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It's been one year since Millikin publicly launched "Transform MU," a five-year, $85 million capital campaign, with an announcement that more than $25 million had already been contributed by alumni, parents, community leaders and friends of the university. Since that time, an additional $22 million has been pledged to the campaign, including an $11.5 million commitment made in late March, the largest such commitment in the history of the university (see next page for complete details).
The "Transform MU" campaign seeks funding to revitalize the east side of Millikin's 75-acre campus through planned renovations and expansions to two existing campus buildings, construction of a new university center and enhancing athletic facilities. Other goals include increasing support for The Millikin Fund, the university's endowment, faculty development and student scholarships.
"The response we have received to this transformational campaign thus far has been exceptional," says Peg Luy, vice president for alumni and development and a 1975 Millikin graduate. Luy leads the staff members who work with volunteers to coordinate fundraising efforts.
The campaign's steering committee is co-chaired by Millikin Trustee Dr. Stephen Huss, a Decatur orthopaedic surgeon, and Emeritus Trustee Mike Waller '63, retired publisher and CEO of The Baltimore Sun. Doug Oberhelman '75, CEO of Caterpillar Inc., serves as honorary chairman.
Learn more about the campaign at www.millikin.edu/transform or call toll-free to 1-877-JMU-ALUM (568-2586).
Transformational $11.5 million to help fund three priorities
On March 28, Caterpillar Inc. Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman '75 joined then Millikin Interim President Peggy Luy, also '75, to announce an investment of up to $11.5 million in the "Transform MU" campaign, the largest such investment in Millikin's history.
The investment, made both by the Caterpillar Foundation and personally by Doug Oberhelman and his wife, Diane, will support creation of a new university center that will house the Oberhelman Leadership Development Center, help renovate Millikin's oldest residence hall to create a center for international education and double the number of students supported by the university's Long-Vanderburg Scholars Program for minority students.
"One of the things that I remember so well from my time at Millikin is the spirit and confidence that was instilled in all of us – that we could go anywhere and do anything we wanted," said Doug Oberhelman, who is honorary chair of the "Transform MU" campaign steering committee. "Throughout my career, I've had the opportunity to travel the world and to hold a variety of jobs, and I've carried those early lessons from Millikin with me every step of the way. Diane and I are personally committed to the university's ongoing success and to making sure future Millikin graduates have the opportunity to thrive both personally and professionally."
"Millikin has enjoyed a long and successful partnership with Caterpillar, extending back nearly six decades to 1955 when the company made its first investment in the university," Luy said at the announcement. "We are tremendously grateful for the generous support that Caterpillar has demonstrated to Millikin through the years, and this investment will do much to further our mission of preparing students to be confident, inspired global citizens by providing expanded opportunities for leadership development and international education."
The $7 million investment from the Caterpillar Foundation, consisting of a $3.5 million core investment plus a $3.5 million challenge matching grant, will be supplemented by a $3.0 million personal donation and a $1.5 million challenge matching grant from the Oberhelmans.
"Caterpillar has hired hundreds of Millikin graduates through the years, including Doug Oberhelman, a Caterpillar employee since shortly after his graduation from Millikin in 1975," Luy said. "Doug is one of the finest examples of how the unique performance-learning attributes of a Millikin education give rise to graduates who have the confidence to not only succeed, but thrive. He fulfills Millikin's mission to attain professional success, democratic citizenship in a global environment and a personal life of meaning and value. The Oberhelmans' commitment will help ensure that the same solid foundation Doug received at Millikin is available for future generations."
Funding Plans
Creation of the Oberhelman Leadership Development Center - $6.5 million
Total funding to create the Oberhelman Leadership Development Center on the second floor of the new University Center includes a $3.5 million challenge matching grant by the Caterpillar Foundation to match donations made by Caterpillar employees and retirees, as well as $3 million donated personally by the Oberhelmans, for a total gift of $6.5 million. The proposed center will be home to more than 100 student leadership organizations, including student government, Greek life and the multicultural student council. Emerging and seasoned student leaders will have the opportunity to share their resources and practice leadership, management, marketing and technical skills. The new Center will include student organization and development areas, collaboration rooms and three flexible laboratory areas.
Creation of a new Center for International Education - $3 million
The Caterpillar Foundation has also committed $3 million to help create a new center for international education through the renovation of Aston Hall, originally built in 1907. The proposed center will complement the academic experience, offering a variety of cultural, educational, social and recreational programs for students. The Center will provide residence hall space for up to 70 international and domestic students, faculty offices, a lecture/conference hall, two "smart" classrooms and a resource room.
Challenge gift for donors to the new University Center - $1.5 million
The Oberhelmans have also committed to a $1.5 million personal challenge matching grant for potential donors to the new University Center.
Expansion of the University's Long-Vanderburg Scholars Program - $500,000
The Caterpillar Foundation is also investing $500,000 in MU's Long-Vanderburg Scholars program, which recognizes high scholastic achievement among historically underrepresented students by providing scholarship support and development opportunities. The program will double from 60 to 120 students in a four-year period and be renamed the Long-Vanderburg Caterpillar Scholars program.
The $85 million "Transform MU" campaign was launched in May 2010 and will revitalize the east side of Millikin's campus, as well as make significant advances in creating new student scholarships, increasing endowment and faculty development funds, and improving infrastructure. To date, the campaign has raised more than $47 million dollars.
For more information, visit the campaign website at www.millikin.edu/transform.
You may have noticed a new Millikin logo on many of the university's recent publications. The familiar sketching of Shilling Towers, used since 1994, is replaced by the Millikin seal. The words "Millikin University" are in a sleek, modern typeface. It's all part of a new visual package for the university, but it goes much deeper than that. It relates to the brand.
Just like a soft drink or a car company, Millikin is a brand. People make decisions based upon their impressions of and experiences with a brand each time they are "loyal" to a favorite coffee or sports team. For Millikin, the collective perceptions of prospective students, alumni, trustees, community members and employees define the Millikin brand. In other words, if Millikin was a person, the brand would be the unique attributes, values and personality characteristics that set it apart from every other person in the room.
Why does a university
need to "define its brand"?
Life is noisy and complicated. It can be very difficult to make the right choice in the cluttered field of marketing and advertising surrounding you 24/7. Searching for a college forces students to rely on their brand experiences to inform their choices.
We know that not every student is a "Millikin student." Defining our brand is how we help students determine if the Millikin fit is the right fit for their college experience. Defining what MU is and what it is not is absolutely necessary for this process.
How did Millikin define its brand?
Working with Jump Company, a national brand-development agency cofounded by Jon Tiede '92, we engaged in a three-year effort involving focus groups of Millikin constituents in every category and a thorough analysis of the results. In the end, it was affirming to see that the results confirmed the gut feelings we'd had all along.
So what is Millikin's brand?
There are a couple of ways to define it. To use one word, it's THRIVE.
Thriving is what Millikin students typically do, both during and after their Millikin experience. It's a result of Millikin's approach to offer aspiring students of all majors the chance to build their confidence through a unique concept we call "performance learning." Time and time again, students are given the chance to actually gain practical, hands-on experience in their fields of study that goes beyond simulation and embraces reality – such as letting business students successfully manage a $100,000 university investment fund (they are beating the current rate of return, by the way).
Performance learning is a concept that takes Millikin's mission and its 1901 origin – to be a place where the theoretical and practical exist side by side – one step further. Because practice is not enough to be prepared for today's work world, we've raised the bar to performance level. Specifically, it's a promise to our students to "ignite a life of meaning and success through the power of preparation by performance."
This is a promise that our students have lived every day for generations, and now we have the tools to help future students better understand it.
by Sarah Shupenus
As of April 1, Millikin's new president is on the job and ready to take the wheel as a man who has a reputation for getting things done.
As president for 10 years at his previous institution, Texas Wesleyan, Dr. Harold G. "Hal" Jeffcoat successfully overcame the challenge of inheriting a university in financial crisis and on probation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, its accrediting body. At the end of the first two years under his leadership, the budget was balanced, the school was off probation and significant strides had been made in the areas of technology, business practices and athletics. Progress continued for the next eight years and when Jeffcoat stepped down as president in spring 2010, he anticipated taking a sabbatical and then teaching some classes at his former university.
"Without question, he made truly significant contributions during his decade at Wesleyan," Dan Boulware, Wesleyan trustee, said in the fall 2010 Wesleyan magazine. "He brought vision and focus to Wesleyan when we needed it most. He stabilized the financials, ensured proper accreditation and then went to work breathing new life into a once-tired campus."
"During those 10 years, we completed 22 total building projects along with the day-to-day running of the university," Jeffcoat says. "It was a tough 10 years. I was fatigued and ready to relax a bit. No one at Wesleyan believed I would really retire."
In fact, it was one of those unbelieving Wesleyan vice presidents who contacted him about the presidential position at Millikin.
In Millikin, Jeffcoat saw a university that had none of the issues he'd faced at Texas Wesleyan, and instead was moving forward from a position of strength.
"I had other opportunities, but Millikin attracted me," Jeffcoat says. "One of its great strengths is the university's track record of preparing students for careers or graduate school. That's a tremendous advantage over other schools who can't make that claim. The credentials of the faculty are very strong, and the leadership of the institution was extraordinary, from the board of trustees to previous president Doug Zemke. All those key indicators to me were very positive."
Jeffcoat and his wife, Marie, confirmed their observations with an unannounced visit to campus while en route to Chicago for an interview with Millikin's search committee.
"We were taking the temperature of the campus and community," Marie Jeffcoat says. "We sort of milled around, talked to waitresses in restaurants about Millikin, that sort of thing. Everyone was very positive, and that warmed us to the institution and the area right away."
In April, Barry Pearson, the university's vice president for academic affairs, told the Decatur Herald & Review that Jeffcoat brings infectious energy to the job and prizes collaboration.
"One of the things that you want in a president is someone you can be very direct and honest with, and he's very much that way," Pearson told the newspaper.
Honesty is also what Jeffcoat sees as a key element in the development of a new strategic plan for the university, one of the first items on his agenda following the upcoming completion of the current strategic plan.
"We need to evaluate how the previous plan has done," he says. "We need to be completely honest with ourselves on how we measure up to competition and what we need to move forward."
Jeffcoat also would like to see an increased focus on accessibility for students as a major component of the plan, specifically through building the scholarship endowment to help qualified students achieve their dreams of a
Millikin education.
"I want every student who can perform academically to be able to come to Millikin," Jeffcoat says. "I am very student focused toward ensuring accessibility to higher education and providing the elements that students need to succeed."
Chief among those elements is hiring and retaining engaged and committed faculty and staff at Millikin.
Jeffcoat personally knows the value of a caring and challenging faculty and staff. As an undergraduate at the University of South Florida, more focused on having a career in major league baseball than the college experience, his life was changed by a professor named Jim Swanson.
"What he did was really extraordinary," Jeffcoat says. "He took me aside one day and told me, 'there's more to you than just being a professional athlete. You need to discipline yourself to be a better student.'"
Swanson became a mentor for the unfocused student and showed Jeffcoat how to concentrate on his studies. It opened up options he never would have considered otherwise.
"Had I not met Jim Swanson, I would not have had a 34-year career in higher education and I would not be president of Millikin today," he says. "He went out of his way to help a student along his life path." Jeffcoat went on to complete his bachelor's and master's degrees in American history at USF, followed by his doctorate at the University of Kentucky and a law degree from the University of Leicester School of Law. He has worked at eight institutions of higher learning, including Purdue and the University of Missouri, Columbia.
"Every single faculty member at Millikin has Jim Swanson in them," he says. "It's the part of them that conveys to the students that they have value, they have worth. The heart and soul of an institution is primarily its faculty and staff, because a staff member can also intervene and engage a student to show they care about the students they are serving. I see it happen every day."
He'll have a close-up view of those life-changing events inside and outside the classroom. The Jeffcoats will be living in the Huss House, the university's former guest house, and look forward to the increased opportunities for attending campus activities as a result of living right next door.
"We asked to live there," Jeffcoat says. "It's great to have that access. I think it's important that a president take a highly visible part in the life of the institution."
That focus on involvement also extends to the Decatur-area community.
"The office of the president needs to be engaged with the area," Jeffcoat says.
"You can't be a good leader for Millikin by staying ensconced in the corner office."
A study by officials of Millikin and the Decatur School District could turn Dennis Elementary School into a lab school for Millikin students. The school, which serves students from kindergarten through sixth grade, is located only a few blocks from campus in the historic West End of the city.
"Driving this is Millikin's desire to continue playing a role in improving the West End neighborhood," Barry Pearson, vice president for academic affairs, told the Decatur Herald & Review. "We've done a lot of work with the city to streetscape and other things. We just see this as a continuation of our effort to find a way to partner with another strong Decatur entity, and that's Decatur public schools."
Both the school district and Millikin officials see this as a possible win-win
scenario, with MU students gaining real-world teaching experience and observation in a nearby location, and Dennis students benefiting from increased exposure to the university setting through cross-visits.
The issue is currently under study and a decision is expected sometime this summer. If the lab school concept is approved, it will be implemented in fall 2012.
Last fall, we asked you to share the soundtrack to your Millikin experience, and many of you responded with your fondest memories of songs that take you back to your college years.
In her time at Millikin, Barbara Kauppala Miraftabi '67 of Lappeenranta, Finland, recalls "The Twist" as the most popular dance music, while "The Sound of Music" brings back memories of performing with other Millikin students at a nearby nursing home. This memory later inspired her to teach "The Sound of Music" to the children at the First Presbyterian Church for their spring show when she was their choir director.
She also remembers "I'm in Love with a Big Blue Frog" by Peter, Paul, and Mary because it surged to popularity during the civil rights movement in the 1960s, when Miraftabi was an active supporter of Friends of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
"I was just finishing at Millikin and moving on to graduate school," she says.
Miraftabi's generation may have twisted through school, but Sara Ray Helmus '03 and her group of New
Hall 3 girlfriends (pictured below at Helmus' wedding) fell in love with "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega, their theme song during fall 1999.
"We would gather in a room and start dancing on the desk chairs (which was hard to do because they were rockers), beds, floor and out into the hallway," she says. "We even watched the video over and over again to learn the dance that goes in the middle. Why a bunch of women fell in love with a song about a man who switches from woman to woman, I don't know. All I know is that we have played it at all six of our wedding receptions."
In spring 1974, Ellen Radcliffe Woods '77 stayed behind to attend her then-boyfriend's graduation, after her friends and roommate left for summer break. While the campus was sunny, quiet and virtually deserted, her Walker Hall room bumped with the beats of "Horse with No Name" from her stereo.
"I always picture that moment when the dorms were silent except for that song," she says.
Woods has been married to that boyfriend, Michael Woods '74, for 35 years.
For Don Hildebrand '50, his favorite musical memory occurred during a Chapel program in 1948 or 1949, when "a guest student musical group, I believe, from Illinois Wesleyan University, performed a choreographed version of the then current pop song, 'Rag Mop,' complete with one of the singers wearing a rag mop on his head and other places. It was a refreshing hilarious performance in contrast to most of the Chapel's serious events."
And last, but not least, Christine LaPorte '07 remembers her times as an active Millikin Tri-Delta every time she hears "American Pie" on the radio.
"We sang it at every Tri-Delta dance at the top of our lungs! I still call my sisters whenever I hear it on the radio," she says.
The tradition lives on today, but do you remember when that song became a Delta tradition? Perhaps Tri-Delta sisters from the 1970s (when the song first became a hit) recall when it became a fixture at dances.
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Our thanks to Russell Estes '50 for correspondence detailing his experiences in 1948-49 with the Joe Bearden Dance Band.
Along with a letter, Estes sent a photo and a CD of the band's music, featuring "Too Old to Dream," "Autumn in New York," "Portrait of Jeannie" and "Disc Jockey Jump." The CD is now a part of the Staley Library archives.
Although Estes didn't recall the names of all the band members, he did identify the following musicians, five of whom were Millikin students at the time: Jack Eddie, trumpet; Russell Estes '50 and the late Elmer Sampson '51, trombone; George Holland '50, tenor saxophone; Kenneth Wiley and the late Bruce Hayden '51, alto saxophone; Emile Hatton, baritone saxophone and the band's leader and organizer, the late Joe Bearden '49.
Referencing an article in the spring 2010 issue of Millikin Quarterly, Estes wrote, "Being a graduate from 1950, I was pleased to receive the [Millikin Quarterly] that included a story about the jazz program in the music department that was created in 1960. It brought back many memories of my time in the music department, the tremendous opportunity to study trombone with Professor Howard Akers, being advised by Dean Ploenges and playing in a jazz band/dance band …
"It is always a tremendous pleasure to receive information about Millikin. I spent many happy and challenging days, months and years there."
Will you accept the challenge?
An anonymous donor has issued a spring challenge to Millikin alumni and friends, offering to double the impact of their gifts by matching all new gifts to the Millikin Fund through June 30.
The Millikin Fund helps provide general scholarship support for deserving students, which could be especially beneficial in the wake of potential MAP funding decreases at the state level and Pell grant decreases at the federal level.
"Giving to the Millikin Fund is easier than ever," says Associate Director of Development Mandi Podeschi '03, noting that donors may make a one-time or recurring credit card gift through the secure giving site at www.millikin.edu/alumni/makeagift.
Recurring credit card gifts allow donors to spread out gifts on a weekly, monthly or yearly automatic basis.
Donors may also opt to make a gift of stock or securities, or donate through a monthly EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) withdrawal.
"Some companies match employees' donations, so the impact of an individual's gift could be even more significant," Podeschi says. "Employees should check with their human resources office to see if that applies at their company."
For more information about the matching gift challenge or making a gift to the university, call the alumni and development office toll-free at 1-877-JMU-ALUM (568-2586). Locally, dial 424-6383.
Creating student scholarships is an important priority of Millikin's five-year "Transform MU" capital campaign launched last May. In fact, within the $85 million overall campaign total, Millikin set a goal of raising $10 million to endow student scholarships.
Less than a year later, that amount has been surpassed, with $11.6 million donated toward new or existing scholarships as of this March.
"Our alumni and friends understand the personal impact these scholarships have on our students," says Peg Smith Luy '75, vice president of alumni and development. "In an era marked by a struggling economy and uncertainty of the status of state and federal grants for college students, scholarship support for worthy students has never been more needed or appreciated."
When possible, scholarship recipients thank donors in person on campus through luncheons hosted by the alumni and development staff (see upper right). Many also write letters of thanks to those individuals and organizations who help fund their education. For example, in a letter to her scholarship donors, junior Kristin Shepherd of Springfield, Ill., says: "Without the aid I have received from you, I would be unable to continue my education and pursue the career of my dreams."
Shepherd is active in several campus organizations and plans to teach elementary students.
To learn more about establishing a scholarship at Millikin, call us toll-free at 1-877-568-2586.
Scholarships can honor, memorialize individuals
More than 300 endowed scholarships have been established at Millikin, usually in honor or memory of individuals who are special to the donor. During the 2009-10 academic year, $2.36 million in scholarships was awarded to 641 worthy students. At Millikin, a new scholarship can be established with a gift of $10,000, which may be given in increments over a period of time.
Scholarships established during the last fiscal year include The William T. Eichenauer Scholarship Fund. Preference is given to a student(s) studying in the entrepreneurship program in the Tabor School of Business. In the event that no student meeting the criteria is available, the scholarship may be awarded to any deserving business student. The scholarship was established by Bill's wife, Nancy Fisher Eichenauer '53, and friends to honor his memory. A 1951 Millikin graduate, Bill served on MU's board of trustees and was chairman for the Millikin Fund and the centennial celebration committee, as well as numerous other positions. He was named Millikin's Alumnus of the Year in 1996 and was a member of the Millikin Medallion Society, which honors those individuals who made the greatest positive impact on the university during its first 100 years.


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George Clooney's girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis found a better dress for last night's The Men Who Stare At Goats screening at the London Film Festival than that brown bomber she wore to The Fantastic Mr. Fox the night before. Too bad the dress didn't want to find her.
"I just want to walk up to her and yank up the bodice a few inches and hand her some boob tape," says Go Fug Yourself about the loose-fitting number. With Elisabetta so cool and composed (watch her avoid Clooney's kiss in the gallery below—she's wearing lipstick, George!), we can't even tell if she wanted the help. Thankfully, Clooney third film at the fest, Up In The Air, doesn't show til Sunday, leaving plenty of time to buy whatever tape she needs.
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Black Swan, the holiday film we've all been waiting for, is coming out next week and to get you ready, here's more upsetting news about Mila Kunis's Black Swan weight loss. Though Mila's spoken about their punishing ballet routines before, now she admits that weeks of intense practice drove her weight down to a minuscule 95 lbs. Meaning she lost, what, three pounds? We gained that much just looking at pictures of pie online this morning.
Says Kunis, "My mom freaked out, She was like, 'You have to promise me this isn't going to affect you.' I was like, 'I promise it won't, but it might take me a little time to be OK with having a little more fat on me.'" After seeing the toll the movie took on her body, Mila had to admit, "I could see why this industry is so f****d up, because … I would literally look at myself in the mirror and I was like, 'Oh my God!' I had no shape, no boobs, no ass … all you saw was the bone. I was like, 'This looks gross.'" Ew, that'd be like looking in the mirror each morning and seeing a left-over Halloween decoration. Or Rachel Zoe.
However, despite the fact that Mila had the sensual appeal of a coat rack during filming, she claims her Black Swan sex scene with Natalie Portman is still going to everything we hoped for. Says Kunis, "In real life, I looked disgusting, but in photographs and on film, it looked amazing." The magic of movies! In real life those ladies might look like two broomsticks tumbling around in a cement mixer; on screen they look like $12.50 well-spent (does not include popcorn/soda expenses). [Photo: Getty Images]


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I happened across another entry that needs corrected when you get a chance. Thanks! Neva's 2nd husband was Harry B. Loy, not "Harold William Loy." The link on her page to Harry B. shows as it should be. Harry was my grandma's first cousin. He told me his name was just "Harry" (not Harold) and the B. didn't stand for anything.
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Hey John and Diane!
Been awhile since I last spoke with you. Just noticed this entry needs some "tweaking". Back in 1980s, the "older generation" told me Thomas' middle name was Moore. Around 2000, someone emailed me they'd heard the name was "Matthew". But BLM records from 1835 for his land in Jasper Co., IL give full name as "Thomas Moore Loy". Besides, his son was Thomas Moore Loy, Jr.
His gravestone appears to be in error regarding death date. The 1868 Effingham County court records, where he died intestate, gave his death as 1 March. My hard copies are in storage, but I believe even the court proceedings began before death date given on stone. I've yet to check for a newspaper obituary for additional documentation.
Although Thomas served in Blackhawk War in 1832 as 2nd Corp under Capt. Peter Warren, he didn't serve in the Civil War. The Thomas M. Loy that served in Co. I, 71st Ill. Inf was *age 24* at his 1862 enlistment. (The IL State Archives has online roster of soldiers from this unit and their physical statistics.) This Civil War soldier Thomas M. Loy was actually Thomas S. Loy, son of Joseph C. and Rachel (Sharp) Loy. Thomas S. served in this unit along with his brother John Henry Loy (1839-1913), my grandma's grandfather. Also serving in that unit were two sons of Thomas Moore Loy, Sr: George W. and John Matthew G. Loy. Thomas Moore Loy, Jr was only 13, too young to serve. In the 1850 census, Thomas S. Loy was listed as Thomas M. Loy-- he used middle initial M in other early records, too, making me believe this was his birth name. Perhaps to simplify the confusion, he later began using middle initial S. Just my wild guess, but perhaps when Thomas S. died, the free marker the US Govt provided had the original "M" initial and it had to be redone. Rather than waste a good marker, Thomas S.'s family might have given it to Uncle Thomas Moore Loy's family, though he didn't serve. At least initials matched!
Regarding Thomas Moore Loy Sr.'s sons George W. and John M.G.--I lost trace of them after their being mentioned in their paternal grandfather's 1869 estate records. I was told that George W. Loy was buried next to Thomas and Susannah, with no dates. Also, Thomas and Susannah's youngest son Henry J. ("Harry") (b. 1864-d. after 1869 mention in paternal grandfather's estate) was also said to be buried next to Thomas and Susannah, with no dates. From what I understood, both sons' graves had small markers, so not unmarked. But I didn't see any entries for them from your Loy Cemetery postings.
Finally, an FYI. I think submitter of Thomas Moore Loy Sr photos has the wrong Thomas M. Loy. If photos were identified as a Thomas M. Loy, it's more likely Thomas Moore Loy, Jr. Cabinet cards weren't widely used in the US until the 1870s and not really that popular until the 1880s.
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Could you please transfer this memorial to me #59200513? He is my Uncle, my mom's brother. I am trying to maintain all the family. Thanks so much. Barbara
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Thank you for transferring John Crabb's memorial. I am grateful.
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Hi, Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your quick response to update requests and the fact that you provide a blurb on the source and with no source a like to the provider of the information. There have been many times when I can't find where someone got the information and all I have is an opportunity to contact the provider of the memorial. Just like with you a lot of them just donate their time to provide this information for us and have no connection to the person we are wondering about.
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There is a mix up on Mary Boisseau's grave site. She was the second wife of Coldwell Saunders married in 1912. If you transfer her and Coldwell to me I think I can straiten it out. My number is 46915942. I am a descendant of Coldwell's sister Mary Jeffie.
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Thank you so much for posting pictures of my great-great-grandfather's grave. There is no way I could ever get there to visit it and take pictures.
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Thanks for your help. I didn't know you lived so far away or I wouldn't have asked. I live in California too.
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Hi Diane & John, It's me again, Rita. I forgot to say I appreciate the comments you put in when I tell you where I found something that disagrees with the sight. For Instance a death date the did not agree with what was on the stone, I sent a message that I got the date from his Utah death certificate. I am sure people like to know where the information came from too. I am often wondering where a disagreement in dates or names comes from when I can't find proof. This helps one know where to look for the information and maybe straighten out family tree's. I have had some myself.
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text: Kaolinic clay derived PCDD/Fs in the feed chain from a sorting process for potatoesHoogenboom, L.A.P.Zeilmaker, M.Eijkeren, van J.Kan, K.Mengelers, M.Luykx, D.M.A.M.Traag, W.A.RIKILT - Analyse & OntwikkelingRIKILT - R&C ContaminantenRikilt B&T Toxicologie en EffectanalyseExtern overigRIKILT - Analyse & OntwikkelingRIKILT - R&C ContaminantenRikilt B&T Toxicologie en EffectanalyseExtern otherhttp://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/407388enjournalArticle0045-6535At the end of 2004, during a routine monitoring project, high levels of PCDDs in milk from two farms were found. Using a bioassay and the congener patterns obtained by HRGC/HRMS, the source was traced back to the use of kaolinic clay for sorting potatoes in a production process of French fries. Rest products, especially peelings after scrubbing, were used as feed for dairy cows. Levels of PCCD/Fs in this product amounted to 44 ng WHO1998-TEQ kg(-1) (88% dw). The maximum level observed in milk was 20 pg WHO1998-TEQ g(-1) fat. A Physiologically Based PharmacoKinetic (PB-PK) model was used to model three data obtained before eliminating the source in order to estimate the starting time of the contamination of the cows, the steady-state level after prolonged contamination and the kinetics of the decrease in the levels after removal of the source. Samples of milk were continuously collected for several months showing a decrease to levels below the product limit of 3 pg WHO1998-TEQ g(-1) fat within 2 months, in excellent agreement with the decrease predicted by the PB-PK model. Different batches of clay were sampled and analysed, showing varying levels of especially PCDDs. All clays were confirmed to be kaolinic clay using X-ray analysis. Other by-products used for animal feed were also contaminated and led to precautionary measures at a few hundred farms, especially pig farms. However, levels in other animal derived products like pig meat did not exceed the product limitsChemosphere2010 0045-6535 urn:nbn:nl:ui:32-407388 78 2 99 105


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Has anyone who took soy isoflavones experienced a lot of cramping ? I've experienced quite a lot when I first had it I thought it was just ovulation cramps then ended up ovulating late and experienced them again but overall I've had them off and on since I took the soy
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I was having cramps again tonight
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maybe the soy is having effect on me and giving me cramps b/c I had the, again for a little again today hope it means an eggie for you thoiugh keep me updated !!
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An interesting perspective. The Appalachian State win is what makes college football the great sport that it is. However, it's a shame that M is the other half of this "feel good" story. No matter that Appalachian State deserved the win - it should never have happened and it is, without a doubt, a disaster for M and the Big 10.
It's time to figure out what the problem is. M is 0 - 3 over its last three games. When will the bleeding stop?
I, like many followers of M football, believe that the problem must revolve around coaching. Our coaches may be gentlemen, positive role models, and outstanding representatives of our university. They, however, appear to lack the collective football sense required to prepare the team to perform at a conistently high level. Without rehashing the ugly details, it appears that game day management is also an absolute disaster.
I can only hope that Coach Carr plans on stepping down following the season and that this is already known by the AD and administration. As others have suggested it may be time for a completely new coaching staff with the skill to turn the inherent advantages of M into consistent on the field success.
The players cannot shirk responsibility. Talent alone does not win games. It's been many seasons since M knew how to win and to win big. M, as a general rule, finds itself playing from behind in most big games. Why? A conservative game plan may be a large contributor, but it appears as if M's players don't have themselves ready to play when the whistle blows. Motivation, discipline, and teamwork are a shared responsibility between coaches and players. While there is no magic wand, may I only suggest that talented players who posess an incredible work ethic will always compete well against elite players who aren't willing to work as hard? I sense that M represents the latter, not the former.
The program is headed in the wrong direction. Let's only hope that we have reached bottom.
Great comments! Bottom line, most rocket scientists aren't football players and most football players aren't rocket scientists. Frankly, and let's be brutally honest here, many athletes, particularly male basketball and football players, enter our great university with less than stellar academic credentials. That being said, I expect our university to provide every possible avenue of academic success for our student-athletes. For those who need tutors, yes! For those who need assistance in choosing a major, yes! For those who wish to academically excel, yes! However, let's stop wringing our hands and recognize that we no longer hold the moral ground when it comes to athletics versus academics. That fight was lost years ago - too many of us just didn't want to believe it.
Let's not get too hot under the collar. There is no doubt in my mind that admission standards are "flexible" for certain student athletes. For too long we've believed, as fervent supporters of the University in general and Michigan athletics in particular, that we are truly "different" from other major universities with major athletic programs. One need only to look at our graduation rates, particularly of our football and male basketball players, to realize that not only are we not better, but in many ways are far behind our "peers." BlueAbroad has certainly provided a coherent discussion of the issues involved. Let's not live in an "ivory tower," divorced from reality. We have a responsibility to be honest. For those student-athletes who are academic risks we, the wider university community, have a moral responsibility to provide the necessary "assistance." Why? The young people represent us, represent our university, and, if the admissions decisions were based solely on academic performance, they would not be attending our great university. To be honest, I have less of an issue dealing with academic risks than I do with individuals lacking character, honesty, or integrity. If the university recruits solid young people the academics will, eventually, not be a significant problem. I have no doubt that every reader of your blog has, at one time or another, received a hand up from someone who recognized potential.
Interesting piece. Here we have a case involving a player who wants to transfer. It really doesn't matter why. Sure, in the perfect world, we would like the player to articulate his real reasons for leaving just like we would like the coach to do the same. Ever changed jobs? Does it really matter why you changed jobs? The last time I checked MSU and Cincinnati play in different conferences with virtually nothing in common. Let the kid go.
Great discussion. My bottom line, play the Big 10 football season to determine the Big 10 football champion. That being said we need a round-robin schedule to make that happen. I agree that bowl games are great for participating schools but how many are really worthy of the time, effort, and expense involved in participation? Ever played in or attended a "bowl" game in front of a generally disinterested crowd and minimal television interest? It's not pretty. It's a shame that the regular season is all about becoming bowl eligible. The entire sport, and there is no greater sport than college football, has, in my humble opinion, been cheapened as a result.
Good article, Jim. I am looking forward to the program moving forward. I recognize that the challenges are many beginning with recruiting players who are both talented and coachable willing to work within a team concept. Frankly I've lost interest in men's basketball in recent years as so much of the passion that used to be evident seems to be missing.


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Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.
The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York Times under the headline, "My Medical Choice." She writes that between early February and late April she completed three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts.
Jolie, 37, writes that she made the choice with thoughts of her six children after watching her own mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, die too young from cancer.
"My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56," Jolie writes. "She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was."
She writes that, "They have asked if the same could happen to me."
Jolie said that after genetic testing she learned she carries the "faulty" BRCA1 gene and had an 87 per cent chance of getting the disease herself.
She said she has kept the process private so far, but wrote about with hopes of helping other women.
"I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. But it is one I am very happy that I made," Jolie writes. "My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 per cent to under 5 per cent. I can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer."
Phone and email messages left by The Associated Press late Monday night seeking comment from Jolie representatives were not immediately returned.
She is anything but private in the details she provides, giving a description of the procedures.
"My own process began on Feb. 2 with a procedure known as a 'nipple delay,'" she writes, "which rules out disease in the breast ducts behind the nipple and draws extra blood flow to the area."
She then describes the major surgery two weeks later where breast tissue was removed, saying it felt "like a scene out of a science-fiction film," then writes that nine weeks later she had a third surgery to reconstruct the breasts and receive implants."
Many women have chosen preventive mastectomy since genetic screening for breast cancer was developed, but the move and public announcement is unprecedented from a star so young and widely known as Jolie.
She briefly addresses the effects of the surgery on the idealized sexuality and iconic womanhood that have fuelled her fame.
"I do not feel any less of a woman," Jolie writes. "I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity."
She also wrote that Brad Pitt, her partner of eight years, was at the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Southern California for "every minute of the surgeries."
Bertrand, Jolie's mother, died in January 2007. She had small roles in the movies "Lookin' to Get Out" in 1982 and "The Man Who Loved Women" in 1983. She raised Jolie and her brother after divorcing their father, Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, when Jolie was a toddler.
Jolie has appeared in dozens of films including 2010's "The Tourist" and "Salt," the "Tomb Raider" films, and 1999's "Girl, Interrupted," for which she won an Academy Award.
But she has appeared more often in the news in recent years for her power coupling with Pitt and her charitable work with refugees as a United Nations ambassador.
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May 14 Khaled Hassan says:
You are wonderful with so kind heart, everyday you learn us new leason to how we can live our life and help other people to face problems, I think start to write your life story will be usefel for all people, to know how fantastic Angelina change her life and share that with all world. Love you so much, and hope to see you soon in my country "Egypt"
May 14 parigot says:
Bon courage.
L'essentiel est invisible avec les yeux, on ne voit bien qu'avec le Coeur (St Exupery)
May 14 Sean says:
I'm so sorry for your loss, but why would you do such a thing?! There are many other natural solutions to breast cancer. But you chop off your breasts based on "maybe, you might get cancer". Thats ignorant. I think you made the wrong choice. You could've kept your breasts.
It's up to you what you do with your body but there is no way that I'd undergo surgery based on a hypothetical. Especially when theres already several cures for breast cancer; Cannabis, Mushrooms and Epigenetics.
What a terrible loss.
May 15 Antonietta Gatti says:
I do not discuss the choice of Ms Jolie, but the suggestion of her medical doctors. They do not know the origin of the cancer, so without any certain proof they mutilate a woman. They act against any ethical code. I hope that at least there was some points of calcification in the breast tissues explanted to give a sort of an objective reason for the mastectomy. For my experiernce as nanopathologist, namely expert of pathologies due to the biological interaction with nanoparticles (nanosized pollution) I see , in breast cancerogenic tissues, the presence of nanosized foreign bodies coming from external environmental pollution, pollution of smoking etc.
That means that the exposure is personal and the Jolie's mother cancer probably was due to an exposure that is not shared with the daughter. In order not to have the Ms. Jolie sacrifice vane, I offer to analyze the breast explanted tissue in order to identify, if it is the case, the presence of a pollution already existing. Dr. Antonietta Gatti , Nanodiagnostics, Italy, http://www.nanopathology.it; firstname.lastname@example.com
May 16 Janet Schuler says:
I was blindsided with stage III-C ovarian cancer at age 43. I have no family history of breast or ovarian cancer nor did I have any other risk factors for this disease. I ate fairly healthy, ran a few times a week and was one year away from completing my masters degree as a family nurse practitioner. A cancer diagnosis was the furthest thing from my mind when I began have symptoms of mild bloating, gas and change in bowel habits.
Ovarian cancer is the DEADLIEST of all gynecological cancers. Ms. Jolie has first hand knowledge of the destruction ovarian cancer leaves after watching her mother fight this dreadful disease. I applaud Ms. Jolie's resolve to make such a difficult decision as well as her courage to go public with a very private matter.
I do not carry the BRCA mutation, but if I had, you can rest assured that I would have had prophylactic surgery to greatly reduce my chances of developing breast and or ovarian cancer. Like I said, I was blind-sided by this disease. I pray that I will live long enough to see my girls grow up and hope that someday (very soon) we will see the morbidity and mortality rates ovarian cancer improve much like they have for breast cancer.
Jun 02 Adele Jones says:
I thank you for bringing truth of Double Mastectomy being a preventative for Breast Cancer. I had the same operation in 1983 & there was such a stigma against breast enhancements that people (even my family) could not see my reason for doing it. They saw it as vanity rather than wanting to live a life with less fear & being there for my children for as long as I could. Unless you have lived with the fear you cannot possibly understand the desperation it creates to just want to live. In 2003 I had to have a hysterectomy because of low level cancer cells in all my reproductive organs. It's a long life if you pick up on the health threats but a short one if you ignore them.
You live life to learn & the learning never stops. Thank you for easing the stigma I have been living for all these years.
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[…] Angelina Jolie's revelation recently that she has a genetic mutation and had her breasts removed to prevent cancer has everyone thinking about cancer prevention strategies. […]
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Hey, i want to tell you about a women in serbia. Im writing from sweden the time is four in the morning,and i cant sleep. Im thinking of this women. June the 3 2013 she went on a bus to a bigger town to remove her both breast, she doesnt have a daughter or a son to help her to be there for her. She is not alone, but it's like she is alone because her husband does not care. She went on the bus all alone,she had to struggle with her fare all alone. I think angelina, is a very lucky women.she have her husbwnd by her side and her friends. Its crazy i cant sleep, thinking of this women. When a twlked to her she was crying like a baby. Saying to me thank you indira calling me fromsweden. It means the hole world to me. When she told me she sat on the bus alone, i felt my tears and in a second it hurt so hard in my heart. She couldnt made the surrgery because she was afraid and the doctors had to wait. She said i am alone, after the surrgery i do not have someone by my side who will help and be a support to me. I don't want to feel like she felt sitting on the bus to take away her both breast because of the stupid cancer. She was strong about her cancer,she knows she must be strong for that.but my heart cries for her because it's painfull to meet something like this knowing this person doesnt have any support from her husband or friends. Because carying about someone meens, be there for a person in sickness and health. ANGELINA I WANT TO THANK YOU TELLING YOUR STORY TO THE WORLD. BE STRONG AND THANKFULL HAVING YOUR HUSBANR AND FRIENDS BY YOUR SIDE. I JUST WANTED TO TELL ABOUT this sad story.


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Fathers' Day Gift Using Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport CollectionWednesday, June 4th, 2014
Today I have another fun Fathers' Day project, this one featuring the Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport Collection. I just love this collection — it has so much to offer for the sports fanatic in your life. I was fortunate to receive nearly the entire collection, so I had plenty to choose from including papers (most 12×12 or 8×8, although there is also a 6×6 collection of background papers and solids), chipboard shapes including tags, pockets, banners and buttons, and all sorts of stickers too. I paired all of this creativity with a photo easel frame by Hampton Arts' Vintologie line and it made a great Fathers' Day photo display.
This project really is very easy. The photo easel frame comes with some pages already cut. I wanted all of my pages to be black so that they would best display the Graphic 45 images as well as the photographs. I cut my pages 6″ x 6″, and used my We R Memory Keepers 1/8-3/8 corner chomper to round the edges (I used the 3/8″ side — this step isn't crucial, I just like the look of the rounded corners. I cut twelve (12) black 6″x6″ pages and rounded each of the corners. I also cut a 6″ x 6″ piece of clear plastic to use as a "dust cover". To punch the holes in the top of the pages, you can either use one of the Hampton Art pages as a guide with a 1/4″ hole punch, or you can use the Tim Holtz Idea-ology 2-hole punch. This punch works perfectly with the Vintologie frame, and is sized to fit most 6×6 projects.
With all of that done, it is just a matter of adding the photos and decorating the pages. Since my photo display is a gift, I'm going to give it to the recipient to add his favorite photos. I picked some favorite elements from the Graphic 45 chipboard, pockets, banners, etc. and placed them on the page in a way I thought was visually pleasing. I also fussy cut some elements from the 12×12 papers to use as decorations. For most I used a temporary adhesive so that the gift recipient can move the elements if necessary to accommodate their pictures. On one of the pages I added the words "Glory Days" using a set of Spare Parts letters. I added some of the elements from the Good Ol' Sport Collection — mostly those that represented multiple sports — to finish the cover page. Easy peasey. Please see the short video for a look at the Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport Collection, as well as a few quick tips on how I created the replacement pages for the Vintologie frame.
I am having a bit of trouble with my camera, so I was only able to get pictures of some of the decorated pages. Please forgive the quality of these photos —
This was just another fun and easy project thanks to Graphic 45. You really can't miss with any of their collections. I just love that they managed to represent so many sports in the Good Ol' Sport Collection.
Supplies used:
Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport Collection — including 12×12 papers, related stickers and chipboard sets
Hampton Arts Vintologie photo easel frame
Spare Parts (The Paper Studio) White, Round, Slide Alpha
paper trimmer
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 2-hole punch
adhesive — I used a little Scor-Tape in this project, but mostly some removable adhesive so that the gift recipient can move the Graphic 45 elements when the pictures are added
We R Memory Keepers 1/8-3/8 corner chomper (yellow handle)
Thanks and Happy Scrappin'


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Saving our soldiers: The fight against PTSD
MILWAUKEE - Just because a soldier comes home doesn't mean the war is over. Post traumatic stress syndrome, or PTSD is on the rise. Veterans who are suffering from post-war effects can sometimes fall into a path of violent behavior if not given the proper treatment.
We've heard the stories. Vietnam was an ugly war, and it often didn't get much better for the soldiers when they got home.
Bob Curry is a Vietnam vet. He explains, "We came back to... you know... a country that really rather wanted it to go away."
Thousands of soldiers coming home and committing suicide and other acts of violence--not knowing why.
"PTSD was not a condition, was not a recognized medical condition during Vietnam," Curry points out.
Today there are treatments, but tragedies linked to PTSD are still happening, and mental illness is still very misunderstood.
Kristina Finnel is CEO of Mental Health America's Wisconsin office. She says, "We can't talk about overall health unless we talk about mental health."
Dryhootch Coffee on Brady Street in Milwaukee is a place where vets can go for some social therapy.
"You can get comradery of other people who understand, you know. You don't have to finish a sentence, they kinda know what you're saying," Bob explains.
Bob founded Dryhootch in 2008, after battling with his own post-war demons for many years.
"My wife had mentioned that I would slam my hands into the backboard of the bed during the night. Because I flew, I would have dreams of ejecting from the plane all the time," Bob recalls.
Bob ignored the signs, and tried to 'soldier' through it. "There's the added problem that you've been trained just to get over it," Bob points out.
Alcoholism also overtook his life.
"If you have severe PTSD you're likely to self medicate. I don't mean to use drinking as an excuse because it's not an excuse," Bob says.
But he continued to get worse, especially after 9/11. Then one night--the unimaginable happened. Bob recalls, "The next thing I remember is I come to in a hospital, and I'm talking to some police officers, and I'd been involved in an automobile accident where another gentleman died."
Bob was arrested and charged with homicide by intoxicated use. In the process he finally got the treatment he needed for years, and was diagnosed as being totally disabled by PTSD. "I shouldn't be alive. You know this other family doesn't have their loved one, so then why go from there?"
Bob was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and was institutionalized.
"Unfortunately in mental institutions they're medicated, but they're not treated. So it's unfortunate that here, where they could get--people could get the most help, you know they're not getting any help at all." Bob laments.
Finnel says more needs to be done across the board for mental health patients. "Recovery for everyone is so different, and needs to be individualized."
She says in Milwaukee County many mental institutions are downsizing, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but Finnel adds, "We want to see those savings from that decrease be put back into the community. So that if folks don't have a place to go in the institution they do have a place in the community to receive those services."
The hope: To eventually prevent tragedies like Bob's, or the Sebena murder case in Wauwatosa. Iraq war veteran Ben Sebena is accused of killing his wife Jennifer on Christmas Eve. Sebena made a testimonial video in 2010 saying, "My experiences in Iraq were that of having to watch over 50 of my friends, that are good friends, die. Having to kill people. Having to kill a child who tried to kill me..."
Bob wishes people would have seen the warning signs of Sebena's mental state.
"People are gonna say they can't... you can't make excuses for something like that, I mean you can look at me and do the same thing. The fact is this has happened, and some doctors need to understand what's going on," Bob warns.
Bob admits he lives with guilt everyday, but he's doing his best to help other veterans, young and old, combat their demons before they overtake their lives.
"This can't happen again, to another generation," Bob urges.
Sebena is in Milwaukee county jail, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder could come up as a defense in his trial.
If you know a veteran who suffers from PTSD, there's help out there. Check out this website.
Also, there's a big event coming up for veterans. 'The Warrior Summit' is on Thursday March 21 at the War Memorial in Milwaukee. Click here to find out more.
Mental Health America is also holding its annual fundraiser. This year the focus will be on PTSD. It's on May 1, 2013 from 5:30-8:30pm at the Italian Community Center. Dr. Steven Southwick will be speaking. He is a recognized expert on the psychological and neurobiological effects of extreme psychological trauma. More info on the event, including registration, is available here.
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On June 10, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the FDA is going to comply with a federal judge's order this spring and approve efforts to make Plan-B One-Step emergency contraception available without any age or point-of-sale restrictions. With this recent announcement and the judge's order back in April, there have been many myths and misunderstandings regarding the benefits and safety of emergency contraception.
As an OBGYN physician, I know how important this access to emergency contraception is to women of all ages who are at risk of unintended pregnancy.
If this access is to be preserved, it is critical that we base our medical and policy decisions on scientifically accurate information.
Making emergency contraception accessible to all women regardless of age or income is good public health. About half of the nearly 7 million pregnancies in the United States each year are unintended, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
This is one of the highest rates among developed countries — and it's particularly high among low-income people who lack access to health care and other resources. This decision lifts barriers and increases access.
Emergency contraception works if taken within five days of unprotected sex, so timely access is crucial.
Previous age and point-of-sale restrictions created delays in access when pharmacy windows are closed, a common barrier for many women living in rural South Carolina.
The health of young women in South Carolina benefits from timely access to birth control that might prevent pregnancy, not delays at the pharmacy counter and unnecessary red tape.
Additionally, birth control, including emergency contraception, helps improve maternal and infant health. When women plan their pregnancies, they are far more likely to access prenatal care, ultimately improving their own health and the health of their children. Furthermore, the World Health Organization (WHO) lists no medical condition for which the risks of emergency contraceptive pills could outweigh the benefits.
Emergency contraception is a safe and effective way to prevent unintended pregnancy. Emergency contraception pills, like Plan B, differ from most birth control pills in a very important way — they only have the progestin hormone and no estrogen.
The WHO and women's health experts concur that progestin only methods do not increase risk of blood clots. Furthermore, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) as well as experts on emergency contraception have concluded that progestin-only emergency contraception pills, like Plan B, may be preferable to combined hormone EC and birth control pills containing estrogen in women with a history of blood clots, stroke, migraine, or who smoke.
Progestin-only emergency contraception, like Plan B, is the only type that is now available prescription-free to women without an age restriction.
Emergency contraception is not the abortion pill, which is also known as mifepristone or RU-486. Progestin-only emergency contraception works by postponing ovulation, which prevents sperm from coming in contact with and fertilizing an egg.
Emergency contraception prevents pregnancy and will not work once a woman is pregnant. In fact, access to emergency contraception reduces the need for abortion by preventing unintended pregnancy in the first place.
Long-standing scientific research and studies have proven that teens are as likely as adults to use emergency contraception correctly understanding that it is not intended for ongoing, regular use.
Furthermore, we know that prevention does not promote promiscuity. Research shows that rates of unprotected sex or sexual activity in general do not increase among young people because they have easier access to emergency contraception.
I applaud the FDA on this historic decision. Lifting the age restrictions on over-the-counter emergency contraception is a significant and long-overdue step forward for women's health that will benefit women of all ages.
This ruling is good health policy, good science, and good sense!
Angela Dempsey, M.D., MPH, is assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at MUSC.
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Early voting for the November General Elections is still a couple of months away, but the Elbert County Registrar's Office is already preparing for those elections.
Chief Registrar Charlotte Ward encourages Elbert County residents who are not registered to vote to do so by October 6th, because that is the deadline to be able to participate in the November election.
There are three local races on the ballot then, all three of which are for seats on the Elbert County Board of Commissioners.
Bobby Lee Vaughn (R) and Perry Rhodes (D) face of in District Two; Incumbent Kenneth Ashworth (R) and Donnie Saddler (D) are running for District Four; and Incumbent Freddie Jones (D) and Zeb Worley (R) are at it for District 5.
Applications for absentee ballots are already being accepted.
For more information registering to vote, checking voter status, or applying for an absentee ballot; contact the Elbert County Registrar's Office at (706) 283-2012.


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Broken Arms
Circumstantial Crimes by Terror States
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"I won't complain about that," I said to Marcos, the refugees' office lawyer sitting in front of me. Yet, we both knew that I had come to complain. We also knew that I would phrase myself so that the event wouldn't be turned around against me. The last was possible by claiming everything was circumstantial, and that I was making non based claims.
It was early November 2009, a few months after the violent attack against me by an Israeli-Bolivian team. My answers to the attack were to increase the activity of my website and to publish The Cross of Bethlehem in a Publish on Demand program of Amazon. What Israel did in retaliation was to create a physical harassment environment around me. Each time I published an article someone would painfully bump into me after I left the internet kiosk; elbows on my ribcage, dissimulated blows to my stomach. The lawyer listened patiently. "I won't complain about that," I repeated then and left.
TThe attacks stopped immediately. Part of the problem was related to local culture. Following my "Christian Morals" talks described in Nelly's Tears (see The Cross of Bethlehem II - Back in Bethlehem), I had proven to myself that Bolivians wouldn't hesitate to sell out even their blood brothers. Sadly, Bolivians were poor, and do not stop to think even for one second if their actions were virtuous. That meant party-time for Mossad and Israel. They could thoroughly harass me for the price of a bad cup of coffee in Tel Aviv. After I unofficially complained, instead of hiring "bumping patsies," they began hiring "broken arm patsies." I was planning to make a statistical analysis, showing the probability of seeing a person with a fractured arm in a city of a given size assuming an average length walk. I decided to skip that; it wouldn't portray the feeling of the event. Dear reader, how many people with broken arms do you see while walking a few blocks in downtown? What would you think if you saw fractured limbs every day on every single block you cross while in downtown? Every time I published a text Israel didn't like, when I left the kiosk, people with broken arms would be loitering nearby. Most times, their bandages were new. They were obviously not in pain, and they displayed an unusual interest in my reactions. I described the Delay Effect in The Cross of Bethlehem. This was a classic example of it, despite its being intentional. Had I complained, I would have been answered: "That's circumstantial." At least, the blows did stop after I complained in November. This was just criminal harassment designed to frighten and intimidate the victim.
"We'll break your bones if you continue publishing," was Mossad's message. During the first stages of my request for political/religious refuge, I was asked: "Do you believe Israel would spend so much money in creating the sophisticated harassing machine you describe?"
"The Mossad and the Shin Beth exist independently of my case, and they do cause much damage to many people; the cost of adding me to the list is negligible," was my immediate answer.
This is true and often forgotten. I am not alone. I know another Israeli refugee—a Jew in this case—who described to the Canadian authorities events similar to the ones I describe time and again. Except for the places involved, our experiences are eerily similar, especially those including photographs. One of the worst harassment techniques is the constant taking of pictures, with professional cameras, ordinary ones, and even cellular phones. There was an attempt to photograph me with x40 professional zoom lenses a week or so before I was shot at; the event was described in detail in The Cross of Bethlehem. Snipers need accurate photographs before committing their crimes. Thus, this is a terrifying event for everyone being illegally persecuted by a country with no constitution, a country which does not respect human rights. Yet, complaining is difficult. In July 2009, Israel stole my camera and with it many pictures I took of the photographers. That wasn't casual.
However, I want to finish this chapter by expanding the answer I gave to the refugees' agency. Where does the persecution money come from? If you look at the Israeli Government budget, you won't find the Mossad there. Some of the money appears hidden under bureaucratic definitions that only those sharing the secret can read correctly. However, the Mossad spends much more. Its princes live like kings. The two topics I am about to mention appeared in the Hebrew media in previous years, though as far as I know, only one of them was published by the BBC and other international news outlets. Israel is an international money laundering center, especially for Russian thugs. Also, Israel is an international center for diamond trade, which is dominated by Ultra-Orthodox Jews. The latter smuggle diamonds in and out of Europe, they know the European immigration officers wouldn't dare touch them.
The Mossad gets its cut, by providing various services to both groups. Unregistered money for illegal actions, this is terror money.
My articles on the web are my main income these days; please donate or buy The Cross of Bethlehem or Back in Bethlehem.


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Vixens boss unhappy with Powell's GB selection
Posted: June 27, 2012|
Bristol Academy boss Mark Sampson has expressed his astonishment after none of the Vixens' players were included in Great Britain's women's football squad for the Olympics.
GB boss Hope Powell – who also manages the England team – named the final squad of 18 yesterday and it is dominated by English players with only two from Scotland preventing a total Three Lions monopoly.
Controversially, Powell has included no Welsh players at all – with the snubbing of Wales skipper and Bristol midfielder Jess Fishlock arguably the biggest surprise.
The midfielder is Bristol's joint top-scorer this season with four goals and has turned in a string of impressive performances for the Vixens.
"We had three or four players we felt might have had a decent chance of being included in the squad and for none to make it is very disappointing – not only for the girls themselves but also for us as a club," said Sampson.
"But for Jess to be ignored is incredible. She didn't even make the last 35, never mind the final 18 – but if she was English I feel sure she'd be in their team, never mind their squad."
GB squad: Eniola Aluko, Anita Asante, Karen Bardsley, Sophie Bradley, Rachel Brown, Karen Carney, Ifeoma Dieke, Stephanie Houghton, Kim Little, Claire Rafferty, Alex Scott, Jill Scott, Kelly Smith, Casey Stoney, Fara Williams, Rachel Williams, Ellen White, Rachel Yankey. Reserves: Jess Clarke, Emma Higgins, Jane Ross, Dunia Susi.


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