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Debby D'Arcangelo, longtime Trenton resident and former trustee, to assume role
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Published: 07.01.12| Updated: 07.01.12
Debby D'Arcangelo, longtime Trenton resident and former trustee, to assume role
Jennifer Miller
VP of Community Services
Trenton, NJ – The Board of Trustees of Planned Parenthood Association of the Mercer Area is pleased to welcome Debby D'Arcangelo as its new President and CEO. D'Arcangelo has been serving as Interim CEO since October and begins her tenure as President and CEO immediately.
"We are thrilled to announce that the Board of Trustees has hired Debby D'Arcangelo, a former Trustee, to serve as President and CEO," said Carol Golden, board chair. "Debby served on the board for more than 6 years and has played a crucial role in the stewardship of the organization."
D'Arcangelo holds an A.B. from Harvard and a Masters in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. In addition to past positions at J.P. Morgan and Isles, Inc., D'Arcangelo has served on the boards of the Princeton Area Community Foundation, New Jersey Policy Perspective, NAACP Trenton Branch, and Phillips Exeter Academy among others. She has worked in Trenton for the past 17 years and been a proud and active resident for the past 12 years.
"We are so fortunate to have such a talented, knowledgeable, and committed former trustee who can guide the organization through this important period," said Golden. "We look forward to continued success at Planned Parenthood under Debby's leadership."
"I am very excited to serve Planned Parenthood in this capacity," D'Arcangelo said, "In partnership with our thousands of supporters and our excellent staff and volunteers, I am pleased to help provide high-quality, comprehensive reproductive health care to the Mercer County community, particularly in Trenton."

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Thursday, April 24, 2014
By Jim Tankersley And Scott Clement
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CHESTER, Pa. — The alarm rang on John Stewart's phone at 1:10 a.m. He was up at 1:30, caught one bus north into Philadelphia a little after 2 and another bus, south toward Philadelphia International Airport, a half-hour after that. He made it into work around 3:25 for a shift that started at 4, for a job that pays $5.25 an hour, which he cannot afford to lose.
John Stewart works at the Philadelphia International Airport, escorting people in wheelchairs. He is paid $5.25 an hour, plus tips, and worries about paying his bills and losing his job.
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The Washington Post-Miller Center poll was conducted Sept. 6-12, 2013, among a random national sample of 1,509 adults, including landline and cellphone only respondents.
Overall results have a three-percentage-point margin of sampling error.
The error margin is 9.5 points among the 142 workers interviewed with annual household incomes below $35,000, 7.5 points among the 250 workers with incomes between $35,000 and $74,999, and 6.5 points among the 321 workers with incomes of at least $75,000.
Stewart is 55, tall and thin and animated. At work he wears a clip-on tie, a white cotton shirt with a fraying collar and a pair of black sneakers he nabbed on sale for $12.99 a few days ago. He wheels elderly air passengers from the ticket counters through security and to their gates, and back again, and every once in a while they tip him. Usually for lunch he buys a candy bar. His skin flakes from psoriasis, which gets worse when he worries, which, these days, is all the time. He can't pay for treatments to soothe the itching or for a car to shorten his predawn commute.
"I can't save money," he said recently, "to buy the things I need to live as a human being."
American workers are living with unprecedented economic anxiety, four years into a recovery that has left so many of them stuck in place. That anxiety is concentrated heavily among low-income workers such as Stewart.
More than six in 10 workers in a recent Washington Post-Miller Center poll worry that they will lose their jobs to the economy, surpassing concerns in more than a dozen surveys dating to the 1970s. Nearly one in three, 32 percent, say they worry "a lot" about losing their jobs, also a record high, according to the joint survey, which explores Americans' changing definition of success and their confidence in the country's future. The Miller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia specializing in public policy, presidential scholarship and political history.
Job insecurities have always been higher among low-income Americans, but they typically rose and fell across all levels of the income ladder. Today, workers at the bottom have drifted away, occupying their own island of insecurity.
Fifty-four percent of workers making $35,000 or less now worry "a lot" about losing their jobs, compared with 37 percent of lower-income workers in 1992 and an identical number in 1975, according to surveys by Time magazine, CNN and Yankelovich. Intense worry is far lower, 29 percent, among workers with incomes between $35,000 and $75,000, and it drops to 17 percent among those with incomes above that level.
Lower-paid workers also worry far more about making ends meet. Fully 85 percent of them fear that their families' income will not be enough to meet expenses, up 25 points from a 1971 survey asking an identical question. Thirty-two percent say they worry all the time about meeting expenses, a number that has almost tripled since the 1970s.
Americans' economic perceptions often divide along political lines; supporters of the incumbent president are usually more optimistic about the job market and the health of the economy. But that's not the case with this new anxiety. Once you control for economic and demographic factors, there is no partisan divide. There's no racial divide, either, and no gender gap. It also doesn't matter where you live.
What matters in this new anxiety, what unites the people who worry more now than ever, are income and education. Workers who earn less, and workers who didn't graduate from college, fear losing their already weaker livelihoods more than anyone else.
Spend a day with John Stewart – a man who has worked low-wage jobs since the late '70s – and you start to understand why.
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Love the portraits!
fain-life: thanks! here's some more
Some political potraits/caricatures I did for fun/practice
Hey nice sketchbook man, really like the illustrations, keep it up.
my sketchbook- http://conceptart.org/forums/showthr...=235313&page=3
will123will: thanks!
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Hey man thanks for the comment in my sketchbook i'll definitely look into them this weekend. I've been on loomis and bridgeman the past couple months and ive heard great things about the others so thanks for reminding me. Also great stuff Blooming maiden is hands down my favorite its the piece i remembered you by from the vernissage haha. Heres hoping i get to where you're at by the end of my third year also this is the guy i was talking about today http://conceptart.org/forums/showthr...udies-and-such Anyway hope to see you around more often at the model sessions keep up the good work man!
good to see you still on the grind!
keep having fun learning and exploring
sketchbook updated October 6th
Stephane Perez: Oh Filis! She graduated the year before me, she's cool.
Jamie Romoser: Hey it's been a while
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Damn, that's good. Really good. I love that b/w girl and the warhammer. Keep it up, man.
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dig it ! nice work ! love those black and whites too
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Amazing! You are definately on the professional level of art! Im loving the whole sketchbook especially the character designs Keep it up!
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thanks everyone
haven't been updating for a bit, so here we go
3 oil portraits from life
and a quick mugshot study warmup
awesome! if i could give a crit for your digis i'd say learn more brush variation, or working variation. a similar brush throughout a painting creates a similar edge on everything, and that leaves alot on the line as general contrasts are reduced- for instance, in the study above, i would want to make the folds in the woman's neck have a very different quality of edge than her hair etc.. etc..
Great sketchbook! I love the use of colour in your watercolour life drawings; it makes them really interesting to look at, it'd be nice to see some more if you get the time
insane lemur: Thanks! I'll try to more mindful about different mark-making.
SophieW: thanksss
here's some mechanical stuff I did some time ago
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice I'm liking all the new stuff dude! Keep it going!
Neglected this! So here's some fresh stuff.
So many styles! A treat to go through this sketchbook. Great stuff!
Flaskpost: thanks for looking!
Male Cyborg
Lots n lots n lots of great work since i've last been here. Great job! Thanks for sharing once again.
Your characters are very creative, makes me realize even more how little time i spend thinking about concept. Thanks for that.
Danny_K Icecold
"Good artists are the crappy artists who never gave up!!"
BlackDelphin: thanks bud!
Screencap study
and starting a new environment piece
Great SB xin. Only thing I would like to see more of is chromatic colors. More like the landscape and characters in post 80. Definitely something I should also work on. Haha
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Eric needs to DRAW DRAW DRAW
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Hey Xin! your new portfolio is awesome, I was at work when looking at it, shared it with a few other concept artists there lots of really good new concepts. Thanks for dropping by my sketchbook. Im trying to update my portfolio too, ive been drawing alot again lately, gotta keep it up I really need to improve. Anyways, see you around man!
From what movie is the screencap?
New landscape looks awesome, looking forward to its progress.
Danny_K Icecold
"Good artists are the crappy artists who never gave up!!"
palladium: will do!
SpaceJelly: thanks
Matt Levert: thanks dooood
BlackDelphin: Robin Hood, the most recent one directed by Ridley Scott (http://framefilter.blogspot.ca/2013/01/robin-hood.html)
Chainsaw Centaur? Chainsaw Centaur.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, right, try to enter past Michigan State Police at the George W. Romney State Building, where Gov. Snyder has an office in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. The crowd is protesting right-to-work legislation passed last week. Michigan could become the 24th state with a right-to-work law next week. Rules required a five-day wait before the House and Senate vote on each other's bills; lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene Tuesday and Gov. Snyder has pledged to sign the bills into law. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Cops track down 40 warrant jumpers
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Zion Police K9 Officer Jon Meyers (left) with Ozzie and Zion Police Detective Mike Ware guard the rear of a house in the 300 block of Powell Ave. in Waukegan during a warrant sweep. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
The following agencies participated Thursday in the county's largest warrants sweep: Lake County Sheriff's Office; Lake County States Attorney's Office; Illinois State Police SWAT, District 2 and District 15; Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force; and police from Park City, Zion, Lake Forest, Lake County Forest Preserve, Libertyville, Vernon Hills, Buffalo Grove, Lincolnshire, Bannockburn, Wauconda, Lakemoor, Grayslake, Gurnee, College of Lake County, Lindenhurst and Mundelein.
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Police could clearly see the blinds part as someone peaked out from the second-floor window as a group of officers gathered outside the two-flat at 1022 Pacific St., Waukegan, early Thursday.
Two officers stationed themselves near windows on either side of the house, while another and his dog went to the back in case the suspect try to flee out a back door or window. Three went up to the door and two more stood back to survey the entire area.
The action being taken was part of what Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said was the biggest warrants sweep ever made in the county. There were 100 police officers, state's attorney investigators, jail transport personnel and some civilian from 22 agencies that gathered at 5:30 a.m. at the courthouse in Waukegan making the city's downtown unusually busy at that hour.
Eight different teams took their share of 200 warrants, a large majority felony warrants, and headed out across the county. Police made 38 arrests, with two additional arrests for out of county warrants, for everything from identity theft to aggravated battery to failure to appear in court on felony DUI charges.
"We do a couple of these a year," said Curran, but this is the largest sweep we've ever had in Lake County. We have about 16,000 (outstanding) warrants, 2,500 less than last year and that's the lowest number in 10 years."
At the Pacific Street address, officers kept knocking until they were let into the first floor where they could access the upstairs apartment, hoping to arrest Helena Matthews, 32, for felony identity theft.
After pounding on the door for minutes, someone finally answered and the pregnant suspect agreed to go quietly with police.
The officers moved down list and headed out to the next address.
Some of the ground rules include police cannot just barge into an apartment or home if the person the police are seeking does not own or lease the property. At 320 4th St., Waukegan, police were looking for a man who had an outstanding warrant for felony driving under the influence. "I can't hear you, but I can hear your voice. Open the door so I can talk to you," said Sheriff's Detective Felix Pena.
A woman answered the door and he tried to convince her that it would be best if the man gave himself up, but she insisted he was not there so police left. "I'd bet he was in there," he said as he picked out the next location to hit.
As police gathered around to get the background and mug shot for the next stop, Pena injected some humor.
"This next guy is no relation, Juan Pena," and some of the officers cracked up and said, "Sure." The man was wanted for failure to appear and resisting arrest. Some of his prior arrests included three assaults, criminal damage to property and dangerous drugs. Everyone jumped into mostly unmarked police vehicles and off they went to 838 Chestnut St.
Once again, officers took up positions and a man came to the door pretty quickly, but the conversation didn't last long. "It's a new tenant. I recognized the guy from the restaurant me and my partner used to go to. The guy has moved," Pena said.
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Team 1 was on high alert when they went to 2019 Galilee Ave., in Zion, where the suspect was wanted for burglary. "This guy has 52 total arrests and 19 convictions for larceny, drugs, trafficking, obstructing justice and resisting," said Pena.
Everyone got into position and Pena banged on the door for nearly a minute, but other officers looking inside with flashlights saw no one moving around. "He might of stayed with his girlfriend last night," Pena said as they gathered for the next background briefing.
The warrants sweep is actually a two-week process and 84 of 200 target warrants were actually cleared. There were 14 found to be deceased or a judge quashed the warrant because it was very old and for a minor offense.
Thirteen people self-surrendered after they heard police were calling, talking to relatives and friends trying to find a good address for the suspect.
Another four were transported from other county jails and there were two out-of-county warrants cleared. Another 11 were found to be in the custody of other jails and a hold was placed on them so that once they got out of that jail they could not go free.
"This demonstrates Lake County law enforcement agencies work particularly well together," said Curran. "They come together to serve the community, crime victims and in some instances, protect us from evil," he said.


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JEERS - To vandals' stupidity. Heads should have been shaking in disbelief while reading a recent report that 18 street signs were stolen in the village and town of Mayfield. The thefts are another act of senseless vandalism - an act that could delay emergency vehicles from finding a residence. Replacing the signs would cost about $1,800. Mayfield Highway Superintendent Melvin Dopp said, "I don't have any clue why somebody would want to put people's lives in danger." Nether do we. We only hope the next report will be one about the thieves' arrests.
CHEERS - To an important week. Since 1922, Fire Prevention Week has been observed in October. It was established to remember the Great Chicago Fire, which began Oct. 8, 1871, and continued into the next day. In our area, paid and volunteer firefighters take full advantage of the week to not only explain fire prevention, but also to open their doors to the public so people can see what firefighters do. Thank you to all firefighters for giving more of your time to raise public awareness.
JEERS - To buying the airwaves. There is no way to avoid the 30- or 60-second political commercials that have taken control of your television. Many of the political ads offer no substance or answers. They just blast their opponents. According to NBC, as of mid-September, almost $600 million was spent on national TV ads alone from presidential candidates collectively. This week's presidential debate was the best commercial anyone could view. People saw candidates' live responses to issues, their responses to each other and their body language. Tune in to the next live debates and fast-forward through the TV?ads. It's too bad we don't see more public debates.
CHEERS - To the change of seasons. The air has a bite to it, the colors surround us and all of our area apple orchards are filled with people. It's autumn in the Adirondacks. At times, there is nothing that puts things in perspective like the great outdoors, surrounded in natural scenery. We all live in the midst of this all. Don't take it for granted - go out and enjoy.


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Today in History – May 23, 1930 – U.S. Plant Patent Act of the Hawley-Smot Trariff allows plants to be patented. This new U.S. Plant Patent Act provided, for the first time, patent protection for new and distinct varieties of asexually reproduced plants. Plant breeders now had a financial incentive to perform plant breeding experiments and exercise control over their discoveries. The new law was motivated by the work of Luther Burbank, who had performed over 100,000 horticultural experiments and developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants during his 50 years of dedication to plant improvement. After selling his rights to the Russet Burbank potato in 1871 he moved to California and established a nursery garden, a greenhouse and experimental farms in Santa Rosa that one can visit today as a park and museum.
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There's a recurring theme seen in her images — appreciation of motherhood.
Parks, a diminutive brunette, pointed out images of Iraqi mothers with their children. Her inspiration, she said, was the beginning of the war in Iraq 10 years ago, when the news footage showed videos of the suffering of common people.
Most of her subjects are people, and their faces are the focal points of her works. They reflect a range of emotions — contentment, sadness, anxiety or cheerfulness.
"This painting is of my hair dresser," she said as she pointed to a colorful rendition of an attractive woman in a wicker chair. Another painting showed a hobo wearing a chambray shirt and a slightly crumpled hat. A sculpture that matched the painting sat next to it, and the same hobo held a replica of a tin can. Parks said she met the man when he was working for a relative, and she was fascinated with his stories. He told her the can was used to warm his food over a fire.
The passion Parks has for her art glows like the spring sunlight streaming in through her studio's classroom windows.
Parks is the featured artist in the newest exhibit at Noble Gallery, inside Nunnally's Custom Framing on Noble Street in Anniston. Though she lives in Anniston, Parks' work has not been on display locally for several years. So she said she was pleased when Nunnally's owner, Ann Welch, invited her to display some of her art.
"She called and asked me to be the featured artist," said Parks. "Many of my pieces have not been seen around here."
But that wasn't always the case. Parks was one of the founding members of the former ArtWorks Gallery that was on Noble Street for many years. Her work hung on the gallery walls, alongside that of other local artists. In addition, Parks had a solo exhibit in Talladega three years ago, and pieces of her work have been shown in Florence, Gainesville, Ga., and in North Carolina, Texas and Florida.
Parks is married to retired Anniston attorney Charles Parks, and the couple has three grown children. During the years when she was raising them, Parks said she painted gifts for her children's friends, and taught her children to be artistic. She attended the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Fla., but took a break from her formal education to raise the children. She later transferred to Jacksonville State University and graduated with an art degree in 1999.
Parks' method of creativity is to keep about three pieces of art going at a time. When she gets "bogged down and can't progress" on one piece, she moves on to one of the others until inspiration strikes.
She also takes photographs whenever she travels. On a recent vacation, she snapped a picture of a colorful rooster on a nearby fence, and it became the subject of her next painting. The rooster's side feathers are shaped like a pharaoh headdress, so she named the piece "Pharaoh."
Sketching is a big part of Parks' painting method, and "slab and coil" is her method of working with clay — building an object up with both slabs and rolled clay. Her latest works use high-grade clays of such quality that they require a scant amount of glaze.
"I can't imagine my life without art," Parks said. "It's a huge part of my daily life, and it's been therapeutic for me during difficult times. It's an incredible way to express myself."
Parks' work will be on display at Noble Gallery, inside Nunnally's Custom Framing on Noble Street, through July and can be viewed Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
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I just read a novel that is a great classical historical fiction: A Land Remembered by P. Smith. It's a story of a very poor family who fled Georgia before the outbreak of the Civil War in the 1850's to avoid the terror of those times. It deals with the trials and tribulations of three generations of that family who sought a peaceful new life in Florida, a State virtually un-occupied at that time. The novel ends in the 1960's in Ft Myers with somewhat of a surprise ending; but with redeeming social values.
This novel is a symbol of people like me, and perhaps you, who for over 150 years have escaped the high pressure lifestyle of the northern states and pursued a more casual life in sunny Florida. Since I moved to Florida, 22 years ago, 1000 people per day have followed to seek out a better and more tranquil life.
Florida for all the negative commentary: heat, humidity, mosquitoes, and wild life has not lost its appeal for a better life. In the past several years Florida has seen a decline in property values due to a national and local economic downturn, but it appears to be rebounding as of late. Florida is no longer just a place for older persons to come to retire.
Naples and Collier County residents are fortunate that the vision of past County Commissioners have helped make our community a great place to bring up a family. This success was in spite of them making some very unpopular decisions in the past. The best of their planning included: museums, parks, sports and recreation facilities, most of which are free. The high quality of maintenance to the public areas and beaches create the aesthetics that have only enhanced its attraction for families and businesses. It is easy to feel the euphoria of living here.
While Florida has been an Escape Portal for the pressures of life from the fast paced northern states, Naples has become more than that. It is a place to bring up a family in communities that offer so much to promote a healthy lifestyle with fine schools, including several noteworthy colleges. Businesses should note this is a great environment to establish and grow. Naples and Southwest Florida can attract the talent they need from all parts of the globe including the young talented and skilled residents in the area.
In my view, Naples is truly the center of the Florida Escape Portal; and there is no better time for businesses to establish a presence here and grow. Investment opportunities in Naples real estate are exciting at least; and profitable at best! A win, win situation!
Naples is: A Place to Remember!
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Ebara is one of 49 finalists for the inaugural "Greater Reno-Tahoe Best Places to Work" awards sponsored by the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN). Six finalists are based or have operations in Sparks, including Kiley Ranch, Land Resource Investments, Haws Corporation, Granite Construction and Ebara International.
The program is an effort to highlight the significance of the employee in the workplace and to boost morale.
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Ebara, which engineers cast iron and stainless steel pumps for commercial businesses and residences, offers profit sharing, a benefits package and a committee within the company that schedules extracurricular events, such as picnics and bowling, Kilkenny said.
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I am researching my family (Saye) and my wife's (Simpson)and have photos of most the markers that I have submitted to this site.
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Hello Ed,
In the Dry Pond cemetery in Jackson County, GA. you have listed:
James W. Aaron #103431325
Lizzie E. Aaron #103434252
Would you be so kind to transfer them to me as they are family.
Thanks so much,
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My grandmother was the daughter of Norma Gladys Saye Smith. Her father was Joseph Albon Saye, and her grandfather was Richard W. Saye. I see from your photos and information that Richard's wife was named Elizabeth. Do you know her maiden name?
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Would you transfer:
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They are family and I am trying to connect them.
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Hi Ed.
In the Howington cemetery in Jackson County, you have Hazel Lee Blalock Leachman #98103165 listed.
Would you please transfer or link her with her parents:
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Hi again.
My apologies! I skipped a generation in my request for linking Willard Boyd Blalock.
His parents are William Boyd Blalock #59636542 and Cadie Thompson Blalock #59636543.
Elias and Janie B. Blalock are his grandparents!
Thanks again,
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Hi Ed.
You do great work with your cemetery recordings - Thank you!
In the Berea cemetery in Jackson County you have listed Willard Boyd Blalock #62689862 and his wife Yvonne Wood Blalock #62689931.
Would you mind either transferring them to me (I'm Blalock relation) or linking Willard to his parents:
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Hello Ed. I see that in 2010 you took pictures of all sides of the Revolutionary Soldiers War Memorial in Elberton Co, GA. Do you still have those photos? If so, would you mind adding a photo of the panel containing the name of "Benjamin Andrew Jr." to his memorial? The memorial number is 61211522. Thank you very much.
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Many thanks! I'll see if I can find relatives based on his obit.
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Hi Ed --
I'm helping a friend work on some family in Georgia, which includes the Bone family in the Athens area. I saw that you had photographed William and Minnie Bone's headstone, so thought you might be pretty familiar with Oconee Hill Cemetery (which I am not -- at all).
Do you know if the cemetery has been completely canvassed? I'm looking for William's parents (and siblings), who most likely also died in Athens (his parents being James and Susan). If they're not buried at Oconee Hill, might you have an idea of where else they might be buried?
Any guidance you might have would be greatly appreciated. I'm not having any luck looking for them.
Many thanks!
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Thank you again Mr. Saye for all you have done in adding to the Find A Grave site. I, and I am sure many others are very appreciative.
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Poly senior Jordan Bell led the defensive charge. The 6-foot-8 forward, who has committed to Oregon, scored 16 points and blocked six shots.
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"We just focus on holding teams to non-double-digit quarters," said Prince, headed to USC next season. "So you want to hold them to non-double-digit quarters and, obviously, outscore them. And knowing Compton, they're an athletic team that wants to get up and down the floor, so our 2-1-2 (defense) is more of a thing to keep them from going up and down the court.
"So it's playing a half-court game, something they're probably not used to."
Poly is ranked 10th in the country by MaxPreps.com. Its second loss of the season came by an 85-52 count to Whitney Young - ranked third - on Jan. 19 in Springfield College, Mass.
Metoyer wasn't thrilled with his team's defense in that one, but he is ecstatic his troops rebounded with three defense-led league victories since their return.
In those victories over Jordan, Cabrillo and Compton, the Jackrabbits allowed 35, 47 and 44 points, respectively.
Poly led 27-24 at the break, but outscored Compton 21-11 in the third quarter.
When Prince threw down a dunk with 5:48 to play, the Jackrabbits held a 55-37 lead. With 5:09 to play, the Tarbabes were done.
Brandon Staton contributed 14 points for the Jackrabbits, who have a two-game lead over Compton (15-9, 7-2) with three to play.
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Two years later, Ott has followed up the promise that came with those accolades with "Pearblossom Highway," which had its world premiere at the just-wrapped Vienna International Film Festival last week before heading to AFI FEST for its American debut this past weekend.
The film, in large part, continues both the themes and approach of "Littlerock," a risky move that pays off quite nicely. Ott again collaborates with Atsuko Okatsuka (co-screenwriter and lead actress) and Cory Zacharia (the lead actor) on "Pearblossom," blending both spontaneous improvisation and real-life elements of the lives of the actors into his and Okatsuka's screenplay.
"I was talking to someone the other night who said something to the degree of, 'You're not interested in making another kind of movie,'" Ott said in Vienna the night before he headed back to Los Angeles for AFI FEST. "I mean, I don't necessarily want to five years from now be making movies out in the desert with me and Cory and Atsuko and a video camera. However, at the end of the day, I want to make films... I've just met so many first-time filmmakers that have more success than me -- or less success than me, for that matter -- that still haven't made another movie. So initially I just wanted to make something."
Ott and Okatsuka cut and pasted ideas together for a while as they developed the story of Cory and Anna (Zacharia and Okatsuka), variations on the characters each portrayed in "Littlerock." Like that film, this one is set in a small California desert town (the title refers to the only highway leading out of it), and deals with themes of immigration, disillusionment and coming of age. Cory is a twentysomething who's having trouble going anywhere (his main goal is to get on a reality show), and who may or may not be significantly confused about his sexuality. Anna is a Japanese immigrant who's taken up prostitution so she can save money to go back to Japan and visit her sick grandmother. The film culminates in the two of them heading to San Francisco together to visit Cory's long-absent father.
Despite what it takes on, the film never feels heavy-handed. It also never feels as if Ott and his collaborators are simply repeating "Littlerock." "Pearblossom" easily stands on its own as a distinctive and engaging film that works so well because of the collaborative, unconventional apporach behind it and the organic-feeling cinema that results.


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Talking baseball while the Bulls keep playing tough defense:
1. One thing about guys who put together baseball teams for a living: They are open-minded in their approach to evaluating talent. They strip away reputations and examine contributions. They study the signs of improvement and regression.
They're not always going to reach the right conclusions, of course, and certainly they don't always chart the right course, as they're not operating in a vacuum. They're dealing with an ever-changing inventory of players and a landscape that is impacted by 29 other teams.
It was reported late Tuesday by ESPN and Sirius-SM's Jim Bowden that the Cubs and Rangers are finalists for the services of Edwin Jackson, with a suggestion that one of them might do what his previous frontrunner, the Padres, would not: give Jackson a four-year contract.
EJax? Four years, maybe $50 million? Even three years, $36 million? Either way, isn't that a lot for a guy who will be going to his eighth team, the seventh in his last six seasons?
Jackson has been the sort of player that you rent when you need him, not buy for the long haul. But if Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer are open-minded to Jackson – and the Cubs have not confirmed their involvement with Jackson – then there must be a reason, just as there was when they offered Anibal Sanchez $75 million over five years last week.
Sure enough, there is. In terms of regular-season performance, Jackson has been almost exactly the same pitcher as Sanchez since July 31, 2010, when he was traded from the Diamondbacks to the White Sox.
At 29, he is older than Sanchez – by less than six months, however – and while Sanchez pitched very well against the Orioles, Yankees and Giants in the just-completed postseason, Jackson was hit hard by the Cardinals. You can argue that Jackson's regular-season numbers are a tick better than Sanchez's, however.
Since August, 2010, Sanchez has gone 22-28 with a 3.79 ERA and 1.28 WHIP in 75 starts for the Marlins and Tigers, working 462 2/3 innings. While with the White Sox, Cardinals and Nationals, Jackson was 26-22 with a 3.80 ERA and 1.31 WHIP in 74 starts, working 464 1/3 innings.
Both pitched primarily in the National League, but Jackson made 14 more starts against American League lineups than Sanchez (34-20) in this time. Adjusted for league differential, his ERA and WHIP would be lower than Sanchez's over the last 2 1/3 seasons.
Jackson's slider is about as good of a put-away pitch as anything Sanchez has, and he throws harder – a lot harder – than Sanchez. According to the PitchFX information at Fangraphs.com, Jackson hit 100 on a radar gun as recently as 2010 and last year peaked at 97.6 mph with an average of 93.4 on his fastball (fourth best in the NL among qualifiers, behind Jeff Samardzija, Jordan Zimmermann and Edinson Volquez). Sanchez topped out at 96.9 and his fastball averaged 91.5.Sanchez has shown more pitchability than Jackson. He throws more strikes and uses his secondary pitches (especially a changeup) much more often. But stack the numbers side by side and it's hard to see why one guy is an emerging star and the other is considered a tease and disappointment waiting to happen.
It's amazing to me that Jackson has bounced around so much and not become walking scar tissue. He has an even demeanor in the clubhouse and seems popular among his ever-changing cast of teammates.
Last night, I asked an executive who knows Jackson well about him. "Like him,'' he said. "Been on some good teams. Athletic. Competes well.''
As for the improvement he's shown the last two years, he said: "Command better now that he has learned how to harness his fastball. Slider always (his) out pitch. Solid No. 3, 4 starter. Takes ball. I like him personally.''
How would Jackson respond if he got another chance to spend a few years in the same spot? It seems that Epstein and Hoyer believe he'd be just fine, maybe better.
2. A.J. Pierzynski's fate could be tied to Jackson. He visited the Rangers on Tuesday but there was no indication that a deal was near. Perhaps the Rangers could add both Jackson and Pierzynski after losing Josh Hamilton and trading Michael Young to the Phillies (although they had to pay $10 million to get rid of the fading icon), but if they commit three or four years at $12-14 million for Jackson it could make it tougher for Pierzynski to get the multi-year contract he's seeking.
It's a mystery why the Yankees haven't gobbled up Pierzynski, as they continue to sit there with only Chris Stewart and Francisco Cervelli as their catchers, but they haven't. If Texas passes on Pierzynski, it could force the White Sox's hands. They really want to use 2013 to determine if Tyler Flowers can be their regular catcher in 2014 and beyond, and the only way they'll know that is to give him 250-400 at-bats. That's not going to happen if Pierzynski returns for a ninth season. It's a dilemma, and it becomes a bigger one if the market continues to turn its back on the 36-year-old Pierzynski, coming off a career year. As for Jackson, people I spoke with in Texas knew he was on the Rangers' radar but felt they were only interested in a one-year commitment.
3. According to Bowden, the Marlins are interested in trading Ricky Nolasco to the Angels for Peter Bourjos. But can't the Angels do better than Nolasco if they're going to move the outfielder who is squeezed out by Hamilton? While the White Sox are hoping to contend in 2012, they would figure to be positioned to get a nice return if they deal Gavin Floyd, who like Nolasco is eligible for free agency after 2013. Consider the WARs compiled by the two pitchers over the last four seasons. Nolasco: 1.5, 0.5, 1.3, 0.5; Floyd, 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 3.9. There's no comparison. If a Nolasco-for-Bourjos trade is a possibility, then the White Sox should engage the Angels in a deal that could bring them Bourjos and maybe another prospect or two, with first baseman C.J. Cron high on the list of guys worth getting. It's late in the transaction winter, but there's still plenty of steam coming off the hot stove.
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Panetta said he was disappointed that Thursday's eight-hour hearing focused so much on what Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, had said in the past about Iran, Israel and other matters instead of what he thinks about today's issues, including the war in Afghanistan, the fight against terrorism, and looming automatic budget cuts and their impact on military readiness.
"We just did not see enough time spent on discussing those issues. And in the end, that's what counts," Panetta told NBC's "Meet the Press" in an interview broadcast Sunday.
"It's pretty obvious that the political knives were out for Chuck Hagel," Panetta said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, noting the lengthy hearing, said on ABC's "This Week," "give the guy a break. I thought he did pretty good." Reid, D-Nev., said Hagel's party affiliation "should be a plus. We need more."
Panetta said he is confident that Hagel is prepared to succeed him at the Pentagon.
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BBC's 'Urban Birder' Dave Lindo speaks of South London Incinerator heartbreak
12:21pm Monday 9th December 2013 in News By Mike Murphy-Pyle, Chief Reporter
A BBC presenter has branded plans to build an incinerator on Beddington parkland "devastating".
David Lindo, better known as the Urban Birder on his regular One Show slots, said he was a regular visitor to Beddington Farmlands as it is home to more than 100 species of birds and described it as "a giant in the London birding scene".
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But he has criticised plans to build an energy recovery facility (ERF), which will burn waste from Sutton, Croydon, Merton and Kingston to produce heat and electricity, in Beddington Lane amid fears it will harm local bird populations, which he says are already in decline.
Sutton Council and the Greater London Authority have given waste management company Viridor planning permission to build the ERF on a site off Beddington Lane. It will replace the existing landfill site, which will be converted into parkland, as was the original agreement when the landfill site was originally built.
Campaign group Stop the Incinerator fear the incinerator will emit harmful pollution and say the site should be wholly given over to parkland.
Mr Lindo said: "My heart sank when I heard that the council, GLA and the Secretary of State have sanctioned the construction of the incinerator at Beddington Farmlands. This news is simply devastating.
"I used to regularly watch birds at this amazing site since the early 80's. To this day, it still remains a giant in the London birding scene and an important area for wildlife in general.
"Unfortunately, its fantastic potential as a major site for Londoners and for youngsters especially to learn about the beauty of nature has already been blighted. Beddington Farmland's nationally renowned tree sparrow colony - a rare species in the UK - is already in steep decline.
"We cannot stand by and let this wonderful area be destroyed. Everybody needs to get behind the Stop The Incinerator campaign. I am."
Peter Alfrey, a member of the Beddington Farmlands Bird Group, said the area's tree sparrow population has gone from 1,000 in 2007 to just 15 this year after Viridor felled trees used by the birds for roosting.
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The plant will burn up to 302,500 tonnes of non-hazardous rubbish at the plant each year and will generate up to 26mw of electricity which will go back into the National Grid. It will also create heat and Sutton Council plans to set up its own company to distribute the heat to the nearby Felnex development.
Stop the Incinerator plans to challenge the decision to grant planning permission to the site via a judicial review and has enlisted the help of Labour leader Ed Miliband's lawyer wife Justine Thornton and campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, who successfully convinced the Bank of England to include Jane Austin on the new £10 note.
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