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One of my chief complaints during Stephen's last deployment was that I wished I had the support of the military community. I was living in Dallas at the time, and although my family was nearby and incredibly supportive, I often wished I could talk to other people going through what I was going through. Well, I finally got my wish when I saw an e-mail about a free event for spouses of deployed soldiers: The Strong Bonds Retreat.
Strong Bonds is an Army-wide program developed to strengthen and support families. Usually it is offered as a couples event, but since our men are away, the chaplain and FRG leader for the Stephen's battalion developed something that would benefit us as we make our way through the rest of the deployment. (I have no idea why they call it a retreat since it was a 1 day event, but that's what they call it.)
I waffled for a while about going. I wouldn't know anyone, it might be uncomfortable, I wouldn't know anyone, it was a long drive to get there, I wouldn't know anyone, I didn't know what to wear, I wouldn't know anyone. Sensing a theme yet? It's no secret that I'm as socially awkward as they come with the great combo of being shy, introverted, and anxious. I signed up one night on a whim (Nightime Amy is much braver than Daytime Amy) and wouldn't let myself back out. Besides, how will I ever find people to go to things with if I don't first go to things and meet people?
I'm so glad I sucked it up and attended because the retreat was excellent!
First off all: food. I could end right there. The food was provided for free by the restaurant and it was excellent. Even if everything else was a bust, the food alone would have made it worth the drive across town. Second of all: prizes. I walked away with a $10 Barnes & Noble gift card. Score!
I had a bit of a bumpy start. When I arrived, I sat at a vacant table figuring that other people would eventually show up and join me. But no one else showed up. So it was two tables full of people…and me. The battalion FRG leader was so sweet and told me I should move to a table with people, so I did. Everyone was super friendly, but I was embarrassed. I guess I should have expect that I wouldn't be able to escape an entire day of strangers without making myself look foolish at at least one point.
Once we dug into the work at hand, though, I was able to loosen up and enjoy myself. We played silly games (people bingo, purse scavenger hunt, a flower riddle thing) with the people at our tables and then had discussions with the whole group. We spent a lot of time just talking. Even though I didn't know anyone, the other women were very nice. It was refreshing to sit and talk about the highs and lows of deployment with other people who were knee deep in it.
One of my favorite parts was when we were asked to talk about challenges we've faced during the deployment so far and how we've overcome them. Again, I felt myself nodding along with what everyone else was saying or piping in with, "me, too!" My experiences and emotions felt validated. I was reminded of just how not alone I am in this whole thing. The chaplain pointed out the fact that we are doing it, we are getting through, no challenge has been too much, we are strong. Maybe a tad cheesy, but I felt like I was sitting up a little taller and smiling a little wider. I am getting through it.
At one point, another chaplain came by to visit and speak with us. She mostly just cracked jokes and kept things casual, but at one point she said, "I'm very thankful that I have a safe place to lay my head at night. I'm blessed that your husbands have taken up arms to provide that for me." I had never heard someone so sincerely say it like that before. No thanks is necessary, especially not for what I do, but it was touching to hear. The whole day was just a big reset button for me. There's still a long ways go before Stephen comes home, but I feel more ready to face it now.
I was able to meet new people, laugh, eat some good food, talk about relevant issues, and get my head on straight. The whole day was just a big reset button for me. There's still a long ways go before Stephen comes home, but I'm ready to face it.
If you ever have the opportunity to attend Strong Bonds, I highly recommend it!


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GLEN ROSE, Texas - - The man charged with fatally shooting former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and his friend at a Texas gun range was an Iraq war veteran.
The U.S. military confirms that 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh was in the Marines from 2006 to 2010. He was deployed to Iraq in 2007. His current duty status is listed as reserve.
Routh is accused of killing 38-year-old Kyle and 35-year-old Chad Littlefield at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range Saturday evening.
Police say after the shootings, Routh drove to his sister's home in Midlothian and told his sister and brother-in-law what he had done. After he left, his relatives called the police.
The Erath County Sheriff's Office says a semi-automatic handgun thought to have been used in the killings was found at Routh's home.
Authorities say the suspect has not made any comments as to what his motive was.
Sheriff Tommy Bryant says Routh was unemployed and "may have been suffering from some type of mental illness from being in the military himself."
Routh is being held on $3 million bond.
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Product placement is a well-worn play in the playbook for Hollywood producers and directors. Companies will shell out tons of dough to see their brand onscreen, being used or acknowledged…
This should keep the little bastard quiet for a while.
So you're looking for the 5 bestmovies set in Ohio. Better than actually living there, right? Just kidding. Whether you watch them in preparation for a trip to Ohio,…
Kids can kick ass, too.
So many secrets surround this movie. I don't know who I can trust.
Finally, I'll get to see what that damn alien looks like. Then again, maybe not. It's not like J.J. Abrams is big on closure.
OF COURSE there's a 'Super 8′ viral Easter Egg video.
Actress Amanda Michalka appears in Super 8.
Model Caitriona Balfe is moving into acting, beginning with a role in Super 8.
If you can't wait for this to release on VHS, you can win tickets for an advanced screening.
Witness the birth of a future necrophiliac.
Our new contributor to all things geek, Jenna Busch, takes us back to simpler times, when kids solved mysteries without the Internet.
Turns out to be a patronizing exercise in fabricated childhood emotion.
Maybe the monster is actually invisible. Think about that.
Why watch TV at all when you can get all the movie commercials right here in this post?
Paramount gave the interwebs a ton of new pictures showing the film's many, many humans.
Production value!
In case Schwarzenegger's secret kid is pushing the 'Super 8′ kids temporarily out of your head, here's some more preview stuff.
'Star Trek' fans, rejoice. The J.J. Abrams-patented excessive lens flare is back.
Children are such scaredy cats when it comes to guys with bloody faces pointing guns at them.
Kids do the darndest things. Like videotaping vast governmental cover-ups.
Will this be the one that finally gives the whole movie away?
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If you like video games, you almost certainly like J.J. Abrams, so you played right into his trap.
Sadly, this is not a still from either film.
A mysterious viral campaign for a J.J. Abrams project? Impossible.
You saw the trailer, now check out this mysterious poster for a film that's clearly at the intersection of Abrams Drive and Spielberg Blvd, near What All The Best 80's Kids Movies Were Like Municipal Park.
Soon, JJ Abrams transformation into Steven Spielberg will be complete.
Somewhere, deep below the surface of the earth, there is a heavily guarded vault containing all of J.J. Abrams story secrets… and one just left.
After combing through the trailer myself, and searching several message boards, I've come up with the following eight pictures that may contain hidden clues about the Steven Spielberg produced film.


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Congratulations to Valerie King, a winner of the April 2014 Courage to Climb Award! Valerie is a junior with a double major in sociology with an honors concentration and global studies with a politics and economics concentration. Valerie has immersed herself in academic and community-based work with a focus in human rights, international law, and social justice. She is already taking graduate-level courses and has started work on her senior thesis, "Rethinking Justice: A Comparative Study of the International Criminal Court and Transformative Justice." She has studied abroad both in China and Switzerland. Valerie was selected as one of only fifty students across the United States to participate in the Oxfam America Change Leaders Program. Oxfam is an international organization, working to solve global problems, such as poverty, hunger, and injustice. Valerie then started an Oxfam Club here at UT, where she and her fellow members work to raise awareness about these global problems through local initiatives including the Food in the Fort Knoxville program, World Food Day, and International Women's Day. After graduation, Valerie intends to apply to graduate schools here and abroad and intends to compete for the illustrious Fulbright Scholarship.
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World's Cutest Grandma Composes A Song For Gay Marriage
This 72-year-old Grandmother composed and performed an original song for her Niece's wedding day. Bonus points for the coolest sweatshirt ever.
1. Meet Sherri Gray, our new favorite grandmother and future YouTube sensation:
2. She recorded an original song entitled, "What If We Are Just Like You? (Shannon And Lisa's Song)" for her niece and her fiancee.
4. Is she not the coolest?
Gray told Gay Star News that she doesn't consider herself an activist, but she "gets goddamn mad by narrow-mindedness and prejudice and crazy stuff." When her niece and fiancée heard the song, they called it the "best wedding gift ever" and asked her to perform it at their reception in August.
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Just saw Gary Hunt accompany Jay Farrar last night in Solana Beach Ca, and dare I say he stole the show. Superb.
Best Telecaster Player St. Louis 2010 - Gary Hunt
The Fender Telecaster is the sine qua non of electrified American music — the workingman's axe, at once the simplest guitar to play and the hardest instrument to make one's own. To quote Bill Kirchen, one of country music's mightiest guitarists, the "hammer of the honky tonk gods [was] forged at the junction of form and function." In St. Louis the Tele hero to beat has long been Gary Hunt, the former co-leader of the Rockhouse Ramblers and current co-leader of Colonel Ford. Hunt is a great acoustic guitar picker, but when he straps on his cobbled-together Telecaster, the well-honed soul of his country and rockabilly licks can boggle even the advanced musical minds of the John Hortons of the world. Hunt doesn't just make that hammer ring; he makes it sing.
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July 29, 2015
Dean of School of Humanities and Social Sciences Kenneth Womack was featured on AccuWeather.com on July 29.
July 28, 2015
Psychology Professor Gary Lewandowski was featured on Yahoo Health on July 21.
July 24, 2015
Guy Oakes reappointed Kvernland Chair in Philosophy and Corporate Social Policy.
July 17, 2015
Interim Co-dean in the School of Science John Tiedemann was featured in Newsweek on July 4.
July 14, 2015
The conference will focus on four theme areas of importance to community gardens: health and gardening, community and sustainability, urban gardening and poverty, and gardening and education.
June 29, 2015
May 15, 2015
Event to offer multicultural perspectives on speech pathology and educational approaches to Autism
May 08, 2015
Monmouth University's Urban Coast Institute Director Tony MacDonald was featured 'Jersey Matters.' on May 4.
May 04, 2015
Monmouth University's Urban Coast Institute was featured on NJ.com on April 23.
Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives & Professor of Political Science Saliba Sarsar was featured in New Jersey Jewish News on April 29.
April 23, 2015
Monmouth University Marine Scientist Jim Nickels was featured in the Asbury Park Press on April 16.
April 22, 2015
Synergy with the University's Urban Coast Institute Highlighted
April 10, 2015
The Leon Hess Business School at Monmouth University has maintained its business accreditation by AACSB International.
April 08, 2015
Monmouth University's 14th annual Global Understanding Convention, "Practicing Non-Violence in a Violent World," takes place April 13 to 17


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Below is the poem entitled - I Wish You All The Best Carolyn - which was written by poet
Anne Lise
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Anne Lise Andresen
An Open Heart
I open my heart
only to be burned again.
But if I lock it,
there`s no chance for future love.
Open, I still cling to hope.
written by Carolyn Devonshire
This is a little poem that says many words.
Having a open heart, it has at least this
particular lovely poet.
Carolyn Devonshire has an open heart for all
and encouraged all other to do the same.
Carolyn Devonshire gives everything of herself,
which I appreciate alot.
I put you on a throne today Carolyn, because you
are a lady with a lot of love, caring and are loved
by many.
Do not forget dear reader: HAVE AN OPEN HEART!
Wish you all the best dear Carolyn!
love from Anne-Lise Andresen :)
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Messina without wins in their nine last league matches. Zoro is suspended.
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By Eric Kohn | Eric Kohn April 9, 2010 at 11:40AM
As I anticipated in an earlier post, I've been attending the Orphan Film Symposium at NYU these past few days, and will continue to do so until the gathering concludes on Saturday. (Read more about the symposium's program here.) Everything appears to be running on schedule, despite a dense lineup of presentations and screenings that have been unraveling faster than a decaying nitrate cellulose base running through an unsympathetic projector. You can tell where my mind's been.
Orphans is a neat alternative to a lot of other movie buff gatherings in that much of what shows up in the room -- even if it's quite old -- has never been seen before, at least not in the manner in which it appears. Bill Morrison's Thursday night presentation of nitrate films from the Library Congress is a good example. Morrison, an experimental filmmaker (and supporting actor in Andrew Bujalski's Mutual Appreciation) has made a name for himself by taking orphan works that have fallen into disrepair and rearranging them as newly expressive narratives (or non-narratives, depending on the nature of the material). George Willeman of the Library of Congress often brings decayed films to Morrison when their condition prevents them from getting fully restored. "If you like Bill's stuff, I'm his source," Willeman said on Thursday before Morrison introduced the new films. "If you don't, I'm his enabler."
While the films that Morrison presented at Orphans may lack the same ambition of his feature-length Decasia, they still display his unique melding of the old with the new. This year's group of silent films came from 85-year-old private collector John Maddox, a Duck Run, Tennessee native whose frayed storage room was filled with tons of old B-movie westerns (and mouse nests) when Willeman found it. At the top of this post, watch a clip from Morrison's work on With Buffalo Bill on the U.P. Trailer (1926), courtesy of the filmmaker.


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I'm trying to install a piece of recording software onto my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. The software is Studio One Artist from Presonus and my issue is that when I open the program file after I've copied it to my Applications folder (or when I run it from the DVD for that matter) I'm not given any content in the window that opens up. See screen shot. The DVD has been tried out on another Mac and it worked fine. The program has also been confirmed to work in Snow Leopard for other people.
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Continuous-wave radiation is used to detect a target hidden behind a surface. In an embodiment, a transmitter directs a beam of continuous-wave microwave radiation from a transmitting location, and reflected radiation from the target is received at first and second receiving locations closer to the surface than the transmitting location. The transmitting and receiving locations have spatial relationships such that the phase of reflected radiation received at one receiving location is in quadrature with the phase of reflected radiation received at the other receiving location. In an embodiment, direct transmitted radiation is received at the receiving locations in quadrature.
1. Apparatus for detecting a target hidden behind a surface, comprising:
a transmitter that transmits a beam of continuous-wave radiation;
a first receiver disposed to receive such radiation reflected from a target; and
a second receiver disposed to receive such radiation reflected from the target, wherein
the receivers are spaced from the transmitter and are spaced from one another according to predetermined spatial relationships such that the electrical signal phase of reflected radiation received by the first receiver is in electrical signal quadrature with the electrical signal phase of reflective radiation received by the second receiver, and wherein the apparatus further comprises circuitry that combines signals derived from the receivers to produce an output.
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This application is a division of application Ser. No. 10/527,798 filed Mar. 15, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,362,260 which claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/413,757 filed Sep. 27, 2002, and provisional Application No. 60/474,962 filed Jun. 3, 2003, both incorporated herein by reference.
This invention is concerned with the detection and location of targets hidden behind a surface, such as a surface of the earth, using continuous-wave radiation.
Although the detailed description of the invention refers to measurement of reflected electromagnetic radiation at microwave wavelengths, the principles of the invention are applicable to other types of continuous-wave systems, such as those using sound waves (e.g., sonar).
Various means and methods have been developed for detection and location of buried metallic and non-metallic objects which rely on the reflectivity of the objects at radar (microwave) wavelengths. These means and methods include devices which attempt to image the objects through beam scanning and determine distance (range) by timing differences between transmitted and reflected pulses (i.e., ground-penetrating radars) as well as devices which attempt to utilize expected differences between background (earth) reflectivity and the reflectivity of the buried object. Both methods are subject to significant difficulties in their ability to locate buried objects (especially non-metallic objects) due to several factors. These include:
(a) presence of other buried materials in surrounding soil (rocks, tree roots, etc.) whose reflectivities are comparable to that of the target object;
(b) rough or uneven terrain surface which produces widely-varying background reflected signals;
(c) for continuous-wave devices, constructive and destructive interference between transmitted and reflected waves;
(d) interference between multi-path reflected signals; and
(e) interference between the fundamental frequency and harmonics in the reflected wave.
Although pulsed devices which rely on timing are less subject to interference problems than continuous-wave devices, continuous-wave devices are inherently less complex, require less power, and may be made more easily portable.
The following description relates to a continuous-wave device comprising a transmitter and two or more receivers designed to detect and locate buried metallic and non-metallic objects by measurement of reflected microwave radiation, and discloses the means and methods used to overcome or diminish some of the difficulties described above.
The invention will be described with reference to two embodiments which are designed to detect targets beneath the surface of the earth, but it will become apparent in later portions of the description that the invention is useful in detecting targets hidden behind wall surfaces, for example.
Both embodiments of the invention use a transmitter that transmits a beam of continuous-wave radiation and a pair of receivers of such radiation. Predetermined spatial relationships (geometry) of the transmitter and the receivers are provided such that the transmitter is farther from the surface than the receivers and such that a quadrature phase relationship exists for reflected radiation at the receivers. In one embodiment, a quadrature relationship also exists for direct radiation that reaches the receivers from the transmitter.
Although not so restricted, in both embodiments the transmitter and the receivers are mounted on an elongated hand-held rod, with the receivers adjacent to an end of the rod and the transmitter farther from the end of the rod than the receivers. For microwave applications of the invention, directional antennas are used at the transmitter and each of the receivers. In one embodiment, the axis of each beam pattern is along the length of the rod. In another embodiment, parallel axes of the receiver beam patterns are inclined with respect to the length of the rod, and the axis of the transmitter bean pattern is also inclined with respect to the length of the rod, but at a different angle of inclination than that for the receivers.
The invention will be further described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate preferred (best mode) embodiments, and wherein:
The two receiver antennas are mounted on opposite sides of the rod 12, and in use the top antenna RCV2 is 0.6 inch closer to the ground than the bottom antenna RCV1. The transmitter antenna XMTR is mounted on the same side of the rod as the top antenna RCV2 and is at equal distances from the receiver antennas. For example, the transmitter antenna may be ten inches from the receiver antennas. This distance is not critical, but should be the same for both receiver antennas.
In the apparatus shown, each antenna is a directional log periodic antenna having the gain of a Yagi but in a smaller space. See
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In the use of the apparatus, as shown in
Consideration of factors (a) through (e) above leads to a number of constraints in the design of a continuous-wave detector. Factors (a) and (b) lead to a requirement that the transmitter be situated high enough above the terrain surface that, for a reasonably restricted transmitter beamwidth, the transmitter beam will illuminate an area of the ground that is large compared to the size of the non-target irregularities (rocks, etc.) and terrain roughness scale. The same considerations apply to the height requirement for the receiving antenna(s) subject to the two additional requirements that the receiving antenna(s) must be as close as possible to the ground for maximum sensitivity to the reflected signal from the target, and as far as possible from the transmitter to reduce the direct signal.
Factor (c) above suggests that a pair of receiving antennas separated by some appropriate fraction of a wavelength might be used to insure that both receivers can never simultaneously be located at an interference null, while (d) and (e) impact the receiver antenna's beamwidth pattern and tuning characteristics, respectively. Analysis of wave pathlengths and phases indicates that the transmitter antenna must lie above the pair of receiver antennas for the reduction of interference effects.
In accordance with the invention, the receiving antennas are separated by a distance b=L/8 to fix the phase difference between the two receiver antennas at 90� (quadrature) when the antennas are directly above the target. This provides a means of determining the true amplitude of the continuous-wave radiation reflected from the target independent of interference effects. In keeping with the constraints discussed previously, for b<<z, the amplitudes of the reflected signals at RCV1 and RCV2 will he nearly identical, and with 90 degrees phase difference between their addition to the direct signals at RCV1 and at RCV2, which for b<<a are also nearly identical. Hence, if the direct signals at RCV1 and RCV2 are denoted by A1 and A2, with the reflected signals at RCV1 and RCV2 by A1′ and A2′, the corresponding total signals T1 and T2 may be written:
If the direct signals A1 and A2 are measured before a target is present and subtracted from outputs T1 and T2, then the average reflected signal amplitude A′ (which is nearly equal to A1′ and A2′) can be found from:
The amplitude A′ described above is a function of the transmitter power and beam pattern, distance and angle from transmitter to the target, target size, shape and microwave reflectivity, and the distance and angle from the target to the receiving antennas. The following analysis considers the strength of the transmitted signal at the target, the reflection by the target, and the reflected signal at the receiving antennas. For simplicity, a cylindrical target of radius Rp is assumed with reflectivity Q. The transmitted signal strength is assumed to fall off as 1/r, and the antenna pattern for transmitter and receiver is that of a log periodic Yagi with measured cosine 12 angular falloff. Since the length of the cylindrical target illuminated increases with distance in the antenna beam pattern, the strength of the reflected signal will fall off more slowly than 1/r, and an arbitrary (1/r)n is, assumed for the reflected signal. In the following, the transmitter signal at 1 meter along the vertical axis is denoted Ax.
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A device based an the described design was fabricated and tested. In the test device, the parameters were: wave freq=2.452897 Ghz (L=12.22 cm.), a=21.6 cm., b=1.528 cm. (L/8), and the exponent n was determined to be 0.5. Test results shown in
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The substantial reduction or elimination of interference effects also allows the possibility of using two or more pairs of quadrature receiving antennas, collinear and spaced some distance apart, to determine target depth. By measuring the true reflected signal amplitude at each pair, the theoretical curve of signal strength vs. target distance may be used to determine target distance independent of absolute signal strength. Signal strength may then be used to determine combined reflectivity and target area, which may be helpful in the determination of target characteristics such as composition (metallic or non-metallic, etc.), size and possibly shape.
The device described in the previous sections, a combination of a continuous-wave transmitter and two or more pairs of quadrature receiving antennas has a wide range of possible application, including but not limited to:
(a) detection and location of underground metallic and non-metallic pipes, cables, conduits and utility lines
(b) detection and location of buried metallic and non-metallic munitions, including mines
(c) detection and location of underground anomalies such as tunnels, shafts or graves.
Tests of the device in an urban environment also indicate that the transmitted and reflected beams are capable of penetrating building walls constructed of wood, sheetrock, stone or brick, and that the reflections produced by anomalies within or behind the walls may be used to locate such anomalies. Related applications include:
(a) detection and location of beams, studs, electrical conduit and gas or water pipes within building walls
(b) detection and location of moving objects, including human or animal bodies, behind building walls.
In the above-described first embodiment of the invention, quadrature of the two receiver phases for reflected radiation eliminates the large deviations caused by interference between the direct signal from the transmitter and the two reflected signals. Additional improvement in performance may be obtained by choice of a geometry in which the transmitter antenna is shifted to the side of the receiver antennas, with the receiver antennas placed so that both the direct wave from the transmitter and the reflected wave from a target below the receiver antennas are 90 degrees out of phase at the two receiver antennas (direct and reflected wave quadrature). In addition, the re-positioning of the receiver antennas away from the center of the transmitter antenna beam greatly reduces the direct signal strength at both receiver antennas. A further benefit of this design is that the reflected signal from the ground surface is not directly below the receiver antennas, and the transmitter antenna beam may be tilted toward the receiver antennas so that the center of the transmitter beam illuminates a point at a desired depth below the ground surface.
A simple embodiment of the design discussed above comprises the transmitter antenna and the upper of the pair of receiver antennas mounted at opposite ends of a portion of a rigid rod or pole which is inclined at an angle (theta) from the vertical, with the second (lower) receiver antenna suspended below the rod or pole by a rigid strut in such a position that it is � wavelength closer to the ground surface than the upper receiver antenna and is also � wavelength closer to the transmitter antenna than the upper receiver antenna.
The second embodiment of apparatus 28 of the invention using this design is shown in
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The geometry (spatial relationships) of such a design is illustrated in
For chosen angle theta and chosen overall distance S1 between transmitter antenna and upper receiver antenna, the lower receiver antenna will be supported at a vertical distance D2 below the inclined rod from a point at a distance k along the rod from the transmitter antenna, with k and D2 calculated from:
Thus in this preferred design, both the direct signals and the reflected signals at RCV1 and RCV2 are in quadrature (90 degrees out of phase) when the target is along a vertical line mid-way between the two receiver antennas.
As shown, the transmitter antenna is tilted 15 degrees from the vertical, corresponding to the center of the transmitter beam crossing the vertical mid-line of the two receiver antennas at a point 15 inches below the RCV2 antenna for S1=12.00 inches.
Selection of the various parameters (θ, S1, d1, and zf) specifying the instrument geometry involves trade-off between instrument size, balance and ease of handling, and expected target burial depth. The choices of parameters and factors involved in their selection are discussed below.
Since both receiver antennas RCV1 and RCV2 are always vertical, selection of S1 for any particular value of θ determines both the horizontal displacement between the transmitter antenna and the receiver antennas and the height of the transmitter above the ground. As previously discussed, the transmitter height above the ground should be sufficient for the transmitted beam to illuminate a spot on the ground whose area is much larger than that of irregularities on the ground or at shallow depths below it. This produces an average ground background which remains relatively constant, since it averages over many irregularities. However, the transmitter antenna should be far enough away from the feet of the user that the user's a feet do not produce reflections in the process of walking normally while carrying the instrument. Likewise, the combination of S1 and θ should position the two receiver antennas RCV1 and RCV2 close enough to the buried target to receive a strong reflected signal, but high enough above the ground surface to average over surface irregularities reflections. A natural design scheme places the balance point at the user's hand, with the batteries providing a rear counter-weight for the weight of the antennas and electronics. A practical limit of 52 inches was chosen for overall length, and experimenting with various combinations of S1 and θ for the required battery and instrument weights led to a selection of S1=12 inches and θ=45� as the optimum configuration for all requirements.
This distance depends entirely on the physical dimensions of the rectangular box enclosing the receiver antenna RCV1 and associated rf detector. At θ=45�, the minimum possible distance between the main support beam and the center of the receiver antenna RCV1 was d1=3.5 in. with d2 calculated to be 8.42 in.
The transmitter and receiver antennas beam patterns are identical sharply focused around the forward direction with power (or sensitivity) dropping to 50% at +/−19� about the forward axis. Since the receiver antennas are always vertical in operation, the maximum reflected wave signal strength at the receiver antennas will be obtained when the target is along a vertical line mid-way between the two receiver antennas and is illuminated at the center of the transmitter antenna beam. Thus, for an expected average target burial depth, the transmitter antenna angle from vertical θ may be adjusted to have the antenna beam center cross the vertical line between RCV1 and RCV2 at the expected target distance. In the case of mines, the expected burial depth is shallow (3 to 12 inches), whereas in the case of utility lines and pipes, burial may be expected to be deeper (12 to 36 inches). For test purposes, a value of Zf=15 inches was chosen, resulting in θ=15� and dXMT=4.95 inches, with L1=13.82 inches and L2=8.56 inches.
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(A) Both receiver antenna (RCV1 and RCV2) outputs are measured in power detectors whose output voltages A1 and A2 are inputs to difference amplifiers with �10 gain. The other inputs to the difference amplifiers are voltages from trim pots C1 and C2. The outputs from the two difference amplifiers are thus 10(A1−C1) and 10(A2−C2).
(B) These outputs go to two variable gain amplifiers with adjustable gain f, whose outputs are 10f(A1−C1) and 10f(A2−C2).
(C) These outputs are squared, then summed together and the square root of the resultant sum obtained. This voltage V0=SQR[(10f(A1−C1))2+(10f(A2−C2))2]which is equivalent to V0=10f SQR[(A1−C1)2+(A2−C2)2]
(D) The output Vo and an offset voltage Co from a trim pot are inputs to a difference amplifier whose output is Vo−Co.
(E) The output Vo−Co is then input to a variable gain amplifier whose gain g is set to: g=10/(10−Co) which sets the output to the meter and VCO so that their full range is scaled (0-10 v) as Vo varies from Co to ZCo.
The instrument is set up for operation in the following steps:
1. Calibration for Direct Signals at RCV1 and RCV2
With the antennas pointed upward-at the sky,
(a) the meter input is switched to the output developed in step (B) for RCV1, which is 10f(A1−C1) and the voltage C1 is adjusted in the variable pot until the meter reading is 0 (i.e., C1=A1). This pot setting is held for RCV1.
(b) meter input is switched to output for RCV2, which is 10f(A2−C2) Pot voltage C2 is adjusted until meter reading is 0 (C2=A2) and pot setting is held for RCV2.
(c) Meter input is switched to the output from step (D), which is Vo−Co.
2. Neutralization of Earth Background
With the device held in normal operating position, with antennas pointed toward the ground in a location assumed to have no nearby buried targets,
(a) set pot adjusting voltage Co to mid-range
(b) adjust variable gain f until meter reading is zero
(c) start research for buried objects, adjusting pot controlling Co as squelch control to compensate for changes in earth background with terrain changes (gravel, bare earth, grass, etc.)
While preferred embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be apparent that changes can be made without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the accompanying claims.
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Hey guys!
So I just go back from Demi and I's first XC schooling of 2010! We went to a park we know fairly well... come to find out they have completely changed the course! So it was kind of nerve wracking to jump new courses (same jumps, different configuration).
I was REALLY tense at first. Demi had gotten off the trailer kind of "up" so it made me nervous. I always get this irrational fear on XC. It's something I have to overcome and let go of. I feel like since Demi is smaller, she can't jump as well. Which is totally false! She's a great jumper but I'm a control freak and I have trouble letting go of her face.
My trainer, Jamie, helped me work through it and by the time we got to the water complex Demi and I were really connecting.
We are going to attempt (if all goes according to plan) the horse trials here in July at Beginner Novice!
Oh and don't worry... My vest WAS under my jacket
Here are some pics to enjoy!


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May 12 2009
Snap Out of It!
By Miz Booshay
I'm not a very bossy person. Well, okay. In the car I am bossy.
But in general I don't tell people what they should do.
But I think I've found my calling.
I feel called to tell you to…get in the picture!
Forget your foolish pride and just jump in the frame.
Our parents died when I was 16. Our mom died within a year of taking this picture with my sister, Janet.
It is my very favorite picture of her.
This picture brings me so much joy, I can not tell you. I have it on the refrigerator and look at it every day.
I do not know if I have a picture of myself with my mom.
But I do have a picture of myself with my dad.
There we are. Me and my dad and my sister Cindy. So, so long ago. It was 1973 and we were on vacation in Maui. Haleakala Crater. Look how handsome our dad was! I see my son Matthew in him.
I am so thankful for these pictures.
It doesn't matter how you do it.
It only matters that you do it!
Today I want to urge you to get over your shyness and pride and get in the picture!
I wish, wish, wish I had more pictures of me with our children. It is one of my few regrets.
So here's the deal…
1. In five years you will look five years older….you WILL look young in the pictures you take today!
2. Ten years ago I thought I was fat. Oh my goodness….I should have taken pictures THEN.
3. Your children look at you all day long. THEY know what you look like. They won't care how you look in the picture.
I really don't like how I look in pictures. It pains me. I still want to look like I did when I was 25 years old. And really I'm shocked that I don't.
But seriously. My children love me just the way I am. Chins and all.
Consider this your call to action!
You can do it. I know you can. If I can, you can!
Let your light shine. You will never regret it!
Encourage one another,
Miz Booshay
712 Comments
Debbie On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:45 pm
Thank you for the encouragement. You are so right. We have so many pics of our children but not many of us WITH the children.
Melanee On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:45 pm
I definitely needed to hear that. So often I worry that I'm not getting enough pictures of my kids as they grow and change so fast, but I definitely want there to be pictures of me and my husband for our children and their children and grandchildren. Thanks for the advice!
Stephanie On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:46 pm
What a wonderful and inspiring post. I never like to be in pictures, which is why I TAKE pictures, but my husband and I don't have a lot of pictures together and I need to remedy that! Thanks.
Jennifer Stewart On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:46 pm
Thank you for that gentle reminder. I've never really thought of it that way.
Rhonda On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:46 pm
Wonderful. I can not even get close to describing how great I think this type of "bossiness" is…thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sabra On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:46 pm
Ditto #17. Beautiful, thank you.
Melanie Dawn On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:48 pm
Thanks for the post! We moms are often the photographers, but even with young kids, we need to get in there, too! You are TOTALLY right that our kids will be thankful…I wish I had more with my parents when I was younger. Thanks for the reminder and encouragement. You are BEAUTIFUL!!!
Tracey C. On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:49 pm
you are VERY right — thanks for the reminder!! My hubby doesn't have the 'intuition' to grab the camera and shoot often…guess I'll have to remind him
Lynne On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:49 pm
This is so true! What great advice.
alice On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:50 pm
I love this, you are so right!
the BLAH BLAH BLAHger On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:50 pm
Well said, Miz Booshay!!!
Tina On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:51 pm
Thank You?
Michelle in AR On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:51 pm
Great Advice!!!
Nicole On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:52 pm
yes, yes, yes. love your words. i was just thinking this morning that i have no photos of me with the kids…because i'm never happy with how i look and i delete them. thank you for keeping it simple. and real.
karen in AK On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:53 pm
That brought tears to my eyes. I constantly bemoan not being in more pictures with my daughter. Yet, like you, I don't like the way I look in them. Enough. I am GOING to take pictures of the two of us, because we will both love having them.
michelle On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:53 pm
AMEN! Great advice!!
Lisa On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:54 pm
You are so RIGHT ON! I needed to hear this more when I was younger, but I still need it now. It's funny but I have been working on overcoming my pride lately and getting in the picture. Thanks for the reminder.
Now here is a reminder for you – Take pictures of YOUR FRIENDS! I take them of my kids and their friends, but I have very few of my own friends and it's very sad because some of them have now passed away or moved away and I don't have pictures of them.
Brenda On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:54 pm
This made me CRY. Thank you. I took over 600 pictures in Europe last summer, and I am in 7 photos. SEVEN. Out of 600+. And I am NEVER in photos w/my girls…hardly ever. Thank you for this post. You are gorgeous.
fah On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:54 pm
Thank you for sharing such a personal and touching post with us! I can't tell which I enjoyed more, the words or the pictures.
lizzy On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:55 pm
You are inspiring. You and your girls are absolutely beautiful. I hide behind the camera far too often because I just do not like to see my overweight version on the computer or in print. You give fantastic perspecive. One day someone will miss that I'm not in photos. I vow to change that. Thanks for the encouragement!! We will do better!!!
Susan Moe On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:56 pm
Best advice ever!
Pam D On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:56 pm
Wow. Thank you for a reminder that is SO needed! I love being behind the lens; partly because I love to create. But partly because I just don't like the way I look in pictures. But someday, I won't be here.. and how will my boy remember me if he doesn't have those pictures? Memories fade… no matter how much we swear that they won't. Thank you… for reminding me of what really matters.
Karen On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:57 pm
Anonymous On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:58 pm
BRAVO!!!! How uplifting!
Amy On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:58 pm
You're so right! I can't stand that I'm not in any pictures with my kids because my husband won't take the camera by the horns! He's in very few because he doesn't like to be in pictures. I just tell him to suck it up already and enjoy the moment!! Time for me to go figure out the self timer on my camera!
Jenny On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:58 pm
I used to be like this. When I married my second husband after being married to a negative jerk for wayyyy too long I did my usual "avoid being seen in any picture, ever, routine". He said something like "wow, you are one of the most caring, giving women I have ever known and you are so selfish about this" Well that ticked me off and I said "I hate seeing myself in pictures." and he said "see, selfish. It's not for you. It's for me and the kids." That was it. I let anyone and everyone take my picture now. Age spots – who cares? Double chin – so what? This is all for my family and I love them and if one tiny bit of being uncomfortable for me gives them comfort when I am gone it is soooo worth it. And you are lovely.
Karen On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:58 pm
You're right.
I will.
Lindsey Rowland On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:59 pm
Great advice. Just need to tell my husband to snap more photos of me with our son. Look back how many photos do you have of your husband with your children. LOTS. Guys never think to grab the camera and snap you and the baby when you both fall asleep on the couch together after a long night of the baby being sick. Ok I am done!!
lulu On Tuesday, May 12 at 12:59 pm
that is such a lovely post. it was really touching.
Michelle On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:00 pm
I liked this post. Good message!
oneshotbeyond On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:00 pm
It's so true!!!
I lost my mom when I was very young…seven. I only have 1 photograph of her. A tiny yearbook cut out a good friend of hers cut out of his book when he found out that I had NONE before that. I have it in a silver heart locket to this very day. You know we all hate are yearbook photos…I bet she wouldn't have liked it, but it is so lovely…she is so beautiful in it and it's black n white-my favorite!
I don't get in enough photos with my kids either. I try to pretend it's just the "photographer is always behind the camera" philosophy, but it's me being shy and feeling to HUGE and knowing whoever snaps the shot for me won't take the time and consideration to attempt to make me look a tiny bit less HUGE. Oh well…
I do make myself take a handful of photographs with my kids each year. Whether it's the goofy hand held, point & shoot-almost self portrait type or whether it's handing the camera off to their dad and hoping for the best. Being as I had only 1 photograph of my mom…and only of her pretty face I was NEVER going to be okay with that happening to my children no matter how much I'd rather not be in them.
My rule is NO BATHING SUIT SHOTS of mom or I'll get them back real good one day and I have the right gear and eye to do it with! lol
I may have to post a link back to this post of yours…I am so happy you did this and said things so clearly, bluntly and perfectly. So many moms are with me at their child's portrait sessions and I try to get them to get in a couple shots "just for fun" and MOST won't do it. There's always a "if only…blah blah" {fill in whatever you can think of and they've said it}.
Thanks MB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paula On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:00 pm
So true, so true! If only we loved and accepted ourselves as much as our loved ones do.
Thanks for the reminder/push!!!
Tracy C On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:00 pm
What great advice! For years I have always avoided the camera and I have very few pictures of me with my boys. They are now 22 and 18 but you know, it is not too late.
#27 Sue V. – another great point!
Thank you both so much for putting it right out there and in a way that really spoke to me.
No longer will I get mad, groan or hide when the camera happy members of my family take out their cameras. My children and family think I am beautiful so why would that alter their perception when viewing a photo of me? You are correct, it won't. It is only my own self who has the problem. I cannot say it will be easy getting over it, but I will remember your words and think of the memories the photo will hold for future viewings.
Thank you!
Miz Booshay – Those are wonderful pictures of you with your beautiful daughters.
Andi On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:00 pm
I never let my picture be taken – and because of your post – I think I will try now. It will be a HUGE step for me.
Darcy On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:00 pm
Love it :). I wish i had more pictures of my dad and my grandma over the years- they were always behind the camera!
Michelle C. On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:01 pm
Miz Booshay, you've made me cry.
Tammy On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:02 pm
AWWW, that is so right. My dad is going through his third round of cancer and it keeps getting worse. We had a family cookout the other day and I was thinking that this could be the last Mothers Day picnic with him. I just studied his features and appreciated him for who he was. I was wanting to get lots of pictures to remember him by ~ even if he lives for another 20 years. Thanks for the reminder to get in the pics!!
Cindy On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:02 pm
We're so busy snapping pictures of our kids, and avoiding taking any that we're in, that we don't realize how important it is TO our kids to have us in the pictures. I've looked back at pictures of my kids (okay, not that long ago since mine are 4.5, 2.5 and 10 months old), but wondered where I was. I do try to get my DH in pictures when I can, but forget about me.
Thanks for the reminder! Especially: "Your children look at you all day long. THEY know what you look like. They won't care how you look in the picture."
Cheryl On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:03 pm
WOW! That is wonderful advice. I HATE pictures of myself but never thought of that way of looking at it. THANK YOU!!
I look at all the pictures of my family on vacation and others and I am not in them. I am the one behind the lens. Your post brought me instantly to tears
Jenni On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:04 pm
Agreed, this is a moving post. I was looking of photos of me the other day and realized, there were none taken in the past 5 months, I am the one with the camera in my hands.
Thank you for the post Miz.
Amelie On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:04 pm
So true!
Btw, I think you're beautiful.
Jessica Jackson On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:05 pm
This is a great post! I have a 6 month old daughter and I am constantly taking pictures of her, her and her daddy, her and everyone else…but me. I want to have tons of pictures of us together, with my baby weight still on and everything. Now I'm inspired!
Rebecca Mick On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:05 pm
Thank you for posting this! It's just the encouragement that I needed to get in the picture! We (I) take so many pictures, and I am never in any of them! If I want a photo of myself, I usually have to take it myself and those never turn out nice. I have a tripod, and I'm going to use it!
Jeanette Mc. On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:05 pm
Very well said indeed.
Gina On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:06 pm
I so needed to hear this. My kids get so mad when I don't let them take pictures of me. Oh how I hate pictures of me…. but you are right. Someday that is all they will have of us. I need to make myself stand in front of the camera more often. My daughter is getting married next month, I will make sure I am in some of the pictures. Even though I did tell the photographer that the more he keeps the camera off me, the happier I will be. He laughed and said his mom was the same way.
Thanks for the kick in the behind…..;-)
What Happens Next On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:07 pm
You are singing my song… Thanks.
Corrie Loftin On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:07 pm
I have never commented on your blog and I have been following it for so long but this was worthy of a comment. You are so right here! My parents have both passed away, my mom when I was 15 and my dad when I was 3, and I WISH I had more pictures with them! I try to take as many pictures with my kids as possible because if anything was to ever happen to me, I want them to have those pictures to cherish
Best bossiness EVER
Summer On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:08 pm
Thank you! As the official photographer in my family, I often look back at pictures of family events and wonder where I am (behind the lens – DUH!). In a few others, my arm is visible as I hold it out to snap one with one of my kids. You've reminded me that I'd rather have pictures with half my arm than not be in them at all!!
MrsMama On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:08 pm
You are so right! And I very much needed to hear that. I am much more comfortable behind the camera than in front of it! But, like you reminded us, it's not all about me.
That'll be my new goal this Summer. Thank you. I think.
kath On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:09 pm
You are so right. I took all kinds of photos of my girlfriends this past weekend. I'm in none of them. If they left me out of the picture, I would be upset. Why do I leave myself out of the picture?
Star Jimenez On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:09 pm
Completely agree!! It bugs me to no end when people complain about being in the picture or self critize to the point its annoying. The worst is now people un-tag themselves in facebook. "Get over it!" I want to yell. Cause I love having all these pictures no matter what.
Cristie On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:09 pm
Awesome advice! Thanks for the encouragement!
Katheryn On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:10 pm
I LOVED this post. It actually brought me to tears. I have so few pictures of myself and my mom when she was younger. I don't want that to happen to my kids! I think I'll take a picture with them today!
valry On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:10 pm
bless your heart! you're so right. there are entire periods of my life with no photographic record of me, anywhere, because i was always the photographer! thanks for the reminder.
also, your girls AND YOU are beautiful!
EG On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:10 pm
Great reminder, thanks!
Joni On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:11 pm
Thanks. I hear you, I hear you.
ourhomeschool On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:12 pm
Thank you! I often think, "there are no pictures of me!" I'm always the one behind the camera! Not that I'm complaining, mind you. I love to take pictures!!! I too hate seeing pictures of myself! So, I don't mind being behind the camera! But I get the point! ;o) I'll let down my pride…. Have a blessed day!
Deb. On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:13 pm
amen to that sista! I think my youngest photo is kindergarten and I have no idea what I looked like before that. Sad. I would love to see a baby photo of me but ones that were taken were destroyed by my mental mother.
Ashley Loyd On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:14 pm
What a great post! I love it!
Brenda On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:15 pm
Amen. I've had a lot of loss in my life in the last few years, and thankfully, I had been forcing those folks into pictures which I now cherish.
esavvymom On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:15 pm
Good advice! I wish my mom wasn't so camera-shy. I have to sneak photos…I remind her that her grandkids need photos someday!
freda On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:16 pm
thanks for the reminder.
AJ On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:17 pm
You have just opened my eyes and made me realize…I'm being selfish. I'm camera shy and I will NOT let anyone take my picture. I absolutely HATE having my picture made. But, if something were to happen to me, I'd want my children holding on to those pictures, those memories. Thank you!
spuddawg On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:17 pm
Thanks for this post,Miz Booshay ! I just sent this to All my family. In my teen years I spent more time with my grandad than I did in my own home.As you get older you soon realize how short life is.My grandad hated for us to take his picture,but it is was really the flash that bothered him more than the picture taking. I kept taking them even to his ire ! He is not with us now but I have some great pictures ! Woo- hoo ! Let us take your picture people !!!!
MyFrogs On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:18 pm
Your girls are beautiful!! I have no pictures of me, because I'm always taking them!
Lu On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:21 pm
I couldn't agree more… thanks for this.
Stacy R On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:21 pm
I think this was aimed at me. Thank you for the wake-up call!
megank On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:21 pm
good post.. i guess i forget to get in front of the lens. I just get in the mindset of "ohh that would be a good pictures." you are so right though… in front of the lens I will go
Erin J On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:22 pm
Donna, I couldn't agree more. I am always worried that my son will never really know how much I love him, so even though he is only 6 months old, I try to videotape my interactions with him, so that some day, he might get a glimpse of how much his tiny littleness meant to me. I also try to get photos of the two of us together. Even if I don't look so good. In fact I just posted some on my blog today! Have a look. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful advice with all of your readers.
Ruby On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:22 pm
Lovely post, I also regret not having more pictures of me and my daughter throughout the years. Now I make sure we get lots of pictures together and now that she is a new Mom I make sure to take a lot of pictures of her and the baby. Seems like I was always the one behind the camera. Thank you for bringing this to light.
Rebecca On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:26 pm
ALL three of you are beautiful!! That was a wonderful lesson. It brought tears to my eyes! God bless you.
Beret On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:26 pm
You said it!!!
We all regret not appreciating how we look and feel in the moment (how many of us thought we were FAT in high school and now look back at how good we really looked?).
In our children's eyes we are perfect. I would hate to ever have my daughter think I wasn't 100% ok with who I am and how I look, because I want her to be 100% ok with how she is and how SHE looks.
Pictures are treasures and too often moms are missing. Take more pictures of yourselves girls!
Sleepless In KL On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:27 pm
What an eye-opener! Wake-up call. Or whatever you may call it. But you're right. It's about time WE get into the pictures with our kids so that they'll have something to remember us by. Thank you for this wonderful, wonderful post!
P.S. Have I told you how much I love your signature 'Encourage one another' line?
hennifer On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:27 pm
Thank you! You are so right! I was just looking at pictures of me and my parents when I was small. They are so very cherished.
Sandi B On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:29 pm
I just posted mine with all twelve kids. I am missing the two oldest who are away at school. I do it every year on Mothers day. I cherish them now, as I am sure my kids will when they are older. Currently, It's like pulling teeth to get them stop what they are doing and come sit by me for a picture. They'll live.
Kelly at The Glass Dragonfly On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:30 pm
No matter what you say, no matter how much sense you make I CAN NOT get in in the picture. Please don't make an issue of it. It is painful.
Rollingstonemom On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:31 pm
Guilty as charged! I hate the way I look in pictures, sop I stay out of them (I csnt be constipated ALL the time, can I?) But, my children will not have any photos of me if I don't do something about it. Consider it done!
Kryssy On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:32 pm
I love you for saying that. Thank you.
Debbie On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:32 pm
Wow wow wow!! I read this post and immediately copied and pasted it into an email to my sister. She NEVER wants to be in pictures, but her kids will want to see them someday!!!! I have maybe one picture of me and my mom when I was a baby and I wish I had more. Even harder to come by of me with my mom's mom, "MeMa." I would love to have more pictures of me and my son, however I am the one *always* taking the photos. I'll have to change that! Thanks!!!
Alisha On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:35 pm
Amen. And thank you. I'll do it today.
Beth Nixon On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:35 pm
Thank you MIz. I just started adding myself more and you've reinforced what I was thinking. I even had my husband take pictures of me, just up, with the kids when they brought me breakfast in bed. Not my finest looking moment. But one of my finest moments!
Jacmo On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:36 pm
Amen. I needed this. Time to get out that remote.
ursula On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:38 pm
Miz, you really inspired me!!! I am forever hiding when someone takes out a camera because I have no makeup on, or I look a mess today……….but I have so many pictures of the kids. You are right…..they just might want to look back someday and have a picture of their fresh-faced, sweatpant-wearin' mom.
Teressa H On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:39 pm
So true, I hate seeing myself in pictures. I think I am fat, my smile is too big, whatever. My husband will take a photo of me, if I do not like it, I delete it and he gets so mad! He says it looks just like me-then I want to cry. LOL
Tiffany On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:39 pm
Excellent reminder. Thank you!
Gayle Rogers On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:39 pm
That's why I'm so glad we can update our drivers license online! We stay younger and thinner.
Runningamuck On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:40 pm
I agree completely! In fact, this Mother's Day, I had my hubby take some snapshots of the kids and I for that very reason. I figured it'd be a good Mother's Day tradition from here on out. And if I can sneek some photos in during the rest of the year, even better! Thanks for the reminder! My mother-in-law passed away suddenly when our oldest was only 4 months old. I only have ONE picture of just the two of them. It's not flattering… my MIL has food in her mouth and my daughter has a cockeyed look to her expression but the photo is PRICELESS none the less. And my daughter (almost 8 now) has kept a framed print of it in her room for the last few years. Precious I tell you. And I learned my lesson… take more photos! Don't let an opportunity pass by.
Hokie Deb On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:40 pm
–>This is my favorite post of yours to date. I wish I had more pictures of my parents with me as a child. They're still alive but I wish I had seen a picture of my Mom pregnant with me.
I don't like myself in pictures but if you tilt your chin towards the camera, it helps get rid of the chins. I use this technique all the time. The few pictures of me on my blog demonstrate this effect.
Bobosaur Wrangler On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:40 pm
Thank you for posting this… I agree 100%!! Life is so short and someday all we will have to look back on is our memories and some photos if we are lucky. Not to mention our family and friends love us as we are. If you can't get someone to take your picture… use the auto timer that most camera's have… simple and effective!
Ashley On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:41 pm
What an awesome attitude! I'm totally going to look at picture taking differently! Thank you!
HoosierMommy On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:41 pm
Ugh! This is biggest challenge you've ever given! I'll do my best, I promise!
Liz Ness On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:42 pm
Such an amazing post — thanks for that awesome reminder Miz Booshay!
Andrea in Wi On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:43 pm
You are right. We recently took a trip to Disney World and, by my choice, I'm not in many, many photos because I took them. The one's I am in, I hate. I need to get over that. Thank you for pointing it out for those of us who would rather take the picture than be in it.
Pamela Kramer On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:46 pm
You are so right!
Great advice and the one where you said that you should have taken photos 5 years ago because of weight? I was just looking at some of those the other day. I was thinking the same thing! I should have taken more photos.
Bev On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:47 pm
I look at myself now and 15-20 years ago. I didn't know then how good I really looked. Didn't have a clue. I sure know how I look now, not good, but it is me, and you're right, my kids and grandkids all know how I look. Guess I'll take more pix of me for them. Thanks.
Marla Vendret On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:47 pm
My mom just passed away from cancer last month at 68 years old. It was very sudden. We did a slideshow for her memorial and I'm so, so, so glad we were able to find pictures that covered her whole life and all of her interests.
I can't begin to say how much all those photos mean to me. So yes! Take pictures. Get in pictures. Your loved ones will cherish those photos when you're gone.
If you would like to see the slideshow we did for my mom, it's available here. http://balli.homeftp.net/obituaries.php?action=display&id=109041
Robin On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:48 pm
Thank you. You are beautiful.
Puna On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:48 pm
Now THIS is great advice.
courtney e. On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:48 pm
LOVE this post!! Great advice!
StephSteph On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:48 pm
SOMEONE (*coughREEcough*) needs to take this advice!!


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After seeing the fabulous Column Of Leaves scarf that Steve Lyle had done, I was so intrigued by the pattern that I wanted to try one too. The pattern was really quite easy and the results are really quite nice. It's one of those patterns where the finished object makes it look much harder than it really was. There are a few errors in my work though. Just a few P2TOG's where there should have been P2TBL's. By the time I realized I had made the error though, I was already a few rows past and I wasn't all that keen on ripping it back.
I used worsted weight Lion Brand felting yarn which was left over from the "Bordello Slippers" that I made, and size 7 needles. I didn't get a measurement of the scarf length prior to blocking but the finished length after blocking is 76 inches. I was a bit worried that I wouldn't have enough of the yarn to make it a decent length, but I stretched it as tightly as I could when I blocked it and it all worked out fine.
The attached picture shows right and wrong sides of the scarf.
A wonderful color and a beautiful job. I will try this again I think!
Really nice work Aaron, and I like that color. *Sigh*, yet another project I'd like to do.
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MMario - ambiguity is cultivated, it doesn't happen in a vacuum!
Beautiful scarf and very nice color. You did a fantastic job.
I like that I'm seeing more and more people posting lace that they've done. I know not everyone is as lace-obsessed as I; but the variety and excellence people are posting is great!
MMario - ambiguity is cultivated, it doesn't happen in a vacuum!
"I know not everyone is as lace-obsessed as I"
Give us time....
Beautiful work. The colour is gorgeous and the lace pattern perfect. Congratulations.
Aaron, Your work is always so beautiful and this is no exception! Fantastic!
Knit like the wind!
Stunning colour for a beautiful piece of work
Beautiful job. I'm always amazed at this pattern - you did a great job. Still haven't tried the lace patterns, so busy with everything else. Thanks for posting and showing the pics.
Oh, and how wide is it after blocking?
It measures 7.5 inches wide. I'm not sure of the exact yardage. I used one full skein of the yarn (158yds) and two partial skeins that were probably close to half a skein each. So, somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 yards.
That is beautiful. And thanks for showing both sides. I always wonder how scarfs look from the back since you will be seeing that side often. And it is lovely. How much yarn did it use?
This is really gorgeous and I really love the warm, rich colour. Well done.


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As Rogers State University celebrated its 100th birthday this year, the Claremore campus was alive with the planning of the centennial parade as well as other activities that marked the university's milestone. However, the Claremore campus wasn't the only location where celebrations occurred: RSU's Pryor campus has seen a huge expansion project as well as centennial activities of its own.
Lisa Ramsey has worked for Rogers State University since 1991 when the school was still named Rogers State College. She began her career as a technical assistant at the Educational Opportunity Center and now works as the Student Activities Coordinator for RSU's Pryor campus.
Over her 18 years with the university, Lisa has seen an ample amount of changes. "When I started our campus was located in the building which is currently Thunderbird Youth Academy [in Pryor], now we have our own building," she says. Additionally, Ramsey has worked under three different Pryor campus directors: Jane Duff, Leann Burger, and the current director, Sherry Alexander.
Amidst all these changes, Rogers State University's centennial year has marked one of the greatest in the Pryor campus' history. A $1.3 million expansion project has now almost doubled the size of the original Pryor campus building. The expansion had been in the works for approximately 8 years, but, Lisa says, "It just so happened that our expansion dedication and open house were held during the Centennial."
According to Ramsey, "We have 5 new classrooms, a commons area, faculty and staff offices, computer lab and restrooms." The original campus building consisted of a single hallway lined with various offices and classrooms. However, with the addition of this size-doubling expansion Ramsey has seen students more excited than ever to arrive on the campus.
This expansion may even prove to be more than a space-building endeavor given the current student demographics at RSU Pryor. The typical students at RSU Pryor are "first generation, high risk students" according to Lisa. This means that these students are the first in their families to attend college, and are at a risk for not continuing their education.
Furthermore, RSU's Pryor campus serves both traditional and non-traditional students that may fall into this category. Due to the "recent layoffs at Labinal & Gatorade," Lisa says enrollment at the campus has increased; the Pryor campus now enrolls more than 350 students each semester.
Lisa coordinates an array of activities for the students at the Pryor campus. "We have lots of activities in Pryor: blood drives, safe Spring Break week, Halloween pumpkin carving and costume contests, voter registration & stress free finals," she says. These activities not only serve to liven up the students' college experiences, but also to show the good that comes with all the tests and papers when it comes to college life.
Therefore, the high risk student may feel better about attending their classes if they have something to look forward to other than that class. This dedication to keeping students enrolled in college proves Lisa's strongest statement, "The best part of my job is working with students."


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Support Men's and Women's basketball at WSU by joining the Shocker Sound Basketball Band! The WSU basketball season usually runs from November until March. Students are eligible to travel with the band to basketball tournaments based on availability and number of games attended throughout the school year. Each band member also receives a stipend per game that is disbursed in January for Fall Semester games and May for Spring Semester games.
Qualified students may participate in either or both the Men's and Women's Shocker Sound Basketball Bands. Each band member receives an honorarium per game of approximately $35. Honorariums typically are disbursed in January and May. Shocker Sound is an extra-curricular activity with no University credit offered for participation. Shocker Sound performs for all Men's and Women's home games, including games during Winter Break.
There are approximately 20 Men's Games and 20 Women's Games each basketball season. The season typically begins in October and concludes in March. Shocker Sound travels to tournaments when the teams are invited to participate.
Due to the NCAA and NIT Tournament Regulations, the total number of Shocker Sound personnel is limited to 30-playing members per game. However, the band roster includes more students than allowed per game. During the fall semester the personnel roster includes approximately 50-60 students. Personnel are rotated in and out of the band to give more students an opportunity to participate in Shocker Sound and to accommodate the availability of each student's schedule.
At the beginning of spring semester the Shocker Sound is re-auditioned selecting the most proficient players. Spring semester personnel must make a strong commitment to playing the majority of the games since the regular season is followed by tournament play requiring a cohesive and experienced band.
Shocker Sound Preferred Instrumentation
Alto Sax- 5 Trombone- 6
Tenor Sax- 2 Marching Baritone- 2
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Trumpet- 8 Bass Guitar- 1
Mellophone- 4 Sousaphone- 3 (NCAA/NIT Tournaments)
WSU provides instruments to qualified students.
In order to be eligible for Shocker Sound a student must be enrolled at WSU each semester in a minimum of one course.
It is highly recommended and to the advantage of students desiring to be members of the Shocker Sound Basketball Band to enroll in Concert Band. This is because Concert Band students play their instruments throughout the academic year keeping playing skills proficient as well as improving skills. While Concert Band enrollment it is not a requirement for Shocker Sound eligibility, in the case of an audition tie a student participating in Concert Band is generally given preference.
Auditions typically are held the last week of September. Students interested in auditioning for Shocker Sound are encouraged to attend the Pre-Season Rehearsals. To receive information about Pre-Season Rehearsals and Auditions, complete the on-line Audition Information Request Form on the WSU Bands Webpage: www.wichita.edu/bands
At the beginning of spring semester Shocker Sound is re-auditioned selecting the most proficient players to participate in the band that may travel to tournaments should either or both men's and women's teams be invited. In the case of audition ties, the following guidelines are considered in breaking ties:
(1) Music major or music minor
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PETERSBURG, Va. (WTVR) – A Petersburg police officer says he lost his job after he ripped down an image that reminded him of the Sandy Hook school shooting.
Petersburg police will not comment about what they call a "personnel issue."
Sources tell CBS 6 News reporter Jon Burkett that the Petersburg police officer has resigned because of the training poster hanging in a roll call room that showed a man pointing a gun at a child's head.
CBS 6 News opted to blur the picture that some officers said was offensive and in bad taste.
However, police say the sign is necessary for law enforcement training.
"If they knew I was talking to you, I'd lose my job," one patrol officer told CBS 6 News.
The officer, whose identity CBS 6 is protecting, claims the so-called training poster has caused quite a stir inside the department.
"It's an offensive poster with the word "think" above it," the officer said. "It upset a bunch of patrol officers."
However, First Sergeant Carl Moore, the man who hung up the poster, says the graphic image is necessary for young officers to soak in the reality that things like this happen — and could break out in their city.
"This is a dangerous brutal job in which lives are at risk," Moore said. "It's to think about what your response would be if you encounter something like this. It's called immediate action and we are trying to get officers to critically think."
But the disguised officer disagrees and thinks image could cloud judgment. That's why he and others wanted the poster removed, especially after the events of the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
Police leadership said they never received a complaint about the poster, but the patrol officer disagrees.
"To see an image of a man standing over a child with a gun to his head who is crying. It outraged us all. Our calls to the patrol lieutenant were on deaf ears," he said.


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Campaigners who fought to save iconic paddle steamer the Lincoln Castle are now hoping to recruit local firms to bring a replica of the vessel back to the Humber.
Stephen Sharpe said as part of Hull's City of Culture status, he would love to see a "Lincoln Castle" once again making the journey from the South Bank to the North Bank – complete with parts salvaged from the original ship.
He said he believed it would take around £8 million investment.
It was scrapped in 2011, after its owners said the steamer was beyond repair, despite a long running campaign from those fighting to preserve it.


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Morihei Ueshiba and Kenji Tomiki
by Stanley Pranin
From Japanese Wushu Magazine
Kenji Tomiki (1900-1979)
Among the many distinguished disciples of Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of aikido, Kenji Tomiki stands out for his intellectual stature and skill in articulating the historical and ethical rationale of the art. Whereas the founder viewed life and, consequently, his budo, mainly in religious terms, Professor Tomiki espoused a view of aikido which included competition and placed it within the larger context of the history of Japanese martial arts. An academician as well as an athlete, Tomiki authored several books and formulated a theoretical basis for aikido that was understandable by the average person. In this article we will briefly touch upon Professor Tomiki's background, his relationship with Jigoro Kano and Morihei Ueshiba, and his contributions to present-day aikido.
Early education
Kenji Tomiki was born to a family of landowners in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture on March 15, 1900. It was there that he received his primary and secondary education by which time his academic and judo talents had already become evident. Following graduation from high school, he set out for Tokyo to prepare for university entrance examinations. After nearly four years lost to illness, he finally succeeded in entering Waseda University in 1923. Tomiki joined and became a standout member of the highly-touted Waseda Judo Club, advancing to the rank of fourth dan by his senior year. It was during this period that he began to frequent the Kodokan where he was exposed first-hand to the theories and methods of the great educator and founder of judo, Jigoro Kano. Professor Kano's thinking had a profound effect on the young Tomiki, particularly his view of judo as a vehicle for self-improvement and health education. Tomiki would later expand on this philosophy of education and apply it in a unique way to aikido. His devotion to judo during his university days did not, however, cause him to neglect his studies and he maintained his academic standing being dubbed "the scholar from the sports division."
Meeting aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba
It was in 1926 that he first met Morihei Ueshiba in Tokyo and was highly impressed by the latter's mastery of jujutsu techniques. After graduation from Waseda in 1927 with a degree in political science, Tomiki entered graduate school majoring in economics. During the summer of that year he spent a month of intensive training in Daito-ryu aikijujutsu under Ueshiba Sensei at the Omoto headquarters in Ayabe, near Kyoto. For Tomiki, Ueshiba Sensei's art included a huge body of essential jujutsu techniques which served as a vital complement to his judo training. Following completion of his formal education, Tomiki was employed by an electrical company in Sendai. In addition, he entered the prestigious Imperial (Tenranjiai) tournament in 1929 as the judo representative from Miyagi Prefecture and placed within the top 12 after being forced to withdraw due to an injury. Tomiki later became a junior high school teacher in his hometown of Kakunodate. While serving in this capacity between 1931-34, he would pass his summer and winter vacations in Tokyo training under Ueshiba Sensei. His sights set on Manchuria then under Japanese rule, Tomiki resigned his teaching post in 1934 and spent the next several years in Tokyo in preparation for his move. For a time he rented an apartment near the Kobukan Dojo of Ueshiba Sensei in Wakamatsu-cho and was one of the senior instructors. He also played a major role in preparing the manuscript of the 1933 manual of Ueshiba's techniques entitled "Budo Renshu."
To Manchuria
In the spring of 1938, Tomiki was appointed to the staff of the newly established Kenkoku University in what was then Shinkyo (present-day Choshun). Largely through Professor Tomiki's efforts aiki training become a compulsory subject for students of judo and kendo, and therefore he sent for his close associate Hideo Oba, then a 5th dan, from Akita in order to develop a teaching corps. Moreover, Morihei Ueshiba made regular fall trips to Manchuria during these years also conducting classes at Kenkoku University. Professor Tomiki made great strides during the Manchuria years in fleshing out his theory of "rikaku taisei." This term refers to the use of techniques for dealing with attacks by an opponent separated from the defender. This was part of Tomiki's view of a "complete judo" which encompassed two parts: "grappling judo" (kumi judo) which equated to Kodokan Judo, and "separated judo" (hanare judo) which was equivalent to aikido.
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Carroll is a town in Coos county, New Hampshire. It was formed in 1772 and has gone by the following other name/s: Breton Woods. Its parent county/ies is/are Grafton. For more information, contact the county at P.O. Box 88, Twin Mountain 03595. On the attached map, Carroll is shown as 31 in Coos.
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FDIC sues former Orion Bank directors, seeks $53M
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has sued four former directors of Orion Bank in Naples, saying they should pay it millions for allowing the former CEO to "drive the bank into failure."
The federal lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Myers on Jan. 29, alleges that Jerry Williams, the bank's ex-CEO and president, was able to carry out his "reckless growth strategy" largely because the directors "never made more than token attempts to monitor, supervise and restrain him."
The FDIC seeks damages and demands a jury trial.
The four directors named in the suit, living on the east and west coasts of Florida, are James Aultman of Marathon Beach, Earl Holland of Fort Myers, Alan Pratt of Vero Beach, and Brian Schmitt of Marathon.
Lawrence Kellogg, a Miami attorney who represents the directors, said the allegations in the lawsuit are "unfounded," and that they contradict what the FDIC told the court in a criminal case that put Williams in prison for six years for his lead role in a bank fraud conspiracy.
"The former directors were victims of a fraud perpetrated by the president of Orion and certain of its employees. At Jerry Williams' restitution hearing, the FDIC told the federal court that 'Mr. Williams was the one person at Orion that had the power to stop the illegal acts. Instead, he actively concealed the facts regarding these transactions from Orion's outside directors.' The directors agree with the FDIC's prior representation to the court," Kellogg said in an email Wednesday.
The directors will "aggressively defend the case and prevail," he said confidently.
At a restitution hearing in Orlando in August, a federal judge ordered Williams to pay more than $31 million in restitution to the FDIC, which became the receiver for the local bank when it failed. The amount was based on the losses the FDIC suffered when it took over the bank's fraudulent loans after selling most of Orion's assets to IberiaBank.
Williams and his co-conspirators made the loans as part of a scheme to trick regulators into thinking the bank was in better financial shape than it was as it teetered on the edge of collapse.
The four men the FDIC sued were all directors when Orion failed and they also sat on the bank's loan committee. As members of that committee, the lawsuit alleges, they had a duty to "diligently review and independently evaluate proposed loans," but instead they "blithely rubber-stamped any loan that Williams proposed without meaningful review or deliberation."
"The defendants even often approved extremely large and complex loans after less than four minutes of review and discussion, making clear that the defendants habitually approved loans after only the most cursory review," the lawsuit says.
The directors only "reinforced Williams' dominance," and their lack of oversight was so obvious that Williams began boasting about the fact that they would "never reverse his decisions," the FDIC alleges.
The FDIC seeks to recover more than $53 million in losses from the directors for what it describes as their "gross negligence."
By 2004, Williams had clearly become "the dominant decision-maker for the bank," which was first founded as the First National Bank of Marathon in 1997, the suit states.
The bank became First National Bank of the Florida Keys in 1982. In 2002, it was renamed Orion Bank and its headquarters moved to Naples.
Williams became the bank's chairman, president and CEO in 1987.
According to the lawsuit, Williams discouraged direct communication between his subordinates and employees came to understand his decisions were final.
"Far from acting as a check on Williams, the defendants made Williams's authority so absolute that one bank officer even characterized Orion as a 'dangerously cultish environment,'" the lawsuit states.
In 2008, regulators raised concerns about the lack of oversight from the directors. Those concerns forced the bank to sign off on a consent agreement with regulators requiring the directors to "approve and justify in writing any loan to any borrower that had an outstanding loan with the bank that had been partly charged off or adversely classified by regulators," yet when asked in October 2009 whether they had ever refused to approve a loan they couldn't ever recall doing so, according to the lawsuit.
By 2004, Williams had begun an aggressive growth strategy that centered around expanding the bank's commercial real estate, acquisition, development and construction loans. These loans are considered risky because the incomes of the borrowers are so closely tied to real estate values, which rise and fall over time.
Williams's philosophy when it came to loans was the bigger, the better, the FDIC alleges.
As a result of their lack of oversight, the directors "blindly approved million of dollars in loans" to Frank Mileto, who became part of the bank fraud conspiracy that inflated Orion's financial strength. Bank loan committee minutes show the directors never asked any questions of Mileto and the loans were approved unanimously, the lawsuit says.
In the bank fraud conspiracy, more than $80 million in loans were made to Mileto, who was over his loan limit, with $15 million returned to the bank for the illegal purchase of stock in the bank's holding company.
Mileto is also serving prison time along with two former Orion executives, Thomas Hebble and Angel Guerzo, who all pleaded guilty for their involvement in the scheme. The three men have also been ordered to pay millions in restitution to the FDIC.
In total, the FDIC estimates Orion's collapse cost it $880 million.
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