text: Digital The (Other) Real Top 14 PR Twits to Follow in 2014 By Shawn Paul Wood|January 10, 2014 Share By Shawn Paul Wood|January 10, 2014 Share They'rrrrrrrrre Baaaaaaaaack! ICYMI: PRNewser rang in the New Year with a list of the people we considered the Real Top 14 PR Twits to Follow in 2014. It was, by all accounts, an "astonishing" list whose members' follows "rocketed" toward the stratosphere (See what a PRNewser stamp of approval can do?). Anywho, that list was very difficult to finalize because we wanted to maintain the numerological alliteration—14 and 2014, for those scoring at home—so we had to get picky and put on the cap. Nothing personal if you were excluded; we're just OCD like that. Whelp, after reviewing our rules for what makes a "real PR twit" and realizing how many social media studs we couldn't put on our initial list because numbers, we threw caution into the wind and decided to write a sequel. So, break out your Twitter feed and get ready to follow everyone on this "hotly anticipated" follow-up. Here are the other 14 Twits for your review, flacks. Enjoy… 1. Peter Himler. The guy founded Flatiron Communications in 2005, and he's been quite the big deal ever since. He contributes to a little-known publication called Forbes, and his more than 7,000 followers are treated to good insights and even better links. Most importantly, he attended our party last year along with the rest of the "in crowd". Peter isn't beyond having a good conversation via the Twitter, either—just ask him about Gov. Christie. We dare you. 2. Ashley McCollum. All those who dig BuzzFeed, raise your hands, GIF style. Yeah, our hands were raised over and over and over again too. Ashley is BuzzFeed's flack—and who wouldn't just follow her by proxy? She has a nice balanced ratio of followers to following, and doesn't mind providing a snarky comment every now and then. 3. Todd Van Hoosear. On certain rare occasions, a top Twit is so engaged that his followees outnumber his followers. Meet Todd. This flack talks to everyone with good feedback. He is a fellow here, a planner here, and a bigwig here. To learn more about the guy, click here. He has more info online than most adult film stars (or so we've heard). 4. Greg Galant. Much as we heart BuzzFeed, will all the flacks who love MuckRack form a line to the left? And now, bestow your gifts at the feet of one its makers (as well as this cool place). Yes, this guy! According to our fearless leader at PRNewser, Greg is also not beyond purchasing an adult beverage from time-to-time. It's not payola for journos. We asked. 5. Dave Armon. He is the major domo of Critical Mention and is a follower of most people who holler at him first. Great balance with tweeps and thoughts. Dave also excels at taking TwitPics of New York scenery: cabs, runaway Santas, bridges and the occasional homeless guy. (Well, maybe not, but if we had his account, we would do that.) 6. David Armano. Our attempts to define "intrapreneur" have quite often led us to scroll through Mr. Armano's tweets—the Edelman nabob has some good stuff to say, link, share and post. From SnapChat to Vine, Google to [insert your favorite online news source here], Armano lives online. We're grateful because, here at PRNewser, we wear the "troll" and "lurker" badges with pride. 7. Aliah Davis McHenry. If you don't recognize the name, you certainly have seen @PRDivaBlog, because girl gets around the social media universe (and not in that changeling sort of way). She uses both her corporate and personal accounts to engage, discuss and follow, and we love her for that. 8. Caroline McCarthy. Typically, "consultant" is a term flacks use when they are in-between jobs and doing a friend a solid. And then there's "Caro". Just read her bio: Mashery, Gawker, CrowdCentric, Google, CBS, CNET and this paltry institution known as Princeton. Following her just makes us feel special. Smart, too. 9. Stuff Journalists Like. Meet Chris Ortiz. He's the wunderkind and open mind behind one of our all-time favorite Twitter accounts. We highly recommend this account for newbies and veterans alike. Its mix of high comedy and low jargon is always good for a giggle. Memes to movies, links to laughs — yes, even journos like those too. 10. Tressa Lynne Robbins. She's great for a follow, a giggle, a link or even a nice pick-me-up. The girl is a Veep at BurrellesLuce, PRSA St. Louis president, a PRSSA mentor and a member of the "Redneck Yacht Club" (whatever the hell that is — maybe the boat with the screen door in it from the infomercial). She's connected to engage, not to be engaged. Flacks come first with her. Nice. 11. Shama Kabani. If you don't know her, you should. As founder of The Marketing Zen Group, this woman is called upon everywhere to be one of those altruistically dubbed "social media evangelists." While she doesn't pass the pate at her appearances, we would pay cash money to hear her pontificate about what's up in this industry. She's just that good. 12. Brandee Barker. Anyone who has "Facebook's PR exec 2006-2010 with the scars to prove it" in her Twitter bio is worth the follow alone. She is also co-founder of The Pramana Collective, which was covered by AllThingsD, so it's legit. She likes to chat, tweet and share. The troika of love to being real on Twitter for us. (And she worked at Facebook. That's probably her spending money. Damn, we hate her.) 13. Christine Perkett. Much like a few of the aforementioned Top Twits, this woman is practically omnipresent, outside of the whole deity complex thing. She is CEO of Perkett PR, writes for Forbes, Working Mother and Marketing Profs, and overall personification of "socialite" via this media forum. She follows many folk but engage her with a quip and she's all over it. She's worth a follow and a listen. 14. Deirdre Breakenridge. She is CEO of Pure Performance Communications, but possibly better known as the co-founder for #PRStudChat. At first, the guys of PRNewser thought this was some novel PR singles network, but not so much. Deirdre is a champion of information — using it and sharing it. Check her TL, many of the folk she tweets are on this list, and the one before that. Wanna be included? Give her a holler. We think Twitter is surgically attached to her somehow. 15. Kathleen Schmidt. OK, we're gonna break our own rules here and add a bonus entry for two reasons: because she shares our stuff, interacts with us, and provides us with story ideas often…and because she is the most prolific tweeter in the publishing world, bar none. Want to know what's going on in book promotions? Want to know what a day in the life of a PR guru/super-busy mom/voracious media omnivore looks like? Ask the PR director for Weinstein Books. Also: we just couldn't stand the thought of her being mad at us for leaving her off this list. Okay, kids. That's the other Top 14 PR Twits to follow in 2014. Follow each one of them and you'll grow a social media big brain. And BTW, you know, the authors of your favorite industry blog are worth the follow too.Tonya, Lizzy, Patrick and SPW would all welcome your tweets. And while we aren't cool enough to be on this list, we did gather enough swagger to get together and write it. So there's that. *WINK* Share http://adweek.it/2k6veFk copy Adweek Adweek


text: I've been training since April, riding tens of miles most weekends, and it paid off. I managed to cycle all the way to the Suffolk coast, I did the Dunwich Dynamo! Five flat tyres was pretty unlucky though! Maybe I should try again next year and try and beat my time?

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text: While I haven't posted very much in this particular forum, I am fairly active elsewhere on the site (what up RTT and Burger Concoctions folks?) Some of you may know that I have an extensive cellar for which I have been actively developing software to manage. I'm happy to announce that my homegrown cellar tracking web application is ready for beta testing. If this is something you might be interested in, I'd love your help in finding bugs, and figuring out new features to add. You can access it at http://cellartracker.org My plan is to keep this site free of charge to all users for basic functionality. Eventually I may add premium features, or ads, in order to help me pay for hosting costs. Features Include: Tracking of different types of cellars: Beer, Glassware, Wine, Spirits. Import/Export from CSV (Comma Separated Value) files. Picklist Functionality Customizable Views Customizable consume-by algorithyms Sharing of Cellars with other users Planned Features: Email reminder notifications when consume-by dates have occurred Barcode input I look forward to your feedback!


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Bit Sentinel has the proper recipe to help you recover from Cyber Attacks through Disaster Recovery plans, Malicious Code Removal, Incident Response & Security Hardening services that match your business requirements.
- Gaining, or attempting to gain, unauthorized access to an infrastructure assets or its data;
- Unwanted disruption or denial of service attacks, including the take down of entire web sites or networks;
- Installation of viruses or malicious code (malware or backdoors) on infrastructure assets;
- Unauthorized use of an asset for processing or storing data;
- Changes to the characteristics of an asset's hardware, firmware or software without the owner's knowledge, instruction or consent;
- Inappropriate use of assets by employees or former employee;
Cyber Attacks Recovery should be taken very seriously by any kind of organization, whether we are talk of a Public structure or a Small Business, all assets must be protected. Moreover, attack vectors and other potential risks should be removed very fast because underground communities respond quickly to vulnerabilities and potential breaches. Last, cyber attack recovery are very expensive.
A 2012 study of 2,618 business leaders and security practitioners in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong and Brazil organised by IBM found that they experienced an average of 66 attacks per week, with organizations in Germany and the U.S. reporting the highest numbers: 82 and 79 per week, respectively. The average cost of recovering from a single cyber attack was estimated to be as much as nearly $300,000 by the organizations mentioned in the above 2012 study. That could amount to nearly $1 billion over the course of a year.
When you are dealing with an attack you should prioritize a cyber incident response plan that identifies cyber attack scenarios and sets out appropriate responses. While the plan must be customized for each company's particular circumstances, the plan should generally address the following basic components: creating a response team that is able to analyze and report an incident, initial response approach, detailed investigation, recovery and follow-up, public relations and law enforcement communication.
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- restore your network & online reputation
- identify and remove malicious code, malware & backdoors from compromised network
- understand the attack vector from the incident response report and secure your assets
- you will learn how to implement a proactive plan for a Disaster Recovery Plan
- you will learn how to prioritize your business objectives & risk tolerance
- prepare your business and assets to the inevitable: a future sophisticated attack against your network
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text: "You can relax in the sense that you know the animal you're riding, and it could turn out well. It could turn out badly over short periods of time. But it is the animal that you know." -- Eugene Fama "A big challenge for an advisor is to help clients understand that this was a normal outcome and that, 'No, we don't need to adjust our portfolio because this quarter it went down. This was in the range of perfectly reasonable outcomes.'" -- Kenneth French Many readers may call us crazy, but hear us out. The beginning of 2016 has been tumultuous to say the least. Concerns over China's transition from an export based economy to a more developed economy based on its own aggregate demand, as well as moving from a pegged currency has global investors very nervous. How does the largest economy in the world evolve into what it needs to become in order to have sustained growth over time? Similarly, news about oil prices, the possibility of Great Britain exiting the European Union, and prognostications of a global economic slowdown have all led to the recent flurry of stock market activity. First, we would like to mention that volatility is a good thing. It reflects a properly functioning market. With more uncertainty, we would expect more fluctuation in market prices. Since market prices reflect future expectations and risk preferences, more uncertainty around future expectations would result in wider swings in market prices. This is the basis of the Hebner Model. In fact, we should embrace market volatility as it ensures that prices are digesting information and setting a positive expected return going forward. It doesn't mean that everyday we will see a positive outcome, but we will see more positive outcomes than negative. If not, then nobody would invest in the capital markets. In the month of January, the S&P 500 Index lost -4.96%, its ninth lowest return of the index since 1926.[i] IFA Index Portfolio 100, which is our globally diversified portfolio of equities with tilts towards small cap and value stocks, lost -6.25% during the same time. Should investors take these losses as signs of more financial pain to come? Of course not! We say this with confidence because history has been on our side. The benefit of having hard-nosed data is that we don't have to rely on gut instincts or random guesses. While we would never say with absolute certainty what the future holds, we can observe similar market environments in the past to give us some degree of insight. There will always be those investors who believe that "this time is different," to which we would respond, "that is what most people with gambling problems say as well." Going all the way back to 1926, whenever a year started off with a negative January the subsequent 11 month period was positive 59% of the time, with an average return of approximately 7%. Further, from its most recent peak on November 3 of 2015, the S&P 500 has lost -10.43% through January 15, 2016. We can look into subsequent 1, 3, and 5 year annualized returns across domestic, international developed, and emerging markets after similar declines. The table below shows these exact metrics. For example, for US Large Cap stocks there have been 152 periods from 1926 through 2015 where there have been 10% declines. The subsequent 1, 3, and 5 year annualized returns were, on average, 11.95%, 8.94%, and 10.07%, respectively. Similarly, when the US Large Cap stocks have declined by 20%, which has happened 39 times in the past, subsequent returns have been 10.43%, 7.58%, and 9.63%, respectively. There have been similar trends across the international/developed and emerging markets as well. Negative returns don't necessarily lead to further negative returns. In fact, history seems to suggest the opposite. But what about volatility? Volatility measures both down and upside movements within the market and many professional traders believe it to be a great technical indicator. Unfortunately, volatility does not provide much insight in terms of future expectations, at least over multiple years. Once we move outside daily, monthly and even annual volatility estimates, which many statisticians have described as "random noise," volatility (as measured by standard deviation) and realized returns have had a very loose relationship. Grouping the returns of the S&P 500 Index by decade going back to 1930, we can see that there have been periods of high volatility and high returns, high volatility and high realized returns, low volatility and high realized returns and low volatility and low realized returns. See table below. The markets have tested investor discipline so far this year. While the S&P 500 has delivered its ninth worst performance in measured history, we need to be careful about extrapolating these results into the future. History has shown that more often than not, a deep decline has usually resulted in favorable returns for investors over subsequent short term time periods. Although times are volatile, we should embrace market volatility as it indicates a properly functioning market. More uncertainty should lead to more volatility. Nobody knows for sure what the future will hold, but if it is anything like it has been in the past, then investors should be excited. As always, maintaining discipline through all market environments is essential. Abandoning long term discipline and inviting short term emotion more often than not leads to bad financial outcomes. Strap in and hold on for the ride. [i] Dimensional Fund Advisors. Recent Market Volatility. Dimesional Fund Advisors, LP: February 2016. Step 10VolatilityMarketBearBullHebner ModelDfa Previous Article Next Article All Articles About Index Fund Advisors Index Fund Advisors, Inc. (IFA) is a fee-only advisory and wealth management firm that provides risk-appropriate, returns-optimized, globally-diversified and tax-managed investment strategies with a fiduciary standard of care. Founded in 1999, IFA is a Registered Investment Adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that provides investment advice to individuals, trusts, corporations, non-profits, and public and private institutions. Based in Irvine, California, IFA manages individual and institutional accounts, including IRA, 401(k), 403(b), profit sharing, pensions, endowments and all other investment accounts. IFA also facilitates IRA rollovers from 401(k)s and 403(b)s. To find out more about the value of IFA click here. To determine your risk capacity, take the Risk Capacity Survey. About the AuthorsTom AllenTom Allen is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®), Certified Cash Balance Consultant (CBC) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) Level III Candidate. Tom received his Bachelor of Science in Management Science as well as his Bachelor of Art in Philosophy from the University of California, San Diego. Mark Hebner - Founder, Index Fund Advisors, Inc. Founder and President of Index Fund Advisors, Inc., and author of Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program for Active Investors. He is a Wealth Advisor, with an MBA from the University of California at Irvine and a BS in Pharmacy from the University of New Mexico with a specialization in Nuclear Pharmacy.


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I had a stab at Martha Stewart's Lemon Cake on the weekend for my Mum's birthday.
Which of course meant that I got to use my lovely KitchenAid mixer.
Which is a good thing since I'm trying to bring down it's cost per use in order to justify it's existence in our kitchen. Can you see the 67 point planetary action?
It makes great pizza dough, and it can even roll lasagne sheets - but no it unfortunately doesn't read the recipe for you and ensure that you've printed out all the applicable pages.
It was only when I'd cooked both cakes, made the frosting, candied the lemons and was about to layer one cake on top of the other that I read the line in her recipe that mentioned lemon curd - a hyper link recipe that I suppose I should have noticed, clicked, printed and cooked earlier.. but I think Martha had buried it in the opening descriptive paragraph to ensure that my cake would never be superior to hers.. Luckily I had a jar of marmalade in the fridge that served as a perfectly fine spread between the cake layers.
Nonetheless I was pretty happy with how it turned out. The whipped frosting gradually recoiled in horror at the heat of the afternoon, but the cake inside was lovely and nobody seemed to think the marmalade filling was strange. It even looked pretty similar to the one from the recipe. See Martha, your devious plan to outsmart me was foiled..


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Chief Marketing Officer
E-Mist Innovations, Inc
As the Chief Marketing Officer for E-Mist Innovations, I am responsible for all marketing initiatives including the development and oversight of a comprehensive online strategy, brand development, internal and external promotions, social media, content creation, design development and implementation, and online responsive website properties. In this role, I support sales efforts, regional marketing needs and overall strategic planning for this innovative B2B business.
Skills & Experience
Online Strategy:
Developed online strategy, including online reputation, visits and conversion improvement and the online experience, that supports the company's overall goals and oversee all aspects of its implementation
Promote opportunities for growth and execute strategies, then initiate, execute and monitor them to take advantage of these opportunities.
Intimately understand the online audience and apply targeted customer insights to execute online, mobile and social media strategy.
Analyze user flow on our sites and landing pages to recommend and bring into effect changes to improve goal conversions.
Manage and direct messaging behind every product roll out online, the website, internet marketing campaigns, and social media.
Collaborate with all departments to learn, identify, develop and deliver integrated marketing campaigns.
Design/manage website development and incorporate new features and functionality, including helping to optimize our promotion and email marketing efforts via continuous quantified performance testing.
Own the entire process of setting objectives, measuring performance, reporting regularly on the results, iterating and self-correcting over time.
Built partnerships with industry leaders to maintain a sustainable and meaningful content generation and engagement strategy resulting in compelling content, features, and online tools that support the website strategy.
Develop and manage the organizations related projects and budget for website development and maintenance, outreach and promotion, personnel and operations to ensure all internal and external parties are accountable and satisfied.
Ongoing management of SEO campaigns including keyword generation, targeting and placement optimization, ad copy and banner creative development and testing, bid management and budget management.


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With every new season, fashion casts its spell -and this spring promises to be nothing short of magical. Enchanting its spectators with inspiring fashion and over-the-top beauty are sure to be interpreted by women everywhere. Through his designs, Carlos Miele, the Sao Paulo, Brazilian native, knows to look beyond the "picture" to see the true possibilities in each piece. Miele, is one who is known for great presentation. This season he combined Brazilian beats and used video of sandy beaches to counteract his ensemble of elegant and colorful pieces that were showcased on the runway barefoot.
The show gave a rare glimpse -in today's hard-edged fashion system -of a young unfettered imagination reaching idealistically toward poetic expression. Inspired by The Fold by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, Miele's runway pieces exhibited various shapes and forms that spoke volumes.
And might I add, displayed impressive tailoring skills as well. His jackets and dresses with their skewed antique cuts, were distinctive but yet wearable. He combined sleek silhouettes, beautiful fabrics, and a timeless style that relates to fashionable women worldwide.
This evening line was certainly chic and sophisticated. Miele's designs were a salute to the women who seek elegance in fashion


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The Frederick Douglass Foundation is named after Frederick Douglass for a reason.
Our platform and tenants are to honor the legacy of the man and what he fought for. Our plans and strategies are to help others fight "the man" and run away from the bondage of hopelessness and the mental slavery in which we can find ourselves. We want to edify and help people believe and understand that they can achieve all that which they are capable.
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery in Eastern Maryland in February of 1818. Like most slaves, Douglass did not know his exact birthday. He chose February 14 because his mother, who died when Douglass was around eight years old, called him her "little valentine."
Douglass, the father of the civil rights movement, was born into slavery and crossed over to the other side, a home owner with savings, a savings of approx. $300,000, the equivalence of what would be about $10 million dollars today. He also had 4 presidential appointments under his belt, was a world traveler, a champion abolitionist and for women's rights, a writer and business owner and one of the most prolific orators in history. He did not blame, accuse, wallow and envy. Instead, he rose up and fought to learn to read. He self-educated in one of the saddest and most horrific and oppressive times of American history. He became an ordained minister, and even wrote his first auto-biography while he was a fugitive slave. He traveled the world and championed the principles of God, the U.S Constitution and the Republican Party.
Douglass said, "What is possible for me is possible for you." By taking the keys to success and making them his own, Frederick Douglass created a life of honor, respect and success- one that he could never have dreamed of when still a boy on Colonel Lloyd's plantation on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Frederick Douglass believed in life, liberty, individual responsibility and limited government, and, after reading the U.S. Constitution for himself, he had a profound respect for it. This is why he was a Republican, and in his words "a Died in the wool Republican."
A Small list of Accomplishments by Frederick Douglass
- Finished learning to read by getting beat up white children in the neighborhood, and by reading newspapers.
- 1835, Rented to William Freeland, a plantation owner. There he organized a Sunday school and taught other slaves to read, until other plantation owners interfered and stopped the educational activities permanently.
- 1836 – Failed attempt to escape
- September 3, 1838 – Successful escape attempt with help of then girlfriend, Anna Murray and abolitionist David Ruggles. Anna and Frederick married 9/15/1838, this is also the year Frederick changed last name to Douglass
- 1845, Published his first autobiography (a bestseller) also befriended Susan B. Anthony, traveled to Ireland and Britain lecturing on slavery along with the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
- 1855, Published 2nd autobiography
- (1847-1864) Publisher "North Star" an antislavery weekly
- 1863 Advisor to President Abraham Lincoln. Without Douglass's influence Lincoln would probably not have taken up the Emancipation Proclamation, as he thought it would create a civil war and didn't want that.
- Recruited black soldiers for the Union Army
- 1865 Lectures on reconstruction and women's rights,
- 1871 Appointed by President Grant to the commission for possible annexation of the Dominican Republic.
- Nominated VP running mate for Equal Rights Party candidate, Victoria C. Woodhull, 1872
- 1877 Appointed by President Hayes as US Marshall
- 1881 Appointed by President Garfield Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia. Publishes 3rd Autobiography
- 1889 Appointed by President Harrison, US Minister and Consul General Republic of Haiti
- Speaks at National Council of Women, February 20, 1895
Wives: Anna Murray (1838–1882) she died and re-remarried a white woman Helen Pitts Douglass (1884–1895)
Children: Frederick Douglass, Jr., Rosetta Douglass, Charles Remond Douglass, Annie Douglass, Lewis Henry Douglass
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February 14, 1818 to February 20, 1895
"Honoring the Father of the America's Civil Rights Movement"
From the outbreak of the Civil War until his death, Douglass was generally recognized as the premier Black American leader and spokesman for his people. Douglass writing was devoted primarily to the creation of a heroic image of himself that would inspire in African Americans the belief that one's color need not be a permanent bar to their achievement of the American dream, while reminding whites of their obligation as Americans to support free and equal access to that dream for Americans of all races.
The man who became internationally famous as Frederick Douglass was born on Maryland's Eastern Shore in February 1818, the son of Harriet Bailey, a slave, and an unknown white man. Although he recalls witnessing, as a child, the bloody whipping of his Aunt Hester by his master, Douglass says in his autobiographies that his early experience of slavery was characterized less by overt cruelty than by deprivations of food, clothing, and emotional contact with his mother and grandmother. Sent to Baltimore in 1826 by his master's son-in-law, Thomas Auld, Frederick spent five years as a servant in the home of Thomas Auld's brother, Hugh. At first, Hugh's wife Sophia treated the slave boy with unusual kindness, giving reading lessons to Frederick until her husband forbade them. Rather than accept Hugh Auld's dictates, Frederick took his first rebellious steps toward freedom by teaching himself to read and write.
In 1833, a quarrel between the Auld brothers brought Frederick back to his home in Saint Michaels, Maryland. Tensions between the recalcitrant black youth and his owner convinced Thomas Auld to hire Frederick out as a farm worker under the supervision of Edward Covey, a local slave breaker.
In the spring of 1836, after a failed attempt to escape from slavery, Frederick was sent back to Baltimore to learn the caulking trade. With the aid of his future spouse, Anna Murray, and masquerading as a free black merchant sailor, he boarded a northbound train out of Baltimore on 3 September 1838 and arrived in New York City the next day. Before a month had passed Frederick and Anna were reunited, married, and living in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Douglass, the new last name recommended by a friend in New Bedford's thriving Black American community. Less than three years later, Douglass joined the radical Garrisonian wing of the abolitionist movement as a full-time lecturer. After years of honing his rhetorical skills on the antislavery platform, Douglass put his life's story into print in 1845. The result, Narrative of the "Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave," written by himself, sold more than thirty thousand copies in the first five years of its existence. After a triumphal 21 month lecture tour in England, Ireland, and Scotland, Douglass returned to the United States in the spring of 1847, resolved, against the advice of many of his Garrisonian associates, to launch his own newspaper, the North Star. Authoring most of the articles and editorials himself, Douglass kept the North Star and its successors, Frederick Douglass's Paper and Frederick Douglass's Monthly, in print from 1847 to 1863.
One of the literary highlights of the newspaper was a novella, "The Heroic Slave," which Douglass wrote in March 1853. Based on an actual slave mutiny, it is regarded as the first work of long fiction in African American literature.
A rupture of the close relationship between Douglass and Garrison occasioned a period of reflection and reassessment that culminated in Douglass's second autobiography, "My Bondage and My Freedom" (1855). Although he had befriended and advised John Brown in the late 1850s, Douglass declined Brown's invitation to participate in the Harpers Ferry raid but was forced to flee his Rochester, New York, home for Canada in October 1859 after he was publicly linked to Brown. Applauding the election of Abraham Lincoln and welcoming the Civil War as a final means of ending slavery, Douglass lobbied the new president in favor of African American recruitment for the Union Army. When the war ended, Douglass pleaded with President Andrew Johnson for a national voting rights act that would give Black Americans the franchise in all the states. Douglass's loyalty to the Republican Party, whose candidates he supported throughout his later years, won him appointment to the highest political offices that any Black American from the North had ever won: federal marshal and recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, president of the Freedman's Bureau Bank, consul to Haiti, and chargé d'affaires for the Dominican Republic.
The income Douglass earned from these positions, coupled with the fees he received for his popular lectures, most notably one entitled "Self-Made Men," and his investments in real estate, allowed Douglass and his family to live in comfort in Uniontown, just outside Washington, D.C. during the last two decades of his life. His final memoir, "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass," first published in 1881 and expanded in 1892, did not excite the admiration of reviewers or sell widely, as had his first two autobiographies. But the Life and Times maintained Douglass's conviction that his had been a "life of victory, if not complete, at least assured." Life and Times shows Douglass dedicated to the ideal of building a racially integrated America, in which skin color would cease to determine an individual's social value and economic options.
In the last months of his life, Douglass decried the increasing incidence of lynching in the South and disputed the notion that by disenfranchising the Black American man a more peaceful social climate would prevail throughout the nation. Yet, Douglass never forsook his long-standing belief that the U.S. Constitution, if strictly and equally enforced, remained the best safeguard for Black American civil and human rights. In the history of Black American literature, Douglass's importance and influence are immeasurable.
Frederick Douglass Embodied Three Keys for Success in Life:
Believe in yourself.
Take advantage of every opportunity.
Use the power of spoken and written language to effect positive change for yourself and society.


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In this TED talk, systems biologist, Uri Alon, urges us to rethink our schema of science–not as a linear path from point A to point B–but as a courageous, often highly uncomfortable, uncharted flight into the unknown. Our cultural emphasis on answers over process often leads to discouragement and feelings of alienation for those willing to take a risk and venture into the fertile lands of the unknown. Uri drew from his work in improv theater to reframe and work through the discomfort of process in his scientific research and is now attempting to help other researchers name, accept, and understand the various emotional and subjective aspects of venturing into the unknown.
While Uri's talk is centered primarily around the sciences, he provides some valuable insights on reframing, understanding and thriving within the discomfort of the unknown that can be translated to any field or experience that requires pushing past the known.


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By Elsa Maxey
"We have a recession underway," said Judge Bob Hebert at the Sept. 11 commissioners court meeting shortly before action was taken approving a 2.35 percent across the board salary increase for the county's workforce. That's when he made his position clear about neither supporting reclassifications in the form of adjustments for the district attorney's office nor that of the assistant county attorney's salary. There was also an adjustment proposed in the sheriff's department.
Commissioner Richard Morrison said that his argument in support of both the county and district attorney's office adjustments relate to undue taxpayer costs incurred for retraining when staff leaves for more attractive salaries and/or benefit offers. He said this causes civil court dockets to bog down and he contrasted how with the retention of attorneys, commissioners court runs smoothly because legal advice is provided in a timely manner.
"It's going to take at least a year to train a new lawyer on how things run, and so I thought this was a reasonable request from both the district attorney and county attorney," said Morrison, and "it's just something that the public needs to know."
Commissioner Grady Prestage, who made the motions for the salary adjustments, proposed that by April 2013, which is the mid point of the new budget year, a District Attorney prosecutor's salary be increased to $102,737. He also asked commissioners court to adjust the Assistant County Attorney's salary in the amount of $19,630.
Although sympathetic about Morrison's position, Judge Hebert said "if we lose a skilled drag line operator from the Road and Bridge Department," it also hurts the county. Judge Hebert explained that commissioners court has "to react to what we can do, and my problem and the reason why I will vote against this is that I can't do it for everyone, so I'm not going to single out departments that we're going to do it for." One of the motions for the budget adjustments failed and the other was withdrawn.
There was also no action taken on position adjustments in the sheriff's detention and law enforcement areas. Commissioner Prestage said there was concern about whether any action taken "would be legal." Prestage was probably referring to whether the action would comply with "the civil service act we adopted earlier this year," said Commissioner Andy Meyers.
Last week, Fort Bend County Commissioners Court also voted unanimously to adopt the county's 2013 fiscal year budget which totals $250, 277,339. It includes the addition of a $300,000 non departmental contingency increase over last year amounting to $ 1,600,000. It also includes the raises for full time and part time employees, and funding for 2,076 positions, nine of which are newly created.
In other action, commissioners court's set the salaries for elected officials of Fort Bend County in accordance with state law. The county judge's annual salary is now $107,470, and commissioners will each earn $102,350 per year. Why is it that district judges will not get a raise from commissioners court? "The state district judges' salaries are set and capped by law and they are currently under the maximum limit allowed under state law," said Judge Hebert. "It's not a matter set by the (commissioners) court, but by state law."
Fort Bend County's tax rate will remain the same for the new fiscal year beginning in October.
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Mr. Bishop is a native of Guilford, Connecticut, and a son of Jonathan and Fannie M. (Griswold) Bishop, the former a descendant of John Bishop, who was born in Guilford, Kent county, England, and it was after that town that our subject's birthplace was named. He was born in the first stone house ever erected by the English in New England, which was owned by the Bishop family for three generations. His boyhood was spent in that vicinity, and he was married there in 1867 to Ellen A. Stone, a daughter of Charles M. and Ellen M. Stone, the former a descendant of James Stone, who was a member of the first colony settling in Guilford, Connecticut. The mother of Charles M. Stone was a descendant of Governor William Leete, one of the first executives of that state.
In the spring of 1868, Mr. Bishop and his young wife migrated to Linn county, Missouri, where they purchased a farm and cultivated it for ten years, during which time he ran a planing mill for one year. In 1878 they returned to the old home place in Guilford, and spent a year visiting relatives, and rid their bodies of malaria acquired in Missouri. The following year they returned, bringing with them two young men who wished to locate in the west, and, shortly after, they sold their farm, and, loading their goods on wagons, came across the country to Pierce county, Nebraska, being seventeen days on the road, spending the nights camped out under their wagons, except two or three, when they were able to find lodging with friendly settlers along the way. They reached Pierce on April 1, 1879, the town at that time consisting of just seven buildings, and the. population comprising ten men and three women. Mr. Bishop was interested in a tract of thirty-two hundred acres of land, situated eleven miles north of Pierce, which was subsequently made into a fine ranch. Lumber for the ranch house was hauled a distance of sixty-five miles, from Wisner, then the nearest railroad point, and except for the help of a carpenter for one week, Mr. Bishop did the entire work of building. During these first years on the ranch, Mrs.' Bishop often spent many days with only a dog for companionship. There were but four neighbors between their ranch and Pierce, and their nearest neighbor north was twenty-four miles away. For a number of years not a friendly light could be seen from their windows at night.
They engaged in cattle and sheep raising during the first years, and later engaged in horse and mule breeding. Remaining on the ranch for eight years, they built a good residence in Pierce, and have made that their home since that time. The ranch has been sub-divided in a number of smaller farms, each supplied, with a complete set of buildings, and the entire tract is now under cultivation.
In October, 1880, the country in their vicinity was swept by a terrific blizzard. Mr. Bishop was away from home, accompanied by a neighbor, whose unfinished house was open to the weather. The neighbor's wife and foster daughter, five years old, being in the unfinished house, Bishop sent for them, and found the two nearly frozen, with the child in convulsions. She had them brought to her house, and succeeded in getting the frost warmed out of them, they coming out of their experience with no serious results.
After locating in Pierce, Mr. Bishop became interested in different enterprises, dealing largely in lands, and at times having as much as five thousand acres under his control. He has been one of the leading business men since coming here, and has also held various public offices serving as county surveyor for twelve years and precinct assessor for many terms. He is a member of the Congregational church, while his wife is an Episcopalian. In politics he is a staunch republican. He has been a Mason since March 9, 1886, and is a charter member of Evergreen lodge, number one hundred and fifty-three, which he served several years as Master, and many years as treasurer. He is also a charter member of the Norfolk lodge of Elks.
Hanford N. Smith, who resides in the beautiful and progressive city of St. Paul, is a man who enjoys to the fullest extent the confidence and respect of all with whom he has to do since locating here many years ago.
Mr. Smith was born in Tompkins county, New York, August 7, 1832, making him one of the oldest men in this section of the country. He spent his boyhood in New York state, at the age of twenty-two years going into northern Wisconsin, where he spent the winters in the lumber camps, and during the summers sailed the great lakes, having a captain's commission. He's one of the pioneer sailors, and well remembers the difficulties encountered in navigation during the earlier days. He next went to California, and entered the mining region, spending about two years in the west, then returned to Wisconsin, and again sailed the lakes, following this work up to about 1861.
At the breaking out of the war, Mr. Smith enlisted in the Wisconsin Infantry, Company E Fourteenth. regiment, and served until the close of the struggle. He saw much hard service as a soldier, the principal battles in which he participated being the battle of Shiloh (after which action he was made commissary sergeant of the Fourteenth Wisconsin Regiment as a reward for conspicuous bravery on the battlefield); the battle, of Iuka, Corinth, a three-days' engagement, and the battle of Vicksburg, a siege of forty-seven days. After the surrender of Vicksburg, his regiment was discharged, this occurring on
December 12, 1863, and on the same day Mr. Smith re-enlisted, although his furlough of thirty days was spent in Wisconsin and New York state. He was married in January, 1864, while on this furlough, to Harriet Garrison, of Tompkins county, New York, and after several days' visit with friends in the vicinity of his birthplace, returned to his post in the army, later taking part in the battles of Fort Duressa, Champion Hill, Yellow Bayou, the engagement with Price and Marmaduke, near Kansas City, Missouri, which resulted in the capture of. Marmaduke, and the action at Nashville, Mobile, besides many other minor skirmishes.
After leaving the army, Mr. Smith returned to Wisconsin, taking up his old work on the lakes, and continued up to December, 1872, at which time he had the misfortune to have a bad wreck, and this decided to give up the perilous business of sailing. He looked about for a new location, and finally decided on Nebraska, coming here in February of 1873. He took up a homestead on section eighteen, township ten, range thirteen, of Howard county, and there remained for several years, succeeding in building up a fairly good farm.
In 1876, he went into the Black Hills, where he engaged in mining, putting in about a year in that region, then returned to Nebraska, settling in St. Paul, where Mrs. Smith died, December 20, 1877
Mr. Smith has been one of the prominent business and public men of his region for the past forty years. He has held various high offices of his county, being elected county superintendent of public instruction in 1874, and serving for two years. In 1894 he became assessor, holding office for five years, and after a lapse of ten years was again elected for a two-year term. He has also served as water commissioner for one term. For many years he was justice of the peace, and through these different positions has become familiarly known to every resident of the county, and gained the respect and esteem of all by his straight-forward actions and sterling integrity.
Mr. Smith was married the second time, May 20, 1884, to Mrs. Laura Oglesbee, of St. Paul, and to them have been born three children: Hanford Nelson, Jr., Addie May and Clara, all of whom are married and settled in comfortable homes in St. Paul, where they are surrounded by a host of warm friends.
Among the early settlers in the eastern part of Nebraska, who came here when the place was still practically a wilderness, and out of its wild state succeeded in building up a good home and valuable possessions, is the gentleman above named. Mr. Koch has spent all but five of his span of fifty-nine years in Nebraska state, which well entitles him to the name of old settler. He is recognize as one of the leading oldtimers and worthy. citizens of his locality.
Jacob D. Koch, son of Joseph and Mary (Rheinfrank) Koch, was born in Pike county, Ohio, July 18, 1851, and was second in a family of thirteen children. He has six brothers and four sisters residing in Nebraska, the other children being deceased, as are also the parents. The father died on his home farm in Cass county, Nebraska, in February of 1903, the mother also passing away in Cass county, her death occurring in the year 1896.
In 1856, Mr. Koch, subject of this sketch, with his parents, drove overland from Ohio to Nebraska, locating in Cass county. Here Mr. Koch received his education, and later engaged in farming. In 1882, he purchased one hundred and twenty acres on Mira Valley of Valley county, in section twenty-one, township eighteen, range fourteen, which is still his home place. He now has two hundred and forty acres in the tract.
In September of 1872, Mr. Koch was united in marriage to Miss Mary Janssen, a native of Germany, born near Marienhoff, East Fresin. In 1869, she came to America with her father, Reinhardt Janssen, who settled in Cass county, Nebraska, near Plattsmouth. Her mother was Mary Hoester before marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Koch were born eight children, two of whom died in infancy: Joseph R., who is married, and has four children; Andrew, also married, has two sons; Edward, married, has one child, and James, married, has four children, all of Valley county, and Harry and Fred, who reside under the parental roof.
In the spring of 1883, Mr. Koch moved, with his wife and children, on the Valley county farm. Mrs. Koch died, June 12, 1889, on the home farm, survived and deeply mourned by her husband and six children.
Mr. Koch is a prosperous, successful man of affairs, owning a fine stock and grain farm of two hundred and forty acres. He makes a specialty of Galloway cattle. Mr. Koch was instrumental in organizing his school district, number nine, of which he served as director for some years. Mr. Koch has resided in Nebraska for fifty-four years, and has passed through much of Nebraska's history, and is widely and favorably known.
On January 12, 1896, in Cass county, Nebraska, Mr. Koch was married to Johanna Janssen, sister of his first wife. Mr. and Mrs. Koch have had two children, sons, namely: Jacob Daniel and George William, who reside at home. Mrs. Koch's father died in Nebraska in 1878, and her mother passed away in 1862 in Germany.
In 1906 Mr. Koch built a new home on his farm, and the farm is well improved in every way. Mr. Koch and family are highly esteemed and respected, and are surrounded in their home by a host of good friends and neighbors. In politics he is a republican.
In the dry year, 1894, Mr. Koch raised a little corn in the low places, but not enough to be profitable, and in 1896 lost nearly all his grain by hail.
Mr. Koch lived for a time in a log dug-out in Cass county, but has enjoyed having a much better dwelling since coming to Valley county.
The gentleman above mentioned is a native-born Nebraskan, having been born on a farm in Madison county locality, January 8, 1872. Since attaining his maturity, he has been closely identified with every movement for the benefit of the region, and assisted materially in its development and growth, as did his father before him. Mr. Haase resides in Norfolk precinct, in section eight, township twenty-four, range one, where he has a pleasant home and valuable estate.
Mr. Haase is a son of Fred and Louisa (Raasch) Haase, the father being a native of Germany, who left his native land when he was but fifteen years of age, embarking on a sailboat, and being on the sea eight weeks.
In 1868 he came to Nebraska from Wisconsin by the usual route of those days-driving by ox team-locating in Madison county, where he took up a homestead, and on this land built a log house. Here he experienced many hardships in those very first days of settlement, some forty odd years ago. The grasshoppers destroyed all the crops during the first years, which was very discouraging to the new settlers in the almost unpopulated country, where work, food and money were scarce. They also fought prairie fires many times to save their homes and lives. Deer and antelope were plentiful then, and frequently could be seen grazing in large herds.
Our subject remembers many of these incidents, and relates many interesting instances of the earlier days, when he was but a young lad. In 1891 Mr. Haase was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Doomer, who is a native of Nebraska, and daughter of William and Rosie (Miller) Doomer. Mr. and Mrs. Haase are the parents of the following named children: Alvina, Adolph, Elsie, Eimel and Leona. They are a fine family, and in their pleasant home are surrounded by a host of good friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Haase is one of the younger old settlers in Madison county, and has a bright future before him. He now owns three hundred and ninety acres of fine land, three acres of which he has set to trees. He is a member of the Lutheran church, and is a democrat.
For nearly forty years the gentleman named above has been identified with the farming interests of Greeley county, and during this time he has acquired a valuable estate of nearly five hundred acres by dint of his industry and thrift. He is now retired from active management of his possessions, and is living in the city of Scotia, one of the substantial and highly esteemed citizens of the community.
David W. Locker, the son of John L. and Harriet (Glass) Locker, was born in Dayton Ohio, on the 18th of December, 1846. He was the eldest of seven children, six of whom are now living. The father was a native of Bishopsheim, province of Baden, Germany, who came to this country in 1842. He died in his eighty-fifth year, on the first of February, 1905, while the mother, in her eighty-seventh year, is still living in Scotia.
The first few years of Mr. Locker's life were spent in Dayton, Ohio, and Niles, Michigan, when the family moved to Lake county, Indiana, and there he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the local schools. When only fifteen years of age, in 1862, our subject did what so many other patriotic boys did - enlisted at Indianapolis; in the Twenty-fourth Indiana Battery, Light Artillery, and served until the close of the war, receiving his discharge on August 3, 1865. During his three years of service, young David was in many decisive and dangerous engagements. At one time the detachment followed closely on the heels of Morgan and his men on his memorable raid through Kentucky and Ohio. His battery marched over four thousand miles during its service, and at one time traversed three hundred miles from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Tunnel Hill Georgia, to take part in that campaign. He was present at the siege of Knoxville and the fall of Nashville, and took part in minor engagements at Horse Shoe Bend, Cumberland River, Kentucky, Sweetwater, Tennessee, Resaca, and at the fall of Atlanta at the close of that memorable campaign. He served under Thomas the latter part of the war, and was under his command when peace was declared.
After the war was over, Mr. Locker returned to the old home in Indiana, but soon after went to Chicago, Illinois, where he learned carpentry, and worked at his trade for twelve years. The realizing that greater opportunities were to be found in the west, he went to Kansas in 1871, but remained there only a few months. He then went to the Indian Territory, but remained there only eight months. Next he proceeded to Arkansas, where he spent two years, and then finally decided to locate permanently in Greeley County, Nebraska. He took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, and also a timber claim of equal size adjoining, in section six, township seventeen, range eleven.
On January 24, 1880, in Lake county, Mr. Locker married Miss Mary Brandt, a native of Hanover, Germany, who came to America with her parents, Dietrich and Anna (Bishop) Brandt, when only three years of age. Her parents were
natives of Hanover and Bremen respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. Locker have had four children born to them: Edward H., living in Greeley county, on part of the old farm; Ella, now Mrs. Henry Thurnagle, of Grand Island; Anna J., now Mrs. Arthur Schilling, of Greeley county; and William D., who, with his wife and one child, is now living on the old homestead.
Mr. Locker has been associated with all movements of public interest ever since his first residence in the county. He was instrumental in organizing school district number twelve, serving on the board for fourteen years. He has also served the public for two terms as supervisor in the county board. For the past three years he has also been president of the Scotia Independent Telephone Company.
Magnes Olsen, retired farmer of Hartington, is one of Sweden's creditable contributions to American citizenship. He was born where Charlottenberg now stands, then only a farming district, on August 22, 1833. His father, Ole Dahl, died before Mr. Olsen emigrated to America, and his mother had been dead some years at that time. Mr. Olsen farmed in the old country until his migration to America in 1868. In his journey hither, he crossed the North Sea from Guttenberg to Hull, thence by rail to Liverpool, when he embarked on the "City of Paris" for New York, which was reached after a voyage of twelve days. He came west, reaching Chicago on the 24th of June, whence he journeyed to Lisbon, Illinois, and worked eleven days in the cornfields there for money to take him to Madison, Wisconsin, where many of his countrymen had settled. Here he lived for five years, farming most of the time prior to his migration to Nebraska.
A colony of friends made the trip overland with ox teams, the journey extending into the sixth week before their destination was reached. Mr. Olsen settled on a homestead a mile northwest of where Hartington now stands. He has herded cattle many times over the present townsite when there was nothing here but waving prairie grasses. He lived on his homestead seven years, and then sold, buying a quarter section ten miles southwest of Hartington, on which he resided until 1910, when he retired from active farming, and moved to town.
Mr. Olsen was married in Norway, February 15, 1858, to Miss Bertha Jansen. On his migration to America, the wife remained. in the old country for a year, while Mr. Olsen earned and saved enough to send for her and the children, and a joyous reunion it was, after the absence of a year. Ten children were born to them, of whom only one is deceased. The living are: Olaf, farming five miles north of town; John resides in Hartington; Mary is the wife of Steve Seim, a retired farmer, who is street commissioner of Hartington; Chris lives in Laramie, Wyommg; Dina is married to Mike Markeson, who resides in Lawton, Oklahoma; Peter is living in Hartington; Julius in Omaha; and Simon and Edward, the youngest, have homesteads in Lyman and Tripp counties, South Dakota. Clara, the deceased child, was born next after Julius.
The early days in Nebraska were fraught with many trials; markets were distant, and prices low; grasshoppers destroyed the crops for three years, leaving little or nothing in their wake. In 1880, Mr. Olsen made eighteen trips to Yankton and two to Vermillion, disposing of his crop and freighting provisions back to Cedar county. Deer and antelope were plentiful in the sixties, but it was but a short time until they were all killed or driven off.
There was much suffering at times during the severe blizzards, and in that of January 12, 1888, John was away from home, teaching school. Wheat and other grain found a market at St. Helena, whence it was shipped to St. Louis by boat. The price of it was paid half in cash and half in trade at the store. The Indians were fairly good neighbors on the whole, but occasionally sold a settler his own axe if he were neglectful in bringing it in when staking out his cattle. Mr. Olsen lived during the first winter in a sod house with a hay roof, but built a better dwelling the following spring.
Church services were not so numerous in the early days, though there was a congregation near Hartington. Mr. Olsen and others drove forty miles across the country to the southwest to organize a congregation, with the Reverend N. G. Tvedt. Religious fervor was not at ebb tide, even if the settlements were small and few between.
Mr. Olsen is independent in politics, and, like most all Scandinavians, is a member of the Lutheran church.
William Laub, deceased, was for many years one of the leading citizens of Merrick county, Nebraska, and to his efforts were due much of the prosperity enjoyed in that region. He was a man of strong character and during his lifetime enjoyed the esteem and respect of all with whom he came in contact, and his memory is cherished by a host of warm friends throughout the country.
William Laub, son of Phillip and Anna Laub, was born in Germany, province of Bavaria, March 29, 1843, and was third in a family of eleven children. Three brothers reside in Merrick county, Nebraska; one sister in Omaha; one sister in Kansas, and the others are deceased, as are also the parents. In 1848 our subject came with the family to America locating in Illinois where
Mr. Laub received his education and later engaged in farming.
In the spring of 1871, in company with his brother, Frederick Laub, came to Merrick county Nebraska, and timber-claimed one hundred and sixty acres in the north-east quarter section thirty-two, township thirteen, range seven, west, which remained the home place until April of 1900, when Mr. Laub retired from the farm and moved to Central City where he built a fine house, living there until the time of his death, November 17, 1907. He was survived by his wife and six children: Alvin S., who is married and lives in Central City, has one child; John P., married has two children and resides in Chapman; Wilham Edward, deceased April 15, 1909, survived by his wife and three children who reside in Chapman, Nebraska; Mary Elida, married to Thomas Costello, has three children and lives in Cozad, Nebraska; Alice Rachel, married to Harry Parsons, lives in Central City; and Daniel Earl, who is married and lives on the old timber claim.
Mr. Laub served on the school board of his district number fifty for a number of years, and later was also a member of the city council in Central City. He was prosperous and successful, and owned nine hundred and sixty acres of stock and grain farming land in Merrick county, and also splendid city property.
On October 1, 1874, Mr. Laub was married to Margaret Donovan of Pennsylvania who came to Nebraska in 1868. Mrs. Laub lives in the Central City home surrounded by a large circle of friends.
Mr. Laub was a man of affairs, interested in all pertaining to the welfare of his state and county. He passed through the trying experiences and discouragements of frontier life, and was the first man to ship a car-load of grain out of Chapman.
Mrs. Laub is carrying on the large stock and farming interests left her by her husband.
Prominent among Knox county, Nebraska, old settlers is Thomas Stoural, who since the fall of 1873 has made this region his home, and who has done his share in the developing of the agricultural resources of this section of the county. Mr. Stoural lives on section eleven, township thirty, range six, where he has built up a valuable property. through his industry and good management.
Mr. Stoural is a native of Bohemia, born in 1857, and is the son of Albert and Magdaline Stoural. When but a young man, our subject left his native home for America, to make a fortune for himself. After landing in the United States, in 1870, Mr. Stoural first came to Chicago, Illinois, where he stayed two years and worked out. He then came to Knox county, Nebraska, with his parents, where they took up homesteads and tree claims. First our subject built a sod house in which he lived five years, then building a good frame house.
Mr. Stoural has struggled and worked faithfully to build up his home and gain a competence for himself; and in the earliest days of his settlement here he endured many hardships and dangers. For the first few years he worked out in Knox county to make money to keep up his homestead. He suffered severe losses through the grasshopper pests which destroyed all his crops during the first years of his residence on the homestead. The Indians were a source of uneasiness to the settlers of the region in those days, and they experienced many a scare from them, but the Indians were not so hostile to the settlers of this locality as they were to other portions of Knox county.
Mr. Stoural was united in marriage in 1884, to Miss Antonia Divis, and they are the parents of seven children, named as follows: Minnie, Emanuel, Clara, George, Frank, Martha and Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Stoural and family are highly esteemed and respected by all who know them. and they are one of the substantial families of the community.
Frank Birch, one of the oldest settlers of the region where he chose his home in the early days, occupies a good home and valuable property in section twenty-nine, township twenty-six, range three, in Pierce county, Nebraska. He has done his full share in the upbuilding of his locality, and is well and favorably known throughout this part of the state.
Mr. Birch is a native of St. Lawrence county, New York, born December 8, 1855, and is the son of Thomas and Mary (Williams) Birch. Our subject's grandfather was a native of Vermont, where he followed the occupation of ship building. The father, Thomas Birch, was born in New York state, and after he was grown to manhood and married, he was drafted in the army, and died in a short time of wounds received in the battle of the Wilderness in 1863, our subject being but a small boy at that time. Mr. Birch's mother was born in 1836 and died in 1900. Her father was born in England and ran away from his native land and came to America.
Mr. Birch grew up in New York state, where he received a common school education and was early obliged to make his own way in the world, his father dying when the boy was six or seven years of age, he was bound out for his board and clothes, receiving but a scant amount of either.
When nineteen years of age, he bought the remainder of his time, seventeen months for ten dollars per month and began life for himself.
In 1879 he came to Nebraska and secured land in section twenty-nine, township twenty-six, range three, it then being an entirely undevel-
oped country. He filed first on a timber claim and later on a pre-emption, and here he built a board shack, in which he lived for a time. As his means increased he erected good barns and other buildings, besides a substantial nine room house. We show a view of the premises with its fine surrounding grove and orchard on another page of this work.
Mr. or Mrs. Birch was in charge of Birch postoffice for fifteen years. This office was established on his farm when star routes were the order of the day. Mr. Birch is now in very comfortable circumstances, but passed through many hardships and privations during his early settlement here.
Mr. Birch was united in matrimony January 30, 1884, to Miss Jane Woodward, also a native of St. Lawrence county, daughter of Richard and Caroline (Coleman) Woodward, natives of England and Canada, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Birch are the parents of four children: Minnie, who graduated from the Wayne Normal in 1908 and received a three-year certificate, is the wife of Lee Graeser; Harry, graduated at Wayne in April, 1911; Homer, now attending the Wayne institution, and Allan.
Mr. Birch has a fine farm of three hundred and fifteen acres, seven acres of which is a fine grove of trees. This place is known as Elmwood Dairy Farm, with fifteen to twenty cows supplying cream throughout the year. Mrs. Birch is a member of the Free Methodist church. In politics Mr. Birch is in dependent of party lines.
"Elmwood Dairy Farm," Residence of Frank Birch.
Mr. Buffington is one of the well known old timers of eastern Nebraska, having come here when the country was a barren prairie, and when it was being settled by those brave pioneers who came here prepared to suffer all kinds of hardships and privations in order to make a success and acquire a home and fortune. Many of these pioneers have remained and seen the wilderness develop into a fertile tract, and are now the owners of fine farms and are leading citizens of their locality. Mr. Buffington resides on section twenty-one, township twenty-four, range eight, in Staunton township, where he owns three hundred and twenty acres of good land, having twenty acres of fine orchard and grove trees.
Mr. Buffington is a native of Ohio, born October 9, 1850, in the same house that his father, George Buffington, was born in. From Ohio Mr. Buffington moved to Illinois where he was employed by the Panhandle railroad as boiler-maker and machinist for fifteen years. Mr. Buffington's father served in the Civil war, enlisting in 1863 in One Hundred Sixty-first Ohio Volunteers under General Seigel. In 1877, our subject came to Washington county, Nebraska, and from there he went to Holt county in 1885 where he took up a homestead in section twenty-four, township twenty-four, range thirteen, building on this land a sod house.
Mr. Buffington was united in matrimony, April 11, 1879, at Blair, Washington county, Nebraska, to Miss Catherine Thyme. Mr. and Mrs. Buffington have one child, Minnie, who is the wife of Allen Wilson, living in Stanton township. They have two children, Clarence J. and Katie E. In 1889, Mr. Buffington with his family came to Antelope county, Nebraska, and bought his present farm of three hundred and twenty acres of land, on which, as before stated, there are twenty acres of trees.
Mr. Buffington is of English descent, his ancestors having come from England, although his father and mother were born in Ohio. They had five children: John, Sarah, Ellen, Jacob and Carrie.
His brother John served five years in the war of the rebellion, enlisting in 1861 and serving until '65. He was wounded twice. He died in 1896. His sister Carrie, the youngest, died in 1859. His other sisters are still living; his sister Sarah now resides in Blair, Washington county, Nebraska. Sister Ellen lives in Herman, Washington county, Nebraska.
On January 12, 1888, Mr. Buffington who then lived in Holt county, started to walk to town to get some thread for his wife. When but two and one-half miles from home he was overtaken by that famous blizzard of that day and forced to return; when he was about sixty rods from the house (which was made of sod) he was so blinded by the storm that he lost his way and was driven into a grove which was near the house. Here he thought he would be able to locate the house but failed and became so exhausted that he laid down on what he supposed to be a snow drift, when a very strong gust of wind turned him completely over and when he stopped rolling found himself lying up against the house which he had been looking for, into which he hurried utterly exhausted from his experience with the blizzard, said to have been the worst in the history of Nebraska.
Mr. Buffington is a broad minded man and one who has won the respect and esteem of all by his many sterling qualities. A view of the family home is presented on another page of this volume.
Home of J. L. Buffington.
John Porterfield, an energetic and thrifty resident of Fullerton, has for many years followed the occupation of contractor and builder in Nance county, and in this work has accumulated a comfortable property, and gained the esteem and respect of his fellowmen. In the past year he has become acting manager of the Edmunds Creamery company's station in Fullerton, which position he is now filling to the satisfaction of his firm.
Mr. Porterfield is a son of James and Eliza
Porterfield, born March 2, 1844, in Dover, Illinois. He was reared there, following farming during his younger years, and on August 27, 1867, was married to Frances A. Belden, of New York state, who had been a teacher in the public schools of that state for several years. The year following their union they settled in Atchison county, Kansas, there engaging in farming, and remained for a number of years. He then learned the stone masonry trade, also that of builder, and started in the contracting business, going to Genoa, Nebraska, in 1882. He only lived in that city for one year, then moved to Fullerton, which has been his permanent residence since that time. Here he has followed his trade and become one of the prominent business men of the section, handling many large contracts, and proving his ability and true worth as a master of that vocation. In the winter of 1909. Mr. Porterfield began buying cream, poultry, and eggs, since which time he has been continuously employed in that line of work.
Mr. and Mrs. Porterfield have had eight children, six of whom are now living, namely: James C., of Boise City, Idaho; Alice, wife of Franklin Hollensteiner, living in Missoula, Montana; Cynthia, wife of Chas. E. Carter, they living in Fullerton; Helen, now Mrs. Roy Wilbur, also of Missoula, Montana, and Mabel and Marion, twins. The latter lives at home, and is a teacher in the Fullerton schools, while the former is the wife of E. H. Davis, and resides in Wolbach, Nebraska. The entire family are well known, and enjoy a large circle of friends.
In 1895 Mr. Porterfield was elected police judge of his county, and served ten consecutive years, or five terms. He was president of the school board for a number of years, also serving in that body in various other capacities. In 1884 he held the office of street commissioner, and also marshal of the village, and, in fact, has, during his career in Nebraska, been almost constantly in the service of the people.
To find office equipment equal to that of a city hospital, a country physician who almost annually takes post-graduate courses, thus keeping abreast of the times, in the far west in a practically new country, is a surprise indeed. A hasty visit to the office of Dr. H. A. Skelton, of Spencer, will give one that surprise, and convince him of the unusual.
Dr. Skelton's first recollections of Nebraska date back to the latter part of December, 1881, when his father, J. B. Skelton, an attorney from the middle west, settled in O'Neill, and began the practice of his profession. He was born in Indiana, where he read law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced at Princeton, in Gibson county, for a number of years. He attained the age of sixty-six years, passing away in 1896 at Monette, Missouri, where he had resided for some years prior to his demise.
H. A. Skelton was born in Princeton, Indiana. on May 16, 1867, and there attended the city schools from which he graduated in 1883.
lnstead of following the lines of least resistance and adopting his father's profession, the boy had a strong bent for the art of healing, and wisely yielded to the impulse, as after events proved. He began the study of medicine in 1886 under the tutelage of Dr. J. E. Shore, remaining with this precepter for five years. He then attended the lectures in Drake university at Keokuk, Iowa, graduating in 1891, after which he immediately began his practice at Page, Nebraska. He continued at that point up to 1902, then came to Spencer, being received with favor from the first, since which time he has enjoyed a wide and lucrative patronage. One secret of his success is the fact that he has not allowed himself to stagnate, being ever on the alert to absorb new ideas in recognized medical therapy, thoroughly familiarizing himself with advanced science through a course in the Chicago Clinic in 1899, and again in 1900 and 1901. In 1904, 1907, and 1909 he took up a higher course of study in the Polyclinic college, and it is his intention to spend some time each year in the famous medical schools of the country, to better fit himself for coping with the ills flesh is heir to.
Dr. Skelton has in his office equipment one of the largest static electrical machines known to the medical profession, including all of the latest attachments and improvements. In 1909, feeling that there was great need of a place where special cases might be under the constant care of a physician, Dr. Skelton established a hospital in Spencer, which is the only one along the line of the Northwestern, north of Norfolk, and to show that his judgment is correct, it is interesting to know that there is seldom a vacant bed in the institution, which is a boon to suffering humanity. along the borders of the two states and a source of gratification as well as revenue to the physician.
Dr. Skelton is descended from a long line of patriotic ancestors, his father serving during the entire period of hostilities in the civil war, while his maternal grandfather, Colonel Duncan, was a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, and located in Evansville, Indiana, in 1813. He was a kinsman of the Logans in the old north state, ancestors of the famous cavalry officer, "The Black Eagle", whose father moved further west and settled in Jackson county, Illinois. Colonel Duncan fought in the battle of Tippecanoe in the war of 1812, and drew a pension for his services until 1898, when he died, having most attained the century mark. On his paternal side, a great-great-grandfather was a colonel in the Revolutionary war, also the war of 1812, besides serving in the famous battle in northwest Ohio. He was a native of Lexington, Kentucky, passing away, at
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On our quest to try a new ethnic restaurant every month, we tried an Iraqi restaurant just a bit down from the Nashville Lawn & Garden Show. We had seen it a while back when we were shopping at some international grocery stores.
It's definitely a 'hole-in-the-wall' sort of place. But don't let that scare you away! Inside is some of the best food I've had from any sort of restaurant.
There's no menu, whatever they felt like cooking that day is what is served cafeteria style. And the portions are huge. The day we visited there was 4 types of rice to chose from, 3 soup, about 6 meat entrees (beef, chicken, lamb), 4 or 5 veggies. The cook is also the server and he's quite happy to answer your questions (and he gives samples too!!).
Himself had lamb shank, two kinds of rice, and salad.
I sampled the lamb and it was very tender.
I had a beef and potato entree, eggplant & tomato dish, THREE kinds of rice (he gave me large 'samples' of the other 2 flavored types), and salad.
My beef was perfect. Juicy and the flavor went all the way through the meat as it does with a long slow cook. The eggplant and tomatoes... let's just say I could eat them every single day. 'Nuf said.
We both had the brothy lentil soup... in fact, Himself went back for a second bowl. I think it had turmeric in it because of the mild heat and beautiful color. Just delicious.
We'll be back our next trip to Nashville!
Al Rasoul Restaurant
367 Elysian Fields Rd.
Nashville, TN 37211
Getting there: It is right off Nolensville Road, on the left as you head south. Go past the Nashville Zoo entrance and just a bit down you'll see a U Haul place on a corner on the left and "Fresh & Fresh Market" (which is great too!) on the right. That corner is Elysian Fields Rd.


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By Dustin Rowles | Books | November 12, 2008 |
Call me old fashioned, but I love me a good spooky story on a cold autumn night. I waited to read Ghost Story for around Halloween, and because I'm a little gun shy about Peter Straub. For those who'd be following my blog before it got converted into Cannonball Central, I had picked up two Straub books at the dollar store. Now, I loved the two he wrote with Stephen King, particularly since they jived nicely within the confines of the Dark Tower Universe. And they were very different stories, but still both well done. So when I saw them sitting at the dollar store, used paperbacks just waiting to be snatched, I thought, these should be good. Mr. X and Hellfire Club. And both were just … they were just dreadful. But a friend who had seen me reading them told me, you must, must MUST read Ghost Story, it's the only one Straub got right.
And he did. It's not horrifying Stephen King alien/demons ripping your face off scary. It's a really quiet, sinister, disturbing old style ghost story. It's great about getting under your skin, and it was the right shot of the jibblies to get my creative juices flowing for the NaNoWriMo. It's the difference between the old school Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the newer one. The new one is alright, but it relies more on jumping out and loud noises to scare you. The original version isn't scary so much as unnerving. It gets into your blood and bones, and it leaves scars on the inside. So too does this one.
The opening is brilliantly jarring. Out of the middle of nowhere, a man is driving a young girl — who he kidnapped — down to Florida. You don't know why, you don't know what his intentions are, and you don't know what's going to happen. It reaches a point where the girl keeps telling the man a different name each time he asks her who she is. Then, he tries to murder her — not that he tries to slash and chase kill her, but that he actually stands over her while she sleeps clutching a hunting knife but he can't bring himself to plunge the knife into her still tiny body murder her.
And then, bam! We're in a totally different story with different characters entirely. It becomes the story of four old men who live in a picturesque little New York state village, covered in snow, where people drive to work and stop and say hello, and the town drunk's the snowplower and so forth. Here's where Straub might have taken notes from King. He takes a Norman Rockwell postcard and slowly starts to set drops of acid rolling on it, one at a time, until the fatty disgusting layers are revealed, and the darkness and infection sets in. It's handled wonderfully, and it takes its time, standing face to face in the shadows with you so it doesn't even bother shouting "Boo!" to knock your socks off you.
It all starts with a group of five old friends, who have been dubbed The Chowder Society, who sit around telling tales and living like Victorian robber barons. Then the stories take a turn when one man asks the others, "What's the worst thing you've ever done?" And their stories become the answers.
And this is a novel of ghost stories. It leaps around in time and location, feeding us town history, and the history of the characters, each with their own personal skeletons in the closet. And this is where the story excels. Each one of the backstories could have been a short horror story in and of itself, but instead, it gets woven into the fabric of the story, something that can never be unravelled.
I finished it in the wee hours of the night, and I will admit, I had a bit of time getting back to sleep. Not that I was frightened of what was in the closet waiting for me, but that there would be something in the closet at all.
This review is part of the Cannonball Read series. Details are here and the growing number of participants and their blogs are here.
Cannonball Read / Brian Prisco


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Thinking our way out of over-engineering solutions
Free and unregulated cycle schemes sound like an impossible nightmare that we could never really make happen: someone will steal the bikes, they'll end up all over the country. Institutions therefore rally around and make it their business, quite literally, to provide secured bicycles for rental so that people cycle more.
It all seems so logical, but it's the kind of (successful but expensive) thinking from an old model of paternalistic "what can your country do for you", while some of the most exciting ideas, web platforms, institutions and technologies in the past five years have been all about "here's a platform, now what can you do for your country/peer group/friends".
I wanted to explore what a new business model around the old problem of bike sharing schemes might look like.
The $10,000 bike, versus the $150 bike
London's "free" bike scheme cost the locals and sponsors Barclays £25m for a programme that will run for x years. The cost per bicycle is therefore £4166. It's been a hugely successful scheme, with its millionth ride clocked up in just 10 weeks, and hardly any have been stolen (the bikes are a good bit heavier than Paris', where nearly 70% have been stolen or vandalised and required replacing).
But £4166 seems a lot for one bike, with Mayor Boris' £25m giving him only 6000 or so bikes. How much more powerful could things be if we did away with the expensive secutiy measures, expensive (heavy and cumbersome) bikes, big IT that supports such a project (and breaks down) and replaced them with the cheapest bike we can find, no security measures and a good dose of trust in our citizens, providing 163,000 bikes instead?
It wouldn't work here [insert any Western country].
Paris shows us that vandalism and theft of their cute with-basket model was a costly mistake. London has "beaten" its Gaullic neighbour with its highly secure and tech-ed up solution. Countless others, including some who've already tried totally unregulated free cycle schemes, have floundered, seeing all their bikes stolen in months.
But then Mountain View, California, sees its streets relatively free of the automobile (we are in the land of the automobile, after all). Most people opt to take one of the free red-yellow-blue-and-green bikes their main employer leaves unlocked, lying around. Why is Google able to do what entire Governments seem unable to achieve?
Is it cultural? It's partly that, but Google have done something that Governments are notoriously poor at: it's generated the culture it wanted, a culture of mutual respect, a culture of the gift economy, both through its business model, large free lunches and orange juices for visitors, staff and the visitors' taxi drivers, but also through its bike sharing scheme. We'll gift you this bike - and keep replacing them - but in return we ask you not to take us for a metaphorical ride.
And it works. It works, I think, because these bikes are everywhere and they're fun. They've been gifted by a neighbour of yours in the city, not provided for you.
So, if we were to take the Paris or London models, what is the answer to stopping people stealing bikes and having them appear all around the country? I'd argue that if Governments want people to take the bike and not the car, that's no bad thing. In fact, if we can harness thiefs as the distribution network for one bike per citizen, then I'd see more cash heading into the core solution to the problem: more bikes for people who don't yet bike.
As in Mountain View, there comes a point where the proliferation of an idea or an object turns it from scarce valued thing into a commodity. It lets everyone know where the bike came from - it's been beautifully painted in the company colours. Let's get our nations cycling to work (and cycling for play) by making cycling a cheap commodity. We used to give £250 for every child that was born. What would happen if we give a £100 bike for every adult who wants one?
More importantly, though, how could we harness the Google lesson I think I've spotted, in making public services gifted to people, rather than provided for them? What would the social fall-out be in terms of changing this language? What would the advantages be?
Nick Hood suggests that one of the education assumptions we have in the Western world is that education is a right; he asks "what would happen if we said that education was a privilege" or, in Google words, a gift?


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