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Much of early civilization relied on using materials that were available in the immediate surroundings. Man's conquering of the frontier zones needed machinery that could cut through tons and tons of wood that went into making sturdy shelters and the furniture inside. Even early transportation units, like carriages and ships, needed timber in large quantities. Over time, these shelters, carriages and furniture became refined and the demand for precisely cut wood emerged. Logs needed to be cut into symmetrical beams and slabs. Sawmills were a significant development that revolutionized the timber industry.
Of the various kinds of sawmills, chainsaw mills gained popularity among hobbyists and those looking to operate in difficult terrains. Larger lumber production units preferred more conventionally efficient bandsaw mills.
A chainsaw mill, or an Alaskan mill, comprises a pair of rails that can be attached to the chainsaw bar to mill felled logs. The mill attachment is used to guide the chainsaw blade to produce lumber of predetermined thickness. This lumber is generally utilized by the construction and furniture industries.
These sawmills can be operated by one or two persons. While the smaller sawmills feature one chainsaw, and therefore, need one operator, the large mills have two chainsaws and need two people to handle them.
Why A Chainsaw Mill Might Be Right For You
Chainsaw mills, though slower and more physically demanding in comparison to bandsaw mills, have a few aces up their sleeves, which may make them ideal lumber milling tools for you.
A Chainsaw Mill is Budget Friendly
First, they are relatively inexpensive. So, if you are just a hobbyist or need to cut lumber only for household requirements, you may not want to make a large investment that traditional bandsaw mills require. Portable chainsaw mills from reputed brands can cost between $200 and $300. Some cost even less. Of course, the actual chainsaw is an additional investment. There are chainsaw mills in the market that cross even the $1500 mark as they come with a track and a frame. A bandsaw mill, however, can easily set you back by a few thousand dollars.
You Can Carry a Chainsaw Mill Anywhere
Portability is the biggest plus of a chainsaw mill. If your lumbering activity is in an area that is difficult to access, then a chainsaw mill is right for you. In fact, the mills perhaps got their "Alaskan" tag from the fact that they were successfully used to lumber in remote areas in Alaska.
You can produce lumber right where the trees are felled. For instance, if you intend to build a log cabin, you can use your chainsaw mill at the site. This will save you the cost of lumber transportation. A chainsaw mill can accompany you even on rugged, and/or steep terrain.
Chainsaw Mill Helps You Cut Large Wooden Slabs
You get the freedom to cut large-sized lumber using chainsaw mills. In case you are interested in cutting wide wooden slabs to make giant table-tops, musical instruments or other custom furniture, then you will find a chainsaw mill up to the task. Alaskan mills also allow for quarter sawing. Chainsaw mills basically let you carve out usable lumber from otherwise wasted wood.
Limitations of a Chainsaw Mill
Do remember that large-scale lumbering is not what a chainsaw mill is made for. Moreover, be prepared for more wood wastage and a lot of sawdust. This is because the kerf of a chainsaw can be about ⅜th of an inch, which means the lumber yield from the log is not always optimal.
Moreover, a big kerf ensures that you spend a lot more energy to log the lumber using a chainsaw mill. So be prepared for hard physical activity. However, for limited-quantity wood craftsmen and for those salvaging lumbers from inaccessible areas, the benefits of a chainsaw mill cannot be overstated.
Choose the Right Chainsaw Mill
Even after you have established that you do need a chainsaw mill, you might still need to spend time figuring out which chainsaw mill meets all your requirements.
First, decide on the size of logs you are mostly to work with. Chainsaw mills are generally available in 24-inch, 30-inch, 36-inch, 48-inch and 56-inch variants. About 2 to 4 inches are lost while attaching the mill contraption to the chainsaw. Therefore, if you want to cut 44-inch slabs of wood, you must buy the 48-inch chainsaw mill. The cost of going a size up is not significantly high, and since the mills can easily shrink to a smaller configuration, it makes sense to invest in a larger variant of chainsaw mill.
Now, let us talk about the chainsaw itself. It is easy to understand why bigger is better here. The bigger saws are better able to handle the work without overheating and they provide more power. In fact, even the small chainsaw mills should ideally look at a minimum of 60cc of chainsaw engine capacity. Some people like to use two power heads for bigger mills. Additionally, if you are planning on using the chainsaw mill very often to process dry wood, getting an auxiliary oil kit might be a very good idea too.
Be Safe When Using a Chainsaw Mill
All power tools can be dangerous if not used properly and can cause grave injuries. Also, in the case of chainsaw mills, you need to factor in the slow lumbering process, which means you will be exposed to extremely fine sawdust, loud noise, vibrations and fumes for a long time. Always wear safety goggles, a dust mask and ear muffs. Sturdy gloves will protect your hands as well. Invest in good quality apron chaps that can prevent, or at least reduce the severity of an injury in case of accidental contact with the moving saw chain. A hard helmet is a must too. It's also important to keep a first aid kit always at hand.
If you are working in a remote area, do not forget to carry adequate drinking water, food and fuel with you. Grease, engine oil and a portable fire extinguisher should also be part of your kit.
Positioning of the log is of utmost importance as it can easily roll over and crush you. Use chocks to make them sturdy. Ideally, the log must be raised off the surface, so that you do not have to bend too much. Also, do be careful while moving and shifting the cut slabs and beams, which can be very heavy.
Finally, be mindful of people, especially children, and pets around you when you are milling the logs.


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Mike Tompos joined the AOPA Foundation as Vice President of Philanthropy in August 2015 after looking for an opportunity to combine his deep personal interest in aviation with his 30-year career as a fundraising professional.
Prior to coming to AOPA, Mike served as the Director of Advancement at the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis where he oversaw and directed major gift, annual fund, and alumni relations strategies as well as the school's successful $70 million comprehensive campaign. In previous positions he directed planned giving programs, developed prospect management systems and led donor recognition efforts.
Mike holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Carleton College of Northfield, Minnesota. He is a semi-retired skydiver with more than 1,200 jumps and an 800-hour private pilot. Mike owns a 1961 Cessna 150A tail wheel aircraft.
Contact Mike at 301-695-2269, or by email [email protected].
Dave joined the AOPA Foundation team in October 2016 as the Director of Foundation Communications. In conjunction with this role, he also serves as Foundation representative for the Aircraft Donation Program.
Prior to coming to AOPA, Dave served as the Executive Director of Marketing and Communications at Hood College. He is a 22-year veteran of the Air Force, a certificated pilot and co-owner of a Cessna Cardinal hangared at KFDK. He is in the process of building an RV-8. Dave earned his bachelor's degree in journalism at Eastern New Mexico University and an MBA at Hood College.
Contact Dave at 301-695-2271, or by email [email protected].
Agnes joined the AOPA Foundation in 2009 after working in AOPA's marketing department for seven years. During her tenure, she has worked on many projects to help the organization achieve its goals. She works closely with the Vice President of Philanthropy to help drive the strategic direction by assisting with creation and execution of daily tasks and budgets, ongoing systems management, research and process improvements.
Prior to AOPA, she worked for a direct marketing firm and managed a printing company, where she was highly involved with other nonprofit organizations.
Agnes holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in management with a nonprofit specialization. She began her private pilot license training and hopes to get back into flying soon.
Contact Agnes at 301-695-2112, or by email [email protected].
Becky Johnston is the AOPA Foundation Manager of Annual Giving and the liaison to Presidents Council and Hat in the Ring Society members.
Becky has significant fundraising experience in the areas of donor cultivation, stewardship and planned giving.
Becky is a graduate of Salisbury University. She lives in Frederick with her husband Chris, son Spencer and daughter Maggie.
Contact Becky at 301-695-2274, or by email [email protected].
Karen joined AOPA in March of 2015 as a part-time Administrative Assistant to ASI, where she assisted in pre-processing of Certified Flight Instructors and responding to questions regarding AOPA's eFIRC Program as well as other various duties. She now works as a full-time Research Specialist to provide the Foundation with information management and data support.
Prior to AOPA, she worked for an architectural engineering firm as a construction administration assistant. With a background as an avionics technician in the U.S. Navy, she has had many experiences in aviation and safety. She is a student pilot.
Contact Karen at 301-695-2128, or by email [email protected].
Sarah Michaud is the AOPA Foundation Development Specialist. Her main focus is on donor acknowledgements, stewardship, and communication.
Sarah joined AOPA in 2015 as a Member Services Representative where she gained knowledge on our many programs. She moved to the AOPA Foundation in December of 2015 as the Administrative Assistant, and was promoted in 2016 to her current position.
A graduate of Towson University, Sarah is a Baltimore native, but currently resides in Hagerstown, MD.
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Prior to joining the Foundation, Jeremy served as Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, where he managed the Airport Support Network and International Council Aircraft Owners and Pilots (IAOPA) activities.
Jeremy is a graduate of George Mason University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Government and International Politics.
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It is unique. I can think of no annual international team tournament anywhere in the world that rivals the Six Nations Championship in heightening the emotions and captivating the mind.
For the players, it is both physically demanding and mentally draining. For the coaches – and I have first-hand knowledge here – it is an all-consuming experience, bordering on the claustrophobic. For the supporters, it is irresistible. What other event drives so many people with no hope of laying their hands on a match ticket to travel around Europe at considerable personal expense, just for the fun of being in the proximity?
To them, it is almost an annual holiday. To those directly involved, it is most certainly not a holiday, of any description. The Six Nations is an unusually intense amalgam of tradition, long-standing rivalry and partisanship in which success depends on a team's ability to come up with something new in the face of age-old familiarity. For much of my lengthy involvement in the tournament, it was the French who generally threatened to produce something different. I am not sure if this is still the case: they lost much of their unpredictability under the leadership of Bernard Laporte, and while there are signs that his successor, Marc Lièvremont, has recaptured something of that glorious spirit, his inconsistency as a selector seems to me to have been an inhibiting factor.
Maybe the Irish, winners of the 2009 championship in the Grand Slam style, will be the first to show they have added something to their game. Certainly, I'm impressed by the way Brian O'Driscoll is speaking about his team's approach to the next seven weeks. Ireland may have scaled the peak last season, but even though that achievement meant so much to them they are showing no signs of relying on a 12-month-old brand of rugby. O'Driscoll says that to defend the title successfully, they have to start over rather than attempt to pick up from where they left off. They have to "earn it all over again", to borrow his phrase: last year was last year, it's done and dusted. He's absolutely right.
From the coaching perspective, expectation at this time of year is never less than overwhelming. There are those who might put Italy in a slightly different bracket to the other countries, but even they have their dreams, their hopes, their challenges. There is always a feeling in the English camp that they are the No 1 target for everyone else, but the tribal nature of the Six Nations is such that each individual fixture has a special resonance of its own. Today's England-Wales match has dominated the build-up, but if we fast-forward seven days, we see two fixtures – Wales-Scotland and France-Ireland – that promise to generate just as much heat. There has also been much talk of teams keeping half an eye on next year's World Cup. The reality is that for the duration of this competition, there can be no distractions. The luxury of building a team at 18 months' distance irrespective of immediate results is not something modern coaches expect to be granted.
My Six Nations experience began in the days of the old Five Nations: I coached Ireland through a tournament before joining the England staff under Clive Woodward. Then there were two championship campaigns as England's head coach. Clive always said that the Six Nations was more pressurised, more intense and more difficult to negotiate than the international series against the big southern hemisphere sides before Christmas, and I found that to be true. There is something about the fervour of tournament rugby that raises the temperature. It's that claustrophobia thing, I guess.
As head coach, you never switch off. You eat, drink and sleep rugby, constantly turning the tiniest details over in your mind. There is no break, no let-up. Everything is pushed through you, from the big issues – how are we going to beat this lot on Saturday? – to the small ones, concerning this player's fitness programme or that player's recovery session. The job involves working out the optimum time to travel as well as the best time to train. Believe me, five major Test matches spread over seven weekends is seriously demanding, and managing a squad of players through that kind of fixture list is no easy matter.
Things have changed significantly since I last coached England. I seem to remember that before our match with Wales two years ago, eight of the 12 Premiership teams played the previous Sunday – a less than ideal situation that left us with one meaningful training session ahead of the international. Now, most of the squads spend around eight weeks together. What would I have done with the extra time? Part of me would have wanted to send the players home halfway through, on the basis that I was sick of the sight of them!
Seriously, I would have placed increased importance on my off-field coaching to reflect the physical and mental state of the squad. There are times in the tournament environment when players become drained. It is not difficult to tell when it happens because they look dead on their feet, yet some coaches stick to a rigid training regime regardless. To my mind, it is infinitely better to say to the senior players: "Right, we're not going near a rugby ball today. Sit down here, tell me what you think about things and let's see if together, we can't come up with something fresh."
This is the challenge: to make it new. Not just at the start of the championship, but as you move through it. In this age of all-seeing video analysis, flexibility and adaptability are everything. If a team enters a Six Nations without the ability to change their game from one match to the next – even from one 40 minutes to the next – they will find themselves in big trouble.
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When it comes to promoting content online, it's easier said than done, and part of my role here at NeoMam Studios is to ensure that I contact those publishers and editors who actually want to see the content we've produced.
Many of you reading this will think that when working with a travel-related piece of content, the way to go would be to reach out as many travel blogs as possible… but in actual fact those are probably not the type of sites you want to focus on.
You'd be surprised at how far content can travel across different sectors, as one topic might have multiple touch-points across several niches. When it comes to prospecting for publishers/bloggers, expanding on our main target audience is key to the success of our content marketing campaigns.
In this post, I'd like to open a window to NeoMam's media relations process – from finding the right targets to adjusting our strategy whilst we're running our campaigns, securing successful results for our clients.Content can travel far across sectors; remember that when planning your content promotion strategy.Click To Tweet
Case study: How to get a deal on a private jet
I'll be using one of our latest campaigns as an example of content promotion strategy and the importance of being flexible throughout the process. Meet our 'How to get a deal on a private jet', an infographic on how you can fly privately at airline prices.
The campaign started off fairly slow, but after a tweak to our initial strategy, we quickly ignited a lift off.
3 questions to ask when defining your target audience
The three questions below can open up a lot of doorways to where you can promote your content, whilst helping you pinpoint the different online audiences that would be naturally attracted to the topic:
- Who cares about this information?
- What type of people does that topic attract?
- Why would they find it interesting?
In defining the strategy for 'How to get a deal on a private jet', we went beyond the obvious 'travel & leisure' by asking ourselves the questions above.
This is something we do with every single piece of content we promote. However, we do pay special attention to audience diversification when working with travel-related topics. The reason being that travel bloggers will most certainly ask for money in exchange for featuring our content, and that would mean zero results for us because we don't work with a budget for paid features. When working with travel content, we know from day one that we have to spread across sectors if we're to give the campaign the best chance for success.
For this campaign, we ventured into the business sector – knowing that we made the right call as soon as we achieved our first non-travel coverage on Entrepreneur. This feature was shared over 2000 times on social media, so we knew the business community was finding the topic of private jet flights of particular interest.
The same scenario occurred across other sectors: sites such as Lifehacker and MenProvement were picking up the content organically, shedding a light on different niches who were also keen on talking about the topic at hand.
Pitch like a pro: finding a newsworthy hook that reporters can't resist
We had our original pitch, introducing the content to the journalists, editors and bloggers we thought would be keen on seeing the infographic and potentially running it. But a few days into the campaign, we decided to enhance our pitch by surfing the wave of a piece of news that could open some new doors for us.
We were only days away of a major boxing event, when Mayweather and Pacquiao were set to fight in Vegas, and an article popped up about private jets being left on standby at McCarren airport because of the fight. This was a great hook as everyone was suddenly talking about 'private jets'. A few more features came rolling in with just a simple addition to our emails.
Adding a hook into your email is a great way to get media attention – journalists want content that is newsworthy, otherwise it can often be a waste of their time. Always try to take some time to find out if there's anything going on around the topic you're working with as, more often than not, you'll see that you can integrate a hook into your pitch.The key to finding outreach targets for your content is to look at the bigger picture. — @BELLRHONEClick To Tweet
How far did the infographic go?
By targeting different sectors that connected to the topic of the infographic and adjusting our strategy based on the initial results of the campaign, we achieved great results for this infographic within just a few days:
The key to finding the right target audience is to look at the bigger picture. Similar to what our founder, Danny Ashton, said on his last post – we need to find an audience that is not only relevant to the content we're promoting, but also has an active community.
By spreading across sectors and keeping one eye open for timely news hooks, we make sure that there are different angles to our outreach strategy.
If your entire strategy revolves around just one sector or a very niche group, and they don't respond to your content, you will need to be flexible in order to achieve results for your campaign despite that initial setback.
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This is my most recent scrathcbuild project. Four months ago I set out to build my own NX-01. I got started with the first photo published in TV Guide. I started to jot down some ideas and donor models that I could possibly use parts from.
My NX started life as a ERTL Enterprise C saucer. I cut the hemisphere off the bottom and glued it on top. Next I glued a large piece Of sheet plastic to the bottom. Next I built out the two extensions off the saucer by ribbing with plastic and filling with Bondo.
I decided to save the bottom for last since there were not many pics available at the time. So I went on to the warp nacelles. Since each had the same detail inboard and outboard I used inner halves from two TOS 18″ E's. Each nacelle was shortened front, rear, and middle. The bussard collectors were scratch built with Evergreen strips and some 1/2 inch wood balls I picked up at the craft store. The rear end parts of the nacelles were crafted form solid Bondo. The nacelle pylons were made from layering Evergreen plastic, as were the connecting pylons for the rear sensor pod. The sensor pod was made from two bridge sections of Romulan B.O.P.s from the old three ship sets, with some added detail. The impulse engines were carved from Bondo. The bridge was the ERTL Ent-C bridge trimmed down to size.
I crafted the bottom of the ship almost completely from Bondo After I got hold of some good screencaps. It took three redos before I was happy with it.
Final assembly included covering the entire saucer with Bondo glazing putty, and sanding smooth. A lot of evergreen strips and half round rods created the surface detail as well as some detail borrowed from some other kits in the spare parts box.
Painting was pretty simple. since the ship has a real metallic look I shot a basecoat of flat aluminum. All or the grid lines were done with a compass and pencil and the contrasting panels were a mix of Testors steel and copper. The decals were a mix of scales mostly from TOS enterprise kits.
The donor kits were: 1x ERTL Ent-C, 2x ERTL TOS 18″ ent., 1 ERTL Excelsior, 2x Romulan BOP(space ship set), 1x ERTL Reliant, 1x AMT Tyderium shuttle. Other materials used were : 1x small can Bondo, Evergreen sheets strips and rods, Bondo glazing putty, Two tubes of testors glue, 1x tube superglue, and two 1/2″ wood balls.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) provides local and express bus, subway, and regional rail service in Greater New York, and operates multiple toll bridges and tunnels in New York City.
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"Long Island
Lower "Hudson Valley
"Coastal Connecticut
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8,658,764 (weekday; all modes)
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|"2 Broadway, "New York, NY 10004
|Began operation
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|2,352 commuter rail cars
6,407 "subway cars
63 SIR cars
5,777 "buses
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a "public benefit corporation responsible for "public transportation in the "U.S. state of "New York, serving 12 counties in "Downstate New York, along with two counties in southwestern "Connecticut under contract to the "Connecticut Department of Transportation, carrying over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 800,000 vehicles on its "seven toll bridges and two tunnels per weekday. MTA is the largest public transit authority in the United States.
Chartered by the "New York State Legislature in 1965 as the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (MCTA), it was initially created by Governor "Nelson Rockefeller to purchase and operate the bankrupt "Long Island Rail Road. The MCTA dropped the word "Commuter" from its name and became the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on March 1, 1968 when it took over operations of the "New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) (now MTA New York City Transit (NYCT)) and "Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) (now MTA Bridges and Tunnels (B&T)).[2] The construction of two bridges over the Long Island Sound was put under the jurisdiction of the MTA.[3]
The agency also entered into a long-term lease of the "Penn Central Transportation's "Hudson, "Harlem, and "New Haven "commuter rail lines,[2] contracting their subsidized operation to Penn Central, until that company's operations were folded into "Conrail in 1976. The MTA took over full operations in 1983, as the "Metro-North Commuter Railroad.[2] Governor Rockefeller appointed his top aide, Dr. "William J. Ronan, as chairman and chief executive officer. Dr. Ronan served in this post until 1974.
The MTA has the responsibility for developing and implementing a unified mass transportation policy for the "New York metropolitan area, including all five boroughs of "New York City and the suburban counties of "Dutchess, "Nassau, "Orange, "Putnam, "Rockland, "Suffolk and "Westchester, all of which together are the "Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District (MCTD)". Veronique Hakim is currently the interim executive director of the MTA.[4]
The MTA's immediate past chairpersons were: "William J. Ronan (1965–1974), David Yunich (1974–1975), Harold Fisher (1975–1979), "Richard Ravitch (1979–1983), "Robert Kiley (1983–1991), Peter Stangl (1991–1995), Virgil Conway (1995–2001), "Peter S. Kalikow (2001–2007), H. Dale Hemmerdinger (2007–2009), "Jay Walder (2009–2011), "Joseph Lhota[5] (2012), and Thomas F. Prendergast (2013-2017).[6]
The MTA is the largest regional public transportation provider in the Western Hemisphere. Its agencies serve a region of approximately 14.6 million people spread over 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2)[7] in 12 counties in New York and two in Connecticut. MTA agencies now move more than 8.5 million customers per day.[7] (translating to 2.6 billion rail and bus customers a year) and employ approximately 65,000 workers. The MTA's systems carry over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 800,000 vehicles on its "seven toll bridges and two tunnels per weekday.[8]
MTA carries out these planning and other responsibilities both directly and through its subsidiaries and affiliates, and provides oversight to these subordinate agencies, known collectively as "The Related Entities".[9] The Related Entities represent a number of previously existing agencies which have come under the MTA umbrella. In turn, these previously existing agencies were (with the exception of "MTA Bridges and Tunnels and "MTA Capital Construction) successors to the property of private companies that provided substantially the same services.
Each of these Related Entities has a popular name and in some cases, a former, legal name. The popular names were part of an overall corporate identification effort in 1994 to eliminate the confusion over the affiliations of the various "authorities" that were part of the MTA.[10] Legal names have since only been used for legal documents, such as contracts, and have not been used publicly; however, since the mid-2000s, the popular name has also been used for legal documents related to contract procurements where the legal name was used heretofore. Both are listed below.
The MTA is governed by a 19-member board representing the 5 boroughs of "New York City and each of the counties in its New York State service area.
Five members, in addition to the chairman and CEO, are directly nominated by the "Governor of New York, with four recommended by New York City's mayor, and one each by the county executives of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties. Each of these members has one vote.
The county executives of "Dutchess, "Orange, "Rockland, and "Putnam counties also nominate one member each, but these members cast one collective vote. The Board also has six rotating nonvoting seats held by representatives of MTA employee organized labor and the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee, which serves as a voice for users of MTA transit and commuter facilities.
All board members are confirmed by the "New York State Senate.
The budget deficit of the MTA is a growing crisis for the organization as well as New York City and State residents and legislature. The MTA held $31 billion in debt in 2010 and it also suffered from a $900 million gap in its operating budget for 2011.[11] The capital budget, which covers repairs, technological upgrades, new trains, and expansions, is currently $15 billion short of what the MTA states it needs. If this is not funded, the MTA will fund the repairs with debt and raise fares to cover repayments.
The MTA has consistently run on a deficit, but increased spending in 2000–04 coupled with the economic downturn led to a severe increase in the financial burden that the MTA bore. The budget problems stem from multiple sources. The MTA cannot be supported solely by rider fares and road tolls. In the preliminary 2011 budget, MTA forecasted operating revenue totaled at $6.5 billion, amount to only 50% of the $13 billion operating expenses.[12] Therefore, the MTA must rely on other sources of funding to remain operational. Revenue collected from "real estate taxes for transportation purposes helped to contain the deficit. However, due to the weak economy and unstable "real estate market, money from these taxes severely decreased; in 2010, tax revenue fell at least 20% short of the projected value.[13] Beyond this, steadily reducing support from city and state governments led to borrowing money by issuing bonds, which contributed heavily to the debt.[14]
This budget deficit has resulted in various problems, mainly concentrated in "New York City. "New York City Subway fares have been increased four times since 2008, with the most recent occurring March 22, 2015, raising single-ride fares from $2.50 to $2.75, express service from $6 to $6.50 and the monthly "MetroCard fare from $112 to $116.[15] Each fare raise was met with increasing resistance by MTA customers, and many are beginning to find the fare increases prohibitive. 2010 also saw heavy service cuts for many MTA subsidiaries.[16] Fewer trains spaced farther between resulted in heavy overcrowding beyond normal rush hours, leading to frustration for many subway and bus riders.[17][18][19] In 2013, the subway had the highest ridership since 1947.[20] MTA employees also suffered due to the budget issues. By mid-July 2010, MTA layoffs had reached over 1,000, and many of those affected were low-level employees who made less than $55,000 annually.[21]
As of 2015[update], the MTA was running a $15 billion deficit in its $32 billion 2015–2019 Capital Plan.[22] Without extra funding, many necessary construction and renovation projects would not be performed.[23] In October 2015, the MTA passed the $29 billion 2015–2019 Capital Plan,[24] the largest capital plan in MTA's history; it will be funded by federal, state and city government as well as riders' fares and tolls.[25] Three months later, New York Governor "Andrew Cuomo and MTA chairman Thomas Prendergast unveiled their plan to spend $26 billion to modernize the subway network, which includes adding Wi-Fi and cellphone services throughout all 278 stations by the end of 2016. Other plans call for making extensive renovations to 30 subway stations, allowing mobile ticketing by cellphone or bank cards, and adding security cameras on buses, charging stations for electronics, and more countdown clocks. Roughly $3 billion will be spent to improve bridges and tunnels.[26][27]
The MTA refused to display an ad in the New York City Subway system in 2012, which read: "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat "Jihad."[28] The authority's decision was overturned in July 2012 when Judge "Paul A. Engelmayer of the "United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the ad of the "American Freedom Defense Initiative is "protected speech under the "First Amendment, and that the MTA's actions were "unconstitutional.[28][29][30] The judge held in a 35-page opinion that the rejected ad was "not only protected speech — it is core political speech ... [which as such] is afforded the highest level of protection under the First Amendment."[30][31] The MTA had received $116.4 million in revenue in 2011 from advertising sold throughout its subway, commuter rail, and bus systems.[31]
In April 2015, another ad became the subject of controversy when the MTA refused to display it, the refusal was again challenged in court, and the MTA again lost in court and was ordered by a federal judge to display the ad.[32] The ad, paid for by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, showed a man with a scarf covering his face, with the caption "Killing Jews is Worship that draws us close to "Allah", which was attributed to ""Hamas MTV," and then stated: "That's His "Jihad. What's yours?"[32] The ad included a disclaimer that the display of the ad did not reflect the opinion of the MTA.[32] U.S. District Judge "John Koeltl of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan said the ad was "protected speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and rejected the MTA's argument that the ad might endorse terrorism or violence.[32] "Pamela Geller, president of the group that sued the MTA in order to run the ads, lauded the decision, and a lawyer for the organization said the same decision had been made in Washington and Philadelphia.[33]
A week afterward, the MTA's board in a 9–2 vote banned all political, religious, and opinion advertisements on subways and buses, limiting any ads to commercial ones.[34][35] Specifically, it banned advertisements that "prominently or predominately advocate or express a political message" about "disputed economic, political, moral, religious or social issues," and any ad that "promotes or opposes" a political party, ballot referendum, and "the election of any candidate".[22] The board estimated that the ads that the board was banning made up less than $1 million of the MTA's annual (as of 2014) $138 million advertising revenue.[22] Nevertheless, lawyers for the American Freedom Defense Initiative called the MTA's action a "disingenuous attempt to circumvent" the judge's order.[34]
The MTA collected $138 million from advertising on its trains and buses in 2014.[34]
In 2002, following the "September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the MTA introduced the slogan "If you see something, say something."[36][37] The campaign, which was based from a theme created by Korey Kay & Partners, consisted of "public safety announcements, posted on "advertisement boards in stations, subway, buses, and trains, urging people to report suspicious activity. "Allen Kay, CEO of Korey Kay and Partners, stated in 2007 that the company had to do a lot of research to ensure that consumers understood the message correctly.[36] Since 2002 the campaign has evolved from simple print ads to television spots, and reports of suspicious packages in the system rose over 40-fold, from 814 in 2002 to over 37,000 in 2003.[38]
The MTA moved to trademark the slogan in 2005.[37] The slogan was used by more than 30 other "transport and governmental" organizations by 2007.[36] That year, the MTA spent $3 million to run 4,000 television ads and 84 newspaper ads in 11 total papers, over a span of more than four months.[38] The idea gained traction, and in 2010, the domestic-security branch of the United States federal government, the "United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), started its own "see something, say something" campaign.[39] Kevin Ortiz, a spokesman for the MTA, described the slogan as having "engaged the public in serving as the eyes and ears of our system."[39] Meanwhile, the DHS's campaign had attracted at least 215 partners in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors by 2014, which one writer called "a true smart practice."[40] However, the MTA program has not been universally well-received; in 2012, a sociologist at "New York University noted that the campaign had not netted any thwarted terrorist plots, and that the sheer volume of calls to the MTA hotline resulted in MTA workers possibly not being able to identify genuine threats.[41]
In 2016, MTA updated the campaign, renaming it "New Yorkers Keep New York Safe." As before, the campaign features public service announcements in advertisement spaces. However, this new campaign now features the pictures, names, and quotes of New Yorkers who called to report suspicious people or things on the MTA's system.[42][43] The rebooted campaign also shows 15- to 30-second videos of these New Yorkers who speak about their experiences. The two-year "New Yorkers Keep New York Safe" campaign received $2 million of funding from the DHS.[42][43] The MTA still owns the trademark for "If you see something, say something."[43]
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Pending final approval by the College of Liberal Arts, the Provost, and the Regents, the School of Statistics is pleased to announce new courses, a new Bachelor of Arts in the practice of Statistics (BASP), a new Bachelor of Science in Statistical Science (BSSS), and new requirements for the minor. All students declaring a major or minor after the end of Spring semester 2015 will need to choose one of the new degree programs (newly admitted Freshmen for Fall 2015 in the College of Science and Engineering admitted directly to the Statistics major may also choose to continue under the old plans). Current majors will have the option or continuing with the existing BA/BS programs, or switching to the new BASP or BSSS. Current minors will continue under the old requirements.
The BASP is intended for students who view the BA as their terminal degree, and want to use their education in part as a certificate for finding work. This degree program reduces the number of required mathematics courses compared to the current BA program and increases the number of applied statistics courses. Students with an interest in an area where statistical methods are commonly applied may elect to substitute some course work in the applied area for some of the applied statistics courses. Students who complete this program will have applied statistics training equivalent to most masters programs in statistics.
The BSSS is intended for students who express interest in graduate education in statistics or a related area. Related programs offered at the University of Minnesota include Statistics, Biostatistics, Data Science (a joint program of Statistics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Biostatistics), Epidemiology, Quantitative Methods in Education in the Department of Educational Psychology, Psychometrics, and others. The BSSS will share a core sequence of applied statistics courses with the BASP program, but will require more mathematics. Unlike our current program, the BSSS program will allow students the flexibility to take additional advanced mathematics courses that are expected in many graduate programs, including our own. To allow for the extra mathematics, the foreign language requirement included in the BASP program is not be included in the BSSS. The BSSS degree will be offered through the College of Liberal Arts, so all statistics degrees will be from CLA.
The requirements for the minor will be changed for students who declare their minor after Spring semester 2015. See the link for the minor at the left for details.
Five exciting new courses for undergraduate majors will be phased in beginning in Fall 2015, then every semester. These include:
Stat 3032, Regression on Correlated Data, beginning Fall 2015. This course will replace Stat 3022 in both the BASP and BSSS degrees. It is designed to prepare students for the new undergraduate applied statistics sequence described below, providing a more extensive introduction to regression, and a first introduction to correlated data and time series.
Stat 3701, Introduction to Statistical Computing, beginning Spring 2016, then every semester. This new course provides students with a firm understanding of the use of computation in statistical analysis. This course requires Stat 3032 (or Stat 5302) and Csci 1113 (C++).
Stat 4051, Applied Statistics I, beginning Fall Semester 2016, then every semester. Building on Stat 3032 and Stat 3071, this is the first of two semesters on applied statistics covering a wide array of topics to prepare students for applied statistical work. This course will be limited to statistics majors who have completed Stat 3701 and either Stat 4101 or Stat 5101.
Stat 4052, Applied Statistics II, beginning Spring semester 2017, then every semester. This completes the two-semester applied statistics sequence. Stat 4051 is required.
Stat 3501, Internship, beginning Summer, 2016, then every summer. The School will work toward providing internship possibilities for as many students as possible. More information will be available in early 2016.
Stat 4893W, Communications for Statisticians, every semester. Although not a new course, the title has changed to reflect the varied content of this course that is now required of all majors, including double majors who meet the writing-intensive requirement using their other major. Students must have completed Stat 4501.
Beginning Fall semester 2015, Stat 4101 and Stat 5101 will be offered every semester, not just in Fall.
Beginning Spring semester 2016, Stat 4102 and Stat 5102 will be offered every semester, not just in Spring.
Prerequisites for all courses will be enforced, so majors will need to take all courses in sequence.
Students must complete Stat 3011, Stat 3021 or equivalent with a grade of C or higher for admission to a degree program in statistics.
Both the BASP and BSSS are degrees in the College of Liberal Arts. The School of Statistics will no longer offer a degree program though the College of Science and Engineering.
If you are a current major, visit the Grandfathering page to see your options.
If you are a junior transfer student, you should also visit the Grandfathering page, as your situation is the same as any other student who will have junior status in Fall 2015. However, as a new student you will be required to opt for one of the new programs.
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-- But you will be ready to say, what was your hope in doing this? -- What did you look forward to? -- To any thing, every thing -- to time, chance, circumstances, slow effects, sudden bursts, perserverance and weariness ... Every possibility of good was before me, and the first of blessings secured ... {from Emma, by Jane Austen, 1775-1817}
July 16, 2015
The Little Paris Bookshop
... is a little confection of a book, one that tout le monde seems to be reading, with a wonderful premise, and very good, in spots.
Monsieur Perdu is a 50-year-old Parisian bookseller, or, as he calls himself, a literary pharmacist, diagnosing his customers and dispensing books to (or not allowing them to buy them) to help them with their emotions. {This seems to be a thing now.} His own emotions are caught up in his anger and grief over Manon, a beautiful young woman from Provence who he met on a train. They were lovers years ago, when she was in Paris, but she was engaged to a vintner at home. Perdu thinks she left him, but when he gives an old kitchen table to Catherine, a divorcee who moves in across the hall, she finds a letter that tells him that Manon was waiting for him to come to her. So he sets off, piloting his book barge down the Seine,
Nina George's writing is imaginative, and lush, and wonderfully descriptive, and often a little over the top. But Jean Perdu was nice to spend time with, there was a romance, and even though I wish there had been more Paris (and more of the bookshop), there was nothing wrong with finding myself floating through France every morning instead of just riding the bus down grotty old Massachusetts Avenue.
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- Cosy Books said...
So my instincts were right about this one. I've been tempted to take a closer look whenever I see it on the display shelf at work but then thought...nah. Sounds like a good book for switching gears though, or while you're planning a get-away to Paris!
- July 17, 2015 at 11:39 AM
- Esme said...
I am almost finished reading the book-I like it but I must confess I am not loving it.
- July 21, 2015 at 12:54 AM
- Tamara said...
I love the title - and it's just perfect for this years Paris in July - a few others had read it - and I'm enjoying the different reviews. I like your review because it seems like you enjoyed 'spending time' with the characters... I like that idea.
- July 22, 2015 at 7:53 AM
- Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...
I didn't love it either. Sigh.
Here's my post: Repas Préférés in France.
- July 22, 2015 at 7:56 AM
- Arabella said...
Love the idea of this one.
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It includes all aspects, conditions, possible preparations, circumstances that influence the learner's achievement. It combines concerning about the physical environment, instructional events that happen within those surroundings, also facilities in which teaching process needs. The classroom or learning environment includes also the space itself, the furniture and its arrangements. Each one has its impact on the learning and teaching process and by adjusting all these elements together to be consistent with the learners' learning styles and the teachers' teaching styles beside the effectiveness of the instructional space we can make the education milieu effective and vital.
A teacher can help greatly in establishing the effective classroom environment by making simple physical adjustments such as making classrooms sections or corners, presentation area to present the students' projects, well-lit reading area and providing suitable furniture with good lighting, heating, cooling and technological equipments which help to integrate technology in education.
Maybe it is difficult to adjust all the classroom environment requirements we desire but it is nice and appreciable to try our efforts to make and prepare what is possible.
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In Saudi Arabia, there is a big difference between the classroom environment in the government (public ) schools and in the private schools. Some government schools are well prepared by the latest technological instructional tools and equipment and they can compete the private schools as the Model Schools and Aramco Schools. As a teacher, you can be as creative and innovative as possible because all class environments are available there with teachings aids, technological tools and media are available.
Aramco and The Model Schools are prepared with language laboratory which enhance English language learning. There are listening and speaking sets and data show with video and DVD machines.
We have what we call ( The Recourses Lab) or (The Recourses Class). This kind of class is well prepared by number of computers, speakers, overhead projector, LCD video show, round tables for group work, magnetic white board and smart electronic board.These kinds of classes are available in all government schools. At least one in each school.
In the Model and Aramco Schools, all classes are well prepared by instructional technology and smart boards the same as the resources classrooms but in other government schools all these facilities are provided only in the resources classrooms.
The Internet connection is usually provided by teachers despite that all government schools are provided by a local high-speed internet connection but the password is not known by the teachers and limited to the administrative staff only.
The problem is that not all schools are well prepared by instructional technology as Aramco and Model Schools but very limited ones. The rest of government schools have computer labs for computer courses but can be used by the teachers in their free periods and resources room. Also, most schools are prepared by smart boards in 2 or 3 classes only but with limited use because the teachers didn't get training of how to use them in the classrooms.
As a wealthy country, the Saudi government gives appreciated efforts for education and schools. The Ministry of Education follows a very developed plan for changing the educational system into a very modern one. It starts to apply King Abdullah bin Abudulaziz's Project for Developed Educational System ( Tatweer ). This project aims to use new curriculums and applying technology in all government schools gradually.
The government specifies a large budget for the Ministry of Education but the principals who holds high positions don't spend it according to the schools' needs. Also, there is no observation and a serious following up for the financial distribution of the educational budget. The result is not getting well prepared schools with instructional technology.
We need a fair distribution for the educational budget according to the schools requests and a serious committee for following the achievements of schools' requirements.
A part of the problem of not having well prepared schools with a technological aids and tools refers to the schools' head teachers and principals because they don't send reports to the branch of the Ministry in their area about what tools, instruments, and equipment do they actual need in their schools. The result of those head teachers' ignorance for preparing schools is the accumulation of technological instruments, tools, machines and instructional equipment in the Ministry's stores.
Some of the Ministry's principals complain about not getting orders and reports about the schools' needs.Some reasons of schools' lack of educational technology is that some teachers like the traditional class environment despite that there are courses for training teachers as computer courses and Microsoft Office Applications courses as PowerPoint and so on. Those old fashioned teachers don't like to update the teaching aids they apply in their classrooms so they don't send reports asking to prepare the classroom with instructional technology.
Private Schools:
Regarding private schools, most of them or all are well prepared with instructional technology because it is a main factor to attract students to study there. If they are not well prepared, there will be no difference between government and private schools. In my opinion, they have to concern about integrating technology into education to attract more students and to create a reason to raise the cost of the academic year but I'm convinced that we have more well prepared free classrooms in the public schools.
Most people agree that students of the public schools do better and get better scores and attainment than private schools because teachers there teach for the sake of students not for the sake of getting more salary. Students of private schools get high scores and most get questions of the tests before the test day because they pay money to get grades only but in public schools all students get their scores out of their efforts.
Regarding physical space, it has maximally adjusted and qualified to meet learners' diverse skills. Space arrangements are better arranged than public schools to support interactive learning, create active learning surroundings, and positive participation. Also, the classroom climate is flexible and meets diverse learners' needs. Cooperation learning is more applied without loss of healthy and safe conditions at private schools more than public ones. What helps the innovation and creation in private schools that the number of students is fewer than public schools and it is a main factor to make more parents register their kids there.
The shortage of using technology in the classroom appered to be a problem not only in the Saudi schools but everywhere. An example indication a research paper titled as Technology and its impact in the classroom conducted by Rozalind G. Muir-Herzig,Bowling in 2003 about the effect using computer technology the classroom has on at-risk students' grades and attendance. The sample for this study consists of teachers from a Northwest Ohio high school. It resulted that teachers' technology use, students' technology use, and overall technology use have no significant positive effect on the grades and attendance of at-risk students. In addition the study finds that technology use is low among the teachers in the sample & that extremely low means of technology are used. These results suggest that for technology to be effective, schools must be prepared for technology use in the classroom. To use technology as an effective instructional tool, training and time is needed for teachers to infuse technology into their curriculum.
** Some Future Plans by the Ministry of Education:
The government starts to prepare the e-class in some schools and plan to apply the project in all schools later. These kind of schools apply the e-learning in a technical environment with full electronic equipments and facilities. In these classrooms, teachers will use the electronic tests, e-portfolios, exchange e-mails, use the chatting room with their students, upload and download files of the course and have forums to exchange ideas and information between the teacher and the learners.
Also, there is a trend to open smart classrooms using smart board in all classrooms of the public schools which apply the smart curriculums instead if the paper books. The Ministry of Education provides e-books for most courses and can use them on their smart machines as the iphone, i pad and i pod and all different kinds of them. CDs are available for all students and teachers.
The Ministry of Education applies the Electronic Educational Management Project (Noor) which enables students to get their results, grades and marks electronically and sends SMS for their parents about their attendance, their behaviors, and breaking news about the school.
There are 3 kinds of interactive classrooms in some schools and the Ministry of Education intends to apply them at all schools as soon as possible.
1- the Interactive Electronic Classroom which contains e-board, a computer and data show.
2- The Cooperative Electronic Classroom which contains e-board, a computer, data show and 5 computers for students.
3- The Complete Electronic Classroom which contains e-board, a computer, data show and 25 computers for students as a max number. All these kinds of interactive classrooms use the electronic teaching aids and tools and e- books.
The Saudi government tries to keep pace with technology evolution and acceleration developed the National Plan for Communications and Information Technology. The fourth goal of the plan's objectives as stated in the National Plan for Communications and Information Technology, optimum for Communications and Information Technology in education and training at all levels. The Ministry of Education started to apply e-learning in 180 secondary schools with a budget of fifty-six million Saudi riyals, as a experimental step in the academic year 1426/1427 and will be circulated after examining the results of the experiment. Despite these efforts however, Saudi Arabia has not achieved the desired success, but is too late, the number of courses electronically submitted in establishments official very few in addition to the lack of dependence on e-content in the curricula of different educational levels. Still the national efforts are scattered and not enough to integrate information technology and communication in Saudi educational system.
A research paper was conducted by Fatimah Alghadeer, titled as Employing modern methods in the field of educational technology in teaching schools Saudi Arabia. The study included 120 female schools in Riyadh about integration educational technology in teaching Maths. 50% of the schools were public schools. The results of the study showed that the degree of availability of technical developments in secondary schools for girls were generally low, the degree of use of technical developments in secondary schools for girls was low. Also, it showed that there are obstacles to a high degree related to the teachers' use of educational technology innovations in teaching and skill parameters in the use of educational technology innovations were low, too. The study recommended: the need to provide the Ministry of Education to various educational technology innovations in all secondary schools and to equip secondary schools with educational technology innovations properly.
Another scientific study published in Alyaum Newspaper on Sun.,28th,2012 about the Default Scientific Laboratories Project at schools as a part of integrating technology into Saudi schools in the scientific subjects as physics, chemistry. Dr. Ahmad bin Saleh Alradi, the researcher, revealed that using electronic scientific laboratories is a kind of applying e-learning in science subjects instead of actual experiments students apply of the usual laboratories which are not available in some schools. The project was proved by the Ministry of Education in 1720 secondary schools for both male and females in the Kingdom as a part of King Abdullah's Project for Developed Education ( Tatweer ). Also, the Ministry of Education intend to have a special website for following this project and to provide the teachers with aid and assistance to apply that idea correctly.
A study aimed to know the obstacles of using digital technology materials in Saudi Arabia secondary school was conducted by Prof. Nasser Al-Faleh in KSU to know the difference between the teachers' responses due to the kind of school whether it is private or government one and due to the teacher's experiences. The sample consisted of 168 government and private secondary schools teachers and the results showed that (10) Items of the obstacles of using digital materials got the average mean between (1.78) and (2.44) out of (3).
Another study Ws done by the same researcher Prof. Al-Faleh in KSU was about The Use of Digital Technology in Saudi Arabia' Schools aiming to know the digital technology materials use in Saudi Arabia schools and to what extent they are used with clarifying the different conditions of these digital materials found in schools. The researcher prepared a questionnaire consisting of (3) parts and (15) items distributed to a random sample of (180) secondary schools teachers in some government and private schools and the usable sample was (144). The results showed that: The availability of digital materials in schools got average mean (1.54) and (2.82) out of (3). The uses of digital materials in schools got average mean between (1.49) and (2.42) out of (3). The suitability of digital materials in schools: got average mean between (1.69) and (2.56) out of (3). The researcher recommended that all teachers should be trained from the earliest education levels and in-service training courses for advanced digital competences. Also, e-Learning should be introduced and that teachers and trainers of all fields and disciplines should be confident and competent in these skills in order to encourage students to use ICT for their learning in a critical and creative way.


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MACAU—Owners of Macau's newest casino resort hope 350 tons of beach sand, a rooftop wave pool and an emphasis on "Asian hospitality" will win them a bigger piece of the world's largest gambling market.
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Enola Martin Trahan, 87, a native and resident of Chauvin, died at 9:35 a.m. Monday, April 3, 2006.
Visitation will be from 3 to 10 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to funeral time Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
She is survived by three sons, Richard Trahan and wife, Bobbie, of Bourg, Gerold Trahan and wife, Nancy, of Houma, and Jerald Trahan and wife, Pat, of Chauvin; one daughter, Gail T. Blanchard and husband, Danny Blanchard Sr., of Chauvin; two sisters, Oceana Scott of Houma and Iona Authement of Chauvin; 13 grandchildren, Christina Duplantis and husband, Stanley, Ritchie Trahan, Dena LeBouef and huband, Jeremy, Chantelle Trahan, Joshua Trahan, Melisa Naquin and husband, Cleveland, Mona Trahan, Curtis Trahan and wife, Sandy, Craig Trahan and wife, Sandy, Danny Blanchard Jr. and wife, Charlotte, Dantre Blanchard and wife, Tammy, Dristi-Lynn Martin and husband, Chad, and Drady Blanchard; 22 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Doville Trahan; her parents, Wilson Martin and Mathilda Brunet Martin; two sons, Reynold and Ural Trahan; two great-grandchildren, Danny Blanchard III and Ashlynn Dupre; one brother, Cleveland P. Martin; and four sisters, Julia Scott, Leona Scott, Delicia LeBouef and Margie Clement.
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