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America entered World War One on April 6th, 1917, and though the execution of the leaders of the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916 greatly angered the influential Irish-American community on America's East Coast, many Irish and Irish-Americans saw it as their duty to enlist. Megan Smolenyak looks at the great state of New Jersey and profiles several of those soldiers, including her grandfather, who heard the call of duty.
He was Pop-Pop to me, and I remembered him as the gentle, older fellow who would give me a penny for gum when we went on a stroll to the neighborhood drug store. Other times, he would sit on the bottom step leading up to the bedrooms in his Chatham, New Jersey split level – the driver accepting my pretend fare as I climbed the stairs behind him to take a seat in our imaginary city bus.
But we lost him when I was only four, so the life of James Vincent Shields remained a mystery to me until I became a genealogist in the sixth grade and started pestering my nana for memories of the past. And even then, it would take some time to learn that he had served in World War One. Born in Jersey City in 1898 to Irish immigrants David and Margaret (McKaig) Shields, James was the ninth of eleven children. In 1923, he married Beatrice Agnes Reynolds after she accepted his proposal with a specially made ring engraved with shamrocks.
Contributions of any size will assist the United States World War One Centennial Commission in carrying out its prime missions of educating about, honoring, and commemorating those Americans who served and gave their lives in the military services during the First World War, as well as those who served in other vital capacities as the nation armed, equipped, trained, transported, and supported America's fighting forces during the conflict. Click the "Donate" button below to make a donation to the U.S. Foundation for the Commemoration of the World Wars, the Commission's official fundraising organization.
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The World War One Centennial Commission announces that, with the President's signature on December 20th, 2014 of the FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 4435, the United States government has officially approved redevelopment of Pershing Park in Washington, D.C., designating it as the National World War One Memorial. The U.S. Congress and U.S. Senate approved the legislation last week, and sent it to the White House on December 12th.
Pershing Park, located on Pennsylvania Avenue one block from the White House in front of the Willard Hotel, currently contains a statue of General John J. Pershing, leader of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War One.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Across the nation, thousands of monuments and memorials to America's World War One efforts stand in city squares, cemeteries, parks, and public buildings.
The World War One Centennial Commission will partner with Saving Hallowed Ground, the American Battle Monuments Commission, the World War One Memorial Inventory Project, and other organizations to identify and record all these monuments.
The Commission will encourage local communities and organizations to perform conservation and preservation services to the monuments themselves, and engage school students, Scouts, and communities in researching and learning about the history of their monuments and about the stories behind the names inscribed on these Living History Memorials, to remind citizens of their meaning and the great deeds they memorialize.
The United States World War One Centennial Commission has announced that all four living former Presidents of the United States will serve as Honorary Chairs of the Commission.
Former Presidents James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, George Herbert Walker Bush, William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, and George Walker Bush each will lend their name to the centennial commemoration, which will run through July 2019, honoring the participation of the United States and its citizens in the war effort.
George W BushBill ClintonWhile there are no living veterans of World War One, President George H.W. Bush offered the use of his name in honor of his father Prescott Bush who served as a field artillery captain with the American Expeditionary Forces (1917–1919) during World War One, where he came under fire in the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
By Christopher Klein
March 10, 2015 -- Yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled his company's new smartwatch, which will let users make phone calls, read e-mail, surf the web, pay for groceries and even monitor their health right from their wrists. The high-tech Apple Watch, however, may never have come to fruition had World War One not erased the cultural stigma that used to surround wristwatches.
While some credit Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet with designing the first wristwatch in 1810 for Caroline Murat, the younger sister of Napoleon Bonaparte and Queen of Naples, others give the nod to Swiss luxury watch manufacturer Patek Philippe, which developed one for Hungary's Countess Koscowicz based on an 1868 design. Regardless of the wristwatch's origins, 19th-century society primarily viewed "bracelet watches" and "wristlets" as dainty, jewel-encrusted baubles to be worn strictly by women for fashion, not practicality.
By Paul Glenshaw and Dan Patterson
Air and Space Magazine (Smithsonian Institution)
Former Air Force Chief of Staff General T. Michael "Buzz" Moseley calls them "the founding fathers of American combat aviation," yet few Americans know their names. The 38 pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, who flew for France beginning in 1916, before the United States entered World War I, created a culture that influences combat pilots today, Moseley says. They helped shape the U.S. Army Air Service when it was formed in 1918. "All the way up to the Army Air Forces and the U.S. Air Force," says Moseley. "Having thought about this a lot and having lived inside that world for 40 years, I would say [Air Force culture] goes right back to those guys who decided in the spring of '16 that this would be a good idea."
Moseley is helping to lead a fundraising effort to restore the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial outside Paris. Built in 1928 with private donations, the monument commemorates not only the original 38 but the 200 or so who succeeded them as volunteers in various French squadrons, together known as the Lafayette Flying Corps. Forty-nine who died in the war are buried in the memorial crypt.
WASHINGTON, December 21, 2014 – The World War One Centennial Commission announces that it has undertaken a memorandum of understanding with S&D Consulting Services to produce The 369th Experience, a series of public performances and education programs depicting the American, African American, and French experience in World War I through the eyes of the 369th U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as the "Harlem Hellfighters."
The production is an official project of the Commission in line with its charge to educate the people of the United States about the history of World War One, the United States' involvement in that war, and the war's effects on the remainder of the 20th century, and to commemorate and honor the participation of the United States and its citizens in the war.


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New Avocado Trees
I have just purchased Fuerte and Mexicola Grande trees in 5 gal. containers. I don't have a lot of yardspace and I am considering putting them both in a single large hole. The area does not get full sun all day. At this time it is getting full sun from about 10AM to 4PM. I am going to prune the tall bush, that shades it in the afternoon, and should get sun for at least 2 more hours. In the Winter,the tree that shades it now, loses it's leaves, and they will get more sun than during the spring and summer. Any advice would be appreciated, I have read many of the other posts on avocados here.
In the spot I picked for the trees, it will be ok if they grow 40-50 ft, there is a large Catalpa that is about 60ft tall now. I would probably also try to prune them back, if necessary. One of my concerns is the amount of sun exposure they will get while the Catalpa has it's leaves, It will shade the Avocado trees in the morning.
In it's natural habitat avocado trees grow as understory, rainforest trees. They do not need full sun to grow, but will need a long period of daily filtered light. But without direct sun they may grow tall and spindley and not produce a full crop of fruit.
In my area, trees planted on steep north-facing slopes have this tall, thin growth pattern because they don't get enough direct sun in the winter months.
Make sure you research before you plant... I love avocado trees but I wouldn't want one in my backyard. Lots of debris, nothing will grow under them, large water requirement, weak limb structure, poor salt tolerance, narrow temperature range, etc., etc. Of course, some positives too, including yummy fruit, great shade.
Thanks jean, avorancher,
I had read about keeping them 18 inches apart when planting. Having nothing grow underneath them will be a plus in that area of the yard, and while I don't need a full crop, I would like to get some fruit. Once the trees are about 10 feet tall,they would probably receive full sun from 8-9Am till 7-8PM during the summer. In the winter, the early sun would be filtered thru the limbs of the tall Catalpa tree. The large need for water may get a bit expensive, I do realize. While I am not sure if I will succeed with the Fuerte, I am more hopeful with the Mexicola Grande.
Just a note as far as having them in the backyard, we do and love it... I believe we are in the same sunset zone, I am in Santa Clara (near San Jose.) We bought a house a few years ago and it already had a well established avocado tree (which was a pleasant surprise when we realized what it was months after purchasing the house) so I don't know about starting them.
Once established though, it's great. It does drop a LOT of leaves, but we just keep them heaped up under the tree to aid in drainage, and I also love the leaves near the bottom to add "browns" to my compost. I even occasionally find a pit with a sprout growing under there. I've yet to successfully transfer one to a pot, but I'm still trying. Oh yeah, and the although it does drop leaves, there are always green foliage on it, which is nice, in contrast to the fig tree which is bare in winter. The avocado tree is near a corner, so it's not a big deal nothing can grow under it, and we just allow the grass to grow as close as it can and it works fine.
The limbs seems pretty strong, they are large and the kids climb it all the time. And we don't water it particulary, but I understand the root system is probably quite spread out by now and it gets lots from watering the grass and of course in the winter.
And, yes, the very best part is that all winter we get the best avocados. We eat gaucamole on a daily basis. It's the good kind of fat, right? ;) I love how they ripen after picking them, so that you can control when and how many avocados you want when and you are not at the whim of the tree and it's production entirely. And it's an incredibly nice shade tree to sit under in the hot afternoons. It blocks the afternoon sun on a good portion of our yard, which I really enjoy.
Good luck with your trees! They are definately worth it.
Avocado trees are shallow rooted and will do best if you can have a decent amount of mulch under them. They are surface feeders, and have most of their roots in the top four or five inches of soil. They also don't like soggy feet, but do like good clean un-salty water with good drainage. sfbaysailor if you can build up the ground by mixing into your native soil, some compost and some sand where you are planting your trees, it would help with drainage, and your new trees would love you for it. catankgirl did you have any damage from the past winter's freeze? How cold did you get? Do you know what variety you have? What is the diameter of your trees trunk? Kern
I have sandy-clay type soil, and was thinking of prepping the soil for several feet around the planting site, at least 2 feet down. The soil drains ok, but does puddle during winter storms...
On another note, do most, or all avocados ripen after they are off the tree, not before?
Yes they all will be picked when firm. I have seen some longer necked varieties that will ripen irregularly with the neck sometimes softening up first and almost spoiling before the rest of the fruit is ready. Hopefully your standing water is for a short time only. Kern
Kern, It's hard for me to tell the actual diameter, it's kinda ovalish shaped at the base. I'd guess maybe 10-12 inches. I'm not sure the variety, my husband has a guess, but I forget what it is. It's skin is not the real bumpy kind, more smoothish, but not perfectly smooth, you know?
I didn't notice any damage from the freeze, but I'm far from an expert. (Can't you tell?) I hope there wasn't, because I love this tree.
Anyway, since my description is less than clear, I took a few pictures. It's afternoon sun, so not the best.
Here is one to tell the relative size compared to our shed, fence, and playstructure. It's the large tree in the middle/right of the picture. On the left of the shed is our fig tree.
Here is a close-up of the fruit. It's months from being ready though.
I can probably get much better pictures at a different time of day of the whole thing. I'd be interested in any knowledge on anything we should be doing to keep this thing healthy. It's too tall for my husband to reach the very top to prune though, so I wonder if it needs any attention from a professional.
To the OP - I apologize for taking over your thread...
catankgirl. Your tree certainly looks healthy. It looks to be about 18' tall. If next year you want to top it you could do that with a pole saw pretty easily. Once established, avocados are fast growers and will come back quickly after topping. Do leave the leaves on the ground under the tree as you are doing. That is really good for the tree. You can spread some avocado and citrus fertilizer under the tree now and then, especially in late winter early spring, and summer. How cold did it get last winter for you? The damage I was talking about would have been easily seen. Twigs would have been hanging on the tree dead if you got really cold. I am going to guess you didn't get much below 29 degrees if that. Your tree is a beautiful looking avocado. Kern in Newman
Thanks for the input, Kern! I do love the tree. I'm guessing we might have had some freezing temperatures, but not by much so that the ground didn't really freeze. I could look it up, but your guess is probably right. I'm new to gardening and don't really watch the temperature much... yet... I'm going to tell my husband about looking into renting a pole saw, the tree does look a little lopsided.
What's that address in Santa Clara catankgirl? I'll be over for some 'cados. Ha ha. Nice tree you have there.
I just wanted to add that 2 years ago I planted the same varieties sfbaysailor has. I am also in the Bay Area. The trees are 10 - 15 feet apart in the back 40 of my property. I believe they have established themselves...it was touch and go the first year. During last Winter's freeze I protected them with cardboard sides and a tarp on top. The 20 degree weather did not bother them with this protection. My neighbor's newly planted 'Haas' did not survive that cold snap. I believe you have chosen good cold tolerant ones for this area sfbaysailor. Here's to avocados soon for all!
You would definitely have noticed feeze damage. It looks like someone took a blow-torch to the leaves and twigs. I had no damage this winter but I can walk to areas that were totally destroyed.... it was sad. It's all about micro-climates.
You can prune most anytime, but I wouldn't do it in mid-summer because branches and fruit are sensitive to direct sun and can be sunburned. You want to keep as much leaf coverage as possible when temperatures are hot.
I prune around February or March. FYI: When you prune, you will cut off either the current bloom (or fruit) or the following year's bloom. Since avocados take 12 to 15 months to mature, you will be losing 1 to 2 years' worth of fruit. Heavy pruning will sometimes make the tree enter into a vegetative mode and you can lose up to 3 years fruit. You might consider just pruning some branches this year... some next year, etc. so you will still have a continuous supply of goodies to give away and keep your friends happy.
I wish my trees were only 18 feet tall.
I'm a member of California Rare Fruit Growers and earlier this year one of the meetings had a speaker who works with commercial orchards. Avocado growers are stumping their trees in December, selecting only a few well spaced sprouting branches and pruning off the rest. The trees produce more, do not require ladders to harvest the fruit and require far less water, etc. We saw slides, they are cut pretty short maybe 3-4' and yes some farmers are having a hard time changing their paradigm.
Greenwitch... I'm a commercial grower with around 4000 trees. There are plenty of experts out there with a myriad of new ideas. I help fund research at UC Riverside on avocados and attend monthly meetings as well as annual symposiums on recent research. For every research conclusion there is another that counters it. In a recent meeting on growth regulators, the speaker, a research professor, told us that she had just visited her first grove that morning... imagine the moan from the audience. There are approximately 7000 commercial avocado growers in California.
I've seen high density plantings (10 ft. spacing), hedgerow pruning, stumping, single limb pruning, continuous topping, root pruning, etc. etc. All of them work to some extent. I did a similar technique to what you describe to 200 trees about 4 years ago but wasn't happy so I'm letting them regrow.
Most all the advice on this thread is good... even if some might be contradictory... sort of like research data. :-)
Nice Tree, catankgirl, here is to hoping I have established trees in a few years. deeproots, I had read about using light coverings for the trees during cold spells, but not about using cardboard for the sides, which I usually can get. I should be putting mine in the ground Labor Day weekend. Does anyone think this may be to late and that I should overwinter them in the container?
If it were me where you live, I would put them in the ground now. Deep roots' neighbor's Hass being newly planted and a Hass, probably died at 29 or 30 degrees. If we have a cold spell again, just plan to cover them with a couple of blankets supported by some thin stakes. Avocados don't really like being in pots and I think yours will take off faster in the spring if you put them in the ground now. I wish I had your lows. My "normal" lows are around 25, with last winter getting to 17 degrees, with below 30 for 15 hours. It is not only the cold temps., but also the duration that kills. Since you are in the bay area, I am guessing your lows this past January didn't last long, and weren't much below 30. Good luck! Kern
kcdeadeye, I now wish I had paid more attention, I don't know just how low we got, but it was cold. I can remember this area hitting a low of 14 degrees many,many years ago. I am sure I will be paying a lot more attention to the cold this year. Our average winter lows are supposed to be 30 degrees.
The Sunset Western Garden book says that St. Augustine grass will grow under an avocado tree. Has anyone experienced this to be true? I live in zone 18. My tree covers half of the yard (giant trunk)and I would love to have something other than dirt under the tree. I'm even considering artificial grass but have no idea how that will affect the tree.
Sfbaysailor, by now your avocados are probably well on their way, and youÂve gotten lots of good advice here. I just want to add my experience with avocado trees. I donÂt think the amount of sun you get will be a problem. Our neighborÂs avocado is in the 15 or 20 foot space between our houses, which is largely shaded. By now itÂs about 30Â tall, so itÂs high enough to get sun, but it grew well without it. I also recently discovered a volunteer avocado over there which has grown to about 6Â so far in dense shade (anyone want to come dig it out?).
Our tree gets plenty of sun, but it doesnÂt like freezing temperatures much. Fortunately, we donÂt get many hard freezes here in Long Beach, and the tree is so well established that it isnÂt badly damaged by what we do get, but it can affect how large a crop we get. We normally get 300-400 avocados a season, but it will produce less if it is stressed by a freeze. The thing that really seems to affect production, though, is how many bees we get. I suggest planting flowers that will attract bees to your yard to help with pollination.
Several people said that avocados require a lot of water. Ours only gets rainfall (about 15" per year average) and what water we give our lawn (which isnÂt much).
I was surprised to see people saying that nothing grows under an avocado. The area under ours is so thickly planted you can barely walk under there. Mainly itÂs where my husband grows ferns. In addition to the ones in the ground (leather fern and woodwardia), we have staghorns on the wall and several ferns in pots hanging from the tree. Clivia and impatiens also do well under there. It may be because my husband has pruned the tree to a fairly open canopy, high enough to make it easy to walk under. ThatÂs a good thing, since itÂs about 40Â wide and extends out over the lawn. Several years ago Sunset magazine came out to see what heÂd done with the pruning, but when they got here they seemed more interested in the plants growing under the tree.
I must say that we do have a lot of avocado roots extending out into much of the yard. In a few places they raise up the lawn. We used to play what we called "obstacle croquet."
Walknnancy, we grow St. Augustine under our avocado, out about 10Â from the trunk. It does fairly well under there, except for the most densely shaded areas.
You donÂt want to let your avocados ripen on the tree. Toward the end of the season, about the time it starts forming buds, they begin ripening on the tree. The flavor isnÂt as good and the pit starts sending sprouts into the meat. We can tell when ours have begun to tree-ripen, because the raccoons, opossums, and squirrels start feasting on them.


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Children Selectively Trust Individuals Who Have Imitated Them
Article first published online: 11 MAR 2013
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12020
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GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS: AS STOCK PRICES fall, dividend yields are rising -- but some are a little too high for safety. Standard & Poor's senior index analyst, Howard Silverblatt, expects the recent contagion of dividend cuts and suspensions to spread to more companies whose earnings are too weak to support their payouts.
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I listened to this book about three years ago, at least until my car was broken into and the device stolen! I am sure the thief got a surprise if he was able to figure out how to turn it on.
I share the disappointment with the other listeners about the lack of music on the book. However, this is a book which needs to be "read" very slowly with several trips to the musical library in order to listen to particular pieces recommended by the author. Most of the music is familiar but the discipline of listening to the same piece more than once,looking for one thing or another, can be very enriching.
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Mystery fruit - looks like apricot?
My neighbors have a huge old gnarled tree in their back yard, and this year it produced something that looks like miniature apricots. They look like apricots only smaller and rounder. They don't taste exactly like a cot... more of a mixed fruit flavor? The pit looks like a cherry pit, not the almond shape of a cot.
This pic shows the adult size of this fruit. What have I got here?
Apricot, possibly a seedling tree and therefore capable of any number of unusual qualities.
They are small by any standard though; I'd hope you'd get better sized fruit with good pruning, etc. Small fruit is often the result of heavy fruit set without thinning.
Have you cooked or dried some? That could bring out the flavor more.
I agree that they sure do look like apricots. The confusion around the taste might be because store bought apricots are consistently uninteresting and disgusting compared to those fresh off the tree (though often larger). Size of fruit (and seed) is a probably the least useful criteria for identification, as it can vary so much from tree to tree and year to year. I've certainly seen many apricots that size though, the healthy/vigor of the tree and access to water appear to be most important to fruit size in my climate, where there are many wild apricot trees that have never been pruned and still have good sized fruit.
Another strange thing though is the ripening time. Most apricots ripen around July, so it is very late for them.
Sorry I haven't been able to post back sooner. I really appreciate you folks taking time to help solve this mystery. I'll try to address the questions and comments in order...
Mark, I wasn't sure if by "seedling" you meant a sapling or a young tree. This tree is very large and ancient. Don't think it has ever been pruned! This year the tree was so loaded with these tiny cots that the lower branches bowed almost to the ground. No, I didn't dry or cook any of these little guys; they were wonderfully delicious and juicy, and a nice little bite-sized snack as is!
Fabaceae_native, I was raised in CA, back when the valley was full of orchards and not people... nothing compares to the taste of a sun-ripened apricot. I won't even buy them in a store. Was lucky enough here in Idaho to have a close neighbor who has two nice cot trees. She detests them... so I was busy canning and drying!
No, ltilton, they are not fuzzy, not like a peach anyways. And Scott, after examining the leaves and comparing them to a "known" apricot tree, I would have to say: this is definitely an old, neglected apricot tree. I did take a couple of pics tho...
Well, it still looks apricoty to me; a little moth-eaten and gnarly and in need of control, just like me, but still a 'cot.
I'm interested in Scott's observation about the round seed. Don't know what to make of that.
Mama Otter, a "seedling" tree is simply a tree that has grown from a seed; it can be any age. I can see why you found that confusing. The reason that might matter is that because if it is a seedling (and it almost surely is, judging from how close to the ground it forks) it will be a blend of whatever genetic material the bugs and wind carried to it from area trees. So anomalies are possible. If I am wrong and it is a grafted tree then it would be true to type, and in that case somebody here would most likely have been familiar with it, or ones like it.
I still have reservations -if somebody as well-versed in identification as Scott wants to know more about seed shape, I'd like to hear more about it.
My guess is the seeds are more plump compared to some apricots. But, its an apricot, the leaves are a dead ringer. I have seen apricot varieties with more plump-looking seeds, not like a cherry but somewhere between normal apricot and cherry.
Yes, you're right, Scott... "plump-looking seeds...somewhere between normal apricot and cherry."
MrsG47, the cots are gone now except for the few left on the tree, being nibbled on by wasps. You can see a few in the 2nd photo above. The pits?? I SAVED THEM... hehe. Thought that one day a planted seed would grow into my own Mini-Cot tree.
OK, folks, here's the cot pit pic...(say that 3 times fast)
mini compared to regular
Thanks Mark, for that Otter-notter post...On my face, a smile,that stayed awhile.
Well, I've got about 20 of these pits... thinking of gathering more off the ground. There's thousands!
I really hope it IS a cross, and that the seed will not produce a regular apricot. I will experiment and let you know in a couple of years...hehe.
I am going to start a new thread, about another cot tree that has been severely pruned that I need advise on.


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William S. Baggett is a good kid trapped in a really awful family. William has his running-away money ready to go, he's just been waiting until he's older than twelve to leave. When his big brothers flush his sister's pet guinea pig down the toilet, she insists they leave now. And take the two littlest Baggetts with them. So they head out in the middle of the night, ready to escape to their aunt Fiona's house.
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The Bayt figures (and blatant PR plug) come on the same day that management consultancy Oliver Wyman and polling firm Zogby International deliver us a press release recording a 30 percent growth in business confidence levels in the UAE.
Dr. James Zogby, Founder and President of the Arab American Institute (AAI), presented the results of the 'Third GCC Business Confidence and Government Reform Survey for 2010' during a lecture hosted by the Dubai School of Government (DSG), a research and teaching institution focusing on public policy in the Arab world.
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That's pretty much what we keep saying, doc. But we're sure he'll be happy to see those new part time regulations, and maybe that will help decide the UAE companies who are in two minds about hiring.
In the meantime, Kipp will keep the champagne on ice until we see the job ads fly; there have been too many false dawns in the last couple of years.
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Hello San Andreas,
Over the past few months the progression of the Public Affairs division has been slow, as big changes in the department have taken the limelight. In the recent months we have seen our ex-Colonel Malcolm Cambridge leave the department to be taken over by Daniel Evans, since then we have had a fair few changes within the department and the biggest one of all was the start of Academy Batch #16.
The Academy process is a long one with an approximate length of one and a half months from the day you sign off your application till the day you sign off your Field Training Report. But this is a training scheme which is one of the best in the country and it's one we're immensely proud of. This week, five hard working candidates finished the academy and are now Trooper's in the San Andreas State Police, congratulations to:
The end of February was also a time of celebration for our existing staff here at San Andreas State Police where the hard working were rewarded for their excellent contribution towards the department, including new faces to the Sergeant's team.
Finally, I'd like to introduce myself as the new Commander of Public Affairs. Over the next few week's we will be concentrating on connecting with the public more and we'll be here to answer your questions. My aim is to bring the community and the government closer to create a happier San Andreas. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.
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For years now, Aperture have been a secretive organisation centralised around the deserts of Bone County. They were founded in 1984, funded by multinational firms investing billions of dollars into what Aperture and the Aperture Corporation is today. Their original ventures took them to developing the world's first consumer grade digital camera which lead them into success where they bought large volumes of shares in companies such as IBM and BMW.
On the other hand, the Aperture Corporation, established in 1991, came as a result of such an expansion across the globe. As it stands, Aperture have the following list of subsidiaries:
We have highlighted Aperture Research because this sparks the most controversy into what goes in behind those closed doors. In 1988, a 650 acre area of the desert was coned off to the public eye by the San Andreas Governor. A facility was being built on behalf of Aperture which was amid fears of combat between the Soviet Union and the United States which was undergoing the most intense nuclear programme in history. Within these fears, the facility's purpose was rumoured to be for the creation of technology which effectively crippled any satellites from foreign nations at the touch of a button. It even comes with its own nuclear bunker to protect 10,000 personnel from an attack - I highly doubt that is for regular citizens from the state.
During this time, several unidentified objects were seen over the facility from such towns as Fort Carson and Las Barrancas, even so far as Bayside and Spiny Bed received reports of objects in the sky. These documentations were passed to the owners of the Lil' Probe Inn which avoided demolition during the building phases of the facility. Ownership has been passed down to the next generation of the Jones family and the interior is preserved in its earlier 1980s style with added memorabilia of such occurrences. Below are two images taken from inside, each one taken in the early 1990s.
This image depicts the UFO spottings over Bone County, Tierro Robada and Las Venturas in January of 1991 alone
This image shows various recorded sightings in the early 1990s - mysterious shapes and lights in the skies.
These, and most of the following images were from the archives from when the Lil' Probe Inn was owned by Rachel and Steven Jones.
To begin with, the facility had two signs either side of a dirt road to mark the entry to their facility meaning non-locals had to be very careful as to where they went - one second where you lack concentration could have costed you your life. Since the mid-1990s, security has become more of a public thing with large watch towers, spot lights, cameras, motion sensors and sound detectors spread across the whole landscape. Approaching the checkpoint, one sees a sign reading "Aperture Corporation. San Andreas Research Facility" and "Strictly no photography. Authorised personnel only."
So our question to everyone is: What really goes on behind those closed doors? We've done our digging around in archives, newspapers, witness statements and legal documents and it's rather a grey area but we feel that we've begun to discover the truth behind this private corporation and its ties with the military.
From what we have gathered, Aperture are a research corporation mainly focused on the development and production of chemicals and chemical weaponry to fight a war which never begun. It, and the 650 acres of land, have been housing the some of the most secretive documentation of the U.S. Government and they are still refusing to admit their actions. In its time, various shipments have been seen at various locations destined for the Aperture Research Facility and the Aperture Warehouse in the more high-profile Montgomery. Agents have constantly been looking over us with cameras and snipers, getting a look at who we are every single day of our lives.
The most notable shipment of recent years was one shipped in from abroad and transported to Montgomery by road and under police escort at the beginning of December. A ship, named Hai Tie 9 and registered in China, was seen docking at the Fort Carson docks earlier that day where several containers were removed by road and taken to the local shipping yard to be distributed across the county but Aperture collected theirs later and transported the container by road to the warehouse. With the fact that China's an emerging world superpower, it has led us to believe that Aperture have ties and contracts with their government to provide systems on their behalf. Several other ships have been seen docking there over the years and most are registered with China or South Korea. Some sources suggest that these shipments contain certain substances originating from gunpowder, others claim it's chemicals used in Aperture's medical research and drug research which we know happens inside the facility and warehouse.
This is the ship (Hai Tie 9) - docked at Fort Carson awaiting offloading by Aperture. Agents are on watch of camera with their own ones - eyeing me and another person up as we stood on the hill.
One of the Aperture trucks pulling up in the docks, clearly identifiable by the jet black paint scheme and emergency lights.
So to conclude this article, I have a bit more to add. Despite their secrecy, Aperture have failed to maintain their privacy and are left exposed in their environment even if they do feel comfortable. We, as citizens of the United States of America must UNITE and not hide secrets from one another. Now that these secrets have been revealed, I'm sure that more will come up and I will be actively searching through the archives collected by my parents at the Lil' Probe Inn and I will fight to not lose that property if I need to.
Please, feel free to come inside for a drink at some point. Take a look around at our pictures and memorabilia whilst you're at it and you might as well have a game of pool or snooker when you're there! Parking is free for customers and you can get a great view of the base's entrance from there where you can see agents driving in and out every hour.


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Whitney Westerfield
|Whitney Westerfield
|Current candidacy
|Running for Kentucky Attorney General
|Current office
|Kentucky State Senate District 3
|In office
|January 1, 2013 - Present
|Term ends
|January 1, 2017
|Years in position
|Base salary
|Per diem
|Elections and appointments
|Last election
|November 6, 2012
|First elected
|November 6, 2012
|Next primary
|May 19, 2015
|Next general
|November 3, 2015
|Term limits
|High school
|Christian County (1999)
|University of Kentucky (2003)
|University of Kentucky (2006)
- 1 Biography
- 2 Committee assignments
- 3 Elections
- 4 Campaign donors
- 5 Personal
- 6 Recent news
- 7 See also
- 8 External links
- 9 References
Westerfield is a candidate for Kentucky Attorney General in the 2015 elections. He filed his candidacy on January 9, 2015.[1]
Westerfield earned his J.D. from the University of Kentucky. His professional experience includes running his own private law practice.[2]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Westerfield served on the following committees:
|Kentucky Committee Assignments, 2015
|• Agriculture
|• Judiciary
|• Natural Resources and Energy, Chair
|• Transportation
|• Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
|• Agriculture
|• Judiciary, Chair
|• Natural Resources and Environment
|• Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Westerfield served on the following committees:
|Kentucky Committee Assignments, 2013
|• Agriculture
|• Judiciary, Chair
|• Natural Resources and Energy
|• Transportation
|• Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection, Vice-chair
- See also: Kentucky Attorney General election, 2015
Seven state executive offices in Kentucky are up for election in 2015. The general election will be held on November 3, 2015, following a primary election on May 19, 2015. The following sections summarize filed candidates running for each state executive office on the ballot:
Governor/Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Commissioner of Agriculture
Campaign themes
In considering a potential candidacy in early January, Westerfield critiqued Democratic candidate Andy Beshear by stating, "I refuse to let someone who I don't believe is qualified for the office, who I don't believe has the practice experience or policy experience for the office, to have that and a walk...And I frankly think there are plenty of people out there who aren't prepared to have another Beshear at state level government in Frankfort."[3] Beshear, the son of Gov. Steve Beshear (D), was running unopposed prior to Westerfield's filing.
Race background
Senate debate over outside legal representation
In March 2015, Republican candidate and state Sen. Whitney Westerfield sponsored a bill to increase transparency and limit contracts between the state Department of Justice and law firms representing the state. Westerfield's bill proposed greater clarity for state residents interested in which law firms represent the state and how much money is given to these firms under contingency agreements. Senate Minority Leader Ray Jones (D) asked Westerfield about the size of the department's budget and how often the state uses outside law firms. Westerfield was unable to answer budget questions, stating, "Right now I don't know, I can't recall that line from the budget." In an interview following debate over SB 118, Westerfield noted that, "I think it's crossing a line allowing someone who's got the prosecution power of the entire state to have a pecuniary interest in pushing extra hard to get the penalties and the fees."[4]
Jones unsuccessfully attempted to remove a provision from the bill that limited the amount law firms collect when damages are awarded to the state. According to Jones, this limitation would discourage law firms from assisting the state with highly specialized legal cases and only attract firms with higher rates. Democratic candidate Andy Beshear supported Jones following the debate, indicating that recent cuts in the department's budget make financial flexibility all the more important. Allison Martin, a spokesperson for Attorney General Jack Conway (D), argued that the state has only used outside lawyers on contingency agreements eight times in the past seven years.[4]
Early funding advantage for Beshear
Beshear jumped out to a strong financial advantage before facing any official opposition to replace Jack Conway in 2015. Beshear, the son of Gov. Steve Beshear, reported $1.48 million in contributions through September 30, 2014. These contributions were received at 87 fundraisers and included donations from executives at Philip Morris, Daymar College and Louisville Gas & Electric. By comparison, Conway spent a total of $1.9 million during his election bids in 2007 and 2011.[5]
Beshear's fundraising prowess has drawn criticism due to potential conflicts of interest in the attorney general's office. The Attorney General of Kentucky often has an adversarial role with utilities if they request increases in energy prices. Beshear's campaign received $1,000 donations from three executives at Carespring Health Care Management, which settled state and federal investigations into patient injuries and deaths in 2013. Beshear's experience representing corporate clients at Stites & Harbison and his connections in his father's administration also raised concerns about conflicts of interest.[5]
Beshear issued the following statement in response to a report by the Lexington Herald-Leader on his campaign finances:
Provided I am elected attorney general, I will have only two clients, the commonwealth and its citizens. All decisions will start and end with the law and what is best for Kentucky's families. [6]
—Lexington Herald-Leader, (2014), [5]
In considering a potential candidacy in early January, Westerfield criticized Beshear by stating:
I refuse to let someone who I don't believe is qualified for the office, who I don't believe has the practice experience or policy experience for the office, to have that and a walk...And I frankly think there are plenty of people out there who aren't prepared to have another Beshear at state level government in Frankfort. [6]
Beshear was running unopposed prior to Westerfield filing his candidacy on January 9, 2015.[1]
Republican primary
|Kentucky Attorney General, Republican Primary
|Michael T. Hogan (R)
|Whitney Westerfield (R)
|Margin of Error
|Sample Size
|Bluegrass Poll
March 26, 2015
|Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to email@example.com.
Campaign finance
Fourth quarter report (2014)
Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected from the state's campaign finance authority. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a raised a total of $100,870.97 and spent a total of $62,132.26 during this reporting period. This information was last updated on January 27, 2015.[8]
|Campaign Contributions and Expenditures
|Beginning balance
|Ending balance
|Andy Beshear
|Kentucky Attorney General
|Whitney Westerfield
|Kentucky Attorney General
|Michael T. Hogan
|Kentucky Attorney General
|Grand Total Raised
|Grand Total Spent
- See also: Kentucky State Senate elections, 2012
Westerfield won election in the 2012 election for Kentucky State Senate District 3. He ran unopposed in the primary on May 22, 2012, and defeated incumbent Joey Pendleton (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9][10]
|Kentucky State Senate, District 3, General Election, 2012
|Vote %
|Whitney Westerfield
|Joey Pendleton Incumbent
|Total Votes
Campaign themes
Westerfield's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
- Excerpt:"Farmers need an elected official that will protect their industry from burdensome regulation and costly taxation – costs that are carried on the shoulders of each of us at the grocery."
- Excerpt:" The changes to the penal code have removed much of the disincentive to possess or traffic in controlled substances."
Protection Of Life
- Excerpt:"Protecting our unborn may not be popular, and may be difficult under certain circumstances, but those children are lives worthy of protection nonetheless."
- Excerpt:"Gambling and gaming is tempting as a possible way out for the very people in the Commonwealth who have the least means to gamble with. The costs to our families and communities is far too great for any revenue the gaming lobby promises it can deliver."
- Excerpt:"God made marriage a sacred union between a man and a woman, and I will never recognize a different standard."
Campaign donors
Comprehensive donor information for Westerfield is available dating back to 2012. Based on available campaign finance records, Westerfield raised a total of $107,518 during that time period. This information was last updated on June 7, 2013.[11]
|Whitney Westerfield's Campaign Contribution History
|Kentucky State Senate, District 3
|Grand Total Raised
2012Westerfield won election to the Kentucky State Senate in 2012. During that election cycle, Westerfield raised a total of $107,518.
|Kentucky State Senate 2012 election - Campaign Contributions
|Top contributors to Whitney Westerfield's campaign in 2012
|Kentucky Republican Party
|Senate Republican Caucus Campaign Cmte
|Ditto, Douglas
|Geary, Mark
|Reinventing A New Direction - Randpac
|Total Raised in 2012
|Source: Follow the Money
Westerfield has a wife, Amanda.[2]
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See also
- Open offices draw big names, new faces to Kentucky state executive elections in 2015
- Kentucky Attorney General election, 2015
- Kentucky General Assembly
- Kentucky State Senate
- Kentucky Senate Committees
- Kentucky Joint Committees
- Kentucky state legislative districts
External links
- Official campaign website
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Whitney Westerfield on Twitter
- Campaign Contributions: 2012
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kentucky Secretary of State, "Information for Whitney H. Westerfield, Candidate for Attorney General," January 9, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "whitney2012," Official Campaign Website
- ↑ WEKU, "Hopkinsville's Whitney Westerfield May Run For Attorney General," January 8, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Courier-Journal, "Questions stump AG candidate on Senate floor," March 5, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lexington Herald-Leader, "Andrew Beshear raises $1.5 million for AG race, but critics question his donor list," November 15, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributed to the original source.
- ↑ WEKU, "Hopkinsville's Whitney Westerfield May Run For Attorney General," January 8, 2015
- ↑ Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, "Candidate Search Results," accessed January 24, 2015
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Official 2012 General Election Results," accessed January 7, 2015
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, Official 2012 Primary Election Results
- ↑ followthemoney.org, "Westerfield, Whitney," accessed June 7, 2013
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Rules for Social Security
Is it true that if I retire and live with a retiree we both get our complete SS checks, but if we marry, we get a lesser amount?
It's been true for years, not sure about it now. I will be interested to know also. I personally wouldn't remarry, I have to much to lose, the day you marry half of everything you own is his. My Sis's neighbor remarried and had to pay off her husband's bankruptcy bills.
I think it is only true if you are planning to collect your retirement on your previous husband's record. Otherwise I am fairly certain that it doesn't make a difference.
Also, I live in a community property state which neither of you do and even here we aren't responsible for the debts that our new partner brings into the marriage.
Good luck calling soc security. If I ever need help again I will drive to their office.
In Kansas, your spouse's bills are your bills. If not paid it will go against your credit rating. If you have money of your own and marry, and your spouse needs a nursing home, your money is counted as his money. If anything should happen to my husband I will never marry again and jeopardize my security.
Hi all,
I've been saying for years that I'm looking for a rich widow - with no kids.
People ask why I'm worried about whether she has kids or not.
I say that I'm not looking for some young filly - who'd run my legs off. I'd prefer someone of (more or less) my own vintage.
Whose kids would be middle aged.
If they see some old fart sniffing about their wealthy Mom - they'll get really antsy, real fast.
If there's anything that I *don't* need - it's a partner whose kids hate me from the word "Go".
Have a great weekend, all.
The nice thing about retirement is - every day is weekend.
joyful guy
Joyful, you are a smart guy. I made the mistake of marrying a guy with 3 kids, nothing wrong with the guy. At first the kids were ok, but when I said no to raising 9 grandkids and I closed the bank to his middle aged kids, it went straight downhill. I won't even go into the ex wife thing.
If you were getting SS on your own earnings, that will not change.
You get which ever is the highest, SS on your own earnings or 1/2 of what your husband gets.
If a widow, who draws benefits from her deceased husband's account, remarries, I think she will lose those benefits and start receiving according to her new husband's account.
I'm not sure about that. I thought you had to be married so many years, before you could draw on a husband. Also I don't think you will draw on your former husband, I think that is what you lose if you remarry. I have heard so many people say they wouldn't remarry, because of losing part of your social security. I don't see how they could all be wrong. I will ask if I have need to call Soc Sec again.
Hi again, all,
I said, " ... looking for ... ".
Did someone hear, " ... marry ... "?
Though I imagine you're referring to Social Security rules, we're talking "Canada Pension Plan", a contributory and compulsory federal plan.
I think that their rules are similar, for I've heard some say that it gets costly for seniors to marry - for that reason, I think.
We have an Old Age Security system up here, as well - which housewives who were never employed receive, as well. There is a residence period in Canada required for that.
Private pension systems have a variety of requirements, of course.
Also - you may note that I mentioned " ... widow ... ".
A couple of years ago my old farmer (step-)uncle's wife died. He'd had three hip replacements and had serious pain in back, hip and leg, requiring him, in late 80s, to use a cane when going to the barn to care for his beef cattle. With his wife present, if he didn't return in an hour or so, she investigated: no wife, no check.
I didn't want to hear of him falling in a snowbank and freezing, so spent most of the time for a couple of months with him till his cattle went on grass.
Through two marriages that lasted for more than fifty years, he'd had no children. His sister, my stepmother, had a daughter from an earlier marriage and my Dad had three sons, so we got a sister when he remarried. Good deal, we thought.
While I spent the couple of months or so with Stuart, I told him that if he'd had three or four kids, they'd have worn off some of his rough edges, years ago.
A widow who has no surviving children would have become used to relating to another person in the same household.
That would be preferable to becoming relating to a spinster, I think - who may well have never needed to negotiate a relationship with someone sharing a house. Though many have, as they shared a home at least once with a housemate.
This all does make me look like quite a calculating individual, doesn't it?
While working as a clergyperson for a number of years, I've related rather intimately with a number of parishioner familes, as well - so have learned a few things about how humans operate.
Good wishes for a happy, healthy holiday season enjoying the company of friends and loved ones: one can kiss a loved one, but it's rather unrewarding to kiss a Dollar bill (or franc, mark, rupee, kroner, lira, yen or hwan).
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We have had great service just by calling the SS on the phone...I can not tell you how helpful and how much they go out of their way to be helpful...I will tell you that it is the first government agency that I have ever dealt with that seems to go out of their way....
I worked for Social Security, so I know that if you remarry after age sixty, you are still eligible for a widow's benefit on your deceased spouse's record, if you are otherwise qualified.
Your benefit based on your own earnings is unaffected by marriage or remarriage.
The Social Security web-site has answers to most questions. (Actually, it has the answers to all questions, but some questions require more digging than others.)
Here is a link that might be useful: SSA website
I just talked to a friend of my husbands about this question and he said he would like to marry his girl friend but she would lose the Soc Sec she draws on her former husband and it is a lot of money. He was a test pilot or something for one of the small aircraft companies.
Two questions and answers, copied and pasted from the Social Security Administration web site:
How long must you be married to a spouse to collect benefits when the spouse dies?
A person can qualify for widow's or widower's benefits if he or she was married to the deceased worker for at least the 9 months just before the worker died. (A surviving divorced spouse must have been married to the worker for 10 years immediately before the date the final divorce became effective.)
The 9-month duration-of-marriage requirement is waived if the insured person's death was accidental or if it occurred in the line of duty while he or she was a member of a uniformed service serving on active duty or if the widow(er) who was married to the insured person at the time of the insured's death was previously married to and divorced from him or her and the previous marriage had lasted 9 months; or if the worker was precluded from divorcing a prior institutionalized spouse under State law and married the widow(er) claimant within 60 days after the prior spouse's death. The first three of these exceptions to the 9-month duration-of-marriage requirement do not apply if at the time of the marriage the worker could not reasonably have been expected to live for 9 months.
The insured person's death is defined as accidental only if he or she received bodily injuries through violent, external, and accidental means and, as a direct result of the bodily injuries and independent of all other causes, died within 3 months after the day on which the injuries were received.
AS an alternative to the 9-month duration-of-marriage requirement and exceptions, a claimant may qualify as the worker's widow(er) if he or she:
 Is the biological parent of the worker's biological child;
 While married to the worker, legally adopted his/her child before the child attained age 18;
 Is the parent of a child who was legally adopted by the worker while married to the claimant and before the child attained age 18; or
 Was married to the worker at the time both of them legally adopted a child under age 18.
If I receive widow's benefits and remarry, how does this affect my benefits?
In general, you cannot receive survivors benefits if you remarry before the age of 60 unless the latter marriage ends, whether by death, divorce, or annulment. If you remarry after age 60 (50 if disabled), you can still collect benefits on your former spouse's record. When you reach age 62 or older, you may get retirement benefits on the record of your new spouse if they are higher.
Your remarriage would have no effect on the benefits being paid to your children.
It's been interesting seeing the different responses. When I became a widow at 57yrs I had to wait until 60yrs to receive my husband's social security benefit. With a new life this time actually helped me to find my own way with God's help
At the age of 62 I remarried. Did I ever get all kinds of advice! "You'll lose your widow's benefit" & on & on. I admit I did call Soc Sec 3 times to convince myself & once I saw it in writing that was it for me. The benefit is reduced at age 60, but such a wonderful blessing.
My sister was married to her 2nd husband for 16 years. When she got sick, he never wanted to be around anymore and he started staying out drinking. When she was in the hospital, he was at UK football games (true love, huh, LOL?) She divorced him and will never remarry. She finished paying off her house with the money she got from invested funds after being laid off. She is 67 and draws very little Social Security a month, around $550. She was lucky and got a good judge who awarded the house to her and ordered that he had to finish paying off the car which she got to keep. She gets no monthly monies from him and he has since remarried. I just ask you to be very careful and protect what you have. Any Prince Charming can turn out to be a frog, and a croaky one at that, LOL!
This has been a real good post I enjoy going back to since I joined this past year.
Downsouth has very good advice to protect one's assests. One hears horror stories, especially at this age. I could tell you a few, but this post is about Social Security.
Have to say, tho', I did marry a Southern gentleman & we celebrated our 3rd year on Valentine's Day. Not to say we haven't had our differences...we have grown from them. So far so good, but it's scary when you're about to retire.
My friend has never been married. If he wants to collect SS from his spouse, he must marry her, as there is no common law in New York. How long must he be married, before he can collect through her SS. Also is common law recognized in Virginia, as we also has a home there, but his spouse works in New York.
I'm also a former US Social Security employee. I worked in five different offices over a period of 31 years. One thing I found is that SS employees are always friendly and helpful to the public. They are true "public servants". There are many,many policies and procedures, and some may be hard to understand but SS employees are well-trained and will answer your questions fully and truthfully. You can use the website or call or visit any office. The national toll-free number is 1-800-772-1213. Local office numbers are listed in the phone book. Rather than wait in line, you can call ahead and make an appointment. Whichever you do, try to have the Social Security numbers of the individuals available when you call or visit. Just don't ask questions about other people, like your neighbor down the street you suspect of double-dipping. SS employees respect each persons privacy and will not give out information to third parties without permission. I am proud of my work at SSA, we provide World Class Service and have won many such awards.