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MADISON (WXOW) – There is now a challenger to Scott Walker for governor of Wisconsin.
Monday morning, Former Trek Bicycle executive Mary Burke has officially entered the race for governor.
Burke, a Democrat, is the daughter of Richard Burke who founded Trek Bicycle in 1976 in Waterloo. She worked for the company in a variety of capacities, including director of European operations, helping to start and oversee companies in seven countries.
The Harvard-educated former business executive left Trek in 2005, when former Governor Jim Doyle asked her to serve as Commerce Department secretary. She held that title for two years. Burke is currently a Madison School Board member.
Democratic Senator Kathleen Vinehout of Alma is still contemplating whether to run for governor. Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris decided earlier this year he would not run for governor unless Vinehout and Burke decided not to run.
Republican Governor Scott Walker is seeking re-election in 2014 after winning the governor's office in 2010 and surviving a recall last year.
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Explore a whole new world of fluttering colors in the Wings of the Tropics exhibit and Science Village opening December 1, 2012.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's state-of-the-art DiMare Science Village, covering more than 25,000 square feet and featuring five buildings including the The Clinton Family Conservatory's Wings of the Tropics Exhibit, Glass House Café, Windows to the Tropics Conservatory, The Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion and the Kushlan Tropical Science Institute is now open.
Come enjoy thousands of exotic butterflies along with fish and some of the world's most beautiful rare plants.
You'll see the famous Blue Morpho butterfly (pictured right), Owl butterflies, Bamboo Page butterflies, and Leopard Lacewing butterflies all hovering overhead. There will be butterfly releases twice daily, where kids of all ages will have a chance to experience these winged wonders up close. Speaking of up close, the Butterfly Metamorphosis Lab displays hundreds of butterfly chrysalis so you can experience the butterfly emerging process.
Windows to the Tropics is a 16,428 square foot conservatory with extensive displays of some 1,900 species of plants from the humid tropics. In its two levels of beautiful indoor gardens are rare palms and cycads, ferns, orchids, aroids, bromeliads, fruit trees and unusual vines. Exhibits are based on themes such as plant coloration, plant-animal interactions, plant reproduction, and diversity of form and function.
The Montgomery Palmetum is a world-renowned display and research collection of palms from all parts of the world and is generally recognized as the most important documented palm collection in the world. The Bailey Palm Glade features a display of unusual palms and provides a long, narrow view across the Garden's landscape, eastward toward mangrove preserves and Biscayne Bay. The Overlook, an octagonal landscape "room," offers a wide, panoramic view of the Garden's lowland areas and lakes, providing a striking architectural counterpart to the narrow view of the Bailey Palm Glade.
The Richard H. Simons Rainforest exhibit blends native Florida species with true rainforest species collected by Fairchild plant scientists from tropical forests in Latin America and other locations. With aerial irrigation systems to enhance rainfall and humidity, this 2-acre exhibit offers visitors the opportunity to experience the plants and environment of the world's dwindling rainforest ecosystems.
The Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden displays both nectar and larval host plants for more than 30 species of native butterflies. With support from Mr. Larry Rutherford and the Miami Blue Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association, the development of the Lisa D. Anness Butterfly Garden celebrates the diversity of butterfly species in the region and provides a template for local gardeners. The garden is located south of the overlook alleé.
The Arboretum is a twelve-acre display of some 740 species of tropical flowering trees, collected from all tropical regions of the world. Arranged by plant family, these collections show a magnificent diversity of form, structure, texture, color and fragrance. Adjacent to the Arboretum is the 560 foot long Vine Pergola, an historic stone and wood structure supporting a dazzling array of tropical flowering vines of every imaginable shape and color. And don't miss the Tropical Flower Garden located near the Visitor Center.
The Succulent Plots: Strikingly different types of plants can be seen growing as the dominant plantings in the succulent plots 6, 31, and 135, visible from the tram path. These plants can be found in many families, but share the common environmental characteristic of growing in places that have scarce or seasonal precipitation patterns, high evaporation rates, or very well drained soils. Sometimes all three conditions apply. Adaptations to these harsh environments include thickened, hard, or absent leaves to reduce water loss, enlarged stems, roots or tubers to store water and nutrients, and spines to protect the plants from animals that might eat them or to provide shade from strong sunshine. Succulents can be found worldwide in environments as diverse as cold high altitude mountains, to deserts where moisture is available almost exclusively as fog or dew. They even grow in specialized rainforest habitats on rocks, sand, or epiphytically on trees.
Cactus (Cactaceae) and Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) are two families that demonstrate well known adaptations to harsh environments. They often appear superficially similar, looking like "cactus"; that is, leafless, with spiny, thick stems. Both families have many species that vary from that stereotypical form. Cactaceae are, with one exception, strictly New World plants. Euphorbiaceae can be found worldwide, common on continental Africa and Madagascar.
Agave (Agavaceae), the so-called "Century Plants", and Aloe (Liliaceae) are two other families that demonstrate a convergence of form. Both have thickened leaves, often with teeth along their edges. Agaves are plants of the Americas, while aloes are African in origin.
Although South Florida is often thought of as a lush subtropical paradise, the natural environment and climate provide ideal conditions for the successful cultivation of many succulent plants. Our dry seasons, sandy or rocky soils, and bright sun are what they need in order to thrive. During summer, these plants can grow quickly and, depending on the species, appear as leafy shrubs or trees. During winter and spring, they assume a more architectural appearance, often with the bonus of beautiful and profuse flowers.
|Alluaudias at dusk in Madagascar
Succulents are plants that are easy to care for and fit perfectly in low water and low energy use landscaping. With our area's increasing water restrictions and environmental awareness, they should be used more often. Not all are spiny!
The Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar displays Malagasy dry forest plants which are appropriate for South Florida's climate. The spiny forests of Madagascar are one of the world's most unique ecosystems, and the plantings in this exhibit highlight Fairchild's conservation efforts and demonstrate a water friendly landscape.
The Keys Coastal Habitat, developed in partnership with the Tropical Audubon Society, is a four-acre naturalistic garden featuring a densely-planted collection of plants native to South Florida, especially those of the Florida Keys. It has been designed to attract migratory birds and other wildlife, giving an overview of the local environment and the interactions of plants and animals.
The William F. Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion, a 38-foot high pavilion where visitors will be able to see and experience some of the most exotic tropical fruit species only found in places like Borneo, the Amazon, Indonesia, Thailand and other exotic locations, opened in November 2003.
The Edible Garden, located next to the Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion, provides the homeowner and estate gardener with examples of tropical fruit, vegetables, medicinal plants and herbs in the urban landscape. Our goal with the Edible Garden at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is to demonstrate to the community the benefits and enjoyment of eating quality, organically grown food, professionally prepared in delicious dishes, while supporting our local farmers.


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A Fargo woman is happy and relieved to have her puppy back after she says it was stolen from her backyard over the weekend. While the story comes with a happy ending, it also comes with a valuable lesson.
Sara Kingrey of Fargo says, "He's such a sweetheart."
It's a face that can melt your heart...
"We absolutely love him," says Kingrey
And make you want to snatch him up... Which is exactly what happened.
"Usually he's the first one at the door and he didn't come," says Kingrey.
Her roommates had let her Rottweiler puppy, Mason, and their other dogs out on Saturday night.
"There were footprints leading, you couldn't tell where they were from, but this was bent over," says Kingrey.
There were no breaks in the fence, so she knew her dog had been taken. One thing she could have done is mircochipped him.
Dr. Alicia Wisnewski with Prairie Winds Veterinary Center says, "The microchip gives us a permanent way to identify the pet and who they belong to."
Chips are about the size of the diameter of a pencil lead, and even though it won't help you track your lost pet, it can point you in the right direction.
Dr. Wisnewski says, "They send out an alert to all the veterinarian clinics and all the shelters in the area and it puts us on high alert."
She adds it's an easy procedure, but many people wait to chip their pets until they are spayed or neutered, which was exactly the case for Mason. But his story comes with a happy ending.
"They called us late last night an had found him," says Kingrey.
After a day of searching, phone calls and fliers, Kingrey got her baby back safe and sound.
"Teared up a little bit. We're really happen to see him again," says Kingrey
Microchips at Prairie Winds Veterinarian Center run you about $40 and can vary from location to location.


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Let's Go! Starting Druve Machine Prototype #2
I'm making the second iteration of the drum machine for steering wheels.
I'm just waiting on the parts to come in the mail to start. This time around, I'll be specifically focusing on the design and integration of the instrument.
Instead of attaching a board to the steering wheel this time, I plan on using a steering wheel cover and installing pressure sensors into it and putting other components away, under the steering wheel. Also, I'm going to integrate a small mixer so that people can play the drum machine at the same time as their ipod, etc.
As a side note, I've been busy all summer working on with an Arduino for Disabilities project. It's been really great and I might post some of the projects I've been working on with them here too. The website from last years project can be found here: http://arduinofordisabilities.wordpress.com/
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Falmouth Native Sweeney Playing Pro Hockey In Hungary
By: Rich Maclone, November 15, 2013
Reclining on a couch in an apartment several time zone ahead, Roscoe Sweeney peered into his computer's camera and summed things up in simple terms.
"I'm living the dream right now," the former Falmouth High School and Franklin Pierce College star said.
Sweeney, 23, is currently playing on his second European hockey team this year. He is a first line forward on Ujpest, of the MOL Liga, and living near Budapest, Hungary.
The competition is a step up from the Division III level that he played at Franklin Pierce, where he played his collegiate hockey, Sweeney said. The former all-star for the Falmouth Clippers finished his college career having averaged better than a point per game, scoring 37 goals and doling out 55 assists over 87 games. He is the first-ever former Panther to take his game to the professional level.
As an import into the league he's expected to continue to produce at a high clip. Each team is allowed only two non-European players onto their rosters, so the American and Canadians have to be among the best players on their team. If they don't get the job done, someone else will be brought in to do just that.
So far, despite being on the worst team in the MOL Liga, Sweeney has produced for the club. Numbers are hard to generate on a team that, the 23-year old admits, "isn't really that good." The hockey team has posted a league worst 1-18-1 record over its first 20 games. Sweeney has appeared in 15 contests, as of last week, and is averaging about a half-point per game. That's not that bad for a team that is being held to a single goal, or less, on most nights.
The Cape Codder skates on his team's top line, and he said that they play well. "Our line can usually compete, but the team is boys among men," he said. "At the beginning, it was really discouraging. It's hard knowing that most nights, no matter how hard you play, it's going to be a long night."
Roscoe said that he feels like he's definitely on par with most of the talent in the league. "I can play with these guys," he said. "Our team, the kids aren't very experienced and they don't execute on the same level as some of the other teams, it's a little tough [for me] to get into a rhythm. Not everyone has the same mindset.
"I'm starting to get comfortable, though. I'm starting to put some pucks in the net."
Getting comfortable also means finding balance in day-to-day life, which was difficult at first because simply finding something to eat proved to be a challenge. There's no Stop & Shop or Roche Bros. around the corner with a meat section the size of a practice rink. Sweeney said that there is no butcher's section at his local store. He pines to throw a steak on the stove, or to make a cheeseburger at home, but you can't cook what you can't buy.
"I'm able to find chicken, so I eat a lot of that," he said. "And there's a great little Irish pub nearby, and I can eat like a king there for $15 American. It's tough to not be able to go to the store and buy a steak, or the rice that I like. It took some getting used to."
In Europe, especially a place like Hungary, life is different. Sweeney said he's enjoying Hungary, even if it leaves him hungry at times.
"It took some getting used to. I'm able to get eggs, but I was freaked out to buy them at first. They're not refrigerated, they're just on a shelf. I was like, 'is there something wrong here? Aren't these supposed to be kept cold'?"
Now that he's been able to acclimate some to a different lifestyle, he's finding himself happier on a daily basis.
He wasn't as happy when this sojourn began, but just having a place to play the game professionally has him feeling good. He began this long encompassing trip when the beaches and roads of Falmouth were full of tourists, in July. And, it wasn't in Hungary.
His first stop was actually in Poland, in the city of Katowice, where he tried out for a team and apparently earned a spot. Unfortunately what followed was a run-around from the team's management that had him preparing to play for a team that kept promising a contract, but never actually delivering one for him to sign.
A week went by, and then another. With each passing day the Falmouth native became more and more skeptical about his surroundings. "They kept saying, 'we're going to get you the contract next week'," he said. "The management there was so untrue to their word. Those first two weeks I was as miserable as I've ever been. They had no other imports, hardly anyone spoke any English. I was relying on kids on the team for rides to wherever I needed to go, and there was nothing to do. It was awful. They never ate anything, which was weird. If they did, it was the smallest amount of stuff. I had no idea of the area, what to do, where to go."
He ended up spending a little over a month with his Hungarian team, and saw time in 12 exhibition games, risking his career as a player with no guarantees of anything from the team. A work stoppage in the league, though, bailed him out.
"The league was going into a lockout, and there was no money for imports, so it was done," he said. "It was almost a relief. I figured it can only go up from here."
It went up, thanks to some connections.
In hockey, lifers tend to get around. Aside from those at the top of the heap, lifers find themselves in a variety of interesting locales, as Sweeney is quickly finding out. One of his former coaches at Franklin Pierce happened to be in Europe as well. Some calls were made, and he was able to procure a tryout for Sweeney with Ujpest, of the MOL Liga.
His start in Budapest didn't get off the ground well. "I was on the plane the next day, and the airline lost my hockey bag. I didn't have a phone, because of the country change, so it was stressful," he recalled.
After a few days, though, his bag was found. He then got on the ice and showed that he could play against the competition there quite well.
"It's like the NHL of Hungary," he said. "It's a top league...it's really different competition. I'd say it's like playing low Division I (NCAA) teams. Some of the guys in this league are really legit, there are some guys that are former teammates of [Jaromír] Jágr's. They're just so strong with the puck."
As difficult as things were when he got to Europe, Sweeney finds life in the new city much better and loves being where he is. If he has an opinion, he can state it and be heard.
"Management is great here, they mean everything that they say and they listen. It's a much better situation."
While he did not divulge the money that he receives for playing, Sweeney said that his pay is currently on the low side for import players. He thinks that he'll probably get himself a bump in pay the next time around, and that he's happy because he's "living the dream."
"My goal is to see as many places as I can and to play in as many places as I can," he said.
The travel bug seems to be normal for the children of Terry and Bill Sweeney. Their oldest son, Malcolm, is currently a teacher in China and their daughter Michaela is living in San Francisco.
Roscoe said that when the season ends he plans on returning to the Cape for the summer and resuming his job at the Cap'n Kidd in Woods Hole. He said that he looks forward to working out with coach Pete Tormey at the Falmouth Ice Arena.
In the meantime, he's loving life around the city of Prague. "The sightseeing is unbelievable, the city is incredible...and there's a lot of English spoken here, which is a good change of pace."
The next stop on Sweeney's magical mystery tour has yet to be determined. He said he could stay put for a year, or switch teams inside the same league, or head to another European country to play.
"I can probably do three or four years of this and they maybe end up in the coaching world, or become an agent. Who knows, maybe coaching or teaching," he said. "I'm going to enjoy this for as long as I can."
And why shouldn't he. Life isn't too bad right now for the 23-year-old.
"I go to practice, have an early lunch, go to the gym and then become a tourist," he explained. "It's really a lifestyle I'm going to appreciate."
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AHRQ disparities report highlights health care challenges: The National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2011 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows that access to health care was not improving for most racial and ethnic groups in 2002 through 2008. The congressionally mandated report, which AHRQ has produced annually since 2003, shows the persistent challenges: 50% of the measures that tracked disparities in access showed no improvement between 2002 and 2008, and 40% of those measures indicated worsening access. Specifically, Latinos as well as American Indians and Alaska Natives experienced worse access to care than whites on more than 60% of the access measures, African Americans on slightly more than 30%, and Asian Americans on 17%. In tandem with the report on disparities, AHRQ released the National Healthcare Quality Report, 2011, which tracks the health care system through quality measures. The quality report found that overall health care quality improved slowly for the general population between the years 2002 and 2008. Both reports will serve to track progress on the Affordable Care Act in the future.The reports are available on the AHRQ Web site at www.ahrq.gov.
Poll shows many seniors not getting mental health interventions: Large majorities of older Americans experience significant gaps in their health care, according to a new national survey, "How Does It Feel? The Older Adult Health Care Experience," released by the John A. Hartford Foundation. The poll focused exclusively on Americans age 65 and older and assessed whether in the past 12 months patients had received key medical services to support healthy aging, including an annual medication review, a falls risk assessment and history, depression screening, referral to community-based health resources, and discussion of their ability to perform routine daily tasks and activities without help—all critical elements of a standard geriatric assessment. This type of low-cost geriatric care can manage and lower risk of many preventable health problems. Yet only 7% of older adults surveyed received all recommended services, 52% reported receiving none or only one, and 76% received fewer than half. For example, when asked whether a health care provider had asked about "your mood, such as whether you are sad, anxious, or depressed," 62% said no. In addition, more than two-thirds had not heard of Medicare's annual wellness visit, which is available free to seniors and pays doctors nearly three times as much as an average office visit. This poll result may be overstated because Medicare's records suggest that uptake is only 6.5%. The poll, which was conducted for the first time earlier this year, surveyed 1,028 Americans age 65 and older and has a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points. More information on the results is available at www.jhartfound.org/learning-center/hartford-poll-2012.
Evidence lacking on effectiveness of antipsychotics for children: Little research exists that directly compares the effectiveness or safety of first- and second-generation antipsychotics for psychiatric and behavioral conditions among children, adolescents, and young adults, a recent AHRQ review finds. Mental health problems affect one in five young people at any given time, and use of antipsychotics for children and adolescents has increased during the past 20 years. First- and second-generation antipsychotics have generally been found to be superior to placebo on symptom improvement and other efficacy outcomes. Future high-quality, head-to-head comparisons are needed to determine the relative effectiveness and safety of various antipsychotics for younger people, the report notes. The nearly 400-page research review includes a paper for researchers and research funders to help improve the comparative effectiveness evidence. The review is available at www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/147/835/CER39_Antipsychotics-Children-Young-Adults_20120221.pdf.
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Sunday night. Holly came for the kids after work. They were sleeping. Avery was asleep on the couch. Sitting up. He fell asleep sitting up, while watching television. Aurora was asleep in her crib. She's sick. Has been sick for a few days. Double ear infection. We're giving her two types of medication. She threw up sometime between going to sleep Saturday night and my waking her up Sunday morning. She barely ate Sunday. Was down for her second nap when Holly came over. She had to be somewhere, so couldn't let the kids sleep.
So while however many millions of people were watching football, I was working on an essay to submit to Revolution House, for its upcoming Nonfiction issue. The editors at Revolution House nominated me for a Pushcart Prize. I owe them. Or, owe isn't the right word, but if I'm going to write an essay about D's death, Revolution House has earned first dibs.
And I am going to write an essay about D's death. So I'm working on this essay, for which I've learned how to perform an autopsy, and I was e-mailing and texting with a couple of friends. One was keeping me in the loop about Madonna's halftime show ("didn't miss much; she didn't sing live"), and another was reading drafts of the essay as I was ready for her to read drafts of the essay ("The pictures make it almost too real. They're effective, but, I actually gasped a little."), and I decided, after thinking about it for a week, to e-mail D's sister — well, the woman raised as D's sister — and offer my condolences.
I texted a friend, and he responded: Well, did you run the e-mail by Mallory?
Mallory, the woman reading the drafts of the essay. I've never met her. Yet she knows a lot about me and my thought process and how I will often tear apart a sentence just to get it sounding right in my head. And my friends know about her. Or, this friend knows about her.
She and I talked about the email, but I sent what I wanted to send, I replied.
My friend, who knows about this woman I've never met.
D's sister has deactivated the "message me" function on her Facebook, and I am certainly not going to send her a friend request, so Friday night, while this friend and I were debating the pros and cons of offering condolences, I decided I wouldn't send anything.
Unless she was copied on an e-mail that D sent me, since I have all of the e-mails.
A pack-rat, even digitally.
And she was copied on an e-mail. May 2010. The day D and I and my brother got back from a trip to New York. D had taken a picture of graffiti on a wall, and had e-mailed me and his sister the picture.
I've seen that wall several times since. Each time I see the picture, I remember the day in May 2010 when D, my brother, and I walked by that wall and D had to stop to take its picture. A few blocks later, we passed a flower vendor. The flowers were in vases labeled with the names of the flowers.
In one of the vases: Sweet William.
You're my sweet William, D said to me, and I said, you never call me William.
Because he never called me William.
And I e-mailed condolences to the woman who probably found D's body.
Post-halftime. Sunday night.
I don't have anything of substance to say, except that I am moved, as ever, and just wanted to leave a footprint.


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When I entered grad school, I was asked to choose who I wanted to have for a composition teacher. My options were Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, David Diamond, Vincent Persichetti and Roger Sessions. I opted not to choose, figuring that I wasn't worth much if I couldn't learn something from any one of those guys.
As it worked out, I was able to learn quite a bit from each of them, just by paying close attention to every encounter, every opportunity for dialogue. Thanks to them, I finished my degree with several lifetimes worth of awareness and experience, some of which has taken me years, and even decades, to sort through.
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Good composers learn from good teachers, they learn from bad teachers, and they learn from no teachers at all. Don't ever let anyone imply that s/he's a better composer than someone else because of who hisorher teacher was. The important thing is how good a learner the student was, and continues to be.
The best situation is to have good teachers who help you find your own way. One of the challenges I have in my teaching is knowing when to tell a student that something won't work, and when to let the lesson teach itself. There's always the temptation to want to save a young composer the time and trouble of barreling down a dead end, but that's not always the best approach. Some of the most important lessons I've learned as a student of composition have come from not being afraid to make brutal mistakes.
At times like those, it's great to have a sensitive teacher who can help you focus on what you have gained through experience, someone who can reflect on where you've been and where you are going, someone who knows that mistakes are a beginning and not an end, and someone who will take sincere joy in celebrating each step in your growth as an artist.


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Oh, Peg, I'm so sorry to hear about your brother-in-law's diagnosis and your sister's fall ~~ of course I will keep Jim and Erlene ~ and you ~ in my prayers and energy work.
You raised a very important question ~ I don't know the answer, but I share your concern. I'm wondering if some of it isn't a cultural thing. We Americans tend to be so youth-obsessed, for one thing, and the elderly are not revered as greatly for their wisdom, etc as in, say, Native American cultures. Nor is the concept of "family" as strong here, as it is, say, in Italian cultures. I've spent a great many hours visiting residents of nursing homes over the years, and it's heart breaking to see how many old folks are just dumped there and basically abandoned, even some whose families live right in the same town!
I took a leave from my job in New Hampshire, and left my husband and son for a few months to take care of my dying mom (lung cancer) in Maine and I wouldn't do a thing differently if I had to make that decision again today. Sure, it was inconvenient and a challenge and exhausting and wretchedly sad, etc etc, but it was also a tremendous honor - and somewhat healing for both of us - to be with her for that stage of her journey.
HOWEVER, that said, I also pray that I am never a burden to my Sisters here at the convent, or to my family when my time comes. So ..... back to Square One; I don't know what the answer is.
Perhaps a place to start is to initiate dialogue with our own families NOW, while everyone's feeling pretty good. Sort of like the Living Will idea -- get the requests or expectations or dilemmas or whatever "out there" in advance, before illness or crisis distorts rational thinking.
Meanwhile, hugs to you (((Peg))) - you're definitely not alone here!!!
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Thank you, Lura, for your prayers and energy work, as well as your wise counsel. Along with you, I myself have the same thought of not wanting to be a burden. And it is such a dilemma, I too do not know the answer, but I think your suggestion is a very good. We need to start these diaglogues with our families so that if/when the time comes, we can all move through it with ease, and peace, and grace.
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Historic finds down on the farm
COURTESY PHOTO George Alston of the Nockenut community displays a gravestone and Spanish Colonial-era cannonball he found on his farm.
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George Alston owns a farm in the Nockenut community near Stockdale. In 1975, he uncovered on his farm what appears to be a gravestone, he told local historian Shirley Grammer. The stone bears the year "1796" and an inscription.
"As best as we can determine, [the inscription] is 'Here lies A. Richoll,'" Grammer said.
About five years later, George found a 10-pound cannonball about a quarter of a mile from the gravestone. He had it assessed by a group of professionals who specialize in identifying artifacts and visit the Seguin coliseum periodically. They dated the ball to the 1780-1830 Spanish Colonial era. There is a slight flat surface on one side; this was the point of impact, the professionals told George.
George bought the old Alston homestead in 1969. He retired from Southwestern Bell in 1976 and moved to the farm. His grandparents, Phillip and Mary Jane Morris Barnes Alston, were the previous landowners.
Mary Jane was a widow living in the community of Wrightsboro when she met Phillip. They bought the 350-acre ranch in 1881. Both are interred in the old Nockenut Cemetery.
George's great-grandfather was a Confederate soldier. Some of the Alston family history is compiled in a booklet at the Alamo Library in San Antonio.
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Alvin Charmaine
August 24, 2010 2:39pm
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Kinda surprised he hasn't dug up the body since he doesn't appear to have a problem driving around with the headstone in the back of his suv.
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This so interesting! A lot of history is in Wilson County. I would love to interview Mr. Alston some day. I bet he has some interesting stories about his family.
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The winners of a virtual technology competition in the virtual world could be rewarded "through a competive-gaming structure" - perhaps denominated in Linden Dollars, the coin of the realm in Second Life.
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