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Hamilton cf
Phillips 2b
Griffey rf
Conine 1b
Dunn lf
Freel 3b
Gonzalez ss
Ross c
Arroyo p
Pete said he did it because Josh's OBP is better and Freel's numbers with RISP are better.
I'm ready for change... I like it.
That's interesting
Most Vottomatic Player
He's already stated that he wants to get plenty of playing time for Freel and some others so those who didn't like how Narron used so many different lineups, it's probably going to get worse with this guy.
Although I hate having EE sit, by playing Freel a lot and at different position, you could possibly increase his trade value. Flipping Freel before the deadline wouldn't be the worst thing to do.
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
The problem with making out a lineup for the reds is that they don't seem to have a # 1 or # 2 hitter on their roster. I hope they address that after the season.
I don't like to critique the batting order too often, but I just can't figure out the obsession with batting him clean-up. His line when batting 4th is .273/.273/.364/.637 with just 3 HRs and 15 RBIs in 91 ABs. His numbers with nobody on base or with a runner on 1st are just as dreadful.
If the Reds really need Conine in the line-up to take advantage of his nice avg. with RISP (.333) or numbers against Morris (.308 avg, .385 OBP, weak .305 SLG tho), then why not bat him 6th? It's not a great sample size, but with 28 ABs in the 6 hole he's hitting .333/.391/.667/1.058.
I just can't figure it out (especially with a righty on the mound!).
i like have Phillips in the 2 spot
Whatcha gonna do, brother, when Brennemania runs wild on you!!
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Hi All,
On Monday I started my mentral cycle and noticed that I am not able to pump nearly as much as before. I am on block feeding and after my DD would feed I would pump the other and get about 2-3 oz out of one breast. Now I am lucky if I get 1, and can sometimes get two if I hand pump after using the machine. Could it be because of my cycle? Will it go back to the way it was? I am starting to get a stock in the freezer for when I get back to work in 3 weeks when my husband takes over. I am getting really frustrated when nothing comes out!
Please tell me that it will just be a monthly drop!


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Slick roads from overnight snow caused traffic delays in some areas of southern Wisconsin Tuesday morning.
A crash on Interstate 39-90 near Janesville blocked both eastbound lanes at 6:38 a.m. It was expected to be blocked for about an hour. As of 8 a.m., traffic was still moving slow at mile marker 171. The crash was reported cleared at 8:11 a.m.
Another crash on the eastbound interstate was reported at about 9 a.m. at mile marker 177. It was reported as a two car crash with injuries.
Another crash with injuries was reported about the same time on Todd Drive under the Beltline Highway.
Crashes were reported at about 8 a.m at North Shore near John Nolen Drive, John Nolen Drive at Blair Street, Franklin Avenue at Mason Street in Madison and at Highway 19 at County Road CV in Burke Township.
More than two dozen slide-offs were reported in Dane County since 6:30 a.m.
A three-car crash was reported on Highway 51 at Voges Road at about 7:30 a.m. There were no injuries.
A car rear-ended a school bus on Mineral Point Road just west of the Beltline Highway at 7:23 a.m. There were no injuries.
One school district, New Glarus, opened late because of the road conditions.


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Once a week, professional endurance athlete Josiah Middaugh likes to strap on his snowshoes or crampons and charge up one of the Rocky Mountain ski runs in Vail, Colorado.
"Winter is a key training season for me," says Middaugh, who grew up in East Jordan and has since become one of the top multisport athletes in the world. "I do a lot of cross-country skiing and running on snowshoes. Winter training is what sets me up for a good season of racing in the summer. If winter sports were a little more high profile, I'd prefer to do them full-time." In September, Middaugh, 34, won the XTERRA U.S. National Championship, a mountain bike triathlon in Snow Basin, Utah. He's been the top American finisher and U.S. Champion in the race for the past seven years, but foreign rivals kept him from the overall win until his 2012 race.
"It was absolutely the biggest win of my career," says Middaugh, a personal trainer and coach who holds a Master of Science degree in Human Movement. "I finished third for the past 4-5 years in a row, but I was always battling the same guys back and forth."
The XTERRA Championship race included a 1.5k swim, 28k mountain bike race and 10k trail run. What makes the race really tough, however, is the change in elevation during the course.
"There's a 3,000-foot vertical gain on the mountain bike portion of the race and a 1,200-foot gain on the trail run," Middaugh says. "The distances weren't extraordinary, but the terrain was. It's a really exhausting course with beautiful scenery."
Middaugh has also won the U.S. National Snowshoe Racing Championship five times, including the first event held in Traverse City in 2002. He's also won the US Triathlon-sanctioned Winter Triathlon National Championships in Midway, Utah, among many other races.
He currently trains about 15 hours a week at his home outside Vail, where the elevation is at 8,000 feet. Training at that elevation gives him a competitive edge in the 25-30 races he enters each year as a pro.
"Luckily, I live in a place where the terrain makes a big difference in my training," he says.
Add to all of the above, Middaugh is also the father of three, Larsen, age 2, Porter, 7, and Sullivan, 8. He met his wife, Ingrid, while attending Central Michigan University (CMU). She too is an athlete who enjoys trail running and snowshoeing.
Middaugh's website -- www.josiahmiddaugh.com -- notes that he was delivered by a midwife and born in a one-room stone house in Northern Michigan.
He grew up loving the outdoor life and says his parents instilled a strong work ethic in himself and his two brothers. "We always worked for everything we got," he recalls, "played hard when the work was done, and life was good. I still believe one of the best core workouts is hauling and splitting maple and oak firewood with a heavy splitting maul.
"When my Dad (Steve) was around 40 he decided to get in better aerobic shape and started running," he adds. "So at age 11, so did I. I enjoyed pushing my limits and had some moderate success at an early age."
Middaugh got his first taste of endurance sports at the age of 15 when he entered the East Jordan Freedom Festival Triathlon.
"I didn't have any formal swimming background and didn't know how to freestyle," he says of the race, which starts in Lake Charlevoix. "I ended up doing the side stroke."
He ran track and cross-country at CMU and took up swimming to cope with injuries. While still in college, he learned of the XTERRA race series on TV. XTERRA offers dozens of off-road triathlons and trail runs all over the world.
Upon graduation, Middaugh moved to Colorado and began serious racing, entering events such as 100-mile mountain bike races that included 13,000 feet of elevation gain. He won his first race in Keystone, CO in 2002.
That same year, he entered the Hawaiian Ironman. "That was when I was just getting started as a pro and I entered it rather naively," he recalls. "I didn't really know what I was doing, but I finished."
Today, Middaugh has been a pro racer for 10 years and most of his focus is on the XTERRA series. Typically, he does a variety of races through the year, including a couple of half-iron triathlons, pointing toward the national XTERRA race. This year, he will also compete in the Wildflower Triathlon in California, a half-iron race which involves a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike race, and 13.1-mile run.
His goal is to win the Xterra World Championship on Maui this October, which attracts athletes from around the world. "I'm definitely going to be there this year," he says. "Last year I finished second, and it was my best finish ever."
As a coach and personal trainer, Middaugh works with runners, cyclists, triathletes, adventure racers and general fitness athletes. What advice does he have for snowbound fitness buffs in Northern Michigan?
"I think you've got to get out and take advantage of any environment you live in," he says. "If you live in snow country and like to do triathlons or road racing, then it's a good idea to take up snowshoeing or cross-country skiing in the winter to break up your training season and refresh your mind.
"I've battled some injuries in my career and winter training is always easier on the knees," he adds. "I do a fair amount of indoor training as well during the winter, such as CompuTrainer cycling (see "Gearbox" feature) and swimming, but it's incredible how good cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are for training -- there's no better form of aerobic exercise."
For more on Josiah Middaugh and to follow his racing career, check out www.josiahmiddaugh.com .


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I've been out buying drill bit sets and bottles of wine, Godiva truffles and a gingerbread man cookie mix that comes complete with cookie cutters shaped in ninja poses. And let's not forget the pink duct tape with the Scottie dog pattern for my great niece.
Yes, the season of presents and shopping is now fully upon us. And I know my friends and family will enjoy their gifts. But it is also the season of peace and goodwill. And I like to give presents that reflect the spirit of the season, too.
This year, I ordered gifts in my children's names from World Vision, one of many charitable organizations that will send gifts of food and clothing to needy people in America and abroad. The gifts help to lift others out of poverty by providing education and means—for instance, a herd of sheep, or the excavation of a new water well for an African village. In the past, we have bought rabbits, sewing machines and soccer balls, gifts of music and art education, and mosquito nets.
It is commonly said that the way to end world poverty is to educate girls. This year, why not contribute to The Malala Fund, (malalafund.org) which strives to make girls' education and empowerment accessible to all. The book, "I Am Malala," is itself a perfect gift for the holiday season. This memoir is written by Malala Yousafzai with British journalist Christina Lamb. As I'm sure you have heard, it is an engaging portrait of the teenage girl who stood up for education in her native Pakistan and was shot in the head by the Taliban. A medical team was able to save her life.
The book tells of Malala's life with her family in the Swat Valley as the Taliban is coming to power and of her determination to get an education for herself. It traces her gradual development into a girl known worldwide as an advocate for peace and justice as well as for her recovery after she was shot.
The book is particularly poignant in its stark contrasts. On one page, Malala is praying to Allah to grow taller; she doesn't want to be short. Or she is playing cops and robbers with her brothers. She and her best friend Moniba read the "Twilight" books. She and Moniba quarrel and get in huffs with each other, like any dramarama (www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dramaramateenager [2]). She has to work at her chemistry homework.
On the next page she is talking about the Taliban blowing up schools. Or her father's "getaway ladder" in case they need to escape their home in haste. She writes about the blog she wrote for the BBC detailing life under the Taliban. She tells of the brother of her teacher who was picked up by the army, put in leg irons, tortured and kept in a refrigerator until he died.
Recently, schools in Pakistan and Malaysia banned "I am Malala," claiming that it is disrespectful of Islam, and that Malala has become a "tool of the West."
Malala is now with her family and in school in England, but still wishing she could go back home.
The following are some websites where you can give gifts that will help others here and abroad. Remember, too, our local food pantries, which need donations all year long.
Heifer International (heifer.org)
The International Rescue Committee (gifts.rescue.org)
The Afghan Institute of Learning ((AfghanInstituteofLearning.org)
Care (www.care-international.org [3])
World Vision (www.worldvision.org/ [4])


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Bitcoin Goes To Washington As Senators Parse Currency's Legality
By Robert Siegel • Nov 18, 2013
Originally published on November 18, 2013 5:27 pm
The digital currency Bitcoin is becoming more prevalent, both for benign purchases and as a way for criminals to conduct illicit transactions. Bitcoins have been used on underground websites to facilitate sales of narcotics and child pornography. But even those most concerned about criminal activity agree that the emerging digital currency has arrived and can have beneficial uses.


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This event is hosted by three local congregations in their gardens — First Christian Church on June 16; Faith Lutheran Church, June 23; and First Presbyterian Church, June 30.
Each gathering will begin with a time to meet, greet and sing fun campground songs. Experience of life in the garden at First Christian is planned to share deep listening, looking, smelling and even tasting the world around us. In the Lutheran Garden, we can expect to Feast in the Garden and the Presbyterians have a Labyrinth carved into the grass. Each evening will close with desserts and time to sit and have conversations as the sun goes down. Everyone of every age will find something that fits who they are and where they are in their life journey.
The Garden at First Christian Church faces North Washington Street next to the Pizzarriffic; enter from 715 N. St. Mary's and walk in from the church parking lot. Lawn chairs will be provided but bring your favorite to ensure places for everyone. The three churches are ready to welcome everyone from everywhere — Come to the Garden: Grow a Community this Sunday evening, June 16, at 6:30.


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Immigrant activists push to stop deportationsBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI
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Abel Bautista and his wife Guadalupe pose with their four children at their home in Thornton, Colo. From left are, Kolby, 12, Wendy, 8, Guadalupe, 32, Able, 37, Kimbereli, 7, and Able, 10. Abel Bautista and his wife entered the U.S. illegally decades ago, and have been fighting deportation ever since a traffic stop in September of 2012. Their next hearing is in October and Bautista is hoping for action from DC.DENVER Late last year members of the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition acknowledged that there was little hope Congress would pass much-anticipated legislation granting citizenship to people in the U.S. illegally. So the group stopped lobbying for the bill and shifted to a different approach.
Six of its activists last month chained themselves across the entrance to the Travis County jail near Austin to protest its participation in a federal program to find people here illegally, part of a growing effort to focus on stopping deportations. It has made strides. Just last week, President Barack Obama directed administration officials to review how people are shipped out of the country.
Many immigrant groups are still pushing for a bill to grant citizenship to many of the 11 million people here illegally. But Republican House Speaker John Boehner has said that legislation is unlikely to be passed in the GOP-led House, at least this year.
We decided we needed to change our focus because (curbing deportations locally) is a more winnable campaign, said Alejandro Laceres, executive director of the Austin group.
We need relief and we need it soon, said Reyna Montoya, 23, of Phoenix, whose father is fighting deportation and who co-wrote an open letter with dozens of activists urging immigrant rights groups to stand down on the citizenship issue. People who are directly affected just want peace. Later on theyll worry about becoming citizens.
The increasingly aggressive, decentralized campaign contrasts with last years unified push that resulted in a bipartisan Senate bill to overhaul the nations immigration system a proposal that never came up for a vote in the House. It also carries the risks of a backlash.
One picture of a cop with a bloody nose and its all over for these people, Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, which favors greater restrictions on immigration, said of the activists.
The change comes after many expected Congress to pass a sweeping immigration overhaul last year. Republicans have been torn between some in their base who want to step up deportations and others alarmed at how Hispanics, Asians and other fast-growing communities are increasingly leaning Democratic.
The Senate in June passed its bill to legalize, and eventually grant citizenship to, many of the 11 million people in the U.S. illegally. But the bill died in the Republican-controlled House. Republican leaders there floated a proposal that would have made some systematic changes but would have stopped short of granting citizenship for large numbers of people here illegally. But Boehner, R-Ohio, acknowledged that it stood little chance of passing.
Meanwhile, Obamas administration is on track to having deported 2 million people during the past six years. Critics say thats more than President George W. Bushs administration deported, though some who push for a tougher immigration policy argue the current administrations numbers are inflated.
Obama already has eased some deportations. In 2012, as he was trying to generate enthusiasm among Hispanic voters for his re-election, Obama granted people who were brought to the country illegally as children the right to work in the United States and gave them administrative protection from deportation if they had graduated high school or served in the military. Advocates are pressuring the president to expand that to other people here illegally. The administration has said it cannot make sweeping changes without Congress, and it is unclear what steps it will take to make deportations more humane after its review is finished.
Chris Newman, legal director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, said its inevitable that Obama makes changes. This is a White House that has told the immigrant rights community that they had to build up enforcement massively to create the political climate for comprehensive immigration reform, Newman said. Well, that gambit failed.
Roy Beck of Numbers USA, which pushes for a more restrictive immigration policy, said expanding deportation relief could also fail. It looks radical, he said of the notion of sharply limiting removals.
Activists are willing to take that risk.
In Arizona, activists have launched a series of protests, including blocking buses transporting immigrants to courts. We just realized we are losing too many people in our community, Carlos Garcia of the group Puente Arizona said in a telephone interview, minutes before he was arrested outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Phoenix.MORE IN Wire NewsUNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. Full StoryTroubling as the details of the McLaren Report were, a news item out of Russia earlier this week... Full Story
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Write-in results show tangling of party linesBy Neal P. Goswami
VERMONT PRESS BUREAU | September 03,2014MONTPELIER Progressive Dean Corren, through a write-in campaign, has secured the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, but the Republican incumbent tallied a significant number of write-in votes himself without much organization.
Official results from last weeks primary, marked by extremely low voter turnout, were certified Tuesday at the secretary of states office. Results featured cross-party nominations, some of which arent exactly welcomed.
Corren, the Progressive Partys nominee who also asked Democrats to write him in on their ballot, tallied 3,874 write-in votes. The 60.5 percent of the vote he earned was enough to beat Lt. Gov. Phil Scott, who received 1,895 write-in votes, or about 30 percent. No one had submitted a valid petition to earn a place on the ballot.
Even if Corren, of Burlington, now receives an official endorsement from the Democrats, the party wont be able to spend on his behalf because he has secured public financing for his campaign.
Its an honor to have so much support from Democrats around the state, Corren said in a statement Tuesday. ... Now I look forward to engaging in a spirited debate about the future of our state.
He again pledged to address climate change, seek a single-payer health care system for Vermont and limit the role big money plays in our political process.
Scotts tally came even though there was no major campaign urging voters to write his name in. A handful of Democratic stalwarts in the Senate expressed their displeasure with Corren and endorsed Scott, including Sens. Dick Mazza and Dick Sears and Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell. The incumbent remains the heavy favorite in the general election.
In the Republican gubernatorial primary, Scott Milne, a businessman from Pomfret, easily won the nomination with 11,486 votes. That amounts to nearly 72 percent.
But Dan Feliciano, the Libertarian from Essex who waged an aggressive write-in campaign hoping to thwart Milne, managed to garner 2,093 votes, or 13.1 percent. Two others on the GOP ballot, Emily Peyton and Steve Berry, grabbed less than 6 percent each.
Feliciano, who has pledged to carry his campaign forward as the Libertarian Partys nominee, could continue to siphon votes from the more moderate Milne.
Both men face incumbent Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin, who is seeking a third term. He cruised in his primary race against H. Brooke Paige, securing more than 15,000 votes, or 77 percent. Paige, a little known candidate despite previous statewide runs as a Republican, received 3,199 votes, or 16 percent. There were more than 1,300 write-in votes, or nearly 7 percent of those cast, but the secretary of states office did not break those down.
The closest race in last weeks primary went to Hartford resident Mark Donka, who again secured the GOP nomination for the states lone seat in the U.S. House. He was the partys nominee in 2012, too, but lost badly to Democratic Rep. Peter Welch, who faced no primary this year.
Donka won 4,340 votes, or 33.7 percent. That was enough to edge out Donald Russell, who won 4,026 votes, or 31.2 percent. Donald Nolte received 3,803 votes, or 29.5 percent.
Meanwhile, three incumbent Democrats secured the GOP nomination for statewide offices after the Vermont Republican Party failed to recruit its own candidates.
Secretary of State Jim Condos, State Treasurer Beth Pearce and Auditor Doug Hoffer all won GOP nominations based on write-in votes.
Attorney General William Sorrell, a Democrat, will have a Republican opponent although no GOP candidate earned a spot on the ballot. Shane McCormack waged a late write-in campaign and won 794 votes, or 36.5 percent. Sorrell got 663 GOP write-in votes, or 30 percent.
Turnout statewide was just 39,424 voters, or 9 percent. Thats low, but not a record, according to the secretary of states office. The primary in 2008 saw just 8.5 percent of voters turn out. Most voters this year, 55 percent, cast Democratic ballots. Republican ballots accounted for 43 percent.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full Story
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Revenue Marine and the Revenue Cutter Service , as it was known variously throughout the late 18th and the 19th centuries, referred to its ships as cutters. The term is English in origin and refers to a specific type of vessel, namely, "a small, decked ship with one mast and bowsprit, with a gaff mainsail on a boom, a square yard and topsail, and two jibs or a jib and a staysail." (Peter Kemp, editor, The Oxford Companion to Ships & the Sea; London: Oxford University Press, 1976; pp. 221-222.) The Royal Navy's definition of a cutter was a small warship capable of carrying 8 to 12 cannons.***
By general usage, the term cutter came to define any vessel of Great Britain's Royal Customs Service and the term was adopted by the U.S. Treasury Department at the creation of what would become the Revenue Marine. Since that time, no matter what the vessel type, the service has referred to its largest vessels as cutters (today a cutter is any Coast Guard vessel over 65-feet in length).
The Revenue Cutter Service designated its cutters and craft based on classes. From about 1890 through the formation of the Coast Guard in 1915, the largest cutters were referred to as vessels of the 'First Class." The smaller coastal cutters and larger tugs were vessels of the "Second Class," and the smaller tugs and cutters were designated as vessels of the "Third Class." Finally, the small harbor craft were referred to as "Launches."
In 1915, the newly-formed Coast Guard began referring to all of its larger cutters as "Cruising Cutters." At that time, most of the smaller vessels fell under the classification of "Harbor Cutter" and the smallest craft were known as a "Launches." This changed in 1920 when the Coast Guard divided the "Cruising Cutter" designation into "Cruising Cutters" for the largest sea-going cutters and "Inshore Patrol Cutters" for those that were primarily coastal vessels.
In 1925, the designation changed once again. Now the largest cutters were known as "Cruising Cutters, First Class," while the coastal cutters were "Cruising Cutters, Second Class." With Prohibition enforcement becoming a major mission, the Coast Guard began adding numerous smaller patrol craft and these were grouped together under the classification of "Patrol Boats." The service also acquired a large number of Navy destroyers to augment the fleet and these were known as, simply, "Coast Guard Destroyers."
In February, 1942 the Coast Guard adopted the Navy's ship classification system whereby a vessel was designated with a two-letter abbreviation based on the type of ship and its hull number. Thus, the large, sea-going cruising cutters of the first class became gunboats, or "PG." To differentiate them from their Navy counterparts, all Coast Guard cutters were given the prefix "W" at that same time. No one knows for sure why the Navy and Coast Guard picked the letter "W" to designate a Coast Guard vessel although rumors abound. One rather bureaucratic argument is that "W" was used during the 1930s as the routing symbol on Treasury Department correspondence to designate the Coast Guard.* Another is that it stands for "weather patrol," one of the major tasks assigned to the Coast Guard.** Still another notes that by international agreement regarding radio communications the United States was able to use the letters "A", "K", "N" or "W" and since "W" was unused at that time, it was chosen to designate a Coast Guard cutter.*** Finally one officer noted that "W" was chosen since it was unused and was also the first letter of the last name of the officer who attended the meeting when the designation was chosen!**** Or it may be as simple as the fact that "W" was an unused letter on the Navy's designation alphabet and was arbitrarily assigned to designate a Coast Guard cutter. In any case, the practice stuck and each cutter still bears the "W."
The service also began assigning an exclusive hull number to each cutter and craft at this time. Prior to 1941, the Coast Guard and its predecessors never assigned hull numbers to its larger cutters or tenders, it simply referred to them only by their names. Some were assigned builders' numbers prior to their construction but that number was never used to designate a cutter that was in commission. The number was dropped after the cutter entered service. There is an exception to this practice, however. During the 1920s, patrol boats and the destroyers loaned to the Coast Guard by the Navy did receive hull numbers. Those hull numbers were preceded by the letters "CG." The destroyers kept their names as well and so were the first and only Coast Guard named-vessels, up to that time, that also had hull numbers.
After the end of the war and the Coast Guard's transfer back to the control of the Treasury Department, the Coast Guard continued to use the Navy's system. The large, sea-going cutters were classified primarily as "WPG," "WDE", and "WAVP" (Coast Guard gunboats; Coast Guard destroyer escorts; and Coast Guard seaplane tenders). This changed in 1965 when the service adopted its own designation system and these large cutters were then grouped together into one class that was referred to as Coast Guard High Endurance Cutters or "WHEC." The coastal cutters once known as "Cruising cutters, Second Class" and then "WPC" (Coast Guard patrol craft) under the Navy system were now Coast Guard Medium Endurance Cutters, or "WMEC." Patrol boats continued to be referred to by their Coast Guard/Navy designation, i.e. "WPB. " These designations refer to the cutters' capabilities in regards to the length of time they may spend on patrol without replenishment.
Regardless of their changing designations, the cutters in the fleet have always been capable of handling a multitude of missions, sail in any weather, and persevere through any crisis the nation has had. Most have been long-lived as well.
*Robert Scheina. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, 1946-1990. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1990, p. 169 (caption).
**HMC James T. Flynn, Jr., USNR (Ret.), "US Coast Guard 'W' Numbers: Where did they come from and where are they going?", p. 4; unpublished paper, USCG Historian's Office files. Chief Flynn notes in the Navy's 1943 ONI-54 pamphlets that "Coast Guard types are prefixed by the letter 'G' . . . Scheina mentions this use of the letter 'G' prefix by the Navy and he further explains that the letter 'W' used by the Coast Guard can be traced back into the 1930s. He also states that the Navy followed suit later in the war (using the W prefix for Coast Guard) when the letter 'G' was needed as a prefix for vessels transferred to Greece.", ibid., pp. 3-4.
***BMC Joseph Noecker, USCG (Ret.) in an email to the Historian's Office, noted: ". . .cutters in the British man-of-war designations had 8 to 12 guns/cannon. . . Hull numbers [were] one way of calling a ship via radio. Much the same as an aircrafts' tail number is used today. By international agreement all U.S. radio call signs begin with A, K, N or W. Army (and later Air Force) used A, Navy and private aircraft use N. That, among other reasonings, may have been the reason for the W."
****Tom Miles noted that VADM Robert Scarborough once related that while serving as the aide to then-Fifth District commander RADM [Russell E.] Wood that Wood told him he attended the meeting when this issue was decided and it ". . .Seems that 'W' clearly was not being used and (since it) was the first letter of his last name it seemed only logical (to him) that it be proposed. Thus he did so! Apparently no conferee disagreed so the deed was accomplished!"


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"It must be understood that the bishop is in the Church and the Church in the bishop and he is not in the Church who is not with the bishop."
~ St. Cyprian of Carthage, bishop, martyr; in early writings (Epist., lxvi, 8; circa A.D. 250), noting that a man was rightly considered in schism when he disregarded the authority of his own bishop.


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CHARLES TOWN – Although Jefferson County Schools' finances are not a problem for the coming year, superintendent Susan Wall said she is is already "proactively" considering any future changes which may be necessary depending on funding levels.
As a result, Wall has compiled a list of items which may – or may not – continue to be funded as board of education members work on finalizing the upcoming school year's budget. It is due in Charleston in mid-May and will probably have grown slightly from approximately $83.5 to $85 million, she said.
Some of the current benefits and services which may be reviewed for 2014 include attendance, dental insurance, long-term disability, overtime, postseason athletics, overtime, tuition and child care reimbursements.
Items that may be reviewed for the 2015 budget include coaching, vision insurance and several categories of stipends including administrative, high and middle school activities – ranging from band and choral directors to vocational agriculture. Other listed stipends include: homebound coordinator, head teachers teaching, head teachers non-teaching, lead bus driver, public relations, public water safety operator, technology specialists and county Web administrator.
Additional areas for consideration include: staff development, contracted services, purchasing vehicles versus travel reimbursement, drivers education, use of overtime, summer programs, child nutrition revenues, homebound and Step VII programs.
However, "all of these would require an in-depth review of current practices and may or may not result in cost reductions," before any decision is made, according to Wall.
During a discussion at the March 25 board meeting, there seemed to be general agreement that the attendance incentive – which provides a financial incentive for teachers who miss four days or less – isn't effective and should be eliminated.
Some even maintained that the percentage of staff absences is higher than that of students.
Central office administrator and board attorney Amy Brown agreed the policy isn't effective from a human resources perspective, adding, "I'm not sure any amount of money would help staff with excessive absences."
Absences on certain days have been especially problematic, she said.
"We can't get our staff to work on Mondays and Fridays, but we also can't get our substitutes to work on those days. And yet there are others who come to work regardless of the reward due to their strong work ethic," Brown said.
Board member Mariland Lee said the incentive's original goal has been misunderstood for a long time.
"It seems we consistently have the wrong mindset, because it was not to keep down the costs of substitutes, but to reward those who have relatively few absences," Lee said.
"And that meant those who had been absent for four days or less would be rewarded for their attendance," she said, acknowledging that the attendance incentive should be eliminated. "I'm just sorry we can no longer afford to give to those teachers who come to school."
Fellow board member Scott Sudduth, who also recalled what he termed "a real imbalance of substitutes to teachers in classrooms," sympathized with Lee's position.
"Maybe we can figure out ways for them to earn a little more, but not reward them for showing up to work – for what they signed up to do," Sudduth said.
Charles Town Middle School Principal Chuck Hampton said finances must also be considered when looking at this program.
"It becomes a question of whether or not we can afford the half-million dollars that is required to keep that up," he said.
Both Jefferson County Schools Service Personnel Association President Terri Young and Jefferson County Education Association President Rhonda Reynolds called for discontinuing the financial incentive for teachers.
"When it comes to tough times, this is something that should go," Reynolds said.
The next regularly scheduled board meeting is April 8 beginning at 7 p.m., while a budget session will be held at 9 a.m., April 16.
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Since 1989, the million-plus men and women of the Moose fraternal organization have provided their support to the thoughtful restoration and preservation of our nation's first national park. They have generously funded the Yellowstone Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), a residential work and education program for young people aged 15 to 18. It's clear that Yellowstone and its many visitors benefit from the hard work and dedication of YCC participants, but the intense summer of work can also provide a life-changing experience for individual crew members, like Liesel Marron.
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Main article: History of the Peace Corps in The Gambia
The first Peace Corps Volunteers arrived in The Gambia at the invitation of the Gambian government in September 1967. They worked in skilled trades as mechanics, engineers, and carpenters, and they organized village cooperatives.
Two years later, another group of Volunteers arrived to work in education. Since that time, education has been a principal focus of Peace Corps activities in The Gambia. Education Volunteers have organized resource centers for primary schools; planned and launched libraries; developed teaching curricula and materials for classes in math, science, English, and environmental and forestry conservation; provided training for teachers in these subjects; and set up computer laboratories and taught information technology (IT) skills. Environment Volunteers have helped improve vegetable and fruit tree production in school gardens and orchards; helped control freshwater runoff and saltwater intrusion; constructed handmade dams that have doubled rice production; and assisted in managing seven Department of Forestry divisional nurseries. Health Volunteers work to prevent common diseases including malaria, respiratory infections, diarrhea, and HIV/AIDS. They also promote maternal and child health through education and community development.
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Main article: Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyles in The Gambia
Once you become a Volunteer, you will be provided with safe and adequate housing by the Gambian agency or organization you work with in accordance with the Peace Corps' site selection criteria (see the Health Care and Safety chapter for further information). The Peace Corps will provide you with items such as an all-terrain bicycle, a helmet, a mosquito net, medical kit and a water filter for use during your service.
Most Volunteers live in family compounds with one or two private rooms at their disposal. You will need to be very flexible in your housing expectations, as you probably will not have running water or electricity and may have to collect water from a well or borehole and spend your evenings reading by candlelight or lantern. All volunteers have latrines, and on rare occasion flush toilets.
Peace Corps staff will attempt to visit your site periodically to provide personal, medical, and technical support.
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Pre-service training will probably be the most intense period of your Peace Corps service, as you will need to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to successfully serve as a Volunteer in just 10 weeks. While the training period will be extremely busy, it should also be a time of excitement, discovery, and self-fulfillment. The effort and challenges of adapting to a new culture will draw on your reserves of patience and humor but will be handsomely rewarded with a sense of belonging among new friends. The long hours of study and the accomplishment of difficult tasks will pay off in your ability to work effectively in a challenging job that will directly benefit a great number of people.
The training approach is best described as discovery-oriented and self-directed. Based on adult learning methods, it emphasizes individual responsibility for developing the competencies to function independently as a Volunteer.
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Main article: Health Care and Safety in The Gambia
The Peace Corps' highest priority is maintaining the good health and safety of every Volunteer. Peace Corps medical programs emphasize the preventive, rather than the curative, approach to disease. Peace Corps/The Gambia maintains a clinic with a full-time medical officer who takes care of Volunteers' primary health-care needs. Additional medical services, such as testing and basic treatment, are also available in The Gambia at local hospitals. If you become seriously ill, you will be transported either to an American-standard medical facility in the region or to the United States.
When it comes to your safety and security in the Peace Corps, you have to be willing to adapt your behavior and lifestyle to minimize the potential for being a target of crime. While The Gambia is considered one of the safest countries in West Africa, Volunteers have experienced petty theft, pickpocketing, and home break-ins. You can reduce your risk by avoiding situations that make you feel uncomfortable and by taking precautions. Crime at the village or town level is less frequent than in the large cities; people know each other and generally will not steal from their neighbors. Tourist attractions, especially in large towns, are favorite work sites for pickpockets. The following are safety concerns in The Gambia of which you should be aware.
Diversity and Cross-Cultural Issues
Main article: Diversity and Cross-Cultural Issues in The Gambia
The Peace Corps staff in The Gambia recognizes adjustment issues that come with diversity and will endeavor to provide support and guidance. During pre-service training, several sessions will be held to discuss diversity and coping mechanisms. We look forward to having male and female Volunteers from a variety of races, ethnic groups, ages, religions, and sexual orientations, and hope that you will become part of a diverse group of Americans who take pride in supporting one another and demonstrating the richness of American culture.
Possible Issues may arise for
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- Volunteers of Color
- Senior Volunteers
- Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
- Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
- Volunteers With Disabilities
Frequently Asked Questions
Main article: FAQs about Peace Corps in The Gambia
- How much luggage am I allowed to bring?
- What is the electric current?
- How much money should I bring?
- When can I take vacation and have people visit me?
- Will my belongings be covered by insurance?
- Do I need an international driver's license?
- What should I bring as gifts for Gambian friends and my host family?
- Where will my site assignment be when I finish training and how isolated will I be?
- How can my family contact me in an emergency?
- Can I call home?
- Should I bring a cellular phone with me?
- Will there be e-mail and Internet access? Should I bring my computer?
Packing List
Main article: Packing List for The Gambia
This list has been compiled by Volunteers serving in The Gambia and is based on their experience. Use it as an informal guide in making your own list, bearing in mind that experience is individual. There is no perfect list! You obviously cannot bring everything we mention, so consider those items that make the most sense to you personally and professionally. You can always have things sent to you later. As you decide what to bring, keep in mind that you have an 80-pound weight limit on baggage.
- General Clothing
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Contributions to The Gambia Country Fund will support Volunteer and community projects that will take place in The Gambia. These projects include water and sanitation, agricultural development, and youth programs.
See also
- List of resources for The Gambia
- Sites where volunteers have served in The Gambia
- Volunteers who served in The Gambia
- Friends of Senegal and The Gambia
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Clovis branch president Selmus Price and five others are attending NAACP Civil Rights Advocacy Training Institute Thursday through Saturday in Albuquerque.
Price will be joined by Anthony Mahan, first vice president and legal redress chair for Clovis' NAACP branch, Lois Hunter, branch treasurer, hospitality committee members Margaret Beachum and Lavail Stanford, and branch member Alvania Mahan.
The adult program includes mandatory training, plus seminars on topics like grant-writing and fund-raising, health and legal redress.
The youth program includes training for youth and college officers and a tour of the University of New Mexico campus.
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MILFORD, PA — The ARTery gallery will host exhibits by a returning member and a new member in September. Both will start on Friday, September 7 and run through Monday, October 8, with a reception on Saturday, September 8 from 6 to 9 p.m. during Milford's Art After Dark program.
Ben vanSteenburgh was a member of the ARTery, a cooperative art gallery, in its early years, and has recently returned to the fold. His unique paintings are instantly recognized and have been favorites of the Pike County Arts and Crafts annual members' exhibits, which he has exhibited in for several decades. VanSteenburgh brings a lifetime of experience in book illustration, portrait painting and figure studies to this collection of 15 yoga paintings, each done with an eye toward unusual poses and vibrant color combinations. The intent is the bold impact of modern art combined with the detail and realism of classic art.
The gallery will also host a restrospective exhibit of Harriet Cotterill. At 94, Cotterill is still creating. Her involvement and dedication has helped Milford become the active art community that it is today. When the ARTery Gallery opened its doors in 1999, Harriet Cotterill was one of its first members. She's also been an active member of The Pike County Arts and Crafts for 61 of its 63 years.
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Detroit Area Study, 1980: The Sociology of Knowledge and the Quality of Life in Detroit (ICPSR 9302)
Principal Investigator(s): Landecker, Werner S.,; Campbell, Angus; Marans, Robert W.
The quality of community life in the Detroit metropolitan area and factors influencing it were the main focus for this Detroit Area Study. To gauge perceptions of the quality of life in the Detroit tri-county area, respondents were asked how satisfied or dissatisfied they were with the tri-county area in general, with their neighborhoods, and with the quality of local community services, such as quality of local roads, public schools, police and garbage collection. In addition, the survey measured respondents' satisfaction or dissatisfaction with their own education, income, health, amount of leisure time, marriage, family life, job, home, and other aspects of their lives. Respondents also were questioned about their expectations for the future, their friendships in the tri-county area, friendliness with neighbors, use of recreational facilities, and where their children played. The survey also sought respondents' opinions on a wide range of other issues such as race relations, social stratification, abortion, the benefits of the free enterprise system, whether or not the United States was a meritocracy, and the meaning and value of democracy. Additional information gathered by the survey includes duration of residence in the tri-county area and at the current residence, place of previous residence, home ownership, rent payments, value of the home, number of separate bedrooms, motor vehicle ownership and use, use of public transportation, employment status, occupation and industry, independence and authority at work, number of siblings ever born, religious preference, social class identification, political preference, and information on age, sex, place of birth, income, race, ethnicity, and household composition.
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This forum seemed about as close as any for a bottle bill question. I'll start by saying that I'm always very much in favor of recycling. In that spirit, I pay a monthly fee for curbside recycling in Knoxville. We recycle just about everything and compost most of the rest.
I don't understand how curbside recycling will tie in with the bottle bill. I'll pay the 5 cent deposit, but wouldn't get the deposit back when I recycle curbside. Therefore it seems like I'll be paying twice (deposit plus curbside fee) for the same service. Can anyone explain how these two services will work together? I'm already trying to do the right thing, but don't want to get charged twice.
I'll offer my perspective having moved here from Maine where there is a five cent deposit on cans and bottles and more for larger bottles.
It's a bit of a pain in the butt to cull out deposit bottles but pretty much everyone does it.... for various reasons...
The nickel ain't much so most people hurl cans and bottles outta there vehicle just like so many do here in TN... in Maine this is mostly beer bottles as ****ed near everyone drinks a six-pack on the way home from work and empties are evidence. (beer is sold everywhere in nearly any store that would also sell smoke products, liquor is also readily sold in the same places as is wine)
Now this is not a bad thing... DITCH DIVING is a State-wide activity... kids pick em up as do poor folks and those looking for enough cans/bottles to get MORE BEER (most common divers)
Many divers work in teams... mother (the wife) drives slowly with husband in the ditch... usually soaking wet as most ditches are damp at the least.. sometimes a diver will be on each side of the road with "mothah" at the wheel...
A common "technique" is to park and walk a half mile up one side then turn and come back on the other then advance the vehicle... this is often done by solo divers but not very wise as other divers will steal your bottles from your truck while it's parked (very common).
Winter in Maine is a harsh time to ditch dive as there is too much snow covering the bottles and cans... that's why late March is DITCH DIVING SEASON... AS THE SNOW MELTS MORE EMPTIES ARE REVEALED DAILY.
Most ditch diving occurs in the middle of the month thru then end of the month.... after the very generous Maine welfare checks (that nearly everyone qualifies for) are spent..... well funds for more ALLEN'S COFFEE BRANDY (mixed with half and half over ice) are quickly obtained on the way to nearly every country store (liquor is sold everywhere).
Virtually every store that sells returnables must accept them and give you money for them.... this spawned new businesses that count your bottles etc. and give you cash... MANY GIVE YOU 6 CENTS as stores charge you 5 cents but the bottlers have to pay them 8 cents for empties.
My Mom has a guy that comes to her house once a month... she leaves them outside (un-counted) on the prescribed Sunday; goes to church and finds an envelope of cash waiting.
Many people donate them to scouts, churches, school clubs, sports teams etc.
So outside of needing a place to store them it's not such a bad thing and it does stimulate the economy.... and liquor sales.
Has there ever been a case of a "diver" getting hit by bottles thrown from cars at them. With all that drinking and driving going on it would seem inevitable.
I remember many years ago when Steven King was nearly killed by a drunk driver as he was walking a long a public thoroughfare.
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Don't know about beer sales in TN as I'm diabetic and don't drink but in Maine one can buy a single beer virtually anywhere. I was a home builder there for 26 years and most of the guys who worked for me would stop at the closest "beer store" (yes that's what they call them) for a couple beers for the ride home.
Yes folks do throw bottles to the divers; it's considered a CHARITABLE GESTURE.
March divers also find frozen roadkill as the snow recedes.
As the ground freezes a few feet deep and then thaws Maine enjoys MUD SEASON instead of spring.... frozen dirt expands and as it thaws the dirt particles are farther apart so you literally sink into the ground when you walk on it clear into May.
Ditch divers are easily identified by their muddy feet & pants.
My guess is that a bottle bill here would reduce unemployment and increase beer sales while making the roadsides cleaner.
Hope they don't throw their empties into the Kennebec, from the East Outlet down to Madison. Hate it when the trout get drunk in the middle of the day. They'll strike at anything! Must get the "munchies".
****ation troutbum.... you have fished my former home waters?
I love the EO; don't fish the forks area but love Bingham, Solon, "The Pines" in Madison and of course the Shawmut Tailwater in Fairfield that was once the most awesome fishery east of the Mighty Miss.
The farther upcountry you go the fewer the divers.... outta town that far the bottles are so far in between they spend more on gas than they get in nickels.
So get this.... the State of Maine's Biologists believe that Brown trout in the Kennebec BELOW Madison cannot reproduce due HUMAN Birth control hormones that enter the river through municipal sewerage systems!
Seems it shrinks the male fish gonads.
Conversely I wonder if Viagra that gets pissed into the sewer has the same brown trout overly aggresive.
Poor fish, horny but sterile?
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A: When a main figure dies, there's a period of what I call "disbanding." People are in limbo, but then comes the reorganization. How [the reorganization] happens depends a lot on the importance and influence of the person in the family. If the person was the official head of household in name alone but somebody else ran the show—in other words, he was just a figurehead—then everyday things may remain pretty much the same.
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Grand Valley State University is launching a new annual tradition that celebrates its founding and the people who made it possible.
In 1963, Grand Valley State College enrolled its first 226 students, and has since become one of the nation's most successful regional universities. The efforts of L. William "Bill" Seidman, recognized as the founder of Grand Valley, and nearly 300 community members, will be celebrated during Founders Day.
The inaugural event is set for Thursday, October 10, from noon-1 p.m. near the Cook Carillon Tower on the Allendale Campus. Comments from President Thomas J. Haas, Tom Seidman, Bill's son, and others will be followed by the unveiling of an iconic outdoor statue of Bill Seidman. Follow and share live updates of the event on social media with #GVFoundersDay.
Seidman's idea to build a college in the Grand Rapids area received legislative support – if he could raise $1 million and obtain a university charter. The citizens' committees he established traveled the region and played their theme song, "High Hopes" sung by Frank Sinatra, while they asked for support. Community organizations, area banks, businesses and labor unions contributed, as did individuals who gave a "buck a brick" to help transform Seidman's idea into reality. In 1960 Grand Valley became Michigan's 10th state-supported college. The Founders Day tradition will celebrate how vision and passion culminated in a tremendous philanthropic outpouring and the founding of Grand Valley.
The larger than life-sized bronze statue of Seidman was created by artist J. Brett Grill, a Grand Rapids native who now teaches and creates in Columbia, Missouri. He received a bachelor's degree, with emphasis in figurative sculpture, from the University of Michigan in 2001, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the New York Academy of Art in 2003, both with honors. His commissioned works can be found throughout the U.S. and include a sculpture of Gerald R. Ford for the Presidential Museum and Jay Van Andel for the City of Grand Rapids.
Grill said his approach to every project is rooted in research gathered from both private and public sources, with the aim to crystallize all the important aspects of a person's life into one moment. For the Allendale Campus sculpture, Grill created a likeness of Seidman that represents the true nature of a man on the move, at the peak of his many achievements.


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Astronomers have pushed NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to its limits by finding what they believe is the most distant object ever seen in the universe. Its light traveled 13.2 billion years to reach Hubble, roughly 150 million years longer than the previous record holder. The age of the universe is 13.7 billion years.
The dim object, called UDFj-39546284, is a compact galaxy of blue stars that existed 480 million years after the Big Bang, only four percent of the universe's current age. It is tiny. Over one hundred such mini-galaxies would be needed to make up our Milky Way.
Astronomers were surprised to find evidence that the rate at which the universe was forming stars grew precipitously in about a 200-million-year time span.
"We're seeing huge changes in the rate of star birth that tell us that if we go a little further back in time we're going to see even more dramatic changes," says Garth Illingworth of the University of California at Santa Cruz. The rate of star birth increased by about a factor of ten going from 480 million years to 650 million years after the Big Bang.
"These observations provide us with our best insights yet into the earlier primeval objects that have yet to be found," adds Rychard Bouwens of the Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Astronomers don't know exactly when the first stars appeared in the universe, but every step farther from Earth takes them deeper into the early universe's "formative years" when stars and galaxies were just beginning to emerge in the aftermath of the Big Bang. "We're moving into a regime where there are big changes afoot. Another couple of hundred million years toward the Big Bang, that will be the time where the first galaxies really are starting to get built up," says Illingworth.
Bouwens and Illingworth are reporting the discovery in the January 27 issue of the British science journal Nature.
The even more distant proto-galaxies that Illingworth expects are out there will require the infrared vision of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which is the successor to Hubble. Planned for launch later this decade, Webb will provide confirming spectroscopic measurements of the object's tremendous distance being reported today.
After over a year of detailed analysis, the object was positively identified in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field – Infrared (HUDF-IR) data taken in the late summer of both 2009 and 2010. This observation was made with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) starting just a few months after it was installed into the Hubble Space Telescope in May of 2009, during the last NASA space shuttle servicing mission to Hubble.
The object appears as a faint dot of starlight in the Hubble exposures. It is too young and too small to have the familiar spiral shape that is characteristic of galaxies in the local universe. Though its individual stars can't be resolved by Hubble, the evidence suggests that this is a compact galaxy of hot stars that first started to form over 100-200 million years earlier, from gas trapped in a pocket of dark matter.
The proto-galaxy is only visible at the farthest infrared wavelengths observable by Hubble. This means that the expansion of the universe has stretched and thereby reddened its light more than that of any other galaxy previously identified in the HUDF-IR, to the very limit of what Hubble can detect. Webb will go deeper into infrared wavelengths and will be at least an order of magnitude more sensitive than Hubble, allowing it to more efficiently hunt for primeval galaxies at even greater distances, at earlier times, closer to the Big Bang.
Astronomers plumb the depths of the universe, and probe its history, by measuring how much the light from an object has been stretched by the expansion of space. This is called the redshift value or "z." In general, the greater the observed "z" value for a galaxy, the more distant it is in time and space as observed from our own Milky Way. Before Hubble was launched, astronomers could only see galaxies out to a z of approximately 1, corresponding to halfway across the universe.
The original Hubble Deep Field taken in 1995 leapfrogged to z=4, or roughly 90 percent of the way back to the beginning of time. The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) produced the Hubble Ultra Deep Field of 2004, pushing back the limit to z~6. ACS was installed on Hubble during Servicing Mission 3B in 2002. Hubble's first infrared camera, the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer, reached out to z=7. The WFC3 first took us back to z~8, and has now plausibly penetrated for the first time to z=10. The Webb Space Telescope is expected to leapfrog to z of approximately 15, 275 million years after the Big Bang, and possibly beyond. The very first stars may have formed between z of 30 and 15.
The hypothesized hierarchical growth of galaxies — from stellar clumps to majestic spirals and ellipticals — didn't become evident until the Hubble Space Telescope deep-field exposures. The first 500 million years of the universe's existence, from z of 1000 to 10, is now the missing chapter in the hierarchical growth of galaxies. It's not clear how the universe assembled structure out of a darkening, cooling fireball of the Big Bang. As with a developing embryo, astronomers know there must have been an early period of rapid changes that would set the initial conditions to make the universe of galaxies what it is today.
Ray Villard
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.
Garth Illingworth
University of California, Santa Cruz
Rychard Bouwens
University of California, Santa Cruz, and Leiden University, Netherlands