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The Starkville Board of Aldermen received a report at its meeting Tuesday regarding the status of three roads from the 1998 annexation process which require improvements in order to be more accessible.
The roads are Greta Lane, Sudduth Road and Collier Road. There are currently funds from qualifying community development block grants which are not currently obligated and can be considered for the projects.
The electronic packet in the agenda lists three cost estimate options for paving Greta Lane, which is a dead end off Highway 12 located in Ward 2. The most economical alternative would be a double bituminous surface (chip seal) treatment, while the other two options would include varying amounts of hot mix asphalt surface. Those two options would meet city specifications.
The estimated cost of the double bituminous surface treatment is $98,163.88, while the approximations for the two hot asphalt mix surface treatments are $171,295.83 and $223,856.02.
Starkville Chief Administrative Officer Lynn Spruill said the double bituminous treatment would be the best option due to the lower volume of traffic in that area and the amount of residents it serves.
"If this were not a dead end and more highly traveled, you would opt for the hot asphalt mix, but because this has limited use, you don't have the heavy through traffic and 18-wheelers," Spruill said. "Therefore, a chip seal project will do what the residents need it to do."
She said Tractor Supply Co., which is building a store in the area, has done some improvements to the road but the remaining portions are still dirt and gravel.
Ward 6 Alderman Roy A. Perkins said he was in favor of making improvements to the road.
"I fully support (improving) Greta Lane because during my tenure, people who have come here said that area really needs relief," he said.
Improvements on Collier Road, located in Ward 6, would include the improvement of a failed roadway area, Spruill said.
"There is a curved area on Collier," she said. "The way that road curves and dips ... you have an effect that causes erosion."
Ward 2 Alderman Sandra Sistrunk said improvements to both Collier Road and Greta Lane could be made easily.
"It would be efficient to pave Greta and address most of Collier's issue (due to funds coming from the city)," she said.
The estimated cost of the project is $47,942.22, according to the packet.
The Sudduth Road project includes blading, grading and maintaining the gravel sections as well as installing more gravel as necessary. Also included is the maintenance of the chip seal area.
Spruill said the road, also in Ward 6, mostly serves farmers, and the main goal was to keep the road passable and accessible to them and others who use it.
"Sudduth is pretty well improved up to where people live," she said. "The recommendation from staff is to keep it graded and graveled so that its passable."
The packet lists the estimated expense for maintenance to Sudduth Road at$11,840.00.
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The sport of basketball was introduced to the large mass of The Bahamas population in 1934, by the late Brother Christopher Foster, OSB, a Roman Catholic religious of Trinidadian birth. At the time Brother Christopher was stationed at the Priory at St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral on West Hill Street, as we know it today. The year 1936 was to become of significance because in that same year, Fr. Marcian Peters, OSB, a newly ordained Benedictine monk, was called to the church in the Bahamas. Fr. Marcian first assisted with officiating to help Brother Christopher who was succeeded by Fr. Frederick Frey OSB, the first prior and Head Master of St. Augustine's Monastery and College. Assisted by laymen, such as Winston "Tappy" Davis, Erven "eyes" Adderley and others in the Holy Name Society of St. Francis Cathedral, Father Marcian nurtured the game, such that by the time it was called Our Lady's of the Holy Souls Parish, Deveaux Street, the game had grown to include a men's and women's league. Winston Davis succeeded Fr. Marcian in the 1950's. Basketball moved to the other Islands in a formal way when the Grand Bahamas Association became the next member association of the New Providence based national Federation. The Bahamas Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) then Bahamas Basketball Federation (BBF) won international recognition from FIBA, the International Basketball Federation in 1962 under the Presidency of Mr. Davis. Currently there are branches of the BBF in Grand Bahama, Andros, Abaco, Eleuthera, Exuma, Cat Island, Bimini and Inagua. So wide a diffusion of the sport is rightly attributed to Mr. Vince Ferguson, who served as the President of the national body from 1966 to 1963, a seventeen (17) year period which saw the development of the sport in international standards of excellence. He co-ordinated and led basketball unofficially from 1961 to 1965, then led the Officials (referee) body from October 1966 to September 1983. In the college basketball ranks, Bahamians can only be in awe of the tremendous accomplishments of players like Locksley Collie and Dexter Cambridge, who played for the Texas Long Horns, and Rick Fox who lead the University of North Carolina Tarheels. Sterling Quant who was elected to Central State University was our first product of the professional basketball standard. He was drafted to the Dallas Chapporels of the A.B.A. but decided to return home where he assisted the local game. Dexter Cambridge, Rick Fox and Ian Lockhart have joined Bahamian Mychal Thompson of the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA ranks. Dexter played with the Dallas Mavericks, Rick played with Boston Celtics and currently plays with the Los Angeles Lakers. Ian Lockhart played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers and joined the Phoenix Suns at the start of the 19990-1991 season. High school basketball continues to gain in prominence with the Fr. Marcian Peters, Grand Bahama Catholic High School and A.R. Adderley Hugh Campbell Tournament. Since the inaugural Bahamas games in the 1989, the classic has been won by three teams from Grand Bahamas.
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Proof Set Fever Reaching Boiling Point
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Since the first proof coins were struck by the U.S. Mint during the early 1830s, they have been sought by collectors. The process resulted from a fire and the replacement of the old horse drawn equipment at the mint with new steam powered presses. This leads to the fact that proof coins are a process and not a grade, as believed by beginning collectors. In comparison to normal business strikes, they are carefully minted in relatively small numbers and given special treatment and storage by mint personnel. Prior to U.S. Mint history, the only proofs available from a Western Hemisphere mint were the presentation pieces struck at the mints in South America and Mexico City. These were minted for gov't officials and inspectors in Spain. Today, these are some of the most valuable foreign coins. Today, the process begins with the selection of special planchets which are washed and polished prior to striking. After this, with gloved hands they are carefully placed in the coining machines and struck multiple times to bring up all of the intricate details of the design. This is in contrast to normal business strikes, which are only struck once. After striking, the finished coins are carefully packaged in inert, airtight holders, and transported to customers. As a result of the process, proof coins are the best the mint has to offer, perfect coins.
Prior to 1936, proof coin issues were sporadic, mostly issued and sold as single coins. Of complete sets, perhaps the best known and valuable is the 1834 King of Siam set which contained a wide variety of gold, silver, and copper coins, including a struck out of date 1804 Proof silver dollar! Beginning in 1936, complete sets of all circulating issues, one cent through fifty cents, were offered for sale to collectors by the mint. As a result of WWII emergencies, the first run of complete sets was short and only lasted from 1936 until 1942. Today, these are beyond the price barriers of most collectors, especially the acquisition of complete sets. However, single coins from the sets are occasionally available and demand strong prices. This is especially true of the proof Buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes, and Walking Liberty halves.
After the war, proof set production was resumed in 1950 and has continued to the present except for a brief break during the 1960s, 1965-1968, and the special issue of Bicentennial 40% coins. Perhaps, as a result of association and my age, I see the silver sets minted, 1950-1964 as a practically unbelievable bargain. While it is true some of the sets are expensive, 1950 - 1956, many of the remainder can be purchased for under $25! This is for sets which include 90% silver proofs of Franklin halves, quarters, and dimes and proof Lincoln cents in the sets struck before 1959. Add to these, the 1960 Lincoln small date variety and first striking of the Kennedy half. With practically all silver coins, including the 40% silver sets stuck from 1965-1970, the huge jump in silver prices during the early 1980s, brought the destruction and melting of a large percentage of the available sets. During this time, personally seeing the destruction and participating in it, today, makes seeing a complete set for sale seem odd. It is difficult to imagine that so many could be available. As a result, of the exploding interests in proof sets, today, I believe the demand for the early silver sets will push the prices to astronomical highs in the near future. The best time to locate and purchase a group of the 1950-1964 sets is now while the cheap prices and availability still persists.
As indicated by the title of this article, the proof set market is boiling and pushing prices to record highs. For many years during the 1970s and 1980s the prices were low and showed very little future potential. During this time, the sets could be broken and sold separately for more than the price of a complete set. As a result, many of my nights during this time were spent placing proof coins in 2x2 cardboard holders. This activity decreased the available supply of complete sets and indirectly helped contribute to the current high prices. Such activities helped, but the fire was lit most definitely by the mint's introduction of the state quarter program in 1999.
According to the program, all of the states were asked to contribute designs for the quarters struck to represent them. Since 1999, fifty states have been commemorated with a special quarter beginning with the first to become part of the United States. The first was Delaware, and the last was the Hawaii
not to mention the District of Columbia and 5 U.S. Territories honored in 2009. Successful beyond the mint's expectation, the program has brought millions of new collectors into the hobby, all eagerly searching for each new release along with the old. Fueled by the success, other equally interesting series already begun are the Presidential Dollar series and the brand new National Parks Quarter program. These are bound to add heat to a market already at the boiling point!
To increase profits from the quarter programs and to provide an unbeatable product, the mint has struck and sold a proof set which includes all of the quarters for the given year, one in .900 fine silver and one in clad. In addition, the sets have also included a silver and a clad Roosevelt dime and a Kennedy half. With these another kicker is the beautiful Sacagawea dollar introduced in 2000 which continues today. Moreover, in 1999 the last Susan B. Anthony was offered in the first sets. Of the sets, my choice is the silver, sets with prices bound to go in only one direction and that is up! The Presidential dollars as well as the National Parks quarters will add even more fuel to the fire!
As is true with a collection of any coin series, buyers of the modern proof sets are looking back and buying those from years past. With these, the options are practically unlimited and include all of the sets back to 1936. As previously stated, I like all of the silver sets and feel that those from 1950 - 1964 are extremely underpriced. Next, we have an excellent selection to choose from, including the 1976 Bicentennials, the Ike dollars, and a stretch of Susan B. Anthony's from 1979 to 1981 and then 1999. Again, of these sets my favorites are the special sets which include a commemorative dollar and a run of silver sets introduced in 1992. This is a great market with unlimited potential!


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Thune says EPA move brings 'cow tax' closer to reality; Johnson disagreesSouth Dakota Sen. John Thune thinks a recent government declaration about carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is a step toward the creation of a "cow tax," but South Dakota's other senator, Tim Johnson, disagrees.
By: Seth Tupper, The Daily Republic
South Dakota Sen. John Thune thinks a recent government declaration about carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is a step toward the creation of a "cow tax," but South Dakota's other senator, Tim Johnson, disagrees.
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency declared that carbon dioxide and five other gases, including methane, are a major hazard to Americans' health. The declaration could set the stage for tighter regulations on vehicles, power plants, factories and — according to Thune and some other concerned observers — cattle.
"It would be absolutely disastrous to South Dakota and our economy," Thune, a Republican, said Wednesday.
The EPA estimates that U.S. cattle emit about 5.5 million metric tons of methane per year into the atmosphere, accounting for 20 percent of U.S. methane emissions.
The EPA's new declaration on methane and other gases could set the government down a "slippery slope" toward a permit process for the natural methane emissions of cattle, Thune told reporters on a Wednesday conference call. Such a permit process, according to Thune, would amount to a tax on livestock that he's taken to calling a "cow tax."
Anticipation of the EPA's declaration led Thune and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to introduce legislation in March that would prevent a cow tax. To support his arguments, Thune has often cited numbers from the New York Farm Bureau, which claimed in December that the cost of methane-emission permitting for livestock would be $175 per dairy cow, $87.50 per head for beef cattle and $21.87 per hog.
Julianne Fisher, spokeswoman for Sen. Johnson, a Democrat, issued this statement Wednesday in response to a Daily Republic question:
"The most recent EPA findings on greenhouse gases in no way propose a tax on livestock emissions."
Fisher cited EPA assertions that the new greenhouse-gas declaration does not trigger, mandate or propose any new regulation, and that Congress should be responsible for any action that could be taken under the Clean Air Act.
Thune considers the EPA declaration a backdoor approach to expanding the reach of the Clean Air Act.
"If the Obama administration wants to implement climate-change legislation, they should work with Congress to do this and not find a way to go around the legislative process and use the EPA to implement these new regulations," he said.
South Dakota's lone U.S. representative, Democrat Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, said she would oppose a cow tax but did not comment on whether she thinks it's likely to happen.
"I'm strongly opposed to taxing livestock emissions and will continue to monitor this issue closely in light of last week's announcement from the EPA," she said in an e-mailed response to a Daily Republic question. "The potential implications for agriculture are many, particularly through the increased regulatory burden and potential increase in costs for livestock producers."
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Cool spell slows Alpine Lake Fire temporarily
Aug 16, 2012 - By Christina George, Staff Writer
Wind River Agency spokesman Karl Brauneis said a cold front and some moisture Wednesday helped suppress the Alpine Lake Fire that has scorched 1,342 acres of reservation wilderness since it was discovered nine days ago.
Brauneis said he and other fire monitors opted not to fly over the wildfire Thursday morning to assess growth because of low clouds and reduced visibility.
"There would have been some fire growth yesterday but due to the cool, wet and moist weather we expect no significant fire behavior today," Brauneis said Thursday morning. "We will fly tomorrow and will know more."
There are no firefighters on the ground fighting the blaze due to rugged terrain and safety concerns. The fire is burning lodgepole pine, whitebark pine, spruce and fir in an area about 15 miles up drainage of the Bull Lake Reservoir at 9,000 to 10,000 feet in elevation.
National Weather Service meteorologist Trevor Lavoie said that although there was no precipitation in central Wyoming Wednesday night, humidity continues to rise with dew points Wednesday evening ranging from 70 to 98 percent that has helped limit fire growth.
"The dew point is the measure of how much moisture is in the air, so the lower it is, the drier it is," Lavoie said. "It certainly helped with the recovery actions overnight and will certainly play into the efforts this afternoon as they try to continue to get a handle on it."
He said the fuel in the fire's area is "pretty critical," as the season has been dry.
"This is temporary relief they are certainly going to need. ... But we've got a ridge of high pressure starting to rebuild today, and it will amplify in the northern Rockies through this weekend," he added.
Lavoie said temperatures will stay relatively cool, but it will remain dry for the next four days.
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He said the Wildland Fire Module and Unaweep crew arrived Thursday morning and will also work with local resources and the Bighorn National Forest to assist in training others for similar fires in the future.
In all, 20 individuals will be working on the fire in some capacity.
Brauneis said the five California fishermen evacuated from Alpine Lake earlier this week were transported by helicopter to an outfitter's camp at Saint Lawrence Basin Trailhead. He said the fire was threatening Windy Ridge trail, which is the only route to access the mountain lake as well as Deadman Lake.
Given the area's isolation and that an outfitter governs usage, Brauneis said officials do not believe anyone else is in harm's way.
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Tulsa, Okla. - The 11th-ranked University of Tulsa's men's tennis team dominated the Binghamton Bearcats, 4-0, on a windy Saturday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, en route to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. This marks the third time TU has reached the second round, with its last appearance being in 2006. The Golden Hurricane moved to 22-4 on the season.
Tomorrow at 1 p.m. TU will face in-state rival Oklahoma State Cowboys for the second time this season. In the early meeting, on April 9th at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, Tulsa defeated the Cowboys, 6-1.
The Golden Hurricane took the early 1-0 lead by winning the doubles point handily. The 27th-ranked pair of Andy Connelly and Ross Cunningham won at No. 1, downing Binghamton's top-team of Gregoire Berner and Faisal Mohamed, 8-2. The doubles point was clinched at No. 3 with Will Gray and Alberto Sottocorno defeating Arnav Jain and Moshe Levy, 8-3. This was only the second time this season that Gray and Sottocorno had played together. At No. 2, the 55th-ranked duo of Arnau Brugues and Ricardo Soriano lead 6-5 over Sebastian Dietz and Sven Vloedgraven before the match ended due to the doubles point being decided.
Senior co-captain Connelly gave TU a quick 2-0 lead after smoking Alex Dobrin, 6-0, 6-0. Two-time All-American and 18th-ranked Brugues gave the Golden Hurricane a commanding 3-0 cushion, cruising past Mohamed at No. 1, 6-1, 6-1. Tulsa had multiple players with the chance to close out the match. TU's other co-captain Gray was 5-0 in the second-set, but could not finish off Vloedgraven at the No. 2 position with the matching remaining unfinished, 6-2, 5-3, DNF. Clinching the match was senior Soriano, who dispatched the Bearcats' Levy, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 2. Senior Sottocorno also had a chance to end the match against Dietz at No. 4, 6-3, 5-3, DNF. Also not finishing was Cunningham, who split the first two sets with Jain and ending at 6-3, 4-6, 2-2, DNF.
Head coach Vince Westbrook said of the match and the conditions, "well considering the conditions and the waiting around all day, I thought that we played pretty good. I like how overall we were really mature on how we handled the conditions, because usually these matches with these kinds of wind conditions would be pulled inside and I wanted to be outside. I think the conditions really helped us because they had to hit a lot of balls today, it was not easy and I will actually take this instead of coming out and annihilating this team and then feeling really good about ourselves and then we come out tomorrow and we have not hit enough balls because it has been three weeks that we have been out of competition, so there are a lot of positives we can take from this match today."
The Golden Hurricane will again be in action tomorrow at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center against No. 20 Oklahoma State at 1 p.m. Tickets prices for tomorrow's match are $8 for Adults and $5 for Youth.
#11 Tulsa 4, Binghamton University 0
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AdmissionWhen you are admitted to East Cooper, you will need to present your doctor's orders. If you are covered by a private insurance plan, you will need to bring your insurance cards and claim forms. If you are covered by Medicare or Medicaid, please bring your card with you at the time of admission.
We will be happy to file your health insurance claims for you. If you have not yet satisfied your deductible, we will ask that your deductible amount be paid in advance of your hospital stay.
If you have no hospitalization coverage of any kind, we ask that you make a pre-payment toward your hospital bill. Please call our Admitting Office at 881-0100 ext. 1175 to make any necessary pre-admission arrangements or if you have any questions.
During admission, information will be given to you about payment options. In some cases, patients have several medical treatment options from which to choose. Out-of-pocket expenses may differ depending upon the treatment you choose. Admitting personnel will explain the different financial implications of each choice.
You will also receive information on patient's rights, advance directives, organ donation and Medicare.
The admitting office is open from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. for inpatient admitting and 7 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. for outpatient admitting. After hours, admissions are processed at the registration desk in the Emergency Room.
What to BringYou will need only the minimum of personal items such as gowns, pajamas, robe, slippers and essential toiletry items. Be sure to bring your insurance information such as, your valid insurance card, claim forms, Medicaid or Medicare card. You should bring your own containers for glasses, contact lenses or dentures. Please do not bring valuables with you to the hospital.
During your stay at the hospital, your physician will oversee your care. Therefore, it is not necessary that you bring your prescription medications. These will be provided to you during your stay. However, you should bring a list of medications that you are currently taking and any medication allergies you may have to the hospital and provide it to the nurse upon your admission.
Smoking PolicyEast Cooper is a smoke-free facility. Because of our concern for the health of our patients, visitors, and staff, the use of smoking materials throughout the hospital is prohibited. The only designated area for smoking is on the outside dining patio adjacent to the cafeteria.
Calling Your NurseAll patient rooms are equipped with a nurse call system. A nurse call button is located on the bed rails, and should be used to alert the nurse that you need assistance. A nurse will answer your call light either by the intercom or in person as soon as he or she is available. Upon admission, you and your family will be given instructions on how to use this system.
We encourage you to contact your nurse or your Patient Care Tech by dialing them directly by using the phone number listed on your room bulletin board.
Your Healthcare TeamMany caring people work as part of your health care team. Your physician directs your medical care and prescribes your treatment. Your nursing care is directed by experienced registered nurses that work closely with your physician to care for you. Licensed practical nurses, nursing assistants, technologists and therapists, with extensive training in their fields, are only a few of the skilled personnel who give care, administer and analyze tests, provide rehabilitation and prescribed treatment, take x-rays, plan for your nutritional needs, and plan your discharge. If you have questions about your medical care, please ask your healthcare provider.
HousekeepingOur goal is to provide you with a clean, well-maintained hospital room during your stay. If you would like attention to a particular housekeeping problem, please call the Patient Satisfaction hotline at ext. 4374.
TelephonesAll patient rooms are equipped with telephones. To make a local call dial 9 and then the number. Long-distance calls must be billed to a credit card or you may call collect. For assistance in making a long distance call, please dial "0" for the operator.
Flowers and MailCards and flowers sent by your family and friends to make your stay more pleasant are delivered to your room daily by volunteers. Hospital policy dictates that due to latex allergy precautions, no latex balloons are allowed in the patient's room, mylar balloons only. If the hospital receives mail or flowers after you are discharged, they will be forwarded to your home. Mail should be addressed as follows:
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Getting in and out of bedYour bed may be adjusted to provide upright or reclining positions. To help prevent accidents, please follow these guidelines:
Never get in or out of your bed by yourself unless you have been advised by your doctor or nurse to do so. Please ask your nurse for help if you need it.
Please stay in your bed after you have prepared for sleep. Strange surroundings and sleep medications may cause you to injure yourself if you get out of bed. For help during the night, please use your call button to contact the nursing staff.
Do not attempt to get in or out of a wheelchair by yourself. Please let your nurse help you.
Electrical AppliancesFor the safety of all patients, we ask that if you must use an electrical appliance that is not provided by the hospital, please ask your nurse to contact our Engineering Department to inspect it for safety.
ID BraceletYour patient ID bracelet states your name, hospital number, physician's name, and other important information. In Women's Services, a bracelet is issued to each new mother and one other person of her choosing. Only the mother and this person are allowed to take the baby from the nursery to the mother's room in a bassinet. Please wear your bracelet at all times while you are in the hospital.
Fire Alarms and DrillsDo not be disturbed if you hear an alarm. For your safety, we often check our fire alarm system and staff preparedness. We ask that you and your visitors remain in your room during these drills. If it becomes necessary to relocate patients our staff will inform and help you. Do not use the elevators during a fire drill.
SecuritySecurity is available to you at all times. Escorts to and from your car are available upon request. To report suspicious activity, call the hospital operator by dialing "0". State law prohibits carrying handguns or dangerous weapons on hospital premises.
Hospital Entrances Access to the hospital is available through the Main entrance from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and the Emergency Room entrance 24 hours a day.
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The hospital is not responsible for your valuable items. If you brought items with you such as jewelry, watches, or cash, we encourage you to send them home with a family member. Our nursing staff will help you with this process. We cannot assume responsibility for personal items left in your hospital room.
Please do not wrap glasses, dentures, contact lenses, hearing aids and other items in tissue or place them in basins or medication cups. It is easy to forget them or throw them away.
If you or a family member have lost or found something, please notify your nurse.
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Patient MealsEat well to get well. Because nutrition is an important part of your recovery, our dieticians prepare a variety of menus according to your doctor's instructions. Each day you'll select from a menu for service the next day.
Serving times for patient meals are:
Breakfast 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.Lunch 11:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Dinner 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Visitor DiningThe Hospital cafeteria is open seven days a week. Drinks and Snacks are available from 6:30 am. to 6:00 p.m. Hot meals are served during the following times:
Breakfast 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Dinner 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
A 24-hour vending area is also located on the first floor near the back elevators, offering a selection of cold beverages, coffee and snacks. Coffee and tea are available in the hospital cafeteria, free of charge, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Guest TraysVisitors unable to leave the patient's bedside may request a guest tray. Guest trays must be requested in advance. The cost is $5.00, which must be paid to the hospital's cashier in the cafeteria. Guest trays cannot be charged to a patient's room. Please ask the nurse for help in arranging for a guest tray delivery.
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Visiting HoursGeneral visiting hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Visitation to a patient may be limited at any time upon request of the patient, family and/or the attending physician.
Women's ServicesVisiting hours are between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. unless otherwise approved by the charge nurse or physician. Children under the age of 12 shall not be allowed visitation privileges unless they are siblings.
ICCUCritical Care patients may receive visitors for 15-minute intervals, with visiting times posted on the unit. If there is an emergency in the Critical Care Unit at any visiting time the staff may ask visitors to delay their visit. Visits are limited to family members over the age of 14 and limited to two persons at a time.
Hotel AccommodationsSome local hotels offer discounts for families of patients. For a list of those hotels, please check with the admitting department during business hours and with the nurse after hours.
ChapelThe chapel is located on the first floor adjacent to the lobby and is open 24 hours a day.
Gift ShopThe Gift Shop serves employees, patients and their families. The Gift Shop is managed by the Volunteer Auxiliary and is located in the main lobby. All proceeds from the gift shops benefit the Volunteer Auxiliary and support scholarships in medically related fields and special projects within East Cooper Medical Center.
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Advance Directives/Living WillAdvance Directives are formal documents written in advance of serious illness. These documents state choices for health care or name someone to make these choices for you, should you become unable to make decisions for yourself. Any time you are admitted to the hospital you will be asked if you have an Advance Directive. Through Advance Directives, which include Living Wills, Durable Power-of-Attorney for Health Care and Health Care Surrogates, you can make legally valid decisions about your medical treatment. If you have completed an Advance Directive or Living Will, a copy of these forms can be placed in your medical record here at the hospital.
You should talk to those closest to you about an Advance Directive and your feelings about the health care you would like to receive. A lawyer can answer questions about the law and advise you on how to obtain and complete these documents. You may also contact the hospital's social worker during normal business hours at ext. 2389.
Interpreter ServicesInterpreting services are available for non-English speaking patients. Contact your nurse to obtain interpreter services.
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Case Management/Discharge PlanningYour Case Manager/Discharge Planner will meet with you and/or your family as soon as your discharge needs are determined. They will help you plan your care following your hospital visit. Your Case Manager/Discharge Planner will help you to obtain community resources such as ambulance or other transportation, admission to a rehabilitation center or skilled nursing facility, nursing care in your home, access to necessary equipment, financial counseling, or protective services. You may reach a Case Manager/Discharge Planner at ext. 2920.
Your DischargeYour doctor will decide when you are ready to leave the hospital. Please arrange for a family member or friend to help in your departure from the hospital. Your doctor and nurse will give you instructions about post-hospital care. If you have questions about your diet, activities, or other matters, please ask at this time. Before you leave the hospital, check closets and drawers for you personal items.
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Cavaye Yeguie Djibril and Dr Luis Gomes Sambo discussed AIDS situation in Cameroon.
The Regional Director of the World Health Organisation for Africa, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo was Friday 14 December 2012 guest at the National Assembly. He was granted audience by House Speaker, Cavaye Yeguie Djibril during which they discussed the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in Cameroon which stands at over 4.3 per cent. Talks also centred on strides made in HIV/AIDS.
The august guest said the talks were agreeable but that government and stakeholders need to increase efforts to reduce the incidence of the illness in the country. "We also discussed about the promotion of traditional medicine based on scientific evidence. We know that traditional medicine is also very important within the Cameroonian health system and we discussed in general about health promotion in Cameroon," Luis Gomes disclosed.
Talking about drug resistance and the need for more Cameroonians to have access to drugs, the WHO official said that they are laying emphasis on research. He however expressed satisfaction on steps taken by the government of Cameroon to concretely find what is going on in terms of resistance to anti-retroviral drugs. From research findings he said, they should conduct action in terms of selecting the appropriate medicines and making sure that people's health is protected particularly against the use of fake medicine. He however advised carriers to stay clear of risk factors like drugs and tobacco consumption.
The audience of the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo to House Speaker, Cavaye Yeguie Djibril was part of a three-day working visit of the former to many health related structures in Cameroon. It also coincided with activities marking 50 years of cooperation between Cameroon and WHO.


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Municipal Airport
The Tracy Municipal Airport, has 166 acres used for aircraft parking, taxiways, and runway space. An additional 144 acres are still undeveloped. Click here to see our current Airport Master Plan .
There are two active runways at the airport. Runway (8/26) is aligned east/west and is 3,438 feet long and 100 feet wide. Runway (12/30) is aligned northwest/southeast and because of a displaced threshold, runway 30 has 3,742 available feet for landing and 4,002 available feet for take-off. Runway 12 has 4,002 feet available for both take-off and landing.
Other airport services include: hangar rentals, tiedowns, as well as aviation and jet fuel sales. For hangar sizes and rental rates, click here.
Tracy Municipal Airport is pleased to announce the planned construction of 42 new hangars in the South Hangar Area. To reserve your new hangar, click the link for the Executive Hangar Waiting List Application. The new hangars will feature 42 or 45 foot door openings, concrete slabs, electric bi-fold doors, and End-Units that will include additional work space as well as side-entrance doors.
For airport information:
Ed Lovell
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Airport Details and Information:
- Elevation: 193 Feet (MSL)
- Airport Identifier: TCY
- Runway Lengths:
- 30/12: 4002/3742 feet
- 8/26: 3438/3438 feet
- Landing and Visual aids:
- Runway 30 has a PAPI VASI
- Runway 8 has a VASI PAPI
- Runway 26 has a VASI PAPI
- Good flying weather most of the year, some fog in the winter months.
- Secure perimeter fencing, after hours key pad access.


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Ethan Lee on the State of Linux GamingJuly 12th, 2013 by TimeDoctor
Gnome.org interviewed Ethan "flibitijibibo" Lee about his upcoming keynote speech at the gnome conference, GUADEC:
There seems to be a lot of interest in gaming on Linux at the moment. Why do you think that is?
The surge in Linux gaming honestly looks like the second year of a major console, where all the games suddenly start pouring in and there's finally a reason to buy the darned thing. Except, instead of 2 years, it was more like 20. Hopefully it won't be another 10 years to get to year 3 when the console starts to live a bit more comfortably, but we'll see.
There are definitely other factors to consider in there (Windows 8, perpetual closedness of current console platforms, etc.), but none of that would have really mattered if game devs didn't take that first step of making Linux versions of their games.
They also briefly mention that Ethan is working on a port of Fez to Linux, which is awesome.
Read the full interview at gnome.org.


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WinVlad 2012 - An antidote to well planned and expensive adventure
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Richard Eastham
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Location: Winchester, UK
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Day 0
Well dear reader, I am so sorry to say I lied. There will be no Winchester to Vladivostok trip. Due to work commitments I couldn't actually start the trip…………
…… from Winchester. Instead I had to record the official start of the voyage from Warsash Maritime College. This was due to a calendar mix-up of my own making which resulted in a hastily arrange commitment for me to undertake some lecturing at WMC on Friday morning. I hope you don't mind I can't be bothered to re-name the road report et al, so I hope you forgive me for keeping the original moniker. I was going to nod at Winchester as I passed it going up the M3 at full throttle, but the traffic was so busy and time was so tight, that I was concentrating on filtering safely so I missed it. Anyway, Warsash, Winchester, they both begin with a W and are vaguely near each other.
Instead of a photo recording the vista of Winchester I had to make do with a picture of the flag staff at WMC. Not very exciting but I'll see if I can get something better to record the end at Vladivostok – there's a challenge.
As you can see, I'm taking massive amounts of luggage. I've decided not to bother with any camping equipment (other than a duvet cover).
The alloted day came around all too quickly. It has been such a hectic week, with so many people wishing me well, I've been surviving on a few hours sleep every day all week. Your kind sentiments are gratefully received. I only hope I can get a reasonable distance.
I even had best wishes posted on the blog from Jackie Stuart – what the legend that is one of the greatest racing drivers of all time you may ask? surely not…….well yes, not, as it turns out, it was Stuart and Jackie from next door, but no less encouraging all the same. Thank you.
Despite a hectic day, the only word I can use to describe the proceedings so far is "clumsy",
Clumsy goodbyes for loved ones, who I know love unreservedly in return. The girls are clearly not keen for me to do this trip and I struggle to justify undertaking it. Ideally I would like to quote Thucydides funeral oration of Pericles,
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."
But yes, I would agree that the planning for this trip has hardly given me the clearest vision, and yes, dicking about on a motorbike for a couple of weeks isn't exactly what Pericles had in mind when he thought about the bravery of mankind, but you you ADVriders out there get my drift? It's our one small step for biker-kind......
So girls, Let that be a lesson to you
(I don't know, not even 500 miles on a bike and I'm philosophical already).
Other clumsy moments; clumsy, getting the kit on the bike, resulting in me being late and having to rush for the tunnel crossing, pushing the bike faster than I would have liked, and probably faster than what is good for all that old engineering; clumsy, faffing with the tank bag when filling up, resulting in spilling petrol all over the bike, my leathers and bag; clumsy, not being able to find my ticket reference number for the tunnel automatic check in (yes you were right Liz I should have written it down rather than trusting to the iPod); clumsy not having the satnav set up just right and having to watch the picture constantly jumping between landscape and portrait; and clumsy not seeing the tw*t on the autobahn doing about 200 miles an hour as I about to overtake a lorry just before I got to Duisburg (if you are reading Mr Audi, yes my hand signal does transcend any linguistic interpretation and you were indeed driving like a c*ck).
Everything on the bike feels a bit new and unfamiliar. I'm sure it will all settle down over the next few days. Just need to keep putting things in the best place and remembering where they are. It all just feels a bit odd, I've not settled into a routine yet.
I'm hoping to post photos of people I meet along the way. I met two chaps on the tunnel train. Jim Cam and Leigh Gosling are lifelong friends who kept me amused the whole crossing with biking stories. Jim and Leigh had done a trip around the west coast of the States on fatboy Harley Davidson's for Leigh's 50th. It sounded like they had had a hoot, not least riding through Death Valley with hang-over's and no water. They were going on a touring weekend of France and hoped to include Rouen and Le Mans. They obviously enjoy biking and their enthusiasm struck a chord with me. Although the body may be aging we are all still just 17 years old in our minds. I would say Jim's recounting of doing 64 mph on his motorbike inside the train whilst disembarking is quite a feat.
On the other side of the Channel it rained, so I spent a few hours in a continuous downpour. Unlike the UK section, at least I didn't have to hurry and eventually got to Duisburg.
So here I am in Duisburg, just watching the TV with the athletes parading into the Olympic arena. I've got a pizza in one hand an Beck's Gold in the other. What more can a person need after such a day.
Summary: Day 0 – Warsash to Duisburg
No of miles for the day: 432′
Average Speed: 52 mph
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Istanbul: Memories and the City (2003)
by Orhan Pamuk
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Great impression of Istanbul and its 'hüzün'. Especially, chapter 35 'First love' is simply moving.
I read this book because I wanted to read about Mr Pamuk's family & personal history. Istanbul in itself does not interest me much, but some of the things he wrote about are truly fascinating. He is also a hilarious memoirist, I really enjoyed reading some parts of this book. I did not, however, enjoy reading straight history about Ottoman emperors or reports on what other people said about Istanbul. The only exceptions would be the newspaper columnists & the guy who wrote the Istanbul Encyclopedia. But the other parts of pure history & review almost made me not want to finish the book. Were it not for him turning again to his family & personal story, I probably wouldn't have. I really do prefer him to throw facts out here & there, not all at once. Overall, when he's on, he's on, & I enjoyed most of it. I also loved the photographs & wrote down so many notes in order to further learn about Instanbul & Turkish writers.
Took me forever to read, but the author's writing was addicting, in small doses. The melancholy of living among the ruins of a lost empire was well portrayed, as was the angst of a young man.
This book is a memoir of Istanbul from Orhan Pamuk's perspective. This book is so thorough that I used it when planning a trip to Istanbul. I highly recommend it to anyone traveling to Istanbul or those who want a deep understanding of the city and its citizens.
Pamuk ardently loves Istanbul come what may. His warm abode.A place where his childhood memories are masked in every paved stones and town structures.Fated to this predestined city his aspirations molded into becoming a writer and not an artist.
I'll etch a comprehensive review when my age is equivalent to that of Pamuk's 58 years. On behalf of my 30 years of being on this planet, I vocalize my immense repulse for melancholic reminiscence. I sternly adhere to selective amnesia when it comes to my past barricading the battlegrounds of nostalgia and ruthless gloominess. It sensed similar to one of the obligatory elocutions of "my old days" by an elderly relative at my frightful family reunions or the nerve wrecking yakking with previous acquaintances.
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I was reading Family Research Council President Tony Perkin's newsletter this President's Day in which he and FRC's "resident historian" Bob Morrison wax poetic about George Washington:
"[O]ur first president, the Father of our Country. George Washington has been described as "the gentlest of Christendom's captains."…. Washington was an inspiration to virtually all the presidents who came after him.
Ronald Reagan surely admired George Washington. When Ed Meese, Reagan's loyal lieutenant, was informed several years ago that Americans in an online poll had voted Reagan the greatest of all Americans, Mr. Meese was stunned. "He didn't think so," the former Attorney General said, "Ronald Reagan thought George Washington was the greatest American."
The Father of our Country was also sterile.
At least that's what Nancy Cott, PhD and Jonathan Trumble Professor of American History at Harvard testified during the American Foundation for Equal Right's challenge to Prop 8 testified in District Court. (Professor Cott's testimony begins on page 181 of the transcript of Day One of the Trial.)
Most trial watchers were a little taken aback when she brought up George Washington in response to ProtectMarriage attorney Charles Cooper's contention that procreation is the "central and … defining purpose of marriage." Not really, Cott testified:
"There has never been a requirement that a couple produce children in order to have a valid marriage. Of course, people beyond procreative age have always been allowed to marry. And known sterility or barrenness in a woman has never been a reason not to allow a marriage. In fact, it's a surprise to many people to learn that George Washington, who is often called the father of our country, was sterile."
Others have reported that, too, including this website that looks at th health and medical history of the first president and just how sickly and ill the very tall and "masculine" Washington often was:
"Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759. He was 26. She was a 28 year old widow who had borne four children during her eight year marriage to Daniel Custis [14a]. Yet Martha never became pregnant during her 40-year marriage to Washington. Given her previous fertility,
- it could well be concluded that the difficulty was not in her but in her husband. However, [Washington,] the magnificent athlete, who possessed in abundance every other physical prowess, could not altogether admit to himself that he was sterile. He believed, even when approaching old age, that if Martha died and he became remarried to a "girl," he might father an heir. In the meanwhile, his lack was a grievous one. [7d] –
Given the way the Custis children turned out [More], Washington may have been lucky. The United States may have been lucky, too. The lack of an heir made it difficult to anoint Washington as King, which some elements favored at the time [2c]. There is speculation that the lack of an heir made it difficult for Washington to accept an offer of Kingship [13b].
Given the list of illnesses and ailments Washington endured – including malaria and depression – while he was being such a stunning leader, he really does serve as a beacon of hope for those of us who sometimes just struggle getting through the day.
But if you're interested in how the founders and the new nation dealt with Washington's inability to procreate, you can ask Professor Cott herself when she appears on Thursday, Feb. 24 with AFER's excellent attorney David Boies and the Williams Institute's estimable Research Director M.V. Lee Badgett. They will be discussing "Same Sex Marriage: Past, Present, and Future" from 4:00-6:00pm in the California Room at the UCLA Faculty Center, California Room. Click here to RSVP or for more information.
Also coming up on Monday, Feb. 28 (6:30-8:00 at the UCLA School of Law) is a panel featuring Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, at the US Department of Justice. The topic: Civil Rights Enforcement in the Obama Era. Click here to RSVP.
AND the Williams Institute will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with three days of events from April 7-April 10, culminating with the free 10th Annual Update Conference. Click here for more info.


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In 1974 the northern part was absorbed into the new metropolitan county of West Midlands, and the remainder was merged with Herefordshire (and that last part has more recently become independent again), but this page deals with the county as it was before these changes, but after those, less dramatic but nevertheless numerous, of 1844, when many parishes were added to and many others removed from the county.
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The main county area is divided roughly in two by the River Severn (Britain's longest river), which flows north to south a little to the west of the centre. There is also the River Teme, which enters the county in the west on its way from the mountains of Radnor Forest in Wales through Herefordshire and Shropshire to join the Severn about a third of the latter's way through Worcestershire, and the Warwickshire River Avon (England has two other rivers of that name) comes in from the east, further south and flows through the Vale of Evesham on its way to meet the Severn on the Gloucestershire boundary at Tewkesbury. The smaller River Stour wanders in and out of the county in the north before flowing through Stourbridge to join the Severn some miles above the Teme at Stourport.
Worcestershire contains no major ranges of hills, but has some quite high but small area hills just inside its boundaries, including the very steep-sided ridge of Malvern Hills rising to about 1,400 feet in the south-west, the Clent Hills (just over 1,000 feet) in the north-east, Bredon Hill (just under 1,000 feet) in the south-west, and it includes a little of the steep north-west facing escarpment of the Cotswold Hills (just over 1,000 feet) in the extreme south on the Gloucestershire boundary. By contrast, the land at the southern extremity, near the union of the Avon and Severn rivers, is under 50 feet above sea level. There is also a small range of low hills in the north-west (not named on my map), just across the River Teme from the higher Clee Hills of Shropshire.
The northern part of the county, including the whole of the detached part around Dudley, and the town of Halesowen (which was once in a detached part of Shropshire), is a part of the Black Country, almost entirely urban and heavily industrialised in the 18th and 19th centuries. The industry here was based largely on the readily available local coal, iron and limestone.
The remainder of the county is mainly agricultural, undulating, very fertile land, with scattered towns supporting a variety of industries. The main places are the city of Worcester (glass, china and leather goods), Bromsgrove, Evesham, Great Malvern, Droitwich (salt), Kidderminster (carpets), Redditch (needles) and Stourbridge (glass).
Some idea of the importance some of the various towns can be obtained from their populations in the 1921 census (chosen because I happen to have some of the figures readly available):
Droitwich - 4,588
Dudley - 57,100
Evesham - 8,685
Kidderminster - 27,122
Stourbridge - 18,190
Worcester - 48,848
The Vale of Evesham is famous for its orchards (especially apples, pears and hops), and is also a major centre for growing various vegetables. Cattle and sheep farming is a major (but now declining) activity in the remainder of the county.
Pollen from ancient soils and the results of excavations help us to make an educated guess about the landscape of Worcestershire in prehistory. Up until about 6,500 years ago the area was probably a woodland environment managed by a small group of hunter-gatherers. By this time, the beginning of the Neolithic period, people had started to domesticate animals and grow a few crops, and over the next 2,500 years the land was gradually cleared.
By about 4,000 years ago, the Early Bronze Age, the population had increased considerably and the land particularly in the south east of the county would have been quite open with permanent settlements.
By the Iron Age the landscape was made up of small groups of circular houses within enclosures linked by trackways between small fields. These small farms in the vale were overlooked by tribal centres such as the hillforts on the Malverns and at Bredon. There was a great deal of contact with other parts of the country and the continent at this period.
Romano-British Worcestershire
There is more evidence of how people lived in the Romano-British period (1st to 5th century AD) than for earlier times. In part this is because more of the items used in everyday life were made of materials which survive being buried.
Worcestershire had two towns in the Roman period, Worcester (Wigorna Castra) and Droitwich. These were important industrial and market centres but there is no evidence of the type of civic buildings such as baths associated with Roman towns elsewhere in the country. Some villas are found in the south east of the county but most people lived in scattered farmsteads. The people who farmed the land in this period were descended from the Iron Age inhabitants, although their way of life was influenced by the economic and social changes that nearly 400 years of Roman rule brought about. For example, as time went on there was a change from the roundhouses used in the Iron Age to rectangular buildings. Some of these might have had tiled roofs.
Another change in lifestyle over this period was the increase in the use of pottery for storing, cooking and serving food. This shows that cooking and eating habits were changing. Most of the pottery used in Worcestershire at this time was made at kiln sites in the Malvern area but even in farming communities people were using small amounts of pottery imported from elsewhere in England and the Roman Empire. This imported pottery included Mediterranean forms such as mortaria, bowls used for grinding food, and amphora made for transporting wine and olive oil. It is thought that the population of Worcestershire at this time might have been as high as it was in the mediæval period before the Black Death.
Post-Roman Worcestershire
We know very little about everyday life in this part of Worcestershire between the end of Roman rule (about AD 410) and AD 600 when the area came under pagan Anglo-Saxon influence. No pottery dating to this period has been found. This is probably because wood or leather vessels, which decay when buried, were used for the storage, cooking and eating of food. No coins have been found which indicates that a barter system was probably in use. Many of the people were Christian and so were buried without grave goods. Even the houses of this period are very hard to find archaeologically. This suggests that they were constructed of wood and other organic materials with little or no foundations unlike the more substantial structures of earlier times.
The reasons for this great change in how people lived is not well understood but is probably due to a combination of factors such as the breakdown of society, climatic deterioration and plague. Some of these factors would have resulted in slow changes whilst others, such as plague, would have had a rapid result, but throughout it all it is likely that the inhabitants of Worcestershire would have carried on working the land as they had always done.
The amount of surviving evidence for life in Worcestershire gradually increases after about AD 600. Coins and personal ornaments such as bracelets, brooches and strap ends dating from the 7th to 11th centuries have been found but very little pottery. It is in this period that documentary evidence first becomes really important in our understanding of the landscape. By the 8th century AD we have direct evidence of landmarks in the form of documents which note the boundaries of estates given to and by the church.
The West Saxons took over the area in the sixth century, driving out the Celtic population, only to be replaced themselves 50 years later by the Anglian Hwicce, who established Worcester as their chief military, administrative and religious centre, and the basis for trade with Wales. Their kingdom covered the whole of what we know as Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, plus the southern part of Warwickshire.
Early in the seventh century they were absorbed into the kingdom of Mercia, but maintained a degree of independence as a sub-kingdom until Mercia fell to the invading Danes in the later part of the ninth century. The administrative county of Worcestershire came into being when the Saxon kingdom of Wessex took over the area not long afterwards.
The church was very strong in Worcestershire throughout the mediæval period. Bishop Oswald founded the first great Benedictine monastery in England here in the ninth century, the first of many monasteries to be created in the county. The Franciscans and Dominicans settled in Worcester, Benedictines in Evesham and Malvern, Cluniacs in Dudley and Austin Friars in Droitwich. The Domesday Book shows that over half the county (700 hides out of 1,200) belonged to the church in 1086, compared with only 175 out of about 1,135 in neighbouring Warwickshire.
This had the great benefits for the inhabitants in that they were saved from the upheavals of takeover by Norman lords and later depredations of the robber barons during the unstable years of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The county was the site of one major battle in those days, however, when the future Edward I defeated Simon de Montfort, who died in the battle at Evesham in 1265. However, it led to major changes later when Henry VIII abolished the monasteries.
In the seventeenth century Worcestershire saw a number of battles and skirmishes in the Civil Wars between King and Parliament. The final decisive battle took place at Worcester in 1651, when Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentary army ended the second Civil War in beating Charles II's Scottish army and forcing the young king into exile.
A few years later Huntington Court in Worcestershire was the base from which the (in)famous Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament was hatched, and where the conspiritors returned briefly after its failure.
Thereafter Worcestershire remained clear of wars and violence, until the bombing of the industrial north of the county during World War 2. That same northern area was at the heart of the industrial revolution 150 years or so earlier, when the Black Country became known as the Workshop of the World, and atmospheric pollution reached heights never seen before or since. Mines, quarries and slag heaps defaced the land and people flocked to move from the depressed agricultural areas to live in the slums thrown up around the new factories.
Today the air is relatively clean, the slums have been swept away, and Worcestershire is a quite pleasant, reasonably prosperous, place for a modern genealogist to visit.
As with other counties, the first resource to look at should be the GENUKI pages.
Worcestershire comes within the area covered by the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry, which is the local family history society.
Worcestershire Lookup Exchange is a list of volunteers willing to do free lookups, as and when they have time, in resources they happen to have available to them.
The main place in Worcestershire to consult records such as parish registers, wills, newspapers, etc. is The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester, WR1 3PB, which is the Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service. For up to date opening hours and services available it is probably best to consult their Opening Hours web page.
The Midmarch mailing list covers Worcestershire and a number of neighbouring counties. To subscribe send a message containing just the word:
to MIDMARCH subscribe.
The 1842 Pigot's Directory for Worcestershire has been transferred to CD-ROM, and is available from The Society of Genealogists Bookshop.
Looking4kin offers free membership of a chat room for Worcestershire researchers, as well as similar resources for other areas.
There is a book available for download entitled A History of Kiddiminster by Rev John Richard Burton, published 1890, which contains among many other interesting topics a transcript of the parish register of Kiddiminster parish church as an appendix. However, it must be noted that there are some oddities about it, in that some known records are omitted and the supplied index to the early part (only) of it seems to omit all the entries actually included while listing many names which are not there! The pdf file is, however, searchable, so names can be found that way wherever in the book they may occur.
Victoria County History of Worcestershire (5 vols, 1901-1926)
F.T.S. Houghton: Little Guide: Worcestershire (Methuen, 1922, 3rd edition 1952 revised by M. Moore)
However, for completeness sake, if the place meets the first criterion but fails on one or more of the others, then it will at least appear here as a heading, so the reader will have some idea which places may "get the treatment" at some time in the future.
It is situated in a surprisingly rural area roughly midway between Halesowen and Stourbridge (which are less than four miles apart), and appears to consist of three farms. One of the farms (Grange Farm) has recently gone out of business, and both the farmhouse and barns have been converted to flats and new houses. The second (Whitehouse Farm) is still operating (the farmer told me now growing grain and potatoes and providing grazing for horses, but until quite recently a cattle farm), but its barns have also been sold and converted to houses, as have those of Four Elms Farm.
I suspect it was once a larger, more important place, because it possessed two mills at one time.
This map (4,264 bytes) of the south and central parts of the Black Country shows the location of Lutley (near the south-east corner).
The groom may also have been born in Netherton. His 1863 birth certificate gives the address as Cinder Bank, Dudley, but I find that this is the main road from Dudley to Netherton, and runs right into the centre of the latter, and Netherton is (and was then) administratively a part of Dudley.
This map (4,264 bytes) of the south and central parts of the Black Country shows the location of Netherton in the detached part of Worcestershire, between Dudley and Halesowen.
|My wife's great great great grandfather Thomas Glazzard was born here in 1757.
The bells in the last photo were taken down relatively recently for safety reasons. The biggest, nearest to the camera, was cast in 1681, the furthest one from the camera in 1669 and the middle one in 1627.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images
The following have provided information which I have paraphrased on this page:
C.R.J Currie and C.P.Lewis: A Guide to English County Histories (Sutton Publishing Ltd., 1994), ISBN 0-7509-1505-6.
A. Room: Dictionary of British Place Names (1988), ISBN 1 85605 1775.
A.D. Mills: A Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford University Press, 1991, revised 1995), ISBN 0-19-869156-4.
Whitakers Almanack, 1923.
Encyclopædia Britannica
F.T.S. Houghton: Little Guide: Worcestershire (Methuen, 1922, 3rd edition 1952 revised by M. Moore)
R. Bryan: Worcestershire chapter in The English Counties (ed . C.E.M.Joad, published by Odhams Press Ltd., 1949 reprint)
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Thanksgiving Dressing Cups
This is my last post for the week, as the Thanksgiving craze is almost in full swing (and I imagine a lot of you will be off traveling somewhere, or getting ready for your own feasts). I want to wish you all a wonderful, scrapeworthy Thanksgiving with lots of plate licking and scraping, good food, and great company.
Given my mini bacon and egg toast cups, it shouldn't be a surprise that I'm kind of obsessed with making things in muffin tins. Thanksgiving dressing cups are no exception. It's the perfect serving portion and they are just too darned cute. Here's how:
This is more "preparation instructions" than a recipe, as to be honest, my dressing recipe changes every year depending on what my mood is and what looks good at the market. For this particular batch, I did some pancetta, plenty of celery and leeks, kale, and parmesan. But other great things to put in dressing are apples, chestnuts, sausage, and so on.
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- Get your bread cubes stale by either leaving them out overnight or drying them out in an oven, crouton style.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Prep your muffin tin by rubbing the wells with butter or spraying with oil.
- Mix the bread cubes with your desired add-ins. Pancetta, sauteed celery, sauteed onion, apples, sausage, whatever. Taste a big spoonful to make sure it's seasoned properly (and take into account the saltiness of your chicken stock).
- Add in the chicken stock or broth, and divide the mixture evenly into your muffin tins. It should look like the muffin tins have too much liquid in them, but with dressing, it always gets soaked up by the time you're done baking it.
- Really compact the dressing into the muffin tins well, that way they come out of the pan easily and don't fall apart. I just squish it down with my fingers.
- Bake for about 40 minutes.
- To remove from the pan, I like to twist the cups and then pop them out. Or you can run a knife along the edges. Enjoy!
Have a great Thanksgiving and I'll see you on Monday with a new recipe!
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Such a great idea! This makes for a fun presentation and I'm sure tastes delicious. Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! Since it is the season of giving thanks, I'd like to thank you, Joanne, for sharing your talents and skills with us. It has been a pleasure to read your blog and learn from you this last couple of months.
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I love stuffing in muffin cups. The best part is the crispy part and you get that in almost every bite in muffin cups. Your stuffing looks really good! I love the idea of pancetta in it. I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving!
We did this last year and it works so well. They cook faster, the center doesn't stay soft and the edges burned. You get these nice crisp edges. Thanks for the shout out, you're too kind. Have a great Thanksgiving Joanne!
Very creative here, this looks like a great method to prepare in these little cups. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
Great idea to put these in individual servings for the busy day. Happy Turkey day to you!
Happy Thanksgiving! I've seen these done before and I think it's brilliant! This looks truly scrape worthy!
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
What a fantastic idea! I could make these year round as a method to use up little bits of this and that in the fridge or cups using Thanksgiving leftovers! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Cute, Simple and Great Recipe!
Excellent recipe Joanne, as usual.
Happy Thanksgiving…!!!
Cool idea. Have a great Thanksgiving!
What a great idea ! Just love the different flavor and texture 😉 Looks gorgeous , too !
I am sorry I was not able to see this before, but I am definitely making them for a brunch I am giving. They are soooo cool.
I would really like to try to make this, how much bread and how much stock should be used.
Hi Sharae, Stuffing/dressing is kind of tricky because the amount of stock you need depends greatly on how stale or old the bread is. The staler it is, the drier it is, so the more stock it will need. What I would do is find a stuffing/dressing recipe you like and make adjustments from there. If the stuffing is too moist,the cup won't hold its shape, so just bake it for a little bit longer. It's kind of a guessing game but if you just take it out and touch it to see if it holds well or not, it should be very doable. Good luck and let me know if you have any more questions!
I just ran across so,e of your recipes and copied them down! They look so good so I plan on making them ASAP to make sure I have them right by thanks giving!
They all look so simple but so good! Thank You! Have a nice day!


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