustus Franklin Crail moved his family to
(now called Big Sky), after he purchased a small cabin and a 160-acre homestead.
The Crails raised wheat, cattle, horses, and sheep. The home stead was occupied
by Crail family members for nearly 50 years. Gallatin Canyon Basin
In 1950, Emmet, Augustus son, sold the ranch; the ranch was sold at least two more times.
In 1982 the Historic Crail Ranch is listed on the National Register of Historic Places through efforts of a group of Big Sky residents.
In 1997 The Crail Ranch buildings and about one acre of land was turned over to the non-profit Big Sky Community Corporation as a community resource.
The Crail Ranch Conservators mission is to preserve and maintain the ranch as a heritage property and to promote it as an educational resource.
The Conservators are also working on several projects, besides establishing a Museum and preserving the Ranch's collection of historic artifacts, photographs and documents, they are also researching the ancestry of the Crail Family.
To read more about the Historic Crail Ranch please see the web site at http://www.crailranch.org
When my grandmother passed away a few years ago, I inherited all of her pictures. Among the pictures was a photograph of women with no name written on the back. I believe this now to be Fanny.
Picture from Anna Marie Picture from my grandmother
Do you think they are the same women?

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Amphora was presented at The Third Meeting of Alcohol Policy Network, 10-12 June 2009, in the framework of The Building Capacity Project, in Stockholm.
The three-day programme included presentations on three key topics of AMPHORA. Peter Anderson discussed the importance of translating science into policy. After, Esa Österberg highlighted the relevance of an evidence base on the economic and physical availability of alcohol. Also, Dirk Lachenmeier described the contribution of AMPHORA on the analysis of illegal and surrogate alcohol.


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Female illusionist a star who paved way for others
A talented makeup artist, designer and female illusionist, Erica Andrews was regarded as a kind, open-hearted founder of the local transgender community.
Andrews died Monday in Chicago from a lung infection.
Her career as a female illusionist in San Antonio began in 1989. Originally Erica Hutton, she inherited the last name Andrews from her late drag mother, or mentor, Tandri Andrews. In one of her first appearances, she vied for the newcomer of the year title at the Paper Moon, now The Saint, in the Main Avenue area known as the Strip.
"Before she was a pageant queen she was an incredible makeup artist," her friend Kourtney Devereaux said. "She's always been gorgeous even when she wasn't yet a woman."
Andrews became well known in the drag community for her risqué evening gowns.
After winning the Ms. San Antonio pageant at The Saint in 1996, then Ms. Texas in 1997 and Ms. Gay USofA in 1999, she achieved the title Miss International Queen in Pattaya, Thailand, in 2006.
"She was very multitalented," her friend Layla LaRou said, "She was so beautiful on stage to where no one could compare."
After earning her place in the spotlight, Andrews performed throughout the country in drag shows as well as starring in two films, the documentary "Trantasia" and "Ticked-off Trannies with Knives." She also appeared on the Tyra Banks and Maury Povich TV shows.
But she also remained active in the local drag community, performing weekly at nightclubs along Main — Heat, The Saint and, more recently, Pegasus
LaRou said Andrews helped outline how to make the art form into a career.
Gabriel Dominguez, general manager of Pegasus, said he and assistant general manager Mike Rodriguez would always run decisions by Andrews.
"Even though we hired her, she was our boss," he laughed. "She helped us a lot when we were just starting out in the business."
In September, Andrews held "The Haus of Andrews" pageant at Pegasus, with up-and-coming drag performers competing for a chance to be inducted into the Andrews drag family. Dominguez said Erica Andrews' mentorship meant a great deal to those pursuing a similar career.
"If you hold the name Andrews, that means you're top-tier," Rodriguez said.
"She put a lifetime of work into being a female illusionist," Devereaux said.


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This is an unrivaled opportunity for those who want to challenge their teaching skills, are ready to be flexible and adapt to the cultural differences that arise when teaching in a country different from your own. This prestigious government funded project offers very competitive tax free salaries.
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Find a body of water in the Lowcountry, and at this time of year, you are likely to find something with feathers floating on it.
It might be a coot, a gallinule, a loon, a grebe or a cormorant. Then again, it just might be a duck.
Unlike our woodland songbirds that forage in bushes and trees, ducks hang out in full view of anyone with the time and inclination to watch them. They do have a tendency to retreat, as far from land as possible, so a spotting scope that brings images from 20 to 60 times closer is an invaluable tool for duck study.
The first question you might be asking is, "How do I know it's a duck?"
As a family, ducks have several distinct physical characteristics.
For starters, all ducks have wide, webbed feet, great for paddling and diving. This feature can be less than helpful for the birdwatcher attempting to identify a swimming bird, as the subject can rarely be persuaded to roll over and float on its back while waving its feet in the air.
Do not despair! Some species of ducks, known as dabblers, feed in shallow water by turning bottoms-up.
They submerge their heads to forage for tasty plant matter and invertebrates beneath the surface, thus leaving their rumps in the air. They paddle with their feet to sustain the activity, allowing the canny watcher to glimpse the telltale webs.
Occasionally, a duck will emerge from the water for a spot of grooming or to feed in the grass, flashing its toes distinctly joined by slings of flesh.
Another more obvious duck feature is the broad, flattened bill, great for scooping up plants and invertebrates. The bill may have an obvious "nail tooth" at the end, good for rooting around to unearth tasty tidbits.
It may also include a comb-like structure on the side to strain out the water while retaining the food.
Naturally, just to complicate matters, there are exceptions to the broad, flat bill feature. Mergansers are fish-eating ducks with long, serrated bills, suitable for grasping slippery fish.
As for body shape, ducks will not generally make it on the modeling circuit. Most can be described as compact, even plump. This shape is perfect for streamlined swimming. A duck's plumage is so well constructed that it completely protects the layers of insulating down that keep the duck warm when foraging for food in chilly water.
Ducks that breed in diverse areas up north find their way to the Lowcountry for the winter. Male ducks scout the hens each season for a suitable mate, then follow her to her home territory - be it a prairie pothole in North Dakota or a bit of Alaskan tundra.
Once she settles in to lay her eggs, her mate says, "Nice knowing you," and heads off to hang with his buddies. She raises the young alone while he looks for a protected area where he will molt all his flight feathers, reverting - for the off-season - to an "eclipse" plumage similar to that of the female.
Throughout the centuries, humans have valued ducks, both as a source of food and as a form of recreation. In 1934, as one response to alarming drops in the country's waterfowl populations, the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp was created.
Anyone planning to hunt migratory waterfowl was required to purchase this license. Ninety-eight cents of every dollar generated by the purchase of these Duck Stamps is used to purchase or lease wetland habitat for protection in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Duck hunters rightly complain that they have been the ones carrying the load.
I encourage all the bird lovers among us to buy a Duck Stamp. Visit an area Post Office or sporting goods store and invest a mere $15 in conserving the wetlands that nurture both ducks and humans.
Happy duck watching!
Bird enthusiast Diana Churchill can be reached via email at email@example.com.


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Abstract: Polynesian Contacts with the New World
The possibility that Polynesian voyagers reached the shores of the New World before Columbus has been considered by scientists and non-scientists alike for nearly two centuries. In North America where the case for contact has focused on sewn-plank boats and bone and shell fishhooks (which show strong similarities with Polynesian technologies), the possibility was discussed regularly between the 1910s and the 1950s. In South America the case for contact was considered as far back as the early 1800s based on fishhook styles, sewn-plank boats and chickens on the coast of Chile, and the sweet potato and associated liguistic referents in the north. By the late 1970s, the possibility of contact especially in the northern hemisphere had disappeared almost entirely from mainstream scholarly discourse due to shifting theoretical priorities. Benefitting from enhanced perspectives on Polynesian voyaging capabilities that emerged in the 1990s. a number of scholars have rediscovered the long-dormant case for Polynesian contact and a flood of sophisticated new research has been completed on the issue in the last five years. In this talk I'll review the evidence for Polynesian contact with the Americas in the northern and southern hemispheres and ponder the question of why American (and some Pacific) scholarscontinue to dismiss the possibility of such contacts even though the passages involved were well within the capabilities of Polynesian seafarers.
Short bibliography and website on lecture topic:
Anderson, A. 2006. Polynesian seafaring and American horizons. American Antiquity 71:759-763.
Arnold, J.E. 2007. Credit where credit is due: The history of the Chumash oceangoing plank canoes. American Antiquity 72:196-209.
Ballard, C., P. Brown, R.M. Bourke, and T. Harwood, The Sweet Potato in Oceania: A Reappraisal, The University of Sydney, Australia.
Davies, N. 1979. Voyageurs to the New World. New York: William Morrow and Company.
Dixon, R.B. 1918. Culture Contact and Migration versus Independent Origin: A Pleas for More Light. American Anthropologist 20:124-28.
1933. Contacts with America across the Southern Pacific. In The American Aborigines. D. Jenness, ed.: pp.313-353. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Finney, B. 1994. Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey through Polynesia. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Gongora, J., N.J. Rawlence, V.A. Mobegi, H. Jianlin, J.A. Alcalde, J.T. Matus, O. Hanotte, C. Moran, J.J. Austin, S. Ulm, A.J. Anderson, G. Larson and A. Cooper. 2008. Indo-European and Asian origins for Chilean and Pacific chickens revealed by mDNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 105(30):10308-10313.
Green, R.C. 2000. A Range of Disciplines Support a Dual Origin for the Bottle Gourd in the Pacific. Journal of the Polynesian Society 109:191-197.
2001. Commentary on the Sailing Raft, the Sweet Potato and the South American Connection. Rapa Nui Journal 15:69-77.
Hather, P. and P.V. Kirch 1991. Prehistoric sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) from Mangaia Island, Central Polynesia. Antiquity 65:887.
Heyerdal, T. 1950. The Kon-Tiki expedition; by raft across the South Seas. London: Allen and Unwin.
Irwin G. 1992. The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Jones, T.L. and K.A. Klar. 2005. Diffusionism reconsidered: Linguistic and archaeological evidence for prehistoric Polynesian contact with southern California. American Antiquity 70:457-484.
Jones, T.L., A.A. Storey, E.A. Matisso-Smith,a nd J.M. Ramirez-Aliaga (eds.) 2011 Polynesians in America: Pre-Columbian Contacts with the New World. Altamira Press, New York.
Lawler, Andrew. 2010 Beyond Kon-Tiki: Did Polynesians Sail to South America. Science 328:1344-1347.
Montenegro, A., C. Avis, A. Weaver, 2008. Modeling the prehistoric arrival of the sweet potato in Polynesia. Journal of Archaeological Science 35:355-367.
Ramirez, J.M. 1991. Transpacific contacts: "The Mapuche connection." Rapa Nui Journal 4:53-55.
Riley, C.L., J.C. Kelly, C.W. Pennington, and R.L. Rands (eds.). 1971. Man Across the Sea: Problems of Pre-Columbian Contacts. University of Texas Press, Austin.
Scaglion, R. 2005. Kumara in the Ecuadorian Gulf of Guayaquil? In The Sweet Potato in Oceania: A Reappraisal, edited by C. Ballard, P. Brown, R.M. Bourke, and T. Harwood, pp. 35-41. The University of Sidney, Australia.
Storey, A.A., J.M. Ramirez, D. Quiroz, D.V. Burley, D.J. Addison, R. Walter, A.J. Anderson, T.L. Hunt, J.S. Athens, L. Huynen, and E.A. Matisoo-Smith. 2007. Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 104:10335-10339.
Storey, A.A., D. Quiroz, J.M. Ramirez, N. Beavan-Athfield, D.J. Addison, R. Walter, T. Hunt, J.S. Athens, L. Huynen, and E.A. Matisoo-Smith. 2008. Pre-Columbia chickens, dates, isotopes, and mtDNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 105:E99.
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Simulation of a planet and debris ring around the star Fomalhaut. The planet, in an eccentric orbit causes the center of the ring to be offset from the star.
This animation is based on research by the independent research team of Adam Deller and Sarah Maddison (Swinburne Center for Astrophysics and Supercomputing) published in The Astrophysical Journal, 625 (2005) 398-413.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker Cobras and the Carson-Newman Eagles split their South Atlantic Conference double-header on Saturday (Mar. 15). The Eagles won game one in extra innings 7-6, while the Cobras used some late inning heroics to capture a 5-4 win in game two. Coker moves to 14-9 overall and 7-7 in league play.
In the first game of the day Carson-Newman took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Coker responded with a run in the bottom of the third when Jarren Donato stole home to tie the game. The Cobras took a 3-1 lead with the help of back-to-back RBI singles by Sammy Song and Fico Kondla in the bottom of the fifth.
The Eagles plated five runs over the sixth and seventh innings to take a 6-3 lead. Tyler Bires made it a 6-4 game with an RBI single in the eighth. A two-run double by T.J. Giczkowski in the bottom of the ninth tied the game at six and sent it to extra innings. Carson-Newman scored the game-winning run in the top of the tenth inning, taking home the 7-6 victory.
Andrew Goot (0-2) suffered the loss; he allowed one run on one hit in two innings on the hill.
Giczkowski had a double with two RBIs, while Song had a pair of hits with an RBI. Kondla and Bires also drove in a run each and Jack Leech was 2-for-4 in game one.
The Cobras took home a 5-4 win in game two thanks to a four-run seventh inning that included a two-run homer by Shea Bell and a game-winning two-run double by Giczkowski.
After falling behind 4-1, the Navy and Yellow headed into the bottom of the seventh with their backs against the wall. Leech led of the inning with a walk and after a groundout; Bell smashed a two-run home run over the left field fence to make it a 4-3 game. An Eagle error put Song on first with two outs and after a Kondla walk, Giczkowski sent a ball deep into centerfield to score both Song and Kondla to give the Cobras the win.
Goot (1-2) earned the win with two innings scoreless and hitless innings of relief.
Bell finished the game 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs, while Giczkowski was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Donato also had a hit and drove in a run.
The Cobras will return to action on Monday (Mar. 17) for a non-conference double-header at home against Clarion. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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Focus on Education
Originally published in Island Ad-Vantages, August 30, 2012
Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary and High Schools - Back to school information
Opening Day
Elementary: Kindergarten, third and sixth grades start on Tuesday, September 4.
All students attend school on Wednesday, September 5.
High school: Ninth graders start on Tuesday, September 4.
All students attend school on Wednesday, September 5.
The school day at the elementary school is from 7:55 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays. On Fridays, the school hours are 7:55 a.m. to 1:40 p.m.
The school day at the high school is from 7:50 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. On Fridays, the school hours are 7:50 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Elementary School Principal Mike Benjamin, 348-6301, ext. 6303, firstname.lastname@example.com
/> Elementary School Assistant Principal Jane Greenlaw, 348-6301 ext. 303, email@example.com
/> High School Principal Todd West, 348-2303 ext. 11, firstname.lastname@example.com
/> Adult education office, 348-9997.
Sandy Robinson, high school student services director, 326-9005, firstname.lastname@example.com
/> Matt Larsen, athletic director, 348-6147, firstname.lastname@example.com
/> Superintendent Mark Jenkins, 359-8400, firstname.lastname@example.com
/> Joshua Nichols, Director of Special Services, 359-8400
Elementary school Web site, dises.org
High school website, dishs.org
At the elementary school, full price lunch is $2.25; reduced price is 40¢. Full price breakfast is $1.25; reduced price is free. Milk is 25¢.
The menu for the first week of elementary school is Tuesday, grilled chicken burger or sandwich, vegetable, cookie milk; Wednesday, shepard's pie with roll or sandwich, vegetable, fruit milk; Thursday, cheese or veggie pizza or sandwich, vegetable, cookie milk; Friday, taco made with chicken or refried beans, vegetable, fruit milk.
At the high school, lunch prices are $2.50 for full price; 40¢ reduced price. Milk is 25¢.
Applications for free and reduced price meals will be sent home at the beginning of school.
New Staff
Taking up the reins as a special education teacher at Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School is Jillian RJ Tripp. She is an experienced speech language pathologist and special education teacher who has worked most recently as a speech pathologist in Surry. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Maine at Farmington and a master's degree form UMO.
Kimberly Thomas from Gilford, N.H. has been named the middle level reading teacher for DI-S Elementary School. She holds a bachelor of science degree from St. Joseph's College. While there, she had experiences in a number of area elementary schools in Standish, Gray, Raymond, Windham and Portland.
Deborah Ladd brings a wealth of professional experience to the fifth-grade position at DI-S Elementary School. She has taught most elementary grade levels and most recently has been the middle school principal in Dover-Foxcroft. She earned both her bachelor and master degrees from the University of Maine.
Amber Hawkins spent her first professional year teaching middle school aged students at an international school in Daegu, South Korea. Now, she will be one of the second-grade teachers at DI-S Elementary School. She is a 2011 graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington.
Mary Penford of Deer Isle will be the new high school math teacher at DI-S High School. Mary has had many educational experiences over the years and has done extensive volunteer work for the Deer Isle-Stonington schools. She earned her bachelor's from Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y. and her master's from State University of Albany.
Darcey Stevenson, formally of Wiscasset, will be the new high school resource room teacher for DISHS. She has earned both bachelor's and master's degrees from Syracuse University in New York. She has been a life skills teacher at Wiscasset High School for the past ten years
Elizabeth Kyzer is the new K-12 music teacher for the DI-S Consolidated School District. Along with four years of public school teaching, she has had many musical experiences and positions. She is coming to us from Hawley, Pa.
Katharine Fodnaess will be the new K-12 nurse for the Deer Isle-Stonington schools. Katharine has a great deal of school and other medical experiences and most recently has been the district nurse for Searsport schools. Besides being a registered nurse, she also holds business and education degrees.
New School Union 76 superintendent
Mark Jenkins, a 25-year veteran principal and teacher, was hired as the new superintendent in June. Jenkins recently served as principal of Fort Fairfield High School for 12 years.
Students should be out at least five minutes earlier than the time for their pickup. They should not be running out the door at the last minute to catch the bus. This throws off the schedule for every student after that stop.
Questions should be directed to Darlene Turner at 348-5237
Bus A. Mary Hutchinson: 7:02, Burnt Cove Rd.; 7:10, Highland Ave.; 7:11, Greenhead; 7:14, Sand Beach; 7:18, Rte. 15A to Sunset Crossroad; 7:25, Sunset Crossroad; 7:35, high school.
Bus B. Erin Eaton: 6:50, Eggemoggin Rd.; 6:55, Blastow's Cove Rd.; 7:02, Little Deer Isle Rd.; 7:05, North Deer Isle Rd.;7:08, Lowe Rd.; 7:14, Center District Crossroad; 7:16, Rte. 15A; 7:20, Dunham Point Rd.; 7:22, Perez Crossroad; 7:25, Pressey Village; 7:30, Bridge Street; 7:35, high school.
Bus C. Selene Hardy: 7:05, Weedfield Rd.; 7:10, RT 15A from Sunset Crossroad to Dunham Pt. Rd.; 7:17, King Row; 7:25, Dow Rd.; 7:30, Quaco Rd.; 7:35, high school.
Bus D. Donald Rochefort: 6:50 Reach Rd.; 7:00 Fish Creek; 7:08, Sunshine Rd. 7:16, loop around by Black Point Rd. 7:18, East Side Rd. 7:20, Sunshine Rd. out through Rte.15; 7:35, high school.
Bus E. Kevin Barrett: 6:55, Airport Rd. (RT 15A side); 7:02, Oceanville Rd.;7:15, Rte. 15; 7:19, downtown; 7:21, Cemetery Rd.; 7:23, Tea Hill Rd.; 7:26, Rte. 15 up to high school; 7:35, high school.
The projected enrollment is 217 students in the elementary school and 134 in the high school.
Elementary school: DISES will be joining the Coastal Athletic League, including Sedgwick, Brooklin, Penobscot, Brooksville, Castine, Surry and the Bay School. Fifth graders will be allowed to participate in soccer, basketball and cheering. Athletic schedules and information will be posted at facebook.com/DiSElementaryAthletics.
High school: Check dishs.org for game schedules.
Aug. 29-30 - Teacher workshops
Sep. 4 - First student day
Oct. 8 - Columbus Day
Nov. 2 - End first quarter
Nov. 8 - Parent/Teacher conferences, early dismissal
Nov. 9 - Teacher workshops
Nov. 12 - Veterans Day
Dec. 24-Jan. 2 - Winter holiday vacation
Jan. 18 - End second quarter
Jan. 21 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Feb. 18-22 - Winter vacation
Mar. 7 - Parent/Teacher conferences, early dismissal
Mar. 8 - Teacher workshop
Apr. 5 - End third quarter
Apr. 15-19 - Spring vacation
May 27 - Memorial Day
Jun. 16 - High school graduation
Jun. 21 - End fourth quarter
Jun. 21 - Last student day
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'Rock of Ages': '80s-inspired musical is off-key, critics say
"Rock of Ages," adapted from the stage musical of the same name, is set amid the 1980s rock scene on the Sunset Strip — but it's also, to put it in contemporary terms, something of a mash-up, sampling songs from the era (by Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Foreigner), Broadway flourishes and Hollywood tropes (including a "Footloose"-style killjoy). Tom Cruise is the headliner, playing an aggrandized rock god named Stacee Jaxx, and Adam Shankman ("Hairspray") directs.
Although Cruise's outsize performance is earning praise from critics, many reviewers are saying that "Rock of Ages" fails to hit the right notes.
The Times' Kenneth Turan is among the critics giving "Rock of Ages" a positive review, declaring it "a triumph of genial impudence over good sense and better taste" and "the guiltiest of guilty pleasures." The film succeeds, Turan writes, "because of its unlikely combination of a guileless, thunderously cliched boy-meets-girl plot structure conveyed in a sophisticated, showbiz-savvy style." The acting helps too, with "a sterling group of supporting actors to keep us entertained" and especially "fearless work" by Cruise.


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Mr. Clarence Lee ?Johnny? Hogwood, Jr., age 63 of Kennesaw, Ga., died Tuesday, August 25, 2009.
Mr. Hogwood was born in Floyd County, Ga. on Sept. 10, 1945, son of the late Clarence Lee Hogwood, Sr. and Mary Lois Weems Hogwood. He graduated from Johnson High School and Berry College. Mr. Hogwood remained active with his high school Alumni. He owned and operated Accounting Data Systems. In addition to his parents, Mr. Hogwood was preceded in death by his son, Jeffrey Glen Hogwood.
Survivors include his wife, Marsha Tuck Hogwood to whom he was married on Nov. 8, 1963; son and daughter-in-law, William Brian and Kim Hogwood, Marion, Oh.; daughter and son-in-law, Leigh Ann and Keith Lomax of Dallas, Ga.; four grandchildren, Kristina Ashley Wharton and Brandon Keith Lomax, both of Dallas, Ga., and Dalton Adkins and Breonna Hogwood, both of Marion, Oh.; brother and sister-in-law, Thomas F. and Dorsie Nell Hogwood, Silver Creek, Ga.; and a sister, Linda Amonds of Austell, Ga.
A Celebration of Life was held Friday, August 28 at 2 p.m. in the Heritage Chapel of the McGuire, Jennings, & Miller Funeral Home with the Rev. Jess Harkins officiating. Interment followed in the East View Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, (Kennesaw, Ga.), P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, Va. 22312 or visit the Web site www.diabetes.org.
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John Osborne
John Adam ?Pilgrim? Osborne, age 66 of Dayton, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at Parkridge in Chattanooga.
He was born June 26, 1943 in Weehawken, N.J., the son of the late Clyde and Mae (Chiamese) Osborne. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Anna Lee (Dills) Osborne; and daughter, Teresa Daniel.
John lived in Jasper for many years before moving to Dayton in 2000. He was the former owner of Associated Air in Jasper. He enjoyed golf and restoring antique vehicles. He served his country in the US Army, stationed in Greenland.
Survivors include his daughters, Ann (Gerald) Hammontree, Tunnel Hill, Ga., Karen (Ken) Boring, Naples, Fl., Michelle (Jeff) Holloway, Ellijay, Ga., and Sonji (Chris) Romine, Jasper, Ga. Ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held Saturday at noon from Vanderwall Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Clyde Fitzgerald officiating. Burial with military honors was held at Rhea Memory Gardens, followed by a white dove release.
Mather Garrett
Mather Cletus Garrett, age 94 of Ball Ground, passed away Friday, August 28, 2009 at his residence.
Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Mae Garrett; children, Shirley Newberry, Ball Ground, Dorothy Giffing, Jasper, Sandra Grizzle, Ball Ground, Judy Cantrell, Jasper, Sam (Pat) Garrett, Ball Ground, and Patsy (Charlie) Ratford, Ellijay; and brother, Elmer Garrett, Dahlonega. Eighteen grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren also survive. Mr. Garrett was preceded in death by his son, Cletus Clifford Garret; sisters, Illar Evans and Bessie Towell; and brother, Ray Garrett.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 30 from Sosebee Memorial Chapel with the Revs. Mike Harris and Shane Matthews officiating. Interment followed in the Burt Family Cemetery in Dawson County.
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Mary Baker
Mrs. Mary Baker, age 69 of Tate, GA, passed away Friday, August 28, 2009.
She was a member of Conns Creek Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Hoyt Thomas Baker.
Survivors include daughter and son-in-law, Vickie and Danny Smith, Canton; sons and daughters-in-law, Randy and Hanna Baker, Jasper, and Rev. Danny and Pam Baker, Canton; grandchildren, Craig Smith and Hannah and Micah Baker; sister, Geraldine Jones, Roswell; sister-in-law, Maureen Kirby, Smyrna; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Patsy and Jerry Wilson, Florida, Kathryn and Skip Weiss, Canton, and Nancy and Bobby Gravitt of Jesup, Ga. Nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive.
The funeral service was held Sunday, August 30 at 4 p.m. at New Harmony Baptist Church with the Revs. Clyde Boling, Steve Chadwick, Barry Payne and Jerry Cantrell officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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Elfriede Mason
Mrs. Elfriede Mason, age 78 of Jasper, passed away Friday, August 28, 2009 at Heartland Hospice House in Cartersville.
Survivors include her daughter, Eva Garrett, Ball Ground; sister, Herta Watson, Augusta, Ga.; grandchildren, Krissy Miller, Jason Garrett and Tommy Greene; and great-grandchildren, Sabrina Lawrence, Summer Michelle, Hope and Morgan Garrett.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, August 31 from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Rev. Hoyt Jenkins officiating. Interment followed in Sunrise Memorial Gardens in Jasper. Pallbearers were: Tommy and Adam Green, Jason Garrett and Robert Miller.
Bryan Silvers
Mr. Bryan Keith Silvers, age 48 of Marble Hill, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Atlanta Medical Center.
Survivors include his daughters and sons-in-law, Misty and Justin Burnett, Marble Hill, and Beverly and Jason Burnett, Canton; sister, Martha Ann McClure, Calhoun; and uncle, Gary Silvers. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Mr. Silvers was preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Silvers.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1 from Corinth Baptist Church with the Revs. Leroy Kelley and Huey Holloway officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were: Anthony, Luke and Bryan Silvers, Gary, Russell and Tadpole Evans and Fred Buchanan. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Jessica Woodward
Jessica Brooke Woodward, 20 years old, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009 at Grady Memorial Hospital following injuries received in an automobile accident.
Jessica was born Sept. 7, 1988 in Whitfield County. She was the daughter of Cayce and Tina Woodward.
Jessica was preceded in death by her father, Cayce Woodward, and grandfather, Gene Woodward.
Jessica was a member of Crossroads of Life Baptist Church and a 2007 graduate of Crossroads Christian Academy.
Survivors include her mother, Tina Faber, and step-father, Mark Faber; grandparents, Bill and Gloria Hawkins, Patsy and Eddie Bryant and Nath and Debra Jordan. Aunts, uncles, nephews and nieces also survive.
The funeral service was held August 26 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Rev. Chip Ray and Evangelist Randy Southerland officiating. Interment followed at Sunrise Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were: Jordan Moody, Zach Peardon, Caleb Ray, Daniel Collett, Jaron Gilbert and Paul Davis.


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Feb. 12, 2013 — Decisions about future energy challenges are too often hindered by propaganda, half-truths and a limited grasp of the science that informs the choice and use of hydrocarbon and other resources, according to delegates at the annual conference of the British Geophysical Association (BGA), to take place in the Geological Society, Burlington House in London Feb. 14 and 15.
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For example, rather than being a quick fix that helps cut carbon dioxide emissions, poor quality carbon capture and storage may actually make things worse whereas 'fracking', the controversial gas and oil extraction technique, may prove to be vital in the years ahead. Leaders from universities and industry will come together to discuss these issues at the BGA meeting, where delegates will discuss the sustainability, security and risks of future energy choices.
Scientists at the conference will argue that evidence from geophysics must be part of the political decision making process, as the UK and other countries consider how to maintain the stable energy supply we depend on while simultaneously reducing the emission of carbon dioxide, one of the key greenhouse gases responsible for global warming.
At first sight, carbon capture and storage (CCS) appears to be a technological fix that allows us to carry on using the fossil fuels oil, gas and coal (hydrocarbons) to generate energy. CCS power stations could pump the resulting greenhouse gases to underground reservoirs rather than releasing them into the atmosphere.
In reality, it is not so simple. Even handling the greenhouse gases emitted by fossil fuel burning means storing something close to 3.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, a volume comparable to the 27 billion barrels of oil produced annually. And for the storage to be worthwhile the gases must also be stored in reservoirs that leak at rates of less than 1% per thousand years, at which point their carbon footprint effectively matches that of renewable energy sources. Geophysical modelling and monitoring, to be discussed at the meeting, is needed to ensure reliable storage for the thousands of years required.
A related discussion centres on 'fracking', potentially a huge new energy source for the UK, but one that is struggling for public acceptance despite the promise it holds of lower energy prices and better energy security. Until now media coverage of fracking has centred on the perceived environmental risks, such as earthquakes and contamination of groundwater.
In his keynote address to the BGA meeting, Professor Mark Zoback of Stanford University points to the data from the ten years of gas production by fracking at 150,000 sites across the United States. US Geological Survey information demonstrates that earthquakes can result from fracking, but that serious effects can be avoided with careful choice of location. Ironically European countries that have banned fracking are now purchasing US coal for power stations and driving up carbon dioxide emissions as a result.
Intriguingly, Prof. Zoback draws a comparison between fracking and CCS. The techniques are similar -- pumping fluid into rocks -- and he argues therefore carry the same risks of earthquakes in some rock types and locations. The problem is that these tremors could then release carbon dioxide too quickly, well above the 1% loss per thousand years needed for CCS to be effective. If carbon capture and storage is to have any effect on greenhouse gas emissions, reservoir locations will need to be chosen with care.
Other sessions at the meeting will cover risks associated with nuclear power in the light of Fukushima, renewable energy from wind turbines and criteria for nuclear waste storage sites.
Meeting organiser Prof. Mike Kendall of the University of Bristol commented: "A reliable, affordable and environmentally friendly supply of energy is one of the major challenges facing society. And although there are numerous different options, there is no single silver bullet that will solve this challenge. The issues are clouded by misinformation and a poor public understanding of the underpinning science. Geophysicists have a key role to play in helping clarify these complex issues and can help governments make the right decisions on how we supply energy to homes and businesses in the 21st century."
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* New law calls for life sentences in some cases
* United States says legislation will complicate ties
* Law will please conservative voters ahead of 2016 poll (Adds Austria reviewing aid, U.N. commissioner comment)
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ENTEBBE, Uganda, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Uganda's president signed a law imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality on Monday, defying protests from rights groups, criticism from Western donors and a U.S. warning that it will complicate relations.
The new bill strengthened existing punishments for anyone caught having gay sex, imposing jail terms of up to life for "aggravated homosexuality" - including sex with a minor or while HIV positive.
It criminalised lesbianism for the first time and made it a crime to help individuals engage in homosexual acts. Gay rights activists in Uganda said they planned a legal challenge.
Ugandan officials broke into loud applause as President Yoweri Museveni put his signature to the document in front of foreign journalists at his State House outside the capital.
"There's now an attempt at social imperialism, to impose social values. We're sorry to see that you (the West) live the way you live but we keep quiet about it," he said.
The legislation exposes the wide gulf between the continent's often culturally conservative administrations and many of the foreign donor states that support them. Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh last week called homosexuals "vermin".
"I feel sick. The degrading words the president has used ... my country is in a state of insanity right now," said Ugandan gay activist Kasha Nabagesera, adding the gay community expected to challenge the bill in the courts.
Gay and lesbian organisations fear the bill will encourage other governments to strengthen penalties, increase harassment, discourage people from taking HIV tests and make it impossible to live an openly gay life.
"Disapproval of homosexuality by some can never justify violating the fundamental human rights of others," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said in a statement.
Homosexuality is taboo in almost all African countries and illegal in 37 - including Uganda, where rights groups say gay people have long risked jail. Few Africans are openly gay, as they fear violence, imprisonment and loss of their jobs.
The law comes a week after U.S. President Barack Obama said the legislation would be "a step backward for all Ugandans" and warned it would complicate relations.
Uganda is a key Western ally in the fight against Islamic extremism in Somalia, where Ugandan troops form the backbone of the African Union peacekeeping force battling al Qaeda-aligned militants.
A senior Obama administration official had said the United States would review relations with Uganda if the law was enacted. Washington is one of Uganda's largest donors, sending more than $400 million a year.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday London questioned the bill's compatibility with the Ugandan constitution and international treaty obligations. But he made no mention of aid cuts from Britain, another big donor.
Austria said it would review aid. "The Foreign Ministry is carrying out a fundamental revision of development aid in general and human rights will play an important role in this," a spokesman said.
As well as being an ally of the West, Uganda expects to pump oil for the first time in 2016 and hopes the inflow of petrodollars will cut aid dependence.
"He knows that while the West cares about homosexuality, it's not to such an extent that they would severely punish a good ally," said Ugandan political analyst Angelo Izama.
A Ugandan government spokesman said Museveni had taken the unusual step of signing the bill in public to "demonstrate Uganda's independence in the face of Western pressure".
While African leaders broadly court Western donors with promises to tackle human rights abuses, many have won popular support by describing homosexuality as "un-African" behaviour.
The Uganda's move should please conservative voters ahead of presidential elections scheduled for 2016.
"We don't like (homosexuality) in our culture," said motor-bike taxi driver Ronald Kibabu. "That can keep him as president. The election is coming."
Museveni said last week he was putting the bill on hold to give scientists a chance to prove that homosexuality could be triggered by genes and was not a "lifestyle choice". They found no such evidence, Museveni said.
In neighbouring Kenya, a group of MPs has called for the enforcement of existing anti-gay laws that have been largely ignored. Some Kenyans praised Uganda's actions.
"kudos to #Museveni for refusing to bow to #Obama demands on the homosexuality law," said Kenyan Twitter user @Chabbuh. (Additional reporting by Philippa Croome in Kampala and Georgina Prodhan in Vienna; Writing by Drazen Jorgic and Richard Lough; Editing by Edmund Blair and Andrew Roche)
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Wow, today is a completely crazy day to do a Day-in-the-life post. It's the end of July, and that means three important things:
- My new Unit Head has been here long enough to settle in
- Most folks are recovered from ALA
- The start of semester is suddenly looming large in folks' heads.
This morning, my day looked like 4 meetings and a video interview with the student paper about @askundergrad. In the end, it was only 3 meetings, and no interview. And I feel (wrongly) like I got very little done, but let me fill you in on the details.
I generally get to work between 9:00 and 9:30, and today was here around 9:00. I checked voicemail while booting up the computer, one vendor call I will have to vet through a friend working on the project the vendor was asking me about. Once the computer was up, I spent about 20 minutes checking in with my emails, twitter, and FriendFeed. I discovered my 10:30 meeting was canceled, and decided to check out some of the Table of Content alerts I get. By 9:45, I have 22 tabs open on my browser. Gmail, FriendFeed, and 5 articles from the TOC alerts, the rest are articles Twitter or FriendFeed tipped me to.
Before submitting more ILL requests for articles from Library review, I sent an email query to our LIS librarian wondering why we don't have it. The answer was pretty stunning — the journal costs over $10K a year. I submitted my ILL requests.
I checked out an article on twitter in libraries, saw that my library's twitter stream was mentioned, and misrepresented. Queried the twitterati, and decided to follow up with a letter to the author (or the publisher?); I later worked out (after discussing with a colleague) that the article was written 8 or 10 months ago, and decided not to bother correcting it. And also, that I really need to get my article on the pedagogy, libraries, and Twitter written!
I spent a few minutes catching up with a colleague back from vacation, and we discussed some fun search topics for GA training and/or student sessions for fall
Reality definitely derailed my plan to spend 2 hours writing this morning, and so by 11:00 I was prepping for the three back to back meetings of the afternoon. These are about prioritizing the suggestions gathered by my new Head from the Undergrad faculty & staff for implementation; developing an overall signage strategy, tone, and design; and re-imagining our annual Homecoming week research rally (which will also probably include discussion of our Quad Day plans – the day before classes start. They used to start midweek, but now on Monday, which makes Quad Day a Sunday, which makes it more difficult).
In the process of searching email for the (properly filed) list of suggestions, for my 2:00 meeting, I found the details I need for moving some current books from the Main Stacks to the Undergrad. We have a non-duplication policy, and care deeply about having the right books in this particular library for this audience, so moving current, Undergraduate-appropriate titles on AIDS and HIV from the Stacks to Undergrad would help our students. I spent about 25 minutes removing excess formatting from the WorldCat list of titles (from 54 pages to 11– being an environmentalist sometimes feels like an enormous time cost burden!)
By 11:45, I was sick of my desk, took a long walk to a colleague's office (outside, even!!) to pay her for the local blueberries she picked up for me at the farmer's market when I was out of town this weekend. I wish I'd thought to ask for heirloom tomatoes 😦
Got back to my desk, saw a tweet about Star Trek playing at the local opera house this week, invited a few friends, realized that I now have plans for every single night this week, and promptly got exhausted, then removed grocery shopping from my to-do list
Around noon I followed up with another colleague on determining if any of the presentation mice owned by Library IT can click links, or if they are all ppt mice. Turns out they are all PowerPoint mice, and so I began the process of asking IT to buy some that I can use in teaching. Budget details haven't percolated far enough down yet for IT to be able to let me know, but my request is in the queue.
My phone rang, I answered, it was a vendor call. Created a GMail folder for the emailed vendor stuff. Sigh. I asked for it, specifically, at ALA, but now it feels like junk mail again (some day I'll get to refurbish my Learning Commons with appropriately sized tables, and create the sort of cool seating vignettes that i want, and I spent time at ALA getting furniture vendors to start sending me catalogs)
Ate a quick lunch at my desk at around 1:00. This was my third meal on this particular restaurant leftover. It was tasty, I'm glad it's all gone now! I saw my mailbox had a huge package in it, turns out it was a catalog, more vendor mail, which I had indeed asked for. Make note to create physical file space for vendor mail I need to keep
Read a couple news articles about ebook readers (the Apple tablet looks awfully pretty, but I am not enthused that it is being reported to run iPhone as its OS) and make a mental note to move the ebook reader pilot project to the next step, which leads almost automatically to guilt about the dropped state of the Career Services Support working group I'm chairing.
My new boss had asked me for a prioritized wish list, so I spent some time with my Learning Commons wishlist. It's a pretty unspecific list at present, and I am trying to turn it into a concrete, prioritized, actionable list of items. Like, instead of "materials to display art" I now have three items. They still need a lot more detail and definition, but it's a start. You wouldn't believe how many different kinds of challenges have arisen over my desire to display student art work. Not people challenges – everyone likes the idea- but around how to hang it, and how to protect it, and I'm currently leaning towards digital displays, but will need to follow up with several stakeholders, and that will almost certainly lead to more questions than answers. Maybe by Spring we'll have art?
Finally, 2:00, and the suggestions meeting. When the new Head started, she met with everyone in the Undergrad, and this group was formed to work on implementing the ideas that she pulled out of all of those meetings. We've added a few, primarily about facilitating the ongoing sharing of ideas. Hopefully I'll have some time tomorrow to write up the notes and pull out which we are each responsible for.
My 3:00 meeting was about signs (and also part of having a new sherrif in town), and that went so much better than I had expected! I'm not sure we've got a whole lot of action items yet, but we have agreement in principle about style and tone and attitude, and a shared will to change some of the policies that we feel aren't necessary. Excellent, all around.
My 4:00 meeting was about programming for Research Rally, our Homecoming Week event, which is widely advertised, but could be much more exciting and muscular. My proposal went over well, and I'm really excited about. I'm not sure we can pull it off as I imagine it — a day long series of 15-50 minutes workshops — since it will involve convincing 5-7 more folks to play along and teach a session or two. But it will be great.
This colleague and I agreed to hold off on a proposal I just dropped the timeline on, and we chatted a bit about what we're going to do for Quad Day, which is held the day before classes start. Classes now start on Monday, so Quad Day is Sunday, and the library isn't usually open. We've decided to be open, and now we have to work out what we should expect.
When I'm done with you all, I will write up the First Day FAQ we brainstormed for Quad Day, I will work my way through the 15 open FireFox tabs, the 7 Word docs, and check my email before heading out the door to meet a friend for pool, beer, and fries, not neccesarily in that order. Tomorrow I plan on wwriting a proposal for an article, meeting a colleague for lunch, taking 90 minutes for a doctor's appointment, and then fleshing out the suggestions committee's suggestions. I hope I will also get my Wishlist fleshed out with brands and dollars, but I suspect that's wishful thinking. Tomorrow will be capped off by an evening of trivia and cocktails, and if we do well, karaoke. Wednesday is blissfully unscheduled (except for lunch) — we'll see what that brings!
Are you exhausted? I'm definitely ready to start my end-of-day processes!


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AROUND AND ABOUT MUSIC: Ustad Farida Mahwash, Homayoun Sakhi & the Sakhi Ensemble--Afghan Song & Music; Berkeley Chamber Performances Presents The Lee Trio On Tuesday
Famed Afghan singer Ustad Farida Mahwash, the first woman to be given the title Ustad ("Maestra") in 1977, and composer-rubab virtuoso Homayoun Sakhi & the Sakhi Ensemble will present an evening of Afghan music and song Saturday, March 2 at 8 pm, at Wheeler Auditorium on the UC campus, under the auspices of Cal Performances.
Ustad Mahwash, singer of both classical ghazals and popular music, daughter of a female hafez (teacher of the Quran) became popular on Radio Kabul after studying Afghani and Indian classical musicwith Ustad Mohammed Hashem Cheshti. She went into exile in Pakistan in 1991 and took asylum in the US, now living in Fremont and touring the world.
Homayoun Sakhi has said the rubab is over 2000 years old, a predecessor of the Indian sarod, but without meatl strings and played differently.
Tickets are $36. 642-9988; calperformances.org
The Lee Trio--Lisa Lee, violin; Angela Lee, cello & Melinda Lee Masur, piano--will play 'Heptad' by noted orchestral & film ('Clash of the Titans,' 'Man of La Mancha,' 'Becket') composer Laurence Rosenthal; Janacek's String Quartet No. 1, "The Kreutzer Sonata;' arranged by Julian Yu; & Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929,
8 p. m. Tuesday, March 5 at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue (between Ellsworth & Dana).
A complimentary wine & cheese reception, with trhe opportunity to meet the arists, follows.
Tickets: $25; students through high school, free; post-secondary school students: $12.50. 848-7800; berkeleychamberperform.org


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Neighbors Ask Occupy Wall Street to Stop Pooping All Over Everything
The most contentious issue of Occupy Wall Street, besides whether or not there needs to be a fundamental restructuring of America's political and economic systems, is human waste. The Occupiers' Manhattan neighbors want them to stop pooping all over the place.
At a two-hour meeting last night, neighbors around Zuccotti Park complained that protesters "urinated in the streets and beat drums in the middle of the night," according to the Associated Press. The board unanimously voted to recognize the occupation's right to assemble, but not its right to poop everywhere.
"They're defecating on our doorsteps," community board member Catherine Hughes told the AP. Oh come on, we haven't seen any proof that protesters have been pooping on doorsteps. Just cop cars! Knowing Bloomberg, he will fight this problem by erecting dozens of "Please curb your protester" signs with little complimentary doggie bags.
Protesters should add "more public restrooms" to their list of demands. After all, the 1% gets to cruise around the city in Town Cars, using golden chamberpots in their cars, while the 99% has to sneak into the nearest bar like it's Mission Impossible.
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REDWOOD CITY –A San Mateo County judge arrested on suspicion of DUI late last month was charged with the crime when the district attorney learned his blood alcohol content was .12 percent, one and a half times the legal limit.
Assistant presiding Judge Joseph Scott, 63, was charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence Wednesday, more than two weeks after he was pulled over for swerving between lanes on northbound Highway 101, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. The second-highest-ranking judge in the county was alone in his car when he was stopped about 12:30 a.m. May 24 at Woodside Road.
The judge was reportedly asked to step out of the car when the Redwood City police officer smelled alcohol on his breath, Wagstaffe said. He failed both a field sobriety test and a blood alcohol test that acts similar to a Breathalyzer.
According to Wagstaffe, Scott's breath and blood tests both revealed a BAC of .12 percent, 50 percent over the legal limit. In lieu of jail, he was taken to sober up at First Chance in Burlingame, a substance abuse program for first-time offenders.
Scott faces a maximum of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, but the standard sentence for a first offense is three years of probation, two days of county jail served through a work program and a $1,650 fine, Wagstaffe said.
Meanwhile, Scott remains on the job, according to Wagstaff. Scott is scheduled to become the presiding judge next year.
Scott, who has been a San Mateo County judge since 2003, is serving a six-year term that will expire in January 2017. He will make his first court appearance Aug. 5 at the same courthouse where he serves on the bench.
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Senegal is found in the west of Africa. Its capital is Dakar, found on the coast. There are many languages spoken, including Wolof and Poular, however most educated Senegalese speak French fluently and as such this language serves to unite the country.
Whilst there are evidences of affluence in the country, many families live very simply and there are a high number of street children known as talibes, who beg to supplement their family's income. It was these children I intended to help when I chose to travel to Senegal for a month.
My decision to travel Saint Louis was brought about from a passion for travel, incited by my parents' vast experience, a desire to help others and an aspiration to become fluent in French.
Why I chose to travel with Projects Abroad
I chose to travel with Projects Abroad as they are a reliable organisation with years' worth of knowledge. They helped me before and during my time there, providing me with answers to my many questions, and opportunities to socialise with other volunteers, some of whom were the most interesting people I have ever met.
First Impressions and my host Family
Upon arriving at Dakar airport, I was met by Habib, a representative of Projects Abroad, and after a long day of travelling and being thrown into a hot, busy and confusing country, I was grateful for his smile and friendliness. He explained a lot about Senegalese culture, such as meal time habits, Ramadan, and taught me my first words in Wolof.
Wolof is the main language spoken in Saint Louis and the surrounding area, and whilst nearly everyone speaks French, it is highly encouraged that those willing to live in the country learn Wolof. So when I met my host family I greeted them with 'Negadef', to which the response was laughter. This was to become a feature of my time in Senegal, as a 'Toubab' (white girl), locals were largely fascinated by me, and loved to be entertained by my lack of cultural and linguistic knowledge.
The head of my host family was Colonel Kone, a retired Colonel of the Senegalese army who had a hearty laugh, and at 72 was still a terrible flirt! The mother, Tata, cooked excellent food, which was always served on a large plate with the family and guests crowded around with spoon or fork in one hand, sharing between themselves. Most meals are served with rice or couscous, with fish, chicken, lamb, beef or goat (freshly killed by the family that morning in the garden!) in a sauce.
My Placement
The centre that I worked at was set up by Projects Abroad. Set in the heart of the HLM's (the poorest district of St. Louis) it was small but well kept, with two small classrooms, a first aid room, shower and courtyard. Many of the volunteers were French, which immediately put my linguistic skills to the test.
Luckily everybody was very kind and patient with me, and encouraged me to learn as much French as I could. As a volunteer I was involved in many aspects of the tailbes' lives, from simply playing games with them, teaching basic French and English, to applying first aid and cleaning the Daara's.
I led a mixture of basic French and English lessons - whilst being shown a group of Senegalese teenage boys and being told that I was their teacher for the next two hours was intimidating at first, I soon discovered that this was my favourite activity at the centre, as the students were very engaging and easy to get along with.
On my first day at the centre I was really thrown into the deep end, as I was told that I would be handling the money and the accounts for the centre. This was utterly confusing for me, as it meant I had to face one of my biggest weaknesses in French – numbers. To further increase the difficulty the currency in Senegal is such that £1 is equivalent to about 750 CFA, leading to prices such as 12,350CFA, which isn't easy to understand when said at speed! My supervisor (Amenus, 36 weeks pregnant when I left and still carrying all the shopping for the centre without complaint!), taught me how to haggle for the best prices at the market – definitely a challenge!
My Best Memories
Some of my best memories include joking with my family, riding a camel in the desert, making friends with street children who didn't speak English or French, dancing until 7am at the local night club, being scared of the huge muscular bouncer and then finding him to be the nicest guy in the world.
But more importantly, I found that I could stand on my own two feet, in a completely different country, make friends with almost anyone and have the time of my life whilst being thousands of miles away from home. My time there has given me friends and memories which will last a lifetime, and more confidence than I could ever have imagined.
This review may include references to working in or with orphanages. Find out more about Projects Abroad's current approach to volunteering in orphanages and our focus on community-based care for children.
This is a personal account of one volunteer's experience on the project and is a snapshot in time. Your experience may be different, as our projects are constantly adapting to local needs and building on accomplishments. Seasonal weather changes can also have a big impact. To find out more about what you can expect from this project we encourage you to speak to one of our friendly staff.


text: Gary P. Gilroy is a Professor of Music and Director of Bands at California State University, Fresno. In 1993 he was appointed Associate Director of Bands and Director of the Bulldog Marching Band. After 13 years in this position and building one of the finest collegiate marching bands on the west coast, Dr. Gilroy became Director of Bands in 2006. Prior to this appointment he served for a decade as Director of Bands at Fred C. Beyer High School in Modesto, California where his band was awarded several national honors as well as the International Sudler Shield Award from the John Philip Sousa Foundation. Gilroy also served as faculty at CSU, Stanislaus and graduate assistant at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon where he completed his doctorate in 1995. Gilroy has served on the board of California Band Directors Association for fourteen years and he is a Past President of that organization. He is also a Past President of the Fresno Madera Counties Music Educators Association. From 1999 to 2006 he served on the board of the National Band Association as a Member At Large and the Western Division Chairman. Dr. Gilroy is in demand as a guest conductor of many honor bands throughout the United States. As an adjudicator and guest conductor he has served in 39 states and throughout Canada. Dr. Gilroy has been the conductor for all state groups in Colorado and Oregon as well as the California Band Directors Association All-State High School Symphonic Band. An ASCAP Award-winning composer, Gilroy\'s music is published for concert band, marching band, and various ensembles through the Arrangers Publishing Company, BRS Music, Inc., C. Alan Publications, Daehn Publications, Kagarice Brass Editions, Matrix Publications, TRN Publications, Warner Brothers, Wingert-Jones, Inc., and CPP/Belwin Mills. His compositions have been featured at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, the Eastern Trombone Workshop in Washington, DC, the International Trombone Festival in New Orleans, and on many occasions at the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. Additionally, Gilroy's compositions have been performed by many regional and state honor bands throughout the United States. Dr. Gilroy served as the arranger/composer for the 2008 Olympic Orchestra in Beijing, China. He has been an ASCAP Composers Award recipient every year since 2001. Dr. Gilroy and his wife Dena have lived in Clovis, California since 1993. His daughter, Alexandra, graduated from UCLA in 2010 and is currently a graduate assistant in band at UNLV and his son, Nicholas, is music major at CSU, Long Beach.


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Charred bodies found after Japan tunnel collapse
Japanese rescuers have found five charred bodies in a highway tunnel that collapsed, crushing cars, triggering a blaze and sparking fears of another cave-in.
At least seven people are missing inside the nearly five-kilometre-long tunnel.
Witnesses spoke of terrifying scenes as at least one vehicle burst into flames, sending out clouds of blinding, acrid smoke.
Rescuers were forced to suspend their efforts to reach those believed trapped under thick concrete ceiling panels for several hours when engineers warned more debris could fall.
Emergency crews who rushed to the Sasago tunnel on the Chuo Expressway, 80 kilometres west of the capital, were hampered by thick smoke billowing from the entrance.
Dozens of people abandoned their vehicles on the Tokyo-bound section of carriageway, and ran for one of the emergency exits or for the mouth, where they huddled in bitter winter weather.
Emergency crews equipped with breathing apparatus battled around a third of the way into the tunnel, where they found up to 70 metres of concrete panels had come crashing down, crushing at least two vehicles.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency later confirmed there were five bodies, adding another vehicle had also been burned.
By late afternoon the operation had resumed.
Footage from security cameras showed large concrete panels in a V shape, apparently having collapsed from the middle, with teams of men in protective gear scrambling over them.
One 28-year-old woman who emerged from the smoke-darkened tunnel by herself told rescuers she had been in a rented van with five other people, fire department official Kazuya Tezuka said.
''I have no idea about what happened to the five others. I don't know how many vehicles were ahead and behind ours,'' she was quoted as saying.
A truck driver who telephoned a colleague from inside the tunnel was also believed to be trapped.
The tunnel, which passes through hills not far from Mount Fuji, is one of the longest in Japan. It sits on a major road connecting Tokyo with the centre and west of the country.


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Queen Victoria with her family
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Victoria with her family
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, after Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1857)
2 1/4 in. x 3 3/8 in. (56 mm x 87 mm) image size
Given by W. Isaac Williams, 1955
Photographs Collection
NPG x134737
Artistsback to top
- Leonida Caldesi (1822-1891). Artist associated with 54 portraits.
- Caldesi, Blanford & Co (active 1860-1862). Artist associated with 106 portraits.
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- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), Fourth and youngest son of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 61 portraits.
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861), Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 208 portraits, Artist associated with 2 portraits.
- Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900), Naval officer; second son of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 79 portraits.
- Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878), Third child of Queen Victoria; wife of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Sitter associated with 111 portraits.
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), Field Marshal, Governor General of Canada; son of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 158 portraits.
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (1857-1944), Fifth and youngest daughter of Queen Victoria; wife of Prince Henry of Battenberg. Sitter associated with 102 portraits.
- King Edward VII (1841-1910), Reigned 1901-10. Sitter associated with 506 portraits.
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1846-1923), Wife of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; third daughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 80 portraits.
- Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939), Artist, sculptor and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 95 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait.
- Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Reigned 1837-1901. Sitter associated with 543 portraits, Artist associated with 5 portraits.
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901), Consort of Frederick III, German Emperor, King of Prussia; daughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 125 portraits.
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Current affairsPalmerston passes the Matrimonial Causes Act in the face of parliamentary opposition. The act establishes divorce courts, although women, unlike men, are not allowed to sue for divorce on the grounds of adultery.
The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition is held, a follow-up to the Great Exhibition of 1851, although highlighting Britain's private art collections rather than industry and technology. More than 1.3 million people visit the event.
Art and scienceElizabeth Gaskell publishes The Life of Charlotte Brontë, a year after the author's death. The controversial biography consolidates the myth of the Brontë sisters as isolated geniuses living in remote Yorkshire.
Illustrator George Scharf becomes the first Secretary of the National Portrait Gallery, overseeing the collection's growth and its several moves around London before a permanent home is established in 1896, the year after Scharf's death.
InternationalThe Indian Mutiny takes place following the insensitive response of the British army to complaints by Muslim and Hindu sepoys about using animal grease on their gun cartridges, which results in a horrific and violent uprising. The event precipitated a more involved role by the British government in India, taking over responsibility from the East India company.
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* Global gold demand down 4 pct last year at 4,405 T
* Jewellery buying fell in India, China
* U.S., European coin and bar investment also dropped
* Central bank buying hits 48-year high
By Jan Harvey
LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Global gold demand fell last year
for the first time since 2009 as jewellery buying abated in the
key Indian and Chinese markets and U.S. and European coin and
bar investment dropped, the World Gold Council said on Thursday.
While gold consumption is expected to stabilise this year,
it may be some time before it revisits record levels seen in the
depths of the financial crisis, the WGC said in a report.
"It's hard to see a major move up in demand (this year),"
the WGC's managing director for investment, Marcus Grubb, said.
"Demand will remain high, but we're talking small single-digit
numbers in terms of growth from the current tonnage level."
"The tonnage last year was 4,405 tonnes for consumer demand,
and if you add in over-the-counter demand, it's another 100
tonnes higher," he said. "We would expect 2013 to be quite
similar to that."
Grubb said he sees gold prices, which have traded
between $1,625-$1,695 an ounce this year, staying within their
current trading range, although potentially market-destabilising
events such as upcoming U.S. budget talks could push them
Gold is down 1.4 percent this year after posting its biggest
quarterly drop since 2008 in the last three months of 2012.
Buying by central banks peaked in the fourth quarter at 145
tonnes. In the full year, central bank purchases continued their
upward trend to hit a 48-year high at 534.6 tonnes.
But jewellery demand overall fell 3 percent last year to
1,908.1 tonnes, with the biggest absolute decline noted in
India, the world's largest gold consumer, where a weak rupee
left consumers struggling against record-high local prices.
China, the second biggest gold buyer behind India, saw a 1
percent drop in jewellery demand to 510.6 tonnes, its first
annual decline since 2002.
Overall demand was flat in China in the full year and fell
12 percent in India, although it rose by 35 percent in the final
quarter as buyers scrambled to avoid a widely-anticipated hike
in import duty announced in January.
"Provided we see no more increases in import duty, we still
think we will see India continue to recover from what was a
difficult year in 2012 overall," Grubb said. "Some of the buying
may have been pulled into Q4 (by anticipation of the duty hike),
but overall we think that will be countered by other factors."
He said a higher number of auspicious gold-buying occasions
in the first quarter of 2013 would likely favour the metal.
"When you look at the full year, we're anticipating that
we'll see 865-965 tonnes of demand," he said.
In China, demand is expected to recover to between 780-880
tonnes this year, against 776.1 tonnes last year.
"The jury's out on a major re-acceleration of growth in
Chinese gold demand," Grubb said. "Last year we saw the first
significant slowdown in the Chinese economy in years. That did
affect these numbers."
"What you're seeing in January and February is a
re-acceleration in the Chinese economy," he said. "We will see
what that does to gold demand in the first part of 2013."
Bar and coin investment fell sharply in the United States
and Europe last year, with U.S. offtake dropping by more than a
third to 53.4 tonnes and European buying down 29 percent to
273.6 tonnes.
Overall investment demand last year fell 10 percent to
1,534.6 tonnes. That was led by a 17 percent dip in bar and coin
demand, with bar investment falling by a fifth to 941.1 tonnes.
Investment via gold-backed exchange-traded funds rose,
however, with ETF demand up by more than half at 279 tonnes.
"There was a pick-up in U.S. coin and bar demand towards the
end of the year because of the fiscal cliff," Grubb said. "But
overall for the year it was weak, and it reflects the fact that
in Europe the announcements by the European Central Bank took
away tail risk in the mind of the investor."
"The announcement of OMT (bond-buying) in Europe and
quantitative easing in the United States also mitigated fears of
a near-term crisis, and I think that's why bar and coin demand
fell. Institutional investors and private wealth took a
different view - you see the ETF tonnages went up 51 percent and
over-the-counter (demand) had a strong year."
He said while more optimism over the outlook for the global
economy was likely to encourage investment in other assets like
stocks, the fact that much of that was driven by extremely loose
monetary policy meant gold investment was unlikely to fall.
"Investors are trying to call a turn in the asset cycle,"
Grubb said. "The jury's still out on whether this will be the
year when it actually happens. Even if you do start to look at
the world more optimistically in 2013, it doesn't mean there
isn't a role for gold in your portfolio. There clearly is, to
keep the risk down as you pursue more volatility."


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Brett Kern sculpts these incredible "inflatable" dinosaurs and other objects out of plaster. Kern sculpts his own molds out of clay and uses glaze to emphasize his materials' depth and details. Pop culture has always influenced Kern's work, and these faux inflatable sculptures are no exception. One of Kern's first memories as a child was being given an inflatable dinosaur at the hospital for behaving while his mother gave birth to his sister. It's this playful, childlike wonder that informs the bulk of his work, and the forging of a balance of fragility and buoyancy. .
"I find that the mold-making process imitates, in a certain way, the fossilization process. Objects are covered in a material that captures their shape and texture and this, in turn, preserves the object as a rock-like representation. Movies, television, toys and games dominated the cultural landscape of my youth. I am a product of this specific time period, and I like to think of my artwork as the fossils that will help preserve it."
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NEW YORK — Chevron said Friday that net income fell 6 percent in the third quarter as weak refining results and higher operating costs offset higher oil and gas production and prices.
Chevron Corp. posted net income of $4.95 billion for the quarter on revenue of $56.6 billion. The company earned $5.25 billion on revenue of $55.66 billion in the same quarter last year.
The nation's second-biggest oil company earned $2.57 per share. Analysts had expected earnings of $2.69 per share, on average, according to FactSet.
Chevron shares fell $1.08 to $118.88 in pre-market trading.
Chevron's worldwide oil and gas production rose 3 percent, or about 70,000 barrels per day compared with last year. Higher oil prices in the U.S. and abroad, and higher natural gas prices in the U.S. also helped boost revenue.
But higher operating and exploration expenses offset those gains. The company's oil and gas exploration and production earnings fell 1 percent in the quarter.
Pavel Molchanov, an analyst at Raymond James, called the results "not ideal" but said there were "no major disappointments."
Weak refining results further eroded profits. Refining profit fell by 45 percent in the quarter because input costs such as crude oil stayed high while prices for fuel products such as gasoline fell.
Jonathan Fahey can be reached at http://twitter.com/JonathanFahey.