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Low-Income Families Face Challenges in Western Wisconsin
For more information on the survey, contact: West CAP (715-265-4271 and/or 800-606-9227): Peter Kilde, Executive Director, ext. 328 ; Patrick Pesek-Herriges, Senior Planner, ext. 326 ; Robyn Thibado, Social Assets Director, ext. 330 OR UWRF Survey Research Center, Dr. David Trechter: 715-425-3129
DEC. 17, 2007--An extensive survey of low-income families in seven western Wisconsin counties show they face significant challenges in access to health care, reliable food supplies, affordable housing and transportation, with insufficient income being the pervasive, underlying problem.
West CAP, the West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency, Inc., based in Glenwood City, commissioned the survey through a grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation.
Some 930 households responded to the "Community Needs Survey," which was conducted by the Survey Research Center (SRC) at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Residents responded from Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Pepin, Piece, Polk and St. Croix counties. Coordinating the survey were West CAP's senior planner Patrick Pesek-Herriges and social assets director Robyn Thibado.
In one of the most comprehensive surveys of challenges faced by low-income families, the SRC created a "hardship index" that measured problems in housing, transportation, legal issues, health care, child care or food and nutrition.
According to the survey results, some 74 percent of low-income households experienced difficulties in at least one of these areas in the past year, with 18 percent reporting multiple problems.
Low income households in western Wisconsin are disproportionately represented by the elderly, people with disabilities, and female-headed families. They are primarily "working poor" or retired on Social Security or pensions. Nearly one in five has not finished high school.
According to the report, more than 80 percent of responding households had difficulty in providing sufficient food for their families, including an inability to provide fresh fruits and vegetables on even a weekly basis (74 percent). Extrapolations suggest that an estimated 5,000 households (10 percent of lower-income families) in west-central Wisconsin were unable to provide three meals per day at some point in the preceding year; and up to 6,000 (12 percent) used local food pantries over that time period.
One bit of good news, according to Survey Research Director, Dr. David Trechter, is that the hardships facing many lower-income families are limited to one or two categories of problems. It is generally easier to lift a family out of poverty when only one or two types of issues have to be addressed than if they face an array of problems, Trechter suggested.
Although problems of this kind are experienced by families area-wide, there were some variations by counties. Among the findings were that low-income families in Polk, Chippewa and Barron counties have a greater likelihood of having unstable housing. Residents of Dunn County were most likely to have structural problems in their current housing. On health issues, residents of Dunn County were less likely to visit the dentist because of cost, while those in Polk County were more likely not to have visited a doctor. Pierce County adults are less likely to have regular medical checkups, and Chippewa County residents were less likely to fill prescriptions due to cost.
Costs in health care and energy are particularly impacting low-income families, according to Peter Kilde, West CAP's executive director.
"Regional residents have to understand that even hardworking folks with the best of intentions face an extremely challenging environment. What we are seeing is not only the traditional squeeze on low-income families, but that more people who were on tight budgets are no longer able to meet their needs," Kilde said.
"We have one whole set of demographics in western Pierce, Polk and St. Croix counties that are affluent and commuter-oriented. That overlaps with a rural area where people are struggling," he added.
Poverty can be more difficult to address because of the geography and demographics of the region, Kilde noted. "There are unique problems in our area. The cost of living is higher because of the Twin Cities, but there are many people with lower incomes, such as the elderly. They are not able to keep pace with regional costs."
The West CAP service region accounts for about 330,000 persons in a fast-growing region sandwiched between the population areas of the Twin Cities and Eau Claire, with no single community larger than 15,000 in population.
West CAP first surveyed residents in 1995 on health-care, housing, transportation and income issues and does so every three years. Kilde notes that the depth of the problems uncovered by UWRF compared to previous surveys is consistent.
Emerging issues with a weakening economy are home foreclosures, fuel costs, and affordable health care, Kilde said.
According to Kilde, West CAP is required to annually submit a plan to Wisconsin state agencies describing how it will apply about $345,000 in federal block grants to alleviate regional poverty. Annually, the state receives about $6 million for these programs.
Pesek-Herriges noted there was some positive news in the survey, including a high percentage of households who reported engaging in regular exercise, as well as families who report taking proactive steps to conserve energy in their households. Additionally, he noted, the respondents indicated they have good financial literacy and do not need help in such fundamentals as balancing a checkbook or understanding their credit status.
The survey also revealed that an increasing number of households own a computer (45 percent) and can access the Internet (38 percent) from at home, which can enable greater access to resources and information.
"If there is good news in the problem areas, it is that our mix of West CAP programs to address these issues is appropriate," Kilde said.
West CAP's existing programs that address these issues or new initiatives that will be pursued in response to the survey, include:
·Addressing homelessness by helping clients build their social and educational skills as well as providing emergency food assistance to 21 regional food pantries in which participants have greater freedom in food selection. Through its food pantries connections, West CAP uses those sites to learn if patrons need help addressing additional poverty problems.
·Weatherizing 550 homes and apartments annually through the nation's oldest federally funded home weatherization program, launched by West CAP in 1974.
·Converting unstable mortgages into reliable fixed rate mortgages through a pilot project with First National Bank of River Falls/Prescott.
·Providing dependable transportation through its "JumpStart" program that helps low-income families purchase reliable, fuel-efficient cars. The nationally recognized program has proven itself in producing positive outcomes in employment, education and income, "right down the list," Kilde says. Two years ago, U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) and third district Representative Ron Kind (D-Wis.) successfully introduced directed federal funding to expand the program. West CAP continues to work with U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) to introduce legislation that provides federal funding to amend the federal emphasis on mass transportation to individual vehicle ownership.
Pesek-Herriges notes that the region's lack of public transportation means that owning a reliable car is the only practical way for rural families meet their essential work and family needs. "We are only scratching the surface of the needs that exist," he said. "Low income families are like every other working family in America: Owning a reliable car is a basic necessity for success in work and family life."
·Educating low-income families on how to seek federal earned income tax credits (EITC). Pesek-Herriges noted the survey indicates that 84 percent of the families who qualified for the credit failed to apply, with more than 4,200 households eligible. The largest anti-poverty program in the nation, the EITC program could provide an average of $1,700 for desperate families, he said.
·Exploring the creation of a health-care cooperative. Health-care problems are "alarming" but not new to the region, Kilde noted. West CAP is investigating options of assistance in this area. Other community action programs in the state have had some success in organizing home health- or dental-care cooperatives that could have potential for the region.
Kilde said programs like West CAP's are deserving of public support for a range of reasons.
"We do live with those around us who have real needs right now. Unless we change that, they will be in need next month, too. Kicking a person out of the queue for help doesn't solve the problem.
"The proper way to look at this is to understand that poverty is a community-wide issue. There is too much of 'what's wrong with those people.' For a community to work it must benefit everyone. If people are driven to desperation because of health or shelter issues, that costs us all," said Kilde. "We must create a model community where it sees itself as a community more than simply meeting the obligation of paying our taxes and letting government solve any problems."
A copy of the Community Needs Survey Report is available on the West CAP Web site at http://www.westcap.org/.
Survey Shows the Challenges For Region's Low-income Families
A "Community Needs Survey" initiated by West CAP, a community action agency serving seven counties in west-central Wisconsin, shows that low-income families in those counties are confronting numerous challenges.
A total of 930 households with less than $40,000 annual income responded to the survey coordinated by the Survey Research Center at UW-River Falls. An estimated 4,000 households in Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Pepin, Piece, Polk and St. Croix counties met the survey's threshold to be considered low-income or impoverished.
Among the findings:
·80 percent listed access to health care as one of their top three issues, with 68 percent also citing income problems. Food/nutrition, housing and employment were issues to about one-third of the respondents, and transportation for 28 percent.
·On a "hardship index," 74 percent of households experienced at least one problem; and 18 percent had numerous difficulties in the past year. Measured were challenges in housing, transportation, legal issues, health care, child care or food/nutrition.
·53 percent of respondents were retired; 28 percent were working at least part-time in full-time employment and another 10 percent had part-time jobs.
·41 percent of females reported income of less than $15,000, nearly double the 21 percent of males in that income bracket.
·30 percent had no available savings.
·80 percent own their own residence-a high percentage, likely related to the high proportion of retirees among respondents.
·8 percent received housing assistance (Section 8 or rent subsidy).
·5 percent reported having been homeless. Some 2 percent were homeless in the last five years, which equates to about 1,020 households in the seven-county region.
·16 percent were actively seeking work but couldn't find it, compared to a regional unemployment rate of 4.7 percent.
·8 percent do not have health insurance, compared to a statewide average of 5 percent.
·27 percent said they can't afford to visit a dentist, 25 percent can't afford to buy medically necessary equipment, 16 percent said they can't afford to visit a doctor, and 14 percent couldn't afford to fill a prescription.
·15 percent relied on BadgerCare or Medical Assistance for health care.
·Fully employed single women with a high school diploma earning less than $15,000 per year were most likely not to have health insurance.
·15 percent had relied on Food Stamps in the past five years.
·10 percent couldn't provide their household with three daily meals at least once in the last year, which equates to up to 5,113 regional households.
·12 percent had relied on a food pantry, or up to 6,136 regional households.
·28 percent were educated beyond high school.
·80 percent of those without a high school diploma had household income of less than $25,000, compared to 57 percent for high school graduates and 32 percent for college graduates.
·Most had a valid driver's license, vehicle and car insurance. Women were more likely to have missed work or medical appointments because their vehicle broke down and they couldn't afford auto repairs.
·50 percent reported that they regularly exercised and had a healthy diet.
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Faced with a need to proceed with an extension of natural gas to a Mount Airy industrial park, city officials have decided to go it alone without funding help from Surry County.
The availability of natural gas at Westwood Industrial Park in northwest Mount Airy will allow a company there, Andrew Pearson Design, to expand and add eight jobs. However, the presence of that energy source also could lure other industrial tenants there as well as serve additional companies in the park, officials say.
Construction of the 8,800-foot line is estimated to cost $320,000, with Frontier Natural Gas, the energy supplier, to contribute $145,000 of that. Mount Airy also was awarded an $80,000 grant in 2013 through the Industrial Development Fund of the N.C. Department of Commerce to help offset the expense.
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A resolution the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners will consider during a meeting today at 7 p.m. states that despite a request to the county government to share the cost 50/50, "Surry County has never responded."
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Several reasons were cited Wednesday for Surry's lack of funding assistance by Eddie Harris, the chairman of the Surry County Board of Commissioners, who did not rule out its participation in the natural gas project.
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But he added that partnering with the city on the natural gas project is not off the table.
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A need for a cleared, graded spot has been identified at the park to help attract a new company, since prime sites in local industrial parks have been taken. This would require cutting timber on a 102-acre tract at the end of Boggs Drive.
Officials have discussed using proceeds from the timber sales to help offset the cost of developing a graded site, or possibly even a shell building. A forestry official says that valuable trees are being lost to age and other factors and the city is losing money by letting the timber languish.
However, residents of the area expressed concerns about the potential negative impact on wildlife and additional aspects of the environment, along with other issues, during a public hearing in February.
Tom Joyce may be reached at 336-719-1924 or on Twitter @Me_Reporter.


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If you're in a western forest, and you use flares. . . you'll likely be starting a fire. Besides, who's going to see you out in the sticks, and come to your assistance? Someone may see that glow in the trees/brush and think it a UFO and start poking around out of curiosity?
I'd hate to see a forest fire started by an "Adventure Rider" because he deployed a flare after getting himself into an overnight position.
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After 30+ plus years of camping all over the place in and out of National Parks and forests and cooking on open flames in said places, I've never managed to start a forest fire let alone have anything get out of hand and I don't think I'm the only one.
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The documents were inadvertently released Wednesday when court staff misinterpreted which documents were to be sealed, said Karen Dalton, spokeswoman for the San Diego Superior Court.
El Cajon police have said the note indicated the possibility of a hate crime, but investigators have stressed they are exploring other possibilities.
According to the records, a relative of Alawadi said she planned to divorce her husband and move to Texas.
The documents also show the woman's 17-year-old daughter, Fatima Alhimidi, was distraught over her pending arranged marriage to a cousin. In November, the teen jumped from her mother's moving car and possibly broke her arm, the records said.
Alhimidi said, "`I love you, Mom,' opened the vehicle door and jumped out while the vehicle was doing approximately 35 miles per hour," the documents said. "Police were informed by paramedics and hospital staff that Fatima Alhimidi said she was being forced to marry her cousin and did not want to do so, (so) she jumped out of the vehicle."
The teenager was with her mother in the Lakeside home at the time of the March 21 attack. She called 911 after finding Alawadi unconscious.
While police were interviewing Alhimidi after the attack, she received a text message reading, "The detective will find out tell them (can't) talk," according to the search warrant affidavit.
The victim's brother, Hass Alawadi, who moved to Texas from the San Diego area two months ago, told U-T San Diego that he has not drawn any conclusions about who killed his sister or why. His family is waiting for police to complete their investigation, he said.
"I want people to know what really happened," Alawadi told the newspaper. "We hope for the best, hope for it to come out. I hope they found who did it."
No arrests have been made, and El Cajon police have said little about the investigation since a March 26 news conference.


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Blue Knight Women's Soccer News
Kawabe, Gianangeli Earn MEC Honorable Mention
Notre Dame College's Alexis Manoa has been named Mountain East Conference Offensive Player and Freshman of the Year, West Virginia Wesleyan's Rachel Ritchey is the league's Defensive Player of the year, and NDC's Mike Shiels is the Coach of the Year.
Urbana had two players earn Honorable Mention accolades after a 2-11-3 season. Freshman midfielder Anne Kawabe (São Paulo, Brazil/Colégio Harmonia) and junior goalkeeper Taylor Gianangeli (Weirton, W.V./Weir) represented the Blue Knight offense and defense on the squad. Kawabe (pictured left) tied for the team lead in goals and points as a collegiate rookie, while Gianangeli (pictured right) turned in another strong season between the pipes. The second-year Blue Knight recorded 5 shutouts, including 3 in double-overtime draws. Her 153 saves, or 9.6 saves per game, led the MEC and placed her 8th in NCAA Division II. She was also third in the MEC in shutouts despite playing on the 8th place squad. Read More
Urbana Undone by MEC Champs in Season FinaleOct. 29th, 2014
The 2014 Mountain East Conference regular season champs from Notre Dame College handed Urbana University a 2-0 loss in the Blue Knights' 2014 finale on Wednesday afternoon. Notre Dame wrapped up the regular season title in their last contest. The Falcons improve to 12-1-2 on the year, including a 10-1-2 mark in the MEC. One of those wins was a 5-1 decision over the Blue Knights in South Euclid, Ohio earlier in the fall.
On Wednesday, the visitors started the scoring on a 30-yard blast by Alexis Manoa in the 7th minute. Manoa's shot careened off the post into the back of the net to put NDC out in front early. Urbana actually had more shots on goal than the MEC's top team until the 71st minute when NDC's 7th shot on goal found the back of the net to give the Falcons a 2-0 lead. Megan O'Connor redirected a pass from Katherine Beattie past UU goalkeeper Taylor Gianangeli. Urbana's offense finished with 6 shots on goal, 3 by Hannah Rembach, but the Blue Knights couldn't get one past NDC keeper Sam Shoemaker. Read More
Rams Edge Women's Soccer 1-0Oct. 25th, 2014
The Urbana University women's soccer team is experiencing a little déjà vu at the tail end of the 2014 season. Like last year, Urbana got out to a promising start, but the Blue Knights are faltering down the stretch. Urbana ended 2013 on a six-game losing streak, and on Saturday afternoon at Shepherd University, the Blue Knights suffered their fifth straight loss with one match remaining. Shepherd edged Urbana 1-0 on a late goal.
The Blue Knights and keeper Taylor Gianangeli were able to keep the Rams at bay until the 73rd minute. An Urbana foul granted the home team a free kick which was promptly deposited into the back of the net by Kesley N. Smith to give Shepherd a 1-0 lead. Urbana's offense wasn't able to muster another shot attempt over the final 17 minutes. Gianangeli made 8 stops in 90 minutes in goal. Read More
Concord Continues Women's Soccer's SkidOct. 21st, 2014
On a cold, wet Tuesday afternoon at Urbana University Stadium, the Blue Knight women's soccer team dropped their fourth straight conference contest, falling 2-0 to visiting Concord University.
The Blue Knights and Mountain Lions played to a scoreless draw at Concord back on September 24th. Urbana opened the game with a couple of golden opportunities, but it was the visitors that capitalized first. During a four-minute span in the first half, Concord collected a pair of rebounded shots right in front of Urbana's goal and punched the balls into the back of the net for a quick 2-0 lead. Kari Simon scored the first ricochet. Then, it was Simon's shot that ricocheted to teammate Sami Spertzel for the second goal. Read More
Bobcats Avenge Earlier Loss at UrbanaOct. 18th, 2014
The West Virginia Wesleyan College women's soccer team avenged an earlier loss to Urbana University on Saturday night. The Bobcats handed Urbana its lone conference win at UU Stadium three weeks ago, but it was the Bobcats who came out on top 2-1 in Buckhannon, West Virginia on Saturday.
The home team got on the board first when Rachel Ritchey beat UU keeper Taylor Gianangeli in the 23rd minute. Just 63 seconds later, Urbana found an equalizer. Sophomore Emily Retterer (pictured) netted her first career goal to tie the game 1-1. The home crowd didn't have to wait long for the Bobcats' go-ahead goal and eventual game-winner. Ritchey's second goal came less than 5 minutes after her first, and the Bobcat defense shut out Urbana over the final 53 minutes to hold on for the 2-1 win. Read More


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Flashback: Alexandre Bilodeau wins Canada's first home gold (video)
Oct 25, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
Canada's goal at the Vancouver Olympics was to "Own the Podium," but first it had to reach the top step for the first time on home soil.
No Canadian won gold at either the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal or the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary. The infamy had to end in 2010.
The top billed hope was a moguls skier, 2006 Olympic champion Jenn Heil, who competed the night after the Opening Ceremony. But Heil took silver behind American Hannah Kearney.
The spotlight stayed on moguls for the men's competition the following night at Cypress Mountain. The favorites were enigmatic Australian Dale Begg-Smith and Frenchman Guilbaut Colas, who combined to win the five World Cup events going into the Olympics.
But Quebec's Alexandre Bilodeau beat them both with a chill-inducing run, inspired by his older brother, Frederic, who has cerebral palsy.
"It puts everything back into perspective," Bilodeau said then, according to the Toronto Star. "I've got that chance to train, and maybe one day will be an Olympic champion, and I'll take it. Even if it's raining, I'll take it. I'll go train. (Frederic) doesn't even have that chance, and he has a smile. Every morning he wakes up, and he's got all the right to complain, and he never complains. … We can learn from those people."
What's Bilodeau up to now? He's still skiing at an elite level, finishing second to countryman Mikael Kingsbury in the last World Cup season standings and the 2013 World Championships.
Bilodeau will try to become the first moguls skier to win multiple Olympic titles in Sochi, but he might get beaten to the feat by Kearney. Regardless, he said he will retire after the season.
"A lot of people are asking me, how is it going to feel to defend my medal?" Bilodeau told CTV. "I don't see it as I'm going to defend. My medal is at home, I'm not bringing it to Sochi. It's not like boxing, I'm not putting it on the table. I'm going to Sochi to try to be the first one to win two golds in the row. And I'll be ready, I'll be ready."
It's true that the Olympic crowds on the streets and in Robson Square in downtown Vancouver were never more raucous than during and after the men's hockey final on the final day of the Games.
But a clear second place was that night two weeks earlier, when Bilodeau ended the infamy.
"Oh, Canada, the drought is over," NBC Olympics commentator Todd Harris said. "Alexandre Bilodeau has won gold. … You enjoy it, Frederic. The headlines from Newfoundland to Yukon will read the drought is over."
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Alan Turing played a pivotal role in cracking the Nazi Enigma code during the Second World War and devising theories that underpin modern computing.
Yet Turing's genius in mathematics and logical thinking was little help when it came to the fiendishly unpredictable game of Monopoly - with Turing reputedly losing at the game to the young son of his colleague Max Newman.
To commemorate Turing's life, and to coincide with the centenary year of his birth, a commemorative version of the board game has been released.
Familiar locations and events from the game changed to reflect Turing's story. Instead of buying Old Kent Road and Park Lane, players instead snap up locations like Hut 8 at Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing carried out his World War II codebreaking activities, and the University of Manchester, where Turing worked with the Manchester Mark I, one of the earliest electronic computers.
Elements of the board are based upon one drawn up by young William Newman more than sixty years ago.
The board has been developed by the Bletchley Park Trust, William Newman and the firm Winning Moves, which creates new editions of Monopoly.
The board has been supported by Google, which has bought the first 1,000 units as a donation to the Bletchley Park Trust. The board is initially exclusively available from the Bletchley Park website, and from the Park's museum shop.
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Maybe a version on "the modern gaming platforms" would be more appropriate.
I wanted to see that.
Never has the "get out of jail" card seemed sadder or more ironic. :-(
Chemically neutered and lobotomised, puts a damper on a bloke's enthusiasm for the game. Difficult conversation with the kids as well.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Jacksonville police officer has quit after admitting he told colleagues that he would volunteer to assassinate President Barack Obama.
Sam Koivisto told the Florida Times-Union ( http://bit.ly/10zfc6q) on Wednesday that his comments had been blown out of proportion and that he'd planned to retire in five months anyway.
The 57-year-old retired earlier this month while facing an internal investigation into his comments to other officers after the election. He told them that if an order came to kill Obama, he "wouldn't mind being the guy."
When questioned by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office integrity unit, he said he also didn't care if a nuclear explosion killed everyone in the Northeastern U.S because they supported Obama. He told the investigators his comments were hyperbole and not actual threats.
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Stanley and Livingstone
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton
Sir Henry Morton Stanley, 1841–1904, Anglo-American journalist, explorer, and empire builder, b. Denbigh, Wales. He grew up in poverty and came to America as a worker on a ship, which he jumped (1858) in New Orleans. Originally named John Rowlands, there he took a new name, which he claimed, apparently falsely, was that of his adoptive father. After fighting on both sides in the American Civil War and deserting, he drifted into journalism. His coverage of Lord Napier's Ethiopian campaign in 1868 for the New York Herald won him journalistic notice, and he later pursuaded the paper's editor to commission him to go to Africa to find David Livingstone. Stanley located the great explorer on Lake Tanganyika on Nov. 10, 1871. He claimed to have addressed him with the famous words,
"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?,"
but probably did not actually do so. Failing to persuade Livingstone to leave Africa, Stanley returned to England with the news of his discovery. He found a mixed reception in England, where Livingstone's backers criticized Stanley's efforts and methods. Nevertheless, he succeeded in enhancing Livingstone's reputation and soon led a second expedition (1874–77), sponsored by newspapers, to further Livingstone's explorations. He followed the Congo River from its source to the sea, but he found the British uninterested in developing the region.
Stanley then accepted the invitation of Leopold II of Belgium to head another expedition. During this third journey (1879–84) he helped to organize the notorious Congo Free State (see under Congo, Democratic Republic of the), largely by persuading local chiefs to grant sovereignty over their land to the Belgian king. At the Berlin Conference (1884–85; see Berlin, Conference of) he was instrumental in obtaining American support for Leopold's Congo venture. His last African journey (1887–89), to find Emin Pasha, helped to put Uganda into the British sphere of influence. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Stanley again became a British subject in 1892, sat in Parliament (1895–1900), and was knighted (1899). His spirited and often self-aggrandizing accounts of his adventures include How I Found Livingstone (1872), Through the Dark Continent (2 vol., 1878), In Darkest Africa (2 vol., 1890), and The Exploration Diaries of H. M. Stanley (ed. by R. Stanley and A. Neame, 1961). A British and American hero for about a century and certainly a man of great accomplishment, Stanley has fared rather poorly in recent histories, which have revealed instances of his lying about events in his life, duplicity in some of his dealings, and many acts of brutality toward Africans.
See his Autobiography (1909, repr. 1969), ed. by his wife, Dorothy Stanley ; biographies by R. Hall (1974), J. Bierman (1990), F. McLynn (2 vol., 1989 and 1991), and T. Jeal (2007); R. Jones, The Rescue of Emin Pasha (1973).
Stanley and Livingstone: Selected full-text books and articles
George Seaver.
Harper & Brothers, 1957
I. Schapera.
University of California Press, vol.1, 1963
Henry M. Stanley; Richard Stanley; Alan Neame.
Vanguard Press, Inc., 1961
Henry M. Stanley.
William Briggs, 1885 (Abridged edition)
G. R. Crone; G. R. Crone.
Thomas Y. Crowell, 1962
Elleke Boehmer.
Oxford University Press, 1998
Henry M. Stanley.
Harper & Brothers, vol.2, 1885
Roger Anstey.
Clarendon Press, 1962
Pascal James Imperato.
Westview Press, 1998
Kenneth Ingham.
Longmans, Green, 1963 (2nd edition)
Robert I. Rotberg; Miles F. Shore.
Oxford University Press, 1988
James S. Olson; Robert Shadle; Ross Marlay; William G. Ratliff; Joseph M. Rowe Jr.
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Jack O Lantern Cookies
|Whole wheat pastry flour
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|Unbleached white flour
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Baking soda
|1 Teaspoon
|Ground cinnamon
|1 Teaspoon
|Ground cloves
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Ground ginger
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Ground nutmeg
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|1 Cup (16 tbs), softened
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Thick pureed pumpkin
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Uncooked quick oats
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Carob chips
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Butter a 1-quart souffle dish, and sprinkle insides with 1 tablespoon cookie crumbs.
In a medium-size bowl, beat together egg yolks and milk.
In a saucepan, combine pumpkin, honey, butter, and ginger.
Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, and cook until butter melts.
Beat a small amount of pumpkin mixture into egg yolks.
Gradually add more as you continue beating, until all of the pumpkin mixture is combined with egg yolks.
Return to saucepan, and simmer for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.Remove from heat.
Beat egg whites in another medium-size bowl until foamy.
Sprinkle with cream of tartar, and continue beating until stiff peaks form.
Fold egg whites into pumpkin-egg mixture.
Fold remaining cookie crumbs into batter.
Spoon into prepared dish.
Bake souffle for 35 to 40 minutes, or until it has risen and browned.


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All of this depends on the wind.
Shouldn't be a problem if you take the outside route. The inside route is for small power boats. The distance is roughly 105nm depending on routing. If you can figure that you'll average a very conservative 4knots with prevailing south westerlies, then it should be roughly a 26 hour sail. This is based on a very direct offshore routing, west of Giant's Tomb, west side of the Watchers, east side of North and Long Island, east of Papoose Island. Great water the whole way AS LONG AS you stay east of North and Long islands. Be advised, you could be in for some serious swells coming off of Lake Huron if we get any sort of sustained (3 days) high (15knots+) winds from the west. This would be outside the normal pattern though.
As a 2 week trip, it's more than doable. I would allow for 3 days of passage each way which would give a week with your friends.
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Sir Thomas More
14 of 52 portraits of Sir Thomas More
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Sir Thomas More
by George Vertue, after Hans Holbein the Younger
line engraving, engraved 1725
6 1/2 in. x 4 in. (166 mm x 103 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1916
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- Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), Lord Chancellor, classical scholar, author of 'Utopia' and canonized 1935. Sitter associated with 52 portraits.
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- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 or 1498-1543). Artist associated with 301 portraits, Sitter in 12 portraits.
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Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
by (Edward) Onslow Ford
bronze bust, 1923
33 in. (838 mm) high
Purchased, 1923
Primary Collection
NPG 1329a
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- Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt (1829-1896), Painter and President of the Royal Academy. Sitter associated with 72 portraits, Artist associated with 40 portraits.
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- (Edward) Onslow Ford (1852-1901), Sculptor. Artist associated with 8 portraits, Sitter in 10 portraits.
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Reporter's Notebook: Wall Street's Lost Moral Center
Mar 6, 2012
John G. Taft, the CEO of RBC Wealth Management in the U.S., has a new book out with a message for Wall Street: Hey. It's not all about you, okay?
So What if Greece's Bailout Doesn't Work? An Apocalyptic Primer.
Mar 5, 2012
A group of financial institutions provided a breakdown of what would happen if Greece's bailout fails.
Wall Streeter enraged at $300 cab fare, forgets how Wall Street works
Mar 2, 2012
A high-level Morgan Stanley investment banker was charged with a hate crime in Connecticut after a dispute over a $300 cab fare.
The Ben Bernanke Congressional Variety Hour
Mar 1, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been testifying in front of Congress this week - and he's been asked about everything but the economy.
When Wall Street suffers, bonuses are always the last to go
Feb 29, 2012
The New York State Comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, said that profits in the New York securities industry were down by half in 2011 -- but bonuses only dropped by 14 percent.
Greece: When the bailout is worse than the sickness
Feb 28, 2012
Only a week after European officials approved a Greek bailout package, Greek banks are suffering, the European Central Bank is rejecting Greek bonds as collateral, and a financial freeze seems closer than ever to taking hold on the Continent.
The next Warren Buffett walks among us
Feb 27, 2012
The Oracle of Omaha released his annual letter to investors on Saturday revealing that the 81-year-old investor had picked his successor -- and set tongues wagging about who it could be with an appearance on CNBC this morning.
The Greek bailout: What all those hedge funds are getting
Feb 24, 2012
Today, Greece launched its bond bailout offer. Easy Street explains it.
Unemployment down -- but so are wages
Feb 23, 2012
The dip in unemployment and job claims indicate optimism -- but wages fell sharply for the majority of American workers last year in a way that they haven't since 2007.
Who Loves Ya, Baby? The Federal Reserve
Feb 10, 2012
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Great taste in caps and dogs.
I think that's the same brown plaid as my Kromer, my GSP is a bitch though.
And my mackinaw is plaid.
Great taste in caps and dogs.
I think that's the same brown plaid as my Kromer, my GSP is a bitch though.
And my mackinaw is plaid.
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I was kind of surprised by the prices! Great deal on some great wool outerwear! 28 ounce wool! Toasty!
Fantastic review and photos. When you shared the link to G. Fred Asbell in Chert's wool thread I went to it and started falling in love with what I saw. Now after reading and viewing your great review I know I must place an order. Thanks so much for sharing this.
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Seriously, that's an outstanding deal! I hate this forum as I hate the moth balls in my wallet. I think I may have to invest in a pullover now. The price is right! Hey Skab you got pictures of yours on here anywhere?
*Ahh right, the link. Haha, got it.
Great review, Thanks! Question for you, it is difficult to tell from the pictures, how much room you have to spare with the 2X wool, I'm 6 foot 4 inches, and about 280, you think it has enough room left over?
Really like the ample room of the 'sack. Outstanding pics as always!
Thanks for the review, hard to beat wool for outerwear and I have been eyeing those Asbell pullovers and haversacks; their pricing seems fair to me.
I liked the additions on the leather trim too.
On a side note one thing I do often is use a bandanna around my neck. Those that are sensitive to wool or have something in a coarse weave this will help. I like it the most because it allows another way to regulate your temperature and stop those drafts without being constrictive.
Croataon-have you by chance inquired about having the Haversack made with the leather strap on the OD or Charcoal model? I have wondered why they only offer that on the red plaid, just haven't made the inquiry myself. Of course like you have done, not that big of a deal to modify yourself either I guess.


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You're correct. An m x n matrix has m rows and n columns.
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OK, so the top executives at the big bailed out companies are taking a pay cut. A large pay cut. I think most of us agree that this is appropriate. First of all, since the bailout, the government owns the company, and it gets to be the boss. If George Soros had bailed out AIG, it would have been his prerogative to cut anyone's pay he deemed fit to cut.
The pay cut, though, has some controversy. Any time you start tinkering with Wall Street money, the experts start balking. There is some questioning as to if this pay cut is really an effective idea, and reason suggests that the companies will just find loopholes to get around these rulings anyway. But my very favorite part of any discussion on cutting corporate salaries is when the pay experts (yes, that's an actual job that people have) come on TV and warn, "We need to be careful about salary caps," the experts say. "We need those big paychecks to attract top talent."Top talent? The folks that bankrupted Lehman, that destroyed Bear Stearns, that mismanaged Citibank and AIG so drastically they needed billions of government dollars just to meet payroll ... these guys are the TOP talent?
I'd be willing to try the second tier of talent. I'm just saying.
Let's discuss what is meant by "top talent." Do we mean, these business men (and women) are so visionary, so hard-working, so gifted, that there's nobody else out there like them? It's my impression that at any given time there are tens of thousands of Ivy League MBAs swarming through cities all over the Eastern Seaboard. (Just check out the bar car on the trains at Grand Central.) You're telling me only 100 of those guys are any good? I doubt that.
By "top talent", do we mean that they are unrivaled in thinking up ways to package risky investment products that make themselves rich and cause the rest of us extreme suffering? Please, plenty of people would be good at that. Lining your own pockets with other people's money is an old trick.
By "top talent", do we mean that they excel at taking over successful companies and then, through abysmal business plans and outrageous borrowing, bankrupt once successful smaller firms? Come on — that's been happening since the '80s. That playbook is so old John DeLorean is on the cover.
Hollywood offers an instructive lesson here. Remember when Farrah Fawcett left "Charlie's Angels"? The show ran happily for years with Cheryl Ladd in Farrah's place. Remember when Shelley Long left "Cheers"? "Cheers" did quite well, thank you, with Kirstie Alley. (And where is Shelley now, anyway)? Hollywood is replete with stories of actors who won Academy Awards for roles in movies they only got after some other movie star turned it down.
No one is irreplaceable.
I am thinking that for every high level manager who quits because of "low" pay, there are going to be 250 absurdly qualified guys right in line behind him. We have a huge surplus of smart, greedy businessmen. We've been breeding them for years.
Pay cuts? These guys are lucky to have a job! They failed to follow good business practices, they did not look out for their employees, they did not manage their risk, and they were unable to read the signs of disaster on the horizon. Sorry, but we can no longer afford that kind of "top talent." Send in the bargains.
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Reull Vallis (from the Gaelic word for planet) located in the Promethei Terra region of Mars' cratered southern hemisphere flows for over 1,000 km towards the Hellas basin. This THEMIS image shows a portion of the channel with its enigmatic lineated floor deposits. These deposits are most likely rich in volatiles such as ice. The southern wall of the channel exhibits an obvious spur and gully topography. Several round impact craters are visible on the channel floor. Numerous crescentic features are also observed on the floor material. Could these crescentic features be older flow distorted craters?
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A 29-year-old Polish-born man who allegedly broke into Madonna's London mansion over the weekend will appear in court Monday to answer to the accusations, RadarOnline.com has learned.
Grzegorz Matlok, according to the Sun, was caught inside the 52-year-old Material Girl's 10-bedroom, $16 million townhouse on Saturday and wrestled to the ground by guards on the premises. Matlok, who the singer's security staff said has stalked her before, reportedly got in after smashing a side window.
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Bullet Train, a half brother to two-time Cartier Award winner Frankel, will enter stud in Kentucky in 2013.
Bullet Train, a half brother to two-time Cartier Award winner Frankel, will enter stud in Kentucky in 2013.
Jockey Ry Eikleberry, 23, a fourth generation horseman, scores his 1,000th career win Nov. 19 at Zia Park in New Mexico.
Less than three weeks after hooking up for a thrilling stretch duel in the Chilukki Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs, Brushed by a Star and Joyful Victory will meet again Nov. 22 in the Falls City Handicap (gr. II).
Ten Most Wanted, winner of the 2003 Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, has been sold for stud duty in Panama.
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DJ Kue has released yet another house banger and this time with a remix of Kelly Clarkson's hit track "Catch My Breath." I still don't understand why some of these artists haven't just picked up DJ Kue to do their original track with a bit of EDM flavor. Little do they know.
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Cut/emboss name with Indulgence Font (L3-01) from Perfect Plumb paper.
Trim patterned paper to fit onto box lid.
Run trimmed piece through a sticker maker and adhere to the box top, pressing down carefully to avoid any bubbles.
Trim edge if needed.
- Add die cuts and enjoy!
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