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Happy Sunday Peeps! Its feeling more like autumn these days!
Gayle - Good to hear you got a good 3 mile run in yesterday!
Dari - Have a great HM at Baystate this morning! I heard (tweet from Steverunner - he's runnning the full) its very cold up there!
Macd - Hope to hear from you today!
Kevin - Are you running that 5K today?
Hey all
so sorry to have disappeared last week.... I got buried at work on Wed, and didn't have a chance to get online the rest of the week. Probably a good thingit kept my mind (nerves) off the race a bit!
Reeb--awesome job on your half!!! Congrats!!
hope you were able to runyou are probably done by now! Can't wait for your report!
Okay, here goes:
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!!! I just had a blast!
I have to start with the BEST PART, though, which was Friday night
DH & I got to Indy around 5:00, dropped the dogs at his uncle's, went to packet pick-up and checked into our hotel, then went back to pick up his uncle and go out to dinner. We're sitting on his breezeway when a car pulls in the drivewayit was my daughters!!! I was so surprised and happy to see them that I started crying. I had NO idea they were coming, but it meant so much to me. Best surprise I've ever had.
The race... what can I say? It was awesome! They ended up with about 5500 runners altogether-- 2578 in the half, 1100+ in the full, the rest in the 5k, kids run, and marathon relay. I would highly recommend that race size
plenty of people around (lots running in 2s and 3s) so there was plenty of conversation to listen to but it wasn't real crowded and hard to get around people. It was a really nice course. Started on the base at Fort Benjamin Harrison, went around some of the residential areas there and near the base, and then into the State Park. There were a lot of flat areas and rolling hills in the neighborhoods, but the state park portion was fairly hillythough nothing too steep or long. It was a gorgeous day--about 50 and overcast at the start, about 59 and sunny at the finish, lots of trees in full color, just really nice.
I felt great for the first 5 miles and definitely went out too fast
my first mile was 11:07 and I finished the first 5 miles in about 58 minutes, I was just having a ball. Miles 6-8 felt good too, though I was going a little slower. By mile 9 I was starting to lose my energybut that is when my girls jumped in and ran the next 4 miles with me! That was really perfect timing. I needed the boost, and they got to run through the state park, which was the prettiest portion. I did walk a few stretches so my times for those miles went down, but my overall time was 2:44:36--which beat my stretch goal of 2:45, so I was very pleased. And would do it again I'll post a pic or link soon.
I want to thank all of you for the "cyber-support"
I don't think I would ever have made it this far without all of you! I really wish I had started this years agohaving run that 4 miles with my DDs, I am really envious of those of you who get to run with loved ones on a regular basis, it was just so special. I think we are going to do a turkey trot when the girls are home for Thanksgiving--I can't wait!
Not much time for shout-outs, but--
Joe, glad your 7-miler went well. You'll be ready!
Cara, glad the shoes are fitting. I ended up running in the Brooks this time.
Chuck, that was so nice of you to give up your trip to help your son's family... I too hope you get to meet Holley soon!
misswendy, runjr
keep going! I really can't imagine doing a fullyou are amazing!
Gayle, glad to hear you are able to run--I'll be praying that you're up to doing the half next weekend!
spicegeek, great job on the 60-under-60, and nice pic! I didn't feel too sweaty yesterday since the weather was so nice, but I was sure covered with salt at the end!
Mary and/or Kevin--I think Tyranena's out for this year; since DD and I will be in Kohler until fairly late Friday evening, the logistics of getting there/being ready just don't look good. Hope you are both doing well, and good luck if you run it!
Sorry if I missed anyone... Hope everyone has a fab Sunday!
Macd - Great race report and excellent finish time! Outstanding! Take it easy the next couple of days! And I think that Turkey Trot idea is great!
hi all ran 7 easy miles this AM. I will not be able to run Monday and maybe not Tuesday. I am traveling and this one goes well into the evenings. Maybe at best will be the TM.
cara - great 12 miler and solid week. I am also done with my long running until after the marathon.
reeb - great race! Not sure if I am going to carry water this race. I have a difficult time with my stomach if the belt gets too tight around my waist. The joys of getting older. Rest up.
misswendy - I am sure I will use the potty once during my race. Great 21 miler!!! Rest up after that one. With the butt hurting, stretch the hamstrings you will feel better.
spicegeek - great workout, I don't know where you get the energy.
gayle - glad to hear you are running again. Take it easy and remember your health is most important.
joe - so Romo is the backup? This should be interesting. I think your Cowboys are still one of the top 2 in the league. Glad to hear the knee cooperated during your long run.
macd - great race story!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy your DD"s showed up and even ran with you for a while. You should be proud you did fantastic! I am with you 100%, I would run with my DD or DW any day and they are always my best runs.
I may be unable to post the next few days but we will see. Take care all, good luck today Dari!!!
Susan Komen Race For The cure 5k......... 21:11
Striders Milwaukee HM ....................... .1:37
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Thanks, Joe & runjr! and I forgot to say--Good luck Carmen! I think her race is today?
hey way to go Macd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Everyone!
Well, I did it! I'm no longer a race virgin. Today was my first race of any variety so it was a much bigger deal to me than I would have let on to anyone. My goal was a < 2:00 finish and I did it. My official time was... 1:59:58.
I can honestly say that this ranks up there as one of the top days of my life. I learned a slew of lessons today that I'll chew over in the days ahead - not the least of which is a slow start saves races and I'm proof of that.
I was so concerned about going out too fast that I under-ran (if that's a word) fearing the worst. When I do my training runs daily I usually run a 8 - 8:30 mile. As a novice runner, I had heard so many horror stories about finding yourself at mile 8 or 10 or 12 feeling like death and I was desperate to finish at all cost. I can honestly say that I never ever felt fatigued or crappy in anyway. At the halfway point, I was at 1:01:40 or something and I knew that I could increase my speed because I still felt amazing - way better than I have ever felt having just run 6.5 miles. Though I will admit my hope of reaching my goal was shot. Even with that realization, though I never increased it much just waiting for something yucky to happen which never did, and the last 3 miles - I kicked it.
When we hit the arena and the guy said over the loudspeaker, "If you plan on an under 2:00 finish - you have 30 seconds...", I bolted like never before. When I crossed the finish line and saw my time I hope to christ no one got a picture of me because I just know that I look profoundly "special" as in a blackmail opportunity just ripe for the pickin'.
My one big lesson learned of many is if you are a mother and a novice runner, leave your ^&*&&$@ apron at home. There is a girl wearing black tights & a red shirt who is drenched and likely very pissed & even more cold because of me. Yeah, I know (NOW) - when at a water station throw your cups to the right... well, what if you are a mother and used to picking up after people in your house and you are sure you see a garbage can just up ahead on the left and your equally sure you can hit it? Well, then you hold on to the gatorade that you thought was water that you did not drink because you hate gatorade and didn't train with it... and you peg it at said can and miss BY A MILE and soak the previously-mentioned 20-something pretty girl in red & black. I'm sorry young girl. I'm even sorrier for apologizing profusely and then speaking to the advantages of not procreating & creating the very progeny that makes you feel the need to throw cup in can instead of on the ground like they do just knowing that you will pick up after them.
I may well be one of the happiest humans on the planet today... or least my little plot. I'll take tomorrow off but will log on to give my much belated shout-outs!
Well, Reeb... who's the rock star now? Great job! Fantastic race report.
MacD: Fantastic job! You even got to run with your daughters? That is too cool for words. That is so unlikely to happen in my house - but I will say that despite everything that has been going on with my son, we definitely had one of the nicest 24 hours together in recent memory. He was an amazing support and a real trooper to give up a full day & a half to his mom and her dorky dreams.
Dari and macd - Congratulations !! you both did brilliantly - we are so very very proud of you both !!!
Just a little 3 mile run for me today - I was thinking of running 6 but yesterdays workout wore me out !
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NYC Half Marathon Aug 16 2009 - 1:55:38 ( 8:49 mm )
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Hello everyone,
I did the girl friend run in Vancover WA today. I met over 22 cyber buddies at the event. Always so good to meet cyber friends in person. We have matching shirts so that we could identify each other it was great. The day was a little colder than I like it. It was in the lower 40's no sun and a little cloudy at the start. Not my ideal dream start for me. I was hoping fo no rain and I did get that so I wont complain to much.
I was the first one to come out of the group. I completed my in 2:01:20. I shaved about 10 minutes off my first half. I'm a little disappointed because I could of made my goal if my nike + wouldn't have just stop working. I took a walk trying to fix it. It happened at mile 12 urrgggggggggggggggg. Thats ok I will set another goal and set it for my next race. I keep kicking myself but I think it is time for me to finally get me a garmin.
The event was only open to 1000 women and it was sold out. It was really nice we received soup and all different kinds of fruits a personal stretch and a massage at the finished line. All ladies on the board this is one that you may want to try to get to next year. The view was beautiful only complaint was that it was all pavements.
I will be back in a few. I need to take an ice bath and rest these legs.
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1st half on 5/4/08 2:11:50
2nd half on 10/19/08 2:01:01
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3rd half on 5/3/09 2:05:48
woohoo Carmen - that`s awesome !! -
What a great weekend for the team !!!
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NYC Half Marathon Aug 16 2009 - 1:55:38 ( 8:49 mm )
1 mile - 7:07 10K - 52:58 ( 8:32 mm)
4 mile - 31:35 ( 7:53 mm) 8K - 42:28 ( 8:32 mm)
15K - 1:22:02 ( 8:49 mm)
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You guys are just so awesome. I hope I can be like you when I grow up. (wont say my age just yet.) I have spent way too much time reading the posts on this board, way too much, but i cant help myself. Your lives and stories are so inspirational. in less than 3months, I have gone from never thinking about a race, to gearing my mind to one day doing a 1/2 marathon. My goal is mid to late 2009. I have hooked up with a co-worker who has completed 2 and has already signed up for her 3rd.
As a constant lurker (no where near ready for a 1/2 marathon), I was wondering when do runners decide to get the Garmin. I guess you just answered my question. At yesterday's race, veterans were telling me I had to have one but I was thinking, " they must be kidding". I did explain I am on week 3 of C25k and am quite satisfied with my 8 dollar Wal-mart stop watch. Time and distance are relative to me right now. Goals are to finish and run injury free as I do more each week/month. When it comes to preferences, I prefer charity races, esp anything for children and I insist on doing a race/vacation combo eventually. The Presidio 10 is my goal. Now I have to get someone to agree to go with me.
Keep the stories coming!! I really enjoy reading them. Have a blessed evening, day, etc!! The pictures are awesome; the world is really a beautiful place!! The concrete jungle has nothing on nature.
I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me!. Phil. 4:13
First half - ING Georgia 3/29/09 - 3:27:08
Second half - ING Georgia 3/21/10 - 3:00:33 yippee!!
First 15k - Iron Girl Clearwater, FL 4/10/10
Hey everyone-
Greetings from California - well from the airport I should say. Had a great trip - it was so fun to be with my niece and nephew and to be here for my nephew's 3rd b-day. I'm actually in the airport now - and BORED! Have a 2 hour layover but lucky for me have my trusty laptop Taking the red eye home tonight and straight to work tomorrow from the plane - yuck. That's just the way it had to be but still glad to have been out here. Actually got a 5 mile run in today so I was pleased. Wanted to get in 2 runs but we had a lot of running around to do for the party, etc. Got to run alongside the ocean this morning (they're in Monterey) so it was absolutely beautiful. Even got to see the seals and sea lions! Much different from NY and NJ!!!
So I'm much delayed in shoutouts but will try to catch up where I can. If I miss anyone, will definitely catch up later this week!
Joe - I'm only up to about 10 miles or so a week - still struggling a bit with my work schedule but I look back to when I wasn't even running and do feel pretty good about the 10 miles I am getting in.
Cara - how are the new shoes?? Have you broken them in yet? Seems like you've been getting some good runs in.....
MacD - looks like the Giants did ok today even though I didn't get to see the game. Congrats on your race!! That's so great about your girls jumping in! It reminded me of th 5k I told you guys about where I motivated my dad to start running again after the hill. Motivation like that is just great. Much congrats on your time!
Chilidog - I know I'm much delayed but that story is crazy! So glad your son and his friend are ok. Congrats on your race!!!! Your water story cracked me up.
Reeb - congrats on your HM! That's a really great time! Now you can go back to your superman trail running
Runjr - I hope you're right on the slow and patient stuff - thanks though for the advice. I still feel soooooooooo slow but oh well. Still better than I when I started! Your "easy" 8-9 miles still makes me winge though....
Cscmartin - thanks - you're garage story made me laugh sorry. Sounds like me. I am so bad at that stuff. Congrats on your HM! That's a really great time.
MissWendy - I'm pulling for Eli too but he did ok today so that's good. A bit ddelayed I know but the chicken story made me laugh. Since I'm on vacation I swear I've done nothing but eat so it's a good thing I got that run in this morning!
Chuck - congrats on that 10+ run - that's great!
Joe - congrats on your 7! That's a great pace also so you must be pleased.
GL Bryan - glad you're feeling better....
Ok everyone, another hour or so till boarding so I'm going to enjoy my cocktail with the hopes it will put me to sleep on the plane for the next 5 hours since that's the only sleep I'll be getting tonight. Hope everyone had a great weekend and talk you guys later this week
Ciao for now! - JC
Mac, Dari & Carmen - Well done on your races! You all did so well.
Morning gang! Hope to run 3 today after work.
Runjr - Hope you get some running in. The Cowboy game was blacked out in our area. Still think they are one of the top 2 in the league? lol
Dari - Congratulations, outstanding race! Especially for it being your first of any kind! Sounds like you had a great time!
Carmen - Wow, met up with 22 cyber buddies! I like that matching shirts idea! Congrats on your half as well! Yes, the Garmin Forerunners are really great!!
GigiD44 - Welcome!! Glad to have you on board! If you've lurked for a while you're probably aware of our Map and Calendar. See the links at the end of the first post. Lots of friendly helpful folks here. Glad you've decided to start running! So you raced yesterday? Can you tell us about it? You do have the right goals, finish and run injury free! As for getting a Garmin, Christmas will be here soon!
JC - Thanks for checking in from the airport! Good to hear you got a 5 mile run! Hope you slept well on the plane! Yes I was pleased with my run this weekend.
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HAYWARD -- A 77-year-old woman who was hospitalized after an electrical fire in her home has died, according to the Alameda County Coroner's Office.
Five of the woman's 10 cats also died in the fire, said Hayward assistant fire marshal Thor Poulsen.
Lorraine Carvalho was found face down in the living room area in a pile of newspapers, animal feces and rubble, Poulsen said. She had second-degree burns to the back of her legs and arms and was taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, where she died Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
Fire crews responded to the home at 3880 Arbutus Court after neighbors reported seeing smoke coming from her house.
Before firefighters arrived, a man tried to kick in the front door to get to the woman, but he couldn't get through because of newspapers and other debris piled high behind the door, Poulsen said.
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A preliminary investigation determined an electrical fire broke out in the living room near an unused fireplace about 15 feet from where Carvalho was found, Poulsen said.
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anomaly wrote: i'm blown away it took that long for someone to realize that "coon" is a slur.
they even had to look it up.......
Lants wrote: i know, right? it's weird that no one ever mentions it. i just don't consider 'coon' as anything but cheese.
on another note, i only just found out that 'porch monkey' was a racial slur last year. i was using it as an affectionate term for jaws. i don't know where i heard it even.
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alvin Leroy Uptain, age 64, of Brookfield, Missouri died Saturday, November 10, 2012 at his home. Calvin was born at Cortez, Colorado on July 19, 1948 to Wilford and Norma (Drinen) Uptain. He married Rhonda Jean Dinsmore on November 6, 1993 and she survives him.
Calvin was a Veteran of the United States Army. He was a carpenter, used to own the Bookstore of Brookfield, and was a Brookfield resident the past six years.
He is survived by his mother Norma Uptain, Cortez, CO; wife Rhonda Uptain of the home in Brookfield; son, Travis Uptain, Durango, CO; stepsons Richard Blythe, Brookfield and Justin Blythe, Durango, CO; daughter Valery Blood, Hesperus, CO; two brothers, Leonard Uptain, state of Maryland; and Kenneth Uptain, Blackfoot, ID; sister Linda Richie, Reliance, WY; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father.
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With a hip thrust and a pony hop, K-pop star Psy has found his way into our collective consciousness with his music video sensation "Gangnam Style."
In the past month, the tuxedo-clad South Korean artist has performed his megahit and accompanying hip-hop horse dance on "Ellen," "Today," and "Saturday Night Live." The video has been viewed on YouTube 200 million times and inspired numerous parodies.
Sure, the tune is catchy. And the images of Psy and his sexy backup dancers are lavish. But, K-pop, the infectious blend of South Korean hip-hop and electropop, has been around for decades. So why are fans gaga over "Gangnam"?
"I think it's because the song and video are funny and almost ridiculous," says Robert Kojima, 18, of Berkeley, who also follows K-pop's Big Bang and SNSD. "But it's also different from most K-pop, because it has a mature message. Most K-pop is sort of fluff, more eye candy."
As it turns out, the opening track on Park "Psy" Jae-sang's sixth album is a social commentary on life in Gangnam, an affluent neighborhood in Seoul where trust funds are as common as credit cards.
Between opulent scenes and multiple tuxedo changes, Psy is winking at us as from behind those black shades, singing about wanting "a classy lady who can afford a relaxing cup of coffee."
As U.S.-based Korean blogger Jea Kim recently explained on her site, My Dear Korea, "In Korea, there's a joke poking fun at women who eat 2,000-won (about $2) ramen for lunch and then spend 6,000 won on Starbucks coffee. They're called Doenjangnyeo, or soybean paste women, for their propensity to crimp on essentials so they can overspend on conspicuous luxuries, of which coffee is, believe it or not, one of the most common."
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|November 11, 1917
(aged 79)
Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
|November 18, 1917
Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum
|John Owen Dominis
|Caesar Kapaʻakea
|Analea Keohokālole
Liliʻuokalani (Hawaiian pronunciation: [liliˌʔuokəˈlɐni]; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Early life[edit]
Liliʻu was born on September 2, 1838 to the High Chiefess Analea Keohokālole and High Chief Caesar Kaluaiku Kapaʻakea. She was hānai adopted at birth to Abner Pākī and his wife Laura Kōnia. The adoption was a Hawaiian tradition where family members who had no children of their own were given children from other family members to raise as their heirs. As a young child she would spend much of her time with her foster sister Bernice Pauahi, the Pākīs' natural daughter.[1]
According to Hawaiian custom, she was named after an event surrounding her birth. At time of her birth, Kuhina Nui, Elizabeth Kīnaʻu had developed an eye infection. Kīnaʻu gave the child the names Liliʻu (smarting[2]), Loloku (tearful[3]), Walania (a burning pain[4]), and Kamakaʻeha (sore eyes).[5][6] Upon her baptism by Rev. Levi Chamberlain, she was given the Christian name Lydia.[7] During the reign of her brother, Kalākaua had her name changed to Liliʻuokalani (the smarting of the royal ones) in order for it sound more royal.[8]
In 1842, at the age of four, she began her education at the Chiefs' Children's School (later known as the Royal School). Along with her classmates, she was chosen by Kamehameha III to be eligible for the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii.[9][10] She was taught in English by American missionaries Amos Starr Cooke and his wife, Juliette Montague Cooke, alongside her two older brothers James Kaliokalani and David Kalākaua and her thirteen other royal cousins.[11][12] Lydia Kamakaʻeha, as she became known, was placed in the youngest section of the class with Princess Victoria Kamāmalu, Mary Polly Paʻaʻāina, and John William Pitt Kīnaʻu.[13]
On September 16, 1862, Liliʻu married American John Owen Dominis, who later became Governor of Oʻahu and Maui.[14] The couple never had any children of their own. Thus Liliʻuokalani hānai (adopted) three children: Lydia Kaʻonohiponiponiokalani Aholo, the daughter of a family friend; Joseph Kaiponohea ʻAeʻa, the son of a retainer; and John ʻAimoku Dominis, her husband's illegitimate son.[15]
Crown Princess[edit]
In 1874, Lunalilo, who was elected to succeed Kamehameha V to the Hawaiian throne, died and left no heir to succeed to the throne. In the election that followed, Lydia's brother, David Kalākaua, ran against Emma, the widowed Queen of Kamehameha IV. Lydia sided with her family on the issue and when her brother was declared king, the relationship became strained between Emma and the Kalākaua family.[16]
Upon his accession, Kalākaua gave royal titles and styles to his surviving siblings, his sisters, Princess Lydia and Princess Likelike, and his brother William Pitt Leleiohoku, making him Crown Prince and heir to the Hawaiian throne as Kalākaua had no children of his own. Leleiohoku died in 1877, leaving no one to succeed him.[17] Hawaiʻi did not follow European monarchies in setting a line of succession; heirs had to be lawfully begotten or chosen and approved by the legislature. Leleiohoku's hānai mother Her Highness, Ruth Keʻelikōlani requested that she be named heir as successor to her son's right, but when put before the full cabinet there were objections as that would place Bernice Pauahi Bishop next in line as Ruth's first cousin. At noon on April 10, 1877, the sounds of the cannons were heard announcing Liliʻu as the newly designated heir apparent to the throne of Hawaii.[18]
In April 1887, Kalākaua sent a delegation headed by Lydia to attend the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in London. While on the trip, she learned of the Bayonet Constitution that Kalākaua had been forced, under the threat of death, to sign. She canceled her tour of Europe and returned to Hawaii.[19]
Liliʻuokalani inherited the throne from her brother Kalākaua on January 29, 1891.[20] Shortly after ascending to the throne, petitions from her people began to be received through the two major political parties of the time, Hui Kala'aina and the National Reform Party. Believing she had the support of her cabinet and that to ignore such a general request from her people would be against the popular will, she moved to abrogate the existing 1887 Bayonet Constitution,[21] by drafting a new constitution that would restore the veto power to the monarchy and voting rights to economically disenfranchised native Hawaiians and Asians.[22] The effort to draft a new constitution never came to fruition, and it preceded the U.S. invasion, occupation and overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom government.
Threatened by the queen's proposed new constitution, American and European businessmen and residents organized to depose Liliʻuokalani, asserting that the queen had "virtually abdicated" by refusing to support the 1887 Constitution. Business interests within the Kingdom were also upset about what they viewed as "poor governance" of the Kingdom, as well as the U.S. removal of foreign tariffs in the sugar trade due to the McKinley Tariff. The tariff eliminated the favored status of Hawaiian sugar guaranteed by the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875. American and Europeans actively sought annexation by the United States so that their business might enjoy the same sugar bounties as domestic producers. In addition to these concerns, Lili'uokalani believed that American businessmen, like Charles R. Bishop, expressed an anxiety concerning a female head of state.[23][page needed]
Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom[edit]
On January 14, 1893, a group composed of Americans and Europeans formed a Committee of Safety seeking to overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom, depose the Queen, and seek annexation by the United States. As the coup d'état was unfolding on January 17, the Committee of Safety expressed concern for the safety and property of American citizens. In response, United States Government Minister John L. Stevens summoned a company of US Marines from the USS Boston and two companies of U.S. Navy sailors to take up positions at the U.S. Legation, Consulate, and Arion Hall. On the afternoon of January 16, 1893, 162 sailors and U.S. Marines aboard the USS Boston in Honolulu Harbor came ashore under orders of neutrality. Historian William Russ has noted that the presence of these troops, ostensibly to enforce neutrality and prevent violence, effectively made it impossible for the monarchy to protect itself.[24]
The actual overthrow was surprisingly smooth. Under orders of the Queen, half a dozen policemen were sent to I'olani palace to arrest any members from the Committee of Safety who tried to enter the palace. After shooting broke out close to the palace, some policemen went to the scene. One of the policemen was shot, and had to be carried by the remaining palace guards. This left the palace open to the Committee of Safety. With almost no audience except for some government clerks, the Committee of Safety signed a document that ended the Hawaiian monarchy. Lili'uokalani would not find out until the next day.
The Queen was deposed on January 17, 1893, and temporarily relinquished her throne to "the superior military forces of the United States".[25][page needed] She had hoped the United States, like Great Britain earlier in Hawaiian history, would restore Hawaii's sovereignty to the rightful holder.
Queen Liliʻuokalani issued the following statement yielding her authority to the United States Government rather than to the Provisional Government:
I, Liliʻuokalani, by the Grace of God and under the constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen, do hereby solemnly protest against any and all acts done against myself and the constitutional government of the Hawaiian Kingdom by certain persons claiming to have established a Provisional Government of and for this Kingdom. That I yield to the superior force of the United States of America, whose Minister Plenipotentiary, His Excellency John L Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu and declared that he would support the said Provisional Government. Now, to avoid any collision of armed forces and perhaps loss of life, I do, under this protest, and impelled by said forces, yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon the facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representative and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.— Queen Liliʻuokalani, Jan 17, 1893[26]
A provisional government, composed of European and American businessmen, was then instituted until annexation by the United States could be achieved. On February 1, 1893, the US Minister (ambassador) to Hawaii proclaimed Hawaii a protectorate of the United States.
The administration of Grover Cleveland commissioned the Blount Report, and based on its findings, concluded that the overthrow of Liliʻuokalani was illegal, and that U.S. Minister Stevens and American military troops had acted inappropriately in support of those who carried out the overthrow. On November 16, 1893, Cleveland sent his minister Albert S. Willis to propose to return the throne back to her if she granted amnesty to everyone responsible. Willis reported to the Secretary of State in Washington that she was intent on killing the culprits. There was a dispute: Willis said the Queen said "beheading"; she later said she used "execute." [27][28][29]
With this development, President Grover Cleveland sent the issue to the Congress. She later changed her position on the issue of punishment for the conspirators, and on December 18, 1893, US Minister Willis demanded her reinstatement by the Provisional Government. The Provisional Government refused. Congress responded to Cleveland's referral with a US Senate investigation that resulted in the Morgan Report on February 26, 1894. The Morgan Report found all parties (including Minister Stevens), with the exception of the Queen, "not guilty", absolving them of responsibility for the overthrow.[30] The accuracy and impartiality of both the Blount and Morgan reports have been questioned by partisans on both sides of the historical debate over the events of 1893.[24][31][32][33][34]
On July 4, 1894, the Republic of Hawaiʻi was proclaimed and Sanford B. Dole, one of the first people who originally called on the institution of the monarchy to be abolished, became President. The Republic of Hawaiʻi was recognized by the United States government as a protectorate, although Walter Q. Gresham, Cleveland's Secretary of State, remained antagonistic towards the new government.[35]
Forced removal[edit]
Liliʻuokalani was arrested on January 16, 1895, several days after the failed 1895 Counter-Revolution in Hawaii led by Robert William Wilcox, when firearms were found at the base of Diamond Head Crater. Defended at trial by former attorney general Paul Neumann, she claimed ignorance but was sentenced to five years of hard labor in prison by the military tribunal and fined $5,000. The sentence was commuted to imprisonment in an upstairs bedroom of ʻIolani Palace, where she composed songs including "The Queen's Prayer" (Ke Aloha o Ka Haku – "The Grace of the Lord") and began work on her memoirs.
During her imprisonment, she abdicated her throne in return for the release (and commutation of the death sentences) of her jailed supporters, including Minister Joseph Nawahi, Prince Kawānanakoa, Robert Wilcox, and Prince Kūhiō.[citation needed]
Before ascending the throne, for fourteen years, or since the date of my proclamation as heir apparent, my official title had been simply Liliuokalani. Thus I was proclaimed both Princess Royal and Queen. Thus it is recorded in the archives of the government to this day. The Provisional Government nor any other had enacted any change in my name. All my official acts, as well as my private letters, were issued over the signature of Liliuokalani. But when my jailers required me to sign ("Liliuokalani Dominis,") I did as they commanded. Their motive in this as in other actions was plainly to humiliate me before my people and before the world. I saw in a moment, what they did not, that, even were I not complying under the most severe and exacting duress, by this demand they had overreached themselves. There is not, and never was, within the range of my knowledge, any such a person as Liliuokalani Dominis.— Queen Liliuokalani, "Hawaii's Story By Hawaii's Queen"[36]
Following her release, she was placed under house arrest for a year and in 1896, the Republic of Hawaiʻi gave her a full pardon and restored her civil rights.[37]
She then made several trips to the United States to protest against the annexation by the United States and attended the inauguration of US President McKinley in 1897 with a Republic of Hawaiʻi passport personally issued to "Liliʻuokalani of Hawaiʻi" by President Dole.[38]
In 1898, Hawaiʻi became an incorporated territory of the United States during the Spanish–American War and took control of the 1,200,000 acres (4,900 km2) of land that had been held in trust by the monarchy and known as "Crown Land". This became the source of the "Ceded Lands" issue in Hawaiʻi.
In 1900, the US Congress passed the Hawaiʻi Organic Act establishing a government for the Territory of Hawaii.
From 1905 to 1907, the Queen entered claims against the U.S. totaling $450,000 for property and other losses, claiming personal ownership of the crown lands, but was unsuccessful. The territorial legislature of Hawaii finally voted her an annual pension of $4,000 and permitted her to receive the income from a sugarcane plantation of 6,000 acres (24 km²), which was the private property of her late brother before his election as King.
In 1910, Liliʻuokalani brought an unsuccessful lawsuit against the United States seeking compensation under the Fifth Amendment for the loss of the Hawaiian crown land.
The Queen was also remembered for her support of Buddhist and Shinto priests in Hawaiʻi and became one of the first Native Hawaiians to attend a Vesak Day (Buddha's Birthday) celebration of May 19, 1901 at the Honwangji mission. Her attendance in the celebration had helped Buddhism and Shintoism gain acceptance into Hawaiʻi's society and prevented the possible banning of those two religions by the Territorial government. Her presence was also widely reported in Chinese and Japanese newspapers throughout the world and earned her the respect of many Japanese people both in Hawaiʻi and in Japan itself.[39]
She lived in Washington Place where, in April 1917, Liliʻuokalani raised the American flag in honor of five Hawaiian sailors who had perished in the sinking of the SS Aztec by German U-boats. Her act was interpreted by many as her symbolic support of the United States.[40][41] She died later that year due to complications from a stroke. She was 79. She received a state funeral due to her status as a former head of state.
Approaching death, Liliʻuokalani dictated in her will that all of her possessions and properties be sold and the money raised would go to the Queen Liliʻuokalani Children's Trust to help orphaned and indigent children.[citation needed] The Queen Liliʻuokalani Trust Fund still exists today.
Liliʻuokalani was an accomplished author and songwriter. Her book Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen gave her view of the history of her country and her overthrow; she became the first Native Hawaiian female author.[citation needed] Liliʻuokalani was known for her musical talent. Liliʻuokalani is said to have played guitar, piano, organ, ʻukulele and zither. She also sang alto, performing Hawaiian and English sacred and secular music. She would find herself in music. In her memoirs she wrote:
To compose was as natural to me as to breathe; and this gift of nature, never having been suffered to fall into disuse, remains a source of the greatest consolation to this day.[…] Hours of which it is not yet in place to speak, which I might have found long and lonely, passed quickly and cheerfully by, occupied and soothed by the expression of my thoughts in music.[42]
Liliʻuokalani helped preserve key elements of Hawaii's traditional poetics while mixing in Western harmonies brought by the missionaries. A compilation of her works, titled The Queen's Songbook, was published in 1999 by the Liliʻuokalani Trust.
After Liliʻuokalani was imprisoned in the ʻIolani Palace, she was denied literature and newspapers, essentially cutting her off from her people. However, she was not forbidden from having a paper and pencil, so she could continue to compose music while she was in confinement. According to Liliʻuokalani, she "found, notwithstanding disadvantages, great consolation in composing".[43]
Liliʻuokalani was a very peaceful woman, and believed in a peaceful resistance.[44] She used her musical compositions as a way to express her feelings for her people, her country, and what was happening in the political realm in Hawaii.[45] One example of the way her music reflected her political views is her translation of the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian creation chant. While under house arrest, Liliʻuokalani feared she would never leave the palace alive, so she translated the Kumulipo in hopes that the history and culture of her people would never be lost.[46] Another of her compositions was Aloha Oe, a song she had written previously and transcribed during her confinement. In her writings, she says, "At first I had no instrument, and had to transcribe the notes by voice alone; but I found, notwithstanding disadvantages, great consolation in composing, and transcribed a number of songs. Three found their way from my prison to the city of Chicago, where they were printed, among them the "Aloha Oe" or "Farewell to Thee," which became a very popular song".[43] Originally written as a lovers' good-bye, the song came to be regarded as a symbol of, and lament for, the loss of her country.
In popular culture[edit]
- The story of Liliʻuokalani inspired Paul Abraham for his operetta Die Blume von Hawaii[47] and its subsequent 1933 and 1953 film adaptations.
- Queen Liliʻuokalani was portrayed by Hawaiian actress Leo Anderson Akana in the 2009 film Princess Kaiulani about the life of the Queen's niece and heiress, Kaʻiulani.
- Princess Liliʻuokalani was portrayed by Australian singer Kate Ceberano in the 1999 film Molokai: The Story of Father Damien about the life of Father Damien.
- Lili'uokalani's life and music were inspiration for the 2015 opera "Better Gods" by Luna Pearl Woolf and Caitlin Vincent.[48]
|Ancestors of Liliuokalani
Several things have been named in honor of Liliuokalani.
- Queen Liliuokalani, a former Boeing 737-297 airliner flown by Aloha Airlines, tailnumber N73711, destroyed during Flight 243
- "Queen Liliuokalani Center for Studies Services", a building on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus.
- Liliuokalani Botanical Garden
- Liliuokalani Park and Gardens
- Queen Liliuokalani Freeway
- Queen Lydia Liliuokalani Elementary School, in Kaimuki, Hawaii, founded in 1912, it closed in 2011
- Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center
- The annual Queen Lili'uokalani Outrigger Canoe Race in Kona, now the largest long-distance outrigger race in the world
- The Queen Lili'uokalani Keiki Hula Competition Honolulu, HI
See also[edit]
Footnotes and citations[edit]
- ^ Liliuokalani 2007, pp. 1–4.
- ^ Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of lil'iu ". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ^ Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of loloku ". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ^ Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of walania ". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ^ Haley 2014, p. 232.
- ^ Allen 1982, p. 36.
- ^ Allen 1982, p. 40.
- ^ Allen 1982, p. 147.
- ^ "Princes and Chiefs eligible to be Rulers". The Polynesian. I (9). Honolulu. July 20, 1844. p. 1.
- ^ Dyke 2008, p. 364.
- ^ Allen 1982, pp. 45–46.
- ^ Liliuokalani 2007, pp. 5–9.
- ^ Kanahele 1999, pp. 30-34.
- ^ Allen 1982, p. 103–104.
- ^ Bonura & Witmer 2013, pp. 109–115.
- ^ Liliuokalani 2007, p. 40–41, 45–49.
- ^ Liliuokalani 2007, p. 50.
- ^ Liliuokalani 2007, p. 53.
- ^ Potter, Norris W; Kasdon, Lawrence M; Rayson, Ann, History of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
- ^ Kuykendall 1967, p. 474.
- ^ The Bayonet Constitution was named because it had been signed by the previous monarch under threat of violence from a militia composed of armed American and Europeans calling themselves the "Honolulu Rifles".
- ^ Daws, G (1974), Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, p. 271, ISBN 0-8248-0324-8.
- ^ Liliuokalani 1898.
- ^ a b Russ, William Adam (1992). The Hawaiian Revolution (1893–94). Associated University Presses. ISBN 0-945636-43-1.
- ^ Dougherty, Michael. "To Steal A Kingdom".
- ^ "Nu'uanu, O'ahu — Lili'uokalani's Abdication". Pacific Worlds.
- ^ Charles W. Calhoun (2015). Gilded Age Cato: The Life of Walter Q. Gresham. University Press of Kentucky. p. 150.
- ^ Eric T. L. Love (2005). Race over Empire: Racism and U.S. Imperialism, 1865-1900. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 112.
- ^ Nick Cleaver (2014). Grover Cleveland's New Foreign Policy: Arbitration, Neutrality, and the Dawn of American Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 29.
- ^ Kuykendall 1967, p. 648.
- ^ Kinzer, Stephen (2006). Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change From Hawaii to Iraq. Times Books. ISBN 0-8050-7861-4.
- ^ Limbaugh, Rush (2005-08-17). "Rush Limbaugh Sounds Off on Akaka Bill". Hawaii Reporter. HI, USA: Malia Zimmerman & Jay McWilliams. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
- ^ "Limbaugh repeated false claim that US was "strictly neutral" in overthrow of Hawaiian queen". Media Matters. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- ^ Fein, Bruce (June 6, 2005), "Hawaii Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand" (PDF), Angelfire on Lycos, Waltham, MA, USA: Lycos, archived from the original on February 5, 2007, retrieved September 4, 2012
- ^ Calhoun, Charles W. (1983). "Morality and Spite: Walter Q. Gresham and U.S. Relations with Hawaii". Pacific Historical Review. 52 (3): 292–311. JSTOR 3639004.
- ^ Liliuokalani 1898, p. 275.
- ^ Liliuokalani 1898, p. 262.
- ^ Liliuokalani 1898, p. 305.
- ^ Koda, Tara (Fall 2006). "Aloha with Gassho: Buddhism in the Hawaiian Plantations" (PDF). Pacific World. Mountain View, CA, USA: Institute of Buddhist Studies. Third Series (5): 237. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ^ The Outlook, Volume 116, Part 2 By Ernest Hamlin Abbott, Lyman Abbott, Francis Rufus Bellamy, Hamilton Wright Mabie, page 178.
- ^ Five Hawaiian Boys Died, translated from Ke Aloha Aina, Buke XXII, Helu 14, Aoao 1, 6 April 1917
- ^ Slack Key Recordings: To Honor a Queen — E Ho'ohiwahiwa I Ka Mo'i Wahine — The Music of Lili'uokalani, Dancing cat
- ^ a b Liliuokalani 1898, pp. 289–90.
- ^ Ohira, Rod (January 17, 2005). "King March Honors Lili'uokalani". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ Ducat, Vivian. "Hawaii's Last Queen". American Experience. PBS. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Her History". The Queen Liliuokalani Trust. The Queen Liliuokalani Trust. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
- ^ Joachim Reisaus, The Return of "Blume von Hawaii" to Leipzig, (German)
- ^ [1]
- Allen, Helena G. (1982). The Betrayal of Liliuokalani: Last Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917. Glendale, CA: A. H. Clark Company. ISBN 978-0-87062-144-4. OCLC 9576325.
- Bonura, Sandra; Witmer, Sally (2013). "Lydia K. Aholo — Her Story Recovering the Lost Voice". The Hawaiian Journal of History. Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society. 47: 103–145. hdl:10524/36266. OCLC 60626541.
- Haley, James L. (2014). Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-60065-5.
- Kuykendall, Ralph Simpson (1967). The Hawaiian Kingdom 1874–1893, The Kalakaua Dynasty. 3. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-87022-433-1. OCLC 500374815.
- Liliuokalani (1898). Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, Liliuokalani. Boston: Lee and Shepard. ISBN 978-0-548-22265-2.
External links[edit]
|Library resources about
|By Liliuokalani
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liliuokalani.
- Queen Lydia Liliʻuokalani, University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Public Law 103-150, also known as "The Apology Bill", Pixi.
- The Overthrow of the Monarchy, Hawaii nation.
- Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani The Constitutional Queen of The Nation of Hawaii 1891–1893, Free Hawaii.
- "Queen Lili'uokalani", The Honolulu Advertiser
- Lili`uokalani (Lydia Kamaka'eha Paki, 1838–1917), Hawaii Music Museum.
- Liliuokalani Woman who changed the world, EB.
- Hawaiian ex-Queen Liliʻuokalani Comes to Washington, Ghosts of DC, 2012-02-02.
- The American Experience: Hawaii's Last Queen (PBS documentary film), IMDb.
- Video on YouTube
- Free scores by Liliuokalani at the International Music Score Library Project
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Fast delivery and the product arrived in top condition.
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Budget Talks Renew Focus on Obscure Health Law Provision
An obscure provision in the federal health law is playing a prominent part in the budget negotiations.
At issue: How to verify whether lower-income consumers who get federal tax subsidies to help pay for insurance actually make what they say they do.
Subsidies to buy insurance through the new exchanges are available for singles with annual income of up to about $46,000, for couples making up to about $62,000, and slightly more for those with dependents. The value of the subsidy is based on what a consumer would pay for insurance based on their age and where they live — and how much they make.
Under the law, exchanges must ask questions about income for the coming year before people sign up for coverage. The income amount is checked against previous years' tax filings and other information to see if it's in the ballpark.
For people whose projected income doesn't match their recent history, the exchanges are supposed to ask for additional documentation or explanations but are required to treat people as if they're telling the truth – at least until the final step is completed. You can read through the rules here.
There's a big downside for people who underestimate their income: If their next income tax return shows a gap, they will be required to repay all or a portion of the subsidy. As we've previously written, some supporters of the law worry that many consumers will be hit with unexpectedly large tax bills in 2015 if their projections were off the previous year.
Congressional Republicans, however, have said for months that they doubt the administration can claw back all the money, so they want to see tougher upfront checks.
The House of Representatives passed a bill last month authored by Tennessee Republican Rep. Diane Black that would require the Department of Health and Human Services's inspector general to verify that subsidies were going only to people who were eligible for them. "We need independent verification that programs are in place before taxpayer subsidies go out the door," Ms. Black said at the time.
President Barack Obama said then that he would veto the bill, calling it "unnecessary because the secretary of Health and Human Services has already put in place an effective and efficient system for verification of eligibility for premium tax credits and cost sharing reductions" but also that it would create unnecessary delays and the standards set for the inspector general were unworkable.


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36 legitimate ones
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Originally posted by DogMom:
36 legitimate ones
5 ***** enlargement ones
I think ***** and/or labia enlargement emails would be a lot more PC?
Re: How many messages in your work email inbox?
billions and billions...
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Originally posted by filetmerlot:
100, about a days worth
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is this your work email? Do people really expect you to sit down and reply to emails all day?
1934. I've recently culled.
1284 right now, 72 unread.
Lotus Notes stats indicate that I receive/send (mostly receive) on average between 1700 and 2500 work-related emails a week, and I need to archive at least once, sometimes twice a day. I have a very bittersweet relationship with my Blackberry...
I archive almost everything (never know when you might need that paper-trail), but at the end of each year, I delete everything that dates back more than 2 years.
Overwhelmed by such numbers, superiors and staff get priority. I do have a few colleagues I watch out for, because they usually have important stuff. Everybody else? If it's that important, they'll track me down in person. Even if I'd spend just 60 seconds reading the other emails and writing back that I can't tackle their issue right now, I'd spend 3+ hours just doing that.
Fortunately, emails get automatically deleted after 2 months.
My inbox needs an enema.
1326 - but that counts all my folders etc. I think the system achieves them off every 6 weeks. Maybe 90 days. I forget. And yes I think people do except me to read and answer email all day. Only 10 unread sometimes it is more like 270 unread.
12. I store what I need in other folders, delete the garbage and keep in my inbox only those that require action.
In my Inbox: 249
Total (not including deleted): 2312 in 14 files.
The artist formerly known as thickasabrick.
"If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough." - Jerry Price
Only 41. But that's just the new, fresh incoming mail.
I'm sure I have many thousands in other mailbox folders.
I "file" all my messages after I've acted on them -- either into the trash, a customer folder, personal mail, receipts, etc. At the end of the day I go through whatever's left in my Inbox, and either take care of it (answer it, do a task) or put it on my list for tomorrow.
I have a spam folder that does a pretty thorough job of picking up the spam, and about once a day I give that a quick glance to be sure there's nothing there that ISN'T Spam, then I delete those messages.
18. I run my inbox like Arrojo.
Here is a sample:
Carson - can I send the Omgeo Workstation 2.0 work your way? From the below e-mail I believe Mark may lead this one.
Stephanie also had some info on the connectivity options since using the DTC line for this would not be supported. The options are VPN and dial-up. I did contact Joe Blow from Infrastructure Engineering and he gave us Tom Thumb to work with on this setup if we go down the VPN path.
See the attached e-mail below from Stephanie. I believe this has some "basic" info on the supported connectivity options.
- Names edited to protect the innocent.
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POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Chicago, IL, USA
DRAFTED: VAN: 2004-159 overall
|Traded to Anaheim by Vancouver for Nathan McIver, February 4, 2009. Traded to Toronto by Anaheim for Toronto's 5th round pick (Chris Wagner) in 2010 NHL Draft, June 25, 2010. Traded to Edmonton by Toronto for Edmonton's 4th round pick (later traded to Colorado Colorado selected Nicholas Magyar) in 2014 NHL Draft, March 6, 2013. Traded to San Jose by Edmonton for San Jose's 4th round pick (Zachary Nagelvoort) in 2014 NHL Draft, October 21, 2013. Missed majority of 2014-15 due to hand (October 11, 2014 vs. Winnipeg) and lower-body (December 9, 2014 vs. Edmonton) injuries. Claimed on waivers by Montreal from San Jose, February 29, 2016.
Why do you wear #18?:
Was grandpa's favourite number
BECAME A LEAF: Acquired from Anaheim for Toronto's fifth round choice (Chris Wagner), in 2010 Entry Draft June 25, 2010.
TRANSACTIONS: Originally Vancouver's fourth choice, 159th overall, in 2004 Entry Draft. Traded to Anaheim by Vancouver for Nathan McIver, February 4, 2009.
2011-12 SEASON: Played 50 games for the Maple Leafs collecting 4 points (2 goals, 2 assists) with 74 penalty minutes. Ranked 2nd on the Maple Leafs in penalty minutes. Collected assists in backto- back games (Oct. 6 & 8). Played 200th career NHL game Oct. 24 at Philadelphia. Scored 1st goal of season Oct. 27 at NY Rangers. Missed 22 games (Nov. 17 – Jan. 5) due to undisclosed injury. Registered 9 hits Jan. 24 at NY Islanders. Scored a goal Feb. 29 at Chicago. Missed game Mar. 6 vs. Boston due to hand injury. Missed 9 games (Mar. 10 – Mar. 24) due to thigh injury. Played 100th career Maple Leafs game Apr. 7 at Montreal.
CAREER: 2010-11: Played 50 games for the Maple Leafs collecting 8 points (3 goals, 5 assists) with 69 penalty minutes. Established career highs for assists, points and powerplay goals (1). Made Maple Leafs debut Oct. 7 vs. Montreal. Collected 1st Maple Leafs point (assist) Oct. 13 at Pittsburgh. Scored 1st Maple Leafs goal Nov. 3 at Washington. Missed game due to injury Nov. 26 at Buffalo. Missed 19 games (Dec. 2 – Jan. 11) due to finger injury. Returned to lineup and collected an assist Jan. 13 at Phoenix. Served a 3-game suspension (Jan. 15 – 20) for delivering a lateral hit to the head of an opponent Jan. 13 at Phoenix. Collected a career-high 2 points (1 goal, 1 assist) Jan. 24 at Carolina. Missed 9 games (Feb. 3 – 19) due to upper body injury. Selected to play for Team USA at IIHF World Championship. Named alternate captain for Team USA. Played 7 games for Team USA.
2009-10: Played 75 games for Anaheim collecting 7 points (6 goals, 1 assists) with 106 penalty minutes. Ranked 4th in Anaheim penalty minutes. Registered career-highs for games played, goals, shorthanded goals (1) and shots (82).
2008-09: Split second NHL seasons between Anaheim and Vancouver. Both goals scored were game-winning goals (Feb. 24 at Buffalo & Apr 4 at San Jose). Played 1st game with Anaheim Feb. 5 at Nashville, going scoreless on 2 shots with 11:38 TOI. Scored 1st Anaheim goal, also 1st career GWG, Feb. 24 at Buffalo (Patrick Lalime). Registered 1st Anaheim assist Mar. 22 at Phoenix. Played all 13 playoff games for Anaheim collecting 2 assists with 25 penalty minutes. Played 1st career NHL playoff game and collected 1st assist in GM #1 of WCQF Apr. 16 at San Jose. Collected assist in GM #6 of WCQF Apr. 27 vs. San Jose.
2007-08: Played 19 games for Vancouver. Played 1st career NHL game Nov. 21 vs. Minnesota. Scored 1st NHL goal Dec. 2 at Minnesota (Niklas Backstrom). Played 54 games for Manitoba (AHL) and led team with 201 penalty minutes. Played 6 playoff games with Manitoba scoring 2 goals with 11 penalty minutes.
2006-07: Led Manitoba in penalty minutes (194).
2005-06: Played 1st professional season with Manitoba. Ranked 1st on team in penalty minutes (139).
2004-05: Played 7 games for Team USA at IIHF World Championship collecting 2 points (1 goal, 1 assist) with 2 penalty minutes. 2003-05: Played 77 games over 2 seasons at University of Michigan (CCHA) collecting 21 points (11 goals, 10 assists) with 146 penalty minutes.


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Fremont native Chris Rodd was told he'd never play soccer again after having surgery in 2010 to repair a severely broken foot.
The former Norwegian professional spent 2011 in a wheelchair and for the past few years coached at De La Salle High and Bay Area youth teams.
Now Rodd, 28, hopes to continue a career as a central defender for the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. On Friday, the Cosmos signed the former San Ramon Valley High and USF star. The season opens in August.
Rodd played with the semi-pro Sonoma County Sol last year when realizing, "My foot doesn't hurt. I can train."
Rodd, the 2002 North Coast Section player of the year, broke his foot during a tryout with Sheffield United in 2009.
"My heart was broken," Rodd said. "It was an easy fix."
The Cosmos, once America's best-known soccer club, have proposed to build a privately funded 25,000-seat stadium in Belmont Park on Long Island.
Stanford's Kori Carter captured the women's 400-meter hurdles in a collegiate-record 53.21 seconds at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Eugene, Ore.
Carter broke the mark of 53.54 set by UCLA's Sheena Johnson at the 2004 NCAA championships. It was also the fastest time in the world this season. Arizona's Georganne Moline placed second in 53.72 at Hayward Field.
Also, LSU's Natoya Goule won the women's 800 in 2 minutes, 0.06 seconds. Stanford's Justine Fedronic was third at 2:01.67, and teammate Amy Weissenbach sixth at 2:02.29.
Cal's Amanda Hunter triple-jumped a personal-best 43 feet, 31/4 inches to finish 12th.
Sidhu (College Park High) went 10-1 with a 0.98 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 822/3 innings. His ERA was tops in Division II.
Stanford's Patrick Rodgers and Justin Thomas were 1-up through two holes against Europe's Greg Eason and Ben Taylor. Alex Carpenter and Cory Whitsett were 1-up after one hole against Julien Brun and Stalter. The Kim-Weaver vs. Gary Hurley-Kevin Phelan match hadn't begun.
The SaberCats (7-3), who lost to Spokane 75-45 last weekend to snap a five-game win streak, host Pittsburgh (3-7) at HP Pavilion on Saturday night. Quarterback Mitch Mustain is expected to make his first AFL start in relief of Russ Michna, who got knocked out of the Shock game as a result of blow to the head.
San Jose signed Zack Eskridge as insurance during Michna's absence. The Power is led by quarterback Steven Sheffield (21 touchdown passes and 267.2 yards passing per game).
The St. Louis Cardinals announced the death of Jeanine Duncan -- the wife of former A's and Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan and the mother of former major-leaguers Chris and Shelley Duncan. Jeanine Duncan, who had battled a malignant brain tumor for some time, was 64.
"They were the perfectly matched couple that raised two great sons," former Oakland and St. Louis manager Tony La Russa told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Dave's strong, silent character versus Jeanine's wonderful outgoing embrace-all personality."
Staff writer Steve Corkran, the Associated Press and wire services contributed to this report.


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Altrusa International of Oak Ridge Inc., and the Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club are announcing that grant applications for literacy efforts in Oak Ridge and Anderson and Roane counties are now available.
At Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, hospitality can be found at the Hospitality Houses, which are "home away from home" for patients who must travel to receive life-saving care such as daily cancer treatments or extended wound care...
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Donald Trump will bring his notorious comedy stylings to
At a recent reception, URS | CH2m Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) president and project manager Ken Rueter presented Emory Valley Center president Jennifer Enderson with an additional $20,000 check toward their total $100,000 pledge in support of EVC's...
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John Judson Keyes Jr., 90, died on Monday, Oct. 12, at Greenfield Assisted Living in Oak Ridge.
It is with sadness we note the passing of James Edward "Bimbo" Bobo Podge Wright, age 61, on Oct. 10, 2015, after a short, but wicked battle with cancer.
Robert Shirrell Knaff, age 79, departed this earthly life on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, at his residence in Oliver Springs, Tennessee.
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Streets to be swept
Published: Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 6:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 6:40 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | The Department of Transportation will sweep these general areas this week: Parkview Drive, 15th Street to Hargrove Road and 10th Avenue to Hackberry Lane, Rivermont, Heritage Hill, High Forest, Buena Vista, The Highlands, Royal Oaks Court, Durrett Drive, Parkside, Broadview, Eastover, El Dorado East, Northwood Lane, Willow Ridge and Stafford Place. Residents are requested to refrain from parking on the street.
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As the beginning of school draws closer, parents are busy preparing their children for that first day through the usual stock-piling of supplies, but emotionally as well.
"We have a long-standing tradition of school shopping at Office Max," said parent Carrie Brown-Wolf, who has children going into the 10th, seventh and fifth grades. "The kids each get their own cart with their own list, and they help fill my cart with supplies for one student who needs a filled backpack."
Summit School District's central office takes donations, and Brown-Wolf's children like to be involved. Before their annual trip, the family does a big inventory of what they have at home, and almost always find colored pencils and erasers that can be reused.
Parent Donna Horii's two children, ages 12 and 14, don't need as many supplies as they did when they were younger, Horii said, but they do visit Target to pick out what they need. When it comes to clothing, the children kill two birds with one stone by first cleaning out their closets and seeing what still fits, and then giving the extra to others who need it.
But beyond making those annual trips to Walmart, Target and Office Max, there's also the affair of preparing children emotionally for the switch to their schedules.
Horii's family is going on vacation beforehand to relax, and "we start talking about it, getting them excited to go back," she said.
Brown-Wolf's family plans a few fun activities for fall the children can look forward to, and has a tradition to hike the day before school starts. This gets them tired so they can sleep, and gives them some time together, she said.
"I think being out in the woods is good for ailments," she said. "They do get a little nervous about school starting, but mostly, they are just sad to see summer end."
Besides gathering up wardrobe and supplies, there are other duties and fees associated with going back to school. There's registration (information was sent out for most of Summit schools), materials fees (cost depends on the school) and at Summit Middle and Summit High School levels, sports and activity fees. Major activity fees at the middle school run $40 per activity, while its $50 at the high school. At the high school, its $125 per sport ($325 for ice hockey), while middle school students pay $40 or $65. Students who drive to school are charged a $65 parking fee per semester.
There's also sports physicals and immunizations to think about - Summit Youth Services Center will be providing these Aug. 13 and 14 - and after children are settled into their school-day routines, the back-to-school nights.
"It's a time for the students to take their parents around the building," said Jaimee Borger, district spokeswoman. Parents and teachers are available to chat those nights.
Deb Estreich, director of transportation for the school district, reminds drivers to be aware of children walking to school or waiting at bus stops, especially between the hours of 6:30 - 8:45 a.m. and 2:45 - 5 p.m. Children under 10 have one-third the peripheral vision adults do, so "it makes them difficult for them to judge the speed or distance of oncoming traffic," she said.
During warmer weather, several hundred children walk or ride bikes to their respective schools each day.
Estreich also reminds drivers to be prepared to stop for a school bus. When bus lights are flashing amber, it's a warning the bus is preparing to stop. When they're flashing red, the bus is stopped and traffic from both sides are required to stop.
Parents should remind their children to be a safe pedestrian while they're walking to bus stops, and arrive at least five minutes ahead of time, she said. If children are walking, Estreich said parents should help them choose the safest route and do a walk-along with their children.


text: Beauty Backstage Hair: Autumn/Winter 2012-13 09 July 2012 Lisa Niven SIDE-PARTED ponytails and centre-parted waves, dip-dyes and windswept up-dos - the autumn/winter 2012-13 shows have thrown up a host of different hairstyle ideas for the season. From Emilio Pucci's plaited styles and Burberry Prorsum's glossy waves to the tightly plaited buns at Marc Jacobs, the backstage hair teams have been working away to create the perfect styles to complement the new collections. Here we take a look at the best hairstyles of the shows from backstage. Related Reading PFW: Hair Spectrum 05 Mar 2012 The Prada Way 11 Sep 2013


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[TEST SHOOT] Panasonic's New LEICA DG NOCTICRON 42.5mm F1.2 (GALLERY)
Worth every yen in build and image, but still a tall order for all but the most heavily invested professionals.
Worth every yen in build and image, but still a tall order for all but the most heavily invested professionals.
Opening day of the live-action movie Kiki's Delivery Service is just around the corner! It will be released on March 1. Ahead of opening day, an event for the movie took place at Hanazono Shrine in Tokyo today.
In the event, Fuka Koshiba, who was cast as Kiki, showed up from the sky over the shrine riding on the broomstick, dressed in full costume!
It made for great viewing and interesting news. She was being hauled 15 meters above the ground with a crane - and was reportedly insured for one hundred million yen (about $1,000,000).
Smallish, economy cars - the A-segment - are often one associated with youth, playfulness and fun. With performance and accessories often kept to the Spartan side of things across the market, styling is one place where makers can set themselves apart from the competition.
Toyota Europe's upcoming AYGO takes a specific tack:
Logicool is going to start selling the Wireless Mouse Performance Combo MX 800 on February 28, which is a set of a thin, illuminated keyboard and a mouse. By setting the single accompanying receiver to your PC, you can control both the keyboard and mouse.
If you get these separately, the keyboard is ¥11,980 and the mouse is ¥13,800. However, if you buy them together as a set, it will be only ¥17,800.
Solar digital watch, Alpinist, will be released from Seiko's sports watch series called "Seiko Prospects" on March 8. Alpinist was created under the supervision of alpinist, Mr. Gota Miura.
Cleans our Many Screens
There are some in this world who don't mind the build-up of funk and finger grease and potato chip crumbs on their smartphone or tablet screen, and then there are the sane people who like to keep things tidy and usable. This is for the latter.
Sony has just announced that they are going to release the flagship model HDR-AS100V of their digital HD video camera recorder Action Cam series on March 14.


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- Oct 5:
- Oakland A's catcher Stephen Vogt has a night he'll never forget
- Oct 5:
- A's Sonny Gray puts on legendary performance
- Kawakami: Oakland A's, Detroit Tigers deliver drama
- Oakland A's finally get revenge -- sort of -- against Tigers ace Justin Verlander
- Tigers reliever Joaquin Benoit apologizes for comments about World Series
- A's third baseman Josh Donaldson says Tigers' Prince Fielder has got some wheels
- Oakland A's won't hesitate to test wounded Tiger Miguel Cabrera
- A's manager Bob Melvin not watching baseball after a loss
- A's shuffle starting lineup for Game 2 against Detroit Tigers
OAKLAND -- The A's came into the postseason with the thought that, having been there last year in a five-game loss to Detroit in the American League Division Series, they were better prepared for the Detroit Tigers this time.
So what happens? Rookies Sonny Gray and Stephen Vogt, two players who watched the ALDS on television last year, gave the A's their first win over the Tigers on Saturday night, 1-0.
Gray pitched eight innings, and while he didn't get credit for the win that came on Vogt's ninth-inning walkoff single, he was one player whom men in both clubhouses couldn't stop talking about.
The win went to Grant Balfour, who pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning before the A's loaded the bases with none out to set up Vogt for a single over a drawn-in infield. Balfour will take the win, but he tried to give it away.
"The winner tonight was Sonny Gray," the A's closer said. "He was 'The Man.' "
Gray allowed four hits and pitched out of a huge jam in the fifth inning, and A's manager Bob Melvin was so impressed that he didn't even get his bullpen stirring when the Tigers had men at first and third with one out. A strikeout and Vogt's throw to cut down Jose Iglesias attempting to steal ended the inning, and the Tigers got one more runner the rest of the night.
The ultimate winner was Gray's team. The A's lost Game 1, and a loss Saturday might have thrown the water that left them howling "We're melting." Their bats do seem to liquefy in the postseason against Tigers starter Justin Verlander, and that was the case again Saturday as the A's came up empty for seven more innings against the 2011 A.L. Cy Young Award winner and MVP.
The A's, after failing to scratch out a win for Gray when they put two men on in the eighth, got a run home for Balfour in the ninth. And so they were able to board a late-night flight to Detroit with the series tied, everybody smiling and knowing that a split of the two road games would mean Game 5 back at the O.co Coliseum.
And because Gray, ostensibly the club's fourth starter, did so well in Game 2, the A's have Jarrod Parker, a dominant starter from May on, to pitch in Game 3 Monday against Tigers A.L. ERA leader Anibal Sanchez. Parker pitched in Games 1 and 5 last year and got the call for the Detroit opener because he has pitched under that Comerica Park pressure and done well, even in losing.
And this time Parker won't be pitted against Verlander, which he was both times last year.
"It was an amazing job from Sonny," center fielder Coco Crisp said. "It was amazing by the both of them. But we got this one, and now we go to Detroit and see what happens."
The ninth inning started with Yoenis Cespedes and Seth Smith getting their second hits of the night. Unlike the fifth inning, when that meant there were A's runners on first and second and nothing happened, this time Smith's hit shot past first base, allowing Cespedes to race to third. Reliever Al Alburquerque intentionally walked Josh Reddick, bringing up Vogt.
The left-handed hitter, whose contract was bought by the A's for $150,000 in April just to fill their Triple-A roster, has morphed into a solid big league catcher. His seventh-inning battle with Verlander was a terrific 10-pitch at-bat, even though he struck out. Before he did, Vogt fouled off seven pitches. That at-bat ended Verlander's night, leaving him with 22 consecutive scoreless innings against the A's in postseason play.
In the ninth, with the bases loaded, there was none of that prolonged agony. He picked on a 1-1 pitch from reliever Rick Porcello and drove it past shortstop Iglesias for the winner.
"It was fun," Vogt said. "It was what every kid dreams of. You come up in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded. You dream you're getting the game-winner in the postseason."
On this night, it was no dream.
For more on the A's, see John Hickey's Insider at blogs.ibabuzz.com/athletics. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JHickey3.
David Ortiz blasted two home runs as Boston got to David Price. Around the Majors, PAGE 5
Oakland rookie starter Sonny Gray (above left) proved he can hang with the best, going pitch-for-pitch Saturday with Justin Verlander (above right). Here are their pitching lines:
Gray 8 4 0 0 2 9 111
Verlander 7 4 0 0 1 11 117


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Nigeria Oil Output Seen Steady in 2013
From Business Day Live
By Emma Farge
NIGERIA, Africa's largest oil exporter, is currently producing around 2.4-million to 2.5-million barrels per day and output should remain at similar levels next year, the oil minister said on Wednesday.
A major fire at a Shell facility, an Exxon spill and severe flooding cut oil output by up to a fifth in October and November, and caused lengthy delays to exports.
Diezani Alison-Madueke told reporters during a meeting of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) in Vienna that production had since recovered and should remain at current levels.
"I expect it at least to stabilise (next year). The problems have been flooding and bunkering and some vandalism which have disrupted pipeline services," she said.
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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
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The impact of the Leuchter Report
7.79 Irving testified that on arrival in Toronto he was presented with a copy of a report compiled by Mr Fred Leuchter. It was what Irving read in Leuchter's report which convinced him that there is no truth in the claim that Jews met their death in gas chambers at Auschwitz. Irving made clear in his evidence that it was the Leuchter report and in particular the result of the chemical analysis of the samples taken from the fabric of the alleged gas chambers which had a profound impact on his thinking.
7.80 Leuchter had been retained by Zundel because he was a consultant retained by several penitentiaries to give advice about execution procedures including execution by means of the administration of gas. He had no formal professional qualifications. Zundel intended to use Leuchter's report to establish that no Jews, and certainly not six million Jews, died in gas chambers, so that he could not be said to have been spreading false information about the Holocaust. (As it turned out Leuchter did not give evidence at Zundel's trial).
7.81 In order to prepare his report, Leuchter visited Auschwitz in February 1988 to inspect the site. He removed 31 samples of brickwork and plaster from various crematoria and one control sample from a delousing chamber where cyanide was known to have been used and was visible in the form of blue staining. On his return to the US Leuchter had these samples analysed by a reputable laboratory in Massachussets. The object of the test was to discover whether the residual cyanide content of the samples was consistent with their having been exposed to high levels of cyanide over a prolonged period of time.
7.82 Chemical analysis of the control sample revealed a very heavy concentration of cyanide content, namely 1050mg/kg. By contrast the analysis of the other samples, taken from the alleged gas chambers, resulted in either negative findings or findings of very low concentration levels ranging from 1mg/g to 9 mg/kg. From this Leuchter concluded:
" [this] supports the evidence that these facilities were not execution gas chambers. The small quantities detected would indicate that some point these buildings were deloused with Zyklon-BV - as were all the buildings at these facilities. Additionally the areas of blue staining show a high iron content, indicating ferric-ferro-cyanide, no longer hydrogen cyanide.
One would have expected higher cyanide detection in the samples taken from the alleged gas chambers (because of the greater amount of gas allegedly used there) than that found in the control sample. Since the contrary is true, one must conclude that these facilities were not execution gas chambers, when coupled with all other evidence gained on inspection".
7.83 Apart from that conclusion, upon which Irving has focussed his attention, Leuchter in his report had a number of other observations to make. He expressed the opinion that crematoria 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 have an extremely poor and dangerous design if they were to have served as execution gas chambers. There is no provision for gasketed doors, windows or vents; the structures are not coated with tar or other sealant to prevent leakage or absorption of gas. The adjacent crematories create the potential for an explosion. The exposed porous brick and mortar would accumulate any hydrogen cyanide and render the facilities dangerous to humans for several years.
7.84 Crematorium 1 is adjacent to the SS hospital and has floor drains connected to the main sewer of the camp, which, according to Leuchter, would have resulted in liquid cyanide being carried into every building at the facility. There were no exhaust systems to vent the gas after usage and no mechanism could be found for the Zyklon-B pellets to be introduced or evaporated.. If indeed the Zyklon B pellets were fed into the chamber through roof vents or windows, there were no means of ensuring the even distribution of the gas. The facilities are always damp and unheated, which conditions are unsuited to the use of Zyklon-B.
7.85 Leuchter considered the chambers to be too small physically to contain the number of occupants claimed. The doors open inwards, which would inhibit the removal of bodies. With the gas chambers fully packed with occupants, the hydrogen cyanide would not circulate within the room. If the gas did eventually fill the chamber, anyone feeding the pellets into the vents on the roof would die from exposure to the poisonous gas.
7.86 Of the crematoria Leuchter, having reviewed modern practices, calculated that their combined theoretical daily incineration capacity was 353.6 but that in practice the maximum number of corpses which could have been burned was 156. He thus arrived at the conclusion that over the period when the incinerators were being operated, the total number of cremations would have been 193,576 in theory but no more than 85,092 in practice.
7.87 Leuchter's evaluation of the crematory facilities produced, according to his report, conclusive evidence that contradicts the alleged volume of corpses having been cremated within the generally alleged time frame. His "best engineering opinion" was that none of the facilities examined were ever utilised for the execution of human beings and that the crematories could not have supported the work load attributed to them.
7.88 Irving was convinced by the conclusion at which Leuchter arrived on the basis of the chemical analysis of the fabric of the supposed gas chambers. So convinced was he by Leuchter's reasoning, he decided to publish under his own imprint Focal Publications Limited, the text of the report with a foreword written by Irving. The Foreword accepts that there were methodological flaws in the report but it endorses Leuchter's findings, ending with the words "Forensic chemistry is, I repeat, an exact science".
7.89 It was put to Irving in cross-examination that the fallacy in the Leuchter report was his assumption that a far higher concentration of cyanide, in the region of 3,200 parts per million ("ppm"), would be required to kill people in the gas chambers than would be required for the purpose of delousing clothing. In truth, it was suggested to him, it is the other way round: high levels of cyanide are required for delousing purposes whereas in the region of 300 ppm will suffice for the purpose of killing human beings. Irving responded by saying that this criticism of the Leuchter report has to be "taken on board" and that "probably concessions have to be made at both ends of this scale". Irving observed that the report had the desirable consequence of promoting public debate. He remained adamant that, whatever its flaws, the crucial conclusion of the Leuchter report, based on the chemical analysis, was correct. He argued that the chambers were freshly constructed out of concrete and so would have absorbed the hydrogen cyanide producing permanent chemical changes to the fabric of the walls and ceiling. Irving accepted that, if the concentration of cyanide required for delousing clothes is far higher than the level required to kill humans, one is more likely to find 40 years residual traces of the cyanide in the fabric of the delousing chamber than in the fabric of the supposed gas chambers. But he argued that one would still expect to find far more traces in the alleged gas chambers than those recorded in the Leuchter report.
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