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The landscape in Texas is changing.
Wide open, wind-whipped plains now have gigantic visitors --wind turbines. Their large blades carve through the air to provide energy.
"Texas is now number one in the country in producing wind energy," said Steve Stengel, the Director of Communications of FPL Energy. "Texas is blessed with a wonderful natural resource, and that's the wind." Click play to hear Pat Robertson weigh in on the 'wind alternative' following this CBN News report.
FPL Energy operates the world's largest wind farm near Abilene, Texas -- the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center. There, more than 400 wind turbines sit on 60,000 acres over two counties.
From a distance the turbines may not seem that impressive, but take a look up close, and you can see just how huge they are. From the base to the top of the tower, they're around 260 feet. Add to that seven-ton blades, each one around 125 feet in length. Altogether, you end up with a structure that is around 40 stories tall.
"The higher you go up, the better the wind," Stengel said. "The longer the blade, the better that blade is to capture the energy that's in the wind. The energy comes down the turbine, goes into a substation and then out to the transmission system."
Wind Technician Jeff Briscoe monitors the turbines at a central computer bank, and if necessary, makes the long climb up turbine towers to make repairs.
"A lot of data is collected every day, every hour, so that we can determine, 'Hey, are these things producing the way they should,'" Briscoe commented.
At maximum capacity, Stengel says the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center can generate 735 megawatts. That's enough power for just under 200,000 average Texas homes.
In the entire United States, The American Wind Energy Association reports that so far this year, the electricity generated from wind amounts to around 48 billion kilowatt-hours. That's enough to power approximately 4.5 million average American homes, but only a little more than one percent of the U.S. electricity supply.
Texas oil and gas billionaire T. Boone Pickens believes wind should have a much greater role than just one percent, and he's in the middle of a media campaign to explain why.
"My wife finally told me, quit talking about it at home, and go do it," chuckled Pickens, the CEO of BP Capital.
CBN News sat down with Pickens at the Dallas office of BP Capital, to discuss his plan that's generating international buzz, a plan that promotes wind.
"You have to move forward, and in the predicament that we're in, we have to develop the resources that are available to us," Pickens said.
That predicament, he says, is America importing 70 percent of its oil at a cost of 700 billion dollars a year. Pickens believes increasing the amount of electric power supplied by wind will help America break its addiction to foreign oil.
The "Pickens Plan" calls for building new wind farms to generate around 22 percent of our electricity. That would replace the role of natural gas in power generation, and allow it to be used more as a transportation fuel. Pickens says using natural gas to run our cars would then reduce our imports of oil by 38 percent or 300 billion dollars annually.
"If you could get say, 300 billion a year back to this country, can you imagine how many jobs that would be -- jobs, profits, taxes, economy moves forward, but it's all going out of the country," said Pickens.
To Pickens and his growing number of supporters, wind is vital to keeping it here. He's working to build an even bigger wind farm than the one at Horse Hollow. Plans call for the new world's largest -- a four thousand megawatt farm -- to be built near Pampa, Texas in the panhandle. He says it's not about making more money.
"I've got plenty of money," Pickens said. "I don't need any money. This is all about America. It's all about the generations in the future, not about me. For energy, I can make it to the finish line, but I'm not sure you can or your kids can."
"Even already just knowing things are coming, and that wind energy's the next technology, we're already seeing the excitement and the synergy," said Trevlyn Pitner, the city manager of Pampa. "People are buying property. They're looking at moving here and moving their businesses here."
"There are people who would like to see Pampa never change, but I'm not one of them," commented Monta Hinkle, a resident of Pampa. "I would like to see Pampa grow and encourage people to come here, and if we can provide a cleaner, cheaper energy source, we need to do it."
But wind power is not only produced on large-scale farms. Home and business owners are investing in what's known as small wind -- smaller turbines to power their personal needs.
One small wind turbine powers the greenhouse at a school in Trent, Texas. Science Teacher Leanna West, who also serves as the mayor of Trent, is behind this lesson in wind energy.
"I wanted to provide a system that the kids could learn about, but also take with them for the rest of their lives about how to save energy," West said.
Virgil Kester sells and installs small wind turbines. He says they can help lower your utility bills, and he's seen a spike in the number of inquiries.
"Just a couple of weeks ago, we couldn't hardly leave the phone, just continual calls, more than we'd ever had," Kester said.
Still, he acknowledges, they're not for everyone.
"It's not quite as accepted in the cities," said Kester. "The neighbors don't like them right up next to you. It's more of a rural appliance."
Critics of wind power systems complain they're noisy, unattractive and threaten wildlife, including birds. There's also the concern, what happens when there's little or no wind?
"Wind is an intermittent resource," Stengel said. "So on a given day, this facility may not be generating at its maximum capacity, it usually is generating something, and that's good news."
Glenn Patton is a director at the American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, Texas, a museum devoted to the history of wind power. He says wind is part of the solution to our energy troubles, not the only solution.
"Therefore, we do need some forms of fossil fuel and coal to make up the difference when the wind farms are not making enough, or the wind is not blowing," Patton said.
But with one of the strongest wind corridors in the world, right in the middle of our country, advocates like T. Boone Pickens say the pros definitely outweigh the cons of this emission-free energy source, and he wants to get the word out.
"I think the Lord has equipped me to do a lot of things, and it's kind of up to me to get out with what He's given me and get the job done," Pickens said.
*Originally Published September 22, 2008
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LEWISTOWN - Roger E. "Podg" Kennedy Jr., 25, of Lewistown, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013.
Born on Oct. 14, 1988, in Lewistown, he was the son of Roger E. Kennedy Sr. and Carolyn Corbin.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by: his fiancee, Maeci Weaver; daughter, Adaline Kennedy; maternal grandparents, Sam and Mary Kauffman; brothers, Keith Donaldson and wife, Reana, and Hunter Corbin, both of Lewistown; Uncle Ron Ruby, of Huntingdon; Aunt Robin Lance, of Huntingdon; Aunt Glenda Kauffman, of Lewistown; Aunt Jeannie McCardle and Uncle Chuck, of Lewistown; Aunt Nancy Frymire and Uncle Paul; and Aunt Carole Kennedy.
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Roger was preceded in death by paternal grandparents, William W. "Bill" and Geane Kennedy.
He worked as a mental health tech at The Meadows, in Centre Hall.
Roger liked lifting weights and was a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. He loved his baby girl and would do anything for his family and friends.
He was loved greatly by many and will be sadly missed.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, at Heller-Hoenstine Funeral Homes Inc., Woodlawn, 200 N. Main St., Lewistown, with the Rev. Steve Swigart officiating.
A viewing will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at the funeral home.
Interment will take place in Mount Rock Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Adaline Kennedy, trust fund, c/o Carolyn Corbin, 105 Shaw Ave., Lewistown, PA 17044.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.hellerhoenstinefuneralhome.com.

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Wool tapestry (Textiles - Room 98, Case 3)
Central Asia
Tapestry weave in wool
Length 20.1cm x width 14.2 cm
Museum no. LOAN:STEIN.597 (L.A.VI.ii.0045.a)
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
On loan from Government of India and the Archaeological Survey of India
This piece of tapestry woven wool show bands in red, pale pink, white, pale blue, blue and broader bands of red. These latter bands have additional decorations in contrasting colours, which are worked in dovetail tapestry technique. This woven wool fragment reminded Stein of Indian durries, traditional cotton tapestry-woven floor coverings. It is possible that the textile was originally used as a floor or bed covering. It was found in one of the many refuse heaps within the walled garrison city of Loulan. Tapestry weave is a technique that does not yet seem to be utilised in China. The first true silk tapestry is found in Astana tombs, dated around 687 AD.


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Aside from sounding like a really crappy knockoff of D&D, labrums and logins are the two subjects I wanted to address today. More specifically, I'm talking about John Carlson's labrum and everyone's Seahawk Addicts login.
I'll start with the last bit first. As some of you have already noticed, we experienced a technical glitch that prevented folks from logging in to the site. I first noticed it today and brought it to the attention of the Bloguin people (who promptly fixed the problem), but in all likelihood the problem has been there for a couple days. As it turns out, it's easy to miss details like that when you're doped to the gills on cold medicine. Who knew?
Anyway, I just wanted to apologize for the inconvenience and let you all know that the situation has been resolved. If you're still experiencing problems or just need help logging in or registering for an account, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll be happy to help.
Okay, moving on. When Zach Miller was signed away from the Raiders, we heard a lot about how awesome it was going to be to have both him and John Carlson on the field at the same time. Unfortunately, half of that newfangled 1-2 TE punch has been spending a lot of time on the sideline as of late. Well, now we know what's going on, and it isn't good news: according to Pro Football Weekly, John Carlson has a "labrum injury."
(To continue reading, please click on "Read More" below.)
I know what you're thinking, "what's a labrum injury? I don't remember seeing the doctors on ER treat anything like that ." (Or maybe they did, I don't know — I never liked ER1.) Well, I'm no doctor, but I read a novel once that had a doctor in it, so I'm pretty sure I'm qualified to tell you all you need to know about the labrum and how it gets hurt.
The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint, but it's kind of a crappy one. Unlike the hip, where the head of the socket portion of the pelvis grips about half of the ball end of the femur, the scapula doesn't do a whole heck of a lot to keep the head of the humerus in place. To compensate for the shallowness of the socket, there's a band of cartilage called the labrum that extends outward from the scapula a bit to help keep your arm bone in place2.
Cartliage has the benefit of being more flexible than bone, which allows the shoulder to have a wide range of movement, but the drawback is that it's more susceptible to injury. Land on your shoulder hard enough (like, say, after being tackled by an angry linebacker) and you run the risk of tearing that helpful cartilage band. A torn labrum not only hurts, it destabilizes and weakens the joint, making it especially difficult to do anything involving an overhead movement like catching a pass.
The end result of all this depends on whether or not the injury is serious enough to require surgery. If the damage to Carlson's labrum isn't too bad, it can be treated with rest and anti-inflammatories and he'll be back in four to six weeks. If it requires surgery to fix, he'll be looking at a recovery time of six months to a year. Here's hoping Carlson will be back sooner rather than later, but in the meantime I think I'll be paying a little more attention to Anthony McCoy and Dominique Byrd in the next preseason game, 'cause we'll probably be seeing more of them when the regular season gets underway.
1 I suppose I could've updated my reference a bit by saying Gray's Anatomy instead, but from what I understand those doctors are too busy sexually harrassing each other to treat much of anything, labrum or no. House doesn't work, 'cause he doesn't care about ordinary problems, and after that I've pretty much exhausted my mental rolodex of medical dramas. Maybe I just don't watch enough TV?
2 The Carroll Guide to Sports Injuries, by Dr. William Carroll.


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UH Manoa Campus Events Calendar
Uncle Vanya and ZombiesNovember 15, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Manoa Campus, Kennedy Theatre On the Mainstage
Nov 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at 8pm; Nov 18 at 2pm
By Anton Chekhov and Markus Wessendorf Directed by Markus Wessendorf, UHM Professor of Western Theatre
Society has collapsed, the University of Hawai'i is a wasteland, and zombies are roaming the island of Oahu after a recent accident on one of the nuclear submarines off Pearl Harbor. To increase their ratings, a major network has turned Kennedy Theatre into a television studio for regular broadcasts of their new reality show "Theatre Masterpieces and Zombies." The contestants on this show not only have to act in a classical play but also to survive its performance to win a flight into a "safe zone" or coupons for food. The major challenge for the contestants is to stay in character and get through the performance alive while fending off zombies released into the arena by the popular host of the show. After the peak ratings of last month's The Tempest and Zombies, the producers have decided to go for a classic example of realism this time, Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (1897).
Free Pre-Show Chats: Fri Nov 9, Fri Nov 16, Sat Nov 17, all at 6.30pm
Post-show Discussion: Thurs Nov 15 UHM Student Buy-One-Get-One-Free Night: Thurs Nov 15
For other special "zombie" events please check the website!
Ticket Prices: $13 to $24; UH Mānoa Students with valid ID: $5
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$13 to $24; UH Mānoa Students with valid ID: $5
Event Sponsor
Kennedy Theatre, Manoa Campus
More Information
956-7655, firstname.lastname@example.com, http://www.hawaii.edu/kennedy/
|Thursday, November 15
|Culture, Technology, and Transnationality in the Cold War Asia and Pacific
Manoa Campus, Center for Korean Studies Auditorium
|Great American Smokeout
Manoa Campus, Campus Center Forum
|"We're all professionals here:" Literacy Activism and Embodied Pedagogy
Manoa Campus, Henke Hall 325
|Oceanography Seminar
Manoa Campus, MSB 100
|Pan Pacific Association's 2nd Pacific Trivia Night
Manoa Campus, Halau o Haumea, Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies
|Celebrating a Debt Free Christmas!
Manoa Campus, UH Manoa Childrenʻs Center, 2320 Dole Street
|Dinner with Democracy
Manoa Campus, Campus Center Room 308
|Virtual Tour of Educational Technology Programs
Manoa Campus, Online
|Illumination: A Photographer's Eye with Cory Lum
Manoa Campus, Krauss 12
|Fall of the Mayans
Manoa Campus, Art Building--Auditorium
Manoa Campus, Hamilton Library Sunroom
|Uncle Vanya and Zombies
Manoa Campus, Kennedy Theatre On the Mainstage
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Steamtown NHS to Showcase Films from The History Channel, WVIA Productions
SCRANTON, PA – Steamtown National Historic Site, downtown Scranton, PA established an educational partnership with The History Channel, a nationally recognized A&E Networks subsidiary, and WVIA Channel 44, regional PBS affiliate, in 2006, and will highlight that partnership during the 2007 summer season by featuring some of their award-winning video presentations at the Steamtown Theater!
Some of the films were first presented during our 2006 Winter Lecture Series, and many visitors commented that the films offer a new perspective on their connection to the past, and strongly recommended that the Park screen the films during the summer season. On days that a special Theater presentation is scheduled, it will supplant the Park's "Steel and Steam" video. The special Theater presentations are included in the Park's standard Entrance Fee.
Located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Steamtown NHS is open daily from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. From I-81, follow exit 185 (Central Scranton Expressway); then, follow the signs to the park entrance at Lackawanna and Cliff Avenues. Additional details regarding interpretive and educational programs and activities may be obtained by calling (570) 340-5200 or toll-free (888) 693-9391 during regular business hours, or by visiting the Steamtown NHS web site anytime at www.nps.gov/stea.


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MyHeritage: At a family festival
For two days, MyHeritage has been at a family festival with 50 computers and a team of 15 experts.
We are a major presence at this three-day event - the "One Family, Many Faces" family festival.
I spoke to quite a few families yesterday to learn why they visited to set up a family tree. The answers were interesting, as we all knew they would be.
This post originally appeared on the MyHeritage Blog (English), but here's some of it and a link to the complete
The team has been here for two days - a great experience - as MyHeritage is all about uniting families, whether it is discovering new relatives or building a family tree together.
Every computer and chair was filled about an hour after the festival opened (see photo above).
Crowds of people - families with many children - were learning how to start a family tree and how to begin researching their family history during 30-minute consultations.
This morning several families shared their stories:
Click here to read the complete post.
Family reunions: Remembering
Wouldn't you like to meet all those people you've discovered and who now appear on your family tree?
This is the time to start planning for next summer - the most popular season for such events - so here are some tips and resources to help you get together with your far-flung relatives in person.
For even more on family reunions, see another previous MyHeritage Genealogy Blog post which provided more tips, resources and a 12-step "getting organized" outline to plan a family reunion.
Don't forget that your family website at MyHeritage is a great way to stay in touch with prospective family reunion attendees. Share pre-event planning and programs, and then provide - post-reunion - photos and videos of the reunion for the whole family to see. It will encourage those who didn't or couldn't attend the event to show up next time.
Names: How do you say that?
They look at your name, stammer, and ask "how do you say that?" What do you do?
Do you patiently spell it several times? Will you, as I often do, spell it out as in "D as in David, A as in Apple, R as in Robert".........
Do you break the name down into syllables for the other person? Do you give up and say, "Call me by my first name!"
People look at DARDASHTI and their eyes glaze over. "Is that two Ds and two As?" asks the person on the phone or in a store. I usually break it into three syllables: Dar-dash-ti. For TALALAY, strangers usually put the accent on the wrong syllable, and say Tah-LAY-lee, instead of TAH-lah-lie. To confuse matters, one family branch uses TALALAY in English, but pronounces it Tah-la-lay.
Continue reading "Names: How do you say that?" »
Heritage certificates: The way to go?
In a move that could be a real moneymaker - and thus an incentive to provide genealogical services - for many additional countries, Ireland will begin providing Irish Heritage certificates by the end of 2010.
There are some 70 million individuals worldwide with Irish heritage, and this seems like a great way to show it. The certificate may also provide travel and tourist discounts when the certificate-holders visit Ireland.
Continue reading "Heritage certificates: The way to go?" »
Make someone happy: Talk tradition
During this year's round of conferences and travel, I've been reminded more than once that creating contacts, asking questions and talking traditions can produce clues to our family history.
After reconnecting with someone whom I knew in California and who was now in New Jersey, I realized her husband's family's long connection to a small community, now a suburb of a larger city, in that Eastern state. My own family had a long-ago connection to the same community when it was much, much smaller, and more rural.
My great-grandmother's sister and her husband had settled in that small town soon after they arrived in 1905, although my great-grandmother and her family lived in nearby big-city Newark.
I took a chance and asked if the woman's husband, whose family had lived there from the early 1900s, possibly had known my relatives. It was very exciting to learn that my great-grandmother's sister had been the husband's babysitter! Continue reading "Make someone happy: Talk tradition" »
Genealogists gone wild!
Genealogists are not normally a wild bunch.
Our "happy dances" tend to accompany the discovery of new records for elusive ancestors.
Our "wild and crazy" moments happen as we help others find answers to their family history questions or help them locate hard-to-find records. We enjoy discovering the clues and pointers in both unusual and ordinary places.
This week produced two interesting developments.
I'm in northern California - Silicon Valley - at the home of friends, as I rest from one conference and rest up for three more in quick succession with only a day between each, beginning this coming weekend.
So, along with continuing prep work for my presentations - and blogging - it's nice to get in some fun. Fun, to those of us who pursue our roots, can mean many things.
My friend Rosanne is a semi-retired reference librarian - and an accomplished genealogist. I went with her to her library one day last week. As we parked, I noticed this great license plate on the adjacent car. We agreed that the vehicle MUST belong to a genealogist.
Who else but a genealogist would have the abbreviations (BMD) - for birth, marriage and death records - on their license? Continue reading "Genealogists gone wild!" »
Writing on the Wall is a good thing!
There are many ways to let people know you are searching for a specific family: Submit information to specialized ethnic or geographic genealogy sites, join discussion groups or send letters to everyone you find with your name.
The Southern California Genealogical Society (Burbank, California) has a good idea.
The SCGS has just launched a free Virtual Surname Wall that anyone can inscribe with their unique names and origins.
It's simple (and free) to write your names on the Wall, and more than 1,000 people from around the world have already joined in. To see if any of your surnames of interest are listed, click on the link "Search the Virtual Surname Wall," at the SCGS homepage.
Once you're there, search by surname, location, Submitter ID or any combination of these parameters.
Features: The site is a "begins with" search, which means that if you search for the last name TAL, you'll also get TALALAY, TALL, TALMADGE, etc.. There are also good search tips.
To enter your names, click on the link "Add Your Surnames." For each name submit the following information:
1. Surnames including spelling variations
2. Geographic area where they lived or the migration path, indicated like this example, Paris -> New York. SCGS asks that geographic information be listed in this order: city, county, state and country. Abbreviations such as two-letter codes for US states should NOT be used to avoid confusion.
3. For time frame, DO use abbreviations (such as approx., abt., or ca.) to indicate approximate timelines.
Visitors may submit as many names as they desire. Each entry screen accepts up to 10 names, but visitors can enter multiple screens. If a message appears saying "the survey has already been completed," just click "take the survey again" and continue adding names.
The Wall is not limited to just California; researchers from around the world are encouraged to submit their names of interest.
I am also impressed by the privacy options offered. Submitters' contact details are not displayed online, and submitters have the options to allow the SCGS to release only an email contact, or full details, or to have SCGS serve as the intermediary in the event they receive an inquiry regarding a possible connection. This is a reassuring way to deal with differing comfort levels.
Participation is voluntary and free and the society asks submitters to let their colleagues, friends and family know that they can also write on the Wall.
As entries are added to the database, the Virtual Surname Wall will become a more valuable resource. And with the publicity this innovation is garnering, check back often to see if you find a match.
Some statistics prove it is catching on: On Friday, January 18, there were some 1,500 visitors and about 5,000 page loads. However, as the genealogy world learned about the Wall - thanks to the genealogy bloggers, the following Monday saw nearly 6,000 visitors and almost 21,000 page loads.
There's also a handy widget that shows where visitors live. Go to the site, scroll to the bottom right hand corner for a world map showing red dots, which represent visitors to the site since January 9; click for a larger version.
Readers in California and neighboring states might be interested in the SCGS Jamboree, set for June 27-29. This excellent regional conference grows every year; some 30 experts will speak this year. Last year, about 1,200 researchers attended; more are anticipated this year. To learn more, go to the SCGS homepage; click on the Jamboree link to learn more about the program, the speakers and for registration details. SCGS has also launched a Jamboree conference blog; for more information.
Good luck in your quest. I look forward to reading your questions and comments.
Surf's Up: Searching for Family
The Internet is an amazing place, continually collecting information from people around the world.
The sheer amount of information can be overwhelming, as we discover family pages, cemetery data, photographs, family trees and more documents.
If you consider yourself a good online researcher, you can go directly to Yahoo or Google or other general sites. However, the mass of information returned can be impossible to get through, much could be irrelevant to your genealogical quest, but you might turn up an undiscovered gem or two.
Who among us hasn't Googled themselves and watched in wonder as our lives seemingly scroll down the page? There is so much in cyberspace, but how do we find relevant data?
As discussed in the past few articles, spelling is a major problem. For some people, the trouble is very basic - they can't even spell "genealogy." To see how many people are in the same boat, search for geneology, geniology, geneaoplogy, geneologie, genlogy or other even more creative forms on the major search engines and note how many times the error pops up in various websites.
Search engines are what we work with, with specific techniques and tips to access the desired data. If you organize a good search, you'll limit the junk, and focus on useful information.
There are general search engines and indexes, genealogy search engines and indexes, and specific ethnic resources.
General Search Engines and Indexes
These include Yahoo, Google, About.com and others, online encyclopedias, library sites, newsgroups and message boards to name a few. It doesn't hurt to search each one, but be prepared for much irrelevant information.
Genealogy Search Engines and Indexes
These include the massive compilation of sites at Cyndi's List, and other sites like Distant Cousin, Genealogy Pages, GeneaLinks, Genealogy Home Page, Gengateway.com, Genealogy Search, and Genealogy Portal, About.com's focused genealogy pages. These sites offer links to other listings of links and resources. While these are free, don't forget Ancestry.com which is a subscription for-fee website with masses of databases, links, resources.
Additionally there is the Ellis Island Database, and also Steve Morse's One-Step Pages for navigating, many US and Canadian sites, and many ethnic-specific resources including Jewish, British, European, Eastern European and those farther afield.
For Jewish resources, there are a host of sites, beginning with JewishGen www.jewishgen.org, and continuing with Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, Jewish Webindex, Cindy's List - Jewish, Harry Leichter's Jewish Genealogy list, Judaism 101 - Hebrew Alphabet, JewishLink.net
Jewish Calendar, Jewish Migration Histories Timeline, Sephardic resources, Holocaust research, Avotaynu's Consolidated Surname Index, and many others.
And as good as all of these are for a variety of reasons, you'll have to search each one individually, which can be tedious, for hundreds of searches for each family of interest on as many websites as you can find.
MyHeritage's Megadex
Wouldn't it be great to search, at once, hundreds of genealogically relevant websites? MyHeritage thought so, and now you can search for all the names and their variations in some 1,200 genealogy-specific databases, with only one simple click at MyHeritage Research - a focused genealogy search engine.
For each search, click on up to 10 spelling variants at a time, save searches to avoid backtracking or duplication, and schedule automatic searches to alert you to new data.
It queries Websites, databases, archives and message boards; covering all gtypes of genealogy records including census records, family trees, immigration records, military records, medical records, cemetery records, court, land and probate documents, and other informational sources, such as newspapers, telephone directories, and more.
And because MyHeritage has a team of dedicated genealogists, they are always looking for new sources to include, and which automatic searches will pick up. For the current list of databases, click here.
Click here to start learning about MyHeritage's super search engine Megadex™ which will help you find richer information about your ancestors.
For example, if you are searching for Williamson, you'll also need to search for Williemson, Williamsen and Williamsohn, because names have evolved and the names are written differently in various languages and countries. Other errors or variants in spelling may be due to hard-to-read handwriting, transcription, transliteration and typing.
Soundex is a phonetic system that's been around since 1918 and assigns numbers to letters, enabling a "sounds alike" method, but not all databases work with Soundex. Conducting a Soundex search means you will retrieve many false positives which are irrelevant. And it may not pick up Villiamson or Wilhelmson, which would be relvant.
Megadex was invented by MyHeritage to overcome these challenges. It shows you the most common spelling variations, and allows searching for a subset of variations in a single, one click search that covers most major genealogy databases on the Internet (as well as those which do not support "sounds like").
Go to the search screen, type in a name:
When you click, you'll get a screen with multiple choices. Check off the ones you want to search first (up to 10 at a time):
As the search is performed, the results for each database will show up, and you can select which ones to look at. You receive a long table of results, and can start working immediately on them without waiting for the entire table to load.
There are two very convenient features: You can save each search, which helps eliminate duplication or back tracking of work already done and you can also schedule automatic searches to find new results, as databases are updated frequently.
Why don't you try a search now? How many hits did you get? Were they useful? Readers are invited to write in and comment on their experiences with Megadex. Let me know if you've encountered any problems.
Names: Ethnic naming patterns
If you are searching for names from particular ethnic, religious, cultural and social communities, do some investigative reading. The clues in articles and on websites may provide more information for your quest.
Here are some quick tips for various groups. There are many other useful sites to be found with some patient Internet searching.
Readers are invited to let us know about other useful sites. I look forward to reading your comments and questions.
Excellent article on the permutations, categories and much more.
Good article on given name patterns and surnames.
Unusual patterns, farms, homesteads, patronymics and matronymics.
Detailed name categories: occupations, locations, physical characteristics, saints, objects, regional diminutive, suffixes.
Interesting site detailing ancient names and meanings, and naming patterns for children.
JEWISHGEN, for many resources on Jewish names.
Check the numerous InfoFiles, Family Finder and other resources.
A good explanation of confusing naming patterns concerning the usage order of paternal and maternal family names, given names and more.
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The Amarillo Gorillas went from the thralls of an eight-game winless streak to being back in the thick of the Central Hockey League's Southwest Division race on a Dan Carney steal at the 13:06 mark of the second period Friday night.
That steal led to a 2-1 lead and seized the game's momentum as the Gorillas rolled to a 4-1 win against division leader New Mexico in front of 2,760 fans at Cal Farley Coliseum.
The win ended an 0-7-1 stretch in which the Gorillas fell from first place to third place in the division. It also moved the Gorillas within four points of the Scorpions and into a tie with Arizona for second place in the division and fourth place in the Southern Conference with nine games to play. The top six teams in the conference advance to the playoffs.
"We're battling for a playoff spot," said Matt Miller, who had a goal and an assist. "We knew we were six points behind New Mexico and we needed to make up some ground against them. We needed this game to help build some confidence."
The Gorillas play host to Lubbock at 7 tonight and play host to Arizona at 5 p.m. Sunday. Lubbock moved into fourth place in the division with a 3-1 win against Odessa on Friday and is within one point of the sixth playoff spot in the conference.
Amarillo 4, New Mexico 1
Records: Amarillo is 27-24-4, 58 points in the Southwest Division. New Mexico is 28-21-6, 62 points in the Southwest.
Impact: The Gorillas are four points behind New Mexico in the division.
Key Stat: The Gorillas kill 10-of-11 penalties.
With the game tied at 1, Carney cut in front of a Jamie Herrington pass at the attacking blue line and forced Peter Kennedy to trip Carney rather than allow him a clean one-on-one. With just 12 seconds expired on the ensuing power play, Miller outskated two Scorpions to a puck in the crease and back-handed the game-winner past Scott Reid. The puck trickled into the crease after Trevor Read's shot went wide and bounced off the boards behind the net.
The Gorillas killed 10-of-11 penalties. Goalie Shawn Conschafter stopped 35-of-36 shots to improve to 15-13-1 on the year and give the Gorillas their first win since Feb. 17.
"That was as strong as we've played within the system for three periods," Gorillas coach Jim Wiley said. "It's probably as strong of a system game as we've played all year. The next nine games are very important because almost all of our opponents are trying to solidify their playoff positions or get into position to make the playoffs."
The Gorillas took an early lead on a John Glavota blast at the 1:51 mark. Jason Chafe found the defenseman with a feed to the left point, and Glavota wound up and slapped it through traffic and off Reid's mitt for a 1-0 lead.
The Scorpions tied it at 1 on Jamie Herrington's power-play goal at the 7:34 mark. Keith Rowe was sent to the box for interference after a play on which Vladimir Hartinger upended Conschafter in the crease.
The Scorpions had a prime chance to take the lead at the 5:42 mark in the second when Glavota was whistled for tripping and joined Keith Detlefsen in the box, giving New Mexico a two-man advantage for 1:46. The Gorillas killed the penalties and then another when Rowe was called for interference just seconds after the Gorillas returned to full strength.
The Gorillas answered with Carney's steal and Miller's goal to take a 2-1 lead.
At the 13:21 mark, David Silverstone fired up the crowd in his usual way - by dropping his gloves. Silverstone, who was voted the second-best pound-for-pound fighter in the CHL's Best Of Poll on Thursday, squared off with Andrew Smale. Silverstone landed more than a dozen left crosses, and Smale countered with several rights before the brawl was broken up.
The Gorillas upped their lead to 3-1 at the 17:17 mark in the second on a power-play slap shot from Josh Mizerek. Miller fed the puck to Mizerek inside the blue line, and Mizerek's low slap beat Reid on the stick side.
The Gorillas took away shooting angles and used intelligent stick play in the box throughout the third period to keep New Mexico from pulling within 3-2.
Bill Vandermeer put the game away with his team-leading 34th goal, a short-handed goal at the 16:04 mark on an assist from Rich Hansen.
New Mexico 1 0 0 - 1
Amarillo 1 2 1 - 4
First Period - 1, Amarillo, John Glavota, (Jason Chafe), 1:51; 2, Odessa, Jamie Herrington, (Ryan McLeod, Konrad Reeder), pp, 7:34.
Second period - 3, Amarillo, Matt Miller, (Trevor Read, Josh Mizerek), pp, 13:18; 4, Amarillo, Mizerek, (Miller), pp, 17:17.
Third period - 5, Amarillo, Bill Vandermeer, (Rich Hansen), sh, 16:04.
Shots On Goal: New Mexico 13-9-14-36. Amarillo 8-7-13-28.
Penalties: New Mexico 8 for 19 minutes, Amarillo 12 for 27 minutes.
Power Plays: New Mexico 1 of 11. Amarillo 2 of 7.
Goalies: New Mexico, Scott Reid (28 shots-24 saves). Amarillo, Shawn Conschafter (36 shots-35 saves).
Referee: Paul DePuydt. Linesmen: Tim Hamel, Ryan Hissong.
Attendance: 2.760.
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Guy who pisses off stupid n00bs at GameFAQs, who are too retarded to realize he's fucking with them
Pigwater is my god.
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Your superior.
Deftly, the stalky, hulking form the the moist Pigwater abruptly entered the room, and with bloodshot eyes and a snearing grimace upon his toothy maw, donkey punches Wolfgang Visarett into the cold, unforgiving ground, for all eternity.
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Criminal complaint details Colomo's DWI arrestUPDATED 9:33 AM MDT Jun 14, 2013
No justice for a family devastated by a drunk driver. They poured into an Albuquerque courtroom today to look their mother's killer in the eye. But he didn't show up. And it's not the first time.Video Transcript
ONLY ON 7... NO JUSTICE FOR A FAMILY DEVASTATED BY A DRUNK DRIVER. THEY POURED INTO AN ALBUQUERQUE COURTROOM TODAY TO LOOK THEIR MOTHER'S KILLER IN THE EYE. BUT-- HE DIDN'T SHOW UP. AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER LAURA THOREN REPORTS. RED EYES... AND PLENTY OF TEARS... AS THE FAMILY OF THE KIMBERLY JARAMILLO IS TOLD... THE MAN WHO KILLED HER WILL NOT BE FACING A JUDGE TODAY. me and my family are here to support my mom to make sure that justice is being done - and yet he's not here. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME CHRIS COLOMO IS A NO SHOW. AFTER PLEADING NO CONTEST TO DRIVING DRUNK AND KILLING JARAMILLO IN 2009... HE AVOIDED A 9 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE. THEN - HE VANISHED THE DAY AFTER HE FIRST REPORTED TO STATE CORRECTIONS FOR PROBATION. COLOMO WAS ON THE RUN TIL APRIL -- WHEN THIS OFFICER CHASED HIM DOWN IN RATON. the attorney representing chris colomo tells me: he doesn't know why his client is still up in Raton and when he'll be back down here in Albuquerque to face a judge. NOW FAMILY MEMBERS TELL ME THEY'RE WORRIED - COLOMO WILL NEVER BE PUNISHED FOR WHAT HE DID. he's getting away with it - I feel like he is COLOMO ISN'T JUST IN TROUBLE FOR MISSING PROBATION. APD CHARGED HIM WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN JANUARY -- AND A FEW WEEKS LATER POLICE SAY HE TRIED TO RUN OVER A BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY. BUT FOR THIS FAMILY... IT'S ABOUT JUSTICE. FOR A MOTHER, SISTER, FRIEND TAKEN TOO SOON .. I want my sister to rest in peace, and she's not until we get him - to pay for what he did. COLOMO IS EXPECTED TO BE BACK IN COURT IN 3 WEEKS... BUT JARAMILLO'S FAMILY SAYS THEY'LL BELIEVE IT, WHEN THEY SEE HIM.
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on February 3, 2013 - 12:04 AM
OLEAN — St. Bonaventure and Duquesne engaged in a three-point shooting contest on Saturday at the Reilly Center, which saw Bona claim its third victory in four games, 68-60, in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
The Bonnies (10-10, 3-4) moved up to .500 on the season and got there in a game in which the teams combined for 23 three-pointers, with dependable guard Matthew Wright on the bench in street clothes because of a foot injury.
Now comes another brutal stretch for St. Bonaventure: the next four games are Butler, Rhode Island, LaSalle and Richmond and only one – LaSalle – is in the comforts of the Reilly Center. In fact the Bonnies have only two home games during the month of February.
It could rattle Bona's current run, which followed a string of six consecutive losses. They may have beaten one the league's dregs in Duquesne (7-14, 0-7) Saturday, but the next few weeks will indicate if the Bonnies can be taken seriously come March.
"It's a heck of a league and the teams that we're playing, all the way back to N.C. State and Colorado State, are top 50 teams," St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt said. "I was reading the other day where other than the Big Ten, the Atlantic 10 has 10 teams in the Top 100 in the RPI and that tells you everything you need to know about this league."
Still, the Bonnies have to be awash in confidence after prevailing without Wright, a player who usually provides a calming influence in the late minutes. Jordan Gathers filled the void with a career high 13 points — 10 in the first half — and was a perfect 5-for-5 shooting and 3 of 3 from downtown.
Eric Mosley led all scorers with 14 points and was 4 for 7 from three-point range, the fourth time this season the senior guard connected on at least four from long range as the Bonnies drained a season-high 12 treys.
"With Matt being out, we needed to step up," Gathers said. "Matt brings scoring and shooting from the perimeter for us. I just got open, my teammates found me and I was able to make shots."
Gathers' contribution was huge considering his playing time has fluctuated most of the season. He played 19 minutes in the Bonnies last game against Saint Louis but in the five games prior, he totaled 29.
"We go hard in practice every day, we treat the game the same every time we go out," said Gathers, who matched his season high with 30 minutes on Saturday.
So did the Dukes, who hung around longer than anyone in the crowd of 4,991 expected by canning 11 of 24 from beyond the arc.
The Bonnies led by 13 points early in the second half but Duquesne cut the lead to four with 1:06 remaining on a layup by Jeremiah Jones. After Youssou Ndoye missed a layup, Charlon Kloof came up with a huge offensive board to reset the shot clock. Demitrius Conger was fouled by Jones with 32 seconds left and made both from the stripe for a 66-60 Bonnies lead.
Jones, Sean Johnson and Kadeem Pantophlet had 11 points each to lead Duquesne.
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The InformersHD Closed Captioning
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About the Movie
A week in Los Angeles in 1983, featuring movie executives, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters in adventures laced with sex, drugs and violence.
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
- Reviews Counted: 104
- Fresh: 13
- Rotten: 91
- Average Rating: 3.5/10
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Rotten: The performances run the gamut from twitchy to catatonic, and the stoned stiffness of the actors seems to have less to do with the affectlessness of the characters than with their own confusion.
Rotten: It's by far the most slack, ho-hum movie ever made from Ellis' material.
Rotten: This one's a certifiable soul-sucker, dining out on its characters' venalities while wagging a finger at the horror, the horror.
Rotten: Gregor Jordan's pointless adaptation of a Bret Easton Ellis book is successful only in the sense that it accurately mimics the emptiness of its subject.
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Social commentary in motion
This is a thinker's film! Bret Easton Ellis assisted in the writing of the screenplay, basing it loosely around his book of short stories of the same name. Select parts of the book were purposely changed for the screen, so do not expect an exact adaptation - but don't be fooled, it's still permeated with Ellis's distinctive style. 'The Informers' offers glimpses into the lives of Los Angeles dwellers in the 1980s - the vignettes deliver pieces of the characters' struggles to connect with each other and the world around them. As other reviewers have noted, it is anticlimactic - but that is what makes the film a poignant commentary on the ugliness of moral complacency and materialism: for most of us, there is no high speed chase to define our lives, just a series of events that are sometimes disconnected from each other. This is not an action film, it is a social commentary that is just as relevant if applied to society today as it is to the 1980s depicted in the film. Watched with an open mind, it will let you in on the darker side of humanity. Cinematically, it is visually stimulating and the cast is amazing.
It's not supposed to be American Psycho
The Informers is not based on a novel, but actually a collection of short stories by Bret Easton Ellis that roughly flow in a linear fashion. Furthermore, no one expects for this film to be another American Psycho merely due to the fact that it is based off of a book by the same author. However, it contains a good amount of sex, drug use, and violence portrayed in much the same bleak fashion as in Ellis' other novels, including American Psycho. Overall, much more could have been done with this film (such as marketing) but it is definitely worth seeing. And, of course, Billy Bob Thorton is great all around.
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This movie is one that leaves you with a sense of depression however it also gives that of a inspirational movie. Without giving away the ending, which i thought was nothing less than satisfying, the movie tries to show what life in the 80's was like and some of the major PROBLEMS of that time. It's a drama, not a action or comedy. So if you are looking for a movie that will leave you with a feeling of discomfort and at the same time enjoyment then The Informers is the way to go.
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Say the Democrats. For some reason, history is being revised to state that there never was a struggle to achieve a living wage by Americans prior to, and post the "World War Era' of this country. I mean, there was no welfare then folks. Now, if things don't work out for you, you can depend upon the working taxpayer to bail you out, especially the entitlled "takers". When all the great Americans of that long past era are gone, all we will have left is an entire segment of Americans who feel they are due the good life withourt struggling for it. The old folks I know are ashamed of what is going on now. I'd hate to wake up in the morning as a Democrat, praying that I will be fed, nursed, and housed by their Government.
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"…you can depend upon the working taxpayer to bail you out, especially the entitlled 'takers'…Americans who feel they are due the good life withourt struggling for it. I'd hate to wake up in the morning as a Democrat, praying that I will be fed, nursed, and housed by their Government…" – cmontx
Waking up in general would be a good goal for you. You are either totally ignorant of reality, or simply another spokesperson for the "privileged" class. For all you mouth pieces of the 2%, who attempt to lie and deceive the rest of us about the evils of those lazy, drunkard, welfare bums (add your own racial implication) who are stealing from you "hard working", patriotic, moralistic, citizens,…it's time to wake up.
The system is rigged. Social welfare pales in comparison to corporate welfare. Romney's closed door comments about the 47% was by no means a mistake.
Stop blaming the middle class in defense of the greed of the select few.
From "Think by Numbers"
"Government Spends More on Corporate Welfare Subsidies than Social Welfare Programs
About 59 billion is spent on traditional social welfare programs. 92 billion is spent on corporate subsidies. So, the government spent 50% more on corporate welfare than it did on food stamps and housing assistance in 2006.
Before we look at the details, a heartfelt plea from the Save the CEO's Charitable Trust:
There's so much suffering in the world. It can all get pretty overwhelming sometimes. Consider, for a moment the sorrow in the eyes of a CEO who's just found out that his end-of-year bonus is only going to be a paltry $2.3 million.
"It felt like a slap in the face. Imagine what it would feel like just before Christmas to find out that you're going to be forced to scrape by on your standard $8.4 million compensation package alone. Imagine what is was like to have to look into my daughter's face and tell her that I couldn't afford to both buy her a dollar sign shaped island and hire someone to chew her food from now on, too. To put her in that situation of having to choose… She's only a child for God's sake."
It doesn't have to be this way. Thanks to federal subsidies from taxpayers like you, CEO's like G. Allen Andreas of Archer Daniels Midland was able to take home almost 14 million in executive compensation last year. But he's one of the lucky ones. There are still corporations out there that actually have to provide goods and services to their consumers in order to survive. They need your help.
For just 93 billion a year the federal government is able to provide a better life for these CEO's and their families. That's less than the cost of 240 million cups of coffee a day. Won't you help a needy corporation today?
The Traditional Welfare Queen
When one thinks about government welfare, the first thing that comes to mind is the proverbial welfare queen sitting atop her majestic throne of government cheese issuing a royal decree to her clamoring throngs of illegitimate babies that they may shut the hell up while she tries to watch Judge Judy. However, many politically well-connected corporations are also parasitically draining their share of fiscal blood from your paycheck before you ever see it. It's called corporate welfare. The intent here is to figure out which presents the greater burden to our federal budget, corporate or social welfare programs.
There are, of course, positive and negative aspects to this spending.The primary negative aspect is that you have to increase taxes to pay for it. Taxing individuals lowers their standard of living. It reduces people's ability to afford necessities like medical care, education, and low mileage off-road vehicles.The common usage definition of social welfare includes welfare checks and food stamps. Welfare checks are supplied through a federal program called Temporary Aid for Needy Families. Combined federal and state TANF spending was about $26 billion in 2006. In 2009, the federal government will spend about $25 billion on rental aid for low-income households and about $8 billion on public housing projects. For some perspective, that's about 3 percent of the total federal budget
TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families)
Another negative aspect relates to the fact that social welfare programs reduce the incentive for recipients to become productive members of society. However, in 1996, Congress passed a bill enacting limited welfare reform, replacing the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with the new Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) program. One key aspect of this reform required recipients to engage in job searches, on the job training, community service work, or other constructive behaviors as a condition for receiving aid. The bill was signed by a man named Bill Clinton, who is much better known for an act of fellatio which, of course, had far greater societal implications. Regardless, the success of this reform was pretty dramatic. Caseloads were cut nearly in half. Once individuals were required to work or undertake constructive activities as a condition of receiving aid they left welfare rapidly. Another surprising result was a drop in the child poverty rate. Employment of single mothers increased substantially and the child poverty rate fell sharply from 20.8 percent in 1995 to 16.3 percent in 2000.
The Corporate Welfare Queen
Now, let's consider the other kind of welfare.
Definition: corporate welfare
n. Financial aid, such as a subsidy, provided by a government to corporations or other businesses.
The Cato Institute estimated that, in 2002, $93 billion were devoted to corporate welfare. This is about 5 percent of the federal budget.To clarify what is and isn't corporate welfare, a "no-bid" Iraq contract for the prestigious Halliburton, would not be considered corporate welfare because the government technically directly receives some good or service in exchange for this expenditure. Based on the Pentagon's Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) findings of $1.4 billion of overcharging and fraud, I suppose the primary service they provide could be considered to be repeatedly violating the American taxpayer.On the other hand, the $15 billion in subsidies contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to the oil, gas, and coal industries, would be considered corporate welfare because no goods or services are directly returned to the government in exchange for these expenditures.
Tax breaks targeted to benefit specific corporations could also be considered a form of welfare. Tax loopholes force other businesses and individual taxpayers without the same political clout to pick up the slack and sacrifice a greater share of their hard-earned money to decrease the financial burden on these corporations. However, to simplify matters, we've only included financial handouts to companies in our working definition of corporate welfare.
Whenever corporate welfare is presented to voters, it always sounds like a pretty reasonable, well-intended idea. Politicians say that they're stimulating the economy or helping struggling industries or creating jobs or funding important research. But when you steal money from the paychecks of working people, you hurt the economy by reducing their ability to buy the things they want or need. This decrease in demand damages other industries and puts people out of work.
Most of the pigs at the government trough are among the biggest companies in America, including the Big 3 automakers, Boeing, Archer Daniels Midland, and now-bankrupt Enron.
Farm Subsidies
However, the largest fraction of corporate welfare spending, about 40%, went through the Department of Agriculture, most of it in the form of farm subsidies. (Edwards, Corporate Welfare, 2003) Well, that sounds OK. Someone's got to help struggling family farms stay afloat, right? But in reality, farm subsidies actually tilt the cotton field in favor of the largest industrial farming operations. When it comes to deciding how to dole out the money, the agricultural subsidy system utilizes a process that is essentially the opposite of that used in the social welfare system's welfare system. In the corporate welfare system, the more money and assets you have, the more government assistance you get. Conversely, social welfare programs are set up so that the more money and assets you have, the less government assistance you get. The result is that the absolute largest 7% of corporate farming operations receive 45% of all subsidies. (Edwards, Downsizing the Federal Government, 2004) So instead of protecting family farms, these subsidies actually enhance the ability of large industrial operations to shut them out of the market.
Wal-Mart. Always high subsidies. Always.
The same is true in all other industries, too. The government gives tons of favors to the largest corporations, increasing the significant advantage they already have over smaller competing businesses. If, in the court of public opinion, Wal-Mart has been tried and convicted for the murder of main street, mom-and-pop America, then the government could easily be found guilty as a willing accomplice. Wal-Mart receives hundreds of millions of dollars of subsidization by local governments throughout the country. These subsidies take the form of bribes by local politicians trying to convince Wal-Mart to come to their town with the dream of significant job creation. Of course, from that follows a larger tax base. For example, a distribution center in Macclenny, Florida received $9 million in government subsidies in the form of free land, government-funded recruitment and training of employees, targeted tax breaks, and housing subsidies for employees allowing them to be paid significantly lower wages. A study by Good Jobs First found that 244 Wal-Marts around the country had received over $1 billion in government favors.
The Big Picture
So now let's look at the big picture. The final totals are $59 billion, 3 percent of the total federal budget, for regular welfare and $92 billion, 5 percent of the total federal budget, for corporations. So, the government spends roughly 50% more on corporate welfare than it does on these particular public assistance programs.
Should we spend less on corporate welfare and/or social welfare programs? Or should we spend even more? It's up to you. A bunch of people died horrible deaths to make sure this country remained a democracy, so if you feel strongly about this issue you owe it to them to call or write your congressman and senators and give them a piece of your mind."
Think By Numbers
Why Think by Numbers?
Numbers cannot lie.
A world without disease, starvation, violence, and suffering is the ultimate destination of humanity. Getting there will require voters to base their decisions on statistical cost-benefit analyses instead of irrational emotions. The power of numbers can make utopia a reality.
"Government Spends More on Corporate Welfare Subsidies than Social Welfare Programs"
Including government bailout programs and loans to green industry failing businesses. From what liberal publication did you cut and paste this incredible fairytale? The only thing missing is the proper opening line…'once upon a time and land far far away.'
I am sure it wasn't independent thought on your part.
Why do most Republicans vote against their own best interests?
Tell the old folks you know who are ashamed to send back their social security checks and stop filing for medicare. When they do that I will become a believer. Otherwise they just have their hand out like everyone else.
As one of those getting a SS check, I will start sending back the return of my SS taxes when those collecting while not paying any taxes or working start working for their care and well being...oh wait, they can't...there are no jobs for them to apply for, plus they have few if any marketable skills to be paid for.
I guess I am not eloquent enough to make my real point. When the Oldtimers all die off, the struggle to achieve a "living status" through hard work will have no spokesman. I feel that the Democrats don't want to let their minions know that you have to work to survive, not just kick back and draw cash, vouchers and checks. Once you are on the "Dole",you are forever on the dole, and that is a travesty to anybody who works for a living. Take a look at what is happening in Greece. That is our blueprint to avoid. Even the oldtime Greeks are rolling over in their graves.
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"Tell the old folks you know who are ashamed to send back their social security checks and stop filing for medicare."
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The state Senate and Assembly plan to go to court today to stop Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Moreland Commission from looking at their outside income.
Cuomo announced the state will invest $225 million to lure two green-focused California companies to the Buffalo area. More than 850 jobs are expected.
Rensselaer's mayor says his city might be the very best spot in the Capital Region to get that coveted Capital Region casino.
Cuomo has granted more than 100 radio interviews since taking office, but shuns television. Why is that, anyway?
If you're not getting enough internet cat videos on the internet, how about watching them in the theater? The festival comes to Rochester today.
A young New York Herald Tribune reporter might have been the last person Lee Harvey Oswald heard before he was shot by Jack Ruby.
Are the promises of jobs from hydrofracking vastly inflated? One labor-backed group thinks so, saying those 180,000 jobs the industry says it created in the Marcellus Shale region is more like 30,000.
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Im all for murder.
Ive done it twice already and thoroughly enjoyed it each time. And in just two short weeks, Im planning on doing it again. Ill be attending the third play in the Café Noir series of interactive murder-mystery dinner theaters the weekend of June 24th. And believe me if you go to Murder Point Blank, at Atlanta Bread on Main Street youll be part of the action. Anyone attending the production might be asked to advance the plot in a variety of ways, including answering questions and/or solving the mystery. And everyone who buys tickets will advance the cause of helping bring money into our town through the cultural arts as well as via business, educational and social activities.
These plays are being sponsored by the Arts, Business and Civic Coalition (ABCC) of Summerville/Dorchester County, Inc. If youve ever looked for a local venue for say a good sized wedding reception, business seminar, technical class or theatrical or music production, youll understand the common need for an upsized local gathering place. Filling this need by obtaining a Civic Center here is the mission of the ABCC. (And remember, every time any of us have to go outside Summerville to put on an event or pay to attend such a function our town looses the revenue that event produces.)
According to Monica Shows, director of Murder Point Blank, this play, like the others, is a true forties style American mystery with the perfect mix of action, intrigue, humor and romance in other words -- your typical Humphrey Bogart film. If youve been to the other plays you know youll want to wear a black and white outfit. Its fun to dress up (dont worry, everybody does!). Perhaps black pants or skirt and a white shirt or an era appropriate tuxedo complete with fedora or a long slinky dress with a side slit and wide shoulder pads.
Check out the Showcase column in this newspaper on Wednesday June 15, for plot details and cast credits. For now, just know that youll hear some incredible singing and enjoy a quirky and involved plot unfolded by excellent thespians while imbibing in good food and good company. All this for $30. And remember, proceeds go towards that Civic Center.
Think about it. Youll be spending an evening in Summerville (conserving gas) dressing up, joining a congenial crowd (oh, is it ever!) having a delightful meal (the last two menus have been delicious) and basically having a jolly good time (just look at all the other engaged and happy faces around you that night).
Am I a member of the ABCC? You bet. Am I buying tickets and helping with the logistics? Absolutely! Im doing it because I love Summerville and want to see her continue to develop with a good balance of economic, artistic, and quality of life elements in her municipal style.
Help make this happen by getting your tickets now. Advance tickets are strongly encouraged as the first two plays in the series were sell outs. Show times are Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25, at 7:30 pm. To repeat: Tickets ($30); location Atlanta Bread on North Main Street. To get tickets and/or more information, go to www.ABCCsummerville.org or phone 225-2789.
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Very unusual and substantial vintage framed display featuring two original circa 1912 photographs (each 9 x 7 inches) picturing members of the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates, respectively, including Honus Wagner. Both photos have been mounted with vintage captions below in white lettering. It is possible that this display originates from the personal collection of early Royal Rooter Joe Burns, as he is pictured posing with the players in each photo. The first captures Red Sox players Bill Carrigan and Heinie Wagner posing together with Burns and another gentleman (identified as "McDonough") in front of the team's bench. The second photo pictures Burns posing on field with Honus Wagner and Marty O'Toole of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Again, each individual is identified in white lettering below. The Pirates photo can be positively dated to 1912 due to the uniform style depicted, which was a one-year style unique to that season. It is most likely that the Red Sox photo dates from that season as well; however, the empirical evidence can only narrow the date to the four-year period 1912-1916 (based upon the uniform style and the length of Carrigan's playing career). Each photo has exceptional clarity and grades Ex-Mt. The photos appear to be housed in their original wood frame. A light stain in the upper right corner of the mount does not affect the photographs. This is a unique photographic piece which, based on its presentation and Burn's inclusion in each photo, may have once been displayed on the walls of "Nuff Said" McGreevey's famous Third Base bar. Total dimensions: 13 x 19.5 inches. Total: 2 photos (framed together). Reserve $100. Estimate $200/$400. SOLD FOR $464.00
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As expected La Marque school district trustees approved a tax rate increase for the district after a public meeting where a majority of residents spoke in favor of the increase.
Board president Annie Burton and Trustees Joe Cantu Shirley Fanuiel and Edna Courville all voted for setting the district's combined tax at $1.35 per $100 of assessed value 11 cents higher than the district's current rate. Only Trustee Davey Jones abstained from voting and trustees Nakisha Paul and Edward Crawford were absent.


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She just went public with the news that she's pregnant, and Emily Deschanel has already gotten her first round of public congratulations from a very special celebrity: Her sister, Zooey.
"My big sister, Emily (aka bones) Deschanel and her husby, David Hornsby, are going to have a baby!" Zooey Tweeted Thursday. "I am super excited to be an aunt!"
Bones star Emily, 34, and her husband announced Thursday they are expecting their first child together. She is due later this year.
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Saturday, February 13, 2016
Is there parking?
There is self-parking available for $20 and valet will not be available.
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Official transportation service provided by Jackson Limousine. Mention "MusiCares" to receive a special discounted rate. For inquiries and bookings, call 323.734.9955.
What time does the event start?
Check in begins at 5:00pm. The silent auction and reception will be held from 5:00pm – 7:30pm. Dinner will be served from 7:30pm – 9:00pm. The concert starts at 9:00pm and will end around 11:00pm.
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The Marineland Maxi-Jet 1200 is a multi-function water pump and power head that can serve as a power head, a Laminar flow, or a circulation pump. The device is a workhorse unit that has been on the market for many years, yet still offers a range of capabilities to a variety of aquarium fish hobbyists.
I tested the unit in a 55 gallon long freshwater system in powerhead mode and a 29g BioCube mini-reef system in circulation mode. In the 55 long, the flow was quite strong. It would do very well in supplying enough current for those fish that are accustomed to strong currents. Following the detailed instructions I was able to easily convert between the two options. One word of caution, due to the number of parts the unit ships with to convert between the three modes, I suggest either keeping the parts not in use in the retail box or perhaps a smaller marked box so you don't lose them, because if you do, you'll lose the multi-use functionality of the Maxi-Jet 1200.
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The transverse abdominal incision has been used nearly one hundred years. Baudelocque1 used it prior to 1847 for cesarean sections, but it was Pfannenstiel,2 in 1900, who popularized its use in pelvic operations. Maylard3 (1899), of Glasgow, first used a transverse incision in the upper part of the abdomen. In making this incision, he sectioned all layers of the abdominal wall in a transverse plane. An intra-abdominal hemorrhage that occurred after the closure of a median vertical incision led him to employ a transverse incision for the second laparotomy. He subsequently observed that the transverse section healed more quickly and more firmly than the median vertical one, in which a hernia developed.
Boeckmann,4 of St. Paul, unaware of Maylard's observations, first employed the transverse incision in all types of abdominal operations in 1906. Sprengel5 introduced it to the Continental surgeons in 1910 and, in conjunction
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This Week on 'Visiting With Huell Howser' -- Lemon Lily and Forest Lawn | KCET
This Week on 'Visiting With Huell Howser' -- Lemon Lily and Forest Lawn
Find out what classic episodes of "Visiting" are airing on KCET this week! Read more about KCET's Huell-centric programming here and share your memories of Huell with other fans here.
Monday @ 7:30PM -- "Summer Ice"
Huell samples some unique and tasty frozen specialties imported from Mexico and Singapore.
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Tuesday @ 7:30PM -- "Produce and Flora Expo"
This week, Huell is at the Fresh Produce & Floral Council Expo, an exciting one-day show filled with over 170 exhibits by produce and floral professionals from every part of the industry.
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Wednesday @ 7:30PM -- "Abalone Farm"
Huell travels to the Central Coast to visit an abalone farm. For years, Californian's could pluck these mollusks off the rocks at low tide. Overfishing and pollution has forced people to come up with other ways to supply our needs. The Abalone Farm Inc. in Cayucos has been growing and selling abalone since 1968.
Thursday @ 7:30PM -- "Idyllwild Lemon Lily Festival"
The Idyllwild Lemon Lily Festival highlights the uniqueness and rarity of one of Idyllwild's most precious native flowers -- the lemon lily. This beautiful lily that grows only above 4000 feet is a true gem. Join Huell and the good people of Idyllwild as they spend the day celebrating the flower. There's even a song.
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Friday @ 7:30PM -- "Forest Lawn"
Join Huell as he visits one of L.A.'s best kept secrets - the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. You'll learn about the hope that Dr. Hubert Eaton envisioned when he created Forest Lawn almost 100 years ago. You'll also learn why not to call it a cemetery.
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In this episode on museums, first up is Los Angeles's Grier Musser Museum, a turn-of-the century historic Queen Anne house which displays fascinating antique collections. Then Huell stops in at the Historical Glass Museum in Redlands.
Sunday @ 7PM -- "Nethercutt Update"
This one-hour special takes us inside the Nethercutt Collection and Museum in Sylmar to see their world-class collection of automobiles, musical instruments and other items.