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American Knights Klan Group Builds Thuggish Reputation
But above all, there have been the rallies.
Tirelessly, Berry's followers have trooped from state to state and city to city, holding forth in town squares and on courthouse steps. While most Klan groups might demonstrate once every few months at most, the American Knights are somewhere on virtually every weekend.
Almost everywhere, they've been met with angry counterdemonstrators. And almost everywhere, they've managed to reap a rich crop of publicity as a result.
Two summers ago in Ann Arbor, Mich., Klan protesters hurled rocks at Berry and his followers, opening the scalp of Berry's wife, Edna. Berry sued the city for $8 million and won headlines around the Midwest. In October 1997, the Knights marched in Asheville, N.C., and again were pelted with rocks.
Delighted with publicity depicting a downtown war, local leader Robert Moore scheduled another Asheville rally. But he had a warning: His Klansmen would be coming armed next time, and if a single rock were thrown "it won't take us but 88 seconds to wipe out what's standing across the street, and God forbid if there's any children there." Officials used that threat to deny a parade permit.
In January 1998, epithet-spewing American Knights demonstrated again, this time on the weekend of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. — in Memphis, where King was shot in 1968. After anti-Klan demonstrators attacked police and broke shop windows, more than 25 were arrested as tear gas filled downtown. Now, the publicity was national.
The list goes on, but the tactic has remained the same. Bring a few Klansmen to town. From behind secure police lines, insult whoever is within shouting distance and then stand back as the crowd erupts. Give interviews freely. And head for the hills.
These members of the American Knights are men with a message. And in many cases, they are men with a history — a history inscribed on criminal rap sheets.
Consider the case of the imperial wizard.
Rip-offs, Beatings and Guns
In 1994, Berry was charged with ripping off an elderly Indiana neighbor. Prosecutors said he took $1,050 from Virginia Cook to replace her roof, but never did the work. Berry also allegedly was paid $467 for plumbing work — far in excess of its value — and $400 for a used water heater she had already paid him for.
And Cook supposedly paid him $1,600 to fix her car. But relatives soon put Cook in a nursing home and that work was never done. Berry was facing three counts of theft and one of home improvement fraud.
By the time the case came to trial, Cook had died. And, as it turned out, Berry had become a drug informant for local authorities. Prosecutor Monte Brown dropped three of the charges after telling the court Berry's work led to 160 drug buys and the arrest of 70 people.
Convicted of the remaining felony theft charge, Berry was given a three-year suspended sentence and ordered to serve three years' probation.
Two years later, on Feb. 20, 1996, Berry was charged with two counts of battery after a man who had rented a house from him told police Berry had beaten him twice after he tried to recoup money Berry owed him. Berry's son, Anthony, also allegedly threatened the man with a rifle.
Immediately after the charges were filed, authorities raided the Berrys' home and seized marijuana, drug paraphernalia and six guns, including a MAC-90 semi-automatic rifle. Convicted felons such as Jeff Berry are not allowed to own weapons.
The next month, Jeff Berry was arrested again on a felony warrant for receiving stolen property — also in connection with allegations made by Berry's former tenant, Frank Larry Head.
Officials moved to revoke his felony after each of these arrests and a third, when he was charged, along with six other Klansmen, with obstruction of traffic, rioting, disorderly conduct and resisting police at a June Klan rally in New Castle, Ind.
Berry pleaded guilty in the New Castle case to obstruction of traffic and disorderly conduct in October 1996, after prosecutors agreed to drop the two other charges.
But Berry's former tenant later withdrew his allegations in the battery and stolen property cases, and prosecutors were forced to drop those charges. In the end, after a series of court delays, officials abandoned all efforts to revoke Berry's probation.
Klansmen Make Poor Neighbors
Arrest records are not public documents, and it's unclear if Berry may have had other arrests — but he implied as much in his interview with the Report. "Most of my criminal history was, like, getting in fights," he said. "Any time you're in [a Klan] organization ... they're going to drum up charges against you.
"And if you don't have the money, then you'll plea bargain. ... I'm not going to sit here and tell you all of them were false charges. I regret what I've done, and I apologize. But none of them was [sic] hate crimes."
Berry's family has had its legal troubles, as well.
A long-running dispute with a neighboring family heated up on Aug. 1, 1995, when Edna Berry, despite a protective order forbidding such conduct, allegedly yelled at Barbara Scott that she would "shove them [expletive] binoculars up your [expletive]."
Nine days later, Anthony Berry violated the same protective order by yelling at Scott. While Edna was acquitted, her son avoided trial by promising no further crimes for six months.
In November 1995, Anthony Berry, then 20, punched a 17-year-old boy in the face during a Klan rally in Auburn, Ind. After pleading guilty, he was given a one-year suspended sentence and six months' probation and ordered to have no guns outside his home.
The following spring, Anthony, an official in his father's Klan group, was in trouble again. After moving in with a woman he met at a Klan rally, he was accused of felony battery of the woman's 10-month-old infant.
Doctors found bite marks on the child that matched Anthony's teeth after its grandparents took the infant to a hospital. Jeff Berry said recently that the charge, punishable by three years in prison, was still pending.
And then there are Berry's deputies.
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Friday Five: Country Music on The Muppet Show
And now let's get things started
Why don't you get things started
It's time to get things started
On the most sensational inspirational celebrational Muppetational
This is what we call the Muppet Show!
Don't deny it. You were singing along just now…
Kermit taught us that it's not easy being green. Or in Gonzo's case, blue. For five years, beginning in 1976, little felt characters brought us as much laughter and entertainment as anything else on television. For 120 episodes, Fozzie the Bear, Miss Piggy, Scooter, Rowlf, Beaker, Sam the Eagle, Animal and various friends did everything they could do to make life hell for Statler and Waldorf.
But along the way during this beloved show, a series of guest stars–most notably country music guest stars–sang alongside Jim Henson's family doing originals and parodies of their biggest hits. It was a veritable who's who of big names in country music. Names like Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Crystal Gayle, Anne Murray, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans appeared in various episodes. Even Waylon Jennings did a duet with Big Bird in a non-Muppets Show movie Follow That Bird. John Denver appeared in two exclusive Muppets specials (John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together and John Denver & the Muppets: Rocky Mountain Holiday.)
Without further ado, here's a Friday Five of great appearances by country music artists on The Muppet Show.
- 5. "Rocky Top" – Roy Clark (Season 3, Episode 51)
On this classic episode, Fozzie Bear hears Kermit say the show is "going country" with guest Roy Clark. The dimwitted bear then sends all the stagehands out to the country. Kermit ends up making Fozzie do all their work, including scenery, curtains and backdrops. Fozzie catches the theater on fire in the process, but not before Roy Clark takes a break from hosting Hee Haw and hosts The Muppet Show instead. Clark gets to demonstrate his incredible musicianship on "Rocky Top" on this episode.
- 4. "The Garden Song" – John Denver (Season 4, Episode 73)
The episode opens with Waldorf stopping by Denver's dressing room and trying to talk him out of appearing on the episode. He's aghast when he finds out Denver actually wants to be on the show. Denver sings on three songs during the episode, but this favorite–called "The Garden Song"–has him singing in a garden. It's a garden that comes alive with singing Muppet plants.
- 3. "One's On The Way" – Loretta Lynn (Season 3, Episode 56)
In one of the funnier Muppet Show scenes ever, the Country Music Hall of Famer Loretta Lynn sings "One's On The Way" with what seems like a dozen little realistic human baby Muppets that can't stay out of the way. The kids whacking each other with baby toys is really darn funny.
- 2. "The Gambler" – Kenny Rogers (Season 4, Episode 82)
In this episode, Scooter's uncle sells the mineral rights for Kenny's dressing room to Arabs, who start drilling for oil. Kenny performs two different tunes on the show, including his classic "The Gambler" (on which he's accompanied by three realistic-looking old men Muppets), as well as a duet with several cast members on "Love Lifted Me." More than love lifts Gonzo at the end of the episode when he shoots himself out of a catapult and into Statler and Waldorf's box.
- 1. "Jackson" – Johnny Cash & Miss Piggy (Season 5, Episode 117)
Miss Piggy is trying to cut into June Carter's action here as Johnny duets with the lovely curly-tailed one on "Jackson." The best tune of the show, however, is the original "Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog," where Cash insults Rowlf the piano player as he sings. Johnny's backing band on this episode has the world's coolest band name: Lubbock Lou and his Jughuggers.
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My favorite has to be Garth Brooks refusing to do his own songs on Muppets Tonight.
Here's the Garth clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82bYd5icNVw
There should be some honorable mentions from other country stars who appeared on The Muppet Show here:
Crystal Gayle's "River Road" and "We Must Believe In Magic" from 1980.
Anne Murray's "Walk Right Back" from 1978.
Kris Kristofferson's "Help Me Make It Through The Night" as a duet with Miss Piggy and Animal playing the drums (I can't remember when it was aired probably 1978 or so)
Those are all nice songs, but I'd have to go with Harry Belafonte's version of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" since its become the official theme song of the Obama presidency! I can just picture the U.S. as a banana boat on its voyage to becoming a third world banana republic with its hull covered by crude oil leaking from the gulf oil spill! That's just freakin' awesome…
Thank you! I watched these in syndication for the first time in the early 90s (I'm 23). I definitely remember them, plus the Crystal Gayle appearances. Classic.
RE: the Banana Boat Song…that's calypso. Besides, never in a million years will the U.S. become a banana republic. We're only good for coal, corn, and soybeans. Hey, maybe that will be the title of the next politically-controversial country hit: 'Corn Republic.' Hey, nothing surprises me anymore.
My favourite bits were Garth doing Tom Jones and kicking the chickens during 'If I Were a Rich Man'.
I loved the Muppet Show so much. I really wish some network would air the re-runs. But I really enjoyed this article. This adorable show definitely had some talented country guests. Of these five skits, the Loretta Lynn one was my favorite, and her Muppet Show episode was one of the best.
Interesting thing about the Cash clip is it shows that back in the '70s you could display a Confederate flag even on a family TV show without anybody taking offense or all hell breaking loose.
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September 12th, 2006 #1
CHOW #41 - Arrakthura - The Weapon
You will receive votes for every successful representation of the topic elements and for your description. The ammount of votes will be listed in the round topic.
Please save your files starting with your nickname.
example: "Oblio_CHOW23_Platformer33 copy copy.jpg"
(you can add CA logo, etc).
The way the deadline works: if deadline is on a Sunday and your image is posted on that Sunday 23:59 your local time it's a good entry.
In fact - as long there is Sunday somewhere on the planet your entry is ok. I will make the poll sometimes Monday afternoon my time (GMT +2) yet i'll have a look at the last entries.
Arrakthura - The Weapon
inpired from J Absinthe's post in the suggestion thread. Thx J Absinthe
A weapon hunted by all.
A weappon with a will of it's own, that merges with the true virtues and sins of the one who helds the handle.
Some say it talks.
Some say it can look you in the eye.
Some say it's like a sword others... describe it as a cannon... it has so manny shapes no one can say what's true.
Some say it has God's powers and will.. some say it's forged by devil and only serves the evil.
If you can, noble artist... tell us, SHOW US... Arrakthura...
Now... concept!
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1 = It's a weapon.
2 = Can be handled by man.
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4 extra votes will be offered for the description.
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberSeptember 12th, 2006 #2
Wow...awesome topic!
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September 12th, 2006 #4
Promissing indeed.
Father Christmas will mess you up.
its my SKETCHBOOK! first page last page
September 12th, 2006 #5
what? :/
September 12th, 2006 #6
Oh you, Oblio...*bats eyelashes*
My scanner is on the fritz, and I'm still reeling from the cherry popping entry that was The Dreamcatcher. I think I'm gonna play spectator this round.
edit: Bow dow! I fixed my scanner/printer! I think I'll sketch some stuff up today and see how it goes.
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September 12th, 2006 #7
So many places to take this, so juicy a topic... I... I... Oblio I need a cigarette now thanks! sheesh!
September 12th, 2006 #8
The Arrakthura was bred by biological engineers as a future weapon for the army. It is a selfcontained walking, thinking and most of all, energy ball shooting weapon. The arrakthura can be ridden by man, even if it purely for directional purposes. Once the Arrakthura has locked onto its target the human rider had little to no influence on the walking weapon. Best bet is to get of as soon as possible because the Arrakthure tends to jump right into the heat of a battle. Since its shielding and other parts heal very quickly and because it was engineered to feel no pain the Arrakthura is considered one of the worst foes to meet on the battlefield. The bioframe is enhanced by some mechanical parts. The eyes are fitted with all kinds of extra sensory machines allow it to see in the dark and sense heat. It also has a digital aiming view mounted on its nose/barrel for long distance aiming. The Arrakthura rarely uses this, it prefers to get close on the target and blast away.
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September 12th, 2006 #9
Make sure your picture contains these - you will receive 3 VOTES for each topic covered.
4 extra votes will be offered for the description.
what exactly does that mean
up to 3 votes, 1 for each representation
and 1 extra for a description?
or 3 votes up to....however many for each representation plus 4 votes for a description
iif its the latter isnt that a little steep?
kind of nullifies alot of the voting process seeing as how some entries just get 9 or ten in the first place and some get 30 or more
i mean its not as if someone would totally disregard the subject and get 50 votes if it is obviously not on point
sue me if im wrong
i dont think i can participate in this due to my enormously swollen and painful finger but i will be keeping an eye on it
September 12th, 2006 #10Originally Posted by trevor
By the way, where do we get to vote for the last topic, Dreamcatcher?
September 12th, 2006 #11
hey mr doom
the poll will be up as soon as oblio has a chance to put it up
hes out of town right now (where i will be next month incidentally if anyone in new york, paris or marseilles wants to get together and draw)
September 12th, 2006 #12
This is a cool topic....sounds like J. Absinthe played a lot of Soul calibur!
September 12th, 2006 #13Originally Posted by mechp
September 12th, 2006 #14
Why does something disgustingly *cute* come to mind...?
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September 12th, 2006 #15
It's the Witchblade!
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September 13th, 2006 #16
I keep thinking industrial design... There's gonna be a lot of concept ambiguity when it comes to voting. Time to mull this over.
September 13th, 2006 #17
Just messing around tonight with the idea - I liked that the weapon could be parasitic in nature, and somewhat organic... I'm messing with the idea of making it a parasitic alien species that transforms itself into weaponry. (Is that cliche??) The final will have an "action shot" and a more elaborate story - not something static like this.
(edit - and another!)
(trying to get more of an armor concept out too - plus i bought new pencils today )
Here's my story:
Arrackthura (meaning "of the Arrack civilization") is actually a parasitic alien species that landed on earth thousands of years ago. Some say it is the root of most, if not ALL mythological weapon stories, from Brahmastra of Hindu myth, to the Ark of the Covenant itself. The species needs a host body to survive - and the more hosts it consumes, the more its deadly power grows. It calls out to its victim, in a seductive telepathic song that only the chosen can hear. Once Arrackthura has attached itself to its host, the only thing that can seperate them is death.
It feeds off of hunger for power, greed, and violent thought. Although the parasite and host are always connected, once Arrackthura senses an impulse into any of these devious channels, it envelops the host's body immediately with a tough organic armor, which is very much alive and can react to the slightest movements. Because Arrackthura comes from an advanced species, it perceives movement and reacts far faster than humans are capable of - giving it an unfair and devastating advantage over its opponent. At a second's notice, it can turn into whatever will deal the most devastating blow, while fending off attacks on its host as well.
A secretive order has been keeping Arrackthura alive for centuries, for use in their ultimate plan for world domination. They have bred an army of children over time, all engineered to be mentally void of any devious thought. They are nicknamed "The Innocents" and they are charged with being Arrackthura's keeper. Because the parasite cannot use its deadly powers on these children, it simply sucks their bodies into dry shells.
The time has come - Arrackthura has lost its taste for Innocent flesh, and has been contained for too long. It is calling out to feed on what it loves most - the war monger, the killer, the demon.
A little dramatic maybe, but I was bored at work More sketches coming soon too...
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September 13th, 2006 #18
"Arrakthura, the horrible weapon was alive, I tell you. The man who held it had no face; his eyes dim burning holes behind his mask, wielding the great and terrible assembly with one great arm, the other a shattered stump capped by a silver medallion. He had paid greatly for the power he now used to cut a great wide swath through our ranks, as evinced by his flesh's unholy, fetid pallor and the keloid scars dotting his remaining arm. In order to loft the powerful assembly, it had been made enormous, thick and knotted as a tree trunk and flexing in thick bunches as he drove the very steel of hell into man after man, crippling, maiming and killing in single blows. The weapon had grown to his immense fist, veins visibly driven into the mass of flesh at his forearm, puslating with a life not of this world.
There were only a handful of the hundred of us who survived that encounter. None of us could stay with the army from that day forward; even now the sickening swings of the cursed weapon cast a chill over my memories.
-Gustav Antonin Malachek,
His Majesty's Third Infantry, retired"
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September 13th, 2006 #19
When I first read the description I immediately thoguht of Witchblade.. It's a character not just an object, this will take alot of thumbnails
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September 13th, 2006 #20
very cool topic, indeed.
in a way we`re ALL weapons.
i`ll try and come up with something, too.
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September 13th, 2006 #21
1 - Dreamcatcher Voting - as soon as i can. Hopefully tonight... not a promise thought. SRY.
2 - Voting - If you cover one topic you get the votes assigned (It is a handheld - you get 3 votes).
If everyone gets the 2 topics plus description you get 10 votes. 3+3+4
This will be done only if the battle is tight... and it came in a time where no matter what the subject was, people were drawing something.. arpoximative.
see my comments on this
and voting here
(votes were indicated next to the poll entry.. but not added until - and they could not make the difference then)
one vote for topic was not enough.
since then... either we had no topics, either the votes would make no difference.
it takes A LOT of time to crit and add and so on.. therfore i will do this only if it is necessary.
If "Jason and the Argonauts" would have had topics... i would take that into account since the winner wad only one vote more (funny thing... i consider _Jakkas_ giving the winning strike )
uhh.. gotta run now..
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September 13th, 2006 #22
This topic reminds me of a noah-kh illustration.
Chuck mate you're working 24/7 on those weekly activities or what. Respect.
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September 13th, 2006 #23
GAAAAAHR!!!! I seriously need to stop coming here. Everytime I do I feel the urge to participate and everytime I come here, I have a more than full scedule for the coming 2 weeks...
a few times I could resist, but this time I'm giving in-the topic is too good to be true...
I'm in....
CUUUURRRRSSEEE you, oblio!! CUURRRSE you for making me abuse coffee and ignore my need for sleep!!
WIP- wish I would have had more time, but work kept me busy...
"arrakthura"- according to the Scryggian dictionary, the term roughly translated means "deadly hand puppet". In fact, it is a powerful biomechanic weapon with a will of its own - a heavily armoured "NORZ"-maggot. A scryggian scientist once enhanced this creature with a unique acid-plasma blaster and several tools to disembowel the enemies of the one who wears it in order to create a biomechanic frontline weapon for the army. The creature killed the scientist in an accidental defense reaction before it could be completed and vanished.
the "NORZ" maggot is known to attach itself to the extremities of other creatures, feasting on hormones and blood until the host dies from exaustion. according to legend, arrakthura is different, creating a perfect symbiosis of host and parasite, following the will of it's wearer. still, the host has to be very strong in order to feed both him and the parasite.
survivors of arrakthura attacks are very few, but those who encountered the parasite and its host, describe it to be rather silly in appearance, a piece of junk with big teeth and dumb eyes looking around for targets. some even claim to have heard something like a gruesome sound ("BLAAAHRRRRGH" to be exact), before the weapon attacked, but this part of the legend can be excluded, since "NORZ"-maggots dont have any organs to articulate themselves.
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September 13th, 2006 #24
Uziel, that painting is hot! Oh, I've chose to ignore the voting process and focus soley on the creative output. I started reading Oblio and Trevor's explanations and I started to sink into a fetal position.
*shut's up and drawrs*
September 13th, 2006 #25
My idea is a sort of gnarled carapace that covers the right arm and shoulder of whoever wears it, ending with a set of nasty talons at the hand and covering the wearer's face with some sort of mask. I'll probably do images of several different species wearing the weapon, showing how it can alter its form to fit its host.
September 13th, 2006 #26
I've been working on sketches, and I have the concept, it's just determining how I'm going to execute it, that's going to be the pain in the ass.
I think you guy's will dig it though, I'm going to keep it in a very contemporary setting and just go with it.
September 13th, 2006 #27
looking nice jska
like the cartoonish style
i really like the topic on this one i hope my finger heals enough so i can draw before the deadline
at least it isnt broken (after spending a crapload of cash on x-rays ugh)
cmon guys you need to post for me!
i cant draw so i want to have some good stuff to look at!
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Thats a neat topic, J_Absinthe. The topic description is compelling too, I can hear the voice-over guy from movie trailers doing that one...
Gonna start on something after I am fed. I think the challenge, at least for me, is to avoid the SoulCalibur and Witchblade pitfall
Cheers everyone.
September 13th, 2006 #29
Oh snaps, Lukavi about to bring the thunder! Hahaha, can't wait to see what you come up with!
September 13th, 2006 #30
When I read this week's topic I totally thought of River Tam (of Firefly) who fits the description quite well.
I think I've got my concept down, just need to start painting...


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Dubai and Indonesia will receive 15 metric tons of black rice from the Don Bosco Foundation for Sustainable Development Inc. in North Cotabato, 20 tons of japonica from the SL Agritech in Nueva Ecija and 30 tons of long grain aromatic white rice, also from a cooperative in Cotabato, by May 6, said Agriculture Assistant Secretary Dante de Lima.
De Lima was in Ifugao to inspect the repair of sections of the rice terraces that were eroded by heavy rains last year.
De lima said shallots would also be exported in May, with a farmers' cooperative in Nueva Ecija shipping out 15 containers, each holding 15 metric tons, of native shallots to Indonesia.
He said this would be a test to see how well local farmers can manage bulk orders.
The government, he said, does not allow commercial exports until rice farmers can harvest enough to have the country rated as fully self-sufficient in rice. The country expects to reach this goal in 2014, De Lima said.
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Earlier this week, former Wall Street analyst turned venture capital tech guru Mary Meeker presented KPCB's annual (and highly influential) Internet Trends Report. It was 197 slides that could be best described as the unofficial temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate of the Internet economy.
The scope of the deck was wide, covering everything from advertising trends to emerging economies. From our perspective, six slides stood out, highlighting the growth, evolution and future of broadband, video entertainment, and the changing Internet marketplace.
The fact that user-controlled content has increased exponentially in the last ten years not only proves the rapid evolution of the Internet's ability to manage multimedia content, it shows that competition for eyeballs (not to mention consumer media budgets) is fierce and growing fiercer.
Public Internet companies, once a niche industry, now have a market cap in the trillions. 11 of the top 15 are US-based companies, showing how well the American private industry broadband model is working.
The pace of Internet traffic is swift and steady. Not only does this slide reveal how intense the increased pressure video traffic is placing on our networks, it proves mobile is a viable wireline broadband alternative.
It's not a huge surprise, but it's still compelling to look at just how much more time we spend consuming content on mobile devices. As TV Everywhere technology and services expand and improve, we'll see even more consumption on "vertical screens."
The significant increase in Internet connectivity is in huge part because of the rapid expansion of nationwide broadband networks. Cable broadband, for example, is available to 93 percent of American homes.
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Findings show hormone causes people to sniff odors more
An appetite-stimulating hormone causes people and animals to sniff odors more often and with greater sensitivity, according to a new study in the April 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest ghrelin may enhance the ability to find and identify food.
Researchers led by Jenny Tong, MD, and Matthias Tschöp, MD, at the University of Cincinnati found the appetite-related hormone also influences smell. The new study shows ghrelin, made mainly in the stomach, binds to molecules in the brain's olfactory bulb, suggesting the hormone is directly involved in odor processing.
"This new function of ghrelin was unknown prior to our discovery," Tong said. "We think ghrelin is part of an important interface designed to help detect calories in our environment and to link those sensory inputs with the internal regulation of metabolism and body weight."
Previous studies suggested sniffing may help people identify sources of nutrition, particularly during fasts when the sense of smell improves. For this reason, the authors predicted ghrelin, which normally spikes before meals, acts on olfactory regions and leads to behavioral changes "" such as sniffing "" to help spur food intake.
In this study, Tong and her colleagues measured how rats and people react to different odors. When small amounts of ghrelin were delivered directly to rats' brains, the animals sniffed more often. The ghrelin-treated rats also avoided water with low concentrations of an odor associated with sickness more than untreated rats.
Nine humans who received ghrelin infusions also reacted to stimuli differently. Each volunteer was directed to whiff unperfumed air or baby powder, banana, tomato, or rosemary chicken scents. Participants given ghrelin inhaled more deeply.
Thomas Hummel, MD, of the University of Dresden, an expert in smell and taste who was unaffiliated with the study, noted that the results suggest ghrelin affects odor detection, but not appeal. The volunteers reported no difference in aroma pleasantness.
"Overall, this report seems to confirm that ghrelin is an important modifier of appetite "" and eating behavior," Hummel said.
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Narmada Bachao Aandolan (NBA) leader Alok Agarwal, who has been named as the AAP nominee from Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa constituency for the Lok Sabha election, has said that there is a strong possibility of his party emerging as a "third force" in the state. "Be it the BJP or Congress, both the parties indulge in politics of loot. People of this region are fed up with them. There is a strong possibility of Aam Aadmi Party emerging as a third force, as the voters are now looking for a better alternative," the 46-year-old leader told PTI over phone yesterday.
AAP can provide a strong alternative to the voters of the state, claimed Agarwal, who is a 1989 batch graduate in chemical engineering from IIT Kanpur. He said the entire organisational network of NBA is supporting AAP.
Announcing the launch of his campaign for the elections, he said, "During the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, while raising the national issues like unemployment and inflation, we would also take up the local issues." Apart from corruption and poverty, we would also raise burning issues like rise in crimes against women and the problems of farmers and tribals, he said. The NBA leader has been named as AAP nominee from Khandwa seat, in the party's first list of 20 Lok Sabha candidates released yesterday.
Agarwal will be contesting from Khandwa seat, which is presently represented by state Congress president and former Union minister Arun Yadav. He alleged that Yadav had forgotten the Khandwa constituency, ever since his victory in 2009 and failed to raise issues of the region.


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Subject Repositories: European Collaboration in the International Context
Dave Puplett reports on the conference Subject Repositories: European Collaboration in the International Context held at the British Library in January 2010. The conference launched Economists Online (EO), an innovative economics subject repository.
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Sun Preservation and Archive Special Interest Group: May 2008 Meeting
Vicky Mays and Ian Dolphin review the Sun Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) meeting held in San Francisco in May 2008.
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The Klearinghouse: An Inventory of Knowledge Technologies
George Brett discusses part of a model of distributed user support, The Klearinghouse. The National Laboratory for Applied Network Research (NLANR) has been actively supporting high performance applications and networking for the past five years. The Klearinghouse is a next generation effort of the Advanced Applications Clearinghouse which is in the Distributed Applications Support Team of the NLANR.
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Paul Miller explores some of the recent buzz around the concept of 'Web 2.0' and asks what it means for libraries and related organisations.
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Increased Lipid Synthesis and Decreased β-Oxidation in the Liver of SHR/NDmcr-cp (cp/cp) Rats, an Animal Model of Metabolic Syndrome
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SHR/NDmcr-cp (cp/cp) rats (SHR/NDcp) are an animal model of metabolic syndrome. A previous study of ours revealed drastic increases in the mass of palmitic (16:0), oleic (18:1n-9), palmitoleic (16:1n-7), cis-vaccenic (18:1n-7) and 5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acids in the liver of SHR/NDcp. However, detailed information on the class of lipid accumulated and the mechanism responsible for the overproduction of the accumulated lipid in the liver was not obtained. This study aimed to characterize the class of lipid accumulated and to explore the mechanism underlying the lipid accumulation in the liver of SHR/NDcp, in comparison with SHR/NDmcr-cp (+/+) (lean hypertensive littermates of SHR/NDcp) and Wistar Kyoto rats. In the liver of SHR/NDcp, de novo synthesis of fatty acids (16:0, 18:1n-9 and 16:1n-7) and triacylglycerol (TAG) synthesis were up-regulated and fatty acid β-oxidation was down-regulated. These perturbations of lipid metabolism caused fat accumulation in hepatocytes and accumulation of TAG, which were enriched with 16:0, 18:1n-9 and 16:1n-7, in the liver of SHR/NDcp. On the other hand, no changes were found in hepatic contents of diacylglycerol and unesterified fatty acid (FFA); among FFA, there were no differences in the hepatic concentrations of unesterified 16:0 and stearic acid between SHR/NDcp and two other groups of rats. Moreover, little change was brought about in the expression of genes responsive to endoplasmic reticulum stress in the liver of SHR/NDcp. These results may reinforce the pathophysiological role of stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 and fatty acid elongase 6 in the liver of SHR/NDcp.
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- Increased Lipid Synthesis and Decreased β-Oxidation in the Liver of SHR/NDmcr-cp (cp/cp) Rats, an Animal Model of Metabolic Syndrome
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- Yoichi Kawashima (1)
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- 1. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, 1-1 Keyakidai, Sakado, Saitama, 350-0295, Japan
- 2. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, International University of Health and Welfare, 2600-1 Kitakanemaru, Ohtawara, Tochigi, 324-8501, Japan
- 3. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai International University, 1 Gumyo, Togane, Chiba, 283-8555, Japan


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No more secret pacts with the MILF, please
The Philippines is in uproar over President Aquino's secret meeting, last Thursday in Tokyo, Japan, with Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The nation is split down the middle. The opposition has criticized the President for it, with an anonymous diplomat calling the meeting with the leader of a rebel group "an act of treason."
P-Noy gave the MILF's belligerency status recognition, thus making it a belligerent state in the international community, critics said. "The MILF has again pulled a fast one against the Philippine government," they said."The President's advisers have not given him good advice," others said. "They are sleeping on the job."
The President's allies, on the other hand, hailed his "sincerity" in wanting to end the Muslim secessionist movement. Mindanao's political leaders, particularly, are all gung-ho for P-Noy's peace initiatives. After all, it is they, the Mindanaoans, who have been suffering the most because of the terrorist acts and frequent clashes between government troops and Muslim rebels.
P-Noy's tryst with the leader of a rebel group indeed raised a lot of questions and might have violated plenty of diplomatic and legal protocols and technicalities. Even the explanation by an adviser on the peace process, that it was a "personal, private and unofficial" act of the President intended to hasten peace in Mindanao, does not settle it.
"The President is an official of the Republic 24 hours a day. He has no personal and private hours. All his actions are the actions of an official of the Republic," critics say.
Because of the ill-fated Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain that the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo secretly forged with the MILF, Filipinos are understandably wary of secret agreements, especially with rebel groups. In this new secret meeting, the people are asking for transparency.
On the other hand, negotiations are sometimes not that simple. Sometimes, backroom talks achieve more than open negotiations because the light of public scrutiny prevents some parties from giving in to the opposite parties' wishes. Still, we cannot blame the people for being wary. Secrecy indicates, per se, that not everything is on the up and up.
As I see it, however, if P-Noy's secret talks in Tokyo will finally achieve the lasting peace and progress that have long eluded the people of Mindanao, then it was a risk worth taking. But in the name of transparency, he should inform the people of the terms of an agreement before he concludes one with the MILF. No more secret agreements like what the Arroyo administration almost signed with the MILF, please. That was a stab in the back of the Filipino people.
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I received a letter from Justice Edwin D. Sorongonon of the Court of Appeals. It was about an item in my May 9, 2011 column, specifically mentioning two "unconscionably delayed cases" in the courts. One, a kidnapping case, which took 17 years after a succession of judges inhibited themselves from the case, has recently been decided and the five defendants, all Chinese nationals, have been sentenced to life terms in prison.
The other, a double-murder case against Mayor Licerio Antiporda III of Cagayan province, has been in the courts for more than 17 years. Antiporda was convicted by the Manila regional trial court but he appealed to the Court of Appeals (CA) and there, of all places, the case has been languishing for many years.
The appeal was received by the CA Judicial Records Division on June 14, 2000. It is now August 2011, but still no decision from the "honorable" CA justices. It was originally assigned to Justice Edgardo P. Sundiam. What happened? What is causing the undue delay?
Well, Justice Sundiam inhibited himself from the case after a fire in his court. The case was re-raffled to the other CA justices. But mysteriously, the other justices (17 in all) to whom the case was assigned, inhibited themselves one after the other. Why? They gave varying reasons, but perhaps there are only two real reasons. Guess which one.
Anyway, the case is now with Justice Sorongonon, since April 12, 2011, which is the reason he wrote to me. "I agree with your observation that this case has been pending with the Court of Appeals for sometime," he wrote.
Does that mean that the case will now move quickly and expeditiously? Not quite, I am sorry to say.
"I wish to inform you," Justice Sorongonon added, that "after going over the rollo and the original records available, the Special Twelfth Division promulgated a resolution on April 12, 2011."
The rollo reached the Court "in a state of total disarray," the division resolution said. Upon Justice Sorogonon's order, the Clerk of Court had it chronologically arranged and he secured missing copies of some Court issuances. "Likewise, the original records, transcripts of stenographic notes and exhibits of the case were all gathered and presented to us and duly photographed with the observations that the rollo is incomplete, the original transcripts are not chronologically arranged, partly reconstituted and, worse, almost totally in burnt condition, thus making it too difficult for this court to decipher their contents."
The Court then ordered the clerk of court of Manila RTC 27 to submit a copy of the transmittal of the case on appeal.
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Venkateswara Function Hall on the Cinema Road was buzzing with activity from the morning hours of Friday. And when Pawan Kalyan started making his speech at a star hotel in Hyderabad in the evening, the crowds went delirious watching live the launch of the political party by their favourite hero. "He has a good image among youngsters, women and the middle class sections. Mr. Kalyan is going to contest from Kakinada Parliament seat and his victory is going to be a cakewalk," said Chintakayala Chinni, president of the Kakinada City Pawan Kalyan Fans' Association.
Not leaving at that, Mr. Chinni further said: Mr. Kalyan's image is different from that of Chiranjeevi. He can convince people through his thought-provoking speeches.
But, not all the locals, particularly students, share his views. Especially K. Venkatesh, an engineering graduate. "I am a die-hard fan of Mr. Kalyan but I don't want him to dirty his hands by entering politics. Instead of floating a party, I wish he extends support to parties like the Lok Satta," Venkatesh reasoned. Pothula Viswam, chairman of Rajiv Gandhi Group of Educational Institutions, who is in the election arena representing the Telugu Desam Party, refuses to comment on Mr. Kalyan's party. "It is too early to comment on the new party," he said. But taking pot-shots at the actor, Mr. Viswam said: "At a time when the entire region has to be rebuilt from scratch, capable and experienced leadership is the need of the hour." Union Minister M.M. Pallam Raju is presently representing the Kakinada Parliamentary constituency and is likely to contest on Congress ticket this election too. Chalamalasetti Sunil, who gave a tough fight to Mr. Raju in the 2009 elections, is entering the fray from the YSR Congress Party.
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When the program result output window is disposed of, the compiler editor is not highlighted automatically to the cursor.Though if you press the Compile & Run key again, the program compiles and runs again. But for editing, one has to press the arrow key to make the cursor visible. Seems like it is 'half' highlighted.
HolyDoom Witch
Well, I think this happens only when the output window comes, but does not carry the result of any process, meaning there was nothing to run in the program, except "press any key to continue" module. So there may be just a small fix required for that.
HolyDoom Witch
No. I was right. I am using Actual Title Buttons >> Stay on top. The editor window highlights only when the "Stay on top" is enabled. Otherwise you need the mouse (or ctrl+tab) to highlight the window, which of course is very tedious.


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Aug 28, 2010 10:37 AM|Bekar|LINK
My web site does not seem to work and showing this error.
I am using an ajax control toolkit update panel. When I click anything which is in the in the update panel I have the following error.
"access denied Scriptresource.axd" .
But only in IE. With crome it works fine.
I tried to google it but didn't get any concrete answer.
any help??
java script ajax
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Aug 30, 2010 03:18 AM|chetan.sarode|LINK
Sometimes, You have to add your website in Trusted Site zone....
Please refer to these entries:
Aug 30, 2010 12:43 PM|Bekar|LINK
chetan.sarodeSometimes, You have to add your website in Trusted Site zone....
My application works locally in all browsers (IE7, IE8, crome, Firefox). But when I upload it to the hosting server it does not work.
Again, It works on IE 7, Crome, Firefox even it is on hosting server. But does not work IE8 on hosting server.
So if I have to add in trusted site zone, where shall I add it? in the hosting server??
Aug 31, 2010 03:00 AM|Jerry Weng - MSFT|LINK
Would you please post your markups on your page?
Aug 31, 2010 08:02 PM|Bekar|LINK
In my master page, I have this :
<asp:ToolkitScriptManager ID="ToolkitScriptManager1" runat="server">
and in My content page I have:
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server">
<DayPilot:DayPilotCalendar ID="DayPilotCalendar1" runat="server"
<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="odsBookingSchedule" runat="server"
SelectMethod="getScheduleByUser" TypeName="DrivingSchool.BLL.Scheduler">
<asp:QueryStringParameter DbType="Guid" Name="uID" QueryStringField="dt"/>
Sep 01, 2010 02:02 AM|Jerry Weng - MSFT|LINK
I guess when you remove the DayPilotCalendar, the problem will be removed, did that?
If so, I think the problem due to the DayPilotCalendar, it is not a supported control here, so you can find help from the company who release the control.
Sep 01, 2010 08:44 AM|Bekar|LINK
Hi Weng
Thank you.
Yes I am trying to contact to the company who released the calendar control.
In the mean time let me tell you one more thing if it helps to find a solution.
With the same browser (IE8), it works fine when i work on my local machine. But it shows error when I upload it to the hosting server.
does it indicate that the hosting server may not have something that I have in my local machine??
Sep 01, 2010 09:46 AM|Jerry Weng - MSFT|LINK
Try to grant READ & WRITE permissions for IIS_IUSRS(IIS7)/IIS_WPG(IIS6) at the folder which deploy your web sites.
Sep 02, 2010 08:21 AM|Bekar|LINK
Jerry Weng - MSFT
Try to grant READ & WRITE permissions for IIS_IUSRS(IIS7)/IIS_WPG(IIS6) at the folder which deploy your web sites.
HI. Do you mean the wwwroot folder??
Sep 02, 2010 08:58 AM|Jerry Weng - MSFT|LINK


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Another weekend in Sydney, Autumn coming to an end. Today is a lovely day; nice wind blowing that is more like a feisty breeze, plenty of sunshine, and quiet. During the week we had some great rainfall throughout NSW and much of it fell in places where they haven't seen rain for a few years. I wonder if those of you that live overseas could imagine never seeing rain. Some children in those areas would have seen their first rain and experienced their first time out getting wet with water from the sky. Hard to believe, isn't it?
Here in Sydney the news was good because we actually had decent rainfall in the catchment area - another first for quite some time. Although we have had rain and our lawns are green, it's never fallen in the right place in the right quantity and so we have water restrictions. Ours are not as severe as Brisbane, for instance, where they are on a high level of restrictions now and are facing even higher come Spring (September). Of course a lot of the blame goes to the city planners for allowing such huge growth in populations of the cities without a thought for where the extra water would come from. In a country like Australia it's hard to justify that people in charge are so backward in their forward thinking.
Each time it rains I think about the water tanks my son and I have talked about having installed. They still aren't out there in the yard. From what I hear there is a shortage of tanks and people are waiting in line for installations. I also heard that the sharks are out too, making a huge profit from those that do have the tanks installed. Ah well, we are after all a nation that began with mostly convicts :)
I decided this morning to get my finger out and actually do some cooking. My son and I both work and as he is CEO of his company he has a lot of business meetings that include lunch and he isn't ever hungry for dinner. I'm happy just throwing a frozen dinner in the microwave or stirfrying some veges with an egg tossed in for good measure. I had this urge to cook; heaven knows why! However I've managed to cook up some braised steak that's gone in the freezer for another day, a pot of Indonesian curried beef that will also go into the freezer, and a no-bake cheesecake that is just delicious. In the heady days when I was married and had 3 kids at home, I used to make the cheesecake when I could afford the ingredients. So I have probably been making this recipe for close to 40 years (scary hey?)Here's the recipe in case anyone might like to try it.
2 packets of biscuit crumbs mixed together with about 3/4 of a 250g container of butter, melted. After you mix that up you put it in a cheesecake dish or pan, bringing the mixture halfway up the sides of the pan, and then put it in the freezer for a while to chill, or in the fridge for a bit longer.
In a mixer put 2 x 250g packets of cream cheese (I use the light one) and beat that up well. Add a can of sweetened condensed milk (again I use a light one) and beat that up. Then add 1/3 cup of lemon juice and a lightly beaten egg (maybe that's why I wanted to cook today - all that beating) :)
Pour the contents into the biscuit base and put it in the fridge to set. Delicious! And no baking at all so it's a great dessert for the summer as you don't heat the kitchen up with the oven. Serve it with lashings of whipped cream if you like cream.
My 4 legged mate Shaye is going to have his steak tonight in some of the gravy from the braised steak I cooked. I hope he likes it. This morning, as it's a weekend, he had vegemite on toast and banana on toast that I hand fed to him while I ate mine. I've been doing that ever since he was a little guy and he likes to share with me on the weekends. If I put it in a dish for him on the floor he wouldn't eat it. Is he spoilt? nah, just loved :)
I actually had a message on Authorsden from another author last week telling me that he had purchased a copy of my book from Amazon and it had turned up. His family has been touched by the dangers of the Internet with a family member almost losing a husband because of her dalliance with someone she met first on the Internet in chat. It was great to hear that someone has bought the book and for a reason as that's why I wrote it in the first place. My life being out there in print hasn't proved to be such a great idea as many judge those that are honest. But if I help even one person then that's justification for telling it as it was. I'm surprised that he could buy it from Amazon as when I signed a release agreement with the publisher I was assured no further copies would be printed. I assumed that I had the only copies in existence. I never received any royalties from any sales. A lesson hard learned.
Still trying to plough through this journalism course that I undertook. The reasons I'm having such a problem with it revolve around my sight problems and my lack of interest now that I know what a journalist is and does. I had the wrong notions about the job and I doubt that I would have the time required to undertake it while I am working full-time. The course itself is educational and I'm sure that for the right people it's a step in the direction they want to go. My tutor gives me good feedback on my assignments and is always supportive.
I keep daydreaming that I might win one of the RSL prize homes and be able to retire to a stunning new abode and set about writing just for the hell of it and the fun. It's a nice way to idle away a few minutes, looking at the brochures each month and seeing myself gazing out across the water from the balcony of a palace :) However if you never go you never know so I keep buying the tickets.
I have only one Aunt left from my mother's side of the family and, as my mother passed away in December 2005, she is like my mother now I guess. She has gracefully agreed, at the ripe age of 88 going on 89, to spend some time with me soon to tell me some stories about her life, and that of my mother and the rest of the family. I have great-grandparents that were both born in Germany and my knowledge of their history is sparse - just a photo of the family with my Nan the youngest. Because they were German, no one spoke about the family in fear of retribution. The family name, Werner, was lost of course when my Nan married. I didn't know about the German heritage until I was in my late teens. How sad is that?
I intend to write up a history of the family from what I can learn from my Aunt with my special interest of course being my mother and father. My Aunt acted as go-between with mum and dad because my mother played my father along for a number of years before she finally said 'yes'. She told it to me that she said yes so he would stop pestering her. When my mother died I kept her letters that I found in a box with a lot of photos and other memorabilia she kept hidden away. There are many letters in there from my father to my mother before they married and I only read a couple before I felt like I was spying.
My parents both lived in Canowindra NSW. My father lived on a dairy farm that his father worked and my dad and his brothers worked there as well. My mother lived with her family on another property and my grandfather used to trap rabbits and sell the pelts, as well as working around the district. My father used to work around the district as well, shearing and farming to help his father with money to keep the farm going. While he was away he used to write to mum and one of the letters I did read he spelt it out for her. He told her that if she didn't make up her mind about him he was going to join the Army.
When my dad's father died after falling from a horse, the farm fell apart and dad and his brothers all had to leave to come to Sydney to work. The second world war was already blasting away overseas. My mother came to Sydney too with her sisters that were old enough to leave home for work. Dad went to work at the Ford Motor Company and that was where he stayed during the War. Mum finally relented and they were married in Sydney just after mum came out of hospital after a gall-bladder operation that was almost fatal. Her mother and father were called to her bedside as it was feared she was dying and they travelled by train from the country to Sydney. She was 23 I think at the time. When she recovered enough to leave the hospital and return to the country to recuperate, she and dad were married and then she left with her parents for Canowindra.
My dad used to go home to Canowindra and mum whenever he could and during one of those visits my mum fell pregnant with my brother John. Unfortunately my father had carried with him the german measles infection and passed it on to my mother. German measles had broken out in the camps where the soldiers were around Sydney and it spread and people didn't even know they had it, most just thinking it was a heat rash.
My brother was born with dreadful life threatening disabilities - his heart was damaged, he was blind and retarded. And yet from the photos I have of him he was the most beautiful little boy, angelic almost with his blonde curly hair and his fair skin. He died before his 4th birthday, alone in a mental hospital in Newcastle as my mum had a nervous breakdown after my second brother, Philip, was born. John was taken from mum into care.
So there's a lot of history there and a lot I don't know about. My mother and I never had much of a relationship at all, or a friendship, and I often wondered if I was adopted (I secretly hoped I was and that someone would come and find me one day). But I had the most wonderful loving father that a girl could ever have and I cherish the memories of him. I want to learn about mum and dad in the days before they were married in an effort to understand my mother. I doubt that I will though because I probably won't find out what was in her head when she kept spurning dad and yet on the other hand, kept him around. Why did she also spurn me, her only daughter? Maybe my aunt has the answer because, as I said earlier, she had secret letters going back and forth to and from my dad when she kept him informed of what mum was doing. She also spent a lot of time with mum helping her out with John and Philip.
Life is stranger than fiction and every family has its secrets that are never unlocked or are maybe unlocked by someone like me. I need answers and I know that if I read my dad's letters I will find a lot of them. And yet, I feel like an intruder by reading them. Guess I will work it out one of these days and either read them or bury them with my parents' ashes in my brother's grave.
Enough meandering for today. I think that perhaps I have the makings of another book with the story of my family and it's an idea that is just behind my eyes ready to be hatched once I get with my Aunt and have some words from her to work with.
Until next time, take care :)
Copyright Vena McGrath 19.5.2007
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Prep football: Coupeville 23, Granite Falls 7
At Hi Jewel Stadium
Coupeville 8 7 8 0 -- 23
Granite Falls 0 7 0 0 -- 7
C--Arnold 5 run (Bayne run)
GF--Hamilton 5 run (Poplin)
C--Schaef 55 pass from Langvold (Walstad kick)
C--Tumblin 48 run (Bayne run)
Records--Coupeville 3-2 overall. Granite Falls 0-6.
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